Looking for High-Quality Supernatural Rule-Based Stories. The Characters Should Follow the Rules, Not Go Around Killing Everyone 求，优质怪谈规则文，要守规，不要乱杀那种

1. 351 规 Rule Horror Begins with the Eerie Peppa Pig 规则怪谈，从诡异小猪佩奇开始 Spicy Rabbit香辣兔Anime Fanfiction551k WordsCompleted [Rule-based strange tales + national destiny + livestreaming + no heroine] The supernatural descended upon Blue Star a year ago. The chosen ones of the Dragon Nation haven't won a single round, and the country is on the brink of destruction. Other nations are eyeing it covetously. The newly selected chosen one has somehow drawn an utterly useless F-rank talent: Luck. Just as everyone in the Dragon Nation is giving up all hope, the chosen one inside the strange tale looks at the familiar surround 21.5kReads8.7Score2.4kShelves

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   This!!! I've watched it over ten times!!!

2. 352 规 I Joined Where Did Dad Die? from the Start of Rule Horror 规则怪谈开局参加爸爸死哪儿了 Exclusive Memories独家记忆Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Rule-Bound Horror + Thrills + Genius + Face-Slapping + Deduction + Family Fortune + System] A strange fog has blanketed the world, with terrifying entities lurking within. People can improve their own fortunes and those of their families by repeatedly taking part in rule-bound horror games, hoping to earn the right to survive. On his eighteenth birthday, Liu Yuan is forcibly sent into the SSS-rank instance Where Did Dad Die? and gains the Spirit-Speech Card System. Son: “You want to be my dad?” 311Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   A high-quality supernatural tale based on rules, without violence or bloodshed. Highly recommended!

3. 353 规 Rule Horror: Escape This City 规则怪谈：走出这个城市 Lu Ye鹿野Mystery421k WordsCompleted [Nuclear wastewater aftermath + world mutation + original instances + horror + mystery + livestreaming + national destiny + System] [Come on in and read, you'll get smarter, I tell you!] After the nuclear wastewater disaster, the world's energy field mutated, and rule-based horror descended upon the world. Every country was striving to overcome the side effects of the nuclear wastewater through the horror instances. Fang Ze began a life of roaming the world with a System, though the useless thi 299Reads7.0Score102Shelves

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   This!!! Hurry! Help me click enough to urge for more updates! The author said they might add more chapters. 100 Points per click for urging more updates. No random killing, just analysis and plot twists!

4. 354 恐 Horror Revival: My Body Can Make Ghosts Crash! 恐怖复苏：我的身体能让鬼死机！ A Little Demonic有点妖Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The supernatural is resurging, and the apocalypse is near. A bewitching ghost in a cheongsam walks down the corridor in blood-red high heels. An unattended room-service cart slowly rolls through a hotel, ramming into doors... A pair of dorm-room slippers appears in the corridor, waiting for someone to put them on... In this era of supernatural resurgence, Tang Yu gains a ghost capable of controlling screens. It enters shutdown inside his body, allowing him to control ghosts at virtually no c 28.3kReads8.1Score2.2kShelves

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   Rules of the Strange Series 2

5. 355 规 Rules of the Paranormal: The Nation's Idol Is Live on the Job 规则怪谈，国民偶像在线营业 Hua He花何Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted (Completed, sequel now available!) [Team-Based; Male-Male Romance; Top; Infinite Flow; Rule-Based Horror; No Golden Finger; Livestreamed National Destiny; Two Powerful Leads; Dual Purity; Character Growth; Plot-Driven; No Female Lead] (Smiling-tiger top who’s easygoing in public but domineering in private & reserved, proactive, devoted top with a strong build) *No national hints Zhou Muran, hated across the internet, is unexpectedly selected. Though he feels a little unwilling, he isn’t petty en 700Reads8.9Score123Shelves

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   This one, from Shuangnan, is intertwined with the fate of the nation.

6. 356 规 Rule Horror: I Have No Shame, and Even the Horrors Fear Me 规则怪谈：我不要脸怪谈闻风丧胆 Mozi Qing Qing墨子青青Mystery358k WordsCompleted [Rule-Based Horror, Instances, No Female Lead, No Romance, Invincible Protagonist, System, Power Fantasy, Witty and Humorous, Goofy and Absurd, Plot-Driven…] Title: I Have No Shame, and I'm Thriving in the Horror Game. Synopsis: Spiritual qi revival. Terror descends. The Dragon Kingdom has lost eight rounds of the horror game. The ninth is its last hope. But this time, the game chose someone nobody knew: Gu Yi. [Gu Yi? Who came up with that name? Did they pick him just to make us laugh?] [Seriou 363Reads6.8Score102Shelves

