Novels with a Ghost or Zombie Protagonist 主角是鬼或者僵尸的小说

1. 1 死 After Death, My Wife Preserved My Corpse, and I Evolved from a Zombie 死后被妻子养尸，我从僵尸进化 The Classic of Mountains and Seas Courier山海经搬运工Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Zombies + Corpse-Raising + Corpse-Driving + Body Retrieval + Folk Customs + Romance + Ancient Mythology + Classic of Mountains and Seas] (Volumes 1–7: After I died, my wife raised my corpse, transforming me from a zombie into the Ancestral Corpse.) (Volume 8: After my wife died, I raised her corpse, transforming her from a zombie into a female drought demon.) In my previous life, my wife was the Yellow Emperor's daughter. She died after being sacrificed to the gods, and I raised her corpse unti 31.9kReads9.1Score3.3kShelves
2. 2 借 Borrowed Corpse, Stolen Life 借尸命 Meng Xiaonai萌小乃Mystery4.8M WordsOngoing When a plague swept through my mother’s village, she was the only one who escaped alive and made it to Chen Village. My mother was graceful and beautiful, but after arriving in the village, she went mad. There’s something wrong with this village. Every night, we hear strange noises. My father’s name is Chen Jiu, and mine is Chen Lintian. I suspect he isn’t my real father... 1.8kReads9.0Score130Shelves

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3. 3 恐 Horror: From Puppet to Demon God of Fear! 恐怖：从木偶到恐惧魔神！ Wenzhi Tianya文之天涯Mystery379k WordsCompleted When Lin Qi opened his eyes, he had become a puppet of the “paranormal” type. All he had to do was earn fear points to grow stronger and stronger. “When you see me, it means fear has arrived!” “Struggle! Scream!” “I am the Demon God of Fear!” An era of resurgent terror, an era when ghosts roam the night. Lin Qi commands fear! 1.8kReads8.5Score192Shelves
4. 4 僵 Jiangshi: I Reincarnated as a Giant Jiangshi from the Start, Shocking Uncle Jiu 僵尸：开局穿成大粽子，震惊九叔 I Am an Old Man我是老汉Mystery670k WordsCompleted Jiang Chen thinks he has terrible luck. When other people transmigrate, they become debonair scholars or wicked young masters, but he has turned into a pathetically weak purple jiangshi in Uncle Jiu's funeral home! His strength is bad enough, but he had hoped to meet a pretty young woman and enjoy a wholesome friendship. Just look at him now... “Ding! Supreme Zombie System successfully bound!” “Ding! System Shop unlocked...” Looking at the dazzling array of magical treasures, cultivation arts, a 230Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 5 九 Uncle Jiu: From Jiang Chen to Lord of Ten Thousand Demons 九叔，从僵尸将臣开始到万妖之主 Black Scholar in Ink墨下黑士Eastern Fantasy338k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a world of monsters and demons where Uncle Jiu, Lin Zhengying, exists, Chu Chen becomes a zombie! So what if I’m human? So what if I’m a zombie? If my heart is good, who dares call me evil? If I choose evil, what can the world do to me? With the Tome of Slaughter in hand, I seize heaven-defying opportunities. I command countless monsters and demons, roaming freely across the mortal world. Whether you’re an Eastern ninja or an Onmyoji, a Western magician or a vampire, if 10Reads8.4Score—Shelves
6. 6 天 The Heavenly Coffin 天棺 Youth Evening News青年晚报Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted Because of a joke, my grandmother’s spirit refused to leave after her death and insisted on taking me with her to the grave. Otherwise, my whole family would die. To save my family, I went into the grave with my grandmother... 22kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
7. 7 从 A Zombie from Mr. Vampire to My Date with a Vampire 从僵尸先生到僵约的僵尸 Ying Xiang映翔Mystery964k WordsOngoing Zombies draw strength from resentment and feed on blood, but Jiang Yue specializes in sucking up demons and monsters. When a Taoist priest summons a god, Jiang Yue summons Jiang Chen, who is even more powerful than one. Ren the Old Master, the imperial zombie, the female ghost Xiaoyu... They’re all Jiang Yue’s type. 397Reads6.1Score100Shelves

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   The protagonist transmigrates into the body of a zombie that eats zombies!

