Creepy Horror Novels That Get More Gripping the More You Read, with Plenty of Intense Moments 瘆人的恐怖小说，越看越带劲，高能很多
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The Language of the Three Corpses 三尸语
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…
74.3kReads9.3Score10.7kShelves
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Super Scary Livestream 超级惊悚直播
"Welcome, everyone, to the Supernatural Scary Live Stream. Before we start today's broadcast, I have to tell you that only three kinds of people can watch this stream: those with a heavy aura of yin energy, those who will die within seven days, and the third kind, which I can't discuss in detail. I can only give you one warning: watch your back!"
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Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常
[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
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A Coffin Soaked in Blood, a Ghost Comes to Claim Your Soul 血浸棺，鬼勾魂
The dead open their eyes, ghosts come to claim souls, the living borrow lifespans, and the dead press down on their coffins... One bizarre, uncanny experience after another keeps resurfacing in my mind like a nightmare. The strange tales in this book are mainly based on Yang Jian’s firsthand experiences... A warning: the actions in this book are for entertainment only. Do not imitate them! There are three kinds of people who read this book: thrill-seekers who aren’t easily scared... those who pu
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I Get Stronger by Eating Ghosts 我，吃鬼就变强
Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca
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The Midnight Pawnshop: The Living Must Keep Away 午夜当铺，活人回避
[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
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The Weird Realm Descends: My Chinese-Style Horror Crushes the World 诡界降临：我的中式恐怖碾压全球
The Weird Realm descends, and the world’s third great war of plunder erupts. Unlike the wars before it, this time the main weapon is not modern arms, but weird formations. Weird formations can be deployed in any country, in any city. If a formation is not broken within a set time, the city it engulfs becomes a forbidden zone, and every citizen loses a portion of their remaining lifespan. The strength of a weird formation depends on each nation’s heritage of weird culture. The richer that heritag
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The Haunted House 诡舍
[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
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Boonie Bears: Rules of the Strange Tales 熊出没规则怪谈
Congratulations, you have successfully entered the plot of Boonie Bears. Please follow these rules carefully: “Jumping has already died! Don’t let him jump onto you! Don’t believe anything Bouncing says!” “Don’t eat the honey given to you by Little Bear! Whatever you do, don’t eat it!” “Find Fei Bo. Only Fei Bo knows how to leave this world.” “You can trust Strong. The sound of his chainsaw can temporarily drive those things away.” Everything you want to know is hidden in Gigi’s crown. Be carefu
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Notes from the Northeast's Top Spirit-Medium Clan 东北第一堂口出马笔记
“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
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A Collection of Folk Ghost Stories from Northeast China 东北民间鬼故事集
The comic adaptation of the same name is now available, also known as Mountain Spirit Lost. The comic Northeast Strange Tales is currently being serialized. Across the vast, boundless black earth of Northeast China, one strange and little-known story after another has unfolded. Now, I’ll tell you these long-buried tales of the supernatural, one by one!
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You Asked Me to Livestream a Classic, and I Called Dream of the Red Chamber a Ghost Story 让你直播讲名著，你说红楼是鬼书
“Dream of the Red Chamber was never a classic novel. It's a book specifically about ghosts!” “Compendium of Materia Medica was never a conventional medical text. It's a sacred book containing a wealth of folk magic!” “The Classic of Mountains and Seas isn't a fabricated collection of myths. It's a historical record of civilization after a prehistoric nuclear war!” “...” Qi Luo gave up on traditional publishing, and from the very first second of his livestream, he turned everyone's understanding
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Horrifying! I'm the Holy Father in a World of the Weird 惊悚，我在诡异世界当圣父
Liu Shu is a young man who grew up in a village. He is determined to become a respected paragon of virtue, just like his father! To achieve this goal, he leads by example! He treats a deaf-mute uncle who refuses to see doctors for his toothache! Zombie: “He pulled out every single one of my teeth. How can they still hurt when they’re all gone? What? My gums hurt? That’s not his problem. He only deals with toothaches!” He builds houses for the lonely elderly in town! Cannibal chef: “The bricks yo
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Great, It’s a Cozy Haunted House! We’re Doomed 太好了，是温馨鬼屋！我们没救了
[No female lead + comedy + healing + perfect mealtime reading] Jiang Zhe transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens the Myriad Worlds Horror System. As he learns more about this world, he discovers that Chinese-style haunted houses are still very traditional. Western-style horror is what's popular. Well, that's just perfect. Let's start with a pair of embroidered shoes to whet their appetites. And throw in a doll, too. Want to experience a wedding? Sure! Let's prepare a ghost marriag
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How to Scare the Galaxy's People to Tears with Earthly Horror 论如何用地球恐怖吓哭星际人
Solo pairing (basically none) + Strong female lead + Classic horror films ---The people of the interstellar age had lived elegantly for five hundred years, until Lin Suyi, a transmigrator from Earth, appeared out of nowhere. Is your stress level too high? Miss Sadako can play with you. Kick down a door in "The Shining". Sing a show tune with Teacher Chu Renmei: guaranteed to cure anything.
