Novels like Shh, I'm the Devil's Son
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- 51 The Chinese Dynasties Descend into the Modern World at the Apocalypse 末世，华夏历朝降临现代 [Wildly imaginative] [Dynasties from every era descend to fight for supremacy] [Hardcore apocalypse with no System] [No mindless wish fulfillment] All the dynasties of Chinese history, their emperors throughout the ages, and their civil and military officials have descended upon the modern world! The First Emperor beats Hu Hai senseless and executes Zhao Gao in front of everyone! When Zhu Yuanzhang learns of the Jingnan Campaign, he grabs a blade and chases his rebellious son Zhu Di! Li Shimin r 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 I Wake Up After an All-Nighter to Find the World Has Ended! 通宵后醒来，竟是世界末日！ A survival-focused road story, with no System, no supernatural abilities, and a large ensemble cast. A group of college students wake up after an all-night dorm session, only to find that their roommate has turned into a zombie! Follow Zhao Cheng and his companions as they struggle through hardship and fight to survive in the apocalypse. No System, no supernatural abilities: all they can rely on is their own two hands. They travel three thousand kilometers, crossing half of China. As long as you 122Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 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—Shelves
- 54 Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeons to Survive (Season 5) 午夜入场，副本通关才能活下去(第五季) Midnight Entry: Clear the Instance to Survive (Season Five) 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 Midnight Entry: Clear the Dungeons to Survive (Season 6) 午夜入场，副本通关才能活下去(第六季) Midnight Entry: Clear the Instance to Survive (Season Six) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 The Visitor in the Basement 地下室的访客 The Basement Visitor —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 I Bound Myself to a Mobile Fortress in the Apocalypse 我在末世绑定了移动城堡 [Apocalypse + Space + Reborn + Two powerful leads who dote on each other + Hoarding supplies + Mobile supermarket + System] Su Wanxi struggled through ten years of the apocalypse before finally meeting a bitter end. Reborn, she is the first to activate the spiritual spring space in her ancestral jade pendant and bind herself to a trading System. The System gives her a mobile RV supermarket. Selling supplies lets it level up, and she can even exchange them for rare treasures from other worlds! Li 1.5kReads—Score215Shelves
- 58 Laughing Sickness: A Disqualified Humanity 狂笑病：失格人间 [Apocalypse] + [Madness Virus] + [No Cheats] + [Not a Feel-Good Read] + [Character Growth] A virus that induces uncontrollable laughter has swept through the entire city. The infected retain their memories, intelligence, and professional skills. They can still pick locks, lie in wait, and use surveillance cameras and loudspeakers. They’ve simply lost the restraint known as “reason.” For them, killing and torture have become their only physical pleasures. Outside the door, an old locksmith laughs 670Reads5.8Score104Shelves
- 59 Before the Bones Grow Cold 尸骨未寒 [Pure apocalypse + no special abilities + zombies + smart characters + no saintly protagonist] When the whole world is shrouded in blood-red light, the complete destruction of modern civilization isn’t the most terrifying thing. For an ordinary survivor, true terror comes from the loss of humanity... My name is Li Kai. I’m a combat instructor... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 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
- 61 Apocalypse Notes 2027 末世笔记2027 A zombie novel set in the Apocalypse! No one is reborn, no bleeding hearts, no System, and no Superpowers. Told from the perspective of ordinary, everyday people, it shows how humanity struggles against zombies in the Apocalypse. 8kReads—Score233Shelves
- 62 Dark Fortress 黑暗堡垒 Zombie apocalypse, no System, not reborn, farming, ensemble cast, zombie evolution, mutant beast evolution Zombies sweep across the land. Civilization collapses, and all order vanishes. In this apocalypse of broken walls and ruins, human nature is torn apart by desire and the will to survive. People turn on and betray one another, proving far more terrifying than the hordes of zombies. Relying on his awakened power of evolution, Xue Changfeng carves a path to survival through mountains of corpse 80Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 Death Takes the City 尸杀全城 Also known as The Citywide Zombie Slaughter: Survival Begins in an Apartment [No Superpowers or Cheats + Realistic Survival + Zombie Apocalypse] It all begins with a ridiculous night of drinking... And yet the world is about to be plunged into a cataclysm. As steel cities become death zones, once-bustling streets slowly fall into ruin, and countless strange figures wander across the ravaged land... Can Chen Yu make it out alive, carrying the seed called “hope” in his heart, and survive to the e 1.9kReads8.0Score106Shelves
