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1. 151 疯 The Unhinged Male Lead: An Unsolvable Bug in a Ghostly World 疯批男主：鬼怪世界的无解bug A Bit of a Nutcase多少沾点大病Mystery410k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + Rule-Based Horror + Hilarious + No Romance + Invincible] A bizarre world invades, the Divine Realm falls, and the gods and Buddhas retreat into hiding. To cut off their offerings, rule-based horror sweeps across Blue Star, leaving all living beings struggling in fear. When things reach an extreme, they turn around, and Blue Star enters a golden age. Some control time and take on ghosts head-on; Some draw a line around themselves and imprison vengeful spirits; Some are peerless f 9Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   This book is great, it just got a low rating at the beginning, but it'll rise later 💕 When the eerie world invades, gods and Buddhas retreat, and the rules of the supernatural sweep across the planet 🌍 Some people manipulate time, create their own prisons, and possess unparalleled combat power… while our protagonist, Ling Yuanzhi, is a mentally unstable little madman 🤪 While others are fighting in the world of supernatural tales, he's at home counting ants! The rules of the supernatural tales spent two years locking onto him, pulling him into the eerie world, starting with a C-level talent 🎲 He pretends to be lazy, but actually he's frantically clinging to powerful figures! With his "unsolvable bug" physique, he rampages through the world of ghosts and monsters— Knocking ghosts? He treats them like air! Terrifying shrines? He makes them his second home! Ghost soldiers trying to pass by? He simply avoids their attacks! The pacing is super fast 🔥 The plot is crazy and exhilarating, the protagonist's unconventional approach turns the rules of the supernatural tales into a "ghostly prank game," with laughter and excitement flying back and forth, no romantic pairing, just pure chaos, watch this crazy young man rampage through the world of supernatural tales, it's so exhilarating it'll make your head spin!! If you haven't read it yet, hurry up and check it out! It's currently up to chapter 138, so it's definitely worth following. You won't be able to stop reading even if you stay up all night! 💨

2. 152 规 Rule Horror: My Memories Are Never Wrong 规则怪谈：我的记忆从不出错 Lord Jijing叽静领主Mystery98k WordsOngoing [Unconventional rules-based horror] [Multiple twists, but not mind-bending] [No need to memorize a long list of rules] [Strong, logical plotting] Rules-based horror has descended, and those caught in its games have only a one-in-ten chance of survival. The official reward: 100,000 for making it out alive, or 500,000 in compensation if you die. My name is Lin Mo. My memories never fade; I can recall every detail of every second since I was six years old. In the real world, that makes me little —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The male protagonist keeps reviewing the details, and from the seemingly insignificant incident of his backpack disappearing into thin air, he is the first to realize that he is trapped in an infinite loop. His reasoning process is logical and well-founded.

3. 153 规 Rule Horror: Break Through the Campus of the Evil God’s Slaughter! 规则怪谈：突破邪神杀戮的校园！ Dusk Detective Cat黄昏侦探猫6k WordsCompleted Rule Horror: Breaking Through the Campus of the Evil God's Slaughter! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   In a school setting, there are only two rules, but how many people will die because of them? 😳😳

4. 154 说 You Said It Was Rule Horror, So Why Are You Summoning the Hundred Schools to Exorcise Demons? 说好规则怪谈，你请诸子百家降妖 Lord of the Purple Pavilion紫阁阁主大人Mystery135k WordsCompleted The whole world is trapped in rule-based horror. While everyone else stockpiles supplies and builds fortresses, I awaken the Hundred Schools of Thought System and use textbooks to exorcise demons! A vengeful ghost comes to claim my life? One passage from the Analects is enough to argue it onto its knees in repentance! An ancient god invades? One set of Pythagorean theorems is enough to smash its spatial rules! A demon king lays waste to a city? I’ll bring out the Qin legal code and sentence it t 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A bizarre era has arrived, with strange creatures from both East and West wreaking havoc across the globe, threatening humanity's survival. Lin Mo, bound to the [Hundred Schools of Thought Knowledge Live Streaming System], discovers that the methods to unravel these mysteries are all in the textbooks! When a Western chosen one is driven mad by an ancient god, he draws a geometry textbook, points to the non-Euclidean space temple: "Student, this problem violates the Pythagorean theorem, dismantle it!" When a Chinese vengeful ghost demands a life but insists on rules, he draws the Qin Law, slams the gavel: "According to the law, you should sweep through hell for three hundred years!" The live stream explodes: [Holy crap! Math can break the mysteries?] [The ancient god is stumped by a cultural lesson, hahaha!] [So this is how Sun Tzu's Art of War is used?] [Global viewers are shocked: It turns out our textbooks are demon-slaying artifacts!] Lin Mo smiled at the camera: "Students, take out your notebooks! Today I'll teach you how to use the *Huangdi Neijing* (Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic) to perform acupuncture on ancient gods and how to use the *Analects* to make vengeful ghosts cry!" [Knowledge-based mystery solving + global live stream + invincible card draw + cultural pretentiousness] Each chapter has a new challenge, each chapter contains a new knowledge point—just enjoy it!

