Novels like Corpse Town
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Corpse Town, best match first.
- 1 This Villain Is Far Too Cautious 这个反派过于谨慎了 In his previous life, Ye Tian was a ruthless emperor who dominated the business world at night, but he was betrayed and met a violent end. When he opens his eyes again, he finds himself bound to the [Myriad Heavens Trouble-Making System], reborn as the lone survivor of a minor cannon-fodder clan on a fantasy continent. The System wants him to stir up the world? Just what he had in mind! When the Chosen One, Lin Feng, stages a comeback, shouting, “Never look down on a poor young man,” Ye Tian jus 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Spirit-Seeking Case Files 探灵追凶录 The older generation often says that if your birth chart is too heavy, your life will be too short. After my grandfather died, a spirit curse appeared, along with a younger sister who had no place in my memories. It was as though invisible hands were drawing me into an endless abyss... The faint figure of a Su family girl, an infant spirit in a coffin, a corpse in a cloud-patterned urn: in a deserted corner of the campus, they always whispered strange things in the dead of night... To seek the s 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Notes on Suppressing Evil 镇邪笔记 The four infamous evil objects passed down in folk legend are the Red-Clothed Fiend, the Grinning Corpse, the Bronze Coffin, and the Upright-Burial Grave. I’d only just graduated, and I’d already run into two of them… 4.4kReads8.7Score42914d adds
- 4 The Tower Beyond the Tower 楼外楼 Earth is under attack from Poseidon, a mysterious virus from the ocean. The powerful creatures it infects begin tearing human civilization apart. To escape them, humanity flees in every direction. Then a mysterious skyscraper appears. People go in, but no one ever comes out. What would you choose? 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Darkest Forest: My Criminal Investigation Notes 至暗森林：我的刑侦笔记 Eighteen people who had never existed are found dead together in a minibus. Stranger still, it seems they had all been dead for twenty years… 80Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 6 I'm a Tailor Who Can Sew Anything 我是个裁缝，什么都缝 [Ensemble cast + expansive worldbuilding + mind-bending twists + folk customs + breaking the fourth wall] Have you ever doubted, even for a moment, whether this world is real? If one day you discovered the truth about this world, what would you choose to do? Qin Yu made his choice. Once a Yin Courier who spent his days sewing clothes and his nights stitching corpses in a small two-story house, he embarked on a one-way journey bearing the fate of humanity on his shoulders. It all began with the T 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Nighttime Lantern-Bearer's Chronicles 提灯夜行录 Chen Zixiao has been able to see all kinds of monsters since he was little. As he grows older, some of them even come knocking at his door, asking him to solve their problems. Assigned to the very last class in the school, he finds himself among the worst of the worst students. As they deal with one monster after another, they keep stumbling into all sorts of ridiculous, laugh-out-loud mishaps. I went to pour myself a Coke, and an earthworm suddenly sprang out of the glass. I went to take my med 82Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 8 The Soul-Suppressing Stele 镇魂碑 Telling the eeriest stories and exposing the most unfathomable human hearts! The final installment in the Evil-Quelling Trilogy! (The first two, Evil-Quelling Notes and Thousand Corpse Town, are both complete.) After the first thirty thousand words, there will be three updates every day! No delays, guaranteed! Thank you all for continuing to support Lao Zhang! 687Reads7.8Score10114d adds
- 9 Scheming Corpse 谋尸 When I was seven, my second uncle told me, “Only those who deal with corpses can seek immortality.” I didn't want to live forever, but fate forced me into the underworld, gun in one hand and incense in the other. The gun is for helping the living cross over. The incense is for helping evil spirits move on. 1.5kReads8.2Score17514d adds
