Novels like Horror Gallery: I Paint with Urban Legends
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- 51 Spirit Village 灵村 Thrills and the supernatural! There's an ancient village called Lingzhuang, also known as Bagua Village. I was born there. Lingzhuang is always shrouded in an atmosphere of terror: Enormous pythons, centipedes, black spiders, strange birds, and ferocious beasts roam about, attacking people... Lingzhuang is also rife with strange tales and bizarre happenings: A female ghost haunts the village; a cave in Longmian Mountain holds an arsenal from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; a mysterious master live 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Thriller Game: I Get a Ghost Every Day from the Sign-In 惊悚游戏：每天签到一只鬼 When Zhao Jing wakes up, he finds himself chosen to enter a horror game. Forced into a dead end from the start, Zhao Jing struggles to survive under the threat of vengeful ghosts. Then his System awakens, granting him one ghost as a sign-in reward every day. Little by little, countless ghosts accumulate inside him. If he can’t see the ghosts, he’ll replace his eyes with a pair of ghost eyes. If he can’t hear them, he’ll replace his ears with a pair of ghost ears... Even he doesn’t know whether h 279Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 53 Living in America, I Start with a Chinese-Style Haunted House 人在老美，开局中式鬼屋 American Horror: Five people recklessly enter a haunted house, and none make it out alive; Chinese Horror: Five people recklessly enter a haunted house, and six people make it out; I’ll prove that all Americans are cowards! 615Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Surviving in a Haunted Mountain Village 在恐怖山村里活下去 Gu Xi enters a real-game scenario called “Horror Mountain Village,” where she's cast as a young bride sold into a remote mountain village to bring good luck to her sick husband. In just a few days in the village, the System's missions have her beating up her brother-in-law, smashing a family heirloom, and even catching her husband in bed with her maid... She's managed to offend every member of the family. She thought this was the limit of reckless behavior, but the missions that follow only get 699Reads8.2Score10114d adds
- 55 Rule Horror? Sorry, I’m a Rebel Through and Through! 规则怪谈？抱歉！我一身反骨！ [No female lead + rebellious + hilarious + eerie + ruthless protagonist] The supernatural returns, and tales of strange rules descend upon Earth. One person from each country is randomly chosen to represent their nation's fate. Lin Fan represents Longguo, a nation on the brink of ruin, as he enters the world of strange tales to face the supernatural! [First entry into the world of strange tales: The Lady's Secret (99% death rate)] When they see that the challenge is rated at the highest difficul 8Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 56 Rules-Based Strange Tales: The Mountain God Wants Me to Host a Wedding and a Funeral 规则类怪谈：山神让办红白事 Jin Shou, a sophomore in college, received an invitation from his rural hometown to take part in a local folk custom: a wedding celebration. With nothing better to do, he reluctantly took on the task to support his hometown. But after returning to the village… he found a host of unspeakable, eerie rules. The entire mountain was sealed off… a forbidden place where living things could enter but never leave. The uncanny “helpers” in yellow… the bride with her hair hanging over her face… the ominous 62Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 57 My Sister Went on a Trip to Nanyang and Disappeared! 我妹妹去南洋旅游，就失踪了！ My Younger Sister Went on a Trip to Nanyang and Disappeared! 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 The Eerie Amusement Park 渗人乐园 A mysterious game, terrifying trials, and a journey between reality and the game that brings you face-to-face with the truth of the world. Confront strange phenomena, break down the boundaries between good and evil, and experience the two sides of human nature. Is Eden Park truly a paradise for humanity, or a breeding ground for darkness...? Welcome to the Creepy Park. 20Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 59 Thriller Game: From the Start, My Self-Introduction Terrifies the Audience 惊悚游戏：开局自我展示吓坏观众 [Goofy Comedy + Overpowered Power Fantasy + A Little Horror] Horror games descend upon Blue Star, randomly selecting people to enter the game. Everyone can watch, and each player can choose to put on a self-introduction to receive a game-exclusive mission. Xia Chi is selected to enter the horror game, and his body undergoes all sorts of changes. During the self-introduction segment, he says, “I don't have much to show you, so I'll just take my head off.” With that, Xia Chi cheerfully removes his 61Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 60 Notes on Strange Folk Tales 民间诡事札记 The countryside hides the strangest legends and lays bare the truest depths of the human heart. A single red embroidered shoe beneath an old pagoda tree holds a grievance and a hatred left unspoken. A strange peddler knocking at the door in the dead of night carries no ordinary goods in his pack, only old stories frosted over with time. A bronze mirror rising from an ancient well can reflect ghosts, but not the depths of the human heart... These curious tales scattered across bustling streets an 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Taoist, Spare Us! Zombies, Ghosts, and Monsters Are Freaking Out! 