Novels like Zombies Descend, but I Awaken a Romance System
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Zombies Descend, but I Awaken a Romance System, best match first.
- 1 Apocalypse Dorm Girls: Every One of My Roommates Has a Special Skill 末世女寝之我的舍友个个身怀绝技 My Roommates in the Women's Dorm of the Apocalypse Are All Remarkably Talented —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 She Can See Everything Clearly, Except the Human Heart 她眼睛能看清一切，除了人心 A story about what can and cannot be seen. With extraordinary eyesight, she can see every detail, but she cannot see into people’s hearts. When the truth comes to light, she realizes that some things, once seen clearly, leave you powerless to do anything. All you can do is fold them up, put them in your pocket, and keep walking… 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Nightmare Campus: The School Belle’s Best Friend Is Infected with the Zombie Virus 噩梦校园，校花的闺蜜感染丧尸病毒。 Nightmare Campus: The School Beauty's Best Friend Is Infected with a Zombie Virus. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Doomsday Rebirth: Stockpiling Ten Billion Supplies from the Start 末日重生：开局先囤十亿物资 Lin Wan struggled to survive for ten years in the apocalypse, only to die a horrific death after being betrayed by her companions. When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn three days before the zombie outbreak. A million-yuan inheritance from her parents still sat untouched in her mobile banking account. This time, she tucked her phone away with a cold smile and immediately awakened the spatial ability that had returned with her, now a hundred times more powerful. “Heaven has given me —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Reborn as An Lingrong: Joining Forces with Consort Hua 重生安陵容之我和华妃强强联手 Reborn An Lingrong has a spoiler-filled script and joins forces with the unhinged Consort Hua to kill the emperor and change her fate! Detailed Synopsis: An Lingrong is reborn, back at the moment she first entered the palace. The memory of being used as a pawn and tormented to death in her previous life is seared into her heart. This time, she no longer longs for false affection. She vows to survive, even if she has to tread on her enemies’ corpses. She chooses the most dangerous path: she deliv 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 I, Qin Shi Huang, Conquer the Strange Dungeons 朕秦始皇纵横诡异副本 That day, a hundred-meter-tall mysterious gate appeared before humanity like a mirage. Along with the gate came the bizarre. Every weapon humanity took pride in was no more than a toy in the face of these horrors. The only way to fight them was with cursed artifacts. One bizarre dungeon after another was broadcast live around the world, nonstop. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Two Peerless Beauties of the Republic: Madam's Secret Identity Shakes Shanghai 民国双绝：夫人马甲震翻上海滩 Everyone knew Lu Jinheng, the military governor of Shanghai, as a ruthless man with absolute power over the city. Yet he indulged one down-on-her-luck heiress, raising her to dizzying heights. People laughed at Su Yanci for being fragile and delicate, reaching above her station and clinging to the governor like a parasitic vine. No one knew... She was Mr. Yan, who controlled the lifeblood of finance; Lord Ci, who ruled the underground black market; a top-tier spy moving between the shadows and t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 I Only Cured His Fever, So How Did I Become the Divine Physician of Great Qian? 退烧而已，怎么成了大乾神医？ Multiple female leads + alternate world + golden finger + no System + ensemble cast + transmigration + miracle doctor + political intrigue! Other people transmigrate: They get a System and start off as an invincible protagonist. Ye Bufan transmigrates: He gets a hiking backpack and becomes an undocumented outsider in Great Qian. He had planned to make a living with his sales skills, but the locals paid him no attention, and street thugs bullied him in public. In a fit of rage, he used his tele —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Flowers of the Black and White Abyss 黑白渊花 The peaceful passing of an old man tugged at the heartstrings of countless people in Y City. He was the ruler of the city's largest gang, the Red Dragon. It was said that he had eyes and ears everywhere, and both the underworld and the authorities feared him deeply. Rumor also had it that he had a hand in making Y City's laws... As the Red Dragon held a grand funeral for the old man, two of his most trusted subordinates went missing. The following night, a church within Red Dragon territory went —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The American People Call Me Their Savior? I Say: Long Live the People! 