No Couples, No Women Fighting Over Men, No Putting Women Down to Praise Men, Female Characters in the Spotlight, and Rules-Horror 无CP+无雌竞+无踩女捧男+女性高光+规则怪谈

1. 1 别 [ Apocalypse ] Don't Fall Asleep! You'll Die! 【末世】别睡觉！会死！ Joy at Every Step步步见喜Mystery658k WordsCompleted [Reborn + Infinite Flow + Strong Female Lead + No Romance + Ensemble Cast + Nightmare Invasion] A countdown appears at random over cities. When it reaches zero, the city's residents are forced to fall asleep and dragged into the Nightmare World. After being reborn, Li Ge has just one goal: kill every aberrant and take down the Nightmare! At first, the Nightmare monsters think Li Ge is just a tasty human. But later... So which one of us is the monster?! Is the food chain backwards or what?! In th 25.3kReads9.2Score5.5k14d adds

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   This is one of the few books I've recently finished reading, perhaps because it has relatively few chapters. The Cthulhu-esque sanity is exceptionally well-written, the protagonist's youthful exuberance and slight chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur) are fitting, and the characters of Peach and Sister Juan are well-developed. However, there are some effeminate terms. I noticed in the earlier comments that the author seems to have revised some of the terms related to "young man" and "teenage boy," but I'm unclear why those effeminate terms weren't changed even though readers tagged them later. Also, the ending felt abrupt after all the build-up. It's somewhat explainable, but the excellent build-up made the ending feel rushed and boring.

2. 2 女 Dormitory Survival: Coasting to Victory on the Infinite Train 女寝求生，无限列车躺赢 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 35.8kReads8.8Score5.9k14d adds

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   Very good, the ensemble cast is amazing.

3. 3 听 I Can Understand Animals: Now I'm a Regular at the Police Station 听懂动物语言：我成了警局常客 Lute and Evening Breeze琴涩晚风Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted No romance pairing + cute animals + a deathly aura + fiercely protective Sui Nuan, a wealthy, beautiful young lady who transmigrated into a book as a cannon-fodder lovesick fool, dumps her boyfriend, who’d been living off her while taking advantage of her, then turns around and buys the top-of-the-line fishing gear she’d dreamed of owning in her previous life. Excitedly, she devotes herself to her lifelong passion: fishing. What’s a man, anyway? Nothing beats the thrill of catching a huge fish y 53kReads9.2Score6.4k14d adds

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   It's really good; words can't adequately describe how good it is. It's the first time I've read a female-centric novel without a romantic pairing. I think it's worth a try, as I've never read this type before.

4. 4 满 The Whole Sect Is Full of Crazy Villains, Only the Junior Sister Is a Goofball 满门反派疯批，唯有师妹逗比 Wei Xiaoxi未小兮Ancient Romance3.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th 251.1kReads9.6Score25.1k14d adds

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   All three books are good and funny. In the first book, the female protagonist can understand animal language and help the police solve cases. The latter two are cultivation novels, both of which are funny and cheerful, and the female protagonists save the cultivation world from disaster. However, in the first book, the female protagonist is all-powerful, while in the second book, she always wants to give up.

5. 5 我 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 The Princess Isn't Going Home公主不回家Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.3k14d adds
6. 6 规 Rule Horror: The Prince Is Always Lusting After Me 规则怪谈：王子总是对我垂涎欲滴 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 84.5kReads9.3Score9.8k14d adds

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   "Infinite: Welcome to the Dark Fairy Tale World" is absolutely captivating! A world shrouded in bizarre rules, a life-or-death game every seven days—failure means death in reality, and forced entry is hellishly difficult—yet Tu Nan is determined to carve a bloody path through this desperate game. When the crow maliciously announces the "fairy tale theme," waiting to see her collapse in terror, this woman simply holds a pink ball and calmly asks, "When do we enter the instance?" Her clear brown eyes remain completely unmoved, as if she's not heading to a dark fairy tale with a skyrocketing death rate, but rather to the convenience store on the next street. No female rivalry or cloying romance, just a powerful female boss dismantling the game. Whether it's Little Red Riding Hood's hidden fangs or Alice's fallen abyss, Tu Nan can effortlessly overturn the chessboard. Want to experience the absolute thrill of a world of bizarre rules? This book is a masterpiece!

