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- 1 Rule Horror: I Can See Echoes of the Old Days 规则怪谈：我能看到旧日余响 [Linked Instances + No Romance + Tracing the Origins of the Rules + Unconventional Rule-Based Horror] (If rules have a past, they must have left behind truths that were forgotten.) The bizarre has invaded reality, and the Chosen Ones are sent into an old world that has already been destroyed. Shen Yan gains the talent [Witness], which lets him see echoes of the past connected to the rules. When others face a strange tale, all they can do is guess which rule is false. Shen Yan discovers that the 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Awaken an SSS-Rank Talent 规则怪谈：开局觉醒5S级天赋 [Ensemble Cast] [Hilarious] [National Fate] [Infinite Flow] [Subverting Expectations] [The Path to Godhood] When he opened his eyes, Ren Fei realized he had been reborn. This time, he chose not to awaken the 3S-rank talent [Authority of Deception], because he knew that every path to godhood except the God of Wealth’s was a scam! From the start, Ren Fei went straight to the government for funding: ten billion! Once the ten billion arrived, he smoothly awakened the 5S-rank talent [God of Wealth’s 1.3kReads8.7Score167Shelves
- 3 Rule Horror: I Just Want to Survive! 规则怪谈：我只想活下去！ [The first five chapters cover the invasion of the Strange Tales world; Chapter Six begins the journey into that world.] [No System, no cheats. The protagonist is an ordinary person, and there is no female lead.] Xia Hua was an ordinary person from the Dragon Kingdom, but one day, his fate changed completely. A mysterious giant clock appeared in the sky and announced the start of the Strange Tales game, changing the fate of countless people. The Rules of Strange Tales game had begun. But it had —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Rules of the Strange: From the Start, I Can See Through the Rules 开局规则怪谈：从看破规则开始 [Thriller + mystery + livestream + national fate + no female lead] The supernatural is resurging, terrifying games are spreading, and rule-based horror stories have descended upon Earth. The supernatural has entered the real world. Those who are chosen will be sent into a world of strange rules to face supernatural challenges on behalf of their countries. Mo Fan, a challenger representing the Dragon Kingdom, gains the ability to tell whether the rules are true or false. If he wins, he’ll buy the 628Reads7.3Score103Shelves
- 5 Rule Horror: Escape This City 规则怪谈：走出这个城市 [Nuclear wastewater aftermath + world mutation + original instances + horror + mystery + livestreaming + national destiny + System] [Come on in and read, you'll get smarter, I tell you!] After the nuclear wastewater disaster, the world's energy field mutated, and rule-based horror descended upon the world. Every country was striving to overcome the side effects of the nuclear wastewater through the horror instances. Fang Ze began a life of roaming the world with a System, though the useless thi 285Reads7.0Score102Shelves
- 6 Rule Horror: Either the Entities or the Audience Must Be Cured 规则怪谈：诡异和观众必须治一个 [Completed + Original Script + Not a Power Fantasy + Documentary Fiction + Mystery + No Female Lead + Not a Saint] An uprising breaks out at the Dragon Kingdom’s largest psychiatric hospital. The mysterious young man Chen Yi is nominated by everyone in the hospital to become its new director... Not long after, the bizarre invades and the world of urban legends descends... [Dragon Kingdom Chosen One Chen Yi gives up on drawing a talent from the System] [Dragon Kingdom Chosen One Chen Yi treats th 1.7kReads8.8Score174Shelves
- 7 Rule Horror: I Rely on Luck to Cheat 规则怪谈：我靠幸运开挂 [No romance + horror + mystery + livestreaming + national fortunes] The paranormal returns, and rule-based horror games descend upon the world. One chosen player from each country is randomly selected to enter a horror game. If a player dies, the game descends upon their country. Only by clearing it can the country dispel the horror and claim its rewards. The lucky Qin Jiu is chosen by the game to represent the Dragon Kingdom, attracting the attention of millions. (Dear son, Mom and Dad are goin 2.4kReads6.7Score226Shelves
