Hardcore End-of-the-World Survival for Ordinary People 普通人硬核末日生存

1. 1 生 Survivalist: The Doomsday Prepper 生存狂：末日准备者 Watcher in the Abyss深渊里的守望者Sci-Fi & Apocalypse315k WordsCompleted [Apocalyptic disasters + hardcore survival + shelters + no rebirth + no pocket dimension + no System + no mutations + no superpowers + no zombies + no fantasy + no harem] Solar storms, food crises, super typhoons, biological warfare, earthquakes, tsunamis, asteroid impacts, supervolcanic eruptions, and an ice age: the disasters grow ever worse. As the world falls apart, Shen Cun is an ordinary man who can rely only on his own hands and mind to protect himself and his family. (The protagonist is 13kReads9.0Score87314d adds

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   This is the most hardcore, rigorous, and well-written post-apocalyptic survival novel I've ever read. The author is probably an engineering student; you can tell from the writing that the author, like the characters, is a post-apocalyptic survival enthusiast. The protagonist's post-apocalyptic shelter is incredibly impressive, described in great detail, and it covers many survival skills. There are no infuriatingly bad characters in the story, so you can read with peace of mind.

2. 2 末 Apocalypse: I Encountered a Zombie Outbreak After Leaving the Special Forces 末世：从特战退伍后遇到丧尸爆发 Yi Yu亦屿Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsOngoing [One Female Lead] [No System] [No Golden Finger] [Team Survival] [Ultra-Realistic Apocalypse] [Packed with Details] [Slow Paced] A zombie outbreak sweeps across the globe, utterly destroying order and civilization. Yu Luo, who had retired early from the special forces, thought the military would soon bring the situation under control, using its advanced weapons to swiftly wipe out the zombies. But the virus spreads through the air, infecting the living as well. Anyone who dies, no matter how, tu 8.4kReads7.7Score65014d adds

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   Super hardcore, no system, no cheat codes, no hacks, not mindless or invincible, the protagonist and his team will also suffer sacrifices and casualties, it's really good!!! Everyone should check it out, you won't regret it!!!

3. 3 末 The Doomsday Hourglass 末日沙漏 Swimming Piglet游泳的小猪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.5M WordsCompleted 9.9kReads7.6Score66314d adds

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   When zombies charge into the battlefield carrying nuclear bombs, when mushroom clouds rise over post-apocalyptic human cities, how can humanity escape the fate of civilization's annihilation? 👍🥰

4. 4 丧 Zombie Apocalypse: Starting Out in Xuzhou With an Iron Tide 丧尸末世：坐标徐州开局钢铁洪流 Chasing the Sun in Winter凛冬逐日Sci-Fi & Apocalypse205k WordsOngoing "What! You mean someone turned into a zombie and bites everyone they see?" "No problem. I've got a 12.7 mm QJZ-89 heavy machine gun." "What! You mean they can evolve, becoming incredibly strong and faster than lions, with more strength than tigers?" "What, then let it go... tell my Type 99A main battle tank that!" On August 23, 2027, after a crimson fog swept across the globe, the zombie apocalypse descended with a roar, and human civilization teetered on the brink of collapse in an instant. 3kReads—Score14314d adds

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   This one is pretty good. It features a few countries and armies that still have a presence in post-apocalyptic stories. If you're looking for a more realistic post-apocalyptic novel, you might want to give it a try...

5. 5 破 Financial Ruin 破財 A Lowly, Taciturn Scholar鲰生寡言Xianxia154k WordsOngoing Dead... They're dead. The day the secret sealed away for nine years was revealed, everyone in Yunshui Town died! In the past, Cen Ziyu always thought the mountain demon that ate children was just a bizarre tale the adults had made up to scare them. Until one day, he uneasily remembered something. When he was little... he had eaten a person! Cen Ziyu and his grandmother depend on each other. Their life is hard, but the uncles and aunties in Yunshui Town have always been kind to them, ofte 286Reads—Score—14d adds

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   The secret, sealed for nine years, was revealed, and on the day it was unveiled, everyone in Yunshui Town died! Before, Cen Ziyu had always thought that the mountain demon eating children was just a bizarre story made up by adults to scare kids, until that day he remembered something. When he was a child… he had eaten people.

6. 6 断 1,219 Days Without Food 断粮1219天 Always Flying Solo总是单飞Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsOngoing #Hardcore Apocalypse #Protecting His Daughter #Wasteland Ensemble #Disaster Mystery On his way home from work, Shi Lei, an office director at a private tutoring school, received a broadcast warning that an unidentified celestial body was about to strike Earth’s crust. Disaster was imminent. The impact tore the world apart, and geomagnetic storms soon swept across the globe. Power grids burned out, communications failed completely, and deadly diseases spread unchecked through the ruins. Survivors 1.3kReads—Score14514d adds

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   Anyway, I think this book is pretty good. It's just that the updates are a bit slow.