- 10 Nine Sins of the Human World 人间九罪 There are nine great sins in the world: murder, greed, cruelty, deceit, envy, sloth, lust, arrogance, and vanity. Every one of us is guilty. 439Reads6.5Score10514d adds
- 11 High Martial: The Family Shop Has Everything 高武：祖传小店，这里什么都有 The Primordial Realm, the Primordial Calamity Across the vast starry sky, countless races stand side by side. When prosperity fades into nothingness and calamity descends upon the entire cosmos, Even towering divine forms cannot withstand the pressure of the calamity. No matter how brilliant you are, even if your fists can shatter the stars, you cannot escape its grasp. One man began in a small, barren, fragile universe. As the divine tree in his sea of consciousness begins to grow, and treasure 163Reads—Score10014d adds
- 12 I Picked Up an Underworld Courier as My Wife 捡个冥间快递员当媳妇 [Scheming long-haired reaper VS a tea-loving man who never says what he means] [Heavy with eerie energy, but not scary. Even the fainthearted can give it a try.] [If you get scared to death, don’t come after me. Go find Lord Feng Yang.] Just as Yuan Mingye was in the middle of taking care of business, the doorbell rang. He flung on a coat in a fury and opened the door, only to be stunned by the unfamiliar man standing outside. Let’s put it this way: the very first time Yuan Mingye saw him, he wa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Poisonous Strategist: I Earn Merit by Throwing the World into Chaos! 毒士：我靠祸乱苍生刷功德！ [Decisive and ruthless + no female lead + scheming + comedy + merit System + revenge + building a faction + class struggle + liberating all of humanity] In this world, the path to immortality has been monopolized, and the Age of Decline is eternal. The story begins when a Spirit Clan lackey at the third level of Qi Refining casually wipes out an entire family. Lin Yan’s peaceful life in another world is shattered. Then a nightmare to all the nations of Blue Star revives in another world, carryi 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Paranormal Investigation Bureau 2: Miracle 诡事调查局2：奇迹 [Urban] + [two male leads] + [supernatural mystery] After wrapping up a series of bizarre cases, Chu Zhetian and Jing Chen face a new challenge. How will they handle it this time? 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Infinite Time Paradox 无限时间悖论 [No CP, no harem, no System, not invincible, not a power fantasy] Just as Lu Zhen thinks he has been thrown into a place where time flows freely after having his memories taken, like everyone else, he discovers that they are the strange ones among the majority! Just as Jiang Qian thinks he can clear away the clouds and uncover the truth behind this bizarre place, he discovers that the truth is even more extraordinary than he had imagined! Who is behind these overlapping, jumbled timelines? After 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Agent of the Supernatural 诡怪代理人 Comic artist Lin You suddenly gets a phone call informing him that he’s inherited an estate. In the blink of an eye, he becomes a rich second-generation heir. Grateful, he burns paper offerings and prays to the gods, never expecting to summon a ferocious ghost... 82Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 17 The Longevity Project 长生计划 A handsome young man has turned up at my house, mooching food and lodging without paying, all under the excuse that he’s lost his memory. Every sign points to the fact that he has been alive for a very long time... 458Reads8.3Score10614d adds
- 18 Nine Out of Ten Divinations Are Wrong 【十卦九不准】 [No heroine, not a power fantasy, no tired tropes. A sequel to The Nether Road, also known as Strange Tales of the Spirit Road.] Read people's fortunes when you meet them; divine the dead's paths when you encounter ghosts. Use yarrow stalks to cast hexagrams, and pluck gold to change fate. Walk among the corpses without fear, and never lose your way in the underworld. The practitioners of yin and yang arts investigate strange cases, while ancient mystic traditions probe the hearts of humankind. 542Reads8.7Score10714d adds
