Novels like The Ultimate Horror
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- 101 Horror Nightmare: From the Start, I Entered the World of the Supernatural 惊悚噩梦：开局进入诡世界 [Infinite worlds + instance dungeons + rule-based horror + mildly scary + no female lead] A bus carries its passengers back and forth between reality and the uncanny realm. But Ren Qingshan discovers that it isn't only the uncanny realm: every night, something is watching him. Are they players, or sacrifices? Who will survive this terrifying nightmare? [The Human Offering] A desolate mountain village, a ghostly figure on the third floor, a doll on the door. Would you dare open the cabinet at mid 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 The Water Stain That Never Dries 永远拧不干的水渍 The Water Stain That Never Dries —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Rule Horror: My Reports Decide Who Lives and Dies 规则怪谈：我的报道能判生死 Late one night, he called a ride-hailing car. It had a 4.99 rating, but not a single review. That was because the driver had been dead for three years. From that night on, Lin Shen’s yin-yang eyes opened wide for good. A woman in white wanders through an unfinished building. At midnight, you must hold the elevator door open for her. A delivery rider keeps making deliveries even after death. If the vengeful spirit receives a bad review, it will knock on your door. There’s an extra empty chair —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Infinite Nightmares: An Eighty-Year-Old Man Rejuvenated from the Start 无限噩梦：开局八旬老汉返老还童 Infinite flow + rules-based horror + mild horror + no romance Qin Yi accidentally enters a nightmarish world. Here, there are rules that must never be broken, along with bizarre phenomena beyond ordinary people's understanding. By chance, Qin Yi discovers the rewards for surviving a nightmare. Wealth, health, youth, achievement… Terrified of the nightmares but coveting the rewards for surviving them, Qin Yi approaches one nightmare after another with mixed feelings… 8.4kReads8.1Score94914d adds
- 105 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
- 106 The Haunted House: The End of the Foggy World 诡舍：迷雾世界终点 [Transmigrate into a Book + Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Heroine] Fu Jinyue accidentally transmigrated into the world of a book. After going through one bizarre and eerie instance after another, he finally learned the answer... 370Reads—Score10514d adds
- 107 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
- 108 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
- 109 Infinite Nightmares: I Have a Pair of Ghost Ears 无限噩梦：我有一对鬼耳 [Infinite Flow], [Mild Horror], [No Female Lead], [Survive by the Skin of Your Teeth], [Unconventional Turtle Soup Riddles], [Nontraditional Rule-Based Horror], [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, Not Invincible] [Slow-paced, packed with details, and full of complex plot twists!] [Read at your own risk if that's not your thing!!!] I sat on a deserted street in the dead of night, listening to them whisper. I was a little confused. Wasn't I the only one here? (Instance 1: Prolonging Life) A bit lon 26.9kReads7.9Score3.3k14d adds
- 110 Nightmare Invitation 噩梦邀请 [Infinite flow, original instances, mild horror, no romance] An invitation sent from the Nightmare World drags a group of people into a haunted place, where they struggle desperately to survive. Those pulled into the Nightmare World have no idea what lies ahead. They only know they must do everything they can to stay alive. Fight the locals! Fight the ghosts! Fight the Nightmare World! Until... they escape the Nightmare World. 1.4kReads6.6Score10414d adds
- 111 Infinite Eerie Domains: Starting with a Haunted Classroom 无限诡域：从诡异教室开始 [Infinite Flow]+ [Fake terror]+ [Ghosts kill people]+ [Emotionless]+ [Mild horror] Late at night, Su Wang receives a strange black letter that appears out of nowhere in his home. Its four blood-red survival rules reveal a terrifying, unknown realm. In the blink of an eye, he is forcibly dragged into a strange study hall at Chenfeng High School, where he and six strangers are trapped together. The one unbreakable rule is carved into the blackboard: Keep quiet. One survivor loses control, makes a 31kReads8.0Score4k14d adds
