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- The Prison Breaker 断狱 With brilliant wits, he cracks bizarre cases; with ingenuity, he clears wrongful convictions. A modern forensic examiner transmigrates to the end of the Southern Song dynasty. The upper classes revel in luxury while the common people struggle to survive. The world is in turmoil, strange murders and uncanny incidents abound, and human life is worth less than grass. Fate cuts like a sword. Come and see what I can do! 36.4MClicks15.1kFavorites37.8kRecs
- Strange Cases of a Curious Detective 奇侦异案 One is a sharp and decisive criminal investigation consultant, though unbearably arrogant. The other is a kind and gentle rich young man, though not the brightest. Fate has bound them tightly together. One bizarre case after another, one thrilling manhunt after another, one ruthless criminal after another... Who is the smartest person in the world? And who could commit the most perfect crime of all? Join us in The Criminal Investigation Consultant Series: Strange and Curious Cases, as crimina 27MClicks4kFavorites1.9kRecs
- Hunting Down the Killer 诡案追凶 Supernatural Story Contest If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear from ghosts knocking at your door. Deep down, everyone harbors a demon. What matters is when you let it out, and how badly you want to keep it sealed away. You might be the one to break the seal on your demon, or someone else might do it for you. But in the end, whoever opens that seal, you won't escape the day an evil spirit comes knocking at your door. I work as a behavioral analyst. From the tiniest clues each pe 12.1MClicks2.6kFavorites12kRecs
- Dreams That Solve Crimes 梦境追凶 Fall in love inside someone else's mind! After a failed experiment, psychological researcher Shen Ran gained a special ability. At crime scenes, he could sense the strange obsessions the killer had left behind in the victims. By a twist of fate, he joined the police force as a psychological consultant, where he met Lu Cheng, deputy captain of the criminal investigation team... Other completed works by the author: the print editions of Psychological Restricted Zone, The Invisible Patient, and Th 11MClicks125Favorites149Recs
- Desperate Dawn 绝望黎明 I had just joined the group when I snatched a huge red packet, and then they even made me and a beautiful girl... Because of a red packet, our entire class was dragged into a bloody game that could never be stopped. Its rules knew no right or wrong, only winning and losing. The winners lost their lives, and so did the losers! Everyone became deceitful and turned on one another. The weaknesses of selfish desire and the darkness of human nature were gradually forced into the open. To stay alive, 6.9MClicks52.6kFavorites45.9kRecs
- The Great Yin's Female Magistrate 大殷女司马 Beautiful young women are disappearing one after another in a quiet county town. A bizarre corpse, white from head to toe, is discovered in a picturesque village. Is it the legendary “White Impermanence taking a wife”? Or is there something else behind it? An ancient, gloomy mansion teems with ghostly shadows. Those who venture inside die one after another. The one committing these murders, is it human or ghost? A high-ranking dignitary undergoes a drastic change in temperament overnight. Is it 6.7MClicks221Favorites0Recs
- Hidden Crimes 罪匿 No matter how bright the light, there are always dark corners. Even beneath the law and order, crime continues to take root. In the bustling crowds, everyone wears a mask. We see smiling faces everywhere, but cannot make out the true people behind those masks. The eccentric Qin Cang is the one who refuses to wear a mask, using his brilliant mind to expose one false face after another. No matter how ugly, the truth is still the truth. No matter how beautiful, an illusion is still empty. A fox's t 5.1MClicks2.1kFavorites4.2kRecs
- Love Blossoms from a Case 案生情愫 When Bai Xue took over her father's career to fulfill his dying wish and began her own career as a criminal investigator, she never thought there was any hardship she couldn't overcome, until she met Xiao Geyan. With a face and figure that could take the entertainment industry by storm, this devilishly handsome man insists on making a living with his brains. His eccentric personality has made him the most mysterious, and haughtiest, genius in the field of criminology. He has no fear of complicat 3.8MClicks825Favorites2kRecs
