Novels like Republic-Era Mysteries, Volume One
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- 101 My Years in the Funeral Business 我干殡葬的那些年 People light candles, ghosts blow out the lamps. The dead return at midnight, corpses rise in funeral halls, and ancient relics lie buried for thousands of years. In my years working in the funeral business, I’ve encountered plenty of strange and uncanny things. The living walk the roads of the living world, and the dead walk the roads of the underworld. But sometimes, not everyone on the underworld’s roads is a ghost, and not everyone on the living world’s roads is human… 51.1kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves
- 102 The Skinning Ghost 扒皮鬼 (Traditional supernatural horror + extreme horror + multiple twists + mystery + entirely handcrafted) Lately, I've been having nightmares every night. A fortune-teller said I might have a ghost clinging to me. He told me about a forbidden folk ritual: Put on a pair of worn underwear over your head, and it will block a ghost's sight. That night, I got home and followed his advice, half believing it. My girlfriend came back to the room after washing up and stared blankly at where I was. "Where... 64.5kReads8.3Score7.1kShelves
- 103 After the College Entrance Exams, the Myriad Worlds Exam System Strikes 高考后，诸天高考系统来袭 [System + Transmigration + Myriad Worlds + Martial Arts + Fanfiction + Cultivation + Magic + Apocalypse] After transmigrating for eighteen years, I was certain there was nothing supernatural in this world. I just wanted to finish the college entrance exam, lie flat, and slack off! But the moment the exam ended, the Myriad Worlds College Entrance Exam System forcibly bound itself to me! It turned out the supernatural had been lurking right beside us all along, beyond the sight of ordinary people 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 Northeastern China’s Absurd Cultivation: Nobody’s Reliable 东北沙雕修仙：全员不靠谱 [Northeastern China Comedy Cultivation] [Lighthearted Humor] [Fantasy Xianxia] [Sword Cultivator] [System] [One Female Lead] [Nobody Has It Together] While everyone else cultivates by flying through the sky on swords, Lu Qingheng's very first day of cultivation ends with his ancestral sword case ordering him to go patch a wall. The old case won't give him divine arts, spirit stones, or an invincible cheat. It only smokes, spits out notes, assigns chores, and shifts the blame. [Beginner Quest: Pa 136Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 A Feng Shui Master with a Bachelor's Degree, Class of 2000 00后本科风水师 [The rating has just come out and will rise later. Updates are steady, so you can read with confidence, friends!] [Small-town supernatural tales + true experiences + folk legends + ensemble cast + thrilling adventures] I'm Fang Kai, a feng shui practitioner with a bachelor's degree, born in the 2000s. I never dreamed that after graduating from college, I'd end up on the path of catching ghosts. Think ghost-catching is all about fighting and killing? Wrong. It's just as much about dealing with pe 5.5kReads8.6Score407Shelves
- 106 It Begins with a Figure in the Mirror 从镜中人影开始 [Eerie phenomena descend + no System + escape by following the rules + fighting evil with evil + semi-infinite flow + brotherly bonds] As the Heavenly Dao declines, eerie forces revive. Bai Ren and Bai Jian pray to the gods, but the only ones who answer are their future selves… The terrifying Hell Apartment issues deadly missions, the government’s Anomaly Control Bureau struggles to hold the line, and mysterious forces stir up a storm. The struggle between salvation and destruction has never 60Reads—Score103Shelves
- 107 C-Rank Appraiser? I Command the Supreme Treasures of All Ages c级鉴宝？我执掌万代至尊 In the year 2012, a dark star hung in the sky, and dimensional rifts of every size tore open around the world, unleashing countless monsters. Human firearms barely harmed them. But Source Crystals began to grow all over the world, and people who came into contact with them started awakening special talents, giving humanity a way to fight back. Even so, humanity endured sixty years of darkness. It was only when the Twelve Kings of Mankind had fully come into their own that humans could stand toe 178Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 I Came from the Yellow Springs 我来自黄泉 At the border between yin and yang, at the mouth of the Yellow Springs, the living guard the Thirteen Ghost Gates. The prison governor, the jailers, and the Brocade-Robed Marquis; at the post station for the dead, a mountain dog keeps watch. The door gods, the water nymph, the Confucius Temple; red lanterns and white funeral banners circle the streets. This ghost ballad, missing one line, conceals a world-shaking secret. I was a child my grandfather stole from the Yellow Springs, so before I was 17.4kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