8. 8 开 From the Start, I Refined Corpses and Turned Myself Into an Unrivaled Jiangshi 开局炼尸，把自己炼成了绝世僵尸 Titan Cat泰坦巨猫Eastern Fantasy302k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a terrifying immortal-fantasy world overrun with monsters and demons, Ye Xiao discovered on his very first day as a member of the Corpse Soul Sect that he’d been set up. A strange Corpse Refining System appeared! In a moment of crisis, Ye Xiao activated its corpse-refining function! As it turned out, the System was updating and its interface was garbled, so Ye Xiao had no choice but to try refining blindly. When he saw the result, Ye Xiao was thrilled! Not only had the 1.4kReads8.5Score105Shelves

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   The protagonist of this book is incredibly strong, and with a system, he's practically invincible. The plot details might be a bit monotonous, but considering how powerful the protagonist is, what kind of twists and turns could there possibly be? You can check it out when you're looking for something to read.

9. 9 诸 Myriad Worlds: I Became a Black-Eyed Jiangshi from the Start 诸天：开局变成黑眼僵尸 I'm Great at Making Instant Noodles我煮泡面有一手Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Zombies are born from the resentment and ill fortune of heaven and earth. They neither age, die, nor perish, and are rejected by Heaven, Earth, and Man, cast beyond the Six Realms of reincarnation. In the Myriad Years of the Myriad Worlds of the Zombie Covenant, the Pangu Clan created the zombie race to destroy Fate. Red, green, yellow, blue, white, black. Red-eyed zombies can even destroy heaven and earth. When A Long wakes up, he discovers that he has transmigrated to the Zombie Covenant world 7.7kReads8.4Score513Shelves

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   The second book is truly about Juejuezi. Have you ever seen a zombie who knows Taoist magic? No doubt about it, it's him. Buddhism and Taoism tremble, and demons and monsters are terrified at his mere mention.

10. 10 茅 The Maoshan Corpse King 茅山尸王 Blazing Sky冲天火Mystery558k WordsCompleted (Urban supernatural, talismans and Taoist arts, hand seals and incantations, action-packed power-ups, explosive battles) Hunting ghosts and demons can get your adrenaline pumping too!!! Born with an innate Daoist body and bearing the bloodline of the Corpse King, he wields a peachwood sword in his left hand and a copper-coin sword in his right. He strides across the innate Eight Trigrams and declares the Heavenly Master’s sacred words. Tell me, who in the worlds of yin and yang would dare fight 3.1kReads8.6Score232Shelves
11. 11 别 Don’t Mess with This Little Demon, She Can Use Magic! 别惹这只魔星，她会法术！ The Still One Of Chang'an静者长安Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Zombies cannot have offspring. If one does, it must be a Demon Star. Ma Qingling's mother came from an exorcist family, but after being bitten by a zombie in an accident, she became one herself. Forced to part from her beloved, she hid alone in the mountains, where she became pregnant and gave birth to Ma Qingling. Later, she died sealing the Gang Cave. With her dying breath, she told Ma Qingling to find her father and say, “I'm sorry” on her behalf. Ma Qingling left the mountains, only to be ki 393Reads—Score109Shelves

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    The female lead is a demon star, but she has the backing of a powerful nation and is incredibly skilled at catching demons and exorcising ghosts. Zombies, evil spirits, ghosts, and the living dead—she has them all!

12. 12 僵 My Date with a Vampire: Starting with Uncle Jiu 僵约：从九叔开始 Jiang Yi僵一Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted A red-eyed Corpse King from the start, experiencing life. From Uncle Jiu's stories, step by step into My Date with a Vampire... Uncle Jiu: Ziyan, Wencai... I'm counting on you... Jiang Chen: You're a lot like me. Do you know who I am? Ma Danna: You're Jiang Chen? 8.5kReads8.1Score549Shelves

