Novels like The Underworld Patrolman
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- 101 Horror Livestream: The Whole Nation Watches Me Catch Ghosts Live 恐怖直播：全民看我在线捉鬼 Chen Feng transmigrates to a parallel world plagued by strange phenomena, where all manner of demons and ghosts have appeared. Everyone has entered an age of horror livestream challenges. After being bound to a System, Chen Feng easily becomes the first person to win nine consecutive challenges! “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have killed a thousand-year-old zombie. Reward: one powerful virility pill!” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have killed a painted-skin long-tongued ghost. Reward: one 65Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 102 Supernatural: I Am the Yin Emperor, Founding the Underworld and Ruling the Mortal Realm 灵异：吾阴天子，创地府掌控人间 [Invincible + Incredibly Satisfying] Su Xin transmigrates to a parallel world. Supernatural phenomena are resurging, killing is rampant, the world’s order has collapsed, the gods have vanished, and the Underworld has fallen apart. Fortunately, Su Xin awakens the Underworld Inheritance System and becomes its supreme ruler: the Son of Heaven of Yin! From then on, Su Xin recruits subordinates, establishes City Gods around the world, hunts down evil ghosts, restores order to the world, and rebuilds 93Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 103 Tales of the Uncanny in Jiangnan 江南诡事录 I was born in an old town in Jiangnan, and from childhood I loved hanging around beneath the eaves of the old teahouse. I would listen as Zhou the Blind sipped his strong tea and spun yarn after yarn, recounting the strange tales he had heard over most of his life. Half of what this book records came from the stories passed by word of mouth beneath the teahouse storyteller’s gavel; the other half came from what I saw and heard as I grew up wandering the streets and alleys of Jiangnan. Now the te 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 Silent Screams: True Records of 101 Major Cases, Season One 无声尖叫：101宗大案要案记实录（第一季） 41Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 105 Northern Horse Notes 北马笔记 The Five Immortals of the Northeast are chiefly the Hu, Huang, Chang, Mang, and Hui. After cultivating their powers and attaining the Dao, they descend the mountains to take disciples, borrowing their bodies to do good deeds among humans and earn their way to ascension. This story is told in the first person. 418Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 106 Eerie Revival: I Fused with Black Impermanence from the Start 诡异复苏：开局融合黑无常 Su Yuan transmigrates to a parallel world and obtains a horror livestream System. The more viewers his stream attracts, the stronger he becomes! To draw in viewers, Su Yuan throws caution to the wind. From the start, he passionately kisses a woman in white who’s a ghost! The livestream chat goes wild! He spends his popularity points in the System’s shop to trade for a Black Impermanence outfit and reap evil spirits! “Congratulations, Host. You have obtained a Black Impermanence robe!” “Congratul 400Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 107 The Departure That Year 那一年的离去 The Day They Left 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 Selling Ghosts 卖鬼 A new book is coming in July, titled: From the Start, I Cut Out the Rake of the Slit-Mouthed Woman Born in a yin year, yin month, yin hour, and yin place, with a yin ghost as the midwife. Yinjian had been sickly since childhood. Driven by hardship, he accidentally walked into a shop. From then on, he started a business selling ghosts. A weeping ghost knocks at the door. The Five Immortals demand a title and turn into beautiful older sisters. A skeleton friend who loves grave robbing. A five-star 258Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 109 365 Nights of Corpse Tales from the Gorge 峡江尸话365夜 The poorer and more desolate the land, the stranger the tales; deep in the gorges along the river, there are stories of the supernatural. My hometown lies in the mountains of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, in an area where several ethnic minorities live together. Before Liberation, it was a backward wilderness beyond the reach of government control. Over the long course of history, many baffling things happened here. After I was born, I heard plenty of chilling tales of strange happeni 117Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 110 Uncle Jiu's World: I Became Maoshan's Junior Martial Uncle 九叔世界：我成了茅山小师叔 Chen Lan transmigrated into Uncle Jiu’s world and awakened a God-Tier Choice System. From the start, he became Maoshan’s junior grand-uncle! From then on, under his leadership, Maoshan swept across the land, crushing demons, monsters, and ghosts, clearing away anyone who stood in its path and reaching the pinnacle of glory! 145Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 111 Me! Rebuilding the Underworld in the Mortal Realm 我！在人间重造地府 Jiang Ning transmigrates to a world where ghostly qi has revived. This world has no reincarnation, and no Underworld! The gates of hell stand wide open. The supernatural is everywhere, ghosts roam in droves, and all life is devastated! The gods and Buddhas turn a blind eye, and heaven and earth offer no refuge. Fortunately, he awakens a System, summons the manifestation of the King of Hell, and becomes ruler of the netherworld! Build a hell, recruit yin soldiers, and appoint judges. The Book of 2Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 112 Secrets of the Mortuary 殓尸秘录 Chen Mo is the young heir to the Wangsheng Studio funeral home. He thought he would spend his life in quiet company with cold, lifeless bodies. Then he took charge of a strange corpse known as the “Bride in Red,” and everything began to spiral out of control. The body never decays, and its smile is as lovely as a flower. The bronze bell tied around its ankle rings silently in the dead of night. From then on, Chen Mo is swept into one whirlpool after another, woven from local ghost stories and ho 3Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 113 After Losing My Memory, One Terrifying Ghostly Incident After Another 失忆后恐怖鬼事接连不断 (An alternate world. No tired tropes, no invincible protagonist, no plagiarism, entirely original. Any similarities will be changed immediately. Comedy, deadpan humor, no official pairing, a touch of horror, and characters with sound values.) Accidentally drawn into a paranormal incident: a girl whose mouth has been sealed shut, the walking dead with no eyes to see, monsters covered in tumors that crawl along the ground... Is the world turned upside down, or is this an elaborate hoax carefully s 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 Midnight Terror 午夜惊魂 It started one morning when I stepped outside and found a yuan at my doorstep. I didn't think much of it. The next morning, I found a ten-yuan bill at the door. I thought I was pretty lucky, finding money two days in a row. But on the third morning, when I opened the door and saw a hundred-yuan bill on the ground, I finally realized something was off. After that, strange things kept happening around me, and I began venturing into one forbidden zone after another, all in the name of staying alive 2.1kReads7.3Score148Shelves
- 115 The Eerie Tooth 诡牙 I already had teeth when I was born. They could hold a pacifier and crush a steel blade. Even a thousand-year-old demoness would have to drop to her knees and beg for mercy if I bit down on her. 83Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 116 The Sixth Man's Strange Tales 老六诡事 A collection of true stories about all kinds of inexplicable, supernatural events personally experienced by people around me. Just think of it as my attempt to pass off some tales as Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! Not for the faint of heart! I’m repeating it three times because it’s important! I don’t make up stories. I’m simply passing them along! 72Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 The Old Man's Dead. Can I Inherit His Billions Now? 老头死了，我可以继承他的亿万家产了？ The old man is dead. Does that mean I can inherit his billions in assets? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 Horror Revival: I Get Stronger from the Start by Slaying Ghosts 恐怖复苏：开局砍鬼就变强 Tong Zheng transmigrates into a world where supernatural horrors have returned and ghosts run rampant. He activates the Physical Exorcism System. He starts with a knife, and the only way to level up is to slash. A vengeful ghost haunts a hospital. Tong Zheng arrives and strikes once, leaving it completely stunned. Ghost: What did I ever do to deserve dying to a blade like that? A construction site uncovers an ancient tomb, where a century-old fierce ghost causes trouble. Tong Zheng arrives to su 1.1kReads8.5Score101Shelves
