Novels like I Graduated from Tsinghua University Before I Died
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- 1 Rule Horror: Even the Eerie Have to Do Their Jobs Properly! 规则怪谈：诡异也要好好工作啊！ [Rules-Based Horror + Ensemble Cast + Comedy + A Growth-Oriented Female Lead + No Excessive Kindness] Li Li is an ordinary, strange being, twenty-one years old this year. She has a happy family of four. A college student, she happens to be caught up in the player influx. Her school is short on teachers, so her principal mother mercilessly exploits her, a future wage slave, and sends her to work as a trainee teacher at City No. 1 High School... At first: Waaah... Mom, I don't want to go to work! 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Investigator I'm Impersonating Is Becoming the King in Yellow 我冒充的调查员正在成为黄衣之王 [Hastur as His Personal Mentor + Cthulhu Dungeons + Game Invasion + Knowledge-Based Progression + Identity Roleplay] When the full-dive game Echoes of the Old Ones launched, Ye Lu drew a B-rank character who didn't exist in the original story. Holt Will, a professor of occult studies at Miskatonic University, had been missing for three years. His origins were unknown. Using his knowledge of the original story, Ye Lu killed the Old Ones ahead of time in At the Mountains of Madness, but unexpec 1.3kReads—Score212Shelves
- 3 The Eerie Descends, and My Ancestor Was a Demon Lord 诡异降临我祖上是魔头 I've been looking for ghosts since I was a child. I searched for more than ten years, right up until I graduated from college. Delivering takeout taught me there were no ghosts in the world. But then, one day, I helped an old woman on the road, and the terrifying events began. The old woman was scared of me. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Abyssal Road 渊路 When the world is full of indescribable horrors and creatures with human heads covered in tentacles, where can you turn? Should you accept your fate, fight to survive, or rise up against it? The fall of the old gods, the birth of new ones, and an unknown journey ahead. Amid all this uncertainty, watch me become a god! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 A Lightless Other Sea 异海无光 He woke up here, unable to remember who he was or why he had fallen into this lightless abyss. The seabed here breathed, the currents whispered, and the creatures crawled according to laws utterly unlike those of the surface world. What secrets is this sea hiding? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Investigator: You’re Saying You’re an Outer God?! 调查员：你说你是外神？！ 3.2kReads—Score331Shelves
- 7 Folk Supernatural Cultivation: Starting as a Water Carrier 民俗诡仙，从挑水汉开始 I became the lowliest water carrier in this haunted city. Here, you mustn’t draw water from a well in the middle of the night, you mustn’t touch the bucket beneath the locust tree, and no matter who knocks, a door without a lit lantern will never open. I trembled as I hauled water for countless households, carrying both the city’s livelihood and its unspeakable rules, believing I could survive by keeping my head down. That was until I saw the shadow hanging over the city, while everyone else act 435Reads5.6Score104Shelves
- 8 The Legendary Investigator: Starting with a Sketching Trip in a Small Town 传奇调查员：从小镇写生开始 [Call of Cthulhu tabletop campaign + investigator progression + my take on Lovecraftian horror? + mystery + dice rolls to advance the plot + no romance] Some say Lin Mo is a once-in-a-century painting prodigy, loved by the Muse of Inspiration, who even goes out of her way to shower her with the inspiration others can only dream of. That's how she became the most successful young painter of her generation. But only Lin Mo knows that every one of her creations brings her closer to “It.” (Also know 593Reads8.5Score102Shelves
