The Female Lead Lives in a Horror Game Where Everyone Else Is a Murderous Ghost 女主生活的地方是惊悚游戏，其他人都是杀人厉鬼

1. 1 在 Working as an NPC in a Horror World 在惊悚世界里做NPC Luo Yang骆泱Mystery149k WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Dungeon challenges + Female protagonist posing as a player] Cheng Yue is a longtime fan of horror infinite-flow novels. She never expected that one day her world would become the terrifying world from a novel. Everyone around her, except herself, started acting strangely. Her roommate’s facial features fell off as she talked. When Cheng Yue went home for the holidays, she saw her younger brother kicking their father’s head around like a ball. The old neighbor in the plaza was ex 989Reads8.4Score102Shelves

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   The first book is about a female protagonist living in a horror game. Everything around her suddenly becomes abnormal; her roommate's facial features droop when she talks to her. During her vacation, her younger brother kicks her father's head like a ball, and her mother calls to remind her to bring back her deceased neighbor's older brother. Then a group of people claiming to be players arrive to complete a mission…

2. 2 诡 The Creepy World Is My Home: While Others Clear Levels, I Go Home 诡异世界是我家，别人闯关我回家 Skewer Fanatic炸串脑袋Mystery426k WordsCompleted [Thriller Game] [National Fate] [Female-led] [No romance] [Horror and the supernatural] [Searching for family?] (The first game is mostly about recognizing family, so it isn't scary. The supernatural elements grow more intense in later games.) Li Fuguang transmigrated to a parallel world just as the National Fate Thriller Game descended. Clear ten games in a row, and you earn one wish. The chosen players had done well in the first few games, but they all crashed and burned in the fourth, “A Fami 3.6kReads7.9Score376Shelves
3. 3 恐 Horror Movie NPC Goes on a Killing Spree in a Terror Game 恐怖片NPC在惊悚游戏杀疯了 Snow-Skin Lantern冰皮灯笼Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [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 64.7kReads9.6Score8.5kShelves
4. 4 获 I Started Slacking Off After Gaining a Vengeful Ghost's Powers 获得厉鬼能力后我摆烂了 A Day, A Month一天一个月Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing An utterly ordinary person, Huan Xiao unexpectedly gains the abilities of a vengeful ghost while working a part-time job. A game called “Gui” appears on her phone, and it actually transports her to a world overrun by vengeful ghosts! There, she meets plenty of other unlucky people just like her. But unlike them, who struggle desperately to survive, Huan Xiao gives up and takes it easy... [No romance] 8.4kReads8.3Score691Shelves
5. 5 我 Am I Actually an NPC in a Horror Instance? 我居然是恐怖副本的npc？ Momentary Fire须臾火Mystery415k WordsOngoing After waking from a nap, Mo San discovers that she’s an NPC in a game instance? She pets the cute mermaid she’s raising and thinks retirement is just around the corner. But then something strange suddenly happens at the deep-sea base. The dead come back to life, and indistinct whispers appear in every corner… The players are struggling, and the SAN levels above their heads are plummeting. Well, would you look at that? It’s a horror instance too? Facing the base in disarray, Mo San feels an immen 82Reads8.4Score—Shelves
6. 6 影 Apocalyptic Showdown: Slashing Zombies Across the World 影剧末日大乱斗，我在各国砍丧尸 Wood Is Wood木檀是木Modern Romance756k WordsOngoing Nie Zhuyu thought it was already outrageous enough to be reborn in Korea as a Chinese citizen who had grown up there. Then she bought a house and awakened a bound System, only to find herself entering instances. Her newly purchased apartment was in Toxic Building, the school she had just transferred to was Zombie School, and even visiting a friend sent her into Sweet Home. This wasn't being reborn. It was practically serving herself up to mutants and zombies. Luckily, she had a System that gave 359Reads8.4Score—Shelves
7. 7 诡 The Paranormal Has Arrived, and I Have the Power of Money 诡异降临，我有钞能力 That Candy Is So Sweet那颗糖好甜Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Content warning: romance] Wang Niannian transmigrates into a book, becoming a cannon-fodder character in a bizarre-apocalypse novel she stayed up reading until she died. She also awakens a money-based superpower. She transforms into a useless rich second-generation heir who seems foolish and loaded to everyone around her. After the bizarre entities descend, a prompt appears: [We have detected that you burned 10 trillion in underworld currency for yourself. As a VVIP customer of the Bank of Heav 1.4kReads8.5Score146Shelves
8. 8 惊 Thriller: You Were Told to Escape, but You Became an NPC 惊悚：让你去逃生，你成了NPC Butterfly in the Rain雨中的蝶Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted [Horror Game + Choices + Comedy + Irreverent + Building a Personal Power Base] Ten years ago, the horror game descended upon Blue Star. As the protagonist, Lin Qi was inevitably dragged into the horror game too. While everyone else struggled to survive, he made choices. At the Death Restaurant, everyone else was careful not to anger the customers. Lin Qi had already become the restaurant owner. At the Ghostly Cemetery, others searched for clues and for the missing Grave No. 7. Lin Qi simply 13.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
9. 9 我 I Own a Dollhouse in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏里有一家玩偶屋 Seven-Color Duckling七颜鸭鸭Mystery550k WordsOngoing [Infinite-Flow + System + Wild Imagination + No Romance] The doll maker Huanxi opened a doll shop in a small town, but few customers ever came by. It wasn’t just the doll shop. The flower shop run by Sister Qiong across the street, Granny Wu’s qipao shop next door, and Uncle Qian’s pawnshop were all empty too. In fact, it would be more accurate to say that strangers rarely ever appeared in town. Business was slow, but Huanxi got along well with everyone in town, and they often gathered for meals 1.1kReads8.6Score134Shelves

