Novels like Monster Hunters in the Post-Cyberpunk Era
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Monster Hunters in the Post-Cyberpunk Era, best match first.
- 1 Steel, Gunpowder, and Bounty Hunters 钢铁，火药与赏金猎人 Do you want to taste the blood of a god? On the continent of Yarid, that would be a spectacularly stupid idea, unless your name is Morris and you’ve been dumped for no reason into a turbulent, treacherous land, a world where steam and dragons coexist. Here, he chose the most despised profession of all: bounty hunter. More hated than the rats at the docks, more disgusting than rotten fish guts. Morris, however, didn’t care. Covered in scars and carrying a grudge deeper than the abyss, he went fro 769Reads8.4Score102Shelves
- 2 Supreme Bounty Hunter 至尊赏金猎人 Hey, you there, “Thirty Thousand Bucks”! No, I mean, fugitive, where do you think you’re going? Behold, the embodiment of justice and a role model for our times has arrived! Now get in my pocket! No, I mean, surrender peacefully... 42Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 3 Killing Game: Devouring Everything Starts with Looting Corpses 杀戮游戏，吞噬一切从摸尸开始 [Leveling Up + Game-Based Superpowers + Hard-Hitting Combat + Building a Faction] A slaughter game descends, and monsters from another world invade Blue Star. Xu Chen, who spent two and a half years surviving the game in his previous life, is reborn. He awakens a corpse-looting growth talent: all he has to do is touch a corpse to absorb its attribute points! Before long, he suddenly realizes he’s become a reckless melee brawler! The enemy attacks with dazzling spells that deal massive area damag 1.4kReads8.1Score111Shelves
- 4 To Get a Government Job, I Became a Demon Hunter 为了混编制：我成了猎魔人 Li Chen, a recent college graduate, boards a high-speed train to look for work in another city, hoping to make a living on his own. By a twist of fate, however, he gets caught up in an unusual test... Vampires, the Blood Clan: the monsters that exist only in Western stories are real? Blood Hunters, government agents who specialize in hunting the Blood Clan? That sounds pretty cool! But he’s just an ordinary guy who took a high-speed train. Why is he suddenly fighting for his life against vampire 18.6kReads7.7Score2.3kShelves
- 5 Apocalypse Legion: Gunslingers or Minutemen? 末世军团：枪手？义勇军？ [Zombie Apocalypse, Commander, Battlefield, Hardcore, No Supernatural Abilities, System, Morally Gray] Welcome to [Divine War]. Your mission is to survive in this apocalyptic world filled with zombies and mutated creatures, grow stronger, gather resources, and establish your own faction. But you are not alone. In this apocalyptic world, there are hundreds of thousands of other participants like you. Be careful: not all of them are friendly. Do your best to survive and become the king of the worl 244Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 6 I Open Treasure Chests in Another World 我在异世界开宝箱 Wang Lei wakes up one day to find that he has transmigrated to an apocalyptic alternate world, where he has also been bound to a magical Treasure Chest System. Open a chest, and you can obtain items from the Myriad Worlds! He starts with a dilapidated village, while monsters run rampant outside the walls. Supplies are scarce? No matter, Wang Lei has treasure chests! Opening chests feels great, and it feels great every time! Open a white chest and get [Bottomless Bucket] x1 (an unlimited water 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Cyberpunk: The Age of Evil Gods 赛博朋克：邪神纪元 [Cyberpunk + Cthulhu + Anomalous Entities + Not Overpowered + One Heroine] Only when machinery began to sprout flesh, a red moon hung high in the heavens, and colossal shadows stirred in the coastal fog did Wang Yu realize what kind of place he was in, and what unspeakable horrors lurked beneath its cyberpunk surface. Cyberpunk entangled with nameless evil gods. This realm, whether another world or the next age, is like an endless abyss. Strangers with nowhere to return to arrive there, carrying 3.6kReads8.7Score402Shelves
- 8 Starting with a Demon Possession, I Become a Legendary Demon Hunter 从恶魔附身开始，成为传说猎魔人 “Time’s just about up. Your soul belongs to me now.” “And you say you’re not a demon!” … Yu Jin, who transmigrated into this world, unexpectedly gained the power to make contracts. By fulfilling a contract, Yu Jin can obtain fragments of souls to strengthen himself and forge all things. Determined to keep his body from decaying, Yu Jin sets out on the path to immortality. Evil spirits, witches, vampires, werewolves, colossi, Leviathans, Old Gods… Anyone who stands in his way is reduced to dust. 5.9kReads8.0Score509Shelves
