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- 1 Turn Left 90 Degrees at the Restricted Zone 禁区左转90度 A young, good-looking expedition team entered Lop Nur. In the desert, they encountered a talking parrot, which led them to a perfectly preserved underground ancient city beneath the ruins of Loulan. Countless clones lived there. Determined to keep their secret from getting out, the clones began hunting down the team. The team also harbored its own tangled web of love and hatred. The thug Gange had come to Lop Nur to kill Xiaoti, the daughter of his enemy, but ended up falling in love with her. T 2.5kReads9.1Score391Shelves
- 2 The Nineteenth Level of Hell 地狱十九重 Eighteen years ago, four serial murders were committed using methods modeled on the punishments of the Eighteen Levels of Hell. Eighteen years later, a new series of murders imitating those same punishments appears. Nested mysteries, serial cases, murder swaps, and more keep emerging as the team investigates the killings. The case is finally solved, but not before drawing several of the protagonists into a tangled web of love and hatred. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Apocalypse: From Tenfold Growth to Infinity 末世：从十倍增幅到无限 [Survival of the Myriad Races] [Data-Focused ~ Myriad Worlds ~ Invincible] In a survival zone for newcomers in the apocalypse, Su Chen gets an amplification System panel from the start. Can he use it to rise above the myriad races across the heavens? System ability: Tenfold amplification (can be upgraded). Kill an ordinary zombie and obtain a fine goose-feather saber, amplified into an ordinary Black Iron-tier goose-feather saber. Kill a mutated black dog and obtain the Fireball skill, amplified 3.2kReads8.3Score175Shelves
- 4 Global Manhunt: Crushing the World's Viewers with My Genius from the Start 全球追捕：开局智商碾压全球观众 Ye Lin wakes up after transmigrating to a parallel world with an extremely high crime rate. He is suddenly selected as an amateur contestant with the highest bounty on his head for a reality show about pursuit and escape. His opponents aren’t just the other dangerous contestants, but also pursuit experts from all over the world. Award-winning actresses, hackers, criminal investigators, detectives! A 24-hour citywide escape! A thrilling game aboard a luxury cruise ship! A countdown to survival on 983Reads7.8Score145Shelves
- 5 Spiritwalking Through Time and Space 灵行时空 The Red Moon's invasion tore through space and time, and supernatural horrors descended across the globe! From the start, the protagonist takes control of a useless C-rank ghost, only to discover that it's a universal puzzle piece. But before he can grow strong, A-rank and S-rank paranormal incidents come one after another: Murderous illusion, evil ghost doppelganger (Split Ghost Persona, A) A gluttonous feast on a bridge in the rain (Hanging Ghost Incident, S) A terrifying haunting, the living 6.9kReads8.0Score1.1kShelves
- 6 Code of the Killer 逐凶密码 136Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 7 Case Files of Crime: The Punisher 猎罪档案：惩罚主 [Detective and police procedural + pure deduction + no romance! + no female lead + standalone cases + criminal investigation + realistic crime-solving] “Zhou Qi, an obscure detective who quit his job to start a business, teams up with his police friend Li Wushang to crack one bizarre case after another.” P.S. This book has no romance. If you like stories about two male leads with a romantic subplot, try another book: Hunting Crime Files: Bloodied Angel (also known as Nameless Detective Agency) " 293Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 8 The Major Crimes Unit's Female Constable 重案女捕快 A series of ancient crime-solving mysteries with no System, no romance, and pure deduction. A trio of investigators, a constable, a young physician, and a prince demoted to commoner, work together to solve a string of major cases, including the disappearance of silver notes, a missing horse from the Crown Prince’s residence, and a case of ghostly footprints. 123Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Northeast China Spirit Medium: My Fox Lord Is So Fierce 东北出马仙：我家的胡爷太凶狠 My name is Liu Jin. I'm a boy from an ordinary small town in Northeast China. The only unusual thing about me was that when I was six, my mother suddenly became a spirit medium. As a child, I never understood it. But when I grew up, I started to think it might actually be a pretty good job. For some reason, though, my mother seemed particularly wary of it and never gave me a chance to get involved. Little by little, I learned the secret behind it. 19.5kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
