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There’s a Ghost in the Dorm 宿舍有鬼
My roommate is a cosplayer. A month into our sophomore year, she ordered a complete Chinese ghost-bride outfit online to wear to a horror party. She even hung the entire outfit beside her bed the night before. But that night, I woke with a start in the middle of the night and saw with my own eyes a female ghost in a bright red wedding dress pacing back and forth at the foot of her bed.
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My Best Friend Disappeared While Picking Up Takeout, and Everyone Says She Never Existed 闺蜜取个外卖就失踪，所有人都说她并不存在
My best friend went out to pick up a delivery and never came back. She vanished from my life completely. Nobody remembered her. They all thought I was mentally ill. The truth was, we had been split across two different timelines.
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Daughter Village 女儿村
I was born in Daughter Village. For twenty years in a row, every child born in our village was a girl. Every nightfall, the cries of baby girls echoed through the valley. Once, a Taoist priest came to our village and said the entire village was cursed. During the summer of my first year of graduate school, my advisor ignored my protests and brought me and several other students to the village to conduct research.
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The Missing Body 丢失的身体
Two empty bottles of sleeping pills lay before the grave, and two kidneys lay before his son's grave. With a smile on his face, he leaned against his son's gravestone and slowly closed his eyes.
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Midnight Strangulation Marks on a Severed Hand 断手的午夜掐痕
That night on duty, my junior grabbed my sleeve, his voice trembling. “Senior, the patient who lost a hand in a drunk-driving accident half a year ago… he's dead.” A chill ran down the back of my neck as the memories came flooding back. Two accident victims had been brought to the hospital that day, and both had lost their right hands. Yet only one of them survived. Later, the survivor woke in the middle of the night with red marks where his own hand had choked him. His family sought help from e
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Workplace Rule Horror: A Desperate Fight to Survive the Grind 职场规则怪谈：玩命打工求生
A job interview turns into a deadly game The printer devours people, the elevator plummets, the boss eats human flesh… Every workplace rule is a lethal trap! Double-sided printing can save your life; pressing the wrong elevator button can cost it. Remember the rules of the workplace, or you'll be the next zombie! Is this workplace bullying, or a death game? Welcome to workplace hell Please do your best to survive.
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Folktales of the Mountains and Wilds 民间山野怪谈
The hidden truths behind ten major unsolved mysteries, revealing a host of terrifying taboos that will send chills down your spine!
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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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A Coffin Soaked in Blood, a Ghost Comes to Claim Your Soul 血浸棺，鬼勾魂
The dead open their eyes, ghosts come to claim souls, the living borrow lifespans, and the dead press down on their coffins... One bizarre, uncanny experience after another keeps resurfacing in my mind like a nightmare. The strange tales in this book are mainly based on Yang Jian’s firsthand experiences... A warning: the actions in this book are for entertainment only. Do not imitate them! There are three kinds of people who read this book: thrill-seekers who aren’t easily scared... those who pu
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The Greatest Taboo Among the People 民间第一禁忌
They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R
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Folk Horror Taboos 民间恐怖禁忌
Do you know the stories old people tell? Do you know there are many things in folk tradition that people say must not be spoken of? Do you know what the elders say about dreams? The elders say there are things you mustn't talk about at night. Did you know that?
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Let Me Tell You a Little Story, But Don't Be Scared, Season Five: Nightmare 我讲个小故事，可别吓着你呀 第五季：梦魇
Fear is a drop of water falling into a pond, setting off one ripple after another. Hidden in everyday life, lurking in people's hearts, fear is everywhere. Fear lives in my stories.
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Heaven and the Death Row Inmate 天堂与死刑犯
(Original instances, setting-focused, no mindless characters or formulaic tropes) A place where people live. This book has a rich setting, rigorous logic, and a complex world. It’s perfect for immersive reading, so enjoy!
