The Hero Is a Ghost but Also a Player, Handsome, and There’s No Heroine 男主是鬼却是玩家，长得很好看，无女主

1. 1 恐 Horror Movie NPC Goes on a Killing Spree in a Terror Game 恐怖片NPC在惊悚游戏杀疯了 Snow-Skin Lantern冰皮灯笼Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Horror + comedy + power fantasy + no female lead (male protagonist has no romantic pairing)] A horror game swept across the world. Fu Yan, an NPC from a horror movie in a higher plane of existence, was accidentally dragged into the game. Fu Yan: Since you've all gone to the trouble of inviting me, I won't hold back. From then on, the “horror game” was plunged into the shadow of someone named “Fu Yan”... Horror NPCs: Please, don't come any closer! Livestream viewers: Can someone do something abo 64.7kReads9.6Score8.5kShelves

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   It matches exactly what you said: the male lead was originally an NPC in a horror movie, then he was forcibly dragged into a thriller game; there's no romantic partner, and he's incredibly handsome.

2. 2 惊 Horror Livestream: Don’t Make Me Fight Back in Style 惊悚直播：别逼我花式反杀 Two Shadows Over Qingxun双影照清浔Two Male Leads669k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + infinite-flow + supernatural horror + absurd comedy + happy ending] Before he died, Qiao Yu had a boyfriend. Their love was so tumultuous and famous that everyone knew about it, the kind of love that would endure even if the mountains crumbled and heaven and earth were no more. They made it through the seven-year itch. Just as they were about to meet the parents and head down the aisle, his boyfriend suddenly vanished without a trace! Literally vanished: no sign of him alive or 13.1kReads9.5Score2.2kShelves

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   Haha, the protagonist's head fell off at the very beginning, isn't that amazing? (A book that stole all the readers' thoughts during its update).

3. 3 鬼 The Ghost King’s Self-Cultivation 鬼王的自我修养 Bitter Days Are Short苦昼短Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted “I'm Li Jiong. I'm still alive.” “I have no memories. I know nothing about this world.” “Something seems wrong here. How strange.” “I remember a little now. This world really is wrong.” “It's me. How could the world be wrong?” “I'm the one who's wrong.” Li Jiong sways his head and hums an unknown tune as he tears through layers of unfamiliar fog in the game. He witnesses the strange things around him and records them in his diary. As he investigates, his memories slowly begin to unfold, and he s 5.2kReads8.3Score563Shelves

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   Highly recommended! The main character is a ghost king, and he's incredibly handsome! He triggers game events wherever he goes, becoming a ghost player and a major boss in the eyes of both the ghost realm and humans.

4. 4 末EN King of the Apocalypse! 末世之王！ Two Taels of Wine a Day一天二两酒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Rebirth + Stockpiling Supplies + Evolving Zombies + Violent Aesthetics] Lin Dong is reborn on the eve of a terrifying apocalypse, and gains a storage space. A normal person would stockpile huge amounts of supplies, food, and water. But Lin Dong buys vast quantities of raw meat and fresh blood. Because... he is about to become a zombie! Flesh and blood are the source of a zombie's power. As long as it eats meat, it can keep evolving. A zombie fed on plenty of flesh grows at a terrif 76.5kReads9.3Score6.3kShelves

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   The first one I absolutely loved, the male lead Lin Dong, strong from beginning to end, always wearing a white shirt, has mysophobia, and is a zombie king. This book has some silly elements. These books all have no female lead, just pure beauty.

5. 5 恐 Horror Descends: From the Start, I Hoard a Quadrillion Netherworld Coins 恐怖降临：开局狂囤百万亿冥币 The Romantic Green Mountain青山风流Mystery508k WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless + terrifying apocalypse + uncanny resurgence + supernatural horror + tycoon] The apocalypse arrived, and terror returned. Gods and ghosts roamed both the living and dead realms, pushing humanity to the brink of extinction. Money became nothing but piles of wastepaper, and bank balances were just meaningless strings of numbers. Underworld currency became the only money accepted between Heaven and Earth. Reborn two months before the apocalypse, Meng Ke went on a mad money-ma 1.2kReads9.1Score197Shelves
6. 6 惊 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [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 73.9kReads9.5Score8.4kShelves
7. 7 直 Livestream: Healing the Underworld Day by Day, I'm the White Impermanence 直播：阴间治愈日常，我是白无常 Delicious Shimeji Mushroom美味的口蘑Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Live streaming from the underworld + ghost officer + heartwarming everyday life] Jiang Lin is a White Impermanence, guiding the dead to the afterlife and delivering messages in dreams. One day, he obtains an Underworld Live-Streaming System. He can earn rewards by promoting the culture of the Netherworld. From then on, a miraculous livestream appears in the human world, connecting the realms of the living and the dead. A typical day in the livestream: “Ghost: Stay away from me!” “This really is 22.1kReads9.6Score2.6kShelves
8. 8 我 I Teach as a Vicious Ghost in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏做猛鬼老师 Red Bean and Braised Meat红豆角炖肉Mystery505k WordsCompleted A horror game descends upon the world. Su Yun, the game’s first A-rank player, suddenly vanishes from public view. When he reappears, he is a teacher at a kindergarten for evil spirits. This is an F-rank instance with a death rate as high as ninety percent, but no player believes it. “Little Chubby is so honest. How could he be dangerous?” “The ghost girl is so kawaii. There’s no way she’d hurt the players!” But Su Yun knows that these adorable, good-natured little ones are all evil spirits, 1.3kReads9.1Score124Shelves

