Novels like The Bureau of Foreign Affairs' Strange Tales
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- 51 White Terror 白色恐怖 [Wildly Imaginative Twists] + [Extensive Foreshadowing] + [Social Unrest] + [Mystery and the Supernatural] The campus, bustling by day, is eerily quiet at night... A group of girls playing with a spirit board in their dormitory happen upon the body of a woman who fell to her death. Rumors spread that a ghost is responsible. Then another girl is pushed down the stairs by an evil spirit in the teaching building! Panic grips the campus. Before long, a female teacher is killed by a ghost on camera a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Heavenly Fragrance 天香引 The land of Chuzhou is rife with witchcraft, and people get carried off at the drop of a hat. Wen Yin was born with a fragrant soul, able to reach ghosts and gods through scent. When she was eight, she rescued a young convict from the clutches of a cat ghost, never realizing she'd saved the person destined to be her nemesis. Lu Jing was born into a family of Imperial Preceptors, but unfortunately, he was a bringer of bad luck. Exiled at ten, he brought death to his entire patrol and became a 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Path to Godslaying Begins with Ghost Blows Out the Light 从鬼吹灯开始的弑神之路 History has been turbulent and magnificent, yet throughout the dynasties, from emperors to local gentry, it seems everyone has kept silent about the gods. It is as though there are no gods in this world. But is that really true? Zhang Yunting, who has arrived in the world of Ghost Blows Out the Light, has no comment. This world really does have gods. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 A Tomb Raider's Life 盗墓生涯 In 2013, I unexpectedly went bankrupt, and my girlfriend left me. With no other options, I took this path, and a strange, eerie world opened up before my eyes. Beneath a mysterious thousand-year-old tomb, half were tomb raiders, and the other half were... 558Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 55 The Southeast Asian Medium 东南亚通灵先生 Under duress, I embedded a woman's corpse inside a Buddha statue in a temple. After I was framed, Master Dad taught me Southeast Asian spirit-medium arts. From that day on, the world I saw was no longer inhabited by the living alone... 3.5kReads8.4Score42414d adds
- 56 Bureau 749: Classified Files 749局绝密档案 Bureau 749: Do you want to know its secrets? The dead returning to life? Vampiric zombies? Clones? All will be revealed here. 785Reads7.4Score10814d adds
- 57 Case Files of the Unusual: New Century 异案调查录2：新世纪 A century marks one hundred years. In this new century, technology and information are advancing at breakneck speed, and all kinds of bizarre cases are springing up everywhere. News of them spreads faster than ever before. A boy who can only walk by hopping, another person's face appearing in the village well, a human shadow appearing on a factory warehouse wall in the middle of the night, and more... Only the Unusual Cases Investigation Bureau can handle this series of bizarre incidents... 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 My Years as a Tomb Raider 我盗墓的那些年 Years ago, my father injured himself falling while gathering medicinal herbs in the mountains to pay for my tuition. With the mounting medical bills, I had no choice but to go tomb-raiding with someone. I thought I was just going to make a quick buck, never imagining I’d fall into an abyss so deep I could never climb back out. Over the years, the things I experienced while raiding tombs have often come back to me when I least expect it: a Peach Blossom Spring unlike any other, a tomb afflicted b 581Reads7.0Score10714d adds
- 59 Tomb Raiding: No More Hiding, I'm a Moving Mountains Daoist 盗墓：不装了，我是搬山道人 Zhou Yu transmigrates into a tomb-raiding world and, from the start, becomes a member of the mysterious Ghost Cave Tribe. He inherits the Moving Mountains lineage, but is also afflicted by the Ghost Cave curse. Fortunately, he obtains the Hunter System. As long as he keeps killing powerful prey, he can grow stronger step by step, and even slay gods! Little Brother: You... consider me prey? Hu Bayi: Brother Zhou, please, teach me the art of great prophecy! Fatty: Come on, man, where do you get al 9Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 60 The Strange Realm Archives 诡域档案 Six years ago, Comrade Peng Gang, an outstanding investigator in the Ministry of State Security of Huaxia and deputy director of the Seventh Bureau, met a strange death while on a mission. Six years later, several investigators go missing one after another. The case they were investigating is deeply strange and has countless connections to the case from six years ago. In response, the mysterious investigation team, Fifth Bureau, Ninth Division, begins looking into a series of cases in the realm 332Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 61 Exploring the Mystery of the Curse 探险诅咒之谜 Li Wen takes his girlfriend exploring in Black Bamboo Valley, but she accidentally falls into a mysterious place. When he sees her again, he has been cursed. To break the curse, Li Wen sets off on adventures far and wide. From the Black Bamboo Kingdom to Jin Feng Ridge and Ailao Mountain, he eventually uncovers an ancient and earth-shattering secret. How could it possibly be... 81Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Bureau of Anomalous Biology Investigations 异常生物调查局 The day after my grandpa died, everyone in town showed up… 528Reads8.2Score10214d adds
