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- 51 From the Start, I Landed in the Backrooms and Turned Out to Be a Party Pooper Cat 开局来到后室结果我是扫兴猫 This book was written several years ago, so some of its content may seem strange now. The author wrote it on a whim at the time. And thank you to all the longtime readers for keeping me company. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Doomsday Train: Infinite Impostors, Don’t Fall Behind 末世列车：无限伪人不要掉队 [Impostor Apocalypse] [Trains] [Rules] [Ruthless] [Leveling Up] [Farming] The impostor apocalypse arrives, and everyone must survive aboard trains! Xu Yan, captain of the Cold Crow, has just one task: Tell the impostors apart, then stay alive! Impostors disguised as humans. Humanity inside the train cars, crumbling by the day. And countless other captains roaming the wasteland! To survive, you can only take people in, upgrade, fight, or run! Contains impostor elements. The protagonist may take i 359Reads5.5Score10414d adds
- 53 The Evil-Suppressing Man of the Living World 阳间镇邪人 The world is formed from the union of Heaven and Earth. Where there is righteousness, there is evil; where there is yang, there must be yin. This world is full of the strange and the terrifying, and I am part of the strange. My name is Xiao Xie. My grandfather once said that on the day I was born, I tore a vicious asura ghost apart with my bare hands... 1.6kReads7.5Score11114d adds
- 54 After a Blood Clan's Embrace, I Became the King of Monsters 被血族初拥后，我成为怪物之王 Under the neon-lit night sky, vampires bare their fangs, werewolves brandish their claws, and the Awakened wield their Sequences. One evening, when a girl suddenly confessed her feelings, Chen Fan saw her head fly into the air as claws tore through her throat. A man in a red suit held the girl's smiling head and infused Chen Fan with vampire blood. “Now you're a monster too. What will you do?” Chen Fan drove his fangs into one of his own kind and gave his answer. Monsters must die! What? I'm a m 261Reads5.8Score2514d adds
- 55 I Became a Subspecies of Partygoer 我成了亚种扫兴客 Ying Shimeng was an eighth-grade, 1.48-meter-tall Chinese girl living in the Republic of Kejie. As a foreigner, and because she and her close friends weren’t like the other students in their class, whose minds were full of inappropriate thoughts, unreasonable classmates often picked on them, and conflicts were frequent. During one such clash, she got trapped in the Backrooms. While being chased by an Entity, she was rescued by a Partygoer. Later, she accidentally ate a Boring Bar and turned into 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Bloodstained Side Gigs: Seeking Godhood in Horror Dungeons 血色兼职，我在惊悚副本谋神位 [Infinite Flow + Mystery + Horror] A blood-soaked side job: work built on the dark side of the world, where you stake your life for enormous rewards. The knocking at the door of a haunted house at midnight... The weeping in a remote village... The embroidered shoes that appear silently at the foot of your bed... Behind each seemingly ordinary job lurks unknown danger. Employees who take these assignments must survive one brush with death after another just to make it out alive. To uncover the tr 35Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 57 The Curse of Sorrowful Love Lake Island 悲恋湖岛的魔咒 A tragic love affair haunts the island on Lake Sorrow, where a century-old curse follows like a shadow. Is David Crane's million-dollar prize a gift from fate, or an invitation to the abyss? An ebony bracelet conceals a mystery, a key of ultraviolet light opens a forbidden door, silicon-based blood algae whisper in the dark, and the shadow of a sacrificial ritual quietly descends. Science and witchcraft clash fiercely, while the line between reality and illusion blurs. To escape their family's f 2Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 58 Impostors Invade: Starting by Taking in the Neighbor’s Wife 伪人入侵，从收留邻家太太开始 [Impostors + Tokyo Housewives + Apocalypse + Decisive and Ruthless + Mind Games + Wish Fulfillment + 749 + Supernatural Powers] Impostors invaded the world. In his previous life, Feng Yang was killed by his girlfriend's family. By chance, he was reborn three days before the invasion. At the time, he was next door at Qimeixiang's house, changing a light bulb. To thank Feng Yang, Qimeixiang invited him to stay for tea, and this time he didn't refuse. But just as they finished their tea, an angry m 299Reads5.7Score20014d adds
