Independent System Web Novels & Stories

When Mia Carter is brutally sacrificed to a zombie horde by her cheating boyfriend Jason and her manipulative stepsister Sabrina, she dies cursing their names only to awaken 48 hours before the apocalypse strikes. Equipped with a newly awakened Spatial System that grows as she prepares, Mia wastes no time. She publicly exposes Jason and Sabrina, reclaims her stolen assets, sells her company for millions, and constructs an impenetrable underground bunker. When the outbreak hits her city earlier than expected, Jason is bitten and abandoned by Sabrina, leaving Mia to deliver his ultimate end. But as Mia builds a self-sustaining sanctuary to brave scorching heatwaves, freezing blizzards, and apocalyptic floods, Sabrina is captured by a rogue scientific organization and transformed into a sentient mutant "Zombie Queen." While Mia expands her space from a small storage locker into a thriving mini-world, Sabrina unleashes a terrifying, evolving zombie army. To survive the end of the world, Mia must rely on her growing abilities, her loyal allies, and her unstoppable space to defeat her mutated sister once and for all.

In my past life, I was naive. I trusted my husband, Leo, and my gold-digging stepfamily right up until the zombie outbreak hit and they threw me to the horde to save their own skins. I died screaming while they watched. Now, I’ve been reborn 30 days before the apocalypse with a system: an infinite dimensional storage space and a system that tracks the exact location and heartbeat of my betrayers. While Leo and my family scheme to steal my mother’s inheritance, I’m quietly selling off assets, building an underground fortress, and hoarding thousands of tons of hot meals, fresh water, and weapons. When the plague tears through the city and the dead begin to hunt, my family will realize their gross mistake against me. They’ll crawl through the mud, banging their bloody fists against my sdoor, screaming for mercy. And I’ll sit inside my warm fortress, eating a hot meal, and watch them rot.

Shot by her fiancé. Scapegoated by her sister. Torn apart by ice monsters in a -60°C apocalyptic hell. Cecilia Smith died clutching her bleeding wound while the people she loved stole her supplies and left her to freeze. Then she woke up. 30 days before the world froze over. This time, she isn't playing the sacrificial victim. Armed with her $5 billion inheritance and an Infinite Pocket Dimension System, Cecilia launches the most insane hoarding spree in human history: Trillions of calories of food—stored in perfect time-stasis. Millions of gallons of arctic fuel—siphoned into her private void. An impenetrable titanium mountain fortress—built by a lethal military titan who would burn the world for her. When the sudden global freeze hits, humanity descends into chaos. Her traitors freeze in the dark, starving and banging frantically on her blast doors, begging for a single grain of rice. Cecilia just sits warm inside her paradise, sipping hot coffee, and watching them freeze. “You threw me to the wolves,” she whispers. “Now beg.”

Her entire life, Victoria Edward learnt to be independent, unafraid, strong, a go getter. Fought to eat, to graduate, to live the kind of life she wanted. And she was satisfied living as she did. Till she slept one night and woke up in a fairytale-like world with dukes, princes and shifters, in the body of a younger, more beautiful woman. Only, in this world, shifters held all the power and humans were considered the weakest. However, women were prized for one thing above all else. Breeding. Glorified baby making machines, waiting to be claimed. Waking up in the body of Inara Bloomwood, daughter of Marquis Bloomwood who was raised to be honored and proud in her duty, she soon realizes she is destined to be claimed by a clan. There is only one problem. She refuses. Will she be able to fight against an entire system? Can she escape her fate? Or will she be the catalyst that will change everything?

