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- 101 Worshipping the Wrong God: Thirty Yuan in Offerings 拜错神:三十块祭品 Worshipping the Wrong God: Thirty Yuan's Worth of Offerings 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Rule Horror: I Go on a Frenzied Suicide Spree at the Edge of the Rules 规则怪谈：我在规则边缘疯狂作死 The supernatural rises, and horror games take over. Rule-based horror stories invade the world, and Chu Ming becomes Longguo's challenger. Born without fear, he gains the ability to see through the rules. “Break the rules and you die?” “So if I follow them, I won't die, right?” Staring at the eerie figure before him, Chu Ming picked up a folding stool. Still not letting go? So you're the so-called supernatural thing, huh? 256Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 103 The Missing Tenants' List 消失的租客名单 The Missing Tenant List 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Blood Spirit Ghost Eyes 血灵鬼眼 I was born into an apocalypse overrun by ghosts and strange phenomena. This ghost eye has been with me since birth. Seeing is believing? What you see isn't always real! I... I'll use everything I have to see through it all! Are you sure? From this day on, I will believe everything I see. Hm... Impossible! Only a clap of thunder answered him... These are a pair of nimble hands. Are you ready to welcome them? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Midnight in Fengtian: The Red Opera Robe and the Blond Punk 奉天夜半：红戏服与黄毛 Midnight in Fengtian: The Red Opera Robe and the Blond —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 You're So Beautiful: The Last Dance Before Dawn 鸡你太美：破晓前的最后一舞 You're Too Beautiful: The Last Dance Before Dawn 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Thriller Game: I Can Copy Paranormal Abilities 惊悚游戏：我能复制诡异能力 [Horror game + mystery + supernatural, not scary] A horror game descends upon the world, forcing players across the globe into terrifying instances to face one deadly game after another. But Li Chen, who has the ability to copy powers, thrives in the horror game. [Successfully copied the White Mist Ghost’s ability. Skill acquired: Mist Veil] [Successfully copied the Gluttonous Ghost’s ability. Skill acquired: Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony] [Successfully copied the Ghost Director’s ability. Skill a 6kReads8.5Score51414d adds
- 108 Incense for the Streamers: The Nth Livestream 流量香火:第N次开播 Traffic and Incense: The Nth Livestream 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Horror Tales: The Whole Nation Begs Me to Cross-Dress! 恐怖怪谈：全国跪求我女装！ Luo Lin transmigrates to a parallel world and is chosen to enter the world of rule-based horror games. Every contestant directly affects the fortunes of the country they represent. With the whole nation placing its hopes in him, Luo Lin decides it's time to show what he can do. [Dear man living alone, please disguise yourself as a woman and remember the following rules.] [One: It only needs a little time to notice that the women's clothes you've left on the balcony are fake.] [Two: It's very cle 658Reads8.6Score12414d adds
- 110 The Murder Cases of World Literature 世界名著杀人案 Everyone is born guilty. Some people start atoning from the moment they are born, while others keep on committing crimes. 616Reads8.6Score10014d adds
- 111 Desert Eagle from the Start: Blow the Ghost's Head Off! 开局沙漠之鹰，给鬼爆个头！ Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, with depleted-uranium rounds that leave the six senses pure. Three thousand six hundred rotations per breath, great compassion delivering the world. When choosing between exorcising ghosts with physics or with spells, Zhang Yun resolutely took the path of physical exorcism and never looked back. A Desert Eagle blows up ghost heads; a Guan Gong broadsword splits ghost bellies. Ghost: “Help! That guy isn't human!” Zhang Yun: “Don't move, or I'll blow your ghost head off!” 2.7kReads7.7Score22614d adds
- 112 Eerie Revival: The Spirit Cat Walks by Night 诡异复苏：灵猫夜行 [Supernatural horror + slow burn + (fake) System + (fake) rebirth] [The two leads have a normal friendship, no tragic romance between human and cat] [Chapters 79–80 are poison; skipping them is recommended] The supernatural resurges, and disaster descends. Many familiar places, as people know them, are gradually revealing their terrifying hidden sides. A dark, haunted forest. A county school under lockdown. A lifeless lake where shadows drift. A ghost city glimpsed through a veil of blood... Bei 340Reads8.6Score10014d adds
