Novels like The Guard Corps: The Zombie Era
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- 101 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 16kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 102 Apocalypse: The Years We Spent Coasting 末世:混日子的那些年 [Apocalypse + System + Decisive and Ruthless + Humanity + Childhood Sweethearts] (All the events described in this synopsis unfold after Chapter 350. The System only provides support in the early stages, and its effects aren’t very powerful. If that’s not for you, you’ve been warned!) After dying, Lu Ning, an eighth-tier evolver in his previous life, returns to the time before the apocalypse. When he sees once more the girl who died before his eyes, Lu Ning swears he will protect her with all 200Reads8.6Score6314d adds
- 103 Transmigrated into the Most Hated Girl, the Pretty Cannon Fodder Is Stolen Away by a Madman 穿成万人嫌，漂亮炮灰被疯批强夺 [Post-apocalypse + love at first sight + coercive possessiveness + universally hated to universally adored + lots of headcanon + SC] [Violent, top-tier madman vs. seemingly innocent, calculating beauty in poor health] Jiang Shili, a top weapons designer at a research institute, has been frail and sickly since childhood. After dying from overwork while staying up late to work on a design, she transmigrates into a universally hated cannon-fodder villainess in a post-apocalyptic novel. In the book, 12.9kReads8.9Score1.3k14d adds
- 104 Cataclysm: Everyone in the World Has Gone Blind Except Me 灾变：除我以外，全球人类失明了 The sky shattered, and humanity across the globe went blind. Everyone became sightless! Chen Ran: “Am I the only one who can see now?” But this was only the beginning of Earth's death. One apocalypse after another followed: a jungle apocalypse, a fog, a mirror in the sky, a future water world… And Chen Ran was the only one who knew what was coming. 501Reads8.8Score13414d adds
- 105 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
- 106 Global Cataclysm: Building Noah's Ark from the Start 全球灾变：开局建造诺亚方舟 Qin Bin is reborn and awakens a God-Tier Apocalypse Survival System. The apocalypse is just three months away! Three months from now, disasters will strike one after another: an asteroid impact, global mega-tsunamis, frequent earthquakes, an ice age, mutated life forms, a biological crisis, and more! Faced with catastrophe, he buys a beat-up cargo ship from the start and sets out to upgrade it into an apocalypse survival vessel, Noah’s Ark! Diesel engine to nuclear engine, then a fusion engine, 3.8kReads8.6Score26114d adds
- 107 The Apocalypse: The Female Lead Returns with Her Spatial Realm 末世之女主她带着空间杀回来了 [Apocalypse + reborn + personal space + strong female lead + strong male lead] In her previous life, Luo Ning was as if drugged, blinded to right and wrong. Lin Yinyin, a woman who had transmigrated into a book, led her around by the nose. Her family, friends, and everyone who loved her were all killed. She herself met a fate of humiliation and a gruesome death. The wicked went unpunished, and even Heaven seemed unable to bear it any longer. It sent her back to two months before the apocalypse, 7kReads9.0Score68514d adds
- 108 The Doomsday Hourglass 末日沙漏 10.3kReads7.6Score69314d adds
- 109 Doomsday: I Can Summon an Iron Tide 末世之我能召唤钢铁洪流 [Apocalypse + survival + zombies + System + army-building + savior + no female lead + ruthless action + government official + modern military + hard-core military] In 2025, a mysterious virus swept across the globe, turning vast numbers of infected people into zombies. Lu Cheng, an armed forces minister in a county, obtained a war System modeled on the game "World in Conflict". In Lanzhou, Gansu Province, he summoned a modern army, fought off wave after wave of zombies, built up a northwestern f 1.7kReads9.2Score11214d adds
- 110 A Soft, Sweet Little Dumpling Farms with Her Space and Turns the Whole Apocalypse Upside Down 软糯团子带空间种田炸翻了全末世 [Apocalypse]+ [Interstellar]+ [Adventure]+ [Sweet romance]+ [Not a strong female lead] Yuan Yuan, who had been imprisoned for a long time, is reborn after an explosion in the underground world. After escaping, she thinks she'll have to spend the rest of her life on the run, but then she meets Fu Chen, the great hero she saw on TV in her previous life. Overjoyed, she joins him, only to discover that he isn't a hero at all. He's a short-tempered, irritable demon! Fu Chen curls his lips into a fain 5.4kReads9.3Score62714d adds
