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- 101 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
- 102 The Rule Horror of the Milk Tea Shop Employee Handbook 规则怪谈之奶茶店店员守则 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Rule Horror: The Neighbor Who Vanished from the Residents' Group Chat 规则怪谈：小区业主群里消失的邻居 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 National Fate Horror Stories: I Speedrun Death, Shocking the World 国运怪谈：我速通死神，震惊全球 [National Fate] + [Infinite Flow] + [Blockbuster Movies] + [Horror] + [Knowing the Plot] + [No Romance] + [Instance-Based]. Zhou Ye transmigrates to Longguo in a parallel world. In this parallel world, [National Fate Horror Stories] descend, and the horror worlds turn out to be blockbuster movies from his old world: Final Destination, Infernal Affairs, Inception, Alien, Train to Busan, Resident Evil... And in this world... He is the only one who knows the plots. When Zhou Ye flawlessly speedruns 2.7kReads5.3Score10314d adds
- 105 I Became the World Tree, and the Government Took Me In! 化身成世界树，我被人上交国家！ She transmigrates to the time before the apocalypse arrives and becomes a little sapling that can’t move. Chen Yu thinks he’s done for. Luckily, he has an “Environmental Protection System.” Other people evolve by fighting monsters. I evolve by “picking up trash”: purifying soil, cleaning wastewater, absorbing exhaust… From the start, I’m watched by a beautiful female scientist, and I think I’m about to be cut up for research. Su Xiaoyun: “It’s purifying the land. This is an ecological miracle!” 66Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 106 Rule Horror: The Haunted House Sleep Tester Awakens a System 规则怪谈凶宅试睡员觉醒系统 After delivery driver Chen Du was swindled out of 1.2 million yuan, he unexpectedly awakened a System. Clearing rules lets him cash out. With his one particular skill, Chen Du searches the world for rule-based instances and makes a fortune! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Rule Horror: The Apartment Building You Can Never Leave 规则怪谈：走不出的公寓楼 [Short Story] [Rule Horror] After graduating and leaving campus, Shi Qing rented an apartment for just 600 a month. The place seemed pretty nice, and she thought she’d landed an incredible bargain. But when she actually arrived, she was horrified to discover that she might have been... scammed! She regretted moving in on the very first night, because the apartment building was not normal! And Shi Qing would never be able to escape... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Rule Horror: I Spot the Wrong Rules at a Glance 规则怪谈：我一眼看破错误规则 Rule-Based Horror descended upon the world. Chu Ze was chosen as a Chosen One. If he cleared the horror scenario, he could stop it from descending upon his country. “All staff members wear blue uniforms. Before speaking with a staff member, check that their uniform is the right color. If anyone wearing a red uniform speaks to you inside the park, ignore them and get away as quickly as possible.” “There is a hotel in the park. Please arrive at the hotel by five in the evening each day. If you fin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Under the Rules, There Are No True Words 规则之下无真话 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 I Turned Rule-Based Horror Into a Management Game 我把规则怪谈玩成了经营游戏 [Mystery and Wild Imagination + Rules Horror + Business Management] Gu Fan is forced into a deadly rules-based horror game and becomes the night-shift security guard at Happy Neighborhood. From the start, he runs straight into an impossible, fatal paradox! [Three minutes to midnight. A ghost in a red dress knocks at the door. Don’t open it and you violate the property management code; open it and you violate the night-shift rules. Either way, you die!] While experienced players gleefully wait fo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Tales of the Uncanny: It Begins at a Strange Circus 怪谈：从异常马戏团开始 ([No Female Lead] + [Rule Horror] + [Gods] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment]) This is a struggle between the gods and the sources of corruption. Participants from Blue Star fall step by step into traps of perception. Face the sources of corruption and hold on to the last of your sanity! The gods have long since rotted, and humanity's glory has faded. In the name of faith, build a towering wall of reason. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Anyone Who Enters the Wrong Classroom Will Be Erased by the Rules~ 走错教室的人，会被规则除名～ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Rule Horror: The Silence Order in Dormitory 402 规则怪谈：402宿舍缄默禁令 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Guiyuan: Hong Kong Under Siege 归元HK围城 Lin Zhao woke up in a morgue's refrigerated drawer with only one number on his wristband: LY-0001. He didn't know who he was. All he knew was that his right hand could transform into a black jade bone blade, and that devouring the infected let him read their memories. In the post-apocalyptic city of HK, the infected weren't mindless zombies. They shared a hive mind, and each one was a tendril of some ancient entity. