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- 51 Rule Horror: Nightmare City 规则怪谈：梦魇迷城 [Clever deductions + mind-bending suspense + instance challenges + strategic games + logical thinking + knowledge-based puzzles] Rules are both a way to control players and the key to breaking out of a dead end. The protagonist, Chen Mo, is accidentally drawn into a world of rule-based horror. He thinks he only needs to keep taking part in deadly games to escape. Then Chen Mo believes that collecting five keys with different attributes will let him leave the City of Nightmares, but one unexpecte 362Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Infinite Terror: I Become a God in the Eighteenth Layer of Hell 无限惊悚：我在十八层地狱封神 [Thriller] + [Infinite Flow] + [Survival Against the Odds] [Ensemble Cast] + [Episodic] + [Mystery and Deduction] [The Eternal Cruise Ship] The empty cruise ship is filled with endless lies. The twisted-faced, deeply wrinkled vengeful ghost loves collecting tongues. The only clue: Do not speak carelessly. Shen Xu: "Brother Luo, the clue says you're a pimp." Luo Yu: "I'm a pet shop owner. I arrange pet breeding for people." [Xinglin Village] All 18 gate challengers are terminally ill. Only by d 234Reads—Score10114d adds
- 53 Rule Horror: Feeding Records from No. 7 Huaiyin Lane 规则怪谈：槐荫里7号进食记录 Rule Horror: Feeding Records from No. 7, Huaiyin Lane —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Midnight Oracle 午夜神谕 Shh… It’s late. Turn out the lights. Once you step through this door, the world of lies behind you. Whatever you see there, don’t tell anyone. Don’t scream… Stay alive, and you’ll understand everything. As an “ordinary” residential community security guard, Chen You has endured one midnight after another: the church bells ring out twelve long echoes in succession; in an empty post office, the PA system switches on by itself and mutters ancient prophecies; an estate that sho 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Rule Horror: Every Rule Is Waiting for Me to Break It 规则怪谈：所有规则都在等我违规 Rule Horror: Every Rule Is Waiting for Me to Break It 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 I Survive the Haunted Lodge’s Horror Instances Through Deduction 我在诡舍恐怖副本里靠推理存活 [Infinite Flow] [New Book: Lost in a Horror Instance, Surviving Through Deduction] [Not Fanfiction] [Pure Logic and Deduction] [No Female Lead] [Ensemble Cast] [Two Male Leads, No Romance] After Lu Chao received an envelope, he was taken away to a place called the Ghost Lodge: Human Realm Reception Station. When he woke up, he was already facing a horror house instance. The ghosts wouldn't attack at random. But they did have specific times when they could strike. Only when the ghosts were unable 3.5kReads5.2Score24714d adds
- 57 No Gambling, Just Life! The Desperate Gambler Villain 不赌钱只赌命！绝望的胜负师恶棍 When you’re out of options, remember: you still have at least one life left! As long as you’re alive, you possess the universe’s most precious asset: life! As long as you’re still breathing, you’ll always have a chance to start over! Please do not associate this story with any real people, events, things, or organizations! This book is entirely fictional. Any resemblance is impossible! Over 95% five-star reviews! Don’t go by the new-book rating; check the comments! Want to know how to go from pe 339Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 58 Rule Horror: After Lights Out, Follow the Dormitory Rules 规则怪谈：熄灯后，请遵守宿舍守则 Rule Horror: After Lights Out, Please Follow the Dormitory Rules 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Mysterious Tales: Stop Crying! Smile, Damn It! 诡秘怪谈：别哭了！给老子笑！ Weird Tales of the Mysterious: Stop crying! Give me a damn smile! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Surviving in Hell? No, This Is My Backyard 地狱求生？