Survival Stories Where You Develop in Peace, Upgrading from a Wooden Cabin to a Large Shelter 求生存活类的，安心发展小木屋到大型庇护所

1. 151 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. 70kReads9.3Score4.8kShelves

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   It's so good! I finished it in less than two days. The ordinary life in the post-apocalyptic world is really touching. The plot doesn't just develop in a flat way; there are also exciting moments. I don't know what others think, but this is the first time I've read such a good post-apocalyptic novel.

2. 152 公 Highway Survival: Hey, Beautiful, There's Still a Seat in My Car 公路求生：美女，我车上还有座 An Old Man from Jiangbei江北一青翁Sci-Fi & Apocalypse852k WordsCompleted [Everyone transmigrates + no System + multiple female leads + survival in the apocalypse] Everyone transmigrates into a road-survival world. Lu Yungui struck it lucky and teamed up with a beautiful woman on the very first day. While others drove minivans, chewed compressed biscuits, and suffered miserably in temperatures above forty degrees, fighting until they were bloody over a bottle of water, Lu Yungui lounged in an RV, enjoying the air conditioning beneath a blanket, eating steak and chatti 2.7kReads5.8Score146Shelves

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   I'm staying up all night to read this post-apocalyptic survival story! [Drooling emoji] Everyone's on a road trip through a post-apocalyptic world, and Lin Chen immediately encounters a pair of stunningly beautiful sisters! While others struggle to survive on the highway, he and the sisters seem to have it all—his car repair skills are maxed out, his road condition predictions are accurate, and he even manages to find hidden resources amidst the danger. One sister is intelligent, the other lively, and both are completely dependent on him. Without a system to back them up, relying solely on their intelligence and charm, Lin Chen not only survives the post-apocalyptic road trip but also leads the sisters on a thrilling and heartwarming survival journey. Who wouldn't love a road trip survival story like this?

3. 153 全 Global Cave Survival: Teaming Up with My Girlfriend's Aunt 全民地穴求生，和女友小姨组队 Mind Your Own Tomatoes关你西红柿啊Sports345k WordsOngoing [The hit survival novel of 2025!] [The popular Douyin animation adaptation launches at the same time!] [A traditional, old-school exploration adventure with no golden finger!] [Two-Person Survival] + [Dungeons] + [Western Fantasy World] Lin Tongguang brings his girlfriend Su Rui home to meet his family, only to face fierce opposition from her aunt... Before Su Yulin can throw him out, the global cave-survival game descends! Everyone on Blue Star is transported to underground caves in another wor 30Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 154 海 Island Survival: Upgrading from a Tent 海岛求生：从帐篷开始升级 Jie Zai Is Sleepy Every Day孑崽每天都在犯困Two Male Leads556k WordsOngoing [Just launched, rating still rising] [Two male leads + survival + island + natural disasters + infrastructure + upgrades + 1v1] Clever bottom x wolfdog top (literally a wolf) The top starts out as a wolf cub. Their romance is a slow-growing relationship, and he will take human form later. No System, no golden finger, pure survival story. The early story focuses on stockpiling supplies, upgrading, and growing stronger. Later, groups of sea monsters attack, and islands collide and plunder one anot 8.2kReads7.8Score1.4kShelves

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   This is super good! The main character is very strong, the resource system is well-designed and not confusing, and you level up step by step.

5. 155 末 Surviving the Apocalypse: I Can Sublimate Everything 末世求生：我能升华万物 Ruo Yun Sui Feng若云随风Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.8M WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + divine skills + supernatural abilities + the Seven Deadly Sins + ruthless and decisive + opening with an overpowered move + invincible power fantasy] ♫ Gently awaken your sleeping heart, slowly open your eyes… When Lu Ming woke up, he discovered that all of humanity had been transported to the Jialan Galaxy. The apocalypse had descended upon the Jialan Galaxy. Mutants were invading, and humanity’s first priority was to survive in the resource-starved, perilous wasteland. But Lu Min 43.3kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves

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   I've seen it myself

6. 156 全 Everyone Transmigrates: Surviving in Another World 全民穿越，异世界求生 Dreamer Before Bed睡前梦想家Sports465k WordsOngoing [Survival] [Shelter] [Disaster] [Everyday Development] A survival challenge for all! Everyone wakes to find that more than eight billion people have collectively transmigrated to another world, and everything from their former civilization has lost its meaning. Natural disasters, savage beasts, and hunger hang over everyone like a blade. Explore the new world and search for the last chance to survive! The protagonist, Zhou Ye, has a mother, and he searches for her every day too. I just don't wri 81Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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   I'm recommending another book! [Crying][crying] No cheat codes, no special abilities, just a story about slowly upgrading your shelter step by step. [Currently working on the manuscript][currently working on the manuscript] There are all sorts of natural disasters and ferocious beasts [mist, cold waves, eternal night...] The difficulty is gradually increasing. [Sending hearts][sending hearts] The other survivors are also very strong, each with their own unique opportunities.

