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- 101 Horror Survival of the Nation: From the Start, I Inherit the Netherworld 惊悚国运：开局继承阴曹地府 A terrifying, eerie game descends upon Blue Star, while countless strange and uncanny beings quietly spread across the world. Five players are selected from each country and bound to their nation as they enter various instances. When they clear an instance, their country receives a reward that can be used to fight the uncanny. Li Fan, an escaped mental patient who had long been bound to the Underworld System, is chosen to enter the game. And so, the game takes a sudden turn... Gambler: Let me go 73Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 102 Thriller Game: I Have a Passive Ghost-Catching System 惊悚游戏：我有被动捉鬼系统 Su Yan transmigrates. This is a parallel world where horror has returned. While everyone else nervously tackles dungeon missions, Su Yan stares at his passive ghost-catching System in silence. Respect: 30 Drunk Ghost: This kid's tough. I'll protect him! Respect: 80 Two-Headed Ghost: Let me introduce you. This is my big brother. Respect: 100 Rich Kid Ghost: Big brother, my courtyard house is yours from now on! The other players: What on earth did you do? Su Yan: I told you I'm catching ghosts. Do 11Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 103 Sandbox City: I Can Barely Keep My Clown Identity a Secret 沙盒都市：我小丑身份快瞒不住了 [I'm no good at writing introductions] [A pure clown story] [The real clowning starts in Chapter 20. After reading Chapter 1 for the background, you can jump straight to Chapter 19 and start from Chapter 20.] [Readers who've read it all think it's good. If you don't like it, come and face-slap me.] 18Reads8.1Score314d adds
- 104 Dimensional Breakthrough: Starting with the Joker of Gotham 次元突破之从哥谭小丑开始 When Arthur wakes up, he suddenly discovers that he has become the Joker, the terrifying figure feared throughout Gotham City. However, in this world, the legend of the Joker has yet to begin. So from this moment on, Gotham dances to his tune, as he leaves destruction, devastation, and eerie laughter in world after world. This book is also known as "The Joker’s Journey Through Myriad Worlds" and "I Can’t Believe I Became the Joker and Got a System!" 48Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 105 Horror Revival: I Get Stronger from the Start by Slaying Ghosts 恐怖复苏：开局砍鬼就变强 Tong Zheng transmigrates into a world where supernatural horrors have returned and ghosts run rampant. He activates the Physical Exorcism System. He starts with a knife, and the only way to level up is to slash. A vengeful ghost haunts a hospital. Tong Zheng arrives and strikes once, leaving it completely stunned. Ghost: What did I ever do to deserve dying to a blade like that? A construction site uncovers an ancient tomb, where a century-old fierce ghost causes trouble. Tong Zheng arrives to su 1.1kReads8.5Score5914d adds
- 106 A Living Person's Ghost Marriage 活人冥婚 A ghost marriage is traditionally a union between two people who are already dead. But I was supposed to die at the age of three. By defying fate and holding a ghost wedding while still alive, I secured a future for myself… 397Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The Gaming Age: Starting with the Creation of Minecraft 游戏时代：从制作我的世界开始 Yu Shuo transmigrates to a parallel world. He discovers that the gaming scene in this world's Dragon Kingdom is still stuck in the era of Legend, making it a laughingstock around the globe. Watching the game developers run amok, Yu Shuo smiles faintly. Foreigners, get ready to experience the terror of cultural export! And so, after three months of work, his first game... Minecraft! Officially launches! Ding Shi: So this is what a sandbox game is supposed to be?! Ma Teng: I'll give you another te 478Reads8.7Score10714d adds
- 108 Tencent Makes Battlefield? Players Worldwide Beg for Updates 企鹅制作战地？全球玩家哭求更新 [Current Game: Phasmophobia] [+No Harem + Starts Out as the Boss of Penguin Games + Games with Unexpected Twists + The Original World and a Less Developed World Appear Together + A Five-Star Review Gets You the Author's Grateful Bow (The kind of review everyone can see!)] [Warning: This book's author is the most unhinged artist on Tomato Novel. Brace yourself.] [Quick guide: Chapters 1–62 cover Battlefield, 63–89 cover Genshin Impact (if you don't like Genshin Impact, you can skip ahead; read Ba 206Reads8.9Score11014d adds
