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The Walking Dead: TWD 行尸走肉TWD
[No golden finger + an ordinary person gradually growing stronger + a crossover of zombie shows and games + slow-paced development and base-building + gritty realism + multiple women + making up for regrets, no tragedy] (Includes a little fanfiction. Everything is in service of the plot, so don't read if that's not your thing. This time, The Walking Dead will be different.) Opening: The Walking Dead TV series Main storyline: The Walking Dead main series + some spin-offs Elements: The Walking Dea
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The Walking Dead: I Am the One and Only King 行尸走肉：我是唯一的王
No System, no bleeding-heart heroine, and more than one woman. If that bothers you, please move along! For the sake of the plot, the actual distances between several communities in the story have been shortened! After being shot while coming to someone's aid, Ding Qizhong arrives in the world of the TV series The Walking Dead. He wakes up in a hospital alongside Rick, leads the group through one relocation after another, and eventually takes over a prison... (The zombie lore has been adjusted. R
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The Walking Dead: The End of the World Is to Transmigrate 行尸走肉：世界的尽头是穿越
(A Walking Dead fanfic, written for the author’s own enjoyment. Please don’t flame the writing. I’m writing as I watch the show, so things may be described in detail.) [The Walking Dead / Space / System / Fixing the Regrets of the Original / Everyone Loves Her / No Romance] Li Fangcun never imagined she would transmigrate, let alone into a zombie show her roommate had enthusiastically recommended, but which she herself had never watched. After transmigrating to an unknown small town in America,
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Doomsday Survival: I Got the Former Soviet Union's Supply Depot 末日求生：我获得了前苏联物资库
[Chinese Walking Dead + Apocalypse Survival + System + Laying Low + Mengde Constitution] “If you can do better, then you do it!” Those were the last words Yang Ming heard before he transmigrated. Every time he read an apocalypse survival web novel, he would complain that “there are no more masterpieces in the apocalypse.” For some inexplicable reason, Yang Ming transmigrated to a parallel world. To his shock, a zombie outbreak began just as he arrived. Looking at the Katyusha rocket launcher beh
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- 105 The Walking Dead: A Corporate Giant’s Road to Survival in the Apocalypse 行尸走肉：末世巨企的求生之路 [The Walking Dead + Left 4 Dead + Dying Light + Fallout... A hodgepodge] The apocalypse arrived, reducing more than a decade of Jacob Havok's hard work to nothing and leaving him with a zombie bite. But just then, the [Apocalyptic Megacorporation System] awakened, revealing the truth behind everything: “So this was all a conspiracy by the so-called elite, who deliberately released an alien spore virus to send civilization into decline?” “I’m actually in the world of The Walking Dead, and I have 233Reads6.5Score113Shelves
- 106 Film and TV Stories Begin with The Walking Dead 影视从行尸走肉开始 (Single Female Lead + Post-Apocalyptic Survival + Making Up for Regrets) No System, no supernatural abilities, no mutations. One female lead: Beth. This is a story that begins with The Walking Dead and simply sets out to make up for some of the show's regrets. An Bang had just lost his grandfather when he drowned while rescuing someone by chance. He arrives in the world of The Walking Dead, where he slowly builds a base and then a city. This is also a story about decisive, ruthless action. “ 91Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 107 Struggling to Survive in a World Overrun by the Undead 末世，在行尸纵横的世界里挣扎 [Classic zombies + building a faction + movies + no System + power fantasy + female lead] A man in America. After being reborn, Roger finally comes of age and inherits the vast fortune of his adoptive parents, embarking on a life of luxury without ever needing to work hard. But before he can enjoy it for long, the zombie apocalypse arrives! He thought this was just an ordinary parallel world, but reality played a cruel joke on him. The world he had lived in for eighteen years was actually the se 437Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 108 The Walking Dead: The Road to Survival 行尸走肉【生存之路】 Surviving in The Walking Dead by sticking close to the main group and doing my best to stay alive... This is my first novel, written purely out of love. If there's anything I could do better, I'd love it if you could share your suggestions, everyone! ୧(.︠ᴗ.