Surviving the Dark Forest: How Do You Play with a Blank Slate from the Start?
黑暗森林求生，开局白板怎么玩？
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- 498k Words
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- Sci-Fi & Apocalypse
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- From the Start, Everyone Had the Same Blank Slate. Find the Difference Yourself开局都是白板，差距在哪自己找Alternate title on Fanqie
- A Catastrophic Start? Rebuilding Civilization in the Dark Forest天崩开局？我在黑暗森林重建文明Alternate title on Fanqie
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Looking for Something Truly Excellent. It’s Been Ages Since I Found One
I came to Tomato Novel just to read Slay the Gods. Since finishing it, I haven’t found anything else worth reading. Lately, I haven’t felt much like reading.
Survival Stories: Are There Really None Rated Above 9? Prove Me Wrong!
Heh.
Looking for Masterpieces, but Not Anything on the Recommendation Rankings
Don't recommend anything where the protagonist's surname is Ye or Ling, where the protagonist has a cute little sister, or where the protagonist is a bleeding-heart do-gooder. In short, no stupid novels. The darker and more ruthless, the better! Kill, kill, kill!!!
The Male Lead Is a Pioneer: He Was Among the First to Experience the World’s Mutation, Like The First Sequence
Book Recommendations These Days Are Starting to Sound More and More Like Paid Promos. Looking for Genuine Recommendations...
I want something with a fresher premise. I’m tired of seeing the same old formula over and over. Please recommend something...
Looking for Stories About Everyone or the Whole World Surviving, With Survival Systems and Upgrade Boosts
I've pretty much read all the ones currently available.
New Writers Are Seriously Good These Days. Recommend Some Awesome Books
I don’t spend long reading novels on my phone. I used to read ebooks, and I’ve been a bookworm for five or six years.
Everyone Transmigrates, Fights for Territory, and Levels Up by Killing Monsters
Beginners Stay Out, 2,000+ Hours Required
No amateurish writing. Ideally one heroine, and preferably mature content. A System is fine if it plays only a minor role.
Seasoned Readers, Come On In and Swap Book Recommendations
For the most demanding readers suffering from a book drought. Beginners, stay away.
Humanity’s Survival: Keep Upgrading Your Base
Recommend Some Online Gaming or Slow-Building Survival Stories with Fewer Clichés and Less Face-Slapping
I'd like something without showing off and face-slapping, provoking everyone, or getting hunted by some ridiculous guild. Just a protagonist slowly building up, making a little money, having drinks with friends, running dungeons, and enjoying life. Definitely no starting off burdened with the destiny of saving the world. Just an ordinary person.
Everyone Has a Class, One of Them, A Vast World
A Big Collection of Novels About Building, Survival, and Management
Any genre is fine. I’m okay with protagonists who are birds, beasts, demons, monsters, or anything else.
Building a City in the Apocalypse, Growing the Population, and Returning to Normal Society
Building a city on the surface in the post-apocalyptic world, invincible from the start [technology + supernatural powers]. One female lead!
In Apocalyptic Survival Stories, There Are No More Masterpieces. Prove Me Wrong!
Looking for Mass-Participation Stories, No System. Online Games Are Fine Too! Come Quickly
The protagonist should develop normally at first, progressing from tribal society to the feudal era, and be intelligent.
Looking for Survival Novels Set in the Ocean, Forests, or Underground Caves, with a System and No Harem
Looking for Stories About Multiplayer Survival Games
All of Humanity Is Transported to Another World and Fights to Survive.
Books where all of humanity transmigrates to another world and has to build its own shelter and upgrade its survival fortress.
Survival Stories Set in Dorms, on Rafts, at Sea, in Cabins, or on Trains
Looking for books like National Survival: From the Start, I Get the Only Unique Talent.
Ocean, Elevator, Space... Any Kind of Survival Story Is Fine
Recommend Great Historical-Era Supernatural Horror Stories With Evil Spirits and Monsters Roaming the Night
Note: No modern-day setting, no musclebound protagonist, and no harem.
Looking for Novels About Descents, Fusion, and Everyone or the Whole World Getting Involved
Modern urban cultivation, livestreaming, anime-style abilities, the apocalypse, and a System.
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If you can maintain the pace and keep writing consistent, with a solid 8.5 Rating later on, and considering this book probably wasn't on the recommendation list, which is why not many people have seen it, there are only minor flaws in the beginning that make it a little strange to read, and some readers might not understand it completely. But it gets really good from the "quagmire" part onwards! 👍 If you keep this up, this book is highly recommended! 👍
The book is good; it's written with care and isn't one of those mindless, buy-low-sell-high survival novels. It was poorly written and the ending was uninteresting.
The Dark Forest is a story about professions, the spark of civilization, and racial conflict. The protagonist initially acts alone but gradually builds a team later. The core premise is that the spark of civilization can suppress physical mutations, which aligns well with the general theme of survival stories – many hands make light work.
It still has a lot of potential, similar to "White King's" novel, but with fewer plot twists. I hope the author keeps it up; it's a very promising book. However, the prerequisite is that the author must consistently update; otherwise, the number of readers will definitely drop if there are fewer requests. I hope the author plans accordingly.
It's good-looking, the skill system is also good, and it has a complete world view. As long as some brainless villains don't appear later and the protagonist's intelligence remains consistently high, I will continue to follow the updates. One minor flaw is that none of the more named villains have died.
It's very novel, I really like it, and it's well-written. However, in chapter 78, he mentions the character obtaining the profession of Arcane Mage, but after that, there's no further information about the Arcane Mage, no inherited skills, and nothing is mentioned.
Did the author jump over from another site? Is this a secondary account? This writing style doesn't seem like that of a newbie. The writing is indeed quite interesting, the plot is excellent, the prose is superb, and there's very little AI intervention.
This book surpasses 99% of Tomato's survival novels. It was worth searching for it late at night; I finally got a gold medal! The plot is slow-paced and survival is tough, but it's definitely worth reading. I hope the author updates quickly, and if possible, could you revise the synopsis, like that post-apocalyptic survival novel, clearly stating "slow-paced, survival"? That might improve its performance faster. 🙂
It's not bad. I personally like lone wolves, but given the current "fire seed" concept, it seems the game will lean more towards a team-based format later on. Overall, though, it's alright.
It's a good read. The protagonist isn't mindlessly powerful; instead, he grows stronger through his own efforts. The book features a vast world, conflicts between different human and alien civilizations, the darkness of human nature, and the mutual support and growth among comrades.