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What's the Scariest Novel You've Ever Read? Which One Made Us Want to Hurt Each Other? 至今看过最恐怖的小说,是哪一本让我们互相伤害

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  1. 1 The Haunted House 诡舍 Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 748.5kReads9.6Score101.2kShelves
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  2. 2 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 Mystery122k WordsCompleted [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 804Reads8.8Score108Shelves
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  3. 3 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市,活人回避 Mystery592k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal 3.1kReads9.1Score201Shelves
  4. 4 Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界:100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈 Mystery432k WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Shocking Twists] Horror tales beyond anything you could imagine. Each story is like a dark door swinging open, drawing you into moments that will make your skin crawl. Listen. A faint whisper, an indescribable shadow creeping closer. Danger by the river, terror in the cemetery, ghost babies in the maternity ward, evil headhunting magic, apparitions at the hot springs, a bloodstained umbrella... On 2.5kReads8.7Score194Shelves
  5. 5 Ghostly Whispers at Midnight 夜半鬼语 Mystery87k WordsCompleted [Rural + Supernatural + Ghost Stories] Back when my grandfather was young, he learned carpentry. As Old Zhao put it, a sixth-grade carpenter these days was worth half a scholar. But things were different back then. Carpenters belonged to one of the lowest trades. They had to carry their tools around every day, get up before dawn and stay out until the middle of the night, traveling from village to village to find work. And because they went so many places, and made coffins and dealt with the dea 7.4kReads9.0Score274Shelves
  6. 6 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 Eastern Fantasy918k WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 4kReads—Score250Shelves
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  7. 7 Please Live Until Dawn 请活到天明时分 Mystery615k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out and will rise later. Infinite flow + mild horror + original instances + no female lead) A tower stands in the eternal night, with a group of players trapped inside. They have to keep taking part in bizarre games to earn the food and supplies they need to survive. A killer in red embroidered shoes, a child with no eyes, a haunted mountain where an entire expedition team died... One deadly trap after another, with death around every corner. Players: “We're going to die, w 2.2MReads9.4Score549.6kShelves
  8. 8 Eerie: A Dog from the Start, Gear You Scavenge 诡异:开局一条狗,装备全靠捡 Mystery843k WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, and it will rise later] [Apocalyptic Awakening] [Stat-Allocation Sequence] [Horror Survival] [Extreme Combat Style] Terror descends upon the world, and a Black Tide begins to devour cities. The uncanny, demons, monsters, forbidden artifacts... Human life is as worthless as grass. People struggle to survive by any means. In an apocalypse of endless terror, the only way to stay alive is to awaken and become part of a Transcendent Sequence! Others awaken as doctors, surviv 479.6kReads8.5Score54.8kShelves
  9. 9 What Do You Mean I Became a World-Ending Urban Legend? 什么叫我成了灭世级怪谈? Mystery208k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] [Turns Into a False Person in One Chapter] [The Protagonist Is a Pure Monster] Su Yuan transmigrated to a bizarre world rife with danger. Here, everything from horror legends had become real: false people, vengeful spirits, old gods hidden beneath the ocean... And an official organization lurking in everyday life: the Cleanup Bureau. This was an age of despair. With urban legends becoming reality, ordinary people could hardly fight back, and even the authorities we 601.5kReads8.3Score127.2kShelves
  10. 10 Damn It, Who Pulled a Follower of the Evil God into the Scenario? 天杀的,谁给邪神眷属拉进副本了 Mystery720k WordsOngoing Weird dungeons + livestreaming + lighthearted + no pressure (no couples, no romantic tension). Successfully adapted into a live-action series and a comic, so enjoy with confidence. Weird dungeons descend upon the world, randomly selecting players and leaving everyone in a state of panic. Then Qi Xie, a follower of an Evil God, enters a dungeon and immediately breaks down sobbing! Heavens above! Who knows how many haunted houses he’s slept in and how many mass graves he’s dug up just to keep that 197.1kReads8.8Score33.8kShelves
  11. 11 Zombies Descend Across the World, and You Say the Taoist Class Is Useless? 全球僵尸降临,你说道士序列没用 Urban1.3M WordsOngoing Purple-hair zombies, white-hair zombies, black-hair zombies, green-hair zombies, fur-covered zombies, flying zombies, wandering zombies, lurking zombies, unrotting-bone zombies, and drought demons… This is a world overrun by zombies across the globe! Xu Yi arrives in this world and awakens the Taoist path. But people accuse him of being inferior to those on the fire-element path. Xu Yi scratches his head and looks at his Dragon-Tiger Evil-Slaying Talismans, Golden Light Incantation, corpse-dr 249.8kReads8.7Score31.3kShelves
