Looking for Ensemble-cast Rule-based Horror Stories. I Don't Want a Protagonist Who Single-handedly Steamrolls Everything 求一些群像规则怪谈呀，不想看主角一个人屌炸天的

1. 1 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 24.3kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves

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   ### 📚 **Exclusive Book List of Strange Tales of Rules | A group battle of wits and full of suspense** #### **🏆 Recommended products - three must-read books** **1. "Stories of Strange Rules: I Feed the Mermaids in the Aquarium"** - **Highlights**: The scene setting is novel and full of suffocation! The "aquarium" itself is a huge closed chamber. When interacting with mermaids with unknown dangers, the rules will be even weirder. **Dungeon Streaming** A masterpiece of completion, with a compact plot and endless suspense. **2. "The Strange Tale of Rules: The World Has Finally Gone Crazy"** - **Highlights**: The title smells of absurdity and despair! **73,000** Are currently reading. It has been completed and the quality is guaranteed. This book focuses more on depicting a "completely crazy" macro-world of ghost stories. The struggle and survival of the characters in the collapsed order is particularly exciting. **3. "Rule Weird Tales: Please be careful about your roommate's girlfriend"** - **Highlights**: Incorporate weird tales into daily life, it's scary to think about it! The title is a fatal rule reminder. The story starts from the closest interpersonal relationship, and the suspense setting is very subtle. It is a good story that starts with high energy and ends with high energy. #### **💡 Different features - choose according to your needs** **• Love watching witty reasoning? ** **"I'm talking about strange rules and shocking the world with my reasoning"** - The protagonist relies on hard-core reasoning to break the game. It's a feast for logic flow lovers. Watch how the protagonist dismantles the rules step by step and crushes his IQ. **• Like national sports competition? ** **"Rule Weird Story: Xiaomi is No More"** - **National Destiny** label means that the protagonist's behavior will be linked to the fate of the country, doubling the sense of tension and mission. There is a key clue hidden behind the title "Xiao Mi". **• Looking for the cool feeling of copying? ** **"Strange Tales of Rules: I only play S-level dungeons"** - It focuses on S-level dungeons with high difficulty and high rewards. It is fast-paced, exciting and dense, and is suitable for readers who want to experience uninterrupted excitement. **• Prefer weird starts? ** **"Rule Weird Story: There's Something Wrong with My Sister"** - Starting from the "mutation" of the closest family member, it combines emotional impact with a sense of suspense. **Serialization in progress**, more updates are available. --- **💎 Summary recommendations: ** - The first choice to experience novel scenes and complete stories, recommend **"Aquarium"** and **"The World Finally Goes Crazy"**. - If you prefer horror reasoning caused by trivial things around you, **"Please Be Careful of Your Roommate's Girlfriend"** is not to be missed. - The remaining books can be selected based on your preference for **"national destiny, hard-core reasoning, and high-difficulty dungeons"**. I hope this book list can help you find your favorite rules and weird stories, and I wish you a happy reading! If you find other good books, you are welcome to share them with us.

