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- 101 Apocalypse! Reborn as a Cat, I’m Taken in by a Powerful Big Shot 末世！重生成猫后我被大佬饲养了 [Apocalypse + space + zombies + natural disasters + superpowers + sweet romance + a little mind-reading] [Raise a cat early on, then dote on your wife later] [Strong male lead, delicate female lead] Female lead's perspective: Wen Shu is reborn as an adorable munchkin cat. Her owner is tall, handsome, worth over a hundred million, and a total cat person, so Wen Shu happily decides to lie flat and enjoy the good life. But after only a few days, her owner tells her that this is actually an apocaly 6.8kReads8.9Score80814d adds
- 102 From the Start, I Reported Everything and Built the World with Summoned Players 开局上交：我靠召唤玩家搞基建 [No CP] [World-Building] [Fourth-Dimensional Disaster] [Players] [Zombies] [Undead] [Ensemble Cast] [Behind-the-Scenes Boss] #IWantToHandOverAnotherWorld# The moment Yun Lan suddenly gained a small world, she came clean to the state! After that, an unprecedented full-dive game, Zombie Nation, officially launched online! -- Before the game launched -- Netizens: Fake! Fake! Fake! A scam to fleece us! -- After the game launched -- Netizens: Give me an invite! Give me an invite! Hurry up and open th 18.1kReads9.1Score1.8k14d adds
- 103 A Doomsday Guide to Raising the Beloved of the Group 末世团宠饲养指南 [Apocalypse + Two Powerful Leads + 1v1 Sweet Romance + Zombies + Pocket Dimension + Superpowers] After ten years of cultivation, the little cat demon Yan Ning had only just managed to take human form when she arrived in the human world and discovered that everything had changed. The apocalypse had arrived, and zombies were everywhere. But all she wanted was to cuddle up with her caretaker. So why was he looking at her more and more strangely the longer they cuddled? “Yan Ning, how about one more 7.3kReads9.1Score98114d adds
- 104 The Dead Rise on Campus 尸起校园 No System. An ordinary person from the start. No fighting monsters and leveling up. If you like realistic portrayals of human nature in the apocalypse, come on in! Please note: this is not a brainless, lightweight novel. Human nature is portrayed realistically, and conflicts are shrouded in mystery. It follows an ordinary student from the lowest rung of society as he experiences despair during the apocalypse, searches for shelter, and gradually grows. There are no rigid moral standards here. No 13.5kReads8.9Score1.3k14d adds
- 105 Little Zombie, I’ve Been Kept by a Crazy Villain! 小尸尸我啊！被疯批反派圈养了 [Zombie heroine + villain male lead + spoiled antics + goofy comedy + supernatural powers + System + powerful characters + sweet romance] The male lead is a villain, not a good person, and has no sense of morality. Don’t read if that bothers you. The heroine is a zombie, a goofball and a total clown. # Sweet Wine, now a zombie, stares at the street full of the walking dead with a look of utter despair. She’s arrived in this post-apocalyptic world with just one mission: bite the villain and turn 17.3kReads9.0Score2.1k14d adds
- 106 From the Start, I Get Everything for Free, Adopt Adorable Beasts, and Make the Apocalypse Cozy 开局零元购，收萌兽，温馨度末世 [Post-Apocalypse + Rebirth + Adorable Beasts + Space + Decisive and Ruthless + Strong Female Lead with No Romance + Beast Speech] Surviving the apocalypse was no easy feat. Over ten years, Ning Ke suffered countless setbacks and injuries, only to be betrayed just as she was about to make it through. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the early days of the apocalypse, and her space and supplies from her previous life had come back with her. Using her memories of her past life, sh 8.1kReads9.3Score1k14d adds
- 107 Apocalypse: The Big Shot and Her Full-Spectrum Powers Protect China 末世对照组：大佬带全系异能守护华夏 [Reborn in the Apocalypse + System Powers + Two Powerful Leads Defend the Nation] It wasn’t until the moment she died that Jian Yu learned the truth: the apocalypse wasn’t a natural disaster, but a man-made one! The destruction of humanity and the catastrophe that struck Blue Star were nothing more than a hunting game staged by a higher civilization, bored and eager to watch a lower civilization struggle on the brink of death! Looking at the System before her, all honeyed words and a venomous he 3.1kReads8.9Score35214d adds
- 108 Global Zombie Outbreak: The Evil Seeds Descend 全球尸变，恶种降临 [Apocalypse + Survival + Zombies + Human Nature + Powerful Male and Female Leads] When he wakes up, the entire world has been struck by a bizarre virus. Everyone infected turns into a highly intelligent killing monster. The once-bustling campus instantly becomes a living hell. Here, honesty, friendship, kindness, and everything else have ceased to exist. He only wanted to lie low and survive, but from the start he is locked in a room full of monsters. He thinks certain death is inevitable, but u 11.1kReads9.1Score93314d adds
