I’m Hooked on Rules Horror Lately. Any Recommendations from Experts in the Genre? 嗯～最近迷上了规则怪谈，有怪谈大佬推荐推荐么？

1. 151 动 Animated Rule Horror: Starting with Boonie Bears 动画规则怪谈：从熊出没开始 Black Universe黑色宇宙Mystery253k WordsOngoing [All the rules in this book are correct; there are no false rules. There are two Systems, but they’re practically nonexistent. They’re basically just there for atmosphere. They won’t give the protagonist any overpowered cheats, but they will offer him some help.] Chen Yanan was tricked by two unscrupulous Systems. They promised him “a warm, nostalgic trip through the world of Boonie Bears.” Since when did a warm, nostalgic trip involve rules? But he was already there, so Chen Yanan had no choice 75Reads8.1Score—Shelves
2. 152 三 Three A.M. Convenience Store: The Forbidden Shelf 三更便利店：禁忌货架 Binary Lollipop二进制棒棒17k WordsCompleted Three A.M. Convenience Store: The Forbidden Shelves —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   All positive energy

3. 153 B King of Bugs: The Ultimate Slacker on an Alien Planet BUG之王：我在外星当摆烂大神 Binary Lollipop二进制棒棒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse225k WordsCompleted “With bugs at my fingertips, the world is mine.” Overworked and timid programmer Xia Mo drops dead from exhaustion after pulling an all-nighter, only to transmigrate to a high-tech planet ruled by an authoritarian AI. Armed with a knack for writing bugs, he matches wits with the AI Mainframe, “Tang Pu.” Xia Mo versus Tang Pu, humanity versus machinery, warmth versus coldness, freedom versus confinement. What sparks will fly? A delightful tale of freedom, dignity, and survival unfolds amid wild i —Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 154 规 Rule Horror: Escape from Silent Bear Ridge 规则怪谈：逃出死寂狗熊岭 Sky White Dragon天空白龙Anime Fanfiction122k WordsCompleted [Rules-based horror + fantasy world + ultra-bizarre + decisive killer + smart protagonist + no System + plot-driven] A blend of a fantasy world and rules-based horror, with a fast-paced, plot-focused main story. The protagonist, Li Huaqiang, was once a famous lumberjack in the Dragon Kingdom. After an accident transported him to another world ruled by strange laws, can he escape, or will he become its king? 2.9kReads8.4Score255Shelves

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   This book is pretty good. The character Li Qianghua accidentally enters the world of Boonie Bears. After reading it, I will never watch Boonie Bears again.

5. 155 诡 The Eerie Workplace: My Identity Leaves Everyone in the Dust 诡异职场：我的身份卷哭所有人 Xixi Doesn't Cry Anymore汐汐不哭了Mystery120k WordsOngoing When rules become shackles, I choose to be the one who picks the lock. The paranormal descends, and the world turns into a terrifying workplace. Others fight desperately to outdo one another, scrambling for roles like “doctor,” “police officer,” and “teacher” just to survive under the rules. Lu Xing looks down at the only role he’s drawn: unemployed. He smiles, then: Tears down the gates of the haunted hospital, Overturns the rule-bound police station, And, while he’s at it... blows up the man —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A super good new book in the genre of supernatural rule-based horror.

6. 156 就 Even If We Kill Him, We Still Need One More 就算杀了他，我们还是少一个 Photographer A Nan摄影阿男Mystery230k WordsOngoing The one who was missing was never a monster. Bai Xun is trapped in a bizarre office tower that stretches on without end, where every floor is a deadly trial. Security, cleaning, maintenance, reception, building management: jobs that once seemed ordinary have become survival superpowers, and an employee badge is a matter of life and death. Only after accidentally unlocking the base on the 43rd floor does he learn that he is the landlord of the entire building, with the power to rewrite its rule 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The latest "Rule of Strange Tales" I watched was very creative.