- 8 Rule Horror: Something's Wrong With This Rule 规则怪谈：这个规则不对劲 [Subverting expectations + no heroine + lighthearted + funny + crafty schemer + eerie + national destiny] Rules-based horror descends upon Earth. People chosen from each country enter it to face the eerie. Zhou Yi is chosen by the horror world to represent Great Xia in this game. If he wins, he will buy Great Xia a chance to catch its breath. If he loses, the horror world will descend upon Great Xia. Everyone chosen to enter the horror world gets one chance to draw a talent. The others all get f 87Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 9 Rule Horror? Sorry, I’m a Rebel Through and Through! 规则怪谈？抱歉！我一身反骨！ [No female lead + rebellious + hilarious + eerie + ruthless protagonist] The supernatural returns, and tales of strange rules descend upon Earth. One person from each country is randomly chosen to represent their nation's fate. Lin Fan represents Longguo, a nation on the brink of ruin, as he enters the world of strange tales to face the supernatural! [First entry into the world of strange tales: The Lady's Secret (99% death rate)] When they see that the challenge is rated at the highest difficul 8Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 10 Rule Horror: Even Satan Should Have Your Name Tattooed on His Back! 规则怪谈：撒旦背后都该纹上你！ [Horror + No Female Lead + National Destiny + Live Streaming + Comedy] The supernatural has returned, and rule-based horror games have descended upon the world. Zhang Mingyu is chosen by the Horror Space to represent Longguo in challenges within the horror worlds. If he survives, Longguo receives rewards for its national destiny! If he dies, Longguo will be invaded by the supernatural! Zhang Mingyu's first challenge is the hell-difficulty scenario “Evil Spirit Dormitory.” While the other chosen 819Reads8.7Score106Shelves
- 11 Rule Horror: I Can See the Correct Rules! 规则怪谈：我能看到正确规则！ [Mystery]+ [Deduction]+ [Thriller]+ [National Fate]+ [Livestream] A note before we begin: The first scenario is fairly simple, mainly to help readers who haven't read rules horror novels get used to the genre. But if you've finished the third scenario and still don't think this book is exciting, please tag me. I'll wash my hair while standing on my head! Qu Qi woke from a nap and found himself swept into a world of horrors. His success or failure would affect the fate of Longguo. The first rules 535Reads6.8Score101Shelves
- 12 Rule Horror: I Ascended to Godhood in a Death Game 规则怪谈：我在死亡游戏中封神 [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Rule-Bound Horror + Death Games + No Female Lead + Lighthearted Humor + Special Abilities] Welcome to the Land of Divine Relics! This is a world ruled by rules, a playground for the supernatural, and the birthplace of [Miracles]! Here, flipping a coin, counting fingers, playing cards: these games may seem simple, but each has only one path to survival! All you can do is exploit loopholes in the rules and awaken your own [Miracle]! Through countless death games, I 3.9kReads8.6Score346Shelves
- 13 Ghost Stories: After Countless Deaths, I See Through Every Unknown 怪谈：死亡无数次，洞悉所有未知 [Rule-Based Horror + Infinite Flow + Plot-Driven + No Romance + National Fate + Livestreaming + Humorous Comedy + Goofy Shenanigans + Unexpected Twists + Dungeons + System + Rewinds...] Spiritual qi revival, terror descends. Lin Ka was chosen by the horror game. A normal person would be scared, cry, and scream for their mom to save them. But Lin Ka awakened an SSS-rank unlimited rewind ability from the start. He immediately started fooling around. First dungeon: [Family of Four] 1. You must obey 21Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 14 Winning Over the Supernatural in a World of Strange Tales 我在怪谈世界里攻略诡异 [National Destiny + Rule-Breaking Horror + Supernatural + Hilarious + Cunning Trickster + No Female Lead + Livestream] Rule-based horror descends upon Blue Star, and the supernatural spills into the real world. Those chosen by the horror scenarios are sent into their worlds, where they challenge the supernatural on behalf of their nations. Gu Fan is chosen by the horror world to fight a desperate battle for Yanhuang. If he wins, he'll