Any Pure Fishing Stories About Tidal Flats and Catching Fish at Sea, No Cultivation? 有没有那种纯捕鱼，赶海，出海抓鱼的，不修仙的

1. 51 我 I Have a Penglai Immortal Island 我有一座蓬莱仙岛 Peach Creek Wilds桃溪野Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Also known as: After Finding a Divine Artifact, She Became Famous Through Her Fishing Livestreams A theme park called Nevernight suddenly becomes famous across China. It features the “Penglai Realm,” protected by a seventh-tier grand formation; the “Sea Monster Castle,” where mermaids are rumored to live, with glass tunnels leading straight down into the deep sea; the mysterious and eerie “Yellow Springs Road”; the opulent “Divine Capital”... Everyone who visits even once starts questioning real 7.9kReads9.2Score890Shelves

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   Highly recommend! I absolutely love it!

2. 52 我 I Was Just Fishing, So Why Are You Chasing Me with a Warship? 我就捕个鱼，至于开军舰追我吗？ Obsessed with This沉迷于此Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Fan awakens the Sea God System, which allows him to control underwater creatures. On his first trip out to sea, he accidentally hauled up a giant black fish. It brought a warship after him. In the end, he successfully turned it over to the state. From then on, Chen Fan embarked on a treasure-hunting journey. “What? Sakura has stored rare earth elements on the seabed? I’m hauling every last bit up!” “The Eagle’s plane crashed into the sea? If I hauled it up fair and square, I’m not giv 3.5kReads8.4Score320Shelves
3. 53 我 I Just Went Out to Sea to Salvage Things, So Why Is the Whole World Panicking? 我就出海打捞，怎么全世界都慌了 It's Wanwan是晚晚阿Urban542k WordsCompleted Qin Ming transmigrates to a parallel world and heads out to sea to salvage sunken goods. All he wanted was to recover a few treasures! But then... on the first day, he salvaged a whole case of Lei Hua beer. On the second day, he hauled up a pile of corpses, and they were wanted criminals??? On the third day, he salvaged a pile of cannons! On the fourth day, he hauled up a self-propelled howitzer!! On the fifth day, he brought up a submarine!!! On the sixth day, what the heck was this Imperial Ja 22.5kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
4. 54 我 I Have a Deep-Sea Fishing Ground [System] 我有一个深海渔场【系统】 Hu Tutu胡凃凃Modern Romance610k WordsCompleted (Farming + System + reborn + feel-good female-led story) After finishing her college entrance exams, Gu Tianyu traveled to beautiful Saipan Island, where she unexpectedly became bound to a fishing-farm app called the Deep Sea System. [New task: Raise giant heart-boosting lobsters.] Gu Tianyu had grown up on the coast and studied marine science at university. Now she stared at the giant lobster in front of her, half her height, waving its enormous claws. That thing looks like it could eat me aliv 80Reads7.5Score—Shelves
5. 55 美 America: The Entire Ocean Is My Fishing Ground 美利坚：整个大海都是我的渔场 Civilized, Just, and Patriotic文明公正爱国Urban377k WordsOngoing [Fishing + Gold Prospecting + Everyday Life + Urban Farming + America + Tycoon + System] After a high school reunion, Li Wei’s soul transmigrates to Alaska in 2004. Having taken a leave of absence from USC, he becomes the captain of the Sea Monster. From the Gulf of Alaska to the Bering Sea and the entire Pacific beyond, as far as the eye can see, it’s all my fishing ground. Black cod, halibut, cod, tuna, king crab, snow crab, lobster, geoduck, abalone, sea cucumber… PS: This blurb is shor 3.3kReads8.3Score179Shelves

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   Pure fishing, king crab, black cod, Dungeness crab

6. 56 海 Hunter of the Sea 海之猎人 The Light of the Righteous Path正道的光圈Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Su Ce grew up by the sea and was different from other people from birth. His mind was like a detection radar: whenever there was water nearby, he could see the distribution of fish beneath the surface just by thinking about it, making fishing much easier... 2.3kReads8.6Score145Shelves

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   The protagonist, born by the sea, possesses a unique advantage: his mind is sharper than radar, allowing him to discern the distribution of fish schools on the seabed and use this knowledge to catch them. After graduating from high school, with the help of his parents and siblings, he embarks on his fishing career at sea.

