Looking for Infrastructure-Building Stories from the Ground Up 求从无到有的基建文

1. 101 全 Global Survival: My Territory Is the Only Pure Land 全民求生：我的领地是唯一净土 Sang Zhi Ming桑枝明Modern Romance371k WordsCompleted [Global Survival] [Infrastructure Building] [Farming] [Strong Female Lead] [City Lord] The entire world is transported to another realm. From the start, everyone gets a small wooden shack, and they have to earn all their own resources. Some people are on islands, some in deserts, and others in primeval forests. They chop down trees to upgrade their wooden houses and stave off hunger with wild grass and berries. Those who survive for a month can summon their families to join them. While others ar 8.5kReads9.1Score812Shelves

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   This is a story about building an infrastructure from scratch. Five-year-old Prince Baili Jing arrives in his fiefdom with an infrastructure system, only to be dumbfounded from the moment he takes over. His fiefdom is desolate. The illiterate prince's most fluent words are "father," "elder brother," and "uncle." He starts using his charm and resource-gathering tactics to transform his barren and dilapidated fiefdom into a "paradise," and then embarks on a quest to conquer the world.

2. 102 抗 War of Resistance: Sending a Japanese Major to Meet Amaterasu from the Start 抗战：开局送鬼子少佐见天照大神 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Lao Ma, an armored corps veteran, is caught in a temporal mishap and transmigrates to 1941, a year engulfed in war, landing right in the middle of a Japanese encirclement. Gunfire erupts all around him as the enemy’s footsteps and battle cries close in. Stranded in an unfamiliar era without the modern armored equipment he knows, he has only his past combat experience and a soldier’s iron will. In this desperate fight for survival, Lao Ma begins an unknown journey of resistance. 7.3kReads8.7Score641Shelves

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   A rare and excellent article about war.

3. 103 穿 Transmigrate to the Middle Ages: Become a Manor Lord and Make a Fortune 穿越中世纪：成为庄园主发家致富 Lou Twenty楼二十Two Male Leads251k WordsCompleted A medieval fantasy farming story. Mu Qiao is a spirit born from a roadside weed. When he first took human form, an elderly couple found him and raised him as their child. He grew up in the countryside. He doesn’t have any special abilities. At most, he can make nearby plants grow a little faster and become a little more lush. One day, he wakes up and somehow finds himself transmigrated to another world inhabited by humans and beastfolk. And he’s a manor lord, too! He thought a medieval noble man 2.9kReads9.2Score495Shelves

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   It's a short story about two male protagonists focusing on infrastructure development and farming.

4. 104 铁 Iron-Blooded War of Resistance: The Spoiled Quartermaster Awakens a Divine Machine 铁血抗战：纨绔军需官觉醒神机 The Colors of Songcheng Fireworks宋城烟火色Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [“War of Resistance, 1937” + “Divine Machine System” + “Hardcore War Against Japan” + “Burma-Yunnan Front”] Every inch of land is soaked in blood! Antique shop owner Chu Yun transmigrates into Chen Jiaju, a quartermaster in the 69th Provisional Division. Though born a spoiled rich boy, he raises a force and joins the main battlefield of the war against Japan. Fighting alongside troops from all walks of life, they pit their flesh and blood against the Japanese army to the bitter end, turning ever 4.3kReads6.4Score308Shelves
5. 105 辐 Fallout: A Wasteland World That Begins in a Vault 辐射：从避难所开始的废土世界 Long-Lasting Memories of the Seasons季忆长久Sci-Fi & Apocalypse746k WordsOngoing In 2287, 210 years after the full-scale war waged by Earth's United Government, the world had become a wasteland. Long-sealed Shelter 111 quietly opened its doors. Meanwhile, in another world, Ji Ning was minding the counter at a convenience store. As usual, he was scrolling through his phone, reading the funny, entertaining messages in his chat group, when a group member who had been silent for a long time suddenly posted a link... 2.7kReads—Score195Shelves

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   The fourth catastrophe involves building infrastructure from scratch; you can check it out [send a heart].

6. 106 我 I Only Want to Be a Military Doctor, So Why Are You Making Me Empress? 我只想当军医，你们让我当女皇？ I'm Starving我超饿Ancient Romance965k WordsCompleted [Feel-good revenge + transmigration + System + medicine + nation-building + conquering a chaotic age + empress + cheat powers] Medical student Liu Yi transmigrates into a war-torn age. The world is in chaos, the imperial court has fallen, and ordinary people can barely survive. But she brought along her all-purpose doctor System. System: “I can give you medical equipment.” System: “I can give you medical books.” System: “I can give you an entire modern hospital.” System: “Your goal is to becom 6.1kReads9.5Score859Shelves

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   These books are all super good; I've been waiting for updates for so long! I also recommend "Regardless of Wei and Jin" from Jinjiang Literature City; it's very good. The female protagonist summons Earthlings to build infrastructure and fight for supremacy. You should try it, it's really good!

