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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Republican-Era Detective Tales 民国侦探诡事录
[Standalone cases + Republican-era investigations + criminal investigation and deduction + paranormal mysteries + powerful partners] In the chaotic Republican era, the land is shattered and strange events abound. One bizarre case follows another, but the truth remains as elusive as a mist... In a village at midnight, residents die one after another. Rumors say the “Stinking-Mouth Ghost” has returned to exact revenge, leaving everyone terrified. A haunted house by the lake conceals an old massacr
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Whispers by the Candlelit Ruins 幽庭烛烬语
In the dead of night, countless eerie secrets lurk in the dark folds of the city. The knocking in an old apartment, known as “Knocking at Midnight,” rings out like clockwork at three in the morning. When a woman living alone peers through the peephole, all she sees is a roiling cloud of scarlet blood mist in the hallway, while a damp scratching comes from the doorknob. In the basement of a century-old apothecary, “Whispers in the Medicine Crock” never cease, day or night. Every night at midnight
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Night Tales: One Eerie Story Every Night 夜话:每晚一个诡故事
Unravel the chilling logical paradoxes hidden in everyday details. Each story is an artistic reimagining of a real social event from recent years. Every late night conceals secrets unknown to others. Each chapter is a standalone story, with a brisk pace, tight storytelling, and no dull moments.
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The Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 猛鬼出更系列
The Ferocious Ghosts Come Out at Night Series
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The Deadly Neighbor at Midnight 午夜凶邻
The Neighbor from Hell at Midnight
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Office Ghosts: Don't Work Overtime office有鬼之不要加班
There Are Ghosts in the Office: Don’t Work Overtime
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The Secrets of Journey to the West 西游记的秘密
Abyssal Murder Mystery: I Can See the Death Countdown Each scenario is a standalone horror movie, with cruel rules and a barrage of deadly traps. The protagonist gains the one-of-a-kind hidden talent “Performance Notes,” which lets him glimpse death warnings and hidden rules in the scripts. The scenarios draw on real urban legends and folk taboos, steeped in Chinese-style horror. The central mystery deepens layer by layer: Who created the Abyss Theater? Why did the notebook’s previous owner d
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It's All the Haunted House's Fault 都是凶宅惹的祸
I'm a mystery writer. In search of inspiration, I moved into a house rumored to be haunted. Every night, a horribly disfigured face appeared in the window, and outside, the rotten corpse of a woman hung from a tree. I realized then that this really was a haunted house! Gradually, my family began acting strangely, and we even found a mummified corpse sealed inside the wall for years! As I investigated further, I came across something even more terrifying…
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I Received an Order from My Dead Boyfriend 接到死去男友的订单
On the Ghost Festival, Su Xixi receives an order from her boyfriend, who has been missing for three years. Her boyfriend, who died a gruesome death, sends Su Xixi a desperate plea for help from beyond the grave. But after she puts his restless spirit to rest, he keeps sending her orders to thank her. From then on, Su Xixi becomes a guide between the worlds of the living and the dead, and a mortal shadow appears beside the River of Forgetfulness.
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The Empty Grave 空坟
Don't mess with the mirror in the house! After my favorite mirror disappeared, I began to fear the light. The doctor said I was allergic to sunlight, and I thought I was just sick. Until one day... I saw... my own grave!
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Thriller: I Only Sell Haunted Houses 惊悚:我只卖凶宅
Rooms where unnatural deaths have occurred are collectively known as haunted houses. There are two kinds: “blue houses” and “red houses.” Living people can stay in blue houses without harm, but anyone who lives in a red house is doomed to die. I work as a real estate agent. One day, I accidentally sold a red house, and afterward, I began encountering terrifying things…
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The Soul Ferry Lantern 渡魂灯
[Supernatural + mildly scary + episodic stories, a fast-paced ghost-hunting romp with all kinds of tricks!] Fire runs in my veins, and I'm cursed to bring bad luck. When I was fifteen, my father kicked me out. To survive, I climbed into a stone tomb. The strange knocking at the door of the funeral home at midnight, The body that mysteriously vanished after a fatal car crash, A headless old man, a talking human skin, and haunted schools and skyscrapers... I guide five-element spirits onward and f
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The Greatest Taboo Among the People 民间第一禁忌
They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R
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Thriller Game: I Have a Haunted House 惊悚游戏:我有一座恐怖屋
[Mystery + Supernatural + Livestreaming + Wild Imagination] Chen Yu's escape room business is on the verge of closing when he suddenly awakens a System, and everything changes. As long as he gathers Fear Points, he can exchange them for all kinds of rewards! “Congratulations, Host, you've received the Sadako scenario!” “Congratulations, Host, you've received the Ju-on scenario!” “Congratulations, Host, you've received the The Shining scenario!”