7. 57 离 A Fortune-Making Adventure on the Shore After Quitting My Job 离职后赶海的暴富之旅 Warm Words, Wind on Paper暖语笺风Modern Romance705k WordsCompleted [Quietly Unhinged + System + Beachcombing + Fishing + Everyday Family Life + No Romance] After quitting her job, Wang Yueyao unexpectedly received a System and began beachcombing. The beach was full of cat’s-eye snails, bull’s-eye snails, octopuses, starfish, crabs, and more... Out at sea, she fished for grouper, red-spotted grouper, sea bass, and all kinds of other fish... After leaving her job, she started earning even more. Wang Yueyao threw herself into beachcombing as the System refreshe 1.1kReads8.5Score109Shelves

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   Unable to rely on home, he went out to sea to fish alone.

8. 58 八 I Woke Up in the 1980s with Seven Kids, and My Wicked Mother-in-Law Fainted in Terror 八零睁眼七个娃，恶婆婆吓撅过去 Red Robe赤衣Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, System, lucky charm, wealth and prosperity, food, raising children, everyday family life, lighthearted comedy, daily life] After a car accident, Cheng Wenyin wakes up as a nasty mother-in-law in a small fishing village in the 1980s. She opens her eyes to three daughters-in-law, seven grandchildren, and a youngest son who is bedridden and paralyzed. The shock knocks her out cold. Only after binding to a System does she realize she’s transmigrated into a period novel. The System’s 1.4kReads8.4Score158Shelves

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   Historical fiction + system + transmigrated into a mother-in-law + beachcombing + raising children + delicious food!!

9. 59 赶 Fishing by the Sea: After Winning the Lottery, I Go Home to Become a Fisherman 赶海钓鱼：中奖后，回家当渔民 Rain Falls Over Jiangnan江南雨纷纷Urban636k WordsCompleted Focused on fishing and gathering seafood, with plenty of pictures of all kinds of seafood. After one misfortune after another, Lin Yang unexpectedly walked into a lottery shop and won the grand prize of 300,000 yuan. After winning, he decided he was done being a wage slave and went home to become a fisherman. Ever since his win, his fishing luck had been off the charts, and his daily life was filled with overflowing buckets, bursting creels, and packed holds. One giant catch after another came a 5kReads7.8Score295Shelves
10. 60 海 A Life of Sea Fishing: It Begins with a Crab-Eater Biting Someone on Shore 海钓人生：从蟹虎鱼上岸咬人开始 Hidden in the Shade藏在树荫Urban797k WordsCompleted Li You quits his exploitative factory job. The factory's brutal, backbreaking work has become too much to bear, so he returns to the little fishing village he has always dreamed of. While others are still working double shifts at the factory, Li You is already out fishing from his own boat. Blue-spotted grouper, tiger grouper? No, now I'm hauling in eight-jin red grouper! And when he's not fishing offshore, he takes his fleet on fishing trips to the oil rigs in the South China Sea. 5.5kReads8.5Score363Shelves
11. 61 都 Urban: I Quit My Job and Inherited a Little Island Cottage 都市：裸辞后，我继承了海岛小屋 Baby SpongeBob嫩娃海绵宝宝宝Urban132k WordsOngoing Sunshine, sandy beaches, the sea, a little seaside cabin, two mu of farmland, a small fishing boat, and just one person and one dog: the laid-back island life! Sick of cutthroat competition at work in the big city and a joyless life with no end in sight, Li Chengyang decides to quit his job and return to a fishing village on an island, where he inherits the little cabin his grandfather left behind. A treasure map that suddenly appears in his mind opens up a whole new world for Li Chengyang. Blac 112Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 62 赶 Reaping the Sea: The Brother Who Rides the Waves 赶海：乘风破浪的哥哥 Strolling Through a Sea of Flowers漫步花海中Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Shore Foraging] [Fish Farming] [Deep-Sea Fishing] [System] [Deep-Sea Treasure Hunting] [Building Wealth] When Lin Fan woke up, he had returned to the summer after his college graduation. Before him stood an old house with a leaking roof, parents whose hair had turned gray too soon, and a younger sister about to drop out and work in a factory to pay off the family's debts. In his previous life, his sister had worked herself to death trying to repay those debts, ruining her health and dying in he 4.5kReads7.1Score317Shelves

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    There are only a few books everywhere, so let's check out the new ones. They're pretty good. Let's see if I can get a high score.

13. 63 回 Back Home to Fish, Building a Fortune in Another World 回家当渔民，我靠异界发家致富 There's a Wheel有个轮子Urban472k WordsOngoing (Lighthearted, funny, everyday life, family affairs, fishing and beachcombing, spearfishing, deep-sea fishing, and island development) Zhang Zhitian receives his uncle's final keepsake: a jade pendant carved with a coconut tree. The pendant lets him transmigrate to an island surrounded by ocean on all sides. The island is vast, full of vegetation, and rich in marine resources. Zhang Zhitian relies on these resources to support the people living there. 87Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    This book is definitely a 9 out of 10; it's just that no one is recommending it, which makes its rating seem lower.