7. 157 无 Infinite Apocalypse: A Super Cheat Every Time I Sign In! 无限末世：每次签到超级外挂！ Riding the Wind and Clouds挽风云Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted A certain island nation dumps nuclear wastewater into the sea, mutating marine life and bringing on the apocalypse! Before civilization falls, everyone gains the ability to transmigrate through an infinite number of worlds to survive. Anyone who returns alive from a parallel apocalyptic world receives generous rewards and can grow stronger fast! Shen Yun binds to a System, and gets a super golden finger sign-in reward as soon as he enters another world. Island survival: Sign in from the start to 36.5kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
8. 158 提EN Logged In Early! How Can I Lose After Rebirth? 提前登录！重生的我怎么输？ Little Belly Fish肚肚鱼Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Character build] [Health bar] [Horrors] [Martial artists] [Sequence] In 2035, a fully immersive game called Dark Realm hit the market and instantly took the world by storm. But a year later, the game descended into reality. Flesh-eating horrors, murderous foreign races, and paranormal Ascendants brought about the apocalypse and drove humanity to extinction. Zhang Qing is reborn two years earlier and is shocked to discover that his headset has returned with him. So he logs in ahead of time! Rebo 97.8kReads9.2Score9.4kShelves

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   The first one should also be about survival, right? [Facepalm] The one about the hardcore gamer has some flaws, but it's still readable.

9. 159 大 Age of Discovery: Evolving from a Bamboo Raft 大航海：从竹筏开始进化 Can I Give You My Life?命给你行不行Eastern Fantasy748k WordsCompleted Li Yuan was reborn, but unfortunately, he had become a boat. More precisely, he was a raft made of three bamboo poles tied together. However, everything changed when Li Yuan, who had thought there was no chance of turning things around, discovered he had a System. “Congratulations, you've received the beginner's gift pack: one Labrador Retriever.” “Wood +1” “Wood +1” Upgraded to a wooden-plank boat. “Fiber +1” “Fiber +1” Upgraded to a single-masted sailing ship. “Iron ore +1” “Iron ore +1” [Plea 503Reads9.0Score191Shelves

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   Personally, I think these survival novels are alright to read.

10. 160 求 Survival Game Arrives: I Turn the Tables With Three Acres of Farmland 求生游戏降临：我靠三亩耕地翻盘 Wang San Qian Qian Qian王三前前前Sports905k WordsCompleted If everyone on Blue Star is going to transmigrate into a maritime survival game ten days from now, what would you do? Qi Ge: "Obviously, I'd go on a crazy spending spree and stockpile supplies!" In his previous life, he starved, endured waves of beasts, and was finally frozen to death in the bitter cold. This time, Qi Ge will do whatever it takes to survive. But... "Hey, hey, hey! I just wanted to survive and maybe make a little pocket money. How come you all keep calling me a big shot?" In the 4kReads7.8Score373Shelves

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    ૮๑′0`๑ა A great, super comfortable and reassuring survival story! No infighting or backstabbing, just steady progress and development 🔥

