Any Horror Novels That Make You Think? 有没有恐怖且带脑子的小说？

1. 1 夜 Ghostly Whispers at Midnight 夜半鬼语 Millennium-Old Monster千年老妖Mystery87k WordsCompleted [Rural + Supernatural + Ghost Stories] Back when my grandfather was young, he learned carpentry. As Old Zhao put it, a sixth-grade carpenter these days was worth half a scholar. But things were different back then. Carpenters belonged to one of the lowest trades. They had to carry their tools around every day, get up before dawn and stay out until the middle of the night, traveling from village to village to find work. And because they went so many places, and made coffins and dealt with the dea 7.4kReads9.0Score274Shelves

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   🔥🔥 If you are timid and stray into it⚠️⚠️Zundu is very scary. When I watched it, my hair stood on end. The creepy feeling made me dare not even go to the toilet. Whoever watched it will know how scary it is.

2. 2 恐 Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界：100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery432k WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Shocking Twists] Horror tales beyond anything you could imagine. Each story is like a dark door swinging open, drawing you into moments that will make your skin crawl. Listen. A faint whisper, an indescribable shadow creeping closer. Danger by the river, terror in the cemetery, ghost babies in the maternity ward, evil headhunting magic, apparitions at the hot springs, a bloodstained umbrella... On 2.5kReads8.7Score194Shelves
3. 3 噩 The Sound of Nightmares: 60 Horror Stories That Wake You from Your Dreams 噩梦之声：60个做梦吓醒的恐怖故事 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery174k WordsCompleted [Standalone Ghost Stories + Supernatural Horror + Not for the Faint of Heart + Rural Tales] When night falls, terrifying ghostly figures emerge. Step into all kinds of bizarre and unbelievable tales, and spend your nights screaming! Haunted houses, ghostly shadows outside the window, a deadly lipstick, someone beneath the mattress, an umbrella that hunts people... Every corner conceals inexplicable phenomena and secrets that will fill you with dread! Every page will make your hair stand on end, 1.7kReads8.9Score167Shelves
4. 4 东 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 Jun Lan君阑Mystery122k WordsCompleted [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 804Reads8.8Score108Shelves
5. 5 午 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市，活人回避 The Drinking Monk吃酒和尚Mystery592k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal 3.1kReads9.1Score201Shelves
6. 6 惊 Thriller: I Only Sell Haunted Houses 惊悚：我只卖凶宅 Nicholas Goudan尼古拉斯狗蛋Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Rooms where unnatural deaths have occurred are collectively known as haunted houses. There are two kinds: “blue houses” and “red houses.” Living people can stay in blue houses without harm, but anyone who lives in a red house is doomed to die. I work as a real estate agent. One day, I accidentally sold a red house, and afterward, I began encountering terrifying things… 40.1kReads9.2Score4.3kShelves

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   This male protagonist is smart. I guarantee this is really good-looking. Although not many people have seen it, it is really good-looking. You can watch it.

7. 7 我 I Get Stronger by Eating Ghosts 我，吃鬼就变强 Three Winds 11三风11Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 156.2kReads9.3Score16.7kShelves

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   Relatively speaking, this book is quite good. I originally wanted to read a supernatural horror novel. It is quite funny and there is no corresponding routine. It flips back and forth a lot. This book does not have any horror elements [facepalm] [facepalm]

8. 8 阴 The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Suspense + Folk Customs + Playful Tone + Ensemble Cast + Nonstop Ghost-Hunting Thrills!] Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I’ve known no peace. My name is Quan Ning. I’m a lawyer, and one day I was in a car accident on a mountain road. As I lay dying, I saw a ghostly judge from the underworld come to claim my soul. I struck a deal with him and borrowed a sliver of hope for survival. The price of this life I borrowed was becoming 2.6kReads9.4Score280Shelves

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   My palms were sweating and my heart was racing. The plot was so compact and exciting that I couldn't stop watching it. !

