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- 51 Strange Tales from the Teaching Mission 支教诡事 I'm an ordinary teacher at a key secondary school, but after I talked back to the principal, I was “volunteered” for a long-term teaching assignment at a middle school in the countryside. I was furious, but to keep my job, I had no choice but to accept being “volunteered.” What I never expected was that this school would be anything but ordinary. (Note: This book is set in a parallel world. Any resemblance between its place names, characters, or events and those in real life is purely coincident 3.9kReads8.2Score40414d adds
- 52 Someone's Always Covering My Shift, Turning Me into the Company's Model Employee! 总有人替我上班，替我卷成公司模范！ —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Rule Horror: The Final Sequence 规则怪谈：终末序列 [No CP] [Dual Protagonists] [Dark Fantasy] An ordinary high school student stumbles into a world of supernatural rules, uncovers the secrets behind them, gains supernatural abilities, and becomes a Sequence-Bearer! From primeval forests to eerie schools, from abandoned hospitals to worlds governed by rules... Only rules can kill rules. In the End Times, seeing isn’t always believing. You must wield the power of rules to kill their masters. That is the only way to survive! The blood and vengeance 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Are You Crazy? Who Let This Zombie Into the Eerie World? 疯了吧，谁把这僵尸拉进诡异圈的 [Rule Horror + Underworld Invasion + No Hiding His Strength] These are the only tags for now. I'll add more if I think of any… "The point between life and death isn't a door. It's a tombstone." The hem of his purple robe hung motionless in the wind of the void. Gego was the last great purple-robed Celestial Master of the human race to touch the laws of life and death. He willingly buried his undying corpse deep in the earth, inside that madly distorted point: the only passage connecting the mort 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Listening to Strange Tales at Night 夜听诡事 Whenever you're bored in your spare time, you can open my book and let it take you into a different world. This book is made up of a collection of short tales of horror, the supernatural, and ghosts and monsters. They will show you the warmth and coldness of the world, and reveal the selfishness and greed of human nature. Perhaps you'll find yourself in the stories and feel what the characters feel. As you read, set aside the weariness of body and mind for a while and immerse yourself completely 612Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 56 My Sister-Obsessed Guardian: Becoming a God in a World of the Uncanny 护妹狂魔我在诡异世界封神 [Gory violence + System + dungeons + no female lead + no saintly do-gooder + slow burn + global livestream + doting big brother] Chen Mo: The bizarre world is supposed to be hell for humanity, right? But I always feel like they’re friendlier than humans. They’re not scheming or plotting against each other, and they’re completely open with me. Every one of them calls me Little Boss and scurries along behind me. I have no idea why. All the Ghost Kings: (ಥ﹏ಥ) As long as you’re happy, Your Highness 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 This World Feels So Unreal 这个世界太不真实了 Also known as The Most Miserable Male Lead in History Two black-and-white doors, a strange journey across different times and worlds, and a terrifying conspiracy hidden behind it all. Will he save the world or destroy it? Wang Chunan, an utterly ordinary college sophomore, unexpectedly acquired two black-and-white doors capable of transporting him to other worlds during a baffling shooting incident. Through them, he glimpsed strange realms beyond the present world. Gradually, he seemed to become 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Strange Tales: Once Upon a Time, There Was a Peach Blossom Spring 怪谈：从前有座桃花源 [Supernatural + One True Female Lead + Sequences + Sci-Fi Style + Not a Power Fantasy + Not Mindless + Games + Some Urban Legends] Urban legends are appearing all over the world. As spiritual qi revival begins, humanity is feeling its way toward an entirely different path to immortality. Have you ever memorized “The Peach Blossom Spring”? If so, do you really understand it? Why is the town surrounded by endless peach blossoms? Peach wood wards off evil. Look at those falling petals: don’t they r 3Reads6.7Score114d adds
