Novels like Trenches, Bolt-Action Rifles, and Magic
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Trenches, Bolt-Action Rifles, and Magic, best match first.
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Empire of Shadows 阴影帝国
Most people are born ordinary, but some, even if they start out ordinary, aspire to greatness. From an exploited, undocumented odd-job worker to a godfather in the dark; From a rule-abiding member of society’s underclass to the emperor behind the scenes who makes the rules; When the sun shines, this country belongs to the Federation. When night falls, it belongs to me! “Sometimes, shadows can be as large as the light, or even swallow it whole!” “We never extort anyone. We can sleep with a clear
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This Taoist Is Going to College! 贫道要考大学
Also known as: The Young Daoist Chen Wants to Go to College Chen Shi'an has lived on the mountain for eighteen years. The text he knows best by heart is the Dao De Jing, and the ritual he performs most skillfully is the rite for sending off the dead. It was not until the day his master breathed his last that he learned the truth: in this day and age, funeral rites must be registered, and inheriting a Daoist temple requires a diploma! What is a dropout who slipped through nine years of compulsory
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The Demon Lord is Inscrutable 魔王大人深不可测
Succubus Reporter: “Your Excellency, Demon King, I recall that the Demon God ordered you to spread panic among our enemies. So why have I heard that you bought an entire street in the heart of their city?” Luo Yan: “Fool! Ever heard of a tactical house swap? If I buy up the human city, won’t the humans have to move into my dungeon?” Succubus Reporter: “B-but I heard that when people learned even the Demon King had bought a house in the Holy City, it didn’t cause panic at all. Instead, property p
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Are We Destroying the World Today? 今天毁灭世界了吗？
“So you're saying the world is about to end, and that's why you want to steal a rocket?” “This is a first. I've arrested people for robbing jewelry stores and banks. I've even arrested someone for hijacking a train, but never anyone trying to steal a rocket.” “What were you thinking? Even if you actually managed to steal it, could you fly it?” Lin Xu slowly nodded from across the table. “I can.” “Really. I've flown it countless times already.” “Also, you really need to hurry. I'm out of time.” “
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Simultaneous Transmigration: Inheriting the Legacies of Myriad Worlds 同时穿越：继承万界遗产
A man in the world of Shrouding the Heavens, transmigrating simultaneously across the Myriad Worlds. Talents and comprehension merge, and combat power stacks without limit. With five times the strength of someone at the same level, you say I'm just an ordinary mortal? I won't take issue with that. But when my strength reaches ten thousand times that of someone at the same level, what will you call me? All my selves across the Myriad Worlds, lend me your power! (Includes worlds from novels, anime
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How Am I Still Alive? 我怎么还活着？
Spiritual qi revival. The gods descend? Disaster after disaster, and all living things suffer? What’s that to me? I’m just a terminally ill patient who’s been given a countdown to death and has given up on treatment. I set out to exorcise demons and slay immortals in this battered body, not to defend my country, but because the hazard pay is too tempting, especially the death benefits... “This evil god’s profession system is cursed. Even if you make good progress at first, anyone who trains in i
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Days at Hogwarts 在霍格沃茨读书的日子
The book was originally titled Harry Potter and the Alchemist. Albert never had any great ambitions. He always thought of himself as a lazy couch potato, and being reborn with a system golden finger meant he was practically destined to win at life. Just as Albert was planning to be a couch potato with goals, an owl delivered an invitation from Hogwarts. That's when he realized he had transmigrated into the world of the Harry Potter novels. Now Albert is trying to figure out how to be an ambitiou
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From Arms Dealer to King of War 从军火商到战争之王
A magical “all-purpose toolbox” drew Qiao Jia into the arms trade. The turbulent, unpredictable world gradually changed his goals... “Sir, how did you get to where you are today?” “I don’t know. At first, I just wanted to make some money, buy a house, and get married. But little by little, more and more people came into my life, and my goals began to change.” “And what’s your goal now?” “Now, I just want to take my crew and retire in peace. Really!”
