Looking for Horror and Thrillers! The Male Lead Should Be Strong, Not a Doormat! Absolutely No Doormat Leads! 求恐怖惊悚！男主不圣母实力强！一定不要圣母！

1. 201 地 The Underworld Calls Me Little Sir 地府叫我小先生 HelinEastern Fantasy803k WordsCompleted [Supernatural + mystery + power progression] Getting hit by a basketball and falling into a lake was bad enough. Even worse, I got killed by a basketball!! The Black and White Impermanence told me I still had seventy years left to live. To make it up to me, they offered me a job in the underworld. So I became an HR officer on the underworld’s permanent staff and even got a ghost recruitment System! As long as I help the underworld recruit talented ghosts, I can earn all kinds of abilities: talis 401Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 202 这 This Taoist Priest Is a Little Too Cool 这个道士不太冷 Ghost Hunter, Big Brother抓鬼大师兄Mystery802k WordsCompleted My name is Niu Dabao, and I’m the only college graduate in Niu Village. I thought that after graduation, I’d get promoted, earn a bigger salary, marry a beautiful, rich woman, and reach the pinnacle of life. Who knew the company would go under and the boss would kill himself? I didn’t get a single penny of my wages, couldn’t even afford rent, and had to sleep at the train station every night! Then a ragged Taoist priest told me I was dogged by bad luck and possessed by a host of ghosts, and that 798Reads7.8Score—Shelves
3. 203 我 I Live in Fengmen Village 我住在封门村 Naughty Leopard顽皮豹Mystery807k WordsCompleted My hometown shares its name with the legendary number-one haunted village in China: Fengmen Village. What’s more, our village also has a grandmaster’s chair. Whoever sits in it is doomed to die! It was 1997, and I had been accepted into the high school in town. Once summer vacation was over, I would finally be able to leave the place where I’d spent sixteen years. But what I never expected was for one terrifying incident after another to strike the village! Rats that ate human flesh, five-colore 712Reads6.1Score—Shelves
4. 204 诡 The Haunted Grave 诡坟 A Single Ink Blade墨刀一柄Mystery802k WordsCompleted I think I've been possessed! Right before the college entrance exam, I suddenly came down with a high fever that wouldn't break. I missed the exam and had to spend half a year recovering at home. During those six months, I found a job as a cemetery groundskeeper. My coworker, Old Zhang, saw how frail I was and how weak my yang energy seemed, and insisted on finding me someone to protect me. But he didn't tell me that my protector would be a female ghost!! Not only does she want to marry me, she 101Reads7.4Score—Shelves
5. 205 话 There Are Ghosts in These Words 话里有诡 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery88k WordsCompleted They say everyone has a few little secrets they can't bring themselves to talk about these days. But if you really want to hear something out of the ordinary, go find Old Bu. Old Bu runs a little tavern set inside an abandoned train carriage. From the day it opened, he laid down one rule: One interesting story in exchange for a night's worth of drinks. Sounds like a good deal, doesn't it? Too bad he doesn't give you much to drink, and the stories just keep getting stranger. An intelligent wristb 8Reads7.6Score—Shelves
6. 206 午 The Midnight Gravekeeper 午夜守墓人 Rose蔷薇Mystery802k WordsCompleted A desolate mountain. An ancient tomb. A woman in white. A blood-red moon at midnight. A corpse monk on the move. I’m a high school senior. With the college entrance exam just around the corner, I suddenly came down with a fever that wouldn’t break and missed the test. After recovering at home for more than half a year, I found a job guarding the gate at a cemetery. Seeing how frail I was and how weak my yang energy was, Old Zhang, the gravedigger, found me a protector. But she wasn’t human. She 6.1kReads8.5Score324Shelves
7. 207 全 Rules Across All Realms: I Clear Strange Tales by Exploiting Glitches 全域规则：我靠漏洞通关怪谈 Yi Yushan伊羽山Mystery81k WordsOngoing Overnight, the entire world is plunged into “rule-based instances.” Countless bizarre instances descend upon reality: schools, hospitals, buses, old dormitories... Every place comes with rules that spell certain death. Following the rules doesn't guarantee survival. Breaking them means certain death. Everyone has to cling to life, trembling with fear. Except Lin Shan can see the loopholes in the rules. [This instance's rules contain a hidden contradiction.] [Exploit the loophole to clear the ins —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A mind-bending, thrilling, and fast-paced novel that gets more and more addictive the more you read, making it impossible to stop.

