Novels like One Cursed Letter, and I'm in the Eighteenth Layer of the Ghost Realm?
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- 101 Strange Tales: The Land of Silent Hauntings 异诡实录：诡寂之地 [Horror]+ [Mystery]+ [Instances]+ [Infinite Flow] “Knock, knock, knock...” Lin Baisui was jolted awake. A voice that sounded like her mother called from outside the door. “Open up, it’s Mom...” But Lin Baisui clearly remembered that her parents had died three years ago. So who was outside? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Abyss of Nightmares: Eyes That See Death 噩梦深渊：看见死亡的双眼 [Horror escape + infinite-flow + smart protagonist + mind-bending plot + airtight logic] A pair of scarlet eyes filled with malice appears in the peephole. Strange footsteps echo through the hallway, and faint sobbing seems to drift by his ears. The living room lights flicker on and off with a crackling sound, while bubbles keep gurgling up from the bathroom sink... Chu Rui stares at the notification on his phone and lets out a grave sigh. [The Nightmare Abyss: Huaquan Apartments instance assess 258Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 103 Paranormal Forces Spread: I Was Born in a World of the Uncanny 灵异蔓延：我诞生于诡异世界 (The rating just came out. It'll go up, right...?) [Infinite Flow] [Light Horror] [Instance Survival] A patient said there was an extra face in the mirror. A patient said someone else appeared after the lights went out. As a doctor, Li Hao dismissed it all as delirium. Until one night at eight thirty, his dead assistant stood outside his door and gently knocked. Only then did he understand that perhaps those patients hadn't been lying. [No romance] [Not invincible] [Plot-focused, not power f 897Reads6.5Score10014d adds
- 104 A Multitude of Horror Worlds 多重恐怖世界 [A Little Spooky, Infinite-Flow!] [Multiple Characters, Ensemble Cast] [A Fresh Story!] [Not mindless, but the protagonist does occasionally massacre enemies with style!] [Logical, no System] An evil spirit in the closet, a dismembered girl, a vengeful ghost that comes for you every night. Thrown into one terrifying world after another, each time escaping death by a hair's breadth. You overcome your fear, but fear never goes away. It clings to your mind like a worm in your bones... [There is con 1.8kReads—Score16214d adds
- 105 Before the Strange Things Begin 在一切诡异之前 [Supernatural resurgence + horror + no System + semi-infinite survival + no saintly protagonist + not dark + no female lead] When ghosts invaded reality, a group of survivors gained the protection of the “Rules.” They became employees of the “Rules,” and to keep enjoying their protection, they had to complete tasks. But the power of the “Rules” was limited... I didn't really care about any of that. I didn't want to bother figuring out what was the cause and what was the effect. So what if this w 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Train I Drive Leads to the Abyss 我开的火车通往深渊 My name is Lin Muhai. I'm twenty-one and a trainee train driver at the Ancheng Locomotive Depot. Before my first run, I heard a woman's voice in the crew waiting room. "One sleeper, two sleepers, three sleepers..." She counted to six, then paused. "Lin Muhai, it's your turn to count." 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Three Days on the Police Force, and I Got a One-Way Ticket to a Desolate Temple 警队入职三天，我拿到一张有去无回的荒庙车票 Three Days into the Police Force, I Got a One-Way Ticket to a Desolate Temple 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Sign-In in the Haunted Realm: Trapped in an Endless Reincarnation 诡域签到：我被困无限轮回 [Infinite Flow] [Instances] “Why?! Tell me how it came to this!” I had clearly escaped the cycle of death, but when I opened my eyes, I had fallen into the [Reality] instance created by the haunted mirror. My teammates were safe and sound, and the world was running as usual. Everything looked utterly real. I frantically searched for a way to break out, but in the end, I was forced to give in and try living like an ordinary person. Then one day, black mist began to seep into the corners of the ci 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Great, We’re Doomed to Be Wiped Out. Now We’re All Finished 太好了，是团灭预定，这下全完了 Infinite Flow / Death Dungeons / Rule-Based Horror / Party Wipe Warning On the day I lost my job, I signed a time-space cleaning contract that paid 30,000 a day. Mission: an S-rank horror dungeon with a 0% clear rate. Everyone was doomed to die. The moment I entered the amusement park, the horrors all bowed to me. The faceless mirror spirit fawned on me, the bone-ash formation paved my way, and a pair of vengeful twin spirits knelt and begged for help. My teammates trembled in fear. “We’re so —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 The Hall of Mirrors 镜厅 [Infinite Flow] + [Mild Horror] + [One Heroine] + [Instances] The moment you step inside, you enter the endless Mirror Abyss. Every Mirror Abyss holds the lingering obsession of someone who has died. The rules for survival must be tested with human lives. More terrifying than ghosts are human hearts. Some stand shoulder to shoulder in the darkness, while others stab their companions in the back when all seems lost. Can the rifts deep within the Mirror Abyss ever be repaired? Put your mind to 3kReads6.4Score35714d adds
