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- 1 I’m a Funeral Streamer, and My Prophecies Made Me Famous Nationwide 我一丧葬主播，依靠预言火爆全网 From the start, I was bound to the Funeral System. My livestream welcomes only those who are about to die. Other streamers get sports cars and yachts. When I put up a link, I send off a reckless influencer instead. Hater: "Ban this jinx of a streamer!" I calmly replied, "My friend, you look like death is hanging over you. Why not order a thin-walled nanmu coffin first? I'll give you a killer discount." My jealous rival: "If you're so good, curse me to die!" I sighed and put a top-of-the-line ebo 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Chronicles of Annihilation 寂灭编年史 He is Mo, the Recorder of the End, the embodiment of the universe's law of increasing entropy. Clad in a simple black robe, he has the silent starlight in his eyes. His pocket watch is soundless, its hands forever fixed on the final moment. His mission is to enter worlds fated for annihilation and witness their end as one of their inhabitants. Mo is neither god nor demon. He is only an observer and a catalyst. He immerses himself in civilizations locked in logical dead ends, saturated with suffe —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Rule Horror: The Ghost Wedding in Eastern Guangdong 规则怪谈：从粤东鬼娶亲开始 As the supernatural runs rampant, the entire world is forcibly dragged into death-game instances by the “Ghost Story App.” Wu Hao awakens his family's inherited Nuo opera talent. From the start, he enters the S-rank Lingnan urban legend: [A Ghost Wedding in Eastern Guangdong]. Red sedan, white lanterns, and the living ordered to stay away? He can see the true names of the supernatural beings and seal gods with his Nuo mask! From ghost weddings in urban villages to ancient gods in the deep sea, W 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Rule Horror: I Conquered the Myriad Realms Dungeon 规则怪谈：我闯过万相副本 On his first day at work, Chen Mo is thrown into an endless series of rule-based horror scenarios, trapped in one uncanny death trap after another. The red-clad female ghost of Mistveil Town, a blood-red wedding banquet that never ends, a deep-sea monster aboard a sunken ship, a world of fractured reflections, a cannibal village, a station where time twists, a vampire castle gripped by a blood curse, a cyber asylum that rewrites human nature, and a divine arena of unending slaughter... Ten scena —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 When the Strange Tales Arrive: I Win by Exploiting Loopholes 怪谈降临：我靠漏洞躺赢到无敌 While others follow the rules to survive, Lin Chen deciphers them and tears through every challenge! Global paranormal phenomena erupt, and uncanny rules are everywhere. Break them, and you’ll suffer anything from mutation to being devoured by the ruler of the domain! Lin Chen is cool-headed and fiercely protective, without a trace of saintly self-righteousness. After binding himself to the [Rule Analysis System], he begins a life of unstoppable power: Red rules? Find the loophole and turn them 3Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 6 Rule Horror: I Use Code to Rise Against the Ultimate Villain 规则怪谈：我靠代码逆袭最强反派 Rule horrors have descended across the globe, and humanity has become NPCs in eerie scripts. But I, Lin Jin, have been bound to the [Impostor System], forced to play the ultimate villain who drives the “hero” to grow. They think I’m following the script, but they don’t know that lines of code exposing the rules’ loopholes are floating before my eyes. [No loud noises]? I delete the word “no,” and the creepy teacher in the classroom starts belting out a song. [You must keep your head down]? I chan —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 I Run a Delivery Service in the Underworld, Specializing in Weird Ghosts 我在阴间开货来拉，专治奇葩鬼 [Infinite Flow] + [Weird Ghosts] + [Handling the Rules] + [Light Horror] + [Grounded in Reality] My name is Zhang Wei, a Huolala driver driven to the brink by my mortgage, car loan, and bizarre customers. Then one day, after I cursed out my hundredth passenger trying to freeload, my phone automatically downloaded “Hell’s Huolala.” From then on, my customers weren’t human. There was the domineering ghost who wanted to dodge highway tolls even after dying, the giant-baby ghost who demanded help mo —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 You Were Supposed to Survive, So Why Did You Drive the Supernatural Insane? 让你求生，你把诡异治疯了？ [Infinite Flow + Subversive Rule Horror + Unhinged Protagonist + Power Fantasy + Survival?] [Not traditional Rule Horror. Best enjoyed as a power fantasy.] The abyss descends, forcibly splitting reality into countless Rule Horror dungeons. The Gaokao Factory, the Flesh Apartment, the Dark University, the Flaying Train... All humanity desperately struggles to survive under the bizarre “rules that guarantee death.” But in the eyes of Lin Yan, a top criminal psychology profiler, the truth is comple —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Rule Horror: The Strange Chronicles of Journey to the West 规则怪谈：西游诡记 Rule Horror: Strange Records of the Journey to the West 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 When the Zombies Come: I Can See the Red Rules 丧尸来临：我能看见红色规则 [Zombies + rule-based horror] My name is Lin Shen. When the zombie outbreak began, I was brushing my teeth in Room 401 on the fourth floor. Four in the morning. The entire dormitory suddenly lost power. A sheet of paper appeared out of nowhere behind the dorm room door. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 A 1,001-Chapter Guide to Avoiding Insurance Pitfalls 保险避坑指南1001章 Here’s the synopsis for "A 1,001-Chapter Guide to Avoiding Insurance Pitfalls": Insurance is an adult’s safety net, and a mirror that lays bare human nature. In the unique format of “mystery stories plus hard-hitting education,” this book recounts the most realistic insurance mishaps ordinary people encounter when buying coverage: the man who mistook a thyroid nodule for a “pimple”; the blank policy that landed two successive wives in court against each other; the fatal phone call about “p 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Night Walk Without a Gate 无门夜行 Shen Zhao, a folk-custom archive restoration specialist, receives a “Death Certificate in His Own Name” and is forced into the Midnight Name-Claiming Game. He discovers that the city’s old customs demand names, identity documents, memories of family members, and social identities from the living, and that he can hear the typos that have been tampered with in the rules. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Rule Horror Conquers the World 规则怪谈征服到全世界 Lin Wang, a low-level wage earner, gets pulled into a Rule Horror game. Using his sharp reasoning, he spots loopholes in the rules, seizes supernatural abilities from the scenarios, builds a faction, and overthrows the ruling system. In the end, he faces the source of the horrors, but loses everyone close to him and stands alone at the summit. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Rule Horror: The Haunted House Sleep Tester Awakens a System 规则怪谈凶宅试睡员觉醒系统 After delivery driver Chen Du was swindled out of 1.2 million yuan, he unexpectedly awakened a System. Clearing rules lets him cash out. With his one particular skill, Chen Du searches the world for rule-based instances and makes a fortune! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Rule Horror: My Infinite Murder-Mystery Game 规则怪谈：我的剧本杀无限流 I’m Lin Xiao, an utterly ordinary college student. One day, I blinked and found myself dumped in a hellhole called the “Scripted Murder Mystery Game.” Other people draw identity cards like “Heir to a Celestial Master,” “Exorcist’s Disciple,” or “Successor to the Yin-Yang Eyes.” I draw: “Background NPC.” Well, fine. Guess I’m cannon fodder. In the first instance, “Midnight Funeral Hall,” a red-clad ghost is chasing everyone through the building and slaughtering them. Just as its claws are about t 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 This Was Supposed to Be Rule-Based Survival, So Why Are There Traps Everywhere? 说好的规则求生，怎么全是陷阱？ [Mystery + Mind-Bending Puzzles + Rule Horror + Urban Anomalies + Wits-and-Survival] If your survival handbook is itself a lie, how will you stay alive? When an invisible set of rules descends upon part of a city, turning it into a death zone, a group of people known as “cleaners” are forced to enter. Lin Chu is one of them, gambling his life to pay off a massive debt. The handbook in his hands is his only lifeline, and also the most dangerous trap. Are the rules a way out, or an even deeper dec —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Rule Horror: I Can Devour All the Uncanny 规则怪谈：我能吞噬一切诡异 [Rule-Based Horror + No Female Lead + National Fate + Intelligent Cast + Not Overpowered + Devouring the Supernatural] Rule-based horror descends upon the world. Chen Xin is chosen by one of these horrors and awakens an E-rank talent, “Starving Ghost.” The good news is that this ability can grow stronger. The bad news is that to develop it, he must confront the horrors within the rules head-on, or, to be precise, eat part of them. The power of whatever he devours becomes part of him and serves h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Rule Horror: A Nightmare During Naptime 规则怪谈之午睡惊魂 Zhou Gongjin and Wang Xing were at school when a horrifyingly bizarre game suddenly appeared at noon. Was it a rules-based horror phenomenon descending upon the world, or was someone behind it??? 