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  1. 1 Horror Livestream 恐怖直播间 Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted In the gloomy forest, a lone figure swayed slowly. Not far away, a rotting corpse dangled from a tree, rocking gently in the night breeze. Elsewhere, an old man on a grave silently picked up his own arm. He put it back, and it fell off; he put it back, and it fell off again. In the grass, Li Bing secretly livestreamed with his phone held up. 186Reads5.5Score—Shelves
  2. 2 The Horror Exam 恐怖考试 Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing One exam, one cycle of rebirth, a battle between life and death, all for a brilliant tomorrow! Do you have the courage to face this endless nightmare? The Horror Exam awaits your challenge! 84Reads6.8Score—Shelves
  3. 3 The Horrific Murder Scene 恐怖的凶杀现场 Mystery463k WordsCompleted This book is based on real cases. Every case in it, from the bride who knelt on the ground, the body hidden in a roadside greenbelt, and the corpse that fell from a building, to the headless male body, human-meat buns, and the game of death, caused a sensation at the time. They were tightly sealed away and shrouded in secrecy, yet they really happened right here among us... What force lurks in the shadows? When the fog is lifted, will the truth emerge, or will it be the top-secret files that hav 268Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  4. 4 Strange Cases on the Tip of the Tongue 舌尖上的诡案 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The curse behind the Lin family’s old mansion, the dead reappearing on a haunted bus, the murder case involving a grandmaster’s chair in Fengmen Village... The supernatural legends of this world blur the line between illusion and reality, reaching across past and future to create one baffling case after another. Yet since ancient times, ghosts and gods have been nothing to fear. Nothing is more terrifying than the human heart. What secrets lie behind these bizarre, puzzling cases? 109Reads8.2Score—Shelves
  5. 5 The Horror WeChat Group 恐怖微信群 Mystery958k WordsOngoing A rich tycoon suddenly appears in the class chat group. Anyone who completes his assigned tasks can earn a huge red packet, so all the students eagerly join in. But what I never expected was that he would ask me to... 33Reads6.9Score—Shelves
  6. 6 The Death Red Packet Group 死亡红包群 Mystery939k WordsCompleted During evening study hall, a group activity suddenly starts. The protagonist who takes part in the interaction receives a cash reward, but the class delinquent Ma Long gets punished instead. He dies, and strange events begin to unfold... 813Reads6.2Score—Shelves
  7. 7 Death Game Dimension 死亡游戏空间 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse368k WordsCompleted “Let's have some fun playing a game~” Out of curiosity, Xu Ge clicked YES and entered a mysterious game space, where he had no choice but to play one deadly game after another. Guess Who I Am, Dating Game, The Countess's Death, The Sin of Pride, Live-Action Ghost Show... Who is behind the mysterious game? And as Xu Ge continues playing, he becomes caught up in an even greater conspiracy. A plot spanning thousands of years, the return of the primordial, changes to the world, and one mysterious in 129Reads8.8Score—Shelves
  8. 8 Infinite Escape Guide 无限逃生指南 Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted My name is Gao Wei, and I’m a second-year graduate student. I thought my life would continue to be as uneventful as ever, until one day I was pulled into a strange gaming platform. From then on, deserted-island survival, the apocalypse, mysterious old castles, ghost ships… endless unknown dangers followed me like a shadow. I struggled to survive one real-life escape game after another, but in the end, I discovered that the truth wasn’t so simple… (This story uses the infinite-flow genre to tell 164Reads6.0Score—Shelves
  9. 9 Death Message 死亡讯息 Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted I joined a special department that hunts down criminals, punishes evil, and solves all kinds of bizarre, world-shaking cases. Now, I’ll take up my pen and show you a world unlike any other! 29Reads6.6Score—Shelves
  10. 10 Two-Thirty in the Morning 凌晨两点半 Mystery639k WordsCompleted I never thought a game could change me into someone I didn't even recognize anymore… 94Reads6.7Score—Shelves