- 9 Life and Death Together: Redemption in a Century-Old Haunted Realm 浮生同生：百年诡域救赎录 In an instant, on an elevated highway on a rainy night, Lu Ye, a wage earner at the bottom of society, risked his life to save a stranger, Su Wan. The two of them plunged into a deadly crisis. An accident bound them to the only twin symbiosis System on the entire internet: [Shared Life]. Its rules were cruel and impossible to escape: they could not break the bond, survive alone, or clear a stage separately. If one lived, they both lived; if one died, they both died. From then on, two ordinary 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 I Burned One Hundred Thousand Volumes of Demon Tomes 我焚了十万卷妖书 I burned a hundred thousand volumes of demon books, thinking I was protecting the mortal world. Then the hundred-thousand-and-first volume arrived from an ancient temple in the wilderness, bearing only my pen name. I asked three veteran handwriting experts to examine it, and they all said I had written it. That night, the old expert who had authenticated it died suddenly, clutching a waist token from the Imperial Observatory. I began to suspect one thing: Were the hundred thousand volumes of dem —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 I Stumbled into the Ghost Realm, and Now the Ghost Wants to Merge with Me? 误入鬼域，结果鬼竟要与我融合？ [High-octane opening + terrifying ghosts return + global paranormal phenomena + horror and suspense + no brainless plot or System] There is one iron law in the supernatural world: only ghosts can deal with ghosts. A mysterious passage opens, and paranormal phenomena erupt across the globe. I seem to have a constitution that attracts ghosts... [Class A Paranormal Incident!]: A red glow that makes the heart race shines from black clouds that have appeared in the sky for no reason. Everyone beneath 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Devious Prison 诡诈牢狱 [Mystery + infinite-world adventure + ensemble cast + mind games + brain-teasing] “You’re not the only one trapped here. I am too.” “This is our last chance. Break through the cage, and both of us will fulfill our destiny!” … Qin Tian, a professional cardsharp, is betrayed by his partner and unexpectedly finds himself in the “Seven-Tier Prison.” Food is passed down from the top level each day, but by the time it reaches the bottom, only scraps remain. To get food and escape the prison, the inma 16.4kReads8.3Score3kShelves
- 13 Horror Revival: From the Start, I Become the Headless Horseman 恐怖复苏：开局成为无头骑士 In a parallel world, terror returns. Jiang Yun is attacked by something supernatural, and his head is twisted off. [Ding! Activation conditions met. Drawing template.] [Headless Horseman template generating. Template match confirmed. Activation successful.] 747Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 14 The Eye of the Deep 深潜之眼 Eye of the Deep 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 1912: The Land of Lovecraft 1912洛夫克拉夫特之国 Mu Lei transmigrated onto the Titanic. The good news is, the ship probably won’t hit an iceberg. The bad news is, there are fish-men aboard. And out in the sea, there’s a gigantic squid. So it’s pretty clear what needs to be done. Titanic! Full steam ahead!!! Anyway, this is a world where the Cold War between Germany and America is anything but cold. What do you mean Germany is the shining beacon? 629Reads8.2Score104Shelves
- 16 Cthulhu Has Descended, and I Can See Sanity Values 克苏鲁降临，我能看到理智值 [Cthulhu] + [Eerie] + [Doomsday Descends] + [Ensemble Cast] + [The Protagonist Is an Ordinary Person] Gu Yuan was reborn, and after living an ordinary life for twenty years, a sudden mutation struck. A plague swept across the globe, bringing eerie changes: tentacles sprouted, and scales covered people's bodies. Strange prompts appeared out of nowhere, and there was no way to cure the mutations. As this global crisis unfolded, Gu Yuan had only a few memories to rely on as he faced the call of Cth 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Rift in the Abyss: We Awakened the Old Ones 深渊裂隙：我们唤醒旧日支配者 In 1992, U.S. Army Major Austin takes charge of the top-secret project "Abyss Watch." One hundred and thirty meters beneath the desert, a strange fissure spreads madness into the world above. Five elite soldiers are ordered into the abyss, with Austin directing their investigation remotely. A videotape that appears out of nowhere exposes a horrific secret from the past: To spy on the secrets underground, the military sacrificed living people. A thousand meters below ground, an ancient stone gate —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Shadows in the Daylight 白昼暗影 The criminal he hunts is himself. The shadow he cannot escape is his only protector. Lin Mo, the police department’s star profiler, cracks one extraordinary case after another with his precise criminal psychology analyses. But he doesn’t know that every night, another self awakens: Shen Ye, a “dark vigilante” who fights violence with violence, hunting down criminals who escaped justice through Lin Mo. The massacre that destroyed his family when he was a child