Books Like Cthulhu Mythos, Mutations, the Great Old One, and Lord of the Mysteries 克苏鲁神话，畸变，旧日，诡秘之主之类的书

1. 51 世 Ruler of the World, Witness to Civilization 世界支配者，文明的见证 Little Su Yu Listening on a Cold Night天寒夜听小子苏语Urban106k WordsCompleted They say every civilization has a ruler... My buddy asked me to meet him on the rooftop. When I got there, I beat him up a few times, but he knocked me out instead. When I woke up, I was locked in a dark little room, and someone was helping me advance to Sequence 1?! That's the highest sequence I know of!!... Just as Weisheng thought he'd spend the rest of his life at the "Good Dream Club," aliens showed up on Blue Star! They were using the legendary abandoned temples as stepping stones to searc 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A few pretty good books. [Eating popcorn][eating popcorn][eating popcorn]

2. 52 序EN Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 1MReads9.3Score123.9kShelves
3. 53 纨 The Spoiled Young Master Is an Evil God, and All His Followers Are Beauties 纨绔大少是邪神，眷属全部是美女 Ashes Fable灰烬寓言Urban540k WordsOngoing [The ratings just came in, and they’re going to soar] [Showing off in public] [Multiple heroines] [No toxicity or angst] [Divine and insane] [Highly intelligent villains] [Epic battlefields] The Evil Gods cast their gaze down from the stars. Their mutterings worm into the soul, and their corruption makes flesh betray the will. Cities writhe beneath their skins, while people mutate in ignorance. The Empire, the forbidden zones, and the rulers enthroned high above have long since written humanity 265.2kReads9.2Score31.3kShelves

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   The will of flesh and blood has been wantonly tampered with by an evil god! A three-way struggle between the forbidden zone, the empire, and the old gods unfolds in a grand worldview, rejecting mere plot devices and delivering a high-energy, plot-driven story!

4. 54 旧 Ashes of the Old World 旧日余烬 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban400k WordsOngoing "Some say the world is one enormous nightmare, and everyone lives in it with painstaking care. What do you think, sir?" "Me? I don't have time to watch. Because for me, there's more than one nightmare like this..." At first, no one cared whether they'd had a nightmare the night before, until one day people woke up to find traces of their dreams still lingering before their eyes. And so the world changed. Disaster swept across the land, fear followed like a shadow, and reality crumbled away. 101.8kReads9.3Score16.2kShelves

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   These are all good; you can check them out and look at Old Cthulhu.

5. 55 当 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界，死亡即是终点 Qingyuan Vocational High School Prodigy庆元职高小天才Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 394.7kReads9.3Score44.1kShelves
6. 56 死 One Hundred Thousand Deaths: From Getting One-Shot to Conquering the Wasteland 死亡十万次，从被秒杀到横推废土 The Bright Moon Crosses Pine Smoke明月渡松烟Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [High Martial Arts] [No Romance] [Death Rewind] [Ensemble Cast] [Tight Logic] (Some readers have been worried in the first few dozen chapters that the Trickster's Eye, this alien god, is up to no good, and have been scared off. Here's a clarification: don't worry, the logic is sound and there are no pitfalls. The twists come quickly, and there's no way the protagonist is a puppet. Absolutely impossible!!) The sun went dark, gray mist swallowed the world, and abyssal worms tore human civilization 4.2kReads9.1Score417Shelves

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   Cthulhu apocalypse, death and time travel, well-written, just read it!

7. 57 知 Knowledge Contamination: I Understood the Outer Gods in My Dreams 知识污染：我在梦里读懂外神 Li Yu She栗雨蛇Urban234k WordsOngoing [Lovecraftian Mystery + Sequence Progression + Dream Mysteries + Wheelchair-Bound Protagonist + Portrait of the Underclass + Nontraditional Path to Godhood] When Lin Shu woke up, he was sitting in a wheelchair. His legs were paralyzed, suppression cuffs locked around his wrists, and his medical file bore the number S-017. This wasn’t a hospital. It was the Third Contaminant Containment Center of the Hall of Pure Knowledge. In this world, knowledge is not power. Knowledge can live, spread, and co —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I discovered a new book with a very interesting premise; it's not a mindless wish-fulfillment novel. The protagonist transmigrates and wakes up in a wheelchair where knowledge is cannibalistic, arithmetic is rented, and literacy is a crime. He escapes the containment facility through dream manipulation but is marked as an L4 living vessel. It's a Cthulhu-themed story with a battle of wits and rules.

