Novels like Shh, Guess Who’s Here?
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- 151 Night Wanderer: Never Look Back at Three in the Morning 夜游神：凌晨三点千万别回头 [Urban supernatural + underworld ranks + survival in two realms + System binding] At three in the morning, never look back. Lu Chen picks up a [Night Patrol God Seal] and accidentally becomes bound to a divine office in the underworld! While everyone else sleeps, he traverses the netherworld, patrols the night, and hunts down ghosts. When the hundred ghosts roam, they bow before him; when dark forces run rampant, he suppresses them with a single gesture! Unsolved cases in the mortal world, secre —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 Working as an NPC in a Horror World 在惊悚世界里做NPC [Infinite-flow + Dungeon challenges + Female protagonist posing as a player] Cheng Yue is a longtime fan of horror infinite-flow novels. She never expected that one day her world would become the terrifying world from a novel. Everyone around her, except herself, started acting strangely. Her roommate’s facial features fell off as she talked. When Cheng Yue went home for the holidays, she saw her younger brother kicking their father’s head around like a ball. The old neighbor in the plaza was ex 998Reads8.4Score10214d adds
- 153 After Losing My Memory, Who Cares If That Jerk Goes Crazy? 失忆后，谁管渣男疯不疯 After Losing Her Memory, Who Cares Whether the Scumbag Goes Crazy? 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 154 The Bizarre Game Invades: I Spent Ten Billion and Became Number One! 诡异游戏入侵：氪金十亿成榜一！ [Weird games invade, pay-to-win gaming, the apocalypse, a strong female lead, no romance, and an apocalypse tycoon System.] Lin Xi died, then was reborn one month before the weird game invasion! On New Year's Eve a month later, the entire Blue Star will be overrun by the game. Human money will become worthless, and the game's coins will become the only currency accepted worldwide. The number and level of the eerie creatures players own will become the new standard for measuring their status! Thi 2.4kReads7.7Score30314d adds
- 155 Infinite Flow? Sorry, We’re All Crazy Here 无限流？不好意思，我们全员有病 [Infinite-flow + rules-based horror + goofy ensemble cast + mild horror + ensemble cast + strong female lead + no romance] (The rating has only just been posted, so it’s not representative yet. It’ll rise later.) One night, Yu Jinyue and her three unlucky roommates are dragged into an infinite-flow instance. Zhu Fu: “God, I asked you to give me a break, not to send a horse charging at me!” System: [Negative remarks detected. Points deducted.] Chang Yuqing: “The world has kissed me with pain, and 10.3kReads8.8Score1.9k14d adds
- 156 Folk Supernatural: Can't Get Away? Then Fight! 民俗灵异：躲不开怎么办？那就干 [Folk Supernatural Horror + Horror Mystery + No Romance + Growing Female Lead + Slow Pace + Plot-Driven + Episodic] “Everything about me is fake? How could that be?” Jiang Ran scoffed. She was right here, alive and well, and had never entertained such an idea. But on the day she received her university admission letter, the question of whether she was real became a reality... *Please do not imitate the behavior of characters in this book. * This is a traditional folk supernatural novel, not a 80.7kReads9.3Score22.4k14d adds
- 157 Night Watchman at the Funeral Home: I Can See the Dead One Last Time 殡仪馆守夜人：我能看见死者最后一眼 Funeral Home Night Watchman: I Can See the Dead One Last Time 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Become the Murderer 规则怪谈：开局就成了凶手 Gu Yu runs a detective agency that's on the verge of going under. Just when she finally lands a client at the brink of bankruptcy, she and the client accidentally enter a rules-based horror game. The client dies right beside her, and she's mistaken for the murderer. To top it all off, the client hasn't paid. No one is more unlucky than Gu Yu. Worse still, the capitalist behind the horror game has taken a liking to her and keeps squeezing her for all she's worth. From then on, she's dragged into 849Reads8.9Score10314d adds
