Novels like The Ninth Special Zone
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Ninth Special Zone, best match first.
- 1 Apocalypse: The Whole Company Denies the Existence of the 18th Floor 末世：全公司否认18楼存在 [Apocalypse + No System + Reborn + Mystery + One Female Lead + Zombies + Hard Sci-Fi + No Mindless Decisions + Revenge] Reborn six hours before the apocalypse, Chu Yan has not only retained his memories of the future, but also mastered the ultimate secret of genetic evolution! He can become the most powerful god in the apocalypse! He frantically stockpiles supplies, builds weapons, modifies vehicles, and saves his parents, racing against time! He will kill his enemies with his own hands and turn 3.4kReads8.7Score284Shelves
- 2 EN Dragon City: Winds of Change 风起龙城 Sixty years after global disaster, the Little Freeze has ended. Governments across the living zones begin reclaiming large stretches of unadministered land awaiting development, reorganizing resources and ushering in a full-scale recovery. These twenty years are also known as the “Golden Twenty Years.” It's a dazzling new age: new zones rise one after another, politics sets the stage while capital puts on a show, and ambitious schemers are everywhere. Heroes and strongmen, treacherous warlords a 33.4kReads9.5Score3.9kShelves
- 3 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 27.3kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves
- 4 I Escaped That Cannibalistic Old Street with Nothing but a Skewer of Candied Hawthorn? 我逃出那条吃人的老街，只靠手里的一串冰糖葫芦？ I escaped that man-eating old street with nothing but a skewer of candied hawthorn berries in my hand? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 My Father Pretended to Be Mute, and My Boyfriend Lied to Me 装哑的父亲和骗我的男友 A father who pretends to be mute and a boyfriend who deceives me 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The True Heiress Returns with Her Metaphysical Powers, and Her Wealthy Family Begs Her to Stop Setting Up a Stall 玄学真千金归来，豪门全家跪求别摆摊 The Metaphysical True Heiress Returns, and Her Entire Wealthy Family Begs Her to Stop Setting Up a Fortune-Telling Stall 644Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 After I Was Reborn, I Gave Up My Guaranteed Admission, and He Panicked 重生后我放弃保送，他慌了 After I Was Reborn, I Gave Up My Guaranteed Admission, and He Panicked 406Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Demon Hunt: A Hunter's Memoir 狩魔手记 After the nuclear war, slaughter began to spread across the entire world. The order of human society completely collapsed, and the law of the jungle became the foremost rule. Once desire was freed from its restraints, there was no road forward, only a choice to turn left or right. Hell lay to the left, and hell lay to the right. 3.4kReads9.2Score643Shelves
- 9 I Am the Legend 我就是传奇 I don’t know when it happened, but a bunch of people like this came into my life, even though I’ve always been cold-hearted and a little shameless. When I got dumped, they’d say, “What’s the big deal? Lost your girl? Find another one tomorrow. If you’re really desperate, I’ll lend you myself for the night!” When I felt lost, they were always there with me in our cramped little rooms, shouting, “We give it everything we’ve got, all so we can make something of ourselves!” ... Back then, I couldn’t 23.8kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
- 10 Reborn, I Deliberately Emptied My Storage Space 重生回来，我故意清空了空间 When I Was Reborn, I Deliberately Emptied My Storage Space 2.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 11 God of Chaos! 混沌之神！ [This book is also known as: Nine Revolutions Profound Art | In the later stages, Xin Mo will overpower the Great Sage and Erlang, because he cultivates the complete Nine Revolutions Profound Art.] [An exceptionally long character-growth arc in the early stages] [Every five chapters form a little story arc. I put my heart into every word, and hope you enjoy it!] Civilization has fallen, a new age of chaos has begun, and humanity's darkest impulses spread without end... He emerged from the chaos 7.7kReads—Score651Shelves
- 12 The Legend Reborn 传奇重现 The four-part series by Wei Jie: We Were All Bad Kids, I Am Legend, Legend Reborn, and Hidden Dragon on the Right Path. A young man, still green, left his hometown in a fit of anger. Four years later, he returned, weathered and bearing the glory of success! In a city built from reinforced concrete, old friends were gone and legends had faded into retirement... Faced with his family’s reproach and his friends’ disdain, he had once wandered at a crossroads, pointing into the dark sky with his 31.4kReads9.4Score3kShelves
- 13 A Century of Upheaval 百年丧乱 [Zombies + no saintly protagonist + decisive and ruthless + multiple narrative threads + ensemble cast + apocalypse fortress + war + survival + slow-paced] No rebirth, no supernatural abilities, no System or pocket dimension, no plot armor, and no romantic entanglements. This is not a power fantasy. It focuses more on realistic portrayals, particularly the story of humanity's resistance in an age overrun by zombies, and accounts of people trying to survive the apocalypse from multiple perspectiv 17.7kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
