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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
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
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- 2 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ 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
- 3 Interview: This Reporter’s the Real Deal, He’ll Report the Truth No Matter What 采访：这记者能处，有事他真报 [System + journalist + exposing inside stories] At some point, the media began caring only about sensationalism and traffic, with no one interested in the truth. Chen Mu transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an independent journalist. He makes the unconventional choice to stand on the side of truth. A popular milk tea shop has long lines every day. Chen Mu reports: “A popular milk tea shop has been using expired milk for a long time to cut costs. Several victims have already been hospita 1.2kReads8.9Score150Shelves
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Rules of the Paranormal: The Horrors? They're All Family 规则怪谈，诡异？都是一家人
[Rule-based horror + national destiny + no romance + livestream + original scenarios + mild scares + warm and healing] Three years ago, rule-based horror arrived, launching a game that put the fate of nations on the line. Every month, chosen players are randomly selected from various countries to enter the horror world and clear its challenges. Clear a challenge, and you earn generous rewards. Fail, and the chosen player dies, while the horror descends upon their country. The Xia Kingdom has alr
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Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常
[Horror + mystery + livestream + national fate + System] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade countries around the world. As one chosen by fate, Zhou Bai represents the Great Xia Kingdom in a horror game. The first scenario is a family of four. [You live with your wife and your parents. But remember, there are only three people in your home.] [You can trust your wife, unless she takes off her red hair clip.] [You and your wife have never had a child. If you hear a baby cr
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- 6 My Endless Rebellion Against the Rules in Tales of the Bizarre 当我在规则怪谈中无限叛逆 [Unconventional Rules-Horror Power Fantasy + Urban High Martial Arts + Hilarious + Mind-Bending + Plot-Driven + No Romance + Supernatural Awakening + Passionate Evolution + Clashes Between Multiple Civilizations + Plenty of Foreshadowing and a Lasting Impact] A high-martial-arts power fantasy wrapped in the trappings of a rules-horror story. It leans comedic early on and grows more action-packed and impassioned later. The world is vast, spanning multiple planes and species, with interstellar con 102Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 7 Eerie Tales Amusement Park: Half Rebellious, Half a Trouble-Maker 诡异怪谈乐园：我半身反骨半身皮 [No female lead + lighthearted comedy + fast-paced + livestream + entities + rule-based horror] He earned himself an abandoned amusement park that had been shut for years and bound the [Having Fun by Messing Around System]. Just then, global awakenings began, and the entity horror game descended. Chen Pi awakened the [Undying Body] and began traveling to places where entity horror games appeared… “Whoa! That thing looks kind of scary! I’m taking it home!” “Ooh! This one’s so cute, and it feels g 315Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 8 Rule Horror: All of You, Turn into Birds 规则怪谈：你们都给我变鸟 [No heroine + mystery-solving + brains over brawn + interstellar + livestreaming + national destiny + power fantasy] Rules-based horror descends upon Earth. Those selected are sent into a bizarre world to face challenges on behalf of their respective countries. While every other contestant fights for their country, one gentle young man says his wish is for everyone to get along peacefully. Everyone: "Peaceful my ass! Do you think this is kindergarten?" Then they watch as this mild-mannered young 14kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
