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- 51 Transmigrating into the Haunted House 穿越诡舍 [Mysterious House Fanfiction] [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + No Female Lead] Su Huian accidentally transmigrates into the world of Mysterious House, becoming Ning Qiushui's senior and guiding him through the blood door. After enduring the brutal trials beyond it, he later carries out a plan alongside Mang, the Madman, and others, only to discover that his identity might actually be... The Madman's group arrived before the ninth door. In their hands, they clutched copper coins engraved with the c 106Reads5.8Score15914d adds
- 52 The Crimson Round Table Game 猩红圆桌游戏 After death, a person weighs 21 grams less. Those 21 grams are a person’s consciousness. When emotions run especially high before death, that consciousness can become an obsession. Only those who die with exceptionally powerful emotions become obsessions, clinging to their last wish and struggling to remain in this world until they can fulfill it. 55Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 53 Tales of Strange Happenings in the Countryside 乡村奇闻怪谈录 In remote villages, there are countless stories unknown to the outside world. My name is Li Yan, and I was born in a secluded rural village. I grew up by my grandmother’s side. She was the village’s famous spirit medium, and from childhood I heard all sorts of strange tales and strange happenings from her. I’m sharing them with everyone here. 6.7kReads8.7Score14814d adds
- 54 A Supernatural National Fate War? I Summon Zhong Kui from the Start 诡异国运战？我开局召唤钟馗 As the bizarre invades and the apocalypse draws near, countries are forced to compete in a supernatural arena. Without fighting, they cannot survive. But with the inheritance of Dragon Kingdom's mythology long since lost, Dragon Kingdom is already on the brink of destruction when Lin Fan transmigrates into this world. Suddenly, an electronic voice rings out in his mind. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have activated the Netherworld System and obtained the Register of the Netherworld's Hundred 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Haunted Classroom 幽魂教室 A mysterious classroom, 16 sets of desks and chairs, 16 sacrifices, and countless cycles of reincarnation. After taking the death exam again and again, how many people will ultimately escape alive? This is an eternal curse!!! 83Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 56 I Stumbled into the Ghost Realm, and Now the Ghost Wants to Merge with Me? 误入鬼域，结果鬼竟要与我融合？ [High-octane opening + terrifying ghosts return + global paranormal phenomena + horror and suspense + no brainless plot or System] There is one iron law in the supernatural world: only ghosts can deal with ghosts. A mysterious passage opens, and paranormal phenomena erupt across the globe. I seem to have a constitution that attracts ghosts... [Class A Paranormal Incident!]: A red glow that makes the heart race shines from black clouds that have appeared in the sky for no reason. Everyone beneath 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Highway to Hell 地狱公路 “Only sinners may set foot on this road and face the trials of Hell. Only those who pass the trials can wash away their sins and be reborn.” Class A accidentally enters another world on the way to their autumn outing. There is only one road here, a one-way street known as the Hell Road. It is a world that only sinners can enter. The way back has vanished, and the only way to survive is to walk the length of the road and complete one trial after another along the way. “Have you forgotten already? 34Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 58 Thriller: I Designed Chu Renmei and Scared the Whole World to Tears 惊悚：我设计出楚人美吓哭全球 [Horror games + supernatural resurgence + terrifying paranormal events + infinite-loop world] When the paranormal suddenly engulfed the globe, some chosen humans became horror game designers. By creating games scary enough, they gained the power to fight vengeful spirits. Those who made it to the end would become gods of a new age! After transmigrating, Han Yu discovered that this world shrouded in the paranormal had once been a pristine place, with no tales, films, or books about vengeful spiri 6Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 59 Rule Horror: The Haunted Crematorium 规则怪谈：恐怖火葬场 [No female lead + hilarious + sly schemer + rebellious + supernatural horrors + national fate] The supernatural revived, and Rule Horror descended, spreading across the globe. Those selected