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- 51 Cherry-Colored Lies 樱桃色的谎言 Cherry-Colored Lies —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Horror Hotline: From the Start, I Crush a Red-Robed Vengeful Ghost Bare-Handed 恐怖热线：开局徒手捏爆红衣厉鬼 [Please be patient. It gets even better later.] Horror! Terror! Gore! Violence! This world is crawling with the uncanny. Only those who survive earn the right to enter the next round! Where exactly is the red hair tie in the old manor? Who is the real killer in the maze hotel? What truth has been hidden for years at Zebra Kindergarten? Who is the mole in the toy shop? The Gods' Game, Spot the Difference, Drop the Handkerchief, the Dimension-Hopping Killing Game, A Wedding in a Dream... One despe 2Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 53 Are All the People I Save Female Ghosts? 我的救赎对象全是女诡？ [Heartwarming] + [Female Ghosts] + [Horror Game Instances] + [Lighthearted] Lin An transmigrates into a terrifying world and is dragged into a deadly horror game. With his life hanging by a thread, he awakens a System. Lin An: System, are you here to save me? System: Ding! The White Moonlight Simulator is at your service! Lin An: No! This is a world of the supernatural. What am I supposed to do with a White Moonlight System? System: How about giving it a shot? It might just save your life. With 60.9kReads8.4Score8.9kShelves
- 54 Bride of the Ghost Gate 替嫁鬼门 In the outside world, a ghost marriage means a living person is wed to a dead one. But the Su family deals in a forbidden trade at the gates of the underworld: we find lonely ghosts living brides. Each ghost marriage buys the Su family ten years of mortal life. Ever since our ancestor violated the laws of Heaven, this fate has been impossible for generation after generation to escape. Our ancestor was once the gatekeeper of the underworld. One thoughtless choice trapped him in the shackles of re 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 The Heavenly Master's Memoirs of Spirits and Illusions 天师自传灵幻录 After I was tricked into going to northern Myanmar, my organs were harvested and I died... After being reborn, I somehow became a celestial master. By a stroke of luck, I subdued my first demon. Later, I went to Laos... where a seductive female ghost, still alluring despite her age and with long, slender white legs, pinned me beneath her feet. [This story is entirely fictional. Please do not imitate it or believe in superstition!] —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 Every Female Ghost I Meet Is Absolutely Top-Tier! 我遇见的女鬼都超顶！ I happened to receive a piece of spirit money from the Bank of the Underworld on Ghost Festival, and it kicked off an entertaining career of running into ghosts. And they're all beautiful female ghosts!! Hehe, as long as you're brave enough, even female ghosts take maternity leave!!! 1.2kReads7.4Score167Shelves
- 57 Chengwen Master's 11th Book 成稳大师第11本书 375Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 58 Crimson Pact 深紅契约 [No harem + One heroine + All-new setting + Not reborn + Not mindless + Not a pushover] This story unfolds in an enormous world, with a tense plot and tightly paced action that never lets up. I hope every chapter gives you something to enjoy and explore. The story follows Zhou Mufan, a former detective who is unexpectedly dragged into a terrifying ordeal beyond reality: the Chinese-style horror dungeon “Xi.” To survive, he forms a “Blood Moon Pact” with An Yu, the dungeon’s core, a vengeful ghos 536Reads5.8Score101Shelves
