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  1. 1 On My Deathbed, I Sat Bolt Upright: The Old Ones Were Me All Along 垂死病中惊坐起,旧日竟是我自己 Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Not an invincible protagonist + progression novel + no System + Lovecraftian horror + not fast-paced wish fulfillment + follows the official route] Lu Ning wandered through the fog for two thousand years. When he finally emerged, he found that the world seemed to be sick. The sun was covered in tentacles, planets were blanketed in flesh, the moon had sprouted countless eyes, and even Earth was groaning and crying for help. The diseased, disaster beasts, and followers of evil gods ran rampant, w 48.8kReads9.1Score5.8kShelves
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  2. 2 EN The Pillar Project 支柱计划 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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  3. 3 EN The Monsters I Created! 我创造的怪物! 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
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  4. 4 I'm Not Mentally Ill! There's Just a God Living Inside Me 我不是精神病!我只是体内有尊神 Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Purely unhinged comedy + a tiny bit of angst, but it won't affect the lunatic plot, hehe + no formulaic tropes + no couples + not an invincible power fantasy (readers who mind, beware) It starts very slowly but takes off completely later! (˶‾᷄ ⁻̫ ‾᷅˵)] Note: This story contains some mature and unusual content. Please read with discretion! Also, the protagonist is a lifelong bachelor and will never have a romance or flirtation with any character! Don't see a female character and immediately call 14kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
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  5. 5 Mutating into a God, I Became the Strongest Aberration 畸变成神,我成为了最强诡异 Eastern Fantasy527k WordsCompleted [Eerie cultivation + scheming + no saintly heroics + ruthless and decisive + Cthulhu] It’s gone mad! Everything’s gone mad! This world has gone mad! This is a world of the eerie and the twisted, filled with indescribable monsters. These ubiquitous abominations have tormented Fang Sheng until he is “barely human.” If that’s how it is, then he’ll become one of them too, and see who truly deserves to be called the “God of the Eerie”!!! [The further the story goes, the more twisted and “inhuman” the 2kReads8.4Score139Shelves
  6. 6 Murder at Midnight 夜半杀机 Mystery648k WordsOngoing "Dead by Daylight + Identity V + a whole bunch of horror movies (I'll fuse in whatever I find, Fusion Summon!) [Lovecraftian Setting, No Female Lead]" The world enters a terrifying countdown! Evil spirits return, and ancient gods whisper. It turns out the source of it all is a mysterious game called Midnight Murders! The dead are resurrected amid the gods' schemes and struggles. After living a second life, can Yu Jin escape the gods' control? The clock strikes midnight. The game begins. “Shh! Do 300Reads9.1Score104Shelves
  7. 7 The Secret Codex of Wudu 雾都秘典 Eastern Fantasy257k WordsCompleted [Cthulhu + Steampunk + Power Comes at a Cost, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + One Female Lead] [This is a traditional Cthulhu novel.] On the first day after transmigrating, Lu Chen, a history graduate student, discovers he is tied to a cult altar. In front of him is a half-human, half-fish mutant drooling at the mouth. In this world of roaring steam and slumbering ancient horrors, contact with the mysterious means embracing madness. Healing is, at its core, a distortion of flesh and blood. Peeri 1.1kReads—Score171Shelves
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  8. 8 Fatal Company: Containing the Forbidden, Starting with Scavenging 致命公司:从捡垃圾开始收容禁忌 Mystery569k WordsCompleted [Modern Lovecraftian horror + wild imagination + mystery and suspense + supernatural phenomena resurging + infinite trials + one heroine + battles of wits] [This is a modern Lovecraftian novel incorporating containment entities, rule-based horror, and the resurgence of the supernatural.] [The protagonist’s power level stays consistent throughout, as he pits his wits against the rules of the containment entities.] The thing Lu Chen regrets most in his life is clicking on that job ad for a “high-p 147Reads—Score103Shelves
