Seeking No-CP Infrastructure-Building Novels About Developing Villages and Territories 求无cp基建文，建设村庄，领地啥的

1. 51 海 Surviving at Sea: My Raft Leads to Peach Blossom Spring 海上求生：我的木筏通桃源 Spring Breeze Brings Warmth春风送暖Sports2.0M WordsCompleted When she woke up, the world had turned upside down. Countless people had entered a game called Survival at Sea. From the start, all they had was a wooden raft and a fishing rod. Every supply had to be caught on a line. Sharks, giant beasts, bitter cold, hurricanes, and merciless hunting between people. Survival became incredibly difficult, and supplies were scarce and precious. Lu Xingchen entered the game and obtained a god-tier pocket dimension on her very first day: the Peach Blossom Sanctuar 62.6kReads9.1Score6.9kShelves

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   Infrastructure development + no romance + strategic battles + farming + building a powerful empire – a very good story, I've read it multiple times.

2. 52 穿 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 67.7kReads9.4Score7.6kShelves
3. 53 穿 Transmigrators? All Gather in My Business-Building Game 穿越者？齐聚我的经营建设游戏 Yi San by the Water一三傍水Ancient Romance143k WordsCompleted No romance + strong female lead + invincible protagonist + business and development + golden finger + multiple transmigrators Lin Yue thought she was playing a business and development game where modern infrastructure could overwhelm the ancient world. She never expected that the so-called game was actually a real world in another timeline. Transmigrators had gathered there, and she wasn't the only one. Transmigrator Theater Jing Li: I'm a prince from the start, caught up in court intrigue. I kn 86Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   Absolutely no romantic pairing; the female lead thinks she's playing a game, and she's practically invincible.

4. 54 我 I, King of Dian in the Zhou Dynasty, Founded a Nation with Twelve Men from the Start 我，周朝滇王，开局带十二人建国 Summer Bugs Can't Discuss Ice夏虫虫不可语冰Historical190k WordsCompleted Zhou Yan, a modern man, transmigrated to the Great Zhou Dynasty and found himself in the great hall where fiefs were being granted. The Zhou emperor held back a laugh and said, “Zhou Yan, in recognition of your family’s service scrubbing chamber pots for three generations, I hereby appoint you King of Dian. I grant you ten commoners and two elite soldiers. Leave at once and go to Dian to found your kingdom!” 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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

5. 55 从 Immortality from the Primitive Age 从原始社会开始永生不死 Luo Kai, Who Loves Mo-Style Braised Pork爱吃莫氏红烧肉的罗凯Historical1.5M WordsOngoing “What do you mean I transmigrated the moment I got off the bus?” Shen Ming stared at the desert before him, lost in thought. “And what do you mean I can’t die?” Shen Ming stabbed himself in the throat with a small knife and came away unharmed. He decided to find a way to improve his quality of life. What’s done is done. First, let’s find something to eat. Starting in the primitive era, he develops civilization on this alien planet. From wilderness to agriculture, from savagery to civilization, f 9.5kReads8.0Score688Shelves

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   I recommend this book; it's quite good.

6. 56 女 Disguised as a Man, She Became a Powerful Minister and Made Her Entire Clan Dance on the Edge 女扮男装当权臣，九族头上蹦野迪 Bits of Ink墨墨点点Ancient Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Wish fulfillment + nation building + comedy + ruler trusts his ministers + transmigration + secret identity revealed + woman disguised as a man + female-led story + powerful minister] Good news: Meng Qiw is transmigrated. Bad news: She’s stuck playing a frail heir who disguises herself as a man and could get her entire clan wiped out at any moment. OMG, can I apply to transmigrate again~~ A father who died young, a mother who cries all the time, and a brokenhearted her... Wait, scratch that. He 26.9kReads9.0Score3.1kShelves

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   Don't be fooled by the low rating, this is incredibly good! The female lead uses her knowledge to build infrastructure in ancient times, benefiting the people. It's heartwarming, funny, and the kind of show you'll binge-watch.

7. 57 1 The Road to Development in the Fiery Red Era of 1949 1949火红年代的建设之路 The End of the Primordial World洪荒世界的尽头Urban1.5M WordsCompleted A new book. The System barely features and is hardly mentioned after Chapter 45. Same title: “1945: Wounded, Transferred to Civilian Life, Then Back to Fight America” In 1949, after Beiping is liberated, he is transferred to become the county magistrate of Changping. A modern soul with a degree in urban and rural planning from a top university collides with an old land laid waste: With the people's livelihoods in tatters, he builds water conservancy projects and takes on the thousand-year-old s 14.1kReads8.7Score579Shelves

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   The protagonist transmigrates and is devoted to his country.

