Looking for Supernatural Novels That Start in the City, Not the Countryside. Too Much Trouble Out There 求都市开头的灵异小说，不要农村开头的，破事多

1. 101 最 The Last Corpse Handler 最后的赶尸匠 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷20k WordsCompleted The Last Corpse Driver —Reads—Score—14d adds
2. 102 幕 The Curtain Rises: Humans and Ghosts Share the Stage 幕启·人鬼同台 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷20k WordsCompleted The Curtain Rises: Humans and Ghosts Share the Stage 1Reads—Score—14d adds
3. 103 纸 Paper Doll Hauntings: A Living Person's Funeral 纸人诡事：活人出殡 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷19k WordsCompleted Paper Figures and Strange Happenings: The Living Hold a Funeral 1Reads—Score—14d adds
4. 104 红 The Bloodied Hole Beneath the Red Veil 红盖头下的血洞 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷20k WordsCompleted A Bloodied Hole Beneath the Red Bridal Veil —Reads—Score—14d adds
5. 105 阴 The Ghost Wedding Palanquin, Carried by the Living 阴婚轿，活人抬 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷20k WordsCompleted The Ghost Wedding Sedan, Carried by the Living —Reads—Score—14d adds
6. 106 深 The Chewing Sounds in the Abyss 深渊里的咀嚼声 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷64k WordsCompleted The Sound of Chewing in the Abyss 2Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 107 莫 Don't Panic, the Hot Pot's Still Hot 莫慌，火锅趁热 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷68k WordsCompleted Don't Panic, Eat Your Hotpot While It's Hot —Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 108 今 Tonight at Eight, I'll Be Waiting for You in the House 今晚八点，我在房子里等你 Eighth Master of Dou City斗城八爷20k WordsCompleted I'll Be Waiting for You in the House at Eight Tonight —Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 109 市 Strange Tales from the Jianghu Streets 市井江湖异闻录 Loose Wild Grass散装野草Urban518k WordsOngoing Qin Bei was an ordinary young man from Northeast China, living a quiet, unremarkable life among the bustle of the city. Then a mysterious package arrived out of the blue, shattering his peaceful routine and dragging him into one bizarre incident after another. Beneath the glittering surface of modern life, undercurrents are stirring. The secretive martial sects passed down for millennia have never vanished, and mysterious powers unknown to the world lie hidden in the everyday rhythms of the cit 58Reads—Score—14d adds

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   A Shenyang office worker's opening line: [OK]

10. 110 别 Don’t Mess with This Little Demon, She Can Use Magic! 别惹这只魔星，她会法术！ The Still One Of Chang'an静者长安Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Zombies cannot have offspring. If one does, it must be a Demon Star. Ma Qingling's mother came from an exorcist family, but after being bitten by a zombie in an accident, she became one herself. Forced to part from her beloved, she hid alone in the mountains, where she became pregnant and gave birth to Ma Qingling. Later, she died sealing the Gang Cave. With her dying breath, she told Ma Qingling to find her father and say, “I'm sorry” on her behalf. Ma Qingling left the mountains, only to be ki 392Reads—Score10914d adds

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    Urban fantasy novel with a supernatural twist: The female protagonist is a powerful figure in the Xuanmen (Taoist sect), always ready to fight anyone who dares to challenge her. She's incredibly skilled at catching demons and exorcising ghosts, zombies, evil spirits, ghosts, and the living dead—all sorts of things are included.

11. 111 人 I'm in Malaysia, and I'm Going to Slay Ghosts and Demons 人在大马，我要斩鬼除魔 Tiger Who Eats Apples吃苹果的老虎Mystery427k WordsOngoing Moonlight flows like water, while daylight cuts like a blade. On the path to immortality, I slay the heavens' chosen ones. Clad in black, I grip the Tiger Soul blade, scale the heights of Cangwu, and stride across emerald waves. On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the gates of the underworld open. When migrant workers venture abroad, they discover how dangerous the outside world can be. They encounter ghosts at ten thousand meters in the air, while the hot lands of Southeast Asia conceal 520Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The story begins in a city, and the main characters are workers.

