Novels like Apocalypse: It Begins With Train to Busan
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- 1 Quick Transmigration Through Film and TV: From the Start, It’s Train to Busan 影视快穿之开局便是釜山行 Xia Zhen unexpectedly gained a mysterious power and discovered he could transmigrate into movies and TV dramas to change their plots. His first attempt went badly: he landed in the world of Train to Busan, and, seeing corpses and bones strewn everywhere, he couldn't help running off to the side and vomiting uncontrollably… 94Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Reincarnation: Pick Sun Wukong to Protect Me Through Train to Busan? 轮回：选猴哥保护我过釜山行？ Not a national-fortune survival game. No female lead. Infinite-dungeon survival. After Li Yue was reborn, he entered the world of Train to Busan through a black vortex. Just as he was about to despair, a System suddenly came online. But to receive a reward, he had to answer the System's ridiculous questions... “Ding! Host, suppose you're about to enter the world of Train to Busan, but you can choose one of the following characters. Who would you pick?” 1: Pleasant Goat! 2: Tom Cat! 3: Macaque! 4 —Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 3 Building the Extraordinary, Starting with Sweet Home 从甜蜜家园开始缔造超凡 Five years ago, an unknown mist emerged from the depths of the sea and spread across the entire ocean in the blink of an eye. Since then, the dormant mist has awakened once every year, beginning to devour the land. No one knows what happens to the regions swallowed by the mist. People only know that the mist is a forbidden zone. Lin Li is chosen by the System to become a Host. He travels between worlds, earns rewards, and forges the extraordinary, determined to uncover the unknown truth about th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Forbidden Zone Walker: Starting with Train to Busan 禁区行者：从釜山行开始 [Infinite Flow + movies and TV + scenarios] Humanity has lived in underground cities for a hundred years, beset by all kinds of diseases. Faced with an uncertain future, the leadership of Zhongxia launched the Sui Ren Plan. Its sole aim was to break through their confinement, return to the surface, and confront the dangers of a world transformed. From then on, a new light dawned in the underground cities. Those who took part in the Sui Ren Plan shared a name: “Kindling.” For the sake of all huma 165Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Starting with Zombie School 从僵尸校园开始 Qin Hongyi, a young man from Earth, transmigrated into the world of the Korean zombie film All of Us Are Dead. Watch as he takes the zombie-infested school by storm. With two swords strapped to his back and a pistol in each hand, Qin Hongyi fought his way into the school overrun with zombies. 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 I Asked You to Write About Human Nature, and You Wrote Train to Busan? 让你写人性，你写釜山行？ Luo Er transmigrates and becomes a contestant on a creative variety show called the National Middle School Students' Original Fiction Writing Contest. The organizing committee sets the prompts, and the contestants write their stories. The theme of the first round is: Human Nature. While the other contestants ponder whether human nature is good or evil, Luo Er goes straight for Train to Busan! At first, the audience dismisses it: A zombie action story? So formulaic. What's there to watch? But by 122Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 When a Star Enters the World of Horror 当明星进入恐怖世界 What happens when celebrities enter a world of horror? Setting: Parallel world Timeline: Chaotic Characters: Protagonist Jiang Yu Celebrities in the parallel world, tentatively: Fan Bingbing, Huang Haibo, Xu Zheng, Shen Teng, Wang Xun, Deng Chao, Chen He, Lu Han... Horror worlds: Train to Busan, Resident Evil, Mr. Vampire, Exorcist Master, Mr. Zombie, The Old Corpse in the Mountain Village, Taoist Priest One Eyebrow, Zombie Supreme... 319Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Korean TV: Touring a Thousand Worlds, Starting with All of Us Are Dead 韩综：从僵尸校园开始巡游万界 [Not a transmigration story! No System!] [This is a happy ending, not a tragic one] [K-drama worlds + the original protagonists' combat squad!] [Shows featured: Train to Busan! Happiness! Kingdom!] Han Jun! For certain reasons, he disappeared for five years. Then, at last, he returned to his own world, only to find a horde of zombies waiting for him! And his spirit armor was unusable! With help from the original protagonist group, they managed to escape the school! In the end, he formed his own 81Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 A Zombie Apocalypse Journey Starting with Train to Busan 从釜山行开始丧尸世界之旅 Liu Qian was just an ordinary college student when he unexpectedly acquired the legendary System. But for some reason, this System always seemed to take him to worlds that were dangerously exciting… 132Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 From the Start, I'm a Resident Evil Zombie 开局就是生化危机丧尸 Careful sailing keeps a ship afloat for ten thousand years. This is the truth Yang Huan lives by. But even though he has no desire to enter the hellish space of the Infinite Flow Main God, Yang Huan is forced into a cruel world all the same. He even ends up in the world of Resident Evil, reduced to a lowly zombie. Watch him carve a path through the carnage, crush his rivals, and become the one and only Main God of the cosmos! 124Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 I Just Beat Train to Busan, and Now There's a Zombie School? 刚通关釜山行，又来僵尸校园？ [Main God-style setting + Korean drama worlds + battles between reincarnators + exclusive world + squad of popular characters] (The male lead and all female characters are adults aged 18 or older. All schools are universities.) Qi Ran transmigrates into the world of Train to Busan. He thinks he’s survived against all odds and can start a new life, but then he closes his eyes, opens them, and finds himself in another world. That’s when he realizes he has become a reincarnator! In the new world, A 1.1kReads5.4Score101Shelves
- 12 Love Apartment: Apocalypse Time-Travel System 爱情公寓：末日穿梭系统 Love Apartment: Apocalypse System Adventures Lin Chen accidentally transmigrates into the world of Love Apartment, where he meets a group of friends including Zeng Xiaoxian, Hu Yifei, and Lü Ziqiao. Just as he thinks he’s about to settle into an easygoing daily life, the “Apocalypse-Hopping System” suddenly activates, dragging them into one heart-pounding adventure after another in zombie-ravaged worlds. From Raccoon City in Resident Evil to the deadly train in Train to Busan, from the urban w 125Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Multiverse Travels: Live from the Shura Field 综穿：关于修罗场的现场直播 Welcome to the Arena Livestream. I’m your host, Lin Ke. This is my first stream, so please go easy on me. Follow the channel so you don’t lose your way, thanks! Here’s the livestream guide. Request a show anytime! "After School War Activities": High school students VS alien creatures. "All of Us Are Dead": Does the virus bring evolution or mutation? "The Ultimate Series Trilogy": Espers and demons at war. Coming soon: Sweet Home, Resident Evil, and more. Strong female lead, no romance This is a 200Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Apocalyptic Showdown: Slashing Zombies Across the World 影剧末日大乱斗，我在各国砍丧尸 Nie Zhuyu thought it was already outrageous enough to be reborn in Korea as a Chinese citizen who had grown up there. Then she bought a house and awakened a bound System, only to find herself entering instances. Her newly purchased apartment was in Toxic Building, the school she had just transferred to was Zombie School, and even visiting a friend sent her into Sweet Home. This wasn't being reborn. It was practically serving herself up to mutants and zombies. Luckily, she had a System that gave 361Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 15 A Journey Through Horror Films, Starting with Train to Busan 恐怖电影之旅从釜山行开始 [Smart protagonist + wish fulfillment + System + ruthless decisiveness + fast pace + one heroine + bodyguard] One day, a System called Myriad Worlds Shuttle suddenly appeared in Gu Xiaobai’s mind. It took him to transmigrate through all kinds of horror movie worlds. After completing a mission, he could earn a rating and draw a prize. Once he won a blink skill with no cooldown, Gu Xiaobai let loose completely. [Advance warning: Horror images start appearing from the second world onward. Please ch 364Reads7.0Score101Shelves
- 16 Korean Apocalypse Crossover: The System Arrived Early, Moving Into Green Home 综韩末世：系统提前，入住绿之家 [Korean Drama Apocalypse Crossover (Sweet Home + Moving + Parasyte + ...) + Superpowers] The male lead and all female characters in this book are adults aged 18 or older. All schools are universities. [Host displays extraordinary courage, repels a Tier 6 Fallen Angel, earns 120 points] Cha Hyun-su, knocked over by Qi Ran, gives him a timid glance and walks away. [Host displays great bravery, subdues a Tier 4 Superpower-Infected, earns 400 points] Qi Ran looks at Zhang Xixiu, sleeping beside him, 1.1kReads6.3Score104Shelves
