Founding a Nation, Developing a Territory, Building an Independent Power: Modern-Era Stories 建国，发展领地，有独立的势力，现代文

1. 51 1 Ruling Southeast Asia from Burma, 1928 1928从缅甸开始称霸南洋 He Rong何荣Urban347k WordsOngoing Chen Guoping transmigrates into a small Chinese family in Mandalay, Burma. Starting in 1928, he begins laying the groundwork to dominate Southeast Asia and the Nanyang. When an uprising breaks out in southern Burma, he raises the banner of revolt and founds a country in northern Burma... 2.2kReads8.0Score100Shelves
2. 52 抗 Fighting the War of Resistance: Starting with My Captain in the Movies and TV 抗战从影视我的团长开始 Cactus Dying of Thirst渴死的仙人掌Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [War of Resistance] [System] [Ensemble Cast] [Great-Power Rivalry] Zhu Jianguo accidentally transmigrates into the television drama "My Chief, My Regiment". Long Wenzhang, Bula, Milong, Yaoma, Dou Bing, Kluber... one by one, they appear before Zhu Jianguo. “I’m your regimental commander. I’m so poor that all I have left are good guns and cannons. I have only one requirement: wipe out those Japanese bastards across the way.” 1.3kReads8.3Score119Shelves
3. 53 打 Fighting Through Two Worlds: My Motherland Has My Back 打穿两界：我的背后是祖国母亲 Too Drunk to Bear It醉难熬Urban318k WordsOngoing [Transmigrating Between Two Worlds] [Calling Her Mom] [Steel Tide] [Technology and Magic] [Both Worlds Flourish as They Crush Imperialism] Returning from a fantastical otherworld to an ordinary reality, and from a dragon-slaying hero to an everyday wage slave, Xie Fan merely smiled in relief. Yet his extraordinary powers remained. The dragon blood and demonic power from the otherworld still coursed through his body. At the same time, an army of demons from that world somehow transmigrated throug 183Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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   They're all independent forces; the first one is a new book, guaranteed to be good! [Shy]

4. 54 战 War System in the Apocalypse 战争系统在末世 Eagle of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau云贵高原的雄鹰Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.2M WordsOngoing I Became the Commander-in-Chief in the Apocalypse Apocalypse + raising a massive army + hard-core stats + characters with brains Just as the apocalypse arrives, Gu Chengyuan obtains the War System and starts raising a massive army, sweeping through the apocalypse with an unstoppable tide of steel! The blurb doesn't do it justice. Please read the story. 80.9kReads9.0Score5.3kShelves
5. 55 穿 I Transmigrate and Rise to Power, Starting in Nanyang 穿越从南洋开始崛起 Nan Di南狄Historical635k WordsOngoing [Mass Transmigration] [Founding a Nation in the Postwar Indochinese Peninsula] [Expansion Across the Southern Seas] [Building from the Ground Up] [Establishing a Chinese Nation in the South] A flash of white light carried Li Shang, his four factories, and their workers to 1945. The world stood on the eve of the Cold War, but the covert clashes had already begun. As the red flag swept across the mainland, Li Shang was also stirring up events on the Indochinese Peninsula. The world’s tides are our 68.8kReads7.7Score5.4kShelves

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   [Already interested][Watching the drama unfold]

6. 56 没 That’s Right, I’m Fighting the Great Powers 没错，我打的就是列强 Shaking Xuanyuan震轩辕Rural Life680k WordsOngoing The book has just been released, and its rating is still fluctuating. Please add it to your library and follow along. Liu Tianqing, a special forces soldier assigned to an escort mission, unexpectedly transmigrates back to 1900. Armed with his equipment and the escort case, he fights decisively through the chaos, struggling with all his might against the foreign powers. 15.6kReads6.9Score892Shelves

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   Two classic novels you can read

