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. 351 诡 Horror Games Invade: I Spent Ten Billion to Become the Ghost King 诡异游戏入侵，氪金十亿当鬼王 Little Bai Cries小白哭Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The protagonist, Lin En, was reborn and returned to ten days before the horror game invaded reality! The only way to fight back was a real-world anime-style horror game called Ghost Raising! The ghosts raised in the game would appear beside Lin En and protect him when the supernatural game invaded reality! So, before the invasion, Lin En began frantically spending money on gacha pulls and raising ghosts. Red wedding dresses, snow maidens, gothic lolitas, little demons… He raised them all! Te 11.6kReads9.3Score2kShelves
2. 352 我 There’s a Ghost Inside Me 我的体内有只鬼 A Black-Inked Blade一柄墨刀Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted Vengeful ghosts awaken, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Jiang Xiao transmigrates into this world for no apparent reason and finds himself surrounded by demons and monsters. But then he discovers that his shadow can devour ghosts without limit and gain their abilities. [Successfully devoured the White Mist Ghost. Ability acquired: Mist Form] [Successfully devoured the Hanging Ghost. Ability acquired: Shackles] [Successfully devoured the Bronze Ghost. Ability acquired: Copper Skin] [Successfu 20.7kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves
3. 353 浓 What Came Back from the Mountains When the Fog Rolled In 浓雾起时，从山里跟回来的东西 Inspired by the Pen, Flowers Bloom望笔生花16k WordsCompleted The Thing That Followed Me Back from the Mountains When the Fog Rose —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Don't pay attention to the cover; it's a system-generated one. The story is absolutely terrifying and absurd.

4. 354 大EN The Great Emperors' Forbidden Zone: After My Master Died, I Went Mad 大帝禁区：师傅死后，我疯了 Bashu Red Bean巴蜀红豆Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted [At the end of the immortal path, who stands supreme? One glimpse of red hair, and the Dao is lost.] (Not a wish-fulfillment novel. A brain-teasing, increasingly captivating long story.) “My eldest senior brother is reborn. In his previous life, he was an ancient-era Great Emperor.” “My second senior brother transmigrated from another world, one where technology and shady shortcuts coexist.” “Our junior sister is the little princess of the Ji family, peerless in swordsmanship and unrivaled in ta 36.9kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves

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   It meets your requirements and is also a cultivation-themed item.

5. 355 阴 I'm Xie, a Yin-Yang Guide, Not a Taoist Priest 阴阳开路人谢邀，不是道士 Jing Lin景麟Mystery134k WordsCompleted I've seen too many lonely spirits trapped in corners, unable to move on, and too many people hell-bent on harming others. Sometimes I can't tell whether I'm imagining it in the throes of a psychotic episode or witnessing something real. The truth is far darker than fiction. “Absurd” is the only word for it. 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The bizarre and strange things, the customers who explode like bananas, the village covered with tiny human heads—he said, one really shouldn't be too strange.

6. 356 无 Endless Devouring: The Unseen Laws 无尽残噬：未见的法则 Warm Skeleton温暖的骷髅Mystery399k WordsOngoing [Trapped-room opening + survival adventure + graphic gore + unknown creatures + mechanical engineering + contamination + mutation] ~When Zhang Huan wakes up, he finds himself with several strangers in a sealed apartment with no doors. They have all lost their memories. Also trapped with them is a mysterious female corpse in the basement. They decide to find a way out of the carefully designed apartment. The red fog outside the windows grows thicker, and the corpse’s eyes are slowly opening...~ ( 172Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This should meet your requirements. [Thriller/Suspense + Wasteland Survival + Gore and Carnage + Unknown Creatures + No System/No Cheat Codes + 100% Hand-Played]

7. 357 让 You Were Supposed to Handle Rule Contamination, So Why Are You Going, “For Real?” 让你处理规则污染，你搁这“尊嘟假嘟”？ Dongdong Daci洞洞打次8k WordsCompleted You were supposed to handle the rule contamination, so why are you over here going, “For real, though?” 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   You could check out the short stories, all written by the same author. And even the short stories are often very important.