- 19 The Corpse Village Puppeteer 尸乡偃师 Fifteen years ago, the once-prosperous Qi family was consumed by fire overnight. He was the last child of this family of tomb raiders. Now, after fifteen years, he has returned to the path of tomb raiding, determined to uncover the mysteries hidden in ancient tombs. Why did the Shang dynasty's master craftsman sacrifice his eldest son and bury him beneath a long street? Did Emperor Taishu of Shang achieve the immortality he sought? What did the Gu family members see when they ventured into the Q 224Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Apocalypse Descends: So I’m the Leader of the Mutants 末世降临：原来我是异种老大 In 2056, a solar storm swept across the globe, plunging the world into darkness for seven days and seven nights. Earth's ozone layer was destroyed, and solar radiation reached the ground. After that, the whole world changed. Then the crisis arrived, officially ushering in the Age of Death. A hundred years later, Fang Duonan, a boy from an ordinary border city, was supposed to go out and complete a task as required. But someone tried to kill him. When he woke up, he had a strange ghost hand attac 148Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 21 After My Apocalypse Run Failed, I Got a Second Chance 灾飞失败的我迎来二周目 Godhood for All + Villain Protagonist + Semi-Behind-the-Scenes + Invincible Protagonist + Slow Burn + World-Building + No System Offer up the flesh and blood of all living beings, and make the wails of civilization your music. In his previous life, Su Mo failed on his path to ascend through the calamity. After being reborn, he realized that working hard himself was exhausting. It would be better to help others rise to power while he stayed behind the scenes and collected rent. And so, things be 63Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 22 Heavenly Master, Don't Be So Haughty! 天师大人，别傲娇！ “Shi, did you pack everything for this long trip?” “Toothbrush, towel, a change of clothes, talismans, Soul Eater... Yep, that’s everything!” “Are you sure?” Yan Shi asked, glancing at the man who had just walked through the door. “Of course! What’s wrong? Did I forget something?” “You idiot! You forgot your Wei Sui!” At his sister’s reminder, Yan Shi looked at the already-full suitcase and said dejectedly, “What do I do? There’s no room...” “Just take me by the hand and lead me along!” Wei Sui 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Sign Contracts with Demonic Beasts to Extend Their Lives in Strange Cases 我在诡案里签妖兽续命 [Unsolved Mysteries + Demonic Beasts + Mild Horror + Episodic Stories + No Romance] When I was on the brink of death after a car accident, I unexpectedly activated the Demon Beast-Seeking System. To stay alive, I was forced to travel around making contracts with demonic beasts. From then on, I could see the lingering memories of the dead, as well as the [qi] surrounding the living. Police officers were wreathed in gray qi around the chest, while black qi churned above celebrities' brows... I kep 348Reads8.3Score10014d adds
- 24 The Hoodlum Hero 地痞英雄 [Transmigration] [No Female Lead] [Street Brawls] "Where the land is harsh, the people grow fierce" is the most accurate description of this desolate place. For over twenty years, blood and violence swept through the land, dragging three generations into the raging tide of the times. Thugs and bandits, one self-proclaimed hero after another, took the stage, only to tumble from history's spotlight in disgrace. Flags of every color flew in turn, but in the end, all that remained was chaos. Amid th 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Chasing the Wind by Moonlight 乘月追风 [Mystery and horror + supernatural + ghost stories + not a power fantasy + no heroine] Intern doctor Lu Zhuifeng's family is framed by villains, and from then on, all kinds of spirits and ghosts frequently possess him, forcing him to get involved in supernatural incidents. He has only one unreliable, half-trained young fortune-teller by his side. How will they overcome the crises they face? As they get drawn deeper into the fray, a filthy conspiracy begins to emerge... 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Maoshan Occultist: Tales of the Underworld and Evil 茅山诡术师：幽冥话邪 Maoshan's arcane arts have returned to the world, as demons and evil spirits run rampant. What bloody storm will rise this time? In this cruel world, with its tumultuous lives, who will pay for each and every blood debt? Behind the layers of eerie schemes, who is righteous, and who is evil? I, Fang Gui, have a strange past. By chance, I was drawn into a spiritual calamity. How can I break free of this trap? How can I defy fate and change my destiny? Gather spirits, exterminate evil, and dispel c 362Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 27 The Carefree Path to Immortality 修仙之逍遥长生 [Traditional cultivation, no System, no female lead] Wang Li is captured by bandits and becomes a mine slave. He thinks this is how he’ll spend the rest of his life, but one day, a bandit comes to him carrying a strip of cloth. From that moment on, Wang Li’s world begins to change… 1.4kReads6.6Score14014d adds
