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- 101 The Midnight Photo Studio: I Take Portraits of the Dead 丑时照相馆：我拍亡魂照 [Use the living soul as a lure, and capture the lingering image of the dead] Hidden in the shadows of the city, the photo studio opens only during the Yin hours. Its owner wields a Republic-era camera, taking portraits of the dead’s fading silhouettes, but the price is a sliver of a living person’s soul. Every photograph is a prison for a departed soul’s obsession: if the obsession remains, the soul is trapped in the photo; if it is resolved, the lamp of rebirth is lit. When a young girl enters —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 The Root of Sin 心罪源 Greed, desire, hatred, loathing, envy, jealousy... These are all the roots of human crime. The human heart is unfathomable; people can commit crimes over the smallest things. Yi Kai studied criminal psychology, but ended up making a living as a detective. An accidental car crash gave him astonishing powers of observation and perception. A chance encounter led Police Captain Xiang Tiange to recognize his abilities and put him to work. From then on, he embarked on a battle of wits against criminal 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Strange Tales from the Folk 民间吊诡故事 [An ensemble cast] [Multiple protagonists and storylines] [A wild imagination] [Mystery] [Conspiracies] [Open schemes] [Political machinations] Pangu split the earth with his axe. Fuxi and Nuwa established marriage customs. Chiyou and the Yellow Emperor fought for the throne of the gods, only for the battle to end in defeat at Mount Buzhou. After a century of war between gods and demons, the Yellow Emperor abdicated, taking the blame. Humanity gained gods, then lost them, and so a new tale of cr 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 You Told Me to Take the Civil Service Exam, So Why Did I End Up at Bureau 749? 让你考公，你上岸749局？ [Rule-Bound Horror + National Destiny + God-Slaying + Ruthless Protagonist + Mastermind Behind the Scenes + Unstoppable] After three years of civil-service exams and seven failures, a twist of fate lands me in Bureau 749. Other people use peachwood swords and black donkey hooves to catch ghosts. I pull out a copy of the Administrative Penalties Regulations. A red-clad female ghost is out for blood? First, file for a replacement death certificate! Zombies are causing trouble at a construction —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Life at a Crossroads 岔路人生 If you could truly live your life over again, would you regret the choices you made? Shen Que never imagined there could be a real answer to that question. That day, the subway stopped at 5:42 p.m. Two people with the same name and the same face, each having lived through twenty-seven years that were almost, but not quite, the same, appeared before him at once. Only then did he learn the truth: Every truly important choice could allow another version of your life to keep going. They weren' —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Hidden Truth 隐秘的真相 This novel tells twelve criminal investigation stories in short-story form. Back then, there were no cameras covering every street corner, nor modern investigative tools such as DNA testing. The only things investigators could rely on to solve cases were trace evidence and logical deduction. Yet even under those conditions, veteran detectives used their keen observations, meticulous reasoning, and extraordinary insight to cut through layers of uncertainty and unravel one mystery after another. T 1.5kReads9.5Score19914d adds
- 107 Phantom Capsule: The Prison Hut That Appeared Out of Nowhere on a Barren Mountain 诡影胶囊：凭空现世的荒山囚屋 The Phantom Capsule: A Prison House Appears Out of Nowhere in the Barren Mountains 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Allen's Story: Hyperthymesia 艾伦的故事—超忆症 Alan’s Story: Hyperthymesia 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 The Book Behind the Veil 帷后之书 I hope to tell this story slowly to every listener. But when you hear it, the curtain will hear you too. I hope you enjoy my new work. I’m new to this, so please be kind. 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 110 The Police Are Looking for Someone Whose Portrait Is Identical to Mine 警方要找的人，画像和我一模一样 Seven people went down the mine. Six came back up. I was the seventh. I spent fourteen years living under someone else’s work ID. People without contracts don’t get work IDs. There was one buried in the dirt. I picked it up and called out the name on it. From that day on, I was Zhou Liben. I went to work, paid social insurance, and sent money every month to a tofu stall in the west of the city. For fourteen years, the first thing I did each morning was turn my work ID around when I hung it up. T 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Strange Cases of the Soul 灵魂破案奇异事 What kind of sparks will fly between a male lead who can leave his body and a female lead who is a brilliant criminal investigator? The male lead uses his supernatural ability to track down the real culprit and help the female lead solve cases. The culprit he seeks is behind not only criminal cases, but also the murder of his childhood sweetheart. Why did the culprit kill? What grand scheme lies behind the truth? The male and female leads investigate together and bring justice to those involved. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Oh No! He’s Really Gone on a Killing Spree in the Death Game! 完了！真让他在死亡游戏杀疯了！ [Decisive and ruthless] [No characters acting stupidly] [Rewind after death] [Mystery that will make your brain work] Su Mo transmigrates into a locked-room murder scene where, from the start, he is the only one who could have committed the crime. Then, at the worst possible moment, the cops burst in! After rewinding time over and over following his deaths, he uncovers the terrifying truth behind it all and manages to save the people he was meant to save! But this is only the beginning... To sur 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Twilight Fairy Tale: The Scarlet Prelude to a Deathly Performance 暮色童话：死亡剧目的猩红前奏 Dark fairy tale, Infinite Flow, Cthulhu. Baisha kept having the same dream: a girl in a red hood falling from a church spire. Until she appeared before her, barefoot, gazing up, tears in her eyes… Only when every fairy tale had become a nightmare, and every effort led only to ruin, did Baisha finally understand: so-called hope was merely a bubble whose story had already been written; so-called salvation was nothing but a more splendid despair. This is a performance for the Sleeping God. This is 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Liberating the Ruins 解墟 That night, I was working late at the museum when my reflection in a bronze mirror blinked at me. I was certain I hadn’t blinked. From that day on, I began seeing things I wasn’t supposed to see. Don’t look in mirrors after dark. Don’t turn around at midnight. Never accept anything handed to you by a paper figure. Those who break the rules don’t die. They become part of the rules, trapped in the same loop forever. A department that couldn’t be found in any public records tracked me down: the Bur 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 One Soul, Two Bodies: This Good-for-Nothing at Martial Arts Finally Splits Apart 一魂双体：我武道废柴终于裂开了 [One Soul, Two Bodies + Multiverse + Dual Character Sheets for the Male and Female Leads + Combat + High-Octane Action + No Gender-Bending Romance] The myriad worlds converge, and Blue Star is battered by storm and strife. Martial arts, magic, battle auras, technology… Countless cultivation systems emerge and spread. The Order Alliance, the Empire Coalition, legions, and the insect race: one powerful world after another collides in fierce conflict. The very source of these worlds is either 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Chronicles of Wangchuan City 忘川城记 Wangchuan City has three iron laws: The living cannot leave, the dead do not decay, and once the faceless statue in the City God's temple calls out a name, someone will die within three days. Shen Du, an eighteen-year-old corpse collector, has to check his arms every morning when he wakes. They are covered in warnings he carved into his own skin. Some have scabbed over, while others look as if they were carved only moments ago. He can't remember what happened the night before, why he can always 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 One Soul, Two Bodies: The Sickly-Sweet Princess Consort Is a Martial Arts Hero 一魂双体，病娇王妃是江湖大侠 Someone asks, “Your Highness, how did you manage to marry the princess consort?” Yan Yuanxing, smugly: “She offered herself to me. She said it was love at first sight.” Everyone: “...” Yan Yuanxing imagined married life would be blissful and harmonious. The reality: Ning Jin: “Your Highness, now that you’re my husband, you should look at fewer other women. I’m afraid I might gouge your eyes out while you’re asleep.” Yan Yuanxing: “A Jin, calm down!” Ning Jin and Yan Shisan share a soul. O 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Talking Dead 会讲话的死者 The Talking Dead is a collection of stories including The Viliton Murder Company, The Killer in the Gray Raincoat, The Black-and-White Teahouse, The Yunwu Mountain Hotel Serial Murders, Reborn with a New Life, The Talking Dead, Who Will Put You in Your Grave, I’ll Be Waiting for You Below, and more. 58Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 119 Anyone Who Enters the Wrong Classroom Will Be Erased by the Rules~ 走错教室的人，会被规则除名～ Anyone who walks into the wrong