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- 101 Apocalypse: My Superpowers Awaken, and I Open a Detective Agency 末世异能崛起：我开侦探事务所 Urban martial arts, multiple female leads, team ensemble, fussy and talkative male protagonist, second-rate rogue detective, ruthless and decisive, apocalypse survival, rising superpowers. In the apocalypse, technology has regressed, order has collapsed, disasters and human calamities run rampant, and superpowers are on the rise. Humanity lives in misery. If the gods control cause and effect in this world, then let them look down upon the earth and witness the suffering of its people! If the god 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Ten Dreams Across the Calamity 十梦渡厄 (The Strange Knocking at the Door / Welcome Back to the Starting Point of the Nightmare, Book Two) Have you ever received a letter like that? Its material feels like human skin, its handwriting looks like blood. Once you open it... You find yourself standing before a door. Push it open, and you step into another world. A place with rules you must obey, nights when dawn never comes, and ghosts who have waited ten or a hundred years for release. Every door you make it through buys you one more day 4.1kReads7.1Score39814d adds
- 103 Anomaly Survival Guide 异常求生指南 [The Backrooms X rules-based horror X Cthulhu Mythos X infinite flow X wild imagination] No System, no leveling up, no harem. This handbook is designed to help you deal with all kinds of anomalies. We hope every investigator will survive and provide us with more useful data. Because of the existence of the gods, most life in the universe is subtly influenced by the rulers scattered throughout the galaxy. As the universe grew ever more prosperous, the rulers’ psychic projections created a space 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 The Game of the Gods: Apostle Number Thirteen 神明的游戏：第十三号使徒 (Psychological battles, horror game, similar to Ten Days to the End, City of Lasting Departure vibes, ensemble cast, infinite-flow) The adaptation into an animated series was announced on November 8. If you're interested, feel free to check it out when it comes out. The apocalypse bell tolls... A divine oracle suddenly awakens. A cube appears in the world, and the sky splits with a crash! The selection tournament for the [Primordial Era of the Gods] game begins. Please note: [The Thirteenth Apos 987Reads8.0Score11014d adds
- 105 Rule Horror: Nightmare City 规则怪谈：梦魇迷城 [Clever deductions + mind-bending suspense + instance challenges + strategic games + logical thinking + knowledge-based puzzles] Rules are both a way to control players and the key to breaking out of a dead end. The protagonist, Chen Mo, is accidentally drawn into a world of rule-based horror. He thinks he only needs to keep taking part in deadly games to escape. Then Chen Mo believes that collecting five keys with different attributes will let him leave the City of Nightmares, but one unexpecte 362Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Thriller: There's a Ghost in My Phone 惊悚：我的手机里有鬼 A month ago, my younger sister mysteriously disappeared at a subway station. A day ago, the police pulled a headless female corpse from the river. A DNA test confirmed it was my sister, Xu Yuan. A minute ago, my dead sister walked in carrying a cake topped with a human head. White ghost candles stuck out of its crown, and longevity noodles made from its innards were served to celebrate my birthday. A minute later, I was chosen by a supernatural app's blood pact and plunged into a world of ghosts 3.1kReads—Score42114d adds
- 107 The City Lost in the Eerie Fog: Divine Punishment Game 诡雾迷城：神罚游戏 Tags: Survival Game + Mind-Bending Mystery + Challenge Dungeons + Wits and Deduction + Alternate Dimension + Monster Invasion When Ling Wen thought this was just an ordinary exam, he was forcibly dragged into the "Death Game." When he thought that clearing the "Death Game" would let him leave and return to the real world, he discovered that he had been in the real world all along. But now, gods from an alternate dimension are invading the real world. The fog descends without warning, and a dimen 2.9kReads—Score39114d adds
- 108 Infinite Nightmares: I Have a Pair of Ghost Ears 无限噩梦：我有一对鬼耳 [Infinite Flow], [Mild Horror], [No Female Lead], [Survive by the Skin of Your Teeth], [Unconventional Turtle Soup Riddles], [Nontraditional Rule-Based Horror], [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, Not Invincible] [Slow-paced, packed with details, and full of complex plot twists!] [Read at your own risk if that's not your thing!!!] I sat on a deserted street in the dead of night, listening to them whisper. I was a little confused. Wasn't I the only one here? (Instance 1: Prolonging Life) A bit lon 27kReads7.9Score3.3k14d adds