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   The female protagonist initially lives in a small town, believing herself to be an ordinary person. Everyone in the town treats her very well. However, she later discovers that she is actually an NPC in a terrifying scenario, and everyone around her seems incredibly powerful, the kind that everyone fears. The female protagonist slowly accepts this and begins to experience her own scenario, just like everyone else.

10. 10 我 My Whole Family Is Made Up of Supernatural Big Shots 我全家都是诡异大佬 Taking a Picture of the Moon拍个月亮Mystery267k WordsOngoing A lighthearted, funny horror and supernatural infinite-worlds story. No main couple, but plenty of male supporting characters! The heroine is a beloved heartthrob, and every male supporting character is hopelessly lovestruck. Content warning: The heroine eats people. In almost every later world, when she gets hungry, she eats a few villains. Important: In the first few chapters, the heroine doesn’t know how powerful she is, so she’ll pretend to be a fragile little white flower! Don’t think she’ 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist grew up in a small, eerie town. Later, she went to the human world and has been searching for a way back, eventually entering a horror game world with humans…

11. 11 老 Honey, Someone's Picking on Me: Infinite Flow 老公有人欺负我【无限流】 A Li with Erotomania被爱妄想症阿离Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted [A lovesick, unhinged male lead with multiple facets + he might not even be human in some instances + romance in horror scenarios] School scenario: The class monitor who only cares about studying ♥ the underachieving study committee member Before she knows her boyfriend is a ghost, the class monitor’s daily routine is studying and supervising her boyfriend as he tutors everyone in the class. After she finds out he’s a ghost, the class monitor thinks for a moment and says, “Ghosts don’t need to r 8.1kReads9.1Score842Shelves

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    This is the book. The female protagonist is in a terrifying world but doesn't realize it, and all the other ghosts and monsters treat her like a goddess. (The content is presented in a series of episodes.) You can read it without worry!

12. 12 死 Death Game: The Beauty Is Deceiving the World 死亡游戏：美人她欺诈世界 Yi Xiao已晓Mystery688k WordsOngoing [The author’s note at the end of Chapter 1 contains content warnings. Please remember to read it, thank you.] [The author’s brain doesn’t work right. The first instance is deliberately obscure, which means players can’t clear it. If you don’t understand it, feel free to skip straight to the second instance. The overall tone of this story is: secret identities, a heroine adored by everyone, an airheaded goofball, and hilarious love-triangle drama. (I already put that in the blurb, so if you still 7kReads9.2Score709Shelves

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    Does this count? The female protagonist is an NPC in the game, but she becomes one later. She can create various dolls.

13. 13 禁 Do Not Covet the Beautiful NPC 禁止觊觎貌美npc My Heart Is Thrilled我心歆歆Mystery372k WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow reverse harem + strong female lead + heroine is a heartbreaker + livestreaming + NPCs and players are all her admirers + rivalry between suitors] Puppy Training for the Darling Girl [The heroine is wicked. Don’t read if you dislike that.] Ghosts appear at midnight in the Yougui Apartments. Yucai High School has a long list of strict rules. A headless woman’s corpse is discovered in a remote mountain village. A zombie virus breaks out aboard an apocalyptic cruise ship... In every o 3.9kReads9.0Score450Shelves

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    A universally adored heroine in an infinite flow genre—she's the boss of the dungeon herself, loved by NPCs and players alike!

