Novels like The Cannon Fodder Strategy
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- 151 Tales of the Immortal Garden 仙园逸事 Yao Huang transmigrated into an alternate world. She had a kind, capable older sister and a sickly brother-in-law, as well as a seven-year-old younger brother and a one-year-old nephew. There was no one in the family able to do hard labor, so they could only rely on her sister’s needlework to earn enough to support them all. It was easy to imagine how hard their lives were. To keep her family from starving, Yao Huang did everything she could to earn money and help make ends meet. Fortunately, a 0Votes103.8kRecs169.6kFans
- 152 The Evolution of My Zombie Girlfriend 丧尸女友进化论 Other people’s girlfriends may be ugly, but they’re still human. His girlfriend, on the other hand, is a zombie. But his goal is to raise his girlfriend until she’s plump and rosy. Whether she’s a zombie or not, well, that doesn’t matter. His doting leaves the zombie both very pleased and rather helpless. She can eat by herself! She can drink by herself! She can even get rid of those annoying people by herself! Still, if he wants to step in, she won’t stop him. Hmph. “No one can stand in our wa 0Votes39.8kRecs39.9kFans
- 153 Everything Goes as It Should 万事如易 Fortune and misfortune are easy to calculate, but the human heart is hard to fathom. Good and evil are easy to discern, but right and wrong are hard to judge. Life and death are easy to overcome, but love and hatred are hard to resolve. The world is easy to claim, but who can say who will win or lose? A signpost to a new story: The Princess Bride Has Returned. 0Votes559.7kRecs195.2kFans
- 154 Transmigrating to the Future: It's Tough Being a Man 穿越未来之男人不好当 To inherit her father’s military honors, she embarked on a miserable journey of growth. At long last, she reached adulthood and could choose whom to marry, only for her father, who had come back from the dead, to throw her into the Federation’s First Men’s Military Academy. Through a twist of fate, Ling Lan kept straying further down the road to becoming cold, domineering, and wickedly cool... I’ve created a few groups: Lan Shao VIP Group: 392111243 (only for readers with a paid subscription); L 6Votes2.9MRecs253kFans
- 155 Quick Transmigration: The Face-Slapping Plan 快穿之打脸计划 Lu Xin says the world has long been in turmoil, with transmigrators running rampant and stealing the fate that was originally theirs. Shi Qi doesn't understand what a transmigrator is, but she has certainly suffered at their hands. Her body has been destroyed, and her soul has scattered. Now she's nothing more than a fragment of a soul wandering the mortal world. How can she even think of revenge? Lu Xin says they each get what they need: he'll restore her body and soul, and all he wants is to k 0Votes46kRecs29.1kFans
- 156 Noble Lady Doctor 名门医女 Qi Yue stumbles into a strange era. Her hair is styled like a married woman’s, but her husband is nowhere to be seen. She lives alone in a separate courtyard, with cold pots, cold stoves, and cold stares. What kind of joke is this? Since I’m the principal wife of this household, then what I say goes. Good food, comfortable lodging, and we’ll all mind our own business. Keep picking fights with me, just you try. I’m a master surgeon. I’ll scare you out of your wits! 4Votes381.9kRecs367.2kFans
- 157 The Marquis's Daughter's Life in Showbiz 侯府小姐的娱乐圈生涯 The young lady of the marquis’s household has a strange experience: whenever she falls asleep, she becomes an ordinary girl in the modern world. A System that calls itself “Raising an Entertainment Industry Superstar” falls from the sky and lands on Lin Baiyu. From then on, the young lady of the marquis’s household sets out to hone her acting skills… In the modern world, Miss Lin has just played a delicate, innocent heroine. In the ancient world, when her sisters in the household make things dif 0Votes405.5kRecs78.1kFans
