Looking for Books About Building a Shelter, Ideally Starting Right Away and Upgrading It Without Limit 求建避难所的书，最好开头就开始建，无限升级

1. 1 求 Survival: Starting in a Sewer, I Get Three Choices Every Day 求生：开局下水道，我每天三选一 Tea Leaf Dinosaur Egg茶叶恐龙蛋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse244k WordsOngoing [Handcrafted only] + [Shelter survival] + [Slow start] + [Multiple heroines] Everyone wakes up to find themselves transported to a world of survival. Each person is randomly assigned a shelter from the start. Some get a crude thatched hut, some a cozy wooden cabin, and others a sturdy brick house. Poor Chen Zhou, however, gets a damp, dark stretch of sewer... But as he upgrades his shelter, he discovers that the sewer unlocks a special room called the “Mushroom Cavern.” Every day, he can obtain 778Reads5.4Score100Shelves

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   I recommend this book; it starts off in the sewers. The beginning is fast-paced and doesn't drag on like other novels where the protagonist fills the page with unnecessary details. This book jumps right into the plot.

2. 2 全EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 Newly Bought Peaches新买的桃子Sports2.6M WordsCompleted The print edition has been signed with a publisher. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a game where everyone must survive at sea. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves so fast it's never in sight. Like the Head-On, with its massive ram, charging fearlessly ahead. But Yang Yi's ship is called 272.1kReads9.4Score27.8kShelves

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   [Top Post][Top Post] 1. This is absolutely a god-tier masterpiece! The ultimate survival game! Recommended after 5000 hours of reading time. Disagree? Come at me! 🌵🌱

3. 3 末 My Doomsday Livestream Summoned Haters and Alarmed the Nation 末世直播召唤黑粉后，惊动了国家 Short on Silver缺点银子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse, transmigration, mutations, disasters, livestreaming, comedy, System, wish fulfillment] Ye Xiao is incredibly lucky. He’s always complained that life is boring, and now he’s transmigrated! Ye Xiao is terribly unlucky. He’s transmigrated into an apocalypse crawling with mutated creatures! Ye Xiao is incredibly lucky. He’s got a System! Ye Xiao is terribly unlucky. His System doesn’t let him stockpile supplies or give him super strength. It makes him livestream instead! Ye Xiao is losi 45.1kReads8.5Score5.6kShelves

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   These two are absolute gems!! They're not good at all 👀 [smirk]

4. 4 求 Survival: Defending My Cabin Against the Cold Wave 求生：从小木屋开始抵御寒流 Shan Xun山寻Sports3.5M WordsCompleted [Survival] [Shelter Building] [Disasters] [Stockpiling Supplies] Everyone transmigrates. When Qi Yuan wakes up, he finds himself in a fog-shrouded world full of danger. Cold, hunger, wild beasts, and torrential rain become the daily lot of everyone. Rising with the sun and resting at its setting become the way of life for all! 119.2kReads8.2Score8.4kShelves
5. 5 末 Surviving the Apocalypse: I'm the Shelter's Only Man 末世求生：我是庇护所唯一男性 I Eat Tomato Sauce我吃西红柿酱Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing [Global Survival game + multiple heroines + invasion of the bizarre + SSS-rank hidden building + stockpiling supplies + ruthless killing + absolute domination] Everyone woke to find the whole world had transmigrated! They had all been dropped into frozen wastelands and given random Level 1 shelters from the start. They had to survive not only temperatures of minus thirty degrees Celsius, but also the terrifying, bizarre creatures lurking in the dark! While everyone else was selling their dignity 162.3kReads7.8Score18.2kShelves

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   Build shelters and take in maids

6. 6 序EN Sequence: Ascension 序列：升华 Listening to Peacocks听孔雀Sports3.6M WordsOngoing [Train Survival + Lone Wolf + Always One Step Ahead + Ascension and Evolution + No Saintly Heroine + No Spineless Hero] The moment Ye Qiyan opened his eyes, he found himself in a world of train survival. Everyone had to get off at a series of stations and explore to stay alive. The lucky found treasure; the unlucky lost their lives. Opportunity and danger went hand in hand. Gather supplies, upgrade your train, and build a train world of your own. As for Ye Qiyan, he possessed a one-of-a-kind asc 248.6kReads8.3Score22.8kShelves

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   Highly recommend this book, *Train Survival: My Ultimate Ascension*! The protagonist is transported to a train survival world and possesses the talent of 'ascension of all things'. In the perilous world of the train station, he infinitely ascends and progresses. Fast-paced, not overly sentimental, and with consistently high intelligence, the thrill of watching ordinary items infinitely break through their limits is simply irresistible!

