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- 1 I Take Xiaomei on a Date from the Start, and Future Generations Sing My Praise 开局约会小美，后世颂我之名 Urban horrors are quietly returning, and order is crumbling without a sound. Lies blind the masses, while despair engulfs the world. Chen Yan, a transmigrator afflicted with a strange illness, has a frail body. Drawn into this web through a blind date, he navigates deadly horrors with no solution in sight, struggling to survive amid catastrophe. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Uncle Nine's World: Exorcising Demons in America 九叔世界：在美利坚驱魔 Lin Zhengmiao, the nephew of Uncle Jiu, went to the United States to study large-scale shipbuilding in hopes of helping Longguo prosper. The United States was rife with undercurrents and gunfire. When he returned to Hong Kong Island for summer break, he became a disciple of Daoist Priest Qianhe and studied Eastern magic to protect himself. With his skills, Lin Zhengmiao rescued foreign residents from the torment of evil spirits, while making a fortune in the process. Like gifts sent home by over 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Help! My Terminally Ill Husband Is Such a Great Actor 救命！我的绝症老公太能装 To repay a debt of gratitude and exact revenge, I signed a ridiculous contract and married the man everyone in the city knew was dying: Fu Siyan. He’s been pretending all along! He’s no lamb waiting to be slaughtered. He’s a top predator lying in wait in the dark, setting an inescapable trap and waiting for his prey to take the bait! But when he stands victorious, thinking he has this “chess piece” of mine firmly under his thumb, he has no idea... I’m good at acting, too. The top hacker, “L,” ne 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Fool: King of the Eerie Realm! 愚者：诡界的王！ Give me peanuts! Give me peanuts! I'm Li Shuo. After a dream in which the apocalypse was invaded by uncanny rules, I woke up to discover I could travel to the uncanny realm. But everyone thinks everything I say is a sign of schizophrenia. The rules finally invade for real, and then you come looking for me? Well, you came to the right person! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain: A Heavenly Master Cultivation System from the Start 道士下山，开局觉醒天师道法系统 Wang Jiu is an orphan raised by an old Taoist priest, so poor he can barely scrape by. On his first day down the mountain, the supernatural descends and he awakens the Celestial Master System. Catch ghosts? Sure. But can someone tell him why his biological mother is a hundred-year-old vengeful ghost, and his biological father was a Celestial Master from the Republican era? He can't even draw the peachwood sword his master left him. System notification: Your cultivation is insufficient. Please ac —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Slay the Gods: My Name Is Li Leping 斩神：我叫李乐平 [Mystery Revival]+ [Slay the Gods]+ [Single heroine]+ [Night Wanderer template]+ [Professional sucker-puncher]+ [Physical memory erasure]+ [I love killing people in my dreams]+ [Come find me~ If you do, I'll let you hehehe] The world forgets. Smoke billows everywhere. I search for people, drifting about in my sleep. Black clothes, chains, a revolving lantern. My name is Li Leping. I'm someone no one can remember. Gods, close your eyes. Night has fallen! 583Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 From the Start, I Could Imprint Curses, and Became the Strongest Secret Warden 开局拓印诅咒，我成了最强镇秘人 I repaired an ancient, nameless scroll and became a cursed “Keeper of Secrets.” Old objects have awakened, the rules have collapsed, and the only way to fight the Eerie is with something even more sinister. My ability, “Shadow Imprint,” lets me steal the power of any curse. A ghost mirror claims lives? I can copy it and use it for myself! A pocket watch traps people in a loop? I can copy it and turn back time! But each time I use my power, my body becomes less and less human. When the Doomsday C —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Supernatural Revival: There's a Ghost Inside My Body 灵异复苏：我的身体里有一只鬼 Supernatural phenomena return, and ghosts roam the night. Darkness descends, and the world falls. Vicious ghosts ravage the human world, wandering every corner. Some lurk in the shadows; some haunt abandoned buildings; and others wear human skin and blend in among the survivors… Humanity struggles to