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- 51 A Terrifying New Year's Eve 惊悚除夕夜 On New Year’s Eve, I was driven mad by the nonstop kitchen noise from upstairs. I bombarded the tenants’ group chat with voice messages. “I just want to know which lunatic is cooking in the middle of the night! Are you making food for ghosts?” Someone replied almost immediately. “Don’t you know we make our New Year’s Eve dinner at midnight here in Hunan? It’ll be ready soon. Why don’t you come up and join us?” Then they sent a gruesome photo. The picture was quickly deleted. In its place came a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 The Deadly Delivery 致命快递 I’m a Buddhist: beautiful, kindhearted, rich, and gullible. I can’t stand to see the poor suffer. If my fried noodles cost seven yuan, I pay ten. That can have its downsides, though. For example, some penniless creep from the noodle stall might latch onto me. Or I might find my husband’s severed finger in my fried noodles. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Child's Haunting 童诡 Mystery | Horror | Hidden Chen Shuyang was overjoyed to move in with his girlfriend, Bai Lu. But as they spent day after day together, he gradually discovered her many strange quirks, from bizarre tastes in food to abnormal behavior. Little by little, he uncovered the terrifying secret she was hiding. 443Reads8.0Score11314d adds
- 54 A Horror Mobile Game Bleeds into Reality 恐怖手游映照现实 “‘You’ll Die If You Don’t Play’? What a weird name for a mobile game. Does that mean I have to play it?” Li Cong tapped the game without thinking. The screen went black the next second. A few seconds later, five blood-red characters appeared on the screen... “‘You’ll Die Even If You Play!’” “Holy crap!” Li Cong couldn’t help wanting to swear. This game was genuinely terrifying! He hadn’t even started playing, and he’d already died twice! 15Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 55 The Strange Taoist 怪道士 My name is Niu Dabao, and I’m the only college graduate in Niu Village. I thought that after graduating, I’d get promoted, earn a higher salary, marry a beautiful, wealthy woman, and reach the pinnacle of life. Who could have guessed the company would go bankrupt and the boss would kill himself? I didn’t get a single cent of my wages, and I couldn’t even afford rent, so I slept at the train station every day! A shabbily dressed Taoist priest told me I was plagued by bad luck and haunted by a hun 1.8kReads8.4Score12714d adds
- 56 Subduing Evil 镇邪 There are always mysterious things in this world, yet people dismiss them as nonsense. Miaojiang gu poison, corpse-driving in western Hunan, Nanyang curses, the Flowerfall Cave Maiden, shamanic sorcery, and yin-yang demons are all forbidden taboos. You don't have to believe in them, but you must remain in awe. Above all, never profane them! When the taboo soul bell rings out in the sky and ancient horrors quietly awaken, the world teeters on the brink of disaster. Will there still be someone who 637Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 57 Possession 上身 Ghosts: ethereal, elusive beings! Ghosts: a certainty that exists for those who believe, and not for those who don't! Are ghosts really only around at night? What do they actually look like? The truth is, they're right beside you! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 After a Rich Girl Set Me Up, I Revealed My True Identity 被富家女算计后，我亮出真身份 After a rich heiress set me up, I revealed my true identity 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Master of Horror, Dare You Come In? 恐怖大师你敢进来吗？ Ghosts taking revenge, possessing people, pressing down on sleepers; summoning, taming, driving away, and controlling ghosts; romances between humans and ghosts, humans and ghosts merging, and ghosts joining forces. Which is reality, and which is illusion? Are we living in reality, or in a world of our own creation? Yao Keke’s best friend, Cui Yueshuang, vanished right before her eyes. Where did she go? As she searches for her friend, Yao Keke receives help from an expert who teaches her the art 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Mystery Revival: Take Them Down! Take Them All Down! 神秘复苏：打掉！打掉！都打掉！ [Set in the Mysterious Revival world] [No System] [No saintly hero] [Carving out a domain] Ghosts cannot be killed. Only ghosts can deal with ghosts, and survival depends on seeing through the rules that govern evil spirits. Sun Wukong always thought there was no such thing as ghosts in this world. Until one night, a pair of cold, rigid ghost hands clamped around his neck. Only then did he understand. This world was slowly slipping out of control. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Forbidden Curse: Spirit Touch Opens the Door to Terror 禁忌咒子：灵触开启惊悚之门 [Horror] [Fortune-Telling] [Ghost Hunting] [Feng Shui] [Read with Caution at Midnight] I, Bai Qingyun, was once just a Maoshan Taoist priest at the Hundred Spirits Hall. It wasn't until I went alone to investigate an incident and saw a boy hanging himself in a red dress that I realized the evil in human nature went far beyond what I had imagined. Behind every strange incident lies both the wickedness of human nature and a tragedy. As I traveled from one region to another, resolving one incident 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Escape from the Apartment of Despair 逃离绝望公寓 [Infinite Flow]+ [Two Male Leads]+ [Escape Through Pure Intellect]+ [No Female Lead] Lu Chao is diagnosed with a terminal illness. As he waits to die, he suddenly discovers an apartment building. The apartment can cure his illness and keep him alive, but in exchange, he must carry out the specific tasks it assigns. And the targets of these tasks are… ghosts! They have no way to kill the ghosts. Their only chance of survival is to uncover the rules behind the ghosts’ killings. To stay alive, Lu C 356Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Ghost Banquet 鬼禁食 A glutton's feast: can it really eat anything at all? Open wide, and nothing is off-limits? When you're indulging in wild game, have you ever felt a hint of murderous intent behind you... 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Who’s Watching You Sleep? 谁在看着你睡觉 A collection of horror stories, including The Haunting of the Girls' Dorm, The Peeping Eye, and The Abyss of the Locked Room: A Mother's Checkmate! I guarantee you'll be too scared to use the bathroom after reading them at night! Each story is 80,000 to 100,000 characters long. I'm a newcomer, and this is my first time writing on Tomato Novel! I hope you'll give me lots of encouragement! Your support is what motivates me to create more and better stories! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 I’m the Only Ordinary Person at the Company 公司就我一个普通人 [Official introduction: Lovecraftian horror + Chinese-style horror, grotesque bodily mutations, mental corruption, vengeful evil spirits, uncontrollable desires... Told from the perspective of a rookie investigator with no supernatural abilities. Male lead: Liu Fan, a college graduate with no supernatural abilities. The brains of the group, a deadpan oddball who loves ill-timed wisecracks and goes insane with a perfectly straight face. Female lead 1: Lu Ningxia, a female ghost and the boss of a 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The School Cemetery Office at the Medical College 医学院里的校墓处 Supernatural + campus horror + strange tales from a bygone era + folk magic + crime-solving In 1996, I enrolled in medical school. In the campus's northwest corner stood a sealed-off west annex, known among the students as the School Cemetery. Disappearances, madness, hanging... Every tragedy pointed to an anatomy lesson plan from the Republic of China era. I never believed in the supernatural, until a girl came to me: “You’re the only one who can break the curse.” I broke into the building l —Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 67 Cat Sacrifice: She Lives in a Cat’s Eyes 猫祭：她住在猫的眼睛里 Three collections of horror stories: "Cat Sacrifice: She Lives in the Cat’s Eyes", "Snake Curse: The Evil of Qingshi Town", and "The Dying Magic Cube: An Embrace That Never Arrives". Each story is 80,000 to 100,000 characters long. I hope you enjoy them! Thank you all for your support! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Surviving in a Supernatural World 存活灵异世界 [Vengeful Ghosts Revive + Horror Mysteries + No Female Lead + Supernatural Tales + Decisive and Ruthless + Movie Horrors Made Real] "The Ring," "Ju-On," "Friday the 13th," "Silent Hill," "Tomie," "The House Where Evil Dwells," "One Missed Call," "Mirrors," "A Nightmare on Elm Street" People have long suspected that the spread of urban legends might not be baseless after all, and that the rise of ghost stories was no fabrication either. When Chen Ze returned to the country once again, countless 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Heirloom Bones: Blood Sacrifice at Yinshan 嗣骨：荫山血祭 (Not recommended for the fainthearted or anyone alone late at night) Li Ming returns to his hometown for a funeral, but the moment he steps into Yinshan Village, everything feels uncanny. Strange noises echo from inside the coffin day and night, while dark red patterns appear beneath his skin and writhe like living things. The ancient well that sustains the village churns with ominous black sludge. Deep within the ancestral hall, inhuman drumbeats and indescribable ancient whispers resound day a 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Whispers of the Ghosts 鬼魅低语 [Standalone Stories] [Eerie] [Thriller] [Strange] [Wild Imagination] Worlds full of distortion and absurdity. Whether it's seemingly ordinary snippets of everyday life or strange phenomena that gradually come to light, everything sends a chill down your spine and grows more terrifying the more you think about it. 