Novels like Ghosts in the High-Rise, Yet You Still Want Me to Go Undercover as a Security Guard
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- 1 The One in the Backlight 逆光的TA When the law falls silent, vigilantes arrive in the name of justice. Detective Captain Liu Shiyou faces a series of flawless crimes committed in the name of “dispensing Heaven's justice.” The criminal profiler he trusts and his close partner may both be the “mentor” lurking in the shadows. He delves into the ashes of human nature, probing the blurred line between light and darkness. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 After My Ex-Girlfriend Framed Me, I Became a Corpse Hauler 被前女友陷害后,我做起了搬尸工 My ex-girlfriend’s corpse lay quietly on the bed. She was heavily made up, and her crimson lips looked as if they were dripping blood. Her face was a little pale, but she looked even more beautiful and captivating than when she was alive. But the very next second... She suddenly sat bolt upright, opened her bloodied mouth, and lunged straight at me! I was just trying to do her the kindness of keeping vigil, and I never expected her to come back as a corpse! What am I supposed to do?! Need an ans 314Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Suppressing Yin and Yang: The Five Spirits Slay Evil 镇阴阳:五灵诛邪 On the night Li Tian was born, ghosts surrounded the village. Countless spirits clad in ancient armor knelt in worship. Everything about Li Tian seemed strange: the Azure Dragon on his left, the White Tiger on his right, the Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise on his legs, and a Qilin tattoo covering his back. The villagers whispered that he was a demon child. When Li Tian turned eighteen, his nightmare began... 81Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 4 The Terrifying Night Shift 恐怖夜班 My name is Li Sihua. Ever since I started working the night shift at Wanhua Group, strange things have kept happening: the sound of high heels in the dead of night, a shadow darting past in the hallway, the strange dripping sound in the women’s restroom... Here, you’ll face your deepest fears. The plot will make your brain work overtime and go beyond your imagination, so read with caution! 15Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 5 She Has No Shadow, Yet Wears My Uniform and Calls Me Teacher 她没有影子,却穿着我的工服喊我老师 She Has No Shadow, Yet Wears My Uniform and Calls Me Teacher 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 My Family Is Dying One by One. Am I Cursed to Die? 家族接连殒命,我身负致命诅咒? I was born with an incomplete fate, and my birth caused my mother’s death. To keep me safe, my grandmother died, my uncle died, and my father disappeared. Only in the end did I learn that it was all because... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Going Home for Lunar New Year: Your Mom Says It’s Time to Go on a Blind Date 过年回家,你妈喊你去相亲 You go home for the New Year, and your mom tells you to go on a blind date —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Supernatural: After My Best Friend Died, She Began Turning into Me to Take Revenge 灵异:闺蜜死后,报复我开始变成她 Supernatural: After my best friend died, she began to take revenge on me by turning into her —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Rule Horror: The Corpse on the Bridge Sways in the Live Stream 规则怪谈:直播桥上的尸体晃呀晃 Rule Horror: The corpse on the bridge sways back and forth on the livestream —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Horror Judgment: The Cat Is Purifying Me 恐怖审判:猫在净化我 Horror Judgment: The Cat Is Purifying Me —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Pregnant with an Insect Egg, I Became the Mother of All Insects 怀上虫胎后,我成了万虫之母 After Conceiving an Insect Egg, I Became the Mother of All Insects 126Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Terror in the Desolate Village 荒村惊魂 I entered a village inhabited entirely by women. I thought I’d found a man’s paradise, but after a series of bizarre events, I realized things weren’t so simple… 158Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 13 Notes from a Visitor to Another World 异界人笔记 [Infinite Flow horror + mild scares + mystery + single male protagonist + no romance] My father is Pei Shiwu, my mother is Zheng Baifen, and I’m Pei Zheng, who both loses and gains. At sixteen, I unexpectedly gained the ability to see ghosts. I fought evil, helped the vulnerable, and encountered one bizarre, fascinating tale after another. These are my notes. Come along and see what I went through. Got your seats ready? I’m about to reveal it all, one story at a time… 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Seven-Night Spirit Coffin Corpse 七夜灵棺尸 In my dream, I mistakenly believed that Li the Lame, seeking revenge for having his wife stolen, had made a door for my family out of the coffin wood of a girl who had been dead for seven days. Its yin energy clung to us, causing the pillars of our family to leave one after another. I couldn’t get over it. My future father-in-law, Old Yu, saw what was going on and brought over Zhang Baifa, who I would later take as my master. My master dispelled the evil yin force. Once I learned what had happen 229Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Female Corpse in the Ice Coffin 冰棺女尸 Everyone wants a pair of beautiful eyes, but nobody knows that the more beautiful the eyes, the more they attract the attention of ghosts. I'm an orphan. It was because I had a pair of beautiful eyes that my adoptive father took me in. Only later did I realize that the moment I stepped through his door, I had fallen into a conspiracy. My adoptive father is a doctor with a huge underground laboratory. He never lets me go inside. One day, I sneaked into the laboratory and saw countless preserved c 5Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 16 Married to an Evil Spirit: The Red Veil of Huaian Village 嫁煞:槐安村的红盖头 Married to a Malevolent Spirit: The Red Veil of Huaian Village —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Detective: You're a Forensic Doctor, How Do You Know Everything? 