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- 151 Rule Horror: Well, Since Things Have Come to This, Let’s Eat First 规则怪谈：事已至此，先吃饭吧 A rule-based horror game descends upon the world, and Xia Xu becomes one of its three chosen players. He is bound to a System. But it's a System for the God of Cooking. He assumes he can't rely on this lousy System and will have to fend for himself. But after it levels up, Xia Xu discovers that it's just a little bit all-purpose. So, with his skills in knife techniques, hunting, reconnaissance, and more all maxed out, Xia Xu calmly regards the grotesque evil spirits and monsters before him. “May 2.6kReads8.4Score21214d adds
- 152 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
- 153 Rule Horror: I Exorcise the Uncanny Through Opera 规则怪谈：我靠唱戏超度诡异 When rule-based horror puts on the costume of traditional opera, singing the wrong lyrics means death, taking the wrong steps means death, and even clapping at the wrong time can get you killed. Armed with the ancestral Nuo mask, Pei Qixian sneers, “Perfect. I specialize in haunting opera stages.” While everyone else trembles as they follow the rules, he turns around and rewrites the script: “The King of Hell wants to pick a show? Today, I’m going to pick, his!” [Instance Notice] You have trigge 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Supernatural Horror: Someone Behind the Wall Is Calling My Name 惊悚灵异：墙里有人叫我的名字 Horror and the Supernatural: Someone in the Wall Is Calling My Name 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Rule Horror: I Rub the Rules Into the Ground 规则怪谈：我把规则按在地上摩擦 [National Destiny + Supernatural Horror + Satisfying + Comedy + Invincible + Trickster + No Romance] The world of urban legends descends, and Longguo suffers defeat after defeat, leaving the nation on the brink of disaster. Jiang Mu is chosen as Longguo's next contestant and awakens the god-tier talent No Laws, No Limits from the start. While all the other contestants are being tormented by the supernatural and its rules, barely able to stay alive, Jiang Mu has already pinned the rules to the gr 1.4kReads8.9Score15614d adds
- 156 Rule Horror: Even Satan Should Have Your Name Tattooed on His Back! 规则怪谈：撒旦背后都该纹上你！ [Horror + No Female Lead + National Destiny + Live Streaming + Comedy] The supernatural has returned, and rule-based horror games have descended upon the world. Zhang Mingyu is chosen by the Horror Space to represent Longguo in challenges within the horror worlds. If he survives, Longguo receives rewards for its national destiny! If he dies, Longguo will be invaded by the supernatural! Zhang Mingyu's first challenge is the hell-difficulty scenario “Evil Spirit Dormitory.” While the other chosen 819Reads8.7Score10614d adds
- 157 You Were Supposed to Handle Rule Contamination, So Why Are You Going, “For Real?” 让你处理规则污染，你搁这“尊嘟假嘟”？ You were supposed to handle the rule contamination, so why are you over here going, “For real, though?” 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Eerie Revival: Obstetrician to an S-Rank Haunted Hospital 诡异复苏：给S级鬼楼当产科医生 Eerie Revival: Obstetrician to an S-Rank Haunted Building 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Rule-Based Urban Legends: It Begins at the Death Hotel 规则类怪谈之从死亡旅馆开始 [No female lead] [No saintly protagonist] [Slow burn] What would you do if you became a Rule-Bound Horror? Kill people? Do whatever you wanted? “I want to drive out every Rule-Bound Horror…” That was Wen Changqing's answer. In the dimly lit hotel, two identical owners beckon me… In a wilderness village, every house is draped in ghastly white mourning banners… A farm grows man-eating mushrooms and scarecrows that want to take the place of the dead… 56Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 160 Ghost Story Rules: I'm in Countless Horror Worlds 怪谈规则：我在无数个恐怖世界 [Original Horror Stories + Horror + Livestream + National Destiny + No Female Lead] Endless terror awakens, taking shape as countless worlds of strange tales. Each country selects one chosen contestant to make it through each strange-tale world. Those who succeed ensure that the tale can never descend upon their country, and bring it national fortune. Those who fail see the strange-tale world descend, and the souls of all the defeated lose their lives forever. Ye Feng, a horror-novel enthusiast 4.4kReads8.6Score34514d adds
