Looking for Horror Rule-Mystery Stories: No Power Fantasy, No Romance, and Strong Logic 求恐怖，非爽文，无CP，逻辑强的规则怪谈

1. 1 规 Rule Horror: Starting in Bikini Bottom 规则怪谈：从比奇堡开始 The Trapped Minion被困住的吗喽Mystery862k WordsOngoing [Entirely Original Story + Supernatural Invasion of Childhood Cartoons + No System, No Cheats] In this book, the rules are absolutely correct. There are no false rules. Love is the only weapon against “corruption.” The moment Wu Nao wakes up, he sees a piece of paper covered in crookedly written rules: 1. From now on, remember that you are Patrick Star. Don't forget… 2. Do not go jellyfishing with SpongeBob unless absolutely necessary. 3. Gary the Snail cannot talk. 4. Squidward is always gloomy 2.7kReads8.9Score334Shelves

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   Recently unearthed some ghost stories from childhood cartoons, some even a bit tear-jerking, but unfortunately there aren't many, yet they're very good.

2. 2 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 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves

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   "Do you want to become a god?" Everyone here wants to. An incredibly mind-bending suspense novel, featuring an ensemble cast and no romantic pairings—it's practically a masterpiece.

3. 3 诡 The Creepy National Fortune Game: My Chinese-Style Horror Terrified the World 诡异国运：我的中式恐怖吓哭全球 Deng Tianye登天野Mystery604k WordsOngoing The supernatural invades the real world. Every country on Blue Star must design supernatural dungeons. Conquering another country’s dungeon lets you seize some of its national fortune, while a country whose dungeon is conquered will face all kinds of supernatural events, which may eventually lead to its destruction. For special reasons, the Dragon Kingdom has lost much of its supernatural culture and is at a disadvantage now that the supernatural has returned. Then Su Yi transmigrates here with 15.6kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves
4. 4 和 My Best Friend and I Transmigrate into a Book! We Marry a Paranormal Bigshot and Win by Doing Nothing 和闺蜜齐穿书！嫁诡异大佬躺赢 Ferrying Through a Lifetime of Hardship摆渡一沧桑Mystery615k WordsCompleted After an accident, Xia Xue and Lin Xiaoxiao are both transported into a horror world. From the start, other players tie them up and prepare to sacrifice them as brides to the River God and the Mountain God. They think the ghosts in this bizarre world must all be hideously ugly, and resolve that even if they die, they won't become brides to any River God or Mountain God. But the River God and Mountain God before them turn out to be incredibly handsome, so handsome they steal their hearts. The two 37Reads6.4Score—Shelves
5. 5 长 Great Wall Watch: Leading a Global Counterattack in Another World 长城守望：带领全球反攻异界 Not Two, Deep Sea不二深海Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [The counterattack has begun + perfect ending with no loose ends + Fourth Calamity + fight back against player invasions + lighthearted power fantasy + no heroine + no suffering for the protagonist + invincible + national destiny] The Fourth Calamity descends, and the era of the Phantom Realms begins for everyone. Players from other worlds invade, and the national destiny Phantom Realms of one great power after another are defeated. Panic spreads across the globe. Everything changes the day Fang 55.4kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves
6. 6 美 The Sweet Beauty Has Caught the Dungeon Boss's Eye 美貌乖宝她被副本BOSS盯上了 Ruanruan Wants to Write Properly Too阮阮也想好好码字Modern Romance460k WordsCompleted (One couple, episodic infinite-flow, sweet romance as they clear levels, obsessive and possessive male lead, female lead is a delicate, soft, not very sharp-witted beauty! She'll get tricked twice early on. The female lead isn't a decisive, powerful heroine, though she'll improve a lot later. This is not a power-fantasy story about a strong heroine! This is not a power-fantasy story about a strong heroine! This is not a power-fantasy story about a strong heroine!) Shengsheng is a little princess 2.3kReads7.8Score220Shelves
7. 7 规 Rule Horror: I Sign-In to Become a God, and Even the Horrors Fear Me 规则怪谈：签到成神，诡异都怕我 Lucky Carp Fairy锦鲤小仙Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Redemption + sign-in + national destiny + no female lead + comedy + original story + a tiny bit of touching moments] Over-the-top blurb: Rule-based horror games invade the world. Those chosen are bound to their nations and forced to take part in the games! Victory brings countless resources. Failure means death, and the horror game descends on the city! The games are terrifying? Almost impossible to survive? Participants have to tread on eggshells? Jiang Fan says, this is way too easy! He activ 1.9kReads8.9Score295Shelves

