Novels like The Haunted City of Dreams
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- 51 Fatal Game: The Death Script 致命游戏：死亡剧本 [Infinite-Flow + Horror + Survival] No female lead, no romance between men and women, pure deduction-based infinite flow. A strange minibus carries a group of guilty people to a village that doesn’t exist on any map. ...The people living in the base dormitories receive a different horror script every so often. Anyone who receives one is forcibly dragged into the script to play out its horrifying story. When Su Bai finally returns home after experiencing one terrifying incident after another, he 504Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 52 I'm a Living Detective, So Why Are You Making Me Solve Ghost Cases? 我一活人侦探，你让我破鬼案 The comic adaptation of this work, "I’m a Living Detective, So Why Make Me Solve Ghost Cases?", is now available. [Infinite flow + no System + no golden finger + horror and suspense] While investigating an urban-legend case, detective Lin Sanshi encounters the same eerie phenomenon as the victim. From then on, he must wander through a series of different mission worlds: A mountain-top guesthouse where people are murdered in a snowstorm A perilous corpse-driving journey A survival game controlled 4.8kReads7.1Score43714d adds
- 53 The Haunted Gate 恐怖诡门 This novel features [one heroine] + [original instances] + [no saintly do-gooder] + [no System] + [mild horror] + [no mindless plot] I don’t know when it began. Perhaps when I was very young, in high school or college, or maybe when I started working. I realized that the world had gone beyond the bounds of reason. To be precise, it had shifted away from the world we once knew. The ghosts and monsters we saw in TV dramas and horror movies were actually hiding all around us. In my third year at wo 702Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Rule Horror: I Can See Echoes of the Old Days 规则怪谈：我能看到旧日余响 [Linked Instances + No Romance + Tracing the Origins of the Rules + Unconventional Rule-Based Horror] (If rules have a past, they must have left behind truths that were forgotten.) The bizarre has invaded reality, and the Chosen Ones are sent into an old world that has already been destroyed. Shen Yan gains the talent [Witness], which lets him see echoes of the past connected to the rules. When others face a strange tale, all they can do is guess which rule is false. Shen Yan discovers that the 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Temple That Eats People 吃人的庙 The Man-Eating Temple 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Fierce Netherworld: Starting as a Rainy-Night Killer 凶冥空间：从雨夜杀人魔开始 [Infinite Flow + The Weird Arrives, No Heroine] Could the beautiful new neighbor really be a serial killer who strikes on rainy nights? Gu Li sees through her disguise, only to get dragged into an even stranger space. Black fog rolls in and terror descends. To survive, Gu Li searches for a way to clear each instance, solving puzzles like mad and escaping certain death. But after completing a series of missions, he discovers that the weird has already arrived in the real world, and a supernatural 5kReads7.1Score34014d adds
- 57 No Hints in the Instance 副本无提示 [The rating just came in, and it will rise later] [Mild horror + varied horror styles + original scenarios + fresh, unconventional scenarios + intelligent characters + no female lead or romantic subplots] Have any of you watching heard of the elevator ghost game? They say that if you follow the instructions, you can reach another world. Chen Feng is a video creator whose content is playing all kinds of horror games found online. He occasionally livestreams, too. During a livestream of the elevat 82.5kReads7.8Score13.5k14d adds
- 58 Strike It Rich by Opening the Coffin 开棺发财 [Handcrafted from scratch + Traditional supernatural horror + No System + No cultivation + Extremely scary + Based on true experiences] Paper figures carry the coffin, a black dog tosses the grave, and an old man falls in love with a ghost. An opened coffin is carried home, and a beautiful fairy follows through the door. My name is Qin Yang. I was down on my luck and only hoped to make money by opening coffins. I never expected that it would turn out to be such a high-risk profession. (Friends i 1.7kReads—Score13114d adds
