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- 51 Death Game: The Only Survivor 死亡游戏:唯一活着的人 [Infinite survival + plot + post-apocalypse + supernatural powers + no saintly protagonist] Feel free to skip the first three chapters. With his life nearly at an end, Shen Mo is forcibly dragged into an endless apocalyptic scenario where his survival is uncertain. Beyond the towering walls, zombies swarm the city. The ruined metropolis has become a living hell, and he finally faces reality: his old life is over, and this new world is his only chance to keep living. When survival is at stake, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 The Paranormal Cases I Experienced Over the Years 那些年,我经历的灵异事件 [Standalone Stories] + [Supernatural Horror] + [No System] Ten years ago, after graduating from college, I happened to get a job driving a taxi. I never expected to encounter a whole series of bizarre and terrifying events! It wasn’t until later that I learned I was born with a yin fate and a pair of yin-yang eyes, but someone had sealed them when I was young. I’ve written more than a dozen stories so far, and there’s plenty to read! 4.7kReads7.3Score20614d adds
- 53 The Haunting of the New Home 搬家诡事 [Mystery + Thriller + Supernatural + Horror + No Female Lead + Smart Protagonist] His name was Yi Jibo. After he was wrongfully imprisoned, his mother fell ill and died. To pay off his gambling debts, his father sold her ashes to the Japanese through a crematorium driver. To get his mother's ashes back, Yi Jibo went to work at a Japanese funeral home. And so he burned Japanese corpses while searching for his mother's ashes… 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 The Canal Town Demon-Suppression Chronicles 运河镇妖录 The Canal Town Demon Records 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Eternal Nightmares of the Long Night 永夜噩魇 [Supernatural suspense - Infinite-game fiction - Original horror survival scenarios - Mild horror - No female lead - No System - No superpowers] The blood seeping over the horizon is the long-awaited first light of dawn. The sun rots, and the apocalypse arrives. A tide of supernatural disasters surges in, and vengeful ghosts come to claim lives. Cheng Xu transmigrates to an age of eternal night, where, in an endless abyss where human life is worth no more than grass, he fights both people and gh 3.7kReads8.1Score43014d adds
- 56 Haunted Schoolhouse: This School Has Rule Horror 诡异校舍:这学校有规则怪谈 A move to a new campus. A strange set of rules. A prank, or a guide to staying alive? A videotape in the restricted section, and the only person who knows the truth. Strange potions and tools, and unusual special abilities. Will we find a way to survive, or repeat the same mistakes? … “Yu Ge, do you think I’ll make it out alive?” Guo Xiaochen spat out a mouthful of blood. “You will. You have to. Hang on, I’ll get you out of here.” I tightened my grip on the fire axe and stared toward the namele 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The Fear-Soothing Shop 收惊铺 Don’t open this novel in the middle of the night! The protagonist runs a shop in Nanjing that helps people ward off evil spirits and calm their fright. He thinks it’s just a way to make a living, until one rainy night, a woman rushes into his shop and says her husband vanished into thin air at the foot of Baohua Mountain. I went to investigate, and after a fishpond was drained, an ancient well over a thousand years old appeared beneath it, covered in talismans! Buried inside was none other than 359Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 When the Drum Sounds, Death Is Certain: Is It Really Cheating to Lead the Team? 鼓响无限死,带队开挂不过分吧? [Infinite Realms, No Cliches, No System, No Idiocy, Not a Power Fantasy. Enter at Your Own Risk.] In a blood-red plank walkway, six people awoke after being buried alive, only to hear a drumbeat ringing with the promise of death. The drums marked the start of a death game. They were forced to die over and over, then keep going. They saw butchers gnawing on corpses along the walkway of living flesh, ventured into the Cave of a Thousand Voices and heard a silent hell, listened to paper figures sin 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Hell Train: I Can Strategize Against the Red-Clothed Ghost 地狱列车:我能推演攻略红衣女鬼 [Infinite Flow] [Red-Clad Female Ghost] [Simulator] [Rules] Chen Du is dragged into a strange group chat. The guys in the group are all talented and easy to talk to, except for one thing: they don't seem to be human. Then the group sends out an “electronic