- 14 I Rule the Archives of Life and Death on the Other Shore 我在彼岸执掌生死档案 "Chen Mo, would you be willing to work for the Underworld?" "That lousy place? Not even a dog would go!" "A monthly salary of fifty thousand." "If even dogs won't go, then I'll go!" "Triple overtime pay, and if anything goes wrong on a mission, we'll make sure you get a good next life." "Big Brothers Hei and Bai Wuchang, you can count me as clocked in today." "Lord Yama, you're paying me so much, it's got me worried." 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Wandering the Wasteland: Trait Bonuses from the Start, a Daily Prophet 流浪废土，词条开局，每日预言家 (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
- 16 A Zombie Apocalypse for Ordinary People 平凡人的丧尸末日 Zombies, the apocalypse, realism, survival. No special powers, no womanizing, no power fantasy, no System. A portrayal of how ordinary people truly fight to survive. This is my first novel, so the early chapters may be a little rough. I hope you’ll give it a chance and keep reading. It gets really exciting later on. Thank you, and please don’t let the rating put you off. If you enjoy realistic stories, give it a try. The protagonist, Lin Chen, is just an ordinary car salesman when the apocalypse 8.9kReads7.5Score672Shelves
- 17 Zombie Apocalypse: Starting Out in Xuzhou With an Iron Tide 丧尸末世：坐标徐州开局钢铁洪流 "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. 2.9kReads—Score134Shelves
- 18 Doomsday: The Blackflame Emperor 末日：黑炎帝君 [Doomsday] [Superpowers] [No saintly self-sacrifice] [Intelligence] [Decisive and ruthless] Humanity still strained to open its eyes and gaze up at the stars, filled with imagination and longing for the unknown. What no one knew was that soon, even this tiny world would no longer belong to them. 931Reads9.3Score117Shelves
- 19 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 59.8kReads9.2Score5.3kShelves
- 20 Reborn in the Apocalypse: Building the Strongest Base from Scratch 重生末世：从打造最强基地开始 [No special powers + no System + natural disasters + base-building + stockpiling + farming + ensemble cast + no protagonist torture + decisive and ruthless] Friend, you've read so many apocalypse novels. Are you getting tired of all those messy superpowers, brainless Systems, and beautiful women throwing themselves at the protagonist? Why not see how ordinary people can build a sensible home in the apocalypse? An ordinary apocalypse farming story told from multiple perspectives. The apocalypse 18.7kReads7.7Score1.6kShelves
- 21 The Gods Devour Earth 神噬地球 [Ensemble Cast] [Anti-Cheat Story] [Political Intrigue] [Slow-Burn, Not a Power Fantasy] [No Stereotypical Characters] [Intellectual Battles] [A Mix of Classical and Modern Chinese Prose, Not for Everyone] (Revised through Chapter 34 of Volume Two. The remaining chapters will be updated gradually.) Thermodynamics applies in this book. You cannot regenerate mana forever. Any method of increasing one's power will gradually be discovered by others over time, causing its benefits to diminish until t 48.8kReads9.5Score9.1kShelves
- 22 An Alien Country Bumpkin Forces Me to Become a Smirking Dragon King 外星土狗逼我做歪嘴龙王 Magical realism, no System, and not a wish-fulfillment story. A Chinese teacher whose manuscript was rejected secretly studies Dragon King fiction, uncovers the secrets of the universe, gets unbelievably lucky, shocks everyone, and conquers the world! 53.3kReads8.9Score5.2kShelves
- 23 A Fleeting Moment 寸阴 [Infinite-loop adventure in the early stages + an intelligent villain + detailed supporting characters + haven't figured out the later stages yet ^_^] Urging someone to study medicine is a recipe for disaster! Even with a golden finger, you still can't overcome human nature! So let it go. Take off that white coat, as if shedding the shackles weighing you down, only to fall into a cycle, an apparently endless loop. Within the cycle of 2015, you uncover a shocking secret from hundreds of years ago 6.2kReads—Score503Shelves
- 24 Disaster-Magnet System: I Flee to Neon, While the Lighthouse Creates an Apocalypse 招灾系统：润去霓虹，灯塔造末世 [Exchange System + endless supplies + urban rise + tech emperor + sacrifice the great powers] If even Iron Man's “memories” can be exchanged for, who needs a job? Copied supplies could fill in the ocean, so who needs money? The points need “rat lives” as sacrifices, is that it? “Mr. Baka,” a super typhoon and an extreme-cold apocalypse... Wouldn't it be a waste of all this “spectacle” if I didn't sink your whole country? And as for your “daddy,” the Lighthouse Nation... The brand-new “zombie kil 1.8kReads5.9Score192Shelves
