Novels like The Eerie Phone Call
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- 101 Learning to Slay Gods in an Infinite Game 我在无限游戏里学弑神 [Infinite Flow]➕ [No Female Lead]➕ [No Sanctimonious Protagonist]➕ [Plot Twists]. “A ten-day experiment in human nature. Remember, do not break the rules.” In an unattended shopping mall, six people who had volunteered to work sit in a circle. Chen Qige, the only one who was tricked into coming, sticks out like a sore thumb. A bizarre couple asks them one final question: “You all volunteered for this job, correct?” The six people, whose backgrounds are shrouded in mystery, all nod. Chen Qige: “I —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干殡葬的那些年 People light candles, ghosts blow out the lamps. The dead return at midnight, corpses rise in funeral halls, and ancient relics lie buried for thousands of years. In my years working in the funeral business, I’ve encountered plenty of strange and uncanny things. The living walk the roads of the living world, and the dead walk the roads of the underworld. But sometimes, not everyone on the underworld’s roads is a ghost, and not everyone on the living world’s roads is human… 50.4kReads9.2Score5k14d adds
- 103 Thriller: There's a Ghost in My Phone 惊悚：我的手机里有鬼 A month ago, my younger sister vanished under mysterious circumstances at a subway station. A day ago, the police pulled a headless woman's body from the river. DNA testing confirmed it was my sister, Xu Yuan. A minute ago, my dead sister walked in carrying a head-shaped cake. A white ghost candle was stuck into the top of the skull, and she had made longevity noodles from her own entrails to celebrate my birthday. A minute later, I was chosen by a supernatural app's blood pact and plunged into 3.1kReads—Score42714d adds
- 104 Crown of Frost and Ash 霜与烬之冠 At her engagement ceremony, the man she loved pushed her into an abyss. Three years later, she returned wearing a silver-frost mask. This time, she would crown his empire with her own hands, then stain that crown red with his blood. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Tales of the Supernatural in Xiangnan 湘南鬼事录 My family is truly from southern Hunan, with ancestral expertise in feng shui and geomancy, spirit-summoning and calming, demon-subduing and exorcism, funeral music, and rites to guide the dead onward. Let me begin with my great-grandfather’s generation. My great-grandfather and his brother were born in the early Guangxu era of the Qing Dynasty. By the late Guangxu and Xuantong eras, they had raised five cousins in all, including my grandfather. They all knew our family’s inherited arts. My gran 138Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Breaking Hell: The Celestial Master Returns 破狱：天师归来 After ten years in prison, the day he gets out, he discovers he’s completely out of step with the world. There are no bustling streets or lights in every window. The streets lie abandoned, the cities are dead, and the air reeks of rot and blood. Monsters that are neither human nor ghost roam everywhere: stiff bodies, fangs and claws, and a thirst for blood. The military can’t defeat them, the police can’t hold them back, and human civilization is on the brink of collapse. Even more absurdly, peo 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 12:17 A.M., Please Confirm Your Name 零点十七分，请确认你的姓名 In Qiheng City, people don’t simply disappear. First, the city erases their names, then convinces everyone they never existed. At 12:17 a.m., a fire alarm suddenly went off in a residential building in Qiheng City that had only sixteen floors: “Someone is trapped on the seventeenth floor.” Zhou Jiming, an engineer who inspected fire safety systems, checked the building plans, stairwell height, elevator programming, and exterior facade. Every piece of evidence proved that the seventeenth floor di 17Reads—Score17014d adds
- 108 Reincarnation's Eerie Station 轮回诡站 A cursed ticket leading to one horrifying incident site after another... A city shrouded in dense fog, obsessed with eradicating the very existence of "horror"... Passengers who vanish one after another, or are cursed for all eternity... Inside a dilapidated train, an amnesiac burdened by three curses awakens in the dim light, as a voice calling out "curse" sounds in his ears... "Welcome to Reincarnation Station! Passengers aboard the train, please pay attention... The next stop is... Corpse Pai 170kReads8.8Score18.2k14d adds
