Dark Apocalypse Stories With a Selfish, Ruthless Protagonist, Preferably No Female Lead 末世黑暗文，主角自私自利，杀伐果断，最好无女主

1. 1 末EN Apocalypse Game: Killing My Girlfriend on Day One 末日游戏：开局手刃校花女友 Green Plums Fade Easily青梅易逝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted [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 131.1kReads9.4Score10.8kShelves

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   Excellent, definitely worth five stars. No Mary Sue moments, no female lead, vengeful and vengeful characters, no playing the "revenge is a dish best served cold" approach. Even a month's delay is the absolute limit. A truly satisfying read, perfect for relaxing. And since it's a completed story, you can read it all in one go – so enjoyable!

2. 2 末 Apocalypse Villain: Reborn, I Infiltrate the Protagonist's Crew 末世反派：重生后，我混入主角团 Room-Temperature Sugar-Free Soda常温无糖汽水Sci-Fi & Apocalypse683k WordsCompleted [Zombies + post-apocalypse + doomsday + self-interest + decisive and ruthless + villain] Important: The protagonist is neutral evil when he’s in a good mood and chaotic evil when he’s not. He has almost no humanity. Don’t read if that’s not your thing. Only after Chi You dies does he learn that the hotheaded boy who’s always going on about love and peace is the chosen protagonist, destined to save the world, while he himself is merely a villain serving as a stepping stone along the protagonist 37.5kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves

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   How about giving this a try? It's absolutely divine! The more you read, the more captivating it becomes! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai (another world) novel to my family—a truly amazing read. The thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics make it an absolute must-read this year.

3. 3 末 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 Qian Mo Ya浅沫呀Sci-Fi & Apocalypse919k WordsOngoing [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 6.4kReads8.7Score394Shelves

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   A ten-year veteran bookworm with over 3000 hours of reading time, I recommend the following novels. They are all of high quality. I read all genres, both male and female-oriented. Any book added to my bookshelf is safe to read. If you don't like it, come back and scold me!

4. 4 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
5. 5 序EN Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 1MReads9.3Score123.9kShelves
6. 6 犯 The Usurper 犯上者 Li Ma李马Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [The print edition has been signed, so read with confidence] (No System, no invincibility, plot-focused, explores human nature, not a formulaic power fantasy) (The protagonist grows and changes as the story unfolds) (An ensemble cast: supporting characters aren't one-dimensional, and respond with genuine emotions to the changes around them) No one knows when this world began to split in two. 218.8kReads9.4Score35.1kShelves
7. 7 末 Apocalypse Rebirth: With Foresight, I Sweep Away Everything 末世重生：我靠先知横扫一切 Casual Notes随缘随笔Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Apocalypse Rebirth] [Myriad Star-Race] [High-Martial Universe] [Early: Blue Star Apocalypse] [Mid and Late: Swallowed Star] After Blue Star merged with an alien planet, the laws of the world collapsed. Electricity failed, and all the electrical technology humanity possessed vanished without a trace... But that was far from the only disaster. Billions of alien races from across the stars and colossal sky-piercing beasts descended upon Blue Star. Within just a few years, fewer than one in a hundr 224.3kReads8.3Score34.1kShelves
8. 8 末 Apocalyptic Reincarnation: The Cannon Fodder Steals the Protagonist's Crew's Chance 末世轮回，炮灰截胡主角团 Little Tomato Official番茄小官Sci-Fi & Apocalypse100k WordsOngoing In a broken apocalypse, eerie zombies roam everywhere, along with the souls of the dead swallowed by illusions. Wang Liu, a cannon-fodder who transmigrated into a book, holds the power to loop back from death. Time and again, he wagers his life to turn back time and steal the original protagonist's fortune and opportunities, hoping to escape his fate of dying a gruesome death. But he never expected Zhang Ba, who should have stood at the pinnacle of fate, to return with memories of his past life 61Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A cataclysmic event sweeps the world, with mutated monsters and hallucinatory illusions lurking everywhere. Wang Liu, a cannon fodder character transmigrated into a novel, awakens to a cycle of death and reincarnation. He risks his life to rewind time, seizing opportunities and gambles on fate, hoping to escape his inevitable demise. Unexpectedly, the original protagonist, Zhang Ba, is also reborn with memories of his past life. His opportunities are repeatedly thwarted, leading him to become completely corrupted and determined to eliminate Wang Liu. Illusions of withered locust trees, bloody battles on desolate roads, and bizarre parasitic crises follow one after another. Director Shangchuan possesses a vast military force, while Mayor Jinyang secretly plots using precognitive dreams. Meanwhile, a strange change occurs in the distant core area, and the main AI, faithfully executing commands corrupted by the mutated creatures, marks the two as high-risk variables and begins its hunt.

