A figure strolled along a trail, taking in the beauty of the flowers. Wherever she went, mu*ders seemed to follow in her wake.... more>>

She sought out a secluded spot under a crooked peach tree, closing her eyes to rest.

Out of the blue, a bundle came flying over a towering wall, and landed squarely into her arms.

She unwrapped the bundle revealing a freshly severed human head.

“Amituofo.”

Standing on her tiptoes, she steadily placed the head on the branches of the peach tree. Then she flapped her clothes, and airily departed from the scene. <<less

Qi Jiu was killed on his eighteenth birthday. After his death, he entered the resurrection game "Rule Illustrated Handbook".... more>>

Other players struggled to survive, and corpses and bones were everywhere in the instance world.

While newcomer Qi Jiu was trying to survive, he realized that things were becoming more and more out of place......

Former Employee of the Alienation Factory: "Boss, you blew up the factory. Can I get unemployment benefits?"

Millennium Zombie in the Mass Grave: "Boss, you smashed my original coffin. Does this count as a work-related injury?"

Ghost Bride of the Midnight Wedding: "Boss, you killed the ghost groom. Can I still get my 15 days of wedding leave granted? Or should I replace it with bereavement leave?"

Qi Jiu: ?????
Why do you guys look so familiar with me?

He seemed to possess some special ability, causing the monsters in the instances to address him as "Boss."

Until one day, he encountered the god-level boss 079 and discovered that this dangerous man had the exact same face as him...

Qi Jiu panicked: Oh my. Turns out I'm pirated.

*

079 was a legendary boss in the infinite world. With the strongest combat power and near-perfect face, players called him the unbeatable god of death.

Many years ago, 079's character data was stolen. The thief disappeared back to the real world and used 079's data to clone an artificial human.

Eighteen years later, in the terrifying world of infinite cycles, 079 met a special new player ——

This person used a face that looked exactly like his to play his subordinates around and crashed all the instances.

What should he do?

It doesn't matter, he's super, super narcissistic anyway.

[Personality Data Replication - Self Gong and Self Shou, God-level Boss Narcissistic Gong x Naughty and Crazy Pirated Shou] <<less

Ji Yao, the criminal investigation team leader, came home from work and knocked on the door of his new neighbour’s house. “Doctor, I broke the skin on my finger, and it hurts so much!”... more>>

Han Xi: “Sorry, police officer, forensic doctors only see dead people.”

Ji Yao leaned against the door and said, “I’m dead.”

Han Xi quietly watched him act: “Cause of death?”

Ji Yao smiled playfully. “Seduced to death by a certain beauty.”

Han Xi slammed the door. “Get out!”

One day, a long time later, he stood in front of her, and with a bang, a bullet hit his chest.

His breath was weak, but his smile was gentle. “It doesn’t hurt, and I can’t die. Don’t cry.” <<less

He Chuan Zhou had the same dream again. In that dream, a youngster would stand in front of everyone's questioning and doubts and said with a high-spirited yet arrogant voice : I will become a policeman !
She felt that this freak was lame, unlike herself, who just wanted to make money.... more>>

Fifteen years have passed, and everything that was supposed to grow had grown.

When they reunited after a long time, he was sitting in the car, a glass window separating them, wearing a suit and leather shoes, holding an unlit cigarette in his mouth, as if gritting his teeth, but his eyes slightly glanced outside, speaking arrogantly and provocatively: "Hey, Captain He. "

The so-called fate tricks people probably means that even though I have not changed my original intention, I still embarked on a completely different path from my dream. <<less

In the second year of his transmigration to the Zedoary Continent, Zhou Yan discovered that he had changed from alpha to omega. What’s worse, inhibitors, blockers and camouflage agents have not been developed yet. The people of this place were simple and natural, and occasionally people would enter their heat in public, on the street, attracting a bunch of onlookers.... more>>

Who could stand it, he was not an unevolved primitive. However, he had a good brain, all the cutting-edge technology of the Milky Way was packed inside, and a bottle of inhibitors can’t defeat him. Zhou Yan believes in science, science can solve everything.

The first day, a man in a black robe with an ugly face fell in front of Zhou Yan’s house, burning with a three-foot-high blue flame, looking very unscientific. Zhou Yan immediately decided to drag the body back and perform a thorough autopsy.