美民说我万岁？我说：人民万岁！ The author’s new book: Mental Illness? Idiot! Call Me Officer! This book has clearly been abandoned, but please give me one more chance. I was too busy before and had no choice but to leave it unfinished. Author’s new book: I’ve got a connection over there. The profits are pretty high, but there are risks. I don’t know if you dare take the chance. Reader: What kind of connection? Author: I’ll make you the boss of Sakura Country. Reader: For real? Author: Truer than pearls! Reader: How does it w 800Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 11 I Thought My Girlfriend Truly Loved Me, but Her Whole Family Saw Me as an ATM 我把女友当真爱，他们一家把我当血包 I Thought My Girlfriend Was My True Love, but Her Whole Family Treats Me Like an ATM —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 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
- 13 Ruling the Myriad Worlds: Starting from Rock Bottom in the City 执掌万界：从都市落魄开始 On the day Yuan Xiaoxing was born, an elderly man with an otherworldly air arrived with a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old girl whose gaze was filled with longing. He forced a dull gray jade pendant into the baby’s swaddling clothes. His parents told him this strange story over and over, but it remained a mystery to him for more than twenty years. Only when his closest friend betrayed him and his lover abandoned him, leaving him gravely wounded and on the brink of death, did the pendant suddenly 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 My Boyfriend Forbids Me from Gaming, Yet Wears a King of Glory Couple Tag with His Female Bestie 男友禁止我玩游戏，却和女兄弟顶着王者恋人标签 My Boyfriend Forbids Me to Play Games, Yet He and His Female Bestie Have the In-Game Lovers Tag —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 A Corporate Slave Transmigrates as the Crown Prince, but Just Wants to Help Her Sisters Make Money 社畜穿成太子，但只想带姐妹搞钱 I opened my eyes to find myself the Crown Prince, with a harem of three thousand thrown in. I was just about to lie flat when a System alert suddenly rang in my ear: “Top-tier management talent detected in Host. Mission issued: Transform the feudal harem into a modern, efficient team.” Me: ??? I casually set KPIs for the Noble Consort, designed a promotion system for the palace maids, and had the Imperial Kitchens set up a central kitchen. Then one day, an enemy army invaded, and the entire cour —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 I’m Building a Family in a Strange World 我在诡异世界组建家庭 [Male lead, no romance, family bonds throughout] Some say that when people die, their light goes out, their souls return to the underworld, and they enter the cycle of reincarnation. But Chen Min can tell you with certainty that after death, you enter the World of the Weird. It resembles reality, but is enveloped by rules and suffering. Here, he met like-minded friends, found a family he could entrust his life to, and witnessed the joys and sorrows hidden behind countless strange phenomena. “Shh 370Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Zombie School 2 僵尸校园2 Schoolyard Zombies 2 is a thrilling and moving novel that explores the importance of humanity and friendship through students' struggle against zombies. A spin-off of the TV series Schoolyard Zombies, it depicts an apocalyptic crisis and asks: What will these students do...? 726Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Apocalypse: Zombie School 末世：僵尸校园 [Strong Female Lead] [System + Main Cast + Han Jingxiu Survives + Li Shuo Survives + Post-Apocalyptic Base + Female Lead Has No Romance + Overpowered Lead + Dungeon Unlocks] The story is set in Korea! The story is set in Korea! The story is set in Korea! 1. Nam On-jo's personality changes in this story. She and Lee Cheong-san are childhood friends who grew up together, and they have feelings for each other. 2. Han Jingxiu and Li Shuo will not be killed off in this story. 