Extremely Suspenseful and Mind-Bending, the Kind That Gets More Terrifying the More You Think About It 极度悬疑烧脑，越想越恐怖的那种

1. 51 致 Deadly Haunted Grounds: The Death Countdown Begins! 致命诡地：现在开始死亡倒计时！ Dong Yu东鱼Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + horror instances + survival + mild scares + no romance] The curse of the Bronze Ghost Mask descends. Those chosen must embark on one deadly journey after another. Time is running out, and death is drawing near. Who will make it out alive this time? [The B&B Butcher] In a creepy old house, ghostly figures appear whenever night falls. Anyone who enc 28.6kReads8.5Score2.9kShelves

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   These two books are excellent and well worth reading.

2. 52 失 Insomniacs' Forbidden Tales: 444 Midnight Ghost Stories 失眠者禁忌：444个午夜鬼谈 Jun Nanchao峻难超Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A horror anthology with a bonus at the end of every story. I have 444 folk ghost stories guaranteed to keep you awake until midnight, terrify you, make you break out in a cold sweat, and pull the covers over your head! At the end of every chapter, the “Author’s Note” will include an illustration or bonus! But before you open it, brace yourself. The author accepts no responsibility for what happens next! [Supernatural Horror] [Folk Horror] [Rural Ghost Stories] [True Cases] [Urban Oddities] [L 4.2kReads—Score366Shelves

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   🔥After reading this in the summer, you won't even need air conditioning. The cold sweat will keep your back chilled all night long—don't believe it? Turn to the first chapter and try it.

3. 53 猎 Sin Hunter Detective 猎罪神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted What's the most terrifying case you've ever heard of? The Corpse Immortal Madam, the Medical University's Sex Fiend, the Human-Head Planters, the Zombie Baby in Building Seven... There are no ghosts in this world, only wrongs waiting to be righted by a master hand. The legendary coroner Song Yang returns to the scene with his disciples, piercing through layer upon layer of mystery to hunt down the killers lurking in this world. Come face-to-face with the bloodiest, most baffling, and most hair-r 5.9kReads9.4Score819Shelves
4. 54 阴 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 2.5kReads9.1Score236Shelves
5. 55 规 Rule-Based Horror? I Choose to Rebel 规则怪谈？我选择叛逆 Alas, Deep Love奈何情深Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [A short drama adaptation of the same name is now available. You can watch it on the platform. Thank you for your support.] [Subverting expectations + no heroine + hilarious + sly schemer + rebellious + eerie + national fate] Rule-based horror descends upon Earth. The uncanny invades reality. Those chosen are sent into horror worlds, where they represent their respective nations and face the horrors within. Su Xiao is chosen by the horror world and entrusted with the task of representing the Dra 49.5kReads9.6Score6.2kShelves

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   🍀The first book is a mind-bending horror story based on rules, especially the protagonist's talent for breaking the rules—it's so good!🍀The second book has four or five plot twists; you'll be racking your brains trying to predict the ending.🍀The third book is a strong recommendation; everyone is a villain, there's no innocent bystander. It features high intelligence, is mind-bending, has plot twists, and is logically sound. 🍀The fourth book combines suspenseful crime-solving, fantasy thriller, and supernatural tales based on rules—the combination speaks for itself. 🍀The fifth book features complex and mind-bending cases, blurring the lines between good and evil, with a surprising ending.

6. 56 鬼 Ghostly Eyes 鬼灵瞳 Little Master小师傅Mystery931k WordsCompleted A reclusive man known as Little Master, along with several strange people brought together by coincidence but united by their shared interests, gradually uncovers a history buried for many years: the five great clans of the ancient world and the Yin-Yang adepts who could do anything. It seems that fate has long been leading them into one thrilling fantasy adventure after another... 1kReads9.1Score103Shelves

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   This is terrifying beyond belief 😭 I was so scared I couldn't go to the bathroom at night! Anyone understand?! I should have watched it during the day 😭😭

