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Welcome to the New World [Infinite Flow] 欢迎来到新世界【无限流】
[Infinite-flow + Horror Game + BG + Sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside sharp-tongued beauty x Cold on the outside, shameless on the inside suit-wearing thug + A touch of ensemble cast] [Do you have an urgent wish? Money, a life, power, health, revenge... Whatever you wish for, the New World can make it come true, as long as you pay an equal price. Welcome to the New World.] On her birthday, illustrator Ding Yi inexplicably enters the New World because of a wish she can't remember making. S
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The School of Terror 恐怖艺校
Also known as "The Horror Art School: I Fell in Love with a Taoist Priest" [Supernatural + Romance + Transmigration + Wild Imagination] During those three years at school, many strange and terrifying things happened. At midnight, a sinister atmosphere would descend over the school... The year Ye Xue'er attended art school, she fell in love with him at first sight and decided to follow him, staying by his side as they worked together to spread the art of Taoism far and wide...
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Aren’t You an Evil God? Why Does Seeing Me Lower Your SAN? 不是邪神吗?见我怎么降SAN值
[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
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I’m a Night Watchman, and I Can Go Fifty-Fifty with Corpses 我,守夜人,能和尸体五五
Supernatural + urban life + workplace + comedy. As Lin Jin closes the morgue’s refrigerated drawers, he seems to hear a faint sigh, unlike the sound of the machinery. He pauses, curses, “That lousy air conditioner needs fixing again,” but a flicker of unease crosses his mind...
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A Ghost Car Hit Me, Then Accused Me of Faking It 鬼车撞我,说我是碰瓷
[Dark humor + lighthearted + ridiculous + brawler + big shots] On the night he gets promoted and a raise, a little umbrella falls out of the bag belonging to the woman he likes. Ultra-thin. Three to a pack. The big-shot HR reps, Black and White Impermanence, interview him. At last, the interview is over.
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The Supernatural: You Are by My Side 诡异之你在我左右
Adapted from my own experiences. The timid should read with caution... In Taoism, people are said to have three hun and seven po. The three hun are Taiguang, Shuangling, and Youjing, representing a person's spirit, wisdom, and desires. The seven po are Shigou, Fushi, Queyin, Tunzei, Feidu, Chuhui, and Choufei, and are connected to the body's physical and emotional functions. It is generally believed that ghosts have only one hun and a half po. This is because after leaving the human body, their
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Notes on Folk Spirit Mediums 民间出马仙笔记
[Spirit Mediums + Chinese-Style Horror + Episodic Stories + Supernatural Mystery + Karma + Mind-Blowing Twists + Feng Shui and the Occult] "Unraveling one strange and unpredictable tale of karmic retribution after another" In a remote suburb of the city lies a cemetery. Few people know that a shop dealing in the supernatural stands there, run by a spirit medium who can communicate with the dead and the living. The owner specializes in paranormal cases beyond ordinary people's understanding, but
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Belly City 腹城
[Thriller, Cthulhu Mythos, mystery, supernatural powers, System, loops, horror, apocalypse, unraveling secrets, no romance] The rating has just been posted, but it will rise later. In the flawless “Sweet Community,” every fear and suspicion Nuxin feels is gently “corrected” by the System. Until he discovers that his playmate A Dai’s “move” was an elaborate lie; until, beneath the old school building in the dead of night, he meets Mo Li, the girl who warns him to “run.” Black cars glide soundl
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I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏!
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
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Death Club 死亡俱乐部
There are bizarre events, horrifying hellscapes, and the ugliness of human nature. People dwell among ghosts; there are hell trains, death academies… One terrifying incident after another, open only to members of the Death Club. The Death Club welcomes you to join! Zhang Chen was slowly growing drowsy. He had no idea how long it had been since night fell. Just as he was about to drift off, a series of thuds suddenly came from upstairs, the sound of wooden clogs striking the stairs. The clacking
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A Deadly Thrill 颤栗杀机
A psychologist with cancer is deceived by a nasty fellow called the Magician, all in the hope of staying alive. He chooses to enter a mysterious game called Thrill Kill. In this game, players must take part in one scenario after another. They choose a side, [Slaughter or Legion], and complete assigned missions to earn blood points and make their wishes come true. The psychologist plans to cure his cancer through the game and then never return. But he never expects it to be a bottomless abyss of
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I Was Raised by Monsters 我被怪物养大
The story is set in a modern city in a parallel world. Legend has it that City A is home to an urban myth called the White Cat Agency. The agency is run by a group of monsters and demons. As long as you pay the appropriate price, they'll fulfill any request you make. Money, organs, emotions, memories, years of life... Anything could become a bargaining chip. Seventeen years ago, an infant boy of unknown origins was found by the agency's owner and raised by a group of monsters. Seventeen years l
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Strange Tales Livestream 怪谈直播间
The sound of meat being chopped eerily echoes through a bun shop in the dead of night. The passengers on the last bus all have the same face. On a freezing, rainy night, someone wearing funeral clothes wanders the streets... The Strange Tales livestream takes you deep into the hidden side of this world!
