Novels like A Survival Pact from Scratch
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- 51 The Haunted House Mystery: I Am the Killer 鬼屋谜案之凶手是我 The Haunted House Mystery: I’m the Killer 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Selling Myself to a Rich Woman to Pay Off My Girlfriend's Debts 卖身富婆给女友还债 Selling Myself to a Rich Woman to Pay Off My Girlfriend’s Debt 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 I Deliver Souls from the Dead in Nightmares 我在噩梦里超度亡魂 (Female lead, no CP + Infinite Flow + horror game + intelligent deduction + story-focused, with horror elements) Ever since Lin Yue could remember, she had only ever made one wish before the Buddha. She would say, “May all those whose wishes have gone unfulfilled get what they wish for.” Li Zi would tease her, saying she had a bodhisattva’s heart but wasn’t cut out to be a saint. Even so, Lin Yue could never bring herself to make a wish for anything of her own. Fate would never give her what 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 The New King of Sin Cards: I Will Cleanse the World of Evil 罪牌新王：我将肃清世间恶 [Mild Horror, Mild Gore, Infinite Flow, Original Instances, Not a Power Fantasy] A male high school student stands up for the girl he loves, but one impulsive act turns him into a criminal and drags him into a horrifying trial of human nature. "I can help you become a god... make you forget all your troubles... give you anything you desire..." The old king, on the verge of death, gazed at the young man before him and whispered his final words. "Then... let everything come to a standstill, and tu 73Reads—Score314d adds
- 55 None of You Want the Dragon Throne? Then I’ll Take It 龙椅你们都不坐吗？那我坐了哦 (A truly strong heroine! Not a story where the man is stronger!) She is the most honored princess of Great Zhou, and also the most deeply concealed blade. The world sees Princess Huayang, Shen Zhiheng, as bright and charming, never realizing that beneath that lovely exterior lies a brilliant mind and an iron will. She watched her own brother be poisoned in the palace, while the killer went free and her father remained silent. From that moment on, she was no longer the pampered darling who knew o 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 The Top Scholar Goes on a Killing Spree in a Horror Game 状元她在恐怖游戏杀疯了 [Infinite Flow + Horror Game + Mind-Bending Suspense + No Romance] Ji Yao, the top science student in her province and a hardcore gamer, enters a horror game with a body that could shut down at any moment. The entire livestream audience is waiting for the pink-haired “fragile vase” to die, betting she won’t last three seconds. Until When the rules start killing, she gives a cold laugh and mocks the dungeon’s logic for having bigger plot holes than the gaps left when Nuwa patched the sky. When mo 1.7kReads9.1Score22614d adds
- 57 A Decade Ends: Illusion 十日终焉：幻梦 [Ten Days to the End Fan Fiction] In a parallel universe, the Land of the End follows the original work's basic setup and depicts everything that happens there in another parallel universe... 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 After Becoming an Evil Mother-in-Law, I Help My Grandson Become the Top Scholar 穿成恶毒婆婆后送孙子考状元 (This is not a cultivation novel, this is not a cultivation novel.) A legendary assassin dies and transmigrates into the body of an old woman. She finds a house with bare walls and several good-for-nothing sons. Trying to lie flat is no easy task. To make her dream of lying flat come true, Shen Ruxue decides that the first step to building a fortune is to make money. She never expects that a simple recipe will attract the greed of powerful landlords and local strongmen. When they try to seize 5.5kReads8.2Score54214d adds
- 59 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 349Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 After the Strange Arrivals, I Became a High-Risk Anomaly 诡异降临后，我成了高危异常 [Game Invasion + Infinite-Flow + Mild Horror + No Romance + Strong Female Lead + Ensemble Cast + Smart Characters + Not a Saint + Twist After Twist + Totally Unexpected] Qi Wu is known as the “walking death warrant.” Trouble strikes anyone who gets involved with her, and whoever she crosses is doomed to bad luck. On the day she was born, a fortune-teller said she was cursed with an evil fate, destined to spend her life chasing souls and claiming lives. So Qi Wu grew up with her own user manual 100Reads—Score10714d adds
