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1. 1 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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   🌫Fellow readers, does anyone understand this?! I stayed up all night reading "The Haunted House," and now I get chills just looking at my front door! Seven pale-faced men and women are trapped on a driverless bus, thrown through thick fog into a man-eating haunted villa. The most terrifying thing is the blood door—every few days it drags people into a terrifying world, like a deserted village where paper figures sing opera at midnight, or human-shaped blood imprints embedded in the walls of an old house… The protagonist, Ning Qiushui, discovers that each incident contains chilling details, such as a teammate suddenly developing lividity when a pocket watch is turned upside down, and her own reflection in the mirror smiling eerily! Now, as I read further, my hair stood on end! It turns out they weren't cursed, but chosen to be "human keys" to open nine blood doors. Now, all I can think about is that line from the book: "When we stood before the ninth door, covered in blood, we discovered the most terrifying monster… was turning the doorknob." ⚠Recommended to read during the day! I just turned off the lights when I heard a bus braking downstairs. Now I'm huddled under the covers, shivering like a leaf... (Silently stuffing my red coat into the bottom of the closet)

2. 2 电 The Train Disappears in the Hot Spring Village 电车消失于温泉乡 Mars Koala火星考拉Rural Life116k WordsOngoing Chen Zhihe went abroad to pursue research on time machines, but angrily quit after being treated unfairly by his company. During a trip, he boarded a train to Lin'ai Hot Springs, a town shrouded in mist, where he met his foreign friend Iwasawa Songhao. He thought it would be an ordinary getaway. Hot springs, a stroll around the island, and a centenarian's stories about events from decades ago. Until Chen Zhihe realized that the tales the locals loved to recount seemed to have really happened 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   🔥This suspenseful and mind-blowing book is so addictive! [Added to bookshelf] What started as a simple trip to a hot spring with a friend turns into a series of terrifying discoveries. The local secrets, shrouded in secrecy, conceal a conspiracy of time. 😘

3. 3 人 The Dark Box of Personality: The Crime and Punishment Equation 人格暗匣：罪罚方程式 The Only One and the Second One唯一唯二Mystery232k WordsCompleted More deranged than The Seven Deadly Sins, more unhinged than Hannibal! “When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss is calculating the date of your death.” Two personality programs are hidden inside genius medical student Su Li’s skull By day, she’s the perfect honor student, gently stitching up corpses in the dissection room. By night, she’s an equation-driven killer who manipulates scapegoats into creating “death art.” When a corpse arranged in a “Fibonacci spiral” is discovered on campus, the p 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   🔥 "The Mad Beauty's Two-Faced Hunt! 300 Clones Emerge While She Smiles as She Confesses"⚡️ ■■■ Tonight's Dark King of Explosions■■■ "Professor Gu, you made three mistakes in your profile." By day, Su Li smiles as she stitches up a corpse, while by night, the police captain, controlled by her, crushes evidence! When the interrogation chair measures her eternal heartbeat of 52 beats per minute—300 embryos bearing the Fibonacci code suddenly begin to move collectively! 💥 High-Energy Explosions ► A True Two-Faced Yandere: By day, she stitches wounds and hums "Requiem," by night, she solves calculus with the bones of a tycoon! ► A Death Warning: The fingerprints of the deceased you just saw belong to a new corpse three days later! ► The police captain hides a noose in his asthma device, and unlocks frozen embryos with a severed finger, only to discover 300 of his own clones! ⚠️ Anti-addiction warning: Dark Night Su Li's "brain neural equation" has reached step 7: 1⃣ The victim's DNA was found in the medicine bottle of criminal investigation consultant Gu Linshen 2⃣ The forensic doctor's neck chip projects the murderer from twenty years ago 3⃣ The latest chapter tears open the bow on the operating table—the reader ID list falls out! ■■■ Tomato readers are crying ■■■ "When she confessed, the death row surveillance camera captured my face!" "Please check the author's mental state! This female lead is ten times crazier than Hannibal!" 👇 Click to follow the update to trigger the [Dark Night Easter Egg] The first comment predicts that the next victim will receive a physical copy of the "murder weapon clue" (⚠️ Today's bonus chapter: The criminal police captain uses a severed finger to decipher the embryo's code, and the bow tied up is actually his sister whom he buried with his own hands!) "I am not the murderer, I am the patch of the world." ——When you start reading, you have become her 301st "scapegoat program"💀

4. 4 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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   It's really super good-looking, but it's a bit mind-bending.

