The Protagonists in Apocalypse Novels Never Seem Ruthless Enough 感觉末日小说的主角都不怎么狠

1. 301 末 Apocalypse Villain: You Want to Borrow Money from Me to Stock Up? Get Lost! 末世反派：找我借钱囤货？滚蛋！ Mr. Ji Shuai纪帅先生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted [Unusual Hoarding] [Villain] [Apocalypse] [Subverts Expectations] [Endless Golden Fingers] [Epic Thrills] I transmigrated into an Apocalypse rebirth novel as the Villain, and stole the protagonist’s woman right from the start! On top of that, I became the owner of a loan company, so the protagonist hated me for charging exorbitant interest! The Apocalypse would arrive in seven days, and the protagonist planned to kill me first to kick things off! Su Yun was freaking out! What was he supposed to 2.2kReads7.7Score260Shelves
2. 302 末 The Doomsday Maniac Only Wants to Raise a Kid 末日狂徒只想带娃 Little Immortal Tangerine仙家小橘Sci-Fi & Apocalypse414k WordsOngoing [Doomsday + natural disasters + dad + mutation + ruthless + no female lead + no saintly protagonist] After the cataclysm, human civilization suffers a devastating blow. Technology collapses, resources run scarce, disasters strike one after another, and creatures mutate. Everyone lives in fear. They sell themselves for a mouthful of water. They abandon their families for a bite to eat. Children are deemed useless and casually discarded. Yet one man chooses to do the exact opposite. “You can pick 10Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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   Non-traditional post-apocalyptic story; protagonist wields a large sword; weak sense of morality.

3. 303 末 Doomsday! More Children, More Blessings! I Build a Divine Family 末日！多子多福！我打造神灵家族 Dongguang Native东光人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse435k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2.4kReads8.0Score159Shelves

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   🌧️Acid rain destroys the world, and order collapses. A 70-year-old man is AFK cultivating, gaining +1 combat power every minute! While others struggle to survive, he's becoming a god—the strongest in the apocalypse, fighting to the death!

4. 304 都 It's the Apocalypse, So Having a Few Extra Powers Is Only Reasonable 都末世了，有亿点异能很合理吧 Lousy Uncle辣鸡的uncleSci-Fi & Apocalypse912k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Natural Disasters + Powerful Protagonist + Satisfying Read with No Logic + No Romance + Word Spirit] Ling Ran, a powerful word-spirit master, unexpectedly transmigrated into a book set in an apocalypse, and she found the new world fascinating. When surrounded by zombies, Ling Ran: “God says I can fly.” The ability users watched as she rose into the air, despite having no wings, and slowly dropped their jaws. When they needed to retrieve research materials but the ability users were 27.2kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves

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   Read the first book! The female lead is a major villain, and she doesn't get redeemed. Every character is incredibly unique and memorable. The author's writing is superb, and the later parts will absolutely blow you away. [A masterpiece by Sparrow Eater]

5. 305 末 Apocalypse: Starting by Threatening the Cool and Sweet School Beauties 末世：从威胁清冷和清甜校花开始 First Sun on a Leaf叶上初阳Sci-Fi & Apocalypse623k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Illustrations + Rich in Detail + Vividly Drawn Female Leads] He returned to ten minutes before the apocalypse began. In his previous life, Xu Feng was a stepping stone thrown off a building by his classmates to feed the zombies. This time, his System awakened, and Xu Feng was thrilled. Except… something seemed off about this System? First mission: [Passionately kiss a goddess-level beauty in front of everyone]. So… Xu Feng faced Su Yuewei, the aloof campus belle who had just reject 2.7kReads7.7Score356Shelves

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   She doesn't get defeated, and the female lead is well-portrayed too. [Facepalm]

6. 306 末 Reborn in the Apocalypse, I Stole the Heroine’s Golden Finger! 末世重生，我抢了女主的金手指！ The Goldfish Doesn't Eat Fish金鱼不吃鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse528k WordsCompleted Pay attention: Female-led, no romance! An ultra-satisfying apocalypse story! She was once a ray of light in the apocalypse, unstoppable every step of the way. But in the end, she was framed by a treacherous villain! Lin Mo: You want to hurt me? I’ll kill you first! On the brink of death, she unexpectedly learned that she was only a supporting female character!!! And that this world was nothing but a book written by a brainless author!!! Hah, the heroine isn’t all that great either. (Picks teet 1.2kReads8.7Score105Shelves

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   It's a good-looking bag, featuring a strong female lead with no romantic partner.

