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- 1 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Get a God-Tier Choice to Blow Out the Ghost Flame 惊悚游戏：开局神级选择吹灭鬼火 Blue Star has been engulfed by a horror game. Ten players are randomly selected from each country to enter it. What they don't know is that if every player from their country dies, monsters will appear across its territory in numbers a thousand times greater. Xia Chi was chosen as one of Huaguo's ten players to enter the horror game. After checking the special tips for the various options, he knew his luck had finally turned. [Random special item: Choose to activate it in ten minutes and receive 3Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 2 Horror Survival: I Livestream Fortune-Telling for the Supernatural 恐怖求生：我直播给诡异算命 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 8Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 3 Horror Livestream: My Acting Fee Is Sky-High When I Perform with Ghosts 惊悚直播：和鬼演戏我片酬极高 [Infinite-flow + System + Livestreaming + No Female Lead + Hilarious, Satisfying Read] [At Dawn Hospital, actor Lin Yue plays the humorous and witty attending physician in the proctology department.] Lin Yue: “Rounds, rounds! How are you feeling, patient?” Evil ghost: “I'm better! I'm completely better! I'm getting discharged right now! I'm sorry, I shouldn't have gotten sick!” [At Dreamlike Manor, actor Lin Yue plays a chuunibyou photographer who loves solving mysteries and cooking.] Lin Yue, g 7Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 4 Thriller Game: I Can See Malice Levels 惊悚游戏：我能看到恶意值 A dangerous game, and countless unhinged streamers. A doctor is pulled into the game without warning. Fortunately, he can see the malice others direct at him. That gives him the means to escape danger and steer clear of trouble. In the players’ eyes, he’s a streamer who’s always pulling stunts. In the NPCs’ eyes, he has a pure and sincere heart. The people he treats always feel they owe him something. Yet no one has a bad word to say about him. A department head: “Yes, he’s the best doctor in ou 21Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 5 Thriller Game: I Think I Scared That Monster 惊悚游戏：我好像吓到那只怪了 Horror + funny livestreams + high intelligence + no heroine A terrifying game descends upon the world, randomly selecting human players! University student Su Xun is chosen by the game, and immediately puts on a spectacular one-man show! With his unique domain, “Occult Secrets,” and off-the-charts intelligence, he charges ahead without looking back. Occult Secrets: [The player faces a desperate crisis, triggering the skill “Graveyard Rave”!] [The player receives a confession from a yandere stude 46Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 6 Horror Resurges, and I'm Bound to an Enhancement Simulator 恐怖复苏，我绑定了强化模拟器 Jiang He was chosen by the World of Terror and sent into the horror instance "The House That Never Dies". He never expected Lin Yiyi, the school beauty from his own school, to be chosen and sent into the same instance. As a veteran, Lin Yiyi had planned to help Jiang He. Little did she know that Jiang He, who had bound himself to the Enhancement Simulator System, was the real hidden big bad. [You obtained an old, battered pistol. After enhancement, it became an infinite-ammo psychic pistol capab 1.2kReads7.2Score101Shelves
- 7 Eerie Revival: I Fused with Black Impermanence from the Start 诡异复苏：开局融合黑无常 Su Yuan transmigrates to a parallel world and obtains a horror livestream System. The more viewers his stream attracts, the stronger he becomes! To draw in viewers, Su Yuan throws caution to the wind. From the start, he passionately kisses a woman in white who’s a ghost! The livestream chat goes wild! He spends his popularity points in the System’s shop to trade for a Black Impermanence outfit and reap evil spirits! “Congratulations, Host. You have obtained a Black Impermanence robe!” “Congratul 420Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 8 Horror Escape: This Psychotic Player Is Absolutely Crushing It 惊悚逃亡：这个精神病玩家天秀 [Horror Game + Escape + Mystery + Comedy + Livestream + Mentally Ill Protagonist] The otherworldly game Horror Escape suddenly appears without explanation. Players chosen by the game are sent into its world one after another. They can escape only by clearing each and every stage. Shen Shu, whom everyone considers mentally ill, unlocks a special hint. His shocking moves, performed in front of everyone, terrify all the viewers, players, and NPCs. Taking down an infected person alone, having a hear 42Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 9 Thriller Game: I Ruined the Entire Game's Atmosphere 惊悚游戏：我带坏了整个游戏画风 (No gruesome content, no female lead, no goody-two-shoes