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- 101 Rule Horror: In a Haunted Mountain Village from the Start 规则怪谈：开局在诡异山村 [Mystery + Livestreams + Deduction + National Fortune + System] The paranormal has descended, and every country in the world has been forced to take part in a world of rule-based horror. The chosen challengers must represent their countries and complete the corresponding dungeons. If a challenger happens to die in a dungeon, their country will also face paranormal incidents... Bai Yu is a challenger fighting on behalf of the Dragon Nation. The first horror game takes place in a small mountain vi 958Reads6.3Score12014d adds
- 102 Rule Horror: I Ascended to Godhood in a Death Game 规则怪谈：我在死亡游戏中封神 [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Rule-Bound Horror + Death Games + No Female Lead + Lighthearted Humor + Special Abilities] Welcome to the Land of Divine Relics! This is a world ruled by rules, a playground for the supernatural, and the birthplace of [Miracles]! Here, flipping a coin, counting fingers, playing cards: these games may seem simple, but each has only one path to survival! All you can do is exploit loopholes in the rules and awaken your own [Miracle]! Through countless death games, I 3.9kReads8.6Score34614d adds
- 103 Death Save-Scumming: I'm Really Not a Big Shot 死亡回档：我真的不是大佬啊 [Rule-Based Horror + Not Overpowered + No Female Lead + Supernatural + National Fate] Rule-based horror has descended upon Earth. The supernatural has entered reality. Those who are chosen will enter the world of horror scenarios and represent their respective countries in challenges governed by strange rules. Su Ming has now been chosen by the world of horror scenarios. He will represent the Dragon Kingdom in the challenge. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Prove That You Were Once Human 请证明你曾是人 After Chen Zhou woke up, he was thrown into a “test of human worth” spanning the ancient past, the modern era, and the future. Plague cities, royal courts, trials, shipwrecks, stock market crashes, nuclear crises, space colonization… Each world had its own bizarre rules, and every choice demanded a sacrifice. Yet the same name appeared on every death record: Chen Zhou. Before the rules devoured everyone, he had to prove one thing: Humanity’s true worth has never been obedience. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Rule Horror at the Deep Space Planning Bureau 深空规划局规则怪谈 Over a million words, complete. Read with confidence. [No female lead] [Lovecraftian rule-based horror] [No System] [Hard science fiction] Author’s note: “Humanity believes itself master of the stars. Little do we know that in the eyes of those above, we are merely coal, burned to produce emotions.” Synopsis: In 2250, human civilization has fractured into three tiers, and emotions and rules have reshaped the world. Proxima Centauri watches from the clouds, the Moon weeps, and Earth twists within 452Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 106 Rule Zero 第零规则 [Infinite Flow] [Rule Horror] [Cerebral mind games] [Identity reversals] [Ensemble cast] Shen Zhou wakes up on the subway with a note in his pocket. The handwriting is his own, and it bears five words: You forget every time. Then he’s dragged into a deadly game ruled by rules. The rules are cruel, meticulous, and seemingly flawless. Until he realizes that some of them feel strangely familiar. But he can’t remember anything. When the rules are finally revealed, everyone is searching for a way 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The Strange Platform 怪谈站台 (Rule-based horror + infinite scenarios + battles of wits) Everyone has a train of their own. The train stops at unknown stations at irregular intervals. The conductor must survive the rules of each horror scenario to claim the rewards and continue onward. Understand the rules, use the rules, create the rules! Struggle to survive in an infinite world of horror scenarios! 1.2kReads—Score11614d adds
