Looking for Novels Similar to Records of the Unusual in the Bureau of Folk Affairs 求类似民调局异闻录的小说

1. 1 二 Twenty-Four Strange Tales 二十四异 Er Dong Shui Shou儿东水寿Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted A child found by an executioner, a senior member of the Daoist sect, and the godson of a Yellow Immortal lead the way. Joined over time by twenty-four more people with extraordinary abilities, they form an organization in Republican-era China dedicated to dealing with supernatural incidents. 4.4kReads9.2Score60914d adds

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   A new book by the author of "The Bureau of Pollution," a novel in the style of the Bureau of Pollution during the Republican era.

2. 2 东 Northeast Spirit Medium: From the Start, the Hu Family Town Is Haunted by a Hundred Ghosts 东北弟马：开局胡家镇百诡 American-Style Ice Flying美式飞冰Rural Life800k WordsOngoing [Spirit-medium tradition + Northeastern Chinese customs + folk supernatural tales + feng shui secrets] My name is Chen Mo. I had just graduated from college when my grandpa passed away. On the day he died, the portrait in the mourning hall stared at me, someone spoke from inside the coffin, and his corpse even sat up on the day of the funeral. That's when I learned my grandpa hadn't died of an illness. He'd left me a whole spirit retinue: the Hu, Huang, Bai, Liu, and Hui spirits, each with formi 8.3kReads6.4Score45214d adds

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   My grandfather passed away shortly after I graduated from university. The night before, during the vigil, the eyes of his portrait in the mourning hall suddenly moved, staring straight at me. Then, there was a "thump-thump" sound coming from under the coffin lid, and someone inside shouted, "You're next!" On the day of the funeral, my grandfather in the coffin suddenly became a ghost! My grandfather didn't leave anything behind when he passed away, but he left me with a group of spirits and a bunch of deadly enemies.

3. 3 7 Bureau 747: Special Affairs Division Nine 747局之特殊事物处理九科 Brother Elbow肘子师兄Urban770k WordsCompleted Do you really know the colleagues around you? What about your classmates and family? The person you've lived with for years, the one you know best, might not even be human! In this world, humans and demons coexist. Demons can live among you in all sorts of ways. “They” might be the man selling jianbing on the street, or they might be your boss! If a top special forces soldier hadn't awakened his family's bloodline in a panic while carrying out a highly classified special mission, and then joined 728Reads7.1Score—14d adds

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   Do you really understand your family and friends? Perhaps they aren't human at all, maybe they're demons! If it weren't for a special forces soldier participating in a highly classified mission, none of this would have been known to the world…

4. 4 特 Special Affairs Bureau, Division Nine: The Nanhai Monster Uprising 特殊事物处理九科之南海妖乱 Brother Elbow肘子师兄Mystery540k WordsCompleted Do you really know the friends around you? The coworkers around you? Your own family? Do you~ know this world? Maybe the people you know, the ones you've met and fallen in love with, aren't human at all~~~ They're demons~! If it weren't for one extraordinary mission, none of this would ever have come to light. And if it weren't for the people who silently stood guard, the Jiuying Sect might already have severed the dragon veins and destroyed our nation's fortune of ten thousand years... 140Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Do you truly understand your colleagues? Do you understand your classmates and relatives? Perhaps the person you know best, the one you've lived with for years, isn't even human! In this world, humans and demons coexist! Demons live among you in various ways! 'They' could be the pancake vendor, or they could be your boss! If it weren't for a top-tier special forces soldier who, during a highly classified mission, awakened his family's bloodline in the chaos and subsequently joined a special national organization, perhaps all of this would never have been known to the world…

5. 5 我 I Solve Cases at the Special Investigations Bureau by Day and Serve in the Underworld by Night 我白天特案局办案，晚上地府当差 Mr. Youyong幼庸先生Mystery3.6M WordsCompleted I was born with a pure Yang constitution and the fate of Zhong Kui. I can drive out demons, subdue ghosts, and repel evil spirits. The moment I was born, all kinds of factions fought to take me as their disciple. A bunch of monks and Taoist priests said I was destined to become a Celestial Master or a great monk. They even got into a brawl over me, and that’s not all: in the end, both the state and the underworld got involved! When I was one, the state even assigned me a corpse-born child who ha 21.1kReads8.7Score2k14d adds

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   That's it.

