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- 51 Wandering the Wasteland: Trait Bonuses from the Start, a Daily Prophet 流浪废土，词条开局，每日预言家 (The rating just came out, so it’ll rise later.) In the 350th year of the wasteland era, the sky is forever leaden gray, like a rusted iron sheet pressing down overhead. The air of the wasteland era is forever tinged with the sweet, metallic stench of rust, decay, and radioactive dust. Every breath is like swallowing shards of glass. The protagonist, Qin Lang, awakens a Trait System and risks his life to secure the daily prophecy from the start. Watch as Qin Lang, alongside his honest and valian 3.8kReads6.3Score22914d adds
- 52 A Lovebird in Captivity, a Prison of Desire 爱之囚鸟，欲之樊笼 [The rating will go up] [A realistic story] [If you still believe in love] Xu Lin suddenly remembers that today is the anniversary of his wife Zhao Siyan's death. A year ago, his wife Zhao Siyan and his mother-in-law Feng Bailu were in a car accident. Zhao Siyan died mysteriously, while Feng Bailu was left paralyzed in bed. 21.5kReads6.6Score1k14d adds
- 53 I Transmigrated to the Republic of China: The Number One Assassin 穿越民国：第一杀手 PS: (This isn't a brainless power fantasy. It respects the era, history, heroes, and our compatriots who lost their lives.) If you want a transmigration story where the protagonist becomes invincible overnight, don't read this. Don't read this. Don't read this. The first 100 chapters follow an ordinary person's transformation! If you want an ordinary person to transmigrate and dominate the world and the universe, stay away!!!! (The first 100 chapters include failures, overconfidence, and all kin 2kReads6.8Score12614d adds
- 54 The European Phoenix's Cultivation Saga: A Long Road to Immortality, Time for a Shock 欧凰修仙传：仙途漫漫，来点震撼 Ou Huang transmigrates to a cultivation universe and unexpectedly merges with an Immortal Emperor’s mortal Dao Fruit. After a thousand years, he has become a mighty Nascent Soul cultivator. Along the way, he casually whipped up a few technological gadgets. To deal with the risk of his spirit becoming unstable, he hides his cultivation and slips into the Tianxuan Sect as an ordinary outer disciple. My name is Ou Huang. I’m the Emperor of Luck, and you’re all ants. No System, invincible protagonis 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Dancing Flames, Howling Wolves: A Glacier Hunter's Legend 火舞狼歌：冰河猎人传说 Important note: This isn't a straightforward power fantasy. If this style isn't for you, feel free to skip it. You have to go mad to survive! This is a real extreme-cold apocalypse. Get ready to lose your mind. Let's see if you can make it through Book Two first! This book is dark, oppressive, painful, and twisted. The protagonist doesn't start out with a natural aura of dominance or an invincible pocket dimension. From the start, he's just a wage slave, an insignificant nobody. He survives main 5.5kReads8.1Score47114d adds
- 56 Global Deluge: I Stockpile Ten Billion Supplies 全球暴雨，我囤积十亿物资 [Rebirth + Stockpiling + Card Drawing + Natural Disasters + System + Comedy + Lighthearted + Absurd] A collision between stars triggers endless global rain. Floodwaters swallow every city, turning the world into a submerged hellscape. In his previous life, Lu Chen was softhearted and shared his supplies. He lasted less than two months before his selfish neighbors joined forces to kill him. Reborn seven days before disaster strikes, he binds to the Destiny Card System the instant the torrential r 482Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Kill That Tomato Writer 杀死那个番茄作家 [Many years later, facing the firing squad, Kareni Na Ka will recall the afternoon when I dragged him into the book.] “Can I really write the blurb like this...?” “Tsk, I’m imitating One Hundred Years of Solitude.” “Who even reads One Hundred Years of Solitude these days? Do you read it?” “Then... should we change it?” “Never mind, let’s keep it. Nobody reads blurbs anyway.” 1.5kReads—Score14814d adds
- 58 Disaster-Magnet System: I Flee to Neon, While the Lighthouse Creates an Apocalypse 招灾系统：润去霓虹，灯塔造末世 [Exchange System + endless supplies + urban rise + tech emperor + sacrifice the great powers] If even Iron Man's “memories” can be exchanged for, who needs a job? Copied supplies could fill in the ocean, so who needs money? The points need “rat lives” as sacrifices, is that it? “Mr. Baka,” a super typhoon and an extreme-cold apocalypse... Wouldn't it be a waste of all this “spectacle” if I didn't sink your whole country? And as for your “daddy,” the Lighthouse Nation... The brand-new “zombie kil 2kReads5.9Score21914d adds
