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- 1 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
- 2 Strange Tales of Houqiu 厚邱怪谈 This is a novel only those who have truly seen ghosts can understand. When water reaches the brim, it spills; when the moon is full, it wanes. If you learn too many of the world’s secrets, the only person you’ll hurt in the end is yourself. Some people are born able to see strange things, or to experience what ordinary people never do. Such people are either born with a defect or destined for a difficult life. So, would you be willing to have a pair of Yin-Yang Eyes? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Became the Creator of an Evil God 惊悚游戏：开局成为邪神缔造者 Bai Ye and his classmates went exploring a haunted house, only for him to be accidentally selected for a global horror game! [Ding! Congratulations, Host! You’ve awakened the Evil God Creator System!] Faced with all kinds of ghosts and monsters, with a hundred ghosts roaming the night, Bai Ye couldn’t help shaking his head. “How did you all end up in my hands?” Classmates: “Everyone else is risking their lives, but you’re here on vacation?” Ghosts and monsters: “Let us out! I quit! Bai Ye’s s —Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 4 Speak No Words of the Three Corpses 三尸勿语 When someone dies far from home and a practitioner uses magic to make the corpse rise, it is called corpse-driving. People have three hun and seven po souls; corpses have three corpse spirits and nine worms. To drive a corpse that died unjustly, one must first subdue the spirits of its three corpses. When the dead pass by, the living must keep away! 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Horror Game Somehow Turned into an Everyday Game 惊悚游戏活生生被玩成了日常游戏 Also known as "Rule-Based Horror Stories: It Starts with an M Marriage!" [Livestream] [Rule-Based Horror Stories] [Infinite Flow] [Power Fantasy] [System] [Deduction] [Simulator] [No Female Lead] [Supernatural] [Thriller Game] Want to play a game? The kind where you get married from the start! [2. Do you think you look human? (Crossed out)] [3. If you look through the peephole and see someone who looks exactly like you knocking, do not open the door, and don't believe a word they say! Because yo 4Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 6 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
- 7 The Mysterious Revival: From the Start, I Obtained an Evil Spirit Synthesizer 诡秘复苏：开局获得邪灵合成器 After transmigrating to a world invaded by ghosts, Su Yi gains a synthesizer that can combine all kinds of things. Ghostly Pendant + Demon Horn + Ghost Fang Dagger + Spirit = Asura The ancestor of the Asura clan: “What the hell? We’re both Asuras, so why can yours transform into a three-headed, six-armed form? That makes no sense.” The Thousand-Year Ghost King: “Isn’t this supposed to be the modern world? Why can you kill my subordinates with a flying sword from a thousand miles away?” The Corps 157Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Eerie Revival: I Can Synthesize Without Limits 诡异复苏：我能无限合成 (A feel-good comedy + laughs + irreverent humor + bizarre setting) Pen + red clothes + black shoes. Ding! Successfully synthesized: “Pen Fairy,” Grade C+. Old television + white dress + toy well. Ding! Successfully synthesized: “Sadako,” Grade B. Lin Cheng is reborn in a parallel world where the supernatural is resurging. Ghosts can’t be killed. Only the supernatural can fight the supernatural. At the brink of death, he obtains a synthesis table that can combine ghosts without limit. “One-on-one 68Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 9 A Supernatural National Fate War? I Summon Zhong Kui from the Start 诡异国运战？我开局召唤钟馗 As the bizarre invades and the apocalypse draws near, countries are forced to compete in a supernatural arena. Without fighting, they cannot survive. But with the inheritance of Dragon Kingdom's mythology long since lost, Dragon Kingdom is already on the brink of destruction when Lin Fan transmigrates into this world. Suddenly, an electronic voice rings out in his mind. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have activated the Netherworld System and obtained the Register of the Netherworld's Hundred 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Thriller: I Designed Chu Renmei and Scared the Whole World to Tears 惊悚：我设计出楚人美吓哭全球 [Horror games + supernatural resurgence + terrifying paranormal events + infinite-loop world] When the paranormal suddenly engulfed the globe, some chosen humans became horror game designers. By creating games scary enough, they gained the power to fight vengeful spirits. Those who made it to the end would become gods of a new age! After transmigrating, Han Yu discovered that this world shrouded in the paranormal had once been a pristine place, with no tales, films, or books about vengeful spiri 6Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 11 