- 113 Horror Revival: Kissing Sadako from the Start 恐怖复苏：开局和贞子热吻 [Mystery + Horror Resurgence + System + Supernatural] Horror resurges, and nightmares descend. Lin Han has only just transmigrated when the urban legend Sadako shows up at his door to claim his life. As an ordinary person, he has to... Option One: Turn and run, call the emergency number on the wall, and summon a nearby ghost handler to save him. Option Two: Fight back and get strangled to death by Sadako’s hair. Option Three: Hesitate and you lose; act decisively and you still lose. Don’t say a 336Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 114 After Returning, the Big Shot Joins the National Team 回归后大佬进入国家队 [Modern romance, full ensemble cast, spiritual qi revival, System, bonds between companions] What rotten luck! She breaks up with her boyfriend, and then he becomes the heir to a wealthy family. Shi Youwei doesn’t know what other people would think, but she’s really, really heartbroken! She got completely humiliated. … On Shi Youwei’s nineteenth birthday, the boy she liked confessed to her, and she got a boyfriend. But before she had even kissed her boyfriend, her soul was dragged to another wo 1.6kReads7.4Score18614d adds
- 115 Rule Horror: I'm a Scholar!! 规则怪谈：我是读书人啊！！ Guan Ziliang had just passed the written portion of the national civil service exam when he got so excited that he keeled over and died. When he woke again, he was in a strange new world. [Welcome to the Haunted Park] [Loading the Game of Despair…] [Ding! Player Guan Ziliang of the Dragon Kingdom, successfully loaded!] “If you can’t understand reason, this monk knows a few moves with his fists.” “Technically, you’re not allowed to hit the supernatural, but he’s the one who makes the rules.” A hi 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 I’m Trapped in a Strange World 我陷入了诡异世界 (There are many clues planted early on, so please be patient as you read.) Someone asked me: Could it be that humans are actually being eaten by certain creatures when they die, and that it’s merely disguised as illness or some other cause? I answered: Of course. I can see it all, including the real way they die. Sometimes I can’t help thinking that humans aren’t all that different from the chickens on a farm. 1kReads8.0Score10714d adds
- 117 I Can See the Rules of the Forbidden Zone 我能看到禁区规则 Two hundred years ago, the White Mist Forbidden Zone suddenly appeared, and Blue Star underwent a massive upheaval. Monsters with all kinds of bizarre abilities and people with supernatural powers emerged. The White Mist Forbidden Zone was known as a death zone. Of the countless people who entered, barely one in ten thousand made it out alive. After seven years imprisoned behind a mysterious wall, Ye Shiqi had grown tired of life. At last, he stepped into the White Mist Forbidden Zone once more. 4.9kReads8.4Score39114d adds
- 118 Mutating into a God, I Became the Strongest Aberration 畸变成神，我成为了最强诡异 [Eerie cultivation + scheming + no saintly heroics + ruthless and decisive + Cthulhu] It’s gone mad! Everything’s gone mad! This world has gone mad! This is a world of the eerie and the twisted, filled with indescribable monsters. These ubiquitous abominations have tormented Fang Sheng until he is “barely human.” If that’s how it is, then he’ll become one of them too, and see who truly deserves to be called the “God of the Eerie”!!! [The further the story goes, the more twisted and “inhuman” the 1.9kReads8.4Score14314d adds
- 119 Winning Over the Supernatural in a World of Strange Tales 我在怪谈世界里攻略诡异 [National Destiny + Rule-Breaking Horror + Supernatural + Hilarious + Cunning Trickster + No Female Lead + Livestream] Rule-based horror descends upon Blue Star, and the supernatural spills into the real world. Those chosen by the horror scenarios are sent into their worlds, where they challenge the supernatural on behalf of their nations. Gu Fan is chosen by the horror world to fight a desperate battle for Yanhuang. If he wins, he'll buy Yanhuang precious time to recover and develop. If he lose 220Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 120 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—14d adds
- 121 One Piece: I Get Stronger with Every Swing of My Sword 海贼：挥刀就变强 Bai Yu transmigrates into the world of Pirate King and activates the World's Strongest Swordsman System from the start. No training required. The more he swings his sword, the stronger he gets! And so Bai Yu begins his daily sword-swinging routine. 1,000 swings: Gains the Six Powers at their physical limit. 2,000 swings: Gains a powerful Azure Dragon sword intent. 3,000 swings: Gains the Three Types of Haki. Admiral Kizaru: Bai Yu is the strongest rookie I've ever seen. Admiral Aokiji: Bai Y 1.4kReads7.0Score10014d adds