- 159 Film and TV Crossover: Crashing Into Horror Movies 综影：乱入恐怖电影 Think you've figured out every horror movie trope? This time, you're no longer a spectator. As the curtains rise on countless classic horror worlds all at once, familiar jump scares become the only rules you can rely on to survive. Use Sadako's rules of transmission in The Ring, and predict Death's deadly logic in Final Destination. This isn't a flight from danger, but the craziest practical challenge for a horror fan: use every bit of your understanding of fear to dismantle it, reshape it, and 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 Empresses in the Palace: A Concubine's Scheme 甄嬛传-庶女谋 Empresses in the Palace: The Concubine’s Scheme 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Unraveling the Strange: Surviving the Second Case 诡事探秘逢生二 An abandoned mining town, missing residents, and dense fog that traps souls. A four-person ghost-hunting team ventures into the forbidden zone to uncover a shocking mystery from 2015. When the truth comes to light, whose spirit has been waiting? A suspenseful thriller that will keep you awake tonight. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Infinite: Building Worlds, Starting with a Bookshop 无限：建设位面从开书店开始 [Complete | Strong Female Lead, No Romance | Unconventional Infinite-Flow | Worldbuilding | Interplane Trading] After retiring from the quick transmigration worlds, Su Luyi inherited a bookstore: a rundown little shop standing amid a land crawling with strange tales. The howling wind battered its dilapidated doors. A dim yellow bulb flickered on and off, while the old, creaking stairs let out ghostly wails... Looking at the ramshackle storefront, which didn’t have a single book in it, Su Luyi f 450Reads9.0Score10314d adds
- 163 Thriller Game: The Hidden Big Shot Drops the Act 惊悚游戏：隐藏大佬她不装了 [Game instances + Rule Horror + Two powerful leads + Irregular livestreams] After the Horrors descended, Su Jin drew an SSS+ special skill called [Devour] and became the chosen woman of the human camp. She hadn't wanted to reveal that she was a big shot, until a strange NPC wouldn't leave her alone during her first horror livestream. From then on, she never stopped losing her secret identity. The heroine's “Devour” skill: After eating an evil entity, she can use that entity's abilities to a cert 1.3kReads8.7Score17914d adds
- 164 House for Rent: Haunted 凶宅出租 Firsthand experiences and true cases from a real estate agent, adapted supernatural incidents from haunted houses. Each chapter is a standalone paranormal story, uncovering the secrets behind haunted houses and the tangled struggles of human nature. 471Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 165 The Day I Miscarried, He Was Discussing a Project with Someone Else 流产那天，他在和别人谈项目 The day I miscarried, he was discussing a business deal with someone else 59Reads—Score114d adds
- 166 Thriller Game: Awakening the Betting System from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局觉醒对赌系统 [Horror game invasion + rule-based horror + Infinite Flow + reborn + national destiny + no romance + strong female lead + ensemble cast] The low rating is only because it just came out 🙇♂️ Yu Cong was reborn, returning to three days before the horror game descended. She knew better than anyone that this terrifying game sweeping across the globe was no coincidence. It was the opening act of an alien invasion of Earth. With the apocalypse approaching, she sprinted out the door “Hello, relevant au 2.4kReads8.8Score3.7k14d adds
