Finally, One That Actually Has the Supernatural Weirdness, Most Others Just Dress Up Humans and Animals 终于有真写诡异的了，其他基本都是人类动物套皮

1. 251 恐 Horror Revival: I’m a Maoshan Celestial Master 恐怖复苏，我是茅山天师 I Alone Am Different from Others我独异于人Urban202k WordsCompleted In 2035, the “blood moon” appeared in many places around the world, and yin energy that had lain dormant for a thousand years began to spread. At midnight, the neon lights in cities would turn an eerie dark green. Bluish-gray mist rose from ancient burial mounds in the suburbs. More and more videos that defied scientific explanation spread online. Someone filmed a “hair-combing woman” with fingernails as long as blades combing her hair in an office elevator. During a livestream, someone was drag 59Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Without further ado, let's take it away!

2. 252 我 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 68.2kReads9.4Score7.5kShelves

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   It's so beautiful! [Heart emoji] [heart emoji]

3. 253 丧 When the Funeral Dance Begins, the Living Must Flee 丧舞起，活人避 Fang Zhihe Yue-方知鹤月-Mystery246k WordsOngoing The Red Luan chapter of The Book of a Thousand Autumns, also known as Red Luan Ferry [Folk Professions + Southern Yunnan Mysticism + Paranormal Folklore + Strange Tales] I was supposed to die when I was six, but I joined a sect to prolong my life. A folk sect in southern Yunnan: warding off evil spirits and guiding the dead. There are countless rules and taboos in our line of work. “When the funeral dance begins, the living must stay away.” When the funeral dance is performed, the living must tu 207Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Traditional supernatural fiction, set in a rural area, with a good plot.

4. 254 活 Survived Eighteen Times: The Third Real Horror Movie 活过十八次：第三度真实恐怖电影 Undying Glow 2熠不灭2Mystery207k WordsOngoing (Starring in Real Horror Movies) + (Infinite-Flow Supernatural Instances) If you happen to scroll through videos, Weibo, or Tieba and come across an invitation to the Third Degree Horror Movie, you will find yourself thrown into a horror movie, playing one of its characters. As the plot unfolds, bizarre, spine-chilling curses and eerie ghosts lurking everywhere will descend one by one. A village shrouded in a blood spring, a strange building, thirteen flights of stairs, a dark corridor, a silent 3.3kReads—Score398Shelves

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   Acting in a real horror film, inspired by the Cinema in Hell.

5. 255 高EN High Martial Arts: Infinite Clones, Starting by Stuffing an S-Rank Beast to Death 高武：无限分身，开局撑死S异兽 A Touch of Deep Blue一抹深蓝Urban2.5M WordsCompleted “We transmigrated to a world where martial strength reigns supreme and countless races stand side by side.” “There are also exotic beasts.” “Original body, you have to keep us alive. Our lives are in your hands.” “Ha! Just some exotic beasts. Watch me take them down with a sliding tackle!” “I’ll tackle them too!” “Huh? Looks like we stuffed it to death.” “Nice.” … “Could you all be quiet for a minute? My head’s about to explode.” Qin Ze looked at the countless versions of himself surrounding hi 51.4kReads9.1Score5.3kShelves
6. 256 我 I’m an Actor in a Horror World 我在恐怖世界当演员 fh Black and Whitefh黑白Mystery607k WordsCompleted [Infinite Loop + Death Games + Horror Worlds + Original Scenarios + No Female Lead] (The protagonist has limits he won’t cross + System (mostly useless) + Items + The protagonist isn’t superhuman) If you were asked to act in a real horror movie, would you be willing? Guan Long is one lucky guy: he was chosen to take part in one terrifying film after another. There’s the bizarre rest stop on the highway, another “floor” that suddenly appears on a rooftop, and eerie voices calling from elevators, 664Reads6.5Score—Shelves
7. 257 欢 Happy Foundation: Don’t Be Greedy, I’m Really Not an Inspector 欢乐基金会：别贪，我真不是纪检 Lord Ice Yu冰喻领主Urban196k WordsOngoing [Original Foundation setting] + [Official site expert] + [Top-tier mind games] + [A little comedy] + [Jaw-dropping twists] P.S. The author knows their stuff. This is a great read, and I guarantee it's the Foundation story most faithful to the official site that you've ever read. Synopsis: At three in the morning, researcher Ji Qiren, a corporate drone, tears into his deputy supervisor and instantly becomes a legend. Then he's kicked straight into corruption-ridden Site-CN-20 to work undercover 419Reads—Score103Shelves

