Novels like Investigator of the Old Days
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- 151 Reborn: Starting as an Octopus, Laying Low Until I Become the God of Cthulhu 重生：开局章鱼，苟成克苏鲁之神 [Spiritual Qi Revival + Supernatural Revival + Reborn + System + Infinite Evolution + Comedy + Low-Key Growth] After being unexpectedly reborn, Lu Feng stared at his eight tentacles and fell into deep thought! “Wasn’t I diving in to save someone? How did I end up reborn?” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have awakened the [Energy Evolution System]!” Lu Feng opened the System and saw a complicated evolution tree! “Huh?! Is this evolved species the Void Eye???” “Holy crap! This evolved creature 2kReads7.8Score21914d adds
- 152 Going Wild with Misinterpretations from the Start, I Turn Out to Be the Evil God 开局疯狂迪化，结尾邪神本人 [Western fantasy + mass misinterpretation + no female lead + a few secret identities + a touch of cosmic horror] [The first two chapters set things up; the misinterpretations begin in Chapter Three] Ji Ping sometimes reflects on the past few years of his life. His routine is simple: go home, eat, study books, then take on commissions to make ends meet. Nothing seems particularly wrong with that. At most, he worships a sufficiently benevolent evil god, and as a result, keeps running into all sort 16.3kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 153 Chronicles of the Jianghu: Chaos in Botang 江湖册波棠乱 Historical setting: Early Republic of China, around the 1910s to 1920s · What the era represents: The imperial throne has fallen, warlords carve up the country, and Western culture pours in. This is an age when the codes and honor of the “old jianghu” are gradually lost, transformed, and ultimately destroyed by the guns and schemes of the “new world.” The story of Bo and Tang is the most moving verse in this elegy. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Lord of the Mysteries [Original]: The Crimson Fortress, Prisoner of the Fourth Pillar 诡秘「原创」：赤红要塞·第四支柱囚徒 Lord of the Mysteries: Original Story: Crimson Fortress · Prisoner of the Fourth Pillar 130Reads—Score214d adds
- 155 A Dog Named Wang Meiju Can Actually Cultivate Immortality 一条名叫王美菊的狗竟然会修仙 An ensemble fantasy with an Eastern setting + high-concept, multi-threaded storytelling + a rejection of fate + unflinching tragedy + a war epic + moral dilemmas + weighty literary style + vivid imagery + intense emotional tension + multiple perspectives Beneath the Red Lotus is not a wish-fulfillment story. It has none of the play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger tricks, none of the overpowered hero’s unstoppable domination, and none of the harem-collecting fantasies. It is a war epic with “love” as it 720Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 156 You're Still in the Womb, and You Beat Rule Horror? 还在娘胎没生，你打穿规则怪谈？ [Ghost fetus + protagonist is himself a supernatural entity + subverting conventions + suspense + horror revival + national-fate horror games] As horror returns and Rule Horror descends upon the world, every country randomly selects a Chosen One to enter the horror game. If the Chosen One wins, their entire country receives rewards. If they lose, supernatural entities invade reality and wreak havoc. Lin Changqing, who had transmigrated to this world by accident, had not yet been born when his mo 2.1kReads8.9Score25814d adds
- 157 After Killing the Hidden Boss, I Became a Star Across the Galaxy 干掉隐藏boss后我爆红银河系 [Infinite Flow + Game Invasion + The Rise of a King + Space Opera] A seductive player is the gentlest kind of hunter. Their way of striking is often to make their prey feel the most sincere affection. Hua Qian was obsessed with testing the emotional boundaries of characters in various games as a seductive player. Then she cleared “Ninth Floor” and earned permission to open an account in Infinite Starfield. A pass from beyond the newbie village, a scam operating on a dimension beyond Earth's, an 2.3kReads9.3Score27414d adds
