Looking for Paranormal Horror Novels with Decisive, Brave, and Cunning Protagonists 求几本灵异、恐怖小说,主角杀伐果断,有勇有谋
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Yun Che: The Spirit Medium 云澈:出黑先生
Yun Che: The Black Mister
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A Thousand Years of Sign-In in the Underworld, Then Reincarnating Makes the Empress Cry 地府签到千年,投胎气哭女帝
After Li Heng died, his soul entered the underworld. He thought he would be reincarnated, but instead he unlocked a sign-in System in the Hall of the King of Hell. And so he became a lowly underworld officer who swept floors, wandering through every corner of the underworld. “Ding! You signed in at the Hall of the King of Hell and received the King of Hell's Sword!” “Ding! You signed in on the Eighteenth Level of Hell and received the Primordial Demon God Spear!” “Ding! You signed in at the Hall
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- 103 From the Start, I'm an Emperor: Building an Ancient Divine Sect 开局大帝境,打造太古神宗 After Wang Yi became sect leader, he activated a System and was rewarded with the cultivation of a Great Emperor. He vowed to build the greatest divine sect of the ancient era. Looking at the many prodigies hoping to join his sect... “What? You have a Supreme Bone and want to become a Holy Son? Sorry, in our sect, people with Supreme Bones are only good enough to guard the gate!” “You have the bloodline of a Heavenly Phoenix? Not bad! The kitchen needs a chef who can produce phoenix fire, so the 19.7kReads8.4Score982Shelves
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The Best Feng Shui Master on the Construction Site 工地最强建筑风水师
[If this caught your eye, it must be fate. Don't scroll away just yet.] This novel (campus opening + wild imagination + an expansive world) combines feng shui and the supernatural (using feng shui to weave the plot together), fantasy, magic, science fiction, parallel worlds, and time travel to the past. The pace picks up dramatically after Chapter 30, and the story strongly promotes traditional Chinese culture. Also known as From the Start with a Treasure Gourd to Help Me Destroy Demons Also kno
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The Richest Families Offer Sacrifices to Evil Spirits, So I Wield Purple Thunder to Punish Them in Heaven’s Name 当世豪门供鬼邪,我敕紫雷代天罚
[The evil, powerful families of this age build commercial temples as a front. Fake monks deceive women into sleeping with them, fake nuns steal yang energy to nourish yin, and offerings are made to ghosts and evil spirits to siphon away the incense and fortune of the living. They manipulate feng shui and wield secret arts to drain people’s lives, cultivating themselves into corpse-liberation ghost immortals.] Outwardly, they build temples and shrines, but in secret they blind the gods, install g
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Building 704: The Haunted Tower 七零四凶楼
Protagonist: Chen Mo, 28, a restorer of antiques and old objects. Quiet and reserved, with exceptional powers of observation, he is forced into a series of supernatural incidents while handling his ancestors’ belongings. Main setting: Building 704, a tenement in the old district of Jiangcheng. Abandoned for thirty years, the building is said to be filled with countless dead and overflowing with sinister energy.
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One Haunting a Day 一日一诡
Like people, supernatural entities can be good or bad, so the author can’t promise that every story will have an off-the-charts scare factor that keeps you up at night. The only guarantee is that all the stories are entirely fictional. If anything seems familiar, you’re on your own!