- 109 Death Began at School 死亡从学校开始了 Ghosts are the product of an imbalance between yin and yang. In this vast world, people are all different in character, and their souls are just as varied after death. The virtuous return to pure lands and enjoy the blessings of the afterlife; the wicked and violent turn into vengeful spirits, their resentment gathering until it takes the form of a ghost. These specters wander between yin and yang, but most conceal their forms and rarely appear before the living. [No cultivation, no System, no h 311Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Strange Tales: A Construction Worker Livestreams from Another World 诡异系列：土木佬在异世界开直播 [Not mindless, not a wish-fulfillment romp, no invincible protagonist, focused on growth] [The male lead has no bad habits] [A bizarre tale disguised as a mystery] [A devoted fan of Ten Days Until the End, a lover of mind-bending games, and a master of emotional tension] Go live in another world and entertain the “gods”! Xiao Wen Nuo goes from a clueless newcomer to a god-slaying powerhouse, stumbling into one pitfall after another and tricking one “god” after the next. By the time Xiao Wen Nuo 15Reads—Score114d adds
- 111 Rule Horror: Help! My AI Miracle Doctor Says I Have to Die 规则怪谈：救命！我的AI神医说我必须死 Rule Horror: Help! My AI Miracle Doctor Says I Have to Die —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Forbidden Horror: Don't Look in the Mirror at Night 禁忌怪谈：晚上不要照镜子 Taboo Horror: Don’t Look in the Mirror at Night —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Horror Park: I Teach in the Ghost Realm, and the Boss Cries While Doing Homework 惊悚乐园：我在鬼域搞教育，BOSS哭着写作业 Horror Paradise: I Teach in the Ghost Realm, and the Boss Cries While Doing His Homework 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Eerie: After Completing the Puzzle, I Somehow Ended Myself 诡异：凑完拼图莫名把自己终结了 [Mystery + Eerie + Deduction + Infinite Flow + Ensemble Cast + Flawless Logic] Have you ever felt despair? Lu Bai wakes up in a dim room, where a mysterious force orders him and several other poor souls to go on missions in one strange place after another. Complete a mission and live. Fail, and die. Black Dragon Pool, the old elm tree, the ancient well at the village entrance, the strange funeral home. After Lu Bai and his companions rack their brains, endure countless hardships, and narrowly es 139Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 115 After Sacrificing Our Teammates, We All Became Gods 献祭队友后，我们全员成神 A driverless Route 13 bus carries seven losers cast aside by reality into the Myriad Worlds. An unemployed planner, a teacher on the verge of a breakdown, a spineless doctor, a cowardly programmer, a boastful salesman, a taciturn stunt double, and a laid-off machinist. This is the worst starting team in history. But every “sacrifice” triggers a wild evolution. 🔹 Vehicle upgrade path: Rusty old bus → Mobile luxury apartment → Matte black-and-gold war chariot, the Xihe (with a red-gold Golden Crow 435Reads6.5Score10614d adds
- 116 Rule Horror: I Report This! The School's Teaching Aids Are All Made from Students 规则怪谈：我举报！这学校的教具都是拿学生做的 Rule Horror: I’m reporting this! The school’s teaching aids are all made from students 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 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
- 118 The Weird Domain: Escape from Skinless Village from the Start! 诡异领域：开局逃离无皮村！ [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Survival + Supernatural Instances + No Female Lead] Resentment that cannot be dispelled in the real world gathers to form new eerie domains. After being chosen, people are dragged into an eerie domain when they die unexpectedly. They can return to reality only by successfully completing the tasks inside. Only after escaping one terrifying eerie domain after another by the skin of his teeth does Lu Lin discover that the real world is also being infiltrated and taint 7.9kReads7.1Score56514d adds
- 119 Simulating a Way Out 绝境推演 [No System, High-Stakes Mind Games | Human Nature at Play | Survival Game] Chen Mo, a police academy student, enters a death auction on a deserted island in search of his missing older sister. Here, human lives are bargaining chips, rules are traps, and human nature is the biggest wildcard. He can calculate the loopholes in every rule, but he can't see through the betrayals and schemes of those around him. His sister's disappearance isn't just about an auction. Behind it lies a vast, sinister we 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 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?” 1.2kReads7.3Score8914d adds
- 121 The Cursed Livestream: The Seventh Taboo 诅咒直播间之七的禁忌 Cursed Livestream: The Seventh Taboo 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 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 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 A High-IQ Madman Designs Hundreds of Announced Murders 高智商疯子，设计百起预告杀人案 [High-IQ crime] [Ruthless, cold, calculating, and mad male lead] [Not reborn] [No System] [No female lead] A mysterious murderer who is rarely seen suddenly appears in Jiangcheng, calling himself the Judge. The Judge's days are always full. Monday: He judges a popular young actor who preyed on female college students. What a lovely day. Tuesday: He judges a billionaire who has committed every kind of evil, leaving himself refreshed and invigorated. Wednesday: He calls the task force directly. 4.4kReads—Score34514d adds
