Horror, Mind-Bending, Thrilling, with a Sound Worldview. The Kind That Scares You Half to Death. Thanks 恐怖，烧脑，刺激，三观正，吓出心脏病那种，谢谢

1 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 835Reads8.8Score108Shelves

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😱😱Help! These horror novels are the best of them all. They filled me with the fear of a deserted village. I didn't dare to let out my breath while reading. I felt a chill on my back, as if I was being dragged into an endless abyss. Don't enter for the faint of heart!

3 山 Tales of the Haunted Mountain Village 山村诡事录 Mu Xue牧雪Urban893k WordsCompleted Where the woods are dense, ghosts abound; where the mountains are high, monsters are sure to lurk. After getting drunk, Chen Jianjun of Kaoshan Village encounters a beautiful woman in the mountains. Alone together, the pair spend several days in an intimate embrace. When he returns home, he goes mad for a day and then dies. On the day of his burial, Chen Jianjun suddenly comes back to life... To save his family, Chen Xiaojun becomes the apprentice of Yi, a lame man who was once sent to a work ca 4.3kReads9.1Score472Shelves

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Thank you! This is a deluxe upgraded version of Shadows of Childhood! All the ghost stories you've heard come true in this book! 😇

4 终 Endless Haunting: Reading Minds from the Start, My Whole Family Wants Me Dead 终诡游戏：开局读心，全家想杀我 My Name Is Wang Tugou我叫王土狗Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing [Warning!!! Not traditional horror! Unconventional! Emotion-driven, plot-focused, not a power fantasy!] [Horror game + lighthearted comedy? + ultra-healing + not a mindless power fantasy + male lead starts out normal, then turns unhinged and inhuman + no romance + intelligent System + author is in a good state of mind = ???] [Welcome to the Ultimate Horror Game!!!] Zhao Ping'an became a player in the [Ultimate Horror Game] and entered its world. From the start, he had to choose his family. Who s 3.1kReads9.1Score371Shelves

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Reversal, Reversal, Reversal!!!

5 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 1.9kReads9.1Score134Shelves

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It's not that scary. I didn't dare to go to the toilet in the middle of the night. If I had known, I would have watched it during the day!

6 血 A Coffin Soaked in Blood, a Ghost Comes to Claim Your Soul 血浸棺，鬼勾魂 Half a Jug of Clear Water半壶清水Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing The dead open their eyes, ghosts come to claim souls, the living borrow lifespans, and the dead press down on their coffins... One bizarre, uncanny experience after another keeps resurfacing in my mind like a nightmare. The strange tales in this book are mainly based on Yang Jian’s firsthand experiences... A warning: the actions in this book are for entertainment only. Do not imitate them! There are three kinds of people who read this book: thrill-seekers who aren’t easily scared... those who pu 906Reads6.2Score108Shelves

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Tomato ratings are very abstract. Some good books don't get high scores, but bad books are reviewed by a lot of trolls! I personally highly recommend these two books. They are such treasures and one of the most terrifying and supernatural ceilings.

8 道 A Daoist Descends the Mountain to Work in a Noodle Shop 道士下山，面馆打杂 Loves Old-Friend Noodles Best最爱老友粉Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Taoist priest comes down the mountain + passionate + has brothers + urban experience + humor + cool writing + catching ghosts + fighting zombies + being organized + fighting against monks' crimes + terror] The lady at the leisure center sucks semen and blood, get rid of it! Do people often jump into the river? There are water ghosts that harm people. Still want to transcend? You have harmed people, get rid of them! The shitty building is haunted... Eh! The female ghost sister has merit, and I a 5kReads9.4Score515Shelves

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You can read this book, it's quite good!

9 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 2.8kReads9.1Score184Shelves

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😨😨😨I feel numb, I feel numb, I feel numb after reading these horror novels! That creepy feeling spread from my scalp to the soles of my feet

10 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 8.1kReads9.0Score272Shelves

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😱😱😱😱😱😱Help! These horror novels are the best of them all. They filled me with the fear of a deserted village. I didn't dare to let out my breath while reading. I felt a chill on my back, as if I was being dragged into an endless abyss. Don't enter for the faint of heart!