道士请饶命，僵尸鬼妖慌麻了！ [Supernatural] [Feng Shui and Folk Customs] [Ghost Hunting and Corpse Suppression] [Transmigration] [No System] Chen Yang, a Taoist who used to sweep temple floors, transmigrates to a world without Taoist priests and discovers that he has become the village idiot tasked with guarding the village. The village chief says, "My dead father is causing too much trouble. You have to get in the coffin and keep him company!" Chen Yang replies, "Trouble? That's right up my alley. I'll have your dad settle 107Reads—Score12114d adds
- 62 I Brought Terror Back to Life to Write My Book 为了写书，我让恐怖复苏 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Bai Yu becomes a web-novel superstar and binds himself to the Horror Manuscript System! The words he writes become horrors unleashed upon the world. A black cat turns into a monster in Ink Village, and a hopping corpse slaughters its way through the land! A terrifying night at Peaceful Apartments leaves a mountain of corpses beneath an axe! A case involving a red high heel defies the heavens and changes destinies across provincial borders! As scenes from 704Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 63 Rule-Based Urban Legends: It Begins at the Death Hotel 规则类怪谈之从死亡旅馆开始 [No female lead] [No saintly protagonist] [Slow burn] What would you do if you became a Rule-Bound Horror? Kill people? Do whatever you wanted? “I want to drive out every Rule-Bound Horror…” That was Wen Changqing's answer. In the dimly lit hotel, two identical owners beckon me… In a wilderness village, every house is draped in ghastly white mourning banners… A farm grows man-eating mushrooms and scarecrows that want to take the place of the dead… 56Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 64 The Maoshan Sect Master 茅山宗师 The greatest blessed land under heaven, the eighth grotto-heaven, is known as the Orthodox Maoshan Tradition! The Manifest Sect has carried its mandate for a thousand years, while the Esoteric Sect has subdued dragons across ten thousand miles. The thousand-year struggle between the two branches of the Maoshan Sect has become a legendary tale without precedent. Gathering the finest wisdom of the immortal way from the ages and preserving the ancient essence of rare secret arts, the path is simple 1.3kReads8.4Score10514d adds
- 65 Snake Scales 蛇纹 When I was six, I came down with a strange illness. Dark red snake scales covered my body. They looked horrifying and revolting, and whenever it rained, they became unbearably itchy and painful. Everyone said it was payback for my father catching and killing snakes, and that he deserved to have a snake girl for a daughter. My family paid no mind to the gossip, but that night, a white snake suddenly coiled around me and demanded that I repay my blood debt… 111Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 66 A Record of Stitching Corpses in Republican-Era China 民国缝尸录 Republican-Era Records of Corpse Stitching —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 As a God, I Expose Every Mystery in the World 身为神的我揭露世间一切神秘 (Mysterious creatures + livestreaming + episodic stories + gore + mild horror) Above countless universes lies the boundless Realm of Void. They say only beings that have broken through the limits of the universe are qualified to enter. Ye Qingchi served as a divine official, maintaining the Realm of Void for 97.14 million years. But disaster struck without warning, and she was wanted by the new city lord. Outmatched, she had no choice but to flee with her best friend Mu Tianrou to a remote unive —Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 68 Someone New Appeared in the Footage 录像里多出一个人 The test shoot’s discarded footage was four seconds longer. Everyone in the frame held the same poses they had at the end of filming. No one moved. I counted three times. There were six people every time. But only five people had been there that day. On the hard drive my mother left behind, there was an empty folder with a four-character name: Do Not Fast-Forward. In the recycle bin was a deleted video, four minutes and twenty-five seconds long, which couldn’t be recovered. Our production crew w 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Strange Tales, Volume 1 奇闻诡事录1 This is a collection of folk tales about the uncanny, strange accounts from across the land. Each chapter is a complete story, each tale a separate supernatural mystery, revealing the mysteries of yin and yang, folk taboos, and the obsessions of the dead. You never know when a casual remark might draw the attention of spirits lurking in the wilderness; when an old object you