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- 1 The Story of Being So Handsome That a Game Recruited Me as an NPC 长得太帅被游戏拉去当npc之事 [Goofy Humor + Passion + System + Protagonist Aura] Zhang Kexin was born thoroughly unremarkable, but his impossibly handsome face destined him for an extraordinary life. He was constantly scouted on the street and turned down offers from fifteen talent agencies. He was so good-looking he had to wear a mask and sunglasses to school, and confessions of love were an everyday occurrence. When his handsome face collided with the virtual reality game Half-Dimensional Space, he figured that playing an —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Those Years I Spent as an NPC in Horror Games 当恐怖游戏NPC的那些年 Am I dead? Am I alive again? I’m still in this world, just in another form: a ghost. Not only that, I’ve become the infamous Second Master of the ghostly realm and an employee at a sinister spirit corporation. Welcome to the Slaughter Playground. This game is a contest between ghost employees and human players. And I will be the winner. You, however, are the one defeat I could never overcome. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I’m a Native, and I Slaughtered a Million Players 我，原住民，血屠百万玩家 [A traditional fantasy that isn't all that traditional] [No melodrama] [No characters getting dumber] [No harem] That day, a group calling themselves “players” descended upon the world. For the sake of “quests,” they stopped at nothing! For the sake of “equipment,” they burned, killed, and looted! For the sake of “leveling up,” they went completely mad! “Listen to the wails filling this city. Look at this boiling blood. I'm not the one who's false. It's you, all of you, and your world!” “By the 48Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 4 Eerie Descent: I Control the Ghostly Aura of Ten Thousand Spirits 诡异降临：万千鬼气皆为我所控 [No Female Lead]+ [Invincible Protagonist]+ [Comedy]+ [Dark Fantasy] Jiang Lin is the owner of a funeral goods shop. A newcomer to the horror game, he is a Level Zero player who cannot absorb ghost energy to level up. Yet the ghosts have all sorts of theories about who he really is. Some say he is the core of the horror world, the source of all things uncanny. Others believe he is the Lord of the Uncanny, standing above the Ten Horror Deities. The funeral goods Jiang Lin makes all have special e 4Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 5 The Live-In Son-in-Law: My Wife Is an NPC Empress 赘婿：我的老婆是npc女帝 A game that could connect to reality changed the balance of the real world. Su Xiaobei, a young man reborn, is manipulated by a demigod-level NPC and becomes the live-in son-in-law of the Great Zhou Empire’s royal family. An invincible hidden class appears out of nowhere, and his wife, an Empress who seems just like a real NPC, is right by his side. Everything grows stranger by the day. Meanwhile, conspiracies in the real world draw closer, and the worlds of reality and the game quietly begin to 4Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 6 I'm an SSS-Rank Vengeful Ghost, Yet I Want to Be Recruited by the Government 身为一只SSS级厉鬼却想被招安 Li Ming transmigrates, then dies. His life is over, but his afterlife has just begun. After three years of arduous cultivation, he becomes an SSS-rank vengeful spirit. But as the saying goes, “Kill and burn, then get recruited. Cultivate for a hundred years, and you might earn a government job.” So he decides to seek the state's protection first. Slack off at work, drink tea after hours. He picks up the phone and calls the police station. “I want to report a crime! I'm a ghost at Happy Neighborh 9Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 7 I Suspect I’m an NPC in a Horror Game 我怀疑我是恐怖游戏里的NPC [Villainous male lead + unhinged male lead + infinite horror survival + System + survival + urban legends + horror movie worlds] Every week, several strangers show up in the class. Within a week, they all die one by one or vanish under mysterious circumstances. Amid this eerie atmosphere, Bai Chen chose to hide out at his hometown. But when he woke up, he found himself inexplicably back in his bed in the school dormitory. Bai Chen said coldly, “I've figured it out. I'm an NPC in a horror game.” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 I’m a Top-Tier Vengeful Ghost! Why Have My Juniors Turned Me In? 我，顶级厉鬼！被后辈上交了？ Whenever night falls, I can always hear footsteps. He's still wandering around. He's never left. My name is Ye Qingxue. You might not believe me, but my dad... is a ghost. He always watches me from the mirror and reaches out, leaving bloody handprints behind. On rainy days, I always see his back in the mirror. A shattered reflection, broken into pieces! Finally... I couldn't take it anymore. On my twentieth birthday, I decided to hand him over to the state! My name is Xu Feng. I'm the cap 98Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 9 The Beggar Ghoul Has a Broken Bowl, So Begging Makes Perfect Sense! 乞丐诡，有个破碗会乞讨很合理！ The crimson moon replaced the jade disk, and a rain of blood fell upon the world. Ignorance and ugliness took center stage, while the audience applauded. Greed brought this calamity, desire drove this madness. Chaos is the eternal order, and understanding is forever beyond our reach. Look at the gods above the heavens. They seem like actors, begging for things they can never have, just like me. In this world of countless insanities, who is the uncanny one, who is a god, and who is human? Hehe, t 57Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Thriller: As a Dungeon NPC, I Make Players Cry 惊悚：成为副本NPC虐哭玩家 [Supernatural comedy] [Single heroine] [NPC] [A little clever, but not by much] After dying of cancer, Chen Yun falls into a horror world and awakens the Dungeon Worker System. From then on, he makes his way through the many dungeons of the horror game… “What makes you qualified for this job?” “I’m completely devoted to my boss. If the boss tells me to go east, I’ll never go west. I’ll show humans absolutely no mercy!!!” “That’s it?” “I’m willing to die for the boss!” “Good. You’re hired.” 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Horror Revival: From the Start, I Become the Headless Horseman 恐怖复苏：开局成为无头骑士 In a parallel world, terror returns. Jiang Yun is attacked by something supernatural, and his head is twisted off. [Ding! Activation conditions met. Drawing template.] [Headless Horseman template generating. Template match confirmed. Activation successful.] 747Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 12 Online Game: Clocking In at Nine and Out at Five as an NPC 网游:从NPC开始朝九晚五 At the game shop: “What? You're off work? Why would an NPC like you get off work?” “I'll give you ten million. Sell me a diamond storage ring!” “Come on, do me a favor. I brought my secretary!” “Fine, fine, I'll leave when you're off work. Don't hit me!” Song Bufan is unexpectedly reborn as an NPC in the game Tianyuan. He develops and resells goods, takes on player quests, and more. He starts work promptly at nine every morning and closes up right at five in the afternoon! Pay overtime? Get lo 24Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 13 I Was Livestreamed Driving Corpses, So I Took the Streamer as My Disciple! 赶尸被直播，我收主播为徒！ Beneath the moonlight, Xia Yu emerged from the mountains, shaking a soul-summoning bell as he drove seven corpses before him. The eerie ringing, the stiff corpses, the mysterious yellow talismans, the birds startled into flight. New streamer Hei Xiaopang happened to witness the scene. Excited, he stopped the corpse-driving procession. “You must be a professional livestreaming team! Look at those actors, look at those props! I want you to take me on as your apprentice!” Xia Yu looked with satisfa —Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 14 The Horror Keeper 惊悚饲养员 [Horror Game + Farming in the Underworld (Definitely)] Plant a soul seed, harvest a field of ghosts, and raise countless vicious spirits there. Qin Ye is their caretaker. Mr. Barber, please don't touch Miss Sadako's hair. She'll cry. Mr. Clown, how can you go back to normal? You're making things very difficult for me! Voodoo Doll, please put away your curse. I don't want to go bald again! And you, Butcher! Put down that skeleton's bones. They're not for making soup! When a feast of terror descen 4Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 15 Livestreaming Advice to the Paranormal Bureau, I Inherited a Celestial Master’s Bloodline 直播指点灵异局，我继承了天师血统 While catching ghosts, Zhang Xinghe is accidentally knocked unconscious by an old ghost’s thousand-year-old breath. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a country where ghost lore is almost nonexistent. By chance, he sees the country’s paranormal bureau, an authority on the supernatural, livestreaming a ghost hunt. Unable to hold back, he offers a few pointers, setting off a firestorm online. The bureau even mobilizes netizens nationwide to find the “One-Browed Taoist” at all costs. What surpri 107Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 16 Global Lord: A Reborn NPC Starts by Slaying His Lord 全民领主：重生NPC开局宰主公 [A One-Woman Army] The global-lord MMORPG All Under Heaven launches, bringing the historical civilizations of nations around the world back to life. Countless players arrive, and the ministers, generals, and stunning beauties from the tales of history can all be recruited into their ranks. The Back Wei Army, the Iron Kite Cavalry, the Kheshig, the Black-Armored Cavalry: armies from every dynasty will reappear in All Under Heaven. “The players’ legions are far too weak, wouldn’t you agree, Marsha 1Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 17 Am I Actually an NPC in a Horror Instance? 我居然是恐怖副本的npc？ After waking from a nap, Mo San discovers that she’s an NPC in a game instance? She pets the cute mermaid she’s raising and thinks retirement is just around the corner. But then something strange suddenly happens at the deep-sea base. The dead come back to life, and indistinct whispers appear in every corner… The players are struggling, and the SAN levels above their heads are plummeting. Well, would you look at that? It’s a horror instance too? Facing the base in disarray, Mo San feels an immen 81Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 18 I Am the Chairman of the Horror Game's BOSSes 我是惊悚游戏的BOSS主席 [Girls' love, infinite flow, behind-the-scenes scheming, slow-paced.] Hello, players~ I'm Le Jia, one of the twelve chairpersons of the Horror Game. Welcome to my horror world. I'm sure it will offer you a unique experience. My horror world offers a variety of optional stages. The Candy House is an easy stage guaranteed to make you squeal with delight. It contains no preservatives or food additives whatsoever, and is a dreamland for anyone with a sweet tooth. At the Paradise Training School, all 14Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 19 Playing a Creepy NPC with Countless Secret Identities 扮演诡异NPC马甲无数 [Misunderstandings + secret identities + card draws + horror game + female lead in role + powerful characters + transmigration + infinite worlds + no romance] After Jiang Shuyu signs a contract with the System, it tricks her into believing that the NPC she's supposed to play is unimportant and won't be too tiring. She believes it! And so begins her diligent life in the horror game world, doing her best to play her NPC role. (There are six main worlds in all: Peaceful Residential Complex, Academy 28Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 20 Just Became a Ghost God: A Campus Beauty Streamer Came to Copy My Tombstone 刚成鬼神：有校花主播来抄我墓碑 [Horror returns + god-tier choices + dark fantasy + invincible protagonist + ghost protagonist] Horror descends, and one legendary ghost after another enters the real world. A forbidden Ghost King turns everyone in an entire city into human-head balloons and sends them floating into the sky! A vicious female ghost uses phones to create one deadly death-forecast curse after another, killing millions! Chen Xuan wakes up in a coffin and discovers he has become a vengeful ghost. Just then, a clear, 24Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 21 The Horror World: A Game-Filled Journey with the Haunted Darlings 惊悚世界：诡异团宠的游戏旅程 As a newborn uncanny being, Su Yu was shocked when two people broke into his home and his parents killed them. Then a terrifying game appeared in his mind. And so an amusing scene unfolded: “Wait, why doesn’t this kid have to work?” “If you don’t want to work either, that’s fine. There’s still a tree over there that needs planting. You can do that in a bit.” “Never mind. I’ll get back to work.” 3.4kReads5.8Score329Shelves