survive in fear. Some hide in dark basements; some band together in groups; and some choose madness in their despair, using forbidden means to fight the ghosts, only to ultimately become monsters —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Supernatural Revival: I Tame an S-Rank Vengeful Ghost from the Start 灵异复苏：开局驾驭S级厉鬼 “I love ghosts more than anything.” Ghost fog descended, the world transformed, and the age of ghosts came without warning. The mysterious, forbidden game Ghost Era opened for beta testing. Every player chosen had to coexist and contend with ghosts. Everyone knew that controlling a ghost was a near-certain death sentence. One wrong move, and the ghost would turn on you, reducing you to an empty shell and condemning you to eternal torment. While everyone else trembled at the thought of ghosts and 61Reads—Score1114d adds
- 10 Horror Revival: I Commanded a Dead Still Spirit from the Start 恐怖复苏：开局驾驭死机厉鬼 [No transmigration] + [No fanfiction] + [Set in the Mysterious Revival world] + [Ghosts cannot be killed] + [Not overpowered] The world is drowning in decay, and Hell lies empty. Evil spirits are reviving, and the human world has become a living hell. I come from an age of despair. One night, a game of ghostly tag dragged me into a world that was never mine. To survive, I could only keep moving forward. But when I looked back, I saw a despair far deeper still. 261Reads—Score10214d adds
- 11 The Yin-Yang Coffin Maker 阴阳棺材匠 I’m a coffin maker. After an unexpected incident, I uncovered the secret that everyone in the village was a paper effigy. My family has made coffins for generations, and each of us makes only a thousand in our lifetime. I never imagined that my grandfather’s thousandth coffin would be made for me... 1kReads—Score10014d adds
- 12 Mystery Revival: The Ninth Generation of the Wang Family 神秘复苏：我是王家第九代 Vengeful ghosts have returned, and the human world is a living hell. One generation sinks into ruin, while the next rises in its place. Two hundred years after the supernatural was brought to an end… (Supernatural + horror + character growth + no female lead + no System) 464Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Young Feng Shui Grandmaster 少年风水大宗师 A weasel spirit came to claim my life, and the King of Hell sent for my soul. From the moment I was born, I was doomed to face a deadly calamity. The village fortune-teller said I wouldn’t live past nine. But I refused to believe in fate. I was determined to defy heaven and fight against it! My life was filled with countless disasters, each one more terrifying than the last. A coffin made of human skin, nine women changing their fortunes, ghost soldiers borrowing the road, a fox’s wedding: every 347Reads—Score10114d adds
- 14 Sole Possessor of the Divine Throne 独享神座 People draw psychic power from dead gods and Buddhas to fight the eerie beings. It is their only chance to survive! When Wei Zheng woke up, he found himself in a world full of “Eerie Folk.” Ordinary people stood no chance against them. The only way to survive was through “visualization”: borrowing psychic power from gods and Buddhas. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 I Catch Ghosts with Cheats 我靠开挂捉鬼 The day I was born, strange signs appeared in the village. The fortune-teller said my birth chart was entirely yin, and that I was different from ordinary people. So, starting when I was four, I could always see things that other people couldn’t. A female ghost possessing Grandpa Li, a mysterious man in black, a water ghost reeking from head to toe, a weasel pretending to be a spirit... My ordinary life became dangerous and thrilling... 105Reads8.0Score13214d adds
- 16 I Prepared for the Eerie Era in Advance, and Now the Ten Yama Kings Beg Me to Stop Killing! 提前布局诡异时代，十大阎罗求我别杀了！ [Reborn] + [A Chaotic, Supernatural Age] + [Ghost Taming] + [Underworld Profession Ranking] Terrifying supernatural beings invade the real world. Evil spirits run rampant, and order collapses. Humanity on Blue Star struggles to survive. Only by becoming a powerful ghost hunter can anyone defend themselves. And to become a ghost hunter, one must possess an underworld profession. The Dragon Kingdom has ten advancement paths, and the strongest among them can rise to become one of the Ten Ghost King 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Supernatural Revival: From the Start, I Control Two Evil Ghosts 灵异复苏：我开局驾驭双厉鬼 [Eerie Revival]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Ghost-Taming]+ [Three Laws of Vengeful Ghosts] [First-Person Version] My name is Feng Du. I’m a dead man whose heart was cut out by a crooked hospital, so why am I still alive? And whose heart is inside my body now? Is it human, or is it a ghost’s? I don’t know. I just want to find the bastard who cut out my heart and tear him limb from limb. On my way to get revenge, I encountered a second vengeful ghost. It defeated me and left me on the brink of deat 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Mystery: The Buddha’s Realm in My Palm, Rewriting Certain Death 神秘：掌中佛国，改写必死灵异 Transported into the world of Mysterious Revival, Lin Bei is destined to become the bald team captain who dies in the national war! Armed with the one and only ability to foresee danger and save his own life, he faces ghosts that cannot be killed. Using the Mirror Ghost as his foundation, he subdues the Sleeping Ghost and the Shadow-Splitting Ghost to build a unique system that can forcibly shut down evil spirits and keep him alive. He takes root in Jiang City to purge the supernatural, encounte 3.2kReads5.0Score26914d adds
- 19 The Third Book by Baoyu Qian De Feng 暴雨前的风的第3本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 93Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Becoming a God in the Age of the Supernatural 从灵异时代开始成神 The Grim Reaper wandering the streets, the mountains forever shrouded in dense fog, the hunchbacked old man in a dried-up grave. Ghosts and monsters have descended upon cities everywhere, and the supernatural has become a phenomenon of this age. Human nature begins to twist, and despair descends upon the world... This is the story of a god, a chapter belonging to a god alone. (This book borrows some plot elements and settings from Mysterious.) 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Mysterious Resurgence: The Ninefold Bronze Coffin 神秘复苏之九重青铜棺 A mysterious bronze coffin brought Lin Ye as he transmigrated into the world of Mysterious Revival. With the bronze coffin’s help, Lin Ye gradually rose to the top of the world. So what would he ultimately become with its help? A top-tier ghost wielder like Zhang Dong? The second god among men after Yang Jian? Or perhaps… an unsolvable ghost? 11Reads5.4Score214d adds
- 22 Ace Detective Agency: Paranormal Case Files 王牌侦探事务所：灵异档案簿 Welcome to the Ace Detective Agency: we solve not puzzles, but the cost of human nature under the gaze of the abyss! There is no shallow face-slapping here, only evidence-based deductions and confrontations with the depths of human nature. We reject mindless golden fingers. Paying a price is the only currency for unraveling the uncanny. We reject low-IQ plot twists. Clues laid layer by layer will ultimately form a seamless chain of logic. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 In This Life, I See My Past Life 我于今生观前世 The protagonist encounters his past lives in a dream. Only after unraveling the mystery of his time in the womb does he discover that he is nothing but an empty shell. Once his three souls return to his body, three powerful spirits press against his own will. He has no choice but to deal with monsters and outside intruders to strengthen himself, all while withstanding the weight of karma and fighting to stay alive! Whether it's a black dragon stirring up trouble, a corpse-nurturing ground in the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Slaying Spirits in the Mortal Realm 人间斩灵 [Eerie] [Rule Horror] As the cleaver came down, the ghost before him did not disappear. It only retreated. The rules of the cleaver had been triggered by Xia Chunqiu's body, leaving him gravely injured. Faced with the supernatural attacks of a vengeful ghost, no one knew how long they could survive. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Supernatural Revival: My Phone Can Raise Ghosts 诡异复苏，我手机能养诡 A mysterious world. The uncanny is returning. Evil gods and uncanny beings are rising from myths and legends; terrifying entities are emerging from urban legends; electronic horrors are being born from survival games. Countless terrors have appeared among humanity, and fear is spreading across the world. As traditional missionaries, word-spell practitioners, and Taoist priests gradually lose their effectiveness, people begin exploring ways to control the uncanny. While everyone else is still sac 203Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 The Age of Calamity 诡劫时代 [The paranormal descends + supernatural resurgence + no female lead + no System + no saintly protagonist] Vengeful ghosts descend. The living are ants, and the dead become spirits. Those who close their eyes have their souls scattered; travelers who venture out at night leave no bones behind. Everyone lives in fear. Who can restore peace to the human world? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Eerie Revival: From the Start, I Commanded a Substitute Ghost 诡异复苏：开局驾驭替死鬼 [Supernatural Revival + eerie powers + cultivation through ghost arts + paranormal incidents] An abandoned century-old opera house. A bizarre corpse of a woman in red. Thirty-two lives lost in a single night. Chen Yan, the sole survivor, can never be an ordinary person again. A vengeful ghost inhabits his body, granting him eerie powers. Recruited by a mysterious organization, he becomes a “Ghost Envoy” who steals supernatural powers. From then on, an unwelcome visitor walks through the shadows 3.7kReads8.2Score37814d adds
- 28 Eerie Revival: I'm No Evil God 诡异复苏：我不是诡神 [Eerie Revival] [Urban] [Multiple Heroines] [Supernatural] The eerie cannot be killed. Only the eerie can fight the eerie. An accident turned Li He into an eerie controller. To survive eerie incidents, Li He must use the eerie power within him. But the more he uses that power, the faster the eerie presence inside him revives. With less than a year left to live, how can Li He turn things around? Will he become food for the eerie, or transform into a gluttonous beast? To survive, he must uncover t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Supernatural Revival: I Met a Substitute Ghost from the Start 灵异复苏：开局遇到替死鬼 [Eerie Revival] + [Creative Ghost-Making] + [Decisive and Ruthless] Ghosts are filth with a sense of rules! Ghosts must follow set patterns to kill! The only way to fight ghosts is with ghosts! Before his death, Shen Lan’s grandfather left him a ghost ring and a ghost coin... A substitute ghost, a hanging ghost, a ghost motorcycle, a ghost rat... The substitute ghost devours the hanging ghost and becomes a ghost rope; The ghost hand puts on a ghost boxing glove and becomes a boxing ghost; The gh —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Revival of the Mysterious: A Balanced Paranormal Era 神秘复苏均衡灵异时代 There are thirty-six source ghosts in Mysterious Resurgence. In fact, these thirty-six source ghosts are thirty-six gods. For some reason, the gods died, but their divinity could not be destroyed. That is why the evil ghosts left behind cannot be destroyed, and can only act according to the laws the gods left behind. People broadly divide the struggle against the remaining ghosts into three eras: the era of supernatural disintegration, when ghosts were broken apart; the era of supernatural balan 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Mysterious Revival: The Memory Sequence 神秘复苏之记忆序列 In an age of the Five Turbidities, vengeful ghosts run rampant. A memory from the past, traveling against time. A long stairway to godhood, built from memories. This time, the Ghost Rider Headquarters’ records gained a new codename: “Postman.” Cheng Yuan: When you read this, your name will already be in my little notebook. [Lord of the Mysteries] + [Mystery Revival] (Not a saint) (No female lead) (Will stop at nothing) (A false mastermind) (Not a power fantasy, contains angst, and doesn’t suck 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 In a Strange World, I Appoint the Gods 诡异世界，我册封神明 Shh! Don't make a sound. Don't look back. It's right behind you, watching. Look at me. What do I look like? This is an indescribable story! Only rules can defeat rules! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Nightbound Reincarnation: I’ll Wipe Every Vengeful Ghost from the World 隧夜轮回：我要荡尽世间一切厉鬼 [Night of the Soul’s Rebirth fan fiction + Infinite Flow + Mild Horror] “I, Ye, have once again swept all the evil ghosts from this world, making sure tragedy never happens again”!!!!!!!!! 396Reads6.8Score3614d adds