- The Great Song Private Detective 大宋私家侦探 This is a beautiful age. This is an age that produces worthy ministers in abundance. This is an age when poets hold sway. Here is Zhang San Ying, whose peach and apricot blossoms wed the east wind. Here is Liu San Bian, who would trade empty fame for a few light drinks and soft singing. This is the third year of Jingyou under Emperor Renzong of the Great Song. That year, Hualang arrived. He had no wish to become a worthy minister or a poet. All he wanted was to be 3.4MClicks1.5kFavorites30.3kRecs
- A County Magistrate of the Ming Dynasty 明代县令 He is a forensic doctor. An accident causes his soul and consciousness to transmigrate more than five hundred years into the past, to the Ming Dynasty, where he merges with a dying county magistrate. He completely takes over the man's body, and the symphony of fate begins to play. As a county magistrate, he uses his outstanding powers of logical deduction and criminal investigation to solve one baffling case after another, clear the innocent of false charges, and uphold justice! In the process, 2.8MClicks2.4kFavorites657Recs
- Global Horror: I'm Having a Blast in the Mysterious World 全球惊悚：我在诡秘世界玩嗨了 Mysterious forces awaken, and the metaverse descends. Here, you can encounter the monsters from strange tales, the ghosts from horror stories, and even the ancient gods of mythology! Everyone in the metaverse is terrified and on edge. But Jiang Che discovers that he can see strange prompts. And so... He works as a caretaker at the Yellow Springs Hospital, a server at a hotel in the underworld, and a network administrator at a reincarnation internet cafe... He even builds a prison in the metavers 2.8MClicks1.1kFavorites4kRecs
- Detective: Dragon-Taming Armor 神探：驯龙战甲 [Creative Hit] [Adapted for Film, Anime, and TV] Detective Zhou Jie accidentally enters a bizarre formation on Jinlong Mountain and unexpectedly obtains a Dragon-Taming Battle Armor, which lets him control the Golden Dragon and Azure Dragon. But not everyone in this world is kind. Good and evil are always repaid in the end. If not now, then later. What you see may not be the truth, and the truth always lies beyond what first appears to be true. Wearing the Dragon-Taming Battle Armor, he punishes 2.6MClicks39Favorites162Recs
- The Paranormal Files 诡异档案 There is a mysterious unit within the Provincial Public Security Department, known to very few, that handles supernatural incidents across the province. The cases it investigates are all bizarre and horrifying. Now, let me open the unit's archives and share its strange files with you... To our ancestors, was cremation actually a cruel form of execution by fire? Was the commercial plaza in the bustling city actually an eight-coffin corpse pit that devours people? Could the victim in a murder c 2.4MClicks5.4kFavorites302Recs
- The Forensic Files of the Supernatural 法医灵异录 Ling Fan, an ordinary high school student, comes across a mysterious notebook left to him by his older brother Ling Feng, a forensic pathologist. From then on, he joins the members of HIT, a special operations unit, on a strange and perilous adventure. Their unwavering creed is: "Evil must be destroyed!" They ruthlessly tear through the layers of mystery shrouding one horrifying case after another, restoring the truth, because there is always only one truth. Tibetan curses, online vengeful spiri 2.3MClicks4.9kFavorites12.1kRecs
- Star Disciple 星徒 A timid, cowardly boy with no ambition insists on standing tall to protect everything he cares about, even as tears fill his eyes and his body trembles. What helps him survive is a light-energy engine left behind by his enemies. What grows alongside him is a parasitic monster with multiple personalities. As the boy becomes a man, this good kid picks up all kinds of wicked habits in his bleak life: cruelty, selfishness, cunning, and rudeness. Then he climbs into a 12-meter-tall mech and looks dow 1.9MClicks2.5kFavorites12.6kRecs
- Class A Wanted Criminal A级通缉犯 A mysterious coordinate in a hospital ward, An underground prison deep in the mountains, An unusual criminal who arrives without warning, An undercover agent posing as someone else by a twist of fate... A missing-person case sparks the most unexpected journey, and horrifying crimes gradually come to light. Some set foot on a road of no return, waiting to be redeemed. Others climb out of the abyss of corruption and begin life anew. 1.5MClicks1.4kFavorites22.4kRecs