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Rule Horror: Sir, Come on In and Play! 规则怪谈：大爷，进来玩啊！ 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Seven-Day Horror: My University Is a Horror Game 七日怪谈：我的大学是恐怖游戏 [First Person], [Rule Horror], [Ensemble Cast], [Coming-of-Age Protagonist], [No Romance], [Not a Power Fantasy], [Hardest Beginner Instance in History] This school has become a ghost-story game arena. Lin Xia, Ye Yan’s roommate, dies for no apparent reason in their dorm. The announcement sounds, declaring that the [Ghost-Story Game] has officially begun. Ye Yan, Chen Mo, and Zhou Yuan discover that Lin Xia died because she unknowingly broke a rule. For the next seven days, every place may hide 336Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 117 Rule Zero 第零规则 [Infinite Flow] [Rule Horror] [Cerebral mind games] [Identity reversals] [Ensemble cast] Shen Zhou wakes up on the subway with a note in his pocket. The handwriting is his own, and it bears five words: You forget every time. Then he’s dragged into a deadly game ruled by rules. The rules are cruel, meticulous, and seemingly flawless. Until he realizes that some of them feel strangely familiar. But he can’t remember anything. When the rules are finally revealed, everyone is searching for a way 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 118 Rule Horror: I Stay Alive by Solving Murder Cases! 规则怪谈：我以破解凶杀案续命！ With my life running short, I searched for the secrets of life so I could keep living! I stumbled into a murder case. After solving it, I unexpectedly gained more time to live. From then on, I walked in the darkness, searching for clues to survive and bringing the truth to light. As for me, as long as I stay within the rules, I will live forever! 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Rule Horror: I Can See the Deleted Rules 规则怪谈，我能看见被删除的规则 Rules horror descends upon the world. The Midnight Convenience Store, Happy Apartments, Red Umbrella School, and Abandoned Subway appear one after another. All survivors must follow the rules to stay alive. Break them, and you die. But Lu Chen, a night-shift clerk, discovers he can see the deleted Rule Zero. From then on, he stops passively struggling to survive. He analyzes the rules, turns them to his advantage, and strikes back against the horrors. Until one day, he discovers that every horro 17.4kReads5.3Score2k14d adds
- 120 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Draw a Grade C Talent 规则怪谈：开局抽到C级天赋 [Urban Legends + National Fate + Horror + Global Livestream] Urban legends have descended, and everyone must follow the rules exactly. Yan Yu is chosen to take part in a rules-based horror game and draws a C-rank talent from the start. Viewer A: We’re finished. How did this chosen one draw the lowest-rank talent? Viewer B: Your Dragon Nation is about to suffer five losses in a row. Yoshi, yoshi! Viewer C: You American dogs, quit barking. Yan Yu: This time, I’m going to win and bring glory to my 56Reads5.9Score21114d adds
- 121 I Joined Where Did Dad Die? from the Start of Rule Horror 规则怪谈开局参加爸爸死哪儿了 [Rule-Bound Horror + Thrills + Genius + Face-Slapping + Deduction + Family Fortune + System] A strange fog has blanketed the world, with terrifying entities lurking within. People can improve their own fortunes and those of their families by repeatedly taking part in rule-bound horror games, hoping to earn the right to survive. On his eighteenth birthday, Liu Yuan is forcibly sent into the SSS-rank instance Where Did Dad Die? and gains the Spirit-Speech Card System. Son: “You want to be my dad?” 274Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 122 Rule Horror: The Nameless Rules 规则怪谈：无名的规则 [No National Fortune] [No Female Lead] [No Livestream] [Not Mindless] [Not a Power Fantasy] [Not Invincible] [Braintwisting Deduction] When the power of rules descends upon the human world, it becomes the focal point of several parallel worlds. The rules erode the order of human society and overturn common sense. Creatures from parallel worlds are everywhere, seeking to invade the human world by these means. Disobey the rules, and you die. But blindly obey them, and all that awaits is ruin. Life 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Rule Horror: The Last Bus 规则怪谈之末班公交车 70Reads—Score114d adds
