I Want to Read Rule-Based Horror Stories 我想看，规则怪谈

1. 1 规 Rule Horror: I Understand the Rules Better Than the Ghosts Do 规则怪谈：我比诡异更懂规则 O Brother Xiong'er OO熊二哥哥OMystery564k WordsCompleted Working overtime late at night, Lin Chuan spots a strange set of rules by the company elevator: [Do not take elevators with odd numbers.] [If the elevator stops on a floor that does not exist, do not get out.] [If someone calls your name from behind, do not look back.] He assumes it is just a prank, until a coworker steps into the elevator and vanishes the very next second. From that night on, something is wrong with the entire Sheng'an Building. In the basement parking lot, empty cars drive the 108Reads—Score—Shelves

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   These are a few unusual recommendations, and they're all pretty good. The first and third have male protagonists, the second has a female protagonist. The first leans towards a realistic social setting, the second is closer to a multi-world survival competition, and the third is a national destiny theme. The third has less mystery, but its strength lies in its relatively rare martial arts setting, and the protagonist has seen a TV series and has a plot advantage.

2. 2 宿 Dorm Survival: From the Start, I Join the Eerie Management Group 宿舍求生：开局加入诡异管理群 27suiMystery1.2M WordsOngoing [No CP] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Tower Defense] [Infinite Flow] [Haunted Dormitory] [Survival Game] [Number One on Every Leaderboard] [Cute Pets] [Powerhouse] The very next second after Jiang Jinyue was about to sign her family member's informed consent form for surgery, everything went black and she was pulled into a dormitory survival game. At seven o'clock every night, terrifying creatures began appearing outside the door. They prowled the corridors, ready to break in at any moment. The 106.6kReads9.0Score15.4kShelves
3. 3 规 Rule Horror: Starting with My Own Martial Arts Legend! 规则怪谈：从武林外传开始！ Cat Lantern Guest猫灯客Mystery247k WordsOngoing [Rule-based horror + wuxia instances + national destiny + deduction + livestream] When the American supercomputer issued a red alert: “Stay away from the man without a mouth on Bright Summit. He's a top-tier supernatural entity!” Transmigrator Su Chen walked up with a bag of chicken blood. “Bat King Wei, have you had dinner?” Rule-based horror descended, binding itself to national destiny. After ten straight losses, ten cities in China became forbidden zones for the supernatural, and countless l 94Reads5.7Score143Shelves
4. 4 医 Hospital Rules Horror: Kill, Don't Save 医院规则怪谈：只杀人，不救人 Remembering the Years Like a Brocade Zither忆锦瑟流年9k WordsCompleted Hospital Rules: Kill, Don't Save 519Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This looks good, I'll try it.

5. 5 欢 Welcome to My Scripted World 欢迎来到，我的剧本世界 Beneath the Deep Space深空下Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Infinite-Flow + Scripted Games + Survival + One Female Lead] In this era, we're all headed for the end. The blossoming of miracles granted by the gods, the struggle between humanity and the uncanny, extraordinary creatures, forbidden books, a paradise of reincarnation... The price of fate's gifts was marked long ago, hidden from view. “My name is Jiang Qing. I'm sorry, but after tonight, I'll disappear forever.” “When I open the door ahead, there will be no way back b 88.2kReads9.0Score7.9kShelves

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   If you're looking for something spooky, check out my bookshelf; there's a group that mainly contains...

