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- 1 Thirteen Taboos 十三禁忌 Thirteen folk taboos: the first is killing cats; the second, walking close to walls at night; the third, killing beneath a tree; the fourth... They say cats have nine lives, but most people don't know what that means and simply assume it refers to cats' strong vitality. There are many ancient texts that discuss the origins of the nine-lived cat. In the East, for example, the Buddhist text Sayings Above explains it this way: a cat has nine lives, corresponding to insight, spirituality, stillness, 5Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 2 No Talking to the Dead 尸人勿语 I used to believe there were no ghosts in the world. Then I rode in a hearse once, and my mind changed... 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Supernatural: The Book of Yin Bonds 灵异：阴缘簿 Born on Ghost Festival, with a fated bond to the yin world, young Yang Yifeng has been able to see the yin and yang realms since birth. Following his grandfather, who knows secret arts, he steps into a world full of eerie mysteries and karmic entanglements. From a vengeful spirit in a well to a ghostly figure on the last bus, behind every terrifying encounter lies a tragic story. Can he understand his fate through one brush with death after another and uncover the truth behind his unusual consti —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Old Apartment Complex: The Strange Dream 老小区：诡异梦境 The Old Residential Compound: Eerie Dreams —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Records of the Spirit World 通灵异录 Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it; a car can carry people, but it can also kill them! My name is Xu Yang, and I’m an orphan. A typical college graduate who ended up unemployed, I had no choice but to start an unlicensed taxi business. Little did I know, that decision nearly sent me to my grave... 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Ghost Stories My Grandparents Told Me 爷爷奶奶说过的鬼故事 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Old Residential Compound: The Loop 老小区：循环 Old Residential Complex: Loop —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Horror Mountain Village: I Get a Golden Finger by Completing Quests 恐怖山村：我靠做任务得金手指 [System] [Horror] [A touch of romance] [White-lotus heroine] [Two male leads] Gu Xi enters a real-life scenario called “Horror Mountain Village,” but she doesn't even survive the first volume before the ghost bride kills her. She has barely been buried when someone comes to dig up her grave. After finally making it back to the village alive, she must face an enormous natural disaster. The fog from the mountain behind the village is spreading. What will become of the entire Dizang Village? With t 642Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 9 Yun Che: The Seven Lamps of the Paper Effigy Maker 云澈：扎纸人的七盏灯 Yun Che: The Seven Lamps of the Paper Effigy Maker —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Fox Immortal Is Coming for Me Tonight 今晚狐仙来找我 The Fox Spirit Is Coming to See Me Tonight —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Terror in Fengmen Village: The Red-Clad Bride's Curse 封门村惊魂:红衣新娘的诅咒 Terror at Fengmen Village: The Red-Clad Bride's Curse 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 My Best Friend Gave Birth to a Monster, and Now the Child Clings to Me as Its Mom 闺蜜产鬼子，小孩却缠上我当妈妈 My best friend gave birth to a little demon, but the child clung to me and called me Mommy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Haunted Hearse 灵车诡事 I'm an ambulance driver for the dead. When I first started the job, Third Master told me a few rules every hearse driver must follow. Then one day, to pay off my loan, I transported a bizarre corpse... 324Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 14 A Ghost at the Interview: The System Makes Me Play Chu Renmei 面试撞诡，系统让我扮演楚人美 [Supernatural resurgence + no female lead + System + role-playing + horror + decisive and ruthless + urban] Fresh out of college and already unemployed, Lin Ye receives a high-paying job offer from the Afterlife Funeral Home. It turns out to be a death warrant leading straight to hell! The interviewer is a faceless ghost, and HR is a painted-skin demon! The moment a ghostly claw pierces his heart, Lin Ye thinks he’s done for! [Ding! Host’s life is in imminent danger. Critical condition at 100% c 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Train I Drive Leads to the Abyss 我开的火车通往深渊 My name is Lin Muhai. I'm twenty-one and a trainee train driver at the Ancheng Locomotive Depot. Before my first run, I heard a woman's voice in the crew waiting room. "One sleeper, two sleepers, three sleepers..." She counted to six, then paused. "Lin Muhai, it's your turn to count." 