- 124 Harry Potter Rule Horror: Don't Believe, Don't Go Out, Don't Take Advice HP规则怪谈:别信，别出门，别听劝（哈利波特同人） 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Rules of Horror, but with the Theory of Firepower Superiority 规则怪谈，但火力优势学说 [Rules Horror + Satisfying Battles + Item Competition + Unorthodox Clear Strategies + Chaos Beyond the Game] A good contestant never breaks the rules, no matter the cost. A better contestant knows how to maximize their gains when they have to break the rules. The best contestant carefully plans the whole game and leads their supporters toward the best possible future. 1.8kReads—Score1.3k14d adds
- 126 Rules of the Strange: I Have Another Personality! 怪谈规则，我有另一个人格！ [Horror and Wild Ideas + Infinite Loop + Plot Twists + Decisive, Not a Saint + Somewhat Mind-Bending] The dead have a tiny chance of entering a world of ghost stories as players. Clear a ghost-story instance, and not only will you come back to life, you can also have one wish granted. Then a wave of suicides swept the world. Desperate people all hoped to enter a ghost-story instance, turn their fortunes around, and rise to the top! Ning Ye is blessed with a lucky buff: every time he dies, he is 9Reads7.4Score614d adds
- 127 Rule Horror: Pei Yama, Your Partner Broke the Rules Again 规则怪谈：裴阎王，你对象又违规 Three years after the bizarre phenomenon appeared, everyone followed the rules written in black and white. The red text was untouchable. Get even one rule wrong, and you'd vanish on the spot. Jiang Wang didn't care about any of that. He used to play a ghost in escape rooms for a living. After ten years at it, even ghosts called him "Teacher." On his first day in a dungeon, he gave candy to a ghost woman carrying a child and chatted with her about parenting. Then he dodged the fare and made the c 322Reads—Score10414d adds
- 128 Bikini Bottom Survival Guide 比奇堡生存守则 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 The Shepherd God Game 牧神游戏 [Infinite Flow | Rules-Based Horror | Cthulhu | Mystery and Mind Games | Scavenge, Fight, Escape] To find my sister, who disappeared three years ago, I tracked down an eccentric old man. He was always counting the paper cups on the table over and over. There had to be exactly one cup for every person. Before I left, the old man gave me a yellowed, old train ticket. [Boarding point: Old Platform] "Once you get on, you might not be able to come back." But for my sister's sake, I still set o 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Rule Horror: Only I Can Reload Infinitely 规则怪谈：只有我能无限读档 [Rules mean certain death? Sorry, I can reload forever.] The paranormal resurges, and rules descend. Nameless horrors invade reality, and the world is reduced to a series of deadly “horror game instances.” “Mom’s Note,” “The Midnight Bus”... Ordinary people tremble in the gaps between the rules. One misstep is all it takes for their sanity to hit zero and their bodies to mutate. Su Ming awakens the only F-rank (pseudo) ability, which is actually an SSS-rank [Infinite Reload]. Faced with a ru 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Rule Horror: From the Start, in the Kingdom of Women 规则怪谈：开局女儿国 [Infinite instances + survival + not overpowered + not brainless + deduction + suspense + one heroine] In the mysterious Spirit Realm, created by an unknown force, anyone unfortunate enough to be drawn in must complete terrifying tasks where failure means death, at regular intervals. Zhang Yihong is unlucky enough to be pulled into the Spirit Realm, yet fortunate enough to become a Realm Breaker. What choices must he make... to make it to the end and see the light of day again? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Rule Horror: Abyss Metro 规则怪谈：深渊地铁 [Rules-Based Horror + Infinite Flow + Suspenseful Mysteries + Deduction and Puzzles + Character Growth] The ticket gate spat out a blood-red ticket. It read: Welcome aboard the Abyss Metro. This train is bound for Level 18. That was the first time Cheng Chi learned that the subway he crammed onto every day could take him to hell. Every station brought new rules. The rules could change, deceive, and contradict one another. Some died in the glass reflections on the Mirror Platform. Some walked 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 After All Life on Blue Star Was Wiped Out, I Created Urban Legends to Invade the World 蓝星死绝后，我创造怪谈入侵全球 [Power fantasy + behind-the-scenes mastermind + rule-based horror + ensemble cast + revenge + ruthless protagonist + no female lead] The rating has just come in. Blue Star fell five years ago. The foreigners slaughtered the last of its original inhabitants. He is Chen Mo, and he died three minutes before the war ended. But now, he has returned. He is neither a ghost nor a god. He is the blade hanging over the invaders' heads, the purest form of fear that haunts their midnight dreams. That night 2.8kReads6.3Score30914d adds