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   The first book features Su, originally a top-tier A-level player, who unexpectedly obtains an item and becomes an NPC in a dungeon. The terrifying thing is, this dungeon can actually grow stronger!!! (No romance) The second book has two male protagonists; those who dislike this genre should avoid it. The main system world collapses, and an evil god accidentally enters an infinite game, activating his evil god bloodline and wreaking havoc with his beauty! The last book features an NPC from a high-level horror movie who is accidentally pulled into a low-level horror game, becoming a game experiencer. Since you've extended such a warm invitation, I won't refuse! Points, here I come!!! (No cc) (All completed; no need to recommend ongoing series, feel free to jump in)

9. 9 无 I Somehow Got My Hands on a Real Evil Entity in an Infinite Game 无限游戏搞到真邪物了 Eight-Foot Crow八尺鸦Two Male Leads829k WordsCompleted The world of the Main God collapsed, and its task-takers fell into various small worlds. A task-taker like that ended up inside Huo Li, a human tool. Freed from the Main God and the System, Huo Li quietly played out his role as the tool who exists for a domineering CEO to fall in love with. But in the blink of an eye, he was thrown into the world of the infinite game, Nightmare Garden. Here, he was still a tool, but this time his character was a useless pretty boy who met a gruesome death. A 230Reads8.7Score—Shelves
10. 10 请 Players, Please Don't Mess With the Soft and Cuddly NPCs 请玩家不要招惹软糯NPC A Few Cups of Sweet Wine几杯甜酒Two Male Leads438k WordsCompleted A sweet, soft-hearted, captivating NPC who plays hard to get vs. a possessive, unhinged top player (split personality) [Male-male romance] [Sweet romance] [Livestream setting] [Monster-slaying and scum-bashing] [Rivalry for the love interest] The full-immersion game “Escape at the End of Time,” which has taken the nation by storm, has officially launched. A haunted dormitory in a school, a city overrun by zombies, a ghost bride, a mass sacrifice, evil spirits kept in the basement of a gloomy old 4.3kReads9.1Score642Shelves

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    I think these are pretty good, I recommend checking them out!

