Novels like Shh, Guess Who’s Here?
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- 101 She’s a Dinosaur: No Talent Needed to Slay Her Way Through Rule-Based Horror 她是恐龙，杀穿规则怪谈无需天赋 (The rating has only just appeared and will go up later) [Rules-Based Horror + Strong Female Lead + No Male Lead, No CP + Infinite Flow + Invincible + No Feelings + Unhinged + National Destiny + Livestreaming + Power Fantasy + Comedy + Foodie] My name is Long Qi, and I’m a dinosaur. But humans don’t believe me. They insist I have delusions and diagnose me with a whole string of mental illnesses. Then a rules-based horror game picks me to represent the Dragon Kingdom. I fail to awaken a talent fr 718Reads8.6Score10714d adds
- 102 Infinite: Running a Restaurant in a Necromancy Game 无限：我在亡灵游戏开餐馆 Synopsis: (No romance, escape and survival, female protagonist) While everyone else fights to survive, I open a restaurant. (P.S. The main focus is still on escaping and recruiting staff, not on running a traditional shop and selling things. I didn't make that clear in the story. Sorry~) Others: These ghosts are way too terrifying! Help~ I want to live!!... Xie Tingyan: What?! Ghosts??? They're not ghosts, they're all my precious darlings! *laughs* The customer is king. You can call me “Boss Xie 154Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 103 Global Disasters: I Upgrade the Earth 全球天灾，我升级地球 [All-female cast + no CP + Infinite Flow + natural disasters + plot-driven + mind games] [The rating is low because the book just launched, but it'll rise over time. Please leave more reviews. Thank you 🙏] [The first game instance begins in Chapter 3: Sky Casino. The second instance, Guests in Mirror City, is complete and ready to binge. The story is currently transitioning to events in the real world. The third instance, Lost in the Trail of Evidence, is about to begin serializing.] At death 485Reads8.6Score10614d adds
- 104 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… 8.4kReads8.1Score94914d adds
- 105 Death Novel: Judgment 死亡小说:审判 Death Novel: Judgment 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Esports: Even a Genius Prodigy Works Hard 电竞：天才少年也很努力 Esports: Even the Genius Prodigy Works Hard 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Oh No! How Did She Become an Infinite-Flow Boss? 糟糕！她怎么成无限流BOSS了 [Strong Female Lead] [Boss's Perspective] [Villainess Protagonist] [No CP] [Infinite-Flow] [Behind-the-Scenes] [Dungeon Management] [Light Ensemble Cast] Yu Chu, a former director, was ruined by a conspiracy and lost any chance of directing again. On the brink of death, she willingly entered an infinite-flow world as a player. With her talent, "Watch a 30-second ad to revive on the spot," she bulldozed her way through the entire player community. But this time, she went too far. After dying alon 71.9kReads9.1Score16.3k14d adds
- 108 The Paranormal Zone Administration: My Sisters and I Brave the Haunted Zones 诡域管理所：和姐妹们勇闯诡域 [All-Female Team + No Romance + Infinite-Flow + Women Supporting Women + Mild Horror + Plot-Focused + Friendship + Ensemble Cast] This is where the rule-based horror world began. In the beginning, the world of the uncanny had no rules, and people could only die again and again to discover the rules that governed death. At that time, the women gathered at Management Office 6750. “What! Management Office 6750 climbed ten places overnight??” This was a madwoman’s carnival. And the madwoman had foun 391Reads8.5Score10214d adds
- 109 A Clear-Headed Female Lead Doesn’t Need to Be Reborn 清醒大女主无需重生 A Clear-Headed Strong Female Lead Doesn't Need to Be Reborn 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Infinite: She Plays the Fool, Then Slaughters Her Way into Players' Nightmares 无限：她扮猪吃老虎杀成玩家噩梦 Yu Shu was determined to look as obedient as possible while playing the best dungeons. When forbidden games descended upon the world, others were afraid. Yu Shu, on the other hand, went around making friends with a baseball bat in hand. She might knock on someone’s door in the middle of the night and say, “Hehe, it’s another beautiful day. Wanna be friends?” “Are you crazy?” If they turned her down, she’d say, “Then let’s fight.” The next second, the NPC who had rejected her would have its head —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 The Red Paper Umbrella: A Soul's Return 红纸伞之念魂归 The Red Paper Umbrella: A Thought to Bring the Soul Home 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 A Single Dad’s Little Secret 单亲爸爸的小秘密 A Single Dad’s Little Secret 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 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 5.1kReads7.1Score35114d adds