不，这是我的后花园 [Unlimited-flow game for all humanity | Draw cards and evolve | High-martial-arts survival | Revenge power fantasy | Bonds with multiple women] Overnight, all of humanity is dragged into a strange and terrifying game. Countless ghosts from folklore roam its instances, and death follows at every turn. In his previous life, Jiang Xiaopang painstakingly saved up evolution points. He was just one step away from breaking through, but his lover betrayed him, and his breakthrough failed at the last m 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Infinite Nightmares: I Have a Pair of Ghost Ears 无限噩梦：我有一对鬼耳 [Infinite Flow], [Mild Horror], [No Female Lead], [Survive by the Skin of Your Teeth], [Unconventional Turtle Soup Riddles], [Nontraditional Rule-Based Horror], [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, Not Invincible] [Slow-paced, packed with details, and full of complex plot twists!] [Read at your own risk if that's not your thing!!!] I sat on a deserted street in the dead of night, listening to them whisper. I was a little confused. Wasn't I the only one here? (Instance 1: Prolonging Life) A bit lon 27kReads7.9Score3.3k14d adds
- 62 Welcome to the Real Nightmare Game 欢迎进入真实噩梦游戏 [Infinite Flow] [Horror Dungeons] [Plot-Heavy] [Mind Games] [No Romance] [Mystery and Escape] [Supernatural] Zhao Ding woke with a start in the middle of the night, only to find that his familiar bedroom had become strangely unfamiliar. The walls had turned old and yellow, inexplicable dust had appeared in his slippers, and eerie knocking echoed through the silent night... Listening to the strange knocking outside, Zhao Ding had no idea that the world beyond his door was no longer reality. The m 33.1kReads8.1Score4k14d adds
- 63 Eerie Descent: It Turns Out I'm the Calamity 诡异降临：原来我才是灾厄啊 [Infinite Flow + Mild Thrills + Emotionless + Post-Apocalypse + Villain] Xu Yuan boards a dilapidated bus and travels endlessly through the [Misty World]. When the bizarre descent occurred seven years ago, he sealed away his emotions and memories. Now he has broken free of his shackles and, as [Calamity], has returned to take control of this game! 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Top Scholar Goes on a Killing Spree in a Horror Game 状元她在恐怖游戏杀疯了 [Infinite Flow + Horror Game + Mind-Bending Suspense + No Romance] Ji Yao, the top science student in her province and a hardcore gamer, enters a horror game with a body that could shut down at any moment. The entire livestream audience is waiting for the pink-haired “fragile vase” to die, betting she won’t last three seconds. Until When the rules start killing, she gives a cold laugh and mocks the dungeon’s logic for having bigger plot holes than the gaps left when Nuwa patched the sky. When mo 1.7kReads9.1Score22614d adds
- 65 You Were Supposed to Handle Rule Contamination, So Why Are You Going, “For Real?” 让你处理规则污染，你搁这“尊嘟假嘟”？ You were supposed to handle the rule contamination, so why are you over here going, “For real, though?” 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Eerie Revival: Obstetrician to an S-Rank Haunted Hospital 诡异复苏：给S级鬼楼当产科医生 Eerie Revival: Obstetrician to an S-Rank Haunted Building 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 A Decade Ends: Illusion 十日终焉：幻梦 [Ten Days to the End Fan Fiction] In a parallel universe, the Land of the End follows the original work's basic setup and depicts everything that happens there in another parallel universe... 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Infinite Cinema: I Climbed to the Top of the Charts Through Death 无限影院：我靠死亡冲上热榜第一 [Infinite-Loop Horror + Mildly Scary + No Female Lead] Just got a rating, it'll rise later, dears! Death isn't the end. It's your ticket in. The moment Jiang Yubai was crushed beneath a cement truck, he thought his life was over. But when he opened his eyes again, he was sitting in an old movie theater that reeked of mold. Blood-red rules appeared on the screen: Welcome to the “Infinite Cinema.” Here, the dead are chosen at random to become the “protagonists” of one horror film after another. Th 9kReads6.9Score1k14d adds
- 69 Deadly Survival Game 致命生存游戏 (Infinite-loop game, suspense, mystery, survival, no supernatural elements, no urban legends, original games, no independent System, no golden finger) ‘Selecting a game...’ ‘Player level detected: L1. Available game difficulty range: 1–2 stars.’ ‘First game detected. A one-star game is guaranteed.’ ‘Game selection successful!’ A black screen with white text immediately appeared. [Game Name: The Devil Beside You] [Game Type: Multiplayer] [Difficulty: One Star] [Clear Condition: Find the disguised 1.2kReads7.8Score10214d adds
