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Great! It's a System, Now I'm Definitely Dead 太棒了！是系统，这下我死定了
[Infinite Flow] [No heroine] [No CP] [Original instances] [The System is useless] [Rules] [Deduction] [Wits and strategy] [Survival missions] Borrowing a setting from a great author: ghosts cannot be killed... You must discern their patterns... The Haunted Spirit Tower has descended. Please make sure to complete your survival mission! Little-girl System and all that: “Host, clear each instance in one life, one every seven days! Bring the Haunted Tower era to an end!” Chen Zichu: “Damn it... Othe
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My Adventure Journal 我的探险日记
This book has no ghosts or monsters, yet it is more frightening than any of them. Every page pushes at the reader's nerves, and each chapter features a gripping horror story. Join a team of four explorers as they venture into moments of sheer terror.
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Snowfall: A Record of Strange Tales from China 惊雪：中华异事录
This isn't a traditional ghost-hunting horror novel. It blends Taoist arts, high martial arts, mysteries, and more. I'm writing it for myself, OvO [Ghost Hunting, Taoist Arts, Mysteries, Martial Arts, Ensemble Cast] * The eldest disciple of the head of the Shangqing sect of the Zhengyi school, exceptional in martial arts and profound in Taoist arts... * A master of the Swallow Sect, known in the martial world as Li San the Swallow... * A Nationalist spy, clever and calculating, cold as ice... Du
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Who Is the One at the Door? 谁是开门的人
The night Jin Meng returned from North Bay, she came down with a high fever. When she woke up in the hospital, Jin Meng thought she had only been unconscious for a few nights. The inexplicable WeChat messages, her mother’s cold replies, and the news scrolling across the TV screen all reminded her that she, Jin Meng, had become a murder suspect.
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- 105 The Lost Antelope 迷失的羚羊 Also known as: The Divine Girl or the Hellish Killer? Beware, Judgment Is at Hand [Mystery + deduction + supernatural + adventure] [Strong male and female leads, both devoted and decisive, with hearts of gold. Earlier mysteries will be resolved later.] [Episodic stories + an overarching plot] An immortal girl? A young man who runs a guesthouse on the grasslands? And a student in glasses who wanders everywhere? What brought them together? A man-eating flower in a strange cave, the cries of a baby —Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Folklore Club's Unusual Daily Ghost Hunts! 民俗研的非正常探灵日常！
Gao Yuyang is an ordinary college student with an almost obsessive passion for supernatural phenomena and a "Supernatural Phenomena Research Club" on the verge of disbanding. While filming their final paranormal investigation at an abandoned shopping mall, he and his friend Wang Yan encounter a genuine supernatural horror: the "Evil Spirit in the Wall." Cornered with no way out, Gao Yuyang uses the rules to turn the tables on the evil spirit, but is cursed in the process. The club is renamed, an
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The Long River Decree 长河令
[Mystery and fantasy + mildly eerie + a growing protagonist, with plenty of twists and no tired tropes; no female lead; the protagonist is optimistic and calm, not traditional cultivation, not a wish-fulfillment story] This is the story of a boy named Lin Lan who leaves Pingcheng, braves countless dangers, and sets out on the road home to take revenge on his family... ...Not! “Who are you?” “I never change my name or surname. My surname is Cao, my given name is Xiaojian, and I'm from Pingcheng.”
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The Haunting Realm Descends: I Transform into a Bloodthirsty Killer 诡境降临：我蜕变成嗜血杀人魔
[The Strange Realm Descends + Cthulhu + Villain Persona + Decisive and Ruthless] When an alternate dimension known as the “Strange Realm” tore through reality, humanity glimpsed a blood-soaked ladder of evolution through the lens of fear. This world, crumbling by the day, is the final grave for the trembling cowards, the fertile soil where ambitious schemers cultivate their twisted desires, the evolutionary feast where the awakened seek out opportunity, the endless abyss where reason and sanity
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Nightcry Tower: Eleven Horror and Suspense Stories 夜哭楼：十一个恐怖悬疑故事
[Horror | Suspense | Mystery | Folklore | Short story collection] The green lamp, a ghost knocking at the door in the dead of night, the Golden Buddha, a female ghost... As everyone knows, what is truly terrifying isn't seeing a ghost, but the human heart! This collection brings together eleven horror and suspense stories by Han Shisan, originally published in well-known magazines across China. They'll send chills down your spine and turn even the fainthearted into brave souls!
