Horror-Dungeon Story: Male Lead Is the Boss, Female Lead Is a Player, and She’s Neither Naive Nor Sanctimonious 惊悚副本男主boss女主玩家不傻白甜不圣母心

1. 1 恐 Horror Dungeons: The Big Boss Is a Hopeless Romantic 恐怖副本：大BOSS是恋爱脑 Jiang Leni姜乐你Mystery351k WordsCompleted [Supernatural mystery game worlds × devoted couple × obedient, clingy NPC BOSS boyfriend × sweet romance] Qin Xixi has made up her mind to break up and start over. The very next second after she sends the breakup message, she somehow ends up inside a terrifying game world called Calm Divorce. What is going on? Why are the terrifying ghost NPCs trying to please her? As the other players look on in terror, she pries Jiang Gui off her leg as he clings to her and sobs pitifully. Jiang Gui: “Waaah, s 7.3kReads9.1Score79414d adds

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   The male lead is weird, but he's totally obsessed with love. It's super good! 😳😳

2. 2 糟 Oh No! The Horror Boss Is Both Fierce and Clingy 糟糕！惊悚boss又凶又黏人 Wandering Burdock流浪苍耳Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The print edition has been published under the title Beneath the Mask, Lost Without End [Infinite Flow + Multiple Instances + Mystery + Devoted Couple + Rivals-to-Lovers] [The male lead is a horror boss disguised as a player. At first, both leads want to kill each other. The story mainly follows the infinite-flow instances.] Jiang Lian is dragged into a horror game. While everyone else avoids it at all costs, she has spent three years painstakingly searching for it. On her first instance, she l 68.1kReads9.3Score9k14d adds
3. 3 震 Shocking! My Boyfriend Is the Boss of a Horror Dungeon 震惊！男友竟是恐怖副本BOSS Tuoba Dumpling拓跋饺子Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Two powerful leads + Horror-game instances + Lighthearted and funny + Boyfriend is the BOSS + Devoted husband + Both are virgins] On her birthday, Shen Jiahe’s boyfriend told her that the number of players entering horror-game instances had surged, and as the instance’s big BOSS, he had to work overtime and couldn’t come home. Shen Jiahe laughed in anger. He could have just said he was cheating on her! Instead, he came up with such a ridiculous excuse! She dumped the scumbag that 51.4kReads9.2Score5.9k14d adds
4. 4 在 Urgent! My Ex-Boyfriend Turned into a Zombie and Came Looking for Me 在线急！前男友变成丧尸找上门了 Writing Sauce码字酱Sci-Fi & Apocalypse448k WordsCompleted Male lead: villain, zombie big shot, possessive, devoted only to her. Female lead: useless, bratty, pampered. Mind-reading. No System, no superpowers. An apocalypse story where human nature is dark. Readers with strong morals and upright values, please stay away. The male lead is a zombie who blindly spoils the female lead. If that bothers you, don't read. One last thing: don't overthink it. This is a work of fiction, so don't apply it to real life. When the apocalypse suddenly broke out, a litt 41.8kReads9.1Score4.4k14d adds

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   This is a super captivating novel. The male protagonist becomes a zombie king, his only focus is on the female protagonist and their baby, and he's also a bit obsessive, forbidding her from speaking to other men. He leads the zombie hordes in a harsh post-apocalyptic world using his own strength. It's incredibly exciting!

5. 5 真 The Real Heiress Just Wants to Slacken Off, but the Uncanny Keep Chasing Her 真千金只想摆，奈何诡异身后追 Millet藜米Ancient Romance409k WordsCompleted After nearly a thousand years on the job, Jiang Xici, head of the Quick Transmigration Bureau, finally retires, along with her personal System! She transmigrates into the body of a farmer’s daughter. She thinks she can spend this life farming and eating to her heart’s content, but it turns out she’s the true heiress of a wealthy family! She knows this routine inside out. It’s not like she hasn’t done this kind of thing before! But isn’t this supposed to be a modern wish-fulfillment novel? Why ha 178Reads6.6Score10414d adds

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   You can take a look~

6. 6 浊 A Turbulent World from the Start? I Sign a Marriage Pact with Nezha! 浊世开局？我婚契哪吒！ Mo Qing莫清Mystery431k WordsCompleted [Fengshen + Nezha pairing + many original interpretations] [Two Worlds] [Mythological horror] [Light ensemble cast] [Survival] … Amid blazing karmic flames, Nezha’s spirit lay dormant, waiting for all three realms to perish together. Xu Shenlian, struck by a dump truck and sent to another world, wrote a line in crimson. [The Great God of the Three Altars and the Sea, Nezha] The corrupted world descended, and ghosts and monsters ran rampant. A marriage contract joined two destinies. … When he f 3.3kReads8.9Score40314d adds