- 70 Infinite Survival: This Assassin Is Not So Cold 无限流之这个杀手不太冷 A battle royale descends, and countless challengers are thrown onto a path where they must prove themselves. Lin Xiaohu, a classical martial arts assassin, walks the line between life and death, searching for a glimmer of redemption. Mythical beasts block the way, powerful enemies close in, and fragments of divine weapons spark endless strife. While everyone else is trapped in a cycle of slaughter, he insists on tearing apart the rules and protecting the light that belongs to him. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 [I, the Forgotten Dream, I] 【I被遗忘的梦I】 [Infinite Flow | Rules-Based Horror | Instances | Ensemble Cast | Mystery | No Harem] This is a dream that was once forgotten, a memory that should never have been recalled. By a twist of fate, Wen Xuan and four others arrived in a city born from barren wasteland: [Huacheng]. In one game, instance, and [dream] after another: They experienced disasters caused by human actions. They learned how powerful the supernatural could be. They overcame the evils of human nature. They resisted the destructi 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Parallel Island 平行岛 In 2065, on an unnamed island deep in the ocean. An ordinary girl with no special abilities. A deadly game where the stakes are her life. Win, and she rises to the top overnight. Lose, and she dies. Traps, betrayal, and an endless struggle for survival: she can only rely on her wits and logic to make it through. But the closer she gets to the finish line, the more terrified she becomes. It seems a shocking secret about the fate of all humanity lies behind this brutal bloodshed. 33Reads—Score12314d adds
- 73 The Book of Deathbed Confessions: The Sickly Beauty Sweeps Through Infinite Worlds 死亡忏悔录：病美人横扫无限流 (My dears, the rating just opened, so it’ll gradually rise. Updates are steady every day, so feel free to follow along~) [Infinite Flow + Two Powerful Leads + Ensemble Cast + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Everyone’s Favorite + Horror Instances] Bai Xue has died once, yet she can’t even remember how. In this life, she is the most useless member of the Bai family, a sickly girl who coughs after walking a few steps and pants for ages after saying three words, pale as a porcelain doll ready to shatter a 1.5kReads8.1Score29614d adds
- 74 The Paper-Linked World 纸连世界 [Murder-mystery game + Infinite Flow + supernatural abilities + survival + strong female lead] My name is Shu Yulian, and I transmigrated into a book. But why are there ghosts in this book? What do you mean I have to play a life-or-death game with the eerie creatures? I only made it through elementary school. You expect me to outsmart them? Heavenly Grandma, can you please give me a break!! What? You're saying my sister is one of the eerie creatures? What, I got put on the wanted list by an [Evi 92Reads8.9Score25114d adds
- 75 The One-Fifth Death Game 五分之一的死亡游戏 [Clever mind games + deduction + all kinds of scenarios + no System + no harem + plot-focused] On a whim, Lin Shuo took part in a quiz show offering a cash prize of one hundred thousand yuan. And so the gears of fate began to turn, as one deadly game after another came his way. A hidden, lethal poison: how could he identify it quickly? A terrifying old building haunted by ghosts: how could he escape alive? An unsolvable locked-room mystery involving werewolves: where were they? A train trapped i 1.2kReads8.7Score13514d adds
- 76 The Corpse-Reading Detective 诡案读尸人 The Corpse-Reading Detective 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Ten Dreams Across the Calamity 十梦渡厄 (The Strange Knocking at the Door / Welcome Back to the Starting Point of the Nightmare, Book Two) Have you ever received a letter like that? Its material feels like human skin, its handwriting looks like blood. Once you open it... You find yourself standing before a door. Push it open, and you step into another world. A place with rules you must obey, nights when dawn never comes, and ghosts who have waited ten or a hundred years for release. Every door you make it through buys you one more day 4.1kReads7.1Score39814d adds
