Novels like Before Nightfall
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- 51 The Apocalypse: What's Wrong with the Stunning Goddess? 末日，极品女神怎么了？ When the apocalypse hits, office worker Mo Yu and his stunning boss are trapped in their company building. When it comes down to life or death, what does it matter that she’s a stunning goddess...? Multiple heroines, so please don’t flame me. Many thanks. 1.9kReads6.3Score10014d adds
- 52 Apocalypse Prison System: Taking In Goddesses Makes Me Stronger 末日囚笼系统：收留女神就变强 My new work is out! Welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score214d adds
- 53 In the Apocalypse, I Found a Doomsday Revolver 末日之我捡到一把末日左轮 [Apocalyptic rebirth + recruiting battle maidens + stockpiling supplies in a pocket dimension + ruthless decisiveness + no bleeding-heart heroics + building a faction + mastermind behind the scenes + nonstop wish fulfillment] After dying a tragic death in his previous life, Ji Ran returns to life two hours after the apocalypse begins, burning with an all-consuming desire for revenge! From the start, he awakens an against-the-heavens “holy and demonic dual cultivation” System and gains a divine, 8Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 54 Apocalyptic Water World: From the Start, I Salvage a Urine Filter 末世水世界：开局打捞尿液过滤器 [Apocalypse] [Water World] + [No Female Lead] + [Leveling Up] + [Decisive and Ruthless] No female lead! No female lead!! No female lead!!! But the protagonist isn't impotent, so don't worry about that. The Water World Apocalypse arrives, submerging all the land on Earth. Humanity takes refuge in a single skyscraper. Your floor represents your status: the upper floors are rich in supplies, while those below struggle to survive. Lu Zhou transmigrated to the Water World two years ago. No System, no 131Reads—Score614d adds
- 55 The Iron-Blooded God Emperor 铁血神帝 The apocalypse arrived. Zombies and mutant beasts ran rampant, while humanity secured a foothold by relying on awakened abilities and exoskeleton mechs. The young Kong Yun unexpectedly awakened a metal-based ability. From then on, the world was thrown into turmoil as he embarked on the path to becoming a mighty ability user, and even uncovered an astonishing secret from human history. 1.1kReads7.6Score13114d adds
- 56 The End: A Journey with Nowhere to Go 末路：道尽途穷 [No supernatural powers, no stockpiling, not a wish-fulfillment story. Don't read if that's not your thing.] Qingzhou and Jiujin meet half a month before the apocalypse breaks out. Half a month later, they set off on a desperate escape. Along the way, they encounter all kinds of stories, and gradually uncover the cause of the apocalypse... When faced with the world's final doomsday, what will they do... Will Earth be destroyed once and for all? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Apocalypse Journal: The Flames of War Are Coming, Head West! 末日笔记：战火来袭，一路向西！ [No rebirth, no revenge, no superpowers, no pocket dimension, no zombies] A realistic apocalypse story! On an ordinary weekend, you're relaxing with a beer. Then disaster strikes, reducing the city you live in to scorched earth. You return to your hometown, only to find its streets completely deserted! Order gradually collapses, and the darkness of human nature comes to light! Amid the devastation of a nuclear wasteland, how will you struggle to survive... And stay alive!!! 364Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Apocalypse Sequence: I Use Blind Boxes to Fight the Uncanny 末日序列：我用盲盒对抗诡异 [Coming-of-age + road survival + mildly satisfying + ensemble cast + the uncanny + sequences] The uncanny descended upon the world, human cities fell, and the survivors set out on a journey of migration. Humanity's conventional and advanced weapons were powerless against the uncanny. Only the extraordinary powers of the legendary Sequences could stand a chance against them. With the help of a blind-box System, Shen Xiaofan grows from a reckless boy who lost his mother into a pillar of strength f 331Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The Apocalypse Is Here, and This Stay-at-Home Mom Wins by Stockpiling Supplies 末世来临，全职宝妈靠囤货躺赢 [Apocalypse + hoarding + not invincible + System space + infrastructure building] There is no male lead at the beginning, but the heroine has admirers. A few things to know: The heroine is not invincible. She has flaws and makes mistakes, but keeps growing, and the story has a happy ending. After ten years as a full-time mom, she discovered her husband was cheating and her in-laws were impossible. When the apocalypse arrived, she survived alone with her child for six years, only to be devoured b 792Reads8.9Score12114d adds