- 28 Everyone Is Madly in Love with Him, but He Just Wants to Go Home 所有人都疯狂爱他，而他只想回家 Xie Shiyu, 21, is a psychology student: calm, distant, and allergic to love. On his first day in the “Endless Game,” he knows he's drawn the worst possible card: the SSS-rank passive aura “Center of Attention.” Every being becomes obsessed with him in a twisted, fervent, possessive way, showering him with a warped kind of “favor.” To others, it's a cheat code for clearing the game. To him, it's a curse. From the head nurse at a psychiatric hospital to the vengeful spirit of a young woman at an a 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Heavenly Master Descends the Mountain: Others Read Faces, I Read Fate 天师下山：别人看相，我窥天命 The Netherworld infant Xiang Ling is born, delivered by underworld officials, with Black and White Impermanence guarding the gates and the Ten Great Nether Marshals patrolling the streets! The feng shui Xiang family suffers a devastating calamity and nearly faces extinction! Xiang Ling survives against all odds, finds shelter on Longhu Mountain, and becomes an heir to the Celestial Masters. Twenty years later, having mastered the mystic arts, Xiang Ling descends from Longhu Mountain to break evi 141Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 30 Cheongdam Supernatural Affairs Office 清潭灵异事务所 Legend has it that vengeful ghosts haunt Longhua Wetland Park. After sending one final photo, my cousin Chu Rui’an vanished without a trace here. … My name is Chu Yan’an. I used to be just an ordinary photographer. I ventured into Longhua Park at night to find Chu Rui’an and nearly lost my life. There, I met Qin Shu, the head of the Qingtan Paranormal Affairs Office, with phoenix-like eyes and an otherworldly beauty that defied gender. The female ghost on Red Bridge, the swarms of water ghosts 3.4kReads8.9Score75414d adds
- 31 Transmigrating as a Horror Movie Director 穿越之我是恐怖大导演 [Lighthearted + no romance + entertainment industry + comedy + director] “Bai Yan” transmigrated to a new world. He was a self-taught director who had made his name shooting short videos. Unexpectedly, after transmigrating to the new world, he became an influencer who’d been banned for getting drunk, letting loose, and doing a striptease. “Ha! There’s no future in being an influencer! I’ll have to change careers!” “Maybe I’ll keep making short videos!” “It’s what I’ve always done! I know the rop 178Reads—Score10014d adds
- 32 I Ran into Ghosts on the First Day of School and Became the Paranormal World's Ceiling 开学撞鬼后，我成了灵异天花板 [Campus supernatural mysteries, suspense and horror, male lead's growth, gradually becoming decisive and ruthless, power fantasy, mystery] The Gate of the Underworld lies hidden on campus. Its gatekeeper vanished years ago, and the place has become a gathering ground for evil spirits. Lin Ye was an ordinary student, but was forced onto the path of exorcising evil and guiding souls to their next lives. He dispels resentment, suppresses malice, purifies filth, drives out evil spirits, and guides l 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Hidden Treasure 密藏 On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth month of 1998, Qiu Ming receives a mysterious phone call telling him to pick up a file from a specified location the next day. The file comes from the distant Kunlun Mountains and records some of the Qiu family’s past, including part of the truth about his grandfather’s death. One passage in the file catches Qiu Ming’s attention. It concerns a hidden treasure kept secret by an ancient Western Regions kingdom. For generations, members of the Qiu family have 844Reads—Score18014d adds
