Any Chinese-style Horror Novels? 中式恐怖的小说有没有

1. 1 诡 The Creepy National Fortune Game: My Chinese-Style Horror Terrified the World 诡异国运：我的中式恐怖吓哭全球 Deng Tianye登天野Mystery604k WordsOngoing The supernatural invades the real world. Every country on Blue Star must design supernatural dungeons. Conquering another country’s dungeon lets you seize some of its national fortune, while a country whose dungeon is conquered will face all kinds of supernatural events, which may eventually lead to its destruction. For special reasons, the Dragon Kingdom has lost much of its supernatural culture and is at a disadvantage now that the supernatural has returned. Then Su Yi transmigrates here with 15.6kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves

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   It's incredibly good, terrifyingly powerful, with a captivating plot and delicate writing. I've never read a Chinese horror novel about the fate of a nation before, but this first one really impressed me.

2. 2 华 Are There No Gods or Ghosts in China? Chinese Horror Terrifies the World 华夏无鬼神？中式恐怖吓哭全球 Loves Beef Tallow Hot Pot爱吃牛油火锅Mystery914k WordsOngoing [National-Destiny Livestream + Horror and Terror + Designing Scenarios] Bai Lang, a fanatical horror-culture enthusiast, transmigrated to a world similar to the one he had known in his previous life. The only difference was that the Dragon Kingdom had never developed its own Chinese-style horror culture. Instead, Western horror legends had captured the public imagination, with figures like chainsaw-wielding maniacs, man-eating sharks, and zombies. When the horror national-destiny arena descended 12.5kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves

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   It's pretty good, a Chinese-style horror film, and it started strong and continued to improve.

3. 3 恐 Horror Arena: From the Start, a Red-and-White Collision Scares the World to Tears 恐怖擂台：开局红白撞煞吓哭全球 I'm Not the Regiment Commander我不是团长Urban1.6M WordsOngoing A horror arena has descended upon Blue Star. Each nation must summon a terrifying entity to fight for it. The winners will see their national fortunes flourish and endure for all eternity. The losers will see their national fortunes decline, their resources and territory plundered, and their dignity stripped away. To claim victory, nations everywhere summon horrors native to their lands. The Sakura Nation has the Slit-Mouthed Woman, the Red Cape, the Four Great Female Ghosts, and the Hundred Gho 19.3kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
4. 4 阴 Yin-Yang Eye Realtor: Selling Haunted Houses in Chongqing 阴阳眼中介：我在重庆卖凶宅 Listening to the Wind in the Wilds山野聆风Mystery632k WordsCompleted A novel inspired by local Chongqing legends and historical anecdotes. This story is entirely fictional. As a child, the protagonist gained the ability to see yin and yang from a Qing dynasty skeleton. His family’s ancestral ledger is filled with secrets of old Chongqing. The folklore is meticulously researched, with traceable details ranging from place names and historical anecdotes to traditional remedies and feng shui formations. Each haunted house seems like a self-contained case, but in trut 194Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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   I recommend this one.

5. 5 午 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市，活人回避 The Drinking Monk吃酒和尚Mystery592k WordsCompleted [Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal 3.5kReads9.1Score217Shelves

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   ❗❗These novels are amazing! They're high-energy right from the start, packed with Chinese horror, and the folklore and metaphysics are incredibly captivating. No romance, just pure thrills! You have to read them!

