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- 151 I Won’t Survive the Night 活不过今夜 At some point, a strange old beggar showed up in our neighborhood. The strange thing was, he never spent the money people gave him. He’d burn it or destroy it instead. Then one day, the woman downstairs was burned to death, and the butcher was brutally murdered. That was when I finally realized the truth. He wasn’t begging for money. He was begging for lives! 1.1kReads8.2Score10214d adds
- 152 Classroom of Despair 绝望教室 One day, a classmate who had been dead for a long time dragged everyone in our class into a bizarre QQ group and forced us to take part in a death vote. After I managed to escape the Desperate Classroom, one massive conspiracy after another unfolded. To survive, I sold my soul… 141Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 153 The Soul Collection Record 集魂录 Yao Yinsheng had never seen her grandfather, not even once. But she had been able to see spirits since childhood, and after witnessing the Black and White Impermanence spirits seize a soul when she was eight, she began having strange dreams. In them, an old man would often say to her kindly, “I’m your grandfather!” Regardless of whether Yao Yinsheng wanted him to, the old man taught her all sorts of things in her dreams. Then, when she turned eighteen, he suddenly produced a booklet and asked wi 221Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 I Keep Being Reborn in an Infinite-Loop World 我在无限流里不断重生 [Infinite-flow horror, ensemble cast | No System, no golden finger | No mindless power fantasy] After clearing my twelfth instance, I didn't get to go home. Everyone had been deceived. Clearing an instance didn't let us leave at all. It turned out that clearing an instance didn't mean escaping. We were trapped in an endless cycle of worlds, each layer harder to tell from reality than the last. The boundary between the instances and reality had blurred completely. Was anything before our eyes 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 I'm Just a Photographer, So Why Do I Keep Seeing Ghosts?! 我就是个摄影师,为什么总见鬼! [Original Work, First Release] [Supernatural Horror] [Mystery and Puzzles] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Folk Supernatural Tales] [Light Transmigration] Photographer Lin Shen set off alone for an abandoned old house in the wilderness, hoping to capture a supernatural series that could turn his career around. But he never made it out of the ravine. When he opened his eyes again, he had transmigrated into the body of another freelance photographer, He Xun. He made a living with a camera just the same, a 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 The Tree with a Human Face 长着人脸的树 The Tree with a Human Face 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 The Man Buried Upside Down 倒着埋的人 The Man Buried Upside Down 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Thriller Game: I’ve Been Pulled into the Admin Group 惊悚游戏:我被拉进了管理群 [Infinite-flow + classic detective mysteries + play the pig to eat the tiger + suspense and the supernatural + high-level urban martial arts] Chen Mo inherited the escape room business his parents left behind, but business was terrible. Everything changed when he was selected as a beta tester and entered a horror game. This was a game that transcended dimensions. And within it lay the truth about humanity. Hospital No. 18, Strange Tales: Afterword, The Wax Museum... Determined to make his shop a 414Reads6.8Score10014d adds
- 159 One Hundred Thousand and One Folk Horror Stories 十万零一个民间恐怖故事 A collection of short horror stories in an episodic format, with a new story every chapter. No dragging things out! Haunted houses in the countryside, mountain spirits, urban legends, old customs and taboos... Every kind of Chinese-style horror is covered, with nonstop thrills and no filler. Anti-superstition disclaimer: This story is entirely fictional. Believe in science and read rationally. Please don’t apply it to real life~ 304Reads—Score10114d adds
- 160 The Haunted Coffin 诡棺 When the coffin opens, the living are doomed to grief! My sister-in-law hanged herself, but no one could take her body down from the white cloth... As it turned out, I had been burdened with a mission from the very beginning, one that would push me down a strange and sinister path! 713Reads—Score10114d adds