7. 307 穿 Transmigrated to the Apocalypse, the Big Shot Hoards Supplies Like Crazy 穿到末世，大佬一路疯狂囤货 Huang Xiaobai黄小白Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + satisfying read + no romance + natural disasters and apocalypse + transmigrate into a book + reborn + space + stockpiling + infrastructure building + companions] [Content warning] There is no romance, but an excellent female lead will attract admirers. Skip this if that bothers you. [Content warning] The female lead has companions. She isn’t a lone wolf. [Content warning] The female lead is the strongest fighter, and her golden finger is outrageously powerful. [Content 18.7kReads9.2Score2kShelves
8. 308 惊 What?! After Awakening, the Vicious Female Villain Becomes a Legend in the Apocalypse! 惊！恶毒女配觉醒后在末世封神！ Qiao Zheng翘峥Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] [Apocalypse + reborn comeback + strong heroine adored by everyone + satisfying space-upgrade power fantasy + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + all the villains and cannon fodder change their fates + a CP, but not Wang Chen] The apocalypse arrived. But Ye Xi was controlled by the plot and turned into a vicious supporting female character hated by everyone. She watched helplessly as her older sister, Ye Yan, was manipulated and killed by the “male lead,” Wang Chen! In the end, she 35.4kReads9.1Score4.3kShelves
9. 309 恶 The Rise of a Villainess, Going Wild in the Apocalypse 恶女崛起，在末世发癫 Shabby School Heartthrob破烂校草Sci-Fi & Apocalypse485k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] [Ensemble Cast] [No Saintly Protagonist] [Natural Disasters] [Zombies] [No CP] [Decisive and Ruthless] Li Peibai struggled to survive for ten years in the apocalypse. After dying, she returned to the time before it began, right when she was sent to a psychiatric hospital for offending her sugar daddy. To prepare for the apocalypse, she acted without hesitation and escaped the hospital with several patients from next door! She thought this was the end of the world, but it turned out 18.6kReads8.9Score3.6kShelves

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   1. No romantic pairing, ensemble cast, the female lead is more of an observer; 2. Post-apocalyptic rebirth, BL (Boys' Love)

10. 310 末 Doomsday: I Take the Campus Beauties on a World Tour 末日：我带着女神校花环游世界 Classmate Cola可乐同学Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsCompleted [Apocalyptic power fantasy + Self-interest + Decisive and ruthless + Game-like stats, don't read if that's not your thing] Early-game growth, invincible by the mid-to-late game! (Important characters, monsters, and settings are illustrated. The stats were recorded and calculated using software.) He transmigrated to Blue Star just as the apocalypse broke out, and gained an auxiliary shopping-mall System. Egged on by the System, Su Yu exchanged points for a high-tech RV and embarked on a journ —Reads—Score23.9kShelves
11. 311 末 The Apocalypse Arrives, and I Can Sweep Through Everything 末世降临，我能横推一切 Tianjiu Madman天九狂人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse102k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + Reborn + Decisive and Ruthless + Passionate + System + Spiritual Qi Revival + Mecha = High-Octane, Extremely Satisfying Action] Lin Yu is reborn. He returns to the eve of the apocalypse, seven years in the past. From the moment he opens his eyes, he decides to build a new world, one governed by his own rules. When the apocalypse arrives, kill the bleeding hearts first! P.S. I'm no good at writing blurbs. Please read the story. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is ruthless and decisive, but he doesn't kill indiscriminately. He usually eliminates enemies on the spot, without weakening his own forces, and sweeps his way through!

