Novels like Campus of the Walking Dead
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- 101 Apocalypse: A Guide to Surviving at University 末世：高校求生指南 [No System + no goody-two-shoes + traditional apocalypse + one female lead + no superpowers + character growth + realism + school] A zombie virus broke out across the globe. It started when researchers in Country M studied genetic sequences and opened Pandora's box, triggering a full-scale outbreak... The virus spread in an instant, and the whole world fell... Zombie virus: Also known as a prion disease, it can spread through the air and blood. It can survive in the air for only twenty minutes. 238Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 102 Death Takes the City 尸杀全城 Also known as The Citywide Zombie Slaughter: Survival Begins in an Apartment [No Superpowers or Cheats + Realistic Survival + Zombie Apocalypse] It all begins with a ridiculous night of drinking... And yet the world is about to be plunged into a cataclysm. As steel cities become death zones, once-bustling streets slowly fall into ruin, and countless strange figures wander across the ravaged land... Can Chen Yu make it out alive, carrying the seed called “hope” in his heart, and survive to the e 1.9kReads8.0Score10614d adds
- 103 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 93Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Doomsday Survival: On the Road Among the Dead 末日生存之人在尸途 Walking corpses, wild beasts, combat; Survival, off-roading, the journey home; Gunfire, gear, vehicles; For the best reading experience, brothers, a friendly reminder: This is a realistic apocalypse novel. Readers under sixteen should read with a family member present! It’s grounded in common sense, has no saintly self-sacrifice, features lots of women, and has no female lead. If you like stories about stockpiling goods in a supermarket space, turn right and head out. Remember to close the door 178Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 105 I Woke Up and Didn't Have to Work Anymore: Global Zombies 一觉睡醒不用上班了：全球丧尸 [An ordinary person’s struggle to survive the apocalypse. First-person narration. Human nature. No System, no supernatural powers, and not a power fantasy.] (Remember, you only get one life. Once you die, everything is over. You won’t be reborn, and there are no second chances. If you were the protagonist in an apocalypse like this, how would you survive?) One day, Li Dachuan, an ordinary office worker, wakes up to find himself caught in a zombie crisis. Witness the blood and tears of ordinary p 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Apocalypse Arrives, Red Underwear from the Start 末日来临，开局红裤衩 This isn’t a wish-fulfillment story, so read at your own discretion. No female lead, no special powers, no System. Zombies and nuclear war, an ordinary person’s struggle to survive the apocalypse. When several college students escaped the blood-soaked university district and thought they had grasped a glimmer of hope, a sickly white flash pierced the night. It wasn’t dawn. It was the death knell of civilization, as nuclear weapons tore open the sky above the city! In an instant, a dazzling fireb 447Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 107 The Zombie Apocalypse: Survival at Sea 丧尸末日，大海里的求生之路 When the world order falls apart, home is the only beacon guiding the way. (Second book in the series: The Infernal Game: An Unfinished Heart) No awakened powers, no magical storage artifacts, and no chosen-one halo. They are simply ordinary people struggling through the apocalypse. The catastrophe tears the continent apart, cutting off their way home. A foreign land means certain death. Amid the ashes of collapsed civilization, the one thing that refuses to go out is their longing for home. An 18Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 108 Apocalypse: Breaking Through the Dawn 末世，冲出破晓 [Zombie apocalypse + disastrous start + no golden finger + road escape + limited enhancements] You wake up in a rented apartment, and the zombie apocalypse begins! Watch as I lead a team across China, make it through the darkness, and welcome the dawn! 1.6kReads8.5Score10014d adds
- 109 Endless Zombie Tide: Squad W's Fight for Survival 无限尸潮：W小队绝境求生 [Warning: This book has no System, no superpowers, and no endless power trips. It’s a realistic, slow-paced story about a squad fighting to survive. If you prefer fast-paced power fantasies, just scroll on. Don’t waste your time.] Others go solo, cheat their way to godhood, and use systems to crush the zombie hordes. Veteran Lu Jianzhe fights shoulder to shoulder with the W Squad, carving a path to survival through the desperate situation with expert tactics and unshakable conviction. Every life —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Apocalypse: Starting With an Escape From Campus 末世：从出逃校园开始 [No System + No Golden Finger + Not a Saint + Smart Protagonist + Students Surviving the Apocalypse] College student Chen Fei