Novels like The Strange Platform
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- 151 Infinite Prohibition 无限禁止 Memories layered together? Countless memories of different lives implanted in your brain. What would you do? Would you still be yourself? Or would you... Betrayed by those closest to you, you are forced to sign a contract of servitude and sent into a mission world. They become NPCs in your world. If you can't clear the mission and break the deadlock, you must sign another person into servitude so they can support your survival. What would you do? You bear two opposing destinies, each striving to 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 Beyond the Constant 恒定之外 [Infinite-Rounds-esque] [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Wild Imagination] [Mystery and Wild Imagination] Beneath the Constant, all living beings are pieces on a chessboard. Fate, the script, the favor of destiny, or a predetermined outcome. What people call being reborn and turning your fortunes around is merely a plot the rules have permitted. Whether you lose or break the game, you have only gone from a cage in one script to a cage outside another. Welcome to Beyond the Constant. And I, too, am beyo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 Nightmare Invitation 噩梦邀请 [Infinite flow, original instances, mild horror, no romance] An invitation sent from the Nightmare World drags a group of people into a haunted place, where they struggle desperately to survive. Those pulled into the Nightmare World have no idea what lies ahead. They only know they must do everything they can to stay alive. Fight the locals! Fight the ghosts! Fight the Nightmare World! Until... they escape the Nightmare World. 1.3kReads6.6Score10414d adds
- 154 Infinite Eerie Domains: Starting with a Haunted Classroom 无限诡域:从诡异教室开始 [Infinite Flow]+ [Fake terror]+ [Ghosts kill people]+ [Emotionless]+ [Mild horror] Late at night, Su Wang receives a strange black letter that appears out of nowhere in his home. Its four blood-red survival rules reveal a terrifying, unknown realm. In the blink of an eye, he is forcibly dragged into a strange study hall at Chenfeng High School, where he and six strangers are trapped together. The one unbreakable rule is carved into the blackboard: Keep quiet. One survivor loses control, makes a 31kReads8.0Score4k14d adds
- 155 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—Score10114d adds
- 156 The Paranormal Investigation Bureau Needs Talents Like Me 怪谈调查科需要我这样的人才 [Handcrafted from scratch!]+ [Vengeful Ghosts Return]+ [Supernatural Escape]+ [Killing Patterns]+ [Rule Horror]+ [Mystery and Twists]+ [There’s a Romance, but It’s Not the Focus] [Please Give Me a Chance to Tell a Ghost Story] Doppelgängers, dismemberment cases, vengeful ghosts, whatever you do, don’t look back, a deadly exam, zoo horror stories… The world is being invaded by the supernatural, and ordinary humans can no longer survive. Lu Ming, a rookie at the Paranormal Investigation Bureau, di 103Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Rule Horror: Every Rule Is Waiting for Me to Break It 规则怪谈:所有规则都在等我违规 Rule Horror: Every Rule Is Waiting for Me to Break It 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 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—Score114d adds
- 159 The Corpse-Reading Detective 诡案读尸人 The Corpse-Reading Detective 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 Welcome to Fairy Tale Town 欢迎你们来到童话小镇 Not a power fantasy! Not a power fantasy! Not a power fantasy! If you want to read about a protagonist slaughtering everyone in her path, you can skip this one. The protagonist is an ordinary person! The focus is on solving mysteries! [No national destiny games + infinite flow + dark fairy tales + mystery-solving focus + no CP + first-person narration + no livestreaming + rule-based horror] What happens after the stepmother steals Cinderella’s glass slipper? What is the truth behind the mysterio 3.3kReads8.7Score52614d adds
