Novels like The Engineer's Strange Case Files
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- 101 Paranormal Encounters: What I Saw and Heard 灵异事件之所见所闻 No System + no transmigration + no power fantasy + no harem + no invincible protagonist + no sweet romance + no clichés + no female lead + no cultivation. Important notice: if this isn’t for you, don’t read it. If this isn’t for you, don’t read it. If this isn’t for you, don’t read it! Do you believe there are things in this world that science cannot explain? Have you ever experienced anything supernatural yourself? Treat the events in this novel as stories, and remember: Fear and respect the sp 130Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 The Yellow Weasel Asked Me to Grant It a Title, So I Wore the Old Immortal as a Scarf 黄狼讨封，我把老仙当围脖系上了 [Traditional supernatural] + [No System] + [Drunkard] + [Comedy] “Kid, do I look like a human or a god to you?” “Uh... well... you look like a fur scarf to me! Hand it over!” “Yow!” A drunkard who read only half a web novel before daring to open a spirit altar; A weasel who cultivated powers by blindly practicing on its own and loves to brag; A wild fox that trains hard to attain enlightenment, but has to sneak down the mountain every so often to steal a chicken and whet its appetite; And a 1.6kReads8.7Score12814d adds
- 103 The Fox Immortal Haunts Me, Making Me Her Spirit Medium 狐仙缠我当弟马 [Modern Romance + Contemporary Romance + Fantasy Romance + Countryside] I was glued to Grandma when I was little, and heard all the stories about spirits and immortal encounters in the mountains. But there was one tale from thirty years ago that she told with particular solemnity. She said that deep in the old forest, she had once met a snow-white fox spirit, perched on a blue stone, its eyes gleaming like moonlight on water. It had opened with the fateful question of a spirit seeking a title: “ 6Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 104 Maoshan's Strange Immortal: The Ghost-Realm Yama 茅山异仙之鬼道阎罗 [Rural Maoshan Taoism] [Taoist Arts] [Cultivation] [Overwhelming Victories All the Way] [One Female Lead] I was born a stillborn. My grandfather borrowed my life for me. He said I was born from death, destined to become a king of the underworld. Taoists respectfully call me “Peng the Immortal,” while ghosts, demons, and monsters know me as the Ghostly Yama! Weasel: Do I look like a human or a god to you? Me: You look like the Celestial Worthy of Universal Transformation of Thunder of the Nine He 8.1kReads7.6Score65314d adds
- 105 Get Up, Nobody Sleep! I'm Holding a Meeting for Ghosts! 起来都别睡，我给鬼开个会！ [Traditional]+ [Supernatural]+ [Comedy]+ [No Female Lead]+ [No CP]+ [No Cultivation] The animated comic Huang Daxian's Odd Jobs: My Host Is All Talk is now online. When Li Zhengyang was little, he went with his father to visit relatives. They were driving home at midnight when their car inexplicably stalled three times as they passed a graveyard. His relatives had plied him with liquor, but Li Zhengyang was fearless as a newborn calf. He got out of the car and yelled curses at the nearby mounds 6.7kReads8.3Score53514d adds
- 106 Half Farmer, Half Taoist 半农半道 A record of life’s fleeting moments, a modern-day Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! In the Age of Declining Dharma, beneath the White Lotus, the greatest hermits hide in plain sight. The truly gifted master Suan Potian and his young apprentice Liu Yi, with help from Captain Liu of the J Team, travel through all kinds of strange tales. They fish drowned souls from the water, battle spirit mediums, drive out evil, escort ghosts and capture monsters; they read the veins of yin energy, set the ea 350Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 I Became the First Founding Ancestress of My Husband's Family to Receive Offerings 我成了婆家第一代顶香的祖师奶 Su Can had been frail and sickly since birth. At eighteen, she nearly died from an illness. A great immortal told her she had the fate of a Hua Jie, and only after a substitute effigy was burned was her life spared. From then on, great opportunities came her way. She lost her husband just one day after getting married, and one disaster after another followed. The Hu, Huang, Bai, and Liu spirits, along with the Bei Wang, all came looking for her. As she endured one ordeal after another, involving 4.7kReads9.3Score34914d adds
- 108 Myriad Lifetimes: A Simulator for the Heavens 万世轮回诸天模拟器 The Myriad Worlds Simulator of Eternal Reincarnation 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 The Yin-Yang Master of the Mountain Village 山村阴阳先生 My brother came back from the dead, and I learned funeral rites to uncover the truth My name is Chen Xiaojun, and I live in a place in Northeast China called Kaoshan Village. One year, my older brother died under mysterious circumstances. His death was gruesome. Though he was only in his twenties, his corpse was as thin as a skeleton, with hair turned white! Even more bizarre, my brother came back to life in the funeral hall! To find out what had happened, I learned a few tricks from an old mast 10.8kReads9.2Score80114d adds