11 与 Followed by Ghosts 与鬼随行 Green Wine and Red Lips绿酒朱唇Mystery275k WordsOngoing Immersive to the extreme, terrifying beyond belief, with suspense, horror, and mystery-solving. I have a bizarre world, and I want to take you there! After the college entrance exam, I took a fatal blow meant for my brother and lost my sight. By a stroke of fate, I ended up at a strange vocational college. My classmates began dying one after another under bizarre circumstances, and there seemed to be a bigger secret behind it all. After all the uncanny events, the once-useless blind man finally 769Reads—Score—Shelves

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This book will definitely suit your appetite

12 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 74.4kReads9.3Score10.6kShelves

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This deity is absolutely amazing! The first time I read this kind of novel, I read this one. It's very brain-burning, the plot is compact, and it's so interesting.

13 扎 The Paper Effigy Shop: Everyone Around Me Is a Big Shot 扎纸铺，我身边都是大佬 Jie Yu界玉Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted In our ancient land of China, many professions have their own rules and taboos. The older and more mysterious the craft, the more this is true. For example, when “asking the rice,” you must never ask how someone died; a coffin maker must never make their own coffin; a paper effigy maker must never draw eyes on a paper figure; and a spirit medium must never conduct a ceremony without all the members of their altar present... If any of these rules and taboos are broken, something terrifying will h 27.8kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves

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"After the Taboo" is a suspenseful and supernatural novel, based on Chinese horror and incorporating folk taboo elements, bringing readers a thrilling adventure. Suitable for reading during book shortage, allowing you to immerse yourself in the world of mystery and horror.

14 都 The Yin-Yang Master of the City 都市阴阳天师 The Big Cabbage in the Snow雪地里的大白菜Mystery3.2M WordsOngoing Traditional supernatural horror. The protagonist starts out as a Celestial Master, turns into a purple-eyed zombie midway through, and transforms whenever he can’t win. If that bothers you, please give this a pass. Zhou Yuanqing studied under a purple-robed Celestial Master and chose to join Bureau 749, handling supernatural cases across the country: evil spirits, zombies, mountain demons, Japan’s Kiku School, Nanyang curse practitioners… In places ordinary people cannot see, battles of magic ha 22.6kReads8.0Score1.7kShelves

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I highly recommend this book, a traditional supernatural urban novel. The master is a purple-robed heavenly master who joins 749 and is responsible for supernatural cases in a city. Slaying demons is very interesting, and the zombies in it are very powerful. They are represented by bloodline and eye color, red, green, yellow, blue, white and black. There is also a purple gold color. Ha ha

15 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 2.4kReads9.1Score272Shelves

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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.

16 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 2.5kReads8.7Score203Shelves

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🔥🔥 If you are timid, you accidentally entered it⚠️⚠️ Zundu is very scary. When I watched it, my hair stood on end. The creepy feeling made me afraid to even go to the toilet. Whoever watched it will know how scary it is!

17 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 15.5kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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I really feel full of adrenaline!!! It is recommended to lead the protagonist yourself and experience the most realistic escape (the author may have participated in the script, but the previous writing was really good)

18 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! 253.7kReads9.6Score30.9kShelves

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Strongly recommend Xuxu.

21 来 The Autobiography of a Tomb Raider 来自一位盗墓者的自传 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 513.4kReads9.6Score34.1kShelves

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Check it out!!!

22 山 The Yin-Yang Master of the Mountain Village 山村阴阳先生 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery589k WordsCompleted My brother came back from the dead, and I learned funeral rites to uncover the truth My name is Chen Xiaojun, and I live in a place in Northeast China called Kaoshan Village. One year, my older brother died under mysterious circumstances. His death was gruesome. Though he was only in his twenties, his corpse was as thin as a skeleton, with hair turned white! Even more bizarre, my brother came back to life in the funeral hall! To find out what had happened, I learned a few tricks from an old mast 11kReads9.2Score765Shelves

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😱I'm gone! After reading this book, I immediately curled up in bed and didn't even dare to turn off the light! The feeling of gloomy wind is still hovering in Tianling Gai!

