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- 1 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 259Reads—Score11514d adds
- 2 Rule Horror: I Have One Extra Hint 规则怪谈：我的提示多出一条 [Rules-based horror + supreme rationality + national-fortune livestream + invincible protagonist] Rules-based horrors descend upon the world, with a death rate of 92%! Those chosen must represent their nations in dungeons where death is all but certain. Victory sends their nation’s fortunes soaring; defeat brings utter ruin. When Daxia’s chosen player turns out to be Jiang Zhe, a slender high school student, the world writes him off, and Daxia falls into despair. Yet behind Jiang Zhe’s cheap gla 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Haunting Rules of Rooming Together: Never Answer the Door When You Hear Knocking 诡异合租规则：听到敲门决不能应 Creepy Roommate Rules: Never Answer the Door When You Hear Knocking —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 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
- 5 When the Zombies Come: I Can See the Red Rules 丧尸来临：我能看见红色规则 [Zombies + rule-based horror] My name is Lin Shen. When the zombie outbreak began, I was brushing my teeth in Room 401 on the fourth floor. Four in the morning. The entire dormitory suddenly lost power. A sheet of paper appeared out of nowhere behind the dorm room door. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Rule Horror: I'm Really Not a Fangirl 规则怪谈，我真的不是追星少女 [Rules-based horror + suspense + transmigrate into a book + golden finger + infinite worlds + lighthearted comedy + absurd] Ye Mei transmigrated into the novel Strange Tales of a Haunted World. All she wanted was the power of money, but from the start, she unexpectedly got herself a creepy “husband.” The husband I want is someone who holds me in his hands and treats me like his darling, not someone who holds my heart and treats it like a treasure! [A lighthearted comedy with little brain-teasing 12Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 7 I Bought My Way Through the Eerie World 我用钱买穿诡异世界 [Pay-to-win cultivation + Chinese-style horror + ruthless protagonist] His only golden finger: Money really can let you do anything. At the awakening ceremony, others summoned divine weapons and spirit beasts. Lin Feng awakened nothing but a single copper coin. His clan members laughed. “Useless! How can a copper coin slay ghosts?” Then came the night of the corpse uprising. With one copper coin, he subdued a corpse. With a hundred taels of gold, he bought the silence of a red-clad bride. With a 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Restricted Zone Rules Fail: I Become the Top Night Watchman 禁区守则失效：我成巡夜头名 Rule One for the Restricted Zone: Get out before dark. It’s an ironclad rule bought with hundreds of thousands of lives. Lu Yan didn’t follow it. Not because he didn’t want to. He was trapped inside. That night, the Restricted Zone changed. Every situation left out of the rules came to pass. Lu Yan ran through the ruins all night. He evaded three beast tides. He detoured around two spatial rifts. And along the way, he rescued fifteen people who were trapped just like him. At daybreak, the rescue 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Rule Horror: The Repeating Door 规则怪谈：重复的门 [Infinite flow + mild horror + survival] I’m a young man from the 21st century. After boarding a train, I ended up in another world. The Smurf Village... The Smurfs here seem to have mutated. They’re actually about as tall as my knees. To get back to their original world, they try every possible way to complete the tasks announced over the radio. But the further they go, the more they realize something is wrong. Because there is only one real Smurf... “The door.” “Look, there’s the door.” “We ca 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Yellow Springs Express: Refuse Delivery and Die 黄泉速递・拒收必死 Yellow Springs Express Delivery: Refusal Means Certain Death 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Reborn and Trapped in a Haunted House's Rule Horror, I Play Crazy and Foolish Just to Lead My Whole Family to Hell Together 重生竟困凶宅规则怪谈，我装疯卖傻只为全家团圆下地狱 Reborn, I'm trapped in a haunted house ruled by a supernatural game. I pretend to be crazy and play dumb, all to reunite my family in hell. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Rule Investigator 规则调查员 My name is Lu Chen. I test haunted houses by sleeping in them. At three in the morning, words of blood seeped through the wall: [Rule One: Never turn your back on a mirror.] I didn’t run or call the police. I looked back at the mirror My reflection didn’t turn around with me. Only later did I learn that rule-bound monsters were everywhere in this world. Trapped at sites of anomalies, they waited for people to make a mistake so they could devour them. And I was the only one who could see the rule —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Fate-Playing Judge 戏命判官 “They say God loves all humanity.” “But if God has lost even the ability to love,” “then this so-called protection” “is nothing more than the optimal solution calculated by a cold formula.” “, And I am becoming such a god.” The Hou family was once a millennium-old clan of mystics. Fifteen years ago, the entire family was wiped out by the mysterious organization known as the Heavenly Dao Bureau for “seeing through the secrets of Heaven.” At the time, eleven-year-old Hou Xifeng hid in a secret com —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Forbidden Game: The System’s Bonds 禁忌游戏：系统之缚 This is a story about a villainous System: people are forced by “deities” to acquire forbidden superpowers and take part in a forbidden game. Things are far more complicated than they seem. After this incident, trust is on thin ice, and the darkness of human nature is laid bare. A conspiracy spanning the universe is underway. What exactly lies behind it all? Mysteriously resurrected ancient behemoths, ancient great demons, zombies, robots, time and space altered for no apparent reason, newly app —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Rule Horror: I Conquered the Myriad Realms Dungeon 规则怪谈：我闯过万相副本 On his first day at work, Chen Mo is thrown into an endless series of rule-based horror scenarios, trapped in one uncanny death trap after another. The red-clad female ghost of Mistveil Town, a blood-red wedding banquet that never ends, a deep-sea monster aboard a sunken ship, a world of fractured reflections, a cannibal village, a station where time twists, a vampire castle gripped by a blood curse, a cyber asylum that rewrites human nature, and a divine arena of unending slaughter... Ten scena —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 When the Strange Tales Arrive: I Win by Exploiting Loopholes 怪谈降临：我靠漏洞躺赢到无敌 While others follow the rules to survive, Lin Chen deciphers them and tears through every challenge! Global paranormal phenomena erupt, and uncanny rules are everywhere. Break them, and you’ll suffer anything from mutation to being devoured by the ruler of the domain! Lin Chen is cool-headed and fiercely protective, without a trace of saintly self-righteousness. After binding himself to the [Rule Analysis System], he begins a life of unstoppable power: Red rules? Find the loophole and turn them 3Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 17 Rule Horror: I Rewrite the Rules, Even Female Ghosts Must Obey 规则怪谈：我改规则，女诡也得守 At eleven at night, the rules for the night-shift building were posted on the wall: 1. When the light at the end of the corridor is on, do not look back. 2. If someone knocks and claims to be security, remember: there is no security guard in this building. 3. Anyone who breaks the rules will be crossed off the roster. Everyone was desperately trying to memorize the rules. Only Chen Yan crouched in the corridor, copying them down one by one. Then he circled two words between the second and third —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Rule Horror: I Use Code to Rise Against the Ultimate Villain 规则怪谈：我靠代码逆袭最强反派 Rule horrors have descended across the globe, and humanity has become NPCs in eerie scripts. But I, Lin Jin, have been bound to the [Impostor System], forced to play the ultimate villain who drives the “hero” to grow. They think I’m following the script, but they don’t know that lines of code exposing the rules’ loopholes are floating before my eyes. [No loud noises]? I delete the word “no,” and the creepy teacher in the classroom starts belting out a song. [You must keep your head down]? I chan —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Rule Horror: All the Male Ghosts Enter the Ten Thousand Souls Banner 规则怪谈：男鬼全进万魂番 [I, the Last Heir of Taoism, Was Thrown Into a Rule-Based Horror Game from the Start!] [Other chosen ones tremble as they beg for their lives, while I pull out a Bagua Mirror and light a stick of incense, ] “Miss in Red, you've got a bug. Want to join my crew?” “Miss Split-Mouth, you're pretty good at traveling through mirrors. Sign a contract, and I'll guarantee you five-star dorm accommodations.” “Senior Meng Po, could I borrow that soup ladle to stir-fry something?” Qi Xia was reborn on 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 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