14. 14 嘘 Shh, Bet You Didn’t See This Coming: I’m the Supernatural Being 嘘，没想到吧，我就是诡异 Steamed Salted Radish清蒸咸萝卜Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Fake and Real Heiresses, Reborn, Rule Horror, Bizarre World, Wealthy CEO, No Romance, Secret Identity, Horror Game] The full-cast audiobook is available on Fanqie Changting. Search for: The Real Heiress Goes Off the Rails in the Horror Game. Qin Shu is reborn on the day of her eighteenth birthday, with only an hour left before she enters the Rule Horror game. She snatches the jade bangle from the female lead, shuts herself in her room, puts it on, and waits to be pulled into the game. In her pr 17.1kReads9.0Score2kShelves

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    The female protagonist thought she was a player of a bizarre dungeon game, but it was actually her home. [Learned something new][Already interested]

15. 15 惊 Thriller: The Little Ancestor’s Grudge Runs Deep, and a Hundred Ghosts Dote on Her 惊悚：小祖宗怨念大，百鬼手心捧 Rein In at the Cliff’s Edge悬崖勒马Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Funny + Dark + Redemption + Strong Heroine] The arrival of the Horror World turns humanity from the top predator into meat for monsters. Everyone fears entering the Horror World and meeting a gruesome death. Then one day, a little girl jumps from a building and enters the Horror World. The terrifying, bloody atmosphere takes a turn... The murderous Death Clown personally makes the little girl the braised chicken drumsticks she loves. The chainsaw-wielding soul butcher, a madman who dismembers p 9.3kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves

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    I highly recommend the first book. The female lead is a child who will become a ghost king after death. Her backstory is tragic; she constantly tries to commit suicide but can't. The ghosts all dote on her. It's an ongoing series, so I suggest keeping it updated. I don't remember the plots of the other two books very well, but they were also quite good; the female leads are both very cool and strong.

16. 16 惊 Thriller: This NPC Has Gone on Strike 惊悚：这个NPC罢工了 Bai Yi柏亦Mystery368k WordsCompleted [Thriller + unhinged beauty + not scary + no romance + killing all the way + invincible] The dungeon opens in Chapter Two. You can skip it. Shen Xiaoxiao is the famous S-rank dungeon NPC, the River God’s Bride, hated by countless players. One day, she suddenly realizes that players have tricked her into dying countless times. So she decides: “I quit! I’m done!” While other players painstakingly search for clues to clear the dungeon, Shen Xiaoxiao spends the whole time causing trouble in her own 3.4kReads9.3Score479Shelves
17. 17 规 Rules of the Strange: She Conquers the Supernatural World and Becomes a Legend 规则怪谈，她在诡异世界通关封神 Xu Ruopingsheng徐若平笙Mystery307k WordsCompleted The story is complete. [Female-Oriented, No Romance, Mystery, Deduction, Power Fantasy, Light Infinite-Loop Elements; the heroine is just an ordinary person] The supernatural returns, and strange tales descend upon the world. Wen Qi is chosen by the supernatural world. As one of the chosen, she bears the hopes of her country. She must do her best to survive in the supernatural world's strange-tale instances and even earn rewards. Watching Wen Qi on the livestream, with her rumpled clothes, bird' 671Reads8.9Score110Shelves
18. 18 觉 After Awakening, She Becomes the Strongest Nepo Baby in a Horror Game 觉醒后，她成恐怖游戏最强关系户 Bai Qiong Yu白琼羽Mystery659k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out. It'll go up... right?] Ling Xi suddenly realized that something was wrong with her world: her classmates were acting strangely, the world reset every so often, and batches of transfer students kept appearing. After awakening, she began seeing the world in a completely different way. To protect herself, she went to the Horror Park to borrow its power, only to get dragged into all kinds of instances. In the end, why are so many people inviting her to settle down in their 1.5kReads7.2Score165Shelves

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    This book is about a female protagonist living in a horror game world, surrounded by boss-level characters. It's a story of a character being pampered and loved by everyone. Everyone should read it! [Admiration]

19. 19 无 Infinite Flow: She's Ruthless and Doesn't Waste Words 无限流：大佬她人狠话不多 Sweetheart Fei甜心非Mystery295k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Everyone Loves the Heroine + Infinite Worlds] After entering a horror game, Bai Lan said, “Great! Let me die. The sooner, the better.” NPC: “…Are you okay?” [Haunted Hotel] Bai Lan: “I don’t lock my room at night. Feel free to come kill me.” Killer: “Damn, is she secretly a big shot?” He lowered his head shyly. “I won’t kill you. Can I come over and just chat?” Bai Lan: “Sure, we can chat, but keep your hands to yourself!” [Midnight School] Bai Lan: “I’ll walk in front. You all fol 14Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    Synopsis of the captivating stories: The first book features a female protagonist who is the darling of the group; the third book features a female protagonist who is an NPC who escapes the game world.