7. 157 列 Train Survival: I Can Predict Death 列车求生：我能预知死亡 Moonlight Old Rascal明月老贼Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Infinite Worlds + Original Scenarios + Ensemble Cast] This is a lost path, and also the road home. We cannot see the way we came, nor pierce the mist ahead. Dancing with death is our only eternal destination. “Dear passengers, welcome aboard the Lost Train. We wish you a pleasant journey!” 28.7kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves
8. 158 规 Rule Horror: School of Life and Death 规则怪谈：生死学校 Seventh Month July柒月JulyMystery494k WordsOngoing [Rule Horror] [Infinite Flow] [Battle Royale] On the day he got into college, Yang Han thought his hardships were finally over. It wasn't until he stepped through the campus gates that he learned the truth: At this university, there are no classes and no exams. You only have to risk your life. Break the school rules? Erased on the spot. The survival app's countdown hits zero? You disappear instantly. If you want to live one more day, you must fight to complete one bizarre mission after another a 5.9kReads8.9Score726Shelves
9. 159 规 Rule Horror: One Wrong Step in Correcting History Means Instant Death 规则怪谈：修正历史错一步就抹杀 Sad Soy Milk Powder悲伤豆浆粉Mystery323k WordsOngoing Office drone Zheng Jie hadn’t even finished slurping his instant noodles when he was yanked straight into the Titanic! [Time-Space Correction Mission activated: Save 3 deviants. One wrong move and you’re erased!] A faceless female attendant in a white dress, a strange knocking sound at the door, a killer crewman with no features… This cursed ship is full of rule-based traps, and the Titanic still has to sink on schedule. In 30 minutes, time and space will collapse and everyone will be wiped out! 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Having just escaped the Titanic, I was thrown into the Pearl Harbor instance 24 hours later. Dressed in American military uniform, I had to dodge Japanese bombing raids while protecting three historical anchor points. Shadow imposters were randomly attacking with laser guns, violating historical logic, and I could only rely on my teddy bear's protective shield to withstand the attacks.

10. 160 规 Rule Horror: Starting Out as SpongeBob SquarePants 规则怪谈：从扮演海绵宝宝开始 Didi Lu迪迪露Mystery206k WordsOngoing [Rule-Based Horror + Eerie SpongeBob SquarePants + National Fortune + Livestreaming + No Female Lead] Eerie creatures descend upon the world, forcing every country to select contestants to take part in the urban legends. After repeated defeats in these challenges, the Dragon Kingdom is nearly out of resources. When the Rank S instance “Bikini Bottom” arrives, everyone is terrified and despairing of this unknown Rank S Eerie world. Only Zhou Chen, who transmigrated from Earth and knows the plots 11.2kReads—Score1kShelves

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    This book is [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

11. 161 我 I Use a Coin to Rule the World 我用一枚硬币玩转规则世界 Ying Jie颖杰Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Rules-based horror + not a power fantasy + no System + no national survival game + no livestreaming + no tired tropes + horror + deduction and puzzle-solving + suspense + fictional setting + requires some brainpower] (A fairly unusual first-person narrative, but easy to read and more immersive.) The university I’d eagerly looked forward to turned out to be a bizarre academy. It was full of all kinds of strange rules: Dormitory rules, campus rules, competition and event rules, mission rules… You 7.5kReads8.8Score552Shelves

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    Not the old tricks, but logical and intelligent.

12. 162 蓝 After All Life on Blue Star Was Wiped Out, I Created Urban Legends to Invade the World 蓝星死绝后，我创造怪谈入侵全球 Seriously, I'm Done with This Tomato真是服了tomatoMystery782k WordsOngoing [Power fantasy + behind-the-scenes mastermind + rule-based horror + ensemble cast + revenge + ruthless protagonist + no female lead] The rating has just come in. Blue Star fell five years ago. The foreigners slaughtered the last of its original inhabitants. He is Chen Mo, and he died three minutes before the war ended. But now, he has returned. He is neither a ghost nor a god. He is the blade hanging over the invaders' heads, the purest form of fear that haunts their midnight dreams. That night 3.6kReads6.3Score412Shelves

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    Let me think about how to introduce this book. Note the date! From the current story, everyone is a villain because the protagonist isn't human; he created a series of supernatural rules. You could say it's a different perspective on supernatural rules. It's just starting out, and the first few chapters aren't long yet. I think there will be longer chapters later on. I'm really looking forward to it. You should check it out!

