Lovecraftian Horror at Its Most Extreme: Despairing Yet Exhilarating 克苏鲁极致的恐怖，令人绝望又兴奋
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I’m Only Playing a Psychopath, but I’m Actually a Good Prisoner 我只是扮演变态，其实我是好囚犯
[Male lead is a trouble-loving thrill-seeker + livestreaming + role-playing + no romance, pure wish fulfillment + AI game infinite-flow] Xie Qi transmigrates to a parallel world. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself a prisoner, being taken to an island that houses the world's most vicious criminals. This world is controlled by major corporations, with the government nothing more than their puppet. The Prisoner Island is a massive livestreaming game made for the rich. All the prisoners are an
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Museum Intern, Mistaken for an Evil God from the Start 博物馆实习生，开局被误认为邪神
[Evil Gods, Grotesque Entities, Anomalous Objects, Daily Life, Lighthearted Comedy, Not Grim, Hand-Drawn Illustrations] A protagonist who grows in understanding. One day, Lin You suddenly realizes that he has transmigrated, and that he has also gained a golden finger. Through his left eye, Lin You can see strange things lurking in the shadows beneath the real world, as well as information about these entities and even the sinister gods among them. With this ability, Lin You is naturally mistaken
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Under the Gods' Gaze: I Can See the Future! 在神明注视下：我能预见未来！
[Not a wish-fulfillment story, no System, no characters losing intelligence, no harem] They say the gods have gone mad. The moon has become Their eye, and They are watching the world, so... the world has gone mad too.
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The Final Dream 最终之梦
[Over a million words so far, safe to dive in] [Character panels] + [Skills] + [Original scenarios] + [Multiple power systems] [Note: The book title may mention knights, but it isn’t just Western fantasy. There are also Chinese-style scenarios.] “So you’re saying that I, a despicable knight, member of the Tianzi Squad, panel holder, hell-affinity, disaster’s spokesperson, orthodox inheritor of the demonic path, evil outer god, walking source of intense corruption, the one Fate says will slaughte
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It’s Time to Make a Run for It 是时候跑路了
This is an utterly bonkers world, where natural disasters, pollution, human calamities, and all manner of catastrophes run rampant across the land. Desperate to endure, the empire borrows the power of calamities at any cost. Mages remain obsessed with so-called truth, losing their sanity one by one amid whispers. Astrologers seek to glimpse the future and secure a sliver of hope for the world, but everyone sinks into darkness, without exception. The gods, too, descend into madness and become cal
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I Cleared Rule Horror to Get Through Summer Vacation 为了暑假，我通关规则怪谈
[Summer 2023, this one's for you] [Everyday life + lighthearted + on-screen comments + national destiny + livestream] The day before summer break, chosen by the Rule Horror Game... Xia Tian: My life is over. See you after summer break. - The Dragon Nation has lost again and again, and five cities have fallen! Every single time, they lose to their own country's urban-legend culture! One more loss might not cost much, but the nation will lose its standing and prestige! The world will laugh at them
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Thriller: You Were Told to Escape, but You Became an NPC 惊悚：让你去逃生，你成了NPC
[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
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Reborn as a Girl, I Won’t Be Socially Anxious in the Horror World Anymore 变成女孩子在惊悚世界不想再社恐
[Horror World] [Gender Transformation] [Healing Everyday Life] [Read Before Bed to Cure Your Insomnia] After buying a late-night snack at a convenience store, Tang Xia Bing was on her way home to continue being a shut-in when, at a crossroads, a truck transformed into a robot and sent her to another world with its righteous iron fist. She had transmigrated straight into the body of a white-haired little girl who had taken her own life because her social anxiety made her terrified of dealing with
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The Unworshiped Kingdom of Yuan: The Twelve Kingdoms 渊国无祀：十二国
Threads of the Old Gods coil around the mundane world, while a rusted dragon ring knocks at the abyss. False warmth and the blood of loved ones are the last tender offerings a mortal receives before plunging into madness.
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Dead City 死城
In this book, I’ll take you in search of the eerie things hidden in the city, and the terrifying taboos lurking in everyday life.