20. 20 惊 What?! The Escape-Room Boss Is Actually My Online Dating Partner 惊！逃生BOSS竟是我网恋对象 Bones of the Green Mountain青山骨Two Male Leads404k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + Infinite worlds + Mild horror and goofy comedy + One-on-one romance + Two powerful leads + Sweet romance] [Playful troublemaker who loves having fun x aloof-looking, big puppy] The escape game world merges with Blue Star, and people are randomly chosen to take part in the games. Yu Liang is unlucky enough to be selected. Other people’s skills: electricity, poison, a forty-meter broadsword. Yu Liang’s skill: staying in contact with his online partner. The players laugh: “Ha! Wha 3.3kReads9.4Score546Shelves

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    These are all stories (the first one is by a male protagonist): First book: After the male protagonist's world merges with a horror world, while others struggle to survive [frustrated], the male protagonist, through conversations with his boyfriend, lives a relatively comfortable life [smirking]. Second book: The female protagonist wants to die, but is pampered by ghosts and monsters [shy][laughing] (funny :-D, the most beloved character). Third book: The female protagonist lives in a horror game world, but she doesn't know it. She's very cute [laughing] and is loved [adored] by others. The others mainly prevent players from harming her.

21. 21 恐 The Useless Beauty NPC in a Horror Game 恐怖游戏里的废物美人NPC Tian Fuzhou's Tianyin Sect田富州的天阴宗Mystery250k WordsOngoing [We recommend skipping the first world] Ruoruo, who was pulled into a horror game, is a three-thousand-year-old dodder vine spirit: fragile, alluring, exquisite, and a treasure everyone covets. And the beauty is as delicate as a breakable doll in a shop window. She cries easily and can’t bear the slightest grievance, so... [The Lunatics’ Feast] The leader of the kidnappers smiles as he pins the touch-starved beauty in his arms and whispers, “Good girl, give me a kiss, and I won’t kill you, okay. 31Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    These books all feature female protagonists living in horror games, especially the third one!!!

22. 22 无 Infinite Worlds: After I Became the Manor Lord 无限世界：当我成为庄园主后 Aiya Hiahiah哎hiahiahMystery466k WordsCompleted [Infinite flow + System + wild imagination + no romance] Zhao Manman, an NPC, awakened in a terrifying world of mist. The world of mist is made up of players and NPCs. Players enter to have their wishes fulfilled, but the mysterious world of mist offers more than thrilling survival challenges. They also have to deal with all kinds of players, whose hearts are impossible to read. Zhao Manman could only weep in despair. I just want to stay alive! Luckily, she got a manor from the start and unexpec 1.1kReads8.6Score114Shelves
23. 23 无 Infinite Flow: The Magician Becomes a God Through Her Combat Power 无限流：魔术师她靠武力值封神 Aci the Tavernkeeper酒家阿瓷Mystery432k WordsCompleted [Light horror, infinite-flow, 1v1, two powerful leads, sweet romance] Shang Heng, the strongest player in the game, x Shi Miao, a former S-rank instance boss Shi Miao had been a boss in a horror game's instances for many years. She thought she would keep being a diligent wage slave, but after waking up one day, she found herself turned into a new player in the game, with her weapons confiscated and her powers sealed from the start. Shi Miao: ...If the System won't play fair, neither will I. So w 5.7kReads9.4Score863Shelves
24. 24 反 Hello, Villain. Let Me Take a Look at Your Teeth 反派您好，让我看看您的牙 Can't Walk the Dog遛不了狗Mystery635k WordsOngoing [Strong female lead + infinite flow + System + both leads are each other’s only love + lighthearted + golden finger + face-slapping power fantasy] [Lighthearted, lighthearted, lighthearted!!] After being forced to become the dentist for a villainous boss in a horror-game level, Xia Zhen is either roaming the map with her medicine kit to find the boss, or using dental tools to have “friendly chats” with NPCs. She unexpectedly becomes a big shot in the eyes of the players and a devil in the eyes 242Reads9.2Score102Shelves
25. 25 无 Infinite Flow: Turns Out I'm the Final Boss 无限流：原来我才是最终Boss Jiangjiang Is Quite Handsome江江有点帅Modern Romance548k WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + airheaded heroine + max-level expert + male lead + plot-focused + mild horror + light comedy] After quick transmigrating through more than three thousand worlds, Yan Mi finally got a vacation. But an unreliable System set her up and dumped her into an infinite horror game world. Other players: “Excuse me, are you a player too?” Yan Mi replied earnestly: “No, I'm just here on vacation.” Other players: “...” Is that something a normal carbon-based life-form would say??? At first, 1.1kReads9.1Score191Shelves
26. 26 我 I'm Frail, but I Really Am the Savior 我虽然病弱，但真的是救世主 A Blank Stretch of Time空白的时间Mystery813k WordsCompleted Also known as: “Don’t Worry, I’m Not Dead Yet. I Can Still Save the World” “The Sickly Beauty’s Journey to Save the World” “As the Savior, I Got Eliminated Right After Landing” One day, a System called “Death Game” descended upon reality. One person in every ten thousand worldwide became a player, and Earth’s apocalypse began. “Earth players, attention! The Death Game has finished loading. Are you ready?” As the voice rang out, Luo Jing stared blankly at the glowing orb floating before him. 26.5kReads9.4Score7.6kShelves