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   Wow! 😍 This is what I'm currently following! The plot is incredibly tightly woven and logically sound. The dungeon backgrounds have brought me to tears so many times! 💧 Although my tears are cheap, I'm still going crazy for the author and will bang my head against the wall for them! 🥺 One pot isn't enough? 💧 Two pots! 💧💧 Still not enough? Infinitely +++

8. 8 惊 Thriller: Honest Darling? You Talked a Ghost into Getting a Divorce 惊悚：诚实宝贝？你把诡说离婚了 Little Bai Little Feng小白小风Mystery283k WordsCompleted [Thriller Game] [Invincible Kid] [Persona System] [Comedy] [No female lead] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Ming becomes an eight-year-old boy. Just then, he's selected by the Thriller Game and awakens a System. As long as Lin Ming behaves in a way that matches the persona title issued by the System, he can earn rewards. From then on, the eight-year-old Lin Ming begins slaughtering his way through the eerie world. At the Yinling Residential Complex, Lin Ming is the “Honest Little D 623Reads7.0Score124Shelves
9. 9 规 Rule-Based Horror? I Choose to Rebel 规则怪谈？我选择叛逆 Alas, Deep Love奈何情深Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [A short drama adaptation of the same name is now available. You can watch it on the platform. Thank you for your support.] [Subverting expectations + no heroine + hilarious + sly schemer + rebellious + eerie + national fate] Rule-based horror descends upon Earth. The uncanny invades reality. Those chosen are sent into horror worlds, where they represent their respective nations and face the horrors within. Su Xiao is chosen by the horror world and entrusted with the task of representing the Dra 50.1kReads9.6Score6.3kShelves

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   Rules of the Strange: A Dark Forest in Order, a world brimming with mystery and allure. Only by abiding by the rules can you uncover the truth behind the strange tales. Do you dare to take the challenge?

10. 10 规 Rule Horror: The Haunted School 规则怪谈：诡异学校 Seventh Month July柒月JulyMystery580k WordsCompleted [System + Mystery + Deduction] I grew up in an ordinary family. To broaden my horizons in another city, I deliberately applied to a university far from home. But then strange things began happening one after another: bizarre campus rules, a mysterious countdown, and the secrets hidden behind the school slowly coming to light... 40.9kReads9.3Score4.1kShelves
11. 11 规 Rule Horror: The Prince Is Always Lusting After Me 规则怪谈：王子总是对我垂涎欲滴 There Will Always Be Youth总有青葱Mystery2.1M WordsOngoing [Volume One of the print edition goes on sale August 7] [Short drama and comic adaptation now available] [No romance + Infinite-flow + Horror game + No national destiny + Dark fairy tales] A young woman weeps softly at midnight. A handsome prince turns into a bloodthirsty “beast” at night. Cinderella dies a gruesome death on the night of the ball. The horror game is wrapped in shiny glassine, disguised as a sweet candy. What lies hidden behind the enchanting fairy-tale world... Weird tales desc 84.5kReads9.3Score9.8kShelves
12. 12 凶 Code of the Crime Scene 凶案密码 Wind-Dancing Clouds风舞残云Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted [Mystery + criminal investigation + dark themes + horror + human nature + crime + serial murders + social issues] This collection brings together five books in the Case Code series: Case Code, Echoes of Death, Vested Interests, The Black Corpse Mystery, and Sleepless Murder Island. Mutilated bodies in the city center, prisoners in a cellar, and urban mysteries return as a veteran cop unravels the truth behind the crimes. A classic crime procedural! The city is shrouded in criminal conspiracies, 40.6kReads9.5Score5kShelves