split ten-year-old Lin Mo’s mind, cr —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Cha Mi High School 茶靡高校 [Infinite Flow] [Instance-Based Story] [Original Horror Instances, Mildly Spooky] My name is Lin Fen. A bizarre car accident turned my peaceful life upside down. That day, my mother and I were crossing the street. A speeding car came hurtling toward us. My mother pushed me out of the way at the last moment and was struck dead by the roadside. I watched in terror. Then I remembered: I didn't have a mother at all! I, Lin Fen, had only ever known busy caregivers since I could remember. I was a chil 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 From the Start, a Tycoon System: Eerie Games Descend Across the Globe 开局神豪系统，全球诡异游戏降临 [Bound to a Tycoon System from the start, and it gives me ghost money? Thanks, I guess!] On the first day Chen Lang transmigrated into a horror game, he was forced to bind himself to a “tycoon” System. While everyone else struggled to stay alive in the dungeons, he had so much ghost money that he could clear them however he pleased. Then, on his second sign-in, he got the “Banner of Ten Thousand Ghosts”... Countless eerie beings bowed and pledged allegiance, and he went on a wild rampage all the 854Reads8.0Score100Shelves
- 21 I Was a Ghost Officer, but Now I Only Want a Promotion 身为鬼差的我，后来只想升官 I wield the Register of the Underworld as a ghost officer, commanding the power to seize souls. Everyone says the King of Hell is the supreme ruler of the netherworld, but to me, he is merely a stepping stone. The underworld is vast, and the Nine Hells are deep. Is that really the limit of my ambition? I want to break the Nine Hells’ shackles, shatter the chains between yin and yang, ascend to the realm of the Great Emperor, and rule the netherworlds of all realms. Only then will my lifelong wis 31Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 22 The Old Ones? What a Joke, I Can't Handle Them at All 旧日？笑死根本应对不了 [Infinite Flow, Urban Legends, Cthulhu-Style Roleplaying, Sequences] With terminal cancer, Su Ning still manages to find a bargain at a street stall. After performing a mysterious ritual, blue characters flicker before his eyes: [Welcome to the Domain of the Abnormal] Clear dungeons to raise your [Sequence] rank. From [Pickpocket] to [Master Thief], from mortal to god. But Su Ning... “Controlling the bizarre” means making it part of his harem. “Mastering technology” means using someone else’s S 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Weird Cultivation: I'm the Real Evil One! 诡异修仙，我才是真正邪魔！ [Cthulhu] [Demonic Cultivation] [Strange and Horrifying] [Ruthless] [No Heroine] [Madness] [Pathological] A strange world. Abnormal gods and Buddhas. Who knows what kind of immortal path ‘I’ cultivate? Who knows what kind of Dao ‘I’ attain? Who knows what ‘I’ really am? This world is wicked, mad, violent, abnormal... How should ‘I’ live in it? What must ‘I’ do to survive? I can’t figure it out! I can’t figure it out!!! In that case, then... Anything that beguiles ‘me’, kill it! Anything that cor 231Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 24 The Uncanny Returns, So Why Has Cthulhu Returned Too? 诡异复苏，怎么克苏鲁也复苏了？ [Cthulhu Mythos] + [Eldritch Creatures] + [Eerie Revival] + [Eastern and Western Mythologies] + [Semi-Infinite Flow] Eerie phenomena have returned worldwide, and their deadly rules are sweeping across the globe. Either drive the ghosts back to the underworld, or seal them inside your own body. Ghost hunters around the world join forces. B-Rank Phenomenon: Vengeful Ghost A bodiless, invisible ghost that devours people. A-Rank Phenomenon: Ghost Wedding Make your skin the groom and your bones the b 7Reads—Score119Shelves
- 25 One Thousand and One Modern Tales of the Supernatural 一千零一个，现代灵异故事 [Based on True Stories] [Folktales] [Horror and the Supernatural] The stories in this novel feel full of everyday life. The people and events in every story are portrayed in a realistic way, bringing to life the supernatural experiences of all the main and supporting characters. If you’re a horror story fan, don’t miss this novel. (If you get scared, call your best hapless friend over… so you can be scared together.) 5.2kReads7.0Score221Shelves