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   A book I really like

7. 7 看 After Seeing the Comments, I Stole a Kiss from the Horror Boss 看见弹幕后，我偷吻了恐怖boss Is This Pen Name Taken这个笔名重复吗11k WordsCompleted After Seeing the On-Screen Comments, I Stole a Kiss from the Horror Boss 966Reads—Score5214d adds

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   This is alright, the female lead isn't a saint.

8. 8 穿 I Got Pulled into a Horror Rule-Horror Game, but I Have a Golden Finger 穿进了恐怖规则怪谈但开了金手指 He Han禾晗Mystery156k WordsCompleted [Mild horror] [A long-planning snake-themed boss × a girl with astonishingly poor instincts] Boss: aloof around outsiders, utterly smitten in front of her. Yu Huamian woke up one day to find she had crossed into another world. Here, absolutely inviolable rules were updated every day: a dorm supervisor who sneered at people, a cafeteria lady who attacked students with an iron spoon, a teacher who loved calling on students during advanced math class... Luckily, Yu Huamian had a golden finger. On h 330Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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   These are basically all the good ones I've seen, and the ones I've finished watching.

9. 9 人 The Doll Found Her Guardian Today 人偶今天找到大家长了 Yi Xi Ya忆兮呀Mystery233k WordsCompleted Two formidable leads, both male and female; the heroine is invincible (if that bothers you, don’t come in). This is a remarkable family: a level-headed head of the household, a loud and excitable second parent, a spiteful puppet girl, and a witchcraft-using boy with a sharp, passive-aggressive tongue. Life in the Otherworld was fairly peaceful for the “family of four.” When the head of the household has to seal away their memories and leave on “official business,” and also seals the memories of 522Reads8.7Score10814d adds
10. 10 在 I Found a Partner in the Escape Game’s Trash Can 在逃生游戏的垃圾桶里捡了个对象 Bu Zhi Yun KK不知云KKModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + A Little Goofy + The Ex-Wife-Chasing Crematorium] An Qu has always lived in a Mary Sue world. Then, out of nowhere, someone kicks her off a mountain, and a second later she's in an Infinite Flow world. The sudden change in tone catches her completely off guard. Fortunately, An Qu adapts like a champ and goes wild in the horror worlds! What she doesn't know is that promising newcomers are livestreamed to all the “players.” So everyone watches her outrageous stunts, and plenty of 931Reads9.3Score14614d adds
11. 11 副 The Dungeon Boss Is Always Cleaning Up My Messes 副本boss总在给我收拾烂摊子 Mung Bean Sprout Braised Pancake绿豆芽焖饼Mystery757k WordsCompleted [Infinite Worlds + Supernatural + Wacky Comedy + Mild Horror + System + Romance] Synopsis: Yi Nanzhi is forced into a horror survival game while cooking, armed with nothing but the spatula in her hand. Wherever she goes, she leaves chaos in her wake. After an SSS-rank instance went unattended for too long, its boss, Qi Mu, was sent by the System to do odd jobs: repairing damaged props in various instances. But lately, Qi Mu has noticed that the number of things he needs to fix keeps growing, an 1.4kReads9.2Score61514d adds
12. 12 抱 Sorry, You’ll Never Catch Up to Me, NPC 抱歉啦，姐是你们追不上的npc Cilantro Is Delicious香菜很好吃Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (A completely brainless comedy from start to finish) When Yun Youyou opened her eyes, she found herself inexplicably turned into an NPC in a horror game. Cheapskate game: no wages, no benefits. As long as you don't work yourself to death, they'll work you to death. Yun Youyou: Then I have no choice but to pretend I'm a pile of crap. If I can't create any value, it's the same as not working. With nothing but her silver tongue, Yun Youyou somehow turned a horror game into a comedy. The haunted hot 28.2kReads9.3Score4k14d adds
13. 13 老 Honey, Someone's Picking on Me: Infinite Flow 老公有人欺负我【无限流】 A Li with Erotomania被爱妄想症阿离Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted [A lovesick, unhinged male lead with multiple facets + he might not even be human in some instances + romance in horror scenarios] School scenario: The class monitor who only cares about studying ♥ the underachieving study committee member Before she knows her boyfriend is a ghost, the class monitor’s daily routine is studying and supervising her boyfriend as he tutors everyone in the class. After she finds out he’s a ghost, the class monitor thinks for a moment and says, “Ghosts don’t need to r 7.9kReads9.1Score82014d adds
14. 14 上 After Handing Over My Golden Finger, I Helped My Fluffy Friends Land Government Jobs 上交金手指后，我带毛绒绒挣编制 Xiao yasmola小yasmolaModern Romance756k WordsCompleted Animal mind-reading + feel-good power fantasy + national darling + the whole family’s road to redemption Print edition in preparation In her previous life, after Si Ran was welcomed back into a wealthy family, she went out of her way to please them and put up with everything. Yet when she was stabbed to death, her birth parents and brother stood by without lifting a finger. Reborn, Si Ran cuts ties with her blood relatives and tears into the fake heiress who plays the innocent victim! After a 3.6kReads8.8Score49014d adds

