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- 151 My Neighbor Knocks on the Wall at 3 A.M. Every Day 我的邻居每天准时在凌晨3点敲墙 My neighbor knocks on the wall at exactly 3 a.m. every day 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 Infinite Survival: This Assassin Is Not So Cold 无限流之这个杀手不太冷 A battle royale descends, and countless challengers are thrown onto a path where they must prove themselves. Lin Xiaohu, a classical martial arts assassin, walks the line between life and death, searching for a glimmer of redemption. Mythical beasts block the way, powerful enemies close in, and fragments of divine weapons spark endless strife. While everyone else is trapped in a cycle of slaughter, he insists on tearing apart the rules and protecting the light that belongs to him. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 153 A Bizarre Instance? She’s the Final Boss! 诡异副本？她才是最终boss！ [No CP + strong heroine + villainess + eerie instances + horror and suspense + infinite flow + beautiful and powerful (whether she suffers depends on the role she gives herself)] (The heroine really is strong, the invincible kind.) P.S. How can love between the eerie beings not count as a suspense romance? The heroine isn't an evil woman who does bad things for no reason. Everything she does is part of her own plan. (She isn't a good person, anyway.) A treasure is locked away in Qingshan Mental 104Reads—Score112Shelves
- 154 Tales of the Strange: Nine Chances Out of Ten to Die? Sorry, I Can Rewind 怪谈：九死一生？抱歉，我能回档 [Infinite Flow] [Regression] [Mind Games] [Plenty of Twists] [The Protagonist Has No Cheat Skills] Yao Ze died four times in his very first round. Even with the ability to go back in time, he ended up psychologically scarred. The second instance was a punishment round where he barely escaped with his life, and the boss was downright devious. Relying on information he gathered before each reset, Yao Ze relentlessly tests the rules of the instances. He uses his information advantage to match wits 155Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 Don’t Call My Book Trash, There Are Real Ghosts in My Game 劝你别说我书烂，我游戏里真有鬼 [Just opened with a score of 6.6, and it’s still rising. I’ve put my heart into crafting this, so read with confidence.] [Infinite Flow] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Thriller Game] [Daily Card Draws] [One Heroine] [Smart Protagonist] I’m Chen Qing, a struggling writer nicknamed the “Eunuch-in-Chief.” I’m so stuck on my new novel that I want to bang my head against the wall. To find inspiration, I gritted my teeth and bought an “Absurd World” game pod on installments. But as soon as I entered the game, 5Reads6.6Score122Shelves
- 156 Rule Horror: I Can See Echoes of the Old Days 规则怪谈：我能看到旧日余响 [Linked Instances + No Romance + Tracing the Origins of the Rules + Unconventional Rule-Based Horror] (If rules have a past, they must have left behind truths that were forgotten.) The bizarre has invaded reality, and the Chosen Ones are sent into an old world that has already been destroyed. Shen Yan gains the talent [Witness], which lets him see echoes of the past connected to the rules. When others face a strange tale, all they can do is guess which rule is false. Shen Yan discovers that the 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 Infinite Black Fog 无限黑雾 [Infinite Flow] [Original Scenarios] [Thriller] “Lin Jun, we suspect you killed your grandmother. Please come with us!” At first, Lin Jun thought she was about to be arrested. Instead, she was suddenly dragged into a Black Mist game scenario. A homeroom teacher who explodes and comes back to life, twelve players with baffling identities, and a culprit hidden until the very end. A classic locked-room murder mystery set in a mountain lodge during a blizzard! Every extra day she survives brings her 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 158 Escape the Game: Infinite Offshoots 逃离游戏：无限衍生 Drawn into Infinite Retries in a Death Game [Plot twists] [Fast-paced] [Death ☠️ game] [Infinite resurrection] [Exploiting game bugs] [System has a minor role early on] [Romance] [Ensemble cast] [Surreal] [In the fourth stage, a large number of players join, and the death toll gradually rises. One person is especially unusual: both a “liar” and a “living person.”] All the game stages have ended. Who was the first to clear the game? Leave your answer... After a nightmare, I found myself in a s 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 Paranormal Survival: The Endless Gate 灵异求生：无尽之门 A survival game of endless horror-room challenges. No female lead, and no saintly protagonist. Beyond the never-ending doors lie one hopelessly terrifying room after another. Vengeful spirits, zombies, parasites, vampires, mummies, clowns... Everyone and everything you know, and don't know, might appear in the next room. Chinese, American, European... Different styles are randomly assigned, all to cater to each player's deepest fears. The cruelty of the strange creatures and the wickedness of hu 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 Blood Curtain: The Final Chapter? 