Novels like The Madman Special Cases Unit
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- 1 After They Cut Out My Bones, I Became the Sect's Beloved 挖骨后，我成了全宗白月光 [Fantasy / transmigrate into a book / mind-reading / all female characters are villains / face-slapping power fantasy / decisive and ruthless] ☜ I, Ji Chen, am the senior disciple of Qingyun Sect. The beloved of every female disciple in the sect, and the sect leader's chosen successor. Yet on the eve of my succession ceremony, seven women joined forces to drug me: my junior sister, whom I raised myself; my second junior sister, whose confession I rejected; my third junior sister, jealous of my t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 A Target for All: The Darkness Descends 众矢之的：黑暗降临 For decades, even centuries, the four regions of the continent of Melant have been engulfed in devastating wars. After so many years, every nation has suffered horrific casualties, and countless people have died tragic deaths and endured unbearable suffering. In 2038, a special prophecy came to the Holy Maiden Region: in the near future, a member of the Voral people would change the fate of the entire region and overcome every obstacle that lay ahead. Because of her, the world's future would cha —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 A Target for All: The Mystery of Magic 众矢之的：魔法之谜 Prequel to The Target of All: Darkness Descends As Irila's best friend, the young Nazu boy Kanade swore from the moment he first saw her that he would devote all his kindness to her. Carefully taught by his mother, he has always respected everyone, admired the great cultural traditions of Cesile Europe, and shown respect for everything in his world, holding fast to his eternal goodwill. An optimist, he once believed that every region was peaceful and just, and that everyone with good intentions —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Subject Number Five 第五号猎物 Touch a dead person’s belongings, and replay the final thirty minutes of their memories. Every time, you gamble with your life. Three years ago, his fiancée died in an “accident.” After replaying a corpse’s memories, he discovered the killer had been by her side all along, three years ago. [You are the fifth target.] The first four are all dead. His mentor has spent thirty years researching mental energy. His fiancée had an exceptionally high concentration of mental energy. A person know —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Rules Are Out of Control, and Only I Can Find the Loopholes 规则失控，只有我能找到漏洞 Make a mistake, and you die… Nine people are trapped in a hotel. They must identify the hidden nonhuman among them, or everyone will die. The cycle resets, wiping everyone's memories clean. Only Lin Che retains his memories. With no special abilities or plot armor, he relies solely on observation, searching for loopholes in the rules to survive. Escape the hotel, and they find themselves in an empty city caught in a seven-day time loop. Beyond it lie countless worlds that have been destroy —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 What If I Were Cannon Fodder in a Mystery Novel 如果我是悬疑文炮灰 If I Were a Cannon Fodder in a Mystery Novel 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Guess Who I Am??? 猜猜我是谁？？？ My name is Lin Jue. I’m face-blind and can’t remember people’s faces. On my eighteenth birthday, I woke up after a car accident to find that the world had changed. On the day I returned to school, a second “me” showed up in class. He had the same name, the same surname, and the same face. His shadow couldn’t keep up with him. I had a people-identification guide, and a forty-third name had appeared in it. The mirror my mother gave me cracked, and the version of me inside was smiling. I’m no longe 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 A College Student Stumbles into a Human Body Factory 大学生误闯人体工厂 A College Student Stumbles Into a Human Factory 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Scapegoat on the Autopsy Table 解剖台上的替罪羊 The Scapegoat on the Autopsy Table 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Zeroing Oath 归零誓约 (The rating just came in, so it'll go up later. Please go easy on me, dear readers.) The protagonist, Xu Yi, wakes up in a place he has never seen before. Everything here is strange: classmates behaving abnormally, teachers acting suspiciously, school facilities mysteriously damaged, and… bizarre rules for survival. The protagonist has no romance storyline, and all the scenarios are completely original. Every new scenario brings something different. A game, a trial. At one end of the scales is l 2Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 