Tomato’s Masterpiece of the Apocalypse Genre: Don’t Recommend Anything Below 9.4 番茄末世流神作，低于9.4不用推了

1. 151 诡 The Haunted Playground 诡蜮乐园 Rafting on a Pig骑猪去漂流Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Not a power fantasy + light supernatural elements + infinite worlds + comedy] A world beyond reality, the secrets of higher dimensions laid bare, the sails of miracles unfurled. A mysterious letter opens the way to a strange new world. Heartbeats, blood, fear... They spread out from the Paradise World, sending ripples through the peaceful main world. Welcome to the Strange Realm Paradise! [This is a long story... Be patient and read on, everyone. Let's wait and see.] 7.5kReads8.8Score660Shelves
2. 152 末 The Apocalypse: I Alone Reign Supreme 末世之唯我独尊 Ink-Stained White Robes白衣墨染Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.9M WordsCompleted When the apocalypse struck, Wei Xiao became the only person with special abilities. He would dominate the wasteland, marry the most beautiful woman, build the strongest apocalypse base, and reign supreme in the end times. 3.8kReads7.9Score285Shelves
3. 153 末 Surviving the Apocalypse 末世之生存为王 Crazy Airplane疯狂飞机Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.7M WordsCompleted What's the most important thing in the apocalypse? Survival! In the apocalypse, you have to fight not only zombies and mutated creatures, but other humans too! In this cruel, cold, dangerous, and bloody world, how will Wang Bing survive? 338Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 154 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score209.2kShelves

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   🔥 Tomato's Must-Read Top Picks | These 12 Books Will Keep You Up All Night! When time is paused, when apocalypse and games invade reality, when Cthulhu whispers in the deep sea… Tomato Novels' "Must-Read Top Picks" collection brings together 12 highly acclaimed, mind-blowing, and suspenseful masterpieces, from time-stopping abilities to Cthulhu-inspired voyages, from post-apocalyptic survival to battles of the gods—each one will send your adrenaline soaring, you simply can't stop reading! ✨ Core Bestsellers - Highly Recommended Reads - "Time Stop Time Stop Time Stop Time Stop Time Stop!" When you can stop time at will, will the world become your playground or your prison? 65 Chapters currently being serialized, a super-long 736 chapters, playing with "time manipulation" to an infinitely imaginative degree, every time a time stop hides a twist and a crisis, the thrills are so dense they're breathtaking. - "The End of Ten Days" Ten days as the limit, the end is approaching. In this countdown survival game, humanity and conspiracy intertwine, each chapter challenging your psychological defenses. Currently serialized with 53 chapters, the suspense is palpable, making it impossible to put down. - *The Mysterious City of Beasts* The city is torn apart by monsters, and humanity struggles to survive in the ruins. Currently serialized with 56 chapters, 132 chapters showcasing a complete world view, combining thrilling battles with suspenseful puzzle-solving, taking you into a cruel yet hopeful world of monsters. 🌊 Thrilling and Mind-Blowing - *The Terrifying Great Voyage* (Completed) A Cthulhu-style nautical adventure, where unspeakable horrors lurk beneath the deep sea. The 24 chapters open with high energy, unknown monsters, eerie seas, and a crew that gradually goes mad, letting you feel the suffocating sense of facing the abyss through the words. - *The Haunted House* (Completed) An ancient house hiding countless secrets, each room corresponding to a deeply resentful past. A blend of Chinese horror and suspense, this book uses delicate strokes to create a chilling atmosphere, leaving you afraid to turn off the lights alone after reading. - *You Went to 749 to Contain Monsters?* (Ongoing) A freshman's internship leads him to the mysterious 749 Bureau, where he begins his daily routine of containing all sorts of bizarre monsters. A blend of lighthearted humor and thrilling excitement, the book's unique and imaginative concepts will push your boundaries of understanding. 🧠 Mind-Bending Game of Wits: *The Gods' Fool* (Completed) The gods use the human world as their chessboard, and mortals as pawns. In this life-or-death game of deception, the protagonist carefully plans each step, using his intelligence to crush the gods, with numerous plot twists that will leave you wondering, "What is the author's brain made of?!" - *Game Invasion* (Ongoing) The real world is invaded by game data, making monster-hunting and leveling up a necessity for survival. From the starting village to the global battlefield, thrills and suspense fly together, allowing you to experience the ultimate survival adventure on the boundary between virtual and reality. - *I'm Not a Drama God* (Ongoing): Using "drama" as a blade and "acting" as armor, the protagonist navigates between various forces. The plot, a play within a play, a scheme within a scheme, every performance hides calculation, making it incredibly mind-bending. 🌟 Healing Madness & Maximizing Contrast - *Crazy, All Crazy, Being Crazy is Good* (Completed): Who says the protagonist has to be clear-headed and rational? This book is full of "mad aesthetics." The protagonist breaks the rules with madness, using unbridled behavior to fight against societal norms. It's relaxing, stress-relieving, and addictive; after reading, you'll just want to shout, "Good riddance!" - *The System Grants Me Immortality, Living Will Eventually Make Me Invincible* (Ongoing): Immortality + system, the protagonist slowly develops over a long period, watching enemies age and perish, building invincible power over time. Slow-burning but addictive, suitable for readers who enjoy "surviving to become the best." - *The End of the World? I'll Arrive First!* (Updating) While others are still panicking about the apocalypse, the protagonist has already arrived, seizing resources, building power, and turning the post-apocalyptic world into a thrilling infrastructure-building novel. With 880 chapters, from personal survival to civilization reconstruction, the excitement is constant. 📌 Why did these 12 books top the Tomato Must-Read List? ✅ Comprehensive Themes: Time-stopping superpowers/Cthulhu/Apocalyptic survival/Game invasion/Gods' battles/Crazy healing—there's something for everyone! ✅ Highly Rated: Ongoing works have incredibly high readership, completed works consistently rank highly, and readers stay up all night to confirm their "masterpiece" status! ✅ Fast-paced and Not Padding: Every chapter has new suspense, every volume has a major plot twist, no dragging, you'll be hooked from the first chapter and won't want to stop reading! 🚀 Start reading now! 👉 Don't hesitate, bookmark it first, otherwise you might lose it while browsing! 1

