Looking for Horror Stories Set in a Terrifying World That Works Like the Real One 求惊悚世界的小说必须是类似于真实世界模式的那种

1. 151 惊 Horror Exam: My Talent Can Fuse Without Limit 惊悚考试：我的天赋能无限融合 The Bug on the Run跑路的虫子Mystery566k WordsCompleted In the Horror Exam, every student who turns eighteen must enter the Horror Space and take an exam to awaken their abilities. The Horror Space is full of all kinds of ghosts and monsters: ordinary ghosts, zombies, demons, the undead, vampires, and more. It puts their mental fortitude and practical combat skills to the ultimate test. Lin Xiao, an average student at school, awakens an F-rank talent. But this talent lets him fuse other people's skills without limit. This heaven-defying talent helps 474Reads7.7Score113Shelves
2. 152 怪 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Stone Giant Monster石头巨怪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 185.3kReads9.7Score20.3kShelves

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   These books are all good. They are basically thriller series. They are all worth reading. I have read them all and highly recommend them.

3. 153 我 I Solve Cases at the Special Investigations Bureau by Day and Serve in the Underworld by Night 我白天特案局办案，晚上地府当差 Mr. Youyong幼庸先生Mystery3.6M WordsCompleted I was born with a pure Yang constitution and the fate of Zhong Kui. I can drive out demons, subdue ghosts, and repel evil spirits. The moment I was born, all kinds of factions fought to take me as their disciple. A bunch of monks and Taoist priests said I was destined to become a Celestial Master or a great monk. They even got into a brawl over me, and that’s not all: in the end, both the state and the underworld got involved! When I was one, the state even assigned me a corpse-born child who ha 21.2kReads8.7Score3.2kShelves
4. 154 迟 Love That Comes Too Late Is Worth Less Than Grass, So I Choose Life as a Ghost Warden 迟来的深情比草贱，我选鬼差人生 Steamed Bun with Red Bean Paste馒头豆沙包Urban1.1M WordsCompleted If someone offered you a million to join a dating reality show for ordinary people, with a script that required you to play a mean, tactless, universally disliked character, and you knew the public would drag you onto the trending charts to bash you, would you take the job? Lin Xian, who failed at investing in a haunted house, works at a funeral home, and has a gravely ill younger sister to support, replies: “Director, you mean I don’t have to care what people think, I can insult whoever I want 2.7kReads8.6Score302Shelves
5. 155 扎 The Paper Effigy Shop: Everyone Around Me Is a Big Shot 扎纸铺，我身边都是大佬 Jie Yu界玉Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted In our ancient land of China, many professions have their own rules and taboos. The older and more mysterious the craft, the more this is true. For example, when “asking the rice,” you must never ask how someone died; a coffin maker must never make their own coffin; a paper effigy maker must never draw eyes on a paper figure; and a spirit medium must never conduct a ceremony without all the members of their altar present... If any of these rules and taboos are broken, something terrifying will h 26.8kReads9.3Score3kShelves
6. 156 邪 The Evil God’s Ranch 邪神牧场 Yi Chen逸臣Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Cthulhu]+ [No Tired Tropes] (Also known as: Sequence: Ascension to Godhood) The Dark Prison has merged with reality, and bizarre creatures are invading the world through the “Gates.” An organization has quietly emerged, calling themselves the Wardens. They keep the bizarre creatures behind the “Gates,” and capture and contain any that make it into the world. Lu Xiao accidentally fell into the Dark Prison and lived there alone for three years. After the Wardens discove 69.2kReads9.2Score7.5kShelves
7. 157 规 Rule Horror: Beware Your Roommate's Girlfriend 规则怪谈：请小心你室友的女友 Half a Liang of Salt盐巴半两Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [No heroine + not wish fulfillment + not invincible + unsettling + horror + suspense + plot-driven] [The livestreaming element is only a tiny part of the story. The focus is on horror and suspense, so feel free to dive in] There are only two people left in your school dorm: you and your roommate. Your roommate suddenly brings home an incredibly attractive person they met online, leaves you some money, then hurries off. Now you're alone in the room with your roommate's gorgeous online date... Wou 40.1kReads9.0Score4.2kShelves
