Horror and Mystery, but No Infinite-Flow Stories 恐怖悬疑文不要无限流

1. 1 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 737.9kReads9.6Score111.7kShelves

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   Raise the flag for my brother Qiu Shui and brother Lu Fei.

2. 2 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 259.3kReads9.4Score21.9kShelves
3. 3 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 1.7MReads9.9Score228.4kShelves

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   The first book has a bit of infinite flow but does not affect readers who like suspense reasoning.

4. 4 诸 The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 546.4kReads9.7Score71.6kShelves
5. 5 鬼 A Ghost Placed a Food Delivery Order, and I Accepted It in a Flash! 鬼下的外卖订单，我秒接！ Sunlight on the Mountain Forest日照山林Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing That day, I received a strange food delivery order. A goddess who had died a tragic death was begging me for help. After that, I became a spirit courier. I clear the way for wronged souls and guide the dead on their final journey! 55.1kReads9.2Score5.7kShelves

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   It's good to read. I love reading it. I'll update it chapter by chapter. I hope the author can update it 24 hours a day.

6. 6 怪 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 Gorgeous Girl绚丽儿Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [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 18.1kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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   I don't know if this counts

7. 7 笔 The Demon I Wrote Crawls Out of the Manuscript Tonight 笔下恶魔今夜爬出稿纸 The Snail Is Very Lazy蜗牛很懒Modern Romance450k WordsCompleted [Dark healing + mild horror and thrills + suspenseful romance that's easy to follow + chaste male lead] Lu Zhaozhao, a suspense novelist, created an extraordinarily cruel villain with her own hands. He's handsome and elegant, exceptionally intelligent, and obsessed with cruelly hunting his victims and turning them into specimens that will last forever. She used to complain that the scenes she wrote weren't bloody or terrifying enough. Until... The dark, damp basement, hundreds of jars filled wit 6.2kReads9.1Score935Shelves
8. 8 授 Hand Him the Reins 授他以柄 Zhou Fuyao周扶妖Ancient Romance96k WordsCompleted With the city about to fall and the kingdom on the brink of ruin, Pei Qing wrote a letter asking that man for help. For seven whole days, there was no reply. But just when all hope seemed lost, he arrived. His peerlessly handsome face was full of disdain and contempt. Xiao Yuan walked into the imperial bedchamber with blood dripping from his blade and lazily called out, “Elder Brother.” Having earned merit by rushing to the emperor’s defense, he naturally expected a reward. “I have plenty of gol 24.9kReads9.5Score2.9kShelves

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   😂🌚🙄😳😳😳🙃Five years ago, there was an edict asking her to enter the palace as his queen. Five years later, there was a letter, and he came with troops to rescue her. "She was originally mine." Guarding a city for one person. In the end, King Nanchuan fell in love and had a weakness. If you still have a slight liking for me, I am willing to resist this imperial edict for you. "If your lover cannot come back from the mountain in the future, then level that mountain." Su Yan is the only opponent of the decisive King of Nanchuan. If true love is touched, there will be a weakness. The powerful King of Nanchuan fell to the ground for love. He never wanted the throne in the world, only her from beginning to end. Yu Wenyuan, even if you don't want to, I will marry you by force in the next life. "You are not my moon after all." "The only weakness of the aloof King Nanchuan is Su Yan."

9. 9 恐 Horror Dungeons: I Become a God in the World of Terror 恐怖副本：我在惊悚世界中封神 Really Not Allowed真的不可以Mystery108k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + No System + No Saintly Protagonist + No Female Lead + Survival] “Terror has arrived. Only the victor escapes.” Chen Xiang is dragged into a series of terrifying instances, where he completes one survival challenge after another and gradually becomes a god in that world. “You think I’m prey, nourishment, dust beneath your feet. But even an ant can aspire to reach the heavens. It’s still too soon to know who will emerge victorious.” 617Reads—Score102Shelves

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   It's really nice to watch this with your eyes closed

10. 10 女 Dormitory Girls’ Survival: Starting on an Endless Train 女寝求生，从无限列车开始 Dongyufang东鱼坊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.9M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow]+ [Four-person ensemble]+ [No romance]+ [Superpowers]+ [Farming and building]+ [Lighthearted comedy] The Apocalypse is here, and you've boarded the last train out... With the end of the world looming over Blue Star, four roommates from Women's Dorm 502 end up aboard the Infinite Train, forced to take part in an Apocalyptic journey with an unknown final stop. After awakening their Superpowers one by one through beginner scenarios, they form an incredible team: assassin + archer + s 44.9kReads8.8Score10kShelves