8. 358 诡 Eerie Revival: Obstetrician to an S-Rank Haunted Hospital 诡异复苏：给S级鬼楼当产科医生 Dongdong Daci洞洞打次8k WordsCompleted Eerie Revival: Obstetrician to an S-Rank Haunted Building 2Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 359 规 Rules of Horror? I'll Just Fire Up Excel 规则怪谈？我反手一个Excel Don't Say Daughters Are Delicate莫道女儿娇Mystery393k WordsOngoing Mo Fan, a top data analyst who worked so much overtime he went bald, suddenly dies and is thrown into a perilous world of bizarre rules. Here, the supernatural is commonplace and death is the ending. Everyone lives in fear. When others are scared out of their wits by the Slit-Mouthed Woman, Mo Fan calmly opens Excel and marks her threat level red with conditional formatting. When others run in despair through an endless corridor, Mo Fan uses a pivot table to spot the spatial patterns at a glanc 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is interesting; recommended by a five-year bookworm.

10. 360 兄 My Brother Became a Blood Pump: I Exposed Liutiaogou's Twenty-Year Cannibal Conspiracy 兄弟变血泵：我掀翻柳条沟二十年吃人阴谋 Listening to the Wind on the Plains原上听风30k WordsCompleted My Brother Became a Blood Pump: I Expose Willowditch's Twenty-Year Cannibal Conspiracy 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Thriller Suspense Rural Ghost Stories

11. 361 凶 The Vengeful Spirit Notebook 凶灵笔记 Nanmu楠木Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted I've slept in a coffin since I was little. It wasn't until the woman in red appeared that I learned the truth. I was born on Ghost Festival. I don't want to die. 1.3kReads8.7Score246Shelves

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    I've finished reading these two books and I can't bear to delete them; they're my absolute favorites.

12. 362 灵 Paranormal Slayer 灵异扼杀者 Pineapple Who Doesn't Like Eating Pineapple不爱吃菠萝的菠萝Mystery163k WordsOngoing A high school loser accidentally earns the favor of a paranormal extermination examiner and becomes a paranormal exterminator. On one mission after another, footsteps match yours as you walk home at dusk. Do you turn around or keep going? A hospital morgue traps you in a death loop, and a strange pregnant woman approaches from every direction... Demons, spirits, and vengeful ghosts are what I face every day. Each encounter is more terrifying than the last, drawing you right into the story. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is an absolutely captivating novel. The male protagonist is not only intelligent but also mysteriously powerful. He possesses a system but doesn't cultivate immortality. All the stories are based on real-life events that become tasks for him to solve. The novel blends various folk tales and supernatural anecdotes. Highly recommended! The author updates regularly, ensuring it won't disappoint.

13. 363 惊 Horror Instances: Follow the Rules If You Want to Survive 惊悚副本：想活命，就要遵守规则 Uncle Shui from Jinmen津门水叔Mystery307k WordsCompleted [Clever protagonists + Cthulhu + transmigration + infinite worlds + horror games] The entire city was under the control of a mysterious force, and some people were sucked into eerie spaces. To stay alive, they had no choice but to take part in one bizarre, terrifying game instance after another. There, only those clever and resilient enough had any chance of making it to the end... 145Reads5.6Score—Shelves
14. 364 唯 One Goal: Stay Alive 唯一目标：活着 Auspicious Brother祥瑞哥Mystery473k WordsOngoing (Survival + high intelligence + deduction + no saintly protagonist + mild horror. Read with caution if you’re sensitive to these elements.) A stream of fire pierced the atmosphere and struck the ground. In an instant, the world was plunged into chaotic darkness, and the buildings of civilization people had once taken pride in became lifeless ruins. Yet among the ruins, one building alone remained standing, like a watchtower surveying all the darkness. Beneath the apocalypse, strange phenomena we 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Let us witness the birth of a [god]. (Brain-teasing + suspenseful mystery + no Mary Sue elements + survival + slight thriller) After the earthquake, the world was plunged into endless darkness. Just when everyone thought it was just an ordinary earthquake disaster, just when everyone thought it was just a prank... Until a door appeared, emitting a cold and ruthless voice: "Players, welcome to the post-apocalyptic world." At this moment, the survivors realized that this was a post-apocalyptic game about surviving at all costs...