︡)୨ 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 The Walking Dead: The Long Road Ahead 行尸走肉之负重前行 Watching the zombies packed tightly below the building, howling without end, Li Lingfei was completely dumbfounded... Just a few days ago, he was a recently discharged soldier about to step into the unknown world beyond the military. Now he stood in a world full of zombies that ate people, where humanity had sunk into darkness! After spending more than twenty days in The Walking Dead and gradually getting his head back together, Li Lingfei decided that since he had already come to this world 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 Transmigrate into The Walking Dead 穿越之美剧行尸走肉 This is not a wish-fulfillment story where the heroine instantly conquers the world. It’s a slow burn, so proceed with caution. Su Wan is scooped up on a whim by a System and transmigrates from the cultivation world into the TV series The Walking Dead. A paralyzed System, a strange new world, and unfamiliar people. She will journey alongside the main cast, live a different life, and do her best to save everyone whose fate left readers wishing things had gone differently. May every kind person g 738Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 The Walking Dead: Daryl’s Route, an If-Line Romance 行尸走肉if线达里尔乙女 [Sweet romance + a little everyone’s favorite + 1v1 + both leads are faithful + everyday life] Fiona bought a café in a small town in Georgia. She never expected it to become the place where her fate would intertwine with Daryl Dixon’s, a quiet man with hidden tenderness and old scars. It began with their first meeting at a repair shop, then grew into an attraction in the forest. From stepping in to defend her outside a bar to standing by her at the police station on a rainy night, in this small 134Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 The Walking Dead: Across the Bridge 行尸走肉：逆桥 This isn't about transmigrating, but simply adding a Chinese person to the original world. The plot changes, and both good and bad things happen in a way that makes sense. For example, the controversial Sophia survives. “May my mercy outweigh my wrath.” - Rick Grimes “Maybe you’re the one who walks away, but really, you’re the one who leaves. Again.” - Daryl “Sometimes kids have to find their own way to tell their parents what to do.” - Carl “Maybe we survived just... just to keep on living.” - 205Reads—Score—Shelves
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Zero Epidemic Zone 零疫区
A story mode similar to The Walking Dead. For readers who were dissatisfied with how The Walking Dead ended. A Zero-Infected Zone means a place created by people, with no zombies and absolute safety. (This title might not attract many readers!) No special abilities + materialism + scientific realism + an ordinary protagonist, not a self-sacrificing saint. As the Z-virus continues to evolve, it becomes a brain virus with an extremely high rate of transmission. With the zombie crisis breaking out
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The Walking Dead: Journey to a New World 行尸走肉：新世界之旅
This book picks up right where the first book, Alive After Death, left off. No System + a female protagonist + realistic tests of survival + gritty action + heartbreaking farewells!!! The book will feature a Walking Dead fanfiction storyline!!! It mainly focuses on the lives of another group of ordinary people in The Walking Dead: without Rick’s protagonist-level strength, how far can the group make it? You don’t need to have read the first book to enjoy this one. Thanks so much for your support
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- 115 Alive, After Death 活着，在死后 Don’t trust the living. Don’t yearn for the past. And whatever you do… don’t turn on a light at night. A living corpse wanders through the skeletal remains of the city, looting, hiding, and deceiving. Inside a survivors’ base, I saw the man they called “Hope.” He stood beneath the spotlights, preaching order and rebuilding, radiant with glory. Everyone cheered for him, hailing him as their savior. Yet he turned a blind eye to the ordinary people outside the walls, struggling and crying for help. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 The Walking Dead: But It's World War Z 行尸走肉：但僵尸世界大战 [The Walking Dead + World War Z + Resident Evil + multiple female leads] Golden finger: Divine Machine, Hundred Refinements (without the Body-Tempering Furnace). What sparks will fly when three kinds of zombies appear in one world? This is the story of Matthew leading Rick's group as they survive the apocalypse. 8Reads6.1Score—Shelves
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Summoning Characters in a Walking Dead World 我在行尸世界里召唤人物
[Transmigration, System, apocalypse, decisive and ruthless] Xia Yan, who possesses the Ruler System, transmigrates into the world of The Walking Dead. To make up for the regrets of the characters in his original world, he immediately sets a series of plans in motion...