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    I always read these super good thriller novels late at night.

15. 15 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
16. 16 谁 Who Could Be Crazier Than Me? I Married a Monster from the Start 谁能有我颠？开局就认诡异当老公 Cotton Candy Loves to Act Cute棉花糖爱撒娇Mystery669k WordsCompleted [Rules-based horror + unhinged beauty × all-male cast of evil ghosts (all male characters are virgins)] [The crazier she gets, the more they love her] The world is rocked by a catastrophe as rules-based horror descends! Each country randomly selects one chosen player to challenge a deadly instance. Anyone who fails dies, and their country is devoured by the supernatural. When Longguo draws Bai Cha, the “crazy beauty” from a mental hospital, the whole nation falls apart: “Why is it a mental pati 1.5kReads7.9Score21714d adds
17. 17 惊 A Horror Invasion? Aren’t They All My Minions? 惊悚入侵？这不全是我小弟吗 What's the Deal?怎么事儿Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Horror world + underlings + goofy comedy + hilarious + powerful big shot] (The Horror World wishes you an early death and a quick rebirth. If you don't die, you'll go crazy.) You might not believe this, but while everyone else was struggling desperately in the Horror World, trying to find a sliver of hope for survival, I had already taken control of every shady deal in the Horror World. The Horror World's supernatural alliance. "I'm reporting Chen Qishi by my real name!" Chen Qi, seated at the 101kReads9.2Score9.3k14d adds
18. 18 炸 What Should I Do After Blowing Up the Shrine? 炸了神社该怎么办 Yu Lu渔鹿Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Su Ye joined a tour group to visit Sakura Country out of sheer boredom. While looking around a shrine, he suddenly got a System from the heavens. After learning what was going on and hearing the System announce its mission, Su Ye gazed at the crowds streaming through the shrine, and the expression on his face gradually changed. From then on, the world had one more helpful young man. 1kReads7.5Score17514d adds
19. 19 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 73.9kReads9.5Score8.4k14d adds

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    The second book had a relatively novel theme, featuring the ability to summon minions. The third book was a masked, infinite flow novel with seven abilities (the seven deadly sins), which was very enjoyable to read.

20. 20 哎 Oh No! I’m One of the Seven Deadly Sins, and I Got MVP! 哎呀！我七原罪，得了MVP！ Captain of the Trapping Camp陷阵营营长Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Dark comedy + hilarious + ruthless action + global setting + unconventional ideas + one heroine + near-invincible protagonist + power fantasy with a brain (or without one)] Horror games descend upon the world. Those chosen to participate must face challenges of inhuman difficulty. Though the games are full of torment, they also offer people a chance to gain supernatural powers. Life or death. A meteoric rise, or losing everything. But Lu Ce, who has been unable to feel pain since childhood, fee 142.3kReads9.3Score16.9k14d adds
21. 21 医 Doctor: Headache? Just Smash Your Head Open! 医生：头疼？把头敲碎就好了啊！ The Cabbage Who Can Type会码字的白菜Sports350k WordsOngoing [Unhinged] [Deranged] [Single heroine, both leads are mad] [Decisive and ruthless] [Ensemble cast] This is a virtual world where killing lets you level up. Good people gain experience by killing bad people, and bad people gain experience by killing good people. But it is also a world whose truth can only be seen by those who have gone completely mad. “Funny thing is, I’m a lunatic. My name is Feng Ziye, and I just killed someone!” “I’m a lunatic, and a doctor. My first patient was an online nove 21Reads7.1Score—14d adds

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    It's super good! The male lead tells the female lead that he's the one who's going to conquer her.