- 59 Rule Horror: After Lights Out, Follow the Dormitory Rules 规则怪谈：熄灯后，请遵守宿舍守则 Rule Horror: After Lights Out, Please Follow the Dormitory Rules 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Someone New Appeared in the Footage 录像里多出一个人 The test shoot’s discarded footage was four seconds longer. Everyone in the frame held the same poses they had at the end of filming. No one moved. I counted three times. There were six people every time. But only five people had been there that day. On the hard drive my mother left behind, there was an empty folder with a four-character name: Do Not Fast-Forward. In the recycle bin was a deleted video, four minutes and twenty-five seconds long, which couldn’t be recovered. Our production crew w 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 I Livestream Through My Eyes 我用眼睛来直播 Through my own eyes, I'll show you viewers the most authentic scenes of horror. No complicated streaming equipment, no carefully arranged sets. Everything I see is exactly what the viewers in the livestream can see. Have you ever seen a livestream quite like this? As long as my eyes remain open, this terrifying livestream, which will only end with my death, will never go off the air. 178Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Nightmare Staircase 噩梦阶梯 It all began with a staircase leading down into darkness. Lu Yu climbed the steps and entered the world of his nightmares. And so the bizarre tale began. Twisted human figures crawled beneath the moon, while rows of dark shadows drifted through the black fog... There are no ghosts in this world... but there are in dreams! [Supernatural Horror Infinite Flow × Suspense and Mystery] 1.9kReads8.3Score15614d adds
- 63 The Twilight Line of the Haunted Realm: Conquering It with My Wits 诡界晨昏线：靠脑子制霸诡界 [Mild horror] [No System] [Character growth] [One heroine] Countless “Haunted Realms” suddenly appeared around the world. Like black holes, they devoured ordinary people's mental energy and the real world, pushing reality to the brink of madness. In response to the crisis, all kinds of organizations sprang up. They ventured into the Haunted Realms to explore, seized haunted objects to protect themselves, and sought the truth on the edge of life and death. As their investigations deepened, they d 5Reads—Score114d adds
- 64 Bet Your Life at the Haunted House 诡舍赌命 A horror-shelter fanfiction. You were once a reader, but now you're trapped in the story. You know how it ends, yet you're creating new deaths and new chances to survive. In this eerie shelter, the line between reality and fiction has long since blurred. The only thing that's clear is the deadly danger: one wrong step, and there's no coming back. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Rule Horror: The Last One to Leave the Classroom After Evening Study 规则怪谈：晚自习最后离开教室的人 Rule Horror: The Last Person to Leave the Classroom After Evening Study 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Evil Spirit Auction Game 恶灵拍卖游戏 [Dungeon-focused] + [Brand-new system] + [Feel-good power fantasy] Chu Nan is a student who has just finished his college entrance exams. He and a few close friends sign up together for the “Adventure King” summer camp. Unexpectedly, the journey proves perilous, with classmates disappearing and one mishap following another. His close friends and classmates are all kidnapped by the evil spirit, Teacher Mo. With no other choice, Chu Nan is forced to take part in a terrifying spirit auction game in —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 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 165Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Ten Dreams Across the Calamity 十梦渡厄 (The Strange Knocking at the Door / Welcome Back to the Starting Point of the Nightmare, Book Two) Have you ever received a letter like that? Its material feels like human skin, its handwriting looks like blood. Once you open it... You find yourself standing before a door. Push it open, and you step into another world. A place with rules you must obey, nights when dawn never comes, and ghosts who have waited ten or a hundred years for release. Every door you make it through buys you one more day 4.1kReads7.1Score39814d adds
- 69 The Weird Domain: Escape from Skinless Village from the Start! 诡异领域：开局逃离无皮村！ [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Survival + Supernatural Instances + No Female Lead] Resentment that cannot be dispelled in the real world gathers to form new eerie domains. After being chosen, people are dragged into an eerie domain when they die unexpectedly. They can return to reality only by successfully completing the tasks inside. Only after escaping one terrifying eerie domain after another by the skin of his teeth does Lu Lin discover that the real world is also being infiltrated and taint 7.9kReads7.1Score56514d adds
