Novels About Government Departments That Handle Supernatural Incidents 国家处理灵异事件部门的小说

1. 151 北 The Northern City Kingpin 北城枭雄 Jade Creek Burning at the Fingertips玉溪燃指尖Urban6.1M WordsOngoing Formerly titled The Northern City's Underworld Boss, also known as Tales of the Northeastern Underworld. They say the underworld is all about human relationships and worldly ways, but have you ever seen the real underworld? The underworld is dangerous, but the human heart is even more dangerous. Spring ice is thin, and human nature is thinner still. The underworld is nothing more than a game of chess. Once you enter the game, you can no longer control your own fate. I will use my own experie 266.1kReads9.5Score15.4kShelves
2. 152 让 You Told Me to Get a Summer Job, So Why Did I Flatten the Underground Cavern? 让你打暑假工，你把地窟平推了？ Zhui Yi追夷Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [High Martial Arts + Wish-Fulfillment + Overwhelming Power + Game-Like Life + Decisive and Ruthless + Simulator] This is a cataclysmic era in which everyone practices martial arts! Earth has expanded to a million times its original size! Countless ferocious beasts roam the underground caverns, and martial artists have become the stars of the age. Luo Xiao is just an ordinary student at a martial arts college, but he unexpectedly awakens a simulation System. Each simulation not only grants him p 15kReads8.0Score1.7kShelves
3. 153 凡EN Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨 Master of One Update壹更大师Eastern Fantasy8.3M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b 561.4kReads9.3Score72kShelves
4. 154 玄 The Mystic Prodigy Is Only Five and a Half 玄学大佬五岁半 Braised Egg卤蛋了Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Animated Comic Now Available] [Mysticism] [Comedy] [Everyone's Favorite] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Bubbly] The chubby little ghost queen, sweet as milk, ate her way through every ghost on her mountain. Her master said the Gu family's son was frail and likely to attract evil spirits, so she should go down the mountain and cause trouble for someone else. The chubby little dumpling headed down with a huff and a puff. Holding a female ghost's hand with her left, she said in her tiny, sweet voice, 2.3kReads9.4Score274Shelves

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   This is absolutely amazing!! I highly recommend everyone read it!! I read 370 chapters in three days! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

5. 155 入 You Joined Bureau 749, and Now the Ghosts Are Crying? 入职749局，你把鬼吓哭了？ Summer Ice Cream夏日冰淇淋Mystery80k WordsOngoing (Killing ghosts with brute force + comedy + eerie resurgence) Su Ming transmigrates and awakens the Celestial Master's System. He can earn merit points by scaring and killing ghosts! And so, in an apocalyptic world where the supernatural is resurging, a maniac wielding a sledgehammer appears. He carries an iron hammer bigger than his own head in his left hand and a blood-soaked skinning knife in his right, prowling the streets in search of evil spirits! “Hello, 110? Is it okay to chase down evil —Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 156 人 I Had Just Started My Internship When I Joined Bureau 749 人刚实习，立马入职749局 Big Chunk of Chocolate大块巧克力Mystery239k WordsOngoing Tang Lin transmigrated into another world and got a System that devours monsters, but it took him twenty years to prove that he was living in an ordinary world. During his junior-year internship, he had nowhere to live, so he asked his gaming husband to share a place with him. An unexpected incident led to him joining Bureau 749, where he devours all kinds of demons and monsters to gain various abilities. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 157 秘 The Secret Wilds 秘野奇域 Ningcheng Huang宁城荒Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted In 2035, the global archaeological community was rocked to its foundations. Mysterious bronze solar wheels, unearthed one after another across the world, linked humanity's ancient civilizations together. To solve the astonishing mystery behind the bronze solar wheels, a secret field unit was urgently called into action... 166Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The first book I recommend offers explanations (fictional) for many unsolved mysteries. If you enjoy books dealing with the supernatural, you can read the second one. Don't be fooled by the title; it also explores events related to ancient civilizations. You can try reading the third book; I haven't read the third one yet, but you can read the first two first.

