Novels like Investigator of the Old Days
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- 1 Am I Really an Evil God?! 我到底是不是邪神啊！！！！ A young archaeologist accidentally unearths a brass compass and somehow transmigrates into the body of a young man named Randolph. At first, he thinks it's just an ordinary transmigration. Then he discovers that he's arrived in a world where countless gods coexist and constantly clash, and that he might be... an evil god? He overcomes countless hardships and trials, and finally reaches the pinnacle. But as he looks at the intelligent-mechanical nun, evil gods, saints, noble girls, sirens, hunter 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Marriage Match Failed? I Sacrifice the Nine-Tailed Fox Instead 婚配失败？我反手献祭九尾妖狐 The countdown to a world-ending calamity begins, and the Savior Game descends. One man from each country around the world is randomly selected to enter another dimension and marry a woman from one of the myriad races, all to win fortune for their nation! Chen Yu, who had just been fired from his job, is chosen by accident, only to discover that he can see a [Marriage Appraisal] that no one else can. While contestants from other countries go wild over stunning beauties, he sees things differently 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Eerie Descent: I Become a Cthulhu Deity 诡异降临：我化身克苏鲁神明 [Overpowered protagonist + supreme gravitas + Cthulhu + cultivation + the uncanny] A strange passage connects Earth to thousands of worlds… Vengeful ghosts claim lives, monsters prey on people, uncanny entities run rampant, and gods descend. A cultivation game interface has brought Meng Xing on a Cthulhu-esque cultivation journey. From the start, he obtains three supreme treasures, cultivation methods, and spells left behind by the game’s three peerless Celestial Venerables. It’s just that their 746Reads—Score102Shelves
- 4 Cthulhu Survival: I’m an Utterly Evil Tree Demon 克苏鲁求生：我是极恶树妖 Am I a tree? Do my traits refresh every day? Was I already being eaten by bugs right after I was born? Killing people in three days... taking a city in ten... From a tiny sapling, I evolve into an evil tree demon that brings calamity upon the world! 600Reads—Score103Shelves
- 5 Narrative Paradox 叙事悖论 Also known as: The Healer Who Maxed Out His Healing Is Wanted Worldwide by the Old Gods [Cthulhu] [Superpowers] [Leveling Up] [Slow-Burn] [Not Mindless] [Not Invincible] [No Female Lead] Shen Yuexing wakes in a pool of holy water and discovers that he has arrived in a mysterious world. This is one corner of countless parallel universes, already eroded and corrupted by the Outer Gods and on the verge of collapse at any moment. He has been chosen as a [Narrative Corrector] and given the power to f 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Geniuses, Offer Up Your Laziness and Loyalty 天才们，献上你们的懒惰以及忠诚 (This isn’t some amazing book. It’s just an ordinary, unprofitable book. There are no brilliant ideas or novel plotlines. Whatever story you’re looking for, you won’t find it here. All this book has is plain, unadorned twists.) [Mystery-solving challenges]+ [Light ensemble cast]+ [Mind-bending twists] In an academy full of geniuses, among a group of people skilled at using their minds, you are a parasitic host. As it happens, you are a shadowy creature many people want dead. As it happens, you a 8Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 7 Evolution Begins with Cosmic Monsters 从宇宙怪兽开始进化 [Monster evolution, ruthless combat, survival in space] Deep in the vast cosmos, in the cargo hold of a spaceship made of cold metal, I have to admit: I’ve become a hostile alien creature in a sci-fi survival game. [Due to special circumstances (blood, violence, etc.), this novel is written in first person. Thank you for understanding.] [This story uses long chapters, each between 2,500 and 5,000 words. Please don’t put it on hold just because there aren’t many chapters! I’m begging you!] 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Physician of Strange Diseases 异疾之医 Traditional Chinese medicine and folk culture, Chinese-style cosmic horror, true to the original Cthulhu style Chen Yang was a doctor working at a small clinic. But when one of his patients developed a bizarre illness, he was swept into a terrifying chain of events. As he follows the trail left by the disease and investigates, the dreadful truth hidden in the dark reaches of the universe gradually comes into view... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Sand Eye 沙瞳 [No golden finger + Multiple twists + Biological modification + Logical deduction + Cthulhu] [Not a feel-good power fantasy] A research expedition stumbles into a village of sand beneath an eternal daylight. Its villagers stand motionless like sand sculptures, while black vines devour people. Only after risking their lives to reverse time do the expedition members discover that the entire village is made up of lifeless experimental puppets, part of a cruel experiment staged as a game, perhaps in —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 When the Stars Return to Their Places, I Cultivate Immortality Through Corruption 群星归位时，我以污染修仙 After transmigrating into the apocalypse, with zombies surrounding the city, Lin Yuan thought he was just following an ordinary end-of-the-world script. That was until the day he saw the entire city’s zombies kneel together toward the starry sky, their flesh twisting into blasphemous totems. Only when the cultivation technique that had inexplicably awakened within him began frantically sounding the alarm did he realize: this wasn’t a biohazard outbreak. Something beyond comprehension had arrived 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Beneath the Divine Gaze 神视之下 [Cthulhu Mythos + Legends and Myths + Urban] My name is Han Shi. What I’m about to tell you may be hard to accept, but you’d better listen. Every legend in the world really happened, and some are still active today. The myths may be beautiful, but behind them lies a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. The conflict between the rules affects more than ordinary living beings. Even the gods are nothing but slightly bigger playthings. Yes, we’ve discovered the gods. But you’d better not pray to t 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Cthulhu Has Descended, and I Can See Sanity Values 克苏鲁降临，我能看到理智值 [Cthulhu] + [Eerie] + [Doomsday Descends] + [Ensemble Cast] + [The Protagonist Is an Ordinary Person] Gu Yuan was reborn, and after living an ordinary life for twenty years, a sudden mutation struck. A plague swept across the globe, bringing eerie changes: tentacles sprouted, and scales covered people's bodies. Strange prompts appeared out of nowhere, and there was no way to cure the mutations. As this global crisis unfolded, Gu Yuan had only a few memories to rely on as he faced the call of Cth 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Chronicles of the Cthulhu Tide’s Manifestation 克苏鲁溺时显影录 I came to an unfamiliar place. Who am I? That question has always haunted me. Maybe the answer is in my memories... but I can't find them. My memories don't belong to me. Am I 035? Am I Lin Shen? Am I Lin Qian? Is this world real? Still, at least I have a camera of my own. That's all I need. P.S. The pacing is slow at first. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Do Not Open the Gate to Heaven 莫启天门 When the Jin army marched south once again, its spearhead aimed straight at Lin’an, an inhuman roar rose from beneath the earth. Seawater surged inland, and enormous tentacles tore through the city walls. Before the awakening Evil God, humanity’s wars and the rise and fall of dynasties were no more than insignificant background noise. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 I Burned One Hundred Thousand Volumes of Demon Tomes 我焚了十万卷妖书 I burned a hundred thousand volumes of demon books, thinking I was protecting the mortal world. Then the hundred-thousand-and-first volume arrived from an ancient temple in the wilderness, bearing only my pen name. I asked three veteran handwriting experts to examine it, and they all said I had written it. That night, the old expert who had authenticated it died suddenly, clutching a waist token from the Imperial Observatory. I began to suspect one thing: Were the hundred thousand volumes of dem —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Eldritch World: From the Start, I Become a Folklorist 克系世界，开局成为民俗学者 As a folklorist in the government's Strange Records Bureau, Chen Yan was told by everyone around him that this was a career full of promise. The pay was excellent, and he even got to travel on the government's dime. Chen Yan nodded. “Right, right, you're all right.” Then he looked at the notes, where the words writhed and twisted, baring their fangs, and the corner of his mouth twitched. 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Man Who Could Not Carry the Coffin 不能拖棺的人 [Western fantasy + Lovecraftian horror + another world + one heroine + search for memories + villain protagonist + ensemble cast + slow burn] When history becomes a curse, memory itself is the original sin I woke in the ruins with nothing but empty memories and a lonely soul. Searching for the person I used to be, I followed my past through city after city. Along the way, I saw the forgotten “Hero” and “Demon King,” the great and evil ancient sorcerer Ibon, three hundred years of horrors, grudge —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Uncanny Returns, So Why Has Cthulhu Returned Too? 诡异复苏，怎么克苏鲁也复苏了？ [Cthulhu Mythos] + [Eldritch Creatures] + [Eerie Revival] + [Eastern and Western Mythologies] + [Semi-Infinite Flow] Eerie phenomena have returned worldwide, and their deadly rules are sweeping across the globe. Either drive the ghosts back to the underworld, or seal them inside your own body. Ghost hunters around the world join forces. B-Rank Phenomenon: Vengeful Ghost A bodiless, invisible ghost that devours people. A-Rank Phenomenon: Ghost Wedding Make your skin the groom and your bones the b 7Reads—Score119Shelves
