I Once Read a Novel About Mastering the Rules of Strange Tales 之前看过一本小说是驾驭规则怪谈的
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Reborn as Patrick Star in a Childhood Rule Horror 在童年规则怪谈重生成为派大星
[Suspense horror + twists + darkness + madness + no female lead + myriad worlds] The rating just came out, so it's a little low. The early chapters are slightly dumbed down, but things improve quite a bit starting with the Green Grasslands arc. The story begins: “Patrick, do you know how a sponge eats?” Su Ran had just woken up when he heard this and froze, only to see SpongeBob's skin gradually turning inside out as he came closer and closer. Welcome to Bikini Bottom. If you don't want to die a
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Rule Horror: I'm the Boss at the Krusty Krab 规则怪谈：我在蟹堡王当老板
Rule-based horror + SpongeBob SquarePants + childhood cartoons + horror The male lead has no cheats. He mainly relies on analysis and deduction, and the story has plenty of horror elements. I’ve landed in a rule-based horror world based on SpongeBob SquarePants, and somehow I’ve become the owner of the Krusty Krab? Run the Krusty Krab well, and organize the Eerie invasion! Why has SpongeBob become so creepy? Where did Mr. Krabs go? Will the Spatula Killer really show up? He Yu has no cheats. All
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Gourmet: I Opened a Restaurant, and Strong the Logger Is Going Wild for the Food? 美食：开个餐厅，光头强吃疯了？
Chen Xiaoyi, an overworked office worker, couldn't take being ruthlessly exploited by his boss anymore, so he quit and started selling jianbing. After being hit by a heavy truck, he transmigrated to Bear Ridge. When he woke up, he had transmigrated to Bear Ridge and bound himself to a food System. Every day, customers from different worlds come to Bear Ridge to enjoy delicious food. As long as customers visit the restaurant and leave good reviews, the System can be upgraded. Bald Qiang: Fei Bo l
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My Sweet Husband Turns into a Domineering Dragon King and Kisses Me by Force 娇夫变霸道龙王强吻我
Synopsis: [If you don't mind the story not following the original plot, give this one a try. It's about Ao Bing's parents. Don't worry about the reader count, just start reading. It's great, especially if you love romance!] After watching Ne Zha 2, college student Long Li is unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a Yinglong in a car accident! Even more outrageous, the moment she opens her eyes, she discovers she's just taken the innocence of Ao Guang, the Dragon King's crown prince! Faced w
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Gender Swap: The Men in This Cultivation World Are Acting Strange 性转：这个修仙界的男人不对劲
[Gender-Bender + Sweet Romance + Divine Beauty + Reborn Male Protagonist + System + Female Han Li + Cautious Cultivation + A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality + Slow Pace] In this world of immortal cultivation, the gender ratio is severely imbalanced, reaching an astonishing 10:1. Men vastly outnumber women, and women’s looks generally hover around 50 points out of a maximum of 100. With women so scarce, even an ordinary mortal woman becomes the object of every male cultivator’s pursui
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Nezha: I'm the Immortal with the Staff, and I Made Ao Run and He Tong Weep! 魔童：我棍仙，痛哭敖润鹤童！
[Ao Run] + [Crane Boy] + [Su Daji] + [Ne Zha] + [Ao Bing]
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Apocalypse: Devouring My Way to Evolution, from Corpse King to Overlord 末世：吞噬进化，从尸王到主宰
[Handwritten by a real person, not AI] [This novel was put in the penalty box twice, so there may be some logical inconsistencies] [Antisocial] + [Ruthless] + [No saintly heroine] + [Self-serving] [Multiple heroines, no romance] + [Aestheticized violence] The apocalypse descends. Zombies run rampant, civilization collapses, and amid the wasteland, a terrifying presence quietly rises. He was once human, but a viral infection turned him into a zombie. In the apocalypse, human nature was laid bare,
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Nezha: My Wife Is Ao Run, and We Beat Up the Boundless Immortal Elder 魔童：家妻敖闰，暴揍无量仙翁
Also known as: I’m Nezha’s Big Brother, the Ultimate Bro! I’m Nezha’s Big Brother, Ao Run’s Husband! He transmigrates and becomes Jin Zha, Nezha’s big brother. At this point, Nezha hasn’t become the Demon Pill, the heavenly tribulation hasn’t arrived, Chentang Pass hasn’t been destroyed, and Madam Yin is still alive... As their son and eldest brother, he refuses to let the tragedy happen again! Without hesitation, he takes his second brother, Mu Zha, back to Chentang Pass. “Sorry, Big Bro
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Horror Games Invade: I Spent Ten Billion to Become the Ghost King 诡异游戏入侵，氪金十亿当鬼王
The protagonist, Lin En, was reborn and returned to ten days before the horror game invaded reality! The only way to fight back was a real-world anime-style horror game called Ghost Raising! The ghosts raised in the game would appear beside Lin En and protect him when the supernatural game invaded reality! So, before the invasion, Lin En began frantically spending money on gacha pulls and raising ghosts. Red wedding dresses, snow maidens, gothic lolitas, little demons… He raised them all! Te
