Horror, Absurdity, and the Supernatural: Something Truly Gripping and Chilling 恐怖，荒诞，诡异，要那种特别精彩的，让人发悚

1. 551 青 The Bronze Ritual Cauldron 青铜法鼎 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery10k WordsCompleted Chen Junsheng has been seeing ghosts lately. While walking down the street, his vision would suddenly warp, and then he'd see a woman in a red traditional wedding gown. But he'd done plenty of good deeds in his life, so why would a ghost come after him? It wasn't until he sought help from an expert that he learned someone had made him take their place in death. Before long, he would die a sudden, violent death... —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 552 锁 Soul-Locking Pavilion 锁魂阁 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery9k WordsCompleted My hand trembled slightly as I clutched the diagnosis report. The clinic's heating was turned way up, but cold sweat had soaked the lining of my down jacket. The robed man before me slid over a cup of blood-red tea. The miniature carved pavilion in his palm glowed faintly. “The Soul-Locking Pavilion has recognized you as its master. That means the original owner of your heart was sacrificed alive.” Amid the crisp clink of the teacup against the table, he suddenly leaned in close: “Trade the glor —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 553 致 The Deadly Incense-Switching Pot 致命转香壶 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery9k WordsCompleted Song Shiyan suffers from a strange illness, yet every medical examination comes back completely normal. A year has passed, and she's even lost her sense of taste. At her mother's suggestion, she seeks help from a mysterious shaman and receives a mandarin-duck aroma pot said to cure her illness. But this is the beginning of karmic retribution and the cycle of good and evil... 3Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 554 恐 Horror Resurges: I Have a Ghost Bus 恐怖复苏，我有一辆鬼大巴 This Wang Is Tired本汪困了Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted “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 6.8kReads7.6Score538Shelves

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   🍀🍀🍀, Who is scarier, poverty or ghosts? My answer is poverty. Ghosts will kill you, and so will poverty. But ghosts will not make you hungry, sick and homeless, but poverty will. (Simply a tough character)

5. 555 恐 The Horror Academy 恐怖高校 Butterfly Che Yao蝶澈妖Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted When many universities were first built, the land they bought was wilderness or burial grounds. That makes campuses rather eerie places. As you lie in your dorm bed each night, someone might be staring at you from the darkness. They could be wedged inside a wardrobe, reflected in the bathroom mirror, watching from the balcony window, or even... inside the wall facing your bed... 795Reads—Score103Shelves
6. 556 终 Endgame Sequence: Blind Man, Fog City, Demon Musician 终焉序列：瞎子，迷城，魔琴师 Shan Qingxue山青雪Urban346k WordsOngoing Gentle as a spring breeze? Harmless to people and animals? That was nothing but a facade Si Hongyu carefully cultivated. He's the Silver Order's chief assassin, ruthless and decisive. Then he suddenly transmigrates to an unfamiliar world, where he becomes a blind man about to meet his online girlfriend in person. He thinks it'll just be an ordinary case of stealing someone's date, but his girlfriend turns into a tentacled monster and tries to swallow him whole? Luckily, at the crucial moment, he 8Reads7.3Score—Shelves

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   Sequence, the protagonist is blind, Cthulhu's world view, the heroine is super cute

7. 557 恐 The Haunted Old Mansion 恐怖老宅 Good-for-Nothing Girl废柴姑娘Mystery776k WordsCompleted The living guard the yang, while ghosts hold the yin in check. Yin and yang are inseparable, and nothing is forbidden. In this world, everyone is either human or ghost, yin or yang. But there are people who walk between the two realms all year round, neither human nor ghost. They are the Yin-Yang House Guardians! 55Reads7.0Score—Shelves
8. 558 我 The True Story of a Haunted House Sleep Tester 我，一名凶宅试睡员的真实经历 Uncle Shui from Jinmen津门水叔Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted If there were a job where you didn’t have to do anything, but could charge by the minute and make a fortune just by sleeping, would you be interested in trying it? There’s just one catch: you can’t be afraid of ghosts. If you’re curious about what kind of job this is, I’m a veteran in the field, and I’ll tell you about my own experiences… 2.5kReads8.3Score190Shelves
9. 559 死 Death on Delivery 死亡外卖 Broken Word Venice断字威尼斯Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Never try to save money when ordering takeout! After ordering a meal that wasn't clean, strange events keep happening, and his coworkers begin dying one by one. Some takeout costs you money. Some takeout costs you your life. My other completed novel, The Hell Company, is over a million words long. Come check it out, dear readers~~ 1.9kReads8.7Score180Shelves
10. 560 惊 A Horror Game Has Arrived? I Hear It's Terrifying! 惊悚游戏降临？听说好可怕啊！ Drunken Wind and Rain风雨神醉Mystery500k WordsCompleted Horror Comedy + Supernatural + Infinite Worlds + No Female Lead + Internship System + Light Power Fantasy While Qin Feng was working diligently, a coworker told him that the horrifying game that had descended a few days earlier actually had a livestream. Was it really that scary? "Have you heard? The game is full of vicious ghosts." "Have you heard? The ghosts are ranked by level." "What levels?" "Scary, terrifying, dangerous, horrifying, nightmare, and hell." "That's all?" "What, there's more?" 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Give it a try, I feel like it's okay afterwards [laughing evilly] [fear]

