Novels like Rule Horror? Isn't This a Mental Hospital?
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- 1 Infinite: He's an Escapee from a Psychiatric Hospital 无限，他竟是精神病院的在逃患者 [Dual male leads + 1v1 + both virgins + equally powerful + comedy + unhinged characters + Infinite Flow] [Cold on the outside, gentle on the inside top (Ji Anan) × cheerful on the outside, completely unhinged on the inside bottom (Shen Suiyu)] (The bottom isn’t quite right in the head and goes crazy from time to time. All the dungeons are pure nonsense. Come on in, don’t miss out, and please give this story a chance (ૢ˃ꌂ˂⁎)) Shen Suiyu is the youngest mentor at the medical school of Licheng Univ 829Reads7.8Score142Shelves
- 2 I’m a Supernatural Entity, and You Want Me to Take on the Rules Horror Stories? 我一诡异，你让我挑战规则怪谈？ What is the eerie? Food. [The Laugh-Yourself-to-Death Series + An Author in Seriously Questionable Mental Health + No Female Lead + Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!!!] In 2124, the eerie resurfaces, and rules-based horror sweeps across Blue Star. I, Lu Sheng, a top-tier eerie who stuffs himself in a dark cave in the world of terror, am accidentally selected by the Dragon Kingdom and become a “human” taking part in a game set in the world of horror. And that's when things start getting weird. Gobble, gobb 729Reads7.3Score122Shelves
- 3 After My White Moonlight Returned from Abroad, His Vibe Seemed a Little Off 白月光他回国后，画风好像不太对 As a child, Yu Chu was obedient, well-behaved, and unbelievably beautiful. Among the families of the powerful, he was the kind of little brother every young master and young lady wished they had. When he was seven, his happy family fell apart. His mother took him and ran away. From then on, the quiet, obedient, beautiful boy became the cherished ideal of every young master and young lady in the circle of power. Thirteen years later, his father remarried, and Yu Chu returned to the country. But w 9.5kReads9.1Score765Shelves
- 4 Mr. Pei, Don't Be Afraid. I Only Want Your Money, Not You 裴总别害怕，我只图财不图你的人 [A money-loving, alluring schemer x a ruthless, arrogant corporate heir] (The heroine deliberately seduces him at first; later, the hero humbly begs for her love) [Marriage first, love later + both devoted to each other + mutual redemption + everyday parenting + a touch of sweetness] Zhou Fuxuan’s ambitions were sky-high, but her life was as fragile as paper. Still, she refused to believe in fate. So what if she had no parents and came from a lowly background? One day, she would trample underfoo 7.3kReads8.5Score603Shelves
- 5 The Creepy World Is My Home: While Others Clear Levels, I Go Home 诡异世界是我家，别人闯关我回家 [Thriller Game] [National Fate] [Female-led] [No romance] [Horror and the supernatural] [Searching for family?] (The first game is mostly about recognizing family, so it isn't scary. The supernatural elements grow more intense in later games.) Li Fuguang transmigrated to a parallel world just as the National Fate Thriller Game descended. Clear ten games in a row, and you earn one wish. The chosen players had done well in the first few games, but they all crashed and burned in the fourth, “A Fami 3.6kReads7.9Score373Shelves
- 6 I Cleared the Game Ages Ago, and You’re Only Now Pulling Me into the Horror Game 早通关了，你才拉我进怪谈 [Invincible] [No Female Lead] After practicing for two and a half years, Jiang Zhe cleared a game called Rule-Based Horror. After clearing it, he transmigrated into the world of Rule-Based Horror. Every country in the world selects one chosen player. Winners bring their nation prosperity. Losers have a monster randomly descend upon one of their cities, where it wreaks havoc for 48 hours. Jiang Zhe is selected and awakens an SSS-rank talent: “Unscientific Summoning,” which lets him summon p 10.5kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
- 7 Her Years as a Big Shot in Q City 她在Q市当大佬那几年 [Wealthy-family scheming + beloved by the whole family + satisfying revenge + face-slapping + 90% plot, 10% romance] [The transmigrate-into-a-book heroine takes on the golden-finger heroine of a wish-fulfillment novel] The moment Zhou Wangyou opened her eyes, she realized she had become the tragic supporting female character in a brainless wish-fulfillment novel, abused by the protagonist countless times and locked in a basement, where she was about to be left for dead. Zhou Wangyou: ...I think 5.9kReads9.2Score672Shelves