protagonist. The protagonist isn’t interested in humans!) In his previous life, he was the most acclaimed chief designer in the world. In the blink of an eye, he transmigrated into a horror game, only to discover to his astonishment that every one of these horror games was designed by him in his previous life! Help a plastic surgery addict do her makeup and heal her wounded heart. Challenge the boss of Ghost Street to a drag race and becom 71Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 10 The Bizarre Company: Starting with Being Forced to Work 996 诡异公司：从被迫996开始 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 311Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 11 From the Start, I Kissed the Ghost School's Campus Belle! 开局相亲，我竟强吻了鬼校校花！ Zhou Ming went on a blind date, only to discover that the woman was the campus belle of a haunted school. Just as he was about to die at the hands of the female ghost, the System arrived! [Haunted School Campus Belle. Rank: Blood-Robed Vengeful Spirit. Tip: Kiss her by force! Kiss her until she can’t breathe!] Zhou Ming was dumbfounded. You want me to force a kiss on this female ghost whose mouth is bleeding and whose nose has been half sliced off? But with the other party about to kill him, he 359Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 12 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—Shelves
- 13 Paper Effigy Maker: From the Start, I Summoned a Hundred Ghosts! 扎纸匠：开局扎出百鬼夜行！ Su Changsheng transmigrates to Blue Star, where horror is on the rise, inherits a funeral shop, and obtains a divine paper effigy System. With only an illustrated guide, Su Changsheng can craft the corresponding ghosts and gods of the underworld. Craft ghost soldiers and ghost generals: a procession of a hundred ghosts, ghost troops crossing the land! Craft Black and White Impermanence: seize souls and punish evil spirits! Craft the Ten Great Judges: distinguish good from evil and decide who liv 8Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 14 I Get God-Tier Gear in Horror Games 我在惊悚游戏中爆神装 [System + infinite worlds] A mysterious livestreaming app has arrived, bringing with it wave after wave of survivalists chosen to enter terrifying worlds! While everyone else trembles in fear at their horrifying predicament, Chen Daxing suddenly discovers that he can see glowing orbs no one else can. Kill the monsters around the orbs, and they drop gear! And so the revelry begins! “Don’t run! You’re glowing!” “Don’t dismiss common gear just because it’s common!” “Oh my God!” “A monster this terr 2.1kReads9.1Score240Shelves
- 15 I Imprisoned the Entire Paranormal World and Turned It Over to the State 我关押整个诡异世界上交国家 A mysterious force has awakened, and a world of the uncanny has descended. Here, you can encounter demons from strange tales, ghosts from horror stories, and even ancient gods from myths and legends! Everyone in this uncanny world lives in fear and trepidation. But Jiang Che discovers that he can see strange prompts. And so... He works as a caregiver at the Yellow Springs Hospital, a waiter at an underworld hotel, and a network administrator at a reincarnation internet cafe... He even builds a p 2kReads8.4Score250Shelves
- 16 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Advised the Female Ghost to Study Hard! 惊悚游戏：开局劝女鬼好好学习! [Supernatural instance dungeon: Class 3, Year 1 has finished loading. Players, get ready.] What happens when a hot-tempered young man enters a horror game? Xie Yao: “Why aren't you studying? What are you doing here!” Ghost student: “Big bro, I was wrong! Ah, don't hit my face!” Xie Yao: “Why is your mouth open? Have you finished your homework?” Slit-Mouthed Woman: “Please, I'll do it right now! Don't hit me!” Xie Yao turned around. “What are you doing?” All the ghosts: “Uh... we're being friendl 2.5kReads9.2Score225Shelves
- 17 Horror Revival: I Am Monk Sanzang, Sanzang as in Burying the Dead 恐怖复苏：贫僧三葬，送葬的葬 [Horror Revival] [Invincible] [System] [Comedy] [This book is entirely fictional and has no connection whatsoever to reality.] After transmigrating into a world where horror had returned, he awakened the System for Delivering All Beings from Suffering. Only, the way it delivered people seemed a little... Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, depleted uranium bullets purify the six senses. Three thousand six hundred revolutions in a single breath, great compassion saves all the world! The Great Mighty Heaven 4.9kReads8.8Score376Shelves