buy Yanhuang precious time to recover and develop. If he lose 220Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 15 Rule Horror: I Can Control the Rules 规则怪谈：我能掌控规则 [No female lead + livestreaming + national destiny + Eerie] Tales of terror descend, and gods and demons roam. Demons run wild, but I walk alone. Su Bai has been chosen to enter the Eerie World and represent the Dragon Kingdom in its challenge. If he loses, the Dragon Kingdom loses! If he dies, the Dragon Kingdom falls! The first world he must face is the Eerie World known as The Happy Family, with a death rate of 99 percent. Everyone entering the Eerie Space for the first time gets one free cha 28Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 16 Rule Horror: I Rub the Rules Into the Ground 规则怪谈：我把规则按在地上摩擦 [National Destiny + Supernatural Horror + Satisfying + Comedy + Invincible + Trickster + No Romance] The world of urban legends descends, and Longguo suffers defeat after defeat, leaving the nation on the brink of disaster. Jiang Mu is chosen as Longguo's next contestant and awakens the god-tier talent No Laws, No Limits from the start. While all the other contestants are being tormented by the supernatural and its rules, barely able to stay alive, Jiang Mu has already pinned the rules to the gr 1.4kReads8.9Score156Shelves
- 17 Rule Horror at the Deep Space Planning Bureau 深空规划局规则怪谈 Over a million words, complete. Read with confidence. [No female lead] [Lovecraftian rule-based horror] [No System] [Hard science fiction] Author’s note: “Humanity believes itself master of the stars. Little do we know that in the eyes of those above, we are merely coal, burned to produce emotions.” Synopsis: In 2250, human civilization has fractured into three tiers, and emotions and rules have reshaped the world. Proxima Centauri watches from the clouds, the Moon weeps, and Earth twists within 452Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 18 My Endless Rebellion Against the Rules in Tales of the Bizarre 当我在规则怪谈中无限叛逆 [Unconventional Rules-Horror Power Fantasy + Urban High Martial Arts + Hilarious + Mind-Bending + Plot-Driven + No Romance + Supernatural Awakening + Passionate Evolution + Clashes Between Multiple Civilizations + Plenty of Foreshadowing and a Lasting Impact] A high-martial-arts power fantasy wrapped in the trappings of a rules-horror story. It leans comedic early on and grows more action-packed and impassioned later. The world is vast, spanning multiple planes and species, with interstellar con 101Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 19 Rule Horror: When the Gunshot Rings, Reload 规则怪谈：枪声一响，开始读档 [Rule-Based Mysteries + Game + Horror + System + The Uncanny + Death and Rebirth] When online games become reality, Bai Ye is chosen as a player by the game Rules and forced into a rule-based escape horror. From the Deep-Sea University rule-based mystery to the City of Ultimate Evil rule-based mystery, Bai Ye travels through one instance after another. Countless times, he raises the gun in his hand, dies to the sound of gunfire, and is reborn again. He wonders: if he can’t reload after dying, ho 141Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 20 Rule Horror: The Whole Nation Begs Me to Stop Slacking Off 规则怪谈：全国跪求我别摆烂 [Rule-Based Horror + Livestreaming + Slacking Off + Supernatural + Comedy + No Female Lead] Lin Fei transmigrates to a parallel world and is unexpectedly chosen to represent the Dragon Kingdom in the world of rule-based horror! But to everyone's surprise, the first challenge for Lin Fei, who was entrusted with everyone's hopes, is the “Haunted Hospital,” a place with an extremely high death rate. To make matters worse, he draws the worst talent of all: Grade C. Just when everyone thinks the Drag 389Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 21 The Great Detective's Fight for Survival in the World of Rule-Based Horror 大侦探在规则怪谈世界求生 No female lead + horror + livestreaming + high-IQ protagonist + character growth + System Su Qin transmigrated into a world polluted by Rule-Based Horror. Here, anyone might be selected by the horror livestream to become a Chosen One and clear a horror scenario. If they succeeded, the pollution