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Thriller Game: Inheriting My Ancestors' Trillion Netherworld Coins from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局继承祖宗万亿冥币
[Horror game + terror returns + power fantasy] A horror game descends upon the world, and Chen Xun is unexpectedly chosen as a player. Break a game rule, and you die. At that very moment, Chen Xun successfully activates the System and inherits nine trillion Underworld Coins from his ancestors. In the Blood-Red Train 404 dungeon, Chen Xun becomes the most distinguished Platinum Member. In the Bloody Kindergarten dungeon, Chen Xun simply buys the entire kindergarten. Inside the dungeons, his rules
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Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录（全8册）
The Strange Tales of the Bureau of Investigation series creates an entirely new world of suspense: a mysterious organization dedicated to uncovering the truth behind bizarre, uncanny, and supernatural events, and the world it faces. The stories are wildly strange and utterly captivating, with a witty, playful style and one suspenseful twist after another. Once you start reading, you won't be able to put them down. Throughout history, strange cases and evil monsters have always been dealt with by
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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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Eerie: Run! He's Got a Billion Concept-Level Powers! 诡异：快跑！他有亿个概念级！
This is a world invaded by Rule-Bound Horrors. Those who are selected become players and enter bizarre game instances. Players who enter an instance receive a skill that can be extremely useful in the game. Bai Liang is selected too, but his skills are different from everyone else's. [Big Talker]: When you die, you can insist you're not dead and revive on the spot. [Outlaw]: You don't have to follow the rules, and no one can do anything about it. [Everyone for Me]: When a mission fails, a random
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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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I'm Zhang San, and I Want a Word with the Rules of the Paranormal! 我张三，要和规则怪谈谈谈！
[Horror + eerie + hilarious + satisfying + national fortune = a serious novel] The Supreme Rules descend, selecting multiple people at random from each country to become Ascenders and take part in the Ascension Exam! Those who perform well earn high scores and even extra rewards. They can improve their own abilities and bring unexpected ascension to their country. But fail the exam, and death may be waiting for you, along with endless torment. Even your country may be beset by supernatural event
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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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Urban Legends: After Transforming, Can I Win Over Female Urban Legends? 怪谈：变身后，我能攻略女怪谈？
[Tales of the Strange + Transformation + Subtle Yuri + Girls’ Love] Monsters infest a corrupted world, and strange tales run rampant. Su Yu has just transmigrated into the body of a female college student. She’s ready to make her mark and conquer the business world, but suddenly gets dragged into a supernatural incident, turning the entire school into a living hell. Su Yu stares silently at the dried corpse bride before her, dressed in a wedding gown. Several options appear before her eyes: [One
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I Am the Horror Story 我即怪谈
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
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The Haunted House 诡舍
[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
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Urban Legends Invade: She Goes on a Rampage by Exploiting Hidden Rules 怪谈入侵：她靠隐藏规则杀疯了
[Dad is Dad. He’s holding a knife. Mom is Mom. She takes the knife from Dad. Grandma has just reached the doorway, her eyes filled with confusion and worry. The younger sister has only her older sister by her side, the older sister she loves most… And then? What happened? You’ve forgotten…] [Chosen One of the Dragon Kingdom: Welcome to the first rules-based horror scenario.] [Stage cleared! The Chosen One receives a supernatural value reward, while their bound nation receives national fortune an
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I'm a Fugitive Mental Patient, Chosen by a Rules Horror Game 我，在逃精神病，被规则怪谈选中
[No female lead + supernatural horror + mental illness + comedy + national destiny] My name is Su Ming, and I'm a transmigrator. I currently work at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, where I'm in charge of the important project of “being studied.” They keep saying I'm sick, but I know I'm fine. It's the world that's sick. After I escaped from the psychiatric hospital, I was chosen by Rule Horror to become Longguo's chosen participant, representing Longguo in the upcoming horror games. [Ding! The Ho
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Sequence Survival: I Can Mutate the Old Ones! 序列求生，我能异化旧日！
[Survival + Superpowers + Shelter + Eldritch Horrors + Sequences + Cthulhu] The moment Jiang Lin opened his eyes, he found himself in a world of survival amid the mist. The mist concealed countless dangers and opportunities. His only shelter was the rickety wooden cabin behind him. Ferocious beasts and monsters, along with eerie eyes and tentacles, filled him with despair. Fortunately, everyone could draw a supernatural talent to rely on. Fire control, flight, prophecy, synthesis, listening, det