8. 158 7 Bureau 749: You're Supposed to Contain the Paranormal, Not Become It 749：让你收容，不是成为诡异 Lost in the Sea of Moonlighti迷相生海月iUrban113k WordsOngoing [Cause and effect reversed]+ [Containment]+ [Bureau 749]+ [Lobotomy Corporation]+ [Eerie] After a truck accident, Lin Yu transmigrated to a world somewhat like his own, but filled with all kinds of monsters known as the “Eerie.” Here, Bureau 749 is no longer an urban legend. Containing the Eerie is their everyday job. Lin Yu awakened a cause-and-effect-reversing System. Complete a mission, and he can claim its cause and effect! Get on first, pay the fare later! And the Eerie contained by Bureau —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 159 7 What's Bureau 749? My Organization Outranks Them 749局算个啥，我单位是上级 Doctors Don't Smoke医生不抽烟Urban106k WordsOngoing [Multiverse] [Ruthless decisiveness] [Break other people's hands to get stronger] Everyone else wants to live a good life, but Xiao Fei spends every day hoping to die! Not for real, though. He wants to die in his dreams! Every time he dies in a dream, he gains the corresponding ability of his dream-self. He has died a full ten thousand times! Physicist, special forces king, Michelin-starred chef, chart-topping singer, billionaire conglomerate CEO... By the end, he had even become a cultivator! X —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 160 7 Bureau 749: The Female Corpse Escaped, So I Hauled Her Back Overnight 749局：女尸逃跑，你连夜扛回 Sugar Pig糖猪Mystery274k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to a parallel world, Qin Chuan became the sole survivor of a “monster attack”! The wheels of fate began to turn, and Qin Chuan discovered that after eating a monster, his body gradually became abnormal. People removed all his internal organs without anesthesia, and he didn't make a sound. Even if his arms and legs were cut off, they would grow back by the next day. But the biggest change was to his “stomach.” Have you ever seen a stomach grow a row of fangs and open its mout 1kReads—Score—Shelves
11. 161 天 The Heaven-Ordained Fortune Teller 天命神算 Long Life and Prosperity寿比南山Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted When I was thirteen, I fell gravely ill. My fever wouldn't break, and no matter how many famous doctors I saw, none could cure me. My grandfather healed me, but he died mysteriously five years later. Only then did I learn that he had incurred a karmic debt on my behalf. So I inherited his legacy and embarked on the path of a feng shui master. 149.1kReads9.2Score17.5kShelves

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    📚1️⃣ A legacy of history, a cultural treasure. Follow the protagonist's footsteps, travel through time, and explore the stories behind forgotten national treasures. 📖2️⃣ The wheel of fate has begun to turn; who will become the player who controls everything? Join the protagonist to uncover the mysteries of destiny and explore the secrets of divine will. 🌠3️⃣ When the dead and the living intertwine, when puppets become judges, an unprecedented and strange event is unfolding. Step into this world full of wonder.

12. 162 加 I Joined the 749 Bureau, and the Evil God Turns Out to Be Me? 加入749局，邪神竟是我自己？ Speculator Fish游资鱼Urban279k WordsOngoing [SCP] [Eastern Cosmic Horror] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Evil Gods] [Sacrifice] Lu Chen's soul transmigrated into a new life in a world where forbidden things were resurfacing and evil gods were watching from the shadows. At the age of twenty-two, he broke through the mystery of his time in the womb and remembered everything. He recalled that when he transmigrated, his whole body had come with him, and he'd even awakened an “Evil God System.” He tried calling out, “System.” But he discovered that 2Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 163 六 Imprisoned at Six! Forced to Join Bureau 749 at Eight 六岁入狱！八岁被迫加入749局 Moonlight Treasure Box月光宝匣子Urban669k WordsCompleted The mysterious Bureau 749 + Spirit Binding and Commanding + a ghostly companion + the voice of authority in Hell! There is a young man in this world... who eats human hearts... and raises ghosts and monsters. Lin San was born with a spirit-path body, and a ghostly companion appeared alongside him at birth. When he was six, his parents were murdered. To avenge them, he slaughtered all 673 members of the Zhang family. The Bureau 749 forcibly imprisoned him in the mysterious Ninth Prison. Be as str 6.3kReads6.9Score391Shelves

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    It's primarily about venting anger, with rhythm as a secondary element; it's quite fun.

