Godfather 😭😭 Give Me a Book with a Highly Intelligent Protagonist and Terrifyingly Flawless Logic 义父😭😭给我一本主角高智商恐怖逻辑缜密的书

1. 1 恐 Terrifying Nightmare: Extreme Survival in a Bizarre World 恐怖噩梦：我在诡异世界极限逃生 Young Bear年轻熊Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow, mildly scary, no romance] Wang Yan wearily opened his front door. Inside, he saw the woman next door holding and soothing a baby, staring at him in terror. “Sorry, I’ve got the wrong apartment.” He quickly apologized and backed out, then slammed the door shut. Standing in the pitch-black hallway, he found himself unable to decide what was more terrifying: seeing his female neighbor in his home, or seeing the baby who had died long ago… 344.1kReads9.4Score63.5kShelves

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   Another masterpiece from Idioms Picking Up the Deaf Trumpet! After Wang Cheng, a mysterious man starved in the elevator—Wang Yan!

2. 2 规 Rule Horror: I Am the Horror Story 规则怪谈：我即怪谈 Wish You Happiness祝你快乐呀Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing In 2017, supernatural tales descended upon Earth. Conventional weapons couldn't harm them, and humanity struggled to survive. Rule-based supernatural tales became humanity's last lifeline. Tens of thousands of chosen ones around the world were selected. If they won, the supernatural tales would vanish from reality. If they lost, the rule-based tales would descend upon the world. This was a war between humanity and the supernatural. Chen Shao, a patient suffering from bone cancer, became one of t 172.4kReads9.6Score34.5kShelves

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   Seriously recommended.

3. 3 穿 Transmigrating into a Spy War: My Codename Is God of Wealth 穿越谍战，我的代号是财神 A Thousand Stars Like Fire千星如火Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Espionage + Political Intrigue + Undercover Agent + Supply Trading + The Ultimate Power Fantasy = A Must-Read] Chen Yang, a disposable agent from the Fuxing Society's military training brigade, is ordered to infiltrate Shanghai and gather intelligence. By chance, he gets into a collaborationist Japanese agency and is put in charge of transportation. To better conceal his identity, Chen Yang puts the art of trading money and sex, perfected in a later era, to good use. He conspires with logist 2.3kReads9.3Score306Shelves
4. 4 寿 I Cheat at the Lifespan Lottery: My Wheel Has No Odds 寿命抽奖我作弊，我的转盘没概率 Pu Sa菩飒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.0M WordsOngoing The apocalyptic game arrives, and lifespan becomes the only currency! The various wheels of fortune dropped by monsters can only be spun by spending lifespan! Some people spend ten years of their lives and draw a life-extending pill that grants them another hundred years! Some people spend a hundred years of their lives and draw powerful abilities that let them defy fate! Some people spend a thousand years of their lives and draw a terrifying beast tide that threatens an entire city's popula 31.3kReads7.8Score4.4kShelves
5. 5 谁 Who Let Him Awaken His Talent? 谁让他觉醒天赋的？ Cheese Spade芝士黑桃Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Everyone Changes Class + Mythology Awakens + Overpowered Leveling + Lighthearted Comedy + No System + No Female Lead] Su Yu transmigrates to a world where everyone changes class and awakens a talent. Monsters run rampant, and other races invade! Danger and opportunity go hand in hand! Only by becoming a class-changer, leveling up, and growing stronger can you stand at the top of the world! On the day of his class change, Su Yu becomes a mysterious hidden class: the Fate Jester. He gains the D-r 13.3kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
6. 6 别 Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban5.7M WordsCompleted [Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou 200.9kReads9.4Score19.9kShelves
7. 7 没 I Didn't Get into College, So I Had No Choice but to Slay the Gods 没考上大学的我，只好选择屠神了 Gongzi Zhifan公子之凡Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Comedy + Hot-Blooded Power Fantasy + No Goody-Two-Shoes Hero + System + Demonic Beasts + Ruthless Protagonist] Chu Yunxuan scanned the QR code on a winning card from a packet of instant noodles and transmigrated to Blue Star, where everyone could awaken their powers and demonic beasts ran rampant. Here, the demon race had twelve Demon God Halls, each led by a Demon God powerful enough to reach the heavens with a raised hand. The eight Demon Realms were ruled by eight Demon Gods, each dominating 21.6kReads8.5Score2.4kShelves
8. 8 震 Shocking! My Boyfriend Turned Out to Be the Horror Dungeon Boss 震惊！男友竟是恐怖副本BOSS Tuoba Dumpling拓跋饺子Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Two powerful leads + Horror-game instances + Lighthearted and funny + Boyfriend is the BOSS + Devoted husband + Both are virgins] On her birthday, Shen Jiahe’s boyfriend told her that the number of players entering horror-game instances had surged, and as the instance’s big BOSS, he had to work overtime and couldn’t come home. Shen Jiahe laughed in anger. He could have just said he was cheating on her! Instead, he came up with such a ridiculous excuse! She dumped the scumbag that 56.9kReads9.2Score6.8kShelves