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I Created Chinese-Style Horror and Ushered in the Age of the Supernatural 独创中式恐怖，我引领了诡异时代
[Chinese-Style Horror] [Horror Designer] [Eerie Revival] A curtain of blood covered the globe, and the highly anticipated horror show Horror Designer went on air. The production team put out a call for horror works across the internet. Anyone whose submission was accepted could become a Level 1 Horror Designer and gain the power to fight the eerie entities of the Black Fog. And if you were lucky enough to make it through round after round and win the ultimate Fear Prize, you could become a god i
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I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神
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
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Thriller: I Only Sell Haunted Houses 惊悚：我只卖凶宅
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…
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Vivid as Life 栩栩若生
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
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I Must Be Seeing Things: My Best Friend Turned into a Vengeful Ghost 起猛了，看到闺蜜变厉鬼了
[Just started, so the rating will rise. Feel free to dive in!] [Strong female lead + comedy + modern fantasy + multiple versions of the male lead] When she woke up, Yun Jian Yue discovered that her best friend had croaked and become a headless vengeful ghost. Yun Jian Yue: I must've woken up too early. I'll go back to sleep. Best friend: … Yun Jian Yue took her friend to get revenge on the scumbag, but a more powerful vengeful ghost showed up halfway through and stole the target. Yun Jian Yue ra
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The Underworld Detective 阴间神探
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!
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I Am a Feng Shui Diviner 我是风水女相师
[Hilarious supernatural comedy + feel-good power fantasy + no romance + adored by all] My name is Zhao Xin. I was born in 2000, the Year of the Dragon. I've dealt with ghosts since I was little, and strange things are always around me. People think I'm a weirdo. They say I'm a crackpot, call me a fraud, and insist that sooner or later the ghosts will drag me away. But I refuse to believe in bad omens. To stay alive, I wandered from place to place with my family, visited sects and sought out m
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This Huang Daxian Is a Bit of a Goofball 这个黄大仙有点嘚儿
No specialist knowledge here, just a story. [A little horror + a whole lot of comedy + no female lead, no romance] When I was a kid, I took a nighttime shortcut and saw a weasel worshipping the moon. Remembering a story my grandma had told me, I worried it might ask me to grant it a title, so, on a whim, I shouted at it first: “Weasel! Do I look more like a person or a god to you?” The weasel froze for a moment, then said I looked like a dumbass! But from that day on, I really did become an idio
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The Underworld Calls Me Little Master 地府叫我小先生
In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse!