5. 155 诡 A Supernatural Game? I Am the Dread King! 诡异游戏？我，恐怖君王！ Qianyu Qiuqiu千羽秋秋Mystery143k WordsOngoing [Rules-Based Horror + National Fortune + One Female Lead + Invincible Power Fantasy + System + Becoming King] While contestants around the world were still trembling beneath the horrors and searching for rules to survive, Leng Mo turned around and slapped the life-reaping female ghost flying. The Xia Kingdom livestream went from despair to frenzy. “Our contestant... killed the horror with just a few slaps?!” “Rules? Only the weak need to follow rules!” [Ding! King’s Contempt check successful! Ki 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I will try my best to write a good new book.

6. 156 规 Rule Horror: My Modifier Can Change Anything 规则怪谈：我的修改器能改万物 Xinxin Miaomiao1469鑫鑫淼淼1469Mystery132k WordsOngoing [Half rules-based horror (?), half infinite-flow, business management, mystery-solving, no heroine] The horror tales descend, and every instance is a death trap. While everyone else is being chased around the “Eternal Night Mall” by mirror ghosts, Chu Yuan stands at the checkout counter with a smile and asks, “Would you like a membership card? Top up 1,000 and get the ‘Come Back for More’ BUFF. The ghosts won't chase you, guaranteed.” That's because he awakened the SSS-rank talent [Rule Modifier 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   While others desperately try to survive in the rule-breaking horror dungeon, the protagonist awakens a rule-modifying device, turning the terrifying dungeon into a commercial amusement park, where all the ghosts and monsters become working-class people. His imagination is truly mind-blowing!

7. 157 无 Night Walk Without a Gate 无门夜行 A Baffling Fairy莫名其妙仙女Mystery292k WordsCompleted Shen Zhao, a folk-custom archive restoration specialist, receives a “Death Certificate in His Own Name” and is forced into the Midnight Name-Claiming Game. He discovers that the city’s old customs demand names, identity documents, memories of family members, and social identities from the living, and that he can hear the typos that have been tampered with in the rules. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The ending related to the ledger is uniquely conceived, breaking away from the common escape ending pattern and offering profound insights. If you enjoy suspense stories with a thought-provoking core, you might want to check out this book.

8. 158 编 File 404: The Exorcist Who Doesn't Exist 编号404，不存在的斩诡人 A Thousand Sails on the Vast Sea沧海千帆60k WordsCompleted Case 404: The Nonexistent Demon Slayer 51Reads—Score—Shelves

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   That works!

9. 159 归 Guiyuan: Hong Kong Under Siege 归元HK围城 Luo Luo Luo羅羅羅Sci-Fi & Apocalypse856k WordsOngoing Lin Zhao woke up in a morgue's refrigerated drawer with only one number on his wristband: LY-0001. He didn't know who he was. All he knew was that his right hand could transform into a black jade bone blade, and that devouring the infected let him read their memories. In the post-apocalyptic city of HK, the infected weren't mindless zombies. They shared a hive mind, and each one was a tendril of some ancient entity. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Set in a post-apocalyptic world, this collection of strange tales and rules, featuring mind-bending elements, a diverse cast of characters, intellectual battles, urban legends, eerie resurgence, and folk tales, is quite entertaining, though a bit mind-bending.

