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- 1 Career Guidance Manual 就业指导指南 When he received his college acceptance letter, Meng Zhe was still thrilled. Little did he know that the moment he stepped onto campus, the gears of fate began to turn. A job? No! A desperate escape! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Global Reincarnation: I Can Draw Gacha Capsules and Cards 全球轮回：我可以扭蛋抽卡 Why was an old man with one arm's apron tied in ten dead knots? What was a grade-schooler up to, riding an old granny straight through a red light? Why was a cosplayer dressed as a speed bump in the middle of a national highway at midnight? A little chick was force-fed several hard-boiled eggs, sparking heated debate... In this world, where spiritual qi revival has been underway for a long time and extraordinary beings are everywhere, Fang Xiang transmigrates here and unexpectedly awakens a gach 30Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 3 No Way Out 求生无路 Ever since someone inexplicably appeared in our class's group chat, the whole world has gone wrong. My classmates have started dying one after another. And I can't escape this fate either... 492Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 4 Death Game: The Only Survivor 死亡游戏：唯一活着的人 [Infinite survival + plot + post-apocalypse + supernatural powers + no saintly protagonist] Feel free to skip the first three chapters. With his life nearly at an end, Shen Mo is forcibly dragged into an endless apocalyptic scenario where his survival is uncertain. Beyond the towering walls, zombies swarm the city. The ruined metropolis has become a living hell, and he finally faces reality: his old life is over, and this new world is his only chance to keep living. When survival is at stake, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Paradox Theater: Error! This Player Cannot Be Classified 悖论剧场：错误！无法界定该玩家 [Infinite Flow + Virtual Game + Highly Intelligent Protagonists and Antagonists + Themed Instances + Growing Protagonist + Snarky Humor + No Mindless Wish Fulfillment] At a game launch event, the supreme intelligence “Qi” challenged all of humanity: it would seal away its powers, take the form of a level-one player, and launch a virtual game called The Paradox Theater. If humanity lost, the world would be erased completely. As the globe descended into panic and frenzy, Shen Wuyan, a young man at —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 You Think College Makes Life Easy? 上了大学就轻松了？ Infinite-loop horror + slow burn + no golden finger + challenges + rule-based horror + the supernatural + instances + conflict An ordinary school suddenly turns into a “meat grinder”! All kinds of deadly rules: ignore the “teachers,” don't run, follow the schedule to the letter... All kinds of bizarre instances, movie scenes, teamwork, and going it alone... Ten universities compete online. Staying alive is the only hope! When you graduate from your senior year of high school and take the college 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Divine Relics Game: What's Wrong with Forcing an Extra Billion in Collateral? 神迹游戏：强制典当多抢亿点咋了 Xu Yixuan was hunted for four years after his relatives had him committed to a mental hospital, but he never went mad. He was dragged into a world of infinite games, but he didn't die. He even awakened a divine miracle: [The Scales of Pawn] Everyone thought he wouldn't survive the first game dungeon. Xu Yixuan simply wiped his knife clean. “Next.” · [The Scales of Pawn] On the surface, it's a fair deal: you give one thing, I give one thing, an equal exchange. In reality, it's outright plunder: W 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Rule Horror: The Eerie All Get Headaches When They See Me 规则怪谈：诡异见我都犯愁 Also known as “Tales of the Uncanny Invade: What Are You Up to, Longguo?” Tong Yan of Yanhuang (Longguo) entered the horror game as a chosen player. With his reckless, rebellious streak, he carried the fate of his nation on his shoulders. A slip of paper fell from the curtain box. It listed the rules of the horror game: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... Hold on! He was busy trying to get himself killed. He had no time to care about spooky stories or strange phenomena. Tong Yan then stood on the edge of the b 336Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Awaken an SSS-Rank Talent 规则怪谈：开局觉醒5S级天赋 [Ensemble Cast] [Hilarious] [National Fate] [Infinite Flow] [Subverting Expectations] [The Path to Godhood] When he opened his eyes, Ren Fei realized he had been reborn. This time, he chose not to awaken the 3S-rank talent [Authority of Deception], because he knew that every path to godhood except the God of Wealth’s was a scam! From the start, Ren Fei went straight to the government for funding: ten billion! Once the ten billion arrived, he smoothly awakened the 5S-rank talent [God of Wealth’s 1.3kReads8.7Score163Shelves
