Chinese-Style Horror Novels About Ghostly Incidents in Mountain Villages, No Cultivation, Just Chilling Terror 中式恐怖，山村鬼事，不修仙，后背发凉的恐怖小说

1. 251 别 Stop Running, There Are Monsters Everywhere Here 别跑了，这里到处是怪物 Doesn't Eat Konjac不吃魔芋Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Coming-of-Age Protagonist, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, Plot-Driven] On Lin Yi’s eighteenth birthday, his mother plunged a knife into his heart with her own hands. He thought he would die, but when he came to, Lin Yi discovered he was still alive. He was not only unharmed, but had even returned to the past. At first, Lin Yi thought it was all a hallucination. It was only when his mother picked up the knife on the table again that he finally realized the people sitting before him were not his p 19.9kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves

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   These books are really great! I'm still reading the third one. Interested readers should check them out. Personally, I found the first and fourth books quite exciting.

2. 252 沙 The Strange Happenings of Shazao Village 沙枣村诡事 The Man with a Spear at His Side枕戈的人Mystery161k WordsOngoing Adili is assigned to take up residence in Shazao Village. Before him, seven village cadres had mysteriously met their ends in this remote Gobi settlement. His own uncle had “died in the line of duty” there, but the case file gave no more than a cursory mention of the cause of death, with no evidence to be found. At midnight, donkey hooves sound across the sand, pausing after every seven steps. A red-eyed evil donkey crouches before a grave and calls softly: “Climb on. I’ll take you to find your —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Each chapter of the horror story is unique and follows no set formula. A Uyghur-style Cthulhu horror film set set in a mountain village.

3. 253 山 The Corpse of a Mountain Village Woman 山村女尸 Please Read My Book请看我书Mystery658k WordsOngoing [Feel-Good Read + Urban + Suspense + Supernatural] He Xi is an ordinary security guard. One day, the west gate of Chaoxi Psychiatric Hospital desperately needs a guard. The pay is 30,000 yuan a month, but nobody dares take the job! Nobody else dares, but He Xi does! Only after arriving does he realize something is wrong. The west gate isn’t meant for people to pass through at all. It’s a gate for ghosts! 7.7kReads7.7Score353Shelves
4. 254 恐 Horror Mountain Village: I Get a Golden Finger by Completing Quests 恐怖山村：我靠做任务得金手指 Jiang Lanlan Qingqing江蓝蓝清清Mystery479k WordsCompleted [System] [Horror] [A touch of romance] [White-lotus heroine] [Two male leads] Gu Xi enters a real-life scenario called “Horror Mountain Village,” but she doesn't even survive the first volume before the ghost bride kills her. She has barely been buried when someone comes to dig up her grave. After finally making it back to the village alive, she must face an enormous natural disaster. The fog from the mountain behind the village is spreading. What will become of the entire Dizang Village? With t 607Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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   A very good horror movie, the story is tense and exciting. Synopsis:

5. 255 阎 Married to Yan Luo 阎罗嫁 Xiaoya Little Fish小雅小鱼Mystery367k WordsOngoing The villagers called me a “ghost fetus,” and I had no friends growing up. After the wealthy Wang Changnian pursued me relentlessly, he died under mysterious circumstances, and the Wang family buried me alive as his grave companion. A male ghost dressed in a Republican-era funeral robe saved me, but demanded that I give myself to him and marry him in a ghost marriage. A bond from a past life, an extremely yin body, the mystery of the ghost fetus: I escaped from the Taoist temple, only to discover 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The female protagonist in this rural horror novel is a ghost, and the male protagonist is half-invincible.

6. 256 在 Surviving in a Haunted Mountain Village 在恐怖山村里活下去 Jiang Lanlan Qingqing江蓝蓝清清Mystery338k WordsCompleted Gu Xi enters a real-game scenario called “Horror Mountain Village,” where she's cast as a young bride sold into a remote mountain village to bring good luck to her sick husband. In just a few days in the village, the System's missions have her beating up her brother-in-law, smashing a family heirloom, and even catching her husband in bed with her maid... She's managed to offend every member of the family. She thought this was the limit of reckless behavior, but the missions that follow only get 729Reads8.2Score101Shelves
7. 257 雨 Six Dolls on a Rainy Day 雨天的六个娃娃 Lalu from Junshan Island君山岛的拉鲁12k WordsCompleted Six Dolls on a Rainy Day —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This short story can be read in ten minutes! It's a Chinese horror story, similar to the nursery rhyme-based murder mystery of "And Then There Were None," set in a rural supernatural setting. It gets increasingly terrifying as you read on, the kind that leaves you feeling chilled upon reflection. The plot is developed in the beginning, but the intensity kicks in later.

