The Scariest Novel Ever, Nothing Less 最恐怖的小说，不能第二恐怖
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A Thrilling Journey 惊悚之旅
An ordinary internet cafe manager meets a strange girl online, and then undergoes some bizarre changes. He discovers the unspeakable secret of an orphanage...
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The Horror Night-Duty Booth 恐怖值班亭
Back around the 2000s, I worked as a security guard at an apartment complex. The complex had a strange rule: [After midnight, do not leave the security booth.] It made no sense, but I always kept it in mind, until the day one of my coworkers died! That night, a woman in a skirt knocked on the security booth window…
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The Doll Grows Cold 人偶失温
Everyone says I must have done something virtuous in a past life for Qin Chuan to choose me. Only I know that's not the case. He married me because he wanted me dead.
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An Unremarkable Jumping Death Case 不起眼的跳楼案
My fiancé, who had been overseas for three years, called to tell me he was coming back the day after tomorrow. I went to meet him at the airport. On the way home, he proposed, and I said yes. But this morning, he disappeared again, because I had once more returned to the day he called me. I've already relived these three days seven times.
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The Haunted Teahouse: I Only Sell Objects of Ill Omen 恐怖茶馆：我只卖大凶之物
The world is divided between yin and yang. Some people do business with the living, while others trade with the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, paper money, funeral clothes, or paper effigies. What I sell are things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger still…
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The People Around Me and I Had the Same Dream 我和周围人做了一样的梦
I knew I was dreaming, but everything in the dream was strange. When I woke up, I discovered that my coworkers and I had all shared the same dream. It turned out to be a monster's trap.
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The Haunted Spirit Mansion 惊魂灵厦
[Mystery and the Supernatural + First Person + Deduction + Pseudo-Rule Horror + Horror + Graphic] A little over an hour before the end of the workday, strange things suddenly began happening at the company. Everyone was caught up in this terrifying game... "Please note: six floors will be randomly selected for each round of the game" "On floors not participating in the game, there will be someone who stands out. Find them and stay away" "The first and second floors, as well as the underground pa
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The One-Yuan Villa 一元别墅
Never believe that a windfall will fall from the sky. At 28, I was “hit” by a villa, but I don't have much time left. Now I have to find my next heir.
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Fish Woman 鱼女
My father was a famous fisherman in the villages around us. Whenever he went out to sea, he always caught more fish than anyone else. He gutted countless live fish, scraped off their scales, and chopped off their heads. Then one day, he brought home a sea fish as tall as a person, and the entire village came to gawk. He turned down a merchant's offer to buy it, killed the fish himself, and put on a feast for the villagers, serving every part of it. The banquet lasted all night. The next day, the
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The Secret of Dad's Death 爸爸死亡的秘密
When I was seven, my dad died. An accident sent me back to the 24 hours before his death. I did everything I could to save him. But I never could have imagined it. This time, the one who killed my dad was...
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After I Lost My Memory, a Woman Just Like Me Appeared at Home 失忆后，家里出现和我一模一样的女人
I've lost my memory. Since then, people have kept showing me all kinds of evidence and implanting all sorts of memories in my mind. But I feel like an outsider looking in on my own past, unable to relate to any of it. One day, I came home and found a woman fast asleep on the sofa. What terrified me was that she looked exactly like me!
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The Real Lunatic and the Fake Patient 真疯子假病人
In my dream, I thought it was nothing more than a dream. But when I woke up, someone beside me was lying on the ground, clutching their arm and crying out in pain. Now, I've dreamed of the crime scene once again.
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Strange Cases of the Human World 人间诡案
The opening chapters establish the story's background, so they may be a little slow. The further you read, the more exciting it gets! You won't regret giving it a chance! Welcome, dear readers! [Traditional Infinite Flow] [Horror] [Scheming Villainous Male Lead] [A Touch of Absurdity] [No Harem] [No Livestreaming] [No System] Fang Shian woke from a nap to find a pitch-black mirror standing before him. And the world behind the mirror was called... the mortal world... By accident, he was drawn i
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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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The Life-Extending Money 借寿钱
After a friend dies in a bizarre car accident, could a hundred-yuan bill inscribed with “Borrow your years to buy my life” really be a deadly curse? At the funeral home, he uses “life-borrowing money” to buy an urn, only to be haunted by the dead man's mother in a strange way. A talisman hides a sinister plot, and three life-borrowing bills appear out of nowhere at midnight! A locked kitchen, boiling water, knives falling for no reason... Who is controlling this deadly game?