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Selling Burial Clothes, Sewing Up Corpses, and Raising a Ghost Wife 卖寿衣，缝尸体，养鬼妻
[Traditional supernatural horror, folk terror, decisive and ruthless] I rented an apartment where someone had died, hoping to save money, only to be plunged into endless darkness... My terrifying girlfriend has a mouth full of sharp teeth and haunts me day and night; A headless vengeful infant on the highway frantically tries to steal people’s heads; A horrifying internet celebrity livestreams herself peeling off people’s faces, while the comments turn eerie; At a Cat Immortal shrine in a strang
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The Years I Spent as a Funeral Mourner 我当哭丧人的那些年
Some people must be mourned loudly when they are laid to rest. Otherwise, according to old folk customs, it is considered an act of filial impiety. After I was born, everyone in my family except my grandfather died because of me. My grandfather fell gravely ill, and to earn money for his treatment, I had no choice but to join Zhang the Elder, a man from my village, as a professional funeral mourner. From then on, I set out on a path of mourning with no return!
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I Have 36,524 Folk Horror Stories 我有36524个民间恐怖故事
[Standalone stories] [Supernatural suspense] [Folk horror] [Mountain spirits and monsters] [Adapted from real cases] [Rural legends] There is no main storyline. Each chapter is a self-contained story adapted from folk rumors, with eerie, gripping plots. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as entertainment.
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Ghost Stories From a Mountain Village: One Horror Story Per Chapter 山村鬼事：一章一个恐怖故事
[Anthology of stories] [Folklore horror] [Supernatural horror] [Village legends] [Chinese-style horror] [Old-time storytelling] There is no overarching plot. Each chapter is a standalone horror story adapted from folk tales, with eerie, unsettling plots that grow more terrifying the more you think about them. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as a bit of fun.
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The Gods’ Foolish Game 诸神愚戏
I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m
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I'm a Funeral Officiant, So Summoning Immortals Is Only Natural 我个殡葬司仪，会请仙也很正常吧
[One heroine + the author conducted on-site research at funeral homes, crematoriums, and cemeteries, striving for realistic details + traditional supernatural tales + professional knowledge of funerals and spirit-medium practices] (The humorous setups and parody scenes in this book, as well as the original Qingfeng spirit-medium altar, where spirits other than ancestors are invited to take up residence, were published with the approval of the author's own guardian spirits. Readers, please believ
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The Creepy World Is My Home: While Others Clear Levels, I Go Home 诡异世界是我家，别人闯关我回家
[Thriller Game] [National Fate] [Female-led] [No romance] [Horror and the supernatural] [Searching for family?] (The first game is mostly about recognizing family, so it isn't scary. The supernatural elements grow more intense in later games.) Li Fuguang transmigrated to a parallel world just as the National Fate Thriller Game descended. Clear ten games in a row, and you earn one wish. The chosen players had done well in the first few games, but they all crashed and burned in the fourth, “A Fami
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Ghost Shop No. 81 81号鬼事铺
Night blankets the city, and the things lurking in the shadows begin to stir. The raccoon dog granny who eats raw meat, the fitness girl with fish scales growing on her back. The wild foxes who approach people by the roadside, and the little convenience store in the cemetery. I've experienced all of these. And it all began after I witnessed a car accident...