- 111 Red Alert: Commander of the Apocalypse 红警之末世指挥官 The apocalypse is full of danger, but Su Chen isn’t worried. With the Red Alert System, he has every reason to be confident. You say you have lots of weapons? Sorry, I have more weapons than I can use. Ever heard of a weather control device? You say mutant beasts are powerful? Good timing: my super-soldiers have just been born, and they haven’t had a taste of battle yet. Su Chen looks up at the sky. “Earth was never my goal. My goal is the sea of stars!” 3.2kReads8.6Score49214d adds
- 112 Apocalypse! Reborn as a Cat, I’m Taken in by a Powerful Big Shot 末世！重生成猫后我被大佬饲养了 [Apocalypse + space + zombies + natural disasters + superpowers + sweet romance + a little mind-reading] [Raise a cat early on, then dote on your wife later] [Strong male lead, delicate female lead] Female lead's perspective: Wen Shu is reborn as an adorable munchkin cat. Her owner is tall, handsome, worth over a hundred million, and a total cat person, so Wen Shu happily decides to lie flat and enjoy the good life. But after only a few days, her owner tells her that this is actually an apocaly 6.8kReads8.9Score80814d adds
- 113 Apocalypse: Wilderness Survival from the Start 末世：开局荒野求生 The survivors of the apocalypse endure a grueling stretch of time. As they struggle to fill their stomachs, they search the wilderness for the dignity they've lost, piece together the memories of civilization, and press on toward hope. 69kReads9.3Score4.7k14d adds
- 114 From the Start, I Reported Everything and Built the World with Summoned Players 开局上交：我靠召唤玩家搞基建 [No CP] [World-Building] [Fourth-Dimensional Disaster] [Players] [Zombies] [Undead] [Ensemble Cast] [Behind-the-Scenes Boss] #IWantToHandOverAnotherWorld# The moment Yun Lan suddenly gained a small world, she came clean to the state! After that, an unprecedented full-dive game, Zombie Nation, officially launched online! -- Before the game launched -- Netizens: Fake! Fake! Fake! A scam to fleece us! -- After the game launched -- Netizens: Give me an invite! Give me an invite! Hurry up and open th 18.1kReads9.1Score1.8k14d adds
- 115 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 1.3kReads9.3Score21014d adds
- 116 A Doomsday Guide to Raising the Beloved of the Group 末世团宠饲养指南 [Apocalypse + Two Powerful Leads + 1v1 Sweet Romance + Zombies + Pocket Dimension + Superpowers] After ten years of cultivation, the little cat demon Yan Ning had only just managed to take human form when she arrived in the human world and discovered that everything had changed. The apocalypse had arrived, and zombies were everywhere. But all she wanted was to cuddle up with her caretaker. So why was he looking at her more and more strangely the longer they cuddled? “Yan Ning, how about one more 7.3kReads9.1Score98114d adds
- 117 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
- 118 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
- 119 Little Zombie, I’ve Been Kept by a Crazy Villain! 小尸尸我啊！被疯批反派圈养了 [Zombie heroine + villain male lead + spoiled antics + goofy comedy + supernatural powers + System + powerful characters + sweet romance] The male lead is a villain, not a good person, and has no sense of morality. Don’t read if that bothers you. The heroine is a zombie, a goofball and a total clown. # Sweet Wine, now a zombie, stares at the street full of the walking dead with a look of utter despair. She’s arrived in this post-apocalyptic world with just one mission: bite the villain and turn 17.3kReads9.0Score2.1k14d adds
- 120 From the Start, I Get Everything for Free, Adopt Adorable Beasts, and Make the Apocalypse Cozy 开局零元购，收萌兽，温馨度末世 [Post-Apocalypse + Rebirth + Adorable Beasts + Space + Decisive and Ruthless + Strong Female Lead with No Romance + Beast Speech] Surviving the apocalypse was no easy feat. Over ten years, Ning Ke suffered countless setbacks and injuries, only to be betrayed just as she was about to make it through. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the early days of the apocalypse, and her space and supplies from her previous life had come back with her. Using her memories of her past life, sh 8.1kReads9.3Score1k14d adds