- 109 After Being Diagnosed with a Terminal Illness, the Heir’s Wife Lets Loose 得绝症后，世子妃她放飞自我了 [Short drama now streaming, also known as The Female Big Bad in Disguise as a Man: Wherever She Flees, Chrysanthemums Bloom] [Absurd comedy + Love-Hate Relationship + One True Pairing, Short Story + Woman Disguised as a Man + No Palace Intrigue, No Defying Heaven; Down-to-Earth Leads] [Crazy and ridiculous. Don’t read if that bothers you!!] Chu Feiyang dies while working to buy her boss a Maserati. Reborn with her memories intact, she decides to lie flat and coast through life. She starts drinki 21.4kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
- 110 Train Survival: I Was Pulled Into the Admin Group 列车求生，我被拉入管理群 (Infinite-flow, no female lead, Zuo Wang Dao, decisive and ruthless) When Bai Ge woke up, he was aboard a strange train. “Welcome to the Train Survival Game...” At every stop, passengers had to get off and clear the corresponding dungeon, or face a direct attack from the supernatural horrors. This journey had no final destination, and nobody knew when they might die along the way. Unlike everyone else, Bai Ge had entered the game's management group. It was full of all kinds of intelligence, and 4.7kReads8.9Score659Shelves
- 111 The Fearless Frontier Soldier: From Death Row Camp to Marquis Champion 边军悍卒：从死囚营到冠军侯 Lu Chen was once a low-ranking soldier in a borderland death-row camp, someone who would not live to see tomorrow. He is forced into the tangled conflict between the Hexi frontier army, the grassland tribes, and the imperial court. With no illustrious background and no powerful patron to protect him, all he can do is climb up from the mud with a blade, sheer grit, and one military achievement after another. Snow and wind batter the border city, royal banners whip in the gale, and old debts and n 41Reads—Score101Shelves
- 112 My Personal Bodyguard Is a Robot 我的贴身女保镖是机器人 My Personal Bodyguard Is a Robot 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 A Blind Box Fell from the Sky: My Nanobot Girlfriend 天降盲盒：我的纳米机器人女友 A Blind Box Falls from the Sky: My Nanobot Girlfriend 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 A Servant with Heaven-Defying Comprehension: I Can Dismantle Every Cultivation Technique 杂役悟性逆天：我能拆解天下功法 Lin Yuan transmigrates to a world of cultivation and becomes the most inconspicuous menial disciple of the Tai Xuan Sect. While others painstakingly cultivate their techniques, he can spot their flaws at a glance. While others fight over inheritances, he can take fragmented texts, formation diagrams, alchemy recipes, and magical artifacts apart and rebuild them layer by layer. From the servants' quarters to the inner sect, from secret-realm palaces to the grand debate across the Nine Provinces, 128Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 I'm the Only Sane Person on This Film Set 这剧组就我一个正常人 I'm the only sane person on this film set. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 The Haunted House 2 诡舍2 The eternal night has come, and absurdity runs rampant. A thick pollution blankets the sky, while pitch-black eyes look down upon the world. Carrying a flame, we press slowly onward. Humanity's sun will be kindled by human hands. 321.5kReads8.8Score35.9kShelves
- 117 The Nightmare Investigation Team 梦魇调查团 This is the depths of hell, a world of nightmares. Without a resilient will, a nimble mind, and meticulous powers of observation, you can only become a demon's feed in this terrifying world. 1.4kReads8.8Score111Shelves
- 118 The 1970s Matchmaker Who Talks the Young Master from the Capital into Becoming a Live-In Son-in-Law 七零小媒婆，忽悠京少当赘婿 Many years later, some friends sat together chatting. "Have you noticed that every village used to have a fool or a madman?" "Yeah, yeah! That madman would even go around hitting people!" Dou Xiaochan: Hehe, I'm the fool and madwoman you were talking about... Shen Moci: I'm the one who was tricked into going home as a live-in son-in-law by the fool and madwoman you were talking about... "What?!" Everyone's eyes nearly popped out of their heads. Shen Moci: To be honest, I was really scared at the 25.5kReads8.8Score3kShelves