- 119 I Livestream Fortune-Telling and Return to the Underworld as a Judge 靠直播算命，我回地府当判官 [Fortune-telling livestreams + multiple storylines + strong female lead + no romance] Guo Wangcai, once a mighty cultivator, is now an intern ghost bailiff in the Underworld. Because he was too good at fighting (and eating), his boss, the Great Emperor of Fengdu, slapped him down to the human world to “earn merit.” He said, “The human world is overflowing with yin energy. Get it down to an acceptable level, and when you come back, I’ll make you a full-time employee. Earn enough merit, and the po 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 Can I Get Married Just Because I'm Carrying a Relocation Householder's Child? 怀了拆迁户的孩子就能结婚了？ Can I get married just because I'm carrying the child of someone whose home is due for demolition? 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 Possessed by the Demon-Suppressing Tower, I Rise to Godhood with the Demons' Help 镇妖塔附身，众妖魔助我成神 The Six Realms are locked in chaos, heaven and earth are crumbling. Gods and demons wage war, while monsters and ghosts run rampant. Immortals and Buddhas descend to earth as divine beasts roar. At the summit of the Celestial Realm, Sun Zheng swings his sword and cleaves heaven and earth. In the shadowy underworld, Sun Zheng holds up his pagoda to subdue the demons! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 Eerie Revival: I Walk the Mortal World on Behalf of the Gods 诡异复苏：我代神明行走人间 Good news: I’ve transmigrated! Bad news: It’s a world where the supernatural is returning… When Zhang Yu heard the System’s heavenly voice, he thought he’d be like the heroes before him and save humanity in a whole world. Only later did he realize how utterly wrong he was… The supernatural? It wasn’t even an appetizer… He’d thought the Heavenly Court was in decline and its legacy lost. But as Zhang Yu gradually discovered, the Heavenly Court seemed to be the one beating everyone else into submis 81Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 123 Fifth Watch 五更 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 728Reads7.2Score100Shelves
- 124 Hell Reawakens: I Lead the Yin Soldiers to Save the World 地狱复苏：我率阴兵救世 “Captain, with our SSS-grade combat strength, why should we fear some primitive planet?” “That planet has a place called Huaxia. It’s a forbidden zone for warfare throughout the universe...” The captain was still speaking when A deafening crash! A black-armored general, dozens of meters tall and wielding a massive black blade, burst through the ship’s hull! The captain’s eyes nearly popped out of his head as he shouted, “Who goes there?!” “I am the Qin family’s ruthless general! By my lord’s com 25Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 125 Paranormal Livestream: Post Your Fears in the Chat 灵异直播：把害怕打在公屏上 Radio host Zhang Yang wakes up to find that he has transmigrated to Blue Star, where ghost stories are in short supply. Bound to the Supernatural Master System, he collects Fear Points to exchange for special items! The Haunted Pen. The Midnight Ringing. Corpse Driving in Western Hunan. The Yellow-Skinned Weasel... Endless horror stories harvest his listeners’ Fear Points! 539Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 126 Tales of the Unextinguished Lights 不熄灯异闻录 More chilling than ghost stories, these tales recount the uncanny happenings secretly passed down by our elders! Children will be too scared to walk alone at night after hearing them, and adults will want to pay their respects to their ancestors. This is a book of taboos that the village elders tried to keep from being written! This collection of short stories features folk horror, supernatural mysteries, thrillers, legends, strange tales, and fantasy from across China and around the world. 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 The Soul-Summoning Lantern 招魂灯 The Soul-Summoning Lantern 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 Ghosts Knock at the Door: From the Start, I’m Rewarded with a Max-Level Golden Light Mantra 厉鬼敲门，开局奖励满级金光咒 Shen Yun woke up one day to find that the world was undergoing a strange resurgence. A cat-faced old woman outside his peephole, a hanging ghost standing on someone’s shoulders, demons and monsters bent on turning the mortal realm into hell... Fortunately, his lottery System awakened. With a max-level Golden Light Spell from the start, golden light enveloped him as he manifested invisible sword qi, decapitating demons and monsters from a thousand miles away. “Ding! Congratulations, you’ve drawn 4.2kReads6.9Score194Shelves