6. 6 东 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 Jun Lan君阑Mystery122k WordsCompleted [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 912Reads8.8Score108Shelves
7. 7 噩 The Sound of Nightmares: 60 Horror Stories That Wake You from Your Dreams 噩梦之声：60个做梦吓醒的恐怖故事 Xiao Youqian萧有钱Mystery174k WordsCompleted [Standalone Ghost Stories + Supernatural Horror + Not for the Faint of Heart + Rural Tales] When night falls, terrifying ghostly figures emerge. Step into all kinds of bizarre and unbelievable tales, and spend your nights screaming! Haunted houses, ghostly shadows outside the window, a deadly lipstick, someone beneath the mattress, an umbrella that hunts people... Every corner conceals inexplicable phenomena and secrets that will fill you with dread! Every page will make your hair stand on end, 2.1kReads8.9Score176Shelves
8. 8 恐 Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界：100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery432k WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Shocking Twists] Horror tales beyond anything you could imagine. Each story is like a dark door swinging open, drawing you into moments that will make your skin crawl. Listen. A faint whisper, an indescribable shadow creeping closer. Danger by the river, terror in the cemetery, ghost babies in the maternity ward, evil headhunting magic, apparitions at the hot springs, a bloodstained umbrella... On 2.5kReads8.9Score192Shelves
9. 9 夜 Ghostly Whispers at Midnight 夜半鬼语 Millennium-Old Monster千年老妖Mystery87k WordsCompleted [Rural + Supernatural + Ghost Stories] Back when my grandfather was young, he learned carpentry. As Old Zhao put it, a sixth-grade carpenter these days was worth half a scholar. But things were different back then. Carpenters belonged to one of the lowest trades. They had to carry their tools around every day, get up before dawn and stay out until the middle of the night, traveling from village to village to find work. And because they went so many places, and made coffins and dealt with the dea 5kReads9.0Score204Shelves
10. 10 五 Fifth Watch 五更 Ming Buyu明卜语Mystery722k WordsOngoing The stories my grandpa used to tell me were probably meant to scare me into staying put, or maybe to lull me to sleep. He always told them with such conviction and vivid detail that I often found myself dreaming of the very scenes he had lived through. I met the old flower-growing woman on Yinshan Mountain, and one villager after another from Sangen Village. Their faces were gloomy and strange, and their deeds served as a warning, reminding us that “the gods are watching from three feet above yo 728Reads7.2Score100Shelves

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    Don't watch it at night, it's terrifying at every turn.

11. 11 落 The Falling Leaves Have Their Own Intentions 落苏有意 Lu Xiaosheng鹿小笙Mystery440k WordsCompleted My background is a mystery, and I was born with Yin-Yang Eyes. After coming of age, I was chosen to enter the underworld and became a low-ranking official. All around me, a multitude of baffling, mysterious cases unfold... 7.5kReads9.1Score781Shelves

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    It's absolutely gorgeous, trust me 🤭

12. 12 走 The Mountain Wanderer 走山人 Wu the Half-Immortal吴半仙Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Three years after I died, I climbed out of my grave. I set out on the path of a spirit medium and made my name roaming the mountains. Grandpa said I was half-dead, with no taboos to hold me back! 2.3kReads8.7Score200Shelves
13. 13 半 The Ghost Way, Midway Through Life 半路鬼道 Scorpio Water Demon天蝎水妖Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted Smart male lead + one heroine On the night of the Ghost Festival, the living send off the dead, burn incense, make offerings, and burn joss paper. But that night, I heard a ghost calling for a soul… The gong sounds, the night grows dark, and the road to the Yellow Springs is hard to travel… With talismans to guide the way and the departed to show the path, summon the gods and command the ghosts: only then can one master the Ghost Path between Yin and Yang! 6.6kReads8.9Score486Shelves
14. 14 白 Selling Clothes by Day, Sewing Corpses by Night 白天卖衣服，晚上缝尸体 Night Shadow夜幽影Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [Traditional supernatural horror, folk terror, decisive and ruthless] I rented an apartment where someone had died, hoping to save money, only to be plunged into endless darkness... My terrifying girlfriend has a mouth full of sharp teeth and haunts me day and night; A headless vengeful infant on the highway frantically tries to steal people’s heads; A horrifying internet celebrity livestreams herself peeling off people’s faces, while the comments turn eerie; At a Cat Immortal shrine in a strang 51.9kReads9.2Score6.2kShelves
15. 15 恐 Horror Descends: The Ghost Gate 恐怖降临【鬼门】 Ten-Mile Mad Lad十里狂少Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Horror + supernatural + suspense + survival + infinite worlds + twists A world of horror descends, and countless Gates of the Dead suddenly appear. Those selected must enter the gates and make a desperate escape. Some gates are formed from horror novels. Some are formed from horror movies. Some are formed from tales of evil spirits. Some are formed from bizarre imaginings. Entering a Gate of the Dead means your life has started counting down. Who can make it out alive? “If you're curious abo 1.8kReads6.3Score136Shelves

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    Here it comes, come on in!