- 63 Memoirs of the Kunlun Mountains, 1978 1978年昆仑山回忆录 In the autumn of 1978, Professor Zhang Wenli and his party arrived from Beijing in Yingdudaban to carry out a routine site survey lasting fifteen days. As a local assistant, I was honored to work alongside the professors from Beijing. But this ordinary survey was soon plagued by one unexpected incident after another... 5kReads8.8Score40314d adds
- 64 The Underworld Longevity Bureau 黄泉长生局 [Mystery + Tomb Raiding + Adventure + Ghost Hunting] They say the Yellow Springs are crawling with ghosts and demons. Once I raise my yellow talisman and form a hand seal, I'll wipe them all out. From three-eyed ghost lice and the Fish Kingdom tomb to the Ten-Thousand-Pearl Snake Woman... Li Que, a little nobody of the Daoist sect, and Fatty get caught up in a vast scheme for immortality. As the saying goes: “In paper shoes, I tread into the Yellow Springs; through the gloom of life and death, I 224Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 65 Supernatural: Devouring Red Flesh 灵异【啖红肉】 My name is Xiang Sanpi. I was born in a village where people eat people. When I was eight, my father killed our entire family. After that, I studied Taoist arts of yin and yang under my master, specializing in strange and supernatural cases… Note: Believe in science. No feudal superstition. 17Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 66 The Archaeological Diviner 考古神算 The Archaeological Diviner is being adapted into a web drama. It's based on an IP novel. (Search for it and you'll see.) A professor in the archaeological world of Huaxia has a grandson named Li Bagua. Following his grandfather's wishes, Li Bagua goes into archaeology, but encounters all sorts of strange things during his work... Each archaeological expedition helps him grow more mature! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 White Russian Cemetery 白俄公墓 [Supernatural + Mystery + Horror + Forbidden Sites and Zone Exploration + Dark] While traveling, I passed through a small town called Beima and accidentally entered a strange internet cafe. The terrifying legend of a woman ghost hanging upside down, messages from an online friend dating back to 2001, an old school campus regarded as forbidden ground, a mysterious ghost village behind the school, and a cemetery that exists only in people's memories. Somehow, all of it seems connected to me. This 47Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 68 Strike It Rich by Opening the Coffin 开棺发财 [Handcrafted from scratch + Traditional supernatural horror + No System + No cultivation + Extremely scary + Based on true experiences] Paper figures carry the coffin, a black dog tosses the grave, and an old man falls in love with a ghost. An opened coffin is carried home, and a beautiful fairy follows through the door. My name is Qin Yang. I was down on my luck and only hoped to make money by opening coffins. I never expected that it would turn out to be such a high-risk profession. (Friends i 1.7kReads—Score13114d adds
- 69 Forbidden Ground for the Living 活人禁地 Seek out the world's rare treasures, and plunder its hidden relics. The living should stay away from these places... 1.5kReads7.2Score13114d adds
- 70 I Put on a Mask and Became a God 戴上面具，我成了神 I woke up with amnesia from the start. Did I kill someone? The security footage shows me brutally slaughtering two burly men all by myself? Yan Zhile: That wasn't me. I put on a mask and got possessed by a god. Do you believe me? Police: Why not say you're Ultraman while you're at it? From an ordinary college student to the Host of a forbidden mask. She takes down scumbag dads, slays heavenly fiends, and tames ancient divine beasts. When she has collected every mask, she stands atop the Ea 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Unusual Case Investigation Bureau 异案调查局 In 2008, the body of a drowned woman was discovered in the Kaiyuan Reservoir. Yet every clue in the case pointed to suicide. The officers assigned to investigate began having frequent nightmares, and in the end, each of them drowned. “Bus 303,” “Crying Beneath the Old Grave,” “Hair in the Forbidden City Corridor,” “Chongqing's Headless Taxi Driver.” Zhang Yao, a member of the Anomalous Cases Investigation Bureau, tells you about the inexplicable paranormal cases he personally encountered over th 153Reads5.3Score3814d adds