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Rule Horror: They Say I Have Multiple Personalities 规则怪谈：他们说我有多重人格
[Comedy, lighthearted, invincible, bizarre, ever-changing personality] This is the second year of the showdown between humanity and bizarre creatures, and the situation is growing increasingly tense... Bi Yi transmigrates into the body of a man who had jumped to his death. The moment he opens his eyes, he is chosen as a contestant. But his head was damaged in the fall, so he is always getting into trouble. Every day, he loses his memory, goes crazy, then turns around and becomes incredibly obedi
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Seizing Fortune Amid a Thousand Calamities 千厄夺机
An ordinary mission hides a cunning scheme and unlocks memories long sealed away; a secret art offers a path to immortality and shapes a life unlike any other. With a mortal body, he pursues the dream of eternal life. He presses forward without hesitation, for retreat leaves him nowhere to stand. Our lives are bound by fate. Who can decide whether we part or meet again?
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The Darkest Hour Before Dawn 至暗凌晨
Set in an alternate world. Everything in this story is fictional. One female lead. No one remembers who was the first person to question whether this world was real. To the humans still living on Earth, the world is made up of nothing more than a vast expanse of water called the ocean and stretches of solid ground called continents. When creatures of legend force their way into the familiar yet unfamiliar world of humankind, terrifying the foolish, when beings from another world stain the azure
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Cthulhu: Actually, I'm with the Foundation 克苏鲁：其实我是基金会的
Mo Lin thought he would spend his life living an ordinary existence. But by a twist of fate, he was swept up in an operation beyond anything he could comprehend, and the “true face” of the world gradually began to reveal itself to him... In a dim basement, a strange-looking creature hums a nursery rhyme... quietly waiting for the one it is destined to meet.
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Treading the Stars 踏星
A vast universe, countless races! Grand battle techniques, the Ten Judges rise above all! Ancient clans with unique surnames, the Top Hundred Battle Rankings! In my name, I tread upon the stars! One day in the year 2200, when humanity first set foot on Neptune, they found a battle blade and a corpse standing upright!!! The author has already completed an older novel, The Ultimate Throne of Doomsday, at over three million words. It was never once put on hiatus, guaranteed reliable!
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Divine Oil 神油
The waters of the Gui River cannot wash away old blood debts. A jar of miraculous oil can keep the secrets of a powerful family locked away. The Republic of China is in chaos, the country teetering on the brink of collapse. At the command of his ancestors, the sole surviving heir of the Shi family enters the fray, disguising himself as an anonymous laborer at the Wen family’s oil mill. He appears plain and timid, but in his heart he is plotting a sweeping revenge. The miraculous oil the Wen fami
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Luring the Sweetheart: The Wild Captain Takes Her by Storm 诱捕小乖宝，野痞队长强势攻陷
A heads-up: the adapted short drama “Waiting for You When the Roses Bloom” is now available~ [Marriage Before Love + Mutual Pining + Long-Running Scheme + Healing + Six-Year Age Gap + Sweet Romance] [Beautiful, sweet-voiced intern reporter x Wild, wolfish captain of the criminal police] Chen Mo married his brother’s younger sister, but no one knew she was the moonlight in his heart, the little moon he had wanted all to himself for so many sleepless nights. The year Song Zhiyi turned twenty-one,
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Cthulhu: I Never Thought I’d Become an Old One 克苏鲁：没想到我成了旧日
The Old Gods' game is steeped in madness and darkness. Everyone knows that civilization in the high-tech cities is only a facade. The gods and their followers are the true rulers of all things. Reborn in a game world where no hope could be seen, a young man found himself inexplicably set on a path of resisting madness, and was gradually revered as a god. Will the dragon slayer eventually become a dragon himself? "If despair is the core of the Old Gods, then we are the faint glimmer of dawn." The
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Survival Horror: My Lover Is a Monster 惊悚求生之我的爱人是怪物
Monster-world exploration + survival + younger monster male lead Welcome to Sweet Home, the happiest family in the world. Your family is fabulously wealthy, with a vast, magnificent, eerie manor and mountains of jewels. You have the most loving mother in the world and the closest-knit family imaginable, though your mother might crush your head at any moment. Your older sister might tear off your limbs and eat them as snacks. Your younger sister is always trying to turn you into a doll, while you
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Raising All of Humanity: I Simulated a Perfect Future 饲养全人类：我推演了完美未来
Zheng Xuan transmigrates into a parallel world and becomes the Host of the Future Simulation System. He gathers the wisdom of six billion intelligent beings across the globe and builds a Tower of Wisdom, simulating and creating a supernatural system for humanity: “Equivalent Exchange: Truth Alchemy.” Drawing on generations of medical professionals’ research into the human body, he simulates and develops a supernatural martial arts system! Using the principles of civilization to open a gateway to
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My Monsters Aren't Quite Calm 我的怪物们不太冷静
[Transmigrator] + [No Harem] + [Awakening] Wei Yang transmigrates into this world and stares blankly at its bizarre nature... Resources are scarce, technology is backward, and the world lies in utter desolation... A silent disaster creeps in. Strange monsters growl atop the ruins, and everything seems to be leading humanity into the abyss... Wei Yang, this [Outsider], wears an excited smile as he leads a bunch of "troublemakers" and curses, "What a screwed-up world..."