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The Terrifying School 极度恐怖校园
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?
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Paper Bride 纸新娘
Rumor has it that I tried to seduce the Lin family's young master, failed, and then killed him in the village's paper-offering shop. To save my life, I agreed to marry Master Lin, who had raised me for ten years. On our wedding day, Master Lin laid his hands on me. "Darling, did you know I've wanted you for many years?" Of course I knew. I'd been looking forward to this day even longer than he had.
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Lover in a False World 虚假世界的爱人
My wife has been acting strangely lately. She keeps pestering me, saying she wants me to stay by her side forever. I can't help finding it a little funny. "Of course I'll stay by your side forever and ever, honey." But whenever she hears me say that, her body stiffens noticeably. Then she goes back to her room alone and locks the door. No matter how I try to coax her from outside, she refuses to open it.
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Thriller Game: Slaughtering the Entire Village from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局屠杀全村村民
[Romance + not overpowered + one female lead] A mysterious cloud suddenly appears at Jinghai City's Central Primary School in Gaojing. Ye Tianming's father, the head of the universe's number one meteorology team, hurries to the scene with the entire team. A man dies mysteriously in the mist. His son, Ye Tianming, arrives at the scene wearing a suit and tie. The boy's consciousness grows hazy. When he wakes again, he finds himself transmigrated to the day of the college entrance exams. A strange
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Crimson Wish 绯红之愿
I bought a cursed object, hoping to summon a ghost and make a pact with her so I could go to the Ghost City and find out what happened to my missing master. The summoning went unusually smoothly, but the moment she appeared, the powerful yin energy pouring out of the magic circle sent me flying several meters and knocked me to the ground. She stood quietly in the middle of the circle, dressed in a bright red bridal gown and phoenix crown, with her red veil neatly covering her head and her hands
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Tales of a Desolate Village 荒村物语
A deserted village, a ghostly realm. Shao Qiu studies there, poring over his books. A murderer on the run suddenly hears someone call his name. He looks all around, but under the bleak moonlight, no one is there. “Have you ever seen a god?” The voice from earlier speaks again. “W-what? No, I haven’t.” The murderer trembles with fear. “I am one. Kill Shao Qiu!” The god’s voice echoes across the sky. “Otherwise, I’ll turn you in!”
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Summer Vacation of Terror 暑假惊魂记
I can see things other people can't. I've never let it show. I didn't want anyone to think I was a freak. Until that summer vacation... Two classmates and I made plans to go swimming. I saw something in the water. I was terrified. But they insisted on going in, and I couldn't stop them...
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The Ghost King Is Sealed Inside Me, Yet I’m a Good-for-Nothing 体内封印鬼王，我却是个废柴
A rainy night in a cemetery, a man-eating black cat, a man searching for his late daughter, a school guard hanged on the stairs, a wedding coffin sealed with red paper, a grotesque face hiding in a mirror... What secrets lie behind it all? What other mysterious events will Wang Shier, the gravekeeper, have to face? As terror and dread slowly close in, those secrets seem to be steering his fate. (The stories in this book are all adapted from real events. If anything sounds familiar, it is pure co
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The Secret of Chaoxiao 朝校的秘密
In the village where my family lives, every household's first child has to be a girl. The day after their tenth birthday, these girls are sent to a place called Chaoxiao on the other side of the mountain. They say it's a paradise for girls. That is, until a black cat appeared in the village.
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Records of Yin and Yang Mysteries 阴阳诡录
Ji Rendong was born with Yin-Yang Eyes and brought misfortune to her father, her mother, and her entire family. Since childhood, she has been able to see a girl who looks exactly like her, following her everywhere. At the age of five, her grandmother abandoned her, and a mysterious man took her away. She thought she would finally have a home, but it turned out the man only wanted her extremely yang blood. Her blood could save his son, in exchange for her life. Should she save him or not? That is
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The Secret of Chongcao Village 虫草村的秘密
“The cordyceps we raise are so fast, you can’t even catch them.” I was watching this funny video on a certain short-video app. Comments flew across the screen. Some people said the joke was hilarious, while others earnestly explained that cordyceps couldn’t possibly run fast. But I knew the joke wasn’t funny at all, because I had seen fast-running cordyceps myself. Perhaps “rabbit cordyceps” would be a more fitting name.