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Transmigrate into The Walking Dead with a System 带着系统穿越行尸走肉
Xia Meng was stunned. One moment, she was complaining to the taxi driver about her boss being a stingy capitalist, and the next, she opened her eyes in a world where survival was hard and the walking dead roamed everywhere. She really did love the TV series The Walking Dead, but that didn't mean she wanted to experience it firsthand. 1. The heroine grows over the course of the story. She's pretty useless in the early chapters and thinks like an ordinary person, but she's no naive pushover. Her m
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- 119 The Walking Dead: Betty's Adventure 行尸走肉之贝蒂奇遇记 Jiang Yun transmigrates into Betty and enters the world of The Walking Dead... She thinks she can save everyone, but things do not go as she hopes. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 A Journey Through The Walking Dead 行尸走肉之旅行 A sequel to I Transmigrated into The Walking Dead and Gave Up. After bidding farewell to everyone at Dawn Castle, Molly set off with Negan on the road to Los Angeles. After they came across seven-year-old Anna, the two decided to take her along. This was bound to be a journey filled with unknown dangers. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Walking Dead: I’ll Step In at the Crucial Moment 行尸走肉：关键时刻我会出手
Lin Yu transmigrates to the world of The Walking Dead and obtains the Doomsday Survival System. As long as she kills zombies, she can obtain all kinds of supplies. At first, in order to survive the apocalypse, Lin Yu chooses to join the main group. But later, after she eliminates some enemies ahead of time, the others kick her out of the group. So Lin Yu takes the companions who trust her and decides to build a shelter of her own. A glimmer of “hope” for the survivors of the apocalypse will illu
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- 122 The Walking Dead: A Change of Course 行尸走肉之改变 An ordinary heroine enters the world of The Walking Dead. She works hard to change the plot, but in the end, the story still follows its original course. When she finally returns to the real world, she discovers that every time she transmigrated and tried to change things, it had caused a butterfly effect in reality. At the same time, she finds three parallel timelines. She directly kills off the male lead, but the result of her changes isn't what she wanted. To bring her Daryl back, she tries t 76Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 The Walking Dead: The Invisible Nobody 行尸走肉之小透明 This is my first time writing a story. I have a particular plot in mind, so if it's not to your taste, please don't read. What changes would a person familiar with the story's plot bring about after the System sends them into The Walking Dead? 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 Just an Ordinary Guy Transmigrates into The Walking Dead 纯路人穿到行尸走肉世界 Qiao Wei is an innocent college student who has never watched The Walking Dead. Somehow, she ends up in its world. With no idea how the story will unfold, she knows just one thing: cling to the protagonist Rick! (No superpowers, no System, no golden finger. Told entirely from the heroine’s perspective. There may be romance, but the author is a beginner and will see where the story goes. Also, since the heroine doesn’t know the plot, things will generally follow the original show, but she’ll try 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 The Walking Dead: Lurking 行尸走肉之潜伏 First long-form fic: writing this out of love because I can’t stop thinking about the Dixon brothers. - Perhaps when life fades in one world, it can be reborn in another. When the apocalypse came, Mo Wenwen was infected and turned into a zombie, but was lucky enough to retain her consciousness. Kept captive and studied as a living corpse, she endured countless torments before finally dying in despair. When she awoke again, she had arrived in the world of the TV show The Walking Dead, which she h 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 The Walking Dead: I Came for You 行尸走肉之为你而来 Wendy is an original female lead, and her pairing is with Shane. I really like Shane as a character, so I want to give him a happy ending. I also want to give characters like Merle and Glenn happy endings. The story is about more than fighting the walkers: it also explores conflicts within the group and tangled relationships. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Walking Dead: A Background Character’s Rise 行尸走肉之龙套崛起