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The Dead Man's Makeup 死人妆
The old folks often say, “Men shouldn’t be born on the first day of the lunar month, and women shouldn’t be born on the fifteenth.” I was born on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with the fate of an iron broom and a destructive bone marrow. The living despise me, and I bring death to my whole family, yet demons and ghosts have their eyes on me! Because of him, I also broke a taboo and became a woman of yin fate... To save me, my mother-in-law taught me the art of applying makeup to th
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Rule Horror: They Say I Have Multiple Personalities 规则怪谈：他们说我有多重人格
[Comedy, lighthearted, invincible, bizarre, ever-changing personality] This is the second year of the showdown between humanity and bizarre creatures, and the situation is growing increasingly tense... Bi Yi transmigrates into the body of a man who had jumped to his death. The moment he opens his eyes, he is chosen as a contestant. But his head was damaged in the fall, so he is always getting into trouble. Every day, he loses his memory, goes crazy, then turns around and becomes incredibly obedi
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Master of Folk Occult Arts: My Livestream Terrifies the Entire Internet 民间秘法大师，直播吓疯全网
[Horror + no romance + comedy + innate spirit body + spirit communication + maximum fear factor] My younger sister drew the death lot, and the whole village demanded she be sacrificed. I turned on a livestream and made a century-old vengeful ghost into sashimi. From then on, haunted houses became my cafeteria, and ghost kings became takeout. The authorities begged me to work with them, the Taoist sects revered me as a master, and the underworld begged me to livestream. When fear returned and a h
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The Midnight Ghost Examiner 诡夜鉴
Strange and eerie tales, forgotten by the neon lights of the city, awaken one by one to the chimes of midnight. Beneath every modern facade lies a century-old chain of cause and effect. Written in cinnabar, this collection of urban tales unveils the ancient malice lurking between reality and illusion.
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I Get Stronger by Eating Ghosts 我，吃鬼就变强
Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca
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I Evolved Billions of Curses 我进化了亿万诅咒
[Chinese-Style Horror + Twists + Humans Scaring Ghosts] The supernatural returned, ferocious ghosts broke loose, and unimaginable horrors appeared in the real world. As night fell over the city, nightmares engulfed everyone. Jiang Fan gained the power to develop abilities by studying ghosts. As long as he kept scaring them, he could become the greatest terror in the darkness. The more terrified they were, the greater the power he gained. Then he discovered that his potential had been unleas
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Old Haunts 陈年诡事
There is only one disease in the world, and it's called poverty. There is only one kind of ghost in the world, and it's called a poor ghost. My name is Chen Xiaofei. I'm a high school sophomore who's both afflicted with the disease of poverty and a poor ghost.
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My Pale Life 我苍白的一生
My name is Zhang Yuan, though my childhood nickname was Ergou. I'm male, born in 1990. Everyone encounters all kinds of strange, inexplicable things in life. By the way, do you believe in ghosts?
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Welcome to the Real Nightmare Game 欢迎进入真实噩梦游戏
[Infinite Flow + Horror Instances + Plot-Heavy + Mind Games and Brain-Burning Puzzles + No CP + Escape Through Deduction + Supernatural Horror] Zhao Ding woke with a start in the middle of the night, only to find that his familiar bedroom had become strangely unfamiliar. The walls were old and yellowed, there was inexplicable dust in his slippers, and eerie knocking sounded through the silent night... As he listened to the strange knocking outside his door, Zhao Ding had no idea that the world b
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Invitation from Hell 地狱邀请函
[Ghost Escape + Supernatural Horror + Infinite Flow + A Clever Protagonist] An invitation and an abandoned bus drag a group of people into a haunted realm… Lin Mo barely makes it back to the real world alive, only to discover that the horror has just begun. One invitation after another arrives before him, and one eerie world after another comes calling… The Dusk Spirit Hotel, the Dead Return, Vengeful Ghosts Invade: what is the truth behind it all? Who is a friend? And who is an enemy? Shh… Watc
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One Floor, One Ghost 一层一鬼
I'm a columnist. After my career hit rock bottom, I ended up renting a place in the suburbs. I never expected to find myself trapped in a fire-ravaged building, where one terrifying incident after another unfolded, eventually revealing the full truth behind the blaze... The building's unspeakable secret.
