Danmei: The Bottom Is a Boss in a Horror Story or Infinite-Loop Novel 双楠，受是怪谈或无限流里的boss

1. 51 副 The Dungeon Boss Is Working a Day Job 副本BOSS在打工 Falling Leaves and Rainfall叶落雨声Two Male Leads629k WordsCompleted (Content notes: A little System, a little ensemble cast, the protagonist's love interest is a background character) Here's the synopsis: A horror game quietly descends upon the world, becoming an inescapable nightmare for countless players. They enter the game and search for a slim chance of survival amid bloodshed and terror, struggling to stay alive. Qiao Xichen, once expelled from the game and cast out of a dungeon, is summoned back to become a boss. Times have chan 442Reads8.7Score105Shelves

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   This is really beautiful.

2. 52 怪 The Urban Legend Lost Its Memory, So Now Things Get Interesting 怪谈失忆了，那就有得玩了 Getting Up Early Isn't Goji Berries早起不是枸杞Two Male Leads250k WordsCompleted [Audiobook narrated by a human voice now available] Rule Horror + Delusional Misinterpretation + Two Male Leads + Protagonist in the Dominant Role Rule Horror descended upon the world. Just as humanity breathed a sigh of relief at finally gaining the power to resist it, the Rule Horror game played a cruel joke on them: an S-rank Rule Horror was about to descend on Earth. It seemed Rule Horror had no intention of letting humanity survive. Just as everyone prepared to face death without flinching, 16kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves
3. 53 参 I Became a Top-Tier Star After Appearing in Infinite Instances 参演无限副本后，我成了顶流 Wen Yuan Party文元党Two Male Leads433k WordsCompleted Two male leads. (This is my first work, and my writing isn’t very good. When I reread it, I cringe so hard my toes curl. Read at your own risk.) Trapped in an endless series of dungeons, you draw a skill from the start. As the unluckiest player around, you get “Traditional Chinese Medicine,” a conceptual skill. In a world crawling with horrors where people can die at any moment, what can traditional medicine even do? Make you a healer? As it turns out, it’s pretty great. "Mountain God" dungeo 1.3kReads9.3Score216Shelves

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   The true identity of the protagonist is the child of the dungeon creator. She created the dungeon to make him happy. As for how the protagonist lost his memory, came to the human world, and became a dungeon player, you'll have to read the book to find out.