  12. 12 Infinite Haunting Realms: I Can See Through Lies 无限诡域:我能堪破谎言 Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow]+ [No Romance]+ [Original Instances]+ [Mild Horror]+ [Ghosts Kill People]+ [Ghosts in Every Real-World Instance] “Ghosts cannot be killed.” “Humans cannot fight ghosts.” “Ghosts each have their own rules for killing.” A mysterious letter. A door that leads to the unknown. When Li Yu opened the door, one eerie instance after another awaited him. This is the [Ghostly Domain], a world of vengeful ghosts! Will you die in confusion, or be reborn from a nightmare? 182.4kReads8.3Score25.2kShelves
  13. 13 The Last Stand 死站 Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing A cursed ticket to stations where one terrifying incident after another takes place... A city shrouded in thick fog, determined to erase the very existence of “terror”... Passengers who vanish one by one, or are cursed for eternity... Inside a dilapidated train, a person with amnesia and three curses awakens in the dim light, a voice calling “curse” ringing in their ears... “Welcome to the Reincarnation Station! Passengers aboard the train, please pay attention... Our next stop... "The Corpse Pa 155.5kReads8.7Score18.3kShelves
  14. 14 Infinite Escape: I Earn Rent Money in Horror Games 无限逃生:我在惊悚游戏里挣房费 Mystery800k WordsCompleted [Infinite flow + horror, suspense, and mystery-solving + strong female lead + team + plot-focused] [Ding~ Welcome, player, to the Survival Inn! Please do your best to clear the instances and earn your room fees~ We offer dormitory rooms, guesthouse rooms, hotel rooms, and more, as well as a top-tier luxury VIP club waiting for you to unlock~] A gloomy, blood-soaked compound A school crawling with death A cursed painting that brings death to anyone who looks at it An old village teeming with stra 33.6kReads9.3Score4.1kShelves
  15. 15 Horror Movie NPC Goes on a Killing Spree in a Terror Game 恐怖片NPC在惊悚游戏杀疯了 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Horror + comedy + power fantasy + no female lead (male protagonist has no romantic pairing)] A horror game swept across the world. Fu Yan, an NPC from a horror movie in a higher plane of existence, was accidentally dragged into the game. Fu Yan: Since you've all gone to the trouble of inviting me, I won't hold back. From then on, the “horror game” was plunged into the shadow of someone named “Fu Yan”... Horror NPCs: Please, don't come any closer! Livestream viewers: Can someone do something abo 75.1kReads9.6Score9.8kShelves
  16. 16 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚:因为担心不优雅而过度变态 Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The 96kReads9.5Score11.4kShelves
  17. 17 Godslayer: Infinite Flow 弑神【无限流】 Fantastical Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Print edition under contract] [Female-oriented, no romance, infinite-flow + plot-driven + mildly horror] On the first day after losing her job, a mysterious app appeared on Li Wu's phone. The jobs listed were simple and paid well. They were obviously a scam. Li Wu: “I'm in! A scam is exactly what I'm looking for.” Her job duties were simple: [Little Girl's Nanny: 5,000 yuan/day] [Plastic Surgery Clinic Nurse: 10,000 yuan/day] [Village Watcher: 30,000 yuan/day] The work was clearly described and 131.4kReads9.2Score21kShelves
  18. 18 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间! Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 184.1kReads9.7Score19.9kShelves
  19. 19 Terrifying Nightmare: Extreme Survival in a Bizarre World 恐怖噩梦:我在诡异世界极限逃生 Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow, mildly scary, no romance] Wang Yan wearily opened his front door. Inside, he saw the woman next door holding and soothing a baby, staring at him in terror. “Sorry, I’ve got the wrong apartment.” He quickly apologized and backed out, then slammed the door shut. Standing in the pitch-black hallway, he found himself unable to decide what was more terrifying: seeing his female neighbor in his home, or seeing the baby who had died long ago… 314.7kReads9.4Score53.2kShelves
  20. 20 The Supernatural Returns, and the Eternal Night Begins 灵异复苏,永夜降临 Mystery2.4M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 396.5kReads9.3Score39.1kShelves
  21. 21 Domain River 域河 Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing (The hardcover edition has been published!) [Infinite Flow] [Original Horror Instances] [Mild Horror] “Chen Ji murdered his mother a week ago and spent three days with her corpse before he was arrested.” “You have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and are about to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital for supervision.” “Do you have anything to say?” The black-haired boy before them slowly raised his head, his expression calm. “I’ll say it again.” “The thing I killed wasn’t my mother...” “It w 173.7kReads9.5Score24.9kShelves
