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- 1 Terrifying! They’re Actually Making This Kind of Game! 可怕!居然做这种游戏! In 1990, Qing Zhiyuan transmigrated to an island nation in a parallel world and became the president of a game company. Having already seen the direction the next thirty years would take, he could not possibly fail. But several years later… Qing Zhiyuan still could not figure out one thing. I clearly made so many landmark games: the king of turn-based strategy games, the pioneer of RTS, the creator of major IPs, the ancestor of online games… so why does everyone call me the father of galgames? 0Votes38kRecs181.9kFans
- 2 Part-Time Artist 兼职艺术家 That summer, he defeated the capital with his talent... Huh? I am the capital? Well, then, never mind. 0Votes364.9kRecs781.7kFans
- 3 Spiritual Qi Revival: Reality Becomes a Game 灵气复苏:现实游戏化 With spiritual qi revival, everyone else cultivates while Xu Bai levels up. He got a game System, and since he never received a main quest, he spent twenty-two years grinding experience. Then... Xu Bai suddenly realized that he was already invincible. Cultivation techniques. Max-level skills. Everyone: “Why do you never hit a bottleneck?” Xu Bai spread his hands. “What bottleneck? Can’t you just tap to level up?” 0Votes15.5kRecs59.8kFans
- 4 Who Are You Calling a Powerhouse? 骂谁实力派呢 Who are you calling a powerhouse performer? Who are you insulting? Do you have any idea what it means to be one of Asia’s Ten Most Handsome Men? 8Votes264.5kRecs843.1kFans
- 5 Showing Off My Talents on Livestream, I Catch the Police's Attention 直播展示才艺,警察叔叔关注我 Zhou Nan transmigrated to a parallel world and awakened a System. Complete tasks issued by the System during livestreams to earn rewards. From the start, he picked a lock and obtained master-level lockpicking skills. As long as he has a needle and can see the keyhole, he can pick the lock. Such a talented and, well, questionable individual naturally caught the police's attention. The earliest followers in his livestream room were all official accounts. Then Zhou Nan went on to show off [Cloud-Pi 0Votes9.8kRecs172.6kFans
- 6 Fame and Fortune in America 美利坚名利双收 Get famous early, make money early, and enjoy the good life in America with both fame and fortune. America, Hollywood, business battles, showbiz, stars, and movies. 0Votes305.3kRecs335.9kFans
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From the Start, I Blew Up a Shrine, and the Colonel Went Berserk on the Spot! 开局炸了神社,大佐当场狂飙!
This book is also known as Global Unification Begins by Blowing Up the Cherry Blossom Shrine Restroom and The Road to Justice of Chu Yun. The global situation on Blue Star is turbulent, with undercurrents surging and forces from all sides entering the fray. Chu Yun emerges out of nowhere, taking the whole world as his responsibility. He escapes while being hunted, plots amid the turmoil, and navigates between factions, rallying more people of conviction to complete one seemingly impossible missi
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- 8 Eighteen in Chinese Showbiz 华娱那年十八 Eighteen that year, surrounded by big shots, standing there like a nobody~ Back in 1998, Lu Heng is brought to a reunion marking twenty years since the Class of '78 at Beijing Film Academy. Quietly making himself useful on the sidelines, he swears to himself: I'll become an entertainment mogul! The author has completed novels such as From Comedy Star to Superstar and The Movie Emperor Returns to Eighteen, with a combined total of over ten million words. 0Votes32.2kRecs114.5kFans
- 9 Dad, Please Try a Little Harder 爸爸,请再努力一点 After the college entrance exams, Qian Quan was about to confess to the girl of his dreams when he watched helplessly as a rich classmate stole her away. Just then, he awakened the “Like Father, Like Son” System. [Ding! The System has detected that your father received a 3,000-yuan bonus. You are awarded 30,000 yuan!] [Ding! The System has detected that your father is practicing Wing Chun. You are awarded grandmaster-level Wing Chun!] [Ding! The System has detected that your father scored a game 0Votes23.9kRecs127.1kFans
- 10 The Billionaire Begins by Hunting for Treasures in Shipping Containers 首富从货柜寻宝开始 What can be found inside unclaimed shipping containers? What could turn up in an abandoned warehouse? Do you think there is only trash? No, no, no! Antique jewelry, limited-edition race cars, aerospace instruments, helicopters, bull sperm... There is nothing you can imagine that cannot be found inside! Turning waste into treasure and transforming the rotten into the miracul 0Votes30.7kRecs150.9kFans
- 11 Reborn in the 1980s 重生80年代 The 1980s were a time of upheaval and flourishing, filled with countless remarkable people who made their mark on the era. From selling assembled motorcycles to designing and manufacturing them from scratch, from building vehicles with four wheels and a seat to rolling out passenger cars. From a small workshop to a global industrial giant, from an ordinary worker to a worldwide business leader. Decades of twists and turns... 0Votes15.1kRecs81.8kFans