血幕，终章？ Five years ago, one tiny mistake of mine got three coworkers killed. From then on, I lived in endless regret. Five years later, a blood-red screen appeared in the depths of the ocean, enclosing a mysterious continent! Monsters began invading from this other continent. While every country in the world struggled to resist, I was pulled into another dimension, where lies followed rules that could get you killed, bizarre monsters were impossible to wipe out, and I had several unreliable “teammates.” 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 161 An Unknown God Is Livestreaming Me 我被未知神明直播 When humanity was thrown by unknown gods into bizarre livestream spaces to be toyed with by the audience... When life, emotions, dignity, and everything else became entertainment for the viewers... I struggled to survive through one life-or-death livestream and absurd incident after another... Until one day, an unknown god spoke to me... “Dear, you are nothing but merchandise...” That was what it told me... I held my head high and laughed, exhilarated and delighted, staring straight at the 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 The Gate of Paradox 悖论之门 I walk among the wreckage of logic, repairing one twisted reality after another. My ability is both “hope” and perhaps the deepest of curses. Then I realized that every time I saved someone, a whisper sounded in my ear: The ultimate price of repairing this broken world may be becoming an even greater mistake. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 Eerie: After Completing the Puzzle, I Somehow Ended Myself 诡异：凑完拼图莫名把自己终结了 [Mystery + Eerie + Deduction + Infinite Flow + Ensemble Cast + Flawless Logic] Have you ever felt despair? Lu Bai wakes up in a dim room, where a mysterious force orders him and several other poor souls to go on missions in one strange place after another. Complete a mission and live. Fail, and die. Black Dragon Pool, the old elm tree, the ancient well at the village entrance, the strange funeral home. After Lu Bai and his companions rack their brains, endure countless hardships, and narrowly es 142Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 164 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 260Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 165 The Ghostly Figure Appears 鬼影显形 [Eerie World + Folk Horror Tales + Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Deduction and Survival + No Female Lead] My name is Zhou Lin, and I transmigrated! But my original Host didn't die. He... became a ghost! A yellowed photograph dragged Zhou Lin from the clutches of a vengeful ghost into another nightmare. The nightmare ended, but the ghosts in the real world never disappeared... A vengeful ghost closing in step by step... The photographs came one after another, haunting him like nightmares, with no 1.1kReads6.2Score104Shelves
- 166 The Human Realm's Trial Grounds 人间试炼之地 (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincible protagonist, no System, no power fantasy. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) (Male-oriented + Infinite Flow) My name is Chen Mo. I failed at starting a business. I thought this was just an ordinary food delivery order, but then I realized I had entered “Hell” and become an inmate. I heard this place was originally called the “Human Trial Grounds,” but after the first Main God came into being, the Main God named it “Hell.” In “Hell,” the abs 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 167 A Dark Kiss Beneath the Deep Lake 深湖之下的暗吻 On the glittering annual gala night at Xingguang Group, senior finance executive Lin Wei “accidentally” falls into a lake and dies. While sorting through her belongings, her younger sister Lin Yue finds a bloodstained encrypted USB drive. On the night she died, her sister sent one last message: “They’re here.” Lin Yue’s investigation hits a hidden reef. Witnesses are silenced one after another, and every lead is cut off. Then Song Feng, just back from studying abroad, enters her life with perfe 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 168 Deadly Survival Game 致命生存游戏 (Infinite-loop game, suspense, mystery, survival, no supernatural elements, no urban legends, original games, no independent System, no golden finger) ‘Selecting a game...’ ‘Player level detected: L1. Available game difficulty range: 1–2 stars.’ ‘First game detected. A one-star game is guaranteed.’ ‘Game selection successful!’ A black screen with white text immediately appeared. [Game Name: The Devil Beside You] [Game Type: Multiplayer] [Difficulty: One Star] [Clear Condition: Find the disguised 1.2kReads7.8Score102Shelves
