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- 1 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
- 2 Doomsday! Crimson Otherworld 末日！腥红彼岸 [Human nature + zombie mutations + horror + natural disasters + mild supernatural powers] When Jiang Bi'an woke up, he was horrified to find the hallway smeared with blood. The world outside had changed. The bustling city had fallen silent, and the streets were filled with nothing but bloodthirsty zombies! After his last scraps of food ran out, Jiang Bi'an picked up a homemade spear… Stepping outside, he began fighting to survive in the cracks of a world in ruins. The elusive Green Ghost might t 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 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
- 4 Apocalypse: Base System, Rebuilding Order 末世：基地系统，重建秩序 (Apocalypse + farming + System + base + army) When he wakes up, the world has changed completely. The once peaceful and harmonious city has become an apocalyptic hellscape. Fortunately, he binds to the Apocalypse Base System. From then on, he can summon soldiers, build a base, and command countless cannons and aircraft. In the apocalypse, he will establish a new order. This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Zombies 丧尸 The apocalypse has arrived, and zombies are everywhere! This apocalyptic disaster will reveal another side of human nature: redemption, justice, and struggle! The most terrifying thing isn't the zombies, but the human heart. Humanity is confined within shelter bases, and a new order is about to be established! This is a world where the strong prey on the weak. Will you settle for a quiet, safe life, or risk everything to fight for what you want? … When you gaze into the depths of space, every u 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 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
- 7 The World After the Apocalypse: From Nothing to Something 末世人间：从无到有 (Ace soldier + military + battles of human nature + zombies) The apocalypse erupts without warning, and the country falls in an instant. There is no so-called golden finger, no so-called System. There are only survivors who, in order to stay alive, have no choice but to keep moving forward and repeatedly violate their own moral codes. Note: The zombies are merely supporting characters that drive the plot. The main story is about the struggles between people. The protagonist may have a certain pl 7Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 8 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
- 9 The World of the Doomed Dead 末日丧世界 Severe industrialization and technological development have damaged Earth, leading to global warming. A virus arrives silently, spreading slowly at first but mutating at an astonishing rate. Ninety percent of the world's humans and animals turn into zombies. How will they survive? Wait and see. No superpowers, no System, no self-righteous do-gooders. 39Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 10 Fungi Can't Kill Humans 真菌杀不死人类 [A zombie novel with no golden finger. Humanity can only fight for survival through unity and ingenuity] “Holy crap, Lao Gao, what is that thing?” “Oh, a fungus.” “A fungus? Mushrooms growing in a zombie's brain?” “More or less. A mushroom that eats people.” “So that's it for humanity?” “No.” Gao Jianyu takes Jiang Jianmi by the hand. With their backs to the setting sun, he tells his brothers: “Fungus can kill people, but it can't kill humanity!” 5Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 11 Day of Survival 求生日 (No supernatural powers + no System + relatively hard-edged + slow burn + not a power fantasy) When a crisis strikes, should you take up arms to survive, or turn on your fellow human beings? In a Doomsday world with no order or hope, how can humanity survive? 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 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
- 13 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
- 14 A Modern Superpower in the Apocalypse 末日中的现代化强国 [Apocalyptic survival + Hardcore military action + Building a home] A biohazard crisis sweeps across the globe. With no superpowers and no System, Hao Hao discovers the law of survival in the apocalypse: all fear comes from a lack of firepower and production capacity. What do you do when facing heavy zombies? Fire a 12.7 mm large-caliber armor-piercing incendiary round. If that doesn’t work, fire a 125 mm armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot round. What about agile zombies? Switch on t 290Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 15 A Record of the Zombie Apocalypse 末日丧尸纪实 (The rating is low because it was just released and started out with a low score. Check the detailed reviews; they’re mostly positive!) Synopsis: [Traditional Apocalypse]+ [Military]+ [War between humans