7. 7 狙 Sniper Prodigy 狙击天才 Ye Bing野兵Urban199k WordsCompleted Sima Yun, a killer known as the world’s greatest sniper, takes on the identity of Wang Hai, a cook in a grassroots military unit. From then on, the lowly army cook begins an incredible rise, overcoming one obstacle after another as he takes part in the special forces selection process, on the verge of becoming an honored special forces soldier. But the killer organization refuses to let him go, repeatedly sending assassins to hunt him down and swearing to kill him, leaving him no choice but to f 2.7kReads9.1Score326Shelves

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   Recommended by seasoned bookworms, these are all excellent books, true classics, especially the last one!

8. 8 野 The Wild Soldier God of War Series (Complete in 11 Volumes) 野兵战神系列（全十一册） Ye Bing野兵Urban1.9M WordsCompleted Li Liang had been taken by his father into the deep mountains as a child to learn all kinds of survival skills. As keen as a wild beast, he had superhuman marksmanship and could instantly take down a target hundreds of meters away without a scope. But when he took the military enlistment exam at eighteen, a twist of fate led him to be recruited by one of the world’s top mercenary organizations. A misunderstanding also branded him a murderer, and the military issued a kill order against him. Ever 1.6kReads9.5Score255Shelves
9. 9 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 163.5kReads9.2Score13.2kShelves

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   Take a look at these books, especially the last four, which all have relatively novel themes and are quite good.