6. 6 新 The New World: A Script Created by God 新世界：神创剧本 Beneath the Deep Space深空下Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast + Infinite Flow + Scripts + Survival + Hidden Conspiracies] “My name is Chen Zhi. While investigating the cause of my brother’s death, I was forced into a strange script!” “I saw the other side of the world, beings ordinary people can’t see, terrifying beings!” “What should I do? Am I sick? No, that’s not it. The world is sick!” Divine gifts and miracles are blossoming. Divine gifts and miracles are colliding. The curtain has already risen. The only old-timer in this new world sto 17.3kReads7.7Score2.2kShelves
7. 7 惊 Thriller: This NPC Has Gone on Strike 惊悚：这个NPC罢工了 Bai Yi柏亦Mystery368k WordsCompleted [Thriller + unhinged beauty + not scary + no romance + killing all the way + invincible] The dungeon opens in Chapter Two. You can skip it. Shen Xiaoxiao is the famous S-rank dungeon NPC, the River God’s Bride, hated by countless players. One day, she suddenly realizes that players have tricked her into dying countless times. So she decides: “I quit! I’m done!” While other players painstakingly search for clues to clear the dungeon, Shen Xiaoxiao spends the whole time causing trouble in her own 3.4kReads9.3Score479Shelves
8. 8 灵 Paranormal Invasion: I Turn into a Ghost Girl from the Start! 灵异入侵，我开局变成女鬼！ Qing Qinghan清清寒Mystery533k WordsCompleted [Rule-based strange tales + supernatural invasion + man turns into a woman + national destiny + near-invincible lead + livestreaming + ruthless protagonist!] The Su household, wiped out in a single night Family members who don't exist A haunted villa A mental hospital where living patients are dissected Behind every strange tale lies a deeply hidden story. Will it end in destruction, or salvation? 2kReads8.6Score190Shelves
9. 9 穿 I Was Reborn as the Real Heiress, and the Horror Stories I Wrote Came True 穿成真千金，我写的怪谈成真了 Snowfall In Winter岁冬下雪了Sci-Fi & Apocalypse353k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + strong female lead + mastermind + supernatural horror + apocalypse + no romance] Escape-game boss Jiang Ning transmigrates into the body of a real heiress who’s on the verge of dying. To extend her life, she starts writing stories online. Wish-granting stars, creepy dolls... One urban legend after another is born from her stories and merges with the existing legends of this world. Her novels become tickets for people to enter Jiang Ning’s haunted stories, and a powerful tool fo 1.2kReads8.6Score178Shelves
10. 10 我 I’m a Female Ghost, and You Want Me to Take on Rule Horror? 我一女鬼，你让我挑战规则怪谈？ Steamed Shrimp Head, Blackfish蒸虾头乌鱼了Mystery556k WordsCompleted (Gender transformation, refuses to marry, mystery and deduction, eerie, nearly invincible) Qin Yun was contaminated by an evil entity inside an ancient mirror and turned into a female ghost. This female ghost was no ordinary vengeful spirit. She was an extremely eerie and powerful life form of unknown origin. Just then, the Rule Horror game descended, and Qin Yun was chosen as the Dragon Kingdom's representative, tasked with challenging its horrors. If a country failed its challenge, the horror 5.2kReads8.8Score813Shelves
11. 11 我 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 68.2kReads9.4Score7.5kShelves
12. 12 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
13. 13 惊 A Horror Game? I'm Just a Frail Young Woman 惊悚游戏？人家只是个弱女子 Bai Yi柏亦Mystery574k WordsCompleted [Horror + occasional livestreaming + built-in golden finger + powerful lead + no CP] [When you have only 50 HP, you have no choice but to keep boosting your combat power] Yan He had already resigned herself to living an ordinary life. She never expected a horror game to descend on the day of the college entrance exams. The horror game has overtaken the real world. You never know whether the person in front of you is another player, an NPC, or something else entirely. Known in the horror world as 6.9kReads9.0Score923Shelves
14. 14 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 73.9kReads9.5Score8.4kShelves
15. 15 死 Death Instance: The Beauty Deceives All Living Things 死亡副本：美人她欺诈众生 Embers Scatter on a Cold Night寒夜烬散Mystery138k WordsCompleted Ruan Mianmian is a crafty, wild-hearted woman with no conscience, a drama-school graduate who has mastered all kinds of skills. And so the “Role-Player” System quietly sets its sights on her... The illusory lord who takes revenge for every slight, the vile and arrogant abyssal demon, the peerless actor who seems both lovesick and mad, the Asura Buddha who kills to end killing... Her layers of secret identities pile up until, at last, she holds the river of time in her hands, chatting and laug 422Reads8.8Score102Shelves
16. 16 求 Survival Instance: The Beauty Only Wants to Stay Alive 求生副本：美人她一心苟命 Yi Xiao已晓Fantastical Romance1.4M WordsOngoing One day, the world suddenly plunges into survival dungeons. The dungeon is an ocean survival challenge from the start, but Jiang Changning doesn’t even have a fishing rod... Fortunately, she gets bound to the Impostor System. To survive, the delicate, unlucky, yet stunningly beautiful Jiang Changning quietly sets her sights on clinging to powerful players. Dungeon bosses, elite players... She impersonates dungeon natives, says what people want to hear and what ghosts want to hear, and makes up r 120.3kReads9.0Score17.2kShelves
17. 17 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 19.9kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves

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    It's incredibly good, though it's still ongoing, but the first few ghost stories are really great.