- Seven Killings on the Spring Equinox 春分日七杀 Taking revenge by killing someone is no simple matter. Even trickier is devising the perfect trap, one the police can fall into but never escape. The long, cold winter was over, but warm, damp spring had yet to arrive. Xu You chose this moment to kill, convinced it could not be more fitting. 1.3MClicks2.4kFavorites2.3kRecs
- Lost in the Game 局中迷 If you truly love horror. If you truly understand suspense. If you want to see through the ambitions and plans of the entire Chinese nation hidden beneath an age-old mystery. If you've read The Grave Robbers' Chronicles. If you enjoy tomb-raiding novels. If you're highly intelligent. If you've come across this book, please don't pass it up. It will give you an experience like no other. I won't introduce the plot, because I don't want to boast about how wonderful it is. You'll only know once you' 1.2MClicks2kFavorites10.2kRecs
- I Cleared the Game Ages Ago, and You’re Only Now Pulling Me into the Horror Game 早通关了，你才拉我进怪谈 [Invincible] [No Female Lead] After two and a half years of practice, Jiang Zhe beat a game called Rules of the Weird. After clearing it, he transmigrated into the world of Rules of the Weird. Every country in the world would select one Chosen One. Success meant the nation's fortunes would prosper. Failure meant a supernatural entity would descend upon a random city and wreak havoc for 48 hours. Jiang Zhe was selected and awakened an SSS-rank talent: “Unscientific Summoning,” which allowed 1.1MClicks221Favorites51Recs
- Records of Unusual Case Investigations 异案侦缉录 What would your first reaction be if you saw a female corpse crawl out of a car at an accident scene, then bite a man nearby to death? Unfortunately, as a police officer, he witnessed it all with his own eyes. Yet no one was willing to believe him. Instead, they thought he was crazy! It wasn't until he was assigned to the Department of Odd Cases that he learned such incidents weren't just a coincidence... Also known as the Paranormal Cases Department, it is responsible for handling so-called hau 978kClicks1.1kFavorites2.8kRecs
- The Ugly Immortal Exile 丑女谪仙 She is a being who transcends the Six Realms. She knows full well that she was never meant to appear in this vast world. In her previous life, she possessed incomparable beauty, yet never won the love of the one she adored. But in this life, she has been reborn as an ugly woman! Why has Heaven treated her so unfairly? Beneath the peach trees in Butterfly Valley, who waits in longing, year after year? In the Ninth Heaven, who has hidden the innocence of the past to rule over the Eight Wilds? 871.4kClicks1.3kFavorites5.7kRecs
- The Great Ming King 大明王 In the third year of Yongle, not long after Zhu Di ascended the throne. The realm has only just been pacified, and every trade is waiting to be revived. At court, the powerful minister Ji Gang holds sway over the government. Beyond the borders, remnants of the Mongol nobility threaten the land. And across the jianghu, storm clouds are gathering. Ye Xing, a talented young man from the 21st century, accidentally transmigrates to the past. He thought that learning martial arts from an old fisherman 703.8kClicks992Favorites16.7kRecs
- Special Task Force Case Files 特别行动组探案录 A seconded FBI agent, a crack shot from the sniper team, and several other agents with unique skills come together to form the Special Operations Group, which specializes in investigating sadistic murders and serial killings. Watch them grow and emerge stronger as they solve case after case. Watch them navigate their love lives beyond the job. How will this rookie team become the ultimate crime-fighting force? Stay tuned! 700.4kClicks1.3kFavorites73.8kRecs
- The Yin-Yang Detective 阴阳诡探 Lei Sheng accidentally walked into a deadly trap while trying to save a friend in danger, but was fortunately rescued by Qiao Wei, a specialist in yin-yang occult affairs. Combining their respective skills in deduction and yin-yang magic, the two solve one bizarre case after another. Why do children keep disappearing from an ordinary village? Where did the legends of a man-eating creature come from, and why has a true dragon appeared? Who is responsible for the piles of corpses at the bottom of 627.4kClicks681Favorites20.7kRecs