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After Becoming a Bug in a Paranormal Livestream, I Ascended to Godhood 成为灵异直播BUG后,我封神了
[Light horror + supernatural + suspense + livestreaming + strong female and male leads + infinite flow] Female lead’s perspective: Zhong Feiwan inherits her grandfather’s incense shop for ghost-hunting and becomes a ghost hunter. To make money, she diligently works overtime ghost-hunting every day after her regular job. Then one day, she accidentally enters a game called [Supernatural Livestream]. The viewers watch as she, despite being a [new player], draws all kinds of talismans, then secr
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My Heart Skips a Beat! Each Stage Unlocks a New Form of My Boyfriend 心动!每关解锁一个男友新形态
Mu Xiaoxiao's boyfriend is dead. After being pulled into a horror game, she discovers that her late boyfriend has become one of the game's biggest bosses. ① In the castle, roses bloom for her, while unseen ghosts gently nibble her earlobe. ② A giant dragon transformed into human form kisses her in a cave piled high with treasures. ③ While everyone else frantically searches for water, the desert serpent coils its tail around her slender waist and feeds her sweet spring water. Mermaids give her pe
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Escape Game: I Think I Scared the NPCs Away 逃生游戏:我好像把NPC吓跑了
[Episodic stories, infinite-flow, one-on-one romance between two strong and devoted leads, livestreaming, and play the pig to eat the tiger] From the start, Shen Qingyan killed an NPC and received a punishment mission: if she didn’t act like a sweet, helpless girl, she would die. So, while tackling terrifying escape missions, her teammates were busy showing their true colors, completing tasks, freaking out, and running for their lives. Meanwhile, Shen Qingyan was busy acting cute and batting her
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Infinite Terror: The Big Shot Is Actually My Childhood Friend 无限恐怖:大佬竟是我的青梅竹马
[Light horror + horror infinite-flow + devoted couple] Lin Weiwei is a horror movie fan who thinks she can handle any horror film she watches. One day, she accidentally opened a website that brought her into a terrifying world. She was truly there, and the things that could really frighten her were only just beginning... As a newbie entering a horror world, of course she had to find an expert to carry her. After acting cute and begging for a while, she discovered that the expert was actually her
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Roleplaying in an Escape Game 在逃生游戏里角色扮演
[Infinite-Flow + Horror and Suspense + Two Powerful Leads + Twists + Ensemble Cast] [When human nature brushes against the narrow gap between death and survival, desire and pain become entangled. Will you tame despair, or enter a cycle that leads to certain doom?] On the verge of death, Bai Zheng was dragged into a horror game that required players to stay in character. She didn't want to die, so she chose to become a player. The game's evaluation of her was: [Player, please be careful not to br
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Survival Game: My Luck Is MAX 生存游戏,她幸运值MAX
[Infinite-flow + survival + natural disasters + human-made calamities + romance + a heroine who is a sucker for good looks!!!] What dangers lurk aboard a train bound for an unknown destination? Multiple carriages undergo strange changes, and suddenly attacking passengers erupt into violence. An island that can grant wishes hides secrets no one knows. A town like a cage is little more than a toy in God's hands. And whose heart is stirred by the red hem fluttering high on the branch? Here, try
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Hellish Instances Have Arrived (Infinite Flow) 地狱副本上线(无限流)
Instances: The Prince and the Princess, Petition to the People, The Cat and the Fish, Please Talk to the NPC, Black-and-White Undercover, Greetings to the Empress, Tom and Jerry, Bragging Card Game, Desert Island Survival, Strongest Special Forces Soldier, Citywide Catastrophe, Draw and Guess, Players’ Karaoke Room ^^ (Abandoned ending, bonus chapters pending)
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The Divine Qilin 麒麟神相
I was born with a Qilin by my side. To save me, my grandfather peeled off his own human skin and gave it to a nine-tailed fox. That day, dead trees bloomed again, and all the beasts came to pay their respects!