- 9 I'm a Demon Emperor, and You Want Me to Challenge the Rules of the Horror Tales? 我一魔帝，你让我挑战规则怪谈？ [Rule-based horror + Demon Emperor + Invincible + No Female Lead + National Destiny + Supernatural] Demon Emperor Su Bai returns to his homeland, intending to enjoy a quiet life. Just then, a rule-based horror game descends upon the real world, and Su Bai is chosen to represent the Dragon Kingdom in its challenge. Treating it as a bit of fun, Demon Emperor Su Bai enters the game and begins his relaxing vacation. Breaking the correct rules will get you corrupted? This Emperor wants to try it. The 536Reads9.3Score178Shelves
- 10 Ghost Story Rules: I'm in Countless Horror Worlds 怪谈规则：我在无数个恐怖世界 [Original Horror Stories + Horror + Livestream + National Destiny + No Female Lead] Endless terror awakens, taking shape as countless worlds of strange tales. Each country selects one chosen contestant to make it through each strange-tale world. Those who succeed ensure that the tale can never descend upon their country, and bring it national fortune. Those who fail see the strange-tale world descend, and the souls of all the defeated lose their lives forever. Ye Feng, a horror-novel enthusiast 4.3kReads8.6Score351Shelves
- 11 When I'm in the Rules Horror Game, Nothing Is Forbidden 当我在规则怪谈百无禁忌 [No female lead + supernatural horror + mental illness + comedy + national destiny] My name is Su Ming, and I'm a transmigrator. I currently work at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, where I'm in charge of the important project of “being studied.” They keep saying I'm sick, but I know I'm fine. It's the world that's sick. After I escaped from the psychiatric hospital, I was chosen by Rule Horror to become Longguo's chosen participant, representing Longguo in the upcoming horror games. [Ding! The Ho 65.5kReads9.6Score7.5kShelves
- 12 Rule Horror: It Begins with a Note from Mom and Dad 规则怪谈：从爸爸妈妈的纸条开始 [National destiny + no female lead + rule-based horror] (Written so far: Clever Soup, Chapters 1–11; Sam's Zoo, Chapters 12–28; Beware of Sam, Chapters 31–58; Mileage Town, Chapters 63–105; Reject Winter, Chapters 106–136; Peaceful Inn, Chapters 137–163; Diary of August 29, Chapter 165 onward.) Rule-based horror descends upon the world. Anyone who successfully solves a supernatural scenario can earn a corresponding reward in fortune. The first scenario begins with a note left by Mom and Dad. (Gr 3.7kReads8.6Score380Shelves
- 13 Rule Horror: I Can See Hidden Clues 规则怪谈：我能看到隐藏提示 The world of supernatural tales has arrived, and everyone must follow the rules! After hundreds of years, the world of supernatural tales has appeared once more. Sun Kai accidentally transmigrates into it, becoming one of the first contestants representing his nation’s fate. They carry the fate of Xia Nation on their shoulders! If they win, they survive, Xia Nation’s fortunes rise, and its people all benefit. If they lose, they die, the nation’s fortunes fall, and supernatural tales invade the 4kReads9.0Score518Shelves
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Rule Horror: I Am the Horror Story 规则怪谈：我即怪谈
In 2017, supernatural tales descended upon Earth. Conventional weapons couldn't harm them, and humanity struggled to survive. Rule-based supernatural tales became humanity's last lifeline. Tens of thousands of chosen ones around the world were selected. If they won, the supernatural tales would vanish from reality. If they lost, the rule-based tales would descend upon the world. This was a war between humanity and the supernatural. Chen Shao, a patient suffering from bone cancer, became one of t
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- 15 Rule Horror: I Sign-In to Become a God, and Even the Horrors Fear Me 规则怪谈：签到成神，诡异都怕我 [Redemption + sign-in + national destiny + no female lead + comedy + original story + a tiny bit of touching moments] Over-the-top blurb: Rule-based horror games invade the world. Those chosen are bound to their nations and forced to take part in the games! Victory brings countless resources. Failure means death, and the horror game descends on the city! The games are terrifying? Almost impossible to survive? Participants have to tread on eggshells? Jiang Fan says, this is way too easy! He activ 1.9kReads8.9Score295Shelves