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    No CP ლ ↀ ѡ ↀ ლ

13. 13 怪 Ghost Story Rules: I'm in Countless Horror Worlds 怪谈规则：我在无数个恐怖世界 Happy Newbie萌新快乐手Mystery301k WordsCompleted [Original Horror Stories + Horror + Livestream + National Destiny + No Female Lead] Endless terror awakens, taking shape as countless worlds of strange tales. Each country selects one chosen contestant to make it through each strange-tale world. Those who succeed ensure that the tale can never descend upon their country, and bring it national fortune. Those who fail see the strange-tale world descend, and the souls of all the defeated lose their lives forever. Ye Feng, a horror-novel enthusiast 4.4kReads8.6Score345Shelves
14. 14 怪 Urban Legends: Invading Earth? No, I'm Taking the Kids Home! 怪谈：入侵地球？不，接崽回家！ Mozi Qing Qing墨子青青Mystery278k WordsOngoing [Rule-Based Horror + Instances + Infinite Flow + Seven-Year-Old + No CP + Bringing the Kid Home + Wish Fulfillment + Funny and Lighthearted + National Fortune + System] Also titled: “Rule-Based Horror: I Only Have This One Kid, Can't I Spoil Him?” Synopsis: Spiritual qi revives, and horror stories invade Earth. When Gu Feng was seven, he was taken to a psychiatric hospital. There, the doctors and a group of nurses kept a constant watch over him. The doctors would examine him from time to time, a 182Reads6.2Score—Shelves
15. 15 让 You Sent Me to a Rules Horror Game, So Why Are All the Ghosts Familiar? 让你参加规则怪谈咋都是熟诡异 Bibibei比比北Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Lin Feng was trapped in the world of Rule Horror for five years. After getting out, he thought he could finally live a peaceful life. Little did he know he would be chosen as Longguo's player, taking part in Rule Horror on Longguo's behalf. Once Lin Feng entered, he realized they were all familiar horrors, familiar unspeakable beings. The fake mother from the note in Mom's Room was beautiful and alluring. She clearly wanted to kill the players, yet treated Lin Feng with great care. Manager Xiao 33.5kReads6.8Score3.9kShelves
16. 16 规 Rule Horror: The Haunted Bear Ridge 规则怪谈：诡异狗熊岭 Eating Chili Peppers Makes You Breathe Fire吃辣椒要喷火Anime Fanfiction332k WordsCompleted That forest wasn’t quite like I’d imagined. I was mysteriously brought to Bear Ridge, where one careless mistake could get me killed! Following the rules is the only way to have any hope of surviving! What on earth will it take to get out of here? 3.5kReads8.6Score255Shelves

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    Rules that are both true and false

17. 17 惊 Thriller Game: My Entire Family of Loyal Martyrs Became Top-Tier Monsters 惊悚游戏：满门忠烈皆成顶级诡物 Ling Jiu San Yao零九三妖Mystery581k WordsCompleted The Qin family has served their country with unwavering loyalty for generations. Every one of Qin Changkong’s ancestors gave their lives for the nation. Just as supernatural phenomena began to rise, a terrifying game descended upon the world. Chosen to join the game, he was bound to his nation’s fate and would fight on its behalf. But he discovered that his elders had all become top-tier supernatural beings. His mother, who died suddenly in the operating room, had underlings who were the boss of 3.2kReads8.7Score460Shelves

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    These four books are really good!

18. 18 规 Rule Horror: Klee Wants to Blow Up Fish in the Horror World Too 规则怪谈：可莉也想在怪谈里炸鱼 The Wayfarer Has a Cloud行者有云Mystery509k WordsCompleted [Transformation + lighthearted comedy + not scary, suitable for readers of all ages + half power fantasy, half mystery + gradually becomes more like Klee + male-to-female] Rule Horror descended upon Blue Star. Every country would randomly select a Chosen One to enter the horror world. The chosen person bears the fate of their country. If they die, their country falls. When Chu Bai woke up, he discovered that he had turned into Klee and was representing the Dragon Country in the horror world. And 4.6kReads9.5Score652Shelves
19. 19 不 Come On, I Was Already Invincible Before This Horror Game Even Started! 不会吧，我都无敌了，恐怖游戏才来？ Old Pumpkin老南瓜Mystery4.8M WordsOngoing “Three years, then another three years. Ten years have passed. System, I’m already invincible. Where’s that horror game you promised me?” Lin Chen came to this world ten years ago, and the horror game managed to avoid him for nine of them. But it couldn’t avoid him forever. Lin Chen entered the horror game, a game with a 99% death rate, and turned it into a speedrun. 5.9kReads8.5Score545Shelves
20. 20 诡 The Uncanny Descends, So I Passed My Bad Luck to the NPCs 诡异降临，我把霉运分给了NPC If You Become a Demon你若成妖Mystery281k WordsCompleted [Livestream]+ [No Heroine] A silly comedy with absurd, nonsensical events. If this style isn't for you, please don't click in. Thanks~ The evil spirit bares its fangs. “Play a game with me, or I'll eat you!” Meng Fan remains perfectly calm. “I can, but do you have enough money?” As long as you've got enough cash, I don't mind passing all my bad luck on to you... 613Reads9.2Score103Shelves
21. 21 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 6kReads9.0Score764Shelves