7. 7 诡 The Creepy World Is My Home: While Others Clear Levels, I Go Home 诡异世界是我家，别人闯关我回家 Skewer Fanatic炸串脑袋Mystery426k WordsCompleted [Thriller Game] [National Fate] [Female-led] [No romance] [Horror and the supernatural] [Searching for family?] (The first game is mostly about recognizing family, so it isn't scary. The supernatural elements grow more intense in later games.) Li Fuguang transmigrated to a parallel world just as the National Fate Thriller Game descended. Clear ten games in a row, and you earn one wish. The chosen players had done well in the first few games, but they all crashed and burned in the fourth, “A Fami 3.6kReads7.9Score37314d adds

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   A horror game with a strong female protagonist, no romantic pairing, and an infinite flow theme. She meets her family in a terrifying parallel world. You might want to give it a try.

8. 8 我 Could I Really Get Canceled in a Rules-Based Horror Game? 我还能在规则怪谈里塌房不成？ Xi Yao喜杳Mystery2.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-Flow + Rules-Based Horror + Horror Game + Strong Female Team + A Group of People With Questionable Sanity] Just before their debut, the group Shili belonged to was betrayed by a bandmate, who framed them for bullying. Their debut fell through, while the bandmate won netizens’ sympathy and relaunched her career to great success. To this day, Shili’s social media accounts are still flooded with abuse from the other girl’s rabid fans. As luck would have it, in the third year after the com 63.5kReads9.6Score7.5k14d adds
9. 9 公 The Top-Ranked Road Survivalist Says She'll Walk to the End of the Road 公路求生榜一说她要走到公路尽头 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Sports2.9M WordsOngoing Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec 434kReads9.4Score40.6k14d adds

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   It's actually quite well-written, with lots of plot twists and turns.

10. 10 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 20.5kReads9.1Score2.3k14d adds
11. 11 惊 The Horror Game Player Wants to Die, and Even the Uncanny Creatures Crack 惊悚玩家一心求死，诡异都破防了 Qianjiu Xi千酒夕Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Infinite-Flow] + [No National Fortune] + [Livestream] + [Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy] + [No Romance] + [Horror Game] + [Unexpected Ending] Qin Sheng was a mental patient. When she woke up one morning, she found herself inside a horror game. The villa’s eerie hostess wore a smile full of hidden meaning as she explained what seemed to be a simple set of rules for clearing the game… Yet players kept getting brutally killed without a sound. Even those who followed the known rules continued to die in 15kReads8.7Score2.4k14d adds

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    It's worth watching!

12. 12 规 Rule Horror: I Can Possess the Supernatural 规则怪谈：我能附身诡异 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 20.6kReads9.3Score2.6k14d adds

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    I love it so much, especially the first book, I really love it!

13. 13 规 Rules of the Paranormal: The Horrors? They're All Family 规则怪谈，诡异？都是一家人 A Slime一只史莱姆Mystery947k WordsCompleted [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 15.7kReads9.5Score1.8k14d adds
14. 14 她 She Gathers the Smoke and Fire of Human Life 她在人间拾烟火 Bai Yu You白瑜柚Fantastical Romance207k WordsOngoing (No CP + Healing) The amnesiac deity Si Yan wanders into the human world with three little followers. They warm one another's hearts as they search for her memories, and she ultimately understands that home is the smoke rising from human hearths. No romantic plot for the protagonists, no upsetting twists, and a stress-free read! —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    These are all quite beautiful.