8. 158 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 48kReads8.8Score4.4kShelves
9. 159 恐 The Haunted Clinic: I Use My Snake Wife to Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 恐怖医馆：我以蛇妻镇百鬼 Roll On, Let's Drive滚滚开车Mystery943k WordsCompleted I grew up in a gloomy, ruined temple, where I unexpectedly met a white snake. When I turned eighteen, the white snake became the love of my life. For its sake, I also became a rising star in the underworld of occult practitioners... 377Reads6.6Score—Shelves
10. 160 规 Rule Horror: I’m Crazy, So How Can You Say I’m Cheating? 规则怪谈：我一疯子你说我开挂？ Sleeping Eighteen Hours a Day一天睡十八小时Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Rule-Based Horror + Deduction + Lunatic + Male-Male Romance + Wild Ride] A friendly warning: to repeat, the love between two men is just seasoning. The main focus is still clearing the rule-based horror scenarios! The rule-based horror game begins, and uncanny livestreams descend! Each country randomly picks one player to enter the game, and an uncanny livestream begins! If a player fails, the rule-based horror descends upon their country! What kind of shock will Meng Fei, a genuine lunatic, b 25.5kReads9.5Score5kShelves
11. 161 规 Rule Horror: I Go on a Frenzied Suicide Spree at the Edge of the Rules 规则怪谈：我在规则边缘疯狂作死 Finding Pleasure Amid Confusion迷惘中享乐Mystery320k WordsCompleted The supernatural rises, and horror games take over. Rule-based horror stories invade the world, and Chu Ming becomes Longguo's challenger. Born without fear, he gains the ability to see through the rules. “Break the rules and you die?” “So if I follow them, I won't die, right?” Staring at the eerie figure before him, Chu Ming picked up a folding stool. Still not letting go? So you're the so-called supernatural thing, huh? 374Reads8.8Score—Shelves
12. 162 我 I Descended into the Matrix Universe 我降临在矩阵宇宙 Wang Zilü王自律Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted A young man arrives in this Matrix Universe, carrying a lantern. Inside it are his twelve manifested personalities. They weep, and they shine. He sets the lantern on the ground, lighting a small space around him. Before him, the continent falls, flames soar into the sky, and sixty million people plunge into the abyss. I am both the destroyer of this universe and its savior. 34.4kReads9.6Score4kShelves
13. 163 规 Rule Horror: It Begins with a Note from Mom and Dad 规则怪谈：从爸爸妈妈的纸条开始 Sweet Home甜蜜之家Mystery694k WordsCompleted [National destiny + no female lead + rule-based horror] (Written so far: Clever Soup, Chapters 1–11; Sam's Zoo, Chapters 12–28; Beware of Sam, Chapters 31–58; Mileage Town, Chapters 63–105; Reject Winter, Chapters 106–136; Peaceful Inn, Chapters 137–163; Diary of August 29, Chapter 165 onward.) Rule-based horror descends upon the world. Anyone who successfully solves a supernatural scenario can earn a corresponding reward in fortune. The first scenario begins with a note left by Mom and Dad. (Gr 3.2kReads8.6Score362Shelves
14. 164 我 I'm Zhang San, and I Want a Word with the Rules of the Paranormal! 我张三，要和规则怪谈谈谈！ 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 7.9kReads9.0Score1kShelves
15. 165 我 I Became the Global Administrator of Hell's Games 我成了全球地狱游戏管理员 Ancient Ferry古渡Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing “From the moment the game begins, inferior, weak humans will be stripped of the right to breathe.” This world has no nations. It is ruled by five top conglomerates, and the gap between rich and poor is enormous. The wealthy feast behind their red gates while the poor freeze to death in the streets. The rich districts blaze with light and bustle with people, while the slums are shrouded in darkness and rife with violence and crime. This is an age of capitalist revelry, an age of splendor built up 1.6kReads9.2Score261Shelves

