Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland Stories With No Superpowers 末世废土流无异能

1. 1 末 Apocalypse Cockroach 末日蟑螂 Mighty Cockroach伟岸蟑螂Sci-Fi & Apocalypse6.3M WordsCompleted Zhang Xiaoqiang is an insignificant nobody, a lazy loser who had been content to lounge around and wait to die. Staying at home lets him avoid the first outbreak of the zombie virus. When he sees his neighbors in the same apartment complex turn into zombies, he is overcome with boundless terror. He struggles to survive alone in an Apocalypse where people prey on each other. At last, worn down by loneliness, he picks up his gear and heads out into a world shrouded in smoke and fire. He takes the 22.1kReads8.9Score2.8kShelves

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   [Top post] Ahhhh, I highly recommend it to the fifteen-year-old bookworm. ① A true portrayal of the apocalypse, with no supernatural powers but brotherhood, sinister human hearts in the apocalypse, and betrayal by friends and acquaintances.

2. 2 风 The Wind Rises in Longcheng 风起龙城 Wei Jie伪戒Urban3.4M WordsCompleted Sixty years after global disaster, the Little Freeze has ended. Governments across the living zones begin reclaiming large stretches of unadministered land awaiting development, reorganizing resources and ushering in a full-scale recovery. These twenty years are also known as the “Golden Twenty Years.” It's a dazzling new age: new zones rise one after another, politics sets the stage while capital puts on a show, and ambitious schemers are everywhere. Heroes and strongmen, treacherous warlords a 44.8kReads9.5Score5kShelves
3. 3 废 The Wasteland Era 废土纪元 Lord of the Great White大白之主Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Sixty years ago, a natural disaster changed the human world forever. Species evolved at a breakneck pace, and humanity retreated behind the walls, struggling to survive. Three years ago, his father disappeared and was branded a traitor to humanity. His younger sister became a blood-drinking infected, hunted by everyone. Two young souls struggled to survive in a slum rife with violence and crime. A lockdown put his sister at risk of being exposed. Gu Chen had no choice but to get blood on his han 6.3kReads9.0Score755Shelves
4. 4 死 The Death Train 死亡列车 Tu Su屠苏Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.2M WordsCompleted This is a world where civilization has collapsed and evil runs rampant! This is a blood-soaked, frenzied realm where morality has fallen apart! This is a struggle to survive! 5.7kReads8.5Score669Shelves
5. 5 行 The Walking Progress Bar 行走的进度条 Daydreaming in Broad Daylight白日做着梦Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.3M WordsCompleted A tyrant of the underground boxing world in his previous life, he transmigrates into an apocalypse as a garbage collector? When demons and monsters invade a shelter base, he uses materials salvaged from the trash to build Gauss kinetic rifles, speed boots, and Wolverine-style claws to fight all manner of eerie creatures. He extracts corpse-control techniques and demon-vine arts from the monsters, using their own abilities to fight them. New book: 100 Deaths: Crushing the Gods and Buddhas of the 4.7kReads8.1Score339Shelves
6. 6 影 Shadow Ghoul: I Go on a Killing Spree in the Wasteland 影子食尸，我在废土嘎嘎乱杀 Free Pig自由的猪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse793k WordsCompleted Apocalypse + shadow ability evolution + light comedy + monster-slaying and leveling up The wasteland has arrived, and all things lie silent in the darkness. Zombies, monsters, and natural disasters relentlessly threaten humanity’s survival. Zhang Ming awakens a shadow ability in his prison cell, constantly devouring shadows to grow stronger. From an ordinary man struggling to stay alive, he rises step by step to become the master of shadows. 5.5kReads8.6Score462Shelves
7. 7 末 Apocalypse: I Can Upgrade My Shelter 末世：我能升级避难所 Post-80s Housewife八零后家庭煮妇Sci-Fi & Apocalypse729k WordsCompleted Falling meteors, volcanic eruptions, an ice age? No big deal. I have a private shelter stocked with everything I need, with food and drink in abundance! What? Solar storms, global evolution, and an alien invasion are still to come? No problem. My shelter can be upgraded, with no limit to how far! 1.1kReads7.6Score—Shelves
8. 8 真 The Real Doomsday Game 真实末日游戏 Candy-Selling Warlock卖糖术士Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted Lin Mingyuan spent ten years struggling to survive in the apocalypse before being reborn on the day before it began. Celestial bodies converge, monsters invade, order collapses, and the strong rule! Humanity's last hope is the attribute panel that falls from the sky. 4.7kReads8.4Score441Shelves
9. 9 犯 The Usurper 犯上者 Li Ma李马Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [The new book, The Night of Absolution, is out now! If you enjoy Old Li's style, come show your support~] [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. 244.8kReads9.4Score53.4kShelves

