Looking for Male-Protagonist Stories with No Romance: Farming, Infrastructure Building, or Apocalypse Farming 求男主文，无cp种田，基建或末世种田的文

1. 1 末 Apocalypse: Wilderness Survival from the Start 末世：开局荒野求生 Zhang Qiufeng张秋枫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted The survivors of the apocalypse endure a grueling stretch of time. As they struggle to fill their stomachs, they search the wilderness for the dignity they've lost, piece together the memories of civilization, and press on toward hope. 69kReads9.3Score4.7kShelves

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   1. Before recommending the book, I want to say something to those who recommend it for two male leads: can you please read the "no romance" part? And please, stop with the forced pairings! 2. This book beautifully portrays the treacherous nature of humanity in a post-apocalyptic world, yet also highlights the enduring hope of those who hold onto it. The male lead is gentle and righteous, yet ruthless and decisive. Initially living alone, he embarks on a journey of infrastructure development after saving someone, continuously expanding his base and creating hope for humanity in the apocalypse. The characters are all well-developed, with unique personalities and intellects. The author's writing is highly engaging, seamlessly blending warmth, laughter, and tears. Highly recommended, definitely worth reading.

2. 2 在 Starting a Farm in the Apocalypse 在末日里开农场 Hua Lingyan华凌烟Two Male Leads409k WordsCompleted When Shen Liang opened his eyes, he found himself inside a book he had read, one starring an arrogant male lead and a saintly female lead. He had become one of the cannon fodder characters in the heroine's path to success. Shen Liang felt a little disheartened. Luckily, transmigrating had come with a farm System. In the Apocalypse, he could claim a mountain and enjoy a leisurely life growing crops and selling goods. Sometimes he could even grow mutated plants, like fire-breathing devil peppers a 4.4kReads9.2Score535Shelves

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   The first book: The farm storyline is really good! [Learned][Learned][Learned][Learned] The romance is good, but the farm storyline is the best part!! The second book, although not finished, is really good. It's a no-romance story, and the male lead is the darling of the group 🍉🍉. The male lead is the straight guy type, and the premise is very fresh!!!

3. 3 为 To Keep Men from Pursuing Me, I Have No Choice but to Run 为了不被男人追，我只好选择逃跑 Eel Rice Bowl海鳗盖饭Two Male Leads385k WordsCompleted [A relatively laid-back post-apocalyptic farming story + no CP + heroine focused on her own career + a male lead who’s everyone’s unattainable ideal, irresistible to all genders, but doesn’t know he’s flirting + livestreaming + System + romantic rivalry] (Note: The story is actually centered on two male leads, but because of my personal tastes, which include multiple sexualities and no CP, I didn’t select the two-male-lead category.) When Ji Yuze wakes from a dream, he realizes that the twenty- 335Reads8.9Score102Shelves
4. 4 末 Apocalypse and Natural Disasters: I Raise My Whole Family with a Farming Game 末世天灾，我靠种田游戏养全家 Little Magic Bug魔法小虫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Stockpiling + farming game + male-oriented, no romance + natural disasters + higher-dimensional lifeforms] [The male lead isn't the strongest. He can't destroy everything in an instant, and he isn't cold-blooded. Every member of the team has a role to play.] One day, two suns appeared in the sky. At first, no one paid any attention to it, until one disaster after another began to strike. Humanity finally realized that the twin suns marked the beginning of the apocalypse. Sandstorms, torrential 1.7kReads8.1Score129Shelves

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   This is what a proper no-CP (no romantic pairing) story should be like, right? Are those stories about two male leads for real?

5. 5 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 7.8kReads7.0Score684Shelves

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   Western fantasy, slow-burn, farming, no romance, not socially awkward.

