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  1. 151 Hell Game: From the Start, a Max-Level Expert Has Me in Their Sights 地狱游戏:开局就被满级大佬盯上 Two Male Leads264k WordsCompleted Scheming, devoted top × sharp-tongued, tsundere, quick-witted bottom | Strange rules | Infinite-loop horror Mo Xiaotian, the undisputed king of trash talk, survived for twenty years on his ability to act “calm as a cucumber on the outside, panicking like crazy on the inside.” One day, he casually opened an app called [Hell Game] and was forcibly dragged into an endless cycle of terrifying scenarios. The other players trembled and begged the rules not to kill them. Mo Xiaotian alone, forced to st 122Reads8.2Score—14d adds
  2. 152 The Miserable Good Life of a Born Unlucky Saint 先天倒霉圣体的霉好生活 Modern Romance238k WordsCompleted When the world ran short of spiritual energy and the gods one by one lost their jobs, only the God of Misfortune survived, using her immense bad luck to save the world. Her unlucky nature was so potent that everyone else kept their distance. As haunted death zones plagued by ghosts and curses appeared one after another, a single misstep could mean eternal doom. But Yu Yingfan, the woman who became a god through bad luck, could not only stride through them with ease, but also save the world along 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  3. 153 Mysterious Curse 1 神秘诅咒1 Mystery370k WordsCompleted [Supernatural Mystery + Urban Cultivation + Folk Taboos + A Passionate Coming-of-Age Story] Enter a sinister world concealed beneath the bustle of the modern city! I have no control over life or death. My name is Zhang Wen. I thought getting into college would let me escape that bleak village in the southwest. Then my grandfather died suddenly, with these words written in cinnabar on his palm: "Dig three feet down at the southeast corner of the wall." I unearthed a bloodstained notebook. Its fir 6Reads—Score—14d adds
  4. 154 Escape from Hell's Apartment 逃离地狱公寓 Mystery501k WordsCompleted [Pure Deduction and Escape]+ [Infinite Flow]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [Mild Horror]+ [Two Male Leads] No female lead, no items, no cheats, just pure adventure and survival. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read. Ever since Lu Chao accidentally stumbled into this apartment building, he has been on the run. Every so often, the residents have to go out to designated locations to complete missions. Their targets are all ghosts, and they can only survive by carefully following the rules of each mis 4.8kReads6.8Score51714d adds
  5. 155 The Nightmare Staircase 噩梦阶梯 Mystery806k WordsOngoing It all began with a staircase leading down into darkness. Lu Yu climbed the steps and entered the world of his nightmares. And so the bizarre tale began. Twisted human figures crawled beneath the moon, while rows of dark shadows drifted through the black fog... There are no ghosts in this world... but there are in dreams! [Supernatural Horror Infinite Flow × Suspense and Mystery] 1.9kReads8.3Score16314d adds
  6. 156 A Bakery Connecting Past and Present, The Prince Keeps Me Busy 烘焙店通古今,王爷我很忙 Ancient Romance378k WordsCompleted Please respect original works and reject all shoddily made comic adaptations. [Time Travel Between Past and Present + Court Intrigue + Farming + Punishing Scumbags + Comedy + Food] Qi Xiaoyu came from an ordinary family. Her childhood was difficult, and she was plagued by illness. As an adult, she was left with enormous gambling debts by her scumbag ex-husband, while her mother-in-law schemed to extort money from her. Her parents abandoned her, and blow after blow came crashing down like a storm 861Reads9.4Score10214d adds
  7. 157 Rule-Based Survival: I Can Foresee Death 规则求生:我能预知死亡 Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow, mild horror, terrifying dungeons, no romance, survival, not a saintly protagonist] One night, Chen Feng was walking through an abandoned park after finishing his shift at the crematorium when something strange happened. There was clearly no one behind him, yet he heard faint footsteps. At first, he thought he was imagining things, but when he listened closely, the footsteps were still there, gradually drawing nearer. They sounded as though they were deliberately mimicking his own 22.5kReads7.6Score2.2k14d adds