- 110 Fortune-Telling Master Prequel: The Way to Immortality 测字大师前传：有道长生 Immortality is the ultimate pursuit of every human being. In ancient times, our Chinese ancestors observed heaven and earth, sensed the transformations of nature, performed shamanic rites, and communed with ancestral gods in their quest for immortality; In the medieval era, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors cultivated virtue and established customs, created writing, sought harmony with heaven and humanity, gathered herbs and refined elixirs, and cultivated their meridians, acupoints, and in 17Reads—Score514d adds
- 111 The 90s-Era Celestial Master 九零后天师 Everyone knows the Book of Lu Ban, but few have heard of the Gongshu Manual. The art of creation has been passed down through the generations. A Celestial Master descends into the mortal world, stirring up storms across the land! 4.4kReads8.8Score61914d adds
- 112 Night Talks at the Threshing Ground 打谷场夜话 Long ago, in the countryside, there were no phones, televisions, air conditioners, or fans. When darkness fell in summer, people would head to the threshing ground to cool off, sit in a circle, chat, and start telling strange and terrifying ghost stories… 1.9kReads—Score12214d adds
- 113 A True Spirit Medium 一个真实的出马仙 Spirit mediums are believed to bridge the human and spirit worlds. By drawing on the power of their “immortals,” they can help people avert disasters, resolve troubles, and predict good or bad fortune. Chosen from a young age to become a spirit medium, she is a young disciple burdened with a fate unlike anyone else’s. Her spirit altar is home to more than a hundred spirit beings, including fox, weasel, snake, and python spirits, spirits of the outer five types, and Qingfeng and Yanhun. Each ha 512Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 114 The Horse-Riding Disciple Still Lives Today 出马弟子今犹在 If you live in Northeast China, you've surely heard tales of the chuma xian. What exactly are the yellow weasels asking for when they beg to be granted a title? Are the Five Great Immortal Families the Fox, Yellow Weasel, Chang, Python, and Qingfeng spirits, or the Fox, Yellow Weasel, White, Willow, and Gray spirits? What can spirit mediums do, and what must they never do? Will the spirits be punished if they do something wrong? As it happens, my older sister is a spirit medium who has establish 6.3kReads9.3Score64014d adds
- 115 36,036 Terrifying Stories You’ll Regret Not Reading 不看后悔的36036个恐怖故事 [Standalone Stories] [Paranormal Events] [Unbelievable] [Forest Spirits] [True Cases] [Rural Ghost Stories] There is no overarching plot. Each chapter tells a self-contained story adapted from the encounters of a shamaness who can see spirits, and the strange, gripping tales surrounding each young friend she meets. 314Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Fortune-Telling with Incense: A Life-or-Death Incense from the Start 看香算命：开局生死香 [Mystery] + [Fast-Paced] + [Extremely Satisfying] Fresh out of college and unemployed, he is forced to inherit the family business of incense reading and fortune-telling. At the City God Temple, he meets He Hui and they set up an incense-reading studio. When someone frames them, they turn the tables and earn their first fortune. Later, he heads to the countryside to lay low, encounters all kinds of strange happenings, and learns to manipulate people, creating plenty of money-making opportunitie 65Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 The Beauty in the Coffin 美人棺 [Mystery + Revenge + Feng Shui] Every month on the fifteenth, my grandfather would ask me for a drop of blood from my middle finger. Only later did I learn that he was feeding the beautiful older sister inside the beauty coffin. 6.7kReads8.7Score53614d adds
- 118 The Lowlife Taoist 屌丝道士 A man who nearly gets electrocuted while taking a leak, and a Taoist priest with the worst luck imaginable! What hilarious trouble will he get into when he runs into ghosts? 23.4kReads8.0Score2.3k14d adds
- 119 Ghost Messenger, Don't Run 鬼差你别跑 The sequel to "The Underworld Calls Me Little Mister", picking up perfectly from the final chapter of the first book. Hilarious ghost-hunting power fantasy! Every member of the main cast is an overpowered carry, and they won’t put up with even the slightest injustice! An invincible protagonist, with payback served the very same day! Packed with all kinds of superstitious trivia from Taoist classics, along with knowledge from the other Hundred Schools of Thought. 18.9kReads9.3Score2.1k14d adds