- 111 The Haunted Classroom 幽魂教室 A mysterious classroom, 16 sets of desks and chairs, 16 sacrifices, and countless cycles of reincarnation. After taking the death exam again and again, how many people will ultimately escape alive? This is an eternal curse!!! 83Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 112 A Dreamlike Life: What Do You Mean I'm a Nightmare? 浮生入梦，什么叫我是梦魇？ [Infinite Flow] [Fantasy] [May Have a Female Lead] [Not Mindless] [Mild Horror] A quiet day, a fleeting night: this is one person's day. A quiet day, nightmares at night: this is Bai Ye's day. On an ordinary afternoon, Bai Ye receives a message from an online acquaintance, and the nightmare that once belonged only to him begins to spread. He peels back the trappings of the dream. The truth hidden for years lies inside that old, peeling notebook. At the top of the stairs on the rooftop, his h 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Death Classroom: Confess Your Sins 死亡教室：请说出你的罪恶 [Infinite Flow + Supernatural Horror + Survival + No Female Lead] Here’s a quick introduction to me in two sentences: First, I’m not very capable. Second, I only have five golden keys. “Mr. Ye Tong, sorry to interrupt, but five golden keys are exceptionally rare across all the Death Classrooms. In other words, you’re already at the top.” “Oh, really? But I stole these keys from my senior fellow apprentice. Does that still count?” “???” Every Death Classroom is filled with all kinds of strang 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 The Longer the Night, the Less You Dream 夜长少做梦 [Original Instances] [Thriller] [Mild Horror] [Eerie] For the first week, he was so frightened by the shadowy figure in his dreams that he didn't dare sleep. After staying awake for two nights, he started seeing ghosts everywhere he looked. Unfortunately, a month of nightmares was only the beginning of his story... 15Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 115 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 7.9kReads7.1Score56614d adds
- 116 The Haunted House: The End of the Mist World 2 诡舍：迷雾世界终点2 [Transmigrate into a book + infinite flow + mild horror + instances + single heroine] Fu Jinyue unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of a book. After going through one bizarre, uncanny instance mission after another, Fu Jinyue gradually gets closer to the truth: the secrets of the four great families, and whether rebirth truly exists... 122Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 The Haunted House 诡院 [No rating yet, but one should be available later] [Infinite stream + suspense + deduction + no female lead + ensemble cast] At the end of a long street stands a small courtyard. Old objects are displayed all along the street. No one knows how the street came to be, or why a strange courtyard stands at its end. Those chosen are swept into this street, where dusk lasts forever, in the middle of an ordinary moment. Then they are forced to push open a door and enter the ghost realm. They have to su 3.3kReads—Score38114d adds
- 118 Hell Station 地狱车站 [Horror Infinite-Loop + Hell Apartment Style + Supernatural + Deduction + Bizarre + No Couple + No Female Lead + Ensemble Cast] There is a Hell Station in this world. They say every train departing from it leads to Hell, and the only way to truly leave is to complete mission after mission. Ye Luo, who suffers from a mental illness, stumbles into it by accident. “Welcome to Hell Station.” “Who am I? I’m just a servant of Hell.” First Train: Jigsaw [Completed] Second Train: Plague [Completed] 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 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
- 120 The Funeral Hall [Death Game] 灵堂【死亡游戏】 [Infinite Flow + horror game + survival + supernatural invasion + no System + intelligent protagonist] Twelve coffins are laid out in a funeral hall. Inside them lie the cursed people chosen by demons. If they want to escape, there is only one perilous path they can take: enter one of the blood-red coffins. Inside those coffins, unknown and terrifying missions await them, along with countless spine-chilling, thrilling games. Come on! Play a death game with the ghosts. Win and live, lose and 135Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 121 The Haunted House: The End of the Foggy World 诡舍：迷雾世界终点 [Transmigrate into a Book + Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Heroine] Fu Jinyue accidentally transmigrated into the world of a book. After going through one bizarre and eerie instance after another, he finally learned the answer... 370Reads—Score10514d adds