in their country would be cleansed. If they failed, the horror would descend, causing the pollution to randomly worsen or contaminate something new. To stay alive, and to stop Blue Star from being pollute 68Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 22 Rule Horror: I Go on a Frenzied Suicide Spree at the Edge of the Rules 规则怪谈：我在规则边缘疯狂作死 The supernatural rises, and horror games take over. Rule-based horror stories invade the world, and Chu Ming becomes Longguo's challenger. Born without fear, he gains the ability to see through the rules. “Break the rules and you die?” “So if I follow them, I won't die, right?” Staring at the eerie figure before him, Chu Ming picked up a folding stool. Still not letting go? So you're the so-called supernatural thing, huh? 256Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 23 Rule Horror: The Strange Happy Family 规则怪谈：诡异的幸福之家 [Horror + Brain-Bending Mystery + Livestreamed National Fate] Rule-based horror descends upon the world. As one of the chosen, Ling Xiao enters the horror realm to survive. At the critical moment between life and death, he unexpectedly awakens a Rule System. If he survives, the whole nation celebrates. If he fails, the horror realm descends upon the real world. 1. You live with your wife, child, and parents. Remember, there are only five people in the household. 2. Your child goes to school at e 1.1kReads6.1Score104Shelves
- 24 Thriller: You're So Noble, You Set the Residents on Fire 惊悚：你清高，你把居民用火烧 (Unhinged protagonist + elegant madman + golden finger hints + livestream) Xiao Ye was swept into a global horror game. In his previous life, he cleared the game all the way to the end. After being reborn, he found himself dealing with ghosts all over again. Then the viewers in his livestream room realized this rookie played a little too wild... Red-Clothed Ghost: I only wanted to scare him from behind, but he broke my arm. Is that any way to behave? Long-Haired Ghost: I just wanted to show him 50Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 25 Rule Horror: An Unequal Game 规则怪谈：不平等博弈 An innocent, naive boy misses the fateful choice that could have changed his destiny, and is forced into a world of strange tales. He survives one perilous, baffling situation after another, slowly drawing closer to the truth about the world... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 I Craft Nuclear Bombs in Rule-Based Horror 我在规则怪谈手搓核弹 [Rule-Based Horror + The Supernatural + National Fate + Deduction + Memes + Comedy + Physical Exorcism] Qin Yu, a genius engineer with a criminal personality, is chosen to enter a rule-based horror world, representing Longguo in the contest. After Longguo has lost four battles in a row, Qin Yu becomes the country's last line of defense. If Qin Yu loses, Longguo falls. “Congratulations, you have obtained an SSS-rank talent: Engineer.” [Engineer: Any object you touch can be given mechanical proper 30Reads8.9Score110Shelves
- 27 Thriller Game: I Split the Terrifying Clown in Two from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局一刀劈了恐怖小丑 [Horror + Game + Instances + System + Invincible] A bizarre horror game descends upon the world. Xiao Ran, a psychiatric patient, is unexpectedly chosen to enter the game. Inside, Xiao Ran does his best to stay calm, but his actions leave all the horror NPCs utterly terrified! Horror Clown: I still can't forget that person smiling at me like a spring breeze while carrying my companion's head. Horror Werewolf: Who the hell has ever seen a villager in Werewolf Game grab an AK in the middle of the 69Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 28 The Unhinged Male Lead: An Unsolvable Bug in a Ghostly World 疯批男主：鬼怪世界的无解bug [Infinite Flow + Rule-Based Horror + Hilarious + No Romance + Invincible] A bizarre world invades, the Divine Realm falls, and the gods and Buddhas retreat into hiding. To cut off their offerings, rule-based horror sweeps across Blue Star, leaving all living beings struggling in fear. When things reach an extreme, they turn around, and Blue Star enters a golden age. Some control time and take on ghosts head-on; Some draw a line around themselves and imprison vengeful spirits; Some are