Novels like Bureau 749: A Yin Messenger on the Road to the Underworld
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- 51 Strange Records from the Wilderness: The Fatal Curse Following Hikers 荒山诡录：徒步者背后的索命诅咒 Also known as: Ghosts in the Deep Mountains: The Reaper Has Called Out Every Teammate In the summer of 2012, I joined a hiking club, only to encounter horrors in the wild mountains that shattered everything I thought I knew. When our guide took a detour to avoid a locust tree, a black-clad child beneath it grinned eerily at me. A frail old man who had been walking ahead suddenly appeared behind us, his rotting black teeth stretching almost to his ears. When I caught up with the group, the “team 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 The Embroidered Shoes of Death 死亡绣花鞋 I have a friend who dreamed he was getting intimate with a beautiful woman. The next morning, he woke up in a mass grave with a female corpse beside him! My name is Luo Tianlin, and I’m an antiques dealer who specializes in collecting antiques that have “gained a spirit.” The drum used to take the dead as concubines; the bloodsucking jade bracelet; the Book of Life and Death that calls the roll, and more. I want them all! 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Poison Before Bed 睡前毒物 Look up to the heavens and honor all living things; lower your head to write, and fear ghosts and gods. Good is repaid with good, and evil with evil. It’s not that retribution never comes, only that its time has not yet arrived. Absurd, terrifying, eerie, moving. I hope there’s a story that can frighten you, bring you to tears, and make you fall in love with it. 1.1kReads8.2Score19714d adds
- 54 Short Tales of Terror: A Collection of Strange Stories 短篇微恐：志怪故事集 Do you think the footsteps behind you when you walk alone late at night are just the wind? Do you think the unfamiliar object that suddenly appears in an old storage box is just something you forgot about? Do you think the blurry shadow that sometimes flickers across the mirror is just a trick of the light? This collection of strange tales has no blunt, bloody shocks. It is filled only with eerie everyday moments hidden in the folds of ordinary life. Each story stands alone, yet after you close 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Uncanny Path: Invasion of the Aliens 诡道：异形入侵 Aliens + ghosts + demons + parasites + lurking horrors. Maximum terror! The protagonist comes down from the mountain to investigate aliens and ghosts, honing his Daoist arts in real combat. Chapters 1–12 focus on aliens. From Chapter 13 onward, the story combines evil ghosts and aliens. Later, certain aliens will transform into demons, but the sense of oppression and the level of danger will stay just as high. The sect is the Hidden Immortal Sect, founded by Laozi’s disciple. Its history can be 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 A Debt of Wrongful Death 枉死债 Debt of an Unjust Death —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Terror at Three in the Morning: There's a Ghost Behind the Door 三更惊魂，门内有鬼 Terror at Three in the Morning: There's a Ghost Behind the Door —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Strange Tales from Liaozhai: Ghost Stories and Unsolved Mysteries 聊斋秘闻鬼魅传说与未解之谜 A collection of suspenseful short stories inspired by Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio and Chinese folk legends! Your follows and support motivate me to write. I’ll do my best to bring you even better stories! Fresh off the press! Leave a review, and I’ll keep improving! 1Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 59 The Paper Effigy Yama 纸扎阎罗 Before Grandpa died, he left me with a warning: a paper effigy maker must never make three kinds of figures. On my very first day taking over the shop, I broke every rule. I made a wedding dress for a girl who died violently, a filial son for a childless widow, and finally... a stand-in for a living person. Now all the paper figures I made come alive at night and gather around me, calling me “Master.” Outside the window, the girl who should have been dead for three years is knocking on the door. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 The Conspiracy Behind the Terrifying Calls 恐怖电话背后的阴谋 The conspiracy behind the horror phone 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Redemption and Rebirth in the Darkness 黑暗中的救赎与新生 Salvation and New Life in the Darkness 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Terror Underground: My Journey of Adventure and Growth 地道惊魂，我的探险与成长 Terror Underground: My Adventure and Growth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Abandoned Wife's Desert Island Adventure 弃妇的荒岛冒险之旅 An Abandoned Wife's Adventure on a Deserted Island 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Haunted House at No. 13 13号凶宅 Number 13 Qianliang Hutong in Beijing has long been a haunted house. During the Cultural Revolution, several people died mysteriously one after another inside the residence. Long Fei, an investigator with the Public Security Bureau, assumed the alias Li Qiang and moved into the compound as a housing office inspector. After a series of thrilling struggles, Li Qiang finally discovered that Number 13 was an operational base for an enemy spy organization... 959Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 65 The Child's Haunting 童诡 Mystery | Horror | Hidden Chen Shuyang was overjoyed to move in with his girlfriend, Bai Lu. But as they spent day after day together, he gradually discovered her many strange quirks, from bizarre tastes in food to abnormal behavior. Little by little, he uncovered the terrifying secret she was hiding. 443Reads8.0Score11314d adds
