Rules Horror, Rules Horror! I've Recently Gotten Hooked on This Genre 规则怪谈，规则怪谈，最近迷上了规则怪谈类
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Rule Horror: Surviving the Haunted House 规则怪谈：诡宅求生
This book has a proper ending and a complete story, so you can start reading without worry. A blood-red sedan chair with no bearers carries nine strangers to a haunted mansion’s secret realm… Their first mission is to keep vigil for Old Lady Mao for three days. In the haunted mansion, anyone who breaks a death rule will be killed by a ghost. The rules can be obvious or hidden, making them impossible to guard against. Only those with exceptional wit can survive. The setting is eerie, terrifying,
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Horror Games Invade: I Spent Ten Billion to Become the Ghost King 诡异游戏入侵，氪金十亿当鬼王
The protagonist, Lin En, was reborn and returned to ten days before the horror game invaded reality! The only way to fight back was a real-world anime-style horror game called Ghost Raising! The ghosts raised in the game would appear beside Lin En and protect him when the supernatural game invaded reality! So, before the invasion, Lin En began frantically spending money on gacha pulls and raising ghosts. Red wedding dresses, snow maidens, gothic lolitas, little demons… He raised them all! Te
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Rule Horror: Arguing With My Viewers Every Day 规则怪谈：每天都和水友对骂
[Rule-based horror + no romance + investigators + everyone has a horror-themed secret identity] [Investigators, remember: do not reveal your identities.] [You must always remember that you are human, even if you are not human.] [The rules you control will protect you, but remember not to rely on them too much.] [The investigators in the livestream chat will help you. They will not lie to you. We are family.] [If you encounter a horror entity offering help in the world of horrors, do not panic or
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Rule Horror: Beware Your Family 规则怪谈：小心你的家人
A world of urban legends descends upon the globe, forcing everyone into game instances. The only way to survive is to follow the rules. Li Xunyan was still busy plastering the streets with missing-person notices for her mom when she stepped into the instance called [Mom's Favorite]. Li Xunyan: ...I'm starting to panic a little. Want to survive? Want to find your missing parents? Clear the instance, and you'll get the answers you seek. Beginner instance [Mom's Favorite] is now open. Be sure to fo
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Infinite Horror Tales: But the Main God Got My Identity Wrong 怪谈无限：但主神搞错了我的身份
There are countless strange and uncanny things across the three thousand worlds. Even the Main God’s Space cannot control everything. Once it accepted reality, the Main God promptly changed its operating strategy, seeking partners and contestants across countless planes. The utterly broken worlds of bizarre tales became the Main God’s ideal partners. As for the contestants, they were lucky or unlucky souls randomly selected by the Main God from various planes. Unfortunately, this time, the Main
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Horror Survival Game: The Host Is the Living King of Hell 惊悚国运：宿主她是人间活阎王
[Yandere and unhinged heroine + horror worlds + infinite flow + livestreaming + ruthless and decisive + no romance early on, undecided after 300,000 words] Global Horror Three players from each country are randomly sent into a horror world, where their experiences are livestreamed in real time! Yue Qingge is in the middle of an exciting horror novel when she wakes up in a mass grave. A corpse beside her reaches out to touch her hand. Yue Qingge slams it with a shovel, pulverizing it. The filthy
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Creepy Invasion: Self-Harm Makes Me Stronger 诡异入侵：自残就能变强
[Strong female lead + 2 male leads + satisfying read + not a saint + System] Overnight, He Qiqi transmigrates to Nether Blue Star, a place crawling with ghosts and monsters. Is this a blessing or a curse? He Qiqi: “What if I told you I went from thirty years old to a three-year-old kid and transmigrated? Would you believe me?” Qiangzai: “...I believe you!” He Qiqi: “The supernatural stuff is terrifying. Sometimes I really want to kill myself and go back to Earth, but why can’t I die?” Qiangzai:
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I Imprisoned the Entire Paranormal World and Turned It Over to the State 我关押整个诡异世界上交国家
A mysterious force has awakened, and a world of the uncanny has descended. Here, you can encounter demons from strange tales, ghosts from horror stories, and even ancient gods from myths and legends! Everyone in this uncanny world lives in fear and trepidation. But Jiang Che discovers that he can see strange prompts. And so... He works as a caregiver at the Yellow Springs Hospital, a waiter at an underworld hotel, and a network administrator at a reincarnation internet cafe... He even builds a p
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National Fortune Livestream: From the Start, a Haunted School 国运直播：开局一座鬼学校