5. 155 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 563kReads9.7Score72.5kShelves
6. 156 癫EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 337.3kReads9.8Score47.3kShelves
7. 157 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 711.1kReads9.6Score100.9kShelves
8. 158 大EN A Freshman Internship, and You Go to Bureau 749 to Contain Monsters 大一实习，你跑去749收容怪物 Gaara's Sand我爱罗的沙Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [Decisive killing] [How could any monster be good?] [All monsters deserve to die] [Ruthless] During his sophomore summer vacation, Lu Ding had planned to use the time to take an internship and earn some living expenses. Who could have expected that the construction site where he interned would excavate a bleeding stone? The workers fled one after another, but Lu Ding charged in with a rotary hammer. After transmigrating to this world nearly twenty years ago, Lu Ding’s golden finger, the Monster 538.5kReads9.5Score43.9kShelves
9. 159 温 A Tender Rose Becomes His Cherished Favorite in the Apocalypse 温软玫瑰沦为他心尖偏宠【末世】 Fallen Today落今朝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse360k WordsCompleted [A post-apocalyptic setting + a trash man’s regret + the arch-enemy villain takes the lead + love triangle drama + mutual salvation + swoony romance + romantic aesthetics + both leads are devoted to each other] [Gentle, steadfast beacon of righteousness x refined, unhinged smiling schemer (irresistibly wicked)] Even as she lay dying, Wen Yao couldn’t understand what she had ever liked about Shen Yichuan. Was it his coldheartedness, or his selfishness? As his partner, she had risked her life for 44.4kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves

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   * **Apocalypse: Starting with SSS-Level Superpowers:** Transmigrating to before the apocalypse, stealing the enemy's superpowers, using evolution potions, and commanding countless superpowered beasts… * **After Being Abandoned, Driven Mad by the Apocalypse:** In the apocalypse, humans and animals mutate wildly. Wen Yao never understood what she loved about Shen Yichuan until her death. After seven years of life-and-death struggles, she was abandoned to save her lover. He said, "You're infected with the zombie virus; you can't stay on the train anymore. I thought you were sensible." After being thrown off the train, she awakens her superpowers. The scumbag begs to come back. * **I Am the Ultimate Zombie King:** A tiny zombie commands trillions of zombies, battling wits and courage against an unknown civilization. * **Ten Days to End:** A 9.9-Point novel. She thought she could escape by constantly participating in death games, but discovered that everyone was awakening superpowers… hrwdx