14. 64 极 The Ultimate Fisherman 极品渔夫 The Donkey Who Doesn't Eat Watermelon不吃西瓜的驴Urban1.1M WordsCompleted A fishing rod comes up in the net. Little by little, Lü Xiaoyu realizes that this fishing rod has a mind of its own. It can catch fish, treasures, anything at all. From then on, Lü Xiaoyu never turns back from the life of an avid angler. 7.1kReads9.0Score637Shelves

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    Fishing High Score Article

15. 65 游 A Life of Fishing: My Rod Can Be Upgraded 游钓人生：我的鱼竿能升级 Bland Green Tea清茶乏味Urban1.4M WordsCompleted A pure fishing novel. (Also known as A Life of Fishing on the Move) After learning he has ALS, Liu Yan loses hope for the future. One night, he throws himself into a river and encounters a mysterious old man, who introduces him to the joys of fishing and gives him an upgradeable wish-granting fishing rod. Thus begins his life of fishing on the move. Filling the boat and overflowing the fish boxes become part of his daily routine! Hundred-pound grass carp and black carp in lakes and reservoirs! T 4.5kReads9.2Score365Shelves
16. 66 海 A Tackle Shop by the Sea 海边有家渔具店 I Came from Outer Space我从外星来Urban1.6M WordsCompleted (The first few chapters lay the groundwork for the family background and relationships. The fishing adventure begins in Chapter Eight! This is a laid-back fishing story that builds a utopia for fishing enthusiasts.) Shi Tian, a rich second-generation heir, gets hooked after a shady app mysteriously appears on his phone. With all kinds of fishing talents carefully training him, he strays farther and farther down the path of becoming a crafty fishing fiend! Shui Bi Zhang: I spent half a year turni 4.9kReads8.9Score284Shelves
17. 67 带 Back to the 1990s with a Fish Finder: Fishing My Way to a New Life 带着鱼探回九零钓鱼改写人生 Water-Nourished Jade Grove Bell水润琼林钟Urban1.2M WordsCompleted While Shen Zichen was using a fish finder, it exploded. His soul traveled back in time with the fish finder to the moment when, after being betrayed by his girlfriend and misunderstood by his family, he went fishing to ease his sorrows. By chance, he fell into the sea among the reefs and hauled up a corpse. He made two friends, and with their help, bought stocks and lottery tickets, invested in real estate in Hainan, and, after making money, bought a fishing boat of his own. He went out to sea t 3kReads8.4Score231Shelves
18. 68 重 Reborn in 1983: I’ll Defy Fate and Change My Destiny 重生1983：我要逆天改命 Rui Tu瑞图Urban3.1M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Liu Anping was framed by a classmate and spent eight years in prison, living a life full of misery. But Liu Anping never imagined that he would get a chance to be reborn after his death. Reborn, Liu Anping doesn't want to repeat any of the tragedies of his previous life. He swears to send the classmate who framed him to prison. He'll make sure his family can live a good life. And... 17.3kReads8.2Score1.7kShelves
19. 69 深 Deep-Sea Fishing: The Bigger the Waves, the Pricier the Fish 深海渔猎：风浪越大鱼越贵 The Cat Who Doesn't Sneak a Bite不偷腥的狸猫Urban2.0M WordsCompleted With a disabled younger sister and little hope for the future, unemployed Yang Bin leaves the city and returns to the countryside to make a living in aquaculture. His life should have been ordinary and hard, but a toad sends it off course. By chance, he gains a mysterious sixth sense like radar. From eels hiding beneath aquatic plants and softshell turtles buried in the mud, to scallops hidden on the ocean floor and lobsters among the coral reefs… From ponds in a small town to the boundless open 3.6kReads8.5Score391Shelves

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    I recommend these books! (≧∇≦)/ 3. [Note] The male protagonist returns to his hometown after graduating from university. Due to an accident, he can now see clearly underwater, and he and his sister move directly to the seaside! A huge grouper! The male protagonist even drags a moray eel ashore!! 6. [Note] The male protagonist's father is obsessed with fishing. He even stays in the hospital to bait the spot, which the male protagonist somewhat objects to. But then he gets a cheat code and goes to the reservoir with his father, catching a meter-long giant fish!! What kind of magical activity is this?! He's obsessed too!

