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Mystery, Mystery, I Want Mystery 悬疑,悬疑,我要悬疑。

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  1. 1 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 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 22.7kReads9.1Score2.5kShelves
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  2. 2 Unbelievable! What Kind of Intern Cop Solves Cases Like This? 离谱!谁家实习警察破案这么疯 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Crime Investigation + Mystery + Deduction + Case-of-the-Week + Transmigration + Light Romance] Su Xiaoxiao dies in a car accident and transmigrates into the body of a rookie police officer. With barely a penny to her name, she discovers that her eyes have gained a special ability: she can see bad things before they happen. Hey, young master, be sure not to turn left when you go out. You there, Mom, keep a close eye on your child. Oh, Master, make sure you wear your bulletproof vest when you go 36.3kReads9.1Score5.1kShelves
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  3. 3 Perfect Crime? What a Coincidence, I Specialize in Solving Bizarre Cases 完美犯罪?巧了,我专破诡案 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Criminal Investigation + Suspense + Case-by-Case Mystery Solving + Brain-Teasing Cases + Female Lead Investigator] A madman attacked everyone in a film studio, while a girl was brutally slashed across the throat on her way home. The clues that surfaced were merely a ploy to mislead the police. When obsession becomes the root of evil, and victims become perpetrators, just how evil can human nature be? The truth is buried beneath layer upon layer. Ever since joining the Special Cases Unit, Su Xia 29kReads9.1Score4.3kShelves
  4. 4 Touching Corpses to Ascend: From Coroner to Divine Detective! 摸尸成圣:从仵作到断狱神捕! Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing "The dead can't lie. But they'll tell me everything!" Qin Ming transmigrates to become a county yamen coroner. He spends every day handling decaying corpses and bones, enduring contempt and living at the bottom of society. Yet he possesses the [Heavenly Dao Autopsy] interface! Touch a corpse, and he can perfectly recreate the victim's final moments and uncover every clue! Solve a case, and he can even obtain the victim's greatest skill, cultivation method, or even supernatural talent! [Examinati 461Reads6.9Score102Shelves
  5. 5 I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神 Urban4.0M WordsCompleted 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 1.8MReads9.9Score188.2kShelves
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  6. 6 The End of Ten Days 十日终焉 Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.9MReads9.9Score233.7kShelves
  7. 7 The Haunted House 诡舍 Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 759.6kReads9.6Score93.6kShelves
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  8. 8 At Bureau 749: I Slay Everything with a Nuo Mask 人在749局:我以傩面杀穿一切 Mystery3.2M WordsOngoing [Decisive and Ruthless + Supernatural Resurgence + Plenty to Read] A bloody urban legend at Cangnan University tears a hole in Yin Hong’s peaceful life. The red sandalwood Nuo mask his parents left behind before disappearing turns out to be a forbidden object connected to the ancient Nether Ruins. As the bronze pattern of a glaring face and bristling beard creeps across his skin, he hears countless shamans chanting war songs inside his skull, while the golden-red blood surging through his veins 6kReads7.2Score631Shelves
  9. 9 The Persimmon Tree Saw Her 她被柿子树看见了 Mystery130k WordsOngoing A year ago, my wife, Su Wan, mysteriously disappeared from her family home in Wushan Village. No one saw her alive, and no body was ever found. The police were at a loss, and the villagers kept their lips sealed. Fear hung over the whole village like a fog. It wasn't until I returned to the abandoned old house myself that I discovered every clue pointed to the eerie persimmon tree in the courtyard. Old Uncle A Gui, our neighbor, pulled me aside and pointed at it in terror. “It's a Sin-Reflecting 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  10. 10 Surrender 自首 Mystery654k WordsCompleted (Now streaming on iQIYI. Starring Xu Weizhou, Guo Junchen, and Xiao Yan. A criminal police captain, played by Xu Weizhou, teams up with a psychologist, played by Guo Junchen, to solve cases and capture the monsters of the human heart. Mystery + deduction + psychologist + episodic cases + serial murders + high-IQ crimes + revenge plots + strange tales and records + best partners + light horror + suitable for the faint-hearted) “I killed someone.” A girl turns herself in, claiming that she killed 20.5kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
