Looking for City-Building Stories With a Tower-Defense-Style Focus on Building Defenses 求那种城池建设类，和塔防一样的模式，建设防御

1. 1 在 Surviving the Nightmare World 在恶梦世界惊悚求生 Lu Jianyi路剑一Mystery4.2M WordsCompleted In the Nightmare World, chosen candidates arrive to face a brutal elimination game where the last one standing wins. Here, you'll encounter all kinds of monsters and demons, strange and beautiful scenery, and heartwarming little stories. You'll walk on the edge of life and death. You'll face all sorts of trials and tribulations, but also gain talents, skills, equipment, bloodlines, pets, fortuitous encounters, legacies, and more... You'll even have a little wooden cabin. Develop it carefully, an 29.9kReads8.7Score2.5kShelves

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   The first book is one I've been following for a long time; it's a really good book, and those who like simulation games should check it out. The second book is the kind where you build a base and develop it slowly, and it has some interesting plot points occasionally.

2. 2 末 Apocalypse Game: Buying the Whole World from a Subway Station 末日游戏：从地铁站购买全世界 The Chasm of Desire欲望鸿沟Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted [Apocalyptic survival + cities + upgrading hideouts + no female lead + decisive and ruthless + disaster survival] The apocalyptic game has arrived. Disasters are striking all over the world. Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, extreme heat, viruses, bitter cold… In just six months, Blue Star's population has fallen by 80 percent, and civilization has nearly collapsed. With no other choice, humanity must enter the apocalyptic game and take on survival challenges in the hope of staying alive. Fortunat 23.2kReads8.7Score1.9kShelves
3. 3 全 Global Survival: Starting with Building a City 全民求生：从建造城市开始 Dreams Are Just Over the Horizon梦想就在天涯Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.1M WordsOngoing Survival, data-driven, tower defense, no female lead. The animated comic "A Star-Gazing Tower from the Start" is now available. Everyone transmigrates. Is it a plot by the ancient gods, or a joke by the Creator? Survive, clear away the fog, and seek the truth. Combine different buildings to protect our home. Gods, if you have something to say, say it to my city!! 107.7kReads8.0Score11kShelves

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   Despite the low rating, the content is actually quite good. It's just that it doesn't get much exposure, so not many people know about it, and the rating doesn't go up.

4. 4 领 Lord's War: The Civilization Game Descends into Reality 领主争霸：文明游戏降临现实 Qingshui 541青水五四一Sports1.5M WordsOngoing (Maybe this isn’t quite a lordly novel, but it is one, too... Well, maybe it’ll be an interesting story.) Sometimes I wonder what a lordly novel would be like if it were more realistic, a little more “sci-fi,” and a little more different. This is that kind of book. Welcome to my story (crossed out). Welcome to the story of a super mash-up. Note: The first 120 chapters aren’t very well written, so feel free to skip them! If you like reading dungeon arcs, you can just read those! The “lords compet 19.9kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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   I highly recommend these three novels, especially the first one, which I personally love. The third one is arguably a lord-themed novel, but I found it particularly enjoyable.

5. 5 领 The Lord's Handbook for Raising Witches 领主的魔女饲养手册 Yong Ming雍名Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted After numerous nobles conspired to accuse him, the highly decorated Farah Gago had the earl's title he was supposed to receive stripped from him. The king tossed him a low-ranking baron's title as if he were throwing a beggar a coin, and granted him a fief in a remote mountain region. It was a title in name, exile in truth. Farah accepted without hesitation. The moment he agreed, the useless System finally entered its second stage. "Faction bound: Baron Gago's domain" "Enemies killed after the f 2.2kReads8.1Score180Shelves
6. 6 亡EN The Necromancer Supreme 亡灵大法师 Imperial Armored Cavalry帝国具装骑兵Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [Fantasy + D&D + mage + no saintly heroine + ruthless and decisive + thrilling combat] Standard version: From the moment he awakened his supernatural powers, Huo Ling knew his path lay ahead of him. Would he choose to be a hero, or a villain? He could fight gnolls in a fortress or plunge into the Nine Hells and consort with devils. He could cut off the head of an Abyssal Lord in the Bottomless Abyss, or conquer Heaven and make the gods bow. Looking back, he realized he had already reached the su 61.1kReads9.1Score5.8kShelves
7. 7 星 Astral Lord: Beginning with a Lich’s Legacy 星界领主：从获得巫妖传承开始 Call Me the Sleep God叫我睡神Sci-Fi & Apocalypse463k WordsOngoing Lord-building + the Myriad Worlds + gradual development and farming + undead + planar wars This is a slow-burn novel, and the early pacing may feel slow. Gu Yan transmigrates to an era that began ten thousand years after the Chaos Invasion, when the Myriad Worlds were shattered and the surviving races and factions began exploring the Astral Realm. History calls it the “Age of Astral Exploration.” By merging a plane core into a fragment of a plane, one can give birth to a simple world spirit and 14.6kReads6.3Score1.6kShelves