- 109 The Midnight Mantou Shop 午夜馒头铺 Have you ever noticed that some breakfast shops serve food that's delicious most of the time, but for a couple of days each month, it suddenly tastes dry and is hard to swallow? Have you ever wondered if perhaps that breakfast food was never meant for people to eat...? 373Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 110 White Orchids at Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港的白兰花 White Orchids in Victoria Harbour 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 It Begins with a Figure in the Mirror 从镜中人影开始 [Eerie phenomena descend + no System + escape by following the rules + fighting evil with evil + semi-infinite flow + brotherly bonds] As the Heavenly Dao declines, eerie forces revive. Bai Ren and Bai Jian pray to the gods, but the only ones who answer are their future selves… The terrifying Hell Apartment issues deadly missions, the government’s Anomaly Control Bureau struggles to hold the line, and mysterious forces stir up a storm. The struggle between salvation and destruction has never 65Reads—Score10314d adds
- 112 Unraveling the Strange: Surviving the Second Case 诡事探秘逢生二 An abandoned mining town, missing residents, and dense fog that traps souls. A four-person ghost-hunting team ventures into the forbidden zone to uncover a shocking mystery from 2015. When the truth comes to light, whose spirit has been waiting? A suspenseful thriller that will keep you awake tonight. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 The Nightmare Investigation Team 梦魇调查团 This is the depths of hell, a world of nightmares. Without a resilient will, a nimble mind, and meticulous powers of observation, you can only become a demon's feed in this terrifying world. 1.4kReads8.8Score11014d adds
- 114 The Perfect Nanny 完美月嫂 The Perfect Nanny 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Horror Cinema: My Teammate Is Yukino Yukinoshita 恐怖影院：我的队友是雪之下雪乃 [The rating has only just come out, and it’ll rise later] [Infinite Flow] + [Mild Horror] + [Horror Dungeons] + [Anime Crossover, Multiple Heroines] “Welcome to the Nightmare Screening Room. Here, you’re not an audience member sitting in the theater. You’re a participant in a real horror movie!” Guan Hong accidentally stumbles into a bizarre horror theater. There’s no popcorn here, only endless survival missions and vengeful evil spirits ready to peel off your skin at any moment. First screeni 1kReads6.2Score10414d adds
- 116 I Become a God by Wearing a Ghost in the Horror World 我在惊悚世界里披鬼成神 [Infinite-flow + mildly horror-themed + no CP + comedy antics, not a traditional dungeon story, abstract humor, may be hard to endure. The author's mental state is abnormal, and they're hopelessly immersed in their own art.] Late at night, Huang Sha fell into the same nightmare again. He was killed over and over in his dreams, unable to escape the loop. . Someone told him: You died a long time ago. There's only one way to come back to life... . The bizarre is invading reality! Every mission is a 38.3kReads8.8Score5.6k14d adds
- 117 I Rely on My Nose to Attain the Great Dao 我靠鼻子证大道 I Rely on My Nose to Attain the Great Dao 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Paper-Linked World 纸连世界 [Murder-mystery game + Infinite Flow + supernatural abilities + survival + strong female lead] My name is Shu Yulian, and I transmigrated into a book. But why are there ghosts in this book? What do you mean I have to play a life-or-death game with the eerie creatures? I only made it through elementary school. You expect me to outsmart them? Heavenly Grandma, can you please give me a break!! What? You're saying my sister is one of the eerie creatures? What, I got put on the wanted list by an [Evi 90Reads8.9Score25114d adds
- 119 I Moved into Dorm 404 and Uncovered a Deadly Campus Mystery 住进404宿舍，我看破校园凶局 Feng shui, the supernatural, campus life, society: everything you're looking for is here! A story is just a story. Even if someone has experienced something similar in real life, I hope you'll still treat this as just a story! Don't get too caught up in it! Finally, may you, dear reader, stay safe and well! 33Reads—Score10414d adds
- 120 The Mysterious Invitation [Infinite Flow] 诡异邀请函【无限流】 [Infinite Flow + horror instances + mild scares + survival] After receiving a mysterious envelope, you wake up inside a van and find yourself being taken to a cemetery to complete a week-long task: "Protect the coffin." But every night, one of your companions disappears, and the next day, you find their face inside the coffin. What kind of world is this...? Dare you step into this adventure? The truth is far more terrifying than death. 976Reads—Score10214d adds
