Novels like Campus of the Walking Dead
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Campus of the Walking Dead, best match first.
- 1 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
- 2 Zombie Doomsday: The Boy from Town 丧尸末日：小镇少年 (No golden finger + realistic survival + decisive and ruthless + students + ordinary people) [This novel was not written with the help of AI.] Related terms: (zombies, living dead, undead, jiangshi, walking dead) 151Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 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
- 4 Zombie Campus 丧尸校园 Zombie Campus —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Zombie Campus 丧尸校园 Zombie Campus 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Zombie Apocalypse: Swing an Ice Pick and Get to Work 末日丧尸：抡起冰镐就是干 [Chaotic Times] [Zombies] [Two Male Leads] [Headshot Action] [No Stockpiling] [Not Reborn] [Not a Saint] [No Superpowers] [Immersive Realism] A zombie virus inexplicably erupts in the city, and Qin Hai's roommate suddenly goes berserk. With no idea what's going on, Qin Hai flees to the home of his colleague and friend, Ding Cheng. Together with several of Ding Cheng's friends, they try to escape the zombie nest. The road ahead is fraught with danger. Fighting the zombie hordes is hard, but deali 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Qiming Reboot: The Truth of the Apocalypse! 启明重启：末日的真相！ [No special powers + Ordinary people + Interlocking plot] [Stockpiling supplies + Plot + Growth + Teamwork] At first, it was only a struggle between humanity and nature... The nuclear wastewater from Japan caused marine life to mutate. People who ate the mutated creatures became like the zombies in movies, but not quite the same. Later, humanity repelled nature's first wave of retaliation. In just a few days, it seemed that nature wasn't so formidable after all... Little did they know that the c —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Apocalypse Overlord's Path 末世枭途 [No System] [No Superpowers] [Readers who prefer saintly characters or timid protagonists, beware] The ultimate feast of violent aesthetics; The bloodline of ancient creatures awakens; A song of ice and fire, where moral convictions clash with humanity’s distortions! Zombies arrive, order collapses, and civilization falls. As all kinds of factions rise in the apocalypse, will Su Xu struggle to survive at any cost while fleeing, or will he rise step by step, become a powerful overlord, seize th 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 After a Foot Massage, the Zombie Apocalypse? 足浴之后，丧尸末日了？ No superpowers, no System, no transmigration, no being reborn. Every knife strike draws blood, every bullet hits flesh. This isn't a power fantasy, and the pacing is slow. Read with caution if that bothers you. Zhang Hai, a country boy with no connections who makes a living selling things from a street stall, has to rely on all kinds of bizarre methods to kill zombies and survive the apocalypse. When the zombie apocalypse comes, the most dangerous thing is being too softhearted, because it will 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Silent Campus: Summer Vacation Survival in the Apocalypse 静默校园暑假末日生存 [No rebirth + no golden finger + no pocket dimension: ordinary people surviving the apocalypse] Chen Mo, twenty-eight, a university teacher in an administrative position, is an utterly ordinary person. He's average at studying, average in ability, and so introverted that even his coworkers never invite him to dinner. The only reason he got a job at a university was his mother's connections. On a summer vacation duty shift, he is the only person on the empty campus. His mother suddenly calls: a v 45Reads—Score10814d adds
- 11 Survival Is Instinct [Mutation] 求生是种本能【异变】 [No System] + [No Mindless Decisions] + [Multiple Heroines] + [No Goody-Two-Shoes] + [No Mindless Killing] Before the disaster, I was an ordinary salesman, rushing every day just to put food on the table. After the disaster, everyone was equal, and only the fittest survived. Survival was humanity’s only chance to endure. To stay alive, the survivors had no choice but to flee the cities in search of safe zones where they could scrape by. Only the strongest could embark on a journey to find a way 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Doomsday Ruffian 末日丧彪 This is a novel about surviving the apocalypse. It tells the story of Zhang Biao, an ordinary man who gradually leads humanity in its fight against the zombies. There is no spatial system; the story aims to portray a realistic apocalypse as closely as possible. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 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
- 14 The Apocalypse’s Little Security Guard 末日小保安 [No cheat powers, just pure thrills! The story begins after the elves awaken] Night-shift security guard Li Hui is helping catch a cheater when the apocalypse strikes. I was only helping catch someone cheating, okay? What is wrong with you? You actually turned into a zombie and tried to bite me. Damn it! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 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