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   The first dungeon is about marrying into a family. [Admiration][Cool][Laughing] The difficulty is insane, the story is delicate, the logic is consistent, it's not mindless but not irresponsible either, just a bit melodramatic. The beginning is a ghost story matching the bride, completing the marriage KPI assessment, while our protagonist eats, sleeps, plays with beans, oh wait, the beans' name is wrong, and has two kids. He's a tool in the ghost story, a little baby that the whole world is thinking about. And my protagonist, oh, it turns out everyone likes the living creature he brought from the ghost story. [Heart][Heart][Admiration][Cool] It's good, come and watch it quickly.

7. 357 规 Rule Horror: I Can Turn the Rules Against the Monsters 规则怪谈：我能利用规则反杀诡异 I'm a Big Pig Trotter我是大猪蹄子Mystery756k WordsCompleted Bad news: The strange horrors have arrived. The fate of nations is at stake, and everyone must take part in the game. If you lose, your country will be wiped out! Good news: Follow the rules carefully, and you can turn the tables on the horrors! There’s hope of clearing the game in one life! But in the end, only one person can beat the game. Everyone else is doomed to die! … … [Game Level: Abandoned School: Hide-and-Seek, Night of Terror] [Game Rule: First.] [You can never be too wary of other 9Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 358 规 Rule Horror: Change One Character, Change Your Fate 规则怪谈：一字改命 Super Duper Fruit Pie超级无敌水果派Mystery270k WordsOngoing [No Male Lead] [Rule Horror] [Infinite Flow] [No Romance, Focused on Platonic Relationships] [No Mindless Steamrolling] [Growing Female Lead] [Rule-Based Instances] Original rule: "Do not look directly into its eyes." She picked up her pen and changed it: "Do look directly into its eyes." One word changed, and the boundary between life and death was instantly reversed! It began as an experiment in an instance. Chi Feng gained a unique exclusive ability: [Change Fate with One Word]. In a world wh 140Reads—Score105Shelves

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   This is good; the rules are rigorous.

9. 359 恋 Dating Show: The Little Menace Drives a Tractor and Blows Up the Whole Scene 恋综：小作精她开拖拉机炸翻全场 Ranran Eats Just One Bowl然然只吃一碗Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrates into a book + dating reality show + entertainment industry + livestreaming + power fantasy + sweet romance] On her eighth transmigration into a book, Qin Ruo lands in a story full of secret identities as the foil to a wealthy family's real daughter: a cannon-fodder fake heiress. The real heiress comes from the countryside to the city, flaunting her many secret identities to put Qin Ruo in her place. The two of them even end up on the same dating show. Qin Ruo: Hm? Secret identitie 8.4kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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   The first four books are all supernatural tales about rules, then I'll recommend a few more that aren't rule-based supernatural stories, haha.

10. 360 规 Rule Horror: The Slacker Turns the Nation’s Fate Around 规则怪谈：摆烂人扭转国运 Rose Planet玫瑰星球Mystery737k WordsCompleted [Mystery, Supernatural, Suspense, National Fortune, Female-Oriented, No Romance] The world of the uncanny descends upon Blue Star. Over three years, national fortune scores rise and fall. After the previous genius chosen player died, Huaguo's score plummeted to 30. No one can bear the consequences of a national fortune score reaching zero. As the score continues to fall, many people start accepting that the world of the uncanny will soon destroy Blue Star, and give up trying. Seventeen-year-old 9.3kReads7.8Score839Shelves
11. 361 诡 The Eerie World Descends: I Hold the Power to Rewind and Be Reborn Infinitely 诡异降世，我手握回档无限重生 Ziyi子臆Mystery118k WordsOngoing [High Martial Arts + Supernatural Powers + Eerie + Infinite Rebirth + No Romance + Government + Ensemble Cast + No System] What doesn’t kill me only makes me stronger. The Eerie descended upon the world, and Wen Lin was inexplicably dragged into a revenge plot by the Eerie. His once-friendly neighbors crumbled to dust. Rising from underground, they unleashed their fury on the human world. And Wen Lin… was just an unlucky high school sophomore who happened to be passing by. “Damn it, golden finge 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's chilling! In Old Zhou's photo studio, parents are willing to replace their own flesh and blood for the sake of a "perfect child." This kind of obsession is more terrifying than a demon. I got goosebumps all over after seeing it!