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The Strange Chronicles of Cultivation 诡异修仙录
“Why me? Why does it have to be me? No, I’m not crazy, I’m not crazy. This world is crazy!” “It’s fake. All of this is fake, hahaha~”
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Villain: The Loli Protagonist Is Actually My Number-One Simp 反派：萝莉主角竟是我的头号舔狗
[Cosmic horror + transmigrated into a book as the villain + yandere + love triangle showdown] Lu Ning transmigrated into the villain of a supernatural urban fantasy novel, and he was looking a little panicked. He had only just awakened his memories when he realized he had just arranged to meet the protagonist offline for a fight. Determined to change his original fate, Lu Ning decided to give the other guy a little taste of the villain’s terror. But when he turned around, Lu Ning saw a little gi
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From the Start, My Girlfriend Dismembered Me and Sacrificed Me to Cthulhu 开局被女友肢解献祭给克苏鲁
[Sequences + power fantasy + no System + reborn] [God] type sequence creature: [The Lord]. [Rule] type sequence creature: [The Eternal Clock]. [Growth-type] sequence creature: [Fear]... All kinds of bizarre, terrifying sequence creatures invade the globe. The twenty-first century faces annihilation, and humanity is no longer at the top of the food chain. Ye Lai: “I’m reborn, but I died, and my girlfriend dismembered me. Then Cthulhu brought me back to life... I became the human Cthulhu fears mos
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Primordial Gray Mist 原初灰雾
[Cyberpunk] [Cthulhu Mythos] [Slow Burn] A bizarre world born from the interweaving of technology and myth, where science and theology have merged. When the human body can be modified and genetic locks unlocked, are people still human? The Ship of Theseus paradox takes on a different meaning when it comes to cyborgs. Silence seems to do no good anymore. Yet the even more mysterious “Near-Divine Attendants” tempt humanity into submission and worship. When myth enters reality, beneath the gloomy s
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The Call of Cthulhu 克苏鲁的呼唤
The Call of Cthulhu
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You're Supposed to Be an Investigator, So Why Are You Dating an Evil God? 让你当调查员，你和邪神谈恋爱？
[Cthulhu Girls] [Eerie] [Superpowers] After transmigrating to a world overrun by the eerie, Qi Mai only wants to live a quiet, peaceful life. But for some reason, the strange beings around him just keep multiplying. The good news: the beautiful transfer student in his class, [Ketu Luzi], has just moved in next door! The bad news: beneath her clothes lurk terrifying, twisted black tentacles, and she commands a gang of fishmen... The even worse news: she has set her sights on Qi Mai. “I’ve discove
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The Great Dao From the Start: I'm So Bored! 开局大道：我好无聊！
[The Myriad Worlds + scheming + lighthearted comedy + loves making mischief + no female lead] What’s it like to become the Great Dao from the start? Su Nan can tell you: it’s worse than working 996! o(╥﹏╥)o After becoming the Great Dao, Su Nan was terribly bored, so he created clone after clone to explore the Myriad Worlds... Su Nan: “Explore what? Nobody’s allowed to go!!” Su Nan: “Who’ll play with me if you all leave!!!” Su Da: “Boss, I want to go.” Su Nan: “Take this flying kick!” Su Da: “Aah
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The Tenth Day's End: A Troublemaker's Paradise 十日终焉乐子人
The End of Ten Days: Mischief Maker
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The Iron Age 铁器时代
A magnificent ironworks, charcoal-burning trains, steam-powered repeating crossbows, submarines running on a mix of steam engines and batteries, alcohol-fueled internal-combustion tanks, a sky full of hot-air-balloon airships, and paratroopers wearing chestnut-colored Wu Song hats. The Qing remnants and the Ming loyalists divide the north and south, and society has reached the stage of primitive capitalist accumulation. In this chaotic era, a life of fearless adventure takes him from slave to gl
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The Eerie Town: From the Start, I Became a Plague Doctor 诡异小镇：开局成为瘟疫医生
[No romance + infinite flow + paranormal horror + not a power fantasy + character growth + forced to become an all-round doctor] [Evernight Town] The dead disguise themselves as living people, a doctor who knows nothing, and a fishman who appears out of nowhere all vie for control of the town. [Spring Blossom Middle School] Thirteen eerie urban legends, a troublemaker who gets toyed with, and a doctor who never gets a moment's rest. [The Never-Ending Train] The nine carriages are all different.