8. 258 诡 The Uncanny Path: Invasion of the Aliens 诡道：异形入侵 Sato Kishi Loves Tea-Scented Tofu爱吃茶香豆腐的佐藤岸Mystery156k WordsOngoing Aliens + ghosts + demons + parasites + lurking horrors. Maximum terror! The protagonist comes down from the mountain to investigate aliens and ghosts, honing his Daoist arts in real combat. Chapters 1–12 focus on aliens. From Chapter 13 onward, the story combines evil ghosts and aliens. Later, certain aliens will transform into demons, but the sense of oppression and the level of danger will stay just as high. The sect is the Hidden Immortal Sect, founded by Laozi’s disciple. Its history can be 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The parasitic and supernatural attacks are described in detail, creating a strong sense of horror and atmosphere (not just artificially inflated by AI).

9. 259 灵 Paranormal Livestream Lottery: From the Start, I Scare a Million Vengeful Ghosts 灵异直播抽奖：开局吓哭百万厉鬼 Shrimp and Pork Heart Canned Goods虾仁猪心罐头Mystery87k WordsOngoing [Chinese Folk-Horror + Haunted-House Livestream + Comments Full of Wild Misunderstandings + Unhinged Male Lead] Three in the morning. A heavy, sinister chill fills the air. A ceiling dripping with blood, a faceless child, a black shadow with its head twisted to one side behind the sofa... The viewers in the livestream scream and flood the chat, certain the streamer will be torn apart any second. And yet... When the faceless child's claws lunge at him, Xiang Xiao loops a red cord around its wrist —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A Chinese horror story with a protagonist who's both insane and calm, the comments section is buzzing with complaints that the protagonist is courting death! Fans of Chinese horror and supernatural fiction shouldn't miss this!

10. 260 恐 Folk Horror [The Fake Master Who Shocks a Hundred Demons] 恐怖民俗【冒牌大师震百妖】 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The thing Liu Buyi, a fake master, regrets most in his life is learning how to “draw talismans with soy sauce” from a short video. Because the corpse that should be lying quietly in front of him is now using a soy-sauce-dipped finger to write his name on the coffin lid. Meanwhile, his half-baked beauty of a partner, An Xun, is munching on sunflower seeds and enjoying the show. “Didn't you say you had Yin-Yang Eyes?!” Liu Buyi's voice trembles. Seeing how unconcerned she looks, he almost passes o 839Reads—Score109Shelves

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    🖤 "Horror Folklore [The Imposter Master Shakes the Hundred Demons]" An infinite flow + horror folklore + light comedy + survival + episodic + single female lead + packed with exciting moments! No writer's block! Worth reading! Strong story independence! Almost as good as the completed series🖤🖤🖤

11. 261 民 Tales of Strange Happenings Among the People 民间诡事杂谈 The Outcast一人之下Mystery992k WordsCompleted Never enter a temple in the barren hills alone. Never talk about ghosts and spirits on a night road. Never bury the dead in the center of a burial plot. Pork butchers often can't draw their last breath when they die. The world is full of strange things. What seems ordinary can be deadly. Don't believe me? Turn around and take a look. 273Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Does nobody recommend the first book? [I'm almost crying]

12. 262 阴 The Netherworld Inn 阴间客栈 Sun Jiu Hutu孙九糊涂Mystery814k WordsCompleted My name is Qin Yu. While on a business trip, I checked into a uniquely styled inn called the Yin Room Inn. It even offered “special services” in the middle of the night. Little did I know it was an inn from the underworld. I began having nightmare after nightmare, and my friends kept getting into trouble... 2.7kReads9.0Score152Shelves

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    These four books are all Chinese-style horror, none of them are about cultivation, they mainly focus on Chinese thriller, yyds

13. 263 北 Demons of the Northern Mountain 北山有妖 Pigs Are Beautiful猪好美Modern Romance564k WordsCompleted When I was twenty, someone killed me. My killer dumped my body at Beishan, a thousand miles away… 2kReads7.5Score252Shelves

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    The female protagonist of "Ghost Stories in the Mountain Village" is dismembered at the beginning.