- 59 A True Record of the Apocalypse Game 末世游戏实录 [Apocalypse] [No Romance] [Survival Game] [System] [Global Disasters] After forty-eight hours of nonstop earthquakes tore the tectonic plates apart, a blood-red System announcement appeared simultaneously around the globe: [Global Apocalypse Survival Game] had officially begun. Tsunamis swallowed coastlines, volcanic lava poured forth, and disasters such as extreme cold, scorching heat, corrosive acid rain, and sandstorms ravaged the world in relentless succession. The System forcibly stripped a 9.9kReads8.1Score1.4k14d adds
- 60 Black Rain 2027 黑雨2027 [Not a power fantasy, no cheats, a hard-core natural-disaster apocalypse] Black Rain 2027 is a chronicle of the end of the world as experienced by a modern family. As the first black rain falls, the world slowly collapses amid journeys and long waits. It doesn't tell the story of heroes. It records the long aftermath for ordinary people after everything falls apart: the process of growing numb and sluggish in extreme conditions, yet having no choice but to keep going. The rain will keep falling. 11.7kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
- 61 While Everyone Else Fights to Survive, I Open the Gates of Hell 别人求生，我推开炼狱之门 Sci-fi + Apocalypse + Stockpiling + Evolution + Mutation + Ensemble Cast + Wasteland + Parallel Worlds The “Falcon” crashed on a deserted island. Lin Chen had barely survived when the natives mistook him for a living sacrifice and shoved him into a boiling iron pot! At the brink of death, Lin Chen somehow opened a door made of blue energy! He thought it was salvation in his darkest hour, but the apocalyptic world beyond the door was even more terrifying than the island sacrifice. The entire wa 1.1kReads8.8Score10114d adds
- 62 My Father Pretended to Be Mute, and My Boyfriend Lied to Me 装哑的父亲和骗我的男友 A father who pretends to be mute and a boyfriend who deceives me 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 I Escaped That Cannibalistic Old Street with Nothing but a Skewer of Candied Hawthorn? 我逃出那条吃人的老街，只靠手里的一串冰糖葫芦？ I escaped that man-eating old street with nothing but a skewer of candied hawthorn berries in my hand? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Returning to the Ten Thousand Paths of Guizang 归藏万途 When he crawled out of a pile of corpses, he was clutching a piece of jade. Ten years later, every faction in the Western Continent would kill for it. The day his master faked his death, he told him to deliver a hard, unyielding fruit to Lingxu Palace within two years. And never take off the jade he had worn since childhood. He thought that was all there was to it. No one told him what the jade was. He thought it was a treasure that could suppress the Ruins, a key to seize power, or a life-savin 106Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Devouring the Dawn 啃食黎明 [Post-apocalypse + No Saintly Protagonist + Base + No Rebirth + No System + No Harem] The protagonist used to work as a bodyguard and is skilled with the Tang dao. He builds a team of his own. No frustrating plot points throughout, so enjoy without worry. The stench of blood outside the window never fades, constantly reminding Rong Yi that dawn has been devoured, and the night has only just begun… 560Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Back in My Wife’s High School Days, I Cut Our Ties with My Own Hands 重回妻子高中，我亲手斩断我们的姻缘 Back in My Wife's High School Years, I Cut Our Fated Ties with My Own Hands 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Plane Crash in the Arctic: I’m the Only Survival Expert 坠机北极我是唯一的求生专家 [No special powers, no System] [Realistic survival in the Arctic] [Extreme cold survival] [No harem, no simping] [Survival expert] A passenger plane bound for Norway suffers a malfunction mid-flight and makes an emergency landing in the Arctic. Ren Ye is a survival blogger who came to the Arctic to film survival videos, but he unexpectedly gets caught in a plane crash. When he opens his eyes, he discovers that the plane has made an emergency landing on an ice floe. The plane has broken into thre 4.5kReads8.4Score37214d adds
- 68 The First Day After I Was Reborn, My Whole Family Wanted Me Dead 重生后第一天，全家想让我死 On the First Day After I Was Reborn, My Family Wanted Me Dead 140Reads—Score114d adds
- 69 Su Tu: The Su Family Arc 苏屠之苏家篇 The protagonist, Lin Feng, transmigrates to a world of magic and struggles to survive alone in the Su household. There are quite a few hidden plot threads, and the pace is a little slow, so it may take some brainpower to read. Feel free to leave a comment with your thoughts and opinions. 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 After I Was Reborn, I Gave Up My Guaranteed Admission, and He Panicked 重生后我放弃保送，他慌了 After I Was Reborn, I Gave Up My Guaranteed Admission, and He Panicked 479Reads—Score414d adds