- 120 I Tamed Countless Vengeful Ghosts, and Came Down from the Mountain as the Strongest in the World 收服万千厉鬼，我下山即人间最强 [Standalone Stories + Supernatural Horror + Folk Customs + Feng Shui and Mysticism + Mild Frights + Mind-Blowing Twists] I was adopted by my master as a child and grew up in the mountains, learning all kinds of ghost-hunting techniques. Since I never had any playmates, I thought I was a total pushover. Later, I descended the mountain on my master’s orders and met someone with a bizarre fate. His face clearly showed he should have died long ago, yet he was still alive and well! A strange greenhou 1.5kReads8.0Score10014d adds
- 121 Northeast China Spirit Medium: My Fox Lord Is So Fierce 东北出马仙：我家的胡爷太凶狠 My name is Liu Jin. I'm a boy from an ordinary small town in Northeast China. The only unusual thing about me was that when I was six, my mother suddenly became a spirit medium. As a child, I never understood it. But when I grew up, I started to think it might actually be a pretty good job. For some reason, though, my mother seemed particularly wary of it and never gave me a chance to get involved. Little by little, I learned the secret behind it. 19.2kReads9.2Score1.5k14d adds
- 122 I Asked You to Read the Feng Shui, Not Dig Up Their Ancestral Grave! 让你看风水，你刨人家祖坟？ Also known as "The Folk Feng Shui Secrets". [Supernatural + Feng Shui Master + Unmatched Skills + No System + No Saintly Hero] An old man dies full of resentment and is buried in a dangerously inauspicious ancestral grave. Disasters strike one after another on the day of the burial. Wang Nan, a yin-yang master, spots the problem and immediately tells the descendants to dig up the ancestral grave and choose a new feng shui site for a deep burial, only to discover that this was all part of a plot 313Reads8.9Score10014d adds
- 123 Tales of the Supernatural 灵异怪谈 Yin-yang masters are fated to suffer the Five Evils and Three Deficiencies. Is there any way to escape their fate? A life-and-death romance with a bloodthirsty vampire zombie! After desperately searching for the Strange Records of Yin and Yang, he discovers it is all part of an even bigger conspiracy! The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, bloodthirsty vampire zombies, an inn in the underworld, an ancient Warring States tomb, and the Strange Records of Yin and Yang all feature in Strange Tales of the S 1.6kReads8.8Score13914d adds
- 124 Major Paranormal Events in China 中国民间灵异大事件 Major Chinese Folk Supernatural Cases is based on real supernatural incidents. Its contents are terrifying, mysterious, eerie, and suspenseful, with no more scientifically reasonable explanation to this day! Each chapter of this book tells a supernatural fantasy tale, with bizarre, chilling, and gripping plots. We hope readers will tune in and enjoy! 301Reads7.2Score22714d adds
- 125 My Masters Are the Black and White Impermanence 我的师父黑白无常 When I was born, the delivery room was drenched in blood-red light, terrifying away the ghost of childbirth that had come looking for a substitute! An old Daoist said my fate was unusual and that I wouldn't live past ten. To save me, my grandfather was targeted by a hanging ghost. By a twist of fate, I became an apprentice to Black and White Impermanence and joined the Underworld's Soul-Catching Bureau. At a very young age, I began guiding souls to the afterlife. I had to deal with all kinds of 351Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 A Max-Level Celestial Master Works as a Cleaner and Catches a Ghost on the Side 满级天师当保洁，顺手抓个鬼 My name is Su Xiaoman, and I’m a top-tier exorcist from the Mystic Order. My master said I was too mischievous. After I dismantled the sect’s protective formation, he sealed 99% of my spiritual power and kicked me down the mountain. Want to come back? First earn 100,000 merit points. With no money and no job, I had no choice but to work as a cleaner in the rich folks’ district. I’m incredibly strong, and I can mop floors fast and spotless. What else could I do? On my first day at work, I fo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 I Blundered into a Horror World, Only to Find That All the Bosses Were Lamps 误入恐怖世界，没想到BOSS全是灯 I stumbled into a world of horror, only to find that every BOSS was a lamp. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 War Against Demons: Snow Encounter 战妖：雪遇 Born on a snowy night and surrounded by monsters, he was saved in his hour of peril by a kind cultivator. This gave him an unusually powerful spirit from birth. His elders were leaders in an organization dedicated to suppressing demons, and his family had its own legacy, but it was too obscure to be of much use. So he joined the reclusive sect where his elders' comrades served, starting out as an unofficial disciple to gain experience. Thus began his journey of following his elders, master, and 45Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 129 The Spirit Medium: My Days with the Immortals 出马仙：与仙家那些日子 (Slow-paced + light humor) A disciple of the Ma Xian tradition takes you into the mysterious world of Northeast China’s spirit mediums. Just an ordinary person, yet bound by an unbreakable connection to the spirits. Everyday mishaps that make you laugh and cry, thrilling battles of magic, and tender protection. See how an ordinary person and the spirits weave a legend together. 1.6kReads—Score—14d adds