11 Binhai City Crime Files 滨城罪案 [Bincheng Crime Cases / Urban Criminal Investigation / Humanity Shrouded in Fog / Chilling Suspense / Multi-Case Series] Bincheng is rainy and foggy, with a river winding through the city and dampness hanging over the night. Every downpour seems to wash something away: Some hide their wounds, some erase their traces, and some sink their crimes to the riverbed. The alleys of the old district, abandoned factories, bridges stretching into the night, and ordinary people who keep silent... One murd 97Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Supernatural Horror Livestream Recordings 超级恐秘直播实录 Prophecies, bizarre murders, mystical feng shui, treasure appraisal, secret Taoist arts... My name is Lin Mo, and I'm from Fujian. By day, I run my family's antique shop, which is barely staying afloat. By night, I make money from tips and commission fees by livestreaming from haunted houses. For the first ten or so streams, I didn't even catch a glimpse of a ghost's hair. Then came my twentieth stream... During that livestream at the ancient Guiyin house in Quanzhou, the regulars in my chat and 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Germaphobic Detective Is Dragged into a Mechanical Killing Trap by His Mad-Dog Deputy 洁癖探长被疯狗副手拽入机械杀阵 A fastidious detective is dragged into a mechanical killing trap by his rabid deputy. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Empty Apartment Next Door 没人住的隔壁 The Unoccupied Apartment Next Door 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Watching People Through a Crack in the Door 《门缝看人》 The Eye at the Door Crack 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Codename: Hidden Dragon, the Ultimate Delta Battlefield 代号：潜龙，三角洲终极战场 The youngest tactical analyst in the Delta Force, forced to retire due to injury. An old wrist injury left him unable to even hold a gun steady, so he could only make ends meet delivering food. Until the [Hidden Dragon System] activated. It offered no superpowers and gave him no legendary gear. It did just one thing: pour all the blood and wisdom from the history of human warfare into his mind. The breathing patterns of World War II snipers, the urban combat maneuvers of Chechen special forces, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Tales of the Strange 聊斋那些事 Have you ever heard of a plain-language version of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio? A scholar spends the night in an abandoned house and is welcomed into a beautiful woman's arms, only to discover that her face is a painted skin. A poor young man finds a fox. The fox says, “I’ll marry you, but you must never look at my tail.” At the mass graves outside town, someone tells stories every night. Anyone who listens disappears the next day. Don’t be afraid. These are all stories passed down by ou 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Who Was the Witness? 谁是目击者 The Gu family’s recognition banquet in Lanzhou glittered beneath crystal chandeliers. Gu Zhihua, who controlled the hidden side of the Gu family, watched the farce unfold with cold detachment. Su Qingya was eager to cozy up to the powerful, while Tian Qin took the chance to put her down and prove she wasn’t an outsider. Everyone thought it was just an ordinary family-reunion squabble. Until Su Qingya collapsed beside the sofa and Tian Qin fell at the doorway. Every guest in the hall saw it. N 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 My Fox Fairy Sister 我的狐仙姐姐 Bai Yuhong, the Nine-Tailed Fox Venerable, has guarded the boundary between the two realms for eight thousand years with her crimson, sky-burning flames. Cool and proud, she has endured eternal solitude. Then, amid the chaos over the Phoenix Core, she meets a human child named Xuan Yun, only five years old and pure of heart. Soft-spoken, earnest, and looking up at her with trust, he becomes her disciple and makes a young but steadfast promise: “I’ll grow strong, and one day I’ll protect you, Mas 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 My Sister-in-Law's Lateral Thinking Puzzles Drove Them to Kill 嫂子的海龟汤让他们杀疯了 [Mind-bending puzzles + deduction + horror survival + urban legends + Turtle Soup] Qin Xuehua is a beautiful woman burdened with a blood feud. To find clues to the person who killed her sister, she marries into Turtle Soup Village. The men in the village spend all day thinking about how to make her theirs. Until that day. An indescribable monster takes over the isolated mountain village. The uncanny runs rampant, strange tales abound, and evil flourishes. To survive, the villagers are forced to 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 After My Entire