Any Novels with Terrifyingly Sharp Logic and Thinking? Please! Please! Please! 有没有那种逻辑和思维很恐怖的小说啊求！求！求！

1. 1 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Mystery714k 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 2.8MReads9.5Score588.3kShelves

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   This book is both scary and captivating. The part where the protagonist sees a ghostly Buddha statue in a cave after the entire expedition team has died was absolutely terrifying; every time I close my eyes, I feel like there's an evil Buddha smiling at me.

2. 2 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… 410.7kReads9.4Score78kShelves

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   Since "The Haunted 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.

3. 3 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 “ 1.6MReads9.3Score315.2kShelves

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   All three books are logically structured and easy to follow.

4. 4 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 167.9kReads8.8Score17.9kShelves
5. 5 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
6. 6 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 50.1kReads8.7Score6.4kShelves
7. 7 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 385Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 设 Designing Horror Mystery Scenarios: But I Designed a Traditional Chinese Drinking Party 设计怪谈副本：我却设计中式酒局 Fish Mint-Flavored Cilantro折耳根味香菜Mystery516k WordsCompleted What is Chinese-style horror? Paper wedding dresses? Ghosts trapping you in endless loops? No. The real horror is Chinese social etiquette. Chen Mo transmigrates into a world of towers and becomes a designer of dungeon scenarios. He pulls out his secret weapon: social etiquette. Chinese-style drinking banquets, seating hierarchy, which way the fish head faces, toasts, and the order in which you offer drinks will all become fuel for his dungeons and rules for designing them. From then on, Chen Mo 479Reads5.6Score105Shelves

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   Chinese-style horror dungeons

9. 9 新 New Utopia 新，乌托邦 Broken Strings in the Rain雨中断弦Urban397k WordsOngoing [Political Thriller] [Montage Style] [Psychological Oppression] [Dystopian] (The story moves slowly at first, but more kinds of ghosts will appear later.) The calamity ended, and a city-state rose from the ground. People called it the New Utopia. Beneath its gleaming order, those in power were no longer human. Monsters wore human skin and occupied positions of authority. Their visions were linked, and everything was under surveillance. A colossal beast hung in the sky, while monsters roamed th 2.3kReads—Score195Shelves

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   You can take a look at this book.

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 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves

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    You can check out these books, they're all pretty good.

11. 11 被 Years After Being Forced to Love 被强制爱多年以后 Green Mountain Smiles青山见笑Two Male Leads413k WordsCompleted [Complete and ready to read, with bonus chapters in progress] Like the beginning of every Q-style BDSM romance, Xie Wenyi falls in love with Liu Shan at first sight. They’ve fought and ended up in the hospital. Liu Shan has worn a collar and lived in a basement and a dark room. Six years have passed, and they get along like an ordinary married couple... Not a chance! A stubborn but timid runaway bottom x an older, controlling, fatherly top [Everyday Life + Long-Married Couple Dynamics + Testing 32.8kReads9.4Score3kShelves

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    This one book, despite its dual-male plot, is surprisingly adept at handling psychology.

12. 12 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 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
13. 13 太 Great, Our Neighbor Is a Psychopath. We're Doomed 太好了，是变态邻居，我们没救了 Man-Eating Monster吃人的妖怪Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing Jiang Ran was tricked into moving into an apartment called Alice, where all kinds of murderers and psychopathic criminals lived. Four other people were there with him. They were the twenty-fifth group of guinea pigs, taking part in a betting game watched live by wealthy viewers, who wagered on who would die first and who would survive to the end. The apartment was home to a [psychopath who liked skinning people to make kites], a [new Jack the Ripper who only killed women], a [highly educated, hi 65.8kReads7.9Score5.9kShelves

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    The first protagonist has multiple personalities, each possessing unique skills. They unexpectedly move into Alice Apartments, an apartment complex full of murderers. Will the dominant personality prevail, or will the alternate personalities take over? Find out in the next installment. The second, Gu Yi, needs little introduction. It's a universally acknowledged masterpiece of the "Rule of Strange Tales" genre. Seeing no one recommending it in the posts, I'm giving it a shout-out. The third is a thriller. Its only drawback is the lack of an audiobook option. I've heard it's a masterpiece, but I prefer audiobooks. I've only read about two hundred chapters, and my impression is that it's enjoyable. My bookshelf consists of books I've personally read and found enjoyable, all personally tested.

