Novels like I Play an Extra in Eerie Movies
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- 1 I Cultivate the Uncanny Path at the Mountain Lord's Temple 我在山君庙修诡道 There is a Mountain Lord Temple on Da'ao Mountain. Grandpa Mo has guarded it for decades and never let anyone touch the clay statue of the Mountain Lord. He says cultivation depends on incense, and if people grow greedy for it, they will turn into monsters. Bai Hu never believed him. That is, until the night the dead old hunter crawled back out of the river. And the clay statue in the Mountain Lord Temple seemed to move. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Broken Mirror Case 破镜谜案 On a stormy night in Linzhou, the bizarre corpse of a woman is discovered in Jing’an Alley. A fine silver chain is wound around her neck, her face is covered with shards of mirror, and the half of a yellowed movie ticket clutched in her hand tears open a hidden corner of the past from fifteen years ago. Detective Lin Yan follows the trail and discovers that the skin tissue beneath the victim’s fingernails matches the DNA of the sole survivor of the Red Star Cinema arson case twenty years ago. Th 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Mansion: A Shut-In Girl Slays Her Way to the Deadly True Ending 馆：宅女杀穿致命真结局 [Infinite-Flow + Strong Heroine + No Romance + Hard-Core Deduction + Mild Horror] No golden finger. The heroine will grow, so I hope you’ll show her lots of support! A veteran visual-novel addict falls into a real-life horror instance! Her maxed-out way of thinking and “clear-the-game intuition” are her strongest cheats. While others are sobbing and fighting to survive in dire straits, she’s turned the horror game into a hard-core puzzle-solving session! Yu Jinxia is a hardcore anime-loving shut —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 My Bizarre Life Replays: How on Earth Do I Get Out?! 诡异人生重演：我到底怎么才能出去？！！ My Bizarre Life Keeps Repeating: How on Earth Can I Get Out?!!! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Truth Waiting to Be Seen 等待被看见的真相 The truth is waiting to be seen —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Rule Eight: Never Trust the Words on the Wall 第八条规则：永远别信墙上的字 Eight people take part in a survival challenge in an escape room, competing for a million-dollar prize. Seven rules are written on the wall. Keep quiet. Don't look in the mirror after midnight. Don't go to the basement alone... But at the very bottom of the list, someone has added an eighth rule in blood: Never believe anything written on the wall. As those who follow the rules disappear one by one, and those who break them become less and less like themselves, I finally realize this isn't a gam —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 On the Day of the Funeral, My Stepmother Laughed Wildly in a Red Dress. When the Will Was Revealed, the Whole Internet Broke Down in Tears 葬礼那天，后妈穿红裙狂笑，遗产揭晓后全网泪崩 On the Day of the Funeral, Her Stepmother Laughs Wildly in a Red Dress. The Inheritance Is Revealed, and the Whole Internet Breaks Down in Tears —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Truth and Lies: A Wanderer's Chanson 真与谎：游离者的香颂 [Multiple Couples + Multiple Protagonists + Infinite-Flow] *Everything in this story is fictional and unrelated to reality. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. I'm just writing for fun. This book has only one instance and is fairly short. Unless something unexpected happens, I'll write a series. Updates are slow, but seeing readers ask for updates makes me very happy. If one day the school you know appears in a bizarre form, and all your classmates become neither friends nor foes, would you —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 A Water Ghost Stole My Sister's Face, and My Adoptive Parents Put Me in a Coffin 亲妹被水鬼借走脸，我被养父母送进棺材 A water ghost stole my little sister’s face, and my adoptive parents put me in a coffin 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Weeping for the Passersby 哭路人 Ten years ago, his daughter disappeared. Ten years later, he became a “mourning wanderer,” someone who specializes in finding the belongings of the missing. He can borrow someone’s eyes and see the final minute of a dead person’s life. The price: his own vision is gradually consumed. Until, on the verge of death, an old man speaks his daughter’s name: “Yunyun...” He begins investigating, only to discover that a group in this city specializes in “collecting missing people.” And his daughter is on —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 I'm a Duck, and I Solve Cases with My Imagination 我，一只鸭，断案全靠脑洞 I’m Tang Nuo, a Beijing duck who solves crimes. A bizarre incident has taken place at the International Grand Hotel. The door was locked from the inside, the security chain was fastened, and there was no sign that anyone had broken into the room on the twelfth floor. Mrs. Goose, an opera singer, was found dead in her room. The only clues were half a bunch of bananas, a few hairs of unknown origin, and a pigeon feather. Everyone was convinced that the giant pigeon passing by had caused the accid —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 A Papaya Nearly Got Me Killed 因为一个木瓜，我差点被杀 I nearly got killed over a papaya. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Seven Sins of the Demon City 魔都七罪 The Seven Sins of the Demon City —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 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—14d adds
- 15 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—14d adds