8. 208 一 One Haunting a Day 一日一诡 Spring Rain in the South, Winter Snow in the North南春雨北冬雪Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing 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! 356Reads—Score101Shelves

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   Sitting in the "headless old house," eating "love dumplings," and recalling the "tunnel" I came from, my body felt like it had been "possessed," having entered a "haunted house," and played "entrance ghost," "six-pointed star game," and "hide-and-seek" with the "Kumanthong"!

9. 209 秘 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 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常14k WordsCompleted Secret Art Transmigration: My Extreme Escape in a World of the Uncanny 95Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Hidden in the corners of the city, a paranormal agency specializes in handling unsolvable strange and bizarre events. The lingering resentment in a deep, ancient house, the eerie secrets passed down through generations in remote villages—beneath the seemingly peaceful surface, malevolent forces lurk, waiting for their chance to strike. A master and his two apprentices, possessing Taoist magic and secret arts, traverse the boundary between the living and the dead, uncovering terrifying truths, confronting the spirits of the dead, and discerning the wickedness of the human heart. The atmosphere is brimming with Chinese-style eerie suspense!

10. 210 凶 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 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常18k WordsCompleted The sinister cabinet opens by itself every night, and strands of black hair coil around people and drag them inside. 33Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 211 苍 A Bite Out of the Azure Heavens 苍天一蚀 Zhou Fuyou周蜉蝣Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing [Bizarre apocalypse + multiple heroines + sanity meter plummeting + facing the gods head-on + socialist values] I, unable to die, watch myself through the world. Before the black hole, I look up and see countless versions of myself arranged one after another along a Mobius strip. Then I’m sucked into the black hole in an instant. The eerie red moonlight holds the power to bring the dead back to life, while the red false sun in the sky drags everyone into a world of death with its tentacles. The —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist is reborn, and in his previous life he was like Emperor Roselle.

12. 212 请 Please Don't Give the Dead a Name 请不要替死者取名 Lazily Sunbathing懒洋洋晒太阳了Mystery302k WordsOngoing Zhou Jin is on night duty in the morgue when a body arrives in freezer nine, registered one minute before it was brought in. The dead man has no facial features, no fingerprints to identify him, and yet the name written on his form is… Zhou Jin. After daybreak, one strange thing after another begins to happen. The security system no longer recognizes him. His coworkers gradually forget what to call him, and even his mother can no longer remember her son’s name. Yet every day at mealtimes, she 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's pretty good, you can check it out.

13. 213 三 The Three-Faced Sovereign: The Ultimate Secret Plot of the Infinite Realm 三面主宰：无限流的终极秘局 One Pen Conquers the World一支笔打天下Mystery894k WordsCompleted Also known as The Infinite-Flow Civil Servant Chronicles. Male lead, no female lead, infinite flow, mind-bending mysteries, horror games, rules-based horror, ensemble cast. Nobody is normal; everyone is “sick.” If I revealed how many male leads there are, I’d be giving away the mystery, so you’ll have to read it yourself. Anyone who makes it through the whole book will be left speechless! (*^▽^*) It’s an infinite-flow story, and the setup defies common sense! Just focus on the mystery. Suggestio 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A mind-bending, suspenseful, and infinitely complex story!

