Novels like Rise of the Wasteland
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Rise of the Wasteland, best match first.
- 1 Dragon-Slaying 斩龙 You have to believe me, I really did come to fight Nurhaci. What happened with his wife was a complete accident. 0Votes709.4kRecs185.1kFans
- 2 Wanderer of the Star Realm 星界游民 In the Galactic Era, the war between the Earth Federation and the Arcane Empire ended with the destruction of both worlds. The escape pod carrying Jiang Feng, captain of the Star Ring, unexpectedly crossed the dimensional barrier and jumped to an unfamiliar star region, making him the sole survivor of the Earth Federation. He only wanted to farm a little, and, when he had nothing else to do, talk a few locals into mining for him, then spend a long, leisurely life in peace. He never expected that 1Votes182.3kRecs109.9kFans
- 3 Holy Light 圣光 A world of swords and magic. The protagonist dies the moment he appears in the story, then keeps dying his way to the top. 2Votes977kRecs511.3kFans
- 4 Infinite Legend: The Mechanic 无限传奇之机械师 From a useless college student to a leader who commands countless worlds: in a world of machines, I am king!! I am the Mechanic... It all begins when I transmigrate into The Terminator. 0Votes189kRecs187.5kFans
- 5 I Have a House in the Apocalypse 我在末世有套房 In the post-apocalyptic world after nuclear war, everything lies in ruins. If you’re lucky enough to survive, you’ll have to face the terror of hunger and disease, zombies that go berserk at night, and mutants twisted into grotesque forms by radiation… But to Jiang Chen, this place is paradise. Mansions without owners are everywhere, abandoned luxury cars litter the streets, and gold and cutting-edge technology lie ignored… What? You were the boss of some video game company before the war, in ch 2Votes929.6kRecs930.8kFans
- 6 Demon Hunter Lord 狩魔领主 This is a story about a tech geek saving the world. Luo Di, a shut-in who has grown distant from real life through his obsession with games, is one of the most famous rangers in Shattered Lands. But after transmigrating, he unexpectedly finds himself inside the game world, sent back to the delicate historical moment two years before the servers opened. The kingdom that was destined to fall still stands, and the woman he loves has yet to die in the orcs' war. The shadow of the undead still linger 0Votes123.1kRecs146kFans
- 7 Carapace Frenzy 甲壳狂潮 In a single night, an insect disaster descends. As an ordinary person with no invincible supernatural powers and no extraordinary cultivation technique, what path can you take when faced with bloodshed and death, at the crucial moment when your life hangs in the balance? 0Votes336.9kRecs179.5kFans
- 8 My Girlfriend Is a Zombie 我的女友是丧尸 When disaster really struck, Ling Mo realized that the zombies portrayed in apocalyptic movies were nothing like the real thing... The most important thing to do at the end of the world should have been to survive. But from the moment Ling Mo rescued his girlfriend from an abandoned bus, his life had already started racing completely out of control. The reason was simple: his girlfriend had mutated... Wait, Xia Na, that thing on your scythe looks a lot like me! Senior! Stop hitting me whenever I 0Votes384.9kRecs807.2kFans
- 9 The Protagonist Hunter 主角猎杀者 The protagonist is nothing but my prey! Complete the Ring-Shattering missions, smash the protagonist’s halo, and claim his fortune and martial arts for myself! Who says a nobody is doomed to be cannon fodder? Every talent has its purpose. A defiant hunter shatters the protagonist; in dire straits, only I can win the beauty’s heart. Lin Qing possesses the unique spatial attribute [Defiant Owl]. God’s awful setup: 1. Whenever he enters a story, he is guaranteed to be a passerby, a loser, or cannon 0Votes271kRecs278.3kFans
- 10 War God Lord 战神领主 Flags are burning, people are screaming, blood is flowing, and death is blossoming. One familiar scene after another is playing out again in this unfamiliar world. To stop it all, and to raise the banner of faith in his heart, Sean, carrying memories that do not belong to this world, sets out on a path unlike the one he walked in his previous life. All so that the wings in his heart may spread and take flight in this world once more. 1Votes386.8kRecs233.2kFans
