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. 151 全 Global Lord: Am I the Only One with a Fallen Empire? 全民领主：唯独我是堕落帝国？ World-Destroying Emperor灭世大帝Urban1.1M WordsCompleted This is a cruel age. When the War Game descended, it decreed that every race across countless planes must become a game lord upon reaching adulthood and join the meat grinder of the war between races. Yet Gao Qiang stares at the type of territory he’s been given, lost in thought. [Fallen Empire] [This empire stood at the pinnacle long before any known nation. They once possessed everything. They once knew everything. Until they grew tired of it all, becoming lazy and decadent. But! They are powe 30.5kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
2. 152 末 The Twin Worlds of Light in the Apocalypse 末世之双界墟光 One-One Big Baby一一大宝贝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse187k WordsOngoing Reborn as a college sophomore, Chen Mian saves the campus belle from the start and accidentally unlocks a bracelet that lets him travel between worlds. The wasteland hides the fading remnants of civilization and the anxiety of survival, while the modern world seethes with undercurrents of capital and international strife. He breaks through the wasteland's predicament, bringing future technology to unleash a storm in the modern world. Rising from campus to the top of the business world, he uses A —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The protagonist digs bunkers in the wasteland to defend against attacks from mutant monsters.

3. 153 诡EN The Grim Apocalypse Approaches, Luckily I Have a Simulator 诡秘末世将临，还好我有模拟器 Maple Forest and Moon枫林与月Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Lovecraftian Horror + Multiple Female Leads + Overwhelmingly Invincible + Ruthless and Decisive] The apocalypse will arrive in seven days. Fortunately, you have a simulator... [Apocalypse simulation started] [Choose one of the following talents: “Demon Contract (Gold),” “Resurrection of the Dead (Gold),” “World in the Mirror”...] [...] [Day One: The sun no longer rises. The apocalypse arrives as scheduled...] [Day Two: The temperature plummets. Citizens scramble fo 17.4kReads7.1Score1.5kShelves
4. 154 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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   Because bunkers and villas are for the wealthy, while most ordinary people and families live in high-rise buildings. This book is quite realistic, focusing on the survival of ordinary people; you might want to check it out.

5. 155 永 Eternal Demon 永魔 Adding Ink to Continue the Story点墨续作Eastern Fantasy761k WordsOngoing Traditional cultivation. The protagonist is ruthless and merciless, no holier-than-thou hero, no heroine, dark fiction! No System!! If you want to become an immortal in the heavens, you must climb the road to immortality over the bones of others. This isn't AI-generated. I wrote it by hand!!! 3.2kReads5.4Score316Shelves

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   Traditional cultivation novel: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and Deity Transformation. The protagonist is decisive, ruthless, cunning, cold-blooded, and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. No system, no female lead, and not a brainless or dark story. [Awkward laugh]

6. 156 冰 Ice Age Apocalypse: I Have a Super Vending Machine 冰河末世：我有一台超级贩卖机 Fine Drizzle, Lemon Blossoms芊芊细雨柠檬花开Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.7M WordsOngoing Apocalypse + Rebirth + Collecting Beauties + Unlimited Supplies + Dark Transformation and Revenge The world enters an ice age, and 95% of humanity perishes! In his previous life, Shen Heng was betrayed by his girlfriend and his brother. Now that he's reborn, he won't show them any mercy! What's unbelievable is that after his rebirth, he also gets a super vending machine... In an apocalypse where human laws have collapsed, money is useless, not even as valuable as half a biscuit. But with his ven 42.3kReads7.1Score3.7kShelves

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   This is a villa; take your time with the safe house!

7. 157 丧 The Zombies Are Coming: Trapped in the ER from the Start 丧尸来袭：开局被困抢救室 Xi Yu系聿Sci-Fi & Apocalypse133k WordsOngoing [Strong female lead, not reborn, comedy, unlimited space, pure fighter, base civilization] A zombie virus breaks out, turning an entire hospital into hell on earth. Xu Chengyue, a student nurse, is trapped in the emergency room with roaring zombies right outside the door! On the brink of death, she awakens two special abilities: unlimited space and metal manipulation. Her storage space fills up with food and medicine. The first thing she does after escaping the ward: drive straight through the f 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is beautiful. The female lead's base was built on the site of an existing residential area, and her house is a villa.