10. 160 血 Blood Moon Stains the World 血月染世 Boat on a Strange River奇水行舟Sci-Fi & Apocalypse688k WordsOngoing [Lovecraftian Apocalypse + Blood Moon Calamity + Ability Progression + Dark Suspense + Ensemble Survival + No System] The evil god has gone mad, the moon has come alive, and the entire city is starting to grow flesh. A year into the apocalypse, a programmer who should have died on the day of the calamity wakes up in his rented apartment. His name is Yang Musu. He is twenty-eight. He has forgotten everything that happened after the apocalypse began, but discovers he has an utterly absurd ability: 232Reads—Score103Shelves

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    I was a little dazed when I saw the part where the male protagonist tested his mental strength. The premise is that mental strength is positively correlated with "the stability of self-awareness"—the more you know who you are, the stronger your mental strength is. It's a weapon to fight against pollution using the order of "who I am." In the post-apocalyptic text, "knowing yourself" is written as combat power in a physical sense. This idea is quite sophisticated and more interesting than simply fighting monsters and leveling up.

11. 161 丧 When the Zombies Come: I Can See the Red Rules 丧尸来临：我能看见红色规则 Old Du Who Loves Edamame and Chicken Gizzards爱吃毛豆炒鸡胗的老杜Mystery50k WordsCompleted [Zombies + rule-based horror] My name is Lin Shen. When the zombie outbreak began, I was brushing my teeth in Room 401 on the fourth floor. Four in the morning. The entire dormitory suddenly lost power. A sheet of paper appeared out of nowhere behind the dorm room door. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is truly high quality. The first one I read was about zombies and rules; besides dodging zombies, you also have to avoid the strange tales of the rules.

12. 162 七 Seven-Day Horror: My University Is a Horror Game 七日怪谈：我的大学是恐怖游戏 A Thousand Ties千牵结Mystery556k WordsCompleted [First Person], [Rule Horror], [Ensemble Cast], [Coming-of-Age Protagonist], [No Romance], [Not a Power Fantasy], [Hardest Beginner Instance in History] This school has become a ghost-story game arena. Lin Xia, Ye Yan’s roommate, dies for no apparent reason in their dorm. The announcement sounds, declaring that the [Ghost-Story Game] has officially begun. Ye Yan, Chen Mo, and Zhou Yuan discover that Lin Xia died because she unknowingly broke a rule. For the next seven days, every place may hide 302Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    🎉🎉This seven-day ghost story survival novel is absolutely amazing! It features a set of supernatural tales with no romantic pairings, a protagonist who grows through challenges, and an atmosphere that's incredibly captivating—you'll find yourself hooked the more you read!

13. 163 系 System Horror Stories: Saving the World and Ascending to Godhood 系统怪谈拯救世界封神 Always Wanting to Lie in Bed天天想躺床上Modern Romance497k WordsCompleted The Qingfan Realm is drowning in malice, and the Heavenly Dao has crumbled. It sends a plea for help to all the heavens, begging for someone to stop the apocalypse. Su Yubai, a top-tier temp worker for the Great Dao, descends to repair the world. Everyone knows her as a gentle, laid-back, low-key top-tier romance novelist who loves sweets and leisure, and whose only daily pursuits are good food and the lie-flat life. No one knows she is the creator of eerie tales, standing above this world's ver 57Reads—Score—Shelves

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    One storyline follows the female protagonist as she secretly plots to judge the world's worst evils and gathers energy to repair the rifts in the heavens. Another storyline involves an official investigation team tracking her down through a mysterious black card. The contrasting plots of hot and cold intertwine, creating a thrilling and captivating dual narrative of horror and salvation.

14. 164 规 Rule Horror: I Rewrite the Rules, Even Female Ghosts Must Obey 规则怪谈：我改规则，女诡也得守 Strolling Beneath the Moon月下漫步Mystery184k WordsOngoing At eleven at night, the rules for the night-shift building were posted on the wall: 1. When the light at the end of the corridor is on, do not look back. 2. If someone knocks and claims to be security, remember: there is no security guard in this building. 3. Anyone who breaks the rules will be crossed off the roster. Everyone was desperately trying to memorize the rules. Only Chen Yan crouched in the corridor, copying them down one by one. Then he circled two words between the second and third —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New author, new book, please like and share! 🥰🥰🥰

15. 165 长 The Long Night Turns West 长夜向西 Mu Jingqiu沐璟秋Ancient Romance134k WordsOngoing At the end of the hospital corridor, Wen Xiao knelt before the Bodhisattva and bowed three times. The Bodhisattva did not answer. Then the System came. She could travel to other worlds to fulfill people's wishes. If she died, she alone would die; if she lived, she and her mother would live together. She would wager her life for one chance to keep her mother alive. No matter how long the night, if you keep heading west, dawn will come. Mom, wait for me to come back. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book, a collection of rural supernatural tales, is written in a restrained style. The protagonist, Wen Xiao, enters the secluded Huai'an Village and deciphers the eerie rules one by one, such as the locust tree at the village entrance and the knocking on the door late at night. The clues are hidden in the daily details of the villagers' lives, with an emphasis on the analysis of human nature. If you enjoy delicate mystery-solving supernatural tales, you may want to check out this book.

