Novels like Darkness Lurks in the Apocalypse
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- 101 Cataclysm: From the Start, I Have an Ice Dragon Tattoo and Two Mythical Powers 灾变：开局冰龙纹身，双神话异能 [Apocalypse + scheming + cold-blooded + reborn + no taboos] Goody-good saints, stay away! Two mythic-tier abilities from the start!! [Ice Dragon Ability]: Wields the ultimate power of ice and the strength of a dragon. [Plunder Ability]: Steals top-tier abilities. After surviving for years in the apocalypse, Chen Xuan returned to the day before it began! He had a loyal group of subordinates, though they were a little unhinged. A certain empress's eyes turned icy, murderous intent radiating from h 13.2kReads8.1Score1kShelves
- 102 Apocalypse Roulette: It Begins with Learning Xingyi Bengquan 末世轮盘：从学会形意崩拳开始 [Not Reborn] [Female Lead] [No Harem] [Light System] [Zombies] [Imposters] [Some Horror] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Self-Sacrifice] [Apocalypse Wheel] [100% Handwritten] [No AI, Read with Confidence] The apocalypse arrives, and global civilization falls apart overnight. Zombies, mutated imposters, and bizarre mutant monsters run rampant. Humanity becomes food, falling to the bottom of the food chain. As a survivor, the only thing to wish for is staying alive. So Cao Shuang, a top-tier martial a 1.3kReads—Score137Shelves
- 103 Apocalypse: Zombies Surround the School, and My Roommate Is a Martial God 末世：丧尸围校，我的室友是武神 Dear readers, open this book and you'll discover a legend! [Extreme Cold Apocalypse] [Zombies] [Campus] [Stockpiling] [Martial Souls] Lin Yi receives a mysterious phone call telling him that the extreme cold apocalypse will arrive in thirty hours. At this critical moment, his girlfriend breaks up with him and quickly finds herself a rich second-generation boyfriend. But Lin Yi doesn't despair, because there's an unrivaled Martial God in his dorm room. To prepare for the coming extreme cold apoca 1.6kReads8.3Score100Shelves
- 104 Apocalypse Prison System: Taking In Goddesses Makes Me Stronger 末日囚笼系统：收留女神就变强 My new work is out! Welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 A Massive Earthquake from the Start: An Ordinary Girl’s Fight to Survive the Disasters 开局特大地震，普通女孩天灾求生 [Storage Space + All Kinds of Natural Disasters + Stockpiling Supplies + No System or Superpowers + Male Lead] When Jiang Li is eight, a Taoist tells her that an apocalyptic disaster will strike in ten years. Jiang Li believes him and tells her adoptive parents, but they think she's mentally ill and send her back to the orphanage. Later, she accidentally discovers that the black bead around her neck contains a storage space. Jiang Li doesn't dare tell anyone else about the disaster. In silence, 2.4kReads6.5Score182Shelves
- 106 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 333Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 Global Livestream at the End of the World: An Infinite Train from the Start 末日全球直播：开局一辆无限列车 (Game-like data stream + multiple worlds + no saintly do-gooder + decisive and ruthless + wild imagination + no female lead) When the zombie apocalypse struck, Chen Luo became the owner of the Infinite Train in the split second between life and death. There, he met Xingying, who called herself the Administrator. The train also had a mysterious lottery area. “Great Sage, please, teach me the Seventy-Two Transformations!” ...But when everything seemed to settle down, no one realized that this was —Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 108 Doomsday: I Awakened Spatial Powers and Telekinesis 末日：我觉醒空间系和精神念力 [Apocalypse, special abilities, no System, stockpiling supplies, not reborn, decisive and ruthless] On the night of the blood moon, zombies attacked, and the protagonist, Lin Chuan, awakened two abilities: spatial powers and telekinesis! While everyone else was running for their lives from the start, Lin Chuan was raiding a mall and taking supplies for free! When people fled, those in front would block doors and cut off their escape routes. With a single teleport, Lin Chuan could overtake them, 12.7kReads6.8Score901Shelves
- 109 Apocalypse: A Hundred Million in Supplies Every Day, More Than I Can Spend 末世：每天一亿物资，根本花不完 [Unlimited Supplies + Multiple Heroines + System + Superpowers + Mutant Beasts + Dark Themes + No Cheating at the Start] The whole world was suddenly shrouded in white mist. Supplies ran short, and mutated creatures roamed everywhere, but Zhang Fan awakened a System that automatically gave him a hundred million supplies every day! While everyone else struggled to survive, Zhang Fan enjoyed life in his shelter, surrounded by gorgeous actresses, female teachers, policewomen, school beauties, Japan 6.9kReads6.1Score894Shelves