9. 9 公 Highway Survival: A Death Row Inmate Awakens the Dragonkin Sequence from the Start 公路求生：死囚开局觉醒龙裔序列 Misty Rain Over Ice City冰城烟雨Sci-Fi & Apocalypse604k WordsOngoing [Kill-or-be-killed System + Supernatural Horror + Natural Disasters + Crushing Wild Convoy Gangs + Villain Protagonist + Stockpiling Supplies] Death-row inmate Shen Yan binds himself to the [Myriad Worlds Apocalypse] System on the eve of his execution. After clearing two beginner scenarios, The Walking Dead and Resident Evil 2, he is sent straight into the main road-survival scenario, where supernatural horrors have erupted. T-virus modifications send his strength skyrocketing! Dragonkin blood m 4.9kReads6.5Score258Shelves

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   Dark-themed protagonist [OK]

10. 10 末 Apocalypse: From Heavy-Duty War Trucks to a City in the Sky 末世：从重卡战车到天空之城 Zero Eight Zero One零八零一Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.0M WordsCompleted [Already adapted into several AI animated dramas... Apocalypse + Massacre + Goddesses + Resources + Hoarding + Campus Beauties + Farming + All of Humanity + Survival] Su Hao wakes from a nap to find the apocalypse upon them. Humans have turned into zombies, and plants and animals have mutated too! Trapped on a rooftop with a goddess, Su Hao first kills the mutated goddess, then triggers an infinite series of god-tier choices! [Choice 1: One ton of gold and ten tons of beef!] [Choice 2: A beautif 65.9kReads7.7Score7.1kShelves

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    I haven't found any good post-apocalyptic novels yet, but this one is relatively new. The protagonist has a choice system, which adds to the excitement. He's decisive and ruthless, and he teams up with others (I can't find any good lone-wolf post-apocalyptic novels). Most importantly, it avoids the usual tropes. You might want to check it out.

11. 11 末 Apocalypse Snail: A Little Conscience, but Not Much 末世蜗牛：有点良心，但不多 Uncultured, zz有辱斯文zzSci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [No System or Superpowers] [Comedy] [Wild Ideas] [Plot Twists] [Light Novel] [Protagonist Fans, Read at Your Own Risk] [Bizarre and Explosive] [Not for the Straight-Laced] One day, snails poured from the sky in place of rain. Anyone bitten turned into a monster, and resources became scarce… You'll see a protagonist group that is selfish and self-serving, lacking in empathy, hypocritical, vindictive, fake do-gooders, arrogant, two-faced, all pretenses, and downright crazy... Every las 9.4kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    In this book, the entire main cast is villains.

12. 12 末 Apocalypse Villain: I Become Darkness and Enslave All 末世反派：化身黑暗，奴役众生 Vulgar and Tasteless俗而无味Sci-Fi & Apocalypse270k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + villain + darkness + factions + special abilities] After transmigrating into an apocalyptic world filled with protagonists, he discovers that he has become the ultimate villain, destined to be nothing more than a stepping stone for the heroes. Awaken a System? Time and space abilities? Reborn? Whatever this so-called protagonist's luck is, I'll wipe it all out! The protagonist is noble? How noble? At most, only as high as my knees! That kingly aura of yours? I'll kill you until al 2.7kReads8.2Score139Shelves

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    The first book: The protagonist becomes the villain in the apocalypse, wielding dark power to enslave others. This unconventional premise is quite compelling. The clash of powers and the struggles between characters construct a cruel and ambitious post-apocalyptic world, leaving a lasting impression. The second book: The protagonist of *The Apocalypse Cockroach* is as tenacious as a cockroach. In a crisis-ridden post-apocalyptic environment, facing zombies and other dangers, he survives through sheer willpower, gradually growing from weakness to strength—a truly inspiring story. The third book: This novel emphasizes the "abnormal" in the apocalyptic environment. The protagonist abandons conventional morality and behavior, coping with the apocalyptic crisis with a unique survival strategy. The plot features dark humor and thrilling adventures. The fourth book: When the apocalypse arrives, the scenes in this book resemble a horror movie. The author vividly portrays the terrifying atmosphere, from environmental descriptions to the presentation of various crises, making the reader feel as if they are in a post-apocalyptic horror film, experiencing tension and dread.