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A World Created by Everyone: My Ghost Stories Forbid Gods and Demons to Enter 全民创世：我的怪谈，神魔禁行
(Universal world creation, Library of Ruina, Junji Ito, SCP Foundation, Backrooms series, Lovecraftian sanity loss, urban legends, and more will gradually unfold in the story.) After turning eighteen, everyone has a chance to open up a new world. They can create living beings and all kinds of civilizations, such as urban cultivation, immortal cultivation, World of Warcraft, martial spirits, soul rings, zombies, supernatural powers, gods and Buddhas, technology, and magic. But the world created
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I'm Paralyzed, So How Could I Be the Night Butcher? 我都瘫痪了，怎么会是黑夜屠夫
Gu Yang had a successful career and a happy family, but a car accident suddenly left him in a vegetative state. His mind, however, remained perfectly clear. In the endless darkness, he finally learned the secret behind the accident. On a night filled with anger and despair, he fused with his own shadow and became a butcher of the night! And after killing someone, he could even steal their lifespan, heal his body, and spend points on skills! A top detective, a medium, occult practitioners, and ma
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One Ghost Servant Per Level? I Have Ghost Gods at My Back! 一级一只诡仆？我身后皆是诡神！
After transmigrating to a world where the paranormal is running rampant, Lin Bei awakens the Ghost Servant Extraction System. Every time he gains a level, he gets to draw a ghost servant, setting him on a one-way road to grinding experience and leveling up. There are countless kinds of ghost servants, and what you draw is all down to luck. Fortunately, Lin Bei is pretty lucky! Following their master’s orders is a ghost servant’s natural duty! No matter the order, a ghost servant must carry it ou
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The Age of Declining Dharma: From the Start, I Blood-Sacrifice and Refine Corpses on Hong Kong Island! 末法时代：开局在港岛血祭炼尸！
In the age of declining magic, all arts have vanished, and cultivating the Dao is harder than reaching the heavens! In his previous life, Zhao Shan was a great demon of the unorthodox path. Reborn in 1990s Hong Kong, he discovers that this is still an age of declining magic. The orthodox sects are a dead end, and the unorthodox schools are no better, so he has no choice but to keep following his own wicked path. But gradually, he realizes that something about this world seems a little off. On Do
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I Contain Hauntings in the Dark World 我在暗世界里收容诡物
[Infinite Flow + Hypnotically Charming Male Lead With a Harem of Admirers + No Female Lead + Ensemble Cast + Overwhelming Combat Power + Recklessly Courting Death] After Xie Wudao dies, he finds himself in a dark world full of filth and strange creatures. Here, the only hope of staying alive is himself. Every instance contains a strange creature. Contain one, and he gains its supernatural ability, allowing him to command it in battle. The more strange creatures a player has, the more limitless t
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My Talent Was Stolen, So I Don Dragon Robes and Golden Armor and Play with a Spirit Board 天赋被骗，我披龙袍金甲，玩笔仙
They say that among zombies, the fiercest are the royal ones clad in dragon robes and golden armor! Among the supernatural horrors, the most famous are the Pen Fairy and Sadako! Then I’ll wear a dragon robe and golden armor, watch Sadako, and play with the Pen Fairy! Bury a dragon vein, be struck by heavenly lightning, let a ghost possess a corpse! I’ll become the most terrifying supernatural horror in the world! Even the King of Hell will tremble when I show up, and Jiang Chen will have to offe
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I Cultivate Immortality by Raising Corpses and Farming 我靠炼尸种地成仙
[Corpse Refining]+ [Beast Taming]+ [Cultivation] The world of cultivation is perilous day and night. The four seasons have vanished, and calamities run rampant. Cultivators harbor spiritual energy within their bodies. If buried, their remains may be absorbed by plants and give rise to spiritual fruit; if eaten by beasts, they may give rise to strange creatures. And if a corpse is not handled properly, the erosion of the [Solar Eclipse] and [Lunar Eclipse] may even cause a terrifying anomaly to e
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Immortal Cultivation: From the Start, I Ran a Coffin Shop and Refined Zombies 长生修仙：开局棺材铺炼僵尸
[Long-life cultivation + time-rewinding cloth + zombie refinement + unorthodox cultivation] After transmigrating to a vast world of immortal cultivation, Ji Changqing uses a time-rewinding cloth to repeatedly return to his youth, improve his aptitude, and make up for his shortcomings. He refines numerous zombies to protect his path, and ultimately becomes an immortal ancestor. “This spirit herb hasn’t been growing long enough... Time-Rewinding Cloth, speed it up by a hundred years...” “Why is th
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There Are No Ghosts to Sell, So I Have to Join a Horror Game 卖鬼没有鬼，只能参加惊悚游戏了