- 59 The Paranormal Invades: From the Start, I Can See Death Replay 诡异入侵，开局我能看到死亡回放 “After lights out, do not open the door for anyone!” When the paranormal descends upon a boarding high school and monsters prowl the dormitory halls, students and teachers alike become lambs led to slaughter. Lin Que is trapped in the middle of it all, but fortunately awakens an SSS-rank skill: Demon Eye. He can see all the possibilities of the future. He can even replay events from the past. And with every survival challenge he clears, the power of his Demon Eye grows stronger. The indescribabl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Rules of the Rest Stop on a Stormy Night 暴雨夜服务区规则怪谈 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 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. 14.6kReads7.7Score1.5k14d adds
- 62 Horror Cycle: The Ghost Gate Survival Game 恐怖轮回：诡门生存游戏 [Infinite Flow + Mild Horror + Survival Games + No CP] Lu Xun was already dead from the start. But then he came back to life. The price of staying alive was being dragged again and again by a mysterious force to a strange world crawling with ghosts and monsters, where he had to fight desperately to survive. To escape this life for good, he had two choices: die, or keep winning the games of death and become a legendary Peril-Class player... 30.8kReads8.2Score3.5k14d adds
- 63 I Became a Skinner After Moving Into the Apartment 入住公寓后成了剥皮匠 On the day I moved in, the building manager handed me a rusty key and a yellowed set of house rules. “Light the red lantern in the living room every night. If it goes out, hide under the bed immediately.” Next door lived a qipao-clad female ghost who loved to sing. Downstairs was a doctor with a peculiar taste for blood. To stay alive, I lit the lantern on time every day, until the power went out on the seventh night. The instant the lantern went dark, I saw the dried corpses of the previous ten 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Rule Horror: In a Haunted Mountain Village from the Start 规则怪谈：开局在诡异山村 [Mystery + Livestreams + Deduction + National Fortune + System] The paranormal has descended, and every country in the world has been forced to take part in a world of rule-based horror. The chosen challengers must represent their countries and complete the corresponding dungeons. If a challenger happens to die in a dungeon, their country will also face paranormal incidents... Bai Yu is a challenger fighting on behalf of the Dragon Nation. The first horror game takes place in a small mountain vi 957Reads6.3Score11714d adds
- 65 After Losing My Memory, One Terrifying Ghostly Incident After Another 失忆后恐怖鬼事接连不断 (An alternate world. No tired tropes, no invincible protagonist, no plagiarism, entirely original. Any similarities will be changed immediately. Comedy, deadpan humor, no official pairing, a touch of horror, and characters with sound values.) Accidentally drawn into a paranormal incident: a girl whose mouth has been sealed shut, the walking dead with no eyes to see, monsters covered in tumors that crawl along the ground... Is the world turned upside down, or is this an elaborate hoax carefully s 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Rule Horror: I Can Fool Fate 规则怪谈：我能愚弄命运 When the entire world is dragged into a deadly game of rules-based horror, Xia Ke earns the favor of the God of Fate. “Rules are weapons, and loopholes are ways to survive.” “Rules-based horror? It's just a playground where I can exploit bugs!” 4.3kReads8.4Score42314d adds
- 67 Bureau 749: A Yin Messenger on the Road to the Underworld 749局：黄泉走阴人 There is an organization that exists only in the darkness: Bureau 749. Founded in 1974, with no records and no official status, it is made up of scientists and people with supernatural abilities. It handles the dirtiest, most sinister, most forbidden affairs in the human world. Ghost soldiers march through the night, leaving nothing but empty skins in an entire village. The White God of Wealth kills anyone who worships him, taking their souls to feed evil. An ancient Buddha opens its mouth to de 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Where Love Runs Deep, Spirits Stir 情深则灵 Jiang Xiaomao has a secret: he’s discovered that his desires can get people killed. As he gradually awakens supernatural abilities during paranormal events, he also realizes that he’s been corrupted. What should he do? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 The Water Stain That Never Dries 永远拧不干的水渍 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Strange Studio: Ten Thousand Tribulations of Reincarnation 异斋之万劫轮回 [Chinese-Style Supernatural Horror + No Romance] [Infinite-Flow Stories Set in the World of Strange Tales + Causal Loops Driven by Human Obsession] Have you read Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio? Do you think of it as folk tales of the supernatural from the late Ming dynasty, or as the heartwarming, romanticized “fox spirits and ghosts” seen in TV dramas and movies? The evil in human nature, the ferocity of spirits and monsters, and the poison of karma rebuild every Strange Tales story into a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Rule Horror: Abyss Metro 规则怪谈：深渊地铁 [Rules-Based Horror + Infinite Flow + Suspenseful Mysteries + Deduction and Puzzles + Character Growth] The ticket gate spat out a blood-red ticket. It read: Welcome aboard the Abyss Metro. This train is bound for Level 18. That was the first time Cheng Chi learned that the subway he crammed onto every day could take him to hell. Every station brought new rules. The rules could change, deceive, and contradict one another. Some died in the glass reflections on the Mirror Platform. Some walked 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 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
- 73 Death Classroom: Confess Your Sins 死亡教室：请说出你的罪恶 [Infinite Flow + Supernatural Horror + Survival + No Female Lead] Here’s a quick introduction to me in two sentences: First, I’m not very capable. Second, I only have five golden keys. “Mr. Ye Tong, sorry to interrupt, but five golden keys are exceptionally rare across all the Death Classrooms. In other words, you’re already at the top.” “Oh, really? But I stole these keys from my senior fellow apprentice. Does that still count?” “???” Every Death Classroom is filled with all kinds of strang 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 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
- 75 Night Wanderer 夜遊神 The cycle of reincarnation is broken, and all the ghosts have emerged. A lightless long night; wander by candlelight. -- The soul contains seven soul-lamps. Whoever lights them becomes a spirit medium. A young man shrouded in mysteries about his origins sets out to discover who he is. What sins lie within the fire and blood among the crumbling ruins? Whose soul whispers in the dreamlike visions that stir in the dead of night? On the board where the great tide has arrived, who holds the piec 6.5kReads—Score13414d adds
- 76 The Paranormal Investigation Bureau Needs Talents Like Me 怪谈调查科需要我这样的人才 [Handcrafted from scratch!]+ [Vengeful Ghosts Return]+ [Supernatural Escape]+ [Killing Patterns]+ [Rule Horror]+ [Mystery and Twists]+ [There’s a Romance, but It’s Not the Focus] [Please Give Me a Chance to Tell a Ghost Story] Doppelgängers, dismemberment cases, vengeful ghosts, whatever you do, don’t look back, a deadly exam, zoo horror stories… The world is being invaded by the supernatural, and ordinary humans can no longer survive. Lu Ming, a rookie at the Paranormal Investigation Bureau, di 108Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The Terrifying School 极度恐怖校园 As the best university in the city, this school admits only outstanding students. But it also has many rules that are hard to understand: no studying after eight o’clock, and no leaving your dorm room after midnight. No matter who calls to you from the corridor, do not answer... The protagonists in this story are all independent, but their countless connections eventually bring them together. What secrets does this school hold? 315Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Thriller Game: I Can Eavesdrop on Ghosts 惊悚游戏：我能偷听鬼话 [Infinite Flow] [No Female Lead] [Light Horror] [Multiple Twists] Six months ago, a blood mist sealed off Nandu City, trapping its ten million residents inside. Strange beings invaded the fog, and one abnormal incident after another unfolded. Lin Xu has no idea why he appeared in this city. A strange game appeared at the same time, forcing him to enter a horror instance every seven days, where death was all but certain. But the items he obtained in the game could be used against the strange enti 21.9kReads7.0Score2.3k14d adds
- 79 Rule Horror at the Deep Space Planning Bureau 深空规划局规则怪谈 Over a million words, complete. Read with confidence. [No female lead] [Lovecraftian rule-based horror] [No System] [Hard science fiction] Author’s note: “Humanity believes itself master of the stars. Little do we know that in the eyes of those above, we are merely coal, burned to produce emotions.” Synopsis: In 2250, human civilization has fractured into three tiers, and emotions and rules have reshaped the world. Proxima Centauri watches from the clouds, the Moon weeps, and Earth twists within 468Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 80 You Were Supposed to Join the Horror Game, Not Become the Horror! 让你参加怪谈，没让你成为怪谈！ [Rule Horror] [National Fate] [Livestream] [Infinite Flow] Rule Horror descends, National Fate is bound, and the whole world is watching on Livestream! Those chosen must fight for humanity’s survival in eerie dungeons. Lu Jin, a library employee, becomes Longguo’s chosen one. While the other chosen ones struggle to survive, he exploits game bugs. By analyzing the rules and manipulating people, he steals energy from the dungeons instead. In the eyes of the world watching the Livestream, he p 222Reads—Score10114d adds