classroom will be struck from the rules~ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Archive of Anomalous Cases 异常项目档案 [Engineering Mystery + Folk Customs and Tomb Raiding + Anomalous Projects] Duan Zhiyuan had spent seven years working on IT projects and had dealt with all kinds of unreasonable clients. Then one day, a client came to him with a bizarre request: Install an access control system at an abandoned well. The well had been sealed for years. There was no passage at its mouth, and nobody went in or out. But every night at 3:03 a.m., the old System generated a card-swipe record. The cardholder was —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Pufferfish 河豚 [No brainless plot] + [No protagonist plot armor] + [No ghosts] + [Three male leads] A tightly paced, plot-driven crime-solving story. It all begins with a bizarre murder in the small town of Menghai... A dead man checking into a hotel, an unknown toxin, a mole in the police force, execution-style killings, a secret buried for years... In this case, criminal investigation captain Si Jiannan, case consultant Cheng Tian, and rookie officer Duan Luo untangle the clues and find redemption... Love ha 14Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 122 Sin Fetish I 罪癖I 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 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 1.5kReads6.3Score11514d adds
- 124 A Loli Doppelganger From the Start? 开局获得萝莉分身？ [One Soul, Two Bodies] Wang Tianyu was brought back to life by the master of time and returned to the past. He plans to change the future, but then something strange happens. “Why do I have one soul in two bodies?” “No, it’s not one soul in two bodies. When I resurrected you, I told you there might be a mistake, but you insisted on going through with it. Now your other soul is inside that girl, where there are two souls. Her soul is dormant and needs to be repaired. I have no idea how long that —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Honkai: Star Rail: I Refuse to Use Cheats! 星穹铁道：我，拒绝开挂！ [Honkai: Star Rail is the main setting, with occasional appearances by characters from Honkai Impact 3rd.] [Multiple female leads + one soul in two bodies + Aeon identity + I have no idea what I’m writing either. This came to me in a burst of inspiration, and I have no outline.] Li Chuyu, a not-particularly-hardcore gamer, gets hit by a stroke of freak luck. When he wakes up, he finds his soul split in two, becoming two masses of pure light. One black, one white. One yin, one yang. Before him st 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Transmigrating Through a World Ravaged by Chaos, I Have Two Bodies 穿越紊乱肆虐，我有两具身体 He transmigrated into another world before birth. While still in the womb, his soul was so powerful that the embryo could barely contain it, and he nearly died. Fortunately, a once-in-a-century phenomenon called a Realmwide Turmoil split his soul in two. From then on, half his soul remained in his original body, while the other half was swept hundreds of miles away by the Turmoil. It ended up merging with the body of a fetus whose soul had been shattered by the upheaval. But only after birth did 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Fourfold Doubles: Making Waves in the Cultivation World 四重双身之我在修仙界干大事 [One soul in two bodies, transformation, substitute, clones, infinite resurrection, partially behind the scenes] The cultivation world has three great lands and ten regions: the five regions of the Xianyan Continent, the three regions of the Qiongji Empire, and the two regions of the Land of No Life, once known as the Central Region. Dongfang Xisheng, who possesses four reincarnated bodies, reincarnates and transmigrates into a street thug in Panzhu City on the Xianyan Continent of the cultivati 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Snowfall of Sin: A Concerto 《雪罪协奏曲》 "The Sinful Concerto" 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 The Kidnapping Game 绑架游戏 A proposal that business executive Sakuma had prepared for Nissei Motors was rejected, leaving him frustrated and resentful. That night, he went to the home of Nissei Motors’ vice president, only to run into a young woman climbing over the wall. She was Juri, the vice president’s illegitimate daughter, who had run away from home because of family problems. Sharing a desire for revenge, Sakuma and Juri staged a kidnapping and demanded a ransom of 300 million yen... But what Sakuma never expected —Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 130 The Final Judgment 世末审 [World BUG] [Memory alteration] [No padding] [No narration] [Hardcore deduction] [Chilling on reflection] One September evening during study hall, the classroom suddenly froze mid-frame. The cicadas fell silent, the wind stopped, and the entire class stood motionless like statues. I was the only one who could see the cracks in this world. Memories were altered, classmates were replaced, and even my family forgot my older brother. I didn't speak up. I didn't make a fuss. I just kept records. Unti 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 My Family Vanished After the Car Crash 车祸后我的家人都消失了 My Family Disappeared After the Car Accident 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 The World Turned Upside Down: You Think I'm Really an NPC? 