6. 6 神 Department of Paranormal Investigations 神秘事件调查处 Great Fox of Qingqiu青丘大狐Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted The Secret Incident Investigation Bureau, Book One As a child, Zhuge Yun was struck by lightning and branded with a thunder rune. During an archaeological excavation, he accidentally awakened the thunder element within himself. After joining the Ninth Division, under the Huaxia government’s secret agency, Bureau 749, Zhuge Yun and his teammates handled all kinds of supernatural incidents. The mysterious Poyang Lake Delta, ghost soldiers crossing the land, resurrected terracotta warriors in the M 4.4kReads8.4Score23214d adds

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   Beautiful! Highly recommended!

7. 7 神 Department of Paranormal Investigations II 神秘事件调查处【贰】 Great Fox of Qingqiu青丘大狐Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted The X-Files Investigation Bureau, Part Two “That's a dragon!” “No, there are no dragons. That's a kite, that's a black plastic bag, that's a bird soaring through a storm. You've read Haiyan, haven't you? Exactly.” In 1968, our country established Institute 507, whose full name was the Institute of Space Medicine and Engineering. Later, as more and more supernatural events were discovered, the institute began handling certain cases. In September 1974, some departments of Institute 507 were split 6.4kReads8.8Score57714d adds
8. 8 7 Bureau 749: Special Case Investigation Division Nine 749局：九处特案调查科 Great Fox of Qingqiu青丘大狐Mystery759k WordsCompleted The third installment of The Bureau of Mysterious Incidents As the internet continued to develop, the times called for change. In 2014, Bureau 749 established the Ninth Division's Special Cases Investigation Section. Yun Cong Feng, who wielded lightning and fire abilities; Li Yi Chu, with psychic abilities; Ye Luan, with enhancement abilities; the Taoist Zhang Shan Ling; the physician Li Fu Ling; and computer expert Chi You You joined the team. In the days that followed, the six-person squad dea 1.2kReads7.1Score10014d adds
9. 9 民 Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录（全8册） Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The Strange Tales of the Bureau of Investigation series creates an entirely new world of suspense: a mysterious organization dedicated to uncovering the truth behind bizarre, uncanny, and supernatural events, and the world it faces. The stories are wildly strange and utterly captivating, with a witty, playful style and one suspenseful twist after another. Once you start reading, you won't be able to put them down. Throughout history, strange cases and evil monsters have always been dealt with by 37.3kReads9.6Score5.8k14d adds

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   🔥🔥Highly Recommended🔥🔥 The *Bureau of Paranormal Investigation* series creates a whole new world of suspense fiction: a mysterious organization dedicated to investigating the truth behind all sorts of bizarre, strange, and supernatural events, and the world they face. [Please follow]

10. 10 5 513 Special Case Investigation Bureau 513异案特调局 Summer of the Dodder Vine菟丝子的夏天Mystery212k WordsCompleted The demigod's body turns out to belong to a little woman who can regenerate endlessly. How could Special Case Investigation Bureau 513 pass up the only protector in the world? One bizarre case after another reveals mysterious, ancient clans with supernatural abilities. The little woman sets off on a thrilling journey to solve cases, accompanied by an ageless male god and a big fat man. A shocking conspiracy soon comes to light. Is it the gods' long-suffering restraint, or a secret plot by the ot 39Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 11 我 My Days at Bureau 749 我在749局的那些日子 A Dream in Yunling云陵一梦Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted My name is Lin Bai, and I’m a sophomore at Diannan University. I have a secret I’ve kept buried deep inside for a long time. I feel like I might not be an ordinary person, or maybe… I don’t know if I can even be considered human. I can easily do many things ordinary people can’t. At first, I thought it would earn me admiring looks from others. But gradually, I realized it didn’t make me stand out from the crowd. Instead, it made me feel like I didn’t belong in this world. The way they looked at 4.1kReads8.8Score46314d adds
12. 12 7 749 Special Incident Investigation Bureau 749特殊事件调查局 Big Boss White Deer白鹿老大Mystery429k WordsCompleted [Based on real experiences. Just listen for fun, and I hope you enjoy it.] [No superpowers + first person + in the style of Strange Tales from the Ministry of Culture. If you like Strange Tales from the Ministry of Culture, jump right in.] At last, I have the chance to write a story about this mysterious department. I don't know how many people have heard of Bureau 749, let alone how many know anything about it, but Bureau 749 has always been shrouded in mystery. Its full name is the Bureau of S 7.2kReads7.5Score47614d adds
13. 13 东 Strange Tales from the Northeast Paranormal Investigation Bureau 东北民调局异闻录 Year After Year一年有一年Mystery609k WordsCompleted This is an organization dedicated to investigating and handling all kinds of bizarre supernatural events. To avoid causing public panic, it was established under the name Bureau of Folklore Investigations. The novel reimagines and develops various supernatural legends from Northeast China. Its strange events and compelling stories are presented with a distinctive Northeastern sense of humor. All manner of mysterious incidents, mountain spirits, and ghosts are told here! 403Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Is the frozen creature beneath Tianchi Lake not a monster, but the soul of a fallen Japanese soldier? Why is the Jiuju faction's century-old conspiracy relentlessly targeting Changbai Mountain? Is the mysterious white-haired man friend or foe? The Northeast Bureau of Investigation is caught in a massive vortex far beyond imagination! Beneath layers of mystery, the truth is far more astonishing than imagined… I can't stop following the updates, staying up all night every night for new chapters!