ticket,” claiming that any living person who opens it will die. Lurking in the chat, Chen Du is forced to reveal himself, and an evil spirit threatens to track him down through the internet. With death close at hand, a mysterious person sends 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Horror Stories That Aren’t Scary 恐怖故事不恐怖 When the brakes of the last subway train shriek through the silence, the morgue elevator stops on its own at three in the morning, the reflection in a department store fitting-room mirror starts counting your buttons, and someone knocks on your rented apartment door like clockwork on rainy nights... The details everyone overlooks are beginning to fester: an extra knuckle suddenly appearing in the mirror, a faint wail at the end of the corridor, a mark on an old keepsake that is still wet. They a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Strange Tales, Volume 1 奇闻诡事录1 This is a collection of folk tales about the uncanny, strange accounts from across the land. Each chapter is a complete story, each tale a separate supernatural mystery, revealing the mysteries of yin and yang, folk taboos, and the obsessions of the dead. You never know when a casual remark might draw the attention of spirits lurking in the wilderness; when an old object you pick up might hold the memory of a tragic death; or when an everyday habit might already have crossed a forbidden boundary 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Divine Relics Game: What's Wrong with Forcing an Extra Billion in Collateral? 神迹游戏:强制典当多抢亿点咋了 Xu Yixuan was hunted for four years after his relatives had him committed to a mental hospital, but he never went mad. He was dragged into a world of infinite games, but he didn't die. He even awakened a divine miracle: [The Scales of Pawn] Everyone thought he wouldn't survive the first game dungeon. Xu Yixuan simply wiped his knife clean. “Next.” · [The Scales of Pawn] On the surface, it's a fair deal: you give one thing, I give one thing, an equal exchange. In reality, it's outright plunder: W 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Infinite Cinema: I Climbed to the Top of the Charts Through Death 无限影院:我靠死亡冲上热榜第一 [Infinite-Loop Horror + Mildly Scary + No Female Lead] Just got a rating, it'll rise later, dears! Death isn't the end. It's your ticket in. The moment Jiang Yubai was crushed beneath a cement truck, he thought his life was over. But when he opened his eyes again, he was sitting in an old movie theater that reeked of mold. Blood-red rules appeared on the screen: Welcome to the “Infinite Cinema.” Here, the dead are chosen at random to become the “protagonists” of one horror film after another. Th 9.3kReads6.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 64 The Haunted House: The End of the Foggy World 诡舍:迷雾世界终点 [Transmigrate into a Book + Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Heroine] Fu Jinyue accidentally transmigrated into the world of a book. After going through one bizarre and eerie instance after another, he finally learned the answer... 370Reads—Score10514d adds
- 65 The Horror Flight Apocalypse 恐怖航班启示录 [Infinite Flow + Thriller + Survival] A strange flight plunges into eternal darkness three minutes after takeoff. The cabin crew vanish, the equipment fails, and beyond the windows lies absolute nothingness. A cold announcement lays down the brutal rules: Welcome aboard the Reincarnation Flight. The only way to survive is to clear an endless series of horror dungeons. The survivors are forced into a dilapidated hospital shrouded in black fog. From the "Midnight Hospital" haunted by vengeful spir 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 The Haunting Broadcast 诡异广播 This is my first novel, and my writing still needs work. I’ve put a lot of thought into the plot, and I definitely won’t use AI. Read it if you like, and thank you! Updates will be irregular. I’m Little Black Umbrella. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Midnight Spirit Medium 午夜问米人 Before my grandfather died, he handed me a bag of moldy rice and said that our family had been asking rice questions for three generations, but the tradition had to end with me. I asked why. He only said, “Because some things, once you ask about them, you can never come back.” I didn't listen. I took the bag of rice. On my first night asking the rice, I asked about Liu, the widow who had hanged herself at the end of the alley three years ago. The rice spun three times in the bowl, then stood 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Production Team Tales: The Strange Case of the Ancient Pagoda Tree 生产队怪谈之古槐异事 Production Team Folktales: The Strange Incident of the Ancient Pagoda Tree —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Production Team Tales 生产队怪谈 Strange Tales from the Production Team —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Production Team Tales: Ye Shiyue Niang 生产队怪谈之叶氏月娘 Strange Tales from the Production Team: Ye Shiyue —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Abyssal Viruses and Abyssal Nightmares 深渊病毒与深渊噩梦 [A nontraditional infinite-flow novel, one heroine, mild horror, original short scenarios, not a power fantasy and no invincible protagonist] [Every scenario is full of hints and metaphors. Feel free to overanalyze them] Have you ever wondered if your nightmares are actually gateways to another world? Have you ever wondered if your nightmares are real? Have you ever wondered if one day, the monsters from your nightmares might appear in real life? In this book, you’ll uncover the truth behind eve 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 My Neighbor Is Knocking, but He Died Seven Days Ago 我的邻居在敲门,但他死于七天前 My Neighbor Is Knocking, but He Died Seven Days Ago —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Ghost Stories I Heard Back Then 那些年听过的鬼故事 Now that I'm middle-aged, I look back on the ghost stories I heard as a child: tales of the bizarre and the uncanny, strange mysteries, and supernatural stories involving folk customs and taboos. I've brought them together to share with everyone. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Rule Horror: My Memories Are Never Wrong 规则怪谈:我的记忆从不出错 [Unconventional rules-based horror] [Multiple twists, but not mind-bending] [No need to memorize a long list of rules] [Strong, logical plotting] Rules-based horror has descended, and those caught in its games have only a one-in-ten chance of survival. The official reward: 100,000 for making it out alive, or 500,000 in compensation if you die. My name is Lin Mo. My memories never fade; I can recall every detail of every second since I was six years old. In the real world, that makes me little —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 The Haunted Rental House: Survive the Dungeon and Collect Mahjong Tiles 诡异出租屋:活过副本,攒麻将牌 [No mindless protagonist] [Not invincible] [Infinite Flow] [Original scenarios] [No romance] [Thriller Game] [Survival] [Rules] [Supernatural] [Folk customs] [A conspiracy lurking behind it all] Chen Jiu'an signed a bizarre contract and became the newest tenant of Haunted Apartment 904-B. A blood-red brand appeared on his wrist. Every so often, he was thrown into a terrifying world to complete a mission where death was all but certain. A bag of candy, a box of condoms, a few crackers... These se 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Don't Talk to the Comments 不要和弹幕说话 [Horror + Supernatural + Mystery + Mind-Bending + Anthology (first four volumes complete) + Dread That Gets Under Your Skin + Not for the Fainthearted + The Villain Is the Smartest Character in the Book + Growing Female Lead + No System, No Cheats, Plot-Driven] Have you ever replied to a historical comment on a video, even just for fun? Hu Jia accidentally comes across a web series from ten years ago. It depicts a real case from that same year, but its ending is completely different from what 19Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 77 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
- 78 The Funeral Bearer of the Desolate Village 荒村送葬人 When the suona sounds, it sends off neither ghosts nor gods. It only buries the player. Nineteen years old, a severed finger, a lonely tower, and a deadly Three Corpses Seal in his belly. Behind him, a skin-flaying demon. Before him, red coffins and mist. Not a single person beside him could be trusted. Driven to the brink, he blew the battered suona he’d found. The tune was off-key, yet it shook the underworld. Since this world insists on making me a sacrifice, I’ll be the corpse-piper who send 3.2kReads8.2Score20614d adds
