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- 1 Rule Horror Conquers the World 规则怪谈征服到全世界 Lin Wang, a low-level wage earner, gets pulled into a Rule Horror game. Using his sharp reasoning, he spots loopholes in the rules, seizes supernatural abilities from the scenarios, builds a faction, and overthrows the ruling system. In the end, he faces the source of the horrors, but loses everyone close to him and stands alone at the summit. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 You Were Supposed to Survive, So Why Did You Drive the Supernatural Insane? 让你求生，你把诡异治疯了？ [Infinite Flow + Subversive Rule Horror + Unhinged Protagonist + Power Fantasy + Survival?] [Not traditional Rule Horror. Best enjoyed as a power fantasy.] The abyss descends, forcibly splitting reality into countless Rule Horror dungeons. The Gaokao Factory, the Flesh Apartment, the Dark University, the Flaying Train... All humanity desperately struggles to survive under the bizarre “rules that guarantee death.” But in the eyes of Lin Yan, a top criminal psychology profiler, the truth is comple 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Eerie Game: My System Has a Bug 诡异游戏：我的系统有BUG The Strange World and the real world: The real world is being eroded by strange forces, and humans can enter the Strange World through specific “doors” or mediums. The Strange World follows its own rules, and breaking them means death. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 I Bought My Way Through the Eerie World 我用钱买穿诡异世界 [Pay-to-win cultivation + Chinese-style horror + ruthless protagonist] His only golden finger: Money really can let you do anything. At the awakening ceremony, others summoned divine weapons and spirit beasts. Lin Feng awakened nothing but a single copper coin. His clan members laughed. “Useless! How can a copper coin slay ghosts?” Then came the night of the corpse uprising. With one copper coin, he subdued a corpse. With a hundred taels of gold, he bought the silence of a red-clad bride. With a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Eerie Bestiary: I Gain Skills by Collecting Entries 诡异图鉴：我靠收录爆技能 [Collecting the eerie + infinite skills + decisive and ruthless + effortless domination + no female lead] When others encounter the eerie: Run. When Shen Yuan encounters it: Nice skill. It’s mine now. The eerie: Don’t come any closer! [Collected: Corpse in the Coffin. Skill acquired: Miasma of Corruption, which can erode anything] [Collected: Red-Robed Vengeful Ghost. Skill acquired: Blood Shadow Doppelganger, turning every shadow in the mirror into my eyes and ears] [Collected: Thread-Pulling P 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Rule Horror: The Ghost Wedding in Eastern Guangdong 规则怪谈：从粤东鬼娶亲开始 As the supernatural runs rampant, the entire world is forcibly dragged into death-game instances by the “Ghost Story App.” Wu Hao awakens his family's inherited Nuo opera talent. From the start, he enters the S-rank Lingnan urban legend: [A Ghost Wedding in Eastern Guangdong]. Red sedan, white lanterns, and the living ordered to stay away? He can see the true names of the supernatural beings and seal gods with his Nuo mask! From ghost weddings in urban villages to ancient gods in the deep sea, W 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Rule Horror: The Repeating Door 规则怪谈：重复的门 [Infinite flow + mild horror + survival] I’m a young man from the 21st century. After boarding a train, I ended up in another world. The Smurf Village... The Smurfs here seem to have mutated. They’re actually about as tall as my knees. To get back to their original world, they try every possible way to complete the tasks announced over the radio. But the further they go, the more they realize something is wrong. Because there is only one real Smurf... “The door.” “Look, there’s the door.” “We ca 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Rule Horror: Is This a Healing Raising Game? 规则怪谈：这是治愈养成游戏？ The Strange Beings Descend A game called [Dawn] begins, and strange beings gradually appear before people's eyes. The Corpse in the Mountain Village, The Red Wedding, The Paper Doll, The Clockwork Museum Incident, The Human Jigsaw... Once only found in legends, these are no longer stories... You wake up, and... Welcome to Dawn. Your main quest is to survive. Warning: The attendant in red is fake. Warning: Those who get on are human. Warning: Those who get off are ghosts. Warning: The attendant i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 With Bone-Gathering and Soul-Whistling, I Made Every Rule Horror Collapse 敛骨吹魂一出，规则怪谈全崩了 [Rules-Based Horror, Suspense, Bone-Gathering and Soul-Calling, Forensic Pathology, Two Male Leads, Evil God, Power Fantasy, Infinite Flow] Thrown into a rules-based horror game? Others: Follow the rules, stay alive. Lin Yan: Touch the bones, summon the lingering souls, and flip the whole instance on its head. [Do not touch the dead.] He touches one, and the dead person opens their eyes and calls him Big Brother. [Do not enter the morgue.] He walks in, and the roomful of little ghosts lines up t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Weird Has Descended, and I’ve Become the King of All Haunts 诡异降世，我成万诡之王 [Eerie] [Multiple heroines] [Power ranks] [No System] [Transmigration] When the Eerie descends upon the world and slaughters all living things, what will you do? At that moment, the novel in a high school student's hands awakens as an Eerie black book. And so, the King of Ten Thousand Eerie is born! He will devour them all! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Night Walk Without a Gate 无门夜行 Shen Zhao, a folk-custom archive restoration specialist, receives a “Death Certificate in His Own Name” and is forced into the Midnight Name-Claiming Game. He discovers that the city’s old customs demand names, identity documents, memories of family members, and social identities from the living, and that he can hear the typos that have been tampered with in the rules. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Rule Horror: The Family of Three 规则怪谈：三口之家篇 Rule Horror: The Family of Three 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Rule Horror: Morning Light Pharmaceutical Factory (2) 规则怪谈：晨光制药厂篇（2） Rule Horror: Chenguang Pharmaceutical Factory (2) 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Rule Horror: Bright Light Middle School (3) 规则怪谈：光明中学篇（3） Rule Horror: Guangming Middle School (3) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Rule Horror: City Zoo (4) 规则怪谈：市立动物园篇（4） Rule Horror: Municipal Zoo (4) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Rule Horror: I Have the Hand of Hermes 规则怪谈：我拥有赫尔墨斯之手 [Multiple heroines + not a power fantasy + not invincible + growth-focused + livestreaming + rules-based horror with multiple fused instances] [A rules-based horror story unlike ordinary fright-and-puzzle tales, blending multiple instances featuring workplaces, cultivation, zombies, schools, mazes, and more] [The scarier the story and the harder the puzzles become as the instance level rises] D-rank instance: [Convenience Store No. 7] C-rank instance: [Realm of the Eerie Immortals] #Chapters 29, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Thirteenth Instance 第十三号副本 When ordinary people are forcibly dragged into a strange space known as “Instance Thirteen,” what awaits them is no game, but a survival trial with their lives on the line. A sealed setting, merciless rules, and deadly puzzles: every choice could lead to death, and every successful clear comes at a price. Protagonist Ji Zhou Bai is forced into this place of despair, struggling to survive one bizarre incident after another. He must uncover the traps hidden within each scenario while confronting 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 At the End of the Dungeon Lies the Human World 副本的尽头是人间 Infinite-flow, high-IQ, rules horror, dark, and self-interest-driven. He is terminally ill, and the one he loves is at death's door. Su Jin accidentally binds himself to a System and enters one deadly instance after another. A mountain of blades, a sea of flames, danger at every turn. Again and again, he claws his way back from hell to the human world, risking his life for money, all to cure Chen Zhaozhao. He doesn't ask how perilous the road ahead is, only that home awaits at the end. He risks —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Rule Horror: The Strange Chronicles of Journey to the West 规则怪谈：西游诡记 Rule Horror: Strange Records of the Journey to the West 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Rule Horror: I Want to Switch Dorm Rooms 规则怪谈：我想换个寝室 [Horror + Comedy + Bizarre] My