- 122 The Ghost Banquet 鬼禁食 A glutton's feast: can it really eat anything at all? Open wide, and nothing is off-limits? When you're indulging in wild game, have you ever felt a hint of murderous intent behind you... 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 A Sinister Game of Death 恶恐式死亡游戏 This is a supernatural mystery novel. The protagonist has no System, and does not cultivate immortality later on. After Ye Ke graduates from college, he accidentally finds himself in a bizarre club, and his entire worldview is turned upside down. Anyone who enters this club must face one strange mission after another, with terrifying evil spirits appearing alongside them. There is only one way to escape this club… This story is addictive, so don’t blame me if you can’t stop reading. 278Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 124 Welcome Aboard the Hell Bus 欢迎乘坐地狱巴士 They died, yet somehow ended up on a bus. Can they really come back to life after fifty missions? Welcome aboard the Hellbound Bus, train GUI_511! This train will take you on an inconceivable, bizarre, and fantastical journey. A mysterious matriarchal village, a strange university dormitory, a terrifying hotel that eats people, a bizarre dried-corpse case, an unbelievable midnight subway... Behind every mission lies a story no one knows. Cause and effect always come full circle. See how two girl 241Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 125 I'm a Little Spirit Medium 我是小神婆 [Mysticism + supernatural + crime-solving + powerful protagonist + resolving mysteries + hidden origins + folk customs] I'm an abandoned baby, picked up from a trash can by my shaman grandmother. Growing up under her influence, I always wanted to become an even more powerful shaman than she was. Because of my unusual fate, strange and bizarre things, sometimes terrifyingly uncanny, are always happening around me... What happened to the female ghost who fell in love with someone else's body? Did 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 The Eerie Phone Call 诡来电 [Mystery + Infinite Realms + Mild Horror + Scenarios + Survival + One Female Lead] The protagonist, Ning Zhaoye, is an excellent psychiatrist. One night, after work, he was walking down a deserted street when the streetlights on both sides suddenly began flickering, as if they had loose connections. Just then, his phone rang. The screen displayed “Ghostly Caller.” Ning Zhaoye assumed it was some kind of prank, so he hung up and turned off his phone. But even after it was switched off, the phone 6.9kReads6.0Score74914d adds
- 127 Haunted by Nightmare Dreams 魇梦缠身 [Original + Mild horror + No female lead] Managing Huaiyin Residential Complex is no easy job. It’s a fact that industry insiders never say aloud, but everyone knows all too well. First, the complex is extremely old. The facilities and buildings are deteriorating, so big and small problems crop up all the time. Properly maintaining and repairing them is no small undertaking. Second, almost all the residents are elderly, which inevitably makes communication difficult. A dispute can escalate in 706Reads6.4Score10414d adds
- 128 The Supreme Cinema 至高影院 [Pure paranormal]+ [Horror]+ [Infinite Flow]+ [Mind-bending]+ [Slow burn]+ [Not a power fantasy] A rotting baby, “that thing” covered in rats and ants, a distorted and grotesque figure in the mirror, memories that seem strangely familiar... Welcome to the Supreme Cinema. There’s no popcorn or soda here, only fear that seeps into your bones. When the theater lights go out and the screen comes to life, your name appears in the cast list. The escape begins. Here, every film is a tailor-made execut 20Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 129 Infinite Flow Carry: Speedrunning Stone Village in One Hour 无限流通天代，一小时速通石村号 (Infinite flow + horror movies + a touch of ensemble cast + Chinese and Western crossover) Pulled into an infinite world, Chen Xing thought he would have to struggle on the brink of death through one horror movie after another, fighting for the tiniest chance of survival. But to his surprise, he got a Cheat-and-Combine System. No matter how powerful an opponent's attacks were, the maximum damage Chen Xing could take in a single hit was capped at 10 percent of his current health. From then on, Ch 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The Haunted World: I Can See Things from the Ghosts' Point of View 诡世界：我能看到鬼视角 [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + No Female Lead] Every year, countless people around the world vanish without explanation. According to local rumors in Nanshan City, they all seem to have entered another world. No one knows what happened there... But from the moment Li Yenan stepped out of the subway station, he was already inside that world... A woman who knows everything, a strange perspective that only he can see, and rules from the eerie world: it all feels like a game of chess laid out just f 586Reads5.5Score11414d adds