18. 18 规 Rule Horror: It Starts with Playing Bald Qiang in Bear Ridge 规则怪谈：狗熊岭扮演光头强开始 The Youth of an Old Dream故梦的青春Mystery1.6M WordsOngoing [Cartoon Rule-Horror Stories (First: Boonie Bears) + Mild Horror + Tragic Heroism + A Clever Protagonist + National Destiny + No Romance] “Everyone else’s childhood memories are getting hazier. Why is mine getting creepier?” “Wait, why did Briar and Bramble get government jobs? And the Pleasant Goat characters too? Even SpongeBob has a position now?” The supernatural has descended upon Blue Star! Rule-horror stories are sweeping the globe! Every country must select a Chosen One to enter these ta 68.6kReads8.9Score6kShelves

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    The first one is good, I quite like it, but I haven't watched the others yet.

19. 19 规 Rule Horror: I Can Possess the Supernatural 规则怪谈：我能附身诡异 The Little Cat in the Snow雪中的小猫Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Rule-Based Horror + No Romance + Ensemble Cast + Passionate Adventure + National Destiny + Deduction + Original Scenarios] (No characters suddenly becoming stupid. True teammates appear starting with the second scenario, and this really isn't padded! The first four scenarios each have a completely different style.) A year ago, rule-based horror descended on Blue Star in massive numbers, causing countless tragedies and drastically reducing the global population. While everyone else avoided the u 20.6kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
20. 20 香 Invoke the Gods with Incense! Guan Yu Cleaves the Great Black Buddha Mother in Two 香火请神！睁眼关公刀劈大黑佛母 Three Thousand Six Hundred Turns of Shakyamuni释迦摩尼三千六百转Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Global Class Change] [Eyes Open, Guan Yu] [Chentang Pass Knife-Cut Noodles] [Boss of Guanjiangkou] [Big Shot of Flower-Fruit Mountain] [Calling in Reinforcements from Love Between Fairy and Devil] [Bureau 749] [No Female Lead] The supernatural invades, the Heavenly Dao descends, and everyone undergoes a Global Class Change. Qin Hao transmigrates to this world by accident. Despite his exceptional talent, he awakens to the hidden support class of Incense Master. Luckily, he also awakens an incens 11.5kReads8.6Score986Shelves
21. 21 国 National Fate Survival: I Feed China by Delivering Takeout 国运求生：我靠送外卖养活神州 Wang Chen Hai望辰海Urban297k WordsCompleted The whole world mocks us, and China despairs. Why? Because our chosen one is a food delivery guy? A vast demonic abyss opens its bloody maw, but the System’s notification rings out in his mind: [Ding! You have a new order. One serving of braised chicken with rice, in a swamp three kilometers away. Late delivery means losing your attendance bonus!] He transmigrates into a national destiny forbidden zone and awakens a god-tier delivery System from the start. As long as I accept an order, I’m invin 1.9kReads8.0Score147Shelves
22. 22 诡 Eerie Descent: My Haunted House Terrifies the World 诡异降临：我的恐怖屋吓哭全球 Shi Cheng世承Mystery348k WordsCompleted (The rating has just come out and will rise) [National Fate] [Chinese-style horror] [Global livestream] [Original scenarios] Lin Buyu, Earth’s greatest supernatural-fiction writer and the undisputed master of horror fiction, transmigrates to Blue Star, a parallel world where a bizarre game has descended. On Blue Star, countries design different haunted houses to challenge one another. The winners earn National Fate rewards for their countries and, once a challenge is over, gain control of the b 28.5kReads8.2Score4.4kShelves
23. 23 从EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.1kReads9.6Score18.1kShelves
24. 24 纸 The Paper-Linked World 纸连世界 niziziziniMystery483k WordsOngoing [Murder-mystery game + Infinite Flow + supernatural abilities + survival + strong female lead] My name is Shu Yulian, and I transmigrated into a book. But why are there ghosts in this book? What do you mean I have to play a life-or-death game with the eerie creatures? I only made it through elementary school. You expect me to outsmart them? Heavenly Grandma, can you please give me a break!! What? You're saying my sister is one of the eerie creatures? What, I got put on the wanted list by an [Evi 85Reads8.9Score251Shelves

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    The dungeons are novel and diverse, including game-like and rule-based games. Players complete tasks, find a way to survive, and navigate a logically sound world. The protagonists are highly intelligent and don't suffer from any intellectual decline.