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Mysteries of the Supernatural: My Dad Is Yang Jian 神秘复苏之我爸是杨间
This world has started to change. Supernatural incidents happen every day, and I don't know if I can still follow in my father's footsteps and put an end to them once and for all!
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The Bell of Resentment: The Mystery of Dragon King Temple 怨气撞铃之龙王庙之谜
The Mystery of the Dragon King Temple: Grudge Bells
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All Laws Return to Thunder: My True Experiences in the Yin-Yang Realm 万法归雷:我在阴阳界的真实经历
[Horror and the Supernatural, No System, Not a Do-Gooder, Original Cultivation Methods, Decisive and Ruthless, Multiple Female Leads] In his youth, Qiyue lived a carefree life. His father, Qi Dahai, wanted to make sure Qiyue would always have a way to earn a living, so he kept him close and taught him the Way. Everything came to an end that night, when all four members of Li Fugui's family in the village died mysteriously. The red-clad vengeful ghost held a severed head and stared at Qiyue, w
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Spirit-Seeking Case Files 访灵笔录
[Standalone stories + Supernatural horror + Thrills + Folk customs + Lighthearted fun + Ensemble cast + Nonstop ghost-hunting action!] Lawyer Quan is on the verge of death after a car accident. At his most desperate moment, he encounters Yin Cangyi, a netherworld judge tasked with collecting evil spirits. To stay alive, Quan Ning strikes a deal with the judge, paying with years of his life. But the price of this lifeline, borrowed on credit, is beyond anything he could have imagined! An evil spi
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Strange Tales from Liaozhai 聊斋奇谭
Pu Liuxian's greatest wish was once to explore the world's most wondrous and mysterious places and phenomena. Then one day, he found himself in a world overrun by ghosts and monsters. Here there were immortals, demons, ghosts, and monsters. At first, he traveled everywhere in search of the world's ghost stories, hoping to make a fortune from them. Later, he met more people and more ghosts, and glimpsed hidden truths about the world through his own stories. It turned out that the ghost realm was
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Rule Horror: The Haunted School 规则怪谈:诡异学校
[System + Mystery + Deduction] I grew up in an ordinary family. To broaden my horizons in another city, I deliberately applied to a university far from home. But then strange things began happening one after another: bizarre campus rules, a mysterious countdown, and the secrets hidden behind the school slowly coming to light...
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Terror in the Haunted Dorm 诡寝惊魂
I got a job as a dorm supervisor in a university women’s residence, but the girls there were a little too friendly… Crying in the middle of the night, dorm rooms catching fire, rooms that don’t exist. Hidden in the deepest corners of memory is a bizarre and fantastical world… The night is deep, the dream unfinished. A mountain spirit blows out the lamp. Where can a lonely soul return?
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This Ghost Story Is Pretty Interesting 这个鬼故事有点意思
The rating for this new book has just come in. It'll go up later, so don't worry and enjoy! [Standalone Stories] [Supernatural Horror] [Urban Legends] [Strange Tales from the Countryside] [Based on True Stories] [Tales of Spirits and Strange Creatures] [Love Between Humans and Ghosts] There is no overarching plot. Every chapter is a standalone story. Some stories are adapted from real cases, some are compiled from urban and rural legends, and some… some are completely made up by the author. Come
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Curse of the Desolate Village 荒村咒怨
[Horror + suspense + mystery] [Step-by-Step Terror Series: Parasites Among the Living] An isolated mountain village is inexplicably struck by a spreading plague. The infected bleed from all seven orifices, while their internal organs liquefy and pour out through openings in their bodies, leaving them to die in gruesome agony. Several medical workers from the nearby town venture into the deadly region to investigate, and one bizarre incident after another unfolds… Can they uncover the truth? Who
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The Maoshan Taoist-Buddhist Master 茅山道释
[Maoshan] + [Supernatural] + [Urban Cultivation] + [Stunning Beauties] The mighty Heavenly Emperor is reborn, only to be driven to the brink by a predatory loan contract?! In my previous life, I was Shiti Huan Yindiluo, the Heavenly Emperor. My merits complete, I should have ascended beyond the heavens, but I was ambushed by petty villains, and my divine soul fell into the mortal world! Fortunately, the power of the Sumeru Realm protected me, and I was reborn alongside a Maoshan Celestial Maste
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Maitreya Heavenly Emperor 弥勒天帝
[Mortal cultivation + creation of the heavens and myriad worlds + fantasy + beauties galore] Citi Tianxing has already reached the peak of the Heavenly Emperor realm, yet he resolutely gives up his position as sovereign over all worlds and ventures toward an even higher, unknown realm. He seeks to question the heavens: What is the meaning of cultivation? What is the purpose of creation? Follow him as he battles across the Myriad Worlds, comprehending the great mysteries of darkness, light, life,
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For the Views, I Got Handcuffed to a Red-Clothed Female Ghost 为了流量,我和红衣女鬼锁了
Lin Xuan, a paranormal streamer struggling to make ends meet, breaks into the century-old haunted house known as the Huaiyin Mansion for views. He expects another scripted performance, but instead comes face-to-face with a real, murderous ghost: Wanqing, dressed in a blood-red wedding gown. The moment she sees him, she claims he is the “husband” she has waited a hundred years for, then transforms the mansion into an endless corridor. With death closing in, Lin Xuan desperately starts streaming,
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Wait for Me, Lady Lingbai 灵柏娘子等等我
That winter night, we sat around the charcoal brazier, the coals crackling as I huddled in a corner and listened to the adults tell a story about the sacred cypress at the village entrance. They said... The person who told me that story has passed away, but the chilling feeling it gave me is still etched in my memory. Now, I’ve adapted the story into a novel.