- 161 Notes on Strange Folk Tales 民间诡事札记 The countryside hides the strangest legends and lays bare the truest depths of the human heart. A single red embroidered shoe beneath an old pagoda tree holds a grievance and a hatred left unspoken. A strange peddler knocking at the door in the dead of night carries no ordinary goods in his pack, only old stories frosted over with time. A bronze mirror rising from an ancient well can reflect ghosts, but not the depths of the human heart... These curious tales scattered across bustling streets an 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Heimu Creek: Bloodstained Human-Skin Paper Spat Out in the Dead of Night 黑木溪:深夜吐出的带血人皮纸 Blackwood Creek: Bloodstained Human Skin Paper Spat Out in the Dead of Night —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Who’s Watching You Sleep? 谁在看着你睡觉 A collection of horror stories, including The Haunting of the Girls' Dorm, The Peeping Eye, and The Abyss of the Locked Room: A Mother's Checkmate! I guarantee you'll be too scared to use the bathroom after reading them at night! Each story is 80,000 to 100,000 characters long. I'm a newcomer, and this is my first time writing on Tomato Novel! I hope you'll give me lots of encouragement! Your support is what motivates me to create more and better stories! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Notes from a Folklore Archaeology Team 民俗考古队手记 The true experiences of Lin Ye, a 24-year-old graduate student in folklore. I went to the countryside with my advisor to survey funeral customs. On my first day in the village, I saw five words carved into the stone tablet at the entrance: “Do not enter the village at dusk.” The village elders taught me: If someone calls your name at night, don’t answer. A funeral basin must be smashed in one blow. When you leave the village, don’t look back. I wrote down each rule in my notebook, treating it as 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 My Travel Companion Disappeared, and I Went Mad. 消失的旅伴,疯了的我。 My Missing Travel Companion, My Madness. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Infinite Flow: Getting By in Horror Games 无限流:我在惊悚游戏混日子 [The pacing is on the slow side, so if that's not your thing, please move along.] On her way home, Yun Ruohan got smacked in the face with a job ad from Infinite Studio. The words “free meals” caught her eye, and she successfully became a member of Infinite Studio: a game NPC. And so, this scene played out in the dungeon world. The players were running for their lives, while she chased after them. The players were sobbing, while she happily dug in. 29Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 167 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
- 168 Terrifying Tales 惊魂诡事 Deep, silent alleyways, eerie, terrifying deserted villages, reed marshes choked with weeds... Every scene holds some of my most unforgettable memories! Everything that happens in this book is something I saw or heard myself. You can also read it as a story. Curious about the supernatural tales that have taken place in rural villages and mountain hamlets? Have you ever heard of or seen something that made your hair stand on end? If you find yourself sleepless in the dead of night, put on your he 308Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 169 As a God, I Expose Every Mystery in the World 身为神的我揭露世间一切神秘 (Mysterious creatures + livestreaming + episodic stories + gore + mild horror) Above countless universes lies the boundless Realm of Void. They say only beings that have broken through the limits of the universe are qualified to enter. Ye Qingchi served as a divine official, maintaining the Realm of Void for 97.14 million years. But disaster struck without warning, and she was wanted by the new city lord. Outmatched, she had no choice but to flee with her best friend Mu Tianrou to a remote unive —Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 170 Rule Horror: Zhen Huan’s Reminder, Never Look into the Bronze Mirror 规则怪谈:甄嬛谨记勿照铜镜 Rule Horror: Zhen Huan, Remember Never to Look in the Bronze Mirror 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Classroom of Despair 绝望教室 What began as a prank voting game set off a string of tragedies. One classmate after another died, yet the voting continued. I knew that maybe I would be the next one to die… 671Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 172 Hell Is Empty, and Evil Spirits Walk the Earth 地狱空荡荡,恶灵在人间 This is a horror novel centered on mystery, a traditional supernatural story with no System and no cultivation. The setup is lengthy, there are many mysteries, and the truth is revealed gradually. A mysterious apartment brings endless nightmares. To escape, you must complete the nine tasks assigned by the apartment. Hunted by evil spirits, mocked by ghosts, and consumed by resentment, everyone will be trapped in a terrifying cycle of death and rebirth, played out in blood. “All who are ruled by 486Reads8.6Score10014d adds