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13. 13 空 Hollow Body 空躯 Chuunibyou Dreams中二之想Mystery865k WordsCompleted “Where's my heart? Have you seen my heart?” “My heart! That's mine!” “Ha ha ha ha ha!!!” This supernatural being will not give up until it is made whole. Only when it is truly complete can it become human again. Its heart, brain, kidneys, and all its other organs have been ripped out. Jiang Feng returns in a supernatural form to reclaim the organs now inside other people. Having lost his brain, he has lost his memories and everything else. He can only live under someone else's identity. The prot 1.5kReads8.6Score162Shelves

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    The first book, well, the protagonist dies, becomes a monster, loses all his memories, and searches for his lost organs. With each organ he recovers, his abilities become even more terrifying. Everywhere he exists, other monsters emerge, becoming his food each time he awakens. The second book, the protagonist transmigrates into a zombie, familiar with the world of Uncle Nine, becoming Uncle Nine's guardian spirit corpse, draining Master Ren's life, royal zombies, eating red-clothed ghosts… Lin Feng constantly transforms.

14. 14 九 Uncle Jiu, I've Transmigrated into a Zombie! 九叔，我穿越成僵尸了！ A Peach Grove一片桃林Eastern Fantasy327k WordsCompleted [Uncle Jiu + zombies + no romance + two protagonists...] The good news: I transmigrated. The bad news: I became the wrong species, a zombie. The good news: Unless something goes wrong, I can live forever. The bad news: The whole world is full of Uncle Jius, Uncle Jius everywhere! A soul from Blue Star transmigrates into Uncle Jiu's world and becomes an utterly ordinary zombie, without even a System. To save his own life, he decisively switches sides and joins Uncle Jiu's faction. With a Maos 36Reads7.6Score—Shelves
15. 15 九 Uncle Jiu! Quickly Invite the Ren Family Ancestor Out of Seclusion 九叔！快请任家老祖出山 Little White Mouse Nibbles Little White Yams小白鼠啃小白薯Eastern Fantasy470k WordsCompleted Ren Yong’s soul transmigrates into Uncle Jiu’s world, where he becomes the old master of the Ren family! [Ding! System activated. Welcome, Host, to Uncle Jiu’s world. You have two choices.] [Choice One: This is unfair! Charge right out and fight them! Reward: Super Evolution.] [Choice Two: Keep your cool. Don’t throw your life away. Stay low and cultivate. Reward: Ten years of Daoist cultivation.] “System, you’re trying to set me up, aren’t you? There are powerful experts out there. Did you real 1.9kReads8.5Score114Shelves
16. 16 重 Reborn as a Zombie King: Keeping All of Humanity in Captivity 重生尸王：圈养全人类 Lazy Caterpillar慵懒的猪儿虫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse580k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse][Killing and evolution][Dark tone] The red moon hangs overhead, and the Apocalypse descends from the sky! In this world, where human lives are as worthless as blades of grass, compassion, kindness, and innocence have become the greatest jokes. The darkest side of human nature is magnified beyond all limits! When Wang Jun returns to the beginning of the Apocalypse, he discovers that he has become a zombie and gained the Zombie King Evolution System! From then on, a Zombie King named W 1.6kReads8.5Score123Shelves
17. 17 我 I Become a Taoist Priest in Uncle Jiu's World 我在九叔世界当道士 Lord Bi Zhi笔知大人Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted He accidentally transmigrated into the legendary Uncle Jiu universe. In a world full of ghosts and monsters, of course he had to cling to Uncle Jiu. With Taoist cultivation techniques, the righteous Uncle Jiu, and the mysterious Maoshan sect, watch as the young Taoist travels through the world of the undead alongside Uncle Jiu, bringing you all of Uncle Jiu’s classic iconic moments. 17.2kReads8.5Score961Shelves

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    Flying with Uncle Nine, invincible!