- 110 Apocalypse Game: After Dawn 末世游戏：黎明之后 [Apocalypse]+ [Zombies]+ [Natural Disasters]+ [Not a Doormat]+ [Leveling Up]= [If it's not your thing, don't read] When the Apocalypse arrives, natural disasters follow one after another. Humanity is lost, morality collapses, and human civilization teeters on the brink. All survivors are transformed into data, and their talents awaken. How long can you survive in the Apocalypse? 5.5kReads6.9Score361Shelves
- 111 Underworld Enforcer: Proving the Dao by Burning Corpses in the Apocalypse 黑道红棍：我在末日焚尸证道 Fighting from beginning to end + Decisive and ruthless + Hard-hitting combat + Elite squad + A diverse cast of women + Superpowers and high martial arts A prominent Hong Kong gang boss, a master of the red pole, has lain low for years to avenge his brother. By chance, he encounters a zombie apocalypse. The mysterious jade pendant his elder brother gave him grants him the power to incinerate corpses, doubling his strength, as well as a space within the pendant. Burning different kinds of zombies 1.8kReads8.0Score163Shelves
- 112 The Apocalypse Without Hoarding Supplies: A Creation Myth 末日不囤物资之创世传说 This is an apocalyptic world of bloodshed and brutality, where source energy has returned! Apocalyptic survival + sexy beauties + source energy's return + martial arts cultivation + saving the people + building a faction + unifying the world! Peng Zhong wakes alone in the ruins, surrounded by shattered walls and rubble. This strange, terrifying place is impossible for him to accept as his new world. As heavy rain pours down, he grips a wooden stick and walks alone through the downpour, penniles 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 Doomsday: Surviving in an RV, Starting in the No-Man's-Land 末日：房车求生，从无人区开始 [Apocalyptic RV] + [Unlimited upgrades] + [Awakened supernatural abilities] + [One heroine] + [Slow burn] + [Cozy] + [The world gradually unfolds] After his father mysteriously disappeared in the no-man's-land, RV blogger Li Che ventured alone into the Chijin Gobi. But when he left the wasteland, he discovered that the entire world had changed. Communications were down, cities had fallen, and countless people had turned into bloodthirsty zombies. The mysterious black stone his father had left 2.1kReads—Score150Shelves
- 114 I Foresaw the Apocalypse, So Why Did Even the AI Rebel?! 预知末世，怎么连AI都反叛了！ [Romance] [Apocalypse] [Parallel Worlds] [Ensemble Cast] [Technology] [Comedy] After a high fever sends Liu Qingzhi into a dream, she witnesses the horrors of the apocalypse. Every member of the team in her dream dies. As she teeters on the brink of death, she sends a message across space: the apocalypse will arrive one month after the heavy rain. Torrential downpours, extreme cold, zombies, and even... They need to prepare early, stockpile supplies, and rewrite the tragedy. Damn! What comes aft 73Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 Apocalypse: From the Start, I Pick Up a Female Streamer 末世：开局捡到女主播 [Epic-Length Novel, Post-Apocalyptic Zombies, Ensemble Cast, Beauties, No System, Not Reborn, Old-School Style, Cultivation and Leveling, Building a Faction, Not Pure Power Fantasy] [Set in a fictional world. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.] The apocalypse arrives, and humanity faces unprecedented challenges to its survival. Zombies, mutated beasts, mutated plants: all kinds of dangers can claim human lives at any moment. Is survival impossibly hard in the apocal 2.7kReads7.9Score166Shelves
- 116 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? 40Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 117 The Fogbound City 雾幻迷城 The moment the mist descended, satellite signals and electricity vanished, and the world fell into a deathly silence. A school stood motionless in the mist as curious students set out to explore the unknown. A middle-aged man suddenly emerged from the fog, crashed into the doors of the teaching building with a scream, and shouted, “Stay back!” What immense danger lurks beyond the unknown? From that moment on, terror descended! (Apocalypse + supernatural powers + exploration + survival) 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 I Deliver Zombies in the Apocalypse 我在末世超度丧尸 [System + apocalypse + zombies + not a saint + pocket dimension + stockpiling + multiple heroines, not your thing? Don't read!] A world ravaged by natural disasters, with zombies running rampant. Cheng Yang obtains a System that purifies zombies. Every zombie he purifies increases his strength and earns him merit points, which he can use to exchange for all kinds of treasures in the System Shop. A pocket dimension filled with meat, vegetables, and fruit: as long as he has merit points, he can ex 5.8kReads8.3Score362Shelves
