Any Stories Where the Main Character Has the Zombie Virus, Becomes the Zombie King, and Infects Others to Make Them His Minions? 有没有主角有丧尸病毒，是尸王，感染他人成为手下

1. 1 我 I Am the Zombie Source, Poisoning the Ocean from the Start 我，丧尸源体，开局投毒海洋 Unorthodox非道Sci-Fi & Apocalypse487k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse]+ [Zombies]+ [Zombie Beasts]+ [Zombie Plants]+ [Darkness]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Cautious]+ [Laying Low and Growing Strong]= This Novel Shi Fang has had the zombie source virus dormant inside him for twenty years! When the virus finally matures, he transforms into the zombie source and heads straight for the ocean to lay the groundwork by poisoning it! From then on, zombies spread across the globe. Deadly zombie plants silently spread viral pollen that turns people into zombies, 4.5kReads7.8Score371Shelves

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   The first book is about recruiting followers, but the second one is about taking them on as underlings. Take a look!

2. 2 末EN King of the Apocalypse! 末世之王！ Two Taels of Wine a Day一天二两酒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Rebirth + Stockpiling Supplies + Evolving Zombies + Violent Aesthetics] Lin Dong is reborn on the eve of a terrifying apocalypse, and gains a storage space. A normal person would stockpile huge amounts of supplies, food, and water. But Lin Dong buys vast quantities of raw meat and fresh blood. Because... he is about to become a zombie! Flesh and blood are the source of a zombie's power. As long as it eats meat, it can keep evolving. A zombie fed on plenty of flesh grows at a terrif 76.5kReads9.3Score6.3kShelves
3. 3 末 Apocalypse Star Crystals: I Have an Army of Contract Beasts 末日星晶：我有一个契约兽军团 Heaven-Sent 123天降123Sci-Fi & Apocalypse5.9M WordsOngoing [Superpower Evolution] [Egoism] [Reborn] [Dark Humor] [Early Development, Lone Wolf] [Multiple Heroines, Skip if You Mind] A meteor shower descended, and the whole world collapsed into ruin. Most people turned into terrifying monsters, while animals and plants ceased to be resources for the survivors and became hunters instead. The meteor shower also brought star crystals, which could yield extraordinary food, weapons and equipment, evolution potions, and bloodlines with supernatural abilities.. 147.9kReads8.2Score11.7kShelves

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   * **Apocalypse: Starting with SSS-Level Superpowers:** Transmigrating to before the apocalypse, stealing the enemy's superpowers, using evolution potions, and commanding countless superpowered beasts… * **After Being Abandoned, Driven Mad by the Apocalypse:** In the apocalypse, humans and animals mutate wildly. Wen Yao never understood what she loved about Shen Yichuan until her death. After seven years of life-and-death struggles, she was abandoned to save her lover. He said, "You're infected with the zombie virus; you can't stay on the train anymore. I thought you were sensible." After being thrown off the train, she awakens her superpowers. The scumbag begs to come back. * **I Am the Ultimate Zombie King:** A tiny zombie commands trillions of zombies, battling wits and courage against an unknown civilization. * **Ten Days to End:** A 9.9-Point novel. She thought she could escape by constantly participating in death games, but discovered that everyone was awakening superpowers…hredc

