Looking for Down-to-Earth Supernatural Fiction Set in the Countryside 有农村的灵异小说，贴近生活的

1. 151 万 Corpse-Walking Notes 2: The Myriad Forms Celestial Palace 《赶尸笔记2》万象天宫 Dream's Evil梦之邪Mystery112k WordsCompleted Corpses driven along by corpse herders are known in the martial world as "corpses traveling ten thousand miles." It is said that in the Xiangxi region, some people make a living herding corpses. The Corpse Sect is one such group. Qin Shuang runs a funeral business; Brother Jiu has ties to both the underworld and the police; Haozi has just gotten out of prison; Baldy makes his living robbing and relocating tombs; and mute A-Wu is a skilled fighter shrouded in mystery. What kind of extraordinary s 122Reads8.7Score—Shelves
2. 152 出 The Spirit Medium's Stories: Me and My Clients! 出马儿之我和缘主的那些事儿！ Brother Zhang弟马张Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted A girl who grew up in a small village experiences all kinds of hardships and amusing encounters with the people who come to her for help! Stories about my spirit-medium work and clients getting scammed. I'm looking for stories to use! Anyone with a good story is welcome to share a true one with me! 415Reads—Score—Shelves

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   She was born with depleted amniotic fluid and her whole body turned purple. The doctor had to slap the soles of her feet before she could cry out. The shaman said she was destined to "carry a pole" (i. E., Be strong and capable). As she grew up, she witnessed all walks of life: some people created bad karma through harsh words, while others received divine protection through piety. Divine connections are never accidental.

3. 153 干 Cheers Curse: Anyone Who Mishears It Dies 干杯咒：听错的去死 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery11k WordsCompleted “That American exchange student says ‘Cheers’ to me in his dreams every night, until I realize he misheard ‘Go to hell.’” In the graduate dormitory, Dennis grows paler by the day, and the doctors can’t figure out why. Then Mina brings back the exorcist’s verdict: Seven years ago, a girl whose foreign boyfriend cheated on her jumped from this building. Every night, her shattered head presses against Dennis’s ear and repeats “Cheers” in English... But when we reach the tenth repetition, the corner —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   For timid people, the best dream they have at night is [petrified][petrified][petrified]