After surviving the brutal apocalypse for ten years, hardened survivor Hayley Reid was betrayed by her base and unexpectedly woke up two weeks before the apocalypse began. Back in time, her useless father and stepmother were still pressuring her to give up her house for her brother and his newlywed wife. This time, Hayley didn’t hesitate to sell them the house for dirt cheap. While they celebrate this great deal, Hayley went crazy stockpiling supplies. With the help of the super base system’s overpowered perks, she built an unbeatable shelter. While everyone else was stuck in zombie chaos, Hayley relaxed in her fortress like she was on vacation. While everyone else struggled to find food, her dog enjoyed a full buffet every day. While everyone else risked their lives squeezing into crowded survivor camps, Hayley’s base stood as the strongest steel fortress in the whole world!

When Evelyn Hart realizes her boyfriend and stepsister have deliberately left her behind to be torn apart by the infected, she knows she has been betrayed by the two people she trusted most. But death is not the end. Evelyn wakes up three days before the apocalypse begins, with every memory of her previous life still fresh in her mind. This time, she refuses to waste a single second. A mysterious Spatial Sanctuary awakens inside her, beginning as nothing more than a tiny storage space. Unlike ordinary abilities, it can evolve. The more resources she gathers, the more powerful and expansive it becomes. With the apocalypse approaching, Evelyn quietly sells her investments, retrieves everything her enemies once stole from her, and disappears. While everyone else is still living normally, she builds a fortress beneath the city, stocking food, medicine, weapons, fuel, seeds, and everything needed to survive. Then the apocalypse arrives ahead of schedule. Her former boyfriend, Adrian Cole, is infected during the first wave and desperately seeks her help. But Evelyn remembers exactly how he repaid her kindness in her previous life. She leaves him behind. Her former stepsister, Bianca Hale, survives by joining a mysterious research organization searching for a way to control the infected. Instead of finding a cure, Bianca becomes their greatest experiment. Something inside her mutates, and something intelligent awakens. Soon, Bianca emerges as the terrifying Zombie Empress, capable of controlling and evolving the undead. As extreme weather destroys civilization, Evelyn’s Sanctuary evolves into a living underground world. But Bianca’s zombie army is evolving too. Now Evelyn must uncover the Sanctuary’s secret and face the monster her stepsister has become. Because this time, Evelyn did not return to survive the apocalypse. She returned to make sure her betrayers never survive it.

After losing her sense of direction in a life that no longer feels like her own, Reverie finds herself in a world she never knew existed. Beyond a mysterious stone lies Ardenvale, an ancient forest surrounded by folklore, strange creatures, and a quiet village called Ardelle. There, she crosses paths with Easton Sylvan, a local who knows the forest better than most and carries his own understanding of its old stories. With nowhere else to go, Reverie begins to build a life among unfamiliar faces, quiet forests, and a world far removed from the one she left behind.

She rejected her arranged fiancé for love. She never imagined the apocalypse would bring her back to him. Vanessa Sterling gave up her powerful family, her inheritance, and the man she was destined to marry for Ethan—the man she believed was her soulmate. She was wrong. After discovering that a failed experiment will unleash a deadly infection and bring civilization to its knees within six months, Vanessa rushes home to warn the man she loves. Instead, she finds him in bed with another woman. Heartbroken and furious, Vanessa walks away without warning him about the coming apocalypse. With the world about to collapse, she returns to the only place strong enough to protect her—the bunker of the father who disowned her. And waiting there is Adrian Blackwood, the fiancé she once rejected. Now, Vanessa and Adrian must fight through a world crawling with the infected while facing the feelings they thought were buried forever. Can Vanessa survive the apocalypse? Can she forgive the father she abandoned? And when the man she once rejected becomes the only person she trusts with her life... will she fall in love with her fiancé this time?

Dying in a trap set by her selfish husband, Bennett, taught Corinne one lesson: loving the wrong person will get you killed. When Corinne wakes up sixty days before the end of the world, she gets a second chance. She sells everything she owns, cuts off her ex-husband, and fixes up her grandfather’s secret underground shelter. She also brings back a special power called the Stillroom. It does not just store food and tools—it holds secrets from lost timelines. Partnering with Devon Cross, a smart survival leader, Corinne prepares for the coming disaster. But saving lives comes with a dark rule: every life she saves causes a new danger to happen. Survival isn't free—it demands a body count, and Corinne intends to make her enemies pay it.