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Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所
- [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm
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Secret Art: I Transmigrate and Fight to Survive in a Bizarre World 秘法穿越:我在诡异世界极限逃生
Secret Art Transmigration: My Extreme Escape in a World of the Uncanny
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- 110 The Woman in the Closet 柜子里的女人 The Woman in the Cabinet 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 The Haunted Cabinet Opens by Itself Every Night, Long Hair Drags People Inside 凶柜夜夜自开,青丝缠人拖入柜 The sinister cabinet opens by itself every night, and strands of black hair coil around people and drag them inside. 33Reads—Score—Shelves
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Blood Letter: The Tomb Keeper 血书【守陵人】
A letter, a bloodstained book, an apartment in a world of blood, a mausoleum resting in silence across the River of Forgetfulness. Only the cursed can enter. When a group of people wake up on an empty sightseeing bus, they find themselves heading into the world beyond the pages. They struggle to win themselves a glimmer of hope, to break free of their fate and curse. My friends, let's brew a cup of tea and stay awhile as I tell you the tale. (I'm a new author, so please share your thoughts. This
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A Chronicle of Debut 出道纪事
[No formulaic tropes, no wish fulfillment, no web-novel conventions, traditional supernatural fiction, based on real events. Read with caution if any of this bothers you.] I graduated from high school in 2014 and became a disciple of my master, Li Jingshan. I spent three years studying the Dao and another three learning the arts. Then I spent five years practicing them in the world, occasionally gaining new insights. I enjoy reading novels, but lament that today's books are all baseless fabricat
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- 114 Strange Tales of the Educated Youths 知青诡谈 My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 True Tales of Ghost Encounters: Paranormal Files 撞鬼实录之灵异档案 Li Yuanfeng was born with unusual eyes and ears. It was those eyes that helped him solve one bizarre case after another... One shocking tragedy after another, desperate screams for help, a terrifying game at a university in the dead of night... A man embedded in a wall... A child used as a sacrifice... The secrets of an ancient, haunted house... What are the voices from the well trying to tell us?... How can severed limbs be pieced back together?... A pair of eyes that can see through every cycl 334Reads8.8Score103Shelves
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Baby Lantern 婴儿灯
When I was five, I fell into the water and my soul left my body. With my own eyes, I saw the legendary baby lantern said to lure away souls. I initially thought it had come to harm me, but that wasn’t the case. As I continued to investigate, a sinister layout targeting me slowly came to light...
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Horror! Terror! Zombies! Monsters and Maniacs! 恐怖!惊悚!丧尸!怪物和变态!
You think ghosts are frightening, but what you picture is a person turning into a ghost! What about animals? You think biochemistry is just something you think about! But what if it happened by accident? What do you think is the strangest thing of all? Seeing a ghost? No, seeing someone exactly like yourself! Is forbidden love something to pity? Same-sex forbidden love can make you cry just the same!
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The Ghost at the Door 鬼叫门
There is an old custom in the village. For three nights before someone dies, a voice calls their name from outside their door. If they hear it and don’t answer, nothing happens. If they do, their soul follows the voice away, and they will die within three days. This is called “Ghost Knocking.” Before my great-uncle died, he said someone was calling him from outside. He answered. He died. Now it’s my turn.
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The Heavenly Master's Memoirs of Spirits and Illusions 天师自传灵幻录
After I was tricked into going to northern Myanmar, my organs were harvested and I died... After being reborn, I somehow became a celestial master. By a stroke of luck, I subdued my first demon. Later, I went to Laos... where a seductive female ghost, still alluring despite her age and with long, slender white legs, pinned me beneath her feet. [This story is entirely fictional. Please do not imitate it or believe in superstition!]
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- 120 A Collection of Terrifying Tales 恐怖惊魂故事录 [Traditional supernatural tales] [Strange happenings late at night] [Whispers of the uncanny in your ear] [Based on true events] [Urban horror] [Thrilling and chilling] One ghost story for every chapter, all set in the dead of night. Come and read... 635Reads—Score—Shelves
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I'm Xie, a Yin-Yang Guide, Not a Taoist Priest 阴阳开路人谢邀,不是道士
I've seen too many lonely spirits trapped in corners, unable to move on, and too many people hell-bent on harming others. Sometimes I can't tell whether I'm imagining it in the throes of a psychotic episode or witnessing something real. The truth is far darker than fiction. “Absurd” is the only word for it.