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  22. 22 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 73.1kReads9.3Score10.3kShelves
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  23. 23 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted "Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!" 28.6kReads9.2Score3.7kShelves
  24. 24 The Underworld Calls Me Little Master 地府叫我小先生 Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 250kReads9.6Score31.1kShelves
  25. 25 The Divine Qilin 麒麟神相 Rural Life3.8M WordsCompleted I was born with a Qilin by my side. To save me, my grandfather peeled off his own human skin and gave it to a nine-tailed fox. That day, dead trees bloomed again, and all the beasts came to pay their respects! 11.8kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
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  26. 26 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 52.2kReads9.4Score6.3kShelves
  27. 27 A Female Ghost Is Clinging to Me? Better Cling to Her! 女鬼缠身?反抱她大腿! Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [No System, one heroine, ghost wife, yin-yang master, urban, supernatural, lighthearted comedy] A night spent beside a lonely grave, and the tomb’s occupant latches on. After paying respects to my grandfather tonight, I encountered something utterly absurd: I actually saw a ghost! These days, I’m afraid of being poor, and I’m afraid of dying! On a whim, after we couldn’t agree on anything, I got into a fight with the ghost and even slept on a lonely grave for the whole night. After that, one st 1.9kReads8.2Score170Shelves
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  28. 28 Followed by Ghosts 与鬼随行 Mystery314k WordsOngoing Immersive, terrifying, and packed with suspenseful mystery and deduction. I have a strange world, and I want to take you there! After the college entrance exams, I took a fatal blow meant for my friend and lost my sight. By chance, I ended up at a bizarre vocational college. My classmates are dying one after another under strange circumstances, and there seems to be a much bigger secret behind it all. This world seems so strange... so strange... I have to solve the mind-bending challenges one by 752Reads—Score—Shelves
  29. 29 The Sound of Nightmares: 60 Horror Stories That Wake You from Your Dreams 噩梦之声:60个做梦吓醒的恐怖故事 Mystery174k WordsCompleted [Standalone Ghost Stories + Supernatural Horror + Not for the Faint of Heart + Rural Tales] When night falls, terrifying ghostly figures emerge. Step into all kinds of bizarre and unbelievable tales, and spend your nights screaming! Haunted houses, ghostly shadows outside the window, a deadly lipstick, someone beneath the mattress, an umbrella that hunts people... Every corner conceals inexplicable phenomena and secrets that will fill you with dread! Every page will make your hair stand on end, 1.7kReads8.9Score167Shelves
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  30. 30 The Terrifying Online Celebrity 恐怖女网红 Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted Ning Ruoyu is bullied and framed by the people closest to her. To stay alive, she has no choice but to catch ghosts for money. She never expected to become an online sensation with tens of millions of followers... I’ve started a new book and hope you’ll show it some love. Please recommend it and send me some diamonds. Don’t forget to tap “Follow”! During the new-book period, there will be one update a day until the story reaches 30,000 words, posted at noon. After that, there will be two updates 3.9kReads9.1Score431Shelves
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  31. 31 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录 Mystery156k WordsCompleted The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa 2.1kReads9.0Score129Shelves
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  32. 32 Horror Descends: The Ghost Gate 恐怖降临【鬼门】 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Horror + supernatural + suspense + survival + infinite worlds + twists A world of horror descends, and countless Gates of the Dead suddenly appear. Those selected must enter the gates and make a desperate escape. Some gates are formed from horror novels. Some are formed from horror movies. Some are formed from tales of evil spirits. Some are formed from bizarre imaginings. Entering a Gate of the Dead means your life has started counting down. Who can make it out alive? “If you're curious abo 2kReads6.3Score120Shelves
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  33. 33 Anomaly Survival Guide 异常求生指南 Mystery770k WordsOngoing [The Backrooms X rules-based horror X Cthulhu Mythos X infinite flow X wild imagination] No System, no leveling up, no harem. This handbook is designed to help you deal with all kinds of anomalies. We hope every investigator will survive and provide us with more useful data. Because of the existence of the gods, most life in the universe is subtly influenced by the rulers scattered throughout the galaxy. As the universe grew ever more prosperous, the rulers’ psychic projections created a space 63Reads—Score—Shelves
