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- 101 The Corpse Collector 接尸人 Do you know what happens to a corpse in a funeral home? Do you know that cremated remains aren't actually made by burning the body? And do you know why funeral home workers never stay long? I'm a corpse collector at a funeral home. Over the years, I've learned many secrets no one talks about, and handled all kinds of bodies: people who hanged themselves, people hacked to pieces, and people whose bodies were mangled after being hit by cars! But to me, they were nothing more than soulless shells, 1.1kReads7.3Score11614d adds
- 102 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
- 103 The Spirit Medium's Road: My Adventures with the Old Immortal 出马仙，我跟老仙的江湖路 A disciple of the spirit mediums of Ghost Street, in his tenth year practicing the art. His greatest wish at first was to become the biggest local thug. He never expected to become a spirit medium, and only after taking it up did he discover that people in this line of work are worse than gangsters. What kind of person you are determines what kind of spirit you get, and the spirits follow their hosts. Zhao Zhengyang’s spirit companions are all like slick socialites in leather shoes. Then he runs 3.4kReads8.2Score39214d adds
- 104 The Eerie Realm: It Starts with an Elevator 诡界：从电梯开始 [No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Dungeon Progression]+ [No Saintly Protagonist]+ [Eerie]+ [Original Dungeons] Have you ever wondered? Beneath the neon lights and atmosphere of this city, things lurk that defy all reason. They were chosen by the Eerie [Elevator] and marked by a terrifying curse. Again and again, they must take part in death games, until death claims them. 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 The Terrifying Rich Lady 恐怖富婆 Everyone knows how great it feels to live off someone else, but sometimes you shouldn’t accept a free ride, especially from a rich woman with unusual tastes. You might regret it for the rest of your life... 103Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 106 The Vengeful Ghost Curse 怨诡咒 (Traditional supernatural horror + No System + Not a power fantasy + Deduction + Suspense) My coworker died. He died in his own bathtub. By the time the police arrived at his home, his corpse had already begun to rot and stink. His limbs had been gnawed down to the bone, and the coroner found undigested flesh in his stomach. That very night, I received a WeChat message from my dead coworker. It said I was next... 19.3kReads8.6Score1.4k14d adds
- 107 Shattered Yin-Yang Jade 阴阳玉碎 [Supernatural + horror + suspense + first person + no idiots in the story + clever protagonist + a touch of angst] "I'm turning eighteen soon. I should die, too." Yu Yue and I are twin sisters, born eighteen years ago on Ghost Festival. A fortune-teller gave us each a jade pendant and said that on our eighteenth birthday, whoever's pendant broke would die. We're seventeen now, and suddenly both pendants have shattered. How can we possibly survive? 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 The Yellow River Demon Suppression Bureau 黄河镇妖司 The mighty Yellow River rolls on without end, nurturing countless civilizations and burying countless secrets. Iron oxen that hold back the river, nine tortoises carrying a snake, corpse bristles from the Yellow River, ghost-bride processions... Beneath the mysterious ancient waterways of the Yellow River, there is so much you don’t know. The legendary Nine Gates of the Yellow River, the vanished Jiuli of Chiyou, the thirty-six sects of Huaxia: a different Yellow River, a different world of mart 2.7kReads8.2Score18214d adds
- 109 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! 230Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 110 The Sixth Man's Strange Tales 老六诡事 A collection of true stories about all kinds of inexplicable, supernatural events personally experienced by people around me. Just think of it as my attempt to pass off some tales as Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! I’m repeating it three times because it’s important! I don’t make up stories. I’m simply passing them along! 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Medium's Notes: My Left Eye Can See Ghosts 灵媒笔记：我的左眼能见鬼 The Cangye lineage of the Southern Frontier unleashes chaos. The Cherry Blossom Curse, Yin Soil summoning, Ruin Spirits, and malevolent earth veins emerge one after another, leaving the seals protecting the land on the brink of collapse. In a desperate battle, pure Yang Heavenly Energy collides with the turbid qi of Yin Soil inside him, forming a yin-yang vortex whose blessings and dangers are impossible to predict. His old enemies flee into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, seeking a chance to p 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 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