- 17 The Legend of Endless Transmigration Through Film and TV 影视，无限穿越的传奇 [Mythical powers belong to me alone in the main world + System + Transmigration into film worlds + Film fan fiction] Fresh out of college, Wang Chen wins the lottery and finds himself facing a life-or-death trial. Watch as an ordinary man figures out how to turn things around. After getting through the crisis, he is fortunate enough to gain the Film World Transmigration System, which lets him travel to all kinds of fascinating worlds and embark on adventures. "Make up for regrets and destroy the 894Reads6.7Score103Shelves
- 18 Peninsula: I Became a Zombie from the Start 半岛：开局成为丧尸 [Korean TV Universe + Transmigration + Struggle for Supremacy + Behind the Scenes + Decisive and Ruthless + No System + Not the Apocalypse] Fang Mo transmigrates into a Korean TV and film universe, starting off as a student at Hyosan High School who has been infected with the zombie virus. To survive, he begins by concealing his infection and leaving Hyosan City. The story features the dramas All of Us Are Dead, Again My Life, Big Mouth, Tale of the Nine-Tailed, and more. Films include New Wo 1kReads6.6Score—Shelves
- 19 Zombies: From the Start, Train to Busan 丧尸：开局釜山行 Jiang Yao had a sudden impulse to try one of the simulator games that had recently become popular. He never expected it to let him experience a completely different life. He transmigrates into the worlds of zombie movies and TV shows, changing the original plots so that regrets are a thing of the past. If something gets on his nerves, he draws his blade. Zombies... cut them down. Anyone he can’t stand... cut them down. Train to Busan World War Z All of Us Are Dead Highschool of the Dead Resident 723Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 20 Reincarnation: The Horror Cinema 轮回：恐怖电影院 (Mystery, Wild Imagination, Infinite Realms, Survival, Horror, Deduction, Decisive Killing, Movies, Myriad Worlds) From the moment Lin Bai got a movie ticket and walked into a horror theater, his life began counting down to its end. Racing against death, he experienced one terror after another firsthand through endless cycles… Have you ever tried to survive on a train full of zombies? Have you ever tried playing hide-and-seek with Sadako? Have you ever been hunted by Freddy in your dreams? Do yo 2kReads7.0Score159Shelves
- 21 The Doomsday Professor: I Go on a Rampage Against Bioweapons and the Undead 末日教授：我在生化与行尸杀疯了 This is a [farming story] [infrastructure-building story] [System story] [fan fiction]. Li Yong, heir to the Southern Fist, Xingyi, Wing Chun, Baji, Shadowless Kick, and Iron Shirt Kung Fu, dies unexpectedly. His consciousness transmigrates into a melting pot of The Walking Dead, Resident Evil, and Z Nation. “What the hell! Have I possessed someone’s body?” “Who am I? Where am I? ... Oh, so this is the world of The Walking Dead movies? ... Wait, why am I also in the Resident Evil game world?” .. 212Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 22 Evolving Across the Myriad Worlds, Starting with Sweet Home 进化诸天从甜蜜家园开始 [Myriad Worlds + Doomsday Transformation + Fanfiction] This book is also known as The Strongest Empress of the Myriad Worlds: A Self-Rescue Guide. All she wanted was to survive the apocalypse. Somehow, she ended up becoming the strongest empress in the heavens! System: Congratulations, Host! You have successfully activated the Strongest Divine Maiden System of the Myriad Heavens! Xu Mo: What? The strongest divine... chicken? System: Host, not a divine chicken, a divine maiden! A divine 231Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 23 Worlds of Film and TV: Transmigrating Through Korean Dramas 诸天影视：穿越从韩剧开始 "Parasyte: The Grey": In the video, the left half of his face had mutated into a long, fleshy tendril, ending in a bony spike. Then it shifted into an axe with a razor-sharp blade. “As you wish. This is my battle form.” "Exhuma": If the saying “a fox cuts the tiger’s waist” is true, then the only blade capable of severing the fate of a country with tens of millions of people is that blade from Wa, the flaming sword! The demon blade, Muramasa. … 1.7kReads—Score151Shelves
- 24 Infinite Movie System 无限电影系统 Li Feng was idly watching movies when he unexpectedly activated the Infinite Movie System, setting off on a journey through the worlds of film. From Train to Busan and Mr. Vampire to Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe, one movie after another becomes part of his unique path to power. From then on, I came, I saw, I conquered... 4.2kReads6.5Score298Shelves