- 112 A Taoist Priest in an Infinite-Loop Story? That's Right Up My Alley 道士进无限流吗？那很专业对口了 [Infinite flow + ensemble cast + the supernatural] [Slow burn] [Mild horror + cyber ghost hunting + livestreaming + evil gods] In 2171, the neural-link horror game Random burst onto the scene, touting freedom, realism, and randomness. Homebody Taoist He Xiao opens the game, ready to let loose. Lightning magic from the start, teaching ghosts how to be ghosts. But not only does the tutorial target him, his first scenario after getting nerfed is an [S-rank scenario]? And so begins He Xiao’s livest 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Fatal Game: The Death Script 致命游戏：死亡剧本 [Infinite-Flow + Horror + Survival] No female lead, no romance between men and women, pure deduction-based infinite flow. A strange minibus carries a group of guilty people to a village that doesn’t exist on any map. ...The people living in the base dormitories receive a different horror script every so often. Anyone who receives one is forcibly dragged into the script to play out its horrifying story. When Su Bai finally returns home after experiencing one terrifying incident after another, he 504Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 114 Bet Your Life at the Haunted House 诡舍赌命 A horror-shelter fanfiction. You were once a reader, but now you're trapped in the story. You know how it ends, yet you're creating new deaths and new chances to survive. In this eerie shelter, the line between reality and fiction has long since blurred. The only thing that's clear is the deadly danger: one wrong step, and there's no coming back. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 The Corpse Bearer 抬尸人 Have you ever carried a corpse? Can you imagine what it feels like to carry the body of a young, beautiful girl who died only recently? I'll never forget it for the rest of my life. And after carrying that body, I was never the same again. 854Reads6.2Score10014d adds
- 116 Punisher of the Spirit Realm 灵界罚恶者 The brakes failed, and I plunged into the deep sea with my car. When I opened my eyes again, I had become a supernatural entity in the spirit realm, driving a haunted car steeped in resentment. “Evil-Punishment System bound. Failure to complete a mission: termination.” The cold mechanical voice announced my new life, and my dead end. . I must transmigrate through one resentful parallel world after another, avenge those who died unjustly, and pass judgment on their tormentors. The curse of the we —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Fourth Hospital: Patient 302 第四医院：302病人 A night of torrential rain, 11:44 p.m. Lin Chen and his younger brother Lin Ye wandered into a hospital that didn't exist on any map: Fourth Hospital. There is no fourth floor, yet everyone talks about it. The elevator descends on its own late at night. The nurses making their rounds never knock. The children in the wards keep repeating the same sentence: “Are you also unable to find your mother?” And every rule ultimately points to the same room number: 302. As they explore further, the brother —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Tales of the Ghost Whisperers 驭鬼者传 From the start, I shouted at a female ghost from the Qing Dynasty, “Down with the Qing! Restore the Ming!” The rot of feudalism, rote education, twisted perversions, taking responsibility, and the collision of three souls. Who am I, really... Combat takes center stage, with strategy in support. This is no traditional supernatural story. It’s occasionally funny, serious when it needs to be and funny when it should be. A coming-of-age story w 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Scrambling to Survive 攀草求生 (Mystery + Supernatural + Horror Game + Horror Revival + Not a Power Fantasy) Clinging to grass while drowning, fighting for survival in a desperate situation. A mysterious tycoon appears in the class group chat. Accept his red envelope, and you have to take part in his game. After barely escaping the deadly game, Xia Yu is pulled into a terrifying world once again. 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 After Sacrificing Our Teammates, We All Became Gods 献祭队友后，我们全员成神 A driverless Route 13 bus carries seven losers cast aside by reality into the Myriad Worlds. An unemployed planner, a teacher on the verge of a breakdown, a spineless doctor, a cowardly programmer, a boastful salesman, a taciturn stunt double, and a laid-off machinist. This is the worst starting team in history. But every “sacrifice” triggers a wild evolution. 🔹 Vehicle upgrade path: Rusty old bus → Mobile luxury apartment → Matte black-and-gold war chariot, the Xihe (with a red-gold Golden Crow 473Reads6.5Score10614d adds
