Novels like The Chronicles of Xuyuan
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- 51 Doomsday Battle Royale: Starting with the Fall of the Entire School 末日大逃杀：从全校沦陷开始 [Growth-oriented heroine + ensemble cast + romance + school zombie apocalypse + no special powers + pure love] The apocalypse arrives, and the whole school falls. Faced with hordes of zombies, Lin Jiao has just one word: “Run!” 124Reads—Score10414d adds
- 52 Zombies: Rebooting Civilization 丧尸：重启文明 [No Superpowers + Students + No Superpowers + Harem + No System] On October 27, 2025, the zombie outbreak began. That day came to be known as Restart Day. The outbreak was caused by rising global temperatures. The glaciers in Antarctica and the Arctic Ocean melted, releasing the zombie virus that had been buried beneath them. On top of that, nuclear wastewater discharged by a certain country polluted the seafood. People who ate seafood contaminated by nuclear pollution also turned into zombies. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Diary of an Apocalypse Journey 末世征途日记 In a world ravaged by danger, survival is a constant process of making choices. Zhang Hong and his companions must make some difficult decisions: should they press on in search of hope, or stay where they are and wait for the unknown to unfold? No superpowers, no special abilities, just epic battles against swarms of zombies! 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Doomsday Perler Beads: I Help the Whole Village Lie Flat With Little Toys 末世拼豆：我靠小玩具带全村躺平 Apocalypse + farming + golden finger + exhilarating battles + loyal-dog romance Lin Sui, whose apocalypse golden finger is fuse beads, × Chen Yu, the loyal young bodyguard Disaster struck. The water turned foul, the crops rotted, and Wushan Village became an isolated island where everyone could only wait to die. Lin Sui was standing by the empty stove when a rusty tin box hit her on the head. Inside were fuse beads in every color. She made a steamed bun, and a steaming hot bun appeared in her ha —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Zombie Apocalypse: I Grow into a King 丧尸末世，我成长为王 No System + no characters acting stupidly + no special abilities + sci-fi + zombie apocalypse. This novel tells the story of Wang Jie, a first-year student at a university in Xia State, and how he gradually grows into a leader. The United States of America discovered a mysterious virus beneath the frozen permafrost of the Arctic and brought it back to a laboratory for study. Eighteen years later, the virus triggered the end of the world. Huge numbers of people were infected and turned into zombi 275Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 56 The Zombies Are Here: College Students Flee Through the Apocalypse 丧尸来了，大学生在末世逃窜 [A fictional Apocalypse, campus setting, college students, mostly an ensemble cast, plot-driven, grounded in reality.] On the day the Apocalypse began, zombies overran the campus, trapping Sheng Yan and countless other G University students in their dorms. Just when all hope seemed lost, the base rescue team kept delaying its arrival. To stay alive, Sheng Yan and her classmates fought back against the zombies, escaped their dorms, left the campus, and headed for a base in the suburbs. Once they 427Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 57 The Broken Arrow: From That Day On, the World Rusted 断箭，自此全球锈蚀 [I was late for a job interview and dashed across the road, only to be hit by a truck and thrown into a dead city.] [When I woke up, the world had become a graveyard. Gray-yellow clouds of pollution blotted out the once-clear blue sky above Kunming, the City of Spring.] [The radio played the final warning on repeat: “A pandemic has erupted... All order has collapsed... Survivors, stay away from crowds...”] [Amid the roars of the mutated zombies, I acquired the [Broken Arrow] System, which could 49Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 58 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
- 59 The Ruins on the Mountain Peak 山巅之墟 The city atop the mountain fell. From its ruins, new demons rose, proclaiming themselves the beacon of civilization. Without hesitation, they declared war on all of humanity, seeking to reshape the world according to their will and bring history to an end. Faced with an enemy that seemed impossible to defeat, the world’s most tenacious army would launch a series of counterattacks and turn the fate of all humanity around. 454Reads7.4Score10614d adds
