Infinite-Flow! Mystery! Horror! A Highly Intelligent Protagonist! No Forced Dumbing Down! 无限流！悬疑！恐怖！主角智商高！不要强行降智！

1. 1 全EN Global Death Exam: Straight from the Execution Grounds to the Test Room 全球死考：刚下刑场你让我去考试 I Love Eating Cat Chips我爱吃猫片哇Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Tactical battles + mild horror + infinite-world adventure] The Deadly College Entrance Exam has arrived, dragging thirty million candidates into hell. The exam questions have been replaced with scenes from horror movies and disasters. Even staying alive is a pipe dream. Pass and earn rewards. Fail and be erased! Ten points earn ten million. One hundred points earn Tyrant genes. One thousand points earn the Apocalypse. Only ??? can make it out of this exam. To investigate, the military “ 1.6MReads9.3Score295.4kShelves

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   The protagonist is highly intelligent, and the story gets more and more exciting as it progresses.

2. 2 骇EN Dread Night: Getting Rich in a Horror Game 骇夜：我在恐怖游戏里暴富 A-One Is Not A-Two阿一不是阿二Mystery710k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out and will rise later. Infinite flow + mild horror + original instances + no female lead) A tower stands in the eternal night, with a group of players trapped inside. They have to keep taking part in bizarre games to earn the food and supplies they need to survive. A killer in red embroidered shoes, a child with no eyes, a haunted mountain where an entire expedition team died... One deadly trap after another, with death around every corner. Players: “We're going to die, w 2.8MReads9.5Score587.2kShelves
3. 3 恐 Terrifying Nightmare: Extreme Survival in a Bizarre World 恐怖噩梦：我在诡异世界极限逃生 Young Bear年轻熊Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow, mildly scary, no romance] Wang Yan wearily opened his front door. Inside, he saw the woman next door holding and soothing a baby, staring at him in terror. “Sorry, I’ve got the wrong apartment.” He quickly apologized and backed out, then slammed the door shut. Standing in the pitch-black hallway, he found himself unable to decide what was more terrifying: seeing his female neighbor in his home, or seeing the baby who had died long ago… 409.4kReads9.4Score77.7kShelves

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   Since "The Mysterious House" is so popular, I won't recommend it. Instead, I'll recommend some other books. The first one has a very novel concept: the closer you get to the truth, the closer you get to death. The second one has a great atmosphere in its dungeons; you can't imagine the bizarre rules of murder until the very last moment, especially the school dungeon. I haven't had that creepy feeling in the middle of the night in a long time. The third one is an older book, decent but not bad. The beginning is a bit better. The fourth one isn't an infinite dungeon type, but the weirdness in it is way too much, so I have to strongly recommend it. The last one is one I wrote myself, also an infinite dungeon type. I'm recommending it through this post. The protagonist has a team, and there are various types of dungeons. If you find any flaws or things that might bother you, feel free to comment. I'm not sensitive and will reply when I see them.

4. 4 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 711.1kReads9.6Score100.9kShelves

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   I highly recommend it; it won't lower your intelligence.

5. 5 诡 The Haunted Garden 诡园 Zuo Fei左绯Mystery5.4M WordsCompleted Xi Chen felt that he had already done everything he wanted to do. The world was so boring that he wanted to end it. But even he thought this boring world didn't deserve to be dragged down with him, so he let it be. He didn't just fail to die, though. He was forced to join a game. Impossible to solve? Impossible! Maybe life wasn't quite so dull after all. No CP 21.2kReads8.4Score2.1kShelves
6. 6 杀 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 White Peach Wuwu Dragon白桃呜呜龙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 101.1kReads9.7Score14kShelves
7. 7 惊 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [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 74.4kReads9.5Score8.5kShelves
8. 8 怪 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Stone Giant Monster石头巨怪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted 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. 173kReads9.7Score17.7kShelves
9. 9 无 The Infinite Haunted House 无限诡异屋 Hao Bu Lie好不咧Mystery231k WordsOngoing [Original eerie instances + infinite-level progression + handcrafted + no female lead + slow burn] Qiao Ze collapses in front of a mirror, where his reflection wears a smile like that of an impostor. Along with a group of people from all over the world, he is dragged into the same sealed, bizarre incident. A deformed child crawling like a beast, A demonic baby still attached to half an umbilical cord, A pregnant woman with two heads, An impostor whose mouth stretches from the corners to the back 130Reads—Score123Shelves

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   See for yourself.