- 130 After Passing the Civil Service Exam, a Mage Tricked Me into Catching Ghosts 考编上岸后，我被法师骗去抓鬼 [Supernatural powers + spirit mediums + divination + disciple of a bodhisattva + ghost hunting] This entire novel is told through my personal experiences. I’ve simply recorded all the supernatural events I’ve experienced, witnessed, and encountered over the years. Readers can decide for themselves whether they’re true or not. 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 The Haunted Houses I’ve Experienced 我经历的凶宅 The older generation often says that people who die violent deaths cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation. Their souls endlessly haunt the places where they died, seeking substitutes. Only then can they be reborn. That’s why we often hear in the news about car crashes that keep happening at certain locations. Sometimes the place isn’t even a proper intersection, yet terrible accidents leave cars wrecked and people dead. Some streams aren’t even as deep as a person is tall, yet every year there 2.1kReads8.9Score19914d adds
- 132 Ghosts in Pieces 散装见鬼 Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? I think that question is as impossible to answer as whether there are dragons in this world. The answer you hear most often is: Believe in them, and they exist. Don’t believe in them, and they don’t. But if you ask me, my answer is simple: Yes! Not because I believe, but because I can see them. Of course, I wasn’t able to see them from birth. It all goes back to the strange experience I had when I was six... 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 I'm Xie, a Yin-Yang Guide, Not a Taoist Priest 阴阳开路人谢邀，不是道士 I've seen too many lonely spirits trapped in corners, unable to move on, and too many people hell-bent on harming others. Sometimes I can't tell whether I'm imagining it in the throes of a psychotic episode or witnessing something real. The truth is far darker than fiction. “Absurd” is the only word for it. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Entering the Dao with Immortal Guidance 带着仙家入道 I started out as a disciple of a top incense master, then met a wise teacher and became a young Taoist disciple. This book consists entirely of popular science and real-life experiences, and it also contains plenty of tips on how to avoid scams! Nothing is made up, and this is not a power fantasy about cultivating immortality. Your support is greatly appreciated! 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The Vengeful Ghost Great-Grandma Wants to Kill My Daughter, but My Pure Yang Infant Shatters a Century-Old Blood Pact 厉鬼太奶想杀我女，我纯阳婴镇碎百年血契 A Vengeful Ghost of a Great-Grandmother Wants to Kill My Daughter, but My Pure-Yang Baby Shatters a Century-Old Blood Pact 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Snatched the Prodigies' Immortal Ascension Spots 灵气复苏：天骄成仙名额被我截胡 [Tomato Original] [Rags to Riches] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Longevity Through Caution] [Alternate History] [Handcrafted Details] [Ordinary Protagonist] [Positive Energy] [Xianxia Fantasy] Not a modern urban high-martial-arts story! A true alternate-history setting with an ordinary protagonist. No System, and a slow pace. Readers looking for a quick fix should proceed with caution; seasoned readers, come on in. The dynasty's fleets have established a maritime Silk Road. And just then, spiritual qi 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 A Genius of Yin and Yang 阴阳鬼才 A calamity when I was fourteen changed my whole life. Then, at eighteen, I was set firmly on the path of yin and yang, where I mastered top-tier secret arts and went ever farther along the road of slaying demons and vanquishing evil. 1.7kReads8.8Score11214d adds
- 138 Half Bad, Half Good 一半坏一半好 When dawn breaks, close your eyes. When night falls, open them. Each day brings a different revelation. The more you see, the less afraid you become, until you get used to it. When I thought I had arrived in hell, the next moment I was in heaven. Hell and heaven are hard to tell apart. Can you tell the difference? 