  9. 9 Embers of the Wheel of Fate 命轮余烬 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse232k WordsOngoing Cthulhu-style + Chinese wuxia + pollution punk. A divine protagonist finds their humanity among the common people, then uses that humanity to master their divinity. Written in an epic style, this experimental work explores suffering, human nature, and fate. Please bear with it. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  10. 10 The Abyss of Ebisu 蛭子之渊 Mystery402k WordsCompleted [Cthulhu]+ [Suspense]+ [Eerie]+ [Unconventional]+ [Not Wish-Fulfillment]+ [No System]+ [No Romance] After finishing the manuscript of The Abyss of the Son of the Leech, horror novelist Martin disappeared without a trace... Without exception, everyone who read it began to teeter on the edge between sanity and madness. At the boundary between reality and dreams, who will make it to the Abyss of the Son of the Leech: Eddie, an Englishman; Hasegawa Kohei, a criminal investigator; or Lin Chen, a Chin 454Reads8.6Score102Shelves
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  11. 11 Cthulhu Mythos Ecological Alchemist 克系生态炼金师 Eastern Fantasy655k WordsOngoing Welcome to the post-apocalyptic era, where the pollution of evil gods has warped the land, ecology, and technology. Here, you can find: Classic Cthulhu mascots, a stew of tentacles and giant eyeballs; Squishy spellcasters who chant incantations and dish out maximum magical damage; Mysterious little black men who often skirmish in the fog of war, only to fail at their attempts to steal a win; Abstract monstrosities that manipulate fate and rank among the immortals on a combat-power leaderboard th 157Reads6.5Score101Shelves
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  12. 12 Shadow Hunter of the Abyssal Dream 渊梦猎影 Urban57k WordsOngoing [A comedic-leaning story, not traditional Cthulhu, with plenty of jokes. If it's not your thing, please don't flame me (T_T)] “An Arab once said that the dead do not lie in eternal slumber. In the strange and ancient aeons, even death itself may die.” Yu Yuan has been haunted by so-called hallucinations since birth. Then Hoshino Riko appeared, making them seem even more real. But are his hallucinations really just hallucinations? “I think I’m sick. Really sick...” “No, you’re not sick. You’ve si 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  13. 13 I Turned In an Unspeakable Being 我把不可名状物上交了 Urban706k WordsCompleted In a world where looking directly at an ancient god drives you mad, Ji Ye comes with a “Deep Abyss Filter.” The indescribably horrifying beings are just destructive huskies and fresh ingredients in his eyes. For health insurance and a steady paycheck, he joined the Anomaly Bureau as a “janitor.” When an S-rank forbidden zone erupted, everyone else despaired and waited to die. He complained as he carried his mop: “Who spilled ink all over the floor?” When an ancient god descended, he looked at th 3.9kReads8.0Score441Shelves
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  14. 14 I Became a Playwright in the Mysterious World 我在诡秘世界成为了剧作家 Eastern Fantasy149k WordsCompleted The novelist Luo Cao unexpectedly receives a mysterious package. The appearance of a fountain pen seals his fate. As he passes through one soul after another, will Luo Cao lose himself completely? Does a person write a story, or does a story write a person? And what is the reason behind his sudden entanglement in this bizarre tale? To return to his own world, Luo Cao is forced to form a Sacred Covenant with Jasmine, a character from his novel. Fountain Pen 558755 7Reads—Score—Shelves
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  15. 15 The Realm of Disorder: From Knowledge 9 to Lord of the Old Ones 失序之界:从知识9到旧日之主 Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing In my lifetime, I killed more people than I could count. After uncovering the truth, those who came after me gave me many names. The Mogros Incident: The Corrupted One Who Summoned an Evil God. The Yellow Garment Incident in Keski City: The Butcher Who Cleared Out K Street. The Windmill Garden Massacre: The Passerby Who Granted Wishes. The Asylum Arson: The Innocent Arsonist. The Knight's Tale: The Vicious Witcher. The Starry Sky Society, Sequence 1: Aquarius. The Fall of Flannel City: The Maste 2kReads—Score216Shelves
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  16. 16 Black Myth: Investiture of the Gods 黑神话:封神榜 Eastern Fantasy211k WordsOngoing Ten thousand golden rays veil the cold iron, while the pill furnace boils eternally with the blood of the living. He cleaves divine bones to forge his broken body, then sweeps clean the thirty-three heavenly gates! The true Investiture of the Gods is no jade register of immortality. It is a table where people are eaten. Two hundred years after the Investiture of the Gods War, mortals are boiled alive into immortal pills. The gods who died in battle long ago have their skin flayed and bones ripp 20Reads—Score—Shelves