15. 15 位 Quick Transmigration Across Planes: I Own a Little General Store 位面快穿，我有一间小杂货店 Pipi Loves Tangerines爱吃橘子的皮皮Modern Romance4.1M WordsOngoing [No romance + no male lead + general store + ensemble cast + doing business in various novel worlds, including storylines where the heroine gets help] [Main characters: Su Ling + a calico cat] After waking up one day, Su Ling finds that her general store has bonded with a planar trade System, and she transmigrates into a book. First book world: a lucky heroine in a story set during the era of rationing. A general store suddenly appears on the hill behind Dawang Village. It has more goods tha 52.3kReads9.3Score4.7k14d adds
16. 16 规 Rule Horror? Isn't This a Mental Hospital? 规则怪谈？这不是精神病院吗？ A Million Years of Stars年星百万Mystery169k WordsOngoing [Rule-Based Horror + System + No Romance + Going Insane + Overpowered Cheats + Comedy] Rule-based horror? Who cares what it is! All I know is, I just got discharged and they sent me right back in! The horrors: Wait, what? Why did they send this old demon back here again??? Draw a skill? Thanks for the offer, but the connections I have in there are more useful. A skill that lets me become a doctor? Still not as useful as my connections. Whoa? There’s even an exclusive System? The fate of the Drag 7Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 17 无 Infinite: Guess, Am I Human? 无限：你猜，我是不是人呢？ Chubby Little Dudu胖小嘟嘟Mystery341k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow] [Strong Female Lead] [New Worlds] [Enhancement] [No CP] [Plot-Focused] Four towering statues of gods stood among the clouds in the azure sky above. They did not stand straight, but instead lurked among the clouds, tilted as if looking down upon the world. What exactly are these divine statues? In a psychiatric hospital, someone asked Lin Ying, who was wearing a patient gown: “Lin Ying, have you ever had a moment when you thought you might not be mentally ill?” “Lin Ying, don't ta 8.4kReads8.7Score1.2k14d adds
18. 18 诡 Eerie Invasion: How Come Nobody Told Me I’m the Ultimate Ghost Magnet?! 诡异入侵：没人说我是万诡迷啊！ Little Orange Rabbit小橘兔Mystery413k WordsCompleted [(The rating just came in and will rise) Supernatural invasion + an overpowered heroine who doesn't know it + invincible protagonist + strongest female lead] It all started on the subway, after Chu Qing had finished half a month of overtime, when she beat up a kid pretending to be a ghost. The next day, her company was blown up by a coworker driven mad by overtime. After losing her job, Chu Qing worked as a haunted-house actor, a restaurant server, and a temporary villa housekeeper... Unfortunat 51.3kReads8.8Score6.1k14d adds
19. 19 规 Rule Horror: My Stepson's Filial Piety Nearly Killed Me! 规则怪谈：继子孝亖我了！ Peach Concubine桃妃子Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Horror game + wish-fulfillment story] What will Lu Manman do when she learns in advance that a horror game is about to descend upon the world? She digs up someone else's ancestral grave and finds a bank card from Heaven and Earth loaded with 999.99 billion. Then she sets up her own memorial tablet and burns the card for herself. In the Horror Village dungeon, Lu Manman clears the level by smashing ghost coins. In the juvenile detention center dungeon, Lu Manman clears the level with her talent 769Reads8.6Score10214d adds
20. 20 精 A Psychopath Slaughters Her Way Through the Haunted World? Her Ex-Husband Wants Her Back 精神病杀穿诡异世界？前夫求复合 Luo Xijin罗惜槿Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted (No Romance, Mental Illness, Supernatural, Hilarious and Chaotic, Unhinged, Villainess, Some Livestreaming, Mild Horror) Also known as: Help! She’s Mentally Ill, and the Supernatural Beings Beg Her to Act Normal Lin Ran was raised by supernatural beings from childhood. They taught her to be polite, to value truth, goodness, and beauty, and to stab people twice when she saw injustice. Who would have thought that right after leaving the psychiatric hospital, she’d be dragged into a supernatural 4.2kReads7.4Score60614d adds