- 25 C-Rank Appraiser? I Command the Supreme Treasures of All Ages c级鉴宝？我执掌万代至尊 In the year 2012, a dark star hung in the sky, and dimensional rifts of every size tore open around the world, unleashing countless monsters. Human firearms barely harmed them. But Source Crystals began to grow all over the world, and people who came into contact with them started awakening special talents, giving humanity a way to fight back. Even so, humanity endured sixty years of darkness. It was only when the Twelve Kings of Mankind had fully come into their own that humans could stand toe 178Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Wildflowers Bloom at the World's End 末日野草开花 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 2kReads—Score197Shelves
- 27 The Dead Rise on Campus 尸起校园 No System. An ordinary person from the start. No fighting monsters and leveling up. If you like realistic portrayals of human nature in the apocalypse, come on in! Please note: this is not a brainless, lightweight novel. Human nature is portrayed realistically, and conflicts are shrouded in mystery. It follows an ordinary student from the lowest rung of society as he experiences despair during the apocalypse, searches for shelter, and gradually grows. There are no rigid moral standards here. No 13.3kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
- 28 Dragon’s Roar in the Northern Frontier 朔北龙吟 Transmigrated into a frontier army scout, he found himself facing tens of thousands of Tiele cavalry from the start. A series of covert battles and mysteries unfolds around a royal secret: twenty years ago, someone tried to force the Grand Princess into marriage. The emperor enters the game himself, pitting his wits against all the powers at play. Schemes within schemes, plots within plots, each conspiracy linked to the next. See how the protagonist faces this treacherous crisis, growing from a 17.3kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
- 29 I Am a Prophet: In the Age of Extinction 我是先知：我在灭绝纪 [Natural Disasters, Superpowers, Saving Others, A Righteous Male Lead, No Zombies, No System, No Harem, Not a Traditional Apocalypse, Some Long Chapters] Completed normally at 1.3 million words. Concise is best, and I won't waste your time! What would the world be like if natural disasters struck hundreds or thousands of times more often? Xu Xing was caught in a flood that swallowed everything, only to discover he'd transmigrated to a world where disasters could erupt at any moment. Angels with 6.3kReads9.0Score499Shelves
- 30 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. 6.7kReads8.8Score628Shelves
- 31 There's No Water Left on Red Sun Star 赤阳星没水了 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Crouching Tiger 卧虎 A hidden dragon rises from the depths and devours all things; a crouching tiger commands the mountains and guards a thousand frontiers! When I was little, the strange older girl next door always asked me to help wash her. When I got a little older, she taught me how to be a real man! Twenty years of flashing blades, eighteen years of changing seasons. The black throne may change hands, but true kingship belongs only to madmen who dare to dance with the devil! 14.8kReads7.7Score3kShelves
- 33 The Deliveryman's Strange Life 快递员的奇异人生 After overcoming one obstacle after another, they face the end of the Earth. The successive sacrifices of his friends crush the last glimmer of hope. Can a trace of humanity, lingering deep in his soul, bring the hero back and protect the ark as it sails into the vast universe? We’ll wait and see. 334Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 749 Bureau Paranormal Archives 749局灵异档案 Do you know about Bureau 749? Some say it was a secret organization directly overseen by the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, specializing in research on defense technology and the human body. Others say it was actually responsible for all sorts of cutting-edge technology, including alien technology and mysterious powers. Still others say it was a mysterious organization devoted to researching supernatural phenomena. I never knew which of these rumors were tru 2kReads8.0Score225Shelves
- 35 Doomsday Shelter 末世庇护所 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2kReads7.9Score208Shelves
- 36 Stranded in a Sick, Apocalyptic World 搁浅丧病世界 A zombie virus suddenly breaks out at a high school. The classmates who survive band together and escape the school, only to discover that the world outside has already fallen to the zombies. What will become of them? Faced with humanity's dark side, will they still hold on to their kindness? Is surviving the apocalypse really only possible by becoming ruthless and merciless, with no humanity left? Watch them find ways to enjoy themselves amid the hardships of the zombie apocalypse. Watch them l 7.8kReads8.7Score552Shelves
- 37 Mending the Heavens with One Hand 只手补天 [Invincible + Transmigration + Power Fantasy + Alternate World + Overwhelming All Opposition + Ruthless] Synopsis One: The story of a fallen prince’s rise to power. Synopsis Two: On his first day after transmigrating as the crown prince of Great Yan, his kingdom was destroyed. Fortunately, he bound himself to a high-level civilization System, gaining supercomputing power, the ability to make limitless deductions, and access to multiple levels of additional permissions. Unlock Level One: [Devour] 489Reads5.0Score105Shelves