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  34. 34 The Haunted Tomb 诡坟 Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted [This is no ordinary paranormal story. It's all about horror and suspense: no mindless wish fulfillment, forbidden yin-yang lore, no cultivation, and a ghost wife. If it's not good, you can break my legs.] People laugh at my family's poverty and say that all my blood relatives have died, so there must be a ghost in our house. I don't dare argue... because there really is a ghost buried in our ancestral grave! ...My name is Zhang Asi... I was born at four in the morning on the fourteenth day of t 46.7kReads8.8Score4.3kShelves
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  35. 35 Blood Sin 血孽 Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Ever since I was little, I was a child my mother hated. Born with an overwhelming concentration of the Seven Sha, I made every demon and monster flee at the sight of me. It wasn’t until I was twelve that I learned the truth: my birth had been part of a massive conspiracy... 14kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
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  36. 36 I Have the Body of a Ghost King, Yet Became the Strongest Exorcist 我,鬼王之体,却成了最强术士 Mystery573k WordsOngoing [Traditional supernatural horror, folk horror, strange tales and bizarre encounters, taboos of yin and yang] On the third day of the third lunar month, ghosts go mad. Chen Sansan was born on just such a day. Because of him, his father was buried alive by his master in the old house in Heilong Village. For his sake, his master was trapped in a tiny room. As for Chen Sansan, he has no choice but to keep signing contracts between yin and yang with ghosts to prolong his life. Otherwise, he won't sur 29Reads6.8Score—Shelves
  37. 37 Carrying the Living and the Dead 载人也载鬼 Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted After losing his job, the protagonist plans to buy a car and drive for a rideshare service. Instead, he ends up buying a Soul-Ring Car and helps a female ghost solve the mystery of her death. He then becomes a rideshare driver who transports ghosts. 5.7kReads8.3Score523Shelves
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  38. 38 A Ghost Placed a Food Delivery Order, and I Accepted It in a Flash! 鬼下的外卖订单,我秒接! Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing That day, I received a strange food delivery order. A goddess who had died a tragic death was begging me for help. After that, I became a spirit courier. I clear the way for wronged souls and guide the dead on their final journey! 58.9kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves
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  39. 39 This Spirit Medium Is Pretty Powerful! 这个出马仙有点强! Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing A piece of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people, the old hall's immortals. One day, when they emerge from the depths of the mountains, their names will spread far and wide! I was born in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1980s. When I was seven, a spirit medium said I was fated to suffer three calamities and eight misfortunes, and would one day become a horse-riding shaman. I didn't believe it, but hardship kept finding me. To make a living, I worked as a wa 148kReads9.7Score14.3kShelves
  40. 40 My Yin-Yang Teahouse 我的阴阳茶馆 Mystery274k WordsCompleted My grandfather and I run this Yin-Yang Teahouse. Want your fortune told or your face read? Heh, let me take a look at your luck! If you’re extraordinarily lucky, so lucky it feels as though the whole world is looking out for you, then perhaps you’ll live your whole life in peace and never encounter anything strange. But if you’re terribly unlucky, unlucky beyond all measure, all sorts of bizarre phenomena may come knocking one after another, catching you completely off guard. Or perhaps, when th 7Reads—Score—Shelves
  41. 41 A Coffin Soaked in Blood, a Ghost Comes to Claim Your Soul 血浸棺,鬼勾魂 Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing The dead open their eyes, ghosts come to claim souls, the living borrow lifespans, and the dead press down on their coffins... One bizarre, uncanny experience after another keeps resurfacing in my mind like a nightmare. The strange tales in this book are mainly based on Yang Jian’s firsthand experiences... A warning: the actions in this book are for entertainment only. Do not imitate them! There are three kinds of people who read this book: thrill-seekers who aren’t easily scared... those who pu 918Reads6.2Score108Shelves