8. 158 全 Global Survival: Everyone Gets a Run-Down Iron Shack 全民求生：每人一座破旧铁屋 A Tree Facing the Sun向阳的一棵树Sports838k WordsOngoing [Survival]+ [Mystery]+ [Beauty Squad]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Game]+ [No Excessive Saintliness]+ [All Kinds of Settings] A global catastrophe transforms the world, and everyone is cast into the apocalypse. Each person is given only a dilapidated iron shack! The shack leaks and lets in the wind. Outside are man-eating mutated creatures and cunning ghosts, and even a single drop of clean water is hard to find! Many people won't survive three days! From the start, Lin Feng awakens a talent that 3.4kReads6.3Score332Shelves

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   Very good.

9. 159 末 Apocalypse: My Shelter Has a System 末世：我的庇护所有系统 What's Wrong with Being a Taoist?道士怎么了Sci-Fi & Apocalypse580k WordsOngoing I had a nightmare. In it, I was told the world would end in six months, so Zhang Ran, a potential mental patient, believed it. (I figure I should build an underground doomsday bunker ahead of time and survive.) 2Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 160 末 The Apocalypse: I Own a City in the Sky 末世，我有一座天空之城 Milk and Greens牛奶晓蔬Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn + apocalypse + infinite space + special abilities + natural disasters + stockpiling supplies + no saintly self-sacrifice Reborn one month before the apocalypse, Li Qiang immediately leaps up, grabs a sharp fruit knife from the table, and cuts his finger without hesitation. Scarlet blood drips onto the twin-dragon jade pendant he has worn for over twenty years. In an instant, dazzling light flashes, and a magnificent city in the sky appears in Li Qiang's mind... “Heh, this time around, I w 1.1kReads—Score125Shelves
11. 161 末 The Apocalypse: Living It Up in My Bunker 末世，我在地堡逍遥 The Wandering Cat Keeps Wandering流浪的猫在流浪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse163k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + sci-fi + human nature + psychic powers...] Synopsis: An unknown celestial body collides with the sun, reducing its radiation to a quarter of what it was and ushering in the apocalypse. People begin looking out for one another, but as hope fades, human nature is laid bare. Wang Bao, an utterly ordinary nobody, is reborn after enduring a lifetime of humiliation and abuse. By a twist of fate, he awakens psychic powers ahead of time. Like a leopard hunting in the dead of night, he make —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 162 谍 Espionage: I Can Earn Rewards by Playing the Villain! 谍战：我当恶霸能爆奖励！ Loves Honey Longjing Tea爱喝蜂蜜龙井茶Urban2.7M WordsOngoing After transmigrating into a minor secret agent at Beiping Station, he unexpectedly awakened the Tyrant System!! As long as the System judges something to be bad behavior, he gets a reward! Kidnap a dog traitor and torture him for information. Ding! For using serious violence against another person, reward: the Japanese devils’ top-secret military intelligence! Lin Ze: ??? Beating up traitors counts too? “Mrs. Miyamoto, I have a new assignment for you!” Ding! For coercing an innocent young woman, 169.3kReads9.4Score15.3kShelves

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    A breath of fresh air in the post-apocalyptic genre! Instead of high-rise safe houses, it focuses on underground fortresses. There are no cheat codes or systems; everything is solved through intelligence. The suspense unfolds layer by layer, and the depiction of human nature is so realistic that it becomes more and more addictive with each reading.

13. 163 末 Doomsday Rebirth: I Build an Army of Apocalypse Heroines! 末日重生：我打造了末世女军团！ Xu Fengqing虚风青Sci-Fi & Apocalypse676k WordsCompleted (Don't let the rating go up) [Transmigrate Into a Book + Multiple Female Leads + Everyone Reborn] In apocalypse novels, other people stock up on supplies: A hundred boxed meals, a hundred barrels of bottled water, a hundred bags of rice, a hundred packs of instant noodles... They'd sell their homes and cars to stock up in full! Blah blah blah, that'll feed me for years, right? The protagonist: Let me buy as much as I want, with no limit. I'll pay a deposit first, and settle the balance after 47.6kReads5.2Score5.6kShelves

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    Brothers, trust me, this post-apocalyptic novel with multiple female leads is really good, very enjoyable.