- 38 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 18.8kReads8.8Score967Shelves
- 39 Treading the Heavens to Become a God 踏天封神 [A pure ensemble-cast story, written entirely by hand. Aside from the first chapter, which has a lot of filler to set things up, the rest is absolutely exciting. If you don’t like it, feel free to criticize me.] “When the primordial chaos was divided, three great beings appeared between heaven and earth: humans, ferocious beasts, and demons. Humans developed intelligence early, but their bodies were frail, leaving them at the bottom of the pecking order. Ferocious beasts were unenlightened, bu 813Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Thief's Way 贼道 My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer 84.1kReads9.6Score10.7kShelves
- 41 EN Apocalypse Choices: Starting with 100 Million American Cockroaches 末世选择：开局一亿只美洲大蠊 (The rating just came in and will rise.) “If you were given three bags of bread and had to choose one of the following options, which would you choose...” “A: Defeat a C-302-type apocalypse cockroach.” “B: Spend one hour in a sealed room with one hundred million American cockroaches.” In 2028, the Apocalypse Choices arrived. The uncanny invaded, monsters appeared, cities fell, and humanity was forced to abandon its homes and migrate in search of a slim chance of survival. At the same time, glowi 1.1MReads9.0Score171.7kShelves
- 42 Tales of the Shocking Shan Hai Tomb 山海惊墓录 I was born in Northeast China, at the western foot of Changbai Mountain. From there, my journey began, crossing rivers and enduring hardship. Everything started there. The strange and uncanny things I encountered in those years, I wanted to bury deep in my heart and let time wear them away. But nightmares came again and again, disturbing my sleep. Whenever I woke with a start, I often felt I could barely breathe, and the pain cut to the bone. Thinking it over, I finally decided to put pen to pap 7.7kReads7.0Score914Shelves
- 43 Tales of the Shanhai Tomb 4 山海惊墓录4 A low, eerie chuckle drifted from deep within the desolate woods. The red cloth that had been offered in worship swayed from a branch. Ancient paper ash and dying incense lay scattered on the ground, and faded red cords hung deep in the forest. It looked up at me, its mouth splitting into a grin. 406Reads—Score238Shelves
- 44 Records of the Shocking Tombs of Shan Hai 3 山海惊墓录3 Some hear breathing but cannot find its source; some see a shadow but cannot tell whether it is their own or some being from the sea. It feels neither anger nor joy. The moment you step inside, it remembers you, and you will never be able to leave. 483Reads—Score255Shelves
- 45 Tomb of Mountains and Seas 2 山海惊墓录2 Where will we end up if we keep going down? At the Earth's core? The darkness seems to cling to our skin and seep into our bones. Aren't we underground? Then why is there an endless river of stars above us? 775Reads—Score265Shelves
- 46 Rigid Justice 刻板正义 If you were born to be humanity’s savior, destined to sacrifice yourself, would you accept your mission? [Great Calamities] are extinction-level natural disasters that occur every few years: tsunamis, meteorites, swarms of insects, collapsing stars. Only the most powerful superhuman, known as [Justice], can end them by offering up their life. Against this backdrop, humanity has developed all kinds of unique social systems, and the world’s balance of power and relations between nations have bec 698Reads8.6Score106Shelves
- 47 The Zombie Horde: Walking Alongside Despair 尸潮，与绝望同行 [Zombies]+ [No Stockpiling]+ [A Realistic Apocalypse]+ [Multiple Storylines]+ [Ordinary People Fighting to Survive]+ [No Harem]+ [No Special Abilities]+ [No System]+ [No Evolution]+ [No Rebirth] On a sunny afternoon, an ordinary traffic jam turns out to be the beginning of a terrifying crisis. Within hours, Ningcheng, a city of over a million people, is plunged into an unprecedented catastrophe. The streets teem with man-eating zombies, and the despairing cries of humanity echo overhead. This is 364Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Land of the Radiant Dead: Earth's Trial Ground 灿烂尸生之地球试炼场 No transmigration, no rebirth: he turns into a zombie from the start. No revenge, no betrayal: he only wants to survive. Go abroad, hold nothing back: kill humans and zombies alike. Superpowers that level up, with no class restrictions. No System, no favoritism toward the protagonist, and keep yourself in check. The apocalypse arrives, and Earth becomes a trial ground for a higher civilization. Wei Xinwu turns into a zombie from the start. Under the human army's purge, ordinary zombies have no h 1.1kReads8.9Score100Shelves
- 49 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 2.6kReads9.1Score365Shelves
- 50 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 2, A Lonely Road to Immortality 修真文明指南——序章2，仙途陌路 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 2, The Immortal Path Diverges 768Reads—Score105Shelves