10. 10 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 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 1.7MReads9.9Score209.2kShelves
11. 11 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋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 519.5kReads9.7Score69kShelves
12. 12 轮 Reincarnation's Eerie Station 轮回诡站 The Heartless One忘心人Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing A cursed ticket leading to one horrifying incident site after another... A city shrouded in dense fog, obsessed with eradicating the very existence of "horror"... Passengers who vanish one after another, or are cursed for all eternity... Inside a dilapidated train, an amnesiac burdened by three curses awakens in the dim light, as a voice calling out "curse" sounds in his ears... "Welcome to Reincarnation Station! Passengers aboard the train, please pay attention... The next stop is... Corpse Pai 164.5kReads8.8Score17.2kShelves
13. 13 惊 Horror Script: It Begins in the Baby-Crying Dormitory 惊悚剧本：从婴啼寝室开始 Novel Cake in the Works小说糕制作中Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing (Dark tone) (Escape-room survival) (No System) (Not invincible: the protagonist dies if he is killed) (Not a conventional power fantasy) Chen Xian is pinned against the wall by a female ghost in a bathroom, and finds himself plunged into a terrifying instance! The cries of a baby in the dead of night... Students with eyes as blue as ghostly flames... A wedding dress stained crimson with blood... A mermaid covered in wriggling maggots... And... Teammates dying one after another... To stay alive a 14.1kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
14. 14 我 I Learn to Slay Ghosts on a Paranormal Forum 我在怪谈论坛学斩鬼 Young and Unaccomplished, Yet Never Insecure年少无为不自卑Mystery735k WordsCompleted [The printed edition of Strange Tales Forum is in production] [The short drama adaptation of Strange Tales Forum is in production] Gao Shen joined a strange tales forum by chance. The forum often posts eerie stories, describing every detail so vividly that they seem to have really happened. Users who reply seriously analyze the source of each incident and discuss how to deal with it. They even address each other as Heavenly Masters, Soul Tamer 51.4kReads8.7Score6.6kShelves
15. 15 死 Death Train: I Just Want to Be the Boss of the Platform 死亡列车，我只是想当站台话事人 BriallenMystery391k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow, Mild Horror, Mystery, Survival, Teamwork] One train after another carries blood and tears; One platform after another tells of love and hate. Should they bow to fate and sink into endless darkness, or overcome their fear and head toward an unknown future? Eighteen levels of hell, eighteen instances. The people on the platforms came and went, but Jiang Yu was the one who had the last laugh. Someone asked the young man beside him, “Do you know who’s in charge of this platform?” The 397Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 我 I Smell a Ghost! 我嗅到了鬼味！ My Conscience Is Clear我心有无愧Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow]+ [Mild Horror]+ [No Romance]+ [Despairing Tone] One night, Gu Quan walks out of the funeral home carrying two memorial portraits, having just attended a funeral. His father calls to tell him that his mother has been in a car accident and is at death's door. In a panic, Gu Quan heads to the underground garage, hoping to drive over and see his mother one last time. On the way, he unexpectedly catches the scent of his natural enemy! Terrified, he gets into a car without thinking, un 198.1kReads8.6Score14.5kShelves

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    I'm still following the first one; it's quite good now. The protagonist loses his memory due to the influence of a ghost, rather than losing all his memories, so it's still enjoyable [smirk]. The second one was okay in the beginning, but I stopped following it because I didn't like it. The third one was similar to the second one, so I didn't read it either. I've gone to read the first one and others instead [laughs].