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    These are some good books [laughs][laughs]

11. 11 女 A Chef Transmigrates into a Corpse-Driving Shaman, Living in a Chicken Coop and Driving Corpses in a Famine Year 女厨穿成赶尸匠，住鸡舍灾年赶尸 Pure White纯白的白Modern Romance423k WordsCompleted A modern female chef is reborn in ancient times as a corpse-driving craftsman. She and her younger brother live in a chicken coop, bullied by their whole family, until they are taken in as apprentices by a limping man with a frightening appearance. On her first corpse-driving job, her master throws her into a graveyard as a test. In years of famine, she takes on corpse-driving work to help make ends meet. After her younger brother is bullied, she cuts ties with the family and takes him to live w 176Reads8.2Score—Shelves
12. 12 架 Alternate Ancient China: Building a Fortune in Jiangnan 架空古代：江南人家经营致富日常 Rain on Riverside Flowers汀花雨Ancient Romance2.3M WordsOngoing [Ancient-Style Business and Wealth-Building] + [A Jiangnan Family] + [Everyday Family Life] + [Lighthearted, Sweet, and Satisfying] A lighthearted, stress-relieving story about the everyday business and family life of a small household in peaceful Jiangnan, filled with warmth, joy, kindness, and ordinary domestic moments. It tells the story of common people in ancient times. The main characters are not princes or ministers, nor are they members of noble or aristocratic families. From the very st 65kReads9.3Score5.9kShelves
13. 13 心 The Psychological Anatomist 心理解剖者 Bug Baby虫宝宝Mystery548k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] Genius Forensic Doctor VS Tough-as-Nails Police Captain [Mystery + deduction + sweet romance + high-IQ crimes + serial murders + criminal profiling + suitable for the timid] Original title: The Psychological Anatomist Schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, high-IQ crimes... This is a world overrun by psychopaths. The Cat-Fetus Man case, the Couple Butchers, the Angel of Death... Twisted fantasies of evil always burst into reality alongside violence. A corpse is 85.9kReads9.5Score14.1kShelves
14. 14 测 The Art of Fortune-Telling by Chinese Characters 测字有术 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban1.5M WordsCompleted When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get 162.1kReads9.6Score36.6kShelves
15. 15 小 A Little Land of Mountains and Rivers 小山河 Beidou Erniang北斗二娘Mystery937k WordsCompleted When Chi Xia first joins the special investigations team, Luo Xun strongly recommends transferring her elsewhere. The intern is so thin-limbed and wooden, like she can barely keep her eyes open. What makes her suitable for this team? She’d be much better off in Publicity! The thin-limbed intern says nothing, responding to everything with, “Captain Luo, solving the case comes first.” Luo Xun is so frustrated he can barely contain himself. The team is doomed, he thinks. Before long, Captain Luo ge 39.6kReads9.5Score6.7kShelves
16. 16 这 I’m the Only Living Person on This Forum 这论坛就我一个活人 Young and Unaccomplished, Yet Never Insecure年少无为不自卑Mystery735k WordsCompleted [New book, Make a Wish to a Ghost, is now available] [The printed edition of Strange Tales Forum is in production] [The short drama adaptation of Strange Tales Forum is in production] Gao Shen joined a strange tales forum by chance. The forum often posts eerie stories, describing every detail so vividly that they seem to have really happened. Users who reply seriously analyze the source of each incident and discuss how to deal with it. They even address each other as Heavenly Masters, Soul Tamer 45.4kReads8.7Score5.3kShelves

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    Highly recommended, they all look great.

