Slaying Demons in an Infinite Urban Legend

Completed.

Li Ye never imagined that the next time she would hear news about Ms. Li, it would be the news of her death.

Even less did she imagine that the seemingly ordinary mask in the inheritance would not only speak, but also drag her into a strange and surreal world overrun by monsters.

[Souls bound by the rules will die if they fail to clear the challenge.]

Li Ye: ...Thank you so much.

A Bumper Harvest After the Snow

- Remember, this is a cursed village where not a blade of grass can grow.

- When the village runs short of crop seeds, immediately hide indoors and make sure you don't turn into a seed within three days.

- Crops will be ready for harvest three days after sowing. The harvest requires a sacrifice, and the sacrifice must be a living person.

- When crops appear in the village, leave your companions, because they are no longer your companions.

- The villagers never lie.

- Remember, no matter what the villagers say, don't believe them.

[Warning: Don't remind the villagers that they don't have tongues.]

I've Got a Secret

- Children under the age of 0 are not allowed into this circus.

- When the animal tamer appears, keep your eyes tightly shut and open them after the screams have passed.

- If the screams come from more than one person, leave the area immediately.

- If you need to exchange or refund your ticket after purchase, contact a performer who is still alive.

- Once the Water Tank Escape act ends, you will be unable to get a refund.

- All performers are forbidden from speaking to the person inside the hole by the head of the bed. Violators will be fired.

[Warning: Believe that you'll live long enough to be fired tomorrow.]

After Li Ye relied on her calm analysis to escape death and clear one challenge after another, she finally returned to the real world. The first thing she did was throw away that cursed mask. But in the very next moment, a pair of strong arms pulled her into an embrace.

The person spoke in a pitiful tone, utterly unlike before: "We made a contract. It's not right to just leave me behind, is it?"

[Remember, a talking mask is usually not a normal thing.]

Li Ye: ...

A Bumper Harvest After the Snow

I've Got a Secret

Cocoon

Happy Home

I'm terrible at naming things. I haven't thought of names for some of the instances yet. The order may change.

Reader's guide and content warnings.

1. The story mainly features Chinese-style horror. The main plot may be scary, though that depends on the reader. The advance chapter lock is 30%; I'll raise it a little later depending on the word count.

2. The female lead isn't all-powerful from the start. If you want a power fantasy where the heroine is awesome from the very beginning, please click X.

3. The male lead is not human.

4. The male lead is mostly in the background, and the romance comes relatively late. There won't be a lot of sweet romance.

5. No livestreaming, no System. Plot-focused, from the female lead's perspective, with a slight ensemble-cast element.

6. This is a horror novel, and ghosts and monsters appear. If you can't handle horror or suspense at all, please click X.

7. There may be some plot holes, but if ghosts and mountain spirits can run wild across the screen, you won't mind a tiny plot hole or two, maybe, probably, perhaps... Right, my dears?

8. The female lead... probably... um... is still human for now.

9. The story and place names are made up. The setting is fictional and has absolutely nothing to do with reality. This is just for fun, so please don't associate it with real life.

10. An NPC in the first instance has a little BL content, but the later instances don't. If that's a dealbreaker, please click X.

11. The male and female leads save each other.

12. Published on September 24, 2023.

13. I'll add more when I think of it.

Next novel: Hey! Have You Seen My Fate?

Blurb:

An Ran saw a ghost.

The good news: Her family works in this field.

The bad news: Old An, the one who's good at this stuff, is impossible to reach.

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The An family has an attic that no one but An Ran is allowed to enter.

Ever since she started seeing ghosts, she was forced to move into that lightless little room.

Gradually, she began to feel that something in the darkness was watching her.

That eerie presence drew closer and closer...

Just as she couldn't take it anymore and was about to flee in panic

A chilling presence curled around her ankle and pressed close. A deep, bewitching voice whispered beside her ear:

"Would you like to make a wish?"

An Ran, who had already closed her eyes and was waiting to die: ...Huh?

"If you make a wish to me, I can solve any problem you encounter..."

An Ran thought for three seconds, then blurted out:

"First, I want to be the richest person in the world. Second, I want to live forever. Third, I want three more wishes."

The thing opposite her fell silent.

An Ran: Tsk. You can't even do that? Useless.

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Her outrageous wishes were impossible, but the thing promised it could grant reasonable ones.

An Ran had thought she wouldn't have to rely on some monster of unknown origin.

But more and more strange things started happening.

A stranger sat in a classroom seat that had been empty for years.

Her usually friendly homeroom teacher suddenly started wearing a hat, and three identical faces had grown on the back of his head.

A strange baby, crushed and misshapen, appeared in a locker.

Singing echoed from an abandoned sewer.

And a half-charred arm suddenly appeared on her shoulder...

An Ran: …

Maybe making a wish or two wouldn't be so bad...

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But much later, An Ran finally realized:

Every wish came with a price. For example...

Wait, don't come over here!

Different species can't be together!

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Ever since she was old enough to understand things, An Ran had only two people around her.

One was Old An, who disappeared for several months every year.

The other was her older brother An Ning, who had raised her.

She thought she'd been able to grow up safely thanks, at least in part, to good luck.

But later, she learned that luck was like a beautiful stepmother. No matter how stunning it was, it had absolutely nothing to do with her...

[Born to attract ghosts, unlucky and short-lived female lead x seemingly human, black-hearted male lead]

Theme: Don't fear hardship. Fight against the current.