- 173 The Corpse Keeper 守尸人 The morgue is where life and death meet. At this boundary, there are many taboos to heed. I grew up beside a hospital morgue, and I'll tell you about the hospital's taboos from a different perspective. Taboo 1: If you see a patient being resuscitated, don't gather around to watch. Taboo 2: If a patient's family throws away something the deceased used while alive, don't toss your own trash on top of it. Taboo 3: If you hear a cat meowing at night, don't go outside to look, whether you're a patien 891Reads6.3Score10214d adds
- 174 The Water-Taming Beast 镇水兽 They say a fish couldn't possibly survive for seventy years, yet this one has been wreaking havoc for just as long! What lies beneath the waters of the Mian River, so shocking that it has dragged so many people down to their deaths? The surface of the rivers you see may seem calm, but you might not know that in those terrifying, eerie depths, a water guardian beast could be lurking, striking at lives as fragile as moths before they even know it's there, like a demon on the hunt... 719Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 175 The Weird Realm Descends: My Chinese-Style Horror Crushes the World 诡界降临:我的中式恐怖碾压全球 The Weird Realm descends, and the world’s third great war of plunder erupts. Unlike the wars before it, this time the main weapon is not modern arms, but weird formations. Weird formations can be deployed in any country, in any city. If a formation is not broken within a set time, the city it engulfs becomes a forbidden zone, and every citizen loses a portion of their remaining lifespan. The strength of a weird formation depends on each nation’s heritage of weird culture. The richer that heritag 919Reads7.1Score10114d adds
- 176 The Gallery of Gods 神明陈列馆 My sister's life hangs on my cursed one. To save his terminally ill sister, Chen Gu steps into a dark world that collects human obsessions and “tokens.” During an expedition, he embeds “Destruction” in his right arm and seals “Order” inside his chest. From then on, his body becomes a battlefield between two colliding stars. He becomes a monster, and every time he suffers, his sister's soul is torn apart from a thousand miles away in her hospital room. In his darkest hour, he discovers the mark 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 The Coffin of Life and Death 生死棺材 In our line of work, there’s a type known as the miscellaneous school. They follow unorthodox paths, dabbling in everything but mastering nothing. They have no sect above them and no helpers below them, and nobody takes them seriously. I’m an heir to the miscellaneous school, yet I turned their world upside down and left them in chaos. Only when I decided to retire did I discover a shocking mystery hidden within me... 491Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 178 My Sister Went on a Trip to Nanyang and Disappeared! 我妹妹去南洋旅游,就失踪了! My Younger Sister Went on a Trip to Nanyang and Disappeared! 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Thriller Game: The Supernatural Are All My Neighbors 惊悚游戏:诡异都是我的邻居 [Cozy]+ [Not Horror]+ [Slice of Life]+ [Dungeons]+ [Comedy]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [Harem] After transmigrating two years ago, Lin Bei thought he was in a parallel world. As it turned out, he had accidentally ended up in a terrifying horror game. What Lin Bei never expected, however, was that the bosses in the horror game’s dungeons were all his neighbors in real life! The Blood Queen, feared by countless players, was actually a white-haired little girl who mooched food and drinks off him every day, 3.6kReads7.7Score4.6k14d adds
- 180 I Collected 99 Horror Stories 我收集了99个恐怖故事 [Short Story Collection] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Based on True Cases] [Uncanny Reality] [Horror Adventures] [Chilling] The stories of this world are half true and half false; the warmth and coldness of human nature make good and evil hard to tell apart. Light and shadow coexist, as do kindness and malice. If you’ve done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear when ghosts knock at midnight. But if ghosts and spirits really came calling, could you face them calmly? This book is a collection of 14.5kReads8.7Score1.6k14d adds
- 181 I'm an NPC in a Rule Horror Game 我在规则怪谈里当npc [Rules Horror + Wild Imagination + Suspense + Supernatural + Female Lead as a Tool + No Romance] The female lead isn’t human and has little screen time. Rules horror descends upon Earth overnight, forcing people to enter these terrifying worlds and struggle to survive among the paranormal entities within. As a paranormal entity in one of these worlds, Jiang Wan grows intensely curious about the human world, where people are so full of emotion and can make the most delicious food in the world: xi 316Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 182 The Strange World Descends! Why Is the Ghost Bride Throwing Herself at Me? 诡世降临!