23 我 I Have 36,524 Folk Horror Stories 我有36524个民间恐怖故事 Nalan Xi纳兰惜Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted [Standalone stories] [Supernatural suspense] [Folk horror] [Mountain spirits and monsters] [Adapted from real cases] [Rural legends] There is no main storyline. Each chapter is a self-contained story adapted from folk rumors, with eerie, gripping plots. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as entertainment. 7.4kReads8.8Score355Shelves

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Horrible civilian incidents gave me goosebumps

25 西 Ghost Stories of the Southwest 西南鬼事 Young Scholar from Nanshui南水小生Mystery800k WordsCompleted This is a collection of ghost stories from southwest China, made up of a series of medium-length tales. Some may be part of your childhood, some may be stories you've told yourself, and others may be stories you've never heard. Today, let Xiao An tell you these strange and wondrous tales, one by one. 112Reads—Score—Shelves

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Short stories, simple folk horror stories, specially designed to scare children

26 极 The Terrifying School 极度恐怖校园 Song Qingshan Who Loves Peach Blossom Soup爱吃桃花羹的宋庆善Mystery524k WordsOngoing As the best university in the city, this school admits only outstanding students. But it also has many rules that are hard to understand: no studying after eight o’clock, and no leaving your dorm room after midnight. No matter who calls to you from the corridor, do not answer... The protagonists in this story are all independent, but their countless connections eventually bring them together. What secrets does this school hold? 136Reads—Score—Shelves

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The elements you mentioned are all present in this novel. I won't regret reading it.

30 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 230Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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It's really scary, don't try it if you are timid

31 乡 A Record of Supernatural Events in the Countryside 乡村灵异事件薄 The Long Road Goes On and On, TM, I’ll Charge Ahead长路漫漫TM任我闯Mystery241k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 377Reads—Score—Shelves

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You're so scared that you don't even dare to get up and pee! [Fear] A masterpiece with 50 chapters and 180,000 words in one go. If it's not exciting, you'll kick me to death! [Shocked][Shocked] I have a bad heart🈲! Under 18 🈲! Those who have poor tolerance for heavy words🈲! No room for imagination🈲! Flip carefully! Do it at your own risk! Weird! Human nature! Evil ghost! Fierce monster! All linked together, you can't stop!

32 民 Republic-Era Notes on Summoning Evil 民国招邪笔记 Small-Town Folk from the Countryside农村小市民Mystery403k WordsCompleted Chinese-Style Horror + Episodic Mysteries + Ancestral Taboos + Republican-Era Suspense + Cursed Objects That Claim Lives Each supernatural case wraps up in three to five chapters. The pace is breakneck, with no dragging things out! Folk-horror elements: red wedding gowns, ancestral halls, midnight opera troupes... If you’re a scaredy-cat, read during the day. If you’re brave, listen to the audiobook at night for the full dose of terror. 449Reads—Score—Shelves

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It ticks all the boxes and is perfect for middle of the night listening.

33 生 No Hope of Survival 生还无期 Young Master Changle长乐公子Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [No CP, No Female Lead] + [Infinite Deaths and Resurrections] + [Superpower Awakening] + [Mind Games and Strategy] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Life in Review] The keywords of this book are “human nature,” “death games,” and “setting traps.” The thirteen characters who appear from the start all play important roles! Each has a distinct personality, and every one of them will have a major part to play later in the story. This book also features endless deaths, so if that’s not your thing, please read wit 10.6kReads9.3Score1kShelves

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This book is super nice😍

34 人 The Human Realm Soul-Ferrying Office 人间渡魂事务所 Mu Ding San Huo木鼎三火Urban836k WordsOngoing [A Soul-Crossing Sword that levels up and transforms] [Urban supernatural tales + detective investigations] [Cool, aloof senior boss and her younger puppy-like partner] [Uncovering the truth behind his mother's disappearance and the Soul-Crosser organization's dark secrets] The Soul-Crossing Sword levels up, with no mindless power fantasy. In a city teeming with vengeful spirits, ghost stories have become reality, and ordinary people can meet bizarre deaths at any moment. Everyone thinks they'r 8Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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Supernatural novels that you must read if you stay up late [Like] [Like], Midnight Ghosts, Urban Ghost Stories, Mysterious Office, Bingshan Sister's Boss, The Mystery of the Pen Left by the Missing Mother... There is a unit of supernatural ➕ main plot puzzle, it is really good to read, you can save the soul while searching for the truth, this is really good