- 11 Super Zombie Factory 超级丧尸工厂 After an accident gives him a factory capable of producing all kinds of powerful zombies, he dominates both the modern world and the apocalypse. 0Votes736.8kRecs355.4kFans
- 12 Qinglian Sword Tales 青莲剑说 The heavens and earth were born, chaos divided, and a green lotus entered the dust of calamity; In an age of great contention, where humans and demons survive, who dares ask who is supreme beneath the heavens? A green snake’s mouth, a wasp’s sting, what could be more ruthless than the human heart? With a sword in his heart, he ferries all living beings across; ruthlessness surpasses the deepest affection. 0Votes250.8kRecs111.7kFans
- 13 The Dawnwatch 守望黎明号 The protagonist is Lu Yuan: Lu as in the mainland, and Yuan as in distant. This is the story of how, relying on the Main God, he transmigrates through different dimensions and ultimately saves the immigrant spaceship Dawn, which is on the verge of destruction. The magnificent fantasy of Baldur's Gate, naval battles for supremacy in the Caribbean, the extraordinarily everyday world of Gensokyo, 0Votes738.5kRecs282.2kFans
- 14 EN My Spacetime-Traversing Smartphone 我的时空穿梭手机 When An Yang discovered that the phone he'd bought had been switched, his first instinct was to refuse to accept it. But then he found out that the phone could let him transmigrate across endless times and worlds: movies, TV dramas, novels, games... He couldn't refuse anymore! From then on, his life began to change. 2Votes274.7kRecs445.9kFans
- 15 Planetary Escape 星球逃亡 The apocalypse arrives. Earth veers off its orbit and gradually flies out of the solar system. Meteor showers strike the planet, and mysterious substances trigger the evolution of Earth’s species, ushering humanity into an age of advanced technology. Disasters erupt, including an ice age, shifting continental plates, and the Yellowstone supervolcano. Humanity is forced to build spaceships and flee Earth, only to discover during their interstellar journey that none of the events on Earth were acc 0Votes83.6kRecs172.3kFans
- 16 Interstellar Conquest at My Fingertips 随身带着星际争霸 When Tang Fang woke up, he had transmigrated 253 years into the future, to the Interstellar Age, where he became a cannon-fodder soldier on the front lines. He discovered that he had somehow brought along the bases of all three races from the real-time strategy game StarCraft II. Even more exhilarating, he could summon the combat units built in the game's virtual space. Zerg: Swarm Hosts, Ultralisks... Terran: Banshees, Battlecruisers... Protoss: Dark Templar, Carriers... Watch Tang Fang lead hi 0Votes404kRecs306kFans
- 17 The Hero's Creed 英雄信条 The banshee owner of the Misfortune Tavern really was a kind and considerate person. After downing a glass of Midnight, Tang Dun started complaining: Why, as a Templar Knight, did he have to lead a bunch of underlings from the forces of darkness? “Maybe if you occasionally pretend to be a Death Knight, you’ll get to meet the Forsaken Queen!” the owner offered insincerely, then snapped at the banshee maids who kept rubbing themselves against Tang Dun. “No one wants to deal with the undead all day 0Votes339.5kRecs249.9kFans
- 18 The Company That Monopolized Black Technology 黑科技垄断公司 How far can a private company go? Among the country’s top 500? Among the world’s top 500? Or can it transcend nations and become a world-dominating boss, like the companies below? Umbrella Corporation from Resident Evil, Weyland-Yutani from Alien, the United Earth Government from Dead Space, Gentek from Prototype, Vault-Tec from Fallout, Shinra Electric Power Company from Final Fantasy VII... Zhang Heng’s goal is to make his company one of them, or even more powerful! Maybe an ordinary person co 0Votes165.9kRecs266.9kFans
- 19 The Turmoil of the Qing Dynasty 乱清 A solitary lamp, A crescent moon hanging high, A beauty fair as jade, Rivers and mountains stretching for thousands of miles. A part-time guide at a small museum undergoes the most miserable transmigration in history. Returning from the dead and surviving against all odds, he vows to plunge the palace into chaos, topple the dynasty, and usher in an entirely new age, all by his own efforts Today I take up my mighty brush to rewrite the Spring and Autumn Annals. If the world is in such a state, wh 1Votes722.6kRecs312.6kFans
