Novels like I’m Trapped in a Strange World
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- 51 The Calamity of Gui Water 癸水之祸 If even your memories are fake, who are you? Lin Zhou receives a death invitation from his younger sister, Lin Yao, who died twenty years ago. To uncover the truth, he enters the "Constellation Instances": twenty-eight prisons holding beings more ancient than the corruption itself. Each instance demands that he trade memories for power, and every dead person bears the cost on his behalf. When he finds his own file in the archives, stating that he cleared the Ghost Golden Sheep instance at age —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Xue Family Paper Effigy Shop 薛记纸扎铺 On the surface, this world is an ordinary modern city. But hidden from sight is something called “Filth.” A person’s obsessions, resentment, fear, regrets, and other powerful negative emotions can coalesce under certain conditions, attaching themselves to objects, places, or even people, where they can influence or even devour the living. Most people don’t know Filth exists, but certain specialized trades can deal with it. Paper effigy crafting is one of them. As the name suggests, paper effigy 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Nightmare Subway 噩梦地铁 (The rating has only just opened and will rise later.) [Infinite Flow + Survival + No Saintly Heroine] A driverless subway train carries a group of cursed passengers toward unknown, terrifying stations… A subway card is proof of survival, and a ticket to Hell. At each subway station, Jiang Fengye faces one terrifying instance after another, each a brush with death. The starving corpses in the basement; The crawling sounds in the abandoned tunnel; The skinning monster in the old castle; … "The 18.5kReads7.1Score2k14d adds
- 54 I Love Your Numbness, I Love Your Spice, I Love You Till My Stomach Gives Out 爱你的麻，爱你的辣，爱得老胃直拉胯 I love your numbing spice, I love your heat, I love you so much my stomach’s a mess 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Mama Haha Won't Fly Anymore 玛玛哈哈不飞了 Mama Haha Won't Fly Anymore 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Rule Horror: Don't Look Back During 72 Hours in the Dorm 规则怪谈：宿舍72小时不要回头 A word of warning: this is terrifying, so timid readers beware. (No female lead, no cheats, no romance, game instances, infinite flow, horror, mystery) Eight university students who returned to campus early found a mysterious sheet of rules in their empty dormitory building: Rule One: No matter what strange “person” you see, don’t cry out or scream. Rule Two: No matter who calls you from behind, don’t turn around or answer. Rule Three: One of you is an impostor who will eat people in the middle 4.5kReads6.0Score37414d adds
- 57 The Stone That Remembers the Light 会记住光的石头 The Stone That Remembers the Light 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 My Master Gave Me a Car for Investigating the Supernatural 师父传我一辆看事儿车 A thousand-year-old van? Built by hand from scratch [Traditional horror]➕ [Even more immersive as an audiobook]➕ [Uncovering the truth about my origins] Greetings, dear readers! [Traditional supernatural horror, primal fear] The original experience of horror is the fear a person feels when experiencing it firsthand. [First person, highly atmospheric] Give me a chance to tell this story from my own point of view. [Uncovering the truth about my origins] Along the way, I met many people. “The gates 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 暴雨夜服务区规则怪谈 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 The Forbidden Island of Human Nature 人性禁岛 I couldn’t get a ticket for the Spring Festival, so I took an unlicensed car home. I never expected the woman in the car to keep staring at me. I wanted to call the police... [Deep Dive] The horrifying truth behind going missing after getting into the wrong car during the Spring Festival. Don’t ride in unlicensed cars carelessly, because it’s not just your money that disappears, but your life! 994Reads8.6Score10014d adds
- 61 Infinite Nightmares: I Have a Pair of Ghost Ears 无限噩梦：我有一对鬼耳 [Infinite Flow], [Mild Horror], [No Female Lead], [Survive by the Skin of Your Teeth], [Unconventional Turtle Soup Riddles], [Nontraditional Rule-Based Horror], [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, Not Invincible] [Slow-paced, packed with details, and full of complex plot twists!] [Read at your own risk if that's not your thing!!!] I sat on a deserted street in the dead of night, listening to them whisper. I was a little confused. Wasn't I the only one here? (Instance 1: Prolonging Life) A bit lon 26.9kReads7.9Score3.3k14d adds