12. 362 羊 Sheep Village Horror Stories: I Became Big Bad Wolf! 羊村怪谈：我成为了灰太狼！ This Cake Boss Isn't Very Chill这个糕手不太冷Anime Fanfiction20k WordsCompleted [Yang Village Mysteries] [Wang the Grey Wolf + mystery + two heroines] I transmigrated! I was walking home from work at night when I stopped at a roadside stall for a sheep’s head. I shouted, “Let’s gooo!” and transmigrated into the world of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf. But then I saw Red Wolf, who was as tall as the Eight-Foot-Tall Lady, and… why isn’t this what I imagined?! Hey! 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist transmigrates into the body of Grey Wolf and discovers that all the sheep in the sheep village are different from before? Warm Sheep isn't actually fat, Lazy Sheep has to sleep all the time, and Happy Sheep's athletic talent isn't his own?

13. 363 论 A Hundred and Eight Ways for a Villain to Slack Off 论反派摆烂的一百零八种方式 Li Jiu理久Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [The comic is now available on Tomato Novel. Search for "The 108 Ways a Villain Can Give Up" to read it] [This is a slow-burn story with a couple. The male lead, Yu He, arrives late. The female lead is incredibly powerful, but she just gives up! This is not a conventional power fantasy, so fans of power fantasies should steer clear! Note: This story has lots of original worldbuilding. Please don't compare it to other works!] [A solemn announcement: Actually, never mind. Just make do with it! If 12.5kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
14. 364 给 Giving Interstellar Players a Little Ghostly Shock 给星际玩家一点小小的女鬼震撼 Infinite Universe无限宇宙Modern Romance517k WordsCompleted [Interstellar gaming + comedy + no romance for the heroine] Ye Yuxi transmigrates into an interstellar age full of tough customers. From the start, she’s tossed into a shoddy version of Saw made by a rotten classmate, who mocks her for being a coward and says she could never make a horror game. Born on Earth in her previous life and raised on a steady diet of horror from all over the world, Ye Yuxi takes one look at the monotonous selection of shooter and combat games topping the interstellar ch 17.7kReads9.3Score3.1kShelves
15. 365 规 Rule Horror: The Nameless Rules 规则怪谈：无名的规则 Nameless Mourning无名的哀悼Mystery272k WordsCompleted [No National Fortune] [No Female Lead] [No Livestream] [Not Mindless] [Not a Power Fantasy] [Not Invincible] [Braintwisting Deduction] When the power of rules descends upon the human world, it becomes the focal point of several parallel worlds. The rules erode the order of human society and overturn common sense. Creatures from parallel worlds are everywhere, seeking to invade the human world by these means. Disobey the rules, and you die. But blindly obey them, and all that awaits is ruin. Life 46Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm recommending myself [laughing and crying emojis] ... Basically pure deduction, no national destiny, no live stream.

16. 366 怪 The Strange Platform 怪谈站台 Grandpa Big Bad Wolf大灰狼外公Mystery713k WordsOngoing (Rule-based horror + infinite scenarios + battles of wits) Everyone has a train of their own. The train stops at unknown stations at irregular intervals. The conductor must survive the rules of each horror scenario to claim the rewards and continue onward. Understand the rules, use the rules, create the rules! Struggle to survive in an infinite world of horror scenarios! 1.3kReads—Score130Shelves

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    This is a story of strategic battles; those who enjoy mindless hack-and-slash combat should not read it.

17. 367 我 I Strive for My Country’s Prosperity! [System] 我，为祖国富强而奋斗！【系统】 Little Red-Crisp Hands红酥小手Modern Romance3.2M WordsOngoing [Reborn + System + top student + patriotism + positive energy + feel-good story + no awful relatives] Su Xing was always on her own, the aloof goddess in everyone else's eyes. It seemed everyone took it for granted that beautiful women should keep their distance and remain unapproachable. Only Su Xing knew she was pretending to be aloof. In truth, she had severe social anxiety! She hated dealing with people and being noticed. All she wanted was to hide in the shell she thought was safe and coast 43.6kReads9.6Score4.1kShelves
18. 368 原 Genshin Impact: Eerie Teyvat 原神：诡异提瓦特，我只想活下去 The One of Old Has Forgotten Love昔人已忘情Anime Fanfiction4.1M WordsOngoing [Genshin Impact + Transmigration + The Supernatural + Horror + Rule-Based Mysteries + Regressing] Su Yuan transmigrates to Teyvat. Another, eerie power descends upon this world. All of Teyvat is affected to varying degrees. To save Fontaine, Furina endures five hundred years of loneliness. But just before the dawn of victory, the eerie influence drives her mad… “No one understands my loneliness… No one understands my fear… There’s no one I can confide in…” “Why should I make such selfless sa 7.3kReads9.2Score560Shelves

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    Huh? I noticed that a lot of people who like this book are recommending it, and it just reminded me of a fanfiction. I don't like fanfiction, I even hate it, but when I clicked on this one because I was looking for something to read, I read a bit, and wow, it's amazing! The reason I don't like fanfiction is because I think those authors are just spreading rumors, they don't even understand the characters' thoughts and they just write whatever comes to mind. But this one felt different. I even found myself unconsciously projecting the novel's settings into the game while playing it, which was quite wonderful.