- 108 Rule Horror: Teacher Su Has a Lesson for Everyone 规则怪谈：苏老师给大家上一课 “Next question: On a blood-red midnight, you’re chased by a painted-skin demon at an old house in a deserted village. Four escape routes appear before you. Which do you choose?” [A: Rush under the offering table in the ancestral hall] [B: Leap into the ancient well in the back courtyard] [C: Tear down the Door God print and stick it to your chest] [D: Climb onto the beams of the west wing] “Thirty-two students in this class actually picked C for this freebie!” Su Bai slammed the lesson plan down 181Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 109 Rule Horror: I Contain the Uncanny Through the Afterlife 规则怪谈：我靠往生收容诡异 Others enter rule-based horror games to struggle for survival. Li Si enters them to stock up! From the start, he’s trapped in an abandoned hospital, facing the fatal rule: “Never make eye contact with patients.” He whips out a chainsaw and treats the monsters like his wife. “Baby, your temperature’s too high. Time to slice you up and put you in cold storage.” [Ding! The Book of the Departed has successfully contained a spirit! Obtained D-rank Vengeful Ghost: Rule Bait!] [Rule loophole unlocked: —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Rule Horror: I Clear the Dungeon by Breathing Oxygen 规则怪谈：我靠吸氧通关副本 [No livestreaming, no livestreaming, no livestreaming] The supernatural runs rampant, and urban legends descend upon the world. Strange games invade reality, and anyone can be chosen to enter one and take on its challenges. Clear a challenge: both the player and their country receive rewards. Fail a challenge: death! The first challenge Liu Ming faces is the “Night of the Returning Soul” scenario. “It's all a scam. There isn't a dead person in that coffin!” [The first scenario, “Night of the Ret 588Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 111 Rule Horror: My Yin-Yang Eyes Don’t Count as Cheating 规则怪谈：我用阴阳眼不算开挂 In a parallel universe, strange rules descend upon the world. Countries are randomly chosen to send contestants into the supernatural games. If a contestant dies, their country's population immediately drops by 10%. If they clear the game, their country receives a reward from the rules. The entire process is livestreamed worldwide. Jiang Chen, a genius with Yin-Yang Eyes, was fortunate enough to be chosen to represent the Great Xia Nation in the games. “Cheating? I'd never cheat in my life. What 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Rule Horror: It Starts With a Family of Six 规则怪谈：从一家六口开始 [Supernatural suspense] [Not overpowered] [No heroine] [Horror fans, come on in!] [Not a pure power fantasy. The focus is suspense and thrills with a little comedy, so read without worry.] The supernatural rules descend, and Jiang Yu is chosen to represent Yan Country in the game of national destiny. He enters the supernatural scenario as one of the six members of a family living in a villa, along with two dogs, one black and one white. Here, he must stay alert, judge calmly, look for patterns i 193Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Rule Horror: Ghost-Hunting Livestream 规则怪谈：直播捉鬼 Rule Horror: Live-Streaming Ghost Hunts 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Rule Horror: The Final Sequence 规则怪谈：终末序列 [No CP] [Dual Protagonists] [Dark Fantasy] An ordinary high school student stumbles into a world of supernatural rules, uncovers the secrets behind them, gains supernatural abilities, and becomes a Sequence-Bearer! From primeval forests to eerie schools, from abandoned hospitals to worlds governed by rules... Only rules can kill rules. In the End Times, seeing isn’t always believing. You must wield the power of rules to kill their masters. That is the only way to survive! The blood and vengeance 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 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
- 116 Death Will Be Televised 死亡将映 (Infinite Flow + mild horror + deduction + survival + one heroine) To uncover the ultimate secret, he must endure one round of slaughter and struggle after another. I thought I only had to complete a simple death mission to go home, but I was forced to uncover the ultimate secret. I thought I could open the Forbidden Zone of God and grow stronger, only to be told that the human body was also a treasure locked in chains. When I finally reached the end, I discovered that I had walked this road bef 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Rule Horror Mistakes Me for One of Its Own After I’m Declared Mentally Ill 规则怪谈因精神病被判定为自己人 [Rules Horror + Livestream + Unhinged Fiction + Invincible + Hilarious] Horrors descended, and the world fell into panic. The Chosen Ones who were selected to compete for their countries faced near-certain death. The slightest mistake could get them erased. That is, until Chen Mo, a patient with severe delusions, was chosen to represent Longguo. In Chen Mo's eyes, this terrifying world was full of love and peace: The slit-mouthed woman, covered in blood, was the sweet girl next door who needed t 1.2kReads7.9Score12014d adds