- 131 Unknown Paranormal Entity 未知诡异 No Female Lead + Infinite Flow + No Golden Finger + Battles of Wits + Horror and the Uncanny (Mind-bending, with nearly every character highly intelligent) Shi Yi was pulled into an unfamiliar world by accident. The rules of survival here were simple and brutal: only by solving mysterious puzzles could you escape the killing intent. Behind the sealed truths of cases that once shocked the nation, such as the massacre of everyone aboard Bus 303 and the Nanjing University dismemberment case, lurked 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 I Use Astrology to Divine Heaven's Secrets and Crack Paranormal Cases in Seconds 我以星盘推演天机秒破诡案 [Survival in the Mist]+ [Thriller Game]+ [Omniscience and Omnipotence]+ [No Romance]+ [Strong Female Lead]+ [Not Romance]+ [Ruthless and Decisive]+ [Lovecraftian]+ [Dungeon Survival]+ [Eerie]+ [Ensemble Survival] A strange mist descended, dragging humanity worldwide into an infinite survival game. Yan Jiuxiao, a black-lotus astrologer who transmigrated from another world, bonded with the Starfall Compass System and awakened an all-knowing, all-powerful talent. A deadly mission appeared every sev 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Global Warning 全球预警 [Ensemble Cast, Protective of Their Own, One Female Lead, Modern Alternate Setting, Modern Otherworld (No Transmigration), Lovecraftian, Horror, Apocalypse, Supernatural Thrills, Serious Tone, Multiple Powerful Characters, Evolution and Mutation, Plot-Driven, Infinite Flow, National Destiny, 1v1] The serious version My name is He Zhibai. By the time you read this, I, like so many others, will no longer be human. Something has changed in the world I live in. Ancient creatures that have slept for 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 At Sunset, the Ghosts Come Knocking 日落西山鬼上门 [Mild horror + no System + no special powers + no female lead + not invincible] My name is Ye Chen. After coming back from the dead, I was dragged into a strange “company.” There are no equal contracts or transactions here, only missions and evaluations. In the familiar yet unfamiliar home, I have to obey the blood-red rules that suddenly appear everywhere... In an abandoned, decaying school, vengeful ghosts born from unbearable pasts draw closer and closer... Aboard a train bound for the apocal 21Reads—Score414d adds
- 135 Ferrying the Investiture of the Gods 摆渡封神 My name is Chen Mo. I am the son of a god and the adopted son of ordinary people. I was fostered by them from a young age, and my sister and I depended on each other. Time flew by, and decades passed. By then, I was dead. I saw the other side of this world: a terrifying deep-sea realm teeming with vengeful spirits. I searched for spring, for a chance at life, for that faint possibility of becoming a god. But I lost them all. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 A Collection of Supernatural Horror Short Stories 超级恐怖短篇小说合集 An ordinary office worker in the city buys an antique wooden comb on a whim, unaware that he has become entangled in a terrifying curse spanning a century. A new work, with one self-contained story per chapter. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Welcome to the Lost Theater of Horror Games 欢迎来到恐怖游戏迷途剧场 [Rule-Based Horror + No Female Lead + Horror + No National Destiny + No Livestreaming] When the cold prompt of the System sounds in his ear, Mo Yan is forced into the horror game Lost Theater. One bizarre instance after another unfolds: Deadly nursery rhymes, the dollhouse, Paradise Retirement Home, ghost weddings... Within each instance, the rules are the only currency for survival, while human nature is an even deadlier trap lurking behind the monsters. Old songs echo night after night, and th 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 The Eerie Abode: Infinite Flow Instances 诡所【无限流副本】 [Survival + No System + Mystery Solving + Supernatural Stories + Horror Atmosphere] [Fast-paced, enters the first instance in Chapter 2] [Ancient Mansion + Village + Campus + Hotel + Bus + Temple + Island + Skyscraper] Every city has a mysterious place called “Nirok Manor,” home to a group of residents marked with black patterns. Whenever a strange letter appears in their mailbox, whoever is named in it must undertake a perilous green-text mission! As Si Chen completes one green-text mission aft 