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MTL - Survivorship Bias
by 稚楚
NovelBuddyRomanceActionHorrorOn the server “Altar,” a high-class survival game was officially launched. Survival was the only logic in the human game of alliance, betrayal, and human-natured games of deceit and treachery. After the smoke of gunpowder ends, only the survivors can speak. As soon as he opened his eyes, the amnesiac An Wujiu saw a person at his side killed. While in confusion, a floating green typeface appeared before him. Variable Name: An Wujiu Attributes: Male, 20 years old Game Rounds: 5 Win Rate: 100/100 Danger Rank: SSS No wonder they were afraid. The first time he saw An Wujiu, Shen Ti felt curious. The kindness and fragility in those eyes were not fake, so how could he survive in the Altar? It was until he saw the man had a sudden personality change. He recklessly gambled regardless of the cost, casually estranged people, grew further excited on the verge of death, and even calculated against himself to win. Only then did Shen Ti realize that it was his own cognitive bias. Fortunately, he wasn’t a normal person either. - Description from Novelupdates
Completed•161 chapters•Unknown
MTL - I’ve Transmigrated Into This Movie Before
by Her Highness, Nightmare
NovelBuddyFantasyFantasyMystery– Question: “What is scarier than the personal experience of transmigrating into a horror movie?” Anonymous: “Transmigrating into a movie you’ve never seen before.” – “Poor comment! There’s nothing scary about that!” Anonymous reply: “You sure? Can you be sure your dad isn’t a murderer? Can you be certain your spouse isn’t out to kill you for insurance money? Can you even be certain there isn’t any hidden lethal weapon in your son’s lunchbox? The scariest thing is that you have never seen this movie before so, you have absolutely no idea of any ‘surprise’ that awaits you ahead!” Hence, this novel is also called . A line to sum it up: The female lead transmigrates into various movie adaptations of real stories, and conquers the audience. - Description from Novelupdates
Completed•176 chapters•Unknown
MTL - Urban Tales of Demons and Spirits
by Qie Er
NovelBuddyAdventureAdventureMysteryA tale of urban demons and spirits, the mysterious exorcist and I. Do you believe that supernatural creatures exist in this world? I’m an ordinary college student while he’s the handsome and powerful demon exorcist from the mysterious old manor. Our paths had never crossed before and yet, our fates became intimately entangled after one chance meeting. The knocking on the coffin in the dead of the night, the little girl weeping inside the box-shaped structure, the good friend of mine who was cursed… Together, the mysterious exorcist Mr. Wen and I embarked on a path into the world of the grotesque and motley. Gradually, I realized that I had developed special feelings for him that went beyond friendship… But, the problem is I’m a man! - Description from Novelupdates
Completed•272 chapters•Unknown
MTL - Pursuing Immortality
by Sleeping Will Make You Fair
NovelBuddyXianxiaActionAdventureMeet Gu Yu—a college dropout and a talented incense maker, and at the same time, the rather stoic protagonist of this story. Despite his somewhat introverted manner, he has a tendency to make sarcastic remarks in his thoughts. One day, after saving a squirrel, a windfall (metaphorically and literally) dropped into his lap. Stumbling into the cultivation world with little help, he was not turned into Superman overnight (as he would like). Apparently, becoming a cultivator would not make your life easier, at least in the beginning. Somewhere along the road, he ran into Jiang Xiaozhai, a young woman who’s got the brains, the beauty, and maybe one or two secrets of her own. As it turned out, the two made a perfect team—Mulder-and-Scully style. Motivated by many unanswered questions, they had been running up and down the country, getting into all kinds of trouble, and learning more of the modern cultivation world, which is by no means the same as in the ages long past… - Description from Novelupdates
Completed•884 chapters•Unknown
MTL - Single Player Only
by Mobile Newspaper
NovelBuddyFantasyActionAdventureWhen Yue Qiang dropped all 8 free distribution stat points into his Charm stat, his entire life changed. - Description from Novelupdates
Completed•143 chapters•Unknown
MTL - Taoist Doctor
by 拉棉花糖的兔子
NovelBuddyFantasyAdventureDramaThere are five skills in Taoism: That is, spiritual practice, medical skills, numerology, anthroposcopy , and divination. As a Taoist doctor, Zhou Jinyuan can tell fortune and save lives. However, when a doctor can draw talismans and do alchemy, at the same time he is a very young… He has to prove himself is not a liar! … Zhou Jinyuan: Seeing a doctor? Wait for me to finish this talisman. Patient (panic face): ? ? I’m sorry that I disturbed you. - Description from Novelupdates
Completed•99 chapters•Unknown
MTL - To Be a Heartthrob in a Horror Movie
by 姜之鱼
