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- 101 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—Shelves
- 102 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—Shelves
- 103 Global Game: I Ran Off with the Sickly, Obsessive Main God 全球游戏：我拐跑了病娇主神 From the start of the game, Su Nuo is hunted by a global superstar, and her fragile little heart takes a critical hit for ten thousand points. But for the points, she has no choice but to enter the game again. So while everyone else becomes hopelessly immersed in the game, Su Nuo is the only one who rejects it with every strand of her hair. In the void, the Lord God opens his vast, star-filled eyes... Good. Human, you have caught my attention. 868Reads9.2Score136Shelves
- 104 Tales of the Eerie Mist Sea 雾海诡叙行 [Infinite Flow + suspenseful horror + strategic mind games, not brainless + deduction and puzzle-solving + no golden finger + romance] Low rating because it was just scored ^^ Bai Yuxia woke up to find herself aboard a ship about to set sail on an unknown route. Outside the ship, the dark sea was bleak and black, the dense fog never lifted, and monstrous things, like mud and abyss, ate away at people’s minds. When she was told that she could only earn experience to advance and supplies to survi 40Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 105 Infinite Game: Time Travel Is Banned on the Cyber Planet 无限游戏：赛博星球禁止时空穿越 [No Romance, Infinite Flow + All-Female Main Cast + Plot-Focused + Leveling + Mild Horror] Lin Miao, a survivor of the apocalypse, transmigrated to an unfamiliar planet. The good news: its technology is advanced, and life is comfortable. The bad news: its people are extremely xenophobic, and anyone from another space-time who shows their face gets killed on sight. Luckily, she didn't get killed as soon as she arrived. Instead, she stumbled straight into a horror-game dungeon. [F-rank dungeo 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 Xiao Le’s Happy Card Game 小乐的快乐牌局 Xiao Le’s Happy Card Game 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 Infinite Survival: This Assassin Is Not So Cold 无限流之这个杀手不太冷 A battle royale descends, and countless challengers are thrown onto a path where they must prove themselves. Lin Xiaohu, a classical martial arts assassin, walks the line between life and death, searching for a glimmer of redemption. Mythical beasts block the way, powerful enemies close in, and fragments of divine weapons spark endless strife. While everyone else is trapped in a cycle of slaughter, he insists on tearing apart the rules and protecting the light that belongs to him. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 Can Even a Background Character Win the Male Lead's Heart? 即使是路人也可以攻略成男主的吗 [Clumsy Female Lead + Ordinary Male Lead] [Pseudo-Infinite Flow + Mystery + Mild Horror + Light Comedy / Light Angst + Light Novel + 1v1 Pure Romance + Happy Ending + Nonhuman] Survival-focused | Not a power fantasy | Not a strong female lead story | Not an otome game story On her first day after transmigrating into an otome game, Jiang Yinyin grabbed the wrong person. She failed to latch onto the SSS-rank male lead and ended up with an ordinary passerby who didn’t even have a face. He obeyed th 7.2kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves
- 109 Rule Horror: Buried Alive as a Sacrifice from the Start 规则怪谈：开局被当祭品活埋 [Mystery] [Horror] [Deduction] [Infinite Flow] After failing a job interview, Chen Lingyun was heading home when an out-of-control semi-truck unexpectedly struck her, sending her transmigrating into a coffin that was about to be buried. “Drive faster, or we’ll miss the hour. Those things can’t wait much longer.” 169Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 Survival Game: I’m a Master of Professional Disguises 求生游戏，我是职业变装大佬 Strong Female Lead + No Romance + Survival Game + Multiple Worlds + Infinite-Flow At the start of the survival game, she drew what everyone agreed was the most useless skill: disguise? Others laughed at her bad luck, but she laughed at them for failing to see through her. She joined an aquarium, where affairs, embezzlement, and murder followed one after another! Then she transferred to a luxury mall, only to get caught up in a PUA trap and a make-or-break sales target, while also having to hel 99Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 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—Shelves
- 112 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—Shelves
- 113 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—Score171Shelves
- 114 The Flowers Have Yet to Fade, My Perfect Lover 花事未了，完美恋人 The Flowers Have Yet to Fade, My Perfect Lover —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 Consumed by Nightmares 噩梦焚身 A Nightmare Burns Through Me —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 Infinite: Guess, Am I Human? 无限：你猜，我是不是人呢？ [Infinite Flow] [Strong Female Lead] [New Worlds] [Enhancement] [No CP] [Plot-Focused] Four towering statues of gods stood among the clouds in the azure sky above. They did not stand straight, but instead lurked among the clouds, tilted as if looking down upon the world. What exactly are these divine statues? In a psychiatric hospital, someone asked Lin Ying, who was wearing a patient gown: “Lin Ying, have you ever had a moment when you thought you might not be mentally ill?” “Lin Ying, don't ta 8.4kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