14. 164 全 Global Poison Snow: I Built a Doomsday Safehouse 全球毒雪：我打造了末日安全屋 Porcupinefish Demon King刺豚妖王Sci-Fi & Apocalypse267k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + rebirth + ruthless protagonist + villain + System + no saintly do-gooder + lots of beauties + dark transformation and revenge + massive stockpiling + keeping a low profile] Extreme cold descended, and toxic snow blanketed the globe. Ninety-five percent of humanity perished! His girlfriend betrayed him right from the start, and just as he had lost all hope, the apocalypse began. As order collapsed, humanity and bestiality became intertwined. For a bag of instant noodles, a corporate 77Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Of course! We've directly copied Huawei's 132 million yuan cafeteria model here!

15. 165 末 Apocalypse Stardom! From the Start, I Instantly Kill a Mutant Tomato Monster 末日明星路！开局秒杀变异番茄怪 Three-Coin Vinegar with Scallions三文陈醋加葱Sci-Fi & Apocalypse359k WordsCompleted [Multiple heroines] [Doomsday] [From the start, the mutated tomato monsters are slaughtered] [No System] [Vegetables and fruits mutate from the start] With two blood moons in the sky, most living things will mutate from now on. If you have any thoughts or suggestions, please share them. If you can, please leave a review or send a free gift. Thank you, everyone! I wish all you handsome men and beautiful women success in everything, good fortune, wealth, and good health. My new work is out! You’r 577Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Here, I'm asking for positive reviews, free gifts, and urging for more updates! No simps, no system, multiple female characters, and occasional humor! I was already eating three [gifts] when it was around chapter 100. Also, check out my new book, Post-Apocalyptic Survival! +[Smile]

16. 166 明 A Sea of Gorgeous Stars! Survival on a Deserted Island? 明星美女成堆！海岛求生？ Three-Coin Vinegar with Scallions三文陈醋加葱Urban680k WordsCompleted "Some things in the story are useful if you transmigrate, or for surviving on an island" [Island survival], [Many celebrities], [No doormat hero], [No System], [Multiple heroines with their own storylines] [Later on the island, some strange forces might enhance the protagonist’s body. You know how it is! With so many people around, even Schwarzenegger couldn’t handle it! I can only add a little urea to make it plausible. Let me know whether I should add mental powers or special abilities, and ev 76Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 167 末 Apocalyptic Evolution: I Awaken the Bloodline of the Merfolk 末日进化：我觉醒了鲛人血脉 A Unicorn Chasing Stars追星的独角兽Fantastical Romance988k WordsOngoing In 2026, a world-ending flood swallowed every continent. I once thought the apocalypse marked the end of civilization. It wasn’t until he took my hand in the deep sea that I understood: This was a romantic reunion, written into our genes and delayed by billions of years. “Reader’s Guide” 1: A hard-core apocalypse. From surviving underwater to founding a nation in the deep sea, with rigorous worldbuilding. 2: Two powerful leads who dote on each other. The strongest merman warrior × a clever heroi 167Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Hey everyone, suffering from a reading slump! Do you think post-apocalyptic novels are all about zombie apocalypses or superpower battles? Today I want to share a completely different way to experience the apocalypse: what if our evolutionary path wasn't to fight the land, but to abandon it and return to and dominate the ocean? Although it's a new book by a new author, it's not a mindless wish-fulfillment story. The plot has just begun, and the merman concept really appealed to me. The author's writing is a little raw, but the sincerity is evident. The story's premise and development are quite logical. I suggest adding it to your bookshelf [Bookshelf Added] and reading it slowly as it grows! [Kiss]

18. 168 尸 Adrift in a Sea of Corpses: Betrayed from the Start, I’ve Gone Completely Mad 尸海浮生：开局遭背叛我彻底疯魔 Tiger Fang虎齿Sci-Fi & Apocalypse210k WordsOngoing (No System, no transmigration, no cheats, no invincibility. There are supernatural abilities, human enhancement, biological hazards...) Nan Taiming was framed and fell into dire straits, his life hitting rock bottom. A sudden, abnormal downpour swept across the globe, and an unknown crisis descended without warning, bringing civilization to the brink of collapse. Amid the chaos, Nan Taiming unexpectedly escaped. In this wasteland-like new world, he chose to protect the survivors around him, make 83Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend this post-apocalyptic zombie novel to you.

