Looking for Horror and Survival Challenge Novels with One or Two Protagonists 求恐怖、闯关、单主角或双主角的书

1. 1 诡 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 758.7kReads9.6Score131.3kShelves

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   Title: If playing a game could make your wish come true, would you play it? [Unlimited streaming + micro-thriller + survival + high IQ + group portrait] What is the wish you most want to realize? A huge sum of money? Or a healthy body? Or the health of your family? In this book, you just need to open a door and play a game, and you will get whatever you want! The protagonist Ning Qiushui is cool and sassy, ​​one of the calm ones. His real-life occupation is also the occupation of a cool guy, hahahaha (go find the answer in the book), which is very consistent with the tone of the game. Those who like to watch group dramas are in luck. A small group bravely breaks through the blood gate, and brothers work together, which is as powerful as gold! If you like thrillers and unlimited streaming, go watch it. Remember, don't watch it at night (PS: I don't dare to go to the toilet if I watch it at night)

2. 2 杀 After Slaying My Way Through Instances, I Raise an Evil God by the Rules 杀穿副本后，我在规则里养大邪神 White Peach Wuwu Dragon白桃呜呜龙Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted The print edition is now available under the title: The Fall of the Gods (Not for the faint of heart: nonhuman entities and terrifying monsters.) Yin Xiu has lived in a town governed by rules for six years. Normal players follow the rules and clear instances to stay alive. Yin Xiu, however, stays in town day after day. He doesn’t leave, clear instances, or go near the monsters. He does the bare minimum, takes it easy, and has practically settled into retirement. The town’s monsters have had thei 107.8kReads9.7Score15.8kShelves

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   This is really super pretty! It's the kind of infinite flow, a little monster with a pitch-black body, the tentacled evil god Li Mo x the top killing god Yin Xiu with explosive IQ and force value! It's the arrogant Shou and the extremely emotionally stable Gong! (Although not human( ꈍᴗꈍ) Anyway, it is quite novel and the story is compact, especially the other supporting characters "Ye Tianxuan, I really love you" (●♡∀♡) is a very good person. He is the kind of selfless dedication that saves many people. He also has a copy, which is similar to most infinite streams. There are also several supporting characters whose emotions are very good!! In fact, they have known each other for some reason, but they have to work hard to find each other❗Watch it!

3. 3 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 241.7kReads9.6Score30.4kShelves

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   Many weird and terrifying things always happen in ancient and remote places. And these things happen right next to the protagonist. Even the main character is a part of these things. For example, he is the son of a corpse!

4. 4 活 Taboo of the Living 活人禁忌 Ninth Master of the Thieves' Sect盗门九当家Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted When I was nine, I found myself in mortal danger! To save me, my grandfather made a decision that would change my life forever... 16kReads9.2Score2kShelves

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   In the hidden corners of the living world, taboos are everywhere. The protagonist steps into the cursed Yin-Yang Lost Path, stepping on the edge of life and death every step he takes. Ancient evil magic is quietly resurrected, mysterious organizations are secretly controlling it, and strange events occur frequently. Are they caused by resentful spirits or man-made conspiracy? From a spooky haunted house to an ancient tomb in a deserted village, from a patient haunted by evil spirits to a fellow traveler with evil intentions, the protagonist relies on his unique yin and yang skills to explore the truth in the fog. Human nature and ghost nature are intertwined, fear and courage collide. The book contains both creepy supernatural scenes and in-depth thoughts on life and death, good and evil, love and hate. The plot is full of ups and downs, like a thrilling symphony of yin and yang, taking you on an unprecedented thrilling journey and experiencing the ultimate reading experience with your heart racing and sweat dripping, allowing you to explore the forbidden world of the living and find it hard to stop.

5. 5 十 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 1.7MReads9.9Score231.9kShelves

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   The setting is novel and unique: taking the doomsday survival game as the background, it incorporates traditional cultural elements such as the twelve zodiac signs, solar terms, and fortune telling to create a mysterious and imaginative "end of the world", adding a strong cultural heritage and fantasy color to the story. Excellent characterization: The supporting characters enrich the story. Many supporting characters have distinct personalities and are flesh-and-blood, such as Lawyer Zhang, Man-Rat, etc. They have their own roles and values ​​in the story. They are not just accessories to the protagonist, but reflect humanistic care.