- 167 Hush! It's Here 嘘！它来了 Stray cats appear on campus, awakening a curse of murder sealed away for fifty years. Long ago, cats protected the school by killing rats, but when their numbers grew too large, they were burned alive. Their resentment coalesced into a nine-lived shadow cat. It uses humans to wreak havoc, draining the vitality of the living in a blood sacrifice to avenge its burning. Strange incidents, gruesome deaths, vengeful spirits demanding lives night after night: the only way to survive is to destroy all 189Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Death and Infinite Resets: Uncovering the Rules of Every Vengeful Ghost 死亡无限回档：洞察所有厉鬼规律 [Death Rewind] [Kill the do-gooders first] [Vicious ghosts return] [Dark story] As the paranormal world awakens and vicious ghosts reappear, all you need to do is call Su Yun's name. I'll lead you back through time to find the perfect timeline. Su Yun had just transmigrated into a world where the paranormal was returning when four vicious ghosts began interrogating him. First interrogation: "What do you mean, you killed me because you didn't know how I died?" He rewound to before his death and s 887Reads—Score10414d adds
- 169 Why Did You Have to Mess with Her? Her Sanity Is Only 20 你说你惹她干嘛，她精神值才20 [Infinite Flow + No CP + Strong Female Lead + Powerful Protagonist] After reliving the psychiatric hospital instance a thousand times, Fu Hua finally cleared it. Only then did she learn that she had entered a place called the Myriad Worlds. Here, you had to keep clearing game instances to stay alive. But with a Sanity level of just 20, she had this to say: Great, great, now I can really let loose! The instance worlds weren't reality, so she could go crazy all she wanted. She didn't have to spare 3.8kReads8.9Score61714d adds
- 170 The Theater of Endless Torment: I Run Ancient-Era Instances in a Ghost City 无间戏台：我在鬼城开古代副本 [No romance + ancient-era infinite-level challenges + Chinese horror] Shi Jing lowered her head and saw the bright red bridal gown she was wearing. Beneath her veil, she held up a bronze mirror and aimed it outside. The mirror offered a blurry reflection of the scene beyond the bed. A stooped old woman stood ramrod straight outside the canopy bed She wore a crimson floral dress and a crooked velvet flower in her hair. Her face was as pale as paper, two garish patches of rouge on her cheeks, her 21.2kReads9.5Score3.2k14d adds
- 171 Dimensional Game 维度游戏 [Infinite-flow games + female protagonist's perspective + no romance + not a good person. The heroine is no heartthrob: she dislikes everyone equally, clears stages with brains and brawn, and loves taking advantage of NPCs.] Zhang Miao is snatched by the System and forced to take part in a game. Zhang Miao: I'm just an ordinary person! I can't do this! Let me go! The others who were killed: You're ordinary??? You schemed against all of us and got us killed! How the hell are you ordinary? The NPC 4.1kReads8.5Score46614d adds
- 172 Infinite Flow: Becoming a Star in Escape Games with My Beauty 无限流：靠美貌在逃生游戏当影后 [Infinite game, heroine who grows over time, plot-driven, some mildly scary dungeons, a touch of reverse harem] [The male lead is Lou Ming'an. One-on-one romance.] Ruan Manmiao, who has always been mocked as all looks and no acting ability, enters an infinite game. First round: The Horror Tour Group. The others scream in terror, with countless dead and wounded. System: In this round, you’re playing a lovesick fool. Whatever you do, don’t leave your boyfriend! Ruan Manmiao: ...Boyfriend, carry me 2.6kReads9.1Score34114d adds
- 173 Destroy My Cave Abode, and I'll Pay You Back a Hundredfold 废我洞府者，百倍奉还 Destroy My Cave Abode, and I'll Make You Pay a Hundredfold 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 I Kissed the Ghost King by Force from the Start, and Now the Whole World Wants Me to Keep a Low Profile 开局强吻诡王，全球求我低调点 [One-on-one / yandere, cold beauty with a volatile streak vs. sunny, shrewd college guy who jealously guards what's his / thrilling power fantasy / no hiatus / growing love and mutual healing / the Myriad Worlds] When the gods toy with humanity under the guise of a “game”: Become a god, or turn to ash. Xu Yan is thrown into the core of the eerie realm from the start: The Red-Clad Forbidden Zone, with a survival rate of 0.03%. Facing certain death, Xu Yan is forced to sign a “marriage contract” w 213Reads—Score1314d adds