- 134 Rule Horror: I Call the Paranormal Entities “Dad” from the Start 规则怪谈：开局我喊诡异爸爸 Cui Fei enters a rule-based horror scenario and gets a Relationship System. Other people's systems are for showing off and getting stronger, but Cui Fei's System makes him call the supernatural entities "Daddy," turns him into their beloved first love, and makes him their love rival! 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 I Became a Skinner After Moving Into the Apartment 入住公寓后成了剥皮匠 On the day I moved in, the building manager handed me a rusty key and a yellowed set of house rules. “Light the red lantern in the living room every night. If it goes out, hide under the bed immediately.” Next door lived a qipao-clad female ghost who loved to sing. Downstairs was a doctor with a peculiar taste for blood. To stay alive, I lit the lantern on time every day, until the power went out on the seventh night. The instant the lantern went dark, I saw the dried corpses of the previous ten 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Discovered My Family Were Monsters 规则怪谈：开局发现家人是诡异 “Don't tell anyone you can see them! Remember, anyone means everyone, including me!” Before Yun's father died, he gasped for breath and spent a long time warning eight-year-old Yun Zheng in terror. Strangely, the next morning, Yun's father acted as though nothing had happened. He sat at the table and ate breakfast with a calm expression. “Dad, what are you eating?” the innocent Yun Zheng asked. “I'm gnawing on a pig bone,” Yun's father replied. His cold face suddenly twisted into a strange grin 715Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 137 I’m Socially Anxious, Yet I Became a God in the Haunting 社恐的我，在怪谈里封神 This isn’t cookie-cutter or fast-paced. If you like quick reads, this isn’t for you. This is real rule-based horror. I’ve worked on the ideas until my brain was smoking and sparking, so please add it to your bookshelf. It’s a great novel, written with care. _ At first, no one knew what it was. It was like a silent tide, quietly spilling across the borders of the world. There was no earth-shattering roar, no vision blotting out the sky. It was just that, after some ordinary evening, the “rules” 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Rule Horror: Starting with Ascending to Godhood Through the Supernatural 规则怪谈：从诡异封神开始 [Rule Horror] [Investiture of the Gods] [National Fate] [Utterly Insane] [Cthulhu] The will of Blue Star descends. Nations are wiped out, and the National Fate of the Dragon Nation hangs by a thread! Shen Ce, a patient at the Third Mental Hospital, enters the Rule Horror instance, Investiture of the Gods. King Zhou is a writhing mass of flesh that cannot be looked at directly. Daji is a faceless, nine-tailed reaper of flesh. The heart Bi Gan cut out is whispering the words of an ancient god. Whi 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Fall in Love with the Red-Clad Bride 规则怪谈：开局和红衣新娘谈恋爱 [Rule Horror + One Female Lead + Wife-Centered + System] Are you kidding me? I transmigrated straight into a deadly Rule Horror, and from the start I had to marry an S-rank red-clad bride?! Rule Horror descends, and the whole world becomes a blood-red inferno! Everyone is on edge, seeing affection as a fatal weakness! But I awaken a god-tier golden finger: the [True Love Pact]! Fall in love with a vengeful ghost, and you get stronger?! The [True Love Pact] turns everything upside down! The deepe 376Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Rule Horror: I Clear the Dungeon by Breathing Oxygen 规则怪谈：我靠吸氧通关副本 [No livestreaming, no livestreaming, no livestreaming] The supernatural runs rampant, and urban legends descend upon the world. Strange games invade reality, and anyone can be chosen to enter one and take on its challenges. Clear a challenge: both the player and their country receive rewards. Fail a challenge: death! The first challenge Liu Ming faces is the “Night of the Returning Soul” scenario. “It's all a scam. There isn't a dead person in that coffin!” [The first scenario, “Night of the Ret 558Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 141 I’m a Real Man, but I’m a Sissy Boy in a Horror Story Livestream 我，纯爷们，怪谈直播当男娘 [No romance + rule-based horror + logical deduction + Infinite Flow + mild horror + humorous references] 1. A female ghost sews her parents together and keeps them in the refrigerator. You threaten her pathological devotion to her family. 2. Your “other self” hates you. Kill them? Are you sure you won't die too? He Ling's talent is Simulation and Deduction. But he was strangled to death by a female ghost from the start, before he could even use his talent. His only chance to revive was gone. The 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Rule Horror Mistakes Me for One of Its Own After I’m Declared Mentally Ill 规则怪谈因精神病被判定为自己人 [Rules Horror + Livestream + Unhinged Fiction + Invincible + Hilarious] Horrors descended, and the world fell into panic. The Chosen Ones who were selected to compete for their countries faced near-certain death. The slightest mistake could get them erased. That is, until Chen Mo, a patient with severe delusions, was chosen to represent Longguo. In Chen Mo's eyes, this terrifying world was full of love and peace: The slit-mouthed woman, covered in blood, was the sweet girl next door who needed t 1.1kReads8.1Score11914d adds