- 10 Horror Taboo: Returning the Soul Beneath the Coffin 恐怖禁忌，压棺回魂 The dead open their eyes, ghosts come to claim souls, the living borrow lifespans, and the dead press down on their coffins... One bizarre, uncanny experience after another keeps resurfacing in my mind like a nightmare. The strange tales in this book are mainly based on Yang Jian’s firsthand experiences... A warning: the actions in this book are for entertainment only. Do not imitate them! There are three kinds of people who read this book: thrill-seekers who aren’t easily scared... those who pu 997Reads6.2Score101Shelves
- 11 Film and TV Crossover: Choices Begin with A Little Reunion 综影：从少年派开始选择 Crossover Screen Worlds: A Love for Separation (High School) + My Classmate from Far Away (College) + Love Apartment (Working Life) (The protagonist is a slacker) Crossover Martial Arts Worlds: The Storm Riders + The Smiling, Proud Wanderer + Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils + The Legend of the Condor Heroes + Twin of Brothers + ??? (The protagonist is a genius) Crossover Worlds (Xuanhuan + High Martial Arts = ???) No heroine + System Su Cheng, a struggling web-novel author, pulls an all-nighter writin 4.7kReads7.6Score221Shelves
- 12 A Cruiser from the Start 开局一艘巡洋舰 After transmigrating to a fantasy world, Yang Ge discovered he owned a warship, and not just any warship: one that could evolve! From that moment on, the world changed a little... You have divine-grade techniques? I have cruise missiles. You have protective qi armor? I have high-speed close-in guns. You can fly through the sky and dive into the sea? Then I have missiles and torpedoes. If all else fails, I’ll upgrade my warship a few more times and give you a mushroom cloud. This is the story of 3kReads8.7Score199Shelves
- 13 The Detective's Glory 刑警荣耀 Wang Wei is a veteran detective with twenty years of police experience and a three-time champion of the Tian Nan Provincial Police Academy’s grappling and combat tournament. By a twist of fate, he is reborn twenty years in the past, just after graduating from the academy and starting his career. From then on, he makes a name for himself. No major case, strange case, cold case, or decades-old case is too difficult for Wang Wei. Give him a moment, and he’ll crack it! If you’re a criminal, no matte 2.3kReads9.0Score271Shelves
- 14 Apartment 18 18号公寓 Lin Shen has no idea why he’s in an unfamiliar apartment building. Outside, nothing but endless thick fog surrounds it. The building doesn’t appear on any map, and no one has ever heard of it. Inside are countless rooms. The place is eerily quiet most of the time, though strange sounds can occasionally be heard. The management office, with no one in sight, continues to operate normally day after day. Lin Shen wants to escape and return to his ordinary, boring life. But there is only one way out. 4.3kReads8.4Score704Shelves
- 15 The Bureau's Twin Years: A Record of Strange Herb Mysteries in the Martial World 局编双年：奇草谜案江湖录 (Not a power fantasy + no System + plot-driven + crime-solving and deduction + mind-bending twists) (The author spent a full year crafting all the murder cases. They’re sure to be gripping and mind-bending, so enjoy!) One year ago, on a dark night, I was a lowly cleaner working in the City Lord’s Hall when I was dragged into a murder targeting the three great families. Everyone said I was the killer! One year later, by day, I’d turned my fortunes around and become deputy director of the Security 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 EN Mecha: Full Metal Storm 机战：全金属风暴 [Apocalypse + Giant Beasts + Mecha] Giant beasts invade, and the apocalypse descends! Luo Yan, a surface survivor, awakens a mysterious eye technique, pilots a mecha, and takes on the giant beasts. Metal clashes against metal! Humanity's final roar! A legend of heroes... 396Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 17 Horror Descends: The Ghost Gate 恐怖降临【鬼门】 Horror + supernatural + suspense + survival + infinite worlds + twists A world of horror descends, and countless Gates of the Dead suddenly appear. Those selected must enter the gates and make a desperate escape. Some gates are formed from horror novels. Some are formed from horror movies. Some are formed from tales of evil spirits. Some are formed from bizarre imaginings. Entering a Gate of the Dead means your life has started counting down. Who can make it out alive? “If you're curious abo 1.8kReads6.3Score136Shelves