9. 9 乡 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录 Zhang Xiaohe张小河Mystery156k WordsCompleted The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa 2.1kReads9.0Score129Shelves
10. 10 鬼 Ghostly Eyes 鬼灵瞳 Little Master小师傅Mystery931k WordsCompleted A reclusive man known as Little Master, along with several strange people brought together by coincidence but united by their shared interests, gradually uncovers a history buried for many years: the five great clans of the ancient world and the Yin-Yang adepts who could do anything. It seems that fate has long been leading them into one thrilling fantasy adventure after another... 1.4kReads9.1Score105Shelves

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    😱😱😱These horror novels are absolutely stunning, and they filled me with the fear of a deserted village. I didn't dare to let out my breath while reading, and felt a chill on my back, as if I was being dragged into an endless abyss. Not for the faint of heart!

11. 11 夜 Ghost Sightings at the Nightclub 夜场见鬼录 Yu Long玉龙Mystery278k WordsCompleted A Long is a DJ at a bar with a legendary “Stage of Death.” Many people have died there under mysterious circumstances. The cause of death could never be determined, and some bodies were never even found! The strange incidents stopped only after the bar was shut down. As the legend of the deaths gradually faded from memory, someone opened the stage once more! After that, disaster struck again and again! A terrifying ghostly figure appears in the girls’ dormitory, a faceless baby clings to a chand 246Reads8.7Score—Shelves
12. 12 子 The Eerie Midnight Mirror 子夜诡镜 Source of Flowing Water流水之源Mystery559k WordsOngoing The scholar Chou Wuya happened upon a copy of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. The stall owner casually included an ancient bronze mirror, named Seeing the Heart. At midnight, Chou Wuya discovered that the mirror could tear apart dreams and reality, drawing him into one eerie, terrifying mirror realm after another. Every mirror realm was a supernatural ordeal with no way out. A woman named Ruoxi was sealed inside the mirror. She told Chou Wuya that every time he entered a dream, he would gai 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Jia Santong suddenly began to burp, and each burp spurted out a few bronze mirror fragments. The fragments danced on the table, spelling out a map of the mass graves outside the city. On the grave in the center, there was a red paper umbrella. Under the umbrella stood a little girl in a red coat, waving to them. "Come back, is it over yet?" Jia Santong wailed and went to grab the wine pot, only to find a rattle stuck in the mouth of the pot. The smiling face painted on the drum was melting, and the black paint flowed down the spout into the wine. In a blink of an eye, the whole pot of wine turned into mirror oil.

13. 13 女 The Girl Is Spoiled Rotten by Her Weird Boy Group in a Rules-Based Horror World 女孩在规则怪谈里被男团诡异狂宠 Author Hua Zhixiu作者花之秀Modern Romance322k WordsCompleted Completed [No CP + mystery and deduction + a wealthy young woman uses her incredible brain to solve puzzles] The Queen’s level is too high. The eerie beings are crying and trying to force-quit. When the eerie beings descended, a mysterious organization began buying up coins at exorbitant prices, making them almost impossible to find. A one-yuan coin could buy a three-million-yuan house, or be used to contract an eerie being to serve you for life. After a high-IQ girl transmigrates into a book ca 126Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    The female channel's rules-based ghost story is a horror, suspense, and mystery drama. The female protagonist is a rich ordinary person (Ming Chao). She mainly relies on her brains to pass the level, and occasionally flirts with men to make jokes. Here's the synopsis: At the same time that the strangeness happened, the coins were quickly purchased by a mysterious organization at a high price, making it hard to find even one coin. A 1 yuan coin can buy a house worth 3 million, or you can contract a weirdo to serve you for life. When Su Qiaoqiao went through the book with a little golden pig containing 259 coins, she used 9 coins to contract 9 handsome bodyguards with good looks, tough bodies and explosive survival skills at the beginning. So, she was surrounded by a strange boy group. The yandere paranoid type, the domineering president type, the MAN handsome hormonal type, the cynical and ruffian handsome type, the melancholy handsome type with a misanthropic face, the refined and aristocratic type, the upright and good cadre type, the sunny and handsome academic type, and the little milk dog. She is about to enter the dungeons [Girls Dormitory 404] and [Class Teacher Rules]. Which handsome guy should she activate to escort them respectively? Please read and abide by the following residential rules carefully, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences. [1: Emergency closure of the school. All students are not allowed to leave the dormitory building without permission. ] [Two: Do ​​not open the door after turning off the lights at 10:30 at night, and do not leave the dormitory. Bedtime check time is every Tuesday or nine o'clock, and do not open the door to people who check your bed at other times] [Three: Mobile phones will harm your health. In order to establish a good learning environment, you are not allowed to bring mobile phones to check in (if you need to call the dormitory aunt)] [Four: There is no free lunch in the world, do not accept any gifts from them, especially food. Please order meals by yourself. You only have one chance to order meals, and the school will arrange meal delivery. ] [5: Although the dormitory aunt is strict, she cares about you. If you have any unsolvable problems, go to the dormitory aunt. Be careful, respect the dormitory aunt and don't make her angry. ] [Six: Roommates should live in harmony with each other, keep the dormitory quiet during lunch breaks and evening breaks, and do not affect roommates' rest or study. Seven: The girls' dormitory only has air conditioning, no fans, and no foreign objects shaking in the air (if you see it, please turn on the air conditioning quickly). ] [Eight: Keep the dormitory clean and tidy and don't litter. ] [Nine: Your bed is very clean, there will never be blood or hair (if you find it, please pat it immediately and pretend to make the bed until they disappear). ] [10: No items other than bedding are allowed on the bed (if a bloody scarf suddenly appears, it is normal, please ignore it). ] [11: No one is allowed to bring a scarf into the dormitory (if you are suddenly strangled by a scarf, please shout for help until someone comes to save you). Twelve: The locker must always have sanitary napkins on hand (if there are fewer or disappear, it is normal, please ignore it). [Like][Send heart]

