Why Are Apocalypse Stories Always About High-Rise Safe Houses? What About Bunkers or Villas? 末世为啥都是高层安全屋。就没有地堡别墅之类的吗

1. 51 末 Apocalypse: I Tamed a Blonde Bombshell from the Start 末世：开局驯服金发大波浪 Cat Immortal猫猫仙人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse638k WordsOngoing [Lots of beautiful women + all kinds of professions and identities + coercion + System + everyday life in the apocalypse + feel-good power fantasy + a little bit of the bizarre] Betrayed by his family and saddled with debt, Fang Ming drifts through each day in a daze, convinced his future is hopeless. But when he wakes up one day, the apocalypse has arrived! Zombies roam the cities, creatures from other worlds emerge from the fog, and strange monsters lurk in the darkness... Before long, human 421Reads8.2Score—Shelves
2. 52 创 Creating a Monster Association? I'm Building a New Humanity 创造怪人协会？我这是缔造新人类 Cyberpunk Old Spring赛博朋克老泉水Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Villain] [Human Evolution Path] [Monster Creation] [Also Known As: The Monster-Making Association] [No Heroine] [Ruthless and Decisive] [Fantasy Supernatural World] A car accident shattered Jiang Yan’s life. His mother’s and younger sister’s mangled bodies lay beside him. Humanity took away his light through an accident. Now he will reshape the rules in the darkest way possible. “How many lives will it take to bring them back? A hundred million? A billion?” In the laboratory at midnight, the s 29.2kReads7.8Score4kShelves

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   I know what you want to see; traditional apocalyptic stories are no longer what people want. Why should we face the end of the world? Do we really have to survive in the end times? Instead of facing the end times, let's create them.

3. 53 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 89.3kReads8.4Score8.8kShelves

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   How about the initial move?

4. 54 领 Lord Survival: Starting from a Deep-Sea Base 领主求生：从深海基地开始 I Have a Sea我有一片海Sports1.3M WordsCompleted [Lord] [Survival] [Doomsday] [Eerie] [Disasters] [Construction] [Farming] This is the graveyard of civilization, where the remains of countless worlds lie buried. The death of a civilization is as natural as the rising and setting of the stars. In this world surrounded by apocalyptic despair, staying alive has become an impossible wish. Hunger, darkness, chaos, monsters, eerie forces, ancient gods, the supernatural, mist, deities, sparks of hope, the deep sea, holy cities, and endless apocalypti 21.4kReads8.2Score1.9kShelves

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   This is the best watch I've seen recently, no arguments allowed.

5. 55 冰 The Ice-Cold Giant Fish 冰冰巨鱼 Uncontrollable Cloud失控云Sports3.2M WordsCompleted [No System + no heroine + a touch of golden finger + farming + raising and developing + slow-burn survival + not a saint, but still compassionate] All of humanity transmigrates to a strange ocean world, where they must survive inside the stomach of a giant fish called the Illusory Leviathan. Humans must help the Illusory Leviathan clear harmful creatures from its stomach. In return, the Illusory Leviathan finds supply crates for them and helps them develop. The creatures in this ocean world are 44.9kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves

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   That's not it, is it?

6. 56 序EN Sequence: Ascension 序列：升华 Listening to Peacocks听孔雀Sports3.6M WordsOngoing [Train Survival + Lone Wolf + Always One Step Ahead + Ascension and Evolution + No Saintly Heroine + No Spineless Hero] The moment Ye Qiyan opened his eyes, he found himself in a world of train survival. Everyone had to get off at a series of stations and explore to stay alive. The lucky found treasure; the unlucky lost their lives. Opportunity and danger went hand in hand. Gather supplies, upgrade your train, and build a train world of your own. As for Ye Qiyan, he possessed a one-of-a-kind asc 248.6kReads8.3Score22.8kShelves
7. 57 从 Starting at the Cheater's Tavern, I Deceive the Gods! 从骗子酒馆开始，欺诈诸神！ No Admiring at Dusk日暮不赏Mystery2.9M WordsOngoing [A satisfying power fantasy + mind-bending twists + reversals + slow burn + battles of wits + nonstop thrills] When people all over the world were “kidnapped” and locked in a prison, they were forced to take part in a game of death. In this game, only the winners had the right to survive. Su Yang received the talent “Call Your Enemy Dad” from the start. [Call Your Enemy Dad: After activation, if you make another “player” call Su Yang “Dad,” you can control their actions.] But when the talent fai 47.5kReads8.6Score4.1kShelves
8. 58 别 Don’t Mess with That Recruit, He’s an SSS-Rank Cheat 别惹那个新兵，他是SSS级挂逼 Tree God树神Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Li Jie is reborn in the year 2000 and becomes a recruit once more. He successfully activates the “Top-Tier Life” System, which automatically grants him a top-tier skill every day. Day One: “You broke the world record in the hundred-meter dash, and you call that ‘running just a little fast’?” Day Two: “You broke the world record in the 3,000 meters, too?” Day Three: “All five bullets hit the bull's-eye and stacked on top of one another. Was that really your first time handling a gun?” Day Four: “ 1.6kReads8.7Score223Shelves