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I Have a Book That Suppresses Ghosts 我有一本镇鬼书
[Wild imagination + ghost taming + fighting ghosts] [Punching Japanese Onmyoji in the face + kicking Satanist exorcists] During the Eastern Jin dynasty, the unorthodox Taoist Song Dingbo sealed more than a hundred evil ghosts that plagued the world inside a notebook. After his death, the notebook was buried with him in a grave on Yunwu Mountain. As the years passed, the grave was damaged one day in 2012, releasing all the ghosts. Li San, who happened to be on a mission nearby, was accidentally p
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The Young Lady's Personal Trouble-Making Sidekick 大小姐的专属惹事跟班
My name is Qin Luo, and I found myself inside an urban novel that combined every kind of Dragon King storyline. From the start, I got the “Strongest Lackey System.” The more lackey-like things I did, the stronger I became. What else could I do? I chose to become Su Muwan's personal lackey. She would eventually become the final great villain. I provoked all sorts of chosen ones, seized their opportunities, and did every kind of evil. You ask who is pulling my strings? Hmph! You're not worthy of k
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What? My Sweet Wife Is an Empress? 啥?我家娇妻是女帝?
[Plot-driven story + comedy + everyday life + one heroine + pets + invincible heroine] In a fantasy world, hunted by all the races, I, Ye Chen, have but one thought: I could crush mountains, churn the seas, and destroy gods… Forget it! Wife, save me! After transmigrating to a fantasy world, Ye Chen goes into the mountains to hunt and accidentally finds himself a sweet little wife. He had planned to farm, get rich, and grow old with his wife and children, never imagining that his wife wou
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Is the Billionaire Heiress a Yandere? She Just Cares About Me Too Much 首富千金是病娇?她只是太在乎我
[One heroine only!! No idea where the multiple heroines tag came from] In Gu Zishi's eyes, Qiao Zhuo, a business prodigy, is the most terrifying person in the world. Her possessive obsession with him makes his life worse than death. But after she dies of a sickness brought on by her pent-up feelings, she leaves all her wealth to him. Only then does Gu Zishi realize how much he means to her. Given another chance at life, he decides to give them both a chance. The more time he spends with her, the
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The Pure and Sweet Campus Belle Flirts with Me, but Every Move Hits Like a Knife 清纯校花傻白甜,撩我却刀刀暴击
[Everyday romance] [One female lead] [Mutual healing] Because of a promise made in childhood, Chen Lu spent seven whole years pursuing the girl he’d grown up with. In the end, all he got was a cold rejection. Chen Lu smiled in acceptance, but his heart had turned to ash… until he met the sweet, clumsy girl who’d come to thank him. The girl was lovely and innocent, standing alone in the rain right where the two of them had agreed to meet. “Why haven’t you left…?” The girl slowly lifted her head.
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I Told You to Spend Big on Cultivation, Not to Keep a Female Sword Immortal 让你氪金修仙,没让你包养女剑仙
[Signed for publication, read with confidence] [One heroine] [Fresh premise] [Virtual girlfriend raising + pay-to-power-up] My name is Chen Huai'an. I have cancer, and I'm about to die. Lately, I've gotten hooked on a game where you raise a virtual girlfriend. I spend money to buy her cultivation techniques and magical treasures. Even though my wallet is empty, I couldn't be happier. I always thought it was just a game, until one day my virtual girlfriend gave me a pill. The next second, the pil
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Call Me Lord Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人
After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became
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Cat Sacrifice: She Lives in a Cat’s Eyes 猫祭:她住在猫的眼睛里
Three collections of horror stories: "Cat Sacrifice: She Lives in the Cat’s Eyes", "Snake Curse: The Evil of Qingshi Town", and "The Dying Magic Cube: An Embrace That Never Arrives". Each story is 80,000 to 100,000 characters long. I hope you enjoy them! Thank you all for your support!
