Please Recommend Stories Where the Protagonist Is a Rules-horror Boss or Administrator 跪求主角是规则怪谈类的boos或者管理员求求了

1. 1 疯 A Maniacal Jester: The Bullet Comments Keep Calling Me Elegant! 疯批乐子人，弹幕直呼我优雅！ Yuqi域旗Mystery578k WordsOngoing Infinite-tower adventure, no female lead, troublemaker, villainous boss, killing with elegance and rules On the first day Qi An became the boss of a haunted instance, a livestream appeared above his head. The chat's usual three-part refrain: [Boss, kill him! Kill him and I'll send you a Cloud-Piercing Arrow!] [Was hubby elegant today? If he was, I can die in peace.] [Boss An, that boss in the instance next door says you're not as twisted as he is!] Qi An: I just wanted to kill people quietly. Yo 21.3kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves

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   It's amazing! The main character is the boss, who can create different dungeons and change his appearance. Each dungeon has different characters and appearances, and the music is great!

2. 2 惊 Horror Game: You Want Me, a Vengeful Ghost, to Be a Player? 惊悚游戏，你让我一厉鬼当玩家？ Chi Chi's Little Naughty Crow池池的小污鸦Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Infinite-survival + no romance + fun + memes + a touch of horror + bizarre = unhinged fiction [Warning: A god-tier supernatural monster has been spotted wandering through an instance in the guise of a human player. All monsters and players in every instance, proceed with caution.] Lu Wang: I'd say The Abyss of Death is an utterly heartwarming game. There's a clown who gives me balloons. And a sweet old lady who eagerly invites me home to make dumplings. I even have a cat that likes to wear r 5.2kReads8.8Score947Shelves

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   These two books are good.

3. 3 全 Global Livestream: The Strongest Eerie Being Slaughters Everyone 全球直播：最强诡异，杀穿全场 Yun Weiqing云微青Mystery726k WordsOngoing If I stand at the very top, then wiping everything out will be all the more fun ♬ (The protagonist is uncanny! Non-human, no female lead, invincible against anyone below the god tier from the start, with stronger opponents above him. Includes, but is not limited to, non-humans, tentacles, hypnosis and brainwashing, body modification, object fetishism, swarms of insects, cannibalism, and all kinds of strange creatures. Contains religious, gender, and political commentary. There isn’t much, but p 6.8kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves

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   1. The main character is exceptionally strong. 2. Is the main character a follower of an evil god? The long-haired, beautiful, and powerful male supporting character has a lot of screen time; the premise is very appealing.

4. 4 说 Didn't You Say You Were Retiring? Officer, Why Are You Back? 说好退休呢？执法官你怎么回来了 Huo Fei惑非Two Male Leads1.2M WordsOngoing [Enforcer Bottom x Player Top] [Infinite Survival / Horror Game / Supernatural Entities Descend / Global Open Beta / Leveling] Jiang Xun was the chief enforcer in a horror game, tasked with maintaining order in the System's dungeons. He had enemies throughout the entire game. After working for the System for two hundred years, Jiang Xun finally retired. On the day he left, the whole horror game celebrated as if it were New Year's, thrilled to be rid of the old menace at last. But barely had Jian 349kReads9.5Score66kShelves

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   See, it meets all the requirements, and then I'm done. That's all.

