Horror and Mystery 惊悚悬疑风

1. 1 恐 Terrifying Folk Customs: Starting with Red Paper Suppressing Spirits 恐怖民俗：从红纸压魂开始 Bitter Melon with Flower Crab苦瓜炒花蟹Mystery533k WordsCompleted Every night at midnight, my wife secretly gets up and makes offerings to a sheet of red paper. Corpse-driving, Gu poison, summoning souls from the underworld, feng shui that destroys families, and dark magic that prolongs life: it all began when I discovered my wife's secret. 3.1kReads8.8Score529Shelves

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   Nice! Love watching! Write quickly!

2. 2 我 My Years as a Feng Shui Consultant in the Entertainment Industry 我在娱乐圈当风水顾问的那些年 Bitter Melon with Flower Crab苦瓜炒花蟹Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted Corpse-oil lipstick, raising little ghosts, summoning fox spirits, tattooed talismans: some celebrities will stop at nothing to get famous and go viral. My name is Chen Tian. I'm a feng shui consultant who moves in entertainment circles, specializing in handling the aftermath for celebrities who rose to fame through supernatural means. 87.1kReads9.0Score12.6kShelves
3. 3 诡 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 746.7kReads9.6Score126.3kShelves

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   This is really beautiful

4. 4 十 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 1.7MReads9.9Score228kShelves

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   Both of these are unlimited novels. If you are brave, take a look at the first one: A bus without a driver is slowly carrying a group of cursed people towards a black hut. What is the story about the cursed people here? What is happening to them? Tell your story and live on. Book 2: When a liar walks into the end, what will happen at the end of the story? In what direction will the game continue? When I thought this was a place where gods were created, everything was heading toward destruction. What would happen in the end?

5. 5 活 Taboo of the Living 活人禁忌 Ninth Master of the Thieves' Sect盗门九当家Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted When I was nine, I found myself in mortal danger! To save me, my grandfather made a decision that would change my life forever... 15.9kReads9.2Score2kShelves

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   This sounds good, but Taboo 2 is not so good.

6. 6 黄 The Yellow River Demon Suppression Bureau 黄河镇妖司 Long-Eared Rabbit长耳朵的兔子Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted The mighty Yellow River rolls on without end, nurturing countless civilizations and burying countless secrets. Iron oxen that hold back the river, nine tortoises carrying a snake, corpse bristles from the Yellow River, ghost-bride processions... Beneath the mysterious ancient waterways of the Yellow River, there is so much you don’t know. The legendary Nine Gates of the Yellow River, the vanished Jiuli of Chiyou, the thirty-six sects of Huaxia: a different Yellow River, a different world of mart 2.4kReads8.2Score219Shelves

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   My home is on the edge of the Yellow River, and most of the people in the village are treasure pickers. From generation to generation, our peaceful life changed until a water fetch in 1998...

7. 7 室 My Roommate's Double Death 室友的双重死亡 Storytime at Night故事夜话Mystery8k WordsCompleted My Roommate's Double Death —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The subject matter is novel, and the whole text uses the bracelet as a clue. The protagonist dies many times, but every time he dies in a traffic accident. He seems to be twins with the same fate, protecting others from disasters. The storyline is compact, not procrastinating, and attractive [Like][Like][Like]

8. 8 娘 Wife, Are You Human or Ghost? 娘子你到底是人是鬼？ Chai Qiqi柴柒七Ancient Romance639k WordsCompleted [Neither ghost nor god, neither human nor demon + no romance + a girl squad + no love stories, just monster-hunting] A delicate young lady and a little maid travel through mountains and rivers. The half-human, half-ghost lady loves to eat ghosts. Her golden, one-eyed gaze sees through spirits and monsters, while her maid is a skilled ghost cook who takes meticulous care of her. The lady wanders the mortal world in search of the missing half-inch of her heart. Without it, she cannot be human. Wh 3.5kReads9.4Score625Shelves
9. 9 娘 The Ghost-Eating Bride, Part Two 娘子食鬼第二部 Chai Qiqi柴柒七Ancient Romance532k WordsCompleted [Neither ghost, god, human, nor demon + no romance + a team of girls + no dating, just monster-slaying] [Strong female lead] A grand adventure of their very own! If gods stand in their way, she'll kill the gods. If Buddhas stand in their way, she'll kill the Buddhas! Gu Jiao's adventure begins anew! A delicate young lady and her little maid, joined by a dim-witted fox, a mouse, and a cat... They roam through endless mountains and rivers. The half-human, half-ghost young lady loves to eat ghost 1.2kReads9.4Score281Shelves
10. 10 我 I Am Not the God of Drama 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 1.7MReads9.9Score184.7kShelves

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    After a red meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization came to a standstill. From that day on, people could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built up by modern science suddenly collapsed, and the disaster was far more than that. The gray world descends with the red meteor, like a ghostly reflection behind a mirror, dragging the civilized world into the abyss of disorder little by little. In this era, human life is as small as dust; in this era, human beings are as bright as stars. The building was about to collapse, and someone saw an actor standing on top of the ruins of civilization. His red ribbon was like blood, laughing and crying. The curtain of the times slowly opened behind him. He opened his arms and whispered to all living beings - "The show... Begins."

