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1. 151 重 Reborn as a Forensic Doctor: The Real Heiress Takes Down Her Powerful Family and Becomes a Sensation 重生法医：真千金杀疯豪门后爆红 Together1Mystery759k WordsCompleted [Two formidable leads + mystery-solving + ensemble of female characters + reborn + episodic mysteries + no System, grounded and logical] The very first second after she was reborn, she was framed for pushing the fake heiress down the stairs. Su Qingyan smiled. In her previous life, she had spent ten years as a chief forensic pathologist, solving 37 cold cases, only to be pushed from the autopsy building by her own family. This time, she neither cried nor argued. She exposed the white lotus's dis 67Reads—Score102Shelves

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   Highly recommended! The series featuring a forensic team working with a criminal investigation captain to solve several cases is very engaging. There's not much romance!

2. 152 次 The Alternate Personality Arcade 次人格游戏厅 He Jinke何金珂Mystery137k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + horror + villain protagonist + spiritual qi revival] All this time, I've been living in the Demon Emperor's game room inside my mind. That is, until I pulled the Demon-Locking Spike from my skull and woke up on the brink of death. Only then did I learn that Sen Nuo, the womanizing demonic spellcaster from that broken-box academy, was dead. And I was nothing but his secondary personality. In the box game of Endless Desire, I must solve the ending to return to the real world. The 1Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 153 惊 Thriller Game: The Short-Lived Lucky Player Gets Two S-Ranks in a Ten-Pull from the Start 惊悚游戏：短命欧皇开局十连双金 This Is a Hard-to-Remember Name这是一个难记的名字Mystery933k WordsOngoing [Mystery + imaginative premise + cathartic fun + luck favors the bold + fast-paced + no romance + infinite-flow] Yang Jinli dies unexpectedly and stumbles into a horror game. New players get a free ten-pull, and from the start he brings home an S-rank ghost bride. But the comments are full of sympathy: “It's over for him. That ghost bride hates men and coercion. This newbie is doomed too.” Then another golden light flashes. The comments fill with question marks. S-rank skill [Ghost Clan's Belove 141Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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   Suspense [smile]

4. 154 西 Journey to the West: NPC Divine Constable, From the Start I Possess a Player 西游：NPC神捕，开局夺舍玩家 He Jinke何金珂Sports138k WordsCompleted [Journey to the West NPC Awakening + System Comeback + Mystery and Crime-Solving + Multiple Worlds] I'm a divine constable NPC in an online game based on Journey to the West. In the repeating storyline, my whole family was supposed to be slaughtered by Night Beauty. On the brink of death, I killed the player who had betrayed me, took over his pay-to-win account, and instantly unlocked the third level of the Body Awakening Realm! Bound to the Brain Marrow Prison, I slay demons to seize their powe 2Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 155 我 My Neighbor Knocks on the Wall at 3 A.M. Every Day 我的邻居每天准时在凌晨3点敲墙 Ribbit Hahahaha蛙哈哈哈哈11k WordsCompleted My neighbor knocks on the wall at exactly 3 a.m. every day 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I read it in one go, and it sent chills down my spine! "Don't call the police. They'll hear you." "They're not human." "Someone's already dead in this room." Cheng Yuan thought it was just ordinary noise from next door, until he discovered—this neighborhood was their "farm." The missing people were locked in the basement, injected with drugs, and made to forget everything. And he had become the next target. From the knocking on the wall at three in the morning to the secret passage in the basement. From twenty-three "disappeared" names to the "person" without a shadow. This story will send chills down your spine! 💀 A short suspense masterpiece | Don't read before bed | You won't dare live alone after reading it.