16. 166 云 Yun Che: Nine Rules for Saying Farewell at the Funeral Home After Dark 云澈：深夜殡仪馆9条送别规则 Run Yu888润玉88810k WordsCompleted Yun Che: Nine Rules for Saying Farewell at the Funeral Home After Midnight 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This novel has a tight plot and a mysterious atmosphere, making it well worth reading!

17. 167 第 The Seventh Guest Room 《第七个客房》 Jing Xi鯨曦8k WordsCompleted The Seventh Guest Room —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's quite good, and the logic is clear, but not many people watch it.

18. 168 规 Rule Horror: I Can Devour All the Uncanny 规则怪谈：我能吞噬一切诡异 A Billion Cicadas亿只小蝉Mystery72k WordsOngoing [Rule-Based Horror + No Female Lead + National Fate + Intelligent Cast + Not Overpowered + Devouring the Supernatural] Rule-based horror descends upon the world. Chen Xin is chosen by one of these horrors and awakens an E-rank talent, “Starving Ghost.” The good news is that this ability can grow stronger. The bad news is that to develop it, he must confront the horrors within the rules head-on, or, to be precise, eat part of them. The power of whatever he devours becomes part of him and serves h —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New book release! No slackening in intelligence. The protagonist awakens the talent of a starving ghost, able to consume the supernatural and gain a portion of their power, becoming a gourmet in the world of ghost stories. (This is not an invincible protagonist story; there are already 260,000 words in drafts, so no worries about updates stopping.) 😘

19. 169 零 12:17 A.M., Please Confirm Your Name 零点十七分，请确认你的姓名 Luo MoxuanC5洛墨萱C5Mystery349k WordsOngoing In Qiheng City, people don’t simply disappear. First, the city erases their names, then convinces everyone they never existed. At 12:17 a.m., a fire alarm suddenly went off in a residential building in Qiheng City that had only sixteen floors: “Someone is trapped on the seventeenth floor.” Zhou Jiming, an engineer who inspected fire safety systems, checked the building plans, stairwell height, elevator programming, and exterior facade. Every piece of evidence proved that the seventeenth floor di 17Reads—Score170Shelves

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    High-quality supernatural fiction based on rules, 🤭🤭🤭

20. 170 低 Whisper Code 低语代码 Er Dong Chen洱东陳Mystery145k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow | Rule-Based Horror | Heavy Lovecraftian Horror] Strange whispers and a string of garbled characters swirled in the depths of her mind as Ji Cheng awoke in an octagonal death chamber. Eight unlocked doors. Eight trapped people. The red light flashed six times, and a sixty-second countdown began. They had to find the one and only safe exit. Nameless, twisted monsters lurked behind the doors. Flesh-eating worms and warped apparitions were everywhere, and looking directly at them was 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The endings of characters like Xu Tang and Han Bai are poignant. The protagonist's halo cannot protect everyone, and choices often come with heavy costs. The story confronts cruelty while also highlighting the characters' personalities. If you enjoy stories with a sense of weight, you should check out this book.

21. 171 恐 Horror Revival: I Would Make All Living Beings My Pawns 恐怖复苏：我欲以众生为刍狗 Looking Back 11111回眸11111Mystery573k WordsOngoing [Seven Days to Die] [Original Supernatural] [Ghost Mother] [Slow Burn] [Arc Light] I made a wish to “it.” I want to have a mother. Day One It gave me clothes, draping my scarlet flesh in a flesh-colored covering. Day Two It gave me sight. At last, I could see it standing in the corner, smiling at me. Day Three It gave me hearing. But at night, I could always hear her humming, and I could never fall asleep again. Day Four It taught me language. Sounds began to spill from my mouth, answe 508Reads—Score190Shelves

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    Officer Zhou's journey from antagonism to understanding, the operator's perspective supplementing the internal rules of the Paranormal Bureau, supporting characters all have independent stories and are not merely plot devices, multiple storylines running parallel without creating confusion.