- Young Detective's Record 少年侦探录 The third installment, The Young Detective Chronicles: Eve of Dawn, is now being updated. I look forward to hearing your feedback… Longing for mysterious moments, we too have seen the light; Facing the arrival of despair, we too can find hope; What unspeakable absurdities and sorrows lie hidden behind these unfathomable cases? A detective is simply someone who protects the lights in every home from ever going out, and 619.4kClicks877Favorites482Recs
- The Soul Ferryman of Kunlun 昆仑渡魂人 In ancient times, the gods fell, and demons and ghosts began to run rampant across the world. The Kunlun Agency was the most inconspicuous presence amid the bustle of the city, yet it became the setting for one strange and bizarre paranormal incident after another, full of grudges, love, and enmity. It all began when the young Ding Xiaolan met Qi Lu, the boss of the Kunlun Agency. A haunted funeral home, the nine-tailed fox of Qingqiu, a resurrected Xu Xian, the legendary master craftsman Yan 573kClicks668Favorites8.9kRecs
- The Detective King 侦探王 A legend passed down through the ages. A love so deep it could never be unraveled. A story recorded in the Treatise on Classics and Texts. Before his death, Tao Yuanming wrote the Treatise on Classics and Texts, recording the secrets of his life in a story called The White-Water Goddess. It is said that whoever finds the White-Water Goddess will attain eternal life. It is also said that she holds the key to the en 529.3kClicks902Favorites6.3kRecs
- The Morning Star Detective Files 启明星探案集 I have no nationality. Wherever I go, I am not protected by the local laws. There are at least fifteen million people like me in this world. And yet we all live in the darkest corners of the world, able to protect ourselves only by our own means. We have seen so much evil that we have started to take it for granted. Sometimes, it feels as if even chaos has its own order. Are you glad that you live in a safe and beautiful place? But I can tell you this: whoever you are and wherever you may be, hu 465.6kClicks355Favorites1.8kRecs
- A Low-Ranking Official at the Tang Dynasty's Court of Judicial Review 混在唐朝大理寺 That year, Wen Tingyun still loved helping people cheat in the imperial examinations. Li Shangyin was still writing his obscure, enigmatic untitled poems. Du Mu had yet to begin his bitter lament: "The singing girls know nothing of the nation's ruin." That year, Su Wuming had just joined the Dali Temple, and he had only one goal: to become its Chief Justice! This is a story about a brilliant detective solving cases in the mid-to-late Tang Dynasty. 454.4kClicks379Favorites22.1kRecs
- Who Gets Knifed Tonight? 今夜谁挨刀 Under the dim moonlight, beside a silent ancient temple... A bonfire burned, with sixteen people seated around it. It was a game, and a massacre. Lose, and you die. Win, and it still doesn't mean you're free. Dark night, strong wind. Who will be struck down tonight? You? You? Or... you? 444.9kClicks272Favorites3.7kRecs
- Hellish Nightmare 地狱梦魇 Unexplained nightmares, a curse like a waking dream, an unbreakable loop of death... Death is not the scary part. The terrifying thing is a heart torn apart. What can futile struggle ever accomplish? Family, friendship, love, humanity: none of them is as precious as that glimmer of hope for survival. There's no need to fear death. The thing most worth fearing is fear itself. Becoming Death's puppet, clinging to the life granted as charity, yet forced to kneel on the ground and beg, throwing away 404.4kClicks416Favorites15.8kRecs
- Urgent Case Task Force 急案特攻 On the seventh floor of the S City Public Security Bureau's general building, there is a special department called the Emergency Case Response Team. The team has one ironclad rule: the seventy-two-hour golden window for solving cases. From the moment they take on a case, they must solve it within seventy-two hours. In criminal psychology, certain sudden, urgent cases can have serious consequences if they are not solved within this golden seventy-two-hour window. People's actions are primarily dr 397kClicks1.5kFavorites727Recs