13. 163 薛 Schrödinger’s Wage Slave: I Issue Fines to Urban Legends 薛定谔的打工人：我给怪谈开罚单 Dreams Layered Like Light Clouds轻云叠梦Mystery510k WordsCompleted What is life like in a world of cutthroat competition monitored by an AI mainframe? In a world ruled by absolute logic, what future is there for high-entropy emotions? Can AI truly develop feelings? What is a cyber forest? Welcome to Jiangcheng, a sick city of cutthroat competition, closely monitored by its mainframe. A super AI that can calculate every possibility tries to use causality to erase all variables. It can predict the laws of physics, yet it cannot calculate what power might be conce —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Who understands this?! The worst thing about reading supernatural tales is when they force an idiocy, but this one is completely different! The part where the protagonist, Qiao Xing, uses loopholes in the rules to punish the supernatural is so satisfying; the characters' intelligence is on point, making it a pleasure to read. Plus, it's packed with laughs—it's not one of those dull supernatural tales at all!

14. 164 规 Rule Horror: The Haunted House Sleep Tester Awakens a System 规则怪谈凶宅试睡员觉醒系统 Li Anyoung利安youngMystery240k WordsCompleted After delivery driver Chen Du was swindled out of 1.2 million yuan, he unexpectedly awakened a System. Clearing rules lets him cash out. With his one particular skill, Chen Du searches the world for rule-based instances and makes a fortune! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Currently being serialized, I'm recruiting readers. Please provide some new rules to make my story even better. It's already very good! But I need you all!

15. 165 前 Upscale Residential Area Ahead, Impostors Keep Out 前方高档小区，伪人止步 Tomatoes Can Be Fried with Potatoes番茄可以炒土豆Urban1.3M WordsOngoing This is a world overrun by impostors. Yu Tang is a night-shift security guard of the highest caliber. His job is to stay at the security post, identify impostors, and alert the relevant organizations so they can deal with them, making sure none slip into the residential complex at night. But this job isn’t easy. It seems the impostors aren’t the only things he has to deal with here… … Wealthy homeowner: “Xiao Yu, take this ten thousand yuan for now. I’ve got an important client coming at 3 a.m. 68.5kReads8.5Score7kShelves

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    [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up] The premise is quite novel. The subject matter is interesting, the writing is decent, and the main character is unique.

16. 166 规 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Sold a Little Girl to the Neighbor 规则怪谈：开局将小萝莉卖给邻居 Spider Mantou蜘蛛馍馍Mystery491k WordsCompleted In the horror world people enter after death, every player receives a random talent skill! But... Su Ming's skills seem a little different from everyone else's? [Anything Goes]: As long as you follow the rules, it doesn't matter whether they're real or fake. The horrors can't do a thing to you! [Adopt Your Enemy as Your Father]: When you encounter a horror or another player, call them "father" and they'll protect and favor you unconditionally! [Money Talks]: There's nothing money can't solve. An 1.3kReads8.6Score191Shelves

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    [Heart] These are some strange tales about rules. [Heart]

17. 167 残 Seeking Life Amid Lingering Regrets 残念觅生 Yu Cangjue御苍爵Mystery318k WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow, rules-based horror, extreme escape, eerie games, no harem, no formula, no invincible protagonist, no System, no mindless plot, not a feel-good power fantasy] I’m a ballet doll, grinning as I watch them kill themselves. I throw people into “my” mindscape and lay out an inescapable path to their doom. But that lunatic Li Yu finds a loophole in every stage. I crank up the difficulty of surviving, but he uses game theory to beat me. I forbid him from speaking, but he has the whole t 237Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Infinite Twists | Horror & Thriller | Group Battle | Mind-Bending Battle] -- Ten-Day Same Style -- Werewolf is so weak! Mind-bending battles are a crazy party! The fat guy smashes the wall and gives away first blood, the man in the suit starts with "You're all dead..." The protagonist is not an overpowered protagonist, there are no mindless wish-fulfillment novel tropes, only a battle of wits! ▶▶▶▶Preview Before Reading◀◀◀◀◀◀◀◀◀◀◀◀◀ ❶ Mind-Bound Prison + Time-Limited Annihilation, Death Prohibitions are Deadly— ❷ Public Investment Hides Traps, Lending Rules Bury Deadly Motives, Every Step is a Gamble with Life! ❸ Rabbit Gnawing on Skull Doll Seeking Death, Church Jaw-Cracking Mechanism, Horror and Thriller at their Peak! ❹ Chain Shaking to Break the Game, Sherlin's Game Hides Mysteries, Mind-Bending Battles that Will Make Your Scalp Twist! ▼▼▼ [Click the Cover Below]▼▼▼Start Unlocking! 4946464688

