Looking for a Rules-Based Paranormal Mystery with a Smart Protagonist 求主角有脑子的规则怪谈类的书

1. 1 恐 Horror Movie NPC Goes on a Killing Spree in a Terror Game 恐怖片NPC在惊悚游戏杀疯了 Snow-Skin Lantern冰皮灯笼Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Horror + comedy + power fantasy + no female lead (male protagonist has no romantic pairing)] A horror game swept across the world. Fu Yan, an NPC from a horror movie in a higher plane of existence, was accidentally dragged into the game. Fu Yan: Since you've all gone to the trouble of inviting me, I won't hold back. From then on, the “horror game” was plunged into the shadow of someone named “Fu Yan”... Horror NPCs: Please, don't come any closer! Livestream viewers: Can someone do something abo 65.9kReads9.6Score8.8kShelves

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   Except for the third and fifth books, they all have no CP and no intelligence reduction.

2. 2 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 78.6kReads9.5Score9kShelves
3. 3 规 Rules Horror: I’m a Madman, You Say I’m Cheating? 规则怪谈：我一疯子你说我开挂？ Sleeping Eighteen Hours a Day一天睡十八小时Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Rule-Based Horror + Deduction + Lunatic + Male-Male Romance + Wild Ride] A friendly warning: to repeat, the love between two men is just seasoning. The main focus is still clearing the rule-based horror scenarios! The rule-based horror game begins, and uncanny livestreams descend! Each country randomly picks one player to enter the game, and an uncanny livestream begins! If a player fails, the rule-based horror descends upon their country! What kind of shock will Meng Fei, a genuine lunatic, b 18.6kReads9.5Score3.3kShelves
4. 4 模 After a Thousand Simulations, I've Mastered the Escape Game 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 271.3kReads9.6Score56.9kShelves
5. 5 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 108.5kReads9.7Score16kShelves
6. 6 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. 173.8kReads9.7Score18kShelves
7. 7 我 I Said There Were No Gods Tonight, So the Gods Fell 我说今夜无神，于是众神陨落 Ji Nanyi季南一Urban415k WordsCompleted [The print edition, titled A Godless Night, is available to search for on all platforms. The comic adaptation is now online.] [Plot-driven + infinite-flow + mild horror + countless twists] Yan Huang had a terminal illness. He didn't want to die, so he became a player in Instance. The System's evaluation of him read: [Player Yan Huang practices what he preaches and has impeccable morals. Congratulations, you have awakened the talent: Deceiver.] [Deceiver: Each lie you tell has a fifty percent cha 32.9kReads9.6Score4.6kShelves
8. 8 规 Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常 White Beard白胡子Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [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 49.3kReads9.4Score6.7kShelves

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   The last two were 6.8. The last one was okay after I read it. I didn't like the setting of the second one and didn't read it. The penultimate one had mostly bad reviews because it was a bad ending. It's worth reading. The first one is a god in my mind, and the second one, "I Learned to Kill Gods in a Mental Hospital," is highly recommended.

9. 9 我 Winning Over the Supernatural in a World of Strange Tales 我在怪谈世界里攻略诡异 Lin Xiaowu林小五Mystery268k WordsCompleted [National Destiny + Rule-Breaking Horror + Supernatural + Hilarious + Cunning Trickster + No Female Lead + Livestream] Rule-based horror descends upon Blue Star, and the supernatural spills into the real world. Those chosen by the horror scenarios are sent into their worlds, where they challenge the supernatural on behalf of their nations. Gu Fan is chosen by the horror world to fight a desperate battle for Yanhuang. If he wins, he'll buy Yanhuang precious time to recover and develop. If he lose 230Reads8.5Score—Shelves
10. 10 规 Rule Horror: I Can See Hidden Clues 规则怪谈：我能看到隐藏提示 Xing Wuchen星无辰Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted 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 4.3kReads9.0Score545Shelves
11. 11 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 17.4kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
12. 12 规 Rule Horror: The Whole Nation Begs Me to Stop Slacking Off 规则怪谈：全国跪求我别摆烂 My Name Is Brother Seven我叫七哥Mystery150k WordsCompleted [Rule-Based Horror + Livestreaming + Slacking Off + Supernatural + Comedy + No Female Lead] Lin Fei transmigrates to a parallel world and is unexpectedly chosen to represent the Dragon Kingdom in the world of rule-based horror! But to everyone's surprise, the first challenge for Lin Fei, who was entrusted with everyone's hopes, is the “Haunted Hospital,” a place with an extremely high death rate. To make matters worse, he draws the worst talent of all: Grade C. Just when everyone thinks the Drag 265Reads6.6Score—Shelves
13. 13 规 Rule Horror: Reborn, Starting with a Death Flight 规则怪谈：重生从死亡航班开始 Listening to the Wind Through Ink墨语听风Mystery766k WordsOngoing [Rules-based horror, horror game, growing protagonist, plot-focused] After being betrayed by his girlfriend and her brother and dying a gruesome death, Ji Chenyang is reborn one year in the past. A death flight he has never experienced before, beautiful flight attendants transformed into killing monsters, passengers turned into lambs waiting for slaughter. It all begins here... The death flight, the terrifying school, the nightmare city... The original course of events has shifted, and more and 311Reads6.8Score117Shelves
14. 14 规 Rule-Based Horror? I Choose to Rebel 规则怪谈？我选择叛逆 Alas, Deep Love奈何情深Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [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 51.1kReads9.6Score6.6kShelves

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    Well, this one is fine.