name is Jiang Xun, and I died from the start. The world of strange tales is slaughtering humanity. Jiang Xun became one of the first people to enter the game. Living in a world of strange tales fraught with danger, he was tasked with saving the world. Dungeon: Nanjiang Vocational and Technical College. Stage One: Dorm Room 404 Rules: One. [You have only three roommates.] Two. [Your roommates are very considerate and often buy things to share with you.] Three. [Ther —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Supernatural Apocalypse: Lord Xiu Hasn’t Died Yet Today 灵异末世：休爷今天还没死 [Paranormal Apocalypse + No Golden Finger + Unhinged Team + Villains + Psychology + No Female Lead] The world broke. The ghosts came. The authorities chose to keep it secret, while the great families watched with cold indifference. Li Xiu, a psychology student, was forced to stand before a livestream camera and announce the truth about the apocalypse to the entire world. He passed down methods of cultivation and became the hope of countless people. But in the eyes of the higher-ups, he was the m —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 High School for Dungeon Prep: Class D Is Full of Oddballs 副本备战高中，丁班皆是异类 [Sky screen dungeons descend + school life + problem children + goofy comedy + romance + one female lead + coming-of-age + mostly slice of life.] Eleven years ago, an endless sky screen suddenly descended over Blue Star. Pale blue walls of light cut off the heavens, forcing reality to overlap with dungeons in other dimensions. An apocalyptic transformation swept across the globe. When dungeons descend, life and death are no game. Entering one means a genuine struggle for survival, and death is p —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Transmigrated to an Eerie World and Was Ruined by Letters from the Future 穿越诡异世界，被未来信纸害惨了 [Anomalies return + multiple heroines? + infinite fusion + feel-good power fantasy + no System + no saintly hero + a little slow to start] Red candles burn as offerings to the gods. But what burns in the candles isn't wax, it's blood! Just after transmigrating, Jiang San is shocked to discover he's been caught up in a conspiracy! The mother and son who took him in plan to offer him to some so-called god! That's no deity! It's an anomaly that feeds on human vitality and devours flesh and blood! I —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Live Across the Globe: Wei's Voice Breaks Through the Strange and Twisted Rules 全球直播，薇声破诡与规则畸章 [Female-Oriented + Cold-Blooded, Emotionless, Strong Yet Tragic Female Lead + Rules-Based Urban Legends + National Fate Tied Together + Global Livestream + Strong Female Lead + Romance] She is Shangguan Ruowei, a “madwoman” confined to a psychiatric hospital, whose eyes are filled with eerie shadows the world refuses to acknowledge. When rules-based urban legends descend, chosen ones from across the globe are swept into a death livestream. She alone is regarded as the most fragile sacrificial p 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 I Wrote This Book of Taboos 这本禁忌之书，是我写的 Rule Horror descends, and Lin Yan awakens the Eye of True Sight, able to tell true rules from false ones at a glance. While others struggle to survive by following the rules, he exploits loopholes to turn the tables on the horrors. Until he discovers a handwritten notebook whose title page reads, “You wrote this book of forbidden knowledge.” The handwriting is his own. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Dormitory Rules: Roommates 寝室规则：舍友 Dormitory Rules: Roommates —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Rule Horror: I Understand the Rules Better Than the Ghosts Do 规则怪谈：我比诡异更懂规则 Working overtime late at night, Lin Chuan spots a strange set of rules by the company elevator: [Do not take elevators with odd numbers.] [If the elevator stops on a floor that does not exist, do not get out.] [If someone calls your name from behind, do not look back.] He assumes it is just a prank, until a coworker steps into the elevator and vanishes the very next second. From that night on, something is wrong with the entire Sheng'an Building. In the basement parking lot, empty cars drive the 104Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 I Inherited Billions in Hell Money and Married the Underworld Emperor 继承百亿冥币，我闪婚冥帝 [Rules-Based Horror + Supernatural + Face-Slapping + Losing It + Satisfying Read + Devoted Couple] When my great-aunt passed away, she left me a massive inheritance: Billions in cash, several mansions, and a handful of employees. But the cash turned into hell money, the mansions became miniatures, and the employees turned into paper figures. And I found myself trapped in a rules-based horror game. It's fine, it's fine. I may be broke, but I've got issues! Trashy scumbags from every walk of life? 