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- 1 Rule Horror: Starting with Crayon Shin-chan! 规则怪谈：从蜡笔小新开始！ [Rules-Based Horror + Livestreaming + National Destiny + No Female Lead] The tenth year since the supernatural horror games descended upon Blue Star. The Dragon Kingdom has lost ten rounds in a row and is about to be destroyed. The other nations are also watching hungrily. Just then, the handsome young Chen Mo inexplicably transmigrates into an abandoned mental hospital in the Dragon Kingdom. He also inexplicably becomes a Chosen One! Who can he even complain to about this? I never wanted to tra 237Reads8.1Score109Shelves
- 2 Rule Horror: From the Start, Tom Can't Catch Jerry 规则怪谈：从汤姆抓不到杰瑞开局 The terrifying instance known as [Fairy Tale Town] hung over all humanity like a sword. The chosen ones from every country entered it, and if they failed, the corresponding fairy-tale horrors would descend upon the real world. After Longguo's last trump-card contestant fell in the [Snow White] instance, the country stood on the brink of destruction. In their hour of despair, a new contestant, Su Ming, was chosen: an unemployed animation artist. When the global livestream began and viewers saw th 1.5kReads8.2Score164Shelves
- 3 SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Survival Rules 海绵宝宝：比奇堡生存规则 I'm SpongeBob. One day, I woke up to find a piece of paper covered in survival rules in my home. - Don't wipe off the blue markings on Gary's shell. Don't mention them, and don't panic. - If Patrick suddenly goes quiet, don't pay attention to him or approach him. Leave at once. - At three in the afternoon, don't listen, look, or ask questions in the back kitchen. I thought it was just a coincidence, until the rules started coming true one by one. My friends grew strange, the world began to twist 3.7kReads—Score223Shelves
- 4 Rule Horror: Starting Out as SpongeBob SquarePants 规则怪谈：从扮演海绵宝宝开始 [Rule-Based Horror + Eerie SpongeBob SquarePants + National Fortune + Livestreaming + No Female Lead] Eerie creatures descend upon the world, forcing every country to select contestants to take part in the urban legends. After repeated defeats in these challenges, the Dragon Kingdom is nearly out of resources. When the Rank S instance “Bikini Bottom” arrives, everyone is terrified and despairing of this unknown Rank S Eerie world. Only Zhou Chen, who transmigrated from Earth and knows the plots 11.2kReads—Score1kShelves
- 5 Anime Rule Horror: Tormenting the Paranormal in the Dungeons 动漫规则怪谈：我在副本迫害诡异 [Rule-Based Horror] [Mystery] [Mild Horror] [National Destiny] [Live Streaming] (The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later.) Crayon Shin-chan (Complete) + GG Bond The urban legend game descends upon Blue Star. The Dragon Kingdom has lost nine rounds in a row, and now it stands on the brink of extinction. Xiao Fan, a transmigrator, is chosen as the Dragon Kingdom’s champion. He panics at first, only to discover that the so-called urban legend instances are actually classic Earth cartoons. He 62.4kReads8.1Score6.9kShelves
- 6 Rule Horror: Starting by Playing Xiong Er 规则怪谈：从扮演熊二开始 [Supernatural Rules × National Fortune × Supernatural Invasion of Childhood Cartoons] The supernatural descends, and rules-based horror devours the world! Chosen contestants from every country are thrown into bizarre games, where victory and defeat mean life or death. Less than five minutes after transmigrating, Lin Chuan is chosen to represent the Dragon Kingdom. To make matters worse, he draws the S-rank instance Gou Xiong Ridge, with a 99% death rate. Just as the entire nation sinks into desp 728Reads6.5Score105Shelves
- 7 Rule Horror: Starting by Playing Lazy Goat 规则怪谈：从扮演懒羊羊开始 Livestreaming + Ensemble Cast + Infinite Instances [Supernatural story order: Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, Bear and Baldy, Doraemon, SpongeBob SquarePants, GG Bond, Black Cat Detective, Calabash Brothers, Water Margin….] When supernatural rules descend upon Blue Star, chosen contestants from ninety-nine countries are forced to take part in this deadly game. Lin Mu is the last chosen contestant from the Dragon Kingdom, as well as a researcher of supernatural tales. While most contestants enter 1.4kReads7.8Score159Shelves
