Supernatural Horror and Suspense, No Female Lead 灵异恐怖悬疑无女主

1. 101 举 Raise Your Head Three Feet, and There’s an Evil God 举头三尺有邪神 Firmament Giant Rock苍穹巨岩Mystery328k WordsOngoing [Eastern Fantasy + Lovecraftian Elements + Plot-Driven + Mystery + No Cliches + No System + No Brain-Dead Characters + Not a Power Fantasy] [Readers who may be bothered by this, proceed with caution] [The first five chapters are slow-burn setup. The story picks up afterward, and there's a detailed outline, so read with confidence!] After transmigrating, Zhou Mo finds himself in a small village that resembles one from ancient China. Gradually, strange and utterly inexplicable things begin happeni 620Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   I highly recommend everyone to read it. It's a very interesting book. It's at the level of fairy grass! The world view of Cthulhu cultivating immortality, the writing style is smooth, the subject matter is novel, it is not a cool novel, it is suspenseful style, the first few chapters are a bit slow, but the later chapters are really exciting! It's the type that looks better the more you look at it!

2. 102 民 Folk Tales: A Daily Dose of Horror 民间怪谈：每日恐怖奇说 Hongjun, Who Loves Sweet Potato Porridge from Liangying爱吃两英番薯粥的鸿钧Mystery233k WordsCompleted Which is more terrifying, humans or ghosts, or perhaps something unseen and even more frightening? With its distinctive narrative style, this book brings readers a series of spine-chilling horror stories. In this book, you will follow different protagonists into worlds filled with terror and eerie unease. From mysterious ancient buildings to remote, desolate places, and from ordinary everyday life to bizarre supernatural phenomena, every story is packed with unexpected twists and horrifying mome 244Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Horror, ghost, suspense and scary

3. 103 特 Special Operations Bureau 特事行动科 Eighteen Angry Men十八怒汉Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted One thousand three hundred and ninety years ago, under the emperor’s direction, human adepts gained control of the “Void” and used it to create the “Wall,” which separated the real world from the anomalous one. After more than six centuries of effort by adepts from various schools, the anomalous remnants in the real world were finally purged, leaving humanity with a world of its own. Anomalous creatures became demons, ghosts, gods, and monsters in tales of the strange. As time passed, the adepts 1.9kReads7.0Score258Shelves

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   The city reappears the ghosts and gods recorded in ancient books

4. 104 闹 Haunted? Don't Worry, Grandpa Can Summon the Gods 闹鬼？没事的，阿公会请神 Naming Things Is Such a Chore不想起名字好累Mystery309k WordsCompleted Have you ever heard that you shouldn’t pick up red envelopes you find on the road? You might accidentally claim a partner from the underworld. Want to talk to your departed loved ones again? Then… let’s try a spirit-world séance. Worship at the Yin Temple and grow rich. If you’ve got the guts, come give it a try! 142Reads—Score—Shelves

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   There is really no heroine. The protagonists are an old man and a young man. The grandfather and his grandson deal with the supernatural events they encounter.

5. 105 我 I’m an Actor in a Horror World 我在恐怖世界当演员 fh Black and Whitefh黑白Mystery607k WordsCompleted [Infinite Loop + Death Games + Horror Worlds + Original Scenarios + No Female Lead] (The protagonist has limits he won’t cross + System (mostly useless) + Items + The protagonist isn’t superhuman) If you were asked to act in a real horror movie, would you be willing? Guan Long is one lucky guy: he was chosen to take part in one terrifying film after another. There’s the bizarre rest stop on the highway, another “floor” that suddenly appears on a rooftop, and eerie voices calling from elevators, 1.2kReads6.5Score—Shelves
6. 106 民 Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录（全8册） Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The Strange Tales of the Bureau of Investigation series creates an entirely new world of suspense: a mysterious organization dedicated to uncovering the truth behind bizarre, uncanny, and supernatural events, and the world it faces. The stories are wildly strange and utterly captivating, with a witty, playful style and one suspenseful twist after another. Once you start reading, you won't be able to put them down. Throughout history, strange cases and evil monsters have always been dealt with by 41.1kReads9.6Score6.4kShelves

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   🌿OoOoOo, book recommendation~✨ [Note] Chapter 1️⃣The male protagonist Chen Xian graduated from college and was originally poor and working as a small agency. In the end, he was tied to a pawn shop [shocked], and strange things started. There is no way to escape, so let's bite the bullet and do it.