- 113 The Forbidden Island of Human Nature 人性禁岛 I couldn’t get a ticket for the Spring Festival, so I took an unlicensed car home. I never expected the woman in the car to keep staring at me. I wanted to call the police... [Deep Dive] The horrifying truth behind going missing after getting into the wrong car during the Spring Festival. Don’t ride in unlicensed cars carelessly, because it’s not just your money that disappears, but your life! 994Reads8.6Score10014d adds
- 114 A Blind Doctor’s Love Affair 盲医情事 A blind man is framed by the village bully, but the misfortune turns into a blessing. He gains the ability to see through things, medical skills, and geomancy, and from then on rises to wealth and success. “Blind man, you know how to read faces too?” “If I'm wrong, you don't pay.” “Blind man, you know acupuncture too?” “If it doesn't work, you don't pay.” 67Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 115 The True Story of a Haunted House Sleep Tester 我，一名凶宅试睡员的真实经历 If there were a job where you didn’t have to do anything, but could charge by the minute and make a fortune just by sleeping, would you be interested in trying it? There’s just one catch: you can’t be afraid of ghosts. If you’re curious about what kind of job this is, I’m a veteran in the field, and I’ll tell you about my own experiences… 3.1kReads8.3Score20414d adds
- 116 Jiangshi: Sign-In for Divine Powers from the Start, and Play Around in the Mortal World! 僵尸：开局签到神通，游戏人间！ [Invincible + Sign-In + Carefree + Taoist Arts and Supernatural Powers] From the start, he transmigrates to Uncle Jiu’s world, becomes Uncle Jiu’s apprentice, and takes the position of his senior disciple. He originally thought he would spend his life following the same path as Uncle Jiu. Unexpectedly, a surprise arrives on his eighteenth birthday. [Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained the supernatural power: Turning Beans into Soldiers!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained 9.9kReads6.1Score42714d adds
- 117 Master’s Wife, I’m Truly a Gentleman 师娘，我真是正人君子 There’s a little fool in the mountain village! By chance, he awakens an unparalleled legacy! From then on, Chen Fan, the village doctor, uses his extraordinary wisdom to build a beautiful countryside. The blurb doesn’t do it justice. The story is absolutely fantastic. 280Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 118 The Fragrance of Wild Peach Blossoms 山野桃花香 [Miracle doctor + countryside + invincible + cultivation] Liu Qiang, a fool, unexpectedly inherits the Nine Dragons Art and begins a journey of urban cultivation. So what if I’m a fool? Are fools not people too? Does being a fool mean I deserve to be bullied? “Village Chief, I’ve got an early class! Go buy me some sunflower seeds, damn it!” the fool Liu Qiang roars. 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Frightening Folk Tales of Ghosts and Monsters 民间吓人的鬼怪故事 This book collects folk tales about ghosts and monsters from China and around the world, both ancient and modern. They include deeply moving love stories, myths where good and evil are repaid in kind, and eerie tales that will leave you trembling with fear. We hope you enjoy them. This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events or people is purely coincidental. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Reborn as a Cannon-Fodder Villainess, I Got Rich by Letting My Mother-in-Law Slap People 穿成炮灰女配我靠婆婆打耳光暴富 [Unhinged clapbacks + domineering mother-in-law + silver tongue + ruthless CEO + wild theories about the truth] She used her silver tongue to trick her way into a marriage, and he risked his life to protect her. An unhinged beauty × a loyal, devoted CEO: the ultimate push and pull, so sweet it makes your teeth ache, so satisfying it’ll blow you away! She relies on her formidable future mother-in-law to dish out face-slapping and rake in cash, living out her dream of retiring early from her 996 g 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Ghost Girl, Take This Demon-Slaying Pestle! 女鬼，吃我降魔杵！ [Urban Ghost Hunting] [No Female Lead, Multiple Women] [Unprincipled] Yu Ze unexpectedly gains the Purple Qi from the East, and from then on begins cultivating immortality and raising ghosts! Zhao Siyan: “He had a heart attack, and I didn't give him his medicine.” Yu Ze: “I'll hold this over you for the rest of your life!” Jian Hong: “He killed my husband and wants me for himself. I'd sooner give myself to a dog than to him!” Yu Ze: “Fine, then I'll... uh, help you get revenge on him!” . 1.1kReads7.8Score10314d adds