- 19 Pollution? Tell That to My Dunwich Luck 污染？和我的敦威治大运说去吧 I worked overtime, and the company was gone. As I stared at the office reduced to rubble, the bald team leader, who had only one eye, patted me on the shoulder. “Xiao Li, the company's been struggling lately. You'd better find another shift to work.” “Wait, bro, what about my N+1 compensation?” The team leader clenched his fist, the veins bulging, and struggled to keep his voice calm. “Be reasonable. Our little company can't keep you on, but I've already found you another place. Besides, you wor 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Fragments of Abyssal Dreams 渊梦残章 [A lightly modified version of the original Cthulhu Mythos setting] [Give it a few more chapters] [Solid logic] [A slow start] In the unknown abyss of the boundless universe, on the chaotic edge where illusion and reality intertwine. The universe is but a tiny phantom, time no more than a disorderly flow! Your gaze tears open a rift in reality, connecting us to the palace of The Great Ruler. The melody of chaos, the end of order. We dance to this melody, and go mad to its tune. We offer you our 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Rift in the Abyss: We Awakened the Old Ones 深渊裂隙：我们唤醒旧日支配者 In 1992, U.S. Army Major Austin takes charge of the top-secret project "Abyss Watch." One hundred and thirty meters beneath the desert, a strange fissure spreads madness into the world above. Five elite soldiers are ordered into the abyss, with Austin directing their investigation remotely. A videotape that appears out of nowhere exposes a horrific secret from the past: To spy on the secrets underground, the military sacrificed living people. A thousand meters below ground, an ancient stone gate —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Cthulhu: London's Black Tide 克苏鲁：伦敦黑潮 London, 1895. The embers of the Industrial Revolution are still burning, and the foul stench of the Thames hangs over the city. Philemon, a retired soldier with a secret to hide, is drawn into a series of bizarre incidents: a mysterious green meteorite, a mad scientist, mutated fish-men, and “Spring-Heeled Jack,” lurking in the shadows. He tries to uncover the truth using knowledge and experience from the twenty-first century, only to find himself being swallowed by darkness. As the sound of wav 336Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 23 Global Mutation: I Fight an Evil God for Followers 全民畸变我和邪神抢信徒 [Mutation Sequences] [Cthulhu] [Ten Days of Calamity] [Dark Fantasy] Everyone transmigrates to a world of mutations, where each person can awaken a Mutation Sequence. This is a hell of mutations where all are equal. Do your best to survive: every sequence holds the possibility of becoming a god. This is a hell ruled by mutant evil gods, and a stage for those who wield Mutation Sequences. There is no sun here, only the Mutant Black Moon controlled by the evil gods. On the first night, the lowly s 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Come, Let's Go See What Ascending to Heaven Is Like 走，和我一起去飞升看看 [Xuanhuan Mystery + Protecting the Nation + Interwoven Bonds Among a Cast of Characters + No System] The fourth day of the eleventh month of the Wuxu year. Across the world’s cultivation community, everything except for the gifted young cultivators began to change. That included my master, Chen Xuanjun, the leader of the Daoist sects. He smiled at me as he peeled all the skin from his own body. Muttering, “My attire is improper. How can I face the true god?” Seven years later, my superior’s youn 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 A Bite Out of the Azure Heavens 苍天一蚀 [Bizarre apocalypse + multiple heroines + sanity meter plummeting + facing the gods head-on + socialist values] I, unable to die, watch myself through the world. Before the black hole, I look up and see countless versions of myself arranged one after another along a Mobius strip. Then I’m sucked into the black hole in an instant. The eerie red moonlight holds the power to bring the dead back to life, while the red false sun in the sky drags everyone into a world of death with its tentacles. The —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 An Evil God, but an Honest One 邪神，但是老实人 An Evil God discovered a believer. After observing them for a while, On a dark and stormy red-moon night, the Evil God found the human and asked, “Would you be willing to become my believer?” Evil God Muse thought it over. “I permit you to summon me.” When I’m short on money, Muse silently added. Beneath the red moon, its light fell upon the human’s pale, frail face. He looked at the mighty Evil God who had just uttered a string of maddening mutters at him, and whom Muse had casually pinned bene 4.1kReads8.2Score380Shelves
