Novels like Apocalypse: A Guide to Surviving at University
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- 1 One Breath from Death 一息丧存 A high-energy apocalypse novel: no System, no saintly heroine, zombie virus, superpowers, and multiple heroines. The apocalypse has arrived, and I, Tang Xiaojing, am the one true savior. The Pantheon calls me Satan. I kill all that is impossible; beneath me, all are mere ants. Huh~ what's that? That's my handsome, dashing face. Comments and favorites Funny and fun~(￣▽￣~) Small love is great love, and great love is no love. The lesser way is the Heavenly Way, and the Heavenly Way is bound to Cha 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Apocalypse, Call Me Your Demon King 末世，叫我魔王大人 [Zombies] [System] [Sci-fi] [Leveling Up] First, mountains burned down one after another. Then came floods that swallowed cities one by one. Finally, the temperature climbed higher with each passing day. Humanity could no longer withstand the cycle of disasters. Many people died, then came back to life. All those who were reborn turned into zombies. The world began entering a new kind of civilization, one known as the apocalypse. In this apocalypse, humans and zombies exist independently of o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 A New Beginning in the Age of Doomsday Destruction 末日毁灭纪元新生 (No System, no System, no System, okay?) 1. Wang Qiang is an ordinary man. When the apocalypse arrives, he courageously overcomes his fear, picks up a weapon, and faces the oncoming tide of zombies, resolutely setting out on the road home. 2. Inspired by Wang Qiang’s courage, tenacity, and determination, the group that gathers around him establishes a base. They then expand their living space, reclaim lost territory, fight off zombie hordes, and research meteorites and the virus. 3. On the quest 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Zombies Are Coming! Is There Still Hope? 丧尸来袭！是否还能看到希望？ (Apocalyptic Survival + Teamwork + No Superpowers + No System + Slow-Paced + Lighthearted + First Person + A Touch of Romance) An unknown zombie virus suddenly spreads from a hospital! No one bitten survives! Yet the male protagonist opens a convenience store in his own rental apartment? Man-eating zombies × the good and evil in human nature × wilderness × ferocious beasts In this city full of danger and uncertainty, how will the protagonists face what lies ahead? Will they give up resisting, or 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Last Human Backup 最后的人类备份 [Apocalypse + Zombies + No Golden Finger + Humor + Hardcore + Evolution] Lin Mo, a maintenance engineer tortured daily by morning meetings and food delivery, was still fretting over why his spicy hot pot hadn't arrived when the Apocalypse struck. Zombies smashed through his front door, his neighbors turned into monsters, and the city's order collapsed overnight. In this desperate situation, a nano-repair core codenamed "Noah" awakened inside him. While everyone else struggled to survive the Apoc 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Volcanic Eruption: Apocalypse Zombie Chronicles 火山爆发：末世丧尸录 Massive volcanic eruptions suddenly struck all over the world. Some volcanoes spewed out superviruses, triggering a global zombie outbreak and plunging humanity’s survival and future into serious crisis. By sheer luck, Jin Yuliang and his girlfriend, Chen Yuanyi, were vacationing on an island in Southeast Asia when the outbreak began, and they escaped the initial wave. A group of Chinese women traveling independently were with them, and they too had to fight hard to survive on the island. With —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Escape from Zombie University 逃出丧尸大学 Escape from the Zombie University 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Back to the Apocalypse: My Ability Is a Little Overpowered 末世回档：我的机制有点强 [Apocalypse · Superpowers · Fast Leveling · No Romance] The apocalypse arrives, and Lin Ke awakens “Death Rewind.” Not only can he return to the moment he transmigrated with his memories intact, he can also bring back every ability he has acquired! In my second life, I'll memorize the apocalypse's timeline and the lottery numbers! In my next life, I'll stockpile a million supplies! In my third life, I'll build a shelter and awaken superpowers! What do you mean the country has brought out superhe —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Traversing with Talisman Arrays 符阵穿梭 I woke from a nightmare to find the world overrun by zombies. But I can still go back. Traveling back and forth between two timelines, I set out to prevent the apocalypse, save my wife, daughter, and brothers, and, while I’m at it, save the world. A cerebral story told across two timelines: forget simplistic power fantasies and dive into a true apocalyptic time-travel mystery. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Reborn in the Apocalypse: The Zombies Climb Only One Floor a Day 末世重生，丧尸每天只爬一层楼 Apocalypse + zombies + reborn + stockpiling supplies + keeping a low profile + storage space + revenge + ruthless decisiveness The apocalypse arrives, and zombies climb the buildings. The human survivors all take refuge in high-rises! In his previous life, Chu Tian was blinded by love and ended up being killed by the goddess he admired. Reborn one month before the apocalypse, Chu Tian awakens a spatial ability and stockpiles supplies as he prepares to take revenge! Zombies climb the building —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 My Worldbuilding Draft Is Like Raising a World 我的养成似世界大纲 Heng Gouyi unexpectedly transmigrated to another world, only to find it overrun with zombies. Fortunately, he could choose an identity from the start, deciding the circumstances of his birth. “A rich second-generation heir with a luxurious underground shelter, stocked with everything and overflowing with supplies?” “An ordinary civilian born on a seaside cliff, so steep that regular zombies can barely reach it, but with enough supplies to last only a few days?” “A homeless man born in a mobile d —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 [The Blood Cross Road to Survival] 【血十字求生之路】 The Blood Cross virus has broken out, and the most primitive acts of evil are spreading across the continent. To escape the Blood Cross Group's pursuit, the main characters flee from place to place. The safe zones established by the authorities turn into slaughterhouses time and again, and new choices keep repeating themselves. 439Reads—Score12114d adds
- 13 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times Overrun by Zombies and Stay Connected to the Heavenly Dao 穿越丧尸古代，我与天道保持联系 [Pseudo-ensemble cast + unconventional zombie story + ancient setting + no special powers + countless types of zombies + zombie animals and plants + danger at every turn] This is an age in which humanity is on the verge of extinction. Bitter cold, zombies, famine... Everything is driving civilization toward the abyss of destruction. In this desperate world, a young man suddenly appears. Step by step, he grows. Bit by bit, he moves forward. And quietly, he begins to change everything... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 After the Power Went Out 停电以后 After the power goes out, Lin Ye has to calculate every day how long the food at home will last for four mouths. There’s himself, Wutong the border collie, and two cats: Jiaojiao and Miaomiao. The elevators stop, the water supply is cut off, and the food in the refrigerator starts to rot. Worse still, scratching sounds come from inside the walls, and things never seen before crawl out of the drains. The whole city is gradually losing order. Just as Lin Ye sets out with his three pets to find a w 60Reads5.5Score12414d adds
- 15 Please Survive: An Ordinary Person's Zombie Apocalypse 《请活下来：普通人的末日丧尸》 Please Survive: An Ordinary Person’s Zombie Apocalypse —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Corpse Road Home 归途尸途 The Corpse Road Home 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Revelation of Dead Silence 死寂启示 No rebirth, no System, no superpowers This story is all about keeping it real. Qin Ning is a young wage earner. One day, by chance, he came across a report about a biting incident while scrolling online. At first, Qin Ning didn't think much of it. But as time passed, more and more strange things happened around him. He realized that, amid his ordinary days, something he knew nothing about was quietly brewing. What he didn't know was that this would change his life, and the lives of everyone else —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Chronicles of the Dead Tide: The Day of the Arrival 尸潮往生录：降临之日 [No System + Story-Driven + Apocalyptic Survival + Mystery and Twists] [Ensemble cast, multiple protagonists, told in arcs that advance the story in turn] [But every storyline will have a proper beginning and end] The earth split apart, and a raging tide of corpses surged forth. Civilization’s last spark flickered precariously, with nowhere left to turn. I, a survivor beneath the horde, decided to fight back and save humanity’s fate... Wait a second, zombies can talk? They even have a neural net 29Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 19 Apocalypse Campus: Realm of the Dead 末日校园：尸界 [No System, all zombie-chasing, bleak, fast-paced, first-person POV] The story of a student who suffers bullying at school and goes through revenge, awakening, and corruption during a zombie apocalypse. He witnesses firsthand the distortion and loss of humanity. This disaster has changed us all. How do we accept who we’ve become, and how do we face who we used to be? There’s no turning back… 538Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 It’s Almost Vacation, and Now There Are Zombies? 要放假了，丧尸来了？ [Apocalypse + hellish start + no System + no superpowers + team survival + ensemble cast + moral choices] No cheat System, no special abilities, just a bunch of shut-ins forced to fight tooth and nail to survive Playing co-op against zombies during advanced math class? The next second, the game becomes reality! Who would have thought that Zhou Gong, Fatty, and Old Liu, kicked out of the classroom for gaming, would become the first “survivors” at their school to realize the apocalypse had begun? 75Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 21 Plague-Ridden High School 丧病高中 (Post-apocalypse + Zombies + Mutations + Ensemble Cast) At first, people thought it was just an ordinary news story, just a police investigation into an illegal drug case… until… During a senior-year mock math exam at Qingteng High School, a student in Exam Room 404 suddenly convulsed and bit someone. Everyone thought he'd just lost it over the math test. Then he tore a chunk of flesh off the proctor, spraying blood everywhere. Suddenly, someone slammed their hands on the desk and shouted, “Holy 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 I Control Life and Death, and Every Woman Around Me Is a Goddess 我掌控了生与死，身边全是女神 Post-apocalypse + natural disasters + superpowers + a crowd of beauties + clear lines between good and evil + decisive and ruthless This book is quite different from most post-apocalyptic stories out there. The protagonist knows how to protect himself, can tell right from wrong, and values loyalty! He's not some twisted, gloomy character whose morals are shattered from the start! Those with twisted minds, read at your own risk! There is both the light and darkness of human nature. There is moral 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Beneath the Zombies 丧尸之下 Also known as: In the Apocalypse, Fighting Zombies with My Friends [No supernatural abilities + 1v1 romance] An escape room turns into a zombie crisis! With no food, water, or toilet, the group works together and struggles to survive while trapped. Wait... Wasn't this supposed to be an extreme survival challenge? A wooden stick and a scalpel are one thing, but what's with this whole row of hooked spears? As a successor of socialism, I say: “Sure enough, only by following the Party can we greet t 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 In the Apocalypse, I Turned Out to Be Immune to the Virus 末日我竟对病毒免疫 [Zombies], [No Rebirth], [No System], [Virus Immunity + Antibodies + Evolution] On the eve of the apocalypse, the protagonist accidentally gets injected with a gene-enhancing treatment for an illness. Little does he know that the zombie virus will break out overnight. But what should have been a disaster turns into a blessing: he unexpectedly develops special antibodies that make him immune to the zombie virus. Watch how he survives! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Fall of Daylight 白昼坠落 Friday, August 17 Lin Mochen ran five kilometers that day, ate a serving of chicken cutlet rice, and came across a news story: “Wushan Third People's Hospital Admits Three Patients with High Fevers; Cause Under Investigation.” He glanced at it and scrolled past, then went back to watching funny videos. It was the last whole day of the old world. Seventy-two hours later, the city fell silent. An unknown virus turned those it infected into something impossible to define. They weren't the slow, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Scraping By in the Apocalypse 苟混末世 No System, no golden finger, not reborn: just an ordinary person scraping by in the apocalypse. No womanizing, no harem. He leads his team in fighting zombies and mutants, dodges all sorts of schemes, and steadily builds a better life. This isn't a power fantasy, and the pace is relatively slow. If you're patient enough to keep reading, I think you'll find it's pretty good! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Apocalypse: From Fighting My Way Through the School Building to Rebuilding Home 末世：从杀穿教学楼到重建家园 [No supernatural powers + realistic survival + one heroine + a small ensemble cast] The zombie outbreak began thirteen days before the college entrance exams. Lin Mubai, a high school student, had just finished his cleaning duty when he heard the first scream. Then the whole world began to plunge into the abyss, and he led the surviving students to the rooftop. With no way out, he took up a weapon and fought his way through the entire school building. Lin Mubai always thought this was just an or —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Redemption in the New World 新世界救赎 Keywords: zombies, apocalypse, no System, no supernatural abilities, survival, plot When a real zombie crisis strikes, you won't have various systems and supernatural abilities like the characters in other books, and you certainly won't get the chance to be reborn. When people die, their souls vanish. They may become mindless undead, wandering the streets and attacking those who were once their kind, or turn to a pile of dust, living on only in the memories of others. As the apocalypse descends, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Nightmare Campus: The School Belle’s Best Friend Is Infected with the Zombie Virus 噩梦校园，校花的闺蜜感染丧尸病毒。 Nightmare Campus: The School Beauty's Best Friend Is Infected with a Zombie Virus. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Apocalypse Arrives, Part One 末世来临一 A virus strikes, panic spreads, and society gradually spirals out of control. This ultra-realistic zombie novel has no special effects, no boosts, and nothing fantastical. After the zombie virus breaks out, the protagonist, an ordinary nobody, struggles to survive. The story documents in detail the crisis before the outbreak, the panic as it unfolds, and the chaos after everything completely falls apart. From a society governed by law to the law of the jungle, from an ordinary young man to a har —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Global Doomsday: When the Stars Shine 全球末日：群星闪耀时 A casual spark of inspiration, a casual beginning, without much thought, no outline, no reason for anything. Just something I wrote for fun. Don't read it. (Tosses it aside) —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Shh! Witness the Birth of the Apocalypse’s B-King 嘘！