Novels like The Third World You Don't Know
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- 51 The Treasure Hunter with a Lucky Touch 桃运摸宝师 I left home when I was young and stumbled into the world of treasure hunting and spirit-reading. From Kunlun’s Hell to the South Sea Dragon Ruins, the Netherworld Ghostwood, and the Sea of Sand’s hidden nest... I traveled far and wide in search of secret treasures. Just as I thought I could take control of my own fate, Heaven played a cruel joke on me. I tried to escape, but only sank deeper and deeper... 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Bureau 749: I Crush All Evil with Thunder 749局：我以雷霆镇万邪 Lin Leichen was an ordinary young man until he awakened an ancient bloodline that gave him control over thunder and made him the natural nemesis of all evil spirits and monsters. He was recruited into the nation’s most secretive force, Bureau 749, which handled the paranormal cases beyond the understanding of ordinary law enforcement. From vengeful spirits that devoured souls through mirrors to elegant, deadly vampires beneath the night sky; from aloof sword immortals flying in from Mount Shu to 679Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 Central Special Cases Unit: A Record of the Nation’s Strange Cases 中央特案组：全国诡案实录 > The Ministry of Public Security establishes a special case unit to tackle cold cases nationwide, secretly summoning five extraordinary talents. > Fighting champion Lei Zhen subdues an armed criminal with his bare hands, but knocks over an entire row of file shelves in the process. > Ice-cold forensic pathologist Su Jin looks over the chaotic scene and says, "Next time, please use the correct part of your body to make contact with the suspect." > The smooth-talking Fang Zhe laughs and smooths t 30Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 54 Ghost Ship in the Deep Sea: Witness to the Dead's Obsessions 深海幽灵邮轮：我见证死者的执念 Even kind ghosts can lie, and evil humans can be worse than demons. A luxury cruise ship that vanished without a trace more than twenty years ago drifts across an otherworldly sea, cut off from the rest of the world. Aboard are pitiful ghosts who cannot let go of the people they loved, and evil spirits willing to descend into darkness in pursuit of eternal life. Travel between the world of the living and the ghost ship, fulfill the dead’s final wishes, and search for a missing father. Disappeara 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Bureau of Supernatural Investigations 超自然事件调查局 A bizarre murder case draws me into the investigation of mysterious supernatural events: crew members on a deep-sea fishing vessel inexplicably slaughtering one another, immortals hiding in the city, legendary vampires, Nazi doomsday troops of a godlike race and their Aryan holy city, and a gigantic human-face structure on Mars. We are not alone in the universe, and human society is just as complicated. 358Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 56 The Secret Burial Heavenly Tome 秘葬天书 Emperors and ministers relied on the Daoist art of geomancy to find their final resting places. Every imperial tomb is a miniature of its age, embodying the highest craftsmanship of that era. My great-grandfather left behind an ancient book called The Secret Burial. It covers an astonishing range of subjects, with especially detailed explanations of feng shui and mountain terrain, finding dragon veins and auspicious burial sites, locating stars, and secret burial customs. By chance, this ancie 58Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 57 The Uncanny Cinema: I Can't Even Die, So What Do I Have to Fear? 诡异影院：我都死不了，还怕什么 Wu Xu entered the Curtain Prison World expecting to tread carefully, as if walking on thin ice. He was terrified he might lose his life at any moment. But then, suddenly, he discovered that he was, damn it, actually immortal! And he could even devour the abilities of the uncanny. Friend: Wait, why are you so hard to kill? Colleague: Brother Xu, are you free tonight? No one's home, and I'd like to ask you how to survive in the Curtain Prison. Actress: Wu Xu, where are you? I want to give you my p 67Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 The Great Yong's Number One Thief Catcher 大雍第一贼捕 In the Great Yong Dynasty, he had the most valuable pair of hands. There was nothing he couldn't steal: secret palace artifacts, masterpieces by renowned artists, even sealed chambers. That is, until a female constable caught him red-handed at a crime scene one night. The day after the shackles went on, the authorities offered him a way out: solve cases to atone for his crimes. The merit-and-penalty ring on his wrist recorded each case he solved. Every time he used his borrowed authority, anothe 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 The Demon Clan Invades the City, and I Become the Strongest Celestial Master? 妖族入侵都市，我成了最强天师？ [Urban high-martial arts: I’m invincible, so do whatever you want! So righteous it’s practically evil! Satisfying battles! A whole basket of beautiful monster girls! Bad guys don’t get to live, they only get killed!] Have you ever wondered if the people hurrying along the busy, bustling streets beneath the night sky are actually monsters? Before anyone realized it, the monster clans had launched a full-scale invasion of the city. They’re right there among you and me. The staff on a blood donatio 734Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 60 The Secret Record of Tomb Robbing 摸金秘记 [A premium, exclusive Tomb Raiding novel] [Zhang Jia Sishu's latest masterpiece of 2016, set to become the ultimate Tomb Raiding novel!] The appearance of an exceptionally beautiful female corpse shattered my ordinary life. Armed with a family-inherited secret art of Tomb Raiding, I opened an ancient imperial mausoleum sealed for a thousand years, seeking rare treasures buried underground and unraveling a mystery beyond anyone's reach. 184Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 61 The Bureau of Foreign Affairs' Strange Tales 外事局诡闻录 All the petty affairs of the world are interactions between people. Whether good or bad, they belong to the realm of internal affairs. Anything beyond ordinary human life, anything ordinary people cannot accept, belongs to external affairs. That is the meaning behind the name of the External Affairs Bureau. Skin-Human Ravine, the Five Barbarians' Ghost Cave, a thousand corpses vying to steal fortune, a mother and daughter possessed by yin spirits, a ghostly yang infant... I experienced all kinds 3.3kReads8.6Score262Shelves
- 62 Yin-Yang Collector 阴阳收敛师 Gu Changan was just an undertaker at a funeral home in Jiangcheng, with the ability to see the deceased’s final day whenever he touched them. He had thought his job was simply to tidy the dead and see them through the last leg of their lives. But a series of old cases made him realize that not every restless spirit was born from resentment. Someone was secretly severing the paths of the dead, altering causes of death, and erasing names, turning the deceased into malevolent ghosts wandering among 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 Strange Tales from the Northeast Paranormal Investigation Bureau 东北民调局异闻录 This is an organization dedicated to investigating and handling all kinds of bizarre supernatural events. To avoid causing public panic, it was established under the name Bureau of Folklore Investigations. The novel reimagines and develops various supernatural legends from Northeast China. Its strange events and compelling stories are presented with a distinctive Northeastern sense of humor. All manner of mysterious incidents, mountain spirits, and ghosts are told here! 415Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 The Strange Realm Archives 诡域档案 Six years ago, Comrade Peng Gang, an outstanding investigator in the Ministry of State Security of Huaxia and deputy director of the Seventh Bureau, met a strange death while on a mission. Six years later, several investigators go missing one after another. The case they were investigating is deeply strange and has countless connections to the case from six years ago. In response, the mysterious investigation team, Fifth Bureau, Ninth Division, begins looking into a series of cases in the realm 329Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 65 Hunting Espers Beneath the Night Sky 我在暗夜下狩猎异能 [Urban fantasy + SSS-level abilities + team + royalty + spirit realm + monster invasion + defending the homeland] When the mist descends, he will fight for everything beautiful in the world; when the Supergod Squad is formed, their goal will be to reach the top of the spirit realm. When the gods' attendant appears, he will be drawn into an ancient conflict; when night falls, he will return as a knight of judgment beneath the darkened sky! In this parallel world, nine gods once ruled over all 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Recruited from the Start, My Job Is to Slay Gods 开局被特招，业绩是砍神 [Urban Supernatural] + [Slay the Gods] + [False Gods] + [Supernatural Containment] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Team Battles] + [Not Mindless] + [A Little Slow to Warm Up] Chen Shi later deeply regretted passing that alley that day. If only he hadn’t inexplicably reached out and poked that monster. “Join us, or wait until the contamination inside you erupts. No one will be able to save you.” A beautiful woman with glasses and a frosty demeanor handed him an employment contract from a mysterious organiza 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 Geological Survey Team No. 793 地质大队第793队 A twist of fate drew me into a historical event and set me on the path of following in my grandfather's footsteps. As I investigate what happened to him all those years ago, one baffling story after another begins to emerge. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 You Want Me to Catch Ghosts? 你让我去抓鬼？ My name is Lin Fan. I'm twenty-two, and I graduated with a college diploma in marketing. While other graduates had job offers in hand and were charging ahead, I graduated straight into a pit of misery. I was two months behind on rent, my pockets were emptier than my face was clean, and my only possession was a beat-up electric scooter that clanked at the slightest touch and looked ready to fall apart at any moment. Five yuan per delivery. I raced around in the wind and sun, but I couldn't plug t 41Reads—Score215Shelves
