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. 51 迷 Surviving the Fog, Starting in a Thatched Hut 迷雾求生，从茅草屋开始 Stars Fall, Awaiting the First Sun星落约初阳Sports1.0M WordsCompleted The bad news: Our whole group has been “kidnapped” to a trial ground to face trials of life and death. This is the end~~ The good news: Our friends are incredibly dependable~~ One person can travel fast, but a group can travel fast and far! The expedition of Yanhuang: May glory belong to everyone who worked hard for it! [Expedition] [Survival] [Ensemble Cast] [Summoning] [Pets] [Heroes] [Mystery] [Choices] [Tower Defense] P.S. This is a new book, also featuring an ensemble cast: [Bow to Civiliza 3.7kReads9.1Score232Shelves
2. 52 震 Shocking! I Started with a Patch of Land and Struck It Rich with Critical Hits 震惊！开局一片地，暴击出奇迹 Feng Qingyang风轻阳Sports6.6M WordsCompleted As eras turn and the Heavenly Dao creates a new world, every race across the Myriad Worlds transmigrates into it. From the start, each person gets a plot of land and nothing else. They must build houses, farm, tame beasts, mine, and defend against attacks... Every living being must work hard to build a base of their own and stay alive. Luo Yu obtains the divine skill [Primordial Critical Hit], which can trigger a critical hit on anything in the world! [Gather ordinary strawberries and trigger a 31.1kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
3. 53 从 Starting from Scratch: Building the Strongest Tribe 从零开始开荒，打造最强部落 Planting the Moon种月Historical3.4M WordsCompleted A modern man transmigrates back to ancient times, into a savage wilderness, only to become a reserve meal for a cannibal tribe from the start. But with knowledge and intelligence that surpass the entire era, he escapes the cannibals. He goes from surviving alone to gathering wild tribes, fighting to stay alive. Just when he thinks this is the truth of his era, he encounters figures from myth and legend: Xuanyuan, Chiyou, and Shennong. If you met them, how would you face your own ancestors? In th 10.4kReads8.3Score811Shelves
4. 54 求 Survival: Defending My Cabin Against the Cold Wave 求生：从小木屋开始抵御寒流 Shan Xun山寻Sports3.5M WordsCompleted [Survival] [Shelter Building] [Disasters] [Stockpiling Supplies] Everyone transmigrates. When Qi Yuan wakes up, he finds himself in a fog-shrouded world full of danger. Cold, hunger, wild beasts, and torrential rain become the daily lot of everyone. Rising with the sun and resting at its setting become the way of life for all! 115.6kReads8.2Score7.9kShelves
5. 55 开 I Started with a Plot of Land and Turned It into an Immortal Realm 开局一块地，建设成仙界 Sleepy Idle Fish贪睡闲鱼Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Farming + Racial Conquest + World-Building] In the boundless void, countless races vie for supremacy. Ye Fei of Blue Star descends into the boundless void alongside billions of humans, becoming a Void Lord. He opens up territory, develops his domain, and leads humanity in battles against countless alien races. From a tiny patch of land to millions of miles of mountains and rivers, he commands battle-hardened troops, slays every enemy, and establishes the mightiest Heavenly Court of Humanity. 6kReads8.4Score317Shelves
6. 56 塔 Tower Defense: My Lines Are as Solid as a Rock 塔防：我的防线坚如磐石 Bow Drawn, No Arrow Nocked张弓不搭箭Urban913k WordsOngoing [Lord] [Tower Defense] [Farming] [Game World] [Leveling] One day in the future, all of humanity on Blue Star was told that the universe was under invasion. Everyone would have to fight to repel it. Zhang Yi was a longtime fan of tower defense games. After earning the right to enter the Domain Battlefield, he started out in a dilapidated thatched hut and gradually gathered resources, building his territory into an iron fortress bristling with powerful defense towers, while legions of warriors swe 19.5kReads7.0Score1.8kShelves

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   Lord's Tower Defense: Manage, develop, and build your territory. Start by constructing defensive towers to defend against monster invasions, and gradually expand your territory's power.