  8. 158 Horror: Death Comes at Midnight 恐怖:夜半索命 Mystery215k WordsCompleted I lived a routine life until the death of Old Chen changed everything. Beside his body lay a pile of handmade paper figures. One had been painted blood red and clutched in his stiff, dead hand. Blood-red words began appearing in the mirror: “Get out.” “He’s still in the building.” Then I received an ultimatum: his daughter needed a living substitute. Paper figures weren’t enough. Neither were his belongings. She wanted a living person in the building, someone warm and breathing. Tomorrow, at mid 17Reads—Score11014d adds
  9. 159 Nightmare of the Strange Realm 诡界噩梦 Mystery232k WordsCompleted [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
  10. 160 Fifth Watch 五更 Mystery722k WordsOngoing The stories my grandpa used to tell me were probably meant to scare me into staying put, or maybe to lull me to sleep. He always told them with such conviction and vivid detail that I often found myself dreaming of the very scenes he had lived through. I met the old flower-growing woman on Yinshan Mountain, and one villager after another from Sangen Village. Their faces were gloomy and strange, and their deeds served as a warning, reminding us that “the gods are watching from three feet above yo 705Reads7.2Score10014d adds
  11. 161 Fierce Netherworld: Starting as a Rainy-Night Killer 凶冥空间:从雨夜杀人魔开始 Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [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 5.1kReads7.1Score35114d adds
  12. 162 The Vengeful Ghost Great-Grandma Wants to Kill My Daughter, but My Pure Yang Infant Shatters a Century-Old Blood Pact 厉鬼太奶想杀我女,我纯阳婴镇碎百年血契 9k WordsCompleted A Vengeful Ghost of a Great-Grandmother Wants to Kill My Daughter, but My Pure-Yang Baby Shatters a Century-Old Blood Pact 3Reads—Score—14d adds
  13. 163 After My Brother Was Crushed by a Tycoon Family, I Summoned the Ten Kings of Hell to Claim Their Lives 弟遭豪门碾杀,我引十殿阎罗索命 13k WordsCompleted After his younger brother is crushed to death by a powerful family, he summons the Ten Kings of Hell to claim their lives 16Reads—Score—14d adds
  14. 164 Paralyzed by Terror: The Shadow That Smelled of Tobacco 鬼压床惊魂-那具带着烟草味的黑影 15k WordsCompleted Terrifying Sleep Paralysis: The Shadow That Smelled of Tobacco 17Reads—Score—14d adds
  15. 165 The Tiger Skin: Three Years After My Mother Died, Someone Knocked at My Door in the Dead of Night 皮打虎:我娘死后三年,深夜来敲我家门 11k WordsCompleted Leather Tiger: Three Years After My Mother Died, Someone Came Knocking at My Door Late at Night 2Reads—Score—14d adds
  16. 166 Hearse 灵车 Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted A hearse is a vehicle used to transport coffins or urns. You could also call it a vehicle exclusively for the dead. I was a bus driver for four years, and for all four years I kept a secret bottled up inside. Now I'll tell you firsthand about the terrifying things that happen on trains, things you don't know about. Maybe you've never heard of hearses being converted into buses, but the buses you've ridden may not have carried only the living... 1.5kReads8.0Score14114d adds
  17. 167 Hell Manor 地狱庄园 Mystery310k WordsOngoing [Horror and the Supernatural + Suspense and Mystery + Infinite Flow + No Female Lead] A group of strangers receive a blood letter and mysteriously find themselves inside a villa. Their only chance of survival is to uncover the ghost hiding among them. After Xu Yi completes the task by the skin of his teeth, he is relieved to have finally survived. But then he discovers that he has arrived at a place called Hell Manor. He must complete the tasks in eleven blood letters to leave the manor alive. A 10kReads8.0Score83614d adds
  18. 168 I’m an Actor in a Horror World 我在恐怖世界当演员 Mystery607k WordsCompleted [Infinite Loop + Death Games + Horror Worlds + Original Scenarios + No Female Lead] (The protagonist has limits he won’t cross + System (mostly useless) + Items + The protagonist isn’t superhuman) If you were asked to act in a real horror movie, would you be willing? Guan Long is one lucky guy: he was chosen to take part in one terrifying film after another. There’s the bizarre rest stop on the highway, another “floor” that suddenly appears on a rooftop, and eerie voices calling from elevators, 623Reads6.4Score—14d adds
  19. 169 The Mysterious Invitation [Infinite Flow] 诡异邀请函【无限流】 Mystery421k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + horror instances + mild scares + survival] After receiving a mysterious envelope, you wake up inside a van and find yourself being taken to a cemetery to complete a week-long task: "Protect the coffin." But every night, one of your companions disappears, and the next day, you find their face inside the coffin. What kind of world is this...? Dare you step into this adventure? The truth is far more terrifying than death. 976Reads—Score10214d adds