7. 7 末 Stockpiling Supplies in the Apocalypse 末世囤货记 Wenqu纹曲Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Apocalyptic Disasters + Pocket Dimension + No Romance + Stockpiling + No Saintly Protagonist] Xu Xiaoyan works as a warehouse manager at a supermarket. One day, she suddenly gains a pocket dimension and suspects the apocalypse is coming, so she starts frantically stockpiling supplies. After enduring a series of disasters, including an epidemic, an insect plague, extreme heat, and earthquakes, she follows rescuers to a survivor base. But the base is short on resources, and humanity is put to the 18.2kReads8.6Score1.9k14d adds

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   This one fits the bill! It's a post-apocalyptic disaster novel with no romantic pairing. The female lead is cautious and intelligent, not the kind of character who wreaks havoc in a fantasy novel. She's just an ordinary person whose thinking and ideas are geared towards the military. She has a private space that she never shows to others, and her teammates are only temporary. It's a fairly realistic post-apocalyptic survival novel!

8. 8 黑 Black Rain 2027 黑雨2027 A Cat in a Pig's Clothing扮猫吃大猪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Not a power fantasy, no cheats, a hard-core natural-disaster apocalypse] Black Rain 2027 is a chronicle of the end of the world as experienced by a modern family. As the first black rain falls, the world slowly collapses amid journeys and long waits. It doesn't tell the story of heroes. It records the long aftermath for ordinary people after everything falls apart: the process of growing numb and sluggish in extreme conditions, yet having no choice but to keep going. The rain will keep falling. 11.7kReads9.1Score1k14d adds

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   These are the post-apocalyptic novels I find enjoyable: I only like novels about ordinary people without any special abilities. The post-apocalyptic environment is so harsh; ordinary people are just struggling to survive, and one day they'll simply die. If you have any good recommendations, please let me know. I don't read novels with billion-dollar houses, spatial abilities, or daily check-in systems; those are too much of a cheat code. Post-apocalyptic novels about ordinary people are difficult to write; if the data isn't good, the author is likely to give up, and if they stop updating, it's even harder to get them back. All the novels are listed in no particular order: 1) Post-apocalyptic: Under the Black Rain (The torrential rain is terrible; the rain is corrosive, too tragic. While reading, I only hoped the protagonist could grow mushrooms, pumpkins, and winter melons—at least fill his stomach! Sigh, I hope he can eat his fill.) 2) Fire Dance Wolf Brother Song: Legend of the Ice River Hunter. Author: Youxia Tuoer (The author writes very well. I'm usually averse to novels with superpowers, but the superpowers in this one are very weak. The key is that there's hardly any cheat code. However, I don't really like the ending the author wrote, because based on the environment and the protagonist's condition, I think his ending won't be good when he's old.) 4) Wasteland Rats Chronicles: Plague Blood Song (Same author as above. I like everything except the ending.) 5) Ying'an Old Home, Author: Xi Zhi Ai E (Sigh, the journey home of two ordinary people in the apocalypse, very well written.) 6) Apocalypse: Global Warming. Author: Chigua Mengmei (High Temperature Apocalypse) 7) Apocalypse Arrives: Global Power Outage. Author: This author is no good. 8) Apocalyptic Disaster: Survival Begins with Heavy Rain. Author: Mo Qing 10) Escape! A Besieged City in the Apocalyptic Wasteland. Author: Ai Xing 11) Divorce and Escape. Authors: 12) Winter Survivor's Notes. Author: Little Snail (This one seems to have a poor title; it's a survival novel set on a deserted island, but it's very well written.) 13) Turbid Apocalypse. Author: Golden Hoop Senior. 14) Black Winter is Coming, I Survive Until Civilization Reboots with the Help of Generators. 15) The Warehouse I Guarded Was Raided. 14+15 are all by (from the gorilla me) novels about ordinary people struggling to survive in the apocalypse. There are no cheat codes. Some of these novels are hard to find, so I've marked the authors. If you think they're well-written, please follow the authors, comment, and urge them to update or start a new book. I can't urge them all by myself.

9. 9 那 The Person You Killed Had a Name 那个被你杀死的人有名字 A Cat in a Pig's Clothing扮猫吃大猪9k WordsCompleted The Person You Killed Had a Name 204Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Haha, I still support you! @Pretending to be a cat and eating a big pig

10. 10 全 Global Survival: Starting in a Little Cabin During a Blizzard 全民求生：从暴风雪小木屋开始 Deep White深白Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsOngoing [Global Survival] [Upgrading the Shelter] [Farming] [System] [Disasters] [Scavenging Supplies] [Growing Stronger] A slow-paced survival story. The early chapters focus more on explaining the System. When their home planet is destroyed, everyone is sent to a new world to fight for survival. This is a world newly formed from heaven and earth, where all things have begun again. Shrouded in fog and full of dangers, Xia Yan wakes up in a dilapidated little cabin in the wilderness. A blizzard is about 33kReads6.8Score2k14d adds

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    The writing is very vivid and evokes strong empathy.