- 169 Nightmare of the Strange Realm 诡界噩梦 [Infinite Flow + Horror + Mystery + Survival] A strange ticket dragged Yan Yu onto a bus bound for the abyss. Only after stepping into the world of ghosts did he realize he had been drawn into one brutal survival game after another. Night falls, monsters roam, and every step is a choice between life and death. Yan Yu thought it was all a random twist of fate, never knowing that the destiny set in motion from the moment he was born had been quietly unfolding all along... 41Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 170 Above the Ninth Floor, Starting with a Skinning Game! 九层之上，从剥皮游戏开始！ Infinite Flow + Gu Cultivation + Horror + Mind Games + Combat + Cool-Headedness + Unhinged Male Lead He thought he was a gaming expert. Only after dying did he realize this wasn't a game at all, but an ancient god's furnace for cultivating Gu. You call yourself a god, and we desperately climb the tower, hoping to use your power to bring our loved ones back to life. Little did we know you were the one who set a trap that destroyed my family, using my gaming talent to nourish your soul with Gu. I 33Reads—Score101Shelves
- 171 Infinite Horror Instances 无限惊悚副本 [Infinite Flow] [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] [Not a Power Fantasy] [Not Invincible] Players tackle horror instances to gain power and wealth. No one who enters this place is kind. Each is the embodiment of one of the Ten Deadly Sins, with unfathomable darkness hidden in their hearts. But what awaits them at the end? What kind of ending could be worthy of all the turmoil and suffering they’ve endured along the way? I don’t know either. Perhaps the answer lies at the end of the book. 109Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 Night In, Day Out 夜入白出 [Thriller and Horror + Infinite-Flow + Mystery and Deduction + Exploring Strange Realms + Supernatural + Time Loops + The Emotions of Life] The night wind blows. Lie down and sleep. Don’t open your eyes, and no ghosts will appear. If you do open them, look beside the bed: a hand is among the books. Look by the window: a head with no eyes is staring at the bed. Lu Chen, Ye Xiaoqian, Wu Ziyu, Xu Zhuang, and Hu Yingying accidentally touched an old book filled with ghost stories about wronged souls. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 Soul Alliance 魂盟 Starting February 6, 2025, two updates every day, posted promptly at 8 p.m. [Horror instances + no System + growth + brains + Infinite Flow + fake female lead] I stand in an unfamiliar place, surrounded by an eerie atmosphere. My memories are like shattered puzzle pieces, impossible to put back together. Who am I? Why am I here? The blank spaces in my memory are like bottomless black holes, swallowing my sanity. The only thing I can clearly recall is a vague figure in my mind. What connection do 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 174 Ascension Plan 登神计划 “Complete a series of games, and you can become a god.” Four young men are lured here by different lies, but will things really be as simple as they expect? Ensemble cast, no main character. Borrowed plot elements will be noted. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 175 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 31.2kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves
- 176 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 27kReads7.9Score3.3kShelves
- 177 Sorry, I Have a Cheat 抱歉，我有外挂 [Infinite flow + tabletop role-playing + mystery and deduction] This world has gone completely off the rails. First, she inexplicably ended up in a different world. Then people who had been dead for years came back to life. And the one who keeps dying and coming back is her sister. Mu Xie, the sole member of the Special Response Section of the Abnormal Investigation and Management Bureau, callsign Sapphire Bai: This is exactly my specialty. Sapphire was only invited to New York for a vacation. —Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 178 The Infinite Haunted House 无限诡异屋 [Original eerie instances + infinite-level progression + handcrafted + no female lead + slow burn] Qiao Ze collapses in front of a mirror, where his reflection wears a smile like that of an impostor. Along with a group of people from all over the world, he is dragged into the same sealed, bizarre incident. A deformed child crawling like a beast, A demonic baby still attached to half an umbilical cord, A pregnant woman with two heads, An impostor whose mouth stretches from the corners to the back 130Reads—Score123Shelves
