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- 1 Mysterious Tales: Stop Crying! Smile, Damn It! 诡秘怪谈：别哭了！给老子笑！ Weird Tales of the Mysterious: Stop crying! Give me a damn smile! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Rule Horror: Help! My AI Miracle Doctor Says I Have to Die 规则怪谈：救命！我的AI神医说我必须死 Rule Horror: Help! My AI Miracle Doctor Says I Have to Die —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Forbidden Horror: Don't Look in the Mirror at Night 禁忌怪谈：晚上不要照镜子 Taboo Horror: Don’t Look in the Mirror at Night —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Horror Park: I Teach in the Ghost Realm, and the Boss Cries While Doing Homework 惊悚乐园：我在鬼域搞教育，BOSS哭着写作业 Horror Paradise: I Teach in the Ghost Realm, and the Boss Cries While Doing His Homework 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Rule Horror: I Report This! The School's Teaching Aids Are All Made from Students 规则怪谈：我举报！这学校的教具都是拿学生做的 Rule Horror: I’m reporting this! The school’s teaching aids are all made from students 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Rule Horror: Shh, Don't Speak. The Goddess Is Listening 规则怪谈：嘘，别说话，女神在听 Rule Horror: Shh, Don't Speak. The Goddess Is Listening 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Rule Horror: I'm the Food Safety Inspector. You're All Coming with Me! 规则怪谈：我，食安员，收你们来了！ Rule Horror: I’m a food safety inspector. I’m here to take you all in! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Rule Horror: Please Settle the Tutoring Fee for the Haunted Building's Cram School 规则怪谈：麻烦结一下鬼楼补习班补课费 Rule Horror: Please settle the tutoring fees for the haunted building cram school —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Rule Horror: Feeding Records from No. 7 Huaiyin Lane 规则怪谈：槐荫里7号进食记录 Rule Horror: Feeding Records from No. 7, Huaiyin Lane —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 You Were Supposed to Handle Rule Contamination, So Why Are You Going, “For Real?” 让你处理规则污染，你搁这“尊嘟假嘟”？ You were supposed to handle the rule contamination, so why are you over here going, “For real, though?” 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Eerie Revival: Obstetrician to an S-Rank Haunted Hospital 诡异复苏：给S级鬼楼当产科医生 Eerie Revival: Obstetrician to an S-Rank Haunted Building 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 I Ascended to Godhood in a World of Strange Tales 我在怪谈世界封神 [Rule-Based Horror + Paranormal Invasion + Live National Destiny Broadcast + No Female Lead] The Rule-Based Horror Game begins, and the paranormal descends upon the entire world. The age of horror stories has arrived. Bound to an Assistance System, he enters the horror world right from the start and gets ten talent draws! Becoming a god is a piece of cake! The next second: [Assistance System Notice: Congratulations! Your luck is off the charts! You received 10 Charm Points!] He grumbles and begs —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Rule Horror: I Received the Layoff List 规则怪谈：我收到了裁员名单 Rule Horror: I Received the Layoff List 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Infinite Disasters Are Coming, So I'll Lie Flat 无限灾难降临，我选择摆烂躺平 Infinite-flow + System-flow + antihero protagonist. The protagonist is laid-back, prefers to lie flat, avoids conflict, and doesn't care about much. Zhao Nan has no choice but to face a disaster-ridden world full of danger in order to save his mother, but he gets a baffling Lie Flat System. Unexpectedly, the System develops a bug. Now that he's already managed to save his mother, should he keep facing danger, or just lie flat from now on? 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 I, the First Player, Start Training the Heavens from Scratch 我，第一玩家，从零开始调教诸天 [Infinite-Worlds Story + Dungeons + Original + All of Humanity + Civilization-Building] Many years later, when his teammates ask how he became the top player in the Labyrinth, Jiang Ling always answers helplessly: “It's really simple. “First, get a decent relic, preferably one ranked in the top hundred, like the Amazing Grimoire or the Seven Sins Mask. Then kill the final boss in every dungeon, defeat the other players competing with you for the final reward, maybe raise a Crazed God as a pet, a 8Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 16 Trapped in a Shopping Paradise, I Fought My Way Through the Rules of Survival 被困购物天堂后，我硬闯生存规则 Trapped in a shopping paradise, I fought my way through the rules of survival. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Rule Horror: I Understand the Rules Better Than the Ghosts Do 规则怪谈：我比诡异更懂规则 Working overtime late at night, Lin Chuan spots a strange set of rules by the company elevator: [Do not take elevators with odd numbers.] [If the elevator stops on a floor that does not exist, do not get out.] [If someone calls your name from behind, do not look back.] He assumes it is just a prank, until a coworker steps into the elevator and vanishes the very next second. From that night on, something is wrong with the entire Sheng'an Building. In the basement parking lot, empty cars drive the 104Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Paradox Theater: Error! This Player Cannot Be Classified 悖论剧场：错误！