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   Recommended by seasoned bookworms, these are all excellent books, true classics, especially the last one.

9. 59 开EN A God-Tier Hidden Skill from the Start! I've Seen Through Everything 开局神级隐藏技能！我已看透一切 Thin Porridge Shizhou稀粥世洲Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow] [Lighthearted and Funny] [No Female Lead] [Livestream] [Feel-Good] Left Cheng'an was pulled into a world survival game and awakened the game's only god-tier skill, "True Sight"! From then on, he could see the other side of the game! A branch lay by the roadside. Ordinary players: "What's this thing underfoot? Get it out of the way!" What Left Cheng'an saw: [A locust branch loved by the imprisoned Eight-Legged Countess. Give it to her and you can get the quest item, "Secret Room K 70kReads8.7Score7.6kShelves
10. 60 全EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 Newly Bought Peaches新买的桃子Sports2.6M WordsCompleted The print edition has been signed with a publisher. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a game where everyone must survive at sea. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves so fast it's never in sight. Like the Head-On, with its massive ram, charging fearlessly ahead. But Yang Yi's ship is called 272.1kReads9.4Score27.8kShelves
11. 61 天 Apocalyptic Disasters: My Rules Are the Rules 天灾末世：我的规矩就是规矩 Wine-Sack Rice-Bag Fish Lao Ba酒囊饭袋鱼老八Sci-Fi & Apocalypse5.5M WordsOngoing (Apocalypse + rebirth + spatial powers + revenge + a cold-blooded player in the game of life) Disaster struck, and Earth's temperature plummeted, ushering in an ice age. Lin Feng survived for five years in a world thrown into chaos, only to be betrayed by his teammates and devoured by a pack of beasts. He was given a second chance, returning to half a month before the disaster with his spatial ability intact. This time, he had a new plan for his future. He would live well and make everyone who h 5.5kReads7.5Score472Shelves

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    Look at this, it's so realistic and the writing is excellent! [I'm almost crying]

12. 62 末 Apocalypse: I Have an Underground City 末世：我有一座地下城 Frostlight Filling the Sky霜华丶满天Sci-Fi & Apocalypse168k WordsOngoing [Decisive and Ruthless] [Multiple Heroines] [Farming] [Underground Emperor] The blood moon rises, the apocalypse begins, and zombies run rampant. Jiang Yi is cruelly betrayed after showing kindness. At the brink of despair, he awakens an ability and binds himself to the strongest Dungeon System. He casts aside pointless kindness: betrayers will pay in blood! He recruits miners to dig for resources and keeps expanding his underground city, taking in an arrogant campus beauty, a perfect female pro 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Self-proclaimed: The protagonist is ruthless and decisive, recruits a large number of workers and maids, has clear logic, and uses rigorous data.

13. 63 末 Apocalypse: The Schoolgirl I Rescued Turns Out to Be a Mobile Warehouse 末世：捡个学姐竟是移动仓库 Do You Think I Have a Chance?你看我有机会吗Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Stockpiling supplies + Reborn + Superpowers] After surviving for three months in the apocalypse, Lin Xiao is framed by the campus belle and kicked out of his team. He thinks it's all over, but unexpectedly, he is reborn. Given another chance in the apocalypse, when the familiar thick fog descends, Lin Xiao discovers that his eyes can see right through it. While everyone, including the zombies, is reduced to being “blind” and “deaf,” seven days is more than enough for Lin Xiao to tu 13.5kReads8.4Score944Shelves

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    These are all good post-apocalyptic novels.

