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. 101 海 Surviving at Sea: My Raft Leads to Peach Blossom Spring 海上求生：我的木筏通桃源 Spring Breeze Brings Warmth春风送暖Sports2.0M WordsCompleted When she woke up, the world had turned upside down. Countless people had entered a game called Survival at Sea. From the start, all they had was a wooden raft and a fishing rod. Every supply had to be caught on a line. Sharks, giant beasts, bitter cold, hurricanes, and merciless hunting between people. Survival became incredibly difficult, and supplies were scarce and precious. Lu Xingchen entered the game and obtained a god-tier pocket dimension on her very first day: the Peach Blossom Sanctuar 62.6kReads9.1Score6.9kShelves
2. 102 电EN Elevator Survival, I Can Foresee Floor Information! 电梯求生，我能预知楼层信息！ North City One Mao北城一毛Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [System, Survival, Unconventional Infinite-World Novel, Power Fantasy] [No do-gooder heroine!] When Lin Feng woke up, humanity had entered a world where people had to survive in elevators. Each day, an elevator randomly arrived at a floor. People could choose to explore it or stay inside the elevator and wait for the next day. Lin Feng unexpectedly awakened a precognition System that could warn him about the dangers and treasures on each floor. [The floor you are about to enter contains 20 ordin 37.8kReads8.9Score3.3kShelves
3. 103 末 Apocalypse: The Whole Company Denies the Existence of the 18th Floor 末世：全公司否认18楼存在 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Sci-Fi & Apocalypse783k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + No System + Reborn + Mystery + One Female Lead + Zombies + Hard Sci-Fi + No Mindless Decisions + Revenge] Reborn six hours before the apocalypse, Chu Yan has not only retained his memories of the future, but also mastered the ultimate secret of genetic evolution! He can become the most powerful god in the apocalypse! He frantically stockpiles supplies, builds weapons, modifies vehicles, and saves his parents, racing against time! He will kill his enemies with his own hands and turn 3.4kReads8.7Score290Shelves

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   This is the book for building shelters in the apocalypse! You start building right from the beginning, it's realistic with no system, and the portrayal of human nature is so profound that it gets more and more addictive the more you read.

4. 104 平 A Zombie Apocalypse for Ordinary People 平凡人的丧尸末日 A Lump of Wo Baba一坨窝叭叭Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted Zombies, the apocalypse, realism, survival. No special powers, no womanizing, no power fantasy, no System. A portrayal of how ordinary people truly fight to survive. This is my first novel, so the early chapters may be a little rough. I hope you’ll give it a chance and keep reading. It gets really exciting later on. Thank you, and please don’t let the rating put you off. If you enjoy realistic stories, give it a try. The protagonist, Lin Chen, is just an ordinary car salesman when the apocalypse 9kReads7.5Score685Shelves

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   This is written quite realistically, without any system or anything like that.

5. 105 末 Building a System for Doomsday: My First Task Is to Kill Myself 末日造系统，开局任务杀自己 Listening to the Wind and Rain as Night Falls夜听风雨入梦来Sci-Fi & Apocalypse393k WordsOngoing [System + mindless power fantasy + reborn for revenge + scheming + no goody-two-shoes + ruthless decisiveness + multiple heroines (illustrations) + phone wallpapers] Wu Haohang was killed and reborn three days before the apocalypse began. Then he discovered that the core of the strongest Apocalypse Survival System had come back with him! This time, he decided to bind himself to the System immediately! His fingers trembling, he touched the metal orb and said in a low voice, “System, bind!” [Beep! 27Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 106 地 Age of the Earth's Core: A Demolition Worker's Doomsday Fortress 地核纪元：拆迁工的末日堡垒 Wanderer Through the Years岁月流浪人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse435k WordsOngoing Not reborn + no System + has a spatial dimension + one female lead + early-stage preparations + hard-core construction + realistic tone + slow burn. The story does not rush straight into the apocalypse. A large portion of the early chapters focuses on building the base. Please do not read if that is not to your taste. Liu Yun, a discharged combat engineer, served time in a labor camp after saving his girlfriend. After getting out, he and his wife made a living through demolition work. Just as li 347Reads8.2Score—Shelves
7. 107 恐 The Great Horror Expedition 恐怖大拓荒 The One Who Hides His Edge藏锋人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse556k WordsCompleted [The Fourth Calamity] [Survival] [Madness] [Passionate] [No Golden Finger] It began on that night, when every human on Blue Star vanished for no apparent reason. As people gradually regained consciousness, they realized they did not belong in this world. Horrors, hunger, primal fear, and native invasions became the only challenges people had to face. In this world rife with danger, death was simply the norm. 694Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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   Survival series, not bad, if you can get into it, it's a gem.

