Novels like Doomsday Travelogue
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Doomsday Travelogue, best match first.
- 1 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 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Apocalypse: I Want to Survive My Escape 末世：逃亡我想活着 [Apocalypse + no System + escape + natural disasters + zombies + fictional setting] A sudden, unexpected disaster turned an unprepared world and its people upside down. Once-prosperous cities became heaps of ruins. The streets reeked of blood. Zhou Hong, a soul from another world, embarked on a thrilling escape in order to survive. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Reborn: The Day the Apocalypse Began 重生：末世来临的那一天 [Both Reborn + Sweet Romance + Powerful Male Lead + Amnesiac Female Lead] The apocalypse has begun, and S City has fallen. Who is truly responsible for bringing about the end of the world? Yang Anni, with no memory of her past, believed she had died in a zombie’s jaws on her first day venturing out alone to find supplies. Reborn with no special abilities and no storage space, she’s met by Fang Hui, a mysterious neighbor who never existed in her previous life. He barges in and says, “Don’t be afr 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 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 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The Corpse Road Home 归途尸途 The Corpse Road Home 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 A True Account of Escaping the Apocalypse: Just Living an Ordinary Life 末日逃生实录：平凡的活着 Evolution-focused A realistic survival story with comedic elements A young man and woman, both 20, set out to find their parents. Along the way, they are gradually drawn into an unfathomably deep mystery... No rebirth. No saintly heroine. No System-focused plot. Not a brainless story about killing without batting an eye, nor a wish-fulfillment tale about a loser making it big and acting like a big shot. Anyway, it really does feel like a real-life escape story. P.S. Please be patient and read th 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Doomsday: Zombie Venom Is My Stimulant 末日：尸毒就是我的兴奋剂 [No System, traditional apocalypse, living corpses, no bleeding-heart hero, not bloodthirsty, slight physical enhancement, plot-driven] A sudden catastrophe turned the world into a living hell, and humanity struggled to survive in despair. The wheels of fate began to turn. Wang Zhuo, an ordinary man before the catastrophe, rose to prominence in this desperate age, gradually building up his team and strength as he searched through blood and fire for a glimmer of hope for humanity's revival. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Passive Evolution 被动进化 The apocalypse arrived, zombies broke out, and human society faced utter ruin. The protagonist is a lowly street peddler who struggles to survive in the apocalypse thanks to his unusual genes, saving his companions and finding love. I wrote an original story because I couldn't find many apocalypse novels on Tomato that were worth reading. Apocalypse stories are about human nature. Human nature isn't the evil of the strong preying on the weak, nor is it affected benevolence. It's the balance betw 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Apocalypse: The Female War God Is Pregnant. Who Did This? 末世：女战神怀孕了，这是谁干的 [Apocalypse + Hoarding + More Children, More Blessings] The base assigns him a wife, and Lin Chuang, a reborn man, unexpectedly awakens a reproduction-type Sequence ability. As long as he spends food, he can strengthen his descendants! In the end, he leads a host of descendants with Sequence abilities to dominate the apocalypse! 1.2kReads—Score171Shelves
- 10 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? 104Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 11 Your Habits Determine Your Superpower 你的习性决定你的异能 Urban fantasy + special abilities + invincible + China + smart characters + satisfying, no angst “Master, why did my evolutionary instinct choose to perfect the five-element abilities?” Yue Peng asked. “Because evolution through the five elements is the foundation of perfecting the original evolution of the Chinese genetic bloodline. For us Chinese to achieve perfect evolution, we must build upon the origin of the five-element abilities. Otherwise, life cannot attain perfection,” said True Perso 79Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Building the Strongest Camp in the Apocalypse 我在末世打造最强营地 [Apocalypse] + [System] + [settlement] + [stockpiling supplies] + [farming] + [summoning] + [Red Alert] + [realistic