11. 11 普 An Ordinary Person's Ordinary Days in the Apocalypse 普通人普通的末世日常 Zhu Yueqiao渚月樵Sci-Fi & Apocalypse338k WordsCompleted [No Storage Space + No System + Stockpiling + Slow Pace + Everyday Food] [Important: The female lead has a love interest] An earthquake unleashed large quantities of ancient viruses from within the earth’s crust, turning infected people into bloodthirsty monsters. With disaster on the horizon, Xue Ning had a dream about being reborn. So, with the few memories she had, she prepared enough supplies to last her a lifetime, hid in a shelter, and did everything she could to survive. Yet nobody knew t 3.6kReads8.6Score28114d adds

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    No space, no system, a first-person perspective of female protagonist's post-apocalyptic survival, a healing and health-preserving style, the story unfolds little by little with the female protagonist's life, until the final truth.

12. 12 末 The Apocalypse Rules: The Seven-Day Transformation 末世规则之七日之变 A Rotten Person Who Isn't Rotten烂人不烂Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted A zombie Doomsday story with no superpowers, a focus on logic, and a realistic feel. It may touch on pets, so read with care. “A novice author's novel, pure beginner writing. Please be patient and bear with me.” The male lead is an ordinary man who, through a twist of fate, brings a mutated rabies virus back to China. It wasn't intentional, but it leads to a catastrophic disaster. On his journey to find his daughter, he faces all kinds of hardships and dangers. Only belatedly realizing what he h 787Reads8.1Score—14d adds

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    No system, no cheats, rigorous logic, a post-apocalyptic survival experience for ordinary people.