我被诡新娘倒贴? Strange beings have appeared in the world, and catastrophe is coming. Ordinary life is about to face utter destruction. Song Yu, a recent college graduate, scrambles to make ends meet by delivering food. By chance, he and a friend enter the forbidden Liu Mansion, the subject of rumors in Su City. They stumble into a ghost wedding, and to escape the pursuit of a vicious ghost, he has no choice but to take a risk and pose as the groom. But the bride waiting at the Liu Mansion, Liu Huiniang, is wai 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 When the Uncanny Returned, I Inherited a Game Interface 诡异复苏,我继承了游戏面板 Beneath the dazzling lights of the city at night, countless terrifying things lurk. At midnight, your girlfriend stands before the mirror, grinning eerily as she combs her hair again and again. An old man at a deserted crossroads asks you to give up years of your life. Strange chewing sounds and whispers come from the dorm room... He Yuze arrived in this terrifying world where the supernatural was resurging, and inherited a game interface. He discovered that he could level up by slaying evil spi 7.5kReads7.9Score56714d adds
- 184 Death’s Homework 死亡作业 After our homeroom teacher left us a bizarre assignment, news of her death came the very next day... That was when we remembered the terror of being ruled by homework... Once school starts, there will be two updates every day. A jade pendant gift earns one extra chapter, and every 300 gold diamonds earns another! 4.1kReads9.0Score29114d adds
- 185 Thriller Game: I Have a Haunted House 惊悚游戏:我有一座恐怖屋 [Mystery + Supernatural + Livestreaming + Wild Imagination] Chen Yu's escape room business is on the verge of closing when he suddenly awakens a System, and everything changes. As long as he gathers Fear Points, he can exchange them for all kinds of rewards! “Congratulations, Host, you've received the Sadako scenario!” “Congratulations, Host, you've received the Ju-on scenario!” “Congratulations, Host, you've received the The Shining scenario!” 9.2kReads5.4Score85614d adds
- 186 I'm a Living Detective, So Why Are You Making Me Solve Ghost Cases? 我一活人侦探,你让我破鬼案 The comic adaptation of this work, "I’m a Living Detective, So Why Make Me Solve Ghost Cases?", is now available. [Infinite flow + no System + no golden finger + horror and suspense] While investigating an urban-legend case, detective Lin Sanshi encounters the same eerie phenomenon as the victim. From then on, he must wander through a series of different mission worlds: A mountain-top guesthouse where people are murdered in a snowstorm A perilous corpse-driving journey A survival game controlled 4.7kReads7.1Score41814d adds
- 187 Tales of the Eerie Mist Sea 雾海诡叙行 [Infinite Flow + suspenseful horror + strategic mind games, not brainless + deduction and puzzle-solving + no golden finger + romance] Low rating because it was just scored ^^ Bai Yuxia woke up to find herself aboard a ship about to set sail on an unknown route. Outside the ship, the dark sea was bleak and black, the dense fog never lifted, and monstrous things, like mud and abyss, ate away at people’s minds. When she was told that she could only earn experience to advance and supplies to survi 40Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 188 Campus Rule Horror 校园规则怪谈 My name is Chen Yi, and I’m a sophomore in the computer science department at C University. During a lab class on Tuesday morning, my computer suddenly went black. Then a strange voice rang out: Welcome to the world of bizarre games. All students must follow these rules: Rule One: You may not speak during class except to answer questions. Rule Two: Do not try to leave the school. All communication devices have been disabled. Rule Three: You must return to your dormitory before ten every night... 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 The Sixth Man's Strange Tales 老六诡事 A collection of true stories about all kinds of inexplicable, supernatural events personally experienced by people around me. Just think of it as my attempt to pass off some tales as Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! I’m repeating it three times because it’s important! I don’t make up stories. I’m simply passing them along! 