无法界定该玩家 [Infinite Flow + Virtual Game + Highly Intelligent Protagonists and Antagonists + Themed Instances + Growing Protagonist + Snarky Humor + No Mindless Wish Fulfillment] At a game launch event, the supreme intelligence “Qi” challenged all of humanity: it would seal away its powers, take the form of a level-one player, and launch a virtual game called The Paradox Theater. If humanity lost, the world would be erased completely. As the globe descended into panic and frenzy, Shen Wuyan, a young man at —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Random Partners: The Infinite Illusion Realm Goes Completely Off the Rails 随机搭档：无限幻域画风逐渐跑偏 [Infinite Realms + Strong Female Lead + Stockpiling + Satisfying Read + Ensemble Cast] Phantom Realm... you damn System... 1. Beastfolk World: The Big Bad Behind the Scenes Falls for Me 2. Earthquake Rescue: My "special" connection with the Phantom Realm 3. Inuyasha: The Tyrannical Demoness Ritou's Forced Love 4. Chen Yike is a member of the armed police. She had just received a medal, the "Iron Rose," at an awards ceremony. Then, in the very next second, before she could even enjoy it, she was —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Help, She Really Doesn't Like Her Uncle 救命，她真不喜欢小叔啦 If one day love and death became a choice, Xu Sui thinks she would choose death without hesitation. And yet, when Feng Yanci was young, he was always a beacon of light, time and again placing love right before her. She asked, puzzled, “Why do you like me?” “Love has no known beginning. When your heart stirs, that’s the answer.” “If all you can see is the ceiling, that’s okay. I’ll stay here with you.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Reincarnation: Starting from a Failed Save, I Slaughter My Way Across the Myriad Worlds 轮回，从死档开始杀穿万界 Infinite Flow, System, ruthless and decisive, no female lead, lone wolf, traveling between worlds, no saintly do-gooder For the 99th time, Zhou Rui is rated an F-rank waste. The previous 98 times, he was cast out, devoured, and died like garbage in some corner of the Ruin Realm. On his 99th try, he presses a gun to his temple and smiles at everyone in the assessment hall. “See you next time.” Bang On his hundredth loop, a chubby orange cat and a broken skill appear in his mind. [Combat Instinct] 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 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
- 23 The Paranormal Invades: From the Start, I Can See Death Replay 诡异入侵，开局我能看到死亡回放 “After lights out, do not open the door for anyone!” When the paranormal descends upon a boarding high school and monsters prowl the dormitory halls, students and teachers alike become lambs led to slaughter. Lin Que is trapped in the middle of it all, but fortunately awakens an SSS-rank skill: Demon Eye. He can see all the possibilities of the future. He can even replay events from the past. And with every survival challenge he clears, the power of his Demon Eye grows stronger. The indescribabl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Rule Horror: I'm the Boss at the Krusty Krab 规则怪谈：我在蟹堡王当老板 Rule-based horror + SpongeBob SquarePants + childhood cartoons + horror The male lead has no cheats. He mainly relies on analysis and deduction, and the story has plenty of horror elements. I’ve landed in a rule-based horror world based on SpongeBob SquarePants, and somehow I’ve become the owner of the Krusty Krab? Run the Krusty Krab well, and organize the Eerie invasion! Why has SpongeBob become so creepy? Where did Mr. Krabs go? Will the Spatula Killer really show up? He Yu has no cheats. All 60Reads—Score10214d adds
- 25 Wielding a Sledgehammer in the Main God’s Space 我在主神空间抡大锤 A tomb-raiding infinite-flow campaign story. I really hate solving puzzles and just want to enjoy the fights, but things never go as planned, and I always end up caught in layer upon layer of mysteries and trouble. Basically, I've got a hammer in my hand, so everyone looks like a nail. I write whatever I dream up, and updates are crawling along. Thanks for stopping by. 714Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I'm Ultraman, and It's Normal for Me to Be a Regressor, Right? 我，奥特曼，是轮回者很正常吧？ [Ultraman Protagonist + Debt King Style + Infinite Flow + Original Plot + Nearly Invincible + Decisive and Ruthless + Smart Protagonist] I'm Ultraman Knight, and my human host is named Ma Zhe. I'm a second-generation Ultraman about to be stationed on Earth, and I've transmigrated! Unfortunately, Ma Zhe was chosen by the “Death Game” and plunged into an endless cycle of reincarnation. But these worlds of reincarnation seem kind of weak. After transforming, Ma Zhe can take down a boss with a casua 192Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 27 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
