Since it rang once, can you recommend it?

I don't really remember the first half of the story. It was the sound of marbles falling from the main character's upstairs. Later on, I found out that it was a clock that would turn on a switch every midnight and a bead would fall out. Then I forgot what happened. The main character went to a villa and there were seven people inside. He asked each of them to tell a story. I remember it was the scariest story or something. After a series of stories, someone died. However, when it was about to end, the main character realized that it was actually fake. Then, two people came out to explain that this was something like an entrance test and that one could only join after passing it. I'm begging for the name of this novel. It seems to be a physical book... Help, I've been looking for it for a long time.

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" Bizarre City and House of Creatures " is a mystery detective and mystery adventure novel written by the author, Ximen Xunxiang. The general plot of this novel is:

The unfinished building stood in the city and looked down on everyone's heart. No one knew what was inside. Until one day, the boy I liked, and a few other classmates accidentally entered this building and encountered a series of unimaginable and terrifying things. We were on the verge of death several times, but in the end, we still fell into the hands of the devil. When everyone was almost in despair, the appearance of the mysterious figure could lead us to survival and escape?
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When Evening Comes was a mystery novel written by a lazy and idle author. The general plot of the novel was:

In the middle of the night, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the house. Because of an accident, he was involved in the world of the strange residential building to witness the strange residents. After many encounters, Du Lin gradually discovered the truth of this world. But in the end, everything that happened to Du Lin came from the mysterious diary that his girlfriend left him before she disappeared.
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" Romance at 3:30 A.M." was a mystery detective and horror novel written by the author, Gu Loubei. The general plot of the novel was:

When the Spring Festival is approaching, the blizzard blocks people's way home. After the male protagonist's plan to return home for the New Year has failed, he can only stay in a foreign land to celebrate the festival alone. However, after returning to his rented house, a series of strange events occur. The protagonist is wandering between reality and dreams, gradually peeling off the truth of the incident layer by layer. However, he is also trapped in it and cannot extricate himself…
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The book," Look at the Rise of Zhu Lou ", was a modern romance novel written by the author, Wan Lai Feng. The general plot of this novel was:

Later, that gunshot was the last trace of her in the human world. One night, Jiang Yansheng rummaged through all the documents at home just to find a pregnancy diagnosis that was not made up. She closed her eyes. The image of Pei Ge in her dream was too real. He kept feeling that she was not dead…
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" Mysteries in Dreams " was a mystery detective and horror novel written by Mystery House. The general plot of this novel was:

I didn't know if this was real or a dream!
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The book," The Strange Tales of the City that Shines on the Qin ", was a suspense novel written by Lu Ziyi. The general plot of the novel was:

The diary that he accidentally opened allowed the story to continue, and the nightmare continued.
Until…Wake up…
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Midnight Hunt was a mystery novel written by the author, Slytherin. The general plot of the novel was:

A young man who was studying found his beloved girlfriend dead in his own bathroom. When he calmed down, he realized that his girlfriend seemed to have countless secrets. A year after this incident, he was still troubled. One night, he suddenly saw the hope of understanding the truth. The night in the big city was not as peaceful as it seemed…
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" Hidden Dead Corner " was a sci-fi futuristic novel written by the author, Rollie. The general plot of this novel was:

Have you heard of it? If you turned on the music player in the dead of the night, put on headphones, and hid under the blanket to cover your head, listening to the single repeatedly. If you were unlucky and opened your eyes again, you would no longer be lying on your own bed, but would enter a strange space that was completely isolated from reality. That space…On the surface, it looked like the places we usually see, such as our bedroom, the living room, the underground garage, the bathroom, the basketball court, the construction site, etc. However, if you looked carefully, you would realize that it was different…Everything is different. This was the experience of an ordinary person who had obtained an Esper Ability and gradually transformed and grown in the Otherworld to reach the extreme.
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" Silver Fox at Midnight: A Strange Story Every Night " was a mystery novel written by the author, Nine Pine. The general plot of the novel was:

How many stories are happening in the city at night that you don't know? At midnight, when people were sleeping soundly, how many mysteries were knocking on the hearts of those who were awake? A speeding train on a rainy night, a real and illusory heavenly eye, and a mysteriously disappearing bullet…Follow the descendants of the famous Great Sui hero Yuwen Cheng and approach the stories that are happening!
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" Let Me Tell You My Secret " was a modern romance novel written by Jin Zifan. The general plot of the novel was:

It was already past two in the morning, and the noisy nightlife gradually quieted down. At the end of Yu 'an Street, a shop's lamp flickered with a faint blue light, like a ghost fire that had escaped from the region.