19. 169 末 Apocalypse Madness: I Became the Protagonist's Savior 末世狂病：我成了主角的救命恩人 Life's Stress Is Mount Tai生活压力山大Sci-Fi & Apocalypse194k WordsCompleted The failed web novelist Li Yuan left his apocalypse story unfinished. When he woke up, he had somehow become a minor character’s neighbor in the world of his own novel! From the start, he’s forced to save the protagonist, Ye Yun, only to discover that he has a “storage space” ability, while the protagonist has awakened a Shop System. But this isn’t an ordinary zombie apocalypse. Humanity is facing “Frenzy Sickness”: infected people are like perpetual-motion machines, screaming and cursing, swing 88Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You absolutely must check out this post-apocalyptic fantasy novel! The plot is fresh and the subject matter is explosive—it's incredibly engaging! Don't miss it!

20. 170 机 Mechanical Hell 机械地狱 Spring's Masterpiece春天杰作Sci-Fi & Apocalypse503k WordsCompleted [Humanoid robot version of The Walking Dead + To Live, not a power fantasy] In 2035, humanoid robots were widespread throughout human society. Then, suddenly, they turned into mechanical killers, and the world became a living hell! Was this a deliberate rebellion after robots developed independent consciousness, or was something else going on behind the scenes? How will the survivors make it through the apocalypse? What fate awaits the human species? [No transmigration + no rebirth + no special 91Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Island, villa. I've been reading this book every day lately, it's such a great post-apocalyptic novel!

21. 171 末 Apocalypse Sequence: I Use Blind Boxes to Fight the Uncanny 末日序列：我用盲盒对抗诡异 Writing on Sheer Grit凭一口气码字Sci-Fi & Apocalypse144k WordsOngoing [Coming-of-age + road survival + mildly satisfying + ensemble cast + the uncanny + sequences] The uncanny descended upon the world, human cities fell, and the survivors set out on a journey of migration. Humanity's conventional and advanced weapons were powerless against the uncanny. Only the extraordinary powers of the legendary Sequences could stand a chance against them. With the help of a blind-box System, Shen Xiaofan grows from a reckless boy who lost his mother into a pillar of strength f 333Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Even in the apocalypse, there are those who survive by migrating without safe houses.

22. 172 招 Disaster-Magnet System: I Flee to Neon, While the Lighthouse Creates an Apocalypse 招灾系统：润去霓虹，灯塔造末世 Ink-Water Paomo墨水泡馍Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Exchange System + endless supplies + urban rise + tech emperor + sacrifice the great powers] If even Iron Man's “memories” can be exchanged for, who needs a job? Copied supplies could fill in the ocean, so who needs money? The points need “rat lives” as sacrifices, is that it? “Mr. Baka,” a super typhoon and an extreme-cold apocalypse... Wouldn't it be a waste of all this “spectacle” if I didn't sink your whole country? And as for your “daddy,” the Lighthouse Nation... The brand-new “zombie kil 1.9kReads5.9Score209Shelves

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    [Note] This is a million-word novel in the style of Qidian (a popular Chinese online literature platform), featuring urban + post-apocalyptic + mild science fiction, a national sacrifice to the heavens involving the US and Germany, points exchange for superpowers and advanced technology, urban entrepreneurship and godhood, and multiple female characters.

23. 173 我 Mycelium: Infinite Growth 我的菌丝无限成长 Two Fists双拳Sci-Fi & Apocalypse645k WordsOngoing [Reborn + apocalypse + the uncanny + evolutionary mutations + psychic energy revival + civilization reboot] The firmament tears apart, psychic energy floods the world, and the apocalypse will arrive in twenty-four hours! Lin He is reborn after ten years amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, returning to the day before the disaster. He once struggled through hell and witnessed the collapse of civilization. Now he holds the script that can change his fate. Seize the initiative, subdue futur 3.8kReads6.4Score453Shelves

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    Both underground fortresses and mobile fortresses appear in this book.