22. 172 规 Rule Horror: Two Gods from the Start, My Archenemy and I Team Up to Conquer the Dungeons! 规则怪谈：双神开局，我和死敌联手杀穿副本！ Ordinary Patriot普通的爱国人12k WordsCompleted Rule Horror: Two Gods from the Start, My Arch-Enemy and I Join Forces to Slaughter Our Way Through the Instances! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It looks pretty good.

23. 173 天 The Celestial Master and Corpse Master Descend the Mountain, While the War God Joins Them to Protect the Nation’s Fortune 天师天尸双下山，军神联手镇国运 User Yi用户易Mystery171k WordsCompleted CP + two men and one woman + apocalyptic survival + Rule Horror + national destiny battle + team-ups + strategic mind games and power struggles + ensemble cast + powerful allies joining forces The apocalyptic disaster arrived, the supernatural revived, and rule-based instances swept across the globe. The fate of all humanity became tightly bound to the national fortunes of each country. Zhang Xinyu, a sword-wielding Heavenly Master, sees through illusions and probes every mystery; Ling Chengyou, —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is definitely good.

24. 174 规 Rule Horror: I Bought a Secondhand Fridge, and My Little Brother Is Frozen Inside 规则怪谈：我买了个二手冰箱，里面冻着我弟弟 It's Milkshake是奶昔吖12k WordsCompleted Rule Horror: I Bought a Secondhand Fridge, and My Little Brother Was Frozen Inside 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is amazing! It's incredible! Absolutely incredible!

25. 175 规 Rule Horror: My Rules Exempt Me 规则怪谈，我的规则我豁免 We Met by Chance, Without Intention逢聚本无意Mystery136k WordsOngoing Rule Immunity: The Detective’s Ruthless Path Lu Chen possesses the talent of Rule Immunity and takes on 500 deadly Rule Horror instances. Using a detective’s insight to solve each puzzle and ruthless resolve to cut down every obstacle, he searches for the ultimate truth behind the game amid life-and-death struggles. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended by Tomato Book Club for those experiencing a reading slump! Similar to "Rule Anchor Point": rule-based dungeon crawling + anchor point talent breakthrough, high-octane, non-padded plot, full of foreshadowing of the Control Bureau's dark secrets, dungeons unlock layer by layer, a promising new book.

26. 176 规 Rule Horror: I See the Flaws in the Lingering Echoes 规则怪谈：我窥见残响破绽 Han Yumo寒语墨Mystery157k WordsCompleted [Male-oriented / Rule-based horror / Instances / Mystery and wild ideas / Hardcore deduction] “Archivist Qin Yuan can see the cracks in the rules. While everyone else fights to survive inside the instances, he searches the cracks for a way to break through. Every rule that has been ‘only half altered’ is a question he has to answer incorrectly. He discovers that the rules of every instance have been ‘altered halfway’, and the remaining half is the path to survival. Until, in the crease of a —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Rule One: A shadow is always half a beat slower than a person. Rule Two: Never overlap with a crease. Faced with a seemingly insurmountable corridor, he defied the rules, using the airflow to tear open the dead end… A bizarre tale of rules and strategies, purely based on intellect!

27. 177 规 Rule Horror: A Nightmare During Naptime 规则怪谈之午睡惊魂 Jiang Xingchen姜星晨Mystery114k WordsCompleted Zhou Gongjin and Wang Xing were at school when a horrifyingly bizarre game suddenly appeared at noon. Was it a rules-based horror phenomenon descending upon the world, or was someone behind it??? 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A good book with a very imaginative concept.

28. 178 请 Please Don't Give the Dead a Name 请不要替死者取名 Lazily Sunbathing懒洋洋晒太阳了Mystery302k WordsOngoing Zhou Jin is on night duty in the morgue when a body arrives in freezer nine, registered one minute before it was brought in. The dead man has no facial features, no fingerprints to identify him, and yet the name written on his form is… Zhou Jin. After daybreak, one strange thing after another begins to happen. The security system no longer recognizes him. His coworkers gradually forget what to call him, and even his mother can no longer remember her son’s name. Yet every day at mealtimes, she 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Multiple narrative lines run in parallel, with the funeral home, the name-giving area, and the folk subplots all interconnected, preventing any disjointed or filler chapters.

