The Night Invades, the Supernatural Rises, No Unmatched Talent, but Plenty of Human Warmth 黑夜入侵，诡异复苏，无至强天赋，有人间真情

1. 1 7 749 Bureau: From the Start, I Became a Zombie 749局：开局变成僵尸 I'm Not a Madam, Am I?我不是太太吧？Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing "Ruthless and decisive" "All monsters deserve to die" "I’m a monster? Then I deserve to die too!" "No female lead" "A slightly slow start" "Takes off later" Li Buguo is an online absurdist streamer who makes a career out of wild antics. On the Ghost Festival, just as he was making his comeback, a strange beast being hunted by Bureau 749 happened to pass by and pierced his chest. It sent him straight through the open Gates of Hell, only for a ghost to kick him back out. He became an exceptionally 71kReads8.9Score7.8kShelves

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   While others only use the Kunwu knife to carve jade ornaments, Li Budu unlocks a hidden ability, enabling him to carve anything. This ancient, dusty blade awakens its spirit upon encountering him, actively recognizing him as its master, creating a two-way harmony. The concept of subduing a divine artifact in reverse is incredibly novel, packed with exciting moments throughout, and addictive.

2. 2 诡EN Supernatural Awakening: I Can Become a Demon King 诡异复苏：我能化身大妖 Fallen Leaves Return to the Earth叶落归泥Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Ghost Stories + Journey to the West + Hilarious Comedy + Sunny Boy + Mental Illness + Positive-Energy Sayings] As the supernatural revived and the uncanny world fell into chaos, Jiang Chen awakened the Demon Transformation System. By provoking emotional fluctuations in ghosts and monsters, he could absorb ghost energy and use it to draw Demon Transformation Cards, taking on the forms of great demons from Journey to the West. Faced with all kinds of violent, savage, strange, and sinister ghost 173kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves

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   The first book, "Incarnated as a Great Demon Roaming the Ghost Realm," is hilarious and entertaining. The second book is of extremely high quality and highly recommended. The third book, "Incarnated as a Legend," is a fast-paced, action-packed story with no Mary Sue elements; it's all about fighting if you dare.

3. 3 请EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves
4. 4 我 I Play the Part of Mythical Legends Amid the Weird 我于诡异中扮演神话传说 Delusional Giant妄想巨人Urban116k WordsOngoing [Eerie Revival + Kill the Do-Gooders + Become a Demon and Pose as a God + Invincible] In an age when the eerie has returned, a young man with gold-and-red vertical pupils walks out of an abandoned school building. He can transform into legendary, world-shaking great demons, and play the role of a god in the Tainted Realm. And so, a newcomer arrives in the world of the strange. “Cut the crap! Once a monster, always a monster. If you don’t die, am I supposed to die instead?” “Wise guy, why are you 10Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 5 恐 Horror Invasion: From the Start, I Ate the Starving Ghost 恐怖入侵，开局吃掉饿死鬼 Please Give Me a Lanzhou请给我一支蘭州Mystery651k WordsOngoing A simple-minded village guardian, yet born with the nature of a ghost. Chen Huang knows who treats him well, but he doesn't understand himself or the world around him. He doesn't realize that, in this world where terror has returned, people can die at any moment. In the little village, man-eating evil spirits feast in the darkness of despair. In the town, layers of ghostly shadows leave almost everyone with no way out. In the psychiatric hospital, eerie human skins wander the halls at night. Aga 94.8kReads8.1Score8.7kShelves
6. 6 驭 Commanding Ghosts to Save the World: I Face Ten Thousand Calamities in the Mortal Realm 驭诡救世：我于人间抗万劫 Autumn Night秋之夜Mystery210k WordsOngoing This world is completely absurd At some point, evil spirits began appearing without warning, and one supernatural incident after another followed. Ordinary people could only hide in terror, while spirit wielders were the only ones capable of standing up to ghosts. Lin Jie only wanted to find a job and pay his rent, but through a twist of fate, he was drawn into a series of events that seemed destined to happen. There are no born heroes, and no fated burdens to bear. Since a ghost has already po 519Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Urban supernatural ghost-taming protagonist with high intelligence, single female lead, anyone want to check this out?