- 158 A Bond Forged by Medicine 药结同心 Shen Liumei, an unemployed herbal pharmacist, wakes up in ancient times after a fatal accident. She has become the daughter of a disgraced official, fallen on hard times. In this second life, can she fulfill her wishes and find a happy, beautiful life? 0Votes224.3kRecs242.6kFans
- 159 Ninefold Purple 九重紫 Dou Zhao thinks she may not have much longer to live. Lately, she keeps dreaming that she’s back in her childhood, sitting beneath a wisteria-covered trellis and swinging her chubby little legs while her plump, white nursemaid, round as a steamed bun, feeds her... But if she really returned to her childhood, how different would her life be? Ninefold Purple is a story of being reborn! ※ Unless something unexpected comes up, updat 5Votes1.5MRecs658.9kFans
- 160 Chronicles of the Green Ghost 青诡纪事 Synopsis: He Qing is an ordinary college student living an ordinary life. The only unusual thing about her is that she can always see things other people can’t… The old-fashioned writing style is a little rough around the edges [important!!!], so please be patient. The characters’ values do not represent the author’s. Some of the Taoist spells in this story come from online sources, and some are made up by me. No romance. If any chapters 0Votes436.5kRecs519.3kFans
- 161 The Steward 掌事 She was a craftsperson’s daughter, just a little higher in status than a merchant, and just a little better at shipbuilding. She hid away in a mansion as a maid, working hard to become a steward. She thought her ambitions were modest and the task wouldn’t be too difficult, but then she met someone And so, as she walked this road, it suddenly branched off... Her completed VIP novels, The Feng Family’s Daughter and Reborn to Build the Perfect Home, are proof of her reliable writing record. 1Votes471.9kRecs171.2kFans
- 162 Reborn as a Farmer's Wife 重生娘子在种田 Mu Yangling was reborn into a family of hunters. She thought she could live a simple, happy life, but a war nearly destroyed her family. Her father was classified as a military farmer, and the whole family had to go with him to work the fields. The trouble was, they couldn’t even tell the seedlings of the five staple crops apart. Seeing her mother and little brother on the verge of tears, Mu Yangling puffed out her chest and said, “It’s all right. I have plenty of strength.” She also had some ag 0Votes27.7kRecs37.4kFans
- 163 The Beauty and the Fortune-Teller 美人神棍 In her previous life, she was weak and passive, and suffered terribly. Will starting over make her noble, clever, and universally loved? Zhao Tansheng tilted her head toward the heavens. She had no idea why the Boundless Heavenly Venerable had given a weakling like her another chance. But she knew that a charlatan with ideals, morals, and absolutely no bottom line was unstoppable! 0Votes187.6kRecs72.5kFans
- 164 Golden Branch 金枝 She was confident in her exceptional intelligence and always strove to do everything perfectly. She thought that becoming a virtuous, supportive wife who followed her husband's lead would do no disservice to her future husband. Unfortunately, her childhood sweetheart and fiancé didn't see it that way. In the end, her family was destroyed, and she lost everything. At last, even Heaven couldn't bear to watch and gave her a chance to start over… (The author is terrible at writing blurbs. Just read 0Votes749kRecs224.1kFans
- 165 The Pearl Lady 明珠娘子 No one expected Gu Mingzhu, the eldest daughter of the Cavalry General's household, to lose her imperial marriage decree at the Qujiang Banquet. Everyone knew how hard she had worked and what schemes she had employed to win this chance, yet she managed to lose it herself. Everyone guessed that, given her temperament, Miss Gu would surely cry, make a scene, and threaten to hang herself... The female lead is extremely ruthless, extremely ruthless, extremely ruthless. High-stakes warning ahead... 0Votes99.7kRecs81.9kFans