2. 2 规 Rule Horror: My Props Are So Real, They Fool Everyone 规则怪谈：我做的道具能以假乱真 Lian Sanwan连三湾Mystery383k WordsCompleted Zhang Yu, a paper effigy craftsman, entered the horror world to represent the Dragon Country in its challenge. From the start, he drew an SSS-rank talent, Master Paper Effigy Maker: Anything you craft will appear real to supernatural entities. Faced with rules lurking everywhere, other Chosen Ones were fighting for their lives, but Zhang Yu handled everything with ease. His first game instance: Starfish Aquarium “Cafeteria Rule One: You must finish any drink brought to you by the chef.” Zhang Yu 378Reads8.4Score—Shelves
3. 3 规 Rule Horror: Something Is Wrong with My Sister 规则怪谈：我的妹妹不对劲 Bai Xiaochen白小尘Mystery608k WordsCompleted [Rules-based horror + subverting expectations + a break in historical knowledge + rules above all] The story begins when Bai Xiaochen’s sister, the only family he has, is replaced by a [Chosen One]. The core of this book’s world is the idea that [life is beyond your control]. 894Reads8.0Score105Shelves
4. 4 大 Bro, Give It a Rest! Everyone You Follow Is Dead! 大哥，收手吧，你的关注全嘎了！ The Unrivaled Killer不可一世的杀手Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Zhang Fan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the owner of a funeral home. One day, while scrolling through short videos, he comes across a martial arts influencer who makes a spectacle of challenging fighting gyms. The influencer stands arrogantly outside a gym, boasting that he’ll go in and knock out the owner’s front teeth. Just then, the Funeral System activates. “After 16 malicious publicity stunts challenging gyms, the chance of getting beaten to a pulp next time is 100%! The cha 16.7kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves
5. 5 规 Rule Horror: Beware Your Roommate's Girlfriend 规则怪谈：请小心你室友的女友 Half a Liang of Salt盐巴半两Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [No heroine + not wish fulfillment + not invincible + unsettling + horror + suspense + plot-driven] [The livestreaming element is only a tiny part of the story. The focus is on horror and suspense, so feel free to dive in] There are only two people left in your school dorm: you and your roommate. Your roommate suddenly brings home an incredibly attractive person they met online, leaves you some money, then hurries off. Now you're alone in the room with your roommate's gorgeous online date... Wou 34.9kReads9.0Score3.6kShelves
6. 6 规 Rule Horror: I Can Foresee Death 规则怪谈：我能预见死亡 Sanqi Without Sugar三七不加糖Mystery490k WordsCompleted [Original Scenarios + Foreknowledge of Death + Deduction + National Fortune + Live Broadcast + Suspense + Horror] Supernatural tales descend, and the bizarre invades. One person in each country will be chosen as the lucky contestant, entering countless Rule Horror worlds where all manner of horrors lurk. Clear the scenario, and your country will earn a brief respite! Fail, and the rules descend upon a city, bringing disaster and leaving countless people dead or grieving! This time, Su Li is chos 18.4kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
7. 7 规 Rule Horror: It Begins with a Note from Mom and Dad 规则怪谈：从爸爸妈妈的纸条开始 Sweet Home甜蜜之家Mystery694k WordsCompleted [National destiny + no female lead + rule-based horror] (Written so far: Clever Soup, Chapters 1–11; Sam's Zoo, Chapters 12–28; Beware of Sam, Chapters 31–58; Mileage Town, Chapters 63–105; Reject Winter, Chapters 106–136; Peaceful Inn, Chapters 137–163; Diary of August 29, Chapter 165 onward.) Rule-based horror descends upon the world. Anyone who successfully solves a supernatural scenario can earn a corresponding reward in fortune. The first scenario begins with a note left by Mom and Dad. (Gr 3.2kReads8.6Score341Shelves
8. 8 规 Rule Horror: I Can See Hidden Clues 规则怪谈：我能看到隐藏提示 Xing Wuchen星无辰Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted The world of supernatural tales has arrived, and everyone must follow the rules! After hundreds of years, the world of supernatural tales has appeared once more. Sun Kai accidentally transmigrates into it, becoming one of the first contestants representing his nation’s fate. They carry the fate of Xia Nation on their shoulders! If they win, they survive, Xia Nation’s fortunes rise, and its people all benefit. If they lose, they die, the nation’s fortunes fall, and supernatural tales invade the 4.3kReads9.0Score545Shelves
9. 9 规 Rule Horror: I'm Even More Twisted Than the Supernatural! 规则怪谈：我比诡异还变态！ Hurry Up and Eat Hot Pot抓紧吃火锅Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted [Unhinged + rebellious + no female lead + hilarious + bizarre + national destiny] My name is Xu Ye. I was born without the ability to feel pain, and my favorite thing is looking for a thrill. I heard that the Rule-Bound Horror arrived, and every country would randomly select a “Chosen One” to enter a game instance. After waiting a whole month, and watching five Chosen Ones die one after another, I finally got my wish and became the sixth Chosen One, the real wild card representing the Dragon Kin 34.1kReads9.4Score4.1kShelves
10. 10 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Mystery1.4M 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 160.7kReads9.5Score25kShelves

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    They all have no cp male protagonists and are amazing. The author of the second book has a book called I Have a Pair of Ghost Eyes or Something which is very good-looking, but it was messed up by Tomato. I added it to the bookshelf, so why can't I find it when I recommend it? The author has re-opened another book, and the settings are not too different, so it's okay.