- 66 The Yellow Springs Trading Post 黄泉交易铺 My grandfather ran a pawnshop unlike any other. It had three rules: there were three things we would never accept. No objects from the earth, no divine robes or stage costumes, and no stolen goods. One day, a woman came to our pawnshop and pawned something. My father accepted it. That night, my father fled with the item. I only learned what had happened when the police called to tell me my father had been in a car accident and there was nothing they could do. They asked me to identify his body. 189Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Half-Baked Feng Shui Master: I Became a Legend Through Hands-On Ghost Hunting 半吊子风水师：撞鬼后靠实操封神 Lin Jingran, nicknamed Dogshit, is the most hopeless half-baked feng shui master in the old district. He has no real skills and is a coward, getting by on the old notes his grandfather left behind. That is, until his childhood friend kneels before him, crying that the secondhand house he bought is haunted and his wife and son are close to dying. For two thousand yuan, Lin Jingran steels himself and goes over. He steps on wet hair as soon as he walks in, hears a woman crying by his ear, and watch 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Strange Tales of Houqiu 厚邱怪谈 This is a novel only those who have truly seen ghosts can understand. When water reaches the brim, it spills; when the moon is full, it wanes. If you learn too many of the world’s secrets, the only person you’ll hurt in the end is yourself. Some people are born able to see strange things, or to experience what ordinary people never do. Such people are either born with a defect or destined for a difficult life. So, would you be willing to have a pair of Yin-Yang Eyes? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Northeast China Paranormal Cases: Calling Spirits 东北灵异事件:问灵招魂 Northeast Paranormal Incidents: Calling Spirits and Summoning Souls —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Eat Mutton, Share the Sheep's Lifespan 吃羊肉，分羊寿 Eat mutton, share the sheep's years of life —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Only One of My Daughters Is Mine. Divorce? Then Child Support Will Be the Minimum! 女儿只有一个是亲生的，离婚？抚养费按最低标准来算！ Only one of the daughters is mine by blood. A divorce? Then the child support will be calculated at the minimum rate! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Whispers of the Ghosts 鬼魅低语 [Standalone Stories] [Eerie] [Thriller] [Strange] [Wild Imagination] Worlds full of distortion and absurdity. Whether it's seemingly ordinary snippets of everyday life or strange phenomena that gradually come to light, everything sends a chill down your spine and grows more terrifying the more you think about it. 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Notes on Strange Folk Tales 民间诡事札记 The countryside hides the strangest legends and lays bare the truest depths of the human heart. A single red embroidered shoe beneath an old pagoda tree holds a grievance and a hatred left unspoken. A strange peddler knocking at the door in the dead of night carries no ordinary goods in his pack, only old stories frosted over with time. A bronze mirror rising from an ancient well can reflect ghosts, but not the depths of the human heart... These curious tales scattered across bustling streets an 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 The Ultimate Ghost-Raising Master 极品养鬼师 [Adult] + [Adorable Pets] + [Sharp Tongue] + [Making Money] + [Secret Arts] Do you know how to raise ghosts? No worries, I do! Do you know how to catch ghosts? No worries, I do that too! Do you know where to find ghosts? No worries, I’ll take you there! Watch your step. Get in! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Tales of Strange Happenings Among the People 民间诡事杂谈 Never enter a temple in the barren hills alone. Never talk about ghosts and spirits on a night road. Never bury the dead in the center of a burial plot. Pork butchers often can't draw their last breath when they die. The world is full of strange things. What seems ordinary can be deadly. Don't believe me? Turn around and take a look. 275Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Blood Case Pursuit [On-the-Scene Coverage] 血案追凶【直击现场】 Beneath the dazzling neon lights... Among the weeds in a desolate wasteland... Lives, one after another, full of vitality... Multiple perspectives reveal the hidden stories behind them, stories no one was ever meant to know! 8.6kReads8.4Score57914d adds