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    If you want to read this type of book, then you absolutely have to mention these few. Don't be fooled by their low ratings; their plots and characters are simply captivating. For more details, please read on.

27. 27 无 Infinite: Don't Mess with the Vicious Female Lead, She'll Go Crazy! 无限：别惹恶毒女配，她会发疯！ Three Thousand or So三千几许Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted "Choose the dungeon you're interested in by volume" ★★★ The heroine shines on her own, infinite-flow + no romance ★★★ If you want a purely evil heroine, please skip this one, thanks ★★★ I ate the logic ★★★ You can't please everyone, so if you don't like it, please skip it, thanks She transmigrates into a campus novel as its villainous female lead, only to discover that the world has gone off the rails. From the start, she's dragged into an infinite game where she can only survive by clearing dun 1.3kReads8.9Score192Shelves
28. 28 穿 I Was Reborn as the Real Heiress, and the Horror Stories I Wrote Came True 穿成真千金，我写的怪谈成真了 Snowfall In Winter岁冬下雪了Sci-Fi & Apocalypse353k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + strong female lead + mastermind + supernatural horror + apocalypse + no romance] Escape-game boss Jiang Ning transmigrates into the body of a real heiress who’s on the verge of dying. To extend her life, she starts writing stories online. Wish-granting stars, creepy dolls... One urban legend after another is born from her stories and merges with the existing legends of this world. Her novels become tickets for people to enter Jiang Ning’s haunted stories, and a powerful tool fo 1.2kReads8.6Score178Shelves
29. 29 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 58Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    I recommend it to everyone, it's beautiful.

30. 30 无 Infinite Flow: I Reincarnated as an NPC in a Horror Game 无限流：我穿成惊悚游戏的NPC Casual Doodles随笔涂鸦Mystery582k WordsCompleted The sun falls, and the entire world transmigrates. Gu Xin, who has heart disease, had planned to take things easy, get eliminated early, and enjoy what little time she had left on Blue Star. But an error occurred during the transmigration, and she ended up as an NPC in a horror game. While she ran her doll shop and picked up odd jobs in other dungeons, hoping to earn an immigrant ship ticket as soon as possible, three strikingly handsome men suddenly appeared before her. Each claimed Gu Xin was 1.3kReads8.7Score144Shelves

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    🍅The female protagonist runs a doll shop in a horror world, essentially a dungeon. Her dolls are all sentient and incredibly cute [heart emoji]. 🍅This book perfectly captures the theme; the female protagonist is an NPC, the only ordinary person, while everyone else has been turned into a ghost. 🍅The author has a wild imagination, and the world-building is very interesting. The female protagonist is incredibly popular. 🍅The female protagonist's identity is unique, a third party, and she works for herself through dungeon contracts with ghosts. It's also a fantastic book.