- 118 Rule Horror: I Have a Diary from the Future 规则怪谈：我有未来日记 After graduating from high school, Li Yunsheng suddenly receives an invitation to a summer camp. Other high school students have been invited along with him. [One: Enter the school grounds at the designated time.] [Two: Enter the classroom at the designated time.] [Three: Begin evening self-study at the designated time.] [Four: Students attending the summer camp must wear their respective school uniforms.] The four simple rules don't seem so simple to Li Yunsheng. At that moment, the contents of 759Reads5.5Score14014d adds
- 119 Rule Horror: I'm the Boss at the Krusty Krab 规则怪谈：我在蟹堡王当老板 Rule-based horror + SpongeBob SquarePants + childhood cartoons + horror The male lead has no cheats. He mainly relies on analysis and deduction, and the story has plenty of horror elements. I’ve landed in a rule-based horror world based on SpongeBob SquarePants, and somehow I’ve become the owner of the Krusty Krab? Run the Krusty Krab well, and organize the Eerie invasion! Why has SpongeBob become so creepy? Where did Mr. Krabs go? Will the Spatula Killer really show up? He Yu has no cheats. All 60Reads—Score10214d adds
- 120 The Dragon Rises, the Tiger Emerges 龙抬头，虎出山 A peerless beauty, a heaven-blessed darling, goes after a security guard! Underworld bosses and gangland kingpins fight tooth and nail for the chance to kneel before a security guard! Top power players, scions of elite families, and figures who can move heaven and earth are at a security guard’s beck and call, summoned when he wants them and dismissed when he’s done! They say the four legendary sacred books, the Book of Heaven, the Book of the Way, the Book of Physiognomy, and the Book of Burial 166Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 121 Rule Horror: I Have Infinite Talent 规则怪谈：我有无限天赋 [No Female Lead] + [Intelligent Protagonist] + [Mystery-Solving] + [Multiple Talents] + [Livestream] + [National Fate] This is a world invaded by rule-based horror games. Whenever a horror-game instance appears, people selected from countries around the world enter it to complete its missions. After four failed attempts, Huaxia’s national fortune has fallen to rock bottom. One natural disaster after another strikes, and the people of Huaxia are suffering miserably. When the fifth instance arrive 48Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 122 Perfectly Clearing the Horror Game, Starting on New Year's 完美通关怪谈游戏，从过年开始 [Survive the Haunted Game + Hidden Rules + Conceptual Power + No Female Lead + Livestream Comments] Xiao Duo transmigrated and was chosen as a new player in a haunted game. From the start, he was thrown into an extra-long “New Year” haunted-game instance. He perfectly cleared a terrifying haunted game that no one had ever beaten, earning an SSS rating! The entire world was stunned. Xiao Duo kept entering the game, setting new records again and again. A perfect clear? Easy! But more important tha 20.2kReads8.3Score2k14d adds
- 123 Reborn as Qi Tongwei’s Father 重生之我是祁同伟他爹 Qilian Shan, a father who knows that his son, Qi Tongwei, met a tragic end crushed by the weight of power, unexpectedly found himself reborn in 1978. Determined to change his son's fate for good and prevent the humiliations and injustices of the past from happening again, he resolutely enlisted in the army. He would temper himself in the fires of war and build strength and reputation step by step, from the battlefield to military school. He would earn a future through military achievements and p 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Rule Horror: Only I Can Reload Infinitely 规则怪谈：只有我能无限读档 [Rules mean certain death? Sorry, I can reload forever.] The paranormal resurges, and rules descend. Nameless horrors invade reality, and the world is reduced to a series of deadly “horror game instances.” “Mom’s Note,” “The Midnight Bus”... Ordinary people tremble in the gaps between the rules. One misstep is all it takes for their sanity to hit zero and their bodies to mutate. Su Ming awakens the only F-rank (pseudo) ability, which is actually an SSS-rank [Infinite Reload]. Faced with a ru 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Awaken an SSS-Rank Talent 规则怪谈：开局觉醒5S级天赋 [Ensemble Cast] [Hilarious] [National Fate] [Infinite Flow] [Subverting Expectations] [The Path to Godhood] When he opened his eyes, Ren Fei realized he had been reborn. This time, he chose not to awaken the 3S-rank talent [Authority of Deception], because he knew that every path to godhood except the God of Wealth’s was a scam! From the start, Ren Fei went straight to the government for funding: ten billion! Once the ten billion arrived, he smoothly awakened the 5S-rank talent [God of Wealth’s 1.3kReads8.7Score16714d adds