19. 369 规 Rule Horror: I Clear the Dungeon by Breathing Oxygen 规则怪谈：我靠吸氧通关副本 He Du Wo Zhi何度我执Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [No livestreaming, no livestreaming, no livestreaming] The supernatural runs rampant, and urban legends descend upon the world. Strange games invade reality, and anyone can be chosen to enter one and take on its challenges. Clear a challenge: both the player and their country receive rewards. Fail a challenge: death! The first challenge Liu Ming faces is the “Night of the Returning Soul” scenario. “It's all a scam. There isn't a dead person in that coffin!” [The first scenario, “Night of the Ret 617Reads8.0Score—Shelves
20. 370 规 Rule Horror: The Apartment Building You Can Never Leave 规则怪谈：走不出的公寓楼 Spicy Vitamin C麻辣维CMystery33k WordsCompleted [Short Story] [Rule Horror] After graduating and leaving campus, Shi Qing rented an apartment for just 600 a month. The place seemed pretty nice, and she thought she’d landed an incredible bargain. But when she actually arrived, she was horrified to discover that she might have been... scammed! She regretted moving in on the very first night, because the apartment building was not normal! And Shi Qing would never be able to escape... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A short, rule-based supernatural tale that you can read in one go. It's a loop story; the boss can't leave the apartment, and neither can the protagonist. The core theme is quite good. [Kiss]

21. 371 系 The System's a Clown, I Make Things Worse: Rebellious to the Core 系统沙雕我添堵，一身反骨离大谱 Ou Cong偶葱Modern Romance9.1M WordsCompleted They came from distinguished families and were beautiful, talented, and exceptional. But whenever they crossed paths with the male and female leads, they became brainless cannon fodder, burning themselves up to make the leads’ romance flourish until their dying breath. And now Gu Mo has become all those women from countless novels. System: Boss, you can face-slap the villains and break up those couples! Go get ’em! Gu Mo: I’m awesome! I can do this! Much later, the System stares in bewilderment 37.4kReads9.1Score3kShelves
22. 372 邪 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ 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 154.8kReads9.3Score16.2kShelves

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    It's a horror/creepy story, the content is pretty good, I recommend it if you like that genre.

23. 373 规 Rule Horror: But I'm the Error 规则怪谈：但我是错误 The Turtle Keeper Who Ran Aground搁浅的养龟人Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted (This novel features rule-based horror, deduction, livestreams, and national fate.) (The protagonist grows over time. As the author was a newcomer, the characterization in the first volume is weak, but the protagonist’s appeal rises sharply from the second volume onward.) (This book doesn’t kill characters arbitrarily, dumb them down for no reason, or indulge in over-the-top emotional outbursts.) That year, horror games descended and shrouded the world. That day, I was chosen to become a solver. 3.2kReads8.9Score425Shelves
24. 374 我 I, the Frail Beauty, Am the Wealthy Family's Movie Emperor's Lifeline Blood Bank 我，病弱美人，豪门影帝续命血包 Liu Lili流栗栗Modern Romance858k WordsCompleted [A villainous heroine, a hero with a System, and a satisfying, melodramatic old-school story. Transmigrating into a book is the biggest excuse for throwing logic out the window. Not recommended for readers who take their values too seriously.] Heroine's perspective: In the book, Wen Jiu is set up as a foil to the heroine: a contrast between the real and fake heiresses, between the couples' relationships, between a vicious cannon-fodder character and the heroine, between frail and sickly and heal 8.7kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
25. 375 怪 Ghost Stories: Daoist Priest, Spare Us Some Dignity! 怪谈：道长，给咱们留点面子吧！ Feel-Good Fiction Pro爽文大咖Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted (The arcs are already plentiful, so dive right in!) [Rules-based horror + no female lead + original scenarios + national destiny + livestreaming + lighthearted comedy + mild horror and brainteasers] A rules-based horror game descended upon the real world, dragging every country into a deadly game. In this calamity, the great nation of Dragon Country, which had stood for a thousand years, failed to show its true strength because of the game's mechanics. As one horror scenario after another struck 2kReads7.1Score211Shelves
26. 376 怂 A Timid Beauty Is Doted on by Vengeful Ghosts in Horror Movies 怂包美人在恐怖片被厉鬼宠爱 Li lili Li里lili里Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Infinite Horror Sets + Growing Heroine + Thrills and Chills + Sweet Romance + Multiple Versions of the Male Lead] Shen Biezhi is chosen to be a paranormal actor and must continually enter horror films to play different roles. [The Haunted Hotel] In the 1920s or 1930s, a speculator brings his newly married concubine home to visit his family. Their car breaks down on the way, leaving them stranded at a terrifying hotel… Shen Biezhi plays the beautiful young concubine. She knows that before she wa 10.6kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves

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    These are all highly recommended, the last one being BL. ① A cute, clumsy, love-struck male protagonist vs. A female protagonist who grows up; a supernatural mystery novel where you need to follow the plot while finding a way to survive; there are plot twists, and the reasoning is super exciting. The male protagonist is an illiterate male who likes to pretend to be human but lacks common sense. ② A brave but afraid-of-the-dark little exorcist vs. A miserable working-class system; an infinite flow + magic novel; the dungeon exploration rate is over 90%; the female protagonist always manages to increase the difficulty of the dungeons. ③ Team dungeon. A salaryman cat-loving captain, a dark loli, a powerful uncle, a dull academic genius, and a cat-loving male protagonist. ④ Infinite flow + live streaming; the male protagonist is rebellious and doesn't play by the rules. The live stream audience is all cats, with live interaction.

27. 377 规 Rules of the Strange: The Former Ace Investigator Returns to the Fray 规则怪谈，前王牌调查员重出江湖 Starfield Doesn't Cross星野不渡Mystery231k WordsOngoing Ten years ago, “Shadowless,” a top-tier rules investigator, vanished after “The Silent Night,” the last of the strange tales. His files were erased, leaving behind only rumors. Ten years later, he has become delivery rider Qin Chuan and wants nothing more than to complete his deliveries, pay off his debts, and live a quiet life. Then, one night, he receives an order to deliver takeout to “the 19th floor” of an office building with only eighteen floors. The delivery note reads: “If you can see th —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommend this high-quality supernatural tale! A former top investigator chose to retire and live a peaceful life, but bizarre supernatural tales still find him. Forced back into the game, he uncovers the long-buried secrets behind his forced retirement. The story is fast-paced and full of suspense—a must-read for supernatural tale lovers!

28. 378 坏 Oh No! I Transmigrated into the Sister of the Heroine in an Angsty Romance 坏了！我穿成虐文女主的姐姐 Xu Xun蓿寻Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ye Zhi had only wanted to find a brainless sweet romance to relax with, but she never expected to be duped by an angst-ridden story disguised as a sweet romance! In this novel, the male lead drives the female lead's family into bankruptcy, gets her whole family killed, and then locks her up, subjecting her to every kind of physical and emotional abuse. Yet after a series of melodramatic events, the male lead apologizes and gives in, and the female lead has already forgotten the deep blood feud b 6.1kReads9.3Score620Shelves
29. 379 大 How Dare She Cheat and Swindle Her Way Through a Horror Game! 大胆！她在惊悚游戏里坑蒙拐骗 San Shui Zhi Du三水之度Modern Romance848k WordsCompleted [Light horror + easygoing comedy + System; horror, suspense, supernatural, and infinite-loop game dungeons] A quick heads-up: the novel has a male-male side pairing, so please read with that in mind. Yu Lan woke up in an unfamiliar place. After “persuading” the boss to help her get rid of a scumbag, she somehow cleared the game. System: [Welcome to the game world. Congratulations, you have qualified as a player. Sign this consent form, and I’ll be your System.] Yu Lan: [What do you mean, you’ll 1.3kReads8.4Score173Shelves
30. 380 当 When I Became a Capitalist in a Rules-Horror Story 当我在规则怪谈里做资本家 Fan Yu番羽Mystery231k WordsOngoing [PUA Exploitation of Capitalists] + [No Romance] + [National Fate] + [Comedy] + [Eerie] + [Lighthearted] + [Livestream] + [Mystery] The red moon rises, Eerie creatures run rampant, ghost stories invade, the dead return, and people are trapped in an endless cycle… With the Dragon Kingdom on the brink of destruction, Su Fan steps forward. The talent Su Fan draws is to become a capitalist, using PUA tactics to exploit the Eerie. Even the Eerie can only shake their heads in disbelief. The first worl 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is highly recommended. It analyzes the rules in great detail, but it's just right, not too mind-bending. Especially the ending of Da Luoshan—it's truly different!! Highly recommended!! It's not a mindless wish-fulfillment novel!!