- 161 Escape Game: I Have Special Tricks for Clearing It 逃生游戏：我有特殊的通关技巧 [Infinite-Flow Survival + Rule-Based Horror + Mild Horror Elements + Both Leads Are Max-Level Powerhouses] Please read the content warnings before you start!!! Xin Zitong transmigrates into a cheesy school fantasy novel full of Mary Sue tropes. After enduring it for years, she finally sees the story nearing its end, only to inexplicably transmigrate into a horror-themed infinite-flow world. A seemingly ordinary city hides deadly dangers everywhere: twisted, sticky, crawling figures; terrifying, 101Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 162 The Buddhist Manager’s Chess Game 佛系经理的棋局 The Zen Manager’s Game —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Rule Horror: I Go on a Frenzied Suicide Spree at the Edge of the Rules 规则怪谈：我在规则边缘疯狂作死 The supernatural rises, and horror games take over. Rule-based horror stories invade the world, and Chu Ming becomes Longguo's challenger. Born without fear, he gains the ability to see through the rules. “Break the rules and you die?” “So if I follow them, I won't die, right?” Staring at the eerie figure before him, Chu Ming picked up a folding stool. Still not letting go? So you're the so-called supernatural thing, huh? 256Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 164 Rule Horror: Breaking the Rules Earns Her System Rewards 规则怪谈：她违规会获取系统奖励 [No Romance, Powerful Female Lead | National-Fortune Rule-Based Horror | Game Invasion | System-Powered Wish Fulfillment | Leveling Mystery] A bizarre game from around the world invades Blue Star. Each country randomly selects a Chosen One to enter a rule-based horror instance, with the entire process livestreamed globally. If they clear the instance, their country gains vast resources. If they fail, the Chosen One is killed on the spot, and their homeland is struck by a devastating natural disa 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 This Was Supposed to Be an Eerie World. Why Is It All Your Property? 说好诡异世界，怎么全是你的产业 [The supernatural + tycoon + no female lead + no romance + insane protagonist] In an unknown corner, a world known as the Supernatural World quietly descended. Unlike the other players who entered the Supernatural World, Qing Dian had a crazed tycoon System and infinite gold coins from the start! So while the other players were working five jobs a day just to scrape by, Qing Dian was eating roast leg of lamb and enjoying a full-service massage, all while buying up dungeons. … Player: “Yellow Sp 738Reads8.9Score13014d adds
- 166 Rule Horror: After Lights Out, Follow the Dormitory Rules 规则怪谈：熄灯后，请遵守宿舍守则 Rule Horror: After Lights Out, Please Follow the Dormitory Rules 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Rule Horror: Working at the Krusty Krab from the Start 规则怪谈：开局在蟹堡王打工 [Nationwide survival livestream] [No golden finger, no System, pure deduction] [No romance, only family and friendship] (Important note up front: the author has a penchant for doting on male characters, but there is no romance, no romance.) An unknown signal is received, and Blue Star comes under the influence of an unidentified outside force. People are randomly selected from every country to take part in a deadly “game”? As everyone knows, those selected are all once-in-a-century unlucky soul 6.8kReads8.4Score78814d adds
- 168 Rule Horror: The Haunted Dormitory 规则怪谈：诡异寝室 [System + Horror + Loops + Mind-Bending] The supernatural returns, and tales of the uncanny descend upon the world. Asleep, Ye Nanxi is pulled into a world of eerie stories by a piercing shriek. Here, winning earns you a million in cash. Losing costs you your life. The first scenario is a dormitory. [Please read the rules carefully.] [Wang Niannian, Wen Bai, Zhou Ke, Jiang Ning, Pei Zhaoyue, and you share a dorm room. But there are only five people in the room.] [You can trust Wang Niannian unco 483Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 169 The Rule Game Invasion 规则游戏入侵 #SquadAssembles #EchoAbility #InternationalInstances #MythicTrials #ProtectTheWorld Chen Mo was just a night-shift worker at a 24-hour café, until one day at three in the morning, the cash register spat out a receipt that shouldn’t exist. It read: “Please serve Miss Air a black coffee, or she will sigh.” He didn’t do it. So his voice was taken, the colors drained away, and the warmth faded from his fingertips. In the absolute silence, an instinctive urge to question surged up from deep within h 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Become the Murderer 规则怪谈：开局就成了凶手 Gu Yu runs a detective agency that's on the verge of going under. Just when she finally lands a client at the brink of bankruptcy, she and the client accidentally enter a rules-based horror game. The client dies right beside her, and she's mistaken for the murderer. To top it all off, the client hasn't paid. No one is more unlucky than Gu Yu. Worse still, the capitalist behind the horror game has taken a liking to her and keeps squeezing her for all she's worth. From then on, she's dragged into 849Reads8.9Score10314d adds