14. 64 末 Apocalypse: I Can Hear Other People's Thoughts 末世：我能听到别人心声 Do You Think I Have a Chance?你看我有机会吗Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Reborn + Superpowers] Xiao Jun, who had survived six years of the Apocalypse, was reborn before it began. Can he stockpile supplies, kill zombies, and even hear other people's thoughts? The school belle's top-tier opportunity? Sorry, I'm taking it all! Xiao Jun: One day, I'll figure out the origins of this Apocalypse. 36.2kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves
15. 65 末 Apocalypse Villain: You Want to Borrow Money from Me to Stock Up? Get Lost! 末世反派：找我借钱囤货？滚蛋！ Mr. Ji Shuai纪帅先生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted [Unusual Hoarding] [Villain] [Apocalypse] [Subverts Expectations] [Endless Golden Fingers] [Epic Thrills] I transmigrated into an Apocalypse rebirth novel as the Villain, and stole the protagonist’s woman right from the start! On top of that, I became the owner of a loan company, so the protagonist hated me for charging exorbitant interest! The Apocalypse would arrive in seven days, and the protagonist planned to kill me first to kick things off! Su Yun was freaking out! What was he supposed to 2.4kReads7.7Score299Shelves
16. 66 冥 The Era of Ghost Money: Even Hauntings Must Follow the Rules 冥币时代：诡异杀人也要讲规则 Demon Soldier魔兵Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Weird Invasion + Rules-Based Horror + Post-Apocalyptic Survival + Ghost Money] The weird beings have arrived. They feed on humans, but can’t kill them at will. They have to trick humans into triggering a death rule before they can devour them. Xia Tianqiong returns, reborn, and makes billions in ghost money himself. Using memories from his past life, he turns the rules against the weird beings and forces them into contracts. The weird beings in this world either work for him or are destroyed by 28.1kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves
17. 67 重 Reborn in the Apocalypse: First, I'll Divorce My Vicious Wife 重生末世，开局先和恶毒老婆离婚 Mao Mao冒冒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + rebirth + no zombies + spatial dimension + no goody-two-shoes protagonist] When the apocalypse strikes, Xiao Ran is murdered and eaten by his wife and her family. Only as he dies does he learn that his son isn’t even his, and that he’s been nothing but a pathetic man raising another man’s child. But he is reborn three months before the apocalypse, and he gains access to an enormous spatial dimension! From the start, he divorces his vicious wife, wins the lottery, storms the stock m 43.4kReads8.9Score4.2kShelves

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    It's here, it's here...

18. 68 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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    My favorite post-apocalyptic novel on my bookshelf

19. 69 末EN Surviving the Apocalypse: Stock Up on Food and Weapons 末世降临不要慌，先囤粮食后囤枪 Black-and-White Octopus黑白色章鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse rebirth + stockpiling supplies + space + no romance + infrastructure building + ruthless heroine] Jiang You never dreamed that she would evade the zombies’ claws only to be betrayed by the very family she had protected. Years later, she destroyed the research center where she’d been imprisoned. Everyone who betrayed her? Dead! The base that turned against her? Wiped out! Who waits until the next life to get revenge?! With her revenge complete, Jiang You ran out of her supernatu 59.5kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves

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    It's super good-looking, highly recommended!

20. 70 普 An Ordinary Person's Ordinary Days in the Apocalypse 普通人普通的末世日常 Zhu Yueqiao渚月樵Sci-Fi & Apocalypse338k WordsCompleted [No Storage Space + No System + Stockpiling + Slow Pace + Everyday Food] [Important: The female lead has a love interest] An earthquake unleashed large quantities of ancient viruses from within the earth’s crust, turning infected people into bloodthirsty monsters. With disaster on the horizon, Xue Ning had a dream about being reborn. So, with the few memories she had, she prepared enough supplies to last her a lifetime, hid in a shelter, and did everything she could to survive. Yet nobody knew t 3.7kReads8.6Score277Shelves

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    Without a system or space, the female protagonist learned about the apocalypse in advance. She stocked up on supplies in a cave to survive alone, starting a daily life with water, food, electricity, raising chickens and cats, and cooking.

21. 71 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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    The correct way to navigate the apocalypse is to build an underground city within a small world.

22. 72 重 Reborn in the Apocalypse: Building the Strongest Base from Scratch 重生末世：从打造最强基地开始 West Wind Who Loves Fried Rice Noodles爱吃炒粉的西风Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.7M WordsCompleted [No special powers + no System + natural disasters + base-building + stockpiling + farming + ensemble cast + no protagonist torture + decisive and ruthless] Friend, you've read so many apocalypse novels. Are you getting tired of all those messy superpowers, brainless Systems, and beautiful women throwing themselves at the protagonist? Why not see how ordinary people can build a sensible home in the apocalypse? An ordinary apocalypse farming story told from multiple perspectives. The apocalypse 18.2kReads7.7Score1.5kShelves

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    Absolutely!