14. 264 我 How Did I, an Intern Policewoman, Become a Zombie? 我一个实习女警，怎么会变成僵尸 This Taoist Won't Return to Lay Life贫道不还俗Mystery239k WordsCompleted Jiang Wan is a trainee officer with the S City Criminal Investigation Team, a genius who ranked first in every subject at the police academy. She isn't afraid of gore. In fact, she's fascinated by the atmosphere of crime scenes... Ma Xiaoling is the last exorcist of the Ma family. But with her meager spiritual power, she gave up the trade and became a horror novelist. When the absurd plots she writes begin unfolding in real life, she has no choice but to grip her ancestral peachwood sword once m 170Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A trainee female police officer and a last-generation sorcerer team up to uncover the truth behind the zombies.

15. 265 诡 Eerie Descent: My Haunted House Terrifies the World 诡异降临：我的恐怖屋吓哭全球 Shi Cheng世承Mystery348k WordsCompleted (The rating has just come out and will rise) [National Fate] [Chinese-style horror] [Global livestream] [Original scenarios] Lin Buyu, Earth’s greatest supernatural-fiction writer and the undisputed master of horror fiction, transmigrates to Blue Star, a parallel world where a bizarre game has descended. On Blue Star, countries design different haunted houses to challenge one another. The winners earn National Fate rewards for their countries and, once a challenge is over, gain control of the b 28.5kReads8.2Score4.4kShelves

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    This Chinese horror novel, which claims that breaking folk taboos will bring misfortune, will leave you too afraid to walk alone at night.

16. 266 蛇 Snake Spirit 蛇灵 Miao Girl苗女Mystery800k WordsCompleted When I was three, I came down with a strange illness. My whole body felt as if it had no bones. The rice-reading granny said something was at work, occupying my body and borrowing my lifespan. After she splashed a basin of blood toward the northeast corner, a black snake with red markings and a long beard burrowed out of the earth. Sixteen years later, the snake spirit returned. “Xiao Yu, you were the one who came after me first. If we don't get married, this is going to end badly...” [Snake Hus 1.8kReads9.3Score228Shelves

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    Highly recommended!!! Supernatural horror! Both are excellent!! The author's writing is superb, the content is rich and engaging, and you'll want to keep reading. You can't eat or sleep or concentrate on work if you don't read for a day [laughing emoji]. The first and third books are "cool" novels; the protagonist gains strength after each experience, a type that both boys and girls will enjoy. The second and fourth books have male and female leads and a romantic storyline.

17. 267 地 Underworld Reaper: I Tell the Japanese Devils Chinese Horror Stories 地府勾魂使，我给鬼子讲中式恐怖 Hollow Person躯壳人Mystery305k WordsCompleted [National Fate] [Thriller Game] [Chinese-style horror] [No heroine] [Mild horror, not for the faint-hearted] [Global livestream] Xie Bi'an, a soul-reaping emissary, transmigrated into a parallel world where paranormal entities had arrived, taking the place of a history student named Xie An. Every country in this world had to create paranormal instances for others to challenge. The winners earned National Fate rewards, while the losers were punished. But because the Dragon Kingdom had lost touch 4.3kReads8.1Score473Shelves
18. 268 一 One Man, Five Ghosts: Want to Run? Pay Five Million First 一个男人五个鬼，想跑先赔五百万 Big Courtyard大院子Mystery328k WordsCompleted [Completed novel + horror + supernatural + comeback + face-slapping + episodic stories] My name is Cao Dakui, and I just inherited a massive fortune: a four-hundred-square-meter luxury apartment in the capital, plus a storefront. Sounds great, right? Except... The butler in the apartment says he was born during the Wanli era. One of the residents is a beautiful woman who, whenever she's in a good mood, takes off her head and plays with it like a ball. There's also a mysterious person living in t 298Reads—Score102Shelves
19. 269 午 Midnight Terror: The Strange Radio Broadcast 午夜惊魂之电波诡事 Half a Feather半面羽毛Mystery354k WordsOngoing In the winter of 1998, Liu Siyang, a broadcasting college graduate, was assigned to Shengjing Radio. He took over a long-dormant late-night program, named it Midnight Frights, and set out to tell the insomniacs of this old industrial city some unusual stories over the midnight airwaves. He unearthed three bizarre cases from the radio station’s archives and old police files: the sweeping sounds that never ceased after the death of “Big Black Tooth,” the library’s caretaker; the green powder stuff 37Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Late at night, I'd be tuning a radio, and amidst the static, occasionally a voice would pierce the silence, seemingly belonging to no particular channel. I turned this idea into a novel... The protagonist, Liu Siyang, takes over a midnight radio program called "Midnight Horror." On its opening night, a strange, unexplained phone call enters the studio. Radio waves connect the past and present; behind each eerie tale lies a long-buried secret of Shengjing City. An episodic story plus a long main plot, updated daily at 00:05, perfect for late-night reading. Fans of urban radio ghost stories, suspense, and the supernatural can search for the title "Midnight Horror: Radio Tales."

