They often disrupt the expected flow of historical narratives. Just like a monkey wrench thrown into a machine, they might introduce unexpected elements or perspectives. For example, they could focus on the stories of marginalized groups during a historical period that are usually overlooked in mainstream historical accounts.
Another example might be 'Wolf Hall' by Hilary Mantel. This novel delves into the Tudor period, focusing on the rise of Thomas Cromwell. It offers a detailed look at the politics, society, and personalities of that era, with a writing style that really brings the historical figures to life.
I don't recall anyone being convicted in the novel. It mainly focused on the characters' adventures and their fight against the system rather than legal convictions.
There were novels similar to Monkey Three Kingdoms:
1."From the Age of Seventy to the Cultivation of Beasts", Author: Domestically-Made Electric Generators
2."Family Cultivation Begins from Raising Fish." Author: Xiao Xiao Mu Xue Gui
3."The Xu Family, Seeking Longevity with Talisman Taoism." Author: Yu Sheng only seeks immortality.
4."System: I told you to have children, not to fight for hegemony." Author: Beihai You
5."Immortal Cultivation Begins from the Sea." Author: Wuling Yi Ma Self-light Fat
6:"This Game Is Too Cruel", Author: Summer Rice Fragrance
7: Legend of the Primordial Demon Saint, Author: Watt Pilots a Plane
8: Familiar: Supreme, Author: Rabbit Eyes
9:"I'm Raising Babies on 80 Live Broadcast", Author: Jiang Zhishi
10:"Family Cultivation: Starting from the Chaoyang Mountain Range", Author: Ten Years of Raising Fish
11:"The Five-way Gods of the World of Gods and Ghosts!" Author: Greasy Old White
12:"I must also bravely raise the villains!" Author: Xiao Xu Can't Sleep
Peak of Corpse Refinement, Author: The Second Master of Wuzhi Mountain
Yan Family's Immortal Industry, Author: Goudan 11
15:"Before I Run, I Cheat and Make a Fortune." Author: Qian Qian Meng Meng
Dao Jun: Starting from a Small Official in the Immortal Court, Author: The Cat Never Leaves the Kitchen
Human Dao Immortal Dynasty, Author: Chen Cang
The following is a detailed introduction of these novels:
1.<<BeginningBeast-Controlling Immortal Cultivation from the Age of Seventy>>: Yu Hua, who was at the ninth level of Qi Refinement, was already in his seventies. He had failed many times to build his foundation. During one of his cultivation sessions, his inner demon invaded his body and almost destroyed his soul. At that moment, a soul from another realm transmigrated over and tried to take over his body. However, he was suppressed by Yu Hua. After searching his soul, he obtained a <<Beast-Controlling Scripture>>> and saw hope in building his foundation…
2."Family Cultivation Begins from Raising Fish": Reincarnated into the cultivation family, the Li family. However, his spiritual roots are a little weak. Alright, practice talismans and raise fish to earn spirit stones. If his aptitude is insufficient, he can make up for it with spirit stones.
My good brother's cultivation is too slow, do you need some guidance? However, he discovered something big.
Shocked,[Fourth Brother is actually a cultivator with five spiritual roots, but he has cultivated at the speed of three spiritual roots.]
What? Sixth Brother had a dark spirit root? Previously, I was afraid that you would suffer and be tired, so I painstakingly guided you in your cultivation. You actually have a dark spirit root!
Li Xiangyun was jealous for the first time.
[Mortal Stream][Family Stream][Farming Stream]
3."Xu Family, Talisman Taoism Seeking Longevity": Family Style, Mortal Style, There's a Common Goldfinger
Xu Zhiyu had transmigrated to a cultivation world with an amulet. His parents were both cultivators and he had a grandfather who was in the Foundation Establishment stage. He had originally wanted to lie flat and become a third generation cultivator, but later he realized that this was just a dream. Every family had their own difficulties!
If he wanted to survive in this cultivation world, he had to rely on himself!
It was a relaxing style, a storyline style, and there were fewer fighting scenes. The main focus was on warmth, and there was even a slight tendency to be funny!
4."System: I'll let you have children, not fight for hegemony": Sweet Pet + Strong Woman + Fight for hegemony + Construction + Farming + System
Many fish were bound to the system.
