Now This Is What a Mystery Should Be! 这才是悬疑该有的样子！

1. 251 让 I Asked You to Teach Art, and You Went and Arrested a Wanted Criminal 让你教美术，你顺手就去抓通缉犯 Sleeping Cat熟睡的猫Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [System + crime-solving + golden finger + no female lead + Conan-like constitution + everyday life + criminal investigation + lots of cases + positive energy + crime buster + forensic artist] Ever heard of an art teacher solving crimes? Jian Wenxing, a freelance art teacher, unexpectedly gains a crime-solving System, and from then on, a rising star is born! He even becomes the crime buster who strikes fear into the hearts of wanted criminals! He hunts down the truth! He paints the skin, the bone 8.1kReads9.1Score975Shelves
2. 252 千 A Thousand Lives, Annihilated 千命湮灭 May Our Country Be at Peace愿家国平安Eastern Fantasy143k WordsOngoing "Mystery" "Survival" After falling into a karst cave, Qian Xiao discovers a door deep underground that should not exist. Behind it, a polite, well-mannered man is killing someone. On the brink of death, Qian Xiao blurts out a sentence. The killer hears him and stops. Then he smiles. Now Qian Xiao is sitting in this room, thinking back to those words. Only then does he realize: "The words that once saved me were actually a prophecy" 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Having read so many novels, this is one of the few I'm really willing to follow to the end. Should we get some more screen time later on? Haha.

3. 253 为 Proving Her Innocence 为她证无罪 Yi Wu Er Bai一吴二白Mystery188k WordsOngoing When her closest family member becomes the prime suspect in a perfect crime, when every piece of evidence points to her sister’s already shattered soul, a younger sister who is a forensic pathologist decides to use science, faith, and unwavering love to fight through the fog for her sister’s chance to live. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   When the whole world believes her sister is the murderer, only she chooses to believe. The forensic pathologist, wielding her scalpel as a blade and love as a shield, tears a ray of truth through a seemingly insurmountable mystery. Watch as she uses science to overturn the verdict for love.

4. 254 读 The Corpse Reader 读尸人 Tong Xiaoxiao桐筱筱Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Standalone cases + criminal investigation + two male leads + mind-bending mystery The Linghai Public Security Bureau established a major crimes unit. Just as everyone was wondering which criminal investigation captain would be given the job, they were told that the provincial bureau had parachuted someone in directly. Everyone was curious about the new head of the major crimes unit. Cases piled up, from opening coffins for autopsies and childbirth after death to missing wives. See how a forensic 50.4kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves
5. 255 隐 The Hidden Truth 隐秘的真相 Yang Zhen漾真Mystery158k WordsCompleted This novel tells twelve criminal investigation stories in short-story form. Back then, there were no cameras covering every street corner, nor modern investigative tools such as DNA testing. The only things investigators could rely on to solve cases were trace evidence and logical deduction. Yet even under those conditions, veteran detectives used their keen observations, meticulous reasoning, and extraordinary insight to cut through layers of uncertainty and unravel one mystery after another. T 1.7kReads9.5Score228Shelves

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   I came for the suspense and mystery, but I was moved by the human relationships and professionalism portrayed. There are no super detectives, only a group of veteran detectives with gray hair and still sharp eyes. They can track down the murderer with just a fingerprint, a shoe print, or a contradiction in a statement. Watching them solve cases is like watching a master craftsman do his work—meticulous, patient, and with a touch of old-fashioned romance.

6. 256 记 Memory Fragments: Hunting the Killer in a Frame-Up 记忆碎片：替罪追凶 Gu Quan, Who Loves Honey Orange Juice爱吃蜂蜜鲜橙汁的顾全Mystery129k WordsCompleted “If you can’t even trust yourself, who can you trust?” Five years ago, criminal police captain Lu Chen went undercover in a criminal syndicate trafficking human organs. Five years later, he is gravely injured in an explosion while investigating a serial murder case. When he wakes up with no memory, he finds himself the prime suspect. Every piece of physical evidence points to him as the killer. The only things that could prove his innocence are a stranger’s fingernail clenched in his hand and th —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Just finished writing my new book 😂