- 27 The World Is So Broken, Even the System Wants to Run Away 世界太崩坏，系统都要跑路 [Transmigrator, open your eyes. I'm your golden finger, the System you're about to ditch and run away from. This world is too dark and broken for me to handle. I'm out!] “No, System! You can't leave! How am I supposed to survive without you?!!!” [What does that have to do with me? Poor unlucky soul, you're facing an apocalypse where an Evil Eye devours the sun; dark shadows haunt the world beneath a shroud of gray mist; artificial intelligence goes rogue; bizarre rules are everywhere; the dead r 201Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 28 Rule Horror: Watching Ads Gets You Extra Rewards 规则怪谈：看广告能得到格外奖励 ([Cthulhu Mythos Universe]+ [Rule Horror]+ [National Fate]+ [No Female Lead]+ [A Little Livestreaming]) (The title was picked at random because the author wasn't thinking straight. The story mainly combines Rule Horror with the Cthulhu Mythos.) The uncanny descends. All falls silent. The days are filled with dread. When will it ever end? I died, but I'm alive again? Li Zhi, who was killed by a car, is accidentally swallowed by the Uncanny Space and becomes an adventurer for the Dragon Nation. Un 648Reads8.1Score107Shelves
- 29 Seeking Existence Amid Extinction 于消亡中寻求存在 The darkness consumes the universe, and civilizations vanish and fade away. The future is shrouded in darkness. By the will of the gods, Shang Yang arrives in this world of despair. Was it all a scheme, or was it help? Walking the path of life, one must be either ruthless or filled with great love. “I will become a god and tell the myth of a god who loves all living beings!” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 I’ve Become an Old One, and the Mysteries Are Only Now Invading Reality? 我都成旧日了，诡秘才入侵现实？ [Just launched, so the rating will rise over time] [Cthulhu] [Rising and Falling] [Death Rewind] My name is Su Xing. Today is a special day. I got a System. Every time I die, I gain a trait. But why does every single one of these traits... make me more and more like a monster? You were killed by a blade. Gained [Nothing Can Escape the Blade]: It moves at the prompting of your will and strikes as you will it. It cannot be stopped and cuts through everything. You were bitten to death by an imposto 213.3kReads7.5Score33.4kShelves
- 31 Whispers of Decay 腐语低喃 Life always brings its share of hardships, and everyone needs a little courage now and then. Death is a profound matter. If you were given a chance to be reborn, but not in your original world, would you accept? Lin Yuan’s identity in this world: the eleventh-generation descendant of Count Howard Elkins of the Kingdom of Aquitania, a lost noble, a traitor to the gods, a banished bearer of tainted blood, and a seasoned theology enthusiast in Seer Harbor. A lost civilization, the glory of an ancie 96Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Tower Keeper's Diary 守塔人日记 The fan group is up! Group number: 817759346. It’s called the Anomaly Archives. Everyone’s welcome to join!!! (*￣︶￣) A slow-burn blend of SCP, Cthulhu, and an alternate world. Anomalies and reality, monsters and humanity, flesh that devours bodies, organs that create worlds, and a world that defies science. In a war against anomalies, how can ordinary people survive? 180Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 33 The Evil God Taught Me Math and Science: Bad Grades Make You Mutate 邪神教我数理化，成绩不好就异化 [Knowledge Ascension + Lovecraftian + Mist + Soul Transmigration] Xue Ba, a civil engineer, unexpectedly transmigrates to the Misty Continent and becomes a refugee, scraping by by serving time in prison on someone else's behalf. Then one day, after being framed as a serious criminal, he glimpses a god during an evil ritual. They say that anyone who understands a god's whispers can gain the power it bestows. As it happens, Xue Ba understands the god's cryptic babbling: language, math, physics, ch 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Investigator: The Bizarre Black Door 调查员：怪诞黑门 (Infinite Flow, Cthulhu, horror, plot-focused, no System, not a power fantasy, no harem, not mindless, no cliches. Read at your own discretion.) (Note at the end of the blurb: Read before starting!) When Bai Yu died and opened his eyes again, he heard the first declaration. [The hammer strikes the primer, the bullet smashes the skull. You have successfully knocked on the Black Door.] He discovered that he was trapped in an old, frail body. The Black Door had already begun announcing the conditio 508Reads8.7Score101Shelves