- 126 Rule Horror: SpongeBob's Great Plague 规则怪谈：海绵宝宝大瘟疫 [Welcome to the world of bizarre rules! And what a coincidence: a terrible plague is sweeping through Bikini Bottom! As a doctor, you've been sent here to cure the sick. Beware: this plague is not what it seems. Here is a set of rules left behind by your predecessor. Be sure to follow them. Otherwise, you may end up just like them...] Chu Yi drowned while trying to save someone and found himself in a world made up of bizarre rules. Having read countless novels in his previous life, he tho 4.7kReads8.1Score59914d adds
- 127 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Draw a Grade C Talent 规则怪谈：开局抽到C级天赋 [Urban Legends + National Fate + Horror + Global Livestream] Urban legends have descended, and everyone must follow the rules exactly. Yan Yu is chosen to take part in a rules-based horror game and draws a C-rank talent from the start. Viewer A: We’re finished. How did this chosen one draw the lowest-rank talent? Viewer B: Your Dragon Nation is about to suffer five losses in a row. Yoshi, yoshi! Viewer C: You American dogs, quit barking. Yan Yu: This time, I’m going to win and bring glory to my 52Reads5.9Score21114d adds
- 128 I Set the Rules in the Horror Story 我在怪谈里立规矩 While others cower in corners of Rule Horrors, kneeling and scraping by for a chance to survive, I face the filth lurking in the shadows, gripping the Seal of Rules and establishing order in the human world with nothing but a mortal's body. I suppress the evil spirits of the world and protect the everyday lives and lamplights of every household. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Campus Rule Horror 校园规则怪谈 My name is Chen Yi, and I’m a sophomore in the computer science department at C University. During a lab class on Tuesday morning, my computer suddenly went black. Then a strange voice rang out: Welcome to the world of bizarre games. All students must follow these rules: Rule One: You may not speak during class except to answer questions. Rule Two: Do not try to leave the school. All communication devices have been disabled. Rule Three: You must return to your dormitory before ten every night... 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Rule Horror: Doraemon and the End of Ten Days 规则怪谈：哆啦A梦与十日终焉 A world combining Doraemon and The End of Ten Days, with the added element of rules-based horror. Duanmu Yan accidentally transmigrates into the world of Doraemon and becomes Nobita Nobi. He has been playing the role of Nobita Nobi and surviving in this world for two and a half years. Until… a giant clock appears in the city center. Whenever it chimes, words appear on its display. “I heard the echo of ‘deduction’!” The world begins to grow uncanny. The people around him start becoming infec 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Rule Horror: My Luck Value Equals the National Total 规则怪谈：我的气运值是全国总和 [Rules Horror + National Destiny + No Female Lead + Supernatural Horror + Unconventional Tycoon + ...] The supernatural invades, and rules-based horror descends. Each country randomly selects a chosen one to enter a horror scenario. Win, and national destiny increases along with a fortune reward. Lose, and you die, your soul obliterated, while your country's national destiny declines. If it falls below the danger threshold, natural disasters will strike! Li Xingchen is lucky enough to be selecte 49Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 132 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Blew the Boss Away 规则怪谈：我开局把boss崩了 [Parody + major alterations + golden finger in your face. Be warned] [This takes the complete opposite direction from Long Ziyan. If you haven't read the other book, you probably won't understand a thing, so feel free to leave.] [Anyone throwing a tantrum in the comments will have it reflected right back at them.] Rule-based horror stories descended upon Blue Star, and each country randomly selected a Chosen One to enter them. There's a saying: All fear comes from insufficient firepower. As long 75Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 133 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