- 109 Undead Emperor: All My Underlings Are Idiot Players 亡灵大帝：我的手下都是傻雕玩家 After transmigrating to the Underworld for half a month, Lei Luo finally becomes a lowly undead lord through his own efforts and activates the Otherworld Summoning System. From the start, he summons his Blue Star buddies, whose souls transmigrate as a group. They use skeleton soldiers to rebuild their bodies and become the Underworld's version of the Fourth Calamity! Where's Diao Chan: Oh my god! This isn't the Underworld at all. It's practically paradise! Diao Chan on My Waist: Not even a god c 281Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 110 The Hand Reaching Out of the Coffin 棺材里伸出的手 The Hand Reaching Out of the Coffin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 The Fourth Calamity Goes Wild: Goddess, How Many Regiments Do You Have? 第四天灾炸裂，女神你有几个连 Completed! [Steampunk + Goofy Players + Glitching System + Otherworldly Perspective] Raymond was an utterly ordinary steam engineer. Then one slip of the hand turned the Doomsday Clock into a “Fourth Calamity Summoning Device.” The immortal, undying players of the Fourth Calamity gave this already crumbling world a tiny little shock. Having already been ravaged by abyssal demons, the world simply couldn’t take any more. Some used toilet plungers as weapons. Others brewed 65-proof baijiu with hol 35Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 112 I Want the Underworld to Return to the Mortal Realm 我要地府重临阳间 "Dad, my allotted years are up. Go to the underworld and have them change that for me." "Father, my third son is about to die. Please notify the City God in the underworld and have him extend my son's life by another three thousand years." "Lord of the Underworld, bring me the Book of Life and Death. Extend my grandson's life by five hundred years!" In this realm, the world of the living flourishes while the underworld has fallen into decline, powerless to oversee the lifespans of all living be 284Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 113 The Daoist Bones That Suppress Evil 道骨镇凶 Strange happenings plague a desolate village on rainy nights: an old house haunted by ghosts, children vanishing, resentment clinging to the living... An orthodox Taoist priest descends the mountain with a peachwood sword and a Bagua mirror, following every clue in search of the truth. But behind every mysterious case lurk conspiracies and obsessions that have endured for a thousand years. He uses Taoist magic to dispel evil and his wits to solve riddles, ferrying souls between the worlds of yin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 The Evil God Descends: I Am the Creator of Magic Cards! 邪神降临：我，魔卡创造者！ Evil gods have returned to this world, and the supernatural is running rampant. Lin Ye transmigrated here and bound himself to a God-Tier Card System. Slay supernatural creatures and evil spirits to obtain white cards. Add just one ingredient to a white card, and you can craft a card with mysterious powers! White card + a bundle of thread = Puppeteer [Ability Card] White card + an old rag doll + a bloodstained dagger = Gothic Lolita Maid [Servant Card] White card + a mirror + a supernatural shad 1kReads8.8Score14814d adds
- 115 Chang’an Night Walk: Dragon Blood and Rotten Flesh 长安夜行录：龙血腐肉 Chang'an Night Chronicles: Dragon Blood and Rotten Flesh 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Thriller: Let Go of That Female Boss, Let Me Handle Her 惊悚：放开那个女BOSS让我来 Synopsis: [Horror Game + Satisfying Story + Comedy + Pets + Livestream] This is a terrifying world where blood, death, wealth, and power coexist. For every instance you complete, you can earn a handsome reward, but only if you survive. Lu Nian "luckily" plummets into the horror world. Lost and helpless, he finds Pipi, the pet hamster he lost many years ago, and begins an outrageously overpowered adventure. [Ding! You successfully used an item to tame the Zombie Lord. The Zombie Lord's affection 140Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 117 I Transmigrated Into a Rock and Summoned Players 穿越成石头后，我召唤玩家 [Transmigration]+ [Otherworld]+ [Farming and Development]+ [The Fourth Calamity] Charlotte transmigrated to another world. That should have been good news. After all, transmigration had become all the rage, and there were hardly any natives left in other worlds... And everyone knew that transmigration came with a golden finger! Unfortunately, Charlotte had transmigrated into a rock, one with special abilities. Even more unfortunately, Charlotte spent nearly a year asleep before the down-on-her-l 799Reads8.4Score10314d adds