倒反天罡：你以为我真的是NPC In 2045, the full-dive game Endless Epoch takes the world by storm. Players embark on thrilling adventures in a game world concealing enormous secrets. Gu Yan, a former game designer, uploads his consciousness after an unexpected car accident and becomes the NPC “Corrupt Town Mayor” in a beginner village, a stereotypical villain players are meant to defeat early on. To avoid being trapped in a daily “death loop” at the hands of respawning players, he must exploit loopholes in the game’s rules an —Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 133 I Delivered Food to the Dead 23 Times. The 24th Recipient Was Me 我给死人送了23次外卖，第24次收件人是我自己 I Delivered Takeout to the Dead 23 Times. The 24th Recipient Was Me 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 After My Sister Vanished, My Prosthetic Eye Started Sounding the Alarm 妹妹失踪后，我的义眼开始报警 Synopsis [Urban action and adventure + anti-scam survival + suspense] Former special police officer Jiang Che's younger sister, Jiang Yao, was lured by a high-paying job offer to the “Jinlan Federation” in Southeast Asia. He goes undercover alone to Blackstone Valley to search for clues. The tactical lens over his right eye can map the terrain, but it can't stop bullets. At the compound, he meets Cheng Ye, an imprisoned programmer; Wen Xi, an undercover female doctor; and Lao Zhong, an informant 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 I Transmigrated into Twin Beautiful Girls and Slashed My Way Through the High Martial World 穿越成双胞胎美少女杀穿高武世界 Gu Qingming woke up to find that he had transmigrated to an unfamiliar world called Blue Star. After taking in the memories of this body, he discovered that this was actually the High Martial world he had always dreamed about while reading novels. Here, anyone with bloodline power could cultivate. Strength determined social status, and countless top martial artists were striving to reach the legendary Martial God realm, said to be capable of destroying the heavens and earth. Just as Gu Qingming 165Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 136 Transmigrated as a Blond Villain, Why Should I Follow the Plot? 穿越反派黄毛我为啥要按照剧情走 (War) (Farming) (Industry) (Fantasy) (Cultivation) (One Soul, Two Bodies) Xide transmigrated into another world as the only son of a duke. When he was ten, he learned that he had transmigrated as a villain and was expected to follow the plot until the heroine trampled him underfoot. If he was going to be a villain anyway, why should he follow the plot? Then, for some reason, things took an unexpected turn. Will of the World: I don't mind. Xide: ? Xide: You don't mind, do you? After that, the plo 90Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 137 Transmigrated as the Grand Elder, I Stand Up for Myself 穿越太上长老，我为自己撑腰 Synopsis: [Hundred-plus + 1v1 + equally matched leads + not overpowered + ice spirit root + Creation Dao Physique + one soul in two bodies + sweet romance + lots of affection] Because of a jade statue, Su Huanyu transmigrated to the Spirit Realm and became the Qingyu Immortal, the founding ancestor of the Cangyue Sect in the Ancient Wasteland, hailed as the greatest genius in ten thousand years. Before she could even feel happy, bad news came one after another, with troubles inside and outsid 29Reads—Score314d adds
- 138 Hello, Sunday! 你好呀，礼拜天！ This is a story about fate and human nature. Li Yang and the others accidentally create a “game.” Li Yang and other key figures are able to use it to transmigrate, discover fate, fight against fate, accept fate, and become part of it. Details bring about change; change comes at a cost; the cost leads to awakening; and awakening gives rise to new details. This is a logic-driven story with multiple parallel worlds. The numbered chapter titles refer to the contents of the game created by Li Yang an 2Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 139 The Lost Truth 失落的真相 In response to the Ministry of Public Security’s decision that every murder case must be solved, Tianfeng City establishes a special task force to crack cold cases. In an unprecedented move, it appoints Zhang Yunqing, a Chinese-born criminal psychology expert who studied overseas, as the team leader. On Zhang Yunqing’s first day on the job, something strange happens in Tianfeng City: a phone belonging to the evidence from an unsolved case involving a headless female corpse, eight years ago, sudd 216Reads8.5Score10014d adds