14. 14 无 The Headless Bone Sculptor 无头雕骨师 Yu Chen宇尘Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted He is a bone carver who inherited secret arts passed down for a thousand years. He is the headless ghost said to haunt a legendary haunted house. Walking the line between light and darkness, he hunts down the culprits behind bizarre murder cases: the taxidermist who makes specimens from human skin, the murderous doll that whispers, the mushroom man lurking in the ruins, the ghostly face on an exam paper, the ice-sculpture lovers who will stop at nothing, the faceless demon who steals organs... J 1kReads7.3Score139Shelves

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    Story summary: The first book is really scary, the ancient poems in it are simply beyond the IQ of the second book, yyds scammer

15. 15 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 7.3kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
16. 16 午 Midnight Wonders 午夜惊奇 Qiao Dou Ma Dai QAQ桥豆麻袋QAQUrban171k WordsCompleted At the stroke of midnight, amid a terrifying atmosphere, strange ghost stories begin to unfold! A bluish-white hand suddenly appears on the window in the middle of the night. Is it looking for someone to take revenge on? A bus still running in the dead of night: does it lead to the world of the living or to hell? The shapewear hanging in the wardrobe at home is made of human skin! During the Qingming Festival, a figure appears in the glass of the bathhouse. After returning to her room, a beautif 398Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    [Fear] These novels have made me numb! That creepy feeling spread from my scalp to the soles of my feet

17. 17 诡 A Collection of Strange Dreams from the Haunted Night 诡夜祟梦抄 Ink and the Sound of Books墨语书声Mystery215k WordsOngoing [The Supernatural, Urban Legends, Instances, Mystery, Infinite Flow, Chinese-Style Cthulhu] A paranormal enthusiast who loves courting death transmigrates to the eerie world of his dreams. Su Xing's nightmare finally comes true. Unfortunately, this world isn't as interesting as he imagined. Cursed objects, evil spirits, and demons from beyond the heavens: one deadly supernatural horror after another makes an appearance. As he struggles to survive, Su Xing must also endure the slaughter inflicted 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist's IQ is online, and the atmosphere of suspense and horror is full. He travels through strange worlds in different time and space, and tells strange stories to resist the invasion of evil gods. A Chinese-style experience that perfectly blends weirdness, horror, and Cthulhu elements. It is definitely not a mindless read, but a journey of exploration that only old bookworms will enjoy.

