Novels like Apocalypse: I Play the Villain
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- 51 The Last Fortress 末世孤堡 Chosen by a mysterious power, a group of ordinary people with families survive a worldwide catastrophe that turns people into beasts and zombies. They begin their struggle for survival in a strange shelter. From then on, supernatural events occur one after another. These ordinary people, who went straight from their nine-to-five lives into the apocalypse, must face chaotic rules of survival and undergo a complete shift in ideology. More than that, they must explore the secret blood curse buried 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 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 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Apocalypse: Two Dogs from the Start 末世之开局两条狗 Cloud Gates descend with unsettling regularity. A barrier of light that living beings cannot cross. Strange fleshly eggs that can awaken supernatural powers. In this chaotic era, danger and opportunity are everywhere, and nothing can be predicted. With the help of the System, Han Xin grows stronger and stronger, slowly uncovering the reason the Cloud Gates appeared and the trap hidden behind the strange fleshly eggs. And the origins of humanity… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Gene Wars: An Ordinary Person's Survival in the Apocalypse! 基因战，普通人末世求生！ One female lead, no romance, no golden finger, and no forced stupidity. Terrorists use genetic weapons, altering human genes and bringing the nation to a standstill. With no laws to hold them in check, humanity’s morals begin to crumble. Ye Lingdai, an ordinary woman, struggles to survive in the apocalypse. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Apocalypse: Red-Eye Project 末世：红眼计划 This time, it's the Chinese people's turn to save the world! A realistic survival story set in the apocalypse: no System, no supernatural abilities, no golden finger, and no being reborn. I wake up to find the world has changed beyond recognition. Humanity has been divided into two groups: normal people and red-eyed people. The red-eyed people are like zombies, devoid of emotion and vitality. And my wife is one of them. What made them this w 112Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 56 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
- 57 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
- 58 Fallen Star: The Apocalypse 末世之坠星 Everyone wonders whether the protagonist can survive in a world of zombies without mutating or gaining supernatural abilities. In this book, he takes an ordinary yet bloody path, growing from an immature youth into a ruthless ruler. The story moves slowly and feels very realistic. Sci-fi elements will be added sparingly later on, but there won't be any in the early chapters! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 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
- 60 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
- 61 I Just Woke Up, and There Are Zombies at My Door 刚睡醒，丧尸就在我家门口 [Zombies + No System + Superpowers + No Harem + Apocalypse] He woke up to find a biological disaster breaking out and the apocalypse descending. More than ninety percent of humanity on Blue Star died from the zombie virus. Zombies rampaged through city after city like a raging tide. Supplies were scarce! Food was running out! Zombies were everywhere! Under the influence of the zombie virus, all kinds of organisms began to evolve. Humanity relied on zombie soft tissue to begin a new path of evolu 250Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 62 My Survival Journal in the Apocalypse 我在末世求生记 [The hottest apocalyptic survival novel of 2018] [China's The Walking Dead] After a biochemical disaster, only thirty or forty thousand people in the world remain uninfected. They have P-type blood, rarer than panda blood. But the sudden onset of the zombie outbreak caused many lucky survivors to die in panic. So the actual number of survivors in the early days of the outbreak was likely even lower. But how many of those lucky enough to survive are still alive today?! As he struggles to survi 140Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 63 Apocalypse Storm 末日风暴 On the day the world ended, I received a doll from the future... A red haze enveloped the Earth. A cosmic fungus triggered the apocalypse, bringing mutation or awakening! An ordinary nobody who never imagined he could save the world was randomly selected as one of ten thousand Awakened. Was it an opportunity granted by heaven? The beginning of an underdog's rise? Or was it a conspiracy? 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 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