and his roommates are exercising on the sports field when an unknown zombie virus suddenly breaks out. The people around them slowly turn into flesh-eating monsters. Surrounded by zombies on all sides, how will they break through and find a place where they can survive? The students who manage to stay alive band together and flee the campus, only to discover that the outs 249Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Jiangcheng Red Zone 江城红区 A realistic ensemble story set in the apocalypse. This isn’t a conventional zombie novel. It focuses on ordinary people struggling to survive under quarantine and the System. Everyone is smart, and nobody is a goody-two-shoes. They face nothing but difficult choices about morality and human nature: a father who ignores pleas for help outside the door to keep his family safe, and a mother who risks using herself as bait to set a trap and protect her daughter. Everything they do is for the sake of 30Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 112 Doomsday: Mercenary 末日：佣兵 [Apocalypse + Reborn + Brotherhood + No female lead + Not a bleeding heart + No romance] When the apocalypse struck, the whole world was plunged into fog and darkness in an instant. Zombies poured out of the mist and hunted humans without restraint. In just one week, most countries around the globe had fallen. Only a few powerful nations relied on their own strength to build one sturdy fortress after another, defending themselves against zombie attacks and mutated species. In my previous life, I 439Reads6.8Score10414d adds
- 113 City of Peril in the Apocalypse 末世危城 The apocalypse has come, and humanity is treated like dogs. If you want to survive, you have to become a demon! The secrets of his twin wives, the arrival of the Sword of Xuantian, passion, suspense, joy, and thrills: it’s all in this book! 46Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 114 The End: A Journey with Nowhere to Go 末路：道尽途穷 [No supernatural powers, no stockpiling, not a wish-fulfillment story. Don't read if that's not your thing.] Qingzhou and Jiujin meet half a month before the apocalypse breaks out. Half a month later, they set off on a desperate escape. Along the way, they encounter all kinds of stories, and gradually uncover the cause of the apocalypse... When faced with the world's final doomsday, what will they do... Will Earth be destroyed once and for all? 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 I Fight the Fourth Catastrophe in the Apocalypse 我在末世对抗第四天灾 [Not a Doormat] [Smart Protagonist] [One Female Lead] [Pure Sci-Fi, No Cultivation] [Werewolves + Zombies + Zerg] [The Fourth Calamity appears starting in Chapter 11] Synopsis Version One: The new game Humanity's Crushing Defeat took the world by storm as soon as it was released. Players take on different roles, such as zombies, werewolves, and Zerg, hunting humans to evolve. Xie Jingxing was drawn to the game too. While playing, he suddenly transmigrated into its world as a human, in other word 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 The Endless Road of Corpses 无尽尸路 (Published title: Return to Dawn) The Ebola virus continues to rage, three Malaysia Airlines passenger planes crash one after another, and oil prices suddenly plummet... After a series of bizarre upheavals, the zombie crisis erupts without warning. The protagonist and his companions must not only evade the immediate threat of zombies and struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic world where modern civilization has collapsed, but also keep searching for the source of the undead. Is it the greates 59Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 117 A Tale of Elegance in the Apocalypse 末世风华录 [No System, no rebirth, not a pure power fantasy] A strange, dense fog blankets the globe, transforming the world beyond recognition. Zombies roam everywhere, mutated beasts run rampant, and humanity falls from the top of the food chain to the very bottom. In this world full of danger, what fate awaits humanity, once fallen from its former glory? 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 When the Apocalypse Arrives, Fight Your Way to Dawn 末世降临之杀出个黎明 No System, no rebirth, and no goody-two-shoes hero. This work strives for realism, presenting readers with a richly detailed world at the end of the world. The protagonist undergoes a beneficial mutation, becoming stronger, wiser, and quicker than ordinary people. He can also grow stronger step by step by killing zombies. The story will offer as scientifically grounded an explanation for this as possible later on. However, he never becomes absurdly powerful, and there are no scenes of moving m —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Doomsday: The Saintess Terminator 末日之圣母终结者 Have you ever imagined that one day, the zombie scenes from movies might spill into reality? When the world has been utterly devastated, will you have the courage to face it? When the apocalypse really