22. 22 糟 Oh No! How Did the Yandere Male Lead I Was Conquering Become Real? 糟糕！攻略的病娇男主怎么成真了 Cheng Jin澄瑾Modern Romance606k WordsCompleted (The short drama is now available. You can follow both versions.) A bright, scatterbrained little ray of sunshine × a gloomy, lovesick, beautiful ghost of a man [Virtual invasion of reality + intense push and pull + forced love + healing + devoted couple + ultra-sweet happy ending] Si Huan is the male lead in a 19+ full-dive otome game, and the submissive boyfriend of the game’s players. But during the testing phase, the testers always fail, and the game crashes. This time, a new tester arrives. 21.4kReads8.6Score2.6k14d adds
23. 23 惊 Horror Survival: Stealing Ghostly Powers 惊悚求生：从掠夺鬼怪能力开始 Chen Duocai陈多财Mystery1.7M WordsOngoing [Mild horror + comedy + infinite worlds + stealing ghost abilities] Jiang Ming accidentally boards a train bound for the Underworld. It carries its cursed passengers to one eerie realm after another, where they must complete terrifying missions. While the passengers called up for their missions tremble in fear, Jiang Ming asks excitedly, “Where the hell are the ghosts?” That's because he has a special golden finger: whenever he defeats a ghost, he can steal its abilities. When a water ghost runs 17.3kReads7.4Score2k14d adds

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    They're all pretty good, very imaginative.

24. 24 我 I'm an Evil Cultivator and Demon Lord. You Want Me to Enter a Horror Game? 我邪道魔头，你让我进诡异游戏？ Mr. Yan, Who Loves Sunflower Chicken爱吃葵花鸡的颜先生Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [This novel has been adapted into a comic series. Go check it out: its title is The Final Evil Cultivator: I Cultivate Immortality in a Haunted Game.] [Comedy + suggestive and cheeky writing + fun-loving protagonist + standout female supporting character] What’s it like to be an evil cultivator in a technologically advanced world where spiritual energy has run dry? Lin Ming can only say: It’s rough! Damn rough! Luckily, the haunted game arrived. It’s full of countless horrors. They are Lin Ming’ 52.8kReads8.4Score5.2k14d adds
25. 25 诡 Eerie Descent: I Am Immortal 诡异降临：我不死不灭 The Civil and Polite Mr. Xue文明礼貌雪某Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Evil spirits descend, and the supernatural runs rampant. From the start, a female ghost is chasing you down. What do you do? The answer: Find her in the wilderness and passionately bite each other! As long as you eat the ghost first, it can’t eat you! Ye Yan, blessed with an immortal body and the ability to devour evil spirits, searches for his own path in a world overrun by the supernatural. Then one day, the formation shatters, and evil spirits invade in force. At last, humanity remembers the 7kReads8.4Score48314d adds
26. 26 在 Is There Something Wrong with Looking for a Boyfriend in a Horror Game? 在恐游里找男友是不是哪里有问题 Running Peach奔跑的桃子Mystery318k WordsCompleted Xia Miao was thrown into a strange and bizarre world. The System gave her a hint: “The person you can remember at a glance is the one you’re supposed to pursue romantically.” Ridiculous. She was the dignified eldest daughter of the Xia family. Others were supposed to pursue and flatter her. Why would she go out of her way to win someone over? And so... At Red Moon Academy, a boy with bandages wrapped all over his face grinned as he turned the campus into a living hell, savoring every moment of t 25.2kReads9.4Score2.6k14d adds

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    This author's works are absolutely not to be missed. They have all sorts of horror stories, but sweet romances dominate. And the female lead isn't a naive or overly virtuous character; I absolutely love her! 🥰😳

27. 27 在 The Romance I Found in Horror Games Is Full of Surprises 在恐怖游戏里谈的恋爱千奇百怪 Running Peach奔跑的桃子Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted Bai Yao became a vicious supporting character in numerous horror worlds, possessing nothing but beauty and a love of money. After the System tossed her the words "win them over," it lost contact because of a bad signal. She had read so many novels and knew the tropes well. Wasn't she supposed to win over men who had suffered tragic fates? The first time she saw someone, she could sense a dark red glow around him. She guessed that he must be her target, so... At a haunted boarding school, she fou 73.7kReads9.6Score7.8k14d adds

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