peerless f 9Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 29 Rule Horror: I'm Crazier Than the Supernatural 规则怪谈：我比诡异还诡异 Completed horror scenarios: “Lily of the Valley Noble Girls’ School,” “Born Biopharmaceutical Company,” “Infinite Train,” “Griffin Luo Orphanage,” and “Castle of the Dead.” [National fate + rule-based horror + deduction and puzzle-solving + livestream + a normal person on the run from a psychiatric hospital?] He was the only sane person in the psychiatric hospital, yet countless normal people thought he was crazy. Only he knew he wasn’t. He was perfectly normal! Outside Qingshan Psychiatric Hosp 1.9kReads8.5Score172Shelves
- 30 Rule Horror: Only I Can Reload Infinitely 规则怪谈：只有我能无限读档 [Rules mean certain death? Sorry, I can reload forever.] The paranormal resurges, and rules descend. Nameless horrors invade reality, and the world is reduced to a series of deadly “horror game instances.” “Mom’s Note,” “The Midnight Bus”... Ordinary people tremble in the gaps between the rules. One misstep is all it takes for their sanity to hit zero and their bodies to mutate. Su Ming awakens the only F-rank (pseudo) ability, which is actually an SSS-rank [Infinite Reload]. Faced with a ru 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Rule Horror: Hope Children’s Welfare Home 规则怪谈：希望儿童福利院 [No national fortune] + [No livestreaming] + [No female lead] + [No romance] + [Purely original survival instances] + [Just a tiny bit of horror] There is no more miserable way to die than while taking a dump. Worse still, after dying, you discover that you're sitting in a strange station. A creepy ticket seller on the train The unspeakable secret of the Hope Children's Welfare Institute A mysterious fourth person in a happy family Strange happenings hidden at summer camp A quiet mountain villag 783Reads8.6Score101Shelves
- 32 Rule Horror: I Can Add One More Rule 规则怪谈：我能多加一条规则 A world of strange rules suddenly descends, unleashing supernatural disasters across the globe. Each country selects one Chosen One to enter the world of strange tales. When a Chosen One clears a supernatural scenario, the real world benefits and receives rewards to help fight the disasters. Xu Wang is chosen to represent the Great Xia Kingdom and enters the world of strange tales. First scenario: The Eerie Butterflies of Xiangxi High School. [Rule 1: If you see someone collapse from an illness, 204Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 33 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Had a Toolbox 规则怪谈：开局一个工具箱 Reader's Guide: All the instances are original. There are no incorrect rules, but there may be a few bugs. Please go easy on me. National Fate (there's no National Fate point system, only the elimination or arrival of horrors, or individual rewards). So contestants from other countries will appear, but the story won't keep putting them down. Even in the worst world, there are souls that shine, though their endings may not be good. There are livestreams, but they make up only a small part of the 4.7kReads8.8Score446Shelves
- 34 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Gained Resistance to Contamination 规则怪谈：开局获得污染抗性 [Rule-Based Horror + System Safety Net + Bizarre Absurdity + Light Comedy + No Female Lead] After dying, Zhang Chen is reborn on Blue Star, a world chosen by the realm of horror stories and extremely similar to the Earth where he lived in his previous life. One person from each country is selected to take part in a challenge inside the realm of horror stories, and Zhang Chen is chosen to represent the Dragon Kingdom. Instance: The Family of Five... Everyone else is terrified of Mom. Why are you 6.7kReads8.2Score676Shelves
- 35 Rule Horror: Beware Your Family 规则怪谈：小心你的家人 A world of urban legends descends upon the globe, forcing everyone into game instances. The only way to survive is to follow the rules. Li Xunyan was still busy plastering the streets with missing-person notices for her mom when she stepped into the instance called [Mom's Favorite]. Li Xunyan: ...I'm starting to panic a little. Want to survive? Want to find your missing parents? Clear the instance, and you'll get the answers you seek. Beginner instance [Mom's Favorite] is now open. Be sure to fo 2.7kReads8.7Score305Shelves
