Novels like I Use a Coin to Rule the World
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- 101 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 6.7kReads8.2Score67914d adds
- 102 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—14d adds
- 103 Fatal Game: The Death Script 致命游戏:死亡剧本 [Infinite-Flow + Horror + Survival] No female lead, no romance between men and women, pure deduction-based infinite flow. A strange minibus carries a group of guilty people to a village that doesn’t exist on any map. ...The people living in the base dormitories receive a different horror script every so often. Anyone who receives one is forcibly dragged into the script to play out its horrifying story. When Su Bai finally returns home after experiencing one terrifying incident after another, he 504Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 104 Supernatural Horror: Someone Behind the Wall Is Calling My Name 惊悚灵异:墙里有人叫我的名字 Horror and the Supernatural: Someone in the Wall Is Calling My Name 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 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 1.7kReads8.8Score17414d adds
- 106 Even If We Kill Him, We Still Need One More 就算杀了他,我们还是少一个 The one who was missing was never a monster. Bai Xun is trapped in a bizarre office tower that stretches on without end, where every floor is a deadly trial. Security, cleaning, maintenance, reception, building management: jobs that once seemed ordinary have become survival superpowers, and an employee badge is a matter of life and death. Only after accidentally unlocking the base on the 43rd floor does he learn that he is the landlord of the entire building, with the power to rewrite its rule 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Girls’ Dorm Rule Horror: Survive! 女寝规则怪谈:请活下去! The Dormitory Girls’ Rules of the Strange: Survive! 102Reads—Score314d adds
- 108 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 4.7kReads8.8Score44614d adds
- 109 Rule-Based Urban Legends: It Begins at the Death Hotel 规则类怪谈之从死亡旅馆开始 [No female lead] [No saintly protagonist] [Slow burn] What would you do if you became a Rule-Bound Horror? Kill people? Do whatever you wanted? “I want to drive out every Rule-Bound Horror…” That was Wen Changqing's answer. In the dimly lit hotel, two identical owners beckon me… In a wilderness village, every house is draped in ghastly white mourning banners… A farm grows man-eating mushrooms and scarecrows that want to take the place of the dead… 56Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 110 Campus Rule Horror: Please Survive 校园规则怪谈:请活下去 [Female lead with no CP + no System + no livestream + no talent + unrelated to national fate] Wei Ran arrived at A City No. 1 High School and received a student handbook filled with rules. She also found a diary left by a senior under the pillow in her dorm room. The title page read: Please do everything you can to survive. (This story is entirely fictional.) (There is a worldbuilding framework, woven into the later plot.) 944Reads8.7Score12814d adds
- 111 Rule Horror: The Haunted Dormitory 规则怪谈:诡异寝室 [System + Horror + Loops + Mind-Bending] The supernatural returns, and tales of the uncanny descend upon the world. Asleep, Ye Nanxi is pulled into a world of eerie stories by a piercing shriek. Here, winning earns you a million in cash. Losing costs you your life. The first scenario is a dormitory. [Please read the rules carefully.] [Wang Niannian, Wen Bai, Zhou Ke, Jiang Ning, Pei Zhaoyue, and you share a dorm room. But there are only five people in the room.] [You can trust Wang Niannian unco 483Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 112 Seven-Day Horror: My University Is a Horror Game 七日怪谈:我的大学是恐怖游戏 [First Person], [Rule Horror], [Ensemble Cast], [Coming-of-Age Protagonist], [No Romance], [Not a Power Fantasy], [Hardest Beginner Instance in History] This school has become a ghost-story game arena. Lin Xia, Ye Yan’s roommate, dies for no apparent reason in their dorm. The announcement sounds, declaring that the [Ghost-Story Game] has officially begun. Ye Yan, Chen Mo, and Zhou Yuan discover that Lin Xia died because she unknowingly broke a rule. For the next seven days, every place may hide 303Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 113 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—14d adds