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   Oops, it's a cool book [Love] but it's not good to read, come hit me [Like] Wasteland Flow, new system, the world is divided into the upper city and the lower city, and every year the upper city recruits a person from one district. The male protagonist was born in the lower city, with perfect scores in nine subjects, he is not as good as a person with only one-thirtieth of the blood of the upper city. From then on, he joined the Wild Dog House and began a legendary life

10. 10 诡 Eerie: I Become a God by Killing Insects 诡异：从杀虫开始成神 Poisonous Corpse of Heaven天毒老尸Mystery377k WordsOngoing [Lighthearted + Insect Companions + Travels to Many Lands + Status Panel + Insect Swarms in the Middle Arc] The blood moon hangs in the sky, and demons and evil spirits roam everywhere. Su Ming has transmigrated with the [Insect Warlock] status panel. [You killed 1 Ghostfire Bug. Insect Resonance triggered] [You gained 0.012 poison resistance] In a cold, damp graveyard, Su Ming yawns. “My poison resistance should be about to level up.” 31Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    Good looking, exquisite

11. 11 惊 Horror Paradise: The Hell Editing Department from the Start 惊悚乐园：开局地狱编辑部 Black-and-White Potato黑白土豆Mystery250k WordsOngoing The Horror Paradise descends, and everyone is inevitably forced to join its games and clear its instances. While everyone else is shrouded in the shadow of fear, He Xuan unexpectedly gains the ability to read ghosts’ minds, letting him hear the thoughts of any ghost. As long as I know what the ghosts are thinking, they can’t do anything to me! Full of confidence, He Xuan sets off on his journey through the Paradise. He works as a writer at the Hell Editorial Office. He works as a network adminis 3Reads6.2Score—Shelves
12. 12 尸 Surviving in a Land of Corpses: My A-Rank Talent Turns Me into a Killing Machine 尸地求生，A级天赋的我杀疯了 Ten Fingers, a Thousand Gold十指千金Sports251k WordsCompleted [Civilization Development + Millions of Zombies + Far Ahead of Everyone + No Saintly Hero] After transmigrating to a world overrun by millions of zombies, he must not only survive, but also develop a civilization. Prehistoric civilization, primitive civilization, agricultural civilization, Bronze Age civilization... All the players are stunned. Are they supposed to live like cavemen? Gu Fan gets an A-rank talent from the start. While gathering supplies, he smashes a tombstone and unleashes the z 17Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 诡 Surviving the Strange Mist: All My Clones Are Superhuman 诡雾求生，我的分身皆为超凡 A Little Kitty一辆小猫咪Mystery234k WordsOngoing (Global Survival + Infinite Realms + Potion Sequences + Camp Building + Cthulhu + Ensemble Cast) When the world is shrouded in gray fog and the power of the gods descends, a survival game for all humanity begins. Xiao Yao, who suffers from severe schizophrenia, can use his innate gift to create clones, even special clones with independent minds. The potion “Origin” reappears in the world, and a new potion sequence takes the stage. Evil gradually takes root in the gray fog, while supernatural for 6Reads8.1Score—Shelves
14. 14 宿 Survive the Dormitory, Lie Flat and Earn Nightmare Coins 宿舍求生，我躺平赚取梦魇币 The Real Master of Three Fates三运真人Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing [Tower Defense + Infinite Worlds + Apocalypse + Survival + Goddesses + Monsters + Leveling Up + Lie Flat and Grow] When people woke up, they found themselves in a dormitory survival game. Blood mist shrouded the world, human civilization teetered on the brink, and the only safe place was their own dorm room! Xu Lang awakened the Nightmare Overlord sequence. He could earn Nightmare Coins just by sleeping, then use them to strengthen anything. Goddesses could even make his sleep more comfortable a 36.6kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves
15. 15 行 The Walking Dead: Cornerstone of Talent 行尸走肉之天赋基石 One Word Can Set the Law for All Under Heaven一言可为天下法丶Sci-Fi & Apocalypse163k WordsOngoing After dying of an illness, Lin En was reborn in a parallel world. Born into wealth, he had long since achieved financial freedom and was about to enjoy life with his girlfriend when A virus suddenly broke out, sweeping across the globe and transforming the world beyond recognition. The few humans left alive must face not only endless hordes of zombies, but also the malice brought out by the apocalypse. What will become of him? P.S. I’m a new author, so please go easy on me if there are any short 126Reads6.8Score—Shelves
16. 16 尸 The Dead Rise on Campus, and I Can Get a Gun as Soon as I Get Home 尸起校园，回家就能拿到枪 Panda Typing on a Keyboard熊猫敲键盘Sci-Fi & Apocalypse625k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + No System + No Inventory Space + No Superpowers + Zombies + Dark Web Arms Dealer] One day in early summer, a mysterious zombie virus broke out, and the whole world quickly fell. Gu Jiangming was trapped on campus. By day, he was an ordinary third-year student at Lingyang University. Behind the scenes, he was the only major arms dealer in the Xia Kingdom section of the dark web. He had received rigorous combat training since childhood. He had been handling all kinds of weapons since 236Reads7.6Score—Shelves
17. 17 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... 237.1kReads9.6Score27.4kShelves

