Urgent! Bring on the Mystery and Detective Fiction! 紧急求助!悬疑推理类小说进!
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The Underworld Detective 阴间神探
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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The End of Ten Days 十日终焉
2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat
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The Undercover Agent Returns: His First Case Shocks the Entire Bureau 卧底归来,第一次破案震惊全局
[A Not-So-Serious Traditional System Story (The System Barely Appears and Might Be Fake...) + Mystery and Crime Solving (Sort Of) + One Heroine + Mutual Devotion + Nontraditional Fluff + Slow-Building Plot + Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet] [This is a romance story! This is a romance story! This is a romance story! Important things must be said three times!] [As usual, the cases start in Chapter Four. I’m no good at writing blurbs (the opening is pretty bad too, haha), so please read 50 chapters. If
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Suspenseful Investigation 悬侦
The city is a vast chessboard, and all living beings are its pieces. He heard the sound of a chess piece falling: a taunt from hell, and a death knell leading to the truth. Every cold case has an ending. He used the dead as a mirror to reconstruct the sins of the living, and the chess game as a ruse to conceal a heart that devoured people.
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Surrender 自首
(Now streaming on iQIYI. Starring Xu Weizhou, Guo Junchen, and Xiao Yan. A criminal police captain, played by Xu Weizhou, teams up with a psychologist, played by Guo Junchen, to solve cases and capture the monsters of the human heart. Mystery + deduction + psychologist + episodic cases + serial murders + high-IQ crimes + revenge plots + strange tales and records + best partners + light horror + suitable for the faint-hearted) “I killed someone.” A girl turns herself in, claiming that she killed
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Hunting Killers in the Dead of Night: True Major Crimes 暗夜追凶,大案纪实
“I've never had the sun, so I have nothing to fear losing. A hard-boiled detective novel combining criminal psychology and criminal investigation. At its heart are two protagonists: the resilient police officer Xu Zhaoyang and the controversial psychologist Jiang Huai. Together, they tackle one harrowing case after another, delving into human nature and seeking redemption. Xu Zhaoyang is an elite officer, renowned for his keen insight and exceptional investigative abilities. He was once one of
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Case Files of Crime: The Punisher 猎罪档案:惩罚主
[Detective and police procedural + pure deduction + no romance! + no female lead + standalone cases + criminal investigation + realistic crime-solving] “Zhou Qi, an obscure detective who quit his job to start a business, teams up with his police friend Li Wushang to crack one bizarre case after another.” P.S. This book has no romance. If you like stories about two male leads with a romantic subplot, try another book: Hunting Crime Files: Bloodied Angel (also known as Nameless Detective Agency) "
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Flowers at the Bottom of the Valley 谷底的花
[Slice-of-life mystery + deduction + crime solving + case-of-the-week + serious drama] Main characters: Lu Jun (forensic pathology intern) vs. Chen Zhou (criminal investigation team captain) Six years ago, a family upheaval completely changed Lu Jun's personality, and his family sent him abroad. Six years later, Lu Jun returned to China and voluntarily joined Chen Zhou's workplace. The two are twelve years apart in age. Their relationship shifted from close friends to an awkward “uncle and nephe
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The Secret Iron Box 秘密铁盒
[Mystery • Deduction • Romance • Dark • Human Nature • Two Male Leads] The owner of a villa suddenly dies. Was it suicide, an accident, or murder? A single murder case dredges up the young men’s and women’s painful, secret pasts. Their love and hate, tangled relationships, and memories of youth stir beneath the surface. A girl’s secret adolescence, hidden in an iron box, and the crimes behind a charity aid program have remained unknown to all. There are more cases behind this one. Who has been w
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Criminal Investigation Files: A Death Notice from a Dream 刑侦档案:来自梦境的死亡通知书
(Criminal investigation + mystery + deduction + solving cases + murder + episodic + ensemble cast + romance) The finest hunters often appear in the guise of prey. She is Lin Mu, the youngest psychological counselor in Haishi. A paper crane can weave a beautiful dream, or deliver a death notice. Behind the cover of her “legal” profession, she carries out vigilante justice against the darkness beyond the law's reach. He is Xu Yang, the youngest and most promising captain in the criminal investi
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[Crime Investigation] The Sixteenth Year After My Death 【刑侦】我死后的第十六年
[Two male leads, episodic investigations + overarching case, 1v1.] [The story focuses on solving cases, with romance as a secondary element. The romance develops very slowly and subtly. Early on, it's roughly a 9:1 split, with 9 parts investigation and 1 part romance. The romance gets more focus later.] [The male lead, Song Kui, isn't entirely a righteous person.] [Volume One: Song Kui, Tang Yu, Tao Li] [Volume Two: Song Kui, Tang Yu, Li Zeru] [Volume Three bonus stories: Chen Yunning, Rong Chen
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[Crime Investigation] Clues at the Crime Scene 【刑侦】犯罪现场中的蛛丝马迹
(Not a wish-fulfillment story, no System, no romance, traditional criminal investigation) While the officers of the Changlin Criminal Investigation Division were still grieving the death of former Deputy Division Chief Xu Wei, who had died in the line of duty, their new deputy chief, Shen Yanning, arrived out of nowhere, stirring up resentment and rejection among them. But as time went on, they discovered that their young, handsome new superior could unravel cases thread by thread, finding the t