神探:你个法医,怎么啥都懂? “Shen Ting, you’re a forensic examiner. How do you even know about bloodstain patterns?” “Wait, Shen Ting, aren’t you a forensic examiner? How do you know about trace evidence, too?” “Shen Ting, you’re a rookie forensic examiner. How do you even know how to investigate cases using plants?” … Newly hired forensic examiner Shen Ting looked at everyone’s puzzled faces and smiled faintly. “I know just a tiny bit!” “I only took a few electives!” “I taught myself. I only know a little!” … 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 I Was Horrified to Discover That My Neighbors Were Disappearing One by One 我惊恐的发现!邻居们陆续失踪 I discovered to my horror that my neighbors were disappearing one after another —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The 444th Horror Story 第444个恐怖故事 Every chapter is a standalone horror story. [Modern Mystery] [The More You Think About It, the More Terrifying It Gets] [Folk Horror] [Rule Horror] [Monstrous Thrills] It's all here. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 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
- 21 After Years of Playing the Charlatan, I Specialize in Treating Beautiful Female Ghosts 做神棍这些年,我专治漂亮女鬼 On the day I was born, my mother had a difficult labor. To save his eldest grandson, my grandfather tore down the family’s front door and found a bloodstained kitchen knife hidden in the doorframe! As the knife came down with a clang, I was born… P.S. This is no run-of-the-mill supernatural story. Expect all kinds of mystery and twists, with a lighthearted, funny take on catching ghosts! 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 My First Day on the Job: I Happened to Arrest a Seafood Dealer 入职第一天:顺手抓了个海鲜商人 This book is also known as: “I Run Into a Murder Case Every Time I Go on a Blind Date!” “As an investigator, it’s perfectly reasonable for me to show up at a crime scene!” “The Brilliant Investigator” “Please welcome the next corpse, brother!” “Corpse brother? Corpse brother! Another corpse brother!!!” The disappearance of Ms. Wang in Xihong City! The murder of a woman in a bathroom! A dungeon imprisonment case! The bizarre case of a woman’s corpse kneeling in worship... Looking at his apprentic 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Haunting of the New Home 搬家诡事 [Mystery + Thriller + Supernatural + Horror + No Female Lead + Smart Protagonist] His name was Yi Jibo. After he was wrongfully imprisoned, his mother fell ill and died. To pay off his gambling debts, his father sold her ashes to the Japanese through a crematorium driver. To get his mother's ashes back, Yi Jibo went to work at a Japanese funeral home. And so he burned Japanese corpses while searching for his mother's ashes… 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 I Suspect My Wife Has Been Possessed by a Malevolent Spirit 我怀疑我的妻子被诡夺舍了 [Infinite flow + survival + mild horror + thrills + twists + one heroine + bizarre elements + the heroine barely appears in the dungeon arcs] Ever since his wife returned from a business trip, Lu Chen has been certain that the Su Qingyan before him is no longer his wife. He goes to see a psychiatrist, trying to convince himself that it’s all just a hallucination. But the liquid the doctor sips is a blood-red drink with a raw, fishy smell. “Only those chosen by ghosts can see them.” “You have now 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 A Villain's Script? I'll Use It to Clock In at Work 给我反派剧本?我拿来上班打卡 [No female lead] + [Top-tier criminal-tech specialist] + [System] On his first day on the job, Yin Ping’an is called out for duty at short notice. He accidentally stumbles upon a criminal hideout and unlocks the Villain System. First day on the job: successfully busts an underground criminal den, fights twenty thugs alone, and is ultimately defeated by the SWAT team. Second day: admitted to the hospital, then runs into a child-trafficking case and discovers a drug-manufacturing den. He takes on 7.4kReads7.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 26 You Asked Me to Start the Job, So I Took Down a Fraud Den 让你去入职,你把诈骗窝点端了 Su Ze transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a newly hired community police officer. After unexpectedly activating the God-Tier Detective System, he embarks on an unstoppable career of catching criminals. On his way to report for duty: “Hello, 110? There's a scam operation here. Send backup immediately!” The police look at the scam artists inside, all clutching their heads and sobbing. “You call this needing backup?” During an anti-prostitution raid, while his colleagues arrest sex buyers 29Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 27 Horror and Terror 恐怖惊魂 My girlfriend suddenly left me. Heartbroken, I went to a mountain village to teach, where I met a Miao girl who looked exactly like her. We were both plagued by an inexplicable mystery: being haunted by ghosts. With no other choice, we went to the terrifying Coffin Cave... 