18. 18 末 The Apocalypse Arrives! I Evolve, Starting as a Zombie 末世降临！我从丧尸开始进化 It's Not Orange Cat's Fault, Okay不关橙猫猫得事哦Sci-Fi & Apocalypse404k WordsCompleted [Villain + Apocalypse + System + Superpowers + Zombie King + No saintly do-gooder + No heroine] Zhang Nian suddenly transmigrates to an apocalyptic planet and, caught completely off guard, gets infected and turns into a zombie. But every cloud has a silver lining: he binds himself to a zombie evolution System. From then on, Zhang Nian rises to power in the apocalypse, a place fraught with danger. He evolves into a terrifying Zombie King, feared far and wide, and emerges at the head of a zombie h 699Reads8.6Score101Shelves

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    I recommend the first and third books. The first one is really good; don't be misled by its rating, it's a very good book.

19. 19 开 From the Start, I Was a Little Zombie Raised by Uncle Jiu 开局从九叔养的小僵尸开始 Winter Is Too Cold冬天太冷Mystery575k WordsCompleted Jiang Shi accidentally transmigrates into the world of the movie Mr. Vampire, only to discover that he is the little zombie raised by Uncle Jiu. The good news is that even a little zombie who cannot go out in the sunlight gets a Grudge Value System. Completing tasks earns him grudge points that let him level up. And so, as he keeps leveling up, a Zombie King is born. 567Reads8.5Score102Shelves
20. 20 九 Uncle Jiu's World: I, Old Master Ren, Rise from My Coffin! 九叔世界：我任老太爷揭棺而起！ Beef Brisket Noodles牛腩面Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted He transmigrates into a zombie from Mr. Vampire, stuck inside a coffin with Lin Zhengying all around him. What can he do...? Fortunately, he gets a sign-in System and watches Ren Weiyong unleash his full might. Bloodlines, cultivation methods, magical treasures: he wants them all, and he'll take every last one. The people of Renjia Town kneel as one before the Zombie King, Ren Weiyong: “We beg the ancestor to come out of his coffin!” 2.3kReads8.1Score148Shelves
21. 21 僵 They Sold Zombies to Japan, and Japan Fell Apart 僵尸卖到岛国，岛国坏掉了 Slippers拖孩Urban355k WordsCompleted [Carefree Life] [Stockpiling Supplies] [Reaping the Island Nation] After an unexpected rebirth, he finds himself a thousand-year-old dried corpse. Along with his coffin, he is sold to the island nation. All Ye Chen can do is let out a cackling laugh. He starts out as the lowest-level zombie and grows stronger step by step. And to grow stronger, he has to bury people. He digs and digs in a tiny plot of land, burying tiny islanders and making tiny flowers bloom. 4.1kReads8.2Score280Shelves

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    ① That year, he failed his exams and returned home to inherit the coffin shop, becoming a corpse-driver. He thought he could obtain a system and reach the pinnacle of life, but unexpectedly, this system only allowed him to drive corpses. ② When he opened his eyes, he found himself transmigrated, becoming a zombie and being taken to an island nation. So he started from the lowest level of zombie, gradually becoming stronger. But to become stronger, he had to bury the people of the island nation.

22. 22 我 I Solve Cases at the Special Investigations Bureau by Day and Serve in the Underworld by Night 我白天特案局办案，晚上地府当差 Mr. Youyong幼庸先生Mystery3.6M WordsCompleted I was born with a pure Yang constitution and the fate of Zhong Kui. I can drive out demons, subdue ghosts, and repel evil spirits. The moment I was born, all kinds of factions fought to take me as their disciple. A bunch of monks and Taoist priests said I was destined to become a Celestial Master or a great monk. They even got into a brawl over me, and that’s not all: in the end, both the state and the underworld got involved! When I was one, the state even assigned me a corpse-born child who ha 21.3kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves

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    The male protagonist becomes a zombie and is sold into prostitution at the beginning. The moment his coffin is opened, his first prostitution is over.