5. 5 重 Reborn as a Ghost: My Brothers Have Always Been Carrying Me 重生成诡：哥哥们一直都在带飞我 Chubby Bitter Melon胖胖的苦瓜Mystery969k WordsOngoing (The rating just came in, so I don't know if it'll go up later.) Tang Xiaoze was diagnosed with a terminal illness in his first year of high school. After several years of treatment, he still died. What he never expected was to see his older brothers, who had died long ago. Back at the familiar Sunshine Welfare Home, Tang Xiaoze saw his second brother and said, “Second Brother, I've missed you so much.” Tang Mubai smiled. “Xiaoze, what do you think of this place?” Standing in a vast park, Tang X 8.8kReads7.6Score894Shelves
6. 6 身 As an Evil God, I Become the Examiner’s Wife in an Infinite Game 身为邪神，在无限游戏当考官夫人 Notes from the Medicine Gourd悬壶记事Two Male Leads693k WordsCompleted [Nonhuman protagonist × split-personality proctor + equally matched leads + secret identities revealed + sweet and satisfying + infinite-flow] Bai Yu transmigrates into the body of an unlucky former Big Boss who was worshipped by believers for three whole months and played the villain in a game. He'd been living just fine, until Yan Shen, the chief proctor, used an "investigation" as an excuse to rip out his Evil God's core over three days and nights. Then the man drew his gun. "Goodbye." And so 28.1kReads9.1Score6.7kShelves
7. 7 人EN Humans Are the Juvenile Form of Monsters. I Was Stripped of My Humanity as Soon as I Graduated 人是诡的幼年体毕业即被开除人籍 Mo Mo Wu Hen墨墨无痕Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Eerie + Boss's perspective + dungeon worlds + rules + no female lead] Ren Yi wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into a “normal” world with unbelievably generous benefits. Under the League's attentive protection, everyone lives without a care, and the future looks bright. He thinks he and his only family member in this world, his autistic older brother, will live an ordinary, peaceful life together. But a “career placement test” shatters his entire worldview. “There are no humans in the 127.8kReads8.7Score14.1kShelves

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   Great read! The first one is a management novel where the protagonist gradually builds their own power and abilities. An'an and Youyou's interactions are also very engaging! The second one is a heartwarming slice-of-life story about the mischievous An'an and her doting brother Nuonuo. The third one is also a slice-of-life story with adorable protagonists who are constantly cooking delicious meals. The fourth one has an incredibly imaginative author.

8. 8 规 Rule Horror: I Am the Horror Story 规则怪谈：我即怪谈 Wish You Happiness祝你快乐呀Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing In 2017, supernatural tales descended upon Earth. Conventional weapons couldn't harm them, and humanity struggled to survive. Rule-based supernatural tales became humanity's last lifeline. Tens of thousands of chosen ones around the world were selected. If they won, the supernatural tales would vanish from reality. If they lost, the rule-based tales would descend upon the world. This was a war between humanity and the supernatural. Chen Shao, a patient suffering from bone cancer, became one of t 143kReads9.6Score18.8kShelves

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   I recommend this book. The protagonist is an adult who becomes a middle school student after entering a sweet home. Later, at the Hope Hospital in Jiuhua City (I think that's the name), he develops his own rules, mainly rules related to illness and pain.

9. 9 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

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   Needless to say, just start reading, especially the second book, which is truly excellent. I just started reading the first one, and haven't completely finished the third yet, so it's just so-so. The fourth book is all about doting on the younger sister, but actually, I'd prefer it to be without a romantic pairing.