7. 107 荒 Tales of a Haunted Village 荒村怪谈录 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery304k WordsCompleted [Rural Mysteries + Folk Customs + Chinese-Style Horror + Feng Shui and the Supernatural + Anthology + Shocking Twists] There is an old well in Jiulitun that has been sealed for thirty years, and one eerie incident after another keeps occurring. Why has a little girl become unbelievably strong and deranged? Why do villagers keep drowning, and why is the village taboo so difficult to speak of? It all goes back thirty years... 295Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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   Super, super good-looking, and the plot design is superb!!! [Like][Like][Like]

8. 108 午 Midnight Terror: Human Nature Stories That Will Haunt You 午夜惊魂：让人细思极恐的人性故事 Gold Is Money金子就是钞票Mystery142k WordsCompleted At midnight, let's listen together to the little stories that circulate all around us. Maybe they're true. Maybe you've heard them too, or even experienced them yourself. Those moments that grow more terrifying the more you think about them go perfectly with the pitch-black night beyond the window. Red brick walls are common in many places. But we've never stopped to wonder: why are those bricks so red, so vivid? Rideshares at night aren't necessarily safe. Passengers have their concerns, and dr 599Reads8.8Score—Shelves
9. 109 诡 The Haunted Tomb 诡坟 Sugar Quixote糖吉柯德Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted [This is no ordinary paranormal story. It's all about horror and suspense: no mindless wish fulfillment, forbidden yin-yang lore, no cultivation, and a ghost wife. If it's not good, you can break my legs.] People laugh at my family's poverty and say that all my blood relatives have died, so there must be a ghost in our house. I don't dare argue... because there really is a ghost buried in our ancestral grave! ...My name is Zhang Asi... I was born at four in the morning on the fourteenth day of t 40.8kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves

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   ✨✨[It is by no means an ordinary supernatural being, the main theme is a horror thriller, not mindless, Yin and Yang taboos, not cultivating immortals, ghost wife, unsightly broken legs] Others laugh at my family because it is poor and blood relatives die, and it is probably because there is a ghost in the family. I dare not refute... Because there is really a ghost buried in my ancestral grave! ✨✨... My name is Zhang Asi... I was born at 4 a. M. On April 14th, Yin year... If I survive... Please don't believe Zhang Asi!

10. 110 7 Bureau 747: Special Affairs Division Nine 747局之特殊事物处理九科 Brother Elbow肘子师兄Urban770k WordsCompleted Do you really know the colleagues around you? What about your classmates and family? The person you've lived with for years, the one you know best, might not even be human! In this world, humans and demons coexist. Demons can live among you in all sorts of ways. “They” might be the man selling jianbing on the street, or they might be your boss! If a top special forces soldier hadn't awakened his family's bloodline in a panic while carrying out a highly classified special mission, and then joined 618Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    Do you know the colleagues around you? Do you know your classmates and relatives? Maybe, the person you are most familiar with who has lived with you for many years may not be a human! In this world, humans and demons coexist! Demons will live around you in various ways! 'They' may be the pie filling uncle, or they may be your boss! If it weren't for an ace special forces soldier who awakened his family bloodline in a panic while performing a special and extremely confidential mission, and then joined the national special organization, I'm afraid all this would not have been known to the world...

11. 111 特 Special Affairs Bureau, Division Nine: The Nanhai Monster Uprising 特殊事物处理九科之南海妖乱 Brother Elbow肘子师兄Mystery540k WordsCompleted Do you really know the friends around you? The coworkers around you? Your own family? Do you~ know this world? Maybe the people you know, the ones you've met and fallen in love with, aren't human at all~~~ They're demons~! If it weren't for one extraordinary mission, none of this would ever have come to light. And if it weren't for the people who silently stood guard, the Jiuying Sect might already have severed the dragon veins and destroyed our nation's fortune of ten thousand years... 135Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 112 民 Tales of Folk Ghosts 民间鬼故事说 My Name Is Xiaobai我名字叫小白Mystery564k WordsCompleted Each story stands on its own. Leave a comment about what you'd like to read, then pick whichever ones you like. There's no need to read them in order. Some parts are bound to be less well-written, but others may catch your interest, so browse around. 54Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Look at these two