- 109 Doomsday Survival: The Zombie Tide Surges 末日生存： 尸潮涌动 [Survival + zombies + no System + no saintly protagonist + no harem + no female lead] In 2044, a global catastrophe struck. With zombies running rampant, Han Shuo had no choice but to take up his Tang sword and join the fight! In this apocalypse, watch Han Shuo struggle to survive, one step at a time. Note: This is not a purely bleak story. The protagonist is cold-hearted, but he does not kill indiscriminately! It tells the story of an ordinary man who relies on his wits, awareness, and resource 23.6kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 110 One Man, One Dog, One Zombie 一人一狗一丧尸 [No superpowers + no System + plot-focused + no harem] Huang Jin, a young man who secretly worked in a specialized line of business, received a call from his boss at the beginning of the zombie outbreak. His boss ordered him to stay put in C City and wait for the organization to rescue him. But time passed, and after waiting for two whole years, Huang Jin still saw no sign of anyone from the organization. He decided to head to Z City, where his boss was, on his own. Along the way, he came across 35.5kReads9.4Score3.4k14d adds
- 111 Stockpiling Supplies in the Apocalypse: I Just Want to Be a Lazy Fish with Billions of Resources 末世囤货：携亿万物资只想当咸鱼 [Apocalypse + rebirth + spatial storage + multiple pets + stockpiling + everyday life + a different kind of spatial System!] Acid rain, blizzards, extreme cold and heat, insect plagues, mutations… After struggling alone in the apocalypse for ten years, she is framed and left to bleed to death. Reborn, she takes revenge, stockpiles supplies, and raises an army of mutated military dogs! Fried chicken, luosifen, cola, potato chips: she buys it all! But… the way her space upgrades seems a little str 14.7kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 112 Dawn Tower 黎明塔 They're here! They're here! A shocking conspiracy is looming over the entire world! Natural and man-made disasters, with zombies everywhere! Please don't lose yourself in the darkness! May the dawn's light shine forever! 55.8kReads9.3Score4.3k14d adds
- 113 Apocalypse Star Crystals: I Have an Army of Contract Beasts 末日星晶：我有一个契约兽军团 [Superpower Evolution] [Egoism] [Reborn] [Dark Humor] [Early Development, Lone Wolf] [Multiple Heroines, Skip if You Mind] A meteor shower descended, and the whole world collapsed into ruin. Most people turned into terrifying monsters, while animals and plants ceased to be resources for the survivors and became hunters instead. The meteor shower also brought star crystals, which could yield extraordinary food, weapons and equipment, evolution potions, and bloodlines with supernatural abilities.. 146.2kReads8.2Score11.4k14d adds
- 114 In the Apocalypse, I Lied to the Male Lead and Told Him I Was His Girlfriend 末世，我骗男主说我是他女朋友 [Post-Apocalypse + Transmigrates into a Book as a Villainous Supporting Character + Male Lead with Amnesia + Spatial Power + Sweet, Delicate Beauty + Unhinged Male Lead] Qi Jinnuo transmigrates into a book and becomes the unhinged male lead’s gold-digging, villainous first love in a post-apocalyptic novel. She dumped him back when he was poor. After he became a wealthy young master in the capital, she shamelessly begged him to get back together. When he rejected her, she drugged him. He fought b 30.5kReads8.2Score3.3k14d adds
- 115 108 Ways to Die at the Hands of Your Zombie Love Rival 被丧尸情敌咬死的108种方式 [Apocalypse + time loop + no female lead, straight man vs. yandere zombie] [Early: time loop; middle: development; late: unification; very late: interstellar] When the Apocalypse arrives, Shen Bai gains the ability to loop back in time. His rival in love, Lu Shijiu, becomes a zombie and spends all day thinking about how to bite him to death. To stay alive, Shen Bai has no choice but to distance himself from the campus beauty. But Lu Shijiu seems to have gone crazy and insists on sticking close t 2.6kReads9.4Score45414d adds
- 116 Wait, Whose Little Zombie Needs to Be Coaxed into Eating Meat? 不是！谁家小丧尸得哄着才吃肉啊 [Complete + two male leads + devoted to each other + raising and nurturing + sweet romance + the top only has eyes for his beloved later on + soft, squishy half-corpse bottom!!] Gu Chi is reborn in the early days of the apocalypse. With three months left before darkness falls upon the world, he starts stockpiling the supplies he’ll need. He only meant to get himself a pet for company, but somehow he ended up bringing home the pet’s owner, too. Xu Wangnian is a half-corpse who hasn’t completel 8kReads9.3Score1.3k14d adds