14. 14 白 Selling Clothes by Day, Sewing Corpses by Night 白天卖衣服，晚上缝尸体 Night Shadow夜幽影Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [Traditional supernatural horror, folk terror, decisive and ruthless] I rented an apartment where someone had died, hoping to save money, only to be plunged into endless darkness... My terrifying girlfriend has a mouth full of sharp teeth and haunts me day and night; A headless vengeful infant on the highway frantically tries to steal people’s heads; A horrifying internet celebrity livestreams herself peeling off people’s faces, while the comments turn eerie; At a Cat Immortal shrine in a strang 51.7kReads9.2Score6.2k14d adds

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    Just watch and you'll see, not a single person makes a sound. It's watchable, not as scary as before.

15. 15 系EN Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生，我熬死了所有人 One Durian No. 3一只榴莲3号Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsOngoing Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 581.6kReads9.4Score60.6k14d adds
16. 16 规 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Stubbornly Claimed I Wasn't Dead 规则怪谈：开局嘴硬说自己没死 North of No Southern Mountain北无南山Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted This is a world invaded by Rule-Bound Horrors. Those who are selected become players and enter bizarre game instances. Players who enter an instance receive a skill that can be extremely useful in the game. Bai Liang is selected too, but his skills are different from everyone else's. [Big Talker]: When you die, you can insist you're not dead and revive on the spot. [Outlaw]: You don't have to follow the rules, and no one can do anything about it. [Everyone for Me]: When a mission fails, a random 14.1kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
17. 17 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! 213.6kReads9.6Score25.4k14d adds
18. 18 扎 The Paper Effigy Shop: Everyone Around Me Is a Big Shot 扎纸铺，我身边都是大佬 Jie Yu界玉Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted In our ancient land of China, many professions have their own rules and taboos. The older and more mysterious the craft, the more this is true. For example, when “asking the rice,” you must never ask how someone died; a coffin maker must never make their own coffin; a paper effigy maker must never draw eyes on a paper figure; and a spirit medium must never conduct a ceremony without all the members of their altar present... If any of these rules and taboos are broken, something terrifying will h 22.6kReads9.3Score2k14d adds
19. 19 时EN Time Stop from the Start, Even Evil Gods Have to Kneel Before Me! 时停起手，邪神也得给我跪下！ Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Time Stop + Apocalypse + Superpowers + Arrogance + Forgetting Your Roots + Rejecting Inner Turmoil] Bai Ye transmigrated to the age of the Great Cataclysm, two hundred years in the future. This world was full of danger, its people were honest and simple, and mutated beasts ran rampant. But he wasn't worried. Because he could stop time for one minute every day. If he didn't use it today, he could save it up for tomorrow. When time across the world hit zero, he would be the only one who could mov 688.5kReads9.4Score49.1k14d adds
20. 20 天EN The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师 Light of the Dao道之光Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself. 672.6kReads9.6Score138.4k14d adds

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    This book is great! You can learn some tidbits of metaphysics while reading the novel; it's definitely worth a look. [Learned it!]

21. 21 开 Opening the Road to the Underworld 开冥路 Smoke and People Along the Qin Frontier秦塞人烟Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [No romance, no female lead, not much of a power fantasy, first-person narration, a slightly slow start. If you don't mind, please be patient. My new book, "Nine Divinations Out of Ten Are Wrong", is the second installment of this story.] My name is Sui Xiaotian. I'm a guide. But I only guide those who die unnatural deaths. An unnatural death is a bitter consequence brought about by bad karma. After death, the great temples won't accept you, and the small temples won't keep you. You become a lon 13.5kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds

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    I've been following this recently; it's a suspenseful, supernatural novel with no female lead. The male lead is a guide for the spirits of those who died violently.

