Looking for Eerie Novels with No Female Lead 求诡异类无女主文
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Thriller Game: My Entire Family of Loyal Martyrs Became Top-Tier Monsters 惊悚游戏:满门忠烈皆成顶级诡物
The Qin family has served their country with unwavering loyalty for generations. Every one of Qin Changkong’s ancestors gave their lives for the nation. Just as supernatural phenomena began to rise, a terrifying game descended upon the world. Chosen to join the game, he was bound to his nation’s fate and would fight on its behalf. But he discovered that his elders had all become top-tier supernatural beings. His mother, who died suddenly in the operating room, had underlings who were the boss of
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Chinese Horror Is Weak? Then Why Are You Bowing When I Summon It? 中式恐怖弱?召唤出来你磕什么头
A horror arena has descended upon Blue Star. Each nation must summon a terrifying entity to fight for it. The winners will see their national fortunes flourish and endure for all eternity. The losers will see their national fortunes decline, their resources and territory plundered, and their dignity stripped away. To claim victory, nations everywhere summon horrors native to their lands. The Sakura Nation has the Slit-Mouthed Woman, the Red Cape, the Four Great Female Ghosts, and the Hundred Gho
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The End of Ten Days 十日终焉
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
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After a Thousand Simulations, I've Mastered the Escape Game 模拟一千次,我有逃生游戏速通法
[Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced
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Slay the Gods 我在精神病院学斩神
A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled
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College Students Are Naive and Foolish? Watch Me Outsmart Them All 大学生清澈愚蠢?看我智商超群
[No heroine + mystery-solving + brains over brawn + interstellar + livestreaming + national destiny + power fantasy] Rules-based horror descends upon Earth. Those selected are sent into a bizarre world to face challenges on behalf of their respective countries. While every other contestant fights for their country, one gentle young man says his wish is for everyone to get along peacefully. Everyone: "Peaceful my ass! Do you think this is kindergarten?" Then they watch as this mild-mannered young
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The Top Player Runs Rampant Through Dungeons and Abducts the Evil God 顶级玩家杀疯副本,拐跑邪神
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
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Tales of the Strange: A Joke 诡话连篇:玩笑
A deadly joke, with a truth far more terrifying than it seems. Behind the chills, there are no ghosts or spirits at work, only greed, jealousy, selfishness, or rage…
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Horror Movie NPC Goes on a Killing Spree in a Terror Game 恐怖片NPC在惊悚游戏杀疯了
[Horror + comedy + power fantasy + no female lead (male protagonist has no romantic pairing)] A horror game swept across the world. Fu Yan, an NPC from a horror movie in a higher plane of existence, was accidentally dragged into the game. Fu Yan: Since you've all gone to the trouble of inviting me, I won't hold back. From then on, the “horror game” was plunged into the shadow of someone named “Fu Yan”... Horror NPCs: Please, don't come any closer! Livestream viewers: Can someone do something abo
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Infinite Flow: Outrageous! The Big Shot Refuses to Act Human Every Day 无限流:离谱!大佬他每天不当人
[One-on-one romance + Two powerful leads + Infinite-flow + Comedy + Yandere] Some people enter the escape game with a bug built right in. Lu Wu is one of them. While everyone else is seriously trying to escape, Lu Wu treats the escape game as nothing more than a game. Most outrageous of all, the escape game’s boss confessed his feelings to Lu Wu. The players, who risk their lives and wade through blood just to survive, are depressed. They’re going to report Lu Wu for cheating! Lu Wu: I didn’t, I
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The Gods’ Foolish Game 诸神愚戏
I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m
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I’m the Only One in the World Who Can’t See the Supernatural 全世界只有我看不见诡异
That day, the heavens showed strange signs, and terrifying entities beyond human understanding descended upon the world en masse. They took all sorts of forms and each followed different rules for killing. They were collectively known as the Strange Entities. “You all keep telling me the strange things have invaded, but where are the ghosts?” “Isn't this just an ordinary Barbie doll?” “What? It attacks anyone who brushes its hair?” “I plucked out every strand and nothing happened. How do you exp
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Eerie Revival: I Can Contact the Past 诡异复苏:我能联系过去
The Hungry Ghost Festival of 2025. A super red moon appeared, and as it lingered in the sky, the supernatural returned. Left Yang was shocked to discover that he could use his phone to contact himself in the past. In the stairwell, the Knock-at-the-Door Ghost killed anyone who opened the door. But someone discovered that it skipped the first floor and started knocking there. So Left Yang contacted his past self. [Please have your one-month-younger self rent an apartment on the first floor!] The
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I Asked You to Raise Ghosts, Not Build the Underworld! 让你养鬼,你打造地府?