- 121 Mercy Voyage: I Sacrifice My Girlfriend, and I Sacrifice the Whole World 慈航游戏：女友祭天，我祭全世界 [Horror game + rule-based horror + decisive and ruthless protagonist + one heroine] I died once trying to save my late girlfriend, Xi Yin But I can die twice more! She awakened inside the game as a vengeful ghost, with even her memories altered. I picked the most useless class on the server, building manager. I have no SSS-rank talent to take on the divine spirits, so I rely on the Building Manager app to master the rules. A divine spirit in my way? Players causing trouble? Do I really have to t 255Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 The Haunted City of Dreams 诡梦迷城 [Manhua adaptation and high-quality live-action audio drama now available] [Infinite progression + mystery + mind-bending puzzles + supernatural powers + paranormal horror. No System, no harem, no brainless plot. Read with caution if these are deal-breakers.] When I woke up, everything around me had become eerie and terrifying. My dead roommate called me, repeating over and over the struggle of his final moments... A pair of slender, snow-white legs appeared mysteriously on a bed in the boys' do 42.9kReads8.7Score4.7k14d adds
- 123 Reborn Daoist: I Sweep the City Clean by Catching Ghosts 重生道士：我靠捉鬼横扫都市 [Rebirth + suspense]+ [mysticism and the supernatural]+ [revenge and comeback] In my previous life, I devoted myself to Taoist cultivation, only to be betrayed by my lover and die at the hands of a vengeful ghost. Reborn at twenty, I awaken the memories of a Celestial Master, with Taoist arts powerful enough to reach the heavens! Malevolent spirits in apartment hallways, vengeful ghosts in old houses, urban hauntings, plots from the netherworld... Every evil spirit in the world bows before me! W —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Night Wanderer: Never Look Back at Three in the Morning 夜游神：凌晨三点千万别回头 [Urban supernatural + underworld ranks + survival in two realms + System binding] At three in the morning, never look back. Lu Chen picks up a [Night Patrol God Seal] and accidentally becomes bound to a divine office in the underworld! While everyone else sleeps, he traverses the netherworld, patrols the night, and hunts down ghosts. When the hundred ghosts roam, they bow before him; when dark forces run rampant, he suppresses them with a single gesture! Unsolved cases in the mortal world, secre —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 The Sobbing Maitreya 哽咽的弥勒 A truly thrilling horror fantasy, with a master like Lin Zhenying guiding you through terrifying adventures, slaying demons and monsters, exploring forbidden arts, and cultivating as a demon immortal. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop. It's pure exhilaration from beginning to end! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Insomniacs' Forbidden Tales: 444 Midnight Ghost Stories 失眠者禁忌：444个午夜鬼谈 A horror anthology with a bonus at the end of every story. I have 444 folk ghost stories guaranteed to keep you awake until midnight, terrify you, make you break out in a cold sweat, and pull the covers over your head! At the end of every chapter, the “Author’s Note” will include an illustration or bonus! But before you open it, brace yourself. The author accepts no responsibility for what happens next! [Supernatural Horror] [Folk Horror] [Rural Ghost Stories] [True Cases] [Urban Oddities] [L 4.2kReads—Score36914d adds
- 127 Conspiracy: The Amnesia Cage 诡计：失忆囚笼 The Scheme: A Cage of Lost Memories 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 EN I'm an Impostor, the Only Prophet in a Horror World 我是伪人惊悚世界唯一预言家 [Not a Brainless Story] [Dark Horror] [Prophet] [Impostors] [Survival] Impostors lurk among the people here, and anomalous entities roam everywhere. This is the world of terror that lies ahead. People in the future call it the "Later World," or the "Backrooms." No one can find the impostors hidden among the crowds. All they can do is wait for the slaughter! Fortunately, Lin Yang obtains the role of [Prophet]. [Each day, you may verify one person's identity or receive a piece of survival intellig 383.9kReads8.2Score50k14d adds