- 179 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 367Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 I Play an Extra in Eerie Movies 我在诡异电影里跑龙套 [Also known as: Quitting KFC to Brave the Supernatural Scenarios] Yan Jin worked like a dog at a fried chicken shop for three years, always conscientious and hardworking. At last, he finally stood up for himself and fired his boss. But right after quitting, he transmigrated into an Infinite Flow scenario where death was all but certain. Since he’d transmigrated, he might as well show the supernatural what his incredible golden finger could do: a psychiatric hospital for gods, an echo that never 1.6kReads6.3Score121Shelves
- 181 Death Train: I Just Want to Be the Boss of the Platform 死亡列车，我只是想当站台话事人 [Infinite Flow, Mild Horror, Mystery, Survival, Teamwork] One train after another carries blood and tears; One platform after another tells of love and hate. Should they bow to fate and sink into endless darkness, or overcome their fear and head toward an unknown future? Eighteen levels of hell, eighteen instances. The people on the platforms came and went, but Jiang Yu was the one who had the last laugh. Someone asked the young man beside him, “Do you know who’s in charge of this platform?” The 385Reads—Score—Shelves
- 182 Horror Game: I Killed the Evil God, So I'll Take It from Here 恐怖游戏：杀了邪神，我行我上 [Female protagonist + mild horror + mild wish fulfillment + infinite-flow + no romance + a few friendship arcs. Vengeful, ruthless yet shy, a female protagonist who grows over time] When a player tries to guilt-trip Lin Jiu, she asks curiously, “You don't actually think I'm a good person, do you?” Then she turns and gently takes the hand of a red-clad vengeful spirit. “Dear sister, I'll help you get revenge. You don't mind doing me a little favor in return, do you?” Unknown creatures lurking in 71Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 183 The Human Soul 人魄 The Human Soul 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 184 Fatal Game: The Death Script 致命游戏：死亡剧本 [Infinite-Flow + Horror + Survival] No female lead, no romance between men and women, pure deduction-based infinite flow. A strange minibus carries a group of guilty people to a village that doesn’t exist on any map. ...The people living in the base dormitories receive a different horror script every so often. Anyone who receives one is forcibly dragged into the script to play out its horrifying story. When Su Bai finally returns home after experiencing one terrifying incident after another, he 522Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 185 No Hints in the Instance 副本无提示 [The rating just came in, and it will rise later] [Mild horror + varied horror styles + original scenarios + fresh, unconventional scenarios + intelligent characters + no female lead or romantic subplots] Have any of you watching heard of the elevator ghost game? They say that if you follow the instructions, you can reach another world. Chen Feng is a video creator whose content is playing all kinds of horror games found online. He occasionally livestreams, too. During a livestream of the elevat 71.4kReads7.8Score11.5kShelves
- 186 Infinite Replays in the Trial Run: Now Clear It in One Life 试玩无限重开，接下来请一命通关 (The rating just came out, so it'll rise later!) [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + No Romance + No Cheats + Not a Feel-Good Story + Smart Characters] One night, the police station received a phone call. A man named Chen Mo turned himself in. He had murdered all four members of his family, and even killed the family dog. During repeated interrogations, Chen Mo remained completely calm. “Officer, I'll say it again.” “I didn't kill people. I killed... a bunch of ghosts.” After dying and rewinding ti 309Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 187 Why Does a Map Company Have to Deal with the Uncanny, Too? 一个地图公司也要让我处理诡异？ The abandoned old district has long since become a breeding ground for the uncanny. An occurrence known as a “contaminated zone” appears from time to time in the old district, centered around individual buildings. Rumor has it that a contaminated zone is another world, filled with the absurd and the uncanny. As the number of missing people increased, the authorities had no choice but to close the routes between the old and new districts. By a stroke of luck, people discovered that the cores of c 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 188 An Introduction to the Divine 神明概论 No female lead, infinite-flow! Come play a game of wits with the gods! Bet everything in a thrilling game! The price of losing... is it your life, or a lifetime enslaved by the gods? 