13. 113 杀 The Ins and Outs of Killing and Being Killed 杀与被杀那些事 My Name Is Xiaobai我名字叫小白Mystery241k WordsCompleted When the rules force you to kill, and death becomes routine, will you raise the knife or reach out to grasp its blade? This novel explores the nature of violence, choices between life and death, and the depths of human nature. It goes beyond bloody slaughter to ask: When killing becomes a means of survival, a tool of revenge, or a game of power, where is the line between human and beast? And when being killed becomes an inevitable fate, how should an individual face it? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 114 半 Half Farmer, Half Taoist 半农半道 Liu Huaihuai刘坏坏Mystery484k WordsCompleted A record of life’s fleeting moments, a modern-day Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! In the Age of Declining Dharma, beneath the White Lotus, the greatest hermits hide in plain sight. The truly gifted master Suan Potian and his young apprentice Liu Yi, with help from Captain Liu of the J Team, travel through all kinds of strange tales. They fish drowned souls from the water, battle spirit mediums, drive out evil, escort ghosts and capture monsters; they read the veins of yin energy, set the ea 275Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I wanted to buy sweet-scented osmanthus and carry wine with me, but I finally lived up to my youthful travels.

15. 115 青 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 3.8kReads9.2Score533Shelves

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    It tells the story of a pure cultivator who entered the mortal world from Taoism. When learning about various supernatural events, discovering the complexity of relationships between people is a hundred times more difficult than practicing spiritual practice. The story involves Feng Shui, folk customs, scientific explanations, Qimen Dunjia, various Yili, etc. It also uses metaphysics and science to explain some seemingly unscientific and bizarre events. . .

16. 116 道 A Taoist Priest Enters the World 道士入世记 Yan Xinyu严鑫宇Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Professional Taoist + slow burn + folk customs + the supernatural + mild horror + realism + gradual development + no wish fulfillment] (The central theme of this second novel: people and their relationships.) The Taoist's Journey into the Mortal World is a continuation of The Little Taoist of Qingshan. New readers can enjoy it on its own, while returning readers will find it an even richer experience. Do you want to learn about folk spiritual mediums? Curious about spirit mediums? Want to know 389Reads8.7Score—Shelves
17. 117 天 Tianxuan Paranormal Affairs Office 天玄灵异事务所 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery541k WordsCompleted - [Infinite Flow + Urban Supernatural + Chinese-Style Horror + Folk Legends and Hauntings + Celestial Master Exorcists + Heirs to the Daoist Tradition + Heterochromatic-Eyed Heroine + Haunted House Tales + Episodic Stories + Folk Taboos] - Hidden deep in the bustling streets is an inconspicuous supernatural affairs office called Tianxuan. - No one dares touch the folk taboos of this world. Haunted houses are plagued by unsolved horrors, abandoned villages and ancient mansions seethe with resentm 1.1kReads—Score101Shelves

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    Late-night reading is prohibited | The powerful supernatural novel "Tianxuan Supernatural Agency" has a Yin-viewing pupil, an evil-suppressing sword, and evil hidden in the busy city! Each of them is a weird and strange thing that is close to daily life. It will surprise you unintentionally. The chill is everywhere. The word count is friendly and there is no pressure to follow. It is a one-unit drama with no pauses. It is a thriller that goes straight to the point!

18. 118 全 Global Haunting: From the Start, I Gave Sadako a Spa 全球诡异：开局给贞子做SPA Waiting for Frost to Gather等霜凝Mystery124k WordsOngoing [Supernatural + no female lead + comedy + absurdity + enslaving evil spirits] After being struck dead by lightning, Jiang Yan is reborn a thousand years later and discovers that he’s become the owner of a spa. Even more terrifying, all the shop’s VIP clients are evil spirits! “Miss Sadako, your hair is badly split at the ends. I recommend our annual hair-care package.” “Auntie Chu Renmei, adding cinnabar to your foot bath costs extra.” “Big Brother Black Impermanence, would you like a deep facia —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Weird + No heroine + Funny + Abstract + Slave ghosts + Suspenseful imagination + System + Supernatural] In this world where ghosts are rampant, it is better to lie down and serve! Making a SPA for ghosts not only saves lives but also earns resources. Sadako becomes a bodyguard, Yinshi can be cultivated, and even the system helps generate income. Summary: As long as the service is in place, evil spirits can become repeat customers. This rule is very practical.