- 69 The Underground Secret Vault 地下秘藏 Two thousand years ago, Xiang Yu plundered the Qin Mausoleum and left behind a mysterious underground treasure. In 1998, a once-in-a-century flood submerged the city of Xuzhou and completely changed my ordinary life. I am the last witness to the White Jade Chi Dragon in this era, the keeper of the secret of those who stepped from the treasure into the world of immortality. A dragon’s heart, an immortal herb, the transfer of souls. The Overlord’s treasure, the Isles of Penglai, the polar continen 1.8kReads8.6Score221Shelves
- 70 The Yin-Yang Tomb Raider 阴阳盗墓先生 [Mystery + Tomb Raiding + Treasure Appraisal + Supernatural + Horror] Years ago, to pay for my mother’s medical treatment, I went north alone with the only keepsake my grandfather left me before he died. By chance, I joined a tomb-robbing gang. From then on, I traveled north and south, east and west, crossing the mountains and rivers of my homeland, seeing every side of the martial world and encountering all kinds of strange and wondrous things... Now, having narrowly survived disaster and emerg 2.2kReads6.7Score112Shelves
- 71 After Years of Archaeology, I Finally Uncovered the Secrets of the Xia Dynasty 考古多年，我终于发现夏朝的秘密 Every history book tries to plausibly conceal those earth-shattering secrets, yet the more it tries to cover them up, the more obvious they become... The blank spaces in the written record are precisely where the fatal gaps lie. Where are the ruins of the Xia dynasty? Where did the strange relics of Sanxingdui come from? Where did the Nine Provinces' sacred cauldrons end up? When did the legends of the elixir of immortality begin, and why did a crystal skull appear in the East...? Underground ca 914Reads6.7Score102Shelves
- 72 The Great Immortal's Record of Sealing Tombs 锁冢大仙录 The moment the Nuo mask swept across my right eye, the world changed. I saw underground waterways deep beneath the earth. I saw ancient Shu script carved into the stone walls three thousand years ago. And in the deepest place, I saw a crack with two words carved inside: Buzhou! And then there was Shangguan Wanyu, a forensic pathologist with a doctorate. The first time I saw her, the bone needles at her waist were all ringing, as if twelve tuning forks had been struck at once. She said my right e —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 The Strange Realm Frontline 诡界战线 [Mystery and Puzzles + Supernatural Powers + Eerie Folk Customs + One Heroine + Not Mindless + Ensemble Cast and Political Intrigue + Takes Off Around Chapter 30 and Gets Better and Better] The Ten Halls of the King of Hell stand empty. The mysterious Miscellaneous Affairs Bureau barely maintains order between the worlds of the living and the dead. Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and magic; Yin-Yang arts and Mount Mao; cyber exorcism, electronic dance music to ward off misfortune. Awaken all man 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 Grave Robbing in Haunted Houses: I’m the Last Heir of the Marquis of Wu 凶宅摸金：我是武侯最后传人 [Mystery and Horror] [Feng Shui] [Tomb Raiding] [Folklore and the Supernatural] In 1995, in Xiangxi Village, Shenzhen, 22-year-old factory worker Chen Xiulian hauls bricks by day and runs a street stall by night. A scar on her left palm, left by a factory accident, turns out to be a bloodmark inherited from the descendants of Zhuge Wuhou. When Huangmao, the night market thug, comes to extort protection money and touches her left hand, a mysterious force flings him away, and he flees in terror. T 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 749 Special Incident Investigation Bureau 749特殊事件调查局 [Based on real experiences. Just listen for fun, and I hope you enjoy it.] [No superpowers + first person + in the style of Strange Tales from the Ministry of Culture. If you like Strange Tales from the Ministry of Culture, jump right in.] At last, I have the chance to write a story about this mysterious department. I don't know how many people have heard of Bureau 749, let alone how many know anything about it, but Bureau 749 has always been shrouded in mystery. Its full name is the Bureau of S 7.5kReads7.5Score493Shelves
- 76 I Went to College Orientation as a Corpse Driver, and the Director of Bureau 749 Wept 大一赶尸去报到，749局长哭了 [Urban Fantasy] [Corpse Driving] [Absurd Comedy] [749 Bureau] [Funny Horror] Zhang Wei, heir to the corpse-driving tradition of western Hunan, is kicked down the mountain by his father during his first-year summer break. His mission: take a "client" who died far from home back to their hometown, so they can return to their roots. To save on travel costs, Zhang Wei simply rides the talisman-covered "client" like a shared bike! On the road, he meets a weasel spirit seeking a title: "Do I look like 71.2kReads7.4Score8.3kShelves