- 62 The Thirteenth Eye 第十三只眼 As a kid, I was a mischievous little brat, and I once caused a whole lot of trouble. As a result, I hit the jackpot and ended up with three shadows. One black, one red, and one blue. I bragged about them plenty, even though I was the only one who could see them. One night, the red shadow slipped away from beneath my feet and sprinted into the darkness... I panicked and chased after it! If you run off, what am I supposed to brag about? You've been with me this long. The least you could do is say 36Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 63 I Eavesdrop on Voices from Beyond and Cultivate Immortality with a Female Ghost 偷听界外心声，带着女诡修长生 “My name is Shen Nuo. Nuo, as in a promise worth a thousand gold.” “Shen Nuo, I’m willing to transform into a Nine Fiend Wraith ahead of time and help you attain the Dao. Remember your promise, and avenge me!” The Wraith Domain invades, bringing all the realms to the brink of extinction. The martial and immortal paths stand side by side, while the path of merging with wraiths is also thriving. The protagonist, Shen Nuo, transmigrates into this world carrying a supreme treasure that lets h 867Reads7.1Score12014d adds
- 64 The Nightmare Kingdom, Where the Flesh Mutates 亘梦诡国，肉身畸变 [Supernatural]+ [Sanity Plummets]+ [Fantasy What-If]+ [Cthulhu]+ [Horror Folklore]+ [Transmigration]+ [Feel-Good Power Fantasy]+ [Fresh and Original] I hope more people will stop by and give me the motivation to update with 4,000+ words every day. The first instance may not be that interesting, so I recommend skipping ahead a dozen or so chapters before reading. Give the author a little patience and keep reading. The story won't disappoint you. You may find yourself wondering whether fate really 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Thriller Game: I Can Eavesdrop on Ghosts 惊悚游戏：我能偷听鬼话 [Infinite Flow] [No Female Lead] [Light Horror] [Multiple Twists] Six months ago, a blood mist sealed off Nandu City, trapping its ten million residents inside. Strange beings invaded the fog, and one abnormal incident after another unfolded. Lin Xu has no idea why he appeared in this city. A strange game appeared at the same time, forcing him to enter a horror instance every seven days, where death was all but certain. But the items he obtained in the game could be used against the strange enti 21.4kReads7.0Score2.2k14d adds
- 66 I Transmigrated to a World That Worships Evil Gods 我穿越到了信奉邪神的世界 [Not a power fantasy + No formulaic tropes + Protagonist grows over time] The moment the subway doors open, Kong Jie finds a strange Buddha statue standing right in front of him. How can an ordinary office drone survive in a world where everyone worships evil gods, when his own family has gone mad? You’re evil gods! I’m a god too! What kind of god? The Door God! 664Reads6.9Score10314d adds
- 67 City of Monsters: Welcome to the Human Farm 怪物之都：欢迎来到人类养殖场 [Mind-bending mystery, no System, no female lead, survival challenges, urban fantasy, monsters] “Ahhh!” A shrill scream set the residents' group chat ablaze. “What are they doing next door? Why are they being so loud?” “Sorry, I'm killing someone. I'll be done in a moment!” The reply set the residents' group chat ablaze all over again. “Killing someone? Remember to save me a piece!” “Same here. I haven't eaten a person in ages...” “Need a hand? I'm on my way!” A cannibal neighbor, a nonhuman cor 573Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 68 In the Depths of Dongyuan: The Immortal Beneath the Earth 洞渊深处：地底仙 [Lovecraftian Cultivation] + [Eerie] + [Madness] + [Classic of Mountains and Seas] Immortals aren’t in the heavens. They’re underground! Ever since returning from exploring a cave, Chen Si has finally understood this truth! The immortals told him: “Use blood to power the formation, and offer sacrifices to all spirits.” He will follow their example, using human blood and flesh to forge his path to immortality! Is this truly an ascent through a grotesque transformation of flesh and blood, or merel 1.5kReads8.4Score22314d adds