23. 73 繁 You Say the End Is Here in This Prosperous Age? Are You Crazy? 繁华盛世你说末日来了？神经病啊 Farewell to the Old Year年辞旧Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.3M WordsOngoing [Not a power fantasy: doomsday survival + apocalyptic disasters + fantastical imagination + invasion from another world + global evolution + smart characters] The Fourth Calamity's game mission fails, and a boss from another world crosses over. The apocalypse begins! A rare subject matter across all platforms, with a unique perspective that will show you a different kind of apocalypse! Plenty to read, and more than enough to keep you satisfied! Qin Yang had been a corporate drone for years, but 14.1kReads7.9Score978Shelves

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    This is the bunker. It looks pretty good; I could give it a try. [Eating melon emoji]

24. 74 行 Walking Dead: Bound to a Seven Days to Die Survival System from the Start! 行尸：开局绑定七日杀生存系统！ Sword Tassel Swaying in the Locust Tree槐上剑穗扬Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted [The Walking Dead Fanfiction] [Leads the Main Cast to the Top] [Illustrated] Wu Shou transmigrates into the world of The Walking Dead, only to be infected by a walker on the very first day. Just when he thinks he is surely going to die, he awakens the 7 Days to Die System. In a post-apocalyptic world crawling with walkers, he shoulders a giant hammer and strikes fear into the hearts of the survivors still roaming the land! From the [Quarry Camp] to the [Prison Fortress]! From [Southeastern Atlan 4kReads8.2Score303Shelves

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    🔥🔥🔥① Wu Shou was infected by walkers on his very first day after transmigrating to the world of *The Walking Dead*. Just when he thought he was doomed, he awakened the *7 Days to Die* system. In a post-apocalyptic world overrun by walkers, wielding a giant hammer, he terrified the survivors still clinging to the land! With the *7 Days to Die* system in hand, he treads upon countless corpses, step by step standing at the pinnacle of the world! However, Wu Shou sometimes feels puzzled. "Weren't the walkers supposed to be endless?" "How come there are fewer and fewer the more I kill them?"

25. 75 全 Global Ice Age: I Built a Shelter for the Apocalypse 全球冰封：我打造了末世庇护所 Strolling Through a Sea of Flowers漫步花海中Sci-Fi & Apocalypse243k WordsCompleted In 2030, global temperatures soared abnormally, plunging the world into a scorching heat wave. The heat claimed countless lives in India, while Europeans scrambled to buy air conditioners and fans. People thought it was just a brutally hot summer, unaware that it was only the prelude to the apocalypse. Zhang Qing was an ordinary 26-year-old office worker. His child had just turned one month old, and his wife was a university classmate. He had a secret no one knew: every few days, he dreamed of a 1.1kReads—Score107Shelves

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    A new book on the apocalypse; welcome to read it and prepare for the coming end times.

26. 76 我 My Doomsday Journal 我的末日手记 F Seven FriendsF七友Sci-Fi & Apocalypse342k WordsOngoing (First-person narration + military protagonist + no System + traditional apocalypse story + no supernatural powers + no pocket dimension + no harem) The apocalypse arrives, and human society collapses! No cheats, no spiritual qi revival! My name is Fang Hao. I’m a soldier, and I’ll witness the arrival of the apocalypse. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This novel definitely ranks among the top post-apocalyptic novels by Tomato.

27. 77 你 You're a Priest, Who Told You to Heal the Monsters? 你一个牧师，谁告诉你给怪加血的 Yesterday's Northern Border昨日北境Sports2.0M WordsCompleted This novel has been adapted into an audiobook, so readers can enjoy it with confidence! [The game neither invades reality nor descends upon it] Everyone agrees that the most useless class in the game is the priest. Even a dog wouldn't pick one. On the first day of Fantasy Skies, Qi Tian ignored his roommates' furious protests and stubbornly chose the priest, a class nobody wanted. His damage was barely a scratch, his chants took forever, and his mana consumption was sky-high. His party members 1.9kReads7.9Score166Shelves

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    Although the rating is relatively low, it's still good. 😃 It's just that the updates are too slow. There's one last book left, I've saved up 128 pages. I finished it this morning. The updates are just too slow.

