Novels like I Escape the Mental Hospital from the Start, and the Whole World Goes Mad
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- 101 Spirit Servant: I Met the Earth God 精怪仆役-我见到了土地公 Spirit Servant: I Met the Earth God 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Spirit Servant: A One-Coin Taoist Master Keeps a Death Ledger 精怪仆役-一钱天师，赊命记账 Spirit Servant: The One-Coin Celestial Master’s Life-on-Credit Ledger —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Global Survival: Starting Out in a Psychiatric Hospital 全民求生：从精神病院里开始 [Unhinged System + Cultivation in a psychiatric hospital + Monster invasion + Satisfying monster-slaying] The Hexagonal Pavilion Mental Health Center is a psychiatric hospital to outsiders, but in Jin Xin’s eyes, it is a hidden cultivation sect. While others take medicine and get shots, he sits cross-legged in the pavilion, absorbing the yin and yang energy of heaven and earth. While others receive psychological treatment, he diligently cultivates the Myriad Things Art, awaiting the Heavenly Dao —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Yin-Yang Headhunter: I Find Jobs for Ghosts, and They Ask Me Out 阴阳猎头：我给诡找工作，诡问我处不处对象 On the day he was laid off, Jiang Ye received a death notice: in thirty days, someone would throw him off a rooftop. To stay alive, he was forced to take a job at Yin-Yang Headhunting Co., Ltd., a company that specializes in finding jobs for ghosts. Every time he finds a job for a ghost, he unlocks part of the truth behind his own death. Every time he fails, another corpse spot appears on his body. Once they cover him from head to toe, the company will devour his soul. Every high-level order com 2.4kReads8.4Score36714d adds
- 105 The Seventh Night After Death 头七 My grandfather said that whoever a hanged person sees last is the one they’ll come back to haunt. When I was twelve, the village hired a troupe to perform ghost plays. I went to play with them, never imagining that the troupe’s leading performer was hanging from the beam right behind me. 22Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 106 The Ghost Banquet 鬼禁食 A glutton's feast: can it really eat anything at all? Open wide, and nothing is off-limits? When you're indulging in wild game, have you ever felt a hint of murderous intent behind you... 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The Coffin Prison 囚棺 The seventh-night return of the soul. A peaceful death is called a returning calamity; a violent death is called a returning evil spirit. On the day the evil spirit returns, the household is unsettled, and another death may follow. A man must be chosen to send the spirit away. After my second uncle hanged himself, I once had to send a spirit away. As a result, I was marked by it. 476Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 108 Rule Horror: Teacher Su Has a Lesson for Everyone 规则怪谈：苏老师给大家上一课 “Next question: On a blood-red midnight, you’re chased by a painted-skin demon at an old house in a deserted village. Four escape routes appear before you. Which do you choose?” [A: Rush under the offering table in the ancestral hall] [B: Leap into the ancient well in the back courtyard] [C: Tear down the Door God print and stick it to your chest] [D: Climb onto the beams of the west wing] “Thirty-two students in this class actually picked C for this freebie!” Su Bai slammed the lesson plan down 181Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 109 A Ghost Hunter in the Underworld, Earning Billions in Hell Money 地府打工人捉鬼赚亿点点冥币 [Chinese-style horror + underworld constables + folk ghost stories + mystery investigations + the supernatural + comedy + wild imagination + no romance] First major arc: A rookie ghost constable slowly learns the ropes of catching ghosts through a series of cases. Second major arc: The supernatural world levels up, with rivals competing and growing stronger through cultivation. Third major arc: At the China-Myanmar border, he goes undercover deep behind enemy lines. What secrets are being kept t 939Reads—Score11014d adds
