#Looking for Top-Quality Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland Fiction #求废土末世高质量文

1. 1 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.4kReads9.6Score22.6kShelves

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   🌵🍃A captivating post-apocalyptic wasteland story. 🌿After a cataclysmic event, the land is ravaged. Food is scarce, 🌸resources are scarce, and the situation is chaotic….🌾A young man🥀, who fought his way out of an unplanned area, arrives alone in the Ninth District to make a living, 🍂unexpectedly befriending a few friends🌹. A single misstep leads him to rise above the chaos, beginning a legendary tale…

2. 2 废 On the Wasteland, I Bought a House in the Safe Zone by Scavenging 废土之上，我靠拾荒在安全区买房 Little Mistress Is Blessed小主超有福Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.3M WordsOngoing Female lead: Chu Ci, transmigrated from another world. Male lead: Ji Xuan, a mercenary suffering from genetic collapse. The story mainly focuses on scavenging and farming, with a slow-burning romance woven through it. Note: The two only want to live a good, quiet life of their own. There is no plot about saving all of humanity. The story follows ordinary people at the bottom of society as they struggle to survive in a harsh environment. After the apocalypse, on this 29.9kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves
3. 3 诡 The Bizarre Apocalypse: I'll Protect This Corrupted World 诡异末世：这个污染世界我罩了 Jiucai Huaye玖菜花叶Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted [Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland + Mutants + Sentinels and Guides + Ensemble Cast + Contaminated Zones] The dark apocalypse ends, and the age of the wasteland begins. Countless mutants and bizarre contaminated zones devour humanity’s homes. When a remote town is swallowed by a contaminated zone, Yun Zhao, who has only recently awakened her powers, is forced to lead the entire town on a migration. Her origins are a mystery, and her strength is terrifying. Yet she can barely lift a thing, cannot carry 170.2kReads9.4Score32.8kShelves
4. 4 废 Wasteland Survival: I Can Summon Players 废土求生：我能召唤玩家 Apple Candy Doudou苹果糖逗Sports518k WordsCompleted In the ruins left by the catastrophe, human factions reorganize. Immortals with mechanical bodies, gene warriors from Dawn City, mechs atop the Beacon of Civilization, and more... After Su Chen is bitten by a zombie, he awakens a Tinder Chip and uses it to summon players from Blue Star. From then on, a mysterious faction swiftly rises in the wasteland. They cannot be killed, fear nothing, and even dare to bite zombies back! They're clever, stay up all night grinding away, and will even raid a mo 10.7kReads9.3Score836Shelves
5. 5 灾 Farming After the Disaster: I Become a Lord Through My Superpowers 灾后种田我靠异能成领主 Admiring Beauties Under the Moonlight月光下看美人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Superpower Golden Finger + Farming + Shop + Infrastructure + Post-Catastrophe Apocalypse + Pets] Liu Su managed to survive ten years of disasters. When she heard that people could finally go outside, she nearly howled at the sky three times. At last she could go out and eat well! Whoever wanted those coarse-grain buns could have them. She was done with them! But someone help her: why was the farm's whole vibe so strange? Other people's farms meant working hard for three hundred days, overcoming 8.5kReads9.0Score787Shelves
6. 6 废 I Strike It Rich Scavenging the Wasteland, but the Apocalypse Is So Insane I'm Stunned 废土拾荒我暴富，末世太癫我傻眼 Su Sanyou Lu苏三有路Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Comedy, Goofiness, Wild Imagination, Growth, Undercover Intrigue, Core Crystals, Romance] Main plot (heroine): Solo scavenging at first, then a team-based upgrade journey Subplot (male lead): Mystery and deduction, undercover intrigue (backstabbing + setting traps + dismantling traps + countering the countermeasures) * Amid piles of corpses in the post-apocalyptic wasteland, a survivor miraculously appears! The moment Xu Sansan opens her eyes, everything is pitch-black. No memories, no System. 10.5kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
7. 7 全 My Whole Family Is Sickly, but Our Wasteland Scavenging Luck Is Off the Charts 全家病弱，废土拾荒运道嘎嘎旺 Tiger Enters the Deep Woods虎入深林Sci-Fi & Apocalypse963k WordsCompleted [Wasteland Scavenging]+ [Romance]+ [System]+ [From Weak to Strong] Leng Xuan accidentally transmigrates into the wasteland and into the body of an idiot. From the start, she is exposed to intense radiation and left on the brink of death. Her disabled mother sells the formula meant for her infant siblings to buy purification medicine and save her life. Her idiot father also gives up his only chance to survive for her. Moved by her new family's love, she swears to survive in this world and find a 9.7kReads8.9Score972Shelves
8. 8 高 High-Martial Sequence: I Won't Keep This Glory to Myself 高武序列：这份荣光我不会独享 Daydreaming Lottery Ticket白日梦想签Urban386k WordsOngoing Federation, universities, societies, conglomerates, secret realms, foreign races... After the cataclysm, the supernatural has long since become part of the modern age. Some rely on conglomerates to control vast resources, some join the military and command entire regions, while others emerge from universities and make a name for themselves through repeated trials in secret realms and disasters. No matter which path they ultimately take, all supernatural beings are bound to one ranking: the Autho 15.1kReads6.2Score1.6kShelves

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   I recommend checking this out. The first few dozen chapters are quite slow-paced, but the later chapters give it a feel of a combination of Ninth Special District and Under the City.