35 空 The Ethereal Otherworld: Ruler of Two Realms 空灵异境之两界共主 Lost Dreams迷途佚梦Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing In the fall of 2018, right next door to me! A young neighbor fell asleep in his rented room and never woke up… By the time he was found, nearly a month had passed! When word got around, the whole neighborhood was in an uproar! From that day on, I gained a whole new understanding of life and death: I’d never realized life could be so fragile, or death so close! People don’t only die when they grow old. It can happen at any time… You might even just go to sleep! And then, the next day never comes… 46Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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Scared of a heart attack? This is not possible! But those who are frightened and have heart disease must recommend it!

36 灵 Supernatural Revival: From the Start, I Bet on a Livestream from a Psychiatric Hospital 灵异复苏开局对赌直播精神病院 Blazing Sun Sky烈阳天Mystery129k WordsCompleted Haunted House Livestream: Three Million to Save a Life. The People of Longguo Never Bow Their Heads [Supernatural revival + No System + No saintly protagonist + Fresh plot + Escape + Exploration + Crime solving + Not dark] Chen Feng opens his eyes in a foot massage parlor to find himself three million in debt and his younger sister on the brink of death! A mysterious creditor offers him a deal: livestream three trips into deadly places, and the money and your life are yours. The first stop is 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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Coming, coming, he's coming!!

37 灵 The Cursed Spirit-Fetus Journal 灵胎诡札 Withered Wood Seeks Sheep朽木寻羊Mystery451k WordsOngoing [Chinese folk customs + supernatural + horror and suspense + historical fantasy + no characters acting stupidly + not an overpowered hero + no System] Before Grandma died, she left these final words: “Burn everything I own. Don’t leave anything behind.” Sixteen-year-old Chu Yi secretly kept a yellowed notebook. He had no idea that this choice would let him see another world. This is a work that “uses the trappings of immortal cultivation to explore the weight of human life, and wraps questions o 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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This book requires a threshold to read. The three views are absolutely correct, and some parts are quite brain-burning.

38 渡 The Soul Ferry Lantern 渡魂灯 July Wife七月妻Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + mildly scary + episodic stories, a fast-paced ghost-hunting romp with all kinds of tricks!] Fire runs in my veins, and I'm cursed to bring bad luck. When I was fifteen, my father kicked me out. To survive, I climbed into a stone tomb. The strange knocking at the door of the funeral home at midnight, The body that mysteriously vanished after a fatal car crash, A headless old man, a talking human skin, and haunted schools and skyscrapers... I guide five-element spirits onward and f 21.6kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves

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Soul Crossing Lantern, character characteristics: good-looking, a bit scary

39 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 437Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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Now I keep my eyes open until dawn, and I feel unsafe even if I turn on the light in the middle of the night! [Petrochemical][Petrochemical][Petrochemical]

41 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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Those red lines penetrated into the blood like living creatures, and soon raised spiderweb-like lines under her pale skin. "Since Mr. Lang has seen enough..." A chuckle suddenly came from the sedan, and the voice came from behind Qiu Wuya, "Why don't you come in and sit down in person?" He turned around and found that the sedan chair had stopped three feet behind him. The sedan curtain automatically moved without wind, revealing an empty seat inside - the seat was covered with a complete piece of human skin, and the skin-like features were slowly turning towards his direction.

42 致 Deadly Delivery 致命快递 Grilled Gluten Skewers烤面筋10k WordsCompleted I received a package from an unfamiliar sender. A note inside said I could scan a code to claim a huge cash bonus. But when I scanned it, my phone opened a livestream instead. Even stranger, my face appeared right in the middle of the screen. The comments were flying by: "This girl looks pretty good. What a shame to kill her." "Tsk, tsk, what a beauty. I recommend having some fun with her before killing her." Just then, I suddenly heard someone knocking behind me. "Hello, delivery!" 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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If you are brave, please read here. If you are brave, go directly to [Petrochemical][Petrochemical][Petrochemical]