10. 10 我 I'm a God? Don't Spread Rumors! You Might Get Banned! 我是神？别造谣！小心封号！ Writing Is Just Going Crazy写文就是发癫Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [No female lead + no harem + unconventional ensemble cast + high-energy growth] The strongest permission-hog is forced to save the world Spiritual qi revival? Superpower awakenings? The world ending? This world has already been shot full of holes by these cheaters! Gu Xing, an utterly ordinary “G-rank loser,” awakens the ultimate cheat: [Administrator Privileges] Skill One: Warning Skill Two: Ban Passive Trait: Succubus Physique (debuff) [Dog-headed emoji for dear life] When a villain uses chea 15kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves
11. 11 妹 My Sister Joins the National Fortune Survival Game, but I Am the National Fortune 妹妹参加国运求生，而我就是国运 Half a Kilo of Caviar一斤鱼子酱Urban395k WordsCompleted [National fortune + survival + livestream + exposure] (The new book's rating just came out and is pretty low, but it'll rise soon.) The National Fortune Survival Game arrived. Twenty people from each country were randomly selected and sent to unknown ruins. To survive, they had to search the wasteland for powerful items and supplies, and fend off terrifying monsters. When Bai Chen woke up, he discovered that he had become an administrator of the National Fortune Survival Game, with control over 1.3kReads8.2Score252Shelves
12. 12 穿 I Transmigrated to a Supernatural World and Became a Dungeon Boss 穿越诡异世界我成了副本BOSS I Am a Star in the Heavens我乃天上繁星Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Infinite Realms + Supernatural Horror + Mild Horror + No Romance + Everything Handcrafted] Zuo Lin'an discovers that he has transmigrated. At first, he assumes this is just an ordinary otherworld, until he runs into his close friend Xu Youyou and learns that his aunt is a supernatural investigator. Only then does he realize he has transmigrated to a world haunted by the supernatural. And this supernatural world is not what he expected. Because he happens to discover that he might have a chance 71.6kReads8.8Score6.3kShelves
13. 13 诡 In a Bizarre World, My Whole Family Is Bizarre 诡异世界，我们一家诡异 Lettuce to Those Who See Me见者生菜Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing When Su Mo was eighteen, his older brother died saving someone, and his father was killed in a workplace accident. When Su Mo received his college acceptance letter, his mother passed away from overwhelming grief. On his eighteenth birthday, Su Mo was the only one left in his family of four. He died of illness at twenty-four, only to be reborn as a ghost. That was when he discovered that this world had a realm of ghosts, where his parents and older brother were waiting. His family had become a n 29.3kReads8.6Score1.9kShelves
14. 14 我 I’m a Monster, So Why Are You Sending Me to Sell Food in a Dungeon? 我一个诡异，你叫我去副本卖饭？ Chubby Bitter Melon胖胖的苦瓜Mystery417k WordsCompleted [An everyday story about a strange world, a Chef God System, and selling food in dungeons. Don't read if that's not your thing.] Tang Nuonuo is reborn in a strange world. He has no idea why strange beings can have children, but he's definitely a local strange being through and through. Tomorrow is the last day of his high school graduation. According to the principal, it will also be the first dungeon his class has to complete as part of their coming-of-age ceremony. He's pretty curious about it 6.4kReads7.3Score979Shelves
15. 15 惊EN Horror: I Created the Anomaly Containment Association 惊悚：我打造了异轨收容会 Chi Yisheng赤亦生Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing [Horror + Satisfying Power Fantasy + Director’s Tall-Tale Style] Horror games descended upon Blue Star, turning into one eerie dungeon after another. The monsters inside stepped into the real world, and from then on, the world was overrun with the uncanny. Only by conquering every dungeon could humanity stop the supernatural from consuming the world. Otherwise, the eerie realms would merge with reality and turn the human world into a living hell! Shen Yu bound himself to an Anomaly Containmen 48.6kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves

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    That's about it. There are some I haven't finished watching, so I'm not sure if I'm sure.

16. 16 我EN The Monsters I Created! 我创造的怪物！ No One in the World Will Ever Meet Me Again世人千万再难遇我Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Cosmic Horror + No System + No Romance] Also known as: Dark Revelation Gods and demons, dragons, and the apocalypse were once fairy tales. The mysteries of this world have faded from sight, yet someone has brought those long-lost things back into the public eye. And every clue, every lead, points to a man named Chen Ye. “Friends, would you cast off this flesh and join us in embracing evolution?” Extended blurb: Sequence 001: The Mimic Sequence 002: The Deep O 65.6kReads9.2Score6.1kShelves
17. 17 吞 After Devouring the Evil God, I Only Want to Be an Extra 吞噬邪神后，后我只想当个路人甲 Youth Isn't Afraid of Pants Exploding青春不怕裤子爆炸Mystery219k WordsCompleted [No heroine + System + villain + quick transmigration + Cthulhu + comedy] There’s a rumor going around the quick transmigration worlds: the guy who plays the random passerby is an evil god? Let’s ask the locals of these little worlds what they think of him. Female lead of the supernatural world: “I can vouch for that. We summoned him with an apple.” Immortal Venerable of the cultivation world: “He’s our refined and gentle senior disciple, who studies the laws of heaven and earth. How could he po 3.3kReads9.3Score461Shelves
18. 18 颠 Turning the World Upside Down: Playing the Villain from the Start 颠覆全球：开局扮演反派大佬 Blazing Heavenly Inquiry炽生天问Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Shen Yan transmigrates to a parallel world. As soon as he arrives, he falls into a strange dimension. Everyone who falls in here is slaughtered by alien creatures, dying in despair! Luckily, at this moment, Shen Yan obtains the Super Big Shot Role-Playing System. “Ding! Randomly drawing a big shot template. Big Shot Role-Playing Mode activated. The closer you are to the character, the more abilities you can unlock.” Make people believe the character is real, and you’ll earn Subversion Points. Th 22.2kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves
19. 19 诡 Can't Kill the Supernatural? Then Get in Here! 诡异杀不死？那就给我进来吧 Aka i阿卡iMystery318k WordsCompleted [No heroine + national destiny + eerie instance dungeons + special profession + comedy + unconventional ideas] Qi Yu transmigrates to Blue Star in a parallel world. After being hit by a semi-truck, he doesn't die. Instead, he is chosen to participate in the Eerie Game and gets an SSS-rank profession from the start: Eerie Tamer. [SSS-Rank Profession: Eerie Tamer] [Profession Trait One: Containment. When an eerie being's own consciousness becomes disordered, or it has no defenses against you, you 51Reads8.0Score102Shelves