Family Was Executed, I Joined the Inspector to Solve a Cold Case 满门抄斩后，与巡察从事共探悬案 [Mystery and Investigation | Deduction | Light Political Intrigue | Linked Serial Murders | A Vivid Portrait of Society] Yun Shu, the legitimate son of a great general and once the crown prince's study companion, watched his family suffer a sudden calamity. His father was framed for colluding with the enemy and plotting treason, and the entire clan was sentenced to death. With secret help, he faked his death and escaped, abandoning his identity to drift among the common people. He endures humili —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Tycoon: A Thousandfold Return, Winning the Hearts of Beauties 神豪：万倍返利，绝色红颜皆倾心 The day Lin Feng got dumped, his life hit rock bottom. His gold-digging girlfriend left him for a rich heir, and he couldn't even afford a decent meal. Then a mechanical voice rang out: [Supreme Tycoon System successfully bound! Ten-thousandfold cashback, permanently active!] Ten billion landed in his account. His looks were transformed, and his charm skyrocketed. The moment he stepped out of his shabby rental, the headlights of a Rolls-Royce lit up for him. The cool, aloof CEO: “Come work for m 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Final Judgment 世末审 [World BUG] [Memory alteration] [No padding] [No narration] [Hardcore deduction] [Chilling on reflection] One September evening during study hall, the classroom suddenly froze mid-frame. The cicadas fell silent, the wind stopped, and the entire class stood motionless like statues. I was the only one who could see the cracks in this world. Memories were altered, classmates were replaced, and even my family forgot my older brother. I didn't speak up. I didn't make a fuss. I just kept records. Unti 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 I Play an Extra in Eerie Movies 我在诡异电影里跑龙套 [Also known as: Quitting KFC to Brave the Supernatural Scenarios] Yan Jin worked like a dog at a fried chicken shop for three years, always conscientious and hardworking. At last, he finally stood up for himself and fired his boss. But right after quitting, he transmigrated into an Infinite Flow scenario where death was all but certain. Since he’d transmigrated, he might as well show the supernatural what his incredible golden finger could do: a psychiatric hospital for gods, an echo that never 1.6kReads6.3Score121Shelves
- 25 The Simp's Counterattack: A Capitalist Chess Game 舔狗的逆袭：资本棋局 Yang Chen used to be Su Wanqing’s hopeless simp. If she told him to go east, he wouldn’t dare go west, but even so, they were destined to break up. Later, Yang Chen struck it rich through his own intelligence and good fortune, and their positions gradually reversed. Su Wanqing wasn’t even worthy of being his simp anymore! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Housewife Detective Case Files 名侦探主妇事件簿 After her husband cheats, a housewife unexpectedly discovers she has a talent for detective work? Join a famous Japanese high school detective and a certain compensated-dating girl detective to crack a baffling cold case!! Watch me turn my life around and rewrite my destiny against all odds! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Blue-Eroded Script 蓝蚀字 When art becomes a murder weapon, poison flows through the pigments. This is a manhunt spanning chemistry, art, and criminal investigation. Poison can be sealed inside ancient pigment recipes; crimes can be concealed in the brushwork of paintings handed down through generations. When the final piece falls into place, will you see the complete picture of the truth, or another carefully painted disguise? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Day I Divorced, I Became My Ex-Husband's Boss 离婚当天，我成了前夫的顶头上司 Taking down trash feels great for a while, and taking them down forever feels even better!!! If I don’t show my claws, you think I’m Hello Kitty or something?! Stay away from trash men and make his life hell. That’s how you start living your best life!!! I’m Shen Nian, and I’m forging ahead on the glorious road to tormenting my trash ex-husband and the homewrecker!!! So satisfying!!! 267Reads—Score105Shelves