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   Farming novel, not bad.

8. 8 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.5kReads9.7Score69kShelves

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   Those who enjoy building and defending cities should check this out! The protagonist builds a tower defense base under the dark rules, cultivating immortality while fighting off beast tides. I stayed up all night to watch the next episode.

9. 9 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score183.1kShelves
10. 10 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.6kReads9.6Score22.9kShelves
11. 11 说 You Said It Was a Battle for All, So What Do You Mean by Setting Up a Monopoly? 说好全民争霸，你搞垄断什么意思 World-Destroying Emperor灭世大帝Urban1.9M WordsCompleted (The print edition has been published under the title The Final Ownership Era) [The Ultimate Owner] [Synopsis: The stars are my candlelight, the orbits my sash, and civilization my game board. It is my mercy that lets all life flourish in my garden, where no one has to measure each breath in money.] Like millions of others, Ling He was unexpectedly pulled into a war game. Outside, countless races watched hungrily. Within, humanity schemed against itself. Some wanted to become emperors, standing 56.7kReads8.8Score6.4kShelves

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    A city-building game where everyone becomes a lord. The male protagonist becomes a lord, builds his own city by clearing levels, and uses the resources he earns to expand his city, gradually becoming invincible. It's super good and I highly recommend it (five stars).

12. 12 哥 Goblins in Another World: Conquering with Guns, Cannons, and Swords 哥布林与异世界，争霸枪炮与刀剑 Ah, Life啊，生活Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsOngoing [Western fantasy, goblins, conquest, Mount & Blade System, tech-tree progression, Total War] Li Qinwu transmigrates into a goblin and gains the Mount & Blade System. He recruits soldiers, upgrades fortresses, climbs the tech tree, fights in World War I and World War II, colors in the map, rules the world, and enslaves all races, giving this world a gritty feel. 104.8kReads9.1Score14kShelves

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    Although I'm not good at saying anything complimentary, you can tell how good it is just by looking at my reading time and his rating.

