Novels like I Became a Playwright in the Mysterious World
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- 51 Blood of Blasphemy: The Throne of the Mist God 亵渎之血：迷雾神座 The Gray Tide blankets the earth. Ruin Beasts roam everywhere. The lame Fang finds a child: his eyes are different colors, his body bears Gray Veins, and he is a “vessel” left behind by the Old Era. The three-person team wants to kill him, study him, or use him. But Gray Cub squats by the roadside learning to read. In the firelight, he calls them “Uncle Iron” and “Ink Crow,” and in the simplest way shows them what it means to be human. They drive a battered car across the wasteland, heading for 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Ark of Ashes 灰烬方舟 Ashen Ark 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Within the Dreaming Delirium 呓梦之里 A gigantic sun covered in eyeballs, monsters swarming across the ground at night, demons wearing human skin, fallen gods whispering temptations, and deities stripped of their divine status... This is a bizarre, dazzling world woven together from dreams! The moment the Lord God cast humanity aside, power was handed over to the darkness. Living beings no longer went to heaven or hell; instead, they were brought into this twisted world. Countless human pioneers fought back again and again, only to 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 She Awoke in a Coffin 她从棺中醒来、 She Awoke in a Coffin, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Chronicles of the Cthulhu Tide’s Manifestation 克苏鲁溺时显影录 I came to an unfamiliar place. Who am I? That question has always haunted me. Maybe the answer is in my memories... but I can't find them. My memories don't belong to me. Am I 035? Am I Lin Shen? Am I Lin Qian? Is this world real? Still, at least I have a camera of my own. That's all I need. P.S. The pacing is slow at first. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 The Whole Class Transmigrates to an Eerie Cultivation World: All the Girls in Class Are My Cheat 群穿诡异修仙：全班女生是我外挂 [Uncanny Cultivation] [Multiple Female Leads] [Character Growth] [Building an All-Female Sect] I transmigrated into a cultivation world with all the girls in my class. The System foisted a sect master position and a useless spirit root that couldn't cultivate on Wang Chu. With disaster looming, he had no choice but to lead the girls in his class to establish a sect and take a very different path to success: Living off women while still calling the shots! Raise them right, and a peerless empress 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 57 I Can Actually Level Up in the Cthulhu World 克苏鲁世界的我居然可以升级 Chosen by Azathoth to represent Order, Ye Xuan successfully enters a world invaded by evil gods. Death and rebirth are the only things Ye Xuan can decide now. Should he become Him, or him? He has been troubled by this question all along... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Group Transported to an Asylum: The Superpowered Hunting Game 疯人院群穿：超能猎杀游戏 [Urban Cthulhu + Sequences + potions + decisive violence] A five-star, top-tier recommendation from the editor of Urban Superpowers! The world's madmen are transported en masse to a new world, where they kill one another for health, money, status, and the chance to become His servants. Mental illnesses that once drove people mad become superpowers. Hallucinations grant extrasensory perception, and fantasies become wishes. Su Lu Xun, an E-rank sufferer of mild mental illness, obtained the origin 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The First Emperor: Starting Out as a Zero-Score Candidate 始皇帝：从零分考生开始 Youth is a bronze dagger stained with blood. When Zhao Zheng, a failing student, punches the school bully Che Ke, the sacrifice of two destinies is set in motion: The cold rain of Handan soaks the coarse hemp clothes, and the road of fourteen-year-old Ying Zheng’s flight stretches out beneath his feet; The icy edge of Yan’s blade is honed into a Fish Intestine dagger, and the murderous intent in Che Ke’s eyes burns fiercer than ever. Inside Xianyang Palace, the maps of the Six States lie like a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 The Apocalypse of the Silent Time Ruins 时墟默示录 After both his parents died, programmer Zhou Mo grew increasingly withdrawn, drifting through life with nothing but their belongings and fragmented memories. One night, he suddenly sensed that something unseen was “watching” him. He was then swept into a bizarre murder case, and his investigation horrifically revealed that his parents' deaths had been a carefully planned sacrifice. At the end of his path to revenge, he was forced to face the truth about the world: the ancient guardians of Guixu 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Zhaozhao Lures the Gu 昭昭引蛊. Zhaozhao Lures the Gu. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Stop Stealing My Toilet Paper! 别偷我厕纸了！ Stop Stealing My Toilet Paper! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 For the Realm! 赴江山！ Set Out for the Realm! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Lord of the Strange Prophecies 诡谕之主 [Cthulhu] + [Sequences] + [Madness and Corruption] + [Multiple Personalities] + [Cthulhu Mythos Girl] After transmigrating into an apocalypse, Li Ming awakens an overpowered cheat that lets him capture other people's souls and gain their abilities. Gods? Abominations? I only want your soul! "Scarlet Overlord of the Abyssal Tides, your soul is under arrest!" Every captured soul shares one body with a personality split off from it. Kindness, compassion, madness, and arrogance all reside in one per —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 When the Golden Cicada Spreads Its Wings 当，金蝉振翅 [Cthulhu] + [Game] + [28 Arcana Cards] + [Twenty Days to Live] + [Heroic Spirits] + [Three Protagonists] The “Thief” died of generosity on a high bridge. The “Witch” drowned in the mirror of truth. The “Chariot” was crushed by time brought to a standstill. The “Knight” forged a bright road with a medal. The “Decoder” dissolved into ink between the pages of truth. The “Actor” stained a false stage red with real blood. The “Traveler” was strangled by their own footprints on the way home. The “Stow —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 My True Story: A Retired Sailor Hunted by Water 我的亲身经历：退役海员被水追杀 My Personal Experience: A Retired Seaman Hunted by Water —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Making a Name for Myself 崭露 The adults think that at school I spend my time reading and writing, learning knowledge that will benefit me for the rest of my life. What they don't know is that when I stare at the blackboard every day, none of the stuff up there sticks in my head. I'm more concerned with what we're having for lunch, whether my classmate brought cigarettes today, and how enticing my deskmate's perfume smells. Did they put it on just for me? And what is the teacher doing up there? Will those symbols I can't und —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Abyssal Sequence: At Last, I Become a Forbidden Old One 深渊序列：终成禁忌旧日 In a desperate world where steam and madness intertwine, Lin En drinks the potion that leads to the abyss. The truth he uncovers is that the world’s foundations rest on an act of theft; the end he foresees is the System’s cold, periodic reboot. From a lowly “Seeker of Secrets” to the “Lord of the Abyss” who commands the rules, he mutates his body, strips away his humanity, and walks the narrow line between destruction and creation. None of this is for the sake of attaining the highest godhood 97Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 A Long Night's Stroll, Starting at the Star-Color Farm 长夜漫步，从星之彩农场开始 [Cthulhu]+ [Sequences]+ [No Female Lead]+ [Eerie]+ [Investigation Bureau]+ [Decisive and Ruthless] The moment “I” opened my eyes, I saw a sheet of paper covered in writing. It was from this paper that I learned my name: Wang Yi. And so began a strange and eerie tale. [Shh. Close your eyes and listen quietly as I tell you the story...] The protagonist’s pathway: [Deep-Dweller 9], [Merman 8], [Tidewatcher 7], [Sucker 6], [Child of the Deep 5], [Sea’s Kindred 4], [Abyssal Abomination 3], [Dream Mes 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Source Code Abyss: A Global Guide to Commanding Gods Through Programming 源码深渊：全球编程驭神指南 "Have you ever seen code that could send an intern to a psychiatric hospital? Have you ever dealt with a bug that could burn through a monitor?" This is a world more terrifying than working overtime until nine every night, six days a week. In 2045, humanity stored 99% of its data in the quantum cloud. Everyone thought this was the ultimate triumph of technological progress, unaware that the ancient Cthulhu deities were stirring in the deepest reaches of the data. Chen Mo, the most obsessive c 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Even the Shifting Light Whispers of the Unknown 光变也是未知的低语 Lovecraftian + not a wish-fulfillment story Things that people cannot see do not necessarily fail to exist. To observe them, you need special theories and methods. And even if you can see them, are you seeing the whole picture? I’m gathering material for stories to play tabletop role-playing games with my friends, so I can really mess with everyone when I’m the Game Master later. That’s why the protagonist’s power won’t balloon. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The Huyang City Horror 环阳市恐怖事件 [Cthulhu] [Eerie] [Plot-driven] [Feel-good read] The rainy season in Huanyang never ends. It has simply turned blue. From a detective's missing-person case to a young man's “Buy one, get one free”; from a reporter's investigation of a construction site to an elementary school student's essay; from a graduate's rented room beneath a bridge to a charlatan's inexplicable incense ritual... Everyone is seeing the same color and hearing the same sound: A buzzing rises from underground, whispers coil a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The World Is Out of Whack, and Every Sect Is Full of Evil God Worshippers! 