7. 257 进 Hymn of Evolution 进化赞歌 Illusory Sky, Dust-Stained幻天染尘Urban261k WordsCompleted They embarked on the path to godhood, unaware that someone had already walked it before them. Su Yi led a team into the legendary Land of Enlightenment. They said that anyone who could comprehend the universe's [Rules] there would earn the right to challenge the Creator and become a god in the new world. The team members had no memories of their past. They knew only that this was the one and only path. They supported one another, comprehending the Rules at death's door time and again and pushi 1Reads7.6Score—Shelves
8. 258 隔 The Bloody Gauze Thrown from Next Door Had My Name on It 隔壁扔出的血纱布，写着我的名字 Cilantro Rice香菜饭15k WordsCompleted The Bloody Gauze Bandage Thrown from Next Door Had My Name on It —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Bloodstained gauze kept appearing in the community trash cans. The residents' group chat exploded, everyone speculating about whose apartment had been injured. I stared at my phone screen, my fingers cold. Those gauze bandages were thrown out of my apartment. But I live alone, and I had no wounds. Then, late at night, I saw bloodstained words on the bathroom mirror: "Don't let him find you." 😘

9. 259 厕 The Toilet Renovation Mystery 厕改疑案 You Xi有曦Mystery10k WordsCompleted The Mystery of the Toilet Renovation —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Suspenseful murder case

10. 260 惊 Snowfall: A Record of Strange Tales from China 惊雪：中华异事录 Gu Family Lane顾家巷Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing This isn't a traditional ghost-hunting horror novel. It blends Taoist arts, high martial arts, mysteries, and more. I'm writing it for myself, OvO [Ghost Hunting, Taoist Arts, Mysteries, Martial Arts, Ensemble Cast] * The eldest disciple of the head of the Shangqing sect of the Zhengyi school, exceptional in martial arts and profound in Taoist arts... * A master of the Swallow Sect, known in the martial world as Li San the Swallow... * A Nationalist spy, clever and calculating, cold as ice... Du 244Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    I recommend this, it's super good!

11. 261 笑 Laugh, Laugh, Laugh, Laugh, Laugh: Let’s Live an Absurd Life Absurdly 笑笑笑笑笑，抽象人生抽象过吧 Three-Seven Camellia三七茶花Two Male Leads461k WordsOngoing [Hilarious, Unhinged Story + Lighthearted Daily Life + Mystery Solving + Sweet Romance + Happy Ending] After Tang Jiang suddenly drops dead at work, he gains a blind-box life and can randomly turn into different little objects. In the morning, he becomes a pen and observes people going about their day. At night, he becomes a little plant and eavesdrops on the plans of those around him. He even turns into a walking teddy bear. Being an object is one thing, but this place is packed with all sorts 118Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    On the surface, the case seemed to be a foregone conclusion, but his persistence led to a turning point. He went from being an adversary to an ally with the suspect, and through subtle clues, he uncovered a darker truth.

12. 262 跟 The Senior Who's Been Stalking Me for Ten Years Is Mentally Ill 跟踪我十年的学长是精神病 Cilantro Rice香菜饭Marriage & Romance16k WordsCompleted The Senior Who's Been Stalking Me for Ten Years Is Mentally Ill —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 263 小 A Little Land of Mountains and Rivers 小山河 Beidou Erniang北斗二娘Mystery937k WordsCompleted When Chi Xia first joins the special investigations team, Luo Xun strongly recommends transferring her elsewhere. The intern is so thin-limbed and wooden, like she can barely keep her eyes open. What makes her suitable for this team? She’d be much better off in Publicity! The thin-limbed intern says nothing, responding to everything with, “Captain Luo, solving the case comes first.” Luo Xun is so frustrated he can barely contain himself. The team is doomed, he thinks. Before long, Captain Luo ge 69.2kReads9.5Score12.3kShelves

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    This is a truly faithful novel that stays true to the original story. The gruesome details of the deaths in the hallucinations precisely match clues from real-life murder cases, and the protagonist confirms that his special knowledge is not an illusion. I highly recommend it.

14. 264 我 I Recreated My Wife's Murder 我复刻了妻子的谋杀 Wang Gen王艮Mystery7k WordsCompleted I Recreated My Wife's Murder 1Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 265 我 I Can See the Loopholes in the Rules 我能看见规则的漏洞 Lost in the Deep Woods林深未归Mystery84k WordsOngoing It has been 127 years since spiritual energy revived, and cultivating immortality is no longer a matter of fated encounters and lucky breaks. Want to establish your Foundation? Take out a loan. Want to buy a cultivation manual? Pay in installments. Want to join a sect? Sign away your freedom first. Lin Yuan, twenty-four years old, is at the peak of Foundation Establishment, stuck at the bottleneck to the Golden Core realm with no end in sight. Burdened with 280 spirit stones in student loans, he —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    With a monthly salary of ten spirit stones and 70% used for loan repayments, even reaching the peak of Foundation Establishment is incredibly difficult. Lin Yuan unexpectedly falls into a bizarre realm, and relying on his ability to see through conflicting rules, he forges a path to Golden Core amidst seemingly inevitable death tales.