- 18 Ghostly Eyes 鬼灵瞳 A reclusive man known as Little Master, along with several strange people brought together by coincidence but united by their shared interests, gradually uncovers a history buried for many years: the five great clans of the ancient world and the Yin-Yang adepts who could do anything. It seems that fate has long been leading them into one thrilling fantasy adventure after another... 1kReads9.1Score103Shelves
- 19 I Have 36,524 Folk Horror Stories 我有36524个民间恐怖故事 [Standalone stories] [Supernatural suspense] [Folk horror] [Mountain spirits and monsters] [Adapted from real cases] [Rural legends] There is no main storyline. Each chapter is a self-contained story adapted from folk rumors, with eerie, gripping plots. Note: This story discourages superstition and encourages belief in science. It is entirely fictional, so just enjoy it as entertainment. 4.2kReads8.8Score217Shelves
- 20 The Case Files of Shen Rufeng 沈如风探案录 There's only one truth. Follow Shen Rufeng and his colleagues as they piece together the clues and solve each case. The stories are mainly standalone cases. This is a new book by a new author, so please show your support. 1.5kReads—Score100Shelves
- 21 Supernatural Revival: Wielding a Mirage from the Start 灵异复苏：开局驾驭海市蜃楼 (No female lead, no CP, no morals, no limits, hypocrite, dark and self-serving) The supernatural returns, and vengeful ghosts run rampant. The human world is a living hell, with suffering everywhere. Ghosts cannot be destroyed! Only ghosts can fight ghosts! Order is on the verge of collapse, and truth is about to crumble. Reborn amid taboos, I cast aside my conscience and let my humanity die. “Anyone who makes me unhappy for even a moment will be unhappy for the rest of their life!” “Why stop at 15.2kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
- 22 Online Gaming: The Peerless Great Demon King 网游之盖世大魔王 A mysterious game, the Myriad Worlds, has appeared, and the world is about to be completely turned upside down. When Su Bai enters the game, a peerless demon king, feared by every monster and spirit throughout the Myriad Worlds, is born! Watch the ordinary young man Su Bai rise step by step, until he can summon the wind and rain with a wave of his hand and become an unparalleled demon lord who commands the Myriad Worlds! 27.1kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
- 23 The Escape Begins After School 放学后开始逃跑 On the night the high school entrance exam results were announced, Bai Meng had just received his acceptance letter from a prestigious city high school and was riding a wave of excitement. Then, without warning, the excitement made him so dizzy that before he could even settle down on the sofa, everything went black. When he came to, he was at Tianwang High School. It was a strange place. Once the school day ended, it was time to run for your life! 5.2kReads9.1Score840Shelves
- 24 EN Heavenly Calamity 劫天运 I was schemed against before I was even born. I was born with all five yin traits and naturally attracted vicious ghosts. A knowledgeable fortune-teller said I wouldn’t live past seven, and that after I died, someone would turn me into a blood-clothed child ghost to harm others. To save me, my grandmother arranged for me to marry a child bride, and I was able to live in peace... I’d been scraping by since childhood, and had long since grown used to enduring whatever came my way. But my grandmoth 12.3kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
- 25 Evil Bones 2: The Ashen Mystery 恶骨2：灰烬谜踪 [Criminal Investigation + Criminal Psychology + Hard-Core Deduction + Genius Detective + Serial Murders + Fighting Side by Side + Ensemble Cast] The dead can speak, and clues never lie! Thirty years ago, a shooting sent shockwaves through the entire town. A man and a woman died on the spot, while the killer remained at large. Years later, another case brought the true culprit behind the cold case to light! At the same time, a young girl vanished under mysterious circumstances, and every suspect 3.2kReads9.3Score774Shelves