- 117 A Dreamlike Scene of Nanke 南柯幻景 [Chinese-Style Infinite Flow + Strange Tales from Ancient Books + Rule-Based Suspense + Six-Person Ensemble] If you discovered that every classical poem you memorized as a child concealed a loophole from which a living person could never escape, would you dare turn to the next page? While restoring a damaged page from a Song-era printed volume, ancient book restorer Qu Youyang was dragged into the Nanke realm behind the lines of poetry. "At Hanshan Temple outside Suzhou," why does the temple bel 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 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 2.4kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves
- 119 Infinite: She Always Makes a Perfect Escape 无限：她总能完美逃脱 [A ruthless heroine + play the pig to eat the tiger + not brainless + infinite flow + plot-focused + ensemble cast + no System + not invincible] After falling into the “Points World,” everything she once had vanished without a trace. Mu Qing had barely had time to enjoy her Best Actress trophy before she had to face a test that would determine whether she lived or died. Again and again, she entered the most difficult instances as a player, playing game after game where losing meant death. ...“De 723Reads8.7Score152Shelves
- 120 I Volunteered to Join the Hell Cinema 我是自愿加入地狱影院的 Mystery Infinite Flow + a passionate, hilarious ensemble cast + a story about intangible cultural heritage in every script + a protagonist who dreams their way through the trials. Watch as five ordinary young men who don’t know one another write countless adventurous tales, full of laughter and tears, as they face one perilous folk-culture script after another~ 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 Global Paranormal Escape: The Unhinged Heroine Goes on a Killing Spree 【全球诡异大逃亡】疯批女主杀疯 Dungeons from the post-apocalyptic world have arrived. [Strong heroine] + [High-stakes plot] + [Teamwork] + [Bizarre dungeons] + [Live-streamed throughout] Bizarre dungeons appear out of nowhere on Blue Star, randomly selecting players from different countries to enter and clear them. Every fight to the death is tied to the fate of the players’ nation. If they succeed, their country gains land, resources, and special benefits. If they fail, the bizarre forces devour their territory. Player Su Yu 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 I Love You, My Shadow 我爱你，我的影子 [A highly intelligent male lead, a completely original world blending reality and illusion, no plagiarism, no hiatuses, no padding, no mindless decisions, no invincible hero, no saintly heroine] [No female lead • Bonds between people and shadows] Before we begin, do you really understand your shadow? Is it merely an optical phenomenon, or are you another version of yourself in a different dimension? If you can’t even trust your own shadow, can you still be sure the world is real? As the realms o 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 In a Horror Livestream, I Became a Monster’s Wife 在惊悚直播中，我穿成怪物的妻子 [The rating just came out (ˊ˘ˋ*)♡] [Infinite flow + livestream + mild horror + nonhuman characters + growth-oriented heroine] Yin Xianhan is a recent college graduate. The moment she opens her eyes, she sees nothing but darkness, and warm liquid splashes across her cheek. A man lies on the ground, eyes wide open, dead and staring. She stumbles back in fright, only to realize she isn’t even wearing shoes. She has on nothing but a white dress, with nothing at hand. She anxiously clasps her hands o 942Reads8.7Score157Shelves
- 124 Southern Song: A Mad Legitimate Daughter Arrives at Suiyue Nunnery 南宋：碎月庵来了个疯嫡女 [Historical Infinite Flow + Ensemble Cast of Ancient Women + No Romance + Southern Song Dynasty + Chinese Supernatural Tales] Hua Xiyin, the legitimate daughter of the Hua family, is sent off by her stepmother and stepsister to recuperate at a remote nunnery after she slaughters her grandmother at a birthday banquet. She expects to spend her days eating vegetarian meals, praying to Buddha, and taking it easy. But the moment she enters the nunnery, she steps into a resentful realm and begins clea 482Reads—Score101Shelves
- 125 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—Shelves
- 126 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—Shelves