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Nine-Layered Supernatural Realm 九层灵异空间 “Welcome to the Ninth Supernatural Realm.” A black-clad bull-headed figure walked over. “Are you human or a ghost?” Ling Yun was caught up in a once-in-a-century “Heavenly Dog” swallowing the sun, plunging Earth into three days of darkness. When eight people awoke on the third day, the dimensions of space had changed, and they found themselves in the Ninth Supernatural Realm. Ling Yun was among them... “Escape. We have to get out. This is a world unlike Earth...” 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The Ghost Car: A Road to Survival in the Blood Realm 诡车：血境生路 [Mystery and Deduction] [Horror and Strange Tales] [No System] [Light Brain Teasers] Si Chen wrote a novel called Strange Train. One day, when his inspiration ran dry, he inexplicably found himself inside the book. Aside from the rules of the setting, the story had changed beyond recognition! Passengers enter the train for all sorts of reasons, but they all share one name: Children of Calamity! Behind this train lies a Sin Gate, inside which is a New Era Pawnshop. It can be used to exchange not —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Eerie Girlfriend 诡异女友 Can a loser really not find true love? One day, I suddenly discover that my girlfriend has disappeared. Did she dump me? But I’ve asked so many friends, and none of them have seen her. I can’t stop breaking out in a cold sweat... Was I dumped, or is there something “wrong” with her? 237Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 74 The Grave-Nailing Craftsman 钉坟匠 A centenarian’s body must not be buried carelessly. My master hanged himself at his own front door because he mishandled one such burial. To let him rest in peace, I performed an Earth Immortal burial again, only to discover that my dead master was watching me... 235Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 75 The Terrifying Asylum 恐怖疯人院 [Traditional supernatural fiction] + [Traditional mystery] + [Twists] + [Deduction] A tribute to The Last Bus on Route 13. My girlfriend, Tian Wenjing, was an intern doctor at a psychiatric hospital, but she died mysteriously while working there. To investigate what happened, I somehow ended up at the same hospital. After experiencing all kinds of bizarre events, I discovered a tremendous conspiracy lurking behind it. And somehow, this conspiracy was closely connected to me... 656Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 76 The Apartment of Death 死亡公寓 [Death Game] The moment an apartment owner steps outside, they are immediately hacked to pieces. A deadly conspiracy has engulfed the apartment building, and no one can get out… To stay alive, Li Wen, a novelist, has no choice but to complete one deadly game after another. Along the way, he gains all sorts of extraordinary abilities. In the end, Li Wen discovers that the mastermind behind it all is actually… Are the death games the work of ghosts, or are they orchestrated by people? What is the 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Who Am I? A Tale of Terror Beginning with a Stage Performer 我是谁？从戏伶开始的惊悚 [Not Fanfiction] [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] [Slow Pace] [A Mashup of Settings from Multiple Novels, with Major Changes] [No System] [Don't Read If That Bothers You] On an ordinary workday, Wang Anle, just another office worker, merely dozed off for a moment. When he woke up, everything around him had gone completely out of control. One by one, his coworkers turned into “death-faced” people, and the entire office building was sealed inside a bizarre domain. Alongside his death-faced coworkers 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 A Collection of Strange Dreams from the Haunted Night 诡夜祟梦抄 [The Supernatural, Urban Legends, Instances, Mystery, Infinite Flow, Chinese-Style Cthulhu] A paranormal enthusiast who loves courting death transmigrates to the eerie world of his dreams. Su Xing's nightmare finally comes true. Unfortunately, this world isn't as interesting as he imagined. Cursed objects, evil spirits, and demons from beyond the heavens: one deadly supernatural horror after another makes an appearance. As he struggles to survive, Su Xing must also endure the slaughter inflicted 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 A Ghost at the Interview: The System Makes Me Play Chu Renmei 面试撞诡，系统让我扮演楚人美 [Supernatural resurgence + no female lead + System + role-playing + horror + decisive and ruthless + urban] Fresh out of college and already unemployed, Lin Ye receives a high-paying job offer from the Afterlife Funeral Home. It turns out to be a death warrant leading straight to hell! The interviewer