- 110 I Was a Ghost Officer, but Now I Only Want a Promotion 身为鬼差的我，后来只想升官 I wield the Register of the Underworld as a ghost officer, commanding the power to seize souls. Everyone says the King of Hell is the supreme ruler of the netherworld, but to me, he is merely a stepping stone. The underworld is vast, and the Nine Hells are deep. Is that really the limit of my ambition? I want to break the Nine Hells’ shackles, shatter the chains between yin and yang, ascend to the realm of the Great Emperor, and rule the netherworlds of all realms. Only then will my lifelong wis 33Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 111 Ultraman's Fantastic Journey 奥特之奇幻之旅 [Ultraman + Passionate action + No System + Becoming Light + Faith] The clash between light and darkness has never ended. Xingye, who gained the Light of Noah… The legendary light of the universe, the light of the Land of Light, protector of the universe… An Ultraman transmigrates into the world of Battle Through the Heavens to work as a laborer? An Ultraman becomes a top student in the Land of Light? The everyday life of an Ultraman getting beaten up as a child? An Ultraman gets beaten until he 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 The Yin-Yang Hotel: Waiting for My Bride to Return 阴阳酒店之等我的新娘回来 This is a suspenseful supernatural mystery. Keep reading boldly, and surprises abound! “Where is this place? How did I get here?” Mu Jiuchi walked forward one step at a time. She had no idea what had happened to her or how she had ended up in this unfamiliar place. The darkness all around her made her walk in fear. Then a light appeared ahead, and she headed toward it. The distant light turned out to be coming from a hotel. Mu Jiuchi made her way to the hotel. At the entrance, she saw four 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 She's Mentally Ill. Why Would You Provoke Her? 她有精神病，你说你惹她干嘛 [A dangerously unhinged male lead raised as a girl x a heroine who's a pervert when she's not acting normal] After Ye Xinyi died in a psychiatric hospital, she transmigrated into the body of a minor NPC, starting off at the scene of a murder. She spent ten years in a psychiatric hospital. Did you really think she was normal? Hahaha, she actually is normal. When she isn't, she's a pervert. 159Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Walking Between Yin and Yang, I Took Two Vengeful Ghosts as Aunts 行走阴阳，我认了两个厉鬼作姑姑 [Supernatural + Horror + Ghost Stories + Urban + Ghost Hunting + Taoist Magic] He was punching ghost dolls and kicking fox spirits at the age of three, and you tell me that's reasonable? He's a yin-yang master who took two vengeful ghosts as his aunts, and you tell me that's perfectly normal? You can already fly on a sword, and now you're telling me to believe in science and reject superstition? Beating up evil spirits at the funeral home, making a water ghost copy out the Tao Te Ching, and sicc 82Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 115 I Opened a Hospital in the Underworld 我在地府开医院 Li Ming died an untimely death, and his luck was terrible: watered-down Meng Po soup and expired soul-drawing water, he got stuck with both. A ghost has to fend for himself. To live like a proper ghost, he sets out to make it in the underworld workplace. Beautiful women at his side, a demon assistant, and a ghostly life complete. Human life lasts only a few short decades, while the underworld stretches on for centuries. Isn't it better to settle down and be a ghost? Of course it is, but I like t 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 I’m a Con Artist in the Thriller Game 我在惊悚游戏当欺诈师 Infinite-flow + strong leads, with livestreaming Si Jian is an idealistic con artist. After swindling a huge sum of money, he’s just about to enjoy the good things in life when his luck turns, and he gets picked for a horror game, the kind where people really die. Si Jian: Eyes trembling in shock! I don’t want to face ghosts! Give me back my wonderful vacation! (Weak, pitiful, and helpless) Then he turns around and stabs everyone in the back. The people he’s conned: ... WTF! If I ever trust that 4Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 117 Whispers of the Ghosts 鬼魅低语 [Standalone Stories] [Eerie] [Thriller] [Strange] [Wild Imagination] Worlds full of distortion and absurdity. Whether it's seemingly ordinary snippets of everyday life or strange phenomena that gradually come to light, everything sends a chill down your spine and grows more terrifying the more you think about it. 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 I Told You to Play a Game, So How Did You Become the Great Emperor of Fengdu? 