- 79 Haunted House No. 444 444号凶宅 When people hear about a haunted house, most think of evil spirits, restless ghosts, and hauntings. But few know that the spirits in these houses can actually be cleansed. At a chance gathering, I was led into Room 444. Only afterward did I learn that it was the crime scene of the infamous Bloody Rose case. The people I had met inside were all spirits haunting the house... Take a deep dive into the haunted-house culture hidden among ordinary people! 62Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 80 The Goddess Turned into a Female Ghost and Clung to Me for Dear Life 女神变女鬼,狂抱我大腿 [No System + Folk Horror + Rural Supernatural + Lighthearted Fun] Geng Qiuyue is my goddess. When she was alive, she often mocked me: “Chen Yuanbao, you’re unpleasant, you don’t know how to sweet-talk a girl, you’re ugly and broke. You’re a toad in a ditch. Stay away from me.” But after she died, she started desperately fawning over me: “Brother Yuanbao, you’re so nice, so sweet, so handsome and rich. You’re the man of my dreams. Come here and be mine!” “Brother Yuanbao, let me possess you! Only 36.9kReads8.3Score2.2k14d adds
- 81 Urban Ghost Stories: I’m the Only Living Person in the Blind-Date Group 都市怪谈:相亲群只有我一个活人 After 24 years of being single, Liu Nian is pressured by his mother to get married. By chance, he joins a matchmaking group with only ten members. Apart from him, the other nine are all breathtaking beauties. Just as he congratulates himself on his sudden good luck with women, he discovers that these “beauties” are all genuine vengeful ghosts! The schoolgirl in the profile picture is a wronged spirit who jumped to her death, while the sexy girl in another is a yandere carrying a butcher's cleave 6.7kReads7.7Score37114d adds
- 82 The Terrifying Asylum 恐怖疯人院 [Traditional supernatural fiction] + [Traditional mystery] + [Twists] + [Deduction] A tribute to The Last Bus on Route 13. My girlfriend, Tian Wenjing, was an intern doctor at a psychiatric hospital, but she died mysteriously while working there. To investigate what happened, I somehow ended up at the same hospital. After experiencing all kinds of bizarre events, I discovered a tremendous conspiracy lurking behind it. And somehow, this conspiracy was closely connected to me... 656Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 83 Tales of Strange Corpses 诡尸怪谈 Do you know where the bodies used for dissection in medical schools come from? Strange things keep happening at medical schools, and people die for no apparent reason. Before long, rumors give rise to all kinds of taboos. Out of ignorance, my roommates died one after another. And I’m the only one who knows what lies at the root of it all... 163Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 A Ghost at the Interview: The System Makes Me Play Chu Renmei 面试撞诡,系统让我扮演楚人美 [Supernatural resurgence + no female lead + System + role-playing + horror + decisive and ruthless + urban] Fresh out of college and already unemployed, Lin Ye receives a high-paying job offer from the Afterlife Funeral Home. It turns out to be a death warrant leading straight to hell! The interviewer is a faceless ghost, and HR is a painted-skin demon! The moment a ghostly claw pierces his heart, Lin Ye thinks he’s done for! [Ding! Host’s life is in imminent danger. Critical condition at 100% c 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 The Ultimate Collection of Terrifying Horror Stories 超吓人恐怖故事大全 A new story is here... A new tale of terror... A new mystery... If you're fainthearted, read with caution... The protagonist, Chen Wei, is an ordinary guy who enjoys collecting horror stories. Our story begins with Chen Wei... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 A Collection of Folk Ghost Stories 民间鬼事汇 This is a novel steeped in mystery, with every chapter like a door opening onto a strange new world. It brings together all kinds of folk tales and ghost stories, taking you into eerie corners hidden behind the bustle of everyday life. Here, you will encounter all manner of ghosts and monsters. Some originate from ancient curses, quietly wreaking havoc over the years; others linger in the human world because their obsessions remain unresolved. Each story is like a mysterious bead, linked to the 108Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 This Is a Rule Horror Story, So Why Are You Making Me Dance on a Grave? 这是规则怪谈,你让我坟头蹦迪 [The eerie descends + no saintly do-gooder + survival escape + no System + high IQ] When Chen Mo wakes up with no memories, he finds himself aboard a battered bus with seven strangers, men and women alike. The bus is headed for a tunnel called Yellow Springs, and that is where Chen Mo enters a world of rule-based horrors. Not only must Chen Mo search for clues and fight to survive in this perilous world of bizarre rules, he must also recover every memory he has lost. After enduring countless har —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 It's 2:30 A.M. Let Me Tell You a Story! 凌晨两点半,我来给你讲故事! Before I knew it, this book had passed 200 chapters. Time flies, and now the story is nearing its conclusion. It will end after just one million words. We’re currently in the rapid-update phase, with three chapters posted every day at 9 a.m. This book is a collection of folk horror stories set in the countryside. Each chapter is a standalone story, and every plot has been carefully crafted by the author. Comments from fellow readers are welcome. If you like it, add it to your bookshelf. 13Reads—Score114d adds