- 60 Dragon Flame: The Blade of Fate's Defiance 龙焱：逆命之锋 He was once the King of Soldiers in “Dragon Flame,” the nation’s sharpest blade. But after a conspiracy branded him a traitor, he fled overseas and became a mercenary who lived by the gun. Through the deserts of Africa, the rainforests of South America, and the battlefields of the Middle East, he held on to one belief: survive, and uncover the truth. When his brothers’ blood stained his uniform, his fiancée was imprisoned, and a massive conspiracy capable of shaking the world began to emerge, th 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Operation Northern Frontier 北界行动 Special forces operative Hummingbird and a state security partner venture deep into the frozen lands of the far north, crossing borders to rescue a genetic scientist kidnapped by foreign forces. Betrayed by an insider and surrounded by mercenaries, they fight to the death in the frozen wilderness. Every breakout is a brush with death; every counterattack comes at a terrible cost. This deadly contest across the far northern border is nowhere near its end. This book is a companion to "Border Actio 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Zombies on Campus 校园丧尸 Campus Zombies 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Help! The School Is Full of Zombies! 救命！学校里全是丧尸！ After an explosion during chemistry lab, students and staff across the school began biting each other like maniacs. Just as school bully Wu Xu blocked the stairs to seize supplies, the dean of discipline suddenly mutated into a special zombie that could open doors… The characters and names in this novel are all taken from another of the author's works, Help! The School Is Full of Impostors. You can think of this as an Easter egg or a story about the main cast in a parallel universe. Hope yo 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Transmigrated as the Young Marshal: Changing Everything 穿越少帅之改变一切 The Otherworld Is So Vast After Transmigrating, I Want to Go Take a Look hhxbcbcnncncncncncnccncncnnxxnfjfjfjfjfj —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Nuclear Ashes: The Dragon Crown 核烬：龙冕 A mysterious zombie virus swept through major port cities around the world in a matter of days. To contain the crisis, governments scrambled to respond, using overwhelming force to suppress the spreading virus. But this mysterious viral outbreak was only the beginning. The crises it triggered were rapidly pushing humanity toward the brink of war, while the mastermind behind it all lay in wait in the shadows, biding their time. 362Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 66 The Peninsula Crisis: Dawn of Fire 半岛危机：炮火黎明 Winter 2030. A massive battle erupted on the East Asian peninsula, nearly igniting World War III. History would call it the Peninsula War. The players fought and maneuvered like chess masters, while their pawns struggled to distinguish themselves and become the new masters of history. Every nation had its own hidden agenda. How events would unfold, and who would win or lose, would be left to history to judge. An alternate history. 130Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 67 The Apocalypse Is Here, and I’m Helping My Antisocial Desk Mate Survive 末日来临，我带社恐女同桌求生 (True love above all!!! Absolutely one female lead. If loving someone must have a time limit, then forever is the best answer!!!) The apocalypse arrived, zombies ran rampant, and the world's order collapsed. Before it all began, college student Lin Feng had just dragged his socially anxious desk mate into a grove, insisting he could help Qin Muxin overcome her social anxiety. As luck would have it, while Lin Feng watched the couples in the grove making out, it seemed they were really getting int 2.7kReads6.8Score32214d adds
- 68 Plague-Ridden Zombie City 病疫尸城 A strange virus suddenly swept through the entire city. The people were infected and turned into terrifying, bizarre living corpses! Hua'an City was placed under a total lockdown. There would be no rescue here, no rescue! The city was rife with danger. “They” lurked in the darkness, supplies were scarce, and the conditions for survival gradually disappeared. The survivors struggled to take even a single step, fighting against nature, against other people, and against the living corpses. How woul 228Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Farming Life Starting in Africa 从非洲开始的种田生活 In a fusion of cinematic worlds, this is the story of Luo Sen, a flat-headed honey badger with a tumor in his brain and an endlessly imaginative African scrap dealer, as he saves friends, builds up his power, and becomes a master player behind the scenes in the worlds of movies. 40.4kReads8.4Score2.9k14d adds
- 70 The Iron Coffin 钢铁棺材 [World War II + military + German perspective + tank crewman + anti-war + tragedy + humanity] Klaus Schumann once dreamed of becoming an armored knight charging across the battlefield, serving his homeland and its Führer. In 1939, his dream came true: he became one of the Third Reich's armored legions. His vehicles, from the nimble Panzer III to the fearsome Panther, were both mobile fortresses they depended on for survival and steel coffins that could reduce the crew to ashes at any moment. Ins 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 A Survival Guide to Nuclear War on Campus 校园核战生存手册 Introduction Congratulations, classmate. Or perhaps I should say, my condolences. If you’ve opened this handbook, then you’ve already realized that this is no ordinary school. This is First High School, a place