- 16 Thriller Game: My Entire Family of Loyal Martyrs Became Top-Tier Monsters 惊悚游戏：满门忠烈皆成顶级诡物 The Qin family has served their country with unwavering loyalty for generations. Every one of Qin Changkong’s ancestors gave their lives for the nation. Just as supernatural phenomena began to rise, a terrifying game descended upon the world. Chosen to join the game, he was bound to his nation’s fate and would fight on its behalf. But he discovered that his elders had all become top-tier supernatural beings. His mother, who died suddenly in the operating room, had underlings who were the boss of 3.1kReads8.7Score444Shelves
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Rules of the Strange: She Conquers the Supernatural World and Becomes a Legend 规则怪谈，她在诡异世界通关封神
The story is complete. [Female-Oriented, No Romance, Mystery, Deduction, Power Fantasy, Light Infinite-Loop Elements; the heroine is just an ordinary person] The supernatural returns, and strange tales descend upon the world. Wen Qi is chosen by the supernatural world. As one of the chosen, she bears the hopes of her country. She must do her best to survive in the supernatural world's strange-tale instances and even earn rewards. Watching Wen Qi on the livestream, with her rumpled clothes, bird'
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- 18 The Great Detective's Fight for Survival in the World of Rule-Based Horror 大侦探在规则怪谈世界求生 No female lead + horror + livestreaming + high-IQ protagonist + character growth + System Su Qin transmigrated into a world polluted by Rule-Based Horror. Here, anyone might be selected by the horror livestream to become a Chosen One and clear a horror scenario. If they succeeded, the pollution in their country would be cleansed. If they failed, the horror would descend, causing the pollution to randomly worsen or contaminate something new. To stay alive, and to stop Blue Star from being pollute 68Reads8.9Score—Shelves
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At Seven Years Old, I Was Chosen to Take Part in the Rules Horror Game 七岁的我，被选中参加规则怪谈
No female lead + national fate + eerie mysteries + comedy + unconventional ideas Lin Yuan transmigrates to Blue Star, a parallel world, and is chosen to take part in a rules-based horror game. From the start, he activates an SSS-rank talent. [SSS-Rank Talent: Ghostbane] [Talent Effect 1: Rules are completely useless against you. When you break the rules of a horror scenario, the corruption of its world has no effect on you.] [Talent Effect 2: When a creature in a horror scenario feels negative e
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- 20 Rule-Based Horror? I Choose to Rebel 规则怪谈？我选择叛逆 [A short drama adaptation of the same name is now available. You can watch it on the platform. Thank you for your support.] [Subverting expectations + no heroine + hilarious + sly schemer + rebellious + eerie + national fate] Rule-based horror descends upon Earth. The uncanny invades reality. Those chosen are sent into horror worlds, where they represent their respective nations and face the horrors within. Su Xiao is chosen by the horror world and entrusted with the task of representing the Dra 49.5kReads9.6Score6.2kShelves
- 21 A Seven-Year-Old Kid, and All My Companions Are Supernatural 7岁幼崽，我的伙伴都是超级诡异 [Little kids, horror, eerie, satisfying read, high-martial-arts, childlike innocence, supernatural powers, face-slapping, school beauty] Horror descends, plunging the world into chaos and leaving humanity on the brink of destruction. Seven-year-old Lin Xuan wants to recover his mother’s soul. He teams up with a group of eerie little friends and heads to the far western edge of the world, determined to bring her soul back... 99Reads9.3Score—Shelves
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Rule Horror: After My Coworker Lao Zhou Dropped Dead 规则怪谈：同事老周猝死之后
Rule Horror: After My Colleague Lao Zhou Dropped Dead
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Rule Horror: The Apartment Building You Can Never Leave 规则怪谈：走不出的公寓楼
[Short Story] [Rule Horror] After graduating and leaving campus, Shi Qing rented an apartment for just 600 a month. The place seemed pretty nice, and she thought she’d landed an incredible bargain. But when she actually arrived, she was horrified to discover that she might have been... scammed! She regretted moving in on the very first night, because the apartment building was not normal! And Shi Qing would never be able to escape...