- 29 No Snow at Dawn 黎明没有雪 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Reborn: Sign-In to Win the School Belle's Heart 重生签到追校花 Reborn in high school, Jiang Che binds himself to a top-tier sign-in System. As long as he signs in near the school beauty, he gets enormous rewards: ten thousand for each sign-in, and after a hundred, he gets a whole building! So every day, the teachers and students at school witness the bizarre sight of Jiang Che obsessively following the school beauty around. Just as she can’t take it anymore and is about to call the police, Jiang Che calmly hands her a property deed. “Don’t get the wrong ide 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Phantom Capsule: The Prison Hut That Appeared Out of Nowhere on a Barren Mountain 诡影胶囊：凭空现世的荒山囚屋 The Phantom Capsule: A Prison House Appears Out of Nowhere in the Barren Mountains 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Heartbeat Concerto 心跳协奏 There are two kinds of people heart surgeon nurse Lin Xue wants nothing to do with in this life: police officers, and people even more stubborn than police officers. When Lu Jun, deputy captain of the criminal investigation squad, bursts into her emergency room with a gunshot wound, the two become one. He investigates cases with decisive efficiency, yet cannot understand why she resents the badge. She stitches wounds with calm professionalism, yet cannot escape the truth closing in as he reopens —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 At the Crime Scene, a Prompt Appears Above the Victim’s Head 命案现场，死者头顶飘出提示框 [System-focused] [Crime solving] [Urban] Three months into the job, Gu Bei, a trainee forensic technician, was examining a hanging scene when a line of blood-red words appeared out of thin air above the victim’s head: [She didn’t tie the knot]. Using the bizarre clue, Gu Bei applied his forensic knowledge to reconstruct the scene and expose the truth behind the staged suicide. Then came [It fell twice] on the face of a car-crash victim, and [Died before the fire] on a charred body at a fire scen 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Shen Family Daughter Clause 沈氏女儿条款 In the depths of winter by the sea, due diligence tears open a breach in the Shen Group. An intern named Li Li joins the risk-control team, but her goal has nothing to do with her resume: she wants to find her adoptive father, Li Shouyi, who has been missing for three years. All she has is an iron box, a string of numbers, a key, and an old index deliberately "sealed away." The deeper she digs, the more she realizes she hasn't stumbled upon a family matter, but an old ledger written into proced 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Medical Concubine Stuns Tang: Healing Her Way Through the Splendid Palace 医妃惊唐：锦绣深宫步步医 Modern medical student Lin Xi’s soul transmigrates to the Tang dynasty during the Yuanhe era after a laboratory explosion, and she becomes Su Qingyuan, a concubine-born daughter of the Marquis of Yongning’s household who is constantly bullied. The moment she wakes, her legal mother offers her a bowl of poisoned porridge. Relying on the silver needles and antibiotics in her portable mini medical kit, she sees through the plot. From then on, she depends on her medical skills to survive... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 I Tamed the Paranormal 我把诡异收服了 Born with ghostly eyes, I share a desk with the City Lord of the Underworld. A vengeful female ghost wants me to kiss her, I take in a powerful underworld enforcer, and a princess from a thousand years ago swears an oath with me. Onstage, they sing of sorrow and grief. Beneath the stage, I capture every kind of evil. My name is Zhang Qiang. Watch me run rampant through the Underworld! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 My Family Vanished After the Car Crash 车祸后我的家人都消失了 My Family Disappeared After the Car Accident 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Reading Memories 窥视记忆 Chen Yuan’s life followed a routine precise to the minute: he woke at the same time every morning, every object was placed with millimeter accuracy, and everything had adhered to the same order for five years. Until one morning, the routine began to go wrong. His cup was two centimeters out of place, the coffee machine’s settings had been altered, and the familiar cityscape was completely askew. In his orderly world, these tiny anomalies were cracks hinting at a far deeper collapse. At the cent —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Going Out? 出门？ [Get out and take a walk. It's time to step outside. Maybe the world beyond the door is wider?] Death is the only way out. Resurrection is a deeper cage. They fall from the void into a prison, each bearing fragments of their own lives: the exhaustion and madness of being worked to the bone, shackles woven from money and morality, the self suffocating beneath marriage, the crushing weight of a perfect education, and repression hidden behind a gentle facade. The only remaining lighthouse points to 1Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 40 I Delivered Food to the Dead 23 Times. The 24th Recipient Was Me 我给死人送了23次外卖，第24次收件人是我自己 I Delivered Takeout to the Dead 23 Times. The 24th Recipient Was Me 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 After My Sister Vanished, My Prosthetic Eye Started Sounding the Alarm 妹妹失踪后，我的义眼开始报警 Synopsis [Urban action and adventure + anti-scam survival + suspense] Former special police officer Jiang Che's younger sister, Jiang Yao, was lured by a high-paying job offer to the “Jinlan Federation” in Southeast Asia. He goes undercover alone to Blackstone Valley to search for clues. The tactical lens over his right eye can map the terrain, but it can't stop bullets. At the compound, he meets Cheng Ye, an imprisoned programmer; Wen Xi, an undercover female doctor; and Lao Zhong, an informant 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Beast City: Reboot 异兽迷城：重启 In the Seventh Era, humanity was at an absolute disadvantage. Even after defeating the Death Beasts, they still couldn’t stop the inevitable ending. But could things take a turn for the better in the First Era? If the Seventh Era was a journey in which everyone searched for hope with the last of the world’s love, would the First Era be any different? In this book, I’ll bring back Chu Xue, Qing Ling, Li Weiwei, and Wan Sisi. Don’t worry, none of them will die. The trade-off is that some details w 1.3kReads6.7Score117Shelves
- 43 Grading Essays, I Uncovered a Murder from Three Years Ago 批阅作文，我查出了三年前的人命 Chen Mo, a Chinese teacher, discovered a murder case in an essay. A student described in detail how a girl from the same school had been bullied to death three years ago. The victim was the older sister of Su Qing, the transfer student in his class. When he started investigating, the principal handed him a thick red envelope. “Mr. Chen, let the past lie quietly. This is the ‘rational good.’” His mother was gravely ill and urgently needed money. And the fate of whistleblowers? Shen Xiao, the form —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Cold Case Executioner 旧案行刑官 Police Captain Ji Xiao launches a livestreamed investigation to restore public trust, but the scene of a series of murders bears a secret code shared only by him and his older brother, Ji Lin, in childhood. As the whole internet calls for the “Shadowblade Killer” to be executed, forensic pathologist Chen Yan’s abnormal autopsy report, policewoman Zhou Yutang’s encrypted notes, and editor-in-chief Lin Zhao’s manipulation of public opinion gradually peel back the truth buried for ten years. The ki 9Reads—Score149Shelves
- 45 Ice Blade: Hunting the Killer, He Became the Prime Suspect 冰刃追凶：他成了头号嫌疑人 A locked-room murder at the fencing hall of Jiangcheng Institute of Physical Education. The head coach is found dead in the equipment room, a broken sword tip embedded in his chest. In a pool of blood lies a 2013 figure skating gold medal. Surveillance footage shows no one entering or leaving during the time of the murder. The only suspect is Lu Zhaoye, the fencing team captain, whose fingerprints were left behind. Intern reporter Su Yanqiu steps in to investigate, only to discover countless con 1Reads—Score129Shelves
- 46 A Survival Guide to Strange Tales: The Headless Girl's Evolution 【怪谈生存指南】无头少女进化论 [Main Plot] [Mild Horror] [Eerie Otherworld] [Urban Legends] [Beloved Girl, Everyone's Favorite] [Content Warning: The female lead is an aloof, low-energy type with a gravity-like personality, and this is a reverse harem.] What do you do when you accidentally end up in the Otherworld? This awful place is full of bizarre rules and monsters. One wrong move, and your whole team gets wiped out! There's the woman in red in the stairwell, the headless monster in the classroom, the cat-faced monster th 1.7kReads—Score234Shelves
- 47 My Dead Wife Returns on Our Wedding Night 亡妻归来新婚夜 My Late Wife Returns on Our Wedding Night 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Sin Fetish I 罪癖I 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Forbidden Tales of the Desolate Village: A Midnight Whistle, and a Shrouded Corpse Spirit at the Door 荒村禁忌：夜半吹哨，白布尸魂找上门 Taboos of the Abandoned Village: A Whistle in the Dead of Night, and a White-Cloth Corpse Spirit Comes Calling —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Silent Relic 圣物无言 Sullivan is an Irish archaeologist. A graduate of the University College Dublin Department of Archaeology, she could take carbon-14 samples at twelve and spent an entire summer at fifteen in the passageways of Newgrange. She should have been digging at Celtic sites, but an organization called the “Recorders' Guild” recruited her after reading her paper, “Materials and Chronology of Medieval Relics.” The Guild has only one rule: record the truth, and never interfere. She has traveled across Europ 1Reads—Score—Shelves