17. 17 无 Infinite Nightmares: An Eighty-Year-Old Man Rejuvenated from the Start 无限噩梦：开局八旬老汉返老还童 Clang Clang Clang, Draw Your Sword锵锵锵拔出宝剑Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing Infinite flow + rules-based horror + mild horror + no romance Qin Yi accidentally enters a nightmarish world. Here, there are rules that must never be broken, along with bizarre phenomena beyond ordinary people's understanding. By chance, Qin Yi discovers the rewards for surviving a nightmare. Wealth, health, youth, achievement… Terrified of the nightmares but coveting the rewards for surviving them, Qin Yi approaches one nightmare after another with mixed feelings… 8.5kReads8.1Score1kShelves

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    These books are almost unbeatable, with both plot and thrills.

18. 18 高 After the College Entrance Exams, I Got an Acceptance Letter from the Underworld 高考后，我收到地府录取通知书 Pink Little Tiger粉色小老虎Mystery206k WordsOngoing [Mystery and Mind-Bending] [Infinite Flow] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Rule Horror] [Survival Squad] His college entrance exam results say "Score Confidential," but at midnight, Black and White Impermanence show up at his door with an acceptance letter! He thought placing in the top fifty in the province would guarantee him a scholarship. Instead, his academic records were transferred straight to Huaxia Underworld University! Refuse to enroll? A soul-binding chain locks around his wrist and forcib 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The ensemble cast and the creative concepts are both good. It's a mix of two older books and one new one, but the second one is updating way too slowly! 🥴🥴🥴

19. 19 规 Rule Horror: The Haunted School 规则怪谈：诡异学校 Seventh Month July柒月JulyMystery580k WordsCompleted [System + Mystery + Deduction] I grew up in an ordinary family. To broaden my horizons in another city, I deliberately applied to a university far from home. But then strange things began happening one after another: bizarre campus rules, a mysterious countdown, and the secrets hidden behind the school slowly coming to light... 40.1kReads9.3Score4kShelves

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    The first book is an infinite flow novel with a touch of horror and suspense. It doesn't feature overpowered superpowers; instead, the protagonist finds a way to survive through logical analysis. The second book is also an infinite flow novel with a touch of horror and no emotional depth. The protagonist has a cheat ability but isn't invincible; the supporting characters aren't mindless; the ghosts are unsolvable and cunning; and the atmosphere is quite terrifying. The third book combines a system, suspense, and mystery. The protagonist lives in an ordinary family and deliberately chose a university far from home. However, strange things begin to happen: bizarre school rules, a mysterious countdown, and secrets hidden behind the school slowly surfacing. The fourth book is an infinite flow novel with no romantic partner for the male lead. The cheat ability is reasonably strong, the protagonist is intelligent and logical, the dungeons are somewhat scary, and the female characters are all excellent and likable. There's basically no romantic subplot. The main character settings are currently fine and all are likable.

20. 20 惊 The Horror Realm: Entering the Strange World from a Psychiatric Hospital 惊悚领域：从精神病院进入诡世界 Tender Little Puppy香嫩的小狗Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing (The hardcover edition has been published!) [Infinite Flow] [Original Horror Instances] [Mild Horror] “Chen Ji murdered his mother a week ago and spent three days with her corpse before he was arrested.” “You have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and are about to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital for supervision.” “Do you have anything to say?” The black-haired boy before them slowly raised his head, his expression calm. “I’ll say it again.” “The thing I killed wasn’t my mother...” “It w 281.1kReads9.5Score47.6kShelves
21. 21 副 No Hints in the Instance 副本无提示 Sharks Don't Sleep鲨鱼不会睡觉Mystery486k WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, and it will rise later] [Mild horror + varied horror styles + original scenarios + fresh, unconventional scenarios + intelligent characters + no female lead or romantic subplots] Have any of you watching heard of the elevator ghost game? They say that if you follow the instructions, you can reach another world. Chen Feng is a video creator whose content is playing all kinds of horror games found online. He occasionally livestreams, too. During a livestream of the elevat 61.3kReads7.7Score9.3kShelves