- 166 Reborn: The Everyday Joys of Life 重生之幸福日常 There are people in this world who clearly have both ability and good luck, yet always seem to fall just short of happiness. Lin Xiaoguai was, for better or worse, one of them. As the beloved youngest daughter in her family, Lin Xiaoguai was pretty and clever, but she had four mediocre, spineless brothers and four formidable sisters-in-law. Her family background was poor, and her future looked bleak, yet at just the right age she managed to get into college. Her loving father was in high spirits 0Votes74.5kRecs68.4kFans
- 167 Heaven’s Finest Gift 天赐一品 The moment Wei Yaoqing opened her eyes, she went from being the Zhang family’s cherished darling to an ordinary young woman looked down on because her fiancé was too outstanding... 0Votes338.3kRecs159.6kFans
- 168 Spring in Jinling 金陵春 Zhou Shaojin has been reborn. Her cousin Cheng Lu, who betrayed her in her previous life, is naturally out of the running. But there are still plenty of other cousins: Cheng Xu, Cheng Yi, Cheng Ju, and more... This is the story of me and the Cheng family! 16Votes1.8MRecs467.5kFans
- 169 My Trash Can Connects to Ancient Times 我家垃圾桶通古代 An ordinary-looking porcelain jar turns out to connect the modern and ancient worlds. Garbage discarded by modern society not only keeps starving people in the past alive, but also becomes a priceless treasure that everyone in the ancient world fights over!!! Han Nuo: The tangyuan are about to expire. Toss them! Li Yishu: Big Sis, these white balls are so sweet and delicious! Han Nuo: We've finished all the drinks. Toss the bottles. Li Yishu: (*°w°*)\. Big... Big Sis, I pawned this bottle for th 0Votes128.1kRecs48.4kFans
- 170 Begonia Brocade 棠锦 New book: Point Gold is now online. One great fire leaves her family destroyed and her loved ones dead. Xie Zheng enters the capital alone, determined to uncover the truth. But after five years apart, will her fiancé recognize her? 3Votes99.9kRecs64.6kFans
- 171 Slay the Sand 诛砂 When it comes to wishes, perhaps no one would believe her. But Xie Rouhui's greatest wish was simply to be able to say no. Starting one summer when she was twelve years old, if she had said no back then, her sister would not have been swept away by the water, she would not have been rejected by her family, she would not have abandoned her own child, she would not have been married off by her father to Prince Zhenbei as his second wife, she would not have been humiliated by her stepson, and she w 0Votes648.3kRecs281.7kFans
- 172 A Guide to Finding Love in the Stars 星际脱单指南 When she woke up, time had raced across the entire planet. Every blood clan in the universe now counted its members in the double digits, and everyone had to call her Ancestor. At last, the lowly had their day. Who would dare call her a weakling now? Come on, let’s hurt each other! If you can’t beat me, I’ll make you call me Father. And so… she gained a father. Yao Si: “…” Mu Xuan: “…” 0Votes218.9kRecs212.2kFans
- 173 The Movie Queen's Words Come True 影后的嘴开过光 “Jiang Xiaobai’s mouth is a curse that brings trouble!” Grand Talisman Master Jiang Bai was killed in an explosion while developing a Spirit Fortune Talisman. When she opened her eyes, she had become Jiang Xiaobai, a C-list actress, and unexpectedly gained the ability to jinx people. Good things never come true, but bad things always do? The movie queen’s mouth must have been blessed! Everyone in the entertainment industry trembled with fear. “Your Majesty, please don’t say a word!” (No male lea 0Votes1MRecs245.3kFans
- 174 Hilarious Cultivation: Senior Sister, Hurry and Transform! 爆笑修仙：师姐，快变身 This is a world where the strong rule. All living beings in the Three Realms can cultivate, shatter the void, and ascend to the Immortal Realm. The path of cultivation is long... 0Votes83.7kRecs22.2kFans
- 175 Springtime Among the Noble Families 名门春事 After being reborn, she picked up a clay pot and smashed it over that bastard's head. From then on, Cui Lang was just another stranger. This is the story of a food-loving heroine's life as a farmer. As they work the land, they unearth a tremendous secret. 0Votes127.3kRecs120.2kFans