11. 11 顶 No One Dares Offend This Top Expert: All the Paranormal Beings Are His Patients 顶级大佬惹不起，诡异全是他病友 May Life Carry Me Across生生渡我Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + wish fulfillment + no romance + livestreaming + a true powerhouse] Qi Yan spent ten years in a mental hospital and has finally been discharged. But the moment he steps outside, he is dragged into a newly generated instance. It turns out the outside world has been overrun by the supernatural for a long time. - Every time Qi Yan enters an instance, he runs into familiar “people”: his dear fellow patients again. While players flee in disarray, he leisurely visits old friends and to 75.7kReads9.0Score17kShelves
12. 12 诡 Strange Tales: The Evil God Gets a New Job 诡谈：邪神再就业 Dian Ze Xi Shuai典则蟋蟀Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror + Twists + Foreshadowing: The Series Where Even the Righteous Gods Are Worshipped by Villains] The supernatural invaded, and Shi Fei received a mission invitation from a dead person. Horror, slaughter, and escape: everyone was fighting to survive. When the supernatural blocked his only way out, Shi Fei calmly tried to talk it down: “Move aside. Don’t make me stop being human.” The creature refused to surrender and launched an attack instead. So Shi Fei really did stop being human, turnin 47.8kReads9.4Score6.9kShelves
13. 13 惊 Horror Game: You Want Me, a Vengeful Ghost, to Be a Player? 惊悚游戏，你让我一厉鬼当玩家？ Chi Chi's Little Naughty Crow池池的小污鸦Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Infinite-survival + no romance + fun + memes + a touch of horror + bizarre = unhinged fiction [Warning: A god-tier supernatural monster has been spotted wandering through an instance in the guise of a human player. All monsters and players in every instance, proceed with caution.] Lu Wang: I'd say The Abyss of Death is an utterly heartwarming game. There's a clown who gives me balloons. And a sweet old lady who eagerly invites me home to make dumplings. I even have a cat that likes to wear r 5.2kReads8.8Score947Shelves
14. 14 都EN Everyone Wants Me to Save the World, but I Really Am the Mastermind 都让我救世，可我真是幕后黑手啊 Xunlu Qingyu寻鹭倾羽Urban234k WordsCompleted [No female lead + fake mastermind] He awakens from a deep slumber and discovers he has returned to Guixu, which he had left in others' hands after giving up and washing his hands of everything. A bunch of people are slacking off, clocking out the moment their shifts end. Asked who came up with the idea, every one of them denies responsibility, with a perfectly good excuse. Bottle Maiden: “My lord, you know me. I usually don't clock out on time. I just find a way to take leave or sneak out early. 710Reads7.0Score158Shelves
15. 15 诡 The Cursed Abyss Cannot Be Crossed 诡渊不度 Never Eat Sachima绝不吃沙琪玛Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Supernatural resurgence + nonhuman protagonist + no female lead + evil gods] Note: This is not a livestream story, a wish-fulfillment power fantasy, or a brainless invincible-protagonist story. Feel free to ship any pairings, though (doge). It leans a little toward two male leads, but not much, and has an everyone-loves-the-protagonist vibe. If that bothers you, please move along. The worlds of ghosts and humans were once clearly divided, yin and yang keeping each other in balance. But as t 12.4kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves
16. 16 当 When the Gods' Child Enters the Horror World 当诸神之子进入惊悚世界后 Tai Sang, Who Likes Tian Nong Jiu喜欢天农九的泰桑Mystery964k WordsCompleted Feng Ze always thought he was a ghost, that his mom and dad were ghosts, and that all his neighbors were ghosts too. So when he, a ghost himself, is suddenly pulled into a horror ghost game, he's as happy as a fish in the sea. People who enter the ghost game are doomed sooner or later. When Feng Ze enters, it's the ghosts who are doomed! And each game is worth 10,000 yuan in cash! He quits being a courier, food delivery rider, and security guard all at once. The ghost game is his job now. He lov 73.7kReads9.0Score12.6kShelves
17. 17 规 Rule Horror: I Am the Horror Story 规则怪谈：我即怪谈 Wish You Happiness祝你快乐呀Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing In 2017, supernatural tales descended upon Earth. Conventional weapons couldn't harm them, and humanity struggled to survive. Rule-based supernatural tales became humanity's last lifeline. Tens of thousands of chosen ones around the world were selected. If they won, the supernatural tales would vanish from reality. If they lost, the rule-based tales would descend upon the world. This was a war between humanity and the supernatural. Chen Shao, a patient suffering from bone cancer, became one of t 143kReads9.6Score18.8kShelves

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    The first book has clear logic, a reliable nation, and perfectly meets the requirements, allowing readers to experience the oppressive atmosphere of the ghost stories alongside the protagonist, without being invincible. The second book features a mad protagonist with bizarre aesthetics, possessed by an evil god who dotes on him, but has a sharp tongue. The third book features an amnesiac protagonist in a reincarnation story, exploring human nature and is quite poignant. The fourth book features a protagonist who is the mastermind behind everything, becoming cold-blooded later, a brother-obsessed individual, and once turned against the system because of his younger brother. Every single one is wonderful; I love them all! [Kissing emoji]

18. 18 惊 Horror Game: My Second Personality Is an Evil God 惊悚游戏，我的第二人格是邪神 Call Me Great Lord叫我大官人Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [Madman] [Dark Humor] [Mind Games] [Thriller] A Thriller game descends, and Chen Xie, a patient at a psychiatric hospital, is dragged into it. With an evil god living inside him, he possesses both absolute rationality and absolute madness. Evil God: I’m the absolutely rational one. You’re the absolutely insane one! Mutant Doctor: This guy chopped me to death, then went off to make mutants himself! Ghost Teacher: He doesn’t just break the school rules, he straight-up blows the pr 4.2kReads9.3Score490Shelves
19. 19 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves
20. 20 我 I Became the Global Administrator of Hell's Games 我成了全球地狱游戏管理员 Ancient Ferry古渡Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing “From the moment the game begins, inferior, weak humans will be stripped of the right to breathe.” This world has no nations. It is ruled by five top conglomerates, and the gap between rich and poor is enormous. The wealthy feast behind their red gates while the poor freeze to death in the streets. The rich districts blaze with light and bustle with people, while the slums are shrouded in darkness and rife with violence and crime. This is an age of capitalist revelry, an age of splendor built up 1.2kReads9.2Score196Shelves
21. 21 拼EN My Dads Are the Evil God and the Supreme God—Want to Compare? 拼爹吗？邪神和主神都是我爸 The Black Cat's Ears黑猫的耳朵Two Male Leads372k WordsCompleted [Two male leads] [Powerful pairing + one-on-one + horror + character growth + lots of sweetness] [Ruthless, cold-blooded drama queen + quiet, action-oriented big dog] Yin Chao had known since childhood that he was different from other people. He had two dads and a whole crowd of bizarre friends. There was a little girl who lived in a cupboard, pale all over, but loved crunching on potato chips, and a tall, thin shadow who often lingered outside the window and loved listening to rap… The neighbor 6.1kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves

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    The second book was the best, and the others were just as good.