Seventeen-year-old Maya lives in a city where your future is decided by a test on your eighteenth birthday. Everyone expects her to join the high-ranking Scholars, but Maya has a secret: she has been dreaming of things that haven't happened yet. When she accidentally predicts a major accident, she catches the attention of the underground Resistance. Now, she is on the run from the very people she was supposed to serve. She must decide if she wants to be a perfect citizen or the girl who brings the whole system down.

He locked the gate and watched the infected tear me apart. My husband stood on the safe side, eyes cold, and told me the truth with his final words: “You should have been the one who died that day.” He had always loved her. They even had a child together. I was just the wife who dragged him onto the last helicopter and left her behind. I died with his betrayal in my ears and his child in my stomach. Then I opened my eyes two years before the apocalypse. Same husband. Same mistress. Same soft, disposable wife they thought they still owned. But the woman who used to beg and sacrifice is already dead. This time, I will not save him. This time, I will not share a single resource. This time, when the world ends, I will be the one standing behind the locked gate… Watching them both beg.

Bound to Me A single mistake cost me my life. I thought death was the end. Instead, I woke up in another world as a child with a mysterious system bound to my soul. For years, it trained me for one mission. [Main Mission Unlocked] Bind with the Four Crown Kings. Destroy the Void Beast. Failure Penalty: Death. At nineteen, I receive an invitation to Noctis Academy, a prestigious school for supernatural elites. The moment I arrive, the four kings everyone fears become dangerously fixated on me. The cold king who refuses to kneel. The seductive king whose smiles hide danger. The silent king who watches from the shadows. The golden king whose warmth conceals terrifying obsession. Each bond awakens power sleeping deep within me. Each touch restores fragments of memories I was never meant to remember. Because I am not just a girl chosen by the system. I am the reborn soul of the Dark Queen. And the monster the world fears most—the ancient Void Beast—was never hunting me. It has been sealed inside me all along. As memories of my past slowly return, I uncover truths buried by time—truths about the queen I once was, the kings bound to me, and a sacrifice that changed everything. When the final seal breaks, I must make a choice: Save the world. Trust the four kings. Or surrender to the darkness. Because the greatest threat to this world… may be me.

Betrayed by the man she loved and abandoned to die in a world consumed by unbearable heat, Violet Ashford lost everything in her previous life. But death gives her a second chance. Reborn one month before the apocalypse, Violet remembers everything: the scorching temperatures, the collapsing cities, the deadly mutations, and the people who will do anything to survive. This time, she refuses to be helpless. Armed with a multibillion-dollar inheritance and the mysterious Genesis System, Violet begins preparing for the end of the world. She gathers supplies, builds an underground sanctuary, unlocks extraordinary abilities, and creates a settlement that can withstand the coming catastrophe. But survival requires more than supplies. As humanity descends into chaos, dangerous enemies emerge, mutations spread, and a ruthless scientist seeks to control the future of mankind. Violet soon discovers that surviving the end of the world is only the beginning of her battle. But she’s no longer the woman who died begging for help. Alongside Grayson White, a formidable man with secrets of his own and a powerful network, Violet will protect what is hers, build an empire, and fight for a future where no one can ever make her helpless again. Her cheating ex and his family will come begging. Her enemies will learn to fear her. And as the world crumbles around them, Violet intends to be among those who rise from the ashes—not those buried beneath them.

Emma was betrayed by the two people she trusted most—her boyfriend Daniel and her younger sister Lily. After surviving two brutal years of an apocalypse caused by the mysterious red rain, Emma is eventually killed by the people she once called family. Just when she believes everything is over, an Apocalypse Survival System awakens and sends her back thirty days before the red rain falls. Given a second chance, Emma decides she will never make the same mistakes again. She will prepare for the apocalypse, protect her parents, build a powerful and trustworthy refuge, and make sure Daniel and Lily can never betray her again.