15. 365 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
16. 366 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
17. 367 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
18. 368 暗 Dark Web 暗网 Your Highness Persimmon柿子殿下Mystery439k WordsCompleted How terrifying is the dark web? You may have brushed against its edges without even realizing it... Have you heard of the dark web? Hackers call it the other side of the internet. Every day, things that seem impossible to ordinary people happen there. A young woman goes missing for seven days. By the time we rescue her, she can hardly be called human. Then she tells me something so outrageous it makes my blood boil. She stumbled onto the dark web and was sold by human traffickers. She saw what s 8.5kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves
19. 369 阴 The Netherworld Inn 阴间客栈 Sun Jiu Hutu孙九糊涂Mystery814k WordsCompleted My name is Qin Yu. While on a business trip, I checked into a uniquely styled inn called the Yin Room Inn. It even offered “special services” in the middle of the night. Little did I know it was an inn from the underworld. I began having nightmare after nightmare, and my friends kept getting into trouble... 2.7kReads9.0Score152Shelves
20. 370 自 Surrender 自首 Glazed Luanhua琉璃栾华Mystery691k WordsCompleted (Now streaming on iQIYI. Starring Xu Weizhou, Guo Junchen, and Xiao Yan. A criminal police captain, played by Xu Weizhou, teams up with a psychologist, played by Guo Junchen, to solve cases and capture the monsters of the human heart. Mystery + deduction + psychologist + episodic cases + serial murders + high-IQ crimes + revenge plots + strange tales and records + best partners + light horror + suitable for the faint-hearted) “I killed someone.” A girl turns herself in, claiming that she killed 19.8kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
21. 371 大 College Student Traps: Campus Beauties, the Supernatural, and a Dog 大学生诱捕器：校花，诡异和狗 Expression Management表情管理Mystery227k WordsCompleted The only one on the entire site! [Face-like horrors + villains, anti-tropes, and unconventional logic]! Horrors lurk on campus, and traps are everywhere. Money, fame, steamy thrills, even cute cats could all be bait! The campus belle was forced to sign a pact with darkness. On the night of the eclipsed moon, a baby’s cries rang out as a black dog sneered from the wall. The horrors coveted fresher souls! Students shrouded in fear found a lead on the dark web: Jiang Luohui, a student at their scho 59Reads7.1Score—Shelves
22. 372 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
23. 373 举 Raise Your Head Three Feet, and There’s an Evil God 举头三尺有邪神 Firmament Giant Rock苍穹巨岩Mystery328k WordsOngoing [Eastern Fantasy + Lovecraftian Elements + Plot-Driven + Mystery + No Cliches + No System + No Brain-Dead Characters + Not a Power Fantasy] [Readers who may be bothered by this, proceed with caution] [The first five chapters are slow-burn setup. The story picks up afterward, and there's a detailed outline, so read with confidence!] After transmigrating, Zhou Mo finds himself in a small village that resembles one from ancient China. Gradually, strange and utterly inexplicable things begin happeni 917Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book! It's incredibly good, a true gem! It features a Cthulhu fantasy world, smooth writing, and a fresh theme. It's not a typical wish-fulfillment story; it's suspenseful. The first few chapters are a bit slow-paced, but it gets really exciting later on! It's the kind of book that gets better the more you read!