7. 7 开 An S-Rank Horror from the Start, but They Give Me a C-Rank Talent? 开局S级怪谈，但给我C级天赋？ Pale Era苍白纪元Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Endless Twists + Wild Ideas and Clever Logic + Mild Horror + Protagonist and Villains Are Both Smart] [This is absolutely not a mindless power fantasy. If you don't like the first instance, go ahead and curse me out.] [This isn't a traditional rule-based horror story. The horrors can think and are intelligent, so readers who prefer traditional rule-based horror should steer clear.] Horrors run rampant, and strange tales are everywhere. Beneath every shadow may lurk an unknown t 142.2kReads8.9Score14.3kShelves

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   A different kind of book. Wisdom isn't solely the protagonist's; of course, luck is still the protagonist's strength.

8. 8 诡 The End of the Eerie Path: I Am Heaven's Chosen 诡道终焉：我为天命 Soy-Scented Mint Candy酱香味薄荷糖Eastern Fantasy128k WordsOngoing High-intensity folk horror and supernatural thrills, with an ancient war god reborn! Bai Yu, Marquis Wu of the Han dynasty, died on the battlefield after sealing off Mount Langjuxu. Now he’s reborn as a modern high school student! He wanted to lie flat, hang up his armor, and enjoy his golden years. Unfortunately, danger lurks all around him! A guardian lion that suppresses evil lies dormant inside his friend, while a loved one turns out to be the key that every faction of the occult world is sc —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 异EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 475.8kReads9.7Score67.4kShelves

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   Personally, I think the books are all pretty good. Some might be niche genres, but they're worth a try. [Eating popcorn emojis]

10. 10 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 995.7kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves

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    "Seven Nights in the Forest of Godslayers" needs no introduction, "The Remaining Life of Zhenyao Pass," Er Mao's new work. A captivating and carefree story, a mindless and exhilarating read. By the fourth book, it reaches an extreme level of pure, exhilarating excitement. Reading it is definitely worthwhile. "The Three-Body Problem" is, in my opinion, the pinnacle of Chinese science fiction. It is the most awesome work of Chinese science fiction, bar none. My faith.

11. 11 让 You Hired Me to Collect Bodies, So I Dissected My Ex-Girlfriend 让你当收尸人，你直接解刨了前女友 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery4.6M WordsOngoing In anatomy class, the corpse turns out to be my ex-girlfriend... After that, I went through all sorts of unbelievable things. A bus that only goes up, never down, and runs straight to a reservoir. An old scholar tree in the hospital, lush with branches and leaves, that swallows people whole. A giant catfish by the Qingshui River, begging people for help every night. And a deadly brothel hung with human skin, open for business without end. It went on and on, as if it would never come to an end... 62.6kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
12. 12 别 Stop Running, There Are Monsters Everywhere Here 别跑了，这里到处是怪物 Doesn't Eat Konjac不吃魔芋Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Coming-of-Age Protagonist, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, Plot-Driven] On Lin Yi’s eighteenth birthday, his mother plunged a knife into his heart with her own hands. He thought he would die, but when he came to, Lin Yi discovered he was still alive. He was not only unharmed, but had even returned to the past. At first, Lin Yi thought it was all a hallucination. It was only when his mother picked up the knife on the table again that he finally realized the people sitting before him were not his p 19.9kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves
13. 13 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 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves

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    As the eerie tide swept in, the world was plunged into endless night, the daytime vanishing without a trace. Within that thick, inky darkness, a chilling unknown surged. Twisted figures moved swiftly through the shadows, and strange sounds echoed from all directions, like whispers from the abyss.