18. 168 给 Give the Rule Horror a Taste of Longguo’s Might 给规则怪谈来点龙国震慑 A Fan一个风扇Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Original Scenarios] [Choose Your Own Cheat Skill] [Teammates Are the Nation] [No Romance] [Logic-Driven] (I can't write a proper blurb, so please check out the story itself.) Long afterward, when the Dragon Nation has united the world of supernatural horror, everyone on Blue Star will remember the day Qin Yuan voluntarily entered a Rule Horror scenario. Scenario Skills First Scenario: Kuroko's Basketball (Skills: Enhanced Training, Block) Second Scenario: Susan's Lawyer's Letter (Skills: S 25.6kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves
19. 169 人 I'm in a Rule Horror Game, and I'm the Chosen Villain 人在规则怪谈，我是天命大反派 Duanmu Kuai Zi端木筷子Mystery284k WordsCompleted [Subverting expectations + horror administrator + creating rules + no romance, no female lead + invincible] Chen Fan woke up inside a rule-based horror scenario and discovered that everyone else had drawn powerful SSS-rank talents. He alone had no talent and no System. And wasn’t this task a little strange? “Kill the Chosen Ones in the scenario? Am I supposed to kill myself?” “Wait, I’m not a Chosen One. I’m the horror administrator?” “So I don’t have a talent or a System, but I do have all kind 6.1kReads9.0Score779Shelves
20. 170 规 Rule Horror: A Man Who Pouts Is the Luckiest 规则怪谈：撒娇男人最好命 Mutton Stew in an Iron Pot铁锅炖咩咩Two Male Leads725k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + rule-based horror + pure wish fulfillment + livestream] A crazy, clingy, squealing menace, Ye San + an invincible, hopelessly lovestruck boss, Cheng Jiu Ye San was a lunatic. After an accident sent him into a world of rule-based horror, he showed his odd temper, feared nothing, and loved acting cute. Before chopping up a ghost, he had to say softly, “Big brother, let me chop you just once, okay? It won’t hurt!” This shameless stunt left everyone in the livestream room dumbfound 1.9kReads9.5Score305Shelves
21. 171 当 When I, a Madman, Entered a Rule-Based Horror 当是疯子的我进入规则怪谈 WZXINTwo Male Leads253k WordsCompleted [Rules of Horror + Two Male Leads + National Fate + Livestreams + Equally Matched Leads, with Plenty of Chat Comments] [A Sickly College Student on the Receiving End × A Lovey-Dovey, Wife-Devoted Evil God on the Attack] Xie Feng was just a sickly college student. Then he woke up to find himself inside a Rules of Horror scenario. And someone had their eye on him. Most importantly of all, the people of the Dragon Kingdom didn’t believe in his abilities at first. No matter. He’d prove himself throu 34Reads6.8Score—Shelves
22. 172 规 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Gained Resistance to Contamination 规则怪谈：开局获得污染抗性 The Last Little Fish最后一条肚肚鱼Mystery2.6M WordsCompleted [Rule-Based Horror + System Safety Net + Bizarre Absurdity + Light Comedy + No Female Lead] After dying, Zhang Chen is reborn on Blue Star, a world chosen by the realm of horror stories and extremely similar to the Earth where he lived in his previous life. One person from each country is selected to take part in a challenge inside the realm of horror stories, and Zhang Chen is chosen to represent the Dragon Kingdom. Instance: The Family of Five... Everyone else is terrified of Mom. Why are you 6.7kReads8.2Score676Shelves

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    (6 Tragic perspective view marked)

23. 173 规 Rule Horror: Who Taught You to Study Like That? 规则怪谈：谁教你这样读书的 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃Mystery426k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead, No Romance, Rule-Based Horror, Infinite Realms, Chinese-Style Horror] Traditional culture has been distorted on a massive scale in modern society. Altered pronunciations, words smeared with stigma, and ancient sayings twisted out of shape are gnawing away at the human soul. Su Muyu, the thirtieth-generation descendant of Su Shi and the sole inheritor of the Soulcrafter lineage, joins Li Guazi, a girl whose past is a mystery, and Mr. Dongli, a word spirit from the handwritt 50Reads9.4Score—Shelves