23. 23 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
24. 24 落 After Failing the Exams, I Became a Corpse Herder, and Dango Exposed Me 落榜后当赶尸人，被团子曝光了 Feng Wuqing烽吾青Urban374k WordsCompleted Shh, the corpse is rising! Keep quiet. The dead are on the move, so the living must stay clear! In ancient Xixiang, strange and terrifying things happen whenever night falls: white coffins, thousand-year-old corpses, and more! Under the moonlight, Jiang Chen shakes a soul-snaring bell in his left hand and holds a talisman to suppress evil in his right, controlling a stiff figure that hops along... 1.2kReads8.3Score105Shelves
25. 25 道 Supreme Daoist: Master of the Zombies 道门至尊，僵尸道主 Big Brother Qizai带头大哥七仔Mystery752k WordsCompleted Kindle the Daoist fire in your heart and slaughter every demon and fiend in the world! Chen Changsheng, a disciple of Uncle Jiu of Maoshan, descends the mountain on his master’s orders. He slays ghosts and exterminates demons! After fulfilling his master’s command, he uncovers a shocking secret from eighteen years ago... 20Reads8.7Score—Shelves
26. 26 天 Heavenly Martial Zombie God 天武僵神 Falling Fish落鱼Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Ye Luo was reborn on the Tianwu Continent as a member of a super race that had once dominated the entire continent. Ten thousand years later, Ye Luo's clan emerged once more. Besieged by the human and demon races, they grew stronger step by step, defying the heavens and forging a divine throne!!! 1.9kReads8.1Score141Shelves
27. 27 祸 The Calamity-Bringing Ancestress Has Been Unmasked Again 祸水老祖她又掉马了 Feng Luoluo奉洛洛Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Secret identities + beloved by all + founding ancestor + thriving on her own] Everyone thought she was the Meng family’s illegitimate daughter. Little did they know that every member of the Meng family called her their founding ancestor. And that was just the beginning... Why did renowned powers from across the land treat her with such reverence? Why were her longtime rivals, who had fought against each other for centuries, all scrambling to support her in her old age? When people heard she had 1.2kReads8.6Score135Shelves
28. 28 僵 Jiangshi: I Am the Corpse King 僵尸：我是尸王 I Petted the Cat Bald把猫撸秃了Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Zombies have no souls. Yet after his death, Gu Chen unexpectedly became the only zombie in the world with a soul. After swallowing a corpse king’s core, he rose to become a corpse king himself. As the one and only ghost zombie in existence, Gu Chen became an outcast in the world of yin and yang. Taoists and monsters wanted him dead, and so did vampires and other zombies. 1.8kReads7.1Score101Shelves
29. 29 紫 Purple Thunder Zombie 紫雷僵尸 The Hao Sheng Brothers昊晟兄弟Mystery459k WordsCompleted [Jiangshi + Uncle Jiu + My Date with a Vampire + Crossover of Film and TV Worlds + Taoist Priest + God of War + Humorous] A bolt of purple lightning strikes, and Hou Qin transmigrates into a jiangshi. A transmigrator System? No. I have the king of lightning, the Purple Thunder! An indestructible body! Transformation! Devouring! His first time committing a crime, he encounters a young Uncle Jiu. He wreaks havoc in a town, and Ao Tianlong, Uncle Jiu’s second brother, comes after him. He eats witho 231Reads7.9Score—Shelves
30. 30 恐 Horror Tavern: I Only Raise the Most Ferocious Creatures 恐怖酒馆：我只养大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Tucked away in a quiet alley is a strange tavern that can grant your wishes, as long as you’re willing to set up a terrifying idol in your home... 6kReads9.4Score804Shelves
31. 31 俗 A Rogue of the Mortal World 俗世妖人 Namo Kasaya Science Buddha南无袈裟理科佛Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted Xiu Xu from Bazhong is in the mountain city, where he owns an offline murder mystery game shop. He was once a top-tier Werewolf player, comes from a family of feng shui masters, and is suffering from end-stage pancreatic cancer. When his grandfather died, he left behind a peerless beauty with no sign of life. To stay alive, Xiu Xu had no choice but to bring his whole family along, leading a group of elderly, weak, sick, and disabled relatives as they punched their way through the South Heaven Ga 6.8kReads8.7Score666Shelves
32. 32 沉 A Thousand Years Asleep: Unearthed by an Archaeology Team! 沉睡千年：被考古队挖出来了！ Within Arm's Reach咫尺间Urban1.2M WordsCompleted His master took eight of his bones and offered him up as a sacrifice to curry favor with the First Emperor of Qin. His master rose to high office, while he became a living corpse, entombed underground for all eternity. Two thousand years later, he returned to the world of the living. In this life, he swore never to trust another woman! But he had no idea that a woman from two thousand years in the future would conceive his child from afar, making him a father before he knew it... 174Reads7.5Score101Shelves
33. 33 沉 After Sleeping for a Thousand Years, I Was Dug Out of an Ancient Tomb 沉睡千年，我从古墓里被挖出来了 The Road Ahead Is Long路漫漫其修远Urban332k WordsCompleted [Urban Fantasy, Longevity, Overpowered Protagonist, Cultivation, Behind the Scenes] In a mountain range guarded for generations by several great families, the immortal ancestor Xia Qi had been asleep for a thousand years, suppressing an evil spirit in the form of a strange jade with his own body. His peace was disturbed when an archaeological team unearthed him. “Over here! There's a crystal coffin!” “My heavens, a corpse that hasn't decayed in a thousand years!” “Look! That red jade is so clear 1Reads5.2Score—Shelves
34. 34 都 Urban: I'm Super Vicious After I Die! 都市：我死后超凶哒！ Blazing Sky冲天火Urban3.8M WordsCompleted After being brutally murdered, Lin Tian discovers that he has become a zombie and gained the art of controlling corpses, allowing him to command every zombie. Suck blood to grow stronger: the blood of mages, celestial masters, demon kings... Immortals become his servants, gods his slaves. The Corpse King has returned. A million zombies submit, welcoming the Zombie King!!! King Yama: “Bro, I’m a ghost. I have no blood. Don’t suck it, don’t!” A thousand-year-old fox spirit: “Zombie King, this litt 1.7kReads7.5Score186Shelves