19. 119 绝 The Top-Secret Escape Show 绝密逃亡节目 A Beginner Who Can't Write新手不会写书Mystery247k WordsCompleted Wang Hai joined a deadly escape show. With his fate already sealed, he knew he was destined to die. In truth, the show was called Classified Escape, because no one ever made it out alive. Wang Hai signed a pact with the System, and Lin Yu was the one who would help him get revenge. When the elite squad from Deadly Escape stormed in with heavy weapons, Li Fei, captain of the investigation team, found himself trapped in a hopeless, life-or-death siege. Retreating to the third floor, with the passa 1Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    Look, look, look. .

20. 120 全 Manhunt Across the City: I'm Really Not a Criminal 全城围捕：我真不是罪犯啊 Yuan Mu圆目Mystery657k WordsCompleted When he opens his eyes, Chen Mu, a former criminal police officer in his previous life, discovers that he has been reborn in a parallel world. And he has become an escaped convict wanted for an entire family’s murder! Shrill police sirens ring across the city as heavily armed officers close in from every direction. A net of traps leaves no way out. Ding! [Escape System issuing a mission] [Main Mission: Publicly serialize and update the story of your escape] [Side Mission: Find the real culprit b 99.7kReads8.5Score8.1kShelves

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    It's a very interesting book to listen to. He was framed as a criminal and then saved himself.

21. 121 死 Becoming an Ancestor After Death 死后当祖宗 A Borrowed Destiny租来的缘分Mystery267k WordsOngoing No heroine + Chinese-style ghosts and gods + history + a contest for national destiny + family clan Wang Laosan is dead. The dead should act like the dead and go obediently to be reincarnated. But which bastard lifted the lid of his coffin and bullied his wife and children? 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No heroine, the protagonist is a ghost

22. 122 秘 Secret Art: I Transmigrate and Fight to Survive in a Bizarre World 秘法穿越:我在诡异世界极限逃生 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常14k WordsCompleted Secret Art Transmigration: My Extreme Escape in a World of the Uncanny 97Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Secret Travel: My Ultimate Escape in a Weird World" new book series! Imaginary thriller + time travel + infinite flow + weird rules + strong reversal + survival reasoning! 👹

23. 123 保 A Security Guard’s Guide to Survival 保安求生之路 Just an Ordinary Guy挺普通一小子Mystery787k WordsOngoing After a phone call and a nightmare, the ordinary life of Qin Yun, a lowly security guard, is turned upside down. He encounters one bizarre event after another, unsure whether the people around him can be trusted or the things beside him are safe. As dreams and reality intertwine, he searches through the unknown for a way to survive. 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There is a heroine, there is a heroine

24. 124 北 Tales from the Northern Horsemen 北马见闻录 Traveling Through the Dark黑灯瞎火去赶路Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted I’m a spirit medium. What do I need brains for? As long as I’m stubborn enough, those weasels can’t get the better of me. This is a story full of blood and heart, and the legend of a spirit medium’s life. Whether it’s life or human nature, the wise will eventually find the answers meant for them. A record of strange encounters, and half the history of the Ma family. Folk legends, chilling mysteries, and uncanny wonders, all within... 4.6kReads8.9Score398Shelves

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    Gujingguan has three channels of Yin. Anyone who encounters this background will be disappointed.

25. 125 十 Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score233.7kShelves
26. 126 邪 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Three Winds 11三风11Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 154.5kReads9.3Score16.8kShelves

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    ✨✨Why does the decapitated ghost in the hospital pray frequently at midnight? Why do the ghosts in human skin in the deserted mountain village keep wailing? Why does the long-haired female ghost in the bachelor's apartment scream in the middle of the night? ✨✨This is not a distortion of human nature, let alone a loss of morality, but... Someone is sick!