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I Became a Literary Giant in Russia 我在俄国当文豪
(The first foreign-literary-giant novel on Qidian to average over 10,000 monthly subscriptions) Many years later, when Nabokov was teaching Russian literature in America, this was how he did it. In a darkened room, he first switched on a lamp in the corner and said, “Pushkin was the first beacon of Russian literature.” Then he switched on a lamp in the middle of the room and said, “This is Gogol.” He turned on another lamp and declared, “This is Chekhov.” Then he strode to the window, yanked ope
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Super-Dimensional Player 超维度玩家
[Capturing a Human Avatar] [Infiltrating the reality universe...] [Infringing upon the root laws of the world!... Detecting higher-dimensional life forms!... No life forms from other dimensions detected...] [Loading human avatar!] You are a player who can transmigrate beyond all dimensions, wielding authority almost like God's illegitimate child. You have countless identities: beggar, lowborn, pirate, gladiator, ranger, northern dragon, infernal executioner, interstellar wanderer, monster hunter
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Grinding XP in Another World 我在异界肝经验
A story about someone who transmigrates to another world and relies on a proficiency-based ability, grinding away at experience to grow stronger.
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A Battlefield Photographer’s Journal 战地摄影师手札
Using a camera to document war, and a lens to remember history. Wei Ran returns again and again to the battlefields of World War II and even to the Cold War era, taking on a variety of identities. His camera captures countless unknown heroes as well as treasures lost amid the ravages of war. From the blood-soaked battlefields of World War II to the Cold War era under the shadow of nuclear war, countless secrets were buried by time, only to be captured forever on film with the click of his shutte
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Demon Painter 画妖师
This Buddhist disciple treads the earth and makes lotuses bloom, changes in size, exhausts his afflictions, and wields wondrous supernatural powers. This Taoist travels a thousand miles with sword in hand, roams in spirit and commands the vital energy, flies free of all traces, and practices marvelous arts. But I have only one brushstroke, with which I portray the human heart and paint across heaven and earth!
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I Have a Fate-Binding Die 我有一枚命运魔骰
An ancient demon god cast a die that could change fate into the mortal world. Whoever obtains it can roll the die and have three wishes granted for free, depending on the number rolled. Over the ages, countless owners of the die have altered their destinies and changed the world time and time again. Some wished their way onto the throne of the gods, while others wished for immortality. Chen Qi, at the lowest point in his life, was lucky enough to find the die. His first wish was to become a bill
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Hidden Dead Ends 隐秘死角
New book: The Desperate Night: I Alone Am Immortal in a Strange World. Search for it if you're interested. Have you heard? If, late at night when all is quiet, you open a music player, put on your headphones, curl up under the covers with your head tucked in, and listen to the same song on repeat, then fall asleep after the forty-fourth play, you might wake up somewhere other than your own bed. You will have entered a strange space completely cut off from reality. That space... at first glance,
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Hogwarts: The Grey Wizard 霍格沃茨之灰巫师
Is Harry Potter just a fairy tale? Before Anton lies a world of wizards who cast deadly curses at will, full of scheming and deceit, filth and vermin, and a wizarding world's fringes that are like a quagmire. In places beyond the Ministry of Magic's reach, even Snape's fearsome reputation as a killer resounds far and wide. How can he survive? That's the only thing
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Decaying World 腐朽世界
Mystery, despair, pain, decay. The world is lost, and I have no idea where to turn. I arrived in a world nearing its end, beset by dangers and seemingly without hope. All I can do is rely on the mysterious blood mark on my body, continually simulating and evolving all kinds of skills in an attempt to find a way out of this hopeless situation.
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The Shadow of Great Britain 大不列颠之影
“Next, please welcome the most distinguished recipient of the Order of the Garter, the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, the Victoria Cross, and the Order of the Companions of Honour; leader of the anticolonial cause; bell-ringer of the East India Company; hero of the Crimean War; Fellow of the Royal Society; lifelong friend of literary giants such as Dickens and Alexandre Dumas; steadfast supporter of scientific luminar
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Cultivating in the Demonic Sect as a Talent 苟在初圣魔门当人材
Lyu Yang transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation, only to become a disciple of the First Sacred Sect, a demonic sect. Fortunately, he obtains a wondrous treasure, the Book of a Hundred Lives. When he dies, he can begin a new life and start all over again, while bringing back treasures, cultivation, and even lifespan from his previous life. He can even awaken special talents. Unfortunately, his chances are limited. He is not truly immortal. With chaos about to engulf the cultivation worl
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The Otherworldly Inn 异度旅社
Beneath the everyday, at the limits of reason, beyond the world you know, lies a landscape you have never imagined. When Yu Sheng opened that door for the first time, the familiar world around him came crashing down. And the “truth” at the very root of the world came rushing toward him.