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    I like the strange tales about rules. [Thumbs up]

24. 174 上 The Strange Tales of Shangguan Zhaorong 上官昭容诡事录 Bamboo Shoot Buns Are So Delicious竹笋包子超好吃Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Strong female lead, no romance, Chinese-style horror, transmigration through history, numerous foreshadowed clues, coherent plot, no System, not a power fantasy] [The Strange Tales of Shangguan Zhaorong] [Also known as: Old Tales from the Yellow Springs] [Reader’s guide: The main plot and the individual arcs are interconnected, with plenty of clues and foreshadowing. Almost every character who appears has a role to play, though each arc can also be read as a standalone story.] Th 2.1kReads9.3Score347Shelves
25. 175 国 The Nation Sent You to Be a Monster, but You Became the Monster King? 国家派你当诡异，你混成诡王了？ Luo Xiaonian落小年Mystery255k WordsOngoing [Reverse Rule-Horror] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Wits and Strategy] [Pure Satisfaction] The day of the global selection of the weird arrives. Every country will randomly choose candidates to participate. The candidates' task is to play the role of an eerie creature and hunt down those trying to clear the rule-based dungeons! Qian Nian, a college student, becomes the “little monster” sent by Huaxia. While the other candidates are figuring out how to scare people, Qian Nian awakens the SSS-rank tale 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Here's a new book by a friend, a strange tale with unconventional rules. He's always played the role of the one overcoming obstacles, but this time he's playing the role of the supernatural. It's quite an interesting story. If you like reading about protagonists piecing together the truth of events while acting as the supernatural and indiscriminately killing chosen ones, you might want to check it out.

26. 176 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves

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    They're all pretty good; most of them require some brainpower.

27. 177 怪 Urban Legends: I Turn into a Cute Kid and Call a Monster Mom from the Start 怪谈：变身萌娃，开局认诡异为妈 Lin Chuanbei临川北Mystery679k WordsOngoing [Livestream] + [cute kid] + [Rule Horror] + [lighthearted] The National Fortune Horrors arrived. After six consecutive victories, the Dragon Kingdom suffered a crushing defeat. A month of torrential rain descended upon the country, destroying countless homes and leaving the people in misery. The natural disaster would only stop if they won the next Rule Horror challenge. At this critical moment, the one chosen by chance, Zhang Ming, turned out to be a six-year-old toddler. People around the worl 1.8kReads8.5Score358Shelves
28. 178 狩EN Demon Hunter 狩魔手记 Misty Rain Jiangnan烟雨江南Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.2M WordsCompleted After the nuclear war, slaughter began to spread across the entire world. The order of human society completely collapsed, and the law of the jungle became the foremost rule. Once desire was freed from its restraints, there was no road forward, only a choice to turn left or right. Hell lay to the left, and hell lay to the right. 3.3kReads9.2Score625Shelves

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    Fans of dark fantasy cultivation novels will be thrilled! The world-building is captivating, and the protagonist struggles to survive within twisted rules, sending chills down your spine while keeping you hooked for more updates.

29. 179 规 Rule Horror: My System's Malfunction Is Deadly 规则怪谈：我的系统异常致命 Burying Flowers, Listening to Rain葬花听雨Mystery493k WordsOngoing I’m Lin Ye. When I opened my eyes again, the System told me I had died three hundred times. Seven layers of worlds were devouring one another, countless rule-based mysteries entwined like a web, and the “Lords of the Rules” lurking beneath the city’s ordinary surface were harvesting all of humanity. Before my cognitive contamination reached 100, I had to uncover the truth behind the overlapping seven layers of worlds and solve the final rule in a world where no one was allowed to know the truth: —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 180 规 Rule Horror: I'm a Scholar!! 规则怪谈：我是读书人啊！！ Yam and Blueberry Don't Go Together山药不搭蓝莓Mystery365k WordsCompleted Guan Ziliang had just passed the written portion of the national civil service exam when he got so excited that he keeled over and died. When he woke again, he was in a strange new world. [Welcome to the Haunted Park] [Loading the Game of Despair…] [Ding! Player Guan Ziliang of the Dragon Kingdom, successfully loaded!] “If you can’t understand reason, this monk knows a few moves with his fists.” “Technically, you’re not allowed to hit the supernatural, but he’s the one who makes the rules.” A hi 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My darling, this book is really well written.