28. 78 列 Train Survival: I Turned into a White-Haired Power-Leveling Maniac! 列车求生：我变身白毛肝帝！ October Days on Earth人间十月天Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [Gender-bending romance with one heroine] [Train survival] [Grind to level up] [Recruit staff] [Mobile fortress] [No saintly protagonist, and no stifling growth! The rating just came out, it'll rise later.] Bai Cheng woke up to find that she'd become a beautiful white-haired woman, and that she had a horny best friend! But before she could even get excited, it happened again. [Welcome to the Infinite Train World. Here, you can recruit staff and build trains.] [Reach Platform One, 500 kilometers 2.1kReads7.9Score203Shelves
29. 79 重 Reborn, I Was Forced to Become the Underworld’s Young Mistress! 重生后，我被迫成了黑道大小姐！ I Have a Big Blade我有一把大刀Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted [Reborn at school, strong female lead, no romance, all business, countless black-clad underlings, comedy, and pure wish fulfillment!] (Original title: After Being Reborn, I Was Forced to Become the Underworld's Young Mistress!) In her previous life, Liu Yutong was a lawyer. By a twist of fate, she is reborn on the eve of the 2007 college entrance exams, only to be mistaken by a gang of street thugs for the daughter of an underworld kingpin. The fearsome daughter of an underworld boss? Fighting, 24.5kReads9.1Score3.4kShelves
30. 80 开 From the Start, She Has a Resort: Slaying Her Way Through the Apocalypse 开局一座度假村，她在末世杀疯了 He Jinchuan鹤金川Sci-Fi & Apocalypse456k WordsCompleted [Post-apocalypse + strong heroine + System inventory space + all-element abilities + decisive and ruthless + base-building] Zhu Ran struggled to survive for ten years in the apocalypse, only to be betrayed. When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn ten days before the apocalypse began. This time, she was claiming a mountain as her own! While everyone else fled, she staked out land. While everyone else chewed on tree bark, she sat in a mountain resort, eating hot pot and singing. When z 680Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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    This one! She's practically a mountain queen, living on the highest peak! Wow, so cool!! A strong female lead! The heroine is decisive and ruthless, not a saint! She hoards resources, raises livestock, fights monsters to level up, and unlocks all sorts of super-powerful abilities! Tons of abilities! All types of abilities! The heroine has everything others have! And things others don't have! She won't stand a chance! She'll fight at the drop of a hat!

31. 81 全 Global Ocean: I Caught a Traveling Frog from the Start 全民海洋：开局钓上旅行青蛙 Life on the Line一生悬命Urban859k WordsOngoing [Ocean + Fishing + Farming and Development + Treasure Adventure] The abyss invades, and a world-ending flood descends, forcing humanity to huddle on less than 10% of the land. Only the once-in-a-lifetime class-drawing ceremony at age eighteen can offer a chance to withstand the endless tides of beasts. One underachiever draws a Tide Sea Spirit, rising to the top overnight. Major conglomerates scramble to recruit them, and the nation offers a special appointment! One top student draws Fisherman a 7.3kReads7.6Score667Shelves

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    Travel Frog: Ocean, Fishing, Raising Frog. The story begins with the frog stealing Dragon Balls, leading to its invincible path. A series of slightly challenging elements... "Apocalyptic Legacy Acceptance, System Rules Make Me a Nobody" features a protagonist who can hear the voices of all things, a brooding, alcoholic old man, and a pitiful campfire. Humorous and lighthearted, later you'll see a rather grand worldview. "Survival, Building a Shelter in the Mist" features the protagonist Qi Yuan. The author writes brilliantly; it's not exactly thrilling, but there are definitely moments of enjoyment. The five-person group is vividly portrayed. If you want a brain like An Changlin's, this book will show you the growth story of an ordinary person, and you can even see the protagonist's development. Tomato Tree, the number one survival novel, truly deserves its title.

