Apocalypse Novels: There Are No Good Ones Anymore, I Tell You 末世文，现在根本没有好看的末世文了，我说的。
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Apocalypse: Wilderness Survival from the Start 末世：开局荒野求生
The survivors of the apocalypse endure a grueling stretch of time. As they struggle to fill their stomachs, they search the wilderness for the dignity they've lost, piece together the memories of civilization, and press on toward hope.
74.8kReads9.3Score5.4kShelves
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Apocalyptic Calamity: Building a Shelter from the Start 末世天灾，开局打造避难所
Synopsis: [Apocalypse + Natural Disasters + Shelter + Stockpiling Supplies] [The animated comic adaptation of the same name is out now. Go check it out!] The apocalypse struck without warning. An asteroid hit Earth, setting off a series of disasters: tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, acid rain, earthquakes, extreme heat, and bitter cold. Zhang Xun couldn't do anything for anyone else. He only wanted himself and his family to make it through their lives in safety. No grand ambitions, just peace and s
22.6kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
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The Doomsday Bus 末日大巴
No superpowers, no System, no transmigration, no rebirth. Every blade draws blood, every bullet hits flesh. This isn’t a power fantasy, and it moves at a measured pace. An ordinary person’s road escape through the apocalypse. Luck favors the prepared. Two men, two women, and a dog begin their escape from the apocalypse.
2.8kReads8.2Score180Shelves
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Zombie Express 丧尸专列
[Apocalypse, hyper-realistic, no System, hardcore, trains, heavy trucks, slow-paced, road-trip novel] [This book has a complete, independent world. Please don’t confuse it with similar works.] [The protagonist grows over time. If you want a protagonist who never makes mistakes, is invincible, and handles every situation perfectly from the start, please move on. This book isn’t for you.] A new virus spreading around the world was only the beginning. After infecting most people, it began causing m
61.2kReads9.2Score5.7kShelves
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Apocalypse Cockroach 末日蟑螂
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
23.5kReads8.9Score2.6kShelves
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Abaddon 亚巴顿
[Post-apocalypse + zombies + ordinary people] The Abaddon zombie virus outbreak came out of nowhere. There are no superpowers or advanced technologies. I'm just an ordinary high school student, and all I want is to survive. Note: Told from the perspective of an ordinary high school student, this story follows his struggle to survive and grow during the zombie outbreak. It stays grounded in reality and aims to give readers a more realistic experience. This is a true post-apocalyptic novel.
8.8kReads8.8Score886Shelves
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Zombie Apocalypse: My Road to Survival 丧尸末日：我的求生路
(Ordinary people + survival-focused + students + classic zombie story + no System + no special abilities + no pocket dimension + no harem) (A story all about realistic survival) A freshman is knocked over on the basketball court and hits his head, passing out. When he wakes up in the hospital, it seems he is the only living person left in the world. Even more terrifying, everyone else is a zombie! Surrounded by hordes of zombies, he fights desperately to survive and decides to find other survivo
16.3kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
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I Ran into a Goddess in the Elevator, Then the Apocalypse Began 电梯偶遇女神，然后末日开始
[A realistic apocalypse, a growth-focused story rather than a power fantasy! No stockpiling, no rebirth, no supernatural abilities, no System, no harem, only modest enhancements and a carefully constructed zombie setting.] I'm Zhang Wei, a programmer in my early thirties. On my way home from working overtime, I ran into the woman of my dreams. Then the zombie apocalypse began. As a science-minded man, I believe in the law of conservation of energy and in the modern military. Even the zombies'
2kReads8.8Score155Shelves
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Apocalypse: A Guide to Surviving at University 末世：高校求生指南
[No System + no goody-two-shoes + traditional apocalypse + one female lead + no superpowers + character growth + realism + school] A zombie virus broke out across the globe. It started when researchers in Country M studied genetic sequences and opened Pandora's box, triggering a full-scale outbreak... The virus spread in an instant, and the whole world fell... Zombie virus: Also known as a prion disease, it can spread through the air and blood. It can survive in the air for only twenty minutes.