- 65 Survival Handbook for the Apocalypse 末世求生手册 Lin Zhi woke after a car accident to find the world completely changed. Faced with bloodthirsty members of his own kind, his only thought was how to survive in this frozen apocalypse. I’m not afraid of dying. I’m afraid everyone else will die, and I’ll be the only one left alive. 220Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 66 Land of the Living Dead 活死人之地 [A word of caution] No System, no golden finger, not reborn, no stockpiling supplies, and no collecting crystal cores. A first-person zombie-apocalypse survival story. What would you do if you woke up one day and found that the world around you had changed beyond recognition? When disaster struck, I was just a college student slacking off at school. Faced with the sudden upheaval, the authorities activated the S-rank Red Emergency Plan and moved some survivors into underground shelters. With zo 247Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 67 Crossing the Apocalypse: Zombies Besiege the City 穿行末世之丧尸临城 [Zombie apocalypse + chance encounters + adventure + military + superpowers + defending the nation + sweet romance] A biological attack by an enemy nation triggers a zombie outbreak. The heroine and her friend enter the space where the outbreak began, instantly transforming from children into adults, and embark on a story of extraordinary encounters and adventure. Along the way, the heroine picks up a lovesick, obsessive stalker. (What kind of prize is that? Don’t worry, the hero’s no slouch: h 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 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
- 69 The Zombie Apocalypse at School: The Happy Ending 校园丧尸末日：幸福终点站 A pure zombie apocalypse story, with no System and no special abilities. A realistic school-set zombie survival novel told largely through an ensemble cast. Every character is equally important, each with their own personality, and all are grounded in everyday life. Nobody is unrealistically powerful. It's the story of a group of ordinary students with different personalities, repeatedly escaping death as they make their way to a refugee camp. The settings are down-to-earth, and it's a straightf 429Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 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, 6Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 71 The Zombie Apocalypse: I Bought an Island with Online Loans 丧尸末世，我用网贷买了个岛 Driven to the rooftop by loan sharks and about to end it all, I hear screams from below: a zombie has bitten through my beautiful landlady's neck! Screw it, I'm fighting back! I take out a loan in seconds and buy a deserted island on Yunze Lake! With my parents and our mutt by my side, I fence off a safe zone with steel railings, light up the apocalypse with solar power, and use tunnel warfare to take down the bastards who come to steal my island! My ex-girlfriend comes crying and begs me to tak 40Reads—Score114d adds
- 72 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
- 73 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
- 74 Frozen Apocalypse: My Eagleland Neighbor Stockpiles Food, I Stockpile Guns 冰封末世：在鹰酱邻居囤粮我囤枪 [Apocalypse Abroad + Reborn + Revenge from the Start + Zero-Cost Looting for Supplies + Steady but Daring + Infinite Space + Interdimensional Trading + Ruthless + No Saintly Protagonist + No Female Lead, but a Maid + Building a Faction + No Superpowers Except the Protagonist + Modified Humans + Bioweapons] Blue Star is battered by extreme weather, plunging the world into an age of ice. Order collapses across most of the planet. In his previous life, Xu Xiao was betrayed by the person he trusted 708Reads7.8Score10614d adds
- 75 That Insignificant Life 那微不足道的人生 This story is dedicated to those who feel lost and despairing about life. There’s no System, no rebirth, and no hollow, over-the-top power fantasy. Just realism, a slow build, and almost no guns. Even a knife is a rare sight. The story follows its characters as they step out into the world from school, one step at a time… (Note: If you find the pacing too slow, start from Chapter 6. Contains horror and fighting. Not suitable for minors.) The virus broke out without warning, and countless people 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Surviving the Zombie Horde: Our Whole Family in the Apocalypse 尸潮求生：我们全家在末世 [Zombie Apocalypse, Ordinary People Ensemble, No Do-Gooders, No System, No Evolution] Straight into hell from the start! Earthquakes, toxins, and zombies unleash a chain of three disasters! A subversion of