8. 108 全 Global Cataclysm: I Can Upgrade Anything 全球灾变：我能升级万物 O Wants Some Peace and QuietO想静静Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted The novel is complete at one million characters, and its rating is gradually climbing. [Zombie apocalypse, no System, not reborn, ruthless, superpowers, base-building, later builds an air-and-space base, develops early and crushes enemies later, not a neighborhood tough guy, no nuclear weapons] A meteorite fell, the world collapsed, and plants and animals mutated into zombies. After being infected by a female zombie, Fang Dong awakened the power to upgrade anything. He upgraded a rusty fire axe 974Reads5.6Score125Shelves

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   Apocalyptic story.

9. 109 末 Apocalypse: A Collection of Stunning Beauties, and Every Teammate Is an Auntie-Type! 末世：绝色图鉴，队友皆是姨系！ Qìyán憇誩Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsOngoing [Aunties] [Young Wives] [Ruthless and Decisive] [Multiple Heroines] [No Saintly Lead] [Superpowers] [Apocalypse] If you can't hold on to the summit, then retrace the path that brought you there! As a former hoodlum who had gone straight, Mu Yan stared at the envelope in his hand and the SSS-rank Superpower, lost in thought. A letter from the future, and a string of young women and young wives! He led them onward, one step at a time! 40.4kReads7.8Score5.2kShelves

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   Even in the apocalypse, you still need to bring some girls along.

10. 110 末 Doomsday Descends: My Shelter Becomes a Kingdom of Women 末日降临：我的避难所成为女儿国 Black Knows White黑知白Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted The world changed, and the apocalypse arrived! Zombies, extreme cold, scorching heat, falling meteorites, drifting acid fog, monstrous beasts invading... Before the apocalypse arrived, Su Chen accidentally obtained a System. From the start, he frantically stockpiled supplies, lived in comfort inside a shelter, and established a country of his own. While everyone else was scrambling to escape disaster, he was lying on a soft bed, dreaming sweetly. While everyone else risked their lives searching 22.9kReads7.4Score1.7kShelves
11. 111 末 Apocalypse: My Shelter Has Unlimited Upgrades 末世：我的避难所无限升级 Three-Foot Green Blade, Two Taels of Wine三尺青锋二两酒Sports684k WordsCompleted Countless people transmigrate at the same time into an apocalypse survival game. Floods, earthquakes, cold waves, radiation, acid rain: disaster after disaster strikes. To survive, they must keep building and upgrading their shelters. That was when Lin Tian discovered that his System was unlike anyone else’s. His System could upgrade things without limit! [? Wooden Door → Stone Door → Iron Door → ...] [Wooden Pickaxe → Iron Pickaxe → Vibranium Pickaxe → ...] [Natural Energy Generator → Chemical 271Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 112 海 Ocean Survival: Endless Mystery Boxes Are a Blast 海洋求生，无尽盲盒爽翻天 Carrot Hater拒绝胡萝卜Sports1.5M WordsCompleted [Survival, sign-in, instances, comedy, power fantasy] One day, humanity wakes up in an ocean survival game. From the start, everyone gets a wooden raft, and all materials have to be scavenged from the sea. BUG! Lin Feng gets a blind-box System, letting him draw a blind box every day! While other players are short on food and going hungry, Lin Feng draws 50 tuna and eats until he burps! While other players face sharks and see their rafts damaged, Lin Feng draws an expert fisherman's harpoon, kill 4.4kReads7.8Score369Shelves

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    🉑The first, third, and fourth are all on land, and the second is at sea; I like reading long stories.

13. 113 签 Sign-In: Stranded on a Deserted Island, I Just Built a Luxury Villa 签到，人在孤岛，刚自建豪华别墅 White Snail白蜗牛Urban7.3M WordsCompleted A burst of blinding light, and the continent shattered! Everyone was assigned an island measuring just two meters on each side! You start with nothing but a shabby fishing net. Whether you survive depends on your own abilities! "Ding! Sign-in System activated!" "First-day sign-in successful. Reward: fully automatic fishing net!" "Everyone else has to rely on their abilities, but I have a System!" Xiao Yi muttered as he took a bite of grilled fish. While everyone else was struggling to survive on 37.1kReads8.2Score3.4kShelves
14. 114 末 Apocalypse Descends: My Shelter Can Be Upgraded Without Limit 末世降临：无限升级避难所 Cowherd Boy牧牛童子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse347k WordsCompleted The age of the apocalypse has arrived. Extreme cold and scorching heat. Earthquakes, acid rain, violent winds, and hail. Floods, monsters, viruses, and zombies. Sunspots and radioactive particles. Disaster after disaster strikes, leaving all of humanity’s survival hanging by a thread. Su Muchen builds a family shelter to survive, and gains the ability to ‘upgrade all things.’ To stay alive in the apocalypse, he uses his ability to upgrade the shelter piece by piece. Reinforced concrete walls, ca 177Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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    To survive in the apocalypse, they used their abilities to gradually upgrade their shelter. The upgrades progressed from reinforced concrete walls to iron walls, then to high-strength steel walls, then alloy steel walls, then titanium alloy walls, generators, then bio-generators, then bio-energy storage devices, and finally bio-nuclear energy storage devices.