Rule Horror: The Haunted Crematorium 规则怪谈：恐怖火葬场 [No female lead + hilarious + sly schemer + rebellious + supernatural horrors + national fate] The supernatural revived, and Rule Horror descended, spreading across the globe. Those selected were sent into the world of horrors to represent their countries in challenges against the supernatural. Xu Mo was chosen as a survivor and entered the horror game on behalf of the Great Xia Kingdom. If he won, the Great Xia Kingdom would get a chance to catch its breath. If he lost, Rule Horror would engulf 7Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 12 Ghostly Tales from Fengdu 丰都鬼事 In her previous life, young artist Lin Wan set out alone for the fabled ghost city of Fengdu to search for her missing older sister, Lin Zhixia. Naively, she trusted the seemingly kind innkeeper and local gentry, unaware that she had stepped into a carefully laid trap. Coveted for her yin constitution, she was ultimately sacrificed in an old mansion behind Fengdu's famous mountain by the so-called “good Samaritans” to a traitor in the underworld who had disguised himself as Black Impermanence. H 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Bureau 749: A Yin Messenger on the Road to the Underworld 749局：黄泉走阴人 There is an organization that exists only in the darkness: Bureau 749. Founded in 1974, with no records and no official status, it is made up of scientists and people with supernatural abilities. It handles the dirtiest, most sinister, most forbidden affairs in the human world. Ghost soldiers march through the night, leaving nothing but empty skins in an entire village. The White God of Wealth kills anyone who worships him, taking their souls to feed evil. An ancient Buddha opens its mouth to de 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Rule Horror: Trapped on a Bus 规则怪谈：从陷入公交车开始 Synopsis: [Smart Protagonist] [No System] [No Over-the-Top Drama] The world is changing. Everything is transforming. Rules keep appearing. The bus is only the beginning. Only by following the rules can you survive. The synopsis doesn’t do it justice. Please read the full story. Thank you all for your support. —Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 15 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
- 16 My Haunted House Keeps Leveling Up 我的恐怖屋无限升级 Ye Xiaotian transmigrates and becomes the owner of a haunted house on the verge of bankruptcy, then obtains the Horror Park System. As long as he completes missions, the System will keep expanding the haunted house! What? You think my haunted house isn’t scary? Let me tell you a secret: every time you go inside, I’m the one holding my breath for you! Because hidden in my haunted house is something even I don’t know whether it’s human or ghost!!! An insane asylum, a midnight serial killer, Sadako 254Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 17 Horror Game: I'm a Haunted House NPC 恐怖游戏：我是鬼屋NPC By a twist of fate, Lin Ze, a college freshman, becomes an NPC playing a ghost in a haunted house. To his surprise, he discovers that the haunted house where he works is actually a real murder game. Though the haunted house is cruel and gruesome, he somehow gives it a bizarre new twist... Lin Ze: A truly dedicated and professional NPC. You have to scare people, sure, but you should be able to scare ghosts, too. The ghosts in the haunted house: Stay away from us! 2Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 18 Shipping My Own Couple in a Horror Game 在恐怖游戏里嗑自己的CP [Over-the-top melodrama, mostly Republic-era style, with a focus on Chinese horror] UP creators from a small video site have been disappearing one after another lately. One creator asks through tears, “What do I do if I wake up and find I've been transported into a horror game?” The comments all say the same thing: “Well, you're already here.” Duan Huai: “?” Fine. Since I'm here, I might as well make the most of it. At the very least, I've got to get my money's worth. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 What Will the Next Story Be? 下一个故事会是什么？ A collection of episodic stories based on personal experiences. First person, rural life, the supernatural, mildly frightening, and terrifying when you think it over... episodic stories. The damp villages of the south conceal supernatural tales colder than snakes. Open this book, and you’ll enter a graveyard of memories: a forgotten puppy leaves muddy paw prints on a rainy night; the withered vines of gossip tighten around a young girl’s neck; a blond doll by the roadside carries a curse that cl 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 After My Face Was Stolen, I Drew the Six Realms of Living Beings 我的脸被夺走后我画出六道众生相 My face was stolen. It wasn’t disfigured. It wasn’t disguised. My face was literally gone. To stay alive, I had no choice but to paint one new face after another onto my own. Human, ghost, demon, beast, god, immortal. Every face I painted gave me a new ability. As I tried to reclaim my original face, I gradually discovered that this world was far more complicated than it seemed. 96Reads—Score12614d adds