Gamer and streamer Li Yan transmigrates into The Walking Dead and becomes Jimmy, a young man from a farm. He was supposed to die horribly at the hands of the walkers, but with the help of his game System, he rises to power. The Governor never imagined he'd get shot in the head on the very first day he met Li Yan. The cannibals at Terminus thought they'd just captured an ordinary young man. The Wolves never expected to become the hunted. And when Negan sees himself surrounded by tanks and armored
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- 128 Doomsday: Snatching the Female Lead from The Walking Dead from the Start! 末日：从行尸走肉开始截胡女主！ My new story is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 337Reads5.9Score126Shelves
- 129 Doomsday: Recruiting Suicide Warriors, Starting with The Walking Dead! 末日：从行尸走肉开始招募死士！ [Death Warrior System] [The Walking Dead] [Resident Evil] [Zombies] [Making Up for Past Regrets] My name is Ling Xiao Fisher! I was a boy adopted and raised in America. When I confessed my feelings to the girl I liked, Maggie... Everything changed! The Death Warrior System activated, and killing walkers earned me coins! The walkers who attacked me, bit me, and turned into mutants all proved one thing... The end of the world was here! 93Reads5.2Score—Shelves
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The Walking Dead: Don’t Laugh, I’m a Beast in the Jungle! 行尸走肉：别笑，我打野超勇的！
After a year and a half of roaming the wilderness in The Walking Dead, Luo Dan needed a place with a spring, so he set his sights on Rick's prison. In a world overrun by mutations, even the System had gone haywire, constantly dropping bizarre gear. A pink, diamond-studded Chanel handbag? It had 22 cubic meters of space inside. A ridiculous bedsheet and bunny-ear hair clip? They could stop the righteous force of a 7.62 caliber bullet. Raging corpses, shrieking corpses, bloated corpses,
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Awakening a Talent Point System in The Walking Dead! 在行尸走肉觉醒加点天赋！
Apocalypse + System stat upgrades + crossover with the original story + team survival + unconventional tactics On the night the zombies break out, delivery driver Luo Yi awakens a stat-boosting System! His attributes skyrocket as he slays monsters and saves friends. Fighting back-to-back with Glenn, he survives against all odds, saves everyone whose fate left readers heartbroken, and builds a camp from scratch. He leads Rick's group in a head-on fight against the zombie hordes, rebuilding a new
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- 132 Starting from the Age of Ten, I Survive in The Walking Dead 十岁开局，我在行尸走肉求生存 [You’ll need to follow the plot at first. The protagonist’s golden finger only really kicks in once he reaches the prison!] [If you don’t want to read the earlier plot, you can skip it!] After rewatching The Walking Dead, Wang Fan transmigrates into its world and becomes ten-year-old Carl Grimes. Fortunately, he activates the apocalypse survival System as soon as he arrives. With the System’s help, ten-year-old Carl replaces his own father, Rick Grimes, as the group’s leader. Leading the group, 161Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 133 The Walking Dead: I Am China's Pride 行尸走肉，我是华夏之光 I opened my eyes to a world of zombies, naked and running through a hospital from the start. I had transmigrated into the first season of The Walking Dead. No System, no superpowers, just a quick tongue and a head full of plot knowledge that might not be entirely reliable. I'm no savior, and I'm no hero. I saved Amy, who was supposed to die, helped Carol escape domestic abuse, and taught Rick how to survive. But I also know that once things start to change, there's no stopping them. In the apoca 23Reads—Score—Shelves
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Thrown into The Walking Dead and Forced to Livestream 穿入行尸走肉，被强制直播
