Horror Novels: The Scarier, the Better 恐怖小说，越恐怖越好

1. 201 侯 The Marquis Is Unworthy; After Our Divorce, I Became Richer Than a Nation 侯主不贤，和离后我富可敌国 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩Ancient Romance20k WordsCompleted The Marquis Is Incompetent. After Our Divorce, I Became Rich Enough to Rival a Nation 10Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 202 第 The Ninth Secret Bureau 第九守秘局 The One Surnamed Yi姓易的Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted “If we want the people of this world to live in the sunlight and keep their sanity, then we must keep secret the things they were never meant to know.” “Because the moment they see those terrifying beings that defy all known science and truly discover how horrifying this world is... believe me, Earth will become the biggest asylum in the universe.” Chen Xian, Ninth Secret Bureau 3.8kReads9.2Score466Shelves

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   Recently I often read these five horror books➕apocalyptic stories. The plot is a bit slow, but those who are patient can feel free to dive in [Cool]

3. 203 与 Followed by Ghosts 与鬼随行 Green Wine and Red Lips绿酒朱唇Mystery360k WordsOngoing Immersive, terrifying, and packed with suspenseful mystery and deduction. I have a strange world, and I want to take you there! After the college entrance exams, I took a fatal blow meant for my friend and lost my sight. By chance, I ended up at a bizarre vocational college. My classmates are dying one after another under strange circumstances, and there seems to be a much bigger secret behind it all. This world seems so strange... so strange... I have to solve the mind-bending challenges one by 827Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is good and scary. You can read it.

4. 204 腺 Adenovirus Swimming Pool: I Fell Asleep and Was Pulled into a Livestream, Then My Child Disappeared 腺病毒游泳馆：睡一觉被拉进直播后，我的孩子不见了 Con MaoriCon卯日11k WordsCompleted The Adenovirus Swimming Pool: I Was Pulled Into a Livestream While I Slept, and My Child Disappeared 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Obviously the rules say [the rest room is safe], why would my brother kill me?

5. 205 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I Won't Make Wedding Clothes for Someone Else 重生八零：不为他人做嫁衣 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩28k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s: I Won't Live for Others 3Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 206 追 I Followed a Beauty into a Cave, and Ten Years Later I Became a Monster 追美女进山洞，十年后我成了妖怪 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学37k WordsCompleted I followed a beauty into a mountain cave. Ten years later, I became a monster. 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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   That's a woman. Wearing a plain white dress with fluttering skirts, as if wrapped in a light smoke-like mist, she was walking slowly on the stone path of Qingya. She didn't look back, only her silhouette was so beautiful that she didn't look like a human being in this world. Her black hair is hanging down, her figure is light, and she steps leisurely among the rocks covered with petals. Su Yan's heart skipped a beat. Where could such a stunning woman come from in the wilderness of the mountains? He has read Zhiguai since he was a child

7. 207 一 One Man, One Dog, One Zombie 一人一狗一丧尸 Uncle Nan Yao南妖叔Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [No superpowers + no System + plot-focused + no harem] Huang Jin, a young man who secretly worked in a specialized line of business, received a call from his boss at the beginning of the zombie outbreak. His boss ordered him to stay put in C City and wait for the organization to rescue him. But time passed, and after waiting for two whole years, Huang Jin still saw no sign of anyone from the organization. He decided to head to Z City, where his boss was, on his own. Along the way, he came across 38.1kReads9.4Score3.5kShelves
8. 208 访 Record of the Spirit Seekers 2: Farewell to the Mortal World 访灵笔录2：入世辞 Mr. Tipsy酩酊和先生Mystery196k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + powerful partners + lively humor + episodic stories + ghostly tales + an ensemble cast hunting ghosts] “Nothing brings greater joy than meeting a new friend; nothing brings greater sorrow than parting from a loved one.” A chance encounter with a beauty on Ghost Wasteland Mountain turns out to be a deadly ghost's attempt to claim a soul! Karmic ties from a past life and entanglements in this one: whose mistake is it, and whose fate? Quan Ning and Yin Cangyi are accidenta 38Reads7.9Score—Shelves
9. 209 大 Great Qin: The Heroic Ruler Arrives 大秦：雄主临世 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩Historical70k WordsCompleted Great Qin: The Heroic Ruler Takes the Stage 15Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 210 乱 A Valiant Woman in Troubled Times: One Lone Blade to Avenge a Sea of Blood 乱世烈女：孤刀报尽血海仇 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted A Fierce Woman in Troubled Times: One Lone Blade to Avenge a Blood Feud 16Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 211 坊 The Three Scoundrels of the Market 坊市三贱客 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩17k WordsCompleted The Three Scoundrels of the Market 22Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 212 新 A Fox's Claw Marks Appeared on the Bride's Back on Our Wedding Night 新婚夜，新娘背上现出狐伤 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学48k WordsCompleted On their wedding night, a fox-shaped wound appears on the bride's back. 37Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 213 我 I’m a Thief. I Accidentally Broke Into a Murderer’s House and Got Chased for Eight Blocks 我是小偷，不小心偷进杀人犯家里去了，还被追了八条街 The World's Mightiest Little Fox宇宙无敌小狐狸7k WordsCompleted I’m a thief. I accidentally broke into a murderer’s house, and he chased me for eight blocks. 851Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a masterpiece.

