Horror Is Going Downhill: Nearly Every Good Book Has Been Read, and Horror Is Dead 惊悚越来越没落了，几乎好书被看尽，世上再无惊悚

1. 601 纸 Paper Bride 纸新娘 Jun Lan君阑Mystery10k WordsCompleted Rumor has it that I tried to seduce the Lin family's young master, failed, and then killed him in the village's paper-offering shop. To save my life, I agreed to marry Master Lin, who had raised me for ten years. On our wedding day, Master Lin laid his hands on me. "Darling, did you know I've wanted you for many years?" Of course I knew. I'd been looking forward to this day even longer than he had. 15Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 602 虚 Lover in a False World 虚假世界的爱人 Zi Shan Nai子山奈Mystery9k WordsCompleted My wife has been acting strangely lately. She keeps pestering me, saying she wants me to stay by her side forever. I can't help finding it a little funny. "Of course I'll stay by your side forever and ever, honey." But whenever she hears me say that, her body stiffens noticeably. Then she goes back to her room alone and locks the door. No matter how I try to coax her from outside, she refuses to open it. —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 603 绯 Crimson Wish 绯红之愿 imoriMystery12k WordsCompleted I bought a cursed object, hoping to summon a ghost and make a pact with her so I could go to the Ghost City and find out what happened to my missing master. The summoning went unusually smoothly, but the moment she appeared, the powerful yin energy pouring out of the magic circle sent me flying several meters and knocked me to the ground. She stood quietly in the middle of the circle, dressed in a bright red bridal gown and phoenix crown, with her red veil neatly covering her head and her hands —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 604 暑 Summer Vacation of Terror 暑假惊魂记 Happy Pistachio开心开心果Mystery4k WordsCompleted I can see things other people can't. I've never let it show. I didn't want anyone to think I was a freak. Until that summer vacation... Two classmates and I made plans to go swimming. I saw something in the water. I was terrified. But they insisted on going in, and I couldn't stop them... —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 605 朝 The Secret of Chaoxiao 朝校的秘密 Zi Shan Nai子山奈Mystery11k WordsCompleted In the village where my family lives, every household's first child has to be a girl. The day after their tenth birthday, these girls are sent to a place called Chaoxiao on the other side of the mountain. They say it's a paradise for girls. That is, until a black cat appeared in the village. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 606 虫 The Secret of Chongcao Village 虫草村的秘密 My Tummy Goes Poot-Poot肚肚会嘟嘟Mystery10k WordsCompleted “The cordyceps we raise are so fast, you can’t even catch them.” I was watching this funny video on a certain short-video app. Comments flew across the screen. Some people said the joke was hilarious, while others earnestly explained that cordyceps couldn’t possibly run fast. But I knew the joke wasn’t funny at all, because I had seen fast-running cordyceps myself. Perhaps “rabbit cordyceps” would be a more fitting name. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 607 长 Longevity Soup 长寿汤 Jun Lan君阑Mystery8k WordsCompleted When I was little, Liu Laoer’s family in the village made a living selling goat-horn powder. The powder came from the horns of female goats. Though those horns were short and slender, Liu Laoer would skin and butcher female goats alive right after they gave birth. Then he would cut off their horns and grind them into powder. He would add the powder to soup made with freshly slaughtered lamb. They said drinking it regularly could help you live a long life. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 608 沉 The Silent Echo 沉默的回声 Flying Ant飞行蚂蚁Mystery17k WordsCompleted Five years ago, in Room 601 of Ningchuan High School, a girl was found hanged from a bathroom pipe. Her eyes bulged, her tongue was missing, and strange words had been written in blood on the mirror: “He… is back.” Five years later, the sealed cold case was suddenly reopened. Trainee criminal investigator Qin Chuan took over the investigation, never expecting that this bizarre murder would also uncover another buried case: the “South Campus Disappearance.” A deadly game of hunting, lying dormant 54Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 609 慧 Huizhu Village 慧猪村 Pei Yulin佩雨林Mystery10k WordsCompleted My college roommate claimed she came from an ancient village called Huizhu Village. She said the village got its name because, from ancient times to the present, it had produced many high-ranking officials and top scholars, as if its villagers were born with pearls of wisdom. It wasn’t until she talked the rest of us in the dorm into visiting her village around the Qingming Festival that I learned it was actually called “Wise Pig Village.” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 610 死 The Death Inn 死亡民宿 He and He貉和何Mystery10k WordsCompleted On the first night after checking into the guesthouse, the owner died. But at midnight that same night, Lu Shou actually received a text from the owner. “Please be sure to follow the rules of the Deerhorn Guesthouse. Find the landlady’s dowry box before five tomorrow morning, and you can leave with the deputy manager, an orange cat.” “Otherwise, you’ll be stuck here forever.” Lu Shou broke out in a cold sweat, utterly baffled. “I clearly took his phone. How can he still text me?” —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 611 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 14.1kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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    This book is flawless except for its slow updates.