13. 13 末 Apocalypse: Global Warming 末世：全球升温 Cute Girl Eating Melon吃瓜萌妹Sci-Fi & Apocalypse381k WordsCompleted [Pure doomsday survival] [No Superpowers] [No System] In 2139, no asteroid struck Earth, no zombie virus appeared, and there was no spiritual qi revival. There was only a prolonged spell of scorching weather. More than 95% of the world issued red alerts for extreme heat. Daytime temperatures reached 80°C, and nighttime temperatures 58°C. This terrifying, immense crisis swept across the globe. In an instant, the world became a furnace, and the whole planet a purgatory! Power-grid emergencies, hea 1.4kReads7.5Score10014d adds
14. 14 浊 The End of the World, Corrupted 浊蚀末日 Senior Golden Cudgel金箍学长Sci-Fi & Apocalypse559k WordsCompleted The flood swallows civilization, and order crumbles into ruin. There are no saviors or heroes in the apocalypse. This is a record of how hunger strips ordinary people bare, how fear crushes their spirits, and how, in the endless winter, they become the very monsters they once feared most. Please note: this is not a power fantasy. It is simply a story of survival. 181Reads5.5Score—14d adds
15. 15 废 Chronicles of a Wasteland Rat: Bloodsong of the Plague 废土老鼠编年史：瘟疫血歌 Wandering Knight Thor游侠托耳Sci-Fi & Apocalypse507k WordsCompleted Apocalypse, radiation, wasteland, passion, everyday life, farming, plague, infected, rats, cockroaches, survivalists, female characters, romance, companions, dogs, redemption. “I want to escape this age of plague. I want to find happiness in the wasteland!” This is a story about surviving in the wasteland and rebuilding civilization. There is no System, no pocket dimension, just one survivor's struggle to stay alive. There is a heroine, brothers, and a dog, and of course, bodily mutations. One s 3.3kReads9.0Score24914d adds
16. 16 火 Dancing Flames, Howling Wolves: A Glacier Hunter's Legend 火舞狼歌：冰河猎人传说 Wandering Knight Thor游侠托耳Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.7M WordsCompleted Important note: This isn't a straightforward power fantasy. If this style isn't for you, feel free to skip it. You have to go mad to survive! This is a real extreme-cold apocalypse. Get ready to lose your mind. Let's see if you can make it through Book Two first! This book is dark, oppressive, painful, and twisted. The protagonist doesn't start out with a natural aura of dominance or an invincible pocket dimension. From the start, he's just a wage slave, an insignificant nobody. He survives main 5.5kReads8.1Score47114d adds
17. 17 营 The Old Home in Ying’an 营安老家 Wang Xizhi Loves Geese羲之爱鹅Sci-Fi & Apocalypse620k WordsCompleted In the wake of the apocalypse, Qin Yu and his childhood friend Zhang Yicheng have no grand ambitions. They just want to return home. For two ordinary men nearing thirty, the journey home is nothing special: no superpowers, no evolution, and no saintly do-gooding. Disclaimer from the author: This book is terrible, and the protagonist is a bastard. Getting flamed earns me nothing, so I’m giving up. Read at your own discretion. I’m an amateur writer with the prose of a pig and a plot that’s toxic a 1.9kReads8.9Score12814d adds
18. 18 离 Get a Divorce, Escape a Disaster 离个婚逃个难 A Solitary Sojourn on Lonely Mountain, Walking Alone at Sunset孤山信游与斜阳独步Urban213k WordsCompleted On an ordinary night, an ordinary passenger plane carried an ordinary Chinese man on his way home... Everything seemed perfectly ordinary, but the flight he was on was a one-way ticket to death. The plane crashed in mere seconds, killing more than 150 people instantly. Yet this Chinese man and two other foreigners somehow survived. Their brief reprieve was only the beginning of a far greater nightmare and torment. The outside world believed them dead, so the three of them had only one another to 1kReads8.1Score—14d adds
19. 19 末 Apocalypse Descends: Global Power Outage 末世降临：全球断电 This Author Is No Good这作者不行Sci-Fi & Apocalypse556k WordsCompleted 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 2.5kReads9.1Score35714d adds
20. 20 黑 The Black Winter Is Coming: I Survive on a Generator Until Civilization Returns 黑冬将至：我靠发电机苟到文明重 I Come from the Apes来自猩猩的我Urban478k WordsOngoing When destruction is foreseen, what truly determines life or death is not the disaster itself, but who figures out sooner how people will change. The news says it’s fake. The prices say otherwise. The apocalypse hasn’t arrived. It’s just driven prices up first. 13Reads5.1Score—14d adds
21. 21 我 The Warehouse I Guarded Was Looted Clean 我守的仓库被抢空了 I Come from the Apes来自猩猩的我Urban306k WordsOngoing The thing Lin Yi wants most in this life is to start over as a decent person. He’s already paid his dues for the years he spent taking the fall for his big brother. Now that he’s out, he doesn’t want to get mixed up in that life again or take the blame for anyone. His big brother gets him a job. Guarding a building-materials warehouse. It’s not glamorous, but it’s honest work. Lin Yi accepts. But an enormous order that comes out of nowhere drags him back into deep, murky waters. A batch 1Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 22 全 Global Apocalypse: Starting with an Escape from Florida 全球末世：从逃离佛罗里达开始 Little Little Fourteen小小拾四Sci-Fi & Apocalypse498k WordsOngoing [No Power Fantasy] [No Special Abilities] [No System] [No Transmigration] [No Rebirth] [Realistic] [Slow-Paced] (This story draws on some real-world weapons and equipment, and nothing happens that defies real-world logic. If you want to see weapons like AKs and RPGs thrown in without regard for realism, this probably isn't the book for you.) One year, one month, an asteroid passed by Earth. Meteor fragments entered the atmosphere, bringing strange rain to many places around the world. Humanity w 33.9kReads8.2Score4.1k14d adds
23. 23 末 Wildflowers Bloom at the World's End 末日野草开花 Bian Fu边福Urban2.7M WordsOngoing Order collapsed in an instant. The neon lights of civilization were swallowed by the wasteland of the apocalypse, and simply staying alive became the most extravagant stroke of luck. Chen Mingfei never imagined he would be swept into a catastrophe engulfing the entire world. From a frantic fight for life and death in a hospital to the despairing struggle to survive in a dead, empty city, he is forced to wage a long and brutal battle with death amid the ruins. Here, suffocating cold snaps and na 2.2kReads—Score21914d adds

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    I'd like to recommend a similar book. The only downside is the title, which might be off-putting.

24. 24 末 A Family Scrapes By in the Apocalypse 末世一家苟活 Endorphin内咖肽Sci-Fi & Apocalypse204k WordsCompleted [Apocalyptic disasters] [No System, no zombies] [Underground shelter survival] [Extreme heat + extreme cold + floods + insect swarms] When the apocalypse hits, Xia Hua, an ordinary wage earner, is mistaken for a lunatic. With no golden finger, no System, no pocket dimension, and nowhere near a million yuan in savings, she keeps digging an underground shelter. Poor people have their own ways of stockpiling supplies. This is a true-to-life account of an ordinary family scraping by in the face of a 435Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is a genuine story of an ordinary family surviving the apocalypse. There are no cheat codes or special abilities; ordinary people don't have that many cheat codes! The best thing is for the family to work together and try to live on.

25. 25 废 Wasteland War Rig: Building an Apocalypse Fortress by Scavenging Trash 废土战车：靠捡垃圾打造末日堡垒 Jin Yan金焱Sci-Fi & Apocalypse567k WordsOngoing Yellow sand blots out the sun, and the wasteland descends. Mutant beasts run rampant, order crumbles, and human life is worth less than grass. Qin Zheng only wants to lie flat, scrape by, get a hot meal, and make it safely through another day. Who knew that picking something up on a whim would land him a young Plane Spirit? He closes his eyes, opens them, and runs into a mad monk reborn from an ancient sage. His simple survival story instantly turns into a battle for supremacy in the wasteland. 72Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book doesn't rely on empty talk or mindless instant kills. Every level up and every battle is well-written, showing that the author has put a lot of effort into the plot and details of many stories. The protagonist is intelligent, ruthless when necessary, and as steady as a dog when it's time to play it safe.

