Horror or Rule-Based Mysteries, No Romance, and a Smart Protagonist 恐怖，或规则怪谈，无CP，有脑子
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Rule Horror: I Am the Horror Story 规则怪谈：我即怪谈
In 2017, supernatural tales descended upon Earth. Conventional weapons couldn't harm them, and humanity struggled to survive. Rule-based supernatural tales became humanity's last lifeline. Tens of thousands of chosen ones around the world were selected. If they won, the supernatural tales would vanish from reality. If they lost, the rule-based tales would descend upon the world. This was a war between humanity and the supernatural. Chen Shao, a patient suffering from bone cancer, became one of t
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Ten Days to the End 十日终焉
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
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- 3 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 173.8kReads9.7Score17.6k14d adds
- 4 Thriller Game: I Can See the Hints 惊悚游戏：我能看到提示 [Ridiculous comedy + power fantasy. Not scary. If that's not your thing, move along!] A mysterious dimension descends upon Earth, randomly selecting humans to take part in a horror game. Uncensorable horror livestreams spread across the internet, allowing all of humanity to witness one terrifying spectacle after another. Gu Yi is unlucky enough to be chosen as an adventurer. Fortunately, he can see mysterious hints. Following the hints, Gu Yi gradually seeks out the truth, only to discover that 6.9kReads8.9Score66014d adds
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Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常
[Horror + mystery + livestream + national fate + System] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade countries around the world. As one chosen by fate, Zhou Bai represents the Great Xia Kingdom in a horror game. The first scenario is a family of four. [You live with your wife and your parents. But remember, there are only three people in your home.] [You can trust your wife, unless she takes off her red hair clip.] [You and your wife have never had a child. If you hear a baby cr
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I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！
A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp
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I Pledged Myself to a Slacker, and the Metaphysics Master’s Secret Identity Was Exposed 我与咸鱼画押，玄学大佬马甲被扒
[No romance + mysticism + a cast of lovable goofballs + spiritual qi revival + a little wish fulfillment + secret identities + transmigrate into a book + everyone’s favorite] Gu Juanyan transmigrates into a novel about secret identities as a fake heiress side character with her brain in her backside. All she does is court death and give the heroine chances to face-slap her. After learning her situation, Gu Juanyan decides to keep out of trouble and live like a lazy fish. She had hoped to coast t
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It All Starts with a Cozy Game 从一款温馨游戏开始
In 2035, virtual games have become part of everyone's daily life. But one day, a mysterious horror civilization invades the virtual games. As terror engulfs the virtual world, every registered player instantly becomes a lamb to the slaughter, a rat in the street, a slave to be killed at will... The game's NPCs turn into terrifying ghosts. They overturn the master-servant relationship, roam the depths of the virtual world, carve out their own territories, and pen human players up to torment and e
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When I'm in the Rules Horror Game, Nothing Is Forbidden 当我在规则怪谈百无禁忌
[No female lead + supernatural horror + mental illness + comedy + national destiny] My name is Su Ming, and I'm a transmigrator. I currently work at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, where I'm in charge of the important project of “being studied.” They keep saying I'm sick, but I know I'm fine. It's the world that's sick. After I escaped from the psychiatric hospital, I was chosen by Rule Horror to become Longguo's chosen participant, representing Longguo in the upcoming horror games. [Ding! The Ho
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- 10 Rule-Based Horror? I Choose to Rebel 规则怪谈？我选择叛逆 [A short drama adaptation of the same name is now available. You can watch it on the platform. Thank you for your support.] [Subverting expectations + no heroine + hilarious + sly schemer + rebellious + eerie + national fate] Rule-based horror descends upon Earth. The uncanny invades reality. Those chosen are sent into horror worlds, where they represent their respective nations and face the horrors within. Su Xiao is chosen by the horror world and entrusted with the task of representing the Dra 50.1kReads9.6Score6.3k14d adds