- 10 My Horror Theater 我的惊悚戏楼 Lost souls come as spectators, while the living become actors in the play! The curtain is about to rise, the guests are seated. Tonight, the stage is set, and the performance will be a matter of life and death! Whenever blood rain falls, a group of people abandoned by fate return to a bizarre theater. They cannot escape and can only take part in one deadly performance after another. Here, everyone has their own set of rules for the entire show. Here, the audience's tips determine their odds of s 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 At Bureau 749: I Slay Everything with a Nuo Mask 人在749局：我以傩面杀穿一切 [Decisive and Ruthless + Supernatural Resurgence + Plenty to Read] A bloody urban legend at Cangnan University tears a hole in Yin Hong’s peaceful life. The red sandalwood Nuo mask his parents left behind before disappearing turns out to be a forbidden object connected to the ancient Nether Ruins. As the bronze pattern of a glaring face and bristling beard creeps across his skin, he hears countless shamans chanting war songs inside his skull, while the golden-red blood surging through his veins 5.3kReads7.3Score615Shelves
- 12 The Privacy Hunter 隐私猎人 2077, Moon City. This was a mad and ridiculous world, where people's privacy was a commodity with a price tag. Journalists, who should have been pursuing “truth” and “justice,” had become lackeys of capital and locusts chasing clicks. Investigative reporter Han Qingzhuo refused to go along with it. He didn't want to fabricate rumors for traffic, and in the end, he was left unemployed. At the lowest point of his life, he received a mysterious email. 547Reads8.3Score100Shelves
- 13 Rule Horror: The Infinite Loop's Haunted Campus, Don't Trust Any Rule 规则怪谈：无限流诡异校园，别相信任何一条规则 Rule Horror: An Infinite-Flow, Supernatural School. Don't Trust a Single Rule 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 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 58Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 15 Urban Legend Dungeons: Starting by Sweeping Through Bikini Bottom 怪谈副本：从横推比奇堡开始 [Rules-based horror + plot-driven + mystery and suspense + ketchup warning] (Volume 1: Bikini Bottom arc, complete) Ever since the red comet streaked across the sky that night, the whole world had undergone a terrifying change. Jiang Ling was on his way to buy bread for his younger sister when an accident struck. A girl fell to her death right in front of him, and a surge of gray, eerie fog swept away everyone nearby. When he opened his eyes again, he discovered that he had become a fish. On the 13Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 16 Even If We Kill Him, We Still Need One More 就算杀了他，我们还是少一个 The one who was missing was never a monster. Bai Xun is trapped in a bizarre office tower that stretches on without end, where every floor is a deadly trial. Security, cleaning, maintenance, reception, building management: jobs that once seemed ordinary have become survival superpowers, and an employee badge is a matter of life and death. Only after accidentally unlocking the base on the 43rd floor does he learn that he is the landlord of the entire building, with the power to rewrite its rule 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 In the Underworld from the Start, and It Only Gets Darker! 开局在阴间，之后也阴间！ Dual Personalities + Infinite-Flow Horror + Cold Protagonist + No Saintly Savior + Poker Face + No Female Lead When he opened his eyes, Murong Yinghou found himself in a bizarre place. He had to enter one world after another, each filled with vengeful ghosts and curses. Relying on his absolute rationality, he cleared mission after mission and even became a hunter of evil spirits! Others admired and liked him for his intelligence. But they also feared him for his cold-bloodedness… 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 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—Shelves
- 19 The Most Terrifying Class on Campus 高校里最恐怖的班级 A classmate who had been dead for two years suddenly spoke in the group chat. At first, everyone thought it was someone's prank, until the first classmate died unexpectedly. Only then did they realize this was no prank... 794Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Rule Horror: The Weird Older Brother at Home 规则怪谈：家有诡哥 [The rating is low because it just opened for ratings] On February 13, 2001, mysterious blood mists suddenly appeared around the world. Anyone ordinary who came into contact with one would become violent and cold-blooded, committing heinous crimes. Almost no one survived in places shrouded by the blood mist. Even the lucky few who made it out were left insane or mindless. No one knew what lurked inside. To investigate this mysterious phenomenon, Hua Country formed a suicide squad and sent it int 1.4kReads8.8Score191Shelves