12. 312 末 Apocalypse Villain: Starting by Stealing the School Beauty from the Female Lead 末世反派：从截胡校花女主开始 Cangyun Ferryman苍云摆渡Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Villain + System + Special Abilities] (If you only want mindless killing and can't accept the protagonist doing bad things, don't read this!) Lu Yu transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a rich second-generation heir. What? The apocalypse is coming in a week, and all of humanity will start evolving? And he's actually the villain of the apocalypse? When he learns that the protagonist, Chu Feng, will be reborn before the apocalypse arrives, he immediately starts laying his pla 28.9kReads8.8Score2kShelves
13. 313 末 Doomsday: I Started with a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and My Talent Is Dual Cultivation? 末日：开局霸王龙，天赋是双修？ Honey-Glazed Pork Chops蜜汁猪排Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.5M WordsOngoing [No System + Crushing All Opposition + Plenty of Female Characters + Ruthless and Decisive] [Overpowered from the Start, with Dual-Cultivation Talent Plundering] When the apocalypse arrives, humanity awakens the abilities of the animals they have just eaten! Some eat pork ribs and awaken a pig's skin! Some eat donkey meat and awaken a donkey's stamina! But Chen Xiao, reborn from the future, chooses to gnaw on fossils! 43.1kReads8.1Score3.3kShelves
14. 314 重 Reborn in the Apocalypse: I Become the Ultimate Homelander! 重生末世：化身祖宗人！ Forty Meters四十米Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted (P.S. The satisfying moments don't really kick off until after Chapter 60, so be patient.) Reborn seven days before the apocalypse, Wang Yan unexpectedly awakened two extraordinary abilities. He was not only incredibly powerful in battle, but could also conjure things out of thin air. Milk tea with extra ice and regular sugar, medium-well steak, all kinds of delicious food, alcohol, tobacco, and medicine: all he had to do was snap his fingers, and whatever he wanted appeared. Using his memories 12.3kReads8.8Score896Shelves
15. 315 末 Doomsday Descends: The Campus Goddess Begs Me to Kill Her 末日降临：女神校花求我杀了她 Happy Little Dove快乐的小鸽子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted (No saintly heroine + decisive and ruthless + power struggle and growth. The story takes a while to get going, so don't read if you dislike that. Moral guardians, don't come looking for attention.) Su Han transmigrates to a parallel world just as an apocalyptic crisis strikes, and his System activates. He gains lightning powers from the start, becoming the Thunder Lord. Lightning clears the way, and zombies are all reduced to charcoal. He encounters the cool and beautiful school belle Asama Meik 5kReads9.0Score582Shelves
16. 316 末 Apocalypse: The Years We Spent Coasting 末世:混日子的那些年 Evil Abyss邪渊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + System + Decisive and Ruthless + Humanity + Childhood Sweethearts] (All the events described in this synopsis unfold after Chapter 350. The System only provides support in the early stages, and its effects aren’t very powerful. If that’s not for you, you’ve been warned!) After dying, Lu Ning, an eighth-tier evolver in his previous life, returns to the time before the apocalypse. When he sees once more the girl who died before his eyes, Lu Ning swears he will protect her with all 197Reads8.6Score107Shelves
17. 317 末 Apocalypse: I Can Hear Other People's Thoughts 末世：我能听到别人心声 Do You Think I Have a Chance?你看我有机会吗Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Reborn + Superpowers] Xiao Jun, who had survived six years of the Apocalypse, was reborn before it began. Can he stockpile supplies, kill zombies, and even hear other people's thoughts? The school belle's top-tier opportunity? Sorry, I'm taking it all! Xiao Jun: One day, I'll figure out the origins of this Apocalypse. 36.1kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves
18. 318 末 Apocalypse Survival: The Big Villain Is Hiding Right Beside Me 末世求生：大反派隐藏在身边 Yun Yun Yi Yun云云亦芸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse867k WordsCompleted [Coming-of-Age Female Lead + Plot-Driven + Not a Power Fantasy + Not a Romance + Species Mutations + Natural Disasters + Decisive and Ruthless + Team Survival] Red light bathed the world, blood rain fell, and a fever sent every living thing into a deep sleep… Gu Li woke to find she had been lucky enough to awaken two rare abilities, and had also latched onto a powerful ally: a mutated rose. After the apocalypse, she filled her storage space with supplies, and her abilities let her grow crops. On 665Reads8.9Score100Shelves
19. 319 长EN The Immortal: I Lived to See the Next Epoch 长生者：我活到了下一个纪元 Feng Xiao Ya枫潇呀Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Explosive action] [Invincible hero] [A hymn to civilization] [From myth to reality] [Emperor] [Boundless imagination] Do you know that the gods are merely humans who survived the previous era? Do you know that the stars and moons of the solar system have not existed since time immemorial? The people of the First Era built the Myriad Worlds. The people of the Second Era buried life and cultivated death. The people of the Third Era flew through the skies and burrowed underground. The people of th 8.3kReads9.2Score741Shelves
20. 320 冰 Frozen Apocalypse: I Build an SSS-Rank Shelter 冰封末世：我打造SSS级避难所 Wei Hao为豪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse669k WordsCompleted In an icebound Apocalypse, humanity faces unprecedented threats and challenges to its survival! In his previous life, Lin Tian was murdered by his girlfriend for his money and died with a grudge! After returning to the time before the Apocalypse, he swore to avenge his previous life and fight his way through the end of the world! With the ability to see hidden prompts and his spatial Superpower, he frantically stockpiled supplies and built an SSS-rank shelter! When the Apocalypse broke out, he l 139Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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    Those who offended the protagonist are either dead or on their way to death.