16. 16 还 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban169k WordsCompleted From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 166.5kReads9.8Score19.1kShelves

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    Chinese-style horror, a crossover of different time periods—is it love or regret, it all hinges on a single thought?

17. 17 一 One Haunting a Day 一日一诡 Spring Rain in the South, Winter Snow in the North南春雨北冬雪Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing Like people, supernatural entities can be good or bad, so the author can’t promise that every story will have an off-the-charts scare factor that keeps you up at night. The only guarantee is that all the stories are entirely fictional. If anything seems familiar, you’re on your own! 356Reads—Score101Shelves

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    In "University Ghost Stories," there is a story about "three days of white and seven days of yellow." Some people don't believe they will be "possessed" and, disbelieving in the supernatural, "count the steps" in the middle of the night, but they don't notice "an extra person." Later, they see "blood-red high heels" and are targeted by "skin-changing ghosts," who turn them into "love dumplings" and "infant bone soup."

18. 18 同 A Short Spin-Off of the Novel of the Same Name 同名小说延伸小短文 Eunuch Fan of the Western Depot西厂范公公Mystery9k WordsCompleted A short spin-off story for the novel of the same name —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 铜 Copper Coins Devour the Heavens: I Livestream Changing Fates in the Mortal World 铜钱噬天：我在人间直播改命 Eunuch Fan of the Western Depot西厂范公公Mystery219k WordsOngoing Set in a modern urban world of metaphysics, fortune-tellers use the Four Pillars of Destiny, face reading, feng shui, and other methods to glimpse the secrets of fate. Su Minghe, the protagonist, is a fortune-telling streamer who inherited his family’s copper-coin divination art. He randomly connects with people seeking help, casts a reading for them with copper coins, and works with them to uncover its meaning. Follow diviner Su Minghe as he livestreams and changes people’s fates! —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 独 I Created Chinese-Style Horror and Ushered in the Age of the Supernatural 独创中式恐怖，我引领了诡异时代 Autumn Wind Enters Dreams秋风入梦Mystery779k WordsCompleted [Chinese-Style Horror] [Horror Designer] [Eerie Revival] A curtain of blood covered the globe, and the highly anticipated horror show Horror Designer went on air. The production team put out a call for horror works across the internet. Anyone whose submission was accepted could become a Level 1 Horror Designer and gain the power to fight the eerie entities of the Black Fog. And if you were lucky enough to make it through round after round and win the ultimate Fear Prize, you could become a god i 6.7kReads7.4Score550Shelves

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    These should all be correct.