10. 160 末 Doomsday Evolution: The Zombie Overlord 末日进化：丧尸大魔王 Three Winds 11三风11Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted A blood-red sun hangs high in the sky, and the world is transformed! An utterly ordinary little zombie faces countless perils in the apocalypse, evolving again and again until it becomes the Zombie Demon King! 7.6kReads8.9Score568Shelves
11. 161 无 Infinite Apocalypse: From the Start, I Have a Basement Safe House 无限末世：开局一座地窖安全屋 A Carrot一颗萝卜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse505k WordsCompleted [Sci-fi Mystery + Apocalypse Game + Gods Reborn + Ensemble Cast + No Romance] (Contracted for print publication) Synopsis: The end arrives, and humanity officially enters the apocalyptic era. Thirty million safe houses appear around the world, offering people shelter. Binding yourself to a safe house is the only way to have a chance at survival. Humanity struggles to survive in the cracks, waiting for the “gods” to save them. * Su Xiao binds herself to three safe houses on the very first day, an 57.6kReads8.6Score7.9kShelves

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    These three books are truly apocalyptic masterpieces!!! Highly recommended! [Upvote][Upvote]

12. 162 一EN One Second Per Bottle of Mineral Water, Mastering Countless Goddesses 一秒加一瓶矿泉水，拿捏无数女神 The Moonlight Is So Beautiful月色好美啊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.7M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + wish-fulfillment + goddesses + all kinds of types + unlimited supplies + total freedom] He wakes from a nap to find the apocalypse has arrived in a shroud of black mist, and everyone is living in fear! Shen Yi binds himself to an Unlimited Supplies System that produces one bottle of mineral water per second, with no limit to how much it can generate! One bottle per second means over eighty thousand bottles a day. There's no way he could drink it all! What's more, every time he take 37.2kReads7.7Score4.2kShelves
13. 163 赦 Night's Pardoner 赦夜人 Li Ma李马Urban780k WordsOngoing [The author has a completed title on the Top Peak list, “The Usurper (Below the Upper City).” Read with confidence!] [Ensemble Cast] [No System] [Not Invincible] [Plot-Focused] [Dark Tone] [Not Mindless] [Character Growth] Every shift from day to night is a silent contest of survival. After nightfall, the world becomes a playground for the Blighted. A special light source can offer humanity brief protection. Some live high above, beneath the lights. Others cling to life in the mud. No matter how 264.6kReads9.0Score28.1kShelves

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    These books are absolutely fantastic! If you don't like them, feel free to criticize me.

14. 164 末 Apocalypse: Starting Over with My Space and My Daddies 末世：拥有空间后与霸霸们重新来 Drunk on Springtime Success, Never to Return春风得意醉不归Sci-Fi & Apocalypse544k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Reborn + Strong Female Lead + Not a Saint + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling + Free Shopping + Natural Disasters + Cute Pets + Romance] After surviving for nine years in the apocalypse, Lin Xi dies alongside the person who schemed against her. Reborn, she is fortunate to have a pocket dimension and adorable pets by her side. She stockpiles supplies, kills her nemesis, and warns the nation in advance so it can prepare for the apocalypse. This time, the entire nation will work together 35.3kReads9.1Score3.6kShelves

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    The first book I'd call the number one post-apocalyptic novel!!! All the other post-apocalyptic stories are utterly boring after reading them! They're all completed!

15. 165 我 I’m Running a Vacation Inn in the Apocalypse 我在末世里开度假宾馆 Raise a Little Blue Cat养只小蓝猫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Business Building + Post-Apocalypse] New mission: Open a hotel in the post-apocalyptic world. Xia Yan: “I thought this was supposed to be a vacation. Where’s the scenery? Are the zombies the scenery? Thanks, but no thanks!” System: “No, no, hear me out. No missions, no punishments, and upgrades are entirely up to you. You can slack off as much as you like. This System will always be on your side!” Xia Yan: “Okay!” And so Xia Yan finds herself in a dilapidated hotel. The conditions 178kReads8.8Score23.4kShelves
16. 166 十 Lights Out at 10:30, Anyone Who Makes a Sound Dies 十点半熄灯，出声者死 Sleeping on Rainy Days雨天睡觉Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing The one and only piece of advice. Do not! Break! The rules! [No System; One Female Lead; Global Anomalies; Awakened Powers; A Touch of Horror] Also known as “I Told You Not to Break the Rules,” “Breaking the Rules Really Does Get You Killed,” and “You Die If You Talk After Lights Out, Where’s the Justice?” Rule-based incidents descend upon the entire world. This is a world where rules can kill. From household rules to the laws of the land, rules are gradually taking on physical form. Whenever a 1.2kReads7.7Score148Shelves

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    These books all seem to have a score of 9.4 Or higher, so the rating is too low.