16. 266 被 Abandoned, I Became the Tribe's God 被抛弃后我成了部落之神 Wang Gen王艮18k WordsCompleted After Being Abandoned, I Became the God of a Tribe —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 267 追EN Genius Detective 追凶神探 Xin Bai辛白Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Legendary police officer Song Lang is reborn and goes incognito as a driver named Chen Shi. He had hoped to live quietly, but fate had other plans: Chen Shi gets caught up in another murder case... A company that preaches a ruthless corporate culture and slaughters its employees while everyone stays silent; A wayward young man who skins his childhood sweetheart alive, with tears in his eyes, to get “justice”; A middle-aged couple bound together by a dark secret, each raising a blade against the 6kReads9.1Score743Shelves

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    I highly recommend Lao Jiu's books.

18. 268 我 The Night I Cheated, My Father's Game Had Just Begun 我出轨那晚，父亲的棋局刚刚开始 Wang Gen王艮11k WordsCompleted The Night I Cheated, My Father's Chess Game Had Just Begun —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 269 双 Twin Sisters: A Murderous Plot in the Dead of Night 双面姐妹：暗夜下的杀机 Iris Dark River鸢尾暗河Mystery236k WordsOngoing “The target strikes back?” “The mission goes out of control?” One takes lives with meticulous plans, while the other completes her mission behind a passionate facade. Amid flashing blades and clashing steel, neither has a weakness. They seem to be the ones pulling the strings of other people’s lives, but their own fates are being manipulated too. No one knows who the real villain is. The men they once regarded as “prey” eventually wound their way around the icy edges of their hearts, rekindli —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You guys should try this, it's killing like crazy 😅😅

20. 270 阴 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 73.7kReads9.4Score8.8kShelves
21. 271 记 Testimony of Memory 记忆证言 Born in the Year of Yichou乙丑未生Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Memory Testimony follows Lin Shouxi, a medium who can read the “marks of death” left on personal effects and use them to solve cold cases. Together with Su Rui, a brilliant scientist, and Chen Tao, a hacker, he forms a special team and infiltrates the black market in memories to take on the multinational organization known as the Archive, which seeks to collect and sell human memories. Each case is a forgotten life, and every time he touches a memory, his own begins to fade. When the truth behin 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There were no signs of forced entry. A family of five died in different rooms within two hours. A psychic, along with scientists and hackers, formed a team and uncovered a hidden connection between the 2003 funeral home and the "additional dose" from the sandalwood and chemical solvent smells in the study.

22. 272 猎 Sin Hunter Detective 猎罪神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted What's the most terrifying case you've ever heard of? The Corpse Immortal Madam, the Medical University's Sex Fiend, the Human-Head Planters, the Zombie Baby in Building Seven... There are no ghosts in this world, only wrongs waiting to be righted by a master hand. The legendary coroner Song Yang returns to the scene with his disciples, piercing through layer upon layer of mystery to hunt down the killers lurking in this world. Come face-to-face with the bloodiest, most baffling, and most hair-r 5.9kReads9.4Score819Shelves
23. 273 七 Seven-Day Soul-Returning Office 七日回魂事务所 General Meng蒙大将军Urban230k WordsCompleted The male lead inherits a mysterious funeral shop and gains the ability to bring the dead back for seven days, allowing them to fulfill their final wishes. But he is drawn into a great secret surrounding the boundary between life and death. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is definitely worth a try. The protagonist is unexpectedly bound to a death list app, inherits an old shop at the crossroads of life and death, and has the ability to return to life in seven days. Every story is incredibly engaging, the plot is fast-paced, and there are one twist after another, making it impossible to stop reading.

24. 274 我 I Told You, I'm Not the Killer 我说了，我不是凶手 Mickey Laifu Loves Writing米奇来福爱写作17k WordsCompleted I told you, I’m not the murderer. 1.4kReads—Score149Shelves

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    A short suspense story. An ordinary person with no special abilities. Waking up to find himself responsible for three deaths, but he didn't kill them.

