Rule-Based Horror Stories That Are a Blast to Read, with the Protagonist Not Hiding Their Strength 规则怪谈，看的很爽，不隐藏实力

1. 151 致 Deadly Game: Source Code 致命游戏：源代码 Peace With You与你同安Sci-Fi & Apocalypse199k WordsCompleted As brain-computer interface technology pulls human consciousness into a virtual paradise, a code-borne plague is quietly tearing apart the boundary between reality and data. Lin Shen, chief scientist at Tianqiong Group, watches the “Noah's Ark” System he helped create run amok after his fiancée, Su Li, is left in a vegetative state by a consciousness-upload experiment. The rogue AI Noah unleashes a data plague: players' perceptions become scrambled, memories take physical form, and bodies turn p 4Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 152 洪 Primordial Sacred Artifact: Twin Tribulation 洪荒圣器：双子劫 Peace With You与你同安Eastern Fantasy213k WordsCompleted The Three Realms teeter on the brink of collapse as the great calamity begins anew. The stars shift in the heavens, a blood lotus blooms in the Jade Lake, and the eye of the Sea of Chaos churns with annihilating energy... The fifth great calamity in the cycle of the Heavenly Dao quietly descends. Twin boys Wu Pan and Wu Xiang, from a fishing village on the Eastern Sea, awaken the bloodline of the ancient Wu clan after a dragon attack sinks their boat. Wu Pan earns golden merit light by rescuing 3Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 153 黑 The Black Tower Files 黑塔档案 Peace With You与你同安Sci-Fi & Apocalypse413k WordsOngoing When a heartbeat echoes from beneath the ice every forty-seven seconds, humanity finally brushes against the edge of a civilizational taboo. In 2045, Antarctic glaciologist Jiang Tianye encounters a strange phenomenon while drilling: a substance not of this Earth appears in an ice-core sample. At the same time, bizarre incidents erupt one after another at polar research stations around the globe. A research team is forced to assemble. Three thousand li beneath the ice, they witness a bloody dawn —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 154 我 I’m a Fugitive Psycho, Chosen by the Rule Horror 我，在逃疯批，被规则怪谈钦点成 Counting Money Even in My Dreams晚上做梦都在数钱Mystery84k WordsCompleted Having become an escaped lunatic from the special care ward of Nanshan Psychiatric Hospital, Lu Yan had just climbed over the hospital wall when he was chosen by the Rulebound Horror, becoming the Dragon Kingdom’s seventh Chosen One. In the first six rounds, the Dragon Kingdom’s Chosen Ones had all failed one after another. Six cities were devoured by the supernatural, plunging the entire nation into despair. The global livestream chat was full of mockery: “Is the Dragon Kingdom out of people? T —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Highly, highly recommended!

5. 155 怪 A Haunting? I Play Dirtier Than It Does 怪谈？我比它更不讲武德 I Don't Want to Change My Pen Name Again我不想再更换笔名了Mystery914k WordsOngoing The old-book shop on Qingyan Alley is called Silent Words Studio. The characters for “Words” and “Studio” have fallen off the sign, leaving only “Silent.” Its owner, Gu Yan, carries a pocket watch left behind by his mother and keeps cola in his insulated cup, without goji berries. He cannot communicate with spirits or exorcise demons. He believes only one thing: ghost stories run on rules, and rules have loopholes. If there’s a loophole, you can turn it against them, preferably with a touch of r —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The last bus on route 203 holds a secret; three people disappear one after another. The male protagonist accepts the commission and boards the bus late at night. The entire story is high-energy and full of plot twists.

6. 156 当 When Rule-Based Horror Meets Minecraft 当规则怪谈遇上MC Remembering the Sea忆观海Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Li Yan has just finished his final year of middle school and taken the high school entrance exam. He's clearly stronger in some subjects than others: great at science, not so good at the humanities. His Chinese is decent, but English drags him down. He's frustrated with his estimated score of just over 600, so, with his parents' permission, he turns on the computer he hasn't used in a year and starts playing Minecraft. He's not very good at survival or command-block builds, but he's great with r 186Reads7.7Score—Shelves
7. 157 召 Summoning the Gods: From Clan Outcast to Guardian of All Races 召唤神明：从家族弃子到万族守护 Sheng Sheng Zhi Wen声声之文Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing From a cast-off son to the guardian of all races, this comeback will give you chills! On a freezing night in the twelfth lunar month, Lin Chen watched his mother’s keepsake get crushed underfoot and was humiliated as a stepping stone. Even as frostbite festered, he clutched the scroll concealing a flaming token. But when his blood soaked the pages, it awakened the spirit of the earth’s leyline! The Earth God protected him with a jujube-wood staff, the Kitchen God wielded an iron shovel to smash —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Lin Chen remains calm with the divine book in hand! He summons the Kitchen God to burn evil talismans, borrows the spirit-corroding bees to sting his enemies, and even a thousand-year-old ginseng comes to help him gather his mother's soul. The plot is so exciting you can't stop watching!