24. 374 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
25. 375 载 Carrying the Living and the Dead 载人也载鬼 Prajna Xiaoguo般若小果Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted After losing his job, the protagonist plans to buy a car and drive for a rideshare service. Instead, he ends up buying a Soul-Ring Car and helps a female ghost solve the mystery of her death. He then becomes a rideshare driver who transports ghosts. 11.1kReads8.4Score749Shelves
26. 376 诡 Paranormal Evidence Division 诡异物证科 Senior Brother Snail蜗牛师兄Mystery149k WordsCompleted [Horror and suspense + old tales + yin-yang taboos] Push the limits of fear with eerie stories you can read again and again. There is an obscure government agency whose official name is the Evidence Department. Its employees call themselves Containment Specialists. Chen Erping works for the Evidence Department. He will tell us how the authorities handle some of the strange cases that occur. —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 377 恐 A Collection of Terrifying Tales 恐怖惊魂故事录 Listening at Seven Places七处倾听Mystery306k WordsCompleted [Traditional supernatural tales] [Strange happenings late at night] [Whispers of the uncanny in your ear] [Based on true events] [Urban horror] [Thrilling and chilling] One ghost story for every chapter, all set in the dead of night. Come and read... 628Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Personally, I think this book's content is relevant to your topic... It varies from person to person, but I still recommend it to you.

28. 378 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 123Reads8.7Score—Shelves
29. 379 保 A Security Guard’s Guide to Survival 保安求生之路 Just an Ordinary Guy挺普通一小子Mystery801k WordsOngoing After a phone call and a nightmare, the ordinary life of Qin Yun, a lowly security guard, is turned upside down. He encounters one bizarre event after another, unsure whether the people around him can be trusted or the things beside him are safe. As dreams and reality intertwine, he searches through the unknown for a way to survive. 64Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Horrifying yet humorous

30. 380 抓 Ghostbusting with Nothing but a Silver Tongue 抓鬼全靠一张嘴 Never Picky About Food从来不挑食Mystery741k WordsCompleted [Unconventional Ghost-Hunting + Mystery and Deduction + Supernatural + Comedy + Bickering Couple + Suitable for the Fainthearted + Romance!!] Blurb One: Have you ever seen someone perform an exorcism entirely by running their mouth? Have you ever seen someone fight ghosts by spitting at them? Have you ever heard spells that are all tongue twisters? No? Then come on in and take a look. The ultimate trash-talking champion, undefeated in arguments, insulting people when they’re around and gho 3kReads9.0Score436Shelves
31. 381 诡 The Supernatural Has Returned? Sorry, I’m the Supernatural 诡异复苏？不好意思我就是诡异 Inspiration Brainstorm Explosion灵感脑洞大爆炸Mystery1.9M WordsOngoing Not an invincible power fantasy, not a dark story. Read with caution if these aren't your thing. [No Female Lead] [Wasteland Horror] [Infinite Fusion] [Doomsday] [Not a Dark Story] The whole world fears the supernatural. I'm the only one who sees it as a puzzle piece in my evolution. Thirty years after the Great Rift, supernatural tales run rampant, folk customs are revived, and indescribable calamities roam the wasteland. Gu Yi wakes up to find himself the lowest-ranking pollution cleaner outsi 68.4kReads8.6Score7.5kShelves
32. 382 抱 Sorry, All My Clones Are Legendary Investigators 抱歉，我的分身全是传奇调查员 Ming Yuan-chan明渊酱Mystery340k WordsCompleted Tomato's first novel focused on memes: “Horror Stories Revive,” “Cognitive Contamination,” “Meme Curse,” “Original Instances,” “Legendary Investigators” (takes off from Chapter 20, when the legendary investigator appears). My name is Chen Yan. I'm a novelist. The horror stories in my novels have come back to life. They've stepped out of the books and want to rip out my “heart” while I'm still alive. Legendary Investigator VS Meme Curse, Cognitive Contamination, and Evil God Worship. 101Reads8.2Score—Shelves
33. 383 噩 Nightmare Subway 噩梦地铁 Jiang Feng and Fire姜枫与火Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted (The rating has only just opened and will rise later.) [Infinite Flow + Survival + No Saintly Heroine] A driverless subway train carries a group of cursed passengers toward unknown, terrifying stations… A subway card is proof of survival, and a ticket to Hell. At each subway station, Jiang Fengye faces one terrifying instance after another, each a brush with death. The starving corpses in the basement; The crawling sounds in the abandoned tunnel; The skinning monster in the old castle; … "The 17.8kReads7.1Score1.9kShelves
34. 384 阴 Wayfarer Between Yin and Yang 阴阳行者 Taoist Master Le You乐由道长Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The ultimate truths of heaven and earth are two: death and parting, and the way between yin and yang. I protect the living in the world of light, driving out evil and subduing demons until every specter is vanquished. I guide the dead across the Yellow Springs, and set foot upon the Bridge of Helplessness without hesitation. A traveler between the realms of yin and yang, I bear the balance of life and death on my shoulders. Have you ever seen an old sheep knock at your door, or a paper figure sp 278Reads5.6Score—Shelves
35. 385 灵 Supernatural Revival: From the Start, I Bet on a Livestream from a Psychiatric Hospital 灵异复苏开局对赌直播精神病院 Blazing Sun Sky烈阳天Mystery129k WordsCompleted Haunted House Livestream: Three Million to Save a Life. The People of Longguo Never Bow Their Heads [Supernatural revival + No System + No saintly protagonist + Fresh plot + Escape + Exploration + Crime solving + Not dark] Chen Feng opens his eyes in a foot massage parlor to find himself three million in debt and his younger sister on the brink of death! A mysterious creditor offers him a deal: livestream three trips into deadly places, and the money and your life are yours. The first stop is 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He's here, he's here, he's here!!!