25. 275 规 Rule Horror: I Am the Horror School 规则怪谈：我是恐怖校园 I Don't Know How to Save the World不知道该怎么拯救世界Mystery41k WordsOngoing [Not Invincible + No System + Not Wish Fulfillment + Protagonist Suffering + Literary Suspense] Though it has happened countless times, this time I won’t endure it any longer. After I die, I’ll become an evil ghost and search for the answer that will save me. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is not a wish-fulfillment story; it's a redemption story, and ghosts must not be harmed.

26. 276 腹 Belly City 腹城 Watermelon Barbara西瓜芭芭拉Mystery325k WordsCompleted [Thriller, Cthulhu Mythos, mystery, supernatural powers, System, loops, horror, apocalypse, unraveling secrets, no romance] The rating has just been posted, but it will rise later. In the flawless “Sweet Community,” every fear and suspicion Nuxin feels is gently “corrected” by the System. Until he discovers that his playmate A Dai’s “move” was an elaborate lie; until, beneath the old school building in the dead of night, he meets Mo Li, the girl who warns him to “run.” Black cars glide soundl 16Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    "A Suspenseful and Mind-Blowing Dark Horse Novel" boasts an unparalleled plot and a super-novel setting: "Apocalypse + Suspense Thriller + Superpowers + Horror + High IQ". This novel is tense and exciting from beginning to end, with no flaws, and can withstand scrutiny. The logic is rigorous, but unexpected surprises abound, exceeding all expectations. Highly recommended!

27. 277 你 There’s Something Strange in Your Heart 你的心里有鬼 Xu Bai叙白Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [A print edition under the same title is available from Dimension Core] [Chinese-style horror + folk legends and strange tales + over 70 standalone cases + suspense + romance between two powerful leads + hugely popular series!] “Yin-Yang Studio bridges the worlds of yin and yang. The living come to ask the dead about their affairs, and the dead speak to the living about theirs.” Ye Miao was an orphan born with a special constitution and a pair of “yin-yang eyes.” She grew up with her grandfather 579Reads8.3Score109Shelves

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    Both of these books have very tight logic and engaging writing that keeps you reading. Although they are scary 😱, what is scary is the human heart.

28. 278 神 Detective Di Renjie, Book Five 神探狄仁杰第五部 Northwest Brother Mao西北毛哥Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing In the final years of Emperor Wu of the Tang dynasty, the capital Luoyang had finally begun to settle down. After the brilliant detective Di Renjie exposed the Burning Heaven Fire at the Shanjin Bureau, the rebellion in Youzhou, and the Blood Eagle's chain of murders, he retired from public life and settled in the Southern Market, hoping to enjoy his twilight years in peace. But when all is quiet, trouble is never far away. After a banquet in the Eastern Palace, Crown Prince Li Xian suddenly fa 629Reads8.8Score122Shelves

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    Suspenseful mystery...

29. 279 高 Mastery of the Esoteric Arts 高术通神 Write Well伸笔码良Urban3.0M WordsCompleted When I was in eighth grade, the school bully picked on me. I found someone, a person connected to a mysterious incident from my childhood. He taught me something called traditional Chinese martial arts. I trained in boxing, but never let it interfere with my studies. Baji, Iron Wire Fist, Xingyi, Taiji, Baguazhang, Tongbi, Xinyi. I met masters who carried on the traditions of these powerful styles. I also discovered a vast, deeply secret world of traditional martial arts, unknown to ordinary peo 20.1kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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    This is a highly recommended, top-quality infinite flow novel! It's logically sound, full of ghost stories, mild horror, suspense, and mind-bending thrills! Nothing's more addictive than a veteran reader, and I'm a veteran reader myself! [Shocked] 🤮 [Eye roll] 😎💕 [Shocked]

30. 280 楼 The Upstairs Is the Underworld 楼上是阴间 Jiang Huixue姜灰雪9k WordsCompleted The Upstairs Neighbor Is from the Underworld 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My own 😘😘😎🤭