让你玩个游戏，怎么成酆都大帝了 [Horror Revival] [This Game Is Not Right] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Mercilessly Crushing All Opposition] [Fengdu’s Top-Tier Star] Lu Yang was once a top-tier star idol, but after a career-ending scandal, he was condemned by the entire internet and saddled with an astronomical breach-of-contract penalty. To pay off his debts, he was forced to join a livestream program called Spirit Medium, billed as a “full-dive horror game.” But as soon as the game began, he realized something was wrong... Introd 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 I Work as a Gravekeeper in an Unknown Cemetery 我在无名墓园当守墓人 [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Mild Suspense + Survival + Plot Twists] The protagonist isn’t a do-gooder, the villains aren’t idiots, the plot doesn’t drag, and every mystery gets resolved; An unnamed Taoist temple deep in the Hundred Thousand Mountains; A merchant ship adrift across a vast sea; A mysterious ruin in an ancient forest; An endless desert stretching beyond the horizon; Snow-capped mountains where the snow never melts; A breathtaking woman in red who is a ghost, and an entity that c —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 The Yin Guardian: The Mysterious Divine Coffin Hidden Beneath the Mountain 守阴人：藏在山底的神秘天棺 After I encountered the Ghost Granny, my dad died. Later, I found my older brother, and then my grandpa died too. Somehow, I became the last Guardian of the Yin. Later, I discovered that it wasn't the Ghost Granny behind it all, but another conspiracy hidden from view. [Entirely written by hand, no AI writing!] 225Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 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
- 122 Infinite Eerie Domains: Starting with a Haunted Classroom 无限诡域：从诡异教室开始 [Infinite Flow]+ [Fake terror]+ [Ghosts kill people]+ [Emotionless]+ [Mild horror] Late at night, Su Wang receives a strange black letter that appears out of nowhere in his home. Its four blood-red survival rules reveal a terrifying, unknown realm. In the blink of an eye, he is forcibly dragged into a strange study hall at Chenfeng High School, where he and six strangers are trapped together. The one unbreakable rule is carved into the blackboard: Keep quiet. One survivor loses control, makes a 31kReads8.0Score4k14d adds
- 123 Terrifying Tales 惊魂诡事 Deep, silent alleyways, eerie, terrifying deserted villages, reed marshes choked with weeds... Every scene holds some of my most unforgettable memories! Everything that happens in this book is something I saw or heard myself. You can also read it as a story. Curious about the supernatural tales that have taken place in rural villages and mountain hamlets? Have you ever heard of or seen something that made your hair stand on end? If you find yourself sleepless in the dead of night, put on your he 308Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 124 The Insane, Heaven-Defying Brick! 疯批逆天大板砖！ A crazed, heaven-defying brick! 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 The Class of Death 死亡班级 Their class used to get along just fine, but money and self-interest ruined everything. Now they even come to blows over a single meal, turning on their own classmates. 2.1kReads5.9Score10414d adds
- 126 A Collection of Folk Tales 民间故事会合集 Open this book, and you’ll find that its folk legends and tales are unlike any you’ve read before. These stories are full of fantasy: some are terrifying, some suspenseful, some explore the ugliness of human nature, and others deal with karmic retribution. In this vast world, what hidden folk tales and legends do you know? Step into an ancient, mysterious world and join the author in discovering and experiencing these extraordinary folk stories! 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 It's 2:30 A.M. Let Me Tell You a Story! 凌晨两点半，我来给你讲故事！ Before I knew it, this book had passed 200 chapters. Time flies, and now the story is nearing its conclusion. It will end after just one million words. We’re currently in the rapid-update phase, with three chapters posted every day at 9 a.m. This book is a collection of folk horror stories set in the countryside. Each chapter is a standalone story, and every plot has been carefully crafted by the author. Comments from fellow readers are welcome. If you like it, add it to your bookshelf. 13Reads—Score114d adds
- 128 Qingchuan Ghost School 青川鬼校 Ordinary high school student Su Bei takes shelter from the rain one day and discovers he is trapped in the abandoned grounds of Qingchuan Middle School, a place rumored to be haunted. It is no longer an empty ruin, but a living hell where time is warped, space behaves strangely, and real, terrifying ghosts lurk everywhere. There are no superpowers, no talismans or magical artifacts, and no apocalyptic technology. The only things Su Bei can rely on are his cool head, keen powers of observation, a 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 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
- 130 Classroom of Despair 绝望教室 One day, a classmate who had been dead for a long time dragged everyone in our class into a bizarre QQ group and forced us to take part in a death vote. After I managed to escape the Desperate Classroom, one massive conspiracy after another unfolded. To survive, I sold my soul… 141Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 131 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