11. 161 开 Starting with a Wooden Raft: Serious Survival at Sea 开局一木筏：认认真真，海上求生 Ping Nanjia凭南佳Sports1.0M WordsCompleted [No CP / raft / survival / natural disasters / human disasters] Players are dropped into an ocean survival game with nothing but a broken raft from the start. While everyone else struggles to survive, Jiang Anyu gets on with living. Daily tasks: 1. Work hard at opening mystery boxes; 2. Take the opportunity to kill a few more sea monsters; 3. Climb to the top of the trading zone’s hottest shops leaderboard; 4. Turn the island into a logistics factory; 5. Build an intelligence network across the 3.4kReads6.7Score326Shelves
12. 162 航 Seafaring: An Ancient God Awakens? I'll Knock It Out with Money 航海：古神苏醒？用钱把它砸晕 Horn角笛Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Ancient gods awaken in the deep-sea fog. Islands emerge amid raging storms. Mysterious, uncanny treasures, fleets thundering with cannon fire, pirates laughing wildly as they bring bloodshed and slaughter, and intrepid adventurers exploring a new continent... When Li Cha Aldrich awakens once more, he finds himself an NPC in the game world known as Voyage. To prepare for the dangers ahead, Li Cha has no choice but to take the extraordinary path as a [Jeweler]. From [Jeweler] to [God of Wealth and 10.4kReads9.0Score998Shelves
13. 163 暗 Dark Fairy Tales: Inventing Evil Gods and Slaughtering My Way Through Bear Ridge 暗黑童话：编造邪神，杀穿狗熊岭 Half-City Demoness半城妖倾Anime Fanfiction3.0M WordsOngoing I transmigrated! Speak up for me! The moment Shen Xiu crouched down, he became a tree in a dark fairy-tale multiverse. Here, entire worlds have turned grotesque. In blood-red Bear Ridge, eyeballs hang from the sky, Bald Qiang goes on a chainsaw rampage, trees wail in the blood mist, and the dead wander... In the empty Green Pastures, when the black moon becomes full, a pair of horns tears through the sky, revealing scarlet eyes beyond the void... In Fairy Tale Town, the bloody Little Red Riding 35.5kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves
14. 164 末 Apocalypse Survival: I Stock My Safe House Full of Divine Blind Boxes 末世求生：神明盲盒囤满安全屋 Tutu the Big Monster图图大怪兽Sci-Fi & Apocalypse789k WordsCompleted The rating just came in! It’ll slowly go up! A heads-up before you start: lots of female characters! The heroine isn’t evil, and the protagonist doesn’t have much plot armor. If that bothers you, don’t read. (Post-apocalyptic survival + safehouse building + stockpiling and farming + no romance + multiple-instance Infinite Flow) After wishing for “a place of my own” at Yonghe Palace, I was “assigned” somewhere that very night: dumped into a post-apocalyptic survival game. From the start, I had o 10.7kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves
15. 165 全 Survival for All: I Have a Treasure Chest System 全民求生，我有宝箱系统 Hot and Sour Fish酸辣鱼Sports1.1M WordsCompleted [Survival] [System] [Treasure Chests] [Slay the Gods] [Eerie] When night falls, go home. After waking up, everyone found themselves in a world teeming with danger, filled with zombies, magical beasts, and Eerie creatures. Night belonged to monsters. Danger lurked everywhere, and Eerie things infested the land. Everyone had to do everything they could to survive in this perilous world. Fortunately, I had a Treasure Chest System. While other survivors were still struggling to find food, I was alre 1.6kReads7.5Score117Shelves

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    Although the ratings are low, they're all pretty good! Especially the first one, which is relatively good. Ultimately, it depends on individual taste. [Heart emoji]

16. 166 全 Global Survival: Growing Stronger from a Wooden Cabin 全民求生：从小木屋开始变强 Qiu Yingxin秋影新Sports2.3M WordsCompleted [A Different Kind of Apocalyptic Adventure, Not a Harem Novel] Everyone transmigrates to a random location. Some end up in the ocean, others in the desert, a small village, a city, or even inside a whale… Harsh weather, treacherous terrain, zombies, monsters, goblins, terrifying giants… When Ye Feng wakes up, he discovers that in this perilous environment, he has somehow gained a hint system and a [Shop]. “Beep. Hint: A treasure chest has been detected 0.1 meters directly below you~” “Beep. A sw 4.3kReads5.9Score264Shelves
17. 167 末 Doomsday Lord’s Survival Log 末日领主生存日志 Mammoth Bunny猛犸小兔Sports843k WordsCompleted [Game + Apocalypse + Rotating Disasters + Territory Building + Management + Farming + No Romance] ✨ Synopsis: Overnight, a game called 180 Days Until Doomsday descended upon the entire world! Survivors? Players? Or... zombies? Awaken your profession and live; Fail, and die. Terrifying monstrosities run rampant, disasters keep escalating, and the whole world is plunged into a high-octane struggle for survival! And you... how long can you last? 🌺 Cycle One (Days 01–15): Crimson Whispers Cycle Two 3.9kReads8.7Score464Shelves
18. 168 领 Lord Survival: Starting from a Deep-Sea Base 领主求生：从深海基地开始 I Have a Sea我有一片海Sports1.3M WordsCompleted [Lord] [Survival] [Doomsday] [Eerie] [Disasters] [Construction] [Farming] This is the graveyard of civilization, where the remains of countless worlds lie buried. The death of a civilization is as natural as the rising and setting of the stars. In this world surrounded by apocalyptic despair, staying alive has become an impossible wish. Hunger, darkness, chaos, monsters, eerie forces, ancient gods, the supernatural, mist, deities, sparks of hope, the deep sea, holy cities, and endless apocalypti 21.3kReads8.2Score1.9kShelves
19. 169 全 Global Survival: Who Plays Games Without a Guide? 全民求生：谁玩游戏还没个攻略呀 Wen Chengzhe, Who Loves Salted Egg Yolks爱吃腌咸蛋黄的温成哲Sports318k WordsCompleted A bizarre world where survival is everything. Danger lurks everywhere: terrifying beasts in the darkness, deadly goblin traps, and mysterious poisonous fog. Any one of them could easily take your life! Starting out in a broken-down shack, you have to venture into the dangerous wilderness during the extremely short daytime to find supplies, or you’ll barely survive! “Ding…” Congratulations, Ye Chen! You’ve awakened the Beginner’s Guide System. “If you want to get rich, chop down trees first!” “Wa 546Reads8.5Score—Shelves
20. 170 末 Apocalypse Management: I Open a Hotel and Win by Doing Nothing 末世经营：开间酒店我躺赢 Mu Yu沐予Sci-Fi & Apocalypse771k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Business Management + Healing + Infrastructure Building + No Romance + Light Ensemble Cast] The moment Gu Nian opens her eyes, she finds herself in a hell-level apocalypse. Zombies roam everywhere, plants mutate, and one natural disaster after another strikes. She is framed from the start and nearly gets herself killed. On the brink of death, Gu Nian binds herself to a hotel management System and merges with a mysterious plant compendium, becoming the owner of a small hotel in the 9.2kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
21. 171 神 Divine Lord: From the Start, I Gain the Yellow Turban Legacy 神祇领主，开局获得黄巾传承 Milk, No Sugar加奶不加糖Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + lord + System + no female lead] Zhang Ye woke up to find he had transmigrated into a world where everyone was a lord. From the start, he acquired the Yellow Turban legacy and a Yellow Turban altar capable of summoning all things. “Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall rise!” The slogan resounded once more in another world. “Report, Your Majesty! A million Yellow Turban warriors are charging toward us!” “Report! The enemy general Guan Hai has fought his way through our ranks sev 6.5kReads8.3Score463Shelves
22. 172 废EN Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers 废土藏身处，从下水道开始升级 The Chasm of Desire欲望鸿沟Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted [‘Wasteland: Fortress of Civilization’ loading complete! Survivor status activated.] [Survivor Yu Yuan, starting area selection complete! Selection result: Riot District] After accidentally entering a wasteland world, Yu Yuan was forced to begin a hardcore struggle for survival. Threatened by urban thugs, extreme disasters, player raids, and invasions of civilization, he had only one choice: do everything in his power to build and fortify his shelter. Fortunately, Yu Yuan obtained fate cards and 90.5kReads8.4Score9kShelves

