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- 1 Doomsday Ruffian 末日丧彪 This is a novel about surviving the apocalypse. It tells the story of Zhang Biao, an ordinary man who gradually leads humanity in its fight against the zombies. There is no spatial system; the story aims to portray a realistic apocalypse as closely as possible. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Creating a New Era at the End of the World 末日创造新时代 [Doomsday zombies + one female lead + Tree Eye + nearly invincible protagonist + no System + teamwork] The apocalypse arrives, leaving humanity on the brink of despair. By a twist of fate, Yan Huang is the first to step beyond his comfort zone. His extraordinary talent leads him to discover a path of cultivation and awaken the “Tree Eye.” He joins forces with people who share his convictions. Even in the face of adversity, the authorities refuse to give up, protecting the people with ironclad re 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Meeting You a Billion Years Ago 十亿年前邂逅你 This novel was written with love, with love, with love, with love. Dear reader passing by, this novel was written with love! You don't have to read it, you don't have to read it, you don't have to read it, you don't have to read it. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Zombies Are Here, Run, Everyone! 丧尸来了，同学们快跑 [Apocalypse + Campus + Zombies + Not a Strong Female Lead + No Romance + Ensemble Cast] A zombie virus spreads across campus. Students with all kinds of personalities band together for warmth, struggling to survive as they flee through the apocalypse. (This isn't a power fantasy with a strong female lead, and the protagonist isn't smart. Please be aware before reading.) 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Path to Survival in the Mist 迷雾求生之路 After a white mist swept across the world, everything changed beyond recognition. People were forced to struggle to survive in this strange new world. And so, a boy and a girl set out on their journey... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Rules of the Apocalypse: Global Evolution 末日法则：全球进化 Humanity spent millions of years gradually gaining the strength to resist nature. Fire drove away wild beasts, dams held back floods, seeds endured the seasons, and cities grew amid storms and ruins. Then disaster struck. The dead rose again, drought swallowed up water sources. Hordes of corpses blocked the streets, swarms of insects destroyed crops, and wild beasts reclaimed their territory. Plants and fungi grew unchecked amid the shattered remains of civilization. Rivers carried pollution 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Flare-Up 发病期 "In this zombie-infested wasteland, the only thing I care about is my little sister." Apocalypse + level-headed protagonist + running away + siblings + survival + slow burn, not a power fantasy + not a saint Chai Yu's smile never fades. His teacher scolds him, and he smiles. His parents go missing, and he smiles. His heart hurts as if a wire were being threaded through its chambers, and he still smiles. Everyone says he's bipolar, that he's in a manic phase. On the first day of the apocalypse, h 190Reads8.1Score129Shelves
- 8 The Sea of Corpses Is My Home 尸海为家 [The Walking Dead] + [Family Edition] + [Tearjerking Realism] + [No System] + [Reasonable Power-Ups] + [Dark and Oppressive] When the zombie dad’s brain-core memories are revealed to the public, perhaps they’ll find a way to save humanity! Even my heart has been tainted by this filthy world. All I want is to protect your last innocent, sunny smile... Covered in mud, I don’t dare hold you in my arms... Believe me, my wife and children. Dad will definitely take you home! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Flocking Together: All Living Beings 群栖：众生 Content warning: No storage space, no System, no golden finger. The protagonist grows stronger gradually. When the shadow of a bioweapon disaster suddenly fell over the school, peaceful classrooms became terrifying hellscapes in an instant. Zombies who had lost their minds roamed the corridors. The campus, once filled with the sound of students reading aloud, now echoed only with bone-chilling snarls and desperate cries. Yet amid the endless darkness, warmth and hope never went out. The students 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Apocalypse: The Muddy Moon 末世：泥泞的月亮 “If the moon falls into the mud, can it still be the moon in other people’s eyes?” Li Weiyue has heard the cruelest insults in the world and endured its most violent abuse. She doesn’t know what meaning there is in staying alive. What meaning does this world even have? So, after putting an end to the source of all her pain, she chose to end her own life. It failed. How ridiculous. The apocalypse actually got there first. Li Weiyue turned into a zombie before she could die, and now she can’t die 89Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 11 Zombies 丧尸 The apocalypse has arrived, and zombies are everywhere! This apocalyptic disaster will reveal another side of human nature: redemption, justice, and struggle! The most terrifying thing isn't the zombies, but the human heart. Humanity is confined