- 28 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! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Reincarnation Subway 轮回地铁 An infinite subway train that transmigrates through all kinds of movies and games, including "The Avengers", "Cadillacs and Dinosaurs", and "Resident Evil"! What if you arrived in "Cadillacs and Dinosaurs" wearing Iron Man’s armor? Turn into a dinosaur in "Resident Evil"? Or raise a Tyrannosaurus as your pet? A subway through reincarnation? An endless cycle! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Rule Horror: I Can See Echoes of the Old Days 规则怪谈：我能看到旧日余响 [Linked Instances + No Romance + Tracing the Origins of the Rules + Unconventional Rule-Based Horror] (If rules have a past, they must have left behind truths that were forgotten.) The bizarre has invaded reality, and the Chosen Ones are sent into an old world that has already been destroyed. Shen Yan gains the talent [Witness], which lets him see echoes of the past connected to the rules. When others face a strange tale, all they can do is guess which rule is false. Shen Yan discovers that the 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Restart! I Courted My Enemy in an Infinite Flow Game, Then Betrayed Them 重开！我在无限流攻略仇人但背刺 [BG infinite-flow + revenge and survival / strong male and female leads, love-hate relationship, betrayal, intense push and pull / sweet with angst, contrast charm, character growth] [She’s a vengeful charmer who flirts without even trying X he’s a cold, self-serving man who keeps everyone at arm’s length] After her brother’s funeral, Jiang Yu finds an email on his computer that’s exactly the same as one she received two years ago! Her brother’s death must be connected to the game! So she choose 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Rule Horror: My Modifier Can Change Anything 规则怪谈：我的修改器能改万物 [Half rules-based horror (?), half infinite-flow, business management, mystery-solving, no heroine] The horror tales descend, and every instance is a death trap. While everyone else is being chased around the “Eternal Night Mall” by mirror ghosts, Chu Yuan stands at the checkout counter with a smile and asks, “Would you like a membership card? Top up 1,000 and get the ‘Come Back for More’ BUFF. The ghosts won't chase you, guaranteed.” That's because he awakened the SSS-rank talent [Rule Modifier 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Bullying the Boss in the Reaper Game 在死神游戏里霸凌BOSS [Horror + Power Fantasy + Invincible + Infinite Flow + No Female Lead + Nonsensical Sarcasm + Think You Know What It's About Just from the Title?] Su Li, a nine-tailed celestial fox, was inexplicably dragged into the bizarre and terrifying Reaper Game. Su Li had this to say: As a top-tier great demon, isn't it perfectly reasonable for me to get along with the bosses? And to keep the monster neighborhood harmonious and stable, isn't it perfectly reasonable for me to encourage them to mingle? 4Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 34 Yin Feast 阴食 I’m a food delivery guy, but not just anyone can eat the food I deliver. Only three kinds of people can. The first kind are those with an exceptionally strong aura of yin. The second kind are those who are about to die. And the last kind... All I can say is, don’t open the door! 44Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 35 A Supernatural Game? I Am the Dread King! 诡异游戏？我，恐怖君王！ [Rules-Based Horror + National Fortune + One Female Lead + Invincible Power Fantasy + System + Becoming King] While contestants around the world were still trembling beneath the horrors and searching for rules to survive, Leng Mo turned around and slapped the life-reaping female ghost flying. The Xia Kingdom livestream went from despair to frenzy. “Our contestant... killed the horror with just a few slaps?!” “Rules? Only the weak need to follow rules!” [Ding! King’s Contempt check successful! Ki 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 A Faith-Based Game: I Hijacked a Deranged Saintess from the Start 信仰游戏，开局劫持疯批圣女 [Infinite Flow] [Gods' Game] [Sequences] [No System] Countless worlds on the brink of destruction are connected by a place called Boundary City. Players enter, complete missions, serve seven gods, and climb ever higher along twenty-one sequences. Some believe in the gods. Others pursue power. Until one day, the players discover in horror that the gods they worship and the ones who gave them strength are dead! Gao Yang: "If the gods are dead and their thrones are empty, why can't I ascend to one 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Playing Heaven, Walking the Path of Thieves 戏天行盗 [Playing God + Becoming God + Human-and-Ghost Games + Wild Imagination + Superpower Awakening + Infinite Game + Ensemble Cast] “Why did nobody tell me playing God was so exhausting? What a pain. I’m putting on a big show and going home!” “Chen Yao, there’s a ghost behind you! Run!” … “No, no, no, this isn’t theft. I just took something you didn’t want and brought it over to my place.” “And as for what you didn’t want, don’t worry about it.” … “I would reform the world. First, I must cast out sel —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 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
