Looking for Ancient-Era Zombie Stories, Not Set in the Near Past or Modern Times 求古代丧尸文，不要近代或者现代
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Zombies: A Thousand-Mile Journey Through the Apocalypse 丧尸：末世千里行
[Alternate ancient setting + zombie apocalypse + Detective Dee-inspired] The Turks? No! Living corpses, a thousand times more terrifying than the Turks, have overrun the beacon towers of Liangzhou. In 697, amid the bone-piercing winds of Liangzhou, Wang Xiaojie, Grand General of the Right Mighty Guard, received the horrifying news: three hundred elite soldiers from Shilipu had been torn apart by their “former comrades.” A horde of corpse demons from deep in the Gobi was surging south, feeding on
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From the Start in the Three Kingdoms: My Zombie Virus Destroyed the World 开局三国：我的丧尸病毒毁了天下
[No System] [No golden finger] Political intrigue + conquest + fiery battles When a zombie virus strikes in the final years of the Han dynasty, top virology expert Mu Zheng unexpectedly transmigrates to the Alliance of Suanzao at a time when humanity faces extinction. What follows is a catastrophic disaster that will change an entire era. Even the most ordinary zombie possesses speed and strength far beyond those of a normal person. The late Han and Three Kingdoms era is about to become anothe
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The Living Dead Dynasty 活死人王朝
Li Yu, a company commander in the Great Shun army stationed on the border in Youzhou, is wounded in a clash with northern raiders. To his surprise, he awakens a secret from his previous life. He comes from a collateral branch of the Li family, a military household in Youzhou. For generations, his family has guarded the bitterly cold borderlands beyond the Great Wall. If things had continued this way, life would have been peaceful enough. But the reigning empress of Great Shun, seated in Luoyang,
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Virus Reply: A Stunning Upheaval at the End of the Han Dynasty 病毒回函：汉末惊变
[Slow burn] Other people transmigrate with a System. Did he transmigrate with a virus? The Han dynasty’s imperial aura is fading, and signs of chaos are emerging. Wang Shenzhi, clad in a modern body, tumbles into the depths of this era. He thinks it is a joke played by fate, a gift that lets him start his life over. But he has no idea that what he brought from the future is not hope, but a bloodstained reply. The moment he sets foot on this ancient land, the virus lies dormant, then twists and m
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There’s Something Wrong with My Transmigration! A Zombie Apocalypse in the Ming Dynasty? 我的穿越有问题！大明丧尸末日？
Ye Yu transmigrated, and the Imperial Jade Seal came with him. The good news was that he was killed, then came back to life. The bad news was that the people of the Ming Dynasty did too. He had thought the zombie outbreak across the Central Plains was the end of it, but then: The founding emperor, revived from the Xiaoling Mausoleum, sought to establish an immortal zombie empire. Zombie shinobi from an island nation in the east sought to conquer everything. And then there was… The one who would
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Tales of Strange Happenings in Canyutang 残瑭异闻
(No System, not invincible, no clichés, not mindless wish fulfillment, carefully plotted, no harem, ancient zombies, supernatural powers) A strange plague tears through the dusk of the Great Tang, turning the prosperous port city of Fuzhou into hell on earth. A book made of human skin arrives aboard a black ship, and an ancient conspiracy quietly stirs back to life. Undying living corpses, bizarre apostle eggs, toppled holy statues, a campaign to destroy Buddhism... Gods and demons have no fixed
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Zombie Tide 屍潮
This is a story about the apocalypse, and about human nature. When the zombie horde arrives, the truly terrifying thing has never been just the zombies. There are no saviors here. Only those who survive. When order collapses, resources run out, and the people you know turn into strangers one by one, how much can a person still hold on to?
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Transmigrating to Ancient Times as Zombies Attack 穿越古代之丧尸来袭
In the highly advanced interstellar alliance, the System Department is the hub of order, maintaining stability across parallel worlds. Lin Yue, a top talent in the department, draws attention for her exceptional abilities and cool demeanor. The peace is shattered by a sudden alarm: a zombie virus has broken out in an ancient parallel world. Towns and villages have become hell on earth, and the people struggle to survive as zombies run rampant. Lin Yue quickly identifies the culprit: Karl, a col
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