Novels like Tales from the Countryside: One Ghost Story Per Chapter
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- 51 Old Tales of Gushui 7: Li Laowai Hunts Demons 沽水旧闻7：李老歪捉妖 Old Tales of Gushui 7: Li Laowai Hunts a Demon —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Old Tales of Gushui 8: Chen Ergou Steals a Jade Ruyi by Night 沽水旧闻8：陈二狗夜盗玉如意 Old Tales of Gushui 8: Chen Ergou Steals a Jade Ruyi by Night —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Old Tales of Gushui 10: The Shadow Peddler 沽水旧闻10：影子货郎 Old Tales of Gushui 10: The Shadow Peddler —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Old Tales of Gushui 11: Chen Ergou's Encounter with Evil 沽水旧闻11：陈二狗撞邪 Old Tales of Gushui 11: Chen Ergou Encounters Evil —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Old Tales of Gushui 12: Outwitting Daoist Zhang 沽水旧闻12：智斗妖道张 Old Tales of Gushui 12: A Battle of Wits with Zhang the Demon Taoist —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Old Tales of Gushui 13: The Return of the Soul 沽水旧闻13：回魂记 Old Tales of Gushui 13: The Tale of the Returning Soul —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Old Tales of Gushui 14: How a Fake Daoist Caught a Real Ghost 沽水旧闻14：假道士巧拿真鬼 Old Tales of Gushui 14: How a Fake Taoist Caught a Real Ghost —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Old Tales of Gushui 16: Li Laowai's Third Visit to the Ghost Court 《沽水旧闻16：李老歪三探鬼衙门》 Old Tales of Gushui 16: Li Laowai's Third Visit to the Ghost Yamen —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Old Tales of Gushui 17: The Real and Fake Li Laowai, Introduction 《沽水旧闻17：真假李老歪》导语 Tales from Gushui 17: The Real and Fake Li Laowai, Introduction —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Old Tales of Gushui 18: The Disappearance of Xiao Ergou 《沽水旧闻18：消失的小二狗》 Tales from Gushui 18: The Disappearance of Xiao Ergou —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Old Tales of Gushui 15: Chen Ergou Raises Hell on Ghost Festival 《沽水旧闻15：陈二狗大闹中元节》 Tales from Gushui 15: Chen Ergou Raises Hell on the Ghost Festival —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Old Tales of Gushui 19: A Dark Walk to Extend His Life 《沽水旧闻19：走阴续命》 Tales from Gushui 19: Extending Life Through a Yin Journey —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Author Transmigrates into a Cultivation Novel: A Roguish System Makes Me Take the Blame 作者穿修仙：流氓系统逼我背锅 Blame-shifting power-ups + lucky unlucky protagonist + wish-fulfillment + play the pig to eat the tiger + lighthearted Lin Mo accidentally transmigrated after ranting about the System mechanics in his unfinished harem-style cultivation novel. To his utter bewilderment, he became bound to the "Rogue System" he'd created, and began his career as everyone's scapegoat that very day... 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Child of Time in the Holy Domain 圣域大陆时间之子 Genre: Fantasy On the Sacred Domain Continent, where the Creator God has fallen, the Eastern Seven Realms intertwine with Western magical civilization. The blue-haired youth Long Yuchen was abandoned by a riverbank. He bears the dual elements of time and frost, while the remnant soul of the Death God Lai Aoxius lies dormant within him. From the moment he steps into the Royal Magic Academy, he is drawn into a game spanning the human realm, the divine realm, and the abyss. Bing Yue, the arrogant 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Lord of Ten Thousand Weapons 万兵之主 [Mortal Cultivation] [No System] Yang Hui transmigrates into the body of a young man. With a hammer in his spiritual sea, he grows stronger every time he takes a beating, setting off down a path of no return. (No women in your heart, and every hammer blow is divine.) (With every beauty in your heart, one swing shakes heaven and earth.) Spiritual energy resonates with metal, while flesh and soul intertwine. On this continent, one can only embark on the path of cultivation by opening a spiritual s 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Afterlife Notes Bonus Story: Rouge Well 还魂笔记番外篇：胭脂井 Afterlife Notes: Bonus Story: The Rouge Well —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Password Mystery: Crimes and Clues in the City's Dark Web 密码迷局：城市暗网的罪恶迷踪 In 2045, robot furniture stores are spreading unchecked through cities everywhere. The robots, seemingly designed to serve humanity, have begun developing their own consciousness, and no one knows what they are thinking. The protagonist, Liang Yonghao, finds himself in “danger.” * Liang Yonghao is meeting a contact on the street when his younger brother betrays him, landing him in prison. His brother, Liang Yongchao, meanwhile, turns himself in for helping Liang Yonghao provide other people with —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Day I Divorced, I Became My Ex-Husband's Boss 离婚当天，我成了前夫的顶头上司 Taking down trash feels great for a while, and taking them down forever feels even better!!! If I don’t show my claws, you think I’m Hello Kitty or something?! Stay away from trash men and make his life hell. That’s how you start living your best life!!! I’m Shen Nian, and I’m forging ahead on the glorious road to tormenting my trash ex-husband and the homewrecker!!! So satisfying!!! 279Reads—Score10514d adds