- 121 The Eerie Abode: Infinite Flow Instances 诡所【无限流副本】 [Survival + No System + Mystery Solving + Supernatural Stories + Horror Atmosphere] [Fast-paced, enters the first instance in Chapter 2] [Ancient Mansion + Village + Campus + Hotel + Bus + Temple + Island + Skyscraper] Every city has a mysterious place called “Nirok Manor,” home to a group of residents marked with black patterns. Whenever a strange letter appears in their mailbox, whoever is named in it must undertake a perilous green-text mission! As Si Chen completes one green-text mission aft 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 Rule-Based Survival: I Can Foresee Death 规则求生：我能预知死亡 [Infinite Flow, mild horror, terrifying dungeons, no romance, survival, not a saintly protagonist] One night, Chen Feng was walking through an abandoned park after finishing his shift at the crematorium when something strange happened. There was clearly no one behind him, yet he heard faint footsteps. At first, he thought he was imagining things, but when he listened closely, the footsteps were still there, gradually drawing nearer. They sounded as though they were deliberately mimicking his own 22.5kReads7.6Score2.2k14d adds
- 123 Being the Bright and Cheerful Guy in the Rule Horror 在规则怪谈当阳光开朗大男孩儿 (No female lead + not a wish-fulfillment story + no invincible protagonist + thrills + horror + mystery + plot-driven) If that bothers you, don't read! Completed instances: Death Academy, Train in the Fog, An Unblessed Start to the School Year When eerie instances descend, Zhao Di is chosen as a challenger. Talent draw in progress... Your talent is Sunny, Cheerful Young Man: You're a young man with nothing, but you have a little more luck than everyone else. Would you like to spend one point of 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Cha Mi High School 茶靡高校 [Infinite Flow] [Instance-Based Story] [Original Horror Instances, Mildly Spooky] My name is Lin Fen. A bizarre car accident turned my peaceful life upside down. That day, my mother and I were crossing the street. A speeding car came hurtling toward us. My mother pushed me out of the way at the last moment and was struck dead by the roadside. I watched in terror. Then I remembered: I didn't have a mother at all! I, Lin Fen, had only ever known busy caregivers since I could remember. I was a chil 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Paranormal Survival: The Endless Gate 灵异求生：无尽之门 A survival game of endless horror-room challenges. No female lead, and no saintly protagonist. Beyond the never-ending doors lie one hopelessly terrifying room after another. Vengeful spirits, zombies, parasites, vampires, mummies, clowns... Everyone and everything you know, and don't know, might appear in the next room. Chinese, American, European... Different styles are randomly assigned, all to cater to each player's deepest fears. The cruelty of the strange creatures and the wickedness of hu 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 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—14d adds
- 127 Blood Curtain: The Final Chapter? 血幕，终章？ Five years ago, one tiny mistake of mine got three coworkers killed. From then on, I lived in endless regret. Five years later, a blood-red screen appeared in the depths of the ocean, enclosing a mysterious continent! Monsters began invading from this other continent. While every country in the world struggled to resist, I was pulled into another dimension, where lies followed rules that could get you killed, bizarre monsters were impossible to wipe out, and I had several unreliable “teammates.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Linking the Eerie Realms 诡域连结 [Infinite Flow] [Deduction] [Mind-Bending] [Supernatural] When Shen Shiyan woke up, he found himself inside a strange building filled with unknown dangers. After solving one mystery after another, he thought he could finally escape alive. “This is the Domain of the Uncanny. Welcome to your eternal rest!” A mysterious voice sent a chill down his spine. What kind of place was this? And how could he escape? 732Reads—Score12814d adds