22. 22 无 Infinite Starting Point: Zero Awakens 无限初始：零号觉醒 Clingy Grain穗穗黏黏Sci-Fi & Apocalypse618k WordsCompleted [No romance] X [Cool, white-haired lead] X [Decisive male lead] In 2030, “Player Game” burst onto the scene. Clear a dungeon, and you can get anything you want. Yan Chao (Zero), once an NPC in the “Mechanical City” dungeon, suddenly awakened to his own existence and became a player. “Player Zero, please complete the main quest as soon as possible...” A dungeon? It's just my path to godhood. 3.9kReads9.3Score599Shelves
23. 23 诡 The Creepy World Is My Home: While Others Clear Levels, I Go Home 诡异世界是我家，别人闯关我回家 Skewer Fanatic炸串脑袋Mystery426k WordsCompleted [Thriller Game] [National Fate] [Female-led] [No romance] [Horror and the supernatural] [Searching for family?] (The first game is mostly about recognizing family, so it isn't scary. The supernatural elements grow more intense in later games.) Li Fuguang transmigrated to a parallel world just as the National Fate Thriller Game descended. Clear ten games in a row, and you earn one wish. The chosen players had done well in the first few games, but they all crashed and burned in the fourth, “A Fami 3.6kReads7.9Score376Shelves
24. 24 s [Infinite] Sorry, I Have Connections 【无限】sorry，我上面有人 Spend Money on Eight Male Models花钱包八个男模Two Male Leads205k WordsOngoing [Everyone is obsessed with the protagonist + top + fun-loving troublemaker + everyone has a one-sided crush on him + chaotic neutral + no fixed couple] The rating just came out, so don't be scared. Come on in! After being fired, Xie Shiyan somehow finds himself inside a game. As the saying goes, better a friend die than yourself, so he joins the boss's faction without hesitation. On the surface, he is a powerful player trusted by everyone, helping them whenever they get into trouble. In their ey 2.2kReads8.1Score301Shelves

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    Family, I'm offering these books with both hands. I've been a bookworm for years, so without further ado, let's get straight to the introductions! [First Book] When I read this one, I really didn't expect such a cute male lead to have such a cunning side. He's both the boss and a player, which is quite funny. [Second Book] The protagonist is the boss, but he's mixed in with the players. I won't go into detail; you can read it yourself. [Third Book] The protagonist directly replaces a player with the same name as him and returns to the real world, but things are still strange. [Fourth Book] The protagonist is a game administrator; his true identity is likely revealed later. [Fifth Book] This one is already finished, though the ending was a bit rushed. You can check it out when you're bored. The titles basically describe the details. It's quite similar to the fourth book. Don't be fooled by the low ratings; these are really good books, and I highly recommend them!

25. 25 惊 Survive the Horror: I’m Actually the Hidden Big Boss 惊悚求生，我竟是隐藏大boss Fat Cat Under the Tree肥猫树下Mystery541k WordsCompleted [Mystery and suspense + horror game + System + infinite-world survival + no naive do-gooder] A mysterious realm invades Earth, forcing all of humanity into a deadly horror game! Faced with monsters awakened from the depths of hell, the players can only fight to survive… Break a taboo, and you die! Fail a mission, and you die! Lu Jin arrives in this world by accident. He expects to struggle to survive just like every other player, but when he opens his mission card… Wait, am I the hidden final bo 462Reads6.7Score104Shelves
26. 26 惊 Thriller Game: I Became the Game's Administrator 惊悚游戏：我成为了策划管理员 Three Stages, Five Tribulations三阶五劫Mystery383k WordsCompleted [Thriller Game] + [Infinite Flow] + [No Female Lead] Ye Fan was forced to die suddenly from the start. At the call of the Thriller Main God, he became one of its subordinates and took on the roles of behind-the-scenes planner and administrator for the Thriller Game. The Thriller Game had been around in this world for many years. Just as the players had figured out all its tricks, something terrifying suddenly happened... The Thriller Game had changed completely! Every guide from before was now u 708Reads8.3Score105Shelves
27. 27 无 Infinite: The Saintly Father Saves People and Blows Up Instances. Seems Fair, Right? 无限：圣父救人打爆副本很合理吧 Shi Ji士吉Two Male Leads780k WordsCompleted [Female-audience novel with two male leads! Infinite flow + livestream + power fantasy + mutual salvation + happy ending] Shou protagonist Kong Yuansi is slender, pale-skinned, and wears a dazed expression. When he appears in an infinite world filled with bloodthirsty monsters, he looks completely out of place. He is also a goody-two-shoes who keeps saying, “You’re a good person.” At first glance, everyone thinks this sickly dimwit, missing a few screws, won’t last long in a world full of sche 1kReads9.0Score228Shelves