6. 6 逃 Escape Game: I Can See the Game’s Hints! 逃亡游戏：我能看到游戏提示！ Watermelon on a Branch枝头西瓜Urban842k WordsCompleted [Welcome to Squid Game] [500 players are competing together. They have only one goal: clear the games and survive!] Zhou Yuan transmigrates to a parallel world and is chosen to take part in an escape game that will determine both his life and death and his country's fortune... Available games: “Red Light, Green Light,” “Dalgona Candy,” “Tug-of-War,” “Marbles,” “Glass Bridge,” and “Squid Game.” Picking up stones, one-legged knee jousting, Go, hide-and-seek, cat’s cradle, four-corner packet fi 57Reads—Score—Shelves

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   These are all books

7. 7 怪 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Stone Giant Monster石头巨怪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 173.4kReads9.7Score17.9kShelves
8. 8 规 Rule Horror: I Can See Hidden Clues 规则怪谈：我能看到隐藏提示 Xing Wuchen星无辰Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted The world of supernatural tales has arrived, and everyone must follow the rules! After hundreds of years, the world of supernatural tales has appeared once more. Sun Kai accidentally transmigrates into it, becoming one of the first contestants representing his nation’s fate. They carry the fate of Xia Nation on their shoulders! If they win, they survive, Xia Nation’s fortunes rise, and its people all benefit. If they lose, they die, the nation’s fortunes fall, and supernatural tales invade the 4.3kReads9.0Score549Shelves
9. 9 规 Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常 White Beard白胡子Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror + mystery + livestream + national fate + System] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade countries around the world. As one chosen by fate, Zhou Bai represents the Great Xia Kingdom in a horror game. The first scenario is a family of four. [You live with your wife and your parents. But remember, there are only three people in your home.] [You can trust your wife, unless she takes off her red hair clip.] [You and your wife have never had a child. If you hear a baby cr 49.4kReads9.4Score6.7kShelves
10. 10 惊 Thriller Game: My Hints Are More Terrifying Than the Game 惊悚游戏：我的提示比游戏恐怖 Master Mouse in Sunglasses戴墨镜的鼠爷Mystery951k WordsCompleted [Ridiculous comedy + power fantasy. Not scary. If that's not your thing, move along!] A mysterious dimension descends upon Earth, randomly selecting humans to take part in a horror game. Uncensorable horror livestreams spread across the internet, allowing all of humanity to witness one terrifying spectacle after another. Gu Yi is unlucky enough to be chosen as an adventurer. Fortunately, he can see mysterious hints. Following the hints, Gu Yi gradually seeks out the truth, only to discover that 7.6kReads8.9Score765Shelves
11. 11 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 150.2kReads9.5Score17.3kShelves
12. 12 嘘 Shh, Bet You Didn’t See This Coming: I’m the Supernatural Being 嘘，没想到吧，我就是诡异 Steamed Salted Radish清蒸咸萝卜Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Fake and Real Heiresses, Reborn, Rule Horror, Bizarre World, Wealthy CEO, No Romance, Secret Identity, Horror Game] The full-cast audiobook is available on Fanqie Changting. Search for: The Real Heiress Goes Off the Rails in the Horror Game. Qin Shu is reborn on the day of her eighteenth birthday, with only an hour left before she enters the Rule Horror game. She snatches the jade bangle from the female lead, shuts herself in her room, puts it on, and waits to be pulled into the game. In her pr 26kReads9.0Score3.4kShelves
13. 13 诡 Eerie Descent: From the Start, I Burn Trillions in Hell Money for Myself 诡异降临：开局给自己烧千亿冥币 Eastern Wind, Illusory Night东风幻夜Mystery579k WordsCompleted [Apocalyptic Tycoon System, No Romance, Mild Rule-Based Horror, An Unusual Approach to Stockpiling] Three years ago, the supernatural descended, the monetary system collapsed, and rules with almost no chance of survival ran rampant across the world. Su Luo did everything she could to protect the Su family, only to be betrayed by them and torn apart by the supernatural. Given a second life, Su Luo kicked the Su family to the curb and used her money to burn a fortune in ghost currency for herself. 2.7kReads8.4Score354Shelves

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    What? Are you going to burn hell coins for yourself while you are still alive?! It is worthy of evaluation and the subject matter is novel. The story plot in the book has ups and downs, making people feel like they are actually there. The author's delicate writing style and rich imagination are breathtaking. This is a book worth recommending.