20. 270 华 Are There No Gods or Ghosts in China? Chinese Horror Terrifies the World 华夏无鬼神？中式恐怖吓哭全球 Loves Beef Tallow Hot Pot爱吃牛油火锅Mystery914k WordsOngoing [National-Destiny Livestream + Horror and Terror + Designing Scenarios] Bai Lang, a fanatical horror-culture enthusiast, transmigrated to a world similar to the one he had known in his previous life. The only difference was that the Dragon Kingdom had never developed its own Chinese-style horror culture. Instead, Western horror legends had captured the public imagination, with figures like chainsaw-wielding maniacs, man-eating sharks, and zombies. When the horror national-destiny arena descended 12.5kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves
21. 271 寿 The Immortal’s Path of a Funeral Garment Shop Owner 寿衣店老板的修仙路 Half a Feather半面羽毛Mystery687k WordsOngoing An Accidental Ghost Cultivator Begins His Path to Immortality Luo Ze is an art teacher at an art training school. After 30 years of teaching, he has become a renowned teacher with students all over the place. After a car accident, he unexpectedly transmigrates 20 years into the past, only to find himself possessing the body of a 19-year-old who runs a funeral clothing shop. While providing someone with a complete funeral service, he unexpectedly acquires an ancient bronze mirror of unknown origi 21Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 272 蛇 Married to a Snake 蛇嫁 Yin Linglong银玲珑Mystery137k WordsCompleted My mother died in difficult labor while giving birth to me. As they were lowering her coffin into the grave, a white snake coiled around it. The pallbearers fled in terror, and when the coffin hit the ground, I crawled out of my mother’s corpse. Ever since, the great white snake has pursued me relentlessly, insisting I bear him a whole brood of little white snakes. What am I supposed to do? 93Reads8.4Score—Shelves
23. 273 老 Old Wei’s Supernatural Stories 老魏讲灵异故事 Unrestrained for Ten Thousand Miles万里天纵Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural Tales] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Based on True Stories] [Reader Submissions] [Chilling on Second Thought] [Bizarre Tales] [Beyond the Realm of Science] [Plain, Simple Writing] [Just Stories] These stories were collected from various places by the author, then adapted and fictionalized, so no sources are listed. They’re all kinds of little ghost stories to listen to before bed: straightforward and easy to follow, perfect for unwinding and relieving stress. To keep reader 1.4kReads9.4Score210Shelves
24. 274 爱 I Love Your Numbness, I Love Your Spice, I Love You Till My Stomach Gives Out 爱你的麻，爱你的辣，爱得老胃直拉胯 Half a Feather半面羽毛Marriage & Romance24k WordsCompleted I love your numbing spice, I love your heat, I love you so much my stomach’s a mess 6Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 275 会 The Stone That Remembers the Light 会记住光的石头 Half a Feather半面羽毛28k WordsCompleted The Stone That Remembers the Light 2Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 276 玛 Mama Haha Won't Fly Anymore 玛玛哈哈不飞了 Half a Feather半面羽毛38k WordsCompleted Mama Haha Won't Fly Anymore 1Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 277 猛 The Bride of the Vengeful Ghost 猛鬼新娘 Lampwick灯草Mystery417k WordsCompleted When I was sixteen, I rescued a woman who had been tricked into coming to our village, simply because I wanted to help. I never imagined that my actions would not only get the poor woman killed, but also lead to the deaths of more than a hundred villagers. And so my strange life began. 4.7kReads9.0Score333Shelves
28. 278 白 The Art of White Sorcery 白相术 Xin Bai辛白Mystery40k WordsCompleted Thieves Have Their Code Three tales: "The Art of White Magic," "A Thousand Killings," and "The Ultimate Thief" Two stories retold: "Bajie" and "Wukong" "The Art of White Magic": Even underhanded methods can save lives, and even righteous justice can kill. "A Thousand Killings": In old Shanghai, there were once four master pickpockets. Some speculate they may all have been aliases of the same person. "The Ultimate Thief": The pinnacle of thievery, and a game of wits between people. "Bajie": D 1.3kReads9.3Score267Shelves