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    The male lead isn't human (decisive) but he's not a ghost either (?). He's a player (nods). It's really good! 🥺 A fake saint... (Pure, pure, pure black sesame seed white dumpling...) (I almost died laughing because he's a fake saint...) There's no female lead, but there are two male leads (?). Sheng Yan is the other protagonist, blond and blue-eyed... Currently, he's completely fragmented, piece by piece... But each piece can be a person (what? Can you even describe it?). The protagonist is, after all, a black, black, black sesame seed dumpling. My favorite line right now is, "This piece is mine." "This piece is also mine." (Yes, the fragmented Sheng Yan looks like he's been dismembered... (He was almost...)) The author's writing and the plot made my eyes widen... Holy crap, so awesome, I love it so much! I'm screaming and crawling around...

28. 28 我EN I'm the Admin of the Death Game 我在死亡副本当管理员 I'll Get Up Early Next Time下次一定早起Two Male Leads512k WordsCompleted (Main story complete) [Death game + dual male leads + one-on-one romance + a highly moral, clingy instance boss x a rational administrator with questionable morals] Want to exploit bugs in death-game instances and breeze through high-difficulty levels? Want a golden finger that lets you transcend the rules, dominate the instances, and reach the pinnacle of life? Li Qing, head of the Death Instance Maintenance Team, says: No. Absolutely not! Bugs? Patched! Cheats? Banned! No matter how destined y 3.7kReads9.2Score672Shelves

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    This isn't a ghost; it's an administrator pretending to be a player fixing the game.

29. 29 无 Three Years After Infinite Psycho-Killings, I Return as a New Player 无限疯杀三年后，归来仍是新玩家 A Branch in Huainan淮南有枝Two Male Leads515k WordsOngoing “Dual male leads / Infinite flow / Supernatural horrors arrive / Two players / Two powerhouses / Elegant, unhinged, nonhuman seme x cool, reserved beauty uke / Seme-focused” After Su Yu slaughtered his way through a ten-star instance, his data was wiped. He spent three years going crazy, then returned as a new player all over again a violent new player who was not right in the head. When faced with vicious horrors, he unleashes a barrage of attacks, giving them no chance to fight back as they we 2.1kReads9.5Score324Shelves

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    One of the male leads in this story isn't human, even though it's a dual-male lead story.

30. 30 无EN Infinite Survival: A Mad Beauty in an Elegant Yandere's Obsessive Embrace 无限：疯批美人被优雅病娇缠入骨 Moonlight Soda月亮汽水Two Male Leads312k WordsCompleted [Two powerful male leads / obsessive and possessive / lazy, unhinged beauty versus elegant, untouchable aloof beauty] - Che Quan, the last pureblood vampire, awakens one day after being sealed away for years, inside an ice coffin surrounded by blooming blood-red roses. Humans of the future summon him and throw him into a survival puzzle game watched by hundreds of millions. Only the strong have a chance to survive. Everyone thinks he's a pale, sickly cannon-fodder character. After all, “the more 5.9kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves

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    Two male leads, the main character is a vampire.

31. 31 我 I’m a Supernatural Entity, and You Want Me to Take on the Rules Horror Stories? 我一诡异，你让我挑战规则怪谈？ This Station's Reporter Yuwen Bo本台记者宇文波Mystery632k WordsCompleted What is the eerie? Food. [The Laugh-Yourself-to-Death Series + An Author in Seriously Questionable Mental Health + No Female Lead + Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!!!] In 2124, the eerie resurfaces, and rules-based horror sweeps across Blue Star. I, Lu Sheng, a top-tier eerie who stuffs himself in a dark cave in the world of terror, am accidentally selected by the Dragon Kingdom and become a “human” taking part in a game set in the world of horror. And that's when things start getting weird. Gobble, gobb 736Reads7.3Score126Shelves

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    Both of these are examples where the first protagonist is unaware that his world is horror, but he knows he is a player. Sometimes, the second protagonist also knows he is a player and that he has gone to participate in a game.