- 59 The Backrooms: The Partygoer Who Wants to Stop the War 后室：想阻止战争的扫兴客 Although the protagonist is a Partygoer, this story is 50% U.E.C. Feel free to enjoy it~ There are no tearjerker moments in the story. Xiao You is a Partygoer who survived the Fun War. After wandering for several years, it was finally killed by an evil organization. When it opened its eyes again, it discovered it had returned to 2015, five years before the war began... 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Impostors Are Right Beside You. Identify Them and Kill Them 伪人就在你身边，请识别后击杀 [Doomsday, decisive and ruthless, plot-driven, not mindless] Lin Chen is unexpectedly reborn into a world invaded by impostors. His luck turns when he finds himself reborn in Tianhai City, a Level Five maximum-alert danger zone. Impostors make up nearly half the population here. Social order has utterly collapsed, trust between people has crumbled, and society is on the verge of grinding to a halt. Danger lurks everywhere. Beneath every skin may hide a grotesque monster, or a real human being of 18Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 61 Park of Doom: Physical Exorcism Is the Deadliest 极厄乐园：物理超度最为致命 By day, he is a mild-mannered young office worker. At night, he might be crouching in the blind spot outside your peephole, waiting for you to appear. The pretty, sweet girl next door might watch you sleep through a corner of your window at night. He’s under the bed, beneath the chair, behind the window. You’re in the fridge, the sink, underground. Ghost Mother: If you don’t go to sleep, Wang Yun might grab you and eat you! Ghost Child: I’m going to sleep. Wang Yun: We’re here to bring warmth to 22Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 62 The Backrooms: I Can Tame Hostile Entities 后室：我能驯服敌对实体 This version is based on the wiki dot version, with some original content added. Please don't flame me if it's not to your taste. The target length is 1.5 million words, and I'm currently updating one chapter a day. I hope you'll support me. 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Backrooms: An Expedition into the Lower Levels 后室：底层探险 Press this button and you’ll receive 100 million dollars. The only condition is that you’ll be transported to the Backrooms. Just in case, you can buy insurance in advance. Press the button, and the money will arrive right away. Before you’re sent to the Backrooms, make sure you’ve checked all your survival supplies. The Backrooms: a phantom world. Conquering the Backrooms is your only goal. Enter the Backrooms with nothing but your underwear from the start. You’ll have to scavenge for everythin 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 A Female Ghost Came for My Life, So I Beat It with a Stick 女鬼索命，我直接用棍棒物理驱鬼 [Supernatural] [Leveling Up] [Hot-Blooded] [Lighthearted] [Conquest] The supernatural returns, and a purple moon hangs in the sky. Mo Yu is living in a world of the uncanny when he suddenly encounters the Underworld's Empress, who has wandered into the human world and come to claim his life... Fortunately, Mo Yu awakens the Ultimate Choice System just in time. With the System's help, he gives the female ghost a sound beating. And so, a notorious bandit feared throughout the Underworld is born... 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 A Rule-Bound Horror Story Chose a Little Sweeper 规则怪谈，选中了一只小扫 Don’t ask me why I’m writing this book. Anyway, this story is based on the main content of my previous book, I Became Half a Partygoer. Here’s the gist: I, Xiao Meng, as all my longtime readers know, was originally a Partygoer in the Backrooms. (Read the previous book for the story.) After humans and Entities made peace, I lived in the Frontrooms. Then one day, a Global Rules Horror appeared. Each country had to choose one person, who would draw equipment and enter the Rules Horror. If they fail 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Eighteenth Floor Underground 地下十八楼 [Urban Mystery / Thriller / Puzzle-Solving / Supernatural / No System] Beneath an upscale residential complex lies a mysterious space known as “Underground Level Eighteen.” They say that anyone who goes in either dies or goes mad… Su Chi, a new resident, accidentally gets caught up in it. There are ancient coffin mazes, a blue underground river, savage subterranean creatures, and even mysterious wild men… Danger lurks at every turn, and the mysteries are hair-raising. It feels as if a pair of ey 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Backrooms: I Became a Crying Cat Beside Mo 后室：我成了陌身边的一只哭猫 (Everyday life + exploration + almost no angst + comedy) (This story contains original content and some adaptations. Please read with caution.) One day, a girl dies of hunger in her rented room because she’s broke. She opens her eyes and finds herself in the Backrooms. Being in the Backrooms would be bad enough, but she’s turned into a Crying Cat! She’s been put in a backpack, and when she pokes her head out, she sees a gray-hoodie-wearing Partygoer, who even gives her delicious food and drink?! 96Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 68 I'm One of the Partygoers 2: Frontrooms Residency 我是扫兴客的一员2前厅居住权 After completing their adventures in the Backrooms, Yushu and the others parted ways with some of their companions and arrived in the Frontrooms. Here, Yushu will meet new friends. They’ll also accomplish what they came to the Frontrooms to do. But can they really keep their identities hidden? 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 The Haunted House at No. 13 13号凶宅 Number 13 Qianliang Hutong in Beijing has long been a haunted house. During the Cultural Revolution, several people died mysteriously one after another inside the residence. Long Fei, an investigator with the Public Security Bureau, assumed the alias Li Qiang and moved into the compound as a housing office inspector. After a series of thrilling struggles, Li Qiang finally discovered that Number 13 was an operational base for an enemy spy organization... 959Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 70 The Mystic Arts Curse Master 玄门咒神 On the day Yang Xuan was supposed to get engaged, a blood-red coffin inexplicably appeared in his home. Inside lay a beautiful woman with skin like jade. On the first day, his father died. On the second day, a yin-yang master told Yang Xuan: If he wanted to survive this calamity, he had to consummate his marriage with her... 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Haunted Academy: Exorcisms Begin in the Classroom 囚灵学怨：镇邪从上课开始 Infinite-Flow + Horror + Mind-Bending Puzzles + Ruthless + Rule-Deciphering After an accident, Qin Feng ends up in a place called the Spirit-Prison Academy. He was supposed to go there to suppress evil spirits, but first he has to attend class. Chinese, math, PE, and more. The lessons seem simple, but they're fraught with unknown dangers. They have to uncover the hidden rules here to have any hope of surviving. A poor performance comes at the cost of your life! Ding, ding, ding, ding! I hear the 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The God in the Cage 笼中之神 This is a requiem for prisoners, echoing between the abyss of reality and illusion. When the prison of consciousness is exposed, will you choose to sink into a sweet lie, or awaken to a cruel truth and be destroyed? The answer was already decided from the very start of the search. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The King of Face Reading 观相之王 This novel is complex and brainy, not a lightweight read. If that’s not your thing, don’t read it. Ensemble cast + mind games + the supernatural + climbing the ranks and getting rich + foretelling good and bad fortune + solving mysteries through face reading and divination. “I’d like to ask about my health using the character ‘six.’” “Certainly. The character ‘six’ looks like a person dismembered into several pieces, with the head separated from the body.” Why are some people blessed with endle 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Chaos Invades the World, and I Become a God by Mediating Disputes 全球混沌入侵，我靠调解成神 Light is not necessarily pure, and darkness may hold warmth. The answer lies in a truth deeper than the abyss. When the only hope of saving the world points down a dead-end path with no chance of survival, will you still have the courage to wager everything on a faint glimmer of light? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Divine Punishment Game: The Supernatural Descends 神罚游戏：诡异降临 [Global Supernatural Descent + Rule Horror + Ruthless Protagonist + Unlimited Stat Points + Folk Horror] The gods fish, and all living beings are their game pieces. When a bizarre red moon shrouds the globe, humanity is forced into the “Divine Punishment Game.” Here, obey the rules and you might survive. Break them, and death is certain! Every player nervously searches for a way out. Only Lu Zhao smiles at the prompt before him: “Rules? Aren’t they just dungeons where I can farm experience?” Pur —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 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
- 77 Old Wei's Ghost Stories 老魏讲鬼故事 [Traditional Supernatural Tales] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Based on True Events] [Submitted by Readers] [Chilling on Reflection] [Bizarre Tales] [Beyond the Bounds of Science] The eerie Buddha statue seen when mountaineers are trapped in a ghostly loop, a face appearing on the wall in the middle of the night, a “person” using their own head as a ball during evening study at school... I have always believed that horror stories should be short, sometimes ending on a cliffhanger, sometimes becoming 1.5kReads—Score10814d adds
- 78 Supernatural Revival: I Get Stronger Every Time I Encounter a Ghost 灵异复苏：我撞鬼就变强 In this age of resurgent supernatural forces, ghosts and monsters emerge at night, while evil gods and demonic spirits lurk in the depths, waiting to strike. A wild dog wailing at a grave, a dead man cooking a meal, a ghost asking for directions: encountering any one of these spells disaster. But Zhang Sheng discovers that encountering ghosts and monsters makes him stronger. 463Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 79 The Backrooms: I Became a Cat 后室之我变成了一只猫 [Dual protagonists] [No System] [Two main storylines] (Just to be clear, this story is set in the Backrooms, but I won’t make too many changes to the original setting. I’ll stick to it closely. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. Thanks so much. Oh, and ignore the tags I deleted. I picked them at random back in fifth grade because I didn’t know any better. Also, there’s no System; I’ve already corrected that.) (Here’s a rough summary.) Ling was originally just a traveler. 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 The Haunted House: The End of the Foggy World 诡舍：迷雾世界终点 [Transmigrate into a Book + Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Heroine] Fu Jinyue accidentally transmigrated into the world of a book. After going through one bizarre and eerie instance after another, he finally learned the answer... 370Reads—Score10514d adds
