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- 1 Red Cocoon Apocalypse: I Summon a Million Liberation Army Soldiers 红茧末世我召唤百万解放军 On the first day Chen Yan woke up, the world told him: ninety percent of the population was infected. The Red Cocoon Virus had brought about the end of the world, and the cities were hunting grounds for red corpses. All he had was a battered rooftop, a military uniform, and the “National Defense Mobilization System” in his head. The System said: kill red corpses, earn merit, summon the People's Liberation Army. An infantry squad, eight people, eight guns. Clear buildings, rescue people, estab 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Reborn in Republican China: Red Alert, Unbeatable 民国重生之红警无敌 [Reborn] [Red Alert] [Overbearing] [Invincible] Reborn in a parallel world during the Republican era, the protagonist carries a Red Alert System as he wages war in an age dominated by warlords and foreign powers. He sweeps across the land, fighting one battle after another. His catchphrase is: “Everywhere the sunlight reaches is my territory...” 1.2kReads6.3Score100Shelves
- 3 Building an Iron Tide! Sweeping Across the Spirit Cage Wasteland 打造钢铁洪流！横扫灵笼废土 [Heard there's going to be a second season? It's been six years, hasn't it? Let's see if I can ride the wave] [Red Alert 3: China Rising + Ling Cage + multiple heroines] Bound to the Red Alert System, he transmigrates into the world of Ling Cage and begins his apocalyptic journey by saving Penny! Penny: Turns out the most addictive thing in the apocalypse isn't hallucinogens. It's you. Ran Bing: The Hunters' rule is, if you save my life, you either take a bullet or take me. Lightbearer: A new fa 325Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 4 Apocalypse: From an Infantry Squad to Shaking the Universe 末世：从步兵班开始震彻寰宇 Apocalyptic military power fantasy + hard-hitting realism + epic large-scale battles + apocalypse + armed infected + iron-blooded soldiers + Blackwatch (mid-story) At first, nobody cared about the disaster, until it became something that affected everyone. When airport tower controller Luo Yuntian is trapped at the airport, he awakens the Apocalypse Warfare System. From the start, he has one infantry squad. The only way to upgrade their equipment is by killing infected! From an infantry squad to 619Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 From the Start, I’m Rewarded with a Special Forces Squad in the Apocalypse 末世开局奖励特种小队 Apocalypse + zombies + System + mass-produced troops Li Yang, a soldier from Xia State in a fictional world, dies on the battlefield and unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Li Yang, an overworked office drone in the fictional Qian State. When a virus outbreak begins, the protagonist activates the System and uses its army to unleash a storm of bloodshed in the apocalypse. 194Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Bound to Red Alert: Coronation Shenzhou Conquers the Apocalypse 绑定红警：日冕神州打穿末世 After transmigrating into an apocalyptic world, swarms of insects are closing in and resources are scarce. How can someone with nothing to defend themselves survive against these terrifying creatures? At the moment of crisis, the System activates. The Divine Land Crown sweeps all before it. Dragonflame Corps: Dragonflame reporting, Commander! Awaiting your orders! Thunderbolt Tiangang: Who's calling me the Gatling Bodhisattva? Golden Crow Bomber: We follow the will of the Divine Land! Facing an 221Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 7 Doomsday Vanguard 末日尖兵 [Soldiers! Heavy Combined Arms Brigade! No sci-fi cultivation, only steel clashing with flesh and blood!] This world had endured the Third World War and a nuclear war. Just as people were rebuilding their homes among the ruins, a zombie-virus outbreak destroyed everything, forcing them to flee their homes once more. Yang Li, a soldier in a heavy combined arms brigade, and his comrades survived the Third World War. Now they fight to the very last moment once again, shedding their blood for their 1.5kReads8.7Score109Shelves