5. 5 病 A Care Manual for the Frail Male Lead 病弱男主养护手记 Gu Wanwan顾椀椀Modern Romance255k WordsCompleted [The male lead is sickly! The male lead is sickly! The male lead is sickly and will never fully recover!] [The heroine is a hopeless romantic! Sweet romance! No logic! Everyday life!] Xu Jianing was originally a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a novel. According to the original plot, her story should have ended for good after she fell into the sea and died, but she faked her death and escaped. After spending two years living it up elsewhere, Xu Jianing returned to the imperial capit 2.5kReads7.1Score114Shelves

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   The male protagonist is pitiful, but Heaven has intervened, allowing the true male protagonist's consciousness to wander.

6. 6 摆 Telling Fortunes at a Street Stall and Exorcising Vengeful Ghosts: Mrs. Fu Is a Metaphysical Grandmaster 摆摊算命撕厉鬼傅太太是玄学老祖 Gugu Jiu咕咕九Modern Romance645k WordsCompleted [Mysticism / fortune-telling / ghost hunting / wealthy CEO / satisfying read / marriage before love] Lin Mo, an ancient master of the Mystic Sect, failed to ascend. A lightning tribulation struck her into the body of a descendant from thousands of years in the future. She started telling fortunes at a street stall, and the young girl could even hunt ghosts. The only problem was that there wasn't enough spiritual energy, and her health kept deteriorating. Fortunately, her descendants had left her 4.3kReads8.4Score469Shelves

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   The female protagonist, Lin Mo, an ancestor of the Xuanmen sect, failed her ascension attempt and was struck by lightning, reincarnating as a descendant from thousands of years ago. She sets up a fortune-telling stall, and the male protagonist, Fu Yuheng, the ninth-generation only heir of the Fu Group, enters into a marriage agreement with her. Initially dismissive, he later falls head over heels in love. It's incredibly sweet and hilarious, with a wildly imaginative and satisfying female-centric story. I absolutely love it!!!

7. 7 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 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 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves

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   All of them are incredibly good. If you like ensemble casts, you can watch one or two. The first one has some twists that will give you goosebumps! The second one is truly amazing, you absolutely must watch it, highly recommended. The third one is a mind-bending mystery with a set of rules.

8. 8 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
9. 9 蛇 The Snake Marriage 蛇婚 Xiao Huoyan小火炎Rural Life1.9M WordsCompleted Ever since I turned eighteen, I’ve kept having the same dream. Opera songs drift through it, singing, “Snakes bear the palanquin, ghosts escort the bride!” I was born with an ominous fate and a strange destiny, and I have a pair of yin-yang eyes that let me see ghosts from childhood. They say that on the night I was born, snakes swarmed everywhere, pouring into the house from the front and back. Only after I came into the world did they turn toward me, bow their heads three times, and leave. The 7.4kReads9.2Score983Shelves

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   A suspenseful romance with a touch of horror and a domineering CEO character – I highly recommend this novel, it's incredibly good!

10. 10 古 The Haunted House Trial: Revenge Begins with a Ten-Person Escape Game 古宅审判：从十人逃生游戏开始复仇 The Only One and the Second One唯一唯二37k WordsCompleted The Haunted Estate Trial: Revenge Begins with a Ten-Person Escape Game —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Thirty years ago, on a snowy Christmas Eve, my father entered this house for 200,000 yuan for surgery, carrying a lifetime of injustice and blood debt. Thirty years later, I enter the game carrying his humiliation, becoming the most unstable variable in this "ten-person escape game." Here, I am not God, but a beast locked in an iron cage. The eyes behind the scenes are watching me, determined to bury me, along with my father's secret, forever in this cold, ancient house. The forensic doctor is gone, the lawyer drowned, the gears of death never stop. Before I am eliminated, I must tear open the facade of the wealthy family's warmth in that deadly "anonymous vote." This game has no resurrection rounds, no system to bless me. I only have half a diary and a worthless life. Want me dead? Sure. But before I fall, the dirty secrets the Jie family has hidden for thirty years must see the light of day. "The Trial in the Ancient House: Revenge Begins with a Ten-Person Escape Game," a suspenseful thriller + escape + revenge + family feuds + multiple schemes + multiple plot twists! Let's wait and see who the next victim will be.