11. 11 恐 Terrifying Nightmare: Extreme Survival in a Bizarre World 恐怖噩梦：我在诡异世界极限逃生 Young Bear年轻熊Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow, mildly scary, no romance] Wang Yan wearily opened his front door. Inside, he saw the woman next door holding and soothing a baby, staring at him in terror. “Sorry, I’ve got the wrong apartment.” He quickly apologized and backed out, then slammed the door shut. Standing in the pitch-black hallway, he found himself unable to decide what was more terrifying: seeing his female neighbor in his home, or seeing the baby who had died long ago… 343.3kReads9.4Score63.3kShelves
12. 12 为 I Cleared Rule Horror to Get Through Summer Vacation 为了暑假，我通关规则怪谈 Come See the Ending进来看结局Mystery844k WordsCompleted [Summer 2023, this one's for you] [Everyday life + lighthearted + on-screen comments + national destiny + livestream] The day before summer break, chosen by the Rule Horror Game... Xia Tian: My life is over. See you after summer break. - The Dragon Nation has lost again and again, and five cities have fallen! Every single time, they lose to their own country's urban-legend culture! One more loss might not cost much, but the nation will lose its standing and prestige! The world will laugh at them 3.2kReads8.7Score610Shelves

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    It's quite a group portrait. The early characters haven't finished their appearances, and everyone has a highlight. The protagonist is Little Sun, who is more redemptive. It's abstract overall, but there are a lot of tears (read it slowly, it won't feel like it if you read it fast).

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 16.1kReads9.5Score1.9kShelves
14. 14 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 44kReads8.7Score5.3kShelves

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    I would like to encourage the new author. He is also the first one, uh, I have seen better. This kind of supernatural writing on Tomato has its own unique setting, although I feel that the ending in the later period is a bit...

15. 15 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 49.3kReads9.4Score6.7kShelves

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    It feels pretty good, you can try it

16. 16 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 70.4kReads9.6Score8.6kShelves

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    This is an idol group survival book with rules. The heroine and teammates are very good. Everyone has their own excellence. It is really beautiful. Survivors from other countries also have their own advantages.

17. 17 规 Rule Horror: Beginning with a Strange Journey to the West 规则怪谈：从诡异西游开始 A Brush and Inkstone in the Woods一笔砚林Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing [Rule Horror + Live Broadcast + National Fortune + No Female Lead] Supernatural horrors have descended upon Blue Star, and the Dragon Nation's fortunes are in decline. The chosen contestants struggle in despair. The newly selected contestant, Chen Xuan, is a shut-in who has read Journey to the West inside out and knows every mythological figure by heart. When he is transported to Gao Village, where bones lie scattered everywhere, and sees Zhu Bajie with a rotting, pig-like face and Tang Sanzang 13.8kReads7.8Score1.2kShelves

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    Good, good, delicious

18. 18 死 Death Game: My Skills Can Come Back to Reality 死亡游戏：我的技能能带回现实 Praying for Rain in August八月求雨Modern Romance429k WordsCompleted [No romance, a touch of ensemble cast, strong female lead] Unable to find internships, everyone in Dorm 606 was recommended a dream internship by their counselor. A monthly salary of eight thousand yuan, free room and board, and a free supermarket, gaming room, gym, board game room, spa, yoga studio, and even a small water park. But strange things lurked beneath the luxurious conditions: skills from games could actually be used in real life, bloodthirsty mercenaries served as company guards, and 1.3kReads8.4Score189Shelves

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    My favorites are P1 and P4, but I think they are both pretty good.

