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- 151 Rule Horror: Every Rule Is Waiting for Me to Break It 规则怪谈：所有规则都在等我违规 Rule Horror: Every Rule Is Waiting for Me to Break It 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 You Think College Makes Life Easy? 上了大学就轻松了？ Infinite-loop horror + slow burn + no golden finger + challenges + rule-based horror + the supernatural + instances + conflict An ordinary school suddenly turns into a “meat grinder”! All kinds of deadly rules: ignore the “teachers,” don't run, follow the schedule to the letter... All kinds of bizarre instances, movie scenes, teamwork, and going it alone... Ten universities compete online. Staying alive is the only hope! When you graduate from your senior year of high school and take the college 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 True Accounts of Eerie Dreams: A Big Shot's Practical Guide to Faking It 诡梦实录：假装大佬实战教学 [No Romance + Infinite Flow + Forced Rank Skipping] Undergoing a major rewrite. The ending of the first dungeon is being written now, and the whole dungeon will be posted at once when it's finished. Currently rewritten up to Chapter 15. New blurb: Before Mo Bugui dies, the System asks her if she is willing to cooperate and play the role of a high-level player. She is still hesitating when the monsters outside draw closer. Desperate to survive and pay for her mother's medical bills, Mo Bugui grit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Return from the Forbidden Zone: I Brought the Missing Back from the Warp 禁地归人之我从亚空间带回失踪者 Every year, a million people mysteriously vanish around the world, and none ever return. Then Zhong Jiale discovered that the window in his bedroom was actually a gateway to forbidden pocket dimensions! Ruined ghost cities, deep-sea prisons, apocalyptic exclusion zones, ancient ruins... Everyone else went in to die, but he went in to save people, seize treasures, and become a god! He rescued billionaires from hell and brought back relatives who had been missing for a century through a rift in ti 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Linking the Eerie Realms 诡域连结 [Infinite Flow] [Deduction] [Mind-Bending] [Supernatural] When Shen Shiyan woke up, he found himself inside a strange building filled with unknown dangers. After solving one mystery after another, he thought he could finally escape alive. “This is the Domain of the Uncanny. Welcome to your eternal rest!” A mysterious voice sent a chill down his spine. What kind of place was this? And how could he escape? 732Reads—Score12814d adds
- 156 Urban Legends Invade: I Slay Demons with Divine Blessings 怪谈入侵：我用神明祝福斩鬼 From Chapter 102 onward, the story enters dungeons, with people from other worlds joining the main cast in them. The world within a world includes science fiction. Also known as: Gods and Ghosts Run Rampant: I Wield the Power of the Gods to Slay Ghosts [Fairly satisfying] [A whole lot of killing] [Chinese-style supernatural tales] [Legendary monsters] [System-driven] [System] [Urban supernatural powers] [Mystery] [Some Infinite Flow dungeons] [Slay Ghosts] [Slay the Gods] Do you believe ghost —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Rule Horror: After Lights Out, Follow the Dormitory Rules 规则怪谈：熄灯后，请遵守宿舍守则 Rule Horror: After Lights Out, Please Follow the Dormitory Rules 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Rule Horror: Infinite Instances, A Grimoire of the Eerie 规则怪谈：无限副本，诡异图鉴 [Infinite-flow + instances + no romance + eerie + suspense + mind-bending + horror + supernatural + imaginative suspense] Worried there aren't enough instances to keep you reading? This book will satisfy you. At three in the morning, the eighth rule at the convenience store is written in blood. Wu Yan only wants to earn eight hundred yuan for a night shift, but he receives an illustrated book that turns its own pages. Rules-based horrors, urban legends, Nanyang curse magic, memetic contamination 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Haunted House: Day Sign 诡舍：日兆 [Writing practice] [The Strange House fanfiction + horror + infinite flow] One week after Ning Qiushui reached the ninth door, the Mist World underwent a cataclysmic transformation… “My name is Shen Zuiqing… I am… who?” 1.2kReads7.3Score10014d adds
- 160 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