- 117 Apocalypse: Miss, Don't Panic. I Have Enough Supplies for a Hundred Years 末世：姑娘莫慌，我物资够用百年 Synopsis: [Zombies + Natural disasters + Superpowers + Divine pets + Beautiful women + Pocket dimension + Ruthless hero + Building a faction] The Apocalypse arrived, bringing a super cold wave that froze the entire world. After the cold wave came a zombie virus outbreak. Then came a super tsunami, flooding the globe and turning it into a world of water. Before long, global temperatures soared again. The water evaporated, leaving the planet completely dry. Think that's the end of it? No. Humanity 49.7kReads8.8Score3.3k14d adds
- 118 Apocalypse: I Can Hear Other People's Thoughts 末世：我能听到别人心声 [Apocalypse + Reborn + Superpowers] Xiao Jun, who had survived six years of the Apocalypse, was reborn before it began. Can he stockpile supplies, kill zombies, and even hear other people's thoughts? The school belle's top-tier opportunity? Sorry, I'm taking it all! Xiao Jun: One day, I'll figure out the origins of this Apocalypse. 36.2kReads9.0Score2.2k14d adds
- 119 The Sweet-Talking Little Healer Is Doted on by a Doomsday Big Shot 软撩小毒奶被末世大佬娇宠了 Also known as Sweet Spoiling: The Little Monster of the Apocalypse Wants Kisses and Cuddles [One-on-One Romance, Two Powerful Leads, A Real Little Monster, Sweet Apocalypse Romance, No Angst] A little monster from the mountains finds herself in the apocalypse. To become a diligent little monster who cultivates hard and dreams of becoming an immortal, Gu Yu searches everywhere for spiritual energy. By chance, she meets Shang Mo, the captain of a special forces squad who is steeped in good karma. 43.9kReads9.5Score6.2k14d adds
- 120 Zombie Express 丧尸专列 [Apocalypse, hyper-realistic, no System, hardcore, trains, heavy trucks, slow-paced, road-trip novel] [This book has a complete, independent world. Please don’t confuse it with similar works.] [The protagonist grows over time. If you want a protagonist who never makes mistakes, is invincible, and handles every situation perfectly from the start, please move on. This book isn’t for you.] A new virus spreading around the world was only the beginning. After infecting most people, it began causing m 60kReads9.2Score5.3k14d adds
- 121 Apocalypse Villain: Starting by Stealing the School Beauty from the Female Lead 末世反派：从截胡校花女主开始 [Apocalypse + Villain + System + Special Abilities] (If you only want mindless killing and can't accept the protagonist doing bad things, don't read this!) Lu Yu transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a rich second-generation heir. What? The apocalypse is coming in a week, and all of humanity will start evolving? And he's actually the villain of the apocalypse? When he learns that the protagonist, Chu Feng, will be reborn before the apocalypse arrives, he immediately starts laying his pla 30kReads8.8Score2.1k14d adds
- 122 EN King of the Apocalypse! 末世之王！ [Apocalypse + Rebirth + Stockpiling Supplies + Evolving Zombies + Violent Aesthetics] Lin Dong is reborn on the eve of a terrifying apocalypse, and gains a storage space. A normal person would stockpile huge amounts of supplies, food, and water. But Lin Dong buys vast quantities of raw meat and fresh blood. Because... he is about to become a zombie! Flesh and blood are the source of a zombie's power. As long as it eats meat, it can keep evolving. A zombie fed on plenty of flesh grows at a terrif 77kReads9.3Score6.4k14d adds
- 123 Apocalypse Survival: I Can See Hidden Hints 末世求生：我能看到隐藏提示 When Zhang Chen woke up, he discovered that billions of people had been transported to a post-apocalyptic world! Surviving became everyone’s shared goal! But Zhang Chen could see hidden information: [Congratulations! This room has no zombies, and it also contains a Level 1 supply crate!] [This mutated fruit looks sweet and delicious, but one bite will kill you!] [The meat of a mutated rat can stave off hunger, and temporarily increase your strength!] While everyone else cautiously explored this 31.1kReads9.1Score2.6k14d adds
- 124 Natural Disaster: I Stockpile Billions in Supplies to Survive the Apocalypse 天灾，我囤几十亿物资在末世求生 Apocalypse + rebirth + spatial storage + stockpiling supplies Disasters struck without warning, transforming the world. First came scorching heat, then bitter cold, followed by earthquakes, dense fog, endless night, and acid rain, one after another. Su Nian struggled to survive alone in the apocalypse for ten years, only to die in the torrential acid rain. When she opened her eyes again, Su Nian discovered she had been reborn, with three months left before the apocalypse. After discovering a vas 29.7kReads9.1Score2.7k14d adds