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  42. 42 Good Night, My Nightmare 晚安,我的噩梦 Mystery101k WordsCompleted When your nightmare has a name, how do you wake up? My name is Lin Wan, and my nightmare is called Shen Ye. He is a "night watchman" who can enter dreams, and I am the "subject of observation" he has set his sights on. He protects me and puts a blade in my hand, but he also drags me into the vortex of a supernatural war. I can't tell whether he is a savior or a demon, not until I glimpse, in his blood-soaked memories, his past: implanted fragments and a debt of blood. When the mastermind behin —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  43. 43 Selling Burial Clothes, Sewing Up Corpses, and Raising a Ghost Wife 卖寿衣,缝尸体,养鬼妻 Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [Traditional supernatural horror, folk terror, decisive and ruthless] I rented an apartment where someone had died, hoping to save money, only to be plunged into endless darkness... My terrifying girlfriend has a mouth full of sharp teeth and haunts me day and night; A headless vengeful infant on the highway frantically tries to steal people’s heads; A horrifying internet celebrity livestreams herself peeling off people’s faces, while the comments turn eerie; At a Cat Immortal shrine in a strang 64.2kReads9.2Score9kShelves
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  44. 44 You Won’t Find This During the Day: One Ghost Story Every Day 白天刷不到:每天一个诡故事 Mystery590k WordsCompleted I’m a horror writer who publishes online. I have no fame and no income, so I can only grab people’s attention by writing the most sinister, unsettling, and realistic stories. To make them feel “real,” I’m used to grounding my characters in details from the real world: real streets, real neighborhoods, real outfits, and real little gestures. I always thought a novel was just a novel. That is, until the serial killer I wrote stepped out of my story and found me in the real world. 652Reads—Score—Shelves
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  45. 45 Horrifying Hauntings: Ghost Stories 恐怖灵异诡:鬼故事 Mystery426k WordsCompleted Do you really think stories are just stories? In fact, behind every story lies a real event! In this book, I wrote a story about the last bus on Route 24. To experience what it would really feel like, I set myself a goal: for seven days straight, I'd ride the last Route 24 bus from its starting point to its final stop, then ride it all the way back. And that's where the story begins...! 342Reads—Score—Shelves
  46. 46 Tales of Strange Creatures in a Northeastern Mountain Village 东北山村野怪谈 Mystery142k WordsCompleted Deep in the mountains of the Northeast, evil lurks in the old forests, and strange things abound in deserted villages. The elders say, “Every mountain has a mountain god, every forest a forest spirit. You can’t fight them, and you can’t escape them.” One eerie Northeast folk tale after another, one terrifying night in the mountain villages after another. It all begins with a heavy snowfall. 4kReads—Score165Shelves
  47. 47 Zhang Laosan Tells Stories 张老三讲故事 Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Long, long ago, a strange calamity struck Kaoshan Village, deep in the old forests of Northeast China. Hunter Li Dashan kept watch over a coffin on a snowy night and encountered a weasel spirit that spoke like a human, asking him to give it a title. One careless remark from him exposed a bloody secret from twenty years earlier. When the statue of the Yellow Immortal on the ancestral hall’s altar split with bloody cracks on the night of a lunar eclipse, when a golden-haired weasel burst from a pe 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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  48. 48 Taboo of the Living 活人禁忌 Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted When I was nine, I found myself in mortal danger! To save me, my grandfather made a decision that would change my life forever... 16kReads9.2Score2kShelves
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  49. 49 Midnight Wonders 午夜惊奇 Urban171k WordsCompleted At the stroke of midnight, amid a terrifying atmosphere, strange ghost stories begin to unfold! A bluish-white hand suddenly appears on the window in the middle of the night. Is it looking for someone to take revenge on? A bus still running in the dead of night: does it lead to the world of the living or to hell? The shapewear hanging in the wardrobe at home is made of human skin! During the Qingming Festival, a figure appears in the glass of the bathhouse. After returning to her room, a beautif 398Reads8.7Score—Shelves
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  50. 50 The Midnight Gravekeeper 午夜守墓人 Mystery802k WordsCompleted A desolate mountain. An ancient tomb. A woman in white. A blood-red moon at midnight. A corpse monk on the move. I’m a high school senior. With the college entrance exam just around the corner, I suddenly came down with a fever that wouldn’t break and missed the test. After recovering at home for more than half a year, I found a job guarding the gate at a cemetery. Seeing how frail I was and how weak my yang energy was, Old Zhang, the gravedigger, found me a protector. But she wasn’t human. She 3.2kReads8.4Score209Shelves

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