Novels like Bureau of Supernatural Investigations
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- 1 Secrets of the Anomaly Investigation Bureau: The Dragon Scale Files 异调处秘闻：龙鳞档案 An old man from the Paranormal Investigation Bureau tells the story of Research Institute 507 and Bureau 749, the dragon-fall incident in Yingkou before Liberation, China's qigong craze in the 1980s and 1990s, extraordinary human abilities, and the secret files behind human survival. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Jiuzhou Investigation Bureau 九州调查局 I’ll use the eyes I have now to tell you stories from the past. From the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, through the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, all the way to the present, countless secrets lie hidden in the gaps of history. They wander between reality and illusion, concealed from the world. They are legends who have transcended reincarnation and blended into the mortal realm. A flower blooms with five petals, and the fruit comes naturally. The story of the Jiuzhou Investigation Bureau 294Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 My Supernatural Powers 我的超自然力量 [Thriller, Suspense, Supernatural, Horror, Legends, Paranormal] My name is Li Tianzhen. I'm not sick, but I'm in a psychiatric hospital now. When I was eight, I and a group of children were taken into a pitch-black cave. We witnessed mysterious supernatural forces with our own eyes, and every child around me collapsed. In that moment, I saw a strange, mysterious world... Just as the mysterious force was about to devour me, another group of people with strange abilities appeared out of thin air. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Mysterious Department 神秘部门 There’s no monster-slaying and leveling up, no love and hate. Just watch Qiu Tian deal with all those... unbelievable situations. Take your time... savor every detail... The perfect pick when you’ve run out of books. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Seven Rounds 七局 Those who walk the yin path are civil servants able to travel between the realms of the living and the dead. The job has one drawback: whenever they return to the world of the living, they can never be sure where they'll end up. Zhong Mang never dreamed that one day he would pop out of a certain CEO's bathtub... Zhong Mang: “Actually, I'm Santa Claus.” Huai Suyan: “Santa comes down the chimney.” Zhong Mang: “Then I'm the Little Mermaid.” Huai Suyan: “She came walking out of the waves.” Zhong Ma —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Secret Wilds 秘野奇域 In 2035, the global archaeological community was rocked to its foundations. Mysterious bronze solar wheels, unearthed one after another across the world, linked humanity's ancient civilizations together. To solve the astonishing mystery behind the bronze solar wheels, a secret field unit was urgently called into action... 166Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Special Affairs Bureau: I Recruited Gifted Folk from Among the People! 特事局：我招募了民间异人！ After transmigrating into a world where the paranormal has returned, he unexpectedly becomes the director of the Bureau of Special Affairs! Yellow River Corpse Retriever: Once you enter the rivers, you become a traveler in a straw raincoat, wielding inscrutable powers to transform into a jiao dragon. Yin-Yang Master: Between yin and yang, he reads life and death, commands spirits, drives out ghosts, and establishes feng shui. Knife Peddler: The Ghost Valley formations turn eight thousand times, 93Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 8 Interstellar Affairs Investigation Bureau 异星事务调查局 A Chinese take on Men in Black meets The X-Files, focused on dealing with extraterrestrial affairs on Earth. [No harem, no System, no formulaic tropes, no invincible protagonist, no mindless plot, and no wish-fulfillment. Please read with care if these bother you.] [Urban + aliens + parasites + light horror] Chen Le never imagined... that when he went to the teachers' office to hand in his homework, he would see tentacles emerging from beneath his homeroom teacher's pant leg! As more and more bi 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Paranormal Affairs Office 灵异管理处 My name is Yin Yu. I'm a Taoist priest. I used to be just an ordinary person among the masses. By a twist of fate, I joined a special department called the Paranormal Administration. The five arts of mountain, medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and divination; the shamanic spirit mediums of the Northeast; the Hunan and western Hunan arts of gu poison and the Flower-Falling Cave Maidens; reincarnated tulkus of Tibetan Buddhism; protecting a flood dragon as it enters the sea and transforms into a dra 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Bureau of Exorcism, Case File Zero: Shadows of the Mountains and Seas 镇邪司零号档案：山海谍影 The passerby you brush shoulders with on the street, the café worker who smiles at you: can you be sure they're all human? Deep in neon-lit nightclubs lies a