pick up might hold the memory of a tragic death; or when an everyday habit might already have crossed a forbidden boundary 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Thriller Game: The Paper Dolls I Make Can Slay Gods 惊悚游戏：我扎的纸人可斩神 [Supernatural Revival + Infinite Flow + A Somewhat Mind-Bending Plot] Supernatural phenomena returned, and plants and animals underwent massive evolution. To train a new generation of superpowered individuals, people in the future created countless horror-game instances, hoping players would awaken their powers between life and death and save the world of the future. Ye Qianfan entered the world of horror after choosing to take revenge. He never expected to awaken a superpower in the game, or 172Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 71 On a Moonless Night, the Ghosts Make You Walk in Circles 月黑头鬼打墙 Li Mo was once an ordinary man, until a car accident took his wife and turned him into a “neutrino key.” The strange Ω-7 mark on his chest grants him access to the underlying code of reality. Imprisoned by the mysterious “Foundation,” he navigates between cold-eyed watchers, uncanny “Shadow Dancers,” and ancient “Gravekeepers.” He glimpses what lies beyond the veil: the “Weavers” making a tragic sacrifice, the terrifying whispers of the “Deep-Sea Shadow,” and the revelation that the world is a f 2.9kReads7.6Score—14d adds
- 72 The Yellow Springs Pawnshop 黄泉典当行 The Underworld Pawnshop has existed since time immemorial, with a long and storied history. It can travel between the worlds of the living and the dead, reaching the far shores of the Yellow Springs to trade with ghosts and gods. It stands somewhere in the modern city. Find the Underworld Pawnshop, and any wish can be granted, but only at an equal price. You can pawn anything you own: organs, years of your life, ancestral treasures, even your soul. In exchange, you can get whatever you desire: m 123Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 73 A Dark, Daring Joke Every Night 每晚一个试胆黑段子 A reporter learns that a remote Miao village preserves an ancient paper-cutting craft. He tracks down an old woman who knows the technique and offers her a high price for a paper cutout. She agrees to cut out a chicken. Unwilling to demonstrate in front of him, she goes inside carrying a live chicken. A few minutes later, she comes back out holding a blood-red paper cutout. Terrifyingly, a blood-soaked chicken suddenly bursts out of the room. It has no skin... Dozens of bone-chilling horror stor 167Reads8.8Score5414d adds
- 74 The Divine Mortician 神葬师 I am the peerless Divine Burial Master. I use heaven and earth as my coffin to bury every ghost and god in the world, and feng shui formations to safeguard the nation’s fortune for generations to come. The world honors me as the National Feng Shui Master. Bureau 749 regards me as its pillar of support, and I trounced the Kiku Sect. Yet in the ultimate battle ten years ago, I won but still lost everything. With my cultivation gone, all I could do was return to my hometown and wait to die. Then, o 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 From the Start, I Cut Out the Slit-Mouthed Woman’s Kidneys 开局割了裂口女腰子 The apocalypse, survival, no saintly do-gooding, storage space, supernatural powers, vengeful ghosts, and the resurgence of horror. “Hello, 110? I’m calling to report a crime. Someone cut out my kidney, and now he wants to kill me. Hurry and come arrest him.” The emergency operator on the other end immediately sat up and took the call very seriously. The phone number that had called in was fourteen digits long. “Ma’am, please don’t panic. Take your time. Is the assailant still chasing you?” “Yes 109Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 76 The Eerie Realm: It Starts with an Elevator 诡界：从电梯开始 [No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Dungeon Progression]+ [No Saintly Protagonist]+ [Eerie]+ [Original Dungeons] Have you ever wondered? Beneath the neon lights and atmosphere of this city, things lurk that defy all reason. They were chosen by the Eerie [Elevator] and marked by a terrifying curse. Again and again, they must take part in death games, until death claims them. 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 A Horror Story Lives Next Door 你的隔壁住着恐怖故事 Have you ever noticed how horror lurks everywhere in your everyday life? Listen. Listen closely... Where does horror come from? Nothing is scarier than reality. The unknown parts of our real lives, and the anxieties and desires we feel about them, are the greatest sources of horror. 11.6kReads9.4Score1.8k14d adds
- 78 Eerie Revival: Three Ghosts Knock at the Door? What Kind of Joke Is This? 诡异复苏：三鬼拍门，开什么玩笑 Alternate title: I Got Ghost Eyes and a Coffin Nail from the Start, and Swept Through the Supernatural Age. The supernatural is returning, and the human world has become a living hell... Evil ghosts are invading reality! Meanwhile, Lin Yu is lying in his dorm room, trying to talk Li Yang into picking up his food delivery. Didn't you just knock twice? Why are you knocking again? Just leave the food outside the door, thanks. Lin Yu: “Only people with kidney deficiency can see ghosts.” Li Yang: “?? 1.9kReads6.5Score15814d adds
