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  1. 101 I Can Only Instantly Kill Great Emperors, So I Became an Emperor-Harvesting Machine 只能秒大帝的我，化身大帝收割机 Asteroid West小行星西Eastern Fantasy562k WordsCompleted Synopsis: This book is also known as “Sorry, I Can’t Beat Anyone Else, but I Can Instantly Kill Great Emperors” and “At Level 999, I Can Instantly Kill Great Emperors; One Level Lower, They Instantly Kill Me.” Lin Xuanqing transmigrated into the Zixiao Holy Land as its patriarch, but had no cultivation at all. To keep anyone from discovering he was a complete weakling, he kept a straight face and pretended to be a master for a hundred years. At last, one day, he awakened a System that could inst 7.9kReads8.6Score1.9kShelves
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  2. 102 Taboo of the Living 活人禁忌 Ninth Master of the Thieves' Sect盗门九当家Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted When I was nine, I found myself in mortal danger! To save me, my grandfather made a decision that would change my life forever... 15.7kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
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  3. 103 King of Feng Shui 风水之王 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.1M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 789.8kReads9.4Score39.1kShelves
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  4. 104 The Supreme Taoist: Subduing Ten Thousand Ghosts 道门太上：万鬼伏藏 Peeing Into the Wind, Soaking a Shoe迎风尿一鞋Mystery482k WordsCompleted Offer blood to Heaven and slaughter every evil. The Daoist arts are the strongest of all. The protagonist, Li Changsheng, masters the supreme arts of the Daoist sect and makes a solemn vow: he will not ascend until he has eliminated every demon and evil spirit under Heaven. He willingly seals his cultivation between Heaven and Earth, remaining in the mortal realm for thousands of years! 39.7kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves
  5. 105 Supreme Taoist: A Calamity of Bloodshed 道门太上：血光之灾 Peeing Into the Wind, Soaking a Shoe迎风尿一鞋Mystery480k WordsCompleted Offer blood to Heaven, and slay every evil thing. The Daoist arts are the strongest of all. All the great paths beneath Heaven come from Taishang. The Taishang lineage belongs to my Li family alone. The protagonist, Li Changsheng, makes a solemn vow to eradicate every evil demon beneath Heaven: he will never ascend, but remain in the mortal world for thousands of years. 13.7kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
  6. 106 Calculating Fate Through Yin 算阴命 Nine-Rank Game九品一局Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted My mother was snatched away by a beast when she gave birth to me. Twelve years later, my father brought home a woman. Three days after that, my father died… 2kReads8.9Score253Shelves
  7. 107 Reverend, Stop Pretending. I Know You Can Use Immortal Arts 道长别装了，我知道你会仙术 Too Sleepy to Sleep困的睡不着Mystery11.6M WordsOngoing At Zhongnan Mountain, people knew only that it was home to the Quanzhen Sect. Few knew that at its foot stood a dilapidated Taoist temple. That day, the people of Gujing Temple burst onto the scene. From then on, their name would resound throughout the land! 185.5kReads9.2Score15.3kShelves
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  8. 108 The Scarlet Otherworld 猩红异界 Dong Huang Ming Yue东煌明月Historical38k WordsOngoing While playing chess against Li Rui, the chess player Wu Yu is ambushed by him and transmigrates to an ancient otherworld. Just as Wu Yu prepares to put his schemes to use and make a name for himself, he discovers that this place is not as simple as it seems. Nothing is ever more terrifying than the human heart. —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  9. 109 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Take Over the Haunted Clinic 惊悚游戏：开局拿下鬼诊所 Sliding-Step Expert滑步高手Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted The paranormal is on the rise, and horror games are invading reality. The genius doctor Li Fei is accidentally drawn into a game. With the Ghost Doctor System at his side, he devotes himself heart and soul to medicine, gradually building his clinic into a thriving business. The Slit-Mouthed Woman: “I only went in for a checkup for a cold, and he sewed my mouth shut the moment I walked in!” The Red Wedding Dress: “I only turned him down, but he insisted I had a fear of men!” The Ghost Lady: “He t 17.3kReads8.8Score2kShelves