14. 14 诡 The Twilight Line of the Haunted Realm: Conquering It with My Wits 诡界晨昏线：靠脑子制霸诡界 What Am I Doing Now?现在干啥啊Mystery117k WordsOngoing [Mild horror] [No System] [Character growth] [One heroine] Countless “Haunted Realms” suddenly appeared around the world. Like black holes, they devoured ordinary people's mental energy and the real world, pushing reality to the brink of madness. In response to the crisis, all kinds of organizations sprang up. They ventured into the Haunted Realms to explore, seized haunted objects to protect themselves, and sought the truth on the edge of life and death. As their investigations deepened, they d 6Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 地 The Eighteenth Level of Hell: No Lying Allowed 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 74.6kReads9.1Score11.6kShelves

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    This book is incredibly mind-bending! The protagonist is intelligent throughout, and the character development is superb. Even the supporting characters aren't brainless; they have their own thoughts. There's no omniscient perspective, and the supporting characters have their moments of brilliance. The whole book is full of twists and turns—it's super good! Go for it! ദ്ദി˶˃ ᵕ ˂ )✧ Hell doesn't allow lying, so everyone lies.

16. 16 与 Followed by Ghosts 与鬼随行 Green Wine and Red Lips绿酒朱唇Mystery447k WordsOngoing Immersive, terrifying, and packed with suspenseful mystery and deduction. I have a strange world, and I want to take you there! After the college entrance exams, I took a fatal blow meant for my friend and lost my sight. By chance, I ended up at a bizarre vocational college. My classmates are dying one after another under strange circumstances, and there seems to be a much bigger secret behind it all. This world seems so strange... so strange... I have to solve the mind-bending challenges one by 2.7kReads—Score255Shelves

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    I highly recommend a mind-bending horror thriller novel called *Walking with Ghosts*! The protagonist arrives at a haunted school where classmates begin to die mysteriously one after another. There are so many plot twists and turns; it's definitely worth a serious read. [What][What][What]

17. 17 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 195.3kReads8.6Score13.8kShelves

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    The first book I read left me utterly stunned by the protagonist's intelligence, and my tastes were spoiled by it.

18. 18 十 Eleven Madmen 十一个疯子 Lu Ban Banban鲁班班班Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted (Not mindless, no harem, no System, and not a conventional power fantasy. Please read with that in mind.) From the day you were born until now, have you ever had doubts like these? “Do I really exist?” “Does the world really exist?” “Why do I exist?” “And why does the world exist?” “Is my existence inevitable? If I die, will the world keep existing?” “At the moment m 38.7kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves

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    Its logical thinking is very strong; the more you read, the more you realize how brilliantly the author structured the story.

19. 19 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 390.6kReads9.3Score43.5kShelves

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    1. Slightly scary; the characters in the book are fleshed out. 2. I feel the author is suited to tragic endings. Another good book I read was one with a protagonist named Wang Cheng, but I can't find it now.

20. 20 诡 Eerie Revival: I Can Contact the Past 诡异复苏：我能联系过去 Young Master Yanque燕雀大公子Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The Hungry Ghost Festival of 2025. A super red moon appeared, and as it lingered in the sky, the supernatural returned. Left Yang was shocked to discover that he could use his phone to contact himself in the past. In the stairwell, the Knock-at-the-Door Ghost killed anyone who opened the door. But someone discovered that it skipped the first floor and started knocking there. So Left Yang contacted his past self. [Please have your one-month-younger self rent an apartment on the first floor!] The 43.3kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves

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    Book 1. "Never underestimate humanity"—this is the warning every supernatural being receives from the moment they awaken. Book 2. Finding the only way out of a dead end. Book 3. What to do when targeted by various terrors? Hedging the risks is the best solution; see who kills whom first.