8. 58 我 I Only Want to Be a Military Doctor, So Why Are You Making Me Empress? 我只想当军医，你们让我当女皇？ I'm Starving我超饿Ancient Romance965k WordsCompleted [Feel-good revenge + transmigration + System + medicine + nation-building + conquering a chaotic age + empress + cheat powers] Medical student Liu Yi transmigrates into a war-torn age. The world is in chaos, the imperial court has fallen, and ordinary people can barely survive. But she brought along her all-purpose doctor System. System: “I can give you medical equipment.” System: “I can give you medical books.” System: “I can give you an entire modern hospital.” System: “Your goal is to becom 6.1kReads9.5Score859Shelves

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   These three are my favorite infrastructure-themed novels.

9. 59 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

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   All are good stories about infrastructure development. The main characters don't have much of a romantic storyline and focus solely on their careers. The first book has a bit more focus on pet ownership later on, so you can skip it if you don't like that. The second book features a decisive and efficient female lead. The third book starts with the protagonist fleeing famine, and the second half focuses on building their territory.

10. 60 过 I Went Home for New Year Without Renting a Car, and the Whole Village Thought I Was Down on My Luck 过年回家没租车，全村以为我落寞 Coconut with Sugar椰子加糖Urban527k WordsCompleted Last year, Qin Mo went home for the New Year after working away from home. Wanting to look successful, he rented a car for the trip. He even donated 50,000 yuan toward road repairs in the village. Everyone assumed he was doing well in business, but this year he hadn’t earned a penny. Not only did he rent no car, he was forced to return to his hometown early. When Qin Mo came back, the villagers assumed his business had failed and he was down on his luck. What Qin Mo never expected was that, afte 5.2kReads8.7Score255Shelves

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    The male protagonist, Qin Mo, returns to his village, obtains a system, and gives back to the community—a very heartwarming novel.

11. 61 不 I Have No Idea, I Just Played a Game and Became an Empress 不知道啊，玩个游戏就成女帝了 Spiral Takeoff螺旋起飞Ancient Romance916k WordsOngoing [No Romance + Fourth Calamity + Ensemble Cast + Build a City in a Game + Cheats + Female-Oriented] Lin Yue is a veteran single-player gamer who never browses game forums, looks up guides, or adds friends. By chance, she downloads a farming-and-conquest game. What she doesn't know is that the game is linked to a real world. The players gleefully claim a patch of unwanted land and start farming. The players are speechless when they learn that they need a population to cultivate the land. Without 865Reads9.2Score110Shelves

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    All of them are novels without a romantic pairing. The first one is a novel about building infrastructure during the Fourth Natural Disaster, while the second and third ones are about time travel to the Qin Dynasty. The second one has a system.

12. 62 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 28.4kReads8.4Score2.4kShelves

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    1️⃣✨Highly recommended! Male-oriented, no romantic pairing yet. Everyone transmigrates to another world. The male protagonist, a professional architect, uses his talent and imagination to create structures like Plants vs. Zombies and the Great Wall in his own territory. The premise is very interesting!! Recommended ❤️ 2️⃣Male-oriented, no romantic pairing, guesthouse + system, a very interesting and imaginative story! I thought it would be all the same, but developing different products or buildings using the characteristics of different worlds is really good!

13. 63 开 I Opened an Inn and It Became a Safe Haven for All Worlds 开个民宿，成了万界安全屋 Just Love Lolis就爱萝莉Urban259k WordsCompleted [Business Management] [No CP] [Feel-Good Story] [Lighthearted] [Everyday Life] Burned out from working himself to the bone, Lin Yi decides to lie flat and return to his hometown to open a homestay. His neighbors shake their heads and sigh: “The kid worked so hard to get out of here, only to come right back. What a waste!” “Open a homestay? Who’s going to visit a remote mountain village like this?” But Lin Yi’s homestay starts attracting guests from all kinds of different worlds. There are litera 2.7kReads8.8Score223Shelves
14. 64 手 With the Notable Ministers System in Hand, I Disguise Myself as a Man in Ancient Times 手拿名臣系统，我在古代女扮男装 Tianyang Peak, Who Loves Handmade Wheat Dumplings爱吃手工麦饺的天阳峰Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xu Yue transmigrates into a book. She becomes the delicate, vulnerable cousin of the male lead in an examination-themed novel: her mother died young, she has no brothers and no one to rely on, and her family won't take her in, so she is awkwardly forced to live in the male lead's home. In her previous life, Xu Yue rose from being an orphan to earning a doctorate. She never believed in fate, and even though it was hard for women to get by in ancient times, she never stopped thinking about how to 118.2kReads9.6Score11.4kShelves

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    This book has no romantic pairing and is very good, but it doesn't count as a base-building novel. The main storyline revolves around supporting a family in the countryside (it should be considered part of the village-building story).