8. 58 收 Corpse Collector Lao A: While Others Fight, I Pick Up the Spoils 收尸人劳A：别人厮杀我捡漏 Mountain Haze in the Sunshine阳光下的山岚Mystery240k WordsOngoing [Suspense] [Light System] [Finding hidden opportunities] [Decisive and ruthless] [Dark] Prison A, kill lines, building Gundams, sewer slimes, Lolita Island, short-lived species, homeless people, enhancement drugs… In this country, rotten to the core, how will Squirchy (Labor A) forge a legend? A transmigrator from the Dragon Kingdom possesses Squirchy, a university graduate, and awakens the extraordinary profession [Corpse Collector]. By collecting the bodies of the dead, he gains their po 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Similar to the advancement system in Lord of Mysteries, it has many suspenseful points and plot twists.

9. 59 终 The Final Night: Above the Throne 终夜：王座之上 The Mirror of Life, Buddha, and Demon人生佛魔镜Urban87k WordsOngoing "Humanity will eventually be wiped out. Only you will remain, ascending to the throne and carrying our hopes with you to defeat Him!" [Behemoths of the Gods + Modern Cosmic Horror + Wasteland + Multiple Heroines] A hundred years ago, giant beasts and demon beasts attacked, wiping out half of humanity. When people discovered that one of those beasts was a figure from mythology, they realized that myths weren't just legends. The demon beasts gradually drove humanity from its cities and homes. Only 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   New book recommendation

10. 60 聊 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Asked You to Repay Your Debt, Not Paint Skins and Ghosts 聊斋：让你还债，没让你画皮画鬼 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing [Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Bizarre Cultivation + No System + Subverting Expectations + Folk Supernatural Tales + Becoming a God Through Painting + Dark Tone + Lovecraftian Horror + Clever Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] Transmigrating into Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, I find myself trapped in the deadly predicament of The Painted Skin from the start, and saddled with an unpayable debt to the dead? Don't panic. I have a White Bone Brush tha 817Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The Chinese horror atmosphere is top-notch! Feng shui secrets are used to break the haunted house, there are many plot twists and foreshadowing, the protagonist is smart enough to fight ghosts and monsters, and the folk customs details are hardcore. Veteran readers will find it very enjoyable.

11. 61 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 705.5kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
12. 62 请 Call Me a Blasphemer 请叫我渎神者 January Rose一月的玫瑰Urban417k WordsCompleted [Cthulhu + All Pantheons + God-Slaying + System] The new author's second book. I hope you'll show it plenty of support. After his entire family is slaughtered by divine envoys, Lin Ye has his heart torn out and is nailed to death. At death's door, a crimson orb enters his body, bringing him back to life and binding him to the Godslayer System. He fights from the mortal realm all the way to the divine domains. Any god who blocks his path becomes another soul beneath his blade. The gods of every m 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Cthulhu + Aberration + No Female Lead, you can watch it without worry.

13. 63 余 Ashes of Yesteryear 余烬旧日 Mo You Shang墨忧殇Urban48k WordsOngoing Su Muchen thought he had transmigrated to an unfamiliar era. Many things here resembled his own world, but their underlying principles were completely different. Here, demons and cults were external threats, while some people drank potions to become extraordinary beings and protect their communities. Su Muchen, too, would have to live on under a new identity. 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I stumbled upon this new series of books, and it seems pretty good. It has both angst and sweet moments, and it's neither overly sentimental nor mindless.