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Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋:让你还债,没让你画皮画鬼
[Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha
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Edict: After the Hour of the Dog 敕令:戌时之后
A folk-horror tale: one official dispatch has been held up for three years. The speaker is Shen Yan, a registrar in Bianzhou. The dispatch was held up three months ago, and nobody dared take it on. Of the two who did, one grew a black ring around the back of his neck, while the other lost an eyelid. Three lines were written on the dispatch: Wherever it passes, there will be no rain for three years. After the hour of the Dog, do not enter any place with a threshold. There are only three rules: fi
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The Ghost Bone-Reading 鬼称骨
Where I'm from, we call our great-grandfather “Laodie.” In Meihua Village, everyone gives a thumbs-up when they talk about my Laodie, saying he was an extraordinary man. Even the children have surely heard the adults tell stories about how my Laodie dealt with ghosts, monsters, and spirits. In the late Qing dynasty, Laodie passed the xiucai examination at the age of twelve. He was supposed to go on to take the provincial and metropolitan examinations, but an unexpected accident changed everythin
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- 125 Encountering a Ghost 撞鬼 I'm a truck driver, and I haul freight all over the country. Truck drivers have many taboos. For example, if you encounter a funeral procession, flash your headlights a few times. If a small animal suddenly darts out onto the road, or when driving through a tunnel, especially one with a square entrance, don't whistle or say anything disrespectful. When staying at an inn at night, always point the toes of your shoes toward the door... 1.9kReads6.8Score160Shelves
- 126 Burying Yin Bones, Borrowing Yang Life, and Marrying the King of Hell's Younger Sister 埋阴骨,借阳寿,阎王妹妹嫁入门 On the day I was born, the midwife stabbed herself in the throat with a pair of scissors. With yang eyes, I see the rise and fall of the mortal world; with yin eyes, I glimpse the ghosts and monsters of the underworld. I was born with ghost eyes. I can see the secrets of fate, but that also brought down Heaven's retribution upon me. I was destined to die. To keep me alive, my mother borrowed Jiang Hanying's life. From that day on, Jiang Hanying and I were like twin vines, bound together. As 42Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Yin-Yang Hot Pot Restaurant 阴阳火锅店
I took over a hot pot restaurant from my second uncle. He told me never to serve customers a yuan yang hot pot after midnight! After I took over the place, everything I believed in began to crumble... One night, I wasn't paying attention and served a couple a yuan yang hot pot. The next day, I saw in the newspaper that the couple had died! They'd jumped to their deaths together! After that, every night at midnight, a strange couple would appear in my restaurant and ask me to make them a yuan yan
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The Number One Yin Messenger 第一阴差
Wandering souls, where will you linger? Three souls, come back at once; seven spirits, return! Lost soul, the gates of heaven open, the gates of earth open. A thousand-mile journey, let the child bring the soul home! The day I was born, strange signs appeared in the heavens. Misfortune plagued me from childhood, and it’s a miracle I survived this long. After I came of age, something happened that shattered everything I thought I knew. My dad told me he was the underworld’s bailiff in Spring City
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- 129 Special Operations Bureau 特事行动科 One thousand three hundred and ninety years ago, under the emperor’s direction, human adepts gained control of the “Void” and used it to create the “Wall,” which separated the real world from the anomalous one. After more than six centuries of effort by adepts from various schools, the anomalous remnants in the real world were finally purged, leaving humanity with a world of its own. Anomalous creatures became demons, ghosts, gods, and monsters in tales of the strange. As time passed, the adepts 1.8kReads7.0Score225Shelves