25. 25 死 Death and Infinite Resets: Uncovering the Rules of Every Vengeful Ghost 死亡无限回档：洞察所有厉鬼规律 Spring Rain South of the Creek溪南春雨Mystery124k WordsOngoing [Death Rewind] [Kill the do-gooders first] [Vicious ghosts return] [Dark story] As the paranormal world awakens and vicious ghosts reappear, all you need to do is call Su Yun's name. I'll lead you back through time to find the perfect timeline. Su Yun had just transmigrated into a world where the paranormal was returning when four vicious ghosts began interrogating him. First interrogation: "What do you mean, you killed me because you didn't know how I died?" He rewound to before his death and s 916Reads—Score104Shelves

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    Rules of the Strange, Dungeon Build, Ghost Taming

26. 26 规 Rule Horror: I Sold the Obsessive Male Lead to the Monsters! 规则怪谈，我把偏执男主卖诡了！ Late-Night Tangerine Tea橘子晚茶29k WordsCompleted Rules for the Paranormal: I Sold the Obsessive Male Lead to the Supernatural! 21Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 规 Rule Horror: Breaking the Rules Earns Her System Rewards 规则怪谈：她违规会获取系统奖励 Word-Processing Elf码字精灵Mystery125k WordsOngoing [No Romance, Powerful Female Lead | National-Fortune Rule-Based Horror | Game Invasion | System-Powered Wish Fulfillment | Leveling Mystery] A bizarre game from around the world invades Blue Star. Each country randomly selects a Chosen One to enter a rule-based horror instance, with the entire process livestreamed globally. If they clear the instance, their country gains vast resources. If they fail, the Chosen One is killed on the spot, and their homeland is struck by a devastating natural disa 47Reads—Score—Shelves

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28. 28 诡 A Strange Game Invades: Honey, I’m Coming to Find You 诡异游戏入侵，老婆我在找你了 Send Me Off to Become a Rich Lady送我当富婆Fantastical Romance402k WordsOngoing [Supernatural Horror + Two Powerful Leads + Horror Game Dungeons + Devoted Couple + Mild Horror + Infinite Flow + Mild Suspense] A newsreader’s polished voice comes from the television: “Recently, more than a hundred people across the country have suddenly vanished for unknown reasons, only to be found dead at the sites of their disappearance several days later. The scenes are horrific. Relevant government departments have urgently begun an investigation...” The real world has been overrun by th 11.7kReads—Score2.4kShelves

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    [Note][Note]

29. 29 I [I, the Forgotten Dream, I] 【I被遗忘的梦I】 I The Only Awakened Elementary School Student II唯一苏醒的小学生IEastern Fantasy484k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow | Rules-Based Horror | Instances | Ensemble Cast | Mystery | No Harem] This is a dream that was once forgotten, a memory that should never have been recalled. By a twist of fate, Wen Xuan and four others arrived in a city born from barren wasteland: [Huacheng]. In one game, instance, and [dream] after another: They experienced disasters caused by human actions. They learned how powerful the supernatural could be. They overcame the evils of human nature. They resisted the destructi 46Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Strange House Style Rules and Ghost Stories