31. 31 娇 The Adorable NPC Bosses Fight to Make Her Their Wife 娇娇NPC被Boss抢着做老婆 Mango Is a Cat芒果是只喵Modern Romance552k WordsCompleted Tang Tang is an NPC who can see the players' System screens and knows how far along they are with their quests. She had planned to lie low and play an insignificant passerby, but player Huo Shaoyu noticed something suspicious about her. Forced to disguise herself with a player's secret identity, Tang Tang searched for evidence about herself and took apart her own home... Unexpectedly, she discovered that she had lost part of her memory, and the dungeon boss turned out to be her boyfriend, who ke 595Reads9.2Score105Shelves
32. 32 无 Infinite: Running a Restaurant in a Necromancy Game 无限：我在亡灵游戏开餐馆 Sheep Roll绵羊卷Mystery639k WordsCompleted Synopsis: (No romance, escape and survival, female protagonist) While everyone else fights to survive, I open a restaurant. (P.S. The main focus is still on escaping and recruiting staff, not on running a traditional shop and selling things. I didn't make that clear in the story. Sorry~) Others: These ghosts are way too terrifying! Help~ I want to live!!... Xie Tingyan: What?! Ghosts??? They're not ghosts, they're all my precious darlings! *laughs* The customer is king. You can call me “Boss Xie 147Reads8.6Score—Shelves
33. 33 逃 Escape Game: Pretending to Be an NPC on a Livestream 逃生游戏：在游戏直播中装NPC Little Jiujiu小九玖啊Mystery620k WordsCompleted [Any similarities in tropes are purely coincidental.] [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Mild Comedy.] After one particular instance ended, the System held a player discussion event, hoping more players could earn high ratings. System: Next, let's welcome our special guest to the stage to share her secrets for getting high ratings! Tang Zhaozhao stepped onto the stage under the gaze of countless players. System: Tell us, Mei, how have you managed to get such great S+ ratings in so many instances? Ta 81Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    Story Summary: The first book is my favorite among male-oriented novels! The second is my favorite among female-oriented novels! The third book is also quite good! I don't accept readers who haven't read these books...

34. 34 扮 Playing a Creepy NPC with Countless Secret Identities 扮演诡异NPC马甲无数 Smiling Charmingly Every Day天天笑倾城Modern Romance198k WordsOngoing [Misunderstandings + secret identities + card draws + horror game + female lead in role + powerful characters + transmigration + infinite worlds + no romance] After Jiang Shuyu signs a contract with the System, it tricks her into believing that the NPC she's supposed to play is unimportant and won't be too tiring. She believes it! And so begins her diligent life in the horror game world, doing her best to play her NPC role. (There are six main worlds in all: Peaceful Residential Complex, Academy 28Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    1. The female protagonist has a vivid imagination; despite being a powerful figure, she's easily fooled by the system into believing she's a weak, chosen worker. Players: Oh my god, she put her colleague on the operating table! 2. Initially, the female protagonist is unaware that she's deeply loved by other eerie beings in a terrifying world, and she increases the game's difficulty in various world instances.

35. 35 我 I Crown Myself Queen in the Eerie World 我在诡异世界，加冕女王 Queen Gaga嘎嘎女王Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [Mystery]+ [Mild Horror]+ [Suspense]+ [Everyone’s Favorite]+ [White Moonlight]+ [No Fixed Couple] Elena transmigrates into the body of a vampire princess. The moment she opens her eyes, she sees a blood-soaked doll with a split mouth playing hide-and-seek with her! And if it finds her, it’ll eat her?! Elena is trembling beneath the bed when she suddenly spots some distorted writing carved into the underside of the bed frame… [Survival Rules for the Dark World] 1. You are absolutely safe inside t 3.2kReads9.3Score545Shelves
36. 36 在 The Romance I Found in Horror Games Is Full of Surprises 在恐怖游戏里谈的恋爱千奇百怪 Running Peach奔跑的桃子Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted Bai Yao became a vicious supporting character in numerous horror worlds, possessing nothing but beauty and a love of money. After the System tossed her the words "win them over," it lost contact because of a bad signal. She had read so many novels and knew the tropes well. Wasn't she supposed to win over men who had suffered tragic fates? The first time she saw someone, she could sense a dark red glow around him. She guessed that he must be her target, so... At a haunted boarding school, she fou 74.5kReads9.6Score7.9kShelves

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    ✨✨✨This is definitely it! You can tell just by looking at the ratings. The female lead is an NPC in a horror game, bound to a system but unaware of her mission. She sees a red glow on the villain and assumes he's her target, then showers him with affection. I absolutely love the female lead's views on love! [Heart emojis]

37. 37 我 I'm an NPC in the National Fate Horror Game 我在国运怪谈游戏当NPC Stealing a Pig from the Start开局偷猪啊Mystery478k WordsCompleted After dying suddenly from working overtime all night, Shi Qian was dumped by the System into a terrifying world of urban legends to work as an NPC. She slacks off, enjoys the show, and just wants to be a simple, happy little couch potato. But the contestants in the national destiny horror game mistake her for a powerful boss in the instance... She giggles and watches the fun through a crack in the door! The contestants scream and wail the moment they see her. Some even cry in terror through t 3.8kReads8.7Score394Shelves

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    The first book, NPC, was very good; I'm currently reading the second one.