10. 10 末EN The Apocalypse Is Coming? I’ll Arrive First! 末日降临？我先降临！ Noodle King Zai板面王仔Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.8M WordsCompleted [The print edition of I'm a Supplier of Survival Plans for the End Times is now available on major platforms] [Character growth · Multi-theme stages · Ensemble cast · Occasional brutal takedowns · No cookie-cutter plot · No mindless wish fulfillment] After facing repeated layoffs and betrayals, Su Jin was at the lowest point of his life when he was accidentally hired by a mysterious company. Countless worlds are on the brink of destruction. Only by saving their clients can the sparks of civiliza 405.1kReads9.2Score33.9kShelves
11. 11 过 You Used Me and Kicked Me Out. Now That I'm Rich, Why Are You Crying? 过河拆桥赶我走，我发达你哭啥？ I Love the Great Mage我爱大法师Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted Xiao Yu transmigrated to a wasteland world and became the son of the Lord of Yancheng. Time and again, he turned the tide and saved the base. The last time, he sacrificed himself to save his younger brother, holding off a horde of ferocious beasts. He was gravely wounded and crippled. But when he returned to the city, he was met not with applause or gratitude, but with his brother’s false accusations. His brother said he had deserted and caused the deaths of countless comrades... The very peo 6.6kReads8.2Score512Shelves
12. 12 我 My Doomsday Shelter System 我的末日避难所系统 Bread Goes for a Stroll面包在漫步Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.7M WordsCompleted What brought about the end of the world? Nuclear war? Radiation? Or a truth even more chilling? What allowed humanity to survive? Hard work? Technology? Or an even more brutal reason? The truth hidden beneath layer upon layer of facts was utterly despairing! Mo Bai returned to three months before the apocalypse, and took a path completely different from the one he had followed in his previous life. What twists would a shelter System, expandable by completing missions, bring to his life? Would he 8.3kReads7.6Score552Shelves
13. 13 全 Global Cataclysm: Building an Underground City from the Start 全球灾变：开局建设地下城 Tenth Day of the Month月初十Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse vacation + lighthearted + funny + humblebragging] The apocalypse has begun. Ye Liangren uses his System to upgrade every part of his shelter. The faucet can automatically switch to cold water, hot water, soft drinks, coffee, milk, or even 1982 Château Lafite, depending on the Host’s needs! The clothes it makes are fireproof and can withstand temperatures below minus 150 degrees! The upgraded internet boasts ten-gigabit fiber speeds! He has also built an ecological ranch and a large-s 509Reads7.9Score100Shelves
14. 14 末 Apocalypse Game: Buying the Whole World from a Subway Station 末日游戏：从地铁站购买全世界 The Chasm of Desire欲望鸿沟Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted [Apocalyptic survival + cities + upgrading hideouts + no female lead + decisive and ruthless + disaster survival] The apocalyptic game has arrived. Disasters are striking all over the world. Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, extreme heat, viruses, bitter cold… In just six months, Blue Star's population has fallen by 80 percent, and civilization has nearly collapsed. With no other choice, humanity must enter the apocalyptic game and take on survival challenges in the hope of staying alive. Fortunat 22.3kReads8.7Score1.9kShelves
15. 15 末 Reborn in the Apocalypse: From a Super Bunker to a Space Safe House 末世重生从超级地堡到太空安全屋 Ride a Dream Like a Horse以梦為馬Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + reborn + spatial storage + stockpiling supplies + no bleeding-heart hero + decisive and ruthless + driving out foreign enemies] A strange solar phenomenon triggers two global catastrophes, plunging the world into a new glacial period. After being eaten alive, Ling Feng returns to the time before the apocalypse and awakens the superpower [Infinite Space], then frantically stockpiles supplies. Starting a war over supplies? He has stockpiled a trillion yuan worth. Stabbing each other 4.9kReads7.1Score440Shelves
16. 16 女 My Girlfriend Wouldn't Listen, So I Sent Her to North Myanmar for Advanced Training 女友不听劝告，送她去缅北深造 Fox Bu Gu狐不咕Urban398k WordsCompleted My girlfriend wants to elope with the “rich, handsome guy” she met online. I told her it was a pig-butchering scam, but she accused me of being jealous, drained my entire fortune, and fed me poison! Fine, fine! The apocalypse is coming anyway. Reborn for a second life, I won’t try to stop her! I’ll buy her a plane ticket and send her straight to northern Myanmar to live her dream! Once the trashy woman lands in northern Myanmar, Su Yun’an sits comfortably at home, watching the notification boxes 9.7kReads9.1Score1kShelves
17. 17 开 A Haunted House from the Start: Call Me the Master of the House 开局一座凶宅，请叫我宅主大人 Fate's Lucky Journey奕命行运Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted Shadows mean rebirth, and death means redemption. Yang Mao got a terrifying mansion from the start and became its master. As long as the mansion stands, Yang Mao cannot die. The mansion can absorb other vicious, uncanny beings and turn them into power he can command, strengthening this haunted manor. Every three days, the mansion randomly draws an uncanny being to it. More interestingly, Yang Mao can control the beings he has absorbed and fuse them together to create even more powerful ones. As 5.4kReads7.8Score514Shelves
18. 18 宿EN Dormitory Survival: I Lie Flat and Earn Nightmare Coins 宿舍求生，我躺平赚取梦魇币 The Real Master of Three Fates三运真人Mystery2.4M WordsOngoing [Tower Defense + Infinite Worlds + Apocalypse + Survival + Goddesses + Monsters + Leveling Up + Lie Flat and Grow] When people woke up, they found themselves in a dormitory survival game. Blood mist shrouded the world, human civilization teetered on the brink, and the only safe place was their own dorm room! Xu Lang awakened the Nightmare Overlord sequence. He could earn Nightmare Coins just by sleeping, then use them to strengthen anything. Goddesses could even make his sleep more comfortable a 29.7kReads8.1Score1.3kShelves
19. 19 修 Cultivation: My Ship Holds a World Within 修仙：我的船内有洞天 The Soul Is Like Positioning灵魂就像走位Eastern Fantasy365k WordsOngoing [Mortal’s Journey + Cultivation + Pocket Dimension + Farming + Beast Taming + Management Simulator + Decisive and Ruthless] Wang Ye, a professional fighter from Blue Star, transmigrates to a Cultivation world. From the start, he’s an orphan with no identity and no connections. Fortunately, his little fishing boat hides a “Paradise Grotto.” Inside the “Paradise Grotto,” spiritual plants grow faster and produce more. Spirit beasts can mutate their bloodlines and strengthen their abilities. Taming 1.2kReads5.8Score102Shelves
20. 20 造 Fortune Factory: Every Member of the Security Office Is a God or Demon! 造化工厂：保卫科个个是神魔！ The Hero Loves Potatoes大侠爱吃土豆Urban975k WordsOngoing Lin Xuan transmigrates into a high-martial world and awakens the Creation Factory System. The factory can analyze any item, then manufacture it from the most basic materials. “Analyzing Spirit-Nourishing Pills. Analysis complete. Keep supplying spiritual energy to begin production!” So Lin Xuan recruits ten thousand people from the lowest ranks of the Spirit Gathering Realm. Working in three shifts around the clock, they feed spiritual energy into an assembly line, churning out Spirit-Nourishing 61.3kReads8.5Score6.8kShelves
21. 21 被 After the Cultivation World Downsized Me, I Upgraded My Courtyard and Lie Flat 被修仙界优化后，我升级小院躺平 The Wind That Steals Time偷时间的风Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Immortal Cultivation + Farming + Building Upgrades + Cautious Progress + Immortal Dynasty] In the Qianyuan Immortal Dynasty, everyone has a spiritual root, but without a “Certified Immortal Permit,” you aren't even allowed to cultivate! Lu Xian transmigrates into this world and works for two years, yet remains a mortal rogue cultivator. All he has to show for it is a dilapidated little courtyard. Just when he has nowhere left to turn, he obtains the Building Upgrade System! Dilapidated caves, a 10kReads7.1Score999Shelves
22. 22 恐 The Age of Terror: I Begin as a Gravekeeper 恐怖时代，从成为守墓人开始 Ghost God Yama鬼神阎罗Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing [Reborn] + [Eerie] + [Underworld Official Ranks] + [Ghost Control] + [A Little Farming] + [Tomb Construction] An era of terror descended, and a death game began. This was a world where ghost controllers and the eerie coexisted. In his previous life, Chu Qing had been on the verge of becoming the First-Rank Underworld Official, King Chujiang. He was reborn in the future, back to the very beginning of the eerie era. The old rules were on the verge of collapse. Who would rule the dark dawn? Chu Qin 89.2kReads8.9Score7.9kShelves
23. 23 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves

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    If you're looking for a shelter-themed book, check this one out! It starts with building a base and constantly upgrading along the way. The survival challenge under the dark rules is really exciting.

24. 24 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.5kReads9.6Score22.9kShelves
25. 25 全EN Surviving the Misty Apocalypse, I Build a Home with Eldritch Flesh 全民迷雾求生，我用邪神血肉建家 Half an Acre of Sunshine半顷阳光Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.1M WordsOngoing [Flesh and Bone + Apocalypse + Lovecraftian Survival + Civilization Graveyard + Mass Transmigration + No Romance] When mist shrouded the world and monsters howled outside their windows, all the players huddled and trembled inside their dilapidated shelters. But Bai Yi was teleported onto the face of the Great Being known as the “Lord of Flesh,” where he witnessed a horrific feast as an even more terrifying being devoured a planet of flesh. The fragments of flesh and bone that splattered from th 138kReads9.1Score11.8kShelves

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    Survival novel, protagonist leans towards Cthulhu, flesh alchemy

26. 26 冰 The Ice-Cold Giant Fish 冰冰巨鱼 Uncontrollable Cloud失控云Sports3.2M WordsCompleted [No System + no heroine + a touch of golden finger + farming + raising and developing + slow-burn survival + not a saint, but still compassionate] All of humanity transmigrates to a strange ocean world, where they must survive inside the stomach of a giant fish called the Illusory Leviathan. Humans must help the Illusory Leviathan clear harmful creatures from its stomach. In return, the Illusory Leviathan finds supply crates for them and helps them develop. The creatures in this ocean world are 44.9kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves

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    In a game where everyone is transported to another world, Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a survival game set at sea. His fishing rod catches strange, eerie fish, and some lucky ones acquire special ships. Yang Yi's ship is called the Nightmare, a ghost ship… They appear and disappear silently, it's incredibly exciting!!!