were sent into the world of horrors to represent their countries in challenges against the supernatural. Xu Mo was chosen as a survivor and entered the horror game on behalf of the Great Xia Kingdom. If he won, the Great Xia Kingdom would get a chance to catch its breath. If he lost, Rule Horror would engulf 7Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 60 Ghostly Tales from Fengdu 丰都鬼事 In her previous life, young artist Lin Wan set out alone for the fabled ghost city of Fengdu to search for her missing older sister, Lin Zhixia. Naively, she trusted the seemingly kind innkeeper and local gentry, unaware that she had stepped into a carefully laid trap. Coveted for her yin constitution, she was ultimately sacrificed in an old mansion behind Fengdu's famous mountain by the so-called “good Samaritans” to a traitor in the underworld who had disguised himself as Black Impermanence. H 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Horror Game: Hell Corporation 恐怖游戏：地狱公司 (The rating just came in, and it’ll rise over time!!!) [Infinite Flow + mild suspense + horror game + one female lead] "This is a company that can make any wish come true. Do you have a wish you'd like granted? Call our hotline to join our game. If you clear it, we'll make your wish come true." Wang Zhu looked at the ad on his phone and called the number. He didn't notice the pair of deathly pale eyes staring at him from outside the window. 14.6kReads7.7Score1.5k14d adds
- 62 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
- 63 The Corpse-Reading Detective 诡案读尸人 The Corpse-Reading Detective 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Escape Game: A Ticket to Hell 逃生游戏：通往地狱的车票 [Infinite-flow + suspense, not a power fantasy / no golden finger / no harem / team-based] On the day of his eighteenth birthday, Shao Chi received a strange ticket. From the moment he got it, all kinds of bizarre and inexplicable events began happening around him. To stay alive, he was forced to board a dilapidated bus and embark on a string of escape games. Instance One: A small village hidden deep in the mountains. At night, the sounds of an opera drift through the air, and a pair of bloods 262Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 65 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
- 66 She Became Famous in the Survival Game for Her Love of Money 因为爱财，她在求生游戏里出了名 [Full-Dive Game + 1v1 + Infinite Worlds + Survival] Late in the game, the few remaining players thought they were doomed. They started preparing their final words and obituaries on the spot, but when they turned around, they saw her crouched in a corner, seriously haggling with a female ghost: “Send you off to be reincarnated? No problem, but it’ll cost you. No, no, I don’t mean ghost money.” As the players embarked on a desperate, life-or-death escape, she defected from their side to the mon 437Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 67 Showbiz: Starting with Ghost Stories 娱乐：从讲鬼故事开始 Qi Wan opened his eyes to find himself the host of a ghost-story radio show that was about to be shut down. He was also bound to a Surprise System, which let him keep shopping by earning Scare Points! Universally loved? Buy it! Immune to all poisons? Buy it! Richer than a nation? Buy it! With such an incredible System to help him, why wait? In a world with a woefully underdeveloped entertainment industry, he was going to shine and scare everyone half to death! 467Reads7.1Score10314d adds
- 68 Rule Horror: NPCs, Stop Being So Charming 规则怪谈：NPC请停止散发魅力 [Two male leads + Chinese-style horror + No System + Not overpowered + Mind games + Suspense] Players' heart rates are monitored in real time. Anyone whose reading exceeds 100 is eliminated immediately. As a veteran NPC and Employee of the Year at the horror escape room, you're brimming with confidence. You argue furiously with a blood-soaked female ghost: heart rate +1. The vengeful ghost from a massacre comes to claim your life: heart rate +1. You accidentally join the funeral procession of so 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Afterlife Notes Bonus Story: Rouge Well 还魂笔记番外篇：胭脂井 Afterlife Notes: Bonus Story: The Rouge Well —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Rule Horror: After Lights Out, Follow the Dormitory Rules 规则怪谈：熄灯后，请遵守宿舍守则 Rule Horror: After Lights Out, Please Follow the Dormitory Rules 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 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