feel-good power fantasies, this story follows only the ingenuity and courage of ordinary people under the pressure of survival at its limits. An incredibly immersive look at growth and destruction from a realistic perspective on the apocalypse. {The novel has only just started receiving ratin 644Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 77 My Struggles in the Apocalypse 我在末世摸爬滚打的日子 When a zombie virus spreads through the tap water, Su Yi, an ordinary water-treatment plant worker, travels across the ruined apocalypse with his long-legged female neighbor. Along the way, he also meets a female bureau chief, a beautiful police officer, a female manager, and more... (The first 200 chapters follow ordinary people struggling to survive the apocalypse. Superpowers appear after that, because the zombie virus evolves, and the main cast would be useless without abilities. As for what 161Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 The Forged Doomsday Journal 被伪造的末日笔记 A realistic zombie apocalypse, a complete timeline of the outbreak, multiple points of view, tons of detail, no System, no bindings, and no mindless wish fulfillment. A terrifying plague upends life as we know it. An ancient virus is evolving, turning people into monsters driven only to feed and spread the infection. A journal records the real lives of ordinary people in the apocalypse, but who knows what kind of conspiracy lies behind this terrifying virus... 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 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
- 80 The Mysterious Countdown 诡秘倒计时 The Greenest Uncle on Earth After the Apocalypse is a gritty, dark novel set in a post-apocalyptic world. It realistically portrays how human nature becomes twisted and reveals its darkest side under extreme conditions. The male lead endures hardship after hardship, rising from the very bottom of society. His story is passionate, ruthless, and bloody. At the beginning of the novel, before disaster strikes, the male lead is already at the very bottom of society. He embodies poverty and pathetic h 82Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 81 Shocking! The Prince Somehow Transmigrated to the Apocalypse with Me 震惊！王爷竟然跟我穿到末世 [Scheming Prince × Warm on the Outside, Cold Within, an Apocalypse-Era Delicate Flower] [Transmigration + Zombies + Stockpiling + Character Growth + Escape] Ning Rong carried all of humanity's hopes as she traveled through time, but accidentally arrived in an era never recorded in history. Not only did she fail to stop the virus outbreak, she also ended up bringing a prince to the apocalypse. Ning Rong: “I've ruined humanity's future.” The prince: “I've ruined the future of the Ning Kingdom.” 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 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
- 83 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
- 84 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
- 85 Hack My Way Through This Apocalypse 砍穿这个末世 (Spiritual qi revival + cataclysm + building a faction + polearms) How did the world suddenly go wrong when everything was fine? And you dare cut off my internet? What's this about the Mythic Era? And what the heck is the abyss? Whatever, I'll cut my way through you all first, then ask questions! 954Reads7.6Score10014d adds
- 86 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
- 87 Surviving the City of the Dead: An Ordinary Person’s Survival Handbook 尸城余生：普通人的求生手册 No superpowers, no evolution, no golden finger, no swaggering and face-slapping, and no torturing the protagonist. This is a survival story about ordinary people in the apocalypse, with a focus on realism. Enjoy without worry. 398Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Doomsday Survival: I Got the Former Soviet Union's Supply Depot 末日求生：我获得了前苏联物资库 [Chinese Walking Dead + Apocalypse Survival + System + Laying Low + Mengde Constitution] “If you can do better, then you do it!” Those were the last words Yang Ming heard before he transmigrated. Every time he read an apocalypse survival web novel, he would complain that “there are no more masterpieces in the apocalypse.” For some inexplicable reason, Yang Ming transmigrated to a parallel world. To his shock, a zombie outbreak began just as he arrived. Looking at the Katyusha rocket launcher beh 1.4kReads7.2Score10214d adds