- 8 Eerie Boonie Bears: The Legend of Bear Ridge 诡异熊出没：狗熊岭怪谈 After an accident, college student Zhao Ming found himself in the familiar animated world of Bear Ridge. He soon realized, however, that this Bear Ridge was nothing like the cozy fairy tale he remembered. An eerie atmosphere hung over the forest, and the sky always seemed veiled in an impenetrable gray haze. Alongside the fresh scent of plants, the air carried a faint, unsettling smell of decay. 2.7kReads8.5Score157Shelves
- 9 Rule Horror: From Bikini Bottom to the Jade Capital, Killing All the Way 规则怪谈：从比奇堡杀到白玉京 [Suspense horror + twists + darkness + madness + no female lead + myriad worlds] The rating just came out, so it's a little low. The early chapters are slightly dumbed down, but things improve quite a bit starting with the Green Grasslands arc. The story begins: “Patrick, do you know how a sponge eats?” Su Ran had just woken up when he heard this and froze, only to see SpongeBob's skin gradually turning inside out as he came closer and closer. Welcome to Bikini Bottom. If you don't want to die a 3.7kReads8.4Score245Shelves
- 10 Rule Horror Begins with the Eerie Peppa Pig 规则怪谈，从诡异小猪佩奇开始 [Rule-based strange tales + national destiny + livestreaming + no heroine] The supernatural descended upon Blue Star a year ago. The chosen ones of the Dragon Nation haven't won a single round, and the country is on the brink of destruction. Other nations are eyeing it covetously. The newly selected chosen one has somehow drawn an utterly useless F-rank talent: Luck. Just as everyone in the Dragon Nation is giving up all hope, the chosen one inside the strange tale looks at the familiar surround 21.7kReads8.7Score2.4kShelves
- 11 Rule Horror: Starting with a Strange Doraemon 规则怪谈：从诡异哆啦A梦开始 [Rule-Based Horror + Mild Frights + Livestream + National Destiny + No Heroine] The uncanny descended on Blue Star a year ago. Longguo's chosen players lost seven rounds in a row, bringing their nation to the brink of ruin. The newly selected player, Lin Yuan, turned out to be an ordinary college student. When the people of Longguo saw that this time's scenario was a three-star haunting, they fell into utter despair. Inside the haunting, Lin Yuan took in the familiar surroundings and fell into t 52kReads8.2Score4.4kShelves
- 12 Rule Horror: Beginning with a Strange Journey to the West 规则怪谈：从诡异西游开始 [Rule Horror + Live Broadcast + National Fortune + No Female Lead] Supernatural horrors have descended upon Blue Star, and the Dragon Nation's fortunes are in decline. The chosen contestants struggle in despair. The newly selected contestant, Chen Xuan, is a shut-in who has read Journey to the West inside out and knows every mythological figure by heart. When he is transported to Gao Village, where bones lie scattered everywhere, and sees Zhu Bajie with a rotting, pig-like face and Tang Sanzang 8.9kReads7.9Score759Shelves
- 13 Rule Horror: Starting Out in the Eerie Bear Ridge 规则怪谈：开局诡异狗熊岭 [Rules-Based Horror + Livestreaming + Other Characters Stay Smart Later On + Everything Is Explained Further Along] A world invaded by the supernatural. From the start, Ming Hao suddenly transmigrates to the haunted Bear Ridge, where he must complete a mission on behalf of the Dragon Nation. [Rule One: Remember that you are Xiong Er. You must not do anything that goes against Xiong Er's nature.] [Rule Two: Xiong Da can be trusted, but you'd better not go against his demands.] [Rule Three: Bald Q 505Reads8.8Score102Shelves
- 14 Rule Horror: It Takes Two 规则怪谈：双人成行 [The rating just came out and is rather low, but it will rise] [Two Minds Sharing One Body] [Rules-Based Horror] [Original Scenarios] [Mind-Bending Twists] [Lighthearted Bickering] One moment, Wei Minghua was conquering an S-rank rules-based horror scenario. The next, he woke to find his body gone. His consciousness was trapped in the mind of a nineteen-year-old girl named Mingxi. Mingxi pressed a knife to her throat. "Get out of my body, or we'll both die." Before they could reach an agreement, 32.7kReads8.1Score7.9kShelves