3. Nam-ra and Lee Su-hye 769Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Back to That Absurd Dreamland 再入那荒诞梦乡 They say the world died long ago. … Let yesterday dissolve into nothingness, and let today continue its absurdity. The creators of the world, its destroyers, and its saviors were born one after another. I once thought I wouldn’t care much about the past. I once thought people only needed to spend their energy on the future, until memories swallowed me like a rising tide. Look upon your past and future. Before you wake, savor this lucid nothingness. [Male lead + eerie horror + a touch of romance 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Paradise Maze 乐园谜笼 Elements include: a morally gray protagonist; no saintly do-gooders; no moral blackmail; nontraditional infinite flow; supporting characters with romantic subplots; lots of instances. Inspired by a dream the author had, so the story unfolds however the dream does. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Sir, What's So Bad About a World of Illusions? 先生：幻术的世界有什么不好？ (Suffering is not just one person's burden, but the burden of a whole group. An ensemble cast.) “You stand too high up. You can't see the suffering of the people, or their grief!” “No, you stand too low. You can't see the strength of those suffering people, striving to live and climb their way up!” “No, neither of you is right. I'm the one standing too much in the middle, torn both ways and unable to change a thing!” “No! What's wrong with a world of illusions?” “It's precisely because life is l 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Zombies on Campus 校园丧尸 Campus Zombies 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Wenling 闻彾 In her previous life, she was a prodigy of the Guiyuan Sect. Unwilling to be used as nourishment by a True Immortal, she blew herself up and died. In this life, she is a hunter’s daughter, but evil cultivators slaughtered her family and took her in as a disciple. Her memories awaken, and she points her sword at the heavens. This time, she has companions by her side. The True Immortals want to harvest fortune, while the Heavenly Dao is trying to save itself. Caught between two raging currents 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Shocking! A Vampire's Online Shopping Haul Is All Tomato Juice?! 震惊！吸血鬼网购包裹全是番茄汁？！ Shocking! Why Are All the Packages This Vampire Orders Online Full of Tomato Juice?! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 Transmigrating to a Cultivation World, Who'd Still Be a Wage Slave? 穿越，都修仙了谁还当牛马 [Transmigrated Into a Cultivation World] [Strong Female Lead] [Spirit Pets] [Ensemble Cast] [Gentle Male Lead] Song Yunchu, a modern office worker, woke up in the cultivation world as the useless servant disciple of the Xuantian Sect, the laughingstock of the entire sect. With five mixed spiritual roots, cultivation was difficult, and everyone was certain she'd never amount to anything. Unnoticed by all, she quietly leveled up and unexpectedly gained the legacy of a grandmaster of talisman arts. 419Reads—Score189Shelves
- 26 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 114Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Tribulation of Love and Hate 爱恨劫 Yu Sheng was pushed off a cliff and plunged into the sea. When she woke, she had lost her memory. Mistaken for Hai Sheng, she was forced to get involved in a corporate power struggle. After Hai Sheng regained a few of her memories, the first thing she recalled was how others had framed her, and she began her revenge. She faced hardships unlike any she had known, gradually driving those who had once conspired against her into desperate straits… 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Thorns and Lava 荆棘与熔岩 A carefully orchestrated marriage alliance. Two souls determined to resist it to the death. As business rivalries intertwine with hidden conspiracies, they are forced to go from enemies to allies, seeking redemption and true love together on a thorny path of power struggles. The cool-headed business elite Zhao Yu and rebellious jewelry designer Liu Feiqi meet at what seems to be a chance encounter at a party. Their awkward first meeting, marked by spilled champagne, is the beginning of a fate th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Nine Disciplines Descend: Breaking the Deadlock in Great Qi 九科临世：大齐破局 At the founding of Great Qi, its ancestors established the foundations of the state with the principle “the literary tradition is its root, the heart-lantern its soul.” They hid away a Literary Heart-Lantern, which could gather the power of the literary tradition and bring peace to the realm, but it vanished from the world over the centuries. The Shadow Pavilion’s main purpose is to find and seize the Literary Heart-Lantern, utterly destroy Great Qi’s literary tradition, and carry out its treaso —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Crown Prince Loves the Lady Doctor, So I 'Know My Place' and Break Off the Engagement 太子爱医女，我“识相”退婚 The Crown Prince Loves the Female Physician, So I 'Know My Place' and Break Off the Engagement —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 So What If She's the Fake Heiress? The Real Heiress Only Dotes on Me! （百合）假千金又如何？