20. 70 赶 Tidepooling: Raising a Child by the Sea 赶海：我靠赶海养娃 I Just Want to Be a Fat NEET我只想当一名肥宅Urban3.5M WordsOngoing A corporate drone is reborn in the good old days of 2008. While everyone else who gets a second chance is trading stocks or flipping houses, Gu Han can only bury himself in the grand pursuit of harvesting seafood from the shore. With a bucket, a shovel, and a rain cape, he ushers in a brand-new era of beachcombing. “Dad, are we going to catch big crabs today? We’re going to make lots and lots of money, right?” 3.4kReads8.6Score206Shelves

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    These are all fishing games where you catch big fish and giant creatures, and the plot of fishing for golden tuna is exciting.

21. 71 我 I Made My Fortune Beachcombing 我从赶海发家致富 Half White, Half Black半白半黑Urban1.2M WordsCompleted One heroine, fishing and gathering seafood, no System. His father died and his mother ran off, but he has the protagonist’s template. Watch Wang Zibai rise from the gutter and roam the world. Money and beautiful women? No problem. 6.4kReads8.7Score477Shelves
22. 72 重 Reborn at the Turn of the Millennium: I Just Want to Be a Happy Fishing Bum 重生千禧：只想当个快乐的钓鱼佬 Lord Jie of Wangxiang Pavilion望乡阁的界王大人Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Reborn in the year 2000, he makes a living from the sea. He seeks neither immense wealth nor high office, only to be a happy, prosperous, carefree fishing guy on this pristine blue coast, making up for the regrets of his past life and living this one with freedom and boundless horizons. 451Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 73 父 My Father Was Injured, So I Went Home to Fish 父亲受伤，回家钓鱼 Young Master of the Lin Family林家小子呀Urban784k WordsCompleted [One female lead] [Sea fishing] [Daily life] [A golden finger is needed; the System is optional] Lin Yan, who works far from home, returns to his hometown after his father is injured. He originally plans to go back to work once he has taken care of his father. But then he unexpectedly obtains a fish-finding radar System. And so, Lin Yan sets out on the path of fishing... 5.1kReads8.7Score276Shelves
24. 74 重 Reborn: The Sea Makes for a Wonderful Life 重生，大海成就精彩人生 Brother Jing井哥Urban845k WordsCompleted Chen Dong was inexplicably reborn in 2001, and fused with the Dragon Balls. He gained the ability to breathe underwater, dive deep without any equipment, and see through the ocean. From then on, the ocean became Chen Dong's source of goods. Having lived through it once before, he also got the chance to make up for the many regrets and injustices of his previous life. I wonder if you kind readers could send a little free love and support. Many thanks! (New book: In the End Times of the High Marti 951Reads8.2Score107Shelves

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    If you're tired of those formulaic novels filled with fighting, harems, and mindless posturing, why not relax your mind and savor a cup of tea? Check out my urban fishing novel. It's complete. Thank you!

25. 75 八 The Eighties on a Seaside Island: A Military Wife Riding the Wind and Waves 八零海岛：乘风破浪的军嫂 Joyful Songs and Laughter欢歌笑语Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Rebirth + military marriage + golden finger + ocean treasure hunting Reborn in 1982, Lin Caidie comes to her senses and immediately sets about breaking off her engagement. In this life, she absolutely won’t walk into that fire pit again. She’s going to pursue her own happiness. Huh, she has a golden finger too? From then on, the ocean is her own backyard. 6.3kReads9.0Score849Shelves

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    Beachcombing, an era, a journey of three thousand miles

26. 76 重 Reborn in 1980: The Carefree Life of a Little Fishing Village 重生1980，小渔村的悠闲生活 Mu Yunyang牧云羊Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [Period drama, everyday life, golden finger, gathering seafood, farming, family life] Slow-paced story, rating just released In his previous life, he had no parents and was an orphan from the Tomato Orphanage. After painstakingly saving up a fortune, he became the captain of a small boat and made his living at sea. He thought he would live out the rest of his life in peace, but unexpectedly died young of cancer. Reborn in a small fishing village in the 1980s, Lin Xiaofeng has no intention of 6.6kReads6.5Score371Shelves

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    You can try these two books.

27. 77 退 After Leaving the Spotlight, I Used the System to Rule the Ocean 退圈后，我靠系统称霸海洋 Pheasant Kite雉鸢Urban1.3M WordsCompleted The rating has just come in, but it’ll rise later!!! After five years of struggle, Lu Jinnian was still a barely noticed third-tier actor. When he refused the shady deal offered by powerful mogul Zhao Tianxiong, the entire industry blacklisted him. On the final day of his contract, a new offer seemed like a lifeline, but it was really a carefully laid trap at a drinking party. Forced to drink alcohol laced with drugs, he stumbled into a corner of the restroom. Just as his consciousness began to 10.5kReads7.1Score1.2kShelves
28. 78 重 Back to the Fishing Village in 1985: I Ditch My Ex-Wife and Marry the Woman Who Brings Bad Luck to Her Husband 重回85渔村，放弃前妻娶克夫女 The Daydreaming Zhou梦游的小周Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + urban farming + coastal foraging + fishing + daily life + getting rich + one heroine] Chen Nuo returns to 1985. The little fishing village is just as he remembers it, his parents are still alive, and the girl whose loss haunted him for the rest of his life is smiling gently at him. When he goes to the village pier to forage along the shore, Chen Nuo suddenly discovers that he has a mysterious ability. As long as he is within the sea’s reach, his vision shows a map of colored zones rep 20.5kReads7.9Score1.7kShelves