6. 156 推 Solving Crimes: From Auxiliary Officer to Ace Detective 推理破案：从辅警到王牌警探 Little Demon Bru Biu小恶魔布鲁biuMystery404k WordsCompleted [Criminal Investigations + Hard-Boiled Deduction + Based on Real Cases + System + Conan-Like Constitution + Multiple Cases + No Female Lead] Just after joining the force as an auxiliary police officer, Ye Heng awakens the Super Cop System. Crime scene examination, footprint analysis, hypnotic interrogation, criminal detection, combat skills... No matter how complicated a major case may be, he can spot the flaws and trace them straight to the culprit. The tetrodotoxin murder case, the orchard bus 1.4kReads7.9Score149Shelves

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   Recommended for solving cases, systems, cases, and Conan-like qualities.

7. 157 暴 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 暴雨夜服务区规则怪谈 Ribbit Hahahaha蛙哈哈哈哈15k WordsCompleted Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   👻 Horror short stories are here! Horror, thriller, suspense, and plot twists all in one! Rules-based supernatural tales, late-night stories, and chillingly unsettling tales—not for the faint of heart, but for the brave!

8. 158 隐 The Invisible Landlord 隐形房东 Lone Cage孤笼Urban410k WordsCompleted On the day Zhao Ming gets dumped, his company lays him off too. He thinks he has hit rock bottom, but then a lawyer calls: “Mr. Zhao, there are six property deeds left by your father that require your signature.” Ding Sheng Tower, 186 apartments at Riverside Gardens, storefronts at Jin Mao Plaza, lakeside villas... Only then does he learn that his father, a man who kept silent all his life, was actually Jinhuashi’s true hidden landlord. But the keys unlock more than wealth. They also open up a t —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The male protagonist is an ordinary person who suffers a double blow of a broken relationship and the loss of his job. A sudden huge inheritance changes everything. Multiple properties, hidden codes, and mysterious rooms gradually reveal the unknown past of his parents, and danger follows one after another.

9. 159 学 Don't Look Back During Evening Study at School 学校晚自习别回头 Ribbit Hahahaha蛙哈哈哈哈14k WordsCompleted Don’t Look Back During Evening Study at School 6Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 160 季 The Monsoon Is Coming (The Mysterious Campus Poisoning Case) 季风将至（迷雾重重校园投毒案） Lin Di'er林笛儿Urban251k WordsCompleted [Renowned Biomedical Scientist X Nanda University’s Genius Medical Student | Campus Poisoning Case + Suspenseful Romance + Teacher-Student Romance + Mutual Redemption] Lu Yuan, a gifted medical student at Nanda University, vanishes without a trace. Two years later, the research institute where she worked is embroiled in a mysterious poisoning case. As the police investigate, they discover that the poisonings began with a vial of dimethylnitrosamine. On his way home to visit family after returnin 391Reads9.3Score101Shelves
11. 161 秘 The Secret Iron Box 秘密铁盒 Wind-Chasing Firewood赶风柴Mystery398k WordsCompleted [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 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Suspense, Mystery, Dark, Completed] Amidst the laughter and joy of a class reunion, a murder suddenly occurs, and the young men and women at the crime scene each harbor their own secrets. The girl who has lost her virginity gazes into the abyss. A young man in white teams up with a seasoned detective, traversing a time tunnel to uncover the long-buried secrets behind the case.

12. 162 我 I Run a Lifestyle Channel in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏里当生活区UP主 Feng Zhi Yi Chen风止亦辰Mystery112k WordsOngoing With 1.2 million yuan in debt, Lin Bei gets dragged into a horror game. While others flee, I film; while others scream, I livestream. The head nurse is chasing me with a knife? Perfect footage! Zombies are closing in? Let's dance together. I edit terrifying scenarios into comedy shows, pay off my debts with tips, and clear stages by putting on a show. The ghosts become my cast, and the audience becomes my backup. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New book recommendation! Suspense fans should definitely check it out, it's guaranteed to be a great read!!

