Novels like From Dockworker to King of Fog City
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as From Dockworker to King of Fog City, best match first.
- 1 Yes, Yes, Yes, This Is Exactly What We Necromancers Are Like 对对对，我们亡灵法师就是这样的 I hear that wherever necromancers go, not a soul or animal is left alive, and they even dig up every last bone in people's ancestral graves!? That's right, you're absolutely right. That's just how we necromancers are. I hear that necromancers unleash undead disasters at the slightest disagreement, sweeping across the entire continent!? That's right… I hear you imprisoned the Holy Maiden of Light in a dark lair, forced the emperor to change the state religion, and usurped the God of the Underworl 0Votes30kRecs124.7kFans
- 2 EN Nightmare Abyss 梦魇绝境 By day, Zhou Kai is a [Martial Artist], his fists subduing mountains and rivers. In dreams, Zhou Kai is a [Walker], ruling the endless night alone. The fake martial artist: hardens his skin and bones, and makes his body invincible. The real martial artist: steals forms from nightmares and mutates into a beast. What is all this about real and fake? What are you even babbling about? The strongest martial artist: rules the endless night of all eternity, through nothing but hard work and sweat! … P 59Votes39.3kRecs289.7kFans
- 3 The Heir Emperor 嗣皇帝 Reborn into a parallel world embroiled in a succession struggle among nine princes, Shen Ye had been ready to make a big impact. Then he discovered that he had become the Crown Prince, with everyone ganging up to attack him. He knew the Crown Prince’s greatest enemy wasn’t his brothers, but the increasingly suspicious emperor. After realizing he couldn’t recreate the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Shen Ye decided to lie flat! He’d never become emperor no matter how hard he tried, so he might as well do w 168Votes171.8kRecs941.4kFans
- 4 EN Make the Immortal Sect Great Again 让仙门再次伟大 The first day as a cultivator. Wang Ping: “Not one of my fellow disciples is human. How am I supposed to make any progress in cultivating immortality with a pack of beasts like these?” The first day as a qi refiner. Wang Ping: “Actually, the immortal sect does have some redeeming qualities. At least its tradition of letting the weak challenge the strong is pretty good.” The first day as a cultivator of the Dao. Wang Ping: “I’ll protect the immortal sect and make sure it continues to thrive.” Man 16.3kVotes202.9kRecs941kFans
- 5 EN Deity Investigation Report 神明调查报告 A kidnapping from the past, thirteen phantoms standing tall in an ancient castle A life caught in a cycle of reversals, and a catastrophe unleashed by the gods in retaliation against humanity! Reason is fragile in this world. Humanity needs to be handled with care. "A real investigator isn't judged by how well they handle the bizarre, but by how well they write their reports!" 23Votes269.7kRecs1.2MFans
- 6 I’m Already a Superhuman, and the Spiritual Energy Is Only Just Reviving? 我都成超人了，灵气才复苏？ [Paranormal Classification: 001] [Codename: Pangu] [Combat Assessment 1: The target appears to be an ordinary young adult male under normal conditions, but possesses physical strength far beyond biological limits] [Combat Assessment 2: The target may possess an unknown special form??? (Redacted)] [Threat Assessment: Extremely Dangerous!!!] [Note: The target may be the first naturally occurring paranormal entity in the world. The limits of its abilities cannot be estimated. No conventional weapon 281Votes98.7kRecs796.3kFans
- 7 EN 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. 112Votes750.5kRecs1.2MFans
- 8 Venerable of the Turbid World 浊世武尊 In the third year of the Great New Republic, the nation is falling apart. The southern government has just been established, while northern warlords carve up the land and fight among themselves. Western ironclads batter at the gates, and the ghosts of the previous dynasty refuse to fade. This is an era when firearms and physical prowess vie for supremacy, and rebels dance alongside evil spirits. Beneath the undercurrents of revolution, folk cults flourish, alongside martial warriors, demons, str 65Votes113kRecs669.3kFans
- 9 EN A Proper Student Only Takes Nine Potions a Day 我正经学生，每天只吃九种魔药 (Averaging 30,000 copies! One wild twist after another!) Evan transmigrates as a student who sells his blood to test drugs, and gains a talent panel. [Nine Dragons' Power: You can reverse the side effects of nine drugs at the same time.] Sage University: The latest sleeping pills. Wanted: students who can stay up all night. You take [Incomplete Hibernation Potion]: impaired cognition, unable to wake for five days. Reversed effect: You can learn in your dreams for five days. Red King Laboratory: 1.3kVotes91.6kRecs822kFans
- 10 EN I Loaded the Occult System 我加载了神秘学面板 The Age of Steam, where reason and mysticism exist side by side. The more you know, the closer you come to madness. That is the consensus behind the Veil. Li Cha doesn't believe it. Or rather, that rule doesn't apply to him. His skill panel lets him dabble in many fields and master them all, like a steam engine that never needs to shut down. [Breathing Lv.3 · Healing: Chronic ailments vanish, old afflictions are completely cured] [Knowledge Lv.3 · Erudition: Every book you lay eyes on leaves 1.7kVotes199.4kRecs992.1kFans
- 11 EN 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… 172Votes701.2kRecs1.3MFans
- 12 EN 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! 465Votes3.7MRecs1.8MFans
- 13 EN Goblin: Severely Dependent 哥布林重度依赖 “Bro, why did we become adventurers?” “A goblin’s bounty is three silver coins.” “No, you’ve got me wrong, mate. I mean, what’s the ultimate goal of this line of work? We toil away all day long, but what’s it all for?” “One goblin. Three silver coins.” “…” “Three silver coins.” “All right, there’s a job to clear out a goblin nest. You…” “I’m in!” Elements: [down-and-out adventurers], [mash-up setting], [DND-inspired] 1.8kVotes631.9kRecs1.3MFans
- 14 EN Lord of Pro 普罗之主 His name is Li Banfeng. Feng as in mountain peak, not as in going crazy. His doctor has told him he isn’t insane. To save a friend’s life, he went to Platform 96, boarded Steam Train 1160, and arrived in Puluo Province, where the world had been stuck in the age of steam. He met a confidante in an old gramophone, peerless beauties on calendar posters, a swaying lady in an antique clock, and a worldly master in a wine gourd. Here, food cultivators grow stronger the more they eat, smoking cultivato 145Votes729.7kRecs2MFans