14. 64 不 Unfathomable Idiom Tales 不可名状的成语故事 Chaotic Messenger混乱信使Mystery295k WordsCompleted You’ve surely heard the stories behind idioms like “Lord Ye loves dragons,” “pretending to play the yu,” and “a rooster’s crow and a dog’s theft.” But would you be willing to hear my versions of these familiar idiom tales, told in a different way? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Idiom-based Cthulhu novels

15. 65 全 All Aboard the Great Voyage: The World’s Will Forces Me to Become a Native 全民大航海，世界意志逼我当土著 Teacher Zhang Xuefeng Can't Outrun Me张雪峰老师跑不过我Eastern Fantasy195k WordsCompleted "Cthulhu" "Dark Humor" "Against the Grain" "No Cheat Powers" "Unique Worldview" Caught by the will of the world while sneaking into another world. Lin Ye lost both his compensation and his System You ask what I can do now that my System and golden finger are gone? “Get to work!” What if I have a mental illness? Can I transmigrate first? “Refusing to seek treatment is wrong. You should try to get checked for any illness you might have, and treat it as a lucky bit of foresight.” Is another worl —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Shamelessly posting my own writing: immersive, slow-burn, with a complex setting. I think the character and scene development is pretty good, and the dialogue isn't too drawn out. Give it a try if you're interested!

16. 66 本 I Was Just Imagining It, Yet I Ascended to Godhood 本为臆想症的我登神 Xi Xun Xun汐浔浔Urban171k WordsOngoing I wrote a book. A weird book? I was actually trying to write a web novel, but it turned into a philosophy book mixed with The Three-Body Problem. So I’m not expecting anyone to read it. Read it if you want, or don’t. If you don’t like it, skip it. You can even start from the end and read backward. If you don’t like the beginning, just skip ahead. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I wrote this myself; chapter 24 is the highlight.

17. 67 怪 The Bizarre Art of Cultivation 怪诞修仙学 Snail Goes to Heaven蜗牛上天Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted (No heroine, Eastern cosmic horror, no System, not invincible, grotesque aesthetics, not a rules-based horror, science and cultivation) The old man once said that cultivators, demons, and evil spirits turn into a pile of ash when they die. This is called tainted ash. Tainted ash contains all the energy they accumulated in life. Eat it, and you can kindle your life lamp and extend your lifespan. Leave it alone, and it will give rise to a tainted-soil resurrection! But there is one exception: bein 45.7kReads9.1Score6.9kShelves
18. 68 为 Give the Mysterious World the Ultimate Dose of Trouble 为神秘世界献上最高级别的搞事 Qianzi Zhi浅子稚Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Creatures from a Cthulhu Mythos World + Light Novel + Evil God Protagonist + Stirring Up Trouble + The Author Has Gone Mad + One Heroine (Bro, This Diet Coke Has No Sugar)] Also known as I Tricked My Unlucky Uncle into Becoming a Legendary Investigator and Why Is My Tomboy Friend So Fragrant? “Hello, we'd like to learn about Mr. Hunter's life.” “If you're asking me, you've come to the right person. I know him very well.” “What kind of person was he?” “An unruly kid who loved wandering around al 9.1kReads9.2Score1kShelves
19. 69 全EN Surviving the Misty Apocalypse, I Build a Home with Eldritch Flesh 全民迷雾求生，我用邪神血肉建家 Half an Acre of Sunshine半顷阳光Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.1M WordsOngoing [Flesh and Bone + Apocalypse + Lovecraftian Survival + Civilization Graveyard + Mass Transmigration + No Romance] When mist shrouded the world and monsters howled outside their windows, all the players huddled and trembled inside their dilapidated shelters. But Bai Yi was teleported onto the face of the Great Being known as the “Lord of Flesh,” where he witnessed a horrific feast as an even more terrifying being devoured a planet of flesh. The fragments of flesh and bone that splattered from th 137.8kReads9.1Score11.8kShelves
20. 70 致 Fatal Company: Containing the Forbidden, Starting with Scavenging 致命公司：从捡垃圾开始收容禁忌 Shapeshifter of Kowloon Walled City九龙寨的易形者Mystery569k WordsCompleted [Modern Lovecraftian horror + wild imagination + mystery and suspense + supernatural phenomena resurging + infinite trials + one heroine + battles of wits] [This is a modern Lovecraftian novel incorporating containment entities, rule-based horror, and the resurgence of the supernatural.] [The protagonist’s power level stays consistent throughout, as he pits his wits against the rules of the containment entities.] The thing Lu Chen regrets most in his life is clicking on that job ad for a “high-p 147Reads—Score103Shelves

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    Both of these are very good, with a Cthulhu theme.