- 176 Xia Li’s Modern Daily Life 夏梨的现代日常 In her previous life, Xia Li was the fake young lady of a pawnshop owner’s family, but in truth she was an unwanted little cabbage, unloved by her father and her stepmother. After being injured by accident, she got a chance to be reborn. But what kind of place was this? These people had no shame, baring their arms and legs, and there was even a magical little square box in which tiny people moved around. Most astonishing of all, the chamber pot her family had used in her previous life was now tr 0Votes79.3kRecs50.7kFans
- 177 The Lord Has Returned 君归矣 This book began in May 2017 and was rewritten in April 2025. A note: This book has no romance pairing, no female emperor, a huge cast, and many long-running clues and plot threads. It's an unconventional, eclectic fantasy with a high barrier to entry...and all kinds of potentially frustrating elements rolled into one book. Also, the book is set against the backdrop of the Two Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties. The events and characters are all drawn from old records that Xiao Xian dug up. 25Votes705.6kRecs89.7kFans
- 178 The First Daughter of the Heavenly Line 天字嫡一号 A princess from a parallel dynasty transmigrates to the Great Liang. First, she improves her family’s lot. Second, she finds a good husband. Third, she becomes a brilliant little detective. Oh, come on, is there anything in this world you can’t accomplish with power and brains? 0Votes122.7kRecs134.2kFans
- 179 A First-Rank Immortal Beauty 一品仙娇 Reborn in childhood, Mu Wan’er gets the chance to start all over again. She resolves to cultivate immortality: Though the immortal path is arduous, I shall seek it from end to end. 0Votes242.7kRecs85.5kFans
- 180 The World of Kong Fang 孔方世界 Synopsis: A slow journey through small worlds, taking a portable dimension to the apocalypse, the interstellar age, and the cultivation world… Then she comes back to help her dad run a noodle shop. Zhou Shuangshuang always thought this was what her life would be like. She never expected the apocalypse to strike her own world one day. As usual, no romance, no awful characters, and no catfights. Warning: Open ending. 0Votes377.7kRecs167.7kFans
- 181 The Transmigrated Top Student Is Blessed with Good Fortune 穿越学霸福气满满 The author's three-part period-drama series: Transmigrating and Turning My Life Around in the Eighties, Reborn: Stories from the Nineties, and The Nineties Continued: Their Story, as well as the historical farming novel My Whole Family Transmigrated. This is an era when there is nothing to be had, and even drinking milk counts as stealing from the socialist state. No worries! She has a grandpa who hides eggs in his sleeves for her, a grandma who secretly slips her fabric coupons, and parents who 0Votes154.9kRecs110.8kFans
- 182 The Ordinary Days of a Qing Dynasty Transmigrator 平凡的清穿日子 This is a world that has already been visited by many famous transmigration predecessors. Beneath the brilliance of the eleventh male lead, the Powerful Court Minister, and the Qing-transmigrated heroine, the capital's pearl, the Earl's Third Young Lady cautiously chose to merge into the entire era... This novel is dedicated to all the classics of transmigration! 0Votes809.5kRecs1.1MFans
- 183 Quick Transmigration: I Just Want to Farm 快穿之我只想种田 Don't let the title fool you. The author is terrible at naming things. This is actually a strong female lead story with no romantic pairing, featuring a village girl and a System as she turns her fortunes around. It is also known as a slow-traveling, chaotic transmigration story. It has murder, the apocalypse, martial arts, immortal cultivation, magic, and all sorts of other things. Also, the new book launches on August 20, so don't miss it. Official group: Fans with a support value of at least 4Votes3.7MRecs1.2MFans