- 72 Bureau 749, Section 13 749局13科 Bureau 749 is a mysterious department dedicated to handling supernatural phenomena and incidents. Psychics are peculiar, unknown beings with special abilities that defy explanation. To maintain social stability, Bureau 749's main task is to control and monitor psychics and prevent them from committing crimes. But the darkest things in society aren't psychics or criminal acts. They're the human heart, and the incomprehensibly mysterious, unfathomable force known as fate... A top agent forced into 3.2kReads7.7Score39914d adds
- 73 Don’t Call My Name at Midnight 半夜不要喊我名字 Believe it or not, this is a true story. She is Yang Xiaofan, dumped by a man who had been using her for her money, then left with nothing. With almost no savings left, she had no choice but to move into a deserted house. The mysterious landlord disappeared without a trace after his first appearance. After midnight, terrifying knocks and calls to summon spirits put her life in danger. A black cat that comes and goes appears at strange moments, then vanishes without a trace. Again and again, I wa 1.2kReads8.3Score—14d adds
- 74 I'm Just a Photographer, So Why Do I Keep Seeing Ghosts?! 我就是个摄影师，为什么总见鬼！ [Original Work] [First Published Here] [Supernatural Horror] [Mystery and Puzzles] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Folk Supernatural] [Light Transmigration] Photographer Lin Shen ventured alone to an abandoned manor in the wilderness, hoping to capture a series of supernatural photographs that could turn his career around. Instead, he was lost in a ravine forever. When he opened his eyes again, he had transmigrated into the body of He Xun, another freelance photographer. Like before, he made a living wi 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 True Tales of Ghost Encounters: Paranormal Files 撞鬼实录之灵异档案 Li Yuanfeng was born with unusual eyes and ears. It was those eyes that helped him solve one bizarre case after another... One shocking tragedy after another, desperate screams for help, a terrifying game at a university in the dead of night... A man embedded in a wall... A child used as a sacrifice... The secrets of an ancient, haunted house... What are the voices from the well trying to tell us?... How can severed limbs be pieced back together?... A pair of eyes that can see through every cycl 326Reads8.8Score10314d adds
- 76 Twenty-Four Strange Tales 二十四异 A child found by an executioner, a senior member of the Daoist sect, and the godson of a Yellow Immortal lead the way. Joined over time by twenty-four more people with extraordinary abilities, they form an organization in Republican-era China dedicated to dealing with supernatural incidents. 4.4kReads9.2Score60914d adds
- 77 One Hundred Thousand and One Folk Horror Stories 十万零一个民间恐怖故事 A collection of short horror stories in an episodic format, with a new story every chapter. No dragging things out! Haunted houses in the countryside, mountain spirits, urban legends, old customs and taboos... Every kind of Chinese-style horror is covered, with nonstop thrills and no filler. Anti-superstition disclaimer: This story is entirely fictional. Believe in science and read rationally. Please don’t apply it to real life~ 304Reads—Score10114d adds
- 78 Taoist, Spare Us! Zombies, Ghosts, and Monsters Are Freaking Out! 道士请饶命，僵尸鬼妖慌麻了！ [Supernatural] [Feng Shui and Folk Customs] [Ghost Hunting and Corpse Suppression] [Transmigration] [No System] Chen Yang, a Taoist who used to sweep temple floors, transmigrates to a world without Taoist priests and discovers that he has become the village idiot tasked with guarding the village. The village chief says, "My dead father is causing too much trouble. You have to get in the coffin and keep him company!" Chen Yang replies, "Trouble? That's right up my alley. I'll have your dad settle 107Reads—Score12114d adds
- 79 I’m Going to Lure 100 Lost Souls 我要勾满100个亡魂 Sequel to I Guide Souls at Wangxiang Terrace Lin Jiaojiao, 24, an overworked office worker, suddenly dies on the Nth night in a row of staying up all night revising proposals. When she opens her eyes again, she has already completed every step of the underworld’s procedures. But just as she reaches Wangxiang Terrace, the guide Zhou Yi stops her. “Your attachment remains unresolved. You can’t be reincarnated.” Judge Li Muzi offers her a way forward: work as a soul reaper under him, and she can be 11.2kReads—Score4k14d adds