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    The first book is a new one I recently discovered; the author's ability to create a terrifying atmosphere is quite good. The second and third books are also highly recommended, so I won't go into detail. The commonalities of these three books are: 1. There aren't any particularly stupid teammates, and even some random characters are quite intelligent. I'm so fed up with those super-idiotic random characters who dare to have lustful thoughts towards NPCs, dare to fight with feminists in dungeons, and specifically challenge the protagonist from the first meeting. 2. The dungeons are mostly puzzle-solving and strategic, and the ghosts are highly intelligent, setting traps for players, and the terrifying atmosphere is well-crafted. 3. The protagonist is very powerful, but this power is more reflected in the protagonist's intelligence than in how overpowered their items are. 4. The protagonist won't actively harm people they have no grudge against; at most, they'll leave someone to die, exhibiting a neutral to slightly benevolent, ordinary-person personality.

22. 22 深 Midnight Nightmare 深夜噩梦 Idiom for the Deaf成语接聋Mystery983k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow] [Hell Difficulty] [Original Dungeons] [Multiple Twists] Note: The dungeons are extremely difficult, so proceed with caution. The first two are only warm-ups. They say that “Ghost Eyes” can see a person’s “good and evil.” Wang Cheng was born with a pair of Ghost Eyes. But he discovered that this claim didn’t tell the whole story. Because Ghost Eyes can see more than people. They can also see cats, dogs, houses, mountains, and rivers… Or perhaps a strangely lifelike doll, or an old 193.6kReads9.4Score32.9kShelves

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    All of these are bizarre, mind-bending, and terrifying films with intelligent main characters that are definitely worth watching. If you like this kind of thing, go check them out!

23. 23 无 Infinite Haunting Realms: I Can See Through Lies 无限诡域：我能堪破谎言 The Civil and Polite Mr. Xue文明礼貌雪某Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow]+ [No Romance]+ [Original Instances]+ [Mild Horror]+ [Ghosts Kill People]+ [Ghosts in Every Real-World Instance] “Ghosts cannot be killed.” “Humans cannot fight ghosts.” “Ghosts each have their own rules for killing.” A mysterious letter. A door that leads to the unknown. When Li Yu opened the door, one eerie instance after another awaited him. This is the [Ghostly Domain], a world of vengeful ghosts! Will you die in confusion, or be reborn from a nightmare? 153.3kReads8.3Score24.3kShelves
24. 24 你 Hello, Creepy Boss. I'm Here to Work 你好诡异Boss，我是来打工的 Qi Yi Zi七一子Fantastical Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Print edition under contract] [Female-oriented, no romance, infinite-flow + plot-driven + mildly horror] On the first day after losing her job, a mysterious app appeared on Li Wu's phone. The jobs listed were simple and paid well. They were obviously a scam. Li Wu: “I'm in! A scam is exactly what I'm looking for.” Her job duties were simple: [Little Girl's Nanny: 5,000 yuan/day] [Plastic Surgery Clinic Nurse: 10,000 yuan/day] [Village Watcher: 30,000 yuan/day] The work was clearly described and 117.8kReads9.2Score17.5kShelves

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    Fully meets the requirements

25. 25 传EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 174kReads9.6Score22.4kShelves

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    All three are suspense novels. The first two are by the same author, with novel themes, intelligent protagonists, and no romantic pairing. The last one is a murder mystery novel, with one script per volume.

26. 26 真 The Real-Life Escape Club 真实逃杀俱乐部 Making Tea on Tong Mountain彤山煮茶Mystery4.5M WordsCompleted This world is dead. But I want to live. This is an age where the supernatural is paradise, and humanity is in hell. I saw the club as the only [Beacon of Hope], blind to the schemes and betrayal behind it. Resurrected supernatural creatures, blood-soaked death zones, slaughter experiments that defy human understanding. The boundary between life and death began to blur, until people and the supernatural could no longer be told apart. Standing atop a mountain of corpses, I faced the weeping, despa 20.3kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
27. 27 当 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界，死亡即是终点 Qingyuan Vocational High School Prodigy庆元职高小天才Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 384.5kReads9.3Score42.2kShelves

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    The author is incredibly talented!