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16. 166 梦 Nightmare Game: This Hunter Is Way Too Terrifying 梦魇游戏：这个狩猎者也太吓人了 Armed Swimming Across the River of Forgetfulness忘川河里武装泅渡Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing [1v4 Mode + Horror Worlds + Fusion with Dangerous Personalities + No Female Lead (Though if there has to be one, it's the Evil God Cthulhu)] The mysterious online game Midnight Nightmare was released. Players could enter horror worlds and tackle dungeons, or choose between the Hunter and Runner factions for an asymmetric 1v4 showdown. Ling Yichuan awakened the Character Template Fusion System. From then on, he fused with one terrifying boss after another, becoming the nightmare of every player! 1.7kReads9.4Score198Shelves

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17. 167 恶 Demon Training: From the Start, I Kidnap an Intern Succubus 恶魔养成：开局绑架实习魅魔 Boat舟Urban234k WordsCompleted (No human female lead + not a saintly heroine + System + master and servant + character growth) The Seven Deadly Sins represent the seven great demons of Hell. Angels and demons have been at odds since ancient times. Angels claim the side of justice, while demons are branded evil, but in this world, isn't it simply the victor who rules? What difference is there between justice and evil? Weak humans can only survive humbly between the two, treated by angels and demons as toys to amuse themselves 320Reads8.7Score111Shelves
18. 168 捞 The Corpse Retriever Who Won’t Ferry the Living 捞尸人，不渡世间活人 Urban Glory都市荣耀Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing Lin Yan was a corpse retriever. In his previous life, he violated the three taboos of the trade and was consumed by baleful energy, only to be reborn by accident. After binding to the Corpse Retriever System, he returns to his old profession and becomes the last corpse retriever in a parallel world! This time, he swears he won't repeat the mistakes of his past life! But unexpectedly, he ends up trending online. Weibo: “Ancient Yellow River Profession Makes a Comeback!” UC: “Shocking! Celebrity W 2.2kReads7.8Score298Shelves

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19. 169 我 I Get God-Tier Gear in Horror Games 我在惊悚游戏中爆神装 Flower Spirit花灵Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted [System + infinite worlds] A mysterious livestreaming app has arrived, bringing with it wave after wave of survivalists chosen to enter terrifying worlds! While everyone else trembles in fear at their horrifying predicament, Chen Daxing suddenly discovers that he can see glowing orbs no one else can. Kill the monsters around the orbs, and they drop gear! And so the revelry begins! “Don’t run! You’re glowing!” “Don’t dismiss common gear just because it’s common!” “Oh my God!” “A monster this terr 3kReads9.1Score310Shelves
20. 170 道 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! 36.4kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves
21. 171 全 Global Cataclysm: China's City Defenders 全球灾变：华夏守城人 Sea Breeze Small Talk海吹小聊Urban557k WordsCompleted [Huaxia + veteran reader + national destiny + livestreaming + passion + protection + infinite possibilities] That day, the whole world was plunged into endless darkness. When the light returned, countless terrifying cities appeared in the sky: the City of Zombies, the City of Giant Serpents, the Scarecrow City, the Terror Insect City, the Demon City, the City of Vengeful Spirits, and more. Blood-red stairways snaked down from the sky. The chosen survivors had to climb them and enter the terrifyi 900Reads8.9Score—Shelves
22. 172 栩 Vivid as Life 栩栩若生 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form 27kReads9.5Score4kShelves

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23. 173 我 I Am a Female Physiognomist 我是女相师 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery893k WordsCompleted I was born in the twelfth lunar month of 1991, and came into the world with six fingers. The saying that people born in the Year of the Sheep have bad luck somehow became attached to me. Before I could even speak, my family sent me to live with my grandaunt, who ran a shop selling paper offerings and burial clothes. My grandaunt said I had a star spirit in my fate, and the Vermilion Bird would come to my aid. What did it matter if my destiny was cursed? As the saying goes: The Azure Dragon and W 13.1kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves
24. 174 我 I Am a Lady Tutor 我是女先生 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted I'm hard to kill. These were the words I heard from the moment I was born. A blind fortune-teller said I was a White Tiger Sha, a girl born with a boy's fate, innately tough and destined to bring misfortune to my husband, my children, and myself. Everyone in the village said I wouldn't survive. My yang energy was too strong. Even if they managed to keep me alive, I'd grow up to be an idiot. But my grandma, a spirit medium who presided over the altar, refused to give up. Every year, she burned a 4.3kReads9.4Score519Shelves
25. 175 1 The Last Bus on Route 13 13路末班车 Old Eighty老八零Mystery813k WordsCompleted I'm the driver of the last bus on Route 13. Every night at eleven, I have to make a run to the suburbs. This book is addictive, so don't blame me if you can't put it down! In this novel, even the sharp-tongued readers who always guess the plot right will find themselves repeatedly proven wrong. You might find yourself asking, “What's going on? What's going on?” Don't doubt your sanity. Just keep reading. A story that keeps you on edge, here to save readers suffering from a reading drought! 19.1kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves

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    The bizarre cases are intertwined with each other, like precisely meshed gears, pushing the story forward in the stormy waves. The tense atmosphere follows, and the characters in the book seem to be wandering on the edge of life and death. In this tense and exciting time, you will explore with them the shocking secrets hidden behind the darkness.

26. 176 罪 The Deadline for Evidence [Criminal Investigation] 罪证时限[刑侦] The Awakened唤醒者Mystery173k WordsCompleted Ye Xiao is a forensic pathologist in Lingnan City, quick-witted and sharp. Decades in the profession have seen her dissect well over a thousand bodies, giving her an exceptionally wealth of experience. Qi Yun is the head of the task force. Skilled at analysis and reading people, he has solved many major cases and is legendary within the police force as a specialist in cracking cases. The task force untangles a web of clues, piece by piece, and catches the real culprit. Among their cases are cold 821Reads8.3Score118Shelves
27. 177 谜 Chasing the Killer in a Case of Riddles 谜案追凶 Fat Fat Fat胖胖胖Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted A bizarre dismemberment case brings to light a secret from ten years ago that no one knew about. Luo Bin, captain of the city bureau's criminal investigation unit, is called upon in a crisis. But as he delves deeper, the secrets of the past lead to even more inexplicable strange occurrences. An unseen hand, hidden undercurrents, the many distortions of human nature… When Luo Bin parts the fog, he discovers that some things, once set in motion, can never be brought to an end… 1.6kReads7.9Score276Shelves
28. 178 尸 The Corpse Case Squad 尸案组 Mao Xiaoguang927毛小光927Mystery191k WordsCompleted The living can lie, but corpses cannot. A corpse’s silent language is the key to solving murder cases. A dismembered body in a display window, a missing black swan, a murder with no corpse... Every strange case I’ve solved began with a body. 631Reads5.9Score108Shelves
29. 179 法 Forensic Bone Evidence 法医骨证 Wulilong五里珑Mystery164k WordsCompleted A torrential downpour triggered a landslide, and a young woman's hip bone was swept into a vegetable garden in Dongjia County. Su Tianyi, a forensic bone-evidence expert with the Public Security Department, discovered marks indicating the body had been dismembered with a chainsaw. Alongside Miao Xiaoyu, a local female forensic examiner from Dongjia County, he dug up three more bags of remains at the scene, but found no skull. The garden's owner, the prime suspect, suddenly hanged himself. The ca 8.3kReads9.4Score968Shelves
30. 180 嘘 Shh, Bet You Didn’t See This Coming: I’m the Supernatural Being 嘘，没想到吧，我就是诡异 Steamed Salted Radish清蒸咸萝卜Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Fake and Real Heiresses, Reborn, Rule Horror, Bizarre World, Wealthy CEO, No Romance, Secret Identity, Horror Game] The full-cast audiobook is available on Fanqie Changting. Search for: The Real Heiress Goes Off the Rails in the Horror Game. Qin Shu is reborn on the day of her eighteenth birthday, with only an hour left before she enters the Rule Horror game. She snatches the jade bangle from the female lead, shuts herself in her room, puts it on, and waits to be pulled into the game. In her pr 30.8kReads9.0Score4.9kShelves
31. 181 第 The Ninth Secret Bureau 第九守秘局 The One Surnamed Yi姓易的Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted “If we want the people of this world to live in the sunlight and keep their sanity, then we must keep secret the things they were never meant to know.” “Because the moment they see those terrifying beings that defy all known science and truly discover how horrifying this world is... believe me, Earth will become the biggest asylum in the universe.” Chen Xian, Ninth Secret Bureau 4.8kReads9.2Score572Shelves

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