- 26 Terror in the Haunted Dorm 诡寝惊魂 I got a job as a dorm supervisor in a university women’s residence, but the girls there were a little too friendly… Crying in the middle of the night, dorm rooms catching fire, rooms that don’t exist. Hidden in the deepest corners of memory is a bizarre and fantastical world… The night is deep, the dream unfinished. A mountain spirit blows out the lamp. Where can a lonely soul return? 10.4kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
- 27 The Corpse Collection Files 收尸档案 Since ancient times, the dead have been left with their bodies. But few people know that corpses hold many secrets that remain hidden from the world. Cursed corpses, living corpses, bodies left where they fell, vengeful corpses, bisected corpses... Every corpse has a story of its own! My name is He Yongheng, and I collect bodies for a funeral home. 3.8kReads9.0Score367Shelves
- 28 Horror's Edge: 100 Absolutely Terrifying Ghost Stories 恐怖边界：100个绝对惊悚的鬼谈 [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Shocking Twists] Horror tales beyond anything you could imagine. Each story is like a dark door swinging open, drawing you into moments that will make your skin crawl. Listen. A faint whisper, an indescribable shadow creeping closer. Danger by the river, terror in the cemetery, ghost babies in the maternity ward, evil headhunting magic, apparitions at the hot springs, a bloodstained umbrella... On 2.5kReads8.9Score192Shelves
- 29 I Don’t Have a System, but I Do Have a Hammer 我没有系统，但我有榔头 Fifteen years ago, the “God of Gambling System” abandoned me. Along with it went my luck, gambling skills, wealth, women... and every memory my family and friends had of me! As if the whole world had cast me aside, I angrily grabbed everything I owned, rushed into a hardware store, and spent 38 yuan on a hammer. From that day on, I decided I would kill every System with nothing but my mortal body! (Author’s note: No transmigration, no System, no cheats, no female lead, no brothers, no faction, n 391Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 30 The Haunted Cabinet Opens by Itself Every Night, Long Hair Drags People Inside 凶柜夜夜自开，青丝缠人拖入柜 The sinister cabinet opens by itself every night, and strands of black hair coil around people and drag them inside. 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Sin Hunter Detective 猎罪神探 What's the most terrifying case you've ever heard of? The Corpse Immortal Madam, the Medical University's Sex Fiend, the Human-Head Planters, the Zombie Baby in Building Seven... There are no ghosts in this world, only wrongs waiting to be righted by a master hand. The legendary coroner Song Yang returns to the scene with his disciples, piercing through layer upon layer of mystery to hunt down the killers lurking in this world. Come face-to-face with the bloodiest, most baffling, and most hair-r 5.9kReads9.4Score819Shelves
- 32 Evil Bones 4: Partners in Crime and Love 恶骨4：罪爱同谋 [Mind-Bending Mystery + Case-of-the-Week Stories + Crime + Criminal Investigation + Stunning Twists + Fighting Side by Side] A shadowy hand controls a deadly game. Out on the sea, a white suitcase drifts slowly across the water. When it's opened, it reveals the bloated, headless corpse of a woman! Is the butterfly tattoo on the body a clue to the victim's identity, or a warning from the killer? A blood-soaked coffin appears on a stormy night, its oozing blood horrifying against the darkness! The 1.3kReads9.3Score482Shelves
- 33 I Took a Temp Job, Only to Be Classified as a National S-Level Secret 当个临时工，竟被国家S级加密了 [Cutting-edge technology + disasters + interstellar adventure + war + passion + bandits + System + supernatural abilities] Lin Luo, an intern on the verge of being fired, gains a Super Gene System that can modify human genes. When Eagleland is proudly developing its eighteenth-generation supersonic aircraft, people in Huaxia are flying through the sky on swords, overtaking them and shocking the world! When aliens from a Level Nine civilization arrive on Earth, swaggering with supreme arrogance, 8.9kReads8.9Score654Shelves
- 34 The Sound of Nightmares: 60 Horror Stories That Wake You from Your Dreams 噩梦之声：60个做梦吓醒的恐怖故事 [Standalone Ghost Stories + Supernatural Horror + Not for the Faint of Heart + Rural Tales] When night falls, terrifying ghostly figures emerge. Step into all kinds of bizarre and unbelievable tales, and spend your nights screaming! Haunted houses, ghostly shadows outside the window, a deadly lipstick, someone beneath the mattress, an umbrella that hunts people... Every corner conceals inexplicable phenomena and secrets that will fill you with dread! Every page will make your hair stand on end, 2.1kReads8.9Score176Shelves