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   The bow is drawn, the sword is unsheathed. The cage is sealed, the head can be beheaded. To save our comrades, to quell the clamor. Twenty days have passed, the storm has passed.

8. 258 摔 I Fell Into a Supernatural Instance, and My Mountain Spirit Protects Me Through It 摔进诡异副本，我的山鬼护我通关 Starry Yiyi星星弈弈Mystery127k WordsOngoing Zhou Yunwei discovers that the face in her nightmares is the same one she sees in her erotic dreams. Before she can think it over, her terrible luck gets her killed in a fall, and she finds herself in a bizarre livestream. The livestream draws people on the verge of death into strange stories staged in the underworld. Those who survive have a slim chance of living, while the dead are sent to hell, where they get the chance to be reincarnated. Zhou Yunwei has been cursed since childhood, leaving 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   That's fine then.

9. 259 我 I Become a Capitalist Across the Heavens 我在诸天当资本家 Lone City on a River at Night江夜孤城Eastern Fantasy196k WordsOngoing Other people transmigrate and get bound to a System. Mo Chen transmigrates and becomes a System himself! Other people's Systems bind themselves to destined protagonists. Mo Chen is different. He only invests in villains across the myriad worlds! Had your spiritual bones stolen and been tossed into a mass grave? Invest! Trampled by the protagonist while your whole family is slaughtered? Invest! Fated by Heaven to die? Keep investing! [High-potential villain detected.] [Current valuati —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   [Mastermind behind the scenes] [Unconventional plot] [Protagonist is a system] [High-IQ villain] [Dimensional reduction attack] [Information gap crushing] [Lighthearted yet cunning] [Decisive and ruthless]

10. 260 恐 Horror! Terror! Zombies! Monsters and Maniacs! 恐怖！惊悚！丧尸！怪物和变态！ Jason Who Loves Beef Tripe Soup爱吃牛肚汤的杰森Mystery441k WordsCompleted You think ghosts are frightening, but what you picture is a person turning into a ghost! What about animals? You think biochemistry is just something you think about! But what if it happened by accident? What do you think is the strangest thing of all? Seeing a ghost? No, seeing someone exactly like yourself! Is forbidden love something to pity? Same-sex forbidden love can make you cry just the same! 543Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 261 蚀 The Age of Corrosion and Decay 蚀朽纪元 Tidebound Silence潮寂Mystery489k WordsCompleted [Not an Overpowered Hero, Brain-Bending, Plot Twists, Infinite Flow, Not for You If You’re Easily Bothered] When the brass buttons at the funeral home grow livor mortis, Yang Sanwen is nailed into the rotting flesh wall of the Guixu. Seven Devourer Beasts gnaw at the remnants of civilization: the arrogant tiger shreds logic, the gluttonous pig chews through time, and the lazy spider’s threads are draining his memories. He breaks the deadlock with three questions, and rusted bones become his monu —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Twists, mind-bending, eerie

