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- 1 The Rule-Breaker in the Doomsday Game 末日游戏的违规者 I wake up to find the world in the grip of a zombie crisis. If nothing unexpected happens, I should… become the world’s strongest Boss Zombie Overlord. Something unexpected does happen: a being called the Apocalypse Game arrives with a group of survivors. A reborn survivor uses their foreknowledge to try to steal the SSS-rank talent Devour Evolution from me, the Zombie Overlord. It’s a perfectly reasonable plan. They just came a little too early and ran into me before I’d even turned into a zomb 0Votes72.6kRecs136.1kFans
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This Is How We Doomsday Players Are 我们末日玩家是这样的
Every world is its own kind of apocalypse. The Math Apocalypse, the Staircase Apocalypse, the Snail Apocalypse, the Immortality Apocalypse, the Hollow Apocalypse... This is an age of apocalypses. And Shi Mo is an ordinary apocalypse player in this age. ...Probably. On a certain day in a certain year, a team tackling a high-level apocalypse world suffered a crushing defeat and could only flee in disarray. As pursuers swarmed after them, everyone's heart sank. They were sure they wouldn't make it
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- 3 The Dead Speak 听死者说 A headless woman kneels before a pile of bones. A prostitute freezes to death in a raging inferno, while a crowd cheers around the victim’s coffin. Hatred, desire, fear, anger… Even the smallest emotion can be the culprit on the autopsy table. A forensic pathologist’s duty is to speak for the dead. Xu Yiqing can hear the most pitiful and grotesque corpses identify their killers in their own words! One baffling murder after another. The dead who lost their way will tell me the answers, as I piece 0Votes3.7kRecs9.5kFans
- 4 Strange Three Kingdoms: Starting with a Simulator 诡异三国：从获得模拟器开始 They say the Han dynasty's decline had nothing to do with Emperor Ling's incompetence. He did it on purpose! A hundred children's blood in exchange for one more year of life in this world. Ten pills made from virgins in exchange for three years of true cultivation. If you were the emperor of this world, would you take that deal? Rumors spread among the Yellow Turban Army that the Celestial Master ate people. At Little Lion Bridge, soldiers once saw Zhang Liao open his mouth and bite Sun Quan 0Votes2.5kRecs4.6kFans
- 5 Starting on a Folklore Forum, I Invent Talismans 从民俗论坛开始，编造镇物 To ward off calamities and suppress evil, this world where ghosts and monsters roam openly needs a little surprise. After copying comments from a folk-custom forum to create his first warding artifact, Chen Xin knew that this surprise... was him! [Artifact Name]: House Guardian: Candlelit Night [Use]: Protects a yang residence [Current Suppression Rank]: Yin Messenger [Artifact Description]: The rooster crows, and the candlelit night ends. An image of the south, a creature of fiery yang... (Cli 0Votes75.1kRecs299.8kFans
- 6 EN Virtual Empire Begins with a Game 虚拟帝国从游戏开始 What's the biggest obstacle standing between a company on the verge of bankruptcy and greatness? “Regulators, obviously! Where do they get so many regulators?” Xu Meng is close to losing it. “What's wrong with dressing female characters sexily? Game characters have the freedom to choose what they wear!” “The war simulator is a safe gaming peripheral. Players breaking bones is purely an accident, and we even include accidental injury insurance.” “The Dream Machine is a game console, an entertainm 2Votes88.6kRecs352.8kFans
- 7 It Starts with the Liar Game 从谎言游戏开始 [Rule 1: Whenever someone “lies,” the lifespan of all humanity will be reduced.] At seven in the morning, Lin Jing summons Little Red Riding Hood, who’s carrying a knife, into the real world, determined to kill every despicable human who lies. [Rule 2: When you feel “shame,” you will degenerate into a monster.] At three in the afternoon, a schoolgirl who’s ashamed because she forgot her homework can’t bear the darkness in her heart, so she goes to the hospital and asks Lin Jing to cut out her se 0Votes1.4kRecs5.3kFans
- 8 Rule-Based Horror: The Upside-Down Neighborhood 规则类怪谈：颠倒小区 [A satisfying rule-based novel. The logic is airtight, and every rule has a reason and explanation. Nothing is pointless or included just to pad things out.] [That day, when It descended upon the residential compound, everything changed without a sound. Every living thing crawled at Its feet, struggling and piecing things together as they searched for a way to survive.] [Follow the rules. They are the hard-won lessons of those who came before. Explore the world, and go farther than they did, wal 0Votes1.6kRecs8.3kFans
- 9 EN Rules of the Uncanny: 4016 规则类怪谈：4016 [A true-to-the-original Lovecraftian rules-based horror mystery. Already certified as a premium title, quality guaranteed. But if you're looking for a power fantasy, think twice before reading.] To earn a generous bonus for experiencing college life, Lin Yi and his roommates sign up to visit a university in the suburbs. Student regulations that seem ordinary at first glance, yet feel a little off; Strange notices outside the academic buildings, alongside rules for those buildings that seem perfe 7Votes79.2kRecs287.5kFans
- 10 Simultaneous Transmigration: Saving the World with the Twelve Talismans 同时穿越：从十二符咒开始救世 Bearing the fate of saving the world, Zhang Yuan's mind is divided into twelve parts. Holding the twelve talismans, he transmigrates through the myriad worlds all at once. Lord of the Mysteries: “Who are you calling an evil god?” Whoever the Rat Talisman touches is descended upon by a god. Dao of the Bizarre Immortal: Whether cultivation is real or fake, whether the heart is pure or impure, a noble horse can dispel all external forces 0Votes1.3kRecs21.3kFans
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