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    The content is true, the rhapsody of a little person, one of the few high-scoring masterpieces, chasing the God of Death!!

18. 18 我 I Only Took a Nap, So How Did the Zombies Show Up? 我就睡了个午觉，怎么就闹丧尸了 You Said Spring Was In The Air你说草长莺飞Sci-Fi & Apocalypse844k WordsCompleted When most of the world's population has turned into savage, brutal zombies, the protagonist must save himself and others while surrounded by the undead, form a team, find the safe zone built by the government, and uncover the secrets behind a series of events happening to him. (No special abilities + zombies can mutate + no naive do-gooders + humans are slightly stronger than usual) There's no lucky break here, only mutations that come at a price! (The first three volumes focus on survival and f 1.5kReads8.7Score106Shelves

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    Overall it's okay

19. 19 秩 The Ordered Wasteland 秩序废土 I Want to Be a Secretary我想当书记Sci-Fi & Apocalypse502k WordsCompleted I don't know when I woke up. Everywhere, there was the sound of panting! It was somewhat grating, along with cries for help! Metallic electronic sounds! Mixed with shrill alarms! I fell asleep again. The spellbinding sounds gradually faded away! The enormous underground laboratory fell silent! Inside a dozen containers made of metal and glass, a dozen well-built men floated naked, encased in pale green liquid! Only electronic beeps sounded from time to time! “Disaster in the laboratory. Isolatio 62Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Hard core science fiction apocalyptic novel