31. 381 全 Global Ghost Stories: Every Tale I've Played Has Fallen Apart 全球怪谈，我玩过的怪谈都崩坏了 Song of the Winter Night冬夜之歌Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Global Tales of Terror descend upon the world, and people who are chosen must enter the world of the uncanny and solve its unsolved mysteries. Ye Yuchen is selected to enter the world of the uncanny. Watch him use his ability to foresee death to play the world’s terrifying tales like a fiddle! Sadako: That beast Ye Yuchen has played me to pieces! Jack the Ripper: That Ye Yuchen is practically more of a demon than I am! Zombie: I just want to have a nice, peaceful drink of blood. Is that so hard? 51Reads6.0Score—Shelves
32. 382 无 Infinite Instances: I've Survived by Hitching My Wagon to the Strong 无限副本：我靠抱大腿苟活至今 A Nuo Is a Gray Bunny阿喏是只灰兔子Mystery668k WordsCompleted (The rating has just come in, so it’ll rise later) [A male lead who grows over time but has plenty of ideas from the start] + [A little live-stream chat here and there] + [The male lead has no love interest; he belongs to the readers] + [The author takes suggestions to heart] + [A survival guide for each instance] Lu Li, a fragile college student, is chosen to enter a world of horror games, where he must struggle to survive an endless succession of instances. Quick-witted Lu Li grabs onto the le 1.1kReads8.2Score156Shelves

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    Each dungeon is followed by a general walkthrough guide. No dungeon can be cleared solely by the main character; the dungeon pace is fast and doesn't drag. The storyline is also highly praised.

33. 383 惊 Infinite Flow: He Is Beautiful, It’s a Pity He Has a Mouth 惊悚直播：别逼我花式反杀 Two Shadows Over Qingxun双影照清浔Two Male Leads669k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + infinite-flow + supernatural horror + absurd comedy + happy ending] Before he died, Qiao Yu had a boyfriend. Their love was so tumultuous and famous that everyone knew about it, the kind of love that would endure even if the mountains crumbled and heaven and earth were no more. They made it through the seven-year itch. Just as they were about to meet the parents and head down the aisle, his boyfriend suddenly vanished without a trace! Literally vanished: no sign of him alive or 13.2kReads9.5Score2.3kShelves
34. 384 惊 Thriller Game: The Hidden Big Shot Drops the Act 惊悚游戏：隐藏大佬她不装了 Fish in Clear Water清水里的鱼Mystery534k WordsCompleted [Game instances + Rule Horror + Two powerful leads + Irregular livestreams] After the Horrors descended, Su Jin drew an SSS+ special skill called [Devour] and became the chosen woman of the human camp. She hadn't wanted to reveal that she was a big shot, until a strange NPC wouldn't leave her alone during her first horror livestream. From then on, she never stopped losing her secret identity. The heroine's “Devour” skill: After eating an evil entity, she can use that entity's abilities to a cert 1.3kReads8.7Score183Shelves
35. 385 在 I Found a Partner in the Escape Game’s Trash Can 在逃生游戏的垃圾桶里捡了个对象 Bu Zhi Yun KK不知云KKModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + A Little Goofy + The Ex-Wife-Chasing Crematorium] An Qu has always lived in a Mary Sue world. Then, out of nowhere, someone kicks her off a mountain, and a second later she's in an Infinite Flow world. The sudden change in tone catches her completely off guard. Fortunately, An Qu adapts like a champ and goes wild in the horror worlds! What she doesn't know is that promising newcomers are livestreamed to all the “players.” So everyone watches her outrageous stunts, and plenty of 949Reads9.3Score145Shelves
36. 386 恐 Abyss of Fear: Reunited with My Dead Wife in a Rules-Based Horror Tale 恐惧深渊：在规则怪谈偶遇亡妻 Thirteen, Shui Bai Yi十三水白一Two Male Leads427k WordsOngoing [One-on-one romance, two male leads, rule-based horror, logic, comedy, thrills, and sweetness] [Horror version] The ghosts and gods of another world have created an abyss of fear. The humans chosen for it can survive the death game only by following its rules. Shen Yi accidentally enters a rule-based horror game and falls silent. “System, is it possible you’ve got the wrong person? Because I’m not actually human.” Oh, whatever. I’m hungry, so I’ll eat a ghost first... [Pure romance version] The 157Reads8.4Score100Shelves

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    These are must-reads for high-quality rule-based supernatural tales! [Sending heart] Rules…logic…infinite flow… [shy] The best training for your brain, worth having! [Cool]