12. 262 我 Me, the System, Specializing in Screwing Over Villains! 我，系统，专坑反派！ Lone City on a River at Night江夜孤城Eastern Fantasy390k WordsOngoing I transmigrated into a System and bound myself to the craziest chosen villain in the heavens! Everyone else binds themselves to protagonists blessed with fortune. I raise villains instead, growing stronger at a frantic pace by stealing the protagonists’ luck! A protagonist from a broken-engagement story is swaggering around? I can instantly boost my villain’s cultivation and have him crush the protagonist! A reborn person has the script for the future? I’ll conceal their fate and cut off every o 4Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 263 民 Chronicles of Strange Folk Tales 民间怪谈事件录 Fei vs Yi非vs衣Mystery351k WordsCompleted Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! The 1980s and 1990s saw one bizarre incident after another in Jubao Village: Zhao Laohei, who rose from the dead at the execution ground... The woman who hanged herself in town, her whole face turned a purplish black... The ghost child encountered during a game of hide-and-seek on the Ghost Festival... The terrifying bamboo fiend in the old bamboo grove... People and ghosts playing cards in a yin-yang card game.. 216Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's realistic, and it definitely reminds me of the storybooks I read as a kid! But it's even scarier than those!

14. 264 我 I, the Heavenly Emperor, Devour Protagonists 我！天帝噬主角 Lone City on a River at Night江夜孤城Eastern Fantasy387k WordsOngoing [Mortal’s Journey] [Hot-Blooded] [Transmigration] [the Myriad Worlds] [Growth] [Fast-Paced] [Slow-Burn] [Another World] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Flesh Punk] [Relentlessly Brutal] [Mortals Slay Immortals] [Lovecraftian Cultivation] [Spiritual energy is poisonous; all cultivators are monsters mutated into flesh.] After transmigrating into this mad world, Chen Wang discovers that having no spiritual roots is actually his greatest good fortune. The gods and buddhas in the heavens have become hosts t 3Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 265 超 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Yuwen Chang Gong宇文长弓Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted "Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!" 25.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
16. 266 肉 The Flesh-Rotted Immortal Sect: Starting with Mutant, Proliferating Spiritual Roots 肉烂仙宗，从畸变增生灵根开始 This Kid Doesn't Like Fish这小子不爱吃鱼Eastern Fantasy318k WordsCompleted [Global] [Sect Upgrades] [Cthulhu] [Some Warhammer 40K] [Flesh Mutations] [Twisted Truth] [No Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates to a Cthulhu-inspired cultivation world, where each person inherits a sect. Some are born with innate plant-and-wood spiritual roots, using plants and trees in all kinds of ways to strengthen themselves. Some are born with blood-debt spiritual roots, growing stronger by borrowing the flesh and blood of others. And some are born with fusion spiritual roots, stitching t 401Reads8.4Score154Shelves
17. 267 诡 Eerie Descent: I Can See the Loopholes in the Rules 诡异降临：我能看见规则漏洞 The Coder Who Loves Congee爱打粥的码农Mystery584k WordsCompleted A new book takes off: “Apocalypse Black Market: The Savior Is Just Another Employee of Mine” The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games descend upon the world. Each country has one “Chosen One” randomly selected to enter an instance. Clear it, and the nation's fortune will flourish. Fail, and the supernatural will spill into reality, slaughtering cities and destroying nations! The Great Xia Kingdom has lost five rounds in a row, and its national fortune is on the brink of collapse 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Why don't you give it a try?

18. 268 支EN The Pillar Project 支柱计划 The Universe Is Gaining Entropy宇宙在熵增Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsOngoing [Eerie] [Cthulhu] [Doomsday Descends] [Rebuilding Civilization] [Cultural Relics] [Culture] Xu Chen felt that studying history in this parallel universe had no real prospects, so after some maneuvering, he switched to medicine. He never expected that he had just jumped straight into the fire. What awaited him was fear in its most direct form. After a certain island nation dumped wastewater into the sea, unspeakable horrors arose from the depths. Eerie symptoms began appearing one after another, 38.7kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves

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    You can see my reading time; they're all good books.

