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- 1 Rule Horror: The Old Play in the Cabinet 规则怪谈:柜中旧戏 One day, you receive a text telling you to retrieve a keepsake from an abandoned building. You go. You push open the door. There is only an old-fashioned safe in the room, its door left slightly ajar. Then a line of text appears on your phone screen: “Rule One: You are an audience member, not a volunteer. Do not take part in any performance.” This is no prank. The performance has already begun. And from the moment you stepped into the room, you were seated in the audience. Those who follow the r 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 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
- 3 The Elevator Crashed, and My Father and I Entered a Bizarre Game 电梯坠毁,我和父亲进入诡异游戏 An infinite-progression novel about clearing levels in instance-game dungeons. No melodrama, romance, or inappropriate content. I’m a new writer, so please let me know if you spot any problems. Thank you all! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 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
- 5 The Land Without Tombstones 无碑之地 Thirty-seven years after games invaded reality, humanity had learned how to survive. Never answer the calls from inside the clock tower. Never leave your hospital room after midnight. When the red moon rises, everyone must remain silent. No one knew why these rules existed. People only knew that behind every rule lay thousands upon thousands of corpses. Zhou Ye had never doubted them either. Until that day. In a dungeon, a newcomer broke every prohibition everyone had recited since childhood —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Book of Eerie Laws 诡律书 At midnight, an abandoned phone booth suddenly rings, and whoever answers vanishes without a trace. This is just one of the “fragments of rules” leaked from The Book of Strange Laws. When these reality-warping “urban legends” become man-eating traps, Lu Li unexpectedly obtains a torn page and awakens a dangerous ability: [Rewrite]. He can briefly alter the rules of a supernatural domain, but the price is his own flesh and blood, memories, and even humanity. As he struggles alone through eerie re 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 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
- 8 The Long Road to Catching a Killer in the Abyss 慢慢深渊追凶路 When Deputy Captain Chen Mingxuan of the Criminal Investigation Brigade finds a half-clad corpse in an unfinished building, he discovers that the victim is Zhao Yong, his former partner, who disappeared seven years ago. The crow mark on the corpse’s back leads to a series of old cases spanning twenty years. From the disappearance of a young girl to a mole within the police station, from illegal experiments at a biotech company to an international criminal network overseas, Chen Mingxuan, forensi 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Grandpa Pulled Some Strings, So I Took Over the Ghost Post Office from the Start 爷爷走后门,我开局接管鬼邮局 [Original, not fanfiction; wild imagination; wish-fulfillment] Supernatural forces are returning? Chu Jie isn't worried! His grandfather pulled some strings for him and even left him a deluxe starter pack. He starts out owning a ghost post office and awakens the sequence [Arrogant Heir]! He smashes the world's unjust rules, recruits eerie creatures as servants, and roams between the realms of yin and yang, putting anyone who dares defy him in their place! When the eerie creatures knock on Chu Ji —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 School Survival: Death Red Envelopes, but I Can Reload Infinitely 学校求生:死亡红包但我无限回档 [Survival at a School for Everyone] [Not brainless] [Female lead, no groveling or intelligence downgrade] [Death red envelopes + all kinds of deadly games] [Author with a secret identity and five levels of experience, quality guaranteed!] Chen Ge was a first-year student at Jianghai University. One day, someone claiming to be their homeroom teacher suddenly joined the class group chat and got them playing games by sending red envelopes as part of a truth-or-dare challenge. But the challenges bec 608Reads6.9Score10414d adds
- 11 Echoes of Calamity 灾厄回响 /Infinite-flow/No System/Not Overpowered/No Female Lead/ [Invitation] You are cordially invited to enter the world of [Calamity]. Please sign in the blank space within four hours. If you fail to sign before time runs out, you will be responsible for the consequences. An invitation that appeared out of nowhere and a bizarre car crash unfolding right before his eyes forced Huo Qi into the world of Calamity. Here, evil ghosts run rampant, danger lurks everywhere, and survival is a matter of 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Eerie: I Command Ghosts and Banish Evil by Spending Years of My Life Without Limit 诡异:无限氪命的我御鬼除煞 The blood moon fills the sky, while a murder of crows circles, waiting for its coronation; Shadows whisper, groveling as they lament their calamities; The sacrifice is complete, and all living things teeter on the brink of disaster; Amid despair, an evil god descends upon the apocalypse, overturning the graveyard and clawing its way out of the earth, Only for me to bury it right back in the ground with a shovel. My name is Mu Bai, the highest-level countermeasure card in humanity's arsenal again —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 A Survival Guide to Strange Tales: The Strange Handbook 怪谈生存指南:诡异手册 Rule-based horror has descended upon the world. Everyone chosen must enter an instance. A haunted flight, a terrifying hotel, an unknown forbidden zone… Find the rules if you want to survive. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 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