- 34 Chizuru's Everyday Life in a Bizarre Game 千鹤的诡异游戏日常 (This book includes rule-based horror, the apocalypse, invisibility, stopped time, altered common sense, hypnosis, ghost control, disturbing characters, and other storylines.) Hidden beneath the surface of the world is a realm belonging solely to the paranormal. No one knows how it came to be. Everything humanity has is nourishment for these beings. Now a mysterious game is inviting people to join. The paranormal begins to emerge, and peaceful everyday life is gradually shattered. Beneath the se 184Reads—Score10414d adds
- 35 The Young Ghost-Catching Taoist 少年捉鬼道长 Hunt evil ghosts, fight zombies, and no harem. Chu Renmei, Kayako, and Sadako all make their appearances one by one. A painted immortal, the legacy of Zhuge Liang, battles against various sects. Invincible, satisfying, and with a touch of horror. 114Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Supernatural: I Change into a Taoist Robe, Then Head Straight into the River 灵异：道袍一换，下河就干 When a dead fish bites, turn around and leave; change into a Taoist robe, and get straight to work in the river. Make it safely to shore, and the whole internet praises you; fail to catch a ghost, and the whole village gets a meal. A century-old corpse in a rural reservoir, a generations-old evil bond that uses a corpse to bear a child, a cunning demon in the mirror, ghostly shadows in an abandoned hospital, terror at an amusement park, and the fog-shrouded Mount Hujun… 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Eerie Revival! I Command an A-Rank Ghost from the Start! 诡异复苏！我开局驾驭A级鬼！ (Vengeful ghosts return) (No heroine) (Decisive and ruthless) (Brothers from the start) (Apocalypse) (Slow pace early on, dark tone later) When you see a dead person standing at the lectern, never meet their eyes! Otherwise, it will haunt you for the rest of your life. The worlds of yin and yang merge, the gates of the underworld swing wide, and the horrors are coming! 737Reads—Score10414d adds
- 38 I Only Wanted to Transmigrate Back and Enjoy Life, but the World Was Overrun by Evil Spirits 本想穿归享受生活，世界出现诡煞 [Urban][High Martial][Supernatural][No Female Lead] Wang Yi transmigrates back with a whole arsenal of skills. He plans to use them to enjoy life in what he thinks is his ordinary world. But then he discovers that this world isn't really his ordinary world at all. It's a similar parallel world, and it is beginning to be invaded by sinister spirits. This world isn't ordinary in its own right, either: It has been fighting giant beasts from the deep sea for more than eighty years; The physical abil 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Little Brother, Dad Was Taken by Demons 弟弟，爸爸被妖魔抓走了 [Mild horror + solving cases and exorcising ghosts + episodic stories with an overarching plot] The story of the TV series Supernatural, reimagined in a Chinese setting. Zhang Jiuyou had left the supernatural world behind, but after his brother tells him, “Father went missing while hunting ghosts!” he sets out once more on a road of no return. A driver vanishes without a trace. Hikers are attacked deep in the mountains. A young woman drowns in a reservoir. A plane mysteriously crashes. As cases 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Eerie Revival? But I Have a Cultivation System 诡异复苏？但是我有修仙系统 The supernatural has invaded Blue Star. Ghost Domains rated D to S have sealed off the world. Once you enter, it’s hard to get out, and break the rules and you die! Humanity struggles to survive by relying on cursed objects and fusing with ghostly bodies, all while plagued by side effects. But Lu Yin unexpectedly activated a proper cultivation System, wielding the immortal path of order to overcome the chaos of the supernatural! His Void-Piercing Spirit Eyes see through the rules, thunder erupts 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Xuan Fei's 30th Book 玄榧第30本书 77Reads—Score314d adds
- 42 The Way of the Celestial Master: I Will Slay Every Evil Spirit 天师道：我将斩尽一切邪祟 (Taoist arts + witches + paper effigies + talisman curses + ghost exorcism + spirit summoning + soul guiding + evil spirits + suspense and the supernatural) When it comes to vanquishing demons and evil spirits, the first people who come to mind are Maoshan Taoists. But in fact... the ones truly skilled at catching ghosts and driving out demons are the Celestial Masters! The yin wind rises... vengeful spirits emerge... Orthodox One spells... drive out the ghosts... How will they deal with one biz 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Ghost Eye Awakens 鬼眼复苏 There are some, brothers, there are! Of course a ghost this powerful comes in nine varieties: the