Novels like My Roommate and I Brave the Apocalypse
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- 51 Global: My Spirit Beast Is My Future Self 全民：我的御兽是未来的自己 In the twenty-first century, spiritual qi revival swept the world, ushering in the “Age of Beast Taming.” Everyone could awaken a Beast Taming Space upon turning eighteen and become a Beast Tamer by forming a contract with a pet beast. Pet beasts progressed through the following ranks: Awakening, Extraordinary, Commander, Lord, Overlord, Totem, and Mythical. A Beast Tamer’s rank was linked to the strength of their pet beast. 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 From the Start, I’m the Dark Moon: A Villain in the Land of Light 开局即黑月：我在光之国当反派 Morsuos is a thoroughly bad person. He’s cunning and sinister, treats human lives as worthless, and could make ten Jugglus Jugglers furious just by talking. He’s transmigrated through countless dimensions and is sick of watching worlds fall apart and lies unravel. To him, casually destroying a planet is no different from crushing a biscuit. When he arrives on this special Earth, home to the Land of Light and the New Generation Ultraman heroes, he plans to carry on playing his games: watching the 680Reads8.2Score6914d adds
- 53 The Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion: Plotting Against the Realm 千机阁：逆谋天下 History + power struggles + the Mohist School + strategy + palace intrigue... “To secure the throne for the second generation, one must first learn the private dealings of the officials.” In a secret meeting late at night, Zhao Gao taps the table, the bronze lamp casting light over his sinister face. Thus, an intelligence network known as the “Thousand Mechanisms Pavilion” is quietly woven through the teahouses, post stations, and hidden spaces between official buildings in Xianyang. Its headqua 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Adventures in Another World with Infinite Magic 无限魔法的异世界奇遇物语 In the modern world: Jobs are hard to find, his family is poor, his classmates mock him, and his first love tears into him. Resentment and bitterness churn in his gut, finally turning into a burst of foul gas, a thunderous fart that shakes the heavens! Sitting on the toilet, he transmigrates straight into a magical world! In the other world: He transmigrates and is immediately crushed to death by a demonic dragon. What a disastrous start: his soul and body are torn apart. His wandering spirit ac 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Chen Yu’s Taming and Counterattack Plan 陈屿的驯养反杀计划 Shen Sisi only wanted to keep her relationship with Chen Yu strictly master and servant. She thought Chen Yu would always be obedient and gentle, and know his place. But one late night, Chen Yu barged into her room and slowly closed in. Shen Sisi panicked. “Chen Yu, what are you doing? I’m your master.” Chen Yu’s gaze was obsessive as he spoke in a low voice. “Sorry, Master. I want to move up in the world.” 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 If I Were to Refine Qi, I Would Be Invincible 我若炼气便是无敌 Ye Yun was an ordinary delivery worker, struggling to survive in the city every day. Then one day, he came across a mysterious stranger and obtained an ancient cultivation manual. With the miniature universe of time contained within it, Ye Yun completed ninety million years of cultivation in just one day in the real world. He stepped straight into the Nirvana Realm and became invincible in the world... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Forging a God Through Slaughter: The Bloody Path of a Legendary Mercenary Corps 以杀封神：传奇佣兵团的血杀之路 [No transmigration, no cheat, do as you please, stay open-minded, and enjoy the thrills] [Explosive battle scenes, master-level tactical displays, and practical knowledge about firearms and weapons] A retired special forces instructor forms a mercenary group, and the CIA, MI6, the Navy SEALs, and the French Foreign Legion all want to join. He beats up pirates, matches wits with assassins, and crushes telecom fraud operations. He helps the weak and takes on the great powers and their white-glove 1.1kReads—Score11614d adds
