Novels like Hell Is Empty, and Evil Spirits Walk the Earth
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- 1 Records of the Spirit World 通灵异录 Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it; a car can carry people, but it can also kill them! My name is Xu Yang, and I’m an orphan. A typical college graduate who ended up unemployed, I had no choice but to start an unlicensed taxi business. Little did I know, that decision nearly sent me to my grave... 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Corpse Eye Cipher 尸眼密码 Li Xinxin is a forensic trace examiner who can see a victim’s final seven seconds of memories by touching their corpse. But whenever blood-red words seep from her bronze pendant, the 37th death loop has already begun. A quantum-state blood moon splits into 37 satellites, genetic tides surge, and the clocks in the morgue remain forever frozen at 23:07, the eerie moment her parents disappeared. The genetic sequence from a clone’s corpse is an exact match for her younger brother’s, the violet-eyed —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 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… 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 A World Overrun by the Uncanny 诡异全世界 Yu Jin, a survivor of the death game, discovered the mastermind's true identity. What would he do? Kill the mastermind and take control of the death game? No... Yu Jin discovered an even greater secret. The mastermind had become a mindless evil spirit, and Yu Jin had gained a ghost's power. He used that power to save the people closest to him. (The first 34 chapters follow the protagonist through battles of wits and adventures; in the next 60, he works with the government to establish a headquar —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Crimson Round Table Game 猩红圆桌游戏 After death, a person weighs 21 grams less. Those 21 grams are a person’s consciousness. When emotions run especially high before death, that consciousness can become an obsession. Only those who die with exceptionally powerful emotions become obsessions, clinging to their last wish and struggling to remain in this world until they can fulfill it. 55Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 6 The Ten Thousand Souls Tribulation 万魂劫 In a lively school, paranormal incidents break out without warning: crying in the middle of the night, a terrifying ordeal in the boys’ dormitory, and the mysterious disappearance of a veteran student council member... As time passes, the terrifying memories sealed away for years gradually come to light... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Marching Against the Yellow Springs: The Book of the Impermanent 黄泉逆行：无常簿 Have you ever narrowly escaped death? A car crash, a fire, or even a sudden slip beneath your feet... In that moment, you were grateful to be alive. But you don't know that from the instant you "accidentally" survived, your name was written in an invisible Book of Impermanence. It is no ghost or curse. It is a rule, the coldest correction program in the universe. From then on, the everyday things you rely on will become your tomb. The floor beneath your feet, the chandelier overhead, the cup in —Reads—Score214d adds
- 8 Haunted 撞邪 Can you guarantee that the people around you are really human? A lowly office worker had always kept his head down and worked in silence, until one day he accidentally discovered that his coworkers weren’t human at all… To stay alive, he has to pretend everything is normal, struggling to survive in the narrow cracks of this place day after day… 4.2kReads8.4Score30414d adds
- 9 Welcome Aboard the Hell Bus 欢迎乘坐地狱巴士 They died, yet somehow ended up on a bus. Can they really come back to life after fifty missions? Welcome aboard the Hellbound Bus, train GUI_511! This train will take you on an inconceivable, bizarre, and fantastical journey. A mysterious matriarchal village, a strange university dormitory, a terrifying hotel that eats people, a bizarre dried-corpse case, an unbelievable midnight subway... Behind every mission lies a story no one knows. Cause and effect always come full circle. See how two girl 241Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 10 The Half-Baked Feng Shui Master: I Became a Legend Through Hands-On Ghost Hunting 半吊子风水师：撞鬼后靠实操封神 Lin Jingran, nicknamed Dogshit, is the most hopeless half-baked feng shui master in the old district. He has no real skills and is a coward, getting by on the old notes his grandfather left behind. That is, until his childhood friend