28. 28 欺EN Deceiving the Gods: A Performance! 欺神演出！ Violent Purple-Skinned Person暴力紫皮人Mystery5.4M WordsOngoing [Satisfying revenge + Mind-bending twists + Slow burn + Strategic battles + Loads of plot twists] “When I thought death was the end, I opened my eyes and discovered that death was only a new beginning.” Lin Yu was killed by a junior schoolmate he thought had come to confess her love, only to discover that he hadn’t truly died. Instead, he had entered a deadly game! Only the winner would earn the chance to “live again.” Fortunately, Lin Yu awakened the “Unique Class: Deceiver.” [Any lie you 524.8kReads9.3Score85.5kShelves
29. 29 我 The Parallel World I Transmigrated to Is Actually Haunted 我穿越的平行世界居然有诡 I Am a Star in the Heavens我乃天上繁星Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Also known as "The Strange Assimilation" [Infinite flow + supernatural horror + mild scares + no romance] Su Ze finds a book called "The Strange Assimilation" in the library. Because of this book, his body is controlled. Then he is crushed to death by a bookshelf. When he wakes up, he has become himself in a parallel world. He is even chosen by the strange world to become a player! From then on, he dances on the edge of a blade, surviving one near-death experience after another. 55.2kReads8.5Score5kShelves
30. 30 宿 Dorm Survival: Please Stay Alive! 宿舍求生，请活下去！ Crane Ering鹤儿ingMystery604k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Growth + Survival + Tower Defense] Bai Xiao transmigrates into a dormitory survival game. Once night falls at six o’clock, the dormitory is the only safe place. Outside the dormitory corridor, heavy footsteps and monsters’ roars draw closer. They could break through the door at any moment and devour everyone inside. The only way to survive is to upgrade the dormitory door, the turrets, and the little beds. Bai Xiao wants to live. She has to survive. Current members of the main 12.9kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
31. 31 序EN Sequence: The Forbidden Scholar 序列：禁忌学者 Three Rivers三条河Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Cthulhu + Leveling Up + Cautious Protagonist + Despair] This is a broken world. Giant insects are migrating through the wasteland, shadows from the depths of the sea are rising into the shallows, and human cities are rotting from the foundations up. Lu Yuan transmigrates into this world and gains the ability to see the little line of gray text in the corner of his vision. Whatever he looks at, he gains points in. [Imperial Language: +1] [Pharmacology: +0.1] Countless points of experience gradua 139.7kReads8.3Score15.6kShelves
32. 32 噩 Nightmare Subway 噩梦地铁 Jiang Feng and Fire姜枫与火Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted (The rating has only just opened and will rise later.) [Infinite Flow + Survival + No Saintly Heroine] A driverless subway train carries a group of cursed passengers toward unknown, terrifying stations… A subway card is proof of survival, and a ticket to Hell. At each subway station, Jiang Fengye faces one terrifying instance after another, each a brush with death. The starving corpses in the basement; The crawling sounds in the abandoned tunnel; The skinning monster in the old castle; … "The 17.9kReads7.1Score1.9kShelves
33. 33 恐 The Horrifying High School 恐怖的高中学校 Striving Mu Ganmu奋斗的木甘木Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Mild Horror + Infinite Flow + No System + Survival + Ensemble Cast + Not Overpowered + Mystery-Solving + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Passion] Jiang Xuan was accidentally swept into a terrifying, uncanny dimension. To survive, he had to keep completing missions in the temporal rifts. To stay alive, he had to investigate the many mysteries hidden within each mission. As Jiang Xuan searched for ways to clear each one, he also sought to unravel the mysteries of the world. Thus began his struggle 1.4kReads—Score165Shelves

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    This forum has various dungeons.

34. 34 作 I Brought This on Myself, but Now the Escape Boss Won’t Leave Me Alone 作死的我被逃生boss缠上了 Bai Zuizui白醉醉Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + Two powerful leads + Infinite-flow + Comedy + Yandere] Some people enter the escape game with a bug built right in. Lu Wu is one of them. While everyone else is seriously trying to escape, Lu Wu treats the escape game as nothing more than a game. Most outrageous of all, the escape game’s boss confessed his feelings to Lu Wu. The players, who risk their lives and wade through blood just to survive, are depressed. They’re going to report Lu Wu for cheating! Lu Wu: I didn’t, I 14.6kReads9.6Score1.9kShelves

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    These two books are super good!

