Novels like Strange Tales and Unusual Happenings
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- 1 Monster Clinic 怪物诊所 At midnight, dark clouds covered the moon. All the shops along the street had closed, and every light in the apartment buildings was out. Only the dim yellow streetlights remained, casting the narrow road in a strange pattern of light and shadow. Zzzzt... Zzzzt... After a burst of static, a sign reading “Sacred Relic Clinic” lit up in the darkness. Zzzzt. Only one character remained on the sign, its red light flashing unsteadily like an alarm: “Beware.” Zzzzt. The character for “heart” struggled 0Votes32.1kRecs26kFans
- 2 I Became a Boy Band Producer and Shot to Fame 成为男团制作人我爆红 Ting Tong, a noble family's matriarch, transmigrated into the body of an immoral, utterly rotten boy-band producer. After harassing an idol, she was sent off to take charge of a boy band of dead-last losers. A terrible band and a terrible producer soared to success, making movies, shooting commercials, and appearing on variety shows, stunning everyone. Our goal is to become top-quality idols! 0Votes6.2kRecs8kFans
- 3 A Bewitching Beauty 妙女多娇 The legitimate daughter of the Yin family died, then came back to life. In her previous life, she regretted a marriage arrangement, and her entire family was executed. This time, she was determined to cling to her fiancé and never let go! The aloof Third Prince never believed his fiancée was up to any good. “No one offers kindness without a motive. Changfu, go back to the manor and see if anything’s missing.” Later… the dignified, cold Third Prince was left red-faced. 0Votes10.1kRecs11.3kFans
- 4 Great! I'm Gradually Understanding Everything 太棒了，我逐渐理解一切 When the uncanny descends. Some tremble in fear, while others face it alone. Some destroy it, while others seek to understand it. And some... become it. The more I learn, the more I remind myself: Treasure your sanity, and stay hidden. 1Votes67.3kRecs64.2kFans
- 5 Anomalous Game Experience Tester 异常游戏体验师 As game experience testers, our job is to uncover the truth behind these events. Hey, hey, can you be serious, Yu Fengchen? “Oh, oh, sorry. I just thought this curse was pretty interesting and wanted to study it. I didn’t mean to break anything.” 0Votes20.8kRecs45.7kFans
- 6 One Piece: A Twisted Life 海贼之病态人生 His soul transmigrates into the Great Pirate Era, where he uses Devil Fruits to forge the ultimate body. Logia? Paramecia? Zoan? Come take one of my punches first. “Kaido, I hear you can’t die. Come on over and let’s see whose life is harder to snuff out!” [The story is mostly original, and doesn’t follow the crew.] The author has already completed works including [Bleach: The Madman], [I Really Don’t Want to Transmigrate], and [How Can I Meet You]. They’re all 0Votes28.6kRecs23.7kFans
- 7 Chasing the Killer in a Dream 谜梦追凶 City people, city sickness. Who nowadays doesn’t have at least a little psychological trouble? What happens when the delusions of a naive boy with persecutory paranoia become a series of brutal murders unfolding in real time? Is it coincidence or the work of someone? Is it the coldness of human nature or the loss of morality...? Should everyone turn a blind eye, or investigate to the end? And what should he do? Completed, so feel free to enjoy. 0Votes12.7kRecs25.7kFans
- 8 I Can See the Final Circle 我能看见决赛圈 New book: Nightmare Game He was the top shot-caller in Survivor (lyb), defeating elite teams with his one-of-a-kind mechanisms, yet his rank only reached Bronze. He could always pinpoint the next safe zone, even setting the record for the fewest steps taken by a Survivor player. Some called him a turtle who could sit still for hours; others said he was simply lucky, and without that luck he would be just an ordinary person. But Ding Wen alone knew that luck had nothing to do with his success. Be 0Votes42.4kRecs46.8kFans
- 9 I Might Not Survive Three Chapters 我可能活不过三章 Chu Du discovered that his spiritual sense could not only transmit voices, but images as well! He used his spiritual sense to draw a picture containing a character template, a System shop, and System quests! The second picture was a chat window called the Nine Provinces Immortals chat group! The third was a comic strip about a boy who defied the heavens, rose to become an Immortal Emperor, and ultimately died beneath a tribulation lightning strike! The fourth, the fifth, and more... He smiled fa 0Votes38.4kRecs58.9kFans