15. 65 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 → 6.1kReads7.5Score392Shelves

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    Traditional Qi Refining and Foundation Building frameworks, a completely new setting, currently the only one of its kind on Tomato (the author). Farming + scientific cultivation, a second path for mortals to cultivate immortality. Even if you've transmigrated, even as a rogue cultivator without cheat codes or powerful backers, are you only supposed to kill and rob for resources? Not only is that risky, but it's also incredibly inefficient! Rune computers, internet for communication, lightning rods for tribulations… The protagonist drives a communication revolution, a logistics revolution, and innovations in all aspects of cultivation in this other world… What others fear like heavenly tribulations are actually rare resources in the protagonist's eyes…

16. 66 手 With a Summoning System in Hand, I Make Games in the Cultivation World 手拿召唤系统，我在修真界做游戏 Clear Joy by the Water and Trees水木清欢Ancient Romance976k WordsOngoing [My take on the fourth-dimensional disaster + multiple POV ensemble cast + infrastructure building, business management, and monster fighting + everyday growth and leveling + no romance + fun and lighthearted] After her spiritual root is stolen and she awakens memories of her past life, Yun Shu discovers she’s the contrast character to the beloved heroine, doomed to a tragic life and destined to be nothing but a tool for making the heroine shine, right up until her death. After binding herself t 852Reads9.0Score105Shelves

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    A sharp, explosive sound erupts! Infrastructure, infrastructure, our goal is to conquer the world!

17. 67 开 Natural Disasters from the Start: I Hoard a Hundred Billion in Supplies and Win by Doing Nothing 开局天灾，我靠囤百亿物资躺赢 Cheng Jiajia程加加Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Post-Apocalyptic World + Reborn + Spatial Storage + Stockpiling + Pets + Slice of Life] (Available in print; the short drama and motion comic are now streaming) In a post-apocalyptic world of natural disasters, only the fittest survive. Typhoons, floods, extreme cold and heat, earthquakes, tsunamis, insect plagues, acid rain… After struggling to survive for three years in the apocalypse, Jiang Ning met a miserable death. Reborn three days before the end of the world, she seizes the advantage, r 60.1kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves

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    These two books should be good.

18. 68 村EN There's a Cultivation Sect in the Village 村里有个修仙宗门 Alone in the Snowy River独掉寒江雪Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [Cultivation] + [farming] + [sect building] + [System] Original title: A Cultivation Sect in the Village Years later, Xiushui Village has gone from an isolated, impoverished little village to Xiushui City, a renowned metropolis on the Shifang Continent. It all began because this was where Lingxian Sect, the number one sect on the Shifang Continent, rose to prominence. This is the story of a group of country youths, their families, and their friends building a sect together and growing together. 18.9kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
19. 69 天 Natural Disaster: I Stockpile Billions in Supplies to Survive the Apocalypse 天灾，我囤几十亿物资在末世求生 Soft Fish Song袅袅鱼音Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted Apocalypse + rebirth + spatial storage + stockpiling supplies Disasters struck without warning, transforming the world. First came scorching heat, then bitter cold, followed by earthquakes, dense fog, endless night, and acid rain, one after another. Su Nian struggled to survive alone in the apocalypse for ten years, only to die in the torrential acid rain. When she opened her eyes again, Su Nian discovered she had been reborn, with three months left before the apocalypse. After discovering a vas 29.6kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
20. 70 游 Game Invasion: My Talent Is Just a Little Unorthodox 游戏入侵：我的天赋有亿点不正经 Little Watermelon Cut in Half小西瓜分两半Sports2.8M WordsOngoing [National Survival Game + Races Competing for Supremacy + Divine Thief + No Romance + Territory Conquest + Overpowered Luck + Contract Pets] The human race of Blue Star was forced into a trial ground. Lin Xiaowan, an ultra-fragile, expert survivor, awakened an S-rank thievery skill. From then on, she no longer had to worry about going hungry or lacking warm clothes in the game. All she had to worry about was how to use her underhanded skills without getting caught and beaten to death by the oth 26.7kReads8.6Score3.1kShelves

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    How could this book be missing? It's a great read and highly recommended.