29. 179 规 Rule Horror: The Smiling Granny 规则怪谈：笑脸婆婆 Upgraded Lard Cracklings进阶的猪油渣Mystery252k WordsOngoing No one told Mo Qing that the price of being reborn was carrying the suffocating sensation of being sewn into a doll by the “Smiling Granny” and the agony of being torn apart by the reflection in “Mirror Alley,” only to stand once more in the morning light of July 15. He clutched the burning safety pendant and looked back. Bai Yu was bent over an old, yellowed notebook. The scribbled words they had never managed to decipher before they died were now highlighted in red by his brother: “Don't touch —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I tried this book. I read a bit before bed and was immediately hooked by the exciting plot. I'll read a little more before going to sleep.

30. 180 规 Rule Horror: The Company’s Haunting 规则怪谈：公司诡事 Che of Feng Che风澈的澈Mystery122k WordsOngoing A mysterious media company. All kinds of people. They're drawn into bizarre tales of the supernatural. Watch as they overcome one obstacle after another. The story contains plenty of horror, so read with caution. —Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 181 秘 Secret Art: I Transmigrate and Fight to Survive in a Bizarre World 秘法穿越:我在诡异世界极限逃生 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常14k WordsCompleted Secret Art Transmigration: My Extreme Escape in a World of the Uncanny 95Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Secret Method of Time Travel: My Extreme Escape from a Bizarre World" - A new premium book series! A mind-bending thriller + time travel + infinite flow + rule-based supernatural tales + strong plot twists + survival mystery! 🌶️

32. 182 规 Rule Horror: An Unequal Game 规则怪谈：不平等博弈 Ruoxue Is Willing to Listen Too若雪也愿聆听Mystery281k WordsOngoing An innocent, naive boy misses the fateful choice that could have changed his destiny, and is forced into a world of strange tales. He survives one perilous, baffling situation after another, slowly drawing closer to the truth about the world... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This was written by a friend; I'm sharing it.

33. 183 我 Everything I Write Into the Rules Comes True 我写的规矩都会应验 Zhao Mulin朝暮临Mystery146k WordsOngoing The old city has a street for funeral goods. Half the shops sell wreaths and burial clothes, and the paper crafts shop at the end of the street is the last one still willing to make paper figures by hand. Its rules are older than the shop itself: Never paint a paper figure's eyes. If you do, it will recognize its master. A white horse must not cross a bridge. If it does, it must be burned. Close the shop at sunset. Take no jobs at night. Chen Mo is the grandson of the last paper craftsman. He gr 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    How about this? Does it suit your taste?

34. 184 我 I Run a Mental Health Clinic in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏里开心理诊所 Concentrated Blue Whale浓缩蓝鲸Mystery414k WordsOngoing [No romance, comradeship] Wen Yanxin was a top-tier psychologist. She was forcibly dragged into a horror game. She immediately opened a mental health clinic in the beginner’s zone. Her specialty was treating all kinds of dungeon NPCs. Vengeful spirits weep, evil ghosts brood, rules kill people? Sit down, let’s talk through your troubles for five minutes. By healing NPCs, she rose to godhood in the horror game. Later, she gradually realized that this endless horror game had never been designed fo 47Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    Not many people are reading it; it started slowly but improved later. I'm afraid the author might suddenly stop updating one day.

35. 185 规 Rule Horror: My Infinite Murder-Mystery Game 规则怪谈：我的剧本杀无限流 Yan Jinwu颜金屋Mystery276k WordsCompleted I’m Lin Xiao, an utterly ordinary college student. One day, I blinked and found myself dumped in a hellhole called the “Scripted Murder Mystery Game.” Other people draw identity cards like “Heir to a Celestial Master,” “Exorcist’s Disciple,” or “Successor to the Yin-Yang Eyes.” I draw: “Background NPC.” Well, fine. Guess I’m cannon fodder. In the first instance, “Midnight Funeral Hall,” a red-clad ghost is chasing everyone through the building and slaughtering them. Just as its claws are about t 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I am the rule, I am the script.