7. 107 战 War God Possessed: I Transmigrated to 1937 to Fight the Japanese 战神附体：穿越到1937打鬼子 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Urban1.4M WordsOngoing “As long as Hunanese remain, China will never fall!” During the eight years of resistance against Japan, the Nationalist government conscripted about 14 million people nationwide. Hunan contributed nearly 2.1 million, or 15% of the total. More than 600,000 Hunanese soldiers on the front lines were killed, wounded, or went missing. About 300,000 were killed, accounting for one-quarter of all Nationalist soldiers killed on the front lines, the highest death toll of any province. Over the eight yea 3.2kReads5.9Score205Shelves
8. 108 宗 My Sect Ordered Me to Marry, So I Activated an Infinite Exchange System 宗门强令娶妻，激活无限兑换系统 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [“Good-for-nothing’s comeback” + “System exchange” + “Marriage and growth” + “Play the pig to eat the tiger”] The sect orders an old man in his seventies to take a wife, and he activates the Marriage and Longevity System! A different kind of System, a different kind of thrill! While everyone else has to grovel to survive and grow, the protagonist insists on fighting back, soaring through the skies on his sword. Immortality is no longer a dream. 3.5kReads6.4Score333Shelves
9. 109 我 Building Things in the Tang Dynasty 我在大唐搞建设 Holding It拿着Ancient Romance563k WordsOngoing [Slice of Life + Farming + Infrastructure + Diary-Style Narrative + Comedy] A transmigration-to-the-Tang-dynasty farming and infrastructure story with an ensemble cast. There are more female characters, while the men are less distinctive. Many historical figures appear, and please forgive me if their personalities don't quite match their historical counterparts. 5Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   The following books are all non-romanceable. The first one focuses on infrastructure development leading to an empress's reign, involving cement, glass, and pharmaceutical factories. The second one features a female protagonist who is a landowner and sworn siblings of Li Shimin (Emperor Taizong of Tang). Starting from her estate, she elevates the status of women through trade and infrastructure development. The third one features a female protagonist who becomes a minister of the First Emperor, introducing modern technologies one by one. The First Emperor becomes a legendary emperor, and she becomes a renowned minister, her name etched in history. The fourth one features a female protagonist disguised as a man, now a county magistrate, building a cement factory and initiating the Industrial Revolution—you know what I mean. Basically, all of them aim to improve the status of women, with women entering official positions, engaging in commerce, and taking the imperial examinations. They can become all sorts of people—a daisy, a jasmine, an unnamed flower among thousands, or a vibrant bloom.

10. 110 被 The Hundred Officials Go Crazy After the First Emperor Hears Their Thoughts! 被始皇读心后，文武百官卷疯了！ Gu Qijin顾七堇Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Mind Reading + Developing the Qin Empire + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Infrastructure Building + No Romance + Everyone’s Favorite + A Cast of Smart Characters] The genius PhD Gu Lingxue woke up one day and transmigrated to the Qin dynasty! With a wave of her little hand, she decided to become an official! If she became an indispensable favorite of Qin Shi Huang, wouldn’t she be able to make the rules? Just as she was drawing up all kinds of development plans, she never expected Ying Zheng to hear 16.1kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
11. 111 开 From the Start, I Drew a Barren Field: I Rise by Slaying Insects 开局抽到废田：我靠杀虫逆袭宗门 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Cautious cultivation + farming + earning spirit stones + no System + no harem]. Important things bear repeating: this is a cautious cultivation story, a farming story, and the protagonist is the sort who will keep hiding and playing it safe until the end of time. If that's not your thing, please don't click in. The heavens collapse, countless realms sink into ruin, and all living beings are but ants swept along by the tides. Even the Supreme Immortal Emperor cannot escape the fate of being cons 2.6kReads—Score205Shelves
12. 112 全 Our Entire Sect Transmigrated to Ancient Times, and I Led the Rebellion 全宗门穿到古代后我带头造反 Celery Pork Dumplings芹菜猪肉饺Ancient Romance425k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + Farming + Infrastructure + Group Transmigration + Turbulent Times + No Romance] Mu Qing, a graduate of an agricultural sciences institute, opens her eyes to find that she has transmigrated into a baby’s body. Mu Qing, who has gone from the modern world to a cultivation realm and then to ancient times, joins her entire sect in launching a rebellion amid the chaos, pushing hard for an industrial revolution. With her Chinese roots awakened, Mu Qing figures: why not farm while 56Reads8.0Score—Shelves
13. 113 乱 A Lone Woman in Troubled Times, Plotting an Age of Prosperity 乱世孤女，谋千古盛世 Lingering Fragrance and Faded Powder旧香残粉Ancient Romance2.2M WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead + No CP + Empress + Ensemble Cast + Political Scheming + War + Power Struggles in a Chaotic Era + Nation-Building and Farming + No Spatial Storage or System + Slow-Burn Growth + Epic Length] Yun Huaijin suddenly became a "corpse" in a world torn apart by chaos. She crawled out of a pile of bodies, with only a child on the verge of starving to death beside her. In this world, nobles lived in drunken indulgence, powerful clans monopolized knowledge, bandits slaughtered withou 24.2kReads8.9Score3kShelves