- 71 Peerless Among Ten Thousand Spirits 万灵无双 A teahouse from the start, yet the Heavenly Dao claims I'm harboring divine beasts. Mysterious supernatural cases keep finding me, and now I've been diagnosed with a terminal illness! But I've discovered there are things in this world that can extend my life The last breath a spirit refuses to surrender A star shifted by someone's hand on a compass A lost art that the sages pursued with their lives A scheme passed down by emperors for a thousand years... Among the three teachings and nine schoo 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 I Awakened a Dao Companion Synthesis System 我觉醒了道侣合成系统 (Not a mindless power fantasy. Don't read if that's not your thing.) Ten years after transmigrating, Zhou Ding finally worked up the courage to send a message to the campus belle of the "Chosen One University": Hey, want to become cultivation partners? I've got plenty of yang energy! That night, the campus belle died… 60kReads7.9Score5.1k14d adds
- 73 Reborn, I Deliberately Emptied My Storage Space 重生回来，我故意清空了空间 2.8kReads—Score3314d adds
- 74 The True Heiress Returns with Her Metaphysical Powers, and Her Wealthy Family Begs Her to Stop Setting Up a Stall 玄学真千金归来，豪门全家跪求别摆摊 The Metaphysical True Heiress Returns, and Her Entire Wealthy Family Begs Her to Stop Setting Up a Fortune-Telling Stall 749Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 The Hidden Scheme of Journey to the West 西游隐局 Most readers who interpret Journey to the West become absorbed in power plays, schemes, and dark conspiracies, twisting a timeless classic into a cold game of self-interest and losing sight of the original work's meaning and spirit. This book sets the record straight, dispelling the haze of conspiracy theories and returning to the essence of classical literature. Drawing on a wealth of sources and uncovering historical facts, it clears away layers of speculation to explore in depth the Chinese w 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 From the Start in Debt, I Became a Tycoon by Reporting People 开局负债，我靠举报成首富 [Urban Power Fantasy + One Heroine + Lighthearted Everyday Informant Life + Criminal Investigation + Auxiliary National Security] Owing a million after his deadbeat dad saddles him with debt from the start? Lin Ning awakens the [Bounty Eye] in a stunning turnaround: Red names = criminals = walking rewards. Catch a spy first and earn 500,000 to pay off the debt! Gold = good fortune = hidden opportunities. Invest in promising young talents and ride the wave to easy money! From then on: He reports 3.4kReads8.7Score33514d adds
- 77 When the Clouds Part, the Moon Appears 云开见月 The protagonist had a miserable childhood. Raised by the whole village, he grew up experiencing firsthand the harsh rule that the weak get bullied. He fought his way through life with his fists, developing a fiercely defiant personality. Later, a benefactor took him under their wing and helped him work hard, and he eventually made something of himself and got into a top university. As an adult, he became lost and insecure in the face of harsh reality. In the end, he settled into an ordinary life 16.2kReads9.4Score1.9k14d adds
- 78 I Became a Zombie, and Now I'm Surrounded by Beautiful Zombies 成为丧尸的我，身边美尸成群 [No System + mutation and evolution + dark, bleak zombie apocalypse with no other monsters + no foresight, feeling one's way forward + special abilities, but not very powerful] Take over human cities and enjoy a shameless life as a zombie. The apocalypse arrived, and Xu Shan had the misfortune of becoming a zombie. Then he had the further misfortune of being hunted down. With no other choice, he hid in a basement... “Survivors: Look, look! That zombie can drive...” “Survivors: A smart zombie is 703Reads—Score10014d adds
- 79 Mechanical Hell 机械地狱 [Humanoid robot version of The Walking Dead + To Live, not a power fantasy] In 2035, humanoid robots were widespread throughout human society. Then, suddenly, they turned into mechanical killers, and the world became a living hell! Was this a deliberate rebellion after robots developed independent consciousness, or was something else going on behind the scenes? How will the survivors make it through the apocalypse? What fate awaits the human species? [No transmigration + no rebirth + no special 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 The Journey of Tianhen 天痕行 [Traditional Xuanhuan] [Exploration and Travel] [Heavenly Marks and Wonders] [Ensemble Cast and Friendship] [No System] [Coming of Age] [The World Unfolds Gradually] On the Tianhen Continent, humans and demons coexist, and the ancient world has left countless traces behind. Some traces endure through the ages, bearing powers and mysteries all their own. They are known as Heavenly Marks. Some spend their entire lives in pursuit of them, while others fight over them without end. But no matter how 12Reads—Score12214d adds