14. 214 恶 With the Ledger of Evil Deeds in Hand, One Sin Seal Crushes Every Demon 恶行簿在手：罪印一开邪魔伏诛 One Pen Conquers the World一支笔打天下Mystery2.4M WordsOngoing A gentle, refined shopkeeper V a powerhouse who brings the muscle V an upbeat elite hacker V an aloof, proud, mysterious Seal Keeper Leveling-up progression + no female lead + multiple male leads + episodic stories + mystery + fantasy + urban supernatural + crime solving If it’s not your thing, feel free to stop reading or leave suggestions. Just don’t curse me out! If you like it, please leave a five-star review! All kinds of comments are welcome, and I’ll reply! Old objects whisper. The traces 115Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 215 囚 Imprisoning an Immortal: After Failing to Covet the Immortal Lord 囚仙：觊觎仙君未果后 One Pen Conquers the World一支笔打天下Two Male Leads1.3M WordsCompleted Also known as The Sickly Beauty Insists on Taking What He Wants by Force. A story about a man and a man. If you enjoy it, please leave a five-star review! Comments of all kinds are welcome, and I'll reply to every one! Two male leads, one-on-one, happy ending? Tragic ending? Beautiful, strong, tragic, obsessive love interest × proud, righteous paragon #HeChasesAndTheOtherRuns #ForcedLove #SubstituteRomance #ThePursuer'sRedemptionArcButDoesHeWin? Beautiful, strong, tragic · Unrequited love · Angs 91Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 216 被 After My Spiritual Root Was Stolen, I Turned Around and Slaughtered the Entire Sect 被挖灵根后我反手屠了整个宗门 One Pen Conquers the World一支笔打天下74k WordsCompleted After my spiritual root was ripped out, I turned around and slaughtered the entire sect 50Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 217 囚 The Cage Test 囚笼之测 One Pen Conquers the World一支笔打天下43k WordsCompleted The Cage Test 4Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 218 末 The Steel Doomsday Shelter 末日钢铁避难所 Misty Rain Over Ice City冰城烟雨Sci-Fi & Apocalypse175k WordsOngoing [Natural disasters + the uncanny + construction + technology upgrades] A rift opens in the void, and unknown horrors and dark creatures pour through. With vengeful spirits that cannot be killed and disaster beasts that cannot be wiped out, Lin Cheng arrives in this world with a quantum crucible that can upgrade any item. With the Dark Calamity running rampant, he must use the quantum crucible to build himself an absolutely secure fortress for the apocalypse! A battered wooden door can be upgrade —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 219 九 The Nine Yin Debt 九阴债 May the Gentle Breeze Carry Me Across青风长渡我Urban51k WordsOngoing I was born under an ill omen, and everyone shunned me. Only my master lit a lamp for me, taught me the Dao, and trained me to slay evil. He led me onto the great path of the mystic sect. With the talisman sword in my hand, I swept away filth and protected the righteous, believing this was the path meant for me. But as the talisman flames burned the ghosts to ash, I finally understood: the light my master had given me was only there to illuminate a path of imprisonment... already laid out long ag —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Latest Taoist horror novel

20. 220 诡 Haunted University: I’m the Only Living Person on Campus 诡大学：全校就我一个活人 Uncle Jin金二叔Mystery225k WordsCompleted [Supernatural + one female lead] He scored 320 on the college entrance exam and just wanted to find a decent university to attend. He never expected to meet a ghostly version of Zhang Xuefeng, who recommended a ghost university 😭 His classmates and teachers are all ghosts 👻 —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ghost School Adventure

21. 221 鬼 Ghosts: They Exist If You Believe 鬼魂：信则有，不信则无 Uncle Little Wolf小狼叔叔Mystery293k WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Thriller + The Bizarre + Horror] Do ghosts really exist in this world? Some say they’re hallucinations; others call it delusion. Yet all kinds of bizarre, inexplicable events remain shrouded in mystery, their truth impossible to discern. If you insist on believing there are no ghosts, some things become impossible to explain. That’s why many old folks tell us: Believe, and they exist; don’t believe, and they don’t! 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Those with courage can enter.

22. 222 江 No Day in Jiangcheng: The Guixu Pawnshop 江城无日：归墟典当行 A Song with Three Twists一曲三折Mystery129k WordsOngoing On the third day after my father died, I inherited a pawnshop that opened at midnight. I thought it only took old things nobody dared to keep. That was until a man with no shadow stumbled through the door. He said he had traded his shadow for his life thirteen years ago. Now the thing that had come to collect had a face exactly like his. At dawn, the sun did not rise over Jiangcheng. Only after I opened the black ledger my father left behind did I learn that what this city owed was never money. —Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    🌙 An immersive late-night reading experience, with realistic details that will make you subconsciously notice shadows of passersby after reading. "Daily Horror" + "Realistic Plot" + "Super Immersive Experience." The protagonist is originally an ordinary person who takes over a pawnshop and steps into a bizarre midnight world inaccessible to ordinary people. #DailyHorror #SupernaturalRecommendation

23. 223 我 My Mockumentary Came True 我的伪纪录片成真了 A Little Rain Yesterday昨天有点雨Mystery107k WordsOngoing Luo Luo thinks he's just one “good ghost” away from becoming famous. As a struggling paranormal content creator, he throws himself into digging up a sealed videotape. Hidden inside is an urban legend called the Mirror Palace Puppet, said to appear only between two mirrors facing each other. His followers skyrocket and his popularity soars. Luo Luo brags to the camera, “Guys, I'm totally cashing in on this wave of traffic!” Then he realizes that all the strange footage is starting to invade reali 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ✨✨✨ [A Suspenseful and Supernatural Masterpiece by Bao, Who Isn't a Mary Sue] Super addictive and captivating! I can't guarantee everyone will like it, but it will definitely appeal to most people. The plot is ✌︎'֊' novel, with an absolutely unique setting. You can watch with confidence.