survival] + [survivalist] + [base-building] [The settlement takes shape in the first 47 chapters; after chapter 47, Red Alert troops pour in] The zombie crisis erupts, and the world falls. A zombie horde? I have countless Red Alert soldiers. We’ll crush them outright! A zombie virus? I’ll toss out one vaccine and watch millions scramble for it! Short on food and clothes? Not a cha —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Tide of Ashes 灰烬之潮 [Mutation] [Saintly Female Lead] [No System] [Zombies] [Horror] [Emotion] [Reverse Approach] With death and despair all around, the journey through the apocalypse is bound to be anything but easy. One day, a mysterious organization launches the [Apocalypse Arrival Plan]. None of the people involved have superpowers, and there’s no System either. So how can they survive the clutches of monstrous zombies? And with a saintly protagonist, even the hope of survival seems to vanish. Will they be assim —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Monster Apocalypse: The Unhinged Beauty Is Forcing Her Love on Me! 异种末世：疯批美人对我强制爱！ [Apocalypse + alien species + superpowers + bodily mutation + two male leads + ABO + two powerful leads + reborn + pocket dimension + System + decisive violence + free looting + slice-of-life leanings + mutual salvation + unique independent world setting + feel-good protagonist POV] Reborn after twenty years of apocalypse, he starts a life of looting for free with a spirit artifact by his side. When he runs into his scumbag ex and the woman who betrayed him, he beats them without hesitation. Jus 106Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Apocalypse Basketball King: Xiao Hei's Basketball IQ Rises Against the Odds in Japan 末世球霸：小黑在岛国逆生球商 “Warning! A 0.001% probability event detected!” In Year 301 of the Nuclear Disaster Era, Ma Kuiqin was playing soccer in the radioactive ruins when he accidentally triggered a quantum-level genetic mutation. He was the one variable the advanced civilization hadn’t accounted for in its “Soccer God” selection tournament! ☢️A Miracle in the Radioactive Storm As 99.999% of humanity turns into walking corpses, his “Black-Muscle Tyrant” genes complete their ultimate evolution in a nuclear blast. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 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? 65Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 17 Reborn at the End of the World: I Hid in a Mountain Military Base 末日重生我躲进了深山军事基地 Apocalypse + rebirth + slow pace + no System, no golden finger + ordinary people + surreal + genuine farming and survival Reborn, broke, and without a System! Relying on his experience and hard-won knowledge, he gathers a small group in the apocalypse, and together they survive and build a new life. This is my first time writing. Feel free to get in touch if you have any feedback! I'll get better as the story goes on. 1.6kReads6.6Score100Shelves
- 18 Global Cataclysm: I Built a City at the End of the World 全球灾变：我在末日建了一座城 [Apocalypse + rebirth + storage space + massive stockpiles + invincible + no saintly do-gooding] October 2123 on Blue Star. A strange tide sweeps in from beyond the heavens. Global cataclysm strikes, wiping out more than 90 percent of all living things. After being reborn, Lin Ye settles every score, taking revenge on all those who wronged him and putting them out of their misery! The world will end in a month? Lin Ye works hard to make money and stockpile supplies, using a little cash to levera 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Zombie Apocalypse: I Became the Chosen One 丧尸末世：我成为了天选者 [Zombie apocalypse] + [Infinite Flow] (The real-world zombie apocalypse is the main storyline. The Infinite Flow world will appear a few chapters later.) Yang Lingfeng has an uncanny intuition. Before an ancient virus breaks out, he senses something is wrong and stockpiles supplies at home, but when the zombie virus spreads, he gets trapped at a bus stop... The zombies keep evolving? All kinds of mutated zombies? Fortunately, the [Infinite Worlds] arrive, randomly selecting from am 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Apocalypse: My Smelting and Enchanting Are a Little Unorthodox 末世：我的熔炼附魔有点不正经 [Apocalypse] [Decisive and Ruthless] An ever-spreading Black Tide. A constant stream of supernatural, eerie shadows. Qin Yang has arrived in this world with the [Myriad Things Furnace]. Using his golden finger, which can devour and fuse anything, he rises from a good-for-nothing hunted by the eerie creatures to the King of Smelting who rules the apocalypse, building the strongest shelter in the wasteland! 