Any Pure Supernatural or Mystery Novels That Don’t Turn into Cultivation Stories Later? 有没有纯灵异/悬疑小说，不要到后面又修仙的那种

1. 1 老 Teacher, I'm Really Not a Poor Student 老师，我真不是贫困学生 Yi Shanxin一山鑫Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted + invincible + tycoon] A poor student from a remote mountain village moves to the city to attend an elite school and becomes the laughingstock of the entire school, only to discover in the end that the whole school belongs to his family 79kReads8.3Score3kShelves

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   Recording pull-up pants

2. 2 超 The Super Son-in-Law 超级上门女婿 Success Together一起成功Urban10.8M WordsOngoing Ye Fan, a useless live-in son-in-law, accidentally inherits the Taiji Scripture and the Stone of Life and Death, setting him on a very different path in life. He saves beautiful women with his medical skills and slays enemies with his martial arts. Not only does he overcome the scorn and ridicule of others and win his wife's heart, he also rises to the pinnacle of the world, looking down on all creation. 180.1kReads9.1Score8.6kShelves
3. 3 规 Rule Horror: The Haunted School 规则怪谈：诡异学校 Seventh Month July柒月JulyMystery580k WordsCompleted [System + Mystery + Deduction] I grew up in an ordinary family. To broaden my horizons in another city, I deliberately applied to a university far from home. But then strange things began happening one after another: bizarre campus rules, a mysterious countdown, and the secrets hidden behind the school slowly coming to light... 40.8kReads9.3Score4.1kShelves

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   This is pretty good, the content is excellent.

4. 4 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves

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   In the story, a driverless bus carrying a group of cursed people arrives at a dark, eerie dwelling. Inside is a door stained with blood, and every so often, the cursed individuals are forcibly pulled into a terrifying world beyond the blood-stained door to complete horrific tasks. The protagonist, Ning Qiushui, experiences numerous terrifying and bizarre events within the dwelling, such as encountering many strange occurrences in Qiyu Village, facing mysterious laughter and handprints at Changchun High School, and witnessing disappearances and bizarre deaths in an old house. After surviving countless near-death experiences, she discovers that all of this is not as simple as the apparent curse, but rather hides many secrets such as the "Foolish Old Man Plan" and the "Pangu Plan."

5. 5 惊 The Horror Game Is Too Hard? Huohuo, I Only Want Joy! 惊悚游戏太难？花火我只要欢愉！ Sweet Tofu Pudding with Extra Sugar甜豆腐脑再加点糖Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Mind games + fireworks + madness + infinite flow] I am Sparkle, but I am not Sparkle. I am in a world of despair. When the heavens and earth are torn open by an indescribable, mysterious force and countless “abominations from beyond” descend, humanity’s fate is forced into a horror game. Slaughter, monsters, abyssal dungeons, illusions, eerie towers... Every time someone clears a game, a new Cthulhu entity may step into reality. Everyone is fighting to survive. But amid all this despair, I’m l 2.2kReads9.2Score252Shelves

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   "Thriller Game Suspense" boasts top-notch writing, a tight plot, and is mind-bending and thrilling. "High IQ + Logical Reasoning + Thriller + Infinite Flow" - Prepare your brain for this incredibly challenging read! It requires a strong mental fortitude and may cause hallucinations. The plot is thrilling and bizarre, so be careful!

6. 6 诡 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 131.2kReads9.5Score11.5kShelves

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   Step into Yang Ning's dark world, a terrifying stage for urban supernatural horror. He, a successor of the Spirit Gate and a spirit medium, breaks conventions, appearing as a villain. His works are filled with blood and terror, but the real him is even more astonishing. Leading countless vengeful spirits in crimson robes, he rises from hell to conquer the human world, like a dark king. Every step he takes exudes a terrifying aesthetic, invincible from the start. Follow Yang Ning in this bizarre feast, feel your heart race, witness the supernatural revelry in the shadows of the city, and experience the ultimate horror and eerie charm. If you dare to come, you will be completely captivated and unable to escape.

7. 7 真 Detective Dayong 真探大用 A Tiger Snatched Along the Way顺手牵虎Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Volume Two of “The Young Cop's Big Cases.” The first volume follows Du Dayong's growth, while the second chronicles his brilliant detective work. The first volume alone shows how the author keeps a story of over two million characters consistent and engaging, packed with substance and no filler. The cases in the second volume are even more gripping, and its quality is sure to surpass the first. 19.3kReads9.6Score3.2kShelves

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   ① Is the second part of ②. There's no political infighting. Young detective Du Dayong's dream is to be a cook. He becomes a detective even the army wants to recruit, but he always maintains a police officer's respect and awe for his profession.