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Unbelievable! From the Start, I Was at a Crime Scene 离谱!开局就是案发现场
[The rating has just been posted; it will rise later] When Xia Zhu woke up, she had become the prime suspect in a dismemberment case, and the victim's head was in her refrigerator. She was the unluckiest person alive! While others panicked and rushed to prove their innocence, she stayed at the crime scene to examine the details. Drawing on her forensic expertise, she pieced together the clues, investigated the inconsistencies, cleared her name, and helped the police identify the real culprit. Sh
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Xu Changsheng Investigates 许长生探案
Police Captain Xu Changsheng, known to his team as “Little Zhuge,” faces one tangled case after another. He always manages to unravel the clues, find the key evidence, and bring the criminals to justice. This book records several particularly challenging cases that showcase Xu Changsheng’s deductive skills.
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The Crime-Chasing Detective 追凶神探
Legendary police officer Song Lang is reborn and goes incognito as a driver named Chen Shi. He had hoped to live quietly, but fate had other plans: Chen Shi gets caught up in another murder case... A company that preaches a ruthless corporate culture and slaughters its employees while everyone stays silent; A wayward young man who skins his childhood sweetheart alive, with tears in his eyes, to get “justice”; A middle-aged couple bound together by a dark secret, each raising a blade against the
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Endless Pursuit of the Killer 无限追凶
The ruthless “Lancer” and the devious “criminal mastermind” lead to a mysterious “human observer” lurking behind them. Four young people defend Long'an and take on supercriminals lurking in the dark web! (The bonus chapters for The Homicide Detective have been posted on the official WeChat account.)
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The Heart-Stealing Sleuth 夺心狂探
Urban superpowers! This is actually a superpower story with a touch of suspense, so please don’t approach it as a traditional suspense or supernatural mystery. Gao Yao, the founder of criminal law, left behind eight volumes for suppressing evil. Among them, an ancient mind-control technique can seize people's souls and manipulate their minds. Its modern inheritor is Chou Yun, the orphan of a murderer. Though Chou Yun was born in darkness and raised amid hardship, he has a strong and righteous he
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The Devil's Diary 恶魔日记
Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst...
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I Can Reload Infinitely, and See Through Every Hidden Card 我无限回档,洞悉所有底牌
This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to
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The Lost City of Exotic Beasts 异兽迷城
[The new book The Maze of Inversion has begun serialization. Updates come at 9 p.m. every evening. Please continue to support it.] Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life
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The Haunted House 诡舍
[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
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Killer Profile: Detective Captain, Don't Fall for Me 致命侧写:刑侦队长别心动
Hardcore criminal investigation techniques + in-depth criminal profiling Standalone cases + two equally formidable leads testing each other + undercurrents of affection There is no such thing as an unsolved case in the dictionary of Lin Zheng, captain of Yun Gang City’s criminal investigation unit, until he encounters a ritualistic serial killer. When the orchestra’s first-chair violinist is arranged like a musical rest, all the strings snapped; when a gallery owner’s corpse is found kneeling be
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Atonement: After Plastic Surgery, I Wiped Out My Boyfriend’s Entire Family 赎罪:整容之后,我团灭男友全家
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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Case Files: A Collection of Dark, Suspenseful, and Terrifying Short Stories 诡案录:暗夜悬疑惊悚短篇集
In the rearview mirror on a rainy night, his missing ex-wife’s reflection overlaps with a victim from a serial dismemberment case. Beside the stitches in the emergency room, a stranger’s tattoo bears the same blood-written code found on the wall when his sister disappeared. In a locked room at a rain-lashed manor, a photograph of his late father turns up in an enemy’s files. The massacre that wiped out an entire family twenty years ago was only the beginning of a deadly game… A series of bizarr
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The Shadow Serpent Mystery 影蛇谜局
The Shadow Serpent Mystery
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The Psychological Anatomist 心理解剖者
[Signed for publication] Genius Forensic Doctor VS Tough-as-Nails Police Captain [Mystery + deduction + sweet romance + high-IQ crimes + serial murders + criminal profiling + suitable for the timid] Original title: The Psychological Anatomist Schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, high-IQ crimes... This is a world overrun by psychopaths. The Cat-Fetus Man case, the Couple Butchers, the Angel of Death... Twisted fantasies of evil always burst into reality alongside violence. A corpse is
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Shadows All Around 暗影重重
[Criminal Investigation] [Mystery and Deduction] [Murder-Mystery Game] [Romantic Suspense] [Strong Leads Clash] [Social Realism] [A Cross-Section of Humanity] Some lose the love of their life. Some commit murder in a fit of passion to protect the person they love. Some hurt everyone around them in the name of love. Some are willing to give up everything in pursuit of a little light and warmth! This is a tribute to Keigo Higashino. The writing is delicate, the emotions profound! The plot is tight
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Ninety-Nine Criminal Cases 刑侦九十九案
There's only one truth. Follow Shen Rufeng and his colleagues as they piece together the clues and solve each case. The stories are mainly standalone cases. This is a new book by a new author, so please show your support.