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Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录(全8册)
The Strange Tales of the Bureau of Investigation series creates an entirely new world of suspense: a mysterious organization dedicated to uncovering the truth behind bizarre, uncanny, and supernatural events, and the world it faces. The stories are wildly strange and utterly captivating, with a witty, playful style and one suspenseful twist after another. Once you start reading, you won't be able to put them down. Throughout history, strange cases and evil monsters have always been dealt with by
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The God-Eater Girl Has an Immortal Body 神蚀少女拥有不死之身
[Chinese-Style Horror + Master and Servant + Immortality + Cthulhu + Dual Female Leads] Is having an immortal body really a wonderful thing? Watching your family die, your friends leave, and your beloved pass away: that's the price of immortality. But I refuse to accept that. So I'm going to make my beloved become a god alongside me, and then we'll never have to part. Who could have imagined that after countless hardships, the brutally cruel path to godhood was nothing more than a game the gods
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A Strange Tale Every Night 夜夜都有诡故事
[Extreme Supernatural Horror] [Ghosts, Fox Spirits, and Other Strange Creatures] [Not for Women] [Not for the Fainthearted] Based on personal experience and real events. The occult is science we have yet to touch; science is the occult we have already mastered.
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Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼
[The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac
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The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区
After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey...
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Isn't It Only Natural for a Slime Like Me to Crush a Dragon? 我一个史莱姆吊打巨龙很合理吧?
[Beast taming + choices + comedy + nonsense + one female lead (no female lead) = ?] When Chen Shu wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where beast taming reigns supreme, and he has bound himself to a Divine-Level Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him all kinds of rewards! With the System’s help, his pets grow increasingly monstrous: a slime that can sit on a dragon and crush it to death, a husky that can blast a phoenix to tears with elemental skills, and a..
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Demon Slayer: My Eyes Can See the On-Screen Comments 鬼灭之刃:我的眼睛能看到弹幕
After Haruto went through hell to complete his demon swordsman training, he headed to Mount Fujikasane to take part in the selection. Suddenly, a line of comments floated before his eyes: What a handsome guy. Too bad he's going to die in the next second. Moments later, the Hand Demon hidden on Mount Fujikasane pierced his heart, and he bought the farm. When he found himself back on Mount Fujikasane, Haruto thought it had all been a dream. Then another line of comments flashed before his eyes: Th
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The Thousand-Faced Thief King 千面贼王
My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer
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Arknights: Medicine Can't Save Terra 明日方舟:学医救不了泰拉
(Arknights) (Transmigration) (Younger Sister) (The early plot develops normally, then things go off the rails later) (So much angst) (Also known as: Arknights: Studying Medicine Won't Save Terra; On Terra, Weak and Pitiful Yet Invincible) This land has a long history of devouring white-haired people without leaving so much as a bone. But Qi Yan says, fine by me. I can just grow them back anyway. Faced with this land that thrives on tormenting people, Qi Yan can only turn the tables and torment i
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Honkai: Star Rail: Dreaming of the Starry River 星穹铁道:揽星河入梦
[Honkai Impact 3rd] [Honkai: Star Rail] [Honkai: Star Rail] It was an evening when ashes fell from the sky. A woman stood at the entrance to an orphanage, holding a black umbrella. “Since your wish in this life has been fulfilled, come with me.” “I just want to make sure: you have a taciturn older brother and a younger sister addicted to the internet. You’re divorced and widowed, and your ex-husband is buried?” “Of course!” “And you guarantee this is a normal, loving family, not some notorious i
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Passing Myself Off as a Langya Native 冒姓琅琊
(Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho
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My Freshman Internship: You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习,你跑去749收容怪物
[Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster
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Growing One Point a Year: From Country Bumpkin to Ancestor of the Immortal Realm 每年加一点从山野村夫成仙界道祖
[Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up
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The Campus Belle Had Never Been Linked to Anyone, Until I Went to College 校花学姐从无绯闻,直到我上大学
[Heart-Pounding Engine 2: Pure White Love Letter has been published] [Lighthearted daily life] + [Single female lead] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Sweet romance] In high school, Luo Ye had a secret crush on a girl for three years. He even got into the same university as her, and they agreed to start dating if they both got in. But the girl unexpectedly went back on her word. Heartbroken, Luo Ye became a romance novelist. Unexpectedly, before university even began, the novel he wrote shot to t
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After a Thousand Simulations, I've Mastered the Escape Game 模拟一千次,我有逃生游戏速通法
[Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced
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