21. 21 刻 Rigid Justice 刻板正义 Rielgon Can't Write Books瑞尔贡不会写书Urban1.3M WordsOngoing If you were born to be humanity’s savior, destined to sacrifice yourself, would you accept your mission? [Great Calamities] are extinction-level natural disasters that occur every few years: tsunamis, meteorites, swarms of insects, collapsing stars. Only the most powerful superhuman, known as [Justice], can end them by offering up their life. Against this backdrop, humanity has developed all kinds of unique social systems, and the world’s balance of power and relations between nations have bec 698Reads8.6Score106Shelves

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    All I can say is that so far, there's no sign of the main characters winning. The enemy's abilities include: resurrection from death; heroic sacrifice (ultimate speed plus version); ability replication… and us: flesh and blood. While the combat power increases later with improved technology, it's all wiped out by the grand calamity set in the story's foundation—things like the Earth cracking apart at will… The key is that even with such difficult levels, it's not frustrating because both the enemies and the main characters are intelligent, with wins and losses. Plus, there are so many mysteries surrounding the world, so each volume ends with a sense of wanting more. In short, highly recommended.

22. 22 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 231.9kReads9.5Score28.4kShelves
23. 23 规 Rule Horror: Nightmare City 规则怪谈：梦魇迷城 Mo Xia Li Xin莫夏离心Mystery322k WordsOngoing [Clever deductions + mind-bending suspense + instance challenges + strategic games + logical thinking + knowledge-based puzzles] Rules are both a way to control players and the key to breaking out of a dead end. The protagonist, Chen Mo, is accidentally drawn into a world of rule-based horror. He thinks he only needs to keep taking part in deadly games to escape. Then Chen Mo believes that collecting five keys with different attributes will let him leave the City of Nightmares, but one unexpecte 334Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A brain-teasing logic puzzle game that's so addictive you won't be able to stop playing.

24. 24 水 A Murder Buried at the Waterworks for Twenty Years 水厂埋凶二十年 Bai Suzhen白素针儿Mystery192k WordsCompleted Twenty years ago, in the autumn at the Xichang Waterworks in Qingcheng, three people vanished one after another, leaving no trace, dead or alive. Police officer Qi Xiaojun pursued the lead for half his life, only to be forced out by fate just as he was about to reach the truth. Zhang Youfei, the young factory director, once loved a woman named Jinhua deeply, but he had no idea how many secrets her silence concealed. Twenty years later, another person disappears from the Xichang Waterworks. Sick 4.2kReads8.5Score405Shelves

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    A hidden gem, a highly-rated realistic suspense thriller! A water plant's serial disappearances, sealed for twenty years, reveal secrets hidden within everyone involved; the more you delve into it, the more chilling it becomes.

25. 25 我 [Murder Game] I Want to Survive 【杀人游戏】我想活下去 Yu Ge雨戈Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow]+ [No Romance]+ [Pure Villainess] High-stakes battles of wits and deadly games; everyone schemes against everyone else just to stay alive. The heroine does every kind of evil, casts aside her conscience, and cares only about profit. Because she knows that only by devouring others can she grow stronger and climb step by step to the pinnacle of power. Watch her fight her way out from the bottom, rising from a mere nobody to stand atop the world. Watch her pull off one dazzling m 41.3kReads9.0Score4.9kShelves

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    This is a must-have for female-oriented novels; its logical thinking is quite strong, and it doesn't insult the reader's intelligence.