14. 164 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 22.1kReads9.3Score2kShelves
15. 165 他 He's an Investigator from Bureau 749. Why Mess With Him? 他749局调查员，你惹他干嘛 Madman of the South Garden南苑疯子Urban128k WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless] [Gets revenge on the spot] [A little horror] [Every ghost deserves to die] Shen Yan, male, twenty-two, a nightclub escort. A week ago, he awakened to his talent and learned the Flame Art. Yesterday, while out on a job, he discovered that his client was a fox demon and killed it on the spot. Now you have two choices: live as an ordinary person, or join Bureau 749 as an investigator. Faced with the people from Bureau 749, Shen Yan hesitates. He has been soul-transmigrated h 123Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 166 开 Joining Bureau 749 from the Start: Slaying Ghosts and Gods with Nothing in My Way 开局加入749，除鬼斩神横着走 Yang Zhi Cat阳芝猫Urban108k WordsOngoing [Thrilling power fantasy + fast-paced + plot-driven + tons of monsters + ruthless killing] Director: “I've repeatedly stressed that when you encounter a monster, you should reason with it first. If it loves its country, then we...” Monster: “Yes... I'll negotiate! I'll be patriotic!” Su Ming: “Thinking of negotiating now? Too late!” “Thunder in my left hand, fire in my right. System, aid me!” “Ding!” "You killed the Red-Clothed Girl. Your thunder and fire abilities have evolved!" "F-rank Purple —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 167 大 A College Freshman's Part-Time Job: Imprisoning Evil Spirits at Bureau 749 大一兼职，我在749局关押邪灵 Bu Tai Dong不太洞Urban126k WordsOngoing [Ruthless decisiveness]+ [Spatial powers]+ [Invincible]+ [One female lead] Sun Xinyuan is a nineteen-year-old college freshman. When he encountered the evil spirit Red Boy, he activated his golden finger, the Divine Spirit Collection. Every evil spirit he collects grants him a supernatural ability. Someone picks a fight after he joins Bureau 749? Then don't blame me! I'll kill them all! I'll collect every evil spirit and claim every supernatural power! Your Tongxin Society dares to put out a war —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 168 退 After Dropping Out, I Slaughter Evil in the Great Xia Exorcism Bureau 退学后，我在大夏镇邪司乱杀 Pear Jam酥梨酱Urban595k WordsCompleted [King of Hell Chu] [No Female Lead] [Not a Lone Wolf] [Mass Troop Summoning, Crushing All Opposition] The corpses of gods drift through the starry sky, while the destruction of the old world stares down from the void. This is an age when ancient civilizations awaken and calamities descend. Chu Feng enters this world with an Evolution Codex. Evolve [Fate Weapons], from “shooting through a willow leaf from a hundred paces” to “shattering a star with one sword.” Evolve [Fate Palaces], from “histori 522Reads6.8Score106Shelves
19. 169 刚 I Just Came Out of Ailao Mountain, and 749 Took Me in as a Monster 刚出哀牢山，被749当怪物收容 Clear Ink on White Paper清墨白纸Urban168k WordsOngoing [Ruthless and decisive] [Wild man] [Wipe out the roots] Su Yang is an experienced traveler. After transmigrating to this world twenty years ago with a monster compendium as his golden finger, he hasn’t encountered a single monster. He’s ended up living like a wild man. On the verge of starving to death as a penniless pauper, he places his last hope in the mysterious Ailao Mountain. On their first night in the mountains, his fellow travelers spot a monster. Su Yang grabs his Luoyang shovel and st 138Reads—Score—Shelves

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    So awesome! So good!!!

20. 170 国 Homeland Security Bureau: Archive of Supernatural Objects 国土安全局：灵异物品档案室 Twilight Nocturne阑珊夜曲Mystery330k WordsOngoing In a hidden corner of a bookshelf lies an old, yellowed book. It is not merely a treasure trove of knowledge, but a mysterious doorway to a fantastical world. This book is more than a collection of words: it is a wellspring of inspiration and a guide to becoming a novelist. What makes this book so captivating is that it not only tells one enthralling story after another, but also sparks your imagination and creativity. It invites you to step into the stories, becoming a witness to mysterious ev 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Have you ever, in the quiet of the night, fantasized about holding a mysterious object in your hand that could change your destiny? Homeland Security: Paranormal Archives will take you into a paranormal world full of unknowns and surprises, where every item hides a story, and every story contains infinite possibilities.