- 8 A Police Badge Amid Neon Ruins 霓虹废墟上的警徽 (Also known as: Apocalypse: Since When Did the Armed Police Get a Type 99A?) Apocalypse + no heroine + zombies + armed-police protagonist + no saintly behavior + official System + patriotic fervor + military life + no supernatural abilities + War Thunder + comedy (All events in this novel are fictional. Do not confuse them with reality.) In March 2025, an EMP shock wave known as Eclipsing Moon swept across the globe... The zombie apocalypse began. 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Apocalypse for All: Ten Consecutive Red Alert Draws from the Start 全民末世：开局红警十连抽 Everyone wakes up to find the apocalypse has begun. All of humanity has been thrown into a vast apocalyptic world, where they struggle to survive. Danger is everywhere, life and death uncertain. People are worth less than dogs. Hordes of zombies. Smoke filling the air. Lu Xuan says he’s not worried. He has the Red Alert System. He gets ten draws from the start. What are a few zombies? So what if they’re S-rank ability users? How about some Conscripts, Tanya, Radiation Troopers, and Chrono Legion 2.2kReads5.4Score190Shelves
- 10 End of the World: I Summon an Iron Tide in the East 末世之我在东部召唤钢铁洪流 [Apocalypse] [System] [China] [Modern Military] [Just started getting ratings] A sudden outbreak of a virus infected and poisoned eighty percent of the world's population. Those infected looked exactly like the zombies in movies. In this turbulent world, follow Wang Ming, an ordinary man whose life changes after he obtains a System. With the System's help, he gradually retakes cities overrun by zombies. I'm not good at writing blurbs. Please read the story instead. 96Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 11 Global Zombie Tide: China Holds the Line 全球尸潮：华夏为界 [Global Zombie Horde + Global Ensemble Cast + National Perspectives + Multiple Storylines + Realistic and Gritty + Vast China + War + Survival + Slow Pace] A global catastrophe strikes, and zombie hordes overrun the world! An unknown virus sweeps across the globe. Swarms of running zombies encircle cities, without pain or fear, overwhelming every modern weapon. No protagonist, no supernatural abilities, no golden finger! Told through a global ensemble cast, this story bears witness to how people 94Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Doomsday Crisis: Inheriting the Chinese Army from the Start 末日危机：开局继承华夏部队 Chen Mo opens his eyes to find zombies surrounding the city and a battered combined-arms battalion on the brink of destruction. “Steel-Blooded Military Spirit System activated! Kill zombies to earn Merit Points and redeem active-duty Huaxia troops!” He immediately gives the order: “99A main battle tanks lead the way. Hongqi air defense systems, stand by. All units, break out toward the university district outside the city!” In the zombie tide, giant tanks rumble like collapsing mountains, while 5.2kReads6.1Score389Shelves
- 13 Building an Army in the Apocalypse: I Lead the Troops to Liberate Jiuzhou 末日建军：我带全军解放九州 The military exercise was at its most critical point when the zombie virus broke out. The chain of command went silent, cities fell, and the entire world collapsed overnight. Major General Lin Ye set aside the exercise maps and picked up his gun. No System, no golden finger. He had only one choice: lead his soldiers and survive. He rallies scattered troops, builds a base, and rescues survivors. Starting from a fortress on a lonely mountain, he takes the cities back from the zombies one step 93Reads—Score137Shelves
- 14 Blood Cross Apocalypse: A Bloody Fight Across North America! 血十字末世，血战北美！ [Apocalypse]+ [Blood Cross]+ [Zombies]+ [Mad Plague]+ [Vampires]+ [Communism]+ [Slightly Saintly Heroine]+ [System]+ [Development]+ [TFR Flames Rising]+ [Unknown Monsters]+ [Supernatural Powers] After landing on a beach, Zhang Mu was taking part in a military operation on an island when foreign special forces ambushed him. An explosion sent him into an unpredictable space-time current, and his consciousness entered the body of another, already-dead “Zhang Mu” in a parallel world. Though he had d 288Reads8.7Score115Shelves
- 15 Wasteland? Isn't Developing a Red Alert Base Going Too Far? 废土？我开发红警基地不过分吧 [Parallel world, not connected to the real world] [Insect swarm, troop buildup, zombies] [Pure wish fulfillment] [Do not read if you have a savior complex] [There will be a few minor clashes with the military early on, but they will cooperate later. Don't complain if that's not your thing.] The apocalypse arrives, and zombies break out. Gu Chen stands beside the Red Alert construction yard, eating barbecue as he watches the sunset. Zombies? Surely developing a Red Alert base is perfectly reasona 3.1kReads8.6Score195Shelves
- 16 Zombies: What Do You Mean an Aerial Gunship Is Being Deployed? 丧尸：什么叫做空中炮艇正在部署 [Apocalypse + no special powers + mass deployment + armed assault + shared human destiny + Call of Duty: Modern Warfare + no female lead] A sudden disaster brought by a meteorite strikes. The protagonist starts out with a squad of Rangers, and will gradually unlock the five great powers and the factions of other countries. 4.7kReads8.6Score266Shelves