24. 174 木 Raft Survival: I'm Determined to Build a Mouse Utopia 木筏求生：我致力打造鼠托邦 Little Seven Sounds七小音Sports1.8M WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Farming] [Infrastructure Building] [Satisfying Survival] [Growth] [Leveling Up] She wakes up to find the world submerged beneath the sea. Everyone is forced to take part in a “maritime survival game.” From the start, all she has is a wooden raft and a fishing rod. Everything she needs must be caught. Hunger, monsters, natural disasters, betrayal... People struggle to stay alive in this game. The beginner’s gift pack grants a mutation to one item you carry, turn 32kReads8.6Score6.2kShelves
25. 175 公 Highway Survival: Why Is the Boss Inspecting Monster Supplies? 公路求生：大佬咋在验收怪物物资 Icebreaking Sledgehammer破冰大锤子Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [Road Survival raft + Infinite Dungeon Progression + Stockpiling] [Not an ensemble story, with a lone-wolf focus. Team battles only begin much later, after around chapter 450. Not a war-between-nations story, and not a rebirth story.] The early chapters borrow general elements from road-survival stories, such as vehicles, professions, and service stations. The story gradually opens up around chapter 100, combining an infinite-dungeon format with a road-survival setting. Current dungeons include 87.4kReads9.2Score8.4kShelves
26. 176 列 Train Survival: I Can Predict Death 列车求生：我能预知死亡 Moonlight Old Rascal明月老贼Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Infinite Worlds + Original Scenarios + Ensemble Cast] This is a lost path, and also the road home. We cannot see the way we came, nor pierce the mist ahead. Dancing with death is our only eternal destination. “Dear passengers, welcome aboard the Lost Train. We wish you a pleasant journey!” 28.7kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves
27. 177 丧 A Zombie's Hiking Diary 丧尸的徒步旅行日记 Li Jiu理久Sci-Fi & Apocalypse296k WordsCompleted [Leisurely Travels + Everyday Storylines + No Romance] [Content note: No fighting or drama, and the protagonist isn't cold-blooded, going on killing sprees, or antisocial. This is purely a story about taking walks!] When the apocalypse broke out, Yu Qingxian chose to die. But her attempt failed, and she became a zombie. She had been socially anxious and depressed in life, so she decided to travel on foot. Since everyone was a zombie anyway, she didn't feel so afraid anymore. 23.9kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves
28. 178 全 Global Cataclysm: My Tower Defense Survival Log 全球灾变：我的塔防生存日志 Duo Baisheng夺百声Sports1.9M WordsOngoing [Day 1 of the Cataclysm, Autumn] I awakened a talent, though it came at a steep price. I survived. [Day 18 of the Cataclysm, Autumn] An ally from the Flowing Rocklands sent us a catch of fish. I planted even stranger crops. [Day 45 of the Cataclysm, Winter] The ice and snow brought an energy vacuum. Howling winds and snow monsters rampage outside, but if we hold this cave, we can survive. [Day 77 of the Cataclysm, Winter] Kyle set out to return to his family, while Zhang Wenbin and Murphy headed 7.8kReads7.0Score672Shelves

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    Western fantasy post-apocalyptic survival story without any boastful or face-slapping plots.

29. 179 末 Apocalypse: Laying Low in the Deep Mountains and Living Free 末世：苟进深山老林潇洒过活 Crab by the Sea海边的螃蟹Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted For five years of the apocalypse, she struggled to survive with a family of useless dead weight. At a critical moment, the people dearest to her betrayed her for a few packs of instant noodles, turning her into a nameless experimental subject in a glass tank in a mad scientist's underground lab. She had reached the darkest moment of her life. She had no name, only the number 13047, and was used as a vessel for all kinds of drugs. Someone there taught her how to reduce her body's reactions to the 13.2kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves

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    A villa! 🎣 Betrayed by her closest relatives five years into the apocalypse, she became experimental subject number 13047, awakening a rare three-elemental superpower, only to witness the death of her only source of light… When she was reborn into the pre-apocalyptic world with boundless hatred, the first thing she did wasn't to stockpile supplies, but to take up a knife and slaughter six top mercenaries, only to be caught red-handed by her former love interest? Even more outrageous, she directly occupied a mountain and a huge villa. In this apocalyptic survival war, she's playing the game of dimensional subversion!

30. 180 末 Reborn at the End of the World: I Hid in a Mountain Military Base 末日重生我躲进了深山军事基地 Sunny Day in a Downpour暴雨中的晴天Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted Apocalypse + rebirth + slow pace + no System, no golden finger + ordinary people + surreal + genuine farming and survival Reborn, broke, and without a System! Relying on his experience and hard-won knowledge, he gathers a small group in the apocalypse, and together they survive and build a new life. This is my first time writing. Feel free to get in touch if you have any feedback! I'll get better as the story goes on. 1.6kReads6.6Score100Shelves

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    Fortress! Post-apocalyptic + No cheat codes + Slow pace + Realistic without being mind-numbing + Small group