- 127 The Backlash of Trust 信任的反噬 The Backlash of Trust 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 A Guide to Surviving the Ruins 遗迹生存指南 [Infinite Flow + mind games + ensemble cast + unraveling the world] (This story has a sequel, “Ruins of Nothingness,” with the original cast and even more exciting ruins! If you enjoyed this one, go give it a try~ The protagonist here is a bit reckless. After taking a beating in the sequel, he gets... a lot better.) The Evil God gave me dead-fish eyes, but I put them to diligent use at work., From He Ye’s diary … The materialist warrior (slacker) He Ye went astray, and only found the righteous 543Reads8.9Score121Shelves
- 129 When a Little Cutie Enters a Horror Game 当萌宝进入恐怖游戏 The world is made up of countless games, with horror and terror as their foundation. Players can do nothing but struggle to survive in death’s shadow, until they encounter… a little girl. The evil god in the ancient castle decorates a garden for her. The monsters at the amusement park dress up as her toys. The mechanical heart beats only for her. Player 1: Who would’ve thought I’d clear the game by clinging to this little girl’s coattails! Player 2: Help! I thought I was here to survive, but ins 2kReads8.5Score248Shelves
- 130 She Plays with Transmigrators Like They’re Dogs 破防！她玩穿越者跟玩狗似的 [The heroines are natives of transmigration, rebirth, and quick transmigration worlds + separate stories + sweet romance with mutual devotion + showbiz + horror games + historical eras + school life + apocalypse...] ♡ Showbiz: cold-hearted top-tier star × try-hard rapper ♡ A popular idol wants to join a dating show? A top star and actor falls for a C-list actress who’s hated by the whole internet? Lin Youning says she doesn’t respect it or approve, but they’d better stay together forever. Still, 495Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 131 Rule Horror: Who Let Her Cultivate Immortality?! 规则怪谈：是谁让她修仙的？！ [No Romance + Strong Female Lead + Powerful Heroine + Rule Horror + Infinite Realms + Supernatural Livestream + Cultivation System + Brain-Teasing Mysteries + Gorgeous, Powerful, and Satisfying + Lone Wolf + No Romance or Flirting + Plot-Driven + Mild Thrills and Horror] The Rule Horror livestream is a twisted amusement for a higher civilization. They randomly abduct humans from lower-level planets, drop them into horror worlds, and watch for entertainment. As a new round of horrors descends, ei 2.7kReads8.5Score578Shelves
- 132 Thriller Game: I Can Eavesdrop on Ghosts 惊悚游戏：我能偷听鬼话 [Infinite Flow] [No Female Lead] [Light Horror] [Multiple Twists] Six months ago, a blood mist sealed off Nandu City, trapping its ten million residents inside. Strange beings invaded the fog, and one abnormal incident after another unfolded. Lin Xu has no idea why he appeared in this city. A strange game appeared at the same time, forcing him to enter a horror instance every seven days, where death was all but certain. But the items he obtained in the game could be used against the strange enti 21.4kReads7.0Score2.2kShelves
- 133 Escape: After Coming Back to Life, I Only Play on SSS Difficulty 逃生：复活后我只玩SSS难度 [Infinite flow + no CP + survival game + heroine's growth + horror and suspense] (Chapters 26–51 can be skipped without affecting the rest of the story. Each stage is about 25 chapters long.) Ruoling, a second-year college student, was pulled into a horror dimension while playing The Final Escape. She was killed by the plot right from the start! After being revived, she obtained a mysterious black book and became a tech geek. She meets all kinds of god-tier teammates, fights her way to escape, s 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 A Night of Terror at the Rest Stop 休息站惊魂夜 A Terrifying Night at the Rest Stop 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 The Weird Game Begins, and the Secret of the Twins Can’t Stay Hidden 诡异游戏开启，双生秘密瞒不住 [Two powerful leads + Infinite Flow + suspenseful speculation + rebirth + System] Two entirely fictional settings, one in space and one in time, with two female leads. The timeline is fragmented, with many flashbacks told in reverse. There are no livestreaming scenes! The protagonist has dissociative identity disorder and delusions, so please read with caution if that bothers you. At the beginning, the protagonist, Cui Yining, dies in a car accident and is reborn in 2020. The System requires her 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 The Red Paper Umbrella: A Soul's Return 红纸伞之念魂归 The Red Paper Umbrella: A Thought to Bring the Soul Home 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 The Honest Man Slaughters His Way Through the Instance in a Live Stream 老实人在直播间杀穿副本 [Supernatural Livestream in the Apocalypse, Special Abilities, No Couple, Power Fantasy with a Strong Female Lead] A word of warning: Any supporting character whose name appears will die. It's only a question of sooner or later. Shen Yanqiu, who didn't awaken her special ability until she was sixteen, finally enters a supernatural instance. With her starting contract skill and her honest, straightforward image, she makes a name for herself in the livestream. Thanks to [Don't Pick on Honest Peo 280Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 138 Surviving Another Day in an All-Women's Apartment Complex 今天也在全女小区艰难生存 [Infinite Flow + Ordinary Protagonist] Ye Cheng got lost and ended up trapped in an all-female residential complex. As a resident, she could only earn money for daily necessities by outsmarting others in strategy games and horror games. Otherwise, death was all that awaited her. (The story focuses on the games themselves. All the players are women, so both the good and bad characters are female. NPCs in the game worlds may be male. The protagonist is an ordinary person, and she wins some games a 19.2kReads8.7Score2.8kShelves