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  11. 11 The Gods’ Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 633.2kReads9.7Score76.8kShelves
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  12. 12 Domain River 域河 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 223.7kReads9.5Score31.2kShelves
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  13. 13 Terrifying Nightmare: Extreme Survival in a Bizarre World 恐怖噩梦:我在诡异世界极限逃生 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… 254.4kReads9.4Score32kShelves
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  14. 14 Eleven Madmen 十一个疯子 Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted My new book, Nine Hells: The Strange Nuo, is now out! It’s a sequel to this one. You can find it on my profile. Come check it out! (Not mindless, no harem, no System, and not a conventional power fantasy. Please read with that in mind.) From the day you were born until now, have you ever had doubts like these? “Do I really exist?” “Does the world really exist?” “Why do I exist?” “And why does the world exist?” “Is my existence inevitable? If I die, will the world keep existing?” “At the moment m 41.8kReads9.4Score6.4kShelves
  15. 15 Old Wei’s Supernatural Stories 老魏讲灵异故事 Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural Tales] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Based on True Stories] [Reader Submissions] [Chilling on Second Thought] [Bizarre Tales] [Beyond the Realm of Science] [Plain, Simple Writing] [Just Stories] These stories were collected from various places by the author, then adapted and fictionalized, so no sources are listed. They’re all kinds of little ghost stories to listen to before bed: straightforward and easy to follow, perfect for unwinding and relieving stress. To keep reader 1.3kReads9.4Score102Shelves
  16. 16 Stronger by Sacrificing Lifespan? With an Infinite Health Bar, I Conquer the Supernatural 氪命变强?无限血条的我怪谈封神 Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Horror Tales + One Heroine + Pure Love + Power Fantasy + Infinite-Flow + Card Draws] Shen Yuan transmigrates into a world where everyone has to face supernatural horror stories. From the start, he's thrown into Hell difficulty and forced to sleep in the same coffin as a stunning female ghost! But Shen Yuan isn't afraid. He's awakened the Death-Draw System: every time a ghost kills him, he gets to draw a card and grow stronger! Killed for the first time [Ding! Card draw successful! You received 55.8kReads8.9Score7.7kShelves
  17. 17 Warning! Cheating Is Forbidden in This Death Game 警告!死亡游戏禁止作弊 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [No CP + Rule-Based Horror + Livestream Comments + Ensemble Cast + Fictional Setting] No CP in every sense of the term. A max-level expert returns to the beginner village. When the Heavenly Eye descends, Song Tianjiao, a retired Infinite Flow veteran who wants to enjoy a peaceful retirement, is dragged into a death game and becomes one of its lucky contestants. [Death game rules: cheating is forbidden!] Facing a deadly instance, the audience cries out: “To live or to die? That really is the ques 18.1kReads8.9Score3.6kShelves
  18. 18 Taming the Abyss in a Raging Sea 怒海镇渊 Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Reborn + suspense + undercover work + revenge + anti-drug operations + counterespionage. The golden finger is very weak; the protagonist relies on his own abilities. High-IQ battles, so bring your thinking cap. No showing off and face-slapping! Best suited to seasoned readers. If you follow along closely, it’s very satisfying. Impatient readers looking for mindless thrills should steer clear; if you skim, you won’t understand it.] Thirty years ago, An Xiaohai was manipulated through one scheme 170.7kReads9.6Score20.8kShelves
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  19. 19 I Can Reload Infinitely, and See Through Every Hidden Card 我无限回档,洞悉所有底牌 Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 366.9kReads9.5Score48.3kShelves
  20. 20 A Little Land of Mountains and Rivers 小山河 Mystery937k WordsCompleted When Chi Xia first joins the special investigations team, Luo Xun strongly recommends transferring her elsewhere. The intern is so thin-limbed and wooden, like she can barely keep her eyes open. What makes her suitable for this team? She’d be much better off in Publicity! The thin-limbed intern says nothing, responding to everything with, “Captain Luo, solving the case comes first.” Luo Xun is so frustrated he can barely contain himself. The team is doomed, he thinks. Before long, Captain Luo ge 36.8kReads9.5Score5.5kShelves