- 175 Reincarnation's Eerie Station 轮回诡站 A cursed ticket leading to one horrifying incident site after another... A city shrouded in dense fog, obsessed with eradicating the very existence of "horror"... Passengers who vanish one after another, or are cursed for all eternity... Inside a dilapidated train, an amnesiac burdened by three curses awakens in the dim light, as a voice calling out "curse" sounds in his ears... "Welcome to Reincarnation Station! Passengers aboard the train, please pay attention... The next stop is... Corpse Pai 170kReads8.8Score18.2k14d adds
- 176 Infinite: Reading Feng Shui in Rule Horror 无限：我在规则怪谈里看风水 [Infinite-flow | Thrills | Horror | Teamwork | Powerful male lead, even stronger female lead (male lead is mostly in the background) | Puzzles | Rule-based horror] [Once you enter the uncanny realm, its rules reign supreme. Anyone who breaks them is sent straight to the land of the dead.] Luo Qing found herself in a strange place beyond the reach of both science and the gods. All that awaited her was boundless fear and death. A scholar from ancient times, a futuristic AI robot, a fugitive on 2.7kReads8.9Score42214d adds
- 177 EN Rule-Based Horror: Mistaken for a Top Player Right from the Start! 规则怪谈：开局被误认为是大佬！ [Rule-based horror + delusions of grandeur + wild speculation + livestream + wish fulfillment + comedy + no romance] Chen Han dies right from the start. The moment he opens his eyes, he is thrown into a deadly rule-based horror game. While everyone else is still poring over the rules to find a way out, he panics and blunders around, somehow avoiding every deadly trap and stumbling his way to a perfect clear. The whole internet's livestream chat explodes. “Holy crap! That prediction was godlike! 733Reads9.2Score23414d adds
- 178 White Orchids at Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港的白兰花 White Orchids in Victoria Harbour 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 The Sinner's Daughter Becomes a Miracle Healer, Clears Her Name in the Palace, and Slays Her Enemies 罪臣之女成医仙，金殿翻案诛仇家 The Minister’s Wronged Daughter Becomes a Medical Immortal, Clears Her Family’s Name in the Golden Hall, and Slays Her Enemies 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Horror Cinema: My Teammate Is Yukino Yukinoshita 恐怖影院：我的队友是雪之下雪乃 [The rating has only just come out, and it’ll rise later] [Infinite Flow] + [Mild Horror] + [Horror Dungeons] + [Anime Crossover, Multiple Heroines] “Welcome to the Nightmare Screening Room. Here, you’re not an audience member sitting in the theater. You’re a participant in a real horror movie!” Guan Hong accidentally stumbles into a bizarre horror theater. There’s no popcorn here, only endless survival missions and vengeful evil spirits ready to peel off your skin at any moment. First screeni 1kReads6.2Score10414d adds
- 181 Surviving in Another World: Raising a Ghost Child 异世求生：我在异世养鬼童 [Survival in Another World + Infinite Worlds + Supernatural Horror + Gore and Violence + Cunning Protagonist + Yandere + Transmigration to Another World] [Fantasy City: Humans + Mecha Girls + Beastfolk + Ghosts] Having transmigrated to another world as a child and grown up there, he now lives in a world of bloodshed and violence, where survival is everything! After reaching adulthood, humans must periodically take part in games to gain power and the means to survive! Here, rank and strength reig —Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 182 I Started Slacking Off After Gaining a Vengeful Ghost's Powers 获得厉鬼能力后我摆烂了 An utterly ordinary person, Huan Xiao unexpectedly gains the abilities of a vengeful ghost while working a part-time job. A game called “Gui” appears on her phone, and it actually transports her to a world overrun by vengeful ghosts! There, she meets plenty of other unlucky people just like her. But unlike them, who struggle desperately to survive, Huan Xiao gives up and takes it easy... [No romance] 7.8kReads8.3Score62414d adds
- 183 Rule Horror: I Write the Rules 规则怪谈：我来书写规则 [Doomsday Arrives + Livestream + National Fate + Supernatural Rules + Parallel World] The supernatural descended upon Blue Star, and rules became humanity’s final point of contention with the unspeakable. The unspeakable would randomly select “chosen ones” from every country and send them into a supernatural world. If they successfully solved its mystery, that round’s haunting would disappear from their country. If they failed the challenge within the allotted time, the haunting would descend up 1.4kReads8.9Score15014d adds