- 70 The Endtime Haunted Town 终焉诡镇 [Infinite Flow] [Mystery Solving] [Mildly Frightening] [One Female Lead] A red letter, a rusty key, a town shrouded in mist… The people of the town called the place they lived the “Ghost Town.” There was an altar in the Ghost Town. Every so often, someone had to offer up their life and take part in a ritual. Otherwise, unimaginable things would happen in the town. When Xu Yuan arrived in this eerie town carrying a letter, there was no way out. He could only complete one terrifying ritual game af 26Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 71 Thriller: I Can Reload Infinitely 惊悚：我可以无限回档 (The rating just came out, but it will rise later) [Not a Power Fantasy + Infinite-Worlds Style + No Female Lead + Growing Protagonist + Original Scenarios + A Tiny Bit of Horror + Death Rewind + Slow Burn] Late one night, Li Wang got a call from his mother, telling him to hurry to the hospital. After the call, his phone conveniently ran out of battery and shut down. So Li Wang took the coin a kind stranger gave him and boarded the bus. But after getting on, Li Wang gradually realized... He was 184.7kReads7.4Score29.3k14d adds
- 72 Rule Horror: Don't Look Back During 72 Hours in the Dorm 规则怪谈：宿舍72小时不要回头 A word of warning: this is terrifying, so timid readers beware. (No female lead, no cheats, no romance, game instances, infinite flow, horror, mystery) Eight university students who returned to campus early found a mysterious sheet of rules in their empty dormitory building: Rule One: No matter what strange “person” you see, don’t cry out or scream. Rule Two: No matter who calls you from behind, don’t turn around or answer. Rule Three: One of you is an impostor who will eat people in the middle 4.5kReads6.0Score36514d adds
- 73 The Corpse-Reading Detective 诡案读尸人 The Corpse-Reading Detective 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Don't Look Back During Evening Study at School 学校晚自习别回头 Don’t Look Back During Evening Study at School 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Being the Bright and Cheerful Guy in the Rule Horror 在规则怪谈当阳光开朗大男孩儿 (No female lead + not a wish-fulfillment story + no invincible protagonist + thrills + horror + mystery + plot-driven) If that bothers you, don't read! Completed instances: Death Academy, Train in the Fog, An Unblessed Start to the School Year When eerie instances descend, Zhao Di is chosen as a challenger. Talent draw in progress... Your talent is Sunny, Cheerful Young Man: You're a young man with nothing, but you have a little more luck than everyone else. Would you like to spend one point of 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 I Came from the Underworld to Deal with Those Who Defy the Rules 我从地府来，专治规则不服 I Came from the Underworld to Make the Rules Behave 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Supernatural Horror: Someone Behind the Wall Is Calling My Name 惊悚灵异：墙里有人叫我的名字 Horror and the Supernatural: Someone in the Wall Is Calling My Name 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Eerie: The Strange Play Ends in Oblivion 诡异：诡剧终湮 [Suspenseful What-If] [Rule Horror] [Infinite Flow Supernatural Horror] [Horror and the Paranormal] Apocalypse... One month before monsters from another world invaded, Jiang Qiubai unexpectedly obtained a strange play that could take him to other worlds. Only by gathering the powers of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs through these plays could there be any hope of defeating the invasion from another world. Shen Wanqing had been an ordinary college student. Could the two of them successfully tempe —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Infinite Nightmares: An Eighty-Year-Old Man Rejuvenated from the Start 无限噩梦：开局八旬老汉返老还童 Infinite flow + rules-based horror + mild horror + no romance Qin Yi accidentally enters a nightmarish world. Here, there are rules that must never be broken, along with bizarre phenomena beyond ordinary people's understanding. By chance, Qin Yi discovers the rewards for surviving a nightmare. Wealth, health, youth, achievement… Terrified of the nightmares but coveting the rewards for surviving them, Qin Yi approaches one nightmare after another with mixed feelings… 8.1kReads8.1Score90114d adds
- 80 The Haunted House: Day Sign 诡舍：日兆 [Writing practice] [The Strange House fanfiction + horror + infinite flow] One week after Ning Qiushui reached the ninth door, the Mist World underwent a cataclysmic transformation… “My name is Shen Zuiqing… I am… who?” 1.2kReads7.3Score8914d adds
