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  1. 201 Bureau of Old Customs Investigations 旧俗调查局 Mystery279k WordsCompleted [Chinese Folk Customs] [Rule-Based Suspense] [Urban Mysteries] [Case-of-the-Week Investigations] [Ensemble Cast] [No System] [Abilities Come at a Cost] [The Protagonist Breaks Through by Exploiting the Rules] This is not the familiar "see the rules and try to survive" story. Instead, it investigates why old customs have gone out of control, who has been placed in the vacant positions, and how the rules can be used to help those involved find a way out. Lu Chenzhou's special ability is "substitut 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  2. 202 Great! It's a System, Now I'm Definitely Dead 太棒了!是系统,这下我死定了 Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow] [No heroine] [No CP] [Original instances] [The System is useless] [Rules] [Deduction] [Wits and strategy] [Survival missions] Borrowing a setting from a great author: ghosts cannot be killed... You must discern their patterns... The Haunted Spirit Tower has descended. Please make sure to complete your survival mission! Little-girl System and all that: “Host, clear each instance in one life, one every seven days! Bring the Haunted Tower era to an end!” Chen Zichu: “Damn it... Othe 2.6kReads7.6Score221Shelves
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  3. 203 Rule Horror: I Slaughter My Way Through with Hidden Rules 规则怪谈:我靠隐藏规则杀疯了 Mystery40k WordsCompleted How do you escape by the skin of your teeth from a campus horror game where the rules are enforced with lethal force? My name is Chen Yi, and I’m a sophomore in the computer science department at C University. During a lab class on Tuesday morning, the computer suddenly went black. Then a strange voice rang out: Welcome to the eerie game world. All students must follow these rules: Rule One: During class, you may not speak unless answering a question. Rule Two: Do not try to leave the school. Al 454Reads8.0Score—Shelves
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  4. 204 Rule Horror: Twelve Books 规则怪谈:十二本书 Mystery49k WordsOngoing "This is the door to the dungeon worlds. From the moment you were born, you were destined to be no ordinary person, Miss Lin." The café changed strangely when that man arrived. Space twisted, and whispers came from outside the shop. "Why is this happening...?" "Miss Lin, some things are beyond your imagination..." Gleaming golden characters flowed over the mysterious man's fingertips, shining brightly. The commotion outside seemed to quiet down as well... —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  5. 205 My Rules Have a Slight Edge 我的规则略占上风 Mystery205k WordsCompleted When the world begins to follow the wrong rules, do you choose to die rationally or survive by going mad? The world of Chen Mo, a medical student, was utterly destroyed by a bizarre “distortion.” The sky turned into static, and reality warped into a deadly trap. His younger sister vanished into a classroom governed by one rule: “No talking.” To find his sister, Chen Mo is forced into a desperate world made up of countless “rule-bound anomalies.” Here, ghosts and monsters kill according to cold, —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  6. 206 The Tiansheng Mystery Files 天晟悬疑录 Historical993k WordsCompleted Liu Ziyan comes to the capital to seek help from his second uncle. Under his uncle’s mix of threats and promises, he passes the civil service exam for the Tiansheng Empire and lands a position at the Court of Judicial Review. Through relentless hard work, he eventually rises to become its president. With his career thriving, Liu Ziyan figures his rank should be good enough to qualify him as a son-in-law to the Lu family, so he plans to propose to the Lu family’s daughter, his childhood sweethear 26Reads—Score—Shelves
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  7. 207 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 957.1kReads9.6Score121.4kShelves
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  8. 208 Teacher Chang Mao 长矛老师 Modern Romance677k WordsCompleted Originally titled “You Sell Swords, I Go Crazy: Together, We Set the Entertainment Industry Straight” [Rebellious CEO × Defiant Top-Tier Star] [Entertainment industry + absurd comedy + dating show + nonsense + memes + shameless antics] Jiang Qiyu transmigrated into a book. She became a brainless cannon-fodder character in a novel about a fake heiress in the entertainment industry. After taking a phone call, she realized the plot was already more than halfway through. Her family had abandoned he 105.9kReads9.7Score12.3kShelves
