Novels like Reborn in 1988: Starting Out as a Carpenter
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- 1 Forget Fair Play, I’m a War Contractor 不讲武德，我是战争承包商 Buying old excavators, scrapped tractors, and even humanitarian-aid helicopters at top prices. Fair prices based on condition, and no one gets cheated! I'm just a nobody who operates excavators. I came to Afika to work off my debts, so how did I end up becoming a military contractor? Watching his engineering company grow bigger and bigger, Xia Yu fell into a deep silence. PS: This book is also known as The Battlefield Scrap Hunter, A Taste of Afika, and I Take Construction Contracts in Afika. 0Votes62.4kRecs84.6kFans
- 2 League of Legends: I'm Really a Professional Player LOL：我真是联盟职业选手 On the stage at the Global Finals awards ceremony. The host asked, “Now that you’ve finally won your trophy and your FMVP award, what do you most want to do right now?” Lin Fan: “Can we wrap this up quickly? The anniversary event for Three Kingdoms is about to start.” JackeyLove: “Brother Fan never seems to need to practice, but he’s still incredibly strong. I can’t figure out how that works. He doesn’t seem like a professional player at all.” 369: “The coach keeps telling me to study Dine, 0Votes30.7kRecs290.9kFans
- 3 Travel Begins with Photography 旅行从摄影开始 [Travel System] [First Loading Message: To encourage residents to leave their homes, the Travel System was specially developed. It can provide cash, skills, talents, and cultural products from parallel worlds. We hope residents will leave their homes, see the blue sky, embrace the sea, and enjoy the sunshine.] [Skills: None] [Talent: Photography] [In the past nineteen years, your travel has taken you no more than one hundred kilometers from home. In this age of advanced transportation, you are n 0Votes37.7kRecs148.6kFans
- 4 Marquis Jing'an 靖安侯 Pacify the realm and bring peace to the people: that is Jing'an. At Ganquan Academy in Jiangdu Prefecture, student Chen Qing was beaten to death. His classmate Shen Yi was inexplicably framed and convicted, then beaten with clubs by the county yamen's runners until he was on the verge of death. In the cold, damp jail, the young Shen Yi died unjustly. Another, unfamiliar soul awoke in his body. The two souls fused, becoming a brand-new Shen Y 14Votes135.8kRecs433.4kFans
- 5 Lord of Ten Thousand Bones 万骨之主 In this world, cultivating through traditional methods to improve one's strength and realm is no longer the mainstream path to advancement. The powerful now owe their place above the rest to a mysterious entity known as a Primordial Bone. A Primordial Bone is like a vast universe of energy hidden on a microscopic scale, containing boundless power and untapped potential. It serves as an incredibly precise measuring stick, clearly separating the strong from the weak. 111Votes591.3kRecs93.4kFans
- 6 EN African Entrepreneurship Chronicles 非洲创业实录 Reborn as a prince of the Hohenstaufen family's Swabian branch in Hohenzollern, he watches the storms gathering across Europe as war looms on the horizon. There is no reason to stay in Europe any longer. Claiming land in East Africa, encouraging immigration and development, laying an agricultural foundation, and taking one step at a time, he uses the crisis to achieve industrialization. 129Votes168.3kRecs187.2kFans
- 7 Transcendent-Dimensional Kill 超维杀 What should you do if you transmigrate into a vegetative state? Don’t panic. Start up a game to calm down first… 0Votes45.9kRecs205.6kFans
- 8 EN Apocalypse Reborn: Starting with a 30-Million Lottery Win 重生末世：开局中奖3000万 [Ruthless] + [No saintly do-gooder] + [Kills a beauty from the start] The apocalypse arrives, throwing the world into chaos as human nature and morality crumble. Reborn, the cold-blooded Li Yu wins 30 million yuan from the start. He builds a fortified base and stocks up on supplies. While everyone else struggles on the brink of starvation and death, Li Yu relaxes on the rooftop, enjoying the breeze as he eats barbecue and drinks beer... 164Votes303.3kRecs413.3kFans