14. 14 我 I’m the Trickster in the Rule-Breaking Horror Tales 我在规则怪谈做老六 Remembering Youth纪念青春Mystery652k WordsCompleted [Complete, with a universally praised ending] [Rebellious Oddball + School Oddball + Lin Chen the Oddball + Comedy + Crazy Antics + The Uncanny + National Fortune + Mental Illness] [Readers say it becomes legendary from the third instance onward] He swaps a hen’s eggs for pebbles and lets her sit on them for half a month, hands sandpaper to his roommate while he’s on the toilet, and buys ten steamed buns for a beggar who asks for money to eat, then watches him finish them… Lin Chen is an oddba 9.5kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves

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    They are all very good, so feel free to jump in.

15. 15 规 Rules of the Paranormal: The Horrors? They're All Family 规则怪谈，诡异？都是一家人 A Slime一只史莱姆Mystery947k WordsCompleted [Rule-based horror + national destiny + no romance + livestream + original scenarios + mild scares + warm and healing] Three years ago, rule-based horror arrived, launching a game that put the fate of nations on the line. Every month, chosen players are randomly selected from various countries to enter the horror world and clear its challenges. Clear a challenge, and you earn generous rewards. Fail, and the chosen player dies, while the horror descends upon their country. The Xia Kingdom has alr 16kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves
16. 16 我 I'm a Fugitive Mental Patient, Chosen by a Rules Horror Game 我，在逃精神病，被规则怪谈选中 Xu Moqing徐墨卿Mystery542k WordsCompleted [No female lead + supernatural horror + mental illness + comedy + national destiny] My name is Su Ming, and I'm a transmigrator. I currently work at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, where I'm in charge of the important project of “being studied.” They keep saying I'm sick, but I know I'm fine. It's the world that's sick. After I escaped from the psychiatric hospital, I was chosen by Rule Horror to become Longguo's chosen participant, representing Longguo in the upcoming horror games. [Ding! The Ho 56kReads9.6Score7.5kShelves
17. 17 我 I’m Three and a Half, and I’ll Become a Legend in Rule-Based Horror With Basic Attacks 我三岁半，靠普攻在规则怪谈封神 One of the Idlers闲人之一Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The animated series is now available. [No heroine + comedy + subversion of expectations + infinite-flow + livestreaming + rule-based horror] Rule-based horror descends upon Blue Star, and each country randomly selects one person to take part. If the contestant wins, their nation prospers. If they lose, their nation declines. After losing two rounds of games, the people of the Dragon Kingdom are in dire straits. The next horror scenario arrives, and by sheer coincidence, it selects Xia Ye, who ha 9.8kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
18. 18 黄 The Underworld Bureau of the Yellow Springs 黄泉阴司 Long-Eared Rabbit长耳朵的兔子Mystery3.7M WordsCompleted When I was a kid, I went to the back hill of the village to play and pick up human bones. There I stumbled upon a ghost opera and nearly lost my life. Luckily, a green snake saved me, but the snake also began a strange, shadowy romance. Ghost operas, spirit summoning, yellow-skin spirits' yin graves, peachwood seals against evil: the bizarre folk customs of southern Guizhou and chilling, uncanny tales of the worlds of yin and yang are coming your way. Warning: Not for the faint of heart!!! 6.7kReads8.4Score724Shelves

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    Very good horror novel

19. 19 民 Tales of Folk Taboos 民间禁忌杂谈 Su Wan苏皖Urban2.7M WordsCompleted A pig butcher never slaughters a pig with five toes. The village guardian never guards a village with a temple. A feng shui master never selects a lair of an evil dragon. A midwife must wash her hands in rooster’s blood. There are three hundred and sixty trades in the world, and every one has its rules. Are these ancient, mysterious rules really nothing more than empty formalities? If I told you that some rules must never be broken, because breaking them means death, would you believe me? 8.3kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
20. 20 黄 Ferryman of the Underworld 黄泉摆渡客 Third Master Zhejiang浙三爷Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted My sister was abused to death by her husband. Even after she died, her resentment kept her from resting in peace. To help her find peace, I became a ferryman traveling between the worlds of the living and the dead. From then on, I strode between yin and yang as if walking atop a hanging coffin. The strong live, the weak die. I will be the one to decide who lives and who dies! 970Reads8.6Score103Shelves
21. 21 镇 Suppressing the Dragon 镇龙 Ninth Young Master of the Daoist Sect道门九公子Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted For one person, he dug up an ancient grave, broke into a dragon's tomb, and wielded the Yang Sword to slay yin spirits! An heir to a family of secret arts, he joins a group of men and women bound together by fate. Together, they travel far and wide, fighting monsters in the mountains, slaying evil in the cities, breaking into the underworld, and robbing ghost messengers... To change our fate, we defy the heavens! 2.8kReads8.8Score556Shelves
22. 22 阴 The Yin-Yang Affairs Office 阴阳事务所 Young Master Xiao笑公子Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The Yin-Yang Affairs Office is closed during the day and open at night. We don't take cases from the living, only from ghosts. I'm a man of principles. What? A pretty young lady wants to come visit? Yo, I might consider it! A bewitchingly beautiful, sultry red-robed female ghost; a headless ghost whose head was chopped off with an axe; the Black and White Impermanence from the underworld... They're all regulars here. To tell you the truth, even the King of Hell was raised by me! 516Reads7.8Score101Shelves
23. 23 人 The Immortal Food of Mankind 人种仙食 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsOngoing "Weird Cultivation, Behind-the-Scenes Story" The Tang Dynasty: strange things are coming. When Li Qing transmigrated here, he thought Mr. Huayue had kindly taken him in. Little did he know that the man saw him only as livestock to be raised for food. At the brink of life and death, the jade tablet on Li Qing revealed its power, gravely wounding Mr. Huayue and allowing him to escape. But the danger was far from over. The scheme of the Six Paths and Eight Immortals to devour all living beings had 53.2kReads8.8Score5.2kShelves