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Doomsday: My Keyword is One More Than Everyone Else's 末世：我的关键词比别人多一个
Brave, cowardly, kind, cunning, generous, greedy, elegant, cruel, cheerful, perverse, upright, a shameless hypocrite... In this apocalyptic world, resources can only be obtained by winning on alien battlefields, ensuring the survival of civilization. Every warrior entering an alien battlefield is randomly assigned a keyword of their own. When their words and actions match that keyword, their attributes grow rapidly and they gain superhuman abilities. But if they break character, their abilities
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Restarting Life 重启人生
When life hits the restart button, it seems like everything will finally go smoothly... Yeah, right! If only I'd been reborn after the college entrance exams. Even going back to my first year of high school would have been fine. What's with being reborn in my senior year? And what the heck, I'm reborn right in the exam room. Guys, how do I solve this math problem? Urgent, waiting for answers online! (Also known as Reborn, So Who Needs Exams? and Reborn, and the Author Still Can't Come Up wi
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Above the Mandate of Heaven 天命之上
The world was rebuilt after its destruction. On the edge of a precipice, a towering city rose once more. Those known as the Chosen Ones move behind the scenes of the modern world and through the shadows of history. They wield extraordinary powers and command both worship and awe. Some say they bear Heaven’s mandate, and that there is one in ten thousand. But Ji Jue has no interest in Heaven’s mandate. All he wants is to see, someday, the view beyond it. “...” The chronicler stopped writing and l
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Celestial Being's Codex 天人图谱
If human life could grow ever stronger without limit, then one day we would reach the heavens!
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The Immortal Craftsman's Creation 仙工开物
Deep inside a volcano, an immortal palace of mechanisms left behind by ancient sages awaits its successor. His mother risked her life to obtain its immortal seal, entrusting it to Ning Zhuo with her dying breath. The Buddha’s Heart-Demon Seal! Save yourself and become a Buddha; save others and turn them into demons. With the seal in hand, one can lightly imprint the heart and command mechanisms as easily as feathers. Others grow weary and burdened when controlling them, but Ning Zhuo can command
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Steel, Gunpowder, and Spellcasters 钢铁火药和施法者
Is magic really just a wish-granting machine? No. In a universe where magic truly exists, it must be as simple and beautiful as the laws of physics. This is the story of a mass-produced, expendable magic-combat specialist who learns the ultimate nature of magic. But so what? Birds can fly without understanding aerodynamics, and mages can use magic without knowing its true nature. Learning magic's ultimate nature doesn't mean an expendable specialist can suddenly become a great mage, either. But
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The Sword Emerges from the Tang Dynasty 剑出大唐
Zhou Yi woke up to find himself in the Taiping Daoist Temple. The Old Heavenly Master said, “Heaven is dead, and the Yellow Heaven shall rise. From now on, you will be the leader of the Taiping Sect.” Zhou Yi said, “What, me?” … In the world of Twin Dragons of Great Tang, a failed art student sets out to bring order to a chaotic martial world!
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Lying Low While Cultivating Immortality in Two Worlds 苟在两界修仙
The fortunes of the years, the turning of spiritual influences, the transformations of yin and yang: these are but minor achievements of the Year Keeper… This is the story of a young man who transmigrates between two worlds to cultivate immortality, and strives to become a Year Keeper…
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Twilight Divide 黄昏分界
Dusk divides the world in two, yin and yang. When the flesh of evil gods forced its way through cracks in the earth, flesh as vast as mountains appeared everywhere. Some were afraid. Some worshipped it. Some burned incense and made offerings. Others took a taste and thought, Huh, not bad. And so the flesh became crops, greedily harvested and fought over by people who consulted spirits and worshipped their ancestors. Hu Ma was reborn out of fear. He ate taixui, tended his furnace, and endured cou
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Unemployed from the Start, I Bring the Queen of Pop Back 开局失业，我让歌坛大魔王回归
Jiang Yang transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a graduate of a lousy college. He gets married right after graduation and seems to reach the peak of life, only to achieve nothing, end up penniless, and start out unemployed. Just as he despairs, with only one skill to his name, his wife lifts his chin and says, “I'll take care of you.” She takes off her glasses, and the great demon king who once made the music scene tremble is back. Years later... As Jiang Yang watches Chinese-language e
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Getting By in the Marvel Universe 漫威世界混日子
Li Huai was abruptly sent back to his high school days in 2002. With no lofty ambitions, he figures he's still a good-for-nothing, so he decides to keep being a homebody, only this time he'll become a homebody with a luxurious house. With that goal in mind, he gradually begins to change the course of his life… I can't write a good synopsis, but the story... This is a serious book!