13. 13 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
14. 14 末 Apocalypse: Reborn Before the End of the World 末世灾变：重生回到末世前 Pure Dust Finger清尘指Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted A disaster of extreme heat strikes, sending outdoor temperatures soaring to 60 degrees. Life mutates across the globe, humanity teeters on the brink of extinction, and only one in ten survives! In his previous life, Wan Qing was killed by his gold-digging girlfriend and her family. By a twist of fate, he is reborn twenty days before the apocalypse. This time, he lives only for himself! Food, water, fuel, weapons, black stockings… He stuffs the warehouse to the brim with everything! When doomsd 74Reads7.0Score—Shelves
15. 15 末 The Apocalypse Is Here: Are We Sure This Isn’t a Horror Movie? 末世降临，这确定不是恐怖片？ Paradise Without Cold不冷的天堂Eastern Fantasy12.6M WordsCompleted What is the apocalypse? Zombies? Monsters? Insect hordes? No! Humanity's true end will come only when everything people fear, worship, or even imagine becomes reality! Spiritual energy surges back, and faith is reborn. It is a gluttonous feast for gods, Buddhas, demons, and monsters, and the greatest catastrophe in human history! Zombies, aliens, Sadako, The Thing, spirits and monsters, gods and demons, immortals and Buddhas: all of them will descend upon the world! This is the real apocalypse. 14kReads7.2Score1.6kShelves
16. 16 末 Doomsday Escape: A Struggle for Life and Death 末日逃生：生死挣扎 All Things sheng万物shengSci-Fi & Apocalypse458k WordsOngoing No System, not a transmigration or rebirth story, and no saintly protagonist. On a stormy night, I lick rainwater that tastes of rust to stave off hunger in a sewer. Three days ago, I saw a zombie rip open an armored vehicle with its bare hands. The army was wiped out in an instant. Now I’m almost out of insulin. I risk climbing to the surface to look for medicine, only to be surrounded by a horde of zombies. Just as despair sets in, a mysterious woman drops from the sky, sparks of electricity d 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Selfish

17. 17 末 Apocalypse Game: I Make the Rules! 末世游戏，我来制定规则！ Eastern Ancient Road东古道Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Game Invasion + Eerie + Monsters + Containment Objects + Intelligent Villains] In the apocalypse game, Zhou Feng controls the authority to set its rules. [Rule One (Every Person a Dragon): All humans can awaken supernatural powers and level up quickly by killing monsters.] He hopes humanity will have the power to fight back. [Rule Two (Unstoppable): Killing monsters grants random drops or treasure chests, which can contain supernatural items.] He hopes everyone will have a chance. 1.3kReads6.5Score109Shelves

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    The protagonist devises various schemes, becoming a ruthless capitalist.

18. 18 天 With a Ghostly Talent, I Shouldn't Be in the Main God Space 天赋是幽魂的我不应该在主神空间 Shang Yuanyi上渊仪Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Dark, with a young boy protagonist and no female lead. The blurb was changed by mistake: I replaced it with the new book’s blurb and forgot what the old one said. Shang Yuanyi can’t be bothered to change it back. is another title for this book. Dark + young boy protagonist + the protagonist kills without mercy First death Shang Yuanyi: “Village Chief, we’re as close as grandfather and grandson. You wouldn’t do anything to me, would you?” The village chief 412Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    No female lead, a path of slaughter. I can't describe how much slaughter it is. It's my own book, and my writing isn't great. I hope to find more like-minded people. It's okay if you don't like it. My books haven't been rated yet. Leave a one-star review so I can experience the feeling of a bad review. Infamy is still a kind of fame. At least I had a reputation. I like reading "I love Immortal Venerable," "The First Seeker of the Dao," "The Glory of Negril," and "The Soul of Negri." This part is just to fill up the word count. It's just some casual chat for the Tomato Mission. These are inappropriate opinions, and we need to criticize them. Recalling the glory of 20 years ago, I miss it very much. It's a pity that a Tangren was wiped out, leaving us all without a trace. It was so close to the golden age of the dark fantasy genre. The rise of the dark fantasy genre was already a foregone conclusion. Unfortunately, the real person fell. "One Battle to Become a God," "Refining Douyin," and four years later, "Refining Seven Points." One book, two Venerables, two Emperors, fighting alone against the Heavenly Court and the Heavenly People. The Heavenly People are not like the people outside the Heavenly Court. The rights and wrongs are twists and turns, and fate is not always on their side.