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    "Planning a Peaceful and Prosperous World" 🔥 Tags: Strong Female Lead, Chaotic Era Infrastructure Building, No Romance, Power Intrigue, Hardcore Farming. Yun Huaijin, an amnesiac orphan, crawls out of a pile of corpses with only a starving child beside her. The world is utterly corrupt: nobles live in decadence, powerful clans treat knowledge as their private property, bandits kill without hesitation, and cannibalism is not just a legend. Everyone waits to see her die—until she raises her hand to forge steel that can cut through iron like mud, casually grows grains yielding thousands of kilograms per acre, and builds a city impervious to plague from the ground! Refugees kneel before her as a living bodhisattva, enemies fear she will become a wicked demon. The corrupt dynasty wants to cage her, and warlords want to seize her empire, but she is determined to overturn this rotten world: Unyielding, uncompromising, she uses her own abilities to carve out a peaceful and prosperous world from the ashes!

14. 114 叮 Ding! Crazy Amusement Park Is Live, and the Whole World Is Stunned 叮！疯狂游乐园上线，全球震惊 Mao Yuyu猫渔渔Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted “Ding! Your Crazy Amusement Park System is now online.” “Have you heard? That poor, remote Blue Star has built an amusement park. I hear it’s a lot of fun!” “I heard researchers visit all the time, too?” “So what? Even the mermaids from neighboring Water Star go in groups.” When everyone arrived at the amusement park entrance... “Y-you call this an amusement park?” There’s a roller coaster faster than a starship, a carousel that races around wildly both clockwise and counterclockwise, and every 555Reads8.9Score105Shelves

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    The book recommended by the poster is definitely the first one. Compared to traditional infrastructure-building games, this one has a grander scope and a fresher story (and it even includes an epilogue, so feel free to jump in! 😌). The second and third books have very novel themes, about building amusement parks, which can also be considered infrastructure novels. The fourth book has a cute little sister—you won't regret getting into it! The fifth book is about a teacher in interstellar space, with a powerful and beautiful female lead. The sixth book—you can tell from the title—is a high-quality read. The last four books are all very, very, very good, and worth reading twice. (Note: Don't be misled by the title "Transmigrated into the Male Lead's Mother in a Tragic Novel"—this book is very heartwarming!)

15. 115 天 The Heavenly Workshop’s Broken Axle: Building Infrastructure in the Qing Dynasty 天工折轴：我在大清搞基建 Brother Genzi根子哥Historical274k WordsOngoing Transmigrate into a convict sentenced to exile in Ningguta? No problem. I'm a modern engineer. I can clear mountains, build roads and cities, and strengthen the army. My skills let me do whatever I want in the Qing dynasty! With engineering, I'll usher in a golden age; with a broken axle, I'll decide the fate of the world. From convict to industrial magnate, all I need is infrastructure! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    From scratch, a purely ancient infrastructure text

16. 116 游 Amusement Park: People Fly Ahead, Their Souls Chase Behind 游乐园：人在前面飞，魂在后面追 March 9三月9Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Urban + System + Comedy + Scheming Countless couples are enjoying each other’s company on the Ferris wheel. Zhang Bei hums a tune and presses the red button. The Ferris wheel, suspended a hundred meters in the air, suddenly stops. Then it tilts sideways. Countless couples sitting in the cars are flung into the air, held only by a single rope. A few seconds later, the entire Ferris wheel spins like a rapidly whirling disc. The couples dangling in midair start playing a warm and wholesome game. On 4.7kReads9.4Score502Shelves
17. 117 退 I Leave the Party, Then Pick Up a White-Haired Saintess 退队，然后捡到白发圣女 Gou Dan'er苟蛋儿Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted “Two gold shields, and I'll entrust you with my life.” Reborn as the son of a serf, Benjamin fought his way up and successfully joined a hero's party, becoming an honorable little errand boy. Don't look down on the job of an errand boy. After one farewell dinner, he couldn't even keep that position. The party disbanded, and Benjamin went from lowly errand boy to lord of a wasteland. Nobody said graduation came with a guaranteed job assignment! Fine. Benjamin picked up the memories of his past li 39.1kReads8.6Score5kShelves

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    It's so good! It's really good, my favorite story about character development.