14. 214 摆 A Laid-Back Golden Core, Refusing to Ascend 摆烂金丹，拒绝飞升 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩11k WordsCompleted A Laid-Back Golden Core Cultivator Refuses to Ascend 24Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 215 冷 Six Years in the Cold Palace: I Nurtured an Emperor for the Ages with My Life 冷宫六年，我以命养出千古明君 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学Ancient Romance26k WordsCompleted Six Years in the Cold Palace, I Nurtured an Eternal Wise Ruler with My Life 9Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 216 白 Selling Clothes by Day, Sewing Corpses by Night 白天卖衣服，晚上缝尸体 Night Shadow夜幽影Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [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 56.2kReads9.2Score7.7kShelves

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    The first book is not finished yet, two pages a day are not enough to read [crazy] [crazy] The second book also has pictures, which is a bit thrilling to read (you have to be prepared every time you turn the page)

17. 217 散 Ghosts in Pieces 散装见鬼 Tian Yucao田雨草Mystery174k WordsCompleted Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? I think that question is as impossible to answer as whether there are dragons in this world. The answer you hear most often is: Believe in them, and they exist. Don’t believe in them, and they don’t. But if you ask me, my answer is simple: Yes! Not because I believe, but because I can see them. Of course, I wasn’t able to see them from birth. It all goes back to the strange experience I had when I was six... 39Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Really scary!!!