32. 82 浮 Surviving on an Ice Floe: Everything I Salvage Comes to Life 浮冰求生：我打捞的物资全成精了 Carrot Hater拒绝胡萝卜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsCompleted [Sneaky schemer] [Comedy] [Apocalypse] [Survival] [Everyday life] The whole world enters an icy sea survival game. From the start, all you have is a floating chunk of ice, and supplies can only be fished up! [Host detected to be facing an apocalyptic threat!] [System descending!] [System under attack from the game’s firewall!] [System has taken down the game’s firewall!] Chen Mo can’t access the System, but the world has started acting strangely, as if some rule has changed… The chunks of ice in 16.3kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
33. 83 求 Survival: Defending My Cabin Against the Cold Wave 求生：从小木屋开始抵御寒流 Shan Xun山寻Sports3.5M WordsCompleted [Survival] [Shelter Building] [Disasters] [Stockpiling Supplies] Everyone transmigrates. When Qi Yuan wakes up, he finds himself in a fog-shrouded world full of danger. Cold, hunger, wild beasts, and torrential rain become the daily lot of everyone. Rising with the sun and resting at its setting become the way of life for all! 119.2kReads8.2Score8.4kShelves
34. 84 重EN Too Many Reborn Heroes? Time to Bring in the Government 重生者太密集？我带国家队下场 Bian Lu边鹿Sci-Fi & Apocalypse758k WordsCompleted (A feel-good power fantasy, with a beautiful, badass heroine who confiscates golden fingers) “Sheng is the boss around here. She's ruthless and doesn't waste words. Cross her, and she'll take you down!” In the year 2323 of the Star Era, the apocalypse is about to begin. Some people awaken their powers early, while reborn people are already making their moves… As the head of a new department, Sheng An is responsible for recruiting and leading all the powered and reborn individuals, preparing for 123.7kReads9.7Score17.5kShelves

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    A subversive post-apocalyptic story that defies tropes—absolutely captivating!! With the apocalypse fast approaching, the protagonist takes charge of a special national agency, recruiting reborn individuals with unique abilities to fight off an evil invasion. The entire story is humorous, heartwarming, and thrilling, with a tight plot and no major flaws. It avoids all the pitfalls of typical post-apocalyptic novels, making it incredibly fresh and enjoyable to read in one sitting!!!

35. 85 末 Doomsday Survival: I Have a Prison Full of Goddesses 末日求生，我有一座女神监狱 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse608k WordsCompleted Apocalypse + Lots of Beautiful Women + Dark + Prison + Decisive and Ruthless + Cunning + Wish-Fulfillment + Lighthearted Comedy. In a parallel Blue Star world, everyone else tries to survive the Apocalypse by hiding, struggling, and chewing tree bark. Zhao Yulong's Apocalypse from the start: an empty prison, a sharp-tongued AI chasing him around with a fire extinguisher and spraying foam at him, and tens of thousands outside the gates... Not zombies, but female survivors who heard the news and c 1.6kReads—Score131Shelves

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    You can watch this.

36. 86 黑 Blackmail in Hand, I Start with the Campus Goddess 黑料控制，开局从校花女神开始 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Urban320k WordsCompleted In the parallel world of Blue Star, Zhao Qingyang gets a rather shady System. Its functions: dig up people's dirt, treat their illnesses, teach them everything they need to know, and bind them for life. After-sales services include dealing with loan sharks, handling a professor's sexual harassment, providing an illegal laboratory, treating terminal illnesses, and covering up hacking... All it costs is “a little” freedom and dignity. And so the strict counselor starts practicing how to peel apple 1.2kReads—Score103Shelves
37. 87 末 In an Apocalypse Prison, I Train Goddesses Into Warriors 末世监狱，将女神驯服成战士 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse541k WordsCompleted My name is Zhao Linyu. Before the apocalypse, I was a low-ranking prison guard. After it began, I awakened a System, and now I manage a base with more than 3,000 people. My daily routine: an AI nags me into going to all sorts of places to rescue beautiful women: universities, hospitals, film studios, research institutes. It's like collecting stamps. My problem: the women always want to rebel when they first arrive. The professors talk to me about human rights, the celebrities talk to me about th 2.7kReads—Score219Shelves
38. 88 冰 Ice Age Apocalypse: I Get Ten Thousand Times the Goods for One Yuan 冰河末世：我一元秒杀万倍物资 Watermelons Are Going Up in Price西瓜要涨价Sci-Fi & Apocalypse369k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + reborn + System + survivalist + infinite pocket dimension + dark revenge, not a saintly heroine] The world enters an ice age, and a frozen apocalypse descends. Morality collapses and human nature twists. In his previous life, Lin Tian was too cowardly and kindhearted, and ended up as someone else's food, steamed alive to death. Reborn on the first day of the apocalypse, he awakens the One-Yuan Instant Kill System. Food running short? Ten thousand jin of pork belly for one yuan? Ins 1.6kReads5.9Score143Shelves

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    🌈🌈The only online novel with a reading time of 30,000 seconds+ and a 10-year veteran reader's recommendation👒🌈Apocalyptic thriller

