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  1. 1 Urban Ghost Stories: I’m the Only Living Person in the Blind-Date Group 都市怪谈:相亲群只有我一个活人 Suspense Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing Liu Nian has been single for 24 years when his mother pressures him to get married. By chance, he joins a matchmaking group with just ten members. Apart from him, all nine other members are breathtaking beauties. Just as he's congratulating himself on his good luck in love, he discovers that these "beauties" are all genuine, murderous ghosts! The school-uniform-clad Ninth Sister in her profile picture is a vengeful spirit who jumped to her death. The sexy Eighth Sister in hers is a yandere who c 176Clicks117Favorites424Recs
  2. 2 Tales of Miaojiang: The Gu Master 苗疆往事:蛊真人 Suspense Mystery510k WordsOngoing “Tie the threads of love, plant the love worm. The faithless man's bones will break, his belly will rot.” An Yuyang accidentally meets A Yi, a young woman from the Miao region. They fall in love, but an accident turns An Yuyang into a faithless man. He has no idea that A Yi has planted a love worm deep inside him, one that will not rest until he is dead. To rid himself of the worm, An Yuyang joins forces with the mysterious recluse Ding Xingzhi, Liu Yan'er, and others, and ventures deep into sou 146Clicks45Favorites0Recs
  3. 3 You Hired Me to Collect Bodies, So I Dissected My Ex-Girlfriend 让你当收尸人,你直接解刨了前女友 Suspense Mystery4.6M WordsOngoing In anatomy class, the corpse turned out to be my ex-girlfriend... After that, I went through all kinds of things beyond belief. A bus that only goes up and never comes down, running straight to a reservoir. An old locust tree, lush with branches and leaves, that devours people without even leaving their bones behind, growing inside a hospital. By the Qing Shui River, a bighead carp that begs people for help every night. And a deadly brothel draped in human skin that never closes. It went on and 95Clicks5.7kFavorites20.5kRecs
  4. 4 Born a Yin Official? They Call Me the Grand Master in the Mortal World 天生阴官?阳间叫我大先生 Suspense Mystery332k WordsOngoing My father arranged a ghost marriage for me, angering every immortal in the hall. If I want to live, I have to repay the debt with three lifetimes of my own. They said, “This debt is your life.” I accept the debt. But I refuse to surrender my life. To break the ghost marriage, I slipped into the Ghost King’s wedding procession at night, overturned the bridal sedan, and stole the bride; To enter the ghost realm, I ventured alone into the ghost city of the Underworld. Surrounded by countless ghosts 67Clicks42Favorites135Recs
  5. 5 The Corpse Bride, the Ghost Emerges from the Coffin 尸娘子,鬼出棺 Suspense Mystery4.4M WordsOngoing To keep me alive, Grandpa actually made me hold a wedding ceremony with a deserted grave. A bewitchingly beautiful, fox-tailed fox demon with a human face. An ancient jade coffin, suspended upside down by bronze nails beneath the deepest sea of Xichuan. A blood-robed female corpse hanging amid the ancient forests of Cangshan, visible for a hundred miles. A reincarnated demon Buddha in Tibet who specializes in sucking out people's brains... Every step I took felt as if a hand were pushing me forw 61Clicks190Favorites7Recs
  6. 6 Strange Cases of the Great Ming 大明异案录 Suspense Mystery130k WordsOngoing In the forty-fifth year of the Wanli reign, a Korean tribute envoy arrived at the Huaiyuan Guesthouse. A shocking incident took place in a sealed room at midnight. Su Chengyu, son of the Deputy Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, helped investigate the case, but the fog was only beginning to gather. In the capital, people began dying mysteriously on their way home. Then came a family massacre, a wrongful conviction from an old case, and a series of strange cases in both the north and sou 53Clicks8Favorites0Recs
  7. 7 Watching the Fire 观火 Suspense Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing Beneath the foundations of a quiet old house at the foot of Lizi Mountain lies a headless male corpse! Beside it are a battered, rusted bronze mirror, shards of blue-and-white porcelain, and a kerosene lantern. What kind of terrifying, eerie scene is this? What the heck? Relax, this is no challenge for our tough guy Zhao Zimeng, the “handsome uncle.” As the rising star of the public security criminal investigation System, he has both looks and brains, and he and his capable team have what it tak 45Clicks39Favorites142Recs
  8. 8 I Went to the Wrong Grave on a Blind Date, and the Ghost Boss Became One of Us 相亲走错坟,女鬼大佬成了自己人 Suspense Mystery370k WordsOngoing [Classic Supernatural Horror] [Folk Horror] [Smart Protagonist] [Ruthless Protagonist] Before she died, Grandma introduced me to someone for a blind date. The tea she drank tasted both fishy and sweet. Her hands were ice-cold, and the gift she brought was meant for the dead... After that, one bizarre thing after another began to happen. On the bus, a blind, rigid driver sat motionless. In the morgue, a headless corpse twitched its limbs. In an abandoned hospital, a nurse in white stubbornly went 44Clicks34Favorites17Recs