15. 115 末 Apocalypse Shelter: All My Rivals Are Me 末世避难所：我的对手全是我自己 Gathering Shells at Qianhai前海拾贝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse183k WordsCompleted The Apocalypse arrived, and the Dark Realm invaded. Lin Jin awakened the Shelter System and swept through everything in his path. While others fought over bread, he built an SSS-grade fortress deep in the Dark Realm. While others fought mutated beasts, he crushed the major factions underfoot. Until that day. The man from sixty thousand years ago took off his mask. Lin Jin's pupils contracted. That face was exactly like his own. [Why do all three female leads say it feels like they've kno —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Multi-style fusion

16. 116 全 Global Flood: I Stockpiled an Entire City 全球淹没：我囤出了一座城池 Qian Li乾离Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.8M WordsCompleted The apocalypse arrived. Torrential rain fell for forty-nine days, and the whole world was flooded! On the day the rain stopped, Hu You lay on an inflatable boat, being turned into cured meat by someone. That same day, he was reborn! Infinite space! A growth System! A panel for all things! Hu You: This time, I won't just survive. I'll live on my own terms! 477Reads7.4Score108Shelves

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    These two books are okay

17. 117 探 Surviving the Bizarre World: Exploring a Flesh Planet 探索诡异世界血肉星球生存 Fish Brain and Terminal Laziness鱼脑加懒癌晚期患者Mystery6.5M WordsCompleted (No female lead, not a wish-fulfillment story, bleak, bloody, bad ending) In this hopeless world... Zhang Xudong curled up deep in an alley, his fingers digging into the filthy ground as tears mingled with blood and trickled down in dark brown trails. Workplace infighting, betrayal by friends and family, and the crushing weight of survival pressed down on him like countless rotting hands around his throat, making even his sobs reek of rusty blood. He thought this was the end of despair, never kn 86Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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    This is my own novel. The protagonist struggles to survive in a bizarre, fleshy world. It's a lighthearted story with no system. I've just started writing this novel, please check it out! Note: This work may contain a lot of gore and violence, as well as some dark aspects of human nature. Please read with caution. [Awkward laugh][awkward laugh][awkward laugh][awkward laugh]

18. 118 末 Apocalypse: From Heavy-Duty RVs to Rebuilding Civilization 末世：从重卡房车到文明重塑 A Guest in a Foreign Land客坐他乡Sci-Fi & Apocalypse421k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + reborn + System + storage space + evolving heavy-duty RV + mobile steel fortress] Before he was reborn, his brothers betrayed him, and he died with regrets. After being reborn, he activates the System and a spatial storage ability. Layer upon layer of conspiracies is gradually exposed, but what he uncovers may be only the tip of the iceberg. His heavy-duty RV evolves all the way into a flying steel fortress. Is a spaceship next? The roar of the heavy-duty RV crushes everything in 60Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You just have to see; whether it's good or not is up to you.

19. 119 末 The Doomsday Hourglass 末日沙漏 Swimming Piglet游泳的小猪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.5M WordsCompleted 9.9kReads7.6Score663Shelves

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    The mushroom cloud of nuclear war plunged the world into despair. However, when faced with hordes of zombies and the strangulation of artificial intelligence, the survivors' despair had only just begun. [Explore][Consider carefully]

20. 120 末 The Apocalypse Prison System: Aunts, Lolis, and Campus Beauties Live Here 末世监狱系统，住着阿姨萝莉校花 Li Bai in the Immortal Realm李白在仙界Sci-Fi & Apocalypse623k WordsCompleted The apocalypse broke out, and while everyone else struggled to survive, Jiang Han enjoyed life with beautiful women, all thanks to his Prison System… [No saintly heroics + profit above all + multiple female leads + building upgrades] 5.1kReads6.4Score527Shelves

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    The game starts with a prison where the protagonist is the only male character. He recruits any beautiful woman he sees, offering plenty of satisfying moments. It's the perfect choice for late-night reading.

