In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the gaming industry has seen an explosion in popularity. One of the most popular games ever released is Mystery Maker, a VR RPG where players can create baffling puzzles in a virtual space and challenge other players to solve them.... more>>

As a promotional stunt for the game's upcoming sequel, eight real life great detectives have been hand chosen by Kurata Chikage, executive director of MegalodonSoft, to challenge each other to a match in a demo of Mystery Maker 2. Among them are Kamo Touma, a magazine contributor well known for his investigative work overturning false convictions, and his wife's cousin Ryuuzen Yuki, a recently debuted mystery novelist.

However, on the day of the demo event, the detectives are all drugged. When they awaken, they find their smartwatches are locked to their wrists and they are shown videos of their families and loved ones being held hostage. They are contacted by a Gamemaster, who tells them that if they wish to save themselves and their families, they must play a death game called "Delicious Death for Detectives".

As scheduled, the eight of them will play Mystery Maker 2's demo, and the Detectives will challenge the mu*der puzzles created by the mu*derer. If the Detectives are not able to reveal the mu*derer and their tricks before the time limit, all players will be killed. However, if the mu*derer is exposed, both they and their hostages will be killed. And if a Detective makes an accusation but gets even the tiniest detail wrong, they will be mu*dered by the Gamemaster's secret accomplice, the Executioner.

Now the only way for the eight detectives to survive is to expose the mu*derer and Executioner lurking among them, even if they must risk their lives and those of their compatriots to do so.

Which is an especially big problem for Kamo, because he's the one who's been chosen as the mu*derer! <<less

In the last life, Movie Emperor Yu listened to the company and listened to his manager in order not to expose his s*xual orientation. Until his death, he never had a relationship.... more>>

Yu Qing Huan didn’t want to be a money making machine in his current life. He wanted to travel to the best place, see the best scenery, eat the best food and then find the best man to live a happy life together.

Hou Qu is a genius savant who can easily learn chemical formulas just by glancing at them. One day, he gets lost in the busy streets and Yu Qing Huan helps him.

Little does Yu Qing Huan know that his wish to stay out of the limelight may not ever be granted as he had unknowingly been locked on by a hungry wolf hidden in the shadows because of his single act of kindness… <<less

It is a story about a male protagonist who lost his memory after a car accident and hurt his head and lost part of his... more>> memories, divorced his spouse, but later chased him and made all efforts in an attempt to win him back~ It can probably be regarded as a broken mirror reunion, the plot is , half-abuse, half-sweet love and romance. <<less

Everyone said that Xiao Youning had a good life. Her father and brother controlled the military, and Li Qingzhi, her husband-to-be, had a younger maternal uncle who held power over the Imperial Courts and the common people. ... more>>

Unexpectedly, as soon as Xiao Youning was sent to the wedding room on her wedding day, she received the terrible news that her father and brother had been defeated and their whereabouts were unknown.

The Li Family were afraid of being implicated and ruthlessly handed her a divorce letter.

Xiao Youning was barely married when she became a divorced woman. In the blink of an eye, the Li Family climbed up the ranks through the princess and made her completely reduced to a joke.

It was when everyone was excitedly watching Xiao Youning’s difficulties that Li Qingzhi’s powerful younger maternal uncle blocked her at the rock garden, leaned over her ears and said, “When will you marry me?”

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How does it feel to be your ex-husband’s young aunt?

Xiao Youning: Refreshing!

However, the surprises from her treasure husband were still to come… <<less

In the online game Glory, Ye Xiu is regarded as a textbook and a top-tier pro-player. However, due to a myriad reasons, he is kicked from the team. After leaving the professional scene, he finds work in an Internet Cafe as a manager. When Glory launches its tenth server, he who possesses ten years of gaming experience once again throws himself into the game. Bringing with him the memories of his past and an incomplete, self-made weapon, his return along the road to the summit begins!... more>>

After fighting and scheming, who snatched away my glory? Under the tossing of the wind and rain, my dreams shall still appear as though they had never been shattered. In all its splendor, the path shall never be lost. Before the gazes of millions, this is where I return!

*Under the Gaming category, The King’s Avatar received the title for Best Work in 2013 and is the first and only 1000 Pledged Work (千盟作品). It has 23 million hits on Qidian and has the 2nd most recommendations in its category with 4.6 million recommendations. <<less

Waking up from cryo sleep, Shen Siwei received an urgent mission: to disguise himself as a noble negotiator and enter the occupied area under the disguise of negotiations, investigating the background of the leader of the refugeees, Klet. He thought that his noble identity would serve as protection, but little did he know that those refugees had no limits. As soon as Shen Siwei entered the war zone, a group of men sort him and imprisoned him. Outside the cage, someone threw coins at Shen Siwei, asking him to strip naked. Just as Shen Siwei’s killing intent grew stronger, Klet finally appeared and put a stop to his subordinates’ misconduct. And then… he himself paid... more>> one dollar to buy Shen Siwei.