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    Although the novel about catching seafood in the past received a low score, it was still enjoyable and allowed you to easily lose your mind.

29. 79 退 Called Off, I Make a Fortune Fishing for Seafood 退婚赶海赚亿万 Yu Yansun喻言孙Urban1.6M WordsOngoing [Eight Hit Animated Dramas Now Streaming] Three More in Production! Plus Three Adaptations in Every Language for Overseas Release! [Daily Life] [Lighthearted] [Coastal Foraging] [Fishing] [Slow-Burn Urban Farming] His childhood sweetheart publicly tore up their engagement and looked at him with contempt. She despised his bare-bones home, his younger sister's leukemia, and the burden of supporting his elderly, sickly grandmother. To her, he had no future. Little did she know, he had awakened the 588Reads8.7Score137Shelves

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    Tiananmen Square was more crowded than I had imagined. The winter morning in Beijing was bitterly cold; the wind swept across the square, unshielded, and chilled me to the bone. Xixi wore a maroon woolen hat knitted by her grandmother, with a pom-pom on top that swayed gently on her head. She hunched her shoulders, burying her face in her scarf, leaving only her eyes showing. Wen Ziyu led the way, knowing the route intimately—where to queue, where to stand, and which spot offered the best view.

30. 80 重 Reborn in 1994: Protecting My Sister-in-Law and Making Our Fishing Village Rich 重生1994守护大嫂渔村致富 Just a Speck of Dust只是一粒尘埃Urban189k WordsOngoing Everyone in the village told me to stay away from my widowed sister-in-law, spreading rumors that she was a jinx. But only I remember how, in my previous life, she worked herself to the bone to keep our family afloat, then perished in the freezing sea. Reborn in a fishing village in 1994, I was determined to make up for the regrets I carried from my previous life. At dawn, I went out to forage and found a Chinese spiny lobster. I caught a giant sea bass, decades old, while rock fishing. Then, wh 167Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Fishing, beachcombing, fishing trips at sea, relaxing, farming, and without violence.

31. 81 年 Period: Back to 1985 in a Little Fishing Village 年代：重回1985年小渔村 Ink-Wash Flavor水墨味道Urban62k WordsOngoing Period Drama + Everyday Family Life + Foraging at Sea + Single Female Lead + Urban Life In 1985, in Wanghai Village on the coast of southern Fujian, thirty-year-old Chen Jianjun woke with a splitting headache and discovered he had returned to twenty years earlier. That year, after letting his ambitions outstrip his abilities, he'd lost the entire family fortune speculating. His wife, Lin Xiulan, was wiping away tears as she held their swaddled daughter, Yaya. All they had left at home were a few —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A historical fiction novel, new book, quite good to read while eating.

32. 82 挖 I Dug a Fishing Pond, and Anglers Across the Country Hailed It as a Sacred Site 挖了个鱼塘，全国钓鱼佬奉为圣地 Lone King's Play孤王戏Urban2.5M WordsCompleted Farming + everyday life + family and village affairs + comedy + development + fishing + no female lead (focused on work). A leisurely pace, starts slow and builds momentum, so dive in without worry. After three years drifting in Beijing, Li Fan unexpectedly obtained a fishing-ground System after a night of drinking at a club. He returned to his hometown, Ligang Village, dug fish ponds, and opened a fishing park. Starting with one small fish pond, Li Fan gradually built his business up step by st 36.1kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves

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    "Fishing: You Open a Fishing Ground, You Open a Club?"—A Unique Surprise in a Relaxing Farming Novel🎣🌿Are you tired of the hustle and bustle of the city and yearning for a peaceful rural retreat? This book will take you into a fun-filled and challenging rural world.🎣Li Fan, an ordinary man who has been working in Beijing for three years, unexpectedly returns to his hometown, Ligang Village, and begins his fishing journey. But this is no ordinary fishing ground; it's a unique place that blends leisure, humor, and farming elements.🎣Here, seasoned anglers will marvel at the luxurious architecture of the fishing ground, while wealthy businessmen will be surprised by the arrangements on the ponds. Li Fan is the creator of this fishing ground, starting from small fishponds and leading Ligang Village to become a national fishing mecca.🌿Want to experience the tranquility and fun of the countryside? Want to feel the dual charm of fishing and farming? Then come and read this book! It will bring you a different kind of relaxing reading experience. #Fishing #RuralLife #LeisureFarmingNovel #Humor #NoFemaleLead

