
by Endless Sleeper
The apocalypse didn’t kill him. It recruited him. When a teenage boy is caught in the first wave of a zombie outbreak, he expects to die like everyone else. Instead, he wakes up, transformed into a zombie. Driven by a gnawing hunger and instincts that force him to hunt the living, he unwittingly becomes a pawn of the Undead Empire. But unlike the mindless shamblers around him, he has been chosen by a mysterious system, one designed by the Undead Empire to raise elite zombies into front-line officers. Having invested in his intelligence stat, he gains the ability to control other zombies and is on the path to becoming a [Horde Master]. Meanwhile, Aegnor, the necromancer sent to conquer Earth by himself, is doing everything he can to completely eradicate the magic-less humans. A true powerhouse who took part in several successful world invasions, he means to test the collective powers of Earth. Can humanity stop him? Or was everything lost as soon as he reached Earth? What to expect - Crunchy LitRPG - Double POV (The story follows two main characters) - Chapters length 1500 to 2500 words - Systematic destruction of the human race - The system is only available to the invaders - Not a harem story Schedule: Tuesday, Friday
Current
8/11/2026
Peak #4
51d
Current
8/11/2026
Peak #3
51d
#9
7/3/2026
Peak #4
38d
#8
7/3/2026
Peak #3
38d
#7
6/24/2026
Peak #22
9d
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Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#5997 of 12,138 · 5947 below RS #50
By genre
beats 83% of similar stories
beats 45% of similar stories
beats 93% of similar stories
Firing on all cylinders
Traffic and conversion are both strong for a story this size. Readers are finding it and sticking — if Rising Stars is the goal, this is the moment to push.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
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