- 15 Global Awakening: I’m a Summoner, and I Sweep Through All Realms 全民觉醒:我,召唤师,横扫诸天 Satisfying read + lighthearted + invincible + no female lead Qin Jiuzhou transmigrates into the body of an eighteen-year-old high school student and awakens the world’s universally acknowledged worst F-rank talent: Summoner. He binds to a God-Tier Summoning System and receives five god-tier traits. A villain shows up looking for trouble and wants to use me as a stepping stone? Done for! Still want to cause trouble? Hah! Then I’ll send your whole family to the grave. Summoners are weak? I’m god-t 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Weird Returns: The Trial of the Beauty Pass 诡异再现之难过美人关 The path to immortality has reappeared, and a million corpses float in the mortal realm. An Eerie world descends. Some Eerie beings protect humanity, while others are born killers. Humans struggle to survive in the cracks between all kinds of Eerie monsters. In the Land of Dreams, I gain the Eerie ability [Blood Judgment]. I save all kinds of beautiful women in stockings in the Eerie world, while my own powers continue to grow. Whether the world gets saved doesn't matter. The beautiful women i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Day of the Blood Moon 月血之日 On the day of the Hungry Ghost Festival’s blood moon, I witnessed flocks of birds, packs of foxes, and snowflakes hanging motionless in the air, > and became certain that the world was nothing but a virtual program riddled with bugs; > until I saw soldiers escorting a stone coffin while carrying the same group of red foxes through the streets, > and finally understood that this had always been real. They simply no longer cared to hide it; > then the red fox at the head of the group suddenly turn —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 I Make 20,000 a Day, Live-Streaming Appraisals at Panjiayuan Again 日薪两万,我再潘家园直播鉴宝 Earning 20,000 a Day: Appraising Antiques Live at Panjiayuan —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Eerie Apocalypse: Endless Migration, Never Stop 诡异末世:无尽迁徙,不要停留 [Bizarre Apocalypse + Mild Horror + Not Mindless + Not Invincible + Supernatural Sequences + Road Survival + Leveling Up + Ensemble Cast] Note: This novel contains all kinds of bizarre supernatural creatures, including rules-based horror and mystery-solving plots. The protagonist grows over time and is ruthless but has his limits. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. In 2136, everyone could awaken a supernatural sequence. Mo An had the most useless one of all: the Creation Sequence. In history 759Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 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
- 21 Are You the Savior or the Leader of the Strange Ones? 你到底是救世主,还是诡异头子? (Brothers, you don't need to read this one) [Outrageously wild horror concepts] [Vast worldbuilding] [Head to the haunted zone and get rich] [Slightly graphic] [A little slow to warm up] There are 108 sequences of strange beings in this world. The Burial Ghost likes to plant people upside down in the ground. Never pick up the gold coins dropped by the Money Ghost. Don't let the Nightmare Ghost's unbelievably curvaceous figure fool you. She'll strip the flesh from your bones and eat you. If you 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Thanks for Asking, I’m in a Dungeon and Already Invincible 谢邀,人在副本,已经无敌了 [Invincible + no level suppression + leveling up + instances + choose-your-own cheat + decisive and ruthless] Shen Guan was suddenly chosen to become an instance player, and unexpectedly activated an assistant device. From then on, he began his path as an invincible player! Entering the Demon God Paradise instance: [Please choose an assistant device!] [1. Infinite Arsenal!] [2. Planetary Will!] [3. Infinite Superpowers!] “I’m reporting him. He’s cheating!” Shen Guan: “Being good at the game mean —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 All Worlds Reset to Zero 万界归零 Trust me, you won't regret taking a look. Anyone who clicks will get rich. (Infinite-flow + equally powerful leads + genius male lead + power progression + mature heroine + funny everyday life + multiple planes + original planes) If I, Yu Haoling, had not been born, the world of overworked wage slaves would be plunged into eternal darkness! That's right, he's a wage slave, born to toil. Not only is he exploited in real life, he's been dragged into multiverse dungeons to be exploited there too. S 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Rule Horror: HR Handed Me a Survival Rulebook 规则怪谈:HR塞给我活命守则 [Rules of the Strange Tales + Workplace Survival + Searching for His Sister + Blood-Written Notes + Exploiting Loopholes in the Rules + Suspense and Horror] On the 183rd day since his older sister vanished, Chen Mu walked into Changming Tower, the last place she had sent him her location, carrying a fake resume he had bought for three hundred yuan. HR shoved a rulebook into his hands. “The kind that keeps you alive.” Rule One: If you are still at your desk after 10:00 p.m., do not respond to 286Reads—Score11514d adds