- 21 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 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Ghost Stories: After Countless Deaths, I See Through Every Unknown 怪谈：死亡无数次，洞悉所有未知 [Rule-Based Horror + Infinite Flow + Plot-Driven + No Romance + National Fate + Livestreaming + Humorous Comedy + Goofy Shenanigans + Unexpected Twists + Dungeons + System + Rewinds...] Spiritual qi revival, terror descends. Lin Ka was chosen by the horror game. A normal person would be scared, cry, and scream for their mom to save them. But Lin Ka awakened an SSS-rank unlimited rewind ability from the start. He immediately started fooling around. First dungeon: [Family of Four] 1. You must obey 24Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 23 The Corpse-Reading Detective 诡案读尸人 The Corpse-Reading Detective 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Supernatural Revival: I Control a Ghostly Chain from the Start 灵异复苏：开局驾驭鬼锁链 [Supernatural resurgence + not a wish-fulfillment story + no heroine + slow-paced + ruthless + no bleeding-heart protagonist + doesn't suck up to headquarters + no System] A camping trip during summer vacation became a one-way road to hell. Lin Yi was haunted by an indescribable “thing.” It defied all reason, and every heartbeat tolled the knell of death. In his frantic flight, he stumbled into a decrepit ancient temple, where the cold pierced to the bone. In the darkness lay a rusty chain, glow 2.3kReads5.6Score189Shelves
- 25 The Nightmare Investigation Team 梦魇调查团 This is the depths of hell, a world of nightmares. Without a resilient will, a nimble mind, and meticulous powers of observation, you can only become a demon's feed in this terrifying world. 1.4kReads8.8Score113Shelves
- 26 Infinite Survival: This Assassin Is Not So Cold 无限流之这个杀手不太冷 A battle royale descends, and countless challengers are thrown onto a path where they must prove themselves. Lin Xiaohu, a classical martial arts assassin, walks the line between life and death, searching for a glimmer of redemption. Mythical beasts block the way, powerful enemies close in, and fragments of divine weapons spark endless strife. While everyone else is trapped in a cycle of slaughter, he insists on tearing apart the rules and protecting the light that belongs to him. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Ultimate Individual 究极个体 Li Hao somehow found himself in all kinds of worlds known as Nightfall. He witnessed gods set out on a path of rebirth in pursuit of perfection. He also saw inhuman individuals sweep through a Nightfall world, committing violent acts as they seized power and ruled over all. He came to understand, too, what it meant to be a Black Gold. Welcome to the Nightfall world. 417Reads—Score105Shelves
- 28 Rule Horror: Something Is Wrong with My Sister 规则怪谈：我的妹妹不对劲 [Rules-based horror + subverting expectations + a break in historical knowledge + rules above all] The story begins when Bai Xiaochen’s sister, the only family he has, is replaced by a [Chosen One]. The core of this book’s world is the idea that [life is beyond your control]. 489Reads8.0Score105Shelves
- 29 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Had a Toolbox 规则怪谈：开局一个工具箱 Reader's Guide: All the instances are original. There are no incorrect rules, but there may be a few bugs. Please go easy on me. National Fate (there's no National Fate point system, only the elimination or arrival of horrors, or individual rewards). So contestants from other countries will appear, but the story won't keep putting them down. Even in the worst world, there are souls that shine, though their endings may not be good. There are livestreams, but they make up only a small part of the 4.7kReads8.8Score436Shelves
- 30 Rule Horror: Every Rule Is Waiting for Me to Break It 规则怪谈：所有规则都在等我违规 Rule Horror: Every Rule Is Waiting for Me to Break It 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 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—Shelves
- 32 Rule Horror: Staying Alive Gets Harder by the Day 规则怪谈：活着越来越难 My name is Lin Mo, and my hearing is a curse. I can “hear” the distorted “whispers” of objects and places: deadly rules lurking in supermarket night shifts, hospital caregiving duties, and company overtime. They are internally consistent, cold, and cruel. To survive in a hell of rules that can descend at random, I must use this painful hearing in everyday settings to decipher traps and find loopholes in their logic. Every escape makes reality seem more absurd, and staying alive grows harder by t 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Rule Horror: I Exorcise the Uncanny Through Opera 规则怪谈：我靠唱戏超度诡异 When rule-based horror puts on the costume of traditional opera, singing the wrong lyrics means death, taking the wrong steps means death, and even clapping at the wrong time can get you killed. Armed with the ancestral Nuo mask, Pei Qixian sneers, “Perfect. I specialize in haunting opera stages.” While everyone else trembles as they follow the rules, he turns around and rewrites the script: “The King of Hell wants to pick a show? Today, I’m going to pick, his!” [Instance Notice] You have trigge 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Dragon-Slaying Mage of the Holy Light Paradise 圣光乐园的灭龙魔导士 A pure-tank mage from the Holy Light Paradise, specializing in lightning. Later on, soul