- 122 Red Lanterns Beneath the Pagoda Tree 槐阴下的红灯笼 Red Lanterns Beneath the Pagoda Trees 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 The Neighbor Auntie’s Secret 邻居阿姨的秘密 Each volume is a standalone horror story. Read them in any order. Open one at random and plunge straight into terror for a frightening reading experience anytime, anywhere. The scares never stop. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Burying Yin Bones, Borrowing Yang Life, and Marrying the King of Hell's Younger Sister 埋阴骨，借阳寿，阎王妹妹嫁入门 On the day I was born, the midwife stabbed herself in the throat with a pair of scissors. With yang eyes, I see the rise and fall of the mortal world; with yin eyes, I glimpse the ghosts and monsters of the underworld. I was born with ghost eyes. I can see the secrets of fate, but that also brought down Heaven's retribution upon me. I was destined to die. To keep me alive, my mother borrowed Jiang Hanying's life. From that day on, Jiang Hanying and I were like twin vines, bound together. As 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 One Floor, One Ghost 一层一鬼 I'm a columnist. After my career hit rock bottom, I ended up renting a place in the suburbs. I never expected to find myself trapped in a fire-ravaged building, where one terrifying incident after another unfolded, eventually revealing the full truth behind the blaze... The building's unspeakable secret. 101Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 126 Don't Panic, the Hot Pot's Still Hot 莫慌，火锅趁热 Don't Panic, Eat Your Hotpot While It's Hot —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 After I Stop Being a Simp, the Goddess Becomes My Simp 不做舔狗后，女神变成了我的舔狗 After his confession fails and his life hits rock bottom, Zhao Tianhao is reborn, returning to the day his fate took a turn. Confess? Not a chance! I have incredible skills and wealth beyond measure. Why should I be the one to make the first move? Come on, be my simp, and I might consider making you my woman. His former goddess nearly bursts into tears: “You’ve changed. You weren’t like this before!” 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Terrifying Supernatural Happenings 恐怖灵异怪事 A terrifying paranormal ghost story. There is a Zhao Family Village in the Funiu Mountains, where many terrifying supernatural incidents have taken place in the ravine west of the village. Several people have been frightened to death, and many nearby residents shudder at the very mention of the ravine. Even the villages around it have experienced many inexplicable events. I used to be afraid. I wanted to write about them but didn't dare. Whenever I thought about putting them into words, terror w 670Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 129 The Corpse Carrier 背尸工 My name is Chen Feng, and I work as a corpse bearer at a funeral home. After a class reunion, I spent the night with Jiang Lixin, the school beauty. I never expected to see her corpse at work the very next day, or that I'd have to carry her on her final journey... 5.4kReads7.0Score32714d adds
- 130 Hearse 灵车 A hearse is a vehicle used to transport coffins or urns. You could also call it a vehicle exclusively for the dead. I was a bus driver for four years, and for all four years I kept a secret bottled up inside. Now I'll tell you firsthand about the terrifying things that happen on trains, things you don't know about. Maybe you've never heard of hearses being converted into buses, but the buses you've ridden may not have carried only the living... 1.5kReads8.0Score14114d adds