- 118 EN Otherworldly Merchant 阴间商人 I’m a merchant who specializes in collecting sinister, supernatural objects. Anything that belonged to the dead is valuable! In the hands of ordinary people, these things can bring anything from a haunting to the ruin of an entire family. But in my hands, they can help you get promoted, make a fortune, defy fate, and meet every need a client could have. Want to know why? Shh. If you’re brave enough, come hear about the first terrifying deal I took after entering the business... 188Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 119 My Hilarious Players Are Fierce 我的沙雕玩家贼生猛 [Fantasy game] [Absurd comedy] [Plot-driven] [Struggle for supremacy] After being reborn, Wang Chen plunged into this age of great contention, where people gathered faith and forged thrones for immortals and gods. He created [Shanhai Expedition] and brought in countless imaginative Chinese players, then began a campaign of domination all his own. “Everyone, I really am not the final boss!” “I told you to cultivate and kill monsters. Why have you brought out an Italian cannon? That’s cheating, I’ 226Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 120 Reincarnation Across the Heavens: The Fourth Calamity Is Ferocious 诸天轮回：第四天灾凶横 Reborn with a self-made System, I scheme from behind the scenes, establish the Hall of Reincarnation, and send players armed with Systems to wreak havoc in other worlds. I recruit chosen ones blessed by the heavens to serve as my henchmen. These are worlds that have all been wildly remixed. The plots are thrilling, and you’re sure to enjoy them. Worlds already wreaked upon by players: The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, The Storm Riders, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, The —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 I Burned Too Much Hell Money, and Now Grandpa's an Official in the Underworld! 冥币烧太多，爷爷阴间当官了！ After burning too much spirit money, Grandpa transforms into a minor village official in the underworld. From then on, Gu Xiaobai learns that money can make even ghosts turn the millstone. What, Grandpa's promotion is taking too long? Here's a hundred million. Go buy yourself a promotion! What, someone bullied my grandson? I'll go settle the score with his ancestors! And so, the worlds of the living and the dead are thrown into chaos by this grandfather-grandson pair. Years later, Gu Xiaobai som 288Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 122 Thriller Game: I Really Do Love Helping People 惊悚游戏：我真的乐于助人 (Not a single heroine) + (horror game) + (undead knight) + (lighthearted) + (System) + (comedy) + (sweet on the outside, ruthless underneath, and a thief) I write about helping others, but secretly skim profits from the players. There are all kinds of little ghost girls here. The horror game isn’t just about fighting and killing. There’s also a lot of human interaction to deal with. Other players clear levels by risking their lives. The protagonist clears them through connections, with his own g 441Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 123 Horror Revival: I Am Bai Wuchang 恐怖复苏：我是白无常 Reborn into a world overrun by horror, a female ghost is scratching at the floor beneath the bed. Without a System, Su Yi is panicking. Ding! Congratulations, you've awakened the Underworld Judge System. Rewards: a mourning staff, a judge's robe, and a soul-catching chain. No more hiding it. I'm White Impermanence, and I'm coming clean. A little ghost girl sobbed, “This is so unfair! You beat me up, fine, but then you made me wear a cute little girl's outfit and sweep the floor!” The hanging gho 1.2kReads7.8Score11914d adds