19. 269 阴 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 73.7kReads9.4Score8.8kShelves
20. 270 神 Mysterious Revival: My Memories Bury Vengeful Ghosts 神秘复苏我的记忆埋葬着厉鬼 Don't Speak, Shut Up不言闭Mystery737k WordsOngoing Warning: It gets more and more brain-bending as you read! Extremely high intelligence and logical reasoning as the characters solve paranormal mysteries! Don't read if you dislike mind games! Everyone gradually awakens to their powers or takes the abilities of ghosts! High intelligence + aesthetics of despair Scenarios: Dreams, zombies, myths and legends, Cthulhu, and more Difficulty: “Despair!” (No harem, no System, no invincible protagonist, no formulas, no power fantasy, no brainless characte 897Reads—Score103Shelves

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    You should check this out; it's really well-written. The eerie resurgence is incredibly immersive, and the character portrayals are vivid and engaging! The pacing is tight, and it delivers plenty of emotional value! It has great potential!

21. 271 独 Guarding the Nation Alone: I Turned Over the Forbidden Zone of the Uncanny to the State 独守国门：我把诡异禁区上交国家 The Coder Who Loves Congee爱打粥的码农Mystery233k WordsOngoing This is the underworld, a forbidden zone for the living, where ghosts roam by night. Chen Xu transmigrated in the flesh, becoming the only link between two worlds. He wears a pair of headphones that cannot be removed. On the other end is the highest command center in all of Daxia. “Chen Xu, don’t be afraid. For every evil ghost you see, we’ve found its ancestral grave in the real world.” “Chen Xu, keep moving. Fourteen hundred million people are paving the road behind you.” When terrifying ghost —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 272 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
23. 273 我 I Can Steal Eerie Powers, and I’ll Become an Extinction-Level Calamity 我能窃取诡异权柄，终成灭世灾厄 Yu Qing, One Promise, Yu Qing, One Promise羽轻一诺宇倾一诺Mystery783k WordsOngoing Lin Yan discovers that he can steal Eerie abilities without getting hurt. So he plans to use a sacrificial strategy to carve a path through the Eerie world. While people in other countries are locked in desperate fights against the Eerie, Lin Yan is already lying in an Eerie's arms, courting death. "Oh, it's the almighty God of Death. You did your best, you really did." "Whoa, an amusement park! This one's a gimme." Every time he gets attacked, his Eerie power keeps growing. East Island: "Who is 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    What I wrote is genuinely eerie; I added some live-streaming elements, and it includes various horror stories and bizarre settings.

24. 274 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

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    Not scared? Come at me! Real Chinese horror, fast-paced, high-energy from start to finish! Thrilling!!! Amazing!!! [Angry][Angry]

25. 275 凶 Fierce Netherworld: Starting as a Rainy-Night Killer 凶冥空间：从雨夜杀人魔开始 A Tian0阿天0Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + The Weird Arrives, No Heroine] Could the beautiful new neighbor really be a serial killer who strikes on rainy nights? Gu Li sees through her disguise, only to get dragged into an even stranger space. Black fog rolls in and terror descends. To survive, Gu Li searches for a way to clear each instance, solving puzzles like mad and escaping certain death. But after completing a series of missions, he discovers that the weird has already arrived in the real world, and a supernatural 5.3kReads7.1Score365Shelves

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    These are all very good books.

26. 276 从 It Begins with a Figure in the Mirror 从镜中人影开始 Mask's Little TavernMask的小酒馆Mystery362k WordsOngoing [Eerie phenomena descend + no System + escape by following the rules + fighting evil with evil + semi-infinite flow + brotherly bonds] As the Heavenly Dao declines, eerie forces revive. Bai Ren and Bai Jian pray to the gods, but the only ones who answer are their future selves… The terrifying Hell Apartment issues deadly missions, the government’s Anomaly Control Bureau struggles to hold the line, and mysterious forces stir up a storm. The struggle between salvation and destruction has never 65Reads—Score103Shelves

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    This book is absolutely amazing! It's a masterpiece of the bizarre and divine! The best book in recent years!