- 81 This Is a Rule Horror Story, So Why Are You Making Me Dance on a Grave? 这是规则怪谈，你让我坟头蹦迪 [The eerie descends + no saintly do-gooder + survival escape + no System + high IQ] When Chen Mo wakes up with no memories, he finds himself aboard a battered bus with seven strangers, men and women alike. The bus is headed for a tunnel called Yellow Springs, and that is where Chen Mo enters a world of rule-based horrors. Not only must Chen Mo search for clues and fight to survive in this perilous world of bizarre rules, he must also recover every memory he has lost. After enduring countless har 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 A Collection of Folk Tales 民间故事会合集 Open this book, and you’ll find that its folk legends and tales are unlike any you’ve read before. These stories are full of fantasy: some are terrifying, some suspenseful, some explore the ugliness of human nature, and others deal with karmic retribution. In this vast world, what hidden folk tales and legends do you know? Step into an ancient, mysterious world and join the author in discovering and experiencing these extraordinary folk stories! 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Strange Tales of the Uncanny: The Cause of My Death Is Anything but Normal 诡异怪谈：我的死因不正常 [Death Warnings] + [Thriller] + [Mystery] + [Mysterious Objects] + [Factional Conflict] A month ago, Musheng narrowly survived an accident. Ever since, strange death warnings have kept appearing in his mind. [In five minutes, you will be hit and killed by a car.] [In five minutes, a woman will reach into your chest with her bare hand and tear out your heart.] [In five minutes, you will be squeezed into “juice” by a giant juicer.] Misfortune follows him everywhere, and death is always close a 1.1kReads8.2Score14014d adds
- 84 Rule Zero 第零规则 [Infinite Flow] [Rule Horror] [Cerebral mind games] [Identity reversals] [Ensemble cast] Shen Zhou wakes up on the subway with a note in his pocket. The handwriting is his own, and it bears five words: You forget every time. Then he’s dragged into a deadly game ruled by rules. The rules are cruel, meticulous, and seemingly flawless. Until he realizes that some of them feel strangely familiar. But he can’t remember anything. When the rules are finally revealed, everyone is searching for a way 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 85 I Was a Ghost Officer, but Now I Only Want a Promotion 身为鬼差的我，后来只想升官 I wield the Register of the Underworld as a ghost officer, commanding the power to seize souls. Everyone says the King of Hell is the supreme ruler of the netherworld, but to me, he is merely a stepping stone. The underworld is vast, and the Nine Hells are deep. Is that really the limit of my ambition? I want to break the Nine Hells’ shackles, shatter the chains between yin and yang, ascend to the realm of the Great Emperor, and rule the netherworlds of all realms. Only then will my lifelong wis 34Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 86 Death Save-Scumming: I'm Really Not a Big Shot 死亡回档：我真的不是大佬啊 [Rule-Based Horror + Not Overpowered + No Female Lead + Supernatural + National Fate] Rule-based horror has descended upon Earth. The supernatural has entered reality. Those who are chosen will enter the world of horror scenarios and represent their respective countries in challenges governed by strange rules. Su Ming has now been chosen by the world of horror scenarios. He will represent the Dragon Kingdom in the challenge. 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 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... 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 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