  11. 11 The Horror Face Mask 恐怖面膜 Mystery722k WordsCompleted Never buy cosmetics from social-media resellers without thinking twice. Some of them can cost you your life! Soap made from human fat, face masks made from human skin: let me expose the horrors lurking among online resellers... 64Reads6.4Score—Shelves
  12. 12 The Classroom of Death 死亡教室 Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted When you receive a strange letter of admission, you have set foot on a road of no return. No one can escape! At this university of death, the moment your name appears in bloody letters on the classroom blackboard, class has begun. And once class begins, you will enter an unknown world of terror, where you must face bizarre and horrifying ghosts. They will be everywhere, coming to claim your life. Even if you are lucky enough to survive that deadly class and return to the classroom, you will stil 1.9kReads7.1Score111Shelves
  13. 13 Live from the Horror Movie Set! 直击!恐怖片场 Mystery711k WordsOngoing As you stroll through familiar streets and alleyways, you might come across a casting call for a horror movie. The moment you pick up that ad, the nightmare begins. A bus stranded on the road in the dead of night, a school building ravaged by fires and earthquakes, a country villa where the dead have waited a thousand years… When all this appears before the actors on a horror movie set, one of them casually picks up his… GoPro. “Hello, viewers! Welcome to today’s live stream from the horror movi 39Reads6.7Score—Shelves
  14. 14 Paranormal Survival: The Endless Gate 灵异求生:无尽之门 Mystery175k WordsOngoing A survival game of endless horror-room challenges. No female lead, and no saintly protagonist. Beyond the never-ending doors lie one hopelessly terrifying room after another. Vengeful spirits, zombies, parasites, vampires, mummies, clowns... Everyone and everything you know, and don't know, might appear in the next room. Chinese, American, European... Different styles are randomly assigned, all to cater to each player's deepest fears. The cruelty of the strange creatures and the wickedness of hu 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  15. 15 Escape Game: A Ticket to Hell 逃生游戏:通往地狱的车票 Mystery336k WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow + suspense, not a power fantasy / no golden finger / no harem / team-based] On the day of his eighteenth birthday, Shao Chi received a strange ticket. From the moment he got it, all kinds of bizarre and inexplicable events began happening around him. To stay alive, he was forced to board a dilapidated bus and embark on a string of escape games. Instance One: A small village hidden deep in the mountains. At night, the sounds of an opera drift through the air, and a pair of bloods 260Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  16. 16 Thriller Game: What Should I Do If I'm Too Reckless? 惊悚游戏:我太莽了怎么办 Sports185k WordsOngoing A mysterious force descended, randomly selecting players to join a horror game. Wang Mang, a transmigrator with a sign-in System, was chosen by the mysterious force to join the horror game. But the horror-game world, where everyone else had to tread carefully just to cling to life, was completely transformed by Wang Mang. Don't ask. The answer is simply that he's far too reckless. (No female lead) 2Reads8.0Score—Shelves
  17. 17 Tales from the Horror Game 恐怖游戏异闻录 Mystery112k WordsOngoing Do you like playing games? Do you like horror games? The Grim Reaper says, “I like playing them too!” Mobile games are all the rage, so the Grim Reaper has gone with the times and developed a murder game for phones. Download it, and you’ll be trapped in an endless cycle of terror, facing trials of life and death. A call from the underworld. A female corpse sends a plea for help. An escape room. An apartment turns into a haunted house in an instant. A missing girlfriend. A womanizer reforms, and 4Reads6.9Score—Shelves
  18. 18 You Think College Makes Life Easy? 上了大学就轻松了? Mystery248k WordsOngoing Infinite-loop horror + slow burn + no golden finger + challenges + rule-based horror + the supernatural + instances + conflict An ordinary school suddenly turns into a “meat grinder”! All kinds of deadly rules: ignore the “teachers,” don't run, follow the schedule to the letter... All kinds of bizarre instances, movie scenes, teamwork, and going it alone... Ten universities compete online. Staying alive is the only hope! When you graduate from your senior year of high school and take the college 3Reads—Score—Shelves