- 161 I Livestream Through My Eyes 我用眼睛来直播 Through my own eyes, I'll show you viewers the most authentic scenes of horror. No complicated streaming equipment, no carefully arranged sets. Everything I see is exactly what the viewers in the livestream can see. Have you ever seen a livestream quite like this? As long as my eyes remain open, this terrifying livestream, which will only end with my death, will never go off the air. 168Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Horror Reincarnation: The Ultimate Adaptable Player 恐怖轮回之最强适配者 [Infinite Flow] [AI Brain] [Horror Game] [Rules-Based Horror] At three in the morning, after five straight hours of ranked losses, Lu Yuan was completely tilted. He was about to turn off his computer and go to bed. Suddenly, a blinding white light burst from the screen. An AI program appeared and selected him as a dungeon-compatible player. One eerie dungeon after another began to open. A motionless amusement park, a bizarre shared apartment, and the despairing, silent depths of a five-star dung 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Infinite: Searching for the Moon in a World of Haunted Domains 无限：我在诡域世界寻找月亮 [Infinite-loop horror + survival + suspense + mystery + no System] A photograph recording the deepest secrets of the heart draws people into one eerie world after another, each filled with endless terror. At first, Lin Yi only wanted to prove that he wasn't mentally ill. But instead, he became trapped in an endless succession of terrifying stories. The truth seems to be far more complicated than that. The moon's disappearance is only the beginning of all the strange horrors… [Mount Lingshan Tunn 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 The Horrifying High School 恐怖的高中学校 [Mild Horror + Infinite Flow + No System + Survival + Ensemble Cast + Not Overpowered + Mystery-Solving + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Passion] Jiang Xuan was accidentally swept into a terrifying, uncanny dimension. To survive, he had to keep completing missions in the temporal rifts. To stay alive, he had to investigate the many mysteries hidden within each mission. As Jiang Xuan searched for ways to clear each one, he also sought to unravel the mysteries of the world. Thus began his struggle 1.5kReads—Score18614d adds
- 165 Shh, Please Be Quiet 嘘，请噤声 [Infinite Flow + Suspense + Horror, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] Chen Heng was going to die. Suffering from brain cancer, he had only three months left to live. But just as he gave up on treatment, he was unexpectedly swept into the so-called [Gods' Game], a game that promised to grant anyone's wish. It was an endless slaughter, and each round of the game could have only one winner. Why am I called a [Contender] when this is clearly a [Game]? Whose game is this? And who is watching us from behi 505Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 166 A Madman's Fate 癫人命 [The uncanny + mind-bending suspense + horror + fictional setting + no System] At the end of that rainy night, Chen Xiu gazes at the unfamiliar world before him. He discovers that the curses have taken everything from him, even himself. Curses and uncanny horrors run rampant before his eyes, while madness and fear relentlessly batter his heart. It says: “Having witnessed what the curse can do, you must also suffer its gifts.” It says: “The death curse descends upon past and present, twisting all 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Eerie: The Strange Play Ends in Oblivion 诡异：诡剧终湮 [Suspenseful What-If] [Rule Horror] [Infinite Flow Supernatural Horror] [Horror and the Paranormal] Apocalypse... One month before monsters from another world invaded, Jiang Qiubai unexpectedly obtained a strange play that could take him to other worlds. Only by gathering the powers of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs through these plays could there be any hope of defeating the invasion from another world. Shen Wanqing had been an ordinary college student. Could the two of them successfully tempe —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Don't Look Back During Evening Study at School 学校晚自习别回头 Don’t Look Back During Evening Study at School 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 A Bizarre Instance? She’s the Final Boss! 诡异副本？她才是最终boss！ [No CP + strong heroine + villainess + eerie instances + horror and suspense + infinite flow + beautiful and powerful (whether she suffers depends on the role she gives herself)] (The heroine really is strong, the invincible kind.) P.S. How can love between the eerie beings not count as a suspense romance? The heroine isn't an evil woman who does bad things for no reason. Everything she does is part of her own plan. (She isn't a good person, anyway.) A treasure is locked away in Qingshan Mental 104Reads—Score11214d adds
- 170 The Corpse-Reading Detective 诡案读尸人 The Corpse-Reading Detective 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Infinite Horror Instances 无限惊悚副本 [Infinite Flow] [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] [Not a Power Fantasy] [Not Invincible] Players tackle horror instances to gain power and wealth. No one who enters this place is kind. Each is the embodiment of one of the Ten Deadly Sins, with unfathomable darkness hidden in their hearts. But what awaits them at the end? What kind of ending could be worthy of all the turmoil and suffering they’ve endured along the way? I don’t know either. Perhaps the answer lies at the end of the book. 117Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 The Cursed Mansion 诅咒之馆 [Horror infinite-loop adventure + supernatural thrills + standalone dungeons + ensemble cast + no romantic pairing] “Welcome to the Cursed Library. Your fate has long been cursed.” “Every book here is a horror novel, endlessly generating one terrifying story after another.” “Whenever a horror story appears in the novel assigned to you, that novel will suck you into the world of its story.” First horror story: “Ghost Bus” (complete) Second horror story: “Old House on a Desolate Mountain” (complet 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 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