- 10 The Forget-Your-Worries Milk Tea Shop 忘忧奶茶店 Death is only the beginning. For Mr. Ye, it’s nowhere near the end. Through the prison of his own flesh, he looks out past the iron bars with his Yin-Yang Eyes Buddhas and gods filling the sky, demons and monsters all around. One hundred and four stars of divine fiends. Three colossal, utterly vicious creatures. Two prisoners, and a bowl of Meng Po’s soup. 0Votes51.3kRecs47.7kFans
- 11 History's Strongest Hypocrite 史上最强伪君子 A story about a plane-hopping merchant. A hypocrite is upright and noble on the surface, but despicable and shameless underneath. The protagonist has no romantic pairing. 0Votes8.5kRecs8.4kFans
- 12 I Really Am the Mastermind Behind the Scenes 我真的是幕后黑手 Above the Yellow River, why do towering waves surge as dragons and serpents roar? Atop Kunlun’s highest peak, why does golden light blaze for ten thousand feet, with a heavenly palace appearing and vanishing? Beneath Fusang, why does a dragon coffin bob on the waves while the alchemy furnace crumbles? Spiritual qi revival, myths reemerge. I spin a heaven-spanning lie, deceiving all the worlds. I stand behind the curtain, the mastermind pulling the strings. 0Votes54.4kRecs130.2kFans
- 13 My Massive Golden Finger 我的粗大金手指 A fellow named Ma Kesi relies on his massive golden finger to get by in another world remarkably similar to "Mount & Blade: Warband". Beautiful women and fierce generals, treacherous villains and loyal ministers: every facet of human life is here. Grind monsters and level up, become a king and conqueror, then rule the world for all eternity! 0Votes5.2kRecs6.5kFans
- 14 Ghost Stories at the Haunted House 鬼屋夜话 Ghost House Night Talks, also known as Ghost Stories Galore, is a collection of horror stories that I have poured my heart into creating. If you happen to read this series at night while you are alone, it would be best not to continue, because every story in this series is incredibly terrifying. 2Votes332.9kRecs48.5kFans
- 15 Beyond Forgiveness 罪无可赦 “My death is not your victory. At most, it proves that mediocrities waged a terrible war against genius... You raised the banner of justice to eliminate dissent and turn right and wrong upside down... The history books you write will say that I swallowed everything in my path, threw my weight around, and oppressed the weak. Years from now, my strengths will be called flaws. Only those who found justice through my hand will remember my achievements.”, From the most celebrated collection of quotes 0Votes98.2kRecs181.3kFans
- 16 Chronicles of Dusk 黄昏编年史 The wings woven from lies shattered, and I fell from the heavens into the abyss. My soul guided me back from the fog, where I pierced through hypocrisy and illusion. And then The gods trembled, dusk descended, and I rewrote the course of the world. Simply put, it's the story of a scholar with an unknown mission, continually revising his understanding of the world. A few tags: one heroine / slow burn Breaking news! My new book, Tide of the Eternal 0Votes31.5kRecs57.1kFans
- 17 The Low-Dimensional Revolution 低维革命 New book: Learning Medicine Cannot Save Great Qin. Go read it! “I know there is a pair of eyes observing us in ways I cannot comprehend. I know there is a pair of hands manipulating us in ways beyond imagination. Our thoughts have been rewritten. Our bodies have been imprisoned. I know you are beings from a higher dimension. I know you call yourselves, players. And today, I, Lu Yuan, carrying the countless game lives behind me that have been deemed useless data, formally declare war on all of y 0Votes91.6kRecs149.5kFans
- 18 Magicpunk 魔法朋克 A dance of magic and machinery, the absurd darkness of the punk era. This is an age without gods, because anyone can blaspheme against them. Xuan Yi, an operative in Star City’s shadow division, takes part in a brutal, nearly suicidal jungle battle royale for reasons he cannot reveal. From that moment on, his fate slips beyond his control, and he presses forward without looking back along a dark, desperate one-way road strewn with thorns. 0Votes17.1kRecs36.3kFans
- 19 EN Nightmare Assault 噩梦惊袭 Horror, supernatural, infinite-worlds. Focused on the plot, no romance. That's pretty much it. 47Votes163.2kRecs970.1kFans
- 20 A Stroll Through Japan’s Warring States 日本战国走一遭 No womanizing, no harem, no struggle for supremacy, unification if the mood strikes; No System, no cheats, no famous warlord, just coasting through life; Set in the Warring States era, with history and made-up parts; the story ends when the characters die; Read if you like it. If you don’t, complain, but don’t leave without giving it a click. 0Votes375.5kRecs0Fans