- My Spirit Medium Girlfriend 我的灵媒女友 Personalized Writing Contest The ancients believed that when Pangu created Heaven and Earth, the pure, light substance rose to become Heaven, while the dark, heavy substance sank to become Earth. The two forces of yin and yang mingled to give birth to all things. Those in whom yin and yang were relatively balanced evolved into humans; those with pure yang became gods, while those whose yang energy surpassed that of ordinary people were known as yin-yang masters. I was just 395.2kClicks399Favorites4.9kRecs
- Murder Case 刑凶 Ghosts are not frightening. What is frightening is the human heart. Twisted human nature is like a black hole, devouring everything. Demons have never come from hell. They come from within people. I had been working as a criminal investigator for only six months when I witnessed my first case of... twisted human nature. 384kClicks1.6kFavorites500Recs
- The Corpse Collection Files 收尸档案 Since ancient times, the dead have been left with their bodies. But few people know that corpses hold many secrets that remain hidden from the world. Cursed corpses, living corpses, bodies left where they fell, vengeful corpses, bisected corpses... Every corpse has a story of its own! My name is He Yongheng, and I collect bodies for a funeral home. 372kClicks582Favorites1.6kRecs
- The Fallen Heiress and the Charming Detective 落魄千金俏神探 She was born into a wealthy family, clever from a young age and hailed as a prodigy. On the night of her coming-of-age ceremony, her father died a tragic death, leaving behind an ink-dark exotic flower. Her mother even saw her as a bringer of bad luck and cast her out, severing all ties between them. He came from a prominent family, yet loved roaming the martial world with his sword, living as an unrestrained wanderer. When she met him, all kinds of mysterious incidents kept happening along the 370.9kClicks440Favorites288Recs
- My Years as a Paranormal Magazine Editor 我当灵异编辑那几年 Someone once asked me, "Are there ghosts in this world?" I said I didn't know. Someone else asked me, "Are all those ghost stories true?" If you'd asked me before, I would have said they were just stories to scare children. But now, all I can say is: I don't know. My name is Jiang Shi. I've loved ghost stories since I was a child, but since I couldn't write them myself, I went to work as a supernatural fiction editor for a novel website. I was pretty lucky: I caught the golden age of mobile read 369.2kClicks246Favorites567Recs
- A Handbook for Raising a Lolita Hacker 萝莉黑客养成手记 I'm an agent, the best of the best. But a freak accident nearly wiped out the special unit I belonged to. As the sole survivor, I returned to the city with nothing. My partner's dying request: "Please take care of my little sister." Holy crap, this girl is a genius hacker! 348.5kClicks390Favorites1.2kRecs
- The Death Dormitory 死亡寝室 A medical college in the middle of nowhere, a mysterious women's dormitory: Room 314 has become synonymous with death. Murders keep happening, with terrifying visions, bizarre and inexplicable deaths, a fog of mysteries, and a tragic campus romance all unfolding on the page! Who will be next? 310.5kClicks412Favorites7.6kRecs
- The Young Detective and the Clouded Mystery 少年侦探之谜云 A mysterious letter of invitation raises questions about his origins. A renowned detective agency is full of countless mysteries. Solve cases and search for clues to a mysterious organization. With calm reasoning, uncover the truth behind the cases. No darkness or conspiracy can escape his meticulous deductions. The truth will eventually come to light! 268kClicks598Favorites1.3kRecs
- The Legend of the Phoenix Chart 凤图传 The best humorous and witty work of 2020, with a lighthearted, hilarious style. A pure urban wish-fulfillment comedy! This book has everything you want to read. Finish it and make a fortune! Absolutely true and reliable! You wicked monsters, prepare to die! He is the embodiment of justice, carrying out Heaven's will and saving all people. So what if you're rich? He is the embodiment of wealth, revealing the secrets of ancient books and treating money like dirt. Think you're clever? He is the emb 265kClicks2.1kFavorites63.8kRecs
- The Underworld's Prince Consort 阴间驸马爷 They say the living and the dead belong to separate worlds, but I dared to marry the ghost princess of the underworld! They say the King of Hell is terrifying, but I became the perfect son-in-law he admires most! They say evil spirits are vicious, but I made them all bow down before me! They say the world is boundless, but I fit the entire world inside my thumb ring! They say evildoers rule the world, but I make sure every wicked deed is repaid! They say this is the domain of kings, but I trampl 252.5kClicks613Favorites327Recs