7. 57 塔 Tower Defense: My Defense Towers Having Bonds Isn't Too Much to Ask, Is It? 塔防：我的防御塔有羁绊不过分吧 One Sword Severs Mountains and Seas一剑断山海Sports599k WordsOngoing Li Changqing woke up from a nap and discovered he had transmigrated into a tower-defense world. Here, everyone has to build defensive towers to fend off the seemingly endless monster sieges pouring through portals from the Void. Perhaps because he loved playing Golden Spatula, after transmigrating, Li Changqing discovered that he could build synergies between his defensive towers. Player A: How come your single-target defense tower can fire multiple attacks? Player B: And what’s that giant Tree 826Reads6.6Score—Shelves
8. 58 全 Tower Defense for All: A Lightning Storm Tower from the Start 全民塔防：开局一座闪电风暴 Hai Tingfeng海听疯Sports755k WordsCompleted The a11 universe has been invaded by other universes! The people of Blue Star are all conscripted without exception and sent to the Guixu Continent to resist an invasion from another world. Everyone gets a Tower Defense System and starts with one defensive tower. Whether it’s any good depends entirely on luck. “Oh my gosh! I want peace for the whole world!” Yang Hong starts with a winning hand: a Lightning Storm. It’s just that this winning hand is a little too dangerous. “What?! I have a golden 293Reads5.6Score—Shelves
9. 59 塔 Tower Defense Frenzy: I Have an Infinite Equipment Inventory! 塔防狂潮，我有无限装备栏！ Farmer on the Fringe边缘农场主Sports641k WordsCompleted Six months after the tower defense craze began, Su Zhe finally got the chance to enter the tower defense world. He was exhausted and starving, with only a single basic wooden arrow tower. It looked like he wouldn't survive. Luckily, he had an unlimited equipment slot! Everyone says machine-gun towers fire quickly but deal little damage. I'll add 1,000 attack boosts… and lay waste to the world. Everyone says freeze towers are useful, but their attack speed is too slow. I'll add 100 speed boost 557Reads6.6Score106Shelves
10. 60 王 Honor of Kings: I Am the Defense Tower 王者：我是防御塔 Autumn Wind over Ancient Leaves古叶秋风7k WordsCompleted Honor of Kings: I Am the Defensive Tower 2Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 61 末 Doomsday Tower Defense: I Build the Strongest Shelter 末日塔防：我修筑最强庇护所 Fair Lady Fei斐良人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse860k WordsCompleted The apocalypse arrives, ushering in an age of wasteland. Su Bai unexpectedly acquires a tower defense System, builds and repairs defensive towers, constructs special buildings, and cultivates his own territory and forces. So what if he faces mutated creatures, endless insect hives, or powerful evolved beings! “Want to plunder my wealth? It’s all in my territory! Just make it through the War Corridor, and it’s yours!” But when the invaders excitedly begin the challenge, they find the corridor’s t 164Reads5.9Score—Shelves
12. 62 我 All My Chosen Ones Are Fourth Calamity Players 我的神选者全是第四天灾 Sweet Hot Pot甜口火锅Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Beneath the grand facade of swords and magic lies a world hurtling toward corruption and ruin. After transmigrating to a Western fantasy world for 682 years, Ye Zhi finally got his golden finger: a glowing orb connected to the Blue Star internet! Combined with the divine spark that practically came knocking at his door, it gave birth to a game linking Blue Star with another world. Who says you can’t track someone down through the internet? With nothing more than an exclamation mark and a few gam 28.8kReads8.8Score3.3kShelves

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    The novel deeply blends traditional Western fantasy elements (such as magic, gods, and lord battles) with the concept of the Fourth Calamity. After the protagonist, Ye Zhi, transmigrates to this Western fantasy world, he summons players through the Blue Star Network, creating a unique dynamic of "gods and players dancing together." The unpredictability and creativity of the player base, colliding with the rules of the Western fantasy world, retains the epic feel of classic fantasy while adding the absurdity and humor of modern game culture. For example, players develop unconventional skills like "mechanical evolution army" and "deathrattle magic," breaking the limitations of traditional magic systems and forming a unique "scientific cultivation" style. **Research players** reject traditional magic, instead developing "instant bullet magic"; **Sacrifice-style players** utilize the death mechanism to develop deathrattle magic, creating an extreme "trading life for power" gameplay; **Story-driven players** are keen to uncover the conspiracies behind NPCs, even attempting to turn the protagonist into a "servant of four masters." This design not only showcases the creativity of the player base but also drives the multi-layered development of the main storyline, such as exploration of military laboratories and undercover missions in the auction house. The protagonist, Ye Zhi, acts as a "pseudo-god" and the mastermind behind the scenes. He uses the system to issue tasks, control resource allocation, and guide players to expand his territory. The system's functions include attribute enhancement, task guidance, and storage space, creating narrative tension through a dual perspective with the player's interface. For example, Ye Zhi exploits players' pursuit of "game currency" to drive them through dangerous missions, which the players seem to enjoy, creating a dark humor of "being sold out and still helping to count the money." The novel implicitly criticizes the monopolistic power of gods in Western fantasy worlds. Ye Zhi breaks down established classes through the player community, driving the Industrial Revolution, the fusion of technology and magic, and even direct confrontation with the gods. This setting of "challenging divine authority with mortal bodies" echoes the "chaotic neutrality" nature of the Fourth Calamity and gives the story a stronger sense of transformative tension.