4. 4 温 A Tender Rose Becomes His Cherished Favorite in the Apocalypse 温软玫瑰沦为他心尖偏宠【末世】 Fallen Today落今朝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse360k WordsCompleted [A post-apocalyptic setting + a trash man’s regret + the arch-enemy villain takes the lead + love triangle drama + mutual salvation + swoony romance + romantic aesthetics + both leads are devoted to each other] [Gentle, steadfast beacon of righteousness x refined, unhinged smiling schemer (irresistibly wicked)] Even as she lay dying, Wen Yao couldn’t understand what she had ever liked about Shen Yichuan. Was it his coldheartedness, or his selfishness? As his partner, she had risked her life for 43.8kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves
5. 5 末 Doomsday Evolution: The Zombie Overlord 末日进化：丧尸大魔王 Three Winds 11三风11Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted A blood-red sun hangs high in the sky, and the world is transformed! An utterly ordinary little zombie faces countless perils in the apocalypse, evolving again and again until it becomes the Zombie Demon King! 7.5kReads8.9Score569Shelves
6. 6 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves
7. 7 丧 Zombie Mother: Infecting the World from Scratch 丧尸母体：从零开始感染世界 Ye Lingya夜泠涯Sci-Fi & Apocalypse402k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] [Matriarch Zombie] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Humans Are Not Weakened] [Mind Games] [True Villain Protagonist] As a matriarch zombie, Wei Gong must face human players who outnumber him a hundred to one, as well as all of human civilization. Phone scams, deception, and identity swaps: watch how Wei Gong exploits human nature to win one mind game after another and turn the tables against all odds, building a zombie apocalypse from scratch! Human nature is humanity's greatest weakness, a 20.1kReads8.5Score1.8kShelves

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   I started the zombie outbreak.

8. 8 丧 Zombies Are Weak? Then Feel the Terror of a Zombie Horde! 丧尸弱？感受来自尸潮的恐惧吧 It's Not Orange Cat's Fault, Okay不关橙猫猫得事哦Sci-Fi & Apocalypse303k WordsCompleted [Villain + Apocalypse + System + Superpowers + Zombie King + No Female Lead + No Saintly Protagonist + Fast-Paced] After transmigrating into the apocalypse, Zhang Chen binds himself to the Zombie King Infinite Evolution System. By devouring the infected, he can evolve without limit and earn massive zombie horde rewards! [Ding! Congratulations, Host, on devouring and evolving. Reward: a horde of 100,000 zombies!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host, on devouring and evolving. Reward: a horde of 10 milli 2.3kReads8.7Score188Shelves

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   This is pretty good. The protagonist is a zombie king, but he's not a saint; he leads a zombie horde to conquer the entire world.

9. 9 我 I’m the Zombie Mother: From the Start, I Assimilate a Hundred Million 我，丧尸母体，开局先同化一个亿 Half the City Unseen不见半城Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.6M WordsOngoing A sudden zombie crisis in Qingzhou sent shockwaves around the world and sparked widespread panic. To protect the bigger picture, the authorities chose not to send help. Instead, they sealed off Qingzhou and killed countless survivors trying to flee. To put an end to the crisis once and for all, they even planned to destroy Qingzhou, stripping every survivor of their right to live. All the survivors fell into utter despair... But at that moment, Lin Chuan smiled. Because he was the zombie progeni 4.7kReads7.8Score414Shelves
10. 10 开 A Zombie Factory from the Start, and I Stockpile a Trillion Jin of Meat 开局一座丧尸工厂，我囤肉千亿 Miao Yunfeng苗云风Sci-Fi & Apocalypse562k WordsCompleted [Reborn in the apocalypse + zombie manufacturing + looting for free + spatial stockpiling + building and farming] Xiao Fan is reborn before the apocalypse with a separate dimension. He plans to stock up on supplies and scrape by, only to discover that he has become the owner of a zombie factory, able to produce zombies from flesh and blood. He immediately stockpiles a hundred billion worth of meat to produce a zombie army. He also gets into looting for free and American-style quick-draw gunfight 371Reads6.7Score—Shelves
11. 11 重 Reborn as a Zombie King: Keeping All of Humanity in Captivity 重生尸王：圈养全人类 Lazy Caterpillar慵懒的猪儿虫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse580k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse][Killing and evolution][Dark tone] The red moon hangs overhead, and the Apocalypse descends from the sky! In this world, where human lives are as worthless as blades of grass, compassion, kindness, and innocence have become the greatest jokes. The darkest side of human nature is magnified beyond all limits! When Wang Jun returns to the beginning of the Apocalypse, he discovers that he has become a zombie and gained the Zombie King Evolution System! From then on, a Zombie King named W 1.6kReads8.5Score123Shelves

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    This one is pretty good; I usually give up on the others after reading a few chapters.