- 35 The Day Order Collapsed: Call Me High Priest! 失序之日：请叫我主祭大人！ [Cthulhu Mythos + Supernatural Horror + Superpowers + Decisive and Ruthless + High-IQ Protagonist + Sci-Fi + Scheming Male Lead + No Female Lead] The year is 2064. This is a message for you, 30 years ago. By the time you read this, the Day of Disorder will have arrived. You’re playing games at an internet cafe right now. Remember: under no circumstances should you look at that post! Don’t look directly into “Its” eyes! Note: Remember! Don’t lose yourself in the game! I died while playing! An 64Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 36 High Martial: I Don't Want a Lovecraftian Golden Finger! 高武诡异：我不要克系金手指！ [Cthulhu, high-martial arts, eerie, mass misinterpretation] Xie Feng. A hardcore Cthulhu fan who had spent seven years playing Call of Cthulhu tabletop games transmigrated to a high-martial-arts world after rolling a fumble during a session. He became the most useless outcast of the Xie family: nineteen years old, with the lowest-grade constitution and only one meridian opened. He figured that being useless wasn't so bad. At least the high-martial-arts world was better than Cthulhu: monsters cou 1.5kReads7.2Score147Shelves
- 37 The Sea Without Eyes 无瞳之海 This story follows Elena Shaw’s horrifying discoveries in the remote fishing town of Arkham. After she is invited to study a strange statue unearthed in the basement of a local church, a series of supernatural events unfolds: fishermen mutter deliriously about dreams beneath the sea, the tides bring in the remains of indescribable creatures, and ancient families guard dark secrets. As her investigation deepens, Elena gradually realizes that the town lies atop a fissure between reality and nightm 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Sequence: Stop Worshiping Me, I'm Really Not an Evil God 序列：别拜了，我真不是邪神 Read the reviews, they’re all glowing! You won’t regret giving it a try! [Unhinged + Villain Protagonist + Ruthless + No Holding Back on Power Levels + Dark Humor + Sequence Containment + No System + Not Mindless + Cthulhu] [Nine Paths to Godhood, eighty-one Sequence Professions, each with its own unique traits. Just read it and see!] “My name is Chen Mu. I’m still childlike, inexperienced in the ways of the world, and I believe in all that is true, good, and beautiful. In short, I’m just an 133Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 39 1927 Shanghai: Facing the Old-Era Evil Gods 1927魔都：直面民国旧日邪神 I transmigrate to the Shanghai slums of 1927 and, from the start, stumble upon a sacrifice to an evil god! Fishmen howl, whispers eat away at the soul. This Republic of China is nothing like the history books: the ancient Cthulhu gods are reviving amid the chaos, refugees are becoming their followers, warlords worship evil gods, and the foreign concessions conceal an abyss! Luckily, I bind myself to the ancient Record of Exorcism. It lets me decipher blasphemous symbols, dispel low-level horrors 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 You’re Planting an Evil God in the Ground? Are You Sure That’s Right? 把邪神种在地里你确定没搞错？ After transmigrating to a steampunk world, I became a druid. I had planned to live out my days growing crops in peace. But then the Evil Gods descended, and Lovecraftian horror engulfed the world. My golden finger was a support System with no combat ability. It displayed only one despair-inducing message: [Handbook of the Unknowable Ecology: 0.003% unlocked] While the Church burned heretics and the Empire relied on its iron cannons, I took a path no one could understand: To study Them, unders 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Above the Abyss of Delusion 妄渊之上 [Cultivation + sci-fi + urban + Cthulhu + ensemble cast + golden finger + single heroine] Ren Xing transmigrates to another world where cultivation and technology are twisted together. His spiritual roots are damaged, and his path to immortality is cut off. He was once taken in with kindness, only to be betrayed without hesitation. In the end, he was offered up as a sacrifice and thrown into the abyssal ghosts’ lair. Yet in the depths of despair, he turned the calamity itself against itself. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Our Whole Class Transmigrated, and The Fourth Calamity Descended on a Cosmic Horror World 全班穿越，第四天灾降临克系世界 [Whole Class Transmigrates] [Chat Group] [Cosmic Horror World] [Wild Imagination] The Fourth Calamity versus indescribable creatures. The world has a Western fantasy feel at first, but later on it is basically a cosmic horror world. [The Current Title Contest Is Underway] (This book is a slow burn, so make sure you stick with it! (>人<;)) One morning, we all woke up to find that our entire class had transmigrated to a polluted Western continent. The System gave us two choices: 1. Fight our way th 244Reads—Score100Shelves