4. 54 无 Infinite: Flirting with Bosses in Horror Games 无限：我在恐怖游戏里撩Boss Mochi and Taro Balls麻薯芋圆Two Male Leads217k WordsOngoing [Nonhumans + male lead is the receiver + unlimited-flow instances + two male leads + monogamous and mutually devoted 1v1 + the attacker is split into fragments] Bai Jin, terminally ill, suddenly received an invitation from the Eighth Club. The handprint he left to make a wish came to be a death warrant. In the time it took to draw a breath, Bai Jin was trapped in a horror game and became a meal for its monsters. A fire razed Puppet Town. Bai Jin was supposed to be a survivor searching for an exi 3Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 55 无EN Infinite Worlds: An Eldritch God’s Obsession with an Icy Beauty 无限：清冷美人被邪神盯上了 Sound Has No Sorrow or Joy声無哀樂Two Male Leads558k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Power Couple + Infinite-Flow Adventure + Sweet Romance + Satisfying Revenge] As director of the Institute for Anomalous Studies, Bo Yi was an unrelenting enthusiast of anomalous creatures. Unfortunately, there weren’t many anomalies in his world. That is, until he went out searching for new research materials and accidentally entered a game called Mist. A dark horse had recently appeared in the Mist game. People said his nickname was “Researcher.” But when the players saw the 1.9kReads9.0Score307Shelves
6. 56 无 Infinite Flow: Cuddling Up to the Abyss Boss and Acting Cute 无限流：躺在深渊boss怀里撒个娇 Jiu Mo酒陌Two Male Leads300k WordsCompleted The main story is complete ✨ [Power couple, happy ending] [Romance-focused, with the plot in the background] [Steady and clever, with a mischievous streak, bottom × clingy big-cat boss, top] While everyone else fights to escape, Xing Yun lounges in some boss’s arms, snacking and watching the show. “Hey, peel these lychees for me.” While everyone else screams in terror at the ghosts, Xing Yun lounges in some boss’s arms and screams too? A certain man is trapped in the Abyss Game, where he does wh 946Reads8.7Score130Shelves
7. 57 游 Game Objective: Cuddle Up to the Boss 游戏目的：与boss贴贴 Fish in Every Year岁岁囿鱼Two Male Leads337k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Equally Matched + Infinite-Flow Games + Livestream Gaming + Feel-Good] A game boss falls in love with the creator who brought him into the game. A timid but ridiculously powerful gaming streamer X a clingy game boss who always has his back Bai Chen accidentally entered a world called Nightmare Game and signed a strange contract with the System. From then on, he spent every day livestreaming himself clearing game levels. When he encountered his first ghost, a hideously ugly and 196Reads9.2Score101Shelves
8. 58 在 I Was Forced to Keep Fish in the Infinite Worlds 在无限世界里我被迫养鱼 Azure Clouds Stir the Mist青云扰雾Two Male Leads255k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + episodic infinite-flow + adored by all + sweet, clumsy beauty] Tang Jixue somehow ends up in a game known as a nightmare. To make his wish to resurrect someone come true, he has to clear the game. The game begins, and his identity card is drawn. [Ding! Your permanent NPC identity card is being collected.] [Please express your true feelings to the instance boss.] Tang Jixue: What? What is this? Wasn’t this supposed to be a horror game? How did it turn into a dating game?! So Tan 4.3kReads9.4Score493Shelves
9. 59 惊 Horror Livestream: Don’t Make Me Fight Back in Style 惊悚直播：别逼我花式反杀 Two Shadows Over Qingxun双影照清浔Two Male Leads669k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + infinite-flow + supernatural horror + absurd comedy + happy ending] Before he died, Qiao Yu had a boyfriend. Their love was so tumultuous and famous that everyone knew about it, the kind of love that would endure even if the mountains crumbled and heaven and earth were no more. They made it through the seven-year itch. Just as they were about to meet the parents and head down the aisle, his boyfriend suddenly vanished without a trace! Literally vanished: no sign of him alive or 13.1kReads9.5Score2.2kShelves
10. 60 请 Players, Please Don't Mess With the Soft and Cuddly NPCs 请玩家不要招惹软糯NPC A Few Cups of Sweet Wine几杯甜酒Two Male Leads438k WordsCompleted A sweet, soft-hearted, captivating NPC who plays hard to get vs. a possessive, unhinged top player (split personality) [Male-male romance] [Sweet romance] [Livestream setting] [Monster-slaying and scum-bashing] [Rivalry for the love interest] The full-immersion game “Escape at the End of Time,” which has taken the nation by storm, has officially launched. A haunted dormitory in a school, a city overrun by zombies, a ghost bride, a mass sacrifice, evil spirits kept in the basement of a gloomy old 4.3kReads9.1Score642Shelves
11. 61 我 My Terrifying Boss Is My Deadbeat Husband 我那惊悚BOSS死鬼老攻 Stewed into Pigeon Soup煲成鸽子汤Two Male Leads334k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads] [Little Psycho x Fragmented Boss] [Thriller Game Instances] [No matter how long it takes, I'll find you!] [No matter how many times, I'll fall in love with you!] Xiao Cheng'an died three years ago. Qi Zi feels like he died three years ago, too. Some dead guy hasn't visited his dreams even once in all that time, and Qi Zi is really annoyed. "Xiao Cheng'an! You dead bastard, you've been gone for three years and you haven't even come to me in a dream once, have you?! Listen, if you 507Reads7.1Score102Shelves
12. 62 无 Infinite Horror: Turns Out I'm an NPC 无限惊悚：原来我是npc Lone Walker in the Azure Sky天青色独行Two Male Leads580k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads] This story could also be called The Wrong Way to Join an Infinite-World Game or My Husband, the Vengeful Ghost After transmigrating, Lin Xian meets his lover, Shen He, who lives next door. Strange things keep happening in the room Lin Xian is renting, so he has no choice but to move in with Shen He. Then a group of strange young people looking for a thrill arrive at the apartment building and move into the haunted house next door. Lin Xian suspects they might be part of a myster 1.5kReads8.9Score110Shelves
13. 63 邪 The Evil God Tastes Like Sugar Water? Give Me a Kiss 邪神是糖水味儿的？亲个嘴子 Writing Something Satisfying写点爽的Two Male Leads349k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Invincible Protagonist + Forced Love + Forced Love + Forced Love] [Infinite Worlds + Chilling Horror + Live-Streamed Instances + Fast-Paced Power Fantasy] Guaranteed sweetness, thrills, and excitement. Don't judge the story by real-world values. It's best enjoyed with your brain switched off. -- Chi Sui enters an instance world, originally hoping to find clues about his older sister's death. By chance, however, he becomes the most powerful person with connections around. Now a 15.5kReads9.4Score3.3kShelves
14. 64 无 Infinite Flow: Monster Husband, Come Cuddle Me 无限流：怪物老公，求贴贴 The Fish That Doesn't Like to Flop Around不爱扑腾的鱼Two Male Leads253k WordsCompleted (The main story is complete) [Two male leads, Xu Qingli × Jun Wu, HE] A mysterious space appeared, and people were forcibly drawn into it in successive waves, becoming residents and entering game instances to provide energy for the space to function. The second before, Xu Qingli had just gone to his death with his monster husband. The next, he was back where he had been before entering the space. Xu Qingli: “Woohoo! What a delightful surprise!” Starting over, no one would stop him from finding h 722Reads8.4Score103Shelves
15. 65 他 He Is the God of Horror Games 他是恐怖游戏的神 Gu Yaonie顾妖孽Two Male Leads233k WordsCompleted [Ding-dong! Welcome to the game!] A new player has joined the "game": a harmless-looking, delicate flower on the surface, but behind the scenes, he spins a knife so fast it's a blur. He entered the "game" that morning, and by midnight, evil spirits were hunting him. Jiang Shixing felt wronged. Jiang Shixing said nothing. Jiang Shixing picked up his utility knife for sharpening pencils and stabbed the evil spirit straight through without a word. "Get lost. I'm annoyed enough already." To everyone 379Reads8.2Score103Shelves