- 161 Strange Tales: The Land of Silent Hauntings 异诡实录:诡寂之地 [Horror]+ [Mystery]+ [Instances]+ [Infinite Flow] “Knock, knock, knock...” Lin Baisui was jolted awake. A voice that sounded like her mother called from outside the door. “Open up, it’s Mom...” But Lin Baisui clearly remembered that her parents had died three years ago. So who was outside? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 The Zi Wei Astrology: A World of Shining Stars 紫微斗数之星耀世界 In the starry world of Zi Wei astrology, Tan Lang is a unique star whose fate is full of twists and turns. Combining the qualities of romance and desire, Tan Lang brings both fortune and misfortune, and constantly searches for personal strength and purpose in this mysterious world. By chance, Tan Lang meets Du Fei, who bears the power of the Sun Star, and Li Ya, who bears the power of the Tian Xiang Star. They become entangled in a series of mysterious events, including the case of Fan Shuhan, w 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Sheep Village Horror Stories: I Became Big Bad Wolf! 羊村怪谈:我成为了灰太狼! [Yang Village Mysteries] [Wang the Grey Wolf + mystery + two heroines] I transmigrated! I was walking home from work at night when I stopped at a roadside stall for a sheep’s head. I shouted, “Let’s gooo!” and transmigrated into the world of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf. But then I saw Red Wolf, who was as tall as the Eight-Foot-Tall Lady, and… why isn’t this what I imagined?! Hey! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 I Can Hear What Ghosts Say! 我能听到鬼话! [Infinite Flow] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Mind Games] [Puzzles] When everyone on the brink of death is dragged into the God of Games' deadly trials, and strict obedience to the rules is the only way to survive... Chen Yan discovers that he can hear the... ghostly words behind those rules. [Rule One: Keep quiet. Make a sound and die.] But what Chen Yan hears from the ghosts is: [Come on, make a sound! I'm starving. I can't wait any longer.] [Rule Two: Sacrifice one person to earn a chance to live.] 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 Punisher of the Spirit Realm 灵界罚恶者 The brakes failed, and I plunged into the deep sea with my car. When I opened my eyes again, I had become a supernatural entity in the spirit realm, driving a haunted car steeped in resentment. “Evil-Punishment System bound. Failure to complete a mission: termination.” The cold mechanical voice announced my new life, and my dead end. . I must transmigrate through one resentful parallel world after another, avenge those who died unjustly, and pass judgment on their tormentors. The curse of the we —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 The Dungeon Hasn't Even Started, and I've Already Entered 副本还没开始,我已经提前进入了 (Spiritual qi revival + fourth natural disaster + multiple heroines + infinite levels) Spiritual qi revived, and the Main God’s space descended into reality. Some people paid to buy identities; others spent the entire night poring over expensive guides. When eighteen-year-old Yang Jing logged into the Main God’s space for the first time, he discovered he seemed to have unlocked two rather unusual permissions. Every time he entered an instance, he could arrive earlier than the other participants. 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 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
- 168 [I, the Forgotten Dream, I] 【I被遗忘的梦I】 [Infinite Flow | Rules-Based Horror | Instances | Ensemble Cast | Mystery | No Harem] This is a dream that was once forgotten, a memory that should never have been recalled. By a twist of fate, Wen Xuan and four others arrived in a city born from barren wasteland: [Huacheng]. In one game, instance, and [dream] after another: They experienced disasters caused by human actions. They learned how powerful the supernatural could be. They overcame the evils of human nature. They resisted the destructi 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 After Sacrificing Our Teammates, We All Became Gods 献祭队友后,我们全员成神 A driverless Route 13 bus carries seven losers cast aside by reality into the Myriad Worlds. An unemployed planner, a teacher on the verge of a breakdown, a spineless doctor, a cowardly programmer, a boastful salesman, a taciturn stunt double, and a laid-off machinist. This is the worst starting team in history. But every “sacrifice” triggers a wild evolution. 🔹 Vehicle upgrade path: Rusty old bus → Mobile luxury apartment → Matte black-and-gold war chariot, the Xihe (with a red-gold Golden Crow 473Reads6.5Score10614d adds