- 89 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! 310Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 90 I Joined Where Did Dad Die? from the Start of Rule Horror 规则怪谈开局参加爸爸死哪儿了 [Rule-Bound Horror + Thrills + Genius + Face-Slapping + Deduction + Family Fortune + System] A strange fog has blanketed the world, with terrifying entities lurking within. People can improve their own fortunes and those of their families by repeatedly taking part in rule-bound horror games, hoping to earn the right to survive. On his eighteenth birthday, Liu Yuan is forcibly sent into the SSS-rank instance Where Did Dad Die? and gains the Spirit-Speech Card System. Son: “You want to be my dad?” 274Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 91 Living Human Pillar 活人桩 Bridge and road construction inevitably disrupts the local feng shui. If a malign force is encountered, an expert must be called in to counter evil with evil at the site of the incident, driving two living human stakes into the ground. 650Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 92 A Compendium of the World’s Supernatural Phenomena 世界灵异全汇 A collection of supernatural incidents from around the world. Netizens share their own experiences. One story in each installment. If you've experienced anything supernatural, you can tell me about it. I'll share it with readers around the world. Come experience these true stories from netizens firsthand. 176Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 93 One Hundred Thousand and One Folk Horror Stories 十万零一个民间恐怖故事 A collection of short horror stories in an episodic format, with a new story every chapter. No dragging things out! Haunted houses in the countryside, mountain spirits, urban legends, old customs and taboos... Every kind of Chinese-style horror is covered, with nonstop thrills and no filler. Anti-superstition disclaimer: This story is entirely fictional. Believe in science and read rationally. Please don’t apply it to real life~ 291Reads—Score1014d adds
- 94 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 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 The Haunted House 诡院 [No rating yet, but one should be available later] [Infinite stream + suspense + deduction + no female lead + ensemble cast] At the end of a long street stands a small courtyard. Old objects are displayed all along the street. No one knows how the street came to be, or why a strange courtyard stands at its end. Those chosen are swept into this street, where dusk lasts forever, in the middle of an ordinary moment. Then they are forced to push open a door and enter the ghost realm. They have to su 3.2kReads—Score37614d adds
- 96 Ghost Stories by Night 鬼话夜谈 The story follows Chen Xingchen and Jiang Chuyan, who grew up together in a village. They hear tales of the supernatural from the village elders and experience a number of eerie events themselves. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Return from the Forbidden Zone: I Brought the Missing Back from the Warp 禁地归人之我从亚空间带回失踪者 Every year, a million people mysteriously vanish around the world, and none ever return. Then Zhong Jiale discovered that the window in his bedroom was actually a gateway to forbidden pocket dimensions! Ruined ghost cities, deep-sea prisons, apocalyptic exclusion zones, ancient ruins... Everyone else went in to die, but he went in to save people, seize treasures, and become a god! He rescued billionaires from hell and brought back relatives who had been missing for a century through a rift in ti 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Fifth Watch 五更 The stories my grandpa used to tell me were probably meant to scare me into staying put, or maybe to lull me to sleep. He always told them with such conviction and vivid detail that I often found myself dreaming of the very scenes he had lived through. I met the old flower-growing woman on Yinshan Mountain, and one villager after another from Sangen Village. Their faces were gloomy and strange, and their deeds served as a warning, reminding us that “the gods are watching from three feet above yo 692Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 99 I’m a Real Man, but I’m a Sissy Boy in a Horror Story Livestream 我，纯爷们，怪谈直播当男娘 [No romance + rule-based horror + logical deduction + Infinite Flow + mild horror + humorous references] 1. A female ghost sews her parents together and keeps them in the refrigerator. You threaten her pathological devotion to her family. 2. Your “other self” hates you. Kill them? Are you sure you won't die too? He Ling's talent is Simulation and Deduction. But he was strangled to death by a female ghost from the start, before he could even use his talent. His only chance to revive was gone. The 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Haunted 撞邪 Can you guarantee that the people around you are really human? A lowly office worker had always kept his head down and worked in silence, until one day he accidentally discovered that his coworkers weren’t human at all… To stay alive, he has to pretend everything is normal, struggling to survive in the narrow cracks of this place day after day… 4.5kReads8.4Score30014d adds