- 129 Infinite Flow: The Midnight Horror Bus 无限流之午夜恐怖公交车 A bus packed with passengers travels along the highway. After passing through a fog-shrouded tunnel, the beautiful and gracious attendant turns into a terrifying female ghost and announces to everyone, “Congratulations! You’ve been lucky enough to begin an adventure.” The heroine is crazy, so proceed with caution if that bothers you! Wiping tombstones in a graveyard is just the appetizer. There are more instances to come, including residential compounds, hospitals, and hotels. I guarantee every 1.4kReads8.5Score13914d adds
- 130 Night Watchman at the Funeral Home: I Can See the Dead One Last Time 殡仪馆守夜人：我能看见死者最后一眼 Funeral Home Night Watchman: I Can See the Dead One Last Time 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 The Deadly Neighbor at Midnight 午夜凶邻 The Neighbor from Hell at Midnight 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Office Ghosts: Don't Work Overtime office有鬼之不要加班 There Are Ghosts in the Office: Don’t Work Overtime 91Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 The Theater of Endless Torment: I Run Ancient-Era Instances in a Ghost City 无间戏台：我在鬼城开古代副本 [No romance + ancient-era infinite-level challenges + Chinese horror] Shi Jing lowered her head and saw the bright red bridal gown she was wearing. Beneath her veil, she held up a bronze mirror and aimed it outside. The mirror offered a blurry reflection of the scene beyond the bed. A stooped old woman stood ramrod straight outside the canopy bed She wore a crimson floral dress and a crooked velvet flower in her hair. Her face was as pale as paper, two garish patches of rouge on her cheeks, her 21.2kReads9.5Score3.2k14d adds
- 134 The Haunted House 2 诡舍2 The eternal night has come, and absurdity runs rampant. A thick pollution blankets the sky, while pitch-black eyes look down upon the world. Carrying a flame, we press slowly onward. Humanity's sun will be kindled by human hands. 317.9kReads8.8Score35.3k14d adds
- 135 The May Day Calamity 五一劫 The May Day Calamity —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Followed by Ghosts 与鬼随行 Immersive, terrifying, and packed with suspenseful mystery and deduction. I have a strange world, and I want to take you there! After the college entrance exams, I took a fatal blow meant for my friend and lost my sight. By chance, I ended up at a bizarre vocational college. My classmates are dying one after another under strange circumstances, and there seems to be a much bigger secret behind it all. This world seems so strange... so strange... I have to solve the mind-bending challenges one by 3kReads—Score30314d adds
- 137 Horrifying Hauntings: Ghost Stories 恐怖灵异诡：鬼故事 Do you really think stories are just stories? In fact, behind every story lies a real event! In this book, I wrote a story about the last bus on Route 24. To experience what it would really feel like, I set myself a goal: for seven days straight, I'd ride the last Route 24 bus from its starting point to its final stop, then ride it all the way back. And that's where the story begins...! 361Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Invitation from Hell 地狱邀请函 [Ghost Escape + Supernatural Horror + Infinite Flow + A Clever Protagonist] An invitation and an abandoned bus drag a group of people into a haunted realm… Lin Mo barely makes it back to the real world alive, only to discover that the horror has just begun. One invitation after another arrives before him, and one eerie world after another comes calling… The Dusk Spirit Hotel, the Dead Return, Vengeful Ghosts Invade: what is the truth behind it all? Who is a friend? And who is an enemy? Shh… Watc 18.2kReads8.6Score1.4k14d adds
- 139 After My Spiritual Root Was Stolen, I Turned Around and Slaughtered the Entire Sect 被挖灵根后我反手屠了整个宗门 After my spiritual root was ripped out, I turned around and slaughtered the entire sect 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 Rule Horror: Nightmare City 规则怪谈：梦魇迷城 [Clever deductions + mind-bending suspense + instance challenges + strategic games + logical thinking + knowledge-based puzzles] Rules are both a way to control players and the key to breaking out of a dead end. The protagonist, Chen Mo, is accidentally drawn into a world of rule-based horror. He thinks he only needs to keep taking part in deadly games to escape. Then Chen Mo believes that collecting five keys with different attributes will let him leave the City of Nightmares, but one unexpecte 349Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 猛鬼出更系列 The Ferocious Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 He Was Eating Noodles at a Roadside Restaurant, When He Found a Human Eyeball in His Bowl! 