Ghost Crow, which devours everything, even ghost domains; the malevolent ghost that can kill without thinking as soon as it lowers its voice; the evil ghost that can rewrite your memories just by looking at you; the evil ghost that can reboot the supernatural by stacking ghost eyes; and the strongest of them all, the malevolent ghost that ignores every supernatural power and is hailed as the Ghost R 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Vengeful Ghosts Return, and I Have a Ghost Book 厉鬼复苏，我有一本鬼书 [Mild Horror + Light Mystery + Dark Tone + Rules-Based Horror] The era of peace is about to fade, and an era of terror is about to begin. The whole world faces the threat of annihilation! “There are three kinds of ghosts: causal, conceptual, and rule-based.” “Ghosts cannot be killed!” “Uncover the rules that govern how ghosts kill!” “Only ghosts can fight ghosts!” “Excuse me, young man, what are the rules that govern how you kill?” “Sorry, my name is Si Ming. I’m not human, so I have no rules fo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Tales of the Supernatural in the City 都市灵异传 “The living must not wander into the mass grave, and the dead must not disturb Mr. Chen.” This old saying has been passed down in Chenjia Town for decades. Chen Hui is Mr. Chen’s grandson, but he scoffs at his grandfather’s arts of yin and yang and wants nothing more than to be an ordinary college student. That is, until zombies attack the village at night. Forced to take up a peachwood sword and open the ancient book titled The Dao, he wields the family’s ancestral divine weapon, the Heaven-and 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 A Dog's Life: I Nearly Ended Up on the Dinner Table from the Start 狗生人：开局差点被端上餐桌 Li He was just a cook earning 3,000 yuan a month, until an accident brought him to an absurd, bizarre world where dogs give birth to humans... Here, dogs give birth only to the dead and the living. The dead are made into food first, while the living are the truly terrifying ones! Here, once a dog-headed person, always a dog-headed person. Here, when the bell rings, it's time to gather ingredients and cook! Splurt, the amniotic sac bursts. A human is born from a dog. Li He's eyes are bloodshot. H 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Mystery Reborn: The Secret of the Occult 神秘复苏之诡秘 In a world drowning in the Five Turbidities, the supernatural returns. He thought he was just an ordinary nobody, until one day he discovered that he had actually taken control of the supernatural. He wasn't a vengeful spirit, yet he was just as impossible to kill as one. In that case, he might as well grow stronger without restraint and uncover the secrets behind the paranormal. Ongoing, no female lead. A little kindhearted, but definitely no pushover. (A Lord of the Mysteries fan fiction) (The 6Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 48 Becoming the God of Wealth in Mystery Revival 神秘复苏之我为财神 My name is Zhao Gongming. People call me the God of Wealth. Ghosts cannot be killed. The only thing that can fight a ghost is another ghost. Uncover the rules that govern ghosts. I will bring this supernatural era to an end with my own hands. 76Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 49 Revive, Crash, Crash, Crash, Crash, Until I Become the Ghost Emperor 复苏死机死机死机死机，直至鬼帝 [Supernatural rules + ghosts kill according to set mechanics + ghost tamers + no mindless decisions + sensible protagonists + the protagonist retains his humanity] Ye Xian is sent flying by a ten-thousand-ton king and transmigrates to a terrifying world overrun by supernatural horrors and vicious ghosts. No golden finger, no cheat. And he runs into two ghosts from the start! What should he do? “What else? Charge in and tame them!” 10Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 50 Mystery Revival: Tales from the Republican Era 神秘复苏：民国传 In 1937, warlords clashed and the land was strewn with starving corpses. Even more terrifying than the man-made calamities was the supernatural resurgence silently spreading across the land. Lu Yan, a boy fleeing famine, found a blackened wooden carrying pole in a pile of corpses. It couldn’t carry grain; all it could carry were vicious ghosts. “Only ghosts can fight ghosts.” Lu Yan discovered that hanging vicious ghosts of comparable danger on either end of the pole created a strange balance in 280Reads5.4Score—14d adds