7. 57 甲 The Sino-Japanese War of 1894: The Rise of the Far East 甲午风云之远东崛起 Shaking Xuanyuan震轩辕Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Yue Tian, a PhD in military machinery, transmigrates to the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895 and becomes a vanguard soldier protecting the nation. Using his knowledge from the future, he takes control of the lands beyond the Shanhai Pass, establishes a republic, unifies the country, and helps the nation rise as a great power in the Far East. 10.6kReads7.7Score479Shelves
8. 58 四 Siheyuan: Back to 1954, Luckily I Have a System 四合院：回到54年，还好带系统 Wen Zhi Tianhua雯织天华Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted [Siheyuan] [Founding a Nation Overseas] [Spatial Interface] [One Female Lead] Transmigrate to a Siheyuan in 1954? Luckily, I've got a skill-upgrade cheat, an boundless space, and a space for growing crops. What? There's also a family lineage stretching back thousands of years behind me, and I'm the clan head? These people from the Siheyuan think they can compete with me? Of course I'll lead my family to become the greatest clan and build the world's number-one village. The fun starts when I buil 12.5kReads8.4Score621Shelves

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   Number one in the universe, founding text

9. 59 穿 I Transmigrated as the German Emperor: I'll Restore Germany to Glory! 穿越德皇：我重振德意志！ Spring Field Meow春田喵Urban1.5M WordsOngoing Zhao Zheng, a PhD in history, wakes up to find that he has taken over the body of Wilhelm II, Germany’s last emperor, in 1918! He has only two days before his abdication! Berlin is in turmoil, mutinous sailors seize power, and the Entente powers mass their troops at the border. The once-glorious Second Reich is on the brink of collapse! But armed with a century of historical knowledge, Zhao Zheng refuses to repeat the tragedy! He kicks the arrogant powerbroker Ludendorff aside and seizes iron-fi 45.3kReads8.0Score4.2kShelves

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   Traveling through Germany to establish a nation, wielding both the stick and the carrot!

10. 60 全 Global Lord: From the Start, I Awakened the Steel Division IV Console 全民领主：开局觉醒钢四控制台 Wounded Guest of Chang'an长安殇客Urban178k WordsCompleted This is a niche story aimed at fans of alternate history. Readers unfamiliar with TNO can still enjoy it. The System and the all-people-as-lords premise are only a transitional setup, so please keep that in mind. [Military] + [Power Struggle] + [Mass Recruitment] [The New Order (TNO)] + [Indian Ambition] + [War Fever] + [West Russian War I & II] All of humanity is gone. Blue Star gives humanity one final chance: everyone must immediately enter a parallel world for shelter. But who could have kno 93Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is set against the backdrop of the Cold War, but it's a different kind of Cold War.

11. 61 被 After Being Deceived into Northern Myanmar, I Summon an Armored Combined-Arms Brigade 被骗缅北后，我召唤重装合成旅 Feng Qingyang封清扬Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Nation-Building + Power Struggles + Military + International Affairs + Geopolitics + Mass Recruitment] Lin Beichen is tricked into going to northern Myanmar, where he awakens the System. From a local warlord to a regional power, from a regional power to a superpower, and from a superpower to interstellar development, he takes it one step at a time... 7.1kReads6.7Score369Shelves

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    The protagonist travels to northern Myanmar, becomes a "coolie" (a term used to describe someone who is exploited and forced to work in a remote area), then summons a synthetic brigade to establish a modern nation. The writing is excellent, the world-building is grand, and it's worth reading.

