Dark Fiction Where the Protagonist Is a Killer Who Punishes Even Good People 黑暗小说，主角是杀人魔，好人也会被主角制裁那种

1. 1 美 American Horror: Evil Descends on America 美恐：邪恶降临美利坚 Li Chade李茶德Mystery693k WordsCompleted [Villain Protagonist] [Dark Fiction] [Hannibal] [No Female Lead] [American Horror and TV Series] People cannot control their inborn desires, just as they cannot stop their fingernails from growing. Some people are born demons. "Joshua" "Hannibal" "The Bad Seed" "Jigsaw" "The Strangers" "The Silence of the Lambs" "The Poughkeepsie Tapes", and various serial killers who really existed in America... 5.8kReads9.2Score51614d adds

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2. 2 诡EN Strange Game: My Teammates Have a 100% Death Rate 诡异游戏：我的队友百分百死亡率 In a Sea of Blood血海之中Mystery227k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [No Pairings] [No Moral Limits] [Dark Tone] [Bizarre Game] [Gradually Becoming a Ghost] [World-ending] [Lone Wolf] An unexpected invitation drags Si Yehan into an endless series of instances. There are no panels, no ratings, only unending instances and slaughter. [Haunted Village: In a remote mountain village, the sound of infants crying often echoes through the night and lingers for a long time. Find out where the cries are coming from and survive for ten days.] [Night Watch: T 2.6kReads6.1Score32714d adds

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   The protagonists are all born villains, capable of killing both good and evil, and have never experienced any tragic events.

3. 3 无EN Infinite Horror Game 无限诡异游戏 Mocking Laughter笑讽嘲Mystery245k WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + horror game + dark fiction + no female lead + ruthless protagonist] This book was originally titled Infinite Strange Games, and is also known as As Long As I'm Twisted Enough, Even Ghosts Fear Me and I Will Rule the Bizarre. Thirty-six years after the Bizarre Game descended upon the world, it continues to select players and send them into instances full of horrors and strange tales, where they struggle to survive. Specimen maker Si Qi enters the game of his own accord. From that 346Reads8.9Score13514d adds
4. 4 凡EN Mortal Cultivation: Ten Thousand Corpses Forge an Immortal Bone 凡人修仙，万尸铸仙骨 Swimming Champion游泳冠军Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing Demonic cultivation + no System + scheming underdog + decisive and ruthless. This book is dark, so don't read it if that's not your thing. The moment Song Wen kills the frail little beggar and seizes his blood and soul, every cell in his body cheers and leaps with excitement. His mind races, and he knows that killing will be part of his life from now on. For survival and immortality, he'll stop at nothing: petty schemes, conspiracies, and ruthless slaughter. On the road to immortality, bones are 94.7kReads8.9Score7.9k14d adds

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   I would call this book the strongest cultivation novel by Tomato Novels, characterized by its decisive and ruthless actions (and these are not your average decisive and ruthless actions).

5. 5 血 Blood Path: Taking Over a Body from the Start, I Dig Out a Sword Heart to Open My Meridians 血道：开局夺舍，挖个剑心开开脉 Blood River血江Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [Profit Above All + Ruthless and Decisive + Dark Tone + No Female Lead] [An Ordinary Man with Women, but No Female Lead + Not a Monk] In the Era of Ancient Beasts, the gods vanished and the world fell into turmoil. The ages were shaken, and the world was divided into five domains and nine heavens. Humanity's evolutionary branches emerged, giving birth to the Others. In the Primordial Era, the myriad races plunged into chaos, while humanity remained weak. The Origin Emperor appeared out of nowher 2kReads6.6Score21514d adds

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   The main character is purely evil; you might want to check it out.

6. 6 杀 Being a Murderer Is Just a Side Hustle 杀人魔什么的只是副业而已 Why Not Eat It?为什么不吃呢Mystery146k WordsOngoing [Amoral thrill-seeker, no female lead, no System, the male lead is a criminal, villain protagonist, ruthless, not for the faint-hearted] What kind of impact will a [monster's] escape have on the world? Watching his pawns offer him a grand blood-soaked revel, or taking the stage himself to create exquisite works of art... Nothing could be more thrilling, could it? Blame that dreadful place for letting him escape and become human again. 1.3kReads—Score19314d adds

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   This book is good; the killing begins in the very first chapter.