The black-robed man suddenly opened his eyes, and his ugly face fell to the ground with a “snap”.

“You don’t have that kind of setting where I have to be responsible for you when I see your actual face, do you?”

The black-robed man narrowed his eyes and sniffed gently, pulling up a flamboyant smile at Zhou Yan, “If you stay here any longer, I’m afraid it will be me who will have to be responsible.”

A scientist from the future with advanced science and technology transmigrates to the backward era of magic, encountering powerful magicians, hideous and ugly magical beasts, and a completely out-of-control pheromone… He also depends on science to survive, and appreciates the fierce sparks generated by the collision of science and magic. The style of this article was light-hearted, the protagonists were a technical person with high technology, one was a powerful magician. During the process of getting along with each other, their ideas collide fiercely. This article elaborates the history of the development of human political systems from a deep historical perspective, and together they lead the people of the otherworldly continent to prosperity. <<less

Yun Ling, on the eve of his sixteenth birthday, faces mixed feelings from his younger sisters, Yun Wei and Yun Chu, about the upcoming test to determine his cultivation talent—a critical milestone in this world where martial prowess can define one's destiny. ... more>>

Despite their teasing and doubts, Yun Ling harbors a secret determination fueled by a tragic past. He's not originally from Blue Star but a transmigrator who lost his parents at a young age and witnessed his father's mu*der—a powerful martial artist and vice master of the Golden Wind Martial Club. Adopted by Yun Jinglin, Yun Ling has lived with a burning desire for revenge against his father's killer, now a grandmaster level martial cultivator.

On Blue Star, a planet transformed by disaster thirty years ago that unleashed ferocious beasts and dark demonic energy, humans discovered the power of vitality, giving rise to superhuman warriors and a new era of martial cultivation.

Will he possess the cultivation talent needed to pursue his quest for revenge and protect those he cares for in a world where ferocious beasts and martial might reign supreme? <<less

Zhou Jibo's world shatters when betrayal strikes from the least expected quarter—his fiancée, Zheng Xunqin. ... more>>

Drugged and robbed of his cultivation ability by Zheng, a member of the allied Zheng family, Zhou finds himself crippled in a realm where martial prowess rules all.

Reborn in a mysterious new world after a tragic end in modern times, he discovers he's not just any youth, but one blessed with an Earth Spirit bone root, a marker of potential greatness now tragically marred.

As he silently endures the agonizing theft of his bone root, a sudden twist of fate awakens the ""Universal Attribute Point System"" within him, presenting a Newbie Gift Bag that promises unimaginable power. <<less

After a red meteor slashed through the heavens, human progress ground to a halt. ... more>>

Since that momentous day, humanity lost its ability to create rockets, nuclear weapons, airplanes, cars...

The towering pyramid of civilization, meticulously built from the achievements of modern science, crumbled into dust.

Yet, the catastrophe didn't stop there. The grey realm, following the arrival of the red meteor, like a ghostly reflection behind a mirror, dragged the civilized world bit by bit into the abyss of disorder.

In this new age, a human life was no more significant than a speck of dust, yet amidst the ruins, humanity's spirit shone as brightly as the stars.

Amid the crumbling edifice, observers could see a figure—an actor—defiantly standing on the wreckage of civilization, his red cloak as vivid as blood, his expressions flickering between laughter and tears. Behind him, the curtain of the era gently parted. With arms wide open, he whispered to all who would listen— "Let the show begin." <<less

Seven years ago, Hua Chong, a member of Special Force from the Luocheng City Bureau, was deployed to the Beixi border to support anti-terrorism. Two years later, the mission was accomplished, and Hua Chong was transferred back to Luocheng. However, instead of going back to the Special Force Detachment, he voluntarily transferred to the Criminal Investigation Detachment. Several years later, Hua Chong became the head of the Criminal Investigation Detachment’s Serious Crime Unit. Soon after, a young and talented elite from the Information Warfare Team of the Ministry of Public Security was suddenly transferred into the Serious Crime Unit. The seemingly ‘successful’ mission on the Beixi border five years ago had already changed the... more>> destinies of two individuals.

Protagonists: Hua Chong and Liu Zhiqin. <<less

The Apostle Theo, respected by all, has died.
And then, he resurrected.
“I can tear apart ghosts.”
With the abilities from his previous life.