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  21. 21 A Female Ghost Shows Up Pregnant, and You Say You're a Proper Daoist? 女鬼怀孕上门你说你是正经道士? Mystery3.9M WordsOngoing [Mystery Solving] [Ghost Stories] [Chinese Folk Traditions] Su Yun is an heir to the Yin-Yang School, one of the pre-Qin traditions. Introduced by an acquaintance, he went on a blind date and met his girlfriend. After they broke up, Su Yun prepared to turn her into a zombie. Just as the process was nearly complete on the seventh day, a policewoman burst in and arrested him for murder. Su Yun: “I'm innocent! My ex-girlfriend was a flight attendant, fair-skinned, beautiful, and long-legged. Why wo 217.8kReads9.0Score23.7kShelves
  22. 22 The Corpse Retriever 捞尸人 Mystery118k WordsCompleted A jade-green tobacco pipe, a sorrowful tale from the past. With a light punt, he ferries souls between yin and yang; two lanterns illuminate life and death. Come and behold this mysterious, uncanny world. 181Reads7.3Score—Shelves
  23. 23 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏! Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 189.2kReads9.6Score23.8kShelves
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  24. 24 You Blush Eight Times in Five Minutes, and You're an SSS-Rank Female Ghost? 五分钟脸红八次,还SSS女诡? Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted This is supposed to be a terrifying survival game, yet while all the other contestants are struggling to stay alive, you’re falling into a sweet romance with an SSS-ranked eerie school beauty? The eerie game descended upon Blue Star, and one lucky person was randomly chosen from each country to represent it and survive in the eerie realm. Xu Fei was chosen against his will, but he could see hidden hints. His first dungeon was “Horror University.” To survive all 44 days, contestants from other co 25kReads8.6Score3.5kShelves
  25. 25 The Wish of the Eighth Day 第八天的愿望 Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast | Supernatural Powers | Instances | Game | Infinite Flow | One Female Lead] (No intricate battles of wits! Not a ruthless, action-packed power fantasy! Readers with “sensitive skin” should proceed with caution!) The ones most in need of salvation have never been those suffering in the real world, but the kind thoughts we nearly drowned in despair... At first, A shooting star fell into their eyes, and despairing souls were dragged onto a strange island. “They” said that any wis 22.6kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
  26. 26 Infinite Livestream: She's Gorgeous and Plays by Her Own Rules 无限直播:大佬她人美路子野 Mystery345k WordsCompleted [Infinite livestream + sweet, satisfying romance with a couple + suspense and mild horror + even the easily frightened can read] What’s it like to transmigrate into a horror livestream novel before you’ve even finished skimming the blurb, and get bound to an infinite-flow System on top of that? Lin Xingqian: Thanks for asking. Just got here, and I’m still alive. Whether it’s a terrifying little town, a haunted house, or a city of desire... Lin Xingqian stays cool as a cucumber, pulling off one o 11.4kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves
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  27. 27 The Lost City of Exotic Beasts 异兽迷城 Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [The new book The Maze of Inversion has begun serialization. Updates come at 9 p.m. every evening. Please continue to support it.] Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 515.9kReads9.7Score67.6kShelves
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  28. 28 The Thousand-Faced Thief King 千面贼王 Urban2.1M WordsCompleted My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer 80.3kReads9.6Score9.7kShelves
  29. 29 Bureau of Legend Management 传说管理局 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 214.7kReads9.6Score30.1kShelves
  30. 30 Back in the Eighties, I Solved Nine Thousand Murder Cases 重回八零,我破了命案九千宗 Mystery5.8M WordsOngoing Returning to the 1980s, Chen Qingfeng gets another chance to relive his past regrets and revisit nine thousand unsolved murder cases. This time, he has a chance to make up for the regrets he carried from his previous life as a police officer... After taking a break, I’m short on money again, so I’ve started a new book. This one isn’t a power fantasy, and there’s no System or golden finger. I just hope to capture the feel of the 1980s and write another crime-solving story, a genre I haven’t touch 68kReads8.8Score4.2kShelves