  9. 9 Borrowing Yin Bones, Wife of the King of Hell 借阴骨,阎王妻 Suspense Mystery2.4M WordsOngoing To keep me alive, my grandfather threw me into a mass grave and buried me with nine stunningly beautiful female corpses. But he never expected someone to cut open my chest and dig out my bones, leaving me on the brink of death… 39Clicks2.1kFavorites79Recs
  10. 10 Murder Case 刑凶 Suspense Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing 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. 18Clicks1.6kFavorites500Recs
  11. 11 The Murder Handbook 谋杀手册 Suspense Mystery766k WordsOngoing A child of just four or five had been cruelly embedded in a wall by a killer. What the police uncovered inside the little body was even harder to accept: the remains of an adult man. None of us can know whether the one sleeping beside you is an angel or a demon. 17K’s most realistic crime investigation and deduction novel, with the tightest logic and sharpest reasoning. 15Clicks2.3kFavorites4kRecs
  12. 12 Destiny 天命 Suspense Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing Three years ago, the Strange Cases Division was mysteriously disbanded. All its files were sealed and classified as top secret. Three years later, an order brought someone who should have been dead back into the sights of those with ulterior motives. Who is he? What kind of past does he have? P.S. The late king left instructions: obey the Mandate of Heaven with utmost care. But what if you knew the Mandate of Heaven at every moment? 12Clicks16.3kFavorites14.6kRecs
  13. 13 Tales of a Desolate Village 荒村物语 Suspense Mystery5.3M WordsOngoing After ten years adrift, Shaoqiu was on his way home when, beneath the dim lights of dusk, he stumbled through a pitch-black doorway. Beyond it lay a village, with babbling streams and frogs calling from every direction. It was like a peach-blossom paradise, brimming with poetic charm, except... something about it felt unfamiliar. Could this be an illusion of a village? Were the figures before him not people, but ghosts?! But where was the real village where people lived? And where was home? 10Clicks90Favorites294Recs
  14. 14 Buried Alive by My Ex, I Turned Around and Married a Ghost Immortal 被前女友活埋,我反手迎娶鬼仙 Suspense Mystery487k WordsOngoing When I was fifteen, my father left a blood-written letter, entrusting me to his dearest friend and sworn brother. But three years later, that man stole all of my father's wealth and arranged a most ominous ghost marriage for me, intending to leave me without a grave. That night, the woman in her phoenix crown and red wedding robes tipped up my chin, a wicked smile playing on her lips. “From now on, you belong to me.” 9Clicks34Favorites130Recs
  15. 15 Little Daoist Friend: The Red Mountain Witch Book 小道友之红山巫书 Suspense Mystery3.0M WordsOngoing When heaven and earth fell into ruin, an unprecedented event took place in the Netherworld. From that day on, the Netherworld collapsed, the worlds of the living and the dead ceased to exist, and the human world was plunged into catastrophe. Strange events followed one after another... There are two books in the world: the Book of Heaven and the Book of Earth. They were born from the unreal and the real. The unreal ascends to heaven and vanishes without a trace, while the real falls to earth and 8Clicks119Favorites8.8kRecs
  16. 16 Corpse Sister 尸妹 Suspense Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing A desolate mountain village, a silent old building, a shadowy forest. There are always forbidden places nearby where strangers are not welcome... 7Clicks23kFavorites38kRecs
  17. 17 Notes of a Funeral Master 白事先生手记 Suspense Mystery221k WordsOngoing Shen Bai is twenty-two years old, from the Shen family village in Huaishu County, and the seventh generation of his family to serve as a funeral master. Funeral masters have no official post and are not listed in the household registers. They deal with the village's less speakable affairs: never answer if someone calls your name at midnight, never descend into an old well, never cut down a locust tree where someone hanged themselves, and never let a shaman collect your birth date. On the night 6Clicks2Favorites0Recs
  18. 18 My Paranormal Case Files 我的灵异档案 Suspense Mystery3.6M WordsOngoing Late at night, Xiao Wang from upstairs knocked on my door and asked if his cousin could stay at my place for one night. Looking at how sweet and innocent she seemed, I decided to do a good deed. But who could have guessed that she would actually... My name is Liu Yang. I'm a police officer from the legendary, most mysterious Division Seventeen! She strangled herself to death. He was tainted by evil blood and turned into a nightmare creature. He was an ancient corpse sealed away for thirty years. 5Clicks17.6kFavorites46.3kRecs