18. 118 三 The Three-Year-Old Cutie Villainess Survives by Being Adorable 三岁小奶团:反派她靠卖萌活命 Mu Huichun暮回春Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted (From the middle onward: light fantasy, mostly comedy + no angst throughout + doted on by everyone + the heroine really does have the mind of a three-year-old) After transmigrating, Gu Yuan Yuan became a three-and-a-half-year-old toddler. Her father wielded power over the whole realm, and her mother fiercely defended her. The only problem was that people seeking revenge on “Gu Yuan Yuan” kept appearing one after another, all of them reborn. The reborn big shots raised their banners, vowing to gr 1.7kReads9.3Score264Shelves
19. 119 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Conquered the World with a Nation-Building System 穿越后，我靠基建系统称霸天下 Escaped Salted Fish from Hell地狱在逃咸鱼Ancient Romance366k WordsOngoing [Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Transmigration + System + Nation-Building + Empress + Warring States + Cheats + No CP] Zhong Yun transmigrates into a starving refugee in a land torn by war, with a nation-building System thrown in as a bonus. Determined to live well, Zhong Yun gets to work on the path to power and unifying the realm. She crushes bandits, takes cities, controls prefectures, fights for the realm, and wins the people's hearts. Before long, the entire war-torn world is left baffled by Zho 872Reads8.0Score108Shelves

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    Infrastructure development, female-centric story, no romantic pairings, no ambiguous relationships, many female characters, highly recommended.

20. 120 小 The Little Bunny Becomes Queen of the Beast World 小兔子兽世称王了 Fu Fu Is Blessed福福有福Two Male Leads797k WordsCompleted Di Di has only just transmigrated to the beast world when the little tribe that took him in is wiped out, and he’s about to be stolen by a vicious beast to bear its cubs! Tsk, this world is terrifying. I need someone powerful to protect me. Hmm, this wolf who saved my life seems pretty good. He’s strong and handsome. Di Di, who has a thing for fluff and good looks, thinks, why not pick him? But the wolf he thought would protect him doesn’t have a high status in the tribe and is getting bullied, 368Reads8.7Score101Shelves

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    This is about farming and infrastructure building in the Beast World, starting from scratch to build a tribe. [Kiss][Kiss][Heart][Heart]

21. 121 穿 Transmigrating to Another World to Farm and Build 穿越异世之种田搞基建 Lai Li莱狸Two Male Leads679k WordsCompleted A dual-male farming and construction story. Farming is the main focus, with romance taking a supporting role. Slow-paced, with no golden finger. Lin Ye, a modern orphan, dies in an accident. When he opens his eyes, he has transmigrated to a savage world inhabited only by beastfolk and sub-beastfolk, and become a kitten-like sub-beastfolk cub on the brink of death after a natural disaster. A great calamity destroys the tribe, leaving the survivors displaced and fleeing for their lives. Xuan, a ti 48Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    A farming and infrastructure building story set in a beast world, featuring two male protagonists. There are no cheat codes; they build everything from scratch using their own hands and wisdom, gathering a group of hardworking refugees and developing them into a large tribe.

22. 122 在 Farming and Building Infrastructure in Ancient Times 在古代种田搞基建 Fu Fu Is Blessed福福有福Two Male Leads503k WordsCompleted A historical romance, two male leads, farming and infrastructure-building, and a story about making a living, set in an imaginary ancient world. Zuo Meng is the bottom, while Yuan Minze is the top, also known as Qin Zhuo. Through a twist of fate, Zuo Meng transmigrates into the body of a starving little beggar in another ancient world. A beggar’s staff, a dilapidated temple, and a chipped bowl: a hellish start. At last, he manages to survive by relying on memories of his past life to find medic 59Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 123 在 After Becoming a Professor in the Interstellar World, I’m Trending Every Day 在星际当教授后，我天天爆热搜 Tulu Kaye Tulu K吐露卡耶吐露kModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yu Yu, a wealthy woman from the cultivation world, transmigrates into the interstellar era. Losing her billions in family wealth is bad enough, but the System also saddles her with a trillion in debt. For the sake of her life, she puts up with it. Then the System tells her to become a teacher. For an eight-figure salary, with room and board included, she takes the job. She trains several top-tier big shots, and even the king of the beastfolk becomes her student. Yet she is still dirt-poor. Netiz 6.1kReads8.9Score579Shelves
24. 124 开 From the Start, I Transmigrated into a Deity Statue and Was Worshipped as a Goddess in a Year of Famine 开局穿成神像，我在荒年被奉神女 Frostlight of the Strange Moon异月霜华Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No CP] [Mountain God] [Infrastructure Building] [Transmigrators Helping Each Other] From the start, she transmigrates into the statue of a god in a ruined temple on a barren mountain. No problem: she’s also bound to a Godhood System! When Yu Luo gives a roasted chicken to a mother and daughter who have long been bullied, they become incredibly strong and turn the tables on their tormentors. The black soil she gives them makes crops grow at astonishing speed. Cotton, sweet potatoes, and potatoes 4.1kReads8.9Score371Shelves

