Extreme Horror, Not for Late-Night Reading or the Faint of Heart 极致恐怖，深夜禁看。胆小勿入一个恐怖到极致的文

1. 901 软 The Adorable Little Fortune-Teller: Her Four Brothers Spoil Her Rotten 软萌小相师：四个哥哥宠上天 Grinning Rabbit龇牙笑的兔子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Chu Ruanyuan was a wild little girl no one in her village wanted. Born with yin-yang eyes, she could summon ghosts and spirits, but never people. When she was six, her grandfather, a Taoist exorcist, mysteriously disappeared, leaving her to survive with the help of the village's stray dogs. One day, a frail, handsome young man came to the village. He held her as if she were a precious treasure and insisted on taking her home. Ning Xuan had been sickly since childhood, but while doing good deeds 3kReads9.4Score425Shelves

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   These three books are super good. "The Last Bus of Route 13" and "The Three Corpses' Tale" are highly recommended.

2. 902 致 The Fatal Rule 致命法则 Ning Caichen宁采臣Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A rich guy in the group chat sent out a red envelope and said the person who got the most money had to play a game with him. The game turned out to involve the class belle... 314Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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   The first one is absolutely wonderful, and the second one is a sequel to the first! It's great!

3. 903 吃 The Temple That Eats People 吃人的庙 The Rainy-Night Postman雨夜邮递员16k WordsCompleted The Man-Eating Temple 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I enjoy short, fast-paced supernatural stories like this. Are there any traditional supernatural stories you could recommend?

4. 904 绝 The Despair Game: Sequel 绝望游戏续写 Tian Mingxuan田明轩Eastern Fantasy26k WordsCompleted This is a long continuation of the ending of The Despair Game, written in Xiang Nan’s first-person perspective. I’ve also laid some groundwork for Liming, drawing on the events of Liming’s story. 42Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 905 姽 The Ghostly Qi 姽炁 Daoist of Jiangnan江南道长Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Dual transmigration between two worlds + mild horror + not a wish-fulfillment novel, so don't complain if that's not your thing (slow pacing) + a touch of Lovecraftian fantasy The red moon descends, vengeful ghosts return, and the human world becomes a living hell. In the depths of despair, he controls ghosts and is reborn. 8.7kReads7.5Score536Shelves

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   This book is really great. It's perfect for listening to audiobooks at night; it creates a wonderful atmosphere.

6. 906 第 The Ninth Secret Bureau 第九守秘局 The One Surnamed Yi姓易的Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted “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 3.2kReads9.2Score470Shelves

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   It's not too scary, but it's really good.

7. 907 诀 The Dao-Cutting Art 诀天道 Yue Xin Hengtian月信恒天Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing (No mindless protagonist, no clichéd plot, a cunning lead, fully realized characters, no System, twin swords) The twin swords ring out, cleaving the heavens. Let souls be severed and bones torn out as you will. The world shall know no more bloody storms. I am both demon and god! With everything shattered, can it be made whole again? Faced with the shackles of fate, he will cut them apart with his twin swords! The gods and demons wage war for a hundred years. The Heavenly Dao is merciless, treati 3.2kReads—Score261Shelves

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   This one, the master is one of the strongest in the human world, the protagonist has no system or cheat, the male protagonist is more cunning than a sieve in the later stage, he wields two swords and does not worship gods or kneel to demons, he fights his way out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood in the war between gods and demons, and finally directly cuts down the Heavenly Dao!

8. 908 民 Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录（全8册） Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The Strange Tales of the Bureau of Investigation series creates an entirely new world of suspense: a mysterious organization dedicated to uncovering the truth behind bizarre, uncanny, and supernatural events, and the world it faces. The stories are wildly strange and utterly captivating, with a witty, playful style and one suspenseful twist after another. Once you start reading, you won't be able to put them down. Throughout history, strange cases and evil monsters have always been dealt with by 37.4kReads9.6Score5.8kShelves

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   I feel like there aren't any novels that are consistently terrifying until the very end; they always seem to have a flaw at the end. Some ghost-hunting stories end up with the protagonist cultivating immortality, some protagonists have weak character designs, and some writing styles are too childish [crying emoji]. But compared to other books I've read, I think these 20 are still pretty good; the plots are relatively tight, and I can't stand those books that have no ups and downs.