11. 561 规 Rule Horror: Trapped on a Bus 规则怪谈：从陷入公交车开始 Sailing Sea Anemone扬帆的海葵Urban171k WordsOngoing Synopsis: [Smart Protagonist] [No System] [No Over-the-Top Drama] The world is changing. Everything is transforming. Rules keep appearing. The bus is only the beginning. Only by following the rules can you survive. The synopsis doesn’t do it justice. Please read the full story. Thank you all for your support. —Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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    These are very consistent with what you said. I hope you like them [laughs]

12. 562 规 When Rule-Based Horror Arrives: From the Start, I Make a Move on My Female Boss 规则怪谈降临：开局强撩女上司 Little Sour Pearl小酸珠Mystery304k WordsCompleted After waking up in the office, Li Tian found a strange note. It read: [Don't be late. Get to the office before eight in the morning.] [Your folders are all blue. If you find a red folder, ignore it.] [Don't look in the mirror while riding the elevator.] [Work ends at six every evening. Refuse to work overtime and leave the office by six thirty. Any consequences are your own responsibility!] [Don't make your female boss angry!] He thought it was a prank, never imagining that when one colleague ar 2.2kReads8.4Score453Shelves
13. 563 白 White Night of Terror: I’m Even More Savage Than the Vengeful Ghosts 白夜惊悚：我比猛鬼更生猛 Listening to Wind and Rain by the Veranda临轩听风雨Mystery103k WordsOngoing [Horror and Suspense + Twists and Foreshadowing + Hilarious Stress Relief + Urban Ghost-Hunting + Decisive and Ruthless] Can't afford a house? I hear there's a long-abandoned mansion at 014 Taiping Street! Can't afford a car? They say luxury sports cars have been spotted at the suburban cemetery! Short on connections and cash? Take trillions in underworld banknotes to the ghost market and spend like a king! In this terrifying post-apocalyptic world, I'm the hottest guy beneath the night sky! My —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Tonight's headlines: A man couldn't help but laugh out loud while reading a funny horror novel late at night. After turning off the screen, he discovered that the reflection in his phone was not him!

14. 564 在 Surviving in a Haunted Mountain Village 在恐怖山村里活下去 Jiang Lanlan Qingqing江蓝蓝清清Mystery338k WordsCompleted Gu Xi enters a real-game scenario called “Horror Mountain Village,” where she's cast as a young bride sold into a remote mountain village to bring good luck to her sick husband. In just a few days in the village, the System's missions have her beating up her brother-in-law, smashing a family heirloom, and even catching her husband in bed with her maid... She's managed to offend every member of the family. She thought this was the limit of reckless behavior, but the missions that follow only get 831Reads8.3Score102Shelves
15. 565 惊 The Horror Story Editorial Department 惊悚故事编辑部 Cat Bro from Northern Liaoning辽北喵哥Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing “Welcome to the Horror Story Editorial Department. Here, you’ll enjoy an extraordinary horror-reading experience. In these stories, you are both the author and the reader. Now, begin your reading journey and share your frightening experiences with other readers.” 123Reads6.8Score—Shelves
16. 566 民 Republican-Era Detective Tales 民国侦探诡事录 Liu Gang刘港Mystery317k WordsCompleted [Standalone cases + Republican-era investigations + criminal investigation and deduction + paranormal mysteries + powerful partners] In the chaotic Republican era, the land is shattered and strange events abound. One bizarre case follows another, but the truth remains as elusive as a mist... In a village at midnight, residents die one after another. Rumors say the “Stinking-Mouth Ghost” has returned to exact revenge, leaving everyone terrified. A haunted house by the lake conceals an old massacr 411Reads9.1Score100Shelves

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    These books are really scary to think about! I don't dare to go to the toilet alone at night😱