18. 218 芦 Clear Words Hidden in Reed Leaves, Carried on the Wind for Twenty Years 芦叶藏清词，风吹二十年 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学Marriage & Romance22k WordsCompleted Pure Words Hidden in Reed Leaves, Carried by the Wind for Twenty Years 5Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 219 替 The Mad Consort by Proxy: Prince, I Hope You're Well 《替嫁疯妃，王爷别来无恙》 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩Ancient Romance16k WordsCompleted My Replacement Bride Is a Madwoman, Stay Away, Prince! 13Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 220 巡 The Yin-Walker 巡阴人 Feiyi匪夷Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Applying makeup to the dead, reading the winds and assessing the land, preparing bodies for burial, and performing rites on the seventh day after death. Scorched corpses: cleaning the body, applying rouge, painting the features! Bodies cut in half at the waist: removing the organs, filling the cavities, and stitching the body back together! I was born into a family that made its living from the dead, so I grew up dealing with corpses. I’ve seen all sorts of bizarre ways to die and countless inex 9.5kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
21. 221 隆 The Longqing Murders: A Scholar's Wrongful Conviction, and I Set His Spirit Wife Straight 隆庆奇案：秀才冤狱，我判灵妻归正 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学11k WordsCompleted The Longqing Mystery: A Scholar's Wrongful Imprisonment, I Rule That His Spirit Wife Be Set Right 2Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 222 规 Rule Horror: Something Is Wrong with My Old Family Home 规则怪谈：我家老宅有问题 A Thousand Flying Leaves千千飞叶28k WordsCompleted Rule Horror: There's Something Wrong with My Family's Old House 1Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 223 活 Taboo of the Living 2 活人禁忌2 Ninth Master of the Thieves' Sect盗门九当家Urban1.7M WordsCompleted Heaven Official's Blessing, no taboos under heaven. The second installment of Living People’s Taboos! 7.6kReads9.1Score1kShelves
24. 224 我 I Didn't Kill My Best Friend, But He Did Die Because of Me 我没动手杀挚友，但他确实因我凉透了 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学Historical13k WordsCompleted I didn't kill my best friend, but he did end up dead because of me. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 225 合 A Marriage Contract, and the Cold CEO Secretly Falls for Me 合约成婚，冷面总裁悄悄动心了 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩16k WordsCompleted A Contract Marriage, and the Cold-Faced CEO Secretly Falls for Her 14Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 226 民 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 50kReads9.4Score5.9kShelves
27. 227 午 Midnight Terror: The Strange Radio Broadcast 午夜惊魂之电波诡事 Half a Feather半面羽毛Mystery354k WordsOngoing In the winter of 1998, Liu Siyang, a broadcasting college graduate, was assigned to Shengjing Radio. He took over a long-dormant late-night program, named it Midnight Frights, and set out to tell the insomniacs of this old industrial city some unusual stories over the midnight airwaves. He unearthed three bizarre cases from the radio station’s archives and old police files: the sweeping sounds that never ceased after the death of “Big Black Tooth,” the library’s caretaker; the green powder stuff 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Who knows! This suspenseful book not only contains supernatural stories, but also makes people feel numb after watching workplace drama in the radio station 🔥 New anchor Liu Siyang became popular with "Midnight Terror". Mu Xiuyu Lin, colleagues in the station were jealous and scheming, and anonymous reports came one after another. After moving to the provincial art station, he was involved in the ideological confrontation between the station director and the program director. Yan Zhengming wanted to break the traffic situation, while Gao Qisong insisted on sticking to the bottom line of the rules. Liu Siyang was caught in the middle, holding a double-edged sword. On one side is the power game in the radio station, and on the other side are the old cases behind the airwaves. Question: If you were Liu Siyang, would you choose to curb your edge and live a stable life, or continue to take risks and explore the truth? Title of the book: "Midnight Terror: Strange Things on the Radio" #Novel Recommendation #Suspense Tweet #Radio Story #Update Novel

28. 228 洪 Hongwu's Wrath: A Lowly Clerk Defies Heaven, Three Hundred Households Lose Their Heads 洪武怒：小吏抗天，三百户枭首 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学Historical30k WordsCompleted Hongwu's Fury: A Petty Official Defies Heaven, Three Hundred Households Beheaded 1Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 229 我 My Phone Can Unlock Ancient Martial Arts Legacies 我的手机能解锁古武传承 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩17k WordsCompleted My Phone Can Unlock Ancient Martial Arts Legacies 4Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 230 死 The House of Deadly Peril 死亡凶间 Nicholas Goudan尼古拉斯狗蛋Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted I work as a specialist crime-scene cleaner, tasked with cleaning up after murders, suicides, and accidental deaths. I’ve seen more than my share of partings and grief, as well as the other side of death. Then, on the Ghost Festival, I encountered something terrifying... 21.9kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves

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    They are all super good, but the first one is a bit disappointing. The third one also ends hastily, but it is also very interesting and worth following. It is not bad but a bit short. The last one is not very scary, but it is okay.

31. 231 完 Oh No, Sun Wukong Has Fallen in Love with the Bone Demon 完蛋了，孙悟空爱上了白骨精 The World's Mightiest Little Fox宇宙无敌小狐狸Eastern Fantasy356k WordsCompleted Zhu Bajie: “Tell me, what is love? It makes this old pig pledge himself to another.” Sun Wukong: “The monsters are here. Bajie, you go first. I’ll cover the rear. Don’t worry: if you die, you’ll get a hundred million in underworld currency for compensation, deposited straight into your secret account at the Bank of the Underworld.” Tang Sanzang: “Bajie, your master is hungry. Hurry up and stew a pot of monk meat. Do you even want to keep your job? You’re so slow at everything, as dumb as a pig.” 359Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Very pretty.