- 124 Apocalypse: I Have Infinite Lives in the Land of Divine Punishment 末世：我在神罚之地无限复活 Infinite flow, apocalypse, deadly games, ensemble cast, mind games, suspense and brainteasers, ruthless protagonist, resurrection and rebirth, no dumbed-down characters, no saintly heroine. A group of ordinary people are trapped in an apocalyptic wasteland, said to be a land of divine punishment and surrounded by walls a thousand meters high. Deadly games lurk here, survival resources are desperately scarce, natural disasters strike without warning, and they must fight monsters to stay alive. Wh 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Republic-Era Notes on Summoning Evil 民国招邪笔记 Chinese-Style Horror + Episodic Mysteries + Ancestral Taboos + Republican-Era Suspense + Cursed Objects That Claim Lives Each supernatural case wraps up in three to five chapters. The pace is breakneck, with no dragging things out! Folk-horror elements: red wedding gowns, ancestral halls, midnight opera troupes... If you’re a scaredy-cat, read during the day. If you’re brave, listen to the audiobook at night for the full dose of terror. 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 I Am the Lord of the Milky Way, Sweeping Through Fantasy Worlds 我乃银河系领主，横扫玄幻世界 Fantasy with an inventive premise, sci-fi transmigration, ruthless and decisive, not a saint, multiple female leads, a fussy male protagonist, careful planning at every step, ensemble cast, play the pig to eat the tiger. “Maybe I can’t kill you in this secret realm! But a nuclear weapon can!” The protagonist was once a powerful being who had risen from Earth in a universe known to civilization. Through tireless effort, he grew strong enough to sweep across several star systems and become the rul —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 A Clown's Diary 一个小丑的日记 [First person] [Infinite Flow] [No female lead] [No brainless wish fulfillment] [Dual personality] [Hannibal] The clown in my mind writes a letter on Judgment Day: Dear Tianming, I stitched the sinners into the shadows, using their own bodies as thread. They all call me the perfect madman. After all, I can dissect bodies with a scalpel and souls with a deck of cards at the same time. When the curtain falls at the Eternal Night Theater, I always hear two kinds of laughter amid the applause: one c 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Reincarnation Paradise: From the Start, My Lightning Arts Max Out My Tankiness 轮回乐园：开局雷法坦度拉满 [A Derivative World of the Reincarnation Paradise + Maoshan Thunder Arts Cultivation + Myriad Heavens + Mystery Solving + Maxed-Out Talent from the Start + Takes Off After Chapter 50] Li Tiansheng, heir to the Maoshan Thunder Arts, is dragged into an endless cycle of reincarnation. While others struggle to survive in reincarnation worlds, he puts his expertise to work. One lightning talisman is all it takes to make every evil spirit across the Myriad Worlds kneel and call him Dad. I’m no good at 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Death Trip 死亡旅行 Before graduation, everyone wanted to take a graduation trip that was a little different, so one of my rich classmates rented an old, rundown cruise ship. On the first night aboard, the rich kid posted a raffle in the group chat: “I’ve prepared a grand prize for everyone. Entries close at midnight. We’ll reveal the luckiest winner tomorrow morning!” I was just about to open the link when an anonymous text came in. “Open it and you die.” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Infinite Beast God Squad 无限兽神团 [Infinite Flow] [Original Worlds] [Rapid Updates] [Long Chapters] [Pets] [Guild-Based Team] [Bonds of Friendship] [Unorthodox Lie-Flat Style] [Unbridled Imagination] [Inspired by the setting of Reincarnation Paradise] I’ve read a lot of Infinite Flow stories about lone wolves, and I want to write one centered on a team, like an elite adventure crew in One Piece, with pets along for the ride. I’m a beginner, so there’ll definitely be plenty of room for improvement. I hope all you wonderful reader 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 The Solar Eclipse Apocalypse 日蚀启示录 [Rules Horror + Mind Games + Terror + The Supernatural] Strange regulations, an eerie head of security You must follow the rules on the night shift, or you'll die Visitors must not ask anyone's name Do not look in mirrors without a reason If a child cries, give them candy At first, Wu Ming thought the old man was just playing a prank on the newcomers Until one day, he saw a dark figure standing behind him in the mirror Even more terrifying, the candy in his pocket kept multiplying every day And —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 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 16kReads7.8Score1.7k14d adds
- 133 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 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Fierce Netherworld: Starting as a Rainy-Night Killer 凶冥空间：从雨夜杀人魔开始 [Infinite Flow + The Weird Arrives, No Heroine] Could the beautiful new neighbor really be a serial killer who strikes on rainy nights? Gu Li sees through her disguise, only to get dragged into an even stranger space. Black fog rolls in and terror descends. To survive, Gu Li searches for a way to clear each instance, solving puzzles like mad and escaping certain death. But after completing a series of missions, he discovers that the weird has already arrived in the real world, and a supernatural 5kReads7.1Score34014d adds