and zombies] In 2025, a flu spread across the globe, and everyone seemed to take it in stride… Then the Apocalypse suddenly broke out, and zombies began appearing. How would humanity survive…? After the Apocalypse broke out, Zhao Leng escaped death and joined the army, beginning a war between hu 560Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 16 Apocalypse Crisis: Infinite Plunder 末世危机之无限掠夺 [Apocalypse crisis + ruthless + no heroine + zombies + supernatural powers + all races!] Jiang Chen awakens the power to plunder without realizing it, then dies a tragic death and unexpectedly is reborn before the apocalypse. This time, he is determined to change his fate and rise above millions. The apocalypse: a game created by beings who call themselves gods! But give those gods health bars, and he'll kill them all the same. The Shadow King, the Earth Guardian, the Poison Doctor Queen, and th 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 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—Shelves
- 18 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
- 19 The Dead Rise on Campus, and I Can Get a Gun as Soon as I Get Home 尸起校园，回家就能拿到枪 [Apocalypse + No System + No Inventory Space + No Superpowers + Zombies + Dark Web Arms Dealer] One day in early summer, a mysterious zombie virus broke out, and the whole world quickly fell. Gu Jiangming was trapped on campus. By day, he was an ordinary third-year student at Lingyang University. Behind the scenes, he was the only major arms dealer in the Xia Kingdom section of the dark web. He had received rigorous combat training since childhood. He had been handling all kinds of weapons since 271Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 20 Mutated Corpse Horde 畸变尸群 When the zombie apocalypse strikes, every other natural or man-made disaster pales in comparison. As civilization teeters on the brink of collapse, what kind of future awaits humanity as it faces an unprecedented crisis? [Slow burn, not a mindless power fantasy.] [This is my first time writing a novel, so please feel free to point out anything I could improve.] 79Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Slaughtering My Way Through This Apocalypse 杀穿这个末世 Slaughter My Way Through This Apocalypse No System, no cultivation fantasy, no supernatural powers. A passionate survival story with farming and special forces combat. I'm still inexperienced at writing the early chapters, and I'm learning as I go, even as I go bald! A global zombie outbreak infects huge numbers of people with a virus, turning them into bloodthirsty monsters. Humanity, once ruler of the Earth, becomes prey, forced to hide wherever it can! Although this marks the end of humanity' 375Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 22 The Camp Is Surrounded by Zombies: This Reporter Is a Force to Be Reckoned With! 丧尸围营：这个报道员有点猛！ [Apocalypse, soldiers, no System, ultra-realistic, slow-paced, road story, faux documentary style, light comedy] [This book is fictionalized from my own real military career. It isn't a power fantasy, and the pace will be slow. I'll do my best to keep the details realistic.] On New Year's Eve, an entire military unit turns into zombies! The three survivors are a political office correspondent, a military police officer, and a bugler in the military band. They have no idea how to use the tanks, i 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Apocalypse Frenzy: A Neighborhood Patrol Officer Forges an Iron Legion 末世狂潮：片区巡警缔造钢铁军团 Apocalypse + Survival + No Superpowers + Ultra-Hardcore Road journey in the early stages, base-building later District patrol officer Yang Huaiguang is trapped in a collapsing city. He has no overpowered abilities, only solid policing skills and a cool head. He takes in refugees, builds a base, and trains troops for battle. Survival squad → field brigade → steel army group! He wipes out mutated creatures and crushes every raider faction in his path. Witness district patrol officer Yang Huaiguang —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 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
- 25 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) 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 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) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Visitor in the Basement 地下室的访客 The Basement Visitor —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 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