13. 63 开EN Starting with a Street Stall Selling Super Strength Potions 开局地摊卖大力 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban8.9M WordsCompleted [Qingfeng's new novel, This Player Has a Problem in the Head, is currently serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival, and humanity begins awakening supernatural abilities! Jiang Nan awakens the strongest street-stall System from the start. Potions of Strength? Detoxifying Yellow Beans? Lucky Cherries? They're flying off the shelves! The world's top tycoons, richest man, popular streamers, and peak powerhouses all come to buy them. Jiang Na 336kReads9.7Score45.7kShelves

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    Qingfeng's Old Books, Recommended

14. 64 末 Apocalypse Cockroach 末日蟑螂 Mighty Cockroach伟岸蟑螂Sci-Fi & Apocalypse6.3M WordsCompleted Zhang Xiaoqiang is an insignificant nobody, a lazy loser who had been content to lounge around and wait to die. Staying at home lets him avoid the first outbreak of the zombie virus. When he sees his neighbors in the same apartment complex turn into zombies, he is overcome with boundless terror. He struggles to survive alone in an Apocalypse where people prey on each other. At last, worn down by loneliness, he picks up his gear and heads out into a world shrouded in smoke and fire. He takes the 27.3kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves

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    Looking for a post-apocalyptic city-building novel? Check this one out! It's realistic, without a system, and the protagonist is reborn into a world that has changed. It's a high-stakes game of strategy throughout. Lots of foreshadowing and strong logic; it gets increasingly exciting as it progresses, with particularly insightful portrayals of human nature.

15. 65 万 Tower Defense Against All Races: The Glorious Path Through the Void 万族塔防，虚空辉煌之路 Cheng Yuan Xu Tong城渊墟瞳Eastern Fantasy169k WordsCompleted [Tower Defense + The Void + Exploration + Outland Evil Clans + Personal Strength + Pets + Variety] The outland evil clans invade… Homelands destroyed, towns laid waste, families torn apart, people reduced to food, entire races wiped out… all in the blink of an eye. Humanity arrives in the boundless void, bound to the Undying Flame and granted floating territories. They begin a journey of growth, building defensive towers to repel the evil clans! Lu Teng awakens a tough-as-nails talent, facing a 191Reads—Score143Shelves

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    Build defensive towers to repel invasions, develop your territory, and improve your personal strength. Those interested can take a look.

16. 66 塔 Tower Defense Survival: Awaken the Tower God Bond Talent from the Start 塔防求生：开局觉醒塔神羁绊天赋 Seal the Soul, Sever All Thoughts封魂绝念Sports600k WordsOngoing [Global Survival] [Tower Defense World] [Myriad Races of the Heavens] [Bond Awakening] [Base Building and Upgrades] [Monster Sieges] When Gu Yue awoke, he discovered that he had transmigrated to a tower defense world. Here, everyone had to build defense towers to fend off nearly endless waves of monsters attacking through portals from the void! Gu Yue awakened the unique, top-tier talent: Tower God! As the father of towers, he not only awakened the defense tower Bond System, but could also give 4Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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    The thrill of isolating the enemy from key objectives and watching them vanish in the blink of an eye. The three core elements of tower defense games are spatial control, resource management, and strategic deployment.

