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- 1 The Last Shaman of Northeast China 东北最后的出马仙 Under siege by the Nine Wraiths and the Spirit-Devouring Ten Thousand Wraiths Formation, the barbarian wasteland's evil cultivators strike at the border again and again. Huang Dun wields a peachwood sword as his blade and his resolve to protect the people as his armor, leading immortal disciples, government forces, and border residents to build an ironclad defense. From tempering spirits and refining techniques to fortifying the area with the Sunbright Spirit-Gathering Formation, from passing on 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Forensic Files' Forbidden Cases 法医禁忌档案 That morning, Brother Liu, the forensic pathologist, burst out of the autopsy room, wildly waving his scalpel at everyone he met. He had gone mad! That same day, a woman's body lay quietly on the autopsy table. The bones of both arms were starkly exposed, and all the evidence told me she had eaten herself before she died! I'm just a forensic pathologist, a technical police officer who works behind the scenes. But now trouble has come knocking at my door. The sound of grinding teeth at night, 13Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 3 Northeastern Paranormal Tales: My Life as a Spirit Medium 东北诡事：我的出马仙生涯 Style: First-person narration, with self-deprecation, dark humor, and down-to-earth Northeastern Chinese dialect, blending the supernatural, suspense, folk customs, and the ways of human society. Core premise: An ordinary young man from Northeast China who never believed in ghosts or gods is forced by an accident to "become a spirit medium," serving as a disciple of the spirit mediums and forming a bond with the "immortals," animal spirits. He is drawn into a bizarre supernatural world, and as h 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Have You Played These Childhood Nightmare Games? 童年噩梦级游戏，你玩过吗？ Have you ever played one of those games that gave you nightmares as a kid? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Death Loop: Who Killed My Dad? 死亡循环：谁杀死了我爸？ Death Loop: Who Killed My Dad? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 My Days Working at a Funeral Home 我在殡仪馆工作的那些事儿 My name is Ling Yu. I work at a funeral home with Big Fatty. One day, a beautiful corpse wearing Chanel arrived at the funeral home. I stole the Chanel outfit and gave it to my girlfriend. Then a string of sinister things began to happen... Deaths kept piling up, closing in on Big Fatty and me step by step. How can we escape Death's pursuit? 2kReads5.9Score106Shelves
- 7 Northeastern Folk Taboos 东北民间禁忌 The black soil of the Northeast holds too many stories, and hides too many rules. If you hear someone call your name in the middle of the night, never look back. On New Year’s Eve, if a dumpling wrapper breaks, it’s for the “good brothers” to eat. If you meet a woman in red while walking at night, remember to pull your hat down low... These taboos passed down by the older generation are superstition if you don’t believe in them. But if you break them, they become a ghostly gateway that leads str 1.6kReads—Score103Shelves
- 8 The Midnight Taxi 午夜出租车 People in certain lines of work often encounter strange and inexplicable things, especially drivers of midnight taxis. Because sometimes, the people they pick up might not be human. 212Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 9 Secret Scroll: My Days Working at a Funeral Home 秘卷：我在殡仪馆打工的日子 [First-person horror and supernatural + ghost-hunting + folk tales + folk horror] If someone offered you five million, on the condition that you spend the night with a female corpse in a morgue's refrigerated cabinet, fulfilling her final wish, would you choose the money or your life? That ad caught my attention, and I somehow ended up working at a funeral home. On my very first day, I saw a dead person putting on an acrobatic show in the courtyard... 419Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Bright Dawn After a Long Night 残夜见明 [Powerful leads + plot-focused + a touch of ensemble cast] [Modern fantasy, combining technology and the supernatural, with special abilities] [Only the beginning is especially frightening; the protagonist grows over time and is no hero] I struggled to survive through all that malice, not because I didn’t want to avoid disappointing those who gave me hope and placed their faith in me, but because of my anger and resentment. I wanted to fight back against this fate forced upon me. When life is no 67Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 11 True Paranormal Encounters 真实灵异事件收录 [True Paranormal Events + Paranormal Events and Legends from Around the World + Not for the Easily Frightened] This book records true paranormal events I've heard about and experienced firsthand over the years, along with paranormal events and legends from around the world, and my own analysis of them. For convenience, some stories are told in the first person. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Ghost Stories at the Third Watch 三更说鬼 This book, Tales of Ghosts at Three in the Morning, is part of a series with another book, Five in the Morning. Five in the Morning tells of strange events from my grandfather’s time, while Three in the Morning recounts things I’ve experienced in my own era. I hope you’ll give them a read. These are all short stories, but I hope you can experience the unease I felt, too… I’m from the countryside, born in 1989. I’m not highly educated, and my writing isn’t especially sophisticated. I’m the second 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Immortality Project: I’m Frantically Gaining Extra Lives on the Other Side of the World 永生计划，我在世界对面疯狂加命 Every Easter, a massive ship docks, packed with people hoping to gain eternal life as it sails toward the far shore of the Fog Ocean. But everyone who boards disappears without a trace... Tomorrow is Easter, and Lu Xi boards the ship too, longing for eternal life. The moment he steps aboard, he notices how strangely soft the deck feels. Then he sees tray after tray of eerie sandalwood incense. Everyone who lights a stick dies... leaving no body behind! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Records of Strange Incidents 离奇事件记录 It all began with a dream, and from that moment on, nothing was the same. My ordinary life was shattered, and I seemed to have entered an entirely new world. Everything became strange and confusing. I began to wonder why I existed and how I was supposed to face this unfamiliar world. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Twenty Years of Recovering Bodies from the Yellow River 黄河捞尸二十年 When it comes to the forbidden legends of the Yellow River, you’d be better off never asking. The corpse mane of the Yellow River, the ghost millstone, the Dragon Bone Temple, the stairway to the underworld… The old river workers of the Yellow River are the most mysterious people along its ancient course. Their families have guarded the river for generations, but what are they protecting it from? And what earth-shattering secrets lie beneath the ancient river, where hidden currents churn? 9Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 16 The Previous Tenant Who Often Came Knocking with a Cat 经常带着猫来敲门的上一任租户 The previous tenant who often knocks on the door with a cat —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Ghost Stories I Heard Back Then 那些年听过的鬼故事 Now that I'm middle-aged, I look back on the ghost stories I heard as a child: tales of the bizarre and the uncanny, strange mysteries, and supernatural stories involving folk customs and taboos. I've brought them together to share with everyone. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Strange Tales of the Northeast 东北鬼事异闻 A collection of strange tales about ghosts and supernatural happenings in Northeast China. Some are hearsay, while others are terrifying paranormal events that happened right before the storyteller's eyes. A weasel spirit gaining human form, a fox stealing an elixir, a corpse crushed beneath a millstone... 2.2kReads—Score106Shelves
- 19 The Terrifying Asylum 恐怖疯人院 [Traditional supernatural fiction] + [Traditional mystery] + [Twists] + [Deduction] A tribute to The Last Bus on Route 13. My girlfriend, Tian Wenjing, was an intern doctor at a psychiatric hospital, but she died mysteriously while working there. To investigate what happened, I somehow ended up at the same hospital. After experiencing all kinds of bizarre events, I discovered a tremendous conspiracy lurking behind it. And somehow, this conspiracy was closely connected to me... 726Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 20 Professional Funeral Watcher 职业守灵人 At funerals, there is a ritual called “keeping vigil.” I am a professional vigil keeper. People pay me to keep watch over their dead. Over the course of my career, I have witnessed far too many touching stories and tragic circumstances. But most of all, I have encountered strange and terrifying events. And it all began the first time I saw a ghost while keeping vigil... 192Reads6.9Score137Shelves