19. 19 传 Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 208.5kReads9.6Score29.3kShelves
20. 20 病 The Sickly Beauty Flirts with BOSSes in an Infinite Game 病美人在无限游戏撩BOSS Anzhi in October十月安之Mystery377k WordsCompleted [A seemingly frail but secretly powerful heroine VS a genuinely sinister instance boss] Content warning: The heroine has a golden finger. Gu Shian enters an escape game and becomes a “frail young woman” who coughs up blood every few steps and has to rest at the slightest exertion. Whenever Gu Shian is in an instance, she always seems to run into the most terrifying figure there... Someone saw the sickly beauty plunge a knife into the boss’s heart. After quick transmigrating through ten worlds 6.4kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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    It's a waste of books, the strange rules and stories are so interesting.

21. 21 惊 Thriller Game: Infinite Escape Starting as a Little Girl 惊悚游戏：从萝莉开始无限逃生 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. 13.2kReads8.9Score2kShelves
22. 22 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 16.8kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves
23. 23 你 Why Did You Have to Mess with Her? Her Sanity Is Only 20 你说你惹她干嘛，她精神值才20 No Wind Without Rain不有风兼雨Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + No CP + Strong Female Lead + Powerful Protagonist] After reliving the psychiatric hospital instance a thousand times, Fu Hua finally cleared it. Only then did she learn that she had entered a place called the Myriad Worlds. Here, you had to keep clearing game instances to stay alive. But with a Sanity level of just 20, she had this to say: Great, great, now I can really let loose! The instance worlds weren't reality, so she could go crazy all she wanted. She didn't have to spare 3.8kReads8.9Score561Shelves
24. 24 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 27.3kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves
25. 25 嘘 Shh, Bet You Didn’t See This Coming: I’m the Supernatural Being 嘘，没想到吧，我就是诡异 Steamed Salted Radish清蒸咸萝卜Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Fake and Real Heiresses, Reborn, Rule Horror, Bizarre World, Wealthy CEO, No Romance, Secret Identity, Horror Game] The full-cast audiobook is available on Fanqie Changting. Search for: The Real Heiress Goes Off the Rails in the Horror Game. Qin Shu is reborn on the day of her eighteenth birthday, with only an hour left before she enters the Rule Horror game. She snatches the jade bangle from the female lead, shuts herself in her room, puts it on, and waits to be pulled into the game. In her pr 29.4kReads9.0Score3.8kShelves
26. 26 精 To a Lunatic, What’s a Ghost Anyway? 精神病面前，鬼东西算个球 Zoom Zoom Rabbit突突兔Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Hilarious + mentally ill protagonist + invincible + System] A world where ghostly energy has returned. Chen Zhuo is a patient at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital. The System fails to cure him. System: Let him do whatever he wants. I only provide technical support. Ghost Realm Bounty Board: Chen Zhuo, male, severe mental illness. Whoever takes his life will receive a billionfold increase in ghostly energy, several mansions, and endless luxuries. 4.7kReads9.3Score782Shelves
27. 27 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 98.1kReads9.3Score12.6kShelves
28. 28 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 [My new book, "Horror Loop: The Ghost Gate Survival Game", is out now. If you're interested, please show it your support. Thank you!] [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 32.3kReads8.5Score3.5kShelves

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    Nice. The protagonist has a brain. The second male lead also has a brain

29. 29 宿 Dorm Survival: Please Stay Alive! 宿舍求生，请活下去！ Crane Ering鹤儿ingMystery604k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Growth + Survival + Tower Defense] Bai Xiao transmigrates into a dormitory survival game. Once night falls at six o’clock, the dormitory is the only safe place. Outside the dormitory corridor, heavy footsteps and monsters’ roars draw closer. They could break through the door at any moment and devour everyone inside. The only way to survive is to upgrade the dormitory door, the turrets, and the little beds. Bai Xiao wants to live. She has to survive. Current members of the main 12.4kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
30. 30 诡 The Haunted Garden 诡园 Zuo Fei左绯Mystery5.4M WordsCompleted Xi Chen felt that he had already done everything he wanted to do. The world was so boring that he wanted to end it. But even he thought this boring world didn't deserve to be dragged down with him, so he let it be. He didn't just fail to die, though. He was forced to join a game. Impossible to solve? Impossible! Maybe life wasn't quite so dull after all. No CP 21.7kReads8.4Score2.3kShelves

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