Any Good Post-Apocalyptic Stories? The Darker, the Better 有没有好看的末世文推荐？要足够黑暗的
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Ten Days to the End 十日终焉
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
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I Don’t Have a System, but I Do Have a Hammer 我没有系统，但我有榔头
Fifteen years ago, the “God of Gambling System” abandoned me. Along with it went my luck, gambling skills, wealth, women... and every memory my family and friends had of me! As if the whole world had cast me aside, I angrily grabbed everything I owned, rushed into a hardware store, and spent 38 yuan on a hammer. From that day on, I decided I would kill every System with nothing but my mortal body! (Author’s note: No transmigration, no System, no cheats, no female lead, no brothers, no faction, n
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After the Apocalypse, I Killed Half the People! 末世后，我杀了一半的人！
The female lead is cold and decisive, fighting monsters and leveling up all the way. She doesn’t team up and there’s no male lead. It’s a thoroughly satisfying power fantasy with no dull moments: she never puts up with mistreatment or takes a loss. If someone rubs her the wrong way, she beats them up on the spot!
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Raising the Zombie King 丧尸王养成记
[Female-oriented novel! Please read the full synopsis before starting. The tags are generated automatically by the system; this is not a no-romance story.] After dying and not going to heaven, Mo Qian discovers that she has somehow become the villainous Zombie King in a novel. In her original life, she was a stepping stone, seduced and abandoned by the male lead before he dumped her body into the sea. She helped him rise to godhood. How could she possibly put up with that? Armed with a System a
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Apocalypse Rebirth: The Big Shot Starts by Stockpiling a Million Supplies 末世重生：大佬从百万囤货开始
[Apocalypse + ruthless heroine + System storage space + stockpiling supplies + infrastructure building + strong female lead + an outrageously powerful golden finger!] Han Qingxia, a hardened survivor who struggled through ten years of the apocalypse, is betrayed by her base while it’s under siege by zombies. She opens her eyes and finds herself back half a month before the apocalypse! Her deadbeat father, awful grandmother, and stepmother are still trying to force her out of her home so her brot
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The Apocalypse Is Here, So Why Bother Competing? Stockpile Supplies! 都末日了还内卷啥呢？囤物资啊
[Apocalypse + space + reborn + frantically stockpiling supplies + no romance] (No male lead, so feel free to ship anyone you like.) Qin Sheng survived for three years in the Apocalypse, finally outlasting the boss and taking over as second-in-command. But before she could enjoy her new life, she woke up to find herself reborn two months before the Apocalypse! She had worked so hard to claw her way up to become the big boss! Before she could even throw her weight around, the heavens sent her back
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Apocalypse Game: Killing My Girlfriend on Day One 末日游戏：开局手刃校花女友
[Game Stats] [No Romance] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Invincible Protagonist] [Absolute Egoism] [Pure Wish Fulfillment] No saintly heroes allowed!!! After surviving ten years of the apocalypse, Lin Ziluo was reborn on the day the apocalypse game arrived. When he came to, the first thing he did was kill his campus crush, the girlfriend who had betrayed him and ruined his life for ten years. Unexpectedly, he activated a System that could grant him countless golden fingers. His first golden finger: Ab
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The One and Only Origami Talent: I Can Fold Anything 唯一折纸天赋，我能折出一切
(Apocalypse + Transmigration + No Saintly Savior + No Romance + Leveling + Playing It Safe + Superpowers + Gets Even Better Later) Zhuang Mo transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens the safest wood-type superpower in the apocalypse. His future career is supposed to be farming in a safe zone. Other people grow potatoes with a soft, fluffy texture. His potatoes are as big as soccer balls and rock-hard. Other people grow crisp, juicy, sweet cabbages. His cabbages reach five feet tall and are r
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The Apocalypse Game Arrives, and I Become the Game Administrator 末世游戏降临，我黑成游戏管理员
[Hunter: The process of evolution is often also a process of hunting and being hunted!] [Scout: See through the nature of the world, seek advantage and avoid danger!] [Mystic: At this moment, I am heaven and earth!] “You ask which class is stronger: Hunter, Scout, or Mystic?” “I really can't say...” “After all, I'm a game administrator. I can train in all three classes, and they all seem pretty strong!” The apocalyptic game is gradually descending into reality. Before them lies an age of peace