[Thriller Game] [Selling Ghosts] [System] [Urban] [Trickster] [Lighthearted] [No Female Lead] Meng Luo was an ordinary small-time real estate agent on Blue Star. After an intimate encounter with an out-of-control freight truck, he transmigrates into the body of an orphan in Huaxia. From the start, he awakens the Ghost-Selling System. As long as he sells supernatural beings, he earns ghost coins. This was Meng Luo’s golden finger. But that raises a question. Where are the ghosts? Five years. A wh
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A Full Set of Mythic Traits, and You Call This the Uncanny Resurgence? 一身神话词条，你和我说诡异复苏
[Decisive and ruthless + No-nonsense + Straight to the point + System traits + Invincible + Young married women + Has a heroine] After graduating from high school, Lu Chen comes to the big city for a summer job. That very night, he is attacked by an evil spirit. At the crucial moment, Lu Chen awakens a trait System. All he has to do is kill paranormal entities to draw traits! Lu Chen: “My wish is to kill every paranormal entity in the world, keh keh keh!” He deliberately puts himself out as
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Infinite Survival: Starting Out in a Creepy Little Town 无限生存，从诡异小镇开始求生
[Infinite Flow] + [Survive the Temple] + [Eerie World] + [Otherworldly Arrival] + [Eerie Kin] + [Vast World]. Survivor Profile: Name: Song Xiaoyu Gender: Male Occupation: Survivor Number of survival runs: N Shelter skins: Baiyujing, Temple, Thatched Cottage, Shanhai City... Self-description: After traversing countless worlds, I finally returned to Earth. This land has been destroyed countless times, and generation after generation of pioneers have fought on. This time, I’ve returned with my eeri
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The Eerie Apocalypse: Reborn, I Start with Ten Trillion Netherworld Coins 诡异末世：重生开局拥有万亿冥币
[Supernatural horror + apocalypse + tycoon + ghost money + rules + comedy + no heroine + fast-paced power fantasy (buys a supernatural-horror site by chapter 7, keeps buying everything without dragging things out, and buys an entire city in 200,000 words) + mid-story twists + late-game rule deduction] The supernatural apocalypse arrives, and evil ghosts run rampant. Within the rules, ghosts cannot kill people. While countless people struggle to survive the apocalypse, carefully searching for a w
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Rules of the Paranormal: The Horrors? They're All Family 规则怪谈，诡异？都是一家人
[Rule-based horror + national destiny + no romance + livestream + original scenarios + mild scares + warm and healing] Three years ago, rule-based horror arrived, launching a game that put the fate of nations on the line. Every month, chosen players are randomly selected from various countries to enter the horror world and clear its challenges. Clear a challenge, and you earn generous rewards. Fail, and the chosen player dies, while the horror descends upon their country. The Xia Kingdom has alr
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With Three Systems in Hand, Her Spirit Treasures Are More Than a Little Abundant 手握三个系统，她的灵宝有亿点多
[Invincible Power Fantasy, Pure Wish Fulfillment, No Romance, The Female Lead Shines on Her Own, No Angst, and She Knows Exactly How Strong She Is] From the start, Tang Yue gets a Sect-Building System. As long as she takes in disciples, grows the sect, and raises its reputation, she can become stronger. Just as Tang Yue is getting ready to go all out, she unexpectedly gets bound to two more Systems. One is a sign-in System, and the other is a rebate System. Both Systems are fiercely competitive.
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Rule Horror: They Say I Have Multiple Personalities 规则怪谈：他们说我有多重人格
[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
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Aren’t You an Evil God? Why Does Seeing Me Lower Your SAN? 不是邪神吗？见我怎么降SAN值
[Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes
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Rule Horror: From the Start, I Slapped a Supernatural Being 规则怪谈：开局给诡异一巴掌
[No female lead, no CP + Beloved by everyone + Brainless, feel-good wish fulfillment + Fictional world + “Daily life”] [Is the protagonist some kind of pervert?] [Includes character secrets. For details, see the author's notes, starting from Chapter 52.] Ever since he was old enough to remember, Lin Jiu had always seen a blue-and-red box, something like a System, in front of him. The text inside changed depending on what he looked at or touched. Then one day, something called Rule Horror descen
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Taking a Rebel on the Journey to the West, I Gave the Demons Eighty-One Tribulations Instead 带反骨仔取经，反给妖怪八十一难
[Journey to the West fanfic + hilarious antics + punchline-packed + healing and redemption for each other + Heaven's three rebellious troublemakers + retracing the journey west] On my first start, Nezha stabbed the Destined One to death! On my next start, Erlang Shen's dog bit me to death! On my third start, I forgot the gold headband and got beaten to death by Sun Wukong! Tang An: “So I’ve been transmigrated as the new Destined One, and I have to go fetch the scriptures? And I have to get those
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