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- 24 Thriller: The Little Ancestor’s Grudge Runs Deep, and a Hundred Ghosts Dote on Her 惊悚：小祖宗怨念大，百鬼手心捧 [Funny + Dark + Redemption + Strong Heroine] The arrival of the Horror World turns humanity from the top predator into meat for monsters. Everyone fears entering the Horror World and meeting a gruesome death. Then one day, a little girl jumps from a building and enters the Horror World. The terrifying, bloody atmosphere takes a turn... The murderous Death Clown personally makes the little girl the braised chicken drumsticks she loves. The chainsaw-wielding soul butcher, a madman who dismembers p 9.3kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
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Ten Days to the End 十日终焉
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
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- 26 The Escape Begins After School 放学后开始逃跑 On the night the high school entrance exam results were announced, Bai Meng had just received his acceptance letter from a prestigious city high school and was riding a wave of excitement. Then, without warning, the excitement made him so dizzy that before he could even settle down on the sofa, everything went black. When he came to, he was at Tianwang High School. It was a strange place. Once the school day ended, it was time to run for your life! 5.2kReads9.1Score840Shelves
- 27 Infinite Starting Point: Zero Awakens 无限初始：零号觉醒 [No romance] X [Cool, white-haired lead] X [Decisive male lead] In 2030, “Player Game” burst onto the scene. Clear a dungeon, and you can get anything you want. Yan Chao (Zero), once an NPC in the “Mechanical City” dungeon, suddenly awakened to his own existence and became a player. “Player Zero, please complete the main quest as soon as possible...” A dungeon? It's just my path to godhood. 3.9kReads9.3Score599Shelves
- 28 I Became a Villain with One Drawing 我靠画画一举成为反派 (No heroine. The male lead isn't exactly a good guy, so read with caution.) In 2530, a horror game suddenly descends upon Blue Star, randomly selecting lucky players every day, regardless of age. The players' performances in the game are livestreamed to the public. Leng Yuan is an oddball in the other players' eyes. This genius puts all his points into speed and constitution. As he sees it, “Strength? Don't need it. If I run fast enough, no one can hit me. And if I absolutely have to fight, do I 230Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 29 Rule Horror: The World's Number One Tycoon Player 规则怪谈：全球第一神豪玩家 [Supernatural Mysteries + Livestreaming + National Destiny + Hilarious + Tycoon + No Female Lead + Original Story] Rule-based horror games descend upon the world. The Chosen Ones are bound to their nations’ destinies and represent their countries in these games. Fang Ping, one of the Chosen Ones, gets the Tycoon Player System and starts with 90 trillion horror coins! [You have purchased an SS-rank weapon: Reaper’s Scythe!] [You have purchased SS-rank gear: Golden Body of Protection!] [You have p —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Rule Horror: I Made the Eerie Cry with Three Slaps from the Start 规则怪谈：我开局三巴掌打哭诡异 [Rule Horror]+ [Dark]+ [System]+ [Eerie]+ [Invincible]! This is a world invaded by Rule Horror. Players who enter the instances have to proceed one step at a time, carefully and cautiously, doing whatever it takes to make it out alive. When Su Li entered the System, he knew he’d hit the jackpot. He awakened a cheat, and it was a Destiny System! [You just can’t kill me. Mad about it?]: Whenever you die, you revive at full strength. Unlimited uses. [You’re in for a world of hurt!]: All your attack 905Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 31 Rule Horror: Rules? I'll Smash Them to Pieces! 规则怪谈：规则？我反手锤爆 Honkai: Star Rail: I Drew Skills and Became Invincible (Now Published) Chen Dao was a terminal cancer patient, but was unexpectedly chosen by the world of urban legends. With death already knocking, Chen Dao decided to throw caution to the wind. To his surprise, he awakened a System. I’m practically dead already, and you’re talking to me about rules? A skull-crushing hammer from the start. It doesn’t matter what kind of eerie thing it is, I’ll smash it first and ask questions later. [5. When som 43Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 32 Rule Horror: You Call Me Brutal, Yet You Love Me with All Your Heart 规则怪谈：说我残暴又爱我如命 [No Female Lead + No Romance + Comedy + Supernatural Horror + Invincible + Live Streaming] + [Not a Lone Wolf, with Supporting Characters Who Grow] On an ordinary afternoon, a roar shook the sky, and a strange scene appeared before everyone. [The once-in-a-million-years resurgence of paranormal tales is about to begin!] [The only way to stop them from descending is to defeat them!] [Humans who survive and clear the trials, along with their countries, will receive rewards. Those who die or fail t 8.1kReads9.3Score800Shelves