- 81 I Inherited a Funeral Shop During the Hundred Ghosts' Night Parade 百鬼夜行时，我继承了一家冥铺 Lu Ci thought all his grandfather had left him was an old shop on the verge of closing. Then, one rainy night, the first customer walked through the door and bought a stack of spirit money. The next day, that very “ghost currency” appeared in someone else’s account. From then on, the shop, open only at night, began receiving one unusual customer after another: some sought wealth, some wanted to buy a life, and some only wished to exchange something for a long-overdue truth. At the end of the lon 7Reads—Score214d adds
- 82 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 暴雨夜服务区规则怪谈 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 The Horror Industrial Park 恐怖工业园 You're a seasoned wage slave. One day, you're dragged into a [Weird and Absurd + Comedic and Witty + Not Brain-Dead + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Exploring Human Nature + Enter at Your Own Risk] strange other world. You think that if you complete the System's tasks, you'll return to the real world. What you don't know is that this other world exists because of you... 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Soul Alliance 魂盟 Starting February 6, 2025, two updates every day, posted promptly at 8 p.m. [Horror instances + no System + growth + brains + Infinite Flow + fake female lead] I stand in an unfamiliar place, surrounded by an eerie atmosphere. My memories are like shattered puzzle pieces, impossible to put back together. Who am I? Why am I here? The blank spaces in my memory are like bottomless black holes, swallowing my sanity. The only thing I can clearly recall is a vague figure in my mind. What connection do 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 After My Face Was Stolen, I Drew the Six Realms of Living Beings 我的脸被夺走后我画出六道众生相 My face was stolen. It wasn’t disfigured. It wasn’t disguised. My face was literally gone. To stay alive, I had no choice but to paint one new face after another onto my own. Human, ghost, demon, beast, god, immortal. Every face I painted gave me a new ability. As I tried to reclaim my original face, I gradually discovered that this world was far more complicated than it seemed. 96Reads—Score12614d adds
- 86 Linking the Eerie Realms 诡域连结 [Infinite Flow] [Deduction] [Mind-Bending] [Supernatural] When Shen Shiyan woke up, he found himself inside a strange building filled with unknown dangers. After solving one mystery after another, he thought he could finally escape alive. “This is the Domain of the Uncanny. Welcome to your eternal rest!” A mysterious voice sent a chill down his spine. What kind of place was this? And how could he escape? 746Reads—Score12814d adds
- 87 When Ghostly Calamities Strike: A Paranormal Escape Begins with a Séance 诡灾降临：灵异逃生从招魂开始 [Infinite Flow + No Female Lead + Original Instances] “Welcome to the Supernatural Forbidden Zone, dear Apostles!” “This world is nearing its end, so struggle as much as you like!” As paper ash blankets the world, reality and the supernatural begin to overlap. In a dilapidated clan apartment building, a drowned ghost child knocks at the door. In the vanished School Building No. 7, a headless corpse wanders in confusion. In a dim Taoist temple, gleaming statues of the gods weep tears of blood... 959Reads8.1Score8214d adds
- 88 The Man Buried Upside Down 倒着埋的人 The Man Buried Upside Down 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Midnight Oracle 午夜神谕 Shh… It’s late. Turn out the lights. Once you step through this door, the world of lies behind you. Whatever you see there, don’t tell anyone. Don’t scream… Stay alive, and you’ll understand everything. As an “ordinary” residential community security guard, Chen You has endured one midnight after another: the church bells ring out twelve long echoes in succession; in an empty post office, the PA system switches on by itself and mutters ancient prophecies; an estate that sho 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 My Neighbor Knocks on the Wall at 3 A.M. Every Day 我的邻居每天准时在凌晨3点敲墙 My neighbor knocks on the wall at exactly 3 a.m. every day 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 I Heard of Strange Things That Year: Never Read This Late at Night 那年听闻怪事，千万别深夜翻看 These stories are adapted and fictionalized from various experiences shared by friends. They are written in an accessible style and make for a good way to unwind. A reminder: reject superstition. This is all imaginative fiction. Any similarities to real events are purely coincidental, so don't take it seriously! 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The Infinite Haunted House 无限诡异屋 [Original eerie instances + infinite-level progression + handcrafted + no female lead + slow burn] Qiao Ze collapses in front of a mirror, where his reflection wears a smile like that of an impostor. Along with a group of people from all over the world, he is dragged into the same sealed, bizarre incident. A deformed child crawling like a beast, A demonic baby still attached to half an umbilical cord, A pregnant woman with two heads, An impostor whose mouth stretches from the corners to the back 126Reads—Score12314d adds