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    These books are all fantastic; you won't want to say a word once you start reading them. If you find even one you don't like, feel free to come and get me online. I won't comment further; just look at the ratings and the number of readers. Trust me, these books are definitely worth reading.

29. 279 阴 Rice Divination and a Ghostly Wedding 阴看米，鬼哭嫁 Miao Girl苗女Mystery425k WordsCompleted On the day I was born, paper figures came to pay their respects and left behind money to buy my life. To keep me alive, an old woman from Miaojiang made me lie in a paper coffin, pinned me down with bones, and buried me alive at birth. This drew a hundred ghosts to bow before me and severed the heads of nine dragons. The old woman said that a spirit wanted my life. She hid my shadow, and I must not look in a mirror before I turned sixteen. I followed her warning faithfully, but then the old woma 3.8kReads9.0Score472Shelves
30. 280 中 Chinese-Style Horror!!! 中式恐怖！！！ A Bored Soul at Last终是无趣人Mystery6k WordsCompleted Chinese-Style Horror!!! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 281 住 I Moved into Dorm 404 and Uncovered a Deadly Campus Mystery 住进404宿舍，我看破校园凶局 Ding Xingxing521丁星星521Mystery239k WordsOngoing Feng shui, the supernatural, campus life, society: everything you're looking for is here! A story is just a story. Even if someone has experienced something similar in real life, I hope you'll still treat this as just a story! Don't get too caught up in it! Finally, may you, dear reader, stay safe and well! 33Reads—Score104Shelves

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    Don't come to me if you're scared to tears.

32. 282 黄 The Yellow Emperor’s Secret 黄帝秘藏 Chanting Sutras to Save Myself诵经渡己Mystery6.0M WordsOngoing With a blood-written deed on my body, I fought hungry dogs for food. In the bitter cold of winter, I was about to be beaten to death on the frozen ground, until someone stood before me and told me I was a dragon in the art of feng shui... 14.8kReads8.9Score592Shelves
33. 283 沈 The Case Files of Shen Rufeng 沈如风探案录 A Life Like a Probe探似人生Mystery408k WordsCompleted There's only one truth. Follow Shen Rufeng and his colleagues as they piece together the clues and solve each case. The stories are mainly standalone cases. This is a new book by a new author, so please show your support. 1.5kReads—Score100Shelves

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    This is a masterpiece of crime fiction, full of episodic and pure crime-solving cases. Readers who enjoy this genre should definitely check it out. Updates are fast, and it's incredibly engaging.

34. 284 蛇 The Serpent Coffin 蛇棺 Jiang He江河Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted On the day I was born, my family was moving our ancestral graves. My father killed a huge snake in a coffin that was on the verge of shedding its skin and transforming into a dragon, and nearly got bitten to death. When I was born, snakes surged in from every direction, hissing. Everyone said I was ill-omened. A rice medium from the village gave her life to save my father. She left me a black jade pendant shaped like a snake, but she too was bitten to death. Just after my eighteenth birthday, th 29.9kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves

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    The first two are classics.

35. 285 镇 Celestial Official of the Corpse-Subduing Sect 镇尸天官 Lianshan Yi连山易Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The unfathomable mystery of immortality, horrifying strange happenings in a mountain village, a mysterious ancient tomb buried deep beneath the earth, and ancient legends from the barren wilderness... None of it should have had anything to do with me. But after my grandfather's bizarre death, I could no longer escape my fate and was dragged into this endless conspiracy... 441Reads7.3Score102Shelves

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    Book 3 and Book 6 are particularly good.