12. 12 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 518.8kReads9.7Score68.3kShelves

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    The protagonist of this book carries a zombie virus and becomes a zombie king, infecting others to become his subordinates—the premise is incredibly imaginative! The plot has many twists and turns, the ensemble cast is intelligent, and it's a very exciting read.

13. 13 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves
14. 14 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.5kReads9.6Score22.9kShelves
15. 15 末 Apocalypse Cockroach 末日蟑螂 Mighty Cockroach伟岸蟑螂Sci-Fi & Apocalypse6.3M WordsCompleted Zhang Xiaoqiang is an insignificant nobody, a lazy loser who had been content to lounge around and wait to die. Staying at home lets him avoid the first outbreak of the zombie virus. When he sees his neighbors in the same apartment complex turn into zombies, he is overcome with boundless terror. He struggles to survive alone in an Apocalypse where people prey on each other. At last, worn down by loneliness, he picks up his gear and heads out into a world shrouded in smoke and fire. He takes the 27kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves

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    This post-apocalyptic novel is different! The protagonist is reborn and becomes the Zombie King, developing his power through infection. There's no system or cheat code involved. The writing is delicate and insightful, revealing human nature. It gets more exciting as you read on, and you'll be in a reading slump after finishing it.

16. 16 末 The Growth of a Zombie in the Apocalypse 末世之一个丧尸的成长 Charlie WolfCharlie狼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse396k WordsOngoing Synopsis: [Devour and Evolve] [Collector] [No System] [Domination] [Loyalty] [Blood Energy] [Vast Worldbuilding] [Monsters] [Zombie Disaster] This book is also known as A Kingdom of Flesh and Blood. Zhang Chi was an utterly ordinary college student, until the detonation of a virus bomb completely destroyed his life. The zombie crisis struck, and he was infected instead of surviving. Fortunately, he retained his sanity. The world is in turmoil, order teeters on the brink of collapse, the mastermi 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There are so few zombies now, but maybe I've just seen too many and don't want to watch anything with the same plot anymore.

17. 17 永 Era of Eternal Night: I Became the Tyrant of a Sea of Corpses 永夜纪元：我成了尸海暴君 The Penguin Who Can't Wake Up睡不醒的企鹅Sci-Fi & Apocalypse370k WordsOngoing [Villain + World Destruction + Twists + Ruthless Protagonist + No Goody-Two-Shoes] Ye Bai is reborn and already knows of the conspiracy by a higher civilization to use the world as a breeding ground. Disillusioned, he awakens as the S-0 Virus King, merges with the Progenitor Virus, and embarks on a path of world destruction, using zombies to help all of humanity transcend. Ye Bai’s main weapon against the alien species is exploiting the virus’s ability to mutate and combining it to create all k 35Reads8.8Score—Shelves
18. 18 我 I Am Umbrella 我就是安布雷拉 Colorful Other Shore七彩彼岸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse653k WordsCompleted An incredible idea flashed through Adam’s mind. He looked at Zhou Xun as if he were a demon and said, “So you planned all of this. You can control zombies. From the Raccoon City Incident to the global outbreak of biological infections, and now the destruction of Pine Bluff, it’s all been unfolding according to your script. What kind of demon are you?” Zhou Xun replied with scorn, “I’m merely purifying a world that’s been filthy for far too long.” 1kReads7.5Score—Shelves

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    I'm not sure if these are acceptable?