- 114 I’m Using My Golden Finger to Slay My Way Through a Cursed World 我在诡异世界，用金手指杀疯了 [Reborn + sharp-tongued heroine + golden finger from the start + eerie world + delightfully unhinged mindset + unconventional style] Chu Ningtong is reborn, returning to the day she entered the eerie world at eighteen. In her previous life, the Chu family used her, and Chu Mingzhu caused her death. This time, she decisively leaves the Chu family and cuts ties with them of her own accord. After awakening an SR golden finger, she sets out to live a different kind of life. Chu Mingzhu: “Big Sis, I 382Reads8.9Score10214d adds
- 115 On the Night We Get the House, My Husband Pretends to Be Poor and Leaves with Nothing 交房夜，装穷老公净身出户 On Moving-In Night, My Poor Husband Left With Nothing 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 The Mysterious Descends: The Boss Is Actually Me 诡秘降临：boss竟是我自己 [God Game + No-Couple Infinite Flow + Sequence Leveling + Chinese Mythology + Light Ensemble Cast] After living for years in the lower city, Fu Ye suddenly discovered that she was in a game world, and that she was the ultimate boss of the large-scale god-sequence game Gifted. Of the twelve paths to godhood, she unexpectedly awakened the path of the [Judge]. To protect herself, she killed six game controllers from the start and entered various instances to improve her sequence abilities. [Blood S 1.4kReads—Score33714d adds
- 117 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 223Reads—Score10114d adds
- 118 Shock! Is That Sweet Newcomer Actually Number One on the Horror Game Leaderboard? 那小白花新人竟是恐怖游戏榜一？ [Coming of Age + Infinite Realms + Powerful Leads + Supernatural] (There is a male lead, but they don't fall in love at first sight, and this is not a sugary romance!!! Early on, the leads scheme against each other. Their relationship develops gradually.) The Special Operations Bureau, or SOB, is tasked with capturing entities that ordinary security officers can't handle. Vengeful ghosts brimming with yin energy, eerily sinister demons, and radiation-mutated beasts all fall under the bureau's ju 15.6kReads9.0Score3.2k14d adds
- 119 The Peter Pan Game 彼得潘游戏 Earth’s resources are gradually running out... Boring people will be replaced by digital replicas... So keep your soul interesting... or hold on to a powerful obsession... Welcome to the Peter Pan Game... Provide emotional value to earn a ticket back to the real world. Female protagonist | Ensemble cast | No romance | Infinite-flow | Instances | Rule-based horror Fifty people lie in a huge room... This batch is pretty good... Three people are slowly waking up... 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Infinite Nightmares: I Have a Pair of Ghost Ears 无限噩梦：我有一对鬼耳 [Infinite Flow], [Mild Horror], [No Female Lead], [Survive by the Skin of Your Teeth], [Unconventional Turtle Soup Riddles], [Nontraditional Rule-Based Horror], [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, Not Invincible] [Slow-paced, packed with details, and full of complex plot twists!] [Read at your own risk if that's not your thing!!!] I sat on a deserted street in the dead of night, listening to them whisper. I was a little confused. Wasn't I the only one here? (Instance 1: Prolonging Life) A bit lon 26.9kReads7.9Score3.3k14d adds
- 121 After Entering the Horror World, the Ghosts Realized I Was Cheating 进入恐怖世界后鬼怪发现我开挂 [Infinite-world survival + terrifying horror games + momma’s boy heroine + strong female lead + unlimited revivals + expert at laying ghosts to rest by force + face-slapping and punishing scum + wish fulfillment + no romance + lone wolf] [If you enjoyed the story, please leave a five-star review. Thanks, everyone!] This world doesn’t seem as simple as it looks. Bai Qianwu can clearly sense that it has two sides: the surface world and the inner world. The gods of this world seem to have a twisted 694Reads9.1Score10514d adds