26. 26 半 I Fought a Female Ghost for Her Shadow at Midnight, and She Got Pissed 半夜和女鬼抢影子，她红温了 Youth Isn't Afraid of Pants Exploding青春不怕裤子爆炸Mystery695k WordsOngoing That day, I became a ghost. I looked down at a mirror and saw a thousand ghostly faces. Windows, tiles, glass doors, even phone screens: wherever there was a reflective surface, there was my shadow. In the dead of night, a line of bright red text flashed across the TV: I am the Immortal in the Mirror. I am everywhere. In his third year of college, Jiang Shi ran into a woman in red who turned out to be a ghost. From the start, she gnawed off his shadow. After designing a trap to kill the evil 82.7kReads8.8Score15.2kShelves

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    I'm sorry, this is something I'm too scared to go home tonight (I really am too scared to go home, it gives me the chills).

27. 27 诡 Eerie Revival: They Always Mistake Me for Cannon Fodder 诡异复苏：他们总把我当炮灰 Extra-Spicy Potato-Braised Chicken土豆焖鸡爆辣Two Male Leads598k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads + Supernatural Horrors Descend + Semi-Infinite Flow + Superpowers + Slight Ensemble Cast] (Plot-focused, quite scary, slow-burn romance) Fei Shuming is the quiet, inconspicuous loner in his class. He's a cripple, and his daily social obligation is fetching water for people. But one day, a ghost-seeing app suddenly appears on all his classmates' phones. They are forced to take part in a game. There are ghosts in this game. By all rights, a cripple like Fei Shuming should be cannon 19kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
28. 28 万 Peerless Among Ten Thousand Spirits 万灵无双 Golden Cicada Sutra Chant金蝉经声Mystery160k WordsOngoing A teahouse from the start, yet the Heavenly Dao claims I'm harboring divine beasts. Mysterious supernatural cases keep finding me, and now I've been diagnosed with a terminal illness! But I've discovered there are things in this world that can extend my life The last breath a spirit refuses to surrender A star shifted by someone's hand on a compass A lost art that the sages pursued with their lives A scheme passed down by emperors for a thousand years... Among the three teachings and nine schoo 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A mind-blowing, logically-driven new work, absolutely original, absolutely addictive! I've discovered something in this world that can prolong my life—the breath that spirits refuse to let go of, the constellations on the compass that have been stolen, the secret techniques that sages pursued with their lives, the millennia-long schemes of emperors... Among the three religions and nine schools of thought, beyond what is recorded in history—have you ever considered that history and mythology can be interpreted in another way? The first time, infused with mountains, rivers, birds, and beasts, came the tales of spirits and monsters. The second time... Why do living beings refuse to bow their heads to their obsessions? Is there still hope beyond the laws of heaven? Since ancient times, saving the world has not meant eliminating the extraordinary; today, choices must be made with utmost care from the very beginning.

29. 29 作 It's Only Natural for a High Schooler to Slay Ghosts 作为高中生会斩鬼很正常吧 A Little Lamplight明灯一两Mystery969k WordsOngoing [Slow Pace] [Growth-Oriented Protagonist] [No Romance] [Slay Ghosts to Level Up] [No Mindless Decisions] Before the first person died in a supernatural incident, Yun Fang had always thought this was an ordinary, normal world. Supernatural tales, real vengeful ghosts, and the truth hidden beneath the city are awakened by the gray fog. A school that must be "normal," loved ones who are gradually replaced, Teeth on the Pillow, the Nighttime Inn, the Ghost Slayer, Jiang Zhouzi... Yun Fang only wants 3.3kReads8.4Score430Shelves
30. 30 诡 Eerie Descent: Nobody on the Subway Is Human 诡异降临：地铁里都不是人 Money Cheetah金钱小豹子Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [!!! NOT A POWER FANTASY !!!] [No golden finger + No Romance + No Leveling Up + No Items + No System] [Infinite Flow + Mystery and Horror + Every Character Is Smart] Important warning: If you are riding the subway right now, be sure to check underneath your seat and make sure there isn’t a corpse lying there! A mysterious subway train, with eighteen stops along its route. At every stop, the passengers must face a bizarre instance! A cruise ship sailing alone across the sea, with nowhere to dock 3.5kReads7.3Score600Shelves