6. 6 你 You and Your Social Anxiety Sanctuary 你，和你的社恐庇护所 Duo Baisheng夺百声Eastern Fantasy62k WordsOngoing [Slow burn, no romance, heartwarming, farming, management, Western fantasy, Fourth Calamity interactions, slice of life] You are socially anxious. You've inherited a dilapidated little cabin on the edge of a misty forest. The cabin is drafty, the fence has fallen down, and the field is overgrown with weeds. Its only upside is that there isn't a neighbor for five miles in any direction. Today is your first day here. You check your belongings: A pot with a hole in it A blunt axe Three pieces of ha 75Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 7 囤 After Stockpiling Hundreds of Millions in Supplies, I Took My Kids on a Rampage Through the Apocalypse 囤上亿物资后，我带崽崽杀穿末世 Pork and Glass Noodle Bun猪肉粉条馅包子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse832k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Stockpiling + Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Sweet Romance + Adorable Baby] Su Ran always thought that being rich and having a child but no husband was the hallmark of a successful woman. That was the simple, uncomplicated life she wanted for herself. But she never expected the apocalypse to arrive one day without warning. When it came, humanity fell into depravity. Natural disasters and calamities devoured people, and people devoured one another. Su Ran and her three-year-old chi 72Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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   The first two books, as you can tell from their titles, are post-apocalyptic novels, both featuring rebirth. The first book has more reborn characters; the female lead is tricked by NPCs, but after being reborn, she diligently raises her children in the early stages, and later returns home with the male lead under a different identity. The second book is similar, but purely about rebirth and saving oneself. The last two are about modern-day rebirths returning to ancient times, which can also be considered farming/development novels.

8. 8 末EN Apocalypse: Stockpiling a Billion in Supplies from Day One 末世：开局先囤十亿物资 Hate Being Young and Naive恨年少无知Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Rebirth + Spatial Ability + Stockpiling Supplies + Ruthless, No Saintly Savior + Building a Faction] “Mr. Chen, your one hundred family buckets of fried chicken have arrived.” “Mr. Chen, your one hundred roast ducks have arrived.” “Boss Chen, your ten thousand tons of pork have arrived.” Chen Luo, known as the Void King, relied on his unmatched ability to lie low until every survivor had died. In the whole world, only monsters remained; there were no humans left. With nothing left 117.9kReads9.3Score9.4kShelves
9. 9 大 Great Qin: Emperor Qin Shi Huang, I Really Don't Want to Live Off You! 大秦：始皇帝，我真不吃软饭啊！ The King of Qin Circles the Pig秦王绕猪Historical1.5M WordsCompleted [The Analects + Hilarious + Cunning + Lighthearted + His Majesty Zheng + Shamelessly Stealing + Absolutely Outrageous] Qin Feng inexplicably transmigrates to the Qin dynasty before Qin unifies the six states, and the First Emperor overhears his thoughts. The two then embark on a hilarious daily battle of wits. “Qin Feng, tell me, what does ‘The Master does not speak of prodigies, force, disorder, or spirits’ mean?” “It means the Master doesn’t want to talk to you, and will use brute force to bea 45.2kReads9.5Score4.5kShelves
10. 10 老 Old Zhu, Listen to My Thoughts and Go on a Killing Spree. I'll Just Be a Lazy Fish 老朱听我心声杀疯了我负责咸鱼 Ten Thousand Miles of Passes and Rivers关河万里Historical1.5M WordsCompleted He transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty and ends up inhabiting the body of an idiot prince. He gets a Slacker System and quietly builds up Slacker Points every day. Little does he know, Zhu Yuanzhang can hear his thoughts. You don’t want to work for me? No chance! You don’t want to be the Crown Prince’s heir? Not a chance! 1.6kReads8.1Score156Shelves
11. 11 兽 Farming in the Beast World: My Sworn Big Brother Has Designs on Me 兽世种田：结拜大哥对我图谋不轨 Poor Little Liangliang凉凉小扑街Two Male Leads479k WordsCompleted [No female lead + beast-world farming + sweet romance + light comedy] After accidentally transmigrating to a primitive beast world, he was rescued and taken home by a handsome white-snake beastman. Since he was there, he decided to make the best of it. To secure his survival, he swore brotherhood with his rescuer, made him his big brother, and became his little brother! Together with his big brother, he built houses, farmed, and got down to business. Who knew his big brother had ulterior motiv 505Reads9.2Score103Shelves
12. 12 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 38.5kReads8.6Score4.9kShelves

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    This book on infrastructure is very good; the author's writing is excellent.