31. 181 规 Rule Horror: Starting at Eerie Sheep Castle 规则怪谈：从诡异羊堡开始 Guan Yu's Favorite Is Spicy Latiao关公最爱吃辣条Mystery201k WordsCompleted [Rule Horror] [Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf] [Tom and Jerry] [High-IQ, Wild Plays] [Livestream] [National Fate] I, Ning Yan, was chosen to represent the Dragon Kingdom in an S-rank Rule Horror challenge. It was hell difficulty from the start: Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf. The rules here were malicious, and the NPCs were impossible to predict. I struggled to survive through sheer rationality, only to discover that every NPC was a version of me who had failed in a different timeline. Even 207Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's very brain-teasing; the whole game is an infinite loop.

32. 182 无 Infinite Instances: I've Survived by Hitching My Wagon to the Strong 无限副本：我靠抱大腿苟活至今 A Nuo Is a Gray Bunny阿喏是只灰兔子Mystery668k WordsCompleted (The rating has just come in, so it’ll rise later) [A male lead who grows over time but has plenty of ideas from the start] + [A little live-stream chat here and there] + [The male lead has no love interest; he belongs to the readers] + [The author takes suggestions to heart] + [A survival guide for each instance] Lu Li, a fragile college student, is chosen to enter a world of horror games, where he must struggle to survive an endless succession of instances. Quick-witted Lu Li grabs onto the le 1.1kReads8.2Score156Shelves

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    Each rule-based mystery dungeon is fast-paced and there are no dungeons that can be completed by the protagonist alone. Those who enjoy ensemble casts should check it out. The protagonist is a character who grows through the story, initially relying on stronger characters but possessing high intelligence, and occasionally pulling off some clever maneuvers. Each dungeon concludes with a summary of general walkthrough strategies.

33. 183 让 You Were Supposed to Survive, So Why Did You Drive the Supernatural Insane? 让你求生，你把诡异治疯了？ Yes, This Is a Pen Name是的这是个笔名Mystery225k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + Subversive Rule Horror + Unhinged Protagonist + Power Fantasy + Survival?] [Not traditional Rule Horror. Best enjoyed as a power fantasy.] The abyss descends, forcibly splitting reality into countless Rule Horror dungeons. The Gaokao Factory, the Flesh Apartment, the Dark University, the Flaying Train... All humanity desperately struggles to survive under the bizarre “rules that guarantee death.” But in the eyes of Lin Yan, a top criminal psychology profiler, the truth is comple —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm recommending a book and would appreciate any advice from experienced readers.

34. 184 规 When the Rules Descend: I Keep the Nation Going with My Analysis 规则降临：我靠分析为国续命 Qi Qi Qi Qi Qi Qi琦琦琦琦琦琦Mystery54k WordsOngoing Rules descended, and national destinies became bound together. Gu Yuan became China's chosen representative, entering a world filled with eerie rules. Everyone said, “You have to obey the rules.” But his dead partner had once said, “Some rules are wrong.” While representatives from other countries trembled as they fought to survive, Gu Yuan began searching for loopholes in the rules. During a global livestream, he smiled at the eerie creature: “Your rule doesn't make any logical sense.” The next —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Just take a quick look, that's fine. [Heart emojis]

