Novels like Working Diligently in the Post-Apocalypse
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Working Diligently in the Post-Apocalypse, best match first.
- 1 Global Blackout: Back to the Age of Cold Weapons 全球断电：重返冷兵器时代 [No System, no rebirth, no showing off and humiliating others, not a power fantasy. The story of an ordinary person surviving in a time of chaos.] When electricity vanished worldwide and gunpowder and fuel stopped working, Xia Zhi carved out a kingdom in the midst of chaos with nothing but a bow. With transportation and communications cut off, humanity's ambitions began to grow. Everyone wanted to be emperor; even a village chief dared to call himself king. Xia Zhi had wanted to stay home in the 6.3kReads8.2Score47014d adds
- 2 The Apocalypse Broke Out the Day My Senior Confessed to Me 学姐向我表白当天，末世爆发了 Qin Feng, who died after being surrounded by zombies, is sent back by the System to five years earlier, before the apocalypse broke out. His upperclasswoman, who has been secretly in love with him, finally makes her move and confesses. But disaster strikes soon after, and Qin Feng gathers his family so they can survive together in their residential compound. With the System’s help, Qin Feng makes the compound his base, grows crops, stockpiles supplies, hunts zombies, and keeps countless people a 3.6kReads8.6Score44914d adds
- 3 Tycoon: The All-Purpose System Blown in by the Wind! 神豪：大风刮来的全能系统！ After being cheated on, Jing Xingchen awakens an all-powerful System in the midst of a raging storm, one that will turn his life upside down! Its eight features give Jing Xingchen a foothold in this world and help him climb step by step to become the world’s richest man! Divine blessings? Got them! Daily sign-in at a chosen location? Got it! Perfect lottery draws? Got them! Incredible technology? Absolutely! Predicting a fortune? Easy! Invincible swaps? Amazing! Vicious curses? How wonderful!! U 37.7kReads9.0Score2.8k14d adds
- 4 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 13.5kReads8.9Score1.3k14d adds
- 5 Doomsday Survival: The Zombie Tide Surges 末日生存： 尸潮涌动 [Survival + zombies + no System + no saintly protagonist + no harem + no female lead] In 2044, a global catastrophe struck. With zombies running rampant, Han Shuo had no choice but to take up his Tang sword and join the fight! In this apocalypse, watch Han Shuo struggle to survive, one step at a time. Note: This is not a purely bleak story. The protagonist is cold-hearted, but he does not kill indiscriminately! It tells the story of an ordinary man who relies on his wits, awareness, and resource 23.6kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 6 In the Apocalypse, I'm the Only One Zombies Don't Attack 末世之只有我不被丧尸攻击 [A completed classic Western fantasy novel] [A new novel from a veteran author, guaranteed quality] Bai Yin is a high school student who secretly works in the criminal underworld. He was planning to visit his younger sister, who had been adopted. Unexpectedly, he transmigrates to a parallel world. The apocalypse arrives, and zombies break out. As humanity becomes zombie food: "Ding! System bound successfully!" "Kill ten zombies to obtain the Zombie Friend ability!" Bai Yin becomes the only human 1.4kReads9.3Score19714d adds
- 7 One Man, One Dog, One Zombie 一人一狗一丧尸 [No superpowers + no System + plot-focused + no harem] Huang Jin, a young man who secretly worked in a specialized line of business, received a call from his boss at the beginning of the zombie outbreak. His boss ordered him to stay put in C City and wait for the organization to rescue him. But time passed, and after waiting for two whole years, Huang Jin still saw no sign of anyone from the organization. He decided to head to Z City, where his boss was, on his own. Along the way, he came across 35.5kReads9.4Score3.4k14d adds
- 8 Dawn Tower 黎明塔 They're here! They're here! A shocking conspiracy is looming over the entire world! Natural and man-made disasters, with zombies everywhere! Please don't lose yourself in the darkness! May the dawn's light shine forever! 55.8kReads9.3Score4.3k14d adds
- 9 I’m the Only One in the World Without Powers 全世界只有我没有异能 The apocalypse arrives, and after destruction comes new life. Everyone gains special abilities, while Li Chang'an, who has none, lives like a beast. Some teach him to be kind to others; others teach him to fight his way to a better world. Little by little, he comes to believe that there is light even in the darkness. Though the road is hard, he still wants to become one of the strongest, standing at the very top. But one day, the light vanishes before his eyes. 5.1kReads9.4Score78514d adds
- 10 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 26.8kReads8.9Score2.4k14d adds
- 11 EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 The print edition of The Voyage of the Dread Sea is now available on major platforms. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu Mythos] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a global seafaring survival game. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves and is almost impossible to spot. Like the Ironhead, with its massive ram and a charge that n 271.4kReads9.4Score27.8k14d adds
- 12 EN The Creatures That We Are 异兽迷城 Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6k14d adds
- 13 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