- 36 Ghost Story Rules: I'm in Countless Horror Worlds 怪谈规则：我在无数个恐怖世界 [Original Horror Stories + Horror + Livestream + National Destiny + No Female Lead] Endless terror awakens, taking shape as countless worlds of strange tales. Each country selects one chosen contestant to make it through each strange-tale world. Those who succeed ensure that the tale can never descend upon their country, and bring it national fortune. Those who fail see the strange-tale world descend, and the souls of all the defeated lose their lives forever. Ye Feng, a horror-novel enthusiast 4.4kReads8.6Score345Shelves
- 37 Rule Horror: I Have No Shame, and Even the Horrors Fear Me 规则怪谈：我不要脸怪谈闻风丧胆 [Rule-Based Horror, Instances, No Female Lead, No Romance, Invincible Protagonist, System, Power Fantasy, Witty and Humorous, Goofy and Absurd, Plot-Driven…] Title: I Have No Shame, and I'm Thriving in the Horror Game. Synopsis: Spiritual qi revival. Terror descends. The Dragon Kingdom has lost eight rounds of the horror game. The ninth is its last hope. But this time, the game chose someone nobody knew: Gu Yi. [Gu Yi? Who came up with that name? Did they pick him just to make us laugh?] [Seriou 377Reads6.8Score102Shelves
- 38 Strange Tales of the Uncanny: The Cause of My Death Is Anything but Normal 诡异怪谈：我的死因不正常 [Death Warnings] + [Thriller] + [Mystery] + [Mysterious Objects] + [Factional Conflict] A month ago, Musheng narrowly survived an accident. Ever since, strange death warnings have kept appearing in his mind. [In five minutes, you will be hit and killed by a car.] [In five minutes, a woman will reach into your chest with her bare hand and tear out your heart.] [In five minutes, you will be squeezed into “juice” by a giant juicer.] Misfortune follows him everywhere, and death is always close a 1.1kReads8.2Score137Shelves
- 39 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Sold a Little Girl to the Neighbor 规则怪谈：开局将小萝莉卖给邻居 In the horror world people enter after death, every player receives a random talent skill! But... Su Ming's skills seem a little different from everyone else's? [Anything Goes]: As long as you follow the rules, it doesn't matter whether they're real or fake. The horrors can't do a thing to you! [Adopt Your Enemy as Your Father]: When you encounter a horror or another player, call them "father" and they'll protect and favor you unconditionally! [Money Talks]: There's nothing money can't solve. An 1.3kReads8.6Score192Shelves
- 40 Rule Horror: A Maoshan Descendant Requests Deployment 规则怪谈：茅山后裔申请出战 [National destiny + deduction + livestream + Maoshan] An unspeakable force descended upon Blue Star. Li Xian, from Earth, was selected to represent the Great Xia Kingdom in a supernatural horror game. His first challenge was a morgue. [You are responsible for the night shift at a morgue. Your coworker, Xiao Wang, loves sharing good things with his friends. Please don’t turn down his generosity.] [Make your rounds through the morgue once every hour and keep it clean, or the guests will get angry. 800Reads8.2Score100Shelves
- 41 Rule Horror: Who Let This Sneaky Lowlife In? 规则怪谈谁把这个老六拉进来 [Rule Horror + Trickster + Horrors Descend + National Fate] In a parallel world, Qin Yong had already cleared the game, but when he opened his eyes again, he had to start over. The moment he woke up, he was already in an instance! He'd just kicked the horror world to the curb, and now it was back again! It really had the nerve! What a gutsy move! Before the new eerie creature even knew what Qin Yong was, it got taken out. The Horrors descended upon Blue Star. As a Dragon Kingdom player, he fough 4.7kReads8.4Score328Shelves
- 42 Ghost Stories: Daoist Priest, Spare Us Some Dignity! 怪谈：道长，给咱们留点面子吧！ (The arcs are already plentiful, so dive right in!) [Rules-based horror + no female lead + original scenarios + national destiny + livestreaming + lighthearted comedy + mild horror and brainteasers] A rules-based horror game descended upon the real world, dragging every country into a deadly game. In this calamity, the great nation of Dragon Country, which had stood for a thousand years, failed to show its true strength because of the game's mechanics. As one horror scenario after another struck 2kReads7.1Score227Shelves