21. 71 雾 The Secret Codex of Wudu 雾都秘典 Shapeshifter of Kowloon Walled City九龙寨的易形者Eastern Fantasy257k WordsCompleted [Cthulhu + Steampunk + Power Comes at a Cost, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + One Female Lead] [This is a traditional Cthulhu novel.] On the first day after transmigrating, Lu Chen, a history graduate student, discovers he is tied to a cult altar. In front of him is a half-human, half-fish mutant drooling at the mouth. In this world of roaring steam and slumbering ancient horrors, contact with the mysterious means embracing madness. Healing is, at its core, a distortion of flesh and blood. Peeri 1.1kReads—Score173Shelves
22. 72 穿 I Transmigrated to Another World and Became One with the Evil God Cthulhu 穿越异界，我与克苏鲁邪神共生 Spicy Newspaper Seller卖报辣Sci-Fi & Apocalypse126k WordsCompleted Cthulhu, Another World I transmigrated into a terrifying world overrun by monsters. The first rule here is: Never fall in love with a human. But no one told me that the main quest assigned to me by the System was to make every monster fall madly in love with me. With the quest about to fail, I hurriedly loaded a backup program, only for a prompt to appear: “Host has successfully pursued targets in another world. The System is automatically syncing the final choice.” My face went pale. Wait, the 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A completely new and genuine perspective on Cthulhu! I love it so much!

23. 73 反 The Villains Are Absurdly Powerful, but I Play Dirty 反派强度逆天，但我阴的没边 Dragging Water, Bai Cai拖水白蔡Urban122k WordsCompleted [Healing, No NTR or Angst, Comedy, Everything Goes According to Plan, Smart Characters, Fake System, Lovecraftian, Light Novel, Mildly Macabre, Urban Legends] A seemingly normal city has long been surrounded by horrors beyond human comprehension. After being reborn, Wo Er activates a war ritual. He can fuse with the power of war by experiencing battles or completing missions. The stats, abilities, and possessions of the fallen, everything destroyed by war, all become his. [Conquest: Successfully 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist of this book is so bizarre, a ruthless protagonist!

24. 74 我 My True Story: A Retired Sailor Hunted by Water 我的亲身经历：退役海员被水追杀 Mutant Old Six异种老六20k WordsCompleted My Personal Experience: A Retired Seaman Hunted by Water —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I watched it in half an hour, and only after watching it did I realize that I could never go back.

25. 75 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves

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    Well written, anyone want to read it? 🍉🍉🧐 The thrill of the Cthulhu mythos, why not give it a try?

26. 76 只 I Only Wanted to Go Home, but I Accidentally Destroyed the World 只想回家的我，不小心就灭世了 Boat on the Sea, Drinking Wine海舟饮酒Urban249k WordsOngoing [Sequence Powers + Gaming + Truly Invincible Hero] My name is Chen Yin. If you’re reading this, I’ve already been trapped in this full-dive game for countless ages. At first, I thought I could go home by beating the game, but I was wrong. Every time I beat it and found that [Exit Game] was still grayed out, I’d destroy a world or two to ease my anger. “World-Destroying Evil God,” “Dragon King of the End,” “Primordial Sequence,” “Abyss of Death”… After those cowardly NPCs fought desperately to su 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Invincible style, similar to Mysterious Sequence