- 25 Infecting 170 Million People in Japan from the Start 开局感染岛国1亿7000万 Alien zombies spread the zombie virus, giving rise to the Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Lion Kings: pride, extreme greed, wrath, gluttony, corruption, and lust. Marine life mutates, while plants and animals become zombie-like. China faces a great acid rainstorm. The acid rain corrodes everything, and skeletons, zombies, and deformed zombies emerge. The Sakura nation is locked in snow and ice. The northern and southern nations are overrun as zombies gather. The north and south unite into a king 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Film and TV Crossover: Crashing Into Horror Movies 综影：乱入恐怖电影 Think you've figured out every horror movie trope? This time, you're no longer a spectator. As the curtains rise on countless classic horror worlds all at once, familiar jump scares become the only rules you can rely on to survive. Use Sadako's rules of transmission in The Ring, and predict Death's deadly logic in Final Destination. This isn't a flight from danger, but the craziest practical challenge for a horror fan: use every bit of your understanding of fear to dismantle it, reshape it, and 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Struggling to Survive in a Disaster Movie 在灾难片中艰难求生 After being fired, Liu Hong, a laid-back young man, gives up on life. Unable to find a suitable job, and weighed down by credit card bills and other expenses, he longs for the world to end. Whether his resentment was too strong or he accidentally disturbed the immortal who was sleeping, he doesn't know. In any case, his wish comes true. He is forcibly sent into one disaster-stricken movie world after another. After experiencing all kinds of deaths again and again, Liu Hong just wants to stay ali 2kReads7.9Score108Shelves
- 28 Zombie Siege: The Road to Survival Begins at School 丧尸围城：从学校开始的求生之路 “Wait... why are they all still alive? And what am I doing here? Taking an exam?” “The proctor's leg... those bandages? She really is injured!” “This is real! The deaths I saw in my dreams are all real! Just like in the movie Final Destination.” “Survive! This time, I'm going to survive!!!” Keywords: [Includes a complete-afterword feeling] [Ensemble cast] [No supernatural powers] [No pocket dimension] [No System] [Apocalypse] [Survival against all odds] [Deduction] [Plot twists] [Zombies] [G 3kReads7.7Score177Shelves
- 29 EN Amerihorror: Defeat Terror with Terror 美恐：用恐怖打败恐怖 Demons, evil spirits, curses, ghosts, clowns, serial killers, ghost nuns, freaks... The people of North America are living through a nightmare. Li Dan transmigrates into the American Horror Story universe with a deck of Ghost Cards. The Ghost Cards can contain and control the serial killers, evil spirits, and monsters of American Horror Story... Only horror can defeat horror. And so the world of American Horror Story starts to get strange. You might see: A mutant cannibal fighting the Texas Chai 12.8kReads8.0Score910Shelves
- 30 The Haunted Playground 诡蜮乐园 [Not a power fantasy + light supernatural elements + infinite worlds + comedy] A world beyond reality, the secrets of higher dimensions laid bare, the sails of miracles unfurled. A mysterious letter opens the way to a strange new world. Heartbeats, blood, fear... They spread out from the Paradise World, sending ripples through the peaceful main world. Welcome to the Strange Realm Paradise! [This is a long story... Be patient and read on, everyone. Let's wait and see.] 7.3kReads8.8Score660Shelves
- 31 Transmigrating Through the Myriad Heavens 诸天大穿越 Another lucky soul has arrived! As someone who has transmigrated: benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness? Those are sacred things. They’ve deceived countless wanderers through the mortal world... There is no morality or law here, only the survival of the fittest. A true transmigrator doesn’t need to be too kind. Note: Combat power ranges from low to high! Note: Each world is generated independently! Note: There are plenty of other worlds. There’s no room for the 1.9kReads—Score101Shelves
- 32 Seeking Life Amid Lingering Regrets 残念觅生 [Infinite-flow, rules-based horror, extreme escape, eerie games, no harem, no formula, no invincible protagonist, no System, no mindless plot, not a feel-good power fantasy] I’m a ballet doll, grinning as I watch them kill themselves. I throw people into “my” mindscape and lay out an inescapable path to their doom. But that lunatic Li Yu finds a loophole in every stage. I crank up the difficulty of surviving, but he uses game theory to beat me. I forbid him from speaking, but he has the whole t 267Reads—Score—Shelves