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The Witching Hour of 1994 全民魔女1994
He wakes up to find the world changed beyond recognition. He has gone from the 2013 timeline of a world of ordinary humans to 1994 in a world where everyone is a witch. “Maybe witches don’t exist at all, or maybe everyone is a witch.”
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Starry Sky Professionals 星空职业者
In Year One of the Starry Sky Calendar, humanity entered the interstellar age. Space migration, starships, alien races, outer gods… They arrived one after another. In Year 717 of the Starry Sky Calendar, Fang Xing gazed at the dense army of alien races beneath the cosmic backdrop. “Whatever you’ve got, alien armies, cultivators, tentacles, cults, outer gods, I’ll cow you all with my supreme talent and smash you to pieces with my iron fists, dammit…” Well, actually, it’s a story about a transmigr
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A Taoist's Nighttime Sword 道士夜仗剑
Travel far to attend a wondrous feast in the mortal world, and behold the splendor of the red dust! … Wielding a sword and walking alone, I shall meet the ghosts and gods of the world!
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Becoming a Weird Tale Counts as Success 成为怪谈就算成功
Urban legends are uncanny things that feed on cognition, wield information as weapons, and use data as currency. They are neither living nor dead, existing in human rumors and dwelling in the shadows of the world. “So this means I’ll become an urban legend?” In ancient times, they were worshipped as gods, growing stronger through faith. “Then I’ll be a god!” In more recent times, they were feared as demons, nourished by fear. “I’ll become the Lord of Urban Legends!” But swept along by the tides
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Gazing at the Vast Sky 望长天
The Great Yan Dynasty has endured for more than 1,300 years. The emperor lies gravely ill, the crown prince governs in his stead, local immortal sects hold sway, and powerful ministers throw the imperial court into chaos. When Xu Yuan wakes, he finds himself in a ruined temple deep in the mountains on a rainy night, staring at a strange stone Buddha with a severed arm, and at that black-clad woman by the bonfire, her face hidden behind a thin veil.
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Solo Play 独游
Important tips for adventuring on the continent of Falvey: 1. Never give anything of value to the city gate guards. 2. Chickens are vicious creatures. 3. Your life is worth no more than a chicken's. 4. A skilled archer is a companion you can count on in battle. But not every archer is skilled, so... good luck. 5. Treasure your life and love living. Don't try making an atomic bomb on a whim. 6. Don't be fooled by appearances. 7. Knowing a few extra languages is useful. 8. Don't fear death. Most p
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Cultivation? Ain't Got No Money For That! 没钱修什么仙？
The old man asked, “You want revenge?” The boy replied, “I’ve been humiliated again and again by the powerful, and my master considers me trash. How could I not want revenge?” The old man patted the boy’s head and sighed. “Good boy, let me pass my cultivation power on to you.” The boy exclaimed, “Senior! How could I accept that?” The old man held out his hand. “Give me your phone.” Watching the changes on his phone, the boy cried out in shock, “Senior! Where did all this hundred-year cultivation
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The Long Sword at the End of Jin 晋末长剑
As the Tang poet Xu Yin wrote in his poem “The Two Jins”: “Deep schemes across three generations laid the foundations of an empire. What a pity for the widow and orphan. Cheng Ji’s crime brought Heaven’s wrath; the spear that struck a wise ruler is mourned for all eternity.” The Western Jin came to power through illegitimate means and made far too many mistakes, inheriting every ill that had accumulated since the Eastern Han and the Three Kingdoms. By the end of the Jin dynasty, the damage had b
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I'm a Director, and I'm Not That Bad 我是导演，我不比烂
In 2006, Xu Xin had a dream. In it, he saw an entertainment industry where everyone was competing to be the worst. People would do anything to stand out and go to great lengths to chase traffic. “If that's how things are, why can't we live like a beam of light?” (High-definition, uncensored, no angst or melodrama. The author's character is guaranteed, so feel free to jump in.)