14. 14 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves
15. 15 少 A Young Feng Shui Master Betrothed to a White Tiger at Birth 少年风水师，出生就和白虎定亲 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery809k WordsCompleted At the Human Skin Inn, a hundred ghosts carry a coffin. A yin corpse borrows a life. A demon child lies hidden in a Buddhist womb… From the moment I was born, my father pledged his life to arrange my engagement to a White Tiger. Because of that, I embarked on a little-known path… 5.9kReads9.2Score541Shelves
16. 16 序EN Sequence Highway: Don't Fall Behind! 序列公路：不要掉队！ Roaring Mountains and Seas山海呼啸Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing [Fresh Premise + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Not Invincible + Sequence Potions + The Supernatural + Road Survival + Upgrading Supplies + Ruthless Protagonist] The supernatural descended, turning cities into forbidden zones for humanity. People had to rely on Sequence Awakened to keep migrating. Settled life gave way to a nomadic existence. During one such migration, Chen Ye awakened an upgrade System. In his hands, a rusty bicycle transformed into an armored battle vehicle. A tattered tent e 624.8kReads8.5Score42.5kShelves

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    An eerie phenomenon descends, turning cities into forbidden zones. People can only escape by constantly migrating. The protagonist joins a migrating group during a massive influx of these anomalies, awakening an upgrade system along the way. He continuously upgrades his transportation, from bicycles to doomsday vehicles; from dilapidated tents to mobile fortresses.

17. 17 灵 Spiritwalking Through Time and Space 灵行时空 Silence Has Lasted Long Enough沉默够钟Mystery867k WordsOngoing The Red Moon's invasion tore through space and time, and supernatural horrors descended across the globe! From the start, the protagonist takes control of a useless C-rank ghost, only to discover that it's a universal puzzle piece. But before he can grow strong, A-rank and S-rank paranormal incidents come one after another: Murderous illusion, evil ghost doppelganger (Split Ghost Persona, A) A gluttonous feast on a bridge in the rain (Hanging Ghost Incident, S) A terrifying haunting, the living 6.9kReads8.0Score1.1kShelves

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    It's not fanfiction, but it's even better than fanfiction. If you enjoy mysterious resurrection stories and are looking for something more to read, check it out.

18. 18 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.2kReads9.6Score68.1kShelves
19. 19 午 Midnight Fortune-Teller: Humans Keep Away, Ghosts Come Forward 午夜算命师：人回避，鬼上前 West of the Clouds云间之右Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Everyone knows about fortune-telling, but have you ever heard of telling fortunes for ghosts? Just because you've never heard of something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. If you ever come across a fortune-telling shop with its doors still open in the middle of the night, don't go looking for excitement. Because the people waiting in line might not be people… 35.4kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
20. 20 超 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Yuwen Chang Gong宇文长弓Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted "Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!" 25.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
21. 21 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… 69.1kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves
22. 22 我 I'm the Only Living Person in This Apartment Building 我住的这栋公寓，只有我是活人 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士9k WordsCompleted I'm the only living person in the apartment building where I live. 4.3kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Quite niche but so pretty

23. 23 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
24. 24 神 Mysterious Revival: My Memories Bury Vengeful Ghosts 神秘复苏我的记忆埋葬着厉鬼 Don't Speak, Shut Up不言闭Mystery737k WordsOngoing Warning: It gets more and more brain-bending as you read! Extremely high intelligence and logical reasoning as the characters solve paranormal mysteries! Don't read if you dislike mind games! Everyone gradually awakens to their powers or takes the abilities of ghosts! High intelligence + aesthetics of despair Scenarios: Dreams, zombies, myths and legends, Cthulhu, and more Difficulty: “Despair!” (No harem, no System, no invincible protagonist, no formulas, no power fantasy, no brainless characte 897Reads—Score103Shelves

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    This book definitely fits the bill! Just a heads-up, if you're looking for a quick and easy read, you should probably skip this one. The excitement builds gradually, as you have to find clues and rules to survive in the supernatural world – it's thrilling and exciting! Each small part is packed with satisfying moments. The main theme is the resurgence of the supernatural, proving that the supernatural cannot be eradicated! The writing is strong, and the pacing is excellent. Finally, another word of caution: I really don't recommend this book to people who expect a completely immersive, fast-paced read.