7. 57 乙 Otome Survival: I Get Strong by Snatching Opportunities From the Whole Server 乙女求生：从截胡全服开始变强 I Love My Wife Yanyan我爱老婆炎炎Mystery141k WordsOngoing [Supernatural Horror] [Infinite Flow] [Survival Game] [Romance] [Unflappable Heroine] [爽文] Tang Yuan thought she had been transported into a gorgeous dating sim, and was just about to cuddle up to her billionaire boyfriend with his eight-pack abs. The on-screen comments erupted in warnings: Run! He's a monster! He'll swallow you whole as soon as you kiss him! Tang Yuan: ??? "Ding! The player has triggered a guaranteed-death scenario. Choose incorrectly and you will be erased immediately." To sta 579Reads6.7Score675Shelves

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   A bizarre, infinite flow, survival game—pulled to the limit between various bizarre masters, turning the entire bizarre world upside down! In Tomato's opinion, this is the best book ever. It's seriously, seriously, seriously amazing!!! [Sending hearts][Laughing and crying][Licking screen][Laughing and crying][Stunned][Disgusted]

8. 58 百 The Realm of a Hundred Ghosts 百诡之界 Really Want to Drink Wangzai好想喝旺仔Mystery108k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + Thriller and Horror + Deduction + One Heroine] A strange fog, a bizarre car crash. When I woke up, I found myself in a world I had never seen before. Was this heaven? Or hell? It seemed to be neither… Everything here was exactly like the real world, yet somehow nothing was the same. There was something eerie about every corner… One terrifying game after another… Who am I? Where am I? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 59 规 Rule Horror: I Sign-In to Become a God, and Even the Horrors Fear Me 规则怪谈：签到成神，诡异都怕我 Lucky Carp Fairy锦鲤小仙Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Redemption + sign-in + national destiny + no female lead + comedy + original story + a tiny bit of touching moments] Over-the-top blurb: Rule-based horror games invade the world. Those chosen are bound to their nations and forced to take part in the games! Victory brings countless resources. Failure means death, and the horror game descends on the city! The games are terrifying? Almost impossible to survive? Participants have to tread on eggshells? Jiang Fan says, this is way too easy! He activ 1.9kReads8.9Score295Shelves

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   Horror and comedy

10. 60 不 Don't Talk to the Comments 不要和弹幕说话 Half a Cool Moon凉月过半Mystery705k WordsOngoing [Horror + Supernatural + Mystery + Mind-Bending + Anthology (first four volumes complete) + Dread That Gets Under Your Skin + Not for the Fainthearted + The Villain Is the Smartest Character in the Book + Growing Female Lead + No System, No Cheats, Plot-Driven] Have you ever replied to a historical comment on a video, even just for fun? Hu Jia accidentally comes across a web series from ten years ago. It depicts a real case from that same year, but its ending is completely different from what 19Reads8.1Score—Shelves
11. 61 东 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 Jun Lan君阑Mystery122k WordsCompleted [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 912Reads8.8Score108Shelves

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    😱😱😱This is really scary; those with a weak heart shouldn't try it.

12. 62 精 To a Lunatic, What’s a Ghost Anyway? 精神病面前，鬼东西算个球 Zoom Zoom Rabbit突突兔Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Hilarious + mentally ill protagonist + invincible + System] A world where ghostly energy has returned. Chen Zhuo is a patient at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital. The System fails to cure him. System: Let him do whatever he wants. I only provide technical support. Ghost Realm Bounty Board: Chen Zhuo, male, severe mental illness. Whoever takes his life will receive a billionfold increase in ghostly energy, several mansions, and endless luxuries. 4.6kReads9.3Score834Shelves
13. 63 异EN Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界：我的人生开了挂！ A Salty Fish c一条咸鱼cEastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted [Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes 138.3kReads9.6Score16.9kShelves
14. 64 诡 The Eerie Apocalypse: I Play a Fake Human, and I Am Calamity! 诡异末世：扮演伪人，我即灾厄！ A Fan一个风扇Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [New premise] [New setting] [Infinite Flow] [Not a power fantasy] “Don't trust him! He died three days ago!” “Ye Kai, are you a fake person or not?” Facing his neighbors' terrified questions, Ye Kai calmly shook his head. “I can't prove that I'm not a fake person, but I can tell you this.” “Your memories have been altered. The fake person... is among you.” [Not invincible] [No System] [The protagonist has no cheat abilities] The uncanny descended, shattering the world into countless fragments. H 8.6kReads8.7Score849Shelves