36. 186 惊 Thriller Game: Awakening the Betting System from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局觉醒对赌系统 Sun Fanxing损梵行Mystery781k WordsOngoing [Horror game invasion + rule-based horror + Infinite Flow + reborn + national destiny + no romance + strong female lead + ensemble cast] The low rating is only because it just came out 🙇‍♂️ Yu Cong was reborn, returning to three days before the horror game descended. She knew better than anyone that this terrifying game sweeping across the globe was no coincidence. It was the opening act of an alien invasion of Earth. With the apocalypse approaching, she sprinted out the door “Hello, relevant au 2.4kReads8.8Score4.4kShelves

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    Highly recommended!

37. 187 我 I Run a Delivery Service in the Underworld, Specializing in Weird Ghosts 我在阴间开货来拉，专治奇葩鬼 Feng Er Xi风二兮Urban145k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow] + [Weird Ghosts] + [Handling the Rules] + [Light Horror] + [Grounded in Reality] My name is Zhang Wei, a Huolala driver driven to the brink by my mortgage, car loan, and bizarre customers. Then one day, after I cursed out my hundredth passenger trying to freeload, my phone automatically downloaded “Hell’s Huolala.” From then on, my customers weren’t human. There was the domineering ghost who wanted to dodge highway tolls even after dying, the giant-baby ghost who demanded help mo —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This collection of bizarre rules and regulations focusing on freight forwarding is quite interesting. It includes those who want to get a bargain, those who don't want to pay shipping or highway tolls, picky eaters, and those who offer free assistance—somewhat similar to the real-world platform Lalamove.

38. 188 诡 The Eerie Hotel: I Break Deadly Plots Through Endless Deduction 诡异饭店：我靠无限推演破杀局 Jia Huan嘉奂Mystery131k WordsOngoing [Horror Rules] [Light Infinite-Flow] Want a seat at the table? Then bet your life first! Lin Fan accidentally wanders into a bizarre restaurant, where the ingredients are actually the diners. Can he survive only by filling the menu? If every step comes with a rule, perhaps turning those rules against the restaurant is his one chance to stay alive... 134Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The quality is so-so, but hardly anyone watches it.

39. 189 轮 In the Reincarnation Game, I'm Not the Patient 轮回游戏我不是病人 Hao Lingfeng浩凌峰Mystery246k WordsOngoing (Infinite Survival + Instance Worlds + Suspense + High Intelligence + Decisive and Ruthless) Settle in and enjoy the ride. The pace is lightning-fast. The Survival Game of the Myriad Heavens descends, and Lu Chen is swept into the Black Mist Hospital, where the death rate is as high as ninety percent. Monsters roam here, and the rules determine life and death. But Lu Chen awakens the S-rank talent “Precise Analysis,” which lets him see through monsters' weaknesses and loopholes in the rules. Whi —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recently got hooked on this novel about strange rules and supernatural phenomena, and I'm completely captivated.

40. 190 规 The Rules Cage: Strange Tales Descend 规则囚笼：怪谈降临 Oar Rainfall桨雨落Mystery77k WordsCompleted In 2077, the world entered its fifteenth year of resource shortages... At 7:07 a.m. on July 7, 2077, the Rule Horror... descended... The synopsis can't do it justice. Please read the story. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A promising new book; the protagonist is an ordinary person. It seems worth checking out.

41. 191 抓 Better to Conduct Funerals Than Hunt Ghosts: All My Students Are Vengeful Spirits 抓鬼不如送葬：我的学生全是厉鬼 The Gentlest Little Crayon Xin最温柔的蜡笔小鑫Mystery234k WordsOngoing [While everyone else trembles in terror inside haunted domains, I hold funerals for the monsters.] Shen Du, a top-notch mortician with six years in the profession, is summoned by accident into the world of Rule Horror, which has erupted across the globe. Special Forces soldier: “Run! That vengeful ghost kills without blinking!” Shen Du calmly takes out a suturing needle. “Be quiet and lie still. It’s the greatest respect you can show the deceased.” The whole internet watches Shen Du’s progress t —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's so beautiful, not at all fussy or cliché.

42. 192 怪 A Haunting? I Play Dirtier Than It Does 怪谈？我比它更不讲武德 I Don't Want to Change My Pen Name Again我不想再更换笔名了Mystery914k WordsOngoing The old-book shop on Qingyan Alley is called Silent Words Studio. The characters for “Words” and “Studio” have fallen off the sign, leaving only “Silent.” Its owner, Gu Yan, carries a pocket watch left behind by his mother and keeps cola in his insulated cup, without goji berries. He cannot communicate with spirits or exorcise demons. He believes only one thing: ghost stories run on rules, and rules have loopholes. If there’s a loophole, you can turn it against them, preferably with a touch of r —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It doesn't rely on horror gimmicks, but rather on plot and logic to attract viewers. It's suitable for everyday viewing and won't leave you with any psychological burden.