21. 121 我 I Have a Wuling RV for Transporting Supplies in the Apocalypse 我在末日有一辆五菱房车运送物资 Liu Zixian刘子羡Sci-Fi & Apocalypse186k WordsOngoing After graduating from college, Chen Shu couldn't find a suitable job, so he started delivering food. He began making deliveries in a Wuling Hongguang, and one day, without realizing it, he found himself in a parallel apocalyptic world. Chen Shu was just about to go to the bathroom when a woman began frantically pounding on his window. When he rolled it down, the woman, dressed head to toe in designer labels, climbed straight into the car and urged him to drive. In his panic, Chen Shu floored i 2.5kReads—Score120Shelves

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    Auntie, auntie, auntie is the best in the world!

22. 122 四 A Forty-Year-Old Woman Falls for Me and Makes the Factory Director Call Me Dad! 四十阿姨恋上我，让厂长喊叫爹！ Liu Zixian刘子羡Urban638k WordsOngoing Original Title: A Forty-Year-Old Aunt Falls for Me, and Makes the Factory Director Call Me Dad! After graduating from college, Chen Yu went out to gain work experience and found a job as a management trainee at a small factory. He finally made it through the hard years and was preparing for a promotion into management, only to unexpectedly end up living off a woman. Though, on second thought, that made sense. After all, Chen Yu had seen a doctor who told him he could only live off a woman. At th 3kReads—Score134Shelves
23. 123 校 The Campus Belle Graduated Without a Single Rumor, Until I Went to Prison 校花零绯闻毕业，直到我锒铛入狱 Liu Zixian刘子羡Urban154k WordsOngoing In 2025, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, where I worked, became the largest exchange in the country. I made an indelible contribution to that achievement. I ended up in prison after making the same mistake as my senior schoolmate. Before that happened, I also met the woman who changed my life... Also known as: "Don't Be Afraid, Senior Sister. I'll Protect You." "Don't Fear the Campus Belle's Flirting, Just Beware the Forty-Year-Old Sister" "Campus Belle, Please Guide Me Through the Rest of My Life" 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
24. 124 游 Survival Game: A Nationwide Walking Contest, No Stopping Allowed! 游戏求生：全民竞走，禁止停留！ Peng Shunshun彭顺顺Sports109k WordsOngoing [Wilderness survival] [Building and upgrading] [Eerie] [A little unconventional] [Players from multiple countries] [Multiple maps] The walking survival game begins. Walking earns steps, and steps are money you can spend on weapons, supplies, equipment, mount eggs, shelters, and more... Chi Yanzhou has a lucky start: one mount egg hatches into a Wolf King, and he draws an S-rank talent. But what truly makes everyone tremble is his S-rank shelter, the Prison Cage. Level 1: An iron-bar cage, barely 243Reads—Score112Shelves

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    [Sparrow's Divine Work][Sparrow's Divine Work][Sparrow's Divine Work][Sparrow's Divine Work][Sparrow's Divine Work][Sparrow's Divine Work][Sparrow's Divine Work][Sparrow's Divine Work]

25. 125 木 Survival in a Log Cabin: Mine Runs Like the Wind 木屋求生，我的木屋跑的贼快 Give Me a Hundred Thousand Words给我码十万字Sci-Fi & Apocalypse349k WordsOngoing The rating is steadily climbing [Cabin] [Global Survival] [No female lead] [Lone wolf] [Shelter upgrades] [Stockpiling supplies] Everyone transmigrates to a world of mist after waking up. Each person starts from the start with a dilapidated wooden cabin and awakens one talent. Fang Yuan, however, has two god-tier talents, putting him ahead of everyone from the start. Seven days later, newbie protection ends, and the monsters arrive right on schedule. They stare in bewilderment at the empty clear 586Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    That's the one! It's creative, and I'm currently reading it.

26. 126 全 Nationwide Train Survival: I Have a Full-Map Navigator 全民列车求生：我有全图导航 Monocyte Pudding单核细胞布丁Sci-Fi & Apocalypse315k WordsOngoing (Just got its score) [Everyone’s Survival + Train + Lone Wolf + Information Advantage + Decisive Combat + Everyone Awakens Abilities + One-Man Army + From Falling Behind to Taking the Lead] Hundreds of millions of people were dragged into an underground train survival game. From the start, each person got one train. Ahead lay endless dark forks in the tracks. Players had to use the train’s core to choose a stop or a nearby track. Would they blindly pick high-level stops to maximize their gains, 1.9kReads6.0Score133Shelves

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    The Black Serpent Guild's long-term plot was foreshadowed from the Fire Serpent's arrival, with bounties, guild takeovers, and many potential crises to come. The conflict lines were laid quite early on.

27. 127 末 Reborn in the Apocalypse: The Sand World 末日重生之沙世界 Shang Bigmouth尚大嘴Sci-Fi & Apocalypse393k WordsCompleted A grain of sand holds a world; a leaf contains enlightenment. After Li Yingshi is killed by a giant meteorite, he returns to the time before the disaster, with his pocket dimension restored. At first, all he wants is to save himself. But after winning the lottery and amassing more and more money, he saves an ever-growing number of people. He tries to help as many people as possible survive the apocalyptic disaster. 144Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the midst of an apocalyptic world, a man builds his own shelter.