- 59 I'm Getting Married, But Is My Bride Even Human? 我要结婚了，新娘不是人？ Also known as "I'm a Taoist Priest at Taizhou University". One female lead + mystery + comedy + the supernatural, no System. Montage storytelling, with the principles of an infinite-flow novel. I bet you won't guess the ending. "Hey, hey, who are you? Why are you in my house?" "Your dad's dead. He asked me to look after you." "Bullshit! Get him out here to tell me himself. I want to see my lawyer!" That night, Dad appeared in my dream and slapped me. "Hurry up and burn some joss paper for me. I' 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 In a Rules Horror Story, All I Have Left Is a Rebellious Streak 人在规则怪谈，我只剩下一身反骨 [No female lead + eerie mysteries + scheming trickster + hilarious + rule-based horror + rebellious] Rule-based horrors descend upon the Blue Star, appearing at random around the world and enveloping hotels, schools, restaurants, zoos... These places can only be restored by solving the horrors. Bai Ge wakes up at school to find himself trapped in a rule-based horror. Luckily, he gains an SSS-rank talent: an irrepressibly rebellious streak! By breaking the rules, Bai Ge successfully solves the “H 15Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 61 Strange World: I Transmigrated and Was Adopted by a Sickly Girl 诡异世界：穿越被病娇少女收养 Synopsis: [Daily life + System + one heroine + sweet romance + horror + comedy + hot-blooded action + logical plot + subtly yandere + neurotic...] The Rabbit Killer, the knocking ghost, impostors, the Eight-Foot-Tall Woman, Pandora... These familiar oddities used to exist only in urban legends and people’s imaginations. After Gu Beinan transmigrates, he encounters them all. He awakens the [Mission System] and is taken in by a lively, adorable heiress with long sakura-pink hair. The girl is very 118Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 62 Urban Legends: The Ghostly Flight Attendant Wants Me to Warm Her Feet from the Start 怪谈，开局诡空姐要我帮她暖脚 Rule-based horror descends, and the world watches as people try to escape. I, Tang Hao, have drawn an SSS-rank talent: [I Can See Their Screens]. Now Instance: Four-Leaf Park My identity: Mid-level employee at the park Rule 1: You have a beautiful girlfriend, but she isn’t with you right now. Rule 2: Her best friend, a young and beautiful flight attendant, is on a plane headed here to see you. Rule 3: Please “take good care” of her and keep your interactions “appropriate.” But there’s a problem. 2.9kReads8.3Score210Shelves
- 63 The Ghost Wife, Yu Niang 鬼妻玉娘 This novel takes inspiration from the case of Yang Ji, eldest son of the Ming dynasty's high-ranking official Yang Shiqi. Yang Ji tyrannized the local people for years before finally being exposed. The story follows Jiang Han, whose chance encounter with the female ghost Zhong Yuniang sets the two of them off from Jiangxi on a journey north to Beijing to petition the emperor directly. The story is set against real events, but I made up the causes and course of what happened. I think I did a pret 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Tieling Storms: The Blue Butterfly Dances 铁岭风云：蓝蝶舞 Tieling Chronicles: The Blue Butterfly —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 65 Red Lanterns Beneath the Pagoda Tree 槐阴下的红灯笼 Red Lanterns Beneath the Pagoda Trees 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Reading Yin Fate: The Female Ghost Is So Gorgeous, I Can't Help Myself 算阴命：女鬼太正，真的忍不住啊 Lin Qishan stayed up past midnight and brought a ghost home. She was a beautiful female ghost, too. As the saying goes, if you’re bold enough, even a female ghost will take maternity leave. After all, the law doesn’t protect female ghosts. The female ghost bit her lip, eyes burning with shame and anger. She didn’t dare make a sound and could only endure it in silence. After experiencing how wonderful the female ghost was, Lin Qishan finally let himself go... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 From the Start, I Wanted to Die, but the Otherworld's Beauties Were Too Tempting 开局想死，但异世界美女太诱人 In his thirties, Chen Shu was about to jump off a building from the start, but instead transmigrated to another world much like his own. But the world he transmigrated to was in crisis, under invasion from other worlds. The natives of this world were all trapped in the misery of the apocalypse. So why was Chen Shu’s apocalypse so different? The Zombie Queen, a sexy female ghost, a vampire girl... Why were they all throwing themselves at him??? 