where “survival of the fittest” is the only school motto. Here, knowledge is not only power, but also a weapon, a shield, and sometimes the fuse that sets off a mutually assured destruction. This handbook has been published in the name of the Academic Affairs Office, but its contents were 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The July Apocalypse 七月末世 In July, the virus breaks out and zombies descend. They are trapped at the outbreak’s epicenter. She ties up her hair, takes up a weapon, and casts off her usual frail image, determined never to become his burden! Amid the thorns of the apocalypse, they fight side by side! 654Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 73 Sky-Shrouding Assault 蔽空突击 Modern aerial combat + fictional military setting + military hardware + joint operations + great-power rivalry + fighter-versus-fighter battles In 2026, the world was almost exactly like ours, except for “carbon uranium.” This substance could provide astonishing amounts of energy, but it could also turn an entire airspace into a “blind zone,” where equipment failed, radars went dark, and missiles became useless. In such an area, beyond-visual-range combat quickly became impossible. Pilots might 408Reads—Score11114d adds
- 74 Doomsday Overlord: The Radiant One 末世主宰：辉者 (Handcrafted gear, apocalypse, a small ensemble cast, elements from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, fantasy elements, and a quirky System.) (The protagonist is technically reborn, but this isn’t like other rebirth novels. Please point out any issues you spot so I can improve.) (The cultivation realms won’t appear too soon, but when they do, their origins will be explained and everything will fit together.) (The blurb may not be very compelling, so I recommend jumping straight into the story. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 At Dusk in the Apocalypse, I Slay Zombies and Become a God 末日黄昏，我砍丧尸成神 “This space can hold an entire supermarket!” When the apocalypse arrived, Lin Hao became the wealthiest survival expert around. While others struggled against zombies, he built an empire in the wasteland. But as he gazed up at the stars, a cold sneer sounded in his ear: “Test subject, your performance has been excellent.” It turned out all that suffering had been nothing more than a game played by a higher civilization. Lin Hao clenched his fists, flames blazing in his eyes, ready to burn throug 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 I Became a Scav in Tarkov 我成为了塔科夫里的scav After a blue explosion, the entire Novinsk region is sealed off. Tarkov is thrown into chaos, with all kinds of factions tangled up in the conflict. USEC, BEAR, SCAV, and even the terrifying cult are active in the area. I’m just an ordinary street thug in Tarkov. I wake up to find myself trapped in this living hell. How am I supposed to survive here? 523Reads8.2Score10714d adds
- 77 A Young Girl’s Frontline Diary: Notes from a Losing War 少女填线：烂仗记录 Also known as: “How We Kept Coming Back to Life in Grozny, Yet Had to Endure the Pain of Dying” “The System gave us flawless bodies, but refused to erase our pain.” January 1995, Grozny. Snow, black mud, jammed rifles, and tons of “Cargo 200” (the war dead). For the seven undead members of the ragtag squad, this was their entire daily life. As a doomed unit forced to sign the “Ashen Contract,” they had a cheat no regular soldier could help envying: resurrection. But there was a price. Every time 174Reads—Score2314d adds
- 78 Another World's Outpost: The Iron Plow 异世界前哨：铁犁 A top-secret transfer order. A combined-arms battalion, drawn from multiple branches of the military, transmigrates straight from the Gobi Desert in the northwest to the magic-infused continent of Amak. As modern firepower roars beneath a purple sky, the Iron Plow Base becomes the front line where two civilizations collide. They came in search of peace, but are forced to show their teeth. “I just got here, and you're already trying to put me in my place?” A steel tide meets magical legends. Who 257Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 79 The Apocalypse, but I Can Go to Tarkov 末日，但我能去塔科夫 The score has just been posted, and there aren't many ratings yet, so it's low. It'll gradually go up! [Post-apocalyptic survival + detailed weapons and tactics + Escape from Tarkov + hideout upgrades + smart characters + sound values + small-scale battles + one heroine] After Blue Star is ravaged by disaster, survivalist Liang Chuan lives alone using the equipment and supplies he stockpiled before the catastrophe. By chance, he enters an air-raid shelter and stumbles through a door leading to T 2kReads8.1Score16714d adds