他在路边餐馆吃面，竟然吃出了人眼珠子！ He was eating noodles at a roadside restaurant when he found a human eyeball in his bowl! 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Major Crimes Unit Three: The Borrowed Corpse 重案三组之借尸还魂 Three bizarre murder cases, each victim wearing a strange smile. Through deep psychological profiling, forensic pathologist Song Ci discovers that each victim’s final actions imitated a tiny habitual gesture their long-deceased relative used to make. Bai Ye’s technical analysis confirms that traces of brain waves that could not belong to the living, already “formatted,” remain at the crime scenes... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 In This World, Who Do You Think You Are? 天地间老子在你算老几？ On a pitch-black night, I dreamed of countless stars rushing toward me. By chance, I became a haunted-house tester, and all sorts of supernatural phenomena began appearing out of nowhere. The strange and bizarre things in the city, the mysterious forces deep in the mountains, and the gods people worship: do they really exist? Where can I find the key to a new world? Is this a responsibility, a mission, or a chance to become the next scapegoat? What unsolved mysteries lie in the world I inhabit, 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 The Day She Broke Off Our Engagement, Snow Buried My Door. Three Years Later, I Had the Entire Marquis's Household Executed 退婚那日雪满门，三年后我让侯府满门抄斩 The Day I Broke Off the Engagement, Snow Blanketed the Door. Three Years Later, I Had the Entire Marquis's Estate Executed 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 I Was a Detective in the Republic of China 我在民国当侦探 [Republican-era investigations + Anthology stories + Male leads + Strong leads + Folk customs] Gao Ren has been having an awful run of luck lately. He accidentally offended a rich young master and nearly got thrown in jail! Luckily, while making his escape, he ran into a gullible little Taoist priest. The little priest wasn’t just good-looking, he was also willing to be Gao Ren’s money tree! He could perform rituals and solve baffling cold cases, too! Gao Ren stuck close to the little priest, se 250Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 147 Give Me Back My Soul 把老子的魂魄还给我 My name is Lin Zhou, and I'm a security guard. After I lost my job, my childhood friend Erwa found me a high-paying security job at a hotel. I soon discovered that everything about the place was strange. There wasn't a soul around during the day, but at night it was bustling, sending chills down my spine. I tried desperately to escape the hotel, but no matter how far I ran, I couldn't get away... 114Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 148 I Slaughter My Way Through the Survival Game with an Evil Ghost on My Back 我背着恶鬼在生存游戏里大杀四方 [Infinite-flow + suspense + horror + ensemble cast + mysteries to solve + powerful male lead and strongest female lead couple] [Residents of Nameless City, greetings. The Cleaners Project is a mandatory undertaking for every citizen. Purifying the world is everyone’s responsibility. Please take part in the Cleaners Project. Your assessment results will determine your fate. Believe us, Eden is waiting for you.] Nan Yue came from Nameless City and was one of the lowest-ranked trash people. Like al 15.4kReads9.1Score2.6k14d adds
- 149 Horror Descends: The Ghost Gate 恐怖降临【鬼门】 Horror + supernatural + suspense + survival + infinite worlds + twists A world of horror descends, and countless Gates of the Dead suddenly appear. Those selected must enter the gates and make a desperate escape. Some gates are formed from horror novels. Some are formed from horror movies. Some are formed from tales of evil spirits. Some are formed from bizarre imaginings. Entering a Gate of the Dead means your life has started counting down. Who can make it out alive? “If you're curious abo 1.8kReads6.3Score12614d adds
- 150 Apartment 18 18号公寓 Lin Shen has no idea why he’s in an unfamiliar apartment building. Outside, nothing but endless thick fog surrounds it. The building doesn’t appear on any map, and no one has ever heard of it. Inside are countless rooms. The place is eerily quiet most of the time, though strange sounds can occasionally be heard. The management office, with no one in sight, continues to operate normally day after day. Lin Shen wants to escape and return to his ordinary, boring life. But there is only one way out. 4.3kReads8.4Score70414d adds
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