- 22 Global Lord: I’m the Only One Who Became an NPC 全民领主：只有我成了npc The Lord Era is a game of lords battling for supremacy. In three years, it will become reality, and everyone will be forced to enter the game world. Qin Feng is reborn, originally planning to seize opportunities ahead of everyone else, but after his rebirth, he becomes a low-level NPC! “No problem. Even as an NPC, I can still turn things around!” “Step one: take over this village!” Qin Feng had planned to simply seize a player's village. But when he saw the beautiful female lord... “Qin Feng, yo 1Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 23 Infinite Flow: Getting By in Horror Games 无限流：我在惊悚游戏混日子 [The pacing is on the slow side, so if that's not your thing, please move along.] On her way home, Yun Ruohan got smacked in the face with a job ad from Infinite Studio. The words “free meals” caught her eye, and she successfully became a member of Infinite Studio: a game NPC. And so, this scene played out in the dungeon world. The players were running for their lives, while she chased after them. The players were sobbing, while she happily dug in. 29Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 24 Eerie Evolution: From Strange Entity to Demon God of Terror 诡异进化：从诡异到恐惧魔神 Ye Wangyou once jumped into the water to save someone, never expecting to lose his life. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to a world where the paranormal had descended. He had even become the weakest of lonely ghosts, trapped inside a dilapidated old house. But after binding to the Horror System, he could gain Horror Points by absorbing the fear in other people's hearts, continually improve himself, and eventually rebuild his body and return to life! And so, a nightmare of unimagina 234Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 25 Thriller Game: My Audience Is Way Too Strong! 惊悚游戏：我的观众太强了！ [Story-Driven Plot] After transmigrating into the body of a blind man, Su Mu finds himself in a world where a horror game has descended. Everyone in this world is forced to enter the horror game when they turn eighteen, completing challenges while being livestreamed! Dodge the deadly curse on the highway! Work as a server on a train full of ghosts! Escape the Foggy Manor! While everyone else struggles to survive in terror, Su Mu discovers that he has a special group of viewers helping him! 30Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 26 How Can a Ghost-Fearing Guy Get Everything He Wants? 怕鬼的我怎么心想事成？ [New weird tales + cracked System + containment breach + high-martial-arts apocalypse] Li Congxin, who is afraid of ghosts, has awakened the power to make anything he wishes come true! The moment he realized it, a string of horrifying things that should never have existed began to descend upon the world. To restrain his out-of-control subconscious, Li Congxin installed a separation System in himself, keeping the calamities isolated from reality. “But did something go wrong? I finally awakened th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 From the Start, I Was a Ghost King, Forced to Become Bai Wuchang 开局鬼王，被迫成为白无常 Xie Yan transmigrates into the body of a Ghost King, expecting to throw his weight around. Instead, on his very first day on the job, he is surrounded by the Underworld's special task force for “cracking down on organized crime and evil.” Faced with the “kind invitation” of a hundred ghost-captain-level underworld enforcers, he signs a contract of servitude through tears and becomes the Underworld's number-one wage slave. From then on, he has KPIs in one hand and the Book of Life and Death in th 73Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Horror Descends: I Turned Into a Ghost from the Start 惊悚降临：开局变成鬼 The world of terror descends. Lin Dong, born with unusual eyes, arrives in this nightmarish world and discovers that his other eye can absorb ghost energy and analyze all things. The ghost energy he absorbs is also slowly turning him into a ghost! Watching himself change, Lin Dong says brazenly, “I’m done being human!” The Clown: “Boss, aren’t you a ghost too?” The Butcher: “Boss, you’re a ghost yourself!” Teammate: “Boss, how did you turn into a ghost?” Lin Dong: “Everyone, listen u 240Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 