- 184 Your Place in Your In-Laws’ Home Is Earned 在婆家的地位是靠自己挣的 Your place in your husband's family is something you have to earn yourself. 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 I Slaughter My Way Through the Survival Game with an Evil Ghost on My Back 我背着恶鬼在生存游戏里大杀四方 [Infinite-flow + suspense + horror + ensemble cast + mysteries to solve + powerful male lead and strongest female lead couple] [Residents of Nameless City, greetings. The Cleaners Project is a mandatory undertaking for every citizen. Purifying the world is everyone’s responsibility. Please take part in the Cleaners Project. Your assessment results will determine your fate. Believe us, Eden is waiting for you.] Nan Yue came from Nameless City and was one of the lowest-ranked trash people. Like al 15.4kReads9.1Score2.6k14d adds
- 186 Rules of the Strange: She Conquers the Supernatural World and Becomes a Legend 规则怪谈，她在诡异世界通关封神 The story is complete. [Female-Oriented, No Romance, Mystery, Deduction, Power Fantasy, Light Infinite-Loop Elements; the heroine is just an ordinary person] The supernatural returns, and strange tales descend upon the world. Wen Qi is chosen by the supernatural world. As one of the chosen, she bears the hopes of her country. She must do her best to survive in the supernatural world's strange-tale instances and even earn rewards. Watching Wen Qi on the livestream, with her rumpled clothes, bird' 723Reads8.9Score11014d adds
- 187 With a Business Opportunity in Hand, I Set Up a Stall and Made a Fortune Through the Decades 手握商机，摆摊赚翻整个年代 With Business Opportunities in Hand, I Make a Fortune Selling Goods on the Streets 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Infinite Disaster Escape: Sacrifice Cards 无限灾难逃生：祭祀卡牌 (No romance, survival, escape, female protagonist) New book: Infinite: Running a Restaurant in a Necromancy Game. Welcome! Night falls, and the festivities are about to begin! On an unusual night in the interstellar era, Jiang Ye is unexpectedly pulled into a disaster survival game. Jiang Ye: Other people start with weapons, food, and first-aid kits. Me: “Congratulations, player, you've received a sacrificial card.” What? What's that supposed to be? Sacrificial cards bring both blessings and sla 999Reads9.0Score15714d adds
- 189 Apartment 18 18号公寓 Lin Shen has no idea why he’s in an unfamiliar apartment building. Outside, nothing but endless thick fog surrounds it. The building doesn’t appear on any map, and no one has ever heard of it. Inside are countless rooms. The place is eerily quiet most of the time, though strange sounds can occasionally be heard. The management office, with no one in sight, continues to operate normally day after day. Lin Shen wants to escape and return to his ordinary, boring life. But there is only one way out. 4.3kReads8.4Score70414d adds
- 190 Raising Paper Characters in a Horror Game 在惊悚游戏里养纸片人 [Infinite Flow] [No romance] (A heads-up: The heroine is a regular female college student who has just graduated. She has no System and isn’t reborn. She’s just an ordinary girl. If you want a badass, cool-headed, strongest-in-her-world heroine in a wish-fulfillment power fantasy, please look elsewhere. Don’t make assumptions halfway through and then leave a bad review. The author is sensitive, so please be gentle.) To pay off her loans, Yang Chaoyu unexpectedly joins a livestream debut. She bar 303Reads8.8Score10514d adds
- 191 Her Graduation Thesis Is Filled with My Name 她的毕业论文，写满了我的名字 Her Graduation Thesis Was Filled with My Name 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Followed by Ghosts 与鬼随行 Immersive, terrifying, and packed with suspenseful mystery and deduction. I have a strange world, and I want to take you there! After the college entrance exams, I took a fatal blow meant for my friend and lost my sight. By chance, I ended up at a bizarre vocational college. My classmates are dying one after another under strange circumstances, and there seems to be a much bigger secret behind it all. This world seems so strange... so strange... I have to solve the mind-bending challenges one by 3kReads—Score30314d adds