20. 20 中 Lord of the Medieval Apocalypse: Starting With a Talent Panel 中世纪末世领主：从天赋面板开始 Glomerular Filtration Rate肾小球滤过率Eastern Fantasy163k WordsCompleted [Knightly lord + apocalyptic invasion + slow-burn farming] Lori transmigrates to a barbaric medieval world and plans to rely on his talent panel, taking careful steps toward the highest throne. Drill the army, boost his stats, develop his land, and build fortresses. Using the military knowledge of his past life, he gains an overwhelming advantage over the medieval barbarians here. But only after Lori becomes an earl does he suddenly realize: An evil aura permeates the air, and the old imperial o 140Reads6.4Score—Shelves
21. 21 末 Doomsday Hideout: Upgrading from a Subway Station 末日藏身处，从地铁站开始升级 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 24.7kReads8.8Score2.2kShelves
22. 22 末 Apocalypse: It All Begins When I Get a Pocket World 末世：从我拥有一个小世界开始 First-Rate Misty Rain一流烟雨Sci-Fi & Apocalypse272k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse, not reborn, supernatural powers, a small world, worlds of the heavens merging, beautiful women...] A virus sweeps across the globe, turning countless people into flesh-hungry zombies. The apocalypse has arrived... But this... is not the end. It is only the beginning! The worlds of martial arts, fantasy, magic, and more begin merging with one another. Qin Gu, a lowly security guard, obtains a mysterious small world. Soon, former tycoons beg to become his lackeys, while goddesses want 913Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 末 Apocalypse: Conquering the World from a School Base 末世：以学院为据点征服世界 Awakened in Anger怒醒Mystery253k WordsOngoing (Mystery, deduction, mind-bending, no romance, no harem, no melodrama, no stupidity. Don't read if that's not your thing.) That day, darkness fell. The entire school was swallowed by endless darkness. No one could leave, and no one could get in. The rules were announced, and the killing began: 1. The school has been sealed off. No living thing may enter or leave. Do not try to escape. 2. At least 31 people in the school must die within 12 hours before the exit opens. Otherwise, everyone will die 38Reads8.4Score—Shelves
24. 24 末 Apocalypse: I Became an Investigator in a Shelter City 末世：我成了避难城搜查官 Ten Steps十階Sci-Fi & Apocalypse573k WordsOngoing [System + beauties + investigators + dark] A meteor suddenly streaked across the sky, bringing extreme weather, widespread bloodthirsty mutations among living creatures, and a rampant zombie virus. Humanity built refuge cities to eke out a meager existence... Lin Mang awakened an ability and was hired as an investigator for a refuge city. Then one day, he ran into his former female superior, who had once looked down on him. Naturally, he chose to indulge himself a little with the authority in hi 61Reads8.2Score—Shelves
25. 25 末 The Eve of the Apocalypse: Hounded by Evil Spirits 末日前昼：恶鬼缠身 Cool Flying Tiger酷炫飞天虎Urban467k WordsOngoing [Back-and-Forth Transmigration] [Apocalypse] [Supernatural] [Mystery] [No System] Good news: You can transmigrate. Bad news: You transmigrated into the apocalypse. When you open your eyes, you find yourself in a terrifying world, a future steeped in curses. Terrifying entities are everywhere amid the ruins and devastation. They continually erode the past from the future, trying to destroy every good thing across the entire timeline. Humanity gave them a terrifying name, one that comes from the d 1Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 核 Nuclear War Apocalypse: A New Dawn in the Wasteland 核战末世：废土新曙光 Tianshi Kuibiao天豕魁杓Sci-Fi & Apocalypse850k WordsCompleted [Post-apocalypse + Communism + Radiation + Metro + Mechs + Shelters + War + Mutated Animals] [No supernatural powers, no System, one female lead] A purely science-fiction apocalypse novel, and a quality read. The main plot follows the development of different shelters in the wasteland. At its heart are a red sci-fi world, a realistic portrait of post-apocalyptic society, and the ideological currents that surge after order collapses. It depicts a nation and its people working together, still sear 41Reads8.8Score—Shelves
27. 27 僵 Project Zomboid: Apocalypse 僵尸毁灭工程：启示录 Jiujiu Erlingyao九九二零幺Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.5M WordsOngoing Project Zomboid, a zombie survival game set during the apocalypse. How do you survive in Kentucky, USA? That's the question. How will Lin Xin struggle to survive in the world of Project Zomboid? 7.1kReads9.0Score761Shelves
28. 28 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 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist can cross the world and come to the wasteland world to transport technology

29. 29 我 I Scavenged Trash in the Apocalypse and Became the One in Control 我在末世拾拉圾，然后成了掌控者 Moonlit Little Knife月小刀Sci-Fi & Apocalypse113k WordsOngoing On the first day after transmigrating into the apocalypse, I became a scavenger everyone could bully. I picked through trash by day, then got beaten like trash by other survivors at night. Just as I was about to be thrown into a bug nest, a cold notification suddenly rang in my mind: "Super Zerg Civilization Technology System bound successfully." —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Good book, fits the theme

30. 30 一 I Woke Up to Find Humanity Turned into Zombies 一觉醒来：人类变丧尸 Fatty Yuan缘胖子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [Survival + zombies + no System + no saintly protagonist + no harem + no female lead] In 2044, a global catastrophe struck. With zombies running rampant, Han Shuo had no choice but to take up his Tang sword and join the fight! In this apocalypse, watch Han Shuo struggle to survive, one step at a time. Note: This is not a purely bleak story. The protagonist is cold-hearted, but he does not kill indiscriminately! It tells the story of an ordinary man who relies on his wits, awareness, and resource 19.5kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves

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    See for yourself! A good book has no special powers. It can only strengthen the body in the later stage.