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    📚High Intelligence🇨🇳Unending Mystery: Li Ming👦, all the relatives who raised him suffered accidents, making him seen as a jinx, forcing him to live in an orphanage [fear]. At 18, he had a substantial scholarship and was admitted to his desired high school, but an unexpected accident struck. [Fear][fear][fear]

31. 31 一 I Woke Up with 40 Murder Cases on My Hands 一觉醒来：我背上了40起命案 No Joy无喜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst... 29.8kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
32. 32 致 Deadly Survival Game 致命生存游戏 Having a Little Taro吃个小芋头Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted (Infinite-loop game, suspense, mystery, survival, no supernatural elements, no urban legends, original games, no independent System, no golden finger) ‘Selecting a game...’ ‘Player level detected: L1. Available game difficulty range: 1–2 stars.’ ‘First game detected. A one-star game is guaranteed.’ ‘Game selection successful!’ A black screen with white text immediately appeared. [Game Name: The Devil Beside You] [Game Type: Multiplayer] [Difficulty: One Star] [Clear Condition: Find the disguised 1.2kReads7.8Score102Shelves
33. 33 你 Hello, Have You Seen My Bones? 你好，请问看见我的骨头了吗？ My Teeth Aren't White牙不白Mystery543k WordsCompleted [No romance + strong female lead + uncanny beings + punishing scumbags with face-slapping and never taking things lying down + overwhelmingly powerful + morally gray heroine who doesn't pretend to be righteous, holds grudges, and always gets even] Que Zhao left the village with her big black dog to collect a debt. Life is hard, and Zhaozhao sighed. Sigh, she could only just about make ends meet by collecting debts. Vengeful ghosts in a remote village; an entire family slaughtered at a sixtieth-b 8.1kReads9.3Score903Shelves

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    Beneath the female protagonist's formidable power lie the tragic stories of countless ordinary people. She uses her overwhelming strength to sweep through every dark corner, but upon closer examination, these stories send chills down one's spine!

34. 34 恐 Horror Movie System 恐怖电影系统 Old Nine Cat老九猫Urban1.3M WordsCompleted When people see someone standing at the pinnacle, all they can see is his brilliance. They envy his greatness, but never notice the shadows, sorrow, and blood-soaked bones beneath his feet. 355Reads5.8Score—Shelves
35. 35 诡 The Ghostly Bank: I Shorted the Heavenly Dao 诡道银行：我做空了天道 Little Little Black Cat小小小黑猫Eastern Fantasy297k WordsOngoing The Heavenly Dao is not a set of rules. It is a debt. The moment any living being is born, the Heavenly Dao forces a loan of “innate energy” on them, saddling them with interest they can never repay. While others painstakingly cultivate martial arts and die the moment they encounter a supernatural entity, Qin Chen opens a “Rules Exchange,” breaking supernatural entities down into loans, bonds, and insurance, then selling them to martial artists. Can't win? I'll lend you a rule that guarantees 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'd like to share my novel. Please take a look and give it a try! Feel free to point out any shortcomings. This is my first time writing a novel. After reading novels for so long, I wanted to try writing one myself. If there are any awkward parts, please point them out. Thank you! The second book I'm sharing is a masterpiece.

36. 36 我 I Started by Devouring Gods and Rose Against the Current 我从吃神开始反向晋升 Cool Isn't Cool酷是不酷Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Urban high martial arts] [Ensemble cast] [No System] The gods descended upon the world, and the Ascenders appeared. At the age of eighteen, everyone can choose a unique path to godhood within the Ascension Tower. But Jiang Qi’s left eye is connected to a forbidden zone. Within the forbidden zone, he embarked on a strange path: he can ascend as long as he eats monsters. The world obtains everything from the Ascension Tower. And my ability is... [When I write the first sentence, the universe coll 235.7kReads9.1Score22.5kShelves
37. 37 模EN After a Thousand Simulations, I Have a Speedrun Strategy for Escape Games 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced 214.6kReads9.6Score36kShelves

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    These books are also very nice. The first one goes without saying, the second one has a brilliant plot twist, and the third one is surprisingly good. They are all the type with tight logic and interconnected plots, the protagonists are intelligent and cunning, and the ensemble cast is full and rich. They are all worth reading on their own.

