Strange Tales! Strange Tales! Strange Tales! I Want Strange Tales! I Can’t Live Without Them! 怪谈！怪谈！怪谈！我要怪谈！没怪谈我活不下去！

1. 251 无 Infinite: Reading Feng Shui in Rule Horror 无限：我在规则怪谈里看风水 Mo Sibei陌肆白Mystery473k WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow | Thrills | Horror | Teamwork | Powerful male lead, even stronger female lead (male lead is mostly in the background) | Puzzles | Rule-based horror] [Once you enter the uncanny realm, its rules reign supreme. Anyone who breaks them is sent straight to the land of the dead.] Luo Qing found herself in a strange place beyond the reach of both science and the gods. All that awaited her was boundless fear and death. A scholar from ancient times, a futuristic AI robot, a fugitive on 2.8kReads8.9Score423Shelves
2. 252 诡 Eerie Descent: The Ghosts Put Me on Their Blacklist 诡异降临：我被鬼怪列入黑名单 Flowers Bloom from the Pen笔上生花Mystery132k WordsCompleted Twenty years ago, the supernatural descended, and a terrifying game of ghosts and monsters began randomly selecting humans to enter. Wang Chen was one of the lucky ones, forced into the world of ghosts and monsters. Fortunately, he could see every hidden hint. And so, a monster that terrified every evil spirit appeared. Aboard the Haunted Route 13 bus, Wang Chen single-handedly looted every ghost on board. At the Restaurant of the Dead, Wang Chen personally served a starving ghost until it ate i 26Reads6.3Score—Shelves
3. 253 灵 Supernatural Revival: I'm the Only One Who Knows the Plot 灵异复苏：只有我知道剧情 The Supernatural Is Back灵异复苏了Mystery735k WordsOngoing Chen Mu transmigrated into a parallel world where the supernatural was resurging. Terrifying ghosts were everywhere, posing a grave threat to humanity. Humanity's only way to fight back against the resurrected ghosts was to enter the mysterious Tower of Reincarnation. Clear its various instances and earn System rewards, growing stronger in the process! After entering the Tower of Reincarnation, which others described as mysterious and perilous at every turn, Chen Mu discovered something. Mr. Vam 995Reads7.3Score—Shelves
4. 254 规 Rules of Horror? I'll Just Fire Up Excel 规则怪谈？我反手一个Excel Don't Say Daughters Are Delicate莫道女儿娇Mystery393k WordsOngoing Mo Fan, a top data analyst who worked so much overtime he went bald, suddenly dies and is thrown into a perilous world of bizarre rules. Here, the supernatural is commonplace and death is the ending. Everyone lives in fear. When others are scared out of their wits by the Slit-Mouthed Woman, Mo Fan calmly opens Excel and marks her threat level red with conditional formatting. When others run in despair through an endless corridor, Mo Fan uses a pivot table to spot the spatial patterns at a glanc 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   While everyone else was terrified, the protagonist quietly used a "conditional format" to apply lipstick to the Slit-Mouthed Woman...

5. 255 人 I'm in a Rule Horror Game, and I'm the Chosen Villain 人在规则怪谈，我是天命大反派 Duanmu Kuai Zi端木筷子Mystery284k WordsCompleted [Subverting expectations + horror administrator + creating rules + no romance, no female lead + invincible] Chen Fan woke up inside a rule-based horror scenario and discovered that everyone else had drawn powerful SSS-rank talents. He alone had no talent and no System. And wasn’t this task a little strange? “Kill the Chosen Ones in the scenario? Am I supposed to kill myself?” “Wait, I’m not a Chosen One. I’m the horror administrator?” “So I don’t have a talent or a System, but I do have all kind 6.1kReads9.0Score789Shelves

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   I absolutely love it!!! The scores are all pretty good.