13. 163 标 The Price Tag 标价 Laifu Is a Kitty来福是只喵Mystery54k WordsCompleted She was locked up for 406 days. After escaping, she helped the police take down the entire scam compound. Forty-nine people were arrested, and the evidence formed a complete chain. Everyone said it was over. She thought so too. Until the day before the case files were archived, when she happened to glance at an attachment to an interrogation transcript. Her name was on it, but not under “victim.” It was listed under “item number.” Above that was another line: Source of information: provided inte 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Wow, I haven't read such a good book lately, it's great!

14. 164 昼 Dayfire: Volume Two, The Light Within 昼火：卷二《生光》 Mottled Garment斑衣Mystery257k WordsCompleted As an outside consultant to the criminal investigation division, Jian Yue has spent her life bearing too many secrets. A murder case stirs up memories she would rather forget. Jian Yue stands by her conviction that the death, officially ruled an accident, was actually a premeditated murder. The suspect is the victim’s fiancée, the famous actress Leng Weilan. But because of Jian Yue’s personal feud with Leng Weilan, Jian Yue is temporarily removed from the investigation team. Then Leng Weilan com 8Reads9.4Score—Shelves
15. 165 这 This Accomplice Is Innocent 这个帮凶没有罪 c Cui Haijinc崔海进Mystery137k WordsOngoing On the soft earth where the body was found, not a single footprint belonging to the killer or the victim could be found within a hundred meters. Did the body fall from the sky? This is a world-class case that pushes human intelligence to its limits. But criminal investigation expert Liu Wensen uses meticulous observation and unprecedented powers of imagination and deduction to connect barely perceptible clues into an indisputable chain of evidence. He reconstructs the criminals’ complex and biza 16Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 166 和 The Fog of Heguang Tower 和光楼的雾 Jiujiu Yue久久月15k WordsCompleted Mist at the Heguang Tower 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Suspense and mystery

17. 167 我 I'm a Bar Owner, Forced to Catch Ghosts 我，酒吧老板，被迫营业捉鬼 Beiluo Today北落今天Mystery1.9M WordsOngoing [Horror + supernatural + semi-invincible + no System + not brainless + ruthless decisiveness] I’m Heibai, an utterly ordinary bar owner. I only wanted to live a quiet life, but one commission and one problem after another keep landing on my doorstep. Curse magic, a drug-induced dreamless sleep, a yin-yang wedding, a deadly text message... As the Underworld descends, little Jiangcheng becomes a den of danger, and one strange incident after another unfolds. Well, looks like I can’t hide my abiliti 1.2kReads8.8Score110Shelves

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    Modern horror x urban suspense, no system, semi-invincible setting, the protagonist is very strong and likes to pretend to be weak to take advantage of others, decisive in killing, you can't stop watching after staying up all night, a must-watch for all the ladies!

18. 168 无 The Silent Edge 无声的锋刃 Hiyoshi Akira on the City Wall上城头的日吉明Urban372k WordsOngoing Once the “brain” of the strongest special operations unit, he retired in bitter disappointment after a mission involving a high-level power struggle ended in failure. He became an ordinary police bomb-disposal expert in a major city. He thought he had left the storm behind, but it returned with even greater fury: undercurrents stirred in the city as international spies, financial predators, new forms of crime, and the shadows of his past converged. Forced to take up his “weapons” again, he now f 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A vicious robbery occurs in the bustling city center, leaving a deadly bomb at the scene. Ordinary police officers are helpless, but a seemingly unassuming man defuses the bomb with his bare hands. A perceptive female police officer senses his suspicious identity and, as she investigates, a forbidden past and a shocking conspiracy gradually surface.