  19. 19 The Horror Supply Shop 恐怖用品店 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted An adult shop in a cemetery, and a brick-thick guide to running an adult shop. I started running a bizarre little store. My very first customer wanted to buy my human skin... 272Reads7.3Score—Shelves
  20. 20 Is This Really a Horror Game Livestream?! 这真的是恐怖游戏直播?! Mystery251k WordsOngoing Welcome to the Super-Dimensional Reality Show, a game that transcends the dimensions of reality, with extraordinary battles of wits and will. Who will be the ultimate winner? Faced with an unwinnable dead end, Gu Ye calmly kicked a stone a few times. Ding! Congratulations, you’ve cleared the level! Faced with a computer that wouldn’t shut down, Gu Ye kept a straight face and talked his macho teammate into acting cute. Ding! Congratulations, you’ve cleared the level! Gu Ye smiled. “Fi 4Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  21. 21 Infinite, Dead Space 无限,死亡空间 Mystery126k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + No Female Lead] Do people go to another world after they die? Lun Hui didn't even know whether he was dead. He met Alice, whose mother had died before the college entrance exam. He saw an emperor whose achievements would last for all time die before he could call back his troops. He saw a giant beast that ruled an entire planet shed a tear… Lun Hui saw so many things, and he saw himself too. Was the person lying in a pool of blood him? Was the one hacked to pieces him? Lun Hui d 4Reads—Score—Shelves
  22. 22 The Death Contact List 死亡通讯录 Mystery698k WordsCompleted A mysterious secret identity appeared in the company group chat. No one knew who it belonged to, and from then on, the entire company was plunged into a state of panic! 417Reads7.2Score105Shelves
  23. 23 The Cursed Mansion 诅咒之馆 Mystery307k WordsOngoing [Horror infinite-loop adventure + supernatural thrills + standalone dungeons + ensemble cast + no romantic pairing] “Welcome to the Cursed Library. Your fate has long been cursed.” “Every book here is a horror novel, endlessly generating one terrifying story after another.” “Whenever a horror story appears in the novel assigned to you, that novel will suck you into the world of its story.” First horror story: “Ghost Bus” (complete) Second horror story: “Old House on a Desolate Mountain” (complet 30Reads—Score—Shelves
  24. 24 Horror Survival: I Livestream Fortune-Telling for the Supernatural 恐怖求生:我直播给诡异算命 Mystery251k WordsCompleted The Black Sun appeared, bringing a bizarre and terrifying fight for survival, along with a hundred survival livestreams. Every day, people die horribly while struggling to survive! For three years, Li Changsheng prayed every single day, hoping to be chosen for the terrifying survival game as soon as possible! At last, his happy survival adventure is about to begin! From then on, the whole tone of the terrifying survival game changes. He tells the Slit-Mouthed Woman’s fortune in love! He warns th 10Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  25. 25 Horror Livestream: I Became the Lord of Hell 惊悚直播:我成了地狱之主 Urban615k WordsOngoing Hell has descended into chaos, and the ghosts can no longer be reincarnated. Lin Fan obtains the Lord of Hell System and gathers countless ghosts for his horror park! Visitor 1: “Bro, you're standing right in front of me, so who's calling me? There's a ghost in this phone! Aaaaaah!” Visitor 2: “What the hell? I was just playing a horror park game, so why did I see my dead grandpa? Damn!” Visitor 3: “Here's a secret: you must never play the spirit-writing game at this horror park!” Lin Fan smiles 6Reads7.9Score—Shelves
  26. 26 The Darkest Personality 极暗人格 Sports154k WordsOngoing [Mind Games / Dark] [No Saintly Heroine / No Romance] [Similar to Identity V / Dead by Daylight] In 2024, in a parallel world, a game called Darkest Persona appears out of nowhere. Its cutting-edge technology and immersive experience sweep across the globe, but within moments, a coalition of countries bans it. The game survives only underground. Determined to find out what happened to his older brother, who disappeared after joining the game's beta test, Gu Wen throws himself into the game, step 4Reads8.0Score—Shelves