27. 77 诡 Proving Immortality in a Bizarre Apocalypse 诡谲末世证长生 Mozi Wan莫子丸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse459k WordsOngoing (Lone-wolf cultivation + no female lead + decisive and ruthless + Chinese-style Cthulhu + original Backrooms-like dungeons + myriad realms) “The moon” “impostors” “animated ██████”... The spiritual energy in this world is actually self-aware!??? Rules twist, the uncanny pours in... Look! The things in the sky... they're all alive, hahahahahahaha!! memetic contamination ███████? I don't want to save ███... I just want to... survive.!! Escape this! Damn! cage!! ? (Note: The overa 917Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    A Chinese-style Cthulhu + dream core + harem-like original novel, updated frequently, welcome to read and collect! [Kissing emoji]

28. 78 收 Containment: Year 2300 收容：2300年 Country Bumpkin MTF乡里愚人MTFMale-Channel Fanfiction200k WordsOngoing A new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm recommending something I wrote myself. Anyone interested in investing? Meow. Stability is the only morality; erasure is the ultimate mercy.

29. 79 我 I Sell Secondhand Mirrors Online, and the Buyer Says Someone in the Mirror Is Watching Her 我在闲鱼卖二手镜子，买家说镜子里有人在看她 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士12k WordsCompleted I sell secondhand mirrors on Xianyu. The buyer says someone is watching her from inside the mirror. 2.8kReads—Score—Shelves

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    These two books are absolutely terrifying! Enter at your own risk if you're easily frightened! These books are all based on the author's personal experiences, and they're chilling to think about!

30. 80 我 The Food I Deliver Has a Recipient Who's Been Dead for Three Years 我送的外卖，收货人死了三年 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士11k WordsCompleted The person who received the food I delivered died three years ago. 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
31. 81 被 The Days I Was Forced to Become the Savior of a Cultivation Civilization 被迫成为修炼文明救世主的日子 Ling Xin Luo鈴心落Eastern Fantasy242k WordsOngoing [Cthulhu] [Road Trip] [Apocalypse] [Cultivation] [Vast Original Worldbuilding] [Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] [Smart Protagonist] This was once a prosperous, bustling world, free of madness and decay. Everyone knew that. There was always a world beyond the world, and this sealed-off continent was not alone. Everyone knew that. Then flies devoured this cracked egg, making an enemy of civilization and feeding on chaos. “Contact” was severed. Voices vanished. Factories exploded, immortals fled, or 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It wasn't very noticeable at first, but it got really weird later on. The biggest tragedy is still that it tears something beautiful apart and shows it to you. [Angry]

32. 82 为 To Get a Government Job, I Became a Demon Hunter 为了混编制：我成了猎魔人 Chasing Fleeting Shadows浮光捕影Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted Li Chen, a recent college graduate, boards a high-speed train to look for work in another city, hoping to make a living on his own. By a twist of fate, however, he gets caught up in an unusual test... Vampires, the Blood Clan: the monsters that exist only in Western stories are real? Blood Hunters, government agents who specialize in hunting the Blood Clan? That sounds pretty cool! But he’s just an ordinary guy who took a high-speed train. Why is he suddenly fighting for his life against vampire 18.3kReads7.7Score2.3kShelves

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    This could be worth a try; it's quite funny.

33. 83 亵 Blood of Blasphemy: The Throne of the Mist God 亵渎之血：迷雾神座 Courtyard No. 7, Beijing京城七号院Eastern Fantasy116k WordsOngoing The Gray Tide blankets the earth. Ruin Beasts roam everywhere. The lame Fang finds a child: his eyes are different colors, his body bears Gray Veins, and he is a “vessel” left behind by the Old Era. The three-person team wants to kill him, study him, or use him. But Gray Cub squats by the roadside learning to read. In the firelight, he calls them “Uncle Iron” and “Ink Crow,” and in the simplest way shows them what it means to be human. They drive a battered car across the wasteland, heading for 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I think it's alright.