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The Crime-Chasing Detective 追凶神探
Legendary police officer Song Lang is reborn and goes incognito as a driver named Chen Shi. He had hoped to live quietly, but fate had other plans: Chen Shi gets caught up in another murder case... A company that preaches a ruthless corporate culture and slaughters its employees while everyone stays silent; A wayward young man who skins his childhood sweetheart alive, with tears in his eyes, to get “justice”; A middle-aged couple bound together by a dark secret, each raising a blade against the
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The Yellow Springs Pawnshop 黄泉典当行
The Underworld Pawnshop has existed since time immemorial, with a long and storied history. It can travel between the worlds of the living and the dead, reaching the far shores of the Yellow Springs to trade with ghosts and gods. It stands somewhere in the modern city. Find the Underworld Pawnshop, and any wish can be granted, but only at an equal price. You can pawn anything you own: organs, years of your life, ancestral treasures, even your soul. In exchange, you can get whatever you desire: m
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The Heart-Stealing Sleuth 夺心狂探
Urban superpowers! This is actually a superpower story with a touch of suspense, so please don’t approach it as a traditional suspense or supernatural mystery. Gao Yao, the founder of criminal law, left behind eight volumes for suppressing evil. Among them, an ancient mind-control technique can seize people's souls and manipulate their minds. Its modern inheritor is Chou Yun, the orphan of a murderer. Though Chou Yun was born in darkness and raised amid hardship, he has a strong and righteous he
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The Ninth Secret Bureau 第九守秘局
“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
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Eerie Tattoos 诡纹
My grandfather was a tattoo artist, but the things he tattooed were seriously sinister…
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The Haunted Teahouse: I Only Sell Objects of Ill Omen 恐怖茶馆:我只卖大凶之物
The world is divided between yin and yang. Some people do business with the living, while others trade with the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, paper money, funeral clothes, or paper effigies. What I sell are things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger still…
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Detective: I’m a Helpful Local from Chaoyang 神探:我,朝阳热心群众
Wang Ting was reborn into a strange new world with an exceptionally high crime rate. Though he was a complete novice at solving cases, he awakened the Great Detective System. Through the System, he could exchange for all kinds of investigative techniques: Forensic mineralogy! Bloodstain pattern analysis! Forensic toxicology... To help Wang Ting solve cases, the System also opened a detectives’ group chat. It was filled with famous detectives from different eras! Love and hate, wealth and beauty,
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The Underworld Detective 阴间神探
My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well!
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Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚:因为担心不优雅而过度变态
[Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The
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The Host’s Teary Eyes Make Every Ghost and Monster Panic 娇滴滴宿主一哭,众鬼怪心都慌了
Ruan Miaomiao is forced into a terrifying survival game. She’s so timid and spoiled that she always thought the monsters would kill her first. To her surprise, every monster wants to kiss and cuddle her from the moment they lay eyes on her. The other players fight for their lives just to survive. All she has to do is act cute for the boss, and she’ll make it to the end. A timid, weepy, soft little airhead, she can only tearfully act cute for the cruel, possessive bosses if she wants to stay aliv
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Transmigrating as Zhang Wei: My Mother-in-Law Rear-Ends Me from the Start 穿越张伟,开局被岳母追尾
Zhang Wei woke up to find he'd transmigrated back to the time he'd been jilted at the altar. He was about to move to Love Apartment when his car was rear-ended on the way. When he got out to look, the person who had hit his car from behind was none other than his future mother-in-law, Zhuge Dasheng. Just then, another person stepped out of the front passenger seat...
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My Skills Are So Ridiculous, They Drive My Enemies Crazy! 技能超沙雕,敌人都被整疯了!
[Animated comic released + lighthearted and funny + games invade reality + supernatural powers + shameless antics + causality concepts + invincible + one heroine + frequent updates!] A century ago, the world underwent a cataclysmic change. Games descended into reality, and monsters began to run rampant. Bai Yi was a [Nobody] who couldn't learn any normal skills, but from the start, he awakened a god-tier Skill System. From then on: [Someone, protect me!] Summon someone to appear in front of you
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Doomsday Descends: A Hundredfold Drop Rate, Loot with Every Strike 末日降临:百倍爆率刀刀爆物资
[Game Stats] [No Romance] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Invincible Protagonist] [Absolute Egoism] [Pure Wish Fulfillment] No saintly heroes allowed!!! After surviving ten years of the apocalypse, Lin Ziluo was reborn on the day the apocalypse game arrived. When he came to, the first thing he did was kill his campus crush, the girlfriend who had betrayed him and ruined his life for ten years. Unexpectedly, he activated a System that could grant him countless golden fingers. His first golden finger: Ab
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Rule Horror: Zhen Huan’s Reminder, Never Look into the Bronze Mirror 规则怪谈:甄嬛谨记勿照铜镜
Rule Horror: Zhen Huan, Remember Never to Look in the Bronze Mirror
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Rule Horror: No One at That School Is Allowed to Open Their Eyes at Midnight 规则怪谈:那所学校禁止在午夜睁眼
Rule Horror: That School Forbids You to Open Your Eyes at Midnight
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When the Red Light Turns On, Please Die 红灯亮,请去死
The light is red. Go die.