- 158 Raise Your Head Three Feet, and There’s an Evil God 举头三尺有邪神 [Eastern Fantasy + Lovecraftian Elements + Plot-Driven + Mystery + No Cliches + No System + No Brain-Dead Characters + Not a Power Fantasy] [Readers who may be bothered by this, proceed with caution] [The first five chapters are slow-burn setup. The story picks up afterward, and there's a detailed outline, so read with confidence!] After transmigrating, Zhou Mo finds himself in a small village that resembles one from ancient China. Gradually, strange and utterly inexplicable things begin happeni 912Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 159 In the Apocalypse, I Contain Anomalies 人在末世，收容异常 Inspired by Lobotomy Corporation, apocalypse, mind games, recruiting players, containing anomalies Congratulations on joining the greatest game in the world! Sure, the world is full of bizarre “anomalous entities,” terrifying and crazy extreme weather, and a blood moon that makes monsters go berserk every week. But that’s okay. We’re invincible players. We can conquer the wasteland, rebuild civilization, and reshape the world! As long as you remember the following rules, you should survive your 1.8kReads9.1Score18214d adds
- 160 The Ten-Thousandth Memory Loss 第一万次失忆 The first time I lost my memory, I thought I was an ordinary person who just ate and waited to die. The second time I lost my memory, I thought I was a forensic doctor, a hacker, a painter, and a writer. The third time I lost my memory, I thought I was a psychopath, an assassin, a doctor, and a martial artist. The fourth time I lost my memory, I thought I was an actor, a musician, a master chef, and a linguistics expert. The fifth time I lost my memory, I started wondering if there was anything 10.1kReads8.1Score1k14d adds
- 161 Just the Right Distance 恰好的距离 Just the Right Distance 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Starting as an Evil God, I Turn Over a New Leaf 从邪神开始洗白上岸 [Cthulhu Mythos] [Potions] [No Female Lead] [Partly Behind the Scenes] In this era, when industry was just beginning to emerge, the true gods had long since withdrawn from the world. Trains and airships existed only on paper, the aristocratic system remained firmly in place, and class tensions were still building, nowhere near a breaking point. From the start, Ander transmigrated into the body of a weakling evil god. Fortunately, he had a gift from his Blue Star mom to help him survive, but from 2.7kReads8.9Score22314d adds
- 163 I, Godzilla, Ruler of the Ancient Gods 我，哥斯拉，古神支配者 [Ancient gods + Lovecraftian horror + lordly territory-building + civilizational evolution] One day, Wang Chan transmigrated and became a baby Godzilla. He also had a black sun for a birthplace, so he could hardly have it better. Every day, he did nothing but eat and sleep, and sleep and eat. Then one day, when he finally emerged, the mortals of countless worlds saw a creature... 108,000 zhang tall, surrounded by boundless rivers of molten flame, with the sun and moon above its head and the unde 5.3kReads9.1Score38414d adds
- 164 Azure Tracks: Site 19 Concerto 蔚蓝轨迹：site19协奏曲 [Two male leads] + [SCP original setting] + [comedy] + [both leads are chaste] [Welcome to Site-19. Everything outside is a lie.] [You and I are each other's containment protocol.] [Bing Qilin CP has reached No. 1 on the site's real-time popularity chart!] A brand-new masterpiece following the unsealing of SCP!!! This story uses the original SCP Foundation setting and is beginner-friendly. The content is exciting, but the subject matter is fairly technical and the author has limited knowledge, s 248Reads—Score3614d adds
- 165 I’m Done Pretending: I’m from a Top-Tier Family 摊牌不装了，我是顶级豪门 At his mother-in-law’s birthday banquet, the eldest son-in-law gave her a gold bangle, and the second son-in-law presented a jade Buddha. I crouched in a corner eating leftovers, until someone kicked me over, chair and all. “Good-for-nothings belong at the beggars’ table!” As the whole room roared with laughter, a line of Rolls-Royces suddenly pulled up outside. The butler knelt with a gift list in his hands. “Young Master, the thousand-year-old ginseng and East Sea pearls you ordered have arriv 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 The Immortal Path of the Uncanny 诡道仙路 [Uncanny cultivation, no female lead, mortal protagonist] A black sun hangs in the sky, and the Uncanny Realm invades! Mortal Zhou Yi transmigrates into this world and makes a living by writing for others. One day, starving and freezing, he is hired by the sinister Shopkeeper Dong to copy ancient texts. By chance, he activates a beast-hide Bagua diagram and uses it to refine a perfect uncanny technique, killing the sinister shopkeeper. As he cultivates, he discovers that this world has long been 11.7kReads8.4Score1k14d adds