33. 83 直 Livestreaming Tide Hunting in the 1980s: From the Start, Wild Yellow Croaker Are Everywhere 直播80赶海开局满地野生大黄鱼 The Bear Bear Doesn't Eat Bunnies熊熊不吃兔叽Urban211k WordsCompleted [Two timelines + foraging along the shore + System-based + livestreaming + feel-good power fantasy + period setting + striking it rich + urban life + farming + aquaculture] Grandma is critically ill, and the 30,000-yuan surgery bill hangs over him. Lin Hai has only 236.5 yuan left in his account, and life has backed him into a corner. A thick fog binds him to a livestreaming System for foraging along the shore, sending him straight to an untouched, uninhabited stretch of coastline in 1985! Wild —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The system not only provided him with space, but also directly enhanced his physical body! He could crush a century-old elm wood handrail with his bare hands and pull up a fish weighing hundreds of kilograms with one arm. His physical abilities were simply superhuman!

34. 84 末 Doomsday Island: I Pick Up a Big Shot and Start Farming Together 末日孤岛：捡个大佬一起来种田 Left and Right, Just Right左宜右有Sci-Fi & Apocalypse468k WordsOngoing [Island Farming] + [Slow Pace] + [Max-Level Expert] + [Cozy and Healing] + [Good Food] + [Sweet Romance, No Angst] Three hundred years ago, a cataclysm struck Earth, leaving the world with nothing but countless isolated islands. Floods, scorching heat, extreme cold… Humanity has been reduced to primitive farming and hunting. While survivors fight over half a moldy loaf of bread at sea, Mu Yao is reclining on a beach chair on her own island, enjoying chilled lychees from her refrigerator. She pos 2kReads8.4Score217Shelves

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    This one fits the bill perfectly, highly recommended! It's a post-apocalyptic island farming novel. It's simple and peaceful, with no extraordinary characters or superpowers, just the female protagonist farming alone on a deserted island. She works hard every day to prepare her three meals. She makes pumpkin noodle soup sprinkled with hazelnut pieces, and pan-fried foie gras paired with homemade red wine. Even alone, she eats well. After the male protagonist arrives, the two of them drink snake soup, eat yams, and munch on acorn cakes together, enjoying every bite.

35. 85 钓 A Fisherman Across Time and Space: A Blood-Soaked Fight Against Japan 钓者跨时空：浴血抗日行 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban130k WordsCompleted In a parallel world, in Heishui Town, Hanjing City, a false nation on the Dark Star, Zhou Jianhua accidentally discovers a time machine created by the previous civilization in its final days in an attempt to save the world. The time machine can take him to worlds from the past, but it cannot reach the future. Inside the machine, Zhou Jianhua obtains the Repentance Fishing Boat, which can be upgraded. The Confession Time Machine itself can also be upgraded, and he can travel through time three ti 45Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Dragon's Blood Fishing, specializing in catching giant fish. Fishing, beachcombing, trap fishing, diving, and seine fishing. Lobsters over two meters long and weighing forty pounds, king crabs larger than millstones and weighing over a hundred pounds, fish weighing hundreds or even thousands of pounds—isn't that amazing? Want to see real fruits and vegetables grown with Dragon's Blood? What would the results be like? This isn't fake!

36. 86 我 I Fish with Dragon Blood, and Every Fish and Shrimp in the Sea Goes Wild 我用龙血钓鱼，海中鱼虾都疯了 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Fishing with dragon blood sends every fish and shrimp in the sea into a frenzy. Tempering my body with dragon blood and making a name for myself with dragon fists. I use dragon dung and urine in my space to grow ginseng and tea plants. Every year, I drip another drop of dragon blood beneath the tea plants. Regularly drinking the tea they produce delays aging, strengthens the body, promotes longevity, fortifies the bones and sinews, beautifies the skin, turns white hair black, and even boosts vir 730Reads8.6Score183Shelves

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    All four are books on fishing; it just depends on which one you like: Dragon Blood Fishing, Spirit Spring Water Fishing, and Empty Hook Fishing. There's also Hypnotic Fishing.