19. 19 末 Apocalypse: I Own an Invincible Micro-World and Reap the Entire Globe 末世：坐拥无敌小世界收割全球 God and Autumn神与秋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse385k WordsCompleted Can a man really be like a god? Reborn into the apocalypse, who's the undisputed king of stockpiling supplies and looting everything for free? He seizes a trillion-yuan arms depot, empties Europe's granaries, and sweeps through seven major American ports. And he doesn't just collect supplies. He takes every valuable landscape, too: Did Lake Baikal really vanish overnight, all at once? How could vast stretches of African grassland and their animals disappear without a trace? Did the vegetation of 2.8kReads8.4Score171Shelves

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    Reborn in the apocalypse, hoarding goods is the top priority, and of course, this is the craziest thing ever!

20. 20 平 A Zombie Apocalypse for Ordinary People 平凡人的丧尸末日 A Lump of Wo Baba一坨窝叭叭Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted Zombies, the apocalypse, realism, survival. No special powers, no womanizing, no power fantasy, no System. A portrayal of how ordinary people truly fight to survive. This is my first novel, so the early chapters may be a little rough. I hope you’ll give it a chance and keep reading. It gets really exciting later on. Thank you, and please don’t let the rating put you off. If you enjoy realistic stories, give it a try. The protagonist, Lin Chen, is just an ordinary car salesman when the apocalypse 9kReads7.5Score685Shelves

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    This isn't dark; it's more of a realistic zombie story.

21. 21 全 Everyone Is an Evil Immortal!!! 全员恶仙！！！ There Are Mountains Beyond the Heavens天外有山Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsOngoing Also known as The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals and The Whole Cast Are Evil Immortals: I Have a Temple for Cultivating Immortals [No Angst] [Unhinged] [High Stakes from Start to Finish] There is a rumor of a temple somewhere in the world, with a patch of magical soil inside. Just treat a person as a "seed" and plant them in the soil, and they can become an immortal. Li Shiwu has spent ten years seeking immortality. At last, he finds the temple and plants himself in the soil, but he never expecte 207.6kReads9.0Score19.6kShelves

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    I can't tell them apart, I simply can't tell them apart.

22. 22 无 The Merciless Endgame 无赦终局 Eight-Treasure Egg八宝蛋儿Mystery233k WordsOngoing [Horror Descends + Infinite Flow + Survival] Here, points are oxygen, bullets, and the countdown on your life. As their daily dwindling scores drive people to gamble, every unresolved supernatural incident mutates into a cancer devouring the city. When Lin Yi coldly watches his neighbor get swallowed by a wall, then uses a scalpel to cut open a loophole in the rules governing a human-skin ghost, the System displays a blood-red message: [Congratulations on unlocking “The Merciless Game.” Global o 85Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    [Recommended for high school seniors: A blend of supernatural occurrences, infinite flow, and survival] Here, points are oxygen, bullets, and a countdown of life points. The daily decay of points drives people to gamble, and every unsolved supernatural event becomes a cancerous growth devouring the city. When Lin Yi coldly watches his neighbor being swallowed by a wall, and uses a scalpel to expose the loopholes in the rules of the human-skin ghost, the system flashes a blood-red notification: [Congratulations on unlocking "No Mercy Game," the global out-of-control instance has been loaded--] Survive and become an executioner on the leaderboard; or die and become part of the rules. This game... Has no mercy!

