Reading Diary 2023 - 3

Hopefully there are translations or MTL for them. I'll put some comment on each one.

Previously I've excluded novels based on Chinese Entertainment industries since most western readers are not familiar with it and won't get much of the reference to songs and movies. But I've seen requests to include them so there they are, skip them if you are not interested.

超神级学霸 (super god-class scholar) ***
There is no system, no harem. Just a person who is super smart (think Sheldon in BBT but smarter). It is a story about him starting from high school, to solving world-class math problems and creating AI systems in his spare time. Some face slapping as many doubt his math skills since he is only 18 years old. Some Nationalism in it but not much. I like it as just a change from the usual system based novels and I like to see super smart genius steam rolling everything.

太一道果 (Ultimate Unified Dao Product) ***
MC transmigrated into a Xianxia world. His cheat is journal that records his progress that won't be reverted. So he can only progress forward. He can also choose this Dao Path based on legendary XianXia figures in Chinese mythology and gain their special powers. The cultivation system setup is kind of fresh, and there are a lot of scheming and calculated moves in the novel.

歌土跟我有什么关系？我才几句词 (The song is corny, but I got nothing to do with it, I've just a few lines in it) ***
The MC is in a parallel world as a singer (Like the male of 凤凰传奇). He has a system that makes him have to partner with another person. He found the other half and they are couples and started a duo, singing many of the songs by that group and grew popular. Many of the plots are based on the real-life events of that group. No harem. single FMC. It is kind of fun to just reading about their stories.

我从顶流塌房了，系统才来？(I've been canceled as a Top Idol, now comes system !?) ***
MC in another world, as a Top Idol that has the looks but no talent. Just got canceled because He didn't know the name of a famous and well respected Historical figure. (Think George Washington). Just as he was avoided by everyone in the entertainment world, His system came on line and now he has the entire catalogue of songs and movies from earth to show off and support him. So he starts by writing songs and go from there to movies and other stuff. And slowly regaining his reputation back. I guess my current interests are with Chinese Entertainment novels.

主神，启动！(Lord God, activate!) ***
This is from one of my go-to authors who writes ruthless, smart MCs with interesting world building and power systems. This one is about MC who has the power to conjure people from one world to another, and whenever they gain power, he gains power + more. So he made up this Lord God system where there is a Lord God who assign missions to players and give them rewards (This is from the very famous novel 无限恐怖). There are multiple worlds. The first one is a sword intent world where there are sword zombies that if they cut you, you'll turn into a sword zombie and the MC summoned people from earth and then got the earth scientist to come up with vaccine for the sword zombie virus, etc. etc.

为了飞升，我只好去做游戏了 (To Ascend, I must make games) ****
MC is a God Tier level XianXia Cultivator. He has enough power to ascend, but lacks the full world understanding needed to do so. So to become more human and defeat his heart daemon, he starts to make games as he doesn't understand why many people find video games fun. Of course he doesn't make actual video games, He makes the game in real life in different planets and realms, and just transport player's mind to it to play it, like in VR. Some games are original, some are well known games like fall guys. There is a main thread with some evil god trying to come back in life, but I'm just there to see the games.