- 122 Rule Horror: It Begins with a Note from Mom and Dad 规则怪谈：从爸爸妈妈的纸条开始 [National destiny + no female lead + rule-based horror] (Written so far: Clever Soup, Chapters 1–11; Sam's Zoo, Chapters 12–28; Beware of Sam, Chapters 31–58; Mileage Town, Chapters 63–105; Reject Winter, Chapters 106–136; Peaceful Inn, Chapters 137–163; Diary of August 29, Chapter 165 onward.) Rule-based horror descends upon the world. Anyone who successfully solves a supernatural scenario can earn a corresponding reward in fortune. The first scenario begins with a note left by Mom and Dad. (Gr 3.7kReads8.6Score37714d adds
- 123 Apocalypse: I Have Trillions in Supplies to Raise a Zombie Empress Loli 末世：自带千亿物资养成尸皇萝莉 (The most powerful player is reborn + school beauty as a territory lord + spatial storage + supplies + ruthless, not a bleeding heart) The most powerful lone player is ambushed by nine territory lords and unexpectedly reborn before the apocalypse, with a trillion yuan worth of apocalyptic resources in tow! Starting from scratch, he raises a zombie empress loli! Living a second life, he raises the zombie empress, claims bases, gathers resources, and builds his forces. He gradually becomes a lord 618Reads8.0Score10114d adds
- 124 I’m Using My Golden Finger to Slay My Way Through a Cursed World 我在诡异世界，用金手指杀疯了 [Reborn + sharp-tongued heroine + golden finger from the start + eerie world + delightfully unhinged mindset + unconventional style] Chu Ningtong is reborn, returning to the day she entered the eerie world at eighteen. In her previous life, the Chu family used her, and Chu Mingzhu caused her death. This time, she decisively leaves the Chu family and cuts ties with them of her own accord. After awakening an SR golden finger, she sets out to live a different kind of life. Chu Mingzhu: “Big Sis, I 382Reads8.9Score10214d adds
- 125 Sacrificial Offering for Views: Live-Streaming the Zongzi Offering 流量祭品:直播送肉粽 Traffic Sacrifice: Livestreaming a Rice Dumpling Offering 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 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 1.1kReads7.8Score10714d adds
- 127 Ghost Story Rules: I'm in Countless Horror Worlds 怪谈规则：我在无数个恐怖世界 [Original Horror Stories + Horror + Livestream + National Destiny + No Female Lead] Endless terror awakens, taking shape as countless worlds of strange tales. Each country selects one chosen contestant to make it through each strange-tale world. Those who succeed ensure that the tale can never descend upon their country, and bring it national fortune. Those who fail see the strange-tale world descend, and the souls of all the defeated lose their lives forever. Ye Feng, a horror-novel enthusiast 4.4kReads8.6Score34514d adds
- 128 Plagued by Bad Luck, the Country Begs Me to Visit Japan 厄运缠身，国家求我去小樱花旅游 [Comedy + sly schemer + human nuclear bomb + patriotism + self-detonation + Eagle Sauce's nemesis] My name is Chen Dongfang. I was kidnapped at three, crashed into a dump truck at eight, and graduated from a second-tier college at twenty-two, only for it to be downgraded to a junior college... I somehow got my bachelor's degree downgraded to an associate degree... During my career, fourteen companies went bankrupt. My boss was arrested for tax evasion, my wife cheated on me, my son wasn't mine, 1.3kReads8.5Score10014d adds
- 129 The Security Chief's Final Shift 保安队长的最后一班岗 The Security Captain's Final Shift 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Can Create Containment Objects 灵气复苏：我能创造收容物 [No Romance] [Worldview Blending with Technology in the Mid-Story] [A Harem-Protagonist Aura in the Early Story, Avoid if You Dislike That! It Fades in the Middle] The System had spent lifetimes controlling Bai Xingsui as a brainless villain. Then it brought him to a world in the midst of spiritual qi revival, only to vanish without a trace. He gained his freedom and awakened a heaven-given talent: Item Maker. From then on, one wondrous item after another came into being in his hands. The Deliv 58Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 131 The System Lives in an Eerie World, While I Become a God in Reality 系统活在诡异世界，我在现实封神 [New book: The Bizarre Path to Immortality: You’ve Heard of Me Too?] [Horror Returns + Supernatural + Reality-Bending Weirdness + Conceptual Deities + No Goody-Two-Shoes] The legendary Xuanyuan Sword is the spine of the ancient King of Men. The nine great cauldrons said to have established Huaxia’s Nine Provinces were made from the heads of the Three Sovereigns, Five Emperors, and the First Emperor. The divine list from folk legends of deification is actually a coffin. True spirits are entrusted 3.5kReads8.0Score29714d adds
