Reading List 2026-06-04
part 1 of the list for the past 3 month
I know I know, it has been like 3 month since last post, just too much work and poe2....
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[Only I have Magic: Real Cultivation Game]https://www.qidian.com/book/1047812720/) ⭐️⭐️⭐️
(唯我独法:现实修仙游戏)
(urban China, cultivation, no harem, mistaken system, slice of life)
Yet another mistaken system novel (these sure are popular nowadays). MC is a Senior in High School just grinding for the College Entrance Exam. He gets a system that thinks he is in a cultivation world. Thus it'll mistake his normal actions as cultivation feats, like killing rats is counted as killing monsters. The rewards are genuine power up though. What would you do if you are the only one in the world that could cultivate and posses golden core level power ?
Yeah Yeah Yeah, Us Necromancers are just like that ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(对对对,我们亡灵法师就是这样的)
(fantasy, necromancer, kingdom building, no harem, comedy, sarcasm)
The MC is a necromancer who keeps getting accused of all the nasty stuff necromancers supposedly do — raising the dead, digging up graves, starting undead plagues, imprisoning holy priestesses, even stealing a god's power. He just smiles and nods: "Yeah, yeah, whatever you say." But when the rumors go too far, he flips and says the holy maiden is actually his girlfriend, the emperor is his best bro, and the god stepped down willingly. Then he locks up all the rumor-spreaders. This is a full-on necromancer power fantasy — building undead armies, conquering hell, taking over the underworld, and making angels bow down. If you like unit evolution, territory building, "Heroes of Might and Magic" vibes, and watching a necromancer go from skeletons to skeleton kings, give this one a shot. No real plot, just pure undead domination.
We Said We'd Make Bad Movies, But What's With the Game of the Year? ⭐️⭐️⭐️
(说好摆烂拍电影,年度游戏什么鬼)
(urban, game development, no harem, system, national competition, movie adaptations)
The MC is a failing film director who gets a movie-making system, then transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a game developer instead. He figures if he's gonna make games, he might as well do it the way he knows best—by adapting Earth movies into games, but with the most chaotic, unhinged design choices possible. So you get stuff like Shawshank Redemption as a prison survival sim where you fight sisters in underground boxing matches, Batman: Begins as a Gotham open-world beat-'em-up, and eventually Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, and even The Wolf of Wall Street. The system also gives him national competition missions, so when other countries try to boost their economies or develop weapons, he just drops a themed game to ruin their plans (like releasing Terror Cruise against Japan's shipbuilding industry). The whole world is convinced he's a genius provocateur, but really he's just a former bad movie director making stuff he thinks is funny. No real plot, just pure chaotic game development, live stream reaction chapters, and watching players suffer through intentionally cruel level designs while calling him a monster.
Multiverse Card Drawer ⭐️⭐️⭐️
(万界抽卡师)
(fantasy, transmigration, card drawing, no harem, system, world editor)
Yet another "I used to balance games for a living, now I just break them" kind of novel. The MC is a former game planner who wakes up in a fantasy world as a sacrificial lamb about to be offered to a minor god. His only assets are a coffin and the fact that his game's GM panel and gacha system came with him. So he just keeps pulling cards across the multiverse — martial arts manuals, magical items, even hidden dungeon cards — while slowly unlocking admin privileges like a world rule editor that lets him tweak anything from divine power levels to who owns what treasure. The whole world is on "one life only" hardcore mode, but the MC is the guy who wrote the rules, so he just ignores them. No real plot, just constant card draws, realm breakthroughs, and watching the MC casually rewrite reality while everyone else panics.
WTF is Game of the yearh,(Let You Make Flight Simulator, You Made It into PUBG) ⭐️⭐️⭐️
(年度最佳什么鬼 / 让你做飞行模拟,你做成跳伞吃鸡)
(urban, game development, no harem, system, e-sports, business)
The MC is a game designer who gets a system and just wants to make cool stuff, but somehow his "simple battle royale" game called Chicken Dinner becomes a national phenomenon. So he keeps adapting classic Earth FPS games into this world—Delta Force, Battlefield, Valorant, even CSGO—while accidentally building a billion-dollar e-sports empire. The whole world thinks he's a gaming visionary, but really he's just a guy who likes making people rage-quit. There are also some business subplots about stock markets and platform wars, but mostly it's just game launches, streamer reaction chapters, and watching the MC casually ruin other companies' lives. No real plot, just pure game dev chaos and e-sports domination.
High Martial: My Time Stop Isn't Quite Right ⭐️⭐️⭐️
(高武:我的时停不太对劲)
(urban, time stop, martial arts, no harem, system, competition)
In this world, awakening an ability always comes with a side effect. The stronger the power, the more crippling the limitation—teleportation with random direction, flight with one centimeter altitude, immunity to illness that only kicks in after death. The MC gets time stop, one of the rarest abilities, but his side effect is... weird. Very weird. Now he has to figure out how to work around his own broken power while climbing the martial arts rankings, taking on the academy tournament, and competing against everyone else who's also dealing with their own brand of cursed abilities. Think quirky superpower battles with a progression fantasy grind.
My Superpowers Are Getting Increasingly Abstract ⭐️⭐️⭐️
(我的超能力愈发抽象)
(urban, superpowers, no harem, system, apocalyptic, comedic)
After waking up, Qi Le discovers he randomly generates all kinds of bizarre abilities—wearing overalls guarantees a perfect basketball shot, he can turn invisible as long as no one is looking, and he always gets full marks on exams. Since he's just an ordinary guy with no grand ambitions, he figures he'll use his weird powers to earn some cash, treat himself, and maybe upgrade his lifestyle a little. But the world has other plans—myths are reviving, ghosts are roaming the streets, and apocalyptic disasters keep popping up. Now Qi Le has to deal with all that nonsense first, then get back to rewarding himself. No deep plot, just constant dungeon runs, increasingly abstract problem-solving, and watching a guy who just wants to relax accidentally save the world using the most ridiculous methods imaginable.
Gourmet Bestows Me Tags, Staying Low-Key Will Eventually Make Me Invincible ⭐️⭐️⭐️
(美食赋我词条,苟着终会无敌)
(xianxia, cooking, system, no harem, scholarly, slow burn, ancient China)
A poor scholar named Chen Xu is at the end of his rope when he awakens a talent: every time someone enjoys his food and gives him a thumbs-up, he gets stronger. He can also see special "tags" on ingredients and his dishes, and his cooking always comes out more delicious than it should. So he does what any reasonable person would do—stays low-key, runs a small kitchen, and quietly grinds power by feeding hungry ghosts, rogue cultivators, and the occasional demon rat. But the world has other plans: corrupt sects, scheming officials, and cosmic conspiracies keep dragging him out of his wok. No real plot, just cooking, leveling up through compliments, unlocking ridiculous food tags, and watching a scholar who only wanted to boil porridge accidentally become the most terrifying existence in the cultivation world.
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