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Thriller: All I Wanted at First Was a Free Egg 惊悚：一开始我就想领个免费鸡蛋
[Male lead with no romance, delusions of grandeur, ensemble cast, animal personas? The whole group’s darling? An original scenario unlike anything you’ve seen before!] It’s guaranteed to be good, so why not come in and take a look? Wu Dao has lived in a psychiatric hospital all his life, and he’s had a strange quirk since childhood: to him, people aren’t people. They’re animals. When hallucinations become the skill you rely on to survive, who can tell whether what you see is real or imagined? Th
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- 12 Fourteen Days Until the Male Lead Dies 距离男主死亡还有14天 This train is traveling through the Forest of Eternal Mist, bound for Fusheng Village. In Car Seven, seat 08A, sits Siming, a recent college graduate. A baby cries in the next seat. A train attendant accidentally falls and spills coffee on Siming's jeans. Outside the window, a bird flies headlong into the glass and dies... After a series of mishaps, the train derails. The entire steel train becomes a blazing inferno and hurtles into the forest depths of the Forest of Eternal Mist... After the se 223Reads8.4Score10014d adds
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Lateral Thinking Puzzles: Starting with Blue Cat and Curious Kids 海龟汤：从蓝猫淘气三千问开始
[Original Lateral Thinking Mysteries + Brain Teasers + Livestreaming + National Fate + No Romance + Feel-Good] After clearing the rules-based horror game, the eerie world has returned! From the start, he draws the SSS-rank talent [Blue Cat's Three Thousand Questions] and uses a sea of questions to push the Dragon Kingdom's odds of winning to their peak! The investigation has hit a dead end, and they've run out of questions? Hey, strategist, what kind of family do you come from, spending National
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Infinite: The Heroine Awakens in a Black Coffin 无限：女主在黑棺里苏醒了
The great masters in other stories are all ethereal immortals, riding flying swords. Yin Qing is different: she rides... a coffin. An infinite-flow novel. Not every story arc is horror-themed; all kinds of worlds make an appearance. (No romance, lighthearted, suitable even for the easily frightened.)
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- 15 My Unhinged Persona Can't Crack [Infinite Flow] 疯批人设不能崩［无限流］ [Infinite quick transmigration + horror, suspense, and mystery-solving + no romance. The heroine acts like a lunatic, but she's absolutely sane! Slow-paced! Slow-paced! Slow-paced!] After the S-rank felon Ye Li is forcibly bound to a Punishment and Rehabilitation System, she's exiled to countless perilous worlds created in virtual reality to serve her sentence and undergo punishment. The more she suffers while serving her time, the more of her sin points are deducted. During her sentence, Ye L 4.4kReads9.5Score62714d adds
- 16 Raising Paper Characters in a Horror Game 在惊悚游戏里养纸片人 [Infinite Flow] [No romance] (A heads-up: The heroine is a regular female college student who has just graduated. She has no System and isn’t reborn. She’s just an ordinary girl. If you want a badass, cool-headed, strongest-in-her-world heroine in a wish-fulfillment power fantasy, please look elsewhere. Don’t make assumptions halfway through and then leave a bad review. The author is sensitive, so please be gentle.) To pay off her loans, Yang Chaoyu unexpectedly joins a livestream debut. She bar 303Reads8.8Score10514d adds
- 17 I'm Perfectly Normal 明明我就很正常 This book is also titled Reborn: Playing a Delicate (and Deranged) Little White Flower in the Entertainment Industry and Please Become My Work. Jian Li was murdered by a mysterious woman who had been watching her for a long time, bringing her pitiful, miserable life to an end. But to her utter astonishment, she was reborn, returning to a time before anything had begun. Jian Li wasn’t overcome with joy, nor consumed by rage and resentment. This time, she wanted to take a bright path, one complet 4Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 18 I Said There Were No Gods Tonight, So the Gods Fell 我说今夜无神，于是众神陨落 [The print edition, titled A Godless Night, is available to search for on all platforms. The comic adaptation is now online.] [Plot-driven + infinite-flow + mild horror + countless twists] Yan Huang had a terminal illness. He didn't want to die, so he became a player in Instance. The System's evaluation of him read: [Player Yan Huang practices what he preaches and has impeccable morals. Congratulations, you have awakened the talent: Deceiver.] [Deceiver: Each lie you tell has a fifty percent cha 31.7kReads9.6Score4.3k14d adds