1. Rusty dagger → ... → smelted into the "Crimson Blade," cleaving through the eerie shado 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Eternal Peace in the Apocalypse 末日永宁 Zhang Yongning is a top-notch auto mechanic. A miserable wage earner, he gets sent on a business trip to a franchise store even over the New Year holiday… only for the franchisee to stand him up. Zhang Yongning takes a break and gives himself a holiday, signing up for a cruise around the South China Sea. Then a “spore virus” breaks out worldwide… Well, there goes his way home. The virus infects almost every land-dwelling mammal… Faced with an overwhelming catastrophe, how will the survivors man 4Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 22 On the Day the Virus Broke Out, I Returned to Huaxia 病毒爆发当天，我反手穿回华夏 After transmigrating into a zombie apocalypse, Lin Yuan discovers he can open a door connecting to the modern world. One person, shuttling back and forth between two worlds. He brings intelligence into the apocalypse, and carries out cement, rebar, diesel, and ammunition. A base built by one person grows into a city. Zombies go from threats to resources, and mutants from nightmares to specimens. But this is only the first door. Every door demands a price: a base, a regime, the allegiance of ten 241Reads—Score107Shelves
- 23 I Rob, Kill, and Pillage in the Apocalypse 我在末世烧杀抢掠 [Apocalypse survival, zombies, laid-back pacing, fighting over supplies, territory, and people, building a base, no supernatural powers, no System, no goody-two-shoes, decisive and ruthless, no dragging things out] The hero, Li Bin, returns to the day before the apocalypse. This time, he will find his parents and lead the people around him to survive. He leads his people in fighting for supplies and territory and building a base. See how Li Bin burns and slaughters zombies, and raids for supplie 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Zombie Apocalypse? Get Back to the Village and Lay Low 僵尸末日快回村里苟着 In 2030, a strange epidemic swept across the globe. It infected 80% of the population at an unimaginable speed, and all kinds of violent crimes soon followed. One day, Qin Qiong was staying at his family home when he heard a loud crash from the road outside, as if something had exploded. He hurried out of the single-story house and saw thick black smoke billowing in the distance. He rushed through the front gate and witnessed a shocking scene on the road... 355Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 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… 558Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 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—Shelves
- 27 A Hundred Years into the Apocalypse, and I Just Woke Up 末世百年了，我才刚睡醒 [Apocalypse + no cultivation + no games] I don't know! How many humans are even left in this world? From the moment I woke up, we've been wandering alone through this post-apocalyptic wasteland, which has lasted for over a hundred years, for three years now, hoping to find a human settlement. Now, at last, we've found the one place where humans might still exist. After the apocalypse, are humans still loving companions, or have they become hunters and prey, killing one another? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Zombies Are Coming, and I Survive to the End 丧尸来临，我苟到最后 [Dual protagonists] [No rebirth] [No transmigration] [No System] A zombie virus was secretly developed in Country M, and the result was a world overrun by the undead. The city where Lin Xing and Gu Qing live was also attacked by zombies. In a world full of zombies, they have to watch out for both the undead and other people. If they run into a lone zombie, they take it down. If they encounter a horde, they hide. What do I care whether they live or die? I can barely keep myself fed and clothed. F —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Doomsday Survival: Rule Horror on a Reborn Cruise Ship 末日求生：重生游轮规则怪谈 [Doomsday ark + zombies + rebirth + rules-based horror] The apocalypse has come, and zombies have overrun the world. A luxurious doomsday ark is about to set sail. People believe that if they pay enough, they can buy safety and escape the zombies. But the ship unexpectedly begins issuing rule after rule, and anyone who fails to follow them is eliminated by the ship. Some people are eliminated by the ship, while others can’t take it and jump into the sea. Some even say they’d be better off st 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Zombies Run Wild in the Apocalypse: Taking My Family Home Across a Thousand Miles 末世丧尸横行：带着家人千里归乡 [Apocalyptic zombies + a sick