within shelter bases, and a new order is about to be established! This is a world where the strong prey on the weak. Will you settle for a quiet, safe life, or risk everything to fight for what you want? … When you gaze into the depths of space, every u 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Zombies, Serpents, and Tyrants 丧尸，大蛇，暴君录 [No System] [No superpowers] [No harem] [Plot-driven] [Road-trip story] [Decisive and ruthless] [Reborn in a parallel world.] [A young experimental subject sets out to find his family.] [Synopsis 1]: An aberrant giant snake is right on my heels. A mutated tyrant weeps and wails. The Snake of Truth follows me. The mighty tyrant sobs as he speaks. The blind become monsters with a hundred eyes. The lame become centipedes with a thousand legs. The deaf gain ears that catch every sound. The mute s 389Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 13 Chronicles of the Dead Tide: The Day of the Arrival 尸潮往生录：降临之日 [No System + Story-Driven + Apocalyptic Survival + Mystery and Twists] [Ensemble cast, multiple protagonists, told in arcs that advance the story in turn] [But every storyline will have a proper beginning and end] The earth split apart, and a raging tide of corpses surged forth. Civilization’s last spark flickered precariously, with nowhere left to turn. I, a survivor beneath the horde, decided to fight back and save humanity’s fate... Wait a second, zombies can talk? They even have a neural net 29Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 14 Dark Moon: The Dying Light 暗月：消逝的光芒 All things in the universe began in the Guixu, and all things will end there, too. To stop the universe from collapsing, I must gather the seven cosmic anchor points, from the Moon Palace's secret realm to the frozen wasteland, and then to the high-dimensional cosmic battlefield buried by time. Following the trail of my past life, I uncover the truth behind the Observer, the Guixu, and the high-dimensional forces locked in an ancient struggle. No overwhelming invincibility, only mysteries unrav —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Zombie Academy 丧尸学城 "A zombie virus sweeps across a university campus..." [Zombies] [Campus] [Ensemble Cast] A new experimental drug developed by a professor in the medical department of Luozhou University accidentally spirals out of control, and the virus rapidly engulfs the entire campus. Panic spreads. Countless people are trapped, forced to struggle for a slim chance of survival in this desperate situation. Can the students trapped on the zombie-infested campus survive against the odds? But no one knows that th 4.6kReads—Score806Shelves
- 16 Apocalypse Frenzy: A Neighborhood Patrol Officer Forges an Iron Legion 末世狂潮：片区巡警缔造钢铁军团 Apocalypse + Survival + No Superpowers + Ultra-Hardcore Road journey in the early stages, base-building later District patrol officer Yang Huaiguang is trapped in a collapsing city. He has no overpowered abilities, only solid policing skills and a cool head. He takes in refugees, builds a base, and trains troops for battle. Survival squad → field brigade → steel army group! He wipes out mutated creatures and crushes every raider faction in his path. Witness district patrol officer Yang Huaiguang —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Chronicles of the Zombie Apocalypse 丧尸末世录 [No do-gooders!] This is a traditional apocalypse story. There is no System and no cheat ability. Anyone who survives is lucky, but luck does not last forever. One day, when the Goddess of Fortune no longer smiles on you, that is when you start losing everything. Even if you have already tried every means imaginable, there will be no turning things around. A friendly warning: the male and female leads are not do-gooders. There are do-gooders in this story, but they will not get a happy ending. 127Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 A Zombie Horde Breaks Out, and I Start Reclaiming the Wasteland 丧尸潮暴发，我在末世开荒 Zombies erupted without warning, and the apocalypse threw the world into chaos. The long-awaited weekend of Su Hang, an ordinary office worker, was ruined by the hordes of zombies, forcing him to struggle for survival. He and his companions fought their way out of the city, overcame countless dangers, and rebuilt their home. No supernatural abilities, no golden finger, no System, no spatial storage, no saintly protagonist, and no massive stockpiling. This story is all about realism. P.S. The mai 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 This Time, Reborn at the Apocalypse’s Peak 这一世，重生末日即巅峰 (Everyone who reads this is a handsome man or beautiful woman.) Gods are not immortal. Before they fall, they choose their successors. My name is Can Yong, Can as in silkworm, Yong as in pupa. Am I ordinary? I suppose I might be a little. But I am the Child of Time and Space, the Successor of Destruction, the bearer of the twin divine titles of Lord of Time and Space and God of Destruction, a leader of the divine realm, the wielder of the Cangqing Danceblade, the founder of Eternal Time and Spac —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 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—Shelves