- 43 Why Mess With Him? Rule Horror Is Practically His Grandchild 你惹他干嘛，规则怪谈是他孙子辈 [Rule-based horror + comedy + swagger + master schemer + national fate + invincibility + undercover visits] My name is Dong Qing, nicknamed the Azure Emperor. I was born in ancient times. I was fortunate enough to subdue a Nian beast and refine it, becoming an ancient entity in a small world. Ten thousand years passed. My baleful aura turned inward, and my power reached its peak. Because my strength was too outrageous, the laws of the plane categorized me as a horror entity. In modern terms, I’d 1.4kReads9.0Score163Shelves
- 44 Rules of Horror? I'll Just Fire Up Excel 规则怪谈？我反手一个Excel Mo Fan, a top data analyst who worked so much overtime he went bald, suddenly dies and is thrown into a perilous world of bizarre rules. Here, the supernatural is commonplace and death is the ending. Everyone lives in fear. When others are scared out of their wits by the Slit-Mouthed Woman, Mo Fan calmly opens Excel and marks her threat level red with conditional formatting. When others run in despair through an endless corridor, Mo Fan uses a pivot table to spot the spatial patterns at a glanc 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Eerie Tales Amusement Park: Half Rebellious, Half a Trouble-Maker 诡异怪谈乐园：我半身反骨半身皮 [No female lead + lighthearted comedy + fast-paced + livestream + entities + rule-based horror] He earned himself an abandoned amusement park that had been shut for years and bound the [Having Fun by Messing Around System]. Just then, global awakenings began, and the entity horror game descended. Chen Pi awakened the [Undying Body] and began traveling to places where entity horror games appeared… “Whoa! That thing looks kind of scary! I’m taking it home!” “Ooh! This one’s so cute, and it feels g 316Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 46 Rule Horror: The Supernatural? They’re All on My Side! 规则怪谈：诡异？都是我军！ [Rule Horror + National Fate + No female lead + Otherworld + Main storyline + Deduction + Light comedy] (Note: This isn't purely Rule Horror. The main storyline will pop up from time to time.) “Oh no, we're about to be surrounded by eerie creatures!” “Have you ever watched a Rule Horror livestream? They're all helping Su Shen!” “Huh? Eerie creatures can help?” “With Su Shen around, even eerie creatures have to join the revolution!” The evil god's whispers circled in their ears as death and f 1.3kReads8.8Score167Shelves
- 47 At Seventy, I’m Forced to Join the National Destiny Game 七十岁的我，被迫参加国运游戏 [No heroine + national destiny + horror game + hilarious.] Qin Ming transmigrates to Planet Earth and becomes a seventy-year-old man. By chance, he's selected to enter the world of a horror game. He obtains the Dodgy Old Man System. [Get Dodginess Points by interacting with ghosts. Two hundred points can be used for a draw.] In the first instance, Ghost Market, players must sell one thousand Underworld Coins to clear the level. From the start, Qin Ming gets the skill “Start a Shakedown,” which l 124Reads8.6Score118Shelves
- 48 Rule Horror: I'm a Scholar!! 规则怪谈：我是读书人啊！！ Guan Ziliang had just passed the written portion of the national civil service exam when he got so excited that he keeled over and died. When he woke again, he was in a strange new world. [Welcome to the Haunted Park] [Loading the Game of Despair…] [Ding! Player Guan Ziliang of the Dragon Kingdom, successfully loaded!] “If you can’t understand reason, this monk knows a few moves with his fists.” “Technically, you’re not allowed to hit the supernatural, but he’s the one who makes the rules.” A hi 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Rule Horror: Something Is Wrong with My Sister 规则怪谈：我的妹妹不对劲 [Rules-based horror + subverting expectations + a break in historical knowledge + rules above all] The story begins when Bai Xiaochen’s sister, the only family he has, is replaced by a [Chosen One]. The core of this book’s world is the idea that [life is beyond your control]. 472Reads8.0Score105Shelves
- 50 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 4.5kReads6.0Score374Shelves