- 81 You Call That a Rule? And You’re Using It? 这是你规则吗你就用 Paranormal phenomena, rules, transferring rule punishments Who can relate? One moment, overworked office drone Lin Ze opened his eyes, and the next he had fallen straight into a rule-based horror apartment! Open the door at midnight and die? Something paranormal pounds on the door, shouting, “Open up!” Lin Ze activates his talent in response: “Transfer Punishment! Let this thing find out what it feels like!” The next second, a bloodcurdling scream comes from outside, and the paranormal thing dro 3Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 82 Seven Days Till the Soul Returns: My Roommate at Four in the Morning 七日魂归夜凌晨四点的室友 To save money, fresh graduate Su He rents an old apartment. Gradually, she realizes that something feels deeply wrong about her roommates, her job at a funeral home, her strange neighbors, the convenience store clerk, and even her new boyfriend... 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 The Best in the World? I'm Just a Regular Delivery Guy! 天下第一？我正经外卖员！ [Ensemble cast] [High-octane] [Official organization] One butterfly flapping its wings can bring about a tsunami and a sandstorm. One calligraphy brush can capture all the vicissitudes of Daxia. He is an orphan who awakened in a living hell, and also the guiding light leading Daxia toward the stars. With a single thought, he can create things, shift forms, or trap enemies in a dream. Someone asked, “What does Daxia have to rely on?” He said, “On the imperial might of emperors through the ages, o 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Night Fishing for Ghosts: I Ask Her Where the Fish Are Underwater 夜钓钓女鬼，我问她水下哪里有鱼 Fishing master Cao Kun transmigrates to a parallel world, joins a live-streamed fishing competition, and makes it all the way to the finals. Out of luck in the decisive round, he hooks a female ghost. With defeat looming, Cao Kun panics and bluntly asks her where the fish are underwater. The production crew is stunned, and the whole internet goes wild. “I can’t believe it. This guy’s a real fishing fanatic!” “He’d be casting a line even at the Bridge of Helplessness!” “That damn competitive spir 193Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 85 The Backrooms: The Four-Person Laugh Riot 后室：嘻嘻哈哈四人组 [The Backrooms] [Absurd] [Comedy] There are four college freshmen: one is bored with life and obsessed with the Backrooms; one has gone from passionate romance to being dumped in just three months of college; one loves playing Naruto; and one... claims to be the best man in Love Apartment. They say three people spreading a rumor can make it seem true. With four, they manage to “accidentally” wander into the Backrooms and rack their brains trying to survive. 137Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Struggling in the Backrooms 后室中的挣扎 This isn't an invincible-protagonist power fantasy, so readers who mind that should stay away. His enemies forcibly throw the protagonist into the Backrooms, where he struggles to survive in the cracks between levels and forges a new path amid the entities hunting him and the hostile environment! 117Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Paper Effigy Celestial Master: I Use Paper Dolls to Guard the Nine Hells 纸扎天师：我以纸人镇九幽 “Other people burn paper offerings for the dead. The paper figures I make... all came to life!” Yun Sheng, a poor young man working on Funeral Street, one day discovers that the paper figures he folds can move on their own. ✔ Delivering takeout to the underworld? Paper-figure delivery, guaranteed arrival! ✔ Helping vengeful ghosts pass on? Merit earned, unlocking super-evolution for paper figures! ✔ Taking the underworld civil service exam? The King of Hell personally sends you an offer! But whe 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Chronicles of Strange Events 异事簿 When I was eight, I accidentally drowned. The village's mad Taoist came to my house and told my parents to give me a grand seven-day funeral with gongs and drums. After seven days, I would return to life. During the funeral, lightning flashed every day and the rain poured without stopping. Everyone in the village said it was a bad omen. On the seventh day, strange phenomena suddenly appeared in the sky. The mad Taoist returned to my house, told me to take the moon in the sky as my godmother, and 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Setting Out on the Road to the Backrooms 踏上后室之路 There are many corners of our world that remain unknown. Perhaps another world exists, one that humanity knows nothing about. It is full of both danger and opportunity. Once you enter, life and death can hinge on a single thought. For many people, it becomes a second home. Is there an exit? Perhaps, but its elusive nature makes people hesitate to seek it. The Wanderers' helpless cries, MEG's endless exploration, and the UEC's utter madness. In the Backrooms, human nature is laid bare. There is h 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Backrooms: While Others Fight to Survive, I Evolve Into New Species 后室：别人冒险求生，我物种进化 (Also known as: Backrooms: While Others Risk Their Lives to Survive, I Evolve; Backrooms: In Search of the Abandoned [Multiple Backrooms versions combined + a protagonist who isn’t a saint + plot twists + no single male lead + Partygoers + half wish-fulfillment, half tragedy]) The Backrooms, a strange place. Is it real, or is it fictional? No one can prove that it exists, and no one can prove that it doesn’t... (The Backrooms crowd totally won this round [manually adds doge face]) But... is it r 71Reads—Score1214d adds