- 9 Please, Just Go Home and Practice Piano! 求求了，快回家练琴吧 On the sixtieth day after transmigrating, debt-ridden Li An finally activated the Piano Teacher's Life-Rewards System. Earn teaching points by giving lessons and unlock student conquests. (√) Monitor students' progress behind the scenes and keep track of their growth in real time. (√) Students practice piano diligently after class, and the teacher receives rich rewards. (?) “Anyway, I don't care about the rewards. Please, just go home and practice piano!” The heartfelt words of a real piano teac 0Votes141.1kRecs126.5kFans
- 10 Reborn in 2008: I Earn Money by Reading 重生2008：我阅读能赚钱 [The most intense industrial technology urban novel] [Over 40,000 premium subscribers and more than 10,000 average subscribers, quality guaranteed] Mu Yang was reborn in 2008 and unexpectedly acquired a Reading System. In this life, he just wants to earn money through hard work, develop cutting-edge technology, break foreign monopolies, and make his country strong through science and technology! Starting with plasma overlay welding, hot-wire automatic TIG welding, handheld laser welding, and rob 0Votes208.2kRecs685.6kFans
- 11 EN Homo Sapiens 智人 The spiral that runs through the evolution of life. The base pairs that hold the secrets of evolution. A mutation at a single moment, millions of years ago, bestowed the prefix “wise” upon an ape beneath the order of primates. But the true power of evolution seems to remain hidden within those pairs of bases. 2Votes185.5kRecs254.4kFans
- 12 You Sent Me to the Army to Break My Internet Addiction, and I Became an Officer 让你当兵戒网瘾，你成军官了 Reborn in 2009, though this time around, something about the way he came back seems a little off. In this life, his family is wealthy, and Wang Ye is so addicted to online games that he can stay up all night even on the eve of the college entrance exam. Left with no choice, his father decides to send him into the army to kick the gaming habit. Two years later... When Wang Ye's father calls him on a video call, ready to ask when he'll be discharged and come home to take over the family business, 12Votes322.7kRecs1.2MFans
- 13 As a Reborn Man, I Just Want to Focus on Studying 重生的我只想专心学习 “I like you…” “I'm sorry. We're still young, and our job right now is to study.” [Everyday Life] [Heartwarming] [Positive] [Upright Values] [Calm but Never Dull] [Intelligent Characters] 1Votes127.8kRecs673kFans
- 14 EN Back to 1982: A Second Chance in a Fishing Village 重回1982小渔村 A fishing-and-seaside-life story set in the 1980s, with an average of 35,000 paid subscribers. The animated series of the same name, Back to 1982: A Small Fishing Village, launched on Hongguo on August 7! [Everyday life in the 1980s: fishing, farming, raising kids, and family squabbles. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read or leave hate!] It’s the same familiar little fishing village, but Ye Yaodong is no longer the young man he used to be. Reborn into the pas 221Votes2.1MRecs2MFans
- 15 The Whole Mountain Is My Hunting Ground 整座大山都是我的猎场 Reborn in 1986, an era when guns and hunting weren’t banned, wildlife wasn’t protected, and bears and wild boars were even wrecking the fruits of the people’s hard work. The higher-ups encouraged and urged every village to actively hunt. Zhao Jun, a low-ranking soldier in the Yong’antun militia platoon and a member of the local hunters’ squad, slings his rifle over his shoulder and heads into the mountains, where he takes up a life of hunting with dogs. This story is based entirely on true event 2.3kVotes1.3MRecs990kFans
- 16 A Smooth Road in Medicine 医路坦途 519Votes2.9MRecs880.7kFans
- 17 Building Cars 造车 “I want to build cars!” Han Hao said with complete seriousness. “You?” Everyone around him laughed, and someone sneered, “Other people build cars with money, but the cars you, Han Hao, build will have to be bought with your life!” In the face of all the doubts, Han Hao remained unmoved. “In that case, let me be the first to test-drive it. I, Han Hao, will stake my life on a future for China’s automobile industry!” 0Votes355.9kRecs150.5kFans
- 18 Reborn to Ride the Wave 重生之我要冲浪 Back in the past, Yao Yuan has only one thing on his mind: goofing off… Ahem, I mean surfing! 23Votes1.8MRecs1.6MFans
- 19 I, the Emperor 朕 Back in the late Ming, reduced to slavery. If an emperor can be a beggar, a Manchu invader, a rebel, or a household slave, why can’t a household slave become emperor? 30Votes1.5MRecs3MFans