- 8 I'm Frail, but I Really Am the Savior 我虽然病弱，但真的是救世主 Also known as: “Don’t Worry, I’m Not Dead Yet. I Can Still Save the World” “The Sickly Beauty’s Journey to Save the World” “As the Savior, I Got Eliminated Right After Landing” One day, a System called “Death Game” descended upon reality. One person in every ten thousand worldwide became a player, and Earth’s apocalypse began. “Earth players, attention! The Death Game has finished loading. Are you ready?” As the voice rang out, Luo Jing stared blankly at the glowing orb floating before him. 25.5kReads9.4Score7.2kShelves
- 9 I’m the Trickster in the Rule-Breaking Horror Tales 我在规则怪谈做老六 [Complete, with a universally praised ending] [Rebellious Oddball + School Oddball + Lin Chen the Oddball + Comedy + Crazy Antics + The Uncanny + National Fortune + Mental Illness] [Readers say it becomes legendary from the third instance onward] He swaps a hen’s eggs for pebbles and lets her sit on them for half a month, hands sandpaper to his roommate while he’s on the toilet, and buys ten steamed buns for a beggar who asks for money to eat, then watches him finish them… Lin Chen is an oddba 9.3kReads9.4Score1kShelves
- 10 Rule Horror: You Want Me, Zhang San, to Follow the Rules? 规则怪谈：要求我张三遵守规则？ [Horror + eerie + hilarious + satisfying + national fortune = a serious novel] The Supreme Rules descend, selecting multiple people at random from each country to become Ascenders and take part in the Ascension Exam! Those who perform well earn high scores and even extra rewards. They can improve their own abilities and bring unexpected ascension to their country. But fail the exam, and death may be waiting for you, along with endless torment. Even your country may be beset by supernatural event 6.8kReads9.0Score821Shelves
- 11 EN A Bad Seed in the Infinite Game: Marked by a Madman! 坏种在无限游戏里被疯批盯上了！ A morally ambiguous, violence-for-violence's-sake, unhinged top × a born bad seed who looks out only for himself, a villainous bottom Shen Ru is an unlucky guy who got dragged into an infinite game. When a delicate, frail young man, practically radiating a sense of fragility, stumbles into the audience's view... Viewer 1: “Did he wander into a beauty pageant?” Viewer 2: “If he survives today, this game is showing me no respect!” Everyone eagerly awaited the death of this beautiful young man 7.4kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves
- 12 Rules of the Paranormal: The Horrors? They're All Family 规则怪谈，诡异？都是一家人 [Rule-based horror + national destiny + no romance + livestream + original scenarios + mild scares + warm and healing] Three years ago, rule-based horror arrived, launching a game that put the fate of nations on the line. Every month, chosen players are randomly selected from various countries to enter the horror world and clear its challenges. Clear a challenge, and you earn generous rewards. Fail, and the chosen player dies, while the horror descends upon their country. The Xia Kingdom has alr 15.5kReads9.5Score1.8kShelves
- 13 Rule Horror: I Can See Hidden Clues 规则怪谈：我能看到隐藏提示 The world of supernatural tales has arrived, and everyone must follow the rules! After hundreds of years, the world of supernatural tales has appeared once more. Sun Kai accidentally transmigrates into it, becoming one of the first contestants representing his nation’s fate. They carry the fate of Xia Nation on their shoulders! If they win, they survive, Xia Nation’s fortunes rise, and its people all benefit. If they lose, they die, the nation’s fortunes fall, and supernatural tales invade the 4kReads9.0Score518Shelves
- 14 The Poor Little One Becomes the Darlings of the Monsters in Infinite Worlds 小可怜在无限流做鬼怪们的心尖宠 [Two Male Leads + Infinite Flow + Everyone’s Favorite + Silly and Healing + 1v1, Both Pure + Mutual Salvation] A vampire who can turn into a cat and is the strongest top x a cute, pitiful bottom with no fear meter (Not a traditional Infinite Flow story. The bottom is an ordinary human but plays an NPC. The further you read, the more lighthearted and funny it gets.) After Xu Xingyuan’s mother passed away, his father remarried in a hurry. His stepmother abused him in secret and usurped his place i 16.9kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
- 15 The Bizarre Apocalypse: I'll Protect This Corrupted World 诡异末世：这个污染世界我罩了 [Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland + Mutants + Sentinels and Guides + Ensemble Cast + Contaminated Zones] The dark apocalypse ends, and the age of the wasteland begins. Countless mutants and bizarre contaminated zones devour humanity’s homes. When a remote town is swallowed by a contaminated zone, Yun Zhao, who has only recently awakened her powers, is forced to lead the entire town on a migration. Her origins are a mystery, and her strength is terrifying. Yet she can barely lift a thing, cannot carry 157.8kReads9.4Score26.9kShelves