  19. 19 Ghostly Flames at the Foot of West Mountain 西山脚下的鬼火 Suspense Mystery195k WordsOngoing A series of murders drew the close attention of our public security bureau. I, Wang Jinqiao, head of the Investigation Section, went undercover in the enemy's secret service, disguised as one of their own, and won their trust. The story is full of twists and turns, intricately plotted, and gripping from start to finish. 3Clicks70Favorites431Recs
  20. 20 The Dragon Rider's Manuscript 骑龙手稿 Suspense Mystery142k WordsOngoing This story has ten cases, each around twenty chapters long. The first nine are self-contained, while the final case runs through all nine. The nine cases are inevitably connected, but each still stands on its own. So, dear readers following along, there's no need to push yourselves to read the whole story all at once. Sending love… 3Clicks19Favorites8Recs
  21. 21 True Records of Strange Cases 诡案实录 Suspense Mystery4.7M WordsOngoing Cases in the underworld are handled by ghost wardens. Cases in the living world are handled by the police. Cases on the border between yin and yang are handled by me. My name is Yuan Ye. I'm a beat cop in Ghost District No. 3 at the Yin-Yang Road Police Station. The living and the dead share the district. I've seen the most vicious living people and the kindest wronged spirits. I've witnessed the most gruesome crime scenes and heard about the most baffling murder cases. Ghosts kill people, and p 2Clicks912Favorites559Recs
  22. 22 The Mystery of the Hidden Game 暗局之谜 Suspense Mystery3.2M WordsOngoing A string of murders discovered on a stormy night entangles long-buried secrets of the martial world with the hidden currents of the city. Lou Mingzhi, a former criminal investigation captain dismissed from his post while pursuing an old wrongful conviction, unexpectedly receives an anonymous case file. The victims in it all bear a striking resemblance to survivors of the Qing Shuang Sword Case from twenty years ago. Meanwhile, folklorist Xie Yilan travels deep into the ancient city of Zhenjiang 2Clicks1Favorites0Recs
  23. 23 Hellish Nightmare 地狱梦魇 Suspense Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing 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 2Clicks416Favorites15.8kRecs
  24. 24 Supernatural Cases Through Spirit Vision 灵视诡案 Suspense Mystery228k WordsOngoing With his "Spirit Vision Eye," Xiao Yu cracks a series of strange and bizarre cases. Along the way, he meets the female lead, Li Yao, and the two join forces to fight evil forces and uncover a shocking conspiracy lurking behind it all. 2Clicks1Favorites0Recs
  25. 25 Global Horror: After Contracting the Campus Beauty, I Go Wild 全球惊悚:契约校花后我玩嗨了 Suspense Mystery207k WordsOngoing A mysterious revival, the supernatural descends. After transmigrating, Ji Ning becomes a tree root that costs just 9.9 yuan with free shipping! Just as the campus belle is about to use him as a bath stick and wring every last bit of value out of him, he can’t take it anymore and forces a contract! He evolves into a Ninefold Thunderstruck Wood! In the supernatural world, everyone lives in fear and constant anxiety. Ji Ning: “I haven’t bullied anyone. I’m this huge, so what’s wrong with wanting to 2Clicks5Favorites0Recs
  26. 26 Mystery Case: Chasing the Fog 谜案:寻雾追凶 Suspense Mystery611k WordsOngoing The day before New Year's Day, the Cheng County police station received a report: residents of a local home had eaten a human finger. The two people who found the severed finger were an elderly couple. To save themselves the trouble, they bought frozen dumplings from a street vendor. The dumplings tasted a little strange, but they assumed the meat had spoiled and thought nothing of it. Then, while eating their third dumpling, the old woman spat a piece of bone from her mouth. It had several bite 2Clicks215Favorites53Recs
  27. 27 Desperate Dawn 绝望黎明 Suspense Mystery2.4M WordsOngoing 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, 1Clicks52.6kFavorites45.9kRecs
  28. 28 Chronicles of a Late Heart 晚心录 Suspense Mystery358k WordsOngoing Lin Wan'er has never believed in ghosts or gods. Twelve years ago, her family was massacred. Her sister's final glance before she died, and the beautiful camellia clutched in her hand... Skulls demanding lives, ghosts delivering lanterns, masks made of human skin, the dead returning at midnight... It all sounds like supernatural nonsense. Lin Wan'er refuses to believe in evil. How could ghosts and gods exist in this world? The most inscrutable thing is the human heart. People are more frightenin 1Clicks139Favorites1.4kRecs