19. 19 世 World Peace Through Nuclear Weapons: Starting with the Umbrella Corporation 世界核平，从创建保护伞公司开始 A Blue Robe Can Turn Heads Too青衫亦倾城丶Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Reborn in a parallel world based on films and television, he starts with a bankrupt security company and builds it into Umbrella Corporation. With his own hands, he creates a massive enterprise wealthier than any nation and builds a business empire of his own. Katyusha in his left hand, PPSh in his right, vodka in hand, he dares to make Uncle Sam his home. 1.2kReads9.0Score156Shelves
20. 20 她 After She Turned into a Zombie, She Still Remembered Me 她变成丧尸后，还记得我 Drifting with the Wind随风漂荡Sci-Fi & Apocalypse124k WordsCompleted The world froze over. Sixty degrees below zero. I left my wife and daughter outside and went into the shelter alone. The moment the door closed, I heard Lin Xi cry out. It was brief, as if someone had cut her off. Our three-year-old daughter, Xiao Nuan, was in her arms. She was already dead. I survived. I mined coal in an underground bunker, fled through hordes of corpses, and rode the death train bound for the south, watching the zombies walk in lines outside the windows. They were all hea 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is not bad, it's just a bit short.

21. 21 末 Doomsday: What Do You Mean Zombies Can't Beat the Undead? 末日：什么？你说僵尸打不过丧尸 Fellow Daoist, You're Clinging to Appearances道友你着相了Sci-Fi & Apocalypse294k WordsOngoing Wang Yan’s obsession ran so deep that, by a twist of fate, his resentment gathered in his throat and turned him into a zombie. With a green face and fangs, he lived on blood and fed on dragons. Immune to blades and bullets, able to fly up to the moon, beyond the Three Realms and outside the Five Elements, he roamed the world and traveled across the Nine Provinces. Zombies take ten years to become stiff corpses and a thousand years to become Jiangshi demons. Beneath a blood-red moon, Wang Yan wa 47Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Here it comes! [Smirking]

22. 22 震 Shocking! I’m Actually the Source of the Zombie Virus 震惊，我居然是丧尸病毒的源头 The Unflinching Snowdrift义无反顾的白雪飘Sci-Fi & Apocalypse243k WordsOngoing Ding! Host transmigration successful? Binding in progress... “Have I transmigrated?” How is this possible? How could something this outrageous happen to me? And I'm the big boss of this world, no less? How am I supposed to survive this? 31Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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    It was incredibly enjoyable to watch; the protagonist is the source, not a saint.

23. 23 末 Apocalypse: I Am the Corpse Emperor 末世之我是尸皇 Yang Dalang杨大郎Sci-Fi & Apocalypse128k WordsCompleted “Xiao Ning... Xiao Ning... I've finally found you. Your brother was useless and broke his promise again... I'm sorry, Xiao Ning... I'm so sorry...” I'm a grown man. I've been bullied countless times since childhood without shedding a single tear, yet now I held Xiao Ning's body in my arms and sobbed uncontrollably. Tears slid down my cheeks and fell onto Xiao Ning's face... Because the body hadn't been frozen for long, only a thin layer of ice had formed over it. The tears quickly washed it away 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist awakens from being a human to become the Zombie King, leading the zombie race to become the ruler of the world!

24. 24 开 From the Start, I Became the Corpse King: I Am the Calamity 开局化身尸王，我即是天灾 Runny-Yolk Fried Egg qaq溏心荷包蛋qaqSci-Fi & Apocalypse444k WordsOngoing (Apocalypse, supernatural powers, not reborn, nonhuman protagonist) When the apocalypse arrives and zombies run rampant, Shen Ming relies on his awakened ability to survive alongside his girlfriend and his brothers. But he never expects to be betrayed by the two of them. Not only is the child his girlfriend is carrying not his, they also gouge out his eyes. Then they throw him into a horde of zombies. Luckily, Shen Ming successfully turns into a zombie and awakens a bloodline talent: King of Dev 8Reads5.3Score—Shelves
25. 25 创 I Created the Apocalypse, and Now I Seem to Have Become an Evil God 创造末世的我好像成了邪神 Coo Coo Isn't Updating Today咕咕今天不更新Sci-Fi & Apocalypse177k WordsCompleted [Humanity's Apocalypse + Deity Protagonist + Creation Fantasy + Ensemble Cast] Shen Lin died in the apocalypse. When he awoke, he had become a ghost, unable to interact with the real world. He was also an imperfect deity. At the edge of the solar system stood an endless blood-red barrier. Beyond it was a world of nothing but red, and Shen Lin was that world's deity. He created planets and brought life into being. But then he discovered that his world was merging with reality, and the creatures h 314Reads6.9Score105Shelves
26. 26 丧 Zombie Lord System 丧尸领主系统 Kang Bing康冰Sci-Fi & Apocalypse874k WordsCompleted Xiao Li accidentally obtains a Zombie Lord System and becomes a zombie lord who can command hordes of the undead in the city. What?! You want to compare numbers with me? My zombies carry a virus more terrifying than rabies. One bite and you'll learn just how painful this world can be! What?! You want to compare equipment? My zombies can use machine guns and rocket launchers. Never seen a Licker before? Don't mess with me, or I'll shut the doors and sic the zombies on you! 293Reads8.0Score103Shelves