and crazy heroine + road-trip survival story + two strong leads + both are each other's first] Jiang Niannian received a mysterious text telling her to hurry and stock up on supplies and hide, because a zombie outbreak was imminent. Before she could react, the apocalypse had already arrived. For various reasons, Jiang Niannian set off on a thousand-mile journey home with her family, while her ex-boyfriend kept following along. On this journey, is he someone you can 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 The Living Corpse Research Manual 活尸研究手册 The only thing humanity has done in this world without reversing the course of history is establish the Joint Arbitration Council (CA). In its ten years of existence, the CA has launched numerous initiatives, such as closing off energy sources to encourage humanity to pool its resources and explore the unknown. Extremely high productivity has brought tremendous progress. This era can be called a time when humanity's greatest stars shine. Some cancers have been conquered and are now curable, peop 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 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—Shelves
- 33 Zombie Crisis: The Apocalypse 丧尸危机末日 The story begins at an ordinary high school in an ordinary small town. An Jie witnessed the entire process as zombies spread in from outside the school. To survive, he was willing to do anything, even if it meant staining his hands with blood... For the companions struggling to survive alongside him, he would even put his life on the line. But when he held out until the very last second, he discovered that all of this was actually just... 150Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 34 Apocalypse: King of Los Angeles 末世：洛城之王 [Apocalypse + supernatural abilities] A nuclear explosion straight out of a conspiracy theory, and an incident that drew the attention of many factions. Zhao Xinjie was studying abroad at Caltech. Just when his life seemed darkest, the Federation delivered him an artificial sun: a nuclear warhead. The Apocalypse arrived, and the wasteland descended upon Los Angeles County. With his extraordinary bloodline and superhuman strength, Zhao Xinjie established a foothold there. He thought this life wou —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The July Apocalypse 七月末世 In July, the virus breaks out and zombies descend. They are trapped at the outbreak’s epicenter. She ties up her hair, takes up a weapon, and casts off her usual frail image, determined never to become his burden! Amid the thorns of the apocalypse, they fight side by side! 654Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 36 Reborn at the End of the World: A Thousand-Mile Match Made by Fate 末世重生之千里姻缘一线牵 [Doomsday, strong heroine, growth, supernatural powers, feel-good] One day, black rain began falling from the sky. Those who were drenched either turned into zombies or awakened supernatural powers. After being reborn, the heroine and her friends grow stronger together, leveling up along the way as they face the challenges of the apocalypse... Perhaps Heaven took pity on her, because Lu Yao was lucky enough to be reborn. Living another life, this time I'll be the first to find you. P.S. The Sys 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeons to Survive (Season 5) 午夜入场，副本通关才能活下去(第五季) Midnight Entry: Clear the Instance to Survive (Season Five) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeons to Survive (Season 6) 午夜入场，副本通关才能活下去(第六季) Midnight Entry: Clear the Instance to Survive (Season Six) 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Visitor in the Basement 地下室的访客 The Basement Visitor 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Back to Dawn 回到黎明 A pure zombie novel: no System, no supernatural powers, no evolution. One day in July, a strange virus breaks out simultaneously in several places around the world. The virus spreads through the air. Three days after infection, people turn into zombies and attack humans in a frenzy. A week later, the virus quietly mutates, shortening the infection process from three days to just three hours. People still have no idea... The curtain officially rises on the catastrophe. In a world overrun by horde 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Empty City 空城 A completely new system of mutant creatures, with no System, no rebirth, and no pocket dimension. A breath of fresh air in the apocalypse genre! Beijiang Province, in the northern reaches of Dalu, has been a bitterly cold place since ancient times. Then disaster sweeps across the nation. Evil spirits run rampant, and the people are plunged into misery. Wang Xiaokong, a resident of Yunzhong City, is caught up in the mutations. He leads his family in a struggle to survive the apocalypse and, throu 183Reads6.9Score100Shelves