37. 87 何 How to Chase Away Worries? Fish Until Your Cooler Overflows 何以解忧钓鱼爆护 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban744k WordsCompleted Zhang San used to be a street vendor selling leather shoes. When the city launched a campaign to become civilized, street vending was banned. Just as he found himself out of work, his girlfriend betrayed him and ran off with the savings he had built up over six years of selling at his stall. Drunk, Zhang San went fishing by the river and unexpectedly hooked a Shanhe Ring. The ring had been forged by the Primordial Immortal Venerable from fragments of worlds and various heavenly treasures. It con 1.4kReads8.7Score103Shelves

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    Beachcombing offers a wide variety of resources.

38. 88 莸 I Gain the Water God's Inheritance, and Fishing Is No Longer Hard 莸得水神传承，钓鱼不再难 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban300k WordsCompleted Nan Canghai had his achievements stolen and was fired from his job, so he went out for a walk to clear his head. Caught in a sudden downpour, he happened upon an old, dilapidated Water God Temple by the river. Curious, Nan Canghai ducked inside to take shelter and look around. By a stroke of fate, he merged with the remnant soul of an ancient Water God. Not only did he inherit the Water God's legacy, he also obtained a treasure that controlled water: the Black Tortoise Banner, one of the Four Di 750Reads8.6Score—Shelves
39. 89 重 Reborn in 1960: I Have a Divine Cauldron Space 重生60，我有神鼎空间 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban2.8M WordsCompleted Zhao Guoqiang died alongside the demolition crew, never imagining that the incense burner in his own main room was a divine artifact. After accidentally becoming the master of the Bronze Divine Cauldron, he was reborn as another man named Zhao Guoqiang. Inside the cauldron's space were towering mountains, lakes, and mighty rivers. What delighted him even more was that the cauldron could condense holy water. Time already flowed ten times faster inside the space than in the outside world. With the 404Reads7.4Score103Shelves
40. 90 重 Reborn in 1960: The System Helps Me Rule the Hunting Grounds 重生60：系统助我猎界称雄 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban345k WordsCompleted Li Changsheng became a thirty-year mortgage slave after buying a home with no down payment. With housing prices falling and his job gone, he was on his way home when he kindly helped an elderly person who had fallen, only to be extorted by them. So he simply dragged them along to die with him, ridding the world of two bad people. Unexpectedly, he then received a Cloning System and transmigrated, reborn into the body of another Li Changsheng in 1960. See how Li Changsheng uses the Cloning System 992Reads6.1Score—Shelves
41. 91 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Control the Life and Death System 四合院：开局掌控生死系统 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.8M WordsCompleted From the start, he gets a Life and Death System and hypnosis abilities, sending him straight to the top. The Life and Death System can extract life force from anything alive, including animals, plants, fish, and humans. It can also pour life force into any living thing, though the effect is halved. Extracting life force from a century-old tree yields fifty years' worth, which can be poured into a sapling to instantly make it grow to the size of a fifty-year-old tree. Animals work the same way: e 15.6kReads8.1Score898Shelves
42. 92 我 In 1979, I Helped the Whole Village Become Ten-Thousand-Yuan Households 我在七九帮全村成就万元户 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban267k WordsCompleted Chen Sheng and seven good friends explore the Nanshan Cave and obtain the innate spiritual treasure, the Boundary-Breaking Pearl, which lets them travel back and forth to an era thirty years in the future. From then on, they begin a career smuggling goods between the two worlds. Back home, they open brickworks, a sand quarry, clothing factories, and furniture factories. They buy up centipedes and leeches, and become the first in the world to cultivate bamboo fungus commercially. Once every house 617Reads8.0Score—Shelves
43. 93 重 Reborn as a Cow: Ruling the Dark Planet 重生成牛：称霸黑暗星球 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban113k WordsCompleted Ye Daniu transmigrated and was reborn in the body of an African buffalo that had just been killed by a lion. Using human intelligence, he killed the lion and became the King of the Buffaloes. From then on, the African buffaloes began practicing martial arts and forming battle formations, wiping out prides of lions and packs of wolves. They exterminated the hyenas, unified the grasslands, and became its overlords. When the apocalypse arrived, the King of the Buffaloes led herds of buffaloes, zebr 142Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 94 重 Back to 2006: Making a Fortune by Fishing and Gathering Seafood 重回06，从赶海钓鱼开始发家 So Sleepy Today, I'll Sleep in a Bit今天好困一会就睡Urban1.1M WordsCompleted After Su Yanbai gets drunk yet again, he opens his eyes and discovers that he has returned to 2006. He swears to get a second chance and give his wife and daughter a happy, fulfilling life. Just then, a ding sounds. The System has arrived. And so begins his legendary life. He heads out to the shore to catch green crabs, razor clams, mudskippers, and mantis shrimp. He fishes for groupers, large yellow croakers, and tuna. He also befriends the creatures of the sea. 8.3kReads7.6Score583Shelves

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    Seeing this, Su Yanbai quickly rolled up his trouser legs and sleeves, went down to catch the fish, and after two minutes, he caught it, put it in the bucket, and didn't keep it alive.