- 9 The Demon Hunter Game 猎魔人游戏 Lin Mo, a modern-day wage slave who transmigrated into a new era. On his way home after a class reunion, he accidentally stumbles upon a bizarre incident. Flames, talismans, sword flight, resurrection: what happens in the pitch-black alley shatters Lin Mo's worldview. Lin Mo: I'm just an ordinary wage slave! Why did I have to see this? After nearly dying as collateral damage, the wage slave steps into the treacherous game of demon hunters. I'm bad at writing blurbs, so please go easy on me. 18.2kReads7.7Score1.3kShelves
- 10 The Legendary Witcher of the Middle Ages 中世纪的传奇猎魔人 [Western Fantasy] [Soulslike] [Dragons] [Mythology] [Adventure] An unknown soul awakens in another world, carrying an unknown mass of flesh as it journeys onward. Scattered laws are the steps to godhood. I am both hunter and prey. My power is my only weapon, and my deepest curse! 45.2kReads8.3Score6.2kShelves
- 11 Survival in a Dark World: I Have a Bright Church 黑暗世界求生，我有一座光明教堂 [Dark World] [Soulslike] [Survival] [Single heroine] [Cthulhu] [Building and upgrading] [Exceptional talents] Players arrive in a dark world that devours people. Fortunately, everyone has a shelter, where a burning flame protects them. But to survive, they must raise their torches and venture into the darkness, facing even more terrifying monsters. Zhao Gan seems lucky: his shelter is a Church of Light. With a little effort, he can even expand it: Tower of Light: Let a mighty flame blaze and roa 3.9kReads8.4Score420Shelves
- 12 Primordial Gray Mist 原初灰雾 [Cyberpunk] [Cthulhu Mythos] [Slow Burn] A bizarre world born from the interweaving of technology and myth, where science and theology have merged. When the human body can be modified and genetic locks unlocked, are people still human? The Ship of Theseus paradox takes on a different meaning when it comes to cyborgs. Silence seems to do no good anymore. Yet the even more mysterious “Near-Divine Attendants” tempt humanity into submission and worship. When myth enters reality, beneath the gloomy s 4.2kReads8.7Score361Shelves
- 13 The Black-Tech Mage 黑科技魔法师 [Guns and mechs + spatial magic + genius + nobility + multiple heroines] (No System, not a power fantasy, slow-paced) Murray Green transmigrated as the second son of an earl and awakened a powerful talent for spatial magic. He'd hoped to live quietly as a refined young noble and enjoy campus life as a gifted student. Instead, his family sent him to pursue the aloof, beautiful heiress to a dukedom, who took a liking to him. To protect himself and escape the fate of marrying into her family, he re 49.5kReads8.2Score5.3kShelves
- 14 Myriad Worlds: The Creator Who Began in Night City 诸天：从夜之城开始的造物主 Good morning, Night City! I’m your favorite host, Stan! Some say Night City will always be a cesspit, with the countless corpses of the working class hidden beneath its dazzling lights and endless revelry. Others say the truth of cyberpunk is nothing but an eternal cycle of tragedy, death, and loss. But one big shot doesn’t see it that way. He saved the whole crew, sent David and Lucy to the moon, and even built a massive biodome there, all while giving the new orbital airline company a hard tim 43.6kReads9.0Score4.7kShelves
- 15 Steampunk Western Fantasy: This Werewolf Is Ridiculously Strong! 蒸汽西幻：这个狼人强的离谱！ [Western fantasy + werewolves + races + kingdoms + steam age + slow burn + martial arts + nearly invincible + soul transmigration] [There are some farming elements. I’m not even sure whether this counts as a farming story.] [The protagonist has a strong sense of justice, so readers who are used to decisive, ruthless protagonists may think he’s a pushover. If you don’t like that, please avoid this book. Since werewolves in this world are generally extremely evil, enjoy eating humans, and are viol 7.9kReads9.0Score700Shelves
- 16 Dark Fairy Tales: Inventing Evil Gods and Slaughtering My Way Through Bear Ridge 暗黑童话：编造邪神，杀穿狗熊岭 I transmigrated! Speak up for me! The moment Shen Xiu crouched down, he became a tree in a dark fairy-tale multiverse. Here, entire worlds have turned grotesque. In blood-red Bear Ridge, eyeballs hang from the sky, Bald Qiang goes on a chainsaw rampage, trees wail in the blood mist, and the dead wander... In the empty Green Pastures, when the black moon becomes full, a pair of horns tears through the sky, revealing scarlet eyes beyond the void... In Fairy Tale Town, the bloody Little Red Riding 35.9kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves
- 17 EN Demon Hunter 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. 3.3kReads9.2Score625Shelves
- 18 Tattooed, Fighting for Turf, and Wielding a Machete: The Spirit Medium 纹身干架抢地盘，拎砍刀的出马仙 [Underworld Turmoil] [Northeastern Chinese Style] [Tales of Spirit Mediums] After being gravely wounded in a gang fight, small-time hoodlum Lin Tianhua accidentally awakened the immortals his ancestors had worshipped, becoming a spirit medium. After a sudden upheaval, his boss fled and his enemies came after him. To survive, Lin Tianhua decided to form his own crew and become the boss. From then on, Lin Tianhua beat people up by day and killed ghosts by night. He made his way through both the un 1.1kReads9.3Score194Shelves