27. 27 震 Shocking! I Started with a Patch of Land and Struck It Rich with Critical Hits 震惊！开局一片地，暴击出奇迹 Feng Qingyang风轻阳Sports6.6M WordsCompleted As eras turn and the Heavenly Dao creates a new world, every race across the Myriad Worlds transmigrates into it. From the start, each person gets a plot of land and nothing else. They must build houses, farm, tame beasts, mine, and defend against attacks... Every living being must work hard to build a base of their own and stay alive. Luo Yu obtains the divine skill [Primordial Critical Hit], which can trigger a critical hit on anything in the world! [Gather ordinary strawberries and trigger a 30.9kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
28. 28 在 Surviving the Nightmare World 在恶梦世界惊悚求生 Lu Jianyi路剑一Mystery4.2M WordsCompleted In the Nightmare World, chosen candidates arrive to face a brutal elimination game where the last one standing wins. Here, you'll encounter all kinds of monsters and demons, strange and beautiful scenery, and heartwarming little stories. You'll walk on the edge of life and death. You'll face all sorts of trials and tribulations, but also gain talents, skills, equipment, bloodlines, pets, fortuitous encounters, legacies, and more... You'll even have a little wooden cabin. Develop it carefully, an 29.4kReads8.7Score2.5kShelves
29. 29 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 21.4kReads8.2Score1.9kShelves

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    I've personally tested them and they're all worth watching. Welcome to the series!

30. 30 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 30.5kReads7.1Score2.6kShelves
31. 31 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 89.3kReads8.4Score8.8kShelves
32. 32 双 Survival in a Two-Person Treehouse: My Talent Levels Up Without Limit 双人树屋求生：我的天赋无限升级 Playing with Little Puppets玩小偶Sports2.2M WordsCompleted [Not an Invincible Protagonist + Two-Person Survival + One Female Lead + No System + Not a Saint + Disasters] Everyone transmigrates to an unknown world to take part in a two-person survival game. This world is rife with endless natural disasters and terrifying monsters... Wang Ping'an's teammate is Luo Ningxue, his childhood friend who grew up with him. They start with a magical treehouse that is alive. They must gather resources side by side and nurture their treehouse, starting from scratch! 53.9kReads7.9Score5.9kShelves
33. 33 末 Hunkering Down Through Doomsday: I Survive in the Safe Zone Until I’m Invincible 末日蜗居，我在安全区苟到无敌 Spring Autumn Edamame春秋毛豆Sports1.0M WordsCompleted [Doomsday, shelters, giant beasts, game merges with reality, world corruption, infected, extraordinary evolution, safe zones, Blue Star evolution, incredibly exciting] The global Doomsday game descended, and disaster after disaster followed. Human society collapsed, humanity itself was lost, and killing and suspicion became the themes of the end times. With urban wastelands as the world's backdrop and gray skies overhead, would this mean destruction or a new beginning? Carrying a long blade on h 3.1kReads7.3Score269Shelves
34. 34 植 Plant-Zombie Overlord: I Turn the Battlefield into a Vegetable Garden 植僵领主：我把战场当菜地种 Pale Blue Chill淡蓝色冰冷Anime Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing [Not a power fantasy + Supporting-character-style protagonist + Battlefield antics + Rise through cooperation + Otherworldly continent + Tower defense mixed with everything] As resources run dry and competition on their planets grows ever fiercer, civilizations send their planets' inhabitants to the Battlefield of Ten Thousand Races to seize resources and earn them for their worlds. Ye Chen is a nobody who enters the battlefield through unofficial channels. After enduring one disaster after anot 522Reads6.5Score102Shelves
35. 35 荒 Wasteland Office Worker: Forced to Build a House on an Alien Planet 24/7 荒野社畜：被迫在异星007造房 Koala Loves Meat考拉爱吃肉Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Li Zhiyuan is reborn in a parallel world. He is forced to take part in a show called “Survival in the Wilderness,” hosted by an alien civilization. Other contestants: “I'm so hungry. I haven't eaten in three days.” Li Zhiyuan: “What should I eat today? Venison or wolf meat? That's a tough choice.” Other contestants: “Ah, the shelter is leaking again.” Li Zhiyuan: “This wooden house is great, but it could use a little more sunlight.” While the other contestants are still struggling to survive, Li 6.4kReads7.9Score538Shelves

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    From the very beginning, they've been building shelters.