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    This novel features a female protagonist who is the only true god in the world. It has a bit of an infrastructure-building element, a novel theme, and includes various protagonists who transmigrate, are reborn, and includes female leads, male leads, villains, cannon fodder... Basically a complete hodgepodge, all gathered on the female protagonist's mountain to carry out construction. I read it all night last night, finishing the latest chapter; it's quite interesting.

25. 125 疯 Can You Believe It? Chinese Culture Goes Viral Across the Stars 疯了吧，居然在星际科普华夏走红 Quietly Watching Tea暗中观茶Modern Romance444k WordsCompleted After Fang Nuo dies, she transmigrates to the stars. To get her bearings, she opens the StarNet and sees a trending topic #Ancient Blue Star People Eat Dishcloths Every Day!# What? After seeing the screenshots, Fang Nuo immediately posts an angry reply under the name “Flowering Rabbit”: “That's beef tripe! It's delicious!” Somehow, she becomes a master of studying ancient Huaxia civilization. With help from her chuunibyou System, she shows the people of the stars that Chinese culture is the real 1.4kReads9.1Score151Shelves
26. 126 化 Chemical Empire: A Reversal of the Times, Starting at the Design Institute 化工帝国：从设计院开始的年代逆 I Come from 2998我来自2998Urban555k WordsOngoing In this smokeless industrial battlefield, technology is the highest form of cultivation! With sixty years of memories at his fingertips, Lu Ran embarks on his path to 'chemical-industry ascension.' Starting from a run-down design institute with just thirty employees, he'll build a trillion-yuan empire on this barren land! Research career progression: Trainee Technician → Industry Leader → Head of a Multinational Conglomerate → Global Chemical Industry Pope! Development blueprint: Shabby Bungalow —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I can't help but recommend it, it's so good and packed with information.

27. 127 系 After Handing Over the System, the Stand-In Ascends to Immortality 系统上交后，替身她成仙了 Little Scull, Light Boat小楫轻舟Modern Romance624k WordsCompleted (Entirely fictional, so please don't compare it to anything. A light read; if you mind romance, this isn't for you.) Li Ziyin was treated as a stand-in by the men in her sister's harem, and everyone took it for granted that they could exploit the poor thing. By chance, she got a transmigration System and handed it over without a second thought! What's a harem compared to transmigrating for the nation? Now that's the bigger picture! But after she transmigrated, why did people keep treating her li 5.5kReads9.3Score495Shelves
28. 128 奋 Striving in the First Year of Hongwu 奋斗在洪武元年 Imperial Nobility天煌贵胄Historical2.8M WordsCompleted The good news: I transmigrated. The bad news: I transmigrated to the first year of Hongwu. Who else can relate? I, Young Master Yang, got press-ganged right from the start and became one of Emperor Zhu Chongba's proud wage slaves. 14kReads8.9Score863Shelves

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    The protagonist travels back to the first year of the Hongwu reign in the Ming Dynasty. He starts as a minor county magistrate and gradually helps his impoverished county become wealthy.

29. 129 穿 Transmigrating as the Welding-Warrior Emperor, I Join Hands with My Beloved to Secure the Realm 穿越焊武大帝，携手红颜定江山 Tan Baida谭百搭Historical291k WordsOngoing In a world torn apart by chaos, life is cheap, and from the start all you have is a pair of welding tongs that can shoot electricity? Lu Mingyuan: “If the world has fallen apart, I’ll weld it back together with my own hands!” Clear land and fertilize it → build an iron-walled fortress → found the Eternal Empire. The road to industrial domination begins! [Upgrade your territory’s buildings: ramshackle thatched hut → brick courtyard → steel fortress!] [Boost productivity: hand forging → hydraulic 10Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    From a humble refugee to a powerful emperor, the protagonist's confidence never stemmed from luck, but from his welding pliers and industrial knowledge. He transformed his territory from a dilapidated hut into an iron fortress, replacing manual forging with powered production lines, and conquering various factions with sheer strength to establish his rule.