- 25 Startrail Lingye: Riftwalker 星轨凌夜:裂隙行者 Ling Ye, a former detective, received a black invitation. The price of refusing was her neighbor's erasure by an uncanny force. Forced into Infinite Flow space-time instances, she faces a vengeful spirit's maze in an old mansion, the desperate siege of a city overrun by zombies, the eerie mystery of an interstellar rift, and more. Every instance is a deadly case. She survives against the odds with her special ability, “Memory Rewind,” and assembles a team of a medical student, an elite soldier, 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Secrets of the Ice Coffin 冰棺秘影 Lin Ye, a graduate student in history, sets out to discover the truth behind his grandfather's disappearance after finding a photograph of a Republican-era expedition team and a hand-drawn map of the Heavenly Palace at the Summit. Along the way, he meets A Jiu, a descendant of tomb guardians, and Lao Zhou, a glacier guide. The three form a team and venture deep into the glaciers of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, unaware that they have become entangled in a startling conspiracy surrounding the secret 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 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
- 28 From the Start, I Was in Court. Call Me Miss Forensic Investigator 开局对薄公堂,请叫我女法医 She has barely transmigrated when she's hauled into court and accused of murder? How little must they think of someone who has worked as a forensic pathologist for years! Lin Yunwei will give them a taste of the shock of modern forensic science! She'll also show these ancient people the charm of women in the modern age! 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 A Thousand Lights in the Starry Wilderness: The Mirror Lake Cycle 星野千光:镜湖轮回录 The Starfield in a Thousand Lights: Chronicle of Mirror Lake’s Reincarnations tells the story of pianist Shen Xing and gardener Lu Ye, who are caught in a thousand-year cycle of reincarnation as they try to protect the mysterious Starfield Flower. The mirror lake reflects the past and present; the flower and its leaves bear witness to their love. The two travel between the modern world and the realm of Xin Ning, fighting fate and conspiracy, until they finally understand that true eternity is th 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 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
- 31 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
- 32 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
- 33 Rule Horror: I Rewrite the Rules with Annotations 规则怪谈:我靠注释改写规则 When other people enter the strange tales, they desperately search for the rules. When Lin Ye enters one, he can see the death warnings hidden behind them. “Do not look back”: It’s right behind you. “Do not make a sound”: It tracks you by sound. “The family must live in harmony”: An argument will cause the family to fall apart ahead of time. Every warning is a chance to survive. From beginner instances to the national fate battlefield, from international rivalries to the source of the rules, Lin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Beast Tamer of the Strange 诡兽师 There's something inside me that's been hungry for three years. When it isn't eating the uncanny, it feeds on my blood. Three years ago, on that night, one-sixth of the world's population disappeared. Chen Ye survived. The price was that something moved into his shadow. The black mist known as “Faceless” neither eats nor drinks nor speaks. But sometimes it moves: when he's asleep, when he's bleeding, when he runs into a ruined building he should never have entered. It surges out over the tops of —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Exorcism Bureau: I Subdue Ghosts and Gods with My Mortal Body 镇邪司:我以凡躯镇鬼神 When the ancient evil gods awaken and the uncanny resurgence sweeps across the world, an ordinary boy with no supernatural powers relies on a book called Notes on Folk Customs and a compassionate heart to become the last guardian against evil in this crumbling world. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 I Don't Believe a Word of Your Bunk 才不信你在那儿鬼扯 Su Gang, male, 18, student “I think I’ve been kidnapped and taken overseas.” “They took my phone, ID card, and passport, and even stripped off my clothes.” “These uncivilized people give me trouble at every turn. I can’t understand a word of their gibberish, and I can’t learn it either.” “No, I have to find a way to get back.” … “Strange things are happening around me that science can’t explain.” “Holy crap! The skeleton by the wall just moved! I’m done, I’m not playing anymore!” “Holy crap, wh —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 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