- 64 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 270Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 65 An Angler in a World of Living Dead 活尸下的钓鱼佬 A wilderness fishing enthusiast finds himself caught up in a sudden viral crisis. He'd only meant to become a fishing livestreamer, but who could have guessed he'd end up in the middle of a living-dead crisis? As it turns out, it was a blessing in disguise. Quietly fishing is hard enough, and quietly fishing during the apocalypse is even harder. Watch as a fisherman with no supernatural powers or special talents figures out how to scrape by during the living-dead crisis. 2.1kReads8.9Score250Shelves
- 66 The Funeral of Earth 地球的葬礼 This is a carefully orchestrated conspiracy by "them"! First email: "Reproduction is like a primitive contract in nature. Many lower life forms don't understand the meaning of survival or need to think about the value of existence. Their entire lives revolve around two words: reproduction. Humans are the exception. They believe this is a mistake! Disaster is about to strike. To survive it, we must decipher the secret of reproduction." Second email: Twelve broken keys unlock the abyssal gate, A 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 The Night Shift Company 夜班公司 The Night Shift Company —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Endless Winter Has Arrived, and I Brought the Furnace Home 无尽冬日降临，我把熔炉带回家 [Extreme Cold Disaster + Upgradable Furnace + Spatial Stockpiling + Family Life + No Romance] On the night she returned home for National Day, Xu Ningning had just picked up her rice bowl when the cold wave hit. She shut the windows, but it was still freezing. She put on thick clothes, but her fingers remained stiff. On a whim, she opened Endless Winter, hoping to gather a load of wood. Instead, with a thud, a real furnace appeared in the courtyard. It was only Level One. Gather resources in the 446Reads—Score142Shelves
- 69 Eight Hours Until Doomsday: China Goes on Highest Alert 末日八小时，华夏进入一级战备 [Apocalypse] [Great-Power Military] [National Defense Lines] [Iron-Blooded Rescue] [Rivers of Blood] [Hard-Hitting Counterattack] The Great Wall in March, under a bright, warm sun. Tourists stream by, and red flags flutter in the wind. A girl with her hair in little pigtails holds out a small red flag to Ling Chuan, who is wearing combat boots, and asks in a sweet, childish voice, "Are you a soldier, Uncle?" 12:00. The world fell silent. The apocalypse struck without warning. Zombie hordes were 5.1kReads8.4Score308Shelves
- 70 Blood Cross: Purge 血十字：肃清 Chen Lang has cancer and wants nothing more than to stay alive. After contracting the Blood Cross virus, the cancer cells in his body are eliminated, and even the desire amplified in his brain is reduced to a single thing: survival. Though relieved, Chen Lang knows the cross-shaped blisters on his face mean he can never go back to his old life. What path lies ahead for him now? 277Reads6.6Score115Shelves
- 71 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
- 72 The Ninth Corpse Realm 第九尸界 [Ensemble cast + realistic + imaginative + suspenseful + vivid characters + no stupid decisions] After experiencing another “fast-forward,” Qiu Sheng truly felt that his life was a messed-up old movie playing with constant glitches on a cheap player. Most of the time, the picture was smooth. He could clearly feel himself breathing, walking, and interacting with the world. But every so often, without warning or any discernible pattern, everything would suddenly go black, or rather, his consciousn 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Contamination Zone Zero 零号污染区 At first, everyone thought it was just an ordinary summer flu. Then a terrifying roar rang out from City Hall, officially ushering in the despairing opening of this disaster. Chen Mo had thought the only danger came from the wandering zombies. But to his horror, he discovered that beneath this terrifying tide of corpses lurked something far more dreadful. Grinning Fiends, Iron Maidens, Throat Rippers, Hunchbacks... one unpredictable aberration after another, each an even more despairing reality. 1.3kReads8.0Score130Shelves
- 74 The Raging Plague: Escaping Death, Starting at the Hospital 狂疫：从医院开始的死里逃生 [Blood Cross] [Madness] [Not a Power Fantasy] [No System] [No Superpowers] [Despair and Darkness] A comet that was supposed to pass by without incident instead brought the "Mad Plague," which would devastate the entire world. The infected can use all kinds of weapons and drive vehicles. They have not only intelligence, but also far greater strength than ordinary people. With the world reduced to a hellish prison ravaged by the "Mad Plague," how can Chu Qing protect his sister, the only family he 1.1kReads8.1Score102Shelves
- 75 Death Plague: Dawn of the Living Dead 死疫：活尸黎明 [Apocalypse] [Heartbreaking] [Dark] [No heroine] I only skipped my water-conservation class to buy two chicken cutlets. When I turned around, the once-bustling campus had completely changed. A sudden disaster swept everything away. The people around me seemed normal, but inside, they had already been consumed by strange obsessions. Beneath their gentle facades lurked deadly murderous intent. My roommates and I were trapped inside this besieged city, struggling to survive. Hope kept shattering as 930Reads8.4Score102Shelves