- 16 Urban Legends Invade: She Goes on a Rampage by Exploiting Hidden Rules 怪谈入侵：她靠隐藏规则杀疯了 [Dad is Dad. He’s holding a knife. Mom is Mom. She takes the knife from Dad. Grandma has just reached the doorway, her eyes filled with confusion and worry. The younger sister has only her older sister by her side, the older sister she loves most… And then? What happened? You’ve forgotten…] [Chosen One of the Dragon Kingdom: Welcome to the first rules-based horror scenario.] [Stage cleared! The Chosen One receives a supernatural value reward, while their bound nation receives national fortune an 20.5kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
- 17 Rules Horror: I’m a Madman, You Say I’m Cheating? 规则怪谈：我一疯子你说我开挂？ [Rule-Based Horror + Deduction + Lunatic + Male-Male Romance + Wild Ride] A friendly warning: to repeat, the love between two men is just seasoning. The main focus is still clearing the rule-based horror scenarios! The rule-based horror game begins, and uncanny livestreams descend! Each country randomly picks one player to enter the game, and an uncanny livestream begins! If a player fails, the rule-based horror descends upon their country! What kind of shock will Meng Fei, a genuine lunatic, b 16.7kReads9.5Score2.6kShelves
- 18 Rule Horror: They Say I Have Multiple Personalities 规则怪谈：他们说我有多重人格 [Comedy, lighthearted, invincible, bizarre, ever-changing personality] This is the second year of the showdown between humanity and bizarre creatures, and the situation is growing increasingly tense... Bi Yi transmigrates into the body of a man who had jumped to his death. The moment he opens his eyes, he is chosen as a contestant. But his head was damaged in the fall, so he is always getting into trouble. Every day, he loses his memory, goes crazy, then turns around and becomes incredibly obedi 30.7kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
- 19 Quick Transmigration Across Planes: I Own a Little General Store 位面快穿，我有一间小杂货店 [No romance + no male lead + general store + ensemble cast + doing business in various novel worlds, including storylines where the heroine gets help] [Main characters: Su Ling + a calico cat] After waking up one day, Su Ling finds that her general store has bonded with a planar trade System, and she transmigrates into a book. First book world: a lucky heroine in a story set during the era of rationing. A general store suddenly appears on the hill behind Dawang Village. It has more goods tha 52.7kReads9.3Score4.7kShelves
- 20 The Bronze Sparrow Locks the Golden Hairpin 铜雀锁金钗 To love someone painfully is to wish you could lock them away with a golden lock. The first time Duan Yelin saw Xu Hang, he wanted to keep him locked up in a gilded cage, and that was exactly what he did. He took Xu Hang by force, the robber; Xu Hang was the helpless victim, enduring it in silence. Xu Hang was unwilling, but he wanted to live. There was still so much he hadn’t done, so in the end, he went into the Little Copper Pass. Years of entanglement. After fou 42.3kReads9.7Score12kShelves
- 21 Horror Livestream: Don’t Make Me Fight Back in Style 惊悚直播：别逼我花式反杀 [Two male leads + infinite-flow + supernatural horror + absurd comedy + happy ending] Before he died, Qiao Yu had a boyfriend. Their love was so tumultuous and famous that everyone knew about it, the kind of love that would endure even if the mountains crumbled and heaven and earth were no more. They made it through the seven-year itch. Just as they were about to meet the parents and head down the aisle, his boyfriend suddenly vanished without a trace! Literally vanished: no sign of him alive or 13.1kReads9.5Score2.2kShelves
- 22 Quick Transmigration: The Yandere Villain Is Always Coveting the Host 快穿：病娇反派总在觊觎宿主 [Delightfully unhinged beauty bottom X vicious, violent evil god top] [Two male leads + quick transmigration + two unhinged leads + satisfying power fantasy + one-on-one romance] The demon god Qin Sijiu lived for tens of thousands of years and had grown thoroughly sick of a tedious world. Eternal life had gradually become a torment to him. Then he struck a deal with the Heavenly Dao- In the end, the Heavenly Dao sent down heavenly punishment. But just as Qin Sijiu teetered on the brink of death, 16.2kReads9.5Score2.1kShelves
- 23 At Seven Years Old, I Was Chosen to Take Part in the Rules Horror Game 七岁的我，被选中参加规则怪谈 No female lead + national fate + eerie mysteries + comedy + unconventional ideas Lin Yuan transmigrates to Blue Star, a parallel world, and is chosen to take part in a rules-based horror game. From the start, he activates an SSS-rank talent. [SSS-Rank Talent: Ghostbane] [Talent Effect 1: Rules are completely useless against you. When you break the rules of a horror scenario, the corruption of its world has no effect on you.] [Talent Effect 2: When a creature in a horror scenario feels negative e 56.9kReads9.6Score6.3kShelves