30. 30 末 Apocalypse: Hunted by the Supernatural from the Start Beneath the Eternal Night 末世：永夜之下开局被诡异追杀 Salted Fish Su Wakes Up咸鱼苏自醒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse241k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse, red nights, revival of eldritch beasts, no romance, female lead disguises herself as a boy early on, coming of age, a touch of ensemble cast, official organization] The sun went dark three hundred years ago. Humanity huddles inside crimson fortresses. Yu Sheng, an obscure poor student from the Lower City, survives by disguising herself as a boy. Her only inheritance is a crystal ancient coin that appears useless. The rules of survival in the apocalypse? They collapse completely toni 26Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 游 Game Descends: I Stole the Chosen Heroine's Aura 游戏降临：我窃取了天命女主光环 Little One Who Loves Lettuce爱吃生菜的小小只Sci-Fi & Apocalypse396k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 85Reads—Score109Shelves
32. 32 开 Just Kidding, How Did I Become a Paranormal NPC? 开玩笑，我怎么成诡异NPC了？ Su Qingyu苏清鱼Mystery411k WordsOngoing [No romance + light ensemble cast] Li Shengyu is a rookie actor-player who has just received a ticket to the “Supernatural Play.” She’s utterly ordinary and just wants to survive every performance. But from the start, she runs into a high-level supernatural BOSS who’s been demoted to a low-level scenario to work as an unpaid NPC. The BOSS glances at her. “You. Work for me.” Li Shengyu: “...Can I say no?” “No.” From then on, Li Shengyu leads the most absurd life in the Supernatural Play. In the s 224Reads—Score100Shelves
33. 33 怪 Monsters Invade, and I Have to Be Both Mom and Dad 怪物入侵，但当爹又当妈 Cornflower矢车菊Modern Romance379k WordsCompleted Lu Nian has always thought she was just an ordinary person. Sure, the bedroom window she leaves open at night closes by itself, the clothes she takes off appear in the laundry basket on their own, and things she can’t find always turn up the next day. But then, when she unexpectedly finds herself in danger, black, viscous liquid flows out of her shadow, and the monster hiding within it appears. At last, she realizes she has a special power. Monster Kin. Any monster she tames becomes part of her 26.2kReads9.0Score5.8kShelves
34. 34 什 What a Freak? That's My Husband 什么变态，那是我老公 Zisang Fei子桑翡Mystery238k WordsCompleted Ming Xiang had always wanted to marry Xie Jun. Two years into their marriage, their life together was quiet and happy. Then one day, she suddenly saw comments floating in the air. [LOL, does the villainess really think she's happy? She married a deranged serial killer.] [She doesn't even know how she's going to die, and she's still congratulating herself.] Ming Xiang: That's nonsense. How could my husband be a psycho? She didn't believe it and thought she must be hallucinating. Xie Jun came home 7.5kReads8.6Score774Shelves
35. 35 诡 Monstrous National Fate: I Shock the World with Daoist Arts 诡异国运：我以道法震慑全球 Nameless Tea无名茶Mystery500k WordsOngoing New book! The rating just came in, and it'll slowly climb from here. [National Destiny Game] [Global Livestream] [Eastern Mysticism] [No Romance] A bizarre national-destiny game has descended upon Blue Star, throwing contestants from every country into terrifying dungeons. She wields orthodox Taoist magic. When other people enter a supernatural dungeon, they hide from ghosts, run for their lives, and sob as they search for a way out. When Shen Qinghe enters one, she brings talismans and Taoist a 5.7kReads7.0Score668Shelves
36. 36 诡 Eerie Invasion: I Bonded with Great-Grandma and Soared to Success 诡异入侵：我绑定太奶一飞冲天 Big Cuihua of Bear Ridge狗熊岭大翠花Mystery260k WordsOngoing [The heroine is second-best at trash-talking, with an unusual way of thinking] [Great-grandma is the best trash-talker and has top-tier combat strength] [No romance] On July 14, Lin Xiang received a text on her phone out of the blue. Her scumbag boyfriend had cheated her out of all her money. [Whatever happens, do not go out after midnight tonight. Remember!!!] Lin Xiang thought it was a scam and ignored it. Then, at midnight that very night, she got a message from her best friend asking her to 106Reads—Score103Shelves
37. 37 诡 The Eerie Train 【诡异列车】 Jiang Xuanchen江轩辰Mystery520k WordsOngoing Aboard a battered train, a dozen or so people slowly awoke. At the mouth of a pitch-black tunnel, one instance after another awaited them, each filled with deadly threats. Only when the train reached its final stop would the mist finally clear. Welcome to the Hell Train. 31Reads—Score112Shelves
38. 38 诡 Eerie Invasion: I Awaken a Different Talent Every Day 诡异入侵：每日觉醒不同天赋 Book-Starved Crowd书荒人从众Mystery493k WordsOngoing [No Romance + Transmigrate + Supernatural Invasion + Instance Challenges + Wish-Fulfillment] As the supernatural invades, An Zhi awakens a different talent every day! As time goes by, she gains more and more talents! There’s no talent you can imagine that she can’t get her hands on! [Ghost Coin Generator]: Obviously, it generates ghost coins. [I Have a Space]: I really do have a whole world. [Mask]: With me, you can be anyone. 120Reads—Score108Shelves
39. 39 惊 Horror Realm: Seven-Day Survival Game 惊悚位面：七日生存游戏 The Cat Who Loves to Swim爱游泳的猫猫Mystery124k WordsCompleted [Female-oriented infinite flow + plot-driven + horror + deduction + twists] Ye Li, a down-and-out woman, is suddenly dragged into a terrifying realm called “Ciji Children's Welfare Hospital.” She faces an evil doctor with pitch-black pupils growing from his chest, distorted shadows lurking in the midnight corridors, and a death notice demanding that she “survive for seven days.” She licks her cracked lips. There's no fear in her eyes, only excitement! The System says one point can be exchanged f 12Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 无 Infinite Survival: AAA Dungeon Local Goods Purchasing Service 无限求生：AAA副本土特产代购 Xiao Zanye Duo Hua小赞耶朵花Mystery858k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + Rule-Based Horror + Lone Wolf + Sneaky Player + Selfish Villainess + Strong Female Lead + No Romance] The rating just went up, so it should rise. Some instances feature characters with one-sided feelings for the heroine, but she never reciprocates. Lu Xuanyue died and came back to life. After transmigrating into another world as an orphan, she discovered a bug in the world: every place was called either City A or City B. From that moment on, she knew this broken world was doomed 60.6kReads8.4Score8.8kShelves
41. 41 名 There Are Seventeen of Me on the List 名单上有十七个我 Lemon and Green Grass柠檬青草Mystery119k WordsOngoing In 2007, on the campus of Nanchuan University, a real-name submission from an anonymous contributor is posted on the Nanchuan Echo Forum. A countdown begins on Shen Wenzhen's QQ account: 64 hours, 17 anonymous users, one name revealed every four hours. The red ledger with their names is locked in a steel cabinet, its key resting against my collarbone, yet the names have leaked. And that "Shen Wenzhen" isn't me. Shen Wenzhen, the forum administrator responsible for protecting the anonymous users' 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the 2007s, campus suspicions, bizarre rule-making, and a countdown to the killer.