- 69 The Man Buried Upside Down 倒着埋的人 The Man Buried Upside Down 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Midnight Oracle 午夜神谕 Shh… It’s late. Turn out the lights. Once you step through this door, the world of lies behind you. Whatever you see there, don’t tell anyone. Don’t scream… Stay alive, and you’ll understand everything. As an “ordinary” residential community security guard, Chen You has endured one midnight after another: the church bells ring out twelve long echoes in succession; in an empty post office, the PA system switches on by itself and mutters ancient prophecies; an estate that sho 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 My Neighbor Knocks on the Wall at 3 A.M. Every Day 我的邻居每天准时在凌晨3点敲墙 My neighbor knocks on the wall at exactly 3 a.m. every day 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Uh-Oh, I've Turned a Creepy Game into Reality 坏了，玩到真的诡异养成游戏了 Have you ever played a truly eerie creature-raising game? Have you ever had a heart-pounding life experience? “Red wedding dress, paper shoes for the dead, a ghost in the mirror...” Which of these ghosts would you choose to raise? When Wu Wen clicked the place button and saw the red-clad figure appear before him, only one thought remained in his mind. “Crap, I've actually started playing a real supernatural creature-raising game!” The game Ghost Encounter has been making games for twenty years. 3.8kReads8.6Score31314d adds
- 73 The Skinning Ghost 扒皮鬼 (Traditional supernatural horror + extreme horror + multiple twists + mystery + entirely handcrafted) Lately, I've been having nightmares every night. A fortune-teller said I might have a ghost clinging to me. He told me about a forbidden folk ritual: Put on a pair of worn underwear over your head, and it will block a ghost's sight. That night, I got home and followed his advice, half believing it. My girlfriend came back to the room after washing up and stared blankly at where I was. "Where... 64.2kReads8.3Score7k14d adds
- 74 Shh, Please Be Quiet 嘘，请噤声 [Infinite Flow + Suspense + Horror, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] Chen Heng was going to die. Suffering from brain cancer, he had only three months left to live. But just as he gave up on treatment, he was unexpectedly swept into the so-called [Gods' Game], a game that promised to grant anyone's wish. It was an endless slaughter, and each round of the game could have only one winner. Why am I called a [Contender] when this is clearly a [Game]? Whose game is this? And who is watching us from behi 505Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 75 Ancestral Master of the Strange Realm 诡境道祖 A parallel world, overrun by the supernatural. Cities may sleep through the dead of night, but the supernatural invasion never stops. You can’t tell whether the person beside you will still be themselves tomorrow. You can’t know whether the terrifying dark gate will open beside your bed tonight. And you can’t imagine the endless, terrifying unknown that awaits every eighteen-year-old in the “college entrance exam.” In this horrifying world, Ye Bai discovers, “Huh? I have a golden finger!” … A c 829Reads8.4Score10014d adds
- 76 The Spirit-Eating Notebook 噬灵笔记 [Infinite Flow + mind-bending puzzles + ghostly mysteries + survival] A strange notebook, and yet it is a doorway to hell. The cursed are haunted, hunted, and dragged into an endless abyss of terror. Ghosts close in at every turn, and death is just around the corner. No one can escape unscathed. A group of ordinary people bound together by a curse must awaken in the depths of despair, uncover the notebook’s secret, and put an end to this terrifying game with their own hands. Kill the ghosts, or 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 After the Strange Arrivals, I Became a High-Risk Anomaly 诡异降临后，我成了高危异常 [Game Invasion + Infinite-Flow + Mild Horror + No Romance + Strong Female Lead + Ensemble Cast + Smart Characters + Not a Saint + Twist After Twist + Totally Unexpected] Qi Wu is known as the “walking death warrant.” Trouble strikes anyone who gets involved with her, and whoever she crosses is doomed to bad luck. On the day she was born, a fortune-teller said she was cursed with an evil fate, destined to spend her life chasing souls and claiming lives. So Qi Wu grew up with her own user manual 100Reads—Score10714d adds
- 78 I Sat at the Wrong Table on a Blind Date, and My Date Was the Demon Lord Who Would Destroy the World 相亲走错桌，我的相亲对象是灭世魔主 I Sat at the Wrong Table on a Blind Date, and My Date Was the Demon Lord Who Would Destroy the World 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 The Strange and Supernatural Things I’ve Heard and Seen 那些我所闻所见的灵异事 I’ll tell stories about the strange things that have happened to me over the years, along with the folk secrets and I Ching mysticism I’ve learned. At the start of each story, I’ll say whether I experienced it myself or heard it from someone else. I may not tell them in chronological order. I need to remember and organize everything, so I’ll just talk about whatever comes to mind. Things I experienced myself may be exaggerated, but they’re absolutely true. As for some of the stories I’ve heard, 2.4kReads—Score15614d adds