NovelBuddyRomanceAdventureComedyHolographic viewing technology allowed audience members to enter a movie and personally experience it for themselves. Naturally, romance movies were the most popular and well-received, while nobody was interested in horror movies. Su Min was the first of the viewers to experience a horror movie. Later– Malicious Spirit: I dare not scare or frighten my sweetheart… Su Min: Actually, horror movies aren’t scary at all. Audience: No, no, no, you are playing in a love movie! (Loudly) The audience suddenly discovered that the recent rerelease of the horror movie was much better than the original. Furthermore, to everyone’s surprise, the ghost was very sweet… - Description from Novelupdates
Completed•149 chapters•Unknown
MTL - The Earth is Online
by Mo Chen Huan
NovelBuddySci FantasyActionAdventureSix months ago, tens of thousands of black phantom towers appeared all over the world, floating above the cities. Chemists, physicists, religious people… all of them could do nothing. Six months later, people became used to the towers and no longer paid them attention. One day, Tang Mo saw a flying insect crash into it instead of going through it. The next day, a sharp and clear child-like voice issued an announcement to all humans. “Ding dong! November 15th, 2017. The earth is online.” The black tower’s three iron-clad rules: 1. Everything is explained by the black tower. 2. 6 o’clock to 18 o’clock is the game time. 3. All players, please strive to attack the tower. - Description from Novelupdates
Completed•245 chapters•Unknown
MTL - Dreadful Radio Game
by Innocent Dragonet
NovelBuddyFantasyActionAdventure“Dear audience, welcome to [Dreadful Radio Game], hope you enjoy our company. Okay, now, let’s turn around and check behind you. Is there a smiling face looking at you?” —— A recommended Qidian novel, written by Innocent Dragonet. Will you survive such a system? Can you live through all these horrible encounters? Are you ready for a world of murders, zombies, suspense and darkness? What happens if a psychopath killer comes across ghosts? Come and join the adventure of Su Bai! As a human turned vampire, he’s gonna play the game with all kinds of other players— a Taoist, a will power controller, a fugitive, an elegant indifferent lady, and…you name it! Let’s enjoy the game! - Description from Novelupdates
Completed•999 chapters•Unknown
MTL - After Rebirth, I Returned to Miaojiang to Inherit My Family Business
by 燕孤鸿
NovelBuddyHorrorActionHorrorWu Rong died in his last life, and his half life’s hard work was given cheaply to that pair of scum man and woman. He didn’t expect that after closing his eyes, he opened them and he was reborn! But the world after his rebirth, it seems, something is wrong? Scientific subversion, miraculous recovery! Aunties danced in the square with the Dancing God, and the pen fairies in the stationery shop were out of stock. The whole society started a metaphysical upsurge. What’s more, since Wu Rong’s rebirth, strangers have been scrambling to call him. Stranger A: Wu Rong, don’t die! Remember, on September 15, 2142, you must go out for a trip, or you will die! Stranger B: Boss, it’s me! You should quickly die and we will rule the world together! Stranger C: Hahahaha Wu Rong, Wu Rong, I’m back. Just you wait. I’ll eat you one mouthful at a time to relieve my hatred! Stranger D: Hello, is it Wu Rong? I’m the Director of the Federal Security Administration. Please pay attention to your own safety and don’t die! …… Wu Rong: ??? It’s said that after my death, I became the strongest ghost king in the world and almost ruled the world? …… There was something wrong with this miraculous and resurgent world. Countless people and ghosts have been reborn from the future of the reign of the ghost king Wu Rong. At this time, in the future, the ghost king Wu Rong, who was full of resentment and hatred, tyrannical and murderous, was still just an unruly little gangster, Brother Rong. Some people wished Wu Rong would never die and just live like a bastard. Others were eager to see the Ghost King come earlier. Even the resentful ghost begged and couldn’t help being infatuated to the extreme, loving him enough to kill him… Wu Rong: ??? What the hell is this?? As a result, under the multiple influences of the rebirths, Wu Rong has lived a colorful life since then, and even went back to the Miao area by accident to inherit his family property. A few years later, the reborn people found out that the plot was not quite right. Where is the Ghost King Wu Rong?? Who is this genius Gu master who appears in the world news all day long?! - Description from Novelupdates
Completed•283 chapters•Unknown
MTL - Silent Reading
by Priest
