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- 101 Chenyu Midnight Teahouse: A Collection of Strange Tales 宸宇午夜茶馆：短篇志怪故事集 Midnight. The tea boils. The lamps dim. When the city falls silent, stories from another world are just beginning. The Midnight Teahouse of Chenyu gathers dozens of Chinese-style tales of the strange and supernatural, told with the easygoing voice of a storyteller in an old teahouse. They unfold strange local happenings, the secrets of old houses, and eerie tales from the streets and alleys. Written in modern vernacular while carrying on the spirit of classical anecdotal tales, these stories wea 8.3kReads—Score43314d adds
- 102 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
- 103 The Most Terrifying Class on Campus 高校里最恐怖的班级 A classmate who had been dead for two years suddenly spoke in the group chat. At first, everyone thought it was someone's prank, until the first classmate died unexpectedly. Only then did they realize this was no prank... 792Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Tales of the Uncanny in Jiangnan 江南诡事录 I was born in an old town in Jiangnan, and from childhood I loved hanging around beneath the eaves of the old teahouse. I would listen as Zhou the Blind sipped his strong tea and spun yarn after yarn, recounting the strange tales he had heard over most of his life. Half of what this book records came from the stories passed by word of mouth beneath the teahouse storyteller’s gavel; the other half came from what I saw and heard as I grew up wandering the streets and alleys of Jiangnan. Now the te 13Reads—Score314d adds
- 105 I Wait for Someone by Day, But Who Do You Wait for at Night? 白日等一人，黑夜你等谁？ “In life, we wait for all kinds of things, big and small. Gradually, people forget what they were waiting for.” I opened a milk tea shop in S City called “Waiting for Someone.” By day, we have bittersweet love stories, and you wait for your beloved. By night, we have eerie urban legends, and you wonder: who are you waiting for? It’s raining in S City again. That mysterious woman with the broad forehead has appeared once more. Is she the one you’ve been waiting for... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 My Hopeless Life Became Even More Desperate 我无望的人生更加绝望 After something happened to her family, Mu Xia could never move on from that day. She went through life in a daze. Until one day, she accidentally entered a world of horror. And so began a fantastical journey. She made new friends, faced all kinds of events, and lived a new life. 1Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 107 The Rouge House 脂楼 The Rouge Tower —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Hong Kong’s Yin Chronicles: The Domino Curse 香江陰錄：骨牌劫 Hong Kong Yin Chronicles: The Bone Tile Calamity —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 When the Red Light Turns On, Please Die 红灯亮，请去死 The light is red. Go die. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Midnight Oracle 午夜神谕 Shh… It’s late. Turn out the lights. Once you step through this door, the world of lies behind you. Whatever you see there, don’t tell anyone. Don’t scream… Stay alive, and you’ll understand everything. As an “ordinary” residential community security guard, Chen You has endured one midnight after another: the church bells ring out twelve long echoes in succession; in an empty post office, the PA system switches on by itself and mutters ancient prophecies; an estate that sho 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Rule Horror: No One at That School Is Allowed to Open Their Eyes at Midnight 规则怪谈：那所学校禁止在午夜睁眼 Rule Horror: That School Forbids You to Open Your Eyes at Midnight —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 One Cursed Letter, and I'm in the Eighteenth Layer of the Ghost Realm? 一封诅咒信，我入诡界十八层？ [Horror + Survival + Infinite Flow + Plot-Heavy + Three Updates a Day + No Fighting Monsters to Level Up + Original Horror Instances] They say that when a white letter mysteriously arrives in your hands, a curse has attached itself to you… Rotting books, an empty bus, a door seeping blood… In bizarre ways, a group of unsuspecting people who receive letters are sent to one eerie world after another. They are called Curse-Bearers, and in the eldritch realm, they must endure their own curses. No 1.3kReads6.4Score10814d adds
