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- 1 1995: Starting Out as a Criminal Investigation Expert 1995，从刑侦专家开始 1995. Surveillance cameras were not yet widespread, DNA was still an impractical tool, fingerprints were compared by eye, and criminal investigations still relied on the "expert detective" experience of a pair of footprints and a pack of cigarettes. That same year, police academy graduate Li Shu joined the technical division of the Nanjiang City Public Security Bureau and activated the Criminal Investigation Expert System. From then on, everything began to change. [No eyewitnesses? Physical 92Votes15.2kRecs85.5kFans
- 2 The Winds Rise in North America, 1625 风起北美1625 A group of Chinese people from the future accidentally arrive on the west coast of North America in the seventeenth century. They go on to change the course of world history, embedding the mark of Chinese civilization deep into one land after another. “The entire continent of the New World, the Americas, is the land chosen for us Chinese!” “The vast Pacific Ocean is our Chinese inland sea!” “The Caribbean Sea is our Chinese washbasin!” “The continent of Australia is our Chinese mining ground!” “ 411Votes120.3kRecs105.8kFans
- 3 Chinese Showbiz: The Top-Tier Star Director Who Only Promotes Rising Actresses 华娱：专捧小花的顶流导演 Rewinding to 2015, Lu Yunzhou binds to a Director System. Every time he makes a film, he gets a reward: [Delayed Aging], [Perfect Physique], [Immune to All Illnesses], and [More Children, More Blessings]! He only meant to focus on directing and rack up rewards, but the temptation of a million yuan a day proved too much. He took a guest role, and before he knew it, there was no turning back! … 10 million, 20 million, 30 million… What? I have over a hundred million female fans around the world! T 207Votes54.4kRecs185.9kFans
- 4 EN 1422: The Revival of the Eastern Roman Empire 1422：东罗马的复兴 In 1422, the Eastern Roman Empire had long since lost the glory of Justinian’s age. Its territory had dwindled to Constantinople and a few isolated enclaves such as the Morea. Like a vast ship sailing across a sea of time, its hull riddled with holes, it struggled to stay afloat amid history’s raging waves. At this turbulent moment, a stranger’s soul drifted into the empire. He vowed to change everything and breathe new life into this ancient empire, now in decline. 337Votes43.4kRecs78.5kFans
- 5 A Great Director from the Cinematography Department 华娱之摄影系大导 They say that in a big forest, there are all kinds of birds. Wu Chen, a graduate of the photography department at the Beijing Film Academy, wants to see what kinds of birds there are in the dazzling, bizarre world of cinema. Back in the early 2000s, Zhang Yimou's "Hero" has already become a nationwide hit, and the era of big-budget Chinese-language films has arrived. Wu Chen, the “new generation's top dog” in the Beijing Film Academy's photography department, is just starting out from humble 355Votes187.9kRecs272.9kFans
- 6 The Number Nine-and-a-Half 九号半 Gao Qi transmigrated to 2011. With the help of the Green Pitch Superstar System, European football once again had a legendary number ten who struck fear into every defense! A tactical role on the verge of being swept away by the tide came into its own in that turbulent era. 0Votes73.7kRecs183.7kFans
- 7 EN America: The Godfather of Game Development 美利坚：游戏制作教父 Lin Lixin transmigrated to Los Angeles in 1984. That year, North America's gaming hegemon Atari collapsed. That year, the new king, Nintendo, held the Famicom in its hands and was full of ambition. It was the darkest day in video game history, but it was also Lin Lixin's opportunity. From Tetris to Minecraft, from Civilization to Hearts of Iron; that year, Lin Lixin punched Nintendo, kicked Sega, and scared Sony, which had not yet entered the market, into trembling... "On my business card, I am 725Votes49kRecs199.5kFans