- 171 Bizarre and Eerie? My Rules Outrank Yours! 怪诞诡异？我的规则在你之上！ [No female lead + rules + comedy + horror roleplay] A game called [The Rules of Bizarre Survival] arrives, shattering everything people once knew about life. They struggle to survive in a terrifying world that is both dangerous and unfamiliar! Using distinctive identity cards as their foundation, players must “role-play” and make use of all kinds of rules to preserve their sanity and struggle to survive in this bizarre, kaleidoscopic world. People do everything they can to avoid encountering the 1.8kReads8.7Score19714d adds
- 172 The Paranormal Zone Administration: My Sisters and I Brave the Haunted Zones 诡域管理所：和姐妹们勇闯诡域 [All-Female Team + No Romance + Infinite-Flow + Women Supporting Women + Mild Horror + Plot-Focused + Friendship + Ensemble Cast] This is where the rule-based horror world began. In the beginning, the world of the uncanny had no rules, and people could only die again and again to discover the rules that governed death. At that time, the women gathered at Management Office 6750. “What! Management Office 6750 climbed ten places overnight??” This was a madwoman’s carnival. And the madwoman had foun 391Reads8.5Score10214d adds
- 173 Game Invasion: The Puppet Boss Is Forced to Become an Appraiser 游戏入侵：人偶头头被迫当鉴定师 [Game invasion + strong heroine + no romance + leveling up + feel-good power fantasy + lone wolf] Jiang Xiyu has just taken a leave of absence from school and planned a trip around the country to clear her head, but an invitation to a game beta test catches her interest and upends all her plans. What? You're saying this is a beta test for a full-dive game combining Western fantasy and Eastern fantasy? Jiang Xiyu: Beta test, yes. Travel, no. I'm in! Jiang Xiyu starts by drawing the SSS-rank tale 4.4kReads7.5Score64914d adds
- 174 Rule Horror: Who Let This Sneaky Lowlife In? 规则怪谈谁把这个老六拉进来 [Rule Horror + Trickster + Horrors Descend + National Fate] In a parallel world, Qin Yong had already cleared the game, but when he opened his eyes again, he had to start over. The moment he woke up, he was already in an instance! He'd just kicked the horror world to the curb, and now it was back again! It really had the nerve! What a gutsy move! Before the new eerie creature even knew what Qin Yong was, it got taken out. The Horrors descended upon Blue Star. As a Dragon Kingdom player, he fough 4.7kReads8.4Score32814d adds
- 175 Rule Horror: The Whole Nation Begs Me to Stop Slacking Off 规则怪谈：全国跪求我别摆烂 [Rule-Based Horror + Livestreaming + Slacking Off + Supernatural + Comedy + No Female Lead] Lin Fei transmigrates to a parallel world and is unexpectedly chosen to represent the Dragon Kingdom in the world of rule-based horror! But to everyone's surprise, the first challenge for Lin Fei, who was entrusted with everyone's hopes, is the “Haunted Hospital,” a place with an extremely high death rate. To make matters worse, he draws the worst talent of all: Grade C. Just when everyone thinks the Drag 389Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 176 Thriller Game: The Big Shot Is Running a Card-Drawing Stall Again! 惊悚游戏：大佬又在摆摊抽卡了！ [Infinite Instances + Two Powerful Leads, 1v1 + Mild Horror + Plot-Driven] Back in the life-or-death game once again, Ming Xi is carrying a gacha wheel and has been asked by “official game staff” to help the players. And so, this is what happens in the instances: while the other players do everything they can to escape the NPCs, Ming Xi sets up a stall on the spot with her wheel. At first, the players look down on her. Later, they... can't get enough! Just as Ming Xi is getting ready to pack up, 136Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 177 Forbidden Horror: Don't Look in the Mirror at Night 禁忌怪谈：晚上不要照镜子 Taboo Horror: Don’t Look in the Mirror at Night —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Horror Park: I Teach in the Ghost Realm, and the Boss Cries While Doing Homework 惊悚乐园：我在鬼域搞教育，BOSS哭着写作业 Horror Paradise: I Teach in the Ghost Realm, and the Boss Cries While Doing His Homework 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 The Corpse-Reading Detective 诡案读尸人 The Corpse-Reading Detective 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Rule Horror: I Write the Rules 规则怪谈：我来书写规则 [Doomsday Arrives + Livestream + National Fate + Supernatural Rules + Parallel World] The supernatural descended upon Blue Star, and rules became humanity’s final point of contention with the unspeakable. The unspeakable would randomly select “chosen ones” from every country and send them into a supernatural world. If they successfully solved its mystery, that round’s haunting would disappear from their country. If they failed the challenge within the allotted time, the haunting would descend up 1.4kReads8.9Score15014d adds