[National Fate] + [Livestream] + [No Female Lead] + [System] Civilization Trial Instance + Monster Attacks System: “As long as you agree to bind yourself to me, not only can you exchange points in the shop for a mature beauty in red, a cute round-faced little girl, a gentle big sister, and more, I'll also give you a school from the start.” Jiang Bei agreed without hesitation. Then he was transported to the National Fate battlefield in another world. The school the System had promised him turned
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The Ghost's Knocking Was So Loud, the Neighbors Came Over to Beat Me Up 鬼敲门声音太大竟引来邻居毒打
Hear a ghost knocking on your door at night? Don't panic. Call the neighbors and ask them to come claim the “takeout.” Run into a vengeful ghost demanding blood money at a crossroads? Just drop the cash into the Buddha's merit box. A Ghost King disguises himself as a delivery guy and kills people at random. Who knew the delivery would be to the place where the patriarch of Longhu Mountain was in seclusion? After transmigrating to a supernatural world, Li Yi awakened the Unconventional Celestial
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Rule Horror: Starting with a Strange Doraemon 规则怪谈：从诡异哆啦A梦开始
[Rule-Based Horror + Mild Frights + Livestream + National Destiny + No Heroine] The uncanny descended on Blue Star a year ago. Longguo's chosen players lost seven rounds in a row, bringing their nation to the brink of ruin. The newly selected player, Lin Yuan, turned out to be an ordinary college student. When the people of Longguo saw that this time's scenario was a three-star haunting, they fell into utter despair. Inside the haunting, Lin Yuan took in the familiar surroundings and fell into t
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After Inheriting Pangu's Legacy, I Enter Rule Horror 获得盘古传承后，我参加规则怪谈
[Rule Horror + national fate + suspense + invincible protagonist + meme humor + no female lead] Although Pangu is mentioned in this novel, it is definitely not a Primordial World story, and it won’t turn into one later either. The protagonist simply possesses Pangu’s power. All the game instances are original. There are no instances like the Mom’s Note or the mental hospital. Here’s the serious synopsis: After finishing his college entrance exams, Jiang Fan had just obtained Pangu’s legacy when
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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
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The Ghost Story Looked Down on Uncle Jiu, Then Changed the Rules Overnight 怪谈瞧不起九叔，转身连夜改规则
[Rules Horror + Uncle Jiu + Face-Slapping + Thriller Game + National Fate + No Heroine + No System] The arrival of the eternal night brought all kinds of terrifying horrors to the world! Every town and every region had to keep taking part in rules horror scenarios to boost the fortune of their own faction, avoiding being swallowed by the eternal night and improving their chances of surviving it... Lin Wangchuan had just transmigrated to this place when he was "lucky enough" to be chosen. As a fi
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Rule Horror: Picking Up a Beautiful NPC from the Start 规则怪谈：开局撩走美女NPC
[Rule-based horror | National destiny | Trickster protagonist | Hilarious | Suspense] Rule-based horror has descended, plunging the whole world into an apocalyptic era. To survive, nations are sending players into the horror scenarios to fight for a slim chance of survival. Su Yu was unlucky enough to be chosen. But why is this guy acting so strangely? When the slit-mouthed woman knocks on your door, what do you do? Obviously, you kiss her! When a chef comes at you with a cleaver, do you
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Rule Horror: Can’t You Play by the Rules? 规则怪谈：您能按套路出牌吗？
[Mystery + wild premise + National Destiny + outrageous tactics + original game worlds + System + reborn] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade the world. One chosen person from each country is selected at random to enter a world governed by horror rules, with the entire ordeal livestreamed. If they succeed, the national destiny of the country they represent will flourish. If they fail, disaster will strike. The people of Dragon Nation gradually realize that their chosen c
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I Raise Beast-Eared Girls in a Rule Horror Game 我在规则怪谈里养兽耳娘
Rules-based horror has descended upon Earth. The supernatural has entered reality. Those who are chosen will be sent into a world of horror stories, where they must face the supernatural on behalf of their respective countries. Yi Yun was unexpectedly selected by the rules-based horror game. He failed to draw a talent because he was bound to an electronic female-voiced System. After the System bound itself to him, he gained three traits: Role Reversal, Item Shop, and Infinite Regeneration. And s
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Infinite: The Frail Beauty Whips Ghosts with a Pointer 无限：病弱美人拿着教鞭就抽诡
The shou is the main character. Shen Qingtang often dreams that he owns a kindergarten, though the students there are a little unusual. An octopus covered in sharp teeth and tentacles: “Principal, my tentacles are tangled!” A monster whose body can be taken apart: “Teacher, I can’t find my head.” A giant eyeball: “Teacher, my eye hurts. Do I have pinkeye?” … Later, his health grew worse and worse, and he was forced into a death game. All the supernatural horrors inside had come from his kinderg