11. 11 规 Rule Horror: They Say I Have Multiple Personalities 规则怪谈：他们说我有多重人格 Eating Pomegranates Without Spitting Out the Seeds吃石榴不吐籽Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Comedy, lighthearted, invincible, bizarre, ever-changing personality] This is the second year of the showdown between humanity and bizarre creatures, and the situation is growing increasingly tense... Bi Yi transmigrates into the body of a man who had jumped to his death. The moment he opens his eyes, he is chosen as a contestant. But his head was damaged in the fall, so he is always getting into trouble. Every day, he loses his memory, goes crazy, then turns around and becomes incredibly obedi 29.5kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves

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    This suspenseful and imaginative book is a strange tale about the rules governing the fate of a nation, but it's very engaging because it breaks away from the typical formula for stories about the fate of a nation.

12. 12 我 Could I Really Get Canceled in a Rules-Based Horror Game? 我还能在规则怪谈里塌房不成？ Xi Yao喜杳Mystery2.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-Flow + Rules-Based Horror + Horror Game + Strong Female Team + A Group of People With Questionable Sanity] Just before their debut, the group Shili belonged to was betrayed by a bandmate, who framed them for bullying. Their debut fell through, while the bandmate won netizens’ sympathy and relaunched her career to great success. To this day, Shili’s social media accounts are still flooded with abuse from the other girl’s rabid fans. As luck would have it, in the third year after the com 63.9kReads9.6Score7.5kShelves

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    🌿🌿🌿①No need for words, just reading about this excellent novel speaks volumes about its quality. Wu Mian is incredibly handsome 😎 He'd rather act than talk; after Wu Mian's biography, aside from Xu Fu fishing at sea, no one on land could rival him. 😼😼😼 A flower is a world, a leaf is a Buddha. What is the world of the Bureau of Investigation? Who knows… Through my eyes, I'll tell you a story that wanders between reality and illusion.

13. 13 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!" 25.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves

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    "Strange Tales Livestream!" [A bizarre livestream that tears reality apart—dare you click on it?] When the sound of chopping meat seeps into your bones in the dead of night, when passengers on the last bus reveal the same eerie smiles, a livestream trap that transcends reality and horror has quietly begun—welcome to "Strange Tales Livestream!", Where there are no filters, only naked humanity dancing with the abyss.

14. 14 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 31.8kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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    I recently discovered a novel that's become increasingly addictive—it's thrilling, suspenseful, and I love reading it.

15. 15 7 749 Bureau: From the Start, I Became a Zombie 749局：开局变成僵尸 I'm Not a Madam, Am I?我不是太太吧？Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing "Ruthless and decisive" "All monsters deserve to die" "I’m a monster? Then I deserve to die too!" "No female lead" "A slightly slow start" "Takes off later" Li Buguo is an online absurdist streamer who makes a career out of wild antics. On the Ghost Festival, just as he was making his comeback, a strange beast being hunted by Bureau 749 happened to pass by and pierced his chest. It sent him straight through the open Gates of Hell, only for a ghost to kick him back out. He became an exceptionally 71kReads8.9Score7.8kShelves

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    This zombie novel is so addictive! The streamer transforms into a zombie on the night of the Ghost Festival, and is immediately captured by Bureau 749. He begs, "Let me eat a few monsters before I die," and the bureau actually agrees! He kills evil spirits until a demonic cultivator breaks down and curses him as a traitor, to which he retorts, "I'll kill you all and then I'll take my own life!" Bureau 749 even protects him, saying, "Little Li is a pillar of society!" The righteous character is hilariously slapped down; I can't stop laughing! ☀️

16. 16 异EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted 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 475.8kReads9.7Score67.4kShelves

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    🔥 [A mind-blowing urban survival game!]🔥 What if you woke up to find that all your friends and family were "beasts" in human skin—the "Greedy Beast," the embodiment of greed, lurking in the workplace; the "Obsessive Beast," the embodiment of obsession, hiding in schools; and humanity becoming an endangered species?! "Mysterious City of Beasts" delivers a shocking blow to your worldview: The protagonist, Gao Yang, who has survived for 18 years, is suddenly hunted by a "beast horde," awakening the "Lucky System" to defy fate! 🌟 **Mind-blowing Highlights**→ Is beast society even more chaotic than human society? The twelve zodiac animals become battle codes, and the four divine beasts harbor world-destroying murderous intent! When classmates suddenly rip off human skin, when parents' warmth hides fangs, how will you build an awakened alliance amidst a pile of lies? 💥 **High-Energy Settings**→ Combat power increases with survival time, but teammates can transform into killing machines at any time! Officer Huang's gun of justice vs. Qing Ling's dual-personality blade—every collaboration could be the last time they trust each other. Author Peng Pai crams Chinese youth into a post-apocalyptic script: dodging beast attacks during morning self-study, parent-teacher meetings turning into life-or-death situations, even the fighting between mythical beasts becomes a KPI assessment! Millions of readers stayed up all night to follow the story: "I thought it was a formulaic, satisfying read, but I ended up crying my eyes out!" ⚠Warning: Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop! 4.43 million words with no dull moments, are you ready for a clash of souls between bestiality and humanity? #UrbanRulesGhostStories #SurvivalCeiling

17. 17 传EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 169.4kReads9.6Score21.7kShelves

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    I'm utterly impressed by the Zerg team's creativity!