- 113 What Came Back from the Mountains When the Fog Rolled In 浓雾起时，从山里跟回来的东西 The Thing That Followed Me Back from the Mountains When the Fog Rose 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 114 The Lost Pool in the Mirror 镜中迷潭 That night, I stepped into the elevator. The doors opened four times. Each time, it was the fourth floor. The fifth time they opened, there was a hall of mirrors outside. In countless mirrors stood countless versions of me. Only one of them was smiling. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Midnight Terror: Tales of the Supernatural 午夜惊魂：民间鬼事录 [Folk Taboos + Rural Ghost Stories + Episodic Tales + Chilling on Second Thought] The village elders say that some things are better believed than dismissed. Liu Er, a bachelor, picked up a red wedding dress. That very night, he heard the sound of a suona, and a faceless bride knocked on his door and said, “Liu Er, I’ve come to marry you.” Before a dead person is buried, the guiding candle at the head of the coffin must never go out. Old Liu Guang died, the candle went out, and a crack appeared 4kReads—Score16814d adds
- 116 The Truth in the Ruins 废墟里的真相 Ganzhou is a city where prosperity and decay intertwine, its secrets hidden in every street and alley, unknown to all. Yu Lin is an ordinary beggar, living a life everyone overlooks and spending his days wandering the city's darkest corners. Yet Yu Lin has extraordinary powers of observation and deduction, often spotting the truth hidden in people's most casual gestures. One cold, snowy night, a bizarre murder takes place in Ganzhou. A man is found dead inside his own wardrobe, wearing a strange 6Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 117 Strange Little Tales from the Urban-Rural Fringe 城乡结合灵异小故事 This collection of little supernatural tales is drawn from stories told by elderly villagers and young people. It's hard to tell what's true and what's not, so just enjoy them as little stories to pass the time over tea. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Blood Cross: A Drifter’s Struggle to Survive 血十字：流浪者的苟活之路 [No saintly behavior in the apocalypse]+ [Multiple male leads]+ [No female lead]+ [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Gory]+ [Blood Cross Virus]+ [Despairing ending] After the Blood Cross Virus broke out, the world became a living hell. Blood-red cross-shaped blisters appeared on the faces of the infected. They went mad, craved blood, and took pleasure in torturing the living. They would force themselves into anything with an opening, whether human or animal… Chen Hao was an obscure college student. As s 1.1kReads8.0Score10014d adds
- 119 If You're Afraid to Die in a Horror World, What Makes You Think You Can Win? 在恐怖世界怕死，你凭什么想赢啊 [Infinite Flow]+ [Death Game]+ [Apocalyptic Survival]+ [Horror Mini-Worlds] Warning: This may not be well written, so think carefully before diving in! In the orderly world we know, have you ever imagined a chaotic world that was its opposite? Yun Xiao was snatched from his sleep and brought into such a world. Here, there are no laws, no order, no humanity… In short, there are no rules at all. All that exists are terrifying mini-worlds where you can grow stronger! At first, he thought this was 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 The Landlord in the Wall, Watching Me Every Night 墙缝里的房东，每晚都在看我 The Landlord in the Wall Gap Watches Me Every Night 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Falling Homework 坠落作业 [Campus horror + coming-of-age + no saintly heroine + one heroine + combat + heartbreaking] One day, a mysterious assignment appeared on the blackboard. As a high school student, I felt a terror unlike anything I’d ever known. All kinds of ghosts appeared in the world, coming to take human lives. From that day on, my life changed completely. I was forced to fight for my life through the assignments, but that was far from all. A slew of conspiracies began to close in around me. Worse still, a mas 1.8kReads8.2Score15314d adds
- 122 Climbing the Steps 拾级 Climbing the Steps 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 The School of Terror 恐怖艺校 Also known as "The Horror Art School: I Fell in Love with a Taoist Priest" [Supernatural + Romance + Transmigration + Wild Imagination] During those three years at school, many strange and terrifying things happened. At midnight, a sinister atmosphere would descend over the school... The year Ye Xue'er attended art school, she fell in love with him at first sight and decided to follow him, staying by his side as they worked together to spread the art of Taoism far and wide... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Treasure Hunting in the Deep Mountains: A Thrilling Journey on the Brink of Death 深山寻宝，生死边缘的惊险之旅 Treasure Hunting Deep in the Mountains: A Perilous Journey on the Edge of Life and Death 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Luring Ghosts 招诡 A lot of the time, there are secrets and things hidden inside you that even you don't know about. For instance, what happens after you fall asleep... 376Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 126 Eerie: I Still Couldn't Kill Song Qirui Today 诡异：今天也没能干掉宋齐瑞 [Time Travel + Death Regression + Instance Games + Supernatural Resurgence + Dark Tone + Killing Goody-Two-Shoes + Female Protagonist] After accidentally transmigrating to a parallel world, Bai Xueqin wandered into an instance world and gained the ability to regress after death. Every time she died, time rewound to the previous checkpoint. After encountering death again and again, Bai Xueqin could only raise the butcher’s knife herself to keep others from killing her, struggling to survive in th 63Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 127 The Night of Sacrifice 献祭之夜 The Night of the Sacrifice 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 In My Next Life... 下辈子…… In the next life... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Possessed by a Vengeful Spirit: Who Peeled Off My Face? 冤魂附体·谁剥了我的脸皮？ Possessed by a Vengeful Ghost: Who Peeled Off My Face? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Severing the Dragon Vein 断命龙脉 The men of the Gu family never live past forty. After his father, Gu Mingyuan, dies, Gu Chenchuan follows a train ticket to Baihe, a bloodstained compass, and a few unfinished last words into the old trails of the Changbai Mountains. But the deeper he digs, the more he realizes that the Gu family has not simply been haunted or cursed. They have been caught in a living account, buried for many years, that refuses to let go. From Baihe to Tamen Peak, from the Changbai Mountains to an old well in t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 A Collection of Spine-Chilling Stories 惊骇故事集 The world is in turmoil, with strange and wondrous things hiding everywhere. Mysteries deep in the starry sky remain unsolved, while shocking cases unfold around a small town. Science fiction and suspense perform a double act, as Lovecraftian murders rise with the tide. The secrets in people’s hearts are hard to fathom. Just wait and see this collection unleash its waves of terror. The horror here is bizarre and grotesque, not some childish little scare. In an abandoned village shrine, a white- 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 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—14d adds
- 133 Paper Cutting to Prolong Life 剪纸续命 Three days after his master's death, Chen Zhi's name was pressed into a paper-cut figure. Someone cut paper outside his door late at night. A paper figure bearing his name appeared at the doorstep, and from then on, the blue-black mark on his hand began to seep inward along his veins. Paper can ward off evil and bind souls. And the darkest art of the Paper-Cutting Sect is called Name Binding. To stay alive, Chen Zhi can only follow the torn pages his master left behind, the black sand beneath t 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Tonight at Eight, I'll Be Waiting for You in the House 今晚八点，我在房子里等你 I'll Be Waiting for You in the House at Eight Tonight —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 Ordinary World: I’m Creating a Horror Game 平凡世界：我来创造惊悚游戏 (Infinite flow + horror game + mild horror + dungeon escape + no female lead + supernatural resurgence + Cthulhu) Li Yan has run into the biggest crisis of his life: he's been framed! Unwilling to fall into the trap of having to prove his innocence, he hurries away from the scene. He can't do anything about the baseless accusations, but fortunately, a System drops from the sky, and now he can create terrifying horror games. Oh, so you're framing me? Then go repent in the horror game I create! (N 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 60 Chilling Stories from Real Life 来自现实的60个惊悚故事 (Purely written by hand, not AI) Schemes! Poisoning! Possession! Framing... evil spirits! Returning from the dead! Ghosts! Curses... Terrifying and chilling stories based on real events, showing you the things that lurk in the dark world! Every story is a horror short drama! 21.3kReads8.9Score2k14d adds
- 137 The Eerie Abode: Infinite Flow Instances 诡所【无限流副本】 [Survival + No System + Mystery Solving + Supernatural Stories + Horror Atmosphere] [Fast-paced, enters the first instance in Chapter 2] [Ancient Mansion + Village + Campus + Hotel + Bus + Temple + Island + Skyscraper] Every city has a mysterious place called “Nirok Manor,” home to a group of residents marked with black patterns. Whenever a strange letter appears in their mailbox, whoever is named in it must undertake a perilous green-text mission! As Si Chen completes one green-text mission aft 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 I Deliver Takeout to the Underworld, From the Start I Earn Billions 我给阴间送外卖，开局奖励亿万 Humiliated in public by his