- 21 More Than Just Rules-Based Horror 不只是规则怪谈 “After careful deliberation, the school leadership has decided that classes will officially resume on the eighth day of the first lunar month. All teachers and students, please make preparations and return to school on time.” “Reminder: Returning to school tomorrow is voluntary. No one will be forced to come back.” A strange app appears on his phone. A notice about the start of term arrives in his high school class group chat, even though he graduated three or four years ago. His old classmates 20Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 22 Nightmare Files: Reincarnation 噩梦档案：轮回 [Infinite-flow + Mild horror + Original game scenarios + One heroine] When Chu Jie woke up, he found himself on a fog-shrouded mountain road. There was no one around. The only thing in sight was a battered bus with dim yellow lights, slowly approaching him. Once aboard, Chu Jie realized with a jolt that the passengers didn’t seem to be human... A dismembered woman, villagers wearing eerie smiles, a driver with only half a face... While Chu Jie was still trembling with fear, the strange rules wri 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 How I Transmigrated into a World of Rule-Based Horror from the Start 论我开局穿越到规则类怪谈世界 I crawled out of a mountain of corpses and stood alone at the heart of the storm. Confused, anxious, terrified. This is a parallel world plagued by rule-based urban legends, where the slightest mistake can cost you dearly. [Botanical Garden Visitor Guidelines] [① The garden is absolutely safe. There is no chance of any plants escaping, especially the large ornamental ones. If you encounter a large plant on the loose during your visit, flee at once.] [② There is no rose garden here. If a staff me 22Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 24 I Create Urban Legends in Tokyo 我在东京创造都市怪谈 After transmigrating into an ordinary world and finding himself on the brink of death, he gains a golden finger: a collection of strange-tale cultivation techniques. There's Someone Behind You, Toll for Passage, the Red-Clothed Figure on a Rainy Night... One urban legend after another comes to life in his hands. He is the head of the Special Affairs Investigation Division, and the founder of the organizations that oppose strange phenomena in the Lighthouse and across Europe. He is also the Lord 201Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 25 Are You Crazy? You Call Cthulhu a Pet? 疯了吧，你管克苏鲁叫宠物？ The protagonist is unable to perceive his own existence. After transmigrating to another world, Li Er becomes a lord. He owns a vast forest and manor. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have been bound to the identity of the Primordial Beginning, Lord of Chaos.” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have successfully summoned a superior servant: a Hound of Tindalos, a creature from another dimension.” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have successfully summoned an inferior servant: an evil magical cr 29Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 26 The Death Red Packet Group 死亡红包群 During evening study hall, a group activity suddenly starts. The protagonist who takes part in the interaction receives a cash reward, but the class delinquent Ma Long gets punished instead. He dies, and strange events begin to unfold... 817Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 27 I’m the Warden of the Witch Prison 我，看守女巫的典狱长 [Otherworld + Lighthearted + Everyday Life + Farming + Adventure] What’s it like to be a prison warden in another world? And what would it be like if your prison held the world’s most dangerous witches, elves, succubi, vampires, and more? Jos says, “I’m just a warden. Writing scripts, making movies, building a network, and enjoying life on the side seems perfectly reasonable, doesn’t it?” Years later A famous goddess reporter asks, “Mr. Jos, what do you think of these revolutionary trends: d 67Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 28 The Great Tomb of Ailao Mountain 哀牢山大墓 The Great Tomb of Ailao Mountain 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Global Haunting: I Own a Terrifying Prison 全球诡异：我有一座恐怖监狱 As the supernatural world resurged across the globe, humanity faced a terrifying invasion. Lu Fei had inexplicably transmigrated to this world, only to discover that his body contained a terrifying city prison full of supernatural entities. [Successfully imprisoned the Melon-Planting Entity. Ability gained: Planting Melons] [Successfully imprisoned the Air Entity. Ability gained: Air] [Successfully imprisoned the Fear Entity. Ability gained: Nightmare] [Successfully imprisoned the Hardening Enti 297Reads7.5Score10214d adds