17. 67 全 Global Lord: My Talent Is a Wargame 全民领主：我的天赋是战棋 Friend G友人GUrban1.8M WordsOngoing [Lords + Tower Defense + the Myriad Worlds] In this glorious world, the endless void holds all hopes and despairs. Only lords can rise above it, explore the Myriad Worlds, condense a strand of Dao law, become immortal, and wage endless campaigns. Luo Chen is reborn into this glorious world, already set on clinging for dear life to his powerful Empress big sister and spending his days as a carefree prince. That is, until mysterious talents and an invincible chessboard arrive in a flood. The [ 977Reads8.6Score—Shelves
18. 68 全 Global Tower Defense: My Commoners Get a Hundredfold Boost 全球塔防：我的平民百倍增幅 I'll Work Hard Tomorrow明天再努力Sports522k WordsCompleted A game called Apocalypse Tower Defense appeared out of nowhere. More than 200 countries around the world each had one player randomly chosen to enter another world and survive. The competition was global, and so was the livestream. After entering the other world, Qin Yang won a “Commoner Leader” skill in a lottery. All commoners he summoned would receive a hundredfold boost to their talents and abilities. Talent: Lumberjack → Human Logging Machine. Talent: Lucky One → Ultimate Lucky Guy. Talent: 4.6kReads8.8Score299Shelves
19. 69 平 Plains Survival: I Get One New Intel Drop Per Day 平原求生：我每天刷新一个小情报 Unorthodox Patriarch歪门老祖Sports2.1M WordsOngoing (The animated series of the same name has released three seasons!) [Zombie Horde] [Build Vehicles] [Mobile Tower Defense] [Upgrade Combat Talents] [Fear of Not Having Enough Firepower] A survival game transports everyone to a plain. Everyone starts with a randomly assigned vehicle, talent, and weapon. As night falls over the plain, terrifying zombie monsters descend. Players scramble into their vehicles. Some cry out for help in terror, while others start bragging in the chat channel. “I can’t b 65.4kReads7.6Score6.4kShelves
20. 70 全 Global Highway Tower Defense? But I'm a Native Centaur 全民公路塔防？可我是土著半人马 Wang Wugen王五棍Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Ruthless and Decisive] [System] [Territory] [Hot-Tempered] [Conquest] [Golden Spatula] [Combine and Star Up] [Invincible] [All Races: Fox Women, Succubi, Centaur Women, Elves, Snake Women...] What should a centaur do when he runs out of weapons? Step one: Find a tribe of another race. Step two: Charge in shouting "Gaaak" and loot and pillage. While others stockpile food, I stockpile guns. Other people are my granaries. While everyone else struggles to survive in a highway tower-defense game, Zu 6.1kReads8.3Score553Shelves
21. 71 部 Clash of Clans: My Heroes Are a Little Too Numerous 部落冲突之我的英雄有亿点多 Hate Being Young and Naive恨年少无知Anime Fanfiction854k WordsCompleted On the tenth anniversary of the mobile tower-defense strategy game Clash of Clans, a mysterious fantasy-themed game suddenly appears. Su Luo, a top hacker, discovers that the cheat program he created has followed him into the game. Ten times the gathering speed, ten times the production speed, ten times the growth rate. Get merchant items for one gem, and upgrade every level of wall instantly for one gold coin. King of Titans, Divine Archer Queen, P.E.K.K.A. Tyrant, Destroyer Dragon, Blue-Eyes W 821Reads9.1Score102Shelves
22. 72 领 Lord: Spend Billions and Sign In for God-Tier Troops! 领主：氪金百亿，签到神级兵种！ Bathed in a Gentle Breeze清风沐浴Sports568k WordsCompleted Lu Jin was reborn! At this point, the game Empire was still in closed beta, and the payment channels were still open! As someone reborn, Lu Jin knew full well that when the closed beta ended, all of humanity would transmigrate to another world! So Lu Jin sold off all his family assets and poured every last bit into the game! When everyone transmigrated together, Lu Jin looked at the tens of billions of gold coins in his inventory. Ding! Congratulations on purchasing the Divine General Pack. You 8.4kReads8.7Score706Shelves

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    This is really beautiful.

23. 73 打 What If I Can't Beat Them? Guess I'll Have to Win Them Over 打不赢怎么办？只好选择攻略了 A Useless One a一只废物aEastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted [One heroine, lots of everyday life, no angst, a single romance] Su Bei tries to clear the game Fantasy World. After staying up all night and failing a hundred times, he finally ends this miserable experience. Not by beating the game, but by giving up. Wait! How did I transmigrate? But as Su Bei digs deeper, the truth has already changed beyond recognition… This is a redemption story spanning fifty thousand years. 34.3kReads9.4Score3.4kShelves

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    A post-apocalyptic city-building novel, realistic with no system. The protagonist is reborn to seek revenge and is intelligent. There are many foreshadowing elements and strong logic, making it increasingly addictive to read.

24. 74 领 Lord: Training More Troops Makes Them Weaker? I'll Build Defense Towers Like Crazy 领主：爆兵就变弱？我狂造防御塔 The Wheels Never Stop Turning车轮永不息Sports367k WordsOngoing [Global Arrival + Farming + Infrastructure Maniac + Always Ahead + Ruthless] Everyone descends upon the Hunting Grounds of the Heavens and becomes a lord. Li Wei lands in a barren wasteland from the start. He has no resources and awakens a bizarre talent: the more soldiers he has, the weaker his territory's buildings become! If his troop count drops to zero, all his buildings' health, attack, and defense skyrocket a hundredfold! Li Wei decisively sells his starting barracks blueprint and becomes 191.7kReads6.8Score39.3kShelves

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    This is a good book; even seasoned readers can enjoy it. There's not a dull moment at all.

25. 75 末 Apocalypse Tower Defense Shelter, Starting by Taking in the Campus Belle 末世塔防庇护所，从收容校花开始 Fish Dream of Flying鱼有飞的梦Sci-Fi & Apocalypse444k WordsCompleted [System + multiple heroines + zombies + insect plague + a System for everyone + dark revenge, no saintly protagonist] In 2050 of the Blue Star Era, meteorites suddenly rained from the sky, their fragments releasing a red mist that shrouded the heavens. Su Chen was reborn on the day the meteorites fell. He killed Wang Defa, his enemy from his previous life, seized the S-rank shelter, the Mechanical Technology Museum, and awakened the Tyrant System. Ding! You have obtained an S-rank bionic andr 196Reads5.8Score113Shelves

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    The protagonist activates the Tyrant System, acting ruthlessly and decisively. He takes survivors as slaves, and the survivors are required to pay taxes every day. The main shelter is full of women, and the pace is fast and not drawn out.