is a faceless ghost, and HR is a painted-skin demon! The moment a ghostly claw pierces his heart, Lin Ye thinks he’s done for! [Ding! Host’s life is in imminent danger. Critical condition at 100% c 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 After the Ghost-Hunting Expert Reincarnated, She Dazzled Everyone 捉鬼大佬魂穿后，她惊艳了众人 (Soul transmigration + ghost hunting + poor student + growth + powerful comeback + male rivalry + vampires) Lin Jie’er was an ordinary ghost-hunting master. By a twist of fate, her soul ends up in the body of a student at an aristocratic academy several centuries in the future. Can someone tell her why there are still so many ghosts to catch, even after all these centuries? And wait, didn’t the original owner say nobody cared about her or loved her? Then what are all these handsome guys around h 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 I'm So Fierce as a Ghost After Death 死后变成鬼的我超凶哒 Urban fantasy + revenge + paranormal + livestreaming + judgment I, Xiao Ran, an outstanding university student of the twenty-first century, died when a developer forcibly demolished my home. I never expected that after death, I'd land a new job as the only ghost in the world! Not only can I devour souls to level up, I can also hack the internet and start livestreaming... So when I started my livestream, the world's powerful and influential people panicked... Wait, what?! I only judge the wicked! 9Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 82 Going to the Countryside to Collect Ghosts: A Feng Shui Master for Just 9.9 Yuan, Shipping Included 下乡收诡：九块九包邮的风水师 A supernatural resurgence? No, feng shui has gone wrong. A forty-year-old fat man will help you deal with ghosts for just 9.9 yuan. He contains them; while others talk about karma, he talks about money. With his compass and geomancy, he examines the water outlets of burial sites and the baleful energy in the earth’s veins: the ancient well in Tonghua Village, the old house in Huang Village, the looping ghostly shadows at the old ferry, the mountain range where a grave was relocated, the yin ener —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 I'm the Only Normal Person in the Harem 后宫就我一个是正常人 I’m the Only Normal One in the Harem 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 The Last Shaman of Northeast China 东北最后的出马仙 Under siege by the Nine Wraiths and the Spirit-Devouring Ten Thousand Wraiths Formation, the barbarian wasteland's evil cultivators strike at the border again and again. Huang Dun wields a peachwood sword as his blade and his resolve to protect the people as his armor, leading immortal disciples, government forces, and border residents to build an ironclad defense. From tempering spirits and refining techniques to fortifying the area with the Sunbright Spirit-Gathering Formation, from passing on 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Escape Game: A Ticket to Hell 逃生游戏：通往地狱的车票 [Infinite-flow + suspense, not a power fantasy / no golden finger / no harem / team-based] On the day of his eighteenth birthday, Shao Chi received a strange ticket. From the moment he got it, all kinds of bizarre and inexplicable events began happening around him. To stay alive, he was forced to board a dilapidated bus and embark on a string of escape games. Instance One: A small village hidden deep in the mountains. At night, the sounds of an opera drift through the air, and a pair of bloods 262Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 86 Blood Night 血夜 The day before I killed my younger brother’s family, my parents were murdered too. At nine the next morning, the phone rang. “Is this Li Feng? Please come down to the police station!” “Sure.” After hanging up, I laughed. “You’ll never catch me!” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 The Nightmare Apartment [Dark Comedy] 恶梦公寓【黑色幽默】 [Horror, paranormal, infinite flow, pure horror with no humor] [Realistic instances with richly developed backstories] My name is Chen Lin. The story begins one night when I get a distress call from my younger sister. It isn't until I enter an ancient castle with four people of unknown origins that I realize what a terrifying, desperate world lies hidden beneath our own... “There's no such thing as undeserved good fortune. The source of the light is the true essence of evil.” “When you read this —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 The Prison of Hair 发丝之狱 Prison of Hair —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Growing Back a Severed Finger 断指增殖 Severed Finger Proliferation —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Overwhelming Baleful Aura 煞气罡然 Playing the pig to eat the tiger + mystery + ruthless killing! He possesses profound Taoist arts, yet is shrouded in murderous energy and mystery. Watch as this young man uses his fists to sweep away every demon and monster in the mortal world, then uses his sword to cut down the greed and every sin in human nature... 