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The Road to Justice [Criminal Investigation] 罪案征途【刑侦】
When Song Yun joins the criminal investigation team, Chi Yan finds fault with everything she does. When his teammates ask about it, he assures them: “Trust me, she’ll quit on her own within two days.” But then... Day One: She finds a crucial clue. Day Three: She identifies the prime suspect. Day Five: The suspect confesses. Her outstanding abilities leave the team hesitant. “Captain, do we still want her to leave?” Captain Chi stubbornly replies, “We risk our lives every day. Letting her
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The Captain of the Criminal Police Is Wild and Irresistible 刑警队长他又野又撩
The short drama [Long Time No See, Captain Qin] is now streaming [Rekindled Romance] + [Reunion After Years Apart] + [Childhood Sweethearts] + [Both Leads Are Each Other's Only One] + [Healing] + [Happy Ending] A cool, aloof high school teacher with a hint of edge + a scheming, straightforward police captain with a bit of a lovesick streak Qin Muyan, all my happiness and sorrow come from you. - Gu Ying They once agreed they would get together after she started college. But Gu Ying chose to go ab
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My Neighbor Is a Police Officer 我的邻居是警察
A handsome, cool, devoted police captain × a beautiful, kindhearted doctor Sweet romance + both leads’ first love A chance encounter brought Gu Yanzhi not only a commendation, but also an introduction to Lu Zeyu. “Lu Zeyu?” His name was pretty interesting, so Gu Yanzhi nicknamed him Land, Sea, and Air. Lu Zeyu fell in love with Gu Yanzhi at first sight. To get closer to her, he even bought the house next door to hers. A police officer moved in next door, making the neighborhood safer. And someho
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Officer Xiang’s Little Rose 向警官的小玫瑰
Retired Special Forces Soldier vs. Undercover Narcotics Police Officer (A sweet, wholesome romance about two people saving and choosing each other) Her youth was camouflage, rifles, and the training ground. His youth was darkness, drugs, and a living hell. After retiring, she becomes a rookie actress. After his undercover mission ends, he returns to the police force. She is still beautiful and bold. He is as calm and perceptive as ever. Love at first sight. Falling deeper at their next meeting.
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The Undercover Agent Returns: His First Case Shocks the Entire Bureau 卧底归来，第一次破案震惊全局
[A Not-So-Serious Traditional System Story (The System Barely Appears and Might Be Fake...) + Mystery and Crime Solving (Sort Of) + One Heroine + Mutual Devotion + Nontraditional Fluff + Slow-Building Plot + Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet] [This is a romance story! This is a romance story! This is a romance story! Important things must be said three times!] [As usual, the cases start in Chapter Four. I’m no good at writing blurbs (the opening is pretty bad too, haha), so please read 50 chapters. If
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Roses and Guns [Criminal Investigation] 玫瑰与烈枪【刑侦】
[Their flesh and blood will forge my glory, becoming the honor I pursue for the rest of my life.] One June, two major events took place at the Qin City Public Security Bureau. First, a female captain named Gu Ji joined the anti-narcotics squad, and her darts flew in dazzling patterns. Second, a police badge number that had been dormant for ten years was reactivated, and this female captain was its successor. That same June, two major things happened to Song Yanci, leader of the major crimes
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A Hard Nut to Crack 硬骨头
The new major-crimes squad captain, Lin Cuo, is gorgeous, cool, confident, and bold enough to take on Jiang Yi, the icy demon king of the criminal investigation corps. Everyone waits for her to make a fool of herself, but... Captain Lin keeps sending in good news: the shattered-skull case, the Lolita case, the death of a female livestreamer... Captain Lin is incredible! Jiang Yi is a top criminal investigator, a walking iceberg who solves cases with ruthless speed and dominates the police force.