  27. 27 Why Does a Map Company Have to Deal with the Uncanny, Too? 一个地图公司也要让我处理诡异? Mystery334k WordsOngoing The abandoned old district has long since become a breeding ground for the uncanny. An occurrence known as a “contaminated zone” appears from time to time in the old district, centered around individual buildings. Rumor has it that a contaminated zone is another world, filled with the absurd and the uncanny. As the number of missing people increased, the authorities had no choice but to close the routes between the old and new districts. By a stroke of luck, people discovered that the cores of c 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  28. 28 Red and White Banquets 红白席面 Mystery178k WordsOngoing [Mild thrills] [A clever main cast] [One heroine] [No excessive saintliness] [All manner of evil spirits + mysterious practitioners with their own agendas] A sudden mishap at her father's funeral leads Li Sixian, a wealthy heiress, to be rescued by Gan Xin, a village banquet chef. She discovers the hidden side of the world, and, determined to spare her father the tortures of the City of Wrongful Death, she boldly chooses to become a ghost official while still alive. A rookie ghost official who k 14Reads6.5Score—Shelves
  29. 29 18 Hell-Level Horror Games: How Far Can You Get? 18场地狱级惊悚游戏:你能玩到哪一局? Modern Romance320k WordsCompleted [Deadly Games + Horror Survival + Challenges + Bounties + Mystery and Deduction + Episodic Stories] “Ding! Welcome to the Abnormal Games Club, ” Attention, players! You are about to take on different roles and enter eighteen deadly games. Play a bounty hunter in a game of pursuit and slaughter. Survive for 730 days while facing 141 ambushes, 16 attempts to turn you against your allies, and 87 traps. Play a criminal investigation captain in a word game, and find the culprit behind a murder by com 120Reads8.0Score—Shelves
  30. 30 Horror Livestream: The Whole Nation Watches Me Catch Ghosts Live 恐怖直播:全民看我在线捉鬼 Urban301k WordsCompleted Chen Feng transmigrates to a parallel world plagued by strange phenomena, where all manner of demons and ghosts have appeared. Everyone has entered an age of horror livestream challenges. After being bound to a System, Chen Feng easily becomes the first person to win nine consecutive challenges! “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have killed a thousand-year-old zombie. Reward: one powerful virility pill!” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have killed a painted-skin long-tongued ghost. Reward: one 65Reads7.1Score—Shelves
  31. 31 Arrival in the Infinite Rules 降临在无限规则 Mystery491k WordsOngoing A powerful female lead with bipolar disorder, and a male lead who’s an emotional desert. An enchanting, eerie, dreamlike style, with a suspenseful romance and a vast, mysterious world pieced together like a puzzle. You could believe it’s all just the uncontrolled fantasy of a female lead whose bipolar disorder has progressed to schizophrenia, brought on when her mind went blank after a round of electroconvulsive therapy. But perhaps Earth really is just a prison for souls, keeping us from ascen 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  32. 32 Death QQ Group 死亡QQ群 Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted If you found out that a friend you saw regularly had actually died several years ago, how would you react? Shortly before graduation, I joined a QQ group for professional networking. A friend who had been dead for years appeared again, posting one bizarre game challenge after another in the group. As we completed the challenges, my classmates began dying one by one in strange ways. An abandoned old campus, a terrifying and eerie cemetery, and survivors of a similar incident from more than a deca 1kReads6.8Score—Shelves
  33. 33 Starting as a Doll: Scaring All of Humanity to Tears 从洋娃娃开始:吓哭全人类 Urban580k WordsOngoing Feng Tianlin was fast asleep when he suddenly transmigrated into a horror world and became a doll. He can grow stronger simply by making other people afraid of him. From then on, Feng Tianlin sets about building his own empire of terror. A little girl comes with the deal from the start? I’ll take her. Now there’s a teddy bear toy? You make me feel right at home. I’ll take you too. So ghosts really do exist? You’re joining my crew as well. Before long, terrifying legends about Feng Tianlin’s 324Reads8.0Score101Shelves