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    These are all finished, so you can read them without worry.

27. 27 重 Reborn in the Apocalypse: I Become the Villainous Zombie King and Slay the Chosen One! 重生末世：化身反派尸王杀天命！ Han Family Retainer寒家客卿Sci-Fi & Apocalypse296k WordsCompleted [Zombies + apocalypse + villain + System + suppressing the chosen ones of every archetype in apocalyptic novels + slow-paced power fantasy + harem] After being drained dry and dying, Ling Xiao returned reborn, only to find himself turned into a zombie who had retained his consciousness and been bound to the Zombie King System... Special abilities? He could devour whatever he wanted! A world ruled by powerful women? Sorry, that didn’t apply when Ling Xiao was around. All the Zombie King’s essence 15Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 丧 Land of the Undead 丧尸国度 Pure Liao Liao纯洁的了了Sci-Fi & Apocalypse971k WordsCompleted The anticancer injection known as “Drug X,” developed by a multinational corporation, undergoes a shocking mutation. The world becomes an ocean of zombies, and in an instant, life on Earth turns into hell... Overnight, zombies overrun the world! Who can survive the apocalypse? Stay alive, or die without finding peace: there is only one choice. 346Reads8.9Score120Shelves
29. 29 全 Global Corpse Mutation: My Identity as a Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Corpse King Is Exposed 全球尸变：我的万年尸王身份暴露了 Time’s Soft Face时光糯颜Urban803k WordsCompleted [A completely fresh idea!] [Pure, unadulterated thrills from beginning to end!] Yang Sheng transmigrates to the 23rd century, where the whole world has entered an age of archaeological excavation. A gigantic tomb containing ten thousand corpses is discovered, and the excavation is broadcast live worldwide. “Viewers! This is shocking! We’re excavating a gigantic tomb filled with ten thousand corpses…” “Take a guess at what we’ll find inside…” Viewers around the world watch with 25Reads6.9Score—Shelves
30. 30 末 Zombie King of the Apocalypse: I Carry a Hundred-Billion-Strong Zombie Army 末世尸王：随身携带百亿丧尸军团 Heaven Defying the Current逆水天行Sci-Fi & Apocalypse210k WordsCompleted This is the coming-of-age story of Luo Fei, an overworked wage earner. When the zombie virus breaks out, he gets bitten and turns into a little zombie. With the help of a small System, he fights monsters and levels up, assimilates zombies, and ultimately becomes the Zombie King. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 末 Apocalypse: Zombies Are Coming, and Humanity Begs Me to Bite Them 末世：丧尸来袭，人类求我咬他们 Sowing Misfortune in the Green and Red青红造孽Sci-Fi & Apocalypse223k WordsCompleted [Comedy + Absurdity + System + Slow Burn] Overnight, the entire world is infected with a zombie virus! Lin Ran awakens as the Zombie King from the start, but all his zombie kids are dimwitted. “Don’t call me Dad. I don’t have kids as rotten as you!” Lin Ran said, looking disgusted. He thought he could live a carefree life with his big boys, but instead he was swept into the maelstrom. “Your Majesty, for the zombies, for all of humanity, please bite a few more people…” “For what, exactly? Biting 94Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 末 Apocalypse: I Can Command Endless Zombie Hordes 末世：我能统御无尽尸潮 Stars and Sea星辰与海Sci-Fi & Apocalypse651k WordsCompleted [No System + dark transformation + evolutionary abilities + commanding zombies] When the apocalypse arrives, Lin Chen loses his home and family and is accidentally infected with a virus. But instead of losing his sanity, he discovers that his blood can control zombies. From that moment on, he is destined to live in the shadows and walk among the dead. When a bloodthirsty tide of a million zombies surges forward, everything in its path will be reduced to dust! [PS: This blurb doesn't do the s 260Reads8.2Score—Shelves
33. 33 末 The Apocalypse Arrives! I Evolve, Starting as a Zombie 末世降临！我从丧尸开始进化 It's Not Orange Cat's Fault, Okay不关橙猫猫得事哦Sci-Fi & Apocalypse404k WordsCompleted [Villain + Apocalypse + System + Superpowers + Zombie King + No saintly do-gooder + No heroine] Zhang Nian suddenly transmigrates to an apocalyptic planet and, caught completely off guard, gets infected and turns into a zombie. But every cloud has a silver lining: he binds himself to a zombie evolution System. From then on, Zhang Nian rises to power in the apocalypse, a place fraught with danger. He evolves into a terrifying Zombie King, feared far and wide, and emerges at the head of a zombie h 699Reads8.6Score101Shelves