17. 167 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 313.2kReads9.4Score28.3kShelves
18. 168 无 Infinite Fusion: My Bonded Gu Have All Become Immortals 无限融合，我的本命蛊都成仙了 The Bearing of a Sixty-Year-Old Hall六十岁殿堂之姿Eastern Fantasy2.9M WordsCompleted A bloody catastrophe shattered a dynasty that had ruled for a thousand years. Li Yuan, its sole surviving prince, concealed his identity and fled to the southern frontier, where he joined the Gu Master lineage and unexpectedly awakened a Gu-Insect Synthesis System. Lords from every corner of the land, demons and monsters, and the various martial-world factions were all looking for him. They wanted to use his bloodline as the key to unlock the Martial God treasure left behind by the founding empe 94.8kReads9.0Score11.2kShelves
19. 169 疯EN The Mad Scholar's Invincible Sword 疯书生无敌剑 Wine Without Desire无欲的酒Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing There was once a mad scholar who carried a broken wooden sword everywhere and told everyone he met that he was invincible beneath heaven. The mad scholar’s name was Chen Xun. He wandered the world, falling into madness for three years at a time before regaining his senses, over and over again, in an endless cycle. No one knew where he came from or where he was going. What did he carry upon his shoulders... An ancient curse? A self-imposed path of cultivation? Or perhaps the shackles of a fate he 115.7kReads8.9Score8.4kShelves
20. 170 末 Before the Apocalypse, I Scoured the World for Supplies! 末世降临前，我满世界的抢物资！ God from Mars火星来的神Sci-Fi & Apocalypse878k WordsOngoing [Pocket dimension + stockpiling + new kinds of zombies + harem + special abilities + decisive and ruthless, no saintly self-sacrifice + invincible aura] Qin Feng is deceived by his cousin and fiancée and sold as a mine slave in Black Africa. By chance, he’s forced to swallow a strange crystal ball, and his life changes completely. In a dream, he sees a glimpse of the future: debris from a celestial body beyond the stars crashes into Blue Star, triggering natural disasters and spreading an unknow 15.8kReads8.2Score1.2kShelves

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    Tired of your old books? Check out this new one! I highly recommend it. It's a mad rush, a constant escape, fast-paced and thrilling – I binged it in one go! Sharing it with you all.

21. 171 末 Apocalyptic Calamity: Building a Shelter from the Start 末世天灾，开局打造避难所 Old Country Dog农村老狗Sci-Fi & Apocalypse356k WordsCompleted 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 18.8kReads8.8Score967Shelves

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    This is a pure natural disaster novel: an asteroid impact, no system, no superpowers, no face-slapping moments, no harem—just a family barely surviving in the worst possible environment. [Laughing and crying emojis]

22. 172 末 The Apocalypse’s Most Ruthless Survivor 末世之第一狠人 Xiao Ming's Cousin小明的表哥Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Apocalyptic Catastrophe + Racial War + Struggling to Survive + Farming] Blue Star has existed for 4.6 billion years and endured five mass extinctions. Yet the wealth accumulated over all that time was exhausted by humankind in a mere few centuries! The Way of Heaven takes from what is abundant to make up for what is lacking. The way of man is different: it takes from what is lacking to serve what is abundant. Humanity has always taken and destroyed, never given anything back! What has humanity 7.6kReads8.1Score512Shelves

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    A refreshing post-apocalyptic story, no longer featuring the old-fashioned zombies or the ubiquitous shelters, but rather a story where Earth, having reached its limit of tolerance for humanity, launches its sixth mass extinction. This moment marks the end of humanity, and also the end of Earth!

23. 173 万 Worlds Collide: From the Start, I Livestream and Claim the Whole Server's Rewards 万界融合：开局直播拿下全服奖励 Bookworm for Ten Years十年书虫Urban1.7M WordsCompleted This book is also known as World Fusion: Global Livestream from the Start, The Ten Thousand Clans Vie for Supremacy: I Have a God-Tier Village-Building Decree, and World Fusion: Barrett from the Start, I’m Number One by a Mile. A quick note: this is a slow-burn story. The village-building only starts after more than a hundred chapters, and there are multiple female leads. However, the book has plenty of fresh, original ideas. If that sounds good to you, feel free to add it to your bookshelf and 21.4kReads8.5Score1.8kShelves

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    The quality is still good despite the lower rating. The writing has some flaws, but the plot is reasonable. [Added to bookshelf] The first book is truly a good one, a multi-female protagonist, refreshing and unconventional story. The protagonist is righteous and decisive in killing. The second book is a combination of lord game, angels, undead, conquest, and invincibility, embodying both light and darkness. The third book gradually unlocks the Great Sage's divine powers in a high-martial arts world, sweeping away everything and reaching the peak. "You think I'm as strong as a god? But you don't know that all these extraordinary abilities are nothing more than a hair on the Great Sage's head..."