- 167 Strange Tales: Notes from a Supernatural Investigation 异闻：诡事调查笔记 Enough talk. The show is about to begin. If you want to know what 1999 and the confidentiality agreement are about, turn to Volume Six, Revelation. If you’re interested in a genius’s downfall, Volume Five, The Twelve Movements of the Abyss, is a requiem. If you want to know what lies behind Midnight FM, read Volume Four, Leviathan of the Upside-Down City, and uncover its secrets. If you’ve been having trouble sleeping, or can’t fall asleep, take a look at Volume Three, The Sleepless Prison. It m 110Reads9.4Score13014d adds
- 168 Who Needs a Girlfriend? My Clones Are All I Need! 要什么妹子，我有分身就够了啊！ Also known as: After Getting Clones, the World Finally Went as Crazy as I Am [One Soul, Many Bodies, Ensemble Cast, Unhinged Story, Body Horror, Mostly Slice of Life. Dive in without worries.] Note: Contains crawling in twisted ways and biting people on sight, among other things. Hopefully it’ll make you laugh. … What could make a bewitching fox maiden crawl around in twisted contortions while gnawing on her own thigh? … What could make a beautiful, dashing blond angel pluck out her own eyes an 3.9kReads9.2Score46514d adds
- 169 A History Stand-Up Show: From the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to Puyi 历史脱口秀：从三皇五帝到溥仪 This wildly entertaining historical talk-show collection will have you laughing as you etch facts into your DNA! [Three irresistible highlights] ■ An all-star cast: From the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to Puyi's abdication, more than 300 historical and legendary figures join in the fun. ■ Immersive gossip: Relive history's iconic moments through trending-topic posts, bullet comments, and social media updates. ■ No-holds-barred roasts: Rate the job performance of Qin Shi Huang and Emperor 166Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 170 Ascension Through Grafting: From the Start, I Obtain the Arm of a Divine Corpse 接肢登神：开局获得神尸手臂 [Western Fantasy + Lovecraftian Horror + Occult Weirdness + Forbidden Artifacts + Multiple Heroines + All Kinds of Strange Arms] I awaken inside the body of a dead noble and look up at a sky overshadowed by a colossal planet. Steam rifles clash with supernatural blades; evil rituals and mysterious paths abound. To survive, I graft on the arm of an evil god. Countless limbs become part of me, and divine abominations and cursed spirits accompany me. A monster’s claw? Graft it on! A dead person’s l 10kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 171 EN The Pillar Project 支柱计划 [Eerie] [Cthulhu] [Doomsday Descends] [Rebuilding Civilization] [Cultural Relics] [Culture] Xu Chen felt that studying history in this parallel universe had no real prospects, so after some maneuvering, he switched to medicine. He never expected that he had just jumped straight into the fire. What awaited him was fear in its most direct form. After a certain island nation dumped wastewater into the sea, unspeakable horrors arose from the depths. Eerie symptoms began appearing one after another, 38.2kReads9.2Score3k14d adds
- 172 What Do I Do When Everything Is Supreme Divinity? Contain It! 全是至高神性怎么办？收容它！ [Livestream]+ [Building an Organization]+ [No Female Lead]+ [Containing Monsters]+ [Behind-the-Scenes Story] When Fang Xiu woke up, he had transmigrated to a world full of danger and anomalies. Here, indescribable phantoms occupied the sky, spiders wove webs beneath the mountains in people's dreams, a new humanity was born underground, and the Children of the Sun and Children of the Night had switched places once more. Amid all sorts of eerie phenomena, a giant clock was slowly approaching from 53kReads8.7Score5.3k14d adds