  20. 170 Calling Spirits in the Ruined House: My Seven-Year-Old Brother Mysteriously Fell from a Building, and a Shadow in White Came After Him 荒坯房叫魂:7岁小弟莫名坠楼,白衣黑影缠上了他 15k WordsCompleted A Spirit-Calling Ritual in a Derelict House: My Seven-Year-Old Brother Mysteriously Fell from the Building, and a Shadow in White Is Haunting Him 7Reads—Score—14d adds
  21. 171 Republic-Era Notes on Summoning Evil 民国招邪笔记 Mystery403k WordsCompleted 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. 78Reads—Score—14d adds
  22. 172 Night-Shift Internet Cafe Attendant: The Woman in Red in the Men's Room Stall Hides a Ten-Year-Old Case 夜班网管:男厕隔间的红衣女,竟藏着十年旧案 13k WordsCompleted Night-Shift Internet Cafe Attendant: The Red-Clad Woman in the Men's Restroom Stall Is Hiding a Decade-Old Case 61Reads—Score—14d adds
  23. 173 The Soul-Summoning Lantern 招魂灯 Mystery13k WordsCompleted The Soul-Summoning Lantern 20Reads—Score—14d adds
  24. 174 Death Game Dimension 死亡游戏空间 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse368k WordsCompleted “Let's have some fun playing a game~” Out of curiosity, Xu Ge clicked YES and entered a mysterious game space, where he had no choice but to play one deadly game after another. Guess Who I Am, Dating Game, The Countess's Death, The Sin of Pride, Live-Action Ghost Show... Who is behind the mysterious game? And as Xu Ge continues playing, he becomes caught up in an even greater conspiracy. A plot spanning thousands of years, the return of the primordial, changes to the world, and one mysterious in 127Reads8.8Score—14d adds
  25. 175 The Haunted Inn 恐怖旅店 Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted A new graduate faces the toughest job market in years and, with no other options, applies for a night receptionist position at an inn. On my first day, I was told that the job had two requirements. First, I must not speak to the guests. Second, I must not leave the front desk. 512Reads8.0Score10314d adds
  26. 176 Deadly Survival Game 致命生存游戏 Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted (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
  27. 177 Hell Academy: Conquering the Myriad Worlds, Starting with the Mist 地狱高校:从迷雾开始纵横诸天 Urban241k WordsOngoing After Fang Xiu finally got into Tsinghua University, he managed to scrape together enough money for his mother’s surgery, only to transmigrate for no apparent reason. He transmigrated to a strange high school and became a “high school student.” To get home and treat his mother, he chose the unorthodox path of power-ups, looping through one damned world after another for that damned diploma. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
  28. 178 Midnight Oracle 午夜神谕 Mystery250k WordsCompleted Shh… It’s late. Turn out the lights. Once you step through this door, the world of lies behind you. Whatever you see there, don’t tell anyone. Don’t scream… Stay alive, and you’ll understand everything. As an “ordinary” residential community security guard, Chen You has endured one midnight after another: the church bells ring out twelve long echoes in succession; in an empty post office, the PA system switches on by itself and mutters ancient prophecies; an estate that sho 24Reads—Score—14d adds
  29. 179 The Unbalanced Abyss 失衡归墟 Mystery584k WordsOngoing [Original | Not a power fantasy | Not mindless | Golden finger | Suspense and horror game | Self-redemption] “Let’s play hide-and-seek. You be It, and I’ll hide. Can you find me?” A text from an unknown number dragged Liu Xu into a deadly game set in the world of a novel. When he woke, he was inside an ancient theater governed by bizarre rules. Its master delighted in watching people die, and anyone who lost the game would vanish into a wisp of green smoke beneath the stage. As the other players —Reads6.8Score—14d adds
  30. 180 The Corpse of a Mountain Village Woman 山村女尸 Mystery658k WordsOngoing [Feel-Good Read + Urban + Suspense + Supernatural] He Xi is an ordinary security guard. One day, the west gate of Chaoxi Psychiatric Hospital desperately needs a guard. The pay is 30,000 yuan a month, but nobody dares take the job! Nobody else dares, but He Xi does! Only after arriving does he realize something is wrong. The west gate isn’t meant for people to pass through at all. It’s a gate for ghosts! 7.7kReads7.7Score35314d adds
  31. 181 This Ghost Catcher Is Not That Cold 这个鬼差不太冷 Mystery550k WordsCompleted [Completed] [Eerie Revival] [Playing Card Elements] [The Protagonist Isn’t an Idiot] [Government Organization] [Absurd, Light Comedy] Also known as: Eerie Revival: Contracting an Ancient Great Ghost from the Start! Midnight is nigh, and a hundred ghosts roam the streets! “What! The only thing my family has left is a box of playing cards?” “What! The monthly salary is 100,000?” “Forget ghost hunting. I’d even sell my body if you asked me to!” Armed with nothing but a box of playing cards, one yo 2.5kReads8.1Score22614d adds