- 35 The Real-Life Escape Club 真实逃杀俱乐部 This world is dead. But I want to live. This is an age where the supernatural is paradise, and humanity is in hell. I saw the club as the only [Beacon of Hope], blind to the schemes and betrayal behind it. Resurrected supernatural creatures, blood-soaked death zones, slaughter experiments that defy human understanding. The boundary between life and death began to blur, until people and the supernatural could no longer be told apart. Standing atop a mountain of corpses, I faced the weeping, despa 19.2kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
- 36 The Dead Rise on Campus 尸起校园 No System. An ordinary person from the start. No fighting monsters and leveling up. If you like realistic portrayals of human nature in the apocalypse, come on in! Please note: this is not a brainless, lightweight novel. Human nature is portrayed realistically, and conflicts are shrouded in mystery. It follows an ordinary student from the lowest rung of society as he experiences despair during the apocalypse, searches for shelter, and gradually grows. There are no rigid moral standards here. No 13.4kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
- 37 Ghostly Whispers at Midnight 夜半鬼语 [Rural + Supernatural + Ghost Stories] Back when my grandfather was young, he learned carpentry. As Old Zhao put it, a sixth-grade carpenter these days was worth half a scholar. But things were different back then. Carpenters belonged to one of the lowest trades. They had to carry their tools around every day, get up before dawn and stay out until the middle of the night, traveling from village to village to find work. And because they went so many places, and made coffins and dealt with the dea 5kReads9.0Score204Shelves
- 38 A World Out of Balance 人间失衡 [Mind-bending suspense + short stories + no overarching plot + crime + criminal investigation + shocking twists + stories of ordinary people] The deepest wounds are often inflicted by those closest to us. A bloody case at an old family home, shrouded in mystery. Who is the real killer? After her father dies of illness, her sister-in-law sells her to northern Myanmar! The body of a baby girl is found in the woods. A kidnapping case turns into a murder investigation. Who would target an innocent i 203Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 39 Midnight Nightmare 深夜噩梦 [Infinite Flow] [Hell Difficulty] [Original Dungeons] [Multiple Twists] Note: The dungeons are extremely difficult, so proceed with caution. The first two are only warm-ups. They say that “Ghost Eyes” can see a person’s “good and evil.” Wang Cheng was born with a pair of Ghost Eyes. But he discovered that this claim didn’t tell the whole story. Because Ghost Eyes can see more than people. They can also see cats, dogs, houses, mountains, and rivers… Or perhaps a strangely lifelike doll, or an old 205kReads9.4Score35kShelves
- 40 Dark Tales 5: The Power Game 恶谭5：权势局 [Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Beneath the power, there is nothing but desire] A dismembered body is found in an alley, its bones and flesh mixed with pork. The brutal method of killing is appalling, and the victim’s wife has vanished without a trace! A popular young star dies mysteriously in a luxury hotel. The crime scene is covered in blood, but a malfunctioning surveillance system l 131Reads9.2Score100Shelves
- 41 Dark Tales 4: Tides of the Sea of Hate 恶谭4：恨海潮 [Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Love and hate are poison. In excess, they consume flesh and blood and devour the soul.] A student at a foreign studies university carries explosives into a classroom, causing a tragedy that shocks the entire city! A wealthy boy vanishes on a rainy night, and his body surfaces in the river the next day. But the circumstances of his drowning are riddled with 246Reads9.3Score103Shelves
- 42 The Midnight Ghost Market: Living People Keep Out 午夜鬼市，活人回避 [Mystery + supernatural + ghost market + narrow escape from death] My name is Tang Chao. I’m a broke young man scraping by in the antiques business, with hundreds of thousands in debt hanging over me. An ordinary porcelain-buying deal led me to pick up a strange Jun ware bowl at an unexpectedly low price. I thought I’d found a bargain. Little did I know, it was the beginning of my nightmare... On a bus, I met a burly man calling himself Jue Mingzi, who warned me that “a calamity is sure to befal 3.5kReads9.1Score217Shelves