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Cultivation for All: The Trader Between Two Worlds Becomes an Immortal Emperor 全民修仙：两界倒爷成为仙帝
After Blue Star’s spiritual qi revival, the world entered an era in which technology and cultivation advanced side by side. Ye Fan had only a five-element mixed spiritual root, so getting into university and obtaining the resources for Foundation Establishment seemed nearly impossible. One night, he discovered that a dragon-blood talisman his parents had left him could let him transmigrate to another cultivation world. By taking advantage of the enormous price difference in cultivation resources
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Apocalypse: I Was Reborn with King-Level Power 末世：我带着王者级实力重生了
[Apocalypse rebirth + System + recruiting followers + overpowered from the start + thrilling battles] Xiao Yu was a king-tier Awakened in his previous life. After dying, he unexpectedly returned to the beginning of the apocalypse with all his peak strength intact. The powerful creatures from his previous life, the Thunderflame Winged Dragon, the Mechanical Girl, the Source of Calamity, the Annihilation Wolf King, the Evil Dragon Emperor... He brought them all under his command through sheer st
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Natural Disaster: Building a Bunker and Enjoying Life 天灾：建立地堡享受人生
The protagonist, Yang Fan, learns a year in advance that a post-apocalyptic series of natural disasters is about to begin. Drought, extreme heat, extreme cold, floods, snowstorms, earthquakes, polar days, polar nights, and more. To survive, he builds an underground shelter to the highest standards and stockpiles supplies on a massive scale. There are no zombies, no special abilities, no pocket dimensions, and no aliens, just natural disasters. The story focuses on building a shelter, stockpiling
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Survival in the Sea of Stars: The Rise of the Fourth Calamity 星海求生：第四天灾的崛起
A comet arrives, Earth is destroyed, and billions of people around the world transmigrate all at once. Everyone gets a spaceship and a randomly assigned technology template. Halo, StarCraft, EVE, Star Wars, Macross, the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise: every sci-fi game, anime, and movie created by human civilization becomes a technology template. A different universe, a different interstellar war, a different Dark Forest law... System motto: The universe is vast. Don't go running around. The only
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Disaster Journal! 灾变日记！
My name is Lin Wen, and I'm a doomsday survival enthusiast. Over the years, I've stockpiled every kind of supply I could think of. While other people might have a wall lined with sneakers or collectible figures, I have an entire wall stacked with dozens of pounds of compressed biscuits, hundreds of cans, medical supplies, gas masks, and hazmat suits. I even have a homemade crossbow. I often fantasized about doomsday arriving and zombies laying siege to the city. That supply-packed storeroom woul
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City of Beasts 异兽迷城
[The new book The Maze of Inversion has begun serialization. Updates come at 9 p.m. every evening. Please continue to support it.] Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life
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Above the Gray Fog 灰雾之上
[Lord of the Mysteries]+ [Potions]+ [Races]+ [Civilization] A hundred years from now, I am a hero. My deeds become stories, praised by all. A thousand years from now, I am a legend. Stories become epics, passed down through generations. Ten thousand years from now, I am a faith. Epics become myths, and the incense offered to me never ceases. P.S. This book is also known as Above the Gray Mist. P.S. The development of the human race provides the backdrop. The focus is on an individual's epic, no
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King of the Eternal Night 永夜君王
Qian Ye rises from hardship, then falls through betrayal. From that moment on, with only a man and a gun for company, he walks between eternal night and dawn, carving out a legend. If eternal night is the fate he is destined for, then he will become the king who rules it.
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City of Sin 罪恶之城
After enduring constant humiliation, Richard learned from childhood to keep his suffering to himself. It wasn’t until his tenth birthday that he discovered his astonishing talent and extraordinary potential. From the moment he watched his mother leave, Richard stepped into another world, one of sin and glory, holiness and filth. In the City of Sin, he struggles to survive. Will he rise from the ashes or fall into depravity?