32. 232 寿 The Immortal’s Path of a Funeral Garment Shop Owner 寿衣店老板的修仙路 Half a Feather半面羽毛Mystery687k WordsOngoing An Accidental Ghost Cultivator Begins His Path to Immortality Luo Ze is an art teacher at an art training school. After 30 years of teaching, he has become a renowned teacher with students all over the place. After a car accident, he unexpectedly transmigrates 20 years into the past, only to find himself possessing the body of a 19-year-old who runs a funeral clothing shop. While providing someone with a complete funeral service, he unexpectedly acquires an ancient bronze mirror of unknown origi 23Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 233 万 The Myriad Phenomena Restoration Bureau 万象修复局 VIP Among VIPs威艾屁中屁Mystery346k WordsOngoing [Urban Mystery + Folk Horror + Unusual Profession + Conceptual Restoration + Ensemble Cast + No System] When a city begins to forget “fire,” when the names of the dead appear on paper effigies, when streets vanish from the map overnight... Some things can be fixed when they break. But what if what's broken is a “concept” shared by all humanity? Shen Yan is an antique restorer and a member of the Bureau of Universal Restoration. He can restore the things this world is forgetting. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If there is no book you want to read recently, you can try this supernatural book. The plot of this book is really amazing. Whether it is the writing or the foreshadowing, it is very comfortable to read. It is definitely a great little story before going to bed.

34. 234 绝 The Tang Banner in the Far Reaches 绝域唐旗 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学Historical21k WordsCompleted The Tang Banner in the Forbidden Lands 1Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 235 国 National Treasure 国家宝藏 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery930k WordsCompleted [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Smart Protagonists] There is a group of people armed with black blades and mysterious arts, born to venture into ancient tombs across the land. There is a group of people who fight without end and bleed until they are drained, dying to protect the nation's treasures. They stand before the countless people of the world, shielding them from its darkest corners. They leave the greatest glory of their people behind them, for all to behold. They share one name: Qilin. But I 42.4kReads9.5Score5kShelves

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    They are all super good, but the first one is a bit disappointing. The third one also ends hastily, but it is also very interesting and worth following. It is not bad but a bit short. The last one is not very scary but it is okay.

36. 236 我 The Supernatural Events I Encountered in My Rental Apartment 我在出租屋遇到的灵异事件 Du Shangfeng杜上丰Mystery305k WordsCompleted One day, Du Shangfeng returned home and discovered that his once-gentle cousin had begun acting terrifyingly strangely. He was so frightened that he fled the house in the middle of the night. On the road, he ran into his college classmates Li Xiuchen and Pan Xiaowei, a girl from the Miao family. Together, they began investigating the matter. As they dug deeper, stranger and stranger things came to light: Why had their classmate Afu, who had moved away and whose house had been demolished, suddenl 4.3kReads8.3Score308Shelves

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    The first one is super scary

37. 237 会 The Stone That Remembers the Light 会记住光的石头 Half a Feather半面羽毛28k WordsCompleted The Stone That Remembers the Light 3Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 238 逍 A Carefree Fairy Descends to Earth and Takes the Internet Giants by Storm 逍遥仙女下凡，卷爆互联网大厂 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学Urban23k WordsCompleted A carefree fairy descends to earth and takes the internet giants by storm 2Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 239 我 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 Dragon-Taming Pool御龙潭Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [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 30.2kReads9.4Score3.4kShelves
40. 240 爱 I Love Your Numbness, I Love Your Spice, I Love You Till My Stomach Gives Out 爱你的麻，爱你的辣，爱得老胃直拉胯 Half a Feather半面羽毛Marriage & Romance24k WordsCompleted I love your numbing spice, I love your heat, I love you so much my stomach’s a mess 3Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 241 开 From the Start, I Took My Colleagues Back to Town 开局带着同事回镇 Chubby Dragon Who Loves Papaya Water爱吃木瓜水的胖胖龙Mystery143k WordsOngoing I grew up in Luoyin Town, but when I was six, I fled the ancient town overnight with my family. The town's baleful energy sealed away all my memories of it, leaving only scattered fragments of terrifying nightmares. My parents vanished mysteriously many years ago, leaving behind just one final warning: Never return to the mountains, and never touch anything red. To uncover the truth behind their disappearance, I follow the clues in a fragmentary ancient text and return to Luoyin Town. I am the o 1Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 242 笺 Ink and Tang Style: The Biography of Xue Tao 笺染唐风：薛涛传 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学21k WordsCompleted Ink on Silk, Tang-Era Style: The Story of Xue Tao 1Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 243 玛 Mama Haha Won't Fly Anymore 玛玛哈哈不飞了 Half a Feather半面羽毛38k WordsCompleted Mama Haha Won't Fly Anymore 1Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 244 焚 Burning the Manuscript at Qingzhi Cove: The Southern Song Poetess Refuses to Cross Over 焚稿青芝坞：南宋才女不肯渡 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学Marriage & Romance28k WordsCompleted Burning the Drafts at Qingzhi Dock: The Southern Song Talented Lady Refuses to Cross the River 2Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 245 破 Financial Ruin 破財 A Lowly, Taciturn Scholar鲰生寡言Xianxia103k WordsOngoing Cen Ziyu and his grandmother depended on each other. Life was hard, but the uncles and aunties of Yunshui Town were always kind to the two of them, often giving them a helping hand. That was until Cen Ziyu rescued a boy named A Yao at the old tomb temple. After that, everything grew strange. The adults began instinctively avoiding Cen Ziyu, and his childhood playmates started vanishing one by one, as if they had disappeared from the world. Cen Ziyu could clearly feel an eerie, ink-dark silence s 460Reads—Score—Shelves