38. 38 无 Infinite Escape: I Earn Rent Money in Horror Games 无限逃生：我在惊悚游戏里挣房费 Mo Sibei陌肆白Mystery800k WordsCompleted [Infinite flow + horror, suspense, and mystery-solving + strong female lead + team + plot-focused] [Ding~ Welcome, player, to the Survival Inn! Please do your best to clear the instances and earn your room fees~ We offer dormitory rooms, guesthouse rooms, hotel rooms, and more, as well as a top-tier luxury VIP club waiting for you to unlock~] A gloomy, blood-soaked compound A school crawling with death A cursed painting that brings death to anyone who looks at it An old village teeming with stra 20.5kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
39. 39 那 The Strange and Supernatural Things I’ve Heard and Seen 那些我所闻所见的灵异事 Graduate Student of Folk Mysticism民间秘术研究生Mystery529k WordsOngoing I’ll tell stories about the strange things that have happened to me over the years, along with the folk secrets and I Ching mysticism I’ve learned. At the start of each story, I’ll say whether I experienced it myself or heard it from someone else. I may not tell them in chronological order. I need to remember and organize everything, so I’ll just talk about whatever comes to mind. Things I experienced myself may be exaggerated, but they’re absolutely true. As for some of the stories I’ve heard, 2.5kReads—Score163Shelves

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    I have three thousand ghost stories to tell you. How many do you dare to read?

40. 40 克 Cosmic Horror Cultivation: I Can Reverse Time 克系修仙：我能逆转时间 Plop Fish扑通鱼Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing (No heroine, no invincibility, no brainless protagonist, plot-driven, a protagonist who eats people. Things get really exciting after he breaks through to the Nascent Soul realm!) Ye Xiang transmigrates into a Lovecraftian cultivation world and develops an eye condition. The world he sees is unlike the one ordinary people see: perception turned upside down, Buddha statues made of insects. The Great Dao has vanished, towers of corpses float in the air, and two dark moons hang overhead. What is re 1.6kReads9.0Score157Shelves
41. 41 无 Infinite Livestream: She’s Incredibly Powerful Yet Ridiculously Goofy 无限直播：大佬她超强却过分沙雕 Cola with Ice阔乐加冰Mystery345k WordsCompleted [Infinite livestream + sweet, satisfying romance with a couple + suspense and mild horror + even the easily frightened can read] What’s it like to transmigrate into a horror livestream novel before you’ve even finished skimming the blurb, and get bound to an infinite-flow System on top of that? Lin Xingqian: Thanks for asking. Just got here, and I’m still alive. Whether it’s a terrifying little town, a haunted house, or a city of desire... Lin Xingqian stays cool as a cucumber, pulling off one o 7.5kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
42. 42 为 To Become an Immortal, I Drove Myself Mad Through Cultivation 为了成仙，我把自己练疯了 White Crane Cloudfield白鹤云野Eastern Fantasy320k WordsOngoing “His form is trained to resemble a crane; beneath a thousand pines lie two scrolls of scripture.” He Quanzhen recited a line of poetry, flapped his wings, and laughed wildly with a series of cackles. “Heh, this Daoist has done it! I’ve done it!” 3.9kReads8.2Score283Shelves
43. 43 被 Forced to Become the Hot-Blooded Manga Hero, He Faked His Death on the Spot 被迫成为热血漫主角后他直接死遁 A Moon Rabbit一只月兔Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No Romance] [No Female Lead] [Hot-Blooded Shonen] [Everyone Is Evil] [The Protagonist Is a Genuine Villain, With No Redemption] [Ensemble Cast] The hot-blooded shonen manga Villain's Fate is a blend of excitement, warmth, laid-back fun, and comedy. Its polished art, unexpected plot twists, and characters who leave readers aching for what might have been have earned it a devoted following. However, the author went on hiatus at the story's climax and stayed away for three years. Then, after three 22.1kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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    If it weren't for Moon Rabbit's statement, I wouldn't believe this novel didn't have an outline. What a terrifying plot!