- 76 Doomsday Zombie Mutation 末日尸变 Luo Sen was an ordinary middle school student until one day, when a zombie virus broke out and social order collapsed. In the darkness of human nature that followed, he began a new way of life. While everyone else struggles to survive, he roams the world with a special ability, living more freely than ever. He fears nothing, except zombies who don't know how to read! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 The End Is Here: How Long Must We Keep Running? 末日来临：究竟要逃到什么时候 [Apocalypse + zombies + hyperrealistic survival + supplies in abundance + growing female lead + no saintly heroine + ensemble cast + no special abilities + no golden finger + generally no omniscient point of view] [Early story focuses on Country Z, later story focuses on the world] A friendly reminder: This story is set in a fictional world. Any similarities are purely coincidental. At first, people think it’s just an ordinary natural disaster, never imagining that a zombie virus will break out 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Zombie Outbreak: I Become Emperor in the Apocalypse 丧尸爆发：我在末世当皇帝 (Apocalyptic zombies, powerful protagonist, decisive and ruthless, refuses to be anyone's lapdog) A meteor shower, said to come once every four thousand years and carrying zombie viruses and strange energy, slammed into this dull world. It brought more than disaster. It brought opportunity! Listen to the zombies roar. Listen to the people scream and shout. “Listen! What beautiful sounds, heh heh heh!” “In troubled times, heroes rise! Why shouldn't I, Shen Ming, fight for my share of the world?” 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Guest of the Far North 极地之宾 [Ensemble cast + Saving Earth + Zombie apocalypse + Golden finger] The heroine isn't invincible, and the team fights together. If that's not your thing, don't read. The world has “blown up.” Zombies are everywhere, and all kinds of freaks and supernatural ability users are banding together to survive, unaware that the safest place is the national base. “You think spreading rumors during the apocalypse means you won't have to go to prison?” Shi Jian shook her head in disdain. “Sorry, you're still 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 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 1.6kReads—Score175Shelves
- 81 A Billion Maniacs: The Doomsday Road to Survival 亿万狂病：末日求生路 [Not a power fantasy] [No System] [A toned-down Blood Cross] [Madness] [Apocalyptic escape] [Ordinary people's struggle to survive] [Growing protagonist] He woke from a deep sleep to hear laughter filling the dorm hallway. The infected aren't ordinary zombies. They can talk, use guns, and set traps. Worst of all, they still remember who you are. Ning Yuan and a group of ordinary college students flee from their campus. No System, no superpowers, and no one has been reborn. They have only one 3.9kReads7.1Score351Shelves
- 82 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 101Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 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
- 84 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 1.2kReads8.8Score170Shelves
- 85 Apocalypse Journey: Protecting the Seeds of Civilization 末世征途：守护文明火种 [No System + Not Reborn + Ensemble Cast + Superpowers + Intelligent Characters + New Humanity] 🧟 The apocalypse arrived, and 98% of the world's population became infected and turned into zombies. A lucky few survivors awakened Superpowers and became superpowered individuals. Some only cared about protecting themselves and stayed out of things; others seized territory and committed every kind of evil. As ordinary people were driven from their homes, their lives brutalized, their dignity trampled, 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 The Living Corpse Research Manual 活尸研究手册 The only thing humanity has done in this world without reversing the course of history is establish the Joint Arbitration Council (CA). In its ten years of existence, the CA has launched numerous initiatives, such as closing off energy sources to encourage humanity to pool its resources and explore the unknown. Extremely high productivity has brought tremendous progress. This era can be called a time when humanity's greatest stars shine. Some cancers have been conquered and are now curable, peop 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 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. 728Reads—Score137Shelves
- 88 Doomsday Travelogue 末日游记 [Apocalypse + Zombies + No Evolution, No Superpowers] The apocalypse arrives, and zombies overrun the world. A motorhome sets out from Hebei on a journey to Tibet to search for family. I’m just an ordinary nobody. All I want is to survive these chaotic times, find a peaceful place, and live a happy life with my wife and children. But circumstances keep pushing me onward. My concern for friends and family, along with clues that might reveal what happened to my parents, leaves me no choice but to 143Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 89 A Cultivation Big Shot Loiters the Streets on Doomsday 修仙大佬在末日当街溜子 Li Xinxia successfully ascends to immortality and returns to her old home in the modern world, only to find the city overrun with zombies and her parents missing. All that remains is a hastily scrawled note stuck to the fridge: “Sweetie, your mom and dad have gone to save the world. Dinner’s in the pot!” Immortal Venerable Li crushes the pancake she’s just burned with Samadhi True Fire. “Damn, parents these days are so rebellious!” While others rely on superpowers to survive the apocalypse, she 978Reads6.9Score110Shelves