- 43 Dark Tales 3: The Abyss of Desire 恶谭3：欲望渊 [Mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic cases + the depths of human nature + no romance + solving cases] [Desire is a wildfire, hard to contain once it spreads. It burns away reason, leaving only ashes behind.] Young Jiang Tingxu was presumed to have died by suicide, but years later he suddenly reappears and mercilessly kills the family members he once knew. A bizarre family history begins to come to light... The shocking discovery of several skeletons brings Longxue Village, a 184Reads9.2Score109Shelves
- 44 The One Who Borrows Lives from the Underworld 阴间借命人 [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Suspense + Folk Customs + Playful Tone + Ensemble Cast + Nonstop Ghost-Hunting Thrills!] Ever since I borrowed a life from the underworld, I’ve known no peace. My name is Quan Ning. I’m a lawyer, and one day I was in a car accident on a mountain road. As I lay dying, I saw a ghostly judge from the underworld come to claim my soul. I struck a deal with him and borrowed a sliver of hope for survival. The price of this life I borrowed was becoming 2.5kReads9.1Score236Shelves
- 45 The Woman in the Closet 柜子里的女人 The Woman in the Cabinet 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Dark Tales 2: The Fame and Fortune Circuit 恶谭2：名利场 [Mind-bending mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic stories + the depths of human nature + stunning twists + hard-core sleuthing] “Where fame and fortune reign, disputes are sure to arise.” A woman's corpse hidden inside a Buddha statue in an ancient temple, a mysterious online celebrity, and a group of suspects with tangled connections: Tan Zheng takes on a baffling murder case. As the investigation deepens, he discovers that the case is far more complicated than it first appe 257Reads9.3Score104Shelves
- 47 Northeastern China's Forbidden Secrets 东北禁忌手札 [Extreme horror + a folk-horror story set in the countryside] In a remote mountain village, deep within the forest, countless taboos remain unknown to outsiders. The people here follow ancient rules of life and death: pregnant women must never encounter a coffin, and anyone who dies of old age at a hundred years old is destined to become an evil spirit. But in a single day, the old Yu family breaks both taboos, drawing every kind of demon and ghost to their door! At midnight, someone hears the s 912Reads8.8Score108Shelves
- 48 I Evolved Billions of Curses 我进化了亿万诅咒 [Chinese-Style Horror + Twists + Humans Scaring Ghosts] The supernatural returned, ferocious ghosts broke loose, and unimaginable horrors appeared in the real world. As night fell over the city, nightmares engulfed everyone. Jiang Fan gained the power to develop abilities by studying ghosts. As long as he kept scaring them, he could become the greatest terror in the darkness. The more terrified they were, the greater the power he gained. Then he discovered that his potential had been unleas 4.3kReads8.6Score450Shelves
- 49 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村诡事录 The strange happenings in a mountain village. I was born and raised in the countryside. Deep in the mountains, there are always ghosts and spirits, and my village was no exception. Heaven, earth, black, yellow, the cosmos vast: demons and ghosts send shivers down your spine. One year, the start of spring fell on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. That year, so many strange things happened. Just bringing them up is enough to scare people. Meeting the Black and White Impermanence on a night wa 1.9kReads9.0Score137Shelves
- 50 The Little Taoist of Green Mountain 青山小道士 [Taoist priest + supernatural mysteries + technically detailed + magic arts + urban + no power fantasy + slow growth + no heroine] (The central idea of the first book: Heaven and humanity) This novel is told in the first person and explores knowledge and experiences from many perspectives, including Taoist culture, astronomy, feng shui, Qimen Dunjia, physiognomy, palmistry, humanities, society, and science. Everything unknown in the world is like a vast darkness. Science is like a flashlight ill 4.2kReads9.2Score706Shelves
