I'm Out of Books to Read! Any Apocalypse Stories About Running a Shop? Male- or Female-Oriented, Either Is Fine! 书荒了！有没有末世开店的小说！男频女频都可！
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The Number Seven Bakery at the End of the World 末世七号面包店
In his previous life, the apocalypse came, and Yuyou died while fleeing to Happiness City for shelter. In this life, he found a strange fellow in a cemetery. When the apocalypse came, the strange fellow ran away. After enduring the upheaval, Yuyou awakened his divine nature and opened a bakery in a small town. He sold not only bread, but two kinds of tickets as well. One day, a vengeful ghost came into the shop, bringing that strange fellow back with it. So the strange fellow stopped hunting gho
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I Build a Happy Town in the Apocalypse 我在末世建造幸福小镇
[Building and development # management # System # apocalypse # no romance] Su Su is a third-year student at Jing University. The apocalypse arrives just after the new semester begins. All plants and animals mutate, and most humans become zombies, incapable of thought and driven only to bite like wild beasts. Only 30% of humanity survives unscathed. Some of them develop abilities: controlling fire or lightning, summoning frost with a wave of the hand, or bringing down rain with a raised hand. Ev
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A Rich Heir Opens a Hotel in the Apocalypse 富二代在末世开酒店
[Business management + apocalypse + single male lead, no romance + System + not a do-gooder] Retitled by the author: Becoming a God in the Apocalypse Please go easy on me! (｡ò ∀ ó｡) Just ten minutes ago, Xu Shi was swimming in his own pool when he was suddenly bound to some five-star hotel System. Then he was sent to a vast desert. He may not have run a five-star hotel himself, but he’d stayed in plenty, so he wasn’t exactly inexperienced. And this place in front of him isn’t even as big as his
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The Hotel in the Apocalypse 末世里的酒店
Lin Fan wakes up to discover that he has transmigrated to an unfamiliar Apocalypse. Life is hard, but luckily he has a “Doomsday Hotel System” by his side. What kind of turmoil will Lin Fan stir up in this Apocalypse?
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Opening a Shop in the Apocalypse: The Owner Is Powerful but Keeps a Low Profile 末世开店，店主很强却过分低调
[Shopkeeping + Apocalypse + No female lead + Relaxed daily life + Business-focused + Ensemble cast, with stories told through many characters and little from the male lead's perspective, since he only runs a shop. This novel is entirely fictional.] After binding to the System, Qin Mo began traveling to different worlds to open shops. This time, he has arrived in the Apocalypse. The Apocalypse strikes, and within just half a month countless people have died. Everyone is desperate for food and a
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Apocalypse Café: A Cup of Coffee, a Guide to Saving the World 末世咖啡馆：一杯咖啡救世指南
In 2326, the companion AI “Aegis” tried to use a virus to erase humanity's aggression, but it got one thing wrong. After turning into zombies, the last organ humans retained was their mouths. Lu Qingxu, a former barista, discovers that a cup of pour-over coffee can restore 1% of a zombie's awareness. Starting from a ruined café, she grows coffee, builds an army, negotiates with the AI that brought about the apocalypse, and saves the humans it abandoned. In the end, when she stands before Aegis,
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Apocalypse: I Survive on My Convenience Store 末世：我靠便利店续命
[No romance] [Business-building] [Not a self-sacrificing saint] Sang Yu died at eighteen because of a heart condition, but she never expected that after binding to a System, she’d get to keep living it up. As someone who loves “peace,” Sang Yu always remembers to win people over with virtue. [Ding... Mission issued: Open a convenience store.] [Starter gift pack delivered.] Sang Yu had only just gotten back on her feet when she came face-to-face with a zombie. Terrified, she punched it and blew i