- 140 The Compendium of Strange Objects 诡物典 An antiques shop on the verge of closing. A livestream with nowhere else to turn. The strange artifacts they sell bring inexplicable calamities. When a bronze sundial starts turning back time, when a strange rock creates another you... Do you dare click in? 2Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 141 Salvation in the Torrential Rain 暴雨救赎 [No System, no golden finger, no romance, mystery + deduction + main plot + standalone cases] Some people receive WeChat messages from their future selves. Some act in a feel-good web short drama and end up dead at the scene. Some think they can sit back and watch the drama unfold after mouthing off online, unaware that someone is watching them from the shadows... In this world, there are always people who use terrifying methods beyond ordinary understanding to murder their fellow human beings. 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 A Chain of Mysteries 谜案连环 [Crime investigation and deduction + no female lead + episodic stories + light romance] In a corner stands an exquisite, beautiful ice sculpture, but it is made of a corpse. An anime character who seems to have stepped out of another dimension, yet has no breath left. And a blonde beauty asleep on a bench who just won't wake up... What connection do they share? Why did the killer do this? What secrets lie behind it all? The clues they uncover all seem to point to the unsolved case from seven yea 1.3kReads—Score10214d adds
- 143 Red Maple Street: The Gu Merchant 红枫街：蛊商 After her father is brutally killed, a strange man enters her life. He is either a young businessman or an old man on the verge of death. From then on, she loses all her family. A calamity born of witchcraft and curses will engulf everyone. She has no choice. As she painstakingly unravels the mystery, one terrifying truth after another comes to light. Everything has been calculated and manipulated by someone, who has perfectly erased almost every clue. He says: “Madmen go to hell, while petty me 4Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 144 A Century of Housebound Echoes, Filled with the Wails of Kin 百年宅响，尽是至亲泣 For a century, the old mansion has echoed with the weeping of kin. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 She Worshipped Her as a Goddess, Then Imprisoned Her Soul 敬她为神，困她为魂 She is revered as a god, yet imprisoned as a soul. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 The Wind Can't Carry Your Voice to Me 风里听不见你的声音 A young man who sold air conditioners took on an ordinary installation job. The order notes contained just one line: The customer is hearing-impaired. Please contact him by text in advance. Xia Mingbo could have installed the air conditioner and left, just as he had after installing hundreds of others. But he listened a little closer. He realized that the old man who couldn't hear was hiding an incident from five years ago: his daughter, Lin Xinyi, had been ruled by the police to have died by su —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 After My Entire Family Was Executed, I Joined the Inspector to Solve a Cold Case 满门抄斩后，与巡察从事共探悬案 [Mystery and Investigation | Deduction | Light Political Intrigue | Linked Serial Murders | A Vivid Portrait of Society] Yun Shu, the legitimate son of a great general and once the crown prince's study companion, watched his family suffer a sudden calamity. His father was framed for colluding with the enemy and plotting treason, and the entire clan was sentenced to death. With secret help, he faked his death and escaped, abandoning his identity to drift among the common people. He endures humili —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 The Man in the Wooden Box 木箱人 The Wooden Box Man —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Back to Republican-Era China to Solve a Bizarre Case: Bloodshed in the Bridal Chamber 回到民国破奇案之血溅婚房 Back in the Republic of China: Solving a Strange Case of Bloodshed in the Bridal Chamber —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 A Box Set of Highly Rated Mystery and Suspense Novels (3 Books) 高评推理悬疑小说套装（共3册） This work brings together three highly rated mystery novels: The Invisible Elephant, Plum Blossom Nail, and The Long Night Is Coming. The Invisible Elephant: Elephant, whose real name is Wu Xing, is a newspaper reporter with an extraordinary sense of smell. He needs eight and a half hours of sleep every day and is afraid of camera flashes. One day, while working, he comes across a bizarre murder. The victim was strangled to death with a rope, dressed in a red bellyband, blindfolded with black cl 15Reads9.1Score—14d adds