25. 25 开 Three Days to Live from the Start: Does the Horrific World Want Me Dead? 开局三天寿命，诡异世界要我死？ Cicada in Autumn秋下蝉Eastern Fantasy189k WordsOngoing [Eastern Cosmic Horror + Survival + System + Lifespan as Currency + The Curse of Immortality] “Dalang, it’s time to take your medicine, ” When Chen Chuan is pinched awake by his eerie wife, the eyeball floating in the medicinal broth is staring straight at him. On the first day after binding to the Lifespan-for-Power System, he’s thrown into a living hell from the start: His eerie wife forces him to drink “pregnancy medicine” mixed with human-faced insect eggs; The villagers are nothing but skel 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I really don't understand why this book isn't getting any views. It's an Eastern fantasy novel with all sorts of monsters and gods, and the protagonist is the kind who has to fight tooth and nail to survive. It's quite good, so why don't I understand?

26. 26 次 The Next Generation: When the Old Gods Leave the Stage, the Applause Begins 次世代，旧神退场时，掌声响起 Rabbit Bug 666兔Bug666Sci-Fi & Apocalypse231k WordsCompleted The savior of the anime multiverse, a crossover work! A long-form experiment in “neuro-narrative,” combining nostalgic anime, tokusatsu fandom, cyber religion, the corruption of capital, and more into a “neuro-viral story.” "Honkai: Star Rail + passionate battles + wild imagination + epic thrills + Senbonzakura + Super Mario + Fist of the North Star + Cthulhu + Saint Seiya + Michael Jackson + Queen + Gundam + EVA + anything you want…🉐" Chiyuki, an illegitimate daughter of the New Edo Floatin 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Dark and edgy, all about fighting! 👌🏻

27. 27 暗 The Dark Night Medical Codex 暗夜医典 Rabbit Bug 666兔Bug666Sci-Fi & Apocalypse544k WordsCompleted Ye Xiao was once the castoff of the Blood Moon family. After being reborn following an assassination attempt, he finds his cousin usurping power, his beloved transformed into a puppet double, and himself threatened from all sides. Then an accident brings him the mysterious tome, The Dark Night Medical Codex. Its pages are made of human skin, and it contains forbidden knowledge on merging bloodline descendants with cybernetic implants! Using the tome, Ye Xiao awakens the ability to “reconstruct f 4Reads8.1Score—Shelves
28. 28 邪 When Evil Demons Descend, I Use the Fire of Sui to Illuminate the Mortal World 邪魔降世，我以燧火照人间 It's Susu ya是苏苏yaUrban92k WordsOngoing The day his parents died in the mouths of the strange beasts, Li Leyang thought he would die with them. But then an old man named Suiren dragged him into a hazy gray space and passed on the power of the Fire of Suiren. From then on, he joined the Demon-Suppression Guard and climbed step by step from the lowest realm. He had a younger sister to support, and he couldn't let such a tragedy befall anyone else. He couldn't stop. But the Fire of Suiren was only the beginning. Fuxi's formations, Shen 26Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 最 The Final Sequence: My Heart Can Simulate the Future 最终序列：我的心脏会模拟未来 Black Rice黑米饭Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [My name is Xu Ye. I died of a sudden heart attack at the age of eighteen.] [I transmigrated.] [I opened A Brief History of the World, only to find that this world had just a hundred years of history.] [I walked over to the mirror. A pair of hands appeared inside it and grabbed me by the throat. Maybe he was jealous of my good looks?] [I lay in bed to sleep. A face appeared on the ceiling and stared at me, unblinking. I slowly took off my pants, and she looked away.] [I’ve been thinking for five 557Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    In a world experiencing a bizarre resurgence, humanity faces threats from "gray fog," "monsters," and "alien gods," pushing civilization to the brink of collapse. Humans gain power through extraordinary sequences, which are categorized into different paths (such as "Night Watchers," "Witch Hunters," and "Mechanics"), each with unique abilities and advancement methods. The protagonist, Xu Ye, possesses a heart capable of simulating fragments of the future, allowing him to foresee dangers and optimize choices—similar to a combination of a "life restart simulator" and "time rewind." Each simulation consumes "life energy," and the future is subject to the butterfly effect, meaning the protagonist still faces unknown risks.