- 114 Rulebound Illusion Realm: I Have a Recycling Bin 规则幻域:我有一个回收箱 [Genius] [Mind-bending] [Plot twists] [No heroine] [Mystery] [Suspense] Mu Chuan unexpectedly obtains a magical box that he can never get rid of, no matter how hard he tries. By a twist of fate, he enters a rule-bound illusion domain and becomes an emissary who walks between the domain and reality. The illusion domains have the highest death rates, and there’s too little information? No problem. I have a recycling box. Give me something good, and I’ll trade you information. Skills are too rare, 117Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 115 Surviving in a Strange World, I Became a Pawnshop Owner 诡异世界求生,我成了典当铺老板 [Rules-Based Horror + Lovecraftian Horror + Business-Building + Progression System] When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you. You there, get in here! I’m an internet-addicted teenager. I was planning to stay up all night and finish a horror novel when I was unexpectedly dragged into a bizarre survival world. There was a mysterious pawnshop, an abacus that could talk, and on my very first deal, I got swindled by a Level One supernatural item: the Ghost Bride... 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 God's Chosen Game: Starting with an Escape Room 神选游戏:从密室逃生开始 (Mind-Bending Games + Tactical Mind Games and Puzzles + Infinite Escape + No Clichés + No System + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Novel for Beginners + Genius Protagonist + Protagonist Isn't a Saint + No Female Lead) (There are no ghosts in this story, and it's not horror. It's similar to Alice in Borderland and Squid Game. Please move along if that's not your thing.) The moment Fang Que opened his eyes, he found himself trapped in a dangerous sealed room, where a mysterious person demanded that he take 660Reads8.2Score10214d adds
- 117 Rule Horror: The Last One to Leave the Classroom After Evening Study 规则怪谈:晚自习最后离开教室的人 Rule Horror: The Last Person to Leave the Classroom After Evening Study 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Class's Nightmare Game: I Rule the Whole School! 班级噩梦游戏,我主宰全校! [Death Game] [Light Ensemble Cast] [No Saintly Hero] [Closed Beta Turns Open Beta] [Overpowered Wish Fulfillment] [Multiple Female Leads] The first-year finance class at a university becomes the testing ground for a nightmare game's closed beta. Classes, tests, monthly exams: one nightmare game after another drives the entire class to the brink! Jiang Xing awakens an SSS-tier talent, [Sleep God]: invincible while asleep! On top of that, he develops the outrageous abilities to control other peopl 643.6kReads8.8Score133.1k14d adds
- 119 Shh, Please Be Quiet 嘘,请噤声 [Infinite Flow + Suspense + Horror, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] Chen Heng was going to die. Suffering from brain cancer, he had only three months left to live. But just as he gave up on treatment, he was unexpectedly swept into the so-called [Gods' Game], a game that promised to grant anyone's wish. It was an endless slaughter, and each round of the game could have only one winner. Why am I called a [Contender] when this is clearly a [Game]? Whose game is this? And who is watching us from behi 505Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 120 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 819Reads8.7Score10614d adds
- 121 All the Ghosts Smile at Me, So I Beat Them Straight to Hell 众鬼朝我笑嘻嘻,我打得它们归西 [Rules-based horror + no romance + goofy humor] Uh, it was originally going to have no romance, but the author might add a pairing later because they can’t write it. / There’s no way there’ll be a pairing. Kill them all!!! Su Que awakens to the fact that she is a villain, the fake heiress everyone hates. She also sees how she’ll die in the near future: not a single piece of her body will be intact, as the horrors in the dungeons tear her apart and devour every last bit of her. Realizing she isn 58Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 122 Rule Horror: Staying Alive Gets Harder by the Day 规则怪谈:活着越来越难 My name is Lin Mo, and my hearing is a curse. I can “hear” the distorted “whispers” of objects and places: deadly rules lurking in supermarket night shifts, hospital caregiving duties, and company overtime. They are internally consistent, cold, and cruel. To survive in a hell of rules that can descend at random, I must use this painful hearing in everyday settings to decipher traps and find loopholes in their logic. Every escape makes reality seem more absurd, and staying alive grows harder by t 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Rule Horror: After Lights Out, Follow the Dormitory Rules 规则怪谈:熄灯后,请遵守宿舍守则 Rule Horror: After Lights Out, Please Follow the Dormitory Rules 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Rule Horror: Every Rule Is Waiting for Me to Break It 规则怪谈:所有规则都在等我违规 Rule Horror: Every Rule Is Waiting for Me to Break It 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Rule Horror: It Begins with My Wife’s Secret 规则怪谈:从妻子的秘密开始 Rules-based horror descends upon the world. Challengers must clear trials on behalf of their countries. If they succeed, the horror disappears; if they fail, it descends upon their country. After enduring four descents, the Flame-Summer Nation is on the verge of collapse. Just then, Qin Hao transmigrates into this world and becomes its challenger. [You have entered the rules-based horror: The Wife’s Secret.] [You have a wife as beautiful as a celestial maiden, but she seems to be hiding a deep s 7kReads8.3Score60714d adds