- 181 Invincible from the Start: The Little Girl Wrecks the World of Horror! 开局无敌，小萝莉玩坏惊悚世界！ [Invincible] + [Games] + [Thriller] + [Comedy] Ten years ago, the Thriller era began around the world. Every year, some humans are selected to become players in the Thriller World. And this time, six-year-old Lin Xiaomeng has been selected as a player in the Thriller World… 215Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 182 The Scarlet Fountain Pen 血色钢笔 The Blood-Red Fountain Pen —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 Rule Horror: School of Life and Death 规则怪谈：生死学校 [Rule Horror] [Infinite Flow] [Battle Royale] On the day he got into college, Yang Han thought his hardships were finally over. It wasn't until he stepped through the campus gates that he learned the truth: At this university, there are no classes and no exams. You only have to risk your life. Break the school rules? Erased on the spot. The survival app's countdown hits zero? You disappear instantly. If you want to live one more day, you must fight to complete one bizarre mission after another a 6kReads8.9Score72914d adds
- 184 Relying on a Luck Boost to Hitch a Ride in Dungeon Games 依靠幸运加一在副本游戏抱大腿 [Infinite-flow + romance + heroine who grows over time + everyone’s favorite + plot-driven] One second, Ning Qiyue was watching college guys play basketball on the school field. The next, she was suddenly selected as a player in a dungeon game. After overcoming countless hardships, she cleared her first beginner dungeon and obtained her first item: a lucky necklace (Luck +1). Compared to other people’s items, it seemed practically useless. Little did she know that the lucky necklace was having a 7.3kReads8.4Score96214d adds
- 185 Horror Crossover: Rewriting the Script in Eerie Films 综恐：我在诡异电影里修改剧本 A horror crossover: Truth or Dare, Girls' Dormitory, The Bridge Curse, Eden Lake, The Substitute... Chu Peipei is accidentally transported into a strange movie theater. To survive, she must struggle through one eerie film after another. Fortunately, she has the talent to rewrite scripts, allowing her to steer the stories in bizarre new directions within these strange worlds. Gradually, she realizes that the System is starting to act strangely. Has she somehow broken it by messing around too much 592Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 186 Rule Horror: Help! My AI Miracle Doctor Says I Have to Die 规则怪谈：救命！我的AI神医说我必须死 Rule Horror: Help! My AI Miracle Doctor Says I Have to Die —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 She Only Goes for Perfect Endings in Rule Horror 她在规则怪谈里只刷完美结局 [Livestream + Strong Female Lead + Mild Horror + Invincible + Unconventional Rule-Based Horror] Rule-based horror descended upon Blue Star without warning. It randomly selects chosen ones to enter its horror worlds and face the supernatural on behalf of their countries. Ye Qingwu was chosen to represent the Dragon Kingdom after it suffered six consecutive losses in horror trials. If she wins, the Dragon Kingdom will have a chance to rise again. If she loses, the Dragon Kingdom will never recover 866Reads8.8Score12614d adds
- 188 The Big Shot Plays the Pig to Eat the Tiger in a Horror Game 大佬在恐怖游戏里扮猪吃虎 Complete. Infinite flow + no romance + horror + supernatural + absurd comedy She accidentally enters a world of terror. Monsters chase her relentlessly. There’s an empty village, a giant rat with blood-red eyes and fangs, corpses buried underground, and companions with ulterior motives. Chi Tao: Help! I just want to quietly be a corporate drone. In Cat Village, she kicks open a locked door, calmly pulls a foul-smelling skull from a hole, and stabs her teammates with a look of excitement. Chi Tao 76Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 189 Rule Horror: No One at That School Is Allowed to Open Their Eyes at Midnight 规则怪谈：那所学校禁止在午夜睁眼 Rule Horror: That School Forbids You to Open Your Eyes at Midnight —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 Ghost Stories: Daoist Priest, Spare Us Some Dignity! 怪谈：道长，给咱们留点面子吧！ (The arcs are already plentiful, so dive right in!) [Rules-based horror + no female lead + original scenarios + national destiny + livestreaming + lighthearted comedy + mild horror and brainteasers] A rules-based horror game descended upon the real world, dragging every country into a deadly game. In this calamity, the great nation of Dragon Country, which had stood for a thousand years, failed to show its true strength because of the game's mechanics. As one horror scenario after another struck 2kReads7.1Score22714d adds