- 16 At Midnight Every Day, Someone Disappears from the City 每天零点，城市少一个人 [Mystery and wild ideas + urban supernatural powers + no System + one heroine + ensemble cast] Linjiang City has a rule no one knows about: every day at midnight, one person disappears from the city. They don't die. They're erased completely. They vanish from photographs and records, and even their parents forget they ever gave birth to them. The only person who can still remember the vanished is Zhou Wang, who restores memorial portraits at a funeral home. At exactly midnight, a portrait of an 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 She Risked Her Life to Help Me Escape That Village 她用命换我逃出那个村子 She gave her life so I could escape that village. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Chronicles of Wangchuan City 忘川城记 Wangchuan City has three iron laws: The living cannot leave, the dead do not decay, and once the faceless statue in the City God's temple calls out a name, someone will die within three days. Shen Du, an eighteen-year-old corpse collector, has to check his arms every morning when he wakes. They are covered in warnings he carved into his own skin. Some have scabbed over, while others look as if they were carved only moments ago. He can't remember what happened the night before, why he can always 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Repaying Yin Debts: The Living Must Not Pass 还阴债：活人禁行 From the day I was born, my whole family wore shrouds. The day my parents took theirs off, they died under mysterious circumstances. To keep me alive, my grandfather sacrificed himself... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Ghosts Are Appearing, and You're Catching Your Partner Cheating? You've Got Some Nerve! 诡异降临还捉奸，你胆子挺大啊？ [Strange Dimension] + [Card-Based Powers] + [Rule Horror] It all happened far too suddenly. “A strange dimension...” An hour before he first encountered those words, Jiang Chen was helping someone catch a cheater in the act. But that little operation was what got him into trouble. The two men who had been having an affair turned into a pair of rotting corpses. A classmate he'd always gotten along with somehow became a “Strange Entity Tamer.” They say anyone who can enter a strange dimension 1Reads6.6Score10014d adds
- 21 Temp Worker at the Civil Affairs Bureau: I Turn Around and Deregister a Ghost God 民政局临时工，反手注销诡神 Chen Zhibai is a temporary employee at the Civil Affairs Bureau, in charge of records for the dead. One day, he saw his own name on a list of people to be deregistered. Applicant: The Ghost God. Reason for deregistration: Occupying a living person's household registration. Result: Return the name within three days. From that day on, vengeful ghosts claiming kinship, evil gods showing up at his door, and ghost gods seeking registration all landed on Chen Zhibai's desk. Other people kill ghost 2Reads—Score19814d adds
- 22 Old Man "Joy" 老头“乐” The Old Man “Le” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Smiling Sleuth: A Brilliant Detective Who Plays by No Rules 笑面追凶：推理天才不着四六 [Classic deduction, no female lead, no System, no saccharine romance, hard-boiled suspense and mystery] A kidnapper demands a hundred million. Do they want the money, or the hostage's life? A playboy is murdered. How did the killer control the time of death, ensuring the victim died without ever realizing it? An arson case and a poisoning. How does the crime in the first case become the key clue that exposes the method used in the second? At 22, he is a criminal investigation specialist. He is a 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Silent Clay Figure 沉默的泥塑 A Buddhist tooth from the Northern Wei, Ming Dynasty painted sculptures, and secrets a thousand years old hidden in a laboratory. An inexplicable foreign object lies sealed inside the chest of a statue of Weituo. Sculptors, archaeologists, antiquities dealers, and a mysterious family are all searching for answers. When the truth comes to light, they discover that some secrets, once opened, can never be closed again. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The First Day After the Substitute Died 替身死后的第一天 The First Day After the Substitute Died —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Memory Fragments: Hunting the Killer in a Frame-Up 记忆碎片：替罪追凶 “If you can’t even trust yourself, who can you trust?” Five years ago, criminal police captain Lu Chen went undercover in a criminal syndicate trafficking human organs. Five years later, he is gravely injured in an explosion while investigating a serial murder case. When he wakes up with no memory, he finds himself the prime suspect. Every piece of physical evidence points to him as the killer. The only things that could prove his innocence are a stranger’s fingernail clenched in his hand and th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 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—14d adds