12. 612 必 The Game That Must Be Broken (Complete Edition) 必须犯规的游戏（全集） Ning Hangyi宁航一Mystery876k WordsCompleted The murder-mystery game based on the novel of the same name is now available for preorder! In a locked-room battle for survival, endless twists turn every detail into a contest for victory. This time, you get to decide your own fate! Fourteen novelists, fourteen days, fourteen terrifying stories: a deadly game has begun. Fourteen mystery writers are "invited" to a mysterious location. Each must improvise a mystery story to tell the others. When the story ends, everyone votes, and the highest-sco 12.5kReads9.5Score1.8kShelves

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    The first book is a paragon of subversive horror, where the protagonist creates terror in a way even crazier than ghosts and monsters. The amusement park chapter, with its dark humor of chasing a chainsaw clown around the playground, retains the core of horror while deconstructing traditional horror tropes, delivering a fresh and exhilarating sense of dread. The second book features 14 novelists trapped in a locked room, taking turns telling horror stories—a setup inherently oppressive. Even more ingenious is that each story triggers a real-life death. When the boundary between fiction and reality is blurred, the immersive horror of stories coming true is a pinnacle of closed-space narrative. The third book is a thrilling read where money reigns supreme in the horror genre. The protagonist becomes a platinum member in a blood-red train scenario and turns a terrifying kindergarten into his own backyard, retaining the atmosphere of horror while offering a fresh and stress-relieving experience. It's especially suitable for readers looking for a different kind of horror experience.

13. 613 惊 Thriller Game: Inheriting My Ancestors' Trillion Netherworld Coins from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局继承祖宗万亿冥币 Peach Blossoms Bloom Every Night桃花夜夜开Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Horror game + terror returns + power fantasy] A horror game descends upon the world, and Chen Xun is unexpectedly chosen as a player. Break a game rule, and you die. At that very moment, Chen Xun successfully activates the System and inherits nine trillion Underworld Coins from his ancestors. In the Blood-Red Train 404 dungeon, Chen Xun becomes the most distinguished Platinum Member. In the Bloody Kindergarten dungeon, Chen Xun simply buys the entire kindergarten. Inside the dungeons, his rules 47.8kReads9.1Score6.9kShelves
14. 614 鬼 A Ghost Knocks at the Door 鬼敲门 Stir-Fried Sweet Potato and Cabbage红薯炒白菜Mystery288k WordsOngoing A child born of a ghost, a fox worshipping the moon, a hundred ghosts roaming at night, ghost soldiers taking the road. I was born under the sign of ten calamities, and the Ghost Knocking Calamity came right to my door! To stay alive, I made a pact with a ghost when I was ten, setting out on a road of no return... 5.9kReads6.4Score223Shelves

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    This is good, very nice.