- 19 I'm a Demon Emperor, and You Want Me to Challenge the Rules of the Horror Tales? 我一魔帝，你让我挑战规则怪谈？ [Rule-based horror + Demon Emperor + Invincible + No Female Lead + National Destiny + Supernatural] Demon Emperor Su Bai returns to his homeland, intending to enjoy a quiet life. Just then, a rule-based horror game descends upon the real world, and Su Bai is chosen to represent the Dragon Kingdom in its challenge. Treating it as a bit of fun, Demon Emperor Su Bai enters the game and begins his relaxing vacation. Breaking the correct rules will get you corrupted? This Emperor wants to try it. The 536Reads9.3Score17814d adds
- 20 Horror Games Cured My OCD 强迫症的我被惊悚游戏治愈了 Gu Xiaoyong, who suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, obtained the Clear Mind System. As long as he cures his OCD, he can become stronger. And so... the ghosts in the horror game began to suffer as soon as Gu Xiaoyong entered it. Slit-Mouthed Woman: Some heartless person sewed my mouth shut... Crushed-to-Death Ghost: All the scraps of flesh on my body have been sewn back together... Terrifying Ghost: This guy ground down every sharp edge on my body... After Gu Xiaoyong had finished 2.2kReads9.4Score27014d adds
- 21 Horror Dungeon: But I'm a Cultivator! 惊悚副本：可我是修仙的啊！ {No female lead + eerie + cultivators + national destiny} My name is Wu Fan, and I'm a cultivator. While cultivating, I suddenly felt the sky darken and the world spin, then passed out. When I woke up again, everything around me was unfamiliar. Before I could figure out what was going on, I was chosen by Rule Horror to represent the Dragon Kingdom in a game of horrors. If we win, the Dragon Kingdom will remain safe and receive unprecedented rewards. If we lose, horrors will invade the Dragon Kin 263Reads6.5Score10314d adds
- 22 When I Became a Capitalist in a Rules-Horror Story 当我在规则怪谈里做资本家 [PUA Exploitation of Capitalists] + [No Romance] + [National Fate] + [Comedy] + [Eerie] + [Lighthearted] + [Livestream] + [Mystery] The red moon rises, Eerie creatures run rampant, ghost stories invade, the dead return, and people are trapped in an endless cycle… With the Dragon Kingdom on the brink of destruction, Su Fan steps forward. The talent Su Fan draws is to become a capitalist, using PUA tactics to exploit the Eerie. Even the Eerie can only shake their heads in disbelief. The first worl 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Became the Global Administrator of Hell's Games 我成了全球地狱游戏管理员 “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 1.2kReads9.2Score19614d adds
- 24 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Scared the System to Tears 惊悚游戏：开局吓哭系统 [Invincible protagonist, infinite worlds, lighthearted] [There are livestreams, but they don't get much focus. Take your time and enjoy the read.] Zhang Xun is a nearly adult, almost legally grown boy with a mountain of secrets. Ever since he became conscious, he has possessed superhuman strength and a jumble of fragmented memories. After living an ordinary life for sixteen years, Zhang Xun was finally chosen by the horror game he'd been eagerly anticipating, which had taken the world by storm i 895Reads8.9Score10914d adds
- 25 Rule Horror: They Call Me the Ultimate Plot-Destroyer 规则怪谈：人送外号拆本狂魔 [Two Male Leads + Non/Typical Rule-Based Horror + National Destiny + Brainy Protagonist + A Little Comedy + Livestream + Lots of Live Comments + Infinite-Flow] Content warnings: 1. This story is told from the bottom's perspective and focuses on the main plot. 2. The other male lead is a background character with a split personality, who appears infrequently and quite late (Chapter 121). A diligent college student saving the world x a love-struck evil god who's just a background character Rule-ba 569Reads9.4Score10514d adds