27. 277 阴 The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Suspense + Folk Customs + Playful Tone + Ensemble Cast + Nonstop Ghost-Hunting Thrills!] Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I’ve known no peace. My name is Quan Ning. I’m a lawyer, and one day I was in a car accident on a mountain road. As I lay dying, I saw a ghostly judge from the underworld come to claim my soul. I struck a deal with him and borrowed a sliver of hope for survival. The price of this life I borrowed was becoming 2.5kReads9.1Score236Shelves
28. 278 尸 Born of a Corpse: I Landed a Government Job by Catching Ghosts 尸生子：我靠抓鬼混上编制 Shen Jie Jiuyu神孑九野Modern Romance208k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 66Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Traditional Chinese Medicine Ghost Exorcism

29. 279 道 A Taoist Priest in an Infinite-Loop Story? That's Right Up My Alley 道士进无限流吗？那很专业对口了 Meow Heaven, Meow Earth喵天喵地Mystery226k WordsOngoing [Infinite flow + ensemble cast + the supernatural] [Slow burn] [Mild horror + cyber ghost hunting + livestreaming + evil gods] In 2171, the neural-link horror game Random burst onto the scene, touting freedom, realism, and randomness. Homebody Taoist He Xiao opens the game, ready to let loose. Lightning magic from the start, teaching ghosts how to be ghosts. But not only does the tutorial target him, his first scenario after getting nerfed is an [S-rank scenario]? And so begins He Xiao’s livest 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    True Taoist priest, true ghost

30. 280 恐 Diary of a Madman in a World of Horror 恐怖世界的狂徒日记 Northwest Mao Jin Dao西北卯金刀Urban115k WordsOngoing Mentally ill patient Mao Yang transmigrates to a world of supernatural horror, but gains a golden finger: kill an enemy and you can obtain one of their abilities at random! A story of going on a murderous rampage... Japan has a Night Parade of One Hundred Demons! America has witches and demons!! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Worth watching, Night Parade of One Hundred Demons

31. 281 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
32. 282 恐 Horror Returns! I Inherit a Ghostly Underworld from the Start 恐怖复苏！我开局继承一座鬼地府 Composing Romance浪漫谱曲Mystery140k WordsOngoing It borrows three major concepts from Mysterious Revival, but this is not fan fiction. As the supernatural returns, evil ghosts run rampant and the human world turns into a realm of ghosts. Everyone lives in fear. In their despair, people can only sacrifice their lives to become “Ghost Tamers,” coexisting with the ghosts they control. But I, Shen Qiu, inherited a phone from the start that can connect to the Underworld! Other Ghost Tamers wager their lives to coexist with ghosts, constantly riskin 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A mysterious resurgence setting, the protagonist isn't a saint, his sister is his only sanctuary, and official forces are sidelined. Worth reading, recommended by seasoned readers.

33. 283 太 Great! It's a System, Now I'm Definitely Dead 太棒了！是系统，这下我死定了 Zhong Wen Yi钟文艺Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow] [No heroine] [No CP] [Original instances] [The System is useless] [Rules] [Deduction] [Wits and strategy] [Survival missions] Borrowing a setting from a great author: ghosts cannot be killed... You must discern their patterns... The Haunted Spirit Tower has descended. Please make sure to complete your survival mission! Little-girl System and all that: “Host, clear each instance in one life, one every seven days! Bring the Haunted Tower era to an end!” Chen Zichu: “Damn it... Othe 2.6kReads7.6Score221Shelves

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    A suspenseful and intellectually stimulating story with a great plot! The storyline is engaging, doesn't make casual viewers feel stupid, and requires mental effort without any overpowered abilities! — If you don't like it, feel free to retaliate! Highly recommended!

34. 284 我 I'm Not an Anomaly 我不是异常 Ping Buyou平不忧Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.2M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast] [Interwoven narrative] [Supernatural battles] [Doomsday] [Foundation-like] [Lovecraftian] Unfathomable anomalies emerge one after another. Humanity has lost most of its land and clings to survival in numbered cities enclosed by towering walls. But even walls can fall, and heroes can die. There are many paths ahead, and no one knows which one is right. Science and supernatural abilities collide, machinery clashes with flesh, truth and lies intertwine, and past and future overlap. 3.1kReads8.2Score268Shelves

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    The first book is an anomaly/monster story; humans aren't the main characters. The second book leans towards the supernatural and eerie, mainly about mountain spirits and wild monsters; the protagonist is a paper doll. Neither has a high rating, so I doubt anyone will read them.