23. 23 给 Inscribing Runes on Fairies Makes Them Faster! 给仙子铭纹，可以加速！ Ah, Summer Flowers夏花啊Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsOngoing Multiple heroines + no scruples + extreme self-interest. Inscribed bonds can grant power boosts! Huang Yuyang has set out on a path of continually forming inscribed bonds with the immortals! The immortals just love inscribed patterns! 2.8kReads6.2Score291Shelves

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    Hehehe [Learned it][Learned it][Learned it][Learned it]

24. 24 诡 Proving Immortality in a Bizarre Apocalypse 诡谲末世证长生 Mozi Wan莫子丸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse459k WordsOngoing (Lone-wolf cultivation + no female lead + decisive and ruthless + Chinese-style Cthulhu + original Backrooms-like dungeons + myriad realms) “The moon” “impostors” “animated ██████”... The spiritual energy in this world is actually self-aware!??? Rules twist, the uncanny pours in... Look! The things in the sky... they're all alive, hahahahahahaha!! memetic contamination ███████? I don't want to save ███... I just want to... survive.!! Escape this! Damn! cage!! ? (Note: The overa 899Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    A Chinese-style Cthulhu + dream core + harem-like original work, updated frequently, a seedling; welcome to follow and collect! [Kissing emoji]

25. 25 末 The Doomsday Hourglass 末日沙漏 Swimming Piglet游泳的小猪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.5M WordsCompleted 9.9kReads7.6Score663Shelves

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    New recruits, it's not shameful to wet your pants in fear. When I first saw a zombie horde, my legs went weak. Remember, recall the training rhythm, swing your broadsword, follow me and hack away, keep hacking away until all the zombies are gone, and you will be reborn. [Masterpiece by Sparrow Eater][Already hooked][Bookmarked]

26. 26 末 The Frozen Apartment of Doomsday 末日冰封公寓 Ye Hua Loves Cucumber Salad with Pig Ears爱吃黄瓜拌猪耳的叶华Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted [Apocalyptic deep freeze + high-IQ mind games + immersive first-person narration + no saintly heroine + a stellar ensemble cast] Global temperatures plummeted to minus seventy degrees Celsius, and a blizzard turned the upscale eighteen-story apartment building where I lived into an isolated island of steel. The water stopped. The power went out. Food ran short. Neighbors who once exchanged polite nods tore off their masks over half a slice of moldy bread. My name is Lin Yan, and I'm a mystery no 955Reads6.5Score103Shelves

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    A Mortal's Frozen Apocalypse Survival Story

27. 27 杀 Kill That Bird of Paradise 杀死那只极乐鸟 I Eat Tomatoes, Though我吃番茄麻Sci-Fi & Apocalypse345k WordsOngoing Even when people live in the deepest depths of hell, they never stop chasing the light! “What matters most when you’re living through the apocalypse?” “A plentiful supply of food and water, or powerful weapons?” “None of those.” “Then what?” “Love!” A quick heads-up: this isn’t a traditional grimdark apocalypse story. If you’re here for nonstop killing and wish-fulfillment, you can leave now. 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Don't be fooled by the protagonist in the early chapters. I only realized in the latest chapter that the protagonist was a selfish person from beginning to end.