- 126 The All-Purpose Guide to Rule Horror for the Powerless 无能者的规则怪谈全能指南 (A suspenseful, terrifying mystery with no System or supernatural powers for the protagonist. No brute-force clears. Frequent updates.) Blue Star has been invaded by entities. Humanity is powerless to resist, and the world faces destruction. Those above keep humanity like lambs in a pen, forcibly selecting representatives from every country and livestreaming them for their amusement. And what are they forced to play? Rule-based horror games? From the start, representatives from every country sho 5kReads8.6Score48814d adds
- 127 Shocking! I'm the Only Human in the Class 震惊!全班只有我是人 Shocking! I’m the Only Human in the Whole Class 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Rule Horror: I Exorcise the Uncanny Through Opera 规则怪谈:我靠唱戏超度诡异 When rule-based horror puts on the costume of traditional opera, singing the wrong lyrics means death, taking the wrong steps means death, and even clapping at the wrong time can get you killed. Armed with the ancestral Nuo mask, Pei Qixian sneers, “Perfect. I specialize in haunting opera stages.” While everyone else trembles as they follow the rules, he turns around and rewrites the script: “The King of Hell wants to pick a show? Today, I’m going to pick, his!” [Instance Notice] You have trigge 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 The Haunted Gate 恐怖诡门 This novel features [one heroine] + [original instances] + [no saintly do-gooder] + [no System] + [mild horror] + [no mindless plot] I don’t know when it began. Perhaps when I was very young, in high school or college, or maybe when I started working. I realized that the world had gone beyond the bounds of reason. To be precise, it had shifted away from the world we once knew. The ghosts and monsters we saw in TV dramas and horror movies were actually hiding all around us. In my third year at wo 713Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Rule Horror: I Can Devour Every Supernatural Being 规则怪谈:我能吞噬所有诡异 [No Heroine + National Destiny + Everyone Is Smart + Devouring the Uncanny] Rule-based horror descended upon the world. Those selected were sent into the world of the uncanny to face scenarios fraught with danger. Chen Xin, already starving, was unlucky enough to be selected. He would represent Huaguo in the challenge. Everyone selected for their first scenario gets one chance to draw a talent, but Chen Xin ended up with the most useless E-rank talent. The good news was that this talent could gr 10.6kReads8.7Score85514d adds
- 131 The Girl Is Spoiled Rotten by Her Weird Boy Group in a Rules-Based Horror World 女孩在规则怪谈里被男团诡异狂宠 Completed [No CP + mystery and deduction + a wealthy young woman uses her incredible brain to solve puzzles] The Queen’s level is too high. The eerie beings are crying and trying to force-quit. When the eerie beings descended, a mysterious organization began buying up coins at exorbitant prices, making them almost impossible to find. A one-yuan coin could buy a three-million-yuan house, or be used to contract an eerie being to serve you for life. After a high-IQ girl transmigrates into a book ca 49Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 132 Eerie Descent: Nobody on the Subway Is Human 诡异降临:地铁里都不是人 [!!! NOT A POWER FANTASY !!!] [No golden finger + No Romance + No Leveling Up + No Items + No System] [Infinite Flow + Mystery and Horror + Every Character Is Smart] Important warning: If you are riding the subway right now, be sure to check underneath your seat and make sure there isn’t a corpse lying there! A mysterious subway train, with eighteen stops along its route. At every stop, the passengers must face a bizarre instance! A cruise ship sailing alone across the sea, with nowhere to dock 3.8kReads7.3Score66514d adds