- 29 Apocalypse Rebirth: From the Start with an Infinite Evolution System 末世重生：开局无限进化系统 [Lighthearted apocalypse, no superpowers, one heroine, doomsday road trip] Three years into the apocalypse, Su Ming died in a tide of corpses. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to three hours before the zombie outbreak! This time, he bound himself to the [Infinite Evolution System]! From the start, he received a ten-cubic-meter spatial backpack, a basic evolution potion, and basic mastery of hand-to-hand combat. He had planned to retrace his old path: grow stronger, seize what he co 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Apocalypse: I'm the Only One Who Can Evolve Without Limits 末世之只有我能无限进化 Chu Feng is an underground fighter. Lately, the news has been full of violent attacks, and the world is starting to get strange. A sudden zombie virus, mysterious text messages... And what do you mean my dad is the Overlord and my mom is the Mother Body? 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 An Angler in a World of Living Dead 活尸下的钓鱼佬 A wilderness fishing enthusiast finds himself caught up in a sudden viral crisis. He'd only meant to become a fishing livestreamer, but who could have guessed he'd end up in the middle of a living-dead crisis? As it turns out, it was a blessing in disguise. Quietly fishing is hard enough, and quietly fishing during the apocalypse is even harder. Watch as a fisherman with no supernatural powers or special talents figures out how to scrape by during the living-dead crisis. 2.1kReads8.9Score250Shelves
- 32 The Apocalypse Arrives, and There’s an Ability Tree Inside Me 末世降临，我的体内有颗异能树 (Zombie apocalypse, decisive and ruthless, not reborn, multiple heroines, multiple superpowers, no saintly protagonist) Lin Ling was framed and imprisoned for three years while in college. On the day he was released, a red moon hung overhead. The apocalypse had arrived. A red downpour swept across humanity, turning two-thirds of all life on Earth into mindless zombies. The small number of survivors who remained also awakened superpowers. But Lin Ling discovered that he had more than just the hea 7Reads—Score146Shelves
- 33 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
- 34 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
- 35 The Night Shift Company 夜班公司 The Night Shift Company —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Dawn of the Living Dead 活死人的黎明 Apocalypse + zombies + ensemble cast + realistic survival from the perspective of ordinary people. No supernatural powers, no golden fingers, no stockpiling, no rebirth. 2028, the fifth year since Japan began dumping nuclear wastewater into the ocean. As the marine environment became polluted, an unknown virus entered human society through seafood products. It started with what people ate. Pain and diarrhea soon followed, and hospitals were overwhelmed. But something even more terrifying began t 1.6kReads8.7Score103Shelves
- 37 Apocalypse: A Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle from the Start 末世，开局一辆山猫步兵战车 [An apocalypse troop-building and conquest story, hard-core military action, all kinds of weapons and equipment, cutting-edge technology, nuclear strikes, and large-scale military conflicts. No superpowers, no cultivation, no harem.] In the apocalypse, people are impossible to read. A lot happens in the world every day, but it all boils down to five words: “Eat people” and “be eaten.” The apocalypse has plenty of rules, but in the end it comes down to this: “Whose bones are harder, and whose gun 262Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 38 Beneath the Silence 寂静之下 [Military apocalypse] [Science fiction] [Alternate history] [Sovietpunk] [Slavic supermen] [Mystery] (In 1975, while the West was mired in an oil crisis and economic stagflation, an internal upheaval in the Soviet Union had become inevitable. As Brezhnev's health rapidly deteriorated and conservatives and rigid bureaucrats dragged the country toward decay, an internal coup launched by the military and reformists completely changed the course of a stagnant era. From then on, the Soviet Union emb 781Reads6.9Score104Shelves
- 39 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
- 40 Apocalypse! Countless Supplies, Straight from Tarkov 末世！囤积物资无数，来自塔科夫 [Apocalypse + escape + zombies + strong male and female leads + Escape from Tarkov + Arena Breakout + stockpiling supplies] Continuing the story from the previous book, Liu Yingyang has stockpiled a huge amount of supplies in his warehouse. After dealing with the forces in the city, he makes the name of the Predators known for the first time. Now he must face even greater pressure from outside, while things are also changing in the city of Tarkov in another world. The Terra Group has already ext 72Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Zombie Outbreak: I Become Emperor in the Apocalypse 丧尸爆发：我在末世当皇帝 (Apocalyptic zombies, powerful protagonist, decisive and ruthless, refuses to be anyone's lapdog) A meteor shower, said to come once every four thousand years and carrying zombie viruses and strange energy, slammed into this dull world. It brought more than disaster. It brought opportunity! Listen to the zombies roar. Listen to the people scream and shout. “Listen! What beautiful sounds, heh heh heh!” “In troubled times, heroes rise! Why shouldn't I, Shen Ming, fight for my share of the world?” 