34. 34 茅 The Maoshan Corpse King 茅山尸王 Blazing Sky冲天火Mystery558k WordsCompleted (Urban supernatural, talismans and Taoist arts, hand seals and incantations, action-packed power-ups, explosive battles) Hunting ghosts and demons can get your adrenaline pumping too!!! Born with an innate Daoist body and bearing the bloodline of the Corpse King, he wields a peachwood sword in his left hand and a copper-coin sword in his right. He strides across the innate Eight Trigrams and declares the Heavenly Master’s sacred words. Tell me, who in the worlds of yin and yang would dare fight 3.1kReads8.6Score232Shelves
35. 35 全 Global Cataclysm: I Am the Zombie Lord 全球灾变：我是丧尸领主 Can Eat Eight Liang of Rice能吃八两饭Sci-Fi & Apocalypse264k WordsCompleted In the apocalyptic disaster, Tang Jian is unlucky enough to turn into a zombie. Fortunately, he keeps his mind and gains the Catastrophe System. When Tang Jian commands a horde of tens of millions of zombies, rides ferocious beasts, repels foreign invaders, and wreaks havoc across the land... Only then do the surviving humans realize that zombies are, in fact, the next stage of human evolution! Tang Jian sighs, “Once a corpse, rich for life. The ancients really weren't lying!” [Ding! Host has ab 11Reads5.4Score—Shelves
36. 36 末 Apocalypse: I Became the Corpse King 末世：我成了尸王 Star Conception星孕Sci-Fi & Apocalypse490k WordsCompleted The apocalypse arrived, and with the System's help, Lin Xiu lived a second life as a zombie. He commands the undead and creates zombie hordes. Lin Xiu will make his enemies from his past life pay, and force everyone who ever wronged him to repay him many times over. Appearing before humanity as the Zombie King, he will rise to the top as a zombie and reclaim a glory that belongs to him alone. 147Reads5.5Score—Shelves
37. 37 盗 Tomb Robbers Are Raiding My Tomb? Three Thousand Corpse Kings, Charge! 盗墓贼盗我墓？三千尸王给我冲！ Layered Wind层风Mystery843k WordsCompleted This is a world where tomb raiding is all the rage. Li Yi wakes up inside a coffin, only to discover that someone is trying to rob his tomb! Who could put up with that? Li Yi awakens a System. As long as he kills intruders, he can draw traps, treasures, and tomb-guarding creatures! [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have drawn the Imperial Jade Seal!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have drawn the Dragonfire Glazed Dome!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have drawn three thousand corpse puppet 1.6kReads7.9Score114Shelves
38. 38 全 Global Zombie Outbreak: The Evil Seeds Descend 全球尸变，恶种降临 Qianjiu Xi千酒夕Sci-Fi & Apocalypse322k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Survival + Zombies + Human Nature + Powerful Male and Female Leads] When he wakes up, the entire world has been struck by a bizarre virus. Everyone infected turns into a highly intelligent killing monster. The once-bustling campus instantly becomes a living hell. Here, honesty, friendship, kindness, and everything else have ceased to exist. He only wanted to lie low and survive, but from the start he is locked in a room full of monsters. He thinks certain death is inevitable, but u 11.1kReads9.1Score952Shelves
39. 39 末 Doomsday: The Ultimate Evolution Begins with Zombies 末日：从丧尸开始究极进化 Unmatched Elegance风华绝代Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.0M WordsCompleted A meteor falls from the sky, and the apocalypse begins! How did Guo Feng turn into a zombie? Zombies can ride elevators? Zombies can ride tricycles? Zombies can slide-tackle? What the hell is this thing?! 235Reads5.4Score—Shelves