- 184 A Handbook for Raising Kids in the Apocalypse 末世养娃手札 The apocalypse arrives. Anran, a mother with a baby, has no godlike superpowers, no space, and no husband. All she has is a baby to feed and a wood-type ability that can only make flowers and plants grow. 0Votes239.5kRecs87.4kFans
- 185 The Queen of the Entertainment Industry 娱乐圈之女王在上 The male lead is movie star Leo Hart Hamilton. After she is reborn, Jian Han has lost all her memories. The famous movie star looks so familiar. Is he her husband or her brother? To get closer to her idol, she resolutely enters show business. While cosplaying as her beloved star, she accidentally becomes a goddess herself. Fans: The leading man and the goddess! Get together! Get together! Leo Hart: Mrs. Hamilton, the little lions are hungry! Fan 0Votes350.3kRecs55kFans
- 186 Quick Transmigration: Don't Worry, My Child 快穿之吾儿莫方 My new novel, "My Great-Grand-Aunt Has Returned from Cultivating Immortality", is being updated now. Come give it a read. In all those stories about people who transmigrate or are reborn, there are always one or two unlucky kids... The heroine has this to say: Don't worry, my child. Mother is here! Get out your notebook and write down the key points! 1. The female lead isn't yours! Neither is the supporting female character! Only your mother is yours! 2. The male lead isn't yours! Neither is the 0Votes227.1kRecs89.6kFans
- 187 The First Mage 第一法师 After a guild war, a certain man, full of confidence, proposed to her while standing atop a pile of corpses. Nightfall: Marry you? What makes you think I would? A Certain Man: I’ll hunt down your enemies, take down bosses, and come whenever you call. Nightfall: I can handle things on my own. A Certain Man: Top-tier gear, rare potions, take your pick. Nightfall: I have those myself. A Certain Man: Doesn’t everyone call me a top player? Marry a top player in-game, and you’ll have it easy. Nightfal 0Votes728.8kRecs81.6kFans
- 188 The Rebirth of Han Yuxi 嫡女重生记 At home, she was invisible; after marriage, she was merely a decoration; in the end, she died in a sea of flames, leaving not even a trace of her remains. This was the story of Han Yuxi's previous life. Reborn into a new life, Han Yuxi worked hard to improve herself, wishing only never again to be a foil or a pretty vase. Then she would find an ideal husband and live a life of peace and prosperity. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. She married a man burdened by a blood feud, and Han Y 0Votes135.2kRecs72.3kFans
- 189 The Nation's Campus Prince Is a Girl 国民校草是女生 The print edition of this book, Thin Jiu, is now available. On the surface, she's a good-for-nothing. In reality, she's Z, worshipped by the gods. Disguised as a boy, she dominates the gaming world. When people find out “he” is a girl, the whole nation goes wild! Bo Jiu: “God Qin, do you have a girlfriend?” Qin Mo puts down his laptop. “No.” Bo Jiu leans in and murmurs flirtatiously, “Then starting now, you do. It's me.” (A reborn, feel-good romance. The heroine is Bo Jiu, the hero is Qin Mo. Al 1Votes190.4kRecs190.8kFans
- 190 The Phoenix Descends Upon a Crumbling Han 凤穿残汉 Cai Zi Mei swallowed five million in stolen money; Cai Zi Mei was sent flying by a Buick; Cai Zi Mei was reborn as Cai Ji. What? This is the late Eastern Han, with heroes rising everywhere? What? This is a brutal age where all creation is treated like straw dogs? What? You, a woman, dare to proclaim that you’ll make the sun and moon shine on a new world? In the next moment, the reborn Cai Ji smiled. Those who are meant to die will die in the end, and those who aren’t will live on. What matters i 3Votes1.7MRecs75.2kFans
- 191 Back to Ninth Grade 重返初三 Ling Xiaoxiao discovered that she had suddenly returned to her third year of middle school. Back then, the soft, fair layer of chubby flesh on her stomach, which the doctor had looked down on, was still trembling away. Half the summer vacation had passed, and her homework was still piled up untouched. The person who had once made her lose her head had not appeared ye 0Votes122.1kRecs72.9kFans