Millicent was accused of being a witch and burned at the stake.... more>>

She was brought back to life for some reason, but she kept her past a secret.

Then one day, a request from the Queen came in. She wanted her to kill the five ladies who were considered candidates for the King’s consort.

Millicent complied with her request out of personal vengeance.

Somehow, Millicent got terribly involved with the notorious king. Despite the advice that nothing good would come to attract his attention.

She even got a glimpse of his real face hidden under a nice mask....

“The opposite of indifference is obsession.”

The presence of the king who approached playfully was annoying and unsettling.

Millicent realized.

The fact that she had been moving on his chessboard for some time.

And she knew that the bloody number given to her was not five. <<less

At the beginning of 1975, Yukiko, the young proprietress of the Sakuradani-kan hot spring inn, fell into a coma for unknown reasons. Her only daughter, Hinami, who was attending a boarding school for girls in Tokyo, was summoned to her birthplace, Sengatake Village, by a telegram informing her of her mother’s critical condition.... more>>

Upon returning to her hometown for the first time in two years, she is told a shocking revelation by the village doctor, Reiko.

Her mother, Yukiko, who had never regained consciousness, was pregnant with a six-month-old fetus in her belly.

[It’s impossible for Mother to be pregnant…! Who is it?]
Saemon, Yukiko’s husband and Hinami’s father, died in a fire the summer of last year. It was difficult for her to accept her mother’s pregnancy as she was in mourning. However, further confusion awaited her.

Three men appear claiming to have imp**gnated her, and begin to fight over custody of Hinami and the vast wealth of the Sakuradani family. <<less

【Handsome straight cop/Mixed-race metros*xual forensic pathologist】... more>>

They are working together to solve a series of strange cases!

Every serious case tells a story of life and death, laughter and tears,

all awaiting your investigation… <<less

The struggles between the puppet king and the nobles, in a 22nd-century royal city stained with violence and corruption, where prostitution and violence run rampant, there lives a young man named Ray Arisa, scraping by while running a secondhand bookstore in a corner of the brothel. Ray, impoverished and plagued by illness, seeks to forget the pain tormenting him and spends a night with a randomly chosen partner at the Gaiba, a place where people go to indulge themselves, only to meet a mysterious man affiliated with the political gang Guiger.... more>>

Ray, with his neat appearance and polite speech, and the man, who harbors an unexpectedly violent passion in the bedroom, continue to meet by chance. As their relationship, which started as a simple one-night stand, becomes increasingly complicated... <<less

Welcome to the Rose Mansion.... more>>

This letter has been written to assist you in leading a safe and peaceful life in the manor for the coming year. Please make an effort to fully acquaint yourself with the following rules at your earliest convenience, and adhere to them as a matter of utmost priority under any circumstances.

Bear in mind that you will bear full responsibility for any consequences resulting from the violation of these rules.

***

Life plummeted in an instant after her father’s death.

She struggled desperately, even amidst her mother’s extravagance and the mounting debts that they could not overcome.

“Mother, are you… are you really suggesting I be sold to a man older than you right now?”

Yet, everything collapsed with just one sentence from her mother.

Then, an offer to become a tutor came from the wealthiest and most prestigious household of the kingdom, House Otis. She had no choice but to accept.

"Welcome to the most fragrant tomb in the world, Miss Richelle Howard. Let's be good, amicable corpses together."

A mansion covered in roses. The dazzlingly beautiful Otis family.

Within it, strange incidents began, slowly tightening their grip around her neck.

Now, it’s time to face the consequences of her choice.

***

We sincerely hope you have a safe and enjoyable year. Let’s have fun together. <<less

The day when the Crisis Management Office’s Psychological Adjustment Department was officially established, staff member Xie Zijing decided to pull out all the stops and passionately pursue his ex-boyfriend, Qin Ge, who seemed to be suffering from amnesia.... more>>

Department head Qin Ge also decided to pull out all the stops, first clearing the yellow waste that had overloaded Xie Zijing’s mind.

Note: The story has nothing to do with the real sea area; here “sea area” refers to the spiritual world in the minds of sentinels and guides. <<less

An exclusive opportunity! Travel back seven days with eight strangers.... more>>

I don’t care about what they’re here for; I just want to win the lottery and escape poverty!

What? What did you say?