7. 7 从 I Began Immortality by Using My Disciples as Corpse-Refining Fodder 从把徒弟当做练尸耗材开始长生 May It Always Be This Way愿得长如此Xianxia272k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted from scratch + self-interest + no brainless protagonist + definitely not abandoned midway + decisive and ruthless + no saintly heroine + dark style + multiple female cultivators as pawns] Qin Yu transmigrates to the cultivation world and becomes a rogue cultivator who barely survived a body-snatching attempt. But this is a world that devours people. As long as saints live, thieves will thrive; mortals are like grass, and cultivators are no different. Fortunately, he has an Eight Tri 1.5kReads6.0Score11614d adds

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   Dark fantasy, the protagonist is born with nothing, initially leading his teammates to their deaths for a chance encounter. Later, wanting to monopolize treasures, he burns his teammates like firewood, even using the dead enemies to refine the White Bone Pill. Starting from chapter 35, he gains control of the Five Poisons, and later even uses the Demon Seed of the Dao Heart to control others. 🤤

8. 8 永 Eternal Demon 永魔 Adding Ink to Continue the Story点墨续作Eastern Fantasy765k WordsOngoing Traditional cultivation. The protagonist is ruthless and merciless, no holier-than-thou hero, no heroine, dark fiction! No System!! If you want to become an immortal in the heavens, you must climb the road to immortality over the bones of others. This isn't AI-generated. I wrote it by hand!!! 3.4kReads5.4Score31614d adds

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   A traditional cultivation story, progressing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and Deity Transformation. The protagonist is decisive, ruthless, cunning, and cold-blooded, willing to use any means to achieve his goals. There's no system, no female lead, and it's not a mindless or dark story. 💕

9. 9 种 Farming: From Sect Tenant Farmer to Supreme Across the Myriad Worlds 种田：从宗门佃户到万界独尊 Foolish Zhi傻志Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Farming] + [Ensemble cast] + [Lord] + [Conquest] + [System] + [Satisfying wish fulfillment] Zhang Guiyuan transmigrates to a parallel world at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, where he becomes a tenant farmer growing spiritual plants for a sect. He awakens the strongest Lord System and obtains an unparalleled book: Postpartum Care for Sows He settles into a fine life of farming, raising pigs, and teasing his wicked sword cultivator little sister. But then a calamity that comes once every tho 3.2kReads5.7Score18714d adds

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   [Conquest] + [Territorial Expansion] + [Lord] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Refreshing Read] Starting from Lake Baikal, the protagonist builds his power with decisive ruthlessness and no sentimentality, carving a bloody path through a chaotic world.

10. 10 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 Fantasy1.1M 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 6.1kReads—Score36014d adds

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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 one of my absolute favorites. The plot is thrilling, the logic is impeccable, and the aesthetics are superb. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

11. 11 什 What Do You Mean I Became a World-Ending Urban Legend? 什么叫我成了灭世级怪谈？ Wild, Bold, Cool, and Flashy Shark狂拽酷炫鲨Mystery281k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] [Turns Into a False Person in One Chapter] [The Protagonist Is a Pure Monster] Su Yuan transmigrated to a bizarre world rife with danger. Here, everything from horror legends had become real: false people, vengeful spirits, old gods hidden beneath the ocean... And an official organization lurking in everyday life: the Cleanup Bureau. This was an age of despair. With urban legends becoming reality, ordinary people could hardly fight back, and even the authorities we 280.2kReads8.3Score47.5k14d adds

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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 (another world) 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.