The mission was progressing slowly, so Shen Siwei sought guidance from his superiors.

Shen Siwei: Can I directly kill Klet?

Superior: No. Find a way to gather information by any means necessary.

Unable to retreat or resist, Shen Siwei was firmly held by Klet, the thug leader. In his heart, he killed this rogue leader countless times, but on the surface, he had tears in his eyes and tried to reason begging: “Please let me go.”

Klet remained unmoved, his voice deep and hoarse: “Behave yourself, and I’ll let you go.”

Not long after, Klet saw Shen Siwei, who handled guns better than him, and realized that this was not a weak beauty but a humanoid weapon.

Klet (gong) x Shen Siwei (shou) Fierce Beast x Carnivorous Flower

Reading Guide: Cyberpunk background with traces of post-apocalyptic elements, no interstellar involvement. <<less

Chu Chu suddenly transmigrated as the vicious female president in the book. The original owner wasn’t only obsessed with the male lead, but also hurt the female lead.... more>>

Finally the villainess ended up having a Bad Ending. Her family business went bankrupt and she got disfigured.

On the first day Chu Chu transmigrated into the book, she opened the wardrobe full of luxury goods and had a feeling of a poor citizen becoming rich overnight.

Chu Chu：Are you kidding me? Does a wealthy president not like the tasty food in Michelin restaurants or feel that Chanel is not good looking?

Chu Chu: Let’s go bankrupt!!

She just wanted to feel the domineering life of a female president, but accidentally she set the professional benchmark for strong women.

Original female lead: My goal is to become an independent woman like President Chu! Love delayed my journey to get rich!

Chu Chu: ?? <<less

As he woke up, Wei Xuan realized he returned to the day when the apocalypse had just begun. Wei Xuan, who had a second chance... more>> at life, immediately decided: not to go to a survivor base, and not to return to human society, instead, there is only one thing he wants to do now. Find the half-zombie Du Hang, and live with him in the city full of zombies, farming and living together until old age. Wei Xuan, who stayed in the zombie city after being reborn, unexpectedly found out that zombies are not as terrible as humans think... <<less

He’s only acted out one play properly in his life.... more>>

That was to pretend he didn’t love that person.

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In the bright and dazzling entertainment circle, the older one is, the more fetters one is shackled with. As such, Gu Yan makes the most realistic choice — accepting the help of big financial backer Qin Zhiyuan and becoming a flower vase.

Satisfying a financial backer in bed isn’t anything too difficult, and Gu Yan even has a knack for maintaining such a relationship over the long years — smiling when he has to, and feigning ignorance when it’s necessary, no matter if it’s overlooking gossipy s*x scandals or the sweet-sounding fake-real words spoken by that man…

The flower vase’s heart is elsewhere, the financial backer’s love is absent, all debts are bought and paid for. With his mouth curved into a perfect arc of a smile, Gu Yan does his utmost to play the most flawless role in his life, all the while hiding those feelings that he shouldn’t have in his heart… <<less

10 years searching for his lost sibling.... more>>

He finds the corpse of his sibling before a God who had used him as sacrifice.

He is killed by the God but instead is returned 10 years into the past!

It will not be the same anymore! <<less

Zhou Mian, the God of War in the Glacier Empire, and his enemy, Admiral Cecil of the Earth Federation, fought on the battlefield for six years and lost.... more>>

What to do if you lose the battle?

Oh dear!

With a patriotic heart of generosity and righteousness, Zhou Mian gritted his teeth and prepared to accept the torture from the Federation, endure his fierce opponent , and live a life worse than death from then on, however…

Cecil: Madam Are you tired? Come here and I’ll give you **.

Cecil: Saturn’s tribute grapes, all for you to eat!

Cecil: Madam, the bed is warm! Come, let’s sleep /v\

Zhou Mian: …

um… what’s wrong? <<less

A story of a couple who quarreled and reconciled every day.

This is a strange world where everyone can build Dream Dungeons.... more>>

Qiu Ren also becomes one of the many Dream Makers.

So, welcome to the dream I built.

You can experience the thrill of being the winner in “Battle Royale;”

Seek salvation in “Dark Souls;”

Slaughter the gods wantonly in “God of War.”