9. 9 全 The World Is Frozen: Hoarding Supplies Alone and Stealing the Show in the Apocalypse 全球冰封：末日囤货一人秀翻全场 Xiao Yiqing萧亿青Sci-Fi & Apocalypse155k WordsOngoing [Reborn] [Apocalypse Survival] [Passionate] [Building an Apocalypse Safehouse] [Divine Space] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Not a Saint] [Quick-Witted] [Stockpiling Supplies] [No Romance] [Cautious and Clever] [Dashing and Handsome] [Building Politics] The world froze over. A cold wave swept across the globe, freezing everything and draining supplies in an instant. In his previous life, Lin Mo was softhearted. He kindly took in his girlfriend's family, only to be betrayed and left to freeze and starv 5.7kReads—Score—Shelves

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   So handsome!

10. 10 塔 Inside and Outside the Tower 塔内塔外 The Twenty-Fifth Hour Has Been Used第二十五小时已被使用Sci-Fi & Apocalypse97k WordsOngoing In the world of the Dust Tower, a person's worth is decided by a single test. Lampbearers live at the top, Lightweavers in the middle, while the Kindlers fuel the light of the entire tower with their lives. Fourteen-year-old Shi Chu is given his destined result: zero. He cannot be drained, cannot be exploited, and isn't even fit to serve as fuel. They call him a "Zero-Dust," a System flaw that must be corrected. 511Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is of high quality and is a science fiction story. It's very readable overall, with excellent character development and writing style.

11. 11 神 The Godspawn Game: I Use Annihilation to Toy with the Heavens! 神孽游戏，我以寂灭为台戏诸天！ Dragon-Riding Rabbit御龙兔Urban334k WordsOngoing Synopsis: [Apocalypse + Ensemble Cast + Unhinged Characters + Lovecraftian Elements + Slow Start, Strong Finish + Decisive and Ruthless + Sigma Male] That day, two worlds converged. Blue Star and a wasteland world crashed together. The Divine Calamity Game descended, dungeons spread across the sky, and the apocalypse swept over every inch of land like a locust plague. Humanity became lowly vermin in this deadly game. The military collapsed, the holy maiden of the Sacred Order Church knelt and 126Reads8.2Score101Shelves

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    High-quality post-apocalyptic story, my friend.

12. 12 时EN Time Stop from the Start, Even Evil Gods Have to Kneel Before Me! 时停起手，邪神也得给我跪下！ Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Time Stop + Apocalypse + Superpowers + Arrogance + Forgetting Your Roots + Rejecting Inner Turmoil] Bai Ye transmigrated to the age of the Great Cataclysm, two hundred years in the future. This world was full of danger, its people were honest and simple, and mutated beasts ran rampant. But he wasn't worried. Because he could stop time for one minute every day. If he didn't use it today, he could save it up for tomorrow. When time across the world hit zero, he would be the only one who could mov 717.4kReads9.4Score53.1kShelves

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    The first book was the most enjoyable to read; the author is very skilled and there are absolutely no flaws. It updates four times a day.

13. 13 赦 Night's Pardoner 赦夜人 Li Ma李马Urban775k WordsOngoing [The author has a completed title on the Top Peak list, “The Usurper (Below the Upper City).” Read with confidence!] [Ensemble Cast] [No System] [Not Invincible] [Plot-Focused] [Dark Tone] [Not Mindless] [Character Growth] Every shift from day to night is a silent contest of survival. After nightfall, the world becomes a playground for the Blighted. A special light source can offer humanity brief protection. Some live high above, beneath the lights. Others cling to life in the mud. No matter how 264.4kReads9.0Score28.1kShelves
14. 14 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. 213.4kReads9.4Score33.9kShelves
15. 15 我EN The Monsters I Created! 我创造的怪物！ No One in the World Will Ever Meet Me Again世人千万再难遇我Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Cosmic Horror + No System + No Romance] Also known as: Dark Revelation Gods and demons, dragons, and the apocalypse were once fairy tales. The mysteries of this world have faded from sight, yet someone has brought those long-lost things back into the public eye. And every clue, every lead, points to a man named Chen Ye. “Friends, would you cast off this flesh and join us in embracing evolution?” Extended blurb: Sequence 001: The Mimic Sequence 002: The Deep O 67.9kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves
16. 16 末 After Farming in the Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland, My Family’s Table Is Never Short on Meat or Veggies 末世废土种田后我家餐桌荤素兼备 Everything Works in My Favor凡事皆利我Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsOngoing [Content Warning: Very Little Romance! Slow-Burn, Realistic Wasteland Farming Story] The whole family transmigrates | Farming and animal husbandry | Base building | A family ensemble | Wasteland survivors The golden finger develops gradually, and supernatural abilities are weak at first. No mindless power-fantasy domination. As the red giant enters its twilight years, the atmosphere grows thinner by the day. Radiation sweeps across the land, plants and animals mutate wildly, and civilization fr 2.6kReads8.2Score324Shelves