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  10. 110 Unbelievable! She’s Maxed Out, So Why Did You Provoke Her? 服了！她满级，你说你惹她干嘛！ Black Ink on White Paper白纸黑字Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Print edition signed] She was the world's number one genius assassin, a name that struck terror into the hearts of all who heard it. Cold and ruthless, she killed without a trace, only to be deceived and used by her organization and brutally murdered. Then she was reborn as a fat, stupid, good-for-nothing female student? Fat? Once she slimmed down, she stunned everyone! Stupid? The president of Jing University personally came to recruit her! Good-for-nothing? A legendary hacker begged to call h 62.1kReads9.3Score5.8kShelves
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  11. 111 I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.8MReads9.9Score179.5kShelves
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  12. 112 Red and White Wedding 红白囍 AyeAyeCaptainTwo Male Leads186k WordsCompleted [Republican-era nostalgia + supernatural + two male leads + equally matched powerhouses + pure-hearted madmen] [Brilliant and passionate young diviner Tian Suanzi, Mu Geshen X cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside heir to a family of physicians, the saintly doctor Chai Shuxin] A funeral is mournful, a wedding joyful, I travel from the world of the living to the Yellow Springs, Prepare incense, candles, paper horses, and a bridal sedan, Lady Meng offers us the nuptial wine. White paper, red rob 64.3kReads9.7Score16.6kShelves
  13. 113 The Gods’ Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 606kReads9.7Score73.1kShelves
  14. 114 From the Start as a Little Demon? I Smash the Hall of King Yama to Defy Fate 开局成小妖？怒砸阎王殿逆天改命 Bubble Pepper泡泡辣椒Eastern Fantasy136k WordsOngoing A mildly terrifying journey through branching timelines. Are you ready? “Inside the bridal shop, the once-cozy pink walls began to writhe. Plump mold worms wriggled out through the cracks, one after another. The clerk's smile never changed. It was like a frozen mask, sending chills down your spine. She reached out to grab me. ‘Let... me... help you... shed... your skin.’” [CULT + branching timelines + mild horror + no saintly protagonist + slow start + supernatural + dreamcore + SAN loss + inf —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  15. 115 I Took Over My Own Body 我夺舍了自己 Fang Yebai方夜白Urban1.2M WordsCompleted An accident turned Chen Luo into a vessel for his parallel-world selves, who had died and come back to life. He was possessed by his counterparts from parallel worlds. Every time Chen Luo fulfilled an unfinished wish of one of his parallel selves, he gained a skill they had learned, such as combat, languages, computers, firearms, and more. Assassin Chen Luo: “Let's go paint the town red!” Playboy Chen Luo: “My blade is practically begging for a taste!” Master Thief Chen Luo: “Next, we're going t 20.3kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
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  16. 116 The Yin-Yang Courier 阴阳快递员 Uncle Black Eyes黑瞳叔Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Parcel delivery has expanded beyond the countryside and reached the underworld. And I am a courier who delivers to both the living and the dead! I've delivered countless packages and encountered countless strange, unknown events. Let me tell you a deathly tale about parcel delivery, based on my own experiences... 1.8kReads8.7Score309Shelves
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  17. 117 The Haunted Houses I’ve Experienced 我经历的凶宅 Wangcai Little Ning旺财小宁Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted The older generation often says that people who die violent deaths cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation. Their souls endlessly haunt the places where they died, seeking substitutes. Only then can they be reborn. That’s why we often hear in the news about car crashes that keep happening at certain locations. Sometimes the place isn’t even a proper intersection, yet terrible accidents leave cars wrecked and people dead. Some streams aren’t even as deep as a person is tall, yet every year there 2.3kReads8.9Score207Shelves