43. 193 爷 After Grandpa Died, He Started Teaching Me How to Stay Alive on WeChat Every Day 爷爷死后，天天在微信上教我保命 Mi Gao Ruhu米高如画Mystery75k WordsOngoing [Infinite flow + fatalism + mind-bending mystery] After my grandfather passed away, I took over the remote convenience store he left behind. At night, I would always receive life-saving warnings on WeChat from my deceased grandfather. By following one bizarre rule after another, I survived countless terrifying nights. I thought this was just a strange cycle confined to a convenience store. That was until I kept breaking out of deadly situations, being reborn, and changing the rules, all in an at —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'd like to ask you all for help taking a look.

44. 194 全 The City Is Overrun by the Supernatural, and She Treats Gods as Food 全城诡异，她把神明当口粮 Black Moon Cat乌月猫Mystery146k WordsOngoing [No CP + strong heroine + ruthless and decisive + post-apocalyptic survival] “Shh, don’t make a sound. That eyeless lump of flesh outside the door kills by sound.” She woke to a world where the uncanny had arrived, and cities had become hunting grounds for monstrous creatures. Everyone trembled beneath the monsters’ claws. But Luo Ran, an overbearing corporate executive, would do anything to survive. She swallowed an uncanny core whole and began transforming into something inhuman! Superhuman he —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's incredibly good; I can only say I'm a genius at finding books.

45. 195 规 Rulebound Killing Game: I Can See the Hidden Red Text 规则杀局：我能看见隐藏红字 Jinyu Yu谨予鱼Mystery169k WordsOngoing Rules are cages, and they are blades of slaughter. A haunted house at midnight, the last bus, a convenience store with no one inside... Every instance hides a deadly trap. Everyone else clings to the obvious rules and walks straight to their deaths. Only Shen Ci can see the crimson hidden path to survival. See through the deception, turn certain death around, and stand against the paranormal. In a world of despair, he will find the only way out alive. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'd like to give it a push; the book is newly released and doesn't have many ratings yet.

46. 196 诡 The Paranormal Invades: From the Start, I Can See Death Replay 诡异入侵，开局我能看到死亡回放 I Catch Lobsters Using Mark-Recapture我用标记重捕法抓龙虾Mystery125k WordsOngoing “After lights out, do not open the door for anyone!” When the paranormal descends upon a boarding high school and monsters prowl the dormitory halls, students and teachers alike become lambs led to slaughter. Lin Que is trapped in the middle of it all, but fortunately awakens an SSS-rank skill: Demon Eye. He can see all the possibilities of the future. He can even replay events from the past. And with every survival challenge he clears, the power of his Demon Eye grows stronger. The indescribabl —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Young Lin Que had nightmares of being murdered every night, initially thinking it was just a hallucination. But after the lights were turned off, a knock came at the door, signaling the arrival of the eerie world and the awakening of his demonic eye, which began his arduous journey to survive.

47. 197 第 Rule Zero 第零规则 Half a Cup of Qingxing青行半盏Mystery271k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow] [Rule Horror] [Cerebral mind games] [Identity reversals] [Ensemble cast] Shen Zhou wakes up on the subway with a note in his pocket. The handwriting is his own, and it bears five words: You forget every time. Then he’s dragged into a deadly game ruled by rules. The rules are cruel, meticulous, and seemingly flawless. Until he realizes that some of them feel strangely familiar. But he can’t remember anything. When the rules are finally revealed, everyone is searching for a way 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Infinite Flow][Strange Tales of Rules][Brain-Bending Battle][Identity Reversal][Entourage] Shen Zhou wakes up on the subway with a note in his pocket. The handwriting is his own, and it reads five words: "You always forget." Then he's dragged into a death game governed by rules. The rules are cruel, precise, and flawless. Until he discovers he has an inexplicable familiarity with some of the rules. But he remembers nothing. At the moment the rules are finally revealed, everyone is searching for a way to survive. Only Shen Zhou is searching—for himself to be Wei.

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