12. 112 天 In This World, Who Do You Think You Are? 天地间老子在你算老几？ At Sunset Beneath the Moon, I Am Sanhe日落月下吾为三禾Mystery544k WordsOngoing On a pitch-black night, I dreamed of countless stars rushing toward me. By chance, I became a haunted-house tester, and all sorts of supernatural phenomena began appearing out of nowhere. The strange and bizarre things in the city, the mysterious forces deep in the mountains, and the gods people worship: do they really exist? Where can I find the key to a new world? Is this a responsibility, a mission, or a chance to become the next scapegoat? What unsolved mysteries lie in the world I inhabit, 59Reads—Score—14d adds

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    That has to be it. No filler, no unnecessary details, adapted from folk tales, one story leading to another, several chapters per story.

13. 113 诡 Are the Supernatural Horrors a Bug? I’ll Debug Them with Daoist Magic! 诡异是Bug？贫道这就杀毒！ Longing for Sweetness in the Sky望天甘Mystery217k WordsOngoing [Taoist + high-martial world + nearly invincible protagonist + one heroine + supernatural resurgence] “If this world is a precisely running program, then the ‘anomalies’ are malicious bugs that can’t be deleted.” When Xie Zaici wakes up, he discovers that the whole world has changed. History is broken, Taoism has vanished, and all the gods have become forbidden beings. People tremble beneath the shadows of evil spirits, risking their lives to resist curses in the hope of surviving. Only he disco 9Reads8.7Score—14d adds

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    Hakimi, a white tiger exuding a fierce aura, is both cute and menacing. In Taoism, it is a divine beast of the Western Metal element. The strong tension between Hakimi and the Taoist priest in the white robe is vividly portrayed.

14. 114 我 My Lady Doesn't Believe in the Supernatural 我家夫人不信邪 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Mystery276k WordsCompleted I believe in metaphysics, but she doesn’t. We got married just to prove each other wrong. I wanted to hang a portrait of the Three Pure Ones, but she refused, so after a huge argument, I decided to write down all the true events that have happened over the years: my dad got into trouble after eating a snake, my grandma suddenly started eating pork knuckle and cursing, Gao Dabao lost a hand in an elevator accident, Feng Ershuang was grabbed by a ghost, and their cousin mysteriously went mad and d 91Reads—Score—14d adds

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    There are no outrageous, overpowered cheat codes; solving strange occurrences relies entirely on rules and regulations.

15. 115 第 Day 49: The Whole Internet Watches Me Tear Through the Horse-Shaman World 第49天，全网看我杀穿出马仙 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Mystery318k WordsCompleted [The first novel online to tackle the “spirit-medium” genre from an opposing perspective] Before my dad died, he left me a blood curse: “If you meet a god, beat it. If you see an immortal, kill it.” Now the whole village is made up of spirit mediums, and I'm the only ordinary person left. They livestream “catching an old immortal,” so I report them and get their accounts banned. They stage “the Tragic King being killed,” so I expose their tricks on the spot. Then I rescue a snow-white fox, and i 15Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 116 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—14d adds

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    Is it possible to move from a rural area to a city?

17. 117 我 Among the Otherworldly 我在异人间 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Urban534k WordsCompleted I am descended from the Sage Yangming. When I was born, countless bolts of heavenly thunder circled our old family home and crashed down. Could it be because the last dragon and phoenix in the world died right outside my house, and now they want me to pay with my life? 17Reads6.9Score—14d adds

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    Demolishing just one old coal shed angered the spirits who had protected the house for decades; the subsequent events are chilling upon closer examination.