28. 28 序EN Sequence Highway: Starting as a Fake Artificer 序列公路：从假装炼器师序列开始 Dugu Cang Hu独孤沧虎Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsOngoing #Mysterious Apocalypse #Road Migration #Sequence Powers #Ruthless and Decisive #Survival Story #Team Adventure #Wild Imagination A tide of apocalyptic horrors sweeps the world. The migrating convoy is the only hope for survival. Wang Ying is the blade, Cao Xianming is the brains, Zheng Xiaofeng is the shield, and Yang Yong... pretends to wield sequence powers. He’s called crafty and accused of being a coward, but when the convoy is wiped out, he swallows a fragment of the source of the uncanny 19.1kReads6.0Score1.4kShelves
29. 29 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score334Shelves
30. 30 序 Fate Sequence, Yet They Call Me the Primordial Calamity 序列命运，可他们叫我最初灾厄 Cyberpunk Old Spring赛博朋克老泉水Urban904k WordsOngoing [Creating Monsters] [Creating the Supernatural] [No female lead] They all say I am calamity itself. My name is Zhao Jin. What I love most is rummaging through the piles of discarded history for strange, forgotten legends, then bringing them to life. An age without the supernatural? Then I'll create it myself. When the first monster burst from the ground, the world thought it was a natural disaster. When the second arrived, they began to panic. By the time the seventh and eighth swept across t 145.6kReads8.6Score19.8kShelves
31. 31 人 I'm in America, Faking a Reincarnation Space 人在美利坚，我伪造轮回空间 Li Gongde from Xiaokang Village小康村的李功德Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Building a Lord God] + [Behind-the-scenes] + [Infinite Flow] + [Dark] + [Ensemble cast] “This world had no god until I came along.” After transmigrating to a parallel Blue Star, in America, and spending half a year there, I thought I could live well in the legendary land of opportunity. But it turned out to be heaven for the rich and hell for the poor. I go to school during the day and wash dishes at night. Life is miserable, but luckily I inherited a dilapidated divine realm and the authority 42.7kReads8.0Score5.3kShelves
32. 32 妖 Demons and Evil Spirits? They’re Clearly All Auspicious Omens! 妖魔邪祟？明明都是祥瑞！ Someone's Coming, Run!有人来了快跑Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Evil spirit from the start] [Eerie cultivation] [Recruiting demons] [Sheltering humanity] [Believers’ delusions] [No female lead] Chen Zhou transmigrated to a bizarre world teeming with demons and rampant evil spirits. Demons slaughtered humans, specters preyed on them, immortals devoured them. Monsters ran amok, evil spirits wreaked havoc, gods and Buddhas had fallen, and humanity was in decline. Fortunately, Chen Zhou hadn’t transmigrated as a human either. He started out as an evil spirit 88.3kReads8.8Score9.6kShelves
33. 33 颠 Turning the World Upside Down: Playing the Villain from the Start 颠覆全球：开局扮演反派大佬 Blazing Heavenly Inquiry炽生天问Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Shen Yan transmigrates to a parallel world. As soon as he arrives, he falls into a strange dimension. Everyone who falls in here is slaughtered by alien creatures, dying in despair! Luckily, at this moment, Shen Yan obtains the Super Big Shot Role-Playing System. “Ding! Randomly drawing a big shot template. Big Shot Role-Playing Mode activated. The closer you are to the character, the more abilities you can unlock.” Make people believe the character is real, and you’ll earn Subversion Points. Th 22.2kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves
34. 34 我EN My Personalities Are Incredible Actors [Card Roleplay] 我的人格超会演【卡牌扮演】 Fireworks Meow Meow烟火喵喵Mystery746k WordsOngoing Modern supernatural horror, aimed at women but with a male protagonist and no romance, ensemble cast, secret identities, and rule-based infinite survival. In the tenth year after the supernatural horrors descended upon Earth, a young man raised by these horrors opened a weapons shop with his own hard work and settled down to enjoy his retirement. But he was unexpectedly bound to a secret-identity System, which ordered him to gain fame by playing his various secret identities and help the world’s 83.9kReads9.2Score12.6kShelves
35. 35 这 This Cultivator Is Rather Cunning 这个修士有点心计 Cigarette Between the Fingers指间香烟Eastern Fantasy421k WordsOngoing This story focuses on schemes, suspense, and plot twists. If you enjoy this style, dive right in with confidence. Her family is wiped out, a bounty is placed on her head, and she is hunted down. She moves among the great clans, repeatedly teetering between life and death. When talent falls short, cunning makes up the difference. So what if I’m only at the Qi Refining stage? I can still scheme a Golden Core cultivator to death. So what if I have a crippled spiritual root? I can still join a major 103Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    Fantasy-themed intellectual battles, involving setting up and breaking schemes, conspiracies and scheming, ruthless killing, and using any means necessary to achieve one's goals.

36. 36 序EN Sequence Highway: Don't Fall Behind! 序列公路：不要掉队！ Roaring Mountains and Seas山海呼啸Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing [Fresh Premise + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Not Invincible + Sequence Potions + The Supernatural + Road Survival + Upgrading Supplies + Ruthless Protagonist] The supernatural descended, turning cities into forbidden zones for humanity. People had to rely on Sequence Awakened to keep migrating. Settled life gave way to a nomadic existence. During one such migration, Chen Ye awakened an upgrade System. In his hands, a rusty bicycle transformed into an armored battle vehicle. A tattered tent e 624.8kReads8.5Score42.5kShelves

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    This book isn't mindless; the descriptions are quite detailed, the writing is good, and it's relatively realistic. However, there are some rather disturbing parts. You have to persevere and finish it to find it's a different story 😂

37. 37 我 I Have a Wuling RV for Transporting Supplies in the Apocalypse 我在末日有一辆五菱房车运送物资 Liu Zixian刘子羡Sci-Fi & Apocalypse186k WordsOngoing After graduating from college, Chen Shu couldn't find a suitable job, so he started delivering food. He began making deliveries in a Wuling Hongguang, and one day, without realizing it, he found himself in a parallel apocalyptic world. Chen Shu was just about to go to the bathroom when a woman began frantically pounding on his window. When he rolled it down, the woman, dressed head to toe in designer labels, climbed straight into the car and urged him to drive. In his panic, Chen Shu floored i 2.5kReads—Score120Shelves

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    Auntie is the best in the world.