- 21 The Long Night Turns West 长夜向西 At the end of the hospital corridor, Wen Xiao knelt before the Bodhisattva and bowed three times. The Bodhisattva did not answer. Then the System came. She could travel to other worlds to fulfill people's wishes. If she died, she alone would die; if she lived, she and her mother would live together. She would wager her life for one chance to keep her mother alive. No matter how long the night, if you keep heading west, dawn will come. Mom, wait for me to come back. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Trapped in a Shopping Paradise, I Fought My Way Through the Rules of Survival 被困购物天堂后，我硬闯生存规则 Trapped in a shopping paradise, I fought my way through the rules of survival. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Died in the Autopsy Room, Then Entered a Rule Horror 死在解剖室后，我闯规则怪谈 Killed by a serial killer in an autopsy room, Shen Yan opened his eyes and found himself in a world of rule-based horror called the Crossing Calamity Inn. One wrong step here means your soul is scattered, with no hope of reincarnation for all eternity. The death rate in beginner instances is over 80%. His teammates are already trembling with fear, all they want is to stay alive. Only Shen Yan remains calm, running his fingers over the cold scalpel in his hand. The explicit rules others regard as 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 I’m a Lawyer Who Puts the Supernatural on Trial 我当律师，专审诡异 [Rule Horror] [Eerie Revival] [System] [Mystery] [Supernatural] [Transmigration] [High-IQ Protagonist] [Subverting Expectations] [Urban] [Lawyer] I’m Zhang San, a veteran lawyer in two lifetimes. One day, I transmigrated to another world where a blood moon hangs overhead and eerie creatures run rampant! Rule Horror has swallowed the entire city. Step outside with your left foot and you die; fall short on overtime hours and you’re erased on the spot. Ordinary people have to watch every step just —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Rule Horror: I Can Spot Flawed Rules Perfectly! 规则怪谈：完美洞察错误规则！ (Rules-based horror + national fate + livestreaming + wild imagination + no female lead + deduction + Lovecraftian horror) Rules-based horror has invaded the world. Every country will have a chosen one selected to take part in the horrors. If a challenger can clear the scenario, they can prevent the horror from entering reality and earn rewards. Ye Yan is chosen by the rules-based horror to take part in the challenge as Longguo's chosen one. [Night Town Horror Survival Rules. Everyone must follo 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 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
- 27 I Wrote This Book of Taboos 这本禁忌之书，是我写的 Rule Horror descends, and Lin Yan awakens the Eye of True Sight, able to tell true rules from false ones at a glance. While others struggle to survive by following the rules, he exploits loopholes to turn the tables on the horrors. Until he discovers a handwritten notebook whose title page reads, “You wrote this book of forbidden knowledge.” The handwriting is his own. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 I Inherited Billions in Hell Money and Married the Underworld Emperor 继承百亿冥币，我闪婚冥帝 [Rules-Based Horror + Supernatural + Face-Slapping + Losing It + Satisfying Read + Devoted Couple] When my great-aunt passed away, she left me a massive inheritance: Billions in cash, several mansions, and a handful of employees. But the cash turned into hell money, the mansions became miniatures, and the employees turned into paper figures. And I found myself trapped in a rules-based horror game. It's fine, it's fine. I may be broke, but I've got issues! Trashy scumbags from every walk of life? 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 I’m a Funeral Streamer, and My Prophecies Made Me Famous Nationwide 我一丧葬主播，依靠预言火爆全网 From the start, I was bound to the Funeral System. My livestream welcomes only those who are about to die. Other streamers get sports cars and yachts. When I put up a link, I send off a reckless influencer instead. Hater: "Ban this jinx of a streamer!" I calmly replied, "My friend, you look like death is hanging over you. Why not order a thin-walled nanmu coffin first? I'll give you a killer discount." My jealous rival: "If you're so good, curse me to die!" I sighed and put a top-of-the-line ebo 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Rule Horror: Starting with My Own Martial Arts Legend! 