18. 18 无 How Is an Infinite Flow Big Shot Such a Hopeless Romantic? 无限流大佬怎么是恋爱脑啊？ Paper Talismans Pasted on a Fox纸符糊狐狸Two Male Leads500k WordsCompleted ✧Free to read✧Complete✧ Powerful leads|Both devoted to each other|Beautiful young master as the bottom|Roguish, handsome older top Main pairing, 1v1 romance lessons: Roguish, handsome, devoted romantic · top (Ke Feng) × aloof, cold “Dao of Ruthlessness” · bottom (Tan Ji) Side pairing, sweet romance and reconciliation: Beautiful but tragic top who was forgotten three times and still won’t give up (Gu Liuguang) × bottom who did nothing wrong but had his memories erased three times (He Yue) Story O 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ## Why is the Infinite Flow Master So Love-Obsessed?! Tan Ji: I'm devastated! The sunset filters through the early autumn branches, the cicadas' weak chirping searching for belated love. Tan Ji drags his suitcase back to his apartment, only to be transported to a strange street by a loud bang, along with his heartbroken, hunger-struck roommate. "This is Wutong Road in my hometown, E City," his roommate says, rubbing his head. "What do you mean 'theoretically'?" Tan Ji asks, frowning. "Because this road was rebuilt a long time ago. This shabby bus stop and the plane trees didn't exist before I left E City." "Why is the Infinite Flow Master So Love-Obsessed?" Takes you on a fantastical time-travel journey! Tan Ji's calm rationality clashes with his roommate's love-obsessed nature, creating a mix of laughter and tears, with constant plot twists that will keep you hooked! #WhyIsTheInfiniteFlowMasterSoLoveObsessed #TanJi #LoveObsessedRoommate #FantasyTimeTravel #LaughterAndTears #PlotTwists

19. 19 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.2kReads9.6Score68.1kShelves
20. 20 暗 Tales of the Dark River 暗河传 Zhou Munan周木楠Eastern Fantasy566k WordsCompleted The Dark River can assassinate imperial relatives in the capital and destroy powerful clans and sects in the wilds. It is the foremost assassin organization, feared by all martial world figures. But the Dark River's leader, the Grand Patriarch, is growing old, and his control over the organization is gradually slipping away. After the Grand Patriarch is gravely wounded during a mission to kill Tang Er, the second master of the Tang Clan, several family heads within the Dark River send assassins 7.1kReads9.3Score895Shelves
21. 21 道 Taoist Master, Stop Being So Weird Around Her, She's Totally Crazy! 道长，别跟她搞抽象，她很癫！ Poison Mushroom Cake毒蕈蛋糕Mystery112k WordsOngoing [Folklore, the supernatural, mystery, and a fiercely devoted couple] The diviner Qu Guijiu, who usually disguises himself as a Daoist priest, has an unusual fate. Before he turns thirty, he is destined to face a deadly calamity: either repay the debt of his life or become an immortal. He once valued his life above all else, but a series of murders brought him into partnership with the Eighth Bureau's Civil Affairs Investigation Department, where he unexpectedly met the enigmatic Mu Yanhe. She wa 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Suspense & Supernatural + Fateful Entanglement] A case blending folk supernatural elements and human struggles, slightly scary, with each twist and turn creating a thrilling and unpredictable narrative. Narrated from the male protagonist's perspective, the story features the cold and mysterious mature woman Mu Yanhe and the gentle and devoted fortune teller Qu Guijiu. The female protagonist is a mastermind, deeply hidden and incredibly eccentric, while the male protagonist is devoted and deeply in love, unaware of his own actions, constantly falling into traps~😂 The foreshadowing is incredibly deep; the villains you think are driven mad by love, and your allies might be the masterminds behind everything, with twists and turns after twists. The complete version is now updated to chapter 47. Readers who enjoy suspense and supernatural stories should definitely bookmark this!