38. 38 四 A Forty-Year-Old Woman Falls for Me and Makes the Factory Director Call Me Dad! 四十阿姨恋上我，让厂长喊叫爹！ Liu Zixian刘子羡Urban638k WordsOngoing Original Title: A Forty-Year-Old Aunt Falls for Me, and Makes the Factory Director Call Me Dad! After graduating from college, Chen Yu went out to gain work experience and found a job as a management trainee at a small factory. He finally made it through the hard years and was preparing for a promotion into management, only to unexpectedly end up living off a woman. Though, on second thought, that made sense. After all, Chen Yu had seen a doctor who told him he could only live off a woman. At th 3kReads—Score134Shelves
39. 39 校 The Campus Belle Graduated Without a Single Rumor, Until I Went to Prison 校花零绯闻毕业，直到我锒铛入狱 Liu Zixian刘子羡Urban154k WordsOngoing In 2025, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, where I worked, became the largest exchange in the country. I made an indelible contribution to that achievement. I ended up in prison after making the same mistake as my senior schoolmate. Before that happened, I also met the woman who changed my life... Also known as: "Don't Be Afraid, Senior Sister. I'll Protect You." "Don't Fear the Campus Belle's Flirting, Just Beware the Forty-Year-Old Sister" "Campus Belle, Please Guide Me Through the Rest of My Life" 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 蛊 Gu World: Demonic Path Gu Master 蛊界：魔道蛊师 New Moon Blue新月蓝Eastern Fantasy625k WordsOngoing [Note: The protagonist has not read the original novel!] Not a wish-fulfillment story. A Gu-world fanfic, no invincibility, and plenty of setbacks. Man is the spirit of all living things; Gu are the true essence of heaven and earth. Chen Jiedao accidentally transmigrates into the Gu world. 37Reads5.5Score—Shelves