21. 321 末 Apocalypse Warlord: What's Wrong with Having a Few Billion More Goddesses? 末世枭雄，我边女神多亿点怎么了 Gu Changfeng古长风Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsCompleted [Zombies + Superpowers + System + Inventory Space + No Saintly Heroics + Decisive and Ruthless + Sign-In + Warlord Protagonist + Conquest + Multiple Female Leads] (The female lead first appears in Chapter 10. The further you read, the more female leads appear. Don't read if that's not your thing.) The Myriad Worlds converge, and the first to arrive is a zombie world. The world's will spreads its source power, giving humanity a chance to awaken superpowers. Only Liu Yu, who transmigrated here, ge 17.6kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves
22. 322 我 I’m the Villain, So It’s Only Fair That I Steal the School Beauty Heroine 我一个反派拐走校花女主很合理吧 Magic Card Little Turtle魔卡小乌龟Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Doomsday Game + Big Villain + Irreverent + Lighthearted Comedy + Savage Antics + Absolutely No Decency] Jing Tian transmigrates into a doomsday game world, where he becomes a rich second-generation villain and awakens the Life Résumé System and Big Villain System. As long as he steals the protagonist's luck, he can earn rewards and draw all kinds of acquired talents. These acquired talents can be assigned to anyone he chooses. “Ding! System reminder: Host, you stole the protagonist, the school 5.8kReads8.9Score503Shelves
23. 323 在 She Rules the Apocalypse: Mad and Unhinged 在末日中称霸，她既疯且狂 June Bitter Melon六月苦瓜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse908k WordsCompleted [Natural Disasters and Zombies + Strong Female Lead Power Fantasy + Overpowered Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Ensemble Cast + Everyone Is Ruthless + Some Infrastructure Building + No Romance + Powerful Golden Finger] A strange red fog triggers the apocalypse, while a sudden murder pushes Jiang Jinli to the brink of life and death. Fortunately, she miraculously survives and unexpectedly gains a mysterious pocket dimension. From then on, she swears to break free of the heavens’ restrain 862Reads8.4Score100Shelves

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    A post-apocalyptic, female-centric, no-romance novel. Set against a harsh environment plagued by natural disasters and zombies, the female protagonist is decisive, ruthless, and cold-blooded.

24. 324 天 Apocalyptic Disasters: My Rules Are the Rules 天灾末世：我的规矩就是规矩 Wine-Sack Rice-Bag Fish Lao Ba酒囊饭袋鱼老八Sci-Fi & Apocalypse5.5M WordsOngoing (Apocalypse + rebirth + spatial powers + revenge + a cold-blooded player in the game of life) Disaster struck, and Earth's temperature plummeted, ushering in an ice age. Lin Feng survived for five years in a world thrown into chaos, only to be betrayed by his teammates and devoured by a pack of beasts. He was given a second chance, returning to half a month before the disaster with his spatial ability intact. This time, he had a new plan for his future. He would live well and make everyone who h 5.6kReads7.5Score474Shelves

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    [Licking screen][Licking screen] I recommend this book! [Making a face][Making a face] Apocalyptic [Ongoing] [Apocalyptic novel [Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss]] [Smirking] No female lead [Decisive and ruthless] [Hoarding], the story is exciting and worth reading. Resources can be infinitely replicated, you'll love it once you read it.

25. 325 末 Apocalypse: From the Start, I Pick Up a Female Streamer 末世：开局捡到女主播 2093贰零玖叁Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsOngoing [Epic-Length Novel, Post-Apocalyptic Zombies, Ensemble Cast, Beauties, No System, Not Reborn, Old-School Style, Cultivation and Leveling, Building a Faction, Not Pure Power Fantasy] [Set in a fictional world. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.] The apocalypse arrives, and humanity faces unprecedented challenges to its survival. Zombies, mutated beasts, mutated plants: all kinds of dangers can claim human lives at any moment. Is survival impossibly hard in the apocal 2.6kReads7.9Score168Shelves

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    The protagonist kills anyone who dares to challenge him, regardless of whether they are bad guys, normal people, old people, or women—anyone blocking his path must be eliminated. Features include: faction creation, multiple superpowers, multiple female leads, ensemble cast, and no useless characters.

26. 326 末 Apocalypse: The World Is Frozen, and I Can Copy Anything Without Limit 末世：全球冰封，我能无限复制 Drunk Asleep on the Sea Frontier醉卧海疆Sci-Fi & Apocalypse405k WordsCompleted (Reborn + infinite copying + building a shelter + forming a team + decisive and ruthless + pocket dimension + no female lead) In the extreme cold of the apocalypse, Bai Tan is reborn with a treasured magical artifact in hand. A mysterious pocket dimension is opened with an ancestral jade pendant! Under his leadership, the team builds a shelter. The strongest solar flare erupts, plunging Blue Star into an extreme-cold catastrophe. He is bold and ruthless, and his ability to copy things helps him 53Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 327 末 Apocalypse: From the Start, I’m Trapped on a Highway Bus with the Campus Beauty 末世，开局跟校花被困高速大巴 Not a Bus Driver不是大巴司机Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.0M WordsCompleted [Not reborn + hoarding enthusiast + pocket dimension + vehicle shelter + all-new setting] At night on the highway, a bus cruises along smoothly. The college students aboard chat and laugh, while office workers keep replying to work messages. A strange fog quietly descends, and unknown creatures howl outside the bus. Everyone is trapped by the fog and monsters. The temperature plummets, and food grows scarce. Then Xu Wanli gains a hoarding-enthusiast pocket dimension. Store food (cucumbers) 22.4kReads6.8Score1.7kShelves

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    A protagonist who's too ruthless isn't good; they act without thinking, without considering the consequences. Most ruthless characters in the apocalypse are lone wolves, and how long can a lone wolf survive in a post-apocalyptic world? Most ruthless characters in the apocalypse lack logic; they just want to give you a thrill.