- 30 Terrifying Folklore: It Begins with the Weasel Spirit 恐怖民俗：从黄皮子开始 The day I was born, I bore the burden of the Five Ghosts, and my soul was bound. I was destined to die, but my grandfather used an evil folk ritual to borrow a life for me. When I was twelve, weasels surrounded the village. They told me the life I'd borrowed had to be repaid... 102Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 31 Dead City 死城 In this book, I’ll take you in search of the eerie things hidden in the city, and the terrifying taboos lurking in everyday life. 1.7kReads8.4Score25114d adds
- 32 Eerie Descent: The Ghosts Put Me on Their Blacklist 诡异降临：我被鬼怪列入黑名单 Twenty years ago, the supernatural descended, and a terrifying game of ghosts and monsters began randomly selecting humans to enter. Wang Chen was one of the lucky ones, forced into the world of ghosts and monsters. Fortunately, he could see every hidden hint. And so, a monster that terrified every evil spirit appeared. Aboard the Haunted Route 13 bus, Wang Chen single-handedly looted every ghost on board. At the Restaurant of the Dead, Wang Chen personally served a starving ghost until it ate i 28Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 33 I Entered a Horror Story 我进入了恐怖故事 When Shen Yu opens his eyes, a villa shrouded in darkness comes into view. This is where the game begins. When staying up late becomes forbidden, going to the bathroom alone brings misfortune, and your roommate turns into a monster, the unknown conditions for death have yet to be unlocked. What will you choose? 431Reads6.6Score10614d adds
- 34 Supernatural Revival: From the Start, I Bet on a Livestream from a Psychiatric Hospital 灵异复苏开局对赌直播精神病院 Haunted House Livestream: Three Million to Save a Life. The People of Longguo Never Bow Their Heads [Supernatural revival + No System + No saintly protagonist + Fresh plot + Escape + Exploration + Crime solving + Not dark] Chen Feng opens his eyes in a foot massage parlor to find himself three million in debt and his younger sister on the brink of death! A mysterious creditor offers him a deal: livestream three trips into deadly places, and the money and your life are yours. The first stop is 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Eerie Scripted Murder Mystery: Xiu’er, I Act Better Than You 诡异剧本杀：秀儿，我演得比你好 Zhang Zhixiu is a veteran murder mystery game player. After dying in an accident, he arrives in a supernatural murder mystery game space. Supernatural Murder Mystery Game System: Clear various supernatural murder mystery games to earn soul stones. Once the Host collects ten thousand soul stones, he can be brought back to life, reborn. From then on, the world of supernatural murder mystery games has one more “newbie player” who plays the pig to eat the tiger. Victim's relative: “Zhang Zhixiu, the 49Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 36 The Water-Taming Beast 镇水兽 They say a fish couldn't possibly survive for seventy years, yet this one has been wreaking havoc for just as long! What lies beneath the waters of the Mian River, so shocking that it has dragged so many people down to their deaths? The surface of the rivers you see may seem calm, but you might not know that in those terrifying, eerie depths, a water guardian beast could be lurking, striking at lives as fragile as moths before they even know it's there, like a demon on the hunt... 701Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 37 I Test-Sleep in Haunted Houses: My True Accounts of Ghostly Encounters! 我做凶宅试睡员，口述撞鬼实录！ [As long as you’re not afraid of ghosts, you can make money even while you sleep.] My name is Ma Jun. Two friends and I run a real estate agency. We make plenty of money, but we keep running into ghosts because all the properties we sell are haunted houses... 466Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 38 The Life Collector 讨命人 Other people collect debts to get money. I collect debts to take lives. I walk the line between good and evil, sinking into endless conflict. If you could sell a year of your life for two hundred thousand, wouldn’t it be great to splurge a little before you die? At least four chapters every day, and I’ll try for five. One jade pendant gets you one extra chapter; a crown gets you ten extra chapters, posted in batches. 179Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 39 Horror Urban Legends: An Unspeakable Fear 惊悚怪谈：不可名状的恐惧 Tomato Original, Mystery and Imagination, Supernatural Horror [Horror + Dark Style] [A collection of uncanny short stories, fear returns, Lovecraftian horror] [The gaze of an unknown presence. Good and evil lie in the human heart] Have you ever had a moment in everyday life that sent a chill down your spine? Perhaps it was hearing a cat cry while walking alone at night, the sound of marbles rolling across the floor upstairs, or a shadow glimpsed from the corner of your eye... Story One: Cat Syn 108Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Rule Horror: It Starts When I Resign to the Beautiful Headmistress 规则怪谈：从向美女园长辞职开始 (What reader could possibly turn down an author who likes to kowtow to their readers?) [The most unique rules-based horror world on Tomato! + the Gold Club world (antimemetics division) ☆ + no female lead (important!) + livestreaming elements added to satisfy the market + fast pace + single male protagonist] The gods disagreed over how to define humanity, eventually giving rise to the Rules World. Countless parallel universes were thus linked together in a search for a way to break its rules. Am 33Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 41 The Strange Descend, and I Create a Horror Game! 