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    [Top Post][Masterpiece by Sparrow][Laughing] PS: I'm reading this myself, those with a weak stomach should not enter, the content is extremely mind-bending! [Infinite Flow + Suspense Thriller + Survival] "Ye Kai, you died three days ago!" The neighbors roared, brandishing kitchen knives. He stood in front of the broken mirror and chuckled: "Your memories have been tampered with, fake humans..." Before he finished speaking, the sound of fingernails scratching came from outside the door—that thing was laughing with his face. After the arrival of the eerie, humanity struggled to survive among fragments of memory: your beloved wife might be the monster that gnawed at your fingers last week, the "reality" you firmly believed in might have already been overwritten by disaster. When fear itself begins to multiply, who can distinguish whether the reflection in the mirror is human or ghost?

15. 65 诡 Eerie Descent: Nobody on the Subway Is Human 诡异降临：地铁里都不是人 Money Cheetah金钱小豹子Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [!!! NOT A POWER FANTASY !!!] [No golden finger + No Romance + No Leveling Up + No Items + No System] [Infinite Flow + Mystery and Horror + Every Character Is Smart] Important warning: If you are riding the subway right now, be sure to check underneath your seat and make sure there isn’t a corpse lying there! A mysterious subway train, with eighteen stops along its route. At every stop, the passengers must face a bizarre instance! A cruise ship sailing alone across the sea, with nowhere to dock 3.5kReads7.3Score600Shelves

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    1⃣️ Qi Xia enters a game [Shocked] Who is lying? The directions of ten hometowns? What do the twelve zodiac animals represent? [What?] What is the difference between heaven, earth, and man? Is this game of luck really based on luck? [Smirk] Qi Xia uses wisdom and courage to find his own way out in each game [Laughing] 2⃣️ In the misty world, the tenants of the villa must all pass through nine doors [Shocked] Each time they enter a door, it is an unknown beginning [Thinking] A letter that foretells the future, weapons with limited uses, and companions who do not trust each other [Awesome]

16. 66 惊 Horrifying! The Haunted House That Claims Lives 惊悚！索命凶宅 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery905k WordsCompleted After moving into a haunted house, I discovered the secret behind a murder. I'm a suspense writer. After moving into my new home, I discovered it was a murder house! I stumbled upon some hidden clues that seemed to point to rumors of a murder from years ago! At night, beneath the bright moonlight, I stared in shock at a horribly disfigured face! A woman's rotting corpse was hanging from a tree outside the window! A little boy in a black-and-white photograph, a dried corpse sealed inside a wall, 6.1kReads9.1Score453Shelves
17. 67 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
18. 68 大 The Benevolent Ancestor of the Tang Dynasty 【大唐仁祖】 Tang Renzu of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors三皇五帝唐仁祖Historical973k WordsCompleted [Golden Finger] [Transmigration] [Li Ke] [Political Intrigue] [History] From the start, he transmigrates into Li Ke. Facing certain death, he uses Li Shimin as a chess piece and goes head-to-head with the Changsun clan and the Guanlong aristocratic families, deftly resolving the struggle over the crown prince's succession. From the start, he is trapped in a dead end: Changsun Wuji has already begun plotting to frame him, and the deadly purge of Zhenguan Year 17 is less than six years away. He 5.5kReads—Score494Shelves

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    Looking for something different? This novel is of such high quality that it rivals historical fiction and serious drama, possessing the potential to become a timeless classic. If it were adapted into a TV series, no other novel could surpass it! This novel is high-quality, intellectually stimulating, not mindless, logically sound, and features brilliantly portrayed characters! "Emperor Renzu of Tang" is a nearly million-word novel that will be completed in mid-September, with all foreshadowing resolved, plot holes filled, and a satisfying ending. I recommend reading the comments section of the last chapter first, where the author provides a summary of the entire novel, which will aid your reading experience. The author's writing style, word choice, plot structure, imperial strategies, political maneuvering, emotional nuances, military warfare, court intrigue, and governance are all top-notch. His writing is astonishing, his scope grand, his themes lofty, his thoughts profound, his knowledge solid, his cultural background deep, and his political maneuvering masterful. If you don't like it after reading it, you can slap me!