kneels before him, crying that the secondhand house he bought is haunted and his wife and son are close to dying. For two thousand yuan, Lin Jingran steels himself and goes over. He steps on wet hair as soon as he walks in, hears a woman crying by his ear, and watch 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Real Death Cinema 真实死亡影院 A horror movie poster taken from a corpse's mouth has Luo An's name listed among its cast, drawing him into an endless series of horror films. He must play a character who could die at any moment and survive a never-ending stream of movies where the deaths are real. Only after his fan count reaches one hundred million will he have a chance to escape. This is the story of Luo An, a man with dissociative identity disorder, as he takes one step at a time toward becoming an award-winning actor. [Cin 1Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 12 Death Classroom: Confess Your Sins 死亡教室：请说出你的罪恶 [Infinite Flow + Supernatural Horror + Survival + No Female Lead] Here’s a quick introduction to me in two sentences: First, I’m not very capable. Second, I only have five golden keys. “Mr. Ye Tong, sorry to interrupt, but five golden keys are exceptionally rare across all the Death Classrooms. In other words, you’re already at the top.” “Oh, really? But I stole these keys from my senior fellow apprentice. Does that still count?” “???” Every Death Classroom is filled with all kinds of strang 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Bizarre News Agency 诡报社 Open this door, and the human world becomes hell. Faith crumbles in an instant; hope vanishes in the blink of an eye. The living struggle, scream, and fight desperately to stay alive; the souls of the dead tremble, loathe, and repent. A game, a survivor, and a mysterious newspaper office known to no one. [Updates have never stopped. I keep my word.] 50Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 14 Abyss of Nightmares: Eyes That See Death 噩梦深渊：看见死亡的双眼 [Horror escape + infinite-flow + smart protagonist + mind-bending plot + airtight logic] A pair of scarlet eyes filled with malice appears in the peephole. Strange footsteps echo through the hallway, and faint sobbing seems to drift by his ears. The living room lights flicker on and off with a crackling sound, while bubbles keep gurgling up from the bathroom sink... Chu Rui stares at the notification on his phone and lets out a grave sigh. [The Nightmare Abyss: Huaquan Apartments instance assess 258Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 15 The Haunted Hearse 灵车诡事 I'm an ambulance driver for the dead. When I first started the job, Third Master told me a few rules every hearse driver must follow. Then one day, to pay off my loan, I transported a bizarre corpse... 324Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 16 The Embroidered Shoes of Death 死亡绣花鞋 I have a friend who dreamed he was getting intimate with a beautiful woman. The next morning, he woke up in a mass grave with a female corpse beside him! My name is Luo Tianlin, and I’m an antiques dealer who specializes in collecting antiques that have “gained a spirit.” The drum used to take the dead as concubines; the bloodsucking jade bracelet; the Book of Life and Death that calls the roll, and more. I want them all! 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Train I Drive Leads to the Abyss 我开的火车通往深渊 My name is Lin Muhai. I'm twenty-one and a trainee train driver at the Ancheng Locomotive Depot. Before my first run, I heard a woman's voice in the crew waiting room. "One sleeper, two sleepers, three sleepers..." She counted to six, then paused. "Lin Muhai, it's your turn to count." 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Super Horror Livestream 超级惊悚直播 A random viewer is selected to play a horror game. Complete it and earn a reward; fail, and you’ll be punished. The ultimate punishment: death. 1.8kReads—Score15114d adds