30. 30 血 A Strange Wake on the Night of the Blood Rain 血雨之夜的诡异守灵 One Who Heads East向东者Mystery157k WordsOngoing On New Year’s Eve, a curtain of thick, crimson rain cuts off Qingmei Village and tears open the terrifying abyss beneath its tranquil surface. College student Zhang Xiaoman returns home for a family reunion, only to see his grandfather wearing a conical hat sewn with an eerie five-pointed star and insisting on sneaking into the back hills to “feed” something. When scratching sounds come from the coffin in the mourning hall, the family’s ancestral bronze bell stirs an echo from deep underground, 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You can take a look at this book.

31. 31 开 From the Start, I Snatched the Protagonist’s Fortune 开局抢了主角的机缘 Supreme Daoist Scripture太上道经Sports2.0M WordsCompleted The tenant next door turned out to be reborn! That alone was absurd enough, but even more absurd was that one tiny change caused the reborn man, who should have been making his mark and shaking up the world, to die ahead of schedule... Xu Fei unexpectedly inherited the protagonist's opportunity. With only a few scraps of information to go on, he snatched a spot in the first closed beta test of the world's first virtual game, Land of the Forsaken. But he soon discovered that this game world, rife 24.7kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves

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    Having unexpectedly inherited the original protagonist's destiny, he managed to secure a spot in the first closed beta test of the virtual game "The Forsaken Land" based on the reborn protagonist's information. However, he quickly discovered that this bizarre and fantastical game world was not as simple as he had imagined. The moment higher-dimensional information projected into the real world, the apocalypse arrived!

32. 32 诡 Eerie Descent: I Command the Divine Judge of Qingxu 诡异降临：我执掌青墟神判 Binglong冰昽Mystery100k WordsOngoing After his best friend falls from a building, their soul is trapped in a layer between worlds overrun by evil. A lone young man enters an illusion to seek the truth and awakens a Fragment of Judgment. With sinners at his side, he explores newly emerged, mist-shrouded dungeons in search of fragments, while villains ambush him along the way and the righteous Qingxu Bureau offers a helping hand. The seal set by an ancient mountain god grows weaker by the day, with only five years left until evil spi 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are all quite nice; you can take a look if you're interested.

33. 33 诡 The Haunted City of Dreams 诡梦迷城 July Wife七月妻Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [Manhua adaptation and high-quality live-action audio drama now available] [Infinite progression + mystery + mind-bending puzzles + supernatural powers + paranormal horror. No System, no harem, no brainless plot. Read with caution if these are deal-breakers.] When I woke up, everything around me had become eerie and terrifying. My dead roommate called me, repeating over and over the struggle of his final moments... A pair of slender, snow-white legs appeared mysteriously on a bed in the boys' do 42.2kReads8.7Score4.7kShelves
34. 34 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 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
35. 35 全EN Global Death Exam: Straight from the Execution Grounds to the Test Room 全球死考：刚下刑场你让我去考试 I Love Eating Cat Chips我爱吃猫片哇Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Tactical battles + mild horror + infinite-world adventure] The Deadly College Entrance Exam has arrived, dragging thirty million candidates into hell. The exam questions have been replaced with scenes from horror movies and disasters. Even staying alive is a pipe dream. Pass and earn rewards. Fail and be erased! Ten points earn ten million. One hundred points earn Tyrant genes. One thousand points earn the Apocalypse. Only ??? can make it out of this exam. To investigate, the military “ 1.6MReads9.3Score315.2kShelves

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    How about giving this a try? It's absolutely divine! The more you read, the more captivating it becomes! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai (another world) novel to my family—a truly amazing read. The thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics make it an absolute must-read this year.