- 77 A Ghost Hunter in the Underworld, Earning Billions in Hell Money 地府打工人捉鬼赚亿点点冥币 [Chinese-style horror + underworld constables + folk ghost stories + mystery investigations + the supernatural + comedy + wild imagination + no romance] First major arc: A rookie ghost constable slowly learns the ropes of catching ghosts through a series of cases. Second major arc: The supernatural world levels up, with rivals competing and growing stronger through cultivation. Third major arc: At the China-Myanmar border, he goes undercover deep behind enemy lines. What secrets are being kept t 939Reads—Score110Shelves
- 78 The Yin-Yang Hotel: Waiting for My Bride to Return 阴阳酒店之等我的新娘回来 This is a suspenseful supernatural mystery. Keep reading boldly, and surprises abound! “Where is this place? How did I get here?” Mu Jiuchi walked forward one step at a time. She had no idea what had happened to her or how she had ended up in this unfamiliar place. The darkness all around her made her walk in fear. Then a light appeared ahead, and she headed toward it. The distant light turned out to be coming from a hotel. Mu Jiuchi made her way to the hotel. At the entrance, she saw four 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Peering into Immortality: The Eye That Sees Through Illusions 窥仙：破妄之眼 Gu Xian, a college student, never imagined that his closest roommate would vanish completely from everyone's memories overnight. His classmates don't remember him, he's missing from the photos, and even their social media history has been erased. Gu Xian is the only person in the world who remembers that he ever existed. At that moment, a pale blue-white light blazed in Gu Xian's eyes. He saw another face of the world: the hidden realm of cultivation, concealed beneath ordinary cities and foreve —Reads—Score182Shelves
- 80 Tomb Raiding Tales from Republican China 民国盗墓往事 A long-lost memory brings a gripping story from the past to light. What I’m about to tell you is a secret from the Republican era… 3.5kReads8.8Score604Shelves
- 81 Diagnosed With Terminal Cancer, I Became a Guardian of Civilization 确诊癌症晚期，我成了文明守夜人 The doctors said I had only three months to live, but I became the last guardian of civilization. Late-stage cancer? No, it was turbid breath entering my body! Chemotherapy was useless? Only ancient artifacts infused with spiritual energy could keep me alive! From ghostly shadows in the Forbidden City to Pangu creating the heavens, I coughed up blood as I traced back five thousand years, laying my hands on the dragon veins of the Xia and Shang dynasties and the heroic spirits of the Han and Tang 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 The Bride I Brought Home Was Dead 媳妇领回来的，是个死人 The woman he brought home was a dead person. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Ghost Soldiers in the Mountains 山间有鬼兵 Ghost Soldiers in the Mountains 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Guardians of the Lake: Ghost Ship in the Mist, Season One 守湖人雾中鬼船第一季 The Lake Keeper: Ghost Ship in the Fog, Season One 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 Guardians of the Lake: Don't Board the Fog Boat, Season Two 守湖者，莫登雾.船第二季 Guardians of the Lake: Do Not Board the Fog Boat, Season Two —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 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—Score101Shelves
- 87 The Yin-Yang Pharmacy 阴阳药店 When people get sick, there is medicine to treat them. But when ghosts get sick, is there medicine for them? There is, and you can find it right here. What can't you buy at One-of-a-Kind Pharmacy? We have Granny Meng Pills, Regret-Banishing Pills, Worry-Relief Wine, and Resurrection Capsules. Whatever you want, as long as you can pay the price, your wish can come true. 853Reads9.0Score111Shelves
- 88 Tomb Raiding: The Mirror of Reincarnation 盗墓之轮回镜 [A female lead who knows when to yield and when to fight, afraid of death and slick-tongued (a sucker who gets played by the Teng Snake Envoy) X an irreverent, dried-up old man of unknown identity (walking encyclopedia) X Jing He, who looks like a sweet puppy but acts like a real jerk (the unreliable muscle who only works for money)] Mo Yun used to run a B&B and live an easy, comfortable life. If you wanted to know why she had it so good, you’d have to hear about her paternal grandfather’s third 224Reads8.9Score100Shelves
