Novels like Taking Out the Trash in the Wasteland
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- 1 After Being Spoiled by a Human Captain, the Little Zombie Stops Running Away 被人类队长娇养后，小丧尸不逃了 Apocalypse + spatial abilities + sweet romance + zombies + mutated animals Lu Jingchuan: I picked up a little zombie. It can stockpile food, fight, keep me company, and guard the house... Sang Li: I just wanted a bite of meat, but you want me to be your slave. I’m definitely escaping... Lu Jingchuan: This little zombie is more useful than a dog... Sang Li: You’re the dog! Your whole family are dogs! Lu Jingchuan: How is this little zombie evolving on its own? It’s looking more and more human! Sa 184Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 2 On the Wasteland, I Take My Whole Family to Scavenge! 废土之上，我拖家带口去拾荒！ [Content note] A slow-paced, slice-of-life story. It doesn't dwell on the dark side of human nature in the apocalypse. Instead, a group of people stick together, help one another, and face hardships as a team. [Content note] No transmigration, rebirth, System, or pocket dimension. The heroine focuses on working hard and has no romance! A natural disaster destroyed human civilization. Blue Star became a heavily polluted wasteland, and every living thing except humans began to evolve. Lin Yan's wh 10kReads9.1Score932Shelves
- 3 Apocalypse: I’m Just a Cannon Fodder, So What If I’m a Little Bad? 末世：我一个炮灰，坏一点怎么了 [Female-oriented novel + pocket dimension + zombie crystals + ensemble cast + supernatural abilities + mutated flora and fauna.] Lu Nange transmigrated into a book, becoming a cannon-fodder character in an apocalypse novel: the male supporting character’s sister, who dies early! In the original novel, Lu Nange had a name only because the male supporting character often took out a family photo to reminisce about his family. The male lead happened to see the photo and casually asked about her, ev 84.9kReads8.9Score6.1kShelves
- 4 Dormitory Survival: Coasting to Victory on the Infinite Train 女寝求生，无限列车躺赢 [Infinite Flow]+ [Four-person ensemble]+ [No romance]+ [Superpowers]+ [Farming and building]+ [Lighthearted comedy] The Apocalypse is here, and you've boarded the last train out... With the end of the world looming over Blue Star, four roommates from Women's Dorm 502 end up aboard the Infinite Train, forced to take part in an Apocalyptic journey with an unknown final stop. After awakening their Superpowers one by one through beginner scenarios, they form an incredible team: assassin + archer + s 36.2kReads8.8Score6kShelves
- 5 I Made a Chinese Restaurant a Huge Hit in the Apocalypse of Another World 在异世界末世经营中华餐厅爆火 [Apocalypse] [Business Management] [System] [Gourmet Food] [Farming] [No CP, Ensemble Cast] After Ling Jing died, she became bound to a business management System and was randomly dropped into an apocalyptic world where plants and animals had mutated. The System asked her to name her restaurant. After thinking for a moment, she typed: Chinese Restaurant. In this mutated apocalypse, every plant and animal had become an enemy. When starving humans on the brink of death caught the scent of roaste 96kReads9.4Score14kShelves
- 6 From Infinite Duplication to Ruling the Ice Age Apocalypse 从无限复制到执掌冰河末世 The novel has surpassed 10 million reads. Its short-drama adaptation, The Awakening Journey in the Extreme Cold Apocalypse, has surpassed 6 million saves, and it has also been adapted into multiple animated dramas. Read with confidence. (Extreme-cold apocalypse, rebirth, genetic locks, comeback and face-slapping, decisive and ruthless, lone wolf plus a Primal Beast army, completed) Also known as: Extreme Cold Apocalypse: I Stockpiled Billions of Supplies with a Treasure Basin In his previous li 66.9kReads8.7Score5.4kShelves
- 7 Wait, Whose Little Zombie Needs to Be Coaxed into Eating Meat? 不是！谁家小丧尸得哄着才吃肉啊 [Complete + two male leads + devoted to each other + raising and nurturing + sweet romance + the top only has eyes for his beloved later on + soft, squishy half-corpse bottom!!] Gu Chi is reborn in the early days of the apocalypse. With three months left before darkness falls upon the world, he starts stockpiling the supplies he’ll need. He only meant to get himself a pet for company, but somehow he ended up bringing home the pet’s owner, too. Xu Wangnian is a half-corpse who hasn’t completel 8.1kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