- 17 Apocalypse: Whose Shadow Troops Are This Realistic? 末世：谁家影子部队这么真啊 [Apocalypse + no heroine + relatively hard-core + savior + no supernatural powers + tactical squad + no mindless decisions] “What? You’re putting me in the Eagle Sauce faction? Do you expect me to get attacked by zombies and my own people at the same time?” “An initial identity has been assigned to the Host: Second Lieutenant of the 102nd Brigade Combat Team, Eastern Theater Command of Dongda.” “Oh, then that’s fine.” “What, the zombies can climb walls?” “What, there are mutant zombies t 6.3kReads9.0Score382Shelves
- 18 Apocalypse Legion System 末世军团系统 Apocalypse + System + one heroine + no saintly protagonist + steel torrent + no superpowers + ensemble cast A Black Watch squad from the start! From conventional troops to powered armor, pure steel-powered brutality. Fast-paced global conquest: all-out war! No holding back on the power scaling: three brigades by chapter 30, three divisions by chapter 60, bringing you a grand battle between million-strong armies. A passing of the torch, as the old gives way to the new. 19.1kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
- 19 The Angler's 8th Book 喜欢摸鱼的的第8本书 A meteor shower from beyond the skies brought a bio-virus that swept across the globe and crippled electronic devices. Modern civilization collapsed overnight. The apocalypse arrived. The land was overrun by the walking dead, and anguished cries rang through the skies. As everyone sank into despair and chaos, Qin Zheng, a deputy county magistrate assigned to a remote county, became the only leader there capable of taking charge. The trials of his career and the wisdom he had gained over two life 1.8kReads8.3Score101Shelves
- 20 Apocalypse: An M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle from the Start 末世，开局一辆美洲狮步兵战车 [Apocalyptic war story, featuring zombies, mutated monsters, nuclear strikes, and large-scale military conflicts. No superpowers, no cultivation, and no harem.] The protagonist transmigrates into the apocalypse with an arms and military technology System, and starts out with an active-duty German Puma infantry fighting vehicle. 5.9kReads8.9Score402Shelves
- 21 Zombie Apocalypse: Starting Out in Xuzhou With an Iron Tide 丧尸末世：坐标徐州开局钢铁洪流 "What! You mean someone turned into a zombie and bites everyone they see?" "No problem. I've got a 12.7 mm QJZ-89 heavy machine gun." "What! You mean they can evolve, becoming incredibly strong and faster than lions, with more strength than tigers?" "What, then let it go... tell my Type 99A main battle tank that!" On August 23, 2027, after a crimson fog swept across the globe, the zombie apocalypse descended with a roar, and human civilization teetered on the brink of collapse in an instant. 2.9kReads—Score136Shelves
- 22 Wasteland Red Alert Commander 废土红警指挥官 Biochemical horrors are unleashed, and the world falls. Xiao Fan obtains the Red Alert System and dominates the apocalypse, turning the tide against disaster. Armored vehicles roar across the wasteland, while fighter jets race through the sky. Warships ride the waves, and lightning storms sweep in among the clouds. This is the story of a young man who gets a System, starts building an army, saves the world, and eliminates the bad guys. 948Reads8.7Score104Shelves
- 23 Apocalypse? But I'm a Military Gear Buff! 末世？但我军品佬！ A mysterious virus suddenly sweeps across the globe, worsening geopolitical tensions and bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war. Under the threat of mutually assured destruction, the entire world becomes a living hell. Follow Zhang Yi, a man with connections in military circles, as he uses the military equipment at his disposal to survive the apocalypse. 4.9kReads9.2Score508Shelves
- 24 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
- 25 Doomsday: I Can Summon an Iron Tide 末世之我能召唤钢铁洪流 [Apocalypse + survival + zombies + System + army-building + savior + no female lead + ruthless action + government official + modern military + hard-core military] In 2025, a mysterious virus swept across the globe, turning vast numbers of infected people into zombies. Lu Cheng, an armed forces minister in a county, obtained a war System modeled on the game "World in Conflict". In Lanzhou, Gansu Province, he summoned a modern army, fought off wave after wave of zombies, built up a northwestern f 1.7kReads9.2Score116Shelves