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    Meow Meow Meow is a new account, so these are the only two books I can recommend to you for now.

20. 20 规 Rule Horror: I’m the Final Villain in This Horror Story 规则怪谈：我，恐怖里的最终反派 Autumn Wind Enters Dreams秋风入梦Mystery306k WordsCompleted The supernatural returned, and rulebound horror descended upon the world. Lin Mu was chosen by chance and brought to this perilous world of urban legends. He thought he was just like most of the other players. If he failed to solve the mystery within the allotted time, his mind would descend into chaos, and he would become one of them. Until today: [Rulebound horror has finally begun!] [Wait! This handsome guy looks kind of familiar. Holy crap, isn't he the final villain who created the urban le 1.5kReads8.5Score142Shelves

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    The ratings of the first three books speak for themselves, no need to elaborate. The fourth book's low rating is because it's newly released (I feel it has potential). I think the content of this book is quite good; the protagonist speaks purely from the perspective of the big boss, without pretending to be some participant or anything like that. Anyway, it really resonates with me. [Eating popcorn emoji]

21. 21 我 I Became the Global Administrator of Hell's Games 我成了全球地狱游戏管理员 Ancient Ferry古渡Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing “From the moment the game begins, inferior, weak humans will be stripped of the right to breathe.” This world has no nations. It is ruled by five top conglomerates, and the gap between rich and poor is enormous. The wealthy feast behind their red gates while the poor freeze to death in the streets. The rich districts blaze with light and bustle with people, while the slums are shrouded in darkness and rife with violence and crime. This is an age of capitalist revelry, an age of splendor built up 1.2kReads9.2Score196Shelves
22. 22 回 Back in My Senior Year, but Now I’m the Dungeon Boss 回到高三，但成为副本Boss Nothing Through Repetition因为重复所以没有Mystery379k WordsCompleted Zhu An figured she must have committed some terrible sin in her past life. Otherwise, how could she have blinked and found herself back in her senior year of high school? The first day after being reborn: not happy. The second day after being reborn: still not happy. The third day after being reborn: fully adjusted, completely unhinged! The fourth day after being reborn... Zhu An: Huh? The dead person is actually me?! She is a chronicler of civilization. She is a union of purification and corrup 2.6kReads8.7Score332Shelves
23. 23 身 As a Supernatural Rule of Horror, Being Twisted Is Only Natural 身为诡异规则怪谈，变态点很正常 Mingye Biezhi明夜别枝Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing Shen Ye transmigrated, only to discover that he had become a Rule Horror in an eerie world. What's more, a group of people calling themselves survivors had already entered his instance, planning to conquer him. If they conquered the instance, Shen Ye would disappear completely, unable to even remain a horror. What should he do now? Asking online, and it's urgent! Luckily, an eerie-entity-raising System awakened at that moment. As long as Shen Ye gained enough fear points, he could keep growing s 2.2kReads6.9Score228Shelves

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    Amazing! Amazing! Amazing! The boss's manipulation of people's hearts is so captivating! [Shy]

24. 24 重 Reborn in a World of the Paranormal, and You Want Me to Join Bureau 749? 重生诡异，你让我加入749局？ Fire Beast火暴兽Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Devouring Evolution]+ [Self-Interest]+ [Humanity’s Natural Enemy]+ [Nemesis of Its Own Kind]+ [Kills Men and Women Alike]+ [Plot-Driven]+ [Undercover]+ [Villain]+ [Eerie] "No female lead!!! No harem!!! No romance!!!" (Not Eerie in the traditional sense. The protagonist is undercover in the human camp and kills both humans and Eerie, men and women alike. This story is plot-driven, so readers looking for a feel-good monster-grinding power fantasy should think twice.) (The rating has already been 59.3kReads8.9Score8.6kShelves

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    These two are quite nice; they're among the few books that haven't been gathering dust on my bookshelf.