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    The main characters in both the first and second books become zombies, especially the first one, which is particularly good. The protagonist of the third book becomes the boss of a horror game, capable of turning players' bodies into monsters.

35. 35 末 Apocalypse: A Zombie Among Zombies 末世：混在丧尸里的僵尸 De Yu得予Sci-Fi & Apocalypse251k WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless + no harem + not a do-gooder + System + no cultivation or fantasy later on] As a zombie, the protagonist has to act like one, so he certainly isn't a good person. On Waterball Star, mutations struck and zombies came. But Xiang Yangxia stood apart from everyone else and became a jiangshi. My zombie brothers, here I come! Why are you trying to bite me? Aren't we on the same side? Xiang Yangxia ran in front, with a string of zombies chasing after him. Xiang Yangxia led a long 89Reads6.2Score—Shelves
36. 36 恐 Horror Game: I’m Really Just a Doctor 恐怖游戏：我真的只是一名医生 Bibi碧碧Mystery546k WordsCompleted [Long-form campus writing contest entry] [The only one on the entire site] Fu Bai is reborn as an NPC in a horror game. He considers himself an ordinary, normal person, yet players keep calling him the Murderous Ghost Doctor, the Mad Doctor, the Horror Doctor... Come on, he's a refined, cultured doctor with a rather wicked streak. How can people still criticize him like that? Oh? More players have arrived. Fu Bai swirls the blood-red wine in his left hand, toys with a scalpel in his right, and b 702Reads7.0Score122Shelves
37. 37 诡 The Supernatural Awakens, and I Get Stronger by Scaring Ghosts! 诡异复苏，我吓鬼就变强！ Oh, Ow哎哟诶Urban41k WordsOngoing "Ding!" "The fire ghost was startled. Attribute points +10, Fire Control +1." "Ding!" "The water ghost was startled. Attribute points +10, Water Control +1." After acquiring the "Scare Ghosts" System, Xu Hao discovered that ghosts weren't scary at all. On the contrary, they were cowards. "What?" "You say those evil spirits and vicious ghosts don't know fear?" "When the iron hammer in my hand smashes its head, or my enchanted sword is just 0.01 centimeters from its throat, it still pisses itse 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book is hilarious! The ghosts are trembling with fear, and it updates five times a day without needing to be fed.