- 119 Doomsday Invasion: I Have the Ultimate Cheat 末日侵袭，我有最强外挂 [Apocalypse + Stockpiling + Pocket Dimension + Romance + Reborn + Soldier + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Song Nian was reborn. In her previous life, she died almost as soon as the apocalypse began. This time, she awakened an incredibly powerful mindscape and a spatial ability. She was going to be the queen of the apocalypse! But she had no money. What could she do? She was just a small boxing gym instructor, so she had no choice but to sell her house and borrow against every card she had. A 1.4kReads7.0Score219Shelves
- 120 Eternal Eclipse: I Have a Library 永恒日食：我有一座图书馆 [Apocalypse + Stockpiling + Special Abilities + Technical Approach + Character Growth + Black Technology + No Excessive Saintliness] Gu Chuan, a fourth-year college student, dies from overexertion while gaming and wakes up as a miserable overworked programmer. A library has appeared in his mind. But... The first book tells him: The apocalypse is coming, and an eternal eclipse is about to begin. The fourth book tells him: You have no talent for special abilities. You're a good-for-nothing. What's 53Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 121 Apocalypse: Starting Out on Tiger’s Roost Lake Island 末世，从虎踞湖心岛开始 The apocalypse arrived. Ninety percent of the world's population turned into zombies, and the land of China fell into ruin. On an island in the south, a reserve member of the Tribunal awakened a unique ability. From island lord to school principal, ruling this small island is only the beginning. The real goal is to retake the mainland. [Decisive and ruthless + mass troop deployment + special abilities + organization-building + ensemble cast + logical plot + no neighborhood warlord + no stockpili 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 The Apocalypse Arrives, and My Storage Space Can Level Up 末世来临，我的储物空间能升级 (A growth-type System, stockpiling weapons, easygoing style, multiple heroines) In 2089, Japan lands on the moon. A year later, an unknown virus spreads across the Blue Star, and overnight, zombies run rampant. As the zombie outbreak begins, Zhou Ning binds himself to a spatial System with the help of a blue stone he obtained by chance. In this apocalyptic world, where human hearts are treacherous and danger lurks everywhere, Zhou Ning says, “Did you think the tens of thousands of rocket-propell 480Reads—Score100Shelves
- 123 Frozen Apocalypse: I Build an SSS-Rank Shelter 冰封末世：我打造SSS级避难所 In an icebound Apocalypse, humanity faces unprecedented threats and challenges to its survival! In his previous life, Lin Tian was murdered by his girlfriend for his money and died with a grudge! After returning to the time before the Apocalypse, he swore to avenge his previous life and fight his way through the end of the world! With the ability to see hidden prompts and his spatial Superpower, he frantically stockpiled supplies and built an SSS-rank shelter! When the Apocalypse broke out, he l 140Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 124 Apocalypse: Evolution of Supernatural Abilities 末世之异能进化 Ye Ming wakes up to find that a hundred years have passed. The apocalypse has arrived, human civilization has been destroyed, and terrifying soul beasts roam the land. How will he survive in this cruel world, find its lost history, and uncover the truth buried in the past? In the apocalypse, he can only rely on his own strength, fight bloody battles against countless powerful foes, and become the ultimate victor! 165Reads7.0Score119Shelves