31. 281 大 The Great Song Coroner, Part Three 大宋提刑官第三部 Northwest Brother Mao西北毛哥Historical539k WordsCompleted At the end of the Southern Song, Song Ci, the founding father of Chinese forensic science, resigns from office and retreats into seclusion after losing all faith in the court. He devotes himself to completing the work of a lifetime, The Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified. But the tides of the age will not let him stand apart. Mongol cavalry rides south, and the realm is shattered. In his twilight years, Song Ci is forced to return to public life. From a corruption-murder case at the Jianyang 787Reads7.1Score—Shelves
32. 282 悬 The Echoes of the Abyss 悬疑之深渊回响 Yumin煜旻Mystery183k WordsCompleted Setting: Cangnan, a fictional coastal prefecture-level city in southern China. Its four core districts are the old town, the coastal new district, the Xiling Mountains, and an abandoned military-industrial harbor. The city conceals four chapters of secret history: the Third Front construction campaign after the founding of the nation, the smuggling craze of the 1990s, the real estate crash of 2000, and the 2025 fraud scandal in the new energy industry. Central mystery: Beginning with a series of —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 283 白 White Night, Haunted Soul 白夜警魂 Mozi Who Leaves Ink落墨墨子Mystery357k WordsCompleted (Fearless, decisive, and steadfast Jiang Zhan VS a lone, hidden blade who carries a lamp through the night, Li Chen) (Sinking into darkness to cut out evil. A tragic ending.) Ten years ago, young and passionate Jiang Zhan laid bare her feelings to him. After he turned her down, she vanished as if from the face of the earth, leaving behind nothing but endless regret. Time passed, and ten years slipped away in the blink of an eye. When she returned to Yuancheng, she was a suspect in a baffling cas 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I push, I push, I push, push, push

34. 284 车 My Family Vanished After the Car Crash 车祸后我的家人都消失了 Caterpillar Scraps毛毛虫边角料10k WordsCompleted My Family Disappeared After the Car Accident 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Long novels require following updates, but occasionally reading completed short stories is nice—it's a nice change of pace 😳😳😳 Welcome to discuss with fellow readers!

35. 285 您 Your Chaotic Plot Has Arrived: She Always Stands on the Edge of Death 您点的乱局已送达她总在致命边缘 Retired from the Name-Giving Game退堂鼓起名废Mystery343k WordsCompleted The System says I'm a supporting villainess destined to be a stepping stone in a tragedy. So I turn around and bring out my retired, high-ranking official father and my brother who dotes on his little sister. The original male lead grits his teeth. “You’re only relying on your family background!” Lounging on a chaise longue and eating grapes, I say, “No way, no way. Are there really people who work hard for ten years and still can’t beat someone who was born into the right family?” Later, my pow —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A female-oriented suspense novel

36. 286 我 I’m Being Hunted by Myself 我被自己追杀了 Ending in Return终止于归Mystery182k WordsCompleted When another version of me moved into my home and claimed my parents as his own, I finally understood that the scariest thing wasn’t ghosts or monsters. It was a shadow just like you, trying to steal your life. In one confrontation, I used my memories to expose his disguise. But he vanished into the night, leaving behind a vow to fight me to the death. From then on, I had an invisible hunter at my side. He was waiting for me to hand him my life with my own hands. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Suspenseful and imaginative story with various plot twists

37. 287 名 The Housewife Detective Case Files 名侦探主妇事件簿 Be Brave and Pursue Love勇敢去追爱Mystery292k WordsCompleted After her husband cheats, a housewife unexpectedly discovers she has a talent for detective work? Join a famous Japanese high school detective and a certain compensated-dating girl detective to crack a baffling cold case!! Watch me turn my life around and rewrite my destiny against all odds! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I absolutely love this book! My wife is a detective, and she's always busy. So, helping her with those unsolved cases—the "dirty work"—has become my daily routine as a housewife. Until she finds a clue I deliberately left at a crime scene…

38. 288 我 I’m the Protagonist, So How Could I Lose? 我都是主角了还怎么输 Linghua Guyan囹花咕厌Mystery351k WordsOngoing Fu Ci's biggest regret was choosing to save money instead of spending it. If he'd paid for a taxi, he wouldn't have gotten on the bus and ended up inside a supernatural instance. At least this trip hadn't been a complete loss. [Ding-dong~ Your System is now online! From now on, every time you spend a set amount of currency, you'll receive an exclusive skill~] Fu Ci's eyes lit up. From then on, he began spending freely, without a care in the world. While others saved, he spent. Seeing the confusi 158Reads8.4Score100Shelves

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    Midway through the challenge, a gigantic crimson eye composed of worms appeared in the sky—the legendary "Wrathful Servant." In an instant, everyone collapsed. The challenger immediately announced a ban on using substitute dolls, and Fu Ci realized that his item had already been targeted.

