Looking for Something Dark, with That Half-Dead Feeling 想看点阴暗的，活人微死的那种感觉

1. 1 阳 Getting Roasted in the Living World, My Fans in the Underworld Help Me Get Even 阳间被喷，阴间粉丝帮我找场子 Rehab Expert复健达人Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Funny and lighthearted + playing a ghost + scaring people and ghosts alike + horror livestream + no female lead + top-tier star of the underworld + reverse brainwashing + misunderstandings + ghostly illusions] Shen Si is an obscure actor who loves performing but has mediocre acting skills. In other people’s eyes, he’s a strange, awkward speaker with stiff limbs who crawls faster than he runs. One day, he receives a script and enters a supernatural film set. Here, his awkwardness is because he’s 14.3kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves

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   Dark and funny, with the living barely alive, it's very enjoyable to watch [I highly recommend it].

2. 2 错 I Mistook a Horror Game for a Dating Show and Accidentally Became a Legend 错把恐怖游戏当恋综一不小心封神 Why Is Magic So Powerful?魔法怎么这么灵呀Mystery547k WordsCompleted [No CP + Power Fantasy + Nonstop Thrills] Song Yi, who has cancer, suddenly gets bound to a Dating Show System. After entering the game, he doesn’t question why his role on the dating show is an abusive husband. Given an abusive husband’s script and trapped in a loop with a 99.999 murder rate, he’s stuck in a notoriously deadly newbie game. The viewers pray that the poor guy won’t die too quickly. Then Song Yi, who gets chased by ghosts every night, gives the ghosts psychological trauma instead. 20.7kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
3. 3 我 My Little Madman 我的小疯子啊 Cat for a While一时猫Modern Romance293k WordsCompleted [Scheming seduction, face-slapping revenge, bloody madness, and the aesthetics of violence] Everyone is crazy, and everyone has a mental illness. If that bothers you, don’t read. Care for your mental health by reading novels. * Reborn after death, Su Jinyi has too many scores to settle. She refuses to sell herself for beauty or take the path of degradation. Instead, she chooses a more direct, more unhinged way to get even. But first, she needs powerful allies. So Su Jinyi checks herself into a p 2kReads9.2Score255Shelves

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   Everyone should go see this! It's absolutely amazing, I highly recommend it!!!

4. 4 反 The Villainess Kills with Her Beauty 反派她以美貌杀人 Shattered Starlight夜空碎光Ancient Romance355k WordsCompleted (The heroine is a true villain. If you prefer morally upright characters, read with caution.) She was the villain of a book, but she never knew it. But what did that matter? Her beloved was dead. How could those responsible for his death be allowed to live? She toyed with the world in the palm of her hand, laying schemes within schemes and concealing deadly intent at every turn. Her gentle nature and ethereal beauty were both weapons, and no one could stand in the way of her revenge. The person 4.1kReads9.4Score479Shelves
5. 5 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 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves

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   Overall, I don't think it had a bad ending. Also, when will the author release a second book?

6. 6 注 Warning! The Adorable Little Zombie Is Out, All Zombies Stand Aside 注意！软萌小丧尸出行，众尸退避 Writing Sauce码字酱Sci-Fi & Apocalypse382k WordsCompleted [Goofy Zombie Heroine + Flesh-and-Blood Evolution + Immortal Body + Powerful Badass] Chu Ge is completely useless, so she voluntarily sticks her hand into a zombie's mouth. Following the philosophy that if you can't beat them, join them, she figures she'll save herself at least thirty years of trouble. She finally gets her wish and joins the zombie horde, contributing her share to the apocalypse. She'd planned to become a mindless, shambling corpse. But heaven has it in for her: somehow, she tur 8kReads9.2Score1kShelves

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   My personal treasure trove of books, a masterpiece of subverting tropes, a five-star recommendation [Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece]

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. 173.8kReads9.7Score17.7kShelves
8. 8 龙 The Dragon King's Bride 龙王聘 Wangquan Yuechu王权月初Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted That year, I came down with a strange illness that nothing could cure. Then, on the night the blood moon hung high in the sky, my family decorated the house with lanterns and streamers. From that day on, I had a husband no one could see. Around that time, my mother warned me gravely that I must remain faithful to my husband and keep my distance from other men, or disaster would befall me! When I was nineteen, I broke the taboo, and he... appeared. 39.6kReads9.5Score5.8kShelves
9. 9 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! 73.7kReads9.4Score8.8kShelves