19. 69 夜 Ghost Sightings at the Nightclub 夜场见鬼录 Yu Long玉龙Mystery278k WordsCompleted A Long is a DJ at a bar with a legendary “Stage of Death.” Many people have died there under mysterious circumstances. The cause of death could never be determined, and some bodies were never even found! The strange incidents stopped only after the bar was shut down. As the legend of the deaths gradually faded from memory, someone opened the stage once more! After that, disaster struck again and again! A terrifying ghostly figure appears in the girls’ dormitory, a faceless baby clings to a chand 242Reads8.8Score—Shelves
20. 70 惊 Terror Descends: This Big Brother Is a Little Too Powerful! 惊悚降临：这个大哥有亿点猛！ 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 27.7kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
21. 71 零 Zero-Degree Showdown: Operation Blue Arrow 零度交锋：蓝捷行动 Windless Rainy Night雨夜无风Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing [Mystery and Suspense] [Espionage] [Crime Investigation] [Modern Urban] [Genius] [Strong Female Lead] [National Security] Twenty-three years ago, a separation tore the lives of twin sisters apart. The younger sister was trained by an overseas spy organization to become an elite agent. Sent back to China, she is ordered to assassinate her own sister, take her place, infiltrate Lanjie Communications, and steal the core secret, “Lanjie 9.” Caught between her mission and her organization's orders on 11.3kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves

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    This spy novel has me completely captivated! The high-tech espionage battles are absolutely explosive, with realistic depictions of online tracing, deciphering secret messages, and covert espionage techniques. The sophisticated intellectual battles far surpass a host of clichéd spy novels, keeping the suspense at rock bottom!

22. 72 虚 The Key to Fiction 虚构之钥 Damn You, Spacebar他喵的空格君Mystery279k WordsOngoing (This isn't a feel-good power fantasy, and the writing may be rough at first. This book is focused on telling a good story. Trust me, if you stick with it, you won't be disappointed.) To survive and win a competition of death and slaughter, Si Li believed that cheating was pretty much the only way. When their partnership came to an end, Si Li had also completed his quota. He wrapped up his final collaboration with his partner and successfully escaped the competition... or did he? Or was an eve 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a suspenseful and mind-bending mystery with a fresh and immersive theme. The logic is sound and the plot is intricately linked. The author has a very creative mind. Highly recommended! You won't regret watching it!

23. 73 让 I Asked You to Write a Horror Play, So Why Did You Have to Add a Deity? 让你写诡剧，您非要往里加神人？ Fictional Dimension虚构次元Mystery89k WordsOngoing He Mo has always believed that eerie plays, with their dark, disturbing themes and wall-to-wall negativity, are bound to drive actors to a mental breakdown if they perform in them for too long. So he insists on adding a few absurd characters and comic plotlines to lighten things up. The more the theater objects, the more it proves he's doing the right thing. It shows that he's exposed the theater's intention to torment its actors through eerie plays. The more the actors object, the more it prove 329Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A suspenseful, supernatural, and imaginative story with a tight, exciting, and original plot – definitely worth watching!

24. 74 获 I Started Slacking Off After Gaining a Vengeful Ghost's Powers 获得厉鬼能力后我摆烂了 A Day, A Month一天一个月Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing An utterly ordinary person, Huan Xiao unexpectedly gains the abilities of a vengeful ghost while working a part-time job. A game called “Gui” appears on her phone, and it actually transports her to a world overrun by vengeful ghosts! There, she meets plenty of other unlucky people just like her. But unlike them, who struggle desperately to survive, Huan Xiao gives up and takes it easy... [No romance] 8.4kReads8.3Score691Shelves
25. 75 请 Wake Up Now! 请立刻醒来！ Daylight Flies By飞光昼短8k WordsCompleted Wake up immediately! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    All three are pretty good.