  34. 34 After Three Months Unemployed, She Started Slaying Ghosts in a Horror Livestream 失业三个月,她在恐怖直播间虐鬼 Modern Romance606k WordsOngoing [Horror + infinite-flow + strong heroine + light deduction + supernatural] Bai Jing, a streamer who had lost her job, stumbled into a special livestream while looking for work. Here, death was real every second of every day. Determined to survive, Bai Jing started doing everything she could to stay alive and fight back. After directly or indirectly taking out one important NPC after another, the livestream audience began to change their tune. At first: [Let us cuddle up to the pretty wife.] Late 4Reads8.8Score—Shelves
  35. 35 One Hundred Ways to Encounter a Ghost 见诡一百法 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The day my eldest uncle died, all our relatives and friends went to his funeral. My cousins wailed as they finished burning the joss paper. When it was my turn, I just couldn't cry. I could have faked it, but no tears would come, and my aunt's family looked displeased. That wasn't really a big deal. The problem was that when I tossed paper money into the brazier, the flames, which had been burning fiercely, went out in an instant! I tried several times, and it happened every time. It was creepy, 1.8kReads8.5Score122Shelves
  36. 36 The Haunted Inn 恐怖旅店 Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted A new graduate faces the toughest job market in years and, with no other options, applies for a night receptionist position at an inn. On my first day, I was told that the job had two requirements. First, I must not speak to the guests. Second, I must not leave the front desk. 513Reads8.0Score103Shelves
  37. 37 Infinite Survival Game 无限生存游戏 Sports2.1M WordsCompleted This is a game with no end in sight. The only thing you can do is keep surviving! 600Reads5.5Score—Shelves
  38. 38 Horror Movie System 恐怖电影系统 Urban1.3M WordsCompleted When people see someone standing at the pinnacle, all they can see is his brilliance. They envy his greatness, but never notice the shadows, sorrow, and blood-soaked bones beneath his feet. 330Reads5.8Score—Shelves
  39. 39 Infinite Escape in a Horror Game Guide 恐怖游戏攻略里的无限逃生 Mystery223k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + System + Paranormal Cut + On-Site Exploration] Everyone likes having a game walkthrough and a reliable gaming experience, right? I’m no exception, until one day I received a blank copy of Horror Game Walkthrough. How do you escape a game fraught with danger? How do you unlock more side stories? How do you claim every reward and reach the pinnacle of life? Just watch your big sis Xia. Sometimes brute force is the answer... I mean, no, no! If I can use my brain, I absolutely 4Reads7.1Score—Shelves
  40. 40 Paranormal Livestream: Post Your Fears in the Chat 灵异直播:把害怕打在公屏上 Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Radio host Zhang Yang wakes up to find that he has transmigrated to Blue Star, where ghost stories are in short supply. Bound to the Supernatural Master System, he collects Fear Points to exchange for special items! The Haunted Pen. The Midnight Ringing. Corpse Driving in Western Hunan. The Yellow-Skinned Weasel... Endless horror stories harvest his listeners’ Fear Points! 539Reads6.0Score—Shelves
  41. 41 Devouring Hope 吞噬希望 Mystery185k WordsOngoing This is a world steeped in despair. No System lays out the rules at a leisurely pace, and there are no hints about how to survive. You can only search for a way out using scattered clues, with no room for error when testing the rules. One wrong step means utter ruin. An endless night, black as ink, wraps the world in its grip. The killing game never stops, like a tightening net of blood that leaves everyone caught in its strands struggling to breathe. And Lu Jin is the only anomaly in this bo 2Reads—Score—Shelves
  42. 42 Diary of a Crematorium Worker 火葬场女工日记 Mystery5.0M WordsCompleted [Unsolved Case + Death Notes + Female Perspective] Through the eyes of a woman who works at a crematorium, this story clearly and thoroughly explains the final place people go, and what they experience along the way. Read it, and you'll learn everything a person goes through after death, before their soul leaves their body. The author delves into the crematorium to lay out a cross-section for readers, making it easier to understand and see everything clearly. This is the story of a woman who wor 6.6kReads9.1Score315Shelves