  32. 182 Honey, I’m All for Your Love-Brained Ways 老公,你的恋爱脑我可相当认可哦 Two Male Leads215k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later~) Two male leads + both are each other’s only partner + both pretend to be someone they’re not + online romance and first meeting in person + mutual devotion + possessive pursuit + sweet romance [Pampering and indulgent · hopeless romantic · two sides to his personality · seme]× [touch-starved · severe agoraphobe and shut-in · playing hard to get · uke] The severely agoraphobic shut-in Dugu Yin can barely stand going outside and seeing strangers, y 67Reads8.0Score—14d adds
  33. 183 The Spirited Cultivation Journey of a Charming Junior Sister 俏师妹的欢脱修仙路 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Single heroine + everyone’s favorite + no romance + transmigration to another world + a touch of angst + goofy humor + strong female lead + twists) In the novel, the senior brothers and sisters are all stepping stones for the heroine, and each one dies more horribly than the last. I packed my things in the middle of the night and prepared to run. Who’d want to act out this awful script? Then Fourth Senior Brother found me and took me home. Eldest Senior Brother put a handful of peeled chestnuts 416Reads8.3Score8714d adds
  34. 184 Rule Horror: All My Teammates Are Crazy 规则怪谈:我的队友全是神经病 Mystery589k WordsCompleted [The main CP is a male-male couple] [Romance] [Supernatural horror] [Social satire] [Mystery and deduction] [CPs include both men and women] The God-Sealing Game has descended on this planet for the second time. No one knows who will succeed in becoming a god this time and become a legend for future generations. The mysterious Andrew Card seems like a divine gift, yet something about it feels sinister. Zzzzt A sudden burst of static swept through everyone's minds. [Humanity's God-Sealing Plan in 63Reads—Score—14d adds
  35. 185 Rule Horror: The Last One to Leave the Classroom After Evening Study 规则怪谈:晚自习最后离开教室的人 21k WordsCompleted Rule Horror: The Last Person to Leave the Classroom After Evening Study 21Reads—Score—14d adds
  36. 186 My Midnight Livestream Room 我的午夜直播间 Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted An unconventional livestream. A turning point in fate. Welcome to the Midnight Livestream. Here you'll find not only expedition streams unlike anything you've ever seen, but also a place where souls are kept in captivity, beyond anything you could imagine. 1.3kReads8.2Score11614d adds
  37. 187 I Volunteered to Join the Hell Cinema 我是自愿加入地狱影院的 Mystery218k WordsOngoing Mystery Infinite Flow + a passionate, hilarious ensemble cast + a story about intangible cultural heritage in every script + a protagonist who dreams their way through the trials. Watch as five ordinary young men who don’t know one another write countless adventurous tales, full of laughter and tears, as they face one perilous folk-culture script after another~ 26Reads—Score—14d adds
  38. 188 Death Began at School 死亡从学校开始了 Mystery580k WordsOngoing 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 310Reads—Score—14d adds
  39. 189 The Twilight Line of the Haunted Realm: Conquering It with My Wits 诡界晨昏线:靠脑子制霸诡界 Mystery117k WordsOngoing [Mild horror] [No System] [Character growth] [One heroine] Countless “Haunted Realms” suddenly appeared around the world. Like black holes, they devoured ordinary people's mental energy and the real world, pushing reality to the brink of madness. In response to the crisis, all kinds of organizations sprang up. They ventured into the Haunted Realms to explore, seized haunted objects to protect themselves, and sought the truth on the edge of life and death. As their investigations deepened, they d 5Reads—Score114d adds
  40. 190 Nightmare Subway 噩梦地铁 Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted (The rating has only just opened and will rise later.) [Infinite Flow + Survival + No Saintly Heroine] A driverless subway train carries a group of cursed passengers toward unknown, terrifying stations… A subway card is proof of survival, and a ticket to Hell. At each subway station, Jiang Fengye faces one terrifying instance after another, each a brush with death. The starving corpses in the basement; The crawling sounds in the abandoned tunnel; The skinning monster in the old castle; … "The 18.5kReads7.1Score2k14d adds