26. 76 规 Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常 White Beard白胡子Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror + mystery + livestream + national fate + System] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade countries around the world. As one chosen by fate, Zhou Bai represents the Great Xia Kingdom in a horror game. The first scenario is a family of four. [You live with your wife and your parents. But remember, there are only three people in your home.] [You can trust your wife, unless she takes off her red hair clip.] [You and your wife have never had a child. If you hear a baby cr 46.1kReads9.4Score5.7kShelves
27. 77 灵 Paranormal Livestream: Please, Stop Telling Stories 灵异直播：求求你别讲了 Little Bird Vodka小鸟伏特加Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted Lin Xiao, a horror-story streamer, accidentally transmigrates to a world with no supernatural stories. His story about a haunted taxi is met with protests from countless taxi drivers. His story about a human-meat barbecue shop leaves countless barbecue lovers too terrified to go near one. His school ghost story unexpectedly helps the police solve a cold case that has remained unsolved for years. What's more, he discovers that he can inherit a vast collection of Daoist magical artifacts and skill 480Reads7.3Score100Shelves
28. 78 模 I Simulated Crimes a Hundred Thousand Times and Somehow Became a Top Detective 模拟犯罪十万次，我竟成王牌神探 Chilly Early Autumn初秋微寒Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Crime Investigation + Crime + Invincible + All-Rounder + Hardcore Detective] A killer capable of committing the perfect crime must also be a master detective. Su Ming should have become the perfect criminal, but instead he aced the entrance exam for the criminal investigation team and chose to stand on the front line of the fight against crime. He has pored over tens of thousands of case files and scrutinized hundreds of millions of cases. In his eyes, every crime is riddled with laughably obvi 80.8kReads9.1Score7.6kShelves

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    [Ghosts in the book!] [Dark writing style!] [Villainous character design!] [Urban supernatural!] [Horror aesthetics!] [Invincible from the start!] A creepy doll dismembers someone with a chainsaw, a vengeful ghost in red claims lives at the airport, hundreds of ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile-long street, the dead rise from the crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital...

29. 79 我 I Am a Feng Shui Diviner 我是风水女相师 The Cabbage Bun Isn't Cabbage菜包子不菜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Hilarious supernatural comedy + feel-good power fantasy + no romance + adored by all] My name is Zhao Xin. I was born in 2000, the Year of the Dragon. I've dealt with ghosts since I was little, and strange things are always around me. People think I'm a weirdo. They say I'm a crackpot, call me a fraud, and insist that sooner or later the ghosts will drag me away. But I refuse to believe in bad omens. To stay alive, I wandered from place to place with my family, visited sects and sought out m 5.8kReads8.9Score737Shelves
30. 80 终 The Endlands: When the Gods Were Trapped in a Maze 终焉之地：从诸神被困迷宫开始 Ant Chasing Dreams蚂蚁追梦Sci-Fi & Apocalypse166k WordsOngoing [Mind-bending mystery + futuristic sci-fi + urban superpowers + zombies + nonstop plot twists + not a conventional hero story] A young man wakes up in an abandoned iron cage and discovers that he and numerous gods are trapped in the Endlands, surrounded by towering walls. Beyond the walls lies a shifting Bagua maze where demonic beasts roam every night, full of danger. Here gather top-tier powerhouses from countless worlds, including Xiao Yan, Han Li, Zhang Xiaofan, Qin Yu, Fang Han, and Meng Ha —Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    This book is absolutely mind-bending, with many foreshadowing elements from the very beginning. It's no less compelling than *Ten Days to End*. If this author continues updating regularly and doesn't abandon the story, it's guaranteed to be a hit. I'm putting my word on it. Feel free to prove me wrong later!

31. 81 员 Staff Dining Rules: Never Ask When the Meat Is Arriving 员工用餐守则：永远不要询问肉类的到货时间 Daylight Flies By飞光昼短8k WordsCompleted Employee Dining Rules: Never ask when the meat is due to arrive. —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 82 欺EN Deceiving the Gods: A Performance! 欺神演出！ Violent Purple-Skinned Person暴力紫皮人Mystery5.4M 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 535.6kReads9.3Score87.5kShelves
33. 83 规 Rule Horror: You Want Me, Zhang San, to Follow the Rules? 规则怪谈：要求我张三遵守规则？ The Luo in Luo Xiu罗修的罗Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted [Horror + eerie + hilarious + satisfying + national fortune = a serious novel] The Supreme Rules descend, selecting multiple people at random from each country to become Ascenders and take part in the Ascension Exam! Those who perform well earn high scores and even extra rewards. They can improve their own abilities and bring unexpected ascension to their country. But fail the exam, and death may be waiting for you, along with endless torment. Even your country may be beset by supernatural event 6.9kReads9.0Score834Shelves
34. 84 惊 Thriller Game: Beginning with the Death of Bai Ze 惊悚游戏：从白泽之死开始 linging Linlinging林Mystery504k WordsOngoing Newbie player Chen Mo accidentally enters a horror game and begins a thrilling fight for survival. “Welcome to the horror game. Please remember the following rules.” “1. The paranormal cannot be killed. 2. The paranormal must obey the rules. 3. Players cannot kill one another. …” As Chen Mo gradually learns how the horror game works, he uncovers an even more terrifying secret behind it. When you enter this game, remember: fear is your grave, and calm is your weapon. Can you survive the next lev 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    10. "When his blade pierced Bifang's heart, the flames consumed the System Rulebook—from this day forward, the player is the new god!"