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Apocalyptic Crisis: Dawn Reboot 末世危机：黎明重启
They're here! They're here! A shocking conspiracy is looming over the entire world! Natural and man-made disasters, with zombies everywhere! Please don't lose yourself in the darkness! May the dawn's light shine forever!
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I Live as a Laid-Back Man in Ming Dynasty 我在大明当咸鱼
[Transmigration] [Ming Dynasty] [No System] [Comedy] Zhang Bo unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a down-and-out young master who has just gone bankrupt and been dumped by his fiancée. From the start, he gets beaten up by a group of people. All he wants is to use the knowledge in his head to make some money, live comfortably, and be a lazy good-for-nothing. But he is framed and thrown into prison, and when his true background is revealed, he suddenly becomes the Crown Prince’s study comp
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The Strange World of Swords and Sagas 诡异世界之刀剑江湖
The Dead Man's Sword Technique has reappeared in the martial world, but for Zhao Fan, it brings nothing but disaster. The martial world is perilous, full of deceit and betrayal, with blades flashing at every turn. Zhao Fan draws his sword. If Heaven stands in my way, I will destroy Heaven itself. In the end, Zhao Fan discovers that all of this is only the beginning…
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Strange Tales Containment Center 怪谈收容中心
“Young man, what do I look like to you?” A strange, unsettling voice rings out. The weasel sits in humanlike fashion inside the containment room, its eyes glowing a faint green as it stares at the young man before it, seemingly unable to understand why he is so... excited. “You look like a blue-eyed, blond-haired little girl!” Wang Jin watches the weasel’s shocked expression as its body keeps changing shape, and gives it a meaningful smile.
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The Eternal Supreme 万古至尊
On the Tenglong Continent, might makes right and the world is ever-changing. Only Lin Feng stands alone! The Immortal Emperor Lin Feng stood proudly above all, but was betrayed by the one he loved and died with regrets. He fell to the lowest point in life, yet survived with the Supreme Tower and transmigrated to the Tenglong Continent. Given another chance, he found himself in a world where martial artists ruled. Lin Feng cultivated anew and fought his way back, battling prodigies, seizing desti
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Junior Brother, Don’t Cultivate Immortality Like That 师弟，别这么修仙
By a stroke of fate, Lu Changsheng is brought into a sect and becomes the junior disciple of Qingyun Peak. Having seen how brutal the path of cultivation can be, he decides to keep a low profile and hide his true abilities. While his senior brothers cultivate, he sleeps. While his fellow disciples take part in trials, he slacks off. Under countless watchful eyes, he does the same thing day after day for ten years, never wavering in his commitment to being a quiet schemer. Until one day, everyone
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Online Game: Confessing to a Noble Lady from the Start 网游：开局表白贵族千金
[Fake Villain + Lighthearted + Invincible + Online Game = Maximum Thrills!] After playing a game all night, he suddenly died and transmigrated into the game as a notorious villain. He confesses to the noble duke’s daughter right from the start, only for the duke to decide he wants him dead? He had thought he’d only made one enemy, but when Victor came to his senses, he realized something. Everyone around him wanted him dead. The aloof Valkyrie boss was dead set on taking his head, while the all-
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A Journey to Another World That Begins as a Slime 从史莱姆开始的异界之旅
I got bound to a divine-gift System from the start. The System spirit, Aila, claims to be the Goddess of Time. Why is she clinging to me? “Are you male or female?” “Jerk! I'm so cute, of course I'm a girl!” Who would have thought that the seemingly harmless Demon Slime in front of me could evolve until it devoured the entire world? “Uh, the contract needs a drop of blood? That'll hurt...” And so, with my knowledge of a thousand classic tropes from other worlds, my journey in another world be