- 61 Please Answer, Su Qianyuan 请回答，苏倩元 (Crime Investigation and Suspense x Infinite-Flow | A lighter romance, focused on women's growth and mutual support) Question: "Power, money, or a chance to survive. You can only choose one. Which will it be?" Su Qianyuan: (raises her hand) "I'll take all three." To lie low, Su Qianyuan, the Thief God known as "Night Butterfly," had a million-yuan bounty on her head and was wanted on more arrest warrants than anyone could count. A sudden idea struck her. Why not find herself a powerful backer 1.1kReads—Score16114d adds
- 62 Ten Days: Tales of Wocheng 十日：涡城往事 [A "Ten Days to the End" spin-off novel + original story + setting preserved + mind games + plenty of battles + high-octane action! + no brainless characters + humor + filling in the original's unanswered mysteries] My name is Cheng Zhen. I woke up one day to find myself in this desolate land of the end, a place steeped in despair. Games, the Chinese zodiac, betrayal, suspicion, comrades, wagers with lives on the line. What will the future hold for the Ripple Soldiers? Eagle Eye, Tian Xingjian, 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 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 16Reads—Score114d adds
- 64 Urban Legends Invade: I Slay Demons with Divine Blessings 怪谈入侵：我用神明祝福斩鬼 From Chapter 102 onward, the story enters dungeons, with people from other worlds joining the main cast in them. The world within a world includes science fiction. Also known as: Gods and Ghosts Run Rampant: I Wield the Power of the Gods to Slay Ghosts [Fairly satisfying] [A whole lot of killing] [Chinese-style supernatural tales] [Legendary monsters] [System-driven] [System] [Urban supernatural powers] [Mystery] [Some Infinite Flow dungeons] [Slay Ghosts] [Slay the Gods] Do you believe ghost —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Infinite: Forest Game 无限：森林游戏 [Infinite Flow] + [Light Comedy] + [Mild Horror] + [Passionate Team] Jiang Xiaoyue × Wei Zhaoxu, genius girl (the clever one) × handsome fool (the other clever one), friendship-focused The forest keeps expanding, steadily swallowing up human settlements. In search of their missing family members, Jiang Xiaoyue and Wei Zhaoxu boldly enter the forest's forbidden zone. As they flee from one life-threatening situation after another, they gradually uncover the truth about what happened in the fore 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Silent Edge 无声的锋刃 Once the “brain” of the strongest special operations unit, he retired in bitter disappointment after a mission involving a high-level power struggle ended in failure. He became an ordinary police bomb-disposal expert in a major city. He thought he had left the storm behind, but it returned with even greater fury: undercurrents stirred in the city as international spies, financial predators, new forms of crime, and the shadows of his past converged. Forced to take up his “weapons” again, he now f 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Don't Open Your Eyes Under the Blood Moon 血月下，别睁眼 [Slow-paced] + [Urban fantasy] On the night of the Ghost Festival, a red moon hung in the sky. The news said it was a once-in-a-century astronomical spectacle. I believed them. Then I noticed that in the photo of the moon on my phone, a dense crowd of “people” stood behind me. But there had clearly been no one else on the rooftop. Even stranger, people began vanishing mysteriously across the city the next day, yet none of the media mentioned it. The TV kept playing experts’ explanations on a lo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 After Becoming a Cannon Fodder in a Beloved Immortal Cultivation Novel 穿成仙侠团宠文的炮灰后 [Strong Female Lead] [No CP] [爽文] Full title: After Becoming Cannon Fodder in a Beloved Xianxia Novel, I Became the Strongest in the Cultivation World Jiang Chuo had always wanted to know: In so many xianxia novels, the heroine is clearly favored by Heaven and Earth, receives the most opportunities and the greatest golden fingers, yet why is the male lead always the strongest in the world? Why can't the heroine be the strongest one? Then she became the cannon-fodder female supporting character i 1.2kReads—Score14814d adds
- 69 Leaves Fall Without a Trace, Without a Sound 叶落无痕默无声 (Some content in this book may cause physical discomfort. If you experience symptoms such as dizziness or nausea, stop reading immediately.) A dim, deathly silent chamber, a bizarrely ticking life-and-death watch, a smoke trap that could kill at any moment, six dead-end paths concealing deadly dangers... The screen lit up, and Ye Luo, a boy who had vanished for many years, returned to the world. With a smile, he announced: This death game, named after sin, had been designed just for them. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 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