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    These three books are worth checking out.

22. 22 我 I’m a Dual-Personality Surgeon, Professionally a Ripper 我，双面手术师，职业开膛手 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Some call him Miracle Doctor Lu, while others call him Lu the Skinner. Some owe their battlefield dominance to the mechanical limbs he fitted them with; others have breathed their last beneath his surgical knife. He can save someone on the brink of death, or make a corpse disappear without a trace. By day, he is the warmest kindness in the world; by night, he is a terror that makes the whole world tremble. A scalpel rests between his fingers: one side is a demon, the other an angel. His name is 20.4kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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    Horrible... It depends on your imagination, but these collector's editions are really good and worth reading~🤔

23. 23 我 I Was Raised by Monsters 我被怪物养大 Uncle Nan Yao南妖叔Urban769k WordsCompleted The story is set in a modern city in a parallel world. Legend has it that City A is home to an urban myth called the White Cat Agency. The agency is run by a group of monsters and demons. As long as you pay the appropriate price, they'll fulfill any request you make. Money, organs, emotions, memories, years of life... Anything could become a bargaining chip. Seventeen years ago, an infant boy of unknown origins was found by the agency's owner and raised by a group of monsters. Seventeen years l 2kReads9.6Score379Shelves
24. 24 传EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 168.1kReads9.6Score21.5kShelves
25. 25 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 705.5kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
26. 26 惊 Horror Script: It Begins in the Baby-Crying Dormitory 惊悚剧本：从婴啼寝室开始 Novel Cake in the Works小说糕制作中Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing (Dark tone) (Escape-room survival) (No System) (Not invincible: the protagonist dies if he is killed) (Not a conventional power fantasy) Chen Xian is pinned against the wall by a female ghost in a bathroom, and finds himself plunged into a terrifying instance! The cries of a baby in the dead of night... Students with eyes as blue as ghostly flames... A wedding dress stained crimson with blood... A mermaid covered in wriggling maggots... And... Teammates dying one after another... To stay alive a 13.9kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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    It's so good! I'm almost done watching it.

27. 27 靠 You Need Me to Survive? I'm an NPC, Not a Player! 靠我存活？我是NPC不是玩家哦 Sui Sui Er岁岁儿Mystery782k WordsCompleted Wu Le is a murderous NPC in a horror game, rotating through different scenarios to "work"! Wu Le is free-spirited and willful. Deceiving players, playing tricks on them, and terrifying them are all part of her daily routine. Sometimes she likes to disguise herself as a player, getting a close look at the evil in people's hearts. She gives players hope, then crushes it completely, enjoying the look of despair on their faces. Other times, she plays the part of a proper horror NPC, hunting down pla 24.7kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves

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    "The New York Times book review: 'This is a heart-pounding reading experience that will send chills down your spine at every turn.'"

28. 28 我 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ Yu Zuo予作Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 113kReads9.5Score12.3kShelves

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    This is amazing! It only features a male protagonist, no romantic pairing, and a terrifying world where everyone is forced to enter a horror world after turning 18. The male protagonist is the first to enter, but his memory is distorted. He only remembers that his parents disappeared, but his memories of them are very vague... It's really good. No one has an omniscient perspective, and neither does the reader. Everyone has to figure things out little by little by following clues!