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   Very suspenseful. Find out and survive [fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear][fear]

9. 9 无 Infinite Flow: I'm Scared, Hubby, Come Hold Me 无限流：老公我害怕，快来抱抱我 Peach Ravine, Thick Mist桃涧雾浓浓Mystery322k WordsCompleted [Completed] Sweet romance + devoted couple + loves his wife like his life depends on it + a touch of coercive love An adorable, pampered heroine who grows stronger over time (even a cute girl can beat ghosts to a pulp) A lovesick, obsessive puppy of a male lead who takes the initiative (all he wants is to cuddle his wife) Most instances are short and not too difficult. They’re just for a satisfying read, with no padding. * After attending a funeral, Qiao Jinyue was inexplicably pursued by a hand 5.9kReads9.1Score777Shelves
10. 10 搞 You've Got It Wrong: She's the Horror Instance NPC 搞错了，她才是恐怖副本NPC South of Nanmo南沫以南Mystery270k WordsCompleted [Infinite flow + paranormal horrors + terrifying survival rounds + delicate, sweet, airheaded female lead + male lead is a survival-round boss] Gu Man'er was an NPC in a horror game, working odd jobs in one survival round after another. But she really wasn't cut out to scare anyone. The players hadn't even started crying, and she was already in tears. Shen Ci was so angry that he pulled her behind him and stepped up to defend her, daring anyone to bully his subordinate in front of him. Gu Man'er 323Reads6.8Score100Shelves
11. 11 网 Online Dating a Horror Boss, I Tried to Escape but Was Kissed Until I Cried 网恋到恐怖boss，逃跑被亲哭 Crazy Gadola疯狂的嘎朵拉Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-Flow Horror + Sweet Romance + Growing Heroine + Obsessive, Yandere Male Lead + Mutual Firsts] Yun Fu falls in love online with a boyfriend. She gets his contact information from a dream. He spoils her endlessly, flirts with her all day, and comforts her every night. He's a total lovesick husband who lives for his wife. But when Yun Fu wants to meet him in person before starting school, he keeps hemming and hawing and refuses to see her. “If you won't meet me, we're breaking up!” Yun Fu 60.2kReads9.3Score7.6kShelves
12. 12 异 City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [The new book The Maze of Inversion has begun serialization. Updates come at 9 p.m. every evening. Please continue to support it.] Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 473.2kReads9.7Score73.9kShelves

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    God [laughing][laughing][laughing][laughing][laughing]

13. 13 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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    The protagonist is a killer with a high IQ. It is mainly suspenseful. There is a horror atmosphere, but not that scary. The whole book is non-toxic, there is no brainless place, the logic is clear and very crisp, the character creation is also okay, there is only one female protagonist, the emotional scene is a little bit bad, and it is very warm [smile]

14. 14 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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    This one is particularly beautiful! The protagonist deceives himself in the game, and the rhythm is tight! Lots of foreshadowing, recommended!

15. 15 让 I Told You to Go Undercover, Not Hit on the Boss's Wife! 让你卧底，没让你勾搭大嫂！ Bei Cai贝才Urban3.5M WordsCompleted [Decisive and ruthless + never a saintly heroine + multiple heroines + wildly satisfying] Lei Zhen transmigrates to a parallel world in 1995. Starting out as a low-level underling, he rises through the ranks with ruthless force, amassing wealth and beautiful women until he rules everything with an iron fist! 110.5kReads9.3Score12.2kShelves

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    See for yourself, what a big boy