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Shopping Spree in the Horror World 我在惊悚世界买买买
[Horror game + two male leads later on (read with caution) + satisfying story + System + comedy (with a few hidden daggers)] Eerie black fog suddenly appeared around the world, and no trace of life remained wherever it spread. An organization calling itself “God” cleared the fog for humanity, but brought horror games in its wake. Humans were randomly chosen to participate as players, filling countless people with fear. Jiang Sheng was, unsurprisingly, selected as a player too. As a newcomer to t
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Rule Horror: This Chosen One Is a Little Too Unconventional 规则怪谈：这个天选者有点不正经
[Rules-Based Horror + National Fate + Comedy + Puzzles + Livestreaming + No Female Lead] Ghost stories descend, shrouding the entire Blue Star in an atmosphere of death. The only ones who can determine the fate of a nation are its chosen ones! At first, countries around the world think this is just another ghost-story world like all the others. But little by little, they realize that something seems off about the chosen one from the Dragon Kingdom. A newborn baby: “What should I eat first?” Yang
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Rule Horror: What on Earth Are My Weird Talents? 规则怪谈，我的天赋都是什么奇葩
[Toilets] + [Hilarious] + [Bizarre] + [National Fate] Rules-based horror descends upon Earth. The supernatural invades reality, and those chosen are sent into a world of ghost stories. Your decisions will affect the country you represent. Wang Yu stares at the talent he’s awakened, lost in thought… [Toilet God of War: You’re invincible while taking a dump, and you have a chance to discover hidden clues.] [Genderless Wanderer: You have no gender and can change the gender of any living creature.]
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The World Beyond Has Collapsed, and the Supernatural Is Resurgent 崩坏里世界，诡异复苏
(A hidden gem, though it takes a little time to get going. Please stick with it.) (The author is preparing for the college entrance exams, so updates are irregular.) When a beautiful stranger appears before you, would you accept her overwhelming love, so intense it spreads across the whole world, and hold her head close to your heart? What if she were to kill you, gnaw on you, and finally eat your corpse? Would you still accept her? That’s how I found myself performing an absurd yet heartwarm
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Genshin Impact: Rule Horror, Saving Everyone from Corruption! 原神：规则怪谈，拯救诡化全员！
[Genshin Impact + transmigration + rules-based horror + terror + the uncanny + saving everyone + angst] Rules-based horror invades Teyvat, bringing with it a spark from another world. Ji Xingzhuo is an utterly ordinary gamer, but incredibly unlucky enough to transmigrate into a twisted Teyvat! An unfamiliar world, uncanny rules, and common sense turned upside down: The free winds no longer blow, the steadfast rocks crumble to dust, and the lightning of hope is frozen forever. The plants of wisdo
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Come On, I Was Already Invincible Before This Horror Game Even Started! 不会吧，我都无敌了，恐怖游戏才来？
The anime adaptation of the novel I’m Having a Blast in the Paranormal Game is now streaming on Hongguo App. “Three years, then another three years. Ten years have passed. System, I’m already invincible. Where’s that horror game you promised me?” Lin Chen came to this world ten years ago, and the horror game managed to avoid him for nine of them. But it couldn’t avoid him forever. Lin Chen entered the horror game, a game with a 99% death rate, and turned it into a speedrun.
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Horror Game: I Max Out Affection and Do Whatever I Want 恐怖游戏：加爆好感，我为所欲为
A horror game descends upon the world! Lin Bei, who has just transmigrated, is unfortunately selected. After entering the horror game, he obtains a System that can raise the affection of every species except humans. And Lin Bei can earn all kinds of rewards from it! Snowfield Phantom instance? [Ding!] [Snow Maiden's affection is maxed out!!] [Golden Treasure Chest's affection is maxed out!!] Blood Sea Evil Spirit Ship instance? [Ding!] [Blood Maiden's affection is maxed out!!] [Blood Sea (one-ki
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I'm the Protagonist, So Isn't a Cheat Totally Reasonable? 我一个主角，开个外挂不很合理吗
The supernatural returns, and a world of terror descends upon Blue Star. Demons, undead, vampires, werewolves, evil spirits, witches, titans, dragons, gods... Winners receive enormous rewards: improved physical attributes, supernatural abilities, pills, treasures, and more... Losers are immediately erased! Lin Ye transmigrates from Earth and activates the Protagonist System! In the horror dungeon Fairy Tale Town, he unlocks the cheat ability [Luck]! The fortune-telling woman is on the verge of t
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Anomaly Containment Center: You're Containing a Human Like Me? 诡异收容所，你收容我一个人类？
[No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Cthulhu]+ [No Tired Tropes] (Also known as: Sequence: Ascension to Godhood) The Dark Prison has merged with reality, and bizarre creatures are invading the world through the “Gates.” An organization has quietly emerged, calling themselves the Wardens. They keep the bizarre creatures behind the “Gates,” and capture and contain any that make it into the world. Lu Xiao accidentally fell into the Dark Prison and lived there alone for three years. After the Wardens discove