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My Gunplay Is the Way: I Use an M1911 to Exorcise Ghosts 枪法即道法,我用M1911驱鬼
(Just got a rating) (harem) (urban high martial arts, supernatural mysteries, Taoist priest, multiple heroines, daily life, ghost-hunting with firearms, urban supernatural abilities, SCP-like, no System, solving cases, tomboy, childhood friends, tsundere) “Have you made up your mind?” “I have.” Wu Kui picks up the document and signs his name. “A true hero, and so young!” “No. I just don’t want to be kept in the dark.” To protect Wen Wan, an innocent girl with a rare Yin fate who is repeatedly ta
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Tomb Raiding: Daily Settlements, Wu Xie Is My Boss 盗墓:每日结算,无邪是我老板
[Daily Settlements + Personal Notes + Tomb Raiding + Everyday Character Moments] After transmigrating into the world of Tomb Raider Notes, Bai Ye activated the Daily Settlement System. He could claim a certain reward every day. [Today's settlement: Clean Wu Sanju once, ask Wu Xie for wages once, help Wu Xie decipher the Warring States silk manuscript once. Rewards: Meteoric Iron Black Gold Ancient Saber x1, Qilin Bloodline x1, Faqiu Finger x1…] Bai Ye discovered that the more he interacted with
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- 132 Tomb Raiding: From the Start, I Drew an SSS-Rank Character Card 盗墓:开局抽中sss级人物卡 [Tomb Raiding]+ [The Mystic Nine]+ [Card Draws from the Start] Zhang An transmigrates into the world of Tomb Raiding, becoming a powerless nobody with no background. But it doesn't matter: he activates his golden finger from the start and begins drawing character cards! As long as he draws a character, he gains that person's identity and abilities! Zhang An hits the jackpot on his first draw, pulling a super-secret member of the Zhang family. Along with an incredible identity, he gains a full se 12.4kReads5.3Score1.1kShelves
- 133 Tomb Raiding: The Ninth Gate’s Living Yama, Here to Make Sure You Finish the Job 盗墓:九门活阎王,专治不补刀 Jiang Qing stayed up late reading the original tomb-raiding novel and was so furious at the Zhang family’s habit of “beating their enemies but not finishing them off” that he spat blood. Then a semitruck crashed into the thirteenth floor and sent him straight into the tomb-raiding world, where he bound himself to the [Finish Them Off System]! “Ding! Host has completed one pulverization of bones and scattering of ashes. Reward: mutated Qilin bloodline!” From then on, the tomb-raiding world gained 2.9kReads—Score293Shelves
- 134 Tomb Raiding: Is Zhang Qi'an Trying to Get Himself Killed Today? 盗墓:张祈安今天作死了吗? [Male protagonist + alluring beauty + everyone has a one-sided crush + ship whoever you like + Zhang family + gorgeous and strong, but not tragic + multiple secret identities + romantic tension + comedy] Fragile college student Mu Qi'an heads out and gets hit by a truck. What kind of truck? One with full insurance and every possible upgrade! Good news: a System called “Black-Hearted” rescues him and gives him the prestigious secret identity of a Zhang family Blood Qilin. Bad news: Before him, 15.4kReads9.1Score2kShelves
- 135 I Film Grave Robbers, and the Archaeology Team Copies My Work on the Spot! 我拍摄盗笔,考古队现场抄作业! This is a world where historical culture and tomb-raiding culture have been lost. Bai Chuan transmigrates into this world and binds himself to a God-Tier Director System. “Film The Ancient City of Jingjue, and you'll receive the Faqiu legacy.” “Film The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, and you'll receive an Immortality Pill.” “Film…” To earn the rewards, Bai Chuan uploads his finished films online. But the platform takes them down, until the official archaeological team follows the clues and discovers 2.7kReads—Score160Shelves
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Autopsy Report: Suspect Zero 尸检报告:零号嫌疑人
Qin Mo, chief forensic examiner at the Jingang Public Security Bureau, teams up with rookie forensic assistant Lin Wan. Through meticulous autopsies, they dismantle one seemingly airtight murder case after another, identify the overlooked prime suspect through the silent testimony of the dead, and uncover the truth behind concealed deaths.