- 93 Girls’ Dorm Rule Horror: Survive! 女寝规则怪谈：请活下去！ The Dormitory Girls’ Rules of the Strange: Survive! 102Reads—Score314d adds
- 94 Not a Declaration of Salvation: Welcome to the Salvation Game 非救世宣言【欢迎来到救世游戏】 [Infinite Flow] [Mild Horror] [Survival] [Mind Games] [No Female Lead] [Original Instances] (Satisfying Battle of Wits + Tons of Twists, No CP) The paranormal is coming. The world is no longer what it was. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Game of Salvation. Huai Jiu discovered that he was living in a bizarre world. Even stranger, everyone around him thought everything was perfectly normal! That is, until a mysterious girl dropped from the sky and dragged him into the Bureau for Suppressing 217Reads—Score11214d adds
- 95 Infinite Terror: I Become a God in the Eighteenth Layer of Hell 无限惊悚：我在十八层地狱封神 [Thriller] + [Infinite Flow] + [Survival Against the Odds] [Ensemble Cast] + [Episodic] + [Mystery and Deduction] [The Eternal Cruise Ship] The empty cruise ship is filled with endless lies. The twisted-faced, deeply wrinkled vengeful ghost loves collecting tongues. The only clue: Do not speak carelessly. Shen Xu: "Brother Luo, the clue says you're a pimp." Luo Yu: "I'm a pet shop owner. I arrange pet breeding for people." [Xinglin Village] All 18 gate challengers are terminally ill. Only by d 234Reads—Score10114d adds
- 96 One Cursed Letter, and I'm in the Eighteenth Layer of the Ghost Realm? 一封诅咒信，我入诡界十八层？ [Horror + Survival + Infinite Flow + Plot-Heavy + Three Updates a Day + No Fighting Monsters to Level Up + Original Horror Instances] They say that when a white letter mysteriously arrives in your hands, a curse has attached itself to you… Rotting books, an empty bus, a door seeping blood… In bizarre ways, a group of unsuspecting people who receive letters are sent to one eerie world after another. They are called Curse-Bearers, and in the eldritch realm, they must endure their own curses. No 1.3kReads6.4Score11314d adds
- 97 The Demon Gate Puppet 诡门人偶 [Infinite-dungeon horror + dark humor + outrageous antics + daily life + absurdity = the author's a total menace] Xu Zhifan and Chen Yu are just two ordinary office workers. Nine to nine, six days a week; meager pay, endless overtime. Until one day, the two of them are apparently “kidnapped” and taken to an unfamiliar villa. In the villa's courtyard stands a door, silent and still. Beyond it lies a resort where a considerate butler “sees the guests out”; an unsolved case in which they have —Reads—Score114d adds
- 98 Infinite Haunting Realms: I Can See Through Lies 无限诡域：我能堪破谎言 [Infinite Flow]+ [No Romance]+ [Original Instances]+ [Mild Horror]+ [Ghosts Kill People]+ [Ghosts in Every Real-World Instance] “Ghosts cannot be killed.” “Humans cannot fight ghosts.” “Ghosts each have their own rules for killing.” A mysterious letter. A door that leads to the unknown. When Li Yu opened the door, one eerie instance after another awaited him. This is the [Ghostly Domain], a world of vengeful ghosts! Will you die in confusion, or be reborn from a nightmare? 156kReads8.4Score24.6k14d adds
- 99 All the Ghosts Smile at Me, So I Beat Them Straight to Hell 众鬼朝我笑嘻嘻，我打得它们归西 [Rules-based horror + no romance + goofy humor] Uh, it was originally going to have no romance, but the author might add a pairing later because they can’t write it. / There’s no way there’ll be a pairing. Kill them all!!! Su Que awakens to the fact that she is a villain, the fake heiress everyone hates. She also sees how she’ll die in the near future: not a single piece of her body will be intact, as the horrors in the dungeons tear her apart and devour every last bit of her. Realizing she isn 57Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 100 Thriller: There's a Ghost in My Phone 惊悚：我的手机里有鬼 A month ago, my younger sister mysteriously disappeared at a subway station. A day ago, the police pulled a headless female corpse from the river. A DNA test confirmed it was my sister, Xu Yuan. A minute ago, my dead sister walked in carrying a cake topped with a human head. White ghost candles stuck out of its crown, and longevity noodles made from its innards were served to celebrate my birthday. A minute later, I was chosen by a supernatural app's blood pact and plunged into a world of ghosts 3.1kReads—Score42114d adds