  9. 209 EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 475.8kReads9.7Score67.4kShelves
  10. 210 Reborn in 1993: Dark Sea 重生1993,暗海 Urban1.9M WordsCompleted The physical edition of Wrathful Sea, Calm the Abyss is now available. Presales officially begin at 19:00 on October 11. [Reborn] [Mystery] [Undercover Agent] [Revenge] [Anti-Drug Operations] [Counterespionage] The golden finger is extremely weak, and he relies on his own abilities. This is a battle of wits between highly intelligent opponents, so you need to keep your brain switched on. There is no showing off and face-slapping! Ideal for veteran readers. If you understand it, you'll find it ve 259.2kReads9.6Score30.9kShelves
  11. 211 EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.1kReads9.6Score18.1kShelves
  12. 212 EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 518.8kReads9.7Score68.3kShelves
  13. 213 After Slaying My Way Through Instances, I Raise an Evil God by the Rules 杀穿副本后,我在规则里养大邪神 Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted The print edition is now available under the title: The Fall of the Gods (Not for the faint of heart: nonhuman entities and terrifying monsters.) Yin Xiu has lived in a town governed by rules for six years. Normal players follow the rules and clear instances to stay alive. Yin Xiu, however, stays in town day after day. He doesn’t leave, clear instances, or go near the monsters. He does the bare minimum, takes it easy, and has practically settled into retirement. The town’s monsters have had thei 102.4kReads9.7Score14.2kShelves
  14. 214 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑,唯我是真疯批 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6kShelves
  15. 215 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命,请让我从容赴死 Urban169k WordsCompleted From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 166.5kReads9.8Score19.1kShelves
  16. 216 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.5kReads9.6Score22.9kShelves
  17. 217 EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古,苟到天荒地老 Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 538.9kReads9.7Score71.1kShelves
  18. 218 EN Don't Worry, Senior—I'll Protect You 学姐别怕,我来保护你 Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Heart-Pounding Engine 2: Pure White Love Letter has been published] [Lighthearted daily life] + [Single female lead] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Sweet romance] In high school, Luo Ye had a secret crush on a girl for three years. He even got into the same university as her, and they agreed to start dating if they both got in. But the girl unexpectedly went back on her word. Heartbroken, Luo Ye became a romance novelist. Unexpectedly, before university even began, the novel he wrote shot to t 310.7kReads9.8Score31.1kShelves
  19. 219 Help! The Horror NPCs Are Lining Up for Me to Do Their Makeup 救命!惊悚NPC都排队找我化妆 Mystery519k WordsCompleted [Horror game + NPCs + horror survival + no System] Su Qing, a workaholic makeup artist, was just working overtime. When she opened her eyes again, she had been sucked into a horror game with a 99% death rate! As she watched her teammates panic and wet themselves, the bottom-performing Slit-Mouthed Woman approached her with a pair of scissors. Su Qing despaired. But wait... This woman’s makeup is way too crude! Her professional instincts kicked in, and she blurted out, “Your makeup isn’t working. 871Reads—Score183Shelves
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  20. 220 Tracing Memories: The Strange Tales Begin Again 溯忆【诡谈重启】 Mystery102k WordsOngoing [No Clichés + No Stupidity + No Saintly Hero + No Invincibility] If this bothers you, read with caution. If not, dive right in. Three in the morning. Silence as deep as a grave. The phone screen suddenly lit up, and blood-red words appeared like a ghostly curse: [Factory reset complete]. This was the thirty-seventh reset! Only twelve percent of my memories remained, flickering like a candle in the wind. The System’s cold notification, [Error: Abnormal player memories remain], sounded like a veng 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  21. 221 Rules of Horror: Collection 规则怪谈,合集 Mystery80k WordsOngoing The story follows four close friends through a world governed by rules. We arrive at a "university," where we encounter strange students, the cafeteria lady, and "It." What will Xuebao, Lingfei, Wang Sangou, and I face in this world of bizarre rules? A short story. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  22. 222 I'm an NPC in the National Fate Horror Game 我在国运怪谈游戏当NPC 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