- 134 Rule Horror: Either the Entities or the Audience Must Be Cured 规则怪谈：诡异和观众必须治一个 [Completed + Original Script + Not a Power Fantasy + Documentary Fiction + Mystery + No Female Lead + Not a Saint] An uprising breaks out at the Dragon Kingdom’s largest psychiatric hospital. The mysterious young man Chen Yi is nominated by everyone in the hospital to become its new director... Not long after, the bizarre invades and the world of urban legends descends... [Dragon Kingdom Chosen One Chen Yi gives up on drawing a talent from the System] [Dragon Kingdom Chosen One Chen Yi treats th 1.7kReads8.8Score17414d adds
- 135 Girls’ Dorm Rule Horror: Survive! 女寝规则怪谈：请活下去！ The Dormitory Girls’ Rules of the Strange: Survive! 102Reads—Score314d adds
- 136 Horror Train: Starting at the Haunted Manor 恐怖列车：从诡异庄园开始 [Infinite-Loop Game + Thriller + Survival + Instances] A train bound for an unknown destination. Platforms where it could stop at any moment. A group of people willing to do anything to reach the final station, with no idea what awaits them ahead... Step off the platform and enter an unknown world. Complete the mission, and make it back alive! Someone once told Bai Ye that at the train's final station, all regrets could be laid to rest! But after one terrifying mission after another, Bai Ye grad 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Rule Horror: I Clear the Eerie Instances by Playing Dead 规则怪谈：我靠装死通关诡异 [Not a power fantasy + No heroine + Shocking twists + Major foreshadowing + Cthulhu Mythos + A touch of the Backrooms + Mind-bending mystery + National fate + Livestreaming + Original mini-dungeons] [My brainpower is limited, so there won’t be much foreshadowing. I promise this won’t be dragged out or end badly.] Three years after the world was plunged into the uncanny, challengers’ talents were ranked from lowest to highest: C, B, A, S, SS, and SSS. So Bai Lan was stunned when the talent she dr 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 If I'd Known I'd Be Trapped on Monday, I Wouldn't Have Come to School 早知道会被困在周一我就不来学了 [Rules horror + Two male leads + Loop + Mild horror] [An innocent, adorable, clever creator who makes no mistakes, in the receiving role × A powerful creation, fiercely jealous and unwilling to be just a horror story, in the pursuing role] Yan Lang had known there was something wrong with the world ever since he was a child. When his parents died young and his home fell into chaos, he looked up at his parents floating in the sky and fell silent. To find his parents a place to stay, he dug throug 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Rule Horror: My Title Is a Little Too Powerful 规则怪谈：我的称号有亿点强 [Supernatural Horror + Infinite Flow + National Destiny + No Female Lead + Livestream] The supernatural returns, and strange tales invade. Lu Chen is terminally ill, with only a few days left to live, when he is chosen by the Strange Tales Park. His very first challenge is a nightmare-level tale with a 100% death rate! From the start, he gains an overpowered attribute: scumbag! And so, using this title, Lu Chen steals the show at the Strange Tales Park in front of the entire world! 894Reads8.6Score10114d adds
- 140 Rule Horror: The Haunting Is Right Beside Me 规则怪谈：怪谈竟在我身边 [Mystery + no female lead + eerie + rule-based horror + no special abilities + no national fate] From the start, all you’ve got is a brain, and all your reasoning runs on six walnuts. A seasoned reader named Fang Yan had read every kind of rule-based horror story and developed a keen interest in them. One day in the future, in order to accomplish a certain goal, Fang Yan would wipe himself clean and load himself into a horror story to uncover its truth. As part of the process, some of his memori 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Rules: Mind Reading, and the Eerie Both Love and Hate Me 规则：读心术，诡异对我又爱又恨 [Rule-Based Mysteries + Original Game Instances + No Female Lead + National Fortunes + Livestreaming + Mind Reading + Comforting and Healing + Comedy + Mild Horror] Du En transmigrated, and his mind-reading ability came along with him. Representing the Dragon Kingdom in a rule-based mystery challenge, he received an S-rank, upgradeable talent: “Negative Emotion Harvester.” His starting instance was The Perfect Family. At first, the whole family wanted him dead. Using his mind-reading ability, 28Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 142 Rules of Horror? Aren’t They Just Meant to Be Broken! 