- 60 A Powerful Figure Who Emerged from the Apocalypse 末世中走出来的强者 (Reborn + apocalypse + System + character growth + wish fulfillment + unconventional) [This is a wish-fulfillment novel, but not a mindless one. It's also a story about people banding together to survive the apocalypse. The plot doesn't move too fast, and there's no abusive drama or torture of the protagonist. Enjoy!] Ye Fan had a System, yet spent ten years scraping by in the apocalypse because he couldn't meet the conditions needed to activate it. What? Sacrificing the protagonist can activate 725Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 61 I Turned Back the Clock in the Blizzard Apocalypse 我在暴雪末世开历史倒车 Invincible protagonist, female characters, post-apocalyptic power struggle, no dumbing down, a touch of ensemble cast, no brainless villains, and no neighborhood tough-guy nonsense. A blizzard descends, firearms stop working, and monsters in the snow begin hunting humans. “When storms rise from the earth, heroes emerge from piles of bones!” Zhou Ran raises his arms and leads humanity out of the apocalypse to rebuild civilization. In such extraordinary circumstances, only an extraordinary system 158Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 My First Time with a Ghostly Older Sister 第一次与女鬼姐姐 My First Encounter with a Ghostly Sister 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Improving Milk Tea Efficiency in the Deep Freeze Apocalypse 极寒末世，提高奶茶利用率 Making the Most of Milk Tea in an Icebound Apocalypse 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Apocalypse: A Hundred Million in Supplies Every Day, More Than I Can Spend 末世：每天一亿物资，根本花不完 [Unlimited Supplies + Multiple Heroines + System + Superpowers + Mutant Beasts + Dark Themes + No Cheating at the Start] The whole world was suddenly shrouded in white mist. Supplies ran short, and mutated creatures roamed everywhere, but Zhang Fan awakened a System that automatically gave him a hundred million supplies every day! While everyone else struggled to survive, Zhang Fan enjoyed life in his shelter, surrounded by gorgeous actresses, female teachers, policewomen, school beauties, Japan 6.4kReads6.1Score79114d adds
- 65 Natural Disasters and the Apocalypse: I Have a Capsule House 天灾末世，我有一座胶囊屋 [Apocalyptic Disasters + Rebirth + Spatial Storage + Capsule House + Hoarding Supplies + Pets + Daily Life] On the tenth day of the apocalypse, Su Keke was forcibly kicked out of her home by her adoptive parents and younger sister. The reason? They wanted one less person consuming supplies, even though Su Keke had only been eating one piece of bread a day. Grandma Qiao, who wasn’t related to Su Keke by blood, took her in during a rainstorm. From then on, the two relied on each other to survive t 371Reads6.3Score10014d adds
- 66 Apocalypse: A Hundredfold Return 末世：亿倍返还 [Apocalypse from the start]• [Conquest of the universe]• [Multiple heroines]• [System space]• [Otherworldly space]• [Decisive and ruthless]• [New maps] Wang Kun, an ambitious young man, is randomly selected by a System and brought to a parallel world. The apocalypse hits from the start, but armed with weapons and equipment from the System, Wang Kun crushes everything in his path! When extraterrestrial life appears, the upgrade potions gifted by the System keep Wang Kun far ahead of everyone else 177Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Doomsday Makes Tough Men 末日出狠人 An apocalypse zombie story. No System, no harem, no transmigration, and there’s a military force. In the first volume, the story shifts to an apocalyptic setting, and the protagonist joins the military. In the second volume, he builds up a large force and farms points in a low-level game. In the third volume, the military takes the protagonist into high-level battles, and he finally earns a place at the table. The fourth volume is omitted. After a major battle against the zombies, the military’s 1.1kReads7.0Score10114d adds
