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- 101 Mystery Revival: A New Beginning 神秘复苏:新的开端 (The pacing is a little slow at first, but it definitely gets good later!) Vicious ghosts roam the world, and people are lost and helpless. The world is changing. There are always those favored by fate, and those blessed with good fortune, but this is only the story of an ordinary person. 12Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 102 Demon Ghost School: I Can See Through the Ghosts' Eyes 恶魔鬼校:我看见了鬼的视角 [A fresh new concept: wild imagination on campus + mild horror + demon games + paranormal exploration + a rich, well-developed system + an actual plot] Welcome to Demon Ghost School. Our curriculum is simple... death, gamesmanship, and slaughter! Here you’ll find all kinds of “fun” demon classes, thrilling demon games, brutal school competitions, chandeliers that guard the dormitories, and talking wardrobes... My name is Su Yun. One day, I received an admission letter. When I w 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 暴雨夜服务区规则怪谈 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Everyone Plays Horror Games: From the Start, I'm Aboard the Yellow Springs Train 全民恐怖游戏:开局踏上黄泉列车 [Mystery + horror + System + games + infinite-worlds] The world of the uncanny descends upon the globe. While everyone else prays they won't be summoned to another realm, Fu Chen discovers that his System is different from everyone else's. It can not only steal emotions and strengthen him, but also see through confusion and uncover the past. A conductor aboard the Yellow Springs Train; a tenant in the spirit-bound courtyard; a healthcare worker at the Black Vortex Sanatorium; … As he keeps conq 795Reads6.0Score11214d adds
- 105 Ghost Belly 鬼腹 [No brainless protagonist, no System, no harem, exceptionally high intelligence, utterly deranged.] This is an age of a hundred ghosts roaming the night. Countless vengeful ghosts have descended upon the world, and a bizarre giant baby has appeared in the sky, gradually taking the place of the sun and moon. Day and night rot together, and the stars collapse and fall. From this moment on, the world began to crumble. Civilization and order toppled like dominoes, and the evil in human nature surpas 282Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 106 Bro, How Did I Get Reborn in a Ghost's Body? 不是哥们我怎么重生到鬼身上了 Ghosts cannot be killed, and each one has its own unique rules for killing. Only ghosts can fight ghosts. This is a world where supernatural incidents can break out at any moment. Of course, there are also people who can restrain evil spirits, collectively known as Ghost Binders. There are two ways to become a Ghost Binder: by choice or by chance. Deep in the mountains, an evil spirit has escaped. Evil spirits are supposed to have no thoughts of their own. They kill only the living who trigger t 180Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Mystery Revival: Qinghong Academy 神秘复苏:青鸿书院 Mystery Revival: Qinghong Academy 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 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
- 109 Survived Eighteen Times: The Third Real Horror Movie 活过十八次:第三度真实恐怖电影 (Starring in Real Horror Movies) + (Infinite-Flow Supernatural Instances) If you happen to scroll through videos, Weibo, or Tieba and come across an invitation to the Third Degree Horror Movie, you will find yourself thrown into a horror movie, playing one of its characters. As the plot unfolds, bizarre, spine-chilling curses and eerie ghosts lurking everywhere will descend one by one. A village shrouded in a blood spring, a strange building, thirteen flights of stairs, a dark corridor, a silent 3.3kReads—Score39614d adds
- 110 The Haunted House: The End of the Mist World 2 诡舍:迷雾世界终点2 [Transmigrate into a book + infinite flow + mild horror + instances + single heroine] Fu Jinyue unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of a book. After going through one bizarre, uncanny instance mission after another, Fu Jinyue gradually gets closer to the truth: the secrets of the four great families, and whether rebirth truly exists... 122Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Old Wei's Ghost Stories 老魏讲鬼故事 [Traditional Supernatural Tales] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Based on True Events] [Submitted by Readers] [Chilling on Reflection] [Bizarre Tales] [Beyond the Bounds of Science] The eerie Buddha statue seen when mountaineers are trapped in a ghostly loop, a face appearing on the wall in the middle of the night, a “person” using their own head as a ball during evening study at school... I have always believed that horror stories should be short, sometimes ending on a cliffhanger, sometimes becoming 1.5kReads—Score10814d adds