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Thriller Game: Creepy Big Sister, Please Behave Yourself 惊悚游戏：诡异姐姐，请矜持 Su Yu transmigrates into a horror game and awakens the [All-Skills Talent]. Whether it’s life skills, professional skills, or supernatural skills... Su Yu can unlock them all. A supernatural doctor, a supernatural storyteller, a supernatural masseur... “Miss Hachishaku, it’s just a minor curse. You don’t need to take off your clothes. Please keep them on during treatment.” In a haunted hospital, Su Yu reminded the Hachishaku Woman, who was sitting in a chair. “Miss, I’m your butler. You shouldn’ 116Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 69 My Thousand-Year-Old Ghost Wife 我的千年女鬼老婆 My name is Zhang Shaobai. Behind our village stands an ancient pagoda that has been guarded for generations. Everyone in the village says it’s cursed. But outsiders refuse to believe it, and for money, I took them to the pagoda. From then on, strange things kept happening around me. It all began with that livestream one night... 227Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 70 I Turned the World of Ghost Stories into a Harem Dating Sim 我把怪谈世界改成了后宫养成 Eerie phenomena return, and rule-based horror games descend upon the entire world. The chosen “Chosen Ones” are sent into certain-death instances, livestreamed to the whole world from start to finish! In a world where “rules are god,” even the slightest contact means death. That is, until Su Ming is dragged into the S-rank instance [Ghost Wedding] and awakens the one and only SSS-rank talent: [Rule Modifier]! Looking at the rule on the wall that guarantees death: “At midnight, you must not look 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 71 Eerie: If It’s Too Hard from the Start, Don’t Bother 诡异：开局难办，那就别办 [Overpowered Hero] + [Hilarious] + [Plot-Driven] + [No Female Lead] Yan Feng enters a horror game and awakens a [Ghost-Taming System]. As long as he triggers emotional reactions in the supernatural, he can grow stronger. And so, a master troll who specializes in messing with ghosts is born! “If you don't have ten years of experience in a mental hospital, you can't listen to Second-Hand Rose!” At the haunted school’s anniversary celebration, Yan Feng sings “Xian'er” and drives the entire student 107Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 72 Thriller: More Children, More Blessings, Starting With a Red-Dressed Female Ghost 惊悚：多子多福，从红衣女鬼开始 [Thriller Game] + [More Children, More Blessings] + [Decisive, No Fooling Around] + [No NTR, No Angst] + [Female Leads Pursue Him] + [Feel-Good Story, Not Hardcore Horror, Not Scary] Ye Sheng transmigrates into a parallel world where Thriller Games and supernatural invasions coexist. He runs into a wedding procession led by a red-clad ghost school beauty, who chooses him as her groom. If he spends the wedding night with her, the bride will surely eat him alive. At the critical moment, Ye Sheng a 31Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 73 Rule Horror: I Can Hear Thoughts, and the Ghostly Girl Wants Me 规则怪谈：偷听心声，诡异她馋我 After transmigrating into a world of horror scenarios, Bai Yi becomes a member of a supernatural family, playing the role of a college student who has come home for winter break. After awakening a System that lets him hear people’s thoughts, he can hear what the supernatural beings are thinking at any time. Supernatural Dad: “Son, get Dad’s phone for him, will you?” (Dad’s thoughts: If you pick it up, I’ll kill you.) Supernatural Mom: “Son, does this dress look good on me?” (Her thoughts: If you 1.5kReads7.2Score167Shelves
- 74 Beloved by a Yandere Beauty Ghost in a Horror Instance 在恐怖副本，被病娇美人厉鬼宠爱 Infinite worlds + obsessive love + one-on-one devoted couple + romance + sweet pampering In the past, Zhuang Yang admired two people most: Xu Xian and Ning Caichen. Now, he is beginning to understand Ning Caichen, and to become him. It all began with a strange encounter. The ghost girl Sang Li says, “One day in the future, we'll already have met in the past.” Zhuang Yang thinks it's just a whimsical bit of nonsense, but he has no idea that everything is already fated. Only when that day arrives 6.3kReads7.6Score644Shelves