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  17. 17 Goddess of Dice, My Luck Is So Terrible! 骰子女神,我的命好苦! Mystery552k WordsOngoing [Lovecraftian] + [Infinite Flow] + [tabletop role-playing] + [no female lead] + [purely random dice rolls] (New book, low rating is normal) I dedicate this book to everyone who loves tabletop role-playing, or is about to. Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling, ding-ding... (Animal World theme song) “Welcome, viewers, to the fringes of human civilization, where a strange species of primate thrives: the Cthulhu investigators. They wear trench coats, carry Elder Signs, and live on caffeine and curiosity. Here c 119Reads7.1Score—Shelves
  18. 18 Cthulhu Flower God: Pollination of Withering and Blooming 克苏鲁花神:枯荣的授粉 Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Cthulhu] [Hardcore occult studies] [Meticulously researched] [Mystery and exploration] [Not a power fantasy or formulaic story] [No female lead] [Phobias] [Impostors] Have you ever wondered where the feng shui energy in the world comes from? Could dragon veins be something beyond human understanding? Why do the occult traditions of different regions around the world all ultimately point to the same entity? Shen Yu, a paleographer, is drawn into a series of bizarre incidents. Every clue points t 1.3kReads8.3Score248Shelves
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  19. 19 Fairy Tales from the Old Ones’ Bookshelf 旧日支配者书架上的童话 Mystery376k WordsCompleted #Cthulhu #DarkFairyTales #Immortal #Mystery #Deduction #SmartProtagonist #Transmigrate Fairy tales? They’re for children. How could they ever be considered high art? To hell with fairy tales. Creation is nothing but lonely, self-important make-believe. Without anyone to judge it, you can’t shine onstage. Creating is a lonely, self-important game. More than beautiful fantasies, it’s the blood-soaked truth that is unquestionably a masterpiece. Fairy tales are just lies; reality has long been sulli 541Reads—Score102Shelves
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  20. 20 Raise Your Head Three Feet, and There’s an Evil God 举头三尺有邪神 Mystery328k WordsOngoing [Eastern Fantasy + Lovecraftian Elements + Plot-Driven + Mystery + No Cliches + No System + No Brain-Dead Characters + Not a Power Fantasy] [Readers who may be bothered by this, proceed with caution] [The first five chapters are slow-burn setup. The story picks up afterward, and there's a detailed outline, so read with confidence!] After transmigrating, Zhou Mo finds himself in a small village that resembles one from ancient China. Gradually, strange and utterly inexplicable things begin happeni 922Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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  21. 21 Do You Believe There Are Ghosts in This World? 你相信,这个世界上有鬼吗? Mystery896k WordsOngoing [Mind-bending] + [Slow-paced] + [Not for the faint-hearted] Thirty-six years ago, deep in the Tibetan grasslands, a secret research base studying the paranormal was rocked by a massive explosion. Only one person managed to escape alive. The male survivor not only made it out, but also brought a pair of pitch-black eyes from the secret base. Even after being removed from their body, they seemed alive. After this devastating disaster, the man deliberately avoided a mysterious organization and went 61Reads—Score—Shelves
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  22. 22 Lord of the Feast 欢宴之主 Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted This is an age without redemption, an era in which human civilization has fallen back into an abyss of savagery and madness. In the fifteenth millennium of the slumber of the Old Ones, viruses, brutality, heresy, and war once again engulf the world. Order disintegrates, and the apocalypse quietly descends. A young man from the northern frontier accidentally picks up the supreme Yellow Sign left behind on the continent by the King in Yellow, Hastur, and embarks on a feast that will devour the god 1.3kReads8.1Score286Shelves
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  23. 23 Exploring the Unknown Entity 探明未知体 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse586k WordsOngoing Modern urban setting + unsolved mysteries + specialized career system + unknown beings and objects (Cthulhu, SCP Foundation) + collection of grim fairy tales + ensemble cast This is an era in which humans and unknown beings coexist peacefully! Tan Zhen sets out with his childhood friend Wan Kun to investigate the disappearance of their loved ones. After passing the warrior assessment, they are assigned to the Third District Containment Center. Along the way, they search for his older brother, 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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  24. 24 The Nine Tripods Shrouded in Dust 九鼎蒙尘 Mystery644k WordsOngoing History student Chu Ye inherits his grandfather’s bronze compass, only to brush against the buried secrets of Huaxia: Reflections in mirrors begin devouring the living. A hundred-year-old shamanic corpse, wrapped in chains, crawls from the depths of the Yellow River. Ancient gods stir in Chang’an’s ley lines, fed by the dance of a noble consort. The bloodline ability he is forced to awaken, “Empathic Sense,” is both a key to glimpsing the truth and a curse that drives him toward madness: Each ti 14Reads—Score—Shelves