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    1️⃣ The male and female protagonists are transported to a post-apocalyptic wasteland. The male protagonist becomes a mercenary, while the female protagonist is an unknown figure in a shantytown. They possess a spatial ability, but their cheat-like abilities aren't particularly powerful; they still have to survive by scavenging. It's a slice-of-life story. [Top Post][Top Post][Top Post] 2️⃣ The female protagonist is transported to a post-apocalyptic wasteland. She has a younger brother in a resilient group who is incredibly lucky. The female protagonist awakens her own ability to absorb radiation and also develops a storage space. After the powerful elite next door collapses, the three of them live together. The main theme of the novel is still scavenging. 3️⃣ The female protagonist is reborn as a wasteland native with a half-brother who is a mercenary. She uses her precognitive abilities from her previous life to earn points and change her fate. 4️⃣ The protagonist's family is transported to a post-apocalyptic wasteland. To conceal the female protagonist's identity as an entertainer, the family decides to sign up for a wilderness farm construction project, thus beginning their farming life in the post-apocalyptic wasteland. 5️⃣The female protagonist already possessed a spiritual spring and a spatial dimension before transmigrating to the wasteland. Each time the space was upgraded, she received rewards and gift packs. The main storyline after transmigrating revolves around farming and improving combat abilities. Later, she can trade with various worlds and travel to different worlds. 6️⃣In her previous life, the female protagonist died tragically, unable to protect her child. After transmigrating, her first priority is to find the child's father and inform him of the arrival of the new system. She also reports to the nation, and the democratic daughter is bound to the savior system, becoming the savior. 7️⃣The protagonist's family transmigrates to the wasteland world. The parents and two brothers work together to gather edible plants, earn points to buy land and build houses, striving to improve their family's survival in the wasteland. 8️⃣The female protagonist possesses the ability to synthesize trash, allowing her to create various items. While scavenging for supplies, she finds the injured male protagonist. Later, she and Lan Zhifu struggle to survive in the disaster-stricken wasteland world. 9️⃣ A zombie apocalypse boss transmigrates to a wasteland with wood-based superpowers. Not long after transmigrating, she picks up an amnesiac male lead. The current main plot revolves around scavenging and gathering. 🔟 The female lead transmigrates to a wasteland world with a check-in system. Upon arrival at the base, she's immediately assigned marriage partners. The male lead is also a transmigrator, even reborn. They start their marriage with a house they're assigned and live together—a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love.

17. 17 废 A Wasteland Guide to Buying a Home: Starting as a Scavenger 废土买房指南：从拾荒开始 Cat Paw Candy猫爪糖Sci-Fi & Apocalypse664k WordsOngoing [No CP + Slow-Paced Wasteland Living + Ordinary People's Daily Lives] Caution: The golden finger is small, the female lead is young and won't pick fights with adults, and there are no plots about saving the world or slaughtering everyone. Life gets a little better bit by bit. This is a slice-of-life story. (If you're looking for a power fantasy, please look elsewhere.) The wasteland is a world after a great cataclysm. It has its own order, its hardships and dangers, but also warmth between peopl 35.4kReads8.8Score4kShelves

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    Both are alright! Recommended!

18. 18 废 The Daily Life of a Wasteland Scavenger 废土拾荒的日常 Dreams Made by a Salted Fish闲鱼造梦Two Male Leads356k WordsCompleted Zhao Man transmigrates to a wasteland ABO world. Follow the everyday life of an ordinary person scavenging in the wasteland. Note: There are no heats or ruts; ABO only defines mental strength. Two male leads, a child, and a slice-of-life story with no powerful golden finger! 34.9kReads9.3Score4.8kShelves
19. 19 诡 The Supernatural Has Returned? Sorry, I’m the Supernatural 诡异复苏？不好意思我就是诡异 Inspiration Brainstorm Explosion灵感脑洞大爆炸Mystery1.9M WordsOngoing Not an invincible power fantasy, not a dark story. Read with caution if these aren't your thing. [No Female Lead] [Wasteland Horror] [Infinite Fusion] [Doomsday] [Not a Dark Story] The whole world fears the supernatural. I'm the only one who sees it as a puzzle piece in my evolution. Thirty years after the Great Rift, supernatural tales run rampant, folk customs are revived, and indescribable calamities roam the wasteland. Gu Yi wakes up to find himself the lowest-ranking pollution cleaner outsi 67.2kReads8.6Score7.5kShelves

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    This "666" has an A, B, C, and D district system, ranks, mercenaries, and bizarre grafting elements; it's a quintessential post-apocalyptic setting and looks fantastic.