- 78 When Ghostly Calamities Strike: A Paranormal Escape Begins with a Séance 诡灾降临：灵异逃生从招魂开始 [Infinite Flow + No Female Lead + Original Instances] “Welcome to the Supernatural Forbidden Zone, dear Apostles!” “This world is nearing its end, so struggle as much as you like!” As paper ash blankets the world, reality and the supernatural begin to overlap. In a dilapidated clan apartment building, a drowned ghost child knocks at the door. In the vanished School Building No. 7, a headless corpse wanders in confusion. In a dim Taoist temple, gleaming statues of the gods weep tears of blood... 959Reads8.1Score8214d adds
- 79 Will Everyone in This Horror Game Get a Bad Ending? She Clears It with Happy Endings and Becomes a Legend 恐游全员BE？她靠HE通关封神 [Strong female lead + infinite-flow + horror + original scenarios + saving the world] Reborn in an instant, Yue Ji finds herself in the terrifying game world known as the Sea of the Strange. A ship is all she gets from the start, and she has to scrounge for the rest of her equipment. Before her newbie protection period is even over, she's kicked into a high-level horror scenario. It should have been a doomed start, but her captain is so overpowered that she somehow earns a perfect all-clear in t 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Transcending the Infinite Dao Arena 超脱无限道场世界 [Infinite Flow novel + multiple worlds + decisive and ruthless + master schemer] The world crumbled before his eyes. Ancient, alien beings surged from the depths of the void, murmuring truths beyond comprehension. Bloodied nobles and a fallen royal family, an ancient battlefield overrun by monsters, a high-magic plane where gods and demons coexisted... Every mission world was a transformation and a baptism. Chen Lin slew enemy troops in Shule City, severed the core of a monster in its lair in th 266Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Rule Horror: The Last One to Leave the Classroom After Evening Study 规则怪谈：晚自习最后离开教室的人 Rule Horror: The Last Person to Leave the Classroom After Evening Study 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Strange Tales: A Construction Worker Livestreams from Another World 诡异系列：土木佬在异世界开直播 [Not mindless, not a wish-fulfillment romp, no invincible protagonist, focused on growth] [The male lead has no bad habits] [A bizarre tale disguised as a mystery] [A devoted fan of Ten Days Until the End, a lover of mind-bending games, and a master of emotional tension] Go live in another world and entertain the “gods”! Xiao Wen Nuo goes from a clueless newcomer to a god-slaying powerhouse, stumbling into one pitfall after another and tricking one “god” after the next. By the time Xiao Wen Nuo 15Reads—Score114d adds
- 83 Rule Horror: The Three Gates School Rules Forbid Telling the Truth 规则怪谈：三重门校规禁止说真话 Dungeon difficulty: Easy, Normal, Hard, Nightmare, Hell. Lin Han is in a different parallel universe in each dungeon, and the plots are unrelated, so feel free to read them out of order. Lin Han is clever and resourceful, bold in thought and action, and seriously badass. 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Devouring Hope 吞噬希望 This is a world steeped in despair. No System lays out the rules at a leisurely pace, and there are no hints about how to survive. You can only search for a way out using scattered clues, with no room for error when testing the rules. One wrong step means utter ruin. An endless night, black as ink, wraps the world in its grip. The killing game never stops, like a tightening net of blood that leaves everyone caught in its strands struggling to breathe. And Lu Jin is the only anomaly in this bo 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Hell Manor 地狱庄园 [Horror and the Supernatural + Suspense and Mystery + Infinite Flow + No Female Lead] A group of strangers receive a blood letter and mysteriously find themselves inside a villa. Their only chance of survival is to uncover the ghost hiding among them. After Xu Yi completes the task by the skin of his teeth, he is relieved to have finally survived. But then he discovers that he has arrived at a place called Hell Manor. He must complete the tasks in eleven blood letters to leave the manor alive. A 10kReads8.0Score82914d adds