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    There was a system the day before yesterday; the latter two are more realistic.

23. 173 全 Darkness Survival for All: I Can Grind Proficiency 全民黑暗求生：我能刷熟练度 It's Gale是疾风啊Sports692k WordsCompleted Rule One: Daytime in the dark world lasts only six hours, while nighttime lasts eighteen! Rule Two: Monsters only appear at night! Rule Three: Newcomers have a three-day protection period. During this time, you are completely safe inside your wooden hut! Rule Four: After three days, if you haven’t upgraded your hut, monsters will hunt you down! Rule Five: Chests are hidden in the forest. Open one, and you’ll find something unexpected! Looking at the survival rules before him, Ye Liuyun realized 7.9kReads7.0Score405Shelves

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    These are the cabins you'll want to start your survival journey. From the smallest rise to a mobile fortress.

24. 174 全 Global Survival: From a Thatched Hut to the Mightiest Empire 全民求生：从茅草屋到最强帝国 Wow Oh哇哦哦Sports2.1M WordsCompleted Countless people transmigrate to another world, starting from the start with nothing but a drafty, dilapidated thatched hut. Here, people can obtain various blueprints and cards by chopping trees, gathering grass, and smashing stones. Food and other supplies must be obtained by using cards, but what you get from each card is entirely up to luck. Bai Xiaolin obtains the [Survival Points System] and discovers that he can use survival points to enhance cards and blueprints. "Survival points -1" "Su 8.8kReads7.8Score604Shelves

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    My favorite male protagonist survival novel, starting from a thatched hut and working hard to collect resources and build infrastructure [kissing emojis][kissing emojis]