26. 26 我 I Only Want to Live Until Tomorrow 我只想活到明天 I Don't Want to Make Small Talk我不想谈笑风生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse160k WordsOngoing (No special powers. Hard-hitting, realistic survival. Ruthless, no do-gooder heroics, no mindless plot armor. A protagonist who grows over time. Slow burn. Enter with caution: high tension.) The apocalypse is never something to joke about. It’s called the apocalypse because, by definition, it’s humanity’s darkest and most desperate hour. I woke up to find my phone burned to scrap and the streets outside swarming with zombies. Guan Fei had no special powers and no System. All he had were two dag 16Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The protagonist is an ordinary person, a nobody, struggling to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. It's very hardcore, striving for logical consistency and avoiding any mindless protagonist plot armor.

27. 27 重 Reborn, I’m Thriving Alone in the Apocalypse 重生后，我一个人在末世安居乐业 Between the End and the Beginning末未之间Sci-Fi & Apocalypse407k WordsCompleted Summer hasn’t even arrived, and the world is already being steamed by scorching heat. Just when they finally make it through to cooler weather, half a year of torrential rain hits. And that’s not all: before long, everything is suddenly flash-frozen by a cataclysmic snowstorm! Yao Sanqian gazes at his last half-bag of instant noodles and sighs, then throws his head back and curses: “Heaven’s trying to kill me!!!” 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A true story of ordinary people struggling to survive in a post-apocalyptic world, without any superpowers. It's a perfect reflection of the realities of modern life. Highly recommended!

28. 28 末 Survival in the Post-Apocalypse! Under the Sun 末世生存！阳光之下 Between the End and the Beginning末未之间Sci-Fi & Apocalypse364k WordsCompleted The world wasn’t destroyed by natural disasters, but it may yet be destroyed by human folly. One ordinary day, a once-happy family of three faced the end of the world. Let’s see how they manage to survive! 37Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 29 尸 Surviving the Zombie Horde: Our Whole Family in the Apocalypse 尸潮求生：我们全家在末世 Samoyed With Lots of Fluff萨摩耶好多毛Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Zombie Apocalypse, Ordinary People Ensemble, No Do-Gooders, No System, No Evolution] Straight into hell from the start! Earthquakes, toxins, and zombies unleash a chain of three disasters! A subversion of feel-good power fantasies, this story follows only the ingenuity and courage of ordinary people under the pressure of survival at its limits. An incredibly immersive look at growth and destruction from a realistic perspective on the apocalypse. {The novel has only just started receiving ratin 644Reads8.1Score—14d adds

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    This is a completed novel! No superpowers, no system, no reincarnation, the logic remains consistent throughout, and it's a highly immersive and realistic post-apocalyptic survival story.

30. 30 黑 Black Rain: The City Without a Crown 黑雨：无冕之城 A Cat in a Pig's Clothing扮猫吃大猪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse307k WordsOngoing [No Superpowers, Realistic Style; a Post-Disaster Apocalypse Novel Continuing the Black Rain Universe] In 2027, a meteorite from outer space struck Earth. Global catastrophe struck, and black rain swept across the world. Cities were destroyed, the population dwindled, and all the order built in the old era collapsed in a short time. Sixteen years after doomsday, humanity established a new order, but the world could never return to what it had been before the disaster. 2043, Jiayu Special City. T 3.9kReads8.4Score42714d adds

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    Your own book

31. 31 我 My Struggles in the Apocalypse 我在末世摸爬滚打的日子 Su Shi'er蘇拾贰Sci-Fi & Apocalypse483k WordsOngoing When a zombie virus spreads through the tap water, Su Yi, an ordinary water-treatment plant worker, travels across the ruined apocalypse with his long-legged female neighbor. Along the way, he also meets a female bureau chief, a beautiful police officer, a female manager, and more... (The first 200 chapters follow ordinary people struggling to survive the apocalypse. Superpowers appear after that, because the zombie virus evolves, and the main cast would be useless without abilities. As for what 161Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The Survival Path of Ordinary People

32. 32 末 Apocalypse: The Ninth Quarantine Zone 末世：第九隔离区 Ape Rope猿绳Sci-Fi & Apocalypse270k WordsOngoing [Ordinary zombies + military intervention + no factional infighting + no superpowers + no System + no storage space] The military steps in. Quarantine zones. Ordinary civilians. Multiple storylines. The zombie virus infects the entire world in an instant. After the president of the United States authorizes the use of nuclear weapons, his plane crashes. The country swiftly mobilizes, secretly dividing the land into quarantine zones in an attempt to restore normal order. Extreme weather disasters 20Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's something special; there are no mutated zombies, and not so many organized groups playing house.