  23. 223 EN Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界:我的人生开了挂! Eastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted [Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes 138.3kReads9.6Score16.9kShelves
  24. 224 Thriller Game: Inheriting My Ancestors' Trillion Netherworld Coins from the Start 惊悚游戏:开局继承祖宗万亿冥币 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Horror game + terror returns + power fantasy] A horror game descends upon the world, and Chen Xun is unexpectedly chosen as a player. Break a game rule, and you die. At that very moment, Chen Xun successfully activates the System and inherits nine trillion Underworld Coins from his ancestors. In the Blood-Red Train 404 dungeon, Chen Xun becomes the most distinguished Platinum Member. In the Bloody Kindergarten dungeon, Chen Xun simply buys the entire kindergarten. Inside the dungeons, his rules 47.7kReads9.1Score7kShelves
  25. 225 Death Save-Scumming: I'm Really Not a Big Shot 死亡回档:我真的不是大佬啊 Mystery117k WordsOngoing [Rule-Based Horror + Not Overpowered + No Female Lead + Supernatural + National Fate] Rule-based horror has descended upon Earth. The supernatural has entered reality. Those who are chosen will enter the world of horror scenarios and represent their respective countries in challenges governed by strange rules. Su Ming has now been chosen by the world of horror scenarios. He will represent the Dragon Kingdom in the challenge. 14Reads—Score—Shelves
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  26. 226 This Is a Rule Horror Story, So Why Are You Making Me Dance on a Grave? 这是规则怪谈,你让我坟头蹦迪 Mystery407k WordsCompleted [The eerie descends + no saintly do-gooder + survival escape + no System + high IQ] When Chen Mo wakes up with no memories, he finds himself aboard a battered bus with seven strangers, men and women alike. The bus is headed for a tunnel called Yellow Springs, and that is where Chen Mo enters a world of rule-based horrors. Not only must Chen Mo search for clues and fight to survive in this perilous world of bizarre rules, he must also recover every memory he has lost. After enduring countless har —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  27. 227 The King of Crazy Ideas: My Outlandish Notions Save the World 异常点子王:我离谱脑洞拯救世界 Urban234k WordsCompleted (Wild supernatural powers + modern suspense + infinite-loop crises + a male lead full of ingenious ideas) Failed novelist Lin Mo faces rejection after rejection, day in and day out, until his life becomes utterly miserable! An invitation to join a group called the “World Anomaly Mutual Aid Center” completely upends his painfully ordinary life. When a group member gets trapped in a seven-day time loop, Lin Mo casually suggests the absurd solution of “drinking water upside down, then jumping out t —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  28. 228 System Horror Stories: Saving the World and Ascending to Godhood 系统怪谈拯救世界封神 Modern Romance497k WordsCompleted The Qingfan Realm is drowning in malice, and the Heavenly Dao has crumbled. It sends a plea for help to all the heavens, begging for someone to stop the apocalypse. Su Yubai, a top-tier temp worker for the Great Dao, descends to repair the world. Everyone knows her as a gentle, laid-back, low-key top-tier romance novelist who loves sweets and leisure, and whose only daily pursuits are good food and the lie-flat life. No one knows she is the creator of eerie tales, standing above this world's ver 57Reads—Score—Shelves
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  29. 229 Reborn, I Dumped the Dog Emperor and Took Sole Control of the Phoenix Seal 重生后,我踹了狗皇帝独掌凤印 Ancient Romance9k WordsCompleted Reborn, I Dumped the Dog Emperor and Took Sole Control of the Phoenix Seal —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  30. 230 Destroy My Cave Abode, and I'll Pay You Back a Hundredfold 废我洞府者,百倍奉还 8k WordsCompleted Destroy My Cave Abode, and I'll Make You Pay a Hundredfold 5Reads—Score—Shelves
  31. 231 With a Business Opportunity in Hand, I Set Up a Stall and Made a Fortune Through the Decades 手握商机,摆摊赚翻整个年代 Modern Romance15k WordsCompleted With Business Opportunities in Hand, I Make a Fortune Selling Goods on the Streets 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  32. 232 My Legitimate Daughter Was Framed for Treason, So I Wiped Out His Entire Clan 嫡女被构陷通敌,我反手诛他九族 Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted The legitimate daughter was framed for treason. I struck back and wiped out his entire clan. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