- 125 Apocalyptic Natural Disasters? That's My Chance to Ascend 末日天灾？那是我的登天机遇 [Ensemble cast] [Seven Deadly Sins] [Behind-the-scenes scheming] [Cold-blooded and calculating] [Collecting emotions] A zombie virus? An apocalyptic crisis? They're just one part of a self-serving scheme. When the zombie virus breaks out, a young man with an unusual background uses the catastrophe to begin an extraordinary rise to power. Behind his unparalleled talent and strength, his younger brother, a cunning master of schemes, is secretly plotting something without anyone's knowledge. These 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 Apocalypse: The Age of Superpowers 末世之异能纪元 After the nuclear blast, survivors huddle in underground cities, believing they are their last refuge. They have no idea this is a carefully designed cage. Espers, mutants, New Humans... The truth of the apocalypse is nothing more than a cruel “evolution game.” Lin Yi, an ordinary man on the brink of death, awakens an unprecedented psychic ability in the depths of despair. His invisible, intangible clones are more devious than spies and deadlier than throwing knives. He can control an entire bat 173Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 127 A Nobody Stockpiles Supplies and Escapes with Beauties in the Apocalypse 天灾末世小人物囤货带美女跑路了 Apocalypse, natural disasters, storage space only, grounded in reality, not a do-gooder, decisive, no special abilities, no evolution, no zombies, smart characters, one female lead. A tea merchant’s journey of stockpiling supplies and surviving after awakening memories of his past life. Calm and low-key, not a power fantasy. 1.7kReads8.3Score101Shelves
- 128 Return to the Inn 归栈 Return to the Inn 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 I Really Don't Want an Apocalypse 我真的不想有末世啊 [Zombies + smart plot + supernatural abilities + no System + no pocket dimension + male lead isn’t reborn + ordinary people’s daily lives] When the zombie apocalypse really comes, how long do you think you’ll survive? You think that because you’ve stocked up on food and water, you can hide out in your apartment building and wait it out? What will you do if the building you’re hiding in catches fire? After the zombies in the building die, can you stand the stench of their rotting corpses, the swa 1.3kReads6.1Score100Shelves
- 130 Black Mist Sky: My Aircraft Evolves Without Limit 黑雾天穹，我的飞行器无限进化 [Black-Mist Apocalypse + Aircraft Evolution + Hardcore Modifications + Dominating the Skies + Wasteland Survival] Black mist shrouds the heavens. Everywhere it passes, all life perishes, and humanity’s population instantly plunges by ninety percent. The ground has become a dead zone. The sky is the only way to survive. Lin Yuan starts out with nothing but a dilapidated hot-air balloon, yet his incredible talent for modifications lets him carve out hope in the depths of despair. Add an engine, re 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 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—Score146Shelves
- 132 A Beauty Has Set Her Sights on Me After I Was Bitten by a Zombie 被丧尸咬了的我被美女盯上了 [Apocalypse] [Zombies] [Crisis] [Bitten from the Start] [Superpowers] [Corruption] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Satisfying Read] The apocalypse is upon us, and zombies are closing in. I was unlucky enough to get bitten, but strangely, I didn’t turn into a zombie. I can even coexist with them. The unfortunate part is that the kind heart I once had has been corrupted by zombie poison, turning me evil... In this post-apocalyptic world, I don’t know whether becoming evil is a blessing or a curse. I don’ —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 Apocalypse: I Awakened the Strongest Plunder Ability 末世：我觉醒了最强的掠夺异能 Zombies, space, special abilities, not reborn, one female lead. The apocalypse arrives without warning. Zombies and monsters run rampant, and society falls into chaos. The survivors struggle to stay alive, while some begin to awaken all kinds of special abilities. Ling Feng awakens the talent to plunder and begins his arduous struggle for survival in the apocalypse! From then on, he starts living life with cheats enabled! 1.7kReads5.7Score129Shelves
- 134 Lock the Sane People In 把清醒的人关进来 Lock the Clear-Headed Inside 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 The Hilarious Life of a Rich Girl Married to a Fake Rich Guy 富家女嫁假富公子的搞笑生活 The Hilarious Married Life of a Rich Girl and a Fake Rich Heir 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 I Want to Marry Your Cousin, but You Became My Dad First 我想娶你表妹，你却先当我爹 I Want to Marry Your Cousin, but You Became My Dad First 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 The Hidden-Edge Son-in-Law 藏锋赘婿 The Hidden-Edge Live-In Son-in-Law 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 Traveling Together on Misty Island 雾岛同行 Companions on Misty Island 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 Terror at the Ancestral Home in the Deep Mountains 深山祖宅惊魂 Terror at the Ancestral Home in the Deep Mountains 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 Good Lord, the Mad Homeless