13. 13 移 Mobile City: The Divine Resource Wholesaler 移动城市，神级资源批发商 Parentheses Laughing括弧笑笑Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Raved about by ten thousand readers | One million following the updates | Ten million currently reading!] [Lord-Building] [Overwhelming Power] [The stats are still professional] [From Chapter 78 onward, the protagonist can print unlimited money] [A beacon-of-civilization story! (Elementary schoolers who want to see the protagonist act like a ruthless doomsday human trafficker, stay away)] (The novel's theme song, “Alliance of the Singularity,” is now available on all platforms.) All of humanit 167.2kReads9.2Score13.5kShelves
14. 14 领 Lord: Think I'm Poor? Go Tell My Army 领主：我穷？和我的大军说去吧 Jun Xian Fou君羡否Sports745k WordsCompleted [Everyone Becomes a Lord + Rivalry Among the Myriad Races + War-Focused + Scheming Protagonist + Early Mount & Blade Elements + Later Warhammer 40K Elements] [Warning! The later parts lean heavily into Khorne and may be disturbing!] When Shen Yu wakes up, he is about to enter the battlefield of the myriad races' lordly competition. In his panic, he discovers that his lord talent is: [War Fever][SS] [Your people are extremely enthusiastic about war] System assessment: The people have gone mad. Ma 5.8kReads8.5Score442Shelves
15. 15 历 Historical War of Nations: The Yellow Turban Rebellion from the Start 历史国战：开局黄巾起义 Lazy Fish Never Turns Over咸鱼丶不翻身Urban1.8M WordsOngoing (History + nation-versus-nation war + famous generals + livestreaming + national destiny + political scheming + passion) The historical nation-versus-nation war begins. Having lost its historical records, Huaxia forfeited the initiative and spent twenty years mired on the battlefield, losing all its accumulated strength. Li Chen, who transmigrated here, is inexplicably chosen as the sixteenth contestant. Bearing the name of Huaxia, he enters the battlefield to fight for a glimmer of hope. Lookin 70.5kReads9.0Score5.7kShelves
16. 16 血 A Bloody Fight in Songhu: From Drawing a Police Station to Commanding a Million Troops 血战淞沪从抽到警察局到拥兵百万 Potato Hero土豆勇者Urban727k WordsOngoing [From the start at Songhu] [Defend Jinling] [Later battles on the main front] [Mass troop deployment] [Lucky draw System] [TV and movie worlds] (The low rating is because the book has only just begun. The author already has a million-word resistance-war novel rated 9.0 as a guarantee of quality. This isn’t a beginner’s story; readers should have some military knowledge. There won’t be a sharpshooter single-handedly killing a hundred Japanese soldiers from over 800 meters away.) Veteran Fang Mo t 1.4kReads9.0Score168Shelves
17. 17 从 From Toddler Prince to Sovereign of All Under Heaven [Infrastructure] 从奶娃诸侯王到天下共主【基建】 Peach Creek Wilds桃溪野Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing Original title: From Infant Prince to Ruler of All Under Heaven: Infrastructure Building [Feel-good power fantasy + adorable toddler from the start + gaming cheat + infrastructure building + farming + war + family and country + cute pets + romance?] [Serious Synopsis] If you come from across the sea and travel west, you will eventually find a prosperous city unlike anything in this world. It is the fiefdom of His Highness, the Prince of You: Youzhou. At the end of the dynasty, the land is strew 171.9kReads9.3Score18.7kShelves
18. 18 领EN Lordship: Starting as a Pioneer Knight 领主：从开拓骑士开始 As Long as I'm Happy, Nothing Else Matters快乐就行其他无所谓Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsOngoing (Farming and slow burn) At eighteen, when he came of age, Weilin chose to become a pioneer. With aid from his family, he set off for the frontier to develop new territory. Step by step, he would eventually reach the very top. 78.3kReads9.1Score6.2kShelves

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    🍀City building: The first book isn't about awakening a lord; the first few dozen chapters focus on joining a team, fighting your way to the top, seizing opportunities to conquer your first territory, and simultaneously amassing troops to conquer more cities. 🍀The second book is about everyone becoming a lord; the protagonist awakens an SSS-level talent, allowing for unlimited troop production. If it weren't for food limitations, he probably could have dominated the land immediately.

19. 19 领EN Lord's Path: Starting from a Small Island 领主之路：从一座小岛开始 Three Cigars三杆烟枪Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted What do you think nobles are like? Dignified, loyal, disciplined, brave? In reality, they're the filthiest maggots alive, bloodsuckers clinging to humanity. They're vile and despicable. They deserve to die, to be cast into hell and made to keep the demons company. But the tragic truth is that nearly every human on the continent of Shengnuo dreams of becoming a noble. The renowned scholar Santiago Trelleis died in his own home the day after making these world-shaking remarks. When Santiago wa 12.2kReads8.0Score1kShelves

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    These three books are superb

20. 20 战 War Lord: King of All Races 战争领主：万族之王 Chu Yi楚逸Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsOngoing Western Fantasy + Lord + Farming + War + Slow Burn. After transmigrating to another world, he becomes the militia captain of a frontier settlement. With only three hundred elderly people, women, and children at his command, how will he survive in the perilous wilderness? Watch as the protagonist advances step by step, rising from a humble militia captain to a knight, city lord, count, and ruler, making his way to the top in another world. Years later, the great King of All Races delivers a speec 72.5kReads9.3Score6.9kShelves
21. 21 穿 Transmigrated to the Post-Apocalypse, and the Troll Wants Meat 穿越末世，巨魔要吃肉 Smelling Roses with Eyes Closed闭眼嗅蔷薇Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsOngoing [Awakening in Another World + Decisive and Ruthless + Lordly Conquest + Darkness Descends + Multiple Races (Succubi, Snake Women, Fox Women...)] Earth is hit by a dimensional reduction, downgraded to a two-dimensional world and turned into a block of data merged into another world among the Myriad Worlds. Some people survive by all sorts of means and methods, and establish organizations. Luo Shanhai is one of the survivors! But by then, Luo Shanhai no longer goes by that name. He is Shakesi Miya 18.6kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves

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    I haven't read many tower defense novels, but I'll recommend two that I like. The first is a Western fantasy lord novel that took a year off and just came back from a revival round. You'll know what the second one is after you read it.