44. 44 禁 Forbidden Livestream 禁忌直播间 Qing Yue晴月Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted When you open this book, The Forbidden Livestream, you may not believe that its story is based on real events! An allegedly unsolvable horror forum, a hapless programmer crushed by the 996 work schedule, and a third-rate female student detective who considers herself first-rate. What dazzling sparks will fly when all of them come together? Thriller or mystery? Human or supernatural? Be careful! Because from this point on, every step you take will keep you on the edge of your seat! 37Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 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. 173.8kReads9.7Score17.7kShelves

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    (Your vision is now completely red.) (You are dead.) (Deduction ends.)

46. 46 调 Investigator: The Bizarre Black Door 调查员：怪诞黑门 The Sheep Tends to Itself羊在自牧Mystery287k WordsCompleted (Infinite Flow, Cthulhu, horror, plot-focused, no System, not a power fantasy, no harem, not mindless, no cliches. Read at your own discretion.) (Note at the end of the blurb: Read before starting!) When Bai Yu died and opened his eyes again, he heard the first declaration. [The hammer strikes the primer, the bullet smashes the skull. You have successfully knocked on the Black Door.] He discovered that he was trapped in an old, frail body. The Black Door had already begun announcing the conditio 510Reads8.7Score101Shelves
47. 47 诡 Tales of the Weird Domain 诡域传 The Ball Is a Little Rascal皮球是个二狗子Mystery119k WordsOngoing [Cthulhu Mythos + SCP, low-key wish fulfillment, wildly imaginative] (This book upholds core values. Readers will see how everyone can play a part in upholding justice.) “They won. The Black Moon is howling, and humanity is about to enter its waning phase.” … “You know, it happened to me… If you’re listening… then you’ve vanished too.” … “The Alliance is always ready to bomb them into dust, ▇▇ spiraling into the sky until not even they can recognize their own son’s urn! Whether they like it or —Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 谢 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 125.4kReads9.6Score17kShelves

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    The second book goes without saying; it's practically a god of logical thinking. The first book is also incredibly logical, with each step building upon the last, constantly prompting reasoning, clarifying thought processes, and finding the answers. It's amazing; you simply can't put it down once you start reading.

49. 49 诡 Weird Tales: From the Start, I Beat the Eight-Foot-Tall Woman to a Pulp 诡异，开局锤爆八尺夫人 Xu Moqing徐墨卿Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted The world of the uncanny was chaotic and lawless. Mountain demons, evil ghosts, phantoms, jiangshi, zombies, slit-mouthed women, Sadako, eight-foot-tall women, Bloody Mary… Every uncanny being once thought to exist only in the imagination was real in this world. Xu Changqing, a martial arts enthusiast, had ended up here by accident. He’d only wanted to scrape by and wait for death, but from the start, he was attacked by an F-rank entity from Sakura Country: the Eight-Foot-Tall Woman. To stay ali 11.3kReads8.7Score981Shelves
50. 50 仙 Above the Immortals 仙人之上 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban1.5M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincible protagonist, no System, no brainless characters, and no wish-fulfillment. Read at your own discretion.) The ancient Immortal Court had crumbled into ruins, and the immortals of old had fallen into slumber. The world changed with every passing day, and seas became fields. All that remained of ancient times existed only in myths. Thousands of years later, the ruins of the Immortal Court once more rose above the nine heavens, and the sleeping immortals be 60.7kReads9.3Score5.6kShelves

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    🌿①The CPU burned out, and the protagonist, pretending to be a wolf in sheep's clothing, turned out to be the real mastermind, having secretly built up a powerful force. 🌿②How do ordinary people survive when captured and taken to the Land of the End? With force? No! Intelligence and martial prowess are the key!

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