Novels like Apocalypse: The Villain Doesn't Want to Live Off the Protagonist
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- 151 Withered Mountain 枯山 Written in the style of a classical xianxia novel with chapter headings, and a tribute to classic novels such as The Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain and Investiture of the Gods. Warning ⚠️ This author doesn't like proofreading, so there are often inexplicable typos ⚠️ Read at your own risk ⚠️ A story about a prodigy manipulated by Heaven who fights back, only for both sides to suffer heavy losses. He wins by half a move against Heaven, in a tale that seems like a victory and yet also d 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 A Floral Tale of Fragrant Blossoms 芳菲馥郁花之物语 In a world of flowers, every blossom carries its own unique meaning, expressing a different kind of affection. Some are passionate, some pure, some noble, and some modest... Each blooms in its own distinctive way. The beauty of flower language lies in its ability to touch the softest places deep within us and help us find a place of peace. 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 The Siblings of Lingshiu Mountain: Chaos at the Superpowered School 灵秀山兄妹：异能校园闹翻天 The dragon-phoenix twins from Lingxiu Mountain have practically torn the roof off Xingqiao High School! Long Xiao’s clone-making mortise-and-tenon technique always falls apart in class, sending wood chips flying into the teacher’s teacup. His big-and-small mechanism trick is even worse: when he enlarges, his head gets stuck on the rooftop; when he shrinks, his deskmate mistakes him for an eraser. Feng Wu’s shadow-puppet invisibility technique never manages to hide her shadow, so she gets caught —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Delta Wolf Commander: A Bloody Battle in Myawaddy 三角洲战狼统帅血战妙瓦底 Cowards have no right to rule this world!!!! The reader is the protagonist! A senior officer in the national security department is accidentally transported to another world, only to discover that everything happening there is closely connected to the real world! [Overwhelming Slaughter] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Global] + [Tomb Raiding] + [Power Fantasy] + [Sci-Fi Apocalypse] + [Special Forces] + [Cyberpunk] This pitiful world needs overwhelming strength to forge an entirely new set of rules 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Roommates: I Have Two Months to Live, So Don't Fall for Me 合租：还剩两个月命，不要爱上我 At twenty-six, Xia Xing was diagnosed with a terminal illness in the prime of his life. He had only two months left... After quitting his job, he moved out of the dorm and rented a place elsewhere. His roommate was Qin Ziyue, the beautiful teacher from his university. Under the same roof, the wheels of fate began to turn... A sweet little treat, safe to enjoy. 767Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 156 A Gambling Addict's Return to the Right Path 一个网赌仔的浪子回头 A Gambling Addict's Turnaround —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Deep Love, Fated to Part: I Turned Around to Find Everything Changed 情深缘浅，转身已是物是人非 [An intensely angsty tearjerker + the aesthetics of a tragic ending + love and hate intertwined + the second male lead wins + a devoted male lead who doesn’t understand love] “Mo, why are you taking her as your concubine?” “Rou’er is the one I love most. You’re nothing but a plaything to amuse me!” So it had all been a lie! But he didn’t know she was already carrying his child. In her previous life, she was Lin Jingxi, the noble princess of the peerless Wushuang Kingdom. When a treacherous minis 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Feel Inferior, You Wretched First Wife: An ABO Story 自卑吧，糟糠原配ABO (An ensemble story about awakened Omegas, clear minds and hearts, a suspenseful plot, and Song Xuesong is not really gone for good) The craziest, bravest thing Su Tao ever did was show up to provoke a general’s wife, only to fall in love at first sight. Wen Songxue, a female Omega who was supposed to be “mediocre and dependent,” dragged him into a storm that would overturn the Alliance. The truth about the Alliance is buried deeper than the stench of a corpse: Why do attendants suffer mental br 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 From the Start, One Ball: Others Struggle to Survive, I Plan for Growth 开局一个球，他人求生，我谋发展 Everyone on Earth is pulled into a survival game in a post-apocalyptic star domain. Billions of people land at random and randomly receive a single item or one inactive ability. They are all trapped in a desperate world of scarce supplies, rampant alien beasts, and relentless disasters. Everyone has one goal: to stay alive. To that end, they compete ruthlessly, loot, fight, betray one another, and do whatever it takes to survive. Only the protagonist, Zheng Zhiyuan, is bound to the [Planet Evolu 150Reads—Score3014d adds