- 80 Death Photo 死亡照片 [Suspense + Mystery + Mind Games + Puzzle-Solving + Imagination + Superpowers] Lin Yi goes to attend his high school reunion. At first, everything seems normal. His long-unseen classmates chat away happily. Then someone finds a photograph on the floor! At first, no one pays it any attention. But soon, the classmate in the photograph dies unexpectedly. Then one classmate after another dies in a series of bizarre accidents! Everyone is terrified. What's really going on? Will anyone else die? Who's 12.8kReads7.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 81 Humans for Sale: The Monster App Is Delivering 人类售卖中：怪物APP正在配送 [Suspenseful mind-bender + no female lead + Cthulhu Mythos + no System + slow-paced + urban + loops + monsters + farming + plot] The Monster App is live! Shopping platforms like “BuyTogether” and “Taobao” remind you that humans are now hot sellers! A host of food delivery platforms, including “Hungry Gator,” “MeatTogether,” and “Honeyblood,” are open for business 24 hours a day! “Didi Slaughter” will do the stabbing for you! “Quick Claw” and “Echo” will livestream it all! “Learn-It-All” offers a 376Reads8.3Score10214d adds
- 82 Terrifying Supernatural Happenings 恐怖灵异怪事 A terrifying paranormal ghost story. There is a Zhao Family Village in the Funiu Mountains, where many terrifying supernatural incidents have taken place in the ravine west of the village. Several people have been frightened to death, and many nearby residents shudder at the very mention of the ravine. Even the villages around it have experienced many inexplicable events. I used to be afraid. I wanted to write about them but didn't dare. Whenever I thought about putting them into words, terror w 670Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 83 The Twilight Line of the Haunted Realm: Conquering It with My Wits 诡界晨昏线：靠脑子制霸诡界 [Mild horror] [No System] [Character growth] [One heroine] Countless “Haunted Realms” suddenly appeared around the world. Like black holes, they devoured ordinary people's mental energy and the real world, pushing reality to the brink of madness. In response to the crisis, all kinds of organizations sprang up. They ventured into the Haunted Realms to explore, seized haunted objects to protect themselves, and sought the truth on the edge of life and death. As their investigations deepened, they d 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 The Hanging Charm 魅巾悬 No romance + fantasy and the supernatural + mild horror + modern-day imaginative premise + episodic plot + feel-good power fantasy Liu Yixian, with a high forehead and a broad, square face, was taken in as an apprentice by Daoist Wu in the twelfth year of his life, setting him on an extraordinary path. A thousand-year-old fox or a century-old ginkgo: which one will win Yixian’s heart? A blood-red sickle stabbed the ghost seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, maybe twenty times. The ghost couldn’t take 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 The Horror Industrial Park 恐怖工业园 You're a seasoned wage slave. One day, you're dragged into a [Weird and Absurd + Comedic and Witty + Not Brain-Dead + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Exploring Human Nature + Enter at Your Own Risk] strange other world. You think that if you complete the System's tasks, you'll return to the real world. What you don't know is that this other world exists because of you... 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Twisted Dreams: A Ghost Emerged from My Split Personality 扭曲梦境：我人格分裂出一只鬼 [Infinite Flow] [Light Horror] [Light Despair] [No Female Lead] Have you ever wondered why people dream? Dreams have weavers, and they have finishers. But now, the one who weaves dreams has gone mad?! Overthinking, sensitivity, and anxiety never solve anything. I know that, yet I still go over everything in my head again and again, tormenting myself. Then, on the day I was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, a voice rang out in my mind. Was it an angel come to save me? No. Something u 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Immortal Through Cunning Arts, I Can Ignore the Cost 诡术成仙，我能免疫代价 [No female lead] [Eerie cultivation] [Urban setting] [Modern technology aids cultivation] Some eerie arts require you to destroy your own eyes. Others demand that, as a child, you cut off your limbs at the roots, then leave them immersed in a vat for three years. Some can only be mastered by driving a wooden spike into your head. After Yu Xiu transmigrates into this world, he is lucky enough to gain the ability to access an information feed, allowing him to learn eerie arts without paying their 95Reads5.4Score12214d adds