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    On the day the secret that had been sealed for nine years was revealed, everyone in Yunshui Town died! In the past, Cen Ziyu always thought that the Shankui ghost eating children was just a weird thing fabricated by adults to scare children, until that day he remembered something. When he was a kid... He ate people.

46. 246 怪 The Paranormal Investigation Bureau Needs Talents Like Me 怪谈调查科需要我这样的人才 Hope You Enjoy Reading希望看的开心Mystery221k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted from scratch!]+ [Vengeful Ghosts Return]+ [Supernatural Escape]+ [Killing Patterns]+ [Rule Horror]+ [Mystery and Twists]+ [There’s a Romance, but It’s Not the Focus] [Please Give Me a Chance to Tell a Ghost Story] Doppelgängers, dismemberment cases, vengeful ghosts, whatever you do, don’t look back, a deadly exam, zoo horror stories… The world is being invaded by the supernatural, and ordinary humans can no longer survive. Lu Ming, a rookie at the Paranormal Investigation Bureau, di 214Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These books are absolutely terrifying, you should read them!

47. 247 我 After My Face Was Stolen, I Drew the Six Realms of Living Beings 我的脸被夺走后我画出六道众生相 Watching Snow on a Sunny Day晴天看雪Mystery160k WordsOngoing My face was stolen. It wasn’t disfigured. It wasn’t disguised. My face was literally gone. To stay alive, I had no choice but to paint one new face after another onto my own. Human, ghost, demon, beast, god, immortal. Every face I painted gave me a new ability. As I tried to reclaim my original face, I gradually discovered that this world was far more complicated than it seemed. 62Reads—Score126Shelves

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    I would like to recommend a traditional horror novel with an unsystematic protagonist that I wrote, which is definitely worth reading❍⩊❍

48. 248 诡 The Haunted Domain: Breaking Free from Obsession 诡域，破执 Ling Xin808凌心808Mystery91k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow] + [Rule Horror] + [Dungeons] + [Survival] A perpetually damp letter, stained with sandalwood incense, drags Shen Yan into the Weird Domain. A midnight bus heads for an abandoned Republic-era station. A rusty clock sways as twelve threshold gates open, each tied to one of humanity's cardinal sins. Here, life and death are not left to fate, but governed by cold, unyielding rules. Yet beneath the scar over the left eye of Shen Yan, a book restorer at the archives, lies an abnormal p 3Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 249 西 Pines and Cypresses at Xiling Betray Our Promised Time 西陵松柏负佳期 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学22k WordsCompleted Pines and cypresses of Xiling, missing the promised day —Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 250 逍 Carefree Immortal: After Descending to the Mortal Realm, I Ascended by Scrounging Meals 逍遥仙：下凡后，我靠蹭饭飞升了 Lingnan School of Painting Literature岭南画派文学35k WordsCompleted Carefree Immortal: After Descending to the Mortal Realm, I Ascended by Scoring Free Meals —Reads—Score—Shelves

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