[The Walking Dead + post-apocalyptic survival + zombies + heartbreaking regrets] Daily sign-in. He and his good friend Wang Pangzi are transported to the world of The Walking Dead. With the brothers united, nothing can stand in their way! He rescues his fellow countrymen and goes into construction-crazed mode, building a fortress for the apocalypse. The plot differs from the original, with changes to the story. Sophia, T-Dog, Dale, Hershel, Glenn, and many others will all survive. He attacks th
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- 135 Apocalypse: I Was Reborn 48 Hours Before Doomsday 末世：我重生回末日前48小时 The apocalypse erupted, and zombies overran the world. Lin Fan carefully scraped by for ten years, but in the end, he still couldn't escape being torn apart and eaten by zombies. His consciousness slowly returned. “Where am I?” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have successfully activated the Doomsday Rebirth System. The current date is July 16, 2038.” Lin Fan's eyes widened as he looked at the familiar yet strange surroundings. “I've been reborn!?” “Ha ha ha ha ha! Those who looked down on 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Walking Dead: Pressing On 行尸走肉：一路前行
A Walking Dead game fanfiction, beginning at the start of Season Two. On their way north from Savannah to find Wellington, Clementine, Omid, and Christa rescue a boy named Arthur Henry. Arthur soon becomes one of them and continues traveling with them... In the apocalypse, there's no room for hothouse flowers. Ruthlessness is a necessity, while kindness is the moral line you must not cross.
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I'm Glenn, and I Changed That Damn Bat Swing 我是格伦我改变了那该死的一棒
Glenn's death beneath Negan's baseball bat is the most heartbreaking ending in The Walking Dead. But when I opened my eyes, Lucille's barbs were right in front of me! Thirty seconds until death. No! I transmigrated here! “Negan, the B-12 armory code is Lucille0712. Your eastern defenses will be breached by walkers in three days!” One sentence was enough to stop the madman Negan in his tracks and leave Rick's whole group stunned! From then on, I became the Saviors' “intelligence officer,” a
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Love Apartment: Apocalypse Time-Travel System 爱情公寓：末日穿梭系统
Love Apartment: Apocalypse System Adventures Lin Chen accidentally transmigrates into the world of Love Apartment, where he meets a group of friends including Zeng Xiaoxian, Hu Yifei, and Lü Ziqiao. Just as he thinks he’s about to settle into an easygoing daily life, the “Apocalypse-Hopping System” suddenly activates, dragging them into one heart-pounding adventure after another in zombie-ravaged worlds. From Raccoon City in Resident Evil to the deadly train in Train to Busan, from the urban w
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The Walking Dead Chronicles 行尸走肉编年史
A test of human nature amid the collapse of civilization, the struggle between survival and morality, the corruption of power, and the rebuilding of civilization. - The shades of human nature: There is no absolute good or evil. Survival in the apocalypse magnifies greed, fear, kindness, and sacrifice, forcing us to ask, “What does it mean to be human?” - Survival vs. dignity: When resources are scarce, should people hold fast to their morals or abandon their principles? The story repeatedly e
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Adrift in a Sea of Corpses: Betrayed from the Start, I’ve Gone Completely Mad 尸海浮生：开局遭背叛我彻底疯魔
(No System, no transmigration, no cheats, no invincibility. There are supernatural abilities, human enhancement, biological hazards...) Nan Taiming was framed and fell into dire straits, his life hitting rock bottom. A sudden, abnormal downpour swept across the globe, and an unknown crisis descended without warning, bringing civilization to the brink of collapse. Amid the chaos, Nan Taiming unexpectedly escaped. In this wasteland-like new world, he chose to protect the survivors around him, make
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Reborn Among the Walking Dead: Warlord of the Apocalypse 行尸重生：末世枭雄
Anyone who's watched The Walking Dead must find it hard to let go! I feel the same way, and that feeling inspired me to write this novel. Rick is reborn. What kind of story will he bring us this time?