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- 110 A Little Land of Mountains and Rivers 小山河 When Chi Xia first joins the special investigations team, Luo Xun strongly recommends transferring her elsewhere. The intern is so thin-limbed and wooden, like she can barely keep her eyes open. What makes her suitable for this team? She’d be much better off in Publicity! The thin-limbed intern says nothing, responding to everything with, “Captain Luo, solving the case comes first.” Luo Xun is so frustrated he can barely contain himself. The team is doomed, he thinks. Before long, Captain Luo ge 69.2kReads9.5Score12.3kShelves
- 111 365 Nights of Mystery and Horror 悬疑惊悚的365夜 Not for the faint of heart! Can you be sure everyone you see is real? Are supernatural forces behind all these eerie mysteries, or is it human nature at work? After experiencing one baffling incident after another, I gradually lost the ability to tell truth from fiction. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 Murder Case Alert Line 命案警戒线 As an ordinary homicide detective, Huo Xiang considers herself hardworking and tireless: digging up dismembered bodies in sewers, going undercover in red-light districts; hunting killers in remote forests, defusing bombs in skyscrapers; battling criminals at lavish banquets, catching fugitives at barbecue stalls. Huo Xiang has just one question: “When will I get to have a proper date with my celebrity boyfriend?” Her celebrity boyfriend, Shi Zuo, says, “My girlfriend is so obsessed with solving 268Reads9.2Score112Shelves
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My Best Friend's Curse 闺蜜的咒
My Best Friend's Curse
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The Secret Shadows of Fuchun Mountain: The Tomb Keeper 富春山秘影，守陵人
Follow me, and let my words fire your way! "The mysterious guardian of the tomb, whose family has protected Fuchun Mountain for generations, discovers that he's not an ordinary person at all." A landslide on a stormy night cracks the seal on a bronze coffin. And the web novelist who guards the tomb, she... There, the ruins of the Tomb Guardian Village, which vanished a hundred years ago, suddenly reappear in the world. The Ability Bureau is looking for him, the archaeological team is chasing him
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Murder by Scent 嗅杀
The Scent of Murder: A gentle doctor is actually a serial killer, and only she can smell death. When a perfumer neighbor joins forces with a homicide detective, a deadly game of tracking by scent begins.
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Please Kill Me Before I Wither 请在我凋零前杀了我
A series of bloody cases unfolds around the struggles of three women from the lowest rungs of society. Poverty-stricken families are like a curse, twisting into a cold, terrifying chain that follows them like a shadow and weighs heavily on the whole family. Will fate offer them a key to break the code? Can Shu Yunyan, Chen Xuanlan, and Chen Jingyun break the chain that passes misfortune down through generations, find redemption, and escape the tragic paths laid out for them? “Officer Peng, this
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My Emotions Can Confer Godhood 我的情绪能封神
[Strong female lead + growth-focused + Cthulhu horror + ship any couple you like] I’m Xu Quan, the only BUG left after reality’s folds invaded. My System sounds the alarm every day, either because an S-rank obsession has formed or because the real world is collapsing. I’m so sick of it. All I want is to quietly collect my obsession encyclopedia. The head of the Stability Bureau can’t stand me? [Ding! Their permissions have been changed to “backyard husky.”] A green-tea rival shows up to stir up
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The Five Ghosts' Wealth-Invoking Art 五鬼招财术
This story is entirely fictional and has no connection to real life. Any similarities are purely coincidental. Su Jin, a formidable force in Shanghai’s e-commerce industry, was born with Buddha bones and a faint spiritual sensitivity. She marries into a wealthy merchant family for the second time, but life is soon caught in an undercurrent of conflict, stirred up by her domineering, superstitious mother-in-law and her emotionally obtuse husband. When a new factory is completed, her mother-in-law
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Forgive the Moon 赦免月亮
[Classic Whodunit + Case-of-the-Week + Locked-Room Murders + Multiple Twists + Power Couple + Mutual Pining] To get revenge, Du Qingci kills two people, but runs into her old classmate Chu Dongping and has no choice but to become his partner. Together, they solve five cases in seven days. As they grow closer, their feelings heat up, and the killing intent draws nearer. Du Qingci: “Why does he keep looking at me? Did he spot my weakness? Is he going to silence me?” Chu Dongping: “Why does she kee
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Collected Records of the Way 行道集录
I am a descendant of Taigong. The gods need not stand aside. Following his ancestors' teachings, Lü Bugu practices the Dao, destroys demons and evil, and uses his mortal body as a hammer to temper his Daoist heart and refine his arts. The Great Dao is not found in famous mountains and ancient temples. The mortal world tempers the heart, and the Great Dao is never walked alone.