39. 289 末 Apocalypse Cockroach 末日蟑螂 Mighty Cockroach伟岸蟑螂Sci-Fi & Apocalypse6.3M WordsCompleted Zhang Xiaoqiang is an insignificant nobody, a lazy loser who had been content to lounge around and wait to die. Staying at home lets him avoid the first outbreak of the zombie virus. When he sees his neighbors in the same apartment complex turn into zombies, he is overcome with boundless terror. He struggles to survive alone in an Apocalypse where people prey on each other. At last, worn down by loneliness, he picks up his gear and heads out into a world shrouded in smoke and fire. He takes the 27kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves

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    A must-watch for suspense fans! The entire film is intellectually stimulating, with a grand world view full of details, realistic and profound character portrayals, and constant plot twists that keep you hooked.

40. 290 戏 The Theatrical Detective 戏精侦探 Xuan Jun悬菌Mystery819k WordsCompleted A former detective with a knack for playing roles and a criminal psychologist who can read people's minds must unravel layer upon layer of conspiracies in a live-action puzzle game controlled by a mysterious billionaire, or become sacrifices in an even larger purge. 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended! The suspense in this book is superb! A former detective goes undercover in a game, only to discover he's already a pawn. Watch how he uses his acting instincts and investigative experience to struggle and survive in a game where truth and falsehood are indistinguishable. The pace is so tense you won't dare breathe!

41. 291 第 Notebook No. 9 第九号笔记本 Di Shen娣神Mystery292k WordsOngoing An unsigned letter leads Lu Jing, a special police instructor, to a deserted village that has been erased from the map. At the bottom of a well, he finds records of Japanese military experiments from 1939. That same night, he encounters something that should not exist: mutated people who move sluggishly and have black blood. He escapes by sheer luck, but an undying black pattern remains on his left arm. The hexagonal particles in his blood sample match the investigation notes of Li Zhiwei's late 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An anonymous letter unlocks the story. A special police instructor stumbles into a deserted village, encountering files on human experiments from the War of Resistance against Japan and bizarre mutants. The female protagonist, a forensic pathologist, reconstructs a forgotten investigative thread from her father's old notebook. The two go from distrust to working together, following the clues of a circular snake totem, black patterns, old sites, and Notebook No. 09, gradually approaching the truth. The second half accelerates significantly, with the group venturing to a mysterious island where the sleeping experimental subjects, piled-up evidence, and their fathers' dying wishes all converge. It's not about being scary for the sake of being scary; it's about making you, along with the characters, eagerly want to know what really happened back then. 🌿

42. 292 左 My Left Eye Rewinds Time, My Right Eye Judges: From the Start, White Hair Rules Forensics 左眼回溯右眼审：开局白发镇刑侦 A Bowl of Soup Curry一碗汤咖喱Mystery108k WordsOngoing [Criminal Investigation] [Face-Slapping] [Revenge] [Urban Fantasy] [Episodic Cases + Main Story] I awakened an eye that burns through my lifespan. My hair turned white overnight, but I could see the past and judge the guilty. With my left hand, I turn back time. With my right, I command hell. When I used the little life I had left to gaze at the mastermind smiling at a charity gala, the entire Yunding Group began to tremble. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Great book, I love reading it!

43. 293 你 You're a Traffic Cop. Is It Appropriate to Take a Homicide Case? 你一个交警，抢刑侦的案子合适吗 Years Flow Like Water似水留年Urban2.5M WordsCompleted He transmigrated to a parallel world and became a graduate of the police academy. When Xu Lin received his job assignment, he was completely bewildered. He had graduated top of his class with perfect marks in criminal investigation, and was about to become a criminal investigator. So why had they assigned him to the traffic police? What was that supposed to mean? They wouldn’t let him work criminal investigations? Fine. A traffic cop could take on criminal investigations, too. On his first day a 93.5kReads9.3Score10.3kShelves
44. 294 深 Back from the Abyss: I Am the Killer at the End of the Case 深渊归来：凶案尽头是我 Drifting Over Blue Stones青石浮游Eastern Fantasy230k WordsCompleted The Abyss of Sin held Yun Heng for three hundred years. When the seal broke ahead of schedule, he and Lingyue, the last disciple of the Heartguard Studio, returned to the world, only to discover that the Heartguard Studio had vanished from the history books. Their old friend Ye Lingdao, who had lived three hundred years ago, had also died in a sealed chamber protected by all seven layers of its restrictions. No one had entered or left, yet the corpse came back to life for a single moment every —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Good books, with depth