  18. 118 Invitation from Hell 地狱邀请函 Midnight Nightmare午夜梦魇Mystery601k WordsCompleted [Ghost Escape + Supernatural Horror + Infinite Flow + A Clever Protagonist] An invitation and an abandoned bus drag a group of people into a haunted realm… Lin Mo barely makes it back to the real world alive, only to discover that the horror has just begun. One invitation after another arrives before him, and one eerie world after another comes calling… The Dusk Spirit Hotel, the Dead Return, Vengeful Ghosts Invade: what is the truth behind it all? Who is a friend? And who is an enemy? Shh… Watc 18.4kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
  19. 119 The Haunted Campus 诡异校园 Heartbroken Taibai伤心太白Mystery287k WordsOngoing (Ordinary people + no System + supernatural + mystery + fantasy + deadly school rivalries + a focus on human nature) If you want to succeed, you have to get stronger! This school has no place for dead weight! Fall behind and get beaten. Get beaten and you die! Survival of the fittest! Want to become an elite? Then you have to take out everyone else! By studying, or by any other means! All we care about is the result! Welcome to the Strange Academy! Lin Xiaofeng thought at first that this was jus 30Reads—Score—Shelves
  20. 120 The Little Taoist of Green Mountain 青山小道士 Yan Xinyu严鑫宇Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Taoist priest + supernatural mysteries + technically detailed + magic arts + urban + no power fantasy + slow growth + no heroine] (The central idea of the first book: Heaven and humanity) This novel is told in the first person and explores knowledge and experiences from many perspectives, including Taoist culture, astronomy, feng shui, Qimen Dunjia, physiognomy, palmistry, humanities, society, and science. Everything unknown in the world is like a vast darkness. Science is like a flashlight ill 4.1kReads9.2Score594Shelves
  21. 121 Musings on Horror Novels 恐怖小说杂谈 Hu Anxia胡安夏Mystery142k WordsCompleted This book is made up of several short stories, each with a different protagonist. Some are workers heading home after their shifts, some are cleaning staff, and some are students at school... These are stories about things that happen in their lives that grow more terrifying the more you think about them. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  22. 122 A Chaotic Mass Burial 行尸乱葬 A Bright Moon in My Heart心有明月Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted My name is Zhao Ergou, and I carry corpses for a living. The rule is simple: the living must not pass the white line at the cave entrance, and corpses must be placed inside the yellow line. That’s one of the rules every corpse bearer follows, until one day, a group of hikers wandered into the cave… 242Reads5.9Score—Shelves
  23. 123 The Funeral Shop 白事店 Xiao Xiao Tian Le小小天乐Mystery372k WordsOngoing Please read this rationally. All horror scenes are based on personal experience. The main storyline is entirely fictional. Do not recklessly try any of the games, behaviors, or actions mentioned in the story. Do not be superstitious. Read this rationally. Since it is written in the first person, there are many descriptions of the characters' thoughts. Judge people by their actions, not their thoughts. No one is perfect if judged by their thoughts. Remember, the actions in this story must never b 4Reads—Score—Shelves
  24. 124 The Xiangxi Gu Master 湘西蛊师 Zhang Yufan张雨梵Mystery333k WordsOngoing I’m a traveler and an explorer. Over the course of fourteen years, I’ve visited nearly every part of China and even gone abroad on two expeditions. I’ve had a wealth of experience and am something of a minor figure in the exploration world. I wrote this book to record what I’ve seen over the years, along with those unknown forces. And the little-known forbidden zone for humans: Shentang Bay! —Reads—Score—Shelves
  25. 125 The Vengeful Ghost Curse 怨诡咒 Little Old Steed小老骥Mystery418k WordsCompleted (Traditional supernatural horror + No System + Not a power fantasy + Deduction + Suspense) My coworker died. He died in his own bathtub. By the time the police arrived at his home, his corpse had already begun to rot and stink. His limbs had been gnawed down to the bone, and the coroner found undigested flesh in his stomach. That very night, I received a WeChat message from my dead coworker. It said I was next... 21.7kReads8.6Score1.8kShelves