36. 286 贫 I Use Chinese-Style Horror Dungeons to Scare the Whole World to Tears! 贫道用中式恐怖副本吓哭全球！ Falling in Love with the Wind爱上听风Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Chinese-Style Horror] [National Fate] [Thriller Game] [No Female Lead] [Global Livestream] [Mild Horror, Not for the Fainthearted] Lin Ye, a Taoist priest, transmigrates to a parallel world where the paranormal has descended. Every country in this world must create paranormal scenarios for other countries to challenge. The winners receive National Fate rewards, while the losers are punished. However, due to a gap in its horror culture, Longguo's scenarios are often cleared easily by other c 27kReads7.4Score3.6kShelves
37. 287 鬼 The Ghost Marshal’s Yin-Yang Inn 鬼差之阴阳馆 Young Master Rui蕊公子Mystery501k WordsCompleted By day, she transforms into a human; by night, she helps ghosts cross over. Come visit this unassuming little shop, run by a newly hired underworld makeup artist, and make an inquiry. 795Reads9.1Score115Shelves
38. 288 无 Murder Without Guilt 无罪谋杀 Yu Chen宇尘Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The most horrifying murders, the most unfathomable truths!! Cannibal banquets, the silenced woman, the frozen lover, the Nanda murderer turning himself in, sacrificial paintings made of human skin, ghostly figures in mirrors... You could never understand, by ordinary reasoning, the true motives hidden behind these terrifying and bizarre murder cases. Let a psychiatrist skilled in hypnosis guide you, from a unique perspective, into the minds of these terrible criminals and uncover the chilling tr 446Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    Pretty thoughtful, right? [Facepalm]

39. 289 一 One Horror a Day 一天一个惊悚 Happy White Moonlight幸福白月光Mystery207k WordsOngoing One terrifying tale every day, and a different world each time. Just because you haven't seen it from in front of your phone doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Enough chatter. See you in the book, everyone. 9Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    Suspense, horror, and the supernatural—inspired by stories I've heard and experienced in real life, each short supernatural tale is presented as an episodic story. The entire novel boasts a compelling plot and exquisite writing; you'll regret it if you don't read it!

40. 290 深 Abyss, Close Your Eyes 深渊请闭眼 Chunchun Is So Happy春春好开心Mystery483k WordsOngoing Have you ever doubted this world? Blue skies and green waters, towering buildings and broad roads: what lies behind this false prosperity? That day, a chilly, sinister presence began to awaken one person after another... Ideas, conspiracies, love, and psychological corruption: the four defining features of this book. 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "That Asura has only been around for a few years, and he's already plotting his resurrection again. Tsk tsk tsk, you're going to experience the same pain twice in your life. Do you think you can die in peace?" Black-Rot Zhao Jie materialized and sat crookedly in the spot where You Ren had just been sitting, deliberately disgusting Zhao Jie.

41. 291 谁 Who’s Watching You Sleep? 谁在看着你睡觉 Jason Who Loves Beef Tripe Soup爱吃牛肚汤的杰森Mystery227k WordsCompleted A collection of horror stories, including The Haunting of the Girls' Dorm, The Peeping Eye, and The Abyss of the Locked Room: A Mother's Checkmate! I guarantee you'll be too scared to use the bathroom after reading them at night! Each story is 80,000 to 100,000 characters long. I'm a newcomer, and this is my first time writing on Tomato Novel! I hope you'll give me lots of encouragement! Your support is what motivates me to create more and better stories! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's best to watch it alone in bed at night! Because—it's terrifying!

42. 292 我 I, a Young Maoshan Taoist, Walk Between Yin and Yang 我，茅山小道，行走阴阳 Young Lady of the Yu Family郁家小女Mystery112k WordsOngoing (A note to all readers!!! You can skip Volume One, The Young Maoshan Daoist Comes of Age, and go straight to Volume Two, Conquering the Yin and Yang. Volume One is a little slow, so feel free to skip it if you don’t want to read it.) My name is Li Qingfeng. The year I was born, strange phenomena appeared in the sky, as dragons and tigers contended. Later, I studied Maoshan Daoist arts under a master. He said I was the most gifted person he had ever met, and that taking me as his disciple left hi —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's practically an encyclopedia of Taoist secret techniques. The story is novel, featuring ghost-catching, demon-hunting, supernatural, horror, and suspense, with a touch of humor. Character traits: not saintly, decisive and ruthless, killing without hesitation. You definitely won't regret watching it.