17. 17 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 25.3kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves
18. 18 惊 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The 84.8kReads9.5Score9.8kShelves
19. 19 给 Give the Rule Horror a Taste of Longguo’s Might 给规则怪谈来点龙国震慑 A Fan一个风扇Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Original Scenarios] [Choose Your Own Cheat Skill] [Teammates Are the Nation] [No Romance] [Logic-Driven] (I can't write a proper blurb, so please check out the story itself.) Long afterward, when the Dragon Nation has united the world of supernatural horror, everyone on Blue Star will remember the day Qin Yuan voluntarily entered a Rule Horror scenario. Scenario Skills First Scenario: Kuroko's Basketball (Skills: Enhanced Training, Block) Second Scenario: Susan's Lawyer's Letter (Skills: S 28.4kReads9.4Score3kShelves
20. 20 无 Infinite Ghost Stories: I Confessed to the Boss from the Start, and Now I'm Stuck with Them 无限怪谈：开局表白boss，被缠上了 Adding Jade to the Brocade锦上添玉Mystery709k WordsCompleted [Urban legend world + endless instances + Harem System + flirt and run + one-to-many (male leads are split into fragments)] After someone on the street slipped her a little card, Ai Li transmigrated. She ended up in a horror world full of eerie instances and monsters. Barely arrived, she ran into a terrifying clown with greasepaint on his face, forcing her to make a choice. Luckily, the System arrived just in time. But why did this System feel so suspiciously unprofessional? [Ding! Harem System 5.1kReads9.2Score846Shelves
21. 21 我 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 Xu Moqing徐墨卿Mystery542k WordsCompleted [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 60.8kReads9.6Score8.3kShelves
22. 22 规 Rule Horror: Am I Even Creepier Than the Supernatural? 规则怪谈：我比诡异还诡异？ The Little Cat in the Snow雪中的小猫Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Rule-Based Horror + No Romance + Ensemble Cast + Passionate Adventure + National Destiny + Deduction + Original Scenarios] (No characters suddenly becoming stupid. True teammates appear starting with the second scenario, and this really isn't padded! The first four scenarios each have a completely different style.) A year ago, rule-based horror descended on Blue Star in massive numbers, causing countless tragedies and drastically reducing the global population. While everyone else avoided the u 22.6kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves
23. 23 规 Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常 White Beard白胡子Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror + mystery + livestream + national fate + System] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade countries around the world. As one chosen by fate, Zhou Bai represents the Great Xia Kingdom in a horror game. The first scenario is a family of four. [You live with your wife and your parents. But remember, there are only three people in your home.] [You can trust your wife, unless she takes off her red hair clip.] [You and your wife have never had a child. If you hear a baby cr 50.3kReads9.4Score6.8kShelves
24. 24 很 I Was Dirt Poor, but After Getting Pulled into a Horror Game, I Escaped Poverty 很穷，被拉进惊悚游戏后，脱贫了 Delicious Shimeji Mushroom美味的口蘑Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Horror game dungeons + career-based progression + NPCs caught in a rat race + livestreaming + everyday-life style] Jiang Ye’s daily routine consists of working, studying, working... Then one day, he’s pulled into a horror game during class and awakens an all-career talent. He discovers that all his career skills are a little strange. From the start, he unlocks the career “Small-Town Exam Machine,” with an added skill that lets him make choices for ghosts and monsters. [A difficult choice has ap 61.2kReads9.4Score6.3kShelves
25. 25 祂 Isn't He an Evil God? Why Did Seeing Me Drive Him Mad? 祂不是邪神吗？见我怎么疯了？ Bi Huo彼火Urban1.3M WordsOngoing "A Must-Read in 2026" [Eerie Revival]+ [Revenge before the day is out]+ [Saintly do-gooders must die]+ [The protagonist is crazy, not stupid]+ [No female lead]+ [This is actually a food story] The red moon rises, and the eerie returns. After transmigrating to a world where the eerie has returned and evil spirits roam the earth, Ye Kui opens his eyes to see himself being devoured by monsters! But if monsters can eat people, there’s no reason people can’t eat monsters! After three years of plottin 9.6kReads8.9Score1kShelves
26. 26 序 Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.2M WordsOngoing [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 972.1kReads9.3Score121.5kShelves