15. 15 早 I Cleared the Game Ages Ago, and You’re Only Now Pulling Me into the Horror Game 早通关了，你才拉我进怪谈 City God城神Mystery2.4M WordsCompleted [Invincible] [No Female Lead] After practicing for two and a half years, Jiang Zhe cleared a game called Rule-Based Horror. After clearing it, he transmigrated into the world of Rule-Based Horror. Every country in the world selects one chosen player. Winners bring their nation prosperity. Losers have a monster randomly descend upon one of their cities, where it wreaks havoc for 48 hours. Jiang Zhe is selected and awakens an SSS-rank talent: “Unscientific Summoning,” which lets him summon p 14.4kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves

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    In the first book, the protagonist's only golden finger to pass the level is his memory. There are about 30 ghost stories in the first level, and the main theme is a brain-burning one. The second book has a ceiling of rules and ghost stories. The brainless plot in the first fifteen chapters foreshadows the rest. This book is both exciting and tearful. The protagonist has a brain. The third old book of the Bug Team, the only one that can beat the magic book is the last one.

16. 16 传 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 208.5kReads9.6Score29.3kShelves
17. 17 规 Rule Horror: I Am the Horror Story 规则怪谈：我即怪谈 Wish You Happiness祝你快乐呀Mystery1.7M WordsOngoing 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 171.2kReads9.6Score34.7kShelves

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    This one! The logic lines are very good! This is not a cool story with mindless cheating. The online analysis of the protagonist's IQ is logical and clear. It is not the kind of story where the protagonist is outstanding. It's great!

18. 18 规 Rule Horror: The Prince Is Always Lusting After Me 规则怪谈：王子总是对我垂涎欲滴 There Will Always Be Youth总有青葱Mystery2.1M WordsOngoing [Volume One of the print edition goes on sale August 7] [Short drama and comic adaptation now available] [No romance + Infinite-flow + Horror game + No national destiny + Dark fairy tales] A young woman weeps softly at midnight. A handsome prince turns into a bloodthirsty “beast” at night. Cinderella dies a gruesome death on the night of the ball. The horror game is wrapped in shiny glassine, disguised as a sweet candy. What lies hidden behind the enchanting fairy-tale world... Weird tales desc 98.1kReads9.3Score12.6kShelves

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    I believe anyone who has read fairy tales knows that not everyone is good, but are the people you think are good really good? Let's expose this truth together [laughs][laughs]

19. 19 在 Roleplaying in an Escape Game 在逃生游戏里角色扮演 In the Lanshan Mountains岚山里Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Infinite-Flow + Horror and Suspense + Two Powerful Leads + Twists + Ensemble Cast] [When human nature brushes against the narrow gap between death and survival, desire and pain become entangled. Will you tame despair, or enter a cycle that leads to certain doom?] On the verge of death, Bai Zheng was dragged into a horror game that required players to stay in character. She didn't want to die, so she chose to become a player. The game's evaluation of her was: [Player, please be careful not to br 6.6kReads9.2Score978Shelves

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    There are all types. I am reading the second one recently, and I think it is quite interesting. The last two are really y yds. You can eat them with confidence. It is good for high-quality articles if acne is above 9 points. Don't worry, just close your eyes and read them.