- 89 One Stick of Incense to Worship the Gods, an Outlaw Exorcist: Zhang Wulang! 一香祀神法外狂徒，端公张五郎！ This book is a work of fiction. The rituals, incantations, and water-based magic performed by Duangongs are invented for the story. Do not imitate them. What you read here is a story, not a craft. Cherish life and trust in science. Read the final chapter, and you will see with your own eyes what lies at the end of tearing down altars and temples. I transmigrated to the late Qing dynasty and became an outlaw. In other words, a man beyond the reach of the law. My skills came from ancient times, b 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 Heed My Command! Summon a Hundred Thousand Ghost Soldiers to Restore the Underworld 听我号令！速召十万阴兵重振地府 The realms of yin and yang are intertwined: there is yang within yin, and yin within yang. In ancient times, Gonggong fought Zhuanxu for the throne and died after ramming Mount Buzhou in a fit of rage. His deep resentment turned him into a fierce ghost who took on the appearance of Emperor Fengdu and seized the throne. He erased Emperor Fengdu's memories, then reincarnated in the mortal world as Wu Jun. He also transformed two trusted fierce ghosts into King Biancheng and King Taishan, who took 13Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 91 The Lightbearer 递光者 Why is the backdrop of the starry sky black? What lies at the edge of the universe? One stormy night, a man claiming to carry on the light of the universe got into Zhou Yu's ride-hailing car. The next second, a Ferris wheel collapsed, the sky tore open, and indescribable monsters poured down. Only then did Zhou Yu realize he had been drawn into a war of corruption beyond reality. One conspiracy after another swept him along, forcing him ever onward. Until the day he gained the power to flip the 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Bureau 749: Classified Files 749局绝密档案 Bureau 749: Do you want to know its secrets? The dead returning to life? Vampiric zombies? Clones? All will be revealed here. 826Reads7.4Score112Shelves
- 93 Slay Demons, Exorcise Evil: I’m 749’S Double-Flower Red Staff 斩妖，除魔，吾乃749双花红棍 (Invincible) (No female lead, but female supporting characters) (Golden finger) (If I’m reasoning with you, then that’s what counts as reason.) (If you think you can kill me, you’d better actually be able to do it.) Qin Xuan had been in this world for eighteen years. The old man who had found him had passed away just before the New Year. Qin Xuan took over the old man’s line of work and became a funeral ritual specialist. Who could have guessed that his very first job would involve something sin 843Reads7.2Score111Shelves
- 94 The Keeper of Fate 守命人 Five years ago, my brother became addicted to gambling and racked up 700,000 yuan in debt. To pay it off, he went to Xiangxi’s Corpse-Hiding Cave to carry corpses and gamble with his life. 844Reads7.2Score149Shelves
- 95 Coming for My Life on the Seventh Night? I Can Command the Most Ominous Creatures 头七索命？我能御大凶之物 Anyone who makes money from the dead knows there are three kinds of corpses you must never handle. First, don’t take the bodies of people who died violently or are missing limbs. Such corpses carry baleful energy, damage your fortune, and bind you to karmic debts. Second, don’t take a corpse that has been left unattended for seven days after death. After seven days, the flesh has begun to decay and the soul has nowhere to settle. Disturb it, and you may find yourself haunted by evil things. Thir 262Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 The Temple That Eats People 吃人的庙 The Man-Eating Temple 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 Department of Paranormal Investigations 神秘事件调查处 The Secret Incident Investigation Bureau, Book One As a child, Zhuge Yun was struck by lightning and branded with a thunder rune. During an archaeological excavation, he accidentally awakened the thunder element within himself. After joining the Ninth Division, under the Huaxia government’s secret agency, Bureau 749, Zhuge Yun and his teammates handled all kinds of supernatural incidents. The mysterious Poyang Lake Delta, ghost soldiers crossing the land, resurrected terracotta warriors in the M 4.4kReads8.4Score250Shelves
- 98 Case Files of Unusual Investigations 异案调查录 Throughout the vast world, from ancient times to the present, there have always been mysterious events that humans cannot explain. And there is a group of people who endure countless hardships in their pursuit of the truth. The cases they investigate are all considered paranormal… 522Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 99 I Dropped Out of College, Then Turned Around and Wreaked Havoc on Bureau 749 大一退学，我反手祸害749局 [Pure wish fulfillment + ruthless action + comedy + endless memes + cunning protagonist] “Li Xuan, you’ve been expelled from school.” “Why? All I did was ruin the freshman welcoming ceremony, sneak into the girls’ dorm twice, blow up a few toilets, and break a couple of windows.” The principal clutched his chest. “Go! Disappear! Get the hell out of here!” As Li Xuan stood bewildered at the school gates, a bald man approached with a young man. “Li Xuan, we’re investigators from Bureau 749. Join u 459Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 Ghost Hunting: My Baton Is Made of Thunderstruck Wood! 捉鬼：我的警棍可是雷击木做的！ The protagonist, Chen Mo, starts out as an ordinary criminal police officer. After stumbling upon a supernatural incident, he is recruited by the Special Security Department to join its Seventh Squad, which specializes in handling paranormal cases. The Seventh Squad is a unit stationed in the field that deals with supernatural criminal cases. Hidden within the police station, its members work with beings the public knows nothing about. 234Reads—Score—Shelves