- 18 I Teach as a Vicious Ghost in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏做猛鬼老师 A horror game descends upon the world. Su Yun, the game’s first A-rank player, suddenly vanishes from public view. When he reappears, he is a teacher at a kindergarten for evil spirits. This is an F-rank instance with a death rate as high as ninety percent, but no player believes it. “Little Chubby is so honest. How could he be dangerous?” “The ghost girl is so kawaii. There’s no way she’d hurt the players!” But Su Yun knows that these adorable, good-natured little ones are all evil spirits, 1.4kReads9.1Score130Shelves
- 19 Horror Game: I Max Out Affection and Do Whatever I Want 恐怖游戏：加爆好感，我为所欲为 A horror game descends upon the world! Lin Bei, who has just transmigrated, is unfortunately selected. After entering the horror game, he obtains a System that can raise the affection of every species except humans. And Lin Bei can earn all kinds of rewards from it! Snowfield Phantom instance? [Ding!] [Snow Maiden's affection is maxed out!!] [Golden Treasure Chest's affection is maxed out!!] Blood Sea Evil Spirit Ship instance? [Ding!] [Blood Maiden's affection is maxed out!!] [Blood Sea (one-ki 5.4kReads8.9Score605Shelves
- 20 Thriller Game: Streaming Myself Sleeping from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局直播睡觉 Dark + System-powered wish fulfillment + Infinite Flow + decisive and ruthless Supernatural phenomena affect the entire world, and players are randomly chosen to take part in terrifying games! Unstoppable livestream videos appear online, vividly showing the players' perilous experiences. Tang Ping is a modern young man who likes to lie flat. His lack of ambition awakens the Insulator Talent. From then on, while everyone else struggles to survive in the games, he sleeps on livestream! Because the 1.5kReads9.2Score163Shelves
- 21 Thriller Survival: Beating Up a Clown at the Amusement Park from the Start! 惊悚求生：开局游乐场暴揍小丑！ [Wish-Fulfillment]+ [No Simping]+ [System]+ [Hilarious] A mysterious force descended upon Blue Star, periodically choosing lucky people to enter a terrifying survival game! A mysterious livestreaming app let people everywhere watch the livestreams and recordings of those trapped in the game. Li Xiao, a man incapable of fear who looked downright terrifying when he smiled, entered the survival game. The clown was crazy, but he was even crazier! The evil spirits were terrifying, but he was even mor 3.1kReads9.2Score352Shelves
- 22 When Terror Descended, My Insane Social Skills Shocked the World 惊悚降临:社交牛x的我震惊世界 Qin Xiao, a world-class sales trainer and proud holder of a Social Skills Expert certificate, transmigrated into a parallel world where a terrifying game had descended. As it turned out, you could do anything you wanted as long as you had great social skills. Affection: 60 Rakshasa: “From now on, you're my brother, Lao Luo!” Affection: 90 Ghost King: “Big bro, take a look! Take a look at the kingdom your little brother conquered for you!” Affection: 100 Ghost Teacher: “Little brother, stay the n 481Reads9.4Score119Shelves
- 23 A Horror Invasion? Aren’t They All My Minions? 惊悚入侵？这不全是我小弟吗 [Horror world + underlings + goofy comedy + hilarious + powerful big shot] (The Horror World wishes you an early death and a quick rebirth. If you don't die, you'll go crazy.) You might not believe this, but while everyone else was struggling desperately in the Horror World, trying to find a sliver of hope for survival, I had already taken control of every shady deal in the Horror World. The Horror World's supernatural alliance. "I'm reporting Chen Qishi by my real name!" Chen Qi, seated at the 101kReads9.2Score9.3kShelves
- 24 Thriller Game: I Can See the Hints 惊悚游戏：我能看到提示 [Ridiculous comedy + power fantasy. Not scary. If that's not your thing, move along!] A mysterious dimension descends upon Earth, randomly selecting humans to take part in a horror game. Uncensorable horror livestreams spread across the internet, allowing all of humanity to witness one terrifying spectacle after another. Gu Yi is unlucky enough to be chosen as an adventurer. Fortunately, he can see mysterious hints. Following the hints, Gu Yi gradually seeks out the truth, only to discover that 6.9kReads8.9Score660Shelves
- 25 EN Anomaly Containment Facility, You're Containing Me, a Human? 诡异收容所，你收容我一个人类？ [No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Cthulhu]+ [No Tired Tropes] (Also known as: Sequence: Ascension to Godhood) The Dark Prison has merged with reality, and bizarre creatures are invading the world through the “Gates.” An organization has quietly emerged, calling themselves the Wardens. They keep the bizarre creatures behind the “Gates,” and capture and contain any that make it into the world. Lu Xiao accidentally fell into the Dark Prison and lived there alone for three years. After the Wardens discove 51.7kReads9.2Score5kShelves
- 26 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 113kReads9.5Score12.3kShelves
- 27 EN Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 102.2kReads9.5Score9.6kShelves