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    Yes, some are and some aren't.

16. 66 无 The Infinite NPC Is Always Hungry 无限NPC总是吃不饱 Zhou Qing纣清Two Male Leads496k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads!!!] [Soul-Seeing Expert Gong Luo Yi x Voracious NPC Shou He Si] He Si was mistaken for a sacrificial offering because of the villagers' superstitions and starved to death on the altar. The intense emotions he felt just before dying caused him to be “reborn” in the world of an infinite horror game. To get revenge on those ignorant, backward villagers, his soul traveled between NPCs in different instances, doing whatever it took to complete missions and earn points. But the hunger 371Reads8.5Score107Shelves
17. 67 不 No Coveting the Evil Dragon's Beauty in Infinite Games! 不许在无限游戏里觊觎恶龙美人！ Gesang Rabbit格桑兔Two Male Leads297k WordsCompleted Both are devoted to each other, and both are unhinged A possessive, unhinged enforcer who enables evil X an evil, ruthless little maniac who plays the pig to eat the tiger An Ze is Zhu Long, the most powerful fighter in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. It was his hibernation season, and he never expected to open his eyes and find himself transformed into a beautiful, fragile human. As the most revered dragon of ancient times, An Ze was deeply unhappy with his predicament. Furious, he gathered 726Reads8.9Score145Shelves
18. 68 无EN Infinite Survival: A Mad Beauty in an Elegant Yandere's Obsessive Embrace 无限：疯批美人被优雅病娇缠入骨 Moonlight Soda月亮汽水Two Male Leads312k WordsCompleted [Two powerful male leads / obsessive and possessive / lazy, unhinged beauty versus elegant, untouchable aloof beauty] - Che Quan, the last pureblood vampire, awakens one day after being sealed away for years, inside an ice coffin surrounded by blooming blood-red roses. Humans of the future summon him and throw him into a survival puzzle game watched by hundreds of millions. Only the strong have a chance to survive. Everyone thinks he's a pale, sickly cannon-fodder character. After all, “the more 5.9kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves
19. 69 无 The Sickly Beauty in an Infinite Flow Online Romance Falls for the Boss 无限流病美人网恋到boss Nan Cang南苍Two Male Leads507k WordsCompleted [Infinite-Flow + Two Male Leads + Bottom-Protagonist Focus + 1v1 + Sickly Actor + Slight Everyone-Loves-Him Vibes + Both Have Amnesia + Entire Team Are Villains] Brooding, ghostly, hopelessly-in-love top X Actor bottom with many faces After Jian Xu died, his online lover, whom he had never met, dragged him into “Nine Nights’ Dream.” His vision went black, and as an actor, he put his talents to use. Once inside the instance, he dutifully played the castle owner’s lover while giving his online boy 399Reads8.9Score100Shelves

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    This, this, this, this, and this.