24. 174 最 The Strongest Lord: I Am the Lord of Angels and the Undead 最强领主：我，天使与亡灵之主 A Puffed-Up Fish一条鼓气鱼Sports1.0M WordsCompleted [Lord Game + Angels + Undead + Conquest + Invincible] The endless abyss is invading. The only chance of survival is to enter The Myriad Realms and become a lord or a class holder. Jiang Yan, a commander of the Origin Star Federation, falls in a crucial battle due to faulty intelligence and an ally's betrayal. When he wakes, he has been reborn ten years earlier, on the eve of The Myriad Realms' launch. This time, he'll use his memories from his previous life to take on more difficult trial dungeo 20.8kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
25. 175 抢 You Took My S-Rank Talent? Now I'm a War God, and You're Scared! 抢我S天赋？我杀成军神你怕了？ Brilliant Writing Turns to Smoke妙笔生烟Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [High Martial Arts, Kill His Way to Becoming a God of War, Feel-Good, Half Military and Half School, Great Sage Powers] After transmigrating into a high-martial-arts world, his family took away his S-rank talent and gave it to the cousin they favored instead. They gave me an F-rank talent and kicked me out of the family? Then I guess I'll have to cheat! [If you don't join the Abyss-Suppressing Army, you'll see me as a frog in a well gazing at the moon] [Once you join the Abyss-Suppressing Army, 36.6kReads8.9Score3.3kShelves
26. 176 我 I Really Don't Want an Apocalypse 我真的不想有末世啊 Bread Ball面包球Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Zombies + smart plot + supernatural abilities + no System + no pocket dimension + male lead isn’t reborn + ordinary people’s daily lives] When the zombie apocalypse really comes, how long do you think you’ll survive? You think that because you’ve stocked up on food and water, you can hide out in your apartment building and wait it out? What will you do if the building you’re hiding in catches fire? After the zombies in the building die, can you stand the stench of their rotting corpses, the swa 1.4kReads6.1Score100Shelves

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    The problem is that almost all books scoring 9 out of 10 are insulting to intelligence. Look at this one; it has no system, no spatial abilities, and the plot doesn't insult intelligence; it conforms to realistic logic.

27. 177 列 Train Survival: You Want Me to Sow the Seeds of Elation? 列车求生，你让我播种欢愉？ Park, Sit, and Watch the Consort Smile停车坐看妃子笑Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsOngoing [Multiple Themed Instances] [Character Growth] [Multiple Love Interests] [Apocalypse] [Survival and Building] [Fresh Premise] [Leveling and Evolution] The apocalypse arrives, and everyone transmigrates into a survival game. Lin Xiao is reborn in the Apocalypse Train plane and unexpectedly embarks on the Path of Joy. While everyone else struggles for every scrap of resources and risks their lives in teams, he only needs to build affection with women to quickly gather resources and steadily grow s 24.2kReads5.6Score3.3kShelves

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    Putting everything else aside, in two words, it's fantastic! A multi-female survival story, don't miss it!

28. 178 宿EN Dormitory Survival: I 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Mystery2.4M 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 30.1kReads8.1Score1.3kShelves
29. 179 无 Infinite Secret Realms: Devouring Talents Starts in Widow Village 无限秘境，吞噬天赋从寡妇村开始 You'll Be Here Soon马上有你Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing Su Ping'an, a young man from the modern world, is reborn in a remote mountain village cut off from the rest of the world. Wild beasts roam outside the village, and demons and ghosts are everywhere. The villagers risk their lives each day to enter secret realms and gather supplies to survive. By the time Su Ping'an is old enough to enter a secret realm, the village has already fallen into dire straits, and he is the only adult man left there. Secret realms where death could strike at any moment, 15kReads7.3Score3kShelves
30. 180 诡 Eerie: A Dog from the Start, Gear You Scavenge 诡异：开局一条狗，装备全靠捡 I Love Watching the Show我爱围观Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, and it will rise later] [Apocalyptic Awakening] [Stat-Allocation Sequence] [Horror Survival] [Extreme Combat Style] Terror descends upon the world, and a Black Tide begins to devour cities. The uncanny, demons, monsters, forbidden artifacts... Human life is as worthless as grass. People struggle to survive by any means. In an apocalypse of endless terror, the only way to stay alive is to awaken and become part of a Transcendent Sequence! Others awaken as doctors, surviv 466.4kReads8.5Score52kShelves
31. 181 流 Wandering the Wasteland: Trait Bonuses from the Start, a Daily Prophet 流浪废土，词条开局，每日预言家 Bai Mule白沐勒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse633k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, so it’ll rise later.) In the 350th year of the wasteland era, the sky is forever leaden gray, like a rusted iron sheet pressing down overhead. The air of the wasteland era is forever tinged with the sweet, metallic stench of rust, decay, and radioactive dust. Every breath is like swallowing shards of glass. The protagonist, Qin Lang, awakens a Trait System and risks his life to secure the daily prophecy from the start. Watch as Qin Lang, alongside his honest and valian 3.9kReads6.3Score230Shelves