15. 615 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 538.5kReads9.5Score43.9kShelves
16. 616 我 Screenwriter of a Reviving World 我，编剧，灵气复苏 A Bowl of Lamb Offal Soup喝碗羊杂汤Mystery898k WordsOngoing Unkind female lead, no romance, game invasion, spiritual qi revival, mastermind, dungeons, infinite flow, rules-based horror, reborn, secret identities, horror game … Song Mo died at the end of the Song dynasty, then came back to life in a parallel world. The first thing she sees when she opens her eyes is a blood-soaked corpse: [Low-level material: Landlord's corpse (click to view related material)] [Scriptwriting points: 0] [Time remaining: 6 days, 23 hours, 49 minutes, 40 seconds] [Write a s 74.8kReads8.8Score9.6kShelves
17. 617 畸 The Floating City in the Freakish Sea 畸海浮城 Distant Stars on a Cold Night寒夜远辰Mystery685k WordsOngoing [A World of Strange Realms] [Backrooms-Inspired Setting] [Dark Humor] [Monstrous Creatures] [Light Apocalypse Scavenging] [Uncovering the Truth] The original world has shattered into countless eerie pocket worlds: A silent city where the sun never rises, A man-eating forest where every tree walks, An endless wasteland forever watched by a giant eye... And also, A colossal Buddha traveling beneath the city, Moving walls of steel rebar mixed with rotting flesh, A black humanoid figure stan 142kReads9.1Score13.9kShelves
18. 618 规 Rule Horror: It Takes Two 规则怪谈：双人成行 Tunisian Sea Monster突尼斯海怪Mystery799k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out and is rather low, but it will rise] [Two Minds Sharing One Body] [Rules-Based Horror] [Original Scenarios] [Mind-Bending Twists] [Lighthearted Bickering] One moment, Wei Minghua was conquering an S-rank rules-based horror scenario. The next, he woke to find his body gone. His consciousness was trapped in the mind of a nineteen-year-old girl named Mingxi. Mingxi pressed a knife to her throat. "Get out of my body, or we'll both die." Before they could reach an agreement, 30.7kReads8.1Score7.4kShelves

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    It felt pretty good overall. No national fortune, no live streams, no system, no cheats. You just played it all yourself. It was scary enough, and there were even some weird zoo-themed rules.

19. 619 诡 A Bizarre Instance? She’s the Final Boss! 诡异副本？她才是最终boss！ Yi Yuan漪鸢Mystery383k WordsOngoing [No CP + strong heroine + villainess + eerie instances + horror and suspense + infinite flow + beautiful and powerful (whether she suffers depends on the role she gives herself)] (The heroine really is strong, the invincible kind.) P.S. How can love between the eerie beings not count as a suspense romance? The heroine isn't an evil woman who does bad things for no reason. Everything she does is part of her own plan. (She isn't a good person, anyway.) A treasure is locked away in Qingshan Mental 103Reads—Score112Shelves

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    This is a great read. It's a female-centric, no-romance novel with incredibly detailed and bizarre descriptions. The female lead is top-notch in both martial arts and intelligence, especially in the third dungeon where she relies entirely on her brains to clear it!