13. 13 求 Survival Game: What Kind of Farming Is This? 求生游戏：你这算是哪门子的种田 Flying Snow Meow飞雪喵Sports1.5M WordsCompleted [Survival Game] [Farming] [Mostly Slice of Life] [Pets] [No Female Lead] In this survival world, every player can choose a survival path. He is Ye Qian. He considers himself a sunny, cheerful twenty-year-old guy! He says: “I'll pick farming from the start. That should make it easier to live in peace.” He says: “A synthesis skill? It uses too much energy. I can't afford it!” He says: “I'm fine on my own. Raising pets takes too much effort. What a hassle!” He says: “I'm really just a farmer. I jus 10.3kReads9.0Score857Shelves

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    This author's survival stories are all without romance.

14. 14 求EN Survival Game: My Pets Really Are Adorable! 求生游戏：我家宠物真的是萌系 Flying Snow Meow飞雪喵Sports1.5M WordsCompleted [Survival game] [Farming] [Everyday life] [Pets] [Adorable pets] [No romance] [No heroine] [Infrastructure building] After transmigrating to another world where everyone has to fight to survive, Ye Fei is a little panicked. That is, until he finds a little white fluffball. A little fox, a kitten, a little spotted deer, a puppy, a chick, and more... He finds all kinds of adorable little animals and raises them. While everyone else is still struggling to survive, he's already settling into retirem 11.3kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
15. 15 求 Survival Game: The Doomsday Expert Is Having a Blast 求生游戏：末世大佬玩嗨了 Flying Snow Meow飞雪喵Sports484k WordsCompleted [Survival Game] [Building] [No CP] [No Female Lead] [Pets] [A Slice-of-Life Focus] [Gathering, Farming, and Hunting] The survival game begins. Every intelligent being brought to this world is a player. Ye Jiu, a lone survivor of the apocalypse. People say it's incredibly hard to survive in this world, but he manages to find happiness here. Fresh air, free of pollution! Sweet, delicious fruit and grain! Fresh meat with no harmful side effects... Oh, right. You mean the disasters and calami 883Reads8.7Score102Shelves
16. 16 海 Ocean Survival: Starting with Building an Island 海洋求生：从建设海岛开始 Flying Snow Meow飞雪喵Sports698k WordsCompleted [Island survival] [Infrastructure building] [No female lead] [No romance] [Pets] [Hardcore grinder + lucky player] [One person, one island] [Slice of life] The island survival game begins. Ye Heng, a handsome 19-year-old who works hard and hates insincere socializing. From the start, each player gets a barren 20-square-meter island with not a blade of grass on it. Players must expand their islands and improve their defenses and soil fertility. Scavenge supply crates, gather resources, build, pla 4.4kReads8.8Score349Shelves
17. 17 求 Survival Game: This Support Class Is Ridiculously Strong 求生游戏：这个辅助系强的过分 Flying Snow Meow飞雪喵Sports486k WordsCompleted [Wilderness Survival] [No Female Lead / No Romance] [Starting with a God-Tier Skill] [Pets] [Farming] [Infrastructure] [A Slice-of-Life Focus] [Going Solo → Instance Teammates → City Building → Racial Clashes] The wilderness survival game begins, and people from multiple parallel worlds are dragged into it. Ye Han starts out with a certification in a support class! They say support-class players can only rely on their teammates to protect them? That's because you've never met a support pl 1.4kReads8.2Score100Shelves
18. 18 十 The Ten-Square-Meter Miracle: Island Survival Game Diary 十平米奇迹：海岛求生游戏录 Lv Chuan Bu Yi绿川不一Sports1.1M WordsCompleted [Island Survival] [System] [No Romance] [Farming] After a lifetime spent cramming for exams, earning certifications, preparing for graduate school, and studying for civil service tests, this Chinese person finally got to see the apocalypse. An island survival game? Who cares? At last, no more rat race! A treasure chest? Fish it out! A tree? Chop it down! An NPC? Win them over! Ding! Exclusive System activated: [All-Purpose Scanning System]. It doesn’t just scan, it can do everything. Anything yo 2.8kReads8.3Score351Shelves