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- 8 The End Times Are Here: I Open a Gourmet Restaurant on This Street 末世来临：我在这条街开美食店 [Business management + lighthearted + steady progression + no CP] Jiang Luo was a sleep-deprived gaming enthusiast. After going to bed and waking up, she discovered that she had somehow arrived in a post-apocalyptic world and was bound to a game System called Happy Little Town. “Host, we provide meals and accommodation, a generous salary, and all kinds of survival skills as rewards. Won't you give it some thought?” Jiang Luo retorted, “If I say no, will you send me back?” The System politely ref 24Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 9 Struck by Lightning into the Apocalypse: Now I Sell Cultivation Supplies 被劈到末世后：我卖起了修仙物资 [Apocalypse + Cultivation + No Romance + Supplies + Business Management + Pets + Zombies + Mutations] Struck out of the sky by a tribulation lightning bolt from the start, she gets to experience the apocalypse firsthand! Nan Zhi, a resource merchant in the cultivation world, was sabotaged while undergoing her Golden Core Tribulation. The protective spiritual artifact she’d bought failed at the worst possible moment, and a lightning bolt sent her straight to the apocalypse. Caught the zombie viru 776Reads8.2Score10414d adds
- 10 I’m Running a Vacation Inn in the Apocalypse 我在末世里开度假宾馆 [No Romance + Business Building + Post-Apocalypse] New mission: Open a hotel in the post-apocalyptic world. Xia Yan: “I thought this was supposed to be a vacation. Where’s the scenery? Are the zombies the scenery? Thanks, but no thanks!” System: “No, no, hear me out. No missions, no punishments, and upgrades are entirely up to you. You can slack off as much as you like. This System will always be on your side!” Xia Yan: “Okay!” And so Xia Yan finds herself in a dilapidated hotel. The conditions 190.5kReads8.8Score25k14d adds
- 11 My Apocalypse Shop: Running a Business with the System 末世小店：我带系统搞经营 [Management + Apocalypse + One Heroine, No Romance + Multiple Realms] Lin Yanan was an overworked wage slave. After working diligently for over half a year, she finally got a few days off, only to lose them to a gaming keyboard. Unexpectedly, that caused her to bind with a business-management System. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've bound with the System! You receive one rundown shack!] Passerby One: “Did you hear? The convenience store has oden!” Passerby Two: “Really?” Passerby Three: “Y 2.4kReads8.9Score22114d adds
- 12 My Siheyuan Leads to the Apocalypse, and I Became a Landlady 四合院通末世后，我成了包租婆 [Male lead and couple pairing + apocalypse story + landlady + System + adventure + development + personal growth + daily life] Xia Mu has just graduated from university, and her family is worried about her job prospects. Her parents humble themselves and ask every relative they can, finally securing her a job as a cleaner at her uncle's property management company. She looks at her parents' faces, no longer young, and aches at the sight of them humbling themselves, almost getting down on their k 714Reads8.2Score10114d adds
- 13 Apocalypse: I Sell Lunch Boxes Through Tuantuan Select 末世：我用团团优选卖盒饭 [Apocalypse + System + running a business + interstellar livestreaming + different realms + no romance + invincible strong heroine] (Completed) [New book: Transmigrating to Ancient Times, I Meet a Scumbag, So I Start an Academy Through Food] (Not a self-sacrificing heroine) Luo Yunshi mysteriously transmigrates to a modern-day apocalypse, where she runs into zombies from the start. She's bound to the Apocalypse Fast-Food System, and can buy groceries from Tuantuan Select. It even offers food fro 215Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 14 Apocalypse: The Hotel I Run Is the Only Paradise 末世：我经营的酒店是唯一乐园 [Apocalypse + no romance + invincible system + business management + please read the final note in the synopsis + low prices early on, don't read if you dislike that] Gu Wanyin never imagined that transmigrating would be bad enough, only to find herself in the apocalypse! The moment she opened her eyes, zombies were swarming her, and the only ones by her side were two pitifully skinny little kids. Gu Wanyin: I'm done for! System: Impossible. Absolutely impossible! After binding to the apocalypse 7.7kReads9.2Score84814d adds