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Yin-Yang Eye Realtor: Selling Haunted Houses in Chongqing 阴阳眼中介:我在重庆卖凶宅
A novel inspired by local Chongqing legends and historical anecdotes. This story is entirely fictional. As a child, the protagonist gained the ability to see yin and yang from a Qing dynasty skeleton. His family’s ancestral ledger is filled with secrets of old Chongqing. The folklore is meticulously researched, with traceable details ranging from place names and historical anecdotes to traditional remedies and feng shui formations. Each haunted house seems like a self-contained case, but in trut
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- 138 EN The House of Dread 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 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
- 139 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 "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!" 25.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
- 140 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Urge the Ghost Courtesan to Reform! 惊悚游戏:开局劝鬼花魁从良! [Horror game + comedic mild horror + infinite-flow + livestream + no heroine + the protagonist doesn’t act human + everyone is clever + everyone lies + original game scenarios] [The only novel online to tell the story of what happened before the horror game invaded!] [Horror scenario “Ghost Brothel” fully loaded. Players, please get ready!] Lin Xun, a hack screenwriter, is transported into a horror game. Unblockable horror livestreams spread across the internet, turning this into a terrifying sp 5.6kReads9.3Score619Shelves
- 141 Horrifying! The Eighth One 惊悚!第八个 Horrifying! The Eighth One 40Reads—Score—Shelves
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My Uncle's Bizarre Experiences While Watching the Reservoir 老舅看水库时的离奇经历
They say that if you leave a reservoir deep in the mountains alone for long enough, giant fish will appear in it. And how big are these fish? With one flick of the tail, they can churn rivers and seas. With one thrust of the head, they can shake the earth and mountains. They can smash a small boat more than ten meters long to pieces with a single charge. A distant uncle of mine once visited a reservoir. In those days, food and clothing were scarce, and people were hungry and craving a taste of s
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- 143 Record of Strange Phenomena: Bizarre Adventures Through the Years 异象录之流年往事奇异冒险 A two-headed serpent, a giant clam in an ancient well, a humanoid goat, a venomous dragon from the Nine Hells, a giant toad the size of a hill... All these strange adventures, seemingly unrelated, point to one ultimate answer. 382Reads—Score—Shelves
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I Became Awesome Through Technology 我靠科技开始牛掰
[No System] [Villain in the Later Chapters] [Immortal-Sucking Technique] [Soul Devouring] [Fast Leveling] A scientist transmigrates to the cultivation world and gradually transforms from a good person into a demonic cultivator.
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The City’s Paranormal Detective 都市诡探
My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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The Sobbing Maitreya 哽咽的弥勒
A truly thrilling horror fantasy, with a master like Lin Zhenying guiding you through terrifying adventures, slaying demons and monsters, exploring forbidden arts, and cultivating as a demon immortal. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop. It's pure exhilaration from beginning to end!
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I Rely on Maoshan Ghost Money to Deliver Souls Across Myriad Worlds 我靠茅山冥币超度万界
A Daoist Celestial Master who seals away evil spirits and wicked ghosts has just started livestreaming to sell goods when viewers immediately challenge his identity. "Hey, streamer, can you really do this? If you can exorcise ghosts, why are you selling counterfeit ghost money?" I silently pull out a talisman I personally crafted, marked "Ten Billion Universal Underworld Currency." In an instant, the comments go wild. "Holy crap! The red-clad bride clinging to my window just started kowtowing!"
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Strange Tales from Republican-Era Sanjiang 民国三江诡事集
Whenever Eunuch Li from the teahouse downstairs told stories about the many strange and uncanny things he had encountered in his youth, a crowd would always gather around him. Whenever I was bored as a child, I would run over to listen. A corpse that had been dead for days was pulled from the Yangtze River, yet bled when its relatives came to see it. The owner of Second Brother’s restaurant had a brother who was a sworn brother of the underworld. One night, he followed the gang’s leader to an ab
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The Taboos of Moving a Grave: I’m Forced to Be a Dead Man’s Best Man 迁坟禁忌,我被迫给死人当伴郎
Inside a brightly decorated hall, I was serving as best man to a corpse. After that, I went through all kinds of bizarre events... The dead kept sending me gifts I couldn't get rid of. A dried corpse murder case that claimed three lives in a single day. The undead patrolling a wilderness graveyard. A pale child who nailed himself inside a coffin. And the thatched hut that stole people's lifespans. To understand what started this endless string of events, we have to go back to the part-time job I
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Old Alley Sound Repair: At Midnight Tonight, Qin Opera Calls the Souls 旧巷声修:今夜子时,秦腔引魂
[One Heroine + Sound Cultivation + Qin Opera + Livestreaming + Supernatural Mystery + Urban + Adventure] In modern society, information explodes across the world, and human negativity is amplified through social media, forming an immense “Tide of Resentment.” If no one guides and dispels it, within three years it will gather into a “Lament of Doomsday,” and the boundary between the worlds of yin and yang will collapse completely. Humanity’s power comes from “the Power of Wishes”: energy formed w
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