36. 36 我 I’m a Lord. Letting Me Choose My Heroes Is Only Natural 我一个领主，自选英雄很正常吧 The Wutong Tree Doesn't Speak梧桐不语Sports2.2M WordsCompleted [Lordship + Tower Defense + Farming + the Myriad Worlds + Lighthearted Comedy] Wu Wei had no System, no golden finger, and had not been reborn. He was the kind of young man with nothing going for him, and had already decided to cling to his father's not particularly sturdy leg with all his might. In this age when everyone could become a lord, anyone had a chance to awaken a Lord's Heart and venture into the boundless void. There, at the beginning and end of the Myriad Worlds, they could set o 22.1kReads8.4Score1.9kShelves

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    Please don't criticize if you don't like it!

37. 37 谁 Who Says a Shoddy Token Can't Open Up the Primordial Mythical World? 谁说劣质令牌，不能开拓神话洪荒 Nonhuman Spark星火非人Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsOngoing This is the best of times. Everyone cultivates immortality, and even those without a spiritual root can claim a free, low-grade artificial one and set foot on the path to immortality. It is also the cruelest of times. Transcendent lords explore the myriad worlds, where life and death hang in the balance. The higher the world's level, the greater the chance that one careless mistake will leave you shattered beyond repair. Even so, countless people still dream of becoming lords and opening up new 19.6kReads6.4Score2kShelves
38. 38 地 Foundation Survival: I Start by Picking Up a Succubus Loli 地基求生：开始捡漏一只魅魔萝莉 Under the Frog Pond蛙鱼塘下Sports596k WordsOngoing [Mobile Base Survival, Monster Pursuit, Talents, Safe-Zone Exploration...] In the blink of an eye, nearly ten billion people around the world find themselves in a mobile-base survival world, forced to fight for their lives! Here, every survivor receives an initial mobile base from the start, and the base keeps moving forward at a slow pace. Survivors must not only gather resources and upgrade their bases to keep monsters from catching up and breaking in, they must also clear the various obstacle 127Reads6.2Score—Shelves
39. 39 暗 Dark Lord: My Subjects Are Dragons 暗黑领主：我的领民是巨龙 Let Me Add Some Mushrooms for You给您添蘑菇啦Eastern Fantasy554k WordsCompleted [Everyone becomes a lord + dragons + battling for supremacy in another world, ruthless and decisive, no saintly hero] In a parallel world, energy reserves ran dry. Countries stood on the brink of war as they vied for energy. Fortunately, a space-time portal appeared, connecting to the Dark Demon Realm. The humans chosen could become lords of the demon realm and enter the fray. The metals smelted from the demon realm’s mines were harder than even humanity’s most expensive alloys. A crystal from t 2.9kReads9.0Score275Shelves
40. 40 御 Beast Taming: History's Greatest Beast Breeder 御兽：史上最强培育家 Mushroom Person蘑菇人Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Before this novel's review, it was titled Beast Taming: The Strongest Breeder in History. A breeder-focused story, with one person rewriting the world.] [Beast Taming] [Spirit Pets] [Spirit Beast Evolution] [Breeders] The Sun Godbird that changes the heavens, the Sky-Rending Silver Butterfly that tears through space, the Auspicious Cloud Dragon that soars through the clouds... This is a world of Beast Tamers. The mighty can reshape the heavens and earth, pluck stars, and seize the moon. With hi 40.3kReads9.0Score4.1kShelves
41. 41 巨 Surviving as a Giant Crab: My Molting Speed Is Just a Little Too Fast 巨蟹求生，我的蜕壳速度有亿点快 Zuo Lingxiao左凌霄Sci-Fi & Apocalypse203k WordsOngoing [Stockpiling Supplies] + [Giant Crab Evolution] + [No Female Lead] + [Unique Talent] + [Survival] + [Doomsday] One chance in a hundred thousand, and Zuo Yi gets picked to survive in another world. Here, plants and flowers can easily grow forty or fifty meters tall. Here, even baby sea fish weigh more than three hundred jin. Even an ordinary ant could kill a survivor. Fortunately, the survivors brought a biological weapon with them: giant crabs. Zuo Yi’s obsession with survival in another world a 45Reads8.2Score—Shelves
42. 42 极 Deep-Freeze Apocalypse: My Mythical Shelter 极寒末日：我的神话避难所 The Immortal Beneath the Tomb陵下之仙Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted A frigid storm descends, and temperatures around the world plummet. Facing the apocalypse, Fang Qian does everything he can to protect his fiancée’s family. But after they wring every last bit of value from him, they cruelly kill him. Only as he lies dying does he learn that it was all a scam. Reborn before the apocalypse, Fang Qian gains control of the Hand of Myth, which allows him to create mythic items. Mythic Backpack: limitless space for storing supplies! Mythic House: eternal, indestructi 2.2kReads6.4Score201Shelves

