Novels like The Walking Dead: A Background Character’s Rise
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- 101 The Apex of The Walking Dead 行尸走肉中的天花板 A story set in the world of The Walking Dead, with beautiful women, brothers-in-arms, and people who make your teeth grind with hatred. What would you do if you went there? Would you go with the flow, turn the tide, or make yourself the protagonist? Everyone has their own answer. 723Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 102 I Am Murphy in The Walking Dead 我在行尸走肉当墨菲 [Female-led protagonist] [Golden finger] [Rescue] [Evil people die] After arguing about The Walking Dead on a forum until the early hours, Zhang Fei, a seasoned zombie-movie fan, pounds out a comment: “The Z Nation setting is still the best!” As soon as the words leave her mouth, blood floods the screen, and the stench of rot and snarls rush toward her. She has actually transmigrated into The Walking Dead, becoming a “live target” for the zombies! At the brink of death, a System appears out of n 218Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 The Walking Dead: TWD 行尸走肉TWD [No golden finger + an ordinary person gradually growing stronger + a crossover of zombie shows and games + slow-paced development and base-building + gritty realism + multiple women + making up for regrets, no tragedy] (Includes a little fanfiction. Everything is in service of the plot, so don't read if that's not your thing. This time, The Walking Dead will be different.) Opening: The Walking Dead TV series Main storyline: The Walking Dead main series + some spin-offs Elements: The Walking Dea 28Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 104 Film and TV Crossover: Every CP You Want Is Here! 综影视：你要的CP全都有！ (From now on, the focus will be on Hong Kong movies and TV dramas!) There are no ratings and hardly any readers, but if you enjoy Hong Kong films, feel free to give this a try. [I’ll do my best to avoid putting the heroines through heartbreak! No women competing against women! Some worlds may even have men competing against men!] One flower, one world. The original heroine, Yuan Chuchu, is born naturally in each world, with no memories and no knowledge of the plot. Since the living conditions di 2.6kReads8.1Score176Shelves
- 105 Zero Epidemic Zone 零疫区 A story mode similar to The Walking Dead. For readers who were dissatisfied with how The Walking Dead ended. A Zero-Infected Zone means a place created by people, with no zombies and absolute safety. (This title might not attract many readers!) No special abilities + materialism + scientific realism + an ordinary protagonist, not a self-sacrificing saint. As the Z-virus continues to evolve, it becomes a brain virus with an extremely high rate of transmission. With the zombie crisis breaking out 96Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 Transmigrating to Become a Warlord in Post-Apocalyptic America 穿越之我在末日美利坚当军阀 (The Walking Dead and numerous plotlines from its spin-off games, combined into a shared universe. The protagonist isn’t a lackey who follows Rick’s group. Through the story, he changes the fates of the group’s main characters and saves everyone from the heartbreak of their tragic endings. The first volume is a slow burn!!!) After transmigrating to another world, into the United States, Zhang Qiang becomes homeless and takes years of abuse from society. Then he suddenly realizes this is The Walk 652Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 107 Improving People's Livelihood in The Walking Dead 我在行尸走肉搞民生 A niche fandom, but you can enjoy this even if you haven’t seen the original show. Give it a chance, you won’t regret it! [True-to-life apocalypse + The Walking Dead spin-off + no joining the main cast] [Apocalyptic world-building + American-style team combat and adventure] No romance. (A pure Walking Dead universe, including the TV series and its spin-offs.) Transmigrated into the TV series The Walking Dead, Calista becomes the younger sister of Leah, the Reaper who died before she ever appeare 11.6kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
- 108 Lovely Eden’s Seventh Book 可爱伊登的第7本书 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 Doomsday Survival: I Got the Former Soviet Union's Supply Depot 末日求生：我获得了前苏联物资库 [Chinese Walking Dead + Apocalypse Survival + System + Laying Low + Mengde Constitution] “If you can do better, then you do it!” Those were the last words Yang Ming heard before he transmigrated. Every time he read an apocalypse survival web novel, he would complain that “there are no more masterpieces in the apocalypse.” For some inexplicable reason, Yang Ming transmigrated to a parallel world. To his shock, a zombie outbreak began just as he arrived. Looking at the Katyusha rocket launcher beh 1.3kReads7.2Score102Shelves