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Reborn: Evil Forces 重生：邪恶力量
Not a harem story, supernatural horror Power fantasy + American horror + decisive and ruthless + no characters acting stupidly + dark + no saintly heroine At 39, on the night he lost his job, Zhang Sheng ran headlong into a twist of fate, only to crash into an utterly unbelievable nightmare. When he opened his eyes again, the smell of engine oil and gun oil flooded his nostrils. He had become Dean Winchester, sitting inside the roaring black Impala! In the passenger seat, a young Sam urged him o
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Shocking! The Prince Somehow Transmigrated to the Apocalypse with Me 震惊！王爷竟然跟我穿到末世
[Scheming Prince × Warm on the Outside, Cold Within, an Apocalypse-Era Delicate Flower] [Transmigration + Zombies + Stockpiling + Character Growth + Escape] Ning Rong carried all of humanity's hopes as she traveled through time, but accidentally arrived in an era never recorded in history. Not only did she fail to stop the virus outbreak, she also ended up bringing a prince to the apocalypse. Ning Rong: “I've ruined humanity's future.” The prince: “I've ruined the future of the Ning Kingdom.”
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The Walking Dead: Starting with a Perfect Shot 行尸：从百发百中开始
[The Walking Dead + System + Making Up for Regrets + Team Leader + All-Rounder Protagonist + The Whole Cast Becomes Battle-Hardened Later On + Mindless Wish Fulfillment + New Author] Chen Xiao, a college student who stayed up all night binge-watching a show, wakes up to find he has transmigrated into the apocalyptic world of The Walking Dead. Zombies roam everywhere and humanity is lost, but he unexpectedly binds himself to a max-level Plunder System. Kill the strong or save the capable, and you
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The Walking Dead: The Love of My Life 行尸走肉：一生所爱
Dream again, and relive the unforgettable story. After Season Two ended and Wellington fell, a young man crossed paths with Clementine on the road as she fled southeast with AJ.
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Doomsday System: My Zombie Kingdom 末日系统：我的丧尸国度
Lin Chen transmigrates to a zombie-infested America and activates the Apocalypse System. Using the System’s power, he kills zombies, builds a base, and recruits beautiful women with their own special skills, including a policewoman and a medical student. He sweeps aside hordes of zombies and enemies, eventually finds a cure, and rebuilds civilization with the beauties at his side, becoming the ruler of the apocalypse.
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- 147 Doomsday Run: The Los Angeles Zombie Horde 末日穿梭：洛杉矶尸潮 College student Lin Chen transmigrates to Los Angeles during a zombie outbreak and activates the Apocalypse System. Alongside a former Marine, a nurse, a street girl, and others, he struggles to survive amid hordes of zombies and the crucible of human nature. Together, they fight mutated zombies and uncover the truth behind the virus, standing by one another even in the most desperate circumstances. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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He Seized His Minister's Wife and Imprisoned Her in the Eastern Palace, but the Crown Prince Brother Drew His Sword to Steal Her Away 夺臣妻囚东宫，太子哥哥提剑抢婚
[Both virgins + faux siblings + coercive possession + no blood relation] [Innocent, stunning imperial princess vs. sweet-looking but secretly calculating, possessive imperial brother] Pei Zhiwan was the only princess of the Great Sheng dynasty. Her beauty was unrivaled, and she was betrothed to the person she loved. Then, after an accident, her imperial brother, who was not related to her by blood and was also the Crown Prince, spent a night with her and took her innocence. Her imperial brother
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Blue Cat's Diary 蓝猫日记
The sniper Blue Cat transmigrates across the multiverse. His first universe is Tunnel Warfare, and from then on he begins a long campaign against invaders of every kind. If the invaders dare to come, We'll beat them till their souls flee and their hearts tremble. If the invaders dare to come, We'll send them tumbling, horse and rider alike. The whole nation takes up arms, the whole nation joins the fight, And we'll wipe the invaders out for good!
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