- 129 Urban Legends Invade: I Slay Demons with Divine Blessings 怪谈入侵：我用神明祝福斩鬼 From Chapter 102 onward, the story enters dungeons, with people from other worlds joining the main cast in them. The world within a world includes science fiction. Also known as: Gods and Ghosts Run Rampant: I Wield the Power of the Gods to Slay Ghosts [Fairly satisfying] [A whole lot of killing] [Chinese-style supernatural tales] [Legendary monsters] [System-driven] [System] [Urban supernatural powers] [Mystery] [Some Infinite Flow dungeons] [Slay Ghosts] [Slay the Gods] Do you believe ghost —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The Evil Spirit Auction Game 恶灵拍卖游戏 [Dungeon-focused] + [Brand-new system] + [Feel-good power fantasy] Chu Nan is a student who has just finished his college entrance exams. He and a few close friends sign up together for the “Adventure King” summer camp. Unexpectedly, the journey proves perilous, with classmates disappearing and one mishap following another. His close friends and classmates are all kidnapped by the evil spirit, Teacher Mo. With no other choice, Chu Nan is forced to take part in a terrifying spirit auction game in —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 The Haunted House: Day Sign 诡舍：日兆 [Writing practice] [The Strange House fanfiction + horror + infinite flow] One week after Ning Qiushui reached the ninth door, the Mist World underwent a cataclysmic transformation… “My name is Shen Zuiqing… I am… who?” 1.2kReads7.3Score10014d adds
- 132 Starting with a Game, I Slaughter My Way Through Another World 从游戏开始，杀穿异世界 High-octane from the start! Games! Mind games! High martial arts! Plot-driven! Golden finger! Welcome to the world of the Spirit Realm. “Any wish can come true, as long as you can pay the price.” For some reason, Tang Yu gained the power to make his wishes come true. He never looked too closely into where his ability came from, but it had rules of its own: The bigger the wish, the greater the price. When he wished to win ten million in the lottery, the price was... the lives of his parents, his 4Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 133 I Inherited a Funeral Shop During the Hundred Ghosts' Night Parade 百鬼夜行时，我继承了一家冥铺 Lu Ci thought all his grandfather had left him was an old shop on the verge of closing. Then, one rainy night, the first customer walked through the door and bought a stack of spirit money. The next day, that very “ghost currency” appeared in someone else’s account. From then on, the shop, open only at night, began receiving one unusual customer after another: some sought wealth, some wanted to buy a life, and some only wished to exchange something for a long-overdue truth. At the end of the lon 7Reads—Score214d adds
- 134 Reincarnation's Black Market: Heal You Once, Take Ninety Percent of the Rewards 轮回黑商：奶你一口，抽九成奖励 (The rating just came out, and it's a little low. It'll go up later. Dear readers, come take a look 😭) [Infinite-Data Flow + Scheming Capitalist + Support Class on the Path to Godhood] An unusual ticket carried Zhang Yuan aboard a train that could travel between countless worlds. In this reincarnation space, damage dealers were a dime a dozen, while healers were few and far between. While everyone else fought tooth and nail to get ahead, Zhang Yuan, who had awakened the top-tier rule-based talen 881Reads8.1Score10214d adds
- 135 The Crimson Flower Cup 血色花盏 Blood-Red Flower Cup —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 The Night Shift Clerk's Countdown 《夜班店员的倒计时》 The Night-Shift Clerk's Countdown 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 The Clammy Echoes of the Basement 地下室的黏腻回响 The Sticky Echoes of the Basement —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Lucid Darkness 清醒的黑暗 Clear-Eyed Darkness 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Overtime Is Miserable Enough, and Now I've Been Thrown into a Reincarnation Dungeon! 加班够惨了，还被丢进轮回副本！ I accidentally entered a dungeon. One wrong move, and I could be facing the risk of instant death, but the rewards are incredibly generous. Whatever, this has to be better than going to work! 122Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 I Keep Being Reborn in an Infinite-Loop World 我在无限流里不断重生 [Infinite-flow horror, ensemble cast | No System, no golden finger | No mindless power fantasy] After clearing my twelfth instance, I didn't get to go home. Everyone had been deceived. Clearing an instance didn't let us leave at all. It turned out that clearing an instance didn't mean escaping. We were trapped in an endless cycle of worlds, each layer harder to tell from reality than the last. The boundary between the instances and reality had blurred completely. Was anything before our eyes 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Horrifying High School 恐怖的高中学校 [Mild Horror + Infinite Flow + No System + Survival + Ensemble Cast + Not Overpowered + Mystery-Solving + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Passion] Jiang Xuan was accidentally swept into a terrifying, uncanny dimension. To survive, he had to keep completing missions in the temporal rifts. To stay alive, he had to investigate the many mysteries hidden within each mission. As Jiang Xuan searched for ways to clear each one, he also sought to unravel the mysteries of the world. Thus began his struggle 1.5kReads—Score18614d adds