24. 224 灵 Supernatural Revival: It All Began When I Married a Ghost Bride 灵异复苏：从娶了鬼新娘开始 Only One Ray of Light唯盛一束光Mystery406k WordsOngoing Title: Supernatural Resurgence: It Began When I Married a Ghost Bride My name is Zao Chen. I had a dream, a very, very long dream. In it, I married a ghost bride, and after that, she wouldn't leave me alone. When I woke up, I realized it hadn't been a dream at all. I really had married a ghost bride, and the two of us had a child. The ghost bride was called Zhou Li, and our daughter was named Zao You. The day Zao You was born, the supernatural descended, and ghosts roamed the night. We call the —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 225 复 The Haunted House Awakens 复苏的恐怖屋 Mighty Pig强大的猪Urban773k WordsCompleted Transmigrating into a haunted house was bad enough, but then it nearly got demolished. Think that's the worst of it? No. The worst part is that the supernatural really exists in this world, and those things have come inside me... 97Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    I recommend these thriller/horror books. They are rich in content, have smooth writing, and the plots don't drag.

26. 226 恐 Horror Revival: The Haunted Amusement Park 恐怖复苏：惊悚乐园 Lone Shadow by the Cold River寒江孤影Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Demons and monsters have returned, and countless evil spirits have appeared all over the world! In a school dormitory, the vengeful spirit of a girl in a red wedding dress, who hanged herself years ago, slowly opens her scarlet eyes! At a construction site, a corpse bricked up inside a wall bursts through it, glaring at the world with bitter hatred! From dry wells and rivers to crematoriums, evil spirits descend upon the world in droves! 4kReads—Score569Shelves
27. 227 真 The Real-Life Escape Club 真实逃杀俱乐部 Making Tea on Tong Mountain彤山煮茶Mystery4.5M WordsCompleted This world is dead. But I want to live. This is an age where the supernatural is paradise, and humanity is in hell. I saw the club as the only [Beacon of Hope], blind to the schemes and betrayal behind it. Resurrected supernatural creatures, blood-soaked death zones, slaughter experiments that defy human understanding. The boundary between life and death began to blur, until people and the supernatural could no longer be told apart. Standing atop a mountain of corpses, I faced the weeping, despa 19.2kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
28. 228 民 Notes on Folk Spirit Mediums 民间出马仙笔记 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery95k WordsCompleted [Spirit Mediums + Chinese-Style Horror + Episodic Stories + Supernatural Mystery + Karma + Mind-Blowing Twists + Feng Shui and the Occult] "Unraveling one strange and unpredictable tale of karmic retribution after another" In a remote suburb of the city lies a cemetery. Few people know that a shop dealing in the supernatural stands there, run by a spirit medium who can communicate with the dead and the living. The owner specializes in paranormal cases beyond ordinary people's understanding, but 467Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    I'm awake all night now, and I don't even feel safe turning on the lights in the middle of the night! [Petrified][Petrified][Petrified]