- 19 Nightmare of Terror: Entering the Haunted World on the Red-Eyed Bus 惊悚噩梦：从红眼巴士进入诡世界 [Infinite flow + ghost survival + mild suspense + horror instances + no romance] “Ghosts cannot be killed. Only ghosts can deal with ghosts. Learn their patterns.” Lin Xi unexpectedly boarded a bus with no driver. The passengers here disappeared at regular intervals, and as more and more vanished, the survivors gradually uncovered the secret to escaping... Possessing a Nightmare Invitation means setting foot on a one-way road. At regular intervals, you are forced into the nightmare world to comp 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Death Will Be Televised 死亡将映 (Infinite Flow + mild horror + deduction + survival + one heroine) To uncover the ultimate secret, he must endure one round of slaughter and struggle after another. I thought I only had to complete a simple death mission to go home, but I was forced to uncover the ultimate secret. I thought I could open the Forbidden Zone of God and grow stronger, only to be told that the human body was also a treasure locked in chains. When I finally reached the end, I discovered that I had walked this road bef 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Haunted World: I Can See Things from the Ghosts' Point of View 诡世界：我能看到鬼视角 [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + No Female Lead] Every year, countless people around the world vanish without explanation. According to local rumors in Nanshan City, they all seem to have entered another world. No one knows what happened there... But from the moment Li Yenan stepped out of the subway station, he was already inside that world... A woman who knows everything, a strange perspective that only he can see, and rules from the eerie world: it all feels like a game of chess laid out just f 586Reads5.5Score11414d adds
- 22 Quelling Spirits in a Haunted House 凶宅镇灵 I'm an ordinary real estate agent. One winter, I took on a house, and in less than a week, three people died inside its kitchen refrigerator. With no other option, I called Li Tiandi, a specialist in handling haunted houses, for help. While hunting ghosts with him, I unexpectedly learned that I had the constitution of someone who could travel to the underworld. And so I began a life of buying and selling haunted houses with him. 183Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 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—14d adds
- 24 Rule Horror: An Infinite-Flow Haunted Campus. Don't Trust Any Rule (2) 规则怪谈：无限流诡异校园，别相信任何一条规则（2） Rule Horror: The Infinite-Flow Haunted School. Don’t Trust Any of the Rules (2) 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 When Rule-Based Horror Arrives: From the Start, I Make a Move on My Female Boss 规则怪谈降临：开局强撩女上司 After waking up in the office, Li Tian found a strange note. It read: [Don't be late. Get to the office before eight in the morning.] [Your folders are all blue. If you find a red folder, ignore it.] [Don't look in the mirror while riding the elevator.] [Work ends at six every evening. Refuse to work overtime and leave the office by six thirty. Any consequences are your own responsibility!] [Don't make your female boss angry!] He thought it was a prank, never imagining that when one colleague ar 1.4kReads8.4Score20714d adds
- 26 Forbidden Tales of the Desolate Village: A Midnight Whistle, and a Shrouded Corpse Spirit at the Door 荒村禁忌：夜半吹哨，白布尸魂找上门 Taboos of the Abandoned Village: A Whistle in the Dead of Night, and a White-Cloth Corpse Spirit Comes Calling —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 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 637Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 28 Driver of the Underworld 幽冥司机 Bus Route 206 is hiring a night-shift driver. Liu Hao eagerly applies, only to discover that the job not only pays well but also has short hours. It’s only after he signs the contract that he realizes there’s something wrong with the bus… Strange passengers and eerie lost property leave Liu Hao wondering if he’s driving the last bus of the underworld! 395Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 29 Livestream: I’m Really Just Doing Good Deeds 直播：我真的在做好人好事 Meng Sheng transmigrates. In his eyes, he is an ordinary man in an ordinary world, always striving to do good deeds. Helping a child find their mother. Helping an old woman cross the street. Talking a stranger out of taking their own life. The reality is that Meng Sheng transmigrated into a horror game. In everyone else's eyes: He feeds the starving ghosts. He teaches the drowned ghosts to swim. He finds substitutes for the ghosts who need someone to die in their place. The players call him the 10Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 30 Rule Horror: The Infinite Loop's Haunted Campus, Don't Trust Any Rule 规则怪谈：无限流诡异校园，别相信任何一条规则 Rule Horror: An Infinite-Flow, Supernatural School. Don't Trust a Single Rule 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Infinite: The Thrilling Game of the Divine Agent 无限：神代行者的惊悚游戏 [Infinite flow, original dungeons, supernatural, mild horror, suspense and deduction] No livestreaming. No female lead. Not invincible. You were told to recruit people for the eerie game, so what on earth did you bring back? Rifts are ravaging the globe, and an eldritch god seems to be behind them. A divine emissary travels between two worlds, weaving a new tale of eerie folklore. 20Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 32 Infinite: The Strange Realm 【无限】诡异境界 (Note: Infinite-world story, no female lead, no System, not invincible, not stupid, not a wish-fulfillment novel) Welcome, everyone, to the Cycle of the Haunted Realm. Here, you’ll be thrown into an unexpected “death trap.” The only thing you can do is solve it and escape with your life. When I regained consciousness, I found myself in a terrifying cemetery! It was pitch-black, so dark I couldn’t see my hand in front of my face. Only a faint light fell on the graves. I was holding a shovel, and 16Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 33 The Temple That Eats People 吃人的庙 The Man-Eating Temple 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Horror Instances: Follow the Rules If You Want to Survive 惊悚副本：想活命，就要遵守规则 [Clever protagonists + Cthulhu + transmigration + infinite worlds + horror games] The entire city was under the control of a mysterious force, and some people were sucked into eerie spaces. To stay alive, they had no choice but to take part in one bizarre, terrifying game instance after another. There, only those clever and resilient enough had any chance of making it to the end... 139Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 35 My Sister-Obsessed Guardian: Becoming a God in a World of the Uncanny 护妹狂魔我在诡异世界封神 [Gory violence + System + dungeons + no female lead + no saintly do-gooder + slow burn + global livestream + doting big brother] Chen Mo: The bizarre world is supposed to be hell for humanity, right? But I always feel like they’re friendlier than humans. They’re not scheming or plotting against each other, and they’re completely open with me. Every one of them calls me Little Boss and scurries along behind me. I have no idea why. All the Ghost Kings: (ಥ﹏ಥ) As long as you’re happy, Your Highness 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 This World Feels So Unreal 这个世界太不真实了 Also known as The Most Miserable Male Lead in History Two black-and-white doors, a strange journey across different times and worlds, and a terrifying conspiracy hidden behind it all. Will he save the world or destroy it? Wang Chunan, an utterly ordinary college sophomore, unexpectedly acquired two black-and-white doors capable of transporting him to other worlds during a baffling shooting incident. Through them, he glimpsed strange realms beyond the present world. Gradually, he seemed to become 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Mystic Arts Curse Master 玄门咒神 On the day Yang Xuan was supposed to get engaged, a blood-red coffin inexplicably appeared in his home. Inside lay a beautiful woman with skin like jade. On the first day, his father died. On the second day, a yin-yang master told Yang Xuan: If he wanted to survive this calamity, he had to consummate his marriage with her... 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 I’m a Con Artist in the Thriller Game 我在惊悚游戏当欺诈师 Infinite-flow + strong leads, with livestreaming Si Jian is an idealistic con artist. After swindling a huge sum of money, he’s just about to enjoy the good things in life when his luck turns, and he gets picked for a horror game, the kind where people really die. Si Jian: Eyes trembling in shock! I don’t want to face ghosts! Give me back my wonderful vacation! (Weak, pitiful, and helpless) Then he turns around and stabs everyone in the back. The people he’s conned: ... WTF! If I ever trust that 4Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 39 Whispers of the Ghosts 鬼魅低语 [Standalone Stories] [Eerie] [Thriller] [Strange] [Wild Imagination] Worlds full of distortion and absurdity. Whether it's seemingly ordinary snippets of everyday life or strange phenomena that gradually come to light, everything sends a chill down your spine and grows more terrifying the more you think about it. 