- 21 The Blood Mill 血磨坊 Mom is a zombie. Dad has a pure Yang constitution. And I was born as a walking delicacy for monsters. Demons run wild across Changbai Mountain. To summon heavenly thunder and subdue the demons, the entire village became living dead. 42Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 22 Tales of Strange Campus Happenings 校园诡事叙 Reader's guide: No romance. This isn't a wish-fulfillment story. It's more like a journal than a novel, with few dramatic twists. The story is told for the sake of telling it and follows the timeline. The supernatural elements are adapted from stories recounted by people the author once knew. Yuan Ruoying, a talented student in Class 16 of her second year of high school, attends a top school in the city. Her days are spent studying, following the same three-point routine. Life is busy but peacef 14Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 23 Forensic Secret Files: Human-Skin Wine 法医密档之人皮酒 “You have to remember: under no circumstances let that man seduce you,” Xibei said gravely, swinging her short legs. “Don’t worry. I can’t stand him,” Yan Yi replied confidently. Xibei heard this and collapsed to the floor in fright. “Oh no. I said exactly the same thing once.” After an inexplicable murder case, Xibei transmigrates back in time to save the victim of a wrongful conviction. Now in a child’s body, she must help her former self find the real culprit. But has she come to the right ti 57Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 24 Horrifying Stories Happening Near You 发生你身边的恐怖故事 The place you live is growing onto you. A collection of independent short stories, each with a different kind of horror grown out of everyday life. The dampness in your rental that never goes away, takeout so delicious you can't stop eating, always check the back when you rent a place, do you know why people like eating pork...? Look back at your own room, and suddenly something feels wrong. Every story begins with a scene you're familiar with: family, friends, renting a place, ordering takeou 429Reads—Score100Shelves
- 25 After the College Entrance Exam, I Received an Acceptance Letter from the Underworld 高考结束，我收到阴间录取通知 Opening… I went back to my hometown, and when I returned, I found that my ID card had somehow become demagnetized. My household registration had no record of me, and my contacts were slowly disappearing. The game account I used every day showed “not registered.” Even my college entrance exam results said “no record found,” as if the world were erasing me bit by bit. I never received a college admission notice, but I did receive an acceptance letter from the underworld. Even the fortune-teller sa 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Let Me Tell You a Little Story, It's Not Scary at All (Six-Volume Set) 我讲个小故事，一点儿都不吓人（全六册） Fear should remain hidden in the subconscious and fade away without a trace, yet it always leaves clues in everyday life. In an alley where the sunset has slipped out of sight, in a corner turned away from the neon lights, an elegant lady sits outside a café, casting ill-intentioned sidelong glances at passersby. These signs show that when people find themselves in darkness beyond the reach of sunlight, fear swells in an instant like a shadow and closes in around them. Come, step into my stories —Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 27 Night Talks in the Wine City: The Yin-Yang Person 酒城夜话之阴阳人 The sequel to A Collection of Strange Tales from Republican-Era Sanjiang and Old Tales of Jiangyang: The Wicked Dragon of Sanjiang. After the demon-hunting at Golden Dragon Temple, the liquor city of Luzhou enjoyed a brief period of peace. The reincarnated Dragon Kings of the Three Rivers finally reunited, joining forces to protect Luzhou. But just as they thought the danger had passed, Perfected Shi Miao, who had taken the lives of countless children in the liquor city, escaped from prison. He 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 A Call from Three Lives, A Call Three Times 三生来电，三声来电 The heroine's family fortune is seized through the schemes of three utterly evil forces: bandits, the military, and merchants. Her parents are wrongly accused and die in prison, while she is repeatedly violated by bandits beside their funeral altar, until she takes her own life before her parents' spirits. In a time of chaos, human lives are worth no more than weeds. The heroine can only become a vengeful ghost, embarking on a century-long revenge spanning three lifetimes. She calls the three f —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Grave-Nailing Craftsman 钉坟匠 A centenarian’s body must not be buried carelessly. My master hanged himself at his own front door because he mishandled one such burial. To let him rest in peace, I performed an Earth Immortal burial again, only to discover that my dead master was watching me... 224Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 30 Strange Records from the Wilderness: The Fatal Curse Following Hikers 荒山诡录：徒步者背后的索命诅咒 Also known as: Ghosts in the Deep Mountains: The Reaper Has Called Out Every Teammate In the summer of 2012, I joined a hiking club, only to encounter horrors in the wild mountains that shattered everything I thought I knew. When our guide took a detour to avoid a locust tree, a black-clad child beneath it grinned eerily at me. A frail old man who had been walking ahead suddenly appeared behind us, his rotting black teeth stretching almost to his ears. When I caught up with the group, the “team 71Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Terror in the Desolate Village 荒村惊魂 I entered a village inhabited entirely by women. I thought I’d found a man’s paradise, but after a series of bizarre events, I realized things weren’t so simple… 168Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 32 I Sell Haunted Cars and Keep a Hundred Evil Spirits at Bay 我！卖凶车，镇百煞！ A cursed car is a car in which someone has died. I'm a used-car dealer, and I only buy cursed cars! My journey in this line of work began with a cursed car I bought, one that nearly cost me my life... 318Reads6.1Score112Shelves
- 33 The Forbidden Secrets of the Ghost Child 鬼童禁忌 Two years ago, during a company outing in the wilderness, I brought disaster upon myself by not buying a souvenir. One death after another was recorded. At last, my turn came. Just as the trap began to close around me, the little boy I'd picked up on the bus helped me escape. But who was he… 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Find the Ghost in the Dormitory 找出寝室中的鬼 “Instance: Catch the Ghost. Difficulty: three stars. Duration: three months. Someone in your dormitory is not alive. Players must identify the ghost in the dorm before time runs out. You get only one chance to accuse someone. If you’re right, everyone survives. If you’re wrong, everyone dies.” After waking up, Ma Xiwu is pulled into a game called Catch the Ghost. Set in the real world, it gives her three months to find the “ghost” hiding in her dorm. If she can’t, everyone in the dorm will die. 29Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 35 I Ran into an Old Friend at the Village Entrance, Only to Learn I'd Been Dead for Ages 村口遇发小，才知我早已猝死 I Ran Into My Childhood Friend at the Village Entrance, Only to Learn I’d Died Suddenly Long Ago —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 I Joined a Yangtze River Sand-Dredging Crew and Pulled Up a Ghost Bride with My Own Hands 我在长江捞沙队，亲手捞上鬼新娘 “Folklore,” “ghosts and monsters,” “the supernatural,” “mythology” The sand-dredging crew pulled up a ghost bride who had been offered to the River God. From then on, the bride began haunting them, and strange things kept happening. The River God was furious, too, and demanded that we give him an explanation! With no other choice, I went with the crew to the River God’s lair. There, we came across countless monsters from legend: yuan dragons, flood dragons, corpse-liberation rings... We also unc —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Ghosts Are So Scary! Learning to Slay Them in a Supernatural World 有鬼好怕怕，我在灵异世界学斩鬼 [Horror novel. Not for the faint of heart.] Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? If not, where did the word “ghost” come from? Have you ever experienced despair? The world I live in is filled with it. My name is Li You'an. If you’d like to hear my story, come take a look at my world. Twenty kilometers beyond the cemetery, countless hands clawed their way out of the earth. The world changed, becoming strange and unfamiliar. Ghosts ran rampant, the gates of the underworld swung wide ope —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Afraid of Ghosts? I Just Scare Them Instead! What About It? 怕鬼！我直接吓鬼！如何呢？ Su Zhen transmigrated to a parallel world overrun by ghosts and awakened a Fear Points System. As long as he made ghosts afraid, he could earn Fear Points and exchange them for magical artifacts and skills. And so, the whole style of things changed. Others ran when they saw ghosts. He smiled. Others risked their lives to exorcise ghosts. He killed them for points. Wandering spirits? Scare them to tears before sending them on their way, for five times the reward. Evil ghosts? Break their lim 16Reads—Score122Shelves