35. 35 惊 Thriller: I Can Reload Infinitely 惊悚：我可以无限回档 A Lan阿揽Mystery285k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out, but it will rise later) [Not a Power Fantasy + Infinite-Worlds Style + No Female Lead + Growing Protagonist + Original Scenarios + A Tiny Bit of Horror + Death Rewind + Slow Burn] Late one night, Li Wang got a call from his mother, telling him to hurry to the hospital. After the call, his phone conveniently ran out of battery and shut down. So Li Wang took the coin a kind stranger gave him and boarded the bus. But after getting on, Li Wang gradually realized... He was 133.4kReads7.2Score21.2kShelves

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    This was acceptable. The protagonist is tricked into a dungeon, and his teammates will betray him, creating immense pressure. However, the protagonist is extremely intelligent, and his only advantage is the ability to reincarnate through death.

36. 36 头 The Head Is Missing App 头部已丢失APP Check Catcheck猫Two Male Leads1.3M WordsOngoing [Headless App] reminds you: The thing hanging from your neck is your head, not a ball. Don't let anyone kick it away. Please take good care of your head. · [Pinned note → No replacement trope. The male lead is just a desperate OC dad.] · 1. One-on-one romance with two male leads, devoted couple, Yong × Ci. 2. Mild horror. Anything that doesn't make sense is an alternate-universe detail I've made up. 3. The plot logic isn't rigorous. The author is illiterate, so don't take this too seriously. Thi 54.2kReads9.4Score10.8kShelves

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    These are all undeniably excellent books; read them!

37. 37 开 An S-Rank Horror from the Start, but They Give Me a C-Rank Talent? 开局S级怪谈，但给我C级天赋？ Pale Era苍白纪元Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Endless Twists + Wild Ideas and Clever Logic + Mild Horror + Protagonist and Villains Are Both Smart] [This is absolutely not a mindless power fantasy. If you don't like the first instance, go ahead and curse me out.] [This isn't a traditional rule-based horror story. The horrors can think and are intelligent, so readers who prefer traditional rule-based horror should steer clear.] Horrors run rampant, and strange tales are everywhere. Beneath every shadow may lurk an unknown t 138.3kReads8.9Score13.8kShelves

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    These infinite flow novels are quite good.

38. 38 地 The Eighteen Levels of Hell: Lying is Forbidden Here 地狱十八层：这里禁止说谎 Two Liang of Plain Water二两白开Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing [No System, no power fantasy, no harem, no saintly protagonist. Mind games + wits and strategy + locked-room mysteries + deduction.] Chen Ran is a good person. He went to hell. This is the Tongue-Ripping Hell, where lying is forbidden, so everyone lies about their lies. Differences in how people believe lies should be handled gave rise to two major alliances. The Lie-Slayer Alliance: Lie, and you're killed instantly. The Strange-Tongue Alliance: Turn lies into the truth. A beginner's tutorial wi 78.3kReads9.1Score12.6kShelves
39. 39 从 Starting at the Cheater's Tavern, I Deceive the Gods! 从骗子酒馆开始，欺诈诸神！ No Admiring at Dusk日暮不赏Mystery2.9M WordsOngoing [A satisfying power fantasy + mind-bending twists + reversals + slow burn + battles of wits + nonstop thrills] When people all over the world were “kidnapped” and locked in a prison, they were forced to take part in a game of death. In this game, only the winners had the right to survive. Su Yang received the talent “Call Your Enemy Dad” from the start. [Call Your Enemy Dad: After activation, if you make another “player” call Su Yang “Dad,” you can control their actions.] But when the talent fai 48.3kReads8.6Score4.2kShelves
40. 40 诡 Survival in a Haunted World: I, the Fate-Player, Live Toward Death 诡异求生：我，戏命师，向死而生 Matcha Soda抹茶苏打水Mystery842k WordsOngoing [Survival in a bizarre game + fate and faith + identity talents + System attributes + global forum + players behind the scenes + infinite worlds] On June 6, 2024, a bizarre survival game descends upon the world. Everyone must rely on their own “identity” to survive in this endless game. Some draw the identity of a “Sword God,” who can defeat countless enemies with a single strike. Others become “Scholars,” whose reason far surpasses that of ordinary people. And some are “Assassins,” who avoid th 15kReads8.8Score2kShelves
41. 41 漂 The Beautiful System Is Spoiled by Powerful Big Shots in an Infinite World 漂亮系统在无限世界被大佬强宠了 A Diligent Little Dog Who Digs Pits一只勤奋的挖坑小狗Mystery343k WordsOngoing [Beautiful Sweetheart + Possessive, Obsessive Male Lead + Healing + Mutual First Love + Unconventional Infinite Flow] Mu Zhao, a good-for-nothing comeback System, was forced to bind herself to Wen Yi, a good-for-nothing male lead with an F-grade potential in an Infinite Flow world. Mu Zhao’s beautiful face was full of worry. It was her first time working as a System, and she’d already run into such a terrifying mission world. Summoning her courage, she pretended to be a powerful System and promi 9.4kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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    (The male protagonist) is a man who got the script for a male-oriented underdog's rise to power. He has to level up his character to the max before he can become a top-tier female-oriented sweet romance novel reader. The plot and romance are both incredibly well-developed, with meticulous logic, a mind-bending story, and are extremely captivating. The more you read, the more addictive it becomes. The protagonist's intelligence is consistently high, without any significant drop in IQ.