- 79 Classroom of Despair 绝望教室 What began as a prank voting game set off a string of tragedies. One classmate after another died, yet the voting continued. I knew that maybe I would be the next one to die… 671Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 80 Rule Horror: Don't Look Back During 72 Hours in the Dorm 规则怪谈：宿舍72小时不要回头 A word of warning: this is terrifying, so timid readers beware. (No female lead, no cheats, no romance, game instances, infinite flow, horror, mystery) Eight university students who returned to campus early found a mysterious sheet of rules in their empty dormitory building: Rule One: No matter what strange “person” you see, don’t cry out or scream. Rule Two: No matter who calls you from behind, don’t turn around or answer. Rule Three: One of you is an impostor who will eat people in the middle 4.5kReads6.0Score37414d adds
- 81 What Kind of Security Guard Is Responsible for Catching Ghosts? 谁家保安还负责抓鬼啊？ Baiyun Residential Complex is an upscale neighborhood, but the countless strange tales and ghost stories surrounding it have made many people wary of the place. The story begins when Li Si applies for a job as a security guard there... 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 No One Survives the Old House: Eyes in the Cracks in the Walls 旧厝里无人生还：墙缝里的眼睛 No One Survives in the Old House: Eyes in the Cracks in the Walls —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Chronicles of the Supernatural 异灵实录 At three in the morning, check the list of the dead; let the ferryman guide your soul. Chinese horror stories, spirit-summoning, death notes. Some things can be explained, while other feelings defy description. A terror that makes you shudder as you think it over rises from the depths of your heart. After reading these 99 stories, you'll find yourself questioning your own life. There's a rumor that you should never stay in the last room on the ground floor of a hotel. The author once traveled ou 24Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 84 What Came Back from the Mountains When the Fog Rolled In 浓雾起时，从山里跟回来的东西 The Thing That Followed Me Back from the Mountains When the Fog Rose 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 85 The Uncanny One 邪门儿 In the old days, bandit gangs had four pillars and eight posts. The foremost pillar was called the Heaven-Supporting Pillar, and its holder served as the gang's strategist. Since strategists tattooed goshawks on their chests, they were also known as Mountain-Circling Eagles. A Mountain-Circling Eagle is neither monk nor Daoist, yet can discern yin and yang, communicate with spirits, and foretell fortune and misfortune. Neither immortal nor shaman, yet can cast talismans, drive out evil spirits, 1.5kReads8.6Score15614d adds
- 86 The Soul Ferryer Between Yin and Yang 阴阳渡魂人 Soul-snatching ghost weddings, bathroom hauntings, the legend of the red-clad senior, Thai black magic, ghost soldiers borrowing the road, man-eating mountain demons, nightmare fiends that enter your dreams, the mystery of the headless woman, a bizarre bride in an escape room, vengeful child spirits, games that summon ghosts, human organ trafficking, a shocking exhibition of human deformities, and long-lost Maoshan secrets... Do these things send a chill down your spine? - The truth is, this wor 177Reads9.2Score10214d adds
- 87 Forbidden Secrets of the Yellow Springs 黄泉禁忌 My family runs a coffin shop. For several days in a row, a strange woman came by asking whether we had seven large, unpainted red coffins. And then... I have a book called Yellow Springs. It records the forbidden secrets of this world that no one else knows! 4.7kReads8.8Score36914d adds
- 88 Rule-Breaking Horror Dungeons: I Use a Simulator to Farm Affection 规则怪谈副本：我用模拟器刷好感 Countless strange tales have formed dungeons and invaded the world. Anyone could be chosen to enter a horror game world! If they complete the challenge, the corresponding strange dungeon in their country will disappear. If they fail, their country will be overrun by the supernatural! Just as everyone else struggled to survive, Chen Ye awakened a System that could simulate what would happen next. With the hopes of the whole world resting on Chen Ye, he instead kept everyone on tenterhooks. He wou 91Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 89 Zhang Laosan Tells Stories 张老三讲故事 Long, long ago, a strange calamity struck Kaoshan Village, deep in the old forests of Northeast China. Hunter Li Dashan kept watch over a coffin on a snowy night and encountered a weasel spirit that spoke like a human, asking him to give it a title. One careless remark from him exposed a bloody secret from twenty years earlier. When the statue of the Yellow Immortal on the ancestral hall’s altar split with bloody cracks on the night of a lunar eclipse, when a golden-haired weasel burst from a pe 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 You Were Hired as a Night Watchman, So How Did You Become an Evil God? 