That guy, he’s in trouble… <<less

Lu Tong went to the mountains to study medicine for seven years. When she returned home, she discovered that things had changed.... more>>

Her older sister was harmed by others and died,

Her older brother was put in jail full of injustices,

Her father went to the capital to voice his grievances, but encountered a flood along the way,

Her mother went crazy overnight and died in a fire.

Lu Tong packed up her medicine box and went to fight in Jingzhou.

Pay back your debts with coin, pay back your mu*ders with your life!

If there is no judge, I will be King Yan!

***

One after another, the noble families in the capital encountered troubles.

The commander of the Imperial Guard, Pei Yunying, secretly investigated the matter. A female doctor at Renxin Medical Center became his main suspect.

However...

Before he could find any evidence, she took action against him. <<less

I ran away because I didn’t want to be witch-hunted. However, the place where I ended up was a lawless area infested with crime. I gambled with everything I had, but why did the damn dice roll out of the board! ... more>>

“As long as you have that mark, you can’t get away from me.”

To make matters worse, I was kidnapped by Huzga Dias, a mu*der maniac, so I decided to tame him in order to survive. But what’s this? Why does it feel like he’s been tamed even before training? <<less

In the horror game “Killer’s Night”, I possessed the body of “Arviche Green,” Learmond’s tutor.... more>>

However, Arviche will be the tenth victim of the game. As expected, as soon as she was possessed, she died at the hands of the criminal.

When I opened my eyes again, a heart on the top bar disappeared. There were only two hearts left.

All Arviche wants is to survive. The first round failed, but in the second round, I had to live like a dead mouse.

The prime suspect was her employer, Duke of Learmond, Lakers!

Since he might be the culprit, Arviche tried to stay away from him as much as possible.

Contrary to my intentions, I attracted Lakers’ attention…

“Remember when I said that Lady Green was very interesting? That word should be withdrawn.”

It was nice to hear.

The killer’s interest was just terrifying.

“It may not be enough to say that you are interesting.”

[Lakers Learmond’s favorability has increased]

‘…Huh? This isn’t right.’ <<less

Yu Tiantian transmigrated into a cannon fodder supporting female character in a period drama. The supporting female character married the foolish younger brother of the male lead.... more>>

After marriage, the supporting female character was dissatisfied with her foolish husband and often flirted with the male lead behind his back, using means to bully the foolish brother. The foolish brother, naive and simple-minded, endured her bullying silently. Eventually, she pushed him into the river, drowning him.

When Yu Tiantian transmigrated, it happened to be her wedding night with the foolish brother.

Looking at her handsome yet foolish husband, Yu Tiantian: "…" She wanted to cry but couldn't shed a tear.

Yu Tiantian was protective by nature. Although she was dissatisfied with transmigrating in such a manner and ending up with a foolish husband, she wouldn't tolerate others bullying him. Whenever someone bullied him, she would protect him like a mother hen guarding her chicks.

…

Xiao Heng was reborn. After his rebirth, he wasn't foolish anymore; he was exceptionally intelligent. On their wedding night, he thought this beautiful yet treacherous wife would make him sleep on the cold floor like in their previous life, not even giving him a blanket. However, to his surprise, she asked him to sleep together on the bed.

Not only that, in their previous life, she always made him sneakily steal bird eggs for her to eat. If he failed to get the eggs, she would pinch him all over, leaving him covered in bruises. But in this life, this wife found ways to get delicious food for him and instructed him not to tell anyone.

Xiao Heng: "…" He couldn't help but feel that his wife had also been reborn.

But later, he learned that his wife hadn't been reborn, but… <<less

In the winter of three years ago, the first locked room mu*der in Japanese history was committed.... more>>

All of the evidence pointed to the defendant. It was certain they were guilty. And yet, they were found innocent and released. Why? Because the crime scene was a perfect locked room no one from the police or the prosecutor's office could solve.

"Since the room was locked, it was impossible for the defendant to have committed the mu*der. It's no different than if they had a perfect alibi." That was the argument of the defense, and that was the argument the judge sided with.

The ruling sent a ripple throughout Japanese society. No matter how suspicious you were or how much evidence you left behind, as long as you managed to create a locked room that no one could solve, you were immune from prosecution. With the common anti-mystery fiction talking point "there's no reason anyone would ever actually commit a locked room mu*der" completely overturned, the rate of locked room mu*ders in Japan skyrocketed.