36. 386 1 Apartment 18 18号公寓 Mo Wangchuan莫辋川Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Lin Shen has no idea why he’s in an unfamiliar apartment building. Outside, nothing but endless thick fog surrounds it. The building doesn’t appear on any map, and no one has ever heard of it. Inside are countless rooms. The place is eerily quiet most of the time, though strange sounds can occasionally be heard. The management office, with no one in sight, continues to operate normally day after day. Lin Shen wants to escape and return to his ordinary, boring life. But there is only one way out. 4.4kReads8.4Score617Shelves

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    Super pretty! 👍

37. 387 诡 The Haunted Tomb 诡坟 Sugar Quixote糖吉柯德Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted [This is no ordinary paranormal story. It's all about horror and suspense: no mindless wish fulfillment, forbidden yin-yang lore, no cultivation, and a ghost wife. If it's not good, you can break my legs.] People laugh at my family's poverty and say that all my blood relatives have died, so there must be a ghost in our house. I don't dare argue... because there really is a ghost buried in our ancestral grave! ...My name is Zhang Asi... I was born at four in the morning on the fourteenth day of t 40.2kReads8.8Score3.8kShelves
38. 388 别 Drop the Act: You're the Final Boss! 别装了：你才是最终大BOSS Time Bus时光大巴Mystery763k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, and it’ll rise later. Everyone’s welcome to read!) [Horror + Heartwarming] [Madness + Stress Relief] [The Male Lead Isn’t Human] [Live Streaming Is a Means of Infection] Some call me the embodiment of darkness, the ultimate form of despair. Others call me the end of death, an indescribable ruler. But I don’t see myself that way. My name is Gao Ran. I’m an ordinary, upright, kindhearted person who cares about others. When it comes to being human, I can proudly say, “I’m 20.2kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves
39. 389 民 A Collection of Folk Tales 民间故事会合集 Reader01读者01Ancient Romance795k WordsCompleted Open this book, and you’ll find that its folk legends and tales are unlike any you’ve read before. These stories are full of fantasy: some are terrifying, some suspenseful, some explore the ugliness of human nature, and others deal with karmic retribution. In this vast world, what hidden folk tales and legends do you know? Step into an ancient, mysterious world and join the author in discovering and experiencing these extraordinary folk stories! 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Okay, I admit I'm a coward. After watching it, I was too scared to look in the mirror when I got up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. [Facepalm][facepalm][facepalm]