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    Horror cultivating immortals, science fiction apocalypse, urban ghost stories, various themes, there is definitely something you like.

24. 24 开 Natural Disasters from the Start: I Hoard a Hundred Billion in Supplies and Win by Doing Nothing 开局天灾，我靠囤百亿物资躺赢 Cheng Jiajia程加加Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Post-Apocalyptic World + Reborn + Spatial Storage + Stockpiling + Pets + Slice of Life] (Available in print; the short drama and motion comic are now streaming) In a post-apocalyptic world of natural disasters, only the fittest survive. Typhoons, floods, extreme cold and heat, earthquakes, tsunamis, insect plagues, acid rain… After struggling to survive for three years in the apocalypse, Jiang Ning met a miserable death. Reborn three days before the end of the world, she seizes the advantage, r 70.7kReads9.3Score6.1kShelves
25. 25 欺 Deceiving the Gods: A Performance! 欺神演出！ Violent Purple-Skinned Person暴力紫皮人Mystery5.3M WordsOngoing [Satisfying revenge + Mind-bending twists + Slow burn + Strategic battles + Loads of plot twists] “When I thought death was the end, I opened my eyes and discovered that death was only a new beginning.” Lin Yu was killed by a junior schoolmate he thought had come to confess her love, only to discover that he hadn’t truly died. Instead, he had entered a deadly game! Only the winner would earn the chance to “live again.” Fortunately, Lin Yu awakened the “Unique Class: Deceiver.” [Any lie you 514.3kReads9.3Score96.1kShelves
26. 26 御 Beast Taming: In the Urban Legend Dungeon, I'm the Lazy King from the Start 御兽：怪谈副本，开局我是懒大王 Chaos Without a Thought混沌无念Anime Fanfiction1.8M WordsCompleted [Rules-based horror + beast taming + comedy + System + no romance] The protagonist isn't a bleeding heart! (This isn't traditional beast taming or a national-fate rules horror story, so feel free to dive in.) After waking from a night's sleep, Lin Yu found himself transmigrated into a parallel world where people mainly made contracts with the supernatural. He was also a soon-to-be senior in high school, training to become a supernatural beast tamer?! "All I did was stay up late watching Blue Fox 10.7kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
27. 27 恶 Demon Game: Playing a Demon from the Start 恶魔游戏：开局扮演恶魔 Butterfly of the Gods神之蝶Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Mind-bending + Mystery + Battles of wits + Dungeon game + Main plot + Twists + Slow burn + No harem + No clichés] On his way to class, college student Qu Jing was inexplicably dragged into a demon game. There, he saw a hideous demon acting as the game’s referee. The demon referee could do anything within the game’s domain, even things that defied common sense. The players had no way to fight against such an unnatural creature and could only take part in the game by force. The first game was sim 2kReads8.7Score233Shelves
28. 28 我 I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score189.8kShelves
29. 29 谲 The Dark Realm of the Uncanny 谲暗物境 Little Fengtian小奉天Mystery118k WordsOngoing Lin Xue, a classmate of Qin Chuan and Ye Xin, mysteriously vanishes inside an abandoned old school building. Even stranger, everyone around them except Qin Chuan and Ye Xin has forgotten that Lin Xue ever existed. Determined to uncover the truth, Qin Chuan and Ye Xin embark on a strange and unsettling investigation. One inexplicable event after another follows. Yet when the truth finally comes to light, it turns everyone's understanding upside down! 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Let's see if this novel has a beginning

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