21. 21 惊 The Horror Realm: Entering the Strange World from a Psychiatric Hospital 惊悚领域：从精神病院进入诡世界 Tender Little Puppy香嫩的小狗Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing (The hardcover edition has been published!) [Infinite Flow] [Original Horror Instances] [Mild Horror] “Chen Ji murdered his mother a week ago and spent three days with her corpse before he was arrested.” “You have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and are about to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital for supervision.” “Do you have anything to say?” The black-haired boy before them slowly raised his head, his expression calm. “I’ll say it again.” “The thing I killed wasn’t my mother...” “It w 349.6kReads9.5Score70.9k14d adds
22. 22 致 Deadly Haunted Grounds: The Death Countdown Begins! 致命诡地：现在开始死亡倒计时！ Dong Yu东鱼Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + horror instances + survival + mild scares + no romance] The curse of the Bronze Ghost Mask descends. Those chosen must embark on one deadly journey after another. Time is running out, and death is drawing near. Who will make it out alive this time? [The B&B Butcher] In a creepy old house, ghostly figures appear whenever night falls. Anyone who enc 28.3kReads8.5Score2.9k14d adds
23. 23 我 [Murder Game] I Want to Survive 【杀人游戏】我想活下去 Yu Ge雨戈Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow]+ [No Romance]+ [Pure Villainess] High-stakes battles of wits and deadly games; everyone schemes against everyone else just to stay alive. The heroine does every kind of evil, casts aside her conscience, and cares only about profit. Because she knows that only by devouring others can she grow stronger and climb step by step to the pinnacle of power. Watch her fight her way out from the bottom, rising from a mere nobody to stand atop the world. Watch her pull off one dazzling m 34.8kReads9.0Score4.1k14d adds
24. 24 自 Ever Since I Got a Mental Illness, I’ve Been Feeling Much Better 自从得了精神病，整个人都精神了 Barbecue Salted Fish Knight碳烤咸鱼骑士Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead + eerie happenings + multiple personalities + comedy + slow burn + everyday life] A red moon appears, and contamination descends. Most people in the world become mentally ill, carrying mental contamination. Xiao Liang is a mentally ill man who has been contaminated but hasn't gone mad. He uses his dissociative identities to beat eerie creatures, and moonlights as a one-stop murder-and-body-disposal service. Only when a god dies beneath his own iron shovel does he realize that he 15.7kReads9.1Score3.7k14d adds
25. 25 抱 Sorry, I’m Crazy. Keep Your Weirdness Away 抱歉，我有疯病，诡异勿扰 Hot Pot Tripe火锅涮毛肚Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Dark Fairy Tales + Horror Game + Livestream + Hilarious + No Romance + Unconventional Ending] My name is Shi Yu, and I'm mentally ill. One moment I was asleep, and the next I had been transported into a horror game called “Little Red Riding Hood.” Black smoke was rising from Mom's head, and the cake meant for Grandma had been mixed with an unidentified kind of minced meat... The game was being livestreamed to the entire world in real time. People watched in astonishment as, while the other p 21.1kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds
26. 26 我 I Became a Teacher in a Horror Game and Went on a Rampage 我在惊悚游戏里当老师后嘎嘎乱杀 Author Chunfeng Yet Sighs at Swords作者春风也叹剑Mystery898k WordsOngoing [No CP] [Infinite Flow] [Horror Game] [Strong Female Lead] [Live Streaming] [Funny, Satisfying Story] The horror game is about to descend upon the world. At first, it will select all kinds of people from small worlds to enter. Some are unlucky souls who get caught up in it for no apparent reason, while others enter willingly in hopes of making a fortune through livestreaming. Song Shuer was dragged into it, yet still thinks of herself as an “unlucky soul”! Song Shuer: Fine, fine, fine. You inexp 3.4kReads7.9Score50114d adds