- 16 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
- 17 Doomsday Runaway 末日亡命徒 No System! No rebirth! No saintly protagonist! The zombie virus breaks out, and the world ends. Social order collapses, and human nature’s darkest side is magnified without limit. If you want to stay alive, you have to risk your life. This is a road of survival and escape. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Light in the Darkest Rift 黑暗缝隙里的光明 [Apocalypse + zombies + survival + no superpowers + no harem + ruthless] An inexplicable virus swept across the globe. People called it the zombie virus. When the apocalypse arrived, college student Yun Fan witnessed it all. He faced not only the danger of zombies, but also the threat posed by other humans. For his own safety, he showed no mercy to potential threats, and his hands were stained with blood. “This strike is for his hand.” “This strike is for us.” “This strike is for all the good pe 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Doomsday: A Homebody’s Road to Survival 末日，一个宅男的求生之路 Lin Tian was an ordinary homebody. While traveling, a zombie virus outbreak trapped him in a hotel, where he managed to survive the first wave. Alone in his hotel room, with his ammunition and food finally running out, he decided at last to fight his way out. He struggles to survive alone in the brutal apocalypse, picking up his weapon and charging headlong into this world. Zombies, evolved humans, and all kinds of mutated creatures: is this nature's way of culling the world, or a conspiracy to 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Surviving the Doomsday 末日之活下去 The apocalypse begins with a virus. Three people form the Huaxia Special Action Team and struggle to survive in a world where no one can be trusted and people will do anything to stay alive. There are not only survivors, but also hunters who make their living through plunder. Everything comes down to staying alive. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 I Struggled Through the Apocalypse Only to Become a Pawn 末世努力终成棋子 A retired soldier in the apocalypse. A former soldier turned PE teacher fights to survive the end of the world. A glimmer of hope in the apocalypse. Unlocking potential + genetic evolution + crystal cores. Born human, yet our fate is not our own. Humanity’s infighting has severely damaged the planet’s environment. Dwindling forests, nuclear pollution, radiation, and increasingly harsh living conditions have all sown the seeds of the apocalypse. Then, one day, a sample that rapidly accelerates th 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Apocalypse: A Dead End 末日穷途 One day, Qi Lin awoke from a dream and suddenly discovered that the entire world had fallen into the apocalypse. By chance, he also discovered what made him different. And so began a journey of pressing on and fighting to survive amid despair. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 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
- 24 An Incomplete Apocalypse 不完整末日 The virus has been spreading for two years. Maybe there isn't any time left to wait... I'm Wang Yu. Where should I go? How can I survive? Someone, please save me. And who can I save? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Survivors in the Wake of the Virus 病毒下的幸存者 Also known as: Zombies Are Coming, and I'm Escaping in a Fire Truck Can you imagine it? "Putting out fires and rescuing people, then suddenly getting bitten by a zombie." Hi, everyone! I'm Hu Chen, a fire brigade captain. I ran into zombies while fighting a fire, and the virus infected my crew. The fire station fell, so I had no choice but to modify a fire truck and escape with my family and brothers. We've stayed at a university, beaten up a punk, sparred with an instructor, fought zombies, and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Endless Hiding 无尽躲藏 This is a world with no concept of "zombies," a parallel world with no related movies, stories, or information. An unprecedented crisis descends without warning. No one knows what the biting "strangers" are. They only know that these "strangers" inexplicably lunge at the people around them and bite. No one knows why they bite, only that they fear no death and possess monstrous strength. No one knows where it is safe, so all they can do is hide and flee for their lives. Welcome to a world filled 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 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