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    It's so beautiful! It would be even better if it could travel between the two worlds. 😅

19. 19 肝 A Hardcore Grinder's Daily Survival 肝帝的求生日常 Mu Shui Canglan沐水沧澜Sports890k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a survival game, Lu Ze awakens a golden Liver Emperor talent! While everyone else is sleeping, he’s grinding for materials! While everyone else is eating, he’s grinding for materials! While everyone else is chatting, he’s still grinding for materials! A: Aren’t you afraid of the dark? Lu Ze: I have the Liver Emperor talent! B: Don’t you get tired? Lu Ze: I have the Liver Emperor talent! C: How come you have so much good stuff? Lu Ze: Because I have the Liver Emperor tal 3.6kReads8.4Score243Shelves

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    The "Uninvited" book is really good!! I'm currently reading the first one; the only downside is that it's still ongoing and the protagonist is working incredibly hard—living in this other world is all about grinding. The second one is a simple, farming-themed book, mainly featuring a heartwarming elf and baby theme. The fourth one is one I highly recommend. Because it's an older book, I'm making an exception and recommending it—it's an ancient setting with a female protagonist and a unique infrastructure-building story, and it's quite good. Hope you like it.

20. 20 在 The Daily Life of Farming and Reclaiming Land in the Pokemon World 在精灵世界种田开荒的日常 Wanting to Become a High Priest想要成为大祭司Anime Fanfiction958k WordsOngoing [Pokemon + No Romance] Transmigrated into the world of Pokemon, where Ash has just been born, with ten whole years to go before his debut. Doduo is still a fourteen-year-old brat, and Fan Xing starts out with a Paras. To survive, Fan Xing spends every day either growing mushrooms or clearing new land. (This is not a power fantasy... This is not a power fantasy... Just everyday life.) 1.6kReads8.9Score105Shelves
21. 21 领 Lord Survival: My Sanctuary Lies in Crocodile Territory 领主求生：我的庇护所在鳄鱼领地 Seven Questions七问Sports621k WordsCompleted After countless twists and turns in the survival game, Wang Shuo finally got his hands on the treasure chest mentioned in the “Diary Prophecy.” But to his surprise, all it contained was a skill for playing with mud. From then on, “How cold the winter, how long the winter, da da da, da da da...” became his curse. Let’s see how he uses his mud-playing ability to thrive in the world of survival. P.S. [A tough struggle to survive early on, a desperate effort to build a village in the middle, then 86Reads6.8Score—Shelves
22. 22 穿 Transmigrated to the Three Kingdoms: She Brings Unlimited Supplies to Build a Nation 穿越三国：她携无限物资搞基建 Lotus Pond Kitty藕池猫咪Ancient Romance669k WordsOngoing She transmigrated into the Three Kingdoms era and opened her eyes to find herself Gongsun Yan, daughter of the late Han warlord Gongsun Zan. From the start, she witnessed her father’s defeat, the city’s fall, and the horrific scene of him killing his wife and children before setting himself on fire. She had to flee a burning battlefield just to survive. After barely escaping, how was she supposed to survive in the late Han, where famine and war had left nine out of ten homes empty, while caring 1.4kReads9.2Score172Shelves
23. 23 求 Survival Game: I Start by Building a House and Farming 求生游戏：我从建房种田开始 Flying Snow Meow飞雪喵Sports889k WordsCompleted [Global Survival] [Pet Raising] [Building a Home] [Farming] [Slice of Life] [No Female Lead] In this game of global survival, everyone has just one goal: stay alive! Chen Mu was an ordinary shut-in before he was thrown into the game. Then he discovered that he could see strange snarky prompts... Zombies? Ferocious beasts? Natural disasters and human calamities? They’re not really all that dangerous... I’m just farming at home and raising a few pets. As for you saying my pets are too strong... I 2.9kReads8.7Score210Shelves
24. 24 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 29.1kReads8.7Score2.4kShelves
25. 25 迷 Surviving the Mist: I Can See Hints 迷雾求生：我能看到提示 Chen He Guai陈何乖Anime Fanfiction9.2M WordsOngoing Everyone transmigrates into the world of Mists. Fog stretches in every direction. From the start, all you have is a ramshackle thatched hut, and you must search the dangerous wilderness for supplies and wood, keeping your campfire burning to survive! While everyone else is still struggling to stay alive, Ye Qianfan has already used divine-level guidance to obtain equipment and an estate! [East: The outskirts of the Misty Forest. There's a silver treasure chest!] [West: A hungry lightning leopard 54.5kReads8.3Score5.1kShelves
26. 26 尊 For Real? Can I Cash Out My In-Game Money? 尊嘟假嘟？我的游戏资金能变现？ Qian Ji牵机Modern Romance744k WordsCompleted [No CP + Working to Raise and Train + Making Money Like Crazy + Slow Pace + Stockpiling Supplies] After graduating from college, Rong Yi can't find a job. Her mother is sick and in the hospital, and her younger brother has just started high school. With nowhere else to turn, she signs up to test the full-immersion game Life. Not only does it pay 150 a day, settled daily, but the money she earns in the game can also be transferred to her real-world account at a certain exchange rate. Oh my gosh, 3.7kReads9.2Score478Shelves