25. 25 病EN The Sickly Beauty Is the Infinite Game's Ultimate Boss! 病美人竟是无限游戏大BOSS！ It's L是L啊Two Male Leads230k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Infinite-Flow, Two Male Leads + Two Powerful Leads, 1v1 + Younger, Bigger-Built Partner + Shamelessly Indulgent Power Fantasy + Love-Hate Relationship + Soapy Push and Pull + Boss × Player] [The romance is the focus; the plot is weak and won't stand up to close scrutiny] [Second book in the Dungeon series] [The author's bio is useless. See the beginning of Chapter One and the reviews for content warnings.] [Cool on the outside, warm on the inside, sickly white-cut-black, seductive, 11.2kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
26. 26 恐 Horror House: All My Employees Are Deadly Monsters 恐怖屋：我的员工都是大凶之物 Words of the Sage圣人之言Urban2.4M WordsCompleted Li Zhou transmigrates to a parallel world and inherits the haunted house left behind by its previous owner. Business is bad? On the verge of closing down? After awakening the Haunted House Employee System, Li Zhou says none of that is a problem. From the start, he recruits a real zombie as an employee, scaring an outdoor adventure streamer unconscious and making a name for himself overnight. Then... one terrifying employee after another joins Li Zhou's team. Grow bigger and stronger, and make it 1.7kReads7.9Score217Shelves
27. 27 开 From the Start, I Have Hundreds of Millions in Hell Money: I'm Invincible in the Age of the Uncanny 开局冥币亿万：诡异时代我无敌 Sis, Don't Be Like That姐姐别这样Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horror + apocalypse + tycoon + ghost money + rules + comedy + no heroine + fast-paced power fantasy (buys a supernatural-horror site by chapter 7, keeps buying everything without dragging things out, and buys an entire city in 200,000 words) + mid-story twists + late-game rule deduction] The supernatural apocalypse arrives, and evil ghosts run rampant. Within the rules, ghosts cannot kill people. While countless people struggle to survive the apocalypse, carefully searching for a w 140.9kReads9.4Score15.2kShelves

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    The first one is a perfect match, but also quite unpredictable. The second one is both a boss and not a boss; even the boss would kneel before him.