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 I’m a Funeral Streamer, and My Prophecies Made Me Famous Nationwide 我一丧葬主播，依靠预言火爆全网 From the start, I was bound to the Funeral System. My livestream welcomes only those who are about to die. Other streamers get sports cars and yachts. When I put up a link, I send off a reckless influencer instead. Hater: "Ban this jinx of a streamer!" I calmly replied, "My friend, you look like death is hanging over you. Why not order a thin-walled nanmu coffin first? I'll give you a killer discount." My jealous rival: "If you're so good, curse me to die!" I sighed and put a top-of-the-line ebo 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Rule Horror: Starting with My Own Martial Arts Legend! 规则怪谈：从武林外传开始！ [Rule-based horror + wuxia instances + national destiny + deduction + livestream] When the American supercomputer issued a red alert: “Stay away from the man without a mouth on Bright Summit. He's a top-tier supernatural entity!” Transmigrator Su Chen walked up with a bag of chicken blood. “Bat King Wei, have you had dinner?” Rule-based horror descended, binding itself to national destiny. After ten straight losses, ten cities in China became forbidden zones for the supernatural, and countless l 88Reads5.7Score14314d adds
- 31 Chronicles of Annihilation 寂灭编年史 He is Mo, the Recorder of the End, the embodiment of the universe's law of increasing entropy. Clad in a simple black robe, he has the silent starlight in his eyes. His pocket watch is soundless, its hands forever fixed on the final moment. His mission is to enter worlds fated for annihilation and witness their end as one of their inhabitants. Mo is neither god nor demon. He is only an observer and a catalyst. He immerses himself in civilizations locked in logical dead ends, saturated with suffe —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 A Haunting? I Play Dirtier Than It Does 怪谈？我比它更不讲武德 The old-book shop on Qingyan Alley is called Silent Words Studio. The characters for “Words” and “Studio” have fallen off the sign, leaving only “Silent.” Its owner, Gu Yan, carries a pocket watch left behind by his mother and keeps cola in his insulated cup, without goji berries. He cannot communicate with spirits or exorcise demons. He believes only one thing: ghost stories run on rules, and rules have loopholes. If there’s a loophole, you can turn it against them, preferably with a touch of r —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Rule Horror: The Company’s Haunting 规则怪谈：公司诡事 A mysterious media company. All kinds of people. They're drawn into bizarre tales of the supernatural. Watch as they overcome one obstacle after another. The story contains plenty of horror, so read with caution. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Rule Horror: The Eighth Rule 规则怪谈：第八条规则 A convenience store on a stormy night. A six-hour survival game. Seven rules were posted on the wall. I saw an eighth. While everyone else struggled to survive by the rules, I saw the truth in them. When the rule-based horror descended into reality, ordinary people couldn’t see it, but I could: The public rules, the hidden rules, even the “things” behind them. They said clearing the game meant you’d live. I said you had to see the rules before you could choose how to live. Choice is power. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Trapped in a Shopping Paradise, I Fought My Way Through the Rules of Survival 被困购物天堂后，我硬闯生存规则 Trapped in a shopping paradise, I fought my way through the rules of survival. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Rule Horror: Infinite Horrors 规则怪谈：无限诡异 [Rules horror + original scenarios + thrills + deduction + puzzle-solving] The rules-horror world sweeps across the globe, forcing countless people to enter it. [The nonexistent seventh passenger on a plane that takes off on time, patients wearing smiley-face masks in a hospital, bizarrely misshapen people in a maze...] Relying on the talents he draws and his own abilities, Pei Heng ventures ever deeper into the rules-horror world, only to stumble upon a secret hidden from everyone... 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Rule Horror: My Infinite Murder-Mystery Game 规则怪谈：我的剧本杀无限流 I’m Lin Xiao, an utterly ordinary college student. One day, I blinked and found myself dumped in a hellhole called the “Scripted Murder Mystery Game.” Other people draw identity cards like “Heir to a Celestial Master,” “Exorcist’s Disciple,” or “Successor to the Yin-Yang Eyes.” I draw: “Background NPC.” Well, fine. Guess I’m cannon fodder. In the first instance, “Midnight Funeral Hall,” a red-clad ghost is chasing everyone through the building and slaughtering them. Just as its claws are about t 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Haunted House Registry: I Rewrote All the Bizarre Rules 凶宅名录：我篡改了所有诡异规则 "High-impact thrills with no angst + reverse rule changes + unbeatable at staying alive + resentful spirits throwing themselves at the protagonist + a massive conspiracy behind the scenes + nonstop action, no filler" Players everywhere are desperately trying to follow the rules of each instance, terrified of dying without a body left behind. Only Shen Yan knows the horrifying truth: Every single horror instance is a rigged slaughterhouse made by humans! The rules are a scam, the cycles are a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Ultimate Leech in an Infinite Game Just Wants to Slack Off and Go Home 混分巨兽在无限游戏只想混分回家 [Dungeons + No Romance + Livestreaming + Comedy] Jiang Yanjuan is a gaming casual. She plays Malphite in League of Legends, Sage in Valorant, and Yao in Honor of Kings. She doesn’t just like those characters: she simply isn’t skilled enough to play anything else. After staying up late to climb the ranks for night after night, she “got her wish” and died suddenly. Then the Infinite Games Company dragged her into a real-life dungeon, where she began a deadly ranked competition. The rules are simpl 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Rule Horror: The Hauntings Make Me Break the Rules 规则怪谈：怪谈让我违反规则 [Rule-based horror + not a wish-fulfillment story + not invincible + no female lead, no romance + high-IQ deduction] The first rule-based horror scenario is complete, so you can read without worry! Content warning: The main plot and romantic elements are limited. The story focuses on the rules, so proceed with caution if that’s not your thing. This is a cursed world. From the moment they are born, everyone is cursed by It and bound at all times by Its rules. Anyone who breaks them dies instant 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 A Top-Tier Doctor Taking on the Grim Reaper Is Only Natural 三甲医生，吊打死神很合理吧 [Urban Fantasy] + [Rule Horror] + [Golden Finger] + [Single Heroine] + [Supernatural Horror] What if one day you noticed that your shadow had grown an extra hand? Don’t shine a flashlight at it. Don’t look back. Don’t run. Others transmigrate and get a System. The day I got mine, it told me I had 18 years left to live. Want to survive? Pay with your life. Contain a forbidden entity and gain an ability. Use it once, lose a year. My mother’s Alzheimer’s is getting worse. Every year of my life I 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Rule Horror: I Can Devour All the Uncanny 规则怪谈：我能吞噬一切诡异 [Rule-Based Horror + No Female Lead + National Fate + Intelligent Cast + Not Overpowered + Devouring the Supernatural] Rule-based horror descends upon the world. Chen Xin is chosen by one of these horrors and awakens an E-rank talent, “Starving Ghost.” The good news is that this ability can grow stronger. The bad news is that to develop it, he must confront the horrors within the rules head-on, or, to be precise, eat part of them. The power of whatever he devours becomes part of him and serves h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 I Run a Delivery Service in the Underworld, Specializing in Weird Ghosts 我在阴间开货来拉，专治奇葩鬼 [Infinite Flow] + [Weird Ghosts] + [Handling the Rules] + [Light Horror] + [Grounded in Reality] My name is Zhang Wei, a Huolala driver driven to the brink by my mortgage, car loan, and