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 Tales of the Uncanny: Struggling to Survive in Silent Hill 诡异录:出生寂静岭的挣扎求生 [Supernatural + horror + suspense + mystery-solving + survival + a male lead with a surprising side] “Raccoon City to the left, Silent Hill to the right. You have to pick one. What would you do when you came to a fork in the road like this?” When Chen Lei woke up, he found himself in a supernatural realm called Silent Hill, surrounded by a group of strangers. An unknown force had stripped them all of their freedom. To uncover the truth and solve the mystery, they had no choice but to steel t 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Horror Movie System 恐怖电影系统 When people see someone standing at the pinnacle, all they can see is his brilliance. They envy his greatness, but never notice the shadows, sorrow, and blood-soaked bones beneath his feet. 333Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 192 Medium's Notes: My Left Eye Can See Ghosts 灵媒笔记:我的左眼能见鬼 The Cangye lineage of the Southern Frontier unleashes chaos. The Cherry Blossom Curse, Yin Soil summoning, Ruin Spirits, and malevolent earth veins emerge one after another, leaving the seals protecting the land on the brink of collapse. In a desperate battle, pure Yang Heavenly Energy collides with the turbid qi of Yin Soil inside him, forming a yin-yang vortex whose blessings and dangers are impossible to predict. His old enemies flee into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, seeking a chance to p 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 Night Tales: One Eerie Story Every Night 夜话:每晚一个诡故事 Unravel the chilling logical paradoxes hidden in everyday details. Each story is an artistic reimagining of a real social event from recent years. Every late night conceals secrets unknown to others. Each chapter is a standalone story, with a brisk pace, tight storytelling, and no dull moments. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 The Forbidden Island of Human Nature 人性禁岛 I couldn’t get a ticket for the Spring Festival, so I took an unlicensed car home. I never expected the woman in the car to keep staring at me. I wanted to call the police... [Deep Dive] The horrifying truth behind going missing after getting into the wrong car during the Spring Festival. Don’t ride in unlicensed cars carelessly, because it’s not just your money that disappears, but your life! 994Reads8.6Score10014d adds
- 195 Please Don't Give the Dead a Name 请不要替死者取名 Zhou Jin is on night duty in the morgue when a body arrives in freezer nine, registered one minute before it was brought in. The dead man has no facial features, no fingerprints to identify him, and yet the name written on his form is… Zhou Jin. After daybreak, one strange thing after another begins to happen. The security system no longer recognizes him. His coworkers gradually forget what to call him, and even his mother can no longer remember her son’s name. Yet every day at mealtimes, she 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 Strange Tales, Volume 1 奇闻诡事录1 This is a collection of folk tales about the uncanny, strange accounts from across the land. Each chapter is a complete story, each tale a separate supernatural mystery, revealing the mysteries of yin and yang, folk taboos, and the obsessions of the dead. You never know when a casual remark might draw the attention of spirits lurking in the wilderness; when an old object you pick up might hold the memory of a tragic death; or when an everyday habit might already have crossed a forbidden boundary 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 The Corpse Leaps Over the Wall 尸跳墙 I’ve been blind since childhood, so I work as a massage therapist for the blind. Then one day, I met a terrifying woman who said she could restore my sight. The price was... 140Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 198 Folk Taboos and Strange Tales 民间禁忌怪谈 Ever since I was a kid, I thought my grandpa was strange. Whenever he had nothing to do, he liked to wander deep into the old forest. Then one day, he brought a little girl back from the woods, and I discovered the secret he was hiding. From then on, I tried to get away, but only became more deeply entangled... 667Reads8.3Score10014d adds
- 199 After Becoming a Creep, How Did I Turn Into a Goddess? 化身诡异后,我怎么成女神了? !! This is not a transformation novel!! This goddess is not that kind of goddess! If you want a transformation novel, turn back, turn back, turn back! Thanks! Why does the tag list have a System again? Ghosts... no System! No System! No System! (Also known as: “Isn’t It Perfectly Reasonable for Me, a Supernatural Entity, to Be Director of the Supernatural Affairs Bureau?”, “Resurgence of the Supernatural: I Have a [Supernatural Notebook],” and “I’m Li Guiyi, Not a Supernatural Entity!”) [No Syst 644Reads6.7Score10214d adds
- 200 Falling Homework 坠落作业 [Campus horror + coming-of-age + no saintly heroine + one heroine + combat + heartbreaking] One day, a mysterious assignment appeared on the blackboard. As a high school student, I felt a terror unlike anything I’d ever known. All kinds of ghosts appeared in the world, coming to take human lives. From that day on, my life changed completely. I was forced to fight for my life through the assignments, but that was far from all. A slew of conspiracies began to close in around me. Worse still, a mas 1.8kReads8.2Score15314d adds

















