26. 76 全 Global Catastrophe: I Crush Every Chosen One as the Villain 全球灾变，反派我碾压各路天命 Fish Dream of Flying鱼有飞的梦Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted (Villain protagonist + System + ruthless + building power + decisive and unsentimental + wish fulfillment + stockpiling supplies) After ranting about a terrible novel, Ye Zi'an unexpectedly transmigrates into its world. He activates the Ultimate Villain System and learns the SSS-rank skill [Chaos Yin-Yang Art]. Practicing it with high-quality women grants him bonus attributes. As a veteran reader, I know exactly what to do from the start: suppress the original male lead, build a fortress to shel 4.8kReads7.6Score440Shelves
27. 77 宇 The Universal Truth Company Is Now Open! 宇宙真理有限公司开业了！ Even Taoist Priests Go Bald道长也会秃Urban161k WordsOngoing · If you’re tired of being preached at, this book is a dead-serious collection of “complete nonsense.” If you’ve ever questioned the point of working hard, this book will tell you: your doubts are worth a million! A million-word “scam,” all to tell you one final truth. (But the first 999,000 words really are hilarious!) —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This post-apocalyptic city-building novel is so different! There's no system, it all comes down to brainpower. The protagonist is reborn and builds a city while solving mysteries. The world-building is grand, the suspense unfolds layer by layer, and the human nature is portrayed very realistically. The more you read, the more addictive it becomes.

28. 78 丧 Zombie Express 丧尸专列 Bei Bei Bei Fu北北北馥Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsOngoing [Apocalypse, hyper-realistic, no System, hardcore, trains, heavy trucks, slow-paced, road-trip novel] [This book has a complete, independent world. Please don’t confuse it with similar works.] [The protagonist grows over time. If you want a protagonist who never makes mistakes, is invincible, and handles every situation perfectly from the start, please move on. This book isn’t for you.] A new virus spreading around the world was only the beginning. After infecting most people, it began causing m 59.8kReads9.2Score5.3kShelves

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    ① The protagonist is a British exchange student who, after more than ten chapters of adventure, finds a train in England and embarks on a round-the-world trip around Europe with his companions (zombie theme). ② The protagonist has been reborn! In his previous life, he was an officer in a trio of lords, but was betrayed by two of them. He utilizes his knowledge from his previous life to advance his development, making for a logical and hardcore story.

29. 79 请 Create Your Own City 请创建属于你的城市 Traveler with Sore Heels脚跟痛的行者Urban2.0M WordsCompleted No killing. No revenge. No wiping out entire families. The protagonist, Shi Tie, is gentle and humble. He is interested only in maintaining and expanding his city, and shows his bravery only when protecting its safety. You can call him a pushover, but he reads people well. He devotes himself to building a city, creating an age of peace and law in a chaotic world where strength reigns supreme. No heroine, no romance. After suddenly finding himself in unfamiliar surroundings, Shi Tie reluctant 150Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Starting with a stick, he rises from nothing to something, from ordinary to Nascent Soul, winning people over with virtue and pulling the chaotic struggle for supremacy among nations into an era of peaceful trade.

30. 80 打 Building an Invincible Fortress: I Can Recruit Hundreds of Millions of Soldiers 打造无敌要塞：我能募兵亿点点 Fat on Fat胖上胖Eastern Fantasy269k WordsOngoing [Western Fantasy + Character Growth + Slow-Burn + Thoughtful + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Tactical Combat] Build fortresses + develop infrastructure + construct defenses + recruit troops + siege warfare + skirmishes + large-scale battles + story-driven battles “Sauron, look at me! I'll make you kneel!” Qi Ming pointed his sword at the Evil Eye. “Kneel!” roared the ten thousand heavy knights behind him. On the war-torn Middle-earth continent: Orcs are coming? I've got crossbowmen to shoot you 148Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    A must-see! Stronghold is a game that combines elements of Middle-earth. Build fortresses, construct defenses, and recruit soldiers. It features towers, crossbows, and traps, but requires some time to develop.

31. 81 全 Global Cataclysm: My Tower Defense Survival Log 全球灾变：我的塔防生存日志 Duo Baisheng夺百声Sports1.9M WordsOngoing [Day 1 of the Cataclysm, Autumn] I awakened a talent, though it came at a steep price. I survived. [Day 18 of the Cataclysm, Autumn] An ally from the Flowing Rocklands sent us a catch of fish. I planted even stranger crops. [Day 45 of the Cataclysm, Winter] The ice and snow brought an energy vacuum. Howling winds and snow monsters rampage outside, but if we hold this cave, we can survive. [Day 77 of the Cataclysm, Winter] Kyle set out to return to his family, while Zhang Wenbin and Murphy headed 7.9kReads7.0Score676Shelves

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    Farming novels are pretty good, you can check them out.