- 26 A Base from the Start 开局一座基地 [Sci-fi + apocalypse + System] He transmigrates into the apocalypse with a Red Alert base vehicle in tow. He can summon a million troops, build aircraft and artillery, and forge a technological empire to conquer the globe. But when he uncovers the apocalypse's secrets, he realizes it's only the beginning. The cruelty of this new world forces him to grow. He will no longer retreat or give in to fear. The world has collapsed and can never return to what it once was. Everything will begin anew... 6.2kReads8.5Score461Shelves
- 27 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
- 28 EN Awakening Forty-Two Thousand Years Later 苏醒于四十二个千年之后 Forty-two millennia later, the entire empire was engulfed in endless war. The Human Imperium struggled to maintain its rule, while facing savage assaults from alien species, covert sabotage by Chaos cults, and corruption and power struggles within its own ranks. The AI forces, the Iron Men, had been all but wiped out in the wars of the past. But Ax, an intelligent Iron Man commander accidentally brought back online, was inevitably drawn into the tangled conflicts among all sides. 9kReads9.2Score743Shelves
- 29 Invasion Countdown 入侵倒计时 In 2040, the international situation is in turmoil and the world is on the brink of World War III. The military forces of every nation have been severely depleted, leaving them no time to deal with potential threats. Meanwhile, taking advantage of humanity's infighting, the insectoid race arrives on Earth alongside a vast meteor shower. By the time the United Nations notices, it is powerless to organize an effective interception. The insectoids quickly establish nests and launch frenzied attacks 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Mechanical Ascension in the Apocalypse 末世里的机械飞升 [Apocalypse + No heroine + Ruthless and decisive + Mecha + Warships + Pure technology] I transmigrated and lost my physical body, becoming... a machine... This is a world plagued by disasters, a world invaded by alien beasts... It's filled with darkness and slaughter... Powered by technology, an army of machines descends upon the apocalypse. Legendary mecha, warships, and all kinds of sci-fi weapons burst onto the scene, crushing everything in their path... (Starts out half mechanical, but soon 2.6kReads9.2Score220Shelves
- 31 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
- 32 Enlisting in the Apocalypse, I Become an SSS-Rank War God 末世参军，我成了SSS级战神 [Apocalypse + System + Enlistment + God of War + Passion + No Harem, No Saintly Hero] Li Jie transmigrated to a parallel world where resources were scarce and the population had fallen to less than a tenth of its former size. The struggle for resources had turned battlefields into meat grinders for humanity. To keep his younger sister alive, he enlisted in the army. Luckily, he awakened a daily lottery System. “Congratulations, Host! You’ve won: Infinite Space.” “Congratulations, Host! You’ve wo 2.4kReads8.5Score268Shelves
- 33 Red Alert: Commander of the Apocalypse 红警之末世指挥官 The apocalypse is full of danger, but Su Chen isn’t worried. With the Red Alert System, he has every reason to be confident. You say you have lots of weapons? Sorry, I have more weapons than I can use. Ever heard of a weather control device? You say mutant beasts are powerful? Good timing: my super-soldiers have just been born, and they haven’t had a taste of battle yet. Su Chen looks up at the sky. “Earth was never my goal. My goal is the sea of stars!” 3.1kReads8.6Score453Shelves
- 34 High Martial Arts: Know Yourself and Your Enemy 高武之知己知彼 A new book is here! I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well. Please leave a review, give it five stars, and send a gift. Ant thanks you in advance. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Great Ming in the War of Nations 国战之大明 I hope you enjoy the stories in this book. May each of you be the protagonist of your own life! Your support keeps me going. Please leave a review, give it a good rating, and send a gift. Thank you in advance. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Dark Zone: Survival 暗区突围之生 I’ve just started a new story, and I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me, and I’ll do my best to write every story well. Please follow for updates, leave a good review, and send gifts (free ones are great too). 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Reborn in the Golden Triangle: From Mercenary to SSS-Rank War God 重生金三角从佣兵到SSS级战神 (System + God of War + Revenge + Ruthless + Underworld) The uncrowned king, Li Jie, is reborn as a mercenary operating in the Golden Triangle. He successfully activates the Hunting System, earning System coins by killing targets and using them to buy supplies in the System Shop. “Congratulations, Host! You’ve received the starter gift pack: unlimited storage space, a Desert Eagle with unlimited ammunition, and danger detection!” “Congratulations, Host! You’ve purchased Power Gauntlets, which let 2.3kReads8.7Score164Shelves