22. 22 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 711.1kReads9.6Score100.9kShelves
23. 23 我 I'm the Only Living Person in This Apartment Building 我住的这栋公寓，只有我是活人 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士9k WordsCompleted I'm the only living person in the apartment building where I live. 4.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    These two pieces are truly masterpieces!

24. 24 活 Living Sacrifice 活人祭祀 Black Armor Warrior黑甲武士9k WordsCompleted Living Sacrifice 1.3kReads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 恐 Terror Era: Starting as a Tomb Keeper 恐怖时代，从成为守墓人开始 Ghost God Yama鬼神阎罗Mystery3.2M WordsOngoing [Reborn] + [Eerie] + [Underworld Official Ranks] + [Ghost Control] + [A Little Farming] + [Tomb Construction] An era of terror descended, and a death game began. This was a world where ghost controllers and the eerie coexisted. In his previous life, Chu Qing had been on the verge of becoming the First-Rank Underworld Official, King Chujiang. He was reborn in the future, back to the very beginning of the eerie era. The old rules were on the verge of collapse. Who would rule the dark dawn? Chu Qin 88.9kReads8.9Score7.8kShelves

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    These are all books about building bases.

26. 26 宿 Dorm Survival: I Was Pulled into the Management Chat 宿舍求生，我被拉进了管理群 Rolling Eggs翻滚的蛋蛋Mystery4.7M WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow + no saintly heroine + System + survival + satisfying read] When Chen Bei woke up, he found himself in a dormitory survival game, bound to a dorm room. During the day, players had to venture out to gather supplies, grow stronger, and fortify their dorms. When night fell, all kinds of eerie and dangerous creatures appeared. The only way to survive was to hide inside the dorm. People and their dorms lived or died together! Unlike the others, Chen Bei had gained access to the game's 105.7kReads8.9Score8.6kShelves
27. 27 种 Growing Cursed Plants to Survive: Cultivating an Evil God After Reaping Death 种诡求生，从死亡丰收后种植邪神 Flower God Ye花神叶Mystery3.8M WordsCompleted [Unconventional farming, scavenging corpses, burying the dead to grow the strange, hardcore tomb building, slow burn, tons of female ghosts] Everyone transmigrated to a world of filthy soil, where they had to grow the strange to survive. Su Ye had always believed that you reap what you sow. He never expected that in this world of filthy soil, growing a ghost bride could give him a strange wife, while growing a ghost groom could give him a strange husband. Who could resist that kind of temptat 23kReads8.8Score2.5kShelves
28. 28 列 Train Survival: Activating the Foresight Module from the Start! 列车求生：开局激活预知模块！ Grape-Flavored Yogurt葡萄味酸奶Urban1.7M WordsOngoing Qi Xiao wakes up in a world where people must survive aboard trains. Every day at eight, the train stops at a random station. You can get off and explore, or stay aboard and wait for it to depart. There are endless treasures here, along with unknown dangers. Explore stations, gather supplies, upgrade your train, and do your best to survive. Qi Xiao's newcomer gift isn't food like everyone else's. Instead, he gets a module card that activates a special module: Station Forecast. Whenever the train 76.7kReads8.3Score6kShelves
29. 29 重 Reborn in the Apocalypse: Building the Strongest Base from Scratch 重生末世：从打造最强基地开始 West Wind Who Loves Fried Rice Noodles爱吃炒粉的西风Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.7M WordsCompleted [No special powers + no System + natural disasters + base-building + stockpiling + farming + ensemble cast + no protagonist torture + decisive and ruthless] Friend, you've read so many apocalypse novels. Are you getting tired of all those messy superpowers, brainless Systems, and beautiful women throwing themselves at the protagonist? Why not see how ordinary people can build a sensible home in the apocalypse? An ordinary apocalypse farming story told from multiple perspectives. The apocalypse 19.2kReads7.7Score1.7kShelves

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    This infrastructure-focused company has its own designed base model.