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  25. 25 The Huyang City Horror 环阳市恐怖事件 Mystery514k WordsCompleted [Cthulhu] [Eerie] [Plot-driven] [Feel-good read] The rainy season in Huanyang never ends. It has simply turned blue. From a detective's missing-person case to a young man's “Buy one, get one free”; from a reporter's investigation of a construction site to an elementary school student's essay; from a graduate's rented room beneath a bridge to a charlatan's inexplicable incense ritual... Everyone is seeing the same color and hearing the same sound: A buzzing rises from underground, whispers coil a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  26. 26 Ark of Ashes 灰烬方舟 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse6k WordsCompleted Ashen Ark 3Reads—Score—Shelves
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  27. 27 The Black Sword, 1885 漆黑之剑1885 Urban393k WordsCompleted [Cthulhu] At the end of 1345, he arrived in the Imperial Court district, the most prosperous part of Anne City. There, he “coincidentally” met two young women. They brought him to an organization with everything a legendary tale could need: money, adventure, mythical artifacts... and gods. As he completed his first mission, the pieces of a secret scheme began falling into place. In this world where countless things were tangled together, the organization’s members would seek out what lay buried 13Reads—Score—Shelves
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  28. 28 Demigod 1: Tales of New Shanghai 次神1:新沪怪谈 Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Praise the Fool, Azathoth | The author promises original ideas and an innovative plot: What you owe isn't money, but “psychic loans” and “existence taxes.” Overdue and unpaid? You automatically become a sacrifice or have your “existence” erased. Debt collector → half-human, half-god “demigod candidate.” New Shanghai → a cyberpunk city infiltrated by the Old Ones. 296Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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  29. 29 Lord of the Mysteries [Original]: The Nine Primordial Essences, River of Eternal Darkness 诡秘「原创」:九大源质·永暗之河 19k WordsCompleted Lord of the Mysteries: Original Story: The Nine Sefirot · River of Eternal Darkness 162Reads—Score—Shelves
  30. 30 Mysterious: The Door Pathway, A Transcendent Finale 诡秘「原创」:门之途径·非凡终局 Male-Channel Fanfiction25k WordsCompleted Mystery «Original»: The Door Pathway · Extraordinary Finale 111Reads—Score—Shelves
  31. 31 Lord of the Mysteries [Original]: The Authority of Fate, Sequence 0 诡秘「原创」·序列0的命运权柄 43k WordsCompleted Lord of the Mysteries: Original Story · The Fate Authority of Sequence 0 128Reads—Score—Shelves
  32. 32 Lord of the Mysteries: Sequence 0, Awakening of the Cocoon, the Fool's First Cry 诡秘:序列0--蚕茧觉醒·愚者初鸣 Male-Channel Fanfiction21k WordsCompleted Lord of the Mysteries: Sequence 0: Awakening from the Cocoon · The Fool’s First Cry 529Reads—Score—Shelves
  33. 33 Monsters, Stay Back. I’m Claiming Your Life 诡异请留步,你的命我收下了 Mystery60k WordsOngoing [Divine and Uncanny] + [Cthulhu] + [East Meets West] People go about their ordinary lives, unaware that on the other side of the world, demons, evil gods, ghosts, malicious spirits, and outer gods are all watching them. Wang Yue transmigrated here, a cross in his left hand and a peachwood sword in his right, beginning his life as an exorcist. He earns merit by slaying the uncanny and upgrades by deriving new techniques. From [Exorcism Prayer] to [Descent of the Divine Kingdom], from [Palm Thunde —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  34. 34 Time Runs Amok, and the Uncanny Contamination Descends 时序混乱,诡异污染降临 Urban167k WordsOngoing [Cthulhu Mythos] [Urban Supernatural Powers] [Numbered Anomalies] [No Heroine] [Supernatural Horror] [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] What if the world suddenly seemed absurd and filthy to you, and terrifying creatures that existed only in your imagination began walking among us? Would you think you were sick, or tell someone and ask for help? Those who seek help are dismissed as lunatics. Disasters grow more frequent, and human greed, anger, jealousy, and betrayal... all surge into the open. Tim —Reads—Score—Shelves
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