NovelBuddyActionActionMatureChildhood, upbringing, family background, social relations, traumatic experiences… We keep reviewing and seeking out the motives of criminals, exploring the subtlest emotions driving them. It’s not to put ourselves in their shoes and sympathize, or even forgive them; it’s not to find some reasons to exculpate their crimes; it’s not to kneel down before the so-called “complexity of human nature”; nor to introspect social conflicts, much less to alienate ourselves into monsters. We just want to have a fair trial – for ourselves and for those who still have hope for the world. A seme thug specialized in dealing with various kinds of disobedience vs. a cowardly and dissolute uke descended from a rich family - Description from Novelupdates
Completed•1181 chapters•Unknown
MTL - I Became Popular in the Underworld After Live Broadcasting Taoism
by Tian zhu
NovelBuddyFantasyComedyFantasy“Spiritual Affairs” is a highly popular psychic network, but it is a pity that the whole network is full of ridicule. The contestants are frequently scolded for their behavior and practices. But no one knows that this program is a huge hit in the underworld. Every time the show starts, billions of ghosts are standing in front of the screen watching the program and commenting on it——- “This guy is bloody, his soul is hooked by a ghost. What’s wrong with my horse’s face?” “It’s good to touch bones. Can’t you touch the soul without touching the bones?” “… I don’t see what this method can do, dogs won’t go that way.” The new season of the program officially announced the new guest. Gu Zhisang is ridiculed by netizens and become trending in hot searches. Gu Zhisang the Headmaster of Taoism, opened her eyes and became the vase cannon fodder in the exciting novel about the entertainment circle. When she transmigrated, she was being hacked by the whole network and facing the dilemma of being robbed of resources and receiving bad traffic. To revitalize Taoism, Gu Zhisang gladly accepted the invitation. - Description from Novelupdates
Completed•195 chapters•Unknown
MTL - Thriller Paradise
by San Tian Liang Jiao
NovelBuddyFantasyActionAdventureThis is a game that surpasses dimensions. It is also a competition for the search of truth. Unknown seals, a game of chance with ghosts and gods… The digital struggle, the redemption of humans… In the virtual world that links with reality——It consciously decided us. It consciously chose us. It consciously decided our consciousness. And now, throw away your fear. Throw away your selfish thoughts, questions, and resistance… Free your mind. Welcome to: Thriller Paradise. - Description from Novelupdates
Completed•13991513 chapters•Unknown
MTL - Global Evolution
by Dog Bite
NovelBuddySci FantasyActionAdventureThe Cambrian Explosion, now the largest life science puzzle… 500 million years ago,among single-celled life on Earth , there suddenly began mutations similar to evolution, a variety of gorgeous creatures were born “out of thin air”, all ancestors of today’s species appeared in that short period of time, each species were evolving at lightning speed; billion times faster than today, it was a brilliant era. Unfortunately, the life of brilliant things are always short, after the brief “Cambrian”, life on Earth entered another 56 million years of evolutionary era at turtle speed. And humans, were also one step faster during the turtle race, and become the leader of life on Earth. But now — a greater “second age” has come again. During the lightning speed of evolution, humanity was kicked off of the throne on the food chain in the shortest time possible, and life on Earth, welcomed the second brilliant big bang. The real end of the world, is no longer brainless zombies or desolate earth, but — the end of mankind, the whole earth’s paradise. - Description from Novelupdates
Completed•440 chapters•Unknown
MTL - Misplacement Game
by Teng Yuan Xin
NovelBuddyFantasyAdventureFantasyThis novel is also named “The game I got is different from yours” | “Game is different, what to do” | “Every time the target is the big BOSS” | “Why is the BOSS of Horror games always the most handsome?” | “They are running for their lives, I am falling in love”… and so on. The protagonist is a slave to beautiful faces – he likes good-looking people, can’t say no to a pretty visage, and is filled with thoughts of love. One day he bound with a target-attack system where he can travel from world to world and experience love with the most handsome (key point!) target! The number of players in each game is not set. The protagonist has only one target – the most handsome one. As he falls in love, he realizes… the other players perhaps, maybe, probably… have Horror? Survival? Escape-type games? - Description from Novelupdates
Completed•140 chapters•Unknown
Fishing the Myriad Heavens
by No Crying Out In The Face Of The Dao
NovelBuddyXuanhuanSupernaturalMartial ArtsTired of the schemes and strifes of city life, Bei Feng finally returned to his hometown in the countryside
Ongoing•641 chapters•Unknown
The Earth is Online
by 莫晨歡
NovelBuddyRomanceYaoiMysterySix months ago, tens of thousands of black phantom towers appeared all over the world, floating above the cities. Chemists, physicists, religious people… all of them could do nothing.
