Looking for Stories Where the Protagonist Is a Supernatural Entity and Runs Dungeons 求主角是诡异，开副本的那种

1. 1 规 Even Rule Horror Wants to Build a Family Business 规则怪谈也想经营家族 Not A Sound, Not An Itch不声不痒Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing Reviews have just started coming in, so this will rise [Nonhuman Protagonist + No Couple + Eldritch Horror + Farming + Faction Management + A Little National Destiny in the Early Story, None Later + Dice Goddess Blessings + Game Invasion] Rules stem from the rights granted by one's identity. Rights bring both power and responsibility. The weak can only gain a foothold in this world where rules reign supreme by banding together. The rules of the Strange Tale Collective's home collapsed after inte 53.4kReads9.0Score6.8kShelves

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   This is fine, but it's too little.

2. 2 穿 I Transmigrated to a Supernatural World and Became a Dungeon Boss 穿越诡异世界我成了副本BOSS I Am a Star in the Heavens我乃天上繁星Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Infinite Realms + Supernatural Horror + Mild Horror + No Romance + Everything Handcrafted] Zuo Lin'an discovers that he has transmigrated. At first, he assumes this is just an ordinary otherworld, until he runs into his close friend Xu Youyou and learns that his aunt is a supernatural investigator. Only then does he realize he has transmigrated to a world haunted by the supernatural. And this supernatural world is not what he expected. Because he happens to discover that he might have a chance 71.6kReads8.8Score6.3kShelves

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   Amazing! [Sparrow's Food Masterpiece][Sparrow's Food Masterpiece][Sparrow's Food Masterpiece]

3. 3 人EN Humans Are the Juvenile Form of Monsters. I Was Stripped of My Humanity as Soon as I Graduated 人是诡的幼年体毕业即被开除人籍 Mo Mo Wu Hen墨墨无痕Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Eerie + Boss's perspective + dungeon worlds + rules + no female lead] Ren Yi wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into a “normal” world with unbelievably generous benefits. Under the League's attentive protection, everyone lives without a care, and the future looks bright. He thinks he and his only family member in this world, his autistic older brother, will live an ordinary, peaceful life together. But a “career placement test” shatters his entire worldview. “There are no humans in the 127.8kReads8.7Score14.1kShelves

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   The first one is the best looking

4. 4 诡 In a Bizarre World, My Whole Family Is Bizarre 诡异世界，我们一家诡异 Lettuce to Those Who See Me见者生菜Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing When Su Mo was eighteen, his older brother died saving someone, and his father was killed in a workplace accident. When Su Mo received his college acceptance letter, his mother passed away from overwhelming grief. On his eighteenth birthday, Su Mo was the only one left in his family of four. He died of illness at twenty-four, only to be reborn as a ghost. That was when he discovered that this world had a realm of ghosts, where his parents and older brother were waiting. His family had become a n 29.3kReads8.6Score1.9kShelves
5. 5 我 The Parallel World I Transmigrated to Is Actually Haunted 我穿越的平行世界居然有诡 I Am a Star in the Heavens我乃天上繁星Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted Also known as "The Strange Assimilation" [Infinite flow + supernatural horror + mild scares + no romance] Su Ze finds a book called "The Strange Assimilation" in the library. Because of this book, his body is controlled. Then he is crushed to death by a bookshelf. When he wakes up, he has become himself in a parallel world. He is even chosen by the strange world to become a player! From then on, he dances on the edge of a blade, surviving one near-death experience after another. 53.8kReads8.5Score4.9kShelves

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   Both books are excellent, somewhat like a series. Some characters from the second book appear in the first. Reading them separately won't affect the overall enjoyment, but since the first book is finished, reading them together will make for a much better experience.

6. 6 糟 Oh No! How Did She Become an Infinite-Flow Boss? 糟糕！她怎么成无限流BOSS了 He Wang Huang何王黄Mystery566k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead] [Boss's Perspective] [Villainess Protagonist] [No CP] [Infinite-Flow] [Behind-the-Scenes] [Dungeon Management] [Light Ensemble Cast] Yu Chu, a former director, was ruined by a conspiracy and lost any chance of directing again. On the brink of death, she willingly entered an infinite-flow world as a player. With her talent, "Watch a 30-second ad to revive on the spot," she bulldozed her way through the entire player community. But this time, she went too far. After dying alon 73.1kReads9.1Score16.7kShelves

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   It's very good; the low rating is because it's newly released.