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 All the Ghosts Smile at Me, So I Beat Them Straight to Hell 众鬼朝我笑嘻嘻，我打得它们归西 [Rules-based horror + no romance + goofy humor] Uh, it was originally going to have no romance, but the author might add a pairing later because they can’t write it. / There’s no way there’ll be a pairing. Kill them all!!! Su Que awakens to the fact that she is a villain, the fake heiress everyone hates. She also sees how she’ll die in the near future: not a single piece of her body will be intact, as the horrors in the dungeons tear her apart and devour every last bit of her. Realizing she isn 58Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 140 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 5.1kReads7.1Score35114d adds
- 141 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
- 142 Whispers of the Ghosts 鬼魅低语 [Standalone Stories] [Eerie] [Thriller] [Strange] [Wild Imagination] Worlds full of distortion and absurdity. Whether it's seemingly ordinary snippets of everyday life or strange phenomena that gradually come to light, everything sends a chill down your spine and grows more terrifying the more you think about it. 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Haunted Gate 恐怖诡门 This novel features [one heroine] + [original instances] + [no saintly do-gooder] + [no System] + [mild horror] + [no mindless plot] I don’t know when it began. Perhaps when I was very young, in high school or college, or maybe when I started working. I realized that the world had gone beyond the bounds of reason. To be precise, it had shifted away from the world we once knew. The ghosts and monsters we saw in TV dramas and horror movies were actually hiding all around us. In my third year at wo 713Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Imprisoned 入狱 [Light Horror] [Infinite Flow] [Survival] [Original Instances] [Mystery and Twists] [No Female Lead] A sinister apartment building lays a curse on one group of people after another. None of them ever return. At regular intervals, they must return to a place called “Public Prison,” take the elevator to a terrifying world, and resolve a supernatural incident… Qin Xiu is unexpectedly chosen after nearly being wrongfully killed. He may have escaped death once, but trouble is surely waiting for 13Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 145 My Best Friend Urged Me to Get a Tattoo, But I Ended Up Tattooing Ghost Skin 闺蜜劝我纹身，可我竟然纹了鬼皮 My best friend urged me to get a tattoo, but somehow I ended up tattooing ghost skin on myself 93Reads—Score214d adds
- 146 The Ultimate Ghost-Raising Master 极品养鬼师 [Adult] + [Adorable Pets] + [Sharp Tongue] + [Making Money] + [Secret Arts] Do you know how to raise ghosts? No worries, I do! Do you know how to catch ghosts? No worries, I do that too! Do you know where to find ghosts? No worries, I’ll take you there! Watch your step. Get in! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 I Came from the Underworld to Deal with Those Who Defy the Rules 我从地府来，专治规则不服 I Came from the Underworld to Make the Rules Behave 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Nightmare Invitation 噩梦邀请 [Infinite flow, original instances, mild horror, no romance] An invitation sent from the Nightmare World drags a group of people into a haunted place, where they struggle desperately to survive. Those pulled into the Nightmare World have no idea what lies ahead. They only know they must do everything they can to stay alive. Fight the locals! Fight the ghosts! Fight the Nightmare World! Until... they escape the Nightmare World. 1.3kReads6.6Score10414d adds
- 149 The Yellow Springs Occultist 黄泉诡术师 My name is Yan Fu. Yan as in King of Hell, Fu as in floating clouds. A corpse of a woman from the Yellow River protects my life; half a volume of ghost records conceals my whereabouts. My double pupils see the worlds of yin and yang, and I wield evil arts to command ghosts and corpses. I hunt female ghosts in an abandoned mansion in the eastern mountains and capture demons on the western desert frontier; I travel far to the Miao borderlands to battle blood gu, and pass through the Southern Seas 520Reads—Score10214d adds
- 150 Horror Livestream: The Irresistible Beauty Goes on a Killing Spree 恐怖直播：万人迷她杀疯了 (Unconventional harem favorite + strong female lead + no romance + livestreaming) Aisi opens her eyes and transmigrates from another world into a horror game instance on a different plane. Faced with the threat of death from the start, Aisi smiles. A horror game invades a lower plane, and people struggle to escape one instance after another. Fear and terror fill every second. Their bloody deaths are livestreamed to higher planes as entertainment. But Aisi's arrival turns the tables. Before h 5Reads6.9Score—14d adds
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