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- 1 Rule Horror: HR Handed Me a Survival Rulebook 规则怪谈：HR塞给我活命守则 [Rules of the Strange Tales + Workplace Survival + Searching for His Sister + Blood-Written Notes + Exploiting Loopholes in the Rules + Suspense and Horror] On the 183rd day since his older sister vanished, Chen Mu walked into Changming Tower, the last place she had sent him her location, carrying a fake resume he had bought for three hundred yuan. HR shoved a rulebook into his hands. “The kind that keeps you alive.” Rule One: If you are still at your desk after 10:00 p.m., do not respond to 286Reads—Score11514d adds
- 2 The Haunting Rules of Rooming Together: Never Answer the Door When You Hear Knocking 诡异合租规则：听到敲门决不能应 Creepy Roommate Rules: Never Answer the Door When You Hear Knocking —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Thriller Game: Clearing Rule Horror With Bugs 惊悚游戏：用BUG通关规则怪谈 After working overtime for seven days straight, programmer Li Mo blacks out and transmigrates into the body of the prime suspect at a murder scene: the victim’s no-good ex-boyfriend! Before he can figure out what’s going on, a rules-based horror game forcibly loads: [You are an undercover agent. Find the hidden “nonhuman entity,” or survive until dawn.] Staring at the eerie corpse, the guests each harboring their own schemes, and a death clock counting down five hours, Li Mo panics. Then his irr 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Rule Horror: All the Male Ghosts Enter the Ten Thousand Souls Banner 规则怪谈：男鬼全进万魂番 [I, the Last Heir of Taoism, Was Thrown Into a Rule-Based Horror Game from the Start!] [Other chosen ones tremble as they beg for their lives, while I pull out a Bagua Mirror and light a stick of incense, ] “Miss in Red, you've got a bug. Want to join my crew?” “Miss Split-Mouth, you're pretty good at traveling through mirrors. Sign a contract, and I'll guarantee you five-star dorm accommodations.” “Senior Meng Po, could I borrow that soup ladle to stir-fry something?” Qi Xia was reborn on 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Rule Horror: The Old Play in the Cabinet 规则怪谈：柜中旧戏 One day, you receive a text telling you to retrieve a keepsake from an abandoned building. You go. You push open the door. There is only an old-fashioned safe in the room, its door left slightly ajar. Then a line of text appears on your phone screen: “Rule One: You are an audience member, not a volunteer. Do not take part in any performance.” This is no prank. The performance has already begun. And from the moment you stepped into the room, you were seated in the audience. Those who follow the r 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Trapped in a Shopping Paradise, I Fought My Way Through the Rules of Survival 被困购物天堂后，我硬闯生存规则 Trapped in a shopping paradise, I fought my way through the rules of survival. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Frozen for 3.65 Million Days: From the Start, I Scare the Daylights Out of the Pen Fairy! 冰封365万天，开局吓坏笔仙！ [Comedy + Strange Tales + Mind-Bending + Anti-Human + Graphic Gore] Wang Hao casually clicks an advertising link and gains Deadpool’s infinite regenerative powers, only to get trapped beneath the Arctic ice. After an unexpected rescue, he accidentally stumbles into a global livestream where humanity challenges the supernatural. Only after clearing the challenge does he learn that he has been trapped beneath the ice for ten thousand years! To find a way to cure his own “immortality,” he choos 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Rule Horror: I Have One Extra Hint 规则怪谈：我的提示多出一条 [Rules-based horror + supreme rationality + national-fortune livestream + invincible protagonist] Rules-based horrors descend upon the world, with a death rate of 92%! Those chosen must represent their nations in dungeons where death is all but certain. Victory sends their nation’s fortunes soaring; defeat brings utter ruin. When Daxia’s chosen player turns out to be Jiang Zhe, a slender high school student, the world writes him off, and Daxia falls into despair. Yet behind Jiang Zhe’s cheap gla 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Rule Horror: The Strange Chronicles of Journey to the West 规则怪谈：西游诡记 Rule Horror: Strange Records of the Journey to the West 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Rule Horror: I Can Spot Flawed Rules Perfectly! 规则怪谈：完美洞察错误规则！ (Rules-based horror + national fate + livestreaming + wild imagination + no female lead + deduction + Lovecraftian horror) Rules-based horror has invaded the world. Every country will have a chosen one selected to take part in the horrors. If a challenger can clear the scenario, they can prevent the horror from entering reality and earn rewards. Ye Yan is chosen by the rules-based horror to take part in the challenge as Longguo's chosen one. [Night Town Horror Survival Rules. Everyone must follo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Rule Horror: I Rewrite the Rules with Annotations 规则怪谈：我靠注释改写规则 When other people enter the strange tales, they desperately search for the rules. When Lin Ye enters one, he can see the death warnings hidden behind them. “Do not look back”: It’s right behind you. “Do not make a sound”: It tracks you by sound. “The family must live in harmony”: An argument will cause the family to fall apart ahead of time. Every warning is a chance to survive. From beginner instances to the national fate battlefield, from international rivalries to the source of the rules, Lin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Rules of the Bear Ridge 狗熊岭规则怪谈 Gouxiong Ridge Rules Horror 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Rule Horror: I Have the Golden Eyes 规则怪谈：我有黄金瞳 [Mystery + Supernatural Entities Descending Upon the World + No System + No Goody-Two-Shoes Protagonist + Original Instances + Every Mystery Gets Resolved] You are among a new batch of inmates sent to this prison. All you want is to reform yourself, but the prison seems determined not to let you go. You and your companions are trapped in single-occupancy cells. Finding the key to your cell quickly is crucial to your survival! With the warden imposing restrictions at every turn and black-mist cre —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Rule Horror: I Understand the Rules Better Than the Ghosts Do 规则怪谈：我比诡异更懂规则 Working overtime late at night, Lin Chuan spots a strange set of rules by the company elevator: [Do not take elevators with odd numbers.] [If the elevator stops on a floor that does not exist, do not get out.] [If someone calls your name from behind, do not look back.] He assumes it is just a prank, until a coworker steps into the elevator and vanishes the very next second. From that night on, something is wrong with the entire Sheng'an Building. In the basement parking lot, empty cars drive the 104Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Rule Horror: Starting with My Own Martial Arts Legend! 规则怪谈：从武林外传开始！ [Rule-based horror + wuxia instances + national destiny + deduction + livestream] When the American supercomputer issued a red alert: “Stay away from the man without a mouth on Bright Summit. He's a top-tier supernatural entity!” Transmigrator Su Chen walked up with a bag of chicken blood. “Bat King Wei, have you had dinner?” Rule-based horror descended, binding itself to national destiny. After ten straight losses, ten cities in China became forbidden zones for the supernatural, and countless l 88Reads5.7Score14314d adds
- 16 Rule Horror: I Received the Layoff List 规则怪谈：我收到了裁员名单 Rule Horror: I Received the Layoff List 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Rule Horror: The Nameless Rules 规则怪谈：无名的规则 [No National Fortune] [No Female Lead] [No Livestream] [Not Mindless] [Not a Power Fantasy] [Not Invincible] [Braintwisting Deduction] When the power of rules descends upon the human world, it becomes the focal point of several parallel worlds. The rules erode the order of human society and overturn common sense. Creatures from parallel worlds are everywhere, seeking to invade the human world by these means. Disobey the rules, and you die. But blindly obey them, and all that awaits is ruin. Life 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Paranormal Invades: From the Start, I Can See Death Replay 诡异入侵，开局我能看到死亡回放 “After lights out, do not open the door for anyone!” When the paranormal descends upon a boarding high school and monsters prowl the dormitory halls, students and teachers alike become lambs led to slaughter. Lin Que is trapped in the middle of it all, but fortunately awakens an SSS-rank skill: Demon Eye. He can see all the possibilities of the future. He can even replay events from the past. And with every survival challenge he clears, the power of his Demon Eye grows stronger. The indescribabl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Laws of the Mortal World: Somehow, I'm at the End of the Rules 人间遗则：规则尽头居然是我 There is no Bed Seven at Ren'ai Hospital. The midnight subway cannot tell you its final stop. At Happiness Gardens, no one is allowed to admit to being unhappy... Every strange tale hides a perfect route to victory that can be deduced. Others only want to make it out alive, but Lin Jibai keeps recovering the names that have been erased, asking who wrote the rules in the first place. Until every clue points to the same secret… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 I Turned Rule-Based Horror Into a Management Game 我把规则怪谈玩成了经营游戏 [Mystery and Wild Imagination + Rules Horror + Business Management] Gu Fan is forced into a deadly rules-based horror game and becomes the night-shift security guard at Happy Neighborhood. From the start, he runs straight into an impossible, fatal paradox! [Three minutes to midnight. A ghost in a red dress knocks at the door. Don’t open it and you violate the property management code; open it and you violate the night-shift rules. Either