29. 229 阴 The Yin-Yang Hot Pot Restaurant 阴阳火锅店 Yan Huo炎火Mystery806k WordsCompleted 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 676Reads7.7Score—Shelves
30. 230 我 I Might Have Changed the Wrong Fate 我可能改了个假命 Knife in the Sleeve袖里刀Mystery808k WordsCompleted When I was little, my mom asked a Taoist priest to tell my fortune. He said I'd face a calamity at 26, and that he'd come help me get through it the day before my 26th birthday. When the day finally came, the priest really did show up to change my fate. He even gave me a “Fate-Changing Ruler” and told me I had to change the fates of seven people with different destinies to survive the calamity. Otherwise, I'd only have five years left to live. So much for changing my fate for me! Did he only cha 76Reads8.9Score—Shelves
31. 231 我 My Years as a Buddhist Nun 我当师太的那些年 Gold Is Money金子就是钞票Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted I was born a girl with a Pure Yang fate into a family of feng shui masters. For generations, my family had practiced feng shui in the countryside. My grandfather had hoped his eldest grandchild would be a boy, so he could pass down his skills to the eldest son and grandson. But I turned out to be a girl. Grandfather never took a liking to me, so my parents could only take me to live in the city. No one expected that, during the Ghost Festival in the year I turned twenty-five, Grandfather would s 420Reads8.7Score—Shelves
32. 232 我 I Run a Paper Effigy Shop 我有一间扎纸店 Er Lei二雷Mystery806k WordsCompleted I Have a Paper Effigy Shop tells the story of the protagonist, Liu Dabao, who runs a shop making paper effigies. One day, a guy named Li Xunhuan asked me to burn him a villa and gave me a jade pendant, saying someone would come to collect it later. That evening, a woman came to pick up the pendant and gave me a thousand yuan. But who could have guessed that the next day, the money vanished and turned into a pile of white paper! Was it ghost money for the dead? Were Li Xunhuan and that woman both 134Reads8.7Score—Shelves
33. 233 都 It's All the Haunted House's Fault 都是凶宅惹的祸 Nightfall夜色Mystery907k WordsCompleted 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… 71Reads8.7Score—Shelves
34. 234 万 Corpse-Walking Notes 2: The Myriad Forms Celestial Palace 《赶尸笔记2》万象天宫 Dream's Evil梦之邪Mystery112k WordsCompleted Corpses driven along by corpse herders are known in the martial world as "corpses traveling ten thousand miles." It is said that in the Xiangxi region, some people make a living herding corpses. The Corpse Sect is one such group. Qin Shuang runs a funeral business; Brother Jiu has ties to both the underworld and the police; Haozi has just gotten out of prison; Baldy makes his living robbing and relocating tombs; and mute A-Wu is a skilled fighter shrouded in mystery. What kind of extraordinary s 122Reads8.7Score—Shelves
35. 235 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score334Shelves
36. 236 诡 Eerie Revival: I Can Contact the Past 诡异复苏：我能联系过去 Young Master Yanque燕雀大公子Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The Hungry Ghost Festival of 2025. A super red moon appeared, and as it lingered in the sky, the supernatural returned. Left Yang was shocked to discover that he could use his phone to contact himself in the past. In the stairwell, the Knock-at-the-Door Ghost killed anyone who opened the door. But someone discovered that it skipped the first floor and started knocking there. So Left Yang contacted his past self. [Please have your one-month-younger self rent an apartment on the first floor!] The 43.3kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves
37. 237 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 212.8kReads9.6Score25.1kShelves
38. 238 病 The Yandere Heroine Goes on a Killing Spree in a Horror Game 病娇女主在恐怖游戏里杀疯了 Soft White Steamed Bun白嫩嫩的白馒头Mystery566k WordsCompleted No romance + infinite-flow + horror games + unhinged powerhouse + invincible + comedy + face-slapping + Jin Bao is crazy and cool Jin Jiu seemed perfectly normal on the surface, but her mental state was a thing of beauty. While rescuing someone, she was pulled into a beginner's instance. Jin Jiu, facing a monster: “I've been so polite. What are you still unhappy about?” The beginner's instance ended. Everyone else cleared it, but Jin Jiu got trapped in instances that kept growing more difficult, 288Reads8.2Score101Shelves
39. 239 羽 The Feathered Deep 羽化深渊 Mr. Yezi D叶子先生DSci-Fi & Apocalypse869k WordsOngoing The story takes place in the modern East Asian coastal city of Linyuan. Linyuan is a port city plagued by year-round rain, industrial decline, and a mix of religions. It is home to: * Abandoned Taoist temples * An underground black market * A seaside altar * A sealed-off mountainous region * Folk villages * An old, quarantined psychiatric hospital * A secret religious sect left over from the Republican era Ordinary people believe the world is normal. But in truth, the world has been infiltrated 32Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story takes place in Lin Yuan City, a modern coastal city in East Asia. Lin Yuan City is a port city plagued by perpetual rain, industrial decay, and a mix of religions. Here you'll find: *abandoned Taoist temples*, underground black markets*, seaside altars*, secluded mountain villages*, a sealed-off old mental hospital*, and a secret cult remnant from the Republican era. Ordinary people believe the world is normal. But the true world is actually permeated by an ancient will from "beyond the deep sea and starry sky." [Admiration]

40. 240 7 The Biggest Scoundrel in Bureau 749 749局第一流氓 Piggy the Painter画画的小猪Urban710k WordsCompleted Liu Mang, a street punk, unexpectedly awakens ghost eyes and gets dragged into the 749 Paranormal Investigation Bureau. There, he discovers that he carries the bloodline of an ancient shamanic clan and is a key target of the Chrysanthemum School of Japan’s “Human Pillar Project.” From a corpse-reanimation case at a funeral home to an international conspiracy involving corpse-refining, he uses the Taixu Spirit-Taming Art to refine evil spirits and break through sinister schemes involving ghost so 1.1kReads6.7Score197Shelves

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    Behind the toilet stall doors in the company restroom, someone writes in red pen every day, "Don't knock a third time." This morning, I accidentally knocked, and I heard my own voice from inside: "Finally, you're here."