35. 85 模EN After a Thousand Simulations, I Have a Speedrun Strategy for Escape Games 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced 214.6kReads9.6Score36kShelves

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    These three books are comparable to the mysterious resurgence of classic novels ԅ(¯¯ԅ), all rated above 9.5. What a gem, folks! Especially the third one, it has a profound love that lasts until death!!

36. 86 惊 Horror: My Psychiatric Hospital Has Become a Forbidden Zone of the Supernatural 惊悚，我的精神病院成了诡异禁区 Better Not Come不如不来Mystery432k WordsCompleted After horror games descend upon the world. Wang Ran has only just transmigrated when he discovers that a psychiatric hospital has suddenly appeared under his name. What’s more, when his patients see ghosts, they’re not afraid at all. In fact, they get unusually excited. During the Courtyard House instance, a group of patients charged in and beat up the boss, an old woman. Before leaving, they even stripped off her burial clothes. While riding Subway Line 7, they kidnapped the ghost attendant 522Reads9.0Score101Shelves
37. 87 噩 Nightmare Space: Are You Crazy? You Call This Normal? 噩梦空间：疯了吧，这叫正常人？ Noodles with Garlic大蒜拌面Eastern Fantasy307k WordsCompleted On Blue Star, Su Yao, a top-class mental patient at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world. Everyone in this world is forced to enter nightmare realms after turning sixteen, becoming Fear Seekers! In the nightmare realms, the Fear Seekers must face everything the place throws at them! There is a little girl who sells bombs! There is Little Red Riding Hood, picking little people with the Big Bad Wolf's Grandma! And there is the story of seven giants and a bl 101Reads8.8Score—Shelves
38. 88 无 Infinite: Running a Restaurant in a Necromancy Game 无限：我在亡灵游戏开餐馆 Sheep Roll绵羊卷Mystery639k WordsCompleted Synopsis: (No romance, escape and survival, female protagonist) While everyone else fights to survive, I open a restaurant. (P.S. The main focus is still on escaping and recruiting staff, not on running a traditional shop and selling things. I didn't make that clear in the story. Sorry~) Others: These ghosts are way too terrifying! Help~ I want to live!!... Xie Tingyan: What?! Ghosts??? They're not ghosts, they're all my precious darlings! *laughs* The customer is king. You can call me “Boss Xie 147Reads8.6Score—Shelves
39. 89 把 Give Me Back My Soul 把老子的魂魄还给我 The Key Bearer神持钥Mystery644k WordsCompleted My name is Lin Zhou, and I'm a security guard. After I lost my job, my childhood friend Erwa found me a high-paying security job at a hotel. I soon discovered that everything about the place was strange. There wasn't a soul around during the day, but at night it was bustling, sending chills down my spine. I tried desperately to escape the hotel, but no matter how far I ran, I couldn't get away... 114Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    That's because I'm a coward!! [Petrified][Petrified][Petrified]