- 58 My Master Isn't My Master, Either 我的师父又不是我的师父 After the war between immortals and demons, Xiao Yuan'an, the deceased Demon Venerable, is reborn in the body of Xiao Yanci, the eleventh elder of Wanglai Sect. (Not quite an ensemble cast, since one companion will die.) An alternate history. The story is entirely fictional. (The rest is a tale of love and hate, of loving and hating each other. The supporting characters have it rough, and they all have their own stories. Some parts that weren't fully written out are covered in the bonus chapters 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 After I Fell into a Coma, Mom Became My Grandma 昏迷后，妈妈成了我的奶奶 I woke in a pool of blood, with a dead old man lying beside me. When I opened my eyes again, Dad was gone. Mom had become “Grandma,” called me her “good girl,” and said she was a transmigrator. I didn’t believe her. I secretly stopped taking my medicine, but my memories grew more and more deranged Did I kill someone? Am I a transmigrator? Am I a boy or a girl? When I was ten, she forced me into a ghost marriage with a paper effigy. When I was twenty, I saw a bearded man in the mirror. She had ma 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Infinite Flow: I Started Dating My Unhinged Big Brother, and Now I’m Hooked 无限流：和疯批哥谈上了，真香 In the little black room, Tang Xian turned to Du Sheng and asked: "Want to team up?" "Why?" "You're pretty." "...Let's talk if we run into each other in a dungeon." Tang Xian immediately sang Du Sheng a love song. ...Du Sheng thought the heavens must be blind. In the first dungeon, the very first player Du Sheng met was Tang Xian. "The heavens really do have eyes," Tang Xian exclaimed. Escape from the academy? Let's start by setting a fire and livening things up. Gain power? Then let's rebel! Th 16Reads—Score23314d adds
- 61 The Bronze Box That Subdues the World 镇世铜盒 A low-level office drone buried in debt unexpectedly awakens a family heirloom with the power to appraise treasures. Starting out by finding overlooked bargains at flea markets, he sweeps through the antique black market, jade gambling exchanges, and the real estate business. As he uncovers the truth behind his parents' disappearance, he reunites with old friends and foils the schemes of the underground cultural relics conglomerate, the Fengling Bureau. He retrieves the national treasures scatte 3Reads—Score16114d adds
- 62 On the Night of the Sacrifice, I Became the Lord of Ten Thousand Sects 献祭当晚，我成了万门之主 (Urban supernatural powers + ten thousand revolving gates + Chinese-style horror + gatekeepers + rule-based abilities!) A black gate opens at the end of the alley, and a sacrifice summons ten thousand gates! Gatekeeper Su Qingyuan builds a wall around the human heart with her sealing arts! Shadow Gate Master Ye Li holds on to the pain of being mortal through bloodshed and fervor! A Mian, abandoned by the world across nine lifetimes, carries all the joys and sorrows of reincarnation and becomes a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 I Transmigrated into a Book, but I Won't Be the Marquis's Second Wife 穿书之侯府继室我不当了 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Jade Pendant Immortal Path: From Good-for-Nothing to Child of the Plane 玉佩仙途：从废柴到位面之子 So what if his dantian is shattered? So what if he’s only a menial disciple? A mysterious jade pendant lets him defy fate and rise to the top! Lin Feng of the Qingyun Sect rebuilds his foundation with the pendant’s power, but is also drawn into a world-shaking maelstrom. Fortuitous opportunities and deadly threats go hand in hand, as do glory and conspiracy. Watch a good-for-nothing youth ascend step by step amid bloodshed and chaos, turning the whole world upside down! 11Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 65 Transmigrated to Cultivate Immortality: I Subdue the Heavens with Classical Chinese 穿越修仙：吾以文言镇诸天 [Transmigrate + Cultivation + System]+ [Confucian Dao]+ [Wild Imagination]+ [Menial Disciple + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Li Shenyan, a professor of Classical Chinese at a university, transmigrates into the body of a menial disciple of Qingcang Sect in the cultivation world. When he wakes, someone has already crushed all four of his limbs and thrown him into an abyss. At the same time, the remnant soul of a Demon Venerable is trying to seize his broken body. At the brink of life and death, the Sag 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Tang Dynasty Civil Service Exams: With Policy Essays in Hand, the Aristocratic Clans Tremble 大唐考公：申论在手，门阀颤抖 The day Fang Fang came ashore, he died on the eve of his first day at work. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a failed candidate in late Tang Chang'an, one who had failed the imperial exams three times and starved to death in the streets. Chang'an was still ablaze with lights, the songs and dances of Pingkang Ward went on without pause, and the nobles behind vermilion gates were still discussing poetry and literature. But Fang Fang knew that Huang Chao would eventually march into C 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The Observation Box 观察箱 A slow-burn soft sci-fi story with a fully realized world and rigorous logic. Not a power fantasy. The entire city is permanently frozen in 1996. The streets are intact, the buildings have not crumbled, and everything is as familiar as ever. Only human life has fallen utterly silent. There are no hordes of zombies, no supernatural hauntings, and no special powers or Systems to fall back on. Only a real world trapped in time, filled with countless subtle anomalies. Stranded alone in an empty cit 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 We Stewed the World into One Big Family 我们把世界炖成了一家 (Ongoing) Ensemble cast + System + food + restaurant management. Three canon couples, one each in BL, GL, and BG. Romance, friendship, and family bonds all feature. After inheriting my grandfather's little restaurant, I recruit chefs from around the world and turn it into a world-class establishment. The story is told mainly through dialogue. The plot is divided into three strands: the main storyline, personal stories, and events, interwoven in chronological order. I often visited my grandfathe 7Reads—Score114d adds
- 69 After Reading Minds, the Noble Consort Just Wants to Snack and Watch the Show 贵妃读心后只想吃瓜看戏 [1vN, mind-reading, gossip, lie flat, face-slapping, twists, heroine awakens, heroine shines on her own] I, Su Daji, uh, I mean Su Tang, stayed up all night gaming and died suddenly. When I opened my eyes, I had become a consort who had just been sentenced to death and sent to the Cold Palace. The emperor despised her, the empress was vicious, and every concubine in the palace was waiting to see her reduced to bones. But no one knew she had gained the ability to read minds. [The empress's inner 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Crossing the Sunken Boat in the Long Night 长夜渡沉舟 A new book has just begun Shen Yue transmigrates into an interstellar age where psychic power rules everything. As the only person without psychic power, he is defective in the eyes of society. All he owns is the wealth of memories from Earth in his mind. Only later does he learn that these memories are the lost heritage of all human civilization. Starting from nothing, he has a nearly obsolete System and a travel agency with no one but himself. Someone asks him why he doesn't return to his own 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Wormhole Courier 虫洞镖师 Outside Xiangyang City in the Southern Song, an interstellar escort guard falls from the sky. Guo Jing asks him, “Can you hold off a hundred thousand Mongol cavalrymen?” He looks at the alloy blade in his hand. “I can hold off something far more terrifying: the tide of time.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The One Who Wants to Become a God 想成为神明的人 [Alternate World] [Combat] [Fantasy] A fantasy stage where anything goes! If I'm not gutsy, I'll do something reckless. There's no time to walk! I have to run! “Someone has to die! If that someone is me, then I'm willing!” “Ancestors, bear witness!” “Your unfilial child...” “I'll blow you to hell!” The early chapters are a little rough, and the protagonist starts out extremely weak. No System, slow pacing. This is an original story, and any similarities are purely coincidental. Please go easy on 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 I Returned from the Lands Between, and the Game Invaded Reality 我从交界地归来，现实被游戏入侵 [Elden Ring's God King] [Original + Arknights + Honkai + Honkai: Star Rail + Money Sink + Azur Lane] [SCP] [Comics] [A whole crowd of fans] Includes the following elements: [The Backrooms] [Red Alert] [Trench Crusade] [Goblin Slayer] [Pacific Rim] [Mecha BREAK] [StarCraft] [Warhammer] [Dark Souls] [Stellar Blade] [The Forever Winter] [Resident Evil] [One Piece] [The Elder Scrolls] [Witch's Revenge Night] [Sinisistar] [CSOL] [Girls' Frontline] [Code Vein] [Thorn-Sin Nun] [Delta Force] [Naruto] Mo 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 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—14d adds