41. 241 湘 Tales of the Supernatural in Xiangnan 湘南鬼事录 Xiaoxiang Lady Traveler潇湘女客Mystery289k WordsCompleted My family is truly from southern Hunan, with ancestral expertise in feng shui and geomancy, spirit-summoning and calming, demon-subduing and exorcism, funeral music, and rites to guide the dead onward. Let me begin with my great-grandfather’s generation. My great-grandfather and his brother were born in the early Guangxu era of the Qing Dynasty. By the late Guangxu and Xuantong eras, they had raised five cousins in all, including my grandfather. They all knew our family’s inherited arts. My gran 142Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a Hunanese version of *Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio*, a *Night Parade of One Hundred Demons* set in a water town, and above all, a heartwarming tale of "protection." There's no forced mystification, only genuine fear and warmth.

42. 242 我 I Subdue a Hundred Evil Spirits with My Vengeful Ghost 我以厉鬼镇百邪 The Mysterious Maple Leaf Person神秘的枫叶人Mystery211k WordsOngoing (Mystery, Horror, Complete Story) In a strange little town, the curse planted by four great clans begins to turn against them. Luo Xiaoyu, who has returned to life in another's body, is caught up in it all. The dead come back to life... The strange returns... Rivers of blood... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New book, no system.

43. 243 谲 The Dark Realm of the Uncanny 谲暗物境 Little Fengtian小奉天Mystery118k WordsOngoing Lin Xue, a classmate of Qin Chuan and Ye Xin, mysteriously vanishes inside an abandoned old school building. Even stranger, everyone around them except Qin Chuan and Ye Xin has forgotten that Lin Xue ever existed. Determined to uncover the truth, Qin Chuan and Ye Xin embark on a strange and unsettling investigation. One inexplicable event after another follows. Yet when the truth finally comes to light, it turns everyone's understanding upside down! 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This seems like it might actually work.

44. 244 我 I Became Awesome Through Technology 我靠科技开始牛掰 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [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. 293Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 245 汉 The Struggle for Supremacy at the End of the Han: Winners Become Kings, Losers Become Outlaws 汉末争霸之成王败寇 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Historical210k WordsCompleted The protagonist is Zhang Jiao. He sweeps across the realm, vying for supremacy through warfare and battles between generals. A village bully’s soul travels back to the late Eastern Han and takes over Zhang Jiao’s body. At a moment of crisis, he turns the tide and leads the Yellow Turbans in a sweeping conquest of the realm, winning through strategy. 90Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 246 妖 Tales of Demons and Ghosts at Night 妖鬼夜话 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery209k WordsCompleted My new book, I Get Awesome with Technology, is now being serialized. My short ghost stories The Water Ghost, The Seventh Night, The Departure That Year, and The Soul-Calling Lantern are available on Tomato Short Stories. 421Reads6.6Score—Shelves
47. 247 我 I Cultivate Through Bloodsucking 我靠吸血修仙 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Eastern Fantasy357k WordsCompleted The new novel, I Get Awesome Through Technology, is currently being serialized and has already reached one million words. The ghost story collection, Tales of Demons and Ghosts at Night, is complete. If you like ghost stories, go check it out. 59Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 248 头 The Seventh Night 头七 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery8k WordsCompleted The Seventh Day 56Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 249 招 The Soul-Summoning Lantern 招魂灯 Binghuo Zi Wende丙火字文德Mystery13k WordsCompleted The Soul-Summoning Lantern 21Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 250 我 My Lady Doesn't Believe in the Supernatural 我家夫人不信邪 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Mystery276k WordsCompleted I believe in metaphysics, but she doesn’t. We got married just to prove each other wrong. I wanted to hang a portrait of the Three Pure Ones, but she refused, so after a huge argument, I decided to write down all the true events that have happened over the years: my dad got into trouble after eating a snake, my grandma suddenly started eating pork knuckle and cursing, Gao Dabao lost a hand in an elevator accident, Feng Ershuang was grabbed by a ghost, and their cousin mysteriously went mad and d 91Reads—Score—Shelves

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