- 75 The Sly Old He's Second Book 何老贼的第2本书 Transmigrating into the world of Hong Kong supernatural films, he becomes a cop. Armed with a Soul-Commanding Banner from the start, he turns fierce ghosts into wage slaves. Qin Feng goes on a rampage, earning countless merits and rising rapidly through the ranks. The female inspector from The Haunted Cop Shop: “If I eat this, will it really keep every ghost at bay?” Qin Feng: “Of course. Would the Tiger of the Serious Crimes Unit lie to you?” Huan Ji from The Wicked City: “I’m even wearing blac 711Reads6.2Score104Shelves
- 76 The Ghost Wedding Palanquin, Carried by the Living 阴婚轿，活人抬 The Ghost Wedding Sedan, Carried by the Living —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 Horror World: My Right Eye Can Communicate with Spirits 惊悚世界：我的右眼能通灵 [Horror Game] [Supernatural] [Rule Horror] [Yandere] [Beast Taming] "Big bro, come on and eat me...!!!" The sheer unhinged weirdness of this book defies description. Read the story to see for yourself. The uncanny descends, fate looks kindly upon him, and the young man murmurs: Let the show begin! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 A Female Ghost Is Pulling My Bike? Stand Up and Pedal! 女鬼拉我自行车？站起来蹬！ At twelve, I killed a flood dragon, but was infected by its demonic aura. To stay alive, I had no choice but to dig up a family tomb and steal the weasel spirit’s bride… After dropping out of middle school, I became an apprentice at an auto repair shop. My master was Wang Defa, a scruffy, lame man, but my master’s wife was truly beautiful… 3.5kReads8.3Score266Shelves
- 79 Horror Game: I Can Max Out Female Ghosts' Affection for Me 恐怖游戏：我能刷爆女鬼好感度 The terrifying world has arrived! Countless fearsome races have appeared! Su Mu is chosen by a horror game, and from the start he’s thrown into the Blood Clan Castle instance, a nightmare for beginners... He expects danger at every turn, but unexpectedly awakens a system that lets him max out anyone’s favorability. A nightmare-difficulty instance? “System, add a hundred favorability points!” “System, use the max-favorability privilege!” “System, add five hundred favorability points!” “...” From 75Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 80 Infinite: Kissing the Slit-Mouthed Woman from the Start 无限之开局拥吻裂口女 [Infinite Flow] [Dark] [No bleeding-heart protagonist] An accident sends Bai Chen, Blue Star's top psychologist, transmigrating into the Nightmare Reincarnation Tower. Every instance there is based on a horror movie, manga, novel, or similar work. Clear an instance, and you'll receive unimaginable abilities, skills, equipment, and even money! And Bai Chen is the only one who knows how the plot unfolds, a BUG-level existence! “I've lived most of my life and the highest rating I've ever seen is a 75Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 81 Eerie Revival: I Use Paper Effigies to Keep the World at Bay 诡异复苏：我以纸人镇人间 [No System] [Eerie Revival] [Mystery Revival] [Paper Effigy Road Borrowing] [No Saintly Heroine] [Satisfying Beatdowns] [Aggressive Attacks] On the Ghost Festival, people light candles, and ghosts blow out the lamps. It’s also known as the Ghost Festival. They say this is the real world, and that one is me. No, I am me. Reality and illusion blur together, and I can’t tell them apart. I really can’t. All I know is that at first, I just wanted to survive. No, no, no, wait... am I really still myse —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 Paper Doll Hauntings: A Living Person's Funeral 纸人诡事：活人出殡 Paper Figures and Strange Happenings: The Living Hold a Funeral 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Protected by My Ghost Wife, I Roam Freely Between the Worlds of Yin and Yang 鬼妻护体，我在阴阳两界横着走 [Multiple Heroines + Supernatural + Ghost Stories + First Person] To stay alive, I was forced into a ghost marriage and wed a female ghost in a coffin. Everyone laughs and says I won’t live long, but they don’t know that my ghost wife is the most terrifying being in both the world of the living and the underworld. The soul-takers come to claim souls? She beats them into submission. Vengeful ghosts harm people? She suppresses them with ease. From then on, protected by my ghost wife, I’m avoided 141Reads—Score—Shelves