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From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老
[Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up
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Unbelievable! I’m Just Coasting Through the Apocalypse 惊呆了！我在天灾末世当咸鱼
[Natural disasters + apocalypse + pocket dimension + spiritual spring + strong female lead + feel-good story + no CP] Reborn overnight, Fu Manman swore she would never again let others carve her up like fish on a chopping board! She would rise to power! Unlock a pocket dimension, sell off her property, and stockpile supplies! At first, she only wanted to be a laid-back couch potato in the apocalypse! But somehow, people who didn't know what was good for them kept provoking her! In the end, even
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Clan Cultivation: I Am the Clan's Guardian Spirit Beast 家族修仙：我为镇族灵兽
[Mythical beast story, no human transformation, no romance, ensemble family saga] Reborn as a Blackwater Mystic Serpent named Mo Xuan, he gains a Clan Guardian Spirit Beast System and forms a bond with the Zhou family patriarch. He becomes the Zhou family's guardian spirit beast, and from then on, their fortunes rise and fall together. As the family gradually grows stronger, Mo Xuan also becomes one of the most powerful beings, and the name of the Zhou beast-taming family eventually resounds thr
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Honor of Kings: What Do You Mean, a Trickster? I'm Just a Sunny, Cheerful Guy 王者：啥老六？阳光开朗大男孩懂
[Live streaming + esports + hilarious troll + no female lead] The sunny, cheerful Su Bei binds to the Ultimate Troll System. He can earn all kinds of rewards by ambushing people. From the start, he gets top-tier game sense and Lanling King-level skills, then runs into Shuye and Bai Yi in a match. His signature Lanling King play leaves Bai Yi getting killed over and over until she breaks down crying. As troll heroes like Angela, Zhong Kui, Shouyue, and Mozi gradually unlock... Everyone who runs i
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Apocalypse: Ghosts Are Strange, and the Strange Are Still Ghosts 末世：鬼是诡，诡还是鬼
(Apocalypse + Hyper-Realistic + Horror) “Hello, surviving sheep. I’m Gu Du. I’m still barely alive today, though I don’t know how much longer I can hold on. If I’m still alive in the future, I hope this suffocating apocalypse will be destroyed. And finally, I hope all the sheep can keep scraping by.”
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Reborn as an Ant: From the Start, I Have an Ant Queen 重生成蚁：开局一只蚁后
Spiritual qi revival, strange beasts rising, disasters striking: humanity has fallen from the top of the food chain and off its pedestal. All living things are back at the same starting line, and an unprecedented biological arms race is about to begin! Yang Qing was reborn before the spiritual qi revival, but became an exceedingly frail male ant who would die after mating. Watching the ants swarm through the sky on their nuptial flight, Yang Qing faces his first question: how can he survive unti
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The Divine Cage Game 神笼游戏
In a dazzling technological future, a powerful being descends, calling itself a god and ruling over all. Everything becomes a game for the gods. The gods become humanity’s sole objects of faith. Above all faith, humans are the pieces and the gods move them. The world is a cage, and this is a game ruled by the gods. The gods rule everything! The gods create the games! The gods make the rules! Rule One: Every human must take part in the game. You need a ticket to compete, but the winner takes all,
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Raising All of Humanity: I Simulated a Perfect Future 饲养全人类：我推演了完美未来
Zheng Xuan transmigrates into a parallel world and becomes the Host of the Future Simulation System. He gathers the wisdom of six billion intelligent beings across the globe and builds a Tower of Wisdom, simulating and creating a supernatural system for humanity: “Equivalent Exchange: Truth Alchemy.” Drawing on generations of medical professionals’ research into the human body, he simulates and develops a supernatural martial arts system! Using the principles of civilization to open a gateway to
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I Am Umbrella 我就是安布雷拉
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.”