19. 169 惊 The Horror Game Is Too Hard? Huohuo, I Only Want Joy! 惊悚游戏太难？花火我只要欢愉！ Sweet Tofu Pudding with Extra Sugar甜豆腐脑再加点糖Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Mind games + fireworks + madness + infinite flow] I am Sparkle, but I am not Sparkle. I am in a world of despair. When the heavens and earth are torn open by an indescribable, mysterious force and countless “abominations from beyond” descend, humanity’s fate is forced into a horror game. Slaughter, monsters, abyssal dungeons, illusions, eerie towers... Every time someone clears a game, a new Cthulhu entity may step into reality. Everyone is fighting to survive. But amid all this despair, I’m l 2.2kReads9.2Score252Shelves

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    [Intelligence + Suspense & Supernatural + Thriller + Game + Infinite Flow] Fellow Daoists, come and check it out! This story is fast-paced, thrilling, and mind-bending! [Cool][Cool][Cool][Cool][Cool] My impression of "The Dark Horse of Thriller Games of the Year" can only be described as "shocking." The intelligent protagonist and the amazing plot twists are truly amazing, leaving readers amazed and with endless thoughts and a lingering aftertaste!

20. 170 硬 A Hard Nut to Crack 硬骨头 Beidou Erniang北斗二娘Mystery640k WordsCompleted The new major-crimes squad captain, Lin Cuo, is gorgeous, cool, confident, and bold enough to take on Jiang Yi, the icy demon king of the criminal investigation corps. Everyone waits for her to make a fool of herself, but... Captain Lin keeps sending in good news: the shattered-skull case, the Lolita case, the death of a female livestreamer... Captain Lin is incredible! Jiang Yi is a top criminal investigator, a walking iceberg who solves cases with ruthless speed and dominates the police force. 3.1kReads9.3Score691Shelves

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    This one! I'd be heartbroken if anyone didn't read it! Yyds

21. 171 红 The Red Conspiracy: Echoes from the Abyss 红色迷局:深渊回响 Hu Pinghui胡萍慧6k WordsCompleted The Red Conspiracy: Echoes of the Abyss 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The echoes of the abyss continue, the crimson mystery remains unsolved!

22. 172 诡EN Supernatural Awakening: I Can Become a Demon King 诡异复苏：我能化身大妖 Fallen Leaves Return to the Earth叶落归泥Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Ghost Stories + Journey to the West + Hilarious Comedy + Sunny Boy + Mental Illness + Positive-Energy Sayings] As the supernatural revived and the uncanny world fell into chaos, Jiang Chen awakened the Demon Transformation System. By provoking emotional fluctuations in ghosts and monsters, he could absorb ghost energy and use it to draw Demon Transformation Cards, taking on the forms of great demons from Journey to the West. Faced with all kinds of violent, savage, strange, and sinister ghost 173kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves

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    Family members, who can understand this? Bizarre events keep happening one after another, the clues are intricate and complicated, every step feels like stepping into an unknown trap, you can't guess the ending until the very end, it's so exciting!

23. 173 恐 Horror Movie NPC Goes on a Killing Spree in a Terror Game 恐怖片NPC在惊悚游戏杀疯了 Snow-Skin Lantern冰皮灯笼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 64.7kReads9.6Score8.5kShelves
24. 174 诡 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 131.2kReads9.5Score11.5kShelves
25. 175 双 The Two-Sided Mirror: Blossoming in Secret 双面镜：暗自生花 MaotoiMystery154k WordsCompleted A crime story grounded in reality [Suspense + twists]. A carefully orchestrated game of murder begins in secret. Behind the mask, is someone hunter or prey? When the perfect facade falls away, what emerges is hidden evil and a cold reckoning. Some seek the truth, while others lay traps. At the edge of the abyss of desire and revenge, anyone could be a pawn, and anyone could be the one moving the pieces. One wrong step, and there is no coming back. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is well-written. The protagonist's real story begins in the fourth chapter, where a hunt quietly begins. Every step must be taken with extreme caution, for one wrong step could lead to utter ruin.