- 119 The Republic-Era Book of Mysteries 民国诡秘录 Sometimes, the one who takes your life isn’t a person at all, but an evil spirit or demon. And the one controlling those spirits from behind the scenes might well be human... In the chaotic Republican era, foreign powers encircled the nation, eager to invade China, while warlords fought among themselves at home, leaving the land in ruins. On the other side of the jianghu, evil spirits rose everywhere and ghosts ran rampant, while mysterious foreign religions invaded as well. After waking from a 1.2kReads—Score105Shelves
- 120 The Countdown Begins 倒忌时开始 Patient: Li Taiyuan, male, twenty-four years old Diagnosis: Paranoid schizophrenia “Doctor Wang, if someone told you I wasn’t ill, and that what I see is the real world, would you believe me?” [Supernatural infinite flow / no special abilities / no female lead] 4.6kReads9.0Score566Shelves
- 121 The Capital’s Young Master Is at Her Feet 京圈太子爷是她的裙下之臣 The Capital’s Crown Prince Is Her Devoted Suitor 97Reads—Score107Shelves
- 122 Reborn One Month Earlier: The Heart I Gave Away Will Find Its Home at Last 重生一月前：错付的真心终有归处 Reborn One Month Earlier: At Last, My Misplaced Love Finds Its Home 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 I Become a God by Wearing a Ghost in the Horror World 我在惊悚世界里披鬼成神 [Infinite-flow + mildly horror-themed + no CP + comedy antics, not a traditional dungeon story, abstract humor, may be hard to endure. The author's mental state is abnormal, and they're hopelessly immersed in their own art.] Late at night, Huang Sha fell into the same nightmare again. He was killed over and over in his dreams, unable to escape the loop. . Someone told him: You died a long time ago. There's only one way to come back to life... . The bizarre is invading reality! Every mission is a 40.1kReads8.8Score6.1kShelves
- 124 Horror Game: From the Start, the Skin Bride's Bones Terrified the World! 恐怖游戏：开局皮嫁骨吓哭全球！ [Handcrafted with Traditional Techniques, No AI] [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] The horror game has arrived! Lin Ye transmigrated here and was selected to take part in designing a global horror game. He had planned to bring out the "Ghost Bride" to save Daxia, only to discover that its culture hadn't been lost at all! Traditional Daxia ghost stories had been used to death, and the whole nation was in despair! Daxia had suffered ten straight losses. The supernatural was invading, and the land was 992.5kReads8.6Score211.2kShelves
- 125 Death and Infinite Resets: Uncovering the Rules of Every Vengeful Ghost 死亡无限回档：洞察所有厉鬼规律 [Death Rewind] [Kill the do-gooders first] [Vicious ghosts return] [Dark story] As the paranormal world awakens and vicious ghosts reappear, all you need to do is call Su Yun's name. I'll lead you back through time to find the perfect timeline. Su Yun had just transmigrated into a world where the paranormal was returning when four vicious ghosts began interrogating him. First interrogation: "What do you mean, you killed me because you didn't know how I died?" He rewound to before his death and s 936Reads—Score104Shelves
- 126 Opening the Road to the Underworld 开冥路 [No romance, no female lead, not much of a power fantasy, first-person narration, a slightly slow start. If you don't mind, please be patient. My new book, "Nine Divinations Out of Ten Are Wrong", is the second installment of this story.] My name is Sui Xiaotian. I'm a guide. But I only guide those who die unnatural deaths. An unnatural death is a bitter consequence brought about by bad karma. After death, the great temples won't accept you, and the small temples won't keep you. You become a lon 12.5kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
- 127 The Ugly Girl's Stunning Transformation: One Song, 'Love You,' Shocks the Entertainment World 丑女大变身，一首爱你震惊娱乐圈 The day Jiang Wan was publicly dumped by her fiance, she weighed two hundred jin and had a head full of songs from another world. At an open audition for ordinary contestants, she stunned the whole crowd with a single performance of "Love You." Black trending topics could be suppressed, but not the hearts of the people. They mocked her for being fat; she laughed at them for being deaf. The diva is back, and the song thieves and homewreckers won't get away! 1.7kReads—Score122Shelves
- 128 Prague’s Bloody Countdown 布拉格的血色倒计时 A Bloody Countdown in Prague —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 The Ghost Way, Midway Through Life 半路鬼道 Smart male lead + one heroine On the night of the Ghost Festival, the living send off the dead, burn incense, make offerings, and burn joss paper. But that night, I heard a ghost calling for a soul… The gong sounds, the night grows dark, and the road to the Yellow Springs is hard to travel… With talismans to guide the way and the departed to show the path, summon the gods and command the ghosts: only then can one master the Ghost Path between Yin and Yang! 6.6kReads8.9Score486Shelves