- 15 Rule Horror: Working at the Krusty Krab from the Start 规则怪谈：开局在蟹堡王打工 [Nationwide survival livestream] [No golden finger, no System, pure deduction] [No romance, only family and friendship] (Important note up front: the author has a penchant for doting on male characters, but there is no romance, no romance.) An unknown signal is received, and Blue Star comes under the influence of an unidentified outside force. People are randomly selected from every country to take part in a deadly “game”? As everyone knows, those selected are all once-in-a-century unlucky soul 7kReads8.4Score802Shelves
- 16 Rule Horror: Starting in the Eerie World of Bichibao 规则怪谈：从诡异比奇堡开始 [Rules-based horror + livestreaming + national destiny + no female lead] A year has passed since the supernatural descended upon Blue Star. After an accident, the Dragon Kingdom’s last Chosen One dies in a horror game, bringing the nation to the brink of destruction. Su Yuan, the newly selected Chosen One, is just an ordinary, impoverished college student. At the same time, the horror game’s difficulty has risen to three stars. Just as everyone in the Dragon Kingdom is preparing to meet their do 3.1kReads8.5Score324Shelves
- 17 Rule Horror: It Starts with Playing Bald Qiang in Bear Ridge 规则怪谈：狗熊岭扮演光头强开始 [Cartoon Rule-Horror Stories (First: Boonie Bears) + Mild Horror + Tragic Heroism + A Clever Protagonist + National Destiny + No Romance] “Everyone else’s childhood memories are getting hazier. Why is mine getting creepier?” “Wait, why did Briar and Bramble get government jobs? And the Pleasant Goat characters too? Even SpongeBob has a position now?” The supernatural has descended upon Blue Star! Rule-horror stories are sweeping the globe! Every country must select a Chosen One to enter these ta 68.6kReads8.9Score6kShelves
- 18 Weird Survival: Starting by Bribing SpongeBob! 诡异求生：从行贿海绵宝宝开始！ [All-Star Crossover] + [Black Myth] + [SCP-Inspired] + [Unbeatable Connections] Everyone around the world awakens a special talent and is confined to a bizarre containment apartment! They must struggle to survive in this endless apartment and pay off their containment fees! Your neighbor might be the sweet, innocent SpongeBob SquarePants, or the long-legged big sister He Guangzhe! But don’t open any of the doors lightly! There are no innocent, harmless anomalies here! Yet Lin Yan awakens a bribe 9.7kReads8.1Score946Shelves
- 19 Rule Horror: The Haunted Bear Ridge 规则怪谈：诡异狗熊岭 That forest wasn’t quite like I’d imagined. I was mysteriously brought to Bear Ridge, where one careless mistake could get me killed! Following the rules is the only way to have any hope of surviving! What on earth will it take to get out of here? 3.5kReads8.6Score255Shelves
- 20 Rule Horror: Starting in Bikini Bottom 规则怪谈：从比奇堡开始 [Entirely Original Story + Supernatural Invasion of Childhood Cartoons + No System, No Cheats] In this book, the rules are absolutely correct. There are no false rules. Love is the only weapon against “corruption.” The moment Wu Nao wakes up, he sees a piece of paper covered in crookedly written rules: 1. From now on, remember that you are Patrick Star. Don't forget… 2. Do not go jellyfishing with SpongeBob unless absolutely necessary. 3. Gary the Snail cannot talk. 4. Squidward is always gloomy 2.8kReads8.9Score342Shelves
- 21 Reborn in Another World: A Carefree Urban Legend 都市异界重生之逍遥传奇 Lin Yu, a young man from a modern city, was caught up in a mysterious experiment by accident. His soul transmigrated to another world that blended urban life with fantasy. In this world, technology and magic coexist, powerful clans control vast resources and political influence, and mysterious organizations and hidden dangers abound. 49Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Dark Fairy Tales: Inventing Evil Gods and Slaughtering My Way Through Bear Ridge 暗黑童话：编造邪神，杀穿狗熊岭 I transmigrated! Speak up for me! The moment Shen Xiu crouched down, he became a tree in a dark fairy-tale multiverse. Here, entire worlds have turned grotesque. In blood-red Bear Ridge, eyeballs hang from the sky, Bald Qiang goes on a chainsaw rampage, trees wail in the blood mist, and the dead wander... In the empty Green Pastures, when the black moon becomes full, a pair of horns tears through the sky, revealing scarlet eyes beyond the void... In Fairy Tale Town, the bloody Little Red Riding 35.9kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves
- 23 Beast Taming: In the Urban Legend Dungeon, I'm the Lazy King from the Start 御兽：怪谈副本，开局我是懒大王 [Rules-based horror + beast taming + comedy + System + no romance] The protagonist isn't a bleeding heart! (This isn't traditional beast taming or a national-fate rules horror story, so feel free to dive in.) After waking from a night's sleep, Lin Yu found himself transmigrated into a parallel world where people mainly made contracts with the supernatural. He was also a soon-to-be senior in high school, training to become a supernatural beast tamer?! "All I did was stay up late watching Blue Fox 10.7kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
- 24 Rule Horror: It Begins at the Haunted Zoo 规则怪谈：从动物园怪谈开始 [Rule-Based Horror + Deduction + Livestreaming + National Fortune System + No Heroine] The supernatural has returned, and rule-based horror has descended. As a chosen player, Jiang Yi represents the Dragon Nation in the horror scenarios. Successfully clearing an instance earns national fortune points. After four consecutive failures, the Dragon Nation can’t afford another one. If he wins, the Dragon Nation wins! If he loses, the Dragon Nation falls! As it happens, the very first scenario Jiang Y 14.5kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
- 25 I Smell a Ghost! 我嗅到了鬼味！ [Infinite Flow]+ [Mild Horror]+ [No Romance]+ [Despairing Tone] One night, Gu Quan walks out of the funeral home carrying two memorial portraits, having just attended a funeral. His father calls to tell him that his mother has been in a car accident and is at death's door. In a panic, Gu Quan heads to the underground garage, hoping to drive over and see his mother one last time. On the way, he unexpectedly catches the scent of his natural enemy! Terrified, he gets into a car without thinking, un 195.3kReads8.6Score13.8kShelves
- 26 The Wilderness Hunting King 荒年猎王 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.7kReads8.1Score126Shelves
- 27 Beneath the Boundless Skies 苍茫之下 Under the Vast Sky is a long-form realist novel depicting life in local government and how ordinary people survive in the game of power struggles. Beneath the vast sky, everyone is a low-ranking official. Caught in the middle, they face pressure from above, turmoil below, and entanglements of human relationships on every side. With no powerful patron to rely on and no shortcuts to take, they can only endure to make their way and act cautiously to protect themselves. They struggle to survive in t 452Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 28 Heavenly Profound Venerable Beyond the Heavens: Every Disciple I Take Is Supreme in the Three Realms 天外玄尊：我收的徒弟都是三界至尊 Mystic Exalt from Beyond the Heavens: My Disciples Are All Supreme Beings of the Three Realms 98Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Eerie Revival: I Can Contact the Past 诡异复苏：我能联系过去 The Hungry Ghost Festival of 2025. A super red moon appeared, and as it lingered in the sky, the supernatural returned. Left Yang was shocked to discover that he could use his phone to contact himself in the past. In the stairwell, the Knock-at-the-Door Ghost killed anyone who opened the door. But someone discovered that it skipped the first floor and started knocking there. So Left Yang contacted his past self. [Please have your one-month-younger self rent an apartment on the first floor!] The 43.3kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves
- 30 Rule Horror: The Prince Is Always Lusting After Me 规则怪谈：王子总是对我垂涎欲滴 [Volume One of the print edition goes on sale August 7] [Short drama and comic adaptation now available] [No romance + Infinite-flow + Horror game + No national destiny + Dark fairy tales] A young woman weeps softly at midnight. A handsome prince turns into a bloodthirsty “beast” at night. Cinderella dies a gruesome death on the night of the ball. The horror game is wrapped in shiny glassine, disguised as a sweet candy. What lies hidden behind the enchanting fairy-tale world... Weird tales desc 84.3kReads9.3Score9.9kShelves