- 39 After Ten Years as a Psychiatrist, I Finally Began to Doubt My Entire Worldview 当了十年精神科医生，第一次彻底怀疑世界观 After ten years as a psychiatrist, I finally began to seriously doubt my view of the world for the first time. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Do I Look Human or Like a Ghost? 你看我是人还是鬼？ After graduating from high school, I was guarding watermelons in a melon field. One night, a thief came to steal them. I rushed over and fought him, driving him off, but then I came down with a high fever that wouldn't break. The next day, my family went to check the field. All they found were my own chaotic footprints and the watermelons trampled into mush... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Don't Talk to the Comments 不要和弹幕说话 [Horror + Supernatural + Mystery + Mind-Bending + Anthology (first four volumes complete) + Dread That Gets Under Your Skin + Not for the Fainthearted + The Villain Is the Smartest Character in the Book + Growing Female Lead + No System, No Cheats, Plot-Driven] Have you ever replied to a historical comment on a video, even just for fun? Hu Jia accidentally comes across a web series from ten years ago. It depicts a real case from that same year, but its ending is completely different from what 19Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 42 Tomb of Terror: My Haunted Forest Expedition 古墓惊魂，我的恐怖森林探险之旅 Terror in the Ancient Tomb: My Adventure Through a Haunted Forest 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Conspiracy Behind the Terrifying Calls 恐怖电话背后的阴谋 The conspiracy behind the horror phone 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Redemption and Rebirth in the Darkness 黑暗中的救赎与新生 Salvation and New Life in the Darkness 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Terror Underground: My Journey of Adventure and Growth 地道惊魂，我的探险与成长 Terror Underground: My Adventure and Growth —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Abandoned Wife's Desert Island Adventure 弃妇的荒岛冒险之旅 An Abandoned Wife's Adventure on a Deserted Island 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Subduing Evil 镇邪 There are always mysterious things in this world, yet people dismiss them as nonsense. Miaojiang gu poison, corpse-driving in western Hunan, Nanyang curses, the Flowerfall Cave Maiden, shamanic sorcery, and yin-yang demons are all forbidden taboos. You don't have to believe in them, but you must remain in awe. Above all, never profane them! When the taboo soul bell rings out in the sky and ancient horrors quietly awaken, the world teeters on the brink of disaster. Will there still be someone who 668Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 48 I’m Telling You, Don’t Open This Book. It Really Has Ghosts! 劝你别点开，这本书真有鬼！ [Short Stories] [True Ghost Stories] [Thriller] [Hair-Raising] An old man rises from the dead. A sorceress performs a ritual. Why has everyone in the village fallen silent? An abandoned hospital. Bloodstains congealed in the basement. What secret was the hospital hiding? An abandoned stillborn baby at school. Sobs ring out in the dead of night. When you pull back the dormitory curtains, why is there a twisted face staring back? Don’t click to request more updates! Be careful! Something might lat 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Terrifying Turtle Soup Mystery 恐怖惊悚海龟汤 Enter at your own risk if you're easily frightened! This book contains three hundred spooky lateral-thinking puzzles. In the dead of night, an eerie atmosphere fills the air around these puzzles. The puzzle prompts whisper like demons, their mysteries weaving a fine web that ensnares you completely; The terror shrieks like a vengeful ghost, piercing the depths of your soul; The horror is an endless abyss of ice, devouring every last shred of courage. Sink into these puzzles, and with every step 185Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Golden Spatula S14: I Have a Deck Tracker 金铲铲S14之我有牌库记牌器 The world has been invaded by the System, and Teamfight Tactics has taken over Earth! Everyone has to play Teamfight Tactics to survive! Want to quit and give up? Sorry, surrendering is the same as suicide! Finish in eighth place, and the player's life ends too! The game will continue until only one person is left on Earth! The champion can make one wish to the System! Will they bring all of humanity back to life, or rule the universe? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