38. 38 进 After Entering the Horror World, the Ghosts Realized I Was Cheating 进入恐怖世界后鬼怪发现我开挂 Turtle and Mung Bean Cake王八绿豆糕Mystery370k WordsCompleted [Infinite-world survival + terrifying horror games + momma’s boy heroine + strong female lead + unlimited revivals + expert at laying ghosts to rest by force + face-slapping and punishing scum + wish fulfillment + no romance + lone wolf] [If you enjoyed the story, please leave a five-star review. Thanks, everyone!] This world doesn’t seem as simple as it looks. Bai Qianwu can clearly sense that it has two sides: the surface world and the inner world. The gods of this world seem to have a twisted 694Reads9.1Score105Shelves
39. 39 无 Infinite Flow: The Beloved NPC Is Back in the Arena of Love and Death 无限流：万人迷NPC又在修罗场 Casual Doodles随笔涂鸦Mystery365k WordsCompleted I want you. I want to possess you. I want to kill you. Gu Meng, whose body has the qualities of Tomie, is inexplicably dragged into a horror game. Worse still, she’s the only NPC who has awakened. Worse than that, her ability to attract obsessive fanatics and perverts hasn’t disappeared. It’s only grown stronger. Gu Meng looks at the useless skills on her System panel, then at the powerful attack coming her way. Just as she’s about to raise the white flag, she spots the player she’s killed off a 79Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist who lives in a horror game; she's an indigenous person and has a second life. The second book features a charming female protagonist who attracts perverts—an awakened indigenous NPC. The third book involves a female protagonist who transmigrates to a horror world; she seems a bit confused and initially doesn't realize her world is different, only discovering it later. She loses her memory in each instance. The fourth book features both male and female protagonists who are indigenous, one knowing more and the other less. The last book features a somewhat dim-witted indigenous NPC in every instance. [Laughing emoji][laughing emoji]

40. 40 惊 Thriller Instance: The Evil God's Twisted Affection 惊悚副本：邪神的病态宠爱 Flying Little Darcy飞天小达西Mystery300k WordsCompleted [Delicate, Helpless Beauty of a Wasteful Heroine vs. Sick, Violent, Dark, Fragmented Male Lead] [One-on-One] [Sweet Romance] Song Shengsheng transmigrates into a horror world, only to discover that she's merely an NPC in a game. With beauty but no fighting ability, she has no choice but to cling to powerful allies. First, he uses white fog to kill every player who threatens his happiness. He wants her all to himself. He asks not for another life, but for eternity together, never to part again. ( 982Reads7.6Score101Shelves
41. 41 不 Don't Bully the Horror Game NPCs: Infinite 不要欺负恐怖游戏npc【无限】 Mountain White Mountain山白山Mystery703k WordsCompleted [Horror, ghosts, suspense, and mystery-solving, with original supernatural-game lore.] [A timid NPC in a horror game who cries easily x a player who tries to survive every day but sometimes has a very strange way of thinking.] Lin Yilan runs a small guesthouse and only wants to coast through life. The guesthouse occupies the third and fourth floors of Chunxuan Residential Complex. For some reason, a new group of guests shows up every so often. Lin Yilan smiles, and the guests tremble with fear. 1.3kReads8.8Score139Shelves
42. 42 惊 The Horror Game Is Too Hard? Huohuo, I Only Want Joy! 惊悚游戏太难？花火我只要欢愉！ Sweet Tofu Pudding with Extra Sugar甜豆腐脑再加点糖Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Mind games + fireworks + madness + infinite flow] I am Sparkle, but I am not Sparkle. I am in a world of despair. When the heavens and earth are torn open by an indescribable, mysterious force and countless “abominations from beyond” descend, humanity’s fate is forced into a horror game. Slaughter, monsters, abyssal dungeons, illusions, eerie towers... Every time someone clears a game, a new Cthulhu entity may step into reality. Everyone is fighting to survive. But amid all this despair, I’m l 2.2kReads9.2Score252Shelves

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    Don't be scared by the "horror game" title; this is actually a thrilling intellectual battle novel! The female protagonist, Hanabi, is professionally crazy and enjoys herself immensely, crushing everything in the game with her intelligence. The plot is fast-paced with many twists and turns, and after reading it, you'll just want to urge the author to update it soon!