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    Enough with the chit-chat, let's get straight to the point 😂᭄ These two high-quality post-apocalyptic shelter novels are absolutely essential reading; I can't believe anyone hasn't read them yet! Highly recommended! Highly recommended!! Highly recommended!!

43. 43 全 Global Wasteland: I Synthesized a Top-Tier Shelter 全球废土：我合成出了顶级避难所 Half a Pickled Fish半只酸菜鱼Sports1.1M WordsCompleted [Female-Oriented] [Surviving Natural Disasters] [Late-Game Infrastructure Building] [Growing System] [High Combat Ability] [No Romance] Everyone transmigrates to a wasteland continent, where a survival System ushers them into a grueling struggle to stay alive. On this chaotic wasteland planet, disaster seasons alternate with mild seasons, while terrifying beasts and calamities are never far away. Survivors start with nothing but a thatched hut and a survival System. Freezing cold that can numb y 3.6kReads8.7Score356Shelves

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    🌹This book perfectly fits the criteria of [Female-oriented] + [Natural Disaster Survival] + [Late-Game Infrastructure Building] + [Growth System] + [High Combat Power] + [No Romance]. The entire population transmigrates to a wasteland continent, embarking on a difficult survival journey guided by a survival system. On this chaotic wasteland planet, disaster seasons alternate with milder ones, and terrifying monsters and catastrophes are ever-present. The survivors start with only a thatched hut and a survival system. Extreme cold that freezes hands and feet in five minutes, a dense web of insects in the fog, and acid rain that melts the entire world… The extreme survival challenges make it difficult for the survivors to move an inch. The survivors have only one goal: to survive! Wen Ning starts with both good and bad news. The bad news is that her thatched hut flies into the sky; the good news is that she obtains a super synthesis system. Since she has this cheat code, she won't hold back! Ding! The thatched hut transforms into a small wooden house! Ding! A basic stone axe with dual attributes! Ding! System upgrade with a critical hit! PS: The female protagonist is a lone wolf! Lone Wolf! Lone Wolf! I'll say it three times because it's important! This is the story of a lone wolf heroine with a cheat system and pets roaming the wasteland. Early on, she survives; later, she builds her infrastructure!

44. 44 国 National Fate Survival: My Whole Family Transmigrates Together! 国运求生：我全家一起穿越！ Peaceful and at Ease舒心自在Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [An original all-family national-fortune survival story. The rating just came in and will rise!] In a national-fortune survival game, Dragon Kingdom draws the “Death List”: Lin Chen’s family of seven, with the old and young, men and women all thrown into the fight! Blue Star is certain Dragon Kingdom is doomed, and the country is filled with despairing cries. Only Lin Chen grins wildly as he looks at the awakened [Strongest Family Survival System]. “You think my grandma’s too old? One word from 5.9kReads7.5Score388Shelves

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    This is amazing! The protagonist's entire family travels to another world together, and then all the countries on Earth unite to build this alternate world. The Dragon Kingdom is invincible!