6. 256 我 I Teach as a Vicious Ghost in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏做猛鬼老师 Red Bean and Braised Meat红豆角炖肉Mystery505k WordsCompleted A horror game descends upon the world. Su Yun, the game’s first A-rank player, suddenly vanishes from public view. When he reappears, he is a teacher at a kindergarten for evil spirits. This is an F-rank instance with a death rate as high as ninety percent, but no player believes it. “Little Chubby is so honest. How could he be dangerous?” “The ghost girl is so kawaii. There’s no way she’d hurt the players!” But Su Yun knows that these adorable, good-natured little ones are all evil spirits, 1.4kReads9.1Score129Shelves
7. 257 我 I Am the Great Emperor of Fengdu, Using an Alt Account in a Horror Game 我酆都大帝，在惊悚游戏开小号 Mischievous Hammer调皮的锤子Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Invincible + Hilarious + Irreverent + Positive Energy + Upstanding Gentleman = ?!] Original title: "I Am the Great Emperor of Fengdu, Using an Alt Account in a Horror Game" Jiang Cheng transmigrates into the body of a Ghost Emperor, only to discover there isn't a single ghost around. Just then, the horror game randomly picks an unlucky soul to enter. By an incredible coincidence, it picks him. And so, the gears of fate begin to turn. A lawless big shot appears in the horror game. He runs into a 188Reads8.7Score—Shelves
8. 258 规 Rule Horror: I’m an Eight-Year-Old Little Heavenly Master, and I’ve Been Chosen 规则怪谈：八岁小天师的我被选中 Half-Sweet Iced Coffee, No Extra Ice冰咖半糖不加冰Mystery262k WordsCompleted [Rule Horror] + [National Fate] + [Eerie] + [No heroine] + [Comedy] + [Wish fulfillment] Completed arcs: [Happy Apartment], [Late-Night Convenience Store], [Ghostly Sea Horror], and [Virtual City Horror]. Eight-year-old Lin Xuan is chosen to take part in Rule Horror. As a successor of the Daoist tradition, Lin Xuan discovers that killing the Eerie earns him merit, which he can use to upgrade Daoist techniques. Deity Summoning, Divination, Daoist Thunder Arts, Illusion Techniques… While contestan 6.8kReads8.9Score491Shelves
9. 259 我 I Became the Global Administrator of Hell's Games 我成了全球地狱游戏管理员 Ancient Ferry古渡Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing “From the moment the game begins, inferior, weak humans will be stripped of the right to breathe.” This world has no nations. It is ruled by five top conglomerates, and the gap between rich and poor is enormous. The wealthy feast behind their red gates while the poor freeze to death in the streets. The rich districts blaze with light and bustle with people, while the slums are shrouded in darkness and rife with violence and crime. This is an age of capitalist revelry, an age of splendor built up 1.2kReads9.2Score196Shelves
10. 260 开 A Hundred Billion Horror Coins from the Start: I Bid Big on the Alluring Ghost Queen 开局百亿惊悚币，豪拍妖艳女鬼王 Know How to Part, but Not When知挽不知晚Mystery675k WordsCompleted [Horror game + supernatural resurgence + tens of billions in horror coins + System + invincible + no goody-two-shoes + violent aesthetics + just kill them! (There is a female lead, so don't read if that's not your thing)] P.S. The author has 80,000 words banked and writes at full speed around the clock. Read without worry! Twenty years ago, the world of horror games descended upon Earth, plunging countless people into misery. Three years ago, Chen Yi suddenly died while spending the night at an 8.2kReads9.2Score1kShelves
11. 261 我 I Traded Seven Lives with the Gods 我与神明一换七 Isn't It My Turn Now?该轮到我了吧Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [A protagonist who grows over time, slow burn, plot-driven, passionate, not mindless, not invincible, no System] No one knew that every year, there were actually two kinds of exam papers at the college entrance exams. The first kind was visible to everyone. Most people couldn’t see the second. If you did well on the first, you could be selected for a happy life, becoming a social elite like a doctor or lawyer and marrying a refined, accomplished wife. You could live happily ever after. You could 3.2kReads8.7Score261Shelves