- 84 Thriller Game: I Really Do Love Helping People 惊悚游戏：我真的乐于助人 (Not a single heroine) + (horror game) + (undead knight) + (lighthearted) + (System) + (comedy) + (sweet on the outside, ruthless underneath, and a thief) I write about helping others, but secretly skim profits from the players. There are all kinds of little ghost girls here. The horror game isn’t just about fighting and killing. There’s also a lot of human interaction to deal with. Other players clear levels by risking their lives. The protagonist clears them through connections, with his own g 441Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 85 The System Opens, and a Female Ghost Comes In 系统一开，女鬼进来 (Urban + System + Spiritual Qi Revival + Invincible Power Fantasy + Multiple Heroines + Face-Slapping) Spiritual qi revived, the mortal realm became a ghostly haunt, and ghosts roamed everywhere! Xu Lin encountered a ghost and was on the brink of death, but turned the tables by binding himself to the [Three Thousand Beauties System]! A yang-spirit evil ghost detected? Instantly slain! Purified! Reduced to ashes! A peerless yin spirit detected? Scanned! Rated! SSS-rank looks? Be sure to contract 179Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 86 Rule Horror: I Become a Horror Story and Make the Rules 规则怪谈：我化身怪谈，制定规则 [Rules-Based Horror Invades the World + No National Survival Games or Livestreams + Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy + Lord of the Rules-Based Horror + Creating Rules + Horror Gourmet + Tentacle Monster] Jiang Ming transmigrated into a parallel world where all the Chosen Ones had already failed their challenges, and rules-based horror had overrun the world. Fortunately, Jiang Ming bound himself to the Lord of Rules-Based Horror System. He picked up his pen and wrote his first primordial rule: [All beings b 77Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 87 You Were Supposed to Stream Ghost Hunting, So Why Are You Dating Her? 让你直播抓鬼，你跟她谈恋爱？ (Supernatural livestream + romantic comedy + a female ghost who throws herself at him + no blades, no angst) Su Li gets bound to a terrible System: he can only grow stronger by livestreaming ghost hunts! Other streamers sell products, while he sells talismans. Other streamers get paid in money, while his tips cost lives! For his first mission, he barges into a supposedly haunted school, planning to put on a half-hearted livestream and collect the rewards. Instead, he meets her. Bai Tan, the most 1.6kReads7.8Score232Shelves
- 88 The Bloodied Hole Beneath the Red Veil 红盖头下的血洞 A Bloodied Hole Beneath the Red Bridal Veil —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 Sleep Paralysis from the Start? I Confessed to the Female Ghost and Made Her My Wife! 开局鬼压床？表白女鬼当老婆！ What? Sleeping paralysis can’t be cured with medicine? Is there an easier way to treat it? Lin Cheng: There is, bro! There is! I’ll just kiss her and confess! Won’t the ghost girl explode? 22Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 90 The Soul Shop: My 49 Deadbeat Clients 生魂店：我的49个死鬼客户 When I was nine, Grandpa used his life to arrange a marriage for me. My fiancée wasn't human. She was a vengeful spirit in red. The marriage was meant to keep me alive. Ever since I learned to walk, I would mysteriously disappear in the middle of the night. When my family found me, I would be in a ravine far from home or on a dead person's grave. The worst thing happened when I was seven… 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Horror Revival: Kissing Sadako from the Start 恐怖复苏：开局和贞子热吻 [Mystery + Horror Resurgence + System + Supernatural] Horror resurges, and nightmares descend. Lin Han has only just transmigrated when the urban legend Sadako shows up at his door to claim his life. As an ordinary person, he has to... Option One: Turn and run, call the emergency number on the wall, and summon a nearby ghost handler to save him. Option Two: Fight back and get strangled to death by Sadako’s hair. Option Three: Hesitate and you lose; act decisively and you still lose. Don’t say a 336Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 92 A Living Person's