hunting ground for half-demons. Deafening music covers the sound of them draining people's vital energy. Lost in pleasure, patrons slowly have the life sucked out of them, and by the time they notice, they're already completely spent. A Gu master with wicked intentions lurks in the corners of the city, secretly gathering living people and u 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Village That Vanished Overnight in the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, 1987 1987年陕西秦岭一夜消失的村庄 A village in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi vanished overnight in 1987 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Case Files of Bureau Six: The Ancient Shaman 六处事件档案之上古神巫 Overnight, her father was branded a traitor, and her mother vanished without a trace. The innocent and carefree Wei Yingshuang was forced to grow up in an instant. From then on, she bore the burden of searching for her parents while moonlighting as a full-time bodyguard for her childhood friend, who was born with a knack for attracting spirits. For most people, running into an evil spirit is a rare occurrence. For this one, it's an everyday affair. She can encounter one on a night walk, while br 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The 749 Bureau’s Qinling Mountain Villa Demolition Incident 749局秦岭山别墅拆迁事件 The 749 Bureau's Qinling Mountain Villa Demolition Incident 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Bureau of Paranormal Investigations 特异事物调查局 [Mystery + horror + sci-fi + adventure + wild imagination] Before graduating, forensic science student Ren Lin dissects a beautiful female corpse. Not long afterward, he meets a woman who looks exactly like the corpse, with a horrifying scar beneath her neck. A voice keeps echoing in his ear: “Did the corpse you dissect feel pain?” This is only the beginning, just the tip of the iceberg! Ren Lin joins the Bureau of Special Affairs and rises from a low-ranking agent to a legend! 42Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 15 Horror Revival: The Mysterious 749 Bureau 恐怖复苏：神秘部门749局 [Uncovering the 99-Year Confidentiality Agreement] Unexplainable supernatural events keep happening in this world, leaving people anxious and throwing their lives into disarray. There is a group of practitioners of esoteric arts who walk between the worlds of yin and yang. By day, they work for the neighborhood office; by night, they are demon-vanquishing exorcists. They belong to a mysterious department: Bureau 749. 1Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 16 749 Bureau: Classified Files 749局秘闻 Have you heard of Bureau 749? Some say it’s a classified agency. Others say it’s a mysterious organization that researches supernatural phenomena. Still others believe Bureau 749 investigates and covers up cases involving extraterrestrial life forms appearing within the country. Which of these rumors is true? I didn’t know either, until I got caught up in a bizarre murder case and became a member of Bureau 749. That’s when I discovered that the bureau was far more complicated than anyone could i 328Reads7.7Score10314d adds
- 17 Bureau Zero-One 零一局 The Zero-One Bureau handles paranormal incidents. After the protagonist, Liang Yuzhang, was born, an old Daoist recognized his exceptional nature and took him in as an apprentice to learn Daoist arts. Starting in kindergarten, he helped people deal with paranormal incidents, becoming a minor celebrity in the surrounding villages. He joined the Zero-One Bureau in middle school, and after joining, handled all sorts of supernatural cases involving ghosts, demons, and monsters. These events also dre 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Special Incident Investigation Bureau 特殊事件调查局 Heaven has its yin and yang, and the earth has two sides. Our society is no different. Joining the Special Investigations Bureau means living alongside the dark side of this world. Murderous curses, midnight phone calls, Meng Po’s soup... Behind these chilling cases, are we dealing with supernatural forces, or is there a mastermind pulling the strings? The Special Investigations Bureau exists to stir up the turbulent currents of this shadowy world and uncover the black hand reaching out beneath 11Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 19 The Supernatural Company: My Years as a Sword Saint 超自然公司，我做剑圣那些年 [Supernatural Operations Group + no System + invincible from the start + original character and plot] Ever since that day, when an apocalyptic transformation began, the order of the human world collapsed and was rebuilt. From then on, two new legends arose in this world. The Supernatural Company. Its employees are said to be able to deal with any monster that appears with ease. And for a time, they truly kept humanity safe. Wu Wang is a living legend who roams among monsters. Beneath the Ghost B —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Uncovering China’s Mysterious Cases 揭秘中国神秘事件 This book introduces readers to real-life bizarre, mysterious, and uncanny events from across China. Each chapter tells one true story, guaranteed to open your eyes and leave you amazed. 