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The Immortal Food of Mankind 人种仙食
"Weird Cultivation, Behind-the-Scenes Story" The Tang Dynasty: strange things are coming. When Li Qing transmigrated here, he thought Mr. Huayue had kindly taken him in. Little did he know that the man saw him only as livestock to be raised for food. At the brink of life and death, the jade tablet on Li Qing revealed its power, gravely wounding Mr. Huayue and allowing him to escape. But the danger was far from over. The scheme of the Six Paths and Eight Immortals to devour all living beings had
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The Haunted Garden 诡园
Xi Chen felt that he had already done everything he wanted to do. The world was so boring that he wanted to end it. But even he thought this boring world didn't deserve to be dragged down with him, so he let it be. He didn't just fail to die, though. He was forced to join a game. Impossible to solve? Impossible! Maybe life wasn't quite so dull after all. No CP
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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!"
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The Hermit Wanyan's First Book 惘然居士的第1本书
Luo Chen was sleeping at home when, without warning, he woke up in an infinite-horror world. It is a dangerous place known as the World of Reincarnation! Here, a glowing orb called the “Main God” throws people from the real world who feel disillusioned, numb, or hopeless about life into a bizarre cycle of reincarnation! Every ten days, the Main God forces them to enter a horror-movie world and take on a series of dangerous missions. They can survive only by completing them. Watch how the protago
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Crime Scene 诡案现场
When he was twenty, a blank painting was enshrined in the ancestral hall at a crime scene. Why were two male corpses embracing beneath an ancient tree? Was the shadow inside the house a person or a ghost? After all the confusing clues, was the killer human or ghost?
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Strange Happenings in the Ancient City 古城诡事
A mysterious phone call full of suspense and a childhood friend he hasn't seen in years draw him into a dangerous web of intrigue. Following the clues, he steps into one carefully laid trap after another. His friend, returned from the dead, Qin Zhijie, who clings to him relentlessly and seems neither wholly good nor wholly evil, and Shangguan Wan'er, whose identity is shrouded in mystery, all vanish without a trace at the most crucial moments. Why did Da Kui, who had braved life and death, come
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The Loop 循环
From losing everything to striking it rich overnight, Wang Hao wins at the gambling table for five days straight. But there are no free lunches, and in the end, his greed will make him pay a terrible price! In a single night, Wang Hao vanishes without a trace. Awei, Wang Hao's friend, reports him missing to the police, then secretly investigates his whereabouts. Unexpectedly, one eerie incident after another follows! Someone who died more than twenty years ago reappears! As he digs deeper, he di
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Thirty Years on Maoshan 茅山三十年
♥ Don’t let the rating fool you, my book is top-notch! A feel-good story about a Taoist priest who descends the mountain to catch ghosts and drive out evil. No romance, no saintly do-gooder. Traveling far and wide to vanquish demons and uphold the Dao. No padding, no rambling, no romance.
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Ghost Stories of the Southwest 西南鬼事
This is a collection of ghost stories from southwest China, made up of a series of medium-length tales. Some may be part of your childhood, some may be stories you've told yourself, and others may be stories you've never heard. Today, let Xiao An tell you these strange and wondrous tales, one by one.