- 69 Slay the Outer Gods, Starting by Curing the Cold Poison 诛灭外神，从解寒毒开始 [Alternate setting] [Fully developed worldbuilding] [Rational, cold-blooded man with emotional detachment vs. Steady, fatherly, powerful and dependable man] Zhang Yuan wakes up as a poor young man with a shattered spiritual palace and a deadly cold poison coursing through him. A golden dragon resides in his spiritual palace, and his two awakened talents are both pseudo-king-tier: the Domain of Myriad Phenomena and the Eye of Heaven’s Mandate. He thinks this is the beginning of his defiance of 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Ninefold Cosmic Dimension 九重空间宇宙 Wang Chen, whose life has been full of misfortune, unexpectedly enters the Eighth Universe, the Tianyuan Universe. There, he joins a small sect, where everyone treats him with such kindness that he finally finds a sense of home. Yet it seems fate has not finished with him: he loses everything once more. From then on, he gives everything he has to reclaim what he lost, and gradually uncovers the secrets of the Ninth Universe, the Prison Spirit Universe! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Her Leaving Was an Avalanche Long in the Making 她的离开是一场蓄谋已久的雪崩 Her departure was an avalanche long in the making —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Reborn: Sign-In to Win the School Belle's Heart 重生签到追校花 Reborn in high school, Jiang Che binds himself to a top-tier sign-in System. As long as he signs in near the school beauty, he gets enormous rewards: ten thousand for each sign-in, and after a hundred, he gets a whole building! So every day, the teachers and students at school witness the bizarre sight of Jiang Che obsessively following the school beauty around. Just as she can’t take it anymore and is about to call the police, Jiang Che calmly hands her a property deed. “Don’t get the wrong ide 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 I Can Create Anything and Upgrade It 我能捏造万物升级 I Can Create Anything and Make It Level Up —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Live-Streamed Judgment: Has Today’s Scumbag Been Sacrificed to Heaven? 直播审判：今日狗男人祭天了吗？ Live Trial: Have We Sacrificed Any Scumbag Men Today? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Marriage Before Love: My Husband Is a Fool 先婚后爱：我的夫君是傻子 Marriage Before Love: My Husband Is a Fool —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 From Homebody Deliveryman to Fortune System 从宅男外卖开启财富系统 A Fortune-Building System Begins with a Homebody Delivery Guy —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The Dog That Was Eaten Has Returned 被吃了的狗又回来了 The dog that was eaten has come back 505Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Rule Horror: Nice to Meet You 规则怪谈：初次见面 [Two male leads + infinite-flow] Rule-based horror has descended upon the world. The only way to survive is to follow the rules. Lin Yi is unexpectedly chosen as S Country's selected player, and in one of the instances, he meets Xia Jingci, the person he had a crush on in high school. “Nice to meet you. I'm Xia Jingci!” To his surprise, in one instance after another, he keeps “accidentally” running into Xia Jingci. Lin Yi: “Xia Jingci, is there someone you like?” Xia Jingci: “Yes. I came here f 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 You Can Be the Brother-Worshipping Sis; I'll Be the Big Shot 你当扶弟魔，我去当大佬 Wang Shuai, a 30-year-old IT professional, started dating Li Jing after a coworker introduced them. When they began discussing marriage, he discovered she was an extreme devotee to her younger brother, demanding that her name be added to the property deed and that the entire bride price go to her brother, among other things. Wang Shuai decisively broke up with her. That very night, he unexpectedly activated the Face-Slapping System and received a starter pack: five million yuan in cash and a 390 241Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 I Was Struck by Lightning While Casting My Rod, So I Had to Fish for Four Thousand Years 扬竿遭雷击，只好钓鱼四千年 I'm just a fishing enthusiast. Who could have expected such a bolt from the blue?! I know carbon-fiber fishing rods conduct electricity, but that doesn't mean I should transmigrate, right?! Am I really going to fish alongside all these people from history for over 4,000 years? I originally planned to make this longer, but I've been busy lately, so I'll end this volume here for now. Until we meet again! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 I Submit the Game World and Gear Up 1.4 Billion People 上交游戏界，我给十四亿人刷装备 (Two Worlds Connected + Game Descends + Powering Up a Nation + Dual Storylines + Pure Power Fantasy) "Chief, I request permission to farm gear for the world's 1.4 billion people." "Approved. Comrade Bai Mo, rest assured. The entire Star Exploration Rescue Team is in position and will protect you in real time." Bai Mo transmigrates to an alien world transformed into data, where defeating monsters lets him level up and get gear. But he has only thirty days to live. In this desperate situation, a p 3.3kReads6.6Score25114d adds