- 39 Strange Survival: Drawing an NPC as My Cheat from the Start 诡异求生：开局抽个NPC当外挂 [Rules-Based Horror + Infinite Flow + Card Draws + Beautiful Female NPCs + Supernatural Survival] Supernatural horrors descend, dragging countless people into one eerie world after another to fight for survival. Jiang Jue is sitting in a classroom when a countdown suddenly appears before his eyes. [3, 2, 1] [Welcome to the Dance of Death.] When he opens his eyes again, he is standing in the middle of a lavish court ball. The duke’s daughter before him is dressed in elaborate finery, her beauty b 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 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
- 41 The Gods’ Wicked Game 神明的恶趣游戏 [Infinite Flow + Rule-Based Horror + Intangible Cultural Heritage + Urban Supernatural Powers] The gods use the human world as a chessboard and inheritors of intangible cultural heritage as their pieces. I refuse to lose this twisted game. Gu Yuanzhou never imagined that half of a Peking opera mask left behind by his missing grandfather would become his ticket into a divine wager. A blood-red invitation pulled him into the A-rank instance "Shadow Puppet Village." There, he teamed up with nine —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Model Family 模范家庭 [No CP + Character Growth + Some Ensemble Cast + A Heavily Modified Infinite-Flow] (Thanks to my friend ALbarino for making the cover!) Hei Ya, who had always cherished her life, was talked into drinking two glasses of alcohol by her no-good friends on her coming-of-age day, under the pretext of finding out how much she could hold. That very night, she accidentally fell into a well. When she woke up, she had somehow gone from being an orphan to being part of a family of four with both parents an —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Paradise Lost: The Never-Ending Game 失乐园，永无止境的游戏 Men and women are trapped inside a house. The killer keeps murdering people, and there's only one way out. When facing the living dead, never reveal that you're a player, or you'll die! Not smart enough? You'll die! Bad luck? You'll die! Ugly? You'll die! Cross Mu Ye? You'll die even faster! While everyone else struggles to survive, Mu Ye alone gradually becomes obsessed with the game, gradually becoming... a psychopath. In this world full of danger and unknowns, a police officer, a teacher, a t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 My Horror Theater 我的惊悚戏楼 Lost souls come as spectators, while the living become actors in the play! The curtain is about to rise, the guests are seated. Tonight, the stage is set, and the performance will be a matter of life and death! Whenever blood rain falls, a group of people abandoned by fate return to a bizarre theater. They cannot escape and can only take part in one deadly performance after another. Here, everyone has their own set of rules for the entire show. Here, the audience's tips determine their odds of s 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 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 31Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 46 When the Gods Begged for Mercy, I Threw a Champagne Party in the Dungeon 神明求饶时，我在副本开香槟趴体 [Madcap Ensemble × Infinite Flow × Beauty Tames Dogs × Coercion × Yandere × Violent Aesthetics × Western Cthulhu] [Undying Nonhuman Heroine × Split-Personality Hero Who Gets Jealous of Himself × Sibling Demolition Crew from the Mystic Sect × Self-Destructive God × Terrifying Bosses Begging for a Ceasefire] 1. High-Risk Character Guide Nonhuman BUG: Loves raising dogs, but won’t take responsibility for them Split-Personality Mad Dog: Gets jealous of himself → When I get ruthless, I even beat 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Rule Horror: I Work as an Auditor at a Hospital 规则怪谈：我在医院做审计 Rule-Based Horror + Sci-Fi + Apocalypse + Mystery + Deduction + No Female Lead + Battles of Wits + Data-Driven On my first day working at a bizarre hospital, I discovered that every death record stopped at 3:17 a.m. As a former medical insurance bureau auditor, I can see a fatal bug in how this world operates. To me, every anomaly in the data appears as a pulsing red bloodline. They don't know that I'm not auditing the accounts. I'm investigating the people who were "automatically discharged" 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 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?” 273Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 49 Twenty-Two: The Card Chaser 贰拾贰：逐牌者 Behind the door lies an out-of-control Tarot Secret Realm. The spirits of the 22 Major Arcana have broken free and, acting on their own wills, created an otherworldly space that devours reality. Countless people have wandered in by accident, becoming nourishment for the barrier as the boundary of the world is steadily eroded. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 You Were Supposed to Join the Horror Game, Not Become the Horror! 让你参加怪谈，没让你成为怪谈！ [Rule Horror] [National Fate] [Livestream] [Infinite Flow] Rule Horror descends, National Fate is bound, and the whole world is watching on Livestream! Those chosen must fight for humanity’s survival in eerie dungeons. Lu Jin, a library employee, becomes Longguo’s chosen one. While the other chosen ones struggle to survive, he exploits game bugs. By analyzing the rules and manipulating people, he steals energy from the dungeons instead. In the eyes of the world watching the Livestream, he p 247Reads—Score10114d adds