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Horror Gallery: I Paint with Urban Legends 恐怖画廊：我以怪谈作画
[Ghosts + Horror + Strange Tales + Thrills + Humor + Comedy + Mystery + The Supernatural + Urban Setting + No Female Lead (One Female Lead)] College student Xu Hancheng inherits the art gallery his missing grandfather left behind. But there’s something strange about the paintings in the gallery. A bloodthirsty, crazed beauty; a portrait of a girl with stitches around her neck; a nurse sculpture that makes your knees tremble... Every painting is an urban legend hiding countless secrets. To find h
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Embers (Also Known as The World Lost Its Guard) 余烬（又名《人间失守》）
[Seasoned, calculating, hot-blooded detective VS. an enigmatic, morally ambiguous young nobleman from the slums] [Two powerful male leads + Criminal investigation + Mystery + Case-solving + Happy ending] A seasoned, calculating, hot-blooded detective VS. an enigmatic, morally ambiguous young nobleman from the slums. The world is a city, and even when its walls crumble, you can still see the light from atop the ruins. Wei Heng: “This world is strange. People only care about when you’ll die; no on
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I'm Invincible Anyway, Do Whatever You Want 我反正无敌，你们随意
My new book, Marry a Wife to Grow Stronger and Build an Invincible Immortal Clan, is now available. Hope you enjoy it. Ye Changsheng transmigrates into a fantasy world, awakening the Chaotic Sword Physique from the start and acquiring a sign-in System. He signs in at the Sword Grave and obtains the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. He signs in at Heaven Mountain and gains the Divine Art, Heaven's Funeral. He signs in at the Divine Kingdom and obtains the greatest divine meridian of all time. He
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Eerie Revival: From the Start, I Possess a Body and Become a Loli 诡异复苏：开局夺舍变萝莉
[Genderbender + Two Heroines + Supernatural Revival + Cthulhu Mythos + Urban Supernatural] Li Yin successfully possesses the body of a supreme being whose very existence makes all life tremble! But when she wakes from her dream, all her boundless powers are gone from memory. She looks down at the delicate yet unfamiliar little girl in the mirror and the light lace dress on her body, utterly stunned. The strongest BOSS has turned into a total weakling? This isn't how the script is supposed to
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This Isn’t a Psychiatric Hospital, It’s a Tower of Immortals and Gods 我这不是精神病院，是一座仙神楼
Thirty years ago, a red moon appeared in the sky. Ghosts surged forth, and humanity awakened supernatural abilities. Yet a small number of people were also blessed by the gods. But... the gods aren't the only ones who blessed me. There are also... immortals!
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Enemy of All Humanity 全人类之敌
[Apocalyptic Mystery and Wild Premise + Two Male Leads + 50 Standby Candidates for the Workstations] Lin Ningling suddenly becomes obsessed with a man. Defying his family's objections, he marries him, and thus begins a lifetime of misery. The apocalypse arrives, and survival instances open all over the world. He awakens a useless F-rank ability and is betrayed by his beloved. The person he loves has fallen for someone else. On the first day of their wedding, he leaves him waiting, while
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The Fragrance of the Coffin's Beauty 棺香美人
When I was born, the river swelled and washed a coffin right into my home. Fifteen years later, the coffin opened, and inside was a woman... Feng shui, fate and destiny... There are endless folk legends to tell, and more bizarre wonders than words can describe.
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The Dead Bride 死去的新娘
At the lavish wedding between my boyfriend and me, a strange man pushes open the doors and walks elegantly into the hall. Who is he? What does he want? Is he here to wish me well, or destroy me? When the man smiles and casually pushes me off the rooftop, I finally remember who he is. After destroying my life, fate grants me the chance to be reborn. If that's the case, I've decided never to bow my head and never to give up. Even if I have to fall into the deepest pits of hell, I won't hesitate.
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