42. 42 规 Rule Horror: Change One Character, Change Your Fate 规则怪谈：一字改命 Super Duper Fruit Pie超级无敌水果派Mystery270k WordsOngoing [No Male Lead] [Rule Horror] [Infinite Flow] [No Romance, Focused on Platonic Relationships] [No Mindless Steamrolling] [Growing Female Lead] [Rule-Based Instances] Original rule: "Do not look directly into its eyes." She picked up her pen and changed it: "Do look directly into its eyes." One word changed, and the boundary between life and death was instantly reversed! It began as an experiment in an instance. Chi Feng gained a unique exclusive ability: [Change Fate with One Word]. In a world wh 141Reads—Score105Shelves

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    You can take a look at this book.

43. 43 大 The Benevolent Ancestor of the Tang Dynasty 【大唐仁祖】 Tang Renzu of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors三皇五帝唐仁祖Historical973k WordsCompleted [Golden Finger] [Transmigration] [Li Ke] [Political Intrigue] [History] From the start, he transmigrates into Li Ke. Facing certain death, he uses Li Shimin as a chess piece and goes head-to-head with the Changsun clan and the Guanlong aristocratic families, deftly resolving the struggle over the crown prince's succession. From the start, he is trapped in a dead end: Changsun Wuji has already begun plotting to frame him, and the deadly purge of Zhenguan Year 17 is less than six years away. He 5.5kReads—Score494Shelves

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    Is a fictional historical setting acceptable? "Emperor Renzu of Tang" is a nearly one-million-word novel that will be completed in mid-September. It's not mindless or simplistic; the characters are brilliantly developed. I recommend reading the comments section of the last chapter first, where the author provides a summary of the entire novel, which will aid your reading. If you don't like it after reading it, you can slap me in the face! The author's writing is amazing, with a grand scope, ingenious plot, lofty ideals, profound thoughts, solid knowledge, deep cultural foundation, and top-notch political intrigue. ◦ Political intrigue highlights: The entire book focuses on overt strategies; Li Ke and Li Shimin are both players and pawns in a game of chess. ◦ Character highlights: Qin Qiong's satisfying ending distinguishes it from traditional tragic novels; the characters are well-developed. ◦ Guarantee of the work: A complete one-million-word novel with no unresolved plot holes, all foreshadowing resolved, and no rushed ending.