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41. 41 末 Apocalypse: Merging Organs, Ascending Through Flesh and Blood 末世：器官融合，血肉登神 Xihu Xieshang锡虎邪伤Sci-Fi & Apocalypse260k WordsOngoing [Ruthless + dark + no heroine + bizarre + mutation and evolution + apocalypse] The moment the Dark Tower descended, an evolutionary frenzy swept across all of Blue Star. Countless worlds arrived and overlapped, creating a true interstellar gladiatorial arena. Zheng Luo is reborn. This time, he'll get everything he wants by the darkest and most ruthless means possible. "Everyone, stop spreading rumors about me. I'm no demon, serial killer, or pervert. I'm a man with a heart full of love." 652Reads6.4Score—Shelves
42. 42 从 Starting with an F-Rank Ability, I Rise Step by Step to the Top 从F级异能开始一步一步走向最强 Dreams Among the Clouds云间梦境Urban1.9M WordsOngoing (A slow-burn, dark story. Things develop slowly at first, and the protagonist goes a little crazy now and then. This is not a power fantasy, so don't read if that's not your thing.) In an instant, the world was suddenly destroyed, and Han Yang died with it. Bad news: The world is destroyed, and Han Yang is about to die. Good news: He transmigrated, and it's a supernatural world. Bad news: He's got an F-rank ability and was just kicked out of his home. Good news: He has a golden finger, plus a se 2.6kReads7.0Score210Shelves
43. 43 问 Seek the Dao, Temper the Heart: Starting with My Clan’s Annihilation 问道炼心：从灭族开始 Ancient Times往古Eastern Fantasy246k WordsCompleted [Seeking the Dao] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Dark] [No Female Lead] [No System] [Native of This World] The talented young Zhang Cheng is born into the Zhang family of Yangcheng and has been constrained by his clan since childhood. When he finally reaches the Golden Core stage, he explodes in a fit of rage, slaughtering his entire family in a single night before leaving Yangcheng for the Land of Chaos. In the Land of Chaos, he makes a name for himself. Across the five continents, he establishes him 106Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 问 The Way Belongs to Me Alone 问道唯我 Ancient Times往古Eastern Fantasy122k WordsCompleted [Seeking the Dao + No Female Lead + Decisive and Ruthless] The world underwent a cataclysmic change, and all the mighty experts vanished without a trace. No one knew what had happened. Zhang Cheng, once one of those mighty experts, defied fate and lived a second life. (A dark-leaning story. If you can’t get through the first few chapters, don’t continue. It may be disturbing.) 28Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 高 High Martial: I Can Copy Skills 高武：我能复刻技能 Dreams Among the Clouds云间梦境Urban458k WordsOngoing [Ruthless] + [Decisive] + [No Female Lead] + [Martial Arts Focus in the Early Stages] Lu Qianyuan, a man who beat people up for a living, was sent flying by a dump truck. But instead of entering another world as he'd expected, he drifted for countless years before finally possessing someone else's body. [Copied Basic Physique Enhancement, physical strength increased] [Copied Martial Arts Proficiency, martial arts damage increased] [Copied Infinite Physique, elemental talent lost, martial arts ta 436Reads6.0Score—Shelves
46. 46 独 Unrivaled in Immortal Cultivation 独步修仙 Dreaming of Immortal Heroes梦入仙侠Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted The new novel, Refining Myself into a Corpse, is currently being serialized… Visit the author's homepage to read it. The path of immortal cultivation is about seizing opportunities and fortune, defying yin and yang and life and death, and mastering heaven and earth. Watch as the protagonist, through a twist of fate, enters the path through blood and gradually uncovers the truth about this world. (No heroine, no goody-two-shoes, a dark story with ruthless, decisive violence!) 386Reads6.5Score—Shelves
47. 47 末 Doomsday Game: The Beginning 末日游戏：初始 Dao Refining Immortal Venerable, Heh 2炼道仙尊捏2Sports120k WordsOngoing Across the vast sea of stars lie countless civilizations. A doomsday will from beyond the universe turned its gaze upon this cosmos. Terrifying doomsday creatures swept through everything, tearing the universe apart and wiping out all life. Yet a human named Chen Xiao was reborn a thousand years after the apocalypse. Is he a savior, or nothing but a thoroughgoing villain? (A quick warning: This is a dark story, and the protagonist is every bit as depraved as Fang Yuan.) 2Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 成 I Begin My Path to Immortality with a Whipping! 成仙从鞭笞开始！ Admiring Flowers in a Dream梦中看花Eastern Fantasy144k WordsOngoing [Ruthless and Decisive + No Female Lead + Sacrificing the Entire Clan + Blood Sacrifice + Efficiency Above All + Utterly Inhuman] The day he turned eighteen and awakened his power marked the start of Zhang Fan’s countdown: he had only thirteen years left to live, and his path toward immortality began in a blood-soaked hell. From then on, he became a brutal farm owner. Everything he did was for efficiency and profit. Spiritual energy was limited, and resources were limited. But the life and power 2Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 我 Ten Thousand Years After My Death, I Inherited the Legacy of the Supreme Demon God 我死后万年获得了极道魔神的传承 My Name Is An Tusheng我叫安屠生Eastern Fantasy597k WordsCompleted [No female lead] [Profit above all] [Do not read if you like saintly do-gooders] [Ruthless] [Dark fantasy] [Ensemble cast] [Lots of fighting] [The Myriad Worlds in the later chapters] The Xuantian Dao Realm is a world where the strong prey on the weak. Might makes right, and the weak are no more than ants. The path to the Dao demands a heart of stone: one general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand soldiers! Ten thousand years ago, the Demon Venerable angered heaven and earth by taki 397Reads8.0Score109Shelves
50. 50 凡 The Mortal's Road to Immortality! 凡人升仙路！ Xiaobai Doesn't Eat小白不吃饭Eastern Fantasy382k WordsOngoing [Body Snatching Cultivation] [A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality] [Villain] [No Female Lead] [No Holds Barred] [Ruthless] [Self-Serving] [Hypocritical] (The protagonist is pure evil from the very start. No redemption arc. Fellow demonic cultivators, enjoy without worry. Kindhearted fellow cultivators, please move along.) Who says mortals know nothing of immortals? I came from evil, and I live in madness! A secret demonic art and a volume of ghost-cultivation techniques became the star 5.2kReads6.8Score552Shelves

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