lightning, world lightning, you name it, he'll have it all!!! By the way, does “Blue Steel Shadow” count as a kind of lightning? Should I try eating some? And there are Yin Five Thunders and Yang Five Thunders from The Outcast. Detection equipment: a mechanical detection construct possessed by Pokemon Rotom. If you're using lightning, how can you go without a spear? Melee mage: Fairy Tail's Lightning Dragon 90Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Purple Rain Descends 紫雨来袭 Also known as "Grief Rises from Within" (Infinite flow + educational themes + no special abilities + not a wish-fulfillment story + twists all the way through) Li Ze, the protagonist, has the ability to empathize. Wherever suffering ignored by society takes place, purple rain falls. It rebuilds that suffering in the victims' minds in distorted, terrifying forms. The monsters, evil spirits, and strange phenomena that emerge from the purple rain retain the defining features of the harm inflicted o 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Matrix Chamber: Starting as a Daoist Boy Who Guides Souls 矩阵密室：从称号接引道童开始 Genre tags: Infinite flow / Escape rooms / Daoist secret arts / Character growth / Dark fantasy Wang Xiaole is a professional thief. When he wakes up, he finds himself trapped in a sealed room with no exit. The only way out is a door leading to a morgue. This is a death trap built by an entity known as the “Matrix.” Every room hides a key. Find it to survive and enter the next stage. Ghosts, werewolves, giant insects, and human hearts even harder to fathom than monsters appear one after another 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 This Was Supposed to Be an Eerie World. Why Is It All Your Property? 说好诡异世界，怎么全是你的产业 [The supernatural + tycoon + no female lead + no romance + insane protagonist] In an unknown corner, a world known as the Supernatural World quietly descended. Unlike the other players who entered the Supernatural World, Qing Dian had a crazed tycoon System and infinite gold coins from the start! So while the other players were working five jobs a day just to scrape by, Qing Dian was eating roast leg of lamb and enjoying a full-service massage, all while buying up dungeons. … Player: “Yellow Sp 749Reads8.9Score131Shelves
- 38 Rule Horror: Something's Wrong With This Rule 规则怪谈：这个规则不对劲 [Subverting expectations + no heroine + lighthearted + funny + crafty schemer + eerie + national destiny] Rules-based horror descends upon Earth. People chosen from each country enter it to face the eerie. Zhou Yi is chosen by the horror world to represent Great Xia in this game. If he wins, he will buy Great Xia a chance to catch its breath. If he loses, the horror world will descend upon Great Xia. Everyone chosen to enter the horror world gets one chance to draw a talent. The others all get f 83Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 39 Rule Horror: I Can See the Correct Rules! 规则怪谈：我能看到正确规则！ [Mystery]+ [Deduction]+ [Thriller]+ [National Fate]+ [Livestream] A note before we begin: The first scenario is fairly simple, mainly to help readers who haven't read rules horror novels get used to the genre. But if you've finished the third scenario and still don't think this book is exciting, please tag me. I'll wash my hair while standing on my head! Qu Qi woke from a nap and found himself swept into a world of horrors. His success or failure would affect the fate of Longguo. The first rules 544Reads6.8Score101Shelves
- 40 Rule Horror: Infinite Instances, A Grimoire of the Eerie 规则怪谈：无限副本，诡异图鉴 [Infinite-flow + instances + no romance + eerie + suspense + mind-bending + horror + supernatural + imaginative suspense] Worried there aren't enough instances to keep you reading? This book will satisfy you. At three in the morning, the eighth rule at the convenience store is written in blood. Wu Yan only wants to earn eight hundred yuan for a night shift, but he receives an illustrated book that turns its own pages. Rules-based horrors, urban legends, Nanyang curse magic, memetic contamination 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Wanderer of Infinite Worlds 无限世界的漫游者 [Original Infinite-Flow Worlds · No Clichés or Mindless Wish Fulfillment · Growth-Oriented Protagonist · No Golden Finger · Not Fast Food] Worlds so far: ① Western Fantasy Continent (a gathering place for transmigrators); ② Martial Artist World (the body as a furnace, qi and blood as fire, humans and ghosts coexisting); ③ Soulslike World (a dying land abandoned by the gods); ④ Imperial Star Region (where qi cultivation and interstellar technology coexist); ⑤ Weird Realm (eldritch enemies and sur 4.1kReads8.7Score414Shelves
- 42 Rule Horror: I Ascended to Godhood in a Death Game 规则怪谈：我在死亡游戏中封神 [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Rule-Bound Horror + Death Games + No Female Lead + Lighthearted Humor + Special Abilities] Welcome to the Land of Divine Relics! This is a world ruled by rules, a playground for the supernatural, and the birthplace of [Miracles]! Here, flipping a coin, counting fingers, playing cards: these games may seem simple, but each has only one path to survival! All you can do is exploit loopholes in the rules and awaken your own [Miracle]! Through countless death games, I 3.8kReads8.6Score348Shelves