29. 29 锁 Locked in the Spring Night 锁春宵 Banana Pizza香蕉披萨Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Traditional historical romance + reborn + revenge on scum + sweet romance + mutually faithful] In her previous life, Su Qingyu had been married for three years without ever consummating the marriage. Then her cousin suddenly appeared before her with a child, and Su Qingyu finally learned that the man wasn't impotent. He just couldn't perform with her. Her cousin stripped off Su Qingyu's face, took her place as the legitimate daughter of the marquis's household, and became the matriarch of the S 32.8kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves
30. 30 惊 Horror Survival Game: The Host Is the Living King of Hell 惊悚国运：宿主她是人间活阎王 Wanting to Daydream想作白日梦Mystery529k WordsCompleted [Yandere and unhinged heroine + horror worlds + infinite flow + livestreaming + ruthless and decisive + no romance early on, undecided after 300,000 words] Global Horror Three players from each country are randomly sent into a horror world, where their experiences are livestreamed in real time! Yue Qingge is in the middle of an exciting horror novel when she wakes up in a mass grave. A corpse beside her reaches out to touch her hand. Yue Qingge slams it with a shovel, pulverizing it. The filthy 819Reads9.0Score157Shelves
31. 31 诡 Eerie Revival: I Can Contact the Past 诡异复苏：我能联系过去 Young Master Yanque燕雀大公子Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The Hungry Ghost Festival of 2025. A super red moon appeared, and as it lingered in the sky, the supernatural returned. Left Yang was shocked to discover that he could use his phone to contact himself in the past. In the stairwell, the Knock-at-the-Door Ghost killed anyone who opened the door. But someone discovered that it skipped the first floor and started knocking there. So Left Yang contacted his past self. [Please have your one-month-younger self rent an apartment on the first floor!] The 43kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves

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    Meets the requirements 😎