规则怪谈：从武林外传开始！ [Rule-based horror + wuxia instances + national destiny + deduction + livestream] When the American supercomputer issued a red alert: “Stay away from the man without a mouth on Bright Summit. He's a top-tier supernatural entity!” Transmigrator Su Chen walked up with a bag of chicken blood. “Bat King Wei, have you had dinner?” Rule-based horror descended, binding itself to national destiny. After ten straight losses, ten cities in China became forbidden zones for the supernatural, and countless l 88Reads5.7Score14314d adds
- 31 Rules Descend: I Break the Deadlock Through Reincarnation 规则降临：我靠轮回破局 Rules Descend: I Break the Deadlock Through Reincarnation 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Glitch Entity: I Rule Two Worlds with Bugs 故障体：我靠BUG统治两界 Glitch Entity: I Rule Two Worlds with Bugs —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 72 Hours: I Hacked God 72小时·我黑入了神 72 Hours: I Hacked God —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Night Walk Without a Gate 无门夜行 Shen Zhao, a folk-custom archive restoration specialist, receives a “Death Certificate in His Own Name” and is forced into the Midnight Name-Claiming Game. He discovers that the city’s old customs demand names, identity documents, memories of family members, and social identities from the living, and that he can hear the typos that have been tampered with in the rules. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Chronicles of Annihilation 寂灭编年史 He is Mo, the Recorder of the End, the embodiment of the universe's law of increasing entropy. Clad in a simple black robe, he has the silent starlight in his eyes. His pocket watch is soundless, its hands forever fixed on the final moment. His mission is to enter worlds fated for annihilation and witness their end as one of their inhabitants. Mo is neither god nor demon. He is only an observer and a catalyst. He immerses himself in civilizations locked in logical dead ends, saturated with suffe —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 After I Escaped, the World Erased Me Forever 我逃出来后，被世界永久删除 After I escaped, the world permanently deleted me. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Rule Horror: The Company’s Haunting 规则怪谈：公司诡事 A mysterious media company. All kinds of people. They're drawn into bizarre tales of the supernatural. Watch as they overcome one obstacle after another. The story contains plenty of horror, so read with caution. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 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 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Eerie Elevator: I Became the Instance Master 诡异电梯：我成了副本主人 [A strange-tale livestream descends, and each of 196 countries around the world selects one chosen participant.] [Rule One: If a chosen participant dies, a strange tale descends upon their country.] [Rule Two: The livestream is broadcast worldwide and cannot be turned off.] [Rule Three: There are no rewards, only punishments.] Chen Mo was among the first chosen participants. He survived the first instance, “A Happy Home,” becoming the first person in the world to escape a strange tale. Not thr 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Rule Horror: My Modifier Can Change Anything 规则怪谈：我的修改器能改万物 [Half rules-based horror (?), half infinite-flow, business management, mystery-solving, no heroine] The horror tales descend, and every instance is a death trap. While everyone else is being chased around the “Eternal Night Mall” by mirror ghosts, Chu Yuan stands at the checkout counter with a smile and asks, “Would you like a membership card? Top up 1,000 and get the ‘Come Back for More’ BUFF. The ghosts won't chase you, guaranteed.” That's because he awakened the SSS-rank talent [Rule Modifier 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Rule Horror: I Can See Echoes of the Old Days 规则怪谈：我能看到旧日余响 [Linked Instances + No Romance + Tracing the Origins of the Rules + Unconventional Rule-Based Horror] (If rules have a past, they must have left behind truths that were forgotten.) The bizarre has invaded reality, and the Chosen Ones are sent into an old world that has already been destroyed. Shen Yan gains the talent [Witness], which lets him see echoes of the past connected to the rules. When others face a strange tale, all they can do is guess which rule is false. Shen Yan discovers that the 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 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