- 20 The National Forensic Doctor 国民法医 Corpse: Have you no manners? 110Votes4.1MRecs2.4MFans
- 21 The Champion's Heart 冠军之心 “Mr. Zhou, we noticed that as a child, you dabbled in a wide range of fields, including basketball, table tennis, badminton, Go, Chinese checkers, Gomoku, Chinese chess, international chess, calligraphy and painting, guitar and music. Does that mean that even if you hadn't chosen football as your career, you could have achieved the same level of success in another field?” “Well... football is the only thing I've ever been passionate about for more than three minutes.” “So all the things we liste 5Votes1.6MRecs452.4kFans
- 22 EN Unscientific Beast Taming 不科学御兽 This is another world where beast taming is the norm. Animals, plants, elements, undead, machines... Nine-Tailed Flame Foxes, Ancient Trees of Life, Thundercloud Spirits, Skeleton Lords, mechanical shipgirls, even antique swords and blades that have birthed spirits can all become companion beasts. The humans who contract with, raise, and command them are collectively known as beast tamers! Shi Yu, a scholar of mythology and an 97Votes2.6MRecs6.8MFans
- 23 EN This Game Is Too Realistic 这游戏也太真实了 This game is way too realistic! Hauling bricks, running errands, picking up trash, delivering packages... At most, a company can make you experience the hardships of working 996. Here, you can experience 007 on super speed. All right, enough talk. The great Administrator has called me to haul bricks. The Administrator says that as long as we work hard and offer up our livers, next month he can get himself another brand-new set of power armor. Then he’ll take us to explore a whole new map, where 467Votes4.9MRecs9.4MFans
- 24 Bringing a Warehouse to the Great Ming 带着仓库到大明 Fang Xing transmigrated, bringing two warehouses with him! Other people transmigrate with an aura of supreme dominance, but all Fang Xing wants is to farm! “I just want to live a leisurely life in this era!” He owns a grand mansion and teaches a few disciples on the side, doing his best to help them climb the ranks so they can become his backing! But who could have guessed his disciples would be so unreliable? They actually turned out to 6Votes3.6MRecs1.4MFans
- 25 Renegade Immortal 仙逆 Follow the natural order, and you remain mortal; defy it, and you become immortal. It all comes down to a single thought... The Renegade Immortal anime premieres on Tencent Video on September 25. New episodes air every Monday at 10:00, with VIP members getting two episodes early. Join us in the anime to witness Wang Lin’s lifelong devotion all over again! 204Votes4.2MRecs5.7MFans
- 26 Battle Through the Heavens 斗破苍穹 This is a world ruled by Dou Qi. There is no dazzling, spectacular magic here, only Dou Qi cultivated to its very peak! The new book's cultivation ranks: Dou Zhe, Dou Shi, Da Dou Shi, Dou Ling, Dou Wang, Dou Huang, Dou Zong, Dou Zun, Dou Sheng, Dou Di. … The yearly animated series of Battle Through the Heavens airs every Sunday at 10:00 on Tencent Video. VIP members can watch two episodes early. Enter the abyss and claim the Fallen Heart Flame! The first official Battle Through the Heavens blin 203Votes7.1MRecs21.4MFans
- 27 A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality 凡人修仙传 An ordinary country boy accidentally joins a small local martial sect and becomes a nominal disciple. With that status, how can he establish himself in the sect? How can he, despite his mediocre talent, enter the ranks of the cultivators and make a name for himself across the Three Realms? Fellow cultivators, the new edition of the print book is now available. Feel free to purchase a copy if you’re interested. Thank you for your support! 979Votes16.2MRecs8.5MFans
- 28 The Gourmet’s Supplier 美食供应商 “In the distant East, there is a strange little restaurant that has turned down Michelin three-star ratings several times. It’s expensive: a bowl of egg fried rice with soup costs RMB 288. Oh, I forgot, it also comes with a plate of pickles. Even so, plenty of people line up for a table. The restaurant doesn’t take reservations. You have to queue in person, and countless people fly in on private jets just to get in line. Of course, there’s no place to park your plane or your car. The service is 35Votes8.3MRecs3.3MFans