28. 28 惊 A Horror Invasion? Aren’t They All My Minions? 惊悚入侵？这不全是我小弟吗 What's the Deal?怎么事儿Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Horror world + underlings + goofy comedy + hilarious + powerful big shot] (The Horror World wishes you an early death and a quick rebirth. If you don't die, you'll go crazy.) You might not believe this, but while everyone else was struggling desperately in the Horror World, trying to find a sliver of hope for survival, I had already taken control of every shady deal in the Horror World. The Horror World's supernatural alliance. "I'm reporting Chen Qishi by my real name!" Chen Qi, seated at the 101.7kReads9.2Score9.4kShelves
29. 29 规 Rules of the Paranormal: The Horrors? They're All Family 规则怪谈，诡异？都是一家人 A Slime一只史莱姆Mystery947k WordsCompleted [Rule-based horror + national destiny + no romance + livestream + original scenarios + mild scares + warm and healing] Three years ago, rule-based horror arrived, launching a game that put the fate of nations on the line. Every month, chosen players are randomly selected from various countries to enter the horror world and clear its challenges. Clear a challenge, and you earn generous rewards. Fail, and the chosen player dies, while the horror descends upon their country. The Xia Kingdom has alr 15.5kReads9.5Score1.8kShelves
30. 30 诡 Horror Games Invade: I Spent Ten Billion to Become the Ghost King 诡异游戏入侵，氪金十亿当鬼王 Little Bai Cries小白哭Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The protagonist, Lin En, was reborn and returned to ten days before the horror game invaded reality! The only way to fight back was a real-world anime-style horror game called Ghost Raising! The ghosts raised in the game would appear beside Lin En and protect him when the supernatural game invaded reality! So, before the invasion, Lin En began frantically spending money on gacha pulls and raising ghosts. Red wedding dresses, snow maidens, gothic lolitas, little demons… He raised them all! Te 11.4kReads9.3Score2kShelves
31. 31 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 212.8kReads9.6Score25.1kShelves
32. 32 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
33. 33 诡 Lord of Strange Tales 诡谈之主 Mr. Three Lines三行先生Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted The slit-mouthed woman appears, ready to give people a full makeover with her scissors. A raging fire burns inside the classroom as a pair of hands quietly lock the door. At the crossroads, a curious girl begins to summon spirits. In an abandoned mountain cabin, a head crawls across the floor. In the church, a demon sealed inside an angel statue opens its eyes. A greedy deal draws an extraordinary merchant into the world. In a peaceful and tranquil world, a pair of hands quietly stir 733Reads8.1Score108Shelves
34. 34 我 I Teach as a Vicious Ghost in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏做猛鬼老师 Red Bean and Braised Meat红豆角炖肉Mystery505k WordsCompleted A horror game descends upon the world. Su Yun, the game’s first A-rank player, suddenly vanishes from public view. When he reappears, he is a teacher at a kindergarten for evil spirits. This is an F-rank instance with a death rate as high as ninety percent, but no player believes it. “Little Chubby is so honest. How could he be dangerous?” “The ghost girl is so kawaii. There’s no way she’d hurt the players!” But Su Yun knows that these adorable, good-natured little ones are all evil spirits, 1.3kReads9.1Score124Shelves

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    1. Main character administrator; 2. Main character ghost stories (dual male protagonists); 3. 4. Main character NPCs

35. 35 整 If I Can't Drive Players Crazy, What Kind of NPC Am I? 整不死玩家，我当什么NPC？ Love Dumplings and Yogurt爱吃饺子喝酸奶Sports230k WordsCompleted [No heroine] [Behind-the-scenes schemer] [Players] [Ensemble cast] [Comedy] [Unconventional] [Supernaturally bizarre] Who says a horror game needs actual ghosts to be scary? Ever since Lu Bai became an NPC in "The First Supernatural", he’s been welcoming players and making a fortune off them. "The Art of Keeping Them Guessing" "A Thousand Ways to Cross the Street" It’s the same beginner quest, yet the players can’t find a single guide. The first time, it was the Dayun-chan. After that, nobody ev 123Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 36 参 Taking Part in a Horror Game? But I’m the Developer 参与惊悚游戏？可我是开发者啊 Xunlu Qingyu寻鹭倾羽Mystery339k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead + No Romance] In one world, there are plenty of talented people, but no law or order. In one game, everyone just watches the show, killing, setting fires, and screwing themselves over. An Sheng finds no joy in completing missions. He thinks he can lead his companions into staging a farce. He says this loop is meaningless, and that blowing up a train would be much more fun. “Tell me, what if we move into that apartment and enjoy the show with the security guard?” “Look, they've ga 1.8kReads8.9Score371Shelves

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    This novel is awesome!!! So awesome!!! I won't introduce it, just go read it. I highly recommend 1, 4, and 5. The last one is similar, but not the same.

37. 37 让 I Asked You to Write an Essay, Not a Rule Horror Story! 让你写作文，你写规则怪谈？ Mu Youqingyao木又清遥Mystery622k WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes]+ [Creating Rules Horror]+ [No System]+ [No Saintly Hero] Lin Chen wrote nothing more than a school essay, yet it plunged all of Longguo into panic. Because the rules horror he wrote had become real! The night before, wanting revenge on the gangsters who bullied him, Lin Chen had used one of their birthday parties as the template for a rules horror scenario. The next day, he was astonished to discover that several classmates who had attended the gangsters' birthday party the p 2.8kReads8.2Score375Shelves
38. 38 诡 Eerie Instances: Today, Too, I Must Be a Good Ghost 诡异副本：今天也要好好做诡 Pedro the Meticulous严谨的佩德罗Mystery577k WordsOngoing [No CP] [An unsettling perspective. Readers who can't accept eerie beings killing people, please stay away] [Writing this to satisfy my own cravings, please go easy on me] Lin Yan was a surgeon in life. After death, he became an eerie entity studying at the Abyss Echo Academy. To stay alive, Lin Yan diligently enters instances and works hard. 7.5kReads6.9Score658Shelves

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    These are worth checking out.