- 28 I Can See the Loopholes in the Rules 我能看见规则的漏洞 It has been 127 years since spiritual energy revived, and cultivating immortality is no longer a matter of fated encounters and lucky breaks. Want to establish your Foundation? Take out a loan. Want to buy a cultivation manual? Pay in installments. Want to join a sect? Sign away your freedom first. Lin Yuan, twenty-four years old, is at the peak of Foundation Establishment, stuck at the bottleneck to the Golden Core realm with no end in sight. Burdened with 280 spirit stones in student loans, he —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The 'Dead' Return: He Never Disappeared “死者”归来：他从未消失 The "Dead" Have Returned: He Never Disappeared —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Perpetual Motion Train 永动列车 Former mechanical engineer Chen Mo boards the mysterious “Perpetual Motion Train” on a stormy night, searching for his younger sister Chen Xi, who has been missing for six months. What follows is a bizarre journey aboard a train running along abandoned tracks, where time and space twist into chaos. Missing passengers are bound by their obsessions, reliving endless cycles of death in the carriages. Each carriage holds a sealed supernatural incident, from curses in mirrors to apparitions in misty —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Night Voyage on the Yellow River 黄河夜行船 Before he died, Grandpa told me something strange: “Whatever's in the river, never fish it out.” I didn't listen. The next day, I fished a corpse out of the Yellow River. It smiled at me. Only then did I learn that the Shen family had been retrieving bodies for generations, not to recover the dead, but to guard something far more terrifying in the Yellow River. The River Crossing Register listed every rule the Shen family had to follow, but the more I read, the less sense they made: Why had no R —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Proving Her Innocence 为她证无罪 When her closest family member becomes the prime suspect in a perfect crime, when every piece of evidence points to her sister’s already shattered soul, a younger sister who is a forensic pathologist decides to use science, faith, and unwavering love to fight through the fog for her sister’s chance to live. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 From the Start, I Explored Dreams for Three Hundred Years, and the Ascetic Imperial Preceptor Lost Control 开局探梦三百年，禁欲国师他失控 I woke up as a good-for-nothing female tutor, and from the start I was expected to bring good fortune through marriage to a seventy-year-old man. At my most desperate, I bound myself to the [Dream Tracing System]. Enter other people's dreams, uncover secrets from their past lives, solve a strange case, and earn three more days to live. I thought I was just solving cases to stay alive, until I entered the mute bodyguard's dream for the first time... A mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, with 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Multiverse of Dreams 多元梦境 (A summary of the full story: Mild horror, mystery and escape, two male leads, no cultivation, no System. There are multiple scene transitions to fit the dreamlike theme.) “Run from the dream!” These four words were written in code on the inside of a discontinued cigarette box. Who wrote them? And how did it end up in my hands? What were those four words supposed to mean? My memories seemed hazy. I felt as if I should know, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t remember. On a rainy night, W —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Tales from the Tranquil Heart Teahouse 清心茶馆故事 In certain corners of this city, a saying has made the rounds: “If you’re out of options, if the truth you’re searching for has sunk without a trace, go to the Qingxin Teahouse and find Mr. Zhou.” This is the last stop for the lost, a crossroads of secrets. By day, it welcomes ordinary tea drinkers and offers a taste of life in all its variety. By night, it lights a solitary lamp for those shrouded in darkness. Whether it’s a bizarre disappearance, a business conspiracy, or a long-buried cold ca 1.8kReads8.4Score16114d adds
- 36 She Judges the Dead in Hell and Kills for a Living 她在地狱当判官，在人间当杀手 Misheng, the judge of the First Hall of the Underworld, altered the Book of Life and Death and was banished to the mortal realm to atone for her crime. Heaven's punishment: within one year, she must personally kill seven heinous criminals. When she opens her eyes again, she is Wang Fang, a judge at the Jiangcheng People's Court. By day, she presides over court and judges cases according to the law; by night, she commands the Underworld and punishes the guilty. The Mirror of Retribution settles a 3Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 37 Forensic Examiner of Relics: Every Cursed Object I Autopsy Weeps 遗物法医：我解剖的凶物都在哭 Forensic pathologist specializing in haunted relics, rule-based horror, relics taking human form, two powerful male leads, criminal investigations, mystery and horror, supernatural tragic romance, episodic wish fulfillment, fated entanglements, the unattainable first love, unresolved regrets, a tragedy from ten years ago, life-and-death protection, heartbreaking angst, every character gets a moment to shine 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Codename: Bone Butterfly 代号骨蝶 A young woman's body is pulled from a cold riverbank. The police's preliminary conclusion: accidental drowning. When the victim's twin sister, the sharp and composed forensic pathologist Ye Shuyun, touches the body that looks so much like her own, professional instinct cuts through her grief in an instant: abnormal fluid in the lungs, a hidden needle mark, a missing kidney... This was no accident! The victim was her younger sister, Ye Shuya, an investigative journalist determined to expose socie 16Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 39 Oh No, the Unluckiest Girl Is Heaven's Own Daughter 夭寿了，倒霉蛋居然是天道亲闺女 # Oh No, the Unlucky One Is the Heavenly Dao’s Own Daughter Su Xiaoxiao died in the most ridiculous way imaginable: she choked on mouthwash! The moment she arrived in the underworld, she got VIP treatment. The King of Hell