- 139 How Dare She Cheat and Swindle Her Way Through a Horror Game! 大胆！她在惊悚游戏里坑蒙拐骗 [Light horror + easygoing comedy + System; horror, suspense, supernatural, and infinite-loop game dungeons] A quick heads-up: the novel has a male-male side pairing, so please read with that in mind. Yu Lan woke up in an unfamiliar place. After “persuading” the boss to help her get rid of a scumbag, she somehow cleared the game. System: [Welcome to the game world. Congratulations, you have qualified as a player. Sign this consent form, and I’ll be your System.] Yu Lan: [What do you mean, you’ll 1.3kReads8.4Score162Shelves
- 140 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 1.7kReads9.1Score226Shelves
- 141 The Miserable Good Life of a Born Unlucky Saint 先天倒霉圣体的霉好生活 When the world ran short of spiritual energy and the gods one by one lost their jobs, only the God of Misfortune survived, using her immense bad luck to save the world. Her unlucky nature was so potent that everyone else kept their distance. As haunted death zones plagued by ghosts and curses appeared one after another, a single misstep could mean eternal doom. But Yu Yingfan, the woman who became a god through bad luck, could not only stride through them with ease, but also save the world along 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 Rule Horror: Mirror Image 规则怪谈：镜像 Rule Horror: Mirror Image 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 Infinite: The Bad Luck Game 【无限】厄运游戏 [Strong Female Lead + Infinite-Worlds + No Romance + Mind Games] One evening, Ji Feihai suddenly lost consciousness while out for a walk. When she woke again, she had already been dragged into a bizarre game. According to the rules, only one of the eight players could survive. As the eight players faced off, would she show even the slightest mercy when forced to choose between her own life and the lives of others? Could she make it through one perilous or terrifying game after another? And faced 555Reads9.2Score148Shelves
- 144 Two Little Dogs: One Went to Heaven, the Other Stayed by My Side Until I Grew Old 两只小狗，一只去了天堂，一只陪我老去 Two little dogs: one went to heaven, and the other stayed by my side as I grew old. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 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 7.3kReads8.4Score962Shelves
- 146 Survival Game: They All Think I'm the World's Unluckiest Player 生存游戏：他们都把我当游戏非酋 [Strong Female and Male Leads + Adventure and Game-Clearing + Ultra-Modern World + Neither Has Been in Love Before + Focused on Fighting] Qiao Bai woke up one day as a game NPC, with no memories of her past, and only one mission after another from the central AI, each seemingly friendly but actually full of traps. She maintained a relationship with the big shot Gu Mingchuan that was equal parts rivalrous and friendly, while dealing with perilous instance missions and the dual identities of pl 128Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 147 On the Night We Get the House, My Husband Pretends to Be Poor and Leaves with Nothing 交房夜，装穷老公净身出户 On Moving-In Night, My Poor Husband Left With Nothing 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 Welcome to the Real Nightmare Game 欢迎进入真实噩梦游戏 [Infinite Flow] [Horror Dungeons] [Plot-Heavy] [Mind Games] [No Romance] [Mystery and Escape] [Supernatural] Zhao Ding woke with a start in the middle of the night, only to find that his familiar bedroom had become strangely unfamiliar. The walls had turned old and yellow, inexplicable dust had appeared in his slippers, and eerie knocking echoed through the silent night... Listening to the strange knocking outside, Zhao Ding had no idea that the world beyond his door was no longer reality. The m 33.8kReads8.1Score4.2kShelves
- 149 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 866Reads8.8Score127Shelves
- 150 A Fanfiction Author Braves the World of Horror 同人作者勇闯惊悚世界 Alternate title: “Horror Game, Qin Che, Save Me!!” [Qin Che CP (appears in the second dungeon) + Horror Game + Black-Hearted Heroine + Anime Crossover + Summoning Anime Characters] [Summoned characters: Bungo Stray Dogs, Jujutsu Kaisen, Aotu, Ye Luoli...] While writing on her computer, fanfiction author Cha Ling accidentally clicked an ad that popped up on the page. The ad was gruesomely violent and horrifying to look at. She hurried to close it, but no matter how many times she clicked, the pag 77Reads8.2Score—Shelves