28. 328 都 The Apocalypse Is Here, So Why Did the Lie Flat System Only Just Arrive? 都末世了，人生躺平系统才来？ Jiang Who Can Draw会画画的江Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.6M WordsOngoing [Apocalypse] + [Zombies + Evolved Beasts + Mutated Plants] + [Building a Faction] + [Multiple Heroines] The Apocalypse arrived overnight. Zombies roamed, living things mutated, and the world grew stranger by the day. Giant pythons over a hundred meters long, enormous crocodiles dozens of meters in length... The world seemed to have become an alien planet. Fortunately, Jiang Wu had an unreliable System. Even so unreliable, it gave Jiang Wu genuine, overwhelming power. While everyone else was stil 43kReads7.8Score3.4kShelves
29. 329 道 Sacrificial Dao 道牲 Doesn't Eat Poisonous Knowledge不吃毒识Sci-Fi & Apocalypse118k WordsOngoing [Anti-Lovecraft. Apocalypse in the early stages, infinite worlds in the middle, cultivation in the later stages. A feel-good story with setbacks, saintly do-gooders, wishful thinking, repaying kindness with kindness, and helpless rage.] [Prove the Dao through poison. Come and test it at your own risk!] After surviving three tribulations, a weasel spirit only needs to ask someone to grant it a title to become an immortal! The first time, it found a monk and stood before him, asking clearly and pr —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The apocalypse needs a saintly figure to make it interesting! Look at this book, bro, the protagonist is kind-hearted, gentle, and compassionate, and he hasn't harmed a single person since the first one!

30. 330 末 Doomsday Rebirth: Stockpiling Supplies and Building a Fortress 末日重生：从囤货建堡垒开始 Fish Ball Noodles Without Fish Balls鱼丸面没鱼丸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.3M WordsOngoing [Memories restored + scorching heat + bitter cold + stockpiling + zombies + technological machinery + no bleeding heart + scheming, sharp-tongued protagonist + modest golden finger] Abnormal solar flares, scorching heat, extreme cold, and a virus. They destroyed the civilization and order humanity had built. A technological sphere from a higher civilization carried Li Fan's memories back to his college-age self. Reborn into a new life, will Li Fan unleash chaos upon the world with a twisted hear 108.4kReads7.8Score7.9kShelves
31. 331 克 The Godslayer Descends: I Will Sing Yesterday's Song 克神降临，我将唱响昨日之歌 Little White Commander小白指挥官Mystery216k WordsOngoing (Gloomy Male Ghost + Succubus + Cthulhu + Tsundere + Devoted Wife + Mentally Ill + Dominant Male Lead + Airheaded Beauty + Overused Memes) When the drudgery of campus life closes in around us, we choose to slip into the silent underground, searching for a thrill to break the monotony. We thought the deepest darkness held nothing more than rusty iron doors and roaring machinery. We were wrong. True terror only began the moment we returned to the sunlight. Everything familiar to us was quietly —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Because my protagonist is the Holy Mother and the Loving Father, how can a loving father be cruel?

32. 332 战 War System in the Apocalypse 战争系统在末世 Eagle of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau云贵高原的雄鹰Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.2M WordsOngoing I Became the Commander-in-Chief in the Apocalypse Apocalypse + raising a massive army + hard-core stats + characters with brains Just as the apocalypse arrives, Gu Chengyuan obtains the War System and starts raising a massive army, sweeping through the apocalypse with an unstoppable tide of steel! The blurb doesn't do it justice. Please read the story. 80.9kReads9.0Score5.3kShelves
33. 333 末 Apocalypse: Why Are All the Women Around Me Wearing Pantsu? 末世，为什么周围全是裤里丝美女 Elbowing Tom Cat肘击汤姆猫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.7M WordsOngoing “Extreme cold” “shelter” “superpowers” “harem” “feel-good power fantasy” “System” “no nerfing the power levels” Forced into a sewer from the start, he awakens the Shelter System. Song Qing hasn't eaten for four days in the extreme-cold apocalypse. He goes to his good buddy Ye Chen, but! His buddy wants him dead! Song Qing has no idea that the good buddy trying to kill him is actually: (a reborn man + surnamed Ye + smirking Dragon King + shelter + spatial ability) The complete protagonist package 23.7kReads6.7Score2.4kShelves
34. 334 末 The Apocalypse Arrives, and I Summon the Shadow Legion 末世降临，我召唤暗影军团 This Poor Daoist Is Five Feet Three贫道五尺三Sci-Fi & Apocalypse137k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse Rebirth] + [revenge] + [decisive and ruthless] + [no female lead] + [summoning] + [bleeding hearts not welcome] + [killing from the start] Shen Qing, a ninth-rank Dark Summoner, was betrayed by his beloved and sold out by his brother. He died beneath the sword of Huangfu Wentian, humanity's strongest warrior. At the moment of death Time turned back! He returned to the final minute before the apocalypse began! Memories of his past life, sharp as blades, and the legacy of the Dark Summ 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is ruthless; he blows up the head of the department head in the very first chapter.

