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1 将 Ever Night 将夜 Mao Ni猫腻Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted Fighting heaven is endlessly enjoyable. … 30Votes4.6MRecs2.9MFans

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To fight against the heavens is a source of endless joy.

2 传 Eighteen Years of Legendary Waves 传奇浪潮十八年 Fan Jia樊迦Realistic Fiction1.9M WordsCompleted [Winner of the Fifth Network Literature Competition for Realistic Themes] After 2000, the rise of online games brought countless legendary figures and dreams to China’s internet. An eighteen-year gold rush. The protagonist, Su Qingyue, leaves a small southern city for Pingjing alone. Starting out as an ordinary department manager, he endures cold shoulders as well as love and hatred, burning incense and kowtowing, and severing ties with former allies. Treading on thin ice and constantly on edge, 1Votes3.7MRecs767.4kFans

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[Winner of the Excellence Award in the 5th Realistic Theme Online Literature Writing Competition] Since 2000, the rise of online games in China has given rise to many legendary figures and countless dreams. Eighteen years of dreaming of striking it rich. The protagonist, Su Qingyue, came alone from a small southern town to Beijing. Starting as an ordinary department manager, he experienced cold treatment, love and hate, burning incense and kowtowing, and severing ties. He walked on thin ice and was always on high alert, but eventually became a top talent. This article covers a wide range of real-world aspects of game development, including game production, distribution, marketing, operations, the cutthroat competition in the capital market, frenzied mergers and acquisitions, performance-based agreements, and listing on NASDAQ. The practical examples and heartfelt reflections in the article offer extremely important insights for readers who are about to enter the workforce! This article is entirely fictional; any resemblance to actual events or persons is purely coincidental. Legendary Wave Group: 596267648

3 剑 The Sword God and Wine Immortal 剑神酒祖 Clone Axe分身斧Martial Arts2.7M WordsCompleted As the old saying goes: Practice martial arts without cultivating your inner power, and all your efforts will come to nothing in old age! A martial artist’s inner power is what determines whether they’re truly an expert. But cultivating inner power takes time, building up over many years. That timeless truth doesn’t apply to Su Bai, because he can turn the alcohol he drinks into inner power. Decades’ worth of inner power is just a matter of drinking a little more! Years later, Su Bai, now a gran 0Votes1.4kRecs9.3kFans

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As the old saying goes: "Practicing martial arts without internal energy cultivation is a waste of time in old age!" Internal energy cultivation is the key factor in determining whether a martial artist is a master! However, the cultivation of internal energy is not something that can be accomplished overnight, but requires years of accumulation. This eternal truth does not apply to Su Bai, because he can convert the wine he drinks into internal energy. His internal energy accumulated over decades is nothing more than drinking more wine! Years later, Su Bai, now a grandmaster, gazed at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, his expression desolate, and murmured, "Life is but a fleeting moment of intoxication, yet even that is unattainable; truly, loneliness is as pure as snow..."