- 15 Starting a Hotel in the Apocalypse 末世从经营酒店开始 [Romance + apocalypse + System + running a shop + sweet romance + ensemble cast] [The heroine transmigrates as a cute little darling; the hero is a pitiful little guy reborn.] [1. This isn’t a story about an overpowered heroine leveling up, and she isn’t a self-sacrificing saint. 2. Prices in this story only apply to this book. 3. The leads aren’t perfect, and they’ll both grow. 4. Please note, this is an ensemble cast with lots of side characters’ stories. 5. This book is entirely fictional, so 12.9kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 16 Apocalypse: I Have a Manor System 末世：我有一个庄园系统 [No romance] Just after graduating from college, Yan Chu inherited an estate. She heard it was a really, really beautiful, enormous manor. After the lawyer spent three minutes praising it without repeating himself, Yan Chu, whose degree was in an obscure field and who was struggling to find work, decided to happily go back and claim her inheritance. But when she finally saw the whole estate, Yan Chu thought: You’re all liars! The barren land stretched as far as the eye could see, with barely a b 354Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 17 A Farmstead in the Apocalypse 末日有家农庄 When the apocalypse strikes, how will Lin Yeye, owner of a farm, build a human haven in a world beset by disaster and enjoy the happy life of a little landowner? Lin Yeye says, “We’ll have adorable pets, open a supermarket, become landladies, and pursue both our careers and our love lives.” Let’s follow Lin Yeye as she grows, one step at a time. 14Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 18 Making Pocket Money in the Apocalypse 我在末世赚小钱钱 [System, pocket dimension, shopkeeping, making money, exceptional combat skills, lone wolf, no romance] Everything was just as usual. So why did she wake up somewhere else? Not only was she in a different place, she'd somehow become bound to a System. The System tells her that she has transmigrated into a book! Mu Xiaojiu, realizing she's landed in an apocalypse novel, lets out a piercing scream. But the System's behavior is suspicious. It claims to be forcing Mu Xiaojiu to complete missions, ye 317Reads9.1Score11214d adds
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I Run a Farm in the Apocalypse 我在末世里面开农场
Almost everyone in China has dreamed of owning a farm, where they can create any style they like, grow and harvest crops, raise livestock, build processing plants, and add all kinds of leisure facilities for food and entertainment. Step by step, they can upgrade it into a super farm. After Hua Yin died, she became bound to a System like this. From then on, she traveled through various apocalyptic worlds, setting up farms. No romance.
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Opening a Shop in the Apocalypse: My Little Store Is Overrun Again 末世开店，小店又被挤爆了
[Apocalypse + System + Inventory Space + Shopkeeping + No Romance + Lighthearted] Lazy Shisui woke up to find she had transmigrated into an apocalyptic novel, as the vicious female supporting character, no less. System: Host, please run a shop during the apocalypse. A carefree life is within reach. After eighteen years of working tirelessly, Shisui was suddenly full of energy. Well, since she was already here, she might as well have some fun. Premium boxed meals, fun snacks, strange gadgets, a s
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The Apocalypse's Shop System Forces Me to Become the Queen of All Realms 末世，开店系统逼我当位面女王
[Invincible System + Shopkeeping + Multiple Planes + No Romance + No Saintly Heroine] [Just a silly daily life of one person and one System watching the drama unfold and shipping couples] Lin Nian thought that accidentally slipping while taking a shower and transmigrating into a post-apocalyptic world was already ridiculous enough. But then she got bound to a guy who called himself the Universe's Super Invincible Shopkeeping System, and was told to open a shop in the apocalypse? System 098 was t
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- 22 Farming, Opening a Shop, and Selling Barbecue: Is This Really the Apocalypse? 种田开店卖烧烤，这真是末世？ [Apocalypse + no romance + business-focused + protective System + cozy tone + ambitious heroine] Our girl is clear-headed, principled, and serious about running her business. She saves people whenever she can, works hard to build her career, and is determined to get rich! She runs every kind of shop! (A pure business story. There are basically no bears, dogs, sci-fi characters, or other fictional characters. The author doesn’t like those things.) After choking on a sip of coffee, Wanyue had the 864Reads8.8Score10514d adds
- 23 The Immortal Cultivation Master Went Viral Through Endless Business Ventures 修仙大佬靠无限经营爆红了 Bai Li, a powerful cultivator, dies beneath heavenly lightning while ascending to immortality. She’s bound by an all-purpose business System and tasked with completing various business challenges. [The Magical General Store] Before buying: “Ten yuan for one piece of candy? Why don’t you just rob me?” After buying: “Boss, give me ten more.” A perfectly ordinary little general store has both Best Actors and Best Actresses hooked. Countless netizens beg the owner to stock more goods. Bai Li’s respo 512Reads8.7Score10414d adds