27. 127 活 The Living Dead Bring Fortune 活尸送财 Jun Lan君阑Mystery9k WordsCompleted One a day. For the past three months, the overpowering stench of blood and rot in Qi Lao San's incense hall had never let up. The fouler the stench, the more people came. Zhao Er, who had lost his manhood, buried his father in the hills behind the village so he could enter the incense hall. It was all started by the village chief, who chopped his own daughter-in-law into pieces. Today, it was Li Si's turn. Qi Lao San pointed his pipe toward the incense hall. “Go on in.” —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Now I keep my eyes open until dawn, and I feel unsafe even if I turn on the light in the middle of the night! [Petrochemical][Petrochemical][Petrochemical]

28. 128 失 The Lost Soul 失魂之人 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery11k WordsCompleted After a car accident left Han Jin in a coma, he woke to find himself out of his body, wandering between the realms of yin and yang. His memories from before the accident had vanished, too! To return to his body, he went back to the accident scene, only to discover that someone had tried to murder him! His missing memories, the mystery of his disembodied soul, the secret of extending his life... Whose plot lies behind it all? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 129 劣 Inferior Humanity 劣等人性 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery9k WordsCompleted Liu Kai and several of his friends came down with a mysterious illness. Their skin rotted, but no camera could capture evidence of it, and hospital tests showed nothing wrong! Everything was deeply unsettling. By chance, he found a mysterious shop run by a shamanic practitioner and acquired a pig-headed, human-bodied figurine. His illness eased, but when his friends betrayed him, he suffered an even more terrible backlash! This disaster, which seemed like a strange illness, actually stemmed from —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 130 女 My Girlfriend and Best Friend Are Plotting to Have Me Killed 女朋友和好兄弟密谋让我去死 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery24k WordsCompleted “Do you believe a painting can kill someone?” I took a job worth three hundred thousand yuan: recreating Along the River During the Qingming Festival. At first, I thought it was just an ordinary copy, until the old man from the coffin shop in the painting knocked on my bed in the middle of the night, a woman in a white dress silently watched me from the entryway, and the “boat girls” that had appeared out of nowhere seeped into every stroke of paint like a curse. My buddy urged me on: “Fortune f 2Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 131 组 My Team Leader Tried to Psych Me Out, So I Sent Him Back to the Village as a Sacrifice 组长想要PUA我，我把他送回村里当祭品 Little Hands, Ice Cold小手冰冰凉Mystery9k WordsCompleted When I left the village, the High Priest hung a fish-shaped jade pendant around my neck. The High Priest said that if I wore it, I would never get lost. I’m descended from the guardians of the spring at the Loulan ruins. The Moon Spring is my beacon home. Why would I need a jade pendant? Back then, I didn’t understand, and the High Priest didn’t explain. Not until later, when I met him. —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 132 借 Trading a Life for Wealth 借命换财 Agile Dog灵活的狗Mystery10k WordsCompleted The money Grandma had secretly buried in the ground to treat her terminal illness was gone. I didn’t find out it had been stolen until our neighbor started livestreaming to show off his wealth. He’d also stolen the lucky doll I used to pray for Grandma’s recovery, and showed everyone how its wishes always came true. But the neighbor had no idea: he was trading luck for money. —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 133 惊 A Shocking Murder Plot 惊天杀局 Writer's Block卡文Mystery14k WordsCompleted There’s a corner in the police station’s archives where files on unsolved and bizarre cases are kept. [The Headless Corpse Case] [The Water Ghost Murder Case] [The Grinning Case] None of the above happened to me. They’re my stories. 205Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 134 夺 The Killer Elevator 夺命电梯 I Love Eating Big Oranges我爱吃大橙子Mystery9k WordsCompleted 10:30 p.m. A “friendly reminder” that popped up in the residents’ group chat jolted me wide awake. [Midnight Elevator Safety Notice...] Auntie Wang next door scoffed. “Quit with the spooky nonsense!” Then, late that night, she went out to take the trash, and a scream ripped through the silence... 49Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 135 丈 After Licking the Neighborhood, My Husband Turned into a Monster 丈夫舔过小区之后，变成了怪物 San Ming Zai三茗仔Mystery8k WordsCompleted I posted a missing-husband notice at the entrance to the residential compound. “Missing husband: Zhang Jianguo, two meters tall, recently developed a taste for licking...” The post made everyone laugh. Who still turns a missing-person notice into a joke these days? But after surveillance footage surfaced of our neighbor in Unit 905 being disemboweled, they finally started to feel afraid. —Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 136 别 Seven Hours of Terror in the Villa District 别墅区惊魂七小时 Two Yuan两元Mystery10k WordsCompleted In the early hours of Qingming, a notice from the deceased property manager, Bohe, appeared in the residents’ group chat: “Pay your property fees in full by nine.” The residents sneered, until the doors and windows locked, the phones lost signal, and at exactly nine, everyone who’d skipped their payments jumped to their deaths. The bloody footage played on loop across every screen. I pulled out the payment records. My wife looked away. When I was tearing down an illegal structure, she’d secretly —Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 137 婆 My Mother-in-Law's Secret Baby-Making Soup 婆婆的秘密生子汤 Chocolate McFlurry巧克力麦旋风Mystery8k WordsCompleted Before the Qingming Festival, my mother-in-law went looking for a folk remedy. They said drinking it for a month would help me get pregnant. But during the days she forced me to drink it, there was always a woman standing not far away. As time went on and the day drew closer, a friend from work finally told