45. 95 渔 Transmigration: Fishing with Spiritual Eye Brings Wealth and Fortune to Her Family 渔女有灵眼，赶海发家旺满门 Time on Both Sides左右时光Ancient Romance489k WordsCompleted [Feel-good story + building wealth through farming + sweet island romance + lucky heroine] Li Suisui is bewildered. Getting trampled to death in a crowd while chasing her idol was bad enough, but she’s also transmigrated into the eldest daughter of a poor fishing family. Her father has a broken leg, her mother is frail, and the entire burden of the household falls on her shoulders. Luckily, she has a spirit eye to help her find groupers, giant crabs, large yellow croaker, and more... As Li Suisu 3.1kReads8.2Score359Shelves
46. 96 整 I'm the Only One Who Can See the Golden Fishing Grounds Beneath the Sea 整片海底的黄金渔场只有我能看见 Le Lanya Ji乐蓝雅季Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing The day she was laid off, her boyfriend broke up with her. “Don’t blame me. If I marry her, I can save myself twenty years of hard work.” Unemployed and heartbroken, Su Yunzhou decides to return to her fishing village for a while and recover. To her surprise, she awakens a special “X-ray vision” that lets her see everything beneath the sea. From then on... Shore foraging: While everyone else struggles to pick snails out of crevices in the rocks, she heads straight for her targets, digging up 41.2kReads8.2Score3.9kShelves

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    Recommended novels about beachcombing and fishing, including time-travel stories.

47. 97 赶 Coastal Foraging Days: A Hold Full of Fish, Doting on Five Sisters 赶海年代：鱼货满仓，宠飞五姐妹 Billionaire富甲亿方Urban1.4M WordsCompleted (Reborn in a bygone era + fishing village + lighthearted + daily life + beachcombing + fishing + farming + pocket dimension) Xu Mo died on the operating table. When he opened his eyes, he was back forty-five years earlier, at the moment Li Qingyue asked him to marry her. In his previous life, his cowardice and refusal to take responsibility led to all five sisters dying, while his parents wasted away in grief. In the end, he too passed away with a heart full of regret. This time, the chance to m 19.2kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves

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    💬 ✩‧₊ 🥡 ˚‧🐇 ⋆ ꙳ ₓ 🫧 ⊹꙳୧₍˄·͈༝·͈˄₎୨

48. 98 日 Paying One Billion in Taxes a Day, and You Call This a Village Collective Enterprise? 日交税十亿，你说这是村集体企业 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban523k WordsCompleted Zeng Fanchao, the richest man in Beihu Province, catches the eye of people who want to seize his family fortune for free. When he refuses, Liu Batian, a prison warden who holds the low ninth rank, sends men to sever his tendons, force-feed him a drug that robs him of his voice, and throw him from a cliff over a hundred meters high. He crashes down onto the land temple beneath the cliff, smashing it to pieces. His own body is shattered, too, but the blood flowing from him is mysteriously absorbed 637Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    Dragon Blood Fishing specializes in catching giant fish. We offer various fishing methods: fishing, beachcombing, using traps, diving, and seine nets. We've caught lobsters over two meters long and weighing forty pounds, king crabs larger than millstones and weighing over a hundred pounds, and fish weighing hundreds or even thousands of pounds. Isn't that amazing?

49. 99 我 I Have a Tidepooling Map 我有一副赶海地图 Spring Rain on a Pear Tree一梨春雨Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Let me tell you, sea cucumbers feel slippery and smooth. It's so satisfying. When you touch a live abalone, it contracts. It's so much fun. Huh? Why are those two crabs hugging? What are they doing? Hehehehe. Do you want to come and find out? It's really fun. 3.5kReads8.4Score227Shelves
50. 100 从 From Tide-Pooling Boy to Deep-Sea Fishing Tycoon 从赶海小子到海钓大亨 Porridge Xiaojiu, a Big Eater干饭人粥小九Urban152k WordsCompleted After his business venture in the city failed, Lin Chao returned home to Golden Beach, a coastal village in eastern Shandong, carrying 100,000 yuan in debt. With his father seriously ill and his mother consumed by worry, he gave up on returning to the city. Starting with a pair of old rubber boots and a small iron rake passed down through his family, he took up the art of beachcombing again to make a living. 32Reads—Score—Shelves

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