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Apocalypse Descends: Global Power Outage 末世降临：全球断电
The electromagnetic radiation and high-energy charged particles released by a solar storm will trigger violent activity in the upper atmosphere and near-Earth space. They can disrupt Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite signals, interfere with high-frequency radio communications, completely cut off high-frequency communications along aviation routes, damage electronic components, and destroy optical systems. ...When that happens, there will be no phones, computers, internet, Wi-Fi, or even
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Dawn Tower 黎明塔
They're here! They're here! A shocking conspiracy is looming over the entire world! Natural and man-made disasters, with zombies everywhere! Please don't lose yourself in the darkness! May the dawn's light shine forever!
57.1kReads9.3Score4.3kShelves
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Survival: Defending My Cabin Against the Cold Wave 求生：从小木屋开始抵御寒流
[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!
132.9kReads8.2Score9.2kShelves
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Natural Disasters from the Start: I Hoard a Hundred Billion in Supplies and Win by Doing Nothing 开局天灾，我靠囤百亿物资躺赢
[Post-Apocalyptic World + Reborn + Spatial Storage + Stockpiling + Pets + Slice of Life] (Available in print; the short drama and motion comic are now streaming) In a post-apocalyptic world of natural disasters, only the fittest survive. Typhoons, floods, extreme cold and heat, earthquakes, tsunamis, insect plagues, acid rain… After struggling to survive for three years in the apocalypse, Jiang Ning met a miserable death. Reborn three days before the end of the world, she seizes the advantage, r
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The Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoarded a Hundred Billion in Supplies 冰河末世，我囤积了百亿物资
Doomsday + reborn + massive stockpiling + playing it safe + unlimited space + dark revenge, no saintly protagonist The world enters an ice age. The freezing apocalypse arrives, and 95% of the planet's population perishes! In his previous life, Zhang Yi was killed by people he'd helped because of his kind heart. Reborn one month before the freezing apocalypse, Zhang Yi awakens a spatial ability and begins frantically stockpiling supplies! Short on supplies? He empties the hundred-billion-yuan war
351kReads8.7Score21.5kShelves
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President Li, Your Wife Doesn’t Deserve to Die 厉总，夫人她罪不至死
Shen Zhichu had given him her whole heart for sixteen years, only to be told to leave with nothing, just so he could make room for the woman he had always loved. Li Jingshen thought he would be happy once that woman was gone, until he received her diagnosis... He rushed over in a panic, only to find her holding someone else’s hand. “Why didn’t you tell me you had stomach cancer?” “Weren’t you hoping I’d die sooner?” Shen Zhichu laughed scornfully. “Li Jingshen, I don’t want to spend the last of
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Spoiled by My Sweet, Soft Wife 宠上娇软小甜妻
He was a legend in the business world, ruthless and feared by all. But in front of her, his ferocity turned into devotion and tenderness. “Be good, Ranran. I’ll give you anything!” Yan Ran, spoiled by him, tugged at his shirt and said sweetly, “Then stay with me for a while.” “Of course. I’ll stay with you for the rest of my life!” “Yuyu, how long is a lifetime?” “Very, very long. I’ll always be yours, Ranran.” His eyes filled with affection as he gently coaxed the woman in his arms. “Can I have
1.8kReads8.7Score241Shelves
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Be the Dark Moonlight in Your Heart 做你心尖的黑月光
They say that after the little princess of the Jiang family went abroad to study, the second young master of the Qin family went mad. In the first year, women flocked around him. He changed them every three days, and changed them all again five days later. In the second year, he drove every woman away, thinking that as soon as Jiang Ci came back, he’d lay every good thing in the world at her feet. In the third year, he ruined the lives of everyone around Jiang Ci, all to force her to show hersel
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A Whirlwind Wedding Turns into Spoiling: My Husband Is Actually a Wealthy Big Shot! 闪婚成宠：老公竟是富豪大佬！
Also titled A Whirlwind Marriage: Finding a Rich Husband. Main characters: Huo Beixiao and Shi Wan. A sexist old woman forces her to marry a divorced man. With nowhere to run, she picks a stranger off the street and marries him on the spot. On the day they get their marriage license: Huo Beixiao: “I don't like you. I married you because we each have something to gain, so don't get any foolish ideas.” After they're married: Huo Beixiao: “Honey, come cuddle.” Shi Wan: “Sorry, I don't cuddle with t