42. 42 恐 Infinite Horror: I Can Sense Ghosts 恐怖无限：我能感知到鬼 Xiao Xie, Who Loves Watering Flowers喜欢浇花的小谢Mystery753k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow, Not a Power Fantasy] [Slight Horror] [No CP] [Survival] [Escape] [Deduction] [Mystery] "Shh..." "There are ghosts in this world!" Those contaminated by the aura of Another World can only keep clearing one instance after another. They say that after clearing 13 instances, you can make a wish? Lu Ming discovers that ghosts aren't the only things he can sense. There's also... In this game of pursuit between humans and ghosts, he is forced into Another World, a realm teeming with evi 11.6kReads6.9Score1.1kShelves

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    I think these are all quite beautiful.

43. 43 惊 Thriller Game: I Can Eavesdrop on Ghosts 惊悚游戏：我能偷听鬼话 A-Tian, Have You Updated Yet?阿天你更新了吗Mystery787k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow] [No Female Lead] [Light Horror] [Multiple Twists] Six months ago, a blood mist sealed off Nandu City, trapping its ten million residents inside. Strange beings invaded the fog, and one abnormal incident after another unfolded. Lin Xu has no idea why he appeared in this city. A strange game appeared at the same time, forcing him to enter a horror instance every seven days, where death was all but certain. But the items he obtained in the game could be used against the strange enti 21.6kReads7.0Score2.3kShelves

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    It's good. Midnight and Ghost Eyes are great, the rest are pretty good.