- 80 I Test-Sleep in Haunted Houses: My True Accounts of Ghostly Encounters! 我做凶宅试睡员，口述撞鬼实录！ [As long as you’re not afraid of ghosts, you can make money even while you sleep.] My name is Ma Jun. Two friends and I run a real estate agency. We make plenty of money, but we keep running into ghosts because all the properties we sell are haunted houses... 466Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 81 The Last Grave Chaser 最后一个撵坟人 [Tomb raiding + the supernatural + suspense + Taoist arts + feng shui + spirit-walking + witchcraft + no System + original, not fanfiction + slow burn] In southwest China, there is a little-known profession whose practitioners are called grave chasers. They read the flow of qi and water, scour the mountains and track down tombs, and are experts in feng shui, burial sites, Taoist arts, and witchcraft. What are grave chasers really looking for? How did I get dragged into all this? It all began whe 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Never Go to the Old House 千万不要去古宅 Na Ling and Bao Datong were looking for a thrill, so they drove around robbing old houses. One day, they came across a photo of Fengmen Village online and went there to steal a Grand Tutor's chair. They sold it to Li Wei, a chamber of commerce boss, but because the chair was haunted, he resold it to the speculator Meng Guozhao. During the handoff, Na Ling secretly kept the jade marrow hidden inside the chair. After leaving Fengmen Village, Na Ling traveled to Anhui, where he stumbled upon the an 8.1kReads8.6Score23514d adds
- 83 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Beyond the Pass 关外盗墓笔记 From a “master of antiquing” to the “Divine Eye Beyond the Pass,” one thought is all it takes for Xiao Xu to embark on a dangerous road of no return. In the perilous underground world, friendship and loyalty are cheap, while profit and betrayal are the order of the day. Only by letting go of desire can you make it out unscathed. 1.2kReads8.8Score12614d adds
- 84 The Divine Mortician 神葬师 I am the peerless Divine Burial Master. I use heaven and earth as my coffin to bury every ghost and god in the world, and feng shui formations to safeguard the nation’s fortune for generations to come. The world honors me as the National Feng Shui Master. Bureau 749 regards me as its pillar of support, and I trounced the Kiku Sect. Yet in the ultimate battle ten years ago, I won but still lost everything. With my cultivation gone, all I could do was return to my hometown and wait to die. Then, o 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 City Supernatural Shelter: I Balance the Books and Vanquish Ghosts Across the Land 都市收容所：我靠查账平了天下鬼 On the third day after passing the civil service exam and starting my new job, I finally learned that my department was a containment facility specializing in urban anomalies. The section chief slapped a stack of old case files onto my desk. "Xiao Shen, settle the mess this building left behind thirty years ago." I opened the first page. It read: "The last person who investigated these accounts is buried behind the hill." 7Reads6.4Score18514d adds
- 86 Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau: The Sequel 民调局异闻录后传 Twenty-six years ago, when I was born, someone told my fortune and said my fate was tainted by ill luck. So my grandfather gave me a name meant to ward it off: Shen La. Twenty years ago, when I was six, I innocently saw a friend from that other world. Four years ago, when I was still a special forces soldier, I took part in a bizarre incident. Fate led me to an organization called the Bureau of Folk Affairs Investigation and Research, where I became an investigator. From that day on, my nightmar 1kReads9.4Score—14d adds
- 87 749 Bureau: Strange Case Investigations 749局：奇案调查 Liu Shui experienced a supernatural event as a child, during which his only family member disappeared without a trace. As an adult, Liu Shui is recruited by Bureau 749, an agency dedicated to investigating supernatural events. Under the guidance of his superior, Han Jiu, he begins investigating a string of mysterious cases. A shadowy figure on the last bus, a vampire attacking a zoo, a master craftsman with a thousand faces who sells bizarre artifacts, an alien creature with extraterrestrial tra 2kReads8.9Score16614d adds
- 88 Slay Demons, Exorcise Evil: I’m 749’S Double-Flower Red Staff 斩妖，除魔，吾乃749双花红棍 (Invincible) (No female lead, but female supporting characters) (Golden finger) (If I’m reasoning with you, then that’s what counts as reason.) (If you think you can kill me, you’d better actually be able to do it.) Qin Xuan had been in this world for eighteen years. The old man who had found him had passed away just before the New Year. Qin Xuan took over the old man’s line of work and became a funeral ritual specialist. Who could have guessed that his very first job would involve something sin 865Reads7.2Score11114d adds