30. 130 乱 Transmigration in Troubled Times: Don’t Tell Me to Pick a Side, I’ll Conquer the World 乱世穿越：别劝站队，我要定天下 Noob Nuannuan菜鸡暖暖Ancient Romance343k WordsOngoing [Infrastructure Building] [Farming] [No Romance] [Strong Female Lead] [爽文] [System] Jiang Zhao transmigrates into the chaotic Western Jin era and finds herself on the road fleeing famine. Before she can get her bearings, bandits descend to rob and slaughter at will. With no other choice, she raises her saber to protect the desperate refugee women behind her. To secure a chance at survival, she has to venture deep into the mountains. She clears land and farms it, builds waterwheels, weaves cloth 278Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a female protagonist's story about building infrastructure; all the main characters are female, and she develops her territory from scratch.

31. 131 汉 The Han Dynasty's Lone Light: My Life as Its Beacon 汉室孤光以此身 Yi Ru Zhao Yang义如昭阳Historical739k WordsOngoing (Ensemble cast, farming, historically grounded, political intrigue, war) In the first year of Yuanguang, as storms gather over the Han Dynasty, an ordinary modern man unexpectedly transmigrates to Pingyang in the Western Han Dynasty and becomes Huo Guang, still an infant. The glorious era of Emperor Wu of Han is about to begin. But he arrives with no System, no extraordinary stroke of fortune, and only the memories of a man from the future. Revealing his intelligence too early would bring disas 51Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Read this book; it won't break your heart, won't make you stupid, no romance, purely handwritten, and the protagonist is reborn as Huo Guang.

32. 132 穿 Reborn as a Farmer's Stepmother, I Take Three Kids to Conquer the Imperial Exams 穿成农家后娘，我手抓三崽冲科举 Years Like a Dream in the Clouds恍似云中岁月Ancient Romance180k WordsOngoing [Farming + adorable kids + imperial examinations + a touch of ensemble cast + a slow-burn, steady pace + sweet romance + devoted couple + doting husband] Lin Xiaoxi transmigrates into the body of a timid stepmother, with a wicked mother-in-law above her and three unruly children below. Should unruly kids be disciplined with a stick? No! They aren't bad kids, they just haven't had the chance to study! The eldest, Qin Yiche, is a troublemaking expert and the village's little tyrant, with strength 28Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Taoyuan Village from nothing to something

33. 133 幻 Survival Rules for Gensokyo 幻想乡生存法则 Eat Lianlian's Hat吃掉恋恋帽子Anime Fanfiction211k WordsOngoing [The rating is low because this just launched! All-female cast + gaming + construction + farming + alchemy + adventure + Eastern fantasy. Hope you have a blast reading!] Transmigration is risky: you start out in debt the moment you land! Building up another world? No, it's a burned-out office worker's fresh start! When she wakes up, the green-haired girl Wujing discovers that not only has she lost her memory, she's also landed in Gensokyo, a fantasy world teeming with youkai and governed by biza 1Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    These are all incredibly engaging novels about infrastructure development and farming! The first one to combine infrastructure development, alchemy, cooking, and farming elements, boasting a remarkably rich setting! The logic is sound, the gameplay is highly engaging, and it's definitely worth reading!

34. 134 穿 Reborn as the Abusive Novel’s Male Lead’s Mother 穿成虐文男主他妈 The Little Cat Fell Asleep小猫睡了Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted [Short story contest] [Foodie fiction] [A sweet little treat] Overnight, she transmigrates into a book with a baby in her belly whose father is unknown. On closer inspection, the baby turns out to be the male lead from the tragic novel she read before. He's a poor little thing whose father doesn't care for him and whose mother doesn't love him. Penniless, Ding Sha relies on her excellent cooking skills to become the food goddess of a construction site. Spicy diced chicken, cured pork with garlic 30.8kReads9.6Score3.7kShelves
35. 135 末 Random Stalls in the Apocalypse, Snapped Up by Every Major Base 末世随机摆摊，我被各大基地疯抢 Sweet Peach Cheese Iced Tea甜桃芝芝冰茶Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Female-oriented] [Apocalypse management + invincible, no romance + top-tier hotties + lighthearted] Natural disasters + zombies A food-focused business story. Not fully automated in the early stages! Not a superpowered heroine! * Xie Purou had just finished her last mission and hadn't even had a chance to enjoy herself when the System dumped her into the apocalypse. She has to draw cards just to unlock food? From the start, all she has is a run-down little inn and a food truck, and she has to g 19.3kReads8.8Score2.8kShelves
36. 136 儿 Son, Mother Wants to Be Empress Dowager 儿子，娘想当太后 The Conscienceless Little White Rabbit丧尽天良的小白兔Historical319k WordsOngoing (Climb the tech tree and build an innovative world) The Yang family is a house of loyal heroes, every one of them a paragon. After transmigrating, Yang Zongbao starts afresh in a new world. No longer bound by invisible shackles, he decides to live for himself. Striving for a plausible story. 58Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Let's start with the gears.