26. 176 变 Reborn as a Girl, I Won’t Be Socially Anxious in the Horror World Anymore 变成女孩子在惊悚世界不想再社恐 Big Hao Ren大郝仁啊Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Horror World] [Gender Transformation] [Healing Everyday Life] [Read Before Bed to Cure Your Insomnia] After buying a late-night snack at a convenience store, Tang Xia Bing was on her way home to continue being a shut-in when, at a crossroads, a truck transformed into a robot and sent her to another world with its righteous iron fist. She had transmigrated straight into the body of a white-haired little girl who had taken her own life because her social anxiety made her terrified of dealing with 15.2kReads9.6Score2.4kShelves
27. 177 惊 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Helped Monsters Make Choices 惊悚游戏：开局帮鬼怪做选择 Delicious Shimeji Mushroom美味的口蘑Mystery2.6M WordsOngoing [Horror game dungeons + career-based progression + NPCs caught in a rat race + livestreaming + everyday-life style] Jiang Ye’s daily routine consists of working, studying, working... Then one day, he’s pulled into a horror game during class and awakens an all-career talent. He discovers that all his career skills are a little strange. From the start, he unlocks the career “Small-Town Exam Machine,” with an added skill that lets him make choices for ghosts and monsters. [A difficult choice has ap 67.9kReads9.4Score7.9kShelves
28. 178 我 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ Yu Zuo予作Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted 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 112.4kReads9.5Score12.2kShelves
29. 179 仇 Chou Xian'er 仇仙儿 Lady Lu芦美人Mystery113k WordsCompleted Good demons are for Fahai to handle, and bad ghosts need bad people to deal with them. If life is already miserable, who cares if you end up in the frying pan after death! If you won’t let me, Chen Guang, live in peace, then what the hell am I cultivating merit for? One word: fight to the bitter end! 3.5kReads—Score202Shelves

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    Enough said, you'll see once you read it; the author worked hard.

30. 180 谎 Claiming to Heal 谎称疗愈 Tian Mingyi天茗伊Mystery252k WordsCompleted [Genius Psychologist × Master of Locked-Room Mysteries × Perfect Crime] Bizarre cases keep happening in Qin Hai City: Zhang Mang, the main culprit in the old “Six Gates” case, is released from prison and promptly dies in an “accidental” fall; a wealthy heir who once got away with his crimes “commits suicide” to atone; an investigative journalist “goes missing” in the wilderness... Each case perfectly recreates the pattern of a notorious mystery that made national headlines in recent years, lea 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Psychological warfare, a criminal investigation extravaganza! [Watching][Watching][Watching]

31. 181 公 The Princess Is Ordered to Journey West 公主奉旨去西行 Black Lotus, Who Loves Vinegar-Sautéed Wood Ear爱吃醋溜木须的黑莲Mystery96k WordsOngoing Princess Chaoyang's Case-Solving Record on the Journey West Shen Zhiyi, a princess of the Great Yong, has loved two things all her life: examining corpses and solving cases. When she hears that General Shi, her childhood sweetheart, is returning to the capital with a diplomatic marriage party, Shen Zhiyi does not even look up. "Oh, that has nothing to do with me." Cui Guo adds quietly, "The other side sent a prince." What?! Shen Zhiyi jumps to her feet. "Quick! Pack our bags! We're leaving now!" 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I think this book is pretty good.

32. 182 开 From the Start, an S-Rank Horror Tale: I Only Have One Block? 开局S级怪谈：我只有一个方块？ White Bear ICE白熊ICEMystery105k WordsOngoing (Comedy, plot twists, wild imagination and logic, mild horror, and smart protagonists and antagonists) My name is Shen Mo. It sounds cool, but things went horribly from the start: no memories, no teammates, and a block… But! What do you mean, you can jump from dozens of stories up and land in water? What do you mean, you can blow up eerie scenes with TNT? What do you mean, you can beat Cthulhu senseless with the Sword of Cosmic Dominion? Oh, right. One more thing you should know: this is —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🔥Entering a deadly S-rank ghost story instance where everyone is on the verge of death, while others have life-saving items, I only get an insignificant cube at the start. I thought I was doomed from the start, but who knew that the little cube held a trump card that would subvert the rules? The slightly scary ghost story is full of twists and turns, and the protagonist and villain are both smart throughout.