4. 154 包 Bao Dadan’s True Accounts of Ghost Encounters 包大胆撞鬼实录 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery12k WordsCompleted “You’ve heard of people who are ‘bold beyond belief,’ but have you ever seen someone scare a ghost into shutting itself away?” My name is Bao Dadan. It’s not a stage name, it’s my real name. My friends say I’m missing a screw, but they changed their minds after seeing it for themselves: I talked the “haunting female ghost” the landlord warned me about into silence; I roasted a “human-faced fish” deep in the mountains with pepper until it shrieked; even the “Slit-Mouthed Woman” covered her mask a —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 155 对 The Deadly Mirror Image in the Symmetrical Bathroom 对称浴室的死亡镜像 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery10k WordsCompleted “At three in the morning, I saw my ‘future husband’s’ face in the mirror, and three days later, he ran me over with his SUV until I was nothing but scraps.” My landlady told me in a hushed voice that if I recited an incantation to a mirror at midnight for 49 days in a row, I’d see my destined partner. On the 47th day, her son’s twisted smile appeared in the mirror. I screamed and fled the apartment, but at the intersection he ran over me four times, reversing each time. The police said he kept s —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 156 恐 Horror Sketches 恐怖素描 Pan Yewei潘野微Mystery11k WordsCompleted “The day I was accepted into art school through the recommendation program, I drew the killer who murdered Teacher Zhou with my own hands: the faceless woman who had been draped over my back for three whole months.” In the dead of night, a blizzard battered the studio windows with a crackling roar. I curled up in the bathroom and vomited, but a pale body slowly emerged in the mirror. Her long hair wound around my neck, her rotting fingertips stroked my spine, and where her face should have been. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 157 灵 Paranormal Podcast 灵异播客 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery8k WordsCompleted “What’s the most convincing paranormal story you’ve ever heard? As a paranormal podcast host, I thought I was just collecting urban legends, until a laugh that wasn’t mine came through my headphones. While I was adjusting the audio track, a shrill whisper seemed to breathe right into my ear, and a new waveform mysteriously appeared in the recording software. An expert told me, ‘That’s another audio signal. It isn’t human.’ Worse still, after I said, ‘Don’t come looking for me through my headphon —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 158 催 The Hypnosis Trap: The Forgotten Bloody Hand 催眠陷阱：被遗忘的血手 look9k WordsCompleted “I caused my husband and child’s deaths with my own hands, then spent an entire year forgetting them. The truth only tore through my memories as I fell, after my psychiatrist pushed me onto the rooftop.” The travel magazine from a year ago, the coffee cup that appeared out of nowhere in the living room, the unfamiliar father and son in the photo frame... I thought I was simply suffering from depression, until I encountered those blood-soaked hands during hypnosis and realized that forgetting was —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 159 夜 The Night Shift Passage: An Invitation from the Dead 夜班通道：亡者邀请函 lookMystery8k WordsCompleted “Every night at ten, I open the supermarket’s rolling shutter right on time, never knowing that another world lies hidden at the end of the aisles: a black-gang nightclub that was burned to the ground. For two years, I watched my coworkers ‘disappear’ one by one. Even their names seemed to be erased, until Wang Tao grabbed my arm in the emergency exit, and a girl crawling with maggots in the Golden Ballroom pressed close to my ear and said, ‘Welcome to Brother Feng’s club. All the guests here... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 160 死 My Dead Friend 死去的好友 lookMystery8k WordsCompleted “I inherited my childhood friend’s billion-dollar fortune, but then received a call from him in the middle of the night. Yang Zhiyi, the man I’d pushed off a cliff with my own hands, gripped my throat with dirt-covered hands and asked me, one word at a time, in the mirror: ‘Why are you scheming against even my ghost?’” A staged mountaineering accident, a ‘will’ pieced together from lines in short videos: I thought I’d gotten away with a perfect murder, until a pair of glasses mysteriously appear —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 161 阴 A Midnight Invitation to the Yin-Yang Eyes 阴阳眼的午夜邀约 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery11k WordsCompleted “I’ve seen with my own eyes a boy with yin-yang eyes, blessed by Guanyin, get torn at by a shadow in a cemetery. I’ve heard Teresa Teng’s songs drifting out of a bakery’s refrigerator. And in a restaurant attic, I once came across a bloodied face embedded in the floor. But the creepiest thing of all is the ‘little ghost’ in my son’s playroom, growing up on the ‘fragrance’ it smells.” Notes written during a late-night cemetery exploration, a wandering spirit in cloth shoes in the kitchen during a —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 162 小 The Strange Happenings on Little C’s Moments 小C的朋友圈诡事 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery9k WordsCompleted “My social media feed hides the truth behind seven cases of the living encountering evil spirits: Reporter Xiao Chen’s right shoulder is covered in bruises marked with the bite prints of an infant spirit; a junior student is chased to her apartment by a split-headed zombie on Halloween; tenant Xiao Chang waves through the window to a boy with no eyes every night at ten... The creepiest thing is the severed-hand granny who suddenly reaches out in front of a meat grinder at the market at three in —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 163 猫 The Watcher Beyond the Cat’s Eye 猫眼外的凝视者 Chen Taiyao陈太瑶Mystery7k WordsCompleted “That night, at dawn, the ‘person’ outside my peephole stared into my eyes for a full three minutes, until I realized its pupils weren’t moving.” A late-night food delivery buzzer jolted me awake, but there was no one outside the door. It wasn’t until I crushed the eyeball stuck to the peephole that the news began reporting a series of dismemberment murders in this very building. Even more terrifying, when I approached the peephole with trembling hands to check, that bloodshot eye was still pres —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 