34. 84 渊 The Name of the Abyss 渊虚之名 The Overthinking Mushroom想太多的蘑菇Mystery468k WordsOngoing [Chinese-style Cthulhu × Awakening System × Mystery and the Supernatural × The Collapse of Daoist and Buddhist Mythology × Instance Dungeons] [Memory Erosion × Power at a Price × Six Paths × Ancient God Fragments × Cognitive Contamination] This isn't a monster-bashing power fantasy. It's the kind of story that makes you want to hold the pages still after you've finished reading. His mother died in a small town in the Gobi Desert, leaving behind a map and a direction she never explained to anyon 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is my first book. Please give me your feedback; it's a Chinese-style Cthulhu story, and I'm continuously updating and optimizing it. The current outline is 3 million words long. It's not a cultivation novel or mindless fluff; it will have a progression system and ensemble scenes. Please be gentle with your criticism.

35. 85 序EN Sequence Highway: Starting as a Fake Artificer 序列公路：从假装炼器师序列开始 Dugu Cang Hu独孤沧虎Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsOngoing #Mysterious Apocalypse #Road Migration #Sequence Powers #Ruthless and Decisive #Survival Story #Team Adventure #Wild Imagination A tide of apocalyptic horrors sweeps the world. The migrating convoy is the only hope for survival. Wang Ying is the blade, Cao Xianming is the brains, Zheng Xiaofeng is the shield, and Yang Yong... pretends to wield sequence powers. He’s called crafty and accused of being a coward, but when the convoy is wiped out, he swallows a fragment of the source of the uncanny 19.2kReads6.0Score1.4kShelves
36. 86 在 After Seeing the Red Moon 在看到红月之后 Poison Fish Lord毒鱼君Mystery182k WordsOngoing [Call of Cthulhu tabletop role-playing + Spirit Vision + Infinite Worlds + Smart Protagonist + Nontraditional Cthulhu] Everyone thought the red moon was just a rare astronomical phenomenon. Only Chai Xin knew that the red moon was a gateway to the Inner World. The world has never been just one layer. The surface is the orderly Main World, where everyday life unfolds and days and nights pass as usual. Beneath it lies a tangled Inner World: one side is an abstract reflection of the Main World 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The book I wrote incorporates tabletop role-playing game elements; I'm not sure if that counts. If you're interested, feel free to read it. The first chapter is now complete. Thank you so much! 🙏

37. 87 克 Eldritch Evil Gods 克苏鲁邪神 Nameless Grim Reaper无名死神Eastern Fantasy139k WordsOngoing A new story is out! Come read my work on Tomato Novel: Evil God Sacrifice, Ten Sequences, Supernatural, Ten Followers, No Female Lead, Ruthless, Survival. Reach 1,000 points. Awakened personal status panel. Name: Lin Xiaobei. Age: Unknown. Lifespan: 30 days. Identity: God of the Gods, awakening. Body: Mortal. Spend 1,000 points to awaken the God of the Gods sequence? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 88 邪 The Evil God Taught Me Math and Science: Bad Grades Make You Mutate 邪神教我数理化，成绩不好就异化 Zhou Sansi周叁肆Urban329k WordsCompleted [Knowledge Ascension + Lovecraftian + Mist + Soul Transmigration] Xue Ba, a civil engineer, unexpectedly transmigrates to the Misty Continent and becomes a refugee, scraping by by serving time in prison on someone else's behalf. Then one day, after being framed as a serious criminal, he glimpses a god during an evil ritual. They say that anyone who understands a god's whispers can gain the power it bestows. As it happens, Xue Ba understands the god's cryptic babbling: language, math, physics, ch 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My new book, an original screenplay, has been carefully polished word by word. The writing is passable, but there are reading difficulties.