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    I've seen many videos without romantic pairings (CP), but some aren't tagged, so I can't tell the difference. These are those with the "no CP" tag.

27. 27 铲 The Pet Owner Expands Like Crazy in a Survival Game 铲屎官在求生游戏疯狂扩张 Coming Up with a Name Is So Hard起名字好难哦Sports310k WordsCompleted (An unconventional survival story + No CP + A True Cat Lover + System + Feel-Good Power Fantasy) All of humanity on Blue Star is dragged into a survival game. From the start, each person gets a deserted island, and all their supplies have to be fished up. Resources are scarce, monsters attack, and the weather is brutal. Yun Duo, who’s been unlucky for half her life, suddenly gets bound to an assist System and blessed by the God of Fortune. The ultimate lucky player is born on the spot. While ev 1.6kReads9.1Score194Shelves
28. 28 手 With Pinduoduo in Hand, I Run a Supermarket on the Long March! 手握拼夕夕，我在长征有超市！ Chen Aru陈阿汝Modern Romance605k WordsCompleted [Long March + patriotism + Pinduoduo System + ensemble cast + no CP] A five-star chef transmigrates into the middle of the Long March and becomes a member of the cooking squad! With a supermarket worth billions at his fingertips, he brings billions' worth of supplies to serve his country! The soldiers are starving, chewing tree bark and grass roots. It breaks his heart! As an excellent army cook, he must make sure the soldiers eat their fill and eat well! [The soldiers haven't had meat in ages? 6.3kReads8.7Score725Shelves
29. 29 穿 Transmigrating to the Countryside in the 1970s with a Farming Space 穿越七零带着种植空间下乡了 Cong Xuan丛萱Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted [Period setting + strong female lead + planting dimension + transmigration + educated youth + no male lead] Wang Zixuan gets slapped the moment she transmigrates. With a temper like hers, there's no way she'd put up with it. She throws her father over her shoulder, then follows up with a kick, leaving him and her stepmother howling. Her sweet, white-lotus stepsister approaches and says meekly, “Little sister, what you're doing is wrong.” Wang Zixuan clutches her chest and replies weakly, “Sister 2.7kReads7.7Score193Shelves
30. 30 回 After Returning Home to Farm, I Bound Myself to the Rich Beauty System 回家种田后，我绑定了白富美系统 Soft, Sweet, and Adorable软萌淑甜Modern Romance579k WordsCompleted [The heroine only wants to farm, no romance, a cozy everyday story] Lin Anshu is an ordinary, lowly office drone. Her company is rife with cutthroat competition, and her boss loves docking pay and dangling empty promises. She spent a whole year working in fear and trembling, only to find she owed the company 1,800 yuan when she checked her year-end bonus. She’d be better off going home to farm. Whoever wants this lousy job can have it. In a fit of anger, Lin Anshu fired her boss on the spot, pac 4.3kReads9.1Score396Shelves
31. 31 末 Madwoman of the Apocalypse: Restarting the Apocalypse With Billions in Supplies 末日狂花:带着亿万物资重启末世 Dream of a Thousand梦一千Modern Romance712k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead, no romance, decisive and ruthless, not a saint, and she has a pocket dimension. The novel is fictional, so anyone who takes it too seriously should go read something else!] Before she died, An Mingyue gave Gu Yan her whole heart, only to be shot dead in return. Even her older sister, who tried to avenge her, was brutally killed by Gu Yan. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to two weeks before the apocalypse. This time, she unlocked the ancestral immortal mansio 997Reads8.6Score107Shelves
32. 32 我 I Serve My Country in a Parallel World Through Lucky Draws 我靠抽奖在平行世界报效国家 It's Mumu, Oh是木木哦Modern Romance244k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + System + Technology + Strong Female Lead + No Romance] As it turns out, shooting stars don't always grant wishes, but they can make you pay a price. Gu Xiaoxiao only made a wish on a shooting star, and she transmigrated. She had planned to spend this life comfortably lazing around. Before she had even turned one month old, the so-called System came after her. Using the salvation of Huaguo as bait, it got Gu Xiaoxiao, who had only just learned to talk, started on missions. Ferti 37Reads8.2Score—Shelves