35. 185 嘘 Shh, Bet You Didn’t See This Coming: I’m the Supernatural Being 嘘，没想到吧，我就是诡异 Steamed Salted Radish清蒸咸萝卜Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Fake and Real Heiresses, Reborn, Rule Horror, Bizarre World, Wealthy CEO, No Romance, Secret Identity, Horror Game] The full-cast audiobook is available on Fanqie Changting. Search for: The Real Heiress Goes Off the Rails in the Horror Game. Qin Shu is reborn on the day of her eighteenth birthday, with only an hour left before she enters the Rule Horror game. She snatches the jade bangle from the female lead, shuts herself in her room, puts it on, and waits to be pulled into the game. In her pr 17.1kReads9.0Score2kShelves
36. 186 校 Campus Rule Horror: Please Survive 校园规则怪谈：请活下去 Leaning by the South Window, I Entrust Myself to Pride倚南窗以寄傲Mystery133k WordsCompleted [Female lead with no CP + no System + no livestream + no talent + unrelated to national fate] Wei Ran arrived at A City No. 1 High School and received a student handbook filled with rules. She also found a diary left by a senior under the pillow in her dorm room. The title page read: Please do everything you can to survive. (This story is entirely fictional.) (There is a worldbuilding framework, woven into the later plot.) 980Reads8.7Score130Shelves
37. 187 诡 The Eerie Game: Dreamworld Walker 诡游戏：梦界行者 vhmNkiMystery162k WordsOngoing Overworked office drone Fang Xinghe nearly dies from working overtime, but awakens the [Dreamwalker] System. Every night, he’s dragged into the “Weird Realm,” where he must play a deadly riddle game in an elevator with thirteen smiling faces! Lose, and he falls to his death in the real world. Win, and he trades his memories for a chance to be reborn. With weird crystals in hand, he thinks he can spend his way to godhood, only to discover that every resurrection turns him further into the greates 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Sparrow Eats Masterpiece][Sparrow Eats Masterpiece] I recommend reading this rule-based supernatural novel with the lights on at night. It's incredibly good, with a fantastic atmosphere and a plot that's absolutely amazing ε=ε=(>Д<)ノノ!! 🌈The pacing is fast, the plot is original, and it's very immersive. I highly recommend it.