- 122 Hell Manor 地狱庄园 [Horror and the Supernatural + Suspense and Mystery + Infinite Flow + No Female Lead] A group of strangers receive a blood letter and mysteriously find themselves inside a villa. Their only chance of survival is to uncover the ghost hiding among them. After Xu Yi completes the task by the skin of his teeth, he is relieved to have finally survived. But then he discovers that he has arrived at a place called Hell Manor. He must complete the tasks in eleven blood letters to leave the manor alive. A 10kReads8.0Score83614d adds
- 123 Survival Game: I’m a Master of Professional Disguises 求生游戏，我是职业变装大佬 Strong Female Lead + No Romance + Survival Game + Multiple Worlds + Infinite-Flow At the start of the survival game, she drew what everyone agreed was the most useless skill: disguise? Others laughed at her bad luck, but she laughed at them for failing to see through her. She joined an aquarium, where affairs, embezzlement, and murder followed one after another! Then she transferred to a luxury mall, only to get caught up in a PUA trap and a make-or-break sales target, while also having to hel 99Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 You Absolute Menace! You Ate All the Horrors! 活爹！诡异都被你吃完了！ [Horror game + crafty schemer + comedy + invincible protagonist + no romance] Ji Liu, from another world, is accidentally pulled into a horror game that arrived on Blue Star a year ago. Other players: Burn through their brain cells, test the rules, and struggle to survive. Ji Liu: All-you-can-eat buffet! Taotie feast! Time to inhale! Why are these (munch munch) creepy things (munch munch) so delicious? Creepy Thing 1: Aaaah! My arm! My leg! My head! Creepy Thing 2: Ah... (dies) Creepy Thing 3: W 4.3kReads8.9Score57514d adds
- 125 The Skinning Ghost 扒皮鬼 (Traditional supernatural horror + extreme horror + multiple twists + mystery + entirely handcrafted) Lately, I've been having nightmares every night. A fortune-teller said I might have a ghost clinging to me. He told me about a forbidden folk ritual: Put on a pair of worn underwear over your head, and it will block a ghost's sight. That night, I got home and followed his advice, half believing it. My girlfriend came back to the room after washing up and stared blankly at where I was. "Where... 64.2kReads8.3Score7k14d adds
- 126 Thriller: There's a Ghost in My Phone 惊悚：我的手机里有鬼 A month ago, my younger sister vanished under mysterious circumstances at a subway station. A day ago, the police pulled a headless woman's body from the river. DNA testing confirmed it was my sister, Xu Yuan. A minute ago, my dead sister walked in carrying a head-shaped cake. A white ghost candle was stuck into the top of the skull, and she had made longevity noodles from her own entrails to celebrate my birthday. A minute later, I was chosen by a supernatural app's blood pact and plunged into 3.1kReads—Score42714d adds
- 127 I Was Scrubbing Pans When I Landed in Cooking Master Boy, and Now the Dark Cooking Society Has Its Eye on My Pan 刷锅刷进小当家，我的锅被黑暗料理界盯上了 I Scrubbed My Way into The Little Chef, and Now the Dark Cuisine World Has Its Eyes on My Wok 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 A Killer Switched Careers to Mystery and Deduction in an Infinite-Flow World? 杀手在无限流转行做悬疑推理了？ [Infinite-flow + strong female lead + no romance + mystery and mind games + female lead is somewhat of a lone wolf + a touch of ensemble cast + no degrading terms for women + Chinese mythology + imaginative suspense + 99% female cast] (The book uses “deity” and “goddess” interchangeably. If you object to even a single use of “goddess,” this may not be for you. No word-policing, please.) “Here are four deities for you to follow: Heng Wo, Goddess of the Moon; Xi Wangmu, the Kunlun War God; and Jiu 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 I Became a Teacher in a Horror Game and Went on a Rampage 我在惊悚游戏里当老师后嘎嘎乱杀 [No CP] [Infinite Flow] [Horror Game] [Strong Female Lead] [Live Streaming] [Funny, Satisfying Story] The horror game is about to descend upon the world. At first, it will select all kinds of people from small worlds to enter. Some are unlucky souls who get caught up in it for no apparent reason, while others enter willingly in hopes of making a fortune through livestreaming. Song Shuer was dragged into it, yet still thinks of herself as an “unlucky soul”! Song Shuer: Fine, fine, fine. You inexp 3.4kReads7.9Score50114d adds