Completed•245 chapters•Unknown
MTL - Gourmet Food Supplier
by Cat Who Cooks
NovelBuddySci FantasyComedyFantasy“In a land far to the east, there exists a strange store that has rejected a three Michelin star rating multiple times. The prices are expensive. A combo set of soup and egg fried rice costs 288 RMB. Oh, I forgot it also includes a side dish of pickles. Even so, very many people line up to wait. That place does not accept reservations. It only lets in people who are waiting in line there. Countless people make special trips to line up there. Of course, there’s nowhere to park planes or cars. Their service is so terrible, the customers have to serve their own dishes and grab their own bowls and chopsticks, and they even have to wipe down their own tables! God, the boss is simply crazy.” —《 Michelin Gourmet Magazine》 - Description from Novelupdates
Completed•2762732 chapters•Unknown
MTL - Magic Love Ring
by Not Mosquito
NovelBuddyXuanhuanActionAdventureSong Yan, a senior high school student, lost his parents when he was a child. Before obtaining a mysterious and amazing ring, he has been often plunged into a vulnerable position and easily marginalized. However, his life is changed because of the cryptic ring. - Description from Novelupdates
Completed•2153 chapters•Unknown
MTL - The Ultimate Student
by 安山狐狸
NovelBuddyXianxiaActionDramaAlways looked down upon by others, Ji Feng gains technology far more advanced than the present, as he discovers its abilities, he begins to walk a path far from ordinary. With X-ray vision allowing his to find jade stones in rocks. With this futuristic technology, Ji Feng accomplishes something no-one can compare to. This is the beginning of a legend. - Description from Novelupdates
Completed•3184 chapters•Unknown
Super Detective in the Fictional World
by 冰原三雅
NovelBuddySci FantasySci FiActionLuke has transmigrated to the United States, but eventually realizes that this United States is different from the United States of his previous life. Here, the superpowers and characters from the movies in his previous life actually exist. How will Luke fare in a world where such terrifying superpowers exist?
Completed•2233 chapters•Unknown
MTL - Beauty and the Bodyguard
by Fishman The Second
NovelBuddyXianxiaActionAdventureWhen an S-class elite assassin-raised captain of a special ops suicide squad comes home from a high-stakes Africa mission, he finds himself offered something that could potentially set him up for life- a curious assignment that he could use to finally exit his days of war and slaughter. Then placed into a high-school setting, Lin Yi is tasked by the chairman of a top-tier multi-billion company with bodyguard duty for non-other than his own daughter, a certain little Miss of said high-school. His enemies, once ranging from drug lords, mafia bosses, political figures, and national leaders, are soon replaced with spoiled kids who happen to have rich papas and mamas, and Lin Yi finds his intense expertise and high-threat skillset misused, and very underwhelmed… But he does get a harem cast as diverse as his old enemies, so Lin Yi decides that, for the sake of messing around with girls as an invincible entity in a down-leveled environment, leaving his bloody and death-filled war days behind is something he’d definitely want to strive for. - Description from Novelupdates
Ongoing•10834 chapters•Unknown