27. 27 惊 Terror: I Only Sell Haunted Houses 惊悚：我只卖凶宅 Nicholas Goudan尼古拉斯狗蛋Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Rooms where unnatural deaths have occurred are collectively known as haunted houses. There are two kinds: “blue houses” and “red houses.” Living people can stay in blue houses without harm, but anyone who lives in a red house is doomed to die. I work as a real estate agent. One day, I accidentally sold a red house, and afterward, I began encountering terrifying things… 37.6kReads9.2Score4.1kShelves
28. 28 开 First Day of School: The Teacher Dies Before My Eyes 开学：老师死在面前 Er Mo二陌Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural + Horror + Ensemble Cast + Smart Characters + Infinite Worlds + Decisive and Ruthless + Teamwork] At the start of their sophomore year, their former homeroom teacher, Mr. Bai, mysteriously commits suicide in their classroom. At that moment, everyone’s understanding of the world is utterly overturned, and fiction becomes reality. Everyone in the class is forced to undertake one deadly mission after another. They can neither refuse nor escape. 8.9kReads8.9Score669Shelves
29. 29 诡 The Haunted Coffin 诡棺 Heir of Mount Longhu龙虎山传人Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted When the coffin opens, the living are doomed to grief! My sister-in-law hanged herself, but no one could take her body down from the white cloth... As it turned out, I had been burdened with a mission from the very beginning, one that would push me down a strange and sinister path! 632Reads—Score101Shelves
30. 30 惊 Terror Descends: It Begins at the Haunted Hotel 惊悚降临：从恐怖旅馆开始 Ternary三进制Mystery2.6M WordsCompleted Twisted rules, a world thrown out of balance, ancient gods whispering in secret, and indescribable horrors descending upon the world. Some die, some weep, some flee in every direction, while others fight their way upstream! 2.3kReads—Score224Shelves
31. 31 无 Infinite: The Heroine Awakens in a Black Coffin 无限：女主在黑棺里苏醒了 Chubby Little Dudu胖小嘟嘟Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted The great masters in other stories are all ethereal immortals, riding flying swords. Yin Qing is different: she rides... a coffin. An infinite-flow novel. Not every story arc is horror-themed; all kinds of worlds make an appearance. (No romance, lighthearted, suitable even for the easily frightened.) 5.1kReads9.2Score606Shelves
32. 32 无 Infinite Escape: I Earn Rent Money in Horror Games 无限逃生：我在惊悚游戏里挣房费 Mo Sibei陌肆白Mystery800k WordsCompleted [Infinite flow + horror, suspense, and mystery-solving + strong female lead + team + plot-focused] [Ding~ Welcome, player, to the Survival Inn! Please do your best to clear the instances and earn your room fees~ We offer dormitory rooms, guesthouse rooms, hotel rooms, and more, as well as a top-tier luxury VIP club waiting for you to unlock~] A gloomy, blood-soaked compound A school crawling with death A cursed painting that brings death to anyone who looks at it An old village teeming with stra 30.7kReads9.3Score3.7kShelves
33. 33 当 When the Horror Game World Became My Home 当惊悚游戏世界成为我的家 Salty Fish 52咸鱼五二Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-Flow + No Romance + Horror Game + Female Lead Who Grows Stronger + Light Ensemble Cast + A Touch of Group Adoration] A special card guides those trapped in desperate circumstances into an endless horror game... Survive, and you may win untold riches and rise above everyone else. Fail to survive, and you become food for all kinds of vengeful spirits, only to die mysteriously after leaving the game. Are you ready to enter the game? It's all right if you're not ready. You have no choice. 15.5kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
34. 34 无 Infinite: Welcome to the Dark Fairy Tale World 无限：欢迎来到暗黑童话世界 There Will Always Be Youth总有青葱Mystery2.1M WordsOngoing [Volume One of the print edition goes on sale August 7] [Short drama and comic adaptation now available] [No romance + Infinite-flow + Horror game + No national destiny + Dark fairy tales] A young woman weeps softly at midnight. A handsome prince turns into a bloodthirsty “beast” at night. Cinderella dies a gruesome death on the night of the ball. The horror game is wrapped in shiny glassine, disguised as a sweet candy. What lies hidden behind the enchanting fairy-tale world... Weird tales desc 105.2kReads9.3Score13.9kShelves
35. 35 无 Infinite: Don't Mess with the Vicious Female Lead, She'll Go Crazy! 无限：别惹恶毒女配，她会发疯！ Three Thousand or So三千几许Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted "Choose the dungeon you're interested in by volume" ★★★ The heroine shines on her own, infinite-flow + no romance ★★★ If you want a purely evil heroine, please skip this one, thanks ★★★ I ate the logic ★★★ You can't please everyone, so if you don't like it, please skip it, thanks She transmigrates into a campus novel as its villainous female lead, only to discover that the world has gone off the rails. From the start, she's dragged into an infinite game where she can only survive by clearing dun 2kReads8.9Score238Shelves

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