- 124 Tonight at Eight, I'll Be Waiting for You in the House 今晚八点，我在房子里等你 I'll Be Waiting for You in the House at Eight Tonight —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Inheriting a Sect: My Disciples Are All Players from Earth 继承宗门：弟子全是地球玩家 Su Yun inherited a sect that was barely surviving from one day to the next. Luckily, he awakened the Sect Summoning System. It let him summon companions from Earth and have them join the sect as player disciples. As for Su Yun, he stayed behind the scenes as an NPC, creating main quests, dungeons, storylines, and more. Years later, when people spoke of the Qingyang Sect again, all they could do was marvel: "It was the most united sect I’d ever seen. Even when faced with an immortal king who seem 13Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 126 I Suggest You Be Kind 我劝你善良 The age of spiritual qi revival has arrived. Animals are awakening in droves, and human rule is facing a crisis! When a little rabbit flips you the middle finger, stay calm and don’t pick a fight with it. Its mother may well be watching you from the darkness… Our protagonist, Tang Yan, however, remains remarkably composed. Without changing expression, he silently opens the System in his mind… “Ding! The [I Urge You to Be Kind] System is now online…” 39Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 127 Summoning Foodie Players to Dominate the Apocalypse 召唤吃货玩家制霸末世 [Fourth Disaster + ensemble cast + world-building + no heroine + everyone’s a clown + lighthearted] Yang Li had struggled for ten years in the apocalypse to become a local power, only to be betrayed by his subordinates in the final battle. When he opened his eyes, he was back seven days before the apocalypse began. Facing parents who favored his younger brother over him, Yang Li had long since stopped letting his family manipulate him. He played the fool, outsmarted them, then took their money a 6Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 128 Thriller Game: I Got a Sign-In Reward at a Haunted Hotel From the Start 惊悚游戏：开局签到恐怖旅馆 This is a supernatural game run by a supreme god. Every instance is a terrifying place... Here, you can do whatever you want. You can have anything... But... You need to be careful... Because... You could be snatched away by a ghost at any moment! 165Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 129 I Play Role-Playing Games in the Horror World! 我在惊悚世界玩角色扮演！ In a terrifying world, Ye Bai gets a role-playing System. As long as he plays the assigned role, he can gain immense power! But the world of terror, which should have been horrifying, suddenly takes a strange turn... “Why are we waiters while Ye Bai is the manager? I don’t want to wear a maid outfit!” “What’s the deal with that Ye Bai? Isn’t he a player? Why is he chasing us down like an NPC?” “Seriously, I’ve become a top player in this terrifying world, but I still have to be respectful around 49Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 130 One Horror a Day 一天一个惊悚 One terrifying tale every day, and a different world each time. Just because you haven't seen it from in front of your phone doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Enough chatter. See you in the book, everyone. 7Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 131 Gaming Tycoon: The Rise of an Empire 游戏大亨：帝国崛起 [Transmigration + System + Infinite Games + Everyday Life] “Minesweeper, Gomoku, Snake… That’s it?” Wang Hao looked at the barren game market in this other world and burst out laughing. There were no epic battlefields like Warcraft, no dark aesthetic like Diablo, and even Solitaire had become a high-difficulty masterpiece! Faced with a gaming industry half a century behind Earth’s, Wang Hao activates the Game Development System. Using Earth as his game library, he floods this blue ocean market w 244Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 132 The Red Moon Rises Again: I Become the Yin Emperor from the Start 红月复苏：开局成为阴天子 [Bizarre! A five-inquiry old man was found dead in the street, and his corpse had no shadow.] [Shocking! My mother-in-law, who died beneath the water, made dumplings in the middle of the night and called me home!!] [Horrifying! The Buddha people worship turned out to be secretly hiding dozens of young women!!] Demons have returned, and evil spirits run rampant. The whole