- 8 EN Me, a Best Actor! 我，影帝！ The road to stardom for a PE teacher! There’s absolutely no way I’m going into adult entertainment. Not in this lifetime! Shen Qi loses his job as a PE teacher and refuses to enter the industry, only to end up as an extra in Hengdian. He wants nothing more than to earn money while keeping his clothes on! By chance, he gets his hands on a “spellbook.” He can record the “skills” he sees in the spellbook, then use them whenever he needs to. The spellbook contains another world, where he can find cl 1.9kVotes158.3kRecs307kFans
- 9 The Coach Is a Beast 教练凶猛 (A League of Legends esports novel) Li Shu, a celebrated player in a parallel world, transmigrates to 2016. Apart from League of Legends itself, everything is unfamiliar to him: the major regions and every single player. With a completely blank resume, the first problem Li Shu has to face is... finding a job. 499Votes67.8kRecs307.6kFans
- 10 A Dream of the Beiyang Fleet 北洋之梦 After transmigrating into a hopeless student in the Beiyang presidential preparatory class in the fifteenth year of the Guangxu reign, Chang Desheng looked at his classmates, including Feng Guozhang, Duan Qirui, Cao Kun, and Wang Shizhen, and made up his mind: I’m going to be president! A new work from Da Luoluo. Read it now, and don’t save it for later! 1.8kVotes157.7kRecs356.9kFans
- 11 The Struggle for the Throne in the Jiajing Era 夺嫡在嘉靖朝 In the twenty-eighth year of the Jiajing reign of the Great Ming, the Crown Prince died, leaving the succession vacant. The struggle between Prince Yu and Prince Jing would determine countless lives, fortunes, and reputations. On one side stood Zhu Zaiji, Prince Yu, first in line by age. Backed by the court’s upright officials and invoking ancestral precedent, he was regarded by the scholarly world as the obvious choice for Crown Prince. On the other stood Zhu Zaizhen, Prince Jing. With Grand Se 887Votes132.3kRecs446.7kFans
- 12 EN Hogwarts' Regulus: Lord of the Starry Sky 霍格沃茨的雷古勒斯：星空之主 Regulus Black: a tragic supporting character in the original story, the good son of the Black family, and one of Voldemort’s earliest victims. In 1961, he opened his eyes again, but another soul now inhabited his body. Faced with the heavy shackles of a pure-blood family, the dark age of Voldemort’s rise, and a fate that seemed destined to end in death, he chose to raise his gaze to the stars. Magic is the power to change reality. Why do wizards use it only to fight over power and profit? Why ha 434Votes64.4kRecs319.1kFans
- 13 Building America: My Campaign Manager Is Roosevelt 缔造美利坚：我竞选经理是罗斯福 My name is Leo Wallace. I'm a history PhD student, and I'm $137,542.89 in debt. At the darkest point in my life, I lost my job. The reason? I trashed a tech giant called Omni online, and they “optimized” me right out of a job. I thought my life was going to be like Rickshaw Boy, until an uninvited intruder showed up in my head. He said his name was Franklin D. Roosevelt. Yes, that one, the guy on the dime. “Kid, stop ranting online. It doesn't work.” “Want to take them down? I'll teach you how.” 0Votes89.4kRecs234.6kFans
- 14 My IQ Increases Every Year 我的智商逐年递增 [No System + No Romance + Everyday Life + Ensemble Cast + Smart Characters + Scientific Research + A Rising Nation] Chen Zhuo was reborn as an infant. But he had no System, no pocket dimension, and no chime of mission prompts. All he had was a developing brain whose processing power continued to evolve as he grew older. “Who is Chen Zhuo?” “He’s a ghost in the world of mathematics, a tyrant in the world of physics, and the one and only god of science.” No harem, no hackneyed tropes. 274Votes71.8kRecs648.3kFans
- 15 Reborn in 2008: The Gear-Type God of War 重生08：装备系男神 Zhai Da is reborn in 2008, back at a high school in a small town, and awakens the [Life Equipment System]. Powerful emotions, obsessions, and states of mind can seep into objects. Zhai Da can imbue special items with life and turn them into equipment for his own use. Best of all, equipment can be combined over and over again! Its rarity can be increased, and eventually he can even collect a [Set]. [Old Man's Television]: The shows it plays are addictive? Zhai Da whips out study materials instead 0Votes269.9kRecs477.3kFans