- 89 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
- 90 One Chilling Story Every Night 每晚一个惊魂故事 [One story per chapter] [Chinese-style horror] [Folk tales] [Urban vengeful spirits] [Haunted houses] [No main plot] Collected and adapted fictional tales of terror from all over, one story per chapter, each one different. No grand lectures, just bone-chilling tales rooted in everyday life. All adapted from strange folk tales passed down for years. They sound true, and the more you think about them, the more unsettling they get. Great for unwinding, but don't try to “unwind” alone in the dead of 1.1kReads—Score10314d adds
- 91 Horror and Oppression: You Bring the Terror, I Bring the Oppression 恐怖压抑怪谈,你恐怖,我压抑 [Absurd comedy + a cast of utter lunatics + infinite progression + mild horror + dual storylines] He woke up, and the sky was falling. Wu Yu, a notorious forum darling, had spoken a prophecy into existence: he transmigrated into a world of ghosts and monsters. Everyone in the world, except him, was a demon or ghost craving human flesh. All he could rely on was a tiny room in a shabby apartment, a desktop computer that never lost power, and an unusual job that dragged people into terrifying u 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The Corpse-Eater Inn 尸人饭店 Driven by greed, I took a job at a restaurant that paid 50,000 yuan a month. I rested during the day and worked between midnight and 2 a.m. On my very first day, the chef told me I had only seven days left to live... 515Reads8.4Score10214d adds
- 93 Forbidden Strange Tales: The Taboos of the Folk 禁忌聊斋:民间禁忌的那些事 What you’re reading isn’t just an ordinary supernatural story. It may be a set of rural survival rules that can keep you safe. The taboos of the countryside aren’t just old people’s nagging. Every “don’t touch that” carries the weight of lives lost long ago. When dusk seeps into an abandoned village, the names on the road markers glisten with a deathly aura in the rain; white crows on the eaves of a birthing room beckon a newborn’s soul; copper coins in an old mansion rust into blood scabs; an 670Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 94 Mount Yin of the Forsaken: Raising Fiends in Coffin Mountain, Commanding the Underworld Winds 绝户阴山:棺山养煞,我掌阴间风 My name is Chen Jiu, and I was born in Juehu Yin Mountain. After my grandfather died, I became the new guardian of the Coffin Mountain, raising evil spirits. With a whole repertoire of feng shui secrets and a peachwood sword, I slay the Yellow Immortal, seal yin coffins, venture into ancient tombs, and break deadly curses. Everyone in the village fears me, curses me, and wants me gone. Only my brother Gou Sheng dares to risk his life alongside me. When evil spirits come, I’ll slaughter them un —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Laid Off and Driving a Taxi, I Get Haunted by Evil Spirits 被裁后开出租,我被邪物缠上了 After being laid off, 28-year-old Wang Chao starts driving a taxi to make ends meet. Little does he know that a host of evil entities are about to latch onto him. A mysterious woman in white, a strange old lady in worn-out clothes, a gaunt cemetery caretaker, and an elusive fat man... One after another, these figures drag him into a vortex he cannot escape... 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 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 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Haunted House: The End of the Mist World 2 诡舍:迷雾世界终点2 [Transmigrate into a book + infinite flow + mild horror + instances + single heroine] Fu Jinyue unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of a book. After going through one bizarre, uncanny instance mission after another, Fu Jinyue gradually gets closer to the truth: the secrets of the four great families, and whether rebirth truly exists... 122Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 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
- 99 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
- 100 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

















