28. 128 流 Wandering the Wasteland: Trait Bonuses from the Start, a Daily Prophet 流浪废土，词条开局，每日预言家 Bai Mule白沐勒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse633k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, so it’ll rise later.) In the 350th year of the wasteland era, the sky is forever leaden gray, like a rusted iron sheet pressing down overhead. The air of the wasteland era is forever tinged with the sweet, metallic stench of rust, decay, and radioactive dust. Every breath is like swallowing shards of glass. The protagonist, Qin Lang, awakens a Trait System and risks his life to secure the daily prophecy from the start. Watch as Qin Lang, alongside his honest and valian 3.8kReads6.3Score224Shelves

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    This book is of decent quality.

29. 129 全 Global Heatwave: I Rake in the Stock Market and Rule Antarctica 全球高温：我收割股市，南极称王 Little Card小小卡Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsOngoing [No cheating wives, no tragic bitterness, multiple women with no male lead] A heatwave strikes, plants wither, the Antarctic ice sheets melt, and sea levels rise by 70 meters! What do you do when there's no food? Head to the ocean for a free haul, using your storage space to collect 200 million tons of seafood! What do you do when there's no money to buy supplies? Rely on your memories to rake in hundreds of billions of dollars on the financial markets! What do you do when there aren't any girls 13kReads8.0Score893Shelves

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    A selection of super-good post-apocalyptic novels, highly recommended! There's bound to be one you'll love.

30. 130 天 Natural Disaster Apocalypse: A Stunning Goddess School Beauty Comes to Save Me 天灾末世：绝美女神校花来续命 Yama, Heavenly Father阎王天父Sci-Fi & Apocalypse446k WordsCompleted [Alternate World] [No System] [Beauty Legion] [Never a Goody-Two-Shoes] [Decisive and Ruthless] An apocalyptic novel, not a brainless power fantasy. The early chapters examine human nature in the apocalypse. If you can't make it to chapter sixty, we suggest you don't click. After being reborn from the apocalypse, Li Yifan returns to fifteen days before it breaks out, only to discover that he has just thirty days to live. He has no so-called storage space for hoarding supplies, only a strange wat 6.5kReads8.6Score525Shelves
31. 131 废 Wasteland Five Elements: The Rise of My Territory 废土五行：领地崛起 CEO Ya总裁丫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse232k WordsOngoing [Doomsday Game + Global Survival + Decisive Female Lead + University Town Development + Growth] The heroine isn't powerful from the start. She grows stronger by killing monsters and gathering supplies, gradually leaving everyone else behind. (Please be patient :) ) The doomsday game begins, and everyone is thrust onto a survival battlefield. Elemental rifts keep appearing, monsters roam everywhere, and water, food, and territory must all be fought for with your life. In every life, Lin Xiyue 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A post-apocalyptic game with a single female protagonist, no romantic pairing, and a growth-oriented story where the protagonist builds their territory starting from a university town.

32. 132 全 Everyone Struggles to Survive in the Village, and I Awaken the God of Wealth Talent from the Start 全民村落求生，开局觉醒财神天赋 Feng Chaonan凤朝南Mystery463k WordsOngoing [All-People Survival Across the Myriad Worlds] [SSS-Rank God of Wealth Talent] [Thousand-Village Contest] [Multiple Heroines] [Decisive but Principled] A fog seals off the forbidden zones. Supplies run dry, while monsters lurk across the land. An almighty being launches a survival trial across the Myriad Worlds, sending great numbers of people from the real world into different dangerous realms. Worlds overrun by zombies, infested with bizarre creatures, divided among pirates, or reduced to cult 867Reads5.5Score102Shelves

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    A time-traveling adventure where everyone survives in a village. Starting with a thatched hut, players upgrade their homes by collecting wood, clay, and stone. The village itself will also upgrade, progressing from thatched huts to wooden houses, mortuaries, temples, blessed lands, and grotto-heavens. The story is set in the Republican era and is primarily based on Chinese supernatural tales, interspersed with elements of supernatural legends, zombies, Western fantasy magic, and technology.