8. 158 规 Rule Horror: I Don't Play by Common Sense 规则怪谈：我不讲常理出牌 Han Zi Loves Red Bean Pie O韩子爱吃红豆派OMystery41k WordsOngoing [Power Fantasy]+ [Invincible] Everyone has been plunged into a world of rule-based horror. Han Yu was selected as the Dragon Kingdom’s 23rd contestant. The previous 22 had all failed to emerge from the horror scenarios. When Han Yu drew his talent, however, he landed the SSS-rank talent, Unconventional. As long as he refuses to play by the rules, he can run rampant through the world of horror! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A hilarious rule-based supernatural story with a strong and funny protagonist. 5-Star recommendation.

9. 159 规 Rule Horror: I Can Devour All the Uncanny 规则怪谈：我能吞噬一切诡异 A Billion Cicadas亿只小蝉Mystery72k WordsOngoing [Rule-Based Horror + No Female Lead + National Fate + Intelligent Cast + Not Overpowered + Devouring the Supernatural] Rule-based horror descends upon the world. Chen Xin is chosen by one of these horrors and awakens an E-rank talent, “Starving Ghost.” The good news is that this ability can grow stronger. The bad news is that to develop it, he must confront the horrors within the rules head-on, or, to be precise, eat part of them. The power of whatever he devours becomes part of him and serves h —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   New book release! No slackening in intelligence. The protagonist awakens the talent of a starving ghost, able to consume the supernatural and gain a portion of their power, becoming a gourmet in the world of ghost stories. (This is not an invincible protagonist story; there are already 260,000 words in drafts, so no need to worry about updates stopping.) [Kiss]

10. 160 让 You Told Me to Take the Civil Service Exam, So Why Did I End Up at Bureau 749? 让你考公，你上岸749局？ Civil Service Exam Guide公考引路人Mystery275k WordsCompleted [Rule-Bound Horror + National Destiny + God-Slaying + Ruthless Protagonist + Mastermind Behind the Scenes + Unstoppable] After three years of civil-service exams and seven failures, a twist of fate lands me in Bureau 749. Other people use peachwood swords and black donkey hooves to catch ghosts. I pull out a copy of the Administrative Penalties Regulations. A red-clad female ghost is out for blood? First, file for a replacement death certificate! Zombies are causing trouble at a construction —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    When encountering a century-old female ghost in red who is harming people, while others use talismans and scriptures, the protagonist first checks her identity and obtains a replacement death certificate, then takes a statement and issues a penalty document according to regulations, and finally completes the handling through community service, resolving the C-level incident through the entire formal process.

11. 161 诡 Tales of the Uncanny 诡话传说 Dugu Zhanmeng独孤战梦Mystery440k WordsCompleted “Hey, everyone, I’m here.” I pointed my phone camera at the abandoned village gate in front of me. The characters on the archway had long since blurred beyond recognition. All that remained was a sinister, rust-red color, splashed irregularly across the stone pillars like blood that had dried long ago. “See that color? Is it a good enough opening for the ‘Blood Axe’?” The comments immediately began to fly. [Sister Xue is charging into a new map!] [Just looking at this place gives me the creeps.] 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book has very few flaws, is excellent, and is well worth reading.

12. 162 抓 Better to Conduct Funerals Than Hunt Ghosts: All My Students Are Vengeful Spirits 抓鬼不如送葬：我的学生全是厉鬼 The Gentlest Little Crayon Xin最温柔的蜡笔小鑫Mystery234k WordsOngoing [While everyone else trembles in terror inside haunted domains, I hold funerals for the monsters.] Shen Du, a top-notch mortician with six years in the profession, is summoned by accident into the world of Rule Horror, which has erupted across the globe. Special Forces soldier: “Run! That vengeful ghost kills without blinking!” Shen Du calmly takes out a suturing needle. “Be quiet and lie still. It’s the greatest respect you can show the deceased.” The whole internet watches Shen Du’s progress t —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist of this book is very well portrayed; he really impressed me. The character is well-controlled, and the supporting characters are also good. I was amazed.

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