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The Boat That Ferries the Dead 渡亡之舟
Dense fog seals off the sea, and a battered wooden ship drifts aimlessly. When Ya Heng wakes on the icy deck, he knows he has become a “Ferryman of the Dead.” The first stop is called Happiness Town. Welcome to Happiness Town, where the villagers always wear blissful smiles, as if they have no idea what sorrow is. When Butcher Hu sheds his human skin, when broken bones float up in Chef Zheng’s wine jar, when the “fourteen years” curse from the comic comes true... Only then does Ya Heng understa
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Horror Resurges: I Have a Ghost Bus 恐怖复苏，我有一辆鬼大巴
“My name is Jiang Yan. If you don’t want to die, get in my car.” On the way back to his village for a holiday, Jiang Yan successfully took control of a ghost bus and became a ghost-handler. What secrets lie hidden in the eerie village? What terror is sealed inside the pitch-black coffin? In a torrential downpour, ghosts roam the amusement park. Is this the beginning of everything, or the end? As a blood mist invades and the entire city is sealed off, despair closes in. Face death and fight t
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Chinese Horror Is Weak? Then Why Are You Bowing When I Summon It? 中式恐怖弱？召唤出来你磕什么头
A horror arena has descended upon Blue Star. Each nation must summon a terrifying entity to fight for it. The winners will see their national fortunes flourish and endure for all eternity. The losers will see their national fortunes decline, their resources and territory plundered, and their dignity stripped away. To claim victory, nations everywhere summon horrors native to their lands. The Sakura Nation has the Slit-Mouthed Woman, the Red Cape, the Four Great Female Ghosts, and the Hundred Gho
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We Were Already Dating Before You Told Me My Boyfriend Wasn't Human 都谈恋爱了你才告诉我男友不是人
Bai Yao became a vicious supporting character in numerous horror worlds, possessing nothing but beauty and a love of money. After the System tossed her the words "win them over," it lost contact because of a bad signal. She had read so many novels and knew the tropes well. Wasn't she supposed to win over men who had suffered tragic fates? The first time she saw someone, she could sense a dark red glow around him. She guessed that he must be her target, so... At a haunted boarding school, she fou
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Sorry, You’ll Never Catch Up to Me, NPC 抱歉啦，姐是你们追不上的npc
(A completely brainless comedy from start to finish) When Yun Youyou opened her eyes, she found herself inexplicably turned into an NPC in a horror game. Cheapskate game: no wages, no benefits. As long as you don't work yourself to death, they'll work you to death. Yun Youyou: Then I have no choice but to pretend I'm a pile of crap. If I can't create any value, it's the same as not working. With nothing but her silver tongue, Yun Youyou somehow turned a horror game into a comedy. The haunted hot
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Horror Reality Show: Global Audiences Watch Me Spoil the Big Shot 恐怖真人秀：全球观众看我宠娇了大佬
[Infinite-flow + feel-good story + seemingly innocent but secretly scheming leads + sweet romance with no angst] On the first day back in show business, washed-up actress Xia Qian'ge gets pulled into a horror movie. Have you ever seen a village that eats people? Have you ever seen a hospital at midnight? Have you ever seen a school filled with eerie laughter? With her superb acting skills, Xia Qian'ge declares, “I’m useless at everything, but a champion at pretending to be scared. I just want to
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Hell Is Empty, and Evil Spirits Walk the Earth 地狱空荡荡，恶灵在人间
This is a horror novel centered on mystery, a traditional supernatural story with no System and no cultivation. The setup is lengthy, there are many mysteries, and the truth is revealed gradually. A mysterious apartment brings endless nightmares. To escape, you must complete the nine tasks assigned by the apartment. Hunted by evil spirits, mocked by ghosts, and consumed by resentment, everyone will be trapped in a terrifying cycle of death and rebirth, played out in blood. “All who are ruled by
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Horror Arena: A Ghostly Coffin Wedding from the Start Leaves the World in Tears 恐怖擂台：开局阴棺冥婚吓哭全球
[National Fortune Arena] + [Chinese Horror vs. Western Horror] + [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] A horror arena descended upon the world. A blood-red sun hung overhead, and an eerie aura spread across the globe in an instant. Horrors from every nation rose from their forbidden slumber. A global war for national fortune began. The victors would enjoy lasting national fortune and a civilization that advanced by leaps and bounds. The defeated would see their national fortune decline as horrors descended
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The Ancestor of Feng Shui 风水之祖
This is not your typical feng shui story. If that bothers you, please move along. Inside you’ll find the most terrifying human demons and ghosts, horrifying infant spirits, bewitching female ghosts, thousand-year-old flood dragons, and even a ghastly face that will make your heart race... There are no tired formulas here, so be patient. The further you read, the better it gets… The story begins on the day I was born. On the day of my birth, every last one of the chickens and ducks my family k
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