164 公 Nobody Working the Night Shift at This Company Is Human 公司里上夜班的都不是人 Jia Liuyi甲六一Mystery7k WordsCompleted “You are absolutely not allowed to linger after work.” That was the rule my boss personally gave me on my first day. But when I returned to the office late at night to pick up the engagement ring, the elevator showed an overload despite being empty, the printer started spitting out a death certificate bearing my name, and on my social feed, my girlfriend was smiling sweetly as she posted an engagement photo with my boss. Even more terrifying, I kicked a corpse on the fourth-floor stairwell. That —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 165 最 The Woman You Must Never Cross 最不能得罪的女人 Jia Liuyi甲六一Mystery6k WordsCompleted Seven years ago, a yellow weasel slipped into my bed in the middle of the night and said it could help me get revenge. I agreed three times. Two bachelors hanged themselves in the village, the tongues of the village shaman’s entire family of four were torn out, and the son of the village chief, whose whole family of eight had been wiped out, went mad. It wasn’t until I got on the bus bound for the county town that I realized none of the passengers had feet. They were all dead people who had “sho —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 166 雪 Terror on a Snowy Night 雪夜惊魂 Jia Liuyi甲六一Mystery7k WordsCompleted I’ll never forget that winter night when a blizzard trapped me on the top floor of the seventh floor. The keycard unlocked Room 744 with a beep, and the smell of mold mingled with the cold, stinging my nostrils. The 340,000 yuan in my backpack weighed heavily on my shoulders. I snapped the three deadbolts shut behind me, only to hear a soft click from the aluminum window frame. Have you ever seen a figure hanging upside down outside a seventh-floor window? Its entire face was pressed against the —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 167 谁 No One Escapes 谁也逃不掉 lookMystery7k WordsCompleted “That haunted building took four of my friends twenty years ago. Now it’s finally come for me.” Trembling, I stood in the bedroom of Li Lisha’s home, watching Wang Yuanyuan smile at me from outside the window. But she had hanged herself twenty years ago... Even more terrifying, I suddenly realized something: back then, the five of us went to the Lotus Haunted House together, and I was the only one who made it out alive... Now a rotting hand is squeezing my neck from behind, and I hear the whispe —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 168 在 What Happens If You Smoke While Mining? 在下矿时候抽烟会发生什么 Jia Liuyi甲六一Mystery7k WordsCompleted Have you ever seen three hundred corpses tumbling in boiling water? I have. On my first night down the mine, I ran into an old miner whose whole body was ice-cold. He shared a cigarette with me, until I felt the bones at his severed wrist. As I ran for my life, the entire tunnel suddenly filled with stones draped in red cloth. A dead person sat atop every stone, their faces peeling away, and they were all pointing me down the same path. At the end, a huge pit held a pool of boiling water, bubbli —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 169 诡 Sacrifice at the Haunted School Festival 诡校祭品 Nian Jian念简Mystery11k WordsCompleted Please follow these rules: 1. Whether it is day or night, do not make eye contact with any teacher you see. If you accidentally do, don't worry. The first time, the teacher will let it slide. 2. The dormitory lights go out at ten. Once they do, do not speak. Go to bed quietly, close the doors and windows, and draw the curtains. There will be nothing outside. If there is, ignore it. 3. Someone will inspect the dorms at night. If you encounter them, close your eyes and pretend to be asleep. You mi —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 170 血 The Blood-Red Bun Shop 血色包子铺 I Petted a Cat撸了个猫啊Mystery8k WordsCompleted The buns I sell have already sent two customers to their deaths. And yet my shop is still packed with customers. Just as the police run out of leads in the case, there is a third person who dies after eating one of my buns... 7Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 171 偷 Peeping Is a Crime 偷窥有罪 Jia Liuyi甲六一Mystery8k WordsCompleted On what seemed like a peaceful night, I, an ordinary shut-in, was unexpectedly swept into a vortex of terror unlike anything I had ever known. Every evening, through my telescope, I watched Li Weiwei, the yoga instructor who lived in the building opposite. It was a secret, thrilling pleasure. But then came that eerie night, and everything was turned upside down. Li Weiwei's graceful figure moved as usual among the pavilions in our residential compound, but the shadow of a woman in red had appear —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 172 跳 Spirit Medium 跳大神 Wooden Blade Man木刀人Mystery10k WordsCompleted “I watched with my own eyes as an actor performing a spirit-summoning ritual fell to his death onstage. That night, the whole village blocked the guesthouse entrance, sickles in hand. The Qing dynasty ghost said, ‘The foreigners must die,’ but when Anton was unconscious with a high fever, the villagers knelt in the torrential rain and kowtowed to my leg bone.” The heavy rain washed open a mass grave beneath the wasteland, and skeletal hands clutching rusty rifles pierced the earth. The resentful 5Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 173 幽 Whispers by the Candlelit Ruins 幽庭烛烬语 A Zan Kuna阿赞坤娜Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing In the dead of night, countless eerie secrets lurk in the dark folds of the city. The knocking in an old apartment, known as “Knocking at Midnight,” rings out like clockwork at three in the morning. When a woman living alone peers through the peephole, all she sees is a roiling cloud of scarlet blood mist in the hallway, while a damp scratching comes from the doorknob. In the basement of a century-old apothecary, “Whispers in the Medicine Crock” never cease, day or night. Every night at midnight 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Today's horror story update, "Old Building 302": Lin Shen rents room 302 in an old building and encounters the ghost of Su Wan knocking on the door. He learns that Su Wan was swindled out of money and abused to death by Chen Feng. Lin Shen helps Su Wan make Chen Feng repent. Later, Su Wan's sister reveals the truth, Chen Feng receives a heavy sentence, Su Wan finally finds peace, and room 302 returns to its warm state.