12. 12 邪EN The Evil God Is Stunned: Are These Players Even Stranger Than Me? 邪神懵了：这群玩家比我还诡异？ I'm a Pastry Pro我时糕手Eastern Fantasy880k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to a world overrun by the uncanny, Lin En discovers that he has become a backwater fake god, his divine power depleted and his existence about to fade away. Outside the church, indescribable monsters are pounding on the door. The desperate countdown has begun. To save himself, Lin En grits his teeth and fabricates a full-dive VR game called Ancient Gods Awaken, summoning a group of hardcore players from Blue Star to serve as his followers. He thought the players would cower 762.2kReads9.0Score136.8k14d adds
13. 13 我 I Have a Hypnosis App for Female Ghosts 我有一个女鬼催眠APP As Long as the Green Hills Remain苟得青山在Mystery554k WordsOngoing Qin Ming meant to download a hypnosis game app, but ended up with a female ghost hypnosis app instead. As he gazed at the app’s dazzling array of female ghosts he could romance, then watched one actually appear in the real world, he fell silent. If he wanted to stay alive, he had no choice but to romance the female ghosts! Female Ghost Hypnosis App: Activate! 204.9kReads8.5Score27.6k14d adds
14. 14 诡 Eerie: A Dog from the Start, Gear You Scavenge 诡异：开局一条狗，装备全靠捡 I Love Watching the Show我爱围观Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, and it will rise later] [Apocalyptic Awakening] [Stat-Allocation Sequence] [Horror Survival] [Extreme Combat Style] Terror descends upon the world, and a Black Tide begins to devour cities. The uncanny, demons, monsters, forbidden artifacts... Human life is as worthless as grass. People struggle to survive by any means. In an apocalypse of endless terror, the only way to stay alive is to awaken and become part of a Transcendent Sequence! Others awaken as doctors, surviv 466.1kReads8.5Score51.4k14d adds
15. 15 骇EN Dread Night: Getting Rich in a Horror Game 骇夜：我在恐怖游戏里暴富 A-One Is Not A-Two阿一不是阿二Mystery723k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out and will rise later. Infinite flow + mild horror + original instances + no female lead) A tower stands in the eternal night, with a group of players trapped inside. They have to keep taking part in bizarre games to earn the food and supplies they need to survive. A killer in red embroidered shoes, a child with no eyes, a haunted mountain where an entire expedition team died... One deadly trap after another, with death around every corner. Players: “We're going to die, w 2.8MReads9.5Score590.8k14d adds
16. 16 全 Zombies Descend Across the World, and You Say the Taoist Class Is Useless? 全球僵尸降临，你说道士序列没用 A Lamp for the Bright Moon一盏明月灯Urban1.4M WordsOngoing Purple-hair zombies, white-hair zombies, black-hair zombies, green-hair zombies, fur-covered zombies, flying zombies, wandering zombies, lurking zombies, unrotting-bone zombies, and drought demons… This is a world overrun by zombies across the globe! Xu Yi arrives in this world and awakens the Taoist path. But people accuse him of being inferior to those on the fire-element path. Xu Yi scratches his head and looks at his Dragon-Tiger Evil-Slaying Talismans, Golden Light Incantation, corpse-dr 255kReads8.8Score29.9k14d adds
17. 17 警 Warning! The Evil God's Followers Are Storming the Horror Instance 警告！邪神眷属正在杀入诡异副本 Fickle World Fungus世事无常真菌Mystery818k WordsOngoing Weird dungeons + livestreaming + lighthearted + no pressure (no couples, no romantic tension). Successfully adapted into a live-action series and a comic, so enjoy with confidence. Weird dungeons descend upon the world, randomly selecting players and leaving everyone in a state of panic. Then Qi Xie, a follower of an Evil God, enters a dungeon and immediately breaks down sobbing! Heavens above! Who knows how many haunted houses he’s slept in and how many mass graves he’s dug up just to keep that 223.9kReads8.9Score31.7k14d adds
18. 18 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 88.8kReads8.8Score9.7k14d adds
19. 19 序 Fate Sequence, Yet They Call Me the Primordial Calamity 序列命运，可他们叫我最初灾厄 Cyberpunk Old Spring赛博朋克老泉水Urban911k WordsOngoing [Creating Monsters] [Creating the Supernatural] [No female lead] They all say I am calamity itself. My name is Zhao Jin. What I love most is rummaging through the piles of discarded history for strange, forgotten legends, then bringing them to life. An age without the supernatural? Then I'll create it myself. When the first monster burst from the ground, the world thought it was a natural disaster. When the second arrived, they began to panic. By the time the seventh and eighth swept across t 142.6kReads8.6Score19.5k14d adds
20. 20 人 I'm in America, Faking a Reincarnation Space 人在美利坚，我伪造轮回空间 Li Gongde from Xiaokang Village小康村的李功德Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Building a Lord God] + [Behind-the-scenes] + [Infinite Flow] + [Dark] + [Ensemble cast] “This world had no god until I came along.” After transmigrating to a parallel Blue Star, in America, and spending half a year there, I thought I could live well in the legendary land of opportunity. But it turned out to be heaven for the rich and hell for the poor. I go to school during the day and wash dishes at night. Life is miserable, but luckily I inherited a dilapidated divine realm and the authority 42.8kReads8.0Score5.3k14d adds