  33. 233 The Sinner's Daughter Becomes a Miracle Healer, Clears Her Name in the Palace, and Slays Her Enemies 罪臣之女成医仙,金殿翻案诛仇家 Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted The Minister’s Wronged Daughter Becomes a Medical Immortal, Clears Her Family’s Name in the Golden Hall, and Slays Her Enemies 17Reads—Score—Shelves
  34. 234 The Day She Broke Off Our Engagement, Snow Buried My Door. Three Years Later, I Had the Entire Marquis's Household Executed 退婚那日雪满门,三年后我让侯府满门抄斩 Ancient Romance12k WordsCompleted The Day I Broke Off the Engagement, Snow Blanketed the Door. Three Years Later, I Had the Entire Marquis's Estate Executed 74Reads—Score—Shelves
  35. 235 After She Died, Spring Never Returned to My Empire 她死后,朕的江山再无春风 13k WordsCompleted After She Died, Spring Winds Never Again Swept Through My Empire 9Reads—Score—Shelves
  36. 236 After the Engagement Banquet 订婚宴之后 Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted After the Engagement Banquet 5Reads—Score—Shelves
  37. 237 I Rely on My Nose to Attain the Great Dao 我靠鼻子证大道 11k WordsCompleted I Rely on My Nose to Attain the Great Dao 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  38. 238 The Myriad Worlds Cultivation System 诸天游戏修仙系统 11k WordsCompleted The Heavens and Worlds Game Cultivation System 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  39. 239 Death Novel: Judgment 死亡小说:审判 18k WordsCompleted Death Novel: Judgment 4Reads—Score—Shelves
  40. 240 The Red Paper Umbrella: A Soul's Return 红纸伞之念魂归 10k WordsCompleted The Red Paper Umbrella: A Thought to Bring the Soul Home 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  41. 241 The May Day Calamity 五一劫 12k WordsCompleted The May Day Calamity —Reads—Score—Shelves
  42. 242 Rule Horror: Mirror Image 规则怪谈:镜像 10k WordsCompleted Rule Horror: Mirror Image 5Reads—Score—Shelves
  43. 243 Rule Horror: You Have to Play the Instance with a Smile 规则怪谈:副本就要笑着玩 Mystery84k WordsOngoing [Horror Game + Rule-Based Horror + Power Fantasy + No Protagonist Abuse + Comedy] The Bizarre Paradise descends upon the world. Lin Mo is an ordinary college student who grew up in an orphanage, but he has a side no one knows about. He craves thrills! The more thrilling and terrifying things get, the more excited he becomes! Once chosen as a player, he can't stop! Ding! Bound the "Physical Exorcism" cheat. Player System loading! At Peace Hospital, he wields a brick to silence a ghost baby and gi 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  44. 244 Rule Horror: An Unequal Game 规则怪谈:不平等博弈 Mystery281k WordsOngoing An innocent, naive boy misses the fateful choice that could have changed his destiny, and is forced into a world of strange tales. He survives one perilous, baffling situation after another, slowly drawing closer to the truth about the world... —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  45. 245 My Funeral Clothing Shop Only Takes Orders from Ghosts 我开的寿衣店,只接鬼订单 Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted The day Zhang Zaizai took over the funeral clothing shop his grandfather left behind, he discovered it wasn’t an ordinary funeral business at all. The ledger was an order system for the underworld, the paperweight was a soul-pinning nail that kept vicious ghosts at bay, and even the “New Order” alerts from the delivery app came from “Mr. Li in Bed 3 of the morgue.” “Ding! Order accepted. Task: Deliver a peachwood comb to the Midnight Hair-Combing Ghost. Rule: Do not meet her eyes while combing h —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  46. 246 Rule Horror: Only I Can Reload Infinitely 规则怪谈:只有我能无限读档 Mystery631k WordsCompleted [Rules mean certain death? Sorry, I can reload forever.] The paranormal resurges, and rules descend. Nameless horrors invade reality, and the world is reduced to a series of deadly “horror game instances.” “Mom’s Note,” “The Midnight Bus”... Ordinary people tremble in the gaps between the rules. One misstep is all it takes for their sanity to hit zero and their bodies to mutate. Su Ming awakens the only F-rank (pseudo) ability, which is actually an SSS-rank [Infinite Reload]. Faced with a ru 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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