- 77 Driver of the Underworld 幽冥司机 Bus Route 206 is hiring a night-shift driver. Liu Hao eagerly applies, only to discover that the job not only pays well but also has short hours. It’s only after he signs the contract that he realizes there’s something wrong with the bus… Strange passengers and eerie lost property leave Liu Hao wondering if he’s driving the last bus of the underworld! 395Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 78 Subduing Evil 镇邪 [China's first mystery novel to reveal the customs of the ancient Dongnu Kingdom] A mysterious old town, an ancient profession, and a rash of strange events. Friend or foe, it's impossible to tell! A peculiar custom from the ancient Dongnu Kingdom, and the source of sins passed down for thousands of years. Terror at the fifth watch, bizarre murder cases: are they vengeful ghosts, a curse, or the evil in people's hearts? A bloodstained clay pot, bells and drums offered in worship, kindhearted peo 162Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 79 The Ultimate Supernatural Horror: The Ghost Card Train 终极灵异：鬼牌列车 [Supernatural] + [Horror] + [No Female Lead] + [No Sanctimonious Hero] + [No Mindless Decisions] Ghosts cannot be killed. Every ghost has its own unique rules for killing. Every card represents a vengeful ghost. Find a way to control the ghosts and escape the supernatural incidents. An old, eerie train stained with blood runs toward a terrifying supernatural realm. Where is the train’s final stop? No one knows. Or rather, no one has ever made it to the final stop. 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 The Haunting of the New Home 搬家诡事 [Mystery + Thriller + Supernatural + Horror + No Female Lead + Smart Protagonist] His name was Yi Jibo. After he was wrongfully imprisoned, his mother fell ill and died. To pay off his gambling debts, his father sold her ashes to the Japanese through a crematorium driver. To get his mother's ashes back, Yi Jibo went to work at a Japanese funeral home. And so he burned Japanese corpses while searching for his mother's ashes… 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 The Flayed Double 剥皮替身 The Flayed Doppelganger —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Forbidden Rules of the Haunted School 恐怖校园禁忌 These words themselves are supernatural. Many of these stories happened to me or to people around me, and the schools are real, too. You may not believe in ghosts, but that doesn’t mean you’ve never encountered one. An old Taoist priest in a tattered robe stroked her head. “A demon child has been born into the world. All living things will suffer. Disciple, go down the mountain now.” 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Records of a Hundred Ghosts 百鬼事录 [Short Story Collection] + [Based on True Events] + [Folk Paranormal] + [Chinese-Style Horror] + [Urban Legends] + [Standalone Stories] Two hundred standalone horror stories, with no dragging things out. Every story delivers a jolt to the heart, with supernatural encounters, suspense, and eerie mysteries taking turns onstage. No lengthy buildup, just instant scares. Not for the faint of heart! 288Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 84 Records of the Underworld: The Blood-Jade Bride 幽冥录之血玉新娘 Ming-Qing Alternate History · Reincarnation Curse · Flesh Mutation · Chilling on Second Thought “The bangle on your wrist isn't jade. It's your own throat bone from three hundred years ago.” On a stormy night, Su Wan, eldest daughter of the Su family in Qixia Town, receives a blood-red jade bangle sent by her younger brother, who vanished ten years ago. Her birth date is carved inside the bangle. In the package, soaked in rotten blood, lies half a finger bone wearing a jadeite ring. A corpse sur 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 The Eerie Girlfriend 诡异女友 Can a loser really not find true love? One day, I suddenly discover that my girlfriend has disappeared. Did she dump me? But I’ve asked so many friends, and none of them have seen her. I can’t stop breaking out in a cold sweat... Was I dumped, or is there something “wrong” with her? 237Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 86 Matters of the Underworld 冥事 Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? As an outstanding product of nine years of compulsory education, I certainly didn't. But ever since I started working as a security guard at Hongqi Factory, I do! I thought it was just an ordinary factory, but who would have guessed that... 299Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Surviving in a Supernatural World 存活灵异世界 [Vengeful Ghosts Revive + Horror Mysteries + No Female Lead + Supernatural Tales + Decisive and Ruthless + Movie Horrors Made Real] "The Ring," "Ju-On," "Friday the 13th," "Silent Hill," "Tomie," "The House Where Evil Dwells," "One Missed Call," "Mirrors," "A Nightmare on Elm Street" People have long suspected that the spread of urban legends might not be baseless after all, and that the rise of ghost stories was no fabrication either. When Chen Ze returned to the country once again, countless 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Grave Keeper 墓吏 There are Buddhas and Daoists, immortals and ghosts, humans and demons, good and evil, black and white. I vow not to become a Buddha until Hell is empty; I vow not to become an immortal until the Ghost Path is no more! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 The Bloody Rain That Wouldn't Wash Away 洗不净的腥雨 The Rain of Blood That Will Never Wash Clean 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 My Neighbor Is Knocking, but He Died Seven Days Ago 我的邻居在敲门，但他死于七天前 My Neighbor Is Knocking, but He Died Seven Days Ago —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Who’s Watching You Sleep? 谁在看着你睡觉 A collection of horror stories, including The Haunting of the Girls' Dorm, The Peeping Eye, and The Abyss of the Locked Room: A Mother's Checkmate! I guarantee you'll be too scared to use the bathroom after reading them at night! Each story is 80,000 to 100,000 characters long. I'm a newcomer, and this is my first time writing on Tomato Novel! I hope you'll give me lots of encouragement! Your support is what motivates me to create more and better stories! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Republic-Era Notes on Summoning Evil 民国招邪笔记 Chinese-Style Horror + Episodic Mysteries + Ancestral Taboos + Republican-Era Suspense + Cursed Objects That Claim Lives Each supernatural case wraps up in three to five chapters. The pace is breakneck, with no dragging things out! Folk-horror elements: red wedding gowns, ancestral halls, midnight opera troupes... If you’re a scaredy-cat, read during the day. If you’re brave, listen to the audiobook at night for the full dose of terror. 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Treasure Hunting in the Deep Mountains: A Thrilling Journey on the Brink of Death 深山寻宝，生死边缘的惊险之旅 Treasure Hunting Deep in the Mountains: A Perilous Journey on the Edge of Life and Death 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Old Tales of Strange Happenings 民间旧诡事 The woman in red who knocks on doors late at night, the soul-binding bones beneath the locust tree, the copper-bell curse in an old house in an abandoned village... These old tales of the uncanny, scattered across the countryside, are the idle chatter of old folks and stories sealed away by time... 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Come Listen to a Ghost Story! 来听诡故事！ The chime of midnight is the switch that starts each story. Hidden here are 365 eerie legends from every corner of the world. Maybe it's the strange sobbing in the night-shift office during overtime, a stranger's long hair beside your pillow in an old residential complex, or a passenger in a white dress who vanishes in front of a cemetery. One short ghost story every night, tearing through the everyday facade to reveal the chilling truth beneath. Do you dare open this collection of midnight tale 42Reads—Score514d adds
- 96 The Ghost Banquet 鬼禁食 A glutton's feast: can it really eat anything at all? Open wide, and nothing is off-limits? When you're indulging in wild game, have you ever felt a hint of murderous intent behind you... 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Night of the Return of the Dead 回魂夜 On my way home from work, I saw a group of girls beating up a pretty girl. She called out to me for help, but I didn’t get involved. Who knew she’d end up dead? Seven days later, on the night she returned as a ghost, I was the first person she came looking for. 29Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 98 The Eighteenth Floor Underground 地下十八楼 [Urban Mystery / Thriller / Puzzle-Solving / Supernatural / No System] Beneath an upscale residential complex lies a mysterious space known as “Underground Level Eighteen.” They say that anyone who goes in either dies or goes mad… Su Chi, a new resident, accidentally gets caught up in it. There are ancient coffin mazes, a blue underground river, savage subterranean creatures, and even mysterious wild men… Danger lurks at every turn, and the mysteries are hair-raising. It feels as if a pair of ey 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The Underworld Shop 阴间铺子 [No System + traditional story + male and female leads + supernatural tales] After losing my job, I took over this funeral parlor, but all sorts of supernatural incidents started happening at night. Burned-to-death ghosts, drowned ghosts... After the parlor, a yellow weasel spirit that had become an adult made a bone-chilling discovery... Challenges faced together with my childhood sweetheart from elementary school. 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Strange Tales of Southeast Asia 东南亚诡事 (The author has opened a coffee shop in the ancient city of Dali and is busy with renovations. Please wait a little while for updates.) My name is Ning. During college, I went alone to Thailand to intern at a hotel, where a series of bizarre and inexplicable things happened. Why was there a temple built inside the hotel? What secrets did this temple hide? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
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