- 160 The Japanese Invader Praised My Friendliness, So I Sent Him Straight to Hell 鬼子夸我亲善？我反手送他上西天 In the turbulent Republic of China, Jiangcheng was rife with undercurrents, and the smoke of the resistance against Japan’s espionage war quietly spread through the city. The unease of ordinary people collided with the revolutionaries’ somber silence. Hidden in the shadows, every faction maneuvered as currents churned beneath the surface. Every step forward was taken on the edge of a blade, and every breath carried the threat of death. As the shadow of a shattered nation fell across the land, a 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 The Rainbow Robe: Yang Guifei 霓裳羽衣之杨贵妃 The Rainbow Dress and Feathered Robe: Yang Guifei 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 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
- 163 To Hell with You! This Princess Is Taking the Throne 去你的吧，这龙椅该本公主坐了 [Reincarnated Before Birth + Empress + Childhood Sweethearts + Mutual Firsts + Height Difference + Nation-Building and Farming + Epic War] Reborn in the womb as a princess, all I wanted was to keep my head down. The noble clans bully my childhood sweetheart? Then I'll send their whole families to the grave. My dog of an emperor father wants to marry me off to secure his throne? I'll defy the decree and head north, then raze the Turkic royal court that meant to marry me as a wedding gift! With my 164Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 164 Moonlight over Goddess Lake 女神湖的月光 As modern pollution encroaches on the home of the gods, a Mosuo girl who refuses to accept her fate and a young man who relies on science must join forces. By bringing modern science and technology into harmony with traditional culture, they must restore vitality and help humanity and nature thrive together. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 The Glazed World: Twin Emperors 琉璃天下之双帝 After a car accident, CEO Qin Xiao transmigrates into a book. The good news: he’s transmigrated into a book and knows the plot. The bad news: it’s a sequel, and the author hasn’t written it yet! After muddling through this world for several years, he never expected his childhood friend Cheng Yao to transmigrate here too. They have to do something big, right? Why is he still a young master here, while in the real world he’s a powerful CEO and she’s a lowly assistant? 92Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 166 A First Love Nine Years in the Making 懵懂九年的初恋 A Naive First Love of Nine Years 12Reads—Score114d adds
- 167 Two Heroes of the Apocalypse: The Half-Inhuman Awakens 末世双雄：半异人觉醒 Doomsday Duo: The Half-Human Awakens 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 The Apocalypse: I Just Want to Be with You 末日，我只想和你在一起 In a desolate world after the apocalypse, mutated creatures run rampant and human civilization has collapsed. Survivors struggle to stay alive in desperate circumstances. On this perilous journey through the apocalypse, can they find enough supplies and make it safely to Tianjing City? And how will they protect one another and keep hope alive in this cruel world? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 You Said You’d Kill Me, So Why Do You Regret It Now? 说好的要杀我，你们怎么后悔了 [Xianxia Fantasy + Memories Revealed + No System + One Heroine + Tragedy + Slow Burn] A friendly warning: This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! Important things must be said three times! Before the Heavenly Void Palace. “Chen Zun, you murdered your master and betrayed the Dao. You personally trapped me in a ten-thousand-year ice cave to suffer punishment. Today, you will pay with your life!” “Demon Lord, you slaughtered 3.9kReads8.3Score37014d adds
- 170 Dreamscape Ripper 梦境撕裂者 The arrival of a young girl brings the boy to a complete awakening!!! Only then does he realize that his world hasn't fallen into chaos. It's gone!! This is a journey of discovery, a journey of escape!!! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Cold War Wolf: The Ivanov Files 冷战之狼：伊万诺夫档案 Ivanov, an outstanding cadet from a military academy’s special forces program, is drawn into a Cold War conspiracy and hunted around the world by three factions. He breaks through with a wolf’s tenacity and paves his way with revenge, facing one high-stakes twist after another as he fights back to the bitter end! You won’t regret reading this! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 Apocalypse: Everyone Awakens, and I Am the King of Time and Space 末世：全民觉醒，我是时空之王 Main character: Ye Ruizhe. First female lead: Huahua. Second female lead: Yu Yanwu. Supporting characters in the love triangle: Gong Kaihang and Xiong Da. The story focuses on lighthearted everyday comedy, with much of the early portion devoted to setup. Since the main character is an orphan, he values family ties. This has nothing to do with how long he has known the other characters. Whether a character returns depends mainly on how their story threads were set up and how far the plot has prog 1.5kReads8.9Score10014d adds