29 The Apocalypse Is Here, and I’ve Become a Max-Level NPC 末世了，我成为满级NPC The apocalypse arrives, and people around the world become players, while I become a max-level NPC. Quest 1: Help me boost my rank to Gold VI. (Reward: 1 class change.) Quest 2: Looking for a strategy guide. Target: Undead Overlord! Please reply ASAP, it's urgent. (Reward: 1 top-tier set for any class.) Quest 3: Long-term quest. Buying lots of delicious food. No cursed cooking. Price negotiable. (Guaranteed reward: 1 City-Building Order.) Player A: This NPC is loaded! Slurp~ Player B: Boss, can 114Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 I Became a Boss and Now the Players Are After Me 穿成BOSS后我被玩家盯上了 No romance. Jiang Yue thought she would go to the underworld after she died, but instead she transmigrated into a horror game and became a Boss. Here, players repeatedly enter horror-game instances and complete their missions to earn points, giving them a chance to leave the game and be reincarnated as humans. But Jiang Yue herself had become a Boss. To level up, she also had to complete missions and earn enough points. So Jiang Yue took to selling paintings and mugging people in this terrifying 105Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 31 I’m an NPC in the Coming Apocalypse 我在明日末世当NPC [A completed 800,000-word novel in the same genre] [Veteran author’s new book, with reliable updates] (Also known as: I’m an NPC in the Apocalypse of Tomorrow / I’m an NPC in LifeAfter) This is a world without battle qi or magic. Its strongest are the Two Emperors and One Sovereign! People call them the Grind Emperor, the Pay-to-Win Emperor, and the mightiest Lucky One! Some master the power of grinding and become Grind Emperors. Others wield the power of spending money and become Pay-to-Win Emp 71Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 32 Horror Revival: I Become a Paper Doll and Terrify All of Humanity 恐怖复苏：化身纸人，恐吓全人类 Zhang Yu wakes up to find he has transmigrated into an age of resurgent horror, where uncanny beings emerge one after another. But he discovers that he has been reborn as a paper effigy, an outsider among the uncanny. After binding himself to a System, he grows by absorbing the fear of all living beings, eventually becoming a great demon king who makes all humanity live in fear. 180Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 33 Thriller Game: I’m the Rich Family’s Ghostly Nightmare! 惊悚游戏：我，豪门鬼见愁！ Horror games descended upon the real world. Su Xiao transmigrated and was chosen to enter a horror game. Unlike everyone else, Su Xiao also happened to be the Asura Ghost King! The terrifying world of horror suddenly didn’t seem so scary anymore. Red-clad ghosts? They were nothing but ants. Great Calamities? Just bigger bugs. After devouring countless top players, Su Xiao realized he was invincible. Su Xiao: “Being the Ghost Emperor isn’t all that interesting. Underworld King, make room for me.” 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 I Became a Honghuang Demon God and Got a Ten Thousand Worlds System from the Start 开局成为洪荒魔神得万界系统 Also known as: Myriad Heavens: Conquering the Worlds After Becoming a Demon God Cheng Yan transmigrated, landing in the prehistoric world before its creation. Now, as one of the demon gods as exalted as Pangu, he was about to face being suppressed and killed by him. Cheng Yan was panicking, but fortunately, he bound himself to the Myriad Worlds System. He collected taxes through the Myriad Worlds Trading System, earning points while lounging around. In the Myriad Worlds Chat System, he flirted w 2Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 35 I Created the Apocalypse, and Now I Seem to Have Become an Evil God 创造末世的我好像成了邪神 [Humanity's Apocalypse + Deity Protagonist + Creation Fantasy + Ensemble Cast] Shen Lin died in the apocalypse. When he awoke, he had become a ghost, unable to interact with the real world. He was also an imperfect deity. At the edge of the solar system stood an endless blood-red barrier. Beyond it was a world of nothing but red, and Shen Lin was that world's deity. He created planets and brought life into being. But then he discovered that his world was merging with reality, and the creatures h 284Reads6.9Score105Shelves