21. 21 驾 Taming Ghost Pets: Chinese-Style Horror Scares the World! 驾驭鬼宠：中式恐怖吓哭世界！ Waterfall Xiaochuan瀑布小川Urban441k WordsCompleted [Ghost Control + System + Comedy + Passionate Battles + Pure Satisfaction + Overpowered + Absolutely Invincible!] No female lead, though there’ll be just a tiny bit of romance during his time at the academy... After a bizarre transmigration, Zhang Yang obtains the Ghost Control System! In this age of ghost tamers, Zhang Yang has the complete collection of Chinese horror at his fingertips, turning his life into a game with cheats enabled! Mother-and-child evil spirits, and deadly collisions betw 429Reads7.3Score100Shelves
22. 22 人 Living in America, I Start with a Chinese-Style Haunted House 人在老美，开局中式鬼屋 Gongzi Qi公子奇Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted American Horror: Five people recklessly enter a haunted house, and none make it out alive; Chinese Horror: Five people recklessly enter a haunted house, and six people make it out; I’ll prove that all Americans are cowards! 616Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 惊 The Terrifying Villain: I Am the Ghost Emperor, Building China's Horror 惊悚反派：我鬼帝，打造华夏恐怖 Nightfall and Return之夜与归Mystery482k WordsCompleted [No female lead + comedy + Ghost Emperor from the start + Emotion System + everyone is outgoing + stubborn denial + Chinese mythology + villain protagonist + Supreme Primordial Realm (starting from Chapter 206)] The world of horror has fallen into decline. No one is afraid of its monsters anymore. In fact, everyone gets excited when they’re chosen! Li Yu transmigrates into this world and becomes a Ghost Emperor! But the world of horror is on the verge of collapse! The monsters have all started s 1.7kReads8.4Score299Shelves
24. 24 设 Designing Horror Games: Chu Renmei Terrifies the World 设计恐怖游戏，楚人美吓哭全球 South of the East Side of Town城东以南Mystery352k WordsOngoing [Horror Game + Mysterious Revival + Horror and Terror + Suspense and Mystery + Infinite Flow] The supernatural has spread across the globe. Some people become horror game designers, gaining the ability to fight vengeful spirits by designing horror games. Those who make it to the end will become gods of a new era. After transmigrating, Han Yu realizes that the world shrouded in the supernatural was originally a pure land, with no legends, films, or books about vengeful spirits. With so little sou 8Reads6.3Score—Shelves
25. 25 恐 Horror Game: I Get Stronger by Talking Back 恐怖游戏，抬杠我就能变强 Idiom for the Deaf成语接聋Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [No romance + infinite-flow + jokes and memes + System power fantasy] Cheng Fei transmigrates into a wilderness world and thinks he's doomed, but to his surprise, he's pulled into a horror game. He realizes that these games seem to contain tons of supplies he can use to survive! So he... This book is also known as: "A Mine Owner's Self-Cultivation" "I Went on a Free Shopping Spree in the Dungeon" "I Get Stronger Every Time I Roast Someone" "They Were Already Stupid, So Why Are You Teasing Them?" —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 我 Outside the Gate, the Dream Spirit Space 我在门外，梦灵空间 Unzhou Flying Flame不周飞火Mystery89k WordsOngoing That light is at the summit of Tianmen Mountain. On the other side of the light lies the Dream Spirit Space, where the desires of countless living beings have accumulated. On this side lies the present world, where someone has waited seventeen years for just one person. He is a guide who has helped tens of thousands of spirits find their way home. She is the one waiting, keeping watch at the foot of the mountain for seventeen years. Their son is named Feiyang: Fei, as in Fei Wei, and Yang, as i —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is alright, but it gives me the creeps.

27. 27 孤 A Lonely Ghost Goes on a Blind Date 孤魂野鬼来相亲 Only Envy the Immortal Lord只羡仙君Mystery276k WordsCompleted A former top student returns to her hometown in disgrace and takes over her grandmother’s shabby, run-down matchmaking house. With a huge debt to pay off, she has no choice but to roll up her sleeves and get to work. Good grief! What kind of ghosts are showing up for these blind dates? The head of a ghostly date rolls right off. Terrifying-looking men and women ghosts want her to edit them into handsome men and beautiful women. Her best friend has been dismembered, yet still asks Su Yinran to fi 36Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    Absolutely Chinese-style horror! [Fear][fear][fear]

28. 28 电 Strange Happenings in the Elevator: I Seek Justice for a Female Ghost 电梯诡事之我为女鬼讨公道 Literary Fiend文煞Mystery6k WordsCompleted Elevator Hauntings: I Seek Justice for the Female Ghost —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a long story!

29. 29 致 The Fatal Red Thread 致命红绳 Literary Fiend文煞Mystery50k WordsCompleted In the city, people devour one another every day. In the countryside, ghosts devour people every day. On the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the gates of hell open. The living light candles, and ghosts blow out the lamps. This story records the strange and uncanny things Li Yun experiences when he returns to his hometown for the Ghost Festival… 20Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 山 Burying a Corpse in the Mountain Village: The Soul-Shaking Yin Gong 山村葬尸，阴锣惊魂 Literary Fiend文煞Mystery10k WordsCompleted Burial in the Mountain Village: The Ghostly Gong’s Terrifying Echo 1Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 灵 The Fox Spirit's Secret Curse: From the Imperial Exams to a Yin-Yang Crisis 灵狐秘咒：从科考路到阴阳危机 Literary Fiend文煞Mystery15k WordsCompleted The Fox Spirit’s Secret Curse: From the Imperial Examination Road to a Yin-Yang Crisis —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 恐 Folk Horror [The Fake Master Who Shocks a Hundred Demons] 恐怖民俗【冒牌大师震百妖】 Lantern-Bearing Wuchang提灯无常Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The thing Liu Buyi, a fake master, regrets most in his life is learning how to “draw talismans with soy sauce” from a short video. Because the corpse that should be lying quietly in front of him is now using a soy-sauce-dipped finger to write his name on the coffin lid. Meanwhile, his half-baked beauty of a partner, An Xun, is munching on sunflower seeds and enjoying the show. “Didn't you say you had Yin-Yang Eyes?!” Liu Buyi's voice trembles. Seeing how unconcerned she looks, he almost passes o 821Reads—Score109Shelves