- 132 One Stick of Incense to Worship the Gods, an Outlaw Exorcist: Zhang Wulang! 一香祀神法外狂徒，端公张五郎！ This book is a work of fiction. The rituals, incantations, and water-based magic performed by Duangongs are invented for the story. Do not imitate them. What you read here is a story, not a craft. Cherish life and trust in science. Read the final chapter, and you will see with your own eyes what lies at the end of tearing down altars and temples. I transmigrated to the late Qing dynasty and became an outlaw. In other words, a man beyond the reach of the law. My skills came from ancient times, b —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Who Let Him Cultivate to Immortality?! 谁让他修仙！ [Comedy] + [System] + [Cultivation] + [Ensemble cast] Who let him cultivate?! Song Shuhang: I'm Tyrant Blade Song Yi. Don't call me the Great Demon Song. To be honest, I've never killed anyone in my life! I haven't even stepped on an ant while walking. How can you call me that? Demonic cultivators: I think you're more demonic than we are. We just kill people, but you torture them. Cultivators: Who let this guy cultivate? He's led the whole cultivation world astray! The day Song Shuhang becomes a 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 I Have Multiple Personalities 我有多种人格 [Infinite Survival + Mild Horror + Faux Ensemble Cast] A psychiatric hospital that has existed for who knows how long, and a group of doctors from who knows where. The patients keep experiencing different lives in their minds. Is it redemption or torment? Lin Feng is a model citizen. After telling someone he has dissociative identity disorder, he is forced into this psychiatric hospital and made to undergo treatment. But he soon discovers that this place is far from ordinary. A mysterious room i 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 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
- 136 The Bride from the Underworld 来自阴间的新娘 On the night my neighbor got married, the bride died because of me… 1.1kReads6.8Score10314d adds
- 137 Ghost Stories by Night 鬼话夜谈 The story follows Chen Xingchen and Jiang Chuyan, who grew up together in a village. They hear tales of the supernatural from the village elders and experience a number of eerie events themselves. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 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
- 139 Urban Hauntings: My Paper Knife Can Pierce Illusions 都市诡异：我的纸刀能破妄 The rating has just been released, so it may still go up. Zhang Ping, an unemployed advertising copywriter, is attacked by a paper figure with a slit mouth in his shared apartment on a stormy night, at the lowest point in his life. On the verge of death, he desperately throws out an old piece of yellow paper he has carried for years, unexpectedly activating a fragment of the ancestral “Blade of Illusion-Breaking” and a mysterious “Night Watchman System.” The System turns terrifying supernatural 3Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 140 The Heavenly Master of Zhuyou 祝由天师 After my grandfather dies, I inherit the art of Zhuyou and become a ghost doctor who wanders the mortal world. I've treated the living, tormented by evil ghosts, and helped the wronged spirits bullied by wicked people. As I encounter more and more evil entities, I learn more of Zhuyou's secrets. I get drawn deeper into it all, with less and less control over my own fate. A corpse alive in a mass grave, an evil spirit kept in an old mansion, a fingerless woman who steals people's lifespans. Every 140Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 141 Is This Really a Horror Game Livestream?! 这真的是恐怖游戏直播？！ Welcome to the Super-Dimensional Reality Show, a game that transcends the dimensions of reality, with extraordinary battles of wits and will. Who will be the ultimate winner? Faced with an unwinnable dead end, Gu Ye calmly kicked a stone a few times. Ding! Congratulations, you’ve cleared the level! Faced with a computer that wouldn’t shut down, Gu Ye kept a straight face and talked his macho teammate into acting cute. Ding! Congratulations, you’ve cleared the level! Gu Ye smiled. “Fi 4Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 142 Patroller of the Living World 阳间巡逻人 Stories of spirit babies have circulated in the countryside of Sichuan and Chongqing for generations. When a baby dies, its lingering resentment can turn it into a ghost. Spirit babies were most common during the height of the one-child policy. As a child, I fed crows, which left me with an unusually strong aura of yin. Spirit babies often mistook me for one of their own, so someone later raised a ghost to protect me. On top of that, I have to work for the Underworld Bureau just to stay alive. 506Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 143 I Got My Marriage License with My Dream Guy Right After Leaving the Psychiatric Hospital 刚离开精神病医院，就和男神领证 This is a female-oriented novel! [Transmigrate into a book, wacky comedy, hilarious antics + metaphysics + System + love after marriage + multiple couples. If you haven't laughed by Chapter 49, come find me!] The wacky metaphysics enthusiast Lu Ranran transmigrates into a bizarre novel titled The Domineering CEO Takes a Dump... What a bizarre title ⊙﹏⊙ Even more bizarrely, she's bound to an utterly unreliable System! Qin Beiyuan: “It's not because of work stress...” Lu Ranran: “Oh, then did y 158Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 144 You Were Told to Guard a Village, So Why Did You Make the City God Cry? 让你守个村儿，你把城隍打哭了？ After the old madman died, I always thought I was the only person left in the village. Then one year, two men showed up carrying a camera and said they wanted to film a documentary about walking marriages... 458Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 145 Attention, the Sword Saint Has Arrived 请注意，贱圣驾到 Hello, bosses! My name is Wang Chaoyu. I have low emotional intelligence, and there’s a hole in my head, but I love pushing limits, the limits of courting death. I’m also a real scoundrel, the lecherous kind! But it’s fine, because anyway... You... definitely... can’t... beat me! 27Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 146 Notes from a Haunted House 凶宅笔录 A haunted house is a house where someone once met a violent death. Legend has it that people who die this way haven't yet reached the end of their natural lifespan, so they die with deep resentment. Anyone who moves in will suffer, at best, a life of misery, and at worst, a broken family and ruin. By a twist of fate, I became a dealer in haunted houses. They kept appearing, and one crisis followed another. Behind every haunted house lay a terrifying, secret story... By the time I wanted to turn 10.4kReads8.8Score22114d adds
- 147 Strange Tales from the Countryside 乡村诡故事 Before you start this book, a warning: if you scare easily, don't read it. If you live alone, be careful. Every short ghost story here is based on an ordinary person's real-life experience. Not a single word is made up. From the damp old alleyways of the south to the frozen, deserted villages of the north; from late-night overtime in office buildings to lights-out in university dorms; the taboos our elders forbade us to talk about, and the moments you dare not dwell on in the middle of the night 119Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 The Red Moon Descends: I Can't Tell Them Apart, I Really Can't 红月降临：分不清，我真分不清啊 [Mystery and mind games + eerie cultivation + Cthulhu + Infinite Flow + not a power fantasy + monsters + mythology + horror] The brain doesn’t know the eyes exist, so why did “eyes” come into being? Why are our eyes on the front of our heads instead of the top? Is it because we’re afraid of seeing something? Is humanity a complete organism, or are we just the part of the brain that develops consciousness while parasitizing a body? Could Earth be a stage built for us by a higher civilization? Do 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 The Unhinged Male Lead: An Unsolvable Bug in a Ghostly World 疯批男主：鬼怪世界的无解bug [Infinite Flow + Rule-Based Horror + Hilarious + No Romance + Invincible] A bizarre world invades, the Divine Realm falls, and the gods and Buddhas retreat into hiding. To cut off their offerings, rule-based horror sweeps across Blue Star, leaving all living beings struggling in fear. When things reach an extreme, they turn around, and Blue Star enters a golden age. Some control time and take on ghosts head-on; Some draw a line around themselves and imprison vengeful spirits; Some are peerless f 9Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 150 Thriller Game: I Ruined the Entire Game's Atmosphere 惊悚游戏：我带坏了整个游戏画风 (No gruesome content, no female lead, no goody-two-shoes protagonist. The protagonist isn’t interested in humans!) In his previous life, he was the most acclaimed chief designer in the world. In the blink of an eye, he transmigrated into a horror game, only to discover to his astonishment that every one of these horror games was designed by him in his previous life! Help a plastic surgery addict do her makeup and heal her wounded heart. Challenge the boss of Ghost Street to a drag race and becom 71Reads8.6Score—14d adds