- 173 The Poetry of Lan 澜之诗 They created the world, yet the world forgot them. He painted the mountains and rivers. He granted life its span. She brought color to all creation. He guarded order. Mortals never knew that in the hundred years of human life, some died for love, some became demons out of hatred, and some turned fleeting moments into songs that lasted a thousand years. The day the gods fell, strange phenomena continued for three days and three nights. Then six of the brightest shooting stars streaked across —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 A Dog's Tragic Life and Comeback 阿狗的悲剧人生逆袭 A Gou's Tragic Life Turned Around 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Starting with a Street Stall: My Entrepreneurial Journey 从摆摊起步，我的创业人生 Starting with a Street Stall: My Entrepreneurial Journey 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 176 Don’t Ask Me to Forgive You. I Just Want to Die with Dignity 别求我原谅，我只想从容赴死 [Regret and remorse] [No forgiveness] [Extreme sports] [Livestream] [Protagonist dies] Lu He enjoyed less than a month of happiness in the first half of his life. His mother became a vegetable, and they blamed him. The family business was struggling, and they blamed him. Even when his adopted younger brother only got a minor scrape, they blamed him. And now, ALS had come for him too. He was about to die. Why should he still be sensible and obedient, constantly making things difficult for himself 1.1kReads8.5Score10314d adds
- 177 The Guo Family's Crosstalk: A Twisted Take on Journey to the West 郭氏相声之歪批西游 Teacher Guo: Xiao Kou, why did you decide to write a novel that's all crosstalk? It's one of a kind online. Aren't you worried it's too niche and nobody will read it? Me: Because I truly love crosstalk. Teacher Guo: Oh, plenty of people love crosstalk! Even the old man who fixes bicycles at the end of the alley can crack a few jokes. Who do you think you are? Me: I'm nobody special. I'm just... worried. Teacher Guo: Worried? Did an elephant in your family crash an airplane? Me: Not an elephant! 1.7kReads8.8Score10514d adds
- 178 Livestreaming to Everyone: Racking Up Rewards Amid Disaster 全民直播，我在灾厄中狂刷奖励 The livestream for A Day of Disaster Survival is packed with hundreds of millions of viewers, all waiting for today’s lucky contestant, Chen Mo. A railway leads straight to the entrance of a red-brick building, its walls topped with dense coils of barbed wire. The incinerators inside belch black smoke day and night. In a seaside city, rows of exquisite wooden houses are shrouded in the morning mist, while a couple reluctantly says goodbye on the Xiangsheng Bridge. At a scenic harbor, warships ar 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 I Trafficked Hell Bank Notes in 1934 我在1934年倒卖冥钞 I Sold Hell Money in 1934 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Shadow Painter 影画师 Shadow Painter 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 No Word of the Cherry Blossoms 未闻樱讯 No Word of Cherry Blossoms 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 A Silent Visitor in Winter 冬日寂静的访客 A Silent Visitor in Winter —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 The Rain House and the Never-Ending Rain 雨屋与不会结束的雨 The Rain House and the Rain That Would Not End 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Sister Ting's Love Story 婷姐的爱情故事 Sister Ting’s Love Story 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 The Legend of a Food Delivery Guy 外卖小哥的传说 The Legend of a Food Delivery Guy 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Snow Falls, Soundlessly! 雪落，无声！ Snow falls, soundlessly! 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 The Silence-Devouring Borer 食寂蠹 The Silence-Eating Bookworm 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Your Name Reflected in the Last Bus Window 末班车窗上，映出的你的名字 Your Name Reflected in the Last Train Window 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 Apocalypse Sequence: I Use Blind Boxes to Fight the Uncanny 末日序列：我用盲盒对抗诡异 [Coming-of-age + road survival + mildly satisfying + ensemble cast + the uncanny + sequences] The uncanny descended upon the world, human cities fell, and the survivors set out on a journey of migration. Humanity's conventional and advanced weapons were powerless against the uncanny. Only the extraordinary powers of the legendary Sequences could stand a chance against them. With the help of a blind-box System, Shen Xiaofan grows from a reckless boy who lost his mother into a pillar of strength f 329Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 Godslayer of the Alien Stars 异星戮神 At last, Earth was destroyed by the vast divisions among humanity. Those who survived the apocalypse, if they could still be called human, were naturally the last ones standing. Yet they insisted on searching for a second Earth, seeking the very things they had once discarded without a second thought, even treating them with contempt. A piece of bread, a basket of steamed buns, a woman or a man: all became things they desperately wanted but could never have again. And so war broke out once more. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 Block Me, Then Hold Me Close 拉黑我，抱紧我 #UnhingedAndPerverse Everyone knows Lu Chenzhou is the ruthless, heartless king of the business world. Nobody knows he’s been my secret boyfriend for five years, so humble that he doesn’t even dare post about me on social media. Until that day, when he personally signed the contract to acquire my father’s company and watched my entire family, with nowhere else to turn, kneel before him. “Shi Nian, beg me.” He gripped my chin, not a trace of warmth in his eyes. I smiled. Right in front of him 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Stop Asking Me to Forgive You. Can You Just Let Me Go Before I Die? 别求我原谅了，临死前放过我好吗 [A pure healing story. The protagonist is destined to die + guiding spirits to the afterlife] Also known as [I Guide All Living Beings Through the Mortal World] After a checkup, Lu Yuan learns that he has at most six months left to live. So Lu Yuan decides to cast aside the heavy burdens that were never his to bear and start living for himself! Just then, he encounters the “Forget Worries Tavern,” and after his death, he becomes its owner. 1.3kReads9.0Score10814d adds
- 193 My Soul Returned Ten Years Later, and I Married the Brother I Raised 魂归十年后，嫁给了养大的弟弟 (Completed) [Sweet romance + devoted couple + ensemble cast + happy ending + showbiz + wealthy family] Actress Ji Ran dies, but her soul returns in the body of Xu Ranning, ten years in the future. They think she's just a pretty face? Her looks are hardly her only noteworthy quality! They think she's a newcomer? Sorry, she already won Best Actress in her previous life! They think she's a love rival? She's the brothers' actual little sister! They think she's broke? Would the little princess o 109Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 194 The Color of Dawn 黎明的颜色 The Color of Dawn —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 Sang Sang and Xing 桑桑与行 [Ancient-Style Business and Prosperity] + [Everyday Life and Business] + [Heartwarming and Joyful] + [Slow-Burn, Relaxing] Qin Mianmian, a 32-year-old modern office worker with a calm disposition, inexplicably transmigrates into the body of Qin Nansang, a 12-year-old girl in an alternate historical era. A peaceful and prosperous age, a harmonious family. Starting with a journey to the capital to find her father, she grows step by step and lives each day as it comes. Stay true to herself, avoid w 5Reads—Score114d adds
- 196 The Memories of Old Hero Lei 雷老侠的回忆 This is a humorous, long-running wuxia novel. As everyone knows, the Salted Fish Sect is the oldest and most mysterious martial arts school in history. Lei the Elder, who is 256 years old, happens to be the sect's last leader. Two editors from the Gini Knight Magazine interview him, and through his recollections, the Salted Fish Sect's hidden, turbulent history comes to light. The jianghu's endless grudges and its unforgettable tales of chivalry and devotion all vanish in the blink of an eye, be 210Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 197 I Opened a Barbecue Stall in the Apocalypse, and the Zombies Couldn't Stop Drooling 我在末世开烧烤摊，丧尸馋哭了 [No Romance | Food System | Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland | Dreamcore Urban Legends] The System mistakenly bound him and dropped him into the apocalypse. That was absurd enough! But now he had to conquer zombies with barbecue? Did that make any sense at all??? What does Jiang Feng think about cooking all over the strangest worlds? The man kindles a mysterious flame and calmly turns the skewers. “It’s just business as usual.” “Want it spicy?” . A culinary journey home through the dreamcore wastelan 15Reads—Score314d adds
- 198 Who Cares If It’s Real? What’s Wrong with Dying for My Beloved! 管他真的假的，我殉我宝怎么了！ [Sensitive, Contrasting Beauty in Poor Health × Gentle, Humble, Self-Restrained Handsome Man] [1v1, Both Pure, Contrasting Personalities, Pure Love, Slow Burn] Marriage First, Love Later + Love Grows Over Time + Mutual Healing + Many Plot Twists After her family arranged her marriage, Gu Wanxiao thought she had merely changed places to wait for death. To her, marriage meant rotting away in a new place. But she never expected that he would give her a reason to want to live. Suppressing the dark, 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Yan Lin, the Young General 少年将军燕临 Young General Yan Lin 345Reads—Score214d adds
- 200 Cycle of Killing Intent 杀意轮回 “Loli heroine, redemption angst, multiple reincarnation dreams, multiple endings, fragments of memory, and a hunt for the culprit” A helpless girl is cast into the depths of despair again and again. When someone reaches out to help her, is it salvation, or another form of torment? As fragments of her memories are unlocked through her dreams, the unexpected truth gradually comes together. What does the future hold for this girl? Even if I fail countless times, I’ll find the one way to keep you al 35Reads—Score—14d adds