- 26 Horror Movie NPC Goes on a Killing Spree in a Terror Game 恐怖片NPC在惊悚游戏杀疯了 [Horror + comedy + power fantasy + no female lead (male protagonist has no romantic pairing)] A horror game swept across the world. Fu Yan, an NPC from a horror movie in a higher plane of existence, was accidentally dragged into the game. Fu Yan: Since you've all gone to the trouble of inviting me, I won't hold back. From then on, the “horror game” was plunged into the shadow of someone named “Fu Yan”... Horror NPCs: Please, don't come any closer! Livestream viewers: Can someone do something abo 66kReads9.6Score8.7k14d adds
- 27 Thriller: You're So Noble, You Set the Residents on Fire 惊悚：你清高，你把居民用火烧 (Unhinged protagonist + elegant madman + golden finger hints + livestream) Xiao Ye was swept into a global horror game. In his previous life, he cleared the game all the way to the end. After being reborn, he found himself dealing with ghosts all over again. Then the viewers in his livestream room realized this rookie played a little too wild... Red-Clothed Ghost: I only wanted to scare him from behind, but he broke my arm. Is that any way to behave? Long-Haired Ghost: I just wanted to show him 50Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 28 Thriller Game: My Entire Family of Loyal Martyrs Became Top-Tier Monsters 惊悚游戏：满门忠烈皆成顶级诡物 The Qin family has served their country with unwavering loyalty for generations. Every one of Qin Changkong’s ancestors gave their lives for the nation. Just as supernatural phenomena began to rise, a terrifying game descended upon the world. Chosen to join the game, he was bound to his nation’s fate and would fight on its behalf. But he discovered that his elders had all become top-tier supernatural beings. His mother, who died suddenly in the operating room, had underlings who were the boss of 3.2kReads8.7Score46014d adds
- 29 Nightmare Game: This Hunter Is Way Too Terrifying 梦魇游戏：这个狩猎者也太吓人了 [1v4 Mode + Horror Worlds + Fusion with Dangerous Personalities + No Female Lead (Though if there has to be one, it's the Evil God Cthulhu)] The mysterious online game Midnight Nightmare was released. Players could enter horror worlds and tackle dungeons, or choose between the Hunter and Runner factions for an asymmetric 1v4 showdown. Ling Yichuan awakened the Character Template Fusion System. From then on, he fused with one terrifying boss after another, becoming the nightmare of every player! 1.6kReads9.4Score18914d adds
- 30 I Teach as a Vicious Ghost in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏做猛鬼老师 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, 1.4kReads9.1Score13014d adds
- 31 EN I'm the Boss in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏当BOSS Name: Shen Hao. Occupation: Demon (You are the most evil, most cruel, and most terrifying great, great, great Demon King!) Innate Talents: 1. Calamity from the Heavens (When you enter an instance, you will take the place of the original boss in that world, inheriting all their attributes, abilities, and items. When the mission ends, you will permanently gain their attributes, one of their abilities, or an item.) 2. The Demon’s Legend (Demons may leave survivors, but never out of mercy. Those you 5.2kReads8.3Score52914d adds
- 32 Horror Game: I’m Really Just a Doctor 恐怖游戏：我真的只是一名医生 [Long-form campus writing contest entry] [The only one on the entire site] Fu Bai is reborn as an NPC in a horror game. He considers himself an ordinary, normal person, yet players keep calling him the Murderous Ghost Doctor, the Mad Doctor, the Horror Doctor... Come on, he's a refined, cultured doctor with a rather wicked streak. How can people still criticize him like that? Oh? More players have arrived. Fu Bai swirls the blood-red wine in his left hand, toys with a scalpel in his right, and b 672Reads7.0Score11514d adds
- 33 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态 [Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The 73.9kReads9.5Score8.4k14d adds
- 34 Rule Horror: It All Begins with Mom’s Note 规则怪谈：从妈妈的纸条开始 In a parallel world, rule-based horror stories descended upon humanity. Each country was assigned a randomly selected player. If a player died, the horror story would descend upon their country; only clearing it could make it disappear. Lin Feng was fortunate enough to win the draw and represent the Dragon Kingdom in a rule-based horror story. The first story was called Mom's Note. Mom can't come back. Remember to go to Grandma's house in three days. 1. You should leave between 9 and 11 p.m. Do 1.8kReads8.9Score18914d adds