25. 175 黑 Dark Survival: Starting with a Cabin Merger 黑暗求生：从木屋融合开始 Chao Chi朝池Two Male Leads264k WordsCompleted [Survival] [Smart Protagonists] [Abundant Resources] [Two Male Leads] [Shelter Upgrades] [Law of the Jungle] Everyone transmigrates: all ten billion people on Blue Star are transported to a dark world. Everything starts from zero. All that remains is untamed wilderness, endless terror, and the dark glory. Everyone gets their own beginner's gift pack. Terrifying beings lurk in the dark world's nights, and once you die, you disappear for good. Darkness! The uncanny! Monsters! Demons! Witchcraft! A 53Reads6.4Score—Shelves
26. 176 全 All Aboard the Great Voyage: The World’s Will Forces Me to Become a Native 全民大航海，世界意志逼我当土著 Teacher Zhang Xuefeng Can't Outrun Me张雪峰老师跑不过我Eastern Fantasy195k WordsCompleted "Cthulhu" "Dark Humor" "Against the Grain" "No Cheat Powers" "Unique Worldview" Caught by the will of the world while sneaking into another world. Lin Ye lost both his compensation and his System You ask what I can do now that my System and golden finger are gone? “Get to work!” What if I have a mental illness? Can I transmigrate first? “Refusing to seek treatment is wrong. You should try to get checked for any illness you might have, and treat it as a lucky bit of foresight.” Is another worl 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book is well-known and quite good. The second one is one I wrote myself, and I think my writing is pretty good. The system doesn't provide any substantial help beyond guidance, so it's not just mindless monster-slaying fun. Those who like that kind of thing can check it out.

27. 177 降 The Apocalypse Descends: I Am a Top-Grade Food Spirit Root 降临末日：我是极品饭灵根 Gu Si Yi顾思衣Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsOngoing [Apocalyptic Survival + Infinite Flow Quick Transmigration + Leveling Up + No Romance] Ye Nanfei enters an apocalypse game and becomes a survivor striving to stay alive in one post-apocalyptic world after another. Tsunamis, extreme cold, extreme heat, zombies, wastelands, mechanical civilizations, alien invasions: countless apocalyptic worlds await her arrival. While other survivors are tormented by the System, struggling to survive and complete missions as they work to build themselves up, 20.7kReads8.7Score2.8kShelves

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    So beautiful! [Admiring][Shy]

28. 178 进 I Got a Safe House After Entering a Survival Game 进入求生游戏后我有了安全屋 Frost on the Clouds云上霜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse689k WordsCompleted [Safe house + pocket dimension + quick transmigration + stockpiling supplies + no romance] At 24:00, Qiao Yunpan is sorting through the deliveries she bought when, in the next instant, she transmigrates into a survival game. She stares at the dilapidated train, completely bewildered. 10.1kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
29. 179 徒 Hiking to Survive: My Talent Is an Encyclopedia of Everything 徒步求生，我的天赋是万物图鉴 Drunk Alone by the Green Creek青溪独醉Sports639k WordsOngoing (The rating has only just come in; it should rise later.) [Survival] [Hiking] [Natural disasters] [Stockpiling] [Farming] [No romance] [Lone wolf] When Gu Ning wakes up, she finds herself forced into a Survival journey. But seriously, who survives by walking everywhere on their own two feet? A thatched hut gifted from the start? No. The fabled vehicle? No. Let alone a train, raft, or island. Fortunately, Gu Ning awakens a talent: the Atlas of All Things. It can record anything and unlock all kin 14.4kReads8.1Score1.9kShelves
30. 180 移 Mobile City: The Divine Resource Wholesaler 移动城市，神级资源批发商 Parentheses Laughing括弧笑笑Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Raved about by ten thousand readers | One million following the updates | Ten million currently reading!] [Lord-Building] [Overwhelming Power] [The stats are still professional] [From Chapter 78 onward, the protagonist can print unlimited money] [A beacon-of-civilization story! (Elementary schoolers who want to see the protagonist act like a ruthless doomsday human trafficker, stay away)] (The novel's theme song, “Alliance of the Singularity,” is now available on all platforms.) All of humanit 165.1kReads9.2Score13.4kShelves

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    So beautiful! So beautiful! So beautiful!

31. 181 全 Global Survival: My Territory Is the Only Pure Land 全民求生：我的领地是唯一净土 Sang Zhi Ming桑枝明Modern Romance371k WordsCompleted [Global Survival] [Infrastructure Building] [Farming] [Strong Female Lead] [City Lord] The entire world is transported to another realm. From the start, everyone gets a small wooden shack, and they have to earn all their own resources. Some people are on islands, some in deserts, and others in primeval forests. They chop down trees to upgrade their wooden houses and stave off hunger with wild grass and berries. Those who survive for a month can summon their families to join them. While others ar 8.4kReads9.1Score814Shelves

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    These are all very engaging survival stories set in log cabins. The best part is they're all completed, so you don't have to worry about updates. You can read them all in one go!