- 72 Bureau 749: A Yin Messenger on the Road to the Underworld 749局：黄泉走阴人 There is an organization that exists only in the darkness: Bureau 749. Founded in 1974, with no records and no official status, it is made up of scientists and people with supernatural abilities. It handles the dirtiest, most sinister, most forbidden affairs in the human world. Ghost soldiers march through the night, leaving nothing but empty skins in an entire village. The White God of Wealth kills anyone who worships him, taking their souls to feed evil. An ancient Buddha opens its mouth to de 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Haunted Old Mansion 恐怖老宅 The living guard the yang, while ghosts hold the yin in check. Yin and yang are inseparable, and nothing is forbidden. In this world, everyone is either human or ghost, yin or yang. But there are people who walk between the two realms all year round, neither human nor ghost. They are the Yin-Yang House Guardians! 53Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 74 Reincarnation Notes: An Extra Story, The Painted-Skin Debt 还魂笔记番外篇：画皮债 The Reincarnation Notebook: Extra Story: The Painted Skin Debt —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 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 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 One Cursed Letter, and I'm in the Eighteenth Layer of the Ghost Realm? 一封诅咒信，我入诡界十八层？ [Horror + Survival + Infinite Flow + Plot-Heavy + Three Updates a Day + No Fighting Monsters to Level Up + Original Horror Instances] They say that when a white letter mysteriously arrives in your hands, a curse has attached itself to you… Rotting books, an empty bus, a door seeping blood… In bizarre ways, a group of unsuspecting people who receive letters are sent to one eerie world after another. They are called Curse-Bearers, and in the eldritch realm, they must endure their own curses. No 1.3kReads6.4Score10814d adds
- 77 Supernatural Horror: Someone Behind the Wall Is Calling My Name 惊悚灵异：墙里有人叫我的名字 Horror and the Supernatural: Someone in the Wall Is Calling My Name 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Eerie Descent: My Haunted House Terrifies the World 诡异降临：我的恐怖屋吓哭全球 (The rating has just come out and will rise) [National Fate] [Chinese-style horror] [Global livestream] [Original scenarios] Lin Buyu, Earth’s greatest supernatural-fiction writer and the undisputed master of horror fiction, transmigrates to Blue Star, a parallel world where a bizarre game has descended. On Blue Star, countries design different haunted houses to challenge one another. The winners earn National Fate rewards for their countries and, once a challenge is over, gain control of the b 22.7kReads8.2Score3.4k14d adds
- 79 A Childhood-Nightmare Haunted House That Randomly Scares Foreigners to Death 童年阴影恐怖屋，随机吓死外国人 Su Chen transmigrated to a parallel world and inherited a haunted house that was on the verge of closing down. The Horror System bound itself to him, allowing him to upgrade the haunted house. Ding! The Haunted Village of the Dead has been upgraded successfully. Ding! The Embroidered Shoes has been upgraded successfully. Ding! ... All those horror movies that had haunted people throughout their childhood were brought to life inside the haunted house. Just then, a group of foreigners with their p 116Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 80 Strange Tales: The Land of Silent Hauntings 异诡实录：诡寂之地 [Horror]+ [Mystery]+ [Instances]+ [Infinite Flow] “Knock, knock, knock...” Lin Baisui was jolted awake. A voice that sounded like her mother called from outside the door. “Open up, it’s Mom...” But Lin Baisui clearly remembered that her parents had died three years ago. So who was outside? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Designing Horror Games: Chu Renmei Terrifies the World 设计恐怖游戏，楚人美吓哭全球 [Horror Game + Mysterious Revival + Horror and Terror + Suspense and Mystery + Infinite Flow] The supernatural has spread across the globe. Some people become horror game designers, gaining the ability to fight vengeful spirits by designing horror games. Those who make it to the end will become gods of a new era. After transmigrating, Han Yu realizes that the world shrouded in the supernatural was originally a pure land, with no legends, films, or books about vengeful spirits. With so little sou 8Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 82 Old Debts of Laoshan 崂山旧账 Mystery | Folk Legends | Crime Solving | Feng Shui and Fortune-Telling | Taoist Priest | Urban Supernatural Mystery | National Fortune When the incense dies out, old debts of fate must be settled anew [Slow Burn + Not a Power Fantasy + Protagonist’s Growth + No Overpowered Lead] Thirty years ago, Taoist priest Kuang Zhengqing of Taiqing Palace on Mount Laoshan in Island City died mysteriously on a mountain path. The official explanation was a dispute over incense offerings. Folk rumors said he 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 A Compendium of the World’s Supernatural Phenomena 世界灵异全汇 A collection of supernatural incidents from around the world. Netizens share their own experiences. One story in each installment. If you've experienced anything supernatural, you can tell me about it. I'll share it with readers around the world. Come experience these true stories from netizens firsthand. 176Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 84 Eerie: After Completing the Puzzle, I Somehow Ended Myself 诡异：凑完拼图莫名把自己终结了 [Mystery + Eerie + Deduction + Infinite Flow + Ensemble Cast + Flawless Logic] Have you ever felt despair? Lu Bai wakes up in a dim room, where a mysterious force orders him and several other poor souls to go on missions in one strange place after another. Complete a mission and live. Fail, and die. Black Dragon Pool, the old elm tree, the ancient well at the village entrance, the strange funeral home. After Lu Bai and his companions rack their brains, endure countless hardships, and narrowly es 142Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 85 The Eerie Abode: Infinite Flow Instances 诡所【无限流副本】 [Survival + No System + Mystery Solving + Supernatural Stories + Horror Atmosphere] [Fast-paced, enters the first instance in Chapter 2] [Ancient Mansion + Village + Campus + Hotel + Bus + Temple + Island + Skyscraper] Every city has a mysterious place called “Nirok Manor,” home to a group of residents marked with black patterns. Whenever a strange letter appears in their mailbox, whoever is named in it must undertake a perilous green-text mission! As Si Chen completes one green-text mission aft 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 All the Ghosts Smile at Me, So I Beat Them Straight to Hell 众鬼朝我笑嘻嘻，我打得它们归西 [Rules-based horror + no romance + goofy humor] Uh, it was originally going to have no romance, but the author might add a pairing later because they can’t write it. / There’s no way there’ll be a pairing. Kill them all!!! Su Que awakens to the fact that she is a villain, the fake heiress everyone hates. She also sees how she’ll die in the near future: not a single piece of her body will be intact, as the horrors in the dungeons tear her apart and devour every last bit of her. Realizing she isn 58Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 87 Rule Horror: The Last One to Leave the Classroom After Evening Study 规则怪谈：晚自习最后离开教室的人 Rule Horror: The Last Person to Leave the Classroom After Evening Study 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Horror Survival: It Begins When I Move Into a Hotel for the Dead 恐怖求生：从住进死人旅馆开始 My inn caters to the dead! Want a room as a living person? That depends on whether your life is tough enough! I don't want money. I want haunted objects, and the more vicious, the better! And no matter what kind of deity you are, take my advice: don't go near Room 207! Otherwise... you'll have to deal with the consequences! 50Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 89 Being the Bright and Cheerful Guy in the Rule Horror 在规则怪谈当阳光开朗大男孩儿 (No female lead + not a wish-fulfillment story + no invincible protagonist + thrills + horror + mystery + plot-driven) If that bothers you, don't read! Completed instances: Death Academy, Train in the Fog, An Unblessed Start to the School Year When eerie instances descend, Zhao Di is chosen as a challenger. Talent draw in progress... Your talent is Sunny, Cheerful Young Man: You're a young man with nothing, but you have a little more luck than everyone else. Would you like to spend one point of 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Weird Realm II: Room 414 Hospital 诡界II：414医院 [Infinite Flow + Supernatural Horror + Mystery + Paranormal + Survival + Dungeons] A hospital said to be impossible to escape, and a group of survivors who've narrowly escaped death time and again. What bizarre and uncanny tales await them as they open the doors to one patient room after another? Dear readers, follow the protagonist Lu Bai as he uncovers one hidden truth after another. Welcome to Hospital 414... 62Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 91 Horror Livestream: This Actor Comes with a Bug 惊悚直播：这个演员他自带BUG [No CP, No Female Lead + Infinite Flow + Live Streaming + Not Invincible] Content warnings: 1. Enter at your own risk if you prefer a more tactful protagonist. 