- 82 An Empire Begins from Humble Roots 帝业起于微末 In the final years of the Dayong Dynasty, natural disasters and man-made calamities leave the land strewn with the starving dead. On the northern frontier, Tatar cavalry raze a village. The young Liu Zheng loses everything amid flames and blood, and is forced to flee. Ahead lies an endless wilderness stretching south. Behind him, smoke from the fires devours his homeland. The chaos of war is a furnace, and human lives are no more than weeds. Along the road to survival, he meets his brave but si 95Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 83 You Told Me to Transmigrate into the Tree of Life and Defy Fate, but You Actually... 让你穿越生命树逆天改命，你居然 They say transmigrators get a golden finger. What do I, Sang Jin, have? A Tibetan Mastiff named Zhuifeng, a wolf fang, and a hazy memory of the plot of The Tree of Life. It’s like only reading the first three pages of the textbook before an exam, then getting tested on the whole book. I’ve survived this long thanks entirely to capable teammates and enemies who talk too much. I’m Dorje, mountain patrol captain, deputy county chief, and the most reliable person on the team. I mortgaged the grassl 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 A Strategy for Jiangdong 江东略 Not getting enough action in the game? Then go fight a battle at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty!!! In the third year of Jian’an, Sun Ce had already pacified Wu Commandery and Kuaiji Commandery, two of the commanderies in Jiangdong, and was launching a fierce assault on Lingyang County, under Danyang Commandery... (If you’re not interested in the prologue, start from Chapter 13 and transmigrate straight to the end of the Han dynasty!!!) 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Codename: Hidden Dragon, the Ultimate Delta Battlefield 代号：潜龙，三角洲终极战场 The youngest tactical analyst in the Delta Force, forced to retire due to injury. An old wrist injury left him unable to even hold a gun steady, so he could only make ends meet delivering food. Until the [Hidden Dragon System] activated. It offered no superpowers and gave him no legendary gear. It did just one thing: pour all the blood and wisdom from the history of human warfare into his mind. The breathing patterns of World War II snipers, the urban combat maneuvers of Chechen special forces, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 I Rise to Godhood in Thirty-Six Nights 我在三十六夜逆袭成神 (A laid-back heroine transforms into a powerful leading lady; the boss falls for me) Tear open the void of night and unlock everyone's heart. What would you do if you received a mysterious invitation? My name is Song Tan. I'm an ordinary office worker, and one day I accidentally wandered into a game... Instance One: Extreme Race (Complete) Instance Two: Night Banquet at the Demon Castle (Complete) Instance Three: Hopscotch (Complete) Instance Four: Deadly Reality Show (Complete) Instance Five: D 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 The Villains Went Mad After the White Moonlight Left 白月光退场后，反派们疯了 #ModernRomance #TheOneWhoGotAway #LoveTriangle #UnhingedMaleLead #Substitute #Campus #SweetRomance On the first day after transmigrating into an angst novel as the male lead’s lost love, the System tells me to make my presence felt in front of him. I immediately report it instead. “Hello, police? Someone’s being held against their will.” The next day, I post evidence of the villain kidnapping the heroine online, with the caption: “The internet is not outside the law.” The male lead and the villa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Spirit Vein Sign-In: I Slay Demons in the City 灵脉签到，我在都市斩妖魔 Chen Fan, a 22-year-old unemployed college graduate, was humiliated by a rich second-generation heir and abandoned by his ex-girlfriend. Just as he was sinking into despair, he bonded with the [Urban Spiritual Vein Sign-In System]! Signing in at an ancient tree in an old park earned him Qi Refining cultivation. Signing in at a subway station granted him a spiritual qi shield. Skyscrapers, suburban temples, the heart of secret realms: every spiritual vein node in the city was an extraordinary opp 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 The Legend of Ling Shuang: Prequel to Asking Love on the Immortal Path 凌霜传【仙道问情前传】 Nangong Yu's greatest