18. 18 诡 The Supernatural Returns, and My Shadow Is a Terrifying Evil Spirit 诡秘复苏，我的影子是惊悚厉诡 Ninety-Seven Coffee Beans玖柒咖啡豆Mystery641k WordsOngoing A terrifying red wedding dress appears without warning in the school corridor. Another version of me plays rock-paper-scissors with me in the mirror at midnight. At ten minutes past midnight, I stare at the eerie note declaring my death. Something has changed in this world. The fierce ghosts have appeared. The times are no longer what they used to be. It seems there is a chasm a thousand miles wide between people’s hearts and their humanity. There isn’t a glimmer of hope for survival anywhere in 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a smart book. It's super beautiful. I regret not reading it. I regret even more after reading it. Why didn't I discover this novel earlier? It's so beautiful. It's like the love letter of my dreams.

19. 19 请 Call Me Lord Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 155.7kReads9.5Score17.1kShelves

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    Recommended star rating: 5

20. 20 惊 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Urge the Ghost Courtesan to Reform! 惊悚游戏：开局劝鬼花魁从良！ Sweet Sweet Sweet Stories甜甜甜故事Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror game + comedic mild horror + infinite-flow + livestream + no heroine + the protagonist doesn’t act human + everyone is clever + everyone lies + original game scenarios] [The only novel online to tell the story of what happened before the horror game invaded!] [Horror scenario “Ghost Brothel” fully loaded. Players, please get ready!] Lin Xun, a hack screenwriter, is transported into a horror game. Unblockable horror livestreams spread across the internet, turning this into a terrifying sp 9kReads9.3Score1kShelves

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    They are all very nice books This is the first book where you can see a very good brotherhood! And the protagonist is very sexy and funny, you must watch it~ The second yyds book is really a must-read for beginners. The blood-eyed ghost and the protagonist also love each other The third book is quite clever.

21. 21 我 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ Yu Zuo予作Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted 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 189.2kReads9.6Score23.3kShelves
22. 22 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 93.6kReads9.5Score11.1kShelves
23. 23 自 Surrender 自首 Glazed Luanhua琉璃栾华Mystery660k WordsCompleted (Now streaming on iQIYI. Starring Xu Weizhou, Guo Junchen, and Xiao Yan. A criminal police captain, played by Xu Weizhou, teams up with a psychologist, played by Guo Junchen, to solve cases and capture the monsters of the human heart. Mystery + deduction + psychologist + episodic cases + serial murders + high-IQ crimes + revenge plots + strange tales and records + best partners + light horror + suitable for the faint-hearted) “I killed someone.” A girl turns herself in, claiming that she killed 17.8kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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    That's it. . . .

24. 24 地 The Underworld Calls Me Little Master 地府叫我小先生 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted 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! 249.6kReads9.6Score31.4kShelves

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    Very nice, quite atmospheric

25. 25 恐 The Haunted Teahouse: I Only Sell Objects of Ill Omen 恐怖茶馆：我只卖大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted 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… 49.9kReads9.2Score5.3kShelves

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    I highly recommend "Teahouse of Horror: I Only Sell Scary Things". It's really good-looking. Although I haven't finished watching it yet, the male protagonist is really not that kind of brainless character. In a word, it's really good-looking. If you like it, you can check it out.

26. 26 惊 Thriller Game: Streaming Myself Sleeping from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局直播睡觉 Fearless Elephant无畏象Mystery519k WordsCompleted Dark + System-powered wish fulfillment + Infinite Flow + decisive and ruthless Supernatural phenomena affect the entire world, and players are randomly chosen to take part in terrifying games! Unstoppable livestream videos appear online, vividly showing the players' perilous experiences. Tang Ping is a modern young man who likes to lie flat. His lack of ambition awakens the Insulator Talent. From then on, while everyone else struggles to survive in the games, he sleeps on livestream! Because the 2.3kReads9.2Score243Shelves

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    This book is not in line with this post at all, so I tell my brothers responsibly. It's definitely good to watch, but if it doesn't look good, you'll quit. There's no loss anyway, right? It's super cool, invincible and cool, and the story has no female protagonist.