20. 20 废 Wasteland Survival Maniac: A Scientific Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse 废土生存狂：科学的末世求生指南 Watcher in the Abyss深渊里的守望者Sci-Fi & Apocalypse466k WordsOngoing Apocalyptic disaster + hard-core survival + realism + no fantasy + on-the-run survival + educational nonfiction. When a genuine doomsday disaster strikes, how long can an ordinary person without a golden finger survive? What should you do to make the right choices? When faced with harsh realities, does turning the tide depend on luck or ability? Follow a seasoned survivalist as they plan carefully, step by step, and hang on until the very end of the apocalypse. 9.9kReads8.7Score777Shelves

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    The content is realistic, perfectly recreating the survival of ordinary people in the post-apocalyptic wasteland. However, the beginning uses urban elements to set up the protagonist's survivalist identity, and the real apocalypse begins around chapter 30.

21. 21 废 Wasteland Job Hunt: This Guide Is Acting Strange 废土求职：这个向导不对劲 Chubby Little Tangyuan圆滚滚小汤圆Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing [The rating just opened, it'll go up later!] [Interstellar + farming + all male leads are virgins + male rivals competing for the female lead + coming-of-age heroine] Su Xiaoxiao, an etiquette hostess, gets fired after beating her supervisor over the head with a high heel. Then she dies from a barbecue skewer impaling her. The good news is that she comes back to life, transmigrating into an interstellar wasteland. It's hell from the start. Between life and death, she becomes the Black Tower's fi 15.3kReads7.7Score1.5kShelves

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    Recommendation ②: Three teenagers surviving in the wasteland, along with a pack of interesting wolves.

22. 22 从 From Scrap-Hunting Girl to the Wasteland's First City Lord 从拾荒小妹，到废土第一城主 Que Shanbei却山北Fantastical Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The motion comic is now available!] Not a wish-fulfillment story! [Kids helping each other + Slow-burn 1v2 romance + Wasteland settlement-building + Farming + Animal raising] Fresh graduate Bai Yang was caught in a fire and woke up inside the frail, bony body of a little girl. She was only eight, and had a pair of twelve-year-old twin stepbrothers to look after. With two kids in tow, she struggled to survive in Territory No. 7, which had long since become a massive garbage dump. Then she accide 21.6kReads8.6Score3.4kShelves
23. 23 五 Five-Year-Old Little Chef: Billions of Ferocious Beasts Line Up to Spoil Me 五岁小厨娘，亿万凶兽排队宠 Life Is All Sugar, Sugar, Sugar生活都是糖糖糖Sci-Fi & Apocalypse304k WordsCompleted In the tenth year of the apocalypse, human civilization is barely hanging on. The “Madness” virus has turned mutated beasts into mindless killing machines. The only salvation is a five-and-a-half-year-old little dumpling? Reborn at five and a half, Jiang Tang binds to the God-Tier Purification Cooking System. Her braised pork can suppress the Black Dragon Emperor’s blood vessels when they’re on the verge of bursting; her fish soup can restore the sanity of a maddened deep-sea monster. But there’ 28Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 废EN Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers 废土藏身处，从下水道开始升级 The Chasm of Desire欲望鸿沟Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted [‘Wasteland: Fortress of Civilization’ loading complete! Survivor status activated.] [Survivor Yu Yuan, starting area selection complete! Selection result: Riot District] After accidentally entering a wasteland world, Yu Yuan was forced to begin a hardcore struggle for survival. Threatened by urban thugs, extreme disasters, player raids, and invasions of civilization, he had only one choice: do everything in his power to build and fortify his shelter. Fortunately, Yu Yuan obtained fate cards and 93.1kReads8.4Score9.3kShelves

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    [Add one to bookshelf][Add one to bookshelf][Add one to bookshelf] [Wasteland + Survivor Game + Players + Indigenous Thugs + Natural Disasters + Trials] Yu Yuan, unexpectedly transported to a wasteland world, is forced to embark on a hardcore survival journey amidst threats from urban thugs, extreme natural disasters, player raids, and civilization invasions. He has only one choice: to do everything in his power to build and strengthen his hideout. Fortunately, Yu Yuan obtains Destiny Cards, but these gifts of destiny don't come from nowhere; they come at a price. He faces numerous challenges, including [Slaughter Card], [Indulgence Card], [Luxury Card], and [Conquest Card]! [Top Post][Please Follow][Cool][Cool]

25. 25 废 Scavenging the Wasteland, I Awakened Superpowers and Memories of My Past Life 废土拾荒，觉醒异能还带前世记忆 Winter in Rongcheng蓉城的冬天Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + wasteland scavenging + daily life + adventure + natural and man-made disasters] The rating just came out, so don't mind it. This is an ensemble story. The protagonist has a family, and they're not a burden; they grow together. Born in the wasteland, Yang Ren unexpectedly awakens memories from his past life in the apocalypse after coming down with a fever. As his memories return, so does the wood-based ability he possessed in his previous life. Using his memories and ability, he 6.9kReads7.6Score719Shelves

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    This book gets better and better with each chapter; it's a rare find among post-apocalyptic BL novels, definitely high quality.