37. 137 幺 The Youngest Daughter, Changle 幺女长乐 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Miss Zhu Si’s rough fighting skills have always made her the laughingstock of the capital’s noble families. In everyone else’s eyes, that’s the sort of work meant for household guards. Zhu Changle, who considers herself invincible, isn’t ashamed of it. She’s proud. Not everyone can protect their own home, but she can! And then some! She’d even turn the whole capital upside down to protect it! Don’t believe her? Try her! 18.7kReads9.5Score3.1kShelves
38. 138 我 I, King of Dian in the Zhou Dynasty, Founded a Nation with Twelve Men from the Start 我，周朝滇王，开局带十二人建国 Summer Bugs Can't Discuss Ice夏虫虫不可语冰Historical190k WordsCompleted Zhou Yan, a modern man, transmigrated to the Great Zhou Dynasty and found himself in the great hall where fiefs were being granted. The Zhou emperor held back a laugh and said, “Zhou Yan, in recognition of your family’s service scrubbing chamber pots for three generations, I hereby appoint you King of Dian. I grant you ten commoners and two elite soldiers. Leave at once and go to Dian to found your kingdom!” 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    "Considering the meritorious service of your ancestors for three generations in cleaning chamber pots," the Zhou emperor's voice carried a clear hint of mockery, "I hereby bestow upon you the title of King of Dian, and grant you ten commoners and two elite soldiers. Depart immediately to Dian to establish your kingdom!"

39. 139 她 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 Warfires Stain All烽火尽染Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 107.4kReads9.5Score12.4kShelves
40. 140 当 I Arrived in the Cultivation World with My Online Game Interface 当我带着网游游戏面板到了修仙界 Shu Liang殊良Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted How can a powerless little support survive in the world of immortal cultivation? Should I make a fortune selling spirit weapons, talismans, and red and blue potions? Or start a sect, take in disciples, and build a support corps? Or maybe just latch onto a powerful backer and lie flat, becoming their dedicated healer? Waiting for answers online. It's pretty urgent. 27.3kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves
41. 141 邪 Evil God Expulsion Plan 邪神驱逐计划 Yingge Yeyuehua应歌夜月华Two Male Leads3.2M WordsCompleted [Female-audience novel, two male leads + apocalyptic MMORPG + ensemble cast + BL!! No female lead + strong leads + innocent-looking schemer + cunning lord + another world + farming and development + magic world + Call of Cthulhu-inspired elements, including original additions + mystery-solving dungeons + plenty of logical foreshadowing + a touch of mistaken deification + lots of worldbuilding early on, slow start, please be patient~ Not your typical mastermind-player story] A lighthearted, cheer 10.9kReads9.5Score1.5kShelves

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    This book is definitely worth more than 9.4. Most of Tomato's long novels are just padding the word count, some of which stray from the outline and lack logic. This is one of the few long books that I could keep reading. The writing style is humorous, the structure is rigorous, the plot is logical and progresses step by step, and the infrastructure, mystery-solving, and emotions are all well written. The world-building is creative, grand, and self-consistent, with no dull moments.

42. 142 重 Reborn in 1978: I Build Roads and Take Down the Village Bully 重生78，修路干翻村霸 Lord of the Purple Pavilion紫阁阁主大人Urban223k WordsCompleted [Industrial Infrastructure and National Strength + Period Drama + Building Wealth and Roads + Political Intrigue + No Romance] In his previous life, Lin Jianjun was a chief engineer specializing in roads and bridges. Reborn in 1978 on a stormy night, he found the road out of the mountains washed away and a local bully blocking the mountain pass to seize the food. The whole village had no hope of planting its spring crops and was already preparing to sell their daughters for food. After activatin 2Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 143 古 The Grand Princess from Ancient Times Is a Science Prodigy in the Modern World 古穿今，长公主她理科超神 Zombie Gu Gu僵尸咕咕Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Ancient-to-Modern Transmigration + System + Top Student + Strengthening the Nation] In her previous life, Chen Lingying needed only three thousand light cavalry to strike down the enemy's commander. The people of Great Zhou called her the Eldest Princess of Chen, with both reverence and fear. When she opened her eyes again, the princess who had stood second to none had become a modern high school girl. Mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology; The International Mathematical Olympiad, internatio 4.1kReads9.3Score682Shelves

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    Partial construction has begun, witnessing the rise of a new era!