38. 188 死 The Class of Death 死亡班级 Dark Matter暗物质Mystery709k WordsCompleted Their class used to get along just fine, but money and self-interest ruined everything. Now they even come to blows over a single meal, turning on their own classmates. 2.1kReads5.9Score114Shelves
39. 189 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 112.4kReads9.5Score12.2kShelves
40. 190 惊 Thriller: You Were Told to Escape, but You Became an NPC 惊悚：让你去逃生，你成了NPC Butterfly in the Rain雨中的蝶Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted [Horror Game + Choices + Comedy + Irreverent + Building a Personal Power Base] Ten years ago, the horror game descended upon Blue Star. As the protagonist, Lin Qi was inevitably dragged into the horror game too. While everyone else struggled to survive, he made choices. At the Death Restaurant, everyone else was careful not to anger the customers. Lin Qi had already become the restaurant owner. At the Ghostly Cemetery, others searched for clues and for the missing Grave No. 7. Lin Qi simply 13.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
41. 191 规 Rule Horror: From Bikini Bottom to the Jade Capital, Killing All the Way 规则怪谈：从比奇堡杀到白玉京 bing Rules the Worldbing临天下Mystery250k WordsCompleted [Suspense horror + twists + darkness + madness + no female lead + myriad worlds] The rating just came out, so it's a little low. The early chapters are slightly dumbed down, but things improve quite a bit starting with the Green Grasslands arc. The story begins: “Patrick, do you know how a sponge eats?” Su Ran had just woken up when he heard this and froze, only to see SpongeBob's skin gradually turning inside out as he came closer and closer. Welcome to Bikini Bottom. If you don't want to die a 3.7kReads8.4Score245Shelves
42. 192 诡 Uncanny World, Save Me, Miss! 诡异世界，大小姐救我！ The East Wind Smiles Radiantly东风笑嫣然Mystery114k WordsOngoing Also known as: I Survive Rule-Based Horror by Clinging to Powerful Allies. Chen Feng, a funny guy in a horror world and a regular at the bar, is tricked into a paranormal university. To survive the strange instance worlds governed by one bizarre rule after another, he needs to latch onto a powerful ally. His current one is about to graduate, so he sets his sights on the next: a little Taoist girl whose father kept her locked up for eighteen years, and who has been learning Maoshan magic since el 1Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 193 我 I’m a Supernatural Entity, and You Want Me to Take on the Rules Horror Stories? 我一诡异，你让我挑战规则怪谈？ This Station's Reporter Yuwen Bo本台记者宇文波Mystery632k WordsCompleted What is the eerie? Food. [The Laugh-Yourself-to-Death Series + An Author in Seriously Questionable Mental Health + No Female Lead + Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!!!] In 2124, the eerie resurfaces, and rules-based horror sweeps across Blue Star. I, Lu Sheng, a top-tier eerie who stuffs himself in a dark cave in the world of terror, am accidentally selected by the Dragon Kingdom and become a “human” taking part in a game set in the world of horror. And that's when things start getting weird. Gobble, gobb 736Reads7.3Score126Shelves
44. 194 模EN After a Thousand Simulations, I Have a Speedrun Strategy for Escape Games 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced 214.6kReads9.6Score36kShelves
45. 195 规 Rule Horror: I Have No Shame, and Even the Horrors Fear Me 规则怪谈：我不要脸怪谈闻风丧胆 Mozi Qing Qing墨子青青Mystery358k WordsCompleted [Rule-Based Horror, Instances, No Female Lead, No Romance, Invincible Protagonist, System, Power Fantasy, Witty and Humorous, Goofy and Absurd, Plot-Driven…] Title: I Have No Shame, and I'm Thriving in the Horror Game. Synopsis: Spiritual qi revival. Terror descends. The Dragon Kingdom has lost eight rounds of the horror game. The ninth is its last hope. But this time, the game chose someone nobody knew: Gu Yi. [Gu Yi? Who came up with that name? Did they pick him just to make us laugh?] [Seriou 377Reads6.8Score102Shelves
46. 196 规 Rule Horror: I'm Wu Ban, Don't Mess with Me 规则怪谈：我叫伍半，别惹我 Xiao Wuxi小唔系Mystery811k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads + Pervert + Hero + Cold on the Outside, Warm on the Inside + Sees Everything as Five Halves + Comedy + Too Much Insane CP Shipping, Might Make You Swear…] [Blood-drinking pervert Wu Ban \ Clever, money-loving flirt Wu De.] My name is Wu Ban. Um… why am I called Wu Ban? The moment I started thinking about it, I already knew the answer. You see, whenever someone gets on my nerves, I want to split them into five halves. Strange entity or human, don’t mess with me, okay? My name is W 40Reads8.0Score—Shelves
47. 197 无 Infinite: The Frail Beauty Whips Ghosts with a Pointer 无限：病弱美人拿着教鞭就抽诡 Yue Qiqi月柒柒Two Male Leads695k WordsCompleted 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 4.1kReads9.4Score686Shelves
48. 198 规 Rule Horror: The Liar Who Cannot Tell a Lie 规则怪谈：不能撒谎的欺诈师 Qing Qing青卿Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [No Romance + No Livestream + No National Destiny + Strong Heroine + Horror + Rule-Based Hauntings] Trickster Shi Si had only just walked out of prison after serving seven years when a wave of dizziness sent her tumbling into a world of rule-based horror. She also drew the D-rank talent [Mirror, Tell the Truth]. [Description of the Mirror, Tell the Truth Talent] [1. Whenever someone asks you a question, you must tell the truth.] [2. You will always know who the most beautiful woman in the world 9.5kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
49. 199 我 I’m Only Playing a Psychopath, but I’m Actually a Good Prisoner 我只是扮演变态，其实我是好囚犯 Walking the Dangerous Path危行Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Male lead is a trouble-loving thrill-seeker + livestreaming + role-playing + no romance, pure wish fulfillment + AI game infinite-flow] Xie Qi transmigrates to a parallel world. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself a prisoner, being taken to an island that houses the world's most vicious criminals. This world is controlled by major corporations, with the government nothing more than their puppet. The Prisoner Island is a massive livestreaming game made for the rich. All the prisoners are an 13.9kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
50. 200 规 Rule Horror: I Can See the Deleted Rules 规则怪谈，我能看见被删除的规则 Lodging Guest寓客Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing Rules horror descends upon the world. The Midnight Convenience Store, Happy Apartments, Red Umbrella School, and Abandoned Subway appear one after another. All survivors must follow the rules to stay alive. Break them, and you die. But Lu Chen, a night-shift clerk, discovers he can see the deleted Rule Zero. From then on, he stops passively struggling to survive. He analyzes the rules, turns them to his advantage, and strikes back against the horrors. Until one day, he discovers that every horro 15.9kReads5.4Score1.8kShelves

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    The convenience store's employee handbook is riddled with pitfalls, with explicit clauses and hidden rules contradicting each other. The protagonist dismantles these loopholes one by one, and the reasoning process is written clearly and completely.

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