11. 11 民 Folk Taboos and Strange Tales 民俗禁忌怪谈 The Jubilant Wang Dabao欢欣鼓舞的王大宝Mystery238k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! This book is inspired mainly by folk traditions from different regions. Each chapter is a standalone story, so there is no continuous plot. This is my first time writing a book, and I know it may not be very good, so I hope all you wonderful readers will give me your guidance. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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12. 12 阴 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 Old Nine of the Daoist Sect道门老九Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 82.7kReads9.4Score10.3kShelves
13. 13 东 The Northeast Spirit Medium 东北出马仙 Zhang Dachui张大锤Mystery134k WordsCompleted [Rural life + folk legends + strange tales + horror + Northeastern China + adventure + crime and deduction + solving cases] [A police officer with a special constitution × a shaman grandmother: an ensemble mystery-solving tale as they team up to uncover the secrets of spirit mediums!] Northeastern China is the birthplace of shamanism and a thriving home to spirit mediums, including the Fox, Weasel, Hedgehog, Snake, and Rat spirits. Since ancient times, it has been full of people with extraordina 2.6kReads9.4Score112Shelves
14. 14 这 This Spirit Medium Is Pretty Powerful! 这个出马仙有点强！ Wu the Half-Immortal吴半仙Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing A piece of red cloth, three feet and three inches long. The old hall's people, the old hall's immortals. One day, when they emerge from the depths of the mountains, their names will spread far and wide! I was born in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1980s. When I was seven, a spirit medium said I was fated to suffer three calamities and eight misfortunes, and would one day become a horse-riding shaman. I didn't believe it, but hardship kept finding me. To make a living, I worked as a wa 147.6kReads9.7Score14.2kShelves
15. 15 我 I Can Dream of Crime Scenes 我能梦到凶案现场 Rich Lady, Come With Me富婆跟着我呀Mystery509k WordsCompleted Coming next: My Home Is the Scene of the First Murder, now updating~~~ I hope you’ll show it lots of support~~~ Thank you, thank you, thank you [Alternate setting + Fictional + Episodic stories + Everyday life + Clean romance + Two female leads (not a GL romance) + Each has her own love story + Heartwarming + Healing + A touch of an ensemble cast] Cheng Qingyan has a secret she can’t tell anyone. After turning twenty, she begins having bizarre dreams. Every scene in her dreams is the place 977Reads7.3Score136Shelves
16. 16 尸 The Corpse-Scented Beauty 尸香美人 Sisyphus西西弗斯Mystery726k WordsCompleted When I was seven, my grandfather carried a dead woman home on his back. I was so scared I nearly wet myself. But my grandfather said he had brought her back for me. 1.3kReads6.2Score101Shelves

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    That year, my grandfather, who was a thief, brought home a coffin containing the body of a beautiful woman. From then on, my life changed drastically...

17. 17 栩 Vivid as Life 栩栩若生 Xiao Xu小叙Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A fortune-teller said I was born destined for greatness, the reincarnation of the Flower Goddess, with the power to turn stones into gold and command flower spirits and tree sprites. Once I came of age, my family was sure to prosper. But when I was twelve, I came down with a strange illness. My fever wouldn’t break, and I kept seeing terrifying visions... In a dream, I met an old woman who told me to find an expert with supernatural powers to save my life. Millet to summon souls, altars and form 23.9kReads9.5Score3.9kShelves

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    Baozi, can you take a look and see if there is anything you like? These are of very high quality [Sending my heart]