- 86 Who Taught You to Be So Absurd in the Dungeons? 副本里玩抽象，谁教你的？ [Comedy + Absurdity + Ensemble Cast + Infinite Loop + Murder Mystery Game + Games] The Gate of Miracles: Enter, and become a god. To pay for his terminally ill younger sister's medical bills, Zhang Fan takes the risk of working as an underground paparazzo. Tempted by a mysterious client's offer of a generous 500,000 yuan, he follows instructions and heads to the designated location. After stumbling into a bizarre instance, he calls his client for help. The other person says, “Want to survive? Wa 16Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 87 Close Your Eyes, and the Nightmare Begins 闭眼即梦魇 [Infinite-flow + no romance + mild horror + mystery-solving] A bizarre murder case dragged Yan Wei, a psychiatric patient, into a bloody game. As layer after layer of fog lifted, he discovered a grand conspiracy lurking behind it all... A mysteriously vanished psychiatric hospital, otherworldly powers worshipped by the masses, a boy whose face he could never remember from his dreams... Behind ideals that seemed so grand lay a tangled web of human and divine self-interest. 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Ascension Plan 登神计划 “Complete a series of games, and you can become a god.” Four young men are lured here by different lies, but will things really be as simple as they expect? Ensemble cast, no main character. Borrowed plot elements will be noted. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Land of Divine Punishment: Outsmarting the Horrors in a Strange Game 神罚之地：我在诡异游戏智商碾压 Suspenseful mind games, strategic battles of wits, a ten-day survival challenge, post-apocalyptic ruins, eerie games, no saintly protagonist, ruthless and decisive, supernatural abilities, ensemble cast. “This time, we lost! But I'll enter the game myself and swear to snatch victory from Heaven! Next time, you'll pay for your crimes!” “To win the game, you have to understand this: the person you trust most... is the perfect one to stab you in the back!” “I won't judge you. I'll just light the wa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Infinite Hive: Starting with Extracting the Dead's Belongings 无限蜂巢：从提取死者遗物开始 [Infinite Flow | Mystery and Wild Ideas | Ruthless | Power Fantasy | No Babysitting | Entirely Handcrafted, No AI] Teammates: Bai Lang! Help us! Bai Lang: Don't rush. Let's see what inheritance you'll drop when you die. Death is nothing more than the ceremony for handing over an inheritance. A bizarre hive has appeared, dragging countless people into deadly exams. Horror stages, lethal rules, and bloodthirsty, mutated monsters are everywhere. After being betrayed by the love of his life, Bai L 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Eerie: Something's Not Right with This Novel 诡异：这个小说不对劲 Instance difficulty: Easy, Normal, Hard, Nightmare, Hell. Lin Han is in a different parallel universe in every instance, and the plots are independent, so you can read them in any order. Lin Han is clever and resourceful, bold and decisive, and really damn awesome. 57Reads—Score214d adds
- 92 The Horrifying High School 恐怖的高中学校 [Mild Horror + Infinite Flow + No System + Survival + Ensemble Cast + Not Overpowered + Mystery-Solving + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Passion] Jiang Xuan was accidentally swept into a terrifying, uncanny dimension. To survive, he had to keep completing missions in the temporal rifts. To stay alive, he had to investigate the many mysteries hidden within each mission. As Jiang Xuan searched for ways to clear each one, he also sought to unravel the mysteries of the world. Thus began his struggle 1.5kReads—Score19814d adds