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I Just Transmigrated and Solved a Major Case. That's Totally Reasonable, Right? 刚穿越,就破了大案,很合理吧
My new novel is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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Clouds Over a Clear Sky 晴天阴云
Preface: Also known as: The Strange Way: A Different Sky of Fog and Clear Skies (All politics, culture, religion, and other content in this work are fictional. Please don't take them seriously or associate them with me.) How long can you trust someone? Hmm, forever? Do you think that's possible? The web of human relationships is like walking beneath clouds on a sunny day. You can never tell what might happen next... Two murders, a captain from three hundred years ago, a local, mysterious myth, t
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The Criminal's Code 罪犯密码
I’ve always believed that only works with real depth are worth readers’ time! I hope you can see the characters grow as you read this novel! Some people always think that little people don’t matter, until their retaliation exceeds all expectations. Only then do they realize, too late, how wrong they were! Gao Lei smiled faintly. After taking a few puffs, he asked Shen Che, “What is a police officer’s responsibility?” Shen Che replied, “Fight crime and maintain public order.” Gao Lei stubbed ou
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The Mirrorflower Case Files 镜花罪案录
The Mirror Blossom Case Files In Nanzhou, an ancient city with a history of a thousand years, its most refined culture is being twisted into the most intricate criminal code. Rookie police officer Chu Ran discovers that behind an unsolved case her father has investigated for twenty years lies a dark network called “Mirror Blossom,” which uses Tang poetry as its code system. Its workings are chilling: the most elegant tonal patterns disguise the bloodiest criminal orders, while the most timeles
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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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Evil Bones 2: The Ashen Mystery 恶骨2:灰烬谜踪
[Criminal Investigation + Criminal Psychology + Hard-Core Deduction + Genius Detective + Serial Murders + Fighting Side by Side + Ensemble Cast] The dead can speak, and clues never lie! Thirty years ago, a shooting sent shockwaves through the entire town. A man and a woman died on the spot, while the killer remained at large. Years later, another case brought the true culprit behind the cold case to light! At the same time, a young girl vanished under mysterious circumstances, and every suspect
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Evil Bones 4: Partners in Crime and Love 恶骨4:罪爱同谋
[Mind-Bending Mystery + Case-of-the-Week Stories + Crime + Criminal Investigation + Stunning Twists + Fighting Side by Side] A shadowy hand controls a deadly game. Out on the sea, a white suitcase drifts slowly across the water. When it's opened, it reveals the bloated, headless corpse of a woman! Is the butterfly tattoo on the body a clue to the victim's identity, or a warning from the killer? A blood-soaked coffin appears on a stormy night, its oozing blood horrifying against the darkness! The
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Dark Tales 2: The Fame and Fortune Circuit 恶谭2:名利场
[Mind-bending mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic stories + the depths of human nature + stunning twists + hard-core sleuthing] “Where fame and fortune reign, disputes are sure to arise.” A woman's corpse hidden inside a Buddha statue in an ancient temple, a mysterious online celebrity, and a group of suspects with tangled connections: Tan Zheng takes on a baffling murder case. As the investigation deepens, he discovers that the case is far more complicated than it first appe
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Dark Tales 3: The Abyss of Desire 恶谭3:欲望渊
[Mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic cases + the depths of human nature + no romance + solving cases] [Desire is a wildfire, hard to contain once it spreads. It burns away reason, leaving only ashes behind.] Young Jiang Tingxu was presumed to have died by suicide, but years later he suddenly reappears and mercilessly kills the family members he once knew. A bizarre family history begins to come to light... The shocking discovery of several skeletons brings Longxue Village, a
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Dark Tales 4: Tides of the Sea of Hate 恶谭4:恨海潮
[Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Love and hate are poison. In excess, they consume flesh and blood and devour the soul.] A student at a foreign studies university carries explosives into a classroom, causing a tragedy that shocks the entire city! A wealthy boy vanishes on a rainy night, and his body surfaces in the river the next day. But the circumstances of his drowning are riddled with
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Dark Tales 5: The Power Game 恶谭5:权势局
[Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Beneath the power, there is nothing but desire] A dismembered body is found in an alley, its bones and flesh mixed with pork. The brutal method of killing is appalling, and the victim’s wife has vanished without a trace! A popular young star dies mysteriously in a luxury hotel. The crime scene is covered in blood, but a malfunctioning surveillance system l
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Infinite Rebirth: Conquering Another World from Scratch 无限重生:从零开始的异世界攻略
[Brain-Burning + Mind-Blowing Ideas + A Fresh New Genre + Wild and Unrestrained + Utterly Rebellious] Psionic ascension, mechanical ascension, genetic ascension: which is the strongest? Bah! Only kids have to choose. I want them all! What a disaster! Heaven gave Zhang Haoran the ability to reload infinitely, but who could have guessed that transmigrating would be set to hellish difficulty? Even worse, he had absolutely no control over his save points. Every reload was a new opportunity. His main
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Criminal Psychology: The Mind-Reading Detective 罪案心理:读心神探
Also known as The Mind-Reading Detective. Chen Luo is an expert in criminal psychology and body language. After graduating from the academy, he became a consultant for the criminal investigation department. To ordinary people, the motives behind serial murders seem bizarre, twisted, and impossible to fathom. To Chen Luo, they’re clear as day, and the hidden killer is exposed in an instant. The lies and secrets people try so hard to conceal cannot escape Chen Luo’s notice. He sees straight throug
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The Golden Branch Casebook 金枝洗冤录
[One-on-one romance + sweet affection + two strong leads + solving cases + both leads’ first relationship] Ten cases, each one gripping! The main romance is all sweet, no angst! Eight years ago, the beloved Princess Changle, Chu Qianyue, nearly died in the great fire at the late empress’s palace. She was saved at the last moment by a handsome young man... Eight years later, everyone says the fire was an accident, but she refuses to believe it! While investigating the late empress’s death, Chu Qi
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The Six Gates: A Battle Against the Demons 六扇门:与魔争锋
[Full-cast audio adaptation now available] [Court and martial world, political intrigue and mystery, decisive and ruthless] Who is caught in the scheme, and who stands outside it? Who is a pawn, and who has been cast aside? The only thing that makes their enemies tremble isn't the pair of blades in their hands... With a group of like-minded friends by their side, they can find the strength to keep going, no matter how dark the road ahead!
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The Ministry of Justice Promotion Diaries 刑部升职记
The story of a hopeless intern lawyer who plays the fool to fool the wise, gradually becoming a major figure in the Ministry of Justice. A collection of short ancient-era mysteries, with a quiet, everyday romance. No golden finger, no wish fulfillment, just mysteries and a little romantic interaction.
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The Ten Great Mysteries of the Song Dynasty 大宋十大奇案
No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincible protagonist, no System, no golden finger, and no transmigration. This is not a power fantasy, so read at your own discretion! A pure historical mystery set in the jianghu, offering an immersive experience of everyday life in an ancient town and the suspenseful twists and turns as officials use their wits to solve cases…
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The Gray Border 灰色边界
A: Adjudication R: Revenge L: Law Enforcer There are no perfectly just verdicts in this world. Only by walking the line at the edge of the law can one execute true demons. No one wants to walk a tightrope, especially when the abyss below is deep enough to swallow everything. A and L should never move along the same straight line, but only where their paths cross can the sins of the heart be cleansed.
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Falling Snow Beneath the Moon 月夜下的残雪
A new work is here! Welcome to read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏!
A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp
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From the Start, I Have Three Months to Live, So I Bet Everything on Solving Cases 开局三个月寿命,我全梭哈破案了
[No female lead + crime-solving + suspense + minimal romance] [New book: "Reborn in 1992: Starting with a Cold Case"] I transmigrated into a police officer! I was happy for less than a second before the System informed me I had only three months left to live. Huh? How is that supposed to work? Solve cases to earn more life? I'm going all in! And so the criminals across the whole city went crazy. [Officer, I was just delivering food. The lady of the house had too many mosquitoes, so I helped her
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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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