30. 30 全 Global Mist Survival: Starting from a Cave Shelter 全民迷雾求生：从洞穴避难所开始 Wu Xu無墟Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsOngoing (Just received a rating) (Over one million characters published, with the author updating consistently) [Natural disasters] [Global Survival] [Everyone transmigrates] [No System] [No heroine] [Ensemble cast] [Ruthless] [No saintly do-gooder] [Thriller] [Eerie creatures] Everyone transmigrates into a mist-shrouded world to fight for survival. The mist is everywhere, and danger lurks all around: threats from vicious beasts, the trial of terrifying natural disasters, and the whispers and horrors o 7.6kReads6.4Score492Shelves

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    Despite the low rating, the book is actually quite good. It's just that it hasn't been promoted much, so not many people know about it, and the rating isn't high.

31. 31 我 My Golden Finger Is a System-Built Structure 我的金手指是系统建筑 Not a Minute to Spare兜里没有一分钟Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted This is a land shrouded beneath the Dark Tide, the front line where the world resists the endless abyss. The sun is veiled by darkness, and only the fires of civilization bring light. The intelligent races build fortresses into bulwarks, resisting the assaults from the darkness. 12.1kReads8.7Score776Shelves
32. 32 国 National Destiny Lord: My Territory Gains One Soldier Every Second 国运领主：领地1秒涨1兵 Give It Your All全力以赴Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Farming, Development, Exploration, National Warfare, Racial Hegemony, Unification] This is an era when everyone becomes a lord. A defeat on the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races brought all kinds of disasters upon Huaxia: terrifying acid rain, devastating floods, world-ending meteorites... To save Huaxia, the final batch of new lords, all just eighteen years old, set off for the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races. From the start, Yang Ming awakens the SSS-ranked talent [Supreme Overlord]. [S 33.8kReads8.7Score4kShelves
33. 33 西EN Western Fantasy: Your Majesty the Empress, I Am a Loyal Servant of the Empire 西幻：女皇陛下，朕是帝国忠臣啊 Writing Nonsense Like Crazy嘎嘎乱写Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsOngoing [Farming]+ [Slow Burn]+ [Western Fantasy]+ [Multiple Races]+ [No System]+ [Conquest] After transmigrating to the Middle Ages, he became a nobleman named Field. He learned that women in this world could awaken as “Chosen Ones,” each with unique abilities and extraordinary beauty. Field hadn't even had time to celebrate before his useless father and beautiful stepmother sent him off to develop a blighted land full of poverty and monsters! Worse still, the entire empire, no, the entire world, was r 312.2kReads9.4Score19.5kShelves
34. 34 圣EN The Holy White Crown 圣白冠冕 Feng Xiao Ya枫潇呀Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsOngoing [Fast-Paced] [Explosive Action] [Emperor] [From Eaglefolk Tribe to Angel Empire] [Ascend to Godhood from the Throne] [Gods' War for Supremacy] [Early Transmigration] [Minor System] [Single Female Lead] [The Animated Adaptation Is Out, Come Watch] Demon God: When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you! Jiang You: Wrong. Abyss, when you gaze at Heaven, Heaven gazes back at you! The First Chapter: The Primordial Age of Chaos. Humanity did not yet exist. The ancestors of the elves were 118.6kReads9.0Score10.9kShelves
35. 35 领 Lord Game: Transmigrate with My Childhood Friend and Awaken Plant Zombies 领主游戏：带青梅穿越觉醒植僵 Gui Yi鬼懿Urban586k WordsCompleted [One heroine, dual transmigration, Plants vs. Zombies characters brought to life] “Did I transmigrate?” “Wait, buddy, how did you transmigrate too?” When Ye You was five, he discovered a secret about his childhood sweetheart. She was a transmigrator too! And before they transmigrated, the two of them had been inseparable childhood friends. Back then, they were competing to see who could pee farther. Later, they learned something shocking: Everyone would have to take part in a Lord Game upon reac 4.1kReads9.1Score381Shelves
36. 36 诡 Surviving in a Haunted Paradise 诡异福地求生 I, Too, Am a Dragon Slayer我亦是屠龙客Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Infinite survival + System + supernatural horror + survival + wish fulfillment] Waking from a dream, Zhou Qing finds himself in the midst of a terrifying supernatural survival game. To stay alive, he has to gather all kinds of supplies during the day and strengthen his blessed sanctuary. At night, all manner of supernatural horrors appear. Only thorough preparation can get him safely through the darkness. But unlike everyone else, Zhou Qing can see the livestream comments and gather all kinds o 10.6kReads8.5Score703Shelves