26. 26 废 Wasteland: Even Scavenging Is Hard 废土，拾荒也很难 A Giggly Little Xixi笑嘻嘻的小溪溪Fantastical Romance861k WordsOngoing What happens when humans are no longer the masters of this planet, but its lowest-ranking inhabitants? When they have to scrape together everything they need to live in the cracks, and on the wasteland plants and animals evolve while even the air and sunlight they depend on become deadly, how are humans supposed to survive? 2.8kReads—Score174Shelves

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    If an ordinary modern person were to be transported to a wasteland, would they be able to find a way to survive?

27. 27 废 Wasteland World: Getting Rich Through Scavenging 废土世界：靠拾荒发家致富 Soft Peach Blossom浅浅桃夭Sci-Fi & Apocalypse646k WordsCompleted [Post-Apocalypse + Scavenging + Pocket Space + Special Abilities + Farming Later On + Blessed with Luck + Romance + Two Strong Leads] The heroine will eventually have two special abilities, stacking buffs until she takes off. When Ye Qingzhu opens her eyes, she discovers she has transmigrated to a wasteland world and become a scavenger with the same name. Her predecessor was killed by a mutant snake while scavenging, and Ye Qingzhu has inherited both her body and a world full of danger. Here, th 8.2kReads8.4Score670Shelves

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    Wasteland scavenging and farming [send a heart]

28. 28 末 Before the Apocalypse, I Scoured the World for Supplies! 末世降临前，我满世界的抢物资！ God from Mars火星来的神Sci-Fi & Apocalypse870k WordsOngoing [Pocket dimension + stockpiling + new kinds of zombies + harem + special abilities + decisive and ruthless, no saintly self-sacrifice + invincible aura] Qin Feng is deceived by his cousin and fiancée and sold as a mine slave in Black Africa. By chance, he’s forced to swallow a strange crystal ball, and his life changes completely. In a dream, he sees a glimpse of the future: debris from a celestial body beyond the stars crashes into Blue Star, triggering natural disasters and spreading an unknow 15.4kReads8.2Score1.2kShelves

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    I highly recommend this new book. It's all about scavenging for supplies, a thrilling and ruthless adventure with decisive action. It has the potential to be a high-scoring read. If you're tired of the older books, give this a try!

29. 29 废 Thriving as a Wasteland Scavenger 废土拾荒赢麻了 Pale Ink, Light Blue浅墨浅蓝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse, Superpowers, Strong Female Lead, No Romance, Farming and Scavenging] Original title: "Thriving in the Wasteland by Scavenging" / Shen Qixing, who survived the apocalypse for six years, is reborn in a wasteland. Danger lurks everywhere. Humanity has fallen from the top of the food chain to the bottom, and people must constantly face the threat of intense radiation. Her circumstances from the start are truly miserable: she has transmigrated into the body of a girl with moderately dama 16.9kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves

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    This book is great! Set in a radiation-filled wasteland, it features social classes and superpowers. The female protagonist survives by hunting in the wilderness and grows stronger with each challenge. [Thumbs up]

30. 30 废 Wasteland Cao Cao: Starting by Taking Wives and Raising Children on the Frontier 废土曹贼：从边陲娶妻生子开始 One-Punch Maximum Damage一拳极致输出Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsOngoing [Wasteland] [Doomsday] [Mechs] [Mechanic] [Musclebound] [Cautious Survival] [Long-form Narrative] Reborn in the wasteland frontier, Cao Dan has become a middle-aged nobody. Armed with nothing but the ability to handcraft spiral bullets, he gradually makes a life for himself on the frontier: taking a wife, raising children, building a home, and restoring Dongsheng. 42.2kReads7.8Score3.1kShelves

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    This is great, the content is tight and the plot is interesting, definitely worth watching.

31. 31 废 Wasteland World: I Grow Stronger by Getting Plundered 废土世界：被掠夺就变强 Lord Ximo西莫大人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse882k WordsCompleted [Wasteland + System + Unhinged + Secret Identity + Dark Humor + Absolutely No Saintly Hero] The wasteland’s undisputed king. Dive right in! [The comic adaptation of the same name is out] After transmigrating to the wasteland, Lin Xi became the lowest-level expendable. His food was stolen, he was framed, and he was used as cannon fodder... until he awakened the [Anti-Plunder System]. “What? You stole my steamed bun? Quest issued: Make him cough it back up, plus three jin of meat!” “The captain ta 6.2kReads8.9Score435Shelves

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    A genuine post-apocalyptic wasteland novel, no saintly sentimentality or empty rhetoric, revenge is absolute, no beating around the bush, tough and satisfying! Wasteland should be about power, not moral blackmail, no dragging on, you'll be hooked from the first glance!