- 112 Spiritual Qi Revival, Terror Descends: I Am the Realm Master 灵气复苏,恐怖降临:我乃界主 [Spiritual qi revival + Lord of Heaven and Earth + Invincible + Mysterious + Immortals + Underworld] Heaven and Earth are not benevolent; they treat all things like straw dogs! Yet the yin and yang of Heaven and Earth are in chaos, and no true gods are to be seen! Li Xiang, Lord of the World, holds a divine decree in his hand! He summons Black and White Impermanence to seize souls and slay the mysterious! He summons the Judge, leaving no schemes or tricks undiscovered! He summons the Four Great 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 A Horror Game Has Arrived? I Hear It's Terrifying! 惊悚游戏降临?听说好可怕啊! Horror Comedy + Supernatural + Infinite Worlds + No Female Lead + Internship System + Light Power Fantasy While Qin Feng was working diligently, a coworker told him that the horrifying game that had descended a few days earlier actually had a livestream. Was it really that scary? "Have you heard? The game is full of vicious ghosts." "Have you heard? The ghosts are ranked by level." "What levels?" "Scary, terrifying, dangerous, horrifying, nightmare, and hell." "That's all?" "What, there's more?" 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 I Play an NPC in an Infinite Game 我在无限游戏中扮演NPC [Infinite Flow + No Romance] After waking up, Bai Yexi discovers she has been pulled into a game called “Dawn.” She can return to reality only by dying or accumulating enough points. With a million points, she can make one wish to the Main God. To find someone who exists only in her memories, the lazy Bai Yexi starts working hard to clear the instances. But… she was told the odds of drawing an NPC role were one in a thousand, so why is it a hundred percent for her? Looking at her doubled points, 784Reads8.0Score10814d adds
- 115 Walking Marriage 走婚 A friend took me out to clear my head, and we ended up in a village. Not only was the whole village full of women, it even had a custom called “walking marriages”… 115Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 116 Grandpa Started the Trouble, Three Generations Must Pay 爷爷闯下的祸,三代来还 The trouble Grandpa caused will take three generations to repay. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 The Eerie Realm: It Starts with an Elevator 诡界:从电梯开始 [No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Dungeon Progression]+ [No Saintly Protagonist]+ [Eerie]+ [Original Dungeons] Have you ever wondered? Beneath the neon lights and atmosphere of this city, things lurk that defy all reason. They were chosen by the Eerie [Elevator] and marked by a terrifying curse. Again and again, they must take part in death games, until death claims them. 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 A Horror Story Lives Next Door 你的隔壁住着恐怖故事 Have you ever noticed how horror lurks everywhere in your everyday life? Listen. Listen closely... Where does horror come from? Nothing is scarier than reality. The unknown parts of our real lives, and the anxieties and desires we feel about them, are the greatest sources of horror. 12.3kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
- 119 My Neighbor Knocks on the Wall at 3 A.M. Every Day 我的邻居每天准时在凌晨3点敲墙 My neighbor knocks on the wall at exactly 3 a.m. every day 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 The Haunted House: The End of the Foggy World 诡舍:迷雾世界终点 [Transmigrate into a Book + Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Heroine] Fu Jinyue accidentally transmigrated into the world of a book. After going through one bizarre and eerie instance after another, he finally learned the answer... 370Reads—Score10514d adds
- 121 The Supernatural Returns, and It Turns Out I'm the Third Generation of a Weird Creature 灵异复苏,原来我是诡三代 [Supernatural Revival + Nearly Invincible + Rules for Killing + System + No Female Lead + No Power Suppression + Builds Own Faction] Not a golden three-chapter hook, and the author is very lazy. In the era of supernatural revival, human life is worthless. In this world, only ghosts can deal with ghosts. The A-rank terror, the Ghost Phone Call, means death the moment it appears. The S-rank, city-destroying supernatural entity “Plague” wiped out fourteen cities in a single year. Monsters run wild, 1.9kReads6.6Score10514d adds
- 122 Soul Collection, Volume Two 集魂录二 A pair of golden eyes, a whip, and a book. Bearing a new mission, Yao Yinsheng sets out to find a secret realm, a place that inspires longing yet no one has ever explored. The Soul-Gathering Record has returned to her hands, more mysterious than ever. Greater challenges and darker sides of human nature begin to emerge. Where, exactly, does hell lie? 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 The Temple That Eats People 吃人的庙 The Man-Eating Temple 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Death Photo 死亡照片 [Suspense + Mystery + Mind Games + Puzzle-Solving + Imagination + Superpowers] Lin Yi goes to attend his high school reunion. At first, everything seems normal. His long-unseen classmates chat away happily. Then someone finds a photograph on the floor! At first, no one pays it any attention. But soon, the classmate in the photograph dies unexpectedly. Then one classmate after another dies in a series of bizarre accidents! Everyone is terrified. What's really going on? Will anyone else die? Who's 12.8kReads7.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 125 Tales of a Hundred Things from the Otherworldly Abyss 异渊百物语 [Strong female lead + supernatural + survival + urban legends + apocalypse + not a saint + no romance] No one in this world doesn’t love money. If money could buy your life, how much would you say yours is worth? To pay for her treatment, Tang Miaomiao works three jobs a day, all to scrape together enough for the medical bills and stay alive. Promotional flyers for a trial run of a murder mystery game drift down from the sky. Lured by the promise of a huge reward, six strangers gather together. 267Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 126 Compendium of Evil Things 邪物宝鉴 There are no ghosts in this world. Every strange occurrence is the work of evil things. Evil things are exactly what the name suggests: wicked objects with uncanny powers. Dolls, dresses, pillows... Any of them can be affected by resentment and turn into something evil. There are many such objects among the people, and most strange events are actually caused by them. Don't be afraid. If you are upright and optimistic, evil things will keep their distance. It is only when you are crooked or pessi 178Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 127 I'm Eerie, So Why Is My Human Ex-Boyfriend Chasing Me? 身为诡异,被人类前男友倒追了 After living with my boyfriend for a while, a few uninvited guests arrived and shattered our peaceful life. They looked strange and rude, and shouted at me, “There’s an Eerie being!” According to them, the world had turned into an Eerie world, and we were struggling to survive in it. To stay alive, my boyfriend and I joined their group. But the longer we spent with them, the more suspicious things seemed. It turned out that I had become one of the Eerie beings half a month ago? And my boyfriend 359Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 128 The Yin-Yang Master of the Living World 阳间阴阳先生 I was an ordinary first-year college student. Then one incident gave me a whole new understanding of the world. From that day onward, I walked between the realms of yin and yang. 3.3kReads—Score11014d adds
- 129 Strange Tales from the Countryside 乡村诡故事 Before you start this book, a warning: if you scare easily, don't read it. If you live alone, be careful. Every short ghost story here is based on an ordinary person's real-life experience. Not a single word is made up. From the damp old alleyways of the south to the frozen, deserted villages of the north; from late-night overtime in office buildings to lights-out in university dorms; the taboos our elders forbade us to talk about, and the moments you dare not dwell on in the middle of the night 119Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The Underworld Storm of the Apocalypse 末世之冥界风暴 Urban Soul-Requiem Squad; Eldritch apocalypse cultivation; hard-core supernatural crime-solving. Like a Chinese version of Supernatural or a cyberpunk take on the Spiritual Pivot. Volume One, “Nephilim,” is complete. Quality guaranteed, so read with confidence. Transmigrate? No, I’ve come back to life in someone else’s body! The moment Wang Yixuan opens his eyes, he finds himself the “young marshal” of an apocalyptic stronghold, a hapless guy whose body has been gnawed hollow by demons. [Rule 1: —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Old Tales of Strange Happenings 民间旧诡事 The woman in red who knocks on doors late at night, the soul-binding bones beneath the locust tree, the copper-bell curse in an old house in an abandoned village... These old tales of the uncanny, scattered across the countryside, are the idle chatter of old folks and stories sealed away by time... 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Come Listen to a Ghost Story! 来听诡故事! The chime of midnight is the switch that starts each story. Hidden here are 365 eerie legends from every corner of the world. Maybe it's the strange sobbing in the night-shift office during overtime, a stranger's long hair beside your pillow in an old residential complex, or a passenger in a white dress who vanishes in front of a cemetery. One short ghost story every night, tearing through the everyday facade to reveal the chilling truth beneath. Do you dare open this collection of midnight tale 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Fatal Impulse 致命冲动 Never grab a WeChat red envelope from a stranger! After I accidentally took one from a stranger, strange things started happening one after another, and my classmates began dying, one by one. Maybe I'll be next... 5.9kReads8.0Score61114d adds
- 134 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
- 135 Old Village Stories 山村旧事 A strange mountain village. Bizarre events sparked by natural and man-made disasters. And, it turns out, a secret lies hidden behind it all... 33.6kReads9.1Score2.3k14d adds
- 136 Heaven and the Death Row Inmate 天堂与死刑犯 (Original instances, setting-focused, no mindless characters or formulaic tropes) A place where people live. This book has a rich setting, rigorous logic, and a complex world. It’s perfect for immersive reading, so enjoy! 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 The Wicked Husband’s Seduction 邪夫撩人 I was born on the night of the Hungry Ghost Festival. From that day on, strange things kept happening in my village, and the people around me died one after another. To stay alive, I fled into the Dragon King Temple. When I came out, I found myself haunted by an invisible man... (Traditional supernatural horror + mind-bending mystery + realism) 164Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 138 The Living Burial Mound 活人坟 Never let an unfamiliar woman into your car! Especially at night! Because the person you meet... might not be alive! 63Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 139 I Came from the Underworld to Deal with Those Who Defy the Rules 我从地府来,专治规则不服 I Came from the Underworld to Make the Rules Behave 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 The Haunted Inn 凶灵旅店 At Qiyun Inn, tucked deep in the mountains, terrifying ghost stories have been passed down for years. In this isolated place, the shadow of a desperate death looms! Is it the curse of an evil spirit, or a sinister plot by ruthless criminals? In these fog-shrouded, pitch-black mountains and wilderness, a strange dark shape suddenly appears up ahead! Is it a person? An animal? Or... a ghost? Through the dark rain and fog, a solitary, old-fashioned courtyard comes into view. A towering tree with an 159Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 141 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
- 142 Death Save-Scumming: I'm Really Not a Big Shot 死亡回档:我真的不是大佬啊 [Rule-Based Horror + Not Overpowered + No Female Lead + Supernatural + National Fate] Rule-based horror has descended upon Earth. The supernatural has entered reality. Those who are chosen will enter the world of horror scenarios and represent their respective countries in challenges governed by strange rules. Su Ming has now been chosen by the world of horror scenarios. He will represent the Dragon Kingdom in the challenge. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Tales of the Strange 怪谈 [A Born Ghost-Busting Saint vs. A Bewitching Beauty Bound by a Sinister Fate] [Case-by-Case Stories + Criminal Investigation + Folk Legends + Ghost Hunting + An Overarching Plot + Horror + Two Powerful Leads + Fighting Side by Side] "Corpses become curses, souls become gu; strange cases arise, and every road is hard to tread." Zhang Miao was short of water in his five elements, and before he was even born, he was given a "water ghost" as his godmother. As a result, he awakened a special constit 1.9kReads8.5Score12014d adds
- 144 There’s Someone on My Back 我的背上有个人 I always thought I'd slept wrong. I tried medicated plasters and got X-rays, until I met an old man who said, "Young lady, someone has been riding on your back for nearly half a year. You need to send her on her way, right now..." —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Cleaning Up the Evil Spirit Scene as the Headquarters Chief 从总部负责人开始整顿厉鬼圈 In the previous book, Zhou Yuan crawled out of No. 11 Middle School on a rainy night, devoured his way to S-rank, and rose to become the nation’s top official in charge of supernatural affairs. This time, he’s here to clean up the mess. Stage One: Establishing the Rules. Five directives are issued nationwide: reveal the supernatural, draw back the defensive lines, review duties and purge traitors, eliminate the weakest, and exchange resources. For the first time, spirit masters realize there rea 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 One Cursed Letter, and I'm in the Eighteenth Layer of the Ghost Realm? 一封诅咒信,我入诡界十八层? [Horror + Survival + Infinite Flow + Plot-Heavy + Three Updates a Day + No Fighting Monsters to Level Up + Original Horror Instances] They say that when a white letter mysteriously arrives in your hands, a curse has attached itself to you… Rotting books, an empty bus, a door seeping blood… In bizarre ways, a group of unsuspecting people who receive letters are sent to one eerie world after another. They are called Curse-Bearers, and in the eldritch realm, they must endure their own curses. No 1.3kReads6.4Score10814d adds
- 147 Shattered Yin-Yang Jade 阴阳玉碎 [Supernatural + horror + suspense + first person + no idiots in the story + clever protagonist + a touch of angst] "I'm turning eighteen soon. I should die, too." Yu Yue and I are twin sisters, born eighteen years ago on Ghost Festival. A fortune-teller gave us each a jade pendant and said that on our eighteenth birthday, whoever's pendant broke would die. We're seventeen now, and suddenly both pendants have shattered. How can we possibly survive? 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 I Heard of Strange Things That Year: Never Read This Late at Night 那年听闻怪事,千万别深夜翻看 These stories are adapted and fictionalized from various experiences shared by friends. They are written in an accessible style and make for a good way to unwind. A reminder: reject superstition. This is all imaginative fiction. Any similarities to real events are purely coincidental, so don't take it seriously! 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Tales of the Uncanny in Jiangnan 江南诡事录 I was born in an old town in Jiangnan, and from childhood I loved hanging around beneath the eaves of the old teahouse. I would listen as Zhou the Blind sipped his strong tea and spun yarn after yarn, recounting the strange tales he had heard over most of his life. Half of what this book records came from the stories passed by word of mouth beneath the teahouse storyteller’s gavel; the other half came from what I saw and heard as I grew up wandering the streets and alleys of Jiangnan. Now the te 13Reads—Score314d adds
- 150 Is Someone Hiding in Your Ceiling? 你家天花板有没有藏人? Is Someone Hiding in Your Ceiling? —Reads—Score—14d adds

















