32. 82 海 Scavenging at Sea, Commanding All Things, and Building a Divine Realm by Hand 海上捡破烂，奴万物，我手搓神国 None of Your Business与睨无瓜Sports1.1M WordsCompleted [Survival, creation, sailing, plants, beast taming, Cthulhu, cards, supernatural sequences] “Shattered worlds converge into a sea. All calamities strike, and a hundred bones return to the flow, their remains forming rivers. The Creation Apocalypse decrees: venture alone to plunder the land, or gather crowds upon floating tombs.” A letter of invitation from the abyss invites you to a date with death. Shattered worlds, rampaging demons, countless races standing side by side... From the start, Yang 2.3kReads7.7Score215Shelves
33. 83 奇 Strange Soil 奇壤 Little Little Yimu Zhi小小亦木之Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsOngoing Don't worry, this is absolutely a farming novel. A construction worker's journey of development in another world. Infrastructure, farming, culture... Think that's all there is? A whole world of possibilities! Countless races, an enormous world, hardcore development, and mysteries aplenty. A sea of stars? Just stars and the universe, or perhaps multidimensional space, or advanced civilizations? A sea of stars like that would be far too boring, wouldn't it? Could there be something more varied, gr 26.3kReads8.7Score2.5kShelves

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    Don't let the title fool you, this is really good.

34. 84 阳 Getting Roasted in the Living World, My Fans in the Underworld Help Me Get Even 阳间被喷，阴间粉丝帮我找场子 Rehab Expert复健达人Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Funny and lighthearted + playing a ghost + scaring people and ghosts alike + horror livestream + no female lead + top-tier star of the underworld + reverse brainwashing + misunderstandings + ghostly illusions] Shen Si is an obscure actor who loves performing but has mediocre acting skills. In other people’s eyes, he’s a strange, awkward speaker with stiff limbs who crawls faster than he runs. One day, he receives a script and enters a supernatural film set. Here, his awkwardness is because he’s 14.4kReads9.3Score2kShelves

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    A rare comedic supernatural novel, written from a unique perspective and with a wildly imaginative plot.

35. 85 超 Superpower Evolution: My Troops Are a Little Expensive 超能进化：我的兵种有点贵 Wild and Unkempt蓬头乱发Sports2.5M WordsCompleted [Lord] + [Building a city] + [Conquest] + [Recruiting soldiers] Humanity is on the brink of apocalypse, with energy and supplies running critically low. To obtain “superpower crystal cards,” the federal government has no choice but to exile its surplus population to the “Ancient Void World”! Ding Fu arrives in another world brimming with excitement, and draws a Talent Card right from the start. Is it a blessing or a curse? With a hellishly difficult start, he has no choice but to find another wa 3.5kReads6.8Score291Shelves

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    It has many flaws, but the "golden finger" (a powerful, overpowered ability) is very novel, and the author updates three to four times a day, providing a substantial and satisfying reading experience.

36. 86 穿 Between Two Worlds, with an Armored Tide at My Back 穿梭两界，我的身后是钢铁洪流 Boundless Rivers and Mountains无限江山Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing [Travel Between Two Worlds] + [Calling in the Parents] + [Steel Torrent] + [Mechanical Fantasy] + [Across the Stars] + [Smart Characters] Ultimate Summoning Technique: Motherland, I need you! Transmigration means hacking through thorns and blazing a trail, struggling through hardships, facing deadly battles and danger at every turn. After fighting tooth and nail in another world to carve out a tiny territory, the enemy is about to reach his gates. The foolish nobles have abandoned my country. Th 47.4kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves

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    How about giving this a try? It's absolutely divine! The more you read, the more captivating it becomes! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai (another world) novel to my family—a truly amazing read. The thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics make it an absolute must-read this year.

37. 87 位 Planes: From the Start, I Get a God-Tier Tavern and Raise Dragons 位面：开局神级酒馆，豢养巨龙 Sobbing Little Kid爆哭小朋友Sports3.6M WordsOngoing [Unorthodox Lord-Building]+ [Fake Golden Finger]+ [Hearthstone]+ [Honor of Kings] Blue Star fell, swallowed by the laws of another universe. All the people of Blue Star became visitors from another world in the boundless plane universe, and members of the human race. [Ding! Dawn System Version 14.0 has been updated.] [A Record of New Human Observations]! Seven billion people were bound to the Human Alliance’s Dawn System and randomly transported to life-bearing planes. Alongside the local Pionee 29.2kReads8.4Score2.5kShelves

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    They're all pretty good, I love them! 😎