33. 183 旧 Cold Case Executioner 旧案行刑官 Silver River Scholar银河书生Mystery169k WordsOngoing Police Captain Ji Xiao launches a livestreamed investigation to restore public trust, but the scene of a series of murders bears a secret code shared only by him and his older brother, Ji Lin, in childhood. As the whole internet calls for the “Shadowblade Killer” to be executed, forensic pathologist Chen Yan’s abnormal autopsy report, policewoman Zhou Yutang’s encrypted notes, and editor-in-chief Lin Zhao’s manipulation of public opinion gradually peel back the truth buried for ten years. The ki 9Reads—Score149Shelves

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    A series of cases dormant for three years are suddenly activated. Seven witnesses commit mass suicide on the same night, leaving no trace of violence at the scene, only the same whispered phrase lingering in their minds. Former top detective Lu Xiao is urgently recalled to the police force, teaming up with forensic genius Shen Zhao to investigate. The tapes belonging to archivist Zhou Yan, the memories from boxer Jiang Ye's prosthetic eye, and the secret surgery performed by psychology director Cheng Yuan intertwine to form a network of investigative techniques spanning the police and political spheres. When Lu Xiao discovers that all the victims had undergone 'amnesia treatment' before their deaths, and that Shen Zhao's mother was the first test subject, the truth is no longer just a case, but a collective memory erasure spanning seven years.

34. 184 他 He Is the Killer 他是凶手 Nan Di南第Mystery509k WordsCompleted He was an outstanding police officer. How did he become a murderer? Was he framed, or does he have a split personality? If he is the culprit, why did he become an undercover agent? When someone has nowhere left to turn, will they break their oath? When someone is trapped in a dead end, how can they redeem themselves? The cruelty of the truth often exceeds all imagination. No one can escape the fate Heaven has dealt them. 11.6kReads9.0Score988Shelves

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    A captivating story with a tight plot and clever twists! Highly recommended!!!

35. 185 夜 Night In, Day Out 夜入白出 Hua Wen画文Mystery112k WordsOngoing [Thriller and Horror + Infinite-Flow + Mystery and Deduction + Exploring Strange Realms + Supernatural + Time Loops + The Emotions of Life] The night wind blows. Lie down and sleep. Don’t open your eyes, and no ghosts will appear. If you do open them, look beside the bed: a hand is among the books. Look by the window: a head with no eyes is staring at the bed. Lu Chen, Ye Xiaoqian, Wu Ziyu, Xu Zhuang, and Hu Yingying accidentally touched an old book filled with ghost stories about wronged souls. 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An ancient book restorer is unexpectedly drawn into a fateful dream, teaming up with strangers to investigate the past of the deep palace. Abandoned wells, corpses, and hidden tokens—one by one, the past events slowly surface.

36. 186 等 The Truth Waiting to Be Seen 等待被看见的真相 Zhang Zhang Doesn't Love the Forest张张不爱森林24k WordsCompleted The truth is waiting to be seen —Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 187 西 The Bottomless Cave of West Mountain 西山无底洞 Zhang Yunduan张云端Mystery513k WordsCompleted A county Party secretary beloved by the people mysteriously disappears, and a trail of suspicious clues sets off a series of thrilling, convoluted events. With its broad scope and diverse cast, this novel portrays vivid scenes from society and lifelike characters. 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Gao Yuhu said, "County Chief Du: This parachuted-in secretary doesn't understand the ways of officialdom, doesn't play by the rules, and doesn't know that even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake. If he hadn't come, you would be the county party secretary, and I should be sitting in your leather chair. You don't know, that day at the anti-corruption conference, it looked like he was going to pick up a magic weapon and smash someone. That last slap of his actually startled me, a former military and police officer." Just from this passage, one can imagine the thrilling story that follows, how many bizarre major cases will occur, and how many ruthless characters, both good and bad, will appear.