31. 181 堡 A Fortress with Infinite Food, and the Goddess Next Door Can't Hold Back 堡垒无限食物，隔壁女神绷不住了 Simple Style简单风格Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsCompleted The rating got sabotaged! [Apocalypse + rebirth + infinite fortress + revenge power fantasy!] In his previous life, his brother and girlfriend kicked him off an icy cliff, leaving him to freeze to death. He is reborn three days before the whole world freezes over. A beat-up truck from the start, and the System transforms it straight into a mobile fortress for the apocalypse! Cheats? Infinite food, infinite upgrades, infinite expansion, and he can collect “entries” to unlock core technologies... 97.9kReads5.6Score13.2kShelves

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    🎈The heart-wrenching pain of being betrayed by his brother and girlfriend in his past life, and being kicked off an icy cliff to freeze to death, leads him to be reborn three days before the global freeze! He starts with only a beat-up truck, but the system instantly transforms it into a mobile doomsday fortress, granting him unlimited food, upgrades, and expansion—a cheat code to the max! He can even collect "collections" to unlock core technologies—his aloof wife is actually an infinite energy core! In this life, he traverses the frozen apocalypse with his fortress, gathering resources to strengthen his forces while unleashing a satisfying revenge against his former enemies. Every upgrade is incredibly stress-relieving, every revenge incredibly cathartic—the ultimate thrill of a post-apocalyptic fantasy is here, you won't be able to stop reading once you start!

32. 182 我 Pushing My Evolution to the Limit in the Apocalypse 我在末世极限进化 Medicine Delivery Service滴滴送药Sci-Fi & Apocalypse992k WordsOngoing Also known as The Apocalypse: My Girlfriend Is the Chosen One, and I’m the Top Dog [Apocalyptic evolution, zombies and mutated beasts, no System, one heroine, upright values, action-packed] Who didn’t dream of being a hero when they were young? Lin Mo did too, only to have reality grind him into the dirt. He used to think life was the harshest apocalypse of all, and that dreams of being a hero were nothing but childish fantasies. Until The real apocalypse arrived. Civilization collapsed, order f 1.7kReads—Score153Shelves

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    Apocalypse, stronghold, base city!!! [Apocalyptic evolution, zombie mutated beasts, no system, single female lead, positive values, action-packed] Who hasn't dreamed of being a hero in their youth? Lin Mo was no exception, only reality crushed him. He thought life was the cruelest apocalypse, and his so-called hero dream was nothing more than a youthful, ignorant fantasy. Until—the true apocalypse arrived, civilization collapsed, order crumbled, and Earth became a hunting ground for zombies and ferocious beasts. This apocalypse was caused by the accidental fall of an alien girl, Su Yingxue, to Earth, resulting in a leak of her source energy. She planted a spiritual seed, choosing Su Qing as the savior, and even became her aunt to protect her, developing evolution potions and interstellar weapons. Who knew Su Qing would fall for him, becoming Lin Mo's devoted fangirl; while Lin Mo awakened a rare devouring talent in the entire galaxy, devouring source crystals, creating his own techniques and swordplay, and rampaging through levels beyond his own! Watch how an ordinary person crushed by reality grows from a fantasy hero into a true savior in the apocalypse! Su Yingxue looked at Lin Mo, who was having an amazing run, and said, "Fine, you're the real protagonist now. I'm giving up."

33. 183 综 Anime Crossover: Who Says You Can’t Fall in Love During the Apocalypse? 综漫：谁说末日里不能谈恋爱了？ Spicy Heavenly Master麻辣天师Anime Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted [The Apocalypse Romance System's epic expansion, “Dream of the Crystal Palace,” launches with a bang!] Log in during the first seven days and enjoy unlimited celebration rewards! !!! Log in to claim !!! Get 5 points as soon as you log in!! Choose from a selection of epic items! Unlock a mysterious surprise every day, guaranteed to include a limited-edition exclusive item! Enjoy double experience and double points throughout the event! Meet a character and instantly gain 30 starting affection! So 1.9kReads6.3Score171Shelves

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    I have it! I have it! [Shocked]

34. 184 末 Doomsday Livestream: My Shelter Connects to Another World 末日直播：我的避难所通异界 I'm Still a Rotten Rod我还是烂杆Sci-Fi & Apocalypse214k WordsCompleted The world is frozen over, and while everyone else struggles to survive, I use a back door to a xianxia world to livestream sales of down jackets and self-heating hot pots, becoming richer than the whole planet. As the world freezes over, a livestream System forcibly binds itself to me. Lin Mo watches everyone else's plight, calmly opens the basement door, and reveals sunlight and lunch from another world. The livestream chat goes from skeptical to explosive. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Natural disasters have swept the globe, threatening human civilization. Unexpectedly, a portal connecting to the cultivation world has opened, causing a resurgence of spiritual energy and rampant monsters. In this drastically altered apocalypse, only by shattering the bonds between immortals and mortals can one survive! @I'mStillABadGuy