- 28 The Cold Silence of Doomsday 末日冷清 She dreams about the apocalypse in class, never expecting it to actually arrive. Mutations begin on the very first day. Will the beautiful heroine Huang Yiyi become a god while staying true to herself, or join the zombies and conquer the world? Watch her roam freely and fight across the apocalypse. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Tower: Doomsday and the Self 高塔：末日世界与自我 [Apocalypse: zombies × natural disasters and human-made calamities × ensemble cast; no supernatural abilities] The human calamity brewing amid the flames destroys everything that had once been peaceful and serene. Then come the zombie crisis, natural disasters, and more human-made catastrophes. The Apocalypse arrives in silence. Some celebrate, others wail. In this world, people must watch out for zombies, face natural disasters, and beware of human treachery. Where can the masses turn? [An ense 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Apocalypse: I Play the Villain 末世：我在末世当反派 [System] [Survival] [No Superpowers] [Awaken the Villain System in the Apocalypse!] I have to follow the script: reject people begging for help in front of everyone, forcibly “recruit” survivors, monopolize every resource, and establish absolute rule. Everyone thinks I’m a demon who would eat them alive. But they don’t know the truth. I want to be a good person, but the System won’t let me. So I’ll play the villain: I’ll keep acting until everyone thinks I’m the bad guy, and until even the Syste 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 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
- 32 The Final Singer 终末歌者 [Sci-fi + apocalypse survival + zombies + realism + mutated animals and plants + ...] This book contains graphic violence, bloodshed, horror, suspense, and humor, as well as content that may conflict with the values of ordinary people living in peaceful times. Please read with caution!!! Synopsis: Set against a broad approximation of modern society, this book explores a parallel story world shaped by the plausible chain of events that could follow an uncontrollable outbreak of zombies and mutate 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Li Xin's Survival Diary 李鑫求生日记 “No cliches,” “no transmigration,” “no invincible protagonist,” “no System,” “no wish-fulfillment.” Read with caution if any of that bothers you. If you're tired of wish-fulfillment stories that all feel the same, come and savor something more finely crafted. This book focuses on its supporting cast, vivid scene details, and carefully developed emotions. I hope it turns out to be the kind of book you've been looking for. It all began with that nightmare... No! Stop! Why is it my dad? Why?! ... L —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Mutations at the End of the World: School Days 末日校园之异变 A zombie virus breaks out at a high school, turning the campus into a battlefield. Best friends turn against each other, and the trapped students must fight their way to freedom. The students and teachers on campus are still trying to fight off the zombies and make plans to escape... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Chronicles of the Zombie Apocalypse 丧尸末世录 [No do-gooders!] This is a traditional apocalypse story. There is no System and no cheat ability. Anyone who survives is lucky, but luck does not last forever. One day, when the Goddess of Fortune no longer smiles on you, that is when you start losing everything. Even if you have already tried every means imaginable, there will be no turning things around. A friendly warning: the male and female leads are not do-gooders. There are do-gooders in this story, but they will not get a happy ending. 127Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 A Zombie Horde Breaks Out, and I Start Reclaiming the Wasteland 丧尸潮暴发，我在末世开荒 Zombies erupted without warning, and the apocalypse threw the world into chaos. The long-awaited weekend of Su Hang, an ordinary office worker, was ruined by the hordes of zombies, forcing him to struggle for survival. He and his companions fought their way out of the city, overcame countless dangers, and rebuilt their home. No supernatural abilities, no golden finger, no System, no spatial storage, no saintly protagonist, and no massive stockpiling. This story is all about realism. P.S. The mai 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Dawn on the Road of the Dead 尸途黎明 Dawn. On an ordinary day, it marks the beginning of a new one. People toil like beasts of burden, rushing about, wishing only for one more moment of rest. They hope it will come a little later. Dawn. In the end times, it is a reward for those who survive. With zombies everywhere, they struggle to stay alive, wishing only to live one more day. They hope it will come a little sooner. Which comes first, an accident or tomorrow? No one can know. The only right path is to keep honing yourself! Gr 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Tainted: Guardians of the Dawn 污核之众：曙光守护 [Apocalypse + zombies + no rebirth + no superpowers + no System + traditional realism + no mindless wish fulfillment] After completing a year as an intern, Xu Yi is hired as a police officer at the municipal bureau. He is immediately assigned to mentor a new intern, Liu Wanxing. Just as Xu Yi is worrying about whether he can handle training a newcomer, an even bigger problem quietly emerges. An unusual riot breaks out at the airport in Linhai City's Linnan District. Xu Yi, a police officer with 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Third-Person Perspective 第三者视觉 I leap through time and space to experience life and death, and I'd rather do it with you. First-person perspective [Zombies + Survival + Sci-Fi + Mutation + Competitive Gaming + Romance]. I arrived in the age of the Infected and happened to meet you. My memories of the past were gone, so we journeyed together through the world of the Infected! It was as if fate had destined it: the two of us understood each other perfectly. We helped one another and fought our way through every crisis... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 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