33. 33 重 The Day After I Was Reborn, I Bought Five Houses 重生第二天，我买了5套房 Half Moon, Full Moon月半月Modern Romance314k WordsCompleted No romance + reborn + lottery tickets + laid-back daily life Chen Lin was reborn in 2008, with a lottery ticket she hadn't had time to claim. Now that she had money, she could buy houses and storefronts, collect rent, and find a relaxing job. At last, she could live the dream life of a landlady. (The protagonist has no romance, no romance, no romance.) 7.3kReads9.1Score564Shelves
34. 34 身 As the Luckiest Player, What’s Wrong with Having a Few Billion Extra Items? 身为欧皇，道具多亿点点怎么了？ Qingqing and the Fish卿卿与鱼Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow × No CP, Strong Female Lead's Growth × Ensemble Cast × Livestream] [Content warning: Slow burn! This is my own style of fiction, written in my own way. Tastes differ, so it may not be your thing.] After dying unexpectedly, Song Qiao enters a mysterious, eerie game world. To be reborn, she has to clear the games and win. Earn 1,000,000 points and she can return to the human world For Song Qiao, whose intelligence and perception are maxed out and whose luck is off the charts, isn't 4.2kReads9.2Score540Shelves
35. 35 全 National Idol: The Queen Is God’s Child 全民偶像：女王是神的孩子 Water-Dipped Rice水点饭Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + System + No Romance + Livestreamed Idol Survival Show + Entertainment Industry + Interstellar + Superpowers] Weichu’s dream was to build a spaceship and sail for the stars, but she accidentally got bound to the National Idol System. “Ha! I’m too busy studying to get enough of it. System, go find someone else.” “What? I can earn reputation by completing missions, then buy items from the System shop and commission my very own space fortress?!” She starts by joining an idol su 1.1kReads9.4Score182Shelves
36. 36 惊 Thriller: I Can't Believe I Drew a Farming System from the Start 惊悚：服了，开局抽到种田系统 Thirteen Paper Boats纸船十三Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [No CP + farming + infinite flow + a System for everyone + food; not scary, not scary. The main draw is goofy, lighthearted fun, with everyone helping one another and getting along. A little scheming] After 28 years of diligent work, Xia Wulei worked herself to death in front of her computer. Her soul arrives in a new world, where she gets a chance to complete quests, save up points, and resurrect herself. Xia Wulei was going to refuse, but then she drew a farming System. Now that's hard to turn 2.9kReads8.8Score414Shelves
37. 37 七 The Money I Earned in the 1970s Still Spends Just Fine After I Transmigrate Back 七零年代挣的钱，穿越回去照样花 Fake Joy假乐Modern Romance615k WordsCompleted [No Male Lead + Female Lead Focuses on Her Career + A Pocket Dimension That Can Produce Unlimited Supplies] She transmigrates to the 1970s, and her apartment comes along with her. Everything inside can be replenished infinitely, and it has internet, a kitchen, and a bathroom. With this powerful advantage, Li Zhiwei goes to the countryside, attends university, starts a business, and buys a house, finally achieving financial freedom. In the end, she even returns to her own time with a vast fortune 425Reads8.0Score105Shelves
38. 38 穿 Transmigrating into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Fake Heiress Brings a Mall to Her Rural Posting 穿书七零，假千金带商场当知青 User10991359用户10991359Modern Romance2.7M WordsOngoing [No romance + huge shopping mall + fake and real heiresses + educated youth + adored by the whole family] Lin Jiaojiao, the imperial princess of the Runhua Group, transmigrated into a book by accident and became the spoiled fake heiress in the story. She didn't want to follow the original owner's path and get tangled up with the real heiress, the female lead, so she decisively sold her job and signed up to go to the countryside. Who could have guessed that after returning to the village as an ed 262Reads6.1Score—Shelves