38. 38 个 I Chose Corpse Driving as My Profession, and the Police Are Losing It 个人职业填赶尸，警察麻了 If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them打不过我加入Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted During summer break, Jiang Bai boldly ventured into the mountains of Xixiang and became a corpse walker. He rings the soul-summoning bell, strikes the ritual gong, and walks between the realms of yin and yang. Even ghosts and gods give way! As Jiang Bai leads corpse after corpse out of the mountains, a passing streamer happens to capture it on camera. The whole internet goes wild! "Holy crap, that's the first time I've seen someone offer a cigarette to a corpse. I'm impressed! Old Liu from Shang 10.7kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves
39. 39 诡 The Cursed Abyss Cannot Be Crossed 诡渊不度 Never Eat Sachima绝不吃沙琪玛Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Supernatural resurgence + nonhuman protagonist + no female lead + evil gods] Note: This is not a livestream story, a wish-fulfillment power fantasy, or a brainless invincible-protagonist story. Feel free to ship any pairings, though (doge). It leans a little toward two male leads, but not much, and has an everyone-loves-the-protagonist vibe. If that bothers you, please move along. The worlds of ghosts and humans were once clearly divided, yin and yang keeping each other in balance. But as t 12.4kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves

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    The protagonist is bizarre, and he's a bizarre big shot. It's a villain story, an invincible protagonist, but not brainless. There's no female lead, it's not a live stream, it doesn't involve romance, and it's not a saint story.

40. 40 刚 I Just Became a Corpse King, and They Mistook Me for an Antique on Display! 刚成尸王，被当成古董展览了！ Time Makes No Sound时光无声Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Ren Feng transmigrated into the body of a centuries-old corpse in a parallel world. He discovered that he was lying in a transparent coffin. A crowd stood around him, pointing and whispering. They thought the corpse was being played by a museum employee, and demanded refunds. Some visitors wanted to smash the crystal coffin and expose the museum’s true colors. Others pulled out their phones to record, saying they would defend their consumer rights. Just then, “Ding! System successfully bound!” “ 3.5kReads8.1Score382Shelves

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    The main character is definitely a zombie.

41. 41 为 For My Sister, I Joined a Paranormal Expedition as the Ghost King 为了妹妹，鬼王的我参加灵异探秘 Never Forget to Make a Fortune不忘出鑫Urban835k WordsCompleted [German-style bone setting, father-daughter ghost romance, high-speed steamy scenes... This book has none of that, really! Just look into the author’s sincere eyes 0-0] The supernatural has returned, and ghosts and monsters run rampant. An Chan is a boy dismissed as useless, yet he is known far and wide because he has a genius younger sister. To save his sister, who disappeared in a ghost domain, An Chan resolutely joins the globally organized supernatural event: [Supernatural Investigation]. Wi 186Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    Both books are quite good, but I personally think the first one is better.

42. 42 请EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves
43. 43 震 Shocking: My Brother Is the God of Death 震惊：我哥是死神 Blade of Flowing Fire流火之刃Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Also known as My Husband, the Grim Reaper and I Am the Grim Reaper Modern city + System + supernatural powers + spiritual qi revival + doting on his little sister + anime + chaotic daily life Lin Feng accidentally transmigrated to a world where spiritual qi had revived. Who could have guessed that the golden finger he'd waited four years for would turn out to be a part-time job as a Grim Reaper? From then on, by day, he was an utterly ordinary writer. But whenever night fell, he wielded Zangetsu 11.2kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
44. 44 我 I Want to Become the Zombie King’s Man 我要成为僵尸王的男人 Chu Beiren楚北人Mystery162k WordsCompleted Liu Hai was bitten by a corpse insect during an expedition and infected with corpse poison, which turned him into a zombie. But remembering the gruesome fate of the zombies in Uncle Jiu’s movies, he made a vow: if he had to be a zombie, he would become the longest-lived zombie and the most badass zombie of all. I’m going to be the man who becomes the Zombie King. [This blurb can’t do the story justice. Read the main text for details.] P.S. The story starts slowly, but gets better and better as i 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is a zombie, a man who wants to become the zombie king. (A silly, comedic story)

45. 45 坐 Commanding an Army of Beautiful Corpse Maidens, I Sweep Through the Apocalypse 坐拥美女尸姬军团，我横扫末世 Rat Swimming Against the Current逆水的老鼠Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted Yang Yun transmigrates into a world overrun by apocalypse zombies and dimensional beasts. From the start, he awakens the Zombie Princess System. As long as he has enough evolution points, he can summon beautiful Zombie Princesses without limit. And if you ask what’s so great about his Zombie Princess legion? Yang Yun can only say: they’re powerful, and easy on the eyes! 7.8kReads8.4Score923Shelves

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    The post-apocalyptic zombie genre and the time-traveling ghost genre are both quite good.