- 20 The City of Terror 恐怖都市 New reader group: 25567490. VIP group: 48170460 (send a screenshot showing you’ve bought all the chapters to join). Overnight, the rented room had become so decrepit. Dust covered the table, and the posters on the walls had grown old, yellow, and tattered. Their once-beautiful faces looked strange on the aged paper, like old monsters wearing terrifying smiles. Tattered cobwebs covered the walls, shrouding them like mist. The oranges and apples on the little coffee table had rotted and shriveled, 0Votes391kRecs307.9kFans
- 21 EN Starting from Transformers 从变形金刚开始 That day, I discovered I had become a robot in the Decepticon army. It all begins with Transformers! 0Votes146.8kRecs118.2kFans
- 22 Wheel of the World 轮盘世界 At the moment his life ends, Ye Zhongming returns to the afternoon ten years ago when the apocalypse began. Is this a blessing from Heaven, or another punishment? Does he really have to experience that cruel, freezing apocalypse all over again? Ye Zhongming decides to survive, for no other reason than the comrades who once shared life and death with him, and the beloved who never left his side! He also wants to find the answers. Why did countless wheels appear out of thin air, while tens of thou 3Votes877.4kRecs722.5kFans
- 23 EN Apocalypse: The Great Reset 末世大回炉 The apocalypse erupts, humanity faces annihilation, and Earth’s magnetic field suddenly shifts. Everything returns to the beginning, back to a primitive state. Apocalypse, here I come. 0Votes125.9kRecs232.2kFans
- 24 The Kingdom of Power 权国 Crows darken the sun, the setting sun is blood-red. In the chaotic Three Kingdoms era, iron hooves are my footsteps, arrowheads are my eyes. From dreamlike Jiangnan, where the land is a picture, to the windswept deserts of Xiliang, I will raise up the fallen Yellow Heaven. With a unique historical perspective and epic warfare, this story retraces the course of an empire’s history. “A continent swept by rising storms, kingdoms 2Votes415.6kRecs166kFans
- 25 Conquering the World 席卷天下 At the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, the warlords fought among themselves. How many heroic tales were merely struggles for power and profit, with the various sides attacking one another? They may have seen only the authority to decide life and death from a lofty position, but not the exhaustion of the nation's lifeblood. After the Sima clan usurped the realm, the War of the Eight Princes opened the gates for the northern tribes to descend south, and the Central Plains entered a dark age. Liu Y 0Votes254.8kRecs114.4kFans
- 26 EN Archmage of Stormwind 暴风法神 This is the story of a young man who transmigrates to Azeroth and, for the sake of love and justice (and to avoid becoming a Ghoul), braves any sacrifice (he can always run back to his corpse and revive). In search of lost justice and humanity (and his integrity), he keeps losing his integrity and picking it back up again. I’ve completed nearly ten novels, including "Shadow Throne", "Abyssal Slayer", "Overlord’s Spear", and "Flying Cloud Star Chronicles", totaling 2.75 million words. I’ve been w 3Votes1.1MRecs388kFans
- 27 The Super Merchant of the Apocalypse 末世超级商人 I'm just an ordinary merchant. My job is to trade goods between two different time periods. Food from the apocalypse is as precious as gold, so of course I'm not letting that go. Metals that are scarce in the modern world? In the apocalypse, you can pick up and haul as much as you want, until your muscles give out. What? An airliner in exchange for a ton of food? Bring me a fighter jet or a bomber, th 0Votes232.8kRecs668kFans
- 28 The Ultimate Zombie 最丧尸 [Wang Pao’s new novel, So Much for the Apocalypse, is now debuting on Qidian! Handsome guys and pretty girls, come join the fun!] I’m Pan Xiaoxian, and I’m feeding the zombies salt! A can of cola fell from the sky and hit Pan Xiaoxian on the head. In the spirit of thrift and frugality, he drank the “cola”, and thus became the only super soldier (zombie) in the world. From then on, he lived a blissful life of glorious insanity… 0Votes162.5kRecs162.5kFans
- 29 The Chinese Expeditionary Force in the War of Resistance 抗战之中国远征军 History has no what-ifs. But if history did have what-ifs... what would have happened if China's first expedition had not failed? Burma, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa... Stilwell said, "Boys, I'll lead you all the way to Tokyo!" 0Votes494.4kRecs284.3kFans