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Living Sacrifice 活人祭祀 Also known as Soul of Porcelain A new bridge was being built in the village, but no matter what they tried, the final pier simply wouldn’t stand. So the village chief invited a feng shui master. As soon as he entered the village, he said that a white tiger was raising its head in their midst. If they wanted to get the pier standing, they would have to sacrifice a living person... Legend has it that a master potter’s final piece was made with his own blood instead of water. Its patterns resembled 53Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 22 Urban: A Demon Has Possessed Me, So Don't Bother Saving Me Yet 都市：有妖上身先不用救我 [From the start + humor + invincible protagonist] Beneath the bustle of towering skyscrapers and on streets teeming with traffic, there is not only the intoxicating neon-lit nightlife, but also a brutal darkness hidden from view! When humans kill, it's usually over old grudges and grievances. But far more often, people are killed by demons, zombies, and evil spirits... That's why every region has established a Demon Control Bureau, dedicated to hunting down these monsters and evil spirits that w 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Bureau 749: The Ghostly Hollow of Wawu Mountain, Sichuan 749局—四川瓦屋山迷魂凼。 749 Bureau: The Bewildering Hollow at Mount Wawu, Sichuan. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Bureau 749: Paranormal Files 749局：灵异档案 Each volume tells a standalone story. Follow the lens of a camera as it explores all kinds of strange people and unusual events. The pacing is tense and thrilling, with one twist leading to another. No dragging things out or pointless chatter: definitely worth a read! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Supernatural Incident Investigation Bureau 灵异事件侦探局 I was just an ordinary junior police officer, but I couldn't fight fate's wheel and got swept into a department I'd never heard of: the Paranormal Investigation Bureau. Joining the Bureau opened the door to a whole new and exciting life, but as one bizarre case after another came along, I gradually realized that everything had been predestined. None of it was a coincidence. 14Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 26 After Graduation, You Went to Work, but You Chose a Secure Job at 749 毕业工作，你跑去749端铁饭碗 [Monster Containment]+ [Investigators]+ [Supreme Great Xia]+ [Restricted Zones]+ [Otherworldly Spaces] Feng Fan arrives at the “Good Rebirth” Crematorium and takes a temporary job burning corpses! He never expected an old woman to rise from the dead. Everyone else was so terrified they fled, but Feng Fan excitedly sent her straight into the incinerator! He was born into this world over twenty years ago with a golden finger called the [Anomaly Compendium]. He thought he had transmigrated into the 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Strange Tales of Sanxingdui 三星堆异闻 The archaeological excavation at Sanxingdui was in full swing when the livestream suddenly cut out. Strange events that defied scientific explanation were unfolding at the site... 76Reads6.9Score10314d adds
- 28 Supernatural Infiltration 灵异渗透 [Not a power fantasy] [Light infinite-flow] [Urban strange phenomena] [Supernatural horror] [Multiple POVs for the male and female leads] [Lighthearted and humorous] [Realistic style] The real world is invaded by the supernatural. How will rookie Fang Jing and policewoman Li Zi solve the mysteries, struggle to survive, and uncover the truth? 502Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 29 When Supernatural Operations Begin, I Have a Cheat Sheet System! 超自然行动降临，我有小抄系统！ Ye Kun was a college student who loved playing Supernatural Action Squad. By chance, he transmigrated to a parallel world where the National Fate Supernatural Action Squad had arrived. Everyone else could only cower in the starting village, but I had a cheat-sheet System at my disposal. I recruited the Queen of Juejue and fox demons, and every run ended in a smooth extraction! So the National Fate game was just a conspiracy? Everything was being set up for xx! No matter. The “cheat sheet” System 348Reads—Score10014d adds
- 30 Livestreaming Adventures: Uncovering a Bizarre Case from the Start 直播探险，开局揭秘逆天悬案 [Urban + Sci-Fi + Supernatural Powers] A treasure-hunting trip sent me down a road with no way back. To stay alive, I had no choice but to keep going. Little-known mysterious plants and animals, magnetic fields that trap people in hallucinations, extraordinary supernatural phenomena, traps lurking at every turn, and challenges that push beyond the limits of both ability and imagination. One perilous situation after another, with bizarre twists unfolding nonstop... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Yin-Yang Occult Arts 阴阳诡术 [Urban + Transmigration + Alternate World] In a parallel world, an utterly ordinary transaction triggered a series of disasters. There are lurking figures in the swirling fog, and strange, hoarse whispers everywhere... After being drawn into an unfathomably deep conspiracy, can he uncover the truth and deal with one bizarre incident after another? No one knows!!! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Demon-Slaying Journal 除魔手记 Are you sure that everything you see is real? Do you believe that people who live forever really exist? Can everything you've encountered be explained by science? Fortune tellers, Taoist masters, monks who cultivate in temples: they all appear in the mysterious cases of history... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Paranormal Investigation Notes 探灵笔录 A fortune-teller said I was a child sent by a hundred ghosts, and that I was destined to deal with the dead all my life. So I chose to become a forensic pathologist, working at the boundary between life and death. In ancient times, people called this profession a coroner’s. We were considered ill-omened and ranked among the lowest of occupations. Over the years, I’ve handled all kinds of bizarre and uncanny cases. I’ve recorded these terrifying incidents, which no living person should get involv 31Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 34 Supernatural Little Yellow 超自然小黄 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 I Can Join the Paranormal Investigation Bureau Too 我也能加入神秘调查局 My new work is here! You’re 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! 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Third World You Don't Know 你不知道的第三世界 Have you ever doubted the world you see with your own eyes? Have you ever experienced a supernatural event? Are you curious about unknown creatures? Open this book and step into the mysterious, unknown Third World! 820Reads6.6Score10214d adds
- 37 China's Mysterious UMA Files 中国UMA神秘档案 UMA, or Unidentified Mysterious Animal, refers to unknown life forms. My name is Su Lie, and I'm a forest ranger in the Greater Khingan Range. By a twist of fate, I met Wu Xianzhang, a biology professor, who asked me to guide his team into an uncharted region. I thought this was my chance to strike it rich, but I never expected to stumble upon the secrets of my own body. The eerie apparition in the Kunlun Mountains, the Xi in Hubei's Shennongjia, the monster of Tianchi Lake, the mysterious flyin 542Reads6.7Score10314d adds
- 38 I Open a Paper Effigy Shop in the City 我在都市开纸扎店 Li Xiaofan, the owner of a joss-paper shop in Jiangzhou, appears to be an ordinary young man, but is actually a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Age of the Decline of the Dharma. Hidden among the common people, he crafts paper offerings to guide the dead into the afterlife. But after a bizarre incident at a funeral home, where a paper figure swallowed someone's heart, he draws the attention of the secret government agency Dragon Hidden. Dragon Hidden is a mysterious organization that has existed —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Forbidden Zone Code: My Years on the Scientific Expedition Team 禁地密码：我在科考队那些年 Li Xian, 35, is the top operative on the national rescue team. In recent years, there have been repeated accidents involving hikers who went missing or died while exploring. To reduce such incidents, he begins livestreaming his rescue missions and expeditions, explaining how to handle emergencies along the way. He also wants to remind everyone to respect nature and value life. Personality: decisive and meticulous Abilities: a walking encyclopedia, capable of anything. 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Living Ghost King 活诡王 A mysterious fragment of a map, a strange jade gourd, a grandfather who vanished nineteen years ago, and a person dying mysteriously after every QQ message I receive. Together, they set off one bizarre and eerie event after another... To uncover the truth, I have no choice but to embark on a series of strange and perilous investigations. It seems as though I’m merely reacting to events, yet everything seems fated to happen. From a haunted dormitory to a ghost village deep in the mountains, and t 160Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Supernatural Operations Group: Did I Become Xiao Huang? 超自然行动组：我成小黄了？ [Gender-bending transformation] [Plot-driven] [Full cast] A spin-off set in a supernatural world. Huang Zhi transmigrates into the game, taking the role of the character who controls Xiao Huang by default. Alice gazes at her calmly, with a faint hint of surprise in her voice. “I should be considered your elder, so this isn’t quite appropriate. Perhaps you should find someone else to love.” Xiao Huang touches her face and speaks softly. “I... I just like older women. More precisely, I only like A 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 I Work at a Supernatural Corporation 我在超自然公司上班 Lin Ming was a gaming expert in Supernatural Operations, and he knew the game inside and out. Then everything went black, and he really did transmigrate into the game world, becoming a lowly new recruit in the employ of Supernatural Corporation. Here, monsters really kill