7. 7 诡 Eerie Instances: Today, Too, I Must Be a Good Ghost 诡异副本：今天也要好好做诡 Pedro the Meticulous严谨的佩德罗Mystery577k WordsOngoing [No CP] [An unsettling perspective. Readers who can't accept eerie beings killing people, please stay away] [Writing this to satisfy my own cravings, please go easy on me] Lin Yan was a surgeon in life. After death, he became an eerie entity studying at the Abyss Echo Academy. To stay alive, Lin Yan diligently enters instances and works hard. 7.5kReads6.9Score658Shelves

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   Transform into a bizarre dungeon management

8. 8 规 Rule Horror: I Transmigrated into an F-Rank Aberration 规则怪谈：我穿越成了F级诡异 Smoke in the Left Hand烟留左手Mystery348k WordsOngoing (An eerie visual rule-based horror story, with a subversion of conventions. The protagonist is an anomaly. Mild horror with light humor, and somewhat different from traditional rule-based horror. The rules in the early dungeons are weak, but the dungeons gradually grow stronger and evolve.) Overworked office drone Zhou Yan dies suddenly from working overtime. When he opens his eyes again, he has become an F-rank trainee anomaly in a world of rule-based horror. His trainee dungeon assignment: sto 12.6kReads7.1Score1.2kShelves

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   The protagonist mysteriously works in other instances in the early stages, and begins to build his own instance around chapter sixty.

9. 9 规 Rule Horror: Starting at a Mountain Grave 规则怪谈：从山坟开始 Ye Shi谒始Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Delusions of Grandeur + Semi-Infinite Flow + Ensemble Cast + Unconventional Rule-Based Horror] Infinite horror descends upon Earth, turning countless regions into contaminated exclusion zones. The leaders of various nations call them [the Haunted Theater]. Humans who receive an invitation ticket must enter the Haunted Theater and play a ‘human-skin role’ to reduce the chance of it contaminating the outside world further. Inside, they may find powers that overturn everything they know, but they 18.7kReads5.9Score1.9kShelves
10. 10 血 The Blood Moon Hangs in the Sky. As a Monster, Shouldn't I Be Terrifying? 血月临空，作为诡的我应该很凶吗 Seeking Maple Beneath the Moon月下寻枫Eastern Fantasy398k WordsOngoing [The Weirdness Itself] [Comedy and Humor] [Instances] [Rules] [No Female Lead] [Multiple Elements] [Healing?] [Entirely Handmade] (The rating just came out. Help me boost it way up!) (A motion comic adaptation is in production.) Standard version: A sapphire-blue palace hangs high in the sky. A young man in blue robes stands smiling behind a “well-behaved” little child with scarlet eyes, his doting gaze impossible to hide. Confusion shows in the child's crimson eyes, while countless strange bein 18kReads8.1Score3.4kShelves
11. 11 鬼 The Ghost King’s Self-Cultivation 鬼王的自我修养 Bitter Days Are Short苦昼短Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted “I'm Li Jiong. I'm still alive.” “I have no memories. I know nothing about this world.” “Something seems wrong here. How strange.” “I remember a little now. This world really is wrong.” “It's me. How could the world be wrong?” “I'm the one who's wrong.” Li Jiong sways his head and hums an unknown tune as he tears through layers of unfamiliar fog in the game. He witnesses the strange things around him and records them in his diary. As he investigates, his memories slowly begin to unfold, and he s 5.2kReads8.3Score563Shelves

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    The first book features a protagonist who is somewhat amnesiac and semi-invincible, very cute, and somewhat eerie, but also has his own bottom line (completely unpredictable). The second book is titled "Human is the child form of a ghost, death is the ghost's coming-of-age ceremony." 😏