- 68 Zombie Apocalypse: Your Teammates Aren't Human 丧尸末日：你的队友不是人 [Apocalypse + zombies + no System. There will be evolution, but no magical duels or anything like that, just physical enhancement] On the first day after graduating from the police academy, Ye Fan accompanies Officer Zhang to arrest a “lunatic.” In the sixth-floor living room, a man in a tank top kneels on the floor, gnawing on a corpse. His blue-gray hands tear through flesh, the crunch of bones louder than the sirens. This isn’t a drug addict. It’s a zombie. In the apocalypse, impostors lurk a 802Reads7.0Score10214d adds
- 69 The Cold Wave Is Here: A Spatial Fortress and a Dream Start 寒流降临，空间，堡垒，天胡开局 (Apocalypse + Reborn + Spatial Powers + The Only Ability User + Lone Wolf + One Female Lead) The Ice Age arrives, and nine out of ten living things perish! Liu Kai is manipulated by a vicious, fake-sweet woman into agreeing to join an expedition in search of a new home. But when he steps through the doors of the so-called expedition, he is greeted by sharp butcher’s blades hacking at “two-legged sheep.” Reborn before the apocalypse. Not only does Liu Kai gain the mysterious power to manipulate s 3.7kReads6.9Score22514d adds
- 70 Jiang Jiang’s Apocalypse Survival Guide 姜姜的末日生存指南 [Apocalypse + transmigration + no System + no golden finger + special abilities + some graphic content + ensemble cast] The male and female leads have no romance, because the heroine is underage. (Whispering.) There’s a side couple, and the worldbuilding is a little confusing. All are welcome. The leads transmigrate to a fictional alternate world, whose rules are very different from those of our reality. Welcome, everyone! I hope you enjoy reading. Your support is what keeps me going. About how 4Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 71 The Last Joys of Doomsday: Traveling with a Pretty Young Woman 末日余欢，我与小姐姐一路同行 Earth is not our home. It is a carefully constructed prison. When a meteor shower streaks across the night sky, it brings no romance. Instead, it tolls the death knell announcing the start of humanity's extermination plan. A bioweapon virus from a higher-dimensional civilization turns 90% of the world's population into the walking dead within three months. This is no natural disaster, but a systematic extermination of the “old inhabitants.” Li Xiang, Lin Sa, Liu Chunxia, Tong Yi, A Rong... A gro 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 My Struggles in the Apocalypse 我在末世摸爬滚打的日子 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 167Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 The Outbreak: A Road to Escape 尸变，逃亡之路 (Classic zombie story + road trip + no System + no pocket dimension + no golden finger + cautious, step-by-step survival + two female leads) Su Zhe is an ordinary man who happened to survive the outbreak of the zombie virus. With exceptional composure and ruthlessness, he seizes the fleeting chance before the troops seal off the city and escapes. He's no savior, and he has no System golden finger from the heavens. His only goal is to survive, no matter what it takes! 2.2kReads7.3Score14514d adds
- 74 Doomsday Descends: The World Enters the Age of Super Mecha 末日降临：全球进入超神机甲时代 [Apocalypse + sci-fi + mechs + high-octane action + thrilling power fantasy] Ning Tian, the first commander of the Snow Leopard Guardians, slept for five hundred years. Upon awakening, he bonds with the Revelation Sign-In System and obtains a god-tier mech. From then on, the whole world is his enemy, and no one can defeat him. Over five hundred years, genetic mutations have run rampant, and monsters have overrun the world. Blue Star, humanity's home, lies in ruins. The Apocalypse is imminent, a 28Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 75 The Paper-Doll Kid Becomes an Apocalypse Big Shot 纸片人崽崽成了末世大佬 [Gaming + character raising + storage space + hoarding supplies + shelter construction + farming] On a coworker's recommendation, Xiyue started playing a game called Doomsday Rebirth. Each little character had their own charm, but she liked her very own one best: arrogant yet easily embarrassed. She'd log in now and then to tease him. Who knew that her mom-fan feelings would turn into a girlfriend's, and that her little character would tease her right back! Could she put up with that? Of course 166Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 76 Living Better in the Apocalypse 末世活的更好 (Apocalypse + Reborn + Spatial Ability + Stockpiling + Lone-Wolf Female Lead + Pets + No Zombies + No Virus) Reborn with a storage space in this life, she endures extreme cold, torrential rain, extreme heat, endless nights, endless days, earthquakes, super tsunamis... 506Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 77 The Endless Road of Corpses 无尽尸路 (Published title: Return to Dawn) The Ebola virus continues to rage, three Malaysia Airlines passenger planes crash one after another, and oil prices suddenly plummet... After a series of bizarre upheavals, the zombie crisis erupts without warning. The protagonist and his companions must not only evade the immediate threat of zombies and struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic world where modern civilization has collapsed, but also keep searching for the source of the undead. Is it the greates 59Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 78 Doomsday: The Saintess Terminator 末日之圣母终结者 Have you ever imagined that one day, the zombie scenes from movies might spill into reality? When the world has been utterly devastated, will you have the courage to face it? When the apocalypse really comes, what will this world have to offer? No supernatural powers, no spiritual qi revival, and no high-level martial arts. All that remains for humanity are hordes of the walking dead, mutated beasts and birds of prey, extreme weather, and one forbidden zone after another left behind by nuclear w 240Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 79 In the Flooded Apocalypse, I Have a Floating Island 暴雨末世，我有一座浮空岛 A Floating Island in a World Ended by Torrential Rain 50Reads—Score114d adds
- 80 Apocalyptic Spirit Book: I Am the Source of Disaster 末世灵书：我就是灾难之源 Not your traditional System, no zombie siege, and no main storyline about hoarding supplies Infinite worlds + wild imagination + a different kind of apocalypse This story follows Zhang Mingtian, who obtains a mystical book. It can give the doomed world he lives in a chance of survival. That chance comes from letting the mystical book create the cause of the world’s destruction instead. Zhang Mingtian must clear the trials set by the book. All kinds of natural disasters and monsters will descend —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Life After Getting Caught for Dropping Out 辍学后被抓的日子 The Days After I Was Caught for Dropping Out of School 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Ling Cage: Dust Star Defies Fate 灵笼：尘星逆命 Yu Fan transmigrated into the world of Ling Cage and became an ordinary Dust Dweller, awakening in a post-apocalyptic cage overrun by Devourers. Wielding technology as his blade and cultivation as his flame, he breaks the shackles of the Lighthouse’s three iron laws and joins Mark and Bai Yuekui in uncovering the truth behind the Mana Ecology. From an iron cage to a lunar base, from a starfleet to the Dao Evolution Civilization, humanity achieves collective ascension through technology and culti 1.7kReads8.1Score13914d adds
- 83 Apocalypse: From the Start, I Blast Zombies with a Shotgun 末世：开局一把喷子打爆丧尸 [Apocalypse + Escape + Zombies + Strong Male and Female Leads + Escape from Tarkov + Dark Zone Breakout (doge)] Liu Yingyang is a third-year college student. While returning to campus, he also goes to help train the second-year students who missed freshman military training for certain reasons. But on the final day of training, just as he is about to say goodbye to the instructors, he wakes to find the world transformed. All internet and communications stopped working four hours ago, and just th 3kReads8.4Score24114d adds