- 43 A Taoist Priest in an Infinite-Loop Story? That's Right Up My Alley 道士进无限流吗？那很专业对口了 [Infinite flow + ensemble cast + the supernatural] [Slow burn] [Mild horror + cyber ghost hunting + livestreaming + evil gods] In 2171, the neural-link horror game Random burst onto the scene, touting freedom, realism, and randomness. Homebody Taoist He Xiao opens the game, ready to let loose. Lightning magic from the start, teaching ghosts how to be ghosts. But not only does the tutorial target him, his first scenario after getting nerfed is an [S-rank scenario]? And so begins He Xiao’s livest 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Strange Tales of the Uncanny: The Cause of My Death Is Anything but Normal 诡异怪谈：我的死因不正常 [Death Warnings] + [Thriller] + [Mystery] + [Mysterious Objects] + [Factional Conflict] A month ago, Musheng narrowly survived an accident. Ever since, strange death warnings have kept appearing in his mind. [In five minutes, you will be hit and killed by a car.] [In five minutes, a woman will reach into your chest with her bare hand and tear out your heart.] [In five minutes, you will be squeezed into “juice” by a giant juicer.] Misfortune follows him everywhere, and death is always close a 1.1kReads8.2Score135Shelves
- 45 Rule Horror: But I'm the Error 规则怪谈：但我是错误 (This novel features rule-based horror, deduction, livestreams, and national fate.) (The protagonist grows over time. As the author was a newcomer, the characterization in the first volume is weak, but the protagonist’s appeal rises sharply from the second volume onward.) (This book doesn’t kill characters arbitrarily, dumb them down for no reason, or indulge in over-the-top emotional outbursts.) That year, horror games descended and shrouded the world. That day, I was chosen to become a solver. 3.1kReads8.9Score428Shelves
- 46 Rule-Based Survival: I Can Foresee Death 规则求生：我能预知死亡 [Infinite Flow, mild horror, terrifying dungeons, no romance, survival, not a saintly protagonist] One night, Chen Feng was walking through an abandoned park after finishing his shift at the crematorium when something strange happened. There was clearly no one behind him, yet he heard faint footsteps. At first, he thought he was imagining things, but when he listened closely, the footsteps were still there, gradually drawing nearer. They sounded as though they were deliberately mimicking his own 22.3kReads7.6Score2.2kShelves
- 47 Rule Horror: School of Life and Death 规则怪谈：生死学校 [Rule Horror] [Infinite Flow] [Battle Royale] On the day he got into college, Yang Han thought his hardships were finally over. It wasn't until he stepped through the campus gates that he learned the truth: At this university, there are no classes and no exams. You only have to risk your life. Break the school rules? Erased on the spot. The survival app's countdown hits zero? You disappear instantly. If you want to live one more day, you must fight to complete one bizarre mission after another a 5.9kReads8.9Score726Shelves
- 48 How Did I, an Alien, End Up Becoming an AI? 我一个外星人怎么就成了ai了呢 Strong female lead + natural disasters + supernatural powers + golden finger! Bai Cen, an ordinary wage slave. One day, the apocalypse strikes. What she never expected was that her “golden finger” would be an alien, and a high-and-mighty one at that. Even stranger, the alien is a player in a video game, while she's just a pitiful game character! Earthquakes, torrential rain, floods, snowstorms... One disaster after another comes, and our heroine grows stronger and stronger. The arrogant alien tu 229Reads9.6Score134Shelves
- 49 Infinite Cinema: I Climbed to the Top of the Charts Through Death 无限影院：我靠死亡冲上热榜第一 [Infinite-Loop Horror + Mildly Scary + No Female Lead] Just got a rating, it'll rise later, dears! Death isn't the end. It's your ticket in. The moment Jiang Yubai was crushed beneath a cement truck, he thought his life was over. But when he opened his eyes again, he was sitting in an old movie theater that reeked of mold. Blood-red rules appeared on the screen: Welcome to the “Infinite Cinema.” Here, the dead are chosen at random to become the “protagonists” of one horror film after another. Th 9.7kReads6.9Score1.1kShelves
- 50 Reincarnation Paradise: Armor? You're in a Gang, Aren't You! 轮回乐园：铠甲？你是黑帮的吧！ The rating has only just appeared, and it'll go up later. Feel free to give it a try. A Vajra Armor in Reincarnation Paradise. Extreme defense brings extreme survivability. Doesn't suck up to the original protagonist (though Su from Akame ga Kill! seems impossible to suck up to anyway), Doesn't steal the protagonist's opportunities (though there don't seem to be any to steal), Is a Hunter (can't help it, Hunter privileges are pretty sweet), Specializes in heavy weapons (smash... crush... loot... 936Reads7.3Score—Shelves