bizarre customers. Then one day, after I cursed out my hundredth passenger trying to freeload, my phone automatically downloaded “Hell’s Huolala.” From then on, my customers weren’t human. There was the domineering ghost who wanted to dodge highway tolls even after dying, the giant-baby ghost who demanded help mo —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 From the Start, I Was Offering Warmth, Even the SSS-Rank Female Ghost Had to Lean Against the Wall 开局送温暖，SSS女诡也得扶墙 Rules-based horror stories descended upon the world, and failure meant a city would be wiped out. As one dead city after another appeared and people sank into fear and despair, Su Yang used his ability to see hidden information to enjoy sweet romances in every instance. In the eyes of the public: the terrifying No. 9 Building horror story. In Su Yang's eyes: the tragic fate of a widow. In the eyes of the people: the unsolvable Xiangxi Nuo Sacrifice horror story. In Su Yang's eyes: little girls c 6Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 45 Eerie Exorcism: From the Start, I Contracted a Poor Female Ghost Secretary 诡异驱魔：开局契约穷诡女秘书 [Urban Fantasy] [Eerie] [Exorcists] [Smart Protagonist] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Eastern and Western Exorcists, A Great Battle in Hell] Li Mo transmigrated to a world overrun by the Eerie, where exorcists were everywhere. He was a low-ranking nobody in Kowloon Walled City, Hong Kong. He awakened the “Yin-Yang Debt Contract System”: spending money in the mortal realm = owing debts in the underworld = growing stronger = attracting even stronger Eerie beings! From the start, he owed 200,000 in underw —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Rule Horror: Four Lives, a Bridal Gown, and a System Destroyed from the Start 规则怪谈：四命嫁衣开局毁灭系统 [Horror + livestreaming + System + suspense + no national luck + not a power fantasy + not mindless + no invincible protagonist + deduction] The System, once the cornerstone of kingship, is now a trial of fate. Look, see how it blazes a trail for whom? Behold, its creator kneels before its power. Humanity, supernatural horrors, and System AI: three powers in a standoff. Once the planet's rulers, how will humanity escape now that disaster has arrived? Death was once celebrated in songs of the sou —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Rule Horror: Every Infinite Dungeon Is a Trap 规则怪谈：无限副本全是陷阱 Rule Horror: Every Infinite Dungeon Is a Trap —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Rule Horror: I Work as an Auditor at a Hospital 规则怪谈：我在医院做审计 Rule-Based Horror + Sci-Fi + Apocalypse + Mystery + Deduction + No Female Lead + Battles of Wits + Data-Driven On my first day working at a bizarre hospital, I discovered that every death record stopped at 3:17 a.m. As a former medical insurance bureau auditor, I can see a fatal bug in how this world operates. To me, every anomaly in the data appears as a pulsing red bloodline. They don't know that I'm not auditing the accounts. I'm investigating the people who were "automatically discharged" 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Eerie: She Slaughters Them All, While I Solve the Mystery from Behind 诡异：她负责杀穿，我在后破局 A genius strategist with a cold demeanor x a berserk Lolita girl, the unstoppable duo conquers a bizarre livestream! Luo Musi: A genius strategist, calm to the point of seeming indifferent. He can solve any logic puzzle, but has no interest in understanding people. An'an: A sweet-looking powerhouse in a Lolita dress. She can punch through reinforced concrete, yet her smile is as innocent as a harmless doll’s. When the world is plunged into a death game called [Bizarre Realm Livestream], countles 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Eerie Elevator: I Became the Instance Master 诡异电梯：我成了副本主人 [A strange-tale livestream descends, and each of 196 countries around the world selects one chosen participant.] [Rule One: If a chosen participant dies, a strange tale descends upon their country.] [Rule Two: The livestream is broadcast worldwide and cannot be turned off.] [Rule Three: There are no rewards, only punishments.] Chen Mo was among the first chosen participants. He survived the first instance, “A Happy Home,” becoming the first person in the world to escape a strange tale. Not thr 2Reads—Score—14d adds