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    It's still very good-looking.

32. 182 末 Apocalypse: Mythology Awakens, and I Capture the Great Calamity Qiongqi from the Start 末世：神话复苏，开局收大凶穷奇 I've Been Drinking Sanlu Milk Powder Since I Was Little从小就喝三鹿奶粉Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Reborn + Invincible + Ruthless + No Stockpiling + Lone Wolf + No Tired Cliches or Melodrama + Slays His Enemy from the Start] When apocalyptic disasters strike, the mythical gods and ferocious beasts from memory mutate and awaken. Chen Mo is reborn three days before the apocalypse. He uses that time to find his enemy from his previous life and slays him before the apocalypse even begins! After subduing Qiongqi, the apocalypse’s overlord, he awakens two SSS-rank abilities: [Tianquan 31.5kReads8.1Score3kShelves

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    A true masterpiece, especially the play "The God of Drama".

33. 183 新 New Utopia 新，乌托邦 Broken Strings in the Rain雨中断弦Urban397k WordsOngoing [Political Thriller] [Montage Style] [Psychological Oppression] [Dystopian] (The story moves slowly at first, but more kinds of ghosts will appear later.) The calamity ended, and a city-state rose from the ground. People called it the New Utopia. Beneath its gleaming order, those in power were no longer human. Monsters wore human skin and occupied positions of authority. Their visions were linked, and everything was under surveillance. A colossal beast hung in the sky, while monsters roamed th 2.3kReads—Score195Shelves

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    New author, new book, but it's alright.

34. 184 末 Mechanical Ascension in the Apocalypse 末世里的机械飞升 Glazed Rain Song琉璃雨歌Sci-Fi & Apocalypse572k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + No heroine + Ruthless and decisive + Mecha + Warships + Pure technology] I transmigrated and lost my physical body, becoming... a machine... This is a world plagued by disasters, a world invaded by alien beasts... It's filled with darkness and slaughter... Powered by technology, an army of machines descends upon the apocalypse. Legendary mecha, warships, and all kinds of sci-fi weapons burst onto the scene, crushing everything in their path... (Starts out half mechanical, but soon 2.6kReads9.2Score228Shelves
35. 185 末 Apocalyptic Genetic Survival and Evolution 末世基因生存进化 Drunken Salted Fish咸鱼泡酒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted Red fog descends and the apocalypse begins. Humanity is no longer at the top of the food chain. Plants and animals mutate and evolve at a frenzied pace. Some people kill fire ants and gain the talent for immense strength; others crush a cockroach underfoot and awaken an unkillable talent; still others breathe fire and become masters of flame... Lin Hao gains the unique talent “Corpse of the Dead” and sets out on the path to becoming a corpse-puppet king, growing stronger through battle. While ev 46Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    It's truly excellent; it's among the top tier of post-apocalyptic novels in my opinion.

36. 186 序 Sequence Convoy Survival: The Exiles Have No Destination 序列车队求生：流亡者没有终点 Clear Skies After the Clouds Part云开雾散艳阳天Sci-Fi & Apocalypse416k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse Escape + Potion Sequences + Highway Survival + Convoys + System] [Slow-paced + Heavy on worldbuilding] The Abyssal Ruins descended, and the world entered the apocalypse. As people fled endlessly, everything became precious: food, water, clothing, firewood, vehicles... People huddled together for warmth, yet schemed against one another. Even amid destruction, there was hope. Sequence Awakened, anchored by all living beings, gave humanity a glimmer of hope. The Guild Path, the Soldier 921Reads5.7Score—Shelves

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    Nine points is too high a standard. Are you interested in seeing a doomsday caravan?

