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- 1 The Former Wave 前浪 Peng Xiangming spent nine years bedridden, passing the time and what remained of his life by watching movies and listening to music. He never expected to wake up in a parallel world, back in his twenty-one-year-old body and enrolled in film school. At first, he planned to make a little money, then leave and enjoy life. But to his surprise, the works he had made on Earth, already considered outdated there, were wildly popular in this world! So he decided to go with the flow, taking one step at a 3Votes310.5kRecs243kFans
- 2 I’ve Been Put on Autopilot by the System 我被系统托管了 He had a System, but no body. Fang Ning, a chronic procrastinator in the final stages of his condition, began his journey of self-redemption (scraping by to survive). If you have any feedback for the author, please join the group. 0Votes634.3kRecs515.7kFans
- 3 Sitting in Forgetfulness, Seeking Immortality 坐忘长生 The young Liu Qinghuan emerges from the chaos of war in the mortal world, only to enter the magnificent wars of the cultivators. Should he stand apart from the world, or shoulder its responsibilities? Should he stay true to his original aspirations, or cast off all attachments? He tempers his heart amid the tumult of the mortal world, then sits in oblivion and attains immortality. 55Votes749.8kRecs428.8kFans
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A Programmer's Path to Cultivation 程序员修真之路
“Yin and yang are 0 and 1, spiritual roots are rectifiers, acupoints are hard drives, and meridians are buses.” After a programmer transmigrated to a cultivation world, he discovered that spiritual energy was actually composed of materialized 0s and 1s. “So, does that mean I can use magical power to program?” “Want a spell? I'll just code a few more programs and create my own spell.” “No talent? No problem. Write an automation script, and you'll have talent.” “I hear heart demons are terrifying?
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