22. 22 小 The Little Junior Sister Is the Cultivation World's Biggest Sycophant? She Gets a Hundredfold Return! 小师妹修仙第一舔？她百倍返利！ All Intentions Rise with the Wind万意随风起Ancient Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [No romance + classic cultivation + sword cultivator + epic power progression + rebate system] “Gift an ordinary Spirit-Gathering Pill and receive a system rebate: one high-grade spirit pill!” “Gift an unremarkable Water Spirit Pearl and receive a system rebate: one Spirit Spring source!” “Gift a three-tailed spirit fox with impure bloodlines and receive a system rebate: one nine-tailed demon fox cub!” While everyone else was fighting tooth and nail over a single spirit pill or magical artifact, 15.3kReads8.9Score1.8kShelves

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    I recommend these three books to everyone!

23. 23 顶 A Top-Tier Star Transforms into a Bloodthirsty Empress 顶流娱美人爆改嗜血女帝 Qin Shaoyou ivy秦少游ivyAncient Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [A power fantasy with a strong female lead + decisive and ruthless + not a saint + secret identities + equally matched leads + world creation] The abandoned child of a Demon God stands atop a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, redeeming all living beings. Qin Yue falls from the dazzling heights of the entertainment industry, only to become the young lady of the Qin family on the Tianmai Continent, a runaway bride hiding from the world! The wheels of fate begin to turn. Strange vines, like t 8Reads6.3Score—Shelves
24. 24 成 Become a God and Prove the Dao, Starting as a Ghost 成神证道，从做鬼开始 Flying Goose鹅飞飞Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Traditional Cultivation + Slow Burn + Character Growth + No Romance + Lovecraftian] Fu Ruo transmigrated, becoming the corpse of a woman who had lain dead in the muddy bottom of a pond for three years... She was a ghost now. This world was overrun by monsters and ruled by evil spirits, while the people lived in misery. Fu Ruo discovered by chance that protecting the townsfolk and driving off evil spirits could strengthen her ghostly form. Later... As a lone ghost, she entered the divine path of 5.3kReads8.4Score667Shelves
25. 25 小 The Clown Things 小丑东西们 Melancholy Lad郁忧小子Mystery383k WordsCompleted [Battle Royale + Otherworld + Death Regression + Dark Story + Clown Literature + Extreme Revelry + Fun-Seeker] A clown originally meant someone who entertained an audience through slapstick and antics in a circus. These days, the word is used for "someone who embarrasses themselves in public," "someone who gets carried away with unrequited feelings," "someone who gets humiliated," "someone who gives everything to a crush and ends up with nothing," and "someone whose words and actions seem absurd —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is pretty good; the plot is novel and unique, and the writing is smooth.

26. 26 白 The White Jade Prison 白玉牢 Call Me Lumberjack叫我伐木工Urban537k WordsCompleted Xu Congcong’s best friend from the barbecue restaurant has gone missing. In her search for the truth, she gets caught up in a shocking conspiracy: the Bliss Group has developed a “human-transformation agent” that turns living women into rubber dolls, gives them to high-ranking officials, and sells the antidote to control people’s minds. There has always been a pair of eyes watching her. Zhang Hansheng, founder of the Hansheng Group, was already tracking the same target under the pretext of inve —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist, Zhang Hansheng, is not a typical overpowered protagonist. He is a "martyr" who can cough up blood, scheme, be scratched by cats, and feel guilty towards old friends. He saves women objectified as "human pigs" and shelters sisters who are sold as commodities, not for a harem, but to prove that "humanity" is not just an empty phrase. The women around him are all formidable characters: Su Xiangxiang, a strategist whose blood is priceless after crawling back from hell; Zhu Linlin, a reporter whose marital memories were altered and who found herself again through opera; Qin Ruosu, a scientist who willingly became a "human Nuwa" to save her daughter... They are not mere ornaments, but broken pieces of the old cage and testing stones for the new civilization. Romance? There is one, but it is two broken souls huddling together for warmth on an icy plain, an extreme bond of "I give you my life, not so you will die for me, but so you will live with me to see the new world."