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    This horror story follows the protagonist as they gradually upgrade from a haunted house to an immortal city.

37. 37 全 Global Survival: Two-Player Tower Defense 全球求生：双人塔防游戏 Don't Betray Who I Was莫负当初我丷Sports578k WordsOngoing When I woke up, my childhood sweetheart and I had been thrown into a two-player tower-defense survival game. She was in charge of getting gear, while I took the hits. Her luck was absurdly good, while I had the worst luck imaginable. While everyone else was running for their lives, we were farming dungeons. The whole server was still playing it safe, but we'd already set our sights on the World Boss. We chopped trees to build towers, teamed up to climb the rankings, and sprinkled in some roma 10.3kReads6.3Score742Shelves

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    Push your own, tower defense, gamification

38. 38 全 Global Survival: The Outlaw of a Magic Wasteland 全民求生：魔法废土世界的暴徒 The Wooden Cabin Keyboard Warrior木屋键盘侠Sports3.3M WordsOngoing [Signed for print publication, new setting, no golden finger, no heroine, pets, expansive worldbuilding, disasters, construction, transmigration, game, apocalypse] Everyone transmigrates to a magical wasteland. At the start, all they have is a drafty magic tent. Chopping wood at sunrise and building walls at sunset becomes the fate of billions of survivors. Tent → wooden cabin → stone fortress... Jiang Xun thinks that’s all there is to a shelter. Until he discovers another way to upgrade: powerf 64.2kReads8.4Score5.5kShelves

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    This is an absolutely top-tier territorial development and survival novel. The protagonist's perfectly crafted character—neither a saintly figure nor a ruthless tyrant—is a rare and precious find in contemporary online novels. Trust me, you won't regret reading it! [Kiss]

39. 39 绑 Bound to the Nation's Fate, I Guard the Country's Gates 绑定国运，我为国家守国门 Tang Jike唐吉坷德Sports1.2M WordsCompleted [National destiny + tower defense + livestreaming + troop creation + exploration + System] More than 300 countries each send a representative, who must hold off wave after wave of attacks in an apocalyptic game. The representative for the Dragon Kingdom gets a divine-grade guidance System from the start, making every choice the best one. “Something's not right. Why does Zhao Yi from the Dragon Kingdom have so many coins?” “How come his units can upgrade? Is there any justice in this? Any law at 7.5kReads8.2Score422Shelves

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    Tower defense novels, featuring building various defensive towers, upgrading territories, and encountering invasions from all sorts of monsters from hell. The third book, which I would call Tomato's best tower defense novel,...