39. 89 末 Claiming More Children, More Blessings in the Apocalypse, Bound to a Shameless System 末日领取多子多福，绑定无耻系统 Wang Defa's Anecdotes王德法轶事Sci-Fi & Apocalypse168k WordsCompleted Terror descends. An unknown white fog turns 99 percent of humanity into bloodthirsty zombies. One moment, the protagonist is sitting on the school sports field, scrolling through short videos. The next, he is bound to a System. Along with the usual starter pack, the System gives him a grand mission. 26Reads6.1Score—Shelves
40. 90 末 Apocalypse: My Ex-Wife Is Starving, So I Turn Around and Stockpile Goddesses 末世：前妻饿疯了，我反手囤女神 Watermelon Dad西瓜爸爸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse409k WordsCompleted [Stockpiling Supplies + Dark Revenge + Spatial Storage + Rebirth + No Saintly Protagonist] The extreme-cold apocalypse arrives. Yang Lin, a live-in son-in-law, is brutally murdered and eaten by his father-in-law's family because food is scarce. Before dying, he discovers that the child isn't even his! Then, by a twist of fate, he is reborn one month before the apocalypse. He gains an unlimited storage space. In this life, he swears he will never again be a lovesick doormat who raises another man 742Reads6.6Score106Shelves
41. 91 末 Apocalypse Harem System: Beauties, Order Whatever You Want to Eat 末日合欢系统：美女吃什么自己点 Unwritten Page未书页Sci-Fi & Apocalypse630k WordsOngoing Low-rating protection, but don't be too harsh. [Absurdity + World Gone Awry] [Multiple Heroines + Familiar Affection-Rating Tropes] [Doomsday Survival + One Disaster After Another] [Sainthood Through the Flesh + The Protagonist Alone Has No Superpowers] When the apocalypse arrives, Ye Lang, out on patrol on a rooftop, inexplicably gets bound to a doomsday System. It can not only increase his physical abilities, but also let him enjoy the finest delicacies. Ye Lang is overjoyed. Just as he's 1.3kReads8.2Score132Shelves
42. 92 末 Apocalypse Game: Buying the Whole World from a Subway Station 末日游戏：从地铁站购买全世界 The Chasm of Desire欲望鸿沟Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted [Apocalyptic survival + cities + upgrading hideouts + no female lead + decisive and ruthless + disaster survival] The apocalyptic game has arrived. Disasters are striking all over the world. Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, extreme heat, viruses, bitter cold… In just six months, Blue Star's population has fallen by 80 percent, and civilization has nearly collapsed. With no other choice, humanity must enter the apocalyptic game and take on survival challenges in the hope of staying alive. Fortunat 22.3kReads8.7Score1.9kShelves

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    Brain-trained, high-quality! If you don't like it, then come and criticize me.

43. 93 最 The Most Thrilling Survival in the Mist 最爽的迷雾求生 Sleep King睡觉王Sports1.7M WordsCompleted [Group Survival] [Build a Shelter] [No Saintly Do-Gooder] [Steady Pace] [Stockpiling Supplies] [No System] We’re surviving in a world of mist, so what’s wrong with making it fun? Join the protagonist for a thrilling ride! Eight billion people are pulled into a misty world. Everyone starts with an axe and begins building a shelter. Who will rise above the rest? Who will become the ruler? Natural disasters, beasts, and nightfall: when darkness comes, close your eyes! Opportunity and danger go hand 9kReads7.5Score520Shelves

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    Highly recommended: Survival in the Fog of War, upgrade your shelter, stockpile supplies, no Mary Sue stories, already completed.

44. 94 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves

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    Tired of high-rise safe houses in post-apocalyptic stories? This book's protagonist starts in a bunker, using deception to lead the entire team to victory in the Trials of the Gods. There are so many plot twists that you'll be guessing who the real mastermind is in every chapter. The ensemble cast is incredibly intelligent and makes for a super enjoyable read.

45. 95 全 Global Flood: Building a Luxury Yacht from the Divine Tree from the Start 全球洪灾：开局就用建木造游轮 Even the Great Ming Is Luo大明也是罗Sci-Fi & Apocalypse172k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + Survival + Multiple Heroines + Evolution and Leveling Up + Reborn + No System + Farming + No Goody-Two-Shoes Protagonist + Hunger Games + Battle Royale + Instanced Challenges] One day, enormous trees over 1,000 meters tall suddenly sprout all over the world. People in the East call them "Jianmu," while those in the West call them "World Trees." Some believe the trees are a sign of spiritual qi revival, while others think they are the result of genetic mutations. Only Mu Jian, who t 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In a post-apocalyptic world, the protagonist is reborn and builds a cruise ship to cope with the disaster. The game features resource hoarding, apocalyptic elements, multiple female leads, character evolution and upgrades, the Hunger Games, and dungeons.