35. 185 诸 Gods' Game: When Disaster Strikes, I Take My Revenge on Them 诸神游戏：灾难降世我向祂们复仇 Weird-Tasting Fish怪味鱼Sports128k WordsCompleted The apocalypse is a grand stage, so come show us what you’ve got! An all-out superpower brawl. We’ve got the extreme path, the survivalist path, the sneaky type, the chicken-feet style, the summoner style! Humanity twisted, morality in ruins! Let’s see who can stand out in this battle of the Gu Kings! Decisive killing does not mean mindlessly slaughtering everyone! The protagonist is a crafty schemer! A chaotic wildcard! With a tiger in his heart, he still savors the roses! Of course, the road t —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you don't write the kind of stuff nobody reads...

36. 186 沙 The Goofy Girl Livestreams Her Quest for a Husband 沙雕女直播追夫 Latecomer 99晚生99Modern Romance148k WordsCompleted Zhou Xiaobao, an obscure online influencer with barely any followers, is nicknamed “the steel mill's quality inspector.” Her buck teeth could crack walnuts, and she gets reported and banned for using an over-the-top livestream filter. In real life, she's the very essence of bad luck: She gets turned away from factory work tightening screws because “her teeth are too good.” She works in sales for six months without making a single deal; her only customer was asking for directions. She sets up a s 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He looks like a newbie.

37. 187 戒 The Book of Restraint: This Book Can Help You Quit Lust 戒之悟：这本书能帮助你戒色 A Sen, the Rookie Who Can't Write Novels不会写小说的小白阿森235k WordsCompleted 612Reads8.2Score109Shelves
38. 188 反 Villain: The World Freezes Over, and the Heroine Cries from the Heat 反派：全球冰封，女主热哭了 Pure Little Ye纯小叶Sci-Fi & Apocalypse401k WordsCompleted Wang Lu woke up one day to find himself as a cannon-fodder villain in a novel about an ice-age apocalypse. In the original story, the chosen one, Ye Chen, had billions’ worth of supplies and a top-tier safe house, with beautiful women all around him. He was living the high life. As for the original Wang Lu? He froze his ass off every day, yet still insisted on taking his lackeys to provoke Ye Chen. He’d get blasted in the face with a water gun, sprayed with piss, or gassed by stink bombs until h 3kReads7.8Score276Shelves

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    A very rare post-apocalyptic villain, incredibly powerful. Evil to the core.

39. 189 天 The Heavenly Book Code: A Sci-Fi Journal of Becoming a Hero Among Ten Thousand Kings 天书代码在万王当大侠的科幻日志 Latecomer 99晚生99Anime Fanfiction253k WordsCompleted Drawing on three landmark works in the history of Chinese online games: King of Kings (2000), the first graphical online game; The Legend of Jin Yong (2001), the pioneering domestic wuxia online game; and Red Moon (2001), the first sci-fi online game. A programmer accidentally transmigrates into the 2001 King of Kings server, where he discovers that the Jin Yong Heavenly Book is actually a hidden administrator privilege. Using a sci-fi game's "attribute editor," he alters wuxia skills, merging E 1Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 190 全 Global Survival: The Outlaw of a Magic Wasteland 全民求生：魔法废土世界的暴徒 The Wooden Cabin Keyboard Warrior木屋键盘侠Sports3.3M WordsOngoing [Signed for print publication, new setting, no golden finger, no heroine, pets, expansive worldbuilding, disasters, construction, transmigration, game, apocalypse] Everyone transmigrates to a magical wasteland. At the start, all they have is a drafty magic tent. Chopping wood at sunrise and building walls at sunset becomes the fate of billions of survivors. Tent → wooden cabin → stone fortress... Jiang Xun thinks that’s all there is to a shelter. Until he discovers another way to upgrade: powerf 65.9kReads8.4Score5.7kShelves

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    These are all excellent, high-quality post-apocalyptic novels.