37. 387 快 Raising Kids on Quick Transmigration Missions: The Host Has Been Warned Again 快穿养崽之宿主又被警告了 Sa Na飒那Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + raising kids + strong heroine + power fantasy + healing + romance + positive energy + hilarious] This is a story about transmigrating through three thousand worlds, raising children, and turning them over to the state. What? My rich, beautiful daughter is dead set on becoming a vicious female supporting character? Wouldn't it be better to win so many awards for our country that we can't even carry them all? What? My good son becomes a high-IQ criminal after his alcoholic 10.6kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves
38. 388 惊 Thriller Game: I Can See the Hints 惊悚游戏：我能看到提示 Master Mouse in Sunglasses戴墨镜的鼠爷Mystery951k WordsCompleted [Ridiculous comedy + power fantasy. Not scary. If that's not your thing, move along!] A mysterious dimension descends upon Earth, randomly selecting humans to take part in a horror game. Uncensorable horror livestreams spread across the internet, allowing all of humanity to witness one terrifying spectacle after another. Gu Yi is unlucky enough to be chosen as an adventurer. Fortunately, he can see mysterious hints. Following the hints, Gu Yi gradually seeks out the truth, only to discover that 6.5kReads8.9Score639Shelves
39. 389 你 You’re the Expert Team, So Why Are You Learning Criminal Investigation from Me, a Fugitive? 你专家组，怎么跟我一逃犯学刑侦 Ling Jiu San Yao零九三妖Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing Su Chen, who specialized in unsolved cold cases, transmigrated to a parallel world and was selected for a reality show about escape. He would be the show’s sole fugitive, hunted by a team of top experts selected from within the public security system! The show’s purpose was to showcase the power of the police and show the public just how easy it was to catch someone in modern society. But no one expected Su Chen to infiltrate the public security system from the start. Using his own methods of si 14.7kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
40. 390 惊 Horror Survival Game: This Little Old Lady Is Seriously Wicked 惊悚国运，小老太太坏的很 Jin San'er瑾三儿Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Livestream + National Fortune + Horror Games + Farming. Nonsensical, lighthearted comedy, with unserious horror and unserious national fortune.] Dong Shuzhen was a little old lady of sixty-five. At last retired, she switched into travel mode. Who knew that she’d fall asleep on a plane and wake up having transmigrated? She’d become a little old lady of the same name and age. The history of this world’s nations was much like that of her original world. The main difference was that in 12.7kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
41. 391 狼 Werewolf: The Guardian Turns the Tables on Four Wolves from the Start 狼人杀：开局守卫翻盘四狼 Werewolf Game Whiz狼人杀小聪明Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [No cheat powers + Logic-Heavy + Werewolf + Male Lead with No Romance + Original, High-Quality Classic Deduction Games] Shen Xing takes part in a mysterious, individual werewolf competition show called “Babel.” Legend has it that the winner who reaches the top of this mysterious arena can touch the Door of Miracles and have any wish granted! Competition formats with distinct styles, fellow players harboring their own agendas, eerie and fantastical Tarot codenames, and baffling bonus puzzles… In 27.1kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves

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    Werewolf fans, rejoice! [Attention] "Werewolf: Don't Panic! My Guardian is Still Here" is absolutely a must-read. Every scenario is logically sound, and the male lead's lack of a romantic partner is incredibly captivating. Not only is the male lead brilliant, but characters like the Wheel of Fortune and the Moon are also superb, constantly pulling off outrageous maneuvers. It's high-energy throughout, pure pure enjoyment!

42. 392 规 Rule Horror: Starting in the Eerie World of Bichibao 规则怪谈：从诡异比奇堡开始 Fuyu Loves Meat浮玉爱吃肉Mystery303k WordsOngoing [Rules-based horror + livestreaming + national destiny + no female lead] A year has passed since the supernatural descended upon Blue Star. After an accident, the Dragon Kingdom’s last Chosen One dies in a horror game, bringing the nation to the brink of destruction. Su Yuan, the newly selected Chosen One, is just an ordinary, impoverished college student. At the same time, the horror game’s difficulty has risen to three stars. Just as everyone in the Dragon Kingdom is preparing to meet their do 3.1kReads8.5Score322Shelves

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    Highly recommend the first book, especially the one set in the Interstellar Alliance. Humans are despicable slaves and scavengers. God created seven days. And I, your friend, fucking created an eighth day just to get you out of there. I really love the Interstellar Cage and Blood Dragon Land dungeons.