- 21 The Darkest Persona 至暗人格 A super online game that combines survival, horror, puzzles, and asymmetric competition. Players earn points by completing survival trials in the game. In the first season, the top ten players on the leaderboard will split a grand prize of 100 million in cash. 0Votes43.2kRecs47.9kFans
- 22 EN Above the Mist 迷雾之上 Bai Yanliang, male, twenty-three years old, unmarried. Assessment: condition improved, emotions stable, meets the requirements for discharge. Today, he was discharged. 5Votes79.2kRecs332.5kFans
- 23 I Loaded a Strange Tales Game 我加载了怪谈游戏 He transmigrates to Japan and becomes a high school student named Kamiya Gawa. Looking around, he sees: Hanako waiting in the bathroom for someone to knock on the door; the Slit-Mouthed Woman roaming the streets with scissors in hand; Miss Mary's relentless calls, each one heralding death; endless wailing and barking in Inunaki Village; Ubume searching for the child who died long ago; and the Blue Lantern smiling as she urges passersby to play One Hundred Ghost Lanterns... In this broken world o 6Votes154.9kRecs476.3kFans
- 24 I Can Rewind 我能回档不死 Reborn in a parallel world, only to find strangeness everywhere… Do not enter the bathroom after midnight. At exactly two in the morning, there’s a knock at the door. A gaunt woman with disheveled hair is always standing with her back to me. Am I caught up in a paranormal incident? Good thing I can reload! This is the story of someone reborn in a world invaded by the paranormal, carefully navigating each step and fighting the strange with bizarre tactics. 0Votes378.7kRecs298.2kFans
- 25 Necromancy Museum 死灵博物馆 An unfortunate farewell letter knocked open a door leading to another world. Everything before him began to make Lu Yi understand: like those erasers, marbles, and coins that vanished without a trace when lost, he had simply gone to the same place as those things. 0Votes101.8kRecs56.4kFans
- 26 EN Proving the Dao from Shrouding the Heavens 证道从遮天开始 Transmigrating into the world of "Shrouding the Heavens", he seeks to prove the path to immortality. An infinite-world adventure. The first world is a little longer. 0Votes237.5kRecs409.1kFans
- 27 I Walk Through the Worlds of the Heavens 我行走在诸天世界 New book: You’re Cultivating Immortality All Wrong has started serializing! Readers, you’re welcome to join in! Pour concrete on Sadako and weld the manhole cover shut, give Constantine a teammate who hits like a truck, Bloodline, Dororo, Annabelle, The Cabin in the Woods, Constantine, Demon Slayer, The First Rule, Green Snake, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Mount Shu... An established author, so you can count on the quality! 0Votes117.9kRecs289.3kFans
- 28 The Escape Room Set 逃生片场 New book: Forged in Fire on the Long Steps Stone steles, blood moons, ancient schools, burning seas… Every bizarre and unpredictable world is full of unknown dangers. Those swept into a blood-red vortex must cast off comfort and light the way forward with courage and wisdom if they hope to seize a slim chance of survival. 6Votes371.4kRecs247.5kFans
- 29 The Strange Detective Agency 光怪陆离侦探社 A gloomy haze blankets the earth Among the ruins of the cities, the traces of humanity's past have yet to disappear from this land Glory has faded, and humanity hides like rats beneath the firelight. The black sun hanging high overhead symbolizes that this place has changed hands: it is their paradise What is rising from beneath the surging deep sea? Thick muttering echoes through the void, while a strange, veiled silhouette silently observes The venomous compound eyes beneath the bed flash and 1Votes358.1kRecs492.4kFans
- 30 Disaster Containment Center 灾厄收容所 Wen Wen, an 'ordinary' detective who knows himself to have something wrong with his brain, woke up in a psychiatric hospital and discovered that his right hand was connected to a mysterious space called 'Calamity.' He could capture monsters inside this space and obtain their abilities! Capture a vampire and gain superhuman senses and hypnotic abilities; Capture a vengeful spirit and gain the ability to turn invisible and pass through walls; Capture a curly-haired gorilla and have your intelligen 0Votes105.8kRecs437.4kFans