40. 40 我 I’m a Lord. Letting Me Choose My Heroes Is Only Natural 我一个领主，自选英雄很正常吧 The Wutong Tree Doesn't Speak梧桐不语Sports2.2M WordsCompleted [Lordship + Tower Defense + Farming + the Myriad Worlds + Lighthearted Comedy] Wu Wei had no System, no golden finger, and had not been reborn. He was the kind of young man with nothing going for him, and had already decided to cling to his father's not particularly sturdy leg with all his might. In this age when everyone could become a lord, anyone had a chance to awaken a Lord's Heart and venture into the boundless void. There, at the beginning and end of the Myriad Worlds, they could set o 21.7kReads8.4Score1.8kShelves
41. 41 塔 Tower Defense: My Buildings Are Ten Times Stronger Than Everyone Else's 塔防：我建筑比他人建筑强十倍 Restless Mist坐不住的迷雾Sports1.1M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Lord + tower defense + construction + laid-back] A group of people suddenly vanished, then suddenly reappeared a month later. The news they brought shattered the long-standing peace of Xuanhuang Star. The game "Floating Island War" allows players to bring their in-game attributes into reality, with a chance to bring out items and even people from the game as well. Zhao Meiyun, whose life has been just as unlucky as his name suggests since childhood, is fortunate enough to be selected 1.4kReads7.8Score116Shelves
42. 42 废 Apocalypse Architect: A Tower Defense LitRPG 废土之上：塔防神级建造师 Colorless Ink无颜墨水Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted A cosmic ray outbreak caused the environment to deteriorate. The insect race mutated, the land turned to desert, and resources grew scarce... After transmigrating here, Zhou Quan put his years of experience beating tower-defense games to use, building all kinds of defensive towers to hold back the insect race. In turn, the major factions contributed all kinds of scarce resources to build defensive towers, steel walls, human enhancement labs, and more... Zhou Quan found himself becoming more and 166Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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    The first book [laughs][smiles][laughs] True tower defense man comes to the Arrow Tower, "No matter how poor we are, we can't be poor in education; no matter how hard life is, we can't let our children suffer!" "This majestic and unparalleled level 1 Arrow Tower is your coming-of-age gift from your father!" Jiangbei City, unfinished building district, Jindu County... [Awkward laughs][smiles][laughs] An excellent father is teaching his good child how to face life with confidence [smiles][awkward laughs][laughs]

43. 43 游 Game World: I Have an SSS-Rank Fusion Talent 游戏世界：我有SSS级融合天赋 Heavenly Fragrant Cardamom天香豆蔻Sports972k WordsCompleted [Supernatural + tower defense + farming + traditional MMORPG + territory conquest] In a supernatural world, the lord reigns supreme! This is a land full of wonder. After the Awakened arrive, each of them automatically gains a territory and must build defense towers to repel the endless waves of enemies. Elemental Towers, Abyssal Towers, Dark Towers, Holy Towers... While everyone else is fretting over how to develop their defense towers, Su Bai appears out of nowhere with three god-tier talents! 1.1kReads7.5Score104Shelves
44. 44 序EN Sequence: Ascension 序列：升华 Listening to Peacocks听孔雀Sports3.6M WordsOngoing [Train Survival + Lone Wolf + Always One Step Ahead + Ascension and Evolution + No Saintly Heroine + No Spineless Hero] The moment Ye Qiyan opened his eyes, he found himself in a world of train survival. Everyone had to get off at a series of stations and explore to stay alive. The lucky found treasure; the unlucky lost their lives. Opportunity and danger went hand in hand. Gather supplies, upgrade your train, and build a train world of your own. As for Ye Qiyan, he possessed a one-of-a-kind asc 255.6kReads8.3Score23.7kShelves

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    These two novels about everyone's survival and infrastructure development are also good; one is about upgrading infrastructure in an era, and the other is about upgrading trains.

45. 45 全 Global Survival: No Golden Finger? I'll Still Keep My Head Down and Survive 全民求生：没金手指也要苟住 Drunk and Naive醉天真Sports380k WordsOngoing [Survival + no heroine + farming + cautious + king of keeping a low profile + no cheats] Everyone transmigrates, but Heaven forgot to hand out cheats. What do you do? Yan Hao: “Don’t panic. Stay calm! I’ve spent over twenty years being invisible. As long as I’m careful enough, I’ll be fine if I just keep a low profile to the very end.” While others take risks to fight monsters, he won’t even let a blade of grass on the ground go to waste, grinding his gathering skill like crazy. Some people get 10kReads8.2Score850Shelves

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    This new survival novel is also very good. The protagonist's talent is gathering, so he just keeps gathering, a true hardcore gamer, and then he upgrades his infrastructure. It's quite enjoyable.

46. 46 末 Doomsday Tower Defense: Awakening an Infinitely Growing Tower from the Start 末日塔防：开局觉醒无限成长塔 Bai Yin, Who Loves Arhat Meat爱吃罗汉肉的白印Urban331k WordsCompleted One day, the sky split open around the world. A blood-red countdown appeared above every city. [The Global Tower Defense Era Begins] [Everyone is bound to a personal defense tower] [At midnight every night, zombie hordes spawn] [Those whose defense zones fall will be erased] [Survive seven consecutive nights to unlock a joint regional defense line] From then on, human society was forced to change. 270Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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    This is good; the author writes 6,000-7,000 words per chapter, and the plot is good.