46. 96 游 Game Descends: The Original Heroine Flips the Table on the Spot 游戏降临：原女主选择当场掀桌 Shun Yunhua舜云华Fantastical Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [Reborn + No Romance + Unhinged + Lone Wolf] Content warning: There are pets. The protagonist had a romance in her previous life, but there is no romance in this life. She isn’t invincible from the start, and the early part is on the dark side. She is a female lead who had her fortune stolen and must win everything back on her own. Her dark past is the road that brought her here. The hardened version of the female lead won’t take her anger out on everyone, and will give ordinary people a chance 39.3kReads8.4Score5.2kShelves

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    A lone wolf protagonist with a strong female lead, no romantic pairing, and incredibly powerful! 😎 This is a super satisfying story about a game invasion. The female lead, Xun Ge, starts the story with a nine-clan super-slaying attack—it's incredibly cool! There's no sense of being stifled; she's a powerful female lead with both intelligence and strength. She's a lone wolf, starting by partnering with a game bank, sweeping up global gold coins, exposing the truth, and showcasing her power. There's never a moment of frustration, helplessness, or weighing the pros and cons. A strong female lead is meant to be this satisfying—beautiful, powerful, and tragic, but the tragedy only exists in a flashback to her past life, purely giving her a reason to be cool. In a bizarre apocalyptic world, the female lead becomes a capitalist using a romance system, cheating on seven bizarre characters, and frantically building her career. There's even a third book, which is super engaging. Various mini-games and dungeons are introduced, and under the female lead's humorous yet insightful attitude, everyone constantly competes to become stronger. The dungeons don't kill, but they can lead to bankruptcy. The female lead's ID is "I am a woman," and anyone who harbors ill will towards her will be randomly assigned to her. With a simple "I am a woman," she becomes instantly rich—it's incredibly satisfying!

47. 97 末 Apocalypse Farming: From One Acre to Invincibility 末世种田：从一亩地到无敌 Bai Ye Rabbit白也兔Sci-Fi & Apocalypse500k WordsCompleted A sudden apocalypse descends, with zombies roaming everywhere and human civilization teetering on the brink of collapse. Zhang Yi unexpectedly awakens the ability to control plants. In the depths of despair, he mutates an ordinary Venus flytrap into “Crimson Vine.” It devours zombies and guards his base, becoming his most dependable line of defense. But that isn’t enough. To survive in this brutal world, Zhang Yi turns his attention to two more Venus flytraps. He takes the risk of guiding them 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This was originally a floating base.

48. 98 全 Global Haunting: I Won Over the Lord of the Supernatural 全球诡变：我攻略了诡异之主 As the Clouds Drift随云舒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse995k WordsOngoing The ratings have just come in. They’ll go up later. [Eerie Apocalypse + Living Off Eerie Boyfriends + Otome Game System + Gacha Upgrades + Power Fantasy + Sweet Romance] A terrifying apocalypse. The eerie invade! Only spirit tamers who make contracts with the eerie have a chance of surviving and living long in this brutal apocalypse. From the start, Lin Xueye binds herself to the Otome Romance System and scores a direct hit, winning over the fractured Lord of the Eerie. While everyone else strug 3.3kReads8.9Score229Shelves
49. 99 末 Reborn in the Apocalypse: Even a Warlord Can Be a Lady-Killer 末世重生之枭雄也风流 Snow Cake by the Bedside床头的雪饼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse477k WordsOngoing 12Reads5.7Score—Shelves

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    This was originally a villa.

50. 100 公 Highway Survival, but with a Fishing System 公路求生，但钓鱼系统 Spiral Takeoff螺旋起飞Sports445k WordsOngoing [Road Survival + Dungeons + Lighthearted + No CP + Multiple Female Supporting Characters + Proudly Being a Woman] Office worker Si Miao entered a road-survival game and gained a fishing System as her golden finger. Skill unlocked: I Didn't Do Anything As long as a player hasn't provoked or threatened you, anyone who bears you ill will will randomly lose some supplies, which will be transferred to your backpack. After surviving the three-day solo tutorial, Si Miao unlocked the chat channel and 7.1kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves

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