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Breaking Through the Waves 破浪
She was once a happy daughter, cherished by her parents. But her mother died young, and her father, an undercover agent, was brutally murdered. Still a child, she had to hide her identity and live with her grandmother on a remote island. Her unusual life made her keep her distance from others, but her inborn talent and desire for revenge set her on the path to becoming a police officer. He was a born star, but had no interest in business and refused to inherit his parents’ vast fortune, joining
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The Crime Scene Cleaner 凶案清理员
The first time Cen Mu went to a crime scene, he didn't see the body, but he did bring home the girlfriend he hadn't seen in three years. With his girlfriend's genius-level help, he solved cases like a god. Then he realized something was off: his girlfriend seemed to have a cheat of her own. The police team members said, “Our sister-in-law is beautiful, rich, and great at solving cases. She's perfect in every way, except for her questionable taste in men. She fell for Captain Cen.” This is the st
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The Lie-Detecting Master 识谎大师
She is a master at detecting lies, able to see the true emotions hidden on every face and behind the slightest expression. He is a celebrated crime-solving genius and a rising star in the police force. They meet during a bank robbery. But who could have guessed that this seemingly simple robbery would lead to a vast international crime syndicate? A dismembered body dumped in a river, the bizarre disappearance of a close friend, a mysterious letter S, an unexplainable diamond ring, DNA that match
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Roses of Crime 罪案玫瑰
Flirtatious beauty Jiang Qian, owner of a bar & Lu Yu, an aloof, celibate, secretly passionate detective squad captain “Your love at first sight was something I’d planned for a long time.” [Both leads are each other’s one and only + equally strong leads + happy ending + sweet romance, no angst] . On the night an intimate-photo scandal broke, a murder took place at the Rose Bar. Lu Yu rushed to the scene and found white roses scattered across the floor, soaked red with blood. The suspect was Jian
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A Little Land of Mountains and Rivers 小山河
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
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The Haunted Apartment Building 恐怖居民楼
“At one in the morning, a burst of rapid-fire text alerts woke me up. I opened my phone and saw that the residents’ group chat, where nobody usually talked, had a whopping seventy-eight unread messages. At the top was the owner of apartment 301, directly across from mine. 301: ‘There’s a murderer in the hallway!’ 301: ‘He’s still in this building!’”
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Short Horror Story: The Bed Frame 短篇惊悚——床板
Short Horror Story: The Bed Slats
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Horror Academy: Dormitory 404 恐怖学院：404凶舍
A sensational incident once occurred at the academy. It was later completely covered up. Five years later, the academy opened its doors again.
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The Dead Bride 死去的新娘
At the lavish wedding between my boyfriend and me, a strange man pushes open the doors and walks elegantly into the hall. Who is he? What does he want? Is he here to wish me well, or destroy me? When the man smiles and casually pushes me off the rooftop, I finally remember who he is. After destroying my life, fate grants me the chance to be reborn. If that's the case, I've decided never to bow my head and never to give up. Even if I have to fall into the deepest pits of hell, I won't hesitate.
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Snake Eyes 蛇瞳
When I was eight, my father burned a snake that had been dug up back home. The entire Su family suffered retribution, and our descendants dwindled until I was the only one of our branch to live to eighteen. My grandmother took me to a spirit medium to ask how I could stay alive, but a white snake coiled around me and made me its spirit medium. A child spirit came to claim my life; my fellow practitioners framed me and made me bury a living person to ward off evil and protect their territory. A w
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Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！
Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive.
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Her Fortune-Telling Is So Accurate, the Police Nationwide Are Watching Her 直播算命太准，被全网警察关注了
[No Romance + Livestreaming + Fortune-Telling + Metaphysics + Showbiz] A metaphysical master fails her tribulation and wakes up in the body of a universally hated, C-list villainess. To pay off her breach-of-contract fees, Ji He starts livestreaming fortune-telling. A viewer with dark circles under his eyes calls in: “Streamer, why do I dream every night that my grandpa is telling me to burn joss paper?” Ji He: “Your grandpa's starting a business down below. He's short on cash.” Viewer: “...” On
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A Collection of Horror Stories from the Yin-Yang Spirit Medium 阴阳领仙人之恐怖故事合集
Have you ever been to any of these places? Abandoned hospitals, school dormitories, morgues, funeral homes, factories, shops that make paper offerings... There are many places like these along life's journey. Perhaps all sorts of unclean things are right beside you, and you have no idea. This book has seven volumes, each with 100 stories, taking you into a world unlike any other... Readers from every corner of the world, if you have the courage, come on in!
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Transmigrating into the World of Immortal Heroes 穿越入仙侠
The protagonist retains memories of modern life. In his previous life, he was an experienced mechanical engineer with an in-depth understanding of mechanical structures and principles. After transmigrating, he gains a special constitution: dual Wind and Thunder spirit roots. These two spirit roots are relatively rare in the world of immortal cultivation, and complement each other, enabling him to practice unique Wind and Thunder techniques and unleash powerful spells.
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