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Earth Dies One Hundred Thousand Times 地球死亡十万次 Infinite Flow + No Female Lead + Not a Mindless Power Fantasy + Decisive and Ruthless, No Saintly Heroics + Not Invincible + Plot-Focused + Protagonist Growth Global dungeons have arrived. Failure to clear one means death. Jiang Bai is selected as one of the first “Pioneer” players to enter a dungeon, but unexpectedly encounters the highest-difficulty S-rank dungeon in history… After dying 100,000 times, Jiang Bai finally clears the dungeon and returns to the real world, only to find that everyt 138Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 17 The Forbidden Secrets of the Ghost Child 鬼童禁忌 Two years ago, during a company outing in the wilderness, I brought disaster upon myself by not buying a souvenir. One death after another was recorded. At last, my turn came. Just as the trap began to close around me, the little boy I'd picked up on the bus helped me escape. But who was he… 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Infinite Flow: She Becomes a Legend Through Deduction in a Bizarre World 无限流：她在诡异世界靠推理封神 [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Survival + Mystery] Dong Zhi wakes up in a huge bed. She assumes it's the setup for a CEO romance, but never expects it to be the opening of a horror story. A hotel shrouded in black mist is filled with all kinds of guests. Every so often, they are forced to take part in a horror game. Impostors and rebels are erased on the spot. The driverless bus is both an unknown danger and a hope everyone eagerly awaits. After Dong Zhi completes one game mission after another, 1Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 19 Strange Tales: The Secret History of Spirit Hauntings 诡事异闻录：灵祟秘史 By chance, the protagonist visits relatives in a remote mountain village, only to find an eerie atmosphere hanging over the place. The villagers behave strangely, and at night there are odd sounds and flickering lights. While investigating, the protagonist discovers an ancient book describing mysterious rituals, setting off a string of supernatural events... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 My Neighbor Came Back from the Dead 我邻居死而复生 My Neighbor Came Back from the Dead —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Horror Never Ends 恐怖不断到来 Ghosts are real if you believe in them, and nonexistent if you don't! Unemployed, I stumbled into a fancy supermarket by chance. The beautiful owner offered me a high salary and great benefits, with just one requirement: I had to protect her around the clock! From then on, one eerie event followed another, and terror kept closing in. It turned out everything was because of... 1.3kReads5.0Score13014d adds
- 22 Lost in a Haunted Village 误入恐怖村 An original story. Hope you enjoy it! Lu Chao stumbled into this village by chance, and in doing so, stepped onto a road with no return. Only those chosen by it can see it and enter it. Once chosen to become a resident of the village, there is no going back. The only way to leave is to be cursed by it and killed. To escape, Lu Chao has no choice but to embark on one adventure after another… 282Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 23 When the Drum Sounds, Death Is Certain: Is It Really Cheating to Lead the Team? 鼓响无限死，带队开挂不过分吧？ [Infinite Realms, No Cliches, No System, No Idiocy, Not a Power Fantasy. Enter at Your Own Risk.] In a blood-red plank walkway, six people awoke after being buried alive, only to hear a drumbeat ringing with the promise of death. The drums marked the start of a death game. They were forced to die over and over, then keep going. They saw butchers gnawing on corpses along the walkway of living flesh, ventured into the Cave of a Thousand Voices and heard a silent hell, listened to paper figures sin 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Black Cat Crosses the Coffin on the Night of Return 还魂夜黑猫过棺 The Black Cat Crosses the Coffin on the Night of the Return —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 365 Nights of Strange Tales 三百六十五夜诡故事 I’m just an ordinary person. I can’t tell tales of ghosts and strange happenings, of exorcising demons and subduing monsters, and I don’t know much about the astonishing secrets of occult arts and mysterious sects. I can only tell you some stories from my own life. Because these stories are so trivial, I may ramble a little and keep things plain. But they’re all about the joys and sorrows, the warmth and coldness of a glittering, bustling world. Most stories don’t have a clear ending, so readers 98Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 26 The Midnight Spirit Medium 午夜问米人 Before my grandfather died, he handed me a bag of moldy rice and said that our family had been asking rice questions for three generations, but the tradition had to end with me. I asked why. He only said, “Because some things, once you ask about them, you can never come back.” I didn't listen. I took the bag of rice. On my first night asking the rice, I asked about Liu, the widow who had hanged herself at the end of the alley three years ago. The rice spun three times in the bowl, then stood 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Hundred Venerables Record: Tales of Another Day 百崇录：异日谈 A sealed ancient scroll has come to light once more: "The Hundred Abominations: Tales of Strange Days". Its faded, uncanny writing: written in blood? Annotated in tears? No one can say. All that remains are over a hundred strange accounts, each word sinking into the bone, all told by the “ill omens” lurking among humankind. Some nest in the dark corners of people's hearts, watching for greed; some lie in the shadows of the streets, drinking in sobs; others haunt desolate wilderness and ancient h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Yin Feast 阴食 I’m a food delivery guy, but not just anyone can eat the food I deliver. Only three kinds of people can. The first kind are those with an exceptionally strong aura of yin. The second kind are those who are about to die. And the last kind... All I can say is, don’t open the door! 44Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 29 Before the Strange Things Begin 在一切诡异之前 [Supernatural resurgence + horror + no System + semi-infinite survival + no saintly protagonist + not dark + no female lead] When ghosts invaded reality, a group of survivors gained the protection of the “Rules.” They became employees of the “Rules,” and to keep enjoying their protection, they had to complete tasks. But the power of the “Rules” was limited... I didn't really care about any of that. I didn't want to bother figuring out what was the cause and what was the effect. So what if this w 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Who Am I? A Tale of Terror Beginning with a Stage Performer 我是谁？