- 84 The Apocalypse's Powerful Men Spoil the Sweet, Delicate Beauty 娇软美人被末世大佬宠上瘾 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Apocalypse: The Era of the Gods 末世：诸神纪元 [Apocalypse]+ [Everyone awakens a talent]+ [Kill zombies and get loot]+ [Adventure]+ [Decisive and ruthless] A brief note about the story: This is not a reborn novel! So I can’t tell you in advance why zombies appeared, why dungeons appeared, or how the levels are divided, since the protagonist isn’t reborn. All these mysteries will be solved as the protagonist explores the Apocalypse. About the protagonist: Male, born November 11, 1997, Scorpio. About the heroines: Three in all, two mature wome 53Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 86 The Deep Freeze Apocalypse: I Get Stronger by Taking Wives 极寒末日：娶妻就能变强 [Natural Disasters and the Apocalypse + Reborn + Stockpiling Supplies + Shelter + Villain] Lin Jiu'an died in an extreme-cold apocalypse and unexpectedly came back to life at the very beginning of the end of the world. He gained a Revitalization System: as long as he revitalizes his clan, it can descend into the world. A billion cubic meters of space, plus all kinds of superpowers. Food and supplies: while everyone else was fretting over how to survive temperatures of forty or fifty degrees belo 90Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 87 Chronicles of a Wasteland Rat: Bloodsong of the Plague 废土老鼠编年史：瘟疫血歌 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 3.2kReads9.0Score25514d adds
- 88 Reborn: The Apocalypse Arrives 重生之末世降临 If I had another life, I would trample the heavens beneath my feet, shatter the earth and turn it into the sky, grind every monster underfoot to dust, and make all the gods in heaven vanish into nothing. I am Wang Yi, and I was reborn before the apocalypse arrived... 1.8kReads7.9Score11114d adds
- 89 Reborn in the Apocalypse: Building the Strongest Base 重生末世打造最强基地 The rating is low because it was only just rated. Stockpile a trillion in supplies and ascend to godhood in the Apocalypse. Reborn + Apocalypse setting + storage space + early stockpiling + multiple female leads + superhumans + infrastructure building + mysterious powers + ascending to godhood in the later Apocalypse Chen Tian is reborn with a storage space. All he wants is to keep his parents safe and alive, so he builds his own power base… Early on, he stockpiles supplies and takes revenge on 525Reads6.5Score10114d adds
- 90 Global Darkness: While Everyone Else Fights to Survive, You Throw Punches? 全球黑暗：别人求生你打拳？ [Apocalypse Survival + No System + No Saintly Heroics + Decisive and Ruthless + Supernatural Golden Finger] The sun disappears, plunging the world into darkness as giant spiders invade. Chen Jianghai learns of the apocalypse in advance through a jade pendant. While everyone else struggles desperately to survive the dark apocalypse, he has already stockpiled abundant supplies and obtained a miraculous cultivation manual. With the might of a Fist Emperor, he rises to the top of the apocalypse. “Wh 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 I’m Done Holding Back in the Apocalypse. If You Don’t Like It, Let’s Fight 老娘在末世不装了，看不惯就干吧 [Alien heroine, top-tier powers, strictly business, male lead, not an arrogant overpowered hero, a major who puts herself on the line for the people.] [Both leads are cool and distant, putting country and family before romance. Guaranteed face-slapping of scumbags, with a little warmth.] The apocalypse has arrived. What does that have to do with aliens?! The heroine Bai Ting, blessed by a god-tier civilization, uses her infinite-reset rebirth ability to return to different points in time and sp 372Reads9.0Score10014d adds