44. 44 无 Infinite Horror: What Do You Mean You're Mentally Ill? 无限恐怖：什么叫你是精神病 Three Rooms of Memories拾忆三室Mystery778k WordsOngoing [Not a Pure Rules-Based Horror] + [Infinite Flow] + [Two-Personality Psychopath] + [Original Instances] Humans can’t fight ghosts. But what if you stopped being human? Every ghost has at least one rule for killing. But if you can keep it in check, treat its rules like daily quests and complete them. Song Yuan, a law student, inexplicably died while playing Valorant, only to transmigrate into the body of a deranged psychopath with the same name who was about to be sentenced to death. At the very 47.3kReads8.6Score11.2kShelves
45. 45 灵 Paranormal Forces Spread: I Was Born in a World of the Uncanny 灵异蔓延：我诞生于诡异世界 Heavenly Steed Mountain Hermit天马山人Mystery822k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out. It'll go up, right...?) [Infinite Flow] [Light Horror] [Instance Survival] A patient said there was an extra face in the mirror. A patient said someone else appeared after the lights went out. As a doctor, Li Hao dismissed it all as delirium. Until one night at eight thirty, his dead assistant stood outside his door and gently knocked. Only then did he understand that perhaps those patients hadn't been lying. [No romance] [Not invincible] [Plot-focused, not power f 961Reads6.5Score100Shelves
46. 46 无 Infinite Nightmares: I Have a Pair of Ghost Ears 无限噩梦：我有一对鬼耳 Ka Tun卡豚Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow], [Mild Horror], [No Female Lead], [Survive by the Skin of Your Teeth], [Unconventional Turtle Soup Riddles], [Nontraditional Rule-Based Horror], [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, Not Invincible] [Slow-paced, packed with details, and full of complex plot twists!] [Read at your own risk if that's not your thing!!!] I sat on a deserted street in the dead of night, listening to them whisper. I was a little confused. Wasn't I the only one here? (Instance 1: Prolonging Life) A bit lon 26.5kReads7.9Score3.2kShelves
47. 47 规 Rule-Based Survival: I Can Foresee Death 规则求生：我能预知死亡 Love Drinking Lattes爱喝拿铁Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow, mild horror, terrifying dungeons, no romance, survival, not a saintly protagonist] One night, Chen Feng was walking through an abandoned park after finishing his shift at the crematorium when something strange happened. There was clearly no one behind him, yet he heard faint footsteps. At first, he thought he was imagining things, but when he listened closely, the footsteps were still there, gradually drawing nearer. They sounded as though they were deliberately mimicking his own 21.9kReads7.6Score2.1kShelves
48. 48 死 Death Game Countdown 死亡游戏倒计时 A City Sharing the Light与光同城Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing Ning Ye was just an ordinary game booster, renting a small room and making money by playing games for other people. So, what’s the highest level a game booster can reach? Dominating high-ranked matches against other boosters? Taking on pro players? Leaving one-trick specialists with nowhere to go? For him, all that was just routine. What he never expected was that one day, he would become a deity’s game booster. … Want to get rich overnight? Want to reach the pinnacle of life? Want all kinds of 3.4kReads8.6Score360Shelves
49. 49 要 Help! The Unlucky One Goes on a Killing Spree in the Escape Game 要命！非酋在逃生游戏里杀疯了 Yue Qiqi月柒柒Two Male Leads414k WordsCompleted [No female lead & infinite-flow & mild horror & two powerful leads & contrasting personalities] Semes-focused (not suited to readers with extreme preferences) Lin Qingyu enters an escape game and gets spectacularly unlucky every time. The worst rewards other players get are weapons or supernatural abilities. But all he gets are... Roses, greeting cards, little string lights... One useless trinket after another keeps coming his way. Everyone laughs at him, convinced he won't last long. But when h 2.8kReads9.4Score352Shelves

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    Stop recommending books! [Top Post] 1. A dual male lead novel, featuring a crazy, dramatic, and beautiful seme vs. A gentle, noble, and beautiful uke (the seme isn't purely crazy, his personality is just strange due to his own experiences, so if you want a pure one, you can skip to the next one). 2. Finished reading! Absolutely no angst for the couple. Yan and Youli (main characters), 01 and 69 (pseudonyms), Kuang Xiu and Yan Jinglun, and many other characters with their own endings, each with their own personality and storyline. A very imaginative plot with many interconnected plot points makes the whole book coherent and full of imagination. Go for it! (No bad ending). 3. You'll have to read this yourself! [Heart]

50. 50 请 Please Don’t Be Afraid 请不要害怕 Trembling Legs脚震震Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing [Subverting Tropes + Infinite Flow + No Female Lead + Mild Horror] “Captain Wang, I clearly buried her, but… but I saw her in the backyard again!” “How did she die?” “It had nothing to do with me. She… she killed herself!” “She… she just didn’t want to be cremated…” “Then… what is that thing in the backyard?” “I… I don’t know.” “Can she see us? Can she hear our voices?” “And is she dangerous?” … “As for ghosts, I have only one piece of advice for everyone…” “If you happen to run into one, pleas 29.5kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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