- 81 A Winding Road Through the Apocalypse 末世沧桑路 [Post-apocalypse + survival + ultra-hardcore + no superpower cheats + zombies + soldiers] Zhang Yunlong is an ordinary soldier, struggling to stay alive with a mix of uncertainty and resolve in the bio-apocalypse that followed a global nuclear war. He does his best to lead his less-than-exceptional comrades in a stubborn fight for survival. Crushed between brutal living conditions and waves of mutated zombies, they fight with everything they have for the right to live. But fate has a joke in sto 2.9kReads9.2Score21114d adds
- 82 Plenty of Stories at the Funeral Home 殡仪馆里故事多 Ever since Lin Yu took a job driving a hearse at a funeral home, his life became anything but ordinary. He and his friends went through all kinds of bizarre, inexplicable events together. Vengeful spirits possessing people, a dead infant in a pot, opera singing in a graveyard... No one knew what would happen next. 13.2kReads8.7Score97814d adds
- 83 Reborn in 1990: From Having a Baby to Making My Way in the World 重生九零，从生娃开始闯荡江湖 [No goody-two-shoes] [Period] [Underworld] [Passionate] [Decisive and ruthless] [Multiple heroines + wish fulfillment] Xu Lin is reborn in the 1990s and activates the More Children, More Blessings System. 11.3kReads6.9Score81914d adds
- 84 Dungeon Missions? I Can Choose All the Rewards 副本任务？我奖励能全选 (Just received a rating) (No female lead, System-focused, Infinite Flow, Talent-focused, decisive and ruthless, no artificially weakened combat power, rapid power growth) Lin Qi, an utterly ordinary new graduate. On his way to a job interview, he encounters a supernatural incident and gets pulled into a deadly game called an “instance.” For every instance he clears, the System offers rewards including techniques, attributes, equipment, and supernatural abilities, but each person can take onl 48.3kReads8.0Score4.9k14d adds
- 85 Scum of the Apocalypse 末世渣滓 [Rebirth in the apocalypse + alternate world + ruthless, not a saint + evolving zombies + special powers + self-interest] Whether stars fell or a virus broke out, no one knew. Zombies and a world-ending nuclear weapons system brought about the world’s destruction all the same. Sunlight streamed in through the window, seeming to shine into the dumplings in his memory. “Little sister, is it snowing?” The man looked up at the window. The cold seeped into his bones. This winter seemed a little c 5.6kReads8.5Score41214d adds
- 86 Apocalypse Evolution: Don't Mess with Mosquitoes 末日进化：蚊子不好惹 A mosquito's end-of-the-world party, all for its own amusement! The reckless young Hu Xiaowen gets a fresh start in the apocalypse, only to find himself turned into a mosquito. Watch him let loose and take the apocalypse by storm! When the end comes, who will rule the world? You are a mosquito with a mind of your own. If Heaven had never given us Hu Xiaowen, The mosquito clan would have languished in eternal darkness. You believe that one day, You will become the mightiest mosquito in th 177Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 87 My Heaven-Defying Kidney-Tonifying System 我的逆天补肾系统 Han Gao's life hit rock bottom. His marriage was over, and so was his dignity. Just then, a mysterious delivery arrived at his door: an unremarkable thermos. From that moment on, he began quietly growing stronger... 1.5kReads6.3Score10014d adds
- 88 The Tycoon Game: The Beautiful CEO Chose Me 富豪游戏：美女总裁选中我 Yang Li was chosen by a beautiful CEO, given ten million, and invited to take part in a life-or-death game. Six players, each with ten million. After one year, whoever has the most assets gets to live. 109Reads—Score414d adds
- 89 A Glorious Dream, Mountains and Rivers Far Away 浮华梦山河远 Is marrying up into a noble family a ladder to the clouds, or a blade at your throat? Everyone envies a merchant’s daughter who marries into a marquis’s household. But after a torrential rain in Huazhou, everything changes. Her husband gets caught up in the succession struggle, and she’s abducted by human traffickers... Even her family thinks she’ll never come back. But she not only returns, she also becomes the owner of Baoxing Trading House. Every time you think she’s finally found her foo 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 The Human Feast: A Horror Banquet, Nine Heavens for a Corpse 人体盛宴：恐怖宴会——一个尸体的九重天 A Feast of Flesh: The Terrifying Banquet: A Corpse's Ninth Heaven —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Spring Winds in Winter 冬季有春风 [Female Growth] [Childhood Sweethearts] [Turning the Tables Against the Odds] [Realistic] A girl battered by her dysfunctional family wants nothing more than to save the naive young boy who loves her. Life in the cramped alleyways is always the same, while the surging tide of the times takes everyone by surprise. In the winter at the end of the century, the gears of Xu Chunfeng's fate quietly began to turn. 3kReads8.0Score12714d adds