- 174 Bet Your Life at the Haunted House 诡舍赌命 A horror-shelter fanfiction. You were once a reader, but now you're trapped in the story. You know how it ends, yet you're creating new deaths and new chances to survive. In this eerie shelter, the line between reality and fiction has long since blurred. The only thing that's clear is the deadly danger: one wrong step, and there's no coming back. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Learning to Slay Gods in an Infinite Game 我在无限游戏里学弑神 [Infinite Flow]➕ [No Female Lead]➕ [No Sanctimonious Protagonist]➕ [Plot Twists]. “A ten-day experiment in human nature. Remember, do not break the rules.” In an unattended shopping mall, six people who had volunteered to work sit in a circle. Chen Qige, the only one who was tricked into coming, sticks out like a sore thumb. A bizarre couple asks them one final question: “You all volunteered for this job, correct?” The six people, whose backgrounds are shrouded in mystery, all nod. Chen Qige: “I —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Slaying Demons and Ghosts Since High School 斩妖灭鬼，从高中开始 [Traditional Supernatural Horror] + [School Life] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Coming of Age] + [Not Overpowered] + [Passionate] It all begins with a student jumping from a school building. Liu Tianyu had expected to spend his student years in peace, but from that day on, his life was never quiet again. Peril at a haunted temple, a school turned into a sacrificial altar, a ghost city beneath the water: one challenge after another awaits. Watch as a group of students turn the tables amid the schemes of g —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 A Cigarette for the Female Ghost 给女鬼递根烟 Hand a Cigarette to a Female Ghost —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Infinite Terror: I Become a God in the Eighteenth Layer of Hell 无限惊悚：我在十八层地狱封神 [Thriller] + [Infinite Flow] + [Survival Against the Odds] [Ensemble Cast] + [Episodic] + [Mystery and Deduction] [The Eternal Cruise Ship] The empty cruise ship is filled with endless lies. The twisted-faced, deeply wrinkled vengeful ghost loves collecting tongues. The only clue: Do not speak carelessly. Shen Xu: "Brother Luo, the clue says you're a pimp." Luo Yu: "I'm a pet shop owner. I arrange pet breeding for people." [Xinglin Village] All 18 gate challengers are terminally ill. Only by d 223Reads—Score10114d adds
- 179 I Entered a Horror Story 我进入了恐怖故事 When Shen Yu opens his eyes, a villa shrouded in darkness comes into view. This is where the game begins. When staying up late becomes forbidden, going to the bathroom alone brings misfortune, and your roommate turns into a monster, the unknown conditions for death have yet to be unlocked. What will you choose? 431Reads6.6Score10614d adds
- 180 Infinite: The Thrilling Game of the Divine Agent 无限：神代行者的惊悚游戏 [Infinite flow, original dungeons, supernatural, mild horror, suspense and deduction] No livestreaming. No female lead. Not invincible. You were told to recruit people for the eerie game, so what on earth did you bring back? Rifts are ravaging the globe, and an eldritch god seems to be behind them. A divine emissary travels between two worlds, weaving a new tale of eerie folklore. 20Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 181 Nightmare of the Strange Realm 诡界噩梦 [Infinite Flow + Horror + Mystery + Survival] A strange ticket dragged Yan Yu onto a bus bound for the abyss. Only after stepping into the world of ghosts did he realize he had been drawn into one brutal survival game after another. Night falls, monsters roam, and every step is a choice between life and death. Yan Yu thought it was all a random twist of fate, never knowing that the destiny set in motion from the moment he was born had been quietly unfolding all along... 41Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 182 Even If We Kill Him, We Still Need One More 就算杀了他，我们还是少一个 The one who was missing was never a monster. Bai Xun is trapped in a bizarre office tower that stretches on without end, where every floor is a deadly trial. Security, cleaning, maintenance, reception, building management: jobs that once seemed ordinary have become survival superpowers, and an employee badge is a matter of life and death. Only after accidentally unlocking the base on the 43rd floor does he learn that he is the landlord of the entire building, with the power to rewrite its rule 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 When Ghostly Calamities Strike: A Paranormal Escape Begins with a Séance 诡灾降临：灵异逃生从招魂开始 [Infinite Flow + No Female Lead + Original Instances] “Welcome to the Supernatural Forbidden Zone, dear Apostles!” “This world is nearing its end, so struggle as much as you like!” As paper ash blankets the world, reality and the supernatural begin to overlap. In a dilapidated clan apartment building, a drowned ghost child knocks at the door. In the vanished School Building No. 7, a headless corpse wanders in confusion. In a dim Taoist temple, gleaming statues of the gods weep tears of blood... 975Reads8.1Score10114d adds