20. 620 第 The Wish of the Eighth Day 第八天的愿望 Begonias in March三月海棠Mystery3.2M WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast | Supernatural Powers | Instances | Game | Infinite Flow | One Female Lead] (No intricate battles of wits! Not a ruthless, action-packed power fantasy! Readers with “sensitive skin” should proceed with caution!) The ones most in need of salvation have never been those suffering in the real world, but the kind thoughts we nearly drowned in despair... At first, A shooting star fell into their eyes, and despairing souls were dragged onto a strange island. “They” said that any wis 35.3kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves
21. 621 噩 The Nightmare Staircase 噩梦阶梯 A Tian阿天Mystery806k WordsOngoing It all began with a staircase leading down into darkness. Lu Yu climbed the steps and entered the world of his nightmares. And so the bizarre tale began. Twisted human figures crawled beneath the moon, while rows of dark shadows drifted through the black fog... There are no ghosts in this world... but there are in dreams! [Supernatural Horror Infinite Flow × Suspense and Mystery] 1.9kReads8.3Score171Shelves
22. 622 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 41.3kReads8.7Score4.5kShelves
23. 623 地 Invitation from Hell 地狱邀请函 Midnight Nightmare午夜梦魇Mystery601k WordsCompleted [Ghost Escape + Supernatural Horror + Infinite Flow + A Clever Protagonist] An invitation and an abandoned bus drag a group of people into a haunted realm… Lin Mo barely makes it back to the real world alive, only to discover that the horror has just begun. One invitation after another arrives before him, and one eerie world after another comes calling… The Dusk Spirit Hotel, the Dead Return, Vengeful Ghosts Invade: what is the truth behind it all? Who is a friend? And who is an enemy? Shh… Watc 18.1kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
24. 624 太 Great! It's a System, Now I'm Definitely Dead 太棒了！是系统，这下我死定了 Zhong Wen Yi钟文艺Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow] [No heroine] [No CP] [Original instances] [The System is useless] [Rules] [Deduction] [Wits and strategy] [Survival missions] Borrowing a setting from a great author: ghosts cannot be killed... You must discern their patterns... The Haunted Spirit Tower has descended. Please make sure to complete your survival mission! Little-girl System and all that: “Host, clear each instance in one life, one every seven days! Bring the Haunted Tower era to an end!” Chen Zichu: “Damn it... Othe 2.5kReads7.6Score222Shelves
25. 625 开 First Day of School: The Teacher Dies Before My Eyes 开学：老师死在面前 Er Mo二陌Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural + Horror + Ensemble Cast + Smart Characters + Infinite Flow + Decisive and Ruthless + Teamwork] On the first day of school, the moment Class 4's homeroom teacher, Mr. Bai, mysteriously committed suicide in the classroom, everyone's worldview was completely overturned by what they saw. A bleeding blackboard, blood-red words appearing out of nowhere: it was as if a novel had become reality. Everyone in the class would be forced to take on all kinds of deadly missions. They could neit 27.3kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
26. 626 吓 No Responsibility for Scaring You to Tears 吓哭不负责 Unrestrained for Ten Thousand Miles万里天纵Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Traditional supernatural tales] [Ghost stories] [Chinese-style horror] [Based on true events] [Reader submissions] [Chilling when you think about it] [Bizarre tales] [Beyond the realm of science] [Plainspoken prose, no literary flourishes] [Just stories] Not for the faint of heart! Don’t read late at night! Folklore, haunted houses, eerie village incidents, urban vengeful spirits, supernatural curses, and even non-supernatural stories that are chilling when you think about them... A collection 23.8kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
27. 627 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 8kReads9.3Score813Shelves
28. 628 疯 Crazy Paradise 疯狂乐园 Sweeping Through席卷Mystery4.7M WordsCompleted (This is a sci-fi novel. Tomato refused to give it a sci-fi tag, but it really is sci-fi.) Have you ever been to an amusement park? We have a crazy amusement park with all kinds of attractions and extraordinary ways to enjoy them. I guarantee they're unlike anything you've tried before! Want to come take a look? Welcome to Crazy Park! I'm JJ the Clown. We have everything you could want: carousels, roller coasters, haunted houses. But remember, the stakes are your life! Death-row inmates, ser 4.7kReads8.4Score438Shelves
29. 629 规 Rule-Bound Horror: The Midnight Mirror Person 规则怪谈之午夜镜面人 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山19k WordsCompleted Tales of the Strange Rules: The Midnight Mirror Man 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend two excellent thriller novels. They're super exciting, but don't be too scared to read them! If you're easily frightened, don't click.