Jiang Zhao transmigrated into a cultivation world and accidentally joined a sect of ghost cultivators. Everyone in the sect was wicked. Jiang Zhao spent every day treading carefully, as if walking on thin ice. Fortunately, at a critical moment, he awakened his golden finger. He obtained a portal that let him travel between worlds, linking his own to one where the paranormal was running rampant. That world was crawling with supernatural entities. Refine one D-rank entity, and your cultivation bre
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I've Eaten My Last Meal, Now Send These Ghostly Immortals on Their Way 吃了这断头饭,请诸位诡仙上路
[Plot-Driven] [No System] [Pseudo-Immortality] Xu Ze transmigrates to a bizarre world of cultivation, inherits his father's trade, and becomes an executioner. When a bizarre calamity wipes out his family, Xu Ze dies, only to come back to life. On the night he returns from the dead, a blind crow appears at his home and spends the whole night cawing nonstop from a dead tree in the courtyard. That same night, an ancestor who loves devouring the heads of bizarre creatures moves into a dry well. That
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Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈:我的家人不正常
[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
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Rule Horror: It Begins with a Note from Mom and Dad 规则怪谈:从爸爸妈妈的纸条开始
[National destiny + no female lead + rule-based horror] (Written so far: Clever Soup, Chapters 1–11; Sam's Zoo, Chapters 12–28; Beware of Sam, Chapters 31–58; Mileage Town, Chapters 63–105; Reject Winter, Chapters 106–136; Peaceful Inn, Chapters 137–163; Diary of August 29, Chapter 165 onward.) Rule-based horror descends upon the world. Anyone who successfully solves a supernatural scenario can earn a corresponding reward in fortune. The first scenario begins with a note left by Mom and Dad. (Gr
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Thriller Game: From the Start, I Advised the Female Ghost to Study Hard! 惊悚游戏:开局劝女鬼好好学习!
[Supernatural instance dungeon: Class 3, Year 1 has finished loading. Players, get ready.] What happens when a hot-tempered young man enters a horror game? Xie Yao: “Why aren't you studying? What are you doing here!” Ghost student: “Big bro, I was wrong! Ah, don't hit my face!” Xie Yao: “Why is your mouth open? Have you finished your homework?” Slit-Mouthed Woman: “Please, I'll do it right now! Don't hit me!” Xie Yao turned around. “What are you doing?” All the ghosts: “Uh... we're being friendl
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The Supernatural Returns, and the Eternal Night Begins 灵异复苏,永夜降临
[Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa
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Survival in a Haunted World: I, the Fate-Player, Live Toward Death 诡异求生:我,戏命师,向死而生
[Survival in a bizarre game + fate and faith + identity talents + System attributes + global forum + players behind the scenes + infinite worlds] On June 6, 2024, a bizarre survival game descends upon the world. Everyone must rely on their own “identity” to survive in this endless game. Some draw the identity of a “Sword God,” who can defeat countless enemies with a single strike. Others become “Scholars,” whose reason far surpasses that of ordinary people. And some are “Assassins,” who avoid th
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I Was Dirt Poor, but After Getting Pulled into a Horror Game, I Escaped Poverty 很穷,被拉进惊悚游戏后,脱贫了
[Horror game dungeons + career-based progression + NPCs caught in a rat race + livestreaming + everyday-life style] Jiang Ye’s daily routine consists of working, studying, working... Then one day, he’s pulled into a horror game during class and awakens an all-career talent. He discovers that all his career skills are a little strange. From the start, he unlocks the career “Small-Town Exam Machine,” with an added skill that lets him make choices for ghosts and monsters. [A difficult choice has ap
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The Strange Apocalypse: I Contracted Three S-Rank Horrors from the Start 诡异末世:开局契约三大S级诡异
[Supernatural resurgence + reborn + dark revenge + no saintly protagonist] After surviving in a world overrun by the supernatural for ten years, Chu Ye, leader of a survivor base, was beaten to death by the very people he had protected. Only as he lay dying did he learn that his wife had been betraying him for years, and that even his ten-year-old son wasn't his. They had all treated him like a fool for over a decade. Reborn half a month before the supernatural resurgence, he uses his foreknowle
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Strange Apocalypse: After I Came Back to Life, They Said I Was an Impostor 诡异末日:复活后他们说我是伪人
[New premise] [New setting] [Infinite Flow] [Not a power fantasy] “Don't trust him! He died three days ago!” “Ye Kai, are you a fake person or not?” Facing his neighbors' terrified questions, Ye Kai calmly shook his head. “I can't prove that I'm not a fake person, but I can tell you this.” “Your memories have been altered. The fake person... is among you.” [Not invincible] [No System] [The protagonist has no cheat abilities] The uncanny descended, shattering the world into countless fragments. H
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Calamity-Class Files, Codename: Ghost Messenger! 灾厄级档案,代号:鬼差!