  26. 126 You Asked Me to Carry a Corpse, but It Turned Out to Be My Own Little Sister! 让你背尸体，竟背到亲妹妹！ Shui Gongyun水弓云Mystery306k WordsCompleted [Traditional paranormal | Folk-horror | Ghost-raising sorcery | Decisive and ruthless] I moonlighted with a corpse-retrieval team and hauled up my own younger sister, who had been bullied to death! Despite investigating from every angle, I couldn’t get justice for her… From that day on, I swore to follow the dark arts and uphold justice. I firmly believe that justice lives in the hearts of the people! Raise ghosts, drive out evil, break curses, guide spirits onward, and destroy the human he 484Reads6.7Score—Shelves
  27. 127 Rural Tales of the Supernatural: Xin Lao'er 农村灵异录之欣老二 Freewheeling Second Brother天马行空二哥Mystery162k WordsCompleted [Rural Life] [Supernatural] [Absurd Comedy] [Surprising and Thrilling] [Ghost Stories] Hello, I'm Guo Shaojie, born in Beichan Village, X County, H Province. There's a man in our village called Xin Lao'er. He's helped us deal with all sorts of things, and everyone in the village calls him Second Brother when they see him. Want to know what he's helped us take care of? Let's find out together what happens around Second Brother. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  28. 128 Selling Burial Clothes, Sewing Up Corpses, and Raising a Ghost Wife 卖寿衣，缝尸体，养鬼妻 Night Shadow夜幽影Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [Traditional supernatural horror, folk terror, decisive and ruthless] I rented an apartment where someone had died, hoping to save money, only to be plunged into endless darkness... My terrifying girlfriend has a mouth full of sharp teeth and haunts me day and night; A headless vengeful infant on the highway frantically tries to steal people’s heads; A horrifying internet celebrity livestreams herself peeling off people’s faces, while the comments turn eerie; At a Cat Immortal shrine in a strang 65.5kReads9.2Score9.1kShelves
  29. 129 My Years Running a Fortune-Telling Shop 我开命理馆的这些年 Lighting a Lamp and Listening to the Rain掌灯听雨Mystery933k WordsOngoing [Metaphysical divination, esoteric arts, thunder formulae, the Four Pillars of Destiny and feng shui, astrology, ghost hunting, folk sorcery, witchcraft...] This is the true story of a yin-yang master. How much do you know about the metaphysical arts? You may have heard of feng shui, the Four Pillars, Qimen Dunjia, and the Six Yao, but you may never have witnessed the true power of these arts of fate and divination. In the early 1990s, as interest in the Book of Changes surged, I formally took u 24.6kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves
  30. 130 Hearse 灵车 Wild Goose Before the Hall堂前雁Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted A hearse is a vehicle used to transport coffins or urns. You could also call it a vehicle exclusively for the dead. I was a bus driver for four years, and for all four years I kept a secret bottled up inside. Now I'll tell you firsthand about the terrifying things that happen on trains, things you don't know about. Maybe you've never heard of hearses being converted into buses, but the buses you've ridden may not have carried only the living... 1.3kReads8.0Score138Shelves
  31. 131 A Weasel Demands a Title, So I Reveal My Purple-Robed Celestial Master's True Form 黄皮子讨封，我亮出紫袍天师法身 Horse-Herder Immortal出马仙Mystery4.8M WordsCompleted Humorous and hilarious + traditional supernatural folklore + spirit medium rituals + no System Zhang Tiezhu staggers home drunk one night. He runs into a tailless weasel that asks him for a blessing. The weasel asks, “Do I look more like a human or a god to you?” “Heh... You look like your grandma’s leg!” The weasel says, “...Brother Zhang, cut it out. Give me a proper answer!” Zhang Tiezhu says, “Weasel, let me tell you: these days, you have to believe in science!” The weasel says, “I’m a Yello 34kReads8.9Score3.5kShelves