45. 45 末 Doomsday Survival: I Have a Prison Full of Goddesses 末日求生，我有一座女神监狱 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse608k WordsCompleted Apocalypse + Lots of Beautiful Women + Dark + Prison + Decisive and Ruthless + Cunning + Wish-Fulfillment + Lighthearted Comedy. In a parallel Blue Star world, everyone else tries to survive the Apocalypse by hiding, struggling, and chewing tree bark. Zhao Yulong's Apocalypse from the start: an empty prison, a sharp-tongued AI chasing him around with a fire extinguisher and spraying foam at him, and tens of thousands outside the gates... Not zombies, but female survivors who heard the news and c 1.6kReads—Score131Shelves

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    A good novel.

46. 46 黑 Blackmail in Hand, I Start with the Campus Goddess 黑料控制，开局从校花女神开始 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Urban320k WordsCompleted In the parallel world of Blue Star, Zhao Qingyang gets a rather shady System. Its functions: dig up people's dirt, treat their illnesses, teach them everything they need to know, and bind them for life. After-sales services include dealing with loan sharks, handling a professor's sexual harassment, providing an illegal laboratory, treating terminal illnesses, and covering up hacking... All it costs is “a little” freedom and dignity. And so the strict counselor starts practicing how to peel apple 1.2kReads—Score103Shelves
47. 47 末 In an Apocalypse Prison, I Train Goddesses Into Warriors 末世监狱，将女神驯服成战士 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse541k WordsCompleted My name is Zhao Linyu. Before the apocalypse, I was a low-ranking prison guard. After it began, I awakened a System, and now I manage a base with more than 3,000 people. My daily routine: an AI nags me into going to all sorts of places to rescue beautiful women: universities, hospitals, film studios, research institutes. It's like collecting stamps. My problem: the women always want to rebel when they first arrive. The professors talk to me about human rights, the celebrities talk to me about th 2.7kReads—Score219Shelves
48. 48 冰 Frozen Apocalypse: My Sea Fortress Upgrades Without Limit 冰封末世：我的海上堡垒无限升级 The Riches Stay Right Here肥水不流不流Sci-Fi & Apocalypse502k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Apocalypse + Spatial Storage + Fortress Building + Stockpiling Supplies + No Saintly Heroics + Decisive and Ruthless + Multiple Female Leads] Luo Bei felt like Heaven was messing with him! He'd just been stabbed in the back in a zombie world, and when he opened his eyes again, he was facing a Blue Star disaster: a sudden plunge into extreme cold. A mysterious substance was also causing plants to mutate, shrinking the land where humans could survive more and more. Fortunately, t 1.7kReads6.9Score132Shelves
49. 49 堡 Fortress Survival: I Awakened the World Treehouse 堡垒求生：我觉醒世界树屋 Big Crab Claws螃蟹大大钳Sports567k WordsCompleted [Survival] [Fortress Building] [Natural Disasters] [Scavenging for Supplies] All of humanity transmigrates as a group. Lin Sheng's only lifeline is the fortress beneath his feet. Here, he must face all kinds of disasters, including spore fog, crimson eternal night, radioactive rain, freezing temperatures, underground fires, and beast hordes. What's more, the locals may overrun his fortress at any moment, and he also has to watch out for the other participants! 734Reads5.9Score103Shelves
50. 50 全 Global Survival: I Build a Top-Tier Shelter in the Wasteland 全民求生：我在废土打造顶级避难 Two Coins' Worth of Wine杯酒两钱Sports1.2M WordsOngoing Everyone’s survival + System + slow pace + decisive and ruthless Everyone woke up to find they had transmigrated to a wasteland world, where survivors faced all manner of challenges, including acid rain, extreme cold, scorching heat, and mutated creatures. Unknown dangers lurked around every corner. Survivors had no choice but to adapt to this cruel environment. To withstand natural disasters, they had to build their own shelters on this dangerous land, stockpile enough water and supplies before 70Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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