  41. 191 Lighting the Sky Lantern 点天灯 Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted Just how terrifying is corpse-driving in western Hunan? After failing the college entrance exam, I stumbled into the corpse-driving trade. Who could have guessed that on my very first job, I would run into... 712Reads8.3Score10314d adds
  42. 192 Horror Cinema: My Teammate Is Yukino Yukinoshita 恐怖影院:我的队友是雪之下雪乃 Mystery475k WordsCompleted [The rating has only just come out, and it’ll rise later] [Infinite Flow] + [Mild Horror] + [Horror Dungeons] + [Anime Crossover, Multiple Heroines] “Welcome to the Nightmare Screening Room. Here, you’re not an audience member sitting in the theater. You’re a participant in a real horror movie!” Guan Hong accidentally stumbles into a bizarre horror theater. There’s no popcorn here, only endless survival missions and vengeful evil spirits ready to peel off your skin at any moment. First screeni 1kReads6.2Score10414d adds
  43. 193 Hell Is Empty, and Evil Spirits Walk the Earth 地狱空荡荡,恶灵在人间 Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted This is a horror novel centered on mystery, a traditional supernatural story with no System and no cultivation. The setup is lengthy, there are many mysteries, and the truth is revealed gradually. A mysterious apartment brings endless nightmares. To escape, you must complete the nine tasks assigned by the apartment. Hunted by evil spirits, mocked by ghosts, and consumed by resentment, everyone will be trapped in a terrifying cycle of death and rebirth, played out in blood. “All who are ruled by 486Reads8.6Score10014d adds
  44. 194 My 99 Ghostly Roommates 我的99位死诡房客 Mystery202k WordsOngoing Blood is seeping from the mirrors in the lobby. A pair of transparent toes dangle beneath the magnificent chandelier. The refrigerator is always stocked with fresh meat. The elevator travels to nonexistent floors after midnight. The hotel windows are covered in countless handprints. The garden statues spy on every passerby. “Please, esteemed guests, don’t be alarmed. This is just the latest interior design style at the Xi Wang Grand Hotel.” “What? You just saw one of our employees’ heads fall of 9Reads—Score—14d adds
  45. 195 Making a Wish to a Ghost 向鬼许愿 Mystery425k WordsCompleted A school where everyone has vanished. A company that serves ghosts. A city crawling with vengeful spirits. A mountain of weeping where yin and yang are turned upside down. … In an age when paranormal phenomena run rampant, Gu Shan possesses a terrifying wish-granting machine that can crush any supernatural incident. But each wish also carves an even deeper despair. “After you make your tenth wish, we’ll meet again in a world without pain.” (The original title of this book was The Tenth Wish.) 4.9kReads7.9Score46814d adds
  46. 196 A Record of Chasing Dreams with Classical Prescriptions 经方逐梦录 Modern Romance352k WordsCompleted This is a traditional Chinese medicine novel that anyone who can read can easily understand. Drawing on the author's observations and reflections from years of medical practice, as well as extensive clinical experience, the book builds a rich world of stories. It skillfully blends Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist thought with related theories of fate and feng shui. Although the plot is fictional, the medical cases, medical theories, feng shui, and knowledge of destiny featured in the story are al 626Reads9.2Score17314d adds
  47. 197 I Blundered into a Horror World, Only to Find That All the Bosses Were Lamps 误入恐怖世界,没想到BOSS全是灯 17k WordsCompleted I stumbled into a world of horror, only to find that every BOSS was a lamp. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
  48. 198 Delusions: The Book of Ghostly Grudges 诡妄:鬼怨书 Mystery458k WordsCompleted [Two heroines + Lovecraftian horror + thrills + madness + mutual devotion + smart leads] A meteorite resembling a ball of flesh crashes into Earth, bringing with it a god from another planet: the Mad God Mo Shanshan. The arrival of this uninvited guest awakens supernatural evils that have slumbered for ages, and a bizarre, terrifying feast of “god-making” is about to begin. 80Reads—Score—14d adds
  49. 199 One Goal: Stay Alive 唯一目标:活着 Mystery473k WordsOngoing (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 7Reads—Score—14d adds
  50. 200 Horror Phone Game 恐怖手机游戏 Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted When the God of Death decides to make the most entertaining mobile game in the world... 1.2kReads8.5Score10214d adds

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