35. 335 卡 Card Apocalypse: The Madman’s Revenge 卡牌末世之复仇的疯子 Mu Zixun木子勋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.7M WordsCompleted [Mildly dark tone]+ [Self-redemption]+ [No female lead] A once-kind-hearted boy was abused for years by his adoptive father, a high-ranking official. After enduring such prolonged torment, his mind gradually twisted and turned extreme. He came to believe the world was full of malice. Then, on the brink of death, cards descended upon the entire world! Countless monsters flooded the land, and humanity struggled in agony through the apocalypse. Tao Qian also embarked on a path of revenge. Anger, 117Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    This is absolutely ruthless, but not in a way that makes people dislike it.

36. 336 末 Apocalypse: I Tamed a Blonde Bombshell from the Start 末世：开局驯服金发大波浪 Cat Immortal猫猫仙人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse638k WordsOngoing [Lots of beautiful women + all kinds of professions and identities + coercion + System + everyday life in the apocalypse + feel-good power fantasy + a little bit of the bizarre] Betrayed by his family and saddled with debt, Fang Ming drifts through each day in a daze, convinced his future is hopeless. But when he wakes up one day, the apocalypse has arrived! Zombies roam the cities, creatures from other worlds emerge from the fog, and strange monsters lurk in the darkness... Before long, human 421Reads8.2Score—Shelves
37. 337 一 I Raise a Corpse Every Second and Sweep Through the Apocalypse 一秒炼一尸，我横推整个末世 Che Xiaoke車小可Sci-Fi & Apocalypse117k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + reborn + from the start + ruthless + invincible + no stockpiling + utterly corrupted + pure self-interest] Do not read if you’re a bleeding heart!!! After surviving ten years of the apocalypse, Chen Linyuan is reborn on the very day it breaks out. The special ability he spent ten years searching for in his previous life, but never found, is already his before the apocalypse begins this time around. Corpse refinement! Corpses are the one thing the apocalypse has in abundance. Zombie —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Both are good books and fit the theme~ The first one 🍀 features a protagonist who is the villain, killed off by the original protagonist in his previous life [eating melon][eating melon][eating melon], but he is really unwilling to accept it [punching][punching] After being reborn, he finds a way to deal with the protagonist's luck, pretends to be a hero and joins the protagonist's group [laughing][laughing][laughing] The second book 🍀 features a protagonist whose heart is illegally sold at the start [petrified]. Fortunately, the buyer cancels the order at the last minute [attention][attention], but this also causes the protagonist to lose his most precious opportunity in the early stages. After being reborn, the protagonist doesn't give organ traffickers a chance, and later becomes decisive and ruthless, not a saint. The third book 🍀 features a protagonist whose brother is dumped by his girlfriend and asks the protagonist to go to the rooftop to drink with him. By chance, the protagonist awakens a superpower [exploring][exploring][exploring] and gains the Eye of True Sight [shocked][shocked] and embarks on the path of a bandit. The fourth book 🍀 is highly recommended [licking][licking][licking]. The protagonist is a master of time management at the start [laughing][laughing]. He just got the system in the morning and exposed what his family had done [salute][salute]. Knowing that his fate of entering a mental hospital is unchangeable [crying][crying], he goes to a mental hospital, is admitted in the afternoon, and takes over the mental hospital that night, becoming the director and starting a series of cheat-like lives [smirking][smirking][smirking]. The only drawback is that the word count is relatively low, but it's really good.