- 24 Apocalypse: The Laid-Back Shopkeeper’s Supermarket Is Booming Again 末世：咸鱼店主的超市又卖爆了 Yan Yue never imagined she'd get another chance to experience the apocalypse in this lifetime. When she opens her eyes, she's gone from a lazy girl to a trainee clerk at a little shop in the apocalypse. The heartless System has saddled her with an endless stream of sales missions. Thankfully, her shop treats every customer fairly. Big steamed buns, plain steamed buns, bottled water: it's got everything to eat and drink. Zombie attack? No problem, we've got clubs made especially for fighting zomb 306Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 25 Starting a Farm in the Apocalypse 在末日里开农场 When Shen Liang opened his eyes, he found himself inside a book he had read, one starring an arrogant male lead and a saintly female lead. He had become one of the cannon fodder characters in the heroine's path to success. Shen Liang felt a little disheartened. Luckily, transmigrating had come with a farm System. In the Apocalypse, he could claim a mountain and enjoy a leisurely life growing crops and selling goods. Sometimes he could even grow mutated plants, like fire-breathing devil peppers a 4.4kReads9.2Score53514d adds
- 26 The Apocalypse Arrives: The System Forces Me to Become a Landlady 末世来临：系统逼我当包租婆 The day before the apocalypse, Jiang Li was forced to bind herself to a system. This mysterious creature, which called itself a rental system, immediately made a grand gesture and gave her an entire apartment complex. The System waved its little whip. “Our goal is to become the most famous landlady in the world!” Jiang Li: “What the hell?” The serious version: When the apocalypse arrives, humanity faces a fight for survival. A place untouched by zombies becomes especially precious. Watching her 5.1kReads9.2Score54414d adds
- 27 I Opened a Shop in the Apocalypse and Struck It Rich 我在末世开店致富 Also known as: “Making Sales in Another World” After Gu Ci (female) dies, she becomes bound to a merchant System. Once she reaches her sales targets, she can open a passage to a new world. After opening passages to ten worlds, she’ll be granted one wish. If she fails to meet her sales target for three months in a row, she’ll be put to death. Gu Ci only wants to return to her original world. What can she do? She’ll just have to grit her teeth and get on with it. 260Reads8.8Score—14d adds
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The Doomsday Gourmet 末日美食家
From the start, he is given a little girl to look after, and Qin Ge says it's enough to turn his hair white with worry. Luckily, he's got his cooking skills to rely on, though looking after her has him worrying like a father. As the restaurant's business gets better and better, he spends his days farming, tending flowers, cooking, and taking care of his daughter. Life couldn't be sweeter! What he never expected was that the diners coming to eat at his restaurant would become more and more famous
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- 29 I Run a Restaurant in the Apocalypse 我在末日开饭店 Xiao Feng opens a restaurant in the apocalypse. Today’s specials: oil-splashed Titan Ape brain and charcoal-grilled Scarlet Flame Wyrm tendon. 76Reads7.6Score2114d adds
- 30 I Opened a Shop in the Apocalypse 我在末世开商店 What's it like to have a modern, high-tech base in the apocalypse? Zombies roam the land, mutant beasts roar, and countless people struggle to get enough to eat, while Ye Chu's base is peaceful by day and filled with revelry by night. Want to take my base? Ask the Spirit Martial Corps first. They're made up of ancient martial artists and evolved fighters. Or why not try your luck against monsters created by combining different mutant beasts? One day, Ye Chu discovers that the virus came from a f 181Reads7.6Score5014d adds
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God-Tier System: The Strongest Supplier in the Doomsday 神级系统末世最强供应商
New book: Love Apartment: From the Start, I Repay Zhuge Dali. Qi Tian arrives in the apocalypse with the strongest Supplier System. Want S-rank genetic talent and to become an unparalleled genius? Eat some more walnuts to sharpen your brain! Don't want to put in the effort and want to jump straight to level 999? Eat more experience pills and level up like crazy! Want a pet? Come on, pick any divine beast you like! Want a weapon? No problem, choose any divine weapon you want! E