System: "Newbies have special privileges. Who do you want to have children with?"
Many Fish was 1.9 meters tall, talented in literature and martial arts, handsome and extraordinary, and had a family to inherit the throne.
The System asked,"What are you thinking about?"
Many fish: I am talking about my charming old man.
Ying Zheng felt that his childhood sweetheart was a little strange. She always said that he would inherit the throne and unify the six dynasties in the future, and even wanted to bear him children.
Qin Shi Huang, who unified the six countries, said,"Qing Qing, half of the world belongs to you!"
The System was stunned,[I told you to have children, but I didn't tell you to unify the world.]
P.S. The female protagonist will not become a child-bearing machine, she will only take advantage of the system.
5."Immortal Cultivation Begins from the Sea": Xu Jing woke up and traveled to the Xianxia world with the boundless sea, becoming a mortal farmer.
Fortunately, he had the Sea Suppressing Pearl with him, which could intimidate water-type creatures and absorb moonlight to increase the quality of water-type spirit creatures and spirit herbs.
Increase water quality, strengthen divine power, suppress seawater, absorb water demons.
In the Cangya Sea, there were many aquatic products and treasures. However, the water pressure in the deep water was extremely strong, and it was difficult for cultivators to enter. Xu Jing borrowed the pearl to hunt for treasure fish to nourish his body. He dived into the water to search for treasures and divine herbs.
Step by step, he stepped into the Immortal Dao. Everything started from the southernmost part of the Cangya Sea, on an island called Songyue Island in the Southern Mountain Archipelago.
6."This Game Is Too Cruel": The Desperate Poor Overlord Disguises the Otherworld as a Game, Tricking Even More Desperate Players Into Doing Crazy Things [The Fourth Calamity]
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The holographic game "The Continent of Molka" was officially launched on Earth. Once it was launched, it became popular all over the world.
At the start of the game, the strongest empire relied on its guts!
Poor Overlord 677:
Starving to death, finding players to explore;
If they didn't have any tools, they would find players to forge steel.
If they wanted to attack and defend, they would have to find players to get weapons…
The players could solve most of her problems for her. When there were no problems, the players were the biggest problem!
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[Player: Everything is for my lord!]
[Player: Fight for the great 677 Empire!]
[Player: Roll the mud into balls and pretend to be an Immortality Pill for the Lord to eat ~]
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[Female Lead: Lu Qiqi (Original Earthling)]
[Construction Style]+[The Big Girl is mainly fighting for the world]+[Plot Style, no fixed couple]+[Female Lead, Black Eggface]
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Author's recommendation:
"Making Koi Fish in a Survival Game"
"After I transmigrated, I was forced to become a fake system."
7."The Legend of the Primordial Demon Saint":"I, Hongjun, will teach the Great Luo and the Way of Becoming a Saint in Zixiao Palace a hundred years later. All Taiyi Immortals can come and listen."
Yang Lei felt very uncomfortable when he heard such a loud voice coming from somewhere. Dao Ancestor, I want to hear it too!
......
"Your Majesty, the outside world is saying that Yang Shu Jing is your illegitimate son, so you taught him the Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation Technique…"
Taiyi's eyes widened. He, a Golden Crow, had given birth to a son of Yang Shu?
......
"Your Majesty, the Jie and Chan Sects seem to be making a big move again…"
"Quickly go and invite Yang Qing. Let's see what he heard."
......
Sigh, I already said that I didn't eavesdrop. They just floated into my ears. Besides, who in the Primordial World doesn't know that I'm tight-lipped, Yang Sanshi…
Hey, hey, hey, Fairy Qingluan, I really didn't spread the news that you suffered from the longing of the Great God Lu Wu...
What does what Yang Lei said have to do with me, Three Stones?
8."Beast Tamer: Supreme": Bring a mysterious ancient cauldron and travel through the bizarre world of immortal cultivation.
In Ning Chen's hands, loaches could turn into dragons, pheasants could turn into phoenixes, and extinct ancient divine beasts and ferocious beasts would reappear in the world.
9:"I'm Raising Babies at 80's Livestream": Ning Wan is a small streamer, but she somehow traveled to the 80s.
Fortunately, the live broadcast system had passed through with her.