- 38 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
- 39 Mom’s Murder List: I’m the Last Name on It 妈妈的杀人清单,最后一个是我 Mom's Kill List: The Last Name Is Mine —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 From the Start, My Sanity Was at Zero, So I Bet It All 开局理智值清零,我梭哈一切 Wei Xuan, a low-level “cleaner,” unexpectedly awakens the Nightmare Lottery System. By hunting the uncanny and gambling away his sanity, he searches for his missing younger sister and uncovers the truth about the world in a modern city that is gradually collapsing. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Me in My Dreams 梦中的那个我 At other people’s universities, it’s all “skipping class, dating, and playing video games.” At Cheng Yuerong’s, it’s “running for her life, paying off debts, and making paper effigies.” Everything feels like a dream. An ordinary person is just a nobody; Cheng Yuerong is an ordinary “criminal”, the kind cursed with bad luck. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Horror Revival: I Would Make All Living Beings My Pawns 恐怖复苏:我欲以众生为刍狗 [Seven Days to Die] [Original Supernatural] [Ghost Mother] [Slow Burn] [Arc Light] I made a wish to “it.” I want to have a mother. Day One It gave me clothes, draping my scarlet flesh in a flesh-colored covering. Day Two It gave me sight. At last, I could see it standing in the corner, smiling at me. Day Three It gave me hearing. But at night, I could always hear her humming, and I could never fall asleep again. Day Four It taught me language. Sounds began to spill from my mouth, answe 475Reads—Score19014d adds
- 43 I Search for Collapse in the Eerie World 我在诡异世界找崩坏 I transmigrated into a world where urban legends can kill and conceptual rules are power. People here fear the paranormal, wield supernatural entities, and struggle to survive under a fixed set of rules. And me? I'm just a passerby looking for a bit of fun. When the “Infinite Corridor” traps and kills everyone who enters, I softly ask the wall, “Do you know what a Klein bottle is?” When the rule of the “Echo of Death” is “understanding means death,” I raise a mirror toward the void. They say I d —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 In the Dark Age, Seeking Truth Through the Gateways 黑暗时代,于门径寻求真理 The world is shrouded in the mutterings of gods, and mortals compose hymns to survive. The Old Ones slumber in the abyss, and every breath stirs up a tide of corruption; In a realm of twisted rules, you must survive against impossible odds to earn your trump card: Elements. A virologist who should have died awakens in another world, able to make a contribution to human civilization... This world doesn’t need heroes. It just need —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 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
- 46 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
- 47 The Life Thief: Secrets of the Time Pawnshop 窃命者:时间典当行的秘密 Lu Ming believed the power of retrospection he had traded his future for was his only hope of finding his sister. He followed the clues and fought the vast organization known as Ouroboros, gradually uncovering a terrifying ritual that collected time. He thought he was the hunter, the savior. Then he stood at the heart of the ritual and saw the same power of time flowing in his sister's eyes. Every search had been in vain. Every effort had been a sacrifice. The fate he fought against was one he h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The World Is Haunted: I Unlocked the Summoning Tome of Myriad Worlds 全球诡异:我解锁了万界召唤录 (Global Eerie outbreak, System-based, invincible from the start, decisive and ruthless, novel setting, ghost tamer) Five years ago, Eerie beings erupted across the globe. The ghoul from ancient texts prowls the sewers. The slit-mouthed woman from urban legends appears on the streets at midnight. Children's laughter echoes through the halls of an abandoned hospital... Humanity fell from the top of the food chain and became prey. Governments around the world rebuilt order amid the ruins, eventuall 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Rule Horror: I Received the Layoff List 规则怪谈:我收到了裁员名单 Rule Horror: I Received the Layoff List 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 You're Livestreaming a Haunted Place, and It's Your Own School? 直播鬼地方,你直播自家学校啊? I’ve had a psychic body since childhood, allowing two souls to inhabit me. I thought it was going to be a peaceful night, but it turned out that my roommate, who’d been my classmate for years, had drowned seven days ago. So who is my roommate now? My name is Yang Huang. I never imagined that my close friend would turn into a ghost and try to drag me down to hell with him. With no other choice, I entered a place called the Nightmare Livestream. It’s a deal with the devil... Every few days, I have 1Reads—Score—14d adds

















