32. 182 海 Survival at Sea: From the Start, I Fished Up a Merman Husband 海上求生：开局钓上来只人鱼老公 Murmuring in the Moonlight月夜沉吟Two Male Leads148k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads] [Nonhuman Character] [Nonhuman Love Interest] [Beautiful Love Interest] [Tsundere Merman Love Interest x Straight-Ahead Office Worker Protagonist] Du Xuanyuan had that dream again. In the dream, he was actually getting together with another man! How could that be? He was straight! Afterward, the man would hold him tightly and murmur, "Remember me, remember me, remember me..." When Du Xuanyuan woke up, he couldn't remember a thing. All he remembered was a drop of scalding-hot liq 9.4kReads—Score2.6kShelves

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    Holy crap, this novel is amazing! Men get their periods after reading it, women go crazy, it even gave me depression and made me stop eating pig's trotters! I want to read this book every day! It's just too awesome!

33. 183 全 Global Survival: Starting in a Little Cabin During a Blizzard 全民求生：从暴风雪小木屋开始 Deep White深白Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsOngoing [Global Survival] [Upgrading the Shelter] [Farming] [System] [Disasters] [Scavenging Supplies] [Growing Stronger] A slow-paced survival story. The early chapters focus more on explaining the System. When their home planet is destroyed, everyone is sent to a new world to fight for survival. This is a world newly formed from heaven and earth, where all things have begun again. Shrouded in fog and full of dangers, Xia Yan wakes up in a dilapidated little cabin in the wilderness. A blizzard is about 32.7kReads6.8Score2kShelves

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    I recommend this book; it looks pretty good.

34. 184 异 Another World: That's Too Much! Starting from Scratch to Earn Contribution Points 异世：过分了，从零开始搞贡献值 Raise a Little Blue Cat养只小蓝猫Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The opening can be read as an NPC being reborn + growing from weak to strong + stockpiling goods in various otherworlds + one-of-a-kind adventures in different worlds + romance + cozy vibes?] An Jiu was reborn in someone else's body. A barren wasteland, a strictly ranked beehive, sixth-class citizens scrambling to get their three meals a day, and a monthly trip to an altered world to gather supplies. Clenching her fists, she knew that if she wanted enough to eat, she had to... Fight! Like! Mad! 8.1kReads9.1Score887Shelves
35. 185 全 Everyone Sets Sail to Survive, but I’m an Ultimate Stat Monster 全民航海求生，但我是究极数值怪 AI1SSports1.4M WordsCompleted There is none of that "ruthless decisiveness" beloved by elementary school kids, which is to say, indiscriminate slaughter. The protagonist is just an ordinary person. Nor is there any saintly behavior. As for those who call him a saint, all I can say is that I never imagined people's hearts could become so twisted and cold-blooded. [Wish fulfillment] [Special ships] [Invincible] [Seafaring] [The protagonist isn't trying to survive] [Disasters] [The protagonist has common sense] [Everyone trans 4.7kReads7.9Score449Shelves

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    Survival essentials, all types available, click to take a look, you won't regret it.

36. 186 我 My Little Island Changes Color 我的小岛会变色 The Steel-Toothed Rabbit Growing Mushrooms种蘑菇的钢牙兔Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted This is a mysterious, unfathomable world beneath the vast sky, where humanity can live only on floating islands. A companion stone is the seed of a floating island. Shen Xin was born with a companion stone. This is the story of a daredevil who devotes herself heart and soul to raising a floating island. 3.9kReads8.6Score380Shelves

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    Female-oriented: 1️⃣ Reincarnated into another world, where there is no land, only floating islands. Some people are born with a companion stone that slowly develops into an island, capable of devouring each other. After the age of six, they all undergo various survival trials to build their own islands. 🏝️ 2️⃣ 9.4 Rating, an infinite flow apocalyptic story with various natural disaster scenarios. It includes elements such as spatial abilities, hoarding, and safe house upgrades, as well as a skill to turn trash into treasure—not even letting garbage go! 3️⃣ New book! No romance + hoarding + infrastructure building! The female protagonist is reborn before a natural disaster, activates the [Shelter System] to obtain the Lord's Heart, and begins a journey of collecting scraps, building, raising animals, and making zero-yuan purchases. ✨

37. 187 灯 Lighthouse Survival: From the Start, I Get a Deep-Sea Treasure Chest! 灯塔求生：开局获得深海宝箱！ Under the Frog Pond蛙鱼塘下Sports2.2M WordsCompleted [Lighthouse Survival, Everyone Transmigrates, Game, Apocalypse, Survival, Talents, Mild Lovecraftian Horror] Everyone transmigrates to a strange ocean world, with only a deserted island and a lighthouse from the start! Here, everyone starts from zero. There are colossal beasts blotting out the sky, eerie fog, terrifying sea monsters, seductive sirens, miraculous creatures, abandoned deserted islands, and mighty lighthouses. Here, lighthouses are what everyone relies on to survive, but don't forg 32.1kReads7.1Score2.9kShelves
38. 188 求 Survival: Building a Divine Kingdom from a Thatched Hut 求生：从一座草棚开始打造神国！ Sister Seven Emotions七情菜姐Sports1.8M WordsOngoing [Natural disasters + infrastructure building + stockpiling supplies + pets + national warfare and bloody battles + no saintly protagonist] Everyone transmigrates to a jungle world, struggling to survive amid monsters and natural disasters. From the start, Lin Ze gains a Super S-rank talent and becomes the strongest pet summoner. While countless players are still struggling to fend off monsters and disasters, he has already moved into a fortified mansion with his pets and is living the enviable g 25.2kReads7.9Score1.9kShelves

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    Both of these books are absolutely amazing! If you haven't read them, you should definitely check them out—they're incredibly good!!