32. 32 末 Doomsday: Surviving in an RV, Starting in the No-Man's-Land 末日：房车求生，从无人区开始 Li Miaobi李妙笔Sci-Fi & Apocalypse401k WordsOngoing [Apocalyptic RV] + [Unlimited upgrades] + [Awakened supernatural abilities] + [One heroine] + [Slow burn] + [Cozy] + [The world gradually unfolds] After his father mysteriously disappeared in the no-man's-land, RV blogger Li Che ventured alone into the Chijin Gobi. But when he left the wasteland, he discovered that the entire world had changed. Communications were down, cities had fallen, and countless people had turned into bloodthirsty zombies. The mysterious black stone his father had left 2.1kReads—Score148Shelves

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    This is a really fine read, not very long yet, and it seems to have a single female lead. The daily interactions and romance with the female lead are very well written, not awkward at all, and I even started shipping them. It's a bit slow-paced though, the world-building unfolds gradually, presenting a completely new system, so it's definitely worth following.

33. 33 人 In the Wasteland: What's Wrong with Being a Little Fussy Now and Then? 人在废土：偶尔娇气点儿怎么了 Searching for Home觅归处Fantastical Romance730k WordsCompleted [Wasteland Scavenging + Slice of Life + Minor Golden Finger + Dual Transmigration] Two people from different worlds support each other in the wasteland and work toward a happy life together (well, maybe not exactly. Just having enough to eat would be great~). (Heroine's perspective) The wasteland is full of crumbling ruins, rampant radiation, and mutated plants and animals. Humanity has become the lowest rung of the food chain. Yun Xi and Wei Ze unexpectedly transmigrate into the bodies of peopl 5.3kReads8.6Score528Shelves

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    I've been suffering from a reading slump for a long time, and this was my first time reading a post-apocalyptic novel. It amazed me; I really love its simple, everyday style.

34. 34 死 One Hundred Thousand Deaths: From Getting One-Shot to Conquering the Wasteland 死亡十万次，从被秒杀到横推废土 The Bright Moon Crosses Pine Smoke明月渡松烟Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [High Martial Arts] [No Romance] [Death Rewind] [Ensemble Cast] [Tight Logic] (Some readers have been worried in the first few dozen chapters that the Trickster's Eye, this alien god, is up to no good, and have been scared off. Here's a clarification: don't worry, the logic is sound and there are no pitfalls. The twists come quickly, and there's no way the protagonist is a puppet. Absolutely impossible!!) The sun went dark, gray mist swallowed the world, and abyssal worms tore human civilization 4.2kReads9.1Score377Shelves

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    🔥A masterpiece from Tomato King! (High-level martial arts + infinite rewind + high intelligence + no romantic pairing) The sun goes out, gray fog blankets the sky, and the protagonist uses infinite rewind to defy fate, slaughtering his way through the wasteland. Hardcore setting, explosive plot, a must-read of the year! #TomatoKing #InfiniteFlow

35. 35 全 Global Survival: Starting in a Little Cabin During a Blizzard 全民求生：从暴风雪小木屋开始 Deep White深白Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsOngoing [Global Survival] [Upgrading the Shelter] [Farming] [System] [Disasters] [Scavenging Supplies] [Growing Stronger] A slow-paced survival story. The early chapters focus more on explaining the System. When their home planet is destroyed, everyone is sent to a new world to fight for survival. This is a world newly formed from heaven and earth, where all things have begun again. Shrouded in fog and full of dangers, Xia Yan wakes up in a dilapidated little cabin in the wilderness. A blizzard is about 32.7kReads6.8Score2kShelves

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    The world is destroyed, and survival in the wasteland begins with nothing. You might want to try this novel; it's a pure post-apocalyptic survival story with a tightly woven plot, danger lurking everywhere, and thrilling action.

36. 36 废 Wasteland Scavenging: The Boss Lady Finds Bargains and Has a Blast 废土拾荒：佬女捡漏嘎嘎爽 Chubby Beauty胖美人Fantastical Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also titled “Wasteland Scavenging: My Maid Finds Amazing Bargains and Has a Blast” and “Opening Up the Wasteland: My Maid Leads Her Whole Clan to Wealth” Feng Jiajia was a university student at an agricultural college in the 21st century. While collecting rare seeds in the forest with her advisor, she accidentally missed her footing and fell off a cliff, transmigrating to a resource-starved wasteland era! Luckily, the female lead’s brother saved her right after she transmigrated, giving her a ch 5.4kReads7.7Score591Shelves

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    A post-apocalyptic scavenging novel where the female protagonist rises from a maid to become the mistress of a family. Using her extensive knowledge, she leads the male protagonist's family to new heights, as they scaveng in the wasteland, hunt wild beasts, and collect energy crystals in heartwarming daily life.