  29. 29 Weekly No. 01 零一号周刊 Suspense Mystery388k WordsOngoing Born in the Ghost Month, Jiang Jinjiu saw his life change forever after becoming a reporter investigating paranormal events. As he investigated more and more cases and met more and more people and beings, trouble kept finding him. Gradually, he realized he had been caught up in a conspiracy. And there was more than one mastermind behind it... 1Clicks87Favorites3kRecs
  30. 30 Peace Is a Miracle 平安即奇迹 Suspense Mystery88k WordsOngoing Lin Ansheng is on the verge of death after a car accident when he is reborn in the body of his seven-year-old self on the night of a great flood. Gradually, he discovers that he isn't the chosen one, but a "born vessel." Someone has been using "contracts" and anchors to shift misfortune onto him in exchange for the prosperity of their family. Gu Xuanzhou, the public face of the scheme, poses as a philanthropist while maintaining a century-old industry built on transferring calamity. Lin Ansheng 1Clicks0Favorites0Recs
  31. 31 Chasing the Killer 追凶惊魂 Suspense Mystery85k WordsOngoing An ordinary police officer is accidentally drawn into a bizarre case, and at the same time discovers a remarkable friend of his own. From then on, they embark on one life-and-death pursuit of criminals after another! Life is full of things that defy belief. Many people take them for granted, some seek answers to the very end, and others search for answers out of a sense of responsibility. Do not doubt that actions have consequences: every cause must have an effect. Even the beautiful natural wor 1Clicks65Favorites0Recs
  32. 32 There Is a Detective Agency 有一个侦探所 Suspense Mystery214k WordsOngoing There’s a detective agency in town. What? That’s really what it’s called? What a lazy name! An older brother who disappeared years ago? A violent best friend who’s also a future sister-in-law? A male lead who works as a host? A shy, nerdy guy? And a directionally challenged bear named Keke with an overactive imagination. The four team up to search for the missing brother, taking on odd jobs along the way to make ends meet. 1Clicks39Favorites23Recs
  33. 33 Playing at Life: Born to Die 游戏人间:向死而生 Suspense Mystery261k WordsOngoing Lu Longchuan leaped from the sixteenth floor, believing that everything would end there. But he didn't fall to his death. Instead, he fell into a desperate world of horror games. There were no rules here, only slaughter; no kindness from the living, only ghosts lurking all around. Humanity was as small as ants here, and life or death could be decided in an instant. Countless bizarre instances and vicious ghosts ran rampant across the world. Staying alive became the hardest thing to hope for. 1Clicks18Favorites22Recs
  34. 34 The Tianbao Mystery 天宝谜案 Suspense Mystery175k WordsOngoing In the fourth year of the Tianbao era, Hou Yanqing takes office as Vice Minister of Justice. A string of bizarre murders shakes Chang'an: a famous courtesan mysteriously burns to death during the Peony Lantern Festival, a silk merchant is found decapitated with no blood at the scene, and even a cursed doll appears deep within the palace. Drawing on the unusual forensic techniques taught by his foreign master, Hou Yanqing identifies a Western Regions poison incense from between the charred corpse 1Clicks2Favorites0Recs
  35. 35 A Soul Guide from the Yellow Springs 黄泉过阴人 Suspense Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing At the age of ten, a strange old man touched me, and from that day on, ghosts and monsters were everywhere, and demons plagued me. I was drawn into a bizarre and inexplicable world. Livestock went mad, my parents died violent deaths, and my childhood sweetheart vanished. A weasel spirit wanted my life, a ghost wanted my body, and a black goat stood in the shadows, cackling eerily. I studied talismans and Taoist texts, killed goats with a casual gesture, and destroyed vicious ghosts with my hands 1Clicks33Favorites198Recs
  36. 36 The Years I Walked the Shadow Path 我走阴的那几年 Suspense Mystery789k WordsOngoing More than ten years ago, a woman was sent to my home. To carry on the family line, my grandmother forced her to marry my father. Ten years later, my mother died in her wedding dress, hanging from the old crooked-neck tree at the village entrance. Everyone thought she had killed herself because she couldn't bear the rumors, but who could have guessed that her death wasn't so simple... 1Clicks27Favorites6Recs
  37. 37 Record of Strange Expeditions 探险诡事录 Suspense Mystery475k WordsOngoing Wang Xiaoqi, an avid explorer, takes the lead and invites the bold Li Yaoyao, Luo Xiaomao, who excels at wilderness survival, and the aloof, well-versed-in-folk-magic Qin Youruo to join her. The four head to an abandoned ancient village in a no-man's-land to investigate a century-old local legend about ghostly shadows in an old mansion. The village is shrouded in fog all year round and filled with deserted houses. Strange whispers can always be heard after nightfall, and past explorers have all 1Clicks1Favorites0Recs

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