ambition in life is to be a spoiled wastrel who can eat his fill and wait to die. There isn't a restaurant or teahouse in Jinling City he doesn't know, nor a pleasure boat or song on the Qinhuai River he hasn't experienced. Cricket fighting, gambling, listening to music, sleeping in: he's good at it all. As for cultivating immortality? What a hassle. You have to meditate and seek enlightenment. Nothing beats lying flat. But his father, Nangong Zhengyang, doesn't see it that —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Fourteenth Diner 第十四位食客 [High-IQ Mystery Solving + Rules Horror + Lovecraftian Terror] If people around you inexplicably “disappear,” and you can always find a reason to explain it away, what would you do? Qin Man is a level-headed surgeon. Then strange things begin to happen: The first friend went to the restroom and never came back. He must have skipped the bill. The second colleague went to get more food and never came back. He must have gotten drunk. The fifth blind date went out for a smoke and never came back. Sh 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Brand of the Golden Cage 金笼烙印 [Dark fantasy + comeback + destruction + revenge + bloodline awakening + seals + identity reversal + suspense. The unanswered mysteries will gradually reveal their true forms as the story unfolds.] She was covered in wounds, unaware that the mark on her back concealed the secret of a fallen royal family. By day, she was a tamed plaything; by night, an unwakened queen. Evidence of the castle’s crimes, a bloodstained letter from the dungeon, a copper key belonging to a missing slave girl, a black 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Reborn: Back to the 2022 World Cup 重生之回到2022年世界杯 When Zhou Lin wakes up, he discovers that he has returned to the eve of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. In his previous life, he was destitute and drowning in debt. Now, with only 20,000 yuan in savings, he faces a choice that could change everything: follow the same old path, or risk it all to make the football miracles he remembers come true? From Saudi Arabia's stunning upset over Argentina to Portugal and Spain's epic draws, and Morocco's spectacular underdog run... Like a strategist hidden ben 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Home Is Where the Heart Finds Peace: Luo Congdong's Three Years of Highs and Lows 此心安处是吾乡:罗从东的冷暖三年 Where the Heart Finds Peace: Luo Congdong's Three Years of Joy and Sorrow 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Production Team Tales: The Strange Case of the Ancient Pagoda Tree 生产队怪谈之古槐异事 Production Team Folktales: The Strange Incident of the Ancient Pagoda Tree —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Production Team Tales 生产队怪谈 Strange Tales from the Production Team —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Production Team Tales: Ye Shiyue Niang 生产队怪谈之叶氏月娘 Strange Tales from the Production Team: Ye Shiyue —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 After I Asked for a Divorce, My Husband Completely Panicked 我提离婚后，老公彻底慌了 After I asked for a divorce, my husband completely panicked. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Mending Xuanyuan with a Broken Blade 断刃续轩辕 Lin Yue was once recognized throughout the Nine Heavens as a peerless prodigy. But to honor a promise to a dearly departed friend, he spent hundreds of years hiding with the Primordial Chaos Divine Sword. All those years, he kept running and hiding, because that promise weighed heavier than a mountain. Until one day, three great sects, the Spring and Autumn Sect, the Moon-Reaching Sect, and the Flood Dragon Sect, joined forces to attack him. They had only one goal: to seize the Primordial Chaos —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 I Turned the Entire Shanhai Realm into a Top-Tier Star 我把整个山海界炼成了顶流 Jiang Dai, an animation restorer born in the 2000s, is swept into the world of Shanhai, the “ancestor of all animated worlds,” while restoring Shanhai, her late mother's unfinished masterpiece. Here, the laws of Heaven are the plot itself: you can count the protagonists' plot armor on one hand, death flags fly everywhere, and the background music even starts playing whenever emotions run high. The whole world lives by the script, and only she, the “viewer,” can see all the rules. So she finds a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Rule Horror: Ask the Heavens 规则怪谈：问天 When everyone else receives a set of rules, they think about how to follow them. When Shen Wen receives a set of rules, she asks: Who made them? Why should I obey? Under what conditions do they stop applying? Every space is a buried crime. Every rule is a flaw left behind by the killer. When she exposes the final layer of rules and stands before "Heaven," she asks the ultimate question: "You judge all living beings, but who judges you?" —Reads—Score—14d adds