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12. 262 我 I’m a Female Ghost, and You Want Me to Take on Rule Horror? 我一女鬼，你让我挑战规则怪谈？ Steamed Shrimp Head, Blackfish蒸虾头乌鱼了Mystery556k WordsCompleted (Gender transformation, refuses to marry, mystery and deduction, eerie, nearly invincible) Qin Yun was contaminated by an evil entity inside an ancient mirror and turned into a female ghost. This female ghost was no ordinary vengeful spirit. She was an extremely eerie and powerful life form of unknown origin. Just then, the Rule Horror game descended, and Qin Yun was chosen as the Dragon Kingdom's representative, tasked with challenging its horrors. If a country failed its challenge, the horror 5.3kReads8.8Score817Shelves
13. 263 我 Recreating Iconic Scenes in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏里复刻名场面 A Hundred Million Fish亿只鱼Mystery787k WordsCompleted [No female lead + iconic scenes + absurd laugh-out-loud comedy + national destiny + vengeful ghosts. If you don’t laugh in 30 minutes, come beat me up] A horror game appeared, and Qin Ming was ordered to take part at a time when the fate of the Dragon Nation hung in the balance. The System directly altered his talent, granting him an SSS...-rank ability: Meme Reenactment, which let him recreate iconic scenes inside the horror game. When Qin Ming unlocked Crazy Donkey, he said, “Vengeful ghosts, 4kReads8.9Score416Shelves
14. 264 你 Why Pick a Fight With Him? His Wife Is the Strongest Ghost Empress 你惹他干嘛，他老婆是最强鬼皇 Qing Qing Zi Jian青青孖妗Sports2.6M WordsCompleted [Reborn before the game + game and reality merge + contracting ghosts + stockpiling supplies + seizing the initiative + decisive killing + revenge on a scheming girlfriend + saintly heroine dies] The peaceful Earth was shaken by an eerie apocalyptic online game, which merged with the real world. In an instant, countless people were slaughtered. Lin Haoran was ambushed and killed by the woman he loved most and his brother, then devoured by a horde of ghosts. Unexpectedly, a mysterious ghost broug 16.7kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves
15. 265 让 I Asked You to Write an Essay, Not a Rule Horror Story! 让你写作文，你写规则怪谈？ Mu Youqingyao木又清遥Mystery622k WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes]+ [Creating Rules Horror]+ [No System]+ [No Saintly Hero] Lin Chen wrote nothing more than a school essay, yet it plunged all of Longguo into panic. Because the rules horror he wrote had become real! The night before, wanting revenge on the gangsters who bullied him, Lin Chen had used one of their birthday parties as the template for a rules horror scenario. The next day, he was astonished to discover that several classmates who had attended the gangsters' birthday party the p 2.8kReads8.2Score375Shelves
16. 266 众 All the Ghosts Smile at Me, So I Beat Them Straight to Hell 众鬼朝我笑嘻嘻，我打得它们归西 Little Zu'er小祖儿Mystery525k WordsCompleted [Rules-based horror + no romance + goofy humor] Uh, it was originally going to have no romance, but the author might add a pairing later because they can’t write it. / There’s no way there’ll be a pairing. Kill them all!!! Su Que awakens to the fact that she is a villain, the fake heiress everyone hates. She also sees how she’ll die in the near future: not a single piece of her body will be intact, as the horrors in the dungeons tear her apart and devour every last bit of her. Realizing she isn 64Reads6.5Score—Shelves
17. 267 新 On My Tenth Day at School, I Slayed a God and Shocked the Whole Campus 新生入校第十天，我斩神震惊全校 Drippy Ice Cream冰淇淋淋Urban300k WordsCompleted [System] [Slay the Gods] [School Beauty] [Hot-Blooded] Chen Feng transmigrates to a world where the gods are awakening and activates a System. The System's very first mission is to score the first kill against a god. So, while waiting for the gods to descend, he enrolls at a school as a transfer student. Who could have guessed that on his very first day, he'd accidentally barge into the girls' dormitory, enter the school beauty's bedroom, and crawl into her bed, earning the hatred of every boy a 1.3kReads8.4Score174Shelves
18. 268 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 1MReads9.9Score162.2kShelves

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    Who understands this? I laughed like a maggot in bed when I saw the first book in the middle of the night.