way, you die!] While experienced players gleefully wait fo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Paranormal Livestream: My Price Is Paying the Price 诡异直播：我的代价是支付代价 [Hellish start? My viewers are the real supernatural horrors!] My brother mysteriously disappeared! A horror app called “Eye of Observation” was forcibly installed on my phone. Fail a mission, and the punishment is becoming one of “them.” The only way to succeed is to pay a price. A nosebleed in exchange for a rule that offers a chance to survive; Three days of blindness in exchange for ten seconds of being hidden from ghosts; Permanent hearing damage to gain control over a supernatural entity o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Rule Horror: I Can Devour All the Uncanny 规则怪谈：我能吞噬一切诡异 [Rule-Based Horror + No Female Lead + National Fate + Intelligent Cast + Not Overpowered + Devouring the Supernatural] Rule-based horror descends upon the world. Chen Xin is chosen by one of these horrors and awakens an E-rank talent, “Starving Ghost.” The good news is that this ability can grow stronger. The bad news is that to develop it, he must confront the horrors within the rules head-on, or, to be precise, eat part of them. The power of whatever he devours becomes part of him and serves h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Rule Invasion: Corebreaker 规则入侵：破核者 In 2050, humanity entered a new era of shared prosperity. Controlled nuclear fusion lit up every inch of the land, an intelligent network covered every corner, and aerospace carriers patrolled the skies. Everyone believed this golden age would last forever. Then a crack split open the sky. Gray fog poured through, reality warped, and the laws of physics buckled under the invasion of another plane. The first 127 assault-team members fought with their lives. Only 21 survived, returning with a brut 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Boonie Bears: Rules for Surviving the Strange 熊出没：诡异生存手则 Boonie Bears: Eerie Survival Rules 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Rule Horror: I Work as an Auditor at a Hospital 规则怪谈：我在医院做审计 Rule-Based Horror + Sci-Fi + Apocalypse + Mystery + Deduction + No Female Lead + Battles of Wits + Data-Driven On my first day working at a bizarre hospital, I discovered that every death record stopped at 3:17 a.m. As a former medical insurance bureau auditor, I can see a fatal bug in how this world operates. To me, every anomaly in the data appears as a pulsing red bloodline. They don't know that I'm not auditing the accounts. I'm investigating the people who were "automatically discharged" 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Rule Horror: My Modifier Can Change Anything 规则怪谈：我的修改器能改万物 [Half rules-based horror (?), half infinite-flow, business management, mystery-solving, no heroine] The horror tales descend, and every instance is a death trap. While everyone else is being chased around the “Eternal Night Mall” by mirror ghosts, Chu Yuan stands at the checkout counter with a smile and asks, “Would you like a membership card? Top up 1,000 and get the ‘Come Back for More’ BUFF. The ghosts won't chase you, guaranteed.” That's because he awakened the SSS-rank talent [Rule Modifier 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Rule Horror: The Haunted Orphanage from the Start 规则怪谈：开局诡异孤儿怨 [No heroine + No System + Rules-Based Horror and Lovecraftian Mythos] Another world descended, and countless inscrutable rules ran rampant. Humanity could only struggle to survive in the cracks between them. Luo Ziheng was a student whose college entrance exams had been postponed because of this. After unexpectedly surviving the first instance, he discovered the world hidden behind it. Determined to stay alive and eliminate the rules, Luo Ziheng set out on his path. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Was the Only One Who Knew the Ropes 规则怪谈：开局成了唯一懂行人 [No System] + [Slow Start, Strong Finish] + [Plot-Driven] The red moon rises, and white fog seals off the building! Rule-based horror games erupt at random across Blue Star, pulling Lin Beiming and the other residents into the Bloodstained Apartment instance. Anyone who breaks the rules is instantly devoured by the eerie beings. Everyone trembles and gambles their lives to survive, but Lin Beiming's pupils contract in shock: these deadly taboos are all lessons his parents taught him! “If eve —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Bikini Bottom Survival Guide 比奇堡生存守则 Bikini Bottom Survival Rules 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Horror Revival: I Would Make All Living Beings My Pawns 恐怖复苏：我欲以众生为刍狗 [Seven Days to Die] [Original Supernatural] [Ghost Mother] [Slow Burn] [Arc Light] I made a wish to “it.” I want to have a mother. Day One It gave me clothes, draping my scarlet flesh in a flesh-colored covering. Day Two It gave me sight. At last, I could see it standing in the corner, smiling at me. Day Three It gave me hearing. But at night, I could always hear her humming, and I could never fall asleep again. Day Four It taught me language. Sounds began to spill from my mouth, answe 475Reads—Score19014d adds