- 92 Water-Burial Planet 水葬星 A first-person post-apocalyptic survival story, creating an immersive sense of the unknown. The early stages focus on surviving alone, while the middle and later stages center on a large cast, outsmarting opponents, and political scheming. After a massive tsunami strikes Earth, Chen Zhuo, a deep-sea salvage diver, is forced aboard a colony ship, only to become a test subject for biotechnology. The ship crashes on an alien planet covered by a vast ocean, and he is one of the few survivors. With a 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 The Apocalypse Without Hoarding Supplies: A Creation Myth 末日不囤物资之创世传说 This is an apocalyptic world of bloodshed and brutality, where source energy has returned! Apocalyptic survival + sexy beauties + source energy's return + martial arts cultivation + saving the people + building a faction + unifying the world! Peng Zhong wakes alone in the ruins, surrounded by shattered walls and rubble. This strange, terrifying place is impossible for him to accept as his new world. As heavy rain pours down, he grips a wooden stick and walks alone through the downpour, penniles 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Apocalypse Rebirth: From Stockpiling Supplies to Building the Far East’s First City 末世重生：从囤货到远东第一城 This book is also known as: “Reborn in the Apocalypse: From Stockpiling Supplies to the First City in the Far East” [No zombies] [Slow-paced, not a power fantasy] [Building a home] After a giant star crashed into the sea, extreme cold, endless nights, scorching heat, dense fog, plagues, famine, and beast hordes all followed one after another. The apocalypse came, civilization was nearly wiped out, and social order vanished. Reborn, Ye Han stockpiles supplies and travels across the country in sea 476Reads7.9Score10114d adds
- 95 Surviving the Zombie Horde: Our Whole Family in the Apocalypse 尸潮求生：我们全家在末世 [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 647Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 96 Judge of the Apocalypse 末世裁决者 A vast torrent of energy from heaven and earth floods into Earth, and the apocalypse erupts, plunging everything into darkness. There are no zombies here, but there are even more powerful mutants and creatures from other planes. Here, blood is the prevailing color; slaughter is the norm; and death is the best destination! Chen Zhan is reborn and returns, wanting only to grow stronger, protect his family, and take revenge, both physically and emotionally, on the woman from his previous life who w 169Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 97 Doomsday Rebirth: Revenge Can't Wait, I'll Strike Back on the Spot 末日重生：有仇不隔夜，当场报 [Superpowers + Zombie Apocalypse + No Dumbing Down + Conquest + Multiple Heroines] Xiong Chumo is reborn three days before the apocalypse begins. After awakening the Devour ability, he uses his knowledge of the future to build up his strength quickly and stay one step ahead. Each time his Devour ability levels up, he can devour one other ability. “Hm? In my previous life, this guy was a base leader. He absolutely cannot be allowed to live!” “Your Dragon King ability is mine now!” Using the Drago 1.2kReads6.0Score11414d adds
- 98 My Doomsday Girls’ Legion 我的末日女子军团 I am the strongest man in the apocalypse. This end of the world is my paradise, and I can do whatever I want… 238Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 99 The Apocalypse Arrives, and My Storage Space Can Level Up 末世来临，我的储物空间能升级 (A growth-type System, stockpiling weapons, easygoing style, multiple heroines) In 2089, Japan lands on the moon. A year later, an unknown virus spreads across the Blue Star, and overnight, zombies run rampant. As the zombie outbreak begins, Zhou Ning binds himself to a spatial System with the help of a blue stone he obtained by chance. In this apocalyptic world, where human hearts are treacherous and danger lurks everywhere, Zhou Ning says, “Did you think the tens of thousands of rocket-propell 422Reads—Score10014d adds
- 100 Apocalypse: The Age of Superpowers 末世之异能纪元 After the nuclear blast, survivors huddle in underground cities, believing they are their last refuge. They have no idea this is a carefully designed cage. Espers, mutants, New Humans... The truth of the apocalypse is nothing more than a cruel “evolution game.” Lin Yi, an ordinary man on the brink of death, awakens an unprecedented psychic ability in the depths of despair. His invisible, intangible clones are more devious than spies and deadlier than throwing knives. He can control an entire bat 172Reads8.8Score—14d adds