33. 133 暴 Critical Hit Loot Boxes! Critical Hit Fishing! Critical Hit Survival! 暴击开箱！暴击垂钓！暴击求生！ Laid-Back Youngster平躺小青年Sports2.9M WordsCompleted [Disaster survival] + [farming and development] + [supernatural elements] + [no harem] + [stat-focused] + [not a saint] Everyone transmigrated to an island world. Some landed on deserted islands from the start, while others were forced to flee across the sea. They had to fish for all their resources and food with a single resource rod. Under a dark sky, white mist descended. People could only huddle inside wooden huts on their islands. As terrifying natural disasters and endless monsters came, e 38.9kReads8.3Score2.9kShelves

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    In the first book, due to the intervention of an unknown force, everyone on Earth received a shelter, while all forces that could represent the official authorities entered another instance. In this leaderless situation, the protagonist relied on his talent for staying at home to receive a survival reward that he needed most every day. With this talent, he developed rapidly in the post-apocalyptic world and even gained official recognition!

34. 134 网 Three Kingdoms Online: The Battle for Supremacy Begins in Hanzhong 网游三国：争霸天下从汉中开始 I Love Bean Sprouts我爱黄豆芽Sports1.5M WordsCompleted [Lord] [Civil Officials and Military Generals] [Conquer the World] [Not Mindless] [Not a Beginner's Novel] [A Treat for SLG Fans] Blue Star is desperately short of resources, and its reserves are nearly depleted. Then the world government discovers a planet suitable for human habitation, and humanity enters the age of interstellar migration. A few years later, an online game called New World appears. At the same time, the world government announces that people's living quarters aboard the starsh 3.7kReads8.4Score227Shelves
35. 135 全 Global Lord: Recruit Shadow Soldiers and Crush All Rivals! 全民领主：招募黑影，横推无敌！ Red Ram红羊Sports1.8M WordsCompleted Billions of people around the world are reborn on a continent of war, each becoming a lord and competing with the myriad races for supremacy. Everyone is randomly granted the power to recruit troops, summoning all kinds of powerful units to fight over resources. The troops recruited by Li Yuan are the Shadow Corps. Endless in number, immortal and made for slaughter, they are the ultimate weapons of war. Wherever their blades point, the land becomes their king’s! From lord to city master, then to 2kReads8.8Score329Shelves
36. 136 星 The Stars! The Sea! 星辰！大海！ Virtue Is Like Floating Clouds德似浮云Sci-Fi & Apocalypse512k WordsOngoing Watching the beams of light shooting toward the sun, Liu Qihang waited for the apocalypse to arrive as he drank himself into a stupor. The apocalypse never came, but the System did! And it had already been here for years! Now the System was throwing a little tantrum. 39Reads—Score—Shelves

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    That's it? You bastard! Not only did you mock me, but you also took kickbacks! I've been putting up with you for ages!! You've pushed me too far... I... I'll keep putting up with you!!

37. 137 从 From Nobody to Master of the Godspace 从小人物，成长为主神空间掌控者 I'm Really Not Bragging真不是吹的Sports427k WordsOngoing [Everyone's Survival + Apocalyptic Disasters + Survival + Graveyard of Civilizations + Sequence System] The apocalypse has arrived. Monsters are everywhere, and everyone struggles to survive. But that's no problem! Luo Lan has an infinite-upgrade talent. Nothing in his hands has a limit: he can upgrade anything forever. [Level 1 Kitchen Knife] → [Level 5 Tang Sword] → [Level 20 Vampiric Blade] → [Level 1000 Planet-Cleaving Sword] → [Level 99999 World-Destroying Scythe] [Level 1 Apple] → [Level 5 210Reads5.6Score—Shelves

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    [All-out attack + apocalyptic disaster + survival + graveyard of civilizations + sequence system] An ascension ceremony involving a dimensional evil god has turned Earth into a breeding ground for gods and demons. Darkness and mist erode the world, and slaughter and madness corrupt people's hearts. A shelter game brings life to humanity. Only shelters can protect homes, be immune to mental influence, and allow people to continue to live as "humans." Some unite people with faith, attempting to transform shelters into earthly divine kingdoms; some merge themselves with shelters, forging a path of power; others ally with evil gods, building flesh and blood nests, wantonly corrupting all living beings. At the beginning, Roland possesses an infinite upgrade talent; any item in his hands has no limit and can be upgraded infinitely. [Level 1 Kitchen Knife] → [Level 5 Tang Sword] → [Level 20 Vampire Sword] → [Level 1000 Star Destroyer Sword] → [Level 99999 World-Destroying Scythe] [Level 1 Apple] → [Level 5 Health Fruit] → [Level 20 Devil Fruit] → [Level 1000 World Tree] → [Level 9999 Imaginary Tree] Roland's gaze fell upon the already ravaged planet beneath his feet. Upgrade me!!! [Level 800 Blue Star] → [???]