40. 390 克 Cthulhu Flower God: Pollination of Withering and Blooming 克苏鲁花神：枯荣的授粉 Knife Up My Sleeve袖藏刀Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Cthulhu] [Hardcore occult studies] [Meticulously researched] [Mystery and exploration] [Not a power fantasy or formulaic story] [No female lead] [Phobias] [Impostors] Have you ever wondered where the feng shui energy in the world comes from? Could dragon veins be something beyond human understanding? Why do the occult traditions of different regions around the world all ultimately point to the same entity? Shen Yu, a paleographer, is drawn into a series of bizarre incidents. Every clue points t 1.3kReads8.3Score244Shelves

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    Re-examining historical facts, human geography, religion, and Cthulhu.

41. 391 谁 What Kind of Security Guard Is Responsible for Catching Ghosts? 谁家保安还负责抓鬼啊？ Qing Yi卿衣Mystery143k WordsOngoing Baiyun Residential Complex is an upscale neighborhood, but the countless strange tales and ghost stories surrounding it have made many people wary of the place. The story begins when Li Si applies for a job as a security guard there... 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A bit slow to warm up [laughs]

42. 392 恐 Horror Cinema: My Teammate Is Yukino Yukinoshita 恐怖影院：我的队友是雪之下雪乃 fh Black and Whitefh黑白Mystery475k WordsCompleted [The rating has only just come out, and it’ll rise later] [Infinite Flow] + [Mild Horror] + [Horror Dungeons] + [Anime Crossover, Multiple Heroines] “Welcome to the Nightmare Screening Room. Here, you’re not an audience member sitting in the theater. You’re a participant in a real horror movie!” Guan Hong accidentally stumbles into a bizarre horror theater. There’s no popcorn here, only endless survival missions and vengeful evil spirits ready to peel off your skin at any moment. First screeni 1kReads6.2Score104Shelves
43. 393 逆 Rewind a Billion Times: I Suspect Transmigration Is Fake! 逆亿，我怀疑穿越是假的！ Yu Mai语迈Eastern Fantasy368k WordsOngoing Dream: a dream spanning a thousand autumns. Marsh: a place where waters gather. Perhaps, once enough people have died, someone named Mengze will appear. (Expected to wrap up at 400,000 words. If you can get into it, you might find yourself smiling from time to time, though it'll be a bitter smile. Updates are irregular, so it's best read at a leisurely pace.) 11Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    Horror, absurdity, and the bizarre—it's all there. The protagonist thinks he's transmigrated, a typical wish-fulfillment story, but everything gradually becomes strange: two illusory figures, his father and wife both claiming the other doesn't exist...

44. 394 我 I’m an Actor in a Horror World 我在恐怖世界当演员 fh Black and Whitefh黑白Mystery607k WordsCompleted [Infinite Loop + Death Games + Horror Worlds + Original Scenarios + No Female Lead] (The protagonist has limits he won’t cross + System (mostly useless) + Items + The protagonist isn’t superhuman) If you were asked to act in a real horror movie, would you be willing? Guan Long is one lucky guy: he was chosen to take part in one terrifying film after another. There’s the bizarre rest stop on the highway, another “floor” that suddenly appears on a rooftop, and eerie voices calling from elevators, 699Reads6.5Score—Shelves
45. 395 极 The Terrifying School 极度恐怖校园 Song Qingshan Who Loves Peach Blossom Soup爱吃桃花羹的宋庆善Mystery524k WordsOngoing As the best university in the city, this school admits only outstanding students. But it also has many rules that are hard to understand: no studying after eight o’clock, and no leaving your dorm room after midnight. No matter who calls to you from the corridor, do not answer... The protagonists in this story are all independent, but their countless connections eventually bring them together. What secrets does this school hold? 211Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Absurd, terrifying. A wildly imaginative story; the key is to watch carefully. It's thought-provoking and leaves a lasting impression.