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    "Horror Folklore [The Imposter Master Shakes the Hundred Demons]" is a novel combining infinite flow, folklore horror, light comedy, survival, episodic storytelling, a single female lead, and packed with exciting moments! No writer's block! Worth reading! The story is highly independent! Almost as good as the completed series! 👽👽

33. 33 杨 Yang Xiaocao's True Ghost Stories 杨小草的见鬼实录 Fish Swimming Upstream at Xiahe Bridge夏河桥逆流的鱼Fantastical Romance199k WordsOngoing A collection of true stories about Yang Xiaocao's encounters with ghosts. They may not be that scary, but they're absolutely true! The story begins when Yang Xiaocao is in middle school. Born with a yin-attracting constitution, she often encounters unclean things. 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Give this a try.

34. 34 荒 Tales of a Haunted Village 荒村怪谈录 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery304k WordsCompleted [Rural Mysteries + Folk Customs + Chinese-Style Horror + Feng Shui and the Supernatural + Anthology + Shocking Twists] There is an old well in Jiulitun that has been sealed for thirty years, and one eerie incident after another keeps occurring. Why has a little girl become unbelievably strong and deranged? Why do villagers keep drowning, and why is the village taboo so difficult to speak of? It all goes back thirty years... 243Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    Chinese horror, recommended 😘

35. 35 校 The School Bus Goes to the Cemetery? So What? 校巴开到墓地就开到呗，那咋了 Oh My Goodness, Lord Guli我的天呐故吏大人Mystery288k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow]➕ [Werewolf]➕ [Horror] Gou Yizhi is a sophomore at Baisheng University. Her usual labels: spacey, slow on the uptake, and easy to bully. Nobody knows that beneath this “naturally airheaded” exterior is a mind sharper than anyone else's. She is used to hiding in the crowd, answering everything with a silly smile and dodging trouble by pretending not to understand. It's the survival strategy she's followed for twenty years: don't stand out, don't attract attention, and stay safe. 12Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    This Chinese horror novel is so well-written! The Skin Painter wears human skin, the Forbidden Woman is obsessed with her wedding dress, and the Chess Player is trapped on the chessboard—each ghost has its own story!

36. 36 香 Incense Ashes: I'm a Yin-Yang Medium 香灰：我是阴阳女先生 Mushroom Alley蘑菇小巷Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted If someone asks to borrow money from you in a dream, promise me you won’t lend it. Because what you’re lending isn’t money, it’s your life. … Grandma called me a debt-collecting demon, and Mom called me a bringer of bad luck. All because, when I was born, a fire broke out at home for no apparent reason, and the villagers rushed over to help put it out. But no matter what they did, they couldn’t extinguish the flames. The fire only slowly died down after half the village had burned to the ground. 6.9kReads9.1Score841Shelves

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    Don't miss this one!

37. 37 古 Strange Happenings in the Ancient City 古城诡事 Second Young Master Xuanyuan轩辕二公子Mystery206k WordsCompleted A mysterious phone call full of suspense and a childhood friend he hasn't seen in years draw him into a dangerous web of intrigue. Following the clues, he steps into one carefully laid trap after another. His friend, returned from the dead, Qin Zhijie, who clings to him relentlessly and seems neither wholly good nor wholly evil, and Shangguan Wan'er, whose identity is shrouded in mystery, all vanish without a trace at the most crucial moments. Why did Da Kui, who had braved life and death, come 50Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    Chinese-style horror, the plot is very exciting, worth watching 😘