- 21 Surviving Alone on an Island in the Zombie Apocalypse 丧尸末世孤岛求生 (Zombie apocalypse + shelter + hardcore survival + solo protagonist + no special abilities + no golden finger + no female lead + slow-to-fast pacing) The zombie apocalypse begins. The civilization humanity built over thousands of years is wiped out in an instant. But what does any of that have to do with one island keeper? There are no heroic legends here, only the small, genuine struggles of everyday life. 3.1kReads8.0Score338Shelves
- 22 Tiger Hunt 杀虎 Hunter Chen Erbao was killed by a ferocious tiger. On the seventh night after his death, the tiger came to the village and slaughtered its way through the people. As the villagers watched in terror, Chen Erbao slowly rose from his coffin… And so the apocalypse began. Zombies surged across the land like a flood, but humanity refused to give up. Armies, ghost hunters, and kindhearted people stepped forward to build bastions in lands doomed to fall, fighting back against the calamity. But they soon 106Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 I Became an Ordinary Zombie and Took Over the World 我成普通丧尸，独霸全球 In the apocalypse, becoming a zombie is humanity’s next step in evolution. [Plenty of beautiful women (but no harem) + evolution + lighthearted comedy + wish fulfillment] A nuclear radiation accident plays on TV, but Li Chaoyang, the protagonist, doesn’t pay it much mind as an ordinary office worker. He never expected the whole world to start turning into zombies in just one day. “Zombies are a new beginning, too!” Li Chaoyang chooses to become a zombie of his own accord. With the worst possible 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 The Apocalypse Has No Savior 末日没有救世主 [Female Ensemble Cast + Zombie Apocalypse + No Pocket Dimension, No Rebirth, No Superpowers + No CP + Ordinary People Growing + Team Survival] Can girls survive the apocalypse on their own? What will happen if you enter the apocalypse with your best friend? Is clinging to a powerhouse really just good luck? There's no turning back now. The apocalypse has begun, and I have to survive. 715Reads—Score137Shelves
- 25 Apocalypse Zombies 末世丧尸 No superpowers, no System, no pocket dimension. A realistic zombie apocalypse story. In an apocalypse crawling with zombies, most survivors stockpile food and hide, or gather a few strong teammates to huddle together for warmth. I'm different: I go around collecting beautiful women! 579Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 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—Shelves
- 27 Wandering Among the Dead 散丧而行 [Apocalypse + escape + zombies + suspense + strong male and female leads] Terrifying news stories about people biting one another kept appearing one after another. I escaped disaster because I overheard some gossip. When the zombie horde erupted, I accidentally got caught up in a conspiracy. Luckily, I met a group of friends, and together we began stockpiling supplies and fleeing for our lives... (No System + no cultivation + character growth; a great escape entangled in a conspiracy) 177Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 A Changed Face 靣目全非 (Not a power fantasy) A rare meteor storm appears over Longteng City. People look up in wonder, unaware that the Grim Reaper is quietly drawing near. An infection breaks out, leaving the infected with nothing but a primal craving for flesh and blood. Survivors flee the city and make their way through the mountains, where they establish their last refuge. To keep the companions behind them from being swallowed by the darkness, they do everything they can to develop a vaccine. They struggle to sur 69Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Are You Even Human? 是不是人啊 [Hardcore Apocalypse] [Zombies] [Wasteland Survival] On the day he proposed, mutated beasts took his girlfriend's life. Wuming woke up in the morgue with no memories at all. The apocalypse arrived, and zombies filled the streets and alleys. A demon lurked within him, while a vast conspiracy slowly came to light. Power grew in his flesh, but his humanity teetered on the brink. On one side were the survivors who remained. On the other was the temptation of monsters. Wuming set out to recover his 1.8kReads—Score386Shelves
- 30 Burn Her: From Corporate Cleaner to City Burner 焚她：从公司清道夫到焚城者 No matter what, you must remember this: as a chosen Old God, my mission is to help the protagonist's party defeat the Demon King. But at a glance, I recognized that the so-called “hero” was my bully from my previous life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Apocalypse: The Ninth Quarantine Zone 末世：第九隔离区 [Ordinary zombies + military intervention + no factional infighting + no superpowers + no System + no storage space] The military steps in. Quarantine zones. Ordinary civilians. Multiple storylines. The zombie virus infects the entire world in an instant. After the president of the United States authorizes the use of nuclear weapons, his plane crashes. The country swiftly mobilizes, secretly dividing the land into quarantine zones in an attempt to restore normal order. Extreme weather disasters 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Zombie Apocalypse Survival Handbook 末日丧尸生存手册 (Also known as A Zombie Survival Handbook, an award-winning entry in the Lenghu writing contest) The apocalypse arrives, and a little zombie gradually carves out a place for itself through ruthless decisiveness. But danger is always just around the corner. Human organizations trying to launch a counterattack, powerful mutant beasts, and mysterious little gray men. Behind the apocalypse’s secret realms, there may be an unseen hand pulling the strings. 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 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—Shelves