39. 39 醒 I Woke Up as the Mother of Five Children in the 1970s 醒来，我竟成了七零五个孩子的妈 After Sailing Through a Thousand Sails千帆历尽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Farming, a heroine who shines on her own and builds a career, no romance. In this resource-poor decade of the 1970s, you needed grain coupons to buy food and meat coupons to buy meat. Once the heroine’s space comes into play, she has everything she needs to get rich through speculation. Her husband dies in a mining accident, leaving behind five unruly children. A good-for-nothing’s daughter wants to marry into the family and be treated like a queen? Not a chance! A scheming city-educated youth t 546Reads8.4Score—Shelves
40. 40 国 National Fate Survival: I'm Really Just a Summoner 国运求生：我真的只是个召唤师 The Pigeon Tries Not to Flake鸽子努力不咕咕Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Survival game for national destiny + no romance + no female lead + instances + support role + young boy] A survival game for national destiny has descended upon Blue Star. Clearing instances allows players to send items into the real world. Food, weapons, technology blueprints, cultivation manuals... Anything you could want! Randomly selected Chu Jin does his best to clear instances with his little pets. Unfortunately, most of his pets are support types. At a loss, Chu Jin decides to look for t 14.7kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
41. 41 系 The System Says: As Long as You Grow Stronger, Huaxia Will Be Invincible 系统说，只要你变强，华夏便无敌 Suoda's Wife索大的媳妇Modern Romance520k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + System + Livestream + Donating to the Nation + No CP] (I originally planned to write a romance, but decided I’d rather let the heroine shine on her own. There are a few flirtatious scenes early on that I couldn’t quite remove, so feel free to skip them.) In 2121, Blue Star faces a massive resource crisis. The harsh environment and food shortages make life miserable for everyone. While eating corn at home, Jin Feizhi is inexplicably bound to a System and immediately starts 58Reads7.3Score—Shelves
42. 42 时 Time-Space Gate: Damn! I Was Handed Over to the State as Soon as It Bound to Me 时空门：淦！才绑定就被上交国家 Little Beauty小小beautyModern Romance998k WordsCompleted [No romance, serving the motherland, strong female lead, imaginative premise, the country and I choose each other, science and technology] One-sentence summary: I will stand atop the universe and bathe my motherland in boundless glory. From now on, no one in the stars will be able to shake our supremacy! The universe will shine because of us! Full summary: Xiao Shaohua is woken in the middle of the night by the spirit of a Space-Time Gate, who tells her she has been bound to the gate. An otherwo 5kReads9.0Score392Shelves
43. 43 我 I Bound Myself to a Shameless System in the ’70s 我在七零年代绑定了缺德系统 Playing the Passerby扮途人Modern Romance225k WordsCompleted [No romance] Xu Meng transmigrates into a book as the heroine of a story about a stepmother. From the start, a matchmaker introduces her to the male lead, and Xu Meng flips the table. In her previous life, her family favored boys over girls, and she dealt with it by going berserk. In this life, she wants to live on her own terms, and that still means going berserk. As long as she has no scruples, no one can use morality to manipulate her. The Wicked System is at your service. P.S. The heroine is 7.1kReads9.0Score661Shelves
44. 44 宫 The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳 Dream Doll梦娃Ancient Romance166k WordsCompleted Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held 48.6kReads9.7Score7.1kShelves

