Half Human, Half Ghost

Shen HuDejian Novel

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Word count
651K words
Chapters
3

Tags

Featured Fiction Mystery and Suspense SuspenseExplorationAdventure MysteryStrange DisappearanceAlienationHorror Legend

Summary

After the college entrance exam, Jin Tong and his childhood friend Hu Duoduo return to their abandoned hometown, Gui Village, where generations have passed down terrifying legends about the northwest city wall and the forbidden zone of the C-shaped mountain hollow. Jin Tong's grandfather once told of a boy named Hu Daguang who vanished mysteriously after approaching the wall. Hu Duoduo is Hu Daguang's grandnephew, and hopes this trip back to the village will uncover the mystery of his great-uncle's disappearance. The two venture deep into the forbidden zone, encounter monsters and the strange serial disappearance of their companions, and gradually unravel the mystery of "half-human, half-ghost" creatures, confronting—amid their struggle to survive—a truth where human-ghost coexistence, historical legend, and real-world conspiracy intertwine.

Editor's review

Suitable for readers who like mountain-village weird tales and closed-space suspense. The draw is how ancestral legend echoes the Daguang disappearance case, with layers of ambush built around the "half-human, half-ghost" creatures; multi-perspective narration makes the horror atmosphere full, and the final reveal is quite satisfying. The weakness is that the language is colloquial and rough, some passages rely on sensational elements for effect, and the reasoning logic is somewhat loose.

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Reading tips

  1. Read Chapter 1 first, where grandfather recounts Daguang's disappearance near the wall; grasp the book's core suspense
  2. Note the kinship between Hu Duoduo and Hu Daguang; it determines the protagonist's motive for returning
  3. After finishing, look back at chapter titles such as "Corpse Fraud" and "Ghost Driver" to appreciate the horror tone's buildup

About the publisher

Dejian Novel

Dejian Novel is a Chinese book publishing brand centered on online literature. Publicly available information is limited, and details such as its country or region and founding year are not recorded. Judging from the 18 titles in the database, its publishing focus is on quality fiction and premium web novels, covering both female-oriented and male-oriented fiction. Historical romance titles include "Ruling the World: The Divorced Mute Concubine Is Wild" and "Strategies for the Realm: The First Wild Concubine", while modern romance titles include "Flash Marriage, Sweet Love: Husband, Don't Mess Around" and "Cute Baby Arrives: Daddy, Please Sign". Male-oriented works include "Sky-Holding Feather Emperor" and "Thunder Lord". Representative authors include Dian Ba, Xin You Ling Xi, Liu Yue Chu, Hua Shi, Su Su Xiao Qin, Xue Qing Lan, Lin Zi Mu and Xuan Yue Bing Tu, with subject matter spanning historical romance, modern romance and fantasy, giving the list a genre-driven, series-oriented web-fiction publishing character.

Contents

  1. Chapter 1: The Perilous City Wall
  2. Chapter 2: Shadowy Doubts of the Old Village
  3. Chapter 187: I Am the Final Big Winner (Ending)

FAQ

What story does this book tell? The protagonist returns to an abandoned mountain village to explore a forbidden zone and uncovers the mystery of half-human, half-ghost creatures and a disappearance case.
Is the novel complete? It is complete, with 187 chapters, ending with "I Am the Final Big Winner."
Where is this book serialized? Mainly on platforms such as Dejian Novel and Zhangyue.

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About the author

Shen Hu Author

Shen Hu is an author with limited publicly available information. The existing records show only three works in the library, including The Female Ghosts Run Rampant and Half-Human Ghost, usually classified under premium fiction, horror and thriller, and mystery and suspense. These works and categories suggest that Shen Hu leans toward supernatural and ghost-themed writing, using figures such as female ghosts and half-human ghosts as narrative cores to build a frightening atmosphere and drive suspenseful plots. The works tend to carry the generic traits of horror fiction, unfolding stories between eerie encounters and unknown fears, satisfying readers' appetite for terror while retaining a measure of mystery and tension. Since no reliable records of education, career, or similar details are available, this sketch can only be based on the works and classifications in the library, and further inferences about the author's life are not warranted.