31. 31 废 Wasteland Red Alert Commander 废土红警指挥官 Quicksand 1流沙1Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted Biochemical horrors are unleashed, and the world falls. Xiao Fan obtains the Red Alert System and dominates the apocalypse, turning the tide against disaster. Armored vehicles roar across the wasteland, while fighter jets race through the sky. Warships ride the waves, and lightning storms sweep in among the clouds. This is the story of a young man who gets a System, starts building an army, saves the world, and eliminates the bad guys. 1.4kReads8.7Score166Shelves
32. 32 人 I Became Invincible After Humanity Disappeared 人类消失后的我无敌了 Squirrel Under the Mushroom House蘑菇屋下的松鼠Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Plot-driven] [No excessive angst for the protagonist] [Pure wish fulfillment] One day, 99 percent of humanity disappears from the globe, leaving only Lin Xiaolu and his classmates in the empty cities! What follows are savage monsters from another world, mysterious black towers scattered through the cities, and strange trains soaring through the sky... Of course, none of this can get in the way of Lin Xiaolu's happy life. As the best-looking and strongest person on Earth, the first to receive in 93Reads8.7Score101Shelves
33. 33 末 In the Apocalypse, I'm the Only One Zombies Don't Attack 末世之只有我不被丧尸攻击 Uncle Nan Yao南妖叔Sci-Fi & Apocalypse556k WordsCompleted [A completed classic Western fantasy novel] [A new novel from a veteran author, guaranteed quality] Bai Yin is a high school student who secretly works in the criminal underworld. He was planning to visit his younger sister, who had been adopted. Unexpectedly, he transmigrates to a parallel world. The apocalypse arrives, and zombies break out. As humanity becomes zombie food: "Ding! System bound successfully!" "Kill ten zombies to obtain the Zombie Friend ability!" Bai Yin becomes the only human 1.7kReads9.3Score216Shelves
34. 34 异 Invasion of the Calamities 异灾入侵 Walking the World, True to My Word不负人间行Sci-Fi & Apocalypse342k WordsCompleted [Urban supernatural powers + cold-blooded assassin + reborn + one heroine + no romance] ...By the hand of fate, two people with tragic pasts cross paths: a profoundly cold-blooded assassin, reborn, and an extraordinarily optimistic girl. ...When his supernatural powers awaken, he gains a conscious attendant with an impressively versatile set of abilities, like a cheat code. But its personality is completely different from his own? ...In Star Era 1051, rifts heralding disaster appear. The world f 48Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 都 The World's Ending, So Of Course I'm Not Eating Beef 都末日了，当然是不吃牛肉 No Stars Left再无星辰Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + no heroine + egoism + ruthless decisiveness + invincible + satisfying power fantasy] A mysterious cosmic energy swept across Blue Star, ushering in the era of datafication. World datafication complete! Welcome to the Apocalyptic Reincarnation Game! Survival tips: [Items not certified by the System are completely useless, and cannot harm zombies or mutant beasts. Don’t imagine you can end the apocalypse quickly with conventional weapons!] [Eating food or drinking water that hasn’t b 2.6kReads7.3Score192Shelves
36. 36 威 Weihaiwei Quarantine Zone Troops 威海卫疫区部队 Zhang Feiyue张飞跃Sci-Fi & Apocalypse403k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Zombies + Realism + Ensemble Cast] In May 2025, an unknown genetic chemical agent triggered a zombie outbreak in Wei City, and the situation quickly spiraled out of control. The country's leaders immediately imposed a military blockade on Wei City, announcing it as an “infected zone” and using an iron fist to contain the spread of the epidemic. Behind the scenes, however, a certain agency saw potential value in the disaster. Deep inside the infected zone, they secretly established 479Reads5.2Score106Shelves
37. 37 十 District Thirteen: The City Reclamation Squad 十三区：城市收复小队 A Jing Doesn't Wash Dishes阿景不刷碗Sci-Fi & Apocalypse365k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + official resistance + zombies + soldiers + viral infection + one female lead or no female lead + slow pace, no harem, not wish fulfillment. Enter at your own risk.] 2054. A healing serum developed by a biopharmaceutical company leaked in an accident. Every employee at the company died in the incident. But the employees who died weren’t truly dead. Then the virus spread, plunging the entire world into an apocalyptic disaster. Yet in the midst of this apocalypse, one country managed 4Reads6.3Score—Shelves
38. 38 废 Chasing the Light in the Wasteland: A Doomsday Journey 废土逐光末日征程录 Lin Lin Lin麟鱗磷Sci-Fi & Apocalypse176k WordsOngoing The world lies in ruins after nuclear war, with civilization on the brink of collapse. Yellow sand fills the skies, radiation runs rampant, and resources are scarcer than ever. The surviving humans struggle to stay alive amid the wreckage, teetering on the edge of death. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 39 月 Wanderer Beneath the Moon 月下流浪人 Time Time LJA时光时光LJAMystery342k WordsOngoing Blood-red moonlight bathed the earth, as though a red veil had been cast over the eyes of those walking at night. The moon drew ever closer to Earth, draining away humanity's flourishing civilization and bringing endless disasters and chaos. Energy ran out, magnetic fields went haywire, the world regressed, ghosts and gods howled in unison, and crime skyrocketed... 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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