[Supernatural + urban + invincible protagonist + no female lead + dark tone] The protagonist’s abilities: suppress and devour! He is a terrifying entity no ghost hunter wants to face, and the greatest natural enemy of every evil spirit... He can suppress evil spirits without fail and devour them to evolve. Just hearing about these two abilities is enough to make even the usually arrogant ghost hunters break out in goosebumps... One day, a terrifying evil spirit officially classified as S-rank ap
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Eerie: I Fused with an Undying Ghost, and Getting Beaten Makes Me Stronger 诡异:融合不死诡,挨揍就变强
[Eerie Revival] + [Sequences] + [Gray Fog] + [Slow Burn] They say the Gray Fog is the source of all things eerie... A game called Eerie Era appeared, and from that moment on, the whole world entered an age of the eerie. Every player can acquire an eerie entity. Those who successfully control theirs become Ghost Tamers; the rest become empty shells through which the eerie walk among the living. Lin Tian transmigrated to a parallel world. With the help of three, well, you know what kind of manga,
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The Bizarre Safe House: Controlling the Time-Bound Horror from the Start 诡异安全屋:开局驾驭时间诡异
The supernatural returns and mysterious horrors descend. Humanity struggles to survive, and a mysterious game called The Supernatural Safe House appears. Everything obtained in the game can be brought into reality. In his previous life, Chu Tian was betrayed and died a miserable death. Reborn and already familiar with everything, he takes control of a time-manipulating supernatural entity from the start. This time, he’ll reclaim everything he lost!
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Eerie Descent: My Doll Is the True Evil God of Terror 诡异降临:我的玩偶才是恐怖邪神
[No Female Lead, Invincible, Urban Supernatural, Funny and Lighthearted, Decisive and Ruthless] By day, this is a dollhouse, filled with adorable plush toys and all kinds of collectible figures. At night, when darkness falls, the cute toys come to life... The sinister Daoist wanted to retrain in the Bixiao Purple Thunder Art he had practiced in life, but got struck by lightning and burned to a crisp! The Demon Buddha wanted to spread Buddhism and save all beings. His solution? Beat every bad per
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Eerie Descent: I Am Immortal 诡异降临:我不死不灭
Evil spirits descend, and the supernatural runs rampant. From the start, a female ghost is chasing you down. What do you do? The answer: Find her in the wilderness and passionately bite each other! As long as you eat the ghost first, it can’t eat you! Ye Yan, blessed with an immortal body and the ability to devour evil spirits, searches for his own path in a world overrun by the supernatural. Then one day, the formation shatters, and evil spirits invade in force. At last, humanity remembers the
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I Command Countless Vengeful Ghosts, and Return as the Strongest in the World 身具万千厉鬼,我归来即人间最强
[Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe
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Eerie: With Infinite Netherworld Banknotes from the Start, I Have Countless Lackeys 诡异:开局无限冥钞的我小弟无数
[Weird horror + unlimited ghost money + rules, an invincible tycoon fantasy with unlimited spending and no restrictions.] As the supernatural resurfaces, while other players struggle to enter dungeons and scrape by, Lu Ye obtains the Infinite Ghost Banknotes System and strides ever farther down an incredibly wild path. “Rules? With my endless ghost money backing me, even the rules will have to back down!” “You still have to follow the hotel rules? Oh, sorry about that. I just bought the hotel!”