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  32. 132 The Mysterious Returns: The Ten Kings of Hell Are at My Side! 诡秘复苏：我身边跟着十殿阎王！ Perplexed Muzi纳闷的木子Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Chen Xuanbei, nicknamed Dizang, accidentally transmigrates to a parallel universe where the supernatural has descended. With the Ten Yama Kings tattooed across his body and a massive reaper’s scythe slung over his shoulder, Chen Xuanbei declares, “Sorry, everyone. I’m claiming this territory!” The Slit-Mouthed Woman: “Hello, police? Someone sewed my mouth shut! Yes, they threw away my scissors too!” Sadako: “Hello, city management? Someone blocked up my well with concrete. I can’t get home!” Han 31kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves
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  33. 133 The Coffin Walks at Night 灵棺夜行 Watchdog看门狗Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted I was carrying a coffin up the mountain for a burial when they stuffed me inside and buried me alive. Then, in a single night, all three hundred or so people in the village vanished. Only at night was the place alive with voices. I crawled out of the coffin, only to discover... 9.1kReads8.2Score637Shelves
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  34. 134 Deceiving the Gods: A Performance! 欺神演出！ Violent Purple-Skinned Person暴力紫皮人Mystery5.2M WordsOngoing [Satisfying revenge + Mind-bending twists + Slow burn + Strategic battles + Loads of plot twists] “When I thought death was the end, I opened my eyes and discovered that death was only a new beginning.” Lin Yu was killed by a junior schoolmate he thought had come to confess her love, only to discover that he hadn’t truly died. Instead, he had entered a deadly game! Only the winner would earn the chance to “live again.” Fortunately, Lin Yu awakened the “Unique Class: Deceiver.” [Any lie you 451.4kReads9.3Score79.4kShelves
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  35. 135 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ Yu Zuo予作Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 195.8kReads9.6Score24.7kShelves
  36. 136 From the Start, I Had a God-Tier Hidden Skill! I See Through Everything 开局神级隐藏技能！我已看透一切 Thin Porridge Shizhou稀粥世洲Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow] [Lighthearted and Funny] [No Female Lead] [Livestream] [Feel-Good] Left Cheng'an was pulled into a world survival game and awakened the game's only god-tier skill, "True Sight"! From then on, he could see the other side of the game! A branch lay by the roadside. Ordinary players: "What's this thing underfoot? Get it out of the way!" What Left Cheng'an saw: [A locust branch loved by the imprisoned Eight-Legged Countess. Give it to her and you can get the quest item, "Secret Room K 93.3kReads8.7Score10.1kShelves
  37. 137 Ghost Shop No. 81 81号鬼事铺 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted Night blankets the city, and the things lurking in the shadows begin to stir. The raccoon dog granny who eats raw meat, the fitness girl with fish scales growing on her back. The wild foxes who approach people by the roadside, and the little convenience store in the cemetery. I've experienced all of these. And it all began after I witnessed a car accident... 51.3kReads9.2Score4.4kShelves
  38. 138 On My Birthday, I Found Out I'd Been Kept in Captivity for Eighteen Years 生日那天，发现自己被圈养十八年 Doesn't Eat Konjac不吃魔芋Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Coming-of-Age Protagonist, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, Plot-Driven] On Lin Yi’s eighteenth birthday, his mother plunged a knife into his heart with her own hands. He thought he would die, but when he came to, Lin Yi discovered he was still alive. He was not only unharmed, but had even returned to the past. At first, Lin Yi thought it was all a hallucination. It was only when his mother picked up the knife on the table again that he finally realized the people sitting before him were not his p 24kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves
  39. 139 Call Me Lord 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 170.8kReads9.5Score19.2kShelves
  40. 140 Strange Tales of Houqiu 厚邱怪谈 Monkey Head Pumpkin Bracelet猴头南瓜手串Mystery177k WordsOngoing This is a novel only those who have truly seen ghosts can understand. When water reaches the brim, it spills; when the moon is full, it wanes. If you learn too many of the world’s secrets, the only person you’ll hurt in the end is yourself. Some people are born able to see strange things, or to experience what ordinary people never do. Such people are either born with a defect or destined for a difficult life. So, would you be willing to have a pair of Yin-Yang Eyes? 15Reads—Score—Shelves