19. 269 说 This Was Supposed to Be an Eerie World. Why Is It All Your Property? 说好诡异世界，怎么全是你的产业 Gourd Blossoms葫芦开花Mystery211k WordsCompleted [The supernatural + tycoon + no female lead + no romance + insane protagonist] In an unknown corner, a world known as the Supernatural World quietly descended. Unlike the other players who entered the Supernatural World, Qing Dian had a crazed tycoon System and infinite gold coins from the start! So while the other players were working five jobs a day just to scrape by, Qing Dian was eating roast leg of lamb and enjoying a full-service massage, all while buying up dungeons. … Player: “Yellow Sp 782Reads8.9Score135Shelves
20. 270 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 1.7MReads9.9Score183.1kShelves
21. 271 规 Rule Horror: Infinite Hauntings 规则怪谈之无限诡异 Voyage Begins After a Thousand Years千年始航Mystery275k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Mystery + Livestream + System + Horror] The bizarre descended, and Xia An, one of the vast army of transmigrators, could only say he was screwed. While everyone else transmigrated into a life of luxury, he was constantly hovering on the brink of death. He swore that if he ever got the chance, he’d tear apart that damn rule-horror space and the damn System that brought him here. Those two were definitely in cahoots, screwing over a newbie transmigrator like him. (I wrote this no 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I've already completed two dungeons, anyone interested? [Almost crying]

22. 272 惊 Thriller Game: Is It Really That Weird for a Madman to Be a Little Crazier? 惊悚游戏：精神病疯亿点很合理吧 Iron-Gall Gourd Hero铁胆葫芦侠Mystery291k WordsOngoing [Horror + Comedy + Intermittent Insanity + Livestreaming + No Female Lead] Two years ago, horror games descended upon Blue Star. Every player chosen for the games wailed in despair, forced to struggle for survival in one bizarre instance after another. Xiao Yi, the protagonist, was born able to see the “odds of victory” for both allies and enemies. He was receiving treatment at a psychiatric hospital when, unsurprisingly, he was dragged into an instance. From that moment on, the horror game's wh 18Reads7.3Score—Shelves
23. 273 我 Even the Heavenly Court Fears the Ghosts I Raise 我养的鬼连天庭都忌惮 Cold Words and Leng Words冷言leng语Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Overpowered protagonist] [Satisfying story] [The strongest Celestial Master] Twenty years ago, five-year-old Zhang Ze was taken away by a mysterious old man. When he returned, he brought a host of ghosts with him. He was the strongest Celestial Master, and the only living earthly immortal in the world today. “Zhang Ze, just how strong are you now?” When an elderly Celestial Master from Longhu Mountain asked out of curiosity, Zhang Ze was about to answer when the ghost infant perched on his shou 47.5kReads8.8Score6.9kShelves
24. 274 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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    It's really very beautiful.

25. 275 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

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    Rules have brains [think about it carefully][think about it carefully][think about it carefully], the brain is working at high speed.

26. 276 惊 Thriller Game: I Split the Terrifying Clown in Two from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局一刀劈了恐怖小丑 I'll Eat the Sun Tomorrow Morning明天早上吃太阳Mystery163k WordsCompleted [Horror + Game + Instances + System + Invincible] A bizarre horror game descends upon the world. Xiao Ran, a psychiatric patient, is unexpectedly chosen to enter the game. Inside, Xiao Ran does his best to stay calm, but his actions leave all the horror NPCs utterly terrified! Horror Clown: I still can't forget that person smiling at me like a spring breeze while carrying my companion's head. Horror Werewolf: Who the hell has ever seen a villager in Werewolf Game grab an AK in the middle of the 68Reads6.5Score—Shelves
27. 277 诡 Slandered by the Supernatural 诡蔑 Autumn Shore秋岸Mystery183k WordsOngoing [No harem + no brainless decisions + no wish fulfillment + no holier-than-thou heroine + no System] I'm a high school student who's a little better than average academically. One day, a classmate suddenly suggests we try the Six-Pointed Star game that's been going around online. We do something stupid and draw a six-pointed star on our hands, and the endless abyss slowly turns its gaze on us. Only after I plunged into it did I feel regret and despair. I was wrong. I really was wrong. I shouldn't 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Please trust the author; this book will definitely suit your taste. Classic ghost stories are a thing of the past; while the new book may not surpass them, it will still keep pace.