- 71 The Sins That Linger in the Long Night 长夜余罪 Crimes run rampant through the city late at night. Behind seemingly unrelated deaths lie layers of conspiracy and grudges decades old. Task force captain Huo Xun is called in during a crisis and leads his elite team into action. Forensic analysis, online tracking, psychological profiling, field operations and manhunts... Every case is a battle of wits against the devil. The end of the night does not necessarily bring the dawn. But as long as the truth remains hidden, they will never stand down. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 My Short Fables 我的寓言短故事 Each chapter is a standalone story, and also includes some of my reflections on life. I hope you enjoy my short stories. I hope you'll support me with a tip. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Ten Days in the Book of Finality: I Spoiled the Plot from the Start and Made Qi Xia Cry 穿书十日终焉，开局剧透吓哭齐夏 [Ten Days to the End Fanfiction + Apocalyptic Survival + Mystery and Wild Speculation + First-Person Narrative] After dying from overwork, office drone Lin Mo opened his eyes to find himself inside the apocalyptic novel Ten Days to the End, which he’d been reading just before he died. From the start, he was a disposable extra destined to die. The Land of the End was full of danger, surrounded by polluted creatures, and a bizarre script countdown hung over him. If he didn’t survive ten days, he w 644Reads—Score10314d adds
- 74 The Long Night Dawns: Silent Testimony 长夜将明：无声的证词 [Mind-bending mystery | Case-by-case investigations | Hard-core criminal investigations | High-stakes twists | A tender-hearted police team] The long night looms like a mountain, and mist engulfs the city. When every clue points to the person who seems least likely to be guilty, Leng Hanzhou is forced to make the hardest choice, on the fine line between justice and the law. Because some silent testimony has always been hidden in the darkest depths of human nature. Ningzhou, a prosperous economic 851Reads—Score10514d adds
- 75 The Pharmacy’s Bizarre Tales: As a Word Spirit, I Make Medicine Powder from Evil People 药房诡事：身为字灵的我，专炼恶人成药粉 Strange Happenings at the Pharmacy: As a Word Spirit, I Specialize in Turning Evil People into Medicinal Powder 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 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
- 77 The Price Tag 标价 She was locked up for 406 days. After escaping, she helped the police take down the entire scam compound. Forty-nine people were arrested, and the evidence formed a complete chain. Everyone said it was over. She thought so too. Until the day before the case files were archived, when she happened to glance at an attachment to an interrogation transcript. Her name was on it, but not under “victim.” It was listed under “item number.” Above that was another line: Source of information: provided inte 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Returning Home at Night to Ning 夜归宁 Ever since the first victim appeared in Changyuan Town, many people had already been caught in a trap. As the number of victims kept growing, the task force officers grew increasingly convinced that the killer was right beside them. Yet every time they got closer to the killer, they discovered that everything they had seen and uncovered was merely another step the culprit had planned in advance... 19Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 79 The Bride Who Vanished on the Island 岛上消失的新娘 On an island far from the mainland, a bride mysteriously disappears on her wedding night. Wei Zheng, a veteran county police detective, is ordered to investigate. But before one mystery is solved, another arises. Strange cases plague the isolated island, shattering decades of peace... 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Land of Divine Punishment: Outsmarting the Horrors in a Strange Game 神罚之地：我在诡异游戏智商碾压 Suspenseful mind games, strategic battles of wits, a ten-day survival challenge, post-apocalyptic ruins, eerie games, no saintly protagonist, ruthless and decisive, supernatural abilities, ensemble cast. “This time, we lost! But I'll enter the game myself and swear to snatch victory from Heaven! Next time, you'll pay for your crimes!” “To win the game, you have to understand this: the person you trust most... is the perfect one to stab you in the back!” “I won't judge you. I'll just light the wa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 There's a Killer Outside the Door 门外有个杀人犯 There’s a Murderer Outside the Door 712Reads—Score1314d adds