- 92 Reborn in the City of the Apocalypse, My First Order of Business Is Revenge 末世之都重生了当然要先报仇啦 [Post-Apocalyptic Rebirth] [Natural Disasters] [Zombies] [Stockpiling] [Infinite Space] [One-on-One Romance] [Happy Ending] [Strong Female Lead] Note: This is a purely fictional setting. Please do not use any real-world information or draw parallels to reality when it comes to official details. (Ranks and titles are all made up.) A poisonous fog descended without warning, plunging the entire world into disaster. Torrential rain, floods, extreme heat... Zombies and mutated plants and animals all 1.4kReads—Score14614d adds
- 93 I Never Expected to Win, but a Billion-Yuan Jackpot Hit Me 我真没想中奖却被10亿大奖砸中了 I Never Expected to Win, but a Billion-Yuan Jackpot Fell into My Lap 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 A Zombie Apocalypse for Ordinary People 平凡人的丧尸末日 Zombies, the apocalypse, realism, survival. No special powers, no womanizing, no power fantasy, no System. A portrayal of how ordinary people truly fight to survive. This is my first novel, so the early chapters may be a little rough. I hope you’ll give it a chance and keep reading. It gets really exciting later on. Thank you, and please don’t let the rating put you off. If you enjoy realistic stories, give it a try. The protagonist, Lin Chen, is just an ordinary car salesman when the apocalypse 9kReads7.5Score70514d adds
- 95 There Is No Door to the Moon Palace 月宫没有门 The Moon Palace Has No Doors 44Reads—Score114d adds
- 96 The Great Flood and the Drought Apocalypse: I Cast Spells to Save the World 洪水末日连着干旱末日，我施法拯救全世界 The Flood Apocalypse is followed by the Drought Apocalypse, and I Use Magic to Save the World 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Godly Game: High Melee Damage and High Ranged Damage 神明游戏：近战伤害高远程高伤害 [Apocalypse + Game System + Multiple Worlds + Power Fantasy] The further you read, the more exciting this book gets, and the bigger its world becomes! The first world is overrun with zombies; the second is a realm of demons and spirits pursuing cultivation! The Divine Game suddenly descends, and Zhang Wu is forcibly selected to participate. His sole main quest is staring him in the face: [Become a God]. His first stop is a zombie apocalypse. Zhang Wu hunts zombies to accumulate evolution points 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Why Vampires Need to Read Their Blood Test Reports 论吸血鬼看血检报告的重要性 Leon de Montfort had never been this humiliated in his life. He was a descendant of French nobility who had lived for four hundred years, the last of the de Montfort bloodline (though the blood had stopped flowing long ago). He had witnessed the rise and fall of the First French Empire, discussed poetry with Baudelaire in a Left Bank cafe, and even managed to live respectably during World War II by working as an interpreter for the German army. Yet never before had he collapsed flat on his face 243Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The Walking Dead: No Way Out 行尸走肉之无路可退 [The heroine grows over time + transmigrate + no golden finger + crossbow guy as love interest + ensemble cast + original story] This book focuses on logical storytelling and detailed battle scenes. It's not a power fantasy: there is no System, inventory space, superpower, or other cheat. This is a realistic, slow-burn story of surviving the apocalypse, grounded in reality. The early chapters mainly follow the two leads' perspectives, gradually shifting toward the ensemble cast. The plot is full 1.4kReads8.3Score—14d adds
- 100 Escape from the Corpse Pile 尸里逃生 The manhua adaptation, [Apocalypse Descends: A Delivery Guy's Escape from the Dead], is now available on Fanqie. Feel free to watch! [The second zombie novel set in the same world is nearly two million characters long. Visit the author's homepage to read it. We hope you'll keep supporting the author!] The zombies erupt, and the apocalypse descends. As an ordinary person, how can you survive in a world crawling with zombies? In the ruined city, rotting corpses are everywhere. When extreme cold st 13.5kReads8.6Score94414d adds