- 125 EN Apocalypse: Stockpiling a Billion in Supplies from Day One 末世：开局先囤十亿物资 [Apocalypse + Rebirth + Spatial Ability + Stockpiling Supplies + Ruthless, No Saintly Savior + Building a Faction] “Mr. Chen, your one hundred family buckets of fried chicken have arrived.” “Mr. Chen, your one hundred roast ducks have arrived.” “Boss Chen, your ten thousand tons of pork have arrived.” Chen Luo, known as the Void King, relied on his unmatched ability to lie low until every survivor had died. In the whole world, only monsters remained; there were no humans left. With nothing left 117.9kReads9.3Score9.4k14d adds
- 126 A Zombie's Hiking Diary 丧尸的徒步旅行日记 [Leisurely Travels + Everyday Storylines + No Romance] [Content note: No fighting or drama, and the protagonist isn't cold-blooded, going on killing sprees, or antisocial. This is purely a story about taking walks!] When the apocalypse broke out, Yu Qingxian chose to die. But her attempt failed, and she became a zombie. She had been socially anxious and depressed in life, so she decided to travel on foot. Since everyone was a zombie anyway, she didn't feel so afraid anymore. 23.9kReads9.6Score4.3k14d adds
- 127 I’m the Only One in the World Without Powers 全世界只有我没有异能 The apocalypse arrives, and after destruction comes new life. Everyone gains special abilities, while Li Chang'an, who has none, lives like a beast. Some teach him to be kind to others; others teach him to fight his way to a better world. Little by little, he comes to believe that there is light even in the darkness. Though the road is hard, he still wants to become one of the strongest, standing at the very top. But one day, the light vanishes before his eyes. 5kReads9.4Score79914d adds
- 128 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 26.8kReads8.9Score2.4k14d adds
- 129 EN Oh No! The Little Zombie Accidentally Became a Big Shot 糟糕！小丧尸一不小心就成了大佬 [Apocalypse x food hoarding x devoted couple x sweet romance x little zombie heroine x super badass, high-output hero] Torrential rain, typhoons, tsunamis, thunderstorms, the disappearance of Earth's magnetic field, zombies, monsters, supernatural abilities, and more... Congratulations, you've entered the main storyline of the apocalypse. The whole world is about to be reshuffled. From here on, survival depends on your life, your luck, and yourself. - While everyone else is still screaming in a 76kReads9.5Score10.4k14d adds
- 130 EN Apocalypse Game: Killing My Girlfriend on Day One 末日游戏：开局手刃校花女友 [Game Stats] [No Romance] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Invincible Protagonist] [Absolute Egoism] [Pure Wish Fulfillment] No saintly heroes allowed!!! After surviving ten years of the apocalypse, Lin Ziluo was reborn on the day the apocalypse game arrived. When he came to, the first thing he did was kill his campus crush, the girlfriend who had betrayed him and ruined his life for ten years. Unexpectedly, he activated a System that could grant him countless golden fingers. His first golden finger: Ab 131.1kReads9.4Score10.8k14d adds
- 131 Natural Disasters from the Start: I Hoard a Hundred Billion in Supplies and Win by Doing Nothing 开局天灾，我靠囤百亿物资躺赢 [Post-Apocalyptic World + Reborn + Spatial Storage + Stockpiling + Pets + Slice of Life] (Available in print; the short drama and motion comic are now streaming) In a post-apocalyptic world of natural disasters, only the fittest survive. Typhoons, floods, extreme cold and heat, earthquakes, tsunamis, insect plagues, acid rain… After struggling to survive for three years in the apocalypse, Jiang Ning met a miserable death. Reborn three days before the end of the world, she seizes the advantage, r 59.5kReads9.3Score5.3k14d adds
- 132 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6k14d adds
- 133 The Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoarded a Hundred Billion in Supplies 冰河末世，我囤积了百亿物资 Doomsday + reborn + massive stockpiling + playing it safe + unlimited space + dark revenge, no saintly protagonist The world enters an ice age. The freezing apocalypse arrives, and 95% of the planet's population perishes! In his previous life, Zhang Yi was killed by people he'd helped because of his kind heart. Reborn one month before the freezing apocalypse, Zhang Yi awakens a spatial ability and begins frantically stockpiling supplies! Short on supplies? He empties the hundred-billion-yuan war 359.7kReads8.7Score17.9k14d adds
- 134 Apocalypse Rebirth: The Big Shot Starts by Stockpiling a Million Supplies 末世重生：大佬从百万囤货开始 [Apocalypse + ruthless heroine + System storage space + stockpiling supplies + infrastructure building + strong female lead + an outrageously powerful golden finger!] Han Qingxia, a hardened survivor who struggled through ten years of the apocalypse, is betrayed by her base while it’s under siege by zombies. She opens her eyes and finds herself back half a month before the apocalypse! Her deadbeat father, awful grandmother, and stepmother are still trying to force her out of her home so her brot 97.4kReads9.4Score8.6k14d adds