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  41. 141 I'm a Bar Owner, Forced to Catch Ghosts 我，酒吧老板，被迫营业捉鬼 Beiluo Today北落今天Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [Horror + supernatural + semi-invincible + no System + not brainless + ruthless decisiveness] I’m Heibai, an utterly ordinary bar owner. I only wanted to live a quiet life, but one commission and one problem after another keep landing on my doorstep. Curse magic, a drug-induced dreamless sleep, a yin-yang wedding, a deadly text message... As the Underworld descends, little Jiangcheng becomes a den of danger, and one strange incident after another unfolds. Well, looks like I can’t hide my abiliti 1.1kReads8.8Score—Shelves
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  42. 142 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录 Zhang Xiaohe张小河Mystery156k WordsCompleted The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa 1.9kReads9.1Score134Shelves
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  43. 143 The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Suspense + Folk Customs + Playful Tone + Ensemble Cast + Nonstop Ghost-Hunting Thrills!] Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I’ve known no peace. My name is Quan Ning. I’m a lawyer, and one day I was in a car accident on a mountain road. As I lay dying, I saw a ghostly judge from the underworld come to claim my soul. I struck a deal with him and borrowed a sliver of hope for survival. The price of this life I borrowed was becoming 2.4kReads9.1Score272Shelves
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  44. 144 Ghostly Whispers at Midnight 夜半鬼语 Millennium-Old Monster千年老妖Mystery87k WordsCompleted [Rural + Supernatural + Ghost Stories] Back when my grandfather was young, he learned carpentry. As Old Zhao put it, a sixth-grade carpenter these days was worth half a scholar. But things were different back then. Carpenters belonged to one of the lowest trades. They had to carry their tools around every day, get up before dawn and stay out until the middle of the night, traveling from village to village to find work. And because they went so many places, and made coffins and dealt with the dea 8.1kReads9.0Score272Shelves
  45. 145 The Impostors Are Coming, and I Can No Longer Tell 伪人来袭，我已分不清 A Plastic Person一只塑料人Mystery720k WordsCompleted [Uncanny Horror + Lovecraftian Terror + Impostors + A Ghost Wife to Raise + Madness + Exorcism Through Materialism. No cultivation, no System. One heroine, but female supporting characters too. Read with caution if that's not your thing.] Think carefully about everyone you saw today. Can you be sure that “they” were all human? Don't panic. There's no need to answer too quickly. First, take a deep breath and try to recall the unnatural details. For example, someone repeatedly greeting you with th 6.7kReads8.9Score564Shelves
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  46. 146 Republic-Era Notes on Summoning Evil 民国招邪笔记 Small-Town Folk from the Countryside农村小市民Mystery403k WordsCompleted Chinese-Style Horror + Episodic Mysteries + Ancestral Taboos + Republican-Era Suspense + Cursed Objects That Claim Lives Each supernatural case wraps up in three to five chapters. The pace is breakneck, with no dragging things out! Folk-horror elements: red wedding gowns, ancestral halls, midnight opera troupes... If you’re a scaredy-cat, read during the day. If you’re brave, listen to the audiobook at night for the full dose of terror. 449Reads—Score—Shelves
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  47. 147 The Frail One Becomes the Beloved of the Whole Infinite Academy 病秧子在无限学院里成为团宠啦 There's a Cat有一只猫猫Two Male Leads1.1M WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow + light ensemble cast + everyone’s favorite + a sickly beauty who’s a little cheeky x a jealous, doting, secretly flirtatious boss] Just got a rating Original title: The Sickly Boy Becomes the Class Favorite at the Infinite Academy Born frail, Su Mu accidentally entered an infinite game. Everyone was waiting to see the sickly boy die, but he survived and made it into Class F9, the worst class at the academy. In this world full of dazzling supernatural abilities, Su Mu seems to be 869Reads8.9Score107Shelves
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