37. 37 下 The Sewers: A Scrap-Picking Life for Plastic Siblings 下水道：塑料兄妹的捡破烂人生 Little Mistress Is Blessed小主超有福Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing Not a wish-fulfillment story: ordinary people struggling to survive in extreme conditions, young ones helping one another, and tiny glimmers of hope amid hardship A slow-burn survival story about the everyday struggle to stay alive in the sewers On the surface, the gambling city glitters in gold all night long. Neon weaves an endless night where revelry never stops. Fine dining is whisked away as soon as it reaches the silver platter. A tomahawk steak with barely a few cuts taken from it is toss 19.7kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves

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    It's really good. The introduction wasn't great, but it's truly excellent. You can read a few chapters to see for yourself. I couldn't find any other books to read, so I tried this one and immediately fell in love with it! [Heart emojis]

38. 38 废 Wasteland: What’s a Frail, Delicate Girl to Do? 废土，身娇体弱怎么破？ Slender Jade减了玉肌Sci-Fi & Apocalypse438k WordsCompleted She transmigrates into the body of a wealthy young lady. Has the modern-day wage slave finally won the lottery? What? Her father is dead, her mother has remarried, and now she’s supposed to marry her enemy’s son? Skin as white as snow, delicate enough to break with a touch, glistening eyes, soft little gasps, born with a bewitching allure? What kind of character setup is this? Why is the man waiting in the bridal chamber his father? I can’t be anyone’s helpless little flower. Not a chance. I’m g 3.1kReads8.4Score255Shelves

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    Whether you read this book or not, it's about a modern-day male protagonist transmigrating to a wasteland with a delicate and frail young lady as the main character...

39. 39 文 Civilization Collapses, and the Ancient Era Reappears 文明崩塌，上古纪元重现 All Splendor Fades繁华尽蓦Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsOngoing The comic adaptation is now available. [Apocalyptic Disaster] [Realistic Style] [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] [Character Growth] [Slow Burn] [Ensemble Cast] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Smart Protagonist] [Survival] [Global Evolution] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Invasion from Another World] The apocalypse arrived. Earthquakes, tsunamis... volcanoes erupted one after another, and the global ecosystem completely collapsed. Plants grew wildly overnight, swallowing cities. Vines hung hundreds of corpses u 425.4kReads8.5Score60.6kShelves

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    This one is worth reading.

40. 40 废 Wasteland Survival: I Became an Invisible Big Shot Through Scavenging 废土求生，我靠拾荒当隐形大佬 Wrapped in a Blanket with the AC On裹着被子吹空调Sci-Fi & Apocalypse398k WordsCompleted Heroine: Gu Xiao (transmigrated from another world) Hero: Lin Moqing (a base combatant suffering from severe dark matter contamination) The story mainly follows scavenging and survival. Life is difficult at first, but gradually improves through their efforts. A slow, steady progression. Gu Xiao was an ordinary office worker. After passing out from working overtime, sh 97Reads9.0Score—Shelves

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    A high-quality post-apocalyptic wasteland novel. The female protagonist transmigrates to a wasteland, awakens supernatural abilities there, and goes out every day to scavenge and test food.

41. 41 废 Wasteland Scavenging: What's Wrong with a Little Good Luck? 废土拾荒，运气好点怎么了？ Chi Mingyue池明月Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Wasteland Scavenging + A Tiny Golden Finger + Romance] This world is full of intense radiation and bizarre mutant plants and animals. Humanity has fallen from the top of the food chain into the dust… Here, humans are no longer the masters. Here, simply surviving is the greatest stroke of luck. Zhuang Xiao arrives in this world, where every moment is terrifying, and food, warmth, and safety are hard to come by… As soon as she gets here, she’s saddled with a “crippled leg.” Relying on a little lu 11.6kReads8.8Score1kShelves
42. 42 开 Natural Disasters from the Start: I Hoard a Hundred Billion in Supplies and Win by Doing Nothing 开局天灾，我靠囤百亿物资躺赢 Cheng Jiajia程加加Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Post-Apocalyptic World + Reborn + Spatial Storage + Stockpiling + Pets + Slice of Life] (Available in print; the short drama and motion comic are now streaming) In a post-apocalyptic world of natural disasters, only the fittest survive. Typhoons, floods, extreme cold and heat, earthquakes, tsunamis, insect plagues, acid rain… After struggling to survive for three years in the apocalypse, Jiang Ning met a miserable death. Reborn three days before the end of the world, she seizes the advantage, r 60.9kReads9.3Score5.4kShelves

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    This is the only book I've ever read to the end by watching Tomato (a popular Chinese online book review site) seriously!! Highly recommended!! The female lead isn't a saint, she's decisive, the romance is sweet and not annoying, so feel free to read it and come back to scold me if you don't like it [crying][crying][crying]