33. 33 全 Global Blackout: An Ordinary Person’s Survival Log 全球断电：普通人求生录 Plain Water and Carrots清水胡萝卜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse265k WordsCompleted [Shelter + Road Survival + Extreme Disasters + Rural Reconstruction] (This is not a power fantasy, but a pure survival story, with no System and no supernatural abilities! The heroine builds up her strength in the early stages and only stands on her own in the middle and later stages. There are a few scenes where male supporting characters have innocent feelings for the heroine. She doesn't feel the same way, so please take note if that bothers you!) For unknown reasons, Blue Star loses power. E 4.5kReads—Score31314d adds

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    This is so good! I love these kinds of post-apocalyptic novels about ordinary people! 😳😄

34. 34 末 A Survival Guide for Ordinary People in the Apocalypse 末世普通人苟活守则 Hai Luo'an海罗安Sci-Fi & Apocalypse518k WordsCompleted [Everyday slice of life + no romance + stockpiling supplies + zombies + natural disasters] A quiet, ordinary life in the apocalypse. Zhang Qing is a country girl trying to make it in a big city. She has no golden finger, and when the zombie outbreak begins, she is already trapped in the city by the time she realizes what's happening. The protagonist is neither a good person nor a bad one, just an ordinary person who's a little selfish. She is not reborn. This is a food-focused story with lots of 5.5kReads9.0Score43914d adds
35. 35 天 Farm Life in a Natural Disaster Apocalypse 天灾末世下的农家生活 Little Fox Isn't a Demon小狐不是妖Sci-Fi & Apocalypse298k WordsCompleted (No CP, Slow Burn) Wen Ran happened to acquire a storage space. She figured that, as these things usually went, she would either transmigrate or face the apocalypse, so she worked hard to earn money and stockpile supplies. But four years went by, and she was still a wage slave. The world hadn’t ended, and she hadn’t transmigrated either. Just as she was about to give up, the standard-issue apocalyptic prophetic dream arrived. All right, now she knew: a natural-disaster apocalypse was coming. Luc 6.7kReads8.9Score43814d adds
36. 36 重 Reborn with a System and My Invincible Squad 重生，系统，还有我的无敌小队 Moon Returns to the Boat on Canglang River沧浪月归舟Sci-Fi & Apocalypse724k WordsCompleted Hello, dear readers! When a catastrophe strikes without warning and human civilization collapses overnight, how will you survive when all hope seems lost? A global catastrophe has arrived! The deadly blue-green influenza sweeps across the earth overnight. Nine out of ten people mutate beyond control, turning into mindless zombies! Bustling cities become silent ghost towns, ambush monsters lurk in deep mountain forests, monsters rampage through rain-lashed streets, and bridges across the sea beco 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    See how this ordinary four-person squad survives.

37. 37 末 My First Fortune in the Apocalypse: I Only Rob the Wicked 末日第一桶金，我专抢恶人 Deep Feelings and Fragrant Books情深书香Sci-Fi & Apocalypse158k WordsOngoing A thick layer of volcanic ash is about to plunge the world into a frozen winter. While everyone else sells everything they own to buy food and stock up on supplies, desperately preparing to survive, Lin Yue unexpectedly awakens an all-purpose Collection System and gains an unlimited storage space. No exhausting shopping trips, no miserable struggle to survive. He goes after the evil people who wronged him, clearing out casinos and bathhouses and sweeping through underground gambling dens and log 34Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A pretty fun post-apocalyptic story!

38. 38 寒 Cold Wave Apocalypse: My Shelter Is Full of Beautiful Women 寒潮末日：我的庇护所里美女如云 Burning Like Embers如余烬燃Sci-Fi & Apocalypse209k WordsCompleted When temperatures plummet to minus seventy degrees, humanity is thrown back into the Ice Age. Lin Yue is just an ordinary supermarket owner. His only “flaw” is an obsession with preparing for the apocalypse. On the third day of the cold wave, he locks the supermarket doors and activates the underground shelter he spent two years building. But the most terrifying thing about the apocalypse isn’t the weather. It’s the increasingly hungry eyes outside his door. The community secretary starts col 733Reads5.6Score10314d adds
39. 39 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 3.8kReads6.3Score22914d adds
40. 40 别 While Everyone Else Fights to Survive, I Open the Gates of Hell 别人求生，我推开炼狱之门 Fine and Scalding细碎滚烫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse368k WordsCompleted Sci-fi + Apocalypse + Stockpiling + Evolution + Mutation + Ensemble Cast + Wasteland + Parallel Worlds The “Falcon” crashed on a deserted island. Lin Chen had barely survived when the natives mistook him for a living sacrifice and shoved him into a boiling iron pot! At the brink of death, Lin Chen somehow opened a door made of blue energy! He thought it was salvation in his darkest hour, but the apocalyptic world beyond the door was even more terrifying than the island sacrifice. The entire wa 1.1kReads8.8Score10114d adds

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    Great post-apocalyptic story, highly recommended!