- 80 The Silver-Haired Girl Doesn't Want to Become a Tactical JK 银发少女不想成为战术JK [No System + beautiful girl + gunfights + special forces + hard-hitting + characters stay smart + decisive, ruthless protagonists] A wealthy heiress is cast out onto the streets amid a bitter struggle over her family fortune. To survive, she has no choice but to join a band of assassins. But... what am I to you, really? “...Hey, Mr. Sanderson, I really have been trying my best.” The silver-haired girl resting her head on her knees says it softly, 19Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 81 The Special Forces Immortal King 特种仙王 Lin Yu, an elite soldier known by the codename “Dragon King,” transmigrates into a world of immortal cultivation, where he finds himself an ordinary mortal. The sect is bullying me? I’ll teach you a lesson with modern tactics! Monsters are running rampant? Just watch me turn you into a wilderness survival exercise. As he tempers his Dao heart with an iron will and uses a special forces soldier’s mind to devise cultivation techniques, the entire cultivation world begins to change beyond recogniti —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Apocalypse: A Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle from the Start 末世，开局一辆山猫步兵战车 [An apocalypse troop-building and conquest story, hard-core military action, all kinds of weapons and equipment, cutting-edge technology, nuclear strikes, and large-scale military conflicts. No superpowers, no cultivation, no harem.] In the apocalypse, people are impossible to read. A lot happens in the world every day, but it all boils down to five words: “Eat people” and “be eaten.” The apocalypse has plenty of rules, but in the end it comes down to this: “Whose bones are harder, and whose gun 270Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 83 Will to Survive: A Spark Ignites a Prairie Fire 生存意志之星火燎原 A biochemically engineered virus ravages the world, the global fight against the pandemic descends into turmoil, and evil hegemonic organizations hold sway. An ordinary young man from a remote border town is infected and fights tenaciously to survive. He builds a research team, forms a force of mutated soldiers, and establishes a faction of his own. Joining forces with like-minded allies, he battles evil organizations and embarks on a path toward fairness, justice, peace, freedom, and self-relia 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 That Year, the People's Army Defeated the Invading Behemoth 那一年人民军队战胜了入侵的巨兽 [Military/war] + [Large-scale battles between armies and monsters] An ancient monster that has slept for ages awakens from the depths of the sea. Its vanguard destroys the nation of Yingzhou before invading Huaxia. At this perilous moment, the People's Army charges onto the battlefield without hesitation, once again taking its place on the front lines against the invaders. 780Reads—Score10214d adds
- 85 One Tank Held Off a German Armored Division for 24 Hours, Based on a True Story 一辆坦克挡住一个德军装甲师，长达24小时，真实改编 A single tank held off a German armored division for a full 24 hours. Based on a true story. 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 The Silver Swallow of the Dnieper 第聂伯河银燕 In 1989, the Soviet Union returned home in triumph after winning a total victory in Afghanistan. But beneath the veneer of victory lay wounds inflicted by half a century of military rivalry. Once the Soviet leadership understood the true purpose of “quiet diplomacy” and realized that no agreement with the Western bloc was ever possible, it faced a national economy on the brink of collapse and resolved to liberate Europe before all was lost. The future ace pilot Yeremy Shevastianovich Mir would a 414Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 How Could I, an Asian, Be the Commander of a U.S. Armored Brigade? 我亚裔怎么会是美陆装甲旅旅长 [Apocalypse + Modern Warfare + Ensemble Cast + Somewhat Hard Military Sci-Fi + No Superpowers + Transformation + No CP] "Mission Eight: One-Way Transmigration" When a modern armored brigade combat team from twenty years in the future is transported to the turn of the millennium, where a zombie crisis has broken out, the hordes that terrify the survivors are no match for a steel tide. But the real crisis has never been the flesh-and-blood zombies. It's the mastermind behind it all. Faced with the 8.4kReads8.8Score38914d adds
- 88 Bright Sword: Undefeated in a Hundred Battles from Cangyun Ridge to Kyushu Island 亮剑从苍云岭到九州岛百战百胜 I’m Li Yunlong, the commander of the New First Regiment in Drawing Sword, and also Li Yunlong, a military industry expert from the 21st century. From northwest Shanxi to the Korean Peninsula, from small arms to Miss Qiu. 150Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 89 When Doomsday Strikes: One Ordinary Person's Struggle to Survive 末日爆发，一个普通人的艰难求生 No romance, no storage space, no golden finger, and no power fantasy. Just an ordinary person's struggle to survive in an apocalyptic world. Xie Ling is a factory worker at an electronics plant, a junior-college graduate with thirty or forty thousand yuan in savings and a driver's license. She's not very skilled behind the wheel, has a sturdy build and is a little overweight, and is stronger than a skinny girl. She's fairly resilient under pressure. Then, one day, the zombies suddenly break out. 3.3kReads8.7Score19414d adds