21. 171 撞 True Tales of Ghost Encounters: Paranormal Files 撞鬼实录之灵异档案 Li the Big Hammer李大锤子Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Li Yuanfeng was born with unusual eyes and ears. It was those eyes that helped him solve one bizarre case after another... One shocking tragedy after another, desperate screams for help, a terrifying game at a university in the dead of night... A man embedded in a wall... A child used as a sacrifice... The secrets of an ancient, haunted house... What are the voices from the well trying to tell us?... How can severed limbs be pieced back together?... A pair of eyes that can see through every cycl 334Reads8.8Score103Shelves

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    This is a good read. It's about a guy with the ability to see ghosts who travels to other countries to catch them. It has a strong sense of patriotism and some parts are quite tear-jerking, showing the darker side of human nature!

22. 172 7 An Outsider at Bureau 749, I Can Slay Even Gods!! 749编外人员，神也可斩！！ Red Mango Lemon赤色的芒果柠檬Urban502k WordsCompleted [Ruthless and decisive] [Transmigration] [749 Bureau] [Monsters are so adorable] [Where are the ghosts] [Cold-blooded] [Supernatural powers] [Buddha Mother] [Queen Mother of the West] [The severing of the link between heaven and earth] Zhang Huairen isn't a bad person. His name means “cherishing benevolence,” and that's exactly what he does. When he first transmigrates, he thinks he has no golden finger. Then an archaeological expedition awakens it. [Absorb a space stone and gain the Spatial Sla 215Reads6.4Score103Shelves
23. 173 1 Memoirs of the Kunlun Mountains, 1978 1978年昆仑山回忆录 Big Brother Rice米饭哥哥Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted In the autumn of 1978, Professor Zhang Wenli and his party arrived from Beijing in Yingdudaban to carry out a routine site survey lasting fifteen days. As a local assistant, I was honored to work alongside the professors from Beijing. But this ordinary survey was soon plagued by one unexpected incident after another... 5.2kReads8.8Score425Shelves

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    Just do it.

24. 174 大 I Got Married to a Ghost in My First Year of College, and It Brought 749 to My Door 大一结个冥婚，竟把749招来了 Watermelon in Midsummer盛夏的西瓜Urban278k WordsCompleted [Multiple heroines + cunning and ruthless + better a friend die than me + invincible among his peers] Freshman Qin Tuo becomes a sacrifice for someone else's change of fortune from the start. But thanks to his formidable birth chart, he not only survives with his ghost-wife, he also turns misfortune into fortune by awakening the Calamity Refining Cauldron and the Wife-Pampering Rebate System. From then on, his world changes. Not only is there Bureau 749, which protects the land and its people, b 44Reads6.1Score—Shelves
25. 175 开 From the Start, a Ghost Was in My Face. I Slapped It Right Back 开局鬼贴脸，我反手一个大逼兜 Barbecue-Flavored Bread烤肉味的面包Mystery138k WordsCompleted [Supernatural resurgence + transmigration + lighthearted comedy + wild imagination + wish fulfillment + recklessly courting death + furious System + no female lead] The eerie scratching at the door in the dead of night, the blurry shadow on the thirteenth floor of Kangjia Tower, the chill seeping out of Apartment 71… Behind these strange and turbulent events lurk one baffling, unknown terror after another. Ye Feng transmigrates into this world and comes face-to-face with a ghost from the star 133Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 176 我 My Years as a Feng Shui Master 我做风水师那些年 1981 Dust Mote1981微尘Urban210k WordsOngoing This was originally supposed to be called The Years I Spent as a Monk. But then I remembered that I had also spent some time as a Taoist, so I'll start my story as a feng shui master instead. This is a book of insider secrets unlike anything ever written before. When you or your family travel, have you ever come across a temple, or even a museum or memorial hall, where a master tries to enlighten you? They may be dressed as monks, Taoists, or lay practitioners. Do you want to know where they com —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Beneath the suspenseful and supernatural exterior lies a revealing novel. When you or your family travel, have you ever encountered temples, museums, or memorial halls where "masters" try to enlighten you? They might be dressed as monks, Taoist priests, or lay Buddhists. Do you want to know their origins? Why do travel agencies cooperate with them? How do they collude to make big money? This is a novel that exposes the inner workings of temples like never before—this is what you call real!