46. 46 我 I’m the Zombie Mother: From the Start, I Assimilate a Hundred Million 我，丧尸母体，开局先同化一个亿 Half the City Unseen不见半城Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.6M WordsOngoing A sudden zombie crisis in Qingzhou sent shockwaves around the world and sparked widespread panic. To protect the bigger picture, the authorities chose not to send help. Instead, they sealed off Qingzhou and killed countless survivors trying to flee. To put an end to the crisis once and for all, they even planned to destroy Qingzhou, stripping every survivor of their right to live. All the survivors fell into utter despair... But at that moment, Lin Chuan smiled. Because he was the zombie progeni 4.7kReads7.8Score414Shelves
47. 47 我 I’m the Villain, So It’s Only Fair That I Steal the School Beauty Heroine 我一个反派拐走校花女主很合理吧 Magic Card Little Turtle魔卡小乌龟Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Doomsday Game + Big Villain + Irreverent + Lighthearted Comedy + Savage Antics + Absolutely No Decency] Jing Tian transmigrates into a doomsday game world, where he becomes a rich second-generation villain and awakens the Life Résumé System and Big Villain System. As long as he steals the protagonist's luck, he can earn rewards and draw all kinds of acquired talents. These acquired talents can be assigned to anyone he chooses. “Ding! System reminder: Host, you stole the protagonist, the school 5.8kReads8.9Score488Shelves
48. 48 全 Global Corpse Mutation: My Identity as a Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Corpse King Is Exposed 全球尸变：我的万年尸王身份暴露了 Time’s Soft Face时光糯颜Urban803k WordsCompleted [A completely fresh idea!] [Pure, unadulterated thrills from beginning to end!] Yang Sheng transmigrates to the 23rd century, where the whole world has entered an age of archaeological excavation. A gigantic tomb containing ten thousand corpses is discovered, and the excavation is broadcast live worldwide. “Viewers! This is shocking! We’re excavating a gigantic tomb filled with ten thousand corpses…” “Take a guess at what we’ll find inside…” Viewers around the world watch with 26Reads6.9Score—Shelves
49. 49 开 From the Start as a Ghost Emperor, I Charm Beautiful Spirit Exorcists 开局成为鬼帝，强撩美女驱灵师 Eucommia Tea杜仲茶Urban687k WordsCompleted [Parody] [Gradually Turns Evil] Lin Dongyang died in a car accident and was reborn, only to discover that he had become a ghost. And after binding to a System, he became the highest-ranking kind of ghost: a Ghost Emperor! Feeling the imposing aura of his Ghost Emperor status, Lin Dongyang could only sigh helplessly. “Where’s my magic power? System, you gave me the aura but not the magic power?” System: “Host, if you want to increase your magic power, you’ll have to complete missions…” Breaking u 160Reads8.0Score—Shelves
50. 50 星 Interstellar Voyage: Master of Space 星际穿梭之空间主宰 One Cicada蟬一只Sci-Fi & Apocalypse383k WordsOngoing Top-Secret Classified File of Huaguo: Name: Xiao Fan Sex: Male Age: Unknown Ability: Spatial control. Within his range, he can command everything; life and death are decided by a single thought. He possesses extraordinary control. Even supersonic missiles can be brought to an instant halt, and he can teleport thousands of miles away. No conventional weapons currently in use can harm him, unless nuclear weapons are deployed. His abilities are also constantly growing stronger. Threat level: imposs 215Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    Synopsis: Antique smuggling, a thousand-year-old Chinese corpse resurrected and sweeping through South Korea, a simple life, a battle against vampires.

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