- 173 Strange Tales of the Impostors 伪人诡录 [Uncanny Horror + Lovecraftian Terror + Impostors + A Ghost Wife to Raise + Madness + Exorcism Through Materialism. No cultivation, no System. One heroine, but female supporting characters too. Read with caution if that's not your thing.] Think carefully about everyone you saw today. Can you be sure that “they” were all human? Don't panic. There's no need to answer too quickly. First, take a deep breath and try to recall the unnatural details. For example, someone repeatedly greeting you with th 4.8kReads8.9Score39214d adds
- 174 Diary of a Thief's Path to Godhood 偷盗者序列成神日记 [Game Transmigration] [Prophecy] [Witches] [Yandere Pursuit] [Apocalypse Redemption] [Light Western Fantasy] [Love Triangle] Li En is stunned when he transmigrates into the completed game The Witch and the Apocalypse. The five witches who will determine the world’s future are all misunderstood by the world as harbingers of disaster. Li En: “No big deal. I’ve unlocked every achievement.” Knowing every tragic scenario by heart, he decides to go all out: save the witches and turn the apocalypse aro 95.9kReads8.6Score16.2k14d adds
- 175 Restarting the Timeline 重启时间线 What exactly is time? Is it defined on a macroscopic level, or a microscopic one? And can time be reversed? After saving a girl in a car accident, Su Ran finds that time has become an illusion for him. Misfortune and disaster follow one after another. After countless futile attempts to destroy himself, where can he find truth and redemption? “If there’s only a one-in-ten-thousand chance, then I’ll seize the last 0.01% possibility within that one-in-ten-thousand.” [Warning! An interdimensional ga 661Reads8.1Score10114d adds
- 176 I'm Not Mentally Ill! There's Just a God Living Inside Me 我不是精神病！我只是体内有尊神 [Purely unhinged comedy + a tiny bit of angst, but it won't affect the lunatic plot, hehe + no formulaic tropes + no couples + not an invincible power fantasy (readers who mind, beware) It starts very slowly but takes off completely later! (˶‾᷄ ⁻̫ ‾᷅˵)] Note: This story contains some mature and unusual content. Please read with discretion! Also, the protagonist is a lifelong bachelor and will never have a romance or flirtation with any character! Don't see a female character and immediately call 14kReads9.4Score1.2k14d adds
- 177 My Left Eye Is from the Olden Days 我的左眼是旧日 [Lovecraftian horror + anomalous containment + supernatural powers + mystery + the uncanny] More than three hundred years ago, humanity received the "Pioneer Gilded Aluminum Plate" from a higher-dimensional world. Based on its pictographic writing, they provisionally translated its name as Shenhulu. At the same time, The entire world ascended to a higher dimension, and humanity evolved. Humans deciphered the arcane entities from higher dimensions recorded in Shenhulu. They also realized that the 49.4kReads8.7Score6.2k14d adds
- 178 Museum Intern, Mistaken for an Evil God from the Start 博物馆实习生，开局被误认为邪神 [Evil Gods, Grotesque Entities, Anomalous Objects, Daily Life, Lighthearted Comedy, Not Grim, Hand-Drawn Illustrations] A protagonist who grows in understanding. One day, Lin You suddenly realizes that he has transmigrated, and that he has also gained a golden finger. Through his left eye, Lin You can see strange things lurking in the shadows beneath the real world, as well as information about these entities and even the sinister gods among them. With this ability, Lin You is naturally mistaken 17kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 179 The Blood Curse of Immortality 长生血咒 [The mystery of immortality + palace intrigue at its peak + battlefield schemes + devastating romance + dynastic upheaval] This is an intense political romance full of heartbreak. Get yourself emotionally prepared before reading! Twist after twist! Every character is clever! The plot is logical, the foreshadowing is rich, and the emotional impact lingers. It took me three days to recover after finishing it! Princess Yongzhao carries unusual blood, making her the most precious “medicine” in the 33Reads8.8Score14714d adds