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Shocking! I'm the Only Human in the Class 震惊!全班只有我是人
Shocking! I’m the Only Human in the Whole Class
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My Dead Husband’s Memo: Don’t Look Back, Honey 亡夫备忘录:老婆别回头
Widow's Memo: Don't Look Back, Wife
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She Came Back After I Tore Up My Dead Wife's Photograph 撕碎亡妻遗照后,她回来了
After She Tore Up Her Late Wife’s Portrait, She Came Back
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Is Someone Hiding in Your Ceiling? 你家天花板有没有藏人?
Is Someone Hiding in Your Ceiling?
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Don't Panic, Suspect, Hear My Joke First! 别慌,嫌疑人先听我讲段子!
The Jiangzhou City Police Department has a consultant who never wears a uniform. His name is Pei Yan. He can talk robbers into surrendering with jokes and reconstruct an entire crime scene from fallen leaves. Beneath the city's calm surface, undercurrents stir and bizarre murders keep happening, each case revealing a crack in human nature. A symmetrical torture case shatters the peace: a woman has had eight teeth pulled, and the scene bears no trace of the killer. The police are at a loss, but h
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The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语
You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts…
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Nine Dragons Carry the Coffin 九龙抬棺
The night of my grandfather's funeral, I carried a stone tablet at the front of the procession to lead the way. I didn't dare look back, because the eight evil spirits carrying the coffin were behind me...
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A Single Finger 一根手指
One Finger
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Thriller Descends: I Become the Demon King in a World of Terror 惊悚降临:我在惊悚世界当魔王
[No female lead] [Hilarious] [Absolutely shameless] [Doesn't act human] “Congratulations, you've been hit by the System jackpot! The Horror System is activating!” A car accident. Su Li was accidentally transported into the game Horror World. While other players were still fighting to survive, Su Li was already happily raking in ghost coins. With the System, Su Li easily trounced all kinds of powerful ghosts. The ghosts wailed for their mothers: “Mom, I want to go home! This demon king is totally
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The Underworld Calls Me Little Master 地府叫我小先生
In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse!
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Come On, I Was Already Invincible Before This Horror Game Even Started! 不会吧,我都无敌了,恐怖游戏才来?
The anime adaptation of the novel I’m Having a Blast in the Paranormal Game is now streaming on Hongguo App. “Three years, then another three years. Ten years have passed. System, I’m already invincible. Where’s that horror game you promised me?” Lin Chen came to this world ten years ago, and the horror game managed to avoid him for nine of them. But it couldn’t avoid him forever. Lin Chen entered the horror game, a game with a 99% death rate, and turned it into a speedrun.
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When Terror Descended, My Insane Social Skills Shocked the World 惊悚降临:社交牛x的我震惊世界
Qin Xiao, a world-class sales trainer and proud holder of a Social Skills Expert certificate, transmigrated into a parallel world where a terrifying game had descended. As it turned out, you could do anything you wanted as long as you had great social skills. Affection: 60 Rakshasa: “From now on, you're my brother, Lao Luo!” Affection: 90 Ghost King: “Big bro, take a look! Take a look at the kingdom your little brother conquered for you!” Affection: 100 Ghost Teacher: “Little brother, stay the n
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My Horror Game Is Far Too Healing 我的惊悚游戏实在太治愈了
Lin Xiu was chosen to become a trial participant in a horror game. Born without the ability to feel fear, he gained the SSS-rank Evil God talent, Extreme Terror, from the start and began a life of unstoppable power-ups! When Lin Xiu’s trial was livestreamed across the internet, the viewers were stunned. “Oh my god, he’s stitching up the slit-mouthed woman’s wounds one stitch at a time. Who knew she was so beautiful?” “In Butcher Alley, where no living person dares enter, all the demons and monst
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