21. 71 秦 Who's Best at Qin Dynasty Infrastructure? The Food System Is Here to Help 秦朝基建哪家强美食系统来帮忙 Yu Shuo予说Ancient Romance340k WordsCompleted Note: The female lead has no romance. The central idea of this story is the proper use of a food System: selling food, no; building infrastructure for the Qin Empire, yes. [In our country, "sir" is a gender-neutral form of address. The System has no gender, so it has been addressed with the neutral term "sir." If you think that because foreign men have been translated as "sir" in modern times, the word means male, and thus the System should not be called "sir," please avoid this story.] [As for 2.6kReads9.2Score321Shelves
22. 72 大 Disguised as a Man in Great Qin, I Kidnap the First Emperor to Start a Rebellion 大秦女扮男装，掳走祖龙去起义 Yi Sir易SirAncient Romance449k WordsCompleted Lighthearted + everyone misreads the situation + officials gossiping + woman disguised as a man + the First Emperor is my best buddy The heroine is a miracle doctor. After spending a year as a slave, she turns against Qin Shi Huang and sets her heart on joining Liu Bang. Qin Shi Huang hides his identity. Impressed by the heroine's intelligence, he tries to win her over as a minister every time he conquers a kingdom. Scheming Ying Zheng, unhinged Liu Bang, yandere Lu Zhi The heroine is lively at 1.5kReads9.2Score264Shelves
23. 73 开 From the Start in a Bandit Stronghold, I Cheat My Way to Empress 开局土匪寨，一路开挂成女帝 Cute Little Ji萌萌的小吉啊447k WordsOngoing [Strong female lead transmigrates + no romance + empress + female lead has maxed-out combat power] She had just been fighting a boss with her team in the apocalypse when she suddenly transmigrated, only to be picked up by bandits. But who was she? She was a force to be reckoned with in the apocalypse. Did the bandits really think they could control her? In no time at all, a pile of bandits lay sprawled around her. She glanced at the little girl trembling nearby, then planted a foot on a bandit a 42Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No need for further words, let's eat first.

24. 74 奇 Wait, How Did the Tyrant's Moves Lead to a Wise Ruler's Ending? 奇怪，暴君操作怎么打出明君结局 Qiao Mu巧目Ancient Romance238k WordsOngoing [Female Lead + No Romance + Game Infrastructure + High Combat Ability + Fourth-Dimensional Players] * Everyone knows that before the emperor rose to power, she was a bandit. She was illiterate, inarticulate, crude, incompetent, and bloodthirsty. She killed the county magistrate and declared herself the city lord, slaughtered a wealthy merchant and seized his estate, stabbed a handsome man and called him ugly, and even planned to abduct every good-looking man and woman to her residence, apparentl 774Reads8.4Score115Shelves
25. 75 穿 Blind and Exiled, I Claimed the Mountain as My Own 穿成盲女流放，我占山称王 Little April of Moonfield月野小四月Ancient Romance540k WordsCompleted [Farming + Development + Building a Career + Evolving Abilities + Strong Female Lead + No Romance] After Ji Li dies and is reborn, she opens her eyes to find herself a blind shamaness in a primitive ancient village. A lifelong single, she wakes up to a forced abortion, with everyone demanding to know who the father is. Ji Li has no idea, and neither did the original owner, who was blind. In a year of famine, the shamaness is branded a disgrace to the gods and blamed for bringing disaster upon th 180Reads5.8Score104Shelves

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    I'm currently following this book. It's about starting from scratch. The female protagonist transmigrates as a blind woman who can see the world through the eyes of ravens. At the beginning, she's supposed to be burned at the stake because the original owner was a blind witch who was defiled. Later, she's exiled to a mountain with many other exiles, and she leads them in building infrastructure. I really like this book; it's very original. I haven't found anything similar. If you have any recommendations, please let me know. Thank you.

26. 76 关 How I Summoned the Fourth Calamity 关于我召唤了第四天灾这件事 Half a Pickled Fish半只酸菜鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse685k WordsCompleted [Wasteland Survival] + [Infrastructure Building] + [The Fourth Calamity] + [No Romance] The Fourth Calamity refers to players whose thoughts, actions, and goals in the game are all unpredictable. Luo Zhi transmigrates to Blue Star after the great cataclysm, becoming a noble young lady in a shantytown with a radiation level of 90 percent, on the verge of death. The original owner had no family, no friends, and not even any memories, but she did have a System that claimed it could summon The Fourt 3.8kReads8.9Score467Shelves

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    The female protagonist summons the Fourth Calamity in the wasteland to build infrastructure, explore, and adventure together. There is no romantic pairing.