24. 174 乡 Tales from the Countryside: One Ghost Story Per Chapter 乡野怪谈一章一个鬼故事 Fiendish Butcher鬼蜮屠夫Mystery485k WordsCompleted A collection of standalone stories, one tale per chapter [Horror] [Supernatural Tales] [Rural Legends] [Folktales] [Based on True Cases] If you don't want to follow a long novel, this anthology of the best, core horror stories is just right for you! Bring along your unlucky friends, and don't go anywhere, because you could get "scared out of your wits" at any moment. 34Reads—Score101Shelves

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    What I scattered and chased away last night wasn't the real straw demon. The real straw demon never even entered the house! The one whose soul was swapped, forever trapped in the darkness of this desolate, uninhabited hollow—that was the boy Wang Xiaoji, who would never return. After that, the Wang boy continued as before, going to school, eating, and talking normally. Only, every night when the wind picked up, he would unconsciously stand straight at the gate of his yard. Hands behind his back, head bowed. Motionless like a scarecrow. Gazing towards the western wasteland…

25. 175 重 Reborn: I Will Save the Spirit-Medium Industry! 重生之我要拯救出马仙行业！ Brother Zhang弟马张Modern Romance203k WordsOngoing A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This rural supernatural novel is so realistic! The author uses delicate strokes to depict the daily life of the hermit, the scenes filled with incense smoke, and the elusive yet palpable connection with the spirits, making the reader feel as if they are right there in the story. The reborn heroine protects tradition amidst the tide of modernization, making the story both heartwarming and profound.

26. 176 你 Folk Horror Stories You’ve Definitely Heard 你一定听过的民间恐怖故事 A Wildly Imaginative Brain胡思乱想的大脑Mystery239k WordsOngoing This story is entirely fictional and has nothing to do with the real world. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. At his sixth birthday banquet, evil spirits devoured his entire family in their dreams. Gu Chen, the young heir of a wealthy family, had his memories forcibly erased by men in black. All that remained were fragments of nightmares: a diamond-shaped badge, red-eyed guests who devoured dreams, and a gun that erased memories. Ten years later, he tracks down the city’s supernatural inci 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Opening this book is like stepping into a cursed old house; every page is filled with an eerie atmosphere.

27. 177 灵 Wait for Me, Lady Lingbai 灵柏娘子等等我 Little Lotus Among the Stars繁星小荷Mystery450k WordsCompleted That winter night, we sat around the charcoal brazier, the coals crackling as I huddled in a corner and listened to the adults tell a story about the sacred cypress at the village entrance. They said... The person who told me that story has passed away, but the chilling feeling it gave me is still etched in my memory. Now, I’ve adapted the story into a novel. 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It slowly transformed into a stunningly beautiful young woman. She wore a pale green dress that flowed gracefully, like a fairy untouched by worldly concerns, exuding an ethereal and otherworldly aura. Her face was exquisitely crafted, like a work of art sculpted by heaven; her skin was as white as snow, and her eyes shone like brilliant stars in the night sky, radiating both liveliness and mystery!