27. 177 让 You Asked Me to Find a Job, So I Went to Site 507 to Slay Demons 让你找工作，你去507所斩妖魔 Gossiping Pomelo吃瓜柚子Urban170k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless] [Hard-hearted] [I will never coexist with demons] [Feel-good story] [No Female Lead] Gu Yi graduated straight into unemployment. Unable to find a job and nearly starving to death, he unexpectedly landed a day-paid job staying at a guesthouse for a trial run. He thought it would be easy money for doing nothing, but it turned out to be a trap laid by an evil cultivator who raised corpses. At this moment of crisis, Gu Yi finally awakened his golden finger: the Demon Compendi 3Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 178 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. 173.8kReads9.7Score17.7kShelves

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    These books are really good. I highly recommend "Ghost Messenger," and there's another one called "Mysterious Revival" (which I don't have on Tomato), which is considered the originator of this type of novel.

29. 179 抢 Snatching Immortality 抢仙 Flowers Know the Spring Wilderness花知春野Mystery397k WordsCompleted [Mystery and adventure + occult battles + a nontraditional path to immortality + ruins around the world] I've practiced Daoism for twenty years and watched my master ascend with my own eyes. Becoming an immortal has become an obsession. But the Heavenly Dao has run out of opportunities for me. I'm just one step away, yet the gap is as vast as heaven and earth. The chance to become an immortal should be somewhere between the highest heavens and the deepest underworld, but I can find it nowhere. I 50Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this one! Suspenseful adventure + witchcraft battles + unconventional immortal cultivation system + global ruins – it gets more exciting the more you read! The protagonist is quite mischievous, and the supporting characters are all incredibly unique! It's thrilling!!! [Shocked][Laughing][Laughing][Petrified][Thinking]

30. 180 特 Bureau of Paranormal Investigations 特异事物调查局 Three-Lives Stone01三生石01Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Mystery + horror + sci-fi + adventure + wild imagination] Before graduating, forensic science student Ren Lin dissects a beautiful female corpse. Not long afterward, he meets a woman who looks exactly like the corpse, with a horrifying scar beneath her neck. A voice keeps echoing in his ear: “Did the corpse you dissect feel pain?” This is only the beginning, just the tip of the iceberg! Ren Lin joins the Bureau of Special Affairs and rises from a low-ranking agent to a legend! 45Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    Do you know anything about supernatural phenomena?

31. 181 真 The Real-Life Escape Club 真实逃杀俱乐部 Making Tea on Tong Mountain彤山煮茶Mystery4.5M WordsCompleted This world is dead. But I want to live. This is an age where the supernatural is paradise, and humanity is in hell. I saw the club as the only [Beacon of Hope], blind to the schemes and betrayal behind it. Resurrected supernatural creatures, blood-soaked death zones, slaughter experiments that defy human understanding. The boundary between life and death began to blur, until people and the supernatural could no longer be told apart. Standing atop a mountain of corpses, I faced the weeping, despa 19.2kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
32. 182 当 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界，死亡即是终点 Qingyuan Vocational High School Prodigy庆元职高小天才Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 390.6kReads9.3Score43.5kShelves
33. 183 请EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves
34. 184 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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    A spy thriller with a fresh concept and broad scope! Focusing on the game of high-tech secrecy, it breaks free from the traditional spy genre framework. The characters' interactions are nuanced and profound, with layers of suspense and constant plot twists, demonstrating a very high level of skill.