看末日Bking的诞生 [Apocalypse] + [Strong Female Lead] + [Feel-Good Story] + [Superpowers] + [Sweet Romance] Chen Lian: Shh! Your girl’s about to pull off something huge. Beneath the apocalypse, all things fade into insignificance. Will you become a failed experiment, or a “god”? Your fate depends on how you act. And how you act depends on what you do. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 A Zombie Virus Strikes, and I Fight to Survive the Apocalypse 丧尸病毒侵袭，我在末日求生 Night falls, and the shadow of a raging virus dances across the apocalyptic wasteland of Xia Kingdom. A voice calls out: “Zombie Virus Invasion: Surviving the Apocalypse.” In this opening chapter of the apocalypse, I am both a survivor and a witness. Civilization and order have vanished from the world, while humanity’s hope and despair intertwine in my pulsing veins. The virus outbreak took everything from me. My parents became nothing but memories overnight, and I was forced to become a test s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Zombie Apocalypse Begins, and I, the Savior, Am a Zombie 末日丧尸爆发，救世主的我是丧尸 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 From the Start, I'm a Murder Suspect: With a Life as Tough as Mine, Nothing Scares Me 开局成了杀人嫌疑犯：命硬全不怕 At the kindergarten in Pearl Garden, the children were happily playing on the playground. Suddenly, countless stones the size of quail eggs rained down from the sky, pelting the children. Tragedy struck. Three children fell into pools of blood and never got back up. Eighteen-year-old Xia Yiran came to Pearl Garden to deliver food, only to be mistakenly detained as a murderer. Then a sudden downpour triggered a landslide, leaving the police unable to reach the area. Facing parents desperate for r —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Reversible Shuttle Mirror 逆梭方镜 Catastrophe, fear, and the human heart... things that could never have appeared in an ordinary life are now quietly drawing near. Two boys go from strangers to standing side by side, fighting a world that is no longer what it once was. Will they live to see the long-awaited tomorrow, or will they remain forever in yesterday's silence...? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Apocalypse: After a Tomato Killed Me, I Gave Up and Went Traveling 末世：被西红柿砸死后我摆烂旅游 On her twenty-ninth rebirth in the apocalypse, Jiang Mu built a utopia. She thought she was about to clear the apocalypse game, but an overripe tomato hit her and killed her, starting her thirtieth run... To hell with surviving the apocalypse! I'm done playing! So this time, before the apocalypse arrived, she went on a revenge-fueled luxury shopping spree. She also picked up a multifunctional food truck that could be upgraded, was explosion-proof, had storage space, and could sing "Happy Birthda —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Turning Apocalypse: Overlapping Memories 轮转末世：记忆的重叠 The nature of the disaster: an unknown energy, designated Reboot-D.M.E. This energy can awaken the greatest evil in people's hearts. Those with strong wills evolve into intelligent evil gods, while those with weak wills become bloodthirsty zombies. It can also awaken dormant dark energy entities, much like the various "ghosts" in folklore. It can mutate animals and plants, making them bloodthirsty, violent, and stronger, with the most powerful even gaining intelligence. These are designated as —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Genesis of the Apocalypse 末世源创纪 (The story is set in 2080. By then, Blue Star has fallen to a zombie apocalypse, and humanity has built fortified base cities and formed powerful factions to fight back against the undead. Wei Chen was a member of the Hunters' Alliance. Betrayed by his teammates during a mission, he unexpectedly came back to life and even acquired a "System?") In 2080, Blue Star has become a world overrun by zombies. It all began with the Source, whose first disaster turned the world into a zombie wasteland. Wh —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Wandering Among the Dead 散丧而行 [Apocalypse + escape + zombies + suspense + strong male and female leads] Terrifying news stories about people biting one another kept appearing one after another. I escaped disaster because I overheard some gossip. When the zombie horde erupted, I accidentally got caught up in a conspiracy. Luckily, I met a group of friends, and together we began stockpiling supplies and fleeing for our lives... (No System + no cultivation + character growth; a great escape entangled in a conspiracy) 177Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Three Hundred Tang Corpse Strikes 唐尸三百手 Li Qing opened his eyes to find himself transmigrated to the height of the Kaiyuan era, in the body of Li Qing, the Tang Emperor Xuanzong's eighteenth son. He thought he was about to start an overpowered life in the Tang dynasty, but then a secret letter suddenly arrived from beyond the frontier: people at the border were devouring one another like beasts, and blood had flowed for three thousand miles. The Tang dynasty... was in danger! 40Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 42 Apocalypse: I Lead My Classmates in a Desperate Fight for Survival 末世：我带同学极限求生 [Intelligent zombies + no rebirth + no supernatural abilities + no System + no female lead] Lu Tianyi wakes up one day to find that the world is about to change! “Ahhh!” A piercing scream rings out. Zombies begin spreading across the campus. With so many different sources of information, there’s no way to tell what’s true and what isn’t… Fear, darkness, and uncertainty fill people’s hearts. Where can they go from here? Sometimes kindness gives others the weapon they need to kill you. Pain a 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Struggle to Survive 挣命之争 Two protagonists + no System + an original story + zombies + parasites + Cthulhu. A decaying world, a tormented protagonist; mutated monsters, eerie pillars of flesh. What brought all this about? Countless zombies, parasites, and mutants have overrun the world. A sudden catastrophe has left everyone without a glimmer of hope. The world lies in darkness, and life struggles to survive within it. Yet in this strange, chaotic world, some refuse to give up searching for the brightest light in the dar —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Zombie Horde Incoming: A Survival Guide to the Apocalypse on Campus 丧尸潮来袭，末日校园生存指南 [Apocalypse + Easygoing Daily Life + Sweet Romance + Growing Heroine + Gloomy, Contrasting Male Lead] Sunny high school girl He Tiantian x base’s young master Bai Yuli A catastrophe forced a high school girl, who had once lived a peaceful life, to grow up. Terrifying zombies and brutal tests of human nature. The polite upperclassman turned out to be the heir to a powerful organization; The taciturn, poker-faced upperclassman was actually a rather useless young Taoist priest; All kinds of sec 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Thirty Days at the Convenience Store 便利店30天 The most realistic story of surviving the apocalypse: how can ordinary people make it through the end of the world? No golden finger, no conventional tropes. Follow Xiao Cheng, a convenience store clerk, and experience the apocalypse from a fresh perspective. Xiao Cheng, Uncle Qin, Wu Zhe, and the others are trapped in a tiny convenience store, short on food and clothing and beset by troubles within and dangers without. Can they rely on their own strength to escape alive? 109Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 46 Apocalypse: After the Zombie Outbreak 末世：丧尸爆发之后 [Post-apocalyptic + zombies + survival + no hiding or playing dirty + modern/near future] Chen Sheng works as a programmer at a small-to-medium-sized company. He’s good at his job, but has a short temper and often snaps back at his boss. As the May Day holiday approaches, he stands up for a coworker and gives his boss another piece of his mind. But this time, in addition to confronting his boss, he witnesses something horrifying… After a massive zombie outbreak, Chen Sheng and his coworkers are 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Academy of the Undead: Lost in the Apocalypse 尸起学院：末日迷途 [Realistic apocalypse + absurdist style, intense and harrowing! Not a power fantasy!] Follow the story of a young aspiring warlord as he outwits other survivors in the apocalypse and ultimately finds redemption. Liu Chen was an ordinary vocational school student. But a sudden zombie virus changed his peaceful life. What happens when more than twenty people are trapped in a classroom with barely any food or supplies? After escaping the school through a horde of the living dead, where can they go? 63Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 48 No Spring in the Northern Ridge 北岭无春 A zombie virus sweeps across the world. There is no rebirth, no golden finger, and no superpowers. Amid the snow and wind of a small city in Northeast China, one unyielding obsession endures, as its owner struggles to survive, besieged by both hordes of the undead and human nature. In the apocalypse, what keeps a home safe is never its walls, but the people inside. 1.2kReads—Score10814d adds
- 49 Zombies: Breaking Through the Encirclement 丧尸：突出重围 Synopsis They say there are too many people, so the population needs to be controlled. So someone pretended to be God and began to punish humanity. But do they have the right to do that? 33Reads—Score514d adds
- 50 Escape from Zombie School 逃出僵尸校园 Patient Zero escaped from the laboratory and used his teeth to plant the virus in the first victim's shoulder. The bitten school nurse rose with her neck twisted, then lunged at her next target. The cafeteria's glass curtain wall shattered beneath a barrage of impacts. Between the library shelves, the sound of a bone saw scraping over metal echoed. On the rooftop, a helicopter ignored the cries for help. The quarantine order had been issued. They had been abandoned on this isolated island, left 73Reads—Score514d adds
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