- 130 The Sharp-Tongued Princess Consort Has Made the Prince Faint Again 毒舌王妃，王爷又被气晕了 [Sharp-tongued heroine + seducing her husband + hilarious antics + punishing scumbags + palace intrigue and power struggles + sweet, satisfying romance] Gu Nanshu has just transmigrated when she wakes up at a funeral and discovers a strange man lying beside her. Seeing the murderous look in his eyes, she swallows nervously. If all else fails, she can pay him off. She’s reached the age when she should spend money on men, after all. A little money, a lot of happiness! She throws on a piece of clot 12.4kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
- 131 I Won a Sect Leader Husband with a Roasted Sweet Potato 我用烤红薯拐了个掌门夫君 I Won a Sect Leader Husband with a Roasted Sweet Potato 279Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 In 1998, I Saw the Future at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 1998年，我在供销社看见未来 In 1998, I Saw the Future at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 I Asked My Master About My Cultivation, and He Smacked Me Back to Earth 我问师父修为？反手拍我回地球 From the start, I had a winning hand! After transmigrating into the world of immortal cultivation for a hundred years, I took a laid-back master and learned skills powerful enough to reach the heavens. Just when I thought I was about to ascend and become an immortal My master yawned. “Disciple, it’s time for you to go back.” With a backhanded slap, he sent me flying back to Earth. A rented apartment, instant noodles, an unfinished graduation thesis… Everything was just as it had been, as if thos 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 Journey to the West: Sun Wukong Eats Tang Sanzang and Kills Zhu Bajie 西游，孙悟空吃唐僧肉，杀猪八戒 Five hundred years after their journey to the West, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Tang Sanzang, and Sha Wujing reunite. This time, they aren't going west to fetch the scriptures. They're searching for the forty-nine sariras to bring Buddha Tathagata back to life. A fearsome demon, the Ape Ghost King, is wreaking havoc across the Three Realms, and only Buddha Tathagata can pin him beneath Five Finger Mountain. Five hundred years have passed, and everything has changed. Sun Wukong loves eating Tang Sanza 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 I Opened My Eyes in the 1970s and Followed a Down-and-Out Big Shot to the Countryside to Enjoy Life 睁眼七零，追着落魄大佬下乡享福 [Fictional military marriage + super sweet, devoted romance + everyday family life + face-slapping the scum + space for raising kids] Sheng Jinhe is fair-skinned and gorgeous, with a captivating charm. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself as the male lead’s doomed former fiancée in a period novel. She gave the heroine her job and her golden finger, and in the end even drowned and lost her life to bring the male and female leads together. Sheng Jinhe stares at the sky in speechless di 17.2kReads8.4Score2.3kShelves
- 136 Please Don’t Be Afraid 请不要害怕 [Subverting Tropes + Infinite Flow + No Female Lead + Mild Horror] “Captain Wang, I clearly buried her, but… but I saw her in the backyard again!” “How did she die?” “It had nothing to do with me. She… she killed herself!” “She… she just didn’t want to be cremated…” “Then… what is that thing in the backyard?” “I… I don’t know.” “Can she see us? Can she hear our voices?” “And is she dangerous?” … “As for ghosts, I have only one piece of advice for everyone…” “If you happen to run into one, pleas 30.3kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves
- 137 Back in My Wife’s High School Days, I Cut Our Ties with My Own Hands 重回妻子高中，我亲手斩断我们的姻缘 Back in My Wife's High School Years, I Cut Our Fated Ties with My Own Hands 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 Slap Me, and the Whole World Takes the Same Damage 打我一巴掌全世界都受到同等伤害 A million-character novel [fresh premise + comedy + high martial arts + whenever the protagonist gets hurt, the whole world takes ten times the damage + buffs, diarrhea, and when all things revive, pain and pleasure are also shared with everyone tenfold + what do you do when people from another world are too strong? Hit yourself. Come on, let's hurt each other! Stop chasing me! If you keep it up, I'll start pleasuring myself.] 12.1kReads6.8Score1.1kShelves