me I was being haunted because I’d taken something that belonged to someone else. —Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 138 被 The Hunted “Dead Man” 被追杀的 “已死之人” lookMystery8k WordsCompleted At 2:47 a.m., I was curled up in a forest in the middle of nowhere. My companions’ screams rang in my ears, and Lin Peng’s blood still clung to my palm. Just seven hours earlier, we’d been laughing and chatting as we drove along in a Corolla, until a face covered in blood flashed in front of the car. It was unmistakably Wang Xuechun, who had been sitting in the back seat. There were no bodies and no signal. Only four shadowy figures stood before the gravestones in the cemetery, staring straight —Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 139 杀 The 1001 Nights of Killing My Lover 杀死爱人的1001夜 Hengtang横塘Mystery9k WordsCompleted In the middle of the night, someone knocked at the door. I opened it. A strange man stood outside. He asked me a question. “Darling, do you know what day it is today?” I froze in place. In an instant, a dagger plunged into my heart. “You really forgot. Damn you.” I was lying in bed when my eyes suddenly flew open. I touched my chest. It had only been a dream. Relieved, I scrolled on my phone for a while. When sleep finally came over me, I rolled over, ready to drift off again. That was when some —Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 140 不 Don't Live in a House Where Someone Has Died 不要住在死过人的房子里 lookMystery9k WordsCompleted The man on the phone said his girlfriend was dead, but the rental agent said he’d been executed by firing squad two years ago. The night I moved into the haunted house, the black landline rang right on schedule at midnight. Zhang Jian cried over the phone, saying he wanted to see Han Chunyan. Yet through the peephole, I clearly saw a long-haired woman in a denim jacket standing outside. Blood was still seeping from the knife wound on the back of her neck. The rental agent, Zhao Shuang, texted me 1Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 141 不 Don't Build a Land Temple on a Whim 不要随便修建土地庙 Underling小喽啰Mystery11k WordsCompleted I watched with my own eyes as Bian Guoshun smashed the Earth God statue with his head, while blood seeped in rivulets from its base. On the night the village built the temple in 1986, everyone heard knocking at their doors. Not with a hand, but with a head. Li Duyan said the temple had been built over a vein of evil energy, but no one believed him. Not until the Bai family’s boy started banging his forehead against the wall in the middle of the night, and Bian Guoshun was tied to a century-old w —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 142 致 A Deadly Sense of Ceremony 致命的仪式感 Ye Fu也芙Mystery17k WordsCompleted I’m the full-time housewife everyone envies. I never lift a finger around the house. I wake up to spend money and close my eyes to beauty treatments. And I have a handsome, wealthy husband who takes care of my every need. Even my best friend says I must have the luckiest ancestors in the world to be this fortunate. But the truth is, the person sharing my bed isn’t my husband at all. —Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 143 4 The Skeleton in the Wall of Dorm Room 404 404女寝墙里的尸骨 Wu Li雾黎Mystery10k WordsCompleted In November 2025, human remains were discovered in a girls' dormitory at a high school. I sat in my swivel chair, with the DNA test report the lab had just sent over beside me. It read: DNA testing was conducted on hair follicles from clothing found with the remains inside the wall of Room 404, the girls' dormitory at Xingming Private High School. Preliminary findings suggest the victim died between six and ten years ago. Name: Chi Zhuo, male, 181 cm... I stared intently at the name, then took a —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 144 七 Possessed by a Starving Ghost on the Ghost Festival 七月半饿死鬼附身 Shuiliu水柳Mystery8k WordsCompleted When I was little, the village elders used to say that on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the gates of hell swung wide open and restless spirits roamed everywhere. It was the worst night of all to go out. But I refused to believe in that sort of thing. I opened a tea shop in a mahjong parlor, thinking I could make a little extra money. Instead, I came face to face with something I should never have seen. No one was in the private room, yet I heard it bustling with noise. A customer —Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 145 美 Beauty Balm 美人膏 Jinshuang锦霜Mystery11k WordsCompleted I'm a matchmaker who specializes in training men for rich women. Men talk about “self-respect,” but once they become kept men, they'll still do whatever it takes to cling to their rich benefactors. Lately, my husband has started paying more attention to his looks, but he doesn't know that he has very thick eyelids. Very thick. That's exactly what those rich women like to feast on. 49Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 146 是 Who Killed Him? 是谁杀了他 YUE8k WordsCompleted At 8:30 on Saturday night, a woman arrived at her friend's home for dinner, as invited. The security door was ajar, and light from the hallway spilled through the gap, brightening the entryway. She could just make out the outline of a person lying flat in the bedroom opposite the door. As she turned on the lights, she caught sight of a woman lying facedown in the middle of the kitchen, vomit piled around her nose and mouth, half her face submerged in dirty water. Water from the sink dripped over —Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 147 恐 Folk Horror [The Fake Master Who Shocks a Hundred Demons] 恐怖民俗【冒牌大师震百妖】 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The thing Liu Buyi, a fake master, regrets most in his life is learning how to “draw talismans with soy sauce” from a short video. Because the corpse that should be lying quietly in front of him is now using a soy-sauce-dipped finger to write his name on the coffin lid. Meanwhile, his half-baked beauty of a partner, An Xun, is munching on sunflower seeds and enjoying the show. “Didn't you say you had Yin-Yang Eyes?!” Liu Buyi's voice trembles. Seeing how unconcerned she looks, he almost passes o 630Reads—Score109Shelves