27. 77 她 She Held a Reunion Feast, and the Entire Court Showed Up? 她办个同窗宴，满朝文武都来了？ Little Su Mehmeh小素咩咩Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Group transmigration + ensemble cast + no System + imperial examinations + everyday academy life in the early story + political intrigue in the middle and later story] (Everyone is highly intelligent and career-driven; the heroine has no romance) An earthquake sent Zhu Lan and her entire class of top students into a book, where they became a notorious group of failures! How could they turn things around? Oh, apparently all they had to do was pass the highest-level imperial exam. What a relief! 10.5kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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    Looks good, looks good. He rose through the ranks by passing the imperial examinations, growing steadily step by step.

28. 78 全 Global Lord: I Command a Billion Zerg, and I Am the Calamity 全民领主：亿万虫族，我即是天灾 Starry Sky Sword Immortal星空剑仙Urban736k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] Li Feng transmigrates to a parallel world where everyone can become a lord, even rise to godhood and become an ancestor. Li Feng awakens the weakest unit type: Beedrill! He thinks his life is doomed to misery, but just when all seems lost, he awakens an SSS-rank talent: Zerg Calamity! [Zerg Calamity] Quality: SSS-rank Effect 1: You don't need to wait for a cooldown to summon any 7.6kReads8.0Score718Shelves

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    This is originally a story about building a territory. Although the male protagonist awakens the weakest troop type, he possesses SSS-level talent... It's a great read, highly recommended!

29. 79 我 Building a City and Raising Artifact Spirits in Another World 我在异界建城养器灵 Lazy Bow懒弓Sports959k WordsCompleted After a car accident, Ming Wen transmigrated to a dangerous continent in another world. She thought she’d meet an early end, but the casual city-building game on her phone, A Guide to Raising Your City Lord, became real and gave her the means to survive in this strange world. The game combines farming, infrastructure, decorating, character development, and management simulation. It offers a wide variety of gameplay, and its abilities seem almost limitless. It can contract with artifact spirits a 1.4kReads8.7Score259Shelves

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    It's super good! The female lead has a great personality. It seems to focus on her growth and development. Romantically, it appears that everyone else has a one-sided crush on her.

30. 80 修 The Number One Academy in the Cultivation World 修真界第一学院 Roasted Sweet Potatoes烤了红薯Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Ling Yan'er loves playing city-building games, so she never expected to bring her phone with her when she transmigrated to the cultivation world. From the start, she has nothing but a thatched hut. If she doesn’t want to be alone in this dump, she has to recruit students and get construction underway. Ling Yan'er has no choice but to play a real-life city-building game in the cultivation world alongside the game System. A disgraced former disciple of the Qiantian Sect? Recruit him as a teacher! 1.1kReads8.4Score131Shelves

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    The story revolves around building a school in the cultivation world, but the female lead is the principal, haha! She upgrades the buildings by recruiting students and has a small figurine as her butler. Currently, she's building the school in the demon realm and has started recruiting teachers and students.

31. 81 我 I Build Infrastructure in Ancient Times 我在古代搞基建 Chi Mitang池米唐Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Woman Disguised as a Man + Infrastructure Building + Career-Focused + Fiercely Protective + Clear-Eyed Heroine] Original title: Building Infrastructure in Ancient Times Tang Yixuan, a brilliant engineer, transmigrates into the body of a woman who has taken her brother’s place as the new magistrate of Qingchuan County. To stay alive, she racks her brains and exhausts every resource at her disposal. She builds waterworks, raises tall buildings, paves roads with concrete, and constructs a city. Be 4.3kReads9.1Score575Shelves

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    I recommend three books. The first is about a female protagonist who travels back to ancient times, takes over her brother's position as county magistrate, and starts infrastructure development. The second is about a female protagonist who travels back to ancient times and renovates a village. The third is about the whole family traveling back to ancient times; it's funny and lighthearted, with less romance.