ex-girlfriend while delivering takeout, with his seriously ill mother in the hospital and urgently needing money, Jiang Chen hits rock bottom. Just as he reaches the brink of despair, his phone chimes, and an app called Yin-Yang Delivery mysteriously installs itself! “Order from: a girl who drowned; item: a letter that was never sent; reward: underwater breathing (10 minutes).” “Order from: a chef who died in a car accident; item: a family recipe; reward: god-tier coo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 The Hand Reaching Out of the Coffin 棺材里伸出的手 The Hand Reaching Out of the Coffin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Ghost Stories of the Southwest 西南鬼事 This is a collection of ghost stories from southwest China, made up of a series of medium-length tales. Some may be part of your childhood, some may be stories you've told yourself, and others may be stories you've never heard. Today, let Xiao An tell you these strange and wondrous tales, one by one. 101Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Chinese-Style Horror Stories 中式恐怖小说 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 The Haunted Gate 恐怖诡门 This novel features [one heroine] + [original instances] + [no saintly do-gooder] + [no System] + [mild horror] + [no mindless plot] I don’t know when it began. Perhaps when I was very young, in high school or college, or maybe when I started working. I realized that the world had gone beyond the bounds of reason. To be precise, it had shifted away from the world we once knew. The ghosts and monsters we saw in TV dramas and horror movies were actually hiding all around us. In my third year at wo 713Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 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! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 My Sister Went on a Trip to Nanyang and Disappeared! 我妹妹去南洋旅游，就失踪了！ My Younger Sister Went on a Trip to Nanyang and Disappeared! 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Ghost Orchid 鬼兰 The Ghost Orchid in the Mirror Is His Missing Wife: The academic world regards the Ghost Orchid as an evil thing, but Zhou Chen and his wife, Lin Xiao, swore to protect it, convinced it was a spiritual treasure of heaven and earth. Their steadfastness brought Zhou Chen rejection from the entire internet, while his wife Lin Xiao suddenly vanished during an expedition. Just as he was on the verge of collapse, the arrival of a strange young woman broke the deadlock. In the Ghost Orchid blooming 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Fish Woman 鱼女 My father was a famous fisherman in the villages around us. Whenever he went out to sea, he always caught more fish than anyone else. He gutted countless live fish, scraped off their scales, and chopped off their heads. Then one day, he brought home a sea fish as tall as a person, and the entire village came to gawk. He turned down a merchant's offer to buy it, killed the fish himself, and put on a feast for the villagers, serving every part of it. The banquet lasted all night. The next day, the 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 The Secret of Dad's Death 爸爸死亡的秘密 When I was seven, my dad died. An accident sent me back to the 24 hours before his death. I did everything I could to save him. But I never could have imagined it. This time, the one who killed my dad was... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 The Real Lunatic and the Fake Patient 真疯子假病人 In my dream, I thought it was nothing more than a dream. But when I woke up, someone beside me was lying on the ground, clutching their arm and crying out in pain. Now, I've dreamed of the crime scene once again. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Lover in a False World 虚假世界的爱人 My wife has been acting strangely lately. She keeps pestering me, saying she wants me to stay by her side forever. I can't help finding it a little funny. "Of course I'll stay by your side forever and ever, honey." But whenever she hears me say that, her body stiffens noticeably. Then she goes back to her room alone and locks the door. No matter how I try to coax her from outside, she refuses to open it. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Longevity Soup 长寿汤 When I was little, Liu Laoer’s family in the village made a living selling goat-horn powder. The powder came from the horns of female goats. Though those horns were short and slender, Liu Laoer would skin and butcher female goats alive right after they gave birth. Then he would cut off their horns and grind them into powder. He would add the powder to soup made with freshly slaughtered lamb. They said drinking it regularly could help you live a long life. 16Reads—Score—14d adds