- 91 Impostors Have Invaded: Jiahao and Dogs Not Allowed 伪人入侵，嘉豪与狗禁止入内 [Jiahao]+ [Impostors]+ [Comedy]+ [Urban Superpowers] [The impostors have evolved again. Who knows who gave them a copy of The Jiahao Behavior Guide? They’re now taking on all kinds of Jiahao forms, and ordinary security guards can barely tell them apart. We urgently need to recruit new guards.] As a handsome, mysterious, ordinary high school senior, I was swinging my sword in the rain on the sports field. But then some guy appeared, called me a pro-level Jiahao, and dragged me to a weird room to 92Reads—Score514d adds
- 92 Better Not to Meet Again 看见不如不见 “You’re not a curse. You’re the key!” “If you don’t want to die, stay away from me.” “Liu Yan, stop licking your lips! You might poison yourself!” “Mind your own business and you’ll live longer!” “Praying to gods? Worshipping Buddha? You’d be better off kowtowing to me.” “I decide whether you stay or go.” Better not to see me than to see me. I’m not talking about myself. I mean all of you. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Paranormal Livestream: Post Your Fears in the Chat 灵异直播：把害怕打在公屏上 Radio host Zhang Yang wakes up to find that he has transmigrated to Blue Star, where ghost stories are in short supply. Bound to the Supernatural Master System, he collects Fear Points to exchange for special items! The Haunted Pen. The Midnight Ringing. Corpse Driving in Western Hunan. The Yellow-Skinned Weasel... Endless horror stories harvest his listeners’ Fear Points! 524Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 94 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
- 95 The Orthodox Taoist Priest 正一道士 The scourge of evil cults has plagued the world for thousands of years. Though repeatedly eradicated, they never truly disappear. In this age of peace, a massive evil cult stands against the righteous path, seeking to destroy it and take its place. Science is revered in the modern age, and the Daoist arts have declined. Yet Daoism has been passed down for thousands of years, with many branches and schools still standing across China, and gifted practitioners emerging one after another to keep th 410Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 96 Backrooms for All: Playing the Partygoer from the Start 全民后室：开局扮演扫兴客 {This is the author's cringeworthy past. Go ahead and read it if you want to suffer... The author is already planning to relaunch this book, so please check out my new book in my profile afterward.} This world has every strange urban legend you could imagine... But Lin Ye, a transmigrator, discovered that the urban legend of the Backrooms was the one thing missing. Then, without warning, a booming voice rang out across the globe: “The National Destiny Game begins in three minutes!” 347Reads5.8Score10214d adds
- 97 I Heard of Strange Things That Year: Never Read This Late at Night 那年听闻怪事，千万别深夜翻看 These stories are adapted and fictionalized from various experiences shared by friends. They are written in an accessible style and make for a good way to unwind. A reminder: reject superstition. This is all imaginative fiction. Any similarities to real events are purely coincidental, so don't take it seriously! 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 I Keep Being Reborn in an Infinite-Loop World 我在无限流里不断重生 [Infinite-flow horror, ensemble cast | No System, no golden finger | No mindless power fantasy] After clearing my twelfth instance, I didn't get to go home. Everyone had been deceived. Clearing an instance didn't let us leave at all. It turned out that clearing an instance didn't mean escaping. We were trapped in an endless cycle of worlds, each layer harder to tell from reality than the last. The boundary between the instances and reality had blurred completely. Was anything before our eyes 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Adventures in the Backrooms 后室闯荡之旅 [This story contains a complicated mix of elements, including entities not originally from the Backrooms. If that bothers you, please give it a miss.] My real name? I’m not telling you. Just call me Wugui. I used to be an ordinary graduate. For some reason, I ended up in the Backrooms. Faced with all the things that happen there, all I can say is that it’s an adventure full of danger and bugs. After falling into the Backrooms, I found a Crying Cat that looked just like my pet cat back home, and 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 The Black Dog of Misty Mountain 雾山黑犬 Black Dog of Mist Mountain 11Reads—Score—14d adds