38. 188 犯 I, a Criminal Mastermind, Became the Nightmare of London's Criminals 犯罪天才的我成为伦敦罪犯的梦魇 PurimeiR普利梅RTwo Male Leads265k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + High Intelligence + Handsome Men + Victorian England Setting] Ewan Montague, the youngest professor in Cambridge's criminology department, is hired as a special consultant to Scotland Yard. He solves countless cold cases and mysteries, but at the same time, a brilliant criminal known as the Jubilee Line Butcher begins his activities. The two seem to be locked in a fierce rivalry. Or perhaps they are simply two identities belonging to the same person. 63Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Subverting all suspense tropes! Everyone thought that good and evil were mortal enemies, locked in a life-or-death struggle! But in the end, the ultimate adversary was all alone from beginning to end!

39. 189 恐 Horror Game: I Get Stronger by Talking Back 恐怖游戏，抬杠我就能变强 Idiom for the Deaf成语接聋Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [No romance + infinite-flow + jokes and memes + System power fantasy] Cheng Fei transmigrates into a wilderness world and thinks he's doomed, but to his surprise, he's pulled into a horror game. He realizes that these games seem to contain tons of supplies he can use to survive! So he... This book is also known as: "A Mine Owner's Self-Cultivation" "I Went on a Free Shopping Spree in the Dungeon" "I Get Stronger Every Time I Roast Someone" "They Were Already Stupid, So Why Are You Teasing Them?" —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is incredible! I found a strange phone, and after unlocking it, it was full of encrypted information that I couldn't understand. Driven by curiosity, I investigated it, but ended up in a terrifying unknown vortex.

40. 190 开 From the Start, I Explored Dreams for Three Hundred Years, and the Ascetic Imperial Preceptor Lost Control 开局探梦三百年，禁欲国师他失控 The Attention Seeker Walking Down the Road走在路上的显眼包Ancient Romance498k WordsOngoing I woke up as a good-for-nothing female tutor, and from the start I was expected to bring good fortune through marriage to a seventy-year-old man. At my most desperate, I bound myself to the [Dream Tracing System]. Enter other people's dreams, uncover secrets from their past lives, solve a strange case, and earn three more days to live. I thought I was just solving cases to stay alive, until I entered the mute bodyguard's dream for the first time... A mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, with 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book. It has a fresh perspective, told from a first-person point of view, which makes it very immersive. The plot is well-developed, with a thrilling and suspenseful opening that immediately draws you in. I highly recommend it!

41. 191 恶 The Devil Reversed 恶魔逆位 20/100 Vision视力零点二一Mystery737k WordsCompleted “If I wanted to kill him, I wouldn’t use a method this laughably clumsy.” After the black-haired girl in black finished speaking in the interrogation room, she didn’t say another word. The way she calmly studied the photograph made it seem more like she was admiring the victim’s gruesome death. In the photo was a cold, white bathtub filled with shocking amounts of blood. A man lay slumped inside, his deathly pale body visible only from the shoulders up. The deceased was Zhou Haixiong. He had 39kReads9.5Score6kShelves

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    The case involves Liu Li and Li Qian; reading their names vertically also creates a reversed Devil card, one black and one white. [Heart]