- 139 I Escaped That Cannibalistic Old Street with Nothing but a Skewer of Candied Hawthorn? 我逃出那条吃人的老街，只靠手里的一串冰糖葫芦？ I escaped that man-eating old street with nothing but a skewer of candied hawthorn berries in my hand? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 The First Day After I Was Reborn, My Whole Family Wanted Me Dead 重生后第一天，全家想让我死 On the First Day After I Was Reborn, My Family Wanted Me Dead 125Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 The Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 猛鬼出更系列 The Ferocious Ghosts Come Out at Night Series 122Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 Train Survival: I Can Predict Death 列车求生：我能预知死亡 [Infinite Worlds + Original Scenarios + Ensemble Cast] This is a lost path, and also the road home. We cannot see the way we came, nor pierce the mist ahead. Dancing with death is our only eternal destination. “Dear passengers, welcome aboard the Lost Train. We wish you a pleasant journey!” 28.8kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves
- 143 A Valiant Woman in Troubled Times: One Lone Blade to Avenge a Sea of Blood 乱世烈女：孤刀报尽血海仇 A Fierce Woman in Troubled Times: One Lone Blade to Avenge a Blood Feud 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 Chronicles of the Red Sash 绾红记 Chronicles of Crimson Silk 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 The Age of Turmoil 折腾时代 Life is all about taking chances! In that restless age, Li Anran works in a big city, and her dream is about to come true. But when she returns to Qinzhou for a funeral, she's practically put under house arrest and told to stay and work in the small city. Zhang Huifei has the talent to get into one of China's top universities, but he unexpectedly fails the college entrance exam. To make sure his sister Li Anran can stay in Qinzhou without worries, he starts stirring things up... As a result, Li 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 Foraging on an Uninhabited Planet, I Became a Billionaire 无人星球薅羊毛，我成了百亿富婆 Golden finger + romance + getting rich + a little sweet romance The heroine only wants to get rich and hates troublesome things. Her greatest passion is keeping her head down and getting richer, richer, and richer! It’s a normal, mildly sweet romance, not some melodramatic, face-slapping power fantasy. The hero has family responsibilities. He has a cold, emotionless face, but inside he’s a slightly scheming, goofy, tsundere. The moment he sees the heroine, he wants to kiss her, hug her, and lift 4.9kReads6.2Score742Shelves
- 147 The Prince’s Abandoned Consort: The Useless Brats’ Mother Teaches Military Strategy 王府弃妃：废崽他娘教兵法 Female-oriented: discarded consort / cast-off kids / System / a thousand-year-old destiny Su Wanqing, a company’s finance director, transmigrates into a discarded princess consort and binds herself to a past-and-present System. From the start, she has four hopeless children to raise. Her eldest son is an idiot, her youngest son is a good-for-nothing, and her two daughters are the laughingstock of the capital. Instead of teaching them poetry, she teaches them military strategy, political schem 47.5kReads8.4Score4.6kShelves
- 148 The Square Dance Leader Returned to the Village and Accidentally Made the Whole Place Famous 广场舞领队回村，一不小心带火整个村子 The Square Dance Leader Returns to the Village and Accidentally Makes the Whole Village a Hit 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 149 The Maltese Falcon 马耳他之鹰 One job, two murders, three groups on his trail, four factions. On a foggy night in San Francisco, private detective Sam Spade is drawn into a deadly con revolving around a priceless black falcon statuette. A beautiful woman, swindlers, hitmen, wealthy businessmen: everyone has an agenda, and danger lurks at every turn. When the truth strips away the disguises, and love collides with principle, he must make the most ruthless choice. No warmth, no redemption, just the truth, hard-boiled to the en 35Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 150 The Roughneck from the 1970s Wants to Give Her His Life 七零糙汉要把命给她 [The male lead has no shame vs. the female lead isn’t a saint] A modern single CEO transmigrates into the body of a cannon-fodder female character in the 1970s. The original owner was not only a beautiful young educated woman who had captivated countless men, but had also thrown herself at Zhou Laoliu, a veteran who had returned to his hometown, hoping to get back to the city. Afterward, the CEO said he didn’t need to take responsibility, but Zhou Laoliu clung to her and insisted on marrying her 5.1kReads8.6Score481Shelves