30. 630 深 Don't Go Upstairs Late at Night 深夜别上楼 The Snail Doesn't Climb Mountains蜗牛不爬山Mystery253k WordsCompleted A ghostly figure in an old building late at night, and the little ghost chasing me turns out to be my savior… At two in the morning, I came back from working overtime to the old building where I’d lived for three years. Every motion-sensor light in the building was off. With every step I took upstairs, a faint, barefoot footstep followed behind me. I turned around. No one was there. At the turn on the third floor, a child’s voice whispered in my ear: “Big sister, don’t go upstairs.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 631 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score325Shelves

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    How about this one? Absolutely divine! It gets more and more exciting as you read on! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai (another world) novel to everyone—it's incredibly good, with a thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

32. 632 我 After an Ant Bit Me, the Entire City Began Begging for Mercy 我被蚂蚁咬了之后，整座城市开始求饶 Zhao Zilong of Chang'an长安赵子龙70k WordsCompleted After an Ant Bit Me, the Entire City Began Begging for Mercy 3Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 633 五 The Old Computer on the Fifth Floor Has Turned On by Itself at 2 A.M. for Three Years 五楼那台旧电脑，凌晨两点自己亮了三年 Zhao Zilong of Chang'an长安赵子龙18k WordsCompleted That Old Computer on the Fifth Floor Turned Itself On at Two in the Morning for Three Years —Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 634 他 They Call Me an Ascender, but I Call Myself a Fugitive 他们叫我飞升者，我称自己逃亡犯 Yuki Nao of the Earth Formation Pavilion地阵阁的结城奈绪Urban116k WordsOngoing [Modern Industrial Cultivation] + [Surviving Rule-Based Horror] + [Nontraditional Cultivation] On the first day of every month, I'm dragged into a hellish place called “Myriad Phenomena Heaven.” It has a scenic area that eats people, a deadly school where you must always tell the truth, a flesh factory that turns the living into canned goods... and one bizarre set of rules after another that you have to obey. I'm Chen Xing, the adopted son of Shuo Bei Governor Xuan Ji, and the last surviving hei 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Corruption at court, thwarted reforms, invasion by foreign tribes—a bizarre and fantastical beginning. Colleagues laugh at his primitive equipment and logic. Unbeknownst to him, Chen Xing saw it all from his very first day: the tourist guidebook was bait, the stone tablets were man-eating, and even his own "awakening" was part of a carefully orchestrated plan. This wasn't a survival game; it was a century-long chess game. From pawn to player, from breaking the rules to rewriting destiny. When all civilizations were trapped in someone else's script, he tore down the screenwriter's table. "Stories should be written by the living." —A battle of wits, political intrigue, and East-meets-West clash—a meta-narrative fantasy that subverts conventional tropes.

35. 635 惊 Horror Realm: Seven-Day Survival Game 惊悚位面：七日生存游戏 The Cat Who Loves to Swim爱游泳的猫猫Mystery124k WordsCompleted [Female-oriented infinite flow + plot-driven + horror + deduction + twists] Ye Li, a down-and-out woman, is suddenly dragged into a terrifying realm called “Ciji Children's Welfare Hospital.” She faces an evil doctor with pitch-black pupils growing from his chest, distorted shadows lurking in the midnight corridors, and a death notice demanding that she “survive for seven days.” She licks her cracked lips. There's no fear in her eyes, only excitement! The System says one point can be exchanged f 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An infinite-flow horror game where the female protagonist has antisocial personality disorder.

36. 636 惊 Thriller Game: Infinite Escape Starting as a Little Girl 惊悚游戏：从萝莉开始无限逃生 Salty Fish 52咸鱼五二Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-Flow + No Romance + Horror Game + Female Lead Who Grows Stronger + Light Ensemble Cast + A Touch of Group Adoration] A special card guides those trapped in desperate circumstances into an endless horror game... Survive, and you may win untold riches and rise above everyone else. Fail to survive, and you become food for all kinds of vengeful spirits, only to die mysteriously after leaving the game. Are you ready to enter the game? It's all right if you're not ready. You have no choice. 25.9kReads8.9Score5.4kShelves

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    🌸🐏Her parents favored boys over girls, and her younger brother often framed her. She ran away from home, and no one looked for her. Heartbroken, she encountered a vicious dog. 🚫Unwilling to give up on life, she saved herself, killed the dog, and obtained a key to a terrifying game. Entering the dungeon, she calmly and carefully cleared it, growing stronger with each dungeon run.