36. 36 大 After College, I Became the Night Watchman at a Funeral Home 大学毕业，在殡仪馆当守夜人 Loves Old-Friend Noodles Best最爱老友粉Urban520k WordsCompleted Superpowers + passionate action + supernatural mystery + criminal investigations + an official organization "I'll protect every light in every home!" "At midnight, I'm the one who calls the shots!" After Lin Zhao was injected with zombie genes, his body underwent all kinds of changes. His wounds healed faster, he grew stronger, and he could even see things a hundred meters away at night. There was a side effect, though: he had lost his soul... The story mainly follows Lin Zhao as he assists the 2.1kReads9.2Score126Shelves

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    This book is worth reading, it's quite good!

37. 37 我 I'm Not Actually Mentally Ill 我不是真的精神病 Chatting with a Nephalem对话奈非天Urban3.8M WordsCompleted If you don’t have ten years of brain thrombosis, twenty years of mental illness, and thirty years of depression, you won’t understand this book. Normal people, stay away. This book is titled I’m Not Really Mentally Ill. Also known as Sequence: The Rebellious Heart Ape. [Rituals]+ [Sequences]+ [Professions]+ [Apocalypse]+ [Mystery]+ [Slow Burn]+ [Humanity]+ [Family Bonds]+ [Journey to the West]+ [Mythology]+ [Reborn]+ [Transmigration]+ [No Female Lead]+ [One Origin, Many Threads, Cyclical Worlds] 844Reads8.7Score114Shelves

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    This one, this one! It perfectly meets your requirements, Godfather!

38. 38 诡 Eerie Revival: I Suppress Evil Gods with My Blade 诡异复苏，我刀镇诡神 The Wind and Dew Grow More Graceful风露更婆娑Mystery284k WordsOngoing {Campus + one heroine + supernatural resurgence + high martial arts + no saintly protagonist} Chen Yu was attending an ordinary top high school. When he woke up, the school was shrouded in fog, the teachers had vanished, and all kinds of bizarre events were unfolding across the campus. Chen Yu is forced into the monsters’ game. Faced with all kinds of strange entities, how can he find a way to survive? As one incident after another is resolved, the truth behind the story gradually comes to light 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's alright, just a bit angsty, especially the female lead's character getting hurt at the beginning [smirk].

39. 39 末 The Apocalypse? It’s Really a New Era 末世？应该是新纪元 An Insignificant Social Nobody无关紧要的社会边角料Sci-Fi & Apocalypse263k WordsOngoing For humanity, this is the end of the world. Zombies, mutated beasts, and the uncanny lurk everywhere, leaving danger at every turn. But only human civilization has been destroyed. For all things, this is the turning point ushering in a new era. Opportunity waits for no one. Join Lin Yu as he steps into this magnificent new age. 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    New book recommendation. For humanity, this is the end of the world. Zombies, mutated beasts, and the bizarre—danger lurks everywhere. But what is destroyed is only human civilization; it is the starting point for a new era for all things. Opportunity waits for no one. Join Lin Yu as he enters this magnificent new era.

40. 40 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 19.1kReads6.0Score1.4kShelves

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    Weird! [Laughing and crying emoji][currently working on a draft][thumbs up emoji]

41. 41 我 My Ancient Jade Can Communicate with Spirits 我的古玉能通灵 Meng Changqing, Who Likes Mountain Persimmons喜欢山柿子的孟长青Urban578k WordsCompleted [No mindless protagonist]+ [Not invincible]+ [Fight monsters and level up]+ [Spiritual Qi Revival]+ [Passionate and uplifting] “Was it worth it? Most of the people you fought to protect were strangers, ordinary people you'd never even met. You should have saved your own life.” Tian Guiyuan's breathing was faint, his life force ebbing away fast. With the last of his strength, his lips moved slightly. Every word rang clear and firm in Li Zhinan's ears. “What I protect isn't any one person. It's th 79Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended! A story of spiritual revival and urban monster slaying. Not mindless, not invincible; the villains are intelligent.