- 31 Horror Tales: After I Was Killed, the Supernatural’s Affection for Me Maxed Out 怪谈：被杀后，诡异好感度爆满了 When the rules-based horror tales descended, Lin Feng awakened the SSS-rank talent Undying Devotion. While the other contestants struggled to survive, the horrors took a special interest in him. Lin Feng drew the SSS-rank talent Undying Devotion. Every time he is killed, the horror's affection for him increases, and he comes back to life. [The Chosen One was killed by an Unspeakable. Affection increased by 15 points.] [Once an Unspeakable's affection reaches obsession, it will stop killing you. 3.5kReads5.3Score45614d adds
- 32 Rule Horror Conquers the World 规则怪谈征服到全世界 Lin Wang, a low-level wage earner, gets pulled into a Rule Horror game. Using his sharp reasoning, he spots loopholes in the rules, seizes supernatural abilities from the scenarios, builds a faction, and overthrows the ruling system. In the end, he faces the source of the horrors, but loses everyone close to him and stands alone at the summit. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Rule Horror: Break Through the Campus of the Evil God’s Slaughter! 规则怪谈：突破邪神杀戮的校园！ Rule Horror: Breaking Through the Campus of the Evil God's Slaughter! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Rule Horror: I Have a Diary from the Future 规则怪谈：我有未来日记 After graduating from high school, Li Yunsheng suddenly receives an invitation to a summer camp. Other high school students have been invited along with him. [One: Enter the school grounds at the designated time.] [Two: Enter the classroom at the designated time.] [Three: Begin evening self-study at the designated time.] [Four: Students attending the summer camp must wear their respective school uniforms.] The four simple rules don't seem so simple to Li Yunsheng. At that moment, the contents of 863Reads5.5Score16714d adds
- 35 Rule Horror: I'm the Boss at the Krusty Krab 规则怪谈：我在蟹堡王当老板 Rule-based horror + SpongeBob SquarePants + childhood cartoons + horror The male lead has no cheats. He mainly relies on analysis and deduction, and the story has plenty of horror elements. I’ve landed in a rule-based horror world based on SpongeBob SquarePants, and somehow I’ve become the owner of the Krusty Krab? Run the Krusty Krab well, and organize the Eerie invasion! Why has SpongeBob become so creepy? Where did Mr. Krabs go? Will the Spatula Killer really show up? He Yu has no cheats. All 60Reads—Score10214d adds
- 36 Rule Horror: A Perfect Run with Incomplete Talents 规则怪谈：我用残缺天赋完美通关 The supernatural has plagued the world for ages, and rule-based horror games have enveloped countries across the globe. Chosen contestants represent their nations in these horror-game scenarios. For some reason, though, just as the Great Xia contestant who had cleared the last scenario was supposed to take on the next one, they unexpectedly withdrew! The supernatural force then chose Lu Qiuming, who was dozing off in class, by force!!! “Damn it, why me!” Luckily, Lu Qiuming obtained the S-rank t 31Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 37 Rule Horror: I Can See the Deleted Rules 规则怪谈，我能看见被删除的规则 Rules horror descends upon the world. The Midnight Convenience Store, Happy Apartments, Red Umbrella School, and Abandoned Subway appear one after another. All survivors must follow the rules to stay alive. Break them, and you die. But Lu Chen, a night-shift clerk, discovers he can see the deleted Rule Zero. From then on, he stops passively struggling to survive. He analyzes the rules, turns them to his advantage, and strikes back against the horrors. Until one day, he discovers that every horro 16.4kReads5.4Score1.9k14d adds
- 38 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—14d adds
- 39 Rule Horror: The Eighth Rule 规则怪谈：第八条规则 A convenience store on a stormy night. A six-hour survival game. Seven rules were posted on the wall. I saw an eighth. While everyone else struggled to survive by the rules, I saw the truth in them. When the rule-based horror descended into reality, ordinary people couldn’t see it, but I could: The public rules, the hidden rules, even the “things” behind them. They said clearing the game meant you’d live. I said you had to see the rules before you could choose how to live. Choice is power. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Seventh Guest Room 《第七个客房》 The Seventh Guest Room —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Tales of the Uncanny: It Begins at a Strange Circus 怪谈：从异常马戏团开始 ([No Female Lead] + [Rule Horror] + [Gods] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment]) This is a struggle between the gods and the sources of corruption. Participants from Blue Star fall step by step into traps of perception. Face the sources of corruption and hold on to the last of your sanity! The gods have long since rotted, and humanity's glory has faded. In the name of faith, build a towering wall of reason. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Long Night Turns West 长夜向西 At the end of the hospital corridor, Wen Xiao knelt before the Bodhisattva and bowed three times. The Bodhisattva did not answer. Then the System came. She could travel to other worlds to fulfill people's wishes. If she died, she alone would die; if she lived, she and her mother would live together. She would wager her life for one chance to keep her mother alive. No matter how long the night, if you keep heading west, dawn will come. Mom, wait for me to come back. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Rule Horror: I Use Intangible Cultural Heritage to Slay My Way Across the Internet 规则怪谈：我用非遗杀穿全网 [Death Livestream + Breaking Through with Intangible Cultural Heritage + Rule-Based Survival + Global Attention + Protecting Civilization] A bloody cut brings a paper doll to life; a livestream breaks the deadlock! Intangible heritage awakens, and the rules demand lives! Gu Qing works at an antiques market when he is unexpectedly swept into “Paper-Cutting Spirit Lane,” a death realm governed by the rules of traditional paper-cutting. Watch your shadow. Every ten minutes, offer a paper-cutting to —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Sheep Village Horror Stories: I Became Big Bad Wolf! 羊村怪谈：我成为了灰太狼！ [Yang Village Mysteries] [Wang the Grey Wolf + mystery + two heroines] I transmigrated! I was walking home from work at night when I stopped at a roadside stall for a sheep’s head. I shouted, “Let’s gooo!” and transmigrated into the world of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf. But then I saw Red Wolf, who was as tall as the Eight-Foot-Tall Lady, and… why isn’t this what I imagined?! Hey! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 A Supernatural Game? I Am the Dread King! 诡异游戏？我，恐怖君王！ [Rules-Based Horror + National Fortune + One Female Lead + Invincible Power Fantasy + System + Becoming King] While contestants around the world were still trembling beneath the horrors and searching for rules to survive, Leng Mo turned around and slapped the life-reaping female ghost flying. The Xia Kingdom livestream went from despair to frenzy. “Our contestant... killed the horror with just a few slaps?!” “Rules? Only the weak need to follow rules!” [Ding! King’s Contempt check successful! Ki 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Eerie: She Slaughters Them All, While I Solve the Mystery from Behind 诡异：她负责杀穿，我在后破局 A genius strategist with a cold demeanor x a berserk Lolita girl, the unstoppable duo conquers a bizarre livestream! Luo Musi: A genius strategist, calm to the point of seeming indifferent. He can solve any logic puzzle, but has no interest in understanding people. An'an: A sweet-looking powerhouse in a Lolita dress. She can punch through reinforced concrete, yet her smile is as innocent as a harmless doll’s. When the world is plunged into a death game called [Bizarre Realm Livestream], countles 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 You Said It Was Rule Horror, So Why Are You Summoning the Hundred Schools to Exorcise Demons? 说好规则怪谈，你请诸子百家降妖 The whole world is trapped in rule-based horror. While everyone else stockpiles supplies and builds fortresses, I awaken the Hundred Schools of Thought System and use textbooks to exorcise demons! A vengeful ghost comes to claim my life? One passage from the Analects is enough to argue it onto its knees in repentance! An ancient god invades? One set of Pythagorean theorems is enough to smash its spatial rules! A demon king lays waste to a city? I’ll bring out the Qin legal code and sentence it t 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Rule Horror: The Last Bus 规则怪谈之末班公交车 Rules Horror: The Last Bus 70Reads—Score114d adds
- 49 Rules of Horror, but with the Theory of Firepower Superiority 规则怪谈，但火力优势学说 [Rules Horror + Satisfying Battles + Item Competition + Unorthodox Clear Strategies + Chaos Beyond the Game] A good contestant never breaks the rules, no matter the cost. A better contestant knows how to maximize their gains when they have to break the rules. The best contestant carefully plans the whole game and leads their supporters toward the best possible future. 1.8kReads—Score1.3k14d adds
- 50 Rule Horror: I Only Know How to Follow the Rules 规则怪谈：我只会遵守规则 [No female lead + livestreaming + solo battles + 100% accurate rules. Rules introduced earlier rank higher than those that follow.] Fu Shigeng entered the Rules Game by clicking on a game ad. Several rules appeared in the game, and out of habit, he chose to follow every one of them. Rules for Loving Parks: 1. Do not damage park facilities. 2. Do not litter. 3. Read the visitor guidelines for every attraction carefully. Note: Unified System, no national competition, includes murder scenes. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