- 131 My Funeral Clothing Shop Only Takes Orders from Ghosts 我开的寿衣店，只接鬼订单 The day Zhang Zaizai took over the funeral clothing shop his grandfather left behind, he discovered it wasn’t an ordinary funeral business at all. The ledger was an order system for the underworld, the paperweight was a soul-pinning nail that kept vicious ghosts at bay, and even the “New Order” alerts from the delivery app came from “Mr. Li in Bed 3 of the morgue.” “Ding! Order accepted. Task: Deliver a peachwood comb to the Midnight Hair-Combing Ghost. Rule: Do not meet her eyes while combing h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Grudge-Locked Patterns 怨气锁纹 Dai Xiaochao, the protagonist, is a college graduate in architecture from the 1990s. Under heavy financial pressure, he moves into a tenement building where a locked-room murder took place two years earlier. Surveillance was scarce in those days, so the police had to investigate door to door, and the case made little progress. Then the ancient Taotie jade pendant inherited by Dai Xiaochao’s family, along with its Taotie patterns, begins to react... And that is where the story begins. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 My Master Gave Me a Car for Investigating the Supernatural 师父传我一辆看事儿车 A thousand-year-old van? Built by hand from scratch [Traditional horror]➕ [Even more immersive as an audiobook]➕ [Uncovering the truth about my origins] Greetings, dear readers! [Traditional supernatural horror, primal fear] The original experience of horror is the fear a person feels when experiencing it firsthand. [First person, highly atmospheric] Give me a chance to tell this story from my own point of view. [Uncovering the truth about my origins] Along the way, I met many people. “The gates 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 An Unmarked Lonely Grave 无名孤坟 My grandfather buried my mother by our front door. Every night after that, a woman would stand outside our house... 1.2kReads8.8Score10114d adds
- 135 My City Beauties 我的都市丽人 [On the first day after signing, nearly 30,000 people read this masterpiece. Won't you take a look?] Li Lang was a fool, but by a stroke of luck, an alien flying insect bit the sole of his foot. Not only was his madness cured, he also gained the legacy of a miraculous skill, setting him on the path to legend. 178Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 136 The Corpse Keeper 守尸人 The morgue is where life and death meet. At this boundary, there are many taboos to heed. I grew up beside a hospital morgue, and I'll tell you about the hospital's taboos from a different perspective. Taboo 1: If you see a patient being resuscitated, don't gather around to watch. Taboo 2: If a patient's family throws away something the deceased used while alive, don't toss your own trash on top of it. Taboo 3: If you hear a cat meowing at night, don't go outside to look, whether you're a patien 891Reads6.3Score10214d adds
- 137 Tycoon: Are You Crazy? Beautiful Women Throw Money at Me, and I Get Rich? 神豪：疯了吧！美女砸钱我暴富？ [Urban Tycoon + Multiple Heroines + Landlord System + True Love Isn’t Invincible, Pure Gold Is!] Yang Wenbin spent years slogging away at a hospital, a modern-day office drone who couldn’t even win a participation prize. On the very day his girlfriend dumped him, he activated the landlord System. Spend money on beautiful women and get a thousandfold rebate! He meets a top property saleswoman and monopolizes homes in prime locations. From pure and wealthy heiresses to icy CEO women, they all come 43Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 138 I Won’t Survive the Night 活不过今夜 At some point, a strange old beggar showed up in our neighborhood. The strange thing was, he never spent the money people gave him. He’d burn it or destroy it instead. Then one day, the woman downstairs was burned to death, and the butcher was brutally murdered. That was when I finally realized the truth. He wasn’t begging for money. He was begging for lives! 1.1kReads8.2Score10214d adds
- 139 The Thirteenth Eye 第十三只眼 As a kid, I was a mischievous little brat, and I once caused a whole lot of trouble. As a result, I hit the jackpot and ended up with three shadows. One black, one red, and one blue. I bragged about them plenty, even though I was the only one who could see them. One night, the red shadow slipped away from beneath my feet and sprinted into the darkness... I panicked and chased after it! If you run off, what am I supposed to brag about? You've been with me this long. The least you could do is say 36Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 140 Classroom of Despair 绝望教室 One day, a classmate who had been dead for a long time dragged everyone in our class into a bizarre QQ group and forced us to take part in a death vote. After I managed to escape the Desperate Classroom, one massive conspiracy after another unfolded. To survive, I sold my soul… 141Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 141 Terror Descends: It Begins at the Haunted Hotel 惊悚降临：从恐怖旅馆开始 Twisted rules, a world thrown out of balance, ancient gods whispering in secret, and indescribable horrors descending upon the world. Some die, some weep, some flee in every direction, while others fight their way upstream! 2.1kReads—Score16614d adds