37. 637 惊 What?! The System Gave Me a Wife 惊！系统竟然送老婆 Chu ZhiM褚枝MTwo Female Leads656k WordsOngoing [Complete revised edition] [This story contains a lot of potentially triggering elements. Please read with care!!!] Two female leads | Both powerful | Rule-based horror | Infinite-loop survival | Ensemble cast Main pairing: Cen Qingli (top) × Su Qi'an (bottom) Genius, unhinged beauty × cool, aloof captain “Saving each other, with a sweet and thrilling romance!” Side pairing: Shen Ting (top) × Xiao Hanxue (bottom) (Other pairings are still undecided) “Two female leads, two male leads, man and wom 24Reads8.6Score—Shelves
38. 638 无 Infinite Flow: A Fateful Anime 无限流：命运番剧 Chu ZhiM褚枝MTwo Female Leads160k WordsCompleted Dual female leads / Infinite loop / Two powerful leads / Comedy Huo Jin, an antisocial code goddess × Gu Nian, a sharp-tongued film critic One day at noon, every screen in the world abruptly switched channels and began streaming an anime called Infinite: Twin Souls. 59Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 639 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.5kReads9.7Score69kShelves

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    The first book, Eternal Night, is truly amazing; I've read it several times and highly recommend it! The second and third books are simply beyond words.

40. 640 规 Rule Horror: From the Start, Tom Can't Catch Jerry 规则怪谈：从汤姆抓不到杰瑞开局 One Pork Knuckle, Three Bowls of Rice一个猪脚三碗饭Mystery430k WordsCompleted The terrifying instance known as [Fairy Tale Town] hung over all humanity like a sword. The chosen ones from every country entered it, and if they failed, the corresponding fairy-tale horrors would descend upon the real world. After Longguo's last trump-card contestant fell in the [Snow White] instance, the country stood on the brink of destruction. In their hour of despair, a new contestant, Su Ming, was chosen: an unemployed animation artist. When the global livestream began and viewers saw th 1.6kReads8.2Score166Shelves
41. 641 星 Under the Nebula 星云暗涌 Stars and Moon Always by Your Side星月常伴Mystery32k WordsOngoing This is a very entertaining horror novel about the protagonist, Xing Yue, gradually regaining her memories and finding a way to break out of her predicament. This is my first time writing, and I hope you’ll enjoy it. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's really beautiful!

42. 642 我 I Sell Secondhand Mirrors Online, and the Buyer Says Someone in the Mirror Is Watching Her 我在闲鱼卖二手镜子，买家说镜子里有人在看她 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士12k WordsCompleted I sell secondhand mirrors on Xianyu. The buyer says someone is watching her from inside the mirror. 2.8kReads—Score—Shelves

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    These two books scared me half to death last night…

43. 643 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
44. 644 真 The Truth Unfolds: I Give My Life While He Watches the Show 真相上演，我填命他看戏 Three Barks三声犬吠Mystery355k WordsCompleted On the 1,096th day since my younger brother went missing, I, Lin An, a standard, human-shaped office worker and clock-in machine, decided to put an end to this meaningless wait with my own hands. Instead, I floored the gas pedal, drove myself off a cliff, and crashed into another world. The good news: When I opened my eyes again, a faceless creep was standing in front of me, saying: “The Hall of Fairness... is absolutely fair. Complete the scenario, find the truth, and anything you wish for can 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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45. 645 让 I Asked You to Write a Horror Play, So Why Did You Have to Add a Deity? 让你写诡剧，您非要往里加神人？ Fictional Dimension虚构次元Mystery81k WordsOngoing He Mo has always believed that eerie plays, with their dark, disturbing themes and wall-to-wall negativity, are bound to drive actors to a mental breakdown if they perform in them for too long. So he insists on adding a few absurd characters and comic plotlines to lighten things up. The more the theater objects, the more it proves he's doing the right thing. It shows that he's exposed the theater's intention to torment its actors through eerie plays. The more the actors object, the more it prove 291Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A horror, thriller, suspense, and mind-bending story with an absolutely captivating plot.