- 36 Abyss of Fear: Reunited with My Dead Wife in a Rules-Based Horror Tale 恐惧深渊：在规则怪谈偶遇亡妻 [One-on-one romance, two male leads, rule-based horror, logic, comedy, thrills, and sweetness] [Horror version] The ghosts and gods of another world have created an abyss of fear. The humans chosen for it can survive the death game only by following its rules. Shen Yi accidentally enters a rule-based horror game and falls silent. “System, is it possible you’ve got the wrong person? Because I’m not actually human.” Oh, whatever. I’m hungry, so I’ll eat a ghost first... [Pure romance version] The 165Reads8.4Score100Shelves
- 37 Thriller Game: What Evil Could an NPC Possibly Have in Mind? 惊悚游戏：NPC能有什么坏心眼 [No CP] [Comedy] [System] Thank you for asking. When Xie Yao opens his eyes, he has no memories. All he has is a note that says: Your name is Xie Yao. If you don’t know anything, go get a job and earn money. So he comes to the service hall of a town called Ghost Domain NPC Roleplay, registers, collects his script, and begins his performance! Xie Yao discovers he has a sub-System no one else has. It tells him to collect fear points, which can also be exchanged for energy. And so, he begins dilige 351Reads9.1Score105Shelves
- 38 The Weird Are Coming: From the Start, the Undead Have Trillions in Ghost Money 诡异来袭，开局不死族有万亿冥钞 [Supernatural invasion + apocalypse + decisive and ruthless protagonist + reborn + no female lead] Wu Tian was reborn and returned to one month before the supernatural arrived! This time, he brought along a game that connected to the supernatural world. At the start, the game only let you draw once for a fixed identity. But this time, things were different for him. Tap, tap, tap! Wu Tian tapped away for hours and drew the most mysterious race of all: the Undead. While everyone else was still pan 36Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 39 I Own a Dollhouse in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏里有一家玩偶屋 [Infinite-Flow + System + Wild Imagination + No Romance] The doll maker Huanxi opened a doll shop in a small town, but few customers ever came by. It wasn’t just the doll shop. The flower shop run by Sister Qiong across the street, Granny Wu’s qipao shop next door, and Uncle Qian’s pawnshop were all empty too. In fact, it would be more accurate to say that strangers rarely ever appeared in town. Business was slow, but Huanxi got along well with everyone in town, and they often gathered for meals 1.1kReads8.6Score134Shelves
- 40 Hell Descends, and I Become an NPC in a Horror Game 地狱降临，穿成恐怖游戏NPC [No romance] [Game dungeons] [Infinite Flow] [Brainless wish fulfillment] [The heroine becomes the game boss herself] As doomsday dungeons descend, Li Zi, the original player known as “No. 0,” uses her overwhelming strength to smash through the dungeons, on the verge of winning humanity's battle to overcome the apocalypse. But the damned System forcibly “optimizes” her into a low-level monster and throws her into a terrifying, gloomy horror dungeon. “Faceless Ghost Nurse, Li Zi, Level 1” As a Le 204Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 41 Thriller Game: The Vengeful Ghost Is Actually Me 惊悚游戏：厉鬼竟是我自己 [No CP] [Includes both original and non-original side stories. If you’re looking for paranormal horror, enter at your own risk!] [If you want to see the protagonist bulldoze his way through everything with brute force, enter at your own risk. He’s a man wearing a ghost’s skin.] Ning Xing was born at Qingshan High School. The teachers here are kind, and his classmates are friendly and close-knit. It’s just that, for some reason, every three days his teachers and classmates forget everything that —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 I'm an NPC in a Rule Horror Game 我在规则怪谈里当npc [Rules Horror + Wild Imagination + Suspense + Supernatural + Female Lead as a Tool + No Romance] The female lead isn’t human and has little screen time. Rules horror descends upon Earth overnight, forcing people to enter these terrifying worlds and struggle to survive among the paranormal entities within. As a paranormal entity in one of these worlds, Jiang Wan grows intensely curious about the human world, where people are so full of emotion and can make