45. 295 模 I Simulated Crimes a Hundred Thousand Times and Somehow Became a Top Detective 模拟犯罪十万次，我竟成王牌神探 Chilly Early Autumn初秋微寒Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Crime Investigation + Crime + Invincible + All-Rounder + Hardcore Detective] A killer capable of committing the perfect crime must also be a master detective. Su Ming should have become the perfect criminal, but instead he aced the entrance exam for the criminal investigation team and chose to stand on the front line of the fight against crime. He has pored over tens of thousands of case files and scrutinized hundreds of millions of cases. In his eyes, every crime is riddled with laughably obvi 80.8kReads9.1Score7.6kShelves
46. 296 我 I Solve Cases to Put Food on the Table 我靠破案养家糊口 Empty Words in a Dream梦中的虚语Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1958, I moved into Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. Did I transmigrate into a TV drama or transmigrate into a book? Good thing I have so many buffs stacked that I don't have to spend all day playing family power games in one little courtyard! 5.2kReads9.3Score571Shelves
47. 297 全 Global Livestream: Game Invasion, Slay Stars and Chase the Moon 全球直播游戏入侵：弑星逐月 Cui Shisi崔十四Mystery565k WordsCompleted #Global Survival Broadcast #Unhinged High-IQ Heroine #An 8-Star Death Trap from the Start #Deals with Devils #Controls and Crushes the Field from Start to Finish #Strong Female Lead #Ensemble Cast [195-IQ Unhinged Heroine × Global Live-Streamed Death Game × Chat Comments Losing Their Minds] Global games invade, and the fate of each nation is bound to its chosen contestants. The Dragon Kingdom selects its trump card, ace special forces warrior Jiang Linyue, and the whole nation erupts with joy 426Reads—Score105Shelves

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    This high-IQ female protagonist is absolutely insane! The national destiny livestream is incredibly exciting! An 8-star dead end at the start? While everyone else is crying, she makes a deal with the devil, turning the game into her own domain, dominating the entire match – it's so thrilling to watch!

48. 298 窃 The Life Thief: Secrets of the Time Pawnshop 窃命者：时间典当行的秘密 Forgetful Dog念忘狗Mystery358k WordsOngoing Lu Ming believed the power of retrospection he had traded his future for was his only hope of finding his sister. He followed the clues and fought the vast organization known as Ouroboros, gradually uncovering a terrifying ritual that collected time. He thought he was the hunter, the savior. Then he stood at the heart of the ritual and saw the same power of time flowing in his sister's eyes. Every search had been in vain. Every effort had been a sacrifice. The fate he fought against was one he h —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Trading the future for the power of reversal, ostensibly for salvation, is actually a path of self-sacrifice. The secrets of the Time Pawnshop, the conspiracy of the Ouroboros organization—when the hunter discovers he is the sacrifice, all his pursuit is in vain. A suspenseful masterpiece brimming with plot twists, it's chilling and leaves you breathless. ⭐️

49. 299 默 Revelation: Starfire 默示：星火 YAN ShadowYAN影Sci-Fi & Apocalypse440k WordsOngoing [Apocalyptic mystery + maze of human nature + supernatural powers + mind games + one heroine + ensemble cast + mecha + passionate action + grounded realism + vivid characters + smart writing] (Serialization has reached the prelude to the fifth arc, Sun City) “I want dumplings.” The girl clutched an empty bowl, tears streaming from her eyes. Zombies roamed outside the village, and the food inside was almost gone. “You have to solve problems to get out!” The boy frantically worked through problem 51Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    This book masterfully portrays the contrasts within a group of characters! Comrades who usually joke around are willing to sacrifice themselves in a life-or-death situation. The combination of "group portraits," "survival in the apocalypse," and "realistic style" details makes the camaraderie in the post-apocalyptic world all the more precious! #ApocalypticBrotherhood #RealisticGroupPortraits

50. 300 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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    No one knew that the pumping station that operated day after day, the silent water well, and the clean tap water concealed a secret bloody case that had been buried for twenty years.

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