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   ✨📖 "Song Family's Unique Coronation Techniques: Solving Mysterious Cases with 3000-Year-Old Methods! 'The Underworld Detective' Shows You the True Legend of a Coroner"📖✨ [Clickbait Warning] "Human Flesh Filling Found at a Steamed Bun Shop: A Murder Scene!" "University Beauty Takes Away a Living Person on Her Death Anniversary; The Murderer is...!" "China's Last Coroner Uses a 3000-Year-Old Method to Make Corpses Speak!" [Introduction] When mysterious cases occur frequently, China's last coroner, armed with Song Ci's unique skills, emerges from seclusion, using a 3000-year-old method to examine corpses, making them speak, and solving bizarre cases such as serial killers and demon-eyed people! From "Substitute Burial" to "The Head in the Piano," from vampire syndrome to the legend of zombie babies, each case hides the abyss of human nature— "There are no ghosts in the world, only skillful hands to redress injustices." [Story Summary] Song Yang, the 27th generation descendant of Song Ci, is drawn into the century-old conspiracy of "Jiangbei Broken Knife" due to his grandfather's mysterious death. He used the "True Edition of the Washing Away of Wrongs" and "The Divine Chapter of Judgment" to enlighten himself, and employed ancient methods of autopsy, such as steaming corpses with white vinegar and unique injury examination techniques, to solve: ✔️The red umbrella injury examination reveals the truth of "campus suicide" ✔️The pen hiding a corpse solves the mystery of "the human head in the piano" ✔️The "cursed piano" serial murder case controlled by the demonic-eyed crowd, and he outwitted and outmaneuvered the high-IQ criminals, ultimately bringing the criminal group to justice. [Highlights] ✅ Ancient and modern collision: Song family's unique skills + modern criminal investigation, scientifically explaining paranormal phenomena ✅ Hardcore reasoning: Each chapter contains foreshadowing, and the case twists and turns beyond imagination ✅ Painful aesthetics: Methods such as steaming corpses with white vinegar and using ink to reflect images directly attack psychological defenses ✅ Mysterious Easter eggs: Details such as mobile phone wallpapers and couple avatars hide secrets about one's background [Reader reviews] "Highly recommended!!! My favorite among suspense novels" "The author has a thorough understanding of the coroner's process, even more exciting than "The Washing Away of Wrongs"" "The chapter on vampires gave me goosebumps" [You will see] √ The protagonist uses "corpse interrogation techniques" to make the corpse identify the murderer. Jiangbei Candao uses the "Sacred Book of the Future" to prophesy and manipulate people's hearts. The final showdown unfolds on a stormy night, and satellite positioning locks onto the truth.

10. 10 惊 Thriller Game: This Doctor Is More Terrifying Than Ghosts 惊悚游戏：这个医生比鬼恐怖 Sliding-Step Expert滑步高手Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted The paranormal is on the rise, and horror games are invading reality. The genius doctor Li Fei is accidentally drawn into a game. With the Ghost Doctor System at his side, he devotes himself heart and soul to medicine, gradually building his clinic into a thriving business. The Slit-Mouthed Woman: “I only went in for a checkup for a cold, and he sewed my mouth shut the moment I walked in!” The Red Wedding Dress: “I only turned him down, but he insisted I had a fear of men!” The Ghost Lady: “He t 16.6kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves

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    The first book has an unexpected and thrilling opening; the protagonist isn't invincible. The second book is a suspenseful mystery; do you like the darker side of society? The third book is a masterpiece—read on without worry!

11. 11 费 Feike’s Banquet 费可的晚宴 Luo Jia珞珈Mystery65k WordsCompleted A Chinese version of And Then There Were None. The best mysteries come from reality and are hidden in the human heart. A mysterious invitation to dinner brings six strangers who have never met together in a lakeside villa. Yet the host never shows up. As the story unfolds, memories and reality intertwine, gradually revealing a connection they had never noticed: every one of them had been swindled by the host. Stories steeped in desire and betrayal, temptation and sorrow, sketch the life of a cri 980Reads9.4Score241Shelves
12. 12 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 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves

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    🔥 [A Phenomenal Mind-Blowing Masterpiece] The 9.9-point masterpiece "Ten Days to the End" has concluded with a bang! The ultimate feast for suspense fans! 🌌 **Plot Explosion**: Conman Qi Xia is drawn into the "Land of the End," facing a death game governed by the twelve zodiac animals in a ten-day cycle—liars live, honests die! Awakening the "Echo" ability to retain his memories, he leads his team in a life-or-death struggle to unravel a Chinese-style mystery: from a black bear trap to the calamity of the Nian beast, from a three-tiered game of heaven, earth, and man to a conspiracy to kill the gods with a celestial dragon, every step is the ultimate battle between humanity and bestiality! 💡 **High-Energy Settings**: ✓ **Ten-Day Cycle of Life and Death**: Death for everyone restarts the cycle; only the "Echo" can defy fate with their memories! ✓ **Chinese-Style Death Game**: The twelve zodiac animals act as referees, blending the twenty-four solar terms and the path to immortality into mind-bending rules; the game of deception and cooperation is brutally honest! ✓ **A Frenzy of Metaphors about Humanity:** From "human-level" bestiality to "heaven-level" divinity, every game is a dissection table for the soul! 🎭 **Extreme Twist:** You thought you were saving the team? No! Qi Xia is actually a reincarnated being defeated by Tianlong 70 years ago! All the well-intentioned lies are part of a god-slaying scheme, and the ultimate truth shatters our perception! 📢 **Reader Storm Verification:** "At first, I thought it was an escape room game, but then my mind was blown apart by the plot twists!" "The design of the Twelve Zodiac Games is divine; after reading it, I was completely awestruck by traditional culture!" "The only novel I dared not skip in Tomato's reading; every detail is foreshadowing!" 👉 **Reading Guide:** Tomato's phenomenal suspense novel, TOP 1. Click to witness how a conman rewrites the apocalyptic cycle with lies! #MindBendingCeiling #RiseOfChineseStyle #MustReadAfterCompletion**🔥 Soul-Piercing Strike: **"When good intentions become the most ingenious deception, every truth is the epitaph of a god-slayer!"**

13. 13 步 Addicted Step by Step: I’m the Powerful Man’s Cinnabar Muse 步步成瘾，我是执权大佬朱砂痣 Lu Zhizhi鹿只只Modern Romance885k WordsCompleted Jian Mo thought she was just something Cheng Po did for fun to break up the monotony of life. When the time came, they would each go their separate ways and never meet again. But at her wedding to someone else, Cheng Po stood at the center of the ceremony, a spark in her eyes as she gazed coolly at the groom. “How dare you marry my woman?” Cheng Po thought Jian Mo was an interest at first, then gradually became a pleasure, then a refined delight, and finally the one she depended on to bring peac 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [A Bloodstained Abyss of Family Bonds, A Cinnabar Mole Forged into a Blade] As Jian Mo's blade pierced her beastly father, her mother rushed out of the bathroom and smashed a kettle of cold water over her head. The chain of violence within her blood relatives was tightly interlocked, until she stumbled upon her younger brother, who was peeping at her with a blanket at the door—in this slaughterhouse of a distorted family, everyone was an executioner. When the paranoid and powerful figure grabbed her bloodied neck and chuckled, "Be my addict, and I'll slay the gods for you," the trampled cinnabar mole finally became the blade that cleaved open hell. Witness how a thorny rose takes root in the flesh and blood of her family, forging the heart of the abuser into a stepping stone to the throne!

14. 14 无 Infinite: People Can Die, but You Must Never Lose the Game 无限：人可以死游戏绝不能输 Ran Tu染途Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted (Completed) [Infinite Flow + Logical Deduction + Death Games + Brain-Burning + Slightly Unhinged Female Lead + Strong Leads] (Content warnings at the end of Chapter 1) After her parents died, Xin Zhixia witnessed the ugly faces of her relatives during a dispute over the inheritance and grew disgusted with the world. She devoted herself to the games she loved and drifted through life in a daze. Finding life pointless, she decided to jump off a building and kill herself. A man appeared beside her. 12.7kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
15. 15 末 Transmigrating in the Apocalypse: The System Isn’t Human 末世穿越之系统不是人 Min Tianxin悯天心Urban155k WordsOngoing Not saintly, but still human in the early stages; decisive and ruthless; tenderly devoted to one; pets; the apocalypse lasts through the whole story. No ascension, no botched ending. The story is somewhat realistic and dark. Readers who prefer lots of romance, please read with caution. The apocalypse has arrived, but not everyone has supernatural abilities. I believe that if others have something, I can have it too. I have two dogs, which other people don’t, though they’re skin and bones. I have —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book vividly portrays the dark and bleak side of the apocalypse, with meticulous detail. It's not suitable for those with a strong aversion to extremes! However, it's a genuine depiction of the apocalypse, not some mindless, farcical story.

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