- 24 When I'm in the Rules Horror Game, Nothing Is Forbidden 当我在规则怪谈百无禁忌 [No female lead + supernatural horror + mental illness + comedy + national destiny] My name is Su Ming, and I'm a transmigrator. I currently work at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, where I'm in charge of the important project of “being studied.” They keep saying I'm sick, but I know I'm fine. It's the world that's sick. After I escaped from the psychiatric hospital, I was chosen by Rule Horror to become Longguo's chosen participant, representing Longguo in the upcoming horror games. [Ding! The Ho 67kReads9.6Score7.7kShelves
- 25 Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常 [Horror + mystery + livestream + national fate + System] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade countries around the world. As one chosen by fate, Zhou Bai represents the Great Xia Kingdom in a horror game. The first scenario is a family of four. [You live with your wife and your parents. But remember, there are only three people in your home.] [You can trust your wife, unless she takes off her red hair clip.] [You and your wife have never had a child. If you hear a baby cr 46.1kReads9.4Score5.7kShelves
- 26 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 156.7kReads9.3Score16.5kShelves
- 27 The Horror Realm: Entering the Strange World from a Psychiatric Hospital 惊悚领域：从精神病院进入诡世界 (The hardcover edition has been published!) [Infinite Flow] [Original Horror Instances] [Mild Horror] “Chen Ji murdered his mother a week ago and spent three days with her corpse before he was arrested.” “You have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and are about to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital for supervision.” “Do you have anything to say?” The black-haired boy before them slowly raised his head, his expression calm. “I’ll say it again.” “The thing I killed wasn’t my mother...” “It w 349.6kReads9.5Score70.9kShelves
- 28 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 135.6kReads9.5Score11.8kShelves
- 29 There’s a Ghost Inside Me 我的体内有只鬼 Vengeful ghosts awaken, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Jiang Xiao transmigrates into this world for no apparent reason and finds himself surrounded by demons and monsters. But then he discovers that his shadow can devour ghosts without limit and gain their abilities. [Successfully devoured the White Mist Ghost. Ability acquired: Mist Form] [Successfully devoured the Hanging Ghost. Ability acquired: Shackles] [Successfully devoured the Bronze Ghost. Ability acquired: Copper Skin] [Successfu 20.7kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves
- 30 A Drunken Nighttime Kiss! One Flirt from Her, and the Arrogant Big Shot’s Heart Races 醉吻夜！她一撩，桀骜大佬心狂跳 [The print edition of Climbing the Capital’s Family Tree is now available on all platforms.] [Top Capital City Tycoon · Rebellious, Devoted Suit-Wearing Bad Boy vs. Ballet Princess · Radiant, Proud Little Swan] Li Zhi and Fu Yanze grew up together, but Li Zhi turned out to be the fake heiress. For the sake of his own interests, Fu Yanze chose to get engaged to the real heiress, a leading actress in the entertainment industry. He hoped Li Zhi would understand and said he would come back to marr 59.7kReads9.5Score7.3kShelves
- 31 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 173.8kReads9.7Score17.6kShelves
- 32 EN The House of Dread 诡舍 [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
- 33 EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1kShelves
- 34 I Saved the Entire Sect by Giving Up 我靠摆烂拯救了全宗门 (The second physical volume is out) Ye Qiao woke up one day to find she had become the second senior sister, a tool character in a novel about a girl adored by everyone. In the novel, whenever the junior sister was in trouble, the second senior sister stepped in. If the junior sister wanted a divine artifact, the second senior sister fetched it. If the junior sister lacked a spiritual root, hers had to be dug out. Ye Qiao was at her breaking point. She fled the mountain in the middle of the nigh 217.1kReads9.6Score24.3kShelves
- 35 EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6kShelves
- 36 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
- 37 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves
- 38 EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