- 43 Rule Horror: The Haunted House Sleep Tester Awakens a System 规则怪谈凶宅试睡员觉醒系统 After delivery driver Chen Du was swindled out of 1.2 million yuan, he unexpectedly awakened a System. Clearing rules lets him cash out. With his one particular skill, Chen Du searches the world for rule-based instances and makes a fortune! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Guiyuan: Hong Kong Under Siege 归元HK围城 Lin Zhao woke up in a morgue's refrigerated drawer with only one number on his wristband: LY-0001. He didn't know who he was. All he knew was that his right hand could transform into a black jade bone blade, and that devouring the infected let him read their memories. In the post-apocalyptic city of HK, the infected weren't mindless zombies. They shared a hive mind, and each one was a tendril of some ancient entity. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Paranormal Livestream: My Price Is Paying the Price 诡异直播：我的代价是支付代价 [Hellish start? My viewers are the real supernatural horrors!] My brother mysteriously disappeared! A horror app called “Eye of Observation” was forcibly installed on my phone. Fail a mission, and the punishment is becoming one of “them.” The only way to succeed is to pay a price. A nosebleed in exchange for a rule that offers a chance to survive; Three days of blindness in exchange for ten seconds of being hidden from ghosts; Permanent hearing damage to gain control over a supernatural entity o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Rule Horror: My Infinite Murder-Mystery Game 规则怪谈：我的剧本杀无限流 I’m Lin Xiao, an utterly ordinary college student. One day, I blinked and found myself dumped in a hellhole called the “Scripted Murder Mystery Game.” Other people draw identity cards like “Heir to a Celestial Master,” “Exorcist’s Disciple,” or “Successor to the Yin-Yang Eyes.” I draw: “Background NPC.” Well, fine. Guess I’m cannon fodder. In the first instance, “Midnight Funeral Hall,” a red-clad ghost is chasing everyone through the building and slaughtering them. Just as its claws are about t 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Silent Theater: Weaving Illusions in a Cage of Rules 缄默剧场：我在规则囚笼里编织幻 The Silent Theater, where all living souls are pieces on a board. There is no freedom here, only layers of nested cages made of rules; no salvation, only an endless cycle of death and reset. In the upper-level Divine Curtain District, the Twelve Curtain Masters wield the rules, feeding on the mental energy of those below to nourish the ultimate illusion; In the middle-level Curtain District, the privileged abet the wicked, using their fellows' despair as a ladder to advancement; In the lower-l —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Infinite Flow: Dream-Predicted Dawn 无限流：梦谕黎明 (Infinite-flow, mind-bending mysteries, rule-based horror, no female lead) My name is Su Muzhe, Patient 202 at the X City Psychiatric Hospital. As nightmares consume reality, fear becomes sustenance. Welcome to Rulebound Horror, the world of dreams. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 A Top-Tier Doctor Taking on the Grim Reaper Is Only Natural 三甲医生，吊打死神很合理吧 [Urban Fantasy] + [Rule Horror] + [Golden Finger] + [Single Heroine] + [Supernatural Horror] What if one day you noticed that your shadow had grown an extra hand? Don’t shine a flashlight at it. Don’t look back. Don’t run. Others transmigrate and get a System. The day I got mine, it told me I had 18 years left to live. Want to survive? Pay with your life. Contain a forbidden entity and gain an ability. Use it once, lose a year. My mother’s Alzheimer’s is getting worse. Every year of my life I 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 This Was Supposed to Be Rule-Based Survival, So Why Are There Traps Everywhere? 说好的规则求生，怎么全是陷阱？ [Mystery + Mind-Bending Puzzles + Rule Horror + Urban Anomalies + Wits-and-Survival] If your survival handbook is itself a lie, how will you stay alive? When an invisible set of rules descends upon part of a city, turning it into a death zone, a group of people known as “cleaners” are forced to enter. Lin Chu is one of them, gambling his life to pay off a massive debt. The handbook in his hands is his only lifeline, and also the most dangerous trap. Are the rules a way out, or an even deeper dec —Reads—Score—14d adds