- 191 Our Whole Dorm Transmigrated to Republican-Era China, and I Opened the Door to Strange Tales 全寝穿越民国，我开启怪谈之门 [The whole dorm transmigrates + supernatural tales + Chinese-style horror + detective work + espionage + power struggles + two strong leads + satisfying wish fulfillment] At two in the morning, the human-skin mirror in Dormitory 314 came alive! All four female college students in the dorm were dragged, screaming, into the scene of a horrific skinning case from 1926! To uncover the truth and return to the modern world, we immediately latched onto the aloof, handsome Chief Inspector Chen. He handl 3.4kReads—Score11114d adds
- 192 Rule Horror: Beginning with a Strange Journey to the West 规则怪谈：从诡异西游开始 [Rule Horror + Live Broadcast + National Fortune + No Female Lead] Supernatural horrors have descended upon Blue Star, and the Dragon Nation's fortunes are in decline. The chosen contestants struggle in despair. The newly selected contestant, Chen Xuan, is a shut-in who has read Journey to the West inside out and knows every mythological figure by heart. When he is transported to Gao Village, where bones lie scattered everywhere, and sees Zhu Bajie with a rotting, pig-like face and Tang Sanzang 8.6kReads7.9Score73014d adds
- 193 After the Engagement Banquet 订婚宴之后 After the Engagement Banquet 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 Rule Horror: Something Is Wrong with My Sister 规则怪谈：我的妹妹不对劲 [Rules-based horror + subverting expectations + a break in historical knowledge + rules above all] The story begins when Bai Xiaochen’s sister, the only family he has, is replaced by a [Chosen One]. The core of this book’s world is the idea that [life is beyond your control]. 472Reads8.0Score10514d adds
- 195 Infinite: A Dreadful Escape, Driving the System Insane with My Acting Skills 无限：惊悚逃生，凭演技逼疯系统 [Infinite-flow + strong female lead + serious tone + mild horror and suspense + fast-paced + romance] [Career-focused in the early stages, more romance later] (The author's not well known, so take the rating with a grain of salt. I promise you won't regret giving this a chance.) The moment Ji Wanwan is dragged into an infinite-flow game, she has only one thought on her mind: Escape games are all about acting skills. Drive the System crazy and punch the NPCs! All kinds of clueless newbie 364Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 196 Mysterious Tales: Stop Crying! Smile, Damn It! 诡秘怪谈：别哭了！给老子笑！ Weird Tales of the Mysterious: Stop crying! Give me a damn smile! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 Thriller Game: Awakening the Betting System from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局觉醒对赌系统 [Horror game invasion + rule-based horror + Infinite Flow + reborn + national destiny + no romance + strong female lead + ensemble cast] The low rating is only because it just came out 🙇♂️ Yu Cong was reborn, returning to three days before the horror game descended. She knew better than anyone that this terrifying game sweeping across the globe was no coincidence. It was the opening act of an alien invasion of Earth. With the apocalypse approaching, she sprinted out the door “Hello, relevant au 2.4kReads8.8Score3.7k14d adds
- 198 Rule Horror: The Strange Happy Family 规则怪谈：诡异的幸福之家 [Horror + Brain-Bending Mystery + Livestreamed National Fate] Rule-based horror descends upon the world. As one of the chosen, Ling Xiao enters the horror realm to survive. At the critical moment between life and death, he unexpectedly awakens a Rule System. If he survives, the whole nation celebrates. If he fails, the horror realm descends upon the real world. 1. You live with your wife, child, and parents. Remember, there are only five people in the household. 2. Your child goes to school at e 1.1kReads6.1Score10414d adds
- 199 Rule Horror: Feeding Records from No. 7 Huaiyin Lane 规则怪谈：槐荫里7号进食记录 Rule Horror: Feeding Records from No. 7, Huaiyin Lane —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Eerie Descent: The Big Spender Starts with a Billion Ghost Bills 诡异降临：氪金大佬开局亿万冥钞 [Apocalypse + Paranormal Horror + Light Rules-Based Horror + Strong Female Lead + No Romance] In her previous life, Lin Xingluo was betrayed by both her best friend and her fiancé, then died tragically in the ghostly world. Reborn, she kills the scumbag and the wicked woman with her own hands, stockpiles billions in ghost money early, and waits for the apocalypse to arrive from the safety of her shelter. The terrifying apocalypse descends, and danger lurks everywhere. While everyone else is busy 785Reads7.4Score10614d adds