38. 338 末 Apocalypse: I Awaken an Emotion System and Storm the Women's Bathhouse 末世：觉醒情绪系统，我硬闯女浴 Face Veiled in Green青衣遮面Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] [Zombies] [System] [Lots of Goddesses] [Many Types] [No Simping] [No Saintly Hero] [Decisive and Ruthless] Blood rain poured down upon the Apocalypse. Tang Wei awakened an Emotion System and, in his panic, barged into the women's bathhouse at a university. Everyone caught in the rain turned into a zombie. Blood rain fell every seven days, and each downpour brought new mutations. Negative emotion points could be exchanged for all kinds of supplies: roast chicken? A5 Wagyu? King crab? 154Reads6.8Score—Shelves
39. 339 注 Warning! The Adorable Little Zombie Is Out, All Zombies Stand Aside 注意！软萌小丧尸出行，众尸退避 Writing Sauce码字酱Sci-Fi & Apocalypse382k WordsCompleted [Goofy Zombie Heroine + Flesh-and-Blood Evolution + Immortal Body + Powerful Badass] Chu Ge is completely useless, so she voluntarily sticks her hand into a zombie's mouth. Following the philosophy that if you can't beat them, join them, she figures she'll save herself at least thirty years of trouble. She finally gets her wish and joins the zombie horde, contributing her share to the apocalypse. She'd planned to become a mindless, shambling corpse. But heaven has it in for her: somehow, she tur 8kReads9.2Score1kShelves
40. 340 我 There’s a Ghost Inside Me 我的体内有只鬼 A Black-Inked Blade一柄墨刀Mystery3.5M WordsCompleted Vengeful ghosts awaken, and a hundred ghosts roam the night. Jiang Xiao transmigrates into this world for no apparent reason and finds himself surrounded by demons and monsters. But then he discovers that his shadow can devour ghosts without limit and gain their abilities. [Successfully devoured the White Mist Ghost. Ability acquired: Mist Form] [Successfully devoured the Hanging Ghost. Ability acquired: Shackles] [Successfully devoured the Bronze Ghost. Ability acquired: Copper Skin] [Successfu 20.7kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves

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    Recommended post-apocalyptic novels

41. 341 末 Doomsday: I Can Summon an Iron Tide 末世之我能召唤钢铁洪流 The One and Only Through the Ages千古唯一Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + survival + zombies + System + army-building + savior + no female lead + ruthless action + government official + modern military + hard-core military] In 2025, a mysterious virus swept across the globe, turning vast numbers of infected people into zombies. Lu Cheng, an armed forces minister in a county, obtained a war System modeled on the game "World in Conflict". In Lanzhou, Gansu Province, he summoned a modern army, fought off wave after wave of zombies, built up a northwestern f 1.7kReads9.2Score116Shelves

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    Okay, a post-apocalyptic protagonist who isn't ruthless definitely shouldn't be, as it would detract from the enjoyment. I recommend two books; both feature system summoning and massive troop production, the protagonists are decisive and not mindless, and there's no harem. Even if you're using your brain, you shouldn't have any major problems reading them. Aside from some unfamiliar technical details, there aren't any major flaws.

42. 342 末 The Apocalypse Has Arrived, and I'm Sticking with the Protagonist! 末世来临，我跟着主角混！ Goro Who Updates Five Times a Day日更五次郎Sci-Fi & Apocalypse467k WordsCompleted The White Lotus saintess was pinned beneath my foot, yet she still scolded me haughtily. “You bootlicker! You’re helping the wicked! I hate you!” My neighbors watched me enjoying the good life alongside Zhang Wen. “You bootlicker! How could you hang around with someone like him? You’re a disgrace!” “Please, Brother Gou, say something nice to Zhang Wen for me and ask him to spare me some food!” “Of course, of course. Auntie, get up. Oh? If I remember right, your Wan’er is almost eighteen...” In t 32Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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    This book's content is quite explosive; the protagonist becomes the underling of other chosen ones, and not just one. He truly understands the intricacies of double agents and lackeys.