- 192 The Hardships of a Rogue Cultivator 散修难为 The heavens cannot be foreseen, and the Dao cannot be planned. On the path of cultivation and enlightenment, every journey is a wager. He Miaomiao vows to break through the mists and become the victor who ascends to the summit of glory! 0Votes110.3kRecs98.3kFans
- 193 Second to None 不二臣 The daughter of a madman and a sycophant. Qi Taiwei fled an arranged marriage, set fires, killed people, and died alone in a foreign land, with nowhere to call home. The person she had loved with all her heart was nothing more than a beautiful dream. Now that she has woken from that dream and gotten a second chance, she wants no more of these men who bow at her feet. “Take my hand, and you can live.” “Like hell I will.” There’s just no damn point in being alive… 0Votes238.8kRecs125.3kFans
- 194 Selling Gear All Over the Martial World 江湖遍地卖装备 A top Song dynasty assassin accidentally transmigrates into a wuxia-style full-dive online game. Everything in the game world leaves her bewildered, while the ancient assassin’s habits and way of speaking drive the players and NPCs crazy… Amid the virtual world’s bloodshed and turmoil, love quietly finds its way to her… 0Votes194.9kRecs175.2kFans
- 195 A Survival Guide for Demonic Cultivators 魔修求生指南 (Completed) A classic demonic cultivation novel, with a passionate level-up storyline and a decisive, clearheaded protagonist! * A cultivator of the demonic path does not question cause and effect, but follows the heart. With a single thought, one becomes a bodhisattva who saves the world. With that thought gone, one becomes an asura who destroys it. 1Votes146kRecs112.3kFans
- 196 The Flourishing Fragrance of Medicine 盛世医香 She transmigrated into another world and got entangled with Kyoto's most notorious playboy. The whole experience was... impossible to put into words. P.S. Don't ask how much of a playboy he is. He's the genuine article, from a family that's been playboys for three generations! He's sick. He needs treatment! 0Votes193.2kRecs113.2kFans
- 197 Destined to Be a Queen 天命为凰 Lu Mingshu has never believed in fate. Not when her father remarried and her family fell apart, nor when she was abandoned in a mountain valley to fend for herself. Not when she lacked the resources to cultivate, and even less when everyone turned against her. She clawed her way up from the dust, and in a single day soared to the clouds, drawing the world’s attention! If justice won’t come to me, I’ll take it for myself. If fate won’t grant me a way forward, I’ll carve one out. So what if fate h 0Votes1.3MRecs821.6kFans
- 198 Reborn: The Heavenly Fortune Talisman Master 重生之天运符师 Returning to the modern era, before any of the tragedies have happened, she protects her loved ones one step at a time and ultimately becomes a grandmaster. The new book, Getting Rich Begins with the World Losing Ninety-Nine Percent of Its Value, has been released. 0Votes237.9kRecs130.9kFans
- 199 The Empress’s Livestream Strategy Guide 女帝直播攻略 [The new novel, Step Aside, Let Me Take the Throne, is being serialized] [A different story, just as exciting] Jiang Pengji acquired something called a palace-intrigue livestream System. Jiang Pengji: “All right, System. No problem, System!” Many years later, Jiang Pengji finally achieved her goal: she became the emperor’s woman, the female emperor. Jiang Pengji: “Praise me!” System: “(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻ I told you to fight for favor in the palace! Who told you to conquer the world?” #The future’s top g 14Votes3.7MRecs1.5MFans
- 200 Quick Transmigration: The Way of Freedom 快穿之逍遥道 Chang Li is a tribulation-taker who has left behind all lowbrow pursuits. How could she limit her vision to the little patch of land right in front of her? A look at all the protagonists and supporting characters overlooked along the way... The world is vast. I walk my own path! 1Votes351.1kRecs108.8kFans