- 8 The Wasteland Era 废土纪元 Sixty years ago, a natural disaster changed the human world forever. Species evolved at a breakneck pace, and humanity retreated behind the walls, struggling to survive. Three years ago, his father disappeared and was branded a traitor to humanity. His younger sister became a blood-drinking infected, hunted by everyone. Two young souls struggled to survive in a slum rife with violence and crime. A lockdown put his sister at risk of being exposed. Gu Chen had no choice but to get blood on his han 5.7kReads9.0Score793Shelves
- 9 Apocalypse: I Can Hear Other People's Thoughts 末世：我能听到别人心声 [Apocalypse + Reborn + Superpowers] Xiao Jun, who had survived six years of the Apocalypse, was reborn before it began. Can he stockpile supplies, kill zombies, and even hear other people's thoughts? The school belle's top-tier opportunity? Sorry, I'm taking it all! Xiao Jun: One day, I'll figure out the origins of this Apocalypse. 36.2kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves
- 10 I’m Running a Vacation Inn in the Apocalypse 我在末世里开度假宾馆 [No Romance + Business Building + Post-Apocalypse] New mission: Open a hotel in the post-apocalyptic world. Xia Yan: “I thought this was supposed to be a vacation. Where’s the scenery? Are the zombies the scenery? Thanks, but no thanks!” System: “No, no, hear me out. No missions, no punishments, and upgrades are entirely up to you. You can slack off as much as you like. This System will always be on your side!” Xia Yan: “Okay!” And so Xia Yan finds herself in a dilapidated hotel. The conditions 183.9kReads8.8Score24.2kShelves
- 11 EN Sequence Highway: Don't Fall Behind! 序列公路：不要掉队！ [Fresh Premise + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Not Invincible + Sequence Potions + The Supernatural + Road Survival + Upgrading Supplies + Ruthless Protagonist] The supernatural descended, turning cities into forbidden zones for humanity. People had to rely on Sequence Awakened to keep migrating. Settled life gave way to a nomadic existence. During one such migration, Chen Ye awakened an upgrade System. In his hands, a rusty bicycle transformed into an armored battle vehicle. A tattered tent e 624.8kReads8.5Score42.5kShelves
- 12 Post-Apocalyptic Scavenging: I Turn Trash into Treasure and Coast to Victory 末日拾荒：我靠变废为宝一路躺赢 [Infinite-Tower Style + Apocalypse + Natural Disasters + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling + Strong Female Lead + Upgradable Safe House + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Male Lead Appears Later] Forensic examiner Lin Chu is suddenly dropped into an infinite apocalypse. Other people see zombies: “Oh my god, those bloody, mangled monsters! Stay away!” Lin Chu sees zombies: “206 moving bones! Walking points! The more, the better!” Drawing on her professional experience, she quickly adapts to the bloody apoc 43.4kReads9.5Score5.9kShelves
- 13 The Pampered Life of a Spoiled Commandery Princess 纨绔郡主得宠日常 Signed for publication. The print edition is expected to be available by the end of the year. No! This! Is! Not! A! Romance! No CP! No rebirth, no transmigration, a thoroughly evil heroine, a power-struggle story A truly wicked heroine, vying for power over the realm, genuinely unhinged, ruthless, and rotten to the core Questions that come up while reading can only be answered by reading on. The willful, overbearing young princess of the Prince of Zhenbei’s household takes a fancy to Pei Jinnian 49.7kReads9.4Score6.3kShelves
- 14 Blind Corn! Rotten Potatoes! Worthless Children, Get on Your Knees! 瞎苞米！烂土豆！极品儿女靠边跪 [Period] [The 1980s] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Reborn] [Feel-Good] [No Golden Finger] [Family Life] (Also known as: Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Leaves Her Children Behind) Seventy-year-old Wu Zhiqiu is Reborn in the era when her children still depend on her hard work and sacrifice! In her previous life, she played favorites and ended up alone and miserable in her old age. This time, she refuses to repeat the past. The old lady decides to leave her children behind and enjoy the rest of her lif 192.7kReads9.3Score8.1kShelves
- 15 EN The Apocalypse Is Coming? I’ll Arrive First! 末日降临？我先降临！ [The print edition of I'm a Supplier of Survival Plans for the End Times is now available on major platforms] [Character growth · Multi-theme stages · Ensemble cast · Occasional brutal takedowns · No cookie-cutter plot · No mindless wish fulfillment] After facing repeated layoffs and betrayals, Su Jin was at the lowest point of his life when he was accidentally hired by a mysterious company. Countless worlds are on the brink of destruction. Only by saving their clients can the sparks of civiliza 401.1kReads9.2Score33.6kShelves