- 31 When I'm in the Rules Horror Game, Nothing Is Forbidden 当我在规则怪谈百无禁忌 [No female lead + supernatural horror + mental illness + comedy + national destiny] My name is Su Ming, and I'm a transmigrator. I currently work at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, where I'm in charge of the important project of “being studied.” They keep saying I'm sick, but I know I'm fine. It's the world that's sick. After I escaped from the psychiatric hospital, I was chosen by Rule Horror to become Longguo's chosen participant, representing Longguo in the upcoming horror games. [Ding! The Ho 65.5kReads9.6Score7.5kShelves
- 32 The Tiger Carries His Beloved Home! 虎驮良人归！ A Tiger Carries the Good Man Home! 66Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Secret Records of Qingwu: A Feng Shui Master 青乌秘录之风水师 The Secret Records of Qingwu: A Feng Shui Master 84Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 A Spring Breeze Brings Beauty 春风渡佳人 Spring Breeze Carries a Beauty Across 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Classic of Mountains and Seas: Return to the Great Desolation 山海经·大荒归墟 The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Return to the Great Desolation 118Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Those Years I Spent in Dongguan 我在东莞那些年 My Years in Dongguan 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Bone Maiden of the Great Wilderness: I, a Mortal, Subdue Gods and Demons 大荒骨女：我以凡躯镇神魔 Daughter of the Great Wilderness: I Hold the Gods and Demons at Bay with a Mortal Body 258Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Classic of Mountains and Seas: With a Mortal Heart, I Subdue Ten Thousand Demons 山海经：我以凡心镇万妖 The Classic of Mountains and Seas: I Hold Back Ten Thousand Demons with a Mortal Heart 80Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 My Overbearing Wife 我的老婆霸道大人 My Wife, the Overbearing Lady 182Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Ancient Legends 上古传说 Ancient Legends 418Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 After Being Vilified Across the Internet, I Expose a Shocking Scam by a Top Tycoon Family 被全网唾骂后，我曝光了顶级豪门的惊天骗局 After Being Vilified Across the Internet, I Exposed a Shocking Scam by a Top-Ranking Family 246Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Classic of Mountains and Seas: A Bestiary of Strange Beasts 山海经.异兽录 The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Record of Strange Beasts 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 43 The Great Sage Returns: I Just Sealed the Demon Ancestor, and the Jade Emperor Made Me Emperor 大圣归：我刚镇魔祖，玉帝就封禅 Sun Wukong shattered his own divine bones to forge a lock, sealing the Demon Ancestor Rahu as he tried to break through the Chaos. The Jade Emperor descended with the gods and Buddhas of the heavens. Facing Pangu’s remnant soul, returned from the void, and Nuwa’s sacred statue, he claimed to have slain the Demon Ancestor with the Haotian Mirror. In his previous life, Wukong exposed the truth in anger, only for Heaven to accuse him of “slandering the Supreme One.” They locked him in the Golden He 142Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 My Silly Girlfriend, Little Rabbit 我的傻子女友小兔 My Girlfriend Is a Sweet, Naive Fool… 287Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常 [Horror + mystery + livestream + national fate + System] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade countries around the world. As one chosen by fate, Zhou Bai represents the Great Xia Kingdom in a horror game. The first scenario is a family of four. [You live with your wife and your parents. But remember, there are only three people in your home.] [You can trust your wife, unless she takes off her red hair clip.] [You and your wife have never had a child. If you hear a baby cr 46.1kReads9.4Score5.7kShelves
- 46 Rule-Based Horror? I Choose to Rebel 规则怪谈？我选择叛逆 [A short drama adaptation of the same name is now available. You can watch it on the platform. Thank you for your support.] [Subverting expectations + no heroine + hilarious + sly schemer + rebellious + eerie + national fate] Rule-based horror descends upon Earth. The uncanny invades reality. Those chosen are sent into horror worlds, where they represent their respective nations and face the horrors within. Su Xiao is chosen by the horror world and entrusted with the task of representing the Dra 49.5kReads9.6Score6.2kShelves
- 47 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score334Shelves