- 38 War System in the Apocalypse 战争系统在末世 I Became the Commander-in-Chief in the Apocalypse Apocalypse + raising a massive army + hard-core stats + characters with brains Just as the apocalypse arrives, Gu Chengyuan obtains the War System and starts raising a massive army, sweeping through the apocalypse with an unstoppable tide of steel! The blurb doesn't do it justice. Please read the story. 80.9kReads9.0Score5.3kShelves
- 39 Don’t Mess with That Recruit, He’s an SSS-Rank Cheat 别惹那个新兵，他是SSS级挂逼 Li Jie is reborn in the year 2000 and becomes a recruit once more. He successfully activates the “Top-Tier Life” System, which automatically grants him a top-tier skill every day. Day One: “You broke the world record in the hundred-meter dash, and you call that ‘running just a little fast’?” Day Two: “You broke the world record in the 3,000 meters, too?” Day Three: “All five bullets hit the bull's-eye and stacked on top of one another. Was that really your first time handling a gun?” Day Four: “ 1.6kReads8.7Score223Shelves
- 40 90-Day Countdown: China Enters First-Level Combat Readiness 倒计时90天：华夏进入一级战备 #Ensemble Cast #Reborn in the Apocalypse #Nationwide Mobilization #Hardcore Military Industry #Everyone Transmigrates #Rise of a Great Power "If the apocalypse were imminent, Dongguo would deliver the most stirring answer!" At a single order from the nation, Huaxia immediately activated its highest-level state of combat readiness! We would not sit back and wait for the gods to save us, nor pin our hopes on aid from other countries. Billions of people united as one, building a nationwide line of 68.3kReads9.2Score5kShelves
- 41 Our Glorious China Strides Across the Multiverse 我泱泱华夏纵横多元宇宙 Fang Jing somehow came into possession of a magical machine that could let him transmigrate into all kinds of science-fiction films and TV shows! In response to the United States' suppression, he starts with The Wandering Earth, developing exoskeletons, crewed lunar missions, a moon base, and a space elevator... China rises all the way from The Wandering Earth to The Three-Body Problem, conquering the multiverse until it eventually ascends into an eternal multiverse civilization! 60.3kReads9.1Score3.5kShelves
- 42 The Wild Soldier God of War Series (Complete in 11 Volumes) 野兵战神系列（全十一册） Li Liang had been taken by his father into the deep mountains as a child to learn all kinds of survival skills. As keen as a wild beast, he had superhuman marksmanship and could instantly take down a target hundreds of meters away without a scope. But when he took the military enlistment exam at eighteen, a twist of fate led him to be recruited by one of the world’s top mercenary organizations. A misunderstanding also branded him a murderer, and the military issued a kill order against him. Ever 1.6kReads9.5Score255Shelves
- 43 Sniper Prodigy 狙击天才 Sima Yun, a killer known as the world’s greatest sniper, takes on the identity of Wang Hai, a cook in a grassroots military unit. From then on, the lowly army cook begins an incredible rise, overcoming one obstacle after another as he takes part in the special forces selection process, on the verge of becoming an honored special forces soldier. But the killer organization refuses to let him go, repeatedly sending assassins to hunt him down and swearing to kill him, leaving him no choice but to f 2.7kReads9.1Score326Shelves
- 44 Growing Strong with the Help of Beautiful Women 成长之红颜助我 Beauty helped me succeed, and I repaid her with ten thousand taels of gold… 962Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Doomsday Hourglass 末日沙漏 9.9kReads7.6Score663Shelves
- 46 Exiled from the Start, I Changed My Fate by Grinding for Experience 开局被流放，我靠肝经验逆天改命 From the Start, Exiled to the Frontier: I Defy Fate by Grinding Experience Lu Chen was a top student in the modern world, but after waking from a nap, he found himself reincarnated as a disgraced heir in a world of immortal cultivation. Exiled to the frontier from the start, with his spiritual roots destroyed, he was also saddled with a frail fiancée and a fallen family. He smiled calmly. “Perfect. Let me show you what scientific cultivation looks like.” While others were still struggling throug 2.7kReads—Score240Shelves