39. 39 恐 Horror: From Puppet to Demon God of Fear! 恐怖：从木偶到恐惧魔神！ Wenzhi Tianya文之天涯Mystery379k WordsCompleted When Lin Qi opened his eyes, he had become a puppet of the “paranormal” type. All he had to do was earn fear points to grow stronger and stronger. “When you see me, it means fear has arrived!” “Struggle! Scream!” “I am the Demon God of Fear!” An era of resurgent terror, an era when ghosts roam the night. Lin Qi commands fear! 1.8kReads8.5Score192Shelves

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    The rest are all bizarre. The last one is based on the idea of ​​darkness and sunlight. I just don't understand why the protagonist suddenly became the villain.

40. 40 恐 Horror Revival: From Clown Doll to Lord of Fear! 恐怖复苏：从小丑人偶到恐惧之主！ Puppets Always Love Putting on Makeup人偶总是爱化妆Mystery243k WordsCompleted [Horror Revival] + [Wild Imagination] + [Horror] + [No Goody-Two-Shoes] + [No Female Lead] + [Manipulating Hearts] Gu De transmigrates into a world where Horror Revival is underway and becomes a creepy clown doll. “Hee hee hee, this is fun...” [Fear +5] As the fear he inspires takes root in people’s hearts, he can continuously grow stronger and gain more bizarre abilities. He can even take on different terrifying forms. Clown Doll: A shrill laugh that spreads terror! Bloodied Butcher: Crushes al 225Reads8.1Score—Shelves
41. 41 设 Designing Horror Mystery Scenarios: But I Designed a Traditional Chinese Drinking Party 设计怪谈副本：我却设计中式酒局 Fish Mint-Flavored Cilantro折耳根味香菜Mystery516k WordsCompleted What is Chinese-style horror? Paper wedding dresses? Ghosts trapping you in endless loops? No. The real horror is Chinese social etiquette. Chen Mo transmigrates into a world of towers and becomes a designer of dungeon scenarios. He pulls out his secret weapon: social etiquette. Chinese-style drinking banquets, seating hierarchy, which way the fish head faces, toasts, and the order in which you offer drinks will all become fuel for his dungeons and rules for designing them. From then on, Chen Mo 479Reads5.6Score105Shelves
42. 42 暗 Dark Fairy Tales: Inventing Evil Gods and Slaughtering My Way Through Bear Ridge 暗黑童话：编造邪神，杀穿狗熊岭 Half-City Demoness半城妖倾Anime Fanfiction3.0M WordsOngoing I transmigrated! Speak up for me! The moment Shen Xiu crouched down, he became a tree in a dark fairy-tale multiverse. Here, entire worlds have turned grotesque. In blood-red Bear Ridge, eyeballs hang from the sky, Bald Qiang goes on a chainsaw rampage, trees wail in the blood mist, and the dead wander... In the empty Green Pastures, when the black moon becomes full, a pair of horns tears through the sky, revealing scarlet eyes beyond the void... In Fairy Tale Town, the bloody Little Red Riding 35.9kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves
43. 43 恐 Horror Revival: I Evolve from an Evil Buddha 恐怖复苏：我从诡佛开始进化 Brilliant Three Thousand Provinces璀璨三千州Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted [Horror revival, the protagonist is a supernatural entity, an evolution story, a dark world, chaos and order, decisive killing, a semi-ensemble cast, and an expansive worldbuilding.] Lin Chuan transmigrates into a world where horror is returning and becomes a shattered Buddha statue. By absorbing the power of worship and fear, he can grow stronger without limit. And so, an utterly bizarre being is born. Some call him the “Dark Buddha” and fear him deeply. Others revere him as the “Most Holy True 10.4kReads6.9Score1.1kShelves
44. 44 创 Starting with the Knocking Ghost, I Revive Horror in the Human World 创造敲门鬼开始，让恐怖人间复苏 Thin Spring Robes of Youth年少春衫薄Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing [Darkness + Behind the Scenes + Sequences + Revenge + The Resurgence of Horror] In an age of the Five Turbidities, hell stands empty. In the year 404 of the New Era, financial conglomerates carve up the land while the Federation sits idle. The world has rotted, and the law is unjust. The elite wield Heaven’s punishment as they please, living in luxury and indulging in every vice. The poor go hungry and cold, their lives worth less than grass. As a forensic pathologist, Chen Mo has seen far too m 17.7kReads6.3Score1.9kShelves