comes, what will this world have to offer? No supernatural powers, no spiritual qi revival, and no high-level martial arts. All that remains for humanity are hordes of the walking dead, mutated beasts and birds of prey, extreme weather, and one forbidden zone after another left behind by nuclear w 238Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 120 The Final Chapter of the Zombie Apocalypse 丧尸终章 Beep! Human infection rate from zombies: 70%. Checking Host... binding in progress... Binding successful. Randomly drawing a League of Legends hero skill... Congratulations, Host! You drew the passive skill “Damnation”! Congratulations, Host! You drew the passive skill “Soul Furnace”! Congratulations, Host! You drew the passive skill “Absolution”! Checking world rules!... Adjusting skills!... World rules detected as low-level! World rules are far too low-level! Unbinding Host... Beep! Unbind 741Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 121 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 1.6kReads8.7Score10714d adds
- 122 The Laws of the Apocalypse: Live by Embracing Death 末世法则：向死而生 [Post-apocalypse + zombies + sweet romance + strong heroine + scheming + slaughter] Four college students encounter zombies in their dorm room. They band together, hide out, and try to outwit the zombies, facing betrayal and death along the way before discovering that the zombie virus is actually the result of a human conspiracy... As emotions and society collapse around them, the heroine, the second-oldest girl, gradually sees the world differently. The second heroine, A Lai, is strong-willed, 5Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 123 Doomsday Zombies: Building a Home Defense Line from Scratch 末日丧尸：从零开始打造家园防线 [Realistic] [Survival skills] No superpowers, no System, just ordinary people facing an apocalyptic crisis. Setting: An airborne influenza zombie virus emerges in Country A and breaks out in its impoverished communities, where drug use is rampant. It quickly spreads around the globe through the country's busy airports, overseas trade, and other channels. In just two weeks, about 72% of the world's population turns into zombies. The remaining survivors, those with antibodies, struggle desperately 174Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 124 Song Corpses 宋尸 Also known as A True Record of Song Dynasty Zombies Have you ever wondered what it would look like if the virus from Resident Evil broke out in ancient times? What sparks would fly when a million soldiers clashed with a virus from Resident Evil? Could five thousand years of Chinese history really be wiped out by this Western virus? Settle in and read carefully. Zhang He, a transmigrator, will tell you the ultimate answer. Welcome to the Great Song dynasty. 4.3kReads6.7Score48814d adds
- 125 Survival in the Zombie Apocalypse! 丧尸末日下的生存！ The zombie apocalypse breaks out. There’s no System, and Liu Tian is an ordinary person. How will he survive? What does an ordinary person have to do to make it through the apocalypse? His boss still expects him to go to work? He wakes up to find the world changed, but there’s no System like in the novels. How can he protect his family and keep them alive… I hope each of us can be the protagonist of our own life. An apocalyptic novel that feels incredibly close to real life. 256Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 126 Apocalypse: From the Start, I Declared War on the Whole World 末世：开局向全世界宣战 (Not a rebirth story) (The antagonist has a System) (The protagonist has no System) (No heroine planned for now) (Supernatural abilities) Antagonist protagonist: Lin Wanyang I love this world with all my heart. It is precisely because I care for it so deeply that I cannot abide even the slightest darkness. Protagonist: Huang Zhongming I don't know why the world had ended by the time I woke up, but when I saw one fellow human after another, nothing but flesh and blood, being treated as food, I ha 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Apocalypse Journey: Protecting the Seeds of Civilization 末世征途：守护文明火种 [No System + Not Reborn + Ensemble Cast + Superpowers + Intelligent Characters + New Humanity] 🧟 The apocalypse arrived, and 98% of the world's population became infected and turned into zombies. A lucky few survivors awakened Superpowers and became superpowered individuals. Some only cared about protecting themselves and stayed out of things; others seized territory and committed every kind of evil. As ordinary people were driven from their homes, their lives brutalized, their dignity trampled, 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 The Doomsday Live-In Son-in-Law 末日赘婿 The son-in-law makes a stunning comeback in the apocalypse, wins over his sweet and gentle wife, and finally has no regrets in life. A good companion joins him on the dangerous road ahead... 36Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 129 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 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The Walking Dead Are Everywhere 行尸遍野 The apocalypse arrives, zombies run rampant, and survival becomes the biggest challenge. If you want to stay alive, and live well, getting stronger is the only way. 563Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 131 Zombie Apocalypse: Surviving on Campus with My Classmates 丧尸末日：我与同学校园求生 No one knows how this disaster began. By the time people realized what was happening, the catastrophe had become inevitable. Food, water, daily necessities... These once-common things have become rare, and dilapidated classrooms are now the students' only hope of survival. What do they do about sleeping? What do they do without toilets? What do they do when conflicts break out between the boys and girls? A string of problems weighs on everyone's mind. In this struggle to survive, sacrifices are 292Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 132 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 548Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 133 The Apocalypse Is Here, and I Have a Convenience Store 末日来袭，我有一间便利店 [Zombies + natural disasters + System + no harem + overpowered later on] Zombies, falling temperatures, and endless nights: is this simply a fight for survival, or the meticulous scheme of someone pulling the strings? The astonishing power of the System is revealed, memories of the ancient Dragon-Subduing bloodline awaken, and everything begins to fall into place. The Zombie Emperor's obvious schemes, the Asura King's feigned gratitude, even the woman who risks her life to save him: it was all p 282Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 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 302Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 135 Breaking News! Death Notice 惊爆！死亡通告 [Dual Female Leads, Friendship] + [Apocalypse] + [Light Ensemble Cast] + [Romance] + [Transmigration] + [Superpowers] + [1v1] The Apocalypse descends, and monsters run rampant. Qiao Ying, a modern young woman, has grown despairing about the future. To her, the Apocalypse means more than just a threat to her life: it's also a kind of “gift.” At the boundary between life and death, she meets Ye Qiu, a mysterious girl with superpowers, and Liu Xi, a psychiatric patient, along with many other compan 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 136 Apocalyptic Calamity 末日灾劫 Apocalypse + Zombies + Mutant Beasts + Low-Profile Growth. Li Shaoqing returns from reincarnation and uses his memories of his previous life to build a safe shelter well before the apocalypse arrives in this life. After the apocalyptic disaster strikes, zombies and mutant beasts roam everywhere. The world beyond the shelter becomes perilous, and human survivors become food for the zombies and mutant beasts. In an apocalypse riddled with danger, humanity struggles to survive. Does humanity still 80Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 137 Zombies on the First Day of School? Are You Kidding Me? 刚开学就闹丧尸？玩呢？ [Zombies] [No special abilities] [No System] [Not reborn] [No pocket dimension] [No harem] [Small-group survival] [Students] On the first day of registration at the start of the school year, the zombie outbreak began just after they had finished entering their personal information. Nanda University became a slaughterhouse. Faced with zombies that felt no pain, never tired, and attacked fiercely, how could ordinary college students survive? After the small group led by Li He and Wang Hao finally 2.3kReads8.5Score21014d adds
- 138 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 955Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 139 Lone Journey Through the Apocalypse: Touring the World in a Super Fortress 末日孤途之开着超级堡垒游世界 [No invincible hero, no mindless power fantasy, no System, no superpowers. Technology and development, modern setting with surreal elements, intricately interwoven plot] When a zombie virus sweeps across the globe, truck driver Qi Yue finishes his final delivery and risks everything to hurry home. His hometown is in an even more horrifying state. Along the way, he and his companions turn a semi-trailer into a super mobile fortress, then set out to survive with the girl Zhang Tian. From the heart 162Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 The Last Light of the Apocalypse: The Galaxy Falls 末世余晖：星河坠落 [Decisive and ruthless ➕ No saintly do-gooder ➕ Evolution ➕ Superpowers] A colossal meteor crashes down from the sky. Bizarre, terrifying monsters keep appearing. The old civilization collapses, and a new order rises. After the apocalypse, how will you find your own path and face the unknown dangers and challenges? A poem celebrating humanity’s brilliance and an ode to hope, set against dark corners and ever-present terror. Lin Tian uncovers the truth behind this apocalypse. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 A Commoner's Life in the Biochemical Apocalypse 生化末世下的升斗小民 If you were an ordinary commoner and a zombie outbreak suddenly hit, what would you do? This book has no mindless plot, no System, rebirth, or transmigration, and no cultivation techniques or high technology... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Blood Calamity: The Dead Rise on Campus 血灾：尸起校园 [Zombies]+ [Apocalypse]+ [Team]+ [Survival]+ [BL]+ [School]+ [Military]+ [Hardcore (the war follows the worldbuilding of Arena Breakout)]+ [Guangdong]+ [Hong Kong Island]. An ordinary student from the start, with no System, special abilities, or rebirth. A realistic Apocalypse seen through an ordinary student's eyes. Starting in Volume Two, the story follows survival in the military. The Bible once said: "One day, the waters of the Nile will turn to blood, and God will punish the world." The Eb 3Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 143 Journey Through a Mountain of Corpses: The Real Apocalypse 尸山行，真实末世 This is an old-school zombie apocalypse novel with no pocket dimension, no supernatural abilities, and a focus on realism. Think The Walking Dead: a lone wolf at first, then a fight for supremacy! Xu Du and Yan Xi wrote the names of all their friends and family on a sheet of white paper, then stuck it to the wall. A sacrificial table stood right in front of it, laden with food and red candies. It was both an offering and a wedding feast. Kneeling before the table, the two worshipped, then bowed 1.1kReads8.1Score10214d adds
- 144 Fleeing the Apocalypse, Heading North 末日逃亡一路向北 The apocalypse arrives, and the zombies rise. What should I do? How should I respond? As an ordinary person, how can I survive in this ruined city crawling with zombies? Following a major earthquake and tsunami in XXXX, the cores of Units 1 through 3 at a nuclear power plant on an island in a certain country melted down. After the accident, a power company continuously pumped water into the containment vessels of Units 1 through 3 to cool the reactor cores, collecting the contaminated water. By 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 A Survival Guide to the Apocalypse 末世苟活路 A realistic apocalypse story: everyday life, no System, no special abilities, a slow burn, and character growth. The protagonist isn't invincible from the start. Tie Qiang is an ordinary office worker. When the apocalypse arrives, he takes his whole family from the city to the mountains and establishes an apocalypse camp. Think that's where the story begins? No! There's much more to come! 367Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 146 What Was Lost 往日遗失 (First of all, I hereby declare that I’m writing this story purely because I want to write one. I’m short on money in real life, but writing books is basically not going to solve that. I write stories as a hobby, and I’m not asking anyone to read them. Don’t like it? Turn left at the door and get lost!!! I can’t go into detail about a lot of things in my stories, because I don’t want to get called in for tea. In a word, if you like it, shut up and read. If you don’t, shut up and get lost.) I hon 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Apocalypse Survival Master 末日生存大师 Suppose that starting today, the Earth you know transforms into something else. Sandstorms, dust storms, and all kinds of alien creatures destroy every system and law. How will you survive? The apocalypse I’m going through may well become your future... 580Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 148 When the Zombies Came: Surviving Alongside My Classmates 丧尸来临：与校友并肩求生 ☞Zombies + team escape☜ [Note: A realistic apocalypse survival story. No rebirth, no stockpiling, no System, no superpowers, and no goody-two-shoes heroine.] A zombie outbreak hits a university, and the campus is surrounded. How can a group of ordinary college students save themselves and survive? As zombies spread across the globe, a small team led by Su Yi fights its way out of the campus, struggling to survive as they search for the legendary survivor camp. Hang on. The light will shine again 1.4kReads8.5Score11014d adds
- 149 True Story: A Doomsday Survival Journal 真实：末世求生日记 If all of humanity turned into zombies and you were just an ordinary person, how would you face the apocalypse? If the power grid went down, cars wouldn’t start, and there were no guns or cannons, how would you survive? 814Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 150 Apocalypse Fortress: Stay Alive 末世堡垒，活下去 Synopsis: An ordinary person + reborn without overlapping timelines + survival + the apocalypse + zombies + mutations + sci-fi. No System, no golden finger. Mutated creatures never seen before. All sorts of unexpected coincidences. Experiences that were impossible to understand or see through at first gradually unfold over time. Layer by layer, the clues are unraveled. Everything slowly becomes clear. Is this a shocking conspiracy, or a journey toward the very source of the world? This is a slow 173Reads7.7Score—14d adds