32. 32 诡 The Haunted Garden 诡园 Zuo Fei左绯Mystery5.4M WordsCompleted Xi Chen felt that he had already done everything he wanted to do. The world was so boring that he wanted to end it. But even he thought this boring world didn't deserve to be dragged down with him, so he let it be. He didn't just fail to die, though. He was forced to join a game. Impossible to solve? Impossible! Maybe life wasn't quite so dull after all. No CP 22.9kReads8.4Score2.4kShelves

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    Character Traits: Handsome, seemingly gentle but actually insane, incredibly powerful, and ruthless. Story Summary: A compelling plot, intelligent supporting characters, and thrilling dungeon-style gameplay. Main Character Relationships: He once taught in an assassin organization, commanding a large group of students who wanted to kill him. These students were possessive of him and desperately sought his attention.

33. 33 惊 Thriller Game: What Evil Could an NPC Possibly Have in Mind? 惊悚游戏：NPC能有什么坏心眼 Sun and Moon日月Mystery174k WordsOngoing [No CP] [Comedy] [System] Thank you for asking. When Xie Yao opens his eyes, he has no memories. All he has is a note that says: Your name is Xie Yao. If you don’t know anything, go get a job and earn money. So he comes to the service hall of a town called Ghost Domain NPC Roleplay, registers, collects his script, and begins his performance! Xie Yao discovers he has a sub-System no one else has. It tells him to collect fear points, which can also be exchanged for energy. And so, he begins dilige 358Reads9.1Score105Shelves

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    Thanks for the invitation. It's a ghost pretending to be a player. The author has two books. In one book, the ghost is incredibly lucky. In the other book, the player is incredibly unlucky. The ghost loses his memory and becomes a ghost, but he constantly helps the player; with him, the player's survival rate is greatly increased.

34. 34 惊 The Horror Realm: Entering the Strange World from a Psychiatric Hospital 惊悚领域：从精神病院进入诡世界 Tender Little Puppy香嫩的小狗Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing (The hardcover edition has been published!) [Infinite Flow] [Original Horror Instances] [Mild Horror] “Chen Ji murdered his mother a week ago and spent three days with her corpse before he was arrested.” “You have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and are about to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital for supervision.” “Do you have anything to say?” The black-haired boy before them slowly raised his head, his expression calm. “I’ll say it again.” “The thing I killed wasn’t my mother...” “It w 335.3kReads9.5Score66.6kShelves

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35. 35 欢 Welcome to the Game of the Gods 欢迎进入神明游戏 Orange Sesame Snow Beauty橘芝雪艳Two Male Leads874k WordsOngoing [Two male leads + horror game + a wide variety of Overseer Bosses + high intelligence and combat prowess + solving the game] An unknown-species bottom × a god who gives his all for love The world fell into darkness. The Divine Game: a path to godhood. The Harbingers of Calamity lurked out of sight. The Judges stood high above, while the Overseers slaughtered without restraint. The Chosen laughed arrogantly, while the Candidates screamed and struggled to survive. The Rioters ripped bloody heads f 14.8kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves
36. 36 恐 Horror Descends: My Students Are All Adorable Little Cuties 恐怖降临：我的学生都是小可爱 Zuo Mo左莫Mystery331k WordsCompleted [Supernatural resurgence + horror + heartwarming in the extreme + a loving family] Yin Jian has a group of exceptionally adorable students. There's the butcher, who loves to chop meat in the corner with a boning knife. The blood corpse, whose skin has been peeled off, leaving its entire body crimson, with its muscles and veins clearly visible. The dried corpse, pierced through the chest by two iron chains, its whole body shriveled. The eerie bride, dressed in wedding red and wearing a red veil. 3.4kReads9.3Score387Shelves

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    The first book's male protagonist is a ghost who suffers from amnesia early on (though it's his own doing). He distributes his power elsewhere, so he's a bit of an empty shell (?). Then our poor second male lead, Xiao Linzi, is forced to be tied to the male protagonist and eventually becomes a ghost from a human. Although there's no romance, it's very enjoyable 😋. The second book is about a player who obtains a ghost after completing a game to the highest level and is forced to stay in a ghostly world. He raises many powerful child ghosts and is even considered a dungeon by the game. His adventure and monster-fighting journey is quite good. The third book's male protagonist is supposed to be a vengeful ghost (I've forgotten the exact one). His dream is to be a teacher, and he teaches many ghost students. As ghosts spread in the outside world, he goes out to subdue them and also helps some humans. The fourth book's male protagonist grew up in a ghost realm and believes he's a ghost when he's actually human, but he's the protagonist from another world who accidentally traveled to the wrong place. There's a system element later on, and the protagonist's main focus is on being invincible and possessing supernatural powers. The fifth book's male protagonist obtains an inheritance in a horror game, making him look very fierce, and he's often mistaken for a vengeful ghost by outsiders. The sixth book features two non-human male leads in a fairytale world, a god versus an elegant yet mad boss. The male lead is incredibly popular yet universally hated; his true form is the story's ugly duckling, devoid of any morals.

