Daily Picks
1The Midnight Order
Crushed by debt, delivery rider Zhou Jibai recognizes a midnight customer as Shen Yanci, the Shengchuan Group heir declared dead seven years
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2The Midnight GPU: City in Overtime
Washed-up shot-caller Shen Yan wins the world's only custom graphics card. Once installed, it connects his screen each midnight to a paralle
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3Zero Authority
Broke intern Lin Mo joins the closed beta of tech giant StarArc's next-generation model, Oracle, only to be recognized as its sole highest-a
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4The Twenty-Eight Day Proof
Mediocre and stalled product designer Chen Yan is chosen by Benefit, an uninstallable program. For the next twenty-eight days, he must compl
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5The Calendar of Lost Days
After midnight, every calendar in Linchuan jumps from October 4 to September 35—a date that never existed. Rare-book conservator Lin Mo know
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6Fourth-Quarter Debt
Lin Che has spent three years buried on the Harbor City Storm's bench in the world's premier professional football league. On a rain-soaked
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7The Zero-Hour Stadium
On championship night, every one of Harborshade Stadium's eighty thousand spectators receives a free bottle of water. Part-time usher Lin Xi
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8Ten Seconds Ahead
Down-on-his-luck stadium interpreter Cheng Ye discovers a strange gift: whenever live commentary in different languages overlaps, he can hea
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9The Midnight Patisserie: Kiss, Marry, Kill
Xu Zhiwei stumbles into a dessert shop that opens only at midnight and is forced to assign Kiss, Marry, and Kill to a chocolate cookie, a br
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10The Unseen Protocol
In Linjiang, where every life is livestreamed, debt-ridden Lu Chen discovers that no camera can record his face—and any footage involving hi
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11The Crimson Margin
Lin Mo, an unremarkable copywriter, installs a mysterious plugin called Lacuna that marks important information he has overlooked. Crimson n
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12The Ghost Protocol of Tomorrow
Blacklisted by tech giant Hanhai after refusing to surrender his uncontrollable local AI, ruined programmer Chen Mo secretly reboots the pro
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13Forty-Five to Rewrite the Final
Disgraced national-team guard Shen Xinglan lost everything after a fatal mistake in a playoff elimination game. Only after retirement did sh
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14Three Seconds Under Ice
Frost Harbor Aurora goaltender Shen Yan scores an impossible rink-length goal on opening night—and discovers he can see a puck's path second
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15After the Block: Ruler of the League
Discarded by a powerhouse as expendable trade filler, reserve center Lu Zheng reaches the edge of his career and awakens the Court Dominion
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16The Winner's Crown: Hunted by the World
Lin Jin, an underpaid esports sparring partner, spends a full year grinding Realm Dominion, a ten-year-old competitive VR game, and obtains
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17The Midnight Avatar Protocol
When summoning AI bots on social media becomes a global craze, debt-ridden programmer Lu Chen discovers that every real commission he accept
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18The Last Take
Stunt driver Lu Xiao joins the final installment of the legendary action franchise Edge of Speed, only to discover that its twelve-kilometer
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19Sing Me a Love Song at Midnight
Washed-up singer Xu Xinghe lands a coveted opening slot on a world tour, with one bizarre condition: he must care for Mianmian, a mysterious
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20The Fate Chip
On the rain-soaked night he is cast out by his wealthy family, illegitimate heir Zhou Lin wagers his last coin and receives the Fate Chip, a
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21The Midnight Headline
An untraceable account on Linchuan's city forum posts only two to four Chinese characters at midnight. By the next day, something uncanny fu
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22The Zero-Layer Protocol
When the world's most powerful ability-training system, Ascension, abruptly shuts down, billions are forcibly logged out. Only low-level tes
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23Full-Court Rewrite
After the hit game Final Protocol launches a three-on-three mode, disgraced esports pro Zhou Ye is dragged each night into an arena where bl
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24The Faceless Premiere
Cinema programmer Ye Lan can glimpse footage that has not yet been filmed. Before three superhero blockbusters premiere, their heroes step o
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25The Hidden Branch of My Life
Junior developer Shen Zhou syncs an abandoned project to a brand-new code-hosting platform and discovers that the repository contains not so
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26The Thirteenth Memory
Programmer Gu Yan created twelve autonomous agents, each with its own identity, memories, and expertise. After an anomalous awakening, all t
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27Midnight Market: Tomorrow's Price
When global exchanges abruptly open a midnight session, Lin Che—a ruined trader framed by his former employer and buried under eight million
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28The Ten-Minute Echo
In an age when heroic dynasties monopolize power and glory, ordinary student Lin Yan awakens the lowest-rated gift imaginable: Ten-Minute Ec
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29Echoes of the Last Striker
Cape City FC has ninety-seven days left to live. Minutes before the transfer window closes, young owner Shen Yan spends his last funds on Gu
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30Gatekeeper of Terminal Nine
Temporary airport screener Lu Chen rescues a pitch-black hatchling from a shipment of smuggled lizards, only to hear it call him Gatekeeper
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