38. 38 乡 A Record of Supernatural Events in the Countryside 乡村灵异事件薄 The Long Road Goes On and On, TM, I’ll Charge Ahead长路漫漫TM任我闯Mystery241k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 466Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Also known as *The Tale of Bone and Flesh, Bodhi, Good and Evil*! A masterpiece that I devoured in one go, 60 chapters totaling 200,000 words! If it's not amazing, you'll be kicking me! [Dazed] Not for those with heart conditions! Not for those under 18! Not for those with a low tolerance for graphic content! Not for those lacking spatial imagination! Choose with caution! Consequences at your own risk! The bizarre! Human nature! Evil spirits! Ferocious demons! A tightly woven plot that will keep you hooked!

39. 39 乡 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录 Zhang Xiaohe张小河Mystery156k WordsCompleted The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa 1.9kReads9.0Score137Shelves

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    It was incredibly scary; I was too afraid to go to the bathroom at midnight. I wish I had watched it during the day.

40. 40 惊 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The 73.9kReads9.5Score8.4kShelves

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    Don't worry, it'll look great! [OK]

41. 41 惊 Thriller: Devote Yourself to Art and Become My Masterpiece 惊悚：献身于艺术，成为我的作品 Blue Sea海之蓝Mystery284k WordsCompleted (Includes livestreaming early on + a horror world + an invincible protagonist in the early chapters) A horror game descends, and Xi Wen is chosen to enter an instance. The boss gets killed right from the start, and things get more and more absurd! “Would you like to sign up to become the boss of the Sunshine Hospital instance?” Xi Wen looks at the words before him, feeling a little bewildered. And so, he becomes the boss of Sunshine Hospital, a place comparable to a beginner instance! Player 1: 3.2kReads8.4Score566Shelves
42. 42 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves
43. 43 诡 The Haunted Tomb 诡坟 Sugar Quixote糖吉柯德Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted [This is no ordinary paranormal story. It's all about horror and suspense: no mindless wish fulfillment, forbidden yin-yang lore, no cultivation, and a ghost wife. If it's not good, you can break my legs.] People laugh at my family's poverty and say that all my blood relatives have died, so there must be a ghost in our house. I don't dare argue... because there really is a ghost buried in our ancestral grave! ...My name is Zhang Asi... I was born at four in the morning on the fourteenth day of t 40.2kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves
44. 44 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves
45. 45 栩 Vivid as Life 栩栩若生 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form 19.7kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves
46. 46 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 69.1kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves
47. 47 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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48. 48 棺 The Fragrance of the Coffin's Beauty 棺香美人 Rivet铆钉Mystery6.1M WordsOngoing When I was born, the river swelled and washed a coffin right into my home. Fifteen years later, the coffin opened, and inside was a woman... Feng shui, fate and destiny... There are endless folk legends to tell, and more bizarre wonders than words can describe. 32.6kReads9.4Score808Shelves
49. 49 诡 Tales of Terror from the Ghost Contract 诡契惊魂录 Fragments from the Seventh Page第七页残章Mystery115k WordsOngoing Lin Shen lives an ordinary life until the inexplicable deaths of his parents drag him into endless darkness. His mother hangs herself from an ancient locust tree in Fengmen Village, while his father leaves behind a blood-written message saying, “Don’t touch the bronze mirror,” before setting himself on fire. After inheriting the ancestral Book of Yin Contracts, Lin Shen is forced to make pacts with vengeful ghosts. He gains the ability to communicate with spirits, but becomes trapped in a double —Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 午 The Midnight Pawnshop: The Living Must Keep Away 午夜当铺，活人回避 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural Horror] [Chinese Folk Customs] [Unorthodox Trade] [Tales of Evil Objects] [No Romance] This is a strange pawnshop that deals exclusively in sinister objects with special value! When something goes against the natural order, evil must be at work! Some things simply should not exist in this world! Coins stuffed into the mouths of the dead, an executioner's blade, grave mushrooms, flesh lingzhi, Kunlun fetuses... Evil objects can harm people, but they can also help them! T 277kReads9.4Score23.7kShelves

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