- 110 Adrift in a Sea of Corpses: Betrayed from the Start, I’ve Gone Completely Mad 尸海浮生：开局遭背叛我彻底疯魔 (No System, no transmigration, no cheats, no invincibility. There are supernatural abilities, human enhancement, biological hazards...) Nan Taiming was framed and fell into dire straits, his life hitting rock bottom. A sudden, abnormal downpour swept across the globe, and an unknown crisis descended without warning, bringing civilization to the brink of collapse. Amid the chaos, Nan Taiming unexpectedly escaped. In this wasteland-like new world, he chose to protect the survivors around him, make 83Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 Reborn: Evil Forces 重生：邪恶力量 Not a harem story, supernatural horror Power fantasy + American horror + decisive and ruthless + no characters acting stupidly + dark + no saintly heroine At 39, on the night he lost his job, Zhang Sheng ran headlong into a twist of fate, only to crash into an utterly unbelievable nightmare. When he opened his eyes again, the smell of engine oil and gun oil flooded his nostrils. He had become Dean Winchester, sitting inside the roaring black Impala! In the passenger seat, a young Sam urged him o 96Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 Doomsday Run: The Los Angeles Zombie Horde 末日穿梭：洛杉矶尸潮 College student Lin Chen transmigrates to Los Angeles during a zombie outbreak and activates the Apocalypse System. Alongside a former Marine, a nurse, a street girl, and others, he struggles to survive amid hordes of zombies and the crucible of human nature. Together, they fight mutated zombies and uncover the truth behind the virus, standing by one another even in the most desperate circumstances. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 Doomsday System: My Zombie Kingdom 末日系统：我的丧尸国度 Lin Chen transmigrates to a zombie-infested America and activates the Apocalypse System. Using the System’s power, he kills zombies, builds a base, and recruits beautiful women with their own special skills, including a policewoman and a medical student. He sweeps aside hordes of zombies and enemies, eventually finds a cure, and rebuilds civilization with the beauties at his side, becoming the ruler of the apocalypse. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 The Walking Dead: From the Start, I'm a Prison Guard in a Women's Prison 行尸走肉：开局我在女监当狱警 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novels. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is my motivation to write, and I will strive to tell every story well! 12.8kReads8.1Score872Shelves
- 115 Pure Survival: I Returned to My Rural Hometown to Hide from the Zombies 纯生存，我回老家农村躲丧尸 No System, no cheats, just an ordinary person. How can he survive in a world full of zombies, and what will he become? The T-virus spreads across the globe through mosquitoes, dragging bustling cities into the depths of the apocalypse. After an incubation period, those bitten become mindless walking corpses who attack humans in a frenzy. Infection from a bite takes hold even faster, leaving people in despair. With no superpowers or exceptional fighting skills, he relies on his keen sense of dang 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 Dawn of the Living Dead 活死人的黎明 Apocalypse + zombies + ensemble cast + realistic survival from the perspective of ordinary people. No supernatural powers, no golden fingers, no stockpiling, no rebirth. 2028, the fifth year since Japan began dumping nuclear wastewater into the ocean. As the marine environment became polluted, an unknown virus entered human society through seafood products. It started with what people ate. Pain and diarrhea soon followed, and hospitals were overwhelmed. But something even more terrifying began t 1.6kReads8.7Score103Shelves
- 117 I'm an 11-Year-Old Wizard, and You Want Me to Fight the Walking Dead? 我11岁巫师，你让我打行尸？ [Though this is fanfiction, you can enjoy it even if you haven’t read The Walking Dead!] Filled with boundless anticipation for Hogwarts, Louis grabbed his suitcase and charged toward the wall at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. He didn’t pass through the wall as he’d expected. Instead, he slammed into the hard bricks and blacked out. When he woke up, he found himself lying in a crowded street, his luggage scattered all around him. In the distance, a shambling figure was coming his way. It w 430Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 118 Walking Dead: Bound to a Seven Days to Die Survival System from the Start! 行尸：开局绑定七日杀生存系统！ [The Walking Dead Fanfiction] [Leads the Main Cast to the Top] [Illustrated] Wu Shou transmigrates into the world of The Walking Dead, only to be infected by a walker on the very first day. Just when he thinks he is surely going to die, he awakens the 7 Days to Die System. In a post-apocalyptic world crawling with walkers, he shoulders a giant hammer and strikes fear into the hearts of the survivors still roaming the land! From the [Quarry Camp] to the [Prison Fortress]! From [Southeastern Atlan 4kReads8.2Score303Shelves