39. 89 全 Global Haunting: I Became the Last City God 全球诡异入侵：我成了末代城隍 Mr. Deer Runs Really Fast鹿先森跑的贼快Urban689k WordsCompleted Rifts in the Nether Ruins tear reality apart, and demons from another realm descend. Awakened scientists shoulder guns and cannons, while practitioners of ancient arts emerge from seclusion with swords in hand. And I, Chen Mo, will revive the ancient traditions of western Hunan. At the Sunken Mausoleum's underwater palace, I slay a giant alligator with my sword and seize its water-fiend pearl. At the summit of Huping Mountain, I summon the Tang dynasty's Mountain-Quelling Sword and destroy the 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Title: *The Eerie Resurgence: My Unbeatable Contract with the Ghost Bride* Synopsis: I, Jia Tianzhen, am born with the ability to see the rules and patterns within the "folds" of the world. My roommates recklessly played a "back-to-back ghost game," resulting in one death and one disappearance that night. A female ghost from the Republican era, wearing red embroidered shoes, appeared in the mirror. She grabbed my hand: "My lord, complete my ghost marriage, and I'll be your first ally in this contract." I readily accepted her as a teammate: "Deal, but first, help me 'disassemble' this thing behind me." From then on, I became the most unconventional investigator at the Folklore Containment Association. While others desperately try to seal away ghost stories, I specialize in "negotiating" with them. The cat-faced old woman's silent killing rules became my forbidden domain; the space-folding of the red-eyed elevator was dismantled into a portable storage compartment; when a weasel asked for a seal, I retorted, "You're like a modern-day five-good household guardian spirit"... Until I discovered that behind every ghost story riot lay a century-old, premeditated invasion. And my ghost bride from the Republican era is the key to unlocking the final chapter. When the barrier between the two worlds completely collapses and the Night of a Hundred Ghosts descends, I stand on the ruins of rules, chuckling at the thousands of strange tales contained behind me: "Now, it's our turn to set the rules."

40. 90 诡 Eerie Revival: I Became Invincible by Making a Pact with a Ghost Bride 诡异复苏：我与鬼新娘契约无敌 Mr. Deer Runs Really Fast鹿先森跑的贼快Mystery341k WordsCompleted [Urban legends] [Mystery] [Ghost-wife ally] [Reborn] [Transmigration] [Urban fantasy] [Another World] [Traditional cultivation] I transmigrated to the Northern Song Dynasty as a sickly young Taoist, only to find a thousand-year-old tree demon blocking my door from the start. My master bound me to a spiritual soulmate in a desperate attempt to save us both. The result? A temperamental, absurdly powerful, tsundere and yandere Red Fiend Ghost Queen. Jia Tianzhen was livestreaming his own death-def 11Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 91 废 Wasteland Wanderer: Su 废土行者：苏 Mr. Deer Runs Really Fast鹿先森跑的贼快Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted 📖 Story introduction: Su, a young man who awakens in a nuclear-war wasteland, possesses an unknown relic known as the Stasis Core. From a low-ranking mercenary in Rustwater Town to an invitee of the Kane family, he resolutely abandons the traditional path of potion-making and sets out on a one-of-a-kind journey as a “Rule Weaver,” with stasis as his foundation. Facing deadly threats from family infighting and powerful external enemies, along with the prophecy of a “depletion of the spirit tide” 11Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 92 胭 The Rouge Curse: Jia Tianzhen and Liu Piaopiao 胭脂咒：贾天真与柳飘飘 Mr. Deer Runs Really Fast鹿先森跑的贼快17k WordsCompleted The Rouge Curse: Jia Tianzhen and Liu Piaopiao 2Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 93 胭 The Rouge Curse: Waiting in the Red Wedding Dress 《胭脂咒：红嫁衣的等待》 Mr. Deer Runs Really Fast鹿先森跑的贼快26k WordsCompleted The Rouge Curse: Waiting for the Red Wedding Dress 6Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 94 人 Lying in a Coffin, I Somehow Hacked the Evil God’s Dream 人在棺材躺，我竟黑了邪神梦境 The Mortal Who Flips Tables掀桌子的凡人Mystery169k WordsOngoing A sunlit beach, a lover returned from the dead, a wedding three years overdue... Lin Yuan jolted awake from a perfect world, only to find himself lying in a cold coffin reeking of decay. A writhing tendril of flesh was embedded in the back of his head. Above him stretched an endless crimson dome, while millions of others like him floated all around. Their faces wore crazed smiles as, inside their false dreams, an evil god called the Black Mountain Lady drained their souls, one mouthful at a time 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend this book, which is a mix of mystery and fantasy.