- 142 The City's Super God of War 都市超级战神 After ten years in the military, he returns home in glory! He will protect his beloved, guard the nation's borders, and fight for supremacy! Whoever insults my parents, covets my beloved, bullies my family, or sells off my ancestral home? The War God has returned. Even if demons and monsters run amok, I will crush every enemy and rise above all! 134Reads8.7Score10214d adds
- 143 The Chewing Sounds in the Abyss 深渊里的咀嚼声 The Sound of Chewing in the Abyss 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Divine Seer and the Eerie Doctor 神相诡医 Zhang Fan grew up with his grandfather, who ran a coffin shop. Blessed with peerless skills in face-reading, medicine, and the supernatural, he makes his way through the city. He can read the faces of the living and the dead, treat both human ailments and ghostly afflictions, take on local bullies, and capture evil spirits as he writes the story of a legendary life! 4.5kReads8.7Score58714d adds
- 145 60 Chilling Stories from Real Life 来自现实的60个惊悚故事 (Purely written by hand, not AI) Schemes! Poisoning! Possession! Framing... evil spirits! Returning from the dead! Ghosts! Curses... Terrifying and chilling stories based on real events, showing you the things that lurk in the dark world! Every story is a horror short drama! 21.3kReads8.9Score2k14d adds
- 146 The Tyranny of Torture Devices 刑具淫威 Ancient torture devices were chilling to hear about and terrifying to behold, and were even considered inauspicious. In ancient China, torture devices arose alongside punishments and changed as those punishments evolved. This book introduces readers to a wide variety of ancient torture devices, including those designed for different parts of the body, such as the limbs, neck, waist, and back. 71Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 147 Dragon Soul Hall 龙魂殿 [Invincible power fantasy, passionate and domineering, heaven-defying medical and martial arts, beauties everywhere] The moment this man, burdened with a blood feud, decided to descend the mountain, his enemies were destined to kneel and women to fall at his feet. A dragon entering the sea, a tiger returning to the mountains: blood would stain half the sky! “No matter how powerful you think you are, don’t make me angry, Ye Tianjun. You have only two choices: death, or a fate worse than death.” 3Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 148 Urban Ancient Immortal Physician 都市古仙医 Ye Bufan, a college junior, stages a fake accident to raise money for his mother's medical bills, but runs into a female driver who refuses to play along. After she hits him, he inherits the legacy of an ancient school of medicine. From then on, he masters medical arts, cultivates powerful techniques, takes the city by storm, and wins the favor of countless beautiful women. 1.9kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
- 149 Netherworld Emperor: It All Begins with a Blood Coffin! 幽冥大帝：从血棺开始！ Mystery and the supernatural + horror + mind-bending deduction + wild imagination + Sichuan-Chongqing flavor After a flood, a blood-red coffin drifts down the river into our village... A strange song, eerie bloody handprints, a headless corpse, and somehow, I become the Great Emperor of the Netherworld... An accident reveals the secret of the Nine Fiends Blood Coffin and a grand scheme laid by the Great Emperor of the Netherworld. It all begins with the blood coffin, and everything will ultimate 728Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 The Strange Immortals of Northeast China 东北诡仙录 In the bitterly cold lands of Northeast China, an ancient faith has been passed down since time immemorial. It combines the ancient Chan sect’s traditions with shamanic worship of animal spirits. The animals that cultivate there are known as “Old Immortals,” and their human representatives are called spirit mediums. Among them are a brother and sister who travel the mortal world, punishing evil and upholding justice. Along the way, they encounter a female ghost seeking a husband, a drought demon 2.3kReads9.2Score23114d adds