However, she looked at the little dumpling by her feet. Why didn't anyone tell her that she had become a mother without any pain?
Sigh, then he could only raise them.
She brought her cubs to live broadcast and farm, and her life improved by leaps and bounds.
Relying on the comments of the netizens in the live broadcast room, she successfully became an all-rounder. Outside, she was a successful career woman.
Inside…
Her cheap husband looked at her with an increasingly strange gaze and said,"Can I live off a woman?"
What was that? You're the big boss!
Was it appropriate to say this?
PS: This article is empty, all fictional
10."Family Cultivation: Starting from the Morning Sun Mountain Range":"Family Cultivation + Immortal Mansion Style + No System + Farming + Mortal Stream"
In the mysterious and vast Xianxia World, Mu Yuanqing, who had transmigrated to become a cultivator of a Foundation Building family, obtained the Heaven Huntian Treasure Mirror at the bottom of the sea. There was a small world inside, and there were spiritual fields that could accelerate the growth of spiritual plants, as well as spiritual lakes and pastures. After overcoming all kinds of difficulties, he would lead the small family of the Chaoyang Mountain Range to become a peerless immortal clan step by step.
11:"The Five-way Gods of the World of Gods and Ghosts!" In the beginning, he possessed an evil sorcerer who was nearing the end of his life. Facing a group of dutiful sons and grandsons who wanted to deceive their masters and destroy their ancestors, Deng Yang felt that this script was a little familiar…This was a story of a transmigrator who had obtained the Great Villain template at the beginning of the game, opening up a situation to backfire on the protagonist! A mysterious ancient bronze lamp brought a soul of the present world. Let's watch a modern transmigrator bring you to experience a different world! The so-called five-way, five desires are all connected, have experienced all the great desires of the world, the world called evil god!
12:"I must also bravely raise the villains!" Jiang Zhi graduated two years ago and was finally hired by the kindergarten.
On the first day of work, the child's parents kicked open the kindergarten door. Why don't we sell this child and exchange him for silver?"
Jiang Zhi trembled as he blocked the baby. I-I won't allow you to take my student away!"
On the second day of work, a strange-looking little cub with horns, ears, and a tail on its butt leaned against the window of Jiang Zhi's staff dormitory."Teacher, teacher, the cookies you baked smell so good!"
Jiang Zhi was covered in cold sweat. He pulled the cub in."This is the window on the second floor!"
On the third day of work, the classroom was suddenly surrounded by fire, and the two cubs were trapped in the classroom.
Jiang Zhi was so anxious that she cried. She was about to rush in with a wet towel when she was stopped. I'm going to save my students!"
The fire was put out, and the two cubs walked out unscathed.
On the N days since he started working, Jiang Zhi had already gotten used to the strange life here.
"Teacher!" Suddenly, a baby rushed into the office anxiously."Teacher! Something bad has happened!"
"What's wrong?" Jiang Zhi slowly took a sip of tea. Did the two children quarrel again? Or did he tear down the house again? Remember to fix it."
"No!" The baby shook its head anxiously. They, they ran into the village…You plucked all the feathers of their chickens!"
Jiang Zhi spat out a mouthful of tea."What?!"
She had wanted to make up for the kindergarten's expenses through her own media account, but she didn't expect that-
He actually became famous in one shot!
Peak of Corpse Refinement: The Immortal Road is Long, the Great Dao Contends, My Life Is Up to Me!
Consuming the bait to refine pills, devouring Buddhas, slaying Immortals, controlling demons and exorcising ghosts!
Lu Yun, who was born in a low-class family in the Immortal Cultivation World, was born with a trace of Yin Qi. In order to survive, his father, Lu Xuan, had carefully planned for him to change his cultivation to the Ghost Dao. He cultivated the Underworld Corpse Ghost, the Three-Headed Corpse Puppet, the Shadow Moon Corpse, the White Bone Corpse, and the Five Elements Sky Corpse. Let's see how he grows step by step into a giant in the Immortal World…With a flip of his hand, he can turn the clouds into rain, and he can run rampant!
<Yan Clan's Immortal Legacy>: Warning!!! There was nothing magical about this book at all. I only knew how to develop demon beast breeding, farm, start a business, gather teams, seek development, fight against strong enemies, and then push through.