32. 32 恐 Horror Game? Kindergarten Teacher? No Thanks! 恐怖游戏？幼师？不干不干 Hu Sanniang扈三娘Mystery461k WordsOngoing [Infinite flow + horror + adorable kids + face-slapping + everyday life] On the day Mu Qing quit her job at a kindergarten, she was chosen by a horror game, bound to a System, and successfully hired by the Terrifying Tots Kindergarten. As time went by, the kindergarten welcomed more and more children, and Mu Qing got along well with them. Meanwhile, people kept showing up in the game to find her, leaving her to sigh at the heavens: Why is it so hard to be an ordinary kindergarten teacher? Not sc 54Reads6.5Score—Shelves
33. 33 恐 Horror Arena: From the Start, a Red-and-White Collision Scares the World to Tears 恐怖擂台：开局红白撞煞吓哭全球 I'm Not the Regiment Commander我不是团长Urban1.6M WordsOngoing A horror arena has descended upon Blue Star. Each nation must summon a terrifying entity to fight for it. The winners will see their national fortunes flourish and endure for all eternity. The losers will see their national fortunes decline, their resources and territory plundered, and their dignity stripped away. To claim victory, nations everywhere summon horrors native to their lands. The Sakura Nation has the Slit-Mouthed Woman, the Red Cape, the Four Great Female Ghosts, and the Hundred Gho 19.1kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
34. 34 惊 Thriller: I Designed Chu Renmei and Scared the Whole World to Tears 惊悚：我设计出楚人美吓哭全球 South of the East Side of Town城东以南Mystery352k WordsCompleted [Horror games + supernatural resurgence + terrifying paranormal events + infinite-loop world] When the paranormal suddenly engulfed the globe, some chosen humans became horror game designers. By creating games scary enough, they gained the power to fight vengeful spirits. Those who made it to the end would become gods of a new age! After transmigrating, Han Yu discovered that this world shrouded in the paranormal had once been a pristine place, with no tales, films, or books about vengeful spiri 6Reads5.9Score—Shelves
35. 35 我 I'm the Saint in a World of Horror 我在恐怖世界做圣母 I Eat Tomatoes Without Spitting Out the Skins吃西红柿不吐番茄皮Mystery375k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + System + Comedy + Mild Horror + Romance + One-on-One] This book only covers the first half. The second half is still being planned, and future updates will depend on inspiration. Please don’t read if that bothers you. The heroine was born with a gift for roasting people. She’s a retired keyboard warrior, an unconventional do-gooder, and doesn’t follow the ruthless-and-decisive route. The hero is a little unhinged. He once played a “cross-dressing heartthrob.” He’s sweet on the 145Reads8.4Score—Shelves
36. 36 恐 Horror Invades, but I Turn It into a Cozy Everyday Life! 恐怖入侵，我给玩成了温馨日常！ Half an Orange小半个橙子Mystery622k WordsCompleted Su Zhe transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers that everyone is transported to a terrifying realm crawling with evil spirits. As luck would have it, he awakens a special golden finger: a “healing everyday life” cheat template. Fighting and killing is barbaric. Only love can bring peace. From then on, the terrifying world’s whole vibe veers wildly off course, never to return. While everyone else fights desperately for their lives, he helps his roommate, a little “sacrificial child” girl, 53Reads7.8Score—Shelves
37. 37 华 Are There No Gods or Ghosts in China? Chinese Horror Terrifies the World 华夏无鬼神？中式恐怖吓哭全球 Loves Beef Tallow Hot Pot爱吃牛油火锅Mystery914k WordsOngoing [National-Destiny Livestream + Horror and Terror + Designing Scenarios] Bai Lang, a fanatical horror-culture enthusiast, transmigrated to a world similar to the one he had known in his previous life. The only difference was that the Dragon Kingdom had never developed its own Chinese-style horror culture. Instead, Western horror legends had captured the public imagination, with figures like chainsaw-wielding maniacs, man-eating sharks, and zombies. When the horror national-destiny arena descended 12.5kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves
38. 38 恐 Horror Arena: A Ghostly Coffin Wedding from the Start Leaves the World in Tears 恐怖擂台：开局阴棺冥婚吓哭全球 Memories of the Ancient Moon忆古月Urban180k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is my motivation to write, and I will strive to tell every story well! 43Reads6.5Score—Shelves
39. 39 我 My Haunted House Keeps Leveling Up 我的恐怖屋无限升级 Spicy Crispy Chicken Cartilage香辣鸡脆骨Mystery530k WordsCompleted Ye Xiaotian transmigrates and becomes the owner of a haunted house on the verge of bankruptcy, then obtains the Horror Park System. As long as he completes missions, the System will keep expanding the haunted house! What? You think my haunted house isn’t scary? Let me tell you a secret: every time you go inside, I’m the one holding my breath for you! Because hidden in my haunted house is something even I don’t know whether it’s human or ghost!!! An insane asylum, a midnight serial killer, Sadako 254Reads7.7Score—Shelves
40. 40 为 I Brought Terror Back to Life to Write My Book 为了写书，我让恐怖复苏 Fanni饭尼Urban829k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Bai Yu becomes a web-novel superstar and binds himself to the Horror Manuscript System! The words he writes become horrors unleashed upon the world. A black cat turns into a monster in Ink Village, and a hopping corpse slaughters its way through the land! A terrifying night at Peaceful Apartments leaves a mountain of corpses beneath an axe! A case involving a red high heel defies the heavens and changes destinies across provincial borders! As scenes from 704Reads5.2Score—Shelves
41. 41 无 Infinite Flow: The Midnight Horror Bus 无限流之午夜恐怖公交车 Madam Jadeite翡翠夫人Mystery738k WordsCompleted A bus packed with passengers travels along the highway. After passing through a fog-shrouded tunnel, the beautiful and gracious attendant turns into a terrifying female ghost and announces to everyone, “Congratulations! You’ve been lucky enough to begin an adventure.” The heroine is crazy, so proceed with caution if that bothers you! Wiping tombstones in a graveyard is just the appetizer. There are more instances to come, including residential compounds, hospitals, and hotels. I guarantee every 1.4kReads8.5Score139Shelves
42. 42 惊 The Terrifying Villain: I Am the Ghost Emperor, Building China's Horror 惊悚反派：我鬼帝，打造华夏恐怖 Nightfall and Return之夜与归Mystery482k WordsCompleted [No female lead + comedy + Ghost Emperor from the start + Emotion System + everyone is outgoing + stubborn denial + Chinese mythology + villain protagonist + Supreme Primordial Realm (starting from Chapter 206)] The world of horror has fallen into decline. No one is afraid of its monsters anymore. In fact, everyone gets excited when they’re chosen! Li Yu transmigrates into this world and becomes a Ghost Emperor! But the world of horror is on the verge of collapse! The monsters have all started s 1.7kReads8.4Score299Shelves
43. 43 玄 The Mystic Girl Says You’ll Die at Three in the Morning. Pay Up to Change Your Fate 玄学少女说你三更死，打钱改命 Brown Sugar Cake红糖糕Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + fortune-telling + ghost-catching + satisfying read + lighthearted + sweet romance + CEO + wealthy family + no angst] After enduring a tribulation, Wu Yin is struck by lightning and sent back to the twenty-first century. With no money to her name, she can only set up a fortune-telling stall online. She tells fortunes, catches ghosts, and treats illnesses. If you can pay, she’ll take the job. “Master, if you’re really any good, tell me where my daughter, who was kidnapped years ago, 59.2kReads9.4Score30.3kShelves