- 89 Denial of Hope 否定希望 When civilization collapses and the living dead flood the world like a tidal wave, with no supernatural evolution or System to help you, what can you rely on to survive? The crowbar clutched in your hand? The fragile companions at your back? Or the wildfire in your heart that refuses to bow? We were ordinary people once, tamed by daily life: going to work, coming home, complaining about rent and takeout. It was only when doomsday arrived that we were forced to become fighters. Every step brings 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Gate of Doomsday 末日之门 When the gates of the apocalypse swung open, the world stood on the brink of destruction and became a wasteland. Yet amid the wasteland, resilient life was reborn. 15Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 91 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
- 92 Zombie Apocalypse: Your Teammates Aren't Human 丧尸末日：你的队友不是人 [Apocalypse + zombies + no System. There will be evolution, but no magical duels or anything like that, just physical enhancement] On the first day after graduating from the police academy, Ye Fan accompanies Officer Zhang to arrest a “lunatic.” In the sixth-floor living room, a man in a tank top kneels on the floor, gnawing on a corpse. His blue-gray hands tear through flesh, the crunch of bones louder than the sirens. This isn’t a drug addict. It’s a zombie. In the apocalypse, impostors lurk a 809Reads7.0Score10214d adds
- 93 The Great Doomsday Restart 末日大重启 [Dark apocalyptic fiction, ruthless and decisive, no bleeding-heart saint, autocracy, warlords, awakened ones] On June 7, 2035, a video broke through layer upon layer of restrictions and came to public attention, exposing a decade-long calamity that had been concealed. Was the world destroyed by a supposed prophet truly a vision of the future, or a reborn timeline? Was the early launch of the Seraphim Project a plot by extraterrestrial civilizations, or humanity’s salvation, or its destruction? 36Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 94 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
- 95 Rebuilding Civilization in the Apocalypse 我在末日重建文明 Zombies + Survival + Hard-hitting + Apocalypse + Escort + Big-picture scope + Ruthless and decisive. The author has worked hard to create a realistic apocalyptic world. The male protagonist is a medical student. His greatest enemy is the loneliness that seeps from deep in his bones. In this desolate apocalypse caused by a fungus, walking away might be the only path to happiness, because living is more painful than dying. The Chinese version of The Last of Us. An excerpt from the book: What does 152Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 96 Apocalypse Journal: The Flames of War Are Coming, Head West! 末日笔记：战火来袭，一路向西！ [No rebirth, no revenge, no superpowers, no pocket dimension, no zombies] A realistic apocalypse story! On an ordinary weekend, you're relaxing with a beer. Then disaster strikes, reducing the city you live in to scorched earth. You return to your hometown, only to find its streets completely deserted! Order gradually collapses, and the darkness of human nature comes to light! Amid the devastation of a nuclear wasteland, how will you struggle to survive... And stay alive!!! 381Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Outbreak: A Road to Escape 尸变，逃亡之路 (Classic zombie story + road trip + no System + no pocket dimension + no golden finger + cautious, step-by-step survival + two female leads) Su Zhe is an ordinary man who happened to survive the outbreak of the zombie virus. With exceptional composure and ruthlessness, he seizes the fleeting chance before the troops seal off the city and escapes. He's no savior, and he has no System golden finger from the heavens. His only goal is to survive, no matter what it takes! 2.2kReads7.3Score15214d adds
- 98 An Ordinary Person's Ordinary Days in the Apocalypse 普通人普通的末世日常 [No Storage Space + No System + Stockpiling + Slow Pace + Everyday Food] [Important: The female lead has a love interest] An earthquake unleashed large quantities of ancient viruses from within the earth’s crust, turning infected people into bloodthirsty monsters. With disaster on the horizon, Xue Ning had a dream about being reborn. So, with the few memories she had, she prepared enough supplies to last her a lifetime, hid in a shelter, and did everything she could to survive. Yet nobody knew t 3.6kReads8.6Score28114d adds
- 99 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
- 100 From Ambulance Driver to Rebuilder 从救护车到重建者 From saving lives in a white coat, to serving as a local administrator, to leading troops to reclaim lost territory, Wang Weimin and his companions have traveled a road to reconstruction paved with blood, sweat, and hope. The waters of the Qing River will one day wash away the filth of Y City, and their unshakable resolve will restore their home to glory. 22Reads—Score—14d adds