- 142 Rule Horror: All My Teammates Are Crazy 规则怪谈：我的队友全是神经病 [The main CP is a male-male couple] [Romance] [Supernatural horror] [Social satire] [Mystery and deduction] [CPs include both men and women] The God-Sealing Game has descended on this planet for the second time. No one knows who will succeed in becoming a god this time and become a legend for future generations. The mysterious Andrew Card seems like a divine gift, yet something about it feels sinister. Zzzzt A sudden burst of static swept through everyone's minds. [Humanity's God-Sealing Plan in 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Rule Horror: The Last One to Leave the Classroom After Evening Study 规则怪谈：晚自习最后离开教室的人 Rule Horror: The Last Person to Leave the Classroom After Evening Study 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 A Terrifying, Eerie Dream 惊悚诡异梦 He had a strange dream. In it, he experienced bizarre, absurd, and utterly terrifying events. As one horrifying ordeal followed another, he began to uncover the truth behind it all… [This book’s style: supernatural, suspenseful, with comedic elements.] [Urban + suspense + paranormal + deduction + calculating protagonist + endless flow] 35Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 145 Infinite Horror: When Ghosts Attack, I Just Go Home 无限恐怖：被鬼袭击，我直接回家 [Infinite-world adventure + thrilling horror + original instances + no heroine + wives and husbands + ghosts in the instances + Kind Solitary Great Celestial Venerable] [When ghosts attack me, I just go home.] One night, Chen Yu, who’s working the night shift, is swept into a supernatural elevator game. When he steps out of the elevator, he arrives in an infinitely terrifying nightmare. This place is called Hell. To escape, he must survive one blood-written mission after another. Luckily, Chen Y 2.4kReads5.9Score22014d adds
- 146 Horror Game: Hell Corporation 恐怖游戏：地狱公司 (The rating just came in, and it’ll rise over time!!!) [Infinite Flow + mild suspense + horror game + one female lead] "This is a company that can make any wish come true. Do you have a wish you'd like granted? Call our hotline to join our game. If you clear it, we'll make your wish come true." Wang Zhu looked at the ad on his phone and called the number. He didn't notice the pair of deathly pale eyes staring at him from outside the window. 14kReads7.7Score1.5k14d adds
- 147 Creation Game: The End 创世游戏：终焉 [Infinite Flow] [No Main Plot] [Con Artist] [Doomsday] After the [Creation Game] descended, everyone on Blue Star was drawn into the game and forced to undergo a special trial once a week. If you died during a trial, you died in real life too. Zhao Shihao got [Con Artist] from the start, and from then on began his campaign to dominate the top spot on the points leaderboard. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 The Twilight Line of the Haunted Realm: Conquering It with My Wits 诡界晨昏线：靠脑子制霸诡界 [Mild horror] [No System] [Character growth] [One heroine] Countless “Haunted Realms” suddenly appeared around the world. Like black holes, they devoured ordinary people's mental energy and the real world, pushing reality to the brink of madness. In response to the crisis, all kinds of organizations sprang up. They ventured into the Haunted Realms to explore, seized haunted objects to protect themselves, and sought the truth on the edge of life and death. As their investigations deepened, they d 5Reads—Score114d adds
- 149 The Calamity of Gui Water 癸水之祸 If even your memories are fake, who are you? Lin Zhou receives a death invitation from his younger sister, Lin Yao, who died twenty years ago. To uncover the truth, he enters the "Constellation Instances": twenty-eight prisons holding beings more ancient than the corruption itself. Each instance demands that he trade memories for power, and every dead person bears the cost on his behalf. When he finds his own file in the archives, stating that he cleared the Ghost Golden Sheep instance at age —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Supernatural Horror: Someone Behind the Wall Is Calling My Name 惊悚灵异：墙里有人叫我的名字 Horror and the Supernatural: Someone in the Wall Is Calling My Name 3Reads—Score—14d adds