- 19 Global Survival: The Outlaw of a Magic Wasteland 全民求生：魔法废土世界的暴徒 [Signed for print publication, new setting, no golden finger, no heroine, pets, expansive worldbuilding, disasters, construction, transmigration, game, apocalypse] Everyone transmigrates to a magical wasteland. At the start, all they have is a drafty magic tent. Chopping wood at sunrise and building walls at sunset becomes the fate of billions of survivors. Tent → wooden cabin → stone fortress... Jiang Xun thinks that’s all there is to a shelter. Until he discovers another way to upgrade: powerf 65.9kReads8.4Score5.7kShelves
- 20 An S-Rank Horror from the Start, but They Give Me a C-Rank Talent? 开局S级怪谈，但给我C级天赋？ [No Female Lead + Endless Twists + Wild Ideas and Clever Logic + Mild Horror + Protagonist and Villains Are Both Smart] [This is absolutely not a mindless power fantasy. If you don't like the first instance, go ahead and curse me out.] [This isn't a traditional rule-based horror story. The horrors can think and are intelligent, so readers who prefer traditional rule-based horror should steer clear.] Horrors run rampant, and strange tales are everywhere. Beneath every shadow may lurk an unknown t 142.2kReads8.9Score14.3kShelves
- 21 Doomsday: The Road to Ruin 末日绝途 Blue rain began to fall from the sky. Unknown monsters suddenly descended upon this world. Human society collapsed in an instant. No cheats, no protagonist's halo, no spiritual qi revival! Every step we take leads us closer to despair! To those who died at the very beginning of the apocalypse, I envy you, because you never had to experience a despair more despairing than death. My name is Chen Ge. I will witness the coming of the apocalypse. 60.4kReads8.9Score4kShelves
- 22 The Age of Terror: I Begin as a Gravekeeper 恐怖时代，从成为守墓人开始 [Reborn] + [Eerie] + [Underworld Official Ranks] + [Ghost Control] + [A Little Farming] + [Tomb Construction] An era of terror descended, and a death game began. This was a world where ghost controllers and the eerie coexisted. In his previous life, Chu Qing had been on the verge of becoming the First-Rank Underworld Official, King Chujiang. He was reborn in the future, back to the very beginning of the eerie era. The old rules were on the verge of collapse. Who would rule the dark dawn? Chu Qin 89.2kReads8.9Score7.9kShelves
- 23 EN Sequence Highway: Don't Fall Behind! 序列公路：不要掉队！ [Fresh Premise + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Not Invincible + Sequence Potions + The Supernatural + Road Survival + Upgrading Supplies + Ruthless Protagonist] The supernatural descended, turning cities into forbidden zones for humanity. People had to rely on Sequence Awakened to keep migrating. Settled life gave way to a nomadic existence. During one such migration, Chen Ye awakened an upgrade System. In his hands, a rusty bicycle transformed into an armored battle vehicle. A tattered tent e 624.8kReads8.5Score42.5kShelves
- 24 EN Surviving on a Forsaken Star: Combine Identical Junk into Brand-New Gear 弃星生存：相同垃圾合成全新装备 After the Second Era, Earth became the largest technological junkyard in the Milky Way. A scavenger's cloak billows in the wind as Cheng Qi stands atop a mountain of trash. [Similar technological object detected] [Beginning synthesis] [Damaged Nanny Bot], [Safety-Guard Nanny Bot], [Environment-Adaptive Nanny Bot]! [Mechanical Exploration Shoes], [Mechanical Exploration Leggings], [Jet-Powered Turbine Boots]! [Surgical Assistant Gloves], [Intelligent Assistant Gloves], [Gravity-Field Adjustment G 302.8kReads9.1Score46.3kShelves
- 25 You're Supposed to Fight Monsters, So Why Are You Fighting Me! 你们刷怪啊，刷我干嘛！ [Print edition deal signed: no System, plot-driven, fast-paced from the start, no mindless decisions, thrilling and exciting, hard-hitting fights, told from the monsters' side!] Ever since the words [Divine Order 001: Undercover] appeared in Jiang Xia's mind, he felt that he wasn't normal. No matter what he ate or how much he ate, he never felt the slightest bit full. Hungry. So hungry he was about to lose his mind! Then, at the school beauty's eighteenth birthday party, he smelled the presen 508.7kReads9.1Score41.3kShelves
- 26 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 27kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves
- 27 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界，死亡即是终点 [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 390.6kReads9.3Score43.5kShelves
- 28 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 has been signed with a publisher. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a game where everyone must survive at sea. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves so fast it's never in sight. Like the Head-On, with its massive ram, charging fearlessly ahead. But Yang Yi's ship is called 272.1kReads9.4Score27.8kShelves