- 75 A Young Celestial Descends to the Mortal World to Exorcise Evil 少年天神下凡，在人界驱邪 [Ancient gods + urban fantasy + comeback + apocalyptic terror + agents] An ordinary boy from a small county town gets into a government office in a big city and becomes a security guard. He thinks his life is finally on track, but a case involving “ghosts” completely upends it. The seemingly ordinary boy is actually an ancient powerhouse. “I’m an agent with the Paranormal Investigation Bureau...” “What? A war between gods and demons?” Legends of chaos invade the modern city, shattering everythin 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 His Majesty Has Come to Warm the Corpse Again 陛下又来温暖尸体了 [Hate and Passion] [Strong Female Lead] [Fantasy Romance] [Quick Transmigration] [Ensemble Cast] [Selfcest] [Absurd Comedy] [Sci-Fi] Cool, aloof goddess × unhinged, talkative attention seeker Chen Wuji dropped into a quick transmigration world, but failed to get a golden finger and landed in a hellish scenario from the start. He was no helpless little cabbage waiting to be picked. At first, the two clashed whenever they met, locked in a love-hate relationship. Then they were forcibly bound by a 7Reads8.2Score114d adds
- 77 No. 13 Lantern Alley 灯笼巷13号 The rating will go up with time! No romance | Family and friendship | Ensemble cast | Mystery and deduction | Supernatural folklore | Case-of-the-week | An alternate world Jiang Zhibai × Bai Wanyue × Yuan Qing Deep in Lantern Alley stands an old shop at number 13. Open the door, and you might find three women chatting over tea. The gentle woman in a qipao is Jiang Zhibai, said to be a Bai Ze who has lived for an unknown number of years. The spirited young woman with a ponytail is Bai Wanyue, an 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 The Eternal Imprisonment of Sinful Souls 永锢罪魂 [BE] [Tough on the outside, gentle within; a humble, unloved heroine] [No CP] [Heartbreaking] She was the orphan of a hero. After transmigrating, she fell into the abyss, betrayed time and again. To save her companions, she willingly allowed herself to be imprisoned in hell forever, sentenced to two hundred million years. When the underworld trembled and sinful souls were deified, the tiny shackle around her wrist still seared her soul for eternity: the mark of her eternal sin. They owed her far 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Republican Era: One Broken Regiment from the Start, Points Can Buy Anything 民国：开局一个残团，积分换一切 Eastern Sichuan, 1920. After his father is assassinated, he takes command of a ragtag force fewer than a thousand strong, surrounded by enemies on all sides. Bound to the Empire-Building System, he earns points by killing enemies and exchanges them for rifles, machine guns, artillery, soldiers, and formidable generals. Yang Sen sends two regiments to "absorb" his force. He just smiles. 2.2kReads6.6Score21414d adds
- 80 Tea Fragrance on Jingling Ridge 镜岭茶香 A new story is here! You’re welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 The Great Desire Hunt 欲望的大逃杀 Desire must be held in balance by other desires. When any one desire grows too powerful, it gives rise to something warped and uncanny. The student Su Qing and his close friend Wu Ji are dragged against their will into a battle royale born of desire. Beings from another era descend and charge them with saving the world, promising that if they complete the hunt, their deepest desires will be fulfilled and their fates rewritten. This isn’t a game show watched by an audience. It’s a crisis spawned 116Reads—Score414d adds
- 82 Tales of Another World: The Age of Nonsense 言异世界：戏言时代 Did the world make Xie Zhiyan see what he shouldn't have? His ability may not have been born here, but at this moment, it mutated and began to spread. 1.2kReads—Score71014d adds
- 83 A Trap Within a Trap, a Lie Within a Lie 局中局，骗中骗 Greed grows in people’s hearts, and scams can find their way through any opening. No one is born lucky or immune to being deceived. The only reason you haven’t fallen into a trap is that you haven’t yet encountered one designed specifically for you. Desire is the bait, weakness is the opening. As long as greed remains, there will always be a scam waiting to draw you in. 2.2kReads8.3Score25714d adds