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    Pursuing the hard-core underworld texture, Shuhuang went directly to "Tianxuan Supernatural Agency". The empty house keeps sobbing in the middle of the night, shadows wander in the darkness, the isolated ancient village is imprisoned by ancient spells, the creatures are gradually alienated, and harmful things are hidden in ordinary shops. The master and apprentice run through the yin and yang to resolve evil disasters, and are caught in life-and-death crises at any time. The series is stable and does not drag on.

48. 148 哽 The Sobbing Maitreya 哽咽的弥勒 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery408k WordsCompleted A truly thrilling horror fantasy, with a master like Lin Zhenying guiding you through terrifying adventures, slaying demons and monsters, exploring forbidden arts, and cultivating as a demon immortal. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop. It's pure exhilaration from beginning to end! 17Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 149 柜 The Woman in the Closet 柜子里的女人 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery6k WordsCompleted The Woman in the Cabinet 47Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 150 我 I Have 36,524 Folk Horror Stories 我有36524个民间恐怖故事 Nalan Xi纳兰惜Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted [Standalone stories] [Supernatural suspense] [Folk horror] [Mountain spirits and monsters] [Adapted from real cases] [Rural legends] There is no main storyline. Each chapter is a self-contained story adapted from folk rumors, with eerie, gripping plots. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as entertainment. 5.1kReads8.8Score266Shelves

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    Supernatural horror suspense without female protagonist

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