- 31 The Matrix Game 矩阵游戏 Plato said: The true world exists only in our imagination. Perhaps each of us has had doubts like these: perhaps this world was designed for me; perhaps everything ceased to exist whenever I was unable to perceive it; perhaps one day I will “wake up.” Perhaps the world is nested without end. Perhaps reality can never be touched. I think, therefore I am, but who knows? Perhaps worldly happiness comes precisely from ignorance Yet it is precisely because it is uncertain and unknown that it possesse 0Votes149.8kRecs104.1kFans
- 32 The Strange-Tales Author's Diary of Delays 怪谈作者拖更日记 [One Female Lead or No Female Lead. Don't Read If That Bothers You] [Infinite-Flow Mind Games] + [Wildly Imaginative Urban Legends] + [Wordplay] + [Troublemaker Literature] Core of the power system: combining words ↓ Combine a "stone" and a "hide" to form the character for "break," capable of breaking all kinds of things. [Example Scene]: When confronted by zombies, just carry rice with you and scatter it. Combine "corpse" and "rice" to create a huge mass of mosaic, making the enemy vanish in an 4Votes69.5kRecs368.5kFans
- 33 EN Aoba Paranormal Agency 青叶灵异事务所 My name is Lin Qi, and I work at the demolition office. At the beginning of this year, I was put in charge of demolishing an old residential complex. One resident had a strange sign hanging by the door: “Green Leaf Paranormal Affairs Agency.” The house had been turned into an office, but it had long since been abandoned and was covered in dust. Inside the filing cabinets, countless documents and records were neatly arranged. Curious, I sorted through them and discovered a bizarre, terrifying wor 8Votes759.4kRecs640.9kFans
- 34 EN Global Collapse 全球崩坏 “I was abandoned at the entrance to the Starting Point Orphanage. Later, the orphanage went bankrupt.” “I once attended a kindergarten. Later, it went out of business.” “In the past twenty years, I've lived through a train derailment, a 28-car pileup, a natural gas leak, a gas explosion… But I'm still alive.” “Life has done everything it can to wipe me out, but I've stubbornly survived.” “But I never imagined life would pull something like this again, ” [Welcome to the Global Evolution Game 44Votes548kRecs783.8kFans
- 35 I Became a Literary Giant in Russia 我在俄国当文豪 (The first foreign-literary-giant novel on Qidian to average over 10,000 monthly subscriptions) Many years later, when Nabokov was teaching Russian literature in America, this was how he did it. In a darkened room, he first switched on a lamp in the corner and said, “Pushkin was the first beacon of Russian literature.” Then he switched on a lamp in the middle of the room and said, “This is Gogol.” He turned on another lamp and declared, “This is Chekhov.” Then he strode to the window, yanked ope 734Votes169.4kRecs430.8kFans
- 36 Countdown to Earth's Demise 地球灭亡倒计时 If Earth had only ten years left before its destruction, what should humanity do? 1Votes199.2kRecs108.7kFans
- 37 Soft, Melt, Things 软，化，物 All kinds of wild ideas in a collection of short stories. The Light, Short, and Scattered Trilogy: Light, Short, and Scattered; Soft, Transformed, and Things; Turn, Leave, and Depart. Part science fiction, all about wild ideas. Soft science fiction, chemistry, and physics. Everything comes down to people’s hearts; even the rarest things are strange. Take things as they come. It all begins in the heart. 0Votes83.8kRecs145.5kFans
- 38 A Journey Through the Mysterious World 诡秘世界之旅 “Little monk, what are you doing before the Buddha?” “Listening to the Buddha explain the path to refuge.” “The Three Refuges?” “The Four Refuges.” … The Buddha saves all living beings. I’m here to save you. [A childhood-sweethearts story woven through an eerie, mysterious atmosphere.] 0Votes124.8kRecs162.4kFans
- 39 Field Report on an Endangered Cultivation Sect 濒危修仙门派考察报告 On this journey to the Yellow Springs, I shall summon my old comrades and dare to make the sun and moon shine upon a new heaven. Note 1: It was not originally endangered, but after the protagonist went there, it became endangered... Note 2: This is a story about a villain who specializes in dissecting people for research. After transmigrating, he studies hard, strives every day, saves the world, breaks through feudal superstition and sectarian prejudice, and promotes love and justice with overwh 0Votes193.1kRecs33.6kFans
- 40 The Asylum of Ten Thousand Worlds 万界疯人院 New book: "Medicine Cannot Save the Qin Dynasty". Go read it! No one knows when it began, but a certain mental hospital appeared in the world. It has been seen on the busiest streets of Gotham City and hidden in the darkest corners of Raccoon City. It may have been briefly described in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", or appeared for a single second in *Hannibal*… Some say the girl in the nurse’s uniform looks a bit like Harley Quinn. Others say the old man in a second-floor ward claims to 0Votes207.1kRecs302.2kFans