- 132 The Eerie Cannot Die, So I Guide It to the Afterlife and Become a God 诡异不死，我超度成神 [Bizarre end of the Dharma age] [Eastern fantasy] [High Martial] [Game-like stats] The gods and Buddhas have fallen, and the path to immortality is severed. The bizarre cannot be killed, and “malice” is everywhere. With the bloodstained foremost scripture of the Dao, the Scripture of Deliverance, Lin Xiuyuan exorcises the bizarre and earns merit and blessings, in the form of bizarre abilities, seeking transcendence in this deranged world. “The bizarre can’t die? Watch me bathe, fast, set up an a 1.4kReads7.2Score10114d adds
- 133 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Awaken the Great Demon King System from the Start 灵气复苏：开局觉醒大魔王系统 (Urban + System + Supernatural + Scheming + Comedy) The age of spiritual qi revival has arrived. With supernatural incidents breaking out all over the streets, Jiang Xiaobai awakens the Great Demon King System, designed to target ghosts and monsters. From then on, he embarks on a point of no return, committing one outrageous crime after another against the supernatural. I, Jiang Xiaobai, have a scalpel in my left hand and an evil baseball bat in my right. I'm just an innocent little newbie~ A li 634Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 134 The Fatal Rule 致命法则 A rich guy in the group chat sent out a red envelope and said the person who got the most money had to play a game with him. The game turned out to involve the class belle... 319Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 135 Thriller Game: Slaughtering the Entire Village from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局屠杀全村村民 [Romance + not overpowered + one female lead] A mysterious cloud suddenly appears at Jinghai City's Central Primary School in Gaojing. Ye Tianming's father, the head of the universe's number one meteorology team, hurries to the scene with the entire team. A man dies mysteriously in the mist. His son, Ye Tianming, arrives at the scene wearing a suit and tie. The boy's consciousness grows hazy. When he wakes again, he finds himself transmigrated to the day of the college entrance exams. A strange —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 You Absolute Menace! You Ate All the Horrors! 活爹！诡异都被你吃完了！ [Horror game + crafty schemer + comedy + invincible protagonist + no romance] Ji Liu, from another world, is accidentally pulled into a horror game that arrived on Blue Star a year ago. Other players: Burn through their brain cells, test the rules, and struggle to survive. Ji Liu: All-you-can-eat buffet! Taotie feast! Time to inhale! Why are these (munch munch) creepy things (munch munch) so delicious? Creepy Thing 1: Aaaah! My arm! My leg! My head! Creepy Thing 2: Ah... (dies) Creepy Thing 3: W 4.3kReads8.9Score57514d adds
- 137 Ghost Puzzle: I Get a Ghost Delivered Every Day 厉鬼拼图：每天送我一只鬼 (System) + (leveling up) + (ghost taming) “Ding! Today's gift has arrived: one ghost heart puzzle piece!” “Ding! Today's gift has arrived: one ghost skeleton puzzle piece!” “Ding! Today's gift has arrived: one ghost blood puzzle piece!” “Ding! Today's gift has arrived: one ghost glaring-eyes puzzle piece!” After transmigrating to an age when evil spirits were resurging, Bai Ye, whose soul had crossed over, received a System that gifted him one evil spirit every day. While ghost tamers were still 122Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 138 Shangyuan Plague Register: I'm on the Last Page 上元疰簿：名册最后一页是我 The Shangyuan Curse Register: I'm on the Last Page 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Horror Revival: He’s Just Too Cautious 恐怖复苏：他实在太稳健了 Five years ago, terror returned to the world, and evil spirits swept across the land. Li Changye was lucky enough to survive. From then on, he stayed cautious as a stray dog, making sure every killer he faced was reduced to dust and bone. He planned carefully before acting and never stepped into danger lightly. Five years later, terror came sweeping back. Amid endless darkness and despair, Li Changye advanced one careful step at a time, carving out a bloody path to survival. 2.9kReads6.7Score20614d adds
- 140 I Tamed Countless Vengeful Ghosts, and Came Down from the Mountain as the Strongest in the World 收服万千厉鬼，我下山即人间最强 [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Mind-Blowing Twists] I was adopted by my master as a child and grew up in the mountains, learning all kinds of ghost-hunting techniques. Since I never had any playmates, I thought I was a total pushover. Later, I descended the mountain on my master’s orders and met someone with a bizarre fate. His face clearly showed he should have died long ago, yet he was still alive and well! A strange greenhou 1.5kReads8.0Score10014d adds