27. 27 死 Death’s Homework 死亡作业 Carefree de Little Sprite逍遥de小妖Mystery5.4M WordsOngoing After our homeroom teacher left us a bizarre assignment, news of her death came the very next day... That was when we remembered the terror of being ruled by homework... Once school starts, there will be two updates every day. A jade pendant gift earns one extra chapter, and every 300 gold diamonds earns another! 4.1kReads9.0Score293Shelves

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    🌿🌿🌿①A suspenseful, imaginative story with no harem; everyone who's read it raves about it. My biggest regret is about Jun Tiaotiao; the main characters' tragedy begins here. 😭😭😭 The main characters have a halo, but aside from the madman, they're almost wiped out. Yet, Tiaotiao willingly enters the dungeon for her younger brother, sacrificing herself for the main characters. 😔😔 In the end, she's skinned alive, her skin hanging from tree branches. 🥺 Such a wonderful girl, ending up like this. 😣 Perfectly illustrating the cruelty of the Blood Gate.

28. 28 十 Eleven Madmen 十一个疯子 Lu Ban Banban鲁班班班Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted (Not mindless, no harem, no System, and not a conventional power fantasy. Please read with that in mind.) From the day you were born until now, have you ever had doubts like these? “Do I really exist?” “Does the world really exist?” “Why do I exist?” “And why does the world exist?” “Is my existence inevitable? If I die, will the world keep existing?” “At the moment m 38.7kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves
29. 29 死 The House of Deadly Peril 死亡凶间 Nicholas Goudan尼古拉斯狗蛋Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted I work as a specialist crime-scene cleaner, tasked with cleaning up after murders, suicides, and accidental deaths. I’ve seen more than my share of partings and grief, as well as the other side of death. Then, on the Ghost Festival, I encountered something terrifying... 18.2kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
30. 30 我 I'm a Fortune-Teller (The Original Novel of I'm No Master, Starring Li Xian and Li Yitong) 我是个算命先生（李现、李一桐主演《我不是大师》原著） Yi Zhi易之Mystery547k WordsCompleted The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Li Xian and Li Yitong, I'm No Master The highest level of fortune-telling isn't predicting the heavens. It's reading people. During the Republican era, a secretive group called the Jiangxiang Sect operated in the underworld. They called themselves fortune-tellers, but made their living through fraud. From secret agents of the Military Statistics Bureau and bandit chiefs to scholarly households, sheltered women, and children, no one could escap 13.8kReads9.6Score1.9kShelves
31. 31 我 My Years as a Yin-Yang Master 我当阴阳先生那些年 Little Lantern-Carrying Ghost提灯小鬼Mystery777k WordsCompleted An entanglement of karma inherited from my ancestors and an ancient, wondrous book made me a Yin-Yang Master. From that day on, burdened by the curse of the Yin-Yang Master, I embarked on a path of slaying demons and suppressing ghosts. 3.9kReads8.2Score352Shelves
32. 32 道 The Taoist Exorcist 道门驱邪人 Peeing into the Wind and Soaking Myself迎风尿一身Mystery768k WordsCompleted Where there is evil under heaven, there are all manner of wicked things, and so there are Daoist exorcists. He travels between heaven and earth, yin and yang. He ventures deep into the hundred thousand mountains of Miao territory and far away to the borders of the southern seas. Head-dropping curses, gu raising, black magic, and all the world's fiends and spirits of darkness. He has exorcised countless demons and ghosts, only to discover in the end that nothing is more evil than the human heart. 2.6kReads9.1Score395Shelves
33. 33 此 There’s a Demonic Aura Here 此处有妖气 Dao Ming Si道明四Urban1.1M WordsCompleted His fate has been stolen, and death seems certain. I, He Ying, swear to slay every demon and defy heaven to change my destiny! I don't care what monsters or demons stand in my way. I'll cut them all down with a single sword! 146Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 从EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.1kReads9.6Score18.1kShelves
35. 35 请EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.6kReads9.5Score9.7kShelves
36. 36 最 The Last Yin-Yang Master 最后一个阴阳先生 There Is Something Evil Here这里有妖气Mystery591k WordsCompleted [Feng shui, arcane arts] Immortality has been sought after by humankind since ancient times. Whether they are immortals, gods, ghosts, monsters, or demons, all use their own unique methods to pursue eternal life. Now the curtain is rising once more on the quest for immortality, revealing its allure… 24Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 37 饕 The Gourmet, Complete in Three Volumes 饕餮记（全三册） Yin Yu殷羽Fantastical Romance603k WordsCompleted Yin Yu, a popular author of historical fantasy, has a solid command of her craft, a seasoned style, and a distinctly individual voice. Drawing on a rich imagination, she builds a fantastical period tale centered on food, with a fresh and original premise. The novel brings together a wealth of elements and incorporates extensive historical detail, painting a vivid portrait of life and customs in the Great Song. At Tianxiang Tower, a divine beast, Taotie, takes the form of a young girl and prepare 2.4kReads9.5Score571Shelves
38. 38 亡 The Identity of the Dead 亡者身份 Chestnut Zha Zha栗子楂楂Urban154k WordsOngoing Introduction “R.I.P. A Hao (1995-2025)” A pop-up notification. A 24-hour countdown. His bank card is frozen, his kidney donor match is canceled, and the criminal underworld offers 500,000 for him. He has one day to bring himself back to life. Or his mother will be buried alongside the truth. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story is incredibly interesting! Exciting! Logically sound! Well-developed! The author's writing style is also excellent, vividly depicting the scenes. Although it's a new book, you can immediately tell the author is experienced. Highly recommended!