- 121 Reborn at the End of the World: Nirvana 末世重生之涅槃 Five years into the apocalypse, humanity has lost its soul. Lin Luan doesn’t die at the hands of zombies, but falls victim to her companions’ greed. When she opens her eyes again, she’s back six years earlier. The apocalypse hasn’t begun yet, and the family and friends who truly cared for her are still alive... She’ll make up for the mistakes of her past life in this one. Reborn from the ashes, she vows to be the one holding the knife, never the one at its mercy. She’ll do everything she can to 4.8kReads8.9Score41214d adds
- 122 Wasteland Survival: I Can Summon Players 废土求生：我能召唤玩家 In the ruins left by the catastrophe, human factions reorganize. Immortals with mechanical bodies, gene warriors from Dawn City, mechs atop the Beacon of Civilization, and more... After Su Chen is bitten by a zombie, he awakens a Tinder Chip and uses it to summon players from Blue Star. From then on, a mysterious faction swiftly rises in the wasteland. They cannot be killed, fear nothing, and even dare to bite zombies back! They're clever, stay up all night grinding away, and will even raid a mo 10.3kReads9.3Score82314d adds
- 123 The Apocalypse Arrives: The System Forces Me to Become a Landlady 末世来临：系统逼我当包租婆 The day before the apocalypse, Jiang Li was forced to bind herself to a system. This mysterious creature, which called itself a rental system, immediately made a grand gesture and gave her an entire apartment complex. The System waved its little whip. “Our goal is to become the most famous landlady in the world!” Jiang Li: “What the hell?” The serious version: When the apocalypse arrives, humanity faces a fight for survival. A place untouched by zombies becomes especially precious. Watching her 5.1kReads9.2Score54414d adds
- 124 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 33.3kReads9.5Score3.9k14d adds
- 125 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 2.5kReads9.1Score35714d adds
- 126 In the Apocalypse, I Lied to the Male Lead and Told Him I Was His Girlfriend 末世，我骗男主说我是他女朋友 [Post-Apocalypse + Transmigrates into a Book as a Villainous Supporting Character + Male Lead with Amnesia + Spatial Power + Sweet, Delicate Beauty + Unhinged Male Lead] Qi Jinnuo transmigrates into a book and becomes the unhinged male lead’s gold-digging, villainous first love in a post-apocalyptic novel. She dumped him back when he was poor. After he became a wealthy young master in the capital, she shamelessly begged him to get back together. When he rejected her, she drugged him. He fought b 30.5kReads8.2Score3.3k14d adds
- 127 Wait, Whose Little Zombie Needs to Be Coaxed into Eating Meat? 不是！谁家小丧尸得哄着才吃肉啊 [Complete + two male leads + devoted to each other + raising and nurturing + sweet romance + the top only has eyes for his beloved later on + soft, squishy half-corpse bottom!!] Gu Chi is reborn in the early days of the apocalypse. With three months left before darkness falls upon the world, he starts stockpiling the supplies he’ll need. He only meant to get himself a pet for company, but somehow he ended up bringing home the pet’s owner, too. Xu Wangnian is a half-corpse who hasn’t completel 8kReads9.3Score1.3k14d adds
- 128 Apocalypse: Miss, Don't Panic. I Have Enough Supplies for a Hundred Years 末世：姑娘莫慌，我物资够用百年 Synopsis: [Zombies + Natural disasters + Superpowers + Divine pets + Beautiful women + Pocket dimension + Ruthless hero + Building a faction] The Apocalypse arrived, bringing a super cold wave that froze the entire world. After the cold wave came a zombie virus outbreak. Then came a super tsunami, flooding the globe and turning it into a world of water. Before long, global temperatures soared again. The water evaporated, leaving the planet completely dry. Think that's the end of it? No. Humanity 49.7kReads8.8Score3.3k14d adds