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44. 44 风 Secrets of Feng Shui: Turning Fate and Fortune 风水秘术之命转乾坤 Piggy the Painter画画的小猪Mystery223k WordsCompleted When I was little, my grandfather told me that there was no man who wasn’t greedy for money and lust, and no woman who didn’t crave vanity. What you see isn’t necessarily the truth; there may be more to it than meets the eye. Feng shui can change everything. As the saying goes, gods heed the ritual master, the wood spirits heed the carpenter, and the dragon spirit of the earth’s veins heeds the yin and yang. The Three Primordials hold the secrets of kings, nobles, generals, and ministers! From t 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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45. 45 惊 Terror Descends: This Big Brother Is a Little Too Powerful! 惊悚降临：这个大哥有亿点猛！ Perplexed Muzi纳闷的木子Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Chen Xuanbei, nicknamed Dizang, accidentally transmigrates to a parallel universe where the supernatural has descended. With the Ten Yama Kings tattooed across his body and a massive reaper’s scythe slung over his shoulder, Chen Xuanbei declares, “Sorry, everyone. I’m claiming this territory!” The Slit-Mouthed Woman: “Hello, police? Someone sewed my mouth shut! Yes, they threw away my scissors too!” Sadako: “Hello, city management? Someone blocked up my well with concrete. I can’t get home!” Han 27.6kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves
46. 46 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves

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47. 47 无 Infinite Escape: I Earn Rent Money in Horror Games 无限逃生：我在惊悚游戏里挣房费 Mo Sibei陌肆白Mystery800k WordsCompleted [Infinite flow + horror, suspense, and mystery-solving + strong female lead + team + plot-focused] [Ding~ Welcome, player, to the Survival Inn! Please do your best to clear the instances and earn your room fees~ We offer dormitory rooms, guesthouse rooms, hotel rooms, and more, as well as a top-tier luxury VIP club waiting for you to unlock~] A gloomy, blood-soaked compound A school crawling with death A cursed painting that brings death to anyone who looks at it An old village teeming with stra 20.3kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
48. 48 诡 The Haunted Playground 诡蜮乐园 Rafting on a Pig骑猪去漂流Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Not a power fantasy + light supernatural elements + infinite worlds + comedy] A world beyond reality, the secrets of higher dimensions laid bare, the sails of miracles unfurled. A mysterious letter opens the way to a strange new world. Heartbeats, blood, fear... They spread out from the Paradise World, sending ripples through the peaceful main world. Welcome to the Strange Realm Paradise! [This is a long story... Be patient and read on, everyone. Let's wait and see.] 7.3kReads8.8Score660Shelves
49. 49 人 Living in America, I Start with a Chinese-Style Haunted House 人在老美，开局中式鬼屋 Gongzi Qi公子奇Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted American Horror: Five people recklessly enter a haunted house, and none make it out alive; Chinese Horror: Five people recklessly enter a haunted house, and six people make it out; I’ll prove that all Americans are cowards! 616Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 黑 The Dark World: Don't Blame Me for Being Ruthless 黑暗世界，别怪我狠 An Imperfect Sky不完全天空Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Transmigration + System + martial arts + demons and supernatural horrors + no female lead (This book is dark; do not read if you have a savior complex.) (Please note, the protagonist isn't the type to kill indiscriminately without thinking.) Demons run rampant, horrors block the path, and humanity is so desperate to survive that people willingly let demons raise them like livestock. Zhang Xuan transmigrates into this world and at first just wants to live a decent life. But with Heaven absent and 3.4kReads7.4Score243Shelves

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