world is undergoing shocking changes! When Zuo Chen woke up, he discovered he had become a statue worshipped by people. A ghos —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Showbiz: My Childhood Sweetheart and I Are the Cutest Couple 娱乐：我和青梅校花组CP甜炸了 [Sweet romance + one heroine + campus beauty + childhood friend + showbiz + System] After being reborn, Lin Chen takes the initiative to pursue his childhood friend, campus beauty Xia Lingxue, and confesses to her in front of the whole nation from the start! The two debut as a CP, sing love songs, film kissing scenes, and appear on a dating show! The nation's CP enthusiasts declare: “Chen-Xue are the gold standard for dating-show couples!” Xia Lingxue: “No, we're brothers!” Lin Chen pins Xia Lin 946Reads9.1Score13914d adds
- 134 I Bring the Underworld Back to the World of the Living 我让地府重临人间 There is no underworld in this world. Ghosts roam the night, and monsters run rampant. After transmigrating, Tang Chen discovers that his cheap rental apartment is more than a little unusual. A little girl laughing under the bed, bloody handprints in the hallway, offerings outside the neighbors' doors... He is the only living person in the entire building. All his neighbors are urns of ashes! 423Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Developing Silent Hill, Scaring Players Around the World to Tears 开发恐怖寂静岭，吓哭全球玩家 Chen Mu transmigrates to a world where the game industry is woefully underdeveloped, but VR technology is highly advanced. His life is at its lowest point: a traitor on the team stole and sold the game he developed with his friends to Penguin, then used it to become Penguin's chief game designer! The traitor even calls to gloat, putting on a fake show of inviting the protagonist to work for him! Luckily, his System awakens. Chen Mu gives this world a real shock by developing Silent Hill PT! His 19Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 136 I Evolve, Starting as a Zombie 我！从丧尸开始进化 After being struck by a meteorite, Bai Ze unexpectedly gains the [Super Overlord System]. As zombies overrun the world, the System issues its first mission: choose an identity. Option one: choose to be human, reward: one billion Overlord Points and a Tier 10 supernatural talent. Option two: choose to be a zombie, reward: a zombie body. Seeing that the rewards for being human are so generous, Bai Ze decisively chooses... “Host spends 1,000 Overlord Points to redeem a Desert Eagle with infinite am 154Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 137 I'm a Game Designer! I Made Players Worldwide Cry! 我！游戏设计师！虐哭全球玩家！ Lin Mo transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a game designer. He only wanted to make good games, but then he awakens an Emotion Collection System, and negative emotions can even trigger bonus critical rewards! Heh, what can I say? Let me make this clear first: I'm not a sadist! [Getting Over It]: Teacher Ma pounds his keyboard in fury. "Get out of my computer!" [The Forest]: Zhou Jie screams herself hoarse. "Stop chasing me, aaah..." [Sekiro]: After PDD sees the word "DEATH" a hundred ti 1.8kReads8.0Score16014d adds
- 138 Xuanhuan: I Summon Earth Players from the Start 玄幻：我，开局召唤地球玩家 [Fourth Catastrophe + Passionate + Hilarious + Inspirational + One Female Lead + System + Invincible + Delusions] As a transmigrator, Wu Feitian endured ten years of trials and tribulations before finally founding a sect of his own! He became the sect leader! And the disciples under his command had all been summoned from Earth by the System! So... Clumsy player: Damn, what kind of newbie monster is this? I've died 146 times and still haven't beaten it! Elite player: Everyone, stand back! It's ti 129Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 139 Global Cataclysm: I Lead the Spiritual Qi Revival 全球灾变：我主导了灵气复苏 From the start, ferocious beasts from another world pour into the peaceful Blue Star, and the modern weapons humanity relies on gradually lose their effectiveness. The supernatural powers and awakenings of legend never appear. Is Blue Star doomed to destruction? No! That's not right! The moment Lu Tian is reborn with the memories of his past life, it seems the key to the spiritual qi revival is in his hands... Supernatural powers