真千金独宠我！ (Yuri) So What If She's a Fake Heiress? The Real Heiress Only Dotes on Me! 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Reborn: After Binding the Truth-Telling System, Mother-in-Law, Why Not Say You're Doing This for My Own Good? 重生：绑定真心话系统后，婆婆，你怎么不说为我好了？ Reborn: After I Bind the Truth-or-Dare System, Mother-in-Law, Why Don't You Say You're Doing This for My Own Good? —Reads—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 Max-Level Dark Powers: I Protect the Whole World 满级黑暗异能，我守护全世界 Deep inside the compound, Ye Xun is a violent, dark-powered esper who does whatever he pleases. His only weakness is Auntie Liu. In the library, Lin Mo is a reticent genius with psychic powers. He follows the rules and devotes himself to protecting the world. No one knows fate has already laid a trap to make them switch places. Ye Xun thought he would spend his whole life as a destroyer, but after Auntie Liu passed away, he learned to protect someone for the first time. Lin Mo believed the ru —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The War in Heaven 天堂战争 Throughout humanity's long history, the book of life has been quietly rewritten. Hidden in 98% of human DNA, once dismissed as junk, are secrets science cannot explain. A forbidden experiment and a drug called “Angel of Euthanasia” ignited divine miracles in the blood of a select few. They are the Chosen. Beneath the sun lies the mundane world; in the shadows, a hidden order. Nations maneuver, factions stir, and the descendants of the gods replay an ancient game of chess in the modern world. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Day Dad Sold Me, My Little Brother Turned into a Dog 阿爸卖我那天，阿弟变成了狗 The Day Dad Sold Me, My Younger Brother Turned Into a Dog —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 A Floating Dream Returns the Soul 浮梦归魂 I can dream of everyone else's fortune and misfortune, but I cannot divine my own fate. It wasn't until my best friend tricked me into an ancient tomb and used my blood to activate a spirit pearl that memories of my past life came rushing back. Only then did I learn that she was the traitor's daughter who had pushed me into a sea of flames, while the boy next door who had always quietly saved me was the general who once shielded me from a burning beam. In this life, she still wants to seize the 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Lord of Ten Thousand Weapons 万兵之主 [Mortal Cultivation] [No System] Yang Hui transmigrates into the body of a young man. With a hammer in his spiritual sea, he grows stronger every time he takes a beating, setting off down a path of no return. (No women in your heart, and every hammer blow is divine.) (With every beauty in your heart, one swing shakes heaven and earth.) Spiritual energy resonates with metal, while flesh and soul intertwine. On this continent, one can only embark on the path of cultivation by opening a spiritual s 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Everything Goes Right, Ltd. 万事皆成有限公司 This is a modern-day episodic novel, with a colorful cast of stories! Welcome to All Things Accomplished Co., Ltd. In a world where trust is the hardest currency, as long as you wish with all your heart, we can make your dreams come true, provided your heart is “sincere.” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Whole School Has Fallen! She Slaughters Her Way Through Hordes of Zombies with Her Wits 全校沦陷！丧尸堆里她靠智商杀疯 [Apocalypse + escape + school campus + strong male and female leads + ensemble cast] Yu Nanyin stacks the last desk against the door. When she turns around, she finds eight pairs of eyes staring at her. A line from her biology textbook suddenly comes to mind: “Under extreme conditions, organisms can display unexpected survival instincts.” Now it seems humans are no exception. 2.1kReads8.0Score237Shelves