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Rule Horror: From the Start, I’m Teaching the Supernatural How to Behave at Work 规则怪谈：开局给诡异上职场课 A bizarre game descends upon the world. Chosen ones must survive its dungeons, with the fate of their nations on the line. While chosen ones from other countries tremble before ghosts, Lin Tianya of the Dragon Kingdom is lost in thought. At the performance-driven Deathtrap Electronics Factory, he vents to the ghost foreman: “Bro, you’re working yourself to the bone. Did the boss give you any shares?” The ghost foreman has an epiphany and leads every ghost in the factory straight into the chairma —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Rule Horror: My Sanity Has No Bottom 规则怪谈：我的理智值深不见底 When Rules of the Realm descended upon the world and randomly selected “visitors” to enter deadly instances, Chen Mo realized he was a little different. Others’ minds plummeted as they were corrupted, but he stayed cool as a cucumber. Others recklessly tested the rules’ limits, but he chose to lie flat. Others racked their brains to survive, while he... Well, it seemed the instances didn’t like him? [Ding! Abnormal mental threshold detected. Binding talent: Absolute Rationality (Passive)] [Absol 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Rules Descend: I Break the Deadlock Through Reincarnation 规则降临：我靠轮回破局 Rules Descend: I Break the Deadlock Through Reincarnation 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Glitch Entity: I Rule Two Worlds with Bugs 故障体：我靠BUG统治两界 Glitch Entity: I Rule Two Worlds with Bugs —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 72 Hours: I Hacked God 72小时·我黑入了神 72 Hours: I Hacked God —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 A Haunting? I Play Dirtier Than It Does 怪谈？我比它更不讲武德 The old-book shop on Qingyan Alley is called Silent Words Studio. The characters for “Words” and “Studio” have fallen off the sign, leaving only “Silent.” Its owner, Gu Yan, carries a pocket watch left behind by his mother and keeps cola in his insulated cup, without goji berries. He cannot communicate with spirits or exorcise demons. He believes only one thing: ghost stories run on rules, and rules have loopholes. If there’s a loophole, you can turn it against them, preferably with a touch of r —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 After I Escaped, the World Erased Me Forever 我逃出来后，被世界永久删除 After I escaped, the world permanently deleted me. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Rule Horror: The Company’s Haunting 规则怪谈：公司诡事 A mysterious media company. All kinds of people. They're drawn into bizarre tales of the supernatural. Watch as they overcome one obstacle after another. The story contains plenty of horror, so read with caution. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Rule Horror: I Stay Alive by Solving Murder Cases! 规则怪谈：我以破解凶杀案续命！ With my life running short, I searched for the secrets of life so I could keep living! I stumbled into a murder case. After solving it, I unexpectedly gained more time to live. From then on, I walked in the darkness, searching for clues to survive and bringing the truth to light. As for me, as long as I stay within the rules, I will live forever! 73Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Rule Horror: My Modifier Can Change Anything 规则怪谈：我的修改器能改万物 [Half rules-based horror (?), half infinite-flow, business management, mystery-solving, no heroine] The horror tales descend, and every instance is a death trap. While everyone else is being chased around the “Eternal Night Mall” by mirror ghosts, Chu Yuan stands at the checkout counter with a smile and asks, “Would you like a membership card? Top up 1,000 and get the ‘Come Back for More’ BUFF. The ghosts won't chase you, guaranteed.” That's because he awakened the SSS-rank talent [Rule Modifier 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Rules-Based Horror for All: Sun Wukong Lives Inside Me 全民规则怪谈：我体内住着孙悟空 [Mystery and imagination]+ [Urban supernatural powers]+ [Rule Horror]+ [Journey to the West mythology]+ [Apocalypse]+ [Infinite Flow] At midnight one day, the Heavenly Dao collapsed. Eighty-one rifts in the rules tore open the mortal world. Each was an independent horror scenario: follow the rules to survive, break them and die, and clear a scenario to obtain a fragment of divine power. College student Sun Xing was sent flying by a truck. As he hovered on the brink of death, a wisp of a remnant —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Long Night Turns West 长夜向西 At the end of the hospital corridor, Wen Xiao knelt before the Bodhisattva and bowed three times. The Bodhisattva did not answer. Then the System came. She could travel to other worlds to fulfill people's wishes. If she died, she alone would die; if she lived, she and her mother would live together. She would wager her life for one chance to keep her mother alive. No matter how long the night, if you keep heading west, dawn will come. Mom, wait for me to come back. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Guiyuan: Hong Kong Under Siege 归元HK围城 Lin Zhao woke up in a morgue's refrigerated drawer with only one number on his wristband: LY-0001. He didn't know who he was. All he knew was that his right hand could transform into a black jade bone blade, and that devouring the infected let him read their memories. In the post-apocalyptic city of HK, the infected weren't mindless zombies. They shared a hive mind, and each one was a tendril of some ancient entity. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Trapped in a Shopping Paradise, I Fought My Way Through the Rules of Survival 被困购物天堂后，我硬闯生存规则 Trapped in a shopping paradise, I fought my way through the rules of survival. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Paranormal Invades: From the Start, I Can See Death Replay 诡异入侵，开局我能看到死亡回放 “After lights out, do not open the door for anyone!” When the paranormal descends upon a boarding high school and monsters prowl the dormitory halls, students and teachers alike become lambs led to slaughter. Lin Que is trapped in the middle of it all, but fortunately awakens an SSS-rank skill: Demon Eye. He can see all the possibilities of the future. He can even replay events from the past. And with every survival challenge he clears, the power of his Demon Eye grows stronger. The indescribabl —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Eerie Elevator: I Became the Instance Master 诡异电梯：我成了副本主人 [A strange-tale livestream descends, and each of 196 countries around the world selects one chosen participant.] [Rule One: If a chosen participant dies, a strange tale descends upon their country.] [Rule Two: The livestream is broadcast worldwide and cannot be turned off.] [Rule Three: There are no rewards, only punishments.] Chen Mo was among the first chosen participants. He survived the first instance, “A Happy Home,” becoming the first person in the world to escape a strange tale. Not thr 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Rule Horror: The Smiling Granny 规则怪谈：笑脸婆婆 No one told Mo Qing that the price of being reborn was carrying the suffocating sensation of being sewn into a doll by the “Smiling Granny” and the agony of being torn apart by the reflection in “Mirror Alley,” only to stand once more in the morning light of July 15. He clutched the burning safety pendant and looked back. Bai Yu was bent over an old, yellowed notebook. The scribbled words they had never managed to decipher before they died were now highlighted in red by his brother: “Don't touch —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Rule Horror: I Can Reproduce Fatal Injuries Without Limit 规则怪谈：我能无限复写致命伤 [Urban Supernatural] [Rule Horror] [Anomaly Investigation] [Unique Ability] On his twenty-seventh day of unemployment, Liang Nan'ai finally found a company offering a monthly salary of 9,000 yuan and full social insurance and housing fund benefits. The company was on a nonexistent sixth floor. Everyone who failed the selection process was bricked up inside the walls. Liang Nan'ai refused the job, then casually tore the company apart. He can take an injury off a dead person and inflict it on the 7Reads—Score108Shelves
- 37 Rule Horror: I Work as an Auditor at a Hospital 规则怪谈：我在医院做审计 Rule-Based Horror + Sci-Fi + Apocalypse + Mystery + Deduction + No Female Lead + Battles of Wits + Data-Driven On my first day working at a bizarre hospital, I discovered that every death record stopped at 3:17 a.m. As a former medical insurance bureau auditor, I can see a fatal bug in how this world operates. To me, every anomaly in the data appears as a pulsing red bloodline. They don't know that I'm not auditing the accounts. I'm investigating the people who were "automatically discharged" 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Celestial Master and Corpse Master Descend the Mountain, While the War God Joins Them to Protect the Nation’s Fortune 天师天尸双下山，军神联手镇国运 CP + two men and one woman + apocalyptic survival + Rule Horror + national destiny battle + team-ups + strategic mind games and power struggles + ensemble cast + powerful allies joining forces The apocalyptic disaster arrived, the supernatural revived, and rule-based instances swept across the globe. The fate of all humanity became tightly bound to the national fortunes of each country. Zhang Xinyu, a sword-wielding Heavenly Master, sees through illusions and probes every mystery; Ling Chengyou, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Uncanny World, Save Me, Miss! 诡异世界，大小姐救我！ Also known as: I Survive Rule-Based Horror by Clinging to Powerful Allies. Chen Feng, a funny guy in a horror world and a regular at the bar, is tricked into a paranormal university. To survive the strange instance worlds governed by one bizarre rule after another, he needs to latch onto a powerful ally. His current one is about to graduate, so he sets his sights on the next: a little Taoist girl whose father kept her locked up for eighteen years, and who has been learning Maoshan magic since el 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 You Told Me to Take the Civil Service Exam, So Why Did I End Up at Bureau 749? 