- 130 12:17 A.M., Please Confirm Your Name 零点十七分，请确认你的姓名 In Qiheng City, people don’t simply disappear. First, the city erases their names, then convinces everyone they never existed. At 12:17 a.m., a fire alarm suddenly went off in a residential building in Qiheng City that had only sixteen floors: “Someone is trapped on the seventeenth floor.” Zhou Jiming, an engineer who inspected fire safety systems, checked the building plans, stairwell height, elevator programming, and exterior facade. Every piece of evidence proved that the seventeenth floor di 17Reads—Score17014d adds
- 131 After Our Whirlwind Marriage, My Billionaire Husband's Secret Is Exposed 闪婚后，千亿老公掉马了 After Our Flash Marriage, My Billionaire Husband's Cover Is Blown 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 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? 155.8kReads8.4Score24.9k14d adds
- 133 Thriller: The Items I Use Are Returned Tenfold! 惊悚：我消耗的道具十倍返还！ [Thriller + Infinite Flow + Strong Female Lead + No CP + Livestreaming + Satisfying Read] After being pulled into an auction dungeon, her Wealth God System, which had been down for a year, finally activates. Isn't this exactly what I'm good at? Bid! Bid on anything! (Throws card) While the other players tread carefully around the murderous auction items, Jian Wushuang has already bought a pile of dungeon-defense items. The System comes with three skills and two items. Jian Wushuang casually chec 10.9kReads8.9Score2.5k14d adds
- 134 The Horror Game Player Wants to Die, and Even the Uncanny Creatures Crack 惊悚玩家一心求死，诡异都破防了 [Infinite-Flow] + [No National Fortune] + [Livestream] + [Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy] + [No Romance] + [Horror Game] + [Unexpected Ending] Qin Sheng was a mental patient. When she woke up one morning, she found herself inside a horror game. The villa’s eerie hostess wore a smile full of hidden meaning as she explained what seemed to be a simple set of rules for clearing the game… Yet players kept getting brutally killed without a sound. Even those who followed the known rules continued to die in 15kReads8.7Score2.4k14d adds
- 135 Welcome Back to the Nightmare's Beginning 欢迎回到噩梦起点 (Infinite survival, puzzle-solving, mild horror) Late at night, Shao Jie stumbled sleepily toward the bathroom. The instant he opened the door, the whole world spun upside down! When he came to, he found himself in a gloomy, terrifying otherworld. There, he was forced to take part in a horrifying survival game: eerie footsteps sounded outside the door during the midnight room inspections, villagers mysteriously vanished from a remote village every night, and worst of all... the woman who had onc 15.8kReads7.7Score1.7k14d adds
- 136 After My Spiritual Root Was Stolen, I Turned Around and Slaughtered the Entire Sect 被挖灵根后我反手屠了整个宗门 After my spiritual root was ripped out, I turned around and slaughtered the entire sect 63Reads—Score214d adds
- 137 The Perfect Nanny 完美月嫂 The Perfect Nanny 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Rule Horror: Nightmare City 规则怪谈：梦魇迷城 [Clever deductions + mind-bending suspense + instance challenges + strategic games + logical thinking + knowledge-based puzzles] Rules are both a way to control players and the key to breaking out of a dead end. The protagonist, Chen Mo, is accidentally drawn into a world of rule-based horror. He thinks he only needs to keep taking part in deadly games to escape. Then Chen Mo believes that collecting five keys with different attributes will let him leave the City of Nightmares, but one unexpecte 349Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 The Myriad Worlds Cultivation System 诸天游戏修仙系统 The Heavens and Worlds Game Cultivation System 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Murder in a Locked Room at Tang House on a Rainy Night 雨夜唐楼密室杀人案 Murder in a Locked Room at a Tanglou on a Rainy Night 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Rule Horror: Change One Character, Change Your Fate 规则怪谈：一字改命 [No Male Lead] [Rule Horror] [Infinite Flow] [No Romance, Focused on Platonic Relationships] [No Mindless Steamrolling] [Growing Female Lead] [Rule-Based Instances] Original rule: "Do not look directly into its eyes." She picked up her pen and changed it: "Do look directly into its eyes." One word changed, and the boundary between life and death was instantly reversed! It began as an experiment in an instance. Chi Feng gained a unique exclusive ability: [Change Fate with One Word]. In a world wh 141Reads—Score10514d adds