2. The protagonist has a golden finger. [Ding! Welcome, actor ‘Lin Chen,’ to the brand-new production, “Sunshine Manor”!] [Your role: a flirtatious, vain, C-list starlet who acts like a green tea schemer.] [Hidden identity: Ghost.] [Tasks: 1. Play your role well and do not go out of character. 2. Complete your daily KPIs. 3. Inherit the m 39Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 92 Shipping My Own Couple in a Horror Game 在恐怖游戏里嗑自己的CP [Over-the-top melodrama, mostly Republic-era style, with a focus on Chinese horror] UP creators from a small video site have been disappearing one after another lately. One creator asks through tears, “What do I do if I wake up and find I've been transported into a horror game?” The comments all say the same thing: “Well, you're already here.” Duan Huai: “?” Fine. Since I'm here, I might as well make the most of it. At the very least, I've got to get my money's worth. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 If You're Afraid to Die in a Horror World, What Makes You Think You Can Win? 在恐怖世界怕死，你凭什么想赢啊 [Infinite Flow]+ [Death Game]+ [Apocalyptic Survival]+ [Horror Mini-Worlds] Warning: This may not be well written, so think carefully before diving in! In the orderly world we know, have you ever imagined a chaotic world that was its opposite? Yun Xiao was snatched from his sleep and brought into such a world. Here, there are no laws, no order, no humanity… In short, there are no rules at all. All that exists are terrifying mini-worlds where you can grow stronger! At first, he thought this was 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The Haunted House: The Evil God Descends 诡舍：邪神降临 [A Strange House fanfiction + horror + survival + infinite loop] Ning Qiushui sealed the Gray Sun, bringing the calamity of the old world to an end. But the Heavenly Dao demands balance between yin and yang. With the old evil destroyed, an even more powerful evil god was born. After lying dormant for ages, the Strange House's blood-red door appeared once more. The blood-red door swung open. Yin and yang were reversed, the underworld fell, and the six paths were severed. A new generation of S 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Escape the Game: Infinite Offshoots 逃离游戏：无限衍生 Drawn into Infinite Retries in a Death Game [Plot twists] [Fast-paced] [Death ☠️ game] [Infinite resurrection] [Exploiting game bugs] [System has a minor role early on] [Romance] [Ensemble cast] [Surreal] [In the fourth stage, a large number of players join, and the death toll gradually rises. One person is especially unusual: both a “liar” and a “living person.”] All the game stages have ended. Who was the first to clear the game? Leave your answer... After a nightmare, I found myself in a s 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Cha Mi High School 茶靡高校 [Infinite Flow] [Instance-Based Story] [Original Horror Instances, Mildly Spooky] My name is Lin Fen. A bizarre car accident turned my peaceful life upside down. That day, my mother and I were crossing the street. A speeding car came hurtling toward us. My mother pushed me out of the way at the last moment and was struck dead by the roadside. I watched in terror. Then I remembered: I didn't have a mother at all! I, Lin Fen, had only ever known busy caregivers since I could remember. I was a chil 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Afterlife Notes Bonus Story: Secrets of the Haunted House 还魂笔记番外篇：凶宅秘录 Afterlife Notes: Bonus Story: The Haunted House’s Secret Records —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Strange Phenomena Return: I Grow Stronger as My Mind Breaks 诡异复苏从精神崩坏开始变强 [Eerie] + [Golden Finger] + [Suspense] + [Corruption] + [A Touch of Horror] + [Mental Instability] The real world is being infiltrated and eroded by an invisible, “Eerie” force. Ordinary people cannot sense it, but those with sensitive minds, such as people with mental illness, or those caught up in certain events, can be drawn into it. Chen Mo’s [Quartet] is both a means of fighting the Eerie and a beacon that attracts it. Chen Mo: Since none of you understand plain speech, I happen to know a t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Terror Descends: It Begins at the Haunted Hotel 惊悚降临：从恐怖旅馆开始 Twisted rules, a world thrown out of balance, ancient gods whispering in secret, and indescribable horrors descending upon the world. Some die, some weep, some flee in every direction, while others fight their way upstream! 2.1kReads—Score16614d adds
- 100 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