17. 567 恐 Horror Phone Game 恐怖手机游戏 Sad Internet Cafe Attendant悲伤网管Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted When the God of Death decides to make the most entertaining mobile game in the world... 1.2kReads8.5Score101Shelves
18. 568 诡 The Mysterious Survival Game 诡秘生存游戏 Wonders of the Mortal World红尘惊奇Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Cheat = intelligence + a Pokemon-style ability that grows stronger after the end of Volume Two. Don’t read this if you want a golden finger that mindlessly steamrolls everything.] Scan the QR code on a beautiful woman’s pocket, and download the green edition of Weixin 2.0... By a stroke of luck, Lin Chen stumbles into a mysterious game world and begins his fight for survival! In the Killer Game, players gather around a table to investigate the villain! On the Infinite Train, players vote to exe —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 569 我 I Am in a Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院 Wang Feng Must Stay Strong王枫要坚强Mystery8k WordsCompleted I’m in a mental hospital —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These should meet your requirements (don't forget to read the first novel first!!! | ू•ૅω•́)ᵎᵎᵎ)

20. 570 地 Hell Is Empty, and Evil Spirits Walk the Earth 地狱空荡荡，恶灵在人间 Flying Big Fat Cat飞天大胖喵Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted 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 569Reads8.6Score100Shelves
21. 571 我 A Split Personality Trapped Me in a Dream Loop. When I Woke Up, Another Loop Began 我被分裂人格困进了梦境循环，梦醒后，另一个循环开始了 Tian Chenchenchenchen天辰辰辰辰Mystery10k WordsCompleted A split personality trapped me in a recurring dream. When I woke up, another loop began. —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 572 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! 14.6kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
23. 573 死 Death Club 死亡俱乐部 Year's End年末Mystery2.4M WordsCompleted There are bizarre events, horrifying hellscapes, and the ugliness of human nature. People dwell among ghosts; there are hell trains, death academies… One terrifying incident after another, open only to members of the Death Club. The Death Club welcomes you to join! Zhang Chen was slowly growing drowsy. He had no idea how long it had been since night fell. Just as he was about to drift off, a series of thuds suddenly came from upstairs, the sound of wooden clogs striking the stairs. The clacking 4.7kReads8.6Score561Shelves
24. 574 我 With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.2M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 800.7kReads9.4Score53.9kShelves
25. 575 地 The Hell Handbook 地狱手册 Year's End年末Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted A handbook said to have come from hell. The moment you open it, you are already trapped in horror. Life and death... are no longer yours to decide! The Town of the Dead, Horror Fairy Tales, The Hospital of Terror... Behind these repeated, terrifying cycles of hell, what spine-chilling truth is hidden? Su Jin, I want to live, even if... 3.5kReads8.5Score282Shelves
26. 576 我 My Haunted House Keeps Leveling Up 我的恐怖屋无限升级 Spicy Crispy Chicken Cartilage香辣鸡脆骨Mystery530k WordsCompleted Ye Xiaotian transmigrates and becomes the owner of a haunted house on the verge of bankruptcy, then obtains the Horror Park System. As long as he completes missions, the System will keep expanding the haunted house! What? You think my haunted house isn’t scary? Let me tell you a secret: every time you go inside, I’m the one holding my breath for you! Because hidden in my haunted house is something even I don’t know whether it’s human or ghost!!! An insane asylum, a midnight serial killer, Sadako 313Reads7.7Score—Shelves

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    It's super good-looking, but now I'm scared. Some scary big eyes suddenly pop up under the bed. I'm reborn and travel through time. I inherit the haunted house and try to revitalize the industry.

27. 577 六 The Six-Fingered Exorcist 六指诡医 Linghu Erzong令狐二中Mystery7.8M WordsCompleted Born with six fingers on his left hand, he was called a jinx by his family. His father died the day he was born, and misfortune followed him everywhere as he grew up. He endured discrimination and contempt. When he turned eighteen and suffered his third half-cycle tribulation, even his beloved grandparents died. From then on, the protagonist was forced to wander. While struggling to stay alive, he investigated the truth behind the mysteries. Caught in an endless struggle between life and death, 5.4kReads9.2Score819Shelves

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    These are all books!! For the first one, the author only wrote this book, and he didn't leave any traces. Do you think it is really the same as what is said in the book? The second book, the content of this book is vivid and the plots are repeated, which makes people linger after reading it! I like the protagonist Luo Bu, his language is harmonious, humorous and super capable! The third book, this novel is really well written! Expressed in the form of a game, it not only shows the horror color! It also gives people a feeling of excitement! Good

28. 578 凌 Two-Thirty in the Morning 凌晨两点半 Toothpaste牙膏Mystery639k WordsCompleted I never thought a game could change me into someone I didn't even recognize anymore… 112Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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