- 135 Apostle of the Door World 门世界的使徒 [Infinite Flow]+ [Genius-Level Intelligence]+ [No Torture for the Protagonist] For reasons unknown, some people pass through “doors” into one strange world after another. They embark on a series of bizarre, brutal, or legendary adventures. Why were these people chosen? What is the purpose behind their repeated, inexplicable experiences? Is someone controlling it all? Chu Wei is just one of them. He eats barbecue among primitive tribes, unleashes electric shocks at crime scenes, hunts ghosts and 364Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 136 One Goal: Stay Alive 唯一目标：活着 (Survival + high intelligence + deduction + no saintly protagonist + mild horror. Read with caution if you’re sensitive to these elements.) A stream of fire pierced the atmosphere and struck the ground. In an instant, the world was plunged into chaotic darkness, and the buildings of civilization people had once taken pride in became lifeless ruins. Yet among the ruins, one building alone remained standing, like a watchtower surveying all the darkness. Beneath the apocalypse, strange phenomena we 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Eerie Tales: Prisoner of the Rules 诡异怪谈，规则囚徒 Supernatural calamities run rampant, rules and taboos bind lives, and one treacherous realm after another appears, with danger at every turn. Following the rules doesn’t necessarily mean survival, while obeying the laws may lead straight to death. Some break free of their cages and see through the lies of evil spirits, shattering the chains of fate even in the most desperate moments. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 A Corrupted Heart 糜烂之心 Deep inside the Luocheng Police Department, a metal filing cabinet labeled “Bloodstained Files” holds dozens of long-unsolved, grisly cases. Each one once shocked the nation with its bizarre deaths, but limited forensic technology at the time meant they were ultimately filed away as “unsolved.” In 2025, advances in forensic science prompted the department to launch the “Bloodstained Files Resolution Project.” The first case to be reopened was the most controversial of them all: the “Terrifying P 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 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 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 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
- 141 Escape! The Death Game 逃离！死亡游戏 [Mystery + death game + ensemble cast + Werewolf] [No golden finger / not a power fantasy / read with caution] [Bonus content below] A League of Legends esports player trapped in dire straits and a group of strangers are told they will take part in a death game shrouded in mystery. Between life and death, their only way to survive is to uncover the truth. As the game progresses, a case that has been buried for many years comes to light. No matter how long someone has been getting away with evil, 109Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 142 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 4.8kReads7.1Score43714d adds
- 143 Night Tales from the Haunted House: 1,000 Folk Ghost Stories 诡舍夜话：1000个民间鬼故事 [Changting 9.0 Rating] [A Must-Read for Women Late at Night] [Urban Horror] Don't read this late at night! A thousand standalone tales of the eerie, guaranteed to make you afraid to walk alone after dark! This collection features sinister events passed down through generations in rural lanes and villages, as well as bizarre tales widely shared online. Each chapter is a story of its own, so there's no need to wait for updates. Just open it and start reading! The faint sobbing from a corner of an 4.5kReads—Score15414d adds
- 144 The Man Buried Upside Down 倒着埋的人 The Man Buried Upside Down 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 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 490Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 146 The Paper-Linked World 纸连世界 [Murder-mystery game + Infinite Flow + supernatural abilities + survival + strong female lead] My name is Shu Yulian, and I transmigrated into a book. But why are there ghosts in this book? What do you mean I have to play a life-or-death game with the eerie creatures? I only made it through elementary school. You expect me to outsmart them? Heavenly Grandma, can you please give me a break!! What? You're saying my sister is one of the eerie creatures? What, I got put on the wanted list by an [Evi 92Reads8.9Score25114d adds
- 147 Grudge-Locked Patterns 怨气锁纹 Dai Xiaochao, the protagonist, is a college graduate in architecture from the 1990s. Under heavy financial pressure, he moves into a tenement building where a locked-room murder took place two years earlier. Surveillance was scarce in those days, so the police had to investigate door to door, and the case made little progress. Then the ancient Taotie jade pendant inherited by Dai Xiaochao’s family, along with its Taotie patterns, begins to react... And that is where the story begins. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Supernatural Horror: Someone Behind the Wall Is Calling My Name 惊悚灵异：墙里有人叫我的名字 Horror and the Supernatural: Someone in the Wall Is Calling My Name 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 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
- 150 Otherworldly Space: A Cycle of Reincarnation Beginning with a Nightmare 异域空间：从噩梦开始的轮回之旅 [Infinite Flow + Reincarnation Paradise + No Female Lead + Evolution Through Killing] Chen Yu dies unexpectedly and enters the world of reincarnation. He then becomes one of countless contractors, traveling through the Myriad Worlds and completing one mission after another issued by the System. All these mission worlds come from the anime and games he encountered in his previous life... 367Reads7.5Score—14d adds