- 143 Rule Horror: I Have a Diary from the Future 规则怪谈：我有未来日记 After graduating from high school, Li Yunsheng suddenly receives an invitation to a summer camp. Other high school students have been invited along with him. [One: Enter the school grounds at the designated time.] [Two: Enter the classroom at the designated time.] [Three: Begin evening self-study at the designated time.] [Four: Students attending the summer camp must wear their respective school uniforms.] The four simple rules don't seem so simple to Li Yunsheng. At that moment, the contents of 759Reads5.5Score14014d adds
- 144 Perfectly Clearing the Horror Game, Starting on New Year's 完美通关怪谈游戏，从过年开始 [Survive the Haunted Game + Hidden Rules + Conceptual Power + No Female Lead + Livestream Comments] Xiao Duo transmigrated and was chosen as a new player in a haunted game. From the start, he was thrown into an extra-long “New Year” haunted-game instance. He perfectly cleared a terrifying haunted game that no one had ever beaten, earning an SSS rating! The entire world was stunned. Xiao Duo kept entering the game, setting new records again and again. A perfect clear? Easy! But more important tha 19.9kReads8.3Score2k14d adds
- 145 Rule Horror: A Perfect Run with Incomplete Talents 规则怪谈：我用残缺天赋完美通关 The supernatural has plagued the world for ages, and rule-based horror games have enveloped countries across the globe. Chosen contestants represent their nations in these horror-game scenarios. For some reason, though, just as the Great Xia contestant who had cleared the last scenario was supposed to take on the next one, they unexpectedly withdrew! The supernatural force then chose Lu Qiuming, who was dozing off in class, by force!!! “Damn it, why me!” Luckily, Lu Qiuming obtained the S-rank t 34Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 146 National Survival Challenge: I Take My Kids into the Wilderness 国运求生我带崽玩转野外求生 [National survival game + raising a child + golden finger space + lighthearted and heartwarming] With global resources exhausted, everyone believes they’re doomed. Then the National Survival Game arrives, giving every country a chance to survive. Ten people are randomly selected from each country to enter the game and represent their nation. Each game lasts one year. If anyone dies, a replacement is randomly selected to take their place. After that, everyone rests for a month before fighting aga 2kReads7.2Score20014d adds
- 147 The Corpse-Talking Train 尸语列车 Trapped aboard an infinite horror train with a 99% death rate, he has no System and no supernatural abilities. From the start, he’s thrown into the “Flesh Carriage,” where the rules spell certain death. But as a forensic pathologist with hyperthymesia, he remains exceptionally calm. With his perfect memory and mind palace, he mentally simulates his death ten thousand times, dissecting every loophole in the rules and every weakness of the strange creatures. While the other players are still despe —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Rule Horror: My Wife's Best Friend Lives at My House 规则怪谈：老婆闺蜜住我家 [One female lead (summoned beast) + national destiny + deduction + livestreaming + panda head + no forced romance + not invincible] The whole world is plunged into a realm of rule-based horrors. Every year, chosen ones are selected from each country to enter an instance. If a chosen one clears the instance, their country receives generous rewards. If they fail, their country is invaded by the supernatural, and horrors appear throughout its streets and alleys. Fang Ming represents the Dragon King 45Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 149 Rule Horror: A Random Talent Every Day? 规则怪谈：每天一个随机天赋？ (Mystery + suspense + intelligent characters + no female lead + nonviolent clears + no livestream comments + no national fate system + teamwork) If you solve nothing through deduction and just rely on skills to slaughter your way through, what kind of rule-based horror is that? Rule-based horror has descended on Earth, and those chosen are sent into its world. My name is He Nian. I’m an ordinary university student, with no ridiculously overpowered skill or all-powerful System, just a random tale 955Reads8.2Score10614d adds
- 150 I Set the Rules in the Horror Story 我在怪谈里立规矩 While others cower in corners of Rule Horrors, kneeling and scraping by for a chance to survive, I face the filth lurking in the shadows, gripping the Seal of Rules and establishing order in the human world with nothing but a mortal's body. I suppress the evil spirits of the world and protect the everyday lives and lamplights of every household. —Reads—Score—14d adds