44. 144 天 Surviving Natural Disasters: Everyone Protects the Slacker Lord 天灾求生，全民守护咸鱼领主 Really Speechless真真无语Sports545k WordsCompleted No romance + easygoing slacker + lord + territory building + everyone’s favorite + feel-good thrills + lighthearted On her way to jump off a building, Ci En is accidentally pulled into a disaster-survival game. She doesn’t want to survive, but her plans to end her life aren’t going anywhere, either. Her territory keeps growing, and the responsibilities on her shoulders get harder and harder to shrug off. Orcs, goblins, humans, and mushroom elves all start setting up neighborhoods in her domain. 10.8kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves

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    No romantic pairing, I absolutely love this kind of story where the people and lords work together to build up their resources.

45. 145 我 My Territory Is Still Too Well-Rounded 我的领地还是太全面了 Ning One Two Three宁一二三Sports410k WordsCompleted [Base-building game] + [ensemble cast] Lin Zhitang woke up to find that she had been kidnapped by the Will of Heaven from another world. Having never worked for anyone before, she became its employee, tasked with beating a real-life version of the “natural disaster game” and helping the Will of Heaven defeat the invaders who had taken the form of a game System. Only then could she return to her original world. Since that was the case, what was there to hesitate about? Lin Zhitang rolled up her s 1.8kReads8.4Score180Shelves
46. 146 灰 Graystone Blade: A Transmigrator's Nation-Building 灰石为刃：穿越者的基建 The Stray Cat Nobody Wants没人要的流浪猫Historical67k WordsCompleted Only when his cement workshops had spread across every province, his dams had protected millions of people, and his name could make officials at court sit up and take notice did Lin Yue understand: in this crumbling Great Jing Dynasty, building an empire did not necessarily require swords and warhorses. A sack of cement that could build cities, bring peace to the people, and stabilize the realm was enough. This is the legendary tale of a transmigrator who uses the ultimate tool of infrastructur —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A brand new book, fresh out of the oven, about an ordinary person who rises from nothing to something, without superpowers or a system.

47. 147 序EN Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 987.7kReads9.3Score121.8kShelves
48. 148 秦 Who's Best at Qin Dynasty Infrastructure? The Food System Is Here to Help 秦朝基建哪家强美食系统来帮忙 Yu Shuo予说Ancient Romance340k WordsCompleted Note: The female lead has no romance. The central idea of this story is the proper use of a food System: selling food, no; building infrastructure for the Qin Empire, yes. [In our country, "sir" is a gender-neutral form of address. The System has no gender, so it has been addressed with the neutral term "sir." If you think that because foreign men have been translated as "sir" in modern times, the word means male, and thus the System should not be called "sir," please avoid this story.] [As for 2.6kReads9.2Score321Shelves

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    I absolutely love infrastructure-building novels! Watching the buildings grow step by step gives me a tremendous sense of satisfaction! [Admiration][Admiration] These are my absolute favorites! They're so good!

49. 149 谁 Who Needs a Day Job? I Became a Tycoon with Trash from My Spatial Farm 谁家打工人靠空间农场垃圾成首富 The Green of Green Gables绿山墙的绿色Modern Romance537k WordsOngoing This novel has been adapted into a comic. The heroine only cares about making money! Making money! Making money! No needless fretting. [No CP] Lin Chu graduated from a junior college and spent years struggling in real estate, only to hit a slump in the housing market. She not only failed to make money, but was also fired after offending a coworker. She had no friends or social life, and her mother had taken the hundred thousand yuan she'd painstakingly saved. Now she could barely afford next mon 27kReads8.4Score3.8kShelves

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    The female protagonist goes from nothing to becoming the richest person on Earth.

50. 150 村EN There's a Cultivation Sect in the Village 村里有个修仙宗门 Alone in the Snowy River独掉寒江雪Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [Cultivation] + [farming] + [sect building] + [System] Original title: A Cultivation Sect in the Village Years later, Xiushui Village has gone from an isolated, impoverished little village to Xiushui City, a renowned metropolis on the Shifang Continent. It all began because this was where Lingxian Sect, the number one sect on the Shifang Continent, rose to prominence. This is the story of a group of country youths, their families, and their friends building a sect together and growing together. 18.9kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves

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