- 141 Rule Horror: This Dorm Is a Little Bit Terrifying 规则怪谈：这个寝室有亿点点恐怖 The supernatural rises, and rule-based horror descends. Each country will randomly select a Chosen One to enter the world of urban legends. If you clear the rule-based horror game, your country receives rewards that help it resist the urban legends. The first urban legend takes place in a dormitory. [You've finished another fulfilling day of studying. Welcome back to your dorm to rest. Please read the dormitory rules in advance.] [1: This apartment is designed for six people.] [2: The lower bunk 3.1kReads8.9Score24614d adds
- 142 EN World Creation for All: I Build a World of Urban Legends 全民创世：我打造怪谈世界 Shen Hui transmigrated to a planet where people could awaken the world's origin, create their own worlds, and become creators. Some built cultivation civilizations, while others built technological ones… But Shen Hui awakened a world of death, filled with negative energy. Nothing living could be created there, so it was considered a useless wasteland of a world. However, as someone familiar with all kinds of ghosts and urban legends, Shen Hui set out to create a world of eerie tales that needed 181Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 143 Thriller Game: Every NPC Wants to Kill Me 惊悚游戏：全NPC都想干掉我 [Horror Game + Battle Royale + Yandere NPCs + No Female Lead] “This is just an ordinary dating game. In it, I’m being pursued by more than a dozen high-quality human women!” From the start, a little girl NPC’s head falls off. Duan Jun helps the NPC in the beginner village pick it up, getting a head start. At Rose Manor, the maid wields a knife, the chef poisons the food, the butler tries to smash people with an axe, and the gardener wants to use him as fertilizer! He even gets intercepted on the 533Reads9.2Score11114d adds
- 144 Horror Invasion: From the Start, I Ate the Starving Ghost 恐怖入侵，开局吃掉饿死鬼 A simple-minded village guardian, yet born with the nature of a ghost. Chen Huang knows who treats him well, but he doesn't understand himself or the world around him. He doesn't realize that, in this world where terror has returned, people can die at any moment. In the little village, man-eating evil spirits feast in the darkness of despair. In the town, layers of ghostly shadows leave almost everyone with no way out. In the psychiatric hospital, eerie human skins wander the halls at night. Aga 95.8kReads8.1Score8.8k14d adds
- 145 Ghostly Shadows on the Opera Stage 戏台鬼影 Ghostly Shadows on the Opera Stage —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 The Red Thread Around My Ankle 脚踝上的红线 The Red Thread Around Her Ankle 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Horror Revival: My Underworld Enforcers Are All Goofball Players 恐怖复苏：我的阴差都是沙雕玩家 [Fantasy + Underworld + Mastermind + Fourth Calamity] Ghosts roam by night, and horror returns. Some say only the gods can save the world; others say only the uncanny can fight the uncanny. Fang Yun says, “You don’t get it. Any horror becomes a sightseeing attraction once players team up to clear it.” So when the Ghost Ancestor descended, a group of max-level players calling themselves spirit wardens showed up with top-tier gear and looked down at the weak and helpless Ghost Ancestor. “This is 629Reads9.0Score10014d adds
- 148 I Use a Coin to Rule the World 我用一枚硬币玩转规则世界 [Rules-based horror + not a power fantasy + no System + no national survival game + no livestreaming + no tired tropes + horror + deduction and puzzle-solving + suspense + fictional setting + requires some brainpower] (A fairly unusual first-person narrative, but easy to read and more immersive.) The university I’d eagerly looked forward to turned out to be a bizarre academy. It was full of all kinds of strange rules: Dormitory rules, campus rules, competition and event rules, mission rules… You 7.5kReads8.8Score55314d adds
- 149 My Horror Game's Vibe Is a Little Off 我的惊悚游戏，画风不太对劲 A horror game descends, plunging players around the world into desperate straits as they struggle to survive. Lin Yu is also chosen to enter the horror game, but he discovers that every ghost he meets is surprisingly friendly. Friendly Ghost Auntie: “Xiao Yu, I have an eighteen-year-old niece. Want me to introduce her as your girlfriend?” Administrator of the Haunted Apartment: “Mr. Lin, you’re our ten-thousandth customer. We’re giving you a luxurious presidential suite for three days!” Lin Yu s 3.2kReads8.7Score22014d adds
- 150 I’m an Actor in a Horror Movie World 我在惊悚电影世界当影帝 A horrifying civilization descends upon Earth, and every adult on the planet is forced to sign a contract to become an actor in the Scream Theater. Lu Xingchen becomes the rare profession most despised by the actors: a Summoner. Summoners often summon demons and monsters, raising the difficulty of horror movies. They're practically public enemies among the actors! And the requirements for becoming one are downright insane! While everyone else is still paralyzed with fear, Lu Xingchen, still a ne 388Reads9.5Score10714d adds