- 133 The New World: A Script Created by God 新世界:神创剧本 [Ensemble Cast + Infinite Flow + Scripts + Survival + Hidden Conspiracies] “My name is Chen Zhi. While investigating the cause of my brother’s death, I was forced into a strange script!” “I saw the other side of the world, beings ordinary people can’t see, terrifying beings!” “What should I do? Am I sick? No, that’s not it. The world is sick!” Divine gifts and miracles are blossoming. Divine gifts and miracles are colliding. The curtain has already risen. The only old-timer in this new world sto 17.5kReads7.7Score2.2k14d adds
- 134 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—14d adds
- 135 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]. 472Reads8.0Score10514d adds
- 136 The Corpse-Reading Detective 诡案读尸人 The Corpse-Reading Detective 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Rule Horror: It Takes Two 规则怪谈:双人成行 [The rating just came out and is rather low, but it will rise] [Two Minds Sharing One Body] [Rules-Based Horror] [Original Scenarios] [Mind-Bending Twists] [Lighthearted Bickering] One moment, Wei Minghua was conquering an S-rank rules-based horror scenario. The next, he woke to find his body gone. His consciousness was trapped in the mind of a nineteen-year-old girl named Mingxi. Mingxi pressed a knife to her throat. "Get out of my body, or we'll both die." Before they could reach an agreement, 35.3kReads8.1Score8.5k14d adds
- 138 Nightmare Invitation 噩梦邀请 [Infinite flow, original instances, mild horror, no romance] An invitation sent from the Nightmare World drags a group of people into a haunted place, where they struggle desperately to survive. Those pulled into the Nightmare World have no idea what lies ahead. They only know they must do everything they can to stay alive. Fight the locals! Fight the ghosts! Fight the Nightmare World! Until... they escape the Nightmare World. 1.3kReads6.6Score10414d adds
- 139 Infinite Eerie Domains: Starting with a Haunted Classroom 无限诡域:从诡异教室开始 [Infinite Flow]+ [Fake terror]+ [Ghosts kill people]+ [Emotionless]+ [Mild horror] Late at night, Su Wang receives a strange black letter that appears out of nowhere in his home. Its four blood-red survival rules reveal a terrifying, unknown realm. In the blink of an eye, he is forcibly dragged into a strange study hall at Chenfeng High School, where he and six strangers are trapped together. The one unbreakable rule is carved into the blackboard: Keep quiet. One survivor loses control, makes a 31kReads8.0Score4k14d adds
- 140 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—14d adds
- 141 Zoo Horror Stories: I’m the Rulebreaker! 动物园怪谈:我,规则破坏者! [Jiang Kai: My rules are the rules!] [This zoo is not that zoo + the more you think about it, the scarier it gets + absolutely no ginkgo + firepower galore!] When Jiang Kai opened his eyes, he found himself inside the mist-shrouded world of his first game instance: “Zoo Rules.” This place was full of all kinds of rules and dangers! [Remember! Before entering the zoo, everyone except minors must buy a ticket at the blue ticket booth on the right!] [Remember! After entering the zoo, read the visit 2Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 142 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—14d adds
- 143 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 2.7kReads8.7Score30814d adds
- 144 Rule Horror: School of Life and Death 规则怪谈:生死学校 [Rule Horror] [Infinite Flow] [Battle Royale] On the day he got into college, Yang Han thought his hardships were finally over. It wasn't until he stepped through the campus gates that he learned the truth: At this university, there are no classes and no exams. You only have to risk your life. Break the school rules? Erased on the spot. The survival app's countdown hits zero? You disappear instantly. If you want to live one more day, you must fight to complete one bizarre mission after another a 6kReads8.9Score72914d adds
- 145 When the Red Light Turns On, Please Die 红灯亮,请去死 The light is red. Go die. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 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 30Reads8.9Score11014d adds
- 147 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 4.4kReads8.6Score34514d adds
- 148 The Nightmare Investigation Team 梦魇调查团 This is the depths of hell, a world of nightmares. Without a resilient will, a nimble mind, and meticulous powers of observation, you can only become a demon's feed in this terrifying world. 1.4kReads8.8Score11014d adds
- 149 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 1.4kReads8.9Score15614d adds
- 150 Rule Horror: No One at That School Is Allowed to Open Their Eyes at Midnight 规则怪谈:那所学校禁止在午夜睁眼 Rule Horror: That School Forbids You to Open Your Eyes at Midnight —Reads—Score—14d adds

















