16. 16 渎 Profaning Sin 渎罪 Dreams Without End梦未央Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted A notebook that teaches people how to commit crimes, four strange young people, and a leader with a split personality and a free-associating mind. A genius with sky-high IQ and zero EQ. A man with high EQ who seduces women. A master of old-school tricks with explosive fighting skills. Four orphans form a strange task force and begin fighting criminals. The four young people use bizarre methods to handle cases. They cry and laugh, joke and bicker, and somehow stumble into solving them. Whether by 916Reads7.8Score104Shelves
17. 17 我 My 99 Perfect Hunts 我的99次完美狩猎 Little Half-Immortal of Shu Mountain蜀山小半仙Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Realism] [High-IQ crime] [Masterful mind games] [No female lead] [For readers who love logic] The police in Xikang City received a phone call from someone calling himself Ghost, who claimed he would kill a certain person in three days. More than that, he wanted the police to rush out and protect the target. He intended to carry out the killing under the police's tight security. The police took the threat extremely seriously and made careful preparations. When the three days were up, the result 49.1kReads9.3Score5.1kShelves
18. 18 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 The anime adaptation of the novel I’m Having a Blast in the Paranormal Game is now streaming on Hongguo App. “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. 6.2kReads8.5Score553Shelves
19. 19 恐 Horror Game: I Get Stronger by Talking Back 恐怖游戏，抬杠我就能变强 Idiom for the Deaf成语接聋Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [No romance + infinite-flow + jokes and memes + System power fantasy] Cheng Fei transmigrates into a wilderness world and thinks he's doomed, but to his surprise, he's pulled into a horror game. He realizes that these games seem to contain tons of supplies he can use to survive! So he... This book is also known as: "A Mine Owner's Self-Cultivation" "I Went on a Free Shopping Spree in the Dungeon" "I Get Stronger Every Time I Roast Someone" "They Were Already Stupid, So Why Are You Teasing Them?" —Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 恐 Horror Revival: This Streamer Is the Real Deal 恐怖复苏：这主播能处 Forget the Sorrow of Parting忘记离愁Mystery2.6M WordsCompleted As horror returns, streamer Chen Ping'an awakens the Ghost Exploitation System. Every day, he's either exploiting ghosts or on his way to exploit ghosts. When he runs into a ghost, his first thought is whether he can make money off it. If there's a profit to be made, he won't spare even a ghost. 99Reads5.1Score—Shelves
21. 21 惊 Terror Descends: It Begins at the Haunted Hotel 惊悚降临：从恐怖旅馆开始 Ternary三进制Mystery2.6M WordsCompleted Twisted rules, a world thrown out of balance, ancient gods whispering in secret, and indescribable horrors descending upon the world. Some die, some weep, some flee in every direction, while others fight their way upstream! 2.1kReads—Score196Shelves
22. 22 超 Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播 Yuwen Chang Gong宇文长弓Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted "Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!" 27kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves
23. 23 我 I Returned from Hell to Plan the Perfect String of Revenge 我从地狱归来，策划连环完美复仇 Leaves Can't Predict Autumn叶难知秋Mystery525k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [Mad Protagonist] [Elegant] [High-IQ Crimes] [No System] Ten years ago, the Shen family was wiped out by a mysterious organization known as the Alliance. Shen Feng was beaten to death and left in the wilderness. Now, Shen Feng’s soul has returned from hell. That day, the criminal investigation squad received a call from a mysterious person claiming he would kill the famous CEO Liu Ruxu at a shareholders’ meeting. The nightmare began at that very moment. Shen Feng planned one per 43.3kReads9.5Score4.5kShelves

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    High IQ and high score

24. 24 你 You’re the Expert Team, So Why Are You Learning Criminal Investigation from Me, a Fugitive? 你专家组，怎么跟我一逃犯学刑侦 Ling Jiu San Yao零九三妖Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing Su Chen, who specialized in unsolved cold cases, transmigrated to a parallel world and was selected for a reality show about escape. He would be the show’s sole fugitive, hunted by a team of top experts selected from within the public security system! The show’s purpose was to showcase the power of the police and show the public just how easy it was to catch someone in modern society. But no one expected Su Chen to infiltrate the public security system from the start. Using his own methods of si 15.4kReads9.3Score2kShelves
25. 25 一 I Woke Up with 40 Murder Cases on My Hands 一觉醒来：我背上了40起命案 No Joy无喜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst... 37.4kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
26. 26 刑 Criminal Investigation: I Can See Crime Records 刑侦：我能看见犯罪记录 Beneath the Fuli Shrine佛狸祠下Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing Cen Lian was a junior-college general education teacher who did just enough to get by, and always thought he would keep coasting through life. Then a cheat ability fell into his lap: every criminal revealed their crimes in front of him. Driven by a simple sense of justice, Cen Lian began matching wits with criminals, both smart and stupid. He became a specially appointed consultant and, alongside a group of like-minded partners, embarked on a career solving criminal cases. 38.4kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
27. 27 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 1.7MReads9.9Score188.4kShelves
28. 28 阴 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 81.4kReads9.4Score10.2kShelves

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    Song Yang, a descendant of Song Ci and the last widowed author in China, relies on autopsy techniques inherited over three thousand years to assist the police in solving strange cases such as campus suicides and serial murders. He is determined to avenge the Jiangbei Candao organization that killed his grandfather. During the investigation, he meets his close friends Huang Xiaotao and others, and join hands to pursue the truth in the treacherous world of criminal investigation.

29. 29 天 The Celestial Master Is Here: Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World 天师在此，奇门风水震天下 Big Eggplant大茄子Mystery6.3M WordsCompleted [Several short dramas have been adapted from this novel: Feng Shui Heavenly Master, The Grand Master of Qimen Feng Shui, The Heavenly Master Is Here, Qimen Feng Shui Shakes the World, Notes of a Folk Feng Shui Master, and others] Everything in this book is fictional. Just enjoy the story, don’t take it seriously, and don’t get too caught up in it... 202.8kReads9.1Score28.8kShelves
30. 30 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
31. 31 破 The Eye of Deduction and Ten Curious Cases 破解之眼与十个奇妙案件 Zhou Yushang周雨尚Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing Truth-Piercing Eye, activate! Lies trigger a red alert, while secrets lie hidden beneath transparency... My name is Zhou Shijiu. With these Truth-Piercing Eyes that see through to the truth, I’ve solved countless strange cases in a marvelous world! And these eyes are just one of countless marvelous protagonists. This isn’t a one-person show! This is an anthology celebration, with a wild new premise in every installment! There’s no fixed protagonist, only a cast of characters shining together: It 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is mine!

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