- 26 Whispers of Decay 腐语低喃 Life always brings its share of hardships, and everyone needs a little courage now and then. Death is a profound matter. If you were given a chance to be reborn, but not in your original world, would you accept? Lin Yuan’s identity in this world: the eleventh-generation descendant of Count Howard Elkins of the Kingdom of Aquitania, a lost noble, a traitor to the gods, a banished bearer of tainted blood, and a seasoned theology enthusiast in Seer Harbor. A lost civilization, the glory of an ancie 90Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Sewing Up Corpses at the Funeral Home, Until I Stitched Up My Blind Date 殡仪馆缝尸，缝到相亲对象 I learned corpse sewing from my grandma as a child. Before I even graduated from vocational school, funeral homes everywhere were clamoring to hire me. My monthly salary was 100,000 yuan, plus commission. Everyone said it was easy money, but nobody knew that a corpse seamstress stitches flesh and skin while laying restless souls to rest. My very first job went horribly wrong. When the body bag opened, I recognized that face at once. Wasn’t she the girlfriend who had slept beside me last night? A 1.6kReads6.9Score125Shelves
- 28 1927 Shanghai: Facing the Old-Era Evil Gods 1927魔都：直面民国旧日邪神 I transmigrate to the Shanghai slums of 1927 and, from the start, stumble upon a sacrifice to an evil god! Fishmen howl, whispers eat away at the soul. This Republic of China is nothing like the history books: the ancient Cthulhu gods are reviving amid the chaos, refugees are becoming their followers, warlords worship evil gods, and the foreign concessions conceal an abyss! Luckily, I bind myself to the ancient Record of Exorcism. It lets me decipher blasphemous symbols, dispel low-level horrors 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Lord of Ashes 烬灭之主 [Also known as: Supernatural Horror Returns: I Tamed the Mirror Ghost from the Start] Not for the faint of heart! | Rule-based mysteries | Supernatural horror returns | Inescapable death traps | High-IQ protagonist who isn't a saint | No System | Nontraditional supernatural horror A job interview leads him into a ghostly domain, where a half-ghost wields a blade to break the deadlock! The deadly rules of the Fruit Granny, the opera-house ghost's theatrical prison, the hotel ghost's endless kil —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Entwined Red and White Threads 缠绕的红白丝线 It Is Love That Moves the Sun and Shifts the Stars [Dual heroines + nonhuman love interest + happy ending + two powerful leads; a scrappy pup and a gentle mommy] Horror, mystery, Strange Tales, and Lovecraftian elements [Taciturn sword-bearing knight Yuliu / gentle, proud, radically selfless Fenghe] Two people whose hearts are set on the future Two people determined to save others Two people destined to be together Two people... who can hardly be called human At the center of the vast web fo 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 File No. 00 00号档案 Case File 00: When Your Gaze Becomes Part of the Story Would you dare open a “living book”? Welcome to a narrative universe woven from “folds in the text,” a real world that trembles with every word you read. Here: ✍️ Words are existence: Every character breathes with life. Each comment you leave will tear through the folds of space and time, rewriting the characters’ fates. ⏳ Folded time and space: Time is no longer a straight line, but a sheet of paper you can crumple and reshape. Fold the w 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Evil God Decides to Open a Cat Cafe 邪神决定开家猫咖 [No CP + ensemble cast + plenty of references to the Classic of Mountains and Seas and ancient myths + lighthearted, healing cat-raising daily life] To gather more emotions for his true self and keep himself from turning into an irrational tentacle monster, Gu Ning'an came to Planet Earth and opened a cat cafe. His timing couldn't have been worse: the supernatural was just starting to return here. Gu Ning'an: Sure, I'm weak, poor, and faint at the sight of blood, but I have cats. I've already wo 700Reads8.9Score153Shelves