- 119 Shocking! The Prince Somehow Transmigrated to the Apocalypse with Me 震惊！王爷竟然跟我穿到末世 [Scheming Prince × Warm on the Outside, Cold Within, an Apocalypse-Era Delicate Flower] [Transmigration + Zombies + Stockpiling + Character Growth + Escape] Ning Rong carried all of humanity's hopes as she traveled through time, but accidentally arrived in an era never recorded in history. Not only did she fail to stop the virus outbreak, she also ended up bringing a prince to the apocalypse. Ning Rong: “I've ruined humanity's future.” The prince: “I've ruined the future of the Ning Kingdom.” 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 Apocalypse: I Encountered a Zombie Outbreak After Leaving the Special Forces 末世：从特战退伍后遇到丧尸爆发 [Grounded Apocalypse] [No System] [No Golden Finger] [Group Survival] [Single Female Lead] A zombie outbreak sweeps across the globe, destroying civilization and order completely. Yu Luo, who retired early from the special forces, had thought the military would soon bring the situation under control and quickly wipe out the zombies with advanced weapons. But the virus spreads through the air, and even the living get infected. Anyone who dies, no matter how, turns into a zombie and continues atta 8.4kReads7.7Score668Shelves
- 121 Survival: I'll Lead Everyone in Building Tower Defense 生存之我带大家建塔防 My new work is here! Please head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 Film and TV Crossover: A Traveler Between Worlds 综影视之界面旅人 [Transmigrating into TV dramas + multiple male leads + everyone's favorite + the most beautiful and powerful heroine, with no romance-addled brain] The worlds featured so far include Avatar, The Walking Dead, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, Soldiers Sortie, Divergent, The Hunger Games, The Vampire Diaries, and more. Synopsis: Loran Eriksson, a plane-hopping traveler with elven blood, draws her bow amid the gunfire of a zombie apocalypse, waves her wand beneath Hogwarts' candlelight, and cha 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 123 The Walking Dead: No Way Out 行尸走肉之无路可退 [The heroine grows over time + transmigrate + no golden finger + crossbow guy as love interest + ensemble cast + original story] This book focuses on logical storytelling and detailed battle scenes. It's not a power fantasy: there is no System, inventory space, superpower, or other cheat. This is a realistic, slow-burn story of surviving the apocalypse, grounded in reality. The early chapters mainly follow the two leads' perspectives, gradually shifting toward the ensemble cast. The plot is full 1.4kReads8.3Score—Shelves
- 124 Land of the Undead 丧尸国度 The anticancer injection known as “Drug X,” developed by a multinational corporation, undergoes a shocking mutation. The world becomes an ocean of zombies, and in an instant, life on Earth turns into hell... Overnight, zombies overrun the world! Who can survive the apocalypse? Stay alive, or die without finding peace: there is only one choice. 346Reads8.9Score120Shelves
- 125 A Biochemical Apocalypse Without Superpowers 没有异能的生化末日 [No Superpowers + No Golden Finger + Highly Intelligent Protagonist + Realistic Apocalypse + Military Style + Large-Scale Troop Operations + Epic Battles] The apocalypse arrived. Zombies ran rampant, and the world stood on the brink of destruction. See how Zhong Kui uses his military and strategic brilliance to save a collapsing world, turn the tide, and rescue humanity from disaster, composing an epic saga amid the apocalypse. “No awakened powers. No System cheats.” “This isn’t a mindless pow 28Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 126 A Century of Upheaval 百年丧乱 [Zombies + no saintly protagonist + decisive and ruthless + multiple narrative threads + ensemble cast + apocalypse fortress + war + survival + slow-paced] No rebirth, no supernatural abilities, no System or pocket dimension, no plot armor, and no romantic entanglements. This is not a power fantasy. It focuses more on realistic portrayals, particularly the story of humanity's resistance in an age overrun by zombies, and accounts of people trying to survive the apocalypse from multiple perspectiv 16.2kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
- 127 Mechanical Hell 机械地狱 [Humanoid robot version of The Walking Dead + To Live, not a power fantasy] In 2035, humanoid robots were widespread throughout human society. Then, suddenly, they turned into mechanical killers, and the world became a living hell! Was this a deliberate rebellion after robots developed independent consciousness, or was something else going on behind the scenes? How will the survivors make it through the apocalypse? What fate awaits the human species? [No transmigration + no rebirth + no special 85Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 Life in the Siheyuan, Beginning in the New World 从新世界开始的四合院生活 This is the story of an ordinary man who transmigrates into a world combining a whole host of period dramas. It follows him from before Liberation all the way to the new millennium. In the torrents of everyday life, simply keeping your footing is a struggle; making a name for yourself is harder than reaching the heavens. You and I are ordinary people, but ordinary people have dreams of their own, too. 1.3kReads8.2Score100Shelves
- 129 A Zombie Apocalypse for Ordinary People 平凡人的丧尸末日 Zombies, the apocalypse, realism, survival. No special powers, no womanizing, no power fantasy, no System. A portrayal of how ordinary people truly fight to survive. This is my first novel, so the early chapters may be a little rough. I hope you’ll give it a chance and keep reading. It gets really exciting later on. Thank you, and please don’t let the rating put you off. If you enjoy realistic stories, give it a try. The protagonist, Lin Chen, is just an ordinary car salesman when the apocalypse 9kReads7.5Score685Shelves