27. 27 我 I Have a Talented Junior Brother in the Infinite Game 我在无限游戏里有个天骄小弟 Lady Shanshui善水夫人Two Male Leads172k WordsCompleted Ping Sheng never imagined that the person he admired most, the dazzling figure from the bizarre car crash six years ago, would become an NPC in an Infinite Flow game! Good grief, and what's even stranger is that this great god acts like he wants nothing to do with anyone, yet obediently follows behind him as his “protector”? This is too much! How could he possibly deserve that? He thought it was their first meeting, but the great god had returned to win back his beloved! He's angry that the man 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's so creepy! Ping Sheng never thought that in the troubled times of the bizarre car accident six years ago, the god he admired the most would actually become the NPC of Infinite Games?! What's even weirder is that the great god keeps strangers away from him, and he keeps obediently acting as a "weed protector" behind him? It's fatal, how can he bear it? He thought it was the first time he met the great god, but he didn't know that the great god came back to chase his wife at the crematorium! He was angry that he lied to him, yes, how could he not be angry! Facing evil and deception, he watched the "god" involved in that world walk towards him and stretched out his hand: I was wrong, follow me, I will protect you and escape from here. Ping Sheng: ... Haha. If he had to make a choice, he would rather follow the handsome evil god's apprentice to break through the real world, would rather take his sweet boyfriend to a corner to drink and talk, would rather drag his half-baked temperament male companion to play in the infinite world, would rather force himself to have a hip-hop with a handsome and handsome opponent in the city, would rather... Master: I don't want you to give unconditional love to everyone. Don't you admire me the most and care about me the most? Ping Sheng: I was young and ignorant, and mistook the black-hearted rose for the king of peace who held it in my hand. Today, I am just an ordinary weed, and I am not the same person as you. *The game has bugs, arrogant, paranoid, and cold-faced white-haired beauty. Attack × Always injured players are honest and kind. Every bowl of water is ordinary and ordinary. 1V1 Brother Ping 666, Brother Ping, come on! (Broken sound) [White hair + double strong + escape + partial group portrait + thriller, suspense and horror + unlimited stream upgrades + more fighting scenes + puzzle solving + slow heat + reincarnation + amnesia + pseudo double]

28. 28 凶 The Crime Scene Cleaner 凶案清理员 Mo Yiyi莫一一Mystery195k WordsCompleted The first time Cen Mu went to a crime scene, he didn't see the body, but he did bring home the girlfriend he hadn't seen in three years. With his girlfriend's genius-level help, he solved cases like a god. Then he realized something was off: his girlfriend seemed to have a cheat of her own. The police team members said, “Our sister-in-law is beautiful, rich, and great at solving cases. She's perfect in every way, except for her questionable taste in men. She fell for Captain Cen.” This is the st 2.4kReads9.3Score410Shelves

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    It's not very long, but the story is spot on, and the interaction between the male and female protagonists is also very sweet. I like it very much.

29. 29 怨 Cursed Grudge 怨咒 Phoenix Soaring to the Ninth Heaven凤凌九霄Mystery356k WordsOngoing [Warning: After leaving this unfinished for ages, I can't write what comes next, and I really don't want to pad it out and ruin the feel of the earlier chapters. I've decided to shelve it, so please don't read.] When I was sixteen, an evil spirit latched onto me and changed my fate. I brought disaster upon my parents and family, then my relatives and friends. Anyone who came near me would die violently in the street, bleeding from every orifice and meeting a horrible end. A fortune-teller calcul 409Reads9.3Score104Shelves

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    If you don't watch it, you will regret it for the rest of your life.

30. 30 猎 Sin Hunter Detective 猎罪神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted What's the most terrifying case you've ever heard of? The Corpse Immortal Madam, the Medical University's Sex Fiend, the Human-Head Planters, the Zombie Baby in Building Seven... There are no ghosts in this world, only wrongs waiting to be righted by a master hand. The legendary coroner Song Yang returns to the scene with his disciples, piercing through layer upon layer of mystery to hunt down the killers lurking in this world. Come face-to-face with the bloodiest, most baffling, and most hair-r 7kReads9.4Score906Shelves

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    Sin Book Series

31. 31 我 I Was Already Dead, So Why Did the Horror Game Choose Me? 我人都凉了，才被惊悚游戏选中？ Big Snail大蜗蜗蜗Mystery457k WordsCompleted Zhou Yun transmigrated with a tycoon System that gave him a huge allowance every day. Just when he thought he was about to reach the pinnacle of life… He was dumbfounded. The money from this tycoon System could only be used after he died. Zhou Yun: %…%&%…& At the age of 22, Zhou Yun was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Just as he was on his last legs, the horror game chose him as a player. To his amazement, he could use his money inside the horror game! Years later… Standing at the pinnacle 151Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    Totally consistent, okay?