43. 343 都 It's the Apocalypse! What's Wrong with the Zombies Being a Little Stronger? 都末世了！尸尸强点没关系吧 Eating Cute Things吃小可爱Two Male Leads441k WordsCompleted The rating just came out, so please ignore it! [Two male leads + Transmigrate into a book + 1v1 + Sweet romance + Zombies + An outrageously overpowered golden finger + Not a saint + Slacker] [Cross-dressing, sickly and possessive bottom x zombie king who lives off his lover] After the apocalypse ended and he, the Zombie King, got killed, he transmigrated into a novel as a minor male character in a parallel-apocalypse story: an obnoxious troublemaker who turns evil and dies young. The good ne 173Reads8.4Score—Shelves
44. 344 重 Rebirth as a Demonic Cultivator: Starting with a Zombie Planet 重生魔修，开局捡到一颗丧尸星球 The World Is Ink天下墨矣Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing This novel has been adapted into a comic. Chu Xuan transmigrates to the Cangxuan World and becomes a demonic cultivator in the Wuji Sect. To cultivate the demonic path is to seize the essence of heaven and earth and take the finest of all things. Slaughter countless millions, and you can become a supreme Demon Venerable. But killing is forbidden by the Heavenly Dao of the human race. The righteous sects also wiped out the Wuji Sect. Just when all seemed lost, Chu Xuan happens upon a blood mirror 15.6kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
45. 345 基 The Base Chief Has Quite a Way with People, and Nine Fierce Hounds at His Side 基地长手段高，狼狗有九个 With the Solitary与孤Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + fierce, wolfish female lead + System space + stockpiling + powerful female lead + overpowered golden finger + natural disasters later on + multiple male leads + all male leads are virgins + a satisfying power fantasy] [Important warning: Do not enter if you like saintly heroines!!! The female lead is ruthless, self-serving, and selfish! Take note: selfish! If you can't accept her hoarding all the supplies without leaving any for others, do not enter!] [There are more evil men than 16.4kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves
46. 346 末 Apocalypse Rebirth: The Zombie Queen Stockpiles a Trillion Supplies and Reigns Supreme 末世重生：尸王她囤千亿物资君临 Toast to the Sea of Stars酌星海Sci-Fi & Apocalypse203k WordsCompleted Also known as "After the Apocalypse, the Young Lady Kills 90 Percent of Humanity" + Selfish and Self-Serving + Evil Heroine with a Twisted Moral Compass + Mass Murder of Innocents The heroine takes her mother's surname. The reason she is the sole heir to the family fortune is her mother. In this book, women alone inherit their family fortunes, not just the heroine but also the secondary heroines and female extras, each the sole heir to her own family's estate. (Any uncles, brothers, and other s 169Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    Mass killing of good people and innocent babies [Admiration] The true capitalist protagonist has wiped out the world's workforce [Admiration]!! Not a single one of the world's billions of laborers survived!!! Mass killing of innocent people and massacre of cities [Admiration]. The female protagonist acts entirely alone, without any teammates!! Although her family survived, they only guard the house and provide logistical support, not interfering with her actions. Her family members, under her manipulation, also signed a death pact of loyalty to her. A true lone wolf capitalist, happily slaughtering 90% of humanity, the remaining 10% being her loyal slaves who signed a death pact!!!

47. 347 此 At This Moment, I Am China's Guardian Deity 此刻，我为华夏守护神 Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Joy风花雪乐Urban3.2M WordsOngoing On Christmas Eve, December 24, 0260, a large horde of sea beasts appeared in Old Copper Mountain, Mi Nation. Not a single person in the city survived! On April 23, 0261, Level 6 sea beasts appeared in North Bear Nation. The entire country fell! On New Year's Day, January 1, 0262, a Level 10 sea beast appeared in Huaxia, codenamed [Taotie]. Huaxia fell! In January 0260, Huaxia's God of War, Chen Feng, was reborn eleven months before the sea beasts emerged. He won the trust of the country's 1.4kReads9.0Score488Shelves
48. 348 末 Survival in the Apocalypse: The Path to Evolution Begins 末世求生、进化之路开启 Words for Tomorrow明天的话Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.3M WordsCompleted No System, Apocalypse, biological disaster, zombies, survival, darkness, human nature. A sudden virus sweeps across the world, shattering the peace of the old days. Zombies run rampant, an ice age descends, and survivors struggle to stay alive... Creatures mutate and revert to their ancestral forms. Ninety percent of humanity is wiped out, bringing the world to the brink of extinction. Build settlements, explore evolution, gather resources... See how the protagonist faces the Apocalypse, becomes 6.4kReads7.9Score450Shelves
49. 349 末 Apocalypse Hotel Lines Are a Nightmare, but I’m the Owner, So Life Is Great 末世酒店排队难，我是老板爽歪歪 Blessings Come in Ones一福当开Sci-Fi & Apocalypse575k WordsCompleted (Overpowered golden finger + running a business in the apocalypse + feel-good power fantasy + lie flat + no romance) (The heroine and the System constantly outsmart and bicker with each other. She starts out building a business, but will absolutely lie flat later. The heroine always comes first.) Ning Tang is dragged into the apocalypse by the System and initially plans to give up and coast. When she hears that she'll have to work even in the apocalypse, Ning Tang decides to make a scene. But th 3.4kReads8.8Score386Shelves

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    These books are great, you won't regret reading them.

50. 350 末 Apocalypse Rebirth: Lord Qian Is Once Again Beating People While Disguised as a Man 末世重生：千爷又在女扮男装揍人 The Sheep That Ran Away from Home离家出走的羊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse488k WordsCompleted [Apocalyptic zombies + Strong heroine + Satisfying read + Woman in men’s clothing + Pocket dimension + Two equally powerful leads] After being inexplicably killed by a divine beast, the leader of the Phantom World’s strongest assassin organization, the Shadow Pavilion, transmigrates into the body of an ugly woman in the modern world. The apocalypse will begin in fifteen days! From then on, she takes the world by storm in men’s clothing, rescuing her father, killing perverts, and storming demon d 880Reads9.2Score150Shelves

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