- 184 Will Everyone in This Horror Game Get a Bad Ending? She Clears It with Happy Endings and Becomes a Legend 恐游全员BE？她靠HE通关封神 [Strong female lead + infinite-flow + horror + original scenarios + saving the world] Reborn in an instant, Yue Ji finds herself in the terrifying game world known as the Sea of the Strange. A ship is all she gets from the start, and she has to scrounge for the rest of her equipment. Before her newbie protection period is even over, she's kicked into a high-level horror scenario. It should have been a doomed start, but her captain is so overpowered that she somehow earns a perfect all-clear in t 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 The Demon Gate Puppet 诡门人偶 [Infinite-dungeon horror + dark humor + outrageous antics + daily life + absurdity = the author's a total menace] Xu Zhifan and Chen Yu are just two ordinary office workers. Nine to nine, six days a week; meager pay, endless overtime. Until one day, the two of them are apparently “kidnapped” and taken to an unfamiliar villa. In the villa's courtyard stands a door, silent and still. Beyond it lies a resort where a considerate butler “sees the guests out”; an unsolved case in which they have —Reads—Score114d adds
- 186 Deadly Survival Game 致命生存游戏 (Infinite-loop game, suspense, mystery, survival, no supernatural elements, no urban legends, original games, no independent System, no golden finger) ‘Selecting a game...’ ‘Player level detected: L1. Available game difficulty range: 1–2 stars.’ ‘First game detected. A one-star game is guaranteed.’ ‘Game selection successful!’ A black screen with white text immediately appeared. [Game Name: The Devil Beside You] [Game Type: Multiplayer] [Difficulty: One Star] [Clear Condition: Find the disguised 1.2kReads7.8Score10214d adds
- 187 The Horror Industrial Park 恐怖工业园 You're a seasoned wage slave. One day, you're dragged into a [Weird and Absurd + Comedic and Witty + Not Brain-Dead + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Exploring Human Nature + Enter at Your Own Risk] strange other world. You think that if you complete the System's tasks, you'll return to the real world. What you don't know is that this other world exists because of you... 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 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
- 189 The Ghostly Figure Appears 鬼影显形 [Eerie World + Folk Horror Tales + Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Deduction and Survival + No Female Lead] My name is Zhou Lin, and I transmigrated! But my original Host didn't die. He... became a ghost! A yellowed photograph dragged Zhou Lin from the clutches of a vengeful ghost into another nightmare. The nightmare ended, but the ghosts in the real world never disappeared... A vengeful ghost closing in step by step... The photographs came one after another, haunting him like nightmares, with no 1.1kReads6.2Score10414d adds
- 190 I Run a Lifestyle Channel in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏里当生活区UP主 With 1.2 million yuan in debt, Lin Bei gets dragged into a horror game. While others flee, I film; while others scream, I livestream. The head nurse is chasing me with a knife? Perfect footage! Zombies are closing in? Let's dance together. I edit terrifying scenarios into comedy shows, pay off my debts with tips, and clear stages by putting on a show. The ghosts become my cast, and the audience becomes my backup. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Eerie: Trapped in a Horror Game 诡异：我被困在恐怖游戏中 (Survival + no System + mild horror + mystery and deduction + no goody-two-shoes protagonist + no invincibility) There has always been a rumor circulating online: in the eerie mobile game Candle, the characters drawn by players aren’t just AI data. They’re real, living people. Xu Hanshan, one of the world’s top-ranked players, doesn’t believe it. But... While streaming the game, a bizarre bug sends him plunging into Candle’s eerie world as a one-star starting character. Xu Hanshan doesn’t kn 45Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 192 The Deadly Game: A Rendezvous with the Devil 绝杀游戏：我和魔鬼有个幽会 [Original scenarios + infinite-flow + no System + no formulaic tropes + no invincible protagonist. This book is about storytelling, not wish fulfillment! And it’s not padded!] Have you ever been in love with the devil? Cao Xian was an ordinary office worker. He should have married an ordinary woman and lived an ordinary, uneventful life. But fate played a cruel joke on him. An incredibly beautiful woman suddenly entered his life and started pursuing him. Even though he couldn’t believe it, he co 7.5kReads8.6Score83814d adds