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Will to Survive: A Spark Ignites a Prairie Fire 生存意志之星火燎原 A biochemically engineered virus ravages the world, the global fight against the pandemic descends into turmoil, and evil hegemonic organizations hold sway. An ordinary young man from a remote border town is infected and fights tenaciously to survive. He builds a research team, forms a force of mutated soldiers, and establishes a faction of his own. Joining forces with like-minded allies, he battles evil organizations and embarks on a path toward fairness, justice, peace, freedom, and self-relia 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Apocalypse: I Awakened Spatial Powers, but Can Only Teleport 末世：觉醒空间异能的我只会瞬移 “Do not contact aliens in private.” The government issued a public warning, but some people still secretly tried anyway. Then disaster struck, and meteorites crashed into cities across the country. Humanity fought back with everything it had. On the day the disaster began, Zhou Jin awakened a spatial ability. Unfortunately, all it let him do was teleport. Ridiculed by his teammates during training, he decided to walk alone through the cities of the apocalypse. 132Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Doomsday Travelogue 末日游记 [Apocalypse + Zombies + No Evolution, No Superpowers] The apocalypse arrives, and zombies overrun the world. A motorhome sets out from Hebei on a journey to Tibet to search for family. I’m just an ordinary nobody. All I want is to survive these chaotic times, find a peaceful place, and live a happy life with my wife and children. But circumstances keep pushing me onward. My concern for friends and family, along with clues that might reveal what happened to my parents, leaves me no choice but to 143Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 45 Doomsday: Starting Out with Just an Orange 末日：开局拿着一个橘子 [Want an orange?] [You don't?] [That won't do. Trust me, eating oranges lets you live forever.] While everyone else's golden finger could defy the heavens, Chu Qiao had a big sister on the other side holding a knife to his neck. “Miss, no, Auntie, no, Great-Aunt! I really did conjure this orange. I didn't hide it anywhere.” “Where would I even hide it?” “I'm completely naked!” 205Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 46 Apocalypse Zombies 末世丧尸 No superpowers, no System, no pocket dimension. A realistic zombie apocalypse story. In an apocalypse crawling with zombies, most survivors stockpile food and hide, or gather a few strong teammates to huddle together for warmth. I'm different: I go around collecting beautiful women! 582Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Immune 免疫者 When disaster strikes, what will you choose? To run away, or to fight? To rot away for no reason, or to boldly carve out a whole new world? That's right! Survive! The real show is only just beginning! 572Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 48 Zombies: My Apocalypse Survivor Base 丧尸：我的末世幸存者基地 [No System] + [No supernatural abilities] + [Not reborn] The zombies break out, and the apocalypse arrives. There are zombies right outside the door, and Wang Kai is stunned. No System, no powers, not reborn. Is this really a proper zombie novel? It's 2024 already. Surely there aren't still zombie novels without a System, right? Right? How is anyone supposed to handle this from the start? Looking at the pretty girl hiding in the room, he decides: Whatever, life and death are in fate. If they won 946Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 49 My Girlfriend Is a Zombie 我的女友是只丧尸 [Classic Apocalypse] [Coming-of-Age] "If you can live off someone, you should!" Ten years into the apocalypse, Lu Feng is betrayed by his most trusted companion, who shoves him into a tide of zombies as they fight over a Level Six genetic serum. When he opens his eyes again, he has returned to before the apocalypse began, to the very day Zuo Ting confessed her feelings for him. In his previous life, afraid of holding her back, he chose to run away. Later, Zuo Ting became a Level Nine genetic war 148Reads—Score119Shelves
- 50 Apocalypse: Building the Ultimate Shelter 末世：打造顶级避难所 [Rebirth] [Apocalypse] [Zombies] [No System] [No Superpowers] [Not a Do-Gooder] [Rebuilding Civilization] Chen Yi opened his eyes and returned to three hours before the apocalypse began. From the start, all he had was a dog. He'd have to scavenge for everything else. (P.S. I'm always terrible at writing blurbs, so just read the story. It's a gritty, hard-core survival power fantasy!) 1.5kReads8.9Score102Shelves