43. 43 废 Wasteland Homesteader: The Plants I Grow Have Zero Radiation 废土小当家：我养的植物零辐射 Yet to See the Mountains and Seas未见山海Sci-Fi & Apocalypse223k WordsCompleted [Romance] [Post-apocalyptic wasteland] [Scavenging] [Farming] Across the wasteland, mutant beasts run rampant and food is scarce. New to this place, Ning Yuan'an treads carefully at every turn, sticking to the principle of keeping her head down and staying alive. But her fields keep growing, and low-radiation mutant animals gradually gather in her ever-larger herds. The wastelanders watch enviously, practically drooling. Boss, take us with you! No food in the wasteland? Ning Yuan'an stares at t 2.5kReads8.7Score213Shelves
44. 44 锦 The Koi Spirit: Farming and Supporting My Family in the Wasteland 锦鲤成精：来废土时代种田养家 Sweet Moonlight糖时明月Sci-Fi & Apocalypse382k WordsCompleted [Scavenging + Farming + Golden Finger] A golden koi fish dreams of tasting human food and practices day and night until she finally takes human form. Then she gets struck by lightning and lands in an era of food scarcity, where she goes hungry. Being human is such a raw deal! Soon, the little koi discovers that people who truly like her and treat her well are blessed with good luck? Come to think of it, the man who adopted her has had incredible luck ever since he first met her. Could it be... A 270Reads8.2Score100Shelves
45. 45 废 Wasteland Ashen Realm 废土烬界 Literary Writing in the Evening Breeze晚风书文艺Sci-Fi & Apocalypse210k WordsCompleted [Sci-Fi Apocalypse, Wasteland Adventure, Factional Power Struggles] A meteorite shatters the barriers between worlds, and strange energy sweeps across the land, bringing a prosperous civilization to total ruin. Mutated beasts roam the wilderness, runaway machines hunt everywhere, and humanity retreats to camps to struggle for survival. Enhanced bodies, awakened elemental powers, and mechanical modifications become the keys to surviving these chaotic times. Orphan Lu Chen puts down roots in Rockh 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come on, this is a must!

46. 46 末 Playing Innocent in the Apocalypse: What’s Wrong with Lying? 末世装乖：骗人怎么了？ Beyond Wang Chen王尘莫及Sci-Fi & Apocalypse247k WordsCompleted [Sweet, clever, and kind heroine VS bad-boy big shot] 1v1, both leads are romantically inexperienced, happy ending [Apocalypse + pocket dimension + rebirth] * Su Tang died the moment she learned she’d been sold. Reborn, she wanted to get away from her family. But the apocalypse was right around the corner, bringing zombies, extreme cold, and extreme heat. To survive, she had to cling to someone powerful. * By chance, she helped the future big shot up after he fell to the ground. He seemed to hav 9kReads7.1Score1.1kShelves

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    In the apocalypse, the powerful figure loses his memory for three seconds before starting to pretend. The female protagonist is reborn before the apocalypse. To save her life, she tells the amnesiac powerful figure, "I'm your girlfriend." The powerful figure stares at the junior student he's been unable to look away from since their first meeting, and his smile gradually goes out of control.

47. 47 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 9.4kReads7.5Score694Shelves

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    Realistic post-apocalyptic zombie novels; you can check them out if you like.

48. 48 我 My Husband Was Possessed by an Apocalypse Veteran 我的老公被末世大佬魂穿了 Luo Qingyan洛清烟Fantastical Romance1.8M WordsCompleted (The new book has only just received a rating. It’ll gradually go up.) [Male Lead Transmigrates + Spatial Storage + Special Abilities + Doomsday Survival + Female Lead’s System + Sign-In + Love Grows Over Time] After her husband, Qu Jing, recovers from bird flu, a sign-in button suddenly appears above his head, visible only to Jiang Xiuxiu. Click it every day, and a thousand yuan gets added to her bank account. She’s overjoyed, thinking a fortune has fallen into her lap. Then one day, she sees h 5kReads7.6Score439Shelves

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    A ruthless, post-apocalyptic male protagonist transmigrates to the modern world, becoming the female protagonist's nominal husband. The female protagonist unexpectedly activates a sign-in system, binding herself to this stranger, her husband. She secretly observes his unusual behavior, and he senses her deliberate concealment. They are wary of each other yet forced to spend every day together. The former post-apocalyptic powerhouse is surrounded by tenderness, his coldness gradually crumbling, from mutual testing to the blossoming of love.

49. 49 我 Braving the Wasteland with a Panda 我和熊猫一起闯废土 Country Swallow乡下燕子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [One female lead, multiple male leads + women are scarce + from wasteland to interstellar civilization + everyday life + career + childbirth] Tie Wanrou, a ninth-level spatial esper from the apocalypse, blew herself up and took the Zombie King with her. To her astonishment, she transmigrated to a wasteland world several centuries after the apocalypse, where men vastly outnumbered women. Shangguan Tianming was the wasteland's most powerful beastfolk gene warrior. After years of brutal warfare, hi 1.4kReads9.3Score217Shelves

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    ╭( ′• O •′ )╭☞Wasteland

50. 50 末 Raising Kids in the Apocalypse Is Tough: Good Boy, You Go First 末世养儿不易：乖宝你先上 Yun Yaowu云姚雾Fantastical Romance517k WordsCompleted [Zombie apocalypse; stockpiling superpowers; a trickster mom and her highly intelligent, powerful little one] Who would have a baby in the apocalypse? Shu Lan would. She'd die sooner or later anyway, so she might as well take a big gamble. And that gamble gave her a son, Shu Maomao, with the most powerful superpower of all: “Plunder.” Every day in the apocalypse is an adventure for Shu Maomao, with his dramatic mom, his missing dad, endless zombies, and his own little self. A mama's boy? You bet 32.3kReads9.5Score4.3kShelves

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    A unique post-apocalyptic zombie story with road trip survival elements; high-quality writing.

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