21. 21 我EN My Personalities Are Incredible Actors [Card Roleplay] 我的人格超会演【卡牌扮演】 Fireworks Meow Meow烟火喵喵Mystery750k WordsOngoing Modern supernatural horror, aimed at women but with a male protagonist and no romance, ensemble cast, secret identities, and rule-based infinite survival. In the tenth year after the supernatural horrors descended upon Earth, a young man raised by these horrors opened a weapons shop with his own hard work and settled down to enjoy his retirement. But he was unexpectedly bound to a secret-identity System, which ordered him to gain fame by playing his various secret identities and help the world’s 83.8kReads9.2Score12.4k14d adds
22. 22 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 22.1kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds
23. 23 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 64.6kReads9.2Score5.9k14d adds
24. 24 太 Great, Our Neighbor Is a Psychopath. We're Doomed 太好了，是变态邻居，我们没救了 Man-Eating Monster吃人的妖怪Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing Jiang Ran was tricked into moving into an apartment called Alice, where all kinds of murderers and psychopathic criminals lived. Four other people were there with him. They were the twenty-fifth group of guinea pigs, taking part in a betting game watched live by wealthy viewers, who wagered on who would die first and who would survive to the end. The apartment was home to a [psychopath who liked skinning people to make kites], a [new Jack the Ripper who only killed women], a [highly educated, hi 68.5kReads7.9Score6.6k14d adds
25. 25 我 I, the Ogre 我，食人魔 Cats See Culture Everywhere猫猫眼里都是文化Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted (Not transmigration, no clichés; beautiful boy, pseudo-ensemble cast; meticulous, secret identities; a touch of light-novel style, “succubus,” contrast) “I wear many masks, and every one has a story.” An overlooked little painter at the Temple of Dawn; the strongest apprentice in the gladiatorial arena; a killing machine feared by goblins... “The saintly nun in the sunlight is me, and so is the kind old gentleman on the train...” “I once fled in haste through underground passageways, and I also 10.2kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds
26. 26 沦 Plaything of the Murderers 沦为杀人魔们的玩物 Young Female Doctor幼龄女博Modern Romance558k WordsOngoing Original title: After Sending My Serial-Killer Boyfriend to Prison [Kind, resilient innocent girl vs. her deranged ex-boyfriend and his even darker, more twisted brothers] [Multiple men/no male lead + all male characters virgins + love triangle hell + coercive possession + love and hate + regretful pursuit] Blurb One: Two years ago, Jin Li personally sent her boyfriend before a court in Country Y. With the evidence conclusive, she watched him receive a death sentence. Two years later, she won th 21.2kReads8.8Score1.9k14d adds
27. 27 一 I Woke Up with 40 Murder Cases on My Hands 一觉醒来：我背上了40起命案 No Joy无喜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst... 29.5kReads9.3Score3.1k14d adds
28. 28 零 Zero-Degree Showdown: Operation Blue Arrow 零度交锋：蓝捷行动 Windless Rainy Night雨夜无风Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing [Mystery and Suspense] [Espionage] [Crime Investigation] [Modern Urban] [Genius] [Strong Female Lead] [National Security] Twenty-three years ago, a separation tore the lives of twin sisters apart. The younger sister was trained by an overseas spy organization to become an elite agent. Sent back to China, she is ordered to assassinate her own sister, take her place, infiltrate Lanjie Communications, and steal the core secret, “Lanjie 9.” Caught between her mission and her organization's orders on 11.9kReads9.1Score1.4k14d adds

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    Breaking away from clichéd spy drama tropes, this high-tech showdown is novel and exciting, with twists and turns that will keep your heart racing throughout.

29. 29 高 The Master Sent Me Down the Mountain to Break Off My Engagement and Marry My Senior Sister 高手下山，师父让我退了婚娶师姐 Flying Sword From the West飞剑西来Urban474k WordsOngoing Little Taoist Lu Xuan is ordered by his master to go down the mountain and break off his engagement. His fiancée, the Su family, gives him a hard time, but his senior sisters arrive to help. They also reveal a secret from eighteen years ago: his parents' deaths were no accident. His fiancée's grandfather, Su Zhenhai, was responsible... 2.1kReads—Score10014d adds

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    An incredibly satisfying and enjoyable read, super fun without any angst, max level with cheat codes, super fun without any angst, enjoyable from beginning to end, decisive and ruthless!!!

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