When the police proved unable to deal with the surge of locked room crime, the Ministry of Justice published an official categorization of all known locked room tricks as an investigative aid. When that proved insufficient, Division Zero of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, a police division dedicated solely to solving locked rooms, was created. When that still proved insufficient, locked room detectives, private investigators specializing in locked rooms, were officially licensed by the state and authorized to participate in police investigations. Calling a locked room appraiser, someone specializing in searching buildings for secret passages, is now a common first step in criminal investigations.

On the other side of the spectrum, locked room agents, assassins and crime planners specializing in locked room mu*ders, have become some of the most notorious criminals in Japanese history, and even a cult worshiping the scenes of locked rooms as a way to purify the souls of the deceased has made rapid inroads into Japan.

The protagonist, Kasumi Kuzushiro, is an introverted, somewhat cynical high school student who loves mysteries. Kasumi often finds himself dragged along on bizarre journeys by his flighty childhood friend, Yozuki Asahina. Due to their staggeringly bad luck, these trips often leave them in the wrong place at the wrong time to be caught up in locked room mysteries. Fortunately, another of Kasumi's childhood friends, Shitsuri Mitsumura, is the greatest locked room expert in the world, and can always discover the truth.

Hm? How did a high school girl become the greatest locked room expert in the world?

It's simple.

She's...

Volume 1 was the grand prize winner of the 2022 This Mystery Is Amazing! awards. <<less

In the prosperous Jianglong City, women and children disappear every day, and strange clouds gather over the city.... more>>

A puzzle piece was sent to the police station, and the clues pointed to the recent frequent disappearances.

The police discovered that this was not an ordinary puzzle piece but human skin, and it came from the mu*derer of another case.

Is it the mu*derer? Or the victim? Who is the perpetrator?

Yu Jing, the leader of the Serious Crime Team Two, grew up among gangsters and made jokes on weekdays, but when it comes to serious matters, he immediately becomes serious and leads his men straight to the scene. He discovered that the clues in the case were very similar to an old case from fifteen years ago.

This case was inextricably linked to the major child abduction case fifteen years ago.

In order to solve the case faster, the city bureau called in a helping hand. They heard it was the forensic section chief from the city bureau next door, “Lu Yidao”*, who claims to be able to make the dead speak.

Accidentally, the two met at the crime scene, and both thought the other was a gangster. After a few rounds of fighting, both of them were impressed.

Even if the misunderstanding was resolved, the relationship was still forged.

The appearance of mysterious puzzle pieces actually formed a mysterious sun totem.

Although the two of them started fighting each other as soon as they met, in the face of the sudden case, they made a tacit agreement to temporarily reconcile and joined hands to face the sea of blood and avenge countless dead souls.

“The sun means rebirth and burns everything. I am willing to use my mortal body to withstand all kinds of difficulties and dangers. Even if it turns into embers, I will have no regrets.”

“Even if the night is endless, as long as faith never goes out, I will be the fireworks that light up the way forward.”

[Gong, the leader of the crime team with explosive combat power and intelligence, vs. Shou, the forensic doctor who looks weak but actually punches.]

*Lu Yidao 陆一刀: One sword Lu; it might be a nickname for Lu Yan. <<less

Wake up and an unknown door has appeared in your home… Behind each door is a completely unfamiliar world. ... more>>

In the nightmare world, Jiang Cheng relays the news from the Hunk to the Fatty, adding his own spin to the story.

The Fatty almost cried in fear hearing it.
“My whole family will be strung upside down for blood-letting if I die here?”

“That’s what I heard.”

“Then, how come you don’t look scared at all?” The fatty widened his eyes.

Jiang Cheng turned around and replied in a very formal tone, “Because I’m an orphan.” <<less

The moment she opened her eyes, she was in a secret room. ... more>>

"Do you remember anything?"
“…No. I don't remember anything. What about you?"
"I don’t remember anything at all."

A faint 30 on the wall. Tinnitus rang in her ears.

"Were you the first to wake up?"
"That seems to be the case. Unless someone is pretending to be asleep."

The man next to her looked away from the people and replied quietly. Then, he was about to say something, but closed his mouth and stared. The clicking sound of the lighter suddenly ceased.

"What’s wrong? Is there something on my face?"

When she asked quizzically, the man finally spoke after a long while.

"It feels like we know each other." <<less