38. 138 全 Our Whole Dorm Transmigrated to Republican-Era China, and I Opened the Door to Strange Tales 全寝穿越民国，我开启怪谈之门 Four Happiness Sweet Bun四喜小甜饼Mystery599k WordsOngoing [The whole dorm transmigrates + supernatural tales + Chinese-style horror + detective work + espionage + power struggles + two strong leads + satisfying wish fulfillment] At two in the morning, the human-skin mirror in Dormitory 314 came alive! All four female college students in the dorm were dragged, screaming, into the scene of a horrific skinning case from 1926! To uncover the truth and return to the modern world, we immediately latched onto the aloof, handsome Chief Inspector Chen. He handl 3.4kReads—Score111Shelves

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    If you want to see a long-running storyline, the dormitory starts from a small town and travels all the way to old Shanghai, Beiping, and Jiangcheng, visiting various cities in the Republic of China era and encountering unique local Chinese ghost stories.

39. 139 活 Surviving in the Apocalypse 活在末世求生存 Wind Blows the Tree Tops风吹小树梢Sci-Fi & Apocalypse304k WordsCompleted We survived the torrential rain, the bitter cold, the scorching heat... We found the ark that could take us away from Earth and squeezed into humanity's last cabin. Just as the rocket broke through the atmosphere and the stars seemed within reach, we heard a cold echo... 85Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A bookworm for ten years, I'm at a loss for what to read next. This is my first book; the protagonist is an ordinary person, and it's a post-apocalyptic story about natural disasters. If you like that kind of thing, you can check it out. My later works will get better and better.

40. 140 末 Lone Journey Through the Apocalypse: Touring the World in a Super Fortress 末日孤途之开着超级堡垒游世界 Director Carrot萝卜主任Sci-Fi & Apocalypse239k WordsCompleted [No invincible hero, no mindless power fantasy, no System, no superpowers. Technology and development, modern setting with surreal elements, intricately interwoven plot] When a zombie virus sweeps across the globe, truck driver Qi Yue finishes his final delivery and risks everything to hurry home. His hometown is in an even more horrifying state. Along the way, he and his companions turn a semi-trailer into a super mobile fortress, then set out to survive with the girl Zhang Tian. From the heart 173Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended, the elements are very novel.

41. 141 重 Reborn in the Apocalypse with a Space-Freezing System 重生末世我有空间静止系统 Lin Qi冧柒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse261k WordsOngoing [Rebirth Story] [Extreme Heat Apocalypse] [Sci-Fi] [Kindred Souls] [The Secret of the Source Stone] Su Nianqing is reborn. In her previous life, she was killed during the extreme heat apocalypse by her best friend and boyfriend, who joined forces against her. Reborn, she has just three things to do: sell her house, stock up on supplies, and survive. But this time, fate gives her an unexpected gift: a storage space that can stop time. She thinks it will be her greatest means of survival, until —Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 142 全 Global Survival: I Am the Evil God's Favorite! 全民求生：我，邪神宠儿！ Mu Dichi Lin墓啻麟Sci-Fi & Apocalypse163k WordsOngoing [Global Survival] + [Superpowers] + [Cthulhu] + [Doomsday] + [Shelter Upgrades] + [Chat and Trade] Countless gods loom high in the sky. They are savage. They are mad. They chant hymns in praise of themselves. Chaos crawls across the continent. Countless eldritch creatures smash one another’s bones and swallow the last scraps of flesh. The survivors of Blue Star fall from the endless depths and join this feast without beginning or end. From the start, all you have is a thatched hut that can be up 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ⭐⭐⭐ [This is a must-read for anyone looking to survive with a shelter] The story unfolds logically, with constant plot twists and well-developed characters. I really like the main character. You won't be able to put it down once you start reading, and you'll want more.

43. 143 求 Survival: Starting in a Public Restroom, I Choose One of Three Options Every Day 求生：开局公厕，我每天三选一 The Hour Didn't Wait for Me时辰没有等等我Sci-Fi & Apocalypse84k WordsOngoing Seven billion people around the world are forcibly dragged into a mist-shrouded survival world. Visibility is under ten meters, temperatures keep plummeting, the mist is filled with indescribable creatures, and supplies are desperately scarce! Everything is randomized from the start. When Lin Mo wakes up, he discovers he's been handed a hell-difficulty scenario: he's trapped in a shabby public restroom in the city, with its door practically falling off! As monsters in the mist close in, drawn by —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one is okay, but it's a bit short.

44. 144 经 Running a Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic: From the Start, Treating Young Ying Zheng 经营中医药馆，开局救治少年嬴政 Liu Zixian刘子羡Urban670k WordsOngoing Chen Che was a doctor with advanced degrees in both Chinese and Western medicine. After graduating, he joined a top-tier hospital in Chuting, Chuyun City, Nanyue Province, as an emergency medicine clinician. But an accident destroyed his reputation. He was fired and forced to leave the hospital, and all his earnings went to compensating the patient's family. With no other choice, he moved to a village in Yongzhou, Guixi Province, and began practicing traditional Chinese medicine. From then on, h 167Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Auntie, you want to live too, right?