- 193 Please Don’t Be Afraid 请不要害怕 [Subverting Tropes + Infinite Flow + No Female Lead + Mild Horror] “Captain Wang, I clearly buried her, but… but I saw her in the backyard again!” “How did she die?” “It had nothing to do with me. She… she killed herself!” “She… she just didn’t want to be cremated…” “Then… what is that thing in the backyard?” “I… I don’t know.” “Can she see us? Can she hear our voices?” “And is she dangerous?” … “As for ghosts, I have only one piece of advice for everyone…” “If you happen to run into one, pleas 31.9kReads8.5Score1.5k14d adds
- 194 Invitation from Hell 地狱邀请函 [Ghost Escape + Supernatural Horror + Infinite Flow + A Clever Protagonist] An invitation and an abandoned bus drag a group of people into a haunted realm… Lin Mo barely makes it back to the real world alive, only to discover that the horror has just begun. One invitation after another arrives before him, and one eerie world after another comes calling… The Dusk Spirit Hotel, the Dead Return, Vengeful Ghosts Invade: what is the truth behind it all? Who is a friend? And who is an enemy? Shh… Watc 18.2kReads8.6Score1.4k14d adds
- 195 A Survival Pact from Scratch 从零开始的生存约法 (Strong female lead | Mystery | Puzzle-solving | Political intrigue | Ensemble cast) [Multiple couples + Chilling on closer inspection + Mass transmigration + Everyday life in ancient times + Resistance against tyranny] [The one and only female lead: cool and badass] (∗ᵒ̶̶̷̀ω˂̶́∗)੭₎₎̊₊♡ Hi there~ [May this book offer a light to those who feel lost.] ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ✩ A top medical graduate student gets hit to death with a brick by an unemployed drifter after arranging her grandmother’s funeral?! P.S. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 The Phoenix's Captivity: Forging the Blade 囚凰之淬锋录 The Caged Phoenix: Tempering the Edge 78Reads—Score214d adds
- 197 After She Died, Spring Never Returned to My Empire 她死后，朕的江山再无春风 After She Died, Spring Winds Never Again Swept Through My Empire 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 Dorm Survival: Please Stay Alive! 宿舍求生，请活下去！ [No Romance + Growth + Survival + Tower Defense] Bai Xiao transmigrates into a dormitory survival game. Once night falls at six o’clock, the dormitory is the only safe place. Outside the dormitory corridor, heavy footsteps and monsters’ roars draw closer. They could break through the door at any moment and devour everyone inside. The only way to survive is to upgrade the dormitory door, the turrets, and the little beds. Bai Xiao wants to live. She has to survive. Current members of the main 12.8kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 199 The Deranged Horror Fan Has a Blast Playing by the Rules 惊悚疯批在规则里玩嗨了 [Infinite survival + horror games + no CP + a story of redemption] Mu Yuanwei, a little lunatic who grew up in a psychiatric hospital, is dragged into a survival game. She meets plenty of lovely living companions and captures NPCs as toys, having the time of her life. While everyone else frets over the plot and the rules for triggering events, she’s happily playing with her pets. As a walking stack of buffs, she loves looking for loopholes in the rules and taking out NPCs. She’s a professional a 215Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Infinite Extra Lives: Starting with Name Tag Ripping 无限续命：从撕名牌开始 [Infinite Flow + Paradise-style progression, derivative worlds] As the last surviving descendant of the Time-Hunting Clan, she happened to enter the Longevity Paradise and grind through dungeons across the heavens: in the Name Tag elimination game, she practiced her footwork from the start. In the World of the Dead, she obtained a growth-type crystal. In a sci-fi world, she modified her genes. Then she turned an ancient battlefield into a zombie world, built up Void Resistance in Naruto, and sim 497Reads8.2Score—14d adds