35. 185 百 Ghosts in the Apocalypse: I Became the Strongest Ghost Tamer 百鬼末世：我成了最强御鬼师 Yi People's Firelight彝人烟火Mystery2.9M WordsOngoing [A Full 1,000 Types of Ghosts] Mysterious ghosts include Jin Buhuan, the White Bone Bodhisattva, the Earthly Branches War Lord, and the Blood-Drop Plum Blossom. The powerful ones include Asura, Rakshasa, the Butcher, the Martial Champion, and the Emperor. The eerie ones include Painted Skin, the Red Robe, the Chubby Baby, the Coroner, the Flower-Waisted Bride, the Embalmer, and the Ever-Burning Lamp. Every type has its own evolution path: Drowned Ghost → Water Monkey → Kappa → ? (There’s more af 115kReads9.5Score9.8kShelves
36. 186 异 Chronicles of the Supernatural 异灵实录 Dwarf Cutup矮人活宝Mystery298k WordsCompleted At three in the morning, check the list of the dead; let the ferryman guide your soul. Chinese horror stories, spirit-summoning, death notes. Some things can be explained, while other feelings defy description. A terror that makes you shudder as you think it over rises from the depths of your heart. After reading these 99 stories, you'll find yourself questioning your own life. There's a rumor that you should never stay in the last room on the ground floor of a hotel. The author once traveled ou 24Reads9.2Score—Shelves
37. 187 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 310.8kReads9.4Score27.9kShelves

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    An incredible masterpiece. The Ninth Bureau is an official department that deals with problems that science cannot solve. It is a joint effort between the Taoist sect and the government.

38. 188 撑 Breaking Through the Transmigration and Rebirth Research Lab 撑破穿越重生研究室 Thorny Bougainvillea有刺三角梅Urban369k WordsOngoing Modern City + Multiple Social Classes + Multiple Female Characters + Campus Life + Inspirational + Political Career + Workplace + Two Male Leads To secure more research funding, Z University opened the world’s first “Transmigration and Rebirth Research Lab.” After finally passing the graduate entrance exam, Yi Lian became one of the lab’s first graduate students… Then Yi Lian discovered that they had become a living specimen… 151Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    New book recommendation: Urban Legends [Add to bookshelf][Add to bookshelf]

39. 189 灵 Hearse 灵车 Wild Goose Before the Hall堂前雁Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted A hearse is a vehicle used to transport coffins or urns. You could also call it a vehicle exclusively for the dead. I was a bus driver for four years, and for all four years I kept a secret bottled up inside. Now I'll tell you firsthand about the terrifying things that happen on trains, things you don't know about. Maybe you've never heard of hearses being converted into buses, but the buses you've ridden may not have carried only the living... 1.5kReads8.0Score131Shelves
40. 190 法 Forensic Files of the Supernatural 法医灵异档案 Tired of the Pen Chuan0厌笔川0Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Horror comes from reality. Behind the outlandish rumors lies an even more unfathomable truth! I'm a forensic pathologist, and I'll tell you about horrifying murder cases from recent years that have never been made public. Every case is bizarre and strange, and every one will make your blood run cold. Once the truth behind each case comes to light, you'll realize that compared with the brutality of the crimes themselves, the most terrifying thing is the human heart! When the heart is dark, there 637Reads8.6Score100Shelves
41. 191 开 I Founded the Public Opinion Bureau from the Start 开局创立了民调局 Free Fall自由落体Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted The Civil Affairs Bureau, formally known as the Bureau of Folklore and Strange Occurrences, is responsible for investigating and handling supernatural events around the country, including folk customs, strange phenomena, feng shui, and urban legends. My name is Chen Shuo. I'm just a rookie who recently started working. Why have they suddenly put me in charge of an entire organization? The pressure is killing me... But I can only grit my teeth and get on with it! With the support of powerful fig 3.1kReads7.8Score201Shelves

    Reader note

    This book is alright so far; it has a serious tone but also some humor, and it's about carrying on the legacy of our martyrs and striving to save China.

42. 192 大 Bro, You're a Cop, Not a Taoist Priest! 大哥，你是警察啊，不是道士！ Mou Zui谋醉Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [If you dislike cutesy, whimpering heroines, read no further] [Also known as: Me, a humble paper effigy maker, and you want me to crack a major case] When Yue Dong went to a telecom service center to cancel his late grandfather’s phone service, the staff gave him a hard time. “Rules are rules. The account holder has to be here in person!” “You have to follow the rules!” Yue Dong laughed in exasperation, then waved his hand and used his paper effigy-making skills to summon his late grandfather. T 71.6kReads9.2Score7.4kShelves

    Reader note

    Disbelief doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Those unsolved mysteries can be quickly solved using special methods. The mystical arts are numerous; even the paper-crafting technique alone is so profound and unfathomable… Most importantly, the male protagonist, possessing these extraordinary skills, is a warm, cheerful, upright, and righteous person. I like him ❤️