- 84 A Record of Heart-Piercing Crimes 诛心记 Autumn of the first year of Baozheng, the night before Frost’s Descent. Silver King Ye Wuqing launched the “Black Armor Coup” in the imperial capital. Iron cavalry trampled the moonlit streets, and smoke from the fires advanced toward the ninefold palace walls. Emperor Ye Wushuang wept as he stood before the palace hall. Unwilling to treat the people as mere straw dogs, he removed his crown and issued an edict of abdication. That night, the emperor climbed the Star-Gazing Tower alone, gazed no 116Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 85 When the Moon Chases the Light 闭月逐光时 When the Moon Chases the Light —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 I Never Asked You to Pay Me Back 我没有要你还 I Never Asked You to Pay Me Back 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Waiting for the Moon to Come See You 等月亮来见你 Wait for the Moon to Come Find You —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 An Old Friend Returns to These Mountains and Rivers 山河故人回 Old Friends Return to the Rivers and Mountains —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Everything I Write Into the Rules Comes True 我写的规矩都会应验 The old city has a street for funeral goods. Half the shops sell wreaths and burial clothes, and the paper crafts shop at the end of the street is the last one still willing to make paper figures by hand. Its rules are older than the shop itself: Never paint a paper figure's eyes. If you do, it will recognize its master. A white horse must not cross a bridge. If it does, it must be burned. Close the shop at sunset. Take no jobs at night. Chen Mo is the grandson of the last paper craftsman. He gr 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Memories Awaken, and I Rise to the Top of the Police Force 觉醒记忆重现，登顶警界无人能及 Objects tainted by sin all bear invisible traces. He was once the least noticeable intern: mediocre, quiet, and, in everyone’s eyes, the team’s outsider. Until one day, he gained the ability to “see” the secrets criminals could never tell. He rose from the dust, following the traces of sin as his clues and wielding the truth as his blade, tearing away every disguise one step at a time. People call him a “great detective,” but no one knows that the longer he gazes into the abyss, the deeper its u 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 The Sunken Beauty: Tales from the Misty Waters 沉鱼烟波录 The Sunken Fish: A Record of Misty Waters 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 I Pledge This Life to the Mountains and Rivers 此生许山河 I Pledge This Life to the Rivers and Mountains —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 The Twin Phoenixes Return 双凤归 The Twin Phoenixes Return —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The Fragrant Winter Garment 寒衣添香记 The Fragrant Chronicle of Winter Clothes —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 The Record of Sin 织罪录 The Record of Weaving Sin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Twin Souls Reborn 双生还魂记 Tale of Twin Souls Reborn —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Fallen Plum Blossoms 寒梅落 Falling Plum Blossoms 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The Doomsday Bladesman 末世刀客 Doomsday Bladesman —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Blazing High Martial: The Dungeon System's Reversal 热血高武：地下城系统的逆袭 With spiritual qi revived and martial arts supreme, Lu Chen unexpectedly binds himself to a Dungeon System. Clear dungeons to get god-tier gear, and grow stronger with every instance. While others spend ten years in arduous cultivation, he needs only one run to clear a dungeon. From bottom of the class to someone all look up to, he uses his DNF System to carve a bloody path through the entire high-martial world! 510Reads—Score10914d adds
- 100 System: I'll Start by Ruining the Myriad Worlds' Public Image 系统：诸天万界人设塌房从我做起 The first volume is fairly entertaining. The second volume is a Matrix side story. I thought it was pretty good when I wrote it, but after reviewing it while writing the third volume, Smiling, Proud Wanderer, I realized the second volume wasn't very well executed. Only the supporting character Cypher appears in the second volume, a character readers who've seen the movie will remember. Almost everything else has no impact on the main plot. Recommendation: Readers can skip the second volume and 92Reads—Score—14d adds