greeted her in person and dropped a bombshell: “You’re the Heavenly Dao’s own daughter. Someone stole your fate, which is why you’ve had ten years of bad luck!” To get her fate back, she signs a contract to become a ferryman, equipped with yin-yang eyes to guide the dead. O —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Survival Manual for the Eerie World 诡异世界生存手册 [Suspense] [Rule Horror] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Battle of Wits] [Warning: This is not a novel. It is a real survival manual for the supernatural world.] Rule One: Don’t open the window after dark. Rule Two: The night-watch candle must never go out. Rule Three: Never trust anyone outside the window. If you break any of these rules, write down your last words immediately. Because a ghost player is already standing behind you. 30Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 41 All the Gods Have Autism 所有神都患有孤独症 Welcome to the “Divine Asylum,” where there are no believers, only patients and caretakers. Transmigrate to another world, get a System, and enjoy a standard start? No. The rules here are utterly insane: All the gods are “sick.” The Old Gods have gone mad as their faith dries up, the New Gods are lonely and despairing in an unfamiliar land, and the Evil Gods whisper softly in your ear. Want the power of the gods? What price will you have to pay? Your System is “lying to you.” Is it really a Syst —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Nightmare Returns 梦靥如故 [Love and hate intertwined + strong female lead + trapped in danger + hunting a killer on a stormy night] A beautiful woman dies on the operating table during childbirth, leaving Shangguan Yu an orphan overnight. Was it murder or a medical accident? Are the countless midnight visions nightmares, or glimpses of a truth left just barely concealed? Nineteen years ago, on a night of thunder and lightning, a butcher appeared in the rain. Was someone spreading rumors, or trying to cover something up? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Mad Detective 狂探 This is the story of Zhao Shun, an ordinary police officer who, through extraordinary perseverance, overcomes the mental and psychological hurdles that defeat many others in the force. He uncovers evidence of a company’s economic crimes and ultimately brings the criminals to justice. By revealing every facet of the characters, the novel portrays personalities that are complex and richly layered, breaking away from some of the genre’s conventions to create a police officer who feels real and has —Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 44 Grandpa's Ghost-Hunting Tales 爷爷的抓鬼往事 The older generation always had plenty of taboos. They would rather chat about anything else than talk about ghosts and spirits, for fear of inviting trouble and shortening their lives. This was all the more true in the rural villages of western Gansu, where the elderly held such beliefs as sacred rules, engraved in their bones and woven into their every word and deed. When my grandfather was young, he crossed between the worlds of yin and yang and subdued evil spirits. No one in the surrounding 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Scapegoat on the Autopsy Table 解剖台上的替罪羊 The Scapegoat on the Autopsy Table 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Echoes of Blood 血字残响 A plain silver band links a bloody, unsolved case spanning twenty-seven years. A family slaughtered on a rainy night, power that reaches the heavens, and a revenge plot that leaves him transformed from victim to prisoner. Fine scratches serve as evidence, skin flakes as proof. Every crime hidden in the darkness will eventually be exposed in the sunlight. The last echoes of blood-written words fade, and justice finally finds its way home. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Your Chaotic Plot Has Arrived: She Always Stands on the Edge of Death 您点的乱局已送达她总在致命边缘 The System says I'm a supporting villainess destined to be a stepping stone in a tragedy. So I turn around and bring out my retired, high-ranking official father and my brother who dotes on his little sister. The original male lead grits his teeth. “You’re only relying on your family background!” Lounging on a chaise longue and eating grapes, I say, “No way, no way. Are there really people who work hard for ten years and still can’t beat someone who was born into the right family?” Later, my pow —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 He Suyue Transmigrates into a Book: A Calming Soup Brings a Ghost Bride to Life 何苏叶穿书：安神汤喝活了鬼新娘 He Su Ye transmigrates into a book: A Calming Decoction Brings a Ghost Bride Back to Life 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Yin Craftsman: Beginning with Coexistence with the Supernatural 阴匠：从与阴物共生开始 Let’s start with the facts: I haven’t even graduated, and I’ve already inherited my grandfather’s shop. The good news: I personally sent the murderer who killed my senior to the executioner’s block! The bad news: My senior now lives in the pocket over my chest, and we share life and death. Random passerby: “That student looks so frail. He’s definitely been drained dry.” Liu Changqing: “Could it be a side effect of yin energy entering my body?” (expressionless) Black-clad bodyguard: “Kid, how dar 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Declared Dead While Still Alive, I Tear Apart My Family’s Deception After Being Reborn 活人被宣告死亡，重生后我撕碎亲情骗局 Declared dead while still alive, I tear apart the ruse of family affection after being reborn —Reads—Score—14d adds