43. 393 全 Everyone Plays Horror Games: From the Start, I'm Aboard the Yellow Springs Train 全民恐怖游戏：开局踏上黄泉列车 About the Year关于年Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Mystery + horror + System + games + infinite-worlds] The world of the uncanny descends upon the globe. While everyone else prays they won't be summoned to another realm, Fu Chen discovers that his System is different from everyone else's. It can not only steal emotions and strengthen him, but also see through confusion and uncover the past. A conductor aboard the Yellow Springs Train; a tenant in the spirit-bound courtyard; a healthcare worker at the Black Vortex Sanatorium; … As he keeps conq 829Reads6.0Score112Shelves
44. 394 规 Rule Horror: I Can See the Correct Rules! 规则怪谈：我能看到正确规则！ Randy Pig Under the Stars星空下的骚猪Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Mystery]+ [Deduction]+ [Thriller]+ [National Fate]+ [Livestream] A note before we begin: The first scenario is fairly simple, mainly to help readers who haven't read rules horror novels get used to the genre. But if you've finished the third scenario and still don't think this book is exciting, please tag me. I'll wash my hair while standing on my head! Qu Qi woke from a nap and found himself swept into a world of horrors. His success or failure would affect the fate of Longguo. The first rules 554Reads6.8Score101Shelves
45. 395 御 Beast Taming: In the Urban Legend Dungeon, I'm the Lazy King from the Start 御兽：怪谈副本，开局我是懒大王 Chaos Without a Thought混沌无念Anime Fanfiction1.8M WordsCompleted [Rules-based horror + beast taming + comedy + System + no romance] The protagonist isn't a bleeding heart! (This isn't traditional beast taming or a national-fate rules horror story, so feel free to dive in.) After waking from a night's sleep, Lin Yu found himself transmigrated into a parallel world where people mainly made contracts with the supernatural. He was also a soon-to-be senior in high school, training to become a supernatural beast tamer?! "All I did was stay up late watching Blue Fox 10.8kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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    The first two are authoritative enough, and the rest are alright too.

46. 396 星EN Gate of the Star Scar 星痕之门 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.3M WordsOngoing There are Star Gates in this world. Everyone who enters becomes a god. Ren Ye has already served two and a half years in prison when a mysterious visitor suddenly comes to see him. The visitor says, “If you’re willing to take part in a game, you can walk out of here right now. The price is… you might die.” Many years later, Ren Ye stands alone within a Star Gate, looking back on the past. Many of the faces in his memories have grown indistinct… 2024: The tide is coming, and the travelers keep wa 51.9kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
47. 397 紫 The Purple Infant's Curse: I Sent the Fetal Ghost to the Underworld, and the Goddess Turned Around and Confessed Her Love to Me 紫婴劫：我把胎鬼送入地府，女神扭头向我表白 Little Scholar of the Jianghu江湖De小书生21k WordsCompleted The Purple Infant’s Curse: I Sent the Fetal Ghost to the Underworld, and the Goddess Turned Around and Confessed Her Love to Me 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    How about trying a short story?

48. 398 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 5.7kReads9.3Score625Shelves
49. 399 规 Rule Horror: Nightmare City 规则怪谈：梦魇迷城 Mo Xia Li Xin莫夏离心Mystery322k WordsOngoing [Clever deductions + mind-bending suspense + instance challenges + strategic games + logical thinking + knowledge-based puzzles] Rules are both a way to control players and the key to breaking out of a dead end. The protagonist, Chen Mo, is accidentally drawn into a world of rule-based horror. He thinks he only needs to keep taking part in deadly games to escape. Then Chen Mo believes that collecting five keys with different attributes will let him leave the City of Nightmares, but one unexpecte 317Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A series of strange tales, dungeon raids, battles of wits and deduction, suspenseful and mind-bending, thrilling games, all interlocking in one event, culminating in the end of ten days.

50. 400 开 From the Start, I Have Hundreds of Millions in Hell Money: I'm Invincible in the Age of the Uncanny 开局冥币亿万：诡异时代我无敌 Sis, Don't Be Like That姐姐别这样Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horror + apocalypse + tycoon + ghost money + rules + comedy + no heroine + fast-paced power fantasy (buys a supernatural-horror site by chapter 7, keeps buying everything without dragging things out, and buys an entire city in 200,000 words) + mid-story twists + late-game rule deduction] The supernatural apocalypse arrives, and evil ghosts run rampant. Within the rules, ghosts cannot kill people. While countless people struggle to survive the apocalypse, carefully searching for a w 137.8kReads9.4Score15kShelves

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    This author has a truly amazing imagination. The rules within the story are so complex that you would never be able to find a way out, yet the author manages to find the only path to survival within them.

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