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Peerless Mind Spirits 念灵无双
High-Martial Arts Fantasy, Transmigration, Mystery Solving, Word-Spirit Arts, Strategy, Multiple Heroines As a successful demolition-compensation beneficiary and homebody, he could have spent his whole life lounging at home in a spacious apartment, living off his compensation! But he died at just thirty, struck down by his own keyboard-warrior sense of justice. Before closing his eyes, he made a wish to the heavens: to become a man no one could refute... When he opened his eyes again, he had tra
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Map of the Ashen Calamity 烬劫图
**The seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign. The land was shattered.** News that Beijing had fallen and the Chongzhen Emperor had hanged himself on Coal Hill reached Jiangnan. Even Suzhou, where fine rain fell in endless threads, was shrouded in the gloom of the end times. Chen Mo, the owner of a painting and calligraphy shop, appeared to be a gifted painter, gentle and refined as jade. In truth, he was the sole survivor of a bloody massacre that had wiped out his family three years earlier. H
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The Surreal Club 超现实俱乐部
[No System + slow-paced + urban high martial arts. The first scenario is a transition; the second kicks things into high gear.] It was during a torrential downpour that a blood-red QR code and a black-and-gold envelope brought an invitation from hell. Ghosts, gods, spirits, monsters! One scenario after another, one surreal event after another. Are these game instances, or another world? By chance, Chen Rang steps into this bizarre and fantastical world. He often wonders: is he a player, a cannon
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Delusions: The Book of Ghostly Grudges 诡妄：鬼怨书
[Two heroines + Lovecraftian horror + thrills + madness + mutual devotion + smart leads] A meteorite resembling a ball of flesh crashes into Earth, bringing with it a god from another planet: the Mad God Mo Shanshan. The arrival of this uninvited guest awakens supernatural evils that have slumbered for ages, and a bizarre, terrifying feast of “god-making” is about to begin.
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The Unbalanced Abyss 失衡归墟
[Original | Not a power fantasy | Not mindless | Golden finger | Suspense and horror game | Self-redemption] “Let’s play hide-and-seek. You be It, and I’ll hide. Can you find me?” A text from an unknown number dragged Liu Xu into a deadly game set in the world of a novel. When he woke, he was inside an ancient theater governed by bizarre rules. Its master delighted in watching people die, and anyone who lost the game would vanish into a wisp of green smoke beneath the stage. As the other players
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The Slippery Slope Fallacy 滑坡谬误
[Ensemble cast + not a power fantasy + a nonhuman survival guide + dying, coming back to life, dying again, and being reborn] Fate depends on what one encounters; its cycles cannot be fathomed. I write whatever line comes to mind. Plenty of things may put you off. The plot is a mess of tired jokes, the narrative is chaotic, and the point of view keeps jumping around. People die, stay dead, die again, and even in death take someone down with them. No couples. None of them are human.
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The Deadly Rose: Love, Hate, and Revenge 夺命玫瑰之爱恨情仇
[Rural]+ [Period]+ [Romance]+ [Revenge]…. In the 1990s, college student Yin Meigui gave up her promising future and willingly married Zhang Sheng, a simple, honest farmer. Ever since she arrived in the village, villagers who had come into contact with her began dying one after another in mysterious circumstances, without warning or a trace left behind. The police were at a loss, and the whole village was gripped by panic. Everyone suspected she was the killer, yet no one could find a shred of ev
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Ashen Panic 烬慌
As my father lay dying, he pressed a bloodstained chip into my hand. Six months later, the person I loved became a vegetable while protecting me. On his cold personal server, I found the only folder named after me. Inside were records of his awkward affection and a final message: “Xinxin, keep moving forward. Don’t look back.” I thought I would spend the rest of my life caught between revenge and protecting what I loved, until the “Observers,” beings from a higher civilization, arrived and col
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The Bureau's Twin Years: A Record of Strange Herb Mysteries in the Martial World 局编双年：奇草谜案江湖录
(Not a power fantasy + no System + plot-driven + crime-solving and deduction + mind-bending twists) (The author spent a full year crafting all the murder cases. They’re sure to be gripping and mind-bending, so enjoy!) One year ago, on a dark night, I was a lowly cleaner working in the City Lord’s Hall when I was dragged into a murder targeting the three great families. Everyone said I was the killer! One year later, by day, I’d turned my fortunes around and become deputy director of the Security
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The Ember Pavilion 烬阁
Which horror instance would you dare to enter? Soul-Requiem Town: Take a bite of the sacrificial cake, and you’ll see how you’ll end up buried alongside the vile custom of favoring sons over daughters. Buddha’s Echo Cave: Its murals, painted with oil rendered from young girls, depict how your dream of “becoming a Buddha” ends with you turning into a demon. Wenyuan Academy: Top students’ skins are made into “Wenchang exam papers,” while underachievers are nailed to the merit stele to atone for th
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The Net of Justice: Part One, The Killer Cannot Escape 天网第一部真凶难逃
“The net of justice may be wide, but nothing escapes it.” Do you think you can get past her keen eye? The Web’s Number One Female Criminal Investigator: The Killer Can’t Escape Ye Bailing is the leader of a criminal investigation squad. Since joining the force, she has never stopped moving forward, come rain or shine. No matter how difficult a case is, she is determined to uncover the truth. This time, however, she faces a murder case beyond anything she could have expected...