37. 187 末 Doomsday Convoy: Nomadic Migration 末日车队：游牧迁徙 Mr. Ougan瓯柑先生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse500k WordsCompleted [The Supernatural Descends + Convoy Survival + Humanity Strikes Back] The supernatural suddenly descended, and cities fell. The still-weak Chosen Ones had no way to lead humanity out of the cities. The protagonist was one of them, fleeing from place to place with a convoy and living in hiding. That continued until the Holy City was established. The convoy arrived there, and the protagonist joined the Night Watch Legion, becoming the commander of its First Legion. From then on, humanity began to 4.1kReads6.8Score170Shelves
38. 188 末EN Apocalypse Convoy: I Awakened the Holy Mother Sequence 末日车队求生，我觉醒了序列圣母 Drowning in a Sea of Despair坠亡心海Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The supernatural returns, and doomsday arrives. Only Sequence Awakened can kill the supernatural. And I awakened the Saint Mother Sequence! Lin Yi: “You've gotten so much out of me. It's only fair that you help me die, right?” 16.4kReads6.9Score764Shelves
39. 189 末EN Apocalypse Exodus: The True Rules of Survival! 末日迁徙：这才是生存法则！！！ Internet Cafe Manager, Renew My Account网管续费Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Road Survival + The Eerie + Sequences + Enhancement + Criminal Sequence + Path to Godhood + Heartbreaker + Doomsday Survival + Migration] The world's phantom image fused with reality, and the eerie quietly descended. The places humanity had relied on to survive became havens for the eerie, while cities one after another turned into death zones. Finding a new home through migration became humanity's goal. Supernatural Sequence abilities became humanity's last glimmer of hope. On the migration jo 32.2kReads7.1Score2.2kShelves
40. 190 末 Apocalypse? But I'm a Military Gear Buff! 末世？但我军品佬！ Tea Oil Tofu茶油豆腐Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.7M WordsCompleted A mysterious virus suddenly sweeps across the globe, worsening geopolitical tensions and bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war. Under the threat of mutually assured destruction, the entire world becomes a living hell. Follow Zhang Yi, a man with connections in military circles, as he uses the military equipment at his disposal to survive the apocalypse. 4.9kReads9.2Score499Shelves

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    Nice!!!

41. 191 掌 The Ant in My Palm 掌中蝼蚁 Awooo, I Hate Moving嗷嗷不爱动Sci-Fi & Apocalypse700k WordsCompleted "Cthulhu" "Apocalypse" "Slow Build" The protagonist, Yang Ao, is an overworked office drone stuck in a 996 work schedule. One day, he wakes up to find that he has transmigrated to a despairing world shrouded in eternal night! At that moment, he's lying on an operating table, at the mercy of others. Just as he's about to die on the spot, a sudden riot saves him! When he wakes up, he discovers that he has awakened the ability called “Nightmare,” which lets him enter his enemies' dreams and kill th —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The author uses Cthulhu mythos as a backdrop, depicting a world isolated by eternal night. The protagonist, resurrected as an experimental subject within a base, cautiously explores this terrifying world of evil gods! This is a long, build-up story; you can let it unfold before reading.

42. 192 末 Wasteland Inferno: The Commander Ignites the Apocalypse 末世首长，让废土烈焰升腾 Zhang Min, Who Loves Scones爱吃司康饼的张敏Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsOngoing (The rating just came in and will rise) Infinite troop deployment + Anton Star-style military industry + TFR: Blazing Inferno + epic battles + Blood Cross + slaughtering Blackwatch + GOC + Z-com. Shen Luo arrived at the high-speed rail station just as a once-in-a-million-years Blood Cross virus outbreak erupted. Surrounded by a mob of killers, he was forced to flee into the nursing room. The System arrived late, but it arrived. At the critical moment, the Xiangjian Special Forces squad fought it 2.8kReads7.9Score103Shelves
43. 193 末 Doomsday Crisis: Inheriting the Chinese Army from the Start 末日危机：开局继承华夏部队 The South Knows My Heart南方知我意Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsCompleted Chen Mo opens his eyes to find zombies surrounding the city and a battered combined-arms battalion on the brink of destruction. “Steel-Blooded Military Spirit System activated! Kill zombies to earn Merit Points and redeem active-duty Huaxia troops!” He immediately gives the order: “99A main battle tanks lead the way. Hongqi air defense systems, stand by. All units, break out toward the university district outside the city!” In the zombie tide, giant tanks rumble like collapsing mountains, while 5.2kReads6.1Score392Shelves
44. 194 别 While Others Struggle to Survive, I Become a God by Lurking in the Admin Chat 别人艰难求生，我窥屏管理群成神 Colorful Pure White五颜六色的纯白Urban518k WordsCompleted [Deep-Sea Survival, Live Streams Tied to National Destiny, Admin Chat Group, Unbelievably Lucky Protagonist, No Female Lead] No one knew that the deep-sea game's first layer had received a major update. New player Zhang Xiaoshan accidentally discovered that he could see messages in the admin chat group. [Admin 01: Major game update. A swarm of sea monsters will attack in one hour. New players never used to get this kind of treatment~] [Admin 02: Upgrading your shell house is enough to fend off t 528Reads8.4Score106Shelves