- 34 Clan Cultivation: From the Start, I Transmigrate into a Demonic Rope 家族修仙：开局穿越成了魔绳 #Cultivation Clan#Slow-Burn Ordinary-Mortal Story#No Female Lead#Decisive and Ruthless... Shen Mo transmigrates into a demon god sealed by a rope of Immortal King rank. A cultivation clan on the brink of destruction finds him. He can communicate with its members and lend them his power for a short time, but the price is their lives, essentially a sacrificial possession. He can also briefly possess outsiders, grow stronger, and clear away obstacles. From then on, he dwells within the demonic rope —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Young Taoist Master 少年道师 In southwestern China, funeral ritual officiants are also known as Daoist masters. When someone dies, rich or poor, their family will hire these masters to perform rites, choose a burial date, and select a gravesite with auspicious feng shui. Their daily work also involves many other things, including driving away evil spirits, conducting rituals, and even glimpsing the secrets of fate. Why does the boy leading the funeral procession set off firecrackers? What do the black and white strips 1.4kReads8.6Score24214d adds
- 36 The Gods’ Game: I’m the Strongest Player, and I’m Arrogant 诸神游戏：我，傲慢的最强玩家 [Smart, genius, invincible] The gods’ games, the players’ contests... Deadly gambles, blood-soaked wars... Countless players use every ounce of their wits and stake their lives, all to beat the games and gain extraordinary power. Zhou Zhe enters the Gods’ Game and takes part in a Deadly Q&A, facing certain death. In the Deadly Q&A game, two players ask each other questions. A player dies after failing to answer two of the other player’s questions. To make matters worse, his opponent gets to ask 2.2kReads6.2Score18114d adds
- 37 This Crappy Game Has a Bug From the Start 这破游戏开局就有BUG [Survival for All + Upgradeable Stone Huts + Random Disasters + Alien Civilization Invasion + No Female Lead or Romance] From the start, all he had was an iron shovel, and every resource had to be dug up. Game code appeared before Bai Chuan's eyes. He added a few lines of code, triggering an item-generation loop bug in the game, and then awakened an editing interface for the code. Thanks to his coding skills, he escaped death, quickly stockpiled starting resources, and went from the bottom of th 25Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 38 The Yellow River Mystery Journal 黄河惊奇手札 The white fish in the Yellow River, the stone tortoise resting on the riverbed, the black boat drifting by at midnight, the red carp leaping through the Dragon Gate: these are stories passed down among the people who live along the Yellow River. 138Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 39 Northern Horse Notes: The Incense Bearer 北马笔记之顶香人 Know your past life, see the future, Pinch two fingers and know all things. The four pillars and eight posts are all in place, and the altar master is here to oversee it. The King Wen drum sounds, and the immortals line up to descend from the mountains. Take up the incense bowl, lift the incense burner: once you accept the calling, it is for life. 4kReads8.6Score15214d adds
- 40 The Gods Must Keep Their Distance 诸神回避 On the very day I completed my training, my patriarch refused to let me through the door. By the rules, I was supposed to fend for myself. I never expected that someone destined to meet me three times and save me three times had been waiting for me at the crossroads all along. He led me into a world beyond the reach of ordinary people. On the banks of the River of the Dead, beyond the boundary between yin and yang, atop Cloudpeak, at the bottom of the abyss, wherever he goes, his first words are 374Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 41 Three Generations of Brawlers! I Slaughter My Way Through the High-Martial World 三代莽夫！我在高武世界杀疯了 [Feel-good power fantasy + no holding back on power levels + I’m always stronger than you + decisive and ruthless + illiterate generals + a silver tongue + no female lead!] In an age of high martial arts, the martial path flourishes! Chen Lin, whose family has been a bunch of brawlers for three generations, binds to an Emotion Harvesting System. The more emotions he harvests from others, the better the rewards. From the start, he’s falsely accused by a woman of secretly taking photos of her on t 2kReads7.0Score11414d adds