the most delicious food in the world: xi 316Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 43 I Just Became the Ghost Emperor, and My Daughter Reported Me to the State 我刚成鬼帝，被女儿上交国家 [Behind the scenes + subversive + independent, joins no faction] After Jiang Yun unexpectedly dies, his funeral comes to an end. His young daughter carries her father's black-and-white portrait home. But she never imagined that the kind, gentle father she knew in life would become a vengeful ghost after death. Bloodshed, terror, nightmares. The girl desperately wants to escape! She takes the portrait back to the empty family home, or tries throwing it away, but it always returns home before she 666Reads5.9Score109Shelves
- 44 Leveling Up Starting as an NPC 从NPC开始升级 On the launch day of the era-defining online game Ballad of the Heavenly Realm, Jiang Shan logs in full of anticipation, only to find himself an utterly ordinary villager NPC, forced to start leveling up by shoveling poop! Villager to blacksmith! Forge hidden weapons! Become a crooked merchant! Squeeze endless riches out of players! Become a sheriff! Recruit troops! Run rampant across the land! Research and dismantle wild monsters to gain enhanced abilities! Stamina skyrockets! Strength skyrocke 102Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 45 The Dungeon Boss Is Working a Day Job 副本BOSS在打工 (Content notes: A little System, a little ensemble cast, the protagonist's love interest is a background character) Here's the synopsis: A horror game quietly descends upon the world, becoming an inescapable nightmare for countless players. They enter the game and search for a slim chance of survival amid bloodshed and terror, struggling to stay alive. Qiao Xichen, once expelled from the game and cast out of a dungeon, is summoned back to become a boss. Times have chan 440Reads8.7Score105Shelves
- 46 Everyone's Playing a Doomsday Game: I'm Actually Still an NPC 全民末日游戏：其实我还是npc [Zombie Apocalypse + Game + No Romance + Overpowered + Identity Play + Ruthless] Chen Tian transmigrates into Everybody's Doomsday Game and gains a dual identity. As a player, he's a powerful lone wolf. Anyone who gets in his way ends up beneath his blade! As an NPC, he's a smooth-talking con artist, the “big liar” players hate with every fiber of their being! He switches between his two identities. He posts quests, builds a base, recruits guards, and clears out a peaceful place to live... As th 55Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 47 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—Shelves
- 48 I'm Already Invincible, and the Horror Game Has Only Just Arrived 我都无敌了，惊悚游戏才降临 The System told Lin Ye that a horror game would soon descend upon him. So he began a grueling training routine: 1,000 push-ups, 1,000 sit-ups, and a 50-kilometer cross-country run every day. Five years passed. He was invincible, but the horror game still hadn’t chosen him! Five years… Do you know what I’ve been through these five years?! The System unbound itself, and his fighting spirit waned. Just as Lin Ye decided the horror game was a hoax, it finally arrived… The Burned Ghost: Big bro, stop 315Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 49 Eerie Instances: Today, Too, I Must Be a Good Ghost 诡异副本：今天也要好好做诡 [No CP] [An unsettling perspective. Readers who can't accept eerie beings killing people, please stay away] [Writing this to satisfy my own cravings, please go easy on me] Lin Yan was a surgeon in life. After death, he became an eerie entity studying at the Abyss Echo Academy. To stay alive, Lin Yan diligently enters instances and works hard. 7.4kReads6.9Score646Shelves
- 50 From the Start as a Ghost Emperor, I Charm Beautiful Spirit Exorcists 开局成为鬼帝，强撩美女驱灵师 [Parody] [Gradually Turns Evil] Lin Dongyang died in a car accident and was reborn, only to discover that he had become a ghost. And after binding to a System, he became the highest-ranking kind of ghost: a Ghost Emperor! Feeling the imposing aura of his Ghost Emperor status, Lin Dongyang could only sigh helplessly. “Where’s my magic power? System, you gave me the aura but not the magic power?” System: “Host, if you want to increase your magic power, you’ll have to complete missions…” Breaking u 158Reads8.0Score—Shelves