- 16 EN The AI Wave Tycoon's Rise 首富从AI浪潮开始 [Entrepreneurship] [Business Battles] [Internet] [Artificial Intelligence] [Smart Protagonist] On the day you get laid off, your eyes suddenly gain the ability to see information that no one else can. What would you do? Catch the trap in your severance agreement on the spot, then give your former supervisor, who set you up, a taste of face-slapping. What next? Han Lu Yi, a top university graduate who spent several years grinding away at a major tech company, takes his severance pay and decides t 1.8kVotes111.1kRecs405.7kFans
- 17 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
- 18 EN Clearing Jin 廓晋 To clear the way means, first, to open it up, and second, to sweep it clean. Having arrived in the Eastern Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms era, one should strike out into the current, set one’s heart on the Northern Expeditions, drive the Five Hu tribes from the Central Plains, and then sweep away the aristocratic clans from the imperial court. Such is the way to clear the realm, build a new enterprise, and carry on Chinese civilization. That is the theory. But in the autumn of Yonghe 5, AD 349, when a 13.7kVotes901.7kRecs1.1MFans
- 19 Chinese Entertainment in Those Days 那年华娱 They say this industry is full of hidden dangers. Lin Nan wanted to go in and see for himself, to find out how vast the woods were and how deep the waters ran. He never expected to get trapped the moment he stepped inside... 104Votes876.2kRecs1.1MFans
- 20 This Star Really Wants to Retire 这个明星很想退休 That year, the entire entertainment industry began to stagnate, with signs that it might even be going into decline. A large number of netizens said the man who had debuted only ten years earlier and earned titles such as [Rookie King], [King of the Music Scene], [Best TV Actor], [Best Actor], and [One of the World's Ten Greatest Creative Geniuses] was primarily to blame. After all, the man who had led the industry for so long had actually retired at the start of the year! "Entertainment Evening 10Votes1.9MRecs1.9MFans
- 21 What's Wrong with One More Person Getting Rich Later? 多我一个后富怎么了 He started out studying medicine but never practiced, then sold TVs, ran into Zhou Huihui, and moved into the sharing economy, where deposits went unrepaid. Next came real estate, where he found some success. At last, he picked a prime property, but never got to top it out… In 2008, Yu Xing woke from a dream to find himself back on the eve of the financial crisis, with his investments in the red. That was the year industry giants took shape and capital awoke. He could only struggle to build his 1.7kVotes1MRecs885.5kFans
- 22 EN 1979: The Golden Age 1979黄金时代 This is still a somewhat nostalgic story, hmm… 8.7kVotes3.7MRecs2.5MFans
- 23 Reshaping the Millennium Era 重塑千禧年代 At the turn of the millennium, officials were chanting slogans about GDP, bosses took pride in bringing their secretaries along, and rough-and-ready entrepreneurs fought with blades flashing amid the waves of the times. Fang Zhuo returns to the year 2000. Ten years later, a group of venture capitalists and private equity firms storm the company headquarters, demanding an answer from a stunned Fang Zhuo: “Mr. Fang, all your other projects have gone public. When on earth will this first one li 47Votes867.3kRecs825.4kFans
- 24 The National Forensic Doctor 国民法医 Corpse: Have you no manners? 110Votes4.1MRecs2.4MFans
- 25 EN Life-Sim Culinary Game 生活系游戏 [A poorly presented plate of kung pao chicken] Jiang Feng’s life was turned upside down the moment he accidentally discovered that he could see notes attached to the dishes his dad cooked. … 1. This game offers a high degree of freedom. Explore at your own discretion. 2. This game will not interfere with any of your choices. Do your best to unlock achievements. 3. All explanations are the property of the game. 44Votes2.6MRecs1.4MFans
- 26 Great Doctor Ling Ran 大医凌然 Ling Ran, a medical student, had a modest goal: to become the greatest doctor in the world. Then, by accident, he achieved it. 53Votes8.5MRecs2.1MFans