45. 95 命 Embers of the Wheel of Fate 命轮余烬 Abstract Spine Frog抽象的脊蛙Sci-Fi & Apocalypse232k WordsOngoing Cthulhu-style + Chinese wuxia + pollution punk. A divine protagonist finds their humanity among the common people, then uses that humanity to master their divinity. Written in an epic style, this experimental work explores suffering, human nature, and fate. Please bear with it. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 96 旅 A Planeswalker Through the Myriad Worlds 旅法师诸天万界 Zhou Zhou Zhou Rui周周周睿Eastern Fantasy512k WordsCompleted The high-dimensional Planeswalker Zhou Rui falls into the mortal world. After nine cycles of reincarnation, he finally awakens. Using a camp to escape, he takes on the form of a Planeswalker and first enters a world ravaged by the Seven Fiends, where baleful energy fills the skies, demons and horrors run rampant, and whispers from the Old Ones eat away at people’s minds. He draws power from pale compassion and converts baleful energy into spiritual energy to restore order, putting an end to the 66Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first world in this book is about outwitting and fighting against ancient corpses.

47. 97 全 Horror Evolves Across the Game, and I Become an Old One Through Shadows 全游怪谈进化，我以暗影成旧日 Lin Youjiu林有酒Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted [Supernatural game] [Evolution and mutation] [Lovecraftian horror] [The bizarre comes to life] [Transforming into monsters] A surreal game called Tales of the Strange descends upon the world. Players transform into bizarre creatures in the game, hunting and evolving. Back in reality, they can spend Inspiration to load their avatars. And so Deep Ones, ghouls, Blood Tai Sui, shoggoths, the Black Goat of the Woods... all begin to manifest in the real world. Chen Xing starts as a beta tester, transf 2kReads8.0Score147Shelves
48. 98 民 The Republic-Era Book of Mysteries 民国诡秘录 Luo Biqingbu洛笔青簿Mystery206k WordsOngoing Sometimes, the one who takes your life isn’t a person at all, but an evil spirit or demon. And the one controlling those spirits from behind the scenes might well be human... In the chaotic Republican era, foreign powers encircled the nation, eager to invade China, while warlords fought among themselves at home, leaving the land in ruins. On the other side of the jianghu, evil spirits rose everywhere and ghosts ran rampant, while mysterious foreign religions invaded as well. After waking from a 773Reads—Score105Shelves

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    [Supernatural + Mystery + Republican Era Folklore] I highly recommend this novel, my favorite of all. The supernatural atmosphere is amazing, the writing is superb, the plot is logically sound with constant twists and turns, the characters are well-developed, and the protagonist is incredibly intelligent. You won't be able to put it down! [Add to bookshelf][Add to bookshelf][Add to bookshelf]

49. 99 什 What Do You Mean I'm the God of Chaos? I Have No Idea 什么叫我是混沌之神，我不知道啊 Fatal Life绝命生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsOngoing My name is Gu Buhuang. After gaming all night, I was forced to transmigrate to a post-apocalyptic world. I can only return home by ending the apocalypse and saving everyone. To get home, I will put an end to the apocalypse and bring the people here a safe, peaceful, beautiful, and happy world. Then I will set out on the road home. My name is Wang Yase. I’m searching for my big brother. He’s incredibly powerful, with the ability to create, destroy, and bring people back to life. The people he rev 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It contains science fiction, Cthulhu, and even more so, the idea that I am who I am and the ultimate chaos and unknown.

50. 100 灵 In the Paranormal World, Being Killed Means Death 灵异被杀就会死 Wu Xintong of the Virgin Islands维京群岛的吴新同Mystery108k WordsCompleted [No romance + paranormal invasion + lighthearted comedy + mild horror + apocalypse] I just want to find a job. Why is it so hard? Aaaagh! O(≧口≦)O Poor Bai Xiu is broke, and then a job falls from the sky and forces him to show up for work. What? I have to go to another world? What? This world has been invaded by the paranormal, and it's the apocalypse? What? You want me to exterminate the supernatural and save the world? 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a very novel setting: a supernatural, alternate world apocalypse.

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