32. 32 轮 The End of Reincarnation: The Rules Must Not Be Broken 轮回终焉，规则不可触碰 Feng Ting枫霆Mystery242k WordsCompleted A world combining Doraemon and The End of Ten Days, with the added element of rules-based horror. Duanmu Yan accidentally transmigrates into the world of Doraemon and becomes Nobita Nobi. He has been playing the role of Nobita Nobi and surviving in this world for two and a half years. Until… a giant clock appears in the city center. Whenever it chimes, words appear on its display. “I heard the echo of ‘deduction’!” The world begins to grow uncanny. The people around him start becoming infec 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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33. 33 你 Do You Believe There Are Ghosts in This World? 你相信，这个世界上有鬼吗？ Building BB楼Mystery896k WordsOngoing [Mind-bending] + [Slow-paced] + [Not for the faint-hearted] Thirty-six years ago, deep in the Tibetan grasslands, a secret research base studying the paranormal was rocked by a massive explosion. Only one person managed to escape alive. The male survivor not only made it out, but also brought a pair of pitch-black eyes from the secret base. Even after being removed from their body, they seemed alive. After this devastating disaster, the man deliberately avoided a mysterious organization and went 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Horror and thriller, suspenseful and weird, not for the faint of heart, unpleasant writing, no immortality, no wisdom, no saint, no system, no routine, high IQ, extreme reversal, easy to understand at a glance. . . . . .

34. 34 当 When an Evil Cultivator Becomes a Cannon-Fodder Fake Heiress 当邪修穿成炮灰假千金 Gu Jiuru故久如Mystery500k WordsCompleted [Female-led story, with a male lead. If that's not your thing, don't read. Half supernatural, half cultivation, with little romance.] A genius heretic cultivator failed to overcome her tribulation and transmigrated to the modern world, where spiritual energy was scarce, charlatans ran rampant, and sinister forces were everywhere. Rong Yi: “Isn't this the perfect place for me to practice cultivation?” To absorb baleful energy and restore her cultivation, she casually took care of one supernatural 23.6kReads9.5Score3.6kShelves

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    I just finished reading a novel, I highly recommend it to everyone

35. 35 盗 Tomb Raiding: I'm Taking Over for Brother Xiao 盗墓之我接小哥的班 Saving Up to Buy a House攒钱买房Mystery278k WordsCompleted [Tomb raiding + comedy? + filling in the gaps by hand] The Iron Triangle's first team-up ends with them bringing a little girl out of a tomb? Fatty: Little one, do you want some milk? Bai Huran: Do you have any manners? This body is already six years old!!! Xiao Ge: Open your mouth. (Gets the milk.) Later, the milk-drunk baby transforms into a cool, aloof young woman. Everyone: I really miss those chubby baby cheeks. Bai Huran: I've already got my knife out. The four of them bounce through stran 847Reads9.2Score113Shelves

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    These three books should all be considered suspenseful.

36. 36 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Ninth Gate’s Beloved Mystic 盗墓：九门团宠是神棍 Ma Youye马由頁Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Tomb Raider fanfiction, young Taoist, disguises herself as a boy, doted on by everyone, starting with The Mystic Nine] Proceed with caution: This is not a wish-fulfillment story! The protagonist grows over time and comes of age after Chapter 79. Qi Baye had a little granddaughter whom he raised by his side from the time she was born. He personally chose her name, deciding that whether the baby was a boy or a girl, she would be called Qi Lechuan. After her father, Qi Yu, disappeared while on the 8kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
37. 37 小 A Little Land of Mountains and Rivers 小山河 Beidou Erniang北斗二娘Mystery937k WordsCompleted When Chi Xia first joins the special investigations team, Luo Xun strongly recommends transferring her elsewhere. The intern is so thin-limbed and wooden, like she can barely keep her eyes open. What makes her suitable for this team? She’d be much better off in Publicity! The thin-limbed intern says nothing, responding to everything with, “Captain Luo, solving the case comes first.” Luo Xun is so frustrated he can barely contain himself. The team is doomed, he thinks. Before long, Captain Luo ge 38.8kReads9.5Score6.3kShelves
38. 38 恐 Horror Tavern: I Only Raise the Most Ferocious Creatures 恐怖酒馆：我只养大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Tucked away in a quiet alley is a strange tavern that can grant your wishes, as long as you’re willing to set up a terrifying idol in your home... 8.8kReads9.4Score964Shelves