- 130 Reborn in the Apocalypse: Building the Strongest Base from Scratch 重生末世：从打造最强基地开始 [No special powers + no System + natural disasters + base-building + stockpiling + farming + ensemble cast + no protagonist torture + decisive and ruthless] Friend, you've read so many apocalypse novels. Are you getting tired of all those messy superpowers, brainless Systems, and beautiful women throwing themselves at the protagonist? Why not see how ordinary people can build a sensible home in the apocalypse? An ordinary apocalypse farming story told from multiple perspectives. The apocalypse 18.2kReads7.7Score1.5kShelves
- 131 The Zombie Horde: Walking Alongside Despair 尸潮，与绝望同行 [Zombies]+ [No Stockpiling]+ [A Realistic Apocalypse]+ [Multiple Storylines]+ [Ordinary People Fighting to Survive]+ [No Harem]+ [No Special Abilities]+ [No System]+ [No Evolution]+ [No Rebirth] On a sunny afternoon, an ordinary traffic jam turns out to be the beginning of a terrifying crisis. Within hours, Ningcheng, a city of over a million people, is plunged into an unprecedented catastrophe. The streets teem with man-eating zombies, and the despairing cries of humanity echo overhead. This is 386Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 Doomsday Survival: The Zombie Tide Surges 末日生存： 尸潮涌动 [Survival + zombies + no System + no saintly protagonist + no harem + no female lead] In 2044, a global catastrophe struck. With zombies running rampant, Han Shuo had no choice but to take up his Tang sword and join the fight! In this apocalypse, watch Han Shuo struggle to survive, one step at a time. Note: This is not a purely bleak story. The protagonist is cold-hearted, but he does not kill indiscriminately! It tells the story of an ordinary man who relies on his wits, awareness, and resource 23.6kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
- 133 Zombie Express 丧尸专列 [Apocalypse, hyper-realistic, no System, hardcore, trains, heavy trucks, slow-paced, road-trip novel] [This book has a complete, independent world. Please don’t confuse it with similar works.] [The protagonist grows over time. If you want a protagonist who never makes mistakes, is invincible, and handles every situation perfectly from the start, please move on. This book isn’t for you.] A new virus spreading around the world was only the beginning. After infecting most people, it began causing m 59.3kReads9.2Score5.2kShelves
- 134 Others Struggle Through the Apocalypse, but I'm Invincible 别人过末世，我无敌 [Decisive and ruthless + no saintly heroine + plenty of beautiful women + cold and merciless] Stocking up on supplies when the apocalypse hits? No way. I have an unlimited supply of everything. One biscuit makes the campus belle of old bow her proud head; one loaf of bread makes a once-famous star bend the knee. The world's ended. Who's got time for romance, bro? 56.1kReads8.3Score3.9kShelves
- 135 The Snake-Man I Found in the Trash Pretends to Have Amnesia Every Day, but the Comments Say He Wants to Marry Me 垃圾堆捡来的蛇人天天装失忆，弹幕说他想娶我 The Snake Man I Found in a Garbage Dump Pretends to Have Amnesia Every Day, and the On-Screen Comments Say He Wants to Marry Me 111Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 One Man, One Dog, One Zombie 一人一狗一丧尸 [No superpowers + no System + plot-focused + no harem] Huang Jin, a young man who secretly worked in a specialized line of business, received a call from his boss at the beginning of the zombie outbreak. His boss ordered him to stay put in C City and wait for the organization to rescue him. But time passed, and after waiting for two whole years, Huang Jin still saw no sign of anyone from the organization. He decided to head to Z City, where his boss was, on his own. Along the way, he came across 35.5kReads9.4Score3.4kShelves
- 137 From Abandoned Disciple to Demon Venerable: My Master Kneels Before Me 从弃徒到魔尊，师尊向我下跪 From Abandoned Disciple to Demon Lord: My Master Kneels Before Me 167Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 I’m Dead, But Not Entirely 朕死了，但没完全死 I Am Dead, But Not Entirely 2.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 139 The Day My Husband Turned Gentle, My Best Friend’s Marriage Died 老公变温柔那天，闺蜜的婚姻死了 The Day My Husband Turned Gentle, My Best Friend's Marriage Died 6.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 140 I Spent Ten Yuan on a Secondhand Marketplace and Bought a Fiancé 我在二手平台花十块钱，买了个未婚夫 I Spent Ten Yuan on a Secondhand Marketplace and Bought Myself a Fiancé 11.5kReads—Score108Shelves
- 141 Lie Flat Immortal Venerable 躺平仙尊 [Rapid-fire laughs + lighthearted + no romance] Lin Xian transmigrates to a cultivation world gripped by cutthroat competition. His previous incarnation was the ultimate grind king, who worked himself to death from cultivating nonstop. Lin Xian binds himself to a System that rewards him with cultivation whenever he rests, lies flat, or slacks off, but punishes him if he cultivates seriously... 1.2kReads—Score103Shelves
- 142 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