28. 278 我 Talking Rules with My Aunt 我与小姨谈规则 Nani Duck纳尼鸭Mystery235k WordsCompleted At an ordinary university, Zhou Letian, a levelheaded physics student, and his lively young aunt, Li Mengmeng, are unexpectedly drawn into a rules-horror adventure full of comedy and terror. Faced with all the urban legends circulating around campus, they decide to team up and unravel the mysterious rules. They never expect this to set off a whole chain of absurd events. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Look at this, there's even a sister-in-law!

29. 279 规 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Win Over Female Hauntings with My Acting Skills 规则怪谈：开局靠演技拿捏女怪谈 Dragon-Taming Pool御龙潭Mystery637k WordsCompleted [Ruthless and decisive + no saintly heroine + one female lead + top-tier acting + brute-force solutions + taking on supernatural mysteries head-on] As supernatural mysteries descended upon the world, Duan Ming was chosen to enter their realm. A top student in the acting department at Longguo Film University, he was a versatile actor who excelled in action, military, romance, ur 593Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    7 Points or above

30. 280 逃 Escape Game: I'm a Total Rookie, Why Is Everyone Looking at Me? 逃亡游戏：我个菜鸟，都看我干嘛 It's Ah Dan是阿蛋呀Mystery336k WordsOngoing After Su Chen died, he entered an intensely challenging, brain-teasing escape game. But he was a complete rookie. From the start, he was trapped in a deadly scenario: The Four-Corner Game. 60Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    1️⃣The God of Dihua🤪, a boy who died and traveled to an escape game, his series of bizarre actions led to him being mistaken for a "big shot". Su Chen: "I was just too scared to move!"🥲 Teammate: "So the big shot already knew that you could pass the game by not moving!"🫢 2️⃣Strong and cool female lead୨😍୧, "I, a female ghost👻, entered the ghost story?" Eerie: "Heroine, spare my life! You are the real 'ghost'😈!" 3️⃣The Ghost God's Embryoʚ👿ɞ, you protect me for a moment, I will protect you for a lifetime! The strongest rule-based ghost story combination! A perfect combination of a beautiful mother with super high EQ and IQღ💌ღ and the strongest ghost fetusﾍ😈ﾍ! "Ghost fetus? This is my Great Xia's divine fetus!⸂⸂⸜👊⸝⸃⸃"