27. 27 诡 Eerie: I Still Couldn't Kill Song Qirui Today 诡异：今天也没能干掉宋齐瑞 Ye Xiaojie夜小解Mystery972k WordsOngoing [Time Travel + Death Regression + Instance Games + Supernatural Resurgence + Dark Tone + Killing Goody-Two-Shoes + Female Protagonist] After accidentally transmigrating to a parallel world, Bai Xueqin wandered into an instance world and gained the ability to regress after death. Every time she died, time rewound to the previous checkpoint. After encountering death again and again, Bai Xueqin could only raise the butcher’s knife herself to keep others from killing her, struggling to survive in th 63Reads8.2Score—14d adds
28. 28 凶 The Landlord of the Haunted House 凶宅房东 Feng Shisan风十彡Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + taking disciples + no romance] I witnessed my parents' deaths with my own eyes, but the police told me they had died long ago. I lost my memory and became the landlord of a haunted house, where every tenant might be the one who killed my parents. And when night falls, the real danger begins. Countless vengeful ghosts swarm toward me, eager to devour me. In this world where reality and illusion intertwine, and ghosts and humans coexist, I rule the roost with the help of seven veng 10Reads8.6Score—14d adds
29. 29 地 Hell Descends, and I Become an NPC in a Horror Game 地狱降临，穿成恐怖游戏NPC Miss Nanzhu南竹小姐Mystery367k WordsCompleted [No romance] [Game dungeons] [Infinite Flow] [Brainless wish fulfillment] [The heroine becomes the game boss herself] As doomsday dungeons descend, Li Zi, the original player known as “No. 0,” uses her overwhelming strength to smash through the dungeons, on the verge of winning humanity's battle to overcome the apocalypse. But the damned System forcibly “optimizes” her into a low-level monster and throws her into a terrifying, gloomy horror dungeon. “Faceless Ghost Nurse, Li Zi, Level 1” As a Le 204Reads6.3Score—14d adds
30. 30 我 I’m the Landlord of a Haunted Building, Welcome to Building Three 我在鬼楼当房东，欢迎入住三号楼 Jin Shanghua锦尚花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted No romance + satisfying story + exceptionally strong heroine + no hesitation in punishing scumbags On her eighteenth birthday, Yu Zhi had her inheritance stolen by the impostor parents who had usurped her place, then was brutally murdered in a dark alley. But just when she thought she had died, she came back to life and gained the ability to never age or die. After personally killing the impostor parents and their family, Yu Zhi sold her biological parents’ inheritance, moved to a small town, an 3.8kReads9.1Score73114d adds
31. 31 众 All the Ghosts Smile at Me, So I Beat Them Straight to Hell 众鬼朝我笑嘻嘻，我打得它们归西 Little Zu'er小祖儿Mystery525k WordsCompleted [Rules-based horror + no romance + goofy humor] Uh, it was originally going to have no romance, but the author might add a pairing later because they can’t write it. / There’s no way there’ll be a pairing. Kill them all!!! Su Que awakens to the fact that she is a villain, the fake heiress everyone hates. She also sees how she’ll die in the near future: not a single piece of her body will be intact, as the horrors in the dungeons tear her apart and devour every last bit of her. Realizing she isn 58Reads6.5Score—14d adds
32. 32 噩 Nightmare Puzzle 噩梦拼图 QXJ AhQXJ阿Mystery156k WordsCompleted Have you ever had a nightmare? The kind that makes your heart stop and soaks your pajamas in cold sweat? Of course you have. But what Luo Xiaomi experienced was something even more spine-chilling: nightmares that connected seamlessly night after night. Like a TV series she couldn't escape, the ending of one night's episode became the opening of the next, weaving endless terror in the dead of night. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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