- 42 Searching for Serenity 寻找安宁 Zhao Xiangping transmigrates to an era where might makes right. The System grants him tremendous strength, then takes off, leaving him to survive alone in this world. In the end, he carves out a place of peace with the sword in his hand. No heroine. He kills only so he can retire. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 One-Man Army: I’ll Paint the World Red 一人成军，我将世界染成赤色 (Xianxia, clone cultivation, shared memories, every path leads to the supreme realm!) What is cultivation? Is it looking down on the mortal world from on high, or becoming a sage of the human race and blazing a trail for those who come after? As a successor to communism, Qin Xin chose the latter without hesitation. With countless System clones at his side and the favor of Confucian sages as his guide, he would lead the human race to the supreme heights! 2.4kReads8.4Score21114d adds
- 44 The Yin Seal: The Haunted Pagoda of Western Zhejiang 阴玺之浙西鬼塔 Tomb raiding + mystery + two male leads (and more, an all-pairings story) + pure love + group favorite + ensemble cast (Some of the background settings in this story are a little similar to The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. If that bothers you, please don't open it. This isn't The Grave Robbers' Chronicles or fanfiction, so please make sure you understand that before reading.) Why are there so many pairings? Mainly because I can't control them. They all have their own souls, and I won't force the c 144Reads8.9Score10414d adds
- 45 Slapped the School Belle from the Start, Then Changed Class to the One and Only Sword Immortal 开局扇校花耳光，我转职唯一剑仙 [Sword Immortal + System + No Romance + No Forgiveness + Game Merges with Reality + Ensemble Cast Later On + Not Invincible + Growth-Oriented + Slow Start, Strong Finish + Swordsmanship + Brotherhood] Fifty years ago, a game descended upon reality. Since then, all of Blue Star has been digitized. Martial arts reign supreme, ferocious beasts run rampant, and dungeons are everywhere! Xu Gui transmigrates into this world and awakens the Divine Choice System: Every choice he makes earns him a corres 400Reads8.8Score10414d adds
- 46 Jade Curse 玉咒 My family has a blood curse passed down through the generations. None of the men in our family live past the age of fifty. The source of the curse turns out to be a living piece of ancient jade. 1.6kReads8.8Score31114d adds
- 47 Ghost Curse 鬼咒 Stars are people too. Let me tell you about the times I followed my master and helped some Chinese celebrities change their fate. Changing someone's fate, of course, starts with raising a little ghost. 3kReads—Score63714d adds
- 48 The Nameless One in the Quiet Sea 静海无名者 [No romance] [Disaster] [Multiverse] In Graytower City, lighthouses do more than shine out over the sea. They also keep the city feeling like a city. When Lighthouse Three, out beyond the coast, goes dark, warm water, a coat, and an unfinished log are left in the watch room. Every piece of evidence proves someone was there. The problem is, no one remembers who he was. As the investigation deepens, Shen Yan begins to realize that what is closing in on the city isn't fire, fog, or the sea. It's a 27Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 49 I'm Playing a Game, So Why Won't You Let Me Control My Character? 我都玩游戏了，你还不让我操作？ Keywords: [Light Cosmic Horror]+ [Snark]+ [Subverting Expectations]+ [Gods]+ [Absurd Comedy] Mad, fallen Outer Gods; a world spiraling out of control and shattering. This is a chaotic, lawless surreal game known as “Deep Space.” After a mysterious card appears on his desktop, Jiang Chun is forced to become a player in the game. “It’s just a game world, so it’s probably fine if I let loose a little, right?” Thinking this, Jiang Chun gradually gives free rein to his nature and pulls off one outrag 604Reads7.9Score10714d adds
- 50 The Ghost's Messenger 鬼遣人 “Offer the three sacrificial animals and fine grain to the ghosts and gods.” At eighteen, I happened by chance to meet a half-baked Taoist priest and got swept into a quest to uncover an ancient sacrificial rite. It all began when I took in a “Lord.” 113Reads—Score—14d adds