people, and every teammate has a secret: a talkative martial arts expert, a cool and withdrawn boy with extraordinary perception, a Gypsy woman who can predict the future, a lovesick young woman who controls Gu insects, a blind 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Fifth Era: Starlight Awakens 第五纪：星光觉醒 In the distant past, as primordial Earth emerged from chaos, five high-dimensional alien races descended like creator gods. Using genetic engineering as their chisel and the evolution of civilizations as their game board, they forged five generations of human civilization on the fertile soil of Blue Star. The first four civilizations all ended in failure and destruction, and the disappointed [gods] departed one after another. Now, after countless trials and tribulations, the fifth generation of 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Supernatural Archives 超自然档案 Shen Fei, who was shot dead, opened his eyes and discovered that he had come back to life in someone else’s body. A vast number of people were going missing, and all kinds of inexplicable incidents were happening one after another. Everything seemed to be connected, in countless ways, to his own resurrection from the dead. To reclaim the body that had been taken from him, Shen Fei joined the Supernatural Archives Division under a false identity after his resurrection. While navigating his relati 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 I Guarded a Top-Secret National Secret on the South China Sea Floor for Eighty Years 我在南海海底守了八十年国家绝密 A deep-sea mystery. A thousand meters beneath the ocean, he saw a sight that defied everything he knew: an ancient stone city, pitch-black from end to end, hanging upside down over the abyss. Its walls bore carvings more than ten thousand years old. Even more terrifying was Peng Lizhen, an American scholar trapped in a time loop in 1939, deep within the city. At last, he learned that this stretch of ocean concealed a rift in time capable of tearing the world apart. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Blind Healer and Ghost Physiognomist 瞎医鬼相 [Supernatural, feng shui, fortune-telling, folk mysteries, no System] On the day Xiao Mufeng was born, a horde of ghosts tried to take his life. His second uncle died a horrific death, and his grandmother lost an arm. When he was six, his second aunt and grandmother died one after another. It was all because he was a ghost baby. Before she died, his grandmother sealed Xiao Mufeng's eyes, hoping he could live an ordinary life. Unexpectedly, on his eighteenth birthday, Xiao Mufeng accidentally bro —Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 47 Moonlit Mountains and Rivers 明月山河 (One heroine, System, not a wish-fulfillment story, angst, urban fantasy, alternate history, dual transmigration) Proceed with caution. Liu Qi, a high school senior, just wants to get through evening study hall, memorize his vocabulary, finish his fried chicken, and get into college. But the moon keeps growing brighter, the atmosphere grows stranger, his older sister grows more mysterious, and even history starts taking a different turn. He thought his life was all about “the college entrance ex —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Mysterious Department Jiuding: The Power of the Five Elements 神秘部门九鼎：五行之力 (This story is entirely fictional. If anything seems familiar, trust in science.) By chance, I joined Jiuding, a mysterious national agency. There, I met a group of old monsters: Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng, Zuo Ci, Yuan Tiangang, Li Chunfeng, and Zhang Sanfeng. I also learned that other countries have their own mysterious agencies. For example, America’s S.H.I.E.L.D., Britain’s Knights of the Round Table, Russia’s Society of Nature, Japan’s Onmyoryo, and so on. I thought my future would be spent d 202Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 49 The Bureau of Foreign Affairs' Strange Tales 外事局诡闻录 All the petty affairs of the world are interactions between people. Whether good or bad, they belong to the realm of internal affairs. Anything beyond ordinary human life, anything ordinary people cannot accept, belongs to external affairs. That is the meaning behind the name of the External Affairs Bureau. Skin-Human Ravine, the Five Barbarians' Ghost Cave, a thousand corpses vying to steal fortune, a mother and daughter possessed by yin spirits, a ghostly yang infant... I experienced all kinds 3.1kReads8.7Score25114d adds
- 50 Supernatural: Tyrannical Emperor Qin's Forced Love 超自然：霸道秦帝强制爱 [Supernatural Fan Fiction + Timid Male Soul + Stunning Female Ghost Body] Forced to work like a draft animal at a supernatural company. If he fails to meet his tomb-raiding quota, his soul will be obliterated. Under the constant surveillance of a domineering Emperor Qin, who dotes on him to an absurd degree. And worshipped by every male coworker like a lovestruck stalker. Xiao Ye: I'm really a guy. Everyone, stay away from me! Naturally seductive on the outside, intensely embarrassed on the insi 222Reads—Score—14d adds