45. 145 奇 Planet of Wonders 奇遇星球 Wald Beast of Zhengyang Palace正阳宫的瓦尔德兽Urban422k WordsOngoing A chance encounter brought a retired soldier an extraordinary power. Faced with a world overrun by demon-infested nations of tigers and wolves, he rose up without hesitation, fought on the battlefield, unified the nations, and transformed the world. In the end, he fulfilled his long-held dream of establishing a global system of democratic freedom, bringing lasting peace to humanity. From then on, he was surrounded by good fortune in love, as stunning women from every nation competed to declare t 28Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come check it out! Start your journey in a deserted island survival game, experiencing a back-to-earth lifestyle. Learn survival skills like starting a fire by rubbing sticks together, making saltpeter, smelting steel, crafting gunpowder, building a base, and manufacturing weapons. Then, enter the worlds of Earth Conquest and StarCraft. You won't regret watching!

46. 146 末 Apocalyptic Steel Shelter 末日钢铁庇护所 Wind and Snow Ice City风雪冰城Sci-Fi & Apocalypse121k WordsOngoing [Supernatural apocalypse + Build a safe house + No heroine + Survival + Lone wolf] In a world gripped by the Black Calamity, monsters are everywhere outside. Shen Yan, who transmigrated here, wants nothing more than a safe place to shelter from the eerie horrors and monsters outdoors. A ring-shaped tattoo that mysteriously appears on his finger turns out to be capable of enhancing any object. A battered water filter becomes a purifier, a rotten wooden door turns into an alloy blast gate, and a l —Reads—Score622Shelves

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    A bizarre post-apocalyptic world, a high-level shelter, and a cheat that allows you to upgrade and merge everything.

47. 147 灾 Calamity: From the Start, the Campus Belle Helps Me Attain the Dao 灾变：开局校花助我成道 Blackie, Venerable of the Hall of Souls魂殿天尊小黑子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse86k WordsOngoing [Cataclysm + Zombies + Treasure Chests + Mutations + World Invasion + All Kinds of Goddesses + Decisive and Ruthless] The cataclysm arrives. [Power of the Ghost Gods: 2/10 (Acquiring)] The Dragon King and the icy school beauty are trapped in a restroom. After they finish their exchange, the Dragon King looks at the treasure chest on the aloof beauty and the notification above it, and is overcome with excitement. After imparting everything he knows ten times over, the Dragon King successfully ope 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    111111

48. 148 末 Doomsday: I Awakened a Shelter Upgrade System 末日：我觉醒庇护所升级系统 This Won't Do这不冲Sci-Fi & Apocalypse142k WordsOngoing [Shelter building + unlimited upgrades + multiple heroines + Sky City] In 2035, spatial rifts tore open across the globe, and waves of monsters from another world flooded in. Human civilization collapsed overnight. Chen Mingyu, an office worker, bound himself to the [Ultimate Shelter] System the moment the apocalypse arrived. His starting shelter turned out to be nothing more than a public restroom. While everyone else was risking their lives against zombies for a single piece of moldy bread, Ch —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Look at mine

49. 149 从 From Gray Fog to Blizzard: I'm the One Keeping Everyone Sheltered 从灰雾到暴雪：遮风挡雨的都是我 Cloud Chief of the Mysterious Sect玄门云首Sci-Fi & Apocalypse892k WordsOngoing [Stockpiling supplies and building a fortress early on] [Supernatural abilities, but not overpowered] [Battles for supremacy in the apocalypse from the middle onward] [Romance] [Invincible protagonist] [A clever lead] [Supporting characters who think for themselves] At first, dense fog descended across the world. Then came blizzards, and unknown creatures lurked in the snow. A rewrite of the rules themselves rendered firearms useless. When the blizzards stopped, the survivors ushered in a new er 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You start with a villa shelter and later become the leader of humanity.

50. 150 残 Seeking Life Amid Lingering Regrets 残念觅生 Yu Cangjue御苍爵Mystery318k WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow, rules-based horror, extreme escape, eerie games, no harem, no formula, no invincible protagonist, no System, no mindless plot, not a feel-good power fantasy] I’m a ballet doll, grinning as I watch them kill themselves. I throw people into “my” mindscape and lay out an inescapable path to their doom. But that lunatic Li Yu finds a loophole in every stage. I crank up the difficulty of surviving, but he uses game theory to beat me. I forbid him from speaking, but he has the whole t 237Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you're looking for a shelter novel, check this one out! It starts with building and can be upgraded infinitely. The post-apocalyptic atmosphere is realistic without making you stupid. There's no system, it's all about hardcore gameplay. The plot gets more and more exciting as it goes on. Even veteran readers praise the writing style and originality of this book.

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