40. 40 末 Apocalypse: Zombie Evolution System 末世：丧尸进化系统 I'm Li Yi I Zombie King我是李易I丧尸的王者Sci-Fi & Apocalypse463k WordsCompleted Saturday, May 15, 2089, 6:30 p.m. Li Tianran had just finished dinner at home. He was lounging on the sofa, remote in his left hand and chips in his right, watching TV. Suddenly, the sky lit up. Countless white streaks, like meteors, came hurtling down, illuminating the city of Lelong, where Li Tianran lived, as brightly as day. But the next second, everyone outside turned into zombies who could only bite people! 28Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 41 末 Apocalypse: Reborn as the Zombie King 末世：重生成为丧尸王 Dragon Banner I龙旗ISci-Fi & Apocalypse362k WordsCompleted When the apocalypse arrived, Lin Xiao died with hatred in his heart while defending a remote city. After living another life and taking his revenge, Lin Xiao leads a zombie army that answers only to him on a march south. Ten years into the apocalypse, the southern territories have already been divided and ruled by several factions. “The Dragon Clan rules the north alone, while humans, zombies, and alien civilizations share rule over the south…” After countless battles, ambition fills Lin Xiao's 108Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 核 Nuclear-Pollution Apocalypse: I Was a Zombie King from the Start 核污末世：我，开局就是尸王 Three Punches from a Farmer农夫三拳Sci-Fi & Apocalypse282k WordsCompleted [Satisfying Revenge + Overwhelming Domination + No Saintly Heroics + Decisive and Ruthless + Tough as Nails + Reborn + Zombies + Superpowers] A nuclear wastewater disaster triggered a catastrophe, and the shadow of the apocalypse fell over the world. In less than ten years, crisis after crisis struck, leaving humanity on the brink of collapse. When disaster hit, Xia Yu was betrayed by a friend, turned into a zombie, and eventually died during a human operation to exterminate the undead. When he 1Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 43 开 From the Start, I Became the King of Zombies 开局我成了丧尸之王 A Tasty-Looking Melon That's Actually Awful难吃的瓜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse141k WordsCompleted When the apocalypse arrived, the Zombie King commanded an army of zombies to attack the major cities, gradually devouring them in waves. Humanity was on the brink of collapse... The police station fell... The economy of the vast city ground to a halt... All manner of monsters emerged, some taking advantage of the national crisis to make a fortune, others sowing chaos. Even major corporations devised evil schemes, plotting to... 6Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 末 Corpse Ancestor of the Apocalypse! I Built a New World After the End 末世尸祖！养成了末日新世界 Tales from the Loft落语楼Urban346k WordsCompleted One day, the world begins to crumble, zombies run rampant, and the System starts working in reverse. You die, then come back to life, only to realize you aren't truly alive. Yes, you have become a walking corpse, feeding on corpses, humans, and even gods. Even if one day you might become the ruler of a new world you built with your own hands, would you choose to live like this? —Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 我 I Am Hongjun, the Dao Ancestor, Returned from the Creation of the World 我乃鸿钧道祖，从创世归来 Tales from the Loft落语楼Urban1.9M WordsCompleted (Invincible protagonist + System + mythology + urban + wild imagination + foreshadowing master + slow-burn power growth + time and space) He died at midnight five years ago and was cast back to the dawn of the world's creation, where he created the land of laws and became the ancestor of all paths. Five years later, he returns to the city of the living with invincible power. The billions of years that passed in the meantime have made him an supreme ruler whose fury terrifies heaven and earth, wh 109Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 呼 No Breathing 呼吸禁止 X03Sci-Fi & Apocalypse145k WordsOngoing (Savvy zombie protagonist + no System + no harem + outrageously hilarious plot + ruthless and decisive + absurd humor) The savvy zombie protagonist keeps his head down and grows stronger in the early stages, then goes on a revenge-fueled killing spree in the later stages, leading the zombies in a counterattack against humanity. Told from the zombies' perspective, this world is hard to explain in a blurb, so come and read it for yourself. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is a zombie, infecting everyone.