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Whispers by the Candlelit Ruins 幽庭烛烬语
In the dead of night, countless eerie secrets lurk in the dark folds of the city. The knocking in an old apartment, known as “Knocking at Midnight,” rings out like clockwork at three in the morning. When a woman living alone peers through the peephole, all she sees is a roiling cloud of scarlet blood mist in the hallway, while a damp scratching comes from the doorknob. In the basement of a century-old apothecary, “Whispers in the Medicine Crock” never cease, day or night. Every night at midnight
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Longevity Soup 长寿汤
When I was little, Liu Laoer’s family in the village made a living selling goat-horn powder. The powder came from the horns of female goats. Though those horns were short and slender, Liu Laoer would skin and butcher female goats alive right after they gave birth. Then he would cut off their horns and grind them into powder. He would add the powder to soup made with freshly slaughtered lamb. They said drinking it regularly could help you live a long life.
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Old He's Collection of Strange Tales (Complete in Two Volumes) 老贺的诡事辑录（全两册）
The Strange Cases of Old He is a horror mystery novel based on the real-life experiences of Yang He, a retired soldier. In 1982, while serving in the army, the protagonist Yang He made a mistake. After returning home, he encountered a series of bizarre events. Though he had never believed in fate, he began to believe the words of an old fortune-teller. He wanted to change his destiny, but was drawn into a vast conspiracy as a result. One strange and eerie event after another took place, and one
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The Terrifying Asylum 恐怖疯人院
[Traditional supernatural fiction] + [Traditional mystery] + [Twists] + [Deduction] A tribute to The Last Bus on Route 13. My girlfriend, Tian Wenjing, was an intern doctor at a psychiatric hospital, but she died mysteriously while working there. To investigate what happened, I somehow ended up at the same hospital. After experiencing all kinds of bizarre events, I discovered a tremendous conspiracy lurking behind it. And somehow, this conspiracy was closely connected to me...
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The Silent Echo 沉默的回声
Five years ago, in Room 601 of Ningchuan High School, a girl was found hanged from a bathroom pipe. Her eyes bulged, her tongue was missing, and strange words had been written in blood on the mirror: “He… is back.” Five years later, the sealed cold case was suddenly reopened. Trainee criminal investigator Qin Chuan took over the investigation, never expecting that this bizarre murder would also uncover another buried case: the “South Campus Disappearance.” A deadly game of hunting, lying dormant
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Huizhu Village 慧猪村
My college roommate claimed she came from an ancient village called Huizhu Village. She said the village got its name because, from ancient times to the present, it had produced many high-ranking officials and top scholars, as if its villagers were born with pearls of wisdom. It wasn’t until she talked the rest of us in the dorm into visiting her village around the Qingming Festival that I learned it was actually called “Wise Pig Village.”
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The Death Inn 死亡民宿
On the first night after checking into the guesthouse, the owner died. But at midnight that same night, Lu Shou actually received a text from the owner. “Please be sure to follow the rules of the Deerhorn Guesthouse. Find the landlady’s dowry box before five tomorrow morning, and you can leave with the deputy manager, an orange cat.” “Otherwise, you’ll be stuck here forever.” Lu Shou broke out in a cold sweat, utterly baffled. “I clearly took his phone. How can he still text me?”
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Strange Demons at the Teahouse: Tales of a Hundred Flavors 茶肆异妖，百味诡谈
[Mysticism + Satisfying Read + Supernatural + Strange Tales] The Many-Flavored Teahouse in Liuyi Lane is mysterious and uncanny. It only serves tea at night. What’s brewed is fragrant tea; what’s savored is the human heart. The proprietress, Liu Xu’er, and her young sidekick, Qing Cen, hunt ghosts, subdue demons, and catch evildoers. Their only focus is building their business. But one moment of bad judgment leads them to take on a job for an unlucky man. He’s been set up, and one misfortune aft
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The Double Fiend 子母双煞
The Mother-and-Child Fiends
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Whispers of the Ghosts 鬼魅低语
[Standalone Stories] [Eerie] [Thriller] [Strange] [Wild Imagination] Worlds full of distortion and absurdity. Whether it's seemingly ordinary snippets of everyday life or strange phenomena that gradually come to light, everything sends a chill down your spine and grows more terrifying the more you think about it.
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Eerie Revival: I Can Contact the Past 诡异复苏：我能联系过去
The Hungry Ghost Festival of 2025. A super red moon appeared, and as it lingered in the sky, the supernatural returned. Left Yang was shocked to discover that he could use his phone to contact himself in the past. In the stairwell, the Knock-at-the-Door Ghost killed anyone who opened the door. But someone discovered that it skipped the first floor and started knocking there. So Left Yang contacted his past self. [Please have your one-month-younger self rent an apartment on the first floor!] The
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My School Is Full of Ghosts 我的学校全是鬼
Within the walls of the century-old “St. Mary's Academy” there is a female teacher trapped inside and left to die. A female student hanged herself in the dormitory. Another female student jumped to her death. And beneath the ground, someone has been buried upright as a human stake. What is the truth behind all this?