46. 396 断 The Shattered Axis: War in the Endless Corridor 断裂轴心：无尽回廊的战争 Bada Beast Who Loves Arranging Music on a Keyboard喜欢编曲键盘的巴达兽Sci-Fi & Apocalypse195k WordsCompleted What kind of effect will emerge when the moans of eldritch gods, the roars of zombies, and the chaos and madness of the Backrooms all descend upon a World War II battlefield reduced to scorched earth? As for Lieutenant Colonel Carter, he only hopes he can survive. 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Back room, classic smiles and party guests

47. 397 我 A Copying Specter Lives in My Left Eye 我的左眼住着只复制诡 Bo Yi qwe博一qweMystery122k WordsOngoing [Dark Tone!] [Endless Ghost-Rearing!] [Horror Aesthetics!] [One Heroine + Undercover Agent + Urban Supernatural Powers + The Uncanny + A Warm Welcome and Respect for All Readers] For the past two months, Lin Zhong has kept smelling a stench of rotting flesh in his home. It’s as if something died in the house, but no matter what he does, he can’t find the source of the smell. Thinking he was sick, he locked himself inside and stopped going out. It wasn’t until he found a finger in the meat soup h 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book seems to be...

48. 398 我 My Wife Can't Tell Whether She's a Daughter or a Mother 我的妻子分不清自己是女儿还是妈妈 Anqiao Bei桉桥北17k WordsCompleted My Wife Can't Tell Whether She's a Daughter or a Mother —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A short, slightly scary, suspenseful novel.

49. 399 惊 Thriller Game: I Became Invincible by Tapping an Electronic Wooden Fish 惊悚游戏：从敲电子木鱼开始无敌 Fish: I Got It!鱼：我摸到啦！Mystery534k WordsCompleted [Horror Game + Absurd Comedy + Infinite Levels + No Female Lead + Invincible + System] What era are we living in? Why are people still stockpiling traditional merit? After transmigrating, Hao Ren obtained an absurd Quantum Merit System that let him earn merit by purifying the paranormal. Before being selected by the horror game, he was timid and deferential, earning merit only by helping little old ladies cross the street. After being selected, Hao Ren tapped an electronic wooden fish to accumul 811Reads8.9Score103Shelves

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    Putting everything else aside, the protagonist, a transmigrator, acquires an abstract quantum merit system, allowing him to accumulate merit based on his actions. Before being chosen by the horror game, he was timid and submissive, accumulating merit solely by helping old ladies cross the street. After being chosen, he strikes an electronic wooden fish, gathers quantum merit, wields a Gatling gun, and summons his mecha form, bringing a small cyberpunk shock to the horror game.

50. 400 行 Strange Tales from the Road 行路诡闻 Mars and Earth火星和地球Mystery631k WordsCompleted [Folk customs and suspense | Episodic stories | Immersive accounts] There's an old saying: Walk the night road three times, and ghosts and gods will follow you. Writer Lin Sui travels around gathering material, recording the rural ghost stories he hears along the way in the old notebook he carries with him. He has no spirit-seeing eyes and can't draw talismans or chant incantations. Faced with those indescribable horrors, his only weapons are the pen in his hand and his instinct for survival. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A must-read for anyone experiencing a reading slump! *The Strange Tales of the Road* is a breath of fresh air in the folklore suspense genre. The protagonist, Lin Sui, has no special abilities; he records rural ghost stories solely with his pen. He adheres to the ironclad rule of "witnessing, not interfering," and can only helplessly observe the cruel customs of Jieshou Village and the century-old obsession with leaving lights on in empty houses. This sense of powerlessness is even more chilling than leveling up in a game. The episodic structure is tightly paced, and behind each story lies a desperate tale of human nature. If you're tired of formulaic, feel-good novels and crave an immersive and realistic horror experience, this is a must-read!

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