- 170 Rule Horror: The Last One to Leave the Classroom After Evening Study 规则怪谈:晚自习最后离开教室的人 Rule Horror: The Last Person to Leave the Classroom After Evening Study 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Infinite Save Scumming: You Bitch, I’m Going to Kill You 无限回档,贱人我要杀了你 [Mystery and horror + infinite retries + twists upon twists + the paranormal returns + tragic fated love] Xue Wen woke up one morning to find that a beautiful, gentle wife had appeared out of nowhere. But that sweet domestic life was a deadly trap. Just as he began to fall for her, the woman beside him devoured him alive! From then on, he unlocked endless respawns after death. Every time he died horribly, he returned to the moment he woke up. After 108 loops, each ending in a gruesome death and 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 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 26.9kReads7.9Score3.3k14d adds
- 173 Eerie: The Strange Play Ends in Oblivion 诡异:诡剧终湮 [Suspenseful What-If] [Rule Horror] [Infinite Flow Supernatural Horror] [Horror and the Paranormal] Apocalypse... One month before monsters from another world invaded, Jiang Qiubai unexpectedly obtained a strange play that could take him to other worlds. Only by gathering the powers of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs through these plays could there be any hope of defeating the invasion from another world. Shen Wanqing had been an ordinary college student. Could the two of them successfully tempe —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 I'm a Living Detective, So Why Are You Making Me Solve Ghost Cases? 我一活人侦探,你让我破鬼案 The comic adaptation of this work, "I’m a Living Detective, So Why Make Me Solve Ghost Cases?", is now available. [Infinite flow + no System + no golden finger + horror and suspense] While investigating an urban-legend case, detective Lin Sanshi encounters the same eerie phenomenon as the victim. From then on, he must wander through a series of different mission worlds: A mountain-top guesthouse where people are murdered in a snowstorm A perilous corpse-driving journey A survival game controlled 4.8kReads7.1Score41514d adds
- 175 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. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Infinite Horror: I Can Sense Ghosts 恐怖无限:我能感知到鬼 [Infinite Flow, Not a Power Fantasy] [Slight Horror] [No CP] [Survival] [Escape] [Deduction] [Mystery] "Shh..." "There are ghosts in this world!" Those contaminated by the aura of Another World can only keep clearing one instance after another. They say that after clearing 13 instances, you can make a wish? Lu Ming discovers that ghosts aren't the only things he can sense. There's also... In this game of pursuit between humans and ghosts, he is forced into Another World, a realm teeming with evi 11.6kReads6.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 177 An Infinite Game? I'm Going to End These Dungeons! 无限游戏?我要做副本终结者! Traditional romance A groveling ex tries to win her back Content warnings: if you have concerns, don’t read Su Wan and Lu Chen are a very happy couple. But at some point, family and outside pressures tear them apart. Later, they get back together. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 When Your Reflection Starts to Betray You 当你的倒影开始背叛 [Horror assignments + death games + independent planets in the galaxy] “Hey, your sister is dead~” “Your sister is dead!” “Hey, I don’t have a sister, but yours really is dead, hehe.” “**!” Lin Yumin angrily hung up. A little while later, her phone rang again. “Ma’am, we’ve found your sister’s body. Please come to the Public Security Bureau to identify it.” “Will you give it a rest? Your sister is dead! Your whole family’s croaked!” After unleashing a torrent of abuse, Lin Yumin hung up 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 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—14d adds