- 193 Infinite Haunting Realms: I Can See Through Lies 无限诡域：我能堪破谎言 [Infinite Flow]+ [No Romance]+ [Original Instances]+ [Mild Horror]+ [Ghosts Kill People]+ [Ghosts in Every Real-World Instance] “Ghosts cannot be killed.” “Humans cannot fight ghosts.” “Ghosts each have their own rules for killing.” A mysterious letter. A door that leads to the unknown. When Li Yu opened the door, one eerie instance after another awaited him. This is the [Ghostly Domain], a world of vengeful ghosts! Will you die in confusion, or be reborn from a nightmare? 155.8kReads8.4Score24.9k14d adds
- 194 Close Your Eyes, and the Nightmare Begins 闭眼即梦魇 [Infinite-flow + no romance + mild horror + mystery-solving] A bizarre murder case dragged Yan Wei, a psychiatric patient, into a bloody game. As layer after layer of fog lifted, he discovered a grand conspiracy lurking behind it all... A mysteriously vanished psychiatric hospital, otherworldly powers worshipped by the masses, a boy whose face he could never remember from his dreams... Behind ideals that seemed so grand lay a tangled web of human and divine self-interest. 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 Welcome Back to the Nightmare's Beginning 欢迎回到噩梦起点 (Infinite survival, puzzle-solving, mild horror) Late at night, Shao Jie stumbled sleepily toward the bathroom. The instant he opened the door, the whole world spun upside down! When he came to, he found himself in a gloomy, terrifying otherworld. There, he was forced to take part in a horrifying survival game: eerie footsteps sounded outside the door during the midnight room inspections, villagers mysteriously vanished from a remote village every night, and worst of all... the woman who had onc 15.8kReads7.7Score1.7k14d adds
- 196 Ghost Game 鬼游戏 [Infinite-Flow + Horror Mystery + Supernatural + Ensemble Cast + Mild Horror + Strong Female Lead + Plot-Driven] The human heart is more terrifying than the paranormal. Grievances fill the human world, summoning the Grudge God. GQ2026.12.28. After a rain of blood, the Ghost Game appeared out of nowhere and began invading the human 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 Thanks for Asking, My Inherited Apartment Is Full of Ghost Stories 谢邀，我继承的公寓全是怪谈 [Single male lead, no romance, supernatural. The male lead isn’t strong or particularly satisfying to read about, and he’s indecisive. I’m warning you in advance, so if it’s not your thing, please move along.] The living should keep their distance from eerie tales whenever possible. When Yin Lan was little, his grandfather warned him of this. Yet that same grandfather left him a family home full of strange rumors after he died. Driven by curiosity and hoping to find out why his father and gran 1.1kReads9.1Score12114d adds
- 198 Infinite Replays in the Trial Run: Now Clear It in One Life 试玩无限重开，接下来请一命通关 (The rating just came out, so it'll rise later!) [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + No Romance + No Cheats + Not a Feel-Good Story + Smart Characters] One night, the police station received a phone call. A man named Chen Mo turned himself in. He had murdered all four members of his family, and even killed the family dog. During repeated interrogations, Chen Mo remained completely calm. “Officer, I'll say it again.” “I didn't kill people. I killed... a bunch of ghosts.” After dying and rewinding ti 296Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 199 Jiangnan Old Cat's Tenth Book 江南老猫第10本书 [A fresh new concept! Absolutely worth reading! Please read at least five chapters!] [Infinite-flow + supernatural horror + survival + otherworld + one heroine] “Chali niang la!” My name is Chen Dongyi, and I’m a bona fide wage slave. I don’t know how it happened, but I keep getting dropped into all sorts of strange places. On the first day, I landed in Spirit City and ran into a crowd of bizarre residents who chased me, trying to eat me. I ran to the police station, but the cops inside were eve 632Reads—Score12314d adds
- 200 Please Don’t Be Afraid 请不要害怕 [Subverting Tropes + Infinite Flow + No Female Lead + Mild Horror] “Captain Wang, I clearly buried her, but… but I saw her in the backyard again!” “How did she die?” “It had nothing to do with me. She… she killed herself!” “She… she just didn’t want to be cremated…” “Then… what is that thing in the backyard?” “I… I don’t know.” “Can she see us? Can she hear our voices?” “And is she dangerous?” … “As for ghosts, I have only one piece of advice for everyone…” “If you happen to run into one, pleas 31.9kReads8.5Score1.5k14d adds