8. 8 小 The Little Cop Who Makes a Big Difference 小警大用 A Tiger Snatched Along the Way顺手牵虎Mystery2.4M WordsCompleted Du Dayong once hoped to grow up to be a great chef. He never expected to become a low-ranking criminal investigator. This is the story of a young police officer growing up. There is no reborn protagonist showing off and face-slapping people, no System or golden finger making him invincible, and no ridiculous transmigration to another world. Here, you'll find the humor and warmth between comrades, a touch of youthful romance, loving family bonds, mischievous leaders, and absurd coworkers. Young o 89.5kReads9.6Score10.8kShelves
9. 9 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 20.6kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
10. 10 炬 Torchlight [Criminal Investigation] 炬火【刑侦】 Glazed Luanhua琉璃栾华Mystery601k WordsCompleted Dozens of high-stakes, mind-bending cases. A detective and a psychologist join forces to solve crimes, uncover the truth, and probe human nature. (Mystery + deduction + psychologist + episodic cases + serial murders + high-IQ crimes + strange tales + revenge plots + perfect partners + light horror + suitable for the easily frightened.) This novel is the second installment in Confession, also known as The Truth About Murder. Once again, it follows detective captain Ti An and psychologist Zhao Yao 6.7kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
11. 11 我 My Date with a Vampire: Future and Past 我和僵尸有个约会之未来昔日 Nameless Fire Bull无名火牛Mystery462k WordsCompleted Jiang Tianyou, the Zombie God, and Ma Xiaoling, the exorcist Celestial Master, both vanished without a trace after the world-ending crisis several decades ago, leaving behind only an urban legend about their demon-slaying exploits. Years later, the winds of change rise again, and the gears of fate begin turning once more! Kuang Tianya, an exorcist girl bearing her family's mission, unexpectedly encounters Kuang Wuming, a mysterious young man who keeps his true abilities hidden, in a city seeth 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is truly excellent. The story is original, the characters are vividly portrayed, the plot is captivating, and the author's writing is superb. A truly wonderful book!

12. 12 星 Star Insignia, Celestial Chart 星勋辰图 One Who Gives Up Life for Righteousness舍生取义者也Mystery398k WordsOngoing A mysterious zodiac medallion passed down from his grandfather becomes the key that plunges an ordinary college student into an endless vortex. As bizarre murders occur one after another around him, he is dragged into a darkness beyond anything he could have imagined. At the end of his painstaking investigation, an ancient and colossal shadow organization emerges: the “Astral Chart.” Using stars as codenames, its influence reaches into every shadowed corner of the world. In a cold safe house, th —Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist starts as an ordinary college student and grows and transforms after experiencing a series of events related to a mysterious badge. The psychological changes and ability enhancement process are portrayed in a delicate and realistic way, making the story very relatable.

13. 13 棺 Tales from the Strange Coffin 棺生异录 Pineapple Beer Lover菠萝啤爱好者Mystery439k WordsOngoing "Tales from the Coffin: It's Not a Coffin You're Carrying, It's a Debt Collecting Your Life!" On his first job after taking over his family's coffin-carrying business, Chen Mo encounters something sinister: the coffin is as heavy as a mountain, and black-red "ink" seeps out of it! Forced to open the Secret Records of Coffin Mountain left behind by his grandfather, he learns that what he's carrying isn't a coffin, but a vessel for a century-old vengeful spirit to claim lives. With his food-loving —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Just wrote it, still fresh~ Not about cultivating immortality

14. 14 0 0713: Black Screen Record 0713：黑屏记录 Blue Sea, Made Entirely of Pork Belly浑身都是五花肉的蓝海Eastern Fantasy463k WordsCompleted In 2010, in Plaburg, a small town in northern New York State, A Country, campus and town surveillance cameras always go black for seven minutes and thirteen seconds at critical moments after an accident on a snowy night. During one of those missing intervals, Tu Yaoyang, an international student in the physics department, sees something for the first time: a transparent spirit, and another figure who looks like him, yet is colder and more familiar. He is forced to join forces with Leslie, a Chi 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The military experiment at the North Cape base used subspace matter to forcibly tamper with monitoring signals, artificially creating a 73-second time gap. This gap became the breeding ground for the phantom to grow and roam in the real world.

15. 15 五 The Five Ghosts' Wealth-Invoking Art 五鬼招财术 A Wildly Imaginative Brain胡思乱想的大脑Mystery166k WordsOngoing This story is entirely fictional and has no connection to real life. Any similarities are purely coincidental. Su Jin, a formidable force in Shanghai’s e-commerce industry, was born with Buddha bones and a faint spiritual sensitivity. She marries into a wealthy merchant family for the second time, but life is soon caught in an undercurrent of conflict, stirred up by her domineering, superstitious mother-in-law and her emotionally obtuse husband. When a new factory is completed, her mother-in-law 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This novel has a profound theme, and after reading it, one should reflect on many questions about life.

16. 16 看 The Unseen Silhouette 看不见的背影 Xi Xi Xi Xi Xi Zi熙熙熙熙熙子Urban112k WordsCompleted After his mother falls into a coma, Li Yang is drawn into a shocking conspiracy and discovers that he is the key "Subject 07" in a genetic experiment run by Dehui Group. A mysterious silver chain, a crescent-shaped birthmark, and a clone follow him like shadows. Every step of his investigation pulls him deeper into a maze where memories and reality intertwine. With the help of the Chen sisters, he gradually uncovers the truth behind the "Hive Project": he is not only the "key" to opening the mot 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Hehe 😏 I just stumbled upon an absolutely amazing suspense novel, "The Invisible Back," and it immediately immersed me in a mind-bending feast! 🔥 The protagonist, Li Yang, gets caught up in a shocking conspiracy after his mother falls into a coma, discovering he's the key figure in a genetic experiment, "Number 07." Mysterious silver chains, a crescent-shaped birthmark—every step of the investigation is a wild dance between memory and reality, parallel worlds, genetic games, time reversals… The plot is like a rollercoaster ride; just when you think you've grasped the truth, the next second it's a complete reversal that sends chills down your spine! The author's foreshadowing is brilliant: a shadowy figure in the rainy night, a mysterious alley, a pendulum paradox… 18 chapters are packed with plot threads, each one filled with details that will give you goosebumps. You'll want to read ten more after finishing one! Who wouldn't want to follow the protagonist as he unravels the mystery of the genetic experiment and finds the truth in a parallel world?!

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