Arya died alone on a cold floor being feasted by a hoard of zombies. Betrayed and alone, she is given a second chance at life with a new system. But not as a human. As a zombie hybrid. her body adjusts to the virus and becomes the only weapon that can survive the apocalypse and the only cure that can end it. In her hunt for revenge, she remembers what it's like to love, but will she allow herself to fall again? And will she sacrifice herself to save the very people who killed her the first time?

Betrayed by her husband and abandoned by her companions, she died as zombie bait because they considered her a burden who ate too much. Reborn one month before the apocalypse, she awakens a mysterious Shopping System and vows to rewrite her fate. She divorces her husband, steals whatever supplies she can find, and does everything in her power to stockpile food, weapons, and necessities before disaster strikes. This time, she will survive, grow stronger, and make every person who betrayed her pay. As the apocalypse arrives, the dangerous man whose weapons she once stole comes looking for her. He refuses to leave her alone, and despite his ruthless nature, he soon becomes smitten with her. As chaos consumes the world, the two are forced to stay together—and survival may be the one thing that brings them closer. Armed with her Shopping System and a burning desire for revenge, she will take back everything she lost—even if she has to tear through the apocalypse to do it.

Evelina Rosenthal thought death was the end of her story. Instead, Evelina woke up inside the world of a novel she once read—and discovered the cruelest truth of all. Evelina had been reborn as the villainess, the woman destined to be hated, betrayed, and eventually killed by the very people around her. Before Evelina could accept her fate, a mysterious voice echoed in her mind. SYSTEM ACTIVATED. Welcome, Host. Main Mission: Change Your Fate. Failure: Death. With knowledge of the original storyline and the mysterious System by her side, Evelina decides to rewrite every event that once led to her downfall. But changing the story proves harder than expected. Especially when Lucien Valemont, the cold and powerful Duke who was supposed to become her enemy, begins taking an unusual interest in Evelina. As Evelina uncovers forbidden magic, royal conspiracies, hidden secrets, and the true purpose of the System, one question begins to haunt her: Was Evelina truly given a second chance… or was the System the one that chose her fate?

Wanda Edisa is a great chef. She made customers cry with how good her food was. She uses nostalgia like it was the secret seasoning to her dishes. In a world where Mechahumans (half-mecha and half-human species) make up 97% of the world's population, making a restaurant that evokes human-exclusive feelings was Wanda's calling. So when a part-mecha writer who is a heir of a conglimerate company was left unimpressed in a birthday dinner, Wanda felt threatened and challenged. "Give me 30 days to cook for you. I'll make you forget half of you isn't human." This is the love story of Wanda Edisa and Eli Wright.

When Vespera Nyx discovers that her husband has stolen all her money and properties, she believes nothing could hurt her more. But he proves her wrong when he abandons her during the zombie apocalypse and proposes to her best friend, the woman she trusted like a sister. Left with nothing in a world filled with the undead, Vespera fights to survive. Before her death, she reads a novel about a woman who suffers the same betrayal during the apocalypse. The woman loses everything to her husband and best friend before being killed by the very people she once loved. But fate has a cruel twist waiting for Vespera. She opens her eyes again, only to discover that she has transmigrated into the very novel she was reading. Worse, she has become the zombie queen, a terrifying creature destined to be killed before the story ends. Then she discovers something shocking. Her former husband and best friend are also inside the novel, living new lives while repeating the same cruel betrayal. This time, Vespera refuses to become anyone’s victim. With the power to command the undead, she begins building an army of zombies stronger than anything humanity has ever faced. Those who once stole from her will soon learn what it means to lose everything. Her enemies believe the undead are mindless monsters. They are about to discover that their greatest nightmare has a name. Vespera Nyx. And the Zombie Queen has returned for revenge.