35. 285 鬼 Ghost Game 鬼游戏 He Ange和安歌Mystery577k WordsCompleted [Infinite-Flow + Horror Mystery + Supernatural + Ensemble Cast + Mild Horror + Strong Female Lead + Plot-Driven] The human heart is more terrifying than the paranormal. Grievances fill the human world, summoning the Grudge God. GQ2026.12.28. After a rain of blood, the Ghost Game appeared out of nowhere and began invading the human 45Reads—Score—Shelves

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    What's truly terrifying is not the bizarre, but the unfathomable human heart.

36. 286 我 Even Ghost Messengers Say the Hotpot at My Restaurant Is Delicious 我开的火锅店，鬼差吃了都说好 Lone Lord孤爷Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Low-key version She dropped out of school at thirteen and worked as a chef until she was nineteen. With the savings Lin Ye had scraped together over those six years, he opened a hot pot restaurant. Who could have guessed his venture would get off to such a poor start, with business so slow the place was about to close? Just as he was wondering what to do next, two customers showed up on the restaurant's final night and changed his life... Grim Reaper: “Boss Lin, your hot pot is so spicy. It 31.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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    "Officers, my name is Xi Wang." "Don't be afraid of what I'm about to say." Late at night, at the Daxing Street Police Station, a terrified boy covered in blood sat before two police officers. The officers noticed the boy was greatly frightened. They reassured Xi Wang in gentle tones. "Xi Wang, we are police officers, we are not afraid!" "Please speak." Xi Wang rubbed his face, lingering fear in his eyes: "I was just... Being chased by an evil spirit!"

37. 287 烧 Burn Incense and Build Temples: The Paper Figures Want to Become Immortals 烧香立庙，纸扎人想成仙得道 Snail Goes to Heaven蜗牛上天Mystery484k WordsOngoing Synopsis: [No heroine, not invincible, no clichéd tropes, mystery and the supernatural, folk legends and strange tales, Chinese-style occultism, bizarre cultivation] The author has completed two novels of over a million characters: Gate of Guixu and Bizarre Cultivation. A dead branch buried in the belly, and even after death, one may cultivate immortality. The paper effigies used in funerals gain a spirit and become evil spirits, painted in human likeness to impersonate people. They don’t ea 637Reads8.7Score—Shelves
38. 288 校 The Campus Curse: A Register of Corpse-Subduing Spells 校园诡咒镇尸簿 The Cinnabar Mole in My Heart心头朱砂痣Mystery177k WordsCompleted (No romance + an unusual team-up to catch ghosts) On what seemed like an ordinary night, four girls in a dormitory started playing with a spirit board. But that very night, horror quietly descended... Was it a collapse of morality, or a distortion of human nature? Follow this unusual team as they solve the mystery. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Not a supernatural phenomenon

39. 289 精 To a Lunatic, What’s a Ghost Anyway? 精神病面前，鬼东西算个球 Zoom Zoom Rabbit突突兔Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Hilarious + mentally ill protagonist + invincible + System] A world where ghostly energy has returned. Chen Zhuo is a patient at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital. The System fails to cure him. System: Let him do whatever he wants. I only provide technical support. Ghost Realm Bounty Board: Chen Zhuo, male, severe mental illness. Whoever takes his life will receive a billionfold increase in ghostly energy, several mansions, and endless luxuries. 4.6kReads9.3Score834Shelves
40. 290 大 Senior-Year Internship: How Did You Join the Dragon-Slaying Squad? 大四实习：你怎么加入了斩龙队 Grey Wolf, Charge!灰太狼冲Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [No Female Lead]+ [Monster Codex Unlocks]+ [Kill, Never Save]+ [Overwhelming Domination]+ [Pure Satisfaction]+ [Evil Spirits]… Su Ming transmigrates and inherits a paper effigy shop, binding himself to the [Monster Codex]. Every kill unlocks an entry and grants him an incredible skill on the spot. His innate Yin-Yang Eyes see through illusions, his Yin-Yang Treasure Vase devours all things, and his Seven-Orifices Exquisite Heart is immune to every evil. Sealing? Not a chance. My, Su Ming's, 9.9kReads8.0Score923Shelves