世界不正常，宗门都是邪神信徒！ A sect of writhing flesh, cultivation techniques twisted by madness. In this living prison, Lu Fan is devoured and torn apart by mutation again and again, only to awaken from death time after time. The endless cycle is both a curse and a gift: his soul grows stronger in despair, and the power to create things from the void breaks free! With this power, he will overturn his certain doom and uncover the world’s bloody truth! You’re always saying reality is cruel and leaves people with nowhere to t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 I Raise Nine Sequences, and I'm the Seed of the Mysterious 豢养九大序列，我是诡秘之种 [Lord of the Mysteries] + [Sequences] + [No Female Lead] On a night of thunder, I awoke amid a chaotic tide of spirituality. When I opened my eyes, I saw this world: Corrupted beings had grown fangs and claws. Rotting corpses were quietly beginning to walk among the living. The Blood Clans, asleep for countless years, had left their underground lairs and seen daylight again. Lost souls and wandering ghosts roamed everywhere, searching for new bodies. As rusted steel behemoths set foot on the lan —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 I Burned One Hundred Thousand Volumes of Demon Tomes 我焚了十万卷妖书 I burned a hundred thousand volumes of demon books, thinking I was protecting the mortal world. Then the hundred-thousand-and-first volume arrived from an ancient temple in the wilderness, bearing only my pen name. I asked three veteran handwriting experts to examine it, and they all said I had written it. That night, the old expert who had authenticated it died suddenly, clutching a waist token from the Imperial Observatory. I began to suspect one thing: Were the hundred thousand volumes of dem —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 The Old Ones of the Warp: Rebirth! A Glorious Era! 亚空间旧日：新生！伟大纪元！ Hello to everyone who loves monster encyclopedias and adventures! This is a special book with a Cthulhu-inspired style! The subspace was supposed to be an ancient place where body and spirit twisted and ascended. But recent works seem to follow clues to unearth the tombs of those old monsters. Are there really no new monsters? So I want to keep raising the stakes as the world of this book develops. New monsters! New stories! You'll encounter them in the subspace! 81Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The Cthulhu Era: Starting from Sequence Zero 克苏鲁时代，从第零序列开始 Cthulhu + Sequences + Outer Gods + Calls from the Unknown, Whispers in Your Ear. The age of Cthulhu has arrived. Li Fan accidentally transmigrates into the body of a count’s son. Demons hatch their schemes, the Church fights back, and Cthulhu’s call beckons. Step into the history of sequence evolution and help build a new nation. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 A Bite Out of the Azure Heavens 苍天一蚀 [Bizarre apocalypse + multiple heroines + sanity meter plummeting + facing the gods head-on + socialist values] I, unable to die, watch myself through the world. Before the black hole, I look up and see countless versions of myself arranged one after another along a Mobius strip. Then I’m sucked into the black hole in an instant. The eerie red moonlight holds the power to bring the dead back to life, while the red false sun in the sky drags everyone into a world of death with its tentacles. The —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 So You’re the Evil God? Go Tell My Lord Cthulhu 就你叫邪神？跟吾主克苏鲁说去吧 [Cthulhu Mythos + Hilariously Shameless Protagonist + No Female Lead + I’m Done Being Human + Lighthearted and Witty + Fake Dungeon Instances] Bad news: I’ve transmigrated, and this world has powerful beings known as evil gods. Good news: My golden finger is a Divine Blessing System, and it gives me a goddess as soon as I log in. [System activated successfully. Divine names unlocked] [The Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young: Shub-Niggurath] [The Crawling Chaos: Nyarlathotep] 143Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 80 The One Who Created the Black Myth Sequence! 祂，开创了黑神话序列！ [S3 season + Black Myth + behind the scenes + ensemble cast + two worlds] “I just love creating gods!” Ye Guan transmigrated and became the embodiment of the rules governing the two worlds centered on Dragon Nation. To fight the monster sequences rising in the West and the apocalypse that would come with the worlds’ merger, he casually created the Black Myth sequence! Sequence 001: Lady White Bone! Sequence 002: Wolf Butcher! Sequence 003: Painted-Face Fox Demon! When the S3 season began anew, p 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Creation in the Mirror: Have I Become a Cthulhu Horror? 镜中造物：我成了克苏鲁邪神？ [Cthulhu] [Creation] [Eerie] [Creator God] [Players] “In the most primordial age, there were no stars, sun, or moon in the ink-black depths of the sea. There, our Creator awakened. They created, they loved, and they brought light and beauty to this world!” A devout and fanatical believer stood before a towering bronze gate. “This is the primordial Creator!” “Praise the Creator!” In the most ancient depths, they brought all living things into being. They poured their power into the heavens an 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Mystic Sequence: I Walk Alone on the Path to Godhood 诡秘序列：我孤身踏上登神位阶 [Dark Fiction] + [Cthulhu] + [Sequences] + [Potions] + [Mixed] + [Insane Male Lead] At this very moment! His enemies’ pitiful wails are the music he plays, Their elegant crimson dance is his romantic performance. He is a madman. He is an emperor! Blood mist shrouds the world, and blood rain falls in a steady drizzle. The road to glory is paved with thorns, And the steps to godhood are built from corpses! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 The Villains Are Absurdly Powerful, but I Play Dirty 反派强度逆天，但我阴的没边 [Healing, No NTR or Angst, Comedy, Everything Goes According to Plan, Smart Characters, Fake System, Lovecraftian, Light Novel, Mildly Macabre, Urban Legends] A seemingly normal city has long been surrounded by horrors beyond human comprehension. After being reborn, Wo Er activates a war ritual. He can fuse with the power of war by experiencing battles or completing missions. The stats, abilities, and possessions of the fallen, everything destroyed by war, all become his. [Conquest: Successfully 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 The Physician of Strange Diseases 异疾之医 Traditional Chinese medicine and folk culture, Chinese-style cosmic horror, true to the original Cthulhu style Chen Yang was a doctor working at a small clinic. But when one of his patients developed a bizarre illness, he was swept into a terrifying chain of events. As he follows the trail left by the disease and investigates, the dreadful truth hidden in the dark reaches of the universe gradually comes into view... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Twenty Thousand Sequences Worldwide, I'm in the Ninth Seat from the Start! Kill! 全球两万序列，我开局第9席！杀！ Twenty Thousand Sequences Worldwide, and I'm the 9th Seat from the Start! Kill! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 A Snake's Debt Is Hard to Escape 蛇债难逃 A Snake's Debt Is Hard to Escape —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 The Duke's Abandoned Daughter, Pampered by a Wolf Pack into a Little Princess 国公府弃女，被狼群宠成小公主 Cast Out by the Duke's Household, She Was Spoiled by a Pack of Wolves into Their Little Princess —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 When the Stars Return to Their Places, I Cultivate Immortality Through Corruption 群星归位时，我以污染修仙 After transmigrating into the apocalypse, with zombies surrounding the city, Lin Yuan thought he was just following an ordinary end-of-the-world script. That was until the day he saw the entire city’s zombies kneel together toward the starry sky, their flesh twisting into blasphemous totems. Only when the cultivation technique that had inexplicably awakened within him began frantically sounding the alarm did he realize: this wasn’t a biohazard outbreak. Something beyond comprehension had arrived 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 The Low-Key Supporting Actress Is Reborn as the Male Lead’s Beloved 低调女配重生成了男主的心上人 In her previous life, Lin Yaoyao ended up marrying Cheng Hongfei by a twist of fate, and her life ended in tragedy. Lin Shiyu took Lin Yaoyao's name and married the male lead, Shen Yu, but she too met an unhappy end. In that life, Liu forces invaded, the An Kingdom fell, and its territory was sadly turned into a fief of Liu. After being reborn, Lin Yaoyao chose to fight for the male lead and refused to give an inch, unexpectedly changing the fate of An Kingdom. This time, with Lin Yaoyao's help, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Beneath Fate: I Somehow Became a Gray Mist Creature 命运之下：我竟成为灰雾生物 Bai Chen, an occult enthusiast, unexpectedly becomes one of the first transmigrators. He arrives in a world teeming with eerie creatures and gray fog. While everyone else is still gaining power through fate, Bai Chen chooses to join the gray fog, found a religion, and gradually become a boss. When his teammates begin fighting back against the gray fog, they find a statue atop an evil altar. Th-that isn't Bai Chen, is it? 16Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 91 Goddess of Dice, My Luck Is So Terrible! 骰子女神，我的命好苦！ [Lovecraftian] + [Infinite Flow] + [tabletop role-playing] + [no female lead] + [purely random dice rolls] (New book, low rating is normal) I dedicate this book to everyone who loves tabletop role-playing, or is about to. Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling, ding-ding... (Animal World theme song) “Welcome, viewers, to the fringes of human civilization, where a strange species of primate thrives: the Cthulhu investigators. They wear trench coats, carry Elder Signs, and live on caffeine and curiosity. Here c 116Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 92 Cthulhu: Reclaiming the Glory of the Black Hand 克总：重铸黑手荣光 [Adventurer + Cthulhu + urban fantasy + mastermind + superpowers] As a pawn of Cthulhu, Su Ming has his dreams replaced every night with adventures on a bizarre island where Cthulhu is sealed away. Other people’s cheats treat their Hosts like beloved children, but mine wears its malice right out in the open. At least it’s honest about it. Since rivals are enemies, there’s nothing wrong with setting a trap for the Deep One fishmen, right? And since I’ve already trapped them, it’s only fair to kil 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Lord of the Feast 欢宴之主 This is an age without redemption, an era in which human civilization has fallen back into an abyss of savagery and madness. In the fifteenth millennium of the slumber of the Old Ones, viruses, brutality, heresy, and war once again engulf the world. Order disintegrates, and the apocalypse quietly descends. A young man from the northern frontier accidentally picks up the supreme Yellow Sign left behind on the continent by the King in Yellow, Hastur, and embarks on a feast that will devour the god 1.2kReads8.1Score27014d adds
- 94 The Abyss of the Haunted Sea 诡海深渊 [Urban High Martial Arts] + [Cthulhu] + [No System] + [Special Talents] + [Deep Sea] + [Apocalyptic Technology] Liu Nian unexpectedly fused with the hourglass pendant his father left behind and awakened the power to manipulate space and time. Little did he know that each use of this power accelerated the awakening of “It.” When the seven obelisks are activated and the stars return to their places, the “Gate” to the abyss will open. And Liu Nian's power is the very key “It” deliberately “dropped” 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Embers of the Wheel of Fate 命轮余烬 Cthulhu-style + Chinese wuxia + pollution punk. A divine protagonist finds their humanity among the common people, then uses that humanity to master their divinity. Written in an epic style, this experimental work explores suffering, human nature, and fate. Please bear with it. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Everyone Else Is Starting School, and You're Off Fighting Monsters? 人家开学，你去打怪兽？ [Godslaying + Martial Arts Awakening + Ruthless Protagonist + Invincible Lead + Interstellar Expedition] Also known as: [Global Catastrophe! The Only One Who Knows the Truth Is a First-Year College Student?] What do you do when you accidentally become humanity’s savior on the first day of school? I’m asking online. It’s urgent! And while I’m at it, can leading civilization to ascend count toward my credits? Chen Xun is reborn into a martial arts apocalypse, and from the start, ancient and indesc —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Restaurant Where No One Has Been Eaten by an Old God Today 今天也没被古神吃掉的餐馆 [Cosmic Horror + Restaurant Management + Wasteland Exploration + Rebuilding Civilization + One Heroine] Chen Yan grew up in an orphanage, and his lifelong dream was to own a restaurant. At the age of twenty-seven, he finally worked up the courage to pursue it, investing everything he had to open a restaurant with a friend. But his friend was nothing but a fraud, making off with all the money and leaving behind a restaurant on the verge of bankruptcy. Heartbroken, Chen Yan prepared to end it all 566Reads8.6Score10014d adds
- 98 I've Attained the Dao! 得道啦 [Dual personalities] + [Cthulhu] + [Transmigrating back to the late Ming Dynasty] + [Urban cultivation] + [Cyberpunk] In the mirror, the greasy middle-aged face suddenly twists, transforming into a Ming Dynasty killer in a flying-fish uniform! “You good-for-nothing! Your daughter is about to die!” Lu Zhiyao, an office drone crushed by his mortgage, is worrying over his daughter’s tuition when memories of blood and fire explode in his mind: The immortal, writhing flesh on Changbai Mountain! The e —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The Mysterious God-Slayer 诡秘斩神官 A genre-blending novel that combines mystery and adventure, cultivation fantasy, and elements of Cthulhu mythos. Set in a modern city, the story unfolds beneath the shadow of an indescribable, secret threat. Lu Jianyuan, a folklorist, is drawn into a series of abnormal events by a compass left behind by his missing father. He discovers that he is heir to the bloodline of the “Calamity Bearers,” able to perceive and cleanse “conceptual contamination” originating from otherworldly realms. At a mys 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Apocalyptic Sacrifice: The System Wants Me as Its Offering? 末世献祭：系统让我当祭品？ Reborn one hour before the blood sacrifice ritual, Jiang Chen bound himself to the Sacrifice System, only to discover that he was the sacrifice. System rules: Sacrifice your closest kin for power. Sacrifice your soul for eternal life. When his family is infested by an alien race, his parents turn into monsters, and his younger sister is used as a ritual vessel, Jiang Chen discovers a loophole in the System He sacrifices the System itself in reverse, steals authority over its rules, purifies the —Reads—Score—14d adds