31. 281 病 The Sickly Beauty Is Doted on by the Horror Game Boss 病弱美人被恐怖游戏BOSS宠爱 Sipping the Moon酌酌不月Mystery241k WordsCompleted [Infinite flow + fluffy romance + 1v1 + male lead split into multiple versions] Don’t worry about the logic... Come read some sweet romance, mwah! After Xu Zhixi enters a horror game, she realizes she’s nothing like the others. Everyone else: “Aaaaah, the BOSS! Aaaaah, a ghost!” Xu Zhixi: “Hey, handsome, want to date? I’d give you my life. (wink + flying kiss)” Someone: “What’s it like dating a BOSS?” Xu Zhixi: “Thanks for asking. It’s thrilling and a blast. Everyone else is running for their li 197Reads9.4Score—Shelves
32. 282 没 I Didn't Get into College, So I Had No Choice but to Slay the Gods 没考上大学的我，只好选择屠神了 Gongzi Zhifan公子之凡Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Comedy + Hot-Blooded Power Fantasy + No Goody-Two-Shoes Hero + System + Demonic Beasts + Ruthless Protagonist] Chu Yunxuan scanned the QR code on a winning card from a packet of instant noodles and transmigrated to Blue Star, where everyone could awaken their powers and demonic beasts ran rampant. Here, the demon race had twelve Demon God Halls, each led by a Demon God powerful enough to reach the heavens with a raised hand. The eight Demon Realms were ruled by eight Demon Gods, each dominating 22.9kReads8.5Score2.5kShelves
33. 283 还 You're Still in the Womb, and You Beat Rule Horror? 还在娘胎没生，你打穿规则怪谈？ Hates Drinking Hot Water反感喝热水Mystery311k WordsCompleted [Ghost fetus + protagonist is himself a supernatural entity + subverting conventions + suspense + horror revival + national-fate horror games] As horror returns and Rule Horror descends upon the world, every country randomly selects a Chosen One to enter the horror game. If the Chosen One wins, their entire country receives rewards. If they lose, supernatural entities invade reality and wreak havoc. Lin Changqing, who had transmigrated to this world by accident, had not yet been born when his mo 2kReads8.9Score244Shelves
34. 284 我 I’m a Supernatural Entity, and You Want Me to Take on the Rules Horror Stories? 我一诡异，你让我挑战规则怪谈？ This Station's Reporter Yuwen Bo本台记者宇文波Mystery632k WordsCompleted What is the eerie? Food. [The Laugh-Yourself-to-Death Series + An Author in Seriously Questionable Mental Health + No Female Lead + Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!!!] In 2124, the eerie resurfaces, and rules-based horror sweeps across Blue Star. I, Lu Sheng, a top-tier eerie who stuffs himself in a dark cave in the world of terror, am accidentally selected by the Dragon Kingdom and become a “human” taking part in a game set in the world of horror. And that's when things start getting weird. Gobble, gobb 758Reads7.3Score131Shelves
35. 285 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 103.4kReads9.5Score9.8kShelves
36. 286 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 211.7kReads9.6Score24.5kShelves
37. 287 女 The Girl Is Spoiled Rotten by Her Weird Boy Group in a Rules-Based Horror World 女孩在规则怪谈里被男团诡异狂宠 Author Hua Zhixiu作者花之秀Modern Romance322k WordsCompleted Completed [No CP + mystery and deduction + a wealthy young woman uses her incredible brain to solve puzzles] The Queen’s level is too high. The eerie beings are crying and trying to force-quit. When the eerie beings descended, a mysterious organization began buying up coins at exorbitant prices, making them almost impossible to find. A one-yuan coin could buy a three-million-yuan house, or be used to contract an eerie being to serve you for life. After a high-IQ girl transmigrates into a book ca 51Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    This is a pure, rule-based supernatural horror novel with an infinite flow genre, focusing on suspense and mystery. The plot is interesting and exciting. The female lead is a super-rich woman in the supernatural world who uses her brilliant mind to solve puzzles and overcome challenges. She's both sweet and sassy, intelligent, and has no romantic partner. Because of her wealth, she has nine male supernatural bodyguards under contract, quietly forming her own one-woman brain trust while wreaking havoc in the supernatural world. Although this book is set in a world of supernatural tales, it reflects a lesser-known side of real society and is definitely worth reading.