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    🤪 First book: The protagonist inherits a paper-craft shop, activates his cheat ability, joins 749 with a secure job, possesses innate Yin-Yang eyes (left yin, right yang), and controls life and death. Second book: An elegant madman, a mentally ill person hidden among doctors. Third book: The successor of Mad Dog Fist transmigrates to a world of demons and monsters; as long as I have no morals, no one can kidnap me; ruthless and decisive, starting by beating up his own brother.

41. 291 全 I’m the Only One in the World Who Can’t See the Supernatural 全世界只有我看不见诡异 Editable Polygon可编辑多边形Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted That day, the heavens showed strange signs, and terrifying entities beyond human understanding descended upon the world en masse. They took all sorts of forms and each followed different rules for killing. They were collectively known as the Strange Entities. “You all keep telling me the strange things have invaded, but where are the ghosts?” “Isn't this just an ordinary Barbie doll?” “What? It attacks anyone who brushes its hair?” “I plucked out every strand and nothing happened. How do you exp 11.4kReads8.0Score922Shelves
42. 292 致 Deadly Haunted Grounds: The Death Countdown Begins! 致命诡地：现在开始死亡倒计时！ Dong Yu东鱼Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + horror instances + survival + mild scares + no romance] The curse of the Bronze Ghost Mask descends. Those chosen must embark on one deadly journey after another. Time is running out, and death is drawing near. Who will make it out alive this time? [The B&B Butcher] In a creepy old house, ghostly figures appear whenever night falls. Anyone who enc 28.6kReads8.5Score2.9kShelves
43. 293 镇 Demon-Suppressing Captain: From the Start, I Split the Family and Beat Up My Older Brother 镇魔校尉，开局分家暴打亲哥 Dragon Disciple龙徒Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing A tide of spiritual energy swept across the world. Countless beings rose to power, demons and monsters emerged, and ghosts ran rampant. Ancient beings that had lain dormant for ten thousand years began to awaken, while the cultivation systems of the old and new eras clashed. As the world entered an age of upheaval, a young man quietly arrived, repeatedly pushing past his limits with the help of a special constitution. [Basic Body-Tempering Art → Blood-Tempering Art → Divine and Demonic Body-Temp 12.4kReads7.7Score865Shelves
44. 294 诡 The Ghost Car: A Road to Survival in the Blood Realm 诡车：血境生路 Midnight深夜十二点Mystery84k WordsOngoing [Mystery and Deduction] [Horror and Strange Tales] [No System] [Light Brain Teasers] Si Chen wrote a novel called Strange Train. One day, when his inspiration ran dry, he inexplicably found himself inside the book. Aside from the rules of the setting, the story had changed beyond recognition! Passengers enter the train for all sorts of reasons, but they all share one name: Children of Calamity! Behind this train lies a Sin Gate, inside which is a New Era Pawnshop. It can be used to exchange not —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A bizarre dungeon...