- 42 What Do You Mean, It's the End of the World? 什么叫现在是世界末日 This is the story of an ordinary college student who became a hero. A virus swept through the city without warning. A peaceful university campus became a hell overrun by zombies overnight. Chen Yuxuan was just an ordinary student. By chance, a prank gone wrong put him right at the start of the apocalypse, and he fought his way out of the fallen campus with his roommates. At first, all he wanted was to keep his head down and survive. But the world gave him no chance to hide. The distortion of 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 An Ordinary Person's Survival in the Zombie Apocalypse 平民末日丧尸求生 The apocalypse arrives without warning. Protagonist Chen Liang and his best friend happen to have stocked up on supplies. With such an incredible start, how will things turn out? No special abilities, no golden finger, and a slight focus on farming. Please check out this new book! 566Reads—Score100Shelves
- 44 Doomsday: The Simulator Says I Married a Preschool Teacher! 末日：模拟器说我娶了女幼师！ [System + nuclear weapons + plot-driven + requires careful reading + slow burn + utopia] If you found out the apocalypse was only seven days away, would you fight back with everything you had, or wait for the end? I finally managed to marry a beautiful wife in this life. I refuse to die without making the most of it! [The Apocalypse Simulator is now online!] [You may possess five talents, but be warned: each one will determine your future.] [Choose: Plant Control, Qi Refining, Master Pharmacist, 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Doomsday: Embered Dawn 末日：燃烬黎明 In a single night, civilization collapsed and zombies overran the city. As everyone succumbed to panic and despair, Lu Chen awakened a fire-based ability. Flames blaze in his palm, incinerating mutated monsters. Crimson patterns flow along his arm, giving him a trump card when all hope seems lost. Across the wasteland, waves of corpses draw ever closer, while ever-evolving mutated creatures lurk in every shadow. Food, medicine, and heating supplies grow scarcer by the day. Survivors turn on one 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Biochemical Siege: I Can Control Life 生化围城，我能掌控生命 When scenes from the movies appear in real life, Hordes of zombies come surging in like a tide. How can you survive? Will you struggle on like a loathsome bug, With death closing in, Is humanity's final destination good or evil? 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Apocalypse: I Sweep Through Zombies with the System 末世：我靠系统横扫丧尸 A virus outbreak. Civilization collapses. Once-prosperous cities become living hells overrun by zombies. Lin Xiao, an ordinary man, jolts awake from a deep sleep. His memories are stuck on a pleasant shopping trip, but all around him lies a nightmare of bloodstains and ruin. In this desperate situation, the “Apocalypse Survival System” unexpectedly binds itself to him, becoming his only lifeline. The System’s missions point the way, and the beginner mission is a trial of life and death: cross a 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Do Ordinary People Really Have to Die in the Apocalypse? 普通人末世就不活了吗？ [Apocalypse + zombies + no romance + personal growth + ensemble cast + no golden finger] At midnight, Ji Lin had just finished working overtime at the hospital. Her exhausted body had barely sunk into sleep when she was jolted awake by horrifying screams and the thunderous sound of zombies pounding on the door! With no golden finger to help her, the girl faces a world turned upside down and the ugliness of twisted human nature. She escapes death again and again, struggling to find a way to sur 283Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Night Shift Company 夜班公司 The Night Shift Company 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Doomsday: Survivors of the Zombie World 末日：丧尸世界幸存者们 [No rebirth, no System, story-focused, no harem] There is a mysterious organization in the world: the Zero Organization. They have lost all humanity, purged the globe, and unleashed a zombie virus, hoping to create a world governed by an order that belongs to them alone. Not a single country on the planet has escaped unscathed. The story takes place in S City, Huaguo, and follows Qin Fan, an ordinary former soldier. Through countless hardships, he meets many people he has never encountered befor 101Reads—Score—Shelves