让你当守夜人，你怎么成邪神了？ The uncanny, mutations, the supernatural, evil gods: this is a world full of twists and turns! Jiang Yun transmigrates into this world and becomes a night watchman. He thought he’d have to walk the path of the supernatural all the way to the bitter end, but unexpectedly, he binds himself to an Evil God Editor System! Use materials to create one evil god after another! [Mutated White Snake] + [Dreamlike Wings] = Dream Serpent! [Sword of Yelus] + [Alchemical Golem] = Sword Guardian Golem! [Lost So 4Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 91 Haunted? Don't Worry, Grandpa Can Summon the Gods 闹鬼？没事的，阿公会请神 Have you ever heard that you shouldn’t pick up red envelopes you find on the road? You might accidentally claim a partner from the underworld. Want to talk to your departed loved ones again? Then… let’s try a spirit-world séance. Worship at the Yin Temple and grow rich. If you’ve got the guts, come give it a try! 153Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The Last Paper-Cutting Artist 最后一位剪纸人 My name is Song Xiaohan. I’m a living corpse with no heartbeat, and a paper-cutting artist of the underworld. On the surface, I cut paper decorations for a funeral shop, but behind closed doors, I trade with humans and ghosts. My master passed away two months ago and left me the family craft, along with this modest little shop and my tools of the trade: a pair of scissors and a carving knife. “You want to make a deal with me? But all I want is your shadow!” Song Xiaohan grinned. 186Reads8.5Score3114d adds
- 93 Altar of Views: The Influencer Who Sends Off the Meat Dumplings 流量祭坛：送肉粽的网红 The Traffic Altar: The Influencer Who Sends Off Rice Dumplings 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 My Master Gave Me a Car for Investigating the Supernatural 师父传我一辆看事儿车 A thousand-year-old van? Built by hand from scratch [Traditional horror]➕ [Even more immersive as an audiobook]➕ [Uncovering the truth about my origins] Greetings, dear readers! [Traditional supernatural horror, primal fear] The original experience of horror is the fear a person feels when experiencing it firsthand. [First person, highly atmospheric] Give me a chance to tell this story from my own point of view. [Uncovering the truth about my origins] Along the way, I met many people. “The gates 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Don't Look Back During Evening Study at School 学校晚自习别回头 Don’t Look Back During Evening Study at School 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 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
- 97 Taming Ghost Pets: Chinese-Style Horror Scares the World! 驾驭鬼宠：中式恐怖吓哭世界！ [Ghost Control + System + Comedy + Passionate Battles + Pure Satisfaction + Overpowered + Absolutely Invincible!] No female lead, though there’ll be just a tiny bit of romance during his time at the academy... After a bizarre transmigration, Zhang Yang obtains the Ghost Control System! In this age of ghost tamers, Zhang Yang has the complete collection of Chinese horror at his fingertips, turning his life into a game with cheats enabled! Mother-and-child evil spirits, and deadly collisions betw 410Reads7.3Score10014d adds
- 98 Part-Time Underworld Constable: A Taoist Priest Investigates Murders in the City 阴差兼职：贫道在都市查凶 A lazy, penny-pinching, down-and-out Taoist is forced to work off his debts as a part-time underworld officer! A reclusive old man dies mysteriously, ghostly passengers haunt the midnight subway, and vengeful spirits from cold cases return. The entire city turns out to be a giant formation for a fiend to refine evil spirits! Police captain: There are no ghosts or gods in this world! → I take it all back! Master Chen, save me! Black Impermanence: Slacking off costs you underworld merit; shirking 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Thriller Game: My Weapon Can Turn Dark from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局我的武器能黑化 Absolute rationality, no female lead, killer faction! A mysterious force descended upon Blue Star, randomly selecting players to participate in a horror Livestream. The worlds they entered were endlessly eerie, bizarre, grotesque, and soaked in bloodshed. Ye Jue was an utterly ordinary young man. From the start, he gained the power of corruption, which let him corrupt weapons. “You picked up an ordinary kitchen knife, but your body wasn’t satisfied, so the knife corrupted into a blood-red blade 464Reads8.7Score10714d adds
- 100 I Became a Beautiful Detective: Catching a Fugitive on the Run for Ten Years from the Start 变美女侦探，开局抓捕十年逃犯 Have you ever wondered if the mannequin in a clothing store window has a “real person” inside, watching you? Have you ever wondered if the person beside you in bed turns into someone else at night? Or if someone you know might have seven personalities inside them... Detectives aren't champions of justice. They're only carriers of the truth. 143Reads7.4Score—14d adds