45. 295 惊 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Helped Monsters Make Choices 惊悚游戏：开局帮鬼怪做选择 Delicious Shimeji Mushroom美味的口蘑Mystery2.6M WordsOngoing [Horror game dungeons + career-based progression + NPCs caught in a rat race + livestreaming + everyday-life style] Jiang Ye’s daily routine consists of working, studying, working... Then one day, he’s pulled into a horror game during class and awakens an all-career talent. He discovers that all his career skills are a little strange. From the start, he unlocks the career “Small-Town Exam Machine,” with an added skill that lets him make choices for ghosts and monsters. [A difficult choice has ap 67.9kReads9.4Score7.9kShelves

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    Whether you fight with all your might or perish here... The fearless will survive…

46. 296 开 From the Start, I Was Born a Baby, and My Parents Are Kill-Matters Ghost-Riders? 开局成婴，父母竟是杀马特鬼火？ Taking the Most Brutal Beating挨最毒的打Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [Dark] [Doomsday] [Supernatural] [Killing Ghosts as a Child] This is an age when ghosts and monsters run rampant, people have lost their humanity, and life is cheap as grass. Cao Jianqiang was born an orphan. After a car accident, he arrived safely in this world with a growth panel and was able to meet his parents. To survive in this new world, newborn Cao Jianqiang had no choice but to begin a grueling journey of cultivation. [Complete 10,000 waves, receive 1 point of Constitut 7.1kReads8.5Score680Shelves
47. 297 犯 The Usurper 犯上者 Li Ma李马Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [The print edition has been signed, so read with confidence] (No System, no invincibility, plot-focused, explores human nature, not a formulaic power fantasy) (The protagonist grows and changes as the story unfolds) (An ensemble cast: supporting characters aren't one-dimensional, and respond with genuine emotions to the changes around them) No one knows when this world began to split in two. 218.8kReads9.4Score35.1kShelves

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    Books 6 to 11 were my gateway novels, my absolute favorites. I don't know if you'll like them, but I highly recommend them!!! Books 1 to 5 are my current obsessions, especially the first one, "Miracle Brother." This isn't just a simple wish-fulfillment story; I'm so determined to recommend it that I practically want to send it to you through the internet. It's just too good! [Crying emojis]... Oh, and author, please update soon! [Smiling emoji]

48. 298 大 The Savage Bandit of the Great Wilderness 大荒悍匪 Golden Bull Fragment金牛断章Eastern Fantasy8.9M WordsOngoing Everyone knows that the Classic of Mountains and Seas is actually a cookbook. Transmigrate across mountains and seas, and stew a Kunpeng with a phoenix, or cook a Zhujian with a black tortoise. In the demon wasteland, the countless great demons are dangers to everyone else, but Zhang Chu sees them as food. One bite of demon meat doubles his strength. One sip of demon blood sends his cultivation soaring. From then on, Zhang Chu goes farther and farther along the path of cultivating by eating demo 103.2kReads9.0Score7.1kShelves
49. 299 恐 Horror Revival: Sign-In for a Gatling Gun from the Start 恐怖复苏：开局签到加特林 Yan Chuan延川Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Horror has returned, and ghosts and monsters are running rampant. Humanity has no way to guard against them! Huang Shaofeng had only just transmigrated when he ran into a vicious ghost. Luckily, at the crucial moment, he awakened a System and embarked on the path of physical exorcism. The great and merciful Gatling, delivering all beings to salvation! Three thousand six hundred rounds a breath, and all six roots are cleansed. Physical exorcism is the deadliest kind. 661Reads7.8Score105Shelves
50. 300 戏 Playing With the Mortal World, Paying Homage to Ghosts and Gods 戏红尘，拜鬼神 Auspicious Day, Congratulations and Get Rich黄道吉日恭囍发财Mystery963k WordsOngoing ♦Deranged, erotic corpse fiction [Miaojiang-born eunuch opera performer] [Porcelain doll, Guanyin's face and a viper's heart] [Two protagonists, no CP and no female lead] [Everyone's here for a good time] [Folk horror] [Everyone is wicked] ♦The concise version [Opera Performer] is an actor who sings ghost operas and the head of an ancient clan. He's also a narcissist who believes in chastity above all and refuses to leave descendants. The ghost god worshipped by the performer is a porcelain doll 2.1kReads8.1Score422Shelves

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    Warning⚠️ This is very risqué!!! Only a few readers have read it, and they were all shocked. The protagonist is a tiny porcelain doll, the kind who would commit evil even after being smashed, a Chinese folk-style story.

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