42. 42 你 You're Supposed to Fight Monsters, So Why Are You Fighting Me! 你们刷怪啊，刷我干嘛！ Likes Eating Tangerines喜欢吃橘子Urban3.3M WordsOngoing [Print edition deal signed: no System, plot-driven, fast-paced from the start, no mindless decisions, thrilling and exciting, hard-hitting fights, told from the monsters' side!] Ever since the words [Divine Order 001: Undercover] appeared in Jiang Xia's mind, he felt that he wasn't normal. No matter what he ate or how much he ate, he never felt the slightest bit full. Hungry. So hungry he was about to lose his mind! Then, at the school beauty's eighteenth birthday party, he smelled the presen 508.7kReads9.1Score41.3kShelves
43. 43 从EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.1kReads9.6Score18.1kShelves
44. 44 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 390.6kReads9.3Score43.5kShelves

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    Nightfall Invades, Eerie Resurfaces ① In the deep darkness, a terrifying, ghostly figure silently emerges beside the dormitory door. How long would it take to take your life? Everyone thought it was just a child's joke, but at midnight, heavy footsteps echoed outside the dormitory door. A series of urban legends gradually became reality, and the figures of the deceased were erased from the world one by one, leaving no trace. When supernatural forces quietly descend, the end of life is already predetermined.

45. 45 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 155.2kReads9.3Score16.3kShelves
46. 46 天 Natural Disaster Strikes: I Can Strengthen Everything 天灾降临：我可以强化万物 Autumn Has Come to the Mountains and Rivers山河已是秋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted Natural disasters strike and monsters run rampant, plunging the world into famine and catastrophe. Humans assign them ranks and risk their lives to learn the rules for killing them. They, meanwhile, lick their scarlet lips and stare with glowing red eyes, wanting nothing more than to devour every human. The outside world is dangerous. I just want to hide in a safe house. Lin Yu is determined to build himself an absolutely secure domain. Until one day, when Lin Yu decides to go out for a stroll, 32.4kReads8.2Score2.3kShelves
47. 47 诡 Eerie Revival: I Can Contact the Past 诡异复苏：我能联系过去 Young Master Yanque燕雀大公子Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The Hungry Ghost Festival of 2025. A super red moon appeared, and as it lingered in the sky, the supernatural returned. Left Yang was shocked to discover that he could use his phone to contact himself in the past. In the stairwell, the Knock-at-the-Door Ghost killed anyone who opened the door. But someone discovered that it skipped the first floor and started knocking there. So Left Yang contacted his past self. [Please have your one-month-younger self rent an apartment on the first floor!] The 43.3kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves
48. 48 文 Text Game: Come Here, There's Really a Succubus 文字游戏：快来，这里真有魅魔 Xia Shiqi夏士奇Sports1.1M WordsCompleted To inherit his cheap aunt's "ten-million-dollar fortune," Luo Xia crossed the ocean alone to the United States, only to accidentally activate a text-based game called Wizard World. He keeps choosing downright suicidal options day after day to gain power. Here, I can do whatever I want! The only ones who can judge me are my countrymen! 5.6kReads8.6Score596Shelves
49. 49 我 I'm Sick, and as It Happens, Everyone Else Is Too 我有病，巧的是大家都有病 A Scholar With a Wooden Knife儒生配木刀Urban1.0M WordsCompleted You discover that you’re sick and go to the hospital for a checkup. A plague breaks out, and by chance you become infected and turn into a pig... When you wake up, you realize it was just a dream. But when you leave home and see pigs filling the streets, you suddenly realize that everyone in the world is sick... This is a sick world. 1kReads8.8Score100Shelves
50. 50 诡 Eerie Apocalypse: Rising from the Demon Hunter’s Path 诡异末世：从猎魔人开始崛起 West Night Listening to the Wind西夜听风Urban345k WordsOngoing [Eerie Apocalypse + Exorcism + Savior + Fresh Setting] After the Day of Lights Out, people in this world began going mad. Dismembered bodies, skinned corpses, headless bodies: bloody murders became frequent. On the first day after Gao Chi transmigrated, the familiar figure of his father dismembered his mother. Then he chased Gao Chi with a kitchen knife. Could anything be more absurd? Later, Gao Chi discovered that people were going mad because strange beings had invaded. The uncanny ran rampant 73Reads7.3Score—Shelves

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