45. 45 妖 Demons and Evil Spirits? They’re Clearly All Auspicious Omens! 妖魔邪祟？明明都是祥瑞！ Someone's Coming, Run!有人来了快跑Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Evil spirit from the start] [Eerie cultivation] [Recruiting demons] [Sheltering humanity] [Believers’ delusions] [No female lead] Chen Zhou transmigrated to a bizarre world teeming with demons and rampant evil spirits. Demons slaughtered humans, specters preyed on them, immortals devoured them. Monsters ran amok, evil spirits wreaked havoc, gods and Buddhas had fallen, and humanity was in decline. Fortunately, Chen Zhou hadn’t transmigrated as a human either. He started out as an evil spirit 88.3kReads8.8Score9.6kShelves
46. 46 穿 Transmigrating Through Dark Sunshine: I Become an Abyssal Magic Mushroom 穿越黑暗阳光：我成为深渊魔术菇 Time Bureau Director Lu Guo时空局局长陆过Anime Fanfiction158k WordsOngoing Where does Dark Sunlight come from? What is Dave's secret? And what lies behind all the mysteries? Liu Yu wakes up one day to discover that he has transmigrated into the world of Dark Sunlight and become a Dark Sunlight plant transformed from a Magic Shroom: Endless Mutation, Abyssal Magic Shroom. How will he survive in this dangerous world? 1kReads7.2Score135Shelves
47. 47 惊 Thriller Game: I Became the Game's Administrator 惊悚游戏：我成为了策划管理员 Three Stages, Five Tribulations三阶五劫Mystery383k WordsCompleted [Thriller Game] + [Infinite Flow] + [No Female Lead] Ye Fan was forced to die suddenly from the start. At the call of the Thriller Main God, he became one of its subordinates and took on the roles of behind-the-scenes planner and administrator for the Thriller Game. The Thriller Game had been around in this world for many years. Just as the players had figured out all its tricks, something terrifying suddenly happened... The Thriller Game had changed completely! Every guide from before was now u 708Reads8.3Score105Shelves
48. 48 写 I Was Just Writing a Horror Story, So How Did I Become a God? 写个怪谈而已，我怎么成神了 Youth Isn't Afraid of Pants Exploding青春不怕裤子爆炸Mystery264k WordsCompleted [Pseudo-Behind-the-Scenes Mastermind + Light Horror + Creating Rules + No Female Lead + Horror Game] [Some angst early on, proceed with caution if you're sensitive to that] Lu Ze, a weak high school boy, happens to find a mysterious diary titled “Investigate Things to Gain Knowledge.” It grants him the ability to create urban legends and accidentally draws him into an even more terrifying, darker world. A group of vicious criminals corners the boy in a locked room. Lu Ze turns and writes in the 2.5kReads9.0Score369Shelves

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49. 49 宿 Dorm Survival: I Was Pulled into the Management Chat 宿舍求生，我被拉进了管理群 Rolling Eggs翻滚的蛋蛋Mystery4.8M WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow + no saintly heroine + System + survival + satisfying read] When Chen Bei woke up, he found himself in a dormitory survival game, bound to a dorm room. During the day, players had to venture out to gather supplies, grow stronger, and fortify their dorms. When night fell, all kinds of eerie and dangerous creatures appeared. The only way to survive was to hide inside the dorm. People and their dorms lived or died together! Unlike the others, Chen Bei had gained access to the game's 107.1kReads8.9Score8.7kShelves
50. 50 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score334Shelves

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    How about this one? Absolutely divine! It gets more and more exciting as you read on! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai novel to everyone—it's incredibly good, with a thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

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