12. 12 金 My Golden Finger Was Stolen: After Being Reborn, I Keep Creating Urban Legends 金手指被夺：重生后不断生成怪谈 Three Old, One Good三旧一良Mystery428k WordsOngoing Synopsis: [System + reborn + Rules Horror + no female lead + cold-hearted + villain] In his previous life, after gaining a science and technology System, Su Ming handed over his golden finger without hesitation. He thought he could rely on powerful backers and rise to the top, but instead his golden finger was stolen, and he became a sacrificial pawn, enduring five hellish years. This time, he absolutely will not foolishly hand over his golden finger again! After being reborn, he is bound to a h 61Reads6.1Score104Shelves
13. 13 诡 Eerie: The Mirror Queen Doesn't Want to Work 诡异：镜子女王不想打工 Leisurely Cloud Star云星悠悠Mystery757k WordsOngoing [No CP + Infinite Flow + eerie dungeons + mild horror] The high point of Tang Jingjing’s life was finally getting her property deed. The darkest moment came the very next second, when she was killed by something thrown from a high-rise. The good news: After her death, she was bound to her own dungeon, “Home,” and promoted straight to a Boss-level vengeful spirit. The bad news: Her “home” was an unfinished shell, without even a bed. To save up for renovations, Tang Jingjing was forced to start wo 2.3kReads8.8Score206Shelves
14. 14 说 Didn't You Say You Were Retiring? Officer, Why Are You Back? 说好退休呢？执法官你怎么回来了 Huo Fei惑非Two Male Leads1.2M WordsOngoing [Enforcer Bottom x Player Top] [Infinite Survival / Horror Game / Supernatural Entities Descend / Global Open Beta / Leveling] Jiang Xun was the chief enforcer in a horror game, tasked with maintaining order in the System's dungeons. He had enemies throughout the entire game. After working for the System for two hundred years, Jiang Xun finally retired. On the day he left, the whole horror game celebrated as if it were New Year's, thrilled to be rid of the old menace at last. But barely had Jian 348.6kReads9.5Score65.4kShelves
15. 15 高 The Gaokao Turned Supernatural, and I Somehow Became the BOSS 高考诡异降临，我竟成了BOOS Sleepless Old Donkey失眠老驴Mystery318k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + Supernatural Horror + Urban Legends + Mild Horror + Undercover Intrigue + Chinese Patriotism] On the day of the national college entrance exam, every candidate was dragged into a game of rules and horror. Lin Feng, who had been bullied at school, saw an option that no one else could see. Would he sacrifice his soul to become a hidden boss in the instance? Lin Feng had been bullied for three whole years. Even his only hope, the college entrance exam, was no escape: his bullies re 38Reads5.2Score108Shelves
16. 16 惊 Thriller Game: I Can Choose the Supernatural Faction 惊悚游戏：我能选择诡异阵营 Moon Yao Flower Time月瑶花时Mystery676k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out and will rise] [Dark novel + no romance + villain protagonist + creating a supernatural resurgence + leaving no loose ends] [The protagonist is morally bankrupt and purely evil. This novel contains graphic violence, so don’t read if that bothers you.] “I woke up to find myself trapped inside a coffin that had been nailed shut.” “Just as I was about to suffocate to death...” “Horror games descended upon the world.” [Player Deadman has been detected as barely alive. Facti 2.7kReads8.2Score330Shelves
17. 17 我 I Am the Lord of the Eerie 我，诡异之主 The Great Swordsman of Wangxing汪星的大剑客Mystery199k WordsCompleted Shen Ci was born as the world’s darkest origin, destined to ascend to the throne of the Eleventh Ghost Emperor. He commands the rules of the instances and controls the rise and fall of countless ghosts, looking down upon all living things in the boundless realm of the uncanny. No one dares meet his gaze, and nothing can restrain him. This brings him together with Mo Chen in a story of protecting the world through their dark sides. A clash between darkness and its ultimate expression, a storm u 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is somewhat similar, but this is a new book.

18. 18 诡 The Eerie Elevator: I Became the Instance Master 诡异电梯：我成了副本主人 Yu Jun of Abai Ang阿拜昂的瑜君Mystery562k WordsCompleted [A strange-tale livestream descends, and each of 196 countries around the world selects one chosen participant.] [Rule One: If a chosen participant dies, a strange tale descends upon their country.] [Rule Two: The livestream is broadcast worldwide and cannot be turned off.] [Rule Three: There are no rewards, only punishments.] Chen Mo was among the first chosen participants. He survived the first instance, “A Happy Home,” becoming the first person in the world to escape a strange tale. Not thr 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "The Mysterious Elevator: I Became the Dungeon Master" is a guaranteed engaging ensemble piece featuring a British aristocrat, an American cowboy, a Russian lumberjack, and a French chef, all joining the protagonist to form a five-person ghost story team, each with their own set of rules. (Source: Tomato)

19. 19 我 My Lady Doesn't Believe in the Supernatural 我家夫人不信邪 Young Master Fuling炥灵公子Mystery276k WordsCompleted I believe in metaphysics, but she doesn’t. We got married just to prove each other wrong. I wanted to hang a portrait of the Three Pure Ones, but she refused, so after a huge argument, I decided to write down all the true events that have happened over the years: my dad got into trouble after eating a snake, my grandma suddenly started eating pork knuckle and cursing, Gao Dabao lost a hand in an elevator accident, Feng Ershuang was grabbed by a ghost, and their cousin mysteriously went mad and d 91Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The entire story doesn't deliberately create any frights; the eeriness lies hidden beneath the calm of everyday life, and the more you reflect on it, the more chilling it becomes.

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