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After Losing My Memory, I Found Out in My Diary That I'm the Killer 失忆后，在日记本里看到我是凶手
Tang Li lost her memory after surgery for a brain tumor. Every day, she relies on her diary just to remember what she did before. But one morning, she gets up, opens the diary, and finds an account of how she killed someone... To keep anyone from finding out, she checks the hidden body over and over every day. But the diary keeps listing more and more dead people...
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Annihilating the Five Elements: Ashes of the Old Days, A Journal 湮灭五行：旧日之烬手记
A new author, so the pacing is a little slow at first! 1932, the New England coast. The decaying town of Innsmouth is like swollen, rotten wood, its inhuman emptiness showing through the fog and deathly silence. Private detective Sarah Watley, a battlefield ghost haunted by nightmares of the deep, travels to this cursed land to investigate a blasphemous wax seal that has resurfaced in the world. The residents have fleshy fins behind their ears and vertical pupils hidden in their eyes. The air r
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Countless Reincarnations, All to Save You 无数次轮回只为救你
Does an abandoned weed, the lowliest and most insignificant of all, truly have the right to touch "happiness"? When will this unending death finally come to an end? The "twins," born in the name of hope, have long since lost their freedom after stepping into an ancient web of grudges and entanglements.
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The Cursed Amusement Park 诅咒乐园
(Mystery and the paranormal, mildly scary.) … I received a text from an unknown number. It told me to refuse to let anyone kiss me. I was laughing at how ridiculous the message was when someone actually came to me, asking for a kiss. I thought it was some kind of prank and paid no attention. But the next second, she killed herself right in front of me! I stood there in a daze until the notification chime from my phone jolted me back to my senses! A new text appeared on my phone. It said… I had
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The Unseen Silhouette 看不见的背影
After his mother falls into a coma, Li Yang is drawn into a shocking conspiracy and discovers that he is the key "Subject 07" in a genetic experiment run by Dehui Group. A mysterious silver chain, a crescent-shaped birthmark, and a clone follow him like shadows. Every step of his investigation pulls him deeper into a maze where memories and reality intertwine. With the help of the Chen sisters, he gradually uncovers the truth behind the "Hive Project": he is not only the "key" to opening the mot
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I'm a Detective Streamer, and Solving Cases Makes Me Stronger! 我，侦探主播，破案就会变强！
[Detective Cases + System + No Female Lead + Lighthearted + Comedy + Transmigration] Paranormal streamer Chen Mo accidentally dies while livestreaming an overnight stay in a haunted house. He transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a trainee detective. He gets the There Is Only One Truth System, which forces him to livestream every case he solves. The viewers are from Earth, and stirring things up in the chat earns him rewards. Before long, things get increasingly bizarre: he makes corpses
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The March Murder Hunt 三月追凶
I’m working hard to create the most boring, lowest-rated, most lackluster mystery novel on the entire internet. Sometimes even the author can’t understand it, but apparently lots of people enjoy novels they can’t understand.
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- 139 Officer, Don't Panic! I Brought a System to the Rescue 警花别慌！我带系统来救场 Hao Shun only wants to be a good police officer, because his father was a police officer and so was his mother. His parents gave their lives in the line of duty. He wants to carry on their legacy, serve the people, and become their guardian. 1.2kReads8.5Score370Shelves
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The Sun Gives Me a Cheat 太阳为我开外挂
[Underworld power struggles + rigorous logic + survival on an alien planet + offbeat paranormal horror + intelligent protagonist + slow-burn thrills] Have you ever gazed up at the stars and wondered why the real world has nothing supernatural in it? When the real universe is invaded by a sinister universe, the result isn't a reshaping of reality's rules, but endless despair and terror. Monstrous beings that fuse supernatural powers with the laws of physics are coming. Survival is at stake. A
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Vivid as Life 栩栩若生
A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form
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Global Gatefall: I Became a God by Delivering Takeout 全球门化：我靠送外卖成神
Horror + suspense + Cthulhu + supernatural powers + wild imagination On a stormy night, my food delivery order reads: “Deliver to 77 Huangquan Road.” I’m forced to become a courier between the worlds of the living and the dead. Every five-star review extracts a customer’s soul, while a bad review gets me hunted by creatures from the Gate Realm. When I discover that my father’s last order before he disappeared was sent to the Bermuda Triangle, and that my mother has turned into a faceless being i
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