- 30 The Ogre's Gourmet Box 食人魔的美食盒 The Cookbook for Cooking People: 1. Find one or eight living people 2. Beat them 3. Keep beating them 4. Throw them into the fire 5. Eat them. 0Votes179.6kRecs118.5kFans
- 31 EN Azeroth: The Path of the Holy Light 艾泽拉斯圣光轨迹 In the twentieth year of the Dark Portal, life flourished, and shadows grew. Dick arrived in this world in a sorry state. He knew how turbulent its fate would be. That year, the Horde had begun to rise, while the Alliance’s glory still shone. That year, the prince of Lordaeron set out in search of Frostmourne. For whom did the songs of Theramore’s longing ring out? That year, ten thousand years of waiting remained steeped in sorrow, and the shadow of demons had already fallen over the world. Tha 0Votes139.8kRecs132.4kFans
- 32 Fan Jin's Ordinary Life 范进的平凡生活 Transported into the world of The Scholars, I become Fan Jin in his younger days. Ha, I passed! 0Votes151.9kRecs83kFans
- 33 Reborn as a Japanese High School Student 重生日本高校生 A story about someone reborn as a high school student... PS1: QQ Group, 777296658 (The old group is gone; this is the new one). 39Votes716.4kRecs368.6kFans
- 34 The Iron Empire 钢铁皇朝 An explosion during a top-secret experiment brought Xiao Ming to a parallel world resembling ancient times. In this hostile place, he was the least favored prince, and his fief was the poorest of them all. Fortunately, an item called a Technology Crystal Stone from the top-secret experiment had come with him, giving him the ability to advance the technology tree. So he began a leisurely life of farming and building industries in his fief. As for his unfriendly brothers and sisters, he always liv 0Votes439.7kRecs508.1kFans
- 35 Dark King 黑暗王者 Disaster struck. The world came to an end. The survivors were surrounded by walls of iron and steel, and established a new order within them… Lust for power, faith, and darkness seeped into one another, leaving layer upon layer of scars in every corner of the human heart. With the virus running rampant, what becomes of our true nature? “I don’t want to survive. I want to live.”, Du Dian … The author has written three apocalyptic novels: Terror Storm of the Apocalypse, Dark Civilization, and Rest 0Votes877.4kRecs602.1kFans
- 36 Hardcore Crisis 硬核危机 Lu Yuan has a USB drive containing more than a dozen movies. When he discovers he can freely draw objects from those movies and bring them into the real world, it seems like an incredible opportunity! But disaster follows close behind. The dangers caused by the mutated USB drive are gradually threatening the safety of the entire real world. 0Votes259.8kRecs200kFans
- 37 The Circumferential Warlock 环城术士 Shen Yan, fleeing from reality, stumbled into a magnificent fantasy world. 0Votes878.7kRecs231kFans
- 38 Chronicles of Unusual Monsters 异常魔兽见闻录 The Barov Family is a wealthy and mysterious clan of Arathor descent. Their vast lands stretch from Brill in the north to Southshore in the west, Tarren Mill in the south, and Caer Darrow in the east. Reborn into such a family, Carlos lives a happy, carefree life. In spring, he enjoys the attentions of three thousand maids at the lakeside fortress on Caer Darrow. In summer, he escapes the heat in the apple orchards of Tarren Mill. In autumn, he admires the falling red leaves in Brill’s maple gro 0Votes435.8kRecs277.8kFans
- 39 Welcome to Team BOSS 欢迎来到BOSS队 My name is Ouyang Jing. I transmigrated here, and I used to be known as Ouyang Ke. Because I transmigrated, I know a lot of secrets. Not only have I mastered Toad Skill, but I’ve also learned the Nine Yang Divine Skill and the Heavy Sword technique. Now that my divine skills are finally complete, I’m ready to propose to the Huang family on Peach Blossom Island. It feels like I’m about to reach the pinnacle of life. But who could have imagined that this world is actually a story controlled by the 0Votes407.9kRecs268.9kFans
- 40 Reborn as a Demon Hunter 重生之恶魔猎人 We belong neither to the light nor to the darkness. We walk along the edge. There is no glory to praise, no hymn to sing of us, only pride in our hearts. The Demon Hunter's Code: Preface 1Votes244.8kRecs221.7kFans
- 41 The Side Character's Revenge Across Infinity 无限之配角的逆袭 Every story has a protagonist, the darling of heaven and earth. The best things belong to them, and so do the prettiest girls. Every world has countless supporting characters, all existing to make the protagonist shine. Faced with the protagonist's overwhelming strength, they can only suffer as they offer up everything they own for the protagonist to choose from. Dare to take something that belongs to the protagonist? Sorry, a terminal illness is waiting for you, and an accident has its eye on y 0Votes283.8kRecs351.3kFans