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My Students Are Hellwalkers 我的学生是地狱行者
For three years, Zhao Liang sealed the marks of the Eighteen Levels of Hell with his left hand, while helping fifty "problem students" turn their lives around and get into top high schools with his right. A golden mark lit up in every child's palm...
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The Dragon King’s Debt: A Ghost Marriage 龙王债，娶阴亲
During the Qingming Festival, I paid respects at the wrong grave. A high fever left me blind. My grandmother had always favored boys. To make my mother give birth to a son, she threw me into the back hills to be devoured by wild beasts. By sheer luck, I saved a white dragon from the mountains and survived. Grateful for saving his life, the white dragon gave me one of his eyes. He told me he would return to take it back once I came of age. But before I even reached adulthood, my life changed d
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The Last Soul-Quelling Master 最后一个镇魂师
I grew up at my grandfather's house in the countryside. He was the most respected suona player in our village. One day, Li Dashan, a fellow villager, beat his pregnant wife to death and came to ask my grandfather for help. My grandfather tried everything he could, but still couldn't calm the resentment of Li Dashan's wife. In the end, he had no choice but to play a suona dirge to forcibly pacify her soul. On the night of the Lantern Festival, Li Dashan and his family turned into vengeful ghosts
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Blood Case Pursuit [On-the-Scene Coverage] 血案追凶【直击现场】
Beneath the dazzling neon lights... Among the weeds in a desolate wasteland... Lives, one after another, full of vitality... Multiple perspectives reveal the hidden stories behind them, stories no one was ever meant to know!
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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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Into the Coffin at Midnight 午夜进棺
Ever since I can remember, the kids in the village have avoided me... Everyone knew my family made its living from the dead, and thought we brought bad luck. They weren’t wrong. My family had been undertakers for generations. I’d seen people who drowned, hanged themselves, poisoned themselves with pesticide, got hit by cars, fell from great heights, or died suddenly in bed from a fatal loss of vitality... I’d seen them all. But the corpse that came in this time had limbs and a head that were...
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I Might Have Changed the Wrong Fate 我可能改了个假命
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
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Thriller Game: From the Start, I Urge the Ghost Courtesan to Reform! 惊悚游戏：开局劝鬼花魁从良！
[Horror game + comedic mild horror + infinite-flow + livestream + no heroine + the protagonist doesn’t act human + everyone is clever + everyone lies + original game scenarios] [The only novel online to tell the story of what happened before the horror game invaded!] [Horror scenario “Ghost Brothel” fully loaded. Players, please get ready!] Lin Xun, a hack screenwriter, is transported into a horror game. Unblockable horror livestreams spread across the internet, turning this into a terrifying sp
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A Rural Guide to the Supernatural 乡野灵异手册
I was born in a remote village, with a faint red, triangular birthmark on my forehead. On the day I was born, every fish in the village pond died. After my birth, one strange event after another began happening in the village: cooked chunks of a corpse in an abandoned well, a neighbor's grandmother coming back from the dead, a doll that wept bloody tears. The villagers started calling me a harbinger of disaster, and everyone avoided me.
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A Call from Three Lives, A Call Three Times 三生来电，三声来电
The heroine's family fortune is seized through the schemes of three utterly evil forces: bandits, the military, and merchants. Her parents are wrongly accused and die in prison, while she is repeatedly violated by bandits beside their funeral altar, until she takes her own life before her parents' spirits. In a time of chaos, human lives are worth no more than weeds. The heroine can only become a vengeful ghost, embarking on a century-long revenge spanning three lifetimes. She calls the three f
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White Night of Terror: I’m Even More Savage Than the Vengeful Ghosts 白夜惊悚：我比猛鬼更生猛
[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
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A Lonely Ghost Goes on a Blind Date 孤魂野鬼来相亲
A former top student returns to her hometown in disgrace and takes over her grandmother’s shabby, run-down matchmaking house. With a huge debt to pay off, she has no choice but to roll up her sleeves and get to work. Good grief! What kind of ghosts are showing up for these blind dates? The head of a ghostly date rolls right off. Terrifying-looking men and women ghosts want her to edit them into handsome men and beautiful women. Her best friend has been dismembered, yet still asks Su Yinran to fi
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