从戏伶开始的惊悚 [Not Fanfiction] [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] [Slow Pace] [A Mashup of Settings from Multiple Novels, with Major Changes] [No System] [Don't Read If That Bothers You] On an ordinary workday, Wang Anle, just another office worker, merely dozed off for a moment. When he woke up, everything around him had gone completely out of control. One by one, his coworkers turned into “death-faced” people, and the entire office building was sealed inside a bizarre domain. Alongside his death-faced coworkers 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Don't Read If You're a Coward! One Ghost Story Every Day! 胆小勿进！每天一个鬼故事！ A series of urban ghost stories Every chapter tells a different tale There’s sure to be one you’ll enjoy When the novels you’re following haven’t updated yet Read some urban ghost stories in the meantime 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 A Debt of Wrongful Death 枉死债 Debt of an Unjust Death —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Ultimate Exorcist Sends His Employer to Prison First 顶级驱魔人，先将雇主送监狱 My name is Li Bai. I’m an exorcist who specializes in handling paranormal incidents for people. By birth, my right eye can see people, and my left eye... can see people too. I was born with an utterly ordinary fate, and my looks are as plain as they come. The living world’s affairs are settled by the living; the underworld’s affairs are for the underworld to decide. Anyway, I’ll make tomorrow’s trip and a step in dog poop my binding condition, and trade it for my next cigarette so I can feel on —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Grimm's Fairy Tales, Reimagined as Horror 诡异格林童话 Lin En, a folklore graduate student, wakes up in another world only to be swallowed by a tide of rats from the start! At the brink of despair, his research notes on Grimm’s Fairy Tales, which he’d brought along, transform into a golden finger: the [Book of Truth]! [Warning! The fairy-tale incident “The Pied Piper” is about to occur!] [Truth erosion initiated... “Piper” erased! New entries revealed: “Astral Worm,” “Sonic Neural Control”!] When the whole town hails the Pied Piper as their savior, 19Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 35 Mount Yin of the Forsaken: Raising Fiends in Coffin Mountain, Commanding the Underworld Winds 绝户阴山：棺山养煞，我掌阴间风 My name is Chen Jiu, and I was born in Juehu Yin Mountain. After my grandfather died, I became the new guardian of the Coffin Mountain, raising evil spirits. With a whole repertoire of feng shui secrets and a peachwood sword, I slay the Yellow Immortal, seal yin coffins, venture into ancient tombs, and break deadly curses. Everyone in the village fears me, curses me, and wants me gone. Only my brother Gou Sheng dares to risk his life alongside me. When evil spirits come, I’ll slaughter them un —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 White Night of Terror: I’m Even More Savage Than the Vengeful Ghosts 白夜惊悚：我比猛鬼更生猛 [Horror and Suspense + Twists and Foreshadowing + Hilarious Stress Relief + Urban Ghost-Hunting + Decisive and Ruthless] Can't afford a house? I hear there's a long-abandoned mansion at 014 Taiping Street! Can't afford a car? They say luxury sports cars have been spotted at the suburban cemetery! Short on connections and cash? Take trillions in underworld banknotes to the ghost market and spend like a king! In this terrifying post-apocalyptic world, I'm the hottest guy beneath the night sky! My —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Strange Tales from the Teaching Mission 支教诡事 I'm an ordinary teacher at a key secondary school, but after I talked back to the principal, I was “volunteered” for a long-term teaching assignment at a middle school in the countryside. I was furious, but to keep my job, I had no choice but to accept being “volunteered.” What I never expected was that this school would be anything but ordinary. (Note: This book is set in a parallel world. Any resemblance between its place names, characters, or events and those in real life is purely coincident 3.6kReads8.2Score37314d adds
- 38 When Rule-Based Horror Arrives: From the Start, I Make a Move on My Female Boss 规则怪谈降临：开局强撩女上司 After waking up in the office, Li Tian found a strange note. It read: [Don't be late. Get to the office before eight in the morning.] [Your folders are all blue. If you find a red folder, ignore it.] [Don't look in the mirror while riding the elevator.] [Work ends at six every evening. Refuse to work overtime and leave the office by six thirty. Any consequences are your own responsibility!] [Don't make your female boss angry!] He thought it was a prank, never imagining that when one colleague ar 1.4kReads8.4Score20714d adds