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    Story summary: These books are all good, especially the first one

39. 39 一 I Woke Up to Find Humanity Turned into Zombies 一觉醒来：人类变丧尸 Fatty Yuan缘胖子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [Survival + zombies + no System + no saintly protagonist + no harem + no female lead] In 2044, a global catastrophe struck. With zombies running rampant, Han Shuo had no choice but to take up his Tang sword and join the fight! In this apocalypse, watch Han Shuo struggle to survive, one step at a time. Note: This is not a purely bleak story. The protagonist is cold-hearted, but he does not kill indiscriminately! It tells the story of an ordinary man who relies on his wits, awareness, and resource 19.2kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
40. 40 昼 Day Ghost, Night Husband 昼鬼夜夫 Moonlight on Rong月华洒蓉Mystery167k WordsCompleted Falling in love with two souls sharing the same body: by day, he is cruel and domineering; at night, he is gentle and devoted. And could his secret really have everything to do with me? Through a series of mishaps, I became betrothed to a simple-minded man as a child. At first, I could barely hide my dislike. But little by little, I came to understand him, discovering tenderness and kindness in someone who didn’t seem particularly bright. When we reunited years later, the simple-minded boy had c 2.2kReads9.0Score136Shelves
41. 41 1 The Last Bus on Route 13 13路末班车 Old Eighty老八零Mystery813k WordsCompleted I'm the driver of the last bus on Route 13. Every night at eleven, I have to make a run to the suburbs. This book is addictive, so don't blame me if you can't put it down! In this novel, even the sharp-tongued readers who always guess the plot right will find themselves repeatedly proven wrong. You might find yourself asking, “What's going on? What's going on?” Don't doubt your sanity. Just keep reading. A story that keeps you on edge, here to save readers suffering from a reading drought! 18.6kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
42. 42 我 I Am Intersex 我是阴阳人 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted My mother said that when I was born, her first reaction was to strangle me, because it was impossible to tell whether I was male or female. My grandmother called me a freak and a jinx, saying I would only bring shame on the family. It was then that my maternal grandmother, who had traveled all the way from the countryside to visit my mother, adopted me. So, by chance, I got to enjoy a pure childhood, free from scornful looks. Following my half-immortal grandmother, I unexpectedly discovered how 11.7kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
43. 43 梦 Nightmare Game: This Hunter Is Way Too Terrifying 梦魇游戏：这个狩猎者也太吓人了 Armed Swimming Across the River of Forgetfulness忘川河里武装泅渡Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing [1v4 Mode + Horror Worlds + Fusion with Dangerous Personalities + No Female Lead (Though if there has to be one, it's the Evil God Cthulhu)] The mysterious online game Midnight Nightmare was released. Players could enter horror worlds and tackle dungeons, or choose between the Hunter and Runner factions for an asymmetric 1v4 showdown. Ling Yichuan awakened the Character Template Fusion System. From then on, he fused with one terrifying boss after another, becoming the nightmare of every player! 1.7kReads9.4Score187Shelves

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    These two books may be a little less scary, but I still like them very much. You can try to read them.