  31. 31 Echoes of the Anti-Corruption Abyss 反腐深渊回响 Urban813k WordsCompleted In 2023, discipline inspection cadre Chen Jin returned to his hometown of Binhai City with a transfer order. As soon as he took up the post, he received an anonymous report letter directly pointing out the illegal expansion of Yuansheng Group's chemical industry park. At the same time, Li Zhe, a university classmate and environmental volunteer, was seriously injured and fell into coma while investigating an "accident" in the park's sewage discharge. The police's conclusion of an "ordinary traffi 11Reads—Score—Shelves
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  32. 32 The Dark Road: Every Step Carefully Planned 黑途步步为营 Urban128k WordsCompleted In 2010, in Qingtai City, southern Shandong, Chen Ye is a young man at a scrap yard in Triangle Alley. After his father is bullied by a demolition crew, he goes from a meek nobody who lets people walk all over him to someone who protects his family and friends with grit and brains in the rough-and-tumble old town. He never dreamed of becoming a gang leader; all he wanted was to find a way to survive. But street fights, demolition schemes, and the people he cares about push him into the eye of th —Reads—Score—Shelves
  33. 33 Criminal Law: Gray Blade of Harbor City 刑法港城灰刃 Mystery154k WordsCompleted Hong Kong, 2023. Chen Yan, a former inspector with the Serious Crime Unit, spent eight years in prison after taking the fall for his partner. Shortly after his release, the leader of a cross-border fraud ring known as “Ghost Hand” walks free for lack of evidence. His crimes have indirectly driven several victims to suicide, including someone connected to an old case involving Chen Yan’s wife. To make up for past regrets and punish evildoers beyond the reach of the law, Chen Yan secretly investig —Reads—Score—Shelves
  34. 34 The Black Phoenix Strikes Back: The Downfall of Those in Power 反黑凰倾覆掌权者的末路 Urban140k WordsCompleted Beneath the bustle of Huimin Market in the emerging first-tier city of Chengzhong lies the vilest kind of evil. Liang Tianhu, head of the Black Phoenix Gang, hides his monopolizing of the market, drug trafficking, and illegal casinos behind the mask of a “businessman who serves the people.” With violence and profit, he has woven a black web that ensnares both public officials and ordinary citizens. He clawed his way up from a childhood of humiliation, convinced that “might makes right.” But in h 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  35. 35 The Cross-Border War on Corruption 跨越国界的反腐之战 Urban101k WordsCompleted In the modern city of Haiming, corruption is a cancer eating away at the city's foundations, while its cultural heritage is also in crisis. Young, tech-savvy anti-corruption specialist Hou Yun, veteran cultural heritage scholar Professor Su, and international anti-corruption liaison Jack join forces in pursuit of a shared goal. With the help of cutting-edge technology and cultural expertise, they cross national borders and cultural divides to weave a net of justice. Through a series of thrilling —Reads—Score—Shelves
  36. 36 Infinite Escape: I Earn Rent Money in Horror Games 无限逃生:我在惊悚游戏里挣房费 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 39.1kReads9.3Score5.1kShelves
  37. 37 Dorm Survival: Please Stay Alive! 宿舍求生,请活下去! Mystery604k 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 15.2kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
  38. 38 Spine-Chilling Mysteries: This Beautiful Female Celestial Master Plays by Her Own Rules 惊悚诡事,这个女天师人美路子野 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted My name is Zhao Jiayi. I was born in 1996. Because my life force was weak, ghosts haunted me from childhood, and everyone in the village thought I was an idiot. They poured dirty water on me, called me a jinx, and swore I wouldn’t live past eighteen. But I believe in gods and ghosts. The one thing I don’t believe in is fate. To stay alive, I became a disciple of a spiritual master. I fought to change my fate, with talismans in one hand and a peachwood sword in the other. From then on Vengef 16.3kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves
  39. 39 I'm Such a Delicate Girl, So Why Does Everyone Call Me the God of Ghost Slaying? 我娇滴滴的,怎么都说我灭诡之神 Fantastical Romance362k WordsCompleted [Genuinely terrifying horror game + heroine who absolutely cannot see the supernatural horrors + lighthearted comedy] A horror game descends upon the world. People must face not only terrifying supernatural entities and all kinds of rules, but also severe mental corruption. Just as everyone is about to reach their breaking point, a magical paper-offering shop appears. Everything from the paper-offering shop is top quality. A safety talisman can instantly clear away all mental corruption. A ghost 30.5kReads9.2Score4.6kShelves