42. 192 规 Rule Horror: I'm Even More Twisted Than the Supernatural! 规则怪谈：我比诡异还变态！ Hurry Up and Eat Hot Pot抓紧吃火锅Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted [Unhinged + rebellious + no female lead + hilarious + bizarre + national destiny] My name is Xu Ye. I was born without the ability to feel pain, and my favorite thing is looking for a thrill. I heard that the Rule-Bound Horror arrived, and every country would randomly select a “Chosen One” to enter a game instance. After waiting a whole month, and watching five Chosen Ones die one after another, I finally got my wish and became the sixth Chosen One, the real wild card representing the Dragon Kin 35.9kReads9.4Score4kShelves
43. 193 诡 The Cursed Abyss Cannot Be Crossed 诡渊不度 Never Eat Sachima绝不吃沙琪玛Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Supernatural resurgence + nonhuman protagonist + no female lead + evil gods] Note: This is not a livestream story, a wish-fulfillment power fantasy, or a brainless invincible-protagonist story. Feel free to ship any pairings, though (doge). It leans a little toward two male leads, but not much, and has an everyone-loves-the-protagonist vibe. If that bothers you, please move along. The worlds of ghosts and humans were once clearly divided, yin and yang keeping each other in balance. But as t 12.4kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves
44. 194 骨 Bone Language: A Casebook 骨语探案 Chunyuan General Store淳缘杂货铺Mystery497k WordsCompleted A promise made in their youth brought them together as crime-solving partners six years later. Childhood sweethearts, reunited after a long separation, they now promise to stay by each other’s side for life. After reuniting, they work together to solve case after case. 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a book that satisfies the desire for crime-solving, suspense, and a touch of sweet romance.

45. 195 怪 Strange Tales Livestream 怪谈直播间 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted The sound of meat being chopped eerily echoes through a bun shop in the dead of night. The passengers on the last bus all have the same face. On a freezing, rainy night, someone wearing funeral clothes wanders the streets... The Strange Tales livestream takes you deep into the hidden side of this world! 13.8kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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    Take it, you're welcome!

46. 196 深 Midnight Nightmare 深夜噩梦 Idiom for the Deaf成语接聋Mystery989k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow] [Hell Difficulty] [Original Dungeons] [Multiple Twists] Note: The dungeons are extremely difficult, so proceed with caution. The first two are only warm-ups. They say that “Ghost Eyes” can see a person’s “good and evil.” Wang Cheng was born with a pair of Ghost Eyes. But he discovered that this claim didn’t tell the whole story. Because Ghost Eyes can see more than people. They can also see cats, dogs, houses, mountains, and rivers… Or perhaps a strangely lifelike doll, or an old 205kReads9.4Score35kShelves
47. 197 我 The Three Months I Was Trapped at My Girlfriend's Best Friend's Home 我被困在女友闺蜜家的那三个月 Ye Gong Loves Leisure叶公好闲Mystery244k WordsOngoing My girlfriend’s eerie home is the stuff of nightmares. This time, I’ve mysteriously found myself trapped in her best friend’s house, where she makes an utterly baffling demand... Two heroines + well-crafted suspense + scheming characters + sweet romance + twists + written by the author, not AI 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist, upon entering his best friend's apartment 401 at his girlfriend's request, finds himself trapped inside. The door is welded shut, the windows are mirrored, his phone is manipulated to send fake messages, and a red overalls plush bear is constantly "watching" him. His forced cohabitation with his girlfriend's best friend hides countless deadly unknown rules!

48. 198 超 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Yuwen Chang Gong宇文长弓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!" 25.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
49. 199 天 The Celestial Master Is Here: Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World 天师在此，奇门风水震天下 Big Eggplant大茄子Mystery6.3M WordsCompleted [Several short dramas have been adapted from this novel: Feng Shui Heavenly Master, The Grand Master of Qimen Feng Shui, The Heavenly Master Is Here, Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World, Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master, and others] Everything in this book is fictional. Just enjoy the story, don’t take it seriously, and don’t get too caught up in it... 248.3kReads9.1Score59.8kShelves
50. 200 我 I’m Three and a Half, and I’ll Become a Legend in Rule-Based Horror With Basic Attacks 我三岁半，靠普攻在规则怪谈封神 One of the Idlers闲人之一Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The animated series is now available. [No heroine + comedy + subversion of expectations + infinite-flow + livestreaming + rule-based horror] Rule-based horror descends upon Blue Star, and each country randomly selects one person to take part. If the contestant wins, their nation prospers. If they lose, their nation declines. After losing two rounds of games, the people of the Dragon Kingdom are in dire straits. The next horror scenario arrives, and by sheer coincidence, it selects Xia Ye, who ha 8.2kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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