43. 43 鬼 The Ghosts' Doctor 鬼怪们的医生小姐 Qing Ling倾龄Two Female Leads1.5M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + Dual Female Leads + Pure Yuri + HE + Horror Worlds + Dual NPC and Player Identities + Powerful Protagonists + Supernatural + Slightly Unhinged] In the world of ghosts and monsters, one doctor is “beloved” by them all: Doctor Feng, the mad physician. Her medical skills are exceptional, and in hundreds of years of practice, she has never received a bad review. “Doctor, can you give me anesthesia first? 4kReads9.3Score541Shelves
44. 44 我 Me and an NPC Compete to See Who Can Act Better 我和NPC互彪演技 Pine Wind Scatters Snow松风溅雪Modern Romance837k WordsCompleted A horror game full of screams. After the truly theatrical Shu Muxian entered the game, the horror game took an unexpected turn. While everyone else trembled with fear, Shu Muxian passionately confessed to the chainsaw doctor: “The moment I met you was the beginning of my heartbeat.” Facing the Slit-Mouthed Woman, she said: “I'd be happy to apply lipstick for you for the rest of my life, so your mouth won't crack open.” Teammates: Is this woman crazy? Purehearted NPC: She's after me! Shu Muxian: 301Reads9.1Score100Shelves

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    ✨①S-Rank NPC✨ After getting tired of playing the game, he went to play as a player himself, easily clearing levels with cheat codes 🦋 ✨②Drama Queen NPC✨As long as I'm not embarrassed, it's everyone else who's embarrassed 🐶 ✨③Transmigrated into a horror game NPC, opening a shop to make money 🍡How did I end up attracting three lunatics? ❓ ✨✨

45. 45 惊 What?! An NPC from the Escape Game Is Clinging to Me 惊！我被逃生游戏的npc缠上了 Wen Ke Gui文可归Mystery260k WordsCompleted [Infinite-Flow + Two Powerful Leads + 1v1 Romance + Love and Hate] After Ni Ke killed herself, she somehow ended up in a horror game. In the first instance, she foolishly provoked an unknown NPC. Afterward, she completed the mission and made a quick getaway. She thought it was all over and that she'd finally escaped his clutches, but then he showed up as an NPC again in the second instance, holding a grudge and blocking her at every turn. She finally lost her temper and smashed the NPC's head wi 920Reads9.2Score114Shelves
46. 46 我 The Years I Spent as an NPC in Dungeons, Slaughtering Players 我在副本当NPC虐杀玩家那些年 Smash Two Thousand Bottles of Red Wine打碎两千红酒Mystery109k WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow + System + female lead who isn’t conventionally kind] [There’s a CP, but it doesn’t last long] Tang Qizhu thought she would spend her days in boredom. That was until the System suddenly appeared, along with classmates who had no memories, a steady stream of transfer students, and a string of bizarre incidents. Maybe things were finally getting interesting? 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommend!

47. 47 求 The NPC Who Keeps Switching Sides in a Survival Game 求生游戏里反复横跳的NPC Thousand Moons' Song千千月歌Modern Romance155k WordsOngoing [Infinite worlds, no fixed pairing, ruthless villainess heroine, master manipulator, beauty buff, flirts without realizing it, somewhat promiscuous, livestreaming begins in the fourth world] The elimination tournament begins, and the unwilling players gradually realize that every instance has a stunningly beautiful NPC who does the most cruel things in the gentlest voice. In a game of deadly disasters and desperate circumstances, she appears with supplies to “save” everyone, while also swindling 17Reads7.9Score—Shelves
48. 48 大 The Powerful Woman's Rise to Godhood from the Start (Infinite Flow) 大佬她开局封神（无限流） Cabbage白菜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jian Ning enters a livestream room for horror puzzle games. Everyone in the room writes her off, saying she has a pretty face but no talent, and that she's dead weight. But then she beats a third-rank female ghost senseless. A seventh-rank ghost, bruised and battered, kneels on the ground and calls her great-grandma. A ninth-rank Ghost King sings to cheer her up, hoping to get this fearsome ancestor out of there as soon as possible. But the people behind the scenes aren't having it. They've seen 1.3kReads9.2Score192Shelves

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    They're all great; I can only say they're all masterpieces. Although I don't know why the fourth book has a slightly lower rating, I highly recommend them.

49. 49 我 I'm the Sweet, Innocent Fool in a Horror World 我在惊悚世界当傻白甜 Bawu巴乌Mystery346k WordsOngoing [Original title: I Play the Sweet, Innocent Fool in the Horror World] [Also known as: I Become a God Through Magic in the Horror World] (The title shown to work best in reader testing) [Heads-up: If you like sweet, innocent heroines, this one isn't for you. It's a strong female lead story.] [Infinite Flow] [Reborn] [Everyone Loves the Heroine] [Multiple Couples] [One True Pairing in the Main Story] [We'll See About the Extra Stories] Jiang Nan was once the most powerful mage in the Magic Empire. —Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 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 6.9kReads9.0Score923Shelves

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