39. 39 救 Help! The Tragic Novel's Protagonists Are Forcing the Author to Rewrite the Ending as a Power Fantasy 救命！虐文主角逼作者改爽文结局 Meow Won't Share the Milk Candy喵不理奶糖Mystery211k WordsOngoing [Wild imagination + angst + multiple stories set in different worlds + satisfying revenge + mild horror + healing and redemption] Su Xiao currently works as an NPC in an escape room. She used to be a struggling author who loved writing angsty stories. Now, for some reason, the protagonists in all those angsty novels she wrote are awakening one by one, turning every trope on its head in spectacular fashion! Other authors torment their protagonists, but here the protagonists rebel across dimensi 1Reads6.0Score—Shelves

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    Crazy, exhilarating, and therapeutic—after watching it, I felt like all my bad moods were swept away.

40. 40 惊 The Horror Realm: Entering the Strange World from a Psychiatric Hospital 惊悚领域：从精神病院进入诡世界 Tender Little Puppy香嫩的小狗Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing (The hardcover edition has been published!) [Infinite Flow] [Original Horror Instances] [Mild Horror] “Chen Ji murdered his mother a week ago and spent three days with her corpse before he was arrested.” “You have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and are about to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital for supervision.” “Do you have anything to say?” The black-haired boy before them slowly raised his head, his expression calm. “I’ll say it again.” “The thing I killed wasn’t my mother...” “It w 335.3kReads9.5Score66.6kShelves

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41. 41 一 I Woke Up as the Child of the Source of All Evil 一觉醒来我竟成了万恶之源的孩子 Flowers and Frost Fill the Land花霜满州Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted A passionate coming-of-age story about a young woman [Strong female lead growth + no romance + no rivalry between women + universally adored + queen of showing off] Qi An joins a plan to eliminate the source of all evil in order to find the master who raised her. As the mission unfolds, her teammates stare in disbelief. “Qi An, we know you're the child of the source of all evil, so you're strong, but aren't you ridiculously overpowered?” Faced with highly toxic contaminants, her teammates fret —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My family members, do you understand how I felt reading this novel? I was completely immersed in the story, and I could never get enough of it. It's so good, so good, so good! I can't stress this enough.

42. 42 从 From Horror Games to Mythological Invasion 从惊悚游戏到神话入侵 Time Bus时光大巴Mystery453k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse, the supernatural, mythology, dungeon instances, and a power fantasy] The Everlasting Night descends, and the apocalypse draws near. The living flee in panic, while the dead struggle to survive. The gods step out of myth, wielding their divine power in an attempt to save the world. “But I'm different.” Gao Ming raises both hands. “I have to hold up the sky above the gods.” “So when it falls, it won't crush them all to death.” 422Reads8.2Score100Shelves

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    The story is very interesting! Exciting! Logical! Well-developed! It has it all!

43. 43 自 Surrender 自首 Glazed Luanhua琉璃栾华Mystery691k WordsCompleted (Now streaming on iQIYI. Starring Xu Weizhou, Guo Junchen, and Xiao Yan. A criminal police captain, played by Xu Weizhou, teams up with a psychologist, played by Guo Junchen, to solve cases and capture the monsters of the human heart. Mystery + deduction + psychologist + episodic cases + serial murders + high-IQ crimes + revenge plots + strange tales and records + best partners + light horror + suitable for the faint-hearted) “I killed someone.” A girl turns herself in, claiming that she killed 20.6kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves

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    ✨1. Go out bravely. As Hai Zi wrote in his poem, "You come to this world, you must see the sun." ✨2. "Even the thinnest thread of truth cannot be torn apart. It will still emerge from a pile of lies, like oil floating on water." "——Cervantes ✨3. The female protagonist takes the place of an undercover agent after a car accident. At the time of the accident, she is manipulated into believing her fiancé intentionally murdered her. During her recovery, she studies forensic medicine and applies to return to the accident site to investigate the truth. Upon her return, a series of murders occur, all involving people connected to her. During this time, she saves the male protagonist while he is being chased, and he repays her kindness with his own life, falling in love with her. During the investigation, it is discovered that the suspect in the car accident is the person the female protagonist impersonated. ✨4. If sunrise is a mirror, reflecting the good and dark, the beautiful and ugly aspects of humanity, let the light illuminate the darkness of evil. Let time pass, but retain a childlike heart; let the sunset bring a beautiful end..."