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    If you enjoy short stories with a touch of melancholy, you can take a look; it offers a different kind of harem atmosphere.

45. 45 重 Reborn in the Beast World: The Big Shot’s Darling 重生兽世：我是大佬的掌心宠 Waving Goodbye to the Morning Clouds挽朝云Two Male Leads422k WordsCompleted [No female lead, not ancient times, original setting, pairing: little white cat × big black lion] Veterinarian Chu Changfeng was reborn in the beast world after a car accident, becoming a little white cat regarded as an oddity by the beastmen. On the very day he transmigrated, he was cruelly abandoned: locked in a cage and thrown into a river. Just as he was about to drown, a powerful figure rescued him. The cat-loving big shot declared that he would raise him. But Chu Changfeng was a clever lit 1kReads9.2Score123Shelves

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    All of them are beast-themed novels with two male protagonists. The first book mentions having a baby at the end, the second book is unfinished and uncertain, the third book doesn't have a baby, and the fourth book does. Note that the fourth book's protagonist has a sissy/girlish personality; if you can't accept that, I don't recommend reading it, but I still quite like it, especially when facing natural disasters later on. I don't have a favorite book, because they are all my beloved ones.

46. 46 穿 Transmigrating to the Beast World as a Fierce, Feisty Kitty 穿越兽世之暴力娇娇喵 Mu Yu Youyou慕余攸攸Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Overpowered golden finger + beloved by all + no female lead + cute pets + special abilities + food + sweet romance + happy ending] A cool, devoted winged-tiger beastman × a cute, catlike boy He only dozed off quietly in class for a moment, but a piece of chalk hurled by his teacher sent him to a beast world full of giant, fluffy creatures. What does this cold, rough-looking savage want? Holy crap! Why have I grown cat ears on my head? What do you mean, cubs? A breeding tree? Evolution? What is 1.9kReads9.4Score224Shelves
47. 47 兽 Sweet Romance in the Beast World: I Became a Big Shot Through Infrastructure 兽世甜宠：我靠基建成了大佬 Trading Black Hair for White青丝换白发Two Male Leads693k WordsCompleted This story is super sweet! One looks like a straight guy but is actually softhearted and goofy, while the other seems a little dim but is actually sly and calculating. Together, they work hard at farming and join forces to build a wonderful life! Modern man Luo Yang transmigrates to the world of beasts while on a mission, only to discover that the wild animals here can turn into people? “What? I’m a demi-beastman?” Luo Yang can’t accept it. But this tribe’s living conditions are so backward! The 3.5kReads9.2Score383Shelves
48. 48 穿 Transmigrate to Be by Your Side Forever 穿越之永伴此生 First Kiss in Jianghu初吻江湖Two Male Leads653k WordsCompleted They were just arguing and bickering, and in a fit of pique, he left home on the first day of the Lunar New Year. But he really did “leave home,” and even managed to “leave” Earth! Waaah!!! This world has really turned fantastical! 605Reads9.1Score106Shelves
49. 49 土 The Civil Engineer Lord Just Wants to Tend His Fields in Peace 土木领主只想好好种田 Little Little Yimu Zhi小小亦木之Eastern Fantasy706k WordsCompleted Lin Mu, a civil engineer, sets out to build a life in another world. Infrastructure, farming, culture... Think that's all there is to it? A worldbuilding story! A vast array of races, an immense world, hard-nosed development, and mysteries hidden at every turn. The stars and the sea? Just stars and the universe, or perhaps multidimensional space, or advanced civilizations? That would make the cosmos far too dull, wouldn't it? Could there be something more varied, more colossal, more fascinating, 309Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    A gentle push, a world-building/farming genre story. Survival, farming, infrastructure development, a vast world, political intrigue, mystery, hardcore elements, and slow, detailed development—lots of elements in total. The pacing might be a bit slow, but those who enjoy farming-themed stories shouldn't miss it. New book launch, just a gentle push~

50. 50 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. 17.7kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    This book fits all the themes you mentioned.

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