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Shh! They're All After Me! 嘘!祂们都在打我的主意!
After getting flattened by a dump truck, Ye Liang gained a System that let him see everyone's secrets: [The breakfast shop by the school gate uses spoiled meat in its buns. Best not to eat there] [The taxi driver just got dumped. You'd better not ride with him to school] [Your good friend Li Hua was so annoyed with the grade director that he secretly removed the man's car seat] No matter how deeply a secret is hidden, Ye Liang can see right through it. Just as he thought he was on his way to
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Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚:因为担心不优雅而过度变态
[Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The
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Dark Fairy Tale: This Psychopath Is Far Too Violent 黑童话:这个精神病太过暴力
On Blue Star, Su Yao, a top-class mental patient at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world. Everyone in this world is forced to enter nightmare realms after turning sixteen, becoming Fear Seekers! In the nightmare realms, the Fear Seekers must face everything the place throws at them! There is a little girl who sells bombs! There is Little Red Riding Hood, picking little people with the Big Bad Wolf's Grandma! And there is the story of seven giants and a bl
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Supreme Taoist: A Calamity of Bloodshed 道门太上:血光之灾
Offer blood to Heaven, and slay every evil thing. The Daoist arts are the strongest of all. All the great paths beneath Heaven come from Taishang. The Taishang lineage belongs to my Li family alone. The protagonist, Li Changsheng, makes a solemn vow to eradicate every evil demon beneath Heaven: he will never ascend, but remain in the mortal world for thousands of years.
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I've Got People Downstairs 我下边有人
“Master, I died so suddenly that my family doesn’t know where I hid some money. Could you pass them a message?” “Sure. I’ll take thirty percent!” “Master, my son is getting married next month. I want to see his wedding. Could you ask the underworld messenger to wait a few days before taking me down?” “No problem, but you’ll have to cover my expenses...” “Kid, you dare mess with me? Do you know I’ve got connections? One word from me and your business will be shut down!” “Heh, you’re finished! Do
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Maoshan Daoist Immortal: A Ferocious God Lurks Inside Me 茅山道仙,我身体里藏凶神
[Rural Maoshan Taoism] [Taoist Arts] [Cultivation] [Overwhelming Victories All the Way] [One Female Lead] I was born a stillborn. My grandfather borrowed my life for me. He said I was born from death, destined to become a king of the underworld. Taoists respectfully call me “Peng the Immortal,” while ghosts, demons, and monsters know me as the Ghostly Yama! Weasel: Do I look like a human or a god to you? Me: You look like the Celestial Worthy of Universal Transformation of Thunder of the Nine He
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Legend of the Unusual: The Fearless Daoist Priest 异人传奇之无畏道长
First comes fate, then luck, then feng shui. Fourth, accumulate good deeds; fifth, study. Sixth, your name; seventh, your appearance; eighth, respect the gods. Ninth, make friends with benefactors; tenth, maintain your health. From the day he set foot in the Lin Family Pawnshop, from the moment he saw that hideous, nauseating bug, Jian Ren knew that fate and luck had begun to turn. What lies beyond the limits of science? The supernatural. And what lies beyond the supernatural?
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Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间!
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.
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The Evil God’s Ranch 邪神牧场
[No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Cthulhu]+ [No Tired Tropes] (Also known as: Sequence: Ascension to Godhood) The Dark Prison has merged with reality, and bizarre creatures are invading the world through the “Gates.” An organization has quietly emerged, calling themselves the Wardens. They keep the bizarre creatures behind the “Gates,” and capture and contain any that make it into the world. Lu Xiao accidentally fell into the Dark Prison and lived there alone for three years. After the Wardens discove
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Strange Phenomena Run Rampant: I Investiture the Gods in Another World 诡异横行:我在异世敕封神明
[No System] [No Female Lead] [Relatively Slow-Burn] [Character Growth] Zhang Xuan is from Jibei Province. According to his grandfather, their family is a direct descendant of the Jiangxi Longhu Mountain lineage. His grandfather named him Zhang Xuan, saying he had the talent to attain the Dao. He hoped Zhang Xuan would become a figure like the Celestial Master Zhang Daoling, and that future generations would call him Zhang Daoxuan. But Zhang Xuan scoffed at the idea and didn’t believe a word of i
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