38. 288 我 I'm a Funeral Officiant, So Summoning Immortals Is Only Natural 我个殡葬司仪，会请仙也很正常吧 Dragon-Taming Pool御龙潭Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [One heroine + the author conducted on-site research at funeral homes, crematoriums, and cemeteries, striving for realistic details + traditional supernatural tales + professional knowledge of funerals and spirit-medium practices] (The humorous setups and parody scenes in this book, as well as the original Qingfeng spirit-medium altar, where spirits other than ancestors are invited to take up residence, were published with the approval of the author's own guardian spirits. Readers, please believ 38.1kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves
39. 289 我 I Want to File a Complaint! This Ghost Officer Uses Excessive Force! 我投诉！这个鬼差暴力执法！ Perplexed Muzi纳闷的木子Urban453k WordsCompleted After being framed, underworld kingpin Chen Jiuhua becomes a ghost bailiff in the Netherworld and gains the Ghost Bailiff System. Every soul he captures makes him stronger. Sun Wukong: “Your Majesty, I’m reporting one of your men for using excessive force! He stole my Golden Cudgel and sold it for scrap, and now he wants to crack open my skull and suck out my brains!” Jehovah: “Hey, I’m a Western god. The Netherworld has no jurisdiction over me, right? I was on my way to Heaven when that guy kic 927Reads8.7Score221Shelves
40. 290 这 This National Fortune Is a Bit Strange 这个国运有点诡 White-Robed Blacksmith白衣铁匠Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Satisfying Read + National Destiny + Decisive Combat + No Dragging Things Out] Lu Ming, a horror movie enthusiast, transmigrates to a parallel world and obtains the Heavenly Master System. He can grow stronger by killing monsters. But this world has no ghosts or monsters at all. What's more, it doesn't even have horror movies. The Japanese dumped nuclear wastewater, polluting the entire ocean and making the world's environment extremely bad. Water resources are on the verge of running dry. Just 15.1kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
41. 291 规 Rule Horror: An SSS Talent? I Switch Them Up 规则怪谈：SSS天赋？我换着玩 Silver Vow银色誓言Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Jiang Ran swapped souls with his counterpart in a parallel world and found himself in a world of strange tales, where one rule after another was impossible to distinguish as true or false, and one malicious horror after another lay in wait. He ventured through mountains, forests, the deep sea, and even hell, taking on bizarre roles such as tourist, wolf, sailor, and shepherd. With all kinds of outrageous tricks, Jiang Ran hired a creepy little girl as a child laborer one moment, then struck up a 13.7kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves

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    This is truly a fantastic book that I devoured in one sitting! From beginning to end, I didn't want to put it down. The plot is incredibly engaging, with no dragging at all; the more you read, the more you want to continue. The author's writing is also superb—truly excellent! If you also enjoy fast-paced plots and thrilling moments, then you absolutely can't miss this book. Go check it out!

42. 292 规 Rule Horror: Something Is Wrong with My Sister 规则怪谈：我的妹妹不对劲 Bai Xiaochen白小尘Mystery608k WordsCompleted [Rules-based horror + subverting expectations + a break in historical knowledge + rules above all] The story begins when Bai Xiaochen’s sister, the only family he has, is replaced by a [Chosen One]. The core of this book’s world is the idea that [life is beyond your control]. 494Reads8.0Score105Shelves

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    It's here! Fans of mind-bending, rule-based, and bizarre tales are in for a treat! Click to read—it'll only take 10 minutes, you won't regret it! [Shy][shy][shy]

43. 293 我 I Loaded a Strange-Tale Game Into the World 我为世界加载了怪谈游戏 Yaoguang Ersan San瑶光贰叁叁Mystery166k WordsOngoing Behind the scenes + creating urban legends + horror games + livestreaming + System + sensible protagonist + the uncanny invading reality [“Hello, Administrator Shen Yuan. Please enter attribute tags, and the AI will generate an urban-legend game based on them.”] [Vengeful spirit... elementary school... multiple sealed spaces...] Urban-legend game acquired: Corpse Party! [Impostor... everyday life... identification...] Urban-legend game acquired: Impostor Test! [Beautiful... immortal... romance.. 10Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    It's beautiful, really.

44. 294 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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    You can take a look at my first book.

45. 295 惊 A Horror Game? I'm Just a Frail Young Woman 惊悚游戏？人家只是个弱女子 Bai Yi柏亦Mystery574k WordsCompleted [Horror + occasional livestreaming + built-in golden finger + powerful lead + no CP] [When you have only 50 HP, you have no choice but to keep boosting your combat power] Yan He had already resigned herself to living an ordinary life. She never expected a horror game to descend on the day of the college entrance exams. The horror game has overtaken the real world. You never know whether the person in front of you is another player, an NPC, or something else entirely. Known in the horror world as 6.9kReads9.0Score927Shelves

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    Rules-based horror games and similar genres, [kiss][kiss][kiss][kiss][kiss][kiss][kiss][kiss] are all original works by the author, with novel themes, rigorous logic, and perfect details.