41. 191 末 Reborn in the Apocalypse, I Tap Foreign Capital to Save China 末世重生，我掏外国资本救华夏 Oh, Hey, I Want Tomato Beef Brisket喔哎吃番茄牛腩Sci-Fi & Apocalypse470k WordsCompleted At the very last moment before Huaxia's collapse, protagonist Chen Hang is reborn one year before the apocalypse and binds himself to the Apocalypse Homestead System. No longer a lone wolf, he chooses to tie the future to the fate of the nation. Drawing on his memories of the future, he amasses trillions in funding, earns the country's trust through his “prophecies,” and launches the top-secret “Phoenix Plan.” From then on, the entire nation becomes a construction powerhouse, building thirty-six 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is truly invincible.

42. 192 网 Online Game: A Resource Satellite from the Start 网游：开局一颗资源卫星 Fang Hetaо方核桃Sports2.5M WordsCompleted The era-defining game Global War has launched. Starting from a thatched hut, players develop their settlements from the tribal stage, gather resources, train troops, recruit famous generals, and build armies to challenge the world’s top powers! The Great Song Duchy, the Great Qin Duchy, the Great Han Duchy, the Great Ming Duchy, the Mongols, the Xiongnu... The Empire of Alexander, the Holy Roman Empire, the Persian Empire, the Maurya Empire, the Egyptian Empire... Unemployed young man Chen F 9.6kReads8.9Score839Shelves
43. 193 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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    Faced with a horde of zombies surging across a post-apocalyptic wasteland, would your hand holding the knife tremble? [Cool][Laughing and crying][Eye roll][Kiss]

44. 194 亡EN The Necromancer Supreme 亡灵大法师 Imperial Armored Cavalry帝国具装骑兵Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [Fantasy + D&D + mage + no saintly heroine + ruthless and decisive + thrilling combat] Standard version: From the moment he awakened his supernatural powers, Huo Ling knew his path lay ahead of him. Would he choose to be a hero, or a villain? He could fight gnolls in a fortress or plunge into the Nine Hells and consort with devils. He could cut off the head of an Abyssal Lord in the Bottomless Abyss, or conquer Heaven and make the gods bow. Looking back, he realized he had already reached the su 61.5kReads9.1Score5.8kShelves
45. 195 末 Apocalypse Survival Diary: One Person and One Dog from the Start 末世生存日记：开局一人一狗 Yu Yuewei鱼月微Sci-Fi & Apocalypse189k WordsCompleted The world died in silence. The T-9 virus erased the bustle of the cities, leaving nothing but ruins. Chen Mo, a medical equipment technician, woke up in a hospital life-support pod to find that the rest of humanity had vanished. He wasn't a hero, just an ordinary man who wanted to survive. Armed with a fire axe and a survival journal, he ventured into the city ruins to seek the truth. Then he met Ah Huang, a stray dog on the brink of death. Together they began a southbound journey across a map o 117Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    Both are apocalyptic scenarios, which I personally find quite appealing [smile].

46. 196 末 In the Apocalypse, Liu Tianxian, Mimi, Bai Lu, and Reba Beg to Join Me 末世刘天仙幂幂白麓热巴求加入 Cause and Effect in the World世间因果Sci-Fi & Apocalypse233k WordsCompleted Apocalypse and end-of-the-world story + 108 female celebrities + System rewards + mindless survival thrills + extreme cold and icebound world + mutated zombies + unlimited supplies. Bai Lu, Dilraba Dilmurat, Gulnazar, Li Yitong, Tian Xiwei, Chen Duling, Meng Ziyi, Ju Jingyi, Zhou Ye, Liu Haocun, Dai Luwa, Zhang Jingyi, Li Qin, Cheng Xiao, Zhao Jinmai, Zhao Lusi, Yu Shuxin, Wang Churan, Song Zuer, Zhang Ruonan, Yang Chaoyue, Liu Tianxian, Liu Yifei, Liu Shishi, Liu Shishi, Shishi, Yang Mi, Da Mim 778Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 197 地 The Hell Train Conductor's Journal of the Future 地狱列车长的未来笔记 The Immortal's Knee不死人的膝盖Sci-Fi & Apocalypse285k WordsOngoing When the world becomes “hell” and the old rules turn into terrifying “entities” that prey on people, Lin Mo holds the “Future Diary” in his hands. On this perilous wasteland, he drives a mobile train-city, cleverly exploiting conflicts and loopholes in the entities' rules to overcome one deadly crisis after another. Guided by the diary, he analyzes entities, brews potions, upgrades train technology, and advances through the ranks of knighthood. From an ordinary man struggling to survive, he grow 4Reads8.1Score—Shelves
48. 198 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, you want to live too, right?

49. 199 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
50. 200 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

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