41. 41 虫 Insect Calamity: Starting a Counterattack from an Abandoned Farm 虫灾末日：从废弃农场开始反攻 Brother Qiang Is Really Strong强哥很强Sci-Fi & Apocalypse851k WordsCompleted Insect Calamity: Fighting Back from an Abandoned Farm is an apocalyptic novel about farming, building a territory, and humanity’s counterattack. After an insect disaster turns the world into a wasteland, humanity ekes out a meager existence behind towering walls, while border farms are dismissed as abandoned land. Lu Chen takes over the crumbling Seventh Farm and struggles to survive amid swarms, famine, pollution, and the indifference of the high walls, starting with the first wheat seedling, t 931Reads8.0Score11914d adds

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    You'll see when you read it; it's definitely a great book.

42. 42 末 Apocalypse Delivery: Survive by the Odds 末世外卖：概率求生 The Unwoken Potato没睡醒的土豆Sci-Fi & Apocalypse564k WordsCompleted When the apocalypse arrives, delivery rider Jiang Hao is rushing to complete his final order. In the midst of the crisis, he comes across a mysterious metal box and awakens the ability to see the probability of events. “Run left and your survival chance is 34%; run right and it’s 12%... You call that a golden finger?” From an ordinary man who only wants to survive to someone leading his companions through ruins, settlements, laboratories, and one mutation crisis after another, Jiang Hao graduall 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A must-eat list for post-apocalyptic survival: the hardcore survival tips for ordinary delivery drivers 💕

43. 43 末 The Apocalypse Is Coming: I Use AI to Build an Underground City 末世将至：我用AI打造地下城 Brother Qin's Night Talks钦哥夜话Sci-Fi & Apocalypse209k WordsOngoing In 2032, Lin Quan acquired two things in just two days: a charred bracelet from beyond the stars, and a windfall large enough to build an underground city. The smart AI extracted a terrifying warning from the bracelet: a strain of alien infection that had once destroyed an extraterrestrial civilization was approaching Earth alongside an asteroid fortress. It would arrive in as little as seven months. Lin Quan had no way to prove any of it, and no one believed his warning. Nor did he intend to 5Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Tired of rebirth, systems, spatial storage, and endless monster-slaying? "The Apocalypse Is Coming: I Build a Dungeon with AI" takes a different approach: deep geothermal energy, top-tier AI management, and robots venturing out in the protagonist's place. Lin Quan doesn't want to be a savior, nor does he risk his life; he simply wants to protect his family and peacefully survive the apocalypse in a warm and comfortable dungeon.

44. 44 我 Me, a Beautiful Life 我，美丽人生 Little Chatterbox小小叨叨Sci-Fi & Apocalypse131k WordsCompleted Not a power fantasy. No cheats. A realistic, hard-core fight to survive the apocalypse. No lone heroics here, just the story of how an ordinary person tries to protect his family and struggle to stay alive when the apocalypse comes. Everything... is just about staying alive. A sudden global virus sweeps across the world. Sixty percent of those infected die outright, while most survivors descend into madness and become man-eating creatures. Dark clouds hang overhead for days, and strange dust dri —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Found a new anime series, seems similar, it's alright, nothing special.

45. 45 当 When a Reborn Person Meets a System from Another World 当重生者遇上异界系统 I Can't See Her Clearly我看不清她Sci-Fi & Apocalypse307k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse, end times, reborn, stockpiling supplies, mist apocalypse, otherworldly System, single male protagonist, fated conflict, not mindless, no objectionable content, sci-fi apocalypse, ancient-civilization fantasy, System, ruthless, smart protagonist, no saintly heroine] Gray mist blankets the city, embers set the plains ablaze, and the world is given a new price. Humanity sees the gray mist as a natural disaster bringing the end of the world, unaware that it is a reckoning between civil 14Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Meets the requirements

46. 46 序EN Sequence Highway: Starting as a Fake Artificer 序列公路：从假装炼器师序列开始 Dugu Cang Hu独孤沧虎Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsOngoing #Mysterious Apocalypse #Road Migration #Sequence Powers #Ruthless and Decisive #Survival Story #Team Adventure #Wild Imagination A tide of apocalyptic horrors sweeps the world. The migrating convoy is the only hope for survival. Wang Ying is the blade, Cao Xianming is the brains, Zheng Xiaofeng is the shield, and Yang Yong... pretends to wield sequence powers. He’s called crafty and accused of being a coward, but when the convoy is wiped out, he swallows a fragment of the source of the uncanny 19.2kReads6.0Score1.4k14d adds
47. 47 末 No Pure Land in the Apocalypse 末世无净土 Yu Yiran余翊燃Sci-Fi & Apocalypse697k WordsOngoing [Campus Setting] [Apocalypse Survival] [RV Upgrades] [Multiple Heroines] [Not a Harem Novel] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Smart Protagonist] [Building a Faction] This is a true story recorded by the author, who lives in a parallel world. You can think of it as a survival diary from the apocalypse. The apocalypse is upon us, and zombies run rampant. When the nation collapsed overnight, Yu Yiran took the campus belle by the hand and made his way out of the university, one step at a time. A pure-hearte 183Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's so beautiful!