- 180 Something’s Not Quite Right in This Cultivation World 这修仙界有点不太对劲 ([Chinese-style horror · eerie cultivation · not for the faint of heart] The immortal world is a lie. Beneath it lies a man-eating hell. If you like stories like Dao of the Bizarre Immortal, come on in. If you're looking for a power-fantasy progression story, this isn't for you.) Li Changsheng has a Heavenly Spiritual Root. He is the personal disciple of the Qingyun Sect's leader, the foremost talent of the younger generation, and everyone's envy: the future Daoist heir. His only flaw is that hi 73Reads8.2Score56914d adds
- 181 Demigod 1: Tales of New Shanghai 次神1：新沪怪谈 Praise the Fool, Azathoth | The author promises original ideas and an innovative plot: What you owe isn't money, but “psychic loans” and “existence taxes.” Overdue and unpaid? You automatically become a sacrifice or have your “existence” erased. Debt collector → half-human, half-god “demigod candidate.” New Shanghai → a cyberpunk city infiltrated by the Old Ones. 314Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 182 The Supernatural Has Returned? Sorry, I’m the Supernatural 诡异复苏？不好意思我就是诡异 Not an invincible power fantasy, not a dark story. Read with caution if these aren't your thing. [No Female Lead] [Wasteland Horror] [Infinite Fusion] [Doomsday] [Not a Dark Story] The whole world fears the supernatural. I'm the only one who sees it as a puzzle piece in my evolution. Thirty years after the Great Rift, supernatural tales run rampant, folk customs are revived, and indescribable calamities roam the wasteland. Gu Yi wakes up to find himself the lowest-ranking pollution cleaner outsi 69.5kReads8.6Score7.6k14d adds
- 183 I Get One Day a Month to Do Whatever I Want 我每月拥有一次，为所欲为日 A real-world sandbox. On the last day of every month, the world freezes, and only the protagonist can move. He can do whatever he wants, treating the whole world as his private sandbox. He thought he could keep this bug to himself forever, but it turned out others could move too: the Month-End Man, the Faceless Man, the Parasites, the Gravekeeper, and more, appearing one after another as the story unfolds. 767Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 184 Global Deities: My Divine Domain Is an Endless Abyss 全民神袛：我的神域是无尽深渊 After the Abyss swept through and shattered Chu Hao’s world, he arrived in a strange new world. In this world, everyone could create a strange world of their own. A beautiful, exquisite elven world? A magnificent dragon’s nest plane? A world of ancestral shamans from the dawn of chaos? Those are all too weak. My creation is the Endless Abyss! This is an endless, suffocatingly terrifying place! This is a place of brutal conditions and deadly dangers! This is a place without morality or ethi 15.5kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 185 The CEO’s Contract Nightingale 总裁的契约荆棘鸟 A carefully planned contract forcibly bound two people from different worlds. He was Lu Hanchuan, the business world’s notorious “Living King of Hell,” cold and domineering, treating love as worthless. He handed her an agreement: “Marry me for a year, and I’ll give you fifty million.” She was Lin Wanqing, a proud art museum curator from a poor background, like a thorn bird who refused to bend even in hardship. She sneered, “Mr. Lu, your money can’t buy me.” He thought it was simply a transaction —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Lord of the Mysteries [Original]: The Nine Primordial Essences, River of Eternal Darkness 诡秘「原创」：九大源质·永暗之河 Lord of the Mysteries: Original Story: The Nine Sefirot · River of Eternal Darkness 179Reads—Score214d adds