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Horror Landlord: My Thirty-Eight Female Tenants 恐怖房东：我的三十八位女租客 “Zhuge Ming, if you come study at my kindergarten, I’ll give you five hundred a month, and pick you up and drop you off...” said the headmistress. “I brought you lunch, Zhuge Ming. I made it myself...” said the teacher. “Come here. I’ll marry all three of my daughters to you,” said Priest Lin. Zhuge Ming was born with a peach-blossom fate. He had the looks of a woman despite being a man, and from the moment he was born, every woman had just one wish: to marry him. Zhuge Ming was miserable. Who c —Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 92 Ghostly Tales from Fengdu 丰都鬼事 In her previous life, young artist Lin Wan set out alone for the fabled ghost city of Fengdu to search for her missing older sister, Lin Zhixia. Naively, she trusted the seemingly kind innkeeper and local gentry, unaware that she had stepped into a carefully laid trap. Coveted for her yin constitution, she was ultimately sacrificed in an old mansion behind Fengdu's famous mountain by the so-called “good Samaritans” to a traitor in the underworld who had disguised himself as Black Impermanence. H 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Horror Survival: I Help Ghosts Fulfill Their Wishes in Terror Dungeons 惊悚求生，我在恐怖副本帮鬼还愿 [For Fans of Ghost House] [Infinite Flow] [No System] [Supernatural] [Mystery] Li Jianchu wakes from a nap to find a girl standing in front of him, taking off her underwear. The next second, her head falls off. [Instance One: The Strings of Jingyi High School] A “musical prodigy” hangs herself in the bathroom, a snapped guitar string hidden inside her school uniform. (Current mission: Help her put on her concert.) [Instance Two: The Banquet at Youyun Villa] Sobbing echoes from the basemen —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The Longer the Night, the Less You Dream 夜长少做梦 [Original Instances] [Thriller] [Mild Horror] [Eerie] For the first week, he was so frightened by the shadowy figure in his dreams that he didn't dare sleep. After staying awake for two nights, he started seeing ghosts everywhere he looked. Unfortunately, a month of nightmares was only the beginning of his story... 15Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 95 Possessed by an Evil Spirit 撞邪 Grandpa spent his whole life doing good deeds. He never imagined that one night, he would ruin a young girl's life... 290Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 96 Ghost Stories by Night 鬼话夜谈 The story follows Chen Xingchen and Jiang Chuyan, who grew up together in a village. They hear tales of the supernatural from the village elders and experience a number of eerie events themselves. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 A Collection of 365 Strange Tales and Horror Stories 365个奇闻异事和恐怖故事合集 This is a series of short horror stories. The writing isn't the focus; it's all about telling the stories. [Standalone stories + horrors that grow worse the more you think about them + mystery and the supernatural + urban legends + haunted homes + folk tales + strange tales + feng shui and mysticism] Are you ready? When night falls, these terrifying stories will begin crawling into the ears of the living... 731Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Red-Clad Ghostly Shadows in the Abandoned Village 无人村红衣诡影 Zheng Bao loves searching for treasure. Once, he went treasure hunting in an abandoned village, where a terrifying and uncanny scene unfolded. As he delved deeper, he gradually uncovered a hidden story from his own past... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Supernatural Revival: From the Start, I Bet on a Livestream from a Psychiatric Hospital 灵异复苏开局对赌直播精神病院 Haunted House Livestream: Three Million to Save a Life. The People of Longguo Never Bow Their Heads [Supernatural revival + No System + No saintly protagonist + Fresh plot + Escape + Exploration + Crime solving + Not dark] Chen Feng opens his eyes in a foot massage parlor to find himself three million in debt and his younger sister on the brink of death! A mysterious creditor offers him a deal: livestream three trips into deadly places, and the money and your life are yours. The first stop is 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 The Killer Killed the Killer 凶手杀了凶手 Police tape cordoned off the underground parking garage. At four in the morning, someone found a body there. As I passed the cordon, a police officer asked me to register my details. I nodded without hesitation. “No problem. I hope you catch the person who killed that woman soon.” The officer looked up sharply. “Miss, I never said the victim was a woman.” 115Reads—Score314d adds
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