20. 20 无 Infinite Flow: The Magician Becomes a God Through Her Combat Power 无限流：魔术师她靠武力值封神 Aci the Tavernkeeper酒家阿瓷Mystery432k WordsCompleted [Light horror, infinite-flow, 1v1, two powerful leads, sweet romance] Shang Heng, the strongest player in the game, x Shi Miao, a former S-rank instance boss Shi Miao had been a boss in a horror game's instances for many years. She thought she would keep being a diligent wage slave, but after waking up one day, she found herself turned into a new player in the game, with her weapons confiscated and her powers sealed from the start. Shi Miao: ...If the System won't play fair, neither will I. So w 6.4kReads9.4Score916Shelves
21. 21 无 Infinite Escape: The Museum Curator Rules the Livestream 无限逃生：馆主飒爆直播间 Ling Yu令鱼Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + mostly imaginative horror + romance + ensemble cast] Lu Yu is a little-known actress who has spent three years in the entertainment industry. TV director: “What is this garbage acting? Get out of my production!” Variety show director: “You have no sense of variety-show humor. How could someone as mediocre as you think you can make it in entertainment?” Agent: “You’re good for nothing but your face.” But after Lu Yu becomes the owner of a game arcade and enters an escape game... 11.7kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
22. 22 救 The Savior Game 救世主游戏 A Cup of Boli颇黎一盏Modern Romance274k WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow, two yanderes, 1v1, devoted only to each other] A rookie mission with no survivors, a treacherous interstellar scenario, Japanese school horror, rules-based mysteries, apocalyptic powers, dreamscapes full of twists... Tao Yi: “My fiancé seems to have killed someone. How careless of him. I’d better help him cover up every last trace.” Yandere fiancé: “I won’t let you get away. You’re mine.” “I’m not jealous, because we met of our own free will.” Cold, standoffish younger brother: “ 391Reads9.0Score101Shelves
23. 23 我 I Lie Flat in the Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏里躺平 Long-Dot Lamp长点灯Mystery193k WordsOngoing As the only lucky player in the survival game, Liu Jingque is deeply moved. But it doesn’t seem to help much: aside from being a little lucky, she’s still as hopelessly bad at the game as ever. Other players: Do you want to hear yourself right now? The unlucky leaderboard’s number one: Lucky champ, stick with me! Liu Jingque thinks she’s the one being carried by the top-ranked player, Du Qingfeng. Du Qingfeng thinks he’s the one being carried by the lucky champ. They’re both desperate to keep th —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 全 Global Ghostmasters: There Are Hundreds of Millions of Ghosts Inside Me 全球御鬼：我的体内有亿只鬼 Tianzhuo Huazi天卓华子Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [Looting bamboo shoots + ghostly resurgence + ghost taming + one female lead + comedy = 100,000 new words every week?] The comic of the same name, Global Ghost Tamer: I Have Hundreds of Millions of Ghosts Inside Me, is now available on Fanqie. Lin Mo was playing games in class when he transmigrated to a parallel world overrun by ghosts. With the worst talent of all, he unexpectedly gained the Defense-Breaking System. As long as he could make a ghost lose its composure, he could force it into a c 62.1kReads9.4Score8.3kShelves
25. 25 我 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ Yu Zuo予作Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 161kReads9.5Score19kShelves
26. 26 十 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 1.7MReads9.9Score228kShelves
27. 27 我 I'm a Fugitive Mental Patient, Chosen by a Rules Horror Game 我，在逃精神病，被规则怪谈选中 Xu Moqing徐墨卿Mystery542k WordsCompleted [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 55kReads9.6Score7.5kShelves

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    They are all very good. The first one directly conferred the title of God.

28. 28 规 Rules of the Paranormal: The Horrors? They're All Family 规则怪谈，诡异？都是一家人 A Slime一只史莱姆Mystery947k WordsCompleted [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 16.1kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves
29. 29 规 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 Sweet Home甜蜜之家Mystery694k WordsCompleted [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 3.2kReads8.6Score341Shelves
30. 30 我 I’m the Trickster in the Rule-Breaking Horror Tales 我在规则怪谈做老六 Remembering Youth纪念青春Mystery652k WordsCompleted [Complete, with a universally praised ending] [Rebellious Oddball + School Oddball + Lin Chen the Oddball + Comedy + Crazy Antics + The Uncanny + National Fortune + Mental Illness] [Readers say it becomes legendary from the third instance onward] He swaps a hen’s eggs for pebbles and lets her sit on them for half a month, hands sandpaper to his roommate while he’s on the toilet, and buys ten steamed buns for a beggar who asks for money to eat, then watches him finish them… Lin Chen is an oddba 9.7kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
31. 31 规 Rule Horror: An Unequal Game 规则怪谈：不平等博弈 Ruoxue Is Willing to Listen Too若雪也愿聆听Mystery281k WordsOngoing An innocent, naive boy misses the fateful choice that could have changed his destiny, and is forced into a world of strange tales. He survives one perilous, baffling situation after another, slowly drawing closer to the truth about the world... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There is no heroine, purely analytical rules, and there is no cheat system or anything like that.

32. 32 规 Rule Horror: I Was Chosen by the Eerie While on the Toilet 规则怪谈：厕所蹲坑被诡异选中 D LelouchD丶鲁路修Mystery248k WordsCompleted [Mystery * Comedy * Horror * Livestreaming * National Destiny] A mind-bending mystery takes center stage, with plot twists no one could see coming. Rules collide, and every choice leaves you trapped between impossible alternatives. A dead-end with no way out, yet a path to survival emerges from the most unexpected place. No invincible heroes, no characters getting stupid, and no relying purely on luck. Everyone is sharp, and the experts are genuinely useful. The livestream comments aren't full o 314Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    I have a brain, I have, I have [I'm about to cry] [I'm about to cry] [I'm about to cry]

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