are on the way, and cultivation is too. Foreign countries panic: “ 178Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 140 The Bloodied Hole Beneath the Red Veil 红盖头下的血洞 A Bloodied Hole Beneath the Red Bridal Veil —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Horror Descends: From the Start, I Awaken the Black-and-White Impermanence Immortal 恐怖降临，开局觉醒黑白无常仙 Jiang Nan transmigrates to another parallel world, only to find terror descending. A rift to hell opens, unleashing hordes of monsters and ghosts. As his companion ghost spirit awakens, his System binds to him as well. Ding! Congratulations, Host, on awakening the twin ghost spirits, Black and White Impermanence! Ding! Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the Yiyang Finger technique. Ding! Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the Lightfoot technique. Ding! Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the s 30Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 142 The Ghost Wedding Palanquin, Carried by the Living 阴婚轿，活人抬 The Ghost Wedding Sedan, Carried by the Living —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 For My Sister, I Joined a Paranormal Expedition as the Ghost King 为了妹妹，鬼王的我参加灵异探秘 [German-style bone setting, father-daughter ghost romance, high-speed steamy scenes... This book has none of that, really! Just look into the author’s sincere eyes 0-0] The supernatural has returned, and ghosts and monsters run rampant. An Chan is a boy dismissed as useless, yet he is known far and wide because he has a genius younger sister. To save his sister, who disappeared in a ghost domain, An Chan resolutely joins the globally organized supernatural event: [Supernatural Investigation]. Wi 180Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 144 Terror Has Arrived: Is This Not a Raising Sim? 惊悚降临：难道这不是养成游戏？ [No heroine, no romance] The Ghost Realm descends, and Qin Fan enters the world of horror as a newcomer. From the start, he obtains the Eyes of the Sea King and suddenly feels that this game, with its sky-high death rate, might not be so hard to play after all… 22Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 145 I, Ming Yuan, Began Poisoning the Heavens as an Ultraman Live-In Son-in-Law 我鸣愿，从奥特赘婿开始毒遍诸天 My name is Mingyuan. I was once an utterly ordinary Ultraman, but then the System suddenly awakened. With its help, I became the most powerful poison user in the world! No Ultraman’s poison can rival mine, because my poison has reached the point where every word and action can poison all things under heaven! But just as I poisoned Ultraman King to death and prepared to rule the world, I was locked onto by the Ultraman Constellation Big Dipper Formation. I thought my life was about to end, but to —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Online Game: The Peerless Thief God 网游：盗神无双 Clad in orange leather armor, he walks beneath the moonlight like a dark elf, slipping through the void. With the sacred Heaven-Piercing Dagger in hand and moonlight streaming beneath his feet, Xu Ying, the world's greatest thief god, writes his own legend in the world of Eternal. 1.8kReads8.3Score15414d adds
- 147 Chang’an Night Walks: The Black Death Flower 长安夜行录：黑死花 Chang’an Night Walk: Black Death Flower —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 The Last Corpse Handler 最后的赶尸匠 The Last Corpse Driver —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Stay Away, Spirits 阴人勿扰 Someone dug up our family grave and put the newlywed daughter-in-law who’d just died in their family in there. My uncle told me to go get her out in the middle of the night... 477Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 150 Ultraman Son-in-Law: From the Start, Tregear Was Jilted 奥特赘婿：开局托雷基亚被退婚 He transmigrates into the Ultraman universe and becomes Tregear of the Land of Light. He fails the Space Garrison exam, then is dumped by the God of War, Seven. The Ax-Wielding God of War, the Dissection Maniac, the Four Heavenly Kings’ insults, and the Ultra Brothers’ mockery all drive Jiang Kai into a towering rage! This story has two male leads and no female lead. If you like Taro and Tregear, come on in. If you don’t, please don’t flame! I’m not good at writing blurbs, so please head straigh —Reads—Score—14d adds