32. 82 女 Woman to Man: I Became the Ultimate Laborer in Ancient Times 女穿男：我在古代卷成人力天花板 South of Nanjiang南江往南Ancient Romance166k WordsOngoing [Strong female lead + no romance + infrastructure building and farming + team growth + adorable kids + light System + uplifting] A 32-year-old top executive recruiter wakes up in the body of a young man who runs a debt-ridden employment agency. The System demands that she sell orphans and other vulnerable people to stay alive. Instead, she takes in countless refugees! She transforms the agency, builds a labor system, takes on contracts, opens workshops, and gathers talented people from every wal 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A promising ongoing story about infrastructure development and farming, no romance, no simplistic plots, and strong logic! The story follows a modern 32-year-old top female headhunter who transmigrates into the body of a young man in an ancient brokerage firm. From then on, she transforms the firm's attributes, builds a labor system, takes on orders, establishes workshops, and gathers talented individuals from all walks of life. Wearing a male body, she becomes the pinnacle of human resources in ancient times, establishing a haven for refugees in a chaotic world!

33. 83 全 The Whole Family Transmigrates: 18 Ways to Survive in Ancient Times 全家穿越：古代生存十八法 The Butterfly Doesn't Want To蝴蝶不愿意Ancient Romance3.1M WordsCompleted The whole family transmigrates to ancient times after an accident. Whether that counts as good luck or bad luck is anyone’s guess. They’ve barely woken up when they find out the family has no money, no land, and a mountain of debt to repay. Not one of them has a golden finger, either. But the dog that came along with them is rather interesting. Could it be some kind of divine hound? This big family has to put food on the table, keep the household harmonious, and make progress in their studies. W 49.5kReads9.5Score5.3kShelves
34. 84 成 The Path to Godhood Begins with Seizing Territory 成神从篡夺领地开始 Feng Qian凤浅Fantastical Romance467k WordsOngoing [No CP] [Not a Game] [A Touch of Found Family] [World-Building] [Druid] [Overpowered Female Lead] A modern shut-in transmigrates into Luopei, a slave who has just killed her lord, and gets a cheat from the start. She creates a Dryad Druid and seizes the territory! Who would remember a remote, dangerous little territory that people can't even bear to mention? Perfect. Seal off the sea and roads, shut the gates, and everyone can go reclaim land, farm, and build! Cheap sugar, high-yield crops, poti 7.8kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves
35. 85 第 The County Magistrate: I Have a Dream of Prosperity and Strength 第一县令：本官有个富强梦 The Silent Conch海螺无声Ancient Romance805k WordsCompleted [No System + farming and infrastructure building + no romance + slow-paced] Yongxin County has been poor for so long that no one ever imagined it could become wealthy one day. The local tycoons have been rich for ages, but when Magistrate Lu arrives, they find themselves facing a choice: become poorer or get even richer. Even a fool knows which to pick, but Magistrate Lu's scheme has a catch! The wealthy families of Longyou Prefecture tremble. Who on earth is making all the money? By the time th 1.2kReads8.7Score131Shelves

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    No CP infrastructure

36. 86 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 71.8kReads9.3Score6.8kShelves

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    This fits the bill perfectly: a story of a young, overweight office worker transmigrating to another world and becoming the militia leader tasked with expanding his territory. With only three hundred elderly, women, and children under his command, how will he survive in the perilous wilderness? Watch as the protagonist, step by step, rises from a lowly militia leader to a knight, city lord, earl, and king, achieving a remarkable comeback in this other world. Years later, the great King of All Races delivers a speech. "People of all races! Before you stands the great Earl of the River Reef, Lord of Midgard, King of the North! The Dog-Biter, the Dragon Slayer, the Father's Sorrow, the Favored One of Demigods, the Ruthless Haralio Mundo! All my subjects who submit to me, I will treat equally. Those who disobey, my firearms will not be without their harm!"

37. 87 兽 Beast World: Bet You Didn’t Expect Me to Turn Myself In 兽世：没想到吧，我把自己上交了 A Bowl of Lamb Offal Soup喝碗羊杂汤Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Beast World, farming, infrastructure building, interworld development, cooperation with the nation, turning everything over to the country, and an ambitious heroine (ambition is not a derogatory term) (National cooperation, with an overwhelmingly powerful cheat) What should you do if you become the absurdly pampered wife heroine in a beast-world conquest novel? Jiang Jiao turned around and handed herself over to the country, clinging to the leg of her motherland. Jiang Jiao: Mom, food, pleas 21.7kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves

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    A beast-themed infrastructure building story; I haven't read this type before, and it's definitely worth a read.

38. 88 报 Director, Something's Wrong with Your Amusement Park Rides! 报告园长！你家的游乐设施不对劲 Ai Lu Xier艾露西尔Urban841k WordsCompleted Urban life + System + business management + growth + laid-back everyday life After graduating from university, Yang Fan inherits an amusement park that has shut down. With the help of the System, he acquires a host of new attractions, bringing the park back to life. But there’s something a little off about these rides. This story mostly follows common sense, feels grounded in everyday life, and has a coherent plot. It’s not a wish-fulfillment story. The pacing is slow, and it’s a laid-back slice 1.2kReads8.8Score103Shelves

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    It's a business simulation game about building an amusement park; there aren't any conspiracies or intrigues, and importantly, it's a completed story.