22. 22 北 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 948.8kReads9.6Score117.8k14d adds

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    This book is similar; they both discuss folk esoteric techniques.

23. 23 我 There Are Monsters in My House 我屋子里有怪物 A Stroke Across Mountains and Seas山海一笔Urban599k WordsCompleted [Not a saint] + [Monster raising] + [Dark] + [Cthulhu] + [Gods] + [Forbidden powerhouse] On the first day Huo Jie moved in, he realized that the rundown villa he had inherited from his second uncle, who had barely been able to make ends meet, seemed a little strange. The whole house was filled with eerie things. Even a skull with a sheep’s horns could speak! A crow flew in, and Huo Jie fed it a stone from inside the house. It then began to speak like a human, and its golden eyes could see the tr 1.9kReads7.9Score19014d adds

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    The gods awaken, the world is in chaos, and I am the ancestor of all gods.

24. 24 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 513.4kReads9.5Score39.7k14d adds

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    Absolutely perfect, and it looks incredibly satisfying!!!

25. 25 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 31.6kReads9.1Score2.8k14d adds

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    In "So What If I Cultivate Unorthodox Paths and Be Treacherous and Cunning?", Si Yang challenges those cultivation methods considered taboo by the world with a subversive approach to immortality cultivation. He fears neither the will of Heaven nor the backlash, only pursuing the ultimate power. This is a novel about courage and choice, allowing you to follow in Si Yang's footsteps and experience a unique immortality cultivation adventure, feeling the thrill and excitement of searching for the supreme path amidst thorns.

26. 26 疯 Crazy System: You Deadbeat, Stop Right There! 疯批系统：死鬼，你给我站住！ The Patriarch's Cat祖师爷的猫Urban215k WordsOngoing [System] [Power Fantasy] [Eerie Revival] [Comedy] [Ruthless Combat] I’m a mental patient who was wrongly diagnosed. My daily routine is watering the head doctor’s flowers and looking after his fish. I stuck a rapid-heating rod into the fish tank as an oxygen pump, and when I saw the whole tank filled with fish soup, the head doctor was over the moon. But good times never last. An ordinary life just doesn’t suit extraordinary people like us. Then my fiancée outside got kidnapped, and they sent me 68Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A mentally ill person stirs up trouble in a bizarre world using cognitive distortions, spouting nonsense with a straight face, and outwitting official forces. It's a fast-paced, comedic story. Give it a try if you like.

27. 27 那 Those Years I Worked Part-Time Down Below 那些年，我在下面兼职的日子 Qi Yi亓宜Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [Guiding souls, stories, healing, retribution, one heroine] Ox-Head and Horse-Face: “Hey, kid, how about a 300,000-yuan annual salary for a part-time job in the underworld?” Chen Yi, who earns 4,000 yuan a month: “I’m in! I’m in!” Once he started, he was soon drinking and laughing with underworld marshals from all walks of life, and raising cups with the Four Great Judges as if they’d known each other forever. He even passed the civil service exam and landed a coveted government job in the huma 34.8kReads9.1Score2.9k14d adds

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    "The Strongest College Student's Part-Time Job: Restoring Order to Heaven and Hell" is a fantasy novel that cleverly blends modern life with mythology. Jiang Tong, an ordinary college student, unexpectedly becomes a bridge connecting the human world and the heavens and the underworld. His wisdom and courage allow him to navigate between the two worlds with ease. As he gradually uncovers the secrets of the underworld, promotes modern technology, and outwits mythical figures, you will be drawn into a fantasy world that is both familiar and strange. Get ready to follow in Jiang Tong's footsteps, restore order to the chaotic heavens and the underworld, and experience an adventure that transcends the realms of Yin and Yang! [^0^]

28. 28 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.3kReads—Score10714d adds

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    A family-friendly adventure of catching ghosts and cultivating immortality, battling fierce spirits and zombies.

29. 29 猎 The Demon Hunter’s Journal 猎魔手记 Old Zhang, Old Zhang老张老张Mystery3.9M WordsCompleted Have you ever seen a white dog wearing clothes, or a mouse eating a cat? Have you heard of paper effigies putting on an opera, or flying stiff corpses sucking blood? Come, let me tell you... 1kReads8.5Score10214d adds

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