- 34 What a Freaking Apocalypse 末了个日 [Ordinary person’s perspective + first person + slice-of-life elements + slow burn and immersive thrills] [Apocalypse + zombies + natural disasters + supernatural abilities] I’m just an ordinary person. Like everyone else, I never imagined that a zombie apocalypse would one day descend upon our high-tech modern world, upon a land that believes in Marxism. The high-ranking officials say the apocalypse didn’t come without warning, but to an ordinary person like me, it all happened far too suddenly —Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 35 Doomsday Zombies: Building a Home Defense Line from Scratch 末日丧尸：从零开始打造家园防线 [Realistic] [Survival skills] No superpowers, no System, just ordinary people facing an apocalyptic crisis. Setting: An airborne influenza zombie virus emerges in Country A and breaks out in its impoverished communities, where drug use is rampant. It quickly spreads around the globe through the country's busy airports, overseas trade, and other channels. In just two weeks, about 72% of the world's population turns into zombies. The remaining survivors, those with antibodies, struggle desperately 174Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 36 The Tainted: Guardians of the Dawn 污核之众：曙光守护 [Apocalypse + zombies + no rebirth + no superpowers + no System + traditional realism + no mindless wish fulfillment] After completing a year as an intern, Xu Yi is hired as a police officer at the municipal bureau. He is immediately assigned to mentor a new intern, Liu Wanxing. Just as Xu Yi is worrying about whether he can handle training a newcomer, an even bigger problem quietly emerges. An unusual riot breaks out at the airport in Linhai City's Linnan District. Xu Yi, a police officer with 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Apocalypse Game: From the Start in the Underworld, I'm Frantically Stockpiling Troops! 末世游戏：开局地府我疯狂囤兵！ [Territory Tower Defense Growth | Apocalypse Game Rules | Ruthless | Multiple Women Pursue One Man] A red moon hangs in the sky, and disaster descends! One billion players around the world are forcibly pulled into an apocalyptic survival game. From the start, Shen Mo unlocks a unique, growth-type [Underworld] territory. When eerie creatures appear, everyone else hides inside their territories and clings to life, while he quietly stockpiles a million Yin soldiers! While others team up to explore 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Road of the Walking Dead 末世行尸路 A pure apocalypse survival story: no System, no special abilities, no heroine. The protagonist is cunning and ruthless, no saint, and sharp-minded. Everything is about staying alive. This is an apocalypse where order has collapsed. This is an apocalypse without a shred of humanity. This is an apocalypse crawling with demons. 1.8kReads7.5Score107Shelves
- 39 Apocalypse: Taking Down an Entire Building from the Start 末世：开局杀穿一栋楼 Apocalypse, survival, passion, development, horror, no System, no supernatural powers An extremely dark thunderstorm descends, causing drastic changes to Earth’s magnetic field. In an instant, the civilization humanity was once so proud of is brought to the brink of total collapse. With zombies swarming everywhere and a mysterious virus that can get in anywhere, how are people supposed to survive?! … A post-apocalyptic survival story about nothing more than an ordinary person, with no System an 25Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 40 Reborn! One Minute Before the Apocalypse! 重生！末日爆发前一分钟！ I'm an operating room nurse. One day, a very unusual patient came in. I never expected this patient to be hiding a danger like an entrance to hell. The apocalypse broke out because of this one patient, and I was reborn one minute before it began. This time, I'm going to stop it from happening. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Zombie Crisis: I Spent Ten Billion Remodeling a Prison 丧尸危机：我花百亿改造监狱 [No System + No Supernatural Abilities + Traditional Farming] A zombie virus released by a mysterious organization ravages the entire world in a short time! Countless zombies hunt down the surviving humans every hour of every day... Cuiling Lake Prison is a modern, civilized prison. Qin Dahe is its warden. He has been reborn. How will he face the zombie crisis before him? How will he survive in this lawless world? After being reborn, Qin Dahe will turn this prison into humanity’s last refuge. 1.6kReads8.0Score100Shelves