- 129 Apocalypse: I Can Hear Other People's Thoughts 末世：我能听到别人心声 [Apocalypse + Reborn + Superpowers] Xiao Jun, who had survived six years of the Apocalypse, was reborn before it began. Can he stockpile supplies, kill zombies, and even hear other people's thoughts? The school belle's top-tier opportunity? Sorry, I'm taking it all! Xiao Jun: One day, I'll figure out the origins of this Apocalypse. 36.2kReads9.0Score2.2k14d adds
- 130 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 60kReads9.2Score5.3k14d adds
- 131 Apocalypse Villain: Starting by Stealing the School Beauty from the Female Lead 末世反派：从截胡校花女主开始 [Apocalypse + Villain + System + Special Abilities] (If you only want mindless killing and can't accept the protagonist doing bad things, don't read this!) Lu Yu transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a rich second-generation heir. What? The apocalypse is coming in a week, and all of humanity will start evolving? And he's actually the villain of the apocalypse? When he learns that the protagonist, Chu Feng, will be reborn before the apocalypse arrives, he immediately starts laying his pla 30kReads8.8Score2.1k14d adds
- 132 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
- 133 The Sweet-Talking Little Healer Is Doted on by a Doomsday Big Shot 软撩小毒奶被末世大佬娇宠了 Also known as Sweet Spoiling: The Little Monster of the Apocalypse Wants Kisses and Cuddles [One-on-One Romance, Two Powerful Leads, A Real Little Monster, Sweet Apocalypse Romance, No Angst] A little monster from the mountains finds herself in the apocalypse. To become a diligent little monster who cultivates hard and dreams of becoming an immortal, Gu Yu searches everywhere for spiritual energy. By chance, she meets Shang Mo, the captain of a special forces squad who is steeped in good karma. 43.9kReads9.5Score6.2k14d adds
- 134 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. 5kReads9.4Score79914d adds
- 135 Wielding the Strongest Superpowers, I Sweep Through the Apocalypse 集最强异能于一身横扫末世 [Zombie apocalypse · No System · No rebirth · One heroine · Squad growth · Ensemble cast · Strong protagonist · Decisive and ruthless] The apocalypse arrives, and staying alive becomes the greatest challenge. Scarce supplies, zombies everywhere, terrifying mutated beasts, and… human nature under the apocalypse all turn survival into a nightmare. Shaoguang → Kaiyang → Yuheng → Tianquan → Tianji → Tianxuan → Tianshu → Yinyuan → Dongming Lighting up each star grants an ability. Everyone else gets a 144.5kReads9.0Score12.6k14d adds
- 136 A Zombie's Hiking Diary 丧尸的徒步旅行日记 [Leisurely Travels + Everyday Storylines + No Romance] [Content note: No fighting or drama, and the protagonist isn't cold-blooded, going on killing sprees, or antisocial. This is purely a story about taking walks!] When the apocalypse broke out, Yu Qingxian chose to die. But her attempt failed, and she became a zombie. She had been socially anxious and depressed in life, so she decided to travel on foot. Since everyone was a zombie anyway, she didn't feel so afraid anymore. 23.9kReads9.6Score4.3k14d adds
- 137 EN Apocalypse Game: Killing My Girlfriend on Day One 末日游戏：开局手刃校花女友 [Game Stats] [No Romance] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Invincible Protagonist] [Absolute Egoism] [Pure Wish Fulfillment] No saintly heroes allowed!!! After surviving ten years of the apocalypse, Lin Ziluo was reborn on the day the apocalypse game arrived. When he came to, the first thing he did was kill his campus crush, the girlfriend who had betrayed him and ruined his life for ten years. Unexpectedly, he activated a System that could grant him countless golden fingers. His first golden finger: Ab 131.1kReads9.4Score10.8k14d adds
- 138 EN Oh No! The Little Zombie Accidentally Became a Big Shot 糟糕！小丧尸一不小心就成了大佬 [Apocalypse x food hoarding x devoted couple x sweet romance x little zombie heroine x super badass, high-output hero] Torrential rain, typhoons, tsunamis, thunderstorms, the disappearance of Earth's magnetic field, zombies, monsters, supernatural abilities, and more... Congratulations, you've entered the main storyline of the apocalypse. The whole world is about to be reshuffled. From here on, survival depends on your life, your luck, and yourself. - While everyone else is still screaming in a 76kReads9.5Score10.4k14d adds
- 139 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6k14d adds