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- 32 A Wok in Hand, I Conquer the Apocalypse 带口铁锅闯末世 During the graduation exam at a certain technical college, a top student vanished in a flash of lightning while tossing food in a wok, as classmates and teachers stared in shock! When he woke up, his soul had transmigrated into the apocalypse. He suddenly found himself in a wasteland overrun with zombies! The only thing that had come with him was that big iron wok! Can a nobody of a chef survive bloodthirsty zombies and people killing one another? Just when all hope seemed lost, his iron wok 47Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Apocalypse Supplier 末世供货商
The apocalypse arrived. While everyone else either hid at home or tried to escape, one person went around trying to sell little trinkets. “Hey, handsome, you have a refined face and an extraordinary build. I've got a Power Pill here. Take it, and you'll instantly gain superhuman strength. Don't worry, it's cheap. It'll only cost you ten years of your life.” “No! Get lost!” “Beautiful, don't rush off. This dress would look perfect on you. Put it on, and no monster will be able to hurt you. The pr
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- 34 I Open a Supermarket in the Apocalypse 我在末世开超市 Survival was never easy, especially when you were treated as food. When money and wealth were worth less than a loaf of bread, staying alive became people's only goal. But no worries! I have the strongest Supermarket System! As long as you have money, I can even buy you the moon! 45Reads6.5Score—14d adds
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The Lucky Convenience Store in the Apocalypse 末世之幸运便利店
[Post-apocalypse + System + Shopkeeping + Sweet Romance + Leveling Up] Yun Sheng wakes up one day with a shopkeeping System, which tells her that the apocalypse will arrive in just a few hours. Panicking, Yun Sheng clings to the System and puts her heart into running a convenience store. Tired of eating nothing but bread? Don’t worry, instant noodles, potato chips, spicy snacks, and ham sausages are coming right up. Want something more nutritious? Milk, yogurt, all kinds of fruits and vegetables
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What It's Like to Run an Inn at the End of the World 在末世有个宾馆是种什么体验
A woman who transmigrates to another world initially wants nothing more than to escape her parents’ intense expectations. Later, she finds friends, a career, and plenty of little joys beyond the everyday. This world may be desolate, even bizarre, but that doesn’t stop me from making a vivid life for myself here.
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The Metaphysics Master Opens a Shop in the Apocalypse 玄学大佬到末世开店
[No romance + apocalypse + metaphysics + running a shop] Jiang Sha was a modern-day master of metaphysics. One moment she was traveling in spirit, and the next she had transmigrated into the apocalypse and bound to a food, clothing, shelter, and transportation System. True to her professional instincts, she set up a fortune-telling stall in her convenience store. She offered discounts on readings and purchases, but no one was interested. They even said her profession was useless in the apocalyps
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The Last General Store of the Apocalypse 末世最后一间杂货铺
Story Synopsis Title: The Last General Store of the Apocalypse Tags: #Apocalypse #Superpowers #Survival and Management #Hardcore Realism #Mystery In the third year of the apocalypse, human lives are worth the least among the ruins, while clean water and unexpired medicine are worth the most. While others fight over canned food, rummage through trash, and kill for half a ration bar amid the crumbling walls, Shen Xu opens a general store at South Broken Bridge. The shop is small, but its shel
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A Hundred Thousand Years of Sign-In Beneath the World Tree, Invincible From the Start 世界树下签到十万年，开局已无敌
Also known as Sign In for 100,000 Years: My Wife's Bloodline Was Stolen at the Start. One hundred thousand years ago, the Holy Maiden of Yaochi, Su Yanxi, died for him. After obtaining the World Origin, he devoted himself to cultivation for a hundred thousand years. A hundred thousand years passed, and he had reached the pinnacle of the age. When he learned that Su Yanxi had returned to life, he brought the rewards from signing in at the World Tree and reentered the world. [He sweeps throu
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