38. 88 领 Lord: I Build a Realistic Gaming Empire 领主：我打造真实游戏帝国 Can Yu参屿Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [Territory Lord Farming] + [The Fourth Calamity] + [Building an Empire Through Management Games] The world is shrouded in darkness and rife with war. Tens of thousands of territory lords battle over land and resources. But Chen Yu is different from them. While others are busy fighting, he’s busy building dungeons and luring adventurers from other worlds in to challenge them. [Happy Landlord] [Resident Evil] [Dungeon Fighter Online] [Audition] [PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds]… One dungeon after a 18.5kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
39. 89 没 Why Be a Lord If You Can't Even Manage This? 没关系你当什么领主？ Nine Kitchen Knives九把菜刀Urban561k WordsCompleted Lordship + farming + multiple races + character growth + management + slow burn. “Actually, I awakened an ability. It lets me build good relationships with people.” “Oh? What kinds of relationships have you built?” “A master-servant relationship with an elf, a father-daughter relationship with a succubus, an alliance with a queen, a partnership… There are all kinds of relationships, including a few extremely close ones that I can’t describe.” “Tell me about the relationship you built yesterday.” 3.5kReads8.8Score327Shelves
40. 90 末 Apocalypse: The Whole Company Denies the Existence of the 18th Floor 末世：全公司否认18楼存在 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Sci-Fi & Apocalypse783k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + No System + Reborn + Mystery + One Female Lead + Zombies + Hard Sci-Fi + No Mindless Decisions + Revenge] Reborn six hours before the apocalypse, Chu Yan has not only retained his memories of the future, but also mastered the ultimate secret of genetic evolution! He can become the most powerful god in the apocalypse! He frantically stockpiles supplies, builds weapons, modifies vehicles, and saves his parents, racing against time! He will kill his enemies with his own hands and turn 3.4kReads8.7Score284Shelves

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    Looking for a city-building and tower defense novel? Check this out! Set in a sci-fi post-apocalyptic world, the protagonist is reborn and embarks on a hardcore infrastructure and defense project. The plot is full of twists and turns, with a grand scope, and the writing is solid and enjoyable.

41. 91 恩 The Game of Grace 恩赐的游戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Sports1.7M WordsCompleted [Fourth Calamity + Player Summoning + Ensemble Cast + Comedy + Wild Imagination + Another World] A legion that worships violence and slaughter refuses to start a war. An empire founded by a slave uprising continues to uphold slavery. A tribe that worships and relies on its gods refuses to speak of them. A nation founded by androids obsesses over human rights. By that logic, then, it seems perfectly reasonable that an omnipotent god has no powers at all, doesn't it? Shen Ming looked at the ea 29kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves

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    Judging from your description, you seem to enjoy building and simulation games. I wonder if you like the "Fourth Calamity" genre? I'll venture a recommendation. [Heart] This is the first one, the very first one! I'm putting the second one here because it's by the same author as the first, so the quality is guaranteed. [Bump][Bump] A human from Earth is transported to a wasteland world as a player. The protagonist acts as a bridge, guiding humanity to rebuild civilization in this new world. The player's imaginative ideas, the genuine emotions of the wasteland inhabitants, the reconstruction of homes and order, and the gradual unfolding of the map and world view are all very captivating. [Please follow][Like][Like]

42. 92 开 From the Start, Maxed-Out Cooking Skills: Earn Money, Grow Strong, and Become a Lord 开局满级厨艺，赚钱发育当领主 Doesn't Like Celery不爱吃芹菜Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Western Fantasy + Laid-Back + Everyday Life + Silly Comedy + Beast-Eared Girls + Nearly Invincible] The continent of Celsis is home to many races. Besides humans, there are elves, beastfolk, dragons, merfolk, vampires, demons… From the start, Cheng Yu gains max-level cooking skills and can exchange the positive emotions of his customers for all kinds of items. One day, the Skeleton Lord who rules a vast territory goes missing. Someone asks Cheng Yu, “Mr. Cheng Yu, do you know where the Skeleton 30.1kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves

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    I'm totally hooked! This book has me completely in control! The protagonist, Cheng Yu, conquers another world with his culinary skills, and his closest companion is a white-haired, beast-eared girl. Just when things seem to be going smoothly, a mysterious organization sets its sights on them. The protagonist, along with the beast-eared girl, cleverly navigates these dangers, escaping peril time and time again. The plot twists and turns non-stop—it's so addictive! 🤩

43. 93 全EN Survival for All, Obtaining the D-Class Personnel Simulator 全民求生，获得D级人员模拟器 Dream Tea Turns Cold梦茶凉Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.7M WordsOngoing Everyone transmigrates into an apocalyptic world, where each person starts with a shelter and a unique talent. Lin Ye gains the D-rank Personnel Simulator ability, which lets him enter other worlds and simulate being D-rank personnel. Lin Ye: ??? 146.6kReads8.9Score11.1kShelves

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    A gem among survival novels; finding it is a real treat. Just look at the runtime! The protagonist is ruthless, decisive, and incredibly intelligent—it's truly captivating.