46. 296 夜 Nightwalker Commandments 夜行律令 Listening to the Spirit聆听听灵Mystery291k WordsOngoing [No CP + Rule-Based Horror (Not Pure) + Ci Tune Titles + Infinite Flow] When the “firewall” maintaining the inner and outer worlds breaks down, he patches the BUGs leaking into reality. Shen Mo, owner of Nanshan Bookstore, has black hair, gold-rimmed glasses, and a gentle, refined manner. His other identity is that of a “Keeper of Order” who walks the line between order and chaos. A ghost of a palace grievance haunts the city, dragging the living into a tragic poem where death is certain? Shen —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An infinite flow fantasy + rule-based supernatural tales + suspenseful mind-bending plot + intellectual battle [sending hearts] The Dark Chaser forges human emotions into divine weapons of "lyric poem titles," turning love and hate into a battlefield? The Order Cultivator relies on intellect: palace lament poems transform business, information sandification locks in "meaning." But with each victory, he loses a piece of his memory, his emotions grow colder. This infinite flow intellectual battle is entirely brain-intensive; see how he guards his dwindling humanity?

47. 297 我 My Hopeless Life Became Even More Desperate 我无望的人生更加绝望 Jiu Ai玖哎Mystery199k WordsOngoing After something happened to her family, Mu Xia could never move on from that day. She went through life in a daze. Until one day, she accidentally entered a world of horror. And so began a fantastical journey. She made new friends, faced all kinds of events, and lived a new life. —Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    In the underworld, real-world currency is worthless, and behind Lu Ning's smile lies a meticulously planned scheme. Li Ersan, who accompanied her to Anhui University, harbors a deep-seated obsession, and the thirteenth floor of the apartment holds a deadly secret. Truth and lies intertwine, and every step could lead to an abyss.

48. 298 不 Not to Be Trusted 不可信奉 After Dusk昏黄之后Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted This world is full of the bizarre. Every household worships a god, and the more devout you are, the more power you gain. Everyone longs to become a god. New to this world, Jiang Yuan refuses to worship. His blood-red cleaver tears through the beautiful veil covering the world. Beneath that veil, the real world is mad, violent, and evil. Surrounded by monsters, he realizes that he is the one who doesn't belong. He has to survive. 21.8kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves
49. 299 规 Rule Horror: I Break Through by Sheer Strength 规则怪谈，我凭实力干穿 Stop the Pen, Leave the Ink停笔留墨Mystery198k WordsOngoing Eerie, Cthulhu, Rule Horror, decisive and ruthless, scheming, unhinged, twists. Every time he witnessed someone die, his soul grew heavier. Until... it could bear no more... Welcome... to the... revelry. Yao Xingzhi put down his pen and looked at this world, unsure whether it was real. A twisted island, a hallucinogenic psychiatric hospital, flesh hurtling through the air, a famine-stricken ancient village, a tower of deliverance... He wasn't crazy yet... 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The rules of the supernatural are harsh and terrifying, yet the people are insane.

50. 300 百 Ghosts in the Apocalypse: I Became the Strongest Ghost Tamer 百鬼末世：我成了最强御鬼师 Yi People's Firelight彝人烟火Mystery2.9M WordsOngoing [A Full 1,000 Types of Ghosts] Mysterious ghosts include Jin Buhuan, the White Bone Bodhisattva, the Earthly Branches War Lord, and the Blood-Drop Plum Blossom. The powerful ones include Asura, Rakshasa, the Butcher, the Martial Champion, and the Emperor. The eerie ones include Painted Skin, the Red Robe, the Chubby Baby, the Coroner, the Flower-Waisted Bride, the Embalmer, and the Ever-Burning Lamp. Every type has its own evolution path: Drowned Ghost → Water Monkey → Kappa → ? (There’s more af 115.3kReads9.5Score9.8kShelves

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    How could a collection of ghost stories be complete without this? (No system, no Mary Sue characters, no filler plot; plot holes are always filled; face-slapping and showing off are all logical and reasonable; there are absolutely no inexplicable fortuitous encounters; no mindless villains attacking you; romance doesn't drag on; fight scenes never exceed one chapter: if this is what you want to see, please enjoy.)

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