18. 18 小 Mr. Xiao Wang 小王先生 Young Master Wang小王鲜生Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted My mother held on for several extra hours while giving birth to me, just so I wouldn’t be born on the date the fortune-teller had predicted. Haunted by evil spirits! Delivering winter clothes to the dead! Wandering ghosts! Why does everyone come to me for everything? Incense roots? Fate? Five-colored cloth? These mysterious trades all depend on intuition! Granny Bai says I have a spiritual gift and a knack for opening the senses. Aunt Yang says I have all three kinds of affinity. But I never tho 10.5kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
19. 19 出 Tales of a Spirit Medium 出马仙往事 Cloud Road Faraway云路遥Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted “First, invite Hu; second, invite Huang. Third, invite Mang; fourth, invite Chang. Offer incense in the hall, and let all the immortals come forth.” With an entirely yin birth chart, I suddenly became the village's most despised madman when I was eight years old. Ten years later, I recovered from my madness and took charge of the Hu family's altar, one of the five great immortal clans of Northeast China. From then on, the Five Evils and Three Deficiencies followed me everywhere. I thought I had 34.9kReads9.5Score3.6kShelves
20. 20 北 Secrets of the Northern Steed 北马秘闻 Traveling Through the Dark黑灯瞎火去赶路Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted After spending seven years in a daze as a fool, I was told by the Yellow Immortal that I had a spirit altar within me, and that my origins were far from ordinary. From then on, I set out on the Northern Ma path. 18.3kReads8.5Score3.4kShelves
21. 21 出 The Horse-Riding Disciple Still Lives Today 出马弟子今犹在 Continue Writing Spring and Autumn续写春秋Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted If you live in Northeast China, you've surely heard tales of the chuma xian. What exactly are the yellow weasels asking for when they beg to be granted a title? Are the Five Great Immortal Families the Fox, Yellow Weasel, Chang, Python, and Qingfeng spirits, or the Fox, Yellow Weasel, White, Willow, and Gray spirits? What can spirit mediums do, and what must they never do? Will the spirits be punished if they do something wrong? As it happens, my older sister is a spirit medium who has establish 5.8kReads9.3Score652Shelves
22. 22 天 The Fated Spirit Medium 2 天命出马仙2 Wu the Half-Immortal吴半仙Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Shen Nan was an ordinary college student until he accidentally got caught up in a haunting at his school. He also inadvertently learned that he was born in response to fate and was destined to help Chu Yifan fight the immortals and Buddhas who were about to appear. Unexpectedly, they opened the passage ahead of time, and a great battle across the Three Realms is about to begin... Stride across the Three Realms and Six Paths, and continue the legend of the spirit medium! 4kReads9.2Score374Shelves
23. 23 阴 Yin and Yang: A Journey to the Afterlife 阴阳往生 Traveling Through the Dark黑灯瞎火去赶路Mystery975k WordsCompleted The birth of a baby brought nightmares from a previous life to an otherwise ordinary mountain village. One road, one path to the underworld, and both the Southern Mao and Northern Ma clans are stirred into action. What secrets does Meng Qi conceal? Who is the strange midwife, and what are the various factions coveting? Meng Qi will show you the true face of the mysterious… 12Reads7.6Score—Shelves
24. 24 北 Tales from the Northern Horsemen 北马见闻录 Traveling Through the Dark黑灯瞎火去赶路Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted I’m a spirit medium. What do I need brains for? As long as I’m stubborn enough, those weasels can’t get the better of me. This is a story full of blood and heart, and the legend of a spirit medium’s life. Whether it’s life or human nature, the wise will eventually find the answers meant for them. A record of strange encounters, and half the history of the Ma family. Folk legends, chilling mysteries, and uncanny wonders, all within... 4.8kReads8.9Score419Shelves
25. 25 三 The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语 Luo Xiaoyang洛小阳Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing You’ve heard of people who died with their eyes open, but have you ever heard of a dead person whose mouth wouldn’t close? His grandfather’s death turns the life of a broke college student upside down. A corpse glares, a soul is hooked; a corpse opens its mouth, and disaster strikes twice. As one bizarre incident after another unfolds, he accidentally discovers that there’s far more to it than ghosts… 84.1kReads9.3Score15.7kShelves

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    The Tale of Three Corpses is about a series of supernatural stories that happened to the protagonist after his grandfather passed away. The plot is compact and interesting. The other book tells the story of the protagonist inheriting a pawn shop and fighting against monsters and monsters. I recommend everyone to read it! [Laughing]

26. 26 午 The Midnight Pawnshop: The Living Must Keep Away 午夜当铺，活人回避 Chong Xiayueban虫下月半Mystery4.0M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural + Chinese Folklore + Unorthodox Trading + Tales of Evil Objects] No romantic pairing This is a strange pawnshop that only accepts sinister objects with special value! Coins placed in the mouths of the dead, executioners' swords, grave-top mushrooms, flesh lingzhi, Kunlun fetuses... Evil objects can harm people, but they can also help them! Once they pass through the pawnshop's hands, being pawned and sold, evil can be transformed into treasure! They can bring promotions 257.5kReads9.4Score22.1kShelves
27. 27 出 True Tales of the Spirit Mediums: My Ten Years Serving at a Ghost Hall 出马仙纪实：我供奉鬼堂的那十年 Four Happiness Pavilion四喜阁Mystery3.0M WordsOngoing My name is Zhou Tie. In this book, I'll tell the true story of my ten years running a spirit hall and serving ghosts. You've heard of spirit mediums... but have you heard of a ghost spirit hall? At eighteen, I established a ghost spirit hall and served ghost immortals! The presiding master was the sister my grandfather said had gone mad and died! This book has no female lead. It's not fantasy, and it's definitely not a cultivation novel! It's the true story of how I, born with an ominous yin con 42kReads9.6Score3.5kShelves

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    Hu, yellow, white, willow, gray, breeze! This is the standard configuration of Chumaxian! But I only have Qingfengtang, let's see how I can become a fairy...

28. 28 东 The Northeast’s First Spirit Hall 东北第一堂 Ying Xiaojie应小劫Mystery299k WordsCompleted Buddhist shrine, Taoist shrine, immortal shrine, together forming the greatest shrine in the Northeast. The stories and sighs left behind by our ancestors are countless. When Yu Zifei and I took on the burden of presiding over the great shrine of the celestial immortals, all the stories began to unfold. Life is a grand game, and I am the one who will change your fate. 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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