48. 48 末 Doomsday Island: I Pick Up a Big Shot and Start Farming Together 末日孤岛：捡个大佬一起来种田 Left and Right, Just Right左宜右有Sci-Fi & Apocalypse476k WordsOngoing [Island Farming] + [Slow Pace] + [Max-Level Expert] + [Cozy and Healing] + [Good Food] + [Sweet Romance, No Angst] Three hundred years ago, a cataclysm struck Earth, leaving the world with nothing but countless isolated islands. Floods, scorching heat, extreme cold… Humanity has been reduced to primitive farming and hunting. While survivors fight over half a moldy loaf of bread at sea, Mu Yao is reclining on a beach chair on her own island, enjoying chilled lychees from her refrigerator. She pos 3.4kReads8.4Score45314d adds

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    This one fits the bill perfectly, highly recommended! It's a post-apocalyptic island farming novel. It's simple and peaceful, with no extraordinary characters or superpowers, just the female protagonist farming alone on a deserted island. She works hard every day just to make ends meet. Reading this book is like sitting by a fireplace in winter. The female protagonist picks vegetables, feeds the dog, and cooks every day, while the male protagonist chops wood, carries water, and mends fishing nets nearby. There are no dramatic events, just the gentle warmth of everyday meals.

49. 49 黑 Black Rain Descends: I Rebuild Civilization with Plant-Based Powers 黑雨降临：我靠植物异能重建文明 Xuantian Yunsheng玄天芸生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse218k WordsCompleted [No System, supernatural abilities] [No rebirth] [Steady pacing] [Fighting zombies] [Collecting pets] [Surviving the apocalypse] [Farming and building] Black rain fell, and zombies ran rampant. After another failed blind date, I stayed cooped up in my sixth-floor apartment, playing games and reading novels. As it turned out, that let me escape the initial disaster. By the time I realized something was wrong, my family had vanished and their whereabouts were unknown. Order had collapsed, and mons 44Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A post-apocalyptic survival story follows ordinary people as they fight zombies, collect pets, stockpile supplies, build infrastructure, and, with a female protagonist, gradually rise to prominence on the world stage. Watch as this tale unfolds. PS: The early parts of the story are a bit verbose, as I tried to make the logic consistent and the superpowers more believable. Actually, I overthought it, including some details of life in the apocalypse. If you don't like those, feel free to skip ahead; the pace will pick up later.

50. 50 绝 A Sliver of Hope in Desperate Straits 绝境方寸 Peaceful Blessing Anfo平安福AnfoSci-Fi & Apocalypse507k WordsOngoing Adult content! Not suitable for younger readers! [Not a power fantasy] [Dark and oppressive] [Realistic drama] [Serious literature] [A woman's growth] [Modern political scene] [No male lead] [Flight from famine] [Patriotism] [Political intrigue] [Career in government] [Anti-corruption] When natural disasters strike, the country urgently launches the "Westward Migration Plan," and the entire nation embarks on a long journey to flee their homes. Guided by a prophetic dream, the female lead stockpi 286Reads—Score—14d adds

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    No cheat codes, no superpowers, no zombies, just ordinary people fleeing a natural disaster. Excerpt: The cooling tower drew closer, several red banners with white lettering hanging on its gray-white surface—"The Party and the government stand with the people in the disaster area" "Shijingshan Transfer and Assembly Point - Registration Office for Disaster Victims" There was another banner hanging crookedly, only half remaining: "Life is paramount, no one should be missed—" It should be "Life is paramount, no one should be missed," the latter half was blown up by the wind and stuck to the tower, no longer visible. Rows of neat military green tents stood on the platform of Blast Furnace No. 3, and several floating docks extended into the water from the edge of the platform. People were directing traffic on the docks, some in camouflage, some in orange rescue uniforms, and some in red vests. The voice from the loudspeakers drifted across the water and raindrops, distorted and wavering, but clear—"... Please dock in order, do not crowd, first come, first served, everyone can register, supplies are plentiful, please do not crowd..." The boats and people gradually formed long lines. Soon, the boat carrying the porridge arrived. When Chunwang drank the hot porridge, she was stunned for a moment. Nine days had passed, and this was the first steaming food she had eaten. Under her sister's protection, she held the paper cup and sipped slowly. Halfway through, she suddenly looked up and asked, "Auntie, does this cost money?" "No," Yanwu said. "Why?" Yanwu thought for a moment, then pointed to the red banner on the tower and said, "Because we are a socialist country, and our highest ideal is to achieve communism." Chunwang couldn't read, but she nodded blankly.

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