- 39 Multiple Fears 多重恐惧 An invitation to a party brings together nine writers, each with a very different style. At the party, the novelist who invited them traps everyone inside and demands that each guest tell a story. With no other choice, they comply. One story after another unfolds at the party: will they reveal the clash of human nature or unleash ghostly terrors? Everything will come to light here. "This is my debut work. I hope you'll show it plenty of support." 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Welcome Aboard the Hell Bus 欢迎乘坐地狱巴士 They died, yet somehow ended up on a bus. Can they really come back to life after fifty missions? Welcome aboard the Hellbound Bus, train GUI_511! This train will take you on an inconceivable, bizarre, and fantastical journey. A mysterious matriarchal village, a strange university dormitory, a terrifying hotel that eats people, a bizarre dried-corpse case, an unbelievable midnight subway... Behind every mission lies a story no one knows. Cause and effect always come full circle. See how two girl 241Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 41 The Last Ghost Exorcist 最后一个驱鬼人 I was born under a curse, with the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck before I was even born. My grandfather used a life-borrowing ritual to save me. But how could anyone challenge the authority of the underworld and King Yama? Strange things began happening around me one after another, and at night I even saw the Impermanence Spirits coming to claim my life. Later, I followed a fat old Daoist and learned the way of the Dao, how to read burial sites, and how to break poison curses. I became t 81Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 42 The Half-Baked Feng Shui Master: I Became a Legend Through Hands-On Ghost Hunting 半吊子风水师：撞鬼后靠实操封神 Lin Jingran, nicknamed Dogshit, is the most hopeless half-baked feng shui master in the old district. He has no real skills and is a coward, getting by on the old notes his grandfather left behind. That is, until his childhood friend kneels before him, crying that the secondhand house he bought is haunted and his wife and son are close to dying. For two thousand yuan, Lin Jingran steels himself and goes over. He steps on wet hair as soon as he walks in, hears a woman crying by his ear, and watch 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Escape Game: From Couch Potato to Big Shot 逃生游戏：从咸鱼蜕变成大佬 A heroine who grows over time, not all-powerful: the journey of an ordinary girl gradually becoming a big shot. Sun Miao went from an ordinary undergraduate to a diligent office drone who spent more than two years slacking off at work. Her dream was to lie flat. Then one day, by chance, she was chosen for a survival game. System: Dear player, congratulations! You have been chosen for our escape game... Sun Miao: ... System: Please get ready to enter the game. Sun Miao: A herd of ten thousand mud 97Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 44 I Heard My Scumbag Blind Date Killed Me 听说相亲渣男杀死了我 [A bizarre tale. In real life, please don’t date people with mental illnesses or scumbags!] Aunt Six introduced Xia Zhiwei to someone, but the man turned out to be a complete lunatic. He said he could see ghosts everywhere. As luck would have it, the director of a psychiatric hospital happened to pass by and reminded him to take his medication! Help, her blind date is mentally ill... Xia Zhiwei went to confront Aunt Six. What, Aunt Six died last year?! Yan Wangzhi said in a crazed voice: Are you 21Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 45 Northeast China Paranormal Cases: Calling Spirits 东北灵异事件:问灵招魂 Northeast Paranormal Incidents: Calling Spirits and Summoning Souls —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Do I Look Human or Like a Ghost? 你看我是人还是鬼？ After graduating from high school, I was guarding watermelons in a melon field. One night, a thief came to steal them. I rushed over and fought him, driving him off, but then I came down with a high fever that wouldn't break. The next day, my family went to check the field. All they found were my own chaotic footprints and the watermelons trampled into mush... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Abyss of Horror and the Supernatural 恐怖灵异深渊 My name is Chen Geng. Yes, Geng as in the night watchman. I also have an older brother who is half a year younger than me. You read that right: my biological older brother is half a year younger than I am. I was born unlucky, so I often find myself caught up in things most people will never experience in their entire lives. Now, allow me to tell you about it, bit by bit. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Infinite: The Thrilling Game of the Divine Agent 无限：神代行者的惊悚游戏 [Infinite flow, original dungeons, supernatural, mild horror, suspense and deduction] No livestreaming. No female lead. Not invincible. You were told to recruit people for the eerie game, so what on earth did you bring back? Rifts are ravaging the globe, and an eldritch god seems to be behind them. A divine emissary travels between two worlds, weaving a new tale of eerie folklore. 20Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 49 Driver of the Underworld 幽冥司机 Bus Route 206 is hiring a night-shift driver. Liu Hao eagerly applies, only to discover that the job not only pays well but also has short hours. It’s only after he signs the contract that he realizes there’s something wrong with the bus… Strange passengers and eerie lost property leave Liu Hao wondering if he’s driving the last bus of the underworld! 395Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 50 Possession 上身 Ghosts: ethereal, elusive beings! Ghosts: a certainty that exists for those who believe, and not for those who don't! Are ghosts really only around at night? What do they actually look like? The truth is, they're right beside you! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