39. 189 末 A Guide to Building a Base in the Apocalypse 末世领地建设指南 Run Qing润青Sci-Fi & Apocalypse303k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + rebirth + System + hoarding supplies + no romance + pets + daily life] After struggling to survive the apocalypse for three years, Meng Nan is betrayed by her family and dies a tragic death. Then she is reborn! This time, she refuses to let others control her. She only wants to escape her parasitic family, stay away from conflict, and live out the rest of her life in peace and freedom. But after accidentally activating a recycling System, Meng Nan sees a chance to change her fate a 103Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 190 绝 Stranded on a Deserted Island 绝岛逢生 Heartless Iron Rod铁棒无情Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [A no-nonsense military survival story set on an island] A mysterious bodyguard is escorting a biologist and his wife across the sea when their passenger ship is struck by a torpedo. Forced to leap overboard, they wash up on a deserted island. After enduring wind and rain, they finally reach the island, only to discover that danger lurks everywhere... This story will take you into the most realistic world of survival at sea and on an island. You’ll feel the beauty of the ocean beneath a starry s 19.4kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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    This is a good book. The male protagonist is calm and rational, the writing is beautiful, the story is vivid, and the descriptions are detailed. I personally found it quite original.

41. 191 在 Becoming a Strong Player in an Ocean Survival Game 在海上求生游戏中成为强者 Yan Qianxi言浅兮Sports836k WordsCompleted [Survival] [Natural Disasters] [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Stockpiling] A survival game suddenly sweeps across the globe, drawing countless people into it. When Jiang An wakes up, she finds herself lying on a wooden raft. From that day on, an ordinary girl begins her journey to becoming strong. She faces disaster after disaster: torrential rain, extreme cold, sea creatures coming ashore, scorching heat, drought... Extreme-cold disaster: Survival at sea Extreme-heat disaster: Desert surviv 1.2kReads6.8Score103Shelves

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    A ten-year veteran bookworm recommends this game survival novel—it's truly amazing! The writing is top-notch, the plot is engaging, and it's so captivating you won't be able to put it down! The imagery is incredibly vivid! You can check it out on my bookshelf; the ones I've grouped are the ones I've read that I like (except for those that are currently on hiatus; I haven't read the hiatus group).

42. 192 游 A Game Connects to Another World, and the Female Lead Learns Everything at a Glance 游戏连通异世界，女主一学就会 Xuanyan玄颜Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Wasteland + no romance + strong female lead's growth] ⭐️ No sweeping all before her. The focus is on learning and growth, not a face-slapping power fantasy. Content warning: Many male supporting characters early on. Gu Xi, female, 17 years old. A slum-dwelling refugee on Blue Star. Special status: The only player of Dawn Game using her real body. (The female lead plays with her actual body; everyone else uses bodies created in the game.) Player ID: 1000001 At first, Gu Xi only wanted a chance t 1.2kReads7.6Score144Shelves
43. 193 全 Global Freeze: My Tower Defense Offers Unlimited Choices 全球冰寒：我的塔防有无限选择 Flying Bird Xiao Y飞鸟小ySci-Fi & Apocalypse143k WordsOngoing [Apocalyptic Survival + Eternal Winter + Shelter + Upgrades and Construction + Conquest + Trading Supplies + Developing Protagonist + Ruthless + No Female Lead] This is not a feel-good power fantasy. From the start, the protagonist will have a very hard time. Even while people still retain some basic humanity, he won't show mercy. If someone needs killing, he'll kill them. There will be no saintly do-gooder behavior and no female lead. Everything revolves around the protagonist's interests. Temp 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The entire population is transported to a vast, icy world to survive. Starting with a small campfire, they gather resources to build shelters, upgrade turrets, and defend against hordes of beasts…

44. 194 宿 Dorm Survival: Please Stay Alive! 宿舍求生，请活下去！ Crane Ering鹤儿ingMystery604k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Growth + Survival + Tower Defense] Bai Xiao transmigrates into a dormitory survival game. Once night falls at six o’clock, the dormitory is the only safe place. Outside the dormitory corridor, heavy footsteps and monsters’ roars draw closer. They could break through the door at any moment and devour everyone inside. The only way to survive is to upgrade the dormitory door, the turrets, and the little beds. Bai Xiao wants to live. She has to survive. Current members of the main 12.9kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves

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    A haunted dormitory.