44. 44 猎 Hunting Down the Guilty and Pursuing the Wicked [Criminal Investigation] 猎罪逐凶【刑侦】 Delicate Bluebell玲珑风铃草Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted A stunning, icy female detective, a rough-around-the-edges but perceptive male team captain, and a plump forensic examiner who can never sit still. They seem like bickering oddballs, but in truth they make a perfectly in-sync team. Faced with one baffling case after another, this ironclad trio joins forces to pierce the layers of mystery. They support one another. They are comrades, and they are family. They trust and redeem one another. Who says truth is as dirty as lies? Beyond the fog, there 5.8kReads8.9Score593Shelves
45. 45 暗 Hunting Killers in the Dark 暗夜逐凶 Xu Moyan徐默言Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Delicate, sickly beautiful forensic examiner vs. tough, handsome elite criminal investigator] On her first day at work, the beautiful forensic examiner earns a reputation for being a scammer after the captain of the criminal investigation team mistakenly issues her a ticket. The victims in a string of murders are all found with their hands joined in a strange prayer-like pose. A poor college student is dismembered into countless pieces, but when the body is put back together, the liver and kidn 566Reads8.9Score142Shelves
46. 46 日 Sunset Without End [Crime Investigation] 日落无涯【刑侦】 Chocolate Fried Rice巧克力拌饭Mystery303k WordsCompleted Original title: Sunset Without End [Criminal Investigation] Alternate title: Tracing the Clues Criminal investigation deputy captain Leng Yan vs. Shao Yu, a beautiful forensic doctor who always carries cilantro with her. [The characters, organizations, positions, and events in this story are fictional creations serving the plot. Please do not compare them with real life!] [Before reading, please be aware: this story is overflowing with sweetness and romance amid criminal investigations. If you’ 8.2kReads9.0Score744Shelves
47. 47 读 The Corpse Reader 读尸人 Tong Xiaoxiao桐筱筱Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Standalone cases + criminal investigation + two male leads + mind-bending mystery The Linghai Public Security Bureau established a major crimes unit. Just as everyone was wondering which criminal investigation captain would be given the job, they were told that the provincial bureau had parachuted someone in directly. Everyone was curious about the new head of the major crimes unit. Cases piled up, from opening coffins for autopsies and childbirth after death to missing wives. See how a forensic 50.4kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves
48. 48 3 Special Case Task Force 318 318特案行动 Nan Zhi南至Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted In this world, some yearn for the light, while others sink into darkness. No matter how long darkness lasts, the light will eventually shine upon the world. A bizarre arson case from thirty years ago leads to several murders. One strange and eerie case after another, each story gripping and moving. Policewoman Xiao Nan is here to solve the cases, uncover the truth about her own origins, and deliver justice that is thirty years overdue! 7.7kReads9.1Score737Shelves
49. 49 罪 The Realm of Sin 罪恶领域 Yan Mountain Loulan燕山楼兰Urban195k WordsOngoing A mutation crisis sweeps across the globe, triggered by virtual reality headsets developed by a gaming company. Awakening or mutation, protection or destruction: everything is revealed the moment someone puts on a headset. Domains of evil spawned by mutated monsters are steadily consuming the world. Can the awakened protagonists uncover the traitor, defeat the monsters, and uncover the truth amid threats from both within and without… —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The plot is novel and unique, and the writing is fluent and natural; it's worth reading.

50. 50 恐 Horror Train: Starting at the Haunted Manor 恐怖列车：从诡异庄园开始 Old Wang Is Still Next Door老王还在隔壁Mystery276k WordsOngoing [Infinite-Loop Game + Thriller + Survival + Instances] A train bound for an unknown destination. Platforms where it could stop at any moment. A group of people willing to do anything to reach the final station, with no idea what awaits them ahead... Step off the platform and enter an unknown world. Complete the mission, and make it back alive! Someone once told Bai Ye that at the train's final station, all regrets could be laid to rest! But after one terrifying mission after another, Bai Ye grad 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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