- 180 Saving the World? Who Says You Have to Be Sane? 救世嘛,哪有脑子正常的 [Infinite-world adventure + multiple instances + wild mechanics + unconventional world-saving + occasional delusions of grandeur] “If you were given the chance to save the world, would you take action?” Qi Ming was a modern rich kid who had just graduated and whose emotional threshold had long since broken down. Looking at his phone, he tapped “Agree” with the simple thought: “Might as well. It’s not like I have anything else to do.” Then he opened his eyes to a disastrous start from the very be 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 The Otherworldly Netherworld 异站冥途 A bus bound for reincarnation, visible only to those on the brink of death. Every stop beyond the platforms brings an unknown crisis. At the Netherworld bus stop, queue up and board; the living get off, the dead stay behind. To find his long-lost girlfriend, Zhao Jichuan unhesitatingly boarded the bus. In an ocean of blood and tears, in a world of pain and fear, betrayal was commonplace and screams were nothing unusual. Just as he was about to despair, he thought he saw a ray of light... 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Seeking the Way of Cultivation in Dungeons 我在副本里面求修真 Combat #Power Fantasy #Growth #Battles of Wits #Supernatural Abilities + Urban + Infinite Flow + System Flow + Soulslike Competition Hey, the novels I've been writing aren't getting promoted, so let's check out the good new stories by Hey instead. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 Two Paranormal Dungeons: I Cultivate Liaozhai with My Brother and Pacify Yin and Yang 灵异双副本:我修聊斋兄弟镇阴阳 While others barely survive their adventures in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, my best friend and I fight side by side! Wang You’an practices the Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations, crushing countless ghosts with his physical might; Black Dragon has Yin-Yang Eyes and sees through every illusion. Every instance transforms completely, and together we rewrite every tragedy. It’s only when we discover the ancient twelve Zodiac emblems that we realize: Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is on 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 The Purple Rain Descends 紫雨来袭 Also known as "Grief Rises from Within" (Infinite flow + educational themes + no special abilities + not a wish-fulfillment story + twists all the way through) Li Ze, the protagonist, has the ability to empathize. Wherever suffering ignored by society takes place, purple rain falls. It rebuilds that suffering in the victims' minds in distorted, terrifying forms. The monsters, evil spirits, and strange phenomena that emerge from the purple rain retain the defining features of the harm inflicted o 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 Infinite Nightmares: An Eighty-Year-Old Man Rejuvenated from the Start 无限噩梦:开局八旬老汉返老还童 Infinite flow + rules-based horror + mild horror + no romance Qin Yi accidentally enters a nightmarish world. Here, there are rules that must never be broken, along with bizarre phenomena beyond ordinary people's understanding. By chance, Qin Yi discovers the rewards for surviving a nightmare. Wealth, health, youth, achievement… Terrified of the nightmares but coveting the rewards for surviving them, Qin Yi approaches one nightmare after another with mixed feelings… 8.4kReads8.1Score94914d adds
- 186 Linking the Eerie Realms 诡域连结 [Infinite Flow] [Deduction] [Mind-Bending] [Supernatural] When Shen Shiyan woke up, he found himself inside a strange building filled with unknown dangers. After solving one mystery after another, he thought he could finally escape alive. “This is the Domain of the Uncanny. Welcome to your eternal rest!” A mysterious voice sent a chill down his spine. What kind of place was this? And how could he escape? 732Reads—Score12814d adds
- 187 Death Save-Scumming: I'm Really Not a Big Shot 死亡回档:我真的不是大佬啊 [Rule-Based Horror + Not Overpowered + No Female Lead + Supernatural + National Fate] Rule-based horror has descended upon Earth. The supernatural has entered reality. Those who are chosen will enter the world of horror scenarios and represent their respective countries in challenges governed by strange rules. Su Ming has now been chosen by the world of horror scenarios. He will represent the Dragon Kingdom in the challenge. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Prove That You Were Once Human 请证明你曾是人 After Chen Zhou woke up, he was thrown into a “test of human worth” spanning the ancient past, the modern era, and the future. Plague cities, royal courts, trials, shipwrecks, stock market crashes, nuclear crises, space colonization… Each world had its own bizarre rules, and every choice demanded a sacrifice. Yet the same name appeared on every death record: Chen Zhou. Before the rules devoured everyone, he had to prove one thing: Humanity’s true worth has never been obedience. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 Rule Horror: Infinite Instances, A Grimoire of the Eerie 规则怪谈:无限副本,诡异图鉴 [Infinite-flow + instances + no romance + eerie + suspense + mind-bending + horror + supernatural + imaginative suspense] Worried there aren't enough instances to keep you reading? This book will satisfy you. At three in the morning, the eighth rule at the convenience store is written in blood. Wu Yan only wants to earn eight hundred yuan for a night shift, but he receives an illustrated book that turns its own pages. Rules-based horrors, urban legends, Nanyang curse magic, memetic contamination 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 The Haunted House: Day Sign 诡舍:日兆 [Writing practice] [The Strange House fanfiction + horror + infinite flow] One week after Ning Qiushui reached the ninth door, the Mist World underwent a cataclysmic transformation… “My name is Shen Zuiqing… I am… who?” 1.2kReads7.3Score10014d adds
- 191 I Inherited a Funeral Shop During the Hundred Ghosts' Night Parade 百鬼夜行时,我继承了一家冥铺 Lu Ci thought all his grandfather had left him was an old shop on the verge of closing. Then, one rainy night, the first customer walked through the door and bought a stack of spirit money. The next day, that very “ghost currency” appeared in someone else’s account. From then on, the shop, open only at night, began receiving one unusual customer after another: some sought wealth, some wanted to buy a life, and some only wished to exchange something for a long-overdue truth. At the end of the lon 7Reads—Score214d adds
- 192 My Class Is Ghost Bride, But This Isn’t Romance 无限:职业是鬼新娘 [No CP + Infinite Flow + Ensemble Cast Focus + NPC Role-Playing; No Romance (the heroine will not blush, get butterflies, or have any other romantic reactions when interacting with NPCs or players); A Team Forms Later, and Everyone Shares Pure Comrades-in-Arms Bonds] To be reborn, many people who died unexpectedly are drawn into a game called “Anomaly Infection.” In the game, players must face all kinds of eerie horrors, improve their professional abilities, and struggle to survive. Usually, 16.6kReads8.9Score2.3k14d adds
- 193 The Final Ending 最后的结局 [Two Male Leads + One-on-One Romance + Light Romance + Rule-Based Horror + Anthology Stories + Separate Worlds] “His voice sounds like a little fox whimpering”, Xing Yu “What a real villain. He reminds me of the stray dogs back home”, Chen Fang 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 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
- 195 The Crimson Flower Cup 血色花盏 Blood-Red Flower Cup —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 The Night Shift Clerk's Countdown 《夜班店员的倒计时》 The Night-Shift Clerk's Countdown 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 The Clammy Echoes of the Basement 地下室的黏腻回响 The Sticky Echoes of the Basement —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 Lucid Darkness 清醒的黑暗 Clear-Eyed Darkness 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Rule Horror: I Contain the Uncanny Through the Afterlife 规则怪谈:我靠往生收容诡异 Others enter rule-based horror games to struggle for survival. Li Si enters them to stock up! From the start, he’s trapped in an abandoned hospital, facing the fatal rule: “Never make eye contact with patients.” He whips out a chainsaw and treats the monsters like his wife. “Baby, your temperature’s too high. Time to slice you up and put you in cold storage.” [Ding! The Book of the Departed has successfully contained a spirit! Obtained D-rank Vengeful Ghost: Rule Bait!] [Rule loophole unlocked: —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Eerie Instance: Let the Ghosts See the Power of My Imagination 诡异副本:给诡异看看俺寻思之力 Bizarre Dungeons + Livestreaming + Comedy + "I reckon this thing could work" In rule-based horror stories, if you don't understand the rules, you're unquestionably doomed. He Qu: Aren't rules dead? How can dead things boss me around? And so the rules really did die. Countless people were chosen when bizarre dungeons appeared, but no one had ever been like He Qu. How could he just do whatever he wanted?! In a bizarre hospital, he beat up the helpless Split-Mouth Woman and the faceless janitor. I 5Reads—Score—14d adds

















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