Ghost Marriage 活人冥婚 A ghost marriage is traditionally a union between two people who are already dead. But I was supposed to die at the age of three. By defying fate and holding a ghost wedding while still alive, I secured a future for myself… 397Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 The Last Corpse Handler 最后的赶尸匠 The Last Corpse Driver —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 My Zombie Wife 我的僵尸老婆 In our village, there's a custom: when someone dies before the age of fifty, a boy who has not yet reached adulthood must sit at the head of the coffin during the burial. I've served as a coffin-guarding boy a few times. Once, the body being buried was that of a woman... I close my eyes only because you're afraid of me. I open them only to slaughter every enemy you have. 1.4kReads7.3Score122Shelves
- 95 The Last Paper-Cutting Artist 最后一位剪纸人 My name is Song Xiaohan. I’m a living corpse with no heartbeat, and a paper-cutting artist of the underworld. On the surface, I cut paper decorations for a funeral shop, but behind closed doors, I trade with humans and ghosts. My master passed away two months ago and left me the family craft, along with this modest little shop and my tools of the trade: a pair of scissors and a carving knife. “You want to make a deal with me? But all I want is your shadow!” Song Xiaohan grinned. 210Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 96 Thriller Game: Stealing the Horror Bride from the Start 惊悚游戏:开局抢走恐怖鬼新娘 [Livestream + Power Fantasy + Supernatural + Multiple Heroines] A horror game descends upon the world, and players are randomly chosen to enter it. While other players struggle to survive in the cracks of the horror game, Chu Fei unexpectedly discovers that he can obtain all kinds of clues for clearing stages and earn favorability from NPCs. Ghost Young Master: He not only stole my wife, he made it impossible for me to be a man! County Magistrate Zhang: He’s the key to solving my case. Never und 167Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 97 Weird Game: What Do You Mean I Beat It with My Looks? 诡异游戏：什么叫我靠颜值通关？ Lu Renjia transmigrates into a world of eerie games, only to get saddled with a ridiculous Stunning Beauty System. He can’t exorcise ghosts or vanquish demons, so all he can do is keep raising his looks. When the eerie game descends, he thinks he’s done for. But the vicious, bloodthirsty Ghost Lady stares at him, transfixed, unable to look away. The domineering, overbearing Ghost Big Sister covers her face and gives him a shy smile. Watching one ghost after another stare blankly at his face, Lu 875Reads7.3Score112Shelves
- 98 Feast of the Undead: Slaughtering My Way Through the Apocalypse in the Tang Dynasty 盛世尸宴：我在大唐杀穿末日 A Feast of Corpses in an Age of Prosperity: Slaying My Way Through the Apocalypse in the Tang Dynasty —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 I Am the Great Emperor of Fengdu, Using an Alt Account in a Horror Game 我酆都大帝，在惊悚游戏开小号 [Invincible + Hilarious + Irreverent + Positive Energy + Upstanding Gentleman = ?!] Original title: "I Am the Great Emperor of Fengdu, Using an Alt Account in a Horror Game" Jiang Cheng transmigrates into the body of a Ghost Emperor, only to discover there isn't a single ghost around. Just then, the horror game randomly picks an unlucky soul to enter. By an incredible coincidence, it picks him. And so, the gears of fate begin to turn. A lawless big shot appears in the horror game. He runs into a 179Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 100 From the Start, I Kissed the Ghost School's Campus Belle! 开局相亲，我竟强吻了鬼校校花！ Zhou Ming went on a blind date, only to discover that the woman was the campus belle of a haunted school. Just as he was about to die at the hands of the female ghost, the System arrived! [Haunted School Campus Belle. Rank: Blood-Robed Vengeful Spirit. Tip: Kiss her by force! Kiss her until she can’t breathe!] Zhou Ming was dumbfounded. You want me to force a kiss on this female ghost whose mouth is bleeding and whose nose has been half sliced off? But with the other party about to kill him, he 359Reads8.3Score—Shelves