44. 94 异 A Survival Guide to Tower Defense in Another World 异世界塔防求生指南 Wangzai Rice Wine旺仔酒酿Two Male Leads348k WordsCompleted Tags: [Dual male leads] [Transmigration] [System] [Farming] [Infrastructure building] [Tower defense] With only ten days left before the full-moon demonic tide, monsters are about to swallow everything... Lin Mo has just transmigrated into the body of a farm owner with a debt of 100,000, and his vision goes black! Luckily, the [Prototype Construction System] (Test Version 0.1) forcibly binds itself to him! “Ding! Compensation: one [Wooden Spike Trap] blueprint (white, won't even break the ski 104Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    This book is pretty good; it's fast-paced, short, and the emotional plot only appears in the epilogue.

45. 95 全 I Became Invincible After Everyone Became a Lord and Summoned Liu Shen 全民领主召唤柳神后我无敌 Big Shot of the Foodie World吃货界大佬Urban502k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good, No Angst] + [Summoning] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Invincible] + [National Fate] + [Crushing Japan] + [Multiple Female Leads] A summoning, tower-defense, stats, and leveling novel. It gets even more exciting later, with summons including Liu Shen, Xing Xi, the Ruthless Great Emperor, the Ice God Sect, aloof goddesses, Hundred Flowers Valley, seductive demonesses, Xiwangmu, the foremost female immortal of the Primordial World, and all the goddesses of the Primordial World... There a 1.5kReads6.9Score101Shelves
46. 96 哥 Big Brother Goes to Cultivate Immortality, Little Brother Comes to Farm 哥去修仙，种田弟来 Book Silkworm书蚕虫Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [No System] [No Items] [Farming] [Management] [Science + Metaphysics] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, with no System and no wise old mentor, he has to flee for his life from the start... While others are still fighting to the death over half a tattered manual or killing for a few cultivation supplies, Chen Fei glances at the data from the Spirit Realm: 80,000+ Yellow-tier techniques collected, 5,000+ Black-tier techniques, Earth-tier... The traditional path to immortality: Kill → 6kReads7.5Score385Shelves

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    A cultivation novel with an infrastructure-building theme, no killing, no brainless antics, and no female lead!

47. 97 我 I Command the Five Elements, and My Troops Evolve on Their Own 我，执掌五行，兵种全靠进化 I'm Not a Carnival我不是嘉年华Sports320k WordsCompleted [Everyone Becomes a Lord, Races Compete for Supremacy, Decisive and Ruthless, No Dumbing Down, Vast Worldbuilding, Overpowered Protagonist] Everyone arrives to compete for supremacy among the myriad races, and each person gets a small territory from the start. While others are still worrying about their ordinary troops, Yang Shu awakens a unique talent: [Master of the Five Elements]! While others use cannon fodder to hold the line, Yang Shu’s [Red-Gold Dragon Guards] turn everything in the direc 276Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 98 流EN Wandering Knight: My Simple Data Panel at the Start 流浪骑士开局：我有简易数据面板 Not a Penny in My Pocket兜里没有一分钱Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to another world, he found himself in a feudal society much like the Middle Ages. Starting as the second son of a knightly family, armed with nothing but a simple data panel, he set out on the path to empire. Training soldiers, forging weapons, building castles: he had it all. 32.6kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves

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    For construction-related books, I recommend these; they're guaranteed to be enjoyable.

49. 99 全 Global Lord: From the Start, I Have a God-Tier Guide 全民领主：开局拥有神级攻略 Nanbai南百Sports2.2M WordsOngoing [Stat-focused] [Development] [Infrastructure] [Tower Defense] [Conquest] From the start, each person gets a small courtyard, resources are scarce, and ferocious beasts lurk all around. There is no mercy here, only the law of the jungle in its rawest form. Savage native tribes, bloodthirsty abyssal monsters, and even... advanced civilizations from other stars lie in wait within the mist! Farming? No, I want to build an empire like an unstoppable steel torrent! Defending? No, my army of wolf rider 2.1kReads5.6Score183Shelves

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    There are tower defenses and construction.

50. 100 地 Dungeon Survival: I Can Synthesize Without Limits! 地牢求生：我能无限合成！ Shou Chang守长Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] [Survival] [Global] [Dungeon] [Synthesis] Everyone transmigrates to a dungeon world. Su Yun is a player who binds himself to a starter dungeon and awakens the talent [Synthesis]. As long as he has two identical items, he can synthesize them into a higher-level item! He can synthesize not only anything and everything, but do it endlessly! Starting with the worst resources, he keeps synthesizing until he reaches the very best. [Stagnant Water]→ [Tap Water]→ [Mineral Water]→ [Spirit Sp 8.6kReads6.8Score766Shelves

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