- 35 I Craft Nuclear Bombs in Rule-Based Horror 我在规则怪谈手搓核弹 [Rule-Based Horror + The Supernatural + National Fate + Deduction + Memes + Comedy + Physical Exorcism] Qin Yu, a genius engineer with a criminal personality, is chosen to enter a rule-based horror world, representing Longguo in the contest. After Longguo has lost four battles in a row, Qin Yu becomes the country's last line of defense. If Qin Yu loses, Longguo falls. “Congratulations, you have obtained an SSS-rank talent: Engineer.” [Engineer: Any object you touch can be given mechanical proper 30Reads8.9Score11014d adds
- 36 National Fate: My Three Teammates Are Old Men, and Leng Feng Is Going Crazy 国运：队友仨老头，冷风要疯了 [National destiny + the old Heavenly Master + a battle among the gods + no female lead + combat + an older generation’s fiery spirit] The world’s resources are running out, and a forbidden zone for civilization trials has opened. Four people from each nation are randomly chosen and bound to their nation’s destiny. The old Heavenly Master of Mount Longhu, Lan Minghua from Xuanwu City, Chen Feng, an old man bound to a Gluttony System, and the special forces soldier Leng Feng are selected. At first 4.1kReads8.6Score33214d adds
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Tales of the Supernatural: My Eyes Can See Ghosts 鬼怪奇谈：我的双眼能看见鬼
[Horror]+ [Comedy]+ [Supernatural] You might not believe this, but after a car accident restored my sight, I discovered I could see ghosts! Every morning when I open my eyes, I see a ghost with a pale face, long hair trailing on the floor, and maggots crawling all over her, with no eye sockets at all. When I go to the bathroom to wash up and look in the mirror, a ghostly face with deathly pale skin and a gaping, blood-red mouth suddenly appears behind me. In class, I can see a male ghost floatin
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The Great Detective's Fight for Survival in the World of Rule-Based Horror 大侦探在规则怪谈世界求生
No female lead + horror + livestreaming + high-IQ protagonist + character growth + System Su Qin transmigrated into a world polluted by Rule-Based Horror. Here, anyone might be selected by the horror livestream to become a Chosen One and clear a horror scenario. If they succeeded, the pollution in their country would be cleansed. If they failed, the horror would descend, causing the pollution to randomly worsen or contaminate something new. To stay alive, and to stop Blue Star from being pollute
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- 39 Developing Silent Hill, Scaring Players Around the World to Tears 开发恐怖寂静岭，吓哭全球玩家 Chen Mu transmigrates to a world where the game industry is woefully underdeveloped, but VR technology is highly advanced. His life is at its lowest point: a traitor on the team stole and sold the game he developed with his friends to Penguin, then used it to become Penguin's chief game designer! The traitor even calls to gloat, putting on a fake show of inviting the protagonist to work for him! Luckily, his System awakens. Chen Mu gives this world a real shock by developing Silent Hill PT! His 19Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 40 Rule Horror: It Begins at the Haunted Zoo 规则怪谈：从动物园怪谈开始 [Rule-Based Horror + Deduction + Livestreaming + National Fortune System + No Heroine] The supernatural has returned, and rule-based horror has descended. As a chosen player, Jiang Yi represents the Dragon Nation in the horror scenarios. Successfully clearing an instance earns national fortune points. After four consecutive failures, the Dragon Nation can’t afford another one. If he wins, the Dragon Nation wins! If he loses, the Dragon Nation falls! As it happens, the very first scenario Jiang Y 14.5kReads9.0Score2.1k14d adds
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Something's Haunting Us! But It Seems to Be a Friend 有诡！但好像是朋友
(No harem) + (Two male leads; the second male lead joins the ghost faction later) + (Urban paranormal early on, wasteland apocalypse later) + (Cunning protagonist) As paranormal phenomena spread, humanity uncovers the truth about the world through one clash after another with ghosts. Yang Feng: “There are ghosts? Where?! Kill, kill, kill…” Ghost King: “No way! We're friends!”
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I Have 99 Kinds of Twisted Personalities 我有99种变态人格
What would you do if one day 99 different psychopaths appeared in your mind, and you could return to normal only by perfectly acting out each and every one of their personalities? Su Mo smiled wickedly. “This sounds fun.” The cases in this book are based on real events, taking you into the strange world of psychopathic personalities.
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