  40. 40 Infinite: Reading Feng Shui in Rule Horror 无限:我在规则怪谈里看风水 Mystery473k WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow | Thrills | Horror | Teamwork | Powerful male lead, even stronger female lead (male lead is mostly in the background) | Puzzles | Rule-based horror] [Once you enter the uncanny realm, its rules reign supreme. Anyone who breaks them is sent straight to the land of the dead.] Luo Qing found herself in a strange place beyond the reach of both science and the gods. All that awaited her was boundless fear and death. A scholar from ancient times, a futuristic AI robot, a fugitive on 3kReads8.9Score452Shelves
  41. 41 The Policewoman Came from Hell 警花她从地狱来 Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted (Signed for publication) A quiet, unassuming new officer named Yi Nian joins the Qing Shan City Criminal Police Unit. She seems so delicate that people want to protect her. But before Captain Lian Jingshan can even reach out to shield her, blood splashes across his face. Only then does he realize how ruthless this young woman becomes when pushed to the edge. Yi Nian says, "I clawed my way out of blood and darkness. All I want is somewhere peaceful and beautiful to heal my wounded soul." Retur 62kReads9.0Score10.3kShelves
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  42. 42 The Eerie Case Coroner 诡案女仵作 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A lazy salted-fish coroner who just wants to lie flat VS a workaholic commander who knows nothing about romance. They crack bizarre cases and fall in love over time. As religious sects rise to prominence, people commit murder in the name of gods and ghosts, and strange cases erupt throughout the Great Qing Dynasty. After dying from overwork, forensic pathologist Jiang Ning joins the Yuning Guard, an organization of imperial investigators, hoping to lie flat and coast along as a low-ranking nobod 2.7kReads9.2Score263Shelves
  43. 43 He Kills, Never Saves: This Taoist Is Wickedly Righteous! 只杀不渡,这个道士正到发邪! Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Mazu + folk customs + deity processions + Guanjian Shou + yin-yang taboos] People in Fujian often say, “If the powers above won't agree, just ask Mazu.” Born with an extremely weighty fate, Lin Haien was conceived on Qingming and born on the Winter Solstice. He has a yin-yang constitution and a spirit-sensitive body. Lost souls and wandering ghosts torment him, all hoping to take over his body and replace him. To give him even the slimmest chance of survival, his midwife grandmot 94.5kReads9.2Score9kShelves
  44. 44 Roses and Guns [Criminal Investigation] 玫瑰与烈枪【刑侦】 Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [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 16.9kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves
  45. 45 The Last Female Mystic 最后一个女玄术师 Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted When Ye Simei was five, a fortune-teller told her she was born with a bewitching beauty and destined to become a canary in some powerful man's cage. Ye Simei: Have the powerful gotten too cocky, or do you think I, Ye Simei, can't wield a blade anymore? 3.8kReads8.9Score478Shelves
  46. 46 The Midnight Pawnshop: The Living Must Keep Away 午夜当铺,活人回避 Mystery3.9M WordsOngoing [Traditional Supernatural + Chinese Folklore + Unorthodox Trading + Tales of Evil Objects] No romantic pairing This is a strange pawnshop that only accepts sinister objects with special value! Coins placed in the mouths of the dead, executioners' swords, grave-top mushrooms, flesh lingzhi, Kunlun fetuses... Evil objects can harm people, but they can also help them! Once they pass through the pawnshop's hands, being pawned and sold, evil can be transformed into treasure! They can bring promotions 247.9kReads9.4Score20.3kShelves
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  47. 47 The Heavenly Coffin Comes to Town: Living Must Keep Away 天棺出巡,活人回避 Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted The year Jiangnan suffered a terrible drought, a coffin was dredged up from the river. From that day on, torrential winds and rain battered the region for a month. Floodwaters surged, swallowing countless towns and cities. I was ten that year. More than a dozen red Hongqi cars with Beijing plates, along with rows of luxury cars, arrived in our little town. I don’t know how many important people knelt outside my home, begging my grandfather to stop the floods... [Folk customs, feng shui. A coffin 6.3kReads8.8Score674Shelves
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