40. 90 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1kShelves
41. 91 无 Infinite Escape: I Earn Rent Money in Horror Games 无限逃生：我在惊悚游戏里挣房费 Mo Sibei陌肆白Mystery800k WordsCompleted [Infinite flow + horror, suspense, and mystery-solving + strong female lead + team + plot-focused] [Ding~ Welcome, player, to the Survival Inn! Please do your best to clear the instances and earn your room fees~ We offer dormitory rooms, guesthouse rooms, hotel rooms, and more, as well as a top-tier luxury VIP club waiting for you to unlock~] A gloomy, blood-soaked compound A school crawling with death A cursed painting that brings death to anyone who looks at it An old village teeming with stra 20.5kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
42. 92 人 A World Out of Balance 人间失衡 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery94k WordsCompleted [Mind-bending suspense + short stories + no overarching plot + crime + criminal investigation + shocking twists + stories of ordinary people] The deepest wounds are often inflicted by those closest to us. A bloody case at an old family home, shrouded in mystery. Who is the real killer? After her father dies of illness, her sister-in-law sells her to northern Myanmar! The body of a baby girl is found in the woods. A kidnapping case turns into a murder investigation. Who would target an innocent i 203Reads8.3Score—Shelves
43. 93 午 Midnight Fortune-Teller: Humans Keep Away, Ghosts Come Forward 午夜算命师：人回避，鬼上前 West of the Clouds云间之右Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Everyone knows about fortune-telling, but have you ever heard of telling fortunes for ghosts? Just because you've never heard of something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. If you ever come across a fortune-telling shop with its doors still open in the middle of the night, don't go looking for excitement. Because the people waiting in line might not be people… 35.4kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
44. 94 诡 The City Lost in the Eerie Fog: Divine Punishment Game 诡雾迷城：神罚游戏 Mo Xia Li Xin莫夏离心Mystery212k WordsOngoing Tags: Survival Game + Mind-Bending Mystery + Challenge Dungeons + Wits and Deduction + Alternate Dimension + Monster Invasion When Ling Wen thought this was just an ordinary exam, he was forcibly dragged into the "Death Game." When he thought that clearing the "Death Game" would let him leave and return to the real world, he discovered that he had been in the real world all along. But now, gods from an alternate dimension are invading the real world. The fog descends without warning, and a dimen 2.9kReads—Score391Shelves

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    Extremely suspenseful and mind-bending, with a touch of horror, hardcore reasoning, and a dungeon game element. Similar to the infinite flow novels like "Ten Days," it features knowledge-based puzzle-solving and psychological warfare. If you like this kind of thing, come and check it out!

45. 95 国 National Fate Horror Game: Are You Crazy? You Can Play the Script Like This? 国运恐怖游戏：疯了吧，剧本还能这么玩 Third-Generation Nuclear Nut第三代核坚果Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted A National Fate horror game appears. If a country wants to prosper, it has to enter the game and take on its challenges. But the game is so terrifying that countless players fail to bring their countries any National Fate benefits. Instead, disaster strikes. Yet Qin Zhan discovers that he can see hints during the horror game stages: Funeral Hall Zombie Stage: Zombies fear light. Find a way to expose him to some. Bloody High-Heeled Shoe Stage: The female ghost has long legs. Give her another high 970Reads7.6Score100Shelves
46. 96 循 The Loop 循环 Drunken Seventh Master醉了的七爷Mystery133k WordsCompleted From losing everything to striking it rich overnight, Wang Hao wins at the gambling table for five days straight. But there are no free lunches, and in the end, his greed will make him pay a terrible price! In a single night, Wang Hao vanishes without a trace. Awei, Wang Hao's friend, reports him missing to the police, then secretly investigates his whereabouts. Unexpectedly, one eerie incident after another follows! Someone who died more than twenty years ago reappears! As he digs deeper, he di 246Reads8.3Score—Shelves
47. 97 我 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 112.4kReads9.5Score12.2kShelves
48. 98 超 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Yuwen Chang Gong宇文长弓Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted "Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!" 25.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves

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    Needless to say, the original author is currently a platinum author.

49. 99 失 Out of Control 失控者 lookMystery100k WordsCompleted [Anthology stories + supernatural horror + folk customs + feng shui and mysticism + subtle scares + jaw-dropping twists] Open a paper box sealed away for many years, and one terrifying incident after another begins to surface. The massacre that wiped out an entire family in Nanhua Estate, and the deaths of everyone connected to the case! A bride in a red qipao appearing by your side in the dead of night! Strange legends circulate through a dilapidated high-rise, where hands reach out of the dark 35Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 100 深 Someone Keeps Knocking on My Door in the Hallway Late at Night. After Discovering Who It Is, I Can’t Sleep a Wink 深夜楼道总有人拍我家门，查清来历我整夜难眠 Mr. mDmD先生6k WordsCompleted Someone Keeps Knocking on My Door in the Hallway Late at Night. After I Learned Who It Was, I Couldn't Sleep a Wink 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Terrifyingly short story, a very interesting short story, thrilling.

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