- 90 The World of the Doomed Dead 末日丧世界 Severe industrialization and technological development have damaged Earth, leading to global warming. A virus arrives silently, spreading slowly at first but mutating at an astonishing rate. Ninety percent of the world's humans and animals turn into zombies. How will they survive? Wait and see. No superpowers, no System, no self-righteous do-gooders. 33Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 91 When the Azure Light Shatters 蓝莹天破时 [Sci-fi apocalypse + hard-core military + love of country + joint effort] At the turn of the century, the world was turned upside down. When blue, glowing sky fire tore through the sky screen, it brought severe natural disasters, environmental destruction, magnetic-field chaos, and genetic mutations. It also offered humanity a leap in technology and the temptation of nearly limitless energy, laying the fuse for war. When the crisis strikes again, can humanity withstand the test and find hope ami 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The New Century Spearhead Project 新世纪尖兵计划 A fated death allows Ke Le to go on living in someone else’s identity, but the world after he is reborn is utterly unlike anything he knew before. Humanity is under attack from an unknown enemy. With the sky and the sea lost to them, people pin their hopes of counterattacking on a new type of equipment known as “Vanguard.” 390Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 93 Xiao Po's Survival Journal: Irises in the Ashes 小珀生存日记：灰烬中的鸢尾 [This book is dedicated to portraying war and survival with uncompromising grit and realism] [#Gritty #Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland #Survival #Female Lead #War #Human Nature #Realism #Detailed Infantry Tactics] [This is a story about blood, iron, and how to breathe between the two.] A world built by the tip of a pen fiction and reality, rust, blood, and the end of the road. At the edge of the wasteland hangs an amber stone, corroded with rust; in the war zone, she blooms into a silent flower. Surv 346Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 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
- 95 King of the Jiangshi Vs. King of the Zombies 僵尸王大战丧尸王 [Apocalypse + Zombies + Escape + Superpowers + Strong Heroine and Hero] You just got into a prestigious university, with a bright future ahead, and now you're telling me there's a zombie outbreak? On the last day of her freshman year, Zhang Xueli asked Yao Yuan, her classmate from elementary, middle, high school, and now university, to help her move out of her dorm. Unexpectedly, a zombie outbreak struck... A beautiful, strong, and tragic heroine VS a mob boss's heir VS a model young man from 25Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 96 National Fate: Survival Against All Odds 国运，绝境求生 “What meaning does any of this have?” Ma Chao asked, his face smeared with dirt in the trench. “I don't know. But there's nothing wrong with wiping out every last enemy combatant. Staying alive comes first,” Wang Yanbing replied, then went back to loading bullets into his magazine. An Ke sat to one side, took off his gloves, tore open a chocolate wrapper, and stuffed the chocolate into his mouth. 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Bullied from the Start of the Apocalypse, I Rise to the Top with a System 末世开局被霸凌我靠系统登顶末世 [School Life] [Apocalypse] [System Survival] [Apocalypse Revenge] After enduring years of school bullying, Fang Yuan is publicly humiliated by school bully Ji Boda seven days before the Apocalypse begins. The incident unexpectedly activates the Apocalypse Savior Ring System. With unlimited storage, enhanced physical abilities, and advanced combat skills unlocked, he races against the countdown to stockpile supplies, all to protect Bai Ningbing, the childhood friend he has secretly loved for year —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Silent Thunderbolt: The 57th Air Battle 沉默的霹雳之五七空战 Silent Thunderbolt: The May 7 Air Battle 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Apocalypse: Dormitory Escape 末世之宿舍逃亡 (Apocalypse, zombies, team, superpowers, ensemble cast, one heroine) Zombies break out at a university, but Han Li somehow learns about it three hours in advance. At first, he survives in his dorm by stockpiling supplies. As time passes, things get increasingly strange, so Han Li decides to form a team and head for the survivor base in M City... 1.7kReads8.0Score11314d adds
- 100 Beneath the Silence 寂静之下 [Military apocalypse] [Science fiction] [Alternate history] [Sovietpunk] [Slavic supermen] [Mystery] (In 1975, while the West was mired in an oil crisis and economic stagflation, an internal upheaval in the Soviet Union had become inevitable. As Brezhnev's health rapidly deteriorated and conservatives and rigid bureaucrats dragged the country toward decay, an internal coup launched by the military and reformists completely changed the course of a stagnant era. From then on, the Soviet Union emb 825Reads6.9Score11414d adds