- 82 The Star Takes the Stage [Tycoon] 引星登场【神豪】 [Content warning: the protagonist is an evil woman, no saint, and will stop at nothing] [A friendly reminder: This is not a typical nouveau riche novel] [A friendly reminder: The world in this book is fictional] According to legend, “Menggetala” is a villain created by the gods. That evil running bone-deep, that dark heart piercing through the skin, and that unpredictable nature... In the dazzling yet violent old era, she once unleashed a storm of bloodshed. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Even the Men at My Feet Are Hard to Handle 裙下之臣也难为 [Cool, brilliant, ambitious female lead × Multiple male leads: Childhood friend, a cunning and devoted crown prince + A younger court official she saves + A rival general who loves and hates her] Gentleness is her weapon, chasing fame and fortune is her instinct, and the imperial court is her chessboard. She is the first female official in the Jing Dynasty, a cool, distant moonlight who saves the prime minister’s son from dire straits and willingly lets herself be used. She is the only person th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 The Vein Agreement 矿脉协议 What lies buried deep underground is not ore, but a forbidden secret no living person should ever touch. In the mountains of the middle and lower Yangtze River region, Qingyan Phosphate Mine in Y City, H Province, is a flagship provincial mine owned by one of the area’s pillar industries. It has comprehensive procedures and advanced equipment, and in more than twenty years of operation, it has never had an accident. During the War of Resistance, a Japanese geological survey team entered an old 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Fallen from Grace 坠落失格 Psychological suspense | High-IQ battle of wits | The boundary between reality and illusion collapses | Criminal profiling “My name is Chi Xiaochuan. I’m 26 years old, a hyperthymesia patient, and a full-time writer. Years from now, when I write this book, I’ll still remember that rainy night ten years ago. When the creator becomes the one to solve the puzzle, will the words on the page bring salvation, or lead to an even deeper trap? I’m not a profiler. I’m just someone who writes stories. I do 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 A Mayfly's Day 蜉蝣壹日 If you had 24 hours to make up for a lifetime of regrets, but were shackled by the strictest rules imaginable... would you dare to take the gamble? The Underworld has launched the “Mayfly’s Day” experiment: ten souls burdened with grave sins are granted a day of rebirth in the mortal world to fulfill the hardest wish they had in life. Those who succeed will overturn the cycle of reincarnation and be reborn as humans. Those who fail will be cast into the Avici Hell forever, where they will endure 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Ten Days to the End: The Sequel 十日终焉【后续】 Do you remember something Qi Xia once said? You can only believe half of what I say... Could this so-called new world be a massive [Dream Entry] initiated by Qi Xia? Everyone has been fooled by Qi Xia once again... 4.2kReads—Score44614d adds
- 88 Rule Horror: China's Guardian, Qi Xia 规则怪谈：华夏守护者，齐夏 [Not Overpowered] + [National Fate] + [Infinite Flow] + [Mystery] The Age of the Weird arrives, binding National Fate to supernatural tales. Chosen ones from countries around the world are forced into one unsolvable world of rules after another. Failure brings ruin to their nation's fate, and the horrors descend upon their homeland! Qi Xia, the man who crawled out of the sea of corpses in Ten Days Until the End, wakes up to find himself chosen to represent Huaxia. Looking at the cozy yet eerie z 333Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 89 This Game Is Pretty Interesting, She Should Visit More Often 这游戏挺有意思，她要多多拜访 [The Yellow Springs Game] No romance!!! A fun, feel-good read!!! A bizarre game descends upon the world. Shang Jiaya's response was discovered by an archaeological team after a heavy rain, then accidentally stolen away to a world overrun by ghosts and monsters. That's how Shang Jiaya ended up entering the instances. As soon as she woke up, she saw the respectful ghost principal asking her to teach ghosts how to play humans. After they parted, it even gave her a pile of stuff. She gives that ghos 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Infinite Flow: My Safe House Is Absolutely Safe 无限流：我的安全屋绝对安全 [Infinite flow + powerful heroine + mild horror + suspense + unhinged heroine] [Some twists involving the plot and characters occur in individual instances. The early instances move quickly to get things going, but the later ones get more and more exciting!] [Three instances are currently complete. First instance: Fengshan Road Middle School | Multiplayer beginner-friendly instance Second instance: Fourth Psychiatric Hospital | High-risk solo instance, not yet cleared Third instance: Heartbeat I 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 My Embalming Notes with the Agent 我和代行者的入殓手记 [Thrills + Heartwarming Moments + Redemption + Past and Present Lives] Do you believe someone could wait a hundred years for you? Bai Yan doesn’t. She’s just a junior makeup artist at a funeral home. Her only real skill is pretending she can’t see ghosts. But one early morning, she personally transfers a man’s seal onto herself. He lived to be 129, owes a life, and demands she repay him by doing ten things. This isn’t an evil spirit haunting her. It’s a madman who waited a hundred years for the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 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
- 93 The Great Song’s Hour of Peril 大宋危局时辰 The Song Faces a Crisis: During peace talks between the Song and Liao, a Western Xia assassination group massacres the diplomatic mission. The gold intended for the negotiations mysteriously disappears, and the two states wage war for four years, leaving a hundred thousand dead. A Vice Minister of Rites, a young general, and a mysterious swordsman join forces to investigate, only to discover that a traitor is hiding at the emperor’s side. The gold never left the Great Song! One person’s selfish 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Urban Treasure Appraiser: The Twin Fish Secret 都市鉴宝天师：双鱼秘藏 On the day I got out of prison, I scored a fifty-million-yuan treasure for a song! Lin Yuan, a prodigy in the art of appraisal, was framed by his senior apprentice brother and sent to prison. His family was destroyed, and he lost everything. During his three years behind bars, he awakened an unbelievably powerful Divine Eye. He could see the past and present of antiques, and discern the truth and nature of all things! On his first day out, while his enemy livestreamed to humiliate him, Lin Yuan 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 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
- 96 The Corpse Whisperer: I Can See the Answers in Death 尸语者：我能看见死亡答案 [System] [Forensics] [Mystery] After thirty-six hours on duty, intern forensic doctor Lu Ming unexpectedly awakens an astonishing ability: he can see the true cause of death floating above every corpse. Drowned? No, strangled to death. Sudden cardiac arrest? No, poisoned with an organophosphate. Suicide by falling? No, pushed from the twenty-third floor. Everyone says he’s an inexperienced rookie, but his eyes never lie. When the truth is buried by those in power, killers walk freely in the sunl 6.2kReads8.0Score71614d adds
- 97 Dark Rain Beneath the Blue Sky 青天暗雨 [Mystery and Twists] [Criminal Logic] [Psychology] [Case-of-the-Week] [No Romance] Jiang Li believes in one thing when solving cases: the odds of three coincidences happening in a row are one in a million. So what looks like an accident must actually be murder. At work, he always thought his apprentice, M Dou, was all he needed. He never expected the bureau to suddenly assign two new recruits: criminal photographer Ximen Yixuan and Du Ruo, who has just earned her doctorate in psychology... "The 967Reads—Score16314d adds
- 98 I Play for a Comeback in a Mind-Game 我在智斗游戏里玩逆转 [Original mind-game competitions + Deception + Reversals + No romance + Brain-bending, read with caution] This isn't a survival game, but a pure battle of wits. There are no supernatural horrors, only schemes. No scares, just the thrill of putting your brain through its paces. Deception, exposing lies, and wild gambling aren't enough. You need an unexpected trick to turn defeat into victory. I entered the [Mic Hog Game], where I have to outsmart my way to freedom. “Hahaha! You pathetic ants 351Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Nineties Case Files 九零大案录 A collection of true crime cases from 1990s criminal investigations. With no advanced technology to rely on, veteran detectives investigate on foot, create composite sketches by hand, and examine crime scenes for clues as they confront one shocking case after another. The collection features classic major cases, including carjacking sprees, street robberies, and rural massacres. Watch the officers painstakingly piece together clues and coordinate across jurisdictions, taking on ruthless criminal 5Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 100 Don't Look Back During Evening Study at School 学校晚自习别回头 Don’t Look Back During Evening Study at School 6Reads—Score—14d adds
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