28. 178 神 The Mysteriously Disappearing Pen 神秘消失的书写笔 Little Lotus Among the Stars繁星小荷Mystery7k WordsCompleted The Mysteriously Vanished Writing Brush 13Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 179 缘 Destined Across Three Lifetimes: A Romantic Legacy of Young Love and Marriage 缘定三生，青春婚约的浪漫传承 Little Lotus Among the Stars繁星小荷Modern Romance710k WordsCompleted A sweet promise spanning their youth, sealed by an engagement. Surrounded by the warmth of family and the passion of youth, they keep their vows and write a romantic story together, full of amusing moments from school and everyday life. From Lin Shimin's admiration for Luo Yimo, to their wondrous chance encounters at all kinds of events, and the hilarious, heartwarming episodes that follow, their story is sure to make you smile. The novel has playful banter between best friends, the warm support 34Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 180 我 My Years Running a Spirit Hall in Liaoning 我在辽宁领堂口的那些年 Pavilion Master Yingyuan应元阁主Mystery316k WordsCompleted When I was three, a Huang spirit knocked my soul loose, and by chance I became sworn brothers with another Huang spirit. A Ghost King let something slip by accident, and following the clues, I learned that this Huang spirit was actually a golden-armored deity. It was only when the Living Buddha of Haitang Mountain appeared that I discovered I had two souls in one body. The arrival of my wife from a past life gradually awakened my sealed memories. Atop Mount Tai, the majestic and magnificent scen 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    True stories, relatable to everyday life.

31. 181 雪 Tales of Strange Happenings in Snow City 雪城志异 Guo Xiaotang郭筱棠Mystery868k WordsOngoing A collection of short tales of the strange and supernatural, including ghost stories and even stories about aliens! Each story is only a few hundred words, so you can finish one in no time. Strange happenings and supernatural tales, demons and ghosts, tree spirits and fox fairies! Let your imagination run wild! Everyone is welcome to read! 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A collection of short supernatural tales and ghost stories! It even includes alien stories! Lots of ghost stories! Zombie and drought demon tales! Mind-blowing!

32. 182 村 Strange Tales from the Village 村里的灵异 Peachwood Sword Hero桃木剑侠Mystery152k WordsCompleted One village, one eerie incident. One story, one night of terror. Rural taboos, strange happenings in graveyards, uncanny tales from the dead of night... No connections, just spine-chilling stories. Come experience the most authentic village hauntings. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 183 诡 Strange Tales and Curious Conversations 诡话杂谈 Master of the Bone-Picking Studio拾骨斋主Mystery206k WordsCompleted In the dead of night, people always find themselves talking about forgotten stories. Rain-soaked old alleys, broken steles at ancient temples, desolate graves in the wilderness, lone shadows beneath lamplight... People think they're nothing more than tales to pass the time, unaware that behind these “odd stories” lurk real events strange enough to make your blood run cold. This book collects a series of original supernatural tales, spanning urban legends and rural oddities, where human hearts, 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Here it is.

34. 184 人 A Walking Taboo of the Heavenly Dao 人间行走的天道禁忌 The Dao Opens the Primordial Realm道起鸿蒙Mystery160k WordsOngoing He was born on the night of the Ghost Festival, with a naturally extreme yin constitution, a rarity once in a thousand years. At his birth, a hundred ghosts fought over his soul, and heaven and earth changed color. The sky split open. Nine bolts of purple lightning soared like dragons, piercing the heavens and tearing through the long night, shaking the underworld. In that moment, the heavens stirred and all living things trembled. This child was destined to be extraordinary. 1.3kReads—Score129Shelves

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    A good story will never be buried. This brand-new suspenseful supernatural novel is destined to create a reading frenzy. Believe me, it deserves to stand the test of time—after all, it's not even 100 levels yet. Come, let's grow with it and see how it goes from obscurity to widespread acclaim.

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