Mind-Bending Mysteries That Are Terrifying When You Think Them Through 悬疑烧脑细思还很恐怖

1. 51 天 The Heavenly Coffin 天棺 Youth Evening News青年晚报Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted Because of a joke, my grandmother’s spirit refused to leave after her death and insisted on taking me with her to the grave. Otherwise, my whole family would die. To save my family, I went into the grave with my grandmother... 19.9kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
2. 52 让 You Hired Me to Collect Bodies, So I Dissected My Ex-Girlfriend 让你当收尸人，你直接解刨了前女友 Ye Wusheng夜无声Mystery4.6M WordsOngoing In anatomy class, the corpse turns out to be my ex-girlfriend... After that, I went through all sorts of unbelievable things. A bus that only goes up, never down, and runs straight to a reservoir. An old scholar tree in the hospital, lush with branches and leaves, that swallows people whole. A giant catfish by the Qingshui River, begging people for help every night. And a deadly brothel hung with human skin, open for business without end. It went on and on, as if it would never come to an end... 73.8kReads9.4Score3.6kShelves
3. 53 山 Strange Tales of a Mountain Village 山村异事 The One and Only Zhang Datiechui张大锤子本尊Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted Mom tied a rope around her mouth and hanged herself over Dad's coffin! Forty-nine days later, Mom came back for me! 368Reads6.7Score103Shelves
4. 54 全 Everyone Is an Evil Immortal!!! 全员恶仙！！！ There Are Mountains Beyond the Heavens天外有山Eastern Fantasy3.7M WordsOngoing Also known as The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals and The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals: I Have a Temple for Cultivating Immortals [No Angst] [Unhinged] [High Stakes from Start to Finish] There is a rumor of a temple somewhere in the world, with a patch of magical soil inside. Just treat a person as a "seed" and plant them in the soil, and they can become an immortal. Li Shiwu has spent ten years seeking immortality. At last, he finds the temple and plants himself in the soil, but he never expecte 225.4kReads9.0Score23.6kShelves

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   It's scary without thinking about it, especially the last one. I felt chills on my back after reading it at the end.

5. 55 司 Commander Si, Why Are You Standing with the Monsters? 司统大人，您怎么站怪物那边了？ Little Black the Firebreather喷火小黑Urban3.6M WordsOngoing [No female lead + no romantic tension + no romance + ruthless and decisive] Amid the crowds beneath the neon-lit cityscape, there are monsters wearing human skin, walking among them just like ordinary people. The news says these people are called the Awakened. They feed on human flesh and are savage monsters. One quiet afternoon, an ordinary high school sophomore undergoes a transformation and becomes one of the Awakened, standing against all of humanity! To survive, he makes a pact with a god a 117.7kReads8.7Score13kShelves
6. 56 规 Rule Horror: Starting in Bikini Bottom 规则怪谈：从比奇堡开始 The Trapped Minion被困住的吗喽Mystery862k WordsOngoing [Entirely Original Story + Supernatural Invasion of Childhood Cartoons + No System, No Cheats] In this book, the rules are absolutely correct. There are no false rules. Love is the only weapon against “corruption.” The moment Wu Nao wakes up, he sees a piece of paper covered in crookedly written rules: 1. From now on, remember that you are Patrick Star. Don't forget… 2. Do not go jellyfishing with SpongeBob unless absolutely necessary. 3. Gary the Snail cannot talk. 4. Squidward is always gloomy 2.9kReads8.9Score436Shelves
7. 57 修 Cultivating the Demonic Path, Building My Foundation Through Slaughter 修魔成道，杀生筑基 Jia Chou Mo Hai甲丑末亥Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Demonic Cultivation] [Cold-Blooded and Ruthless] [Decisive and Merciless] [The Dark Side of Human Nature] [The male lead is an ordinary man. There are women, but no female lead.] Consume treasured elixirs to gather qi and improve your cultivation and spells. Xu Sanyan was born among bandits and knows that human life is as worthless as grass: if you don't kill, you'll be killed. To stay alive, he severs the compassion in his heart and unleashes the evil within. To obtain a cultivation manual 26.1kReads8.7Score2kShelves
8. 58 我 I Feed Demons with My Own Body in the Demon Suppression Bureau 我在镇魔司以身饲魔 Six Gourds六个葫芦Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Get stronger when attacked by monsters + Transmigration + System + Invincible + Comedy + Villain + Demon Suppression Bureau] After transmigrating to a fantasy world overrun by monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a prison guard in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty’s Demon Suppression Bureau. From that day on, strange cases begin piling up in the prison, once known as a living hell and feared for its eerie, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the monsters in the prison scream every night? 84kReads9.3Score8.4kShelves
9. 59 灾 The Calamity Canticle 灾厄乐章 Braised Green Peppers红焖青椒Urban744k WordsCompleted [Musician + Summons + Mysterious Organization + Villain + No CP + Fun-Seeker] Perhaps, in some corner unknown to you, mysterious rituals are underway. Strange life forms secretly covet the flesh and blood of the living. The colossal entity that maintains order lurks beneath the surface of society. A bloated, foolish god's child rots and stinks in an underground palace. The giant king in the flames silently blesses his people. A fantastically colored giant shark swims through the deep sea. A skel 8.8kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
10. 60 一 I Woke Up with 40 Murder Cases on My Hands 一觉醒来：我背上了40起命案 No Joy无喜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst... 37.3kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
11. 61 诡 The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 319.1kReads9.5Score38.4kShelves
12. 62 墓 Reborn in the Graveyard, I Go on a Rampage with the “Am I Dead?” System 墓地重生，我靠死了吗系统杀疯了 Wan Hua琬华Mystery863k WordsOngoing [Reborn in a graveyard + Death System + mystery and crime-solving + powerful heroine seeking revenge] [Nonstop thrills + a badass heroine + lots of twists + crushing scumbags every step of the way] ⊗ Orphan Qin Mo is kidnapped and thrown into a mass grave. After crawling out of a coffin, she unexpectedly binds herself to the [Are You Dead Yet] System. ⊗ Fail six missions in a row, and the System will erase you! ⊗ Watch Qin Mo plan each move carefully, turn the tables against all odds, and make h 846Reads9.2Score105Shelves