43. 293 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score334Shelves

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    How about this one? Absolutely divine! It gets more and more exciting as you read on! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai novel to everyone—it's one of my absolute favorites. The plot is thrilling, the logic is impeccable, and the aesthetics are superb. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

44. 294 葬 The Spirit Burying Master 葬灵师 Northern Little Town北小城Mystery506k WordsCompleted Every year since the year I was born, someone in the village has died. To keep me alive, Grandma arranged a marriage for me, and my betrothed was supposed to come for me when I came of age. On my eighteenth birthday, I discovered that the one who had come for me wasn't human... 146Reads7.9Score244Shelves
45. 295 诡 Crime Scene 诡案现场 Sun Mingyuan孙铭苑Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted When he was twenty, a blank painting was enshrined in the ancestral hall at a crime scene. Why were two male corpses embracing beneath an ancient tree? Was the shadow inside the house a person or a ghost? After all the confusing clues, was the killer human or ghost? 374Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    "The Haunted Village" is a super-sexy horror/thriller novel that's totally my cup of tea! It's dark and gory!!! I highly recommend it!!!

46. 296 白 Shadows in the Daylight 白昼暗影 One Night to Bathe the Heart一夜沐心Mystery198k WordsOngoing The criminal he hunts is himself. The shadow he cannot escape is his only protector. Lin Mo, the police department’s star profiler, cracks one extraordinary case after another with his precise criminal psychology analyses. But he doesn’t know that every night, another self awakens: Shen Ye, a “dark vigilante” who fights violence with violence, hunting down criminals who escaped justice through Lin Mo. The massacre that destroyed his family when he was a child split ten-year-old Lin Mo’s mind, cr —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This suspenseful crime thriller unfolds a private trial hidden within a series of seemingly unsolved bizarre murder cases. Mysterious notes in the case files break down barriers, and the protagonist unravels the mystery layer by layer. You won't want to miss it!

47. 297 送 The Spirit Guide 送灵先生 Three Rivers三江水Mystery774k WordsCompleted A madwoman from the neighboring village died, but even in death her eyes wouldn’t close. No matter how many people tried, they couldn’t lift her coffin. The living face trials in life, and the dead face trials in death. An infant who cannot pass the trial between life and death cannot enter the new world. A dead person who cannot pass the trial of death cannot move on, and remains by their loved ones’ side. A sprig of green bamboo summons the spirits; a three-foot spirit banner sends the souls o 16Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    No cultivation of immortality, realistic portrayal of the human world, protagonist is decisively half-heartedly entertaining.

48. 298 骇EN Dread Night: Getting Rich in a Horror Game 骇夜：我在恐怖游戏里暴富 A-One Is Not A-Two阿一不是阿二Mystery718k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out and will rise later. Infinite flow + mild horror + original instances + no female lead) A tower stands in the eternal night, with a group of players trapped inside. They have to keep taking part in bizarre games to earn the food and supplies they need to survive. A killer in red embroidered shoes, a child with no eyes, a haunted mountain where an entire expedition team died... One deadly trap after another, with death around every corner. Players: “We're going to die, w 2.8MReads9.5Score590.8kShelves
49. 299 民 Notes on Strange Folk Tales 民间诡事札记 Ein Shutan爱因舒坦Mystery402k WordsCompleted The countryside hides the strangest legends and lays bare the truest depths of the human heart. A single red embroidered shoe beneath an old pagoda tree holds a grievance and a hatred left unspoken. A strange peddler knocking at the door in the dead of night carries no ordinary goods in his pack, only old stories frosted over with time. A bronze mirror rising from an ancient well can reflect ghosts, but not the depths of the human heart... These curious tales scattered across bustling streets an 66Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You definitely need to see this!

50. 300 古 Strange Happenings in the Ancient City 古城诡事 Second Young Master Xuanyuan轩辕二公子Mystery206k WordsCompleted A mysterious phone call full of suspense and a childhood friend he hasn't seen in years draw him into a dangerous web of intrigue. Following the clues, he steps into one carefully laid trap after another. His friend, returned from the dead, Qin Zhijie, who clings to him relentlessly and seems neither wholly good nor wholly evil, and Shangguan Wan'er, whose identity is shrouded in mystery, all vanish without a trace at the most crucial moments. Why did Da Kui, who had braved life and death, come 50Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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