- 42 The Bones of the Sin Domain Shall Reign 罪域的骨终为王 After transmigrating to another world, Rosen finds himself turned into a skeleton. Even more mysteriously, he has a System. Hold on, friend. What do you mean, Sword Soul? This skeleton looks like a peerless swordsman. It feels so real! “Rosen, the organization has decided that you will become the Sword Saint.” “...Should I recite a couplet or something?” Rosen is speechless as he reads the System’s quest. “I’m a skeleton, and you wan 0Votes114.4kRecs224kFans
- 43 When Dreams Awaken, Silence Lingers 梦醒细无声 Reborn to Dive into Dreams and The Southern Song Doesn't Cough are completed novels, and their characters are connected to those in this book, so you can read them together. From the end back to the beginning, Hong Tao has returned to the era before his first rebirth, but he has lost all the memories of his three rebirths and transmigrations. What would he be like if he had never been reborn, without the golden finger of his memories? During the surging tide of reform and opening up, would he st 0Votes569.6kRecs113.7kFans
- 44 Entering the Movies 进入电影 Lying by the Black Lake, as the wind stirs the willows at Hogwarts; Wandering the streets of New York, where the Avengers clash with a mechanical army; At the peak of Dongsheng Shenzhou, the Fairy Zixia smiles with innocent radiance; In plain terms: Would you rather watch a movie, or enter one? Completed: Hacker, The Grandmaster Profession Lord, Super Spiritual Spring, Crisis 0Votes157.1kRecs245kFans
- 45 EN Infinite Mecha Wars 机战无限 Prometheus, an infinite fortress in the interdimensional rift, a world of endless possibilities devoted entirely to mecha battles. As the only Earthling whose every stat is below 10, Xiao Ran feels the pressure. But with familiar storylines, familiar mecha specs, and familiar mecha parts, Xiao Ran believes he can defy the heavens. An infinite world of mecha battles, the mecha-battle version of an infinite world. (The second book in the mecha series. Mecha World is now online, so please show it y 0Votes771.3kRecs248.9kFans
- 46 EN Porter Between Two Worlds 两界搬运工 Travel freely between the real world and a fantasy world, quietly working as a transporter between the two realms. 0Votes648.2kRecs554kFans
- 47 My Little Kingdom 我的小人国 Synopsis: After Xiao Yu gained access to a tiny kingdom, he used his size and high-tech gear to throw his weight around there. Then he suddenly realized that, with the kingdom’s rare wonders and supernatural knowledge at his disposal, he had already led the real world astray... P.S. There are no supernatural beings in the real world. The protagonist alone practices the Dao and wields its powers. P.S. A new behind-the-scenes mastermind story in the “only I practice the Dao” vein, From Fishing Ent 1Votes879.4kRecs381.1kFans
- 48 City at the End of the World 终末之城 The apocalypse arrived. Without any warning, disaster erupted and swept across the entire world. Countless people died in the catastrophe. When the survivors opened their eyes again, they discovered that the world had been utterly transformed. Mysterious powers and terrifying monsters left humanity with only two paths: survival or death. People abandoned everything, hoping only to struggle through one more day in this cruel world. But for Feren, there was more to it than that. “I think they need 0Votes221.7kRecs135.1kFans
- 49 Dreams Are King 梦想为王 A story about a dream of football… Even at the bottom of the filthiest, darkest abyss, you must lift your head and see the dream shining in the light 0Votes1.1MRecs129.5kFans
- 50 My MCV and Doomsday 我的末世基地车 The apocalypse is coming, and Jiang Liushi unexpectedly obtains a piece of black technology that can modify and upgrade vehicles. Just scan a vehicle, and it can be upgraded right away. What, you think this is a minibus? Actually, it’s a super base vehicle that can plow through hordes of zombies and monsters, and even transform. It’s bulletproof and zombie-proof, and comes with a bedroom, kitchen, shower, and even a generator. The apocalypse is full of misery, but Jiang Liushi lives in comfort. 11Votes594.2kRecs546.4kFans