诡异降临，我打造恐怖游戏！ [Power Fantasy + Horror Game + System + No Goody-Two-Shoes + Fast Updates + Comic Relief + Decisive and Ruthless] Original title: Strange Horrors Descend, So I’m Creating a Horror Game! Chen Jing transmigrated to a world plagued by strange horrors. After three years of sign-ins, he obtained a damaged clone of an evil god. To repair the clone and gain its powers for himself, Chen Jing resolutely set out to create a horror game. From that moment on, horror games began appearing in reality. The 63Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 42 The Ghost Doctor's Heir 鬼医传人 A reincarnated child can't live past twelve? At twenty-four, I was forced into the fate of a reincarnated child! From then on, I became a modern-day Tang Sanzang. Ghosts and monsters were drawn to me all my life! Fortunately, I met an old Chinese medicine doctor and a successor to the Celestial Master sect, and they saved my life! From then on, I set out on the path of healing the sick, saving the world, and driving out demons... 58Reads—Score214d adds
- 43 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
- 44 Zoo Horror Stories: I’m the Rulebreaker! 动物园怪谈：我，规则破坏者！ [Jiang Kai: My rules are the rules!] [This zoo is not that zoo + the more you think about it, the scarier it gets + absolutely no ginkgo + firepower galore!] When Jiang Kai opened his eyes, he found himself inside the mist-shrouded world of his first game instance: “Zoo Rules.” This place was full of all kinds of rules and dangers! [Remember! Before entering the zoo, everyone except minors must buy a ticket at the blue ticket booth on the right!] [Remember! After entering the zoo, read the visit 2Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 45 Please Don't Give the Dead a Name 请不要替死者取名 Zhou Jin is on night duty in the morgue when a body arrives in freezer nine, registered one minute before it was brought in. The dead man has no facial features, no fingerprints to identify him, and yet the name written on his form is… Zhou Jin. After daybreak, one strange thing after another begins to happen. The security system no longer recognizes him. His coworkers gradually forget what to call him, and even his mother can no longer remember her son’s name. Yet every day at mealtimes, she 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Evil God Decides to Open a Cat Cafe 邪神决定开家猫咖 [No CP + ensemble cast + plenty of references to the Classic of Mountains and Seas and ancient myths + lighthearted, healing cat-raising daily life] To gather more emotions for his true self and keep himself from turning into an irrational tentacle monster, Gu Ning'an came to Planet Earth and opened a cat cafe. His timing couldn't have been worse: the supernatural was just starting to return here. Gu Ning'an: Sure, I'm weak, poor, and faint at the sight of blood, but I have cats. I've already wo 700Reads8.9Score15114d adds
- 47 Chinese-Style Horror Doesn't Work? Paper Figures Carry the Coffin to Send Eagle Sauce Packing 中式恐怖不行？纸人抬棺送走鹰酱 A mysterious power descended upon Blue Star, and the National Destiny Arena opened, unleashing terrifying showdowns. Every country had to bring forth something terrifying to compete. The winners would see their national destiny flourish and endure forever. The losers would be plagued by terror, their people massacred, and their nations reduced to nothing. To claim victory, every country brought out the terrifying secrets they had kept in reserve. Eagle Country: The Reborn Clown, Carrie the Witch 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Tales of the Strange 怪谈 [A Born Ghost-Busting Saint vs. A Bewitching Beauty Bound by a Sinister Fate] [Case-by-Case Stories + Criminal Investigation + Folk Legends + Ghost Hunting + An Overarching Plot + Horror + Two Powerful Leads + Fighting Side by Side] "Corpses become curses, souls become gu; strange cases arise, and every road is hard to tread." Zhang Miao was short of water in his five elements, and before he was even born, he was given a "water ghost" as his godmother. As a result, he awakened a special constit 1.9kReads8.5Score12014d adds
- 49 Haunted House Mysteries 鬼宅诡事 Haunted House Mysteries 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 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