20. 70 怪 The Monster's Howling, and You're Flirting? 怪物在嗷嗷叫，你们调什么情啊？ Little Youngster稚子小Two Male Leads352k WordsCompleted [EA; push and pull between a sharp-tongued oddball and a tsundere; beast ears and a beast world; both are each other’s first] Sharp-tongued, devoted Enigma × tsundere catlike Alpha (only turns into an Omega in the ending extra, and remains a powerful fighter; don’t read if you can’t accept that) (The EA setting has original elements, personal headcanons, and beast forms) . Shen Qi is a top-tier Alpha. The idol of 99% of the little Omegas in the city. When people mention this top-tier Alpha, all 2.6kReads9.4Score514Shelves
21. 71 进 After Entering an Escape Game, My Archrival Started Flirting with Me 进入逃生游戏后我被死对头撩了 PiscesTwo Male Leads158k WordsCompleted [A bizarre practice-writing project] [One-on-one romance] [Infinite-loop death-escape game, mildly scary] Lu Ye, an upright, ambitious, rebellious boy who's innocent on the outside but calculating within x Jiang Yan, an utterly twisted psychiatrist who's old as dirt. Lu Ye accidentally enters a dimensional escape game and ends up sharing a room with his nemesis, Jiang Yan. Who knew Jiang Yan would get more and more lecherous? [If you don't like it, leave. Don't ruin the guys' mood. You're right 149Reads9.2Score—Shelves
22. 72 呸 Pah! Hopeless Romantics Are Banned from Infinite Games! 呸！恋爱脑禁止进入无限游戏！ Heartbroken Mutt伤心大土狗Two Male Leads412k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads, One-on-One Romance + Younger Man/Older Man + Both Devoted and Powerful + Thrilling Unlimited-Flow Adventure + Wacky Ensemble Cast] Yu Yan never imagined he’d one day get dragged into an escape game called Trials of Paradise, much less that it would be because of his mother. Yu Yan looked at the ghostly white figure in the void. “So you stayed up all night reading a novel, died suddenly, and ended up here. But the game has an age limit, so you can’t participate…and you bound me t 10.3kReads9.5Score1.8kShelves
23. 73 惊 Shock! The Evil God at My Feet Is Throwing a Tantrum and Acting Like a Brat 惊！邪神在我脚边撒泼打滚耍无赖 Happy Little Mutt快乐小土狗Two Male Leads303k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, two male leads + livestream + System + monster-fighting and leveling + ensemble cast + a touch of Western fantasy] Shi Dai and Xie Shang grew up together and have always been rivals. They’ve never been able to stand each other, or at least that’s what Shi Dai thinks. By a twist of fate, Shi Dai is dragged into an infinite-loop game. At first, he thinks the System’s voice sounds like that idiot Xie Shang. Then he thinks the dungeon boss looks a lot like Xie Shang, too. Eventu 498Reads9.3Score102Shelves
24. 74 致 The Fatal Game Sequel: Salvation 致命游戏续：拯救 Red Moon红色月Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted A fan-made sequel to The Spirealm and The Fatal Game, featuring Ruan Lanzhu and Ling Jiushi. “Welcome to the world of doors.” Every door leads to the unknown and danger, and opening one means facing a test of life and death. The Gates of Hell. The ambitious plans of the United States failed, and the game was cleansed. But a mysterious person had copied it long ago and unleashed it upon the world once more. Can we still win this struggle through the doors? Let's wait and see. 2.1kReads—Score215Shelves

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    When Lin Qiushi, an ordinary designer, is on the verge of death from lung cancer, he unexpectedly discovers that the stairwell of his apartment building has transformed into twelve mysterious iron doors. Behind each door lies an independent, terrifying world, where only the survivors can continue their lives in the real world. He teams up with the cross-dressing male lead, Ruan Nanzhu, to form the "Double Skin Milk Duo," experiencing thrilling puzzles, battles of humanity, and life-or-death trials within the doors, gradually uncovering the ultimate secrets of the doors and forging a bond amidst bloodshed and tenderness.

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