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Impostors: The Whole World Is Fake, and I'm the Only Real Human 伪人:全世界都是假的,只有我是真人 Impostors: The Whole World Is Fake, and I'm the Only Real Person —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Midnight Terror! Is There Someone in the Mirror? 夜半惊魂!镜里有人? A Midnight Fright! Someone in the Mirror? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Forbidden Curse: Spirit Touch Opens the Door to Terror 禁忌咒子:灵触开启惊悚之门 [Horror] [Fortune-Telling] [Ghost Hunting] [Feng Shui] [Read with Caution at Midnight] I, Bai Qingyun, was once just a Maoshan Taoist priest at the Hundred Spirits Hall. It wasn't until I went alone to investigate an incident and saw a boy hanging himself in a red dress that I realized the evil in human nature went far beyond what I had imagined. Behind every strange incident lies both the wickedness of human nature and a tragedy. As I traveled from one region to another, resolving one incident 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 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
- 32 Evidence Rewind! I Solve Cases at Lightning Speed! 证物回溯!我,破案飞速! (Reborn + Criminal Investigation + Solving Cases + Deduction + Golden Finger + No Romance) After transmigrating and being reborn, Lin Que wants nothing more than a quiet, low-profile life. But he unexpectedly acquires an Evidence Replay System: simply by touching evidence, he can revisit the crime scene. Lin Que establishes a detective agency and sets out on a path of fighting crime. The word among criminals is: If you don’t want to die, never mess with Lin Que! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Poison Before Bed 睡前毒物 Look up to the heavens and honor all living things; lower your head to write, and fear ghosts and gods. Good is repaid with good, and evil with evil. It’s not that retribution never comes, only that its time has not yet arrived. Absurd, terrifying, eerie, moving. I hope there’s a story that can frighten you, bring you to tears, and make you fall in love with it. 1.1kReads8.2Score19714d adds
- 34 Tales of Strange Corpses 诡尸怪谈 Do you know where the bodies used for dissection in medical schools come from? Strange things keep happening at medical schools, and people die for no apparent reason. Before long, rumors give rise to all kinds of taboos. Out of ignorance, my roommates died one after another. And I’m the only one who knows what lies at the root of it all... 159Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 From the Abandoned Infants’ Ward 来自弃婴岗 Because she wasn’t a boy, she was abandoned on the second day after birth. After barely surviving to adulthood, she was constantly pressured to give birth to a boy… Her name was Wang Duozi. Wang Hushi, who happened to be passing by, found her at the place where abandoned babies were left and took her home. Her name meant “more children, more blessings.” The place was where female infants were buried, a secret known to everyone in the village. Wang Duozi seemed tough and lucky, but she had onl 348Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 36 Short Tales of Terror: A Collection of Strange Stories 短篇微恐:志怪故事集 Do you think the footsteps behind you when you walk alone late at night are just the wind? Do you think the unfamiliar object that suddenly appears in an old storage box is just something you forgot about? Do you think the blurry shadow that sometimes flickers across the mirror is just a trick of the light? This collection of strange tales has no blunt, bloody shocks. It is filled only with eerie everyday moments hidden in the folds of ordinary life. Each story stands alone, yet after you close 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Terror at Three in the Morning: There's a Ghost Behind the Door 三更惊魂,门内有鬼 Terror at Three in the Morning: There's a Ghost Behind the Door —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 I Was a Ghost Officer, but Now I Only Want a Promotion 身为鬼差的我,后来只想升官 I wield the Register of the Underworld as a ghost officer, commanding the power to seize souls. Everyone says the King of Hell is the supreme ruler of the netherworld, but to me, he is merely a stepping stone. The underworld is vast, and the Nine Hells are deep. Is that really the limit of my ambition? I want to break the Nine Hells’ shackles, shatter the chains between yin and yang, ascend to the realm of the Great Emperor, and rule the netherworlds of all realms. Only then will my lifelong wis 33Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 39 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