46. 646 一 One Haunting a Day 一日一诡 Spring Rain in the South, Winter Snow in the North南春雨北冬雪Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing Like people, supernatural entities can be good or bad, so the author can’t promise that every story will have an off-the-charts scare factor that keeps you up at night. The only guarantee is that all the stories are entirely fictional. If anything seems familiar, you’re on your own! 352Reads—Score101Shelves

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    The suspense and horror atmosphere is described in detail; reading it alone at night might make you too scared to go to the bathroom! [Fear][Fear][Fear][Fear][Fear][Fear] "The Ghost Entering the Door," "The Headless Old House," "Possession," "The Haunted House"—every story is extremely terrifying and will send chills down your spine!

47. 647 百 I Inherited a Funeral Shop During the Hundred Ghosts' Night Parade 百鬼夜行时，我继承了一家冥铺 Spring Breeze Through Willow Leaves柳叶春风Urban1.2M WordsOngoing Lu Ci thought all his grandfather had left him was an old shop on the verge of closing. Then, one rainy night, the first customer walked through the door and bought a stack of spirit money. The next day, that very “ghost currency” appeared in someone else’s account. From then on, the shop, open only at night, began receiving one unusual customer after another: some sought wealth, some wanted to buy a life, and some only wished to exchange something for a long-overdue truth. At the end of the lon 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The author updates "During the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, I Inherited a Funeral Shop" daily with high intensity. The opening is quite captivating; the protagonist inexplicably takes over a "funeral shop," initially thinking it's just selling paper money and handling funeral rites. However, the more jobs he takes on, the more suspicious it becomes—this shop deals specifically with "the afterlife." Most interestingly, this book isn't a typical "leveling up" story; it emphasizes rules and the profession. Every job feels like walking a tightrope; many seemingly insignificant operations have hidden rules, and breaking them can lead to disaster. The overall atmosphere is also top-notch, not relying on sudden frights, but rather a chilling effect that seeps in gradually, becoming increasingly unsettling as you read. If you enjoy urban supernatural or folklore stories with a realistic feel, this book is truly addictive, but I wouldn't recommend reading it alone at night. It's profound and terrifying.

48. 648 人 The Human Realm's Trial Grounds 人间试炼之地 Fool, Don’t Cry蠢别哭Mystery107k WordsOngoing (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincible protagonist, no System, no power fantasy. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) (Male-oriented + Infinite Flow) My name is Chen Mo. I failed at starting a business. I thought this was just an ordinary food delivery order, but then I realized I had entered “Hell” and become an inmate. I heard this place was originally called the “Human Trial Grounds,” but after the first Main God came into being, the Main God named it “Hell.” In “Hell,” the abs 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    👍👍👍👍 Not bad

49. 649 盗 Tomb Raider: Candle Dragon Pierces the Heavens to Hunt Bugs 盗墓烛龙：洞穿诸天猎bug Seven Sons of the Wind扶摇七子Mystery115k WordsCompleted What kind of world has Yu San, a former tomb raider, stumbled into? The Candle Dragon and the Golden Buddha vie for control of the Gate to the Myriad Heavens. How will it all end? Have you seen Mr. Vampire? Do you know how many plot holes it has? Why wasn't Uncle Nine at the funeral home? Dong Xiaoyu's tombstone says it dates from the seventh to the twenty-seventh year of the Xiantong era. Was that Tang dynasty date really just because the production ran out of money? Then how do you explain 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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50. 650 我 I Came from the Underworld to Deal with Those Who Defy the Rules 我从地府来，专治规则不服 Ribbit Hahahaha蛙哈哈哈哈33k WordsCompleted I Came from the Underworld to Make the Rules Behave —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A collection of my own horror novel recommendations. Supernatural/Suspense/Thriller/Strange Tales with Rules of the Past. Suitable for reading alone late at night~~~For the brave! Highly recommended for those who enjoy short horror stories!!! Welcome all readers to check it out!

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