- 88 Strange Tales of Yanyun: Every Night, Singing Emerges from the Soul-Snatching Well 燕云诡事：那口落魂井里，每晚都会传出唱戏声 Strange Happenings in Yanyun: Every night, the abandoned well echoes with the sound of opera singing 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Born with Eyes That See Sin, I Can Discern Murderers. The Bones in the Unfinished Building Mark the Start of a Ten-Year Showdown 天生罪眸能辨凶，烂尾楼白骨案，是十年对局的开场 Born with eyes that can spot a criminal, he investigates the bones in an abandoned building. This case marks the opening move in a ten-year game 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Most Realistic Cultivation 最真实修仙 [Heartbreak + Hellish Trials + Weak Beginnings + Cultivation + Realism + Most Miserable Protagonist + Immortality] Qin Feng has no protagonist aura, no golden finger, and no so-called heavenly luck. In this cruel world of cultivation, he lives worse than a dog every day. A man’s knees are worth their weight in gold, but Qin Feng has none to spare. He can only beg for his life to eke out a wretched existence. This is the most realistic story of an ordinary man cultivating immortality, seeking ete 168Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 91 The Night I Rented a Tenement Room, a Disconnected Phone Rang All Night 租筒子楼那晚，断线电话响了整夜 The night I rented a room in a tenement block, the disconnected phone rang all night. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 I Faked Being a Gentle Boyfriend for Ten Years, Until a Woman from the Republic Era Exposed Everything in the Video 我伪造十年温柔男友，录像里民国女人揭穿一切 I faked being a gentle boyfriend for ten years. A woman from the Republican era exposed everything in the footage. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Someone Keeps Knocking on My Door in the Hallway Late at Night. After Discovering Who It Is, I Can’t Sleep a Wink 深夜楼道总有人拍我家门，查清来历我整夜难眠 Someone Keeps Knocking on My Door in the Hallway Late at Night. After I Learned Who It Was, I Couldn't Sleep a Wink 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 A Strange Anomaly Appeared on the Overnight Security Feed. The Republic-Era Theater Ticket Had My Seat Number Engraved on It 凌晨值守监控突发异象，民国戏票刻着我的座位号 A Strange Phenomenon Appeared on the Surveillance Monitors During My Night Shift. A Republican-Era Opera Ticket Had My Seat Number Engraved on It 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 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
- 96 The Immortal of Strange Cores 怪核之仙 [Invasion by Transmigrators + Occupational Combos + A Touch of Cosmic-Horror Folklore + Dark Tone] Kill your family to cultivate immortality? Hurt others to become a Buddha? Overnight, the entire world suddenly began cultivating as one. An Qinghe thought it was a dream, until his own parents tied him up. Only then did he realize that it was all real... Cultivators have invaded the modern world, seizing people's bodies and souls! But right now, all An Qinghe wants to know is... why do they say he 1kReads9.0Score11414d adds
- 97 Ghost Game 鬼游戏 [Infinite-Flow + Horror Mystery + Supernatural + Ensemble Cast + Mild Horror + Strong Female Lead + Plot-Driven] The human heart is more terrifying than the paranormal. Grievances fill the human world, summoning the Grudge God. GQ2026.12.28. After a rain of blood, the Ghost Game appeared out of nowhere and began invading the human 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The Corpse Keeper 守尸人 The morgue is where life and death meet. At this boundary, there are many taboos to heed. I grew up beside a hospital morgue, and I'll tell you about the hospital's taboos from a different perspective. Taboo 1: If you see a patient being resuscitated, don't gather around to watch. Taboo 2: If a patient's family throws away something the deceased used while alive, don't toss your own trash on top of it. Taboo 3: If you hear a cat meowing at night, don't go outside to look, whether you're a patien 891Reads6.3Score10214d adds
- 99 Horror: Death Comes at Midnight 恐怖：夜半索命 I lived a routine life until the death of Old Chen changed everything. Beside his body lay a pile of handmade paper figures. One had been painted blood red and clutched in his stiff, dead hand. Blood-red words began appearing in the mirror: “Get out.” “He’s still in the building.” Then I received an ultimatum: his daughter needed a living substitute. Paper figures weren’t enough. Neither were his belongings. She wanted a living person in the building, someone warm and breathing. Tomorrow, at mid 17Reads—Score11014d adds
- 100 Murder on a Rainy Night: The Playing Card Left at the Scene 雨夜命案：现场遗留的纸牌 Murder on a Rainy Night: The Playing Card Left at the Scene 14Reads—Score—14d adds