- 12 This Bit-Part Actor Is Called Yu Huatian 这个龙套叫雨化田 You ask me what an extra is? I’ll tell you! I’ll take the roles that movie kings won’t dare to play! I’ll star in the shows movie kings won’t dare to join! In short, I’ll take every role a movie king can play, and I’ll especially take the ones he can’t! Snatch the role, then play it: the privilege of true talent! That’s an extra. Got it? 0Votes14.9kRecs86.8kFans
- 13 Movie Emperor: Playing the Adoptive Father from the Start 影帝:开局演义父 (There are two million words written purely out of love, and the previous book gained over ten thousand bookmarks.) One summer in 2007, the protagonist happened to encounter Tang Ren's production of The Legend of the Condor Heroes and became Blind Sister's “godfather,” setting off a series of events. This newcomer asks for your support. The female lead is Liu Shi Shi! 0Votes5.3kRecs32.4kFans
- 14 Godhood: Starting Out with a Fish-Cat Beastman 神祗:开局鱼猫兽人 The protagonist is an honest, kind, friendly, independent, and brave top student, a model young man in every way. He is determined to become a God of War who protects world peace and brings prosperity to the main world in a new era. But every one of his followers is cruel, bloodthirsty, and murderous, with no regard for anything good or beautiful in the world. The protagonist resolves to save them, to let them feel the warmth of this world and the beauty of human life. But each of his believers 51Votes172.2kRecs28.7kFans
- 15 Technology: Breaking the Global Monopoly 科技:打破垄断全球的霸权 Daxia has a monopoly on high-end quantum chips, which is bad for technological innovation!, The New York Times Jun Country's controlled nuclear fusion is being begged for by Neon!, Asahi Shimbun Gu Qing: This is high-end technology, so it'll cost extra. By the way, Neon should stick to developing its tourism industry and import its energy from Daxia. 1Votes56.6kRecs206.6kFans
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I Hijacked the Timeline 我绑架了时间线
Every time reality is rewritten, the future changes. After witnessing human civilization perish 1,500 years in the future, Feng Qi accidentally gained the ability to transmigrate into the future. He chose to keep restarting the timeline, using the information he gathered to give human civilization a chance to survive.
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- 17 Starting from I Am Yu Huanshui 从我是余欢水开始 “Divorce! Right now!!!” Yu Huanshui roared at Gan Hong. “Su Mingyu, here’s a million. I’m paying you back!” Su Mingcheng said, standing tall before his younger sister. “Jiang Nansun, marry me!” Zhang Anren proposed at the university gates. If There Is No Tomorrow, All Is Well, The Best of Times, A Little Reunion, Let’s Get Married, Nothing but Thirty [Transmigration, primarily urban settings] 0Votes35.3kRecs186.9kFans
- 18 Reborn in the World of Movies 重生在电影的世界 World 1: Hong Kong crime dramas World 2: Marvel + movies World 3: Harry Potter and more World 4: Candle in the Tomb, I Have a Date with a Zombie, and more World 5: The Four Great Constables and more World 6: A Dream of Splendor + Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils The following are reincarnation trial worlds: Trial 1: The White Night universe + the Detective Chinatown series and more Trial 2: A Little Reunion + Meet Yourself + West Out of the Jade Gate Trial 3: The Return of the Condor Heroes Trial 4: U 3Votes17.5kRecs139.4kFans
- 19 Reborn in 1999: Ushering in the Age of Cutting-Edge Technology 重生1999:开启黑科技时代 (New book: Rewind 07: Activating the Temple of Learning's Black Technologies, a Scholarly Genius Novel) Upon waking, Chen Xiao, a technological elite and business prodigy, is reborn in 1999 in a parallel world, becoming another version of himself standing at the threshold of the gaokao. That year... OICQ had just been born, and employees of Tencent pretended to be girls while chatting with male netizens. Ma Yun was mistaken for a con artist and forced to leave Yanjing to start a business in Suzh 0Votes102kRecs321.1kFans
- 20 Live-Streaming a Wilderness Adventure 直播之荒野大冒险 Livestreaming is a form of storytelling that captures events as they happen, offering the truest glimpse of the world! [Survive alone in a primeval forest and wrestle with a black bear. Race travelers and wolves through a blizzard. Find an underground river and unknown creatures in the desert. Fly a glider above the Arctic Circle, following the endless coastline to help geese migrate. Is that a legend? That’s what legends are made of!] [Climb the roof of the world, cross the desert of death, sai 0Votes108.7kRecs459.4kFans
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