- 40 Horror and Terror 恐怖,惊悚 A classmate by the bed calls out softly. A cat's cries echo through the woods. Shadows flicker at the edge of the street. A piercing scream comes from inside the restroom. Are all the things you see and hear real? And are they all human? 712Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Tales of the Monstrous 怪形异传 In the forbidden zone of the Taklamakan Desert, the Cradle Project’s experimental base has become a living hell after its vacuum energy spiraled out of control. An unknown flying-saucer-shaped creature, covered in transparent, wet streaks, breaks through the barrier. It devours researcher Chen Ming in an instant and escapes into the ventilation ducts, leaving behind only a few drops of blood to announce the coming disaster. Three hours later, Chen Ming returns “unharmed.” His face is pale, his g 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Outdoor Paranormal Explorer Streamer 户外探灵主播 In little-known corners of the world, there is a unique profession. Its practitioners work mostly at night, exploring abandoned factories, hospitals, schools, funeral homes, hotels, and former murder scenes out in the open, where they encounter and interact with spirits. They are outdoor paranormal investigation streamers. Yu Haiyang is one of them, and his thrilling, dangerous, fantastical adventures were recorded by his fellow disciple, the online novelist Gao Yunfei. That is how this book, Ou 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Bizarre Case Investigator 诡案惊探 [Mystery]+ [Supernatural]+ [Deduction]+ [Crime Solving]+ [Male lead versed in both Yin and Yang] After his girlfriend vanishes under bizarre circumstances and every effort to find her comes to nothing for two years, Qin Zhong loses heart and takes a job as a police officer at a remote township station. One day, he suddenly receives a bizarre case. The entire village of Niewa has vanished. As the investigation deepens, one strange Supernatural incident after another unfolds. Along the way, his pa 1.6kReads8.4Score18714d adds
- 44 Mountain Patrolman: I Suppress Evil with a Dragon's Sinew Only Three Inches Long 巡山人:我以三寸龙筋镇邪异 Warrior King Luo Laowai returns to his old home in the forests of Northeast China. By a stroke of luck, guided by the Gray Immortal, he obtains a three-inch dragon tendon. An old soldier with an old rifle takes on the forces of nature, ghosts, demons, and monsters. Fox, Yellow, White, Willow, and Gray Immortals gather as divine warriors at his gate. The Three Realms have always existed among humankind, and true immortals walk beside ordinary people... 12.6kReads7.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 45 The Root of Sin 心罪源 Greed, desire, hatred, loathing, envy, jealousy... These are all the roots of human crime. The human heart is unfathomable; people can commit crimes over the smallest things. Yi Kai studied criminal psychology, but ended up making a living as a detective. An accidental car crash gave him astonishing powers of observation and perception. A chance encounter led Police Captain Xiang Tiange to recognize his abilities and put him to work. From then on, he embarked on a battle of wits against criminal 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Ultimate Supernatural Horror: The Ghost Card Train 终极灵异:鬼牌列车 [Supernatural] + [Horror] + [No Female Lead] + [No Sanctimonious Hero] + [No Mindless Decisions] Ghosts cannot be killed. Every ghost has its own unique rules for killing. Every card represents a vengeful ghost. Find a way to control the ghosts and escape the supernatural incidents. An old, eerie train stained with blood runs toward a terrifying supernatural realm. Where is the train’s final stop? No one knows. Or rather, no one has ever made it to the final stop. 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 In This Life, I Shall Suppress Yin and Yang 这一世,镇压阴阳 [Urban high-martial arts, reincarnation and rebirth, one heroine, a touch of the supernatural, lighthearted and passionate.] In their previous lives, he was an orphan, and she was a ghost. An orphan and a ghost, from meeting and understanding each other to relying on and keeping one another company. Then, their feelings quietly blossomed, and they became lovers... after overcoming countless hardships. But what happy ending has there ever been for a human and a ghost in love? Every union between 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 A Collection of Bizarre Horror Stories 怪诞恐怖故事集 My stories have magic, blood and tears, the evil side of human nature, and the horror you’re looking for. 1. Mother’s Bottles and Jars: A single drop of blood can turn one grain of rice into a whole pot of rice. A hundred drops can conjure a bicycle... What kind of magic is hidden in the bottles and jars Mother prepared for him? 2. The Toilets in Dreams: If you fall asleep while desperate to pee, you’ve surely dreamed of all kinds of toilets. If you write down the toilets you see in your dreams, 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 You Drive a Taxi, So Why Are You Competing with the Police for Work? 让你开出租,你跟警察抢活? [System + action + everyday life] Jiang Cheng transmigrates to a parallel world and starts driving a taxi to support his family! By chance, he binds himself to a Super Detective System! All he has to do is catch fugitives to earn a reward! And so Jiang Cheng begins his pursuit! A squad captain: “Everyone, pay attention. This criminal's methods are extremely vicious! He's recently fled to our city. Every squad needs to stay on high alert and bring him to justice!” “Reporting to the chief: Jiang C 1Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 50 Possessed by an Evil Spirit 撞邪 Grandpa spent his whole life doing good deeds. He never imagined that one night, he would ruin a young girl's life... 290Reads8.4Score—14d adds

















