37. 37 惊 Thriller Game: I’m Really Not a Ghost 惊悚游戏：我真的不是鬼 Old Wang, Cola Lover可乐爱好者老王Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Horror + Livestreaming + Doomsday] The world has ended, and Earth is shrouded in mist, no longer fit for human habitation. At the same time, a horror game descended upon Earth. Every nightfall marked the start of the game! Only those chosen by the horror game had a chance to escape Earth! But... Only those who survived the horror game could escape Earth! After Wu Suowei was lucky enough to bind a survival System... Wu Suowei: “So I don't just look scary to people, I scare ghosts too?” Hanging G 986Reads8.7Score102Shelves
38. 38 无 Infinite Flow: Taming Gods in Dark Fairy Tales 无限流：在暗黑童话里驭神 Pear Wine梨酒儿Two Male Leads538k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + Two Male Leads + Power Couple 1v1 + Mild Horror] He is the wicked “dark wizard” who tears the prince and princess apart in Sleeping Beauty. He is the evil “brother” who tries to take Cinderella’s place. He is the scheming “beauty” who lures the mermaid princess to her death. He is the top con artist everyone knows in the fairy-tale world. “I’ll never let you down when it comes to speaking ill of me.” The young man sits high upon his throne, facing the lights. Red thread winds ar 5.2kReads9.4Score890Shelves
39. 39 我 I'm a Monster, So How Did I Become the Chosen One?! 我一个诡异，竟然成了天选者！ Wei Qi伟七Mystery270k WordsCompleted [National Destiny + The Supernatural + No Heroine + Invincible + Livestream] Wei Jisheng was a powerful supernatural being. Because he was unrestricted by the rules of the supernatural world, he did as he pleased, looked down on everyone, and thought himself untouchable. This got him on the wrong side of a big shot, who framed him and somehow sent him to the human world. He had planned to take it easy and wait for death, then look for a chance to return to the supernatural world. He never expect 283Reads8.0Score100Shelves

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    The first book has no female lead, but it has half a male lead.

40. 40 当 When I'm in the Rules Horror Game, Nothing Is Forbidden 当我在规则怪谈百无禁忌 Xu Moqing徐墨卿Mystery542k WordsCompleted [No female lead + supernatural horror + mental illness + comedy + national destiny] My name is Su Ming, and I'm a transmigrator. I currently work at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, where I'm in charge of the important project of “being studied.” They keep saying I'm sick, but I know I'm fine. It's the world that's sick. After I escaped from the psychiatric hospital, I was chosen by Rule Horror to become Longguo's chosen participant, representing Longguo in the upcoming horror games. [Ding! The Ho 65.5kReads9.6Score7.5kShelves
41. 41 在 A Shady Merchant in a Horror World 在惊悚世界当奸商 One Stroke of the Blade执笔一刀Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Horror world, transmigration, System, comedy, no female lead, survival, feel-good story, infinite worlds, horror, the uncanny] Lin Wu adjusted quickly to suddenly finding himself in an unfamiliar place. After all, those people in white coats often moved him around while he was asleep. The people here looked a lot like the ugly things he used to see. They were a little uglier, but a 19.9kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
42. 42 足 I’m Twisted Enough to Fight a Vengeful Ghost for Its Estate from the Start 足够变态，开局我与猛鬼争家产 Ke Xi珂西Mystery695k WordsCompleted [Horror Game + No Female Lead + Absurd Comedy + Elegant Madman + Infinite Worlds] Jiang Cheng: Not a saintly hero. Doesn’t like women, and doesn’t like men either. Jiang Cheng: A “newbie” player and a prolific ghost killer. He’s not afraid of failing a level, only of not being elegant enough! Jiang Cheng: He has plenty of dreams: chef, doctor, teacher... He helps make everyone’s dreams come true in the horror game! The 2174 Hearse Incident, the sharp-tongued bar-restaurant, the Third Alley Cont 335Reads8.7Score109Shelves

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    The first book is indeed about amnesia; there's no romantic pairing or female lead. The second book, while not exactly the same, is by the same author as the first. Both of them are absolutely amazing!!!