- 41 Adventures in the World of American TV 美剧世界大冒险 This is a slow-paced, semi-fanfiction work with two storylines: the main world and the dungeon worlds. Final arcs: A Song of Ice and Fire, Supernatural + American Horror Story 3, The Gifted, Legion, X-Men, Pirates of the Caribbean, Constantine (film), and The Silmarillion. This book is divided into two parts: the arcs before The Silmarillion and The Silmarillion arc. They are not closely connected, so reading them separately will not affect your experience. This book is complete. 0Votes112kRecs130kFans
- 42 EN I Am Louis XIV 我乃路易十四 What could be worse than realizing, while you’re still in swaddling clothes, that you’re none other than Louis XIV? Well, there’s this: it’s a fantasy version, too. 1Votes287kRecs126.4kFans
- 43 EN Embers of the Gun 余烬之铳 This is a damned Victorian fantasy novel. Add a spoonful of steam engines to get that damned tech tree moving! Add a spoonful of love and hatred to give everyone a good reason to fight! Add a spoonful of insanity to make this dark world a little lighter, then finish with a spoonful of calamity for the main boss... Wait! Damn it, I added too much! Year 931 of the Yin Erwei Ge calendar. The city I live in has been named the most advanced city in the West. The main reason? World-changing steam 13Votes220.3kRecs612kFans
- 44 The Higher-Dimensional Traveler 高维穿梭者 Fang Yuhao stumbled upon the great secret hidden in this world: behind the material world lie countless… worlds born from human imagination! What’s in these worlds? Martial arts, magic, immortal cultivation, demons, ghosts, and monsters?! 0Votes86.7kRecs97.5kFans
- 45 Dimensional Expedition 次元远征 The kingdom was on the brink of collapse under the onslaught of disaster. In our darkest hour, we received aid from an army from another world. Their longbows, which they called “rifles,” fired arrows that could easily pierce any sturdy armor. Their warhorses, which they called “tanks,” had iron hooves forged from steel, enough to crush an entire charging regiment of heavily armored knights. Their eagles, which they called “fighter jets,” soared through the skies to battle unmatched dragons. But 0Votes231.6kRecs141.4kFans
- 46 Demon-Slaying Expert 降魔专家 When I pulled the book of forbidden knowledge from the shelves of the city library, I was helpless and terrified, forced to watch as my life hurtled onto another track, one riddled with ravings of madness. Along the way, I also happened to run over some trash that thought it could stop me. 30Votes150.5kRecs164.7kFans
- 47 The Devil's Exam 魔鬼考卷 To gain immortality, Gao Ying, the male lead, and Zhu Sunling, the female lead, enter two extraordinary classrooms and must sit for a series of exams. But these aren't ordinary school tests. They are sent to parallel worlds, where they encounter countless demons and answer questions on their exam papers about demonic phenomena. Anyone who scores below 60 is eliminated! To gain immortality, they must keep journeying alongside demons until the moment they are destined to meet arrives... Black Fire 0Votes147.5kRecs140.1kFans
- 48 Speaking for the Dead 为死者代言 Forensic pathologist Zhou Hai takes you inside murder scenes full of mysteries, to investigate strange cases where truth and lies are hard to distinguish, and uncover the true nature of humanity, where good and evil intertwine. Conspiracies! Pursuits! Questions! One bizarre case after another unfolds. Are you ready? 0Votes157.6kRecs124.4kFans
- 49 I Really Can't Solve Mysteries 我真不会推理 A great villain who spent ten years struggling in the space of the Main God gives up everything in exchange for a chance to live again in a parallel world. All he wants is to laze around and enjoy his retirement, but this bizarre and unpredictable world is full of danger. With no other choice, he gradually reveals his fearsome claws… Only by being darker than all darkness and more ruthless than all cruelty can he fear nothing! (P.S. Paranormal horror, dark themes.) 0Votes67.5kRecs87.3kFans
- 50 The Demon Hunter’s Cookbook 猎魔烹饪手册 When night fell, whispers sounded in his ears and the monsters in the shadows began to stir. Jason's hungry stomach started rumbling, and he couldn't help swallowing... Hunger was the best motivation. 0Votes546.4kRecs494.1kFans