- 187 Reborn on My Wedding Night: The CEO’s Fussy Wife Has Changed Her Ways 重生新婚夜，总裁的作精娇妻不作了 Reborn on Her Wedding Night: The CEO’s Difficult, Doting Wife Has Turned Over a New Leaf 87Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 One Stock, Wealth for Three Generations 一只股票，富过三代 One Stock, Wealth for Three Generations 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 A Wrong Turn into the CEO’s Room 误入总栽房 A Mistaken Entry into the CEO's Room 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 The Life of a Rich Second-Generation Heir Turned Scavenger 富二代沦为拾荒者的一生 The Life of a Rich Second-Generation Heir Who Became a Scavenger 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 The Overbearing CEO and the Fairy Who Gives Away Money 霸总与散财仙女 The Domineering CEO and the Generous Fairy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 You Can’t Steal My Sister, and the CEO Only Wants Me 妹妹抢不走，霸总只要我 My Sister Can’t Steal Him Away. The CEO Only Wants Me 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 From Spider to Ruler of the World 从蜘蛛到世界支配者 [Behind-the-Scenes Style] [Evolution] [Creating Monsters] At first, he focuses on growing bigger, breaking world records, and collecting powers. Later, he starts creating monsters and takes the behind-the-scenes route. Fang Ming is reborn as a pet spider. All he has to do is keep molting and growing. With a leg span of 26 centimeters, he breaks the world record. With a leg span of 30 centimeters, he sends the scientific community into an uproar. With a leg span of 40 centimeters, he overturns ev 16kReads7.8Score1.7k14d adds
- 194 Surviving the Mist: Ascending to Godhood Through Mutation 迷雾求生：以异化术升格诡异之神 [Survival + Superpowers + Shelter + Eldritch Horrors + Sequences + Cthulhu] The moment Jiang Lin opened his eyes, he found himself in a world of survival amid the mist. The mist concealed countless dangers and opportunities. His only shelter was the rickety wooden cabin behind him. Ferocious beasts and monsters, along with eerie eyes and tentacles, filled him with despair. Fortunately, everyone could draw a supernatural talent to rely on. Fire control, flight, prophecy, synthesis, listening, det 25.7kReads7.9Score2.3k14d adds
- 195 A Heart Flutter After Marriage: The CEO Says One Thing and Means Another 婚后心动，总裁他口嫌体直 Hearts Stir After Marriage: The CEO Says One Thing but Does Another 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 I Went Viral on Tomato Novels After Retiring 退休后我爆红番茄小说 I Became a Hit on Tomato Novel After Retiring 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 A Modern Medical Doctor Becomes the Divine Physician Princess 现代医学博士成神医王妃 A loud crash rang out in the medical lab. When I opened my eyes again, I had become the most hated princess consort in an ancient prince’s household. The original owner had lorded it over everyone, relying on her father the chancellor. Every last person in the household hated her to the bone. When I arrived, she was raising a vase to smash someone, then slipped, hit her head on a rock, and died. Looking at the servants kneeling across the courtyard, trembling but glaring at me with hatred, I qui 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 The Escape Begins After School 放学后开始逃跑 On the night the high school entrance exam results were announced, Bai Meng had just received his acceptance letter from a prestigious city high school and was riding a wave of excitement. Then, without warning, the excitement made him so dizzy that before he could even settle down on the sofa, everything went black. When he came to, he was at Tianwang High School. It was a strange place. Once the school day ended, it was time to run for your life! 5.2kReads9.1Score84014d adds
- 199 The Marquis and the Village Girl 侯爷与小村女 The Marquis and the Village Girl 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 The Calamity Canticle 灾厄乐章 [Musician + Summons + Mysterious Organization + Villain + No CP + Fun-Seeker] Perhaps, in some corner unknown to you, mysterious rituals are underway. Strange life forms secretly covet the flesh and blood of the living. The colossal entity that maintains order lurks beneath the surface of society. A bloated, foolish god's child rots and stinks in an underground palace. The giant king in the flames silently blesses his people. A fantastically colored giant shark swims through the deep sea. A skel 8.7kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds
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