- 142 I Become a God by Wearing a Ghost in the Horror World 我在惊悚世界里披鬼成神 [Infinite-flow + mildly horror-themed + no CP + comedy antics, not a traditional dungeon story, abstract humor, may be hard to endure. The author's mental state is abnormal, and they're hopelessly immersed in their own art.] Late at night, Huang Sha fell into the same nightmare again. He was killed over and over in his dreams, unable to escape the loop. . Someone told him: You died a long time ago. There's only one way to come back to life... . The bizarre is invading reality! Every mission is a 38.3kReads8.8Score5.6k14d adds
- 143 I Rely on My Nose to Attain the Great Dao 我靠鼻子证大道 I Rely on My Nose to Attain the Great Dao 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 A Half-Baked Fortune-Telling Streamer: I Talked My Way Through a Haunted Livestream 半吊子算命主播：我靠忽悠摆平了"闹鬼"直播间 A Half-Baked Fortune-Telling Streamer: I Bluffed My Way Through a “Haunted” Livestream 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 A Collection of Terrifying Tales 恐怖惊魂故事录 [Traditional supernatural tales] [Strange happenings late at night] [Whispers of the uncanny in your ear] [Based on true events] [Urban horror] [Thrilling and chilling] One ghost story for every chapter, all set in the dead of night. Come and read... 607Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Horror Game Jester! The Big-Game Player Turns the Tables on Everyone 恐游乐子人！比格玩家掀翻全场 [No CP, Infinite-Flow, Over-the-Top Brain-Off Power Fantasy, Table-Flipping Big-Dog Villain, Emperor-Type Fun-Lover (Not the Typical Kind)] · 'Ding! You have been loaded into the cozy live-stream game of the Inner World. This round is an asymmetric match. Your role is: undercover (if caught, you'll be beaten to death).' Jiang, the short-lived brain-tumor patient, Xiu: "..." Great, great. The absurd System is holding an online funeral, and here comes a match where two survivors face off against e 19.1kReads8.8Score2.5k14d adds
- 147 Eerie Descent: From the Start, I Burn Trillions in Hell Money for Myself 诡异降临：开局给自己烧千亿冥币 [Apocalyptic Tycoon System, No Romance, Mild Rule-Based Horror, An Unusual Approach to Stockpiling] Three years ago, the supernatural descended, the monetary system collapsed, and rules with almost no chance of survival ran rampant across the world. Su Luo did everything she could to protect the Su family, only to be betrayed by them and torn apart by the supernatural. Given a second life, Su Luo kicked the Su family to the curb and used her money to burn a fortune in ghost currency for herself. 2.4kReads8.4Score35314d adds
- 148 Infinite Flow: She's Just Too Badass 无限流：大佬她太过彪悍 An ordinary game somehow became bound to a survival game, setting off a series of heart-pounding fights for survival. What do you do when you run into a deranged chainsaw killer? Ling Yue: “Steal his chainsaw and chase him with it!” What do you do when some female ghost shows up in the middle of the night to scare you? Ling Yue: “Who cares if she’s a monster or a ghost? The first thing to do is beat her up.” At last, she escaped the game world, only to be told that this was just the first level? 58Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 149 Thriller Game: I Became Invincible After Throwing Away My Shame 惊悚游戏：我不要脸后无敌了 Horror game + no romance + comedy + growing heroine (The heroine is an ordinary person. She keeps her head down while she gets stronger at first, then eventually stands tall. Early on, she’s a source of laughs; later, she becomes someone who enjoys the fun.) [Player: Gu Panxi] [Talent: Box of Fear] [For every 100 points of Fear collected, you get one chance to draw a prize from the Box of Fear.] [Fart Sound: When you fart, the sound is automatically amplified 1,000 times.] [Chrysanthemum Enthusi 6.6kReads9.0Score1k14d adds
- 150 Reborn Daoist: I Sweep the City Clean by Catching Ghosts 重生道士：我靠捉鬼横扫都市 [Rebirth + suspense]+ [mysticism and the supernatural]+ [revenge and comeback] In my previous life, I devoted myself to Taoist cultivation, only to be betrayed by my lover and die at the hands of a vengeful ghost. Reborn at twenty, I awaken the memories of a Celestial Master, with Taoist arts powerful enough to reach the heavens! Malevolent spirits in apartment hallways, vengeful ghosts in old houses, urban hauntings, plots from the netherworld... Every evil spirit in the world bows before me! W —Reads—Score—14d adds