- 89 The Northeast Paranormal Investigator 东北灵异先生 Fangshi, spirit mediums, exorcists: these professions are famous, but their abilities are limited. There is one calling that stands above them all: its practitioners are known as paranormal masters. My name is Huo Jie. When I was nine, I encountered a vengeful spirit and nearly died of fright. To survive, I became a paranormal master! From then on, I roamed between the worlds of yin and yang, wielded the art of feng shui, and guided ghosts and gods through their trials! 235Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 90 Chronicles of the Supernatural 异灵实录 At three in the morning, check the list of the dead; let the ferryman guide your soul. Chinese horror stories, spirit-summoning, death notes. Some things can be explained, while other feelings defy description. A terror that makes you shudder as you think it over rises from the depths of your heart. After reading these 99 stories, you'll find yourself questioning your own life. There's a rumor that you should never stay in the last room on the ground floor of a hotel. The author once traveled ou 24Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 91 Department of Paranormal Investigations II 神秘事件调查处【贰】 The X-Files Investigation Bureau, Part Two “That's a dragon!” “No, there are no dragons. That's a kite, that's a black plastic bag, that's a bird soaring through a storm. You've read Haiyan, haven't you? Exactly.” In 1968, our country established Institute 507, whose full name was the Institute of Space Medicine and Engineering. Later, as more and more supernatural events were discovered, the institute began handling certain cases. In September 1974, some departments of Institute 507 were split 6.4kReads8.8Score57714d adds
- 92 Corpse's Fate 尸命 I have three masters, surnamed Li, Wang, and Xu. But my story begins with someone borrowing thirty years of my lifespan... 841Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 93 I Have a Book That Suppresses Ghosts 我有一本镇鬼书 [Wild imagination + ghost taming + fighting ghosts] [Punching Japanese Onmyoji in the face + kicking Satanist exorcists] During the Eastern Jin dynasty, the unorthodox Taoist Song Dingbo sealed more than a hundred evil ghosts that plagued the world inside a notebook. After his death, the notebook was buried with him in a grave on Yunwu Mountain. As the years passed, the grave was damaged one day in 2012, releasing all the ghosts. Li San, who happened to be on a mission nearby, was accidentally p 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The Years I Spent Locked Up at Xishan Base 我被关在西山基地的那些年 [Xishan Base, Book Two] [Containment fiction, no female lead] From the moment Chen Jiangwen set foot in Xishan Base, he was no longer an ordinary person. He left his mundane life behind, and from then on, he would face the deepest mysteries of the world. Terrifying, uncanny monsters; concepts that kill without a trace; supreme beings from beyond; or rebellion and strife within humanity itself. None of it had anything to do with Chen Jiangwen, because no anomaly could affect him. And yet it all h 2.7kReads7.7Score42214d adds
- 95 The Rebirth Shop: I Handle Paranormal Cases at the Funeral Home 往生铺：我在殡仪馆处理灵异事件 My name is Chen Yang, and I run a funeral shop called Passing On in the outskirts of the city. By day, I sell wreaths and make paper effigies. My business is with the dead. At midnight, I burn incense and light candles, dealing with the “unclean things” that the living would rather avoid. 359Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 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! 669Reads7.8Score10114d adds
- 97 Department of Paranormal Investigations 神秘事件调查处 The Secret Incident Investigation Bureau, Book One As a child, Zhuge Yun was struck by lightning and branded with a thunder rune. During an archaeological excavation, he accidentally awakened the thunder element within himself. After joining the Ninth Division, under the Huaxia government’s secret agency, Bureau 749, Zhuge Yun and his teammates handled all kinds of supernatural incidents. The mysterious Poyang Lake Delta, ghost soldiers crossing the land, resurrected terracotta warriors in the M 4.4kReads8.4Score23214d adds
- 98 A Grave Robber's True Records 盗墓贼的真实笔录 No romance. A true account of grave robbing. Follow my perspective and see the most authentic world of tomb raiding. Want to get rich? Rob a tomb. Make ten thousand yuan overnight: that was life back in our day. One trip into a tomb could earn you tens of thousands at the very least, or hundreds of thousands, even over a million. There’s not much startup capital needed for this line of work, and it’s more thrilling than gambling. There are no traps or ghosts in these tombs. The ones you need to 32.8kReads7.6Score2.6k14d adds
- 99 The Dark Night Draws Near 暗夜将至 When a person's soul grows powerful enough, it can give rise to an ability almost like that of a god. Hidden in our world is a group of people who possess this extraordinary power. The story I'm about to tell you is about one of them. This book updates three chapters on odd-numbered days and two on even-numbered days. I'll try my best not to take any days off... 3.8kReads9.1Score59214d adds
- 100 The Girl Born of a Corpse with a Yin Fate 尸生阴命女 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, a human-skin lantern appears at the mass grave on Shiping Mountain. A little girl cradles a skull and slowly follows behind the lantern. The girl is called Qiyue. Born from a corpse and destined to live among the dead, she grows up determined to uncover the truth about her corpse-mother’s origins. When all the clues point to a mysterious ghost village...! 1.5kReads8.6Score17514d adds