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I Studied Abroad in the Modern Era 我在现代留过学
The Son of Heaven is born of Heaven and Earth, and is Heaven’s own son! Some say the Son of Heaven is the father and mother of the people, and rules the world as its king! And I was once the Son of Heaven! I inherited the legacy of six generations and carried forward the late emperor’s ambitions. I punished the western rebels and put the old faction in its place. Whatever I set out to do, I accomplished; whoever I attacked, I defeated. I swept away a century of accumulated ills in the Great Song
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1979: The Golden Age 1979黄金时代
This is still a somewhat nostalgic story, hmm…
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This Text Adventure Game Is Seriously Cursed 这个文字冒险游戏绝对有毒
It all begins when the protagonist downloads a game called The Fool (Beta). From that moment on, his life takes a completely different turn. It's a text adventure game so crude it has no graphics or music, just lines of text and countless choices. Yet every choice in the game affects the player's fate, because on the other side of the game lies a real, unknown world! Players cannot enter the other world or see what it looks like. They can only experience what the game character sees and hears at
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Splendor Across the Tang Dynasty 满唐华彩
The Tang Dynasty flourishes in all its splendor, but a cataclysmic upheaval is imminent. In the fifth year of Tianbao, he opens his eyes to the majestic prosperity of “radiant Tang, favored by Heaven, with all nations beneath its sway.” Famous generals abound, its borders stretch far and wide; capable ministers are plentiful, its granaries overflowing; poetry shines brilliantly, its culture dazzles; beauties take your breath away, and song and dance fill the land. He also sees a court utterly in
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I Have a Cultivation World 我有一个修仙世界
Chen Mobai, a third-year high school student at the Immortal Sect, was studying hard for the entrance exam to the Great Dao Academy. His biggest dream in life had always been to successfully establish his Foundation, until he gained the ability to transmigrate to another world of cultivation. Then his dream changed...
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Life Simulation Game 人生副本游戏
[Do you find life boring?] [Would you like to experience a different life in another world?] [We offer countless random identities for you to experience, including tycoons, assassins, hunters, and beggars.] [Start the game now?] [Yes] [No] Ridiculous. I’m a law-abiding good person, so why would I find life boring? He Ao sneered and selected [Yes]. [Initializing System...] [Loading game.] [Welcome to the Life Instance Game.] [Loading beginner quest. Randomly matching you with a role in life.] [Ma
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Arc of Artillery Fire 炮火弧线
Wang Zhong arrives in another world and gets caught up in its world war. His special ability gives him an overhead view like a real-time strategy game, and even lets him see through the eyes of his troops! So he immediately starts micromanaging: “Move the machine-gun nest five centimeters to the left! Put the anti-tank gun in the woods on the right!” Three years later, Wang Zhong looks at the marshal’s baton in his hand, then at the double-headed eagle flag behind the emperor’s envoy. “There’s a
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Daoist Lord Shennong 神农道君
[Brand-New Setting] [Fully Developed System] When you wake up, you find you've become an official in charge of agriculture in a fantasy game. [Dynasty at Its Height] version: You diligently cultivate the Book of Seasonal Orders, progressing from [Favorable Weather] to [Commanding the Wind and Rain], and from [Bountiful Harvests] to [All Things Flourishing]. You command the four seasons and quietly build your strength. After achieving some success, you join the army on campaign and take charge of
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A Guide to Time-Traveling in the Northern Song 北宋穿越指南
If you transmigrate back to the Song Dynasty, should you compose poetry and enjoy romance? Or raise an army and vie for supremacy? Either way, first things first: fill your stomach.
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The Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece 古希腊之地中海霸主
This is an age of rising powers: the vast Persian Empire, Sparta, a nation founded on military might, Athens, dominant in trade, up-and-coming Thebes, ambitious Macedon, the twin powers of the western Mediterranean, and the newly risen Rome... This is an age of brilliant generals: Agesilaus, Sparta's last great king; Epaminondas, the famed general behind Thebes' rise; Philip, the founding king who laid the foundations of Macedon's hegemony; Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse; and Camillus, the di
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