- 43 File No. 00 00号档案 Case File 00: When Your Gaze Becomes Part of the Story Would you dare open a “living book”? Welcome to a narrative universe woven from “folds in the text,” a real world that trembles with every word you read. Here: ✍️ Words are existence: Every character breathes with life. Each comment you leave will tear through the folds of space and time, rewriting the characters’ fates. ⏳ Folded time and space: Time is no longer a straight line, but a sheet of paper you can crumple and reshape. Fold the w 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Cthulhu Era: Starting from Sequence Zero 克苏鲁时代，从第零序列开始 Cthulhu + Sequences + Outer Gods + Calls from the Unknown, Whispers in Your Ear. The age of Cthulhu has arrived. Li Fan accidentally transmigrates into the body of a count’s son. Demons hatch their schemes, the Church fights back, and Cthulhu’s call beckons. Step into the history of sequence evolution and help build a new nation. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 A Faded World 褪色世界 [Urban Fantasy / Light Sci-Fi / Cthulhu Mythos / Mystery and Growth / Ensemble Cast / Pure Romance] Synopsis: A poker-faced genius high school student with a self-healing cheat ability is swept into the undercurrents of a bloodborne curse, a mysterious record company, and an ancient catastrophe. As he gets beaten down and grows stronger, he is forced to accept that he himself is the one who, in the future, will become the Witch of the Original Land's former... For readers who: Enjoy the vibe o 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Is Cthulhu-Inspired Tabletop Role-Playing Deadly? The Beautiful Girls Have My Back 克苏鲁跑团要命？美少女护我前行 [Cthulhu + immersive game + mind games + not mindless + multiple heroines + crossover anime + Azur Lane + Blue Archive + Princess Connect + …] This book has too many elements to sum up in a blurb. If you don’t like it, feel free to roast me! Lu Nan was a young man who transmigrated to a strange world. In his eyes, the sun was a ball of flesh! Then the gears of fate began to turn when he was thrust into a game he couldn’t refuse. Lu Nan struggles to survive, relying on his intelligence and coura —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Fourth Calamity Has Arrived? I Summon Cthulhu in Return 第四天灾降临？我反手召唤克苏鲁 [Lovecraftian horror] [Madmen] [Game world] [Uncanny] [Ridiculous] [Lighthearted and fun] [Pseudo-infinite loop] My name is Jiang Lin. I accidentally transmigrated and became a game dungeon boss. What the heck are these players doing here, wearing mechs and riding flying swords? You want me to use cheats, is that it? Kartoong: Grand Summoning Technique! Come forth, Azathoth! My name is Daji. I'm a player, and the title above this boss's head is longer than my life: [Origin of Mythology] 260Reads6.9Score100Shelves
- 48 Survival Horror: My Lover Is a Monster 惊悚求生之我的爱人是怪物 Monster-world exploration + survival + younger monster male lead Welcome to Sweet Home, the happiest family in the world. Your family is fabulously wealthy, with a vast, magnificent, eerie manor and mountains of jewels. You have the most loving mother in the world and the closest-knit family imaginable, though your mother might crush your head at any moment. Your older sister might tear off your limbs and eat them as snacks. Your younger sister is always trying to turn you into a doll, while you 78Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 49 Sacrificed to an Unnameable Being? I’ll Take Its Place 被献给不可名状之物？我要取代祂 [Female protagonist, no romance + Chinese-style Lovecraftian horror + Classic of Mountains and Seas mythology + growing heroine] She was offered to the gods as one of a pair of twin sacrifices. She should have died, but the god who toys with mortals dragged her back into the human world. From its lofty perch, the god called her “bride,” “toy,” and “little moth.” Its treatment of her like an insect made her sick. She knew this was nothing but the condescending mockery of those who already held po 51Reads—Score151Shelves
- 50 Tales of the Strange: Nine Chances Out of Ten to Die? Sorry, I Can Rewind 怪谈：九死一生？抱歉，我能回档 [Infinite Flow] [Regression] [Mind Games] [Plenty of Twists] [The Protagonist Has No Cheat Skills] Yao Ze died four times in his very first round. Even with the ability to go back in time, he ended up psychologically scarred. The second instance was a punishment round where he barely escaped with his life, and the boss was downright devious. Relying on information he gathered before each reset, Yao Ze relentlessly tests the rules of the instances. He uses his information advantage to match wits 164Reads—Score—Shelves