45. 195 游EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 The Cat Isn't Bald猫不秃Sports3.1M WordsCompleted [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 969.1kReads9.5Score83.2kShelves
46. 196 天 Disaster: From the Start, One Mountain to Call My Own. Stockpile? Farm! 天灾：开局一座山，囤货？种田！ Ji Ying寄英Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted This is a farming story. [Natural disasters + farming + hunting + fishing + food + grasslands + deep mountains + herding + healing + a nontraditional apocalypse + seclusion + daily life + sweet romance + childhood sweethearts] Just two people living in seclusion in the forest (emphasis on just two!). The whole story focuses on cozy, everyday details: growing vegetables and crops, raising chickens and geese. No golden finger, just hard work and self-reliance. Warnings: There is a romantic pairin 8kReads9.0Score757Shelves

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    Highly recommend this disaster-stricken farming novel that I've read twice! There are no cheat codes or later monster transformations. The opening mentions a human mutation leaning towards zombies, but it doesn't involve superpowers or crystal cores. It's a survival-themed, slice-of-life story about two people and a dog living on the grasslands. It's not one of those mindless, mindless, overpowered wish-fulfillment novels; it has realistic and logical elements!

47. 197 全 Everyone's Duo Survival: Upgrade the Cabin and Get Close to the School Belle 全民双人求生：升级木屋校花贴贴 Super Little Yellow超级小黄Sports620k WordsCompleted [No System + Natural Disasters + No Goody-Two-Shoes Hero + No Formulaic Plot + Cthulhu + Rules-Based Horror + Age of Chaos + Infinite Flow] Everyone on Earth transmigrates to an unknown planet to take part in a two-person survival game. Every pair starts with a small wooden cabin. They must constantly gather resources and upgrade it to defend against unknown dangers. And Fang Han’s partner turns out to be his gorgeous junior from school, the campus belle. The planet is home to all kinds of creat 28.1kReads8.1Score3.1kShelves

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    🔥A survival story where the protagonist upgrades their cabin to gain more living space. [I highly recommend it!] In a game where everyone in the world is transported to an unknown, strange planet for a two-person survival challenge, all teams start with a cabin. The protagonist's partner is none other than his beautiful and slender junior from his school. However, this planet is inhabited by all sorts of creatures, eerie Great Old Ones, and terrifying tales... The protagonist's only goal is to help the two of them survive better.

48. 198 梦 She Foresaw the Future in Her Dreams, Yet Died in a Survival Game! 梦中预知未来，她死于求生游戏！ A Pie Fell from the Sky, I Want to Get Rich天上掉馅饼我想暴富Sports496k WordsCompleted [Friends, the results just came out, so please go easy on me] Xu Jiao is an ordinary office worker, but lately she feels like she’s not so ordinary, because she seems to be able to dream about the future. In her dream, one month from now, all of humanity on Blue Star will enter a survival game at ten o’clock on the morning of April 1. They’ll bring nothing into the game except the clothes they’re wearing, not even their phones. They’ll find themselves in an unfamiliar wilderness, each person a h 4.3kReads8.5Score359Shelves
49. 199 生 The Everyday Grind of Leveling Up in Survival Games 生存游戏升级日常 Bunny Loves Beauty兔兔爱美丽Sports720k WordsCompleted After suddenly gaining a pocket dimension, Shen Wanwan works hard to improve her survival skills and stock it with supplies, hoping it will come in handy when the world changes one day. But instead of a world-ending calamity, she gets a survival game. With her pocket dimension and team of beast companions, Shen Wanwan travels through one game after another. She keeps a low profile and builds up her strength, then leads her whole team into battle, raking in a fortune along the way. Shen Wanwan is 113Reads6.3Score—Shelves
50. 200 末 Apocalypse Descends: The Lucky Village Chief Hoards Supplies Like Crazy 末世降临：欧皇村长咔咔囤货 I Just Won't Eat Onions就不吃洋葱Sci-Fi & Apocalypse414k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + natural disasters + stockpiling + card draws + absurdly lucky] Blue Star has become a survival game, and everyone on the planet has been forced to participate. Typhoons, droughts, locust plagues, blizzards, volcanic eruptions: everyone else is suffering, but An An has nothing to fear! She’s cozily settled in the village, waiting to win without lifting a finger. Where did the village come from? The System gave it to her! What about the protective barrier? She got it from a card draw 481Reads8.8Score110Shelves

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