43. 193 灵 Paranormal Files 灵异档案 Muddy Radish带泥的萝卜Mystery344k WordsCompleted In a strange era, strange events unfold across the country: ghosts, mountain spirits and water monsters, yin beings, zombies, and all manner of evil spirits and monsters. A series of major supernatural incidents will be brought before you. 532Reads7.1Score—Shelves
44. 194 不 Seriously, Your Metaphysics Club Is Way Too Obscure 不是，你们玄学小组也太冷门了吧 Yueyue Loves to Take a Look悦悦爱瞅瞅Modern Romance480k WordsCompleted [No romance + ensemble cast + supernatural ghost hunting + folk horror tales + only a little family drama, which wraps up quickly] Fang Shining was born with a mental disability. Her parents dumped her in the countryside with her father, a folk sorcerer, and never gave her another thought. When she was nineteen, the village was demolished, and she was brought back to the Fang family. On the day she returned, everyone mocked the Fang family's idiot eldest daughter for coming home, and the family 35.7kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves

    Reader note

    I'm currently reading the first book, and I've finished the second one.

45. 195 上 After Becoming an Underworld Messenger, the True Heiress Became the Internet's Daughter 上任无常后，真千金变全网女鹅 The Innkeeper at My Mountain Home吾山居小二Modern Romance372k WordsCompleted [Switched-at-birth heiresses + doted-on darling everyone loves + Chinese mysticism + livestreaming + no romance] Shi Du was switched at birth and, despite being the Gu family's biological daughter, spent six whole years growing up elsewhere. Only after the grandfather who raised her passed away did she learn the truth and return to claim her place in the family. The Gu family had status to uphold. They would rather keep their adopted daughter than acknowledge their biological one. Shi Du signed 1.8kReads9.2Score282Shelves
46. 196 探 Paranormal Investigation Notes 探灵笔录 Jun Bu Jian君不贱Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller said I was a child sent by a hundred ghosts, and that I was destined to deal with the dead all my life. So I chose to become a forensic pathologist, working at the boundary between life and death. In ancient times, people called this profession a coroner’s. We were considered ill-omened and ranked among the lowest of occupations. Over the years, I’ve handled all kinds of bizarre and uncanny cases. I’ve recorded these terrifying incidents, which no living person should get involv 31Reads6.9Score—Shelves
47. 197 东 The Northeast Paranormal Investigator 东北灵异先生 Qizai七仔Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Fangshi, spirit mediums, exorcists: these professions are famous, but their abilities are limited. There is one calling that stands above them all: its practitioners are known as paranormal masters. My name is Huo Jie. When I was nine, I encountered a vengeful spirit and nearly died of fright. To survive, I became a paranormal master! From then on, I roamed between the worlds of yin and yang, wielded the art of feng shui, and guided ghosts and gods through their trials! 230Reads8.5Score—Shelves
48. 198 镇 Bureau of Exorcism, Case File Zero: Shadows of the Mountains and Seas 镇邪司零号档案：山海谍影 Sea Salt Velvet海盐丝绒Mystery470k WordsOngoing The passerby you brush shoulders with on the street, the café worker who smiles at you: can you be sure they're all human? Deep in neon-lit nightclubs lies a hunting ground for half-demons. Deafening music covers the sound of them draining people's vital energy. Lost in pleasure, patrons slowly have the life sucked out of them, and by the time they notice, they're already completely spent. A Gu master with wicked intentions lurks in the corners of the city, secretly gathering living people and u 8Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    Various demons and monsters, with a strong sense of national pride, no romantic pairings, episodic series.

49. 199 异 Classified Files of Strange Cases 异闻绝密档案 Mushroom Stewed with French Fries香菇炖薯条Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted When I was six, I ran off to play at our ancestral graves and started digging up the bones of the dead. Then nine green snakes crawled out of a grave and dragged me inside. Twelve years later, a peddler found me and made me wed a snakeskin. From that day on, I embarked on a horrifying path of no return. 54Reads7.5Score—Shelves
50. 200 被 After My Fate Was Switched, I Played a Winning Hand 被换命之后，我打了一把王炸 Sea Salt Velvet海盐丝绒Modern Romance26k WordsCompleted After My Lifespan Was Stolen, I Played a Trump Card 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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