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 189 Don't Look Back During Evening Study at School 学校晚自习别回头 Don’t Look Back During Evening Study at School 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 190 I Came from the Underworld to Deal with Those Who Defy the Rules 我从地府来，专治规则不服 I Came from the Underworld to Make the Rules Behave 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 191 A Hundred Ghosts at the Night Banquet 百诡夜宴 [Mystery + Mind-Bending + No System + Supernatural Horror + Murder-Mystery Game] “The true trick isn’t hidden in the shadows. It sits upon the throne, making everyone bow before it.” “It never deceives the eyes. It only fools the heart.” A human body hanging in the air, a head burned and charred to the bone, severed limbs abandoned on a rainy night: all seem like the final echoes of death. Four survivors and one overseer sit around the long table at a night banquet, whispering among themselves. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 Rule Horror: I Report This! The School's Teaching Aids Are All Made from Students 规则怪谈：我举报！这学校的教具都是拿学生做的 Rule Horror: I’m reporting this! The school’s teaching aids are all made from students 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 193 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 暴雨夜服务区规则怪谈 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 194 Nightmare Realm 噩梦诡境 [Infinite-flow + horror + survival + one female lead] Liu Xiao woke up in a long-abandoned hospital, with several others beside him who had arrived there just like he had. He thought he had been kidnapped, but never imagined it was the start of an endless nightmare! Once you are chosen by a haunted realm, death is your only possible ending! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 The Dreamworld of Strange Memories: Do You Remember the Taste of Things Before You Turned Three? 异忆梦界：你记得三岁前的味道吗 The Memory God stole everyone’s memories from before the age of three. Lin Shen’s, too. All he remembers is that his father disappeared that year. He enters a code and falls into the Dreamscape of Lost Memories. Everyone is trapped in the ruins of their memories. Each door seals away a memory. Open one, and you lose a piece of yourself. Before the final door, a line appears in the mirror: Do you remember what things tasted like before you were three? He opens the door. His three-year-old self st 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 196 A Taoist Priest in an Infinite-Loop Story? That's Right Up My Alley 道士进无限流吗？那很专业对口了 [Infinite flow + ensemble cast + the supernatural] [Slow burn] [Mild horror + cyber ghost hunting + livestreaming + evil gods] In 2171, the neural-link horror game Random burst onto the scene, touting freedom, realism, and randomness. Homebody Taoist He Xiao opens the game, ready to let loose. Lightning magic from the start, teaching ghosts how to be ghosts. But not only does the tutorial target him, his first scenario after getting nerfed is an [S-rank scenario]? And so begins He Xiao’s livest 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 197 The Haunted Dreamscape, Part One 诡梦境第一部 Are ghosts always frightening? Are people always kind? Sometimes, people can be more terrifying than ghosts. Behind every strange incident may lie a tragic story you never saw coming. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 198 A Thousand Autumns of Foolish Games 千秋愚戏 [Modern Urban High Martial Arts + Foreshadowing + Infinite Flow + Funny Slice of Life + Imaginative Premise + Mind-Bending] Fu Qianqiu has suffered from “soul separation” since childhood. With the help of his friend Mu Xingye, he manages to communicate with the “It” inside his body, but all he gets in response is an incomprehensible sentence: “When the foolish game ends, the fog will finally lift.” Coincidentally, the virtual reality game The Fool’s Game, developed over seven years by Fangcun Co 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 Will Everyone in This Horror Game Get a Bad Ending? She Clears It with Happy Endings and Becomes a Legend 恐游全员BE？她靠HE通关封神 [Strong female lead + infinite-flow + horror + original scenarios + saving the world] Reborn in an instant, Yue Ji finds herself in the terrifying game world known as the Sea of the Strange. A ship is all she gets from the start, and she has to scrounge for the rest of her equipment. Before her newbie protection period is even over, she's kicked into a high-level horror scenario. It should have been a doomed start, but her captain is so overpowered that she somehow earns a perfect all-clear in t 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 200 Night of Life and Death 生死夜 During the Dasheng era, at the end of every ten-day period, black fog would seal off a place and bring buried disasters back to life. Shen Yan, a low-ranking clerk in Huaishui County, witnessed his mother’s murder with his own eyes. Yet when dawn came, the family register, the neighbors, and even the county office all insisted that no such person had ever existed. The blood-written message his mother left behind, “Don’t trust the Yellow Register,” became his only clue. He and his companions plun 1Reads—Score—Shelves