- 90 The Fallen Dynasty: An Ancient Zombie War 丧乱王朝【古代丧尸战争】 The rating just came in, but it will rise later. [No System + Realistic Large-Scale War Scenes + Zombies + Ancient Setting + No Saintly Heroine + Decisive and Ruthless + Multiple Storylines + Ensemble Cast + Apocalyptic Fortress + Survival + Fast-Paced Arcs] A prequel to A Century of Zombie Chaos, a serious ancient-era zombie story with no mindless plot. The first-generation zombies are infected with prions. They are much weaker than the zombies in A Century of Zombie Chaos, and infection only o 4.2kReads8.4Score390Shelves
- 91 End Times Ballad: Journey Through the Ruins 末日长歌：废墟行途 No transmigration, no System. A proper post-apocalyptic survival power fantasy. It focuses on human nature and is full of bloodshed, leaving plenty to savor after you finish reading. A strange virus flares up along the border. The dead rise again as bloodthirsty walking corpses. Floods sweep through Jiancheng as the prosperous city collapses in disaster, and order crumbles to dust. Zhao Tuan, a discharged border guard, leads a group of survivors made up of the elderly, the weak, soldiers, and 2.5kReads—Score270Shelves
- 92 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. 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 Zombie Apocalypse? Get Back to the Village and Lay Low 僵尸末日快回村里苟着 In 2030, a strange epidemic swept across the globe. It infected 80% of the population at an unimaginable speed, and all kinds of violent crimes soon followed. One day, Qin Qiong was staying at his family home when he heard a loud crash from the road outside, as if something had exploded. He hurried out of the single-story house and saw thick black smoke billowing in the distance. He rushed through the front gate and witnessed a shocking scene on the road... 355Reads—Score—Shelves
- 94 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. 39Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 95 Apocalypse: I Conquer the World with My Dark Fortress 末世：我靠黑暗城堡横推全球 At the end of 2026, X-virus erupts across the world, turning 90 percent of humanity into the living dead overnight. The survivors aren’t the hope of mankind. They’re the most delicious evolutionary food in the eyes of the horde. After a car accident, Wang Tianjie transmigrates to an apocalyptic Blue Star. He wakes up at the scene of a suicide by gas, with the living dead wandering outside and his supplies running low. At the brink of despair, he awakens a unique supernatural power: the Dark Cast 43Reads—Score138Shelves
- 96 Apocalypse: Outbreak 2077, Mad Disease Runs Rampant 末世：惊变2077，狂病横行 [Madness]+ [Manic Laughter]+ [Blood Cross]+ [No System]+ [No Superpowers]+ [Realistic]+ [No Harem]+ [Ensemble Cast] (Not cyberpunk, the story simply takes place in a fictional 2077) If the infected person next door could understand your pleas for help and use them to lure you to your death, what would you do? Han Gang is trapped in a fully sealed quarantine hotel, with a newly mutated infected person just on the other side of the wall. They have human intelligence but the cruelty of beasts. They 383Reads8.4Score166Shelves
- 97 Reboot: I Slaughter My Way Through the Apocalypse and Become a God with My Pocket Dimension 重启：我杀穿末世，空间成神 [Post-Apocalyptic Rebirth] [Dual Powers] [Upgradeable Space] [Decisive Strong Female Lead] [Stockpiling and Revenge] [Satisfying Read] In the fifth year of the apocalypse, Su Zihan was trapped in a sea of corpses and blood, brutally captured by an old enemy, and nearly turned into a living specimen. At the moment agony swallowed her consciousness, she returned to the rented room she had lived in before disaster struck! Her wind power from her past life came back with her, and her lightning ta 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 The Walking Dead Are Everywhere 行尸遍野 The apocalypse arrives, zombies run rampant, and survival becomes the biggest challenge. If you want to stay alive, and live well, getting stronger is the only way. 563Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 99 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. 148Reads—Score160Shelves
- 100 Doomsday: The Dead Rise on Campus 末日：尸启校园 [Not a Power Fantasy + Illustrations + Campus Zombie Apocalypse + Audiobook and Short Drama Now Available] This is a firsthand account of a group of ordinary college students facing the apocalypse. When an unknown virus suddenly breaks out, their sealed-off university campus turns into a living hell amid screams and snarls. This is not a story about born heroes. It follows a group of ordinary students as they struggle and grow in desperate circumstances: From ordinary people cowering in their do 3.3kReads8.2Score167Shelves