- 33 Rule Horror: I Can Tell Real Rules from Fake Ones 规则怪谈：我能看出真假规则 A world of strange tales has arrived, and Lu Yang has been chosen by fate to represent the Dragon Kingdom. The chosen ones must enter strange tale instances and clear them in order to survive. Meanwhile, in the real world, the corresponding strange tale disappears from the chosen one's country. But if a chosen one fails to clear an instance, they will die, and once they do, the strange tale will descend upon and consume their country. However, Lu Yang discovers that he can tell which rules are r 364Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 34 Rule Horror: I Am the Rule Maker 规则怪谈：我是规则制定者 Urban what-if horror stories + urban power fantasy + no female lead An invasion strikes Blue Star, and rule-based horror descends. The Chosen One System binds itself to Lin Xuan, making him the creator of the rules. All to buy the world more time. Some clear the challenges by brute force. Some use their “money power” to get through. Some rely on their wits. Some are always lucky and lie flat their way to victory. As the creator of the rules, Lin Xuan deliberately turns them upside down and digs 94Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Why Mess With Him? Rule Horror Is Practically His Grandchild 你惹他干嘛，规则怪谈是他孙子辈 [Rule-based horror + comedy + swagger + master schemer + national fate + invincibility + undercover visits] My name is Dong Qing, nicknamed the Azure Emperor. I was born in ancient times. I was fortunate enough to subdue a Nian beast and refine it, becoming an ancient entity in a small world. Ten thousand years passed. My baleful aura turned inward, and my power reached its peak. Because my strength was too outrageous, the laws of the plane categorized me as a horror entity. In modern terms, I’d 1.4kReads9.0Score154Shelves
- 36 Rule Horror? Relax, I'll Handle It 规则怪谈？放心我会出手 [Rule-based horror + no female lead + national fortunes + livestreaming + comedy] Rule-based horror descends upon Blue Star. A player is selected from each country to represent it in a horror scenario. If the player wins, their country remains safe. If the player dies, the horror scenario descends upon their country. Du Yun becomes the eighth player selected from Huaxia. Under the gaze of all the people of Huaxia, he draws an SSS-rank talent from the start: Rule Master. The terrifying rules are 75Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 37 Rule Horror: Invincible from the Start 规则怪谈：开局无敌 [Steamrolling Supernatural Mystery Stages] + [Beating the Living Daylights Out of Supernatural Creatures] + [International Master Detective] Supernatural rule-based mysteries descend upon Blue Star. Ye Lingfei, known as the “Oriental Sherlock Holmes,” is chosen by the supernatural world to represent the Great Xia Kingdom. In his third year, he enters the first mystery stage, “The Unspeakable Secret.” From the start, he awakens the SSS-rank talent [Angel of Wisdom], only for a loli-voiced Syste 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Horror Dungeon: But I'm a Cultivator! 惊悚副本：可我是修仙的啊！ {No female lead + eerie + cultivators + national destiny} My name is Wu Fan, and I'm a cultivator. While cultivating, I suddenly felt the sky darken and the world spin, then passed out. When I woke up again, everything around me was unfamiliar. Before I could figure out what was going on, I was chosen by Rule Horror to represent the Dragon Kingdom in a game of horrors. If we win, the Dragon Kingdom will remain safe and receive unprecedented rewards. If we lose, horrors will invade the Dragon Kin 263Reads6.5Score103Shelves
- 39 Rule Horror: I Rub the Rules Into the Ground 规则怪谈：我把规则按在地上摩擦 [National Destiny + Supernatural Horror + Satisfying + Comedy + Invincible + Trickster + No Romance] The world of urban legends descends, and Longguo suffers defeat after defeat, leaving the nation on the brink of disaster. Jiang Mu is chosen as Longguo's next contestant and awakens the god-tier talent No Laws, No Limits from the start. While all the other contestants are being tormented by the supernatural and its rules, barely able to stay alive, Jiang Mu has already pinned the rules to the gr 1.4kReads8.9Score157Shelves
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