规则怪谈？不就是用来打破的吗！ [Rules Horror + National Fate + Lighthearted + Comedy + Invincible] “I admit the rules-horror world is downright bizarre. But if I put on a mask that makes me less than human and pick up a club that breaks the rules, what can the horrors do about it?” Qi Sheng transmigrates to a parallel world ruled by rules horror! Horrors run rampant and strange tales abound. Those chosen by the rules enter rules-horror dungeons, awaken all kinds of talents, and represent their countries in challenges against 138Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 143 I’m Socially Anxious, Yet I Became a God in the Haunting 社恐的我，在怪谈里封神 This isn’t cookie-cutter or fast-paced. If you like quick reads, this isn’t for you. This is real rule-based horror. I’ve worked on the ideas until my brain was smoking and sparking, so please add it to your bookshelf. It’s a great novel, written with care. _ At first, no one knew what it was. It was like a silent tide, quietly spilling across the borders of the world. There was no earth-shattering roar, no vision blotting out the sky. It was just that, after some ordinary evening, the “rules” 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Rule Horror: The Infinite Loop's Haunted Campus, Don't Trust Any Rule 规则怪谈：无限流诡异校园，别相信任何一条规则 Rule Horror: An Infinite-Flow, Supernatural School. Don't Trust a Single Rule 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 The Final Ending 最后的结局 [Two Male Leads + One-on-One Romance + Light Romance + Rule-Based Horror + Anthology Stories + Separate Worlds] “His voice sounds like a little fox whimpering”, Xing Yu “What a real villain. He reminds me of the stray dogs back home”, Chen Fang 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 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 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 The Calamity of Gui Water 癸水之祸 If even your memories are fake, who are you? Lin Zhou receives a death invitation from his younger sister, Lin Yao, who died twenty years ago. To uncover the truth, he enters the "Constellation Instances": twenty-eight prisons holding beings more ancient than the corruption itself. Each instance demands that he trade memories for power, and every dead person bears the cost on his behalf. When he finds his own file in the archives, stating that he cleared the Ghost Golden Sheep instance at age —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Reading Comprehension 阅读理解 [Rules-based horror + smart characters + no mindless decisions + wordplay + no national destiny + thought-provoking short lines + original scenarios] Ming Cha is a high school senior, busy preparing for the college entrance exams, when he is unwittingly drawn into a game. Here, insincere, nauseating flattery, a sarcastic tone, or even a slight change in a syllable can strip words of their original meaning, and that is only at the level of sound. Welcome to the word game. Read, understand, and re 44Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 149 Whisper Code 低语代码 [Infinite Flow | Rule-Based Horror | Heavy Lovecraftian Horror] Strange whispers and a string of garbled characters swirled in the depths of her mind as Ji Cheng awoke in an octagonal death chamber. Eight unlocked doors. Eight trapped people. The red light flashed six times, and a sixty-second countdown began. They had to find the one and only safe exit. Nameless, twisted monsters lurked behind the doors. Flesh-eating worms and warped apparitions were everywhere, and looking directly at them was 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 I Became a Skinner After Moving Into the Apartment 入住公寓后成了剥皮匠 On the day I moved in, the building manager handed me a rusty key and a yellowed set of house rules. “Light the red lantern in the living room every night. If it goes out, hide under the bed immediately.” Next door lived a qipao-clad female ghost who loved to sing. Downstairs was a doctor with a peculiar taste for blood. To stay alive, I lit the lantern on time every day, until the power went out on the seventh night. The instant the lantern went dark, I saw the dried corpses of the previous ten 3Reads—Score—14d adds