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    The heroine is reborn in the cemetery, with one body and two souls. During the day, she is an executive of a financial company, and at night, she is the messenger of hell who performs the task of the [Are You Dead] system? It is a fascinating article about the struggle of all employees with their IQs online [Adoration]

13. 63 婚 A Marriage Full of Secrets 婚心叵测 Third Sister Zhang张家三姐Modern Romance5.9M WordsCompleted I suspect my husband is drugging me. My child isn’t mine, and our nanny is here to spy on me! This is a dead end. The only way to save myself is to burn my bridges and fight to the death! 58.1kReads9.4Score5kShelves

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    They are all super good books. Don't miss them if you have read them. They are definitely worth reading.

14. 64 诡 The Eerie Case Coroner 诡案女仵作 Qie Qie Isn't Sleepy茄茄不困Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A lazy salted-fish coroner who just wants to lie flat VS a workaholic commander who knows nothing about romance. They crack bizarre cases and fall in love over time. As religious sects rise to prominence, people commit murder in the name of gods and ghosts, and strange cases erupt throughout the Great Qing Dynasty. After dying from overwork, forensic pathologist Jiang Ning joins the Yuning Guard, an organization of imperial investigators, hoping to lie flat and coast along as a low-ranking nobod 2kReads9.2Score231Shelves
15. 65 回 Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance741k WordsCompleted [No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T 152.2kReads9.6Score20.5kShelves
16. 66 天 The Net of Justice: Part One, The Killer Cannot Escape 天网第一部真凶难逃 Author Shi Yu作家石玉Mystery503k WordsCompleted “The net of justice may be wide, but nothing escapes it.” Do you think you can get past her keen eye? The Web’s Number One Female Criminal Investigator: The Killer Can’t Escape Ye Bailing is the leader of a criminal investigation squad. Since joining the force, she has never stopped moving forward, come rain or shine. No matter how difficult a case is, she is determined to uncover the truth. This time, however, she faces a murder case beyond anything she could have expected... 332Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The pure flow of criminal investigation writing! There is no bloody emotional line, only pure case detection, "The True Murderer Can't Escape" conquers readers with its strength!

17. 67 你 Folk Horror Stories You’ve Definitely Heard 你一定听过的民间恐怖故事 A Wildly Imaginative Brain胡思乱想的大脑Mystery239k WordsOngoing This story is entirely fictional and has nothing to do with the real world. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. At his sixth birthday banquet, evil spirits devoured his entire family in their dreams. Gu Chen, the young heir of a wealthy family, had his memories forcibly erased by men in black. All that remained were fragments of nightmares: a diamond-shaped badge, red-eyed guests who devoured dreams, and a gun that erased memories. Ten years later, he tracks down the city’s supernatural inci 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story is based on folklore and fleshed out by horror plots, revealing the horrifying secrets buried by the years. It's super exciting!

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