44. 44 惊 Thriller Survival: Beating Up a Clown at the Amusement Park from the Start! 惊悚求生：开局游乐场暴揍小丑！ Lamplight Beneath the Moths飞蛾下的灯火Mystery521k WordsCompleted [Wish-Fulfillment]+ [No Simping]+ [System]+ [Hilarious] A mysterious force descended upon Blue Star, periodically choosing lucky people to enter a terrifying survival game! A mysterious livestreaming app let people everywhere watch the livestreams and recordings of those trapped in the game. Li Xiao, a man incapable of fear who looked downright terrifying when he smiled, entered the survival game. The clown was crazy, but he was even crazier! The evil spirits were terrifying, but he was even mor 3.5kReads9.2Score442Shelves
45. 45 惊 Horror Script: It Begins in the Baby-Crying Dormitory 惊悚剧本：从婴啼寝室开始 Novel Cake in the Works小说糕制作中Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing (Dark tone) (Escape-room survival) (No System) (Not invincible: the protagonist dies if he is killed) (Not a conventional power fantasy) Chen Xian is pinned against the wall by a female ghost in a bathroom, and finds himself plunged into a terrifying instance! The cries of a baby in the dead of night... Students with eyes as blue as ghostly flames... A wedding dress stained crimson with blood... A mermaid covered in wriggling maggots... And... Teammates dying one after another... To stay alive a 18.3kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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    You can take a look at this, it's really immersive and scary.

46. 46 乡 Strange Tales from the Countryside 乡野诡事 Golden Bull Fragment金牛断章Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted There is a saying among the common folk: those who keep an "immortal patron" may earn fortunes and receive countless favors from them, but when death comes, the patron takes it all back. The village elders say that Bu Gui was not born to his parents, but was sent to them by Seventh Granny with the help of an "immortal patron." Seventh Granny is a renowned spirit medium from far and wide, and now she is close to death. A series of strange events befalls Bu Gui. To stay alive, he has no choice but 2.8kReads8.9Score194Shelves

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    This novel is really good. I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it. Recommended star rating: five stars⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I don't know how to recommend this good book to everyone without any knowledge. Anyway, in one sentence, it is super beautiful and I really recommend it! I hope everyone can come with me to urge the author to make a big update [laughing][laughing]

47. 47 鹿 Lu Ling Feng Shui Shop 鹿灵风水铺 Silent Worry不语忧Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted paranormal suspense + mild horror + one-on-one romance + episodic stories] Lu Ling is forced to take over the feng shui shop her father left her and shoulder the Lu family’s duty as spirit-contractors. Only after she starts taking on cases does she realize that people can be far more terrifying than ghosts. 7.7kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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48. 48 人 Life Is Boring, So I Can Only Get By on Thriller Games 人生无趣只能靠惊悚游戏度日 Can't Do Anything Right干啥啥不会Mystery231k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + no CP + power fantasy + mystery] The horror game, Life and Death, is a game only the dead can enter. Beat it, and you can come back to life. Shen Fufeng is a sinister, scheming capitalist with little regard for morality. After trying every interesting thing the world had to offer, he finally grew bored. One day, he discovered Life and Death. Ghost: “I want your eyes.” Shen Fufeng: “Sure.” Ghost: “I want you to stay with me forever.” Shen Fufeng: “Sure, sure.” After the instance 194Reads8.7Score—Shelves
49. 49 民 The Folk Feng Shui Master 民间风水之王 Miao Qimiao苗棋淼Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted The Nine Cauldrons Dragon Palace, the Secret Files of the Yellow Springs, the Snow Mountain Corpse Demon, the Yin-Yang Inn... Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I have known no peace. Every time I borrow a life, it becomes a deadly game. After each desperate struggle and narrow escape, I wait for the next secret order from the underworld so I can keep living. Just when I thought I'd escaped the clutches of fate, I discovered that Heaven had prepared a coffin for me too! 52.2kReads9.4Score6.3kShelves
50. 50 体 The Ghost King Is Sealed Inside Me, Yet I’m a Good-for-Nothing 体内封印鬼王，我却是个废柴 Qu Shen去甚Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A rainy night in a cemetery, a man-eating black cat, a man searching for his late daughter, a school guard hanged on the stairs, a wedding coffin sealed with red paper, a grotesque face hiding in a mirror... What secrets lie behind it all? What other mysterious events will Wang Shier, the gravekeeper, have to face? As terror and dread slowly close in, those secrets seem to be steering his fate. (The stories in this book are all adapted from real events. If anything sounds familiar, it is pure co 17Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    The book is good and quite scary, but my main reason is to get the tomato coins back, take the coins with me and download the good book. Is this reasonable? Very reasonable.

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