- 129 One Horror a Day 一天一个惊悚 One terrifying tale every day, and a different world each time. Just because you haven't seen it from in front of your phone doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Enough chatter. See you in the book, everyone. 9Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 130 The Calamity Wardens' Apocalypse 压祟默示录 [Mystery and the supernatural + ensemble cast + first-person narration + Eastern mythology + Daoism] The copper coin a strange Daoist casually gave me turned out to be the legendary evil-repelling coin? Are the haunted mansion and the attacks by the walking corpses really because an evil fiend has emerged from seclusion? Or is there some other hidden truth? Is there more to the familiar New Year's Eve story than we know? Can some of the inexplicable things in modern life actually be explained? D 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 I Bring the Underworld Back to the World of the Living 我让地府重临人间 There is no underworld in this world. Ghosts roam the night, and monsters run rampant. After transmigrating, Tang Chen discovers that his cheap rental apartment is more than a little unusual. A little girl laughing under the bed, bloody handprints in the hallway, offerings outside the neighbors' doors... He is the only living person in the entire building. All his neighbors are urns of ashes! 422Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 True Tales of Ghost Encounters: Paranormal Files 撞鬼实录之灵异档案 Li Yuanfeng was born with unusual eyes and ears. It was those eyes that helped him solve one bizarre case after another... One shocking tragedy after another, desperate screams for help, a terrifying game at a university in the dead of night... A man embedded in a wall... A child used as a sacrifice... The secrets of an ancient, haunted house... What are the voices from the well trying to tell us?... How can severed limbs be pieced back together?... A pair of eyes that can see through every cycl 334Reads8.8Score103Shelves
- 133 A Dark, Daring Joke Every Night 每晚一个试胆黑段子 A reporter learns that a remote Miao village preserves an ancient paper-cutting craft. He tracks down an old woman who knows the technique and offers her a high price for a paper cutout. She agrees to cut out a chicken. Unwilling to demonstrate in front of him, she goes inside carrying a live chicken. A few minutes later, she comes back out holding a blood-red paper cutout. Terrifyingly, a blood-soaked chicken suddenly bursts out of the room. It has no skin... Dozens of bone-chilling horror stor 160Reads8.8Score100Shelves
- 134 60 Chilling Stories from Real Life 来自现实的60个惊悚故事 (Purely written by hand, not AI) Schemes! Poisoning! Possession! Framing... evil spirits! Returning from the dead! Ghosts! Curses... Terrifying and chilling stories based on real events, showing you the things that lurk in the dark world! Every story is a horror short drama! 21.2kReads8.9Score2kShelves
- 135 I’m an Immortal Cultivator, and I’m Beating Up Ghosts Online 我，修仙者，在线锤鬼 He transmigrates to another world, where demons and monsters are on the rise! A headless female ghost outside a lonely grave. A skinned ghost hiding in a mall fitting room. A morgue where the dead dance at midnight. The sinister, eerie Dongling Village… The world has been transformed, and evil spirits wreak havoc! Fortunately, Lu Xiu awakens a god-tier cultivation System. From then on, the world has a tough guy who chases vicious ghosts through the streets. Ghost King: “Holy crap! Big brother, l 896Reads7.5Score122Shelves
- 136 The Yin-Yang Inn 阴阳旅店 From the day I was born, underworld soldiers came to drag my soul away. At eight, I arrived at the Yin-Yang Inn and began working as a guide for the dead. From then on, I guided both the dead and the living. Every ghost or living person who came to the inn had a secret they couldn't tell. The Yin-Yang Inn has strange rules. Ghosts must sign a contract, while the living must stay the night. Whether or not their request is fulfilled, their payment is never refunded. Even so, guests keep coming one 269Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 137 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 59Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 Spirit Village 灵村 Thrills and the supernatural! There's an ancient village called Lingzhuang, also known as Bagua Village. I was born there. Lingzhuang is always shrouded in an atmosphere of terror: Enormous pythons, centipedes, black spiders, strange birds, and ferocious beasts roam about, attacking people... Lingzhuang is also rife with strange tales and bizarre happenings: A female ghost haunts the village; a cave in Longmian Mountain holds an arsenal from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; a mysterious master live 75Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 I Manage the Book of Life and Death for the King of Hell 我替阎王掌管生死簿 After an accident, Ye Xiaofan bluffs the King of Hell into letting him take charge of the Book of Life and Death. He develops an app that lets his software take all three realms by storm. One short-video app, Douyin, leaves the gods of all three realms utterly obsessed. 295Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 140 A True Account of a Terrifying Experience 真实记录一段可怕经历 A true account of a terrifying experience 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 Sinister Livestream: At Midnight, the King of Hell Passes Judgment 极恶直播：午夜十二点，阎王断罪 [The Only One on the Entire Site] From the start, Lige is slandered after bravely stepping in to save a girl who has been violated and taking her to the hospital. She even takes him to court, and the story makes the news. The whole world learns about it. In an instant, a deluge of accusations and abuse engulfs Lige and his younger sister. Online keyboard warriors, petty villains in real life, and attention-seeking profiteers. This world still paints him as utterly evil, guilty beyond forgiveness 9Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 142 Thirteen Tales of the Strange 十三事诡录 Her mother-in-law works in obstetrics and gynecology and is always bringing home strange medicinal soups to drink. Little Lu saw someone dump a body by the river with her own eyes, but the body disappeared. All night long, lights and shadows move inside the psychiatric hospital... 27.9kReads8.8Score492Shelves
- 143 I Have the Body of a Ghost King, Yet Became the Strongest Exorcist 我，鬼王之体，却成了最强术士 [Traditional supernatural horror, folk horror, strange tales and bizarre encounters, taboos of yin and yang] On the third day of the third lunar month, ghosts go mad. Chen Sansan was born on just such a day. Because of him, his father was buried alive by his master in the old house in Heilong Village. For his sake, his master was trapped in a tiny room. As for Chen Sansan, he has no choice but to keep signing contracts between yin and yang with ghosts to prolong his life. Otherwise, he won't sur 40Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 144 Major Paranormal Events in China 中国民间灵异大事件 Major Chinese Folk Supernatural Cases is based on real supernatural incidents. Its contents are terrifying, mysterious, eerie, and suspenseful, with no more scientifically reasonable explanation to this day! Each chapter of this book tells a supernatural fantasy tale, with bizarre, chilling, and gripping plots. We hope readers will tune in and enjoy! 301Reads7.2Score227Shelves
- 145 The Midnight Mantou Shop 午夜馒头铺 Have you ever noticed that some breakfast shops serve food that's delicious most of the time, but for a couple of days each month, it suddenly tastes dry and is hard to swallow? Have you ever wondered if perhaps that breakfast food was never meant for people to eat...? 384Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 146 Global Haunting: I Own a Terrifying Prison 全球诡异：我有一座恐怖监狱 As the supernatural world resurged across the globe, humanity faced a terrifying invasion. Lu Fei had inexplicably transmigrated to this world, only to discover that his body contained a terrifying city prison full of supernatural entities. [Successfully imprisoned the Melon-Planting Entity. Ability gained: Planting Melons] [Successfully imprisoned the Air Entity. Ability gained: Air] [Successfully imprisoned the Fear Entity. Ability gained: Nightmare] [Successfully imprisoned the Hardening Enti 297Reads7.5Score102Shelves
- 147 The Hardship of Taking It Easy 清闲难享 No Peace in Leisure —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 I Asked You to Stream Down-to-Earth Content, Not from the Underworld! 让你直播接地气！不是接地府啊！ The world is on the brink of a terrifying resurgence, and Chen Mo transmigrates into the body of a streamer with barely any viewers. Luckily, the System may be late, but it never misses its cue! [Option One: Ride Bus 13 at midnight and livestream a ghostly hearse. Reward: The Golden Light Mantra!] [Option Two: Hide at home and livestream while waiting for a female ghost to show up. Reward: The Five Thunder Orthodox Art!] Chen Mo: “Can I have both?” When Chen Mo boards that midnight hearse, t 5Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 149 Half Bad, Half Good 一半坏一半好 When dawn breaks, close your eyes. When night falls, open them. Each day brings a different revelation. The more you see, the less afraid you become, until you get used to it. When I thought I had arrived in hell, the next moment I was in heaven. Hell and heaven are hard to tell apart. Can you tell the difference? 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 At the Cemetery, I Find a Pair of Red High Heels 人在公墓，捡到一双红色高跟鞋 Wang Jin finally graduated. He never expected that after studying civil engineering, he'd end up in a tomb, landing a job as a security guard at a high-end cemetery. He figured he'd work there for a few years, save some money, and then leave. But on his very first day, he found a pair of red high heels outside the security office. An ordinary person with no worries might have thrown them away. Someone more cautious might have grown suspicious. But Wang Jin was neither. He looked around, saw no o 1.5kReads8.0Score141Shelves