47. 47 末 Apocalypse Tower Defense: My Towers Are Way Too Cautious! 末日塔防：我的防御塔太过谨慎！ You Have a Divine Pig汝有神猪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse541k WordsCompleted [Tomato’s one-and-only true tower defense story + zombie hordes + team leader + no System + the Myriad Worlds!] The apocalypse arrives, and every adult must enter a tower-defense world to hold back the zombie invasion... The ever-cautious Lu Yun awakens the unique talent Treading on Thin Ice, and even his defense towers become cautious... [Out of caution, your defense tower has independently developed new technology, evolving into a Gun Tower and mastering rapid fire + auto-aim + multiple trajec 1.5kReads7.8Score100Shelves

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    🔥🔥The first four books are set in the tower defense era, featuring overall defense with various advanced weapons and troop types. Monsters and other creatures invade the city, and the city lord defends against them. The latter four books include city building, where the protagonist becomes the city lord, can construct various buildings, has pets and subordinates, and faces attacks from various alien races.

48. 48 网 Online Game: A Resource Satellite from the Start 网游：开局一颗资源卫星 Fang Hetaо方核桃Sports2.5M WordsCompleted The era-defining game Global War has launched. Starting from a thatched hut, players develop their settlements from the tribal stage, gather resources, train troops, recruit famous generals, and build armies to challenge the world’s top powers! The Great Song Duchy, the Great Qin Duchy, the Great Han Duchy, the Great Ming Duchy, the Mongols, the Xiongnu... The Empire of Alexander, the Holy Roman Empire, the Persian Empire, the Maurya Empire, the Egyptian Empire... Unemployed young man Chen F 9.8kReads8.9Score792Shelves

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    This is an incredibly good novel!!! I highly recommend checking it out.

49. 49 全 Global Lord: Invincibility Begins with Summoning the Female Emperor 全民领主：无敌从召唤女帝开始 Jiang Dabai江大白Sports2.4M WordsCompleted [System-focused progression, breakneck pacing, no angst throughout, the Dragon Kingdom rises, all races vie for supremacy.] Jiang Chen transmigrates to Blue Star, a world where everyone can become a lord, and from the start acquires the Stone of Creation, which can upgrade anything. [Common Hero Token] → [Legendary Hero Token]: Summon an Empress from the start (not from One Piece). [Common Troop Token] → [Legendary Troop Token]: A dragon emerges, able to fight ten thousand alone. [Swimming Pool] 93.5kReads9.0Score9.3kShelves

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    [Data flow, fast pace, no abuse throughout, the rise of the Dragon Kingdom, and the struggle for supremacy among all races.] Jiang Chen transmigrates to the Blue Star world where everyone is a lord, starting with a Creation Stone that can strengthen everything. [Ordinary Hero Token] → [Legendary Hero Token]: Summoning an Empress (not a pirate) at the start. [Ordinary Military Talisman] → [Legendary Military Talisman]: A giant dragon is born, capable of fighting against ten thousand. [Swimming Pool] → [Angel Reincarnation Pool]: Endless angels astonish Wu Yan. [Ordinary Sapling] → [World Tree]: Rebuilding the royal court, elves bow down. [Rusty Iron Sword] → [Xuanyuan Sword]: Sword Immortal Li Hanyi, slaying ten thousand demons with a single sword. Forging an immortal divine realm, defying immortals, gods, Buddhas, and demons, treading on all the heavens and myriad worlds. Jiang Chen: Wealth, strength, status, beauties, immortal life... I want it all.

50. 50 长 Great Wall Watch: Leading a Global Counterattack in Another World 长城守望：带领全球反攻异界 Not Two, Deep Sea不二深海Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [The counterattack has begun + perfect ending with no loose ends + Fourth Calamity + fight back against player invasions + lighthearted power fantasy + no heroine + no suffering for the protagonist + invincible + national destiny] The Fourth Calamity descends, and the era of the Phantom Realms begins for everyone. Players from other worlds invade, and the national destiny Phantom Realms of one great power after another are defeated. Panic spreads across the globe. Everything changes the day Fang 51.8kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves

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