44. 44 你 Hello, Creepy Boss. I'm Here to Work 你好诡异Boss，我是来打工的 Qi Yi Zi七一子Fantastical Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Print edition under contract] [Female-oriented, no romance, infinite-flow + plot-driven + mildly horror] On the first day after losing her job, a mysterious app appeared on Li Wu's phone. The jobs listed were simple and paid well. They were obviously a scam. Li Wu: “I'm in! A scam is exactly what I'm looking for.” Her job duties were simple: [Little Girl's Nanny: 5,000 yuan/day] [Plastic Surgery Clinic Nurse: 10,000 yuan/day] [Village Watcher: 30,000 yuan/day] The work was clearly described and 115.4kReads9.2Score17.3kShelves

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    These are all pretty good, you can check them out.

45. 45 无 Infinite: Becoming the Most Beloved Star on a Horror Variety Show 无限：在恐怖综艺登顶万人迷 Digging Out a Big Chunk挖走一大坨Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + Horror + Survival + Puzzle-Solving + No Fixed Male Lead, Multiple Male Love Interests, All Chaste + Love Rival Showdowns + Livestreaming + Wits and Guts, No Golden Finger] Forced by circumstances, Ye Jinran signed a life-or-death contract for a horror variety show. 1: Contestants are eliminated from the bottom up. Elimination means death. 2: You are responsible for your own safety during the games. 3: Follow all the rules of every game. She thought it was just a variety show. In 7kReads8.9Score909Shelves
46. 46 我 [Murder Game] I Want to Survive 【杀人游戏】我想活下去 Yu Ge雨戈Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow]+ [No Romance]+ [Pure Villainess] High-stakes battles of wits and deadly games; everyone schemes against everyone else just to stay alive. The heroine does every kind of evil, casts aside her conscience, and cares only about profit. Because she knows that only by devouring others can she grow stronger and climb step by step to the pinnacle of power. Watch her fight her way out from the bottom, rising from a mere nobody to stand atop the world. Watch her pull off one dazzling m 36.2kReads9.0Score4.3kShelves
47. 47 规 Rule Horror: I Am the Horror Story 规则怪谈：我即怪谈 Wish You Happiness祝你快乐呀Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing In 2017, supernatural tales descended upon Earth. Conventional weapons couldn't harm them, and humanity struggled to survive. Rule-based supernatural tales became humanity's last lifeline. Tens of thousands of chosen ones around the world were selected. If they won, the supernatural tales would vanish from reality. If they lost, the rule-based tales would descend upon the world. This was a war between humanity and the supernatural. Chen Shao, a patient suffering from bone cancer, became one of t 143kReads9.6Score18.8kShelves
48. 48 公 The Top-Ranked Road Survivalist Says She'll Walk to the End of the Road 公路求生榜一说她要走到公路尽头 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Sports2.9M WordsOngoing Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec 428.2kReads9.4Score40.7kShelves
49. 49 嘉 Jiahao Opens the Heavens to Find a Way to Survive: A Strange Journey to the West and the Path to Immortality 嘉豪开天求生路，诡异西游异仙途 Mo Mo's Crimson墨墨的绯Mystery60k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + Journey to the West Instances + Sequences + Jiahao Personality + Eerie Tales + Devouring] The gods and Buddhas are dead, and the true scriptures are fake. In this eerie, chaotic age, watch me, Jiahao! The eighty-one trials must be faced in reverse, each one a life-or-death game. Anyone who survives the final trial can rewrite this world, torn apart by the fake scriptures. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A Zen-like and bizarre tale of Journey to the West rules

50. 50 系 System Horror Stories: Saving the World and Ascending to Godhood 系统怪谈拯救世界封神 Always Wanting to Lie in Bed天天想躺床上Modern Romance497k WordsCompleted The Qingfan Realm is drowning in malice, and the Heavenly Dao has crumbled. It sends a plea for help to all the heavens, begging for someone to stop the apocalypse. Su Yubai, a top-tier temp worker for the Great Dao, descends to repair the world. Everyone knows her as a gentle, laid-back, low-key top-tier romance novelist who loves sweets and leisure, and whose only daily pursuits are good food and the lie-flat life. No one knows she is the creator of eerie tales, standing above this world's ver 57Reads—Score—Shelves

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    She is the female protagonist of the ghost story "Saving the World".

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