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I'm on Friendly Terms with Ghosts and Monsters Everywhere 我在鬼怪世界知交遍布
The world of ghosts and monsters has arrived, and people are randomly chosen to take part in supernatural games. Ling Xuan, who transmigrated here, awakens a ghost-trading System. He sells ghosts, builds businesses in the world of the dead, and sits down for tea and philosophical discussions with powerful figures from the ghost realm. While everyone else trembles in terror at the sight of ghosts, Ling Xuan remains completely at ease. “Ah! A Headless Ghost at Ghost King level!” Ling Xuan gri
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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
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Lord of Strange Tales 诡谈之主
The slit-mouthed woman appears, ready to give people a full makeover with her scissors. A raging fire burns inside the classroom as a pair of hands quietly lock the door. At the crossroads, a curious girl begins to summon spirits. In an abandoned mountain cabin, a head crawls across the floor. In the church, a demon sealed inside an angel statue opens its eyes. A greedy deal draws an extraordinary merchant into the world. In a peaceful and tranquil world, a pair of hands quietly stir
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I Cut My Way from Blue Star Through the Ten Thousand Races, and You Want Me to Be a Strategist 我从蓝星砍到万族，你劝我当军师
In a world where everyone awakens supernatural abilities, alien beasts run rampant and civilization teeters on the brink of collapse. Su Yu transmigrates into this world and, from the start, awakens the Myriad Things Encyclopedia System, becoming a tactician. All he has to do is take a photo to grow stronger! [Photographing the campus belle: SSS-rank talent, Ice Age copied successfully!] [Photographing a master: max-level skill, Phantom Steps copied successfully!] [Photographing an alien beast:
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Trapped in a Horror World, I Was Forced to Become the Boss 人在惊悚，我被逼成了BOSS
[No female lead + infinite-flow + decisive and ruthless + nuclear-grade absurdity + chaotic neutral] As everyone knows, surviving even a single day in a horror game is extremely difficult. Yet Lin Yi was trapped in the Undying Village for a full 29 days! Not only did he manage not to die, he was forced to become the ultimate BOSS of that instance! After resolving his survival crisis, he finally realized there was a problem. Now that I'm a BOSS, why haven't I cleared the game? That is, until a ne
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Thriller Game: I Kissed the Ghost Princess from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局强吻鬼公主
[Horror game + ridiculous comedy + mystery + supernatural, not scary.] Even capitalists would weep, and financial tycoons would look at this and cry out that it's a crime. In the horror world, Ye Chen does only two things: make money and flirt with female ghosts. A female ghost tries to pull a honey trap? He takes all her ghost coins. He operates on a male ghost, who refuses to pay extra halfway through? Congratulations, sir. Your wife has one fewer husband from now on, but one more sister. He e
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A Strange Dating Sim Where Everyone Is Yandere 全员病娇的诡异恋爱游戏
[Yandere + love-triangle chaos + second playthrough + wits and courage + the uncanny + Lovecraftian + death resets] This is a dark fantasy romance game. The main gameplay is to contain all kinds of monster girls and investigate the truth behind a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. But Luo Wei loved the game's dark, grotesque atmosphere so much that he turned a dating sim into a mystery-solving adventure. What's a woman? Women only slow down how fast I can draw my gun! To him, the
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Rule Horror: Stop at Yuanhu Mountain 规则怪谈：请止步于缘狐山
[Rule-based horror + eerie + national destiny + mystery-solving + female lead + two female leads + multiple POVs + comedic tone (???) + unhinged] Because of a fire in her previous life, young Su Qiugu died forever in the flames. But in this world, she woke up again as a girl named “Su Qiugu.” Some force known as “rule-based horror” seems to be devouring the entire world. Countries that fail to overcome the horror face the prospect of it invading reality, and somehow Su Qiugu ended up becoming on
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Holy Crap! You Call This a Raising Game? 吓死爹了！你管这叫养成游戏？
[Bizarre + game + comedy + memes + no System + no saintly protagonist] “Enter a taunt aimed at your father. Make him even angrier.” Lin Mo? Stupid game, I suspect you’re trying to stir up trouble. Though that’s what he thought, Lin Mo quickly clicked in a line anyway. Let me get an even better taste of Dad’s love. “Your father is spanking you as hard as he can. You suddenly stand up and look at him in confusion. ‘Dad, did you not eat today? Why are you so weak?’ Enraged beyond measure, your fath
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