- Fu Xiaochao's Casebook of Deduction 付小超推理事件簿 [Completed] The sins of the soul led them into an endless abyss. Supernatural murder cases unfold one after another. What will the truth behind them be? When a series of conspiracies is exposed, what human desires will come to light? The mystery remains unsolved. Who knows whether you will be the next to die? Can a genius detective with exceptional intelligence uncover the truth lurking in the darkness? 251.5kClicks460Favorites3.3kRecs
- Chronicles of Strange Happenings in West Kowloon 西九龙异闻录 Welcome to a Western Kowloon Serious Crimes Unit A-Team edition of Approaching Science (lol). Here, five young detectives and their couples solve bizarre cases together. Curses, Gu poison, retribution, spirits returning... When such strange and uncanny things happen right beside you, will they shake your faith in science? But none of this is a problem for the A-Team, because they believe that ghosts are in people's hearts! What is really behind each seemingly supernatural case? How will the A-Te 225.3kClicks282Favorites1.9kRecs
- The Black Notebook 黑色手札 Winter hasn't passed yet, and another baffling case sends a bone-deep chill through everyone. Anyang of L College and Ouyang Wushui, captain of the Z City criminal investigation team, cross paths. Watch as they unravel one mystery after another... 215.1kClicks199Favorites1Recs
- A Shadow That Follows 魅影随形 On July 15, the Ghost Festival, in the pitch-black night of a torrential downpour, deep in a desolate alley. She took shelter from the rain beneath an eerie old house, where she unexpectedly encountered a mysterious woman in red. The woman in red left her with just one message: go to a place called Qingyou Garden! After that, she haunted her relentlessly. And little by little, she was drawn into a horrifying nightmare! Just as she began college, she discovered to her shock that the forbidden gro 212.9kClicks305Favorites37.5kRecs
- Reincarnation: Infinite Evolution 轮回之无限进化 Remember the lofty ambitions you held in your youth, when you vowed to be the finest of all! Ling Yi, a genius detective suffering from a terminal illness, accidentally transmigrates to the Manor of the Gods, a place where humans can evolve without limit. Clear all kinds of scenarios, earn Cause and Effect points, and exchange them for weapons and equipment of every kind. Here, Joker cards and bloodlines can be freely combined, while divine weapons and supernatural abilities can be enhanced with 198.7kClicks2.6kFavorites102.6kRecs
- The Deadly Puzzle II 迷局II无人生还 In Meng Chong's world, there is a silent criminal. Those words came from a note written by her father, a police officer. This criminal is not a person or an object. It has no shadow or voice. It isn't a physical entity at all. It is only an idea. Having grown up around the police station, she has seen every kind of criminal, every kind of motive, and every kind of method. Gradually, a criminal took shape in her mind: flawless, supremely noble, and looking down on everyone. It is the shadow beyon 196.8kClicks270Favorites1.4kRecs
- Exorcism: Every Step a Fright 伏魔之步步惊魂 Gruesome murders that make your skin crawl, bizarre and terrifying experiences, and a demon-subduing journey full of suspense... The three of them meet through the twists of fate, and so begins a thrilling path to vanquish demons! The green eyeballs in ghostly paintings; bizarre corpses with their heads chopped off and hearts torn out; bewitching ghostly wedding gowns made of human skin; dried corpses drained of blood; and a murderous apartment haunted by evil spirits... Whether in scorching hea 188.8kClicks954Favorites169.7kRecs
- Interwoven Crimes 罪恶交织 Reality and memory, justice and evil, light and darkness: countless contradictions intertwine like a symphony with a long and storied history. He is a criminal investigation consultant hired by the Second Serious Crimes Team of the Chengdu Municipal Public Security Bureau. Brilliant yet ruthless, he will stop at nothing to solve a case. And yet it is precisely someone like him who can find the truth, time and again, hidden behind countless illusions. When he and his handlebar mustache appear, th 171.5kClicks433Favorites1.6kRecs