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    I've read a lot of post-apocalyptic novels, and I've read some other books but then abandoned them. These are the few I've finished that I found to be pretty good; you can check them out if you're interested.

45. 195 末 Apocalypse: The System Wants Me to Command a Joint Force? 末世：系统让我指挥联合部队？ Guangzhou's Third Fun Runner光州第三跑男Sci-Fi & Apocalypse219k WordsOngoing [All of humanity unites] [Blood Cross Virus] [A truly united force, from the United States and China down to small African nations] [Build up the army, build up the army, build up the army: the most important thing bears repeating three times!] [A low-ranking commander from the start, supreme commander of the Human Alliance Council by the end] The blurb doesn't do it justice, so please read the story... 1.8kReads8.1Score105Shelves
46. 196 囤 Billions in Supplies: I Keep an Apocalypse Base Running 囤货亿万，我养活末世基地 Little Seven of the Mo Family莫家小七Sci-Fi & Apocalypse679k WordsCompleted [A brave and clever heiress x an SSS-Rank Apocalypse Base Lord; her phone connects to an apocalypse-stricken world. Disastrous years, stockpiling, infrastructure, ensemble cast, saving descendants, redemption on many fronts] Gu Man’s phone connects to the apocalypse by chance, just as the base ruled by a brilliant young lord faces a crisis of life and death. The apocalypse freezes the world, the base loses contact with the outside, monstrous beasts surround the city, food runs out, and water is 450Reads8.8Score103Shelves
47. 197 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 60kReads9.2Score6.4kShelves

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    The reason I'm recommending this book (which doesn't have a high rating of 9.4) is because if you like post-apocalyptic stories, you might want to check it out. There's no romantic pairing, and after reading this book, you'll understand what an unkillable female protagonist is, and what gods, myths, monsters, and humans are all about. It's definitely worth getting into!

48. 198 末 Apocalypse Rebirth: I Lead My Family to Amass Billions in Supplies 末世重生：我带全家狂卷亿万物资 Mo Shu Yu墨书语Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted (Apocalypse + zombies + rebirth + personal space + stockpiling supplies + farming + infrastructure building + powerful heroine + adored by the whole family + teamwork. There is a couple, but the romance comes later.) Wen Qian opens her eyes and finds herself back one month before the apocalypse. Her home has not yet been seized, and her parents and older brother are still alive. She has even gained an invincible preparation space where she can farm and stockpile supplies, and best of all, bind h 30.9kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves

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    This is my absolute favorite post-apocalyptic novel!!! I've read the first one three times! It's absolutely amazing. The female lead might seem a bit too saintly to some, but the male lead is impeccable! The second one has no male lead; the female lead is strong on her own, but some chapters are very touching! The third one is a really satisfying read 😊

49. 199 末 After the Apocalypse, the Pretty Female Side Character Is Outrageously Lucky 末世后漂亮女配运气好麻了 Fu Yan'er福燕儿Sci-Fi & Apocalypse584k WordsCompleted [Stockpiling + System + island dimension + fantasy continent + fighting monsters and leveling up + all kinds of loot] Hua Diao is a little-known star, and her life is just one long string of misfortune. She chokes on water, gets food stuck in her throat, gets fish bones lodged in her mouth, and even runs into falling objects while walking down the street. Her constant bad luck often lands her in the trending topics, but she never manages to become popular. Then one day, a fish ball gets stuck in 6.6kReads8.9Score677Shelves
50. 200 丧 Zombie Apocalypse: My Road to Survival 丧尸末日：我的求生路 Riding My Little Donkey骑上我的小野驴Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted (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 15.7kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    This book is incredibly good! The main characters are a group of college students—intelligent, brave, not overly compassionate, without superpowers or a system, just ordinary people searching for a safe haven in a zombie-infested world.

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