39. 89 我 I Became the Chief of a Primitive Tribe 我在原始部落当酋长 Young Master Xiyuan西原公子Historical3.3M WordsCompleted Mu Feng, a historian, becomes the great chief of a primitive tribe! Armed with historical knowledge and the Chief System, he drills wood to make fire, chisels ice to catch fish, domesticates livestock, and hunts with a bow. Come experience the pastoral life of a primitive tribe! There are also fortifications and battles for territory. It's the same primitive tribe, but with me, its rise will take a different path! 1.8kReads8.8Score224Shelves

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    Building infrastructure in the primitive world

40. 90 穿 Transmigrated to Prehistory: My Mom Burns Incense and Makes Offerings to Me Every Day 穿到原始：我妈天天给我烧香上供 Plum Blossom K梅花小KAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Favorite + Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Farming + Infrastructure Building + Ancient Times + No Romance + Serving the Motherland + Apocalypse] Household Guardian! Please keep my daughter safe and bring her home! Jiang Xiuyun reverently placed three sticks of incense in front of the shrine. After going hungry for three days in primitive society, Jiang Hua grabbed a huge steamed bun that had suddenly appeared and took a bite! The Household Guardian has answered her prayers! When 10.1kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
41. 91 还 Still Opening a Cultivation Academy? I'll Send You Packing First 还办修仙学院？为师先寄为敬 Fish in the Koi Pond锦鲤池中鱼Urban780k WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast, no romance, teaching from kindergarten onward] Zeyi has six disciples who give him endless headaches. The eldest always wants to be a good senior brother, but his junior brothers and sisters keep getting tricked. The second is a phoenix, yet all she wants is to eat? The third is the biggest headache. He’s been causing trouble since childhood and has never grown up. The fourth transmigrated here and has an inexplicable obsession with getting a government job? The fifth has no majo 302Reads7.8Score106Shelves

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    This book is really good! [Heart emojis] [heart emojis] [heart emojis] The best part is, there's no romantic pairing!

42. 92 模 SimCity: Build a City and Become Its Mayor 模拟城市：建个城市当市长 Tomato's Smile番茄的微笑Sports285k WordsOngoing Yun Buqi stood atop the White Cloud Group’s skyscraper. He looked out over the city he had built with his own hands. A surge of indescribable excitement welled up within him. He gazed out at the towering skyscrapers and the streets teeming with traffic. The skyline was a blend of quiet and clamor. His heart grew exceptionally calm and contemplative. Then he went to City Hall. Looking at the certificates covering the walls, he smiled in satisfaction. It was as if every sheet of paper on the wall 462Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    I recommend a book, a city-building and development simulation game. The protagonist is a mayor who develops a city from a village. Interested readers can check it out; the later chapters are quite exciting.

43. 93 废 Above the Wasteland, I Ascend to Godhood as an Infected 废土之上，我以感染者身份成神 Lai Guoguo赖果果Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted (Complete, so read with confidence) (No transmigration, no rebirth, no System, no romance. A more traditional story. The heroine is loyal and compassionate, not cold-blooded, but she shows no mercy to her enemies.) "Waaah, waaah..." The faint cry of a newborn sounded like the Grim Reaper whispering softly in the dead of night. Jiang Ning was jolted awake from her sleep. She gripped her weapon and called her younger sister awake. "Qingqing, someone's just had a baby..." Jiang Qing's expression gr 5.1kReads8.8Score752Shelves

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    1. Players build infrastructure in the wasteland; 2. Lords lead their people in natural disasters; 3. The female protagonist, fleeing famine during a year of disaster, possesses top-tier wisdom and martial prowess; 4. She teaches and cultivates a land of culture and raises children; 5. She develops her tribe during a matriarchal society. I've already finished reading all of them; they all feature female protagonists with no romantic pairings, so you can enjoy them without worry.