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Soul Alliance 魂盟 Starting February 6, 2025, two updates every day, posted promptly at 8 p.m. [Horror instances + no System + growth + brains + Infinite Flow + fake female lead] I stand in an unfamiliar place, surrounded by an eerie atmosphere. My memories are like shattered puzzle pieces, impossible to put back together. Who am I? Why am I here? The blank spaces in my memory are like bottomless black holes, swallowing my sanity. The only thing I can clearly recall is a vague figure in my mind. What connection do 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Hundred Venerables Record: Tales of Another Day 百崇录：异日谈 A sealed ancient scroll has come to light once more: "The Hundred Abominations: Tales of Strange Days". Its faded, uncanny writing: written in blood? Annotated in tears? No one can say. All that remains are over a hundred strange accounts, each word sinking into the bone, all told by the “ill omens” lurking among humankind. Some nest in the dark corners of people's hearts, watching for greed; some lie in the shadows of the streets, drinking in sobs; others haunt desolate wilderness and ancient h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Escape Game: A Ticket to Hell 逃生游戏：通往地狱的车票 [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 262Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 43 Rule Horror: Surviving the Haunted House 规则怪谈：诡宅求生 This book has a proper ending and a complete story, so you can start reading without worry. A blood-red sedan chair with no bearers carries nine strangers to a haunted mansion’s secret realm… Their first mission is to keep vigil for Old Lady Mao for three days. In the haunted mansion, anyone who breaks a death rule will be killed by a ghost. The rules can be obvious or hidden, making them impossible to guard against. Only those with exceptional wit can survive. The setting is eerie, terrifying, 685Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 44 The Midnight Last Train 午夜末班车 He was on the last bus home late at night when a beautiful woman got on. He was about to confess his feelings, but then he noticed how sinister her reflection looked in the window. He got off the Route 155 bus and instinctively looked up, meeting her gaze... 727Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 45 The Haunted Classroom 幽魂教室 A mysterious classroom, 16 sets of desks and chairs, 16 sacrifices, and countless cycles of reincarnation. After taking the death exam again and again, how many people will ultimately escape alive? This is an eternal curse!!! 83Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 46 Strange Tales of Southeast Asia 东南亚诡事 (The author has opened a coffee shop in the ancient city of Dali and is busy with renovations. Please wait a little while for updates.) My name is Ning. During college, I went alone to Thailand to intern at a hotel, where a series of bizarre and inexplicable things happened. Why was there a temple built inside the hotel? What secrets did this temple hide? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Six Dolls on a Rainy Day 雨天的六个娃娃 Six Dolls on a Rainy Day —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 White Night of Terror: I’m Even More Savage Than the Vengeful Ghosts 白夜惊悚：我比猛鬼更生猛 [Horror and Suspense + Twists and Foreshadowing + Hilarious Stress Relief + Urban Ghost-Hunting + Decisive and Ruthless] Can't afford a house? I hear there's a long-abandoned mansion at 014 Taiping Street! Can't afford a car? They say luxury sports cars have been spotted at the suburban cemetery! Short on connections and cash? Take trillions in underworld banknotes to the ghost market and spend like a king! In this terrifying post-apocalyptic world, I'm the hottest guy beneath the night sky! My —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Horror Landlord: My Thirty-Eight Female Tenants 恐怖房东：我的三十八位女租客 “Zhuge Ming, if you come study at my kindergarten, I’ll give you five hundred a month, and pick you up and drop you off...” said the headmistress. “I brought you lunch, Zhuge Ming. I made it myself...” said the teacher. “Come here. I’ll marry all three of my daughters to you,” said Priest Lin. Zhuge Ming was born with a peach-blossom fate. He had the looks of a woman despite being a man, and from the moment he was born, every woman had just one wish: to marry him. Zhuge Ming was miserable. Who c —Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 50 Laid Off and Driving a Taxi, I Get Haunted by Evil Spirits 被裁后开出租，我被邪物缠上了 After being laid off, 28-year-old Wang Chao starts driving a taxi to make ends meet. Little does he know that a host of evil entities are about to latch onto him. A mysterious woman in white, a strange old lady in worn-out clothes, a gaunt cemetery caretaker, and an elusive fat man... One after another, these figures drag him into a vortex he cannot escape... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