18. 118 铃 The Bell Shakes the Mountains and Rivers 铃动山河 Master of the Study of Antiquity稽古斋主Mystery475k WordsCompleted Hardcore worldbuilding: the Maoshan Taoist ghost-hunting tradition, the secret Shaolin art of guiding ghosts to the afterlife, Seven Star fate-reading, the Wu people’s shamanic medicine, and their logical integration with modern technology. Urban setting, supernatural mysteries, ghost hunting, schemes, corpse retrievers, corpse-carrying teams, corpse drivers, zombies, curses, and Southeast Asian horror stories. *Modern military life × ancient metaphysics*: Secret lineages and supernatural crises 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Urban opening, paranormal events, shamanic practices, Maoshan Taoist priests' hardcore ghost-fighting, ghost raising, zombies, female ghosts, ghost soldiers borrowing a path, Five Witches' army, black magic, corpse retrievers, corpse-carrying teams, corpse-driving craftsmen.

19. 119 都 Urban Hauntings: My Paper Knife Can Pierce Illusions 都市诡异：我的纸刀能破妄 The Indecisive Axe纠结的斧头Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing The rating has just been released, so it may still go up. Zhang Ping, an unemployed advertising copywriter, is attacked by a paper figure with a slit mouth in his shared apartment on a stormy night, at the lowest point in his life. On the verge of death, he desperately throws out an old piece of yellow paper he has carried for years, unexpectedly activating a fragment of the ancestral “Blade of Illusion-Breaking” and a mysterious “Night Watchman System.” The System turns terrifying supernatural 3Reads8.3Score—14d adds

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    The old apartment building, abandoned for over a decade, has become a strange realm known as the Echoing Corridor. The entire space is distorted by the resentment and obsession of the young girl, Lin Xiaoyu. The corridor plays a loop of her memories of being falsely accused of theft and being distrusted by everyone. The footsteps and the repeated sobs are all illusions formed by the lingering emotions.

20. 120 都 Urban Legend Investigation Bureau 都市传说调查局 Ink-Tinged Rain Sounds墨染雨声Urban183k WordsOngoing Does a mirror reflect an illusion, or the reality that is devouring us? Mirror City, a modern metropolis built of glass and light, is collapsing from within. The invisible “Mirror Abyss” has awakened. It feeds on human fear and obsession, warping reality and draining the life from people until they become hollow “reflections.” The remnants of the supernatural defense agency, UDIB, have sent out their last hope: Lu Chen: An old scar over his left eyebrow burns like an alarm. He will wager everyth —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    His younger sister was devoured by the "Mirror Man," and Lu Chen, with his eyebrow scar and supernatural abilities, joined the Investigation Bureau! Together with his teammates, he ventured into dangerous situations, deciphered the remnants of memories in artworks, analyzed supernatural data, and fought against the terrifying legend that devoured reality amidst lies and truth.

21. 121 怪 Tales of the Supernatural: Ghost-Hunting Venerable 怪谈之捉鬼天尊 Blue Forest Night Wind蓝林夜风Mystery176k WordsOngoing Eight severed-head mountains form a Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, imprisoning Song An’s first eight incarnations. To ensure that Song An can grow up safely in his ninth life, a mysterious eminent monk comes to the mortal world. Unfortunately, this time Song An is born on the night of the Ghost Festival, and is also a child of extreme yin, with all eight characters of his birth chart belonging to yin. Even stranger, nine days and nine nights of blood rain fall before Song An’s birth. For —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book is really, really good!!!

22. 122 我 My Hopeless Life Became Even More Desperate 我无望的人生更加绝望 Jiu Ai玖哎Mystery199k WordsOngoing After something happened to her family, Mu Xia could never move on from that day. She went through life in a daze. Until one day, she accidentally entered a world of horror. And so began a fantastical journey. She made new friends, faced all kinds of events, and lived a new life. 1Reads6.4Score—14d adds

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    You obtain the crucial item, the "Dressing Mirror," only to be told it's merely a fragment of a ghost's body. Will using it attract the attention of the true ghost?

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