43. 43 诡 The Supernatural and I Are One, and I'm the Real Monster! 诡异共生，我才是真正的怪物！ Ke Xi珂西Mystery525k WordsCompleted [Supernatural Horror + No Female Lead + No Mercy for Do-Gooders + Everyone’s Evil + Dark and Twisted + Disturbing Plot] This world is sick. We, hidden away in corners where no one can see us, are slowly rotting. This is a strange world where humans and ghosts coexist. A boy has a monster with nine eyes growing on his arm. They are people hidden away in the remotest corners of the world. When they encounter the “monsters” wearing human skin, they strike an amusing bargain with one another, gi 1.3kReads7.1Score199Shelves
44. 44 诡 Eerie Game NPC: I Carry the Fate of All Humanity 诡异游戏NPC，我背负了全人类 Moonlight Tea明月茶Mystery855k WordsCompleted [Contains many scenes of illness and frailty. Proceed with caution.] Gu Heqing transmigrates one day and discovers he has become an NPC in a horror game. Humans keep entering the game world, while the real world is gradually being dragged into it. The livestreams show people dying horribly, and he is somehow connected to a “god” whose nature he cannot begin to understand… He has no idea where to go from here. But when he finally comes to his senses, he seems to have... become humanity’s onl 4.7kReads9.0Score572Shelves
45. 45 惊 Thriller: Devote Yourself to Art and Become My Masterpiece 惊悚：献身于艺术，成为我的作品 Blue Sea海之蓝Mystery284k WordsCompleted (Includes livestreaming early on + a horror world + an invincible protagonist in the early chapters) A horror game descends, and Xi Wen is chosen to enter an instance. The boss gets killed right from the start, and things get more and more absurd! “Would you like to sign up to become the boss of the Sunshine Hospital instance?” Xi Wen looks at the words before him, feeling a little bewildered. And so, he becomes the boss of Sunshine Hospital, a place comparable to a beginner instance! Player 1: 3.2kReads8.4Score566Shelves
46. 46 惊 Thriller Game: The Vengeful Ghost Is Actually Me 惊悚游戏：厉鬼竟是我自己 Eating Lychees Barehanded徒手吃荔枝Urban233k WordsOngoing [No CP] [Includes both original and non-original side stories. If you’re looking for paranormal horror, enter at your own risk!] [If you want to see the protagonist bulldoze his way through everything with brute force, enter at your own risk. He’s a man wearing a ghost’s skin.] Ning Xing was born at Qingshan High School. The teachers here are kind, and his classmates are friendly and close-knit. It’s just that, for some reason, every three days his teachers and classmates forget everything that —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A ghost living in a dungeon escaped and was tricked into returning home by the police with a few candies: "I have a son now too!"

47. 47 空 Hollow Body 空躯 Chuunibyou Dreams中二之想Mystery865k WordsCompleted “Where's my heart? Have you seen my heart?” “My heart! That's mine!” “Ha ha ha ha ha!!!” This supernatural being will not give up until it is made whole. Only when it is truly complete can it become human again. Its heart, brain, kidneys, and all its other organs have been ripped out. Jiang Feng returns in a supernatural form to reclaim the organs now inside other people. Having lost his brain, he has lost his memories and everything else. He can only live under someone else's identity. The prot 1.5kReads8.6Score162Shelves

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    He's incredibly handsome, so handsome that everyone who sees him gets flustered.

48. 48 别 Don't Be Fooled by My Golden Finger-Like Look, I'm Really Just an NPC 别看我像金手指，我真只是NPC Nuo Yizhen诺以浈Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Powerhouse + role-playing + secret identities + horror and the supernatural + people reading too much into things + chosen ones + no romance] A three-in-one blend of three horror genres: psychological horror games, Cthulhu livestreams, and real-world supernatural arts. Xiao Gui'an, a bit-part actor, died, but not entirely. He was chosen to play an NPC in a world of horror and the supernatural. After becoming a ghost, Xiao Gui'an thought he would no longer have anything to fear. Who could have 49.1kReads9.5Score3.7kShelves

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    Why is such a good story only ranked third? Move it up there!!!

49. 49 人 Trapped in a Horror World, I Was Forced to Become the Boss 人在惊悚，我被逼成了BOSS Fearless Elephant无畏象Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead + infinite-flow + decisive and ruthless + nuclear-grade absurdity + chaotic neutral] As everyone knows, surviving even a single day in a horror game is extremely difficult. Yet Lin Yi was trapped in the Undying Village for a full 29 days! Not only did he manage not to die, he was forced to become the ultimate BOSS of that instance! After resolving his survival crisis, he finally realized there was a problem. Now that I'm a BOSS, why haven't I cleared the game? That is, until a ne 4.9kReads9.0Score510Shelves

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    It should be correct.

50. 50 惊 Thriller Game: I Can See the Hints 惊悚游戏：我能看到提示 Master Mouse in Sunglasses戴墨镜的鼠爷Mystery951k WordsCompleted [Ridiculous comedy + power fantasy. Not scary. If that's not your thing, move along!] A mysterious dimension descends upon Earth, randomly selecting humans to take part in a horror game. Uncensorable horror livestreams spread across the internet, allowing all of humanity to witness one terrifying spectacle after another. Gu Yi is unlucky enough to be chosen as an adventurer. Fortunately, he can see mysterious hints. Following the hints, Gu Yi gradually seeks out the truth, only to discover that 6.7kReads8.9Score639Shelves

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    Should the second one count? I guess so :)

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