- 16 The Top-Ranked Road Survivalist Says She'll Walk to the End of the Road 公路求生榜一说她要走到公路尽头 Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec 434kReads9.4Score40.6kShelves
- 17 EN Apocalypse: Stockpiling a Billion in Supplies from Day One 末世：开局先囤十亿物资 [Apocalypse + Rebirth + Spatial Ability + Stockpiling Supplies + Ruthless, No Saintly Savior + Building a Faction] “Mr. Chen, your one hundred family buckets of fried chicken have arrived.” “Mr. Chen, your one hundred roast ducks have arrived.” “Boss Chen, your ten thousand tons of pork have arrived.” Chen Luo, known as the Void King, relied on his unmatched ability to lie low until every survivor had died. In the whole world, only monsters remained; there were no humans left. With nothing left 117.5kReads9.3Score9.5kShelves
- 18 EN Oh No! The Little Zombie Accidentally Became a Big Shot 糟糕！小丧尸一不小心就成了大佬 [Apocalypse x food hoarding x devoted couple x sweet romance x little zombie heroine x super badass, high-output hero] Torrential rain, typhoons, tsunamis, thunderstorms, the disappearance of Earth's magnetic field, zombies, monsters, supernatural abilities, and more... Congratulations, you've entered the main storyline of the apocalypse. The whole world is about to be reshuffled. From here on, survival depends on your life, your luck, and yourself. - While everyone else is still screaming in a 76.2kReads9.5Score10.5kShelves
- 19 Driven to Death by Her Cultivator Mistress? I Take Up My Sword and Storm the Ninth Heaven 被修仙外室逼死？我提剑杀上九霄 [Power fantasy, a female lead who begins as a villain and turns righteous, no transmigration, no rebirth] Only when she was dying did Li Fu learn why she could never defeat her husband's mistress, Huayue. It turned out that beyond this world lay a realm of cultivation. Huayue had come from that realm. With Taoist magic at her command, there was no way Li Fu could ever beat her. Tortured, skinned, and dismembered, Li Fu was abandoned by everyone and died after enduring every kind of suffering. Ho 78.6kReads9.6Score10.3kShelves
- 20 EN Apocalypse Game: Killing My Girlfriend on Day One 末日游戏：开局手刃校花女友 [Game Stats] [No Romance] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Invincible Protagonist] [Absolute Egoism] [Pure Wish Fulfillment] No saintly heroes allowed!!! After surviving ten years of the apocalypse, Lin Ziluo was reborn on the day the apocalypse game arrived. When he came to, the first thing he did was kill his campus crush, the girlfriend who had betrayed him and ruined his life for ten years. Unexpectedly, he activated a System that could grant him countless golden fingers. His first golden finger: Ab 131.1kReads9.4Score10.8kShelves
- 21 EN Too Many Reborn Heroes? Time to Bring in the Government 重生者太密集？我带国家队下场 (A feel-good power fantasy, with a beautiful, badass heroine who confiscates golden fingers) “Sheng is the boss around here. She's ruthless and doesn't waste words. Cross her, and she'll take you down!” In the year 2323 of the Star Era, the apocalypse is about to begin. Some people awaken their powers early, while reborn people are already making their moves… As the head of a new department, Sheng An is responsible for recruiting and leading all the powered and reborn individuals, preparing for 123.7kReads9.7Score17.5kShelves
- 22 The Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoarded a Hundred Billion in Supplies 冰河末世，我囤积了百亿物资 Doomsday + reborn + massive stockpiling + playing it safe + unlimited space + dark revenge, no saintly protagonist The world enters an ice age. The freezing apocalypse arrives, and 95% of the planet's population perishes! In his previous life, Zhang Yi was killed by people he'd helped because of his kind heart. Reborn one month before the freezing apocalypse, Zhang Yi awakens a spatial ability and begins frantically stockpiling supplies! Short on supplies? He empties the hundred-billion-yuan war 360kReads8.7Score17.8kShelves
- 23 Spring Returns to the Branches of a Sick Tree 病树枝头又逢春 [Print edition now available] Sang Nian accidentally climbs into the world of cultivation and becomes the vicious supporting female character who meets a tragic end in the book. System: Your mission is to marry the male supporting character, Xie Chenzhou, abuse him, humiliate him, and then get killed by him. Sang Nian: OK (brandishes little whip) (hits herself) (collapses with a thud) System: (silence) (stares at the sky) System: Mission changed. Win him over, or go mine coal. Sang Nian: (smiles 188.6kReads9.5Score25.6kShelves