- 93 A Thousand Autumns of Foolish Games 千秋愚戏 [Modern Urban High Martial Arts + Foreshadowing + Infinite Flow + Funny Slice of Life + Imaginative Premise + Mind-Bending] Fu Qianqiu has suffered from “soul separation” since childhood. With the help of his friend Mu Xingye, he manages to communicate with the “It” inside his body, but all he gets in response is an incomprehensible sentence: “When the foolish game ends, the fog will finally lift.” Coincidentally, the virtual reality game The Fool’s Game, developed over seven years by Fangcun Co 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Falling Homework 坠落作业 [Campus horror + coming-of-age + no saintly heroine + one heroine + combat + heartbreaking] One day, a mysterious assignment appeared on the blackboard. As a high school student, I felt a terror unlike anything I’d ever known. All kinds of ghosts appeared in the world, coming to take human lives. From that day on, my life changed completely. I was forced to fight for my life through the assignments, but that was far from all. A slew of conspiracies began to close in around me. Worse still, a mas 1.8kReads8.2Score15114d adds
- 95 Reincarnation Game: I Climbed a Hundred-Story Zombie Tower from the Start 轮回游戏：开局我爬百层丧尸大楼 [Male-Oriented, Infinite-Flow, Teamwork, Battle Anime, Wits and Courage.] Countless people grow stronger through one round after another of reincarnation games, forming teams to compete against one another. It is all entertainment for the gods, and Yang Yuan is just one of their chess pieces. Anyone here could become the protagonist. [Hundred-Story Zombie Tower (Chapters 1–28)] [Hide-and-Seek (Chapters 31–69)] [Infinite Train (Chapters 73–96)] [Horror Game (Chapters 102–109)] [Superhumans (Chapt 5.1kReads6.4Score52914d adds
- 96 Reincarnation: My Level Was Reset to Zero, and My Doll Went on a Killing Spree 轮回：满级清零，我的人偶杀疯了 [Infinite loop + revenge + fiery, tragic, and sweet] After ten years beside an empty grave, he can no longer remember his late wife's face. The infinity tattoo on his wrist is his sole obsession. Once, he was the one who reached the summit of the cycle of reincarnation. Just one step away from the truth, he was betrayed, had his memories wiped, and became an ordinary security guard in the modern world. Then a girl doll shattered his tombstone and dragged him back to the reincarnation battlefield 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 No Hints in the Instance 副本无提示 [The rating just came in, and it will rise later] [Mild horror + varied horror styles + original scenarios + fresh, unconventional scenarios + intelligent characters + no female lead or romantic subplots] Have any of you watching heard of the elevator ghost game? They say that if you follow the instructions, you can reach another world. Chen Feng is a video creator whose content is playing all kinds of horror games found online. He occasionally livestreams, too. During a livestream of the elevat 82.5kReads7.8Score13.5k14d adds
- 98 Please Answer, Su Qianyuan 请回答，苏倩元 (Crime Investigation and Suspense x Infinite-Flow | A lighter romance, focused on women's growth and mutual support) Question: "Power, money, or a chance to survive. You can only choose one. Which will it be?" Su Qianyuan: (raises her hand) "I'll take all three." To lie low, Su Qianyuan, the Thief God known as "Night Butterfly," had a million-yuan bounty on her head and was wanted on more arrest warrants than anyone could count. A sudden idea struck her. Why not find herself a powerful backer 1kReads—Score14014d adds
- 99 Infinite Game, With Lifespan as the Stake 无限游戏，筹码是寿命 A pure battle of wits, with no superpowers and no System. Born from the Human Genome Project, the protagonist possesses absolute intelligence, putting him at the very pinnacle, like a god. His endless battle of wits begins the moment he enters the Domain of Fate. Genius is merely the entry ticket to this gamble. What does true peak intelligence look like? What is the truth about this world? And it turns out the final opponent is… [Some readers may worry that the protagonist’s zero personality a 210Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 100 I Play for a Comeback in a Mind-Game 我在智斗游戏里玩逆转 [Original mind-game competitions + Deception + Reversals + No romance + Brain-bending, read with caution] This isn't a survival game, but a pure battle of wits. There are no supernatural horrors, only schemes. No scares, just the thrill of putting your brain through its paces. Deception, exposing lies, and wild gambling aren't enough. You need an unexpected trick to turn defeat into victory. I entered the [Mic Hog Game], where I have to outsmart my way to freedom. “Hahaha! You pathetic ants 343Reads—Score—14d adds
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