- 33 File 404: The Exorcist Who Doesn't Exist 编号404，不存在的斩诡人 Case 404: The Nonexistent Demon Slayer 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Cleaning Up the Evil Spirit Scene as the Headquarters Chief 从总部负责人开始整顿厉鬼圈 In the previous book, Zhou Yuan crawled out of No. 11 Middle School on a rainy night, devoured his way to S-rank, and rose to become the nation’s top official in charge of supernatural affairs. This time, he’s here to clean up the mess. Stage One: Establishing the Rules. Five directives are issued nationwide: reveal the supernatural, draw back the defensive lines, review duties and purge traitors, eliminate the weakest, and exchange resources. For the first time, spirit masters realize there rea 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 I’ve Become an Old One, and the Mysteries Are Only Now Invading Reality? 我都成旧日了，诡秘才入侵现实？ [Just launched, so the rating will rise over time] [Cthulhu] [Rising and Falling] [Death Rewind] My name is Su Xing. Today is a special day. I got a System. Every time I die, I gain a trait. But why does every single one of these traits... make me more and more like a monster? You were killed by a blade. Gained [Nothing Can Escape the Blade]: It moves at the prompting of your will and strikes as you will it. It cannot be stopped and cuts through everything. You were bitten to death by an imposto 226kReads7.5Score36.1kShelves
- 36 After Seeing the Red Moon 在看到红月之后 [Call of Cthulhu tabletop role-playing + Spirit Vision + Infinite Worlds + Smart Protagonist + Nontraditional Cthulhu] Everyone thought the red moon was just a rare astronomical phenomenon. Only Chai Xin knew that the red moon was a gateway to the Inner World. The world has never been just one layer. The surface is the orderly Main World, where everyday life unfolds and days and nights pass as usual. Beneath it lies a tangled Inner World: one side is an abstract reflection of the Main World 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Embers of the Wheel of Fate 命轮余烬 Cthulhu-style + Chinese wuxia + pollution punk. A divine protagonist finds their humanity among the common people, then uses that humanity to master their divinity. Written in an epic style, this experimental work explores suffering, human nature, and fate. Please bear with it. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Wooden Beauty Exploits Bugs in Horror Films to Become a Legend 木头美人，惊悚片里卡BUG封神 Lu Yao, the “wooden beauty” mocked across the internet, is blacklisted for her terrible acting and forced to enter the deadly National Fate Cinema. Audiences worldwide bet she won’t last three minutes. Her teammates see her as useless dead weight. The life-taking evil spirit picks her as its first “easy target.” But when mental corruption sweeps the whole place and the actors scream in despair, Lu Yao tilts her expressionless face and asks the ghost, “You’re crying so fake. Haven’t you eaten 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Bizarre Case Investigator 诡案惊探 [Mystery]+ [Supernatural]+ [Deduction]+ [Crime Solving]+ [Male lead versed in both Yin and Yang] After his girlfriend vanishes under bizarre circumstances and every effort to find her comes to nothing for two years, Qin Zhong loses heart and takes a job as a police officer at a remote township station. One day, he suddenly receives a bizarre case. The entire village of Niewa has vanished. As the investigation deepens, one strange Supernatural incident after another unfolds. Along the way, his pa 1.6kReads8.4Score186Shelves
- 40 The World of Five Turbidities 五浊世界 (No System. A traditional xianxia style.) In this eerie world, everything is going wrong. The higher a cultivator's realm, the more dangerous they become, filled with mutations, corruption, and evil! Even the Buddha has become abnormal, and the will sent down by the Heavenly Venerable is full of malice. This world is beyond saving... Wang Quan transmigrated with the supreme Buddhist relic he had begged for in his previous life. All he wanted was to survive in peace! 1.2kReads5.6Score114Shelves
- 41 The Tower Keeper's Diary 守塔人日记 The fan group is up! Group number: 817759346. It’s called the Anomaly Archives. Everyone’s welcome to join!!! (*￣︶￣) A slow-burn blend of SCP, Cthulhu, and an alternate world. Anomalies and reality, monsters and humanity, flesh that devours bodies, organs that create worlds, and a world that defies science. In a war against anomalies, how can ordinary people survive? 184Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 42 The Dao Hides, the Gods Vanish 道隐神匿 [Cultivation]+ [Cthulhu Mythos]+ [Supernatural Powers and Spells] From the twisted shadows looking down on all living things atop Baiyu Jing, to the bizarre feast of writhing flesh in Kunlun's Jade Pool, to the enormous pupils prowling and spying in the weak waters of the Yellow Springs: when the gilded splendor of Taoist temples and Buddhist monasteries fades, and the gods of the heavens no longer heed the prayers of mortals, when the moral codes of the court and the martial world fall away, th 148Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 43 Medium's Notes: My Left Eye Can See Ghosts 灵媒笔记：我的左眼能见鬼 The Cangye lineage of the Southern Frontier unleashes chaos. The Cherry Blossom Curse, Yin Soil summoning, Ruin Spirits, and malevolent earth veins emerge one after another, leaving the seals protecting the land on the brink of collapse. In a desperate battle, pure Yang Heavenly Energy collides with the turbid qi of Yin Soil inside him, forming a yin-yang vortex whose blessings and dangers are impossible to predict. His old enemies flee into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, seeking a chance to p 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 A Mysterious Life That Begins from Zero 从零开始的诡秘人生 The Fifth Era: a steampunk age of mechanical guns and cannons; a haunted playground where the uncanny returns and evil gods awaken; a fantasy continent of bloodshed, the occult, and advancement through potions; a mad world of things that cannot be named, spoken of, or looked upon. Hodge transmigrates into this world as the only heir to an imperial marquis. His parents are loving, and he has a happy family. Then, during a dinner party, the uncanny sweeps in. Bloodshed blooms amid the madness, and 905Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 45 I Became a Forbidden Graveyard and Founded a Mountain Range of Evil Gods 化身禁忌墓地，成就邪神山岭 [Mad Mountains, Human Doppelgangers, Lightly Dark and Grim] A vast, unknown range of pitch-black mountains rose from the ground, becoming the highest mountain range in the world. Everyone who entered the area vanished without a trace. Planes crashed, and radio signals disappeared there as well. It came to be known as “the mountains where the evil god sleeps” and “the world’s third pole.” The origins of it all could be traced back to a summer ten years ago, to a young man who died in a mad ritual 1.3kReads8.5Score112Shelves
- 46 Rule Horror: Starting at a Mountain Grave 规则怪谈：从山坟开始 [Delusions of Grandeur + Semi-Infinite Flow + Ensemble Cast + Unconventional Rule-Based Horror] Infinite horror descends upon Earth, turning countless regions into contaminated exclusion zones. The leaders of various nations call them [the Haunted Theater]. Humans who receive an invitation ticket must enter the Haunted Theater and play a ‘human-skin role’ to reduce the chance of it contaminating the outside world further. Inside, they may find powers that overturn everything they know, but they 18.7kReads5.9Score1.9kShelves
- 47 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 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Horror Revival: From the Start, I Am the Ghost Bride’s Wedding Dress 恐怖复苏：开局我是鬼嫁衣 [Suspenseful, imagination-driven, transmigration with a gender swap, no romance, slow burn, seemingly invincible but not a one-sided stomp from beginning to end] A strange dream. A mysterious old man. Reborn in a blood coffin. A ghost bride in a wedding gown. … The appearance of vengeful spirits seems like a joke played on humanity by the Creator. They are like programs designed to purge the human race. Impossible to destroy, tireless. … This is an age when vengeful spirits are returning. This i 543Reads6.6Score102Shelves
- 49 The Strange Realm: From the Start, I Dismembered the Monstrous 怪域诡界，我开局分尸诡异 [A handsome male lead, just like the readers] [Horror-leaning; do not read if you scare easily] [Mystery and the supernatural] [A story where despair and hope intertwine and ebb and flow] [Similar to Taming the Supernatural] It was an ordinary night, but it led Lu Ying into a new world woven from madness and death. This world has lost its light, and people like Lu Ying need a constant supply of “candles” to stay alive. But “candles” can only be found in the realms of those unkillable, rule-bound 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Twilight Line of the Haunted Realm: Conquering It with My Wits 诡界晨昏线：靠脑子制霸诡界 [Mild horror] [No System] [Character growth] [One heroine] Countless “Haunted Realms” suddenly appeared around the world. Like black holes, they devoured ordinary people's mental energy and the real world, pushing reality to the brink of madness. In response to the crisis, all kinds of organizations sprang up. They ventured into the Haunted Realms to explore, seized haunted objects to protect themselves, and sought the truth on the edge of life and death. As their investigations deepened, they d 6Reads—Score—Shelves