Lastly… some dreams are very harmful to your body. Please don’t be too addicted to them. <<less

As a wealthy and beautiful woman with fair skin, she’d devoted herself to getting revenge on her Stepmother and Stepsister after they’d viciously tarnished her reputation. In addition, she’d been working towards gaining the attention of an unattainable man. Unfortunately, before she could achieve her goals, she was involved in an accident which resulted in her suddenly becoming a girl who was so poor that her house was nothing but four walls and a roof. Faced with such an abrupt change in circumstances, she had no choice but to participate in a top model competition to support herself by winning the prize money. Luckily, her new body was tall and beautiful and paired with her... more>> unique sense of style; she took her first steps on the path to fame and fortune. With her new life just beginning she decides to become a celebrity, turn all scumbags who bully her into cannon fodder, marry a tall and handsome rich man, and reach the peak of success!

Sheng Jiaoyang: It’s my life!

Tall and handsome rich man: You want to marry me and become my wife? Are you sure about that?

Sheng Jiaoyang (starts to lose confidence): …

Tall and handsome rich man: Also, who’s an unattainable man?

Sheng Jiaoyang bolted immediately. <<less

By coincidence, Li Yunmu found a super machine from humanity’s age of darkness. From that point onwards, his ordinary life would never be the same! Aptitude? Innate talent? What are these? Could they be eaten?... more>>

I have neither aptitude nor innate skill, but my shadow can level up using hacks. Experience, Ability points, battle prowess… all of them could be hacked. Even while he is asleep or tired, he could still increase his skills.

[Ding, your shadow has killed an ant, you have gained experience points and ability points.]
[Ding, your shadow has successfully killed a dragonfly, it dropped a dimensionality box.]
Crap, even killing insects can also increase his experience and get him rewards. What else! <<less

Renjin Yanase is an ordinary member of society whose occupation is a sales person. His hobby is an online VR game “Einherjar” that has been on for over five years now. It is a game with high degree of freedom and Renjin silently works hard to nurture his subordinate character.... more>>

The next day was a holiday so he’s going to use it for boss hunting all night.

When the boss hunt is finished, Renjin falls asleep in the game. He felt like someone was calling his name so he woke up.

Standing in front of the half-asleep Renjin was Eleanor, a character he created.

When Renjin looked outside after being puzzled to the characters who behave like they are alive, the outside scenery changed into one that he did not know at all.

Renjin who surveyed the surrounding, realized that the castle and the 200 subordinates that he created with time and money was transferred to a different world.

The transferred Renjin announced the declaration of the founding of a nation after a week. <<less

Having a rough life growing up, Wang Tong had numerous dreams of living a better life. However, his alcoholic foster father sells him off as a space settler of the distant planet Norton for some pocket change. Soon after his arrival, the Zergs overran the planet and obliterated its defenses in a matter of minutes. What awaited Tong on Norton was more than just an unbearable environment – its gravity alone was five-times stronger than earth – there were also swarms of bugs, constant hunger, thirst, and desolation.... more>>

While he lives a year of total carnage and survival, humanity’s Confederation eventually overcomes the Zergs on Norton and the powerful survivor Wang Tong is given a recommendation to a once famous, but now dying military academy where he begins his life anew. <<less

After Jiang Liu Cheng’s parents divorced, both of them quickly formed a new family. Both his parents are married to wealthy families, but even so, no one wanted nor supported him. He was simply kicked around between them as neither family wanted him. Thus, Jiang Liu Cheng, who longed for a home his whole life had decided to find a partner of his own.... more>>

He happened to gather up to three blind dates:

A famous director in the entertainment industry
A rich second generation from a certain family
A well-known scriptwriter

……….

Later, he took his new fiance to the banquet and introduce him to others: “My date.”

His remarried parents looking at the face in front of them, which will inherit billions of dollars at any time:? ? ?

Qin Lu is an actor in the entertainment industry and the heir to a wealthy family. He had gotten into a car accident and was later saved by Jiang Lu. In order to repay the favor, he decided to fulfill his wish and introduce him to high-quality blind dates. 

Qin Lu: He is a great director, upstarting in the entertainment industry.

Later: He is a male chauvinist, so I don’t know. 

Qin Lu: Ah! This one is my good friend. He is a rich second generation. I know him quite well. It’s all good.

Later: He is a great guy and all, but he has this first love that he can’t seem to forget.

Qin Lu: What about a well-known scriptwriter? He has written several explosive scripts.

Later: Although, rumors had been going around, and it was said that he is not that very good in that aspect in real life… If you know what I mean.