- 41 The Birth of the End, the End of Everything 终末的诞生，一切的终点 [High-Octane Apocalypse + Born Divine + Decisive and Ruthless + No Goody-Two-Shoes]… 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Apocalypse on Campus: I’m Still Reading Novels in the Girls’ Dorm 末世校园，我还在女寝看小说呢 [Apocalypse + Escape + Zombies + Campus + Supernatural Powers] This is an ensemble story, not exactly a wish-fulfillment novel. All the main characters have their own storylines. Qiao Mengzhi was reading an apocalypse novel in her dorm when her roommate Wang Ya suddenly burst in, shut the door, and told her in terror that people outside had gone mad and were eating each other. Qiao Mengzhi stared blankly at the novel in her hands, then looked at the “spectacle” downstairs, and finally understood 953Reads8.2Score101Shelves
- 43 One Thought Between God and Demon, Wreaking Havoc Across the Heavens 一念神魔之祸乱诸天 Bury the gods, bury the immortals! Let blood rain across the heavens! When I cultivate for another eighty thousand years, I will send the Empress to the underworld. I have a sword that can sweep away immortals. If I become a demon, all beneath heaven will become demons. If I attain Buddhahood, all the gods and Buddhas across the heavens will answer my call! With a single thought, gods and demons will mourn, the myriad worlds will tremble, and heaven and earth will fall into chaos! In his previou —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Seeking Immortality, Starting in the Detention Center 从拘留所开始寻找长生 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Devouring and Evolving, Starting with Quantum 从量子开始吞噬进化 [Just for fun] [Light and simple] [Reborn] [Fast leveling] An Ran awakened from the darkness. Its System had brought it here and turned it into a quantum particle existing on its own. It drifted through boundless darkness, slowly growing larger as it absorbed special quanta of the same kind and strengthened itself. Then it grew and evolved, step by step, until it reached the pinnacle. Then it started over. From an ordinary pond to the modern world, then to worlds of swords and magic and mytholog 1.8kReads—Score326Shelves
- 46 A Glimmer of Hope in the Future Apocalypse 未来末世一线生机 What will the end of the world look like 500,000 years from now? What kind of cutting-edge technology will exist? Will humanity have found extraterrestrial civilizations? And what will those civilizations be like? Faced with the apocalypse, which kind of immortal ruler can be trusted most: a robot bound by all sorts of restrictions, or a human who has uploaded their consciousness? There are no tired tropes or wild flights of fancy here. With its warm, humorous style, saving the world is about mo 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 My Husband Sneaks a Bite Right in Front of Me, Not Knowing My Eyesight Has Recovered! 老公在我眼前偷吃，他不知道我眼疾好了！ My Husband Sneaks a Bite Right in Front of Me, Not Knowing My Eyesight Has Recovered! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Survival in the Zombie Apocalypse! 丧尸末日下的生存！ The zombie apocalypse breaks out. There’s no System, and Liu Tian is an ordinary person. How will he survive? What does an ordinary person have to do to make it through the apocalypse? His boss still expects him to go to work? He wakes up to find the world changed, but there’s no System like in the novels. How can he protect his family and keep them alive… I hope each of us can be the protagonist of our own life. An apocalyptic novel that feels incredibly close to real life. 256Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 49 This Is Hilarious, I Pretended to Be a Male Student and Fooled the Dynasty’s Top Scholar 笑死，我装男学生骗疯当朝状元 [Female disguise + revenge by a legitimate daughter + absurd twists + political schemes and sweet romance + mutual salvation] (Former title: The Red Silk Mix-Up: I Deceived the Top Scholar for Three Whole Years) (Note: The heroine doesn't coast through an effortless power fantasy! There are moments of restraint, emotional pain, and tension. The tone is light and funny.) Fifteen-year-old Su Qingluan witnesses her entire family being slaughtered. After narrowly escaping, she cuts her hair, binds h 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Legend of Ling Shuang: Prequel to Asking Love on the Immortal Path 凌霜传【仙道问情前传】 Nangong Yu's greatest ambition in life is to be a spoiled wastrel who can eat his fill and wait to die. There isn't a restaurant or teahouse in Jinling City he doesn't know, nor a pleasure boat or song on the Qinhuai River he hasn't experienced. Cricket fighting, gambling, listening to music, sleeping in: he's good at it all. As for cultivating immortality? What a hassle. You have to meditate and seek enlightenment. Nothing beats lying flat. But his father, Nangong Zhengyang, doesn't see it that —Reads—Score—Shelves