47. 47 尸 The Dead and the Faraway 尸与远方 Body of Lies谎言之躯Sci-Fi & Apocalypse340k WordsCompleted Luo Yuanfang is a shameless, carefree zombie. Through his one human eye, he looks at both the zombie world and the human world. What is the apocalypse like? A thousand people have a thousand different ideas. I hope you'll like the version I've imagined. 60Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    Routine flat push.

48. 48 末 Doomsday: I Am the Zombie King, Ruling the World 末日：我，丧尸之王，镇压全球 Mandarin Duck Hot Pot鸳鸯火锅Sci-Fi & Apocalypse999k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Apocalypse + zombie crisis + dark themes + evolutionary mutations + ruthless action Jiang Lin, terminally ill with cancer, had already prepared to wait for death when an apocalypse-invasion species System suddenly appeared from the sky. “This world is so boring! Let me bring humanity a little surprise!” The zombie crisis began with Jiang Lin, then spread step by step across a district, a city, and a nation. Whether you’re a campus beauty or a rich tycoon, an influential elite or an ord 34Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    Some books might not be hard to find because there are too many books on the shelves.

49. 49 末 Apocalypse: The Whole Company Denies the Existence of the 18th Floor 末世：全公司否认18楼存在 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Sci-Fi & Apocalypse783k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + No System + Reborn + Mystery + One Female Lead + Zombies + Hard Sci-Fi + No Mindless Decisions + Revenge] Reborn six hours before the apocalypse, Chu Yan has not only retained his memories of the future, but also mastered the ultimate secret of genetic evolution! He can become the most powerful god in the apocalypse! He frantically stockpiles supplies, builds weapons, modifies vehicles, and saves his parents, racing against time! He will kill his enemies with his own hands and turn 3.4kReads8.7Score290Shelves

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    This post-apocalyptic novel is so different! The protagonist is infected and becomes a zombie king, developing his subordinates through the virus. It's a high-IQ game throughout, with deep foreshadowing and incredibly realistic portrayal of human nature. The more you read, the more addictive it becomes.

50. 50 规 Rule Horror: You Want Me, Zhang San, to Follow the Rules? 规则怪谈：要求我张三遵守规则？ The Luo in Luo Xiu罗修的罗Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted [Horror + eerie + hilarious + satisfying + national fortune = a serious novel] The Supreme Rules descend, selecting multiple people at random from each country to become Ascenders and take part in the Ascension Exam! Those who perform well earn high scores and even extra rewards. They can improve their own abilities and bring unexpected ascension to their country. But fail the exam, and death may be waiting for you, along with endless torment. Even your country may be beset by supernatural event 6.9kReads9.0Score834Shelves

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    A great book, really great, but one of the updates has stopped.

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