Qin Lu then smiles at Jiang Liu as he was trying to hint at something while wriggling his brows: You know, I am not that of a macho man. I don’t belittle women. I also don’t have an unforgettable first love. And while we are on the topic, I always work out. I have six-pack abs. 

The director, the rich second-generation man, and the screenwriter who was victimized by the wind commentary: “f*ck that man.”  <<less

Graffiti. It’s the magic of ephemeral visuals that vividly overwrite even her and my thoughts―... more>>

Yoshi, a university student studying abroad in Bristol, Britain, uncovers graffiti at his workplace. Together with his colleague Boudicia, a languid but wild girl with golden hair, he uncovers a secret world of graffiti he never knew existed, as he is dragged into the conflict between graffiti writers and police, all the while struggling to rekindle his passion for music after a traumatic event. <<less

In 3018 AD, if you want to be a parent, you must first test the “Parent Qualification Certificate.”... more>>

Because of childhood trauma, Su Yutan simply couldn’t get this certificate.

She felt that she was destined to be alone and donated an egg to do good.

Who knew the intended adopter died unexpectedly when the egg became a child.

The chance to be a mother to her daughter was in front of her, but she couldn’t grab because she did not have the certificate

I want to die!

The child’s father smiled slightly: “I can get the certificate. I will raise this child.” <<less

Inexplicably reborn in the year 2003, having failed terribly in his previous life, the prevailing concern with Xu Tingsheng, that stands above all else, is none other than her. But alas, he is just months away from entering university, while she is but in her first year of junior high… Regarding this, all he can do is wait silently…for now.... more>>

In the meantime, other matters remain. There were quite a few things that went…rather badly, back then. Given the chance to change things, how would it not be the best decision to give that roulette wheel another spin with the odds stacked a better way, to attempt to change those dismal fates? And in some matters, does the alternative even truly exist? Hence flaps the butterfly’s wings…

In Xu Tingsheng’s new ‘second chance’ life, the power of foreknowledge coupled with intelligence pre-empts excellence, and that, coupled with personal charisma and character, begets women. Here he strives for success, while always keeping foremost in his mind that for which he exists, that which his achievements are ultimately meant to protect and cherish. And amidst all this, the season of youth does bloom for the young, deep, complicated romance and spontaneous, hot-blooded fighting never failing to inspire.

Philosophical and deep amidst the great, original tale of modernity it tells, this is a thought-provoking story of life, on life, on living. <<less

The Duke's lost daughter has returned.... more>>

The birth of a child living with poor treatment in a nursery school was discovered belatedly.

Everyone embraced her and greeted her with open arms.

But I, the person in charge, wasn't happy at all.

Because this place wasn't mine.

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Be me and... Live up to my part."

My friend who died after leaving those words was the princess of the nursery school where I live.

However, the fragile child was unable to survive the winter, when the cold wave was extremely harsh.

On the verge of death, what she told me was the secret of her birth.

I went to a man with her belongings.

The father of my friend, and the only duke in this country, who lost his daughter.

“I am the daughter of the Duke.”

For the first time, I spoke a lie I had never said before.

It didn't matter even if the truth was revealed, and she was denounced as a villain.

I wish I could give her everything she wanted. <<less

The first time they met they had battled fiercely, just for a mere bunch of herbs. She needed it to save people, and he wanted to use it to save his own life.... more>>

"Let go of it, or you will die." The man's violet eyes were cold and sinister as he said in a low voice.

She held on tightly to the base of the herb and pulled its roots right out of the ground, before she turned her eyes back with a crafty smile. "It's mine now. Snatch it from me if you can."

When they met several years later they were no longer on opposing sides in hostility. In order to repay the debt for having stolen the herb back then, she went on to miraculously cure his body's condition, relieving him of the inhumane torment that wrecked at his body day and night. He was amazed by the godly skills in Medicine she possessed and his heart went on to fall irrecoverably head over heels in love. <<less

She was disfigured and her mother died an innocent death. A cup of poison wine was not enough to kill her and she had to die by plunging into burning flames! Before entering her next lifetime, she vowed to change history and get her revenge!... more>>

When she opened her eyes again, she was 13 again. Her mother had just passed and her father had yet remarried. To prevent history from repeating itself, she took careful steps.

However, she ended up discovering a 30-year-old mystery case that had been hidden all these while. She had been reborn as a beauty and was not going to give up on herself.

She was going to live out her best life with her alluring charms! <<less

Vampire Eugene -- a sacrificial lamb slaughtered after half a year of running to fulfil the desires of a templar for fame.... more>>

He was given a second chance at life after concluding his life with regrets.

"I will never again die the same way. If I really did return to the past, no matter what it takes... I will never regret again." <<less