1.1kReads7.8Score211Shelves
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The Emperor's Gold Medal County Magistrate 皇家金牌县令
[Farming + lighthearted fun + transmigration] Fang Zhengyi transmigrates to the Great Jing dynasty and becomes a county magistrate. After seven years of work, he has created his own earthly paradise. He’d planned to live out his days as a carefree little emperor. In the thirteenth year of the Jinghe era, the emperor of Great Jing travels incognito and accidentally wanders into Taoyuan County... The moment the emperor enters the county, he is astonished! The many strange and wondrous things leave
299.9kReads9.5Score43.1kShelves
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From the Start, Maxed-Out Cooking Skills: Earn Money, Grow Strong, and Become a Lord 开局满级厨艺，赚钱发育当领主
[Western Fantasy + Laid-Back + Everyday Life + Silly Comedy + Beast-Eared Girls + Nearly Invincible] The continent of Celsis is home to many races. Besides humans, there are elves, beastfolk, dragons, merfolk, vampires, demons… From the start, Cheng Yu gains max-level cooking skills and can exchange the positive emotions of his customers for all kinds of items. One day, the Skeleton Lord who rules a vast territory goes missing. Someone asks Cheng Yu, “Mr. Cheng Yu, do you know where the Skeleton
38.8kReads9.1Score4.3kShelves
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The Ladder of Power: Showdown at the Summit 官梯：巅峰对决
Being an official is a skill. Jiang Yiming had barely started his job when he was sent down to Yangwan Village, but after helping a county leader through a personal crisis, he was promoted three ranks in one go! See how Jiang Yiming wins people over from every side, deftly escapes all kinds of traps, and lives by his credo: "Serve as an official, and bring prosperity to the people in your care!"
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I’m the Lord of the Heavenly Dao Hall! All My Disciples Are Traitorous Apprentices 我，天道殿主！弟子全是冲师逆徒
[Overpowered wish fulfillment, lighthearted and funny, taking disciples, no angst, disciples who turn on their master, lots of them] [Adaptation of the short drama of the same name now available] After Chen Daoxuan transmigrates, he obtains a System that makes him invincible as long as he takes disciples. Whether they are Immortal Emperors or supreme saints of the heavens, they are like ants before him. None can escape his one-stop service of instant annihilation, spiritual deliverance, and havi
34.4kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves
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The Great Snowfield 大雪原
Out here on the snowy plains, staying alive is enough... What, you want to be a hero? The heavens will teach you a lesson. When your corpse is so stiff that even the wild dogs won't touch it, that's when you'll realize you came to the wrong place.
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The Treasures of the Western King: A Battle of Wits for the Prize 西王宝藏之智斗寻宝
The protagonist, Yi Feng, was a typical post-1995 kid. Influenced by his parents, he became obsessed from childhood with the treasure Zhang Xianzhong had hidden. While searching for it one day, he was struck by lightning and unexpectedly transmigrated to the late Ming Dynasty. Then, for some inexplicable reason, he woke up in the Republican era, where he joined forces with his great-grandfather to outwit Japanese spies and began a thrilling struggle to protect the “Western Prince’s Treasure.” Al
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The Fake Heiress Is Sweet and Charming, and Her Five Brothers Dote on Her 假千金又软又撩，五个哥哥宠上天
After Su Wan transmigrated into a book, she took one look at her character's setup and ending and fell into deep thought. She could have coasted to victory, but instead she had to court death. Was this really the standard ending for a vicious supporting female character? To change her fate, she decided to return to the countryside and cling to her five older brothers. After all, they would all become big shots one day. Her eldest brother would become a third-rank official at court. Her second br
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Lu Ye's Sweet, Lovable Wife 陆爷的呆萌甜妻
She’s a sweet, adorably scatterbrained construction worker whose muddleheaded ways make her endearing. He’s the ruthless ruler of Yuncheng, a cold and merciless man with a penchant for cleanliness who keeps his distance from women. When an accident leads her to save him, he begins spoiling her without limits. “Sir, Miss hit the principal,” his personal bodyguard says anxiously. “Ask her if she got it out of her system. If not, she can keep going,” the man says coldly. “Sir, Madam has eaten every
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