  43. 43 Fear Descends: The Death Livestream Begins 恐惧降临:从死亡直播开始 Urban478k WordsCompleted The underworld lies empty, while demons roam the living world. A cataclysm of unprecedented scale destroyed the underworld. Yang Tian, who unexpectedly obtained the [Ruler of the Underworld] System, became the sovereign of the netherworld: the Yin Emperor! Only by harvesting the souls of evil people in the mortal realm can he rebuild the underworld! And so, terror descended... 15Reads8.2Score—Shelves
  44. 44 Eerie: After Completing the Puzzle, I Somehow Ended Myself 诡异:凑完拼图莫名把自己终结了 Mystery589k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Eerie + Deduction + Infinite Flow + Ensemble Cast + Flawless Logic] Have you ever felt despair? Lu Bai wakes up in a dim room, where a mysterious force orders him and several other poor souls to go on missions in one strange place after another. Complete a mission and live. Fail, and die. Black Dragon Pool, the old elm tree, the ancient well at the village entrance, the strange funeral home. After Lu Bai and his companions rack their brains, endure countless hardships, and narrowly es 142Reads8.2Score—Shelves
  45. 45 Livestream: The Death Sentence 直播,死亡审判 Urban817k WordsOngoing [System] [Pseudo-Infinite] [No Female Lead] [Judging Evil] [Supernatural] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Original Instances] Wang Yan suffers from a strange illness and has little time left. Just as he waits for death, the System arrives. The Hell Judgment System lets him see other people’s sin scores. He can judge sinners in the real world or drag them into the worlds of horror movies. “A murderer?” “A traitor?” “Scammers from Myanmar?” “Whoever you are, you won’t escape your fate!” Every night at mi 83Reads8.2Score—Shelves
  46. 46 Infinite Flow: She's Just Too Badass 无限流:大佬她太过彪悍 Mystery501k WordsCompleted An ordinary game somehow became bound to a survival game, setting off a series of heart-pounding fights for survival. What do you do when you run into a deranged chainsaw killer? Ling Yue: “Steal his chainsaw and chase him with it!” What do you do when some female ghost shows up in the middle of the night to scare you? Ling Yue: “Who cares if she’s a monster or a ghost? The first thing to do is beat her up.” At last, she escaped the game world, only to be told that this was just the first level? 56Reads8.8Score—Shelves
  47. 47 In a World of Ghosts and Gods, I Grow Stronger by Picking Up Attributes 鬼神世界,我捡属性变强 Eastern Fantasy794k WordsCompleted Spiritual qi revival brought demons, monsters, and ghosts back into the world, and less than thirty percent of humanity survived the slaughter. Three hundred years later, Lin Feng, a transmigrator, was unable to awaken. By chance, he obtained an Attribute Pickup System. “Defeated a Bride in Red: Strength +99, Vitality +102, Agility +10!” “Defeated the evil Hellhound: Attributes increased, obtained a Fang Necklace, Vitality +8!” “Defeated the Earth Spirit God: Attributes surged, obtained the 1.7kReads8.3Score120Shelves
  48. 48 I Transmigrated Into Infinite Nightmare Events 我穿越了无限噩梦事件 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsOngoing Transmigrate into the Infinite Nightmare Incidents, where you have the chance to obtain everything you've ever dreamed of: money, power, beauties, strength, and even more lives... as long as you can survive the incidents! "Dawn of the Apocalypse" "Buddha's Sin" "Nightmare Hospital" "Wasteland"... Welcome to the Nightmare. 910Reads8.6Score103Shelves
  49. 49 The Midnight Mantou Shop 午夜馒头铺 Mystery804k WordsCompleted Have you ever noticed that some breakfast shops serve food that's delicious most of the time, but for a couple of days each month, it suddenly tastes dry and is hard to swallow? Have you ever wondered if perhaps that breakfast food was never meant for people to eat...? 384Reads7.4Score—Shelves
  50. 50 The Bizarre Company: Starting with Being Forced to Work 996 诡异公司:从被迫996开始 Mystery999k WordsCompleted Zhang Yang, an ordinary office worker, wakes up one day to find himself forced into the bizarre Tianwang Corporation, where a terrifying new life as a wage slave begins. A machine supervisor who kills anyone who breaks the rules. Bizarre jobs where your life is always at risk. A horrifying night in the underworld, where failing to finish your work means overtime. Colleagues with their own hidden agendas. The mysterious Six Paths Realm, one world after another in ruin, walking corpses and evil sp 296Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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