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I’m the Villain System: Turning Boiling Sheep Evil from the Start 我，反派系统，开局黑化沸羊羊
Bai An is troubled. Why is it that other protagonists can rely on a System to reach the pinnacle of life after transmigrating, while he’s ended up with a villain System that only has basic functions? But what can he do? Since he can’t be human, Bai An will strive to become the strongest System there is! Bai An looks at a certain sheep being mocked for its crude manners and extends a friendly invitation. “Little sheep, are you content to be a simp... I mean, a licking sheep?” This book is
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The Creator: I Cultivated a Monster Civilization 造物主之我培植了怪兽文明
Lin Han used to be a game designer, but by chance, he transmigrates into the world of a game he designed! This online game revolves around the development of civilizations. Players are like creator gods! From the start, each player gets one planet and can do whatever they want with it! While everyone else is still cultivating cells, Lin Han chooses a monster civilization from the start! [You spent 1 Authority Point to create a cell.] [Your creation has advanced to the biological stage through pa
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Apocalypse: I Stockpile Supplies and Coast to Victory Worldwide 末世：我囤物资躺赢全球
Also known as "The Apocalypse: Saving the Dawn", winner of the Cold Lake writing contest. (Apocalypse + zombies + stockpiling supplies + special abilities + divine pets + ruthless protagonist + building a faction + humorous power fantasy) The apocalypse arrived. Zombies ran rampant, and species began to mutate. Lin Xuan was reborn before the apocalypse and seized control of an oil town, stockpiling supplies like crazy. First, a hundred thousand cases of instant noodles! Then a hundred thousand c
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Apocalypse: Stockpiling a Billion in Supplies from Day One 末世：开局先囤十亿物资
[Apocalypse + Rebirth + Spatial Ability + Stockpiling Supplies + Ruthless, No Saintly Savior + Building a Faction] “Mr. Chen, your one hundred family buckets of fried chicken have arrived.” “Mr. Chen, your one hundred roast ducks have arrived.” “Boss Chen, your ten thousand tons of pork have arrived.” Chen Luo, known as the Void King, relied on his unmatched ability to lie low until every survivor had died. In the whole world, only monsters remained; there were no humans left. With nothing left
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I Struggled Through the Apocalypse Only to Become a Pawn 末世努力终成棋子
A retired soldier in the apocalypse. A former soldier turned PE teacher fights to survive the end of the world. A glimmer of hope in the apocalypse. Unlocking potential + genetic evolution + crystal cores. Born human, yet our fate is not our own. Humanity’s infighting has severely damaged the planet’s environment. Dwindling forests, nuclear pollution, radiation, and increasingly harsh living conditions have all sown the seeds of the apocalypse. Then, one day, a sample that rapidly accelerates th
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Apocalypse: The More Beautiful Women Around Me, the Stronger I Become 末世：美女越多，我越强
[Reborn + beauties + campus belle + mature woman + aloof heiress + loli + campus belle + girl next door + no saintly heroine] Chen Jing unexpectedly catches his girlfriend with the rich second-generation heir Li Yunze in the room he had carefully prepared at a hotel... Then the apocalypse arrives, and he unexpectedly binds to a System. From then on, he turns his life around. “Weren't you... my girlfriend?” “I just saved your fiancée... If you've got the guts, come hit me!” “Weren't you... my gir
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In an Empty Apocalypse, I Lead Players on a Rampage! 无人末世，我带着玩家杀疯了！
Game designer Gu Zhe transmigrates to an apocalyptic world overrun by evil races. Undead, demons, dark elves, vampires, insectfolk, serpentfolk, and all manner of other evil races... Humanity in this apocalypse has already been wiped out by the evil races! Gu Zhe, being human himself, is in mortal danger! Fortunately, he brought along the game he designed. Through the game, he can summon players from Blue Star to descend into this world! In this lifeless apocalypse, Gu Zhe joins his players to r
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Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Apocalypse: From the Start, I Became a Cannon-Fodder Rich Girl 穿书末世：开局变身炮灰富萝莉
[A person inside a book + Apocalypse + Transformed into a little girl + Tycoon + No romance + Massive stockpiling + Focused on building a career + Ridiculous comedy] (Please don't nitpick) After waking up, the straight-laced international mercenary Su Xing finds himself transmigrated into a book he had read, The Domineering Dragon King Takes On the Apocalypse. Transmigrating into a book is one thing, but what the heck is being turned into a six-year-old girl? He, Su Xing, has become Su Xing'er.
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