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 After My Brother Was Crushed by a Tycoon Family, I Summoned the Ten Kings of Hell to Claim Their Lives 弟遭豪门碾杀，我引十殿阎罗索命 After his younger brother is crushed to death by a powerful family, he summons the Ten Kings of Hell to claim their lives 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Paralyzed by Terror: The Shadow That Smelled of Tobacco 鬼压床惊魂-那具带着烟草味的黑影 Terrifying Sleep Paralysis: The Shadow That Smelled of Tobacco 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Tiger Skin: Three Years After My Mother Died, Someone Knocked at My Door in the Dead of Night 皮打虎：我娘死后三年，深夜来敲我家门 Leather Tiger: Three Years After My Mother Died, Someone Came Knocking at My Door Late at Night 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 The Little Daoist in Blue 青衣小道长 This is my first work. It’s a book inspired by stories I heard from older generations when I was young, which I adapted and made up, as well as things I’ve written based on my own life. The child at the beginning is real, my own son. This book is also a way of expressing my hopes for him. I hope he does better and better, and can walk just like other people, go to school, grow up, get married, have children, and live the life he wants. That’s why I’m writing this as a mix of fantasy, supernatura 194Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Calling Spirits in the Ruined House: My Seven-Year-Old Brother Mysteriously Fell from a Building, and a Shadow in White Came After Him 荒坯房叫魂：7岁小弟莫名坠楼，白衣黑影缠上了他 A Spirit-Calling Ritual in a Derelict House: My Seven-Year-Old Brother Mysteriously Fell from the Building, and a Shadow in White Is Haunting Him 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Patriarch Praises Me as a Fine Immortal Seedling 祖师夸我好仙苗 Beyond the Thirty-Six Heavens, above the Nine Skies, dwell the immortals. Immortals were once ordinary people too. The only thing that holds ordinary people back is a lack of resolve. My name is Shen Xing. My life has been full of hardship since childhood. I was destined to have no parents, no wife or children, no official position, and no wealth. I was born to be pitied. People said someone like me might end up a beggar one day. But my master said my fate was one in ten thousand. Even if I beca 15.4kReads9.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 145 Horror Taboo: Returning the Soul Beneath the Coffin 恐怖禁忌，压棺回魂 The dead open their eyes, ghosts come to claim souls, the living borrow lifespans, and the dead press down on their coffins... One bizarre, uncanny experience after another keeps resurfacing in my mind like a nightmare. The strange tales in this book are mainly based on Yang Jian’s firsthand experiences... A warning: the actions in this book are for entertainment only. Do not imitate them! There are three kinds of people who read this book: thrill-seekers who aren’t easily scared... those who pu 973Reads6.2Score10114d adds
- 146 Night-Shift Internet Cafe Attendant: The Woman in Red in the Men's Room Stall Hides a Ten-Year-Old Case 夜班网管：男厕隔间的红衣女，竟藏着十年旧案 Night-Shift Internet Cafe Attendant: The Red-Clad Woman in the Men's Restroom Stall Is Hiding a Decade-Old Case 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 My Years Running a Spirit Hall in Liaoning 我在辽宁领堂口的那些年 When I was three, a Huang spirit knocked my soul loose, and by chance I became sworn brothers with another Huang spirit. A Ghost King let something slip by accident, and following the clues, I learned that this Huang spirit was actually a golden-armored deity. It was only when the Living Buddha of Haitang Mountain appeared that I discovered I had two souls in one body. The arrival of my wife from a past life gradually awakened my sealed memories. Atop Mount Tai, the majestic and magnificent scen 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 My Grandfather’s Supernatural Notebook 我爷爷的灵异笔记 [Spirit Medium + Supernatural + Episodic Stories] One eerie incident after another, each like something out of a horror novel. Getting trapped in a ghostly maze in the middle of the night Strange mystical arts and Taoist magic A weasel that can talk A notebook of supernatural cases left behind by my grandfather helped me unlock my Yin-Yang Eyes, sealed for years. From then on, I embarked on an extraordinary everyday life as a ghost hunter! 472Reads9.1Score10214d adds
- 149 A Chronicle of Debut 出道纪事 [No formulaic tropes, no wish fulfillment, no web-novel conventions, traditional supernatural fiction, based on real events. Read with caution if any of this bothers you.] I graduated from high school in 2014 and became a disciple of my master, Li Jingshan. I spent three years studying the Dao and another three learning the arts. Then I spent five years practicing them in the world, occasionally gaining new insights. I enjoy reading novels, but lament that today's books are all baseless fabricat 630Reads8.5Score12314d adds
- 150 When the Funeral Dance Begins, the Living Must Flee 丧舞起，活人避 The Red Luan chapter of The Book of a Thousand Autumns, also known as Red Luan Ferry [Folk Professions + Southern Yunnan Mysticism + Paranormal Folklore + Strange Tales] I was supposed to die when I was six, but I joined a sect to prolong my life. A folk sect in southern Yunnan: warding off evil spirits and guiding the dead. There are countless rules and taboos in our line of work. “When the funeral dance begins, the living must stay away.” When the funeral dance is performed, the living must tu 200Reads—Score—14d adds