9. 909 屋 The Pagoda Tree Behind the House 屋后槐 Miresi9米瑞斯9Mystery82k WordsOngoing There was nothing beneath the locust tree. But she remembered that when her grandfather was alive, something had been buried there. Now the earth was sinking a little more each day, as if something underground were trying to get out. At night, footsteps circled the house once, all the way around. —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 910 七 At Seven Years Old, I Was Chosen to Take Part in the Rules Horror Game 七岁的我，被选中参加规则怪谈 One-Sixth六分之一Mystery522k WordsCompleted No female lead + national fate + eerie mysteries + comedy + unconventional ideas Lin Yuan transmigrates to Blue Star, a parallel world, and is chosen to take part in a rules-based horror game. From the start, he activates an SSS-rank talent. [SSS-Rank Talent: Ghostbane] [Talent Effect 1: Rules are completely useless against you. When you break the rules of a horror scenario, the corruption of its world has no effect on you.] [Talent Effect 2: When a creature in a horror scenario feels negative e 59.4kReads9.6Score6.6kShelves
11. 911 我 I Am a Feng Shui Diviner 我是风水女相师 The Cabbage Bun Isn't Cabbage菜包子不菜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Hilarious supernatural comedy + feel-good power fantasy + no romance + adored by all] My name is Zhao Xin. I was born in 2000, the Year of the Dragon. I've dealt with ghosts since I was little, and strange things are always around me. People think I'm a weirdo. They say I'm a crackpot, call me a fraud, and insist that sooner or later the ghosts will drag me away. But I refuse to believe in bad omens. To stay alive, I wandered from place to place with my family, visited sects and sought out m 5.8kReads8.9Score737Shelves
12. 912 散 Ghosts in Pieces 散装见鬼 Tian Yucao田雨草Mystery174k WordsCompleted Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? I think that question is as impossible to answer as whether there are dragons in this world. The answer you hear most often is: Believe in them, and they exist. Don’t believe in them, and they don’t. But if you ask me, my answer is simple: Yes! Not because I believe, but because I can see them. Of course, I wasn’t able to see them from birth. It all goes back to the strange experience I had when I was six... 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Very realistic ghost stories recommended

13. 913 收 Collecting Corpses, Ghosts, and Immortals 收尸，收诡，收仙人 Raincoat Warrior雨衣战神Eastern Fantasy542k WordsOngoing (Supernatural horror, cultivation, ordinary protagonist, no System, no transmigration) A poor young man from a small town becomes a corpse collector to earn enough to marry. Before long, he stumbles into a strange and magnificent world of immortals and gods... 880Reads—Score103Shelves

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    A bizarre cultivation novel featuring a protagonist who is an indigenous person from another world. No system, no transmigration, a true mortal's journey—born from the lowest rungs of society, with no special bloodline, background, or cheat codes.

14. 914 天 In This World, Who Do You Think You Are? 天地间老子在你算老几？ At Sunset Beneath the Moon, I Am Sanhe日落月下吾为三禾Mystery544k WordsOngoing On a pitch-black night, I dreamed of countless stars rushing toward me. By chance, I became a haunted-house tester, and all sorts of supernatural phenomena began appearing out of nowhere. The strange and bizarre things in the city, the mysterious forces deep in the mountains, and the gods people worship: do they really exist? Where can I find the key to a new world? Is this a responsibility, a mission, or a chance to become the next scapegoat? What unsolved mysteries lie in the world I inhabit, 52Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I think this is great; the characters are all intelligent, and it's both scary and funny.

15. 915 我 I Was Putting Makeup on an Unknown Female Corpse When She Revealed the Cause of My Sister's Death 我给无名女尸化妆，她却说出我妹妹的死因 I Don't Wear Underwear on Windy Nights听风的夜晚不穿内裤23k WordsCompleted I Put Makeup on an Unidentified Woman's Corpse, and She Told Me How My Sister Died 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you put yourself in the story and watch it, you'll be shocked—the plot is so captivating!

16. 916 招 Night Shift Security Guard Wanted: Must Be Able to Find the Extra Building That Appears at Dawn 招聘夜班保安，要求能找到凌晨多出的那栋楼 I Don't Wear Underwear on Windy Nights听风的夜晚不穿内裤21k WordsCompleted Night-shift security guard wanted. Must be able to find the extra building that appears at midnight. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 917 丈 My Husband Sacrificed Me to a Freezer, Saying It Was the Night-Shift Rule 丈夫把我献祭给冰柜，说这是夜班规则 I Don't Wear Underwear on Windy Nights听风的夜晚不穿内裤21k WordsCompleted My Husband Sacrificed Me to the Freezer, Saying It Was the Night Shift Rules 3Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 918 这 This 24-Hour Convenience Store Uses the Living as Shopping Baskets 这家24小时便利店，用活人抵购物篮 I Don't Wear Underwear on Windy Nights听风的夜晚不穿内裤24k WordsCompleted This 24-Hour Convenience Store Uses Living People as Shopping Baskets 1Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 919 亲 A Water Ghost Stole My Sister's Face, and My Adoptive Parents Put Me in a Coffin 亲妹被水鬼借走脸，我被养父母送进棺材 I Don't Wear Underwear on Windy Nights听风的夜晚不穿内裤20k WordsCompleted A water ghost stole my little sister’s face, and my adoptive parents put me in a coffin 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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