让你考公，你上岸749局？ [Rule-Bound Horror + National Destiny + God-Slaying + Ruthless Protagonist + Mastermind Behind the Scenes + Unstoppable] After three years of civil-service exams and seven failures, a twist of fate lands me in Bureau 749. Other people use peachwood swords and black donkey hooves to catch ghosts. I pull out a copy of the Administrative Penalties Regulations. A red-clad female ghost is out for blood? First, file for a replacement death certificate! Zombies are causing trouble at a construction —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Ghost Story Livestream: Earning Points in Journey to the West 怪谈直播间：我在西游赚积分 [No national fate system + infinite-flow horror + rule-based mysteries + modern reimagining of Journey to the West + one heroine] Li Zhou is transported into an apocalyptic prophecy novel. On New Year’s Day, 2026, the supernatural arrives right on schedule. The homeroom teacher’s head spins 180 degrees on the lectern, and a classmate’s face grows out of their throat. He accidentally binds himself to a horror livestream System: the more frightened the viewers are, the more points he earns. So 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Rule Horror: The Crowned Sun Descends 规则怪谈：冕日降临 Multiple heroines + mindless wish fulfillment + women constantly tearing into one another + absolutely brainless. The kind where your brain is welded shut from chapter one. More heroines, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 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—Shelves
- 44 Rule Horror: Abyss Metro 规则怪谈：深渊地铁 [Rules-Based Horror + Infinite Flow + Suspenseful Mysteries + Deduction and Puzzles + Character Growth] The ticket gate spat out a blood-red ticket. It read: Welcome aboard the Abyss Metro. This train is bound for Level 18. That was the first time Cheng Chi learned that the subway he crammed onto every day could take him to hell. Every station brought new rules. The rules could change, deceive, and contradict one another. Some died in the glass reflections on the Mirror Platform. Some walked 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Rule Horror: I Can See the Deleted Rules 规则怪谈，我能看见被删除的规则 Rules horror descends upon the world. The Midnight Convenience Store, Happy Apartments, Red Umbrella School, and Abandoned Subway appear one after another. All survivors must follow the rules to stay alive. Break them, and you die. But Lu Chen, a night-shift clerk, discovers he can see the deleted Rule Zero. From then on, he stops passively struggling to survive. He analyzes the rules, turns them to his advantage, and strikes back against the horrors. Until one day, he discovers that every horro 15.9kReads5.4Score1.8kShelves
- 46 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—Shelves
- 47 You Were Supposed to Join the Horror Game, Not Become the Horror! 让你参加怪谈，没让你成为怪谈！ [Rule Horror] [National Fate] [Livestream] [Infinite Flow] Rule Horror descends, National Fate is bound, and the whole world is watching on Livestream! Those chosen must fight for humanity’s survival in eerie dungeons. Lu Jin, a library employee, becomes Longguo’s chosen one. While the other chosen ones struggle to survive, he exploits game bugs. By analyzing the rules and manipulating people, he steals energy from the dungeons instead. In the eyes of the world watching the Livestream, he p 259Reads—Score101Shelves
- 48 I’m a Real Man, but I’m a Sissy Boy in a Horror Story Livestream 我，纯爷们，怪谈直播当男娘 [No romance + rule-based horror + logical deduction + Infinite Flow + mild horror + humorous references] 1. A female ghost sews her parents together and keeps them in the refrigerator. You threaten her pathological devotion to her family. 2. Your “other self” hates you. Kill them? Are you sure you won't die too? He Ling's talent is Simulation and Deduction. But he was strangled to death by a female ghost from the start, before he could even use his talent. His only chance to revive was gone. The 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Rule Horror: I Dismantle the World at a Wellness Center 规则怪谈：我在康养中心拆解世界 At four in the morning, three black cars stopped outside the convalescent center. They took away Subject 047, a “madman” who had lived there for five years and never taken medication. Qingshan City was swallowed by the rules. All three squads sent to break the deadlock had gone missing. The Bureau dug out the last page of his file: “This subject’s thought patterns are unconventional and unsuitable for standard treatment.” Others use their wits to break the rules. He does it by going mad. Because —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 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” 4Reads—Score—Shelves