Treasure hunting, adventures, battles, all of these were easy to talk about. I, Yan, was never a fighter and rarely drew my sword. The ones who rushed up were either my underlings or the overwhelming number of spirit beasts.
It was said that this Yan's sword was used to stab his own people.
To put it simply, it was a story about cultivating and starting a business. The protagonist was not only cultivating but also starting a business from scratch. He was a hero who established a family and a sect. He was the leader of a region in the southern border of the Cultivation world. People said,"Immortal Yan is the hero of the world!"
15:"Wearing Before Escaping, Making a Fortune with Cheat and Silence":(Husband and Wife Wearing)(Male Wearing Female)(Female Wearing Male)(Book Wearing)
The orphan couple brought their own pagoda space jade pendants and transmigrated into a book. The woman dressed as a man, and the man dressed as a woman. They each had a cheat.
Ye Junluan…Oh my god, how did he transmigrate to such a weak body? He was a child with cerebral paralysis and was called a fool!
Ding!"You have received seven likes. Congratulations to the host for opening the Jade Pendant Artifact Spirit Space!"
When he heard this voice, a soft child's voice sounded in his mind. Then, it introduced how to use the functions of this space!
"Madam, it's a daughter. Congratulations, Madam. There's only a little daughter!"
Cheng Xiwen? My body is being wiped, and I'm being spanked."Wahhh!" Don't spank my butt, you old woman! You're so cruel!
"Mrs. Zhao, the girl is very loud. She's a healthy little girl!" the midwife said.
"Wahhh!" she cried out."How did I become a girl? I don't want it, I don't want it. Where's my wife? Where did you take my wife?"
The male and female protagonists changed genders and helped their families stock up before they fled.
Finally, they were able to add each other as friends and send supplies to each other.
After the reform and opening up, they were among the first wave of wealth…!
"Dao Monarch: Starting from a Small Official in the Immortal Court": After his death, Wang Heng came to a vast cultivation world and became a trivial Daoist disciple in a Taoist temple in the border town of Chu State. Immortal sects, Dao officials, demonic beasts, demonic creatures…consuming, refining medicine, Dao soldiers, magic tools…this was a vast world of infinite splendor. However, before Wang Heng could really step into it. When he first arrived, he was faced with a life and death situation. This was the story of a guest from another world, starting from a small official in the Immortal Court, refining dao, defeating demons, and seeking the fruit of immortality.
"Human Dao Immortal Dynasty": It was a pretty good book. It could be seen that the author had put in a lot of effort.
129,600 years ago, the White Emperor comprehended the Dao, and his sword shook all spirits.
108,000 years ago, the Black Emperor controlled the flood and set up an array to stabilize the world.
Eighty-four thousand years ago, the Qing Emperor tasted hundreds of herbs and passed down spiritual plants and alchemy.
Forty-nine thousand years ago, the Red Deity refined demons, taught the way of refining weapons, unified the world, and ascended on a red dragon.
9,000 years ago, the Yellow Emperor established a system to pass on the Dao of Talismans, enfeoffed the vassals, and ascended to the sky on the Yellow Dragon.
Five hundred years later, Liang Duanyu established the Fate Dynasty, passed on the Dao Immortal Path, mended heaven and earth, established the three realms, and ascended.
You can read these novels on Qidian Chinese Network.
One characteristic is the exploration of their contrasting personalities. Marcus is often more serious while Wrench is quite wild. Fanfics play on this contrast to create interesting interactions.
The uniqueness of 'a wrench in the machine fanfic' might lie in its plot twists. It could introduce unexpected elements into the story, like a character or event that completely changes the course of the narrative.
In Ford vs Ferrari, the wrench was likely fictional. The movie often takes creative liberties to enhance the story and entertainment value. Maybe it wasn't a real aspect of the actual events being depicted.
The element of surprise and unexpected twists can make it interesting. A wrench in the machine often disrupts the expected flow, creating tension and excitement.
Well, one common theme is trust. They have to learn to trust each other in many stories. Also, the theme of redemption can be found. Maybe one of them has made mistakes in the past and the other helps them redeem themselves. And of course, there's the theme of adventure. They go on all sorts of exciting missions in a lot of the fanfictions.