- 41 Doomsday: The Final Battle Before Dawn 末日：黎明前的最后一战 Here are a few reasons you should recommend this book: 1. This loser likes reading it. 2. The plot develops normally, with no outrageous settings. 3. My writing is pretty good. 4. I'm a student. 5. Please, please read it qwq 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Campus Zombies After the Apocalypse 末世来临之校园丧尸 [Apocalypse survival + zombies + ordinary people + students + real world + female lead + shelter + supplies + no System + no supernatural abilities + no storage space + no saintly protagonist] In a zombie-virus apocalypse, a university campus becomes the starting point for survival. Lei Ying, a student who loves zombie-apocalypse stories, turns his fantasies about surviving the end of the world into reality by building a secret shelter. But when his classmates are chased, infected, and transform 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 A Record of Doomsday 末日记实录 Epidemics, nuclear wastewater, the apocalypse, wastelands, and a massive zombie outbreak. Truth and illusion blur together as people rely on instinct to survive the end of the world. How long could you last in an apocalyptic wasteland? No supernatural abilities in this story. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Survival Guide 逃生指南 How can ordinary women survive in the apocalypse? How can they carry on? Should they eke out a miserable existence, or fight their way to survival? When the long night seems endless, they raise their torches high. One woman presses forward fearlessly to save another, and together they overcome every hardship. From Xinlin Residential Complex to the forests stretching for thousands of miles, they endure trial after trial, tempering themselves through suffering and living with a clear conscience. T 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 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
- 46 Apocalypse Descends: The Light of Dawn 末世降临：黎明之光 (No System, no harem, the protagonist isn't a battle god, no wish-fulfillment, and no stockpiling supplies in advance. The story focuses mainly on travel.) The story takes place in a parallel world. An unknown disaster struck Blue Star, causing more than 80 percent of all living creatures to mutate. The zombie virus spread across Blue Star, and humanity lived in fear every day, praying for the disaster to end soon... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Dormitory Survival Plan for the End of the World 末日宿舍求生计划 During the first week of classes, the four roommates had just hauled a huge pile of snacks back from the supermarket when the woman selling oden at the school gate suddenly pounced on a student. On the seventh day of the “hot flu” outbreak, a boy dunking on the basketball court landed and bit through his opponent’s throat. As we locked the dormitory door from the inside, the first scream came from downstairs A Bang silently handed everyone a military knife, while Xiao Tian strung together protei 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Three Loops to Escape 逃亡三周目 [Note: This story is entirely fictional.] Fiction! Fiction! Fiction! Lu Ren once lived a happy life, but a series of upheavals as he grew up made him quiet and withdrawn. In other people’s eyes, he became just another passerby. After starting university, Lu Ren, who had little interest in socializing, gradually found himself caught up in one “trouble” after another. Through his interactions with his friend Han Yong and many others, his personality began to change a little. Then his chaotic famil —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Filthcore Crowd 污核之众 [No rebirth + no superpowers + no awakening + no System + no cheats + no brainless decisions + human nature true to each character’s circumstances] After the Great Union wantonly discharged nuclear wastewater, a new virus emerged: the “Nuclear Waste Virus,” a rabies virus mutated by radiation from the wastewater. It sparked a global zombie crisis. In this apocalypse, where the Nuclear Waste Virus has unleashed hordes of zombies, survivors in cities across the country must protect themselves am 47Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 50 Lost in the Doomsday Mystery, Starting with the Neighbor Next Door 末日谜途，从女邻居开始 [No Spatial Storage] [No System] [No Superpowers] [No Harem] [Not Reborn] Focused on realism and logic. An ordinary person's struggle to survive the apocalypse: killing, fleeing, building a base, stockpiling supplies, expanding their influence... What unknown horrors and cruelties will they face? With a slight focus on military affairs and technology. 744Reads8.2Score—14d adds
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