- 42 A New Beginning in the Apocalypse: Everything That's Mine, I'll Take 末世新生：该我的，我都要 [Hardcore apocalypse, grounded in reality + telekinesis + inventory space + apocalypse + supernatural powers + multiple female leads + ensemble cast] A long, slow-paced novel. Before the apocalypse, Gu Su took the blame for his boss and lost his job. After the apocalypse, that same boss lowered the shop's roller shutter, trapping him among the horde of corpses. Everyone thought he was dead. But Gu Su came back alive. The meteorite's core awakened his telekinesis and gave him an inventory space. 144Reads—Score160Shelves
- 43 Doomsday: Survivors of the Zombie World 末日：丧尸世界幸存者们 [No rebirth, no System, story-focused, no harem] There is a mysterious organization in the world: the Zero Organization. They have lost all humanity, purged the globe, and unleashed a zombie virus, hoping to create a world governed by an order that belongs to them alone. Not a single country on the planet has escaped unscathed. The story takes place in S City, Huaguo, and follows Qin Fan, an ordinary former soldier. Through countless hardships, he meets many people he has never encountered befor 93Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Doomsday Survival: On the Road Among the Dead 末日生存之人在尸途 Walking corpses, wild beasts, combat; Survival, off-roading, the journey home; Gunfire, gear, vehicles; For the best reading experience, brothers, a friendly reminder: This is a realistic apocalypse novel. Readers under sixteen should read with a family member present! It’s grounded in common sense, has no saintly self-sacrifice, features lots of women, and has no female lead. If you like stories about stockpiling goods in a supermarket space, turn right and head out. Remember to close the door 178Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 45 The Filthcore Crowd 污核之众 [No rebirth + no superpowers + no awakening + no System + no cheats + no brainless decisions + human nature true to each character’s circumstances] After the Great Union wantonly discharged nuclear wastewater, a new virus emerged: the “Nuclear Waste Virus,” a rabies virus mutated by radiation from the wastewater. It sparked a global zombie crisis. In this apocalypse, where the Nuclear Waste Virus has unleashed hordes of zombies, survivors in cities across the country must protect themselves am 47Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 46 Surviving the Zombie-Toxin Fog 尸毒迷雾绝地求生 Zombie apocalypse + end of the world + eerie fog + strike down the do-gooders first + occasional harem. This story is purely fictional, and any countries mentioned do not represent real-world societies. The male lead, Su Yang, goes abroad for work. An accident at a nearby pharmaceutical factory causes a strange virus to leak, forming a fog that spreads endlessly and never dissipates. Anyone killed by the fog initially becomes zombie-like, bloodthirsty and violent. Later forms are even more despa 49Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Apocalypse Rebirth: From the Start with an Infinite Evolution System 末世重生：开局无限进化系统 [Lighthearted apocalypse, no superpowers, one heroine, doomsday road trip] Three years into the apocalypse, Su Ming died in a tide of corpses. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to three hours before the zombie outbreak! This time, he bound himself to the [Infinite Evolution System]! From the start, he received a ten-cubic-meter spatial backpack, a basic evolution potion, and basic mastery of hand-to-hand combat. He had planned to retrace his old path: grow stronger, seize what he co 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Civilization Blackout 文明断电 On the seventh day without water, a stench began to spread through the stairwell. On the fifteenth day without power, all the meat in the refrigerators had rotted. On the thirtieth day without power, the first people began to starve to death. Civilization did not fall in an explosion. After the water, power, medicine, and food ran out, it died little by little. No System. No supernatural abilities. No savior. Only ordinary people. And a city on the verge of collapse. Chen Mo had been a 314Reads5.3Score149Shelves
- 49 Apocalypse: Watch Out for the People Around You 末世：小心身边的人 No superpowers + zombies + blood zombies + no romance + strong female lead + team escape In a world overrun with zombies, a new kind of creature appears: blood zombies. They are cunning and vicious. They can disguise themselves as people, think for themselves, and shed their skin to reveal raw flesh. When they die, they turn into pools of blood. They come in all shapes and forms. Because they can infect every living thing! Tremble, humanity! Can you imagine waking up to find your husband lying b 1.2kReads8.8Score165Shelves
- 50 Apocalypse: Starting With an Escape From Campus 末世：从出逃校园开始 [No System + No Golden Finger + Not a Saint + Smart Protagonist + Students Surviving the Apocalypse] College student Chen Fei and his roommates are exercising on the sports field when an unknown zombie virus suddenly breaks out. The people around them slowly turn into flesh-eating monsters. Surrounded by zombies on all sides, how will they break through and find a place where they can survive? The students who manage to stay alive band together and flee the campus, only to discover that the outs 249Reads—Score—Shelves