44. 94 逃 Fleeing Famine and Farming: The Eldest Daughter of the Farmhouse Keeps the Family Fed 逃荒种田，农门长姐养家忙 Clouds Above the Clouds云上之云Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This story has no space, is not a feel-good power fantasy, and its famine-flight scenes are adapted from historical accounts of ordinary people fleeing famine in different periods. The heroine is only eight years old, so escaping with her whole family in tow is very hard, incredibly hard. If you’re looking for a feel-good power fantasy, please move on. Don’t read to the end, decide the main characters have suffered too much, feel bad, and then leave a negative review. Writing is hard, so please 33.5kReads9.4Score4.1kShelves
45. 95 穿 Reborn as a Wicked Foster Mother: I Raised the Villainous Tyrant All Wrong 穿成恶毒养母：把反派暴君养歪了 Blue Sky over Mountains and Rivers山水蔚蓝天Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No romance + teaching + adorable kids + farming + building wealth + infrastructure] A warm, slice-of-life story Zhang Ziruo transmigrates into the role of the evil adoptive mother of a tyrannical villain, destined for a tragic end. She plans to win the villain’s favor while he is still young, only to discover that he has been reborn... Taking stock of her new circumstances, she decides to open a school and become a teacher! She’ll raise the villain to be a virtuous, capable, open-minded, and po 15.2kReads9.5Score2.1kShelves
46. 96 修 I Build Infrastructure for My Sect in the Cultivation World 修仙世界之宗门靠我搞基建 Tangerine Milk Without the Milk奶橘不奶Ancient Romance168k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + System + Cultivation + Infrastructure Building + Farming + Feel-Good Story + Romance?] After a car accident, Ye Xin transmigrates into the body of a little girl who shares her name. To her surprise, her father, who died unexpectedly, left her a box of heavenly (scorching), earthly (hard-to-find) treasures (medicinal herbs). One wave after another of people comes after her to kill her and take her things. Just as she thinks she's about to kick the bucket, a white-bearded old man —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A lighthearted farming story!

47. 97 家 Who Gets It, Guys? The First Emperor Snatched My System 家人们谁懂啊，系统被始皇截胡了 Endless Journey迢迢不休Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Main story has no romance, and is set in an alternate Great Qin. Not everything is historical: a mix of history and comedy] "The final bonus chapter is for readers' satisfaction and has a hint of romance. If that bothers you, feel free to skip it" Good news: Li Jiang transmigrates to the Qin dynasty and gets to see her idol in person. At last, she lays eyes on the legendary ancestor, nearly two meters tall, with thick brows and big eyes. She gets to watch the First Emperor unify the Six Kingdom 28.8kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
48. 98 惊 Amazing! The Poverty-Alleviation Expert Becomes a Farming Legend in Ancient Times 惊！扶贫大佬在古代靠种田封神了 Rain in the Empty Mountains空山雨Ancient Romance481k WordsCompleted [Infrastructure Building + Farming + System Space + Punishing the Scum + Feel-Good Story + No Romance + Career-Focused Heroine] Yang Liu, a poverty-alleviation secretary, died unexpectedly. When she woke again, she had become a widow. A single, unmarried young woman had turned into a widow with two children! Her home was bare, wind whistled through every wall, and there wasn't a single grain of rice in the house. Two little ones were crying to be fed. “Mom, I'm hungry...” Yang Liu opened the ric 58Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    All of these are non-romance (no romantic pairing) infrastructure-building novels. The first one is a post-apocalyptic infrastructure-building novel, quite interesting, with everyone being a zombie who goes to rescue the living. The living: "Don't come any closer! I don't taste good at all!" The second one has a male protagonist with two accounts. He's been a prince in his dreams since childhood, and one day he plays a game and discovers it's part of his dream, hence his two accounts, with the player trapped within his territory. The rest are mostly ancient novels about building villages and towns. I just finished reading the first two, so they left a deep impression.

49. 99 公 The Top-Ranked Road Survivalist Says She'll Walk to the End of the Road 公路求生榜一说她要走到公路尽头 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Sports2.9M WordsOngoing Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec 428.2kReads9.4Score40.7kShelves

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    💫No male lead + female protagonist with growth story + ensemble cast + infrastructure building + game/sports

50. 100 女 A Woman Reborn as a Woman Leads Her Family and Country to Prosperity 女穿女，带领家国走繁荣 Assam Milk Tea阿萨姆奶茶Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Strong heroine, infrastructure, feel-good story, no System, steady updates) No CP. If you love stories with a powerful female lead, you’re in luck! Chu Ci, a science PhD from the 21st century, transmigrated to the Longteng Dynasty. Soon after arriving, she was caught up in a disaster that befell the Chu family. Framed by the Right Chancellor, she went from a noblewoman of the capital to a humble county magistrate, taking over her father’s post. Songyang County. Assistant county magistrate An Bi 763Reads8.8Score103Shelves

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    No-CP female lead

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