Man I Picked Up Is the Missing Trillionaire Tycoon Everyone Online Has Been Searching For 天，我捡的疯癫流浪汉，竟是全网失踪的千亿首富 Oh My God, the Deranged Homeless Man I Picked Up Is Actually the Trillionaire Who Vanished from the Internet 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 A Chilling Mystery: The Seventh Recipient 惊悚悬疑故事：第七个收件人 A Gripping Mystery: The Seventh Recipient 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 Women Who Have Fallen into Pit Toilets Have Especially Keen Noses 掉过茅坑的女人，鼻子都比较灵 Women Who’ve Fallen into a Pit Toilet Have Especially Sharp Noses 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 Zombie Apocalypse: Age of Embers 丧尸末日：余烬纪元 [No Golden Finger + Extreme Mutations + Hardcore Survival] Warning: This is an apocalypse with no plot armor, only terrifying zombies that mutate again and again! Qin Ciwei, an ordinary company manager, struggles to survive after the apocalypse begins. When he forms a small team with his former colleagues, he is forced into the power struggles among the various factions of the apocalypse. Here, the open and hidden conflicts between survivors are deadlier than the zombies outside. Day 1 of the 142Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 144 My Doomsday Home 我的末日家园 Freelancer Lin Shu has a strained relationship with her mother, so she moves out and spends all her savings on a small villa on the outskirts of the city. A devoted fan of apocalypse novels, she decides to build her own apocalypse paradise. Little does she know that just after she finishes, the apocalypse really begins. This story has no System, no pocket dimension, no zombies, no one reborn, no foreknowledge, and probably no romance either. It follows ordinary people struggling to survive in an 951Reads8.9Score103Shelves
- 145 Apocalypse: From the Start, I Contracted the Thunder Prison Demon Dragon 末世：开局契约雷狱魔龙 The million-word novel is complete and ready to binge. You can also check out the author's new book. Hope you enjoy it. [Apocalypse + reborn + sequences + protagonist with two special abilities + school beauty girlfriend + building a faction + dragons + ruthless decisiveness] Reborn three days before the apocalypse, he forms a contract with the strongest forbidden artifact and uses his memories of his past life to recruit the powerful figures of his former life, one by one. Two suns divide the c 6.7kReads7.2Score743Shelves
- 146 Apocalypse! A Good-for-Nothing? Recycle! I Can Become the God of This Region!!! 末世！废物？回收！我能成为这片区域的神！！！ Apocalypse! Useless? Recycle! I Can Become the God of This Region!!! 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 Now That's a Sight! The Underworld Asked Me to Make a Game 活久见！地府找我做游戏 [Gaming]+ [Plot Twists]+ [Wild Imagination]+ [Lighthearted Comedy]+ [God-Tier Bugs]+ [Programmer's Comeback]+ [Wacky Company]+ [Unhinged Boss]+ [Perfect Streamer] A quick warning: if you don't play games or aren't patient with your reading, you might not understand this. This is a wildly imaginative, humorous story about game development. Watch the protagonist turn one game bug after another into a god-tier gaming experience. As CEO and lead developer of a marginal game studio in the Underworld, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 The World's Ending, So Of Course I'm Not Eating Beef 都末日了，当然是不吃牛肉 [Apocalypse + no heroine + egoism + ruthless decisiveness + invincible + satisfying power fantasy] A mysterious cosmic energy swept across Blue Star, ushering in the era of datafication. World datafication complete! Welcome to the Apocalyptic Reincarnation Game! Survival tips: [Items not certified by the System are completely useless, and cannot harm zombies or mutant beasts. Don’t imagine you can end the apocalypse quickly with conventional weapons!] [Eating food or drinking water that hasn’t b 2.3kReads7.4Score137Shelves
- 149 I Went Undercover in a Scam Compound 我在诈骗园区当卧底 I'm an Undercover Agent in a Scam Compound 130Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 Apocalypse: The Era of the Gods 末世：诸神纪元 [Apocalypse]+ [Everyone awakens a talent]+ [Kill zombies and get loot]+ [Adventure]+ [Decisive and ruthless] A brief note about the story: This is not a reborn novel! So I can’t tell you in advance why zombies appeared, why dungeons appeared, or how the levels are divided, since the protagonist isn’t reborn. All these mysteries will be solved as the protagonist explores the Apocalypse. About the protagonist: Male, born November 11, 1997, Scorpio. About the heroines: Three in all, two mature wome 53Reads7.8Score—Shelves