12. 62 欧 The Rise of a Small European Nation 欧陆小国崛起 Waiting for the Boat to Returnl待舟归lUrban1.2M WordsOngoing Modern young man Tang Ning transmigrates unexpectedly and becomes King Carlos I of Portugal, who has just ascended the throne in 1889. What awaits him is not the splendor of royalty, but an aging warship, a treasury on the verge of bankruptcy, and an ultimatum from Britain as it encroaches on Portugal's African colonies. With precise foreknowledge of the course of twentieth-century history, he launches the most ambitious imperial revival plan in human history. From reclaiming Brazil and trading 12.8kReads6.0Score1kShelves

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    Modern Foreign Literature

13. 63 1 1840: I, William, Restore the Glory of the Netherlands 1840：我威廉重塑荷兰荣光 txb7319Historical161k WordsOngoing (This isn't a wish-fulfillment story from the start. Things only take off later, so don't read it if you want instant gratification.) The Concert of Europe still reigns supreme. The conservative order established after 1815 keeps nationalism and liberalism in check. Nationalist passions simmer beneath the surface. The Germans, Italians, and Poles are all restless. The Revolutions of 1848 are eight years away. Transmigrating into the year 1840 as William Alexander Paul Frederick Ludwik, the man k 125Reads—Score116Shelves
14. 64 二 A New World Order in World War II: Restoring Greece’s Glory 二战新秩序：重铸希腊荣光 Listening to the Wind, Igniting the Rain听风燃雨Urban273k WordsOngoing [World War II] [Greece] [Farming] [Military] [Alternate History] [Transmigration] Europe enters the 1930s amid a turbulent, unpredictable landscape, and a fateful war is about to erupt once more. The struggles of a failed art student draw the whole world into the quagmire of war. In just a few short years, countless European nations fall beneath the invaders’ iron hooves. The Balkans, for the past century Europe’s powder keg, miraculously become the last bastion of justice on the continent. With 3.3kReads6.1Score212Shelves
15. 65 给 Give Me Thirty Years, and I'll Give You a Balkan Federation 给我三十年，还你一个巴尔干联邦 SongAnyuUrban1.9M WordsOngoing [From 1885 to 1935] (European history / World War I / Serbia) The man standing before you is: The Assassin of Pirot; The Conqueror of Bulgaria; The Regent of Belgrade; The Architect of the Balkan System; The Father of the Republic: Lovrivich Aleksandrovich Hrabriich One day in the 21st century, a young man with a fondness for history suddenly dies at home. In Pirot in 1885, a young man named Lovin decides to assassinate the Bulgarian prince. Perhaps this time, the peoples of the Balkan Penin 453Reads—Score194Shelves
16. 66 马 Madrid, 1936: The Dream of a Greater Spain 马德里1936：大西班牙之梦 Heinrich of the Burgundy Knights勃艮第骑士团海因里希Urban245k WordsOngoing (The synopsis doesn't do it justice. Please read the novel.) [Alternate history] [World War II] [soul transmigration] [Spain] [Portugal] [Habsburg] He transmigrates to Spain at the beginning of the 20th century, where a new star is rising from the empire's ashes. Chaos and disorder have engulfed the entire country. Only a firm hand can save it! Sotelo knows what is going to happen next. He even knows who will die in ten years, who will survive, who will stand among history's victors, and who wi 207Reads—Score139Shelves
17. 67 重 Reborn as Crown Prince, I Lead Italy to Rome 重生王储，带领意大利走向罗马 Jiujiu Bayi Yi玖九八一一Urban693k WordsOngoing Old Mo issued the call to "March on Rome" and led his men toward victory. But at the gates of Rome, they were stopped. A young man walked up to the Blackshirts and shouted through a megaphone, "Join us or fight us. Be a hero or a traitor." His name was Umberto Savoia, heir to the throne and the man who would lead the kingdom to greatness once more. Win, and the sea is ours. Lose, and stand with the victors. 20.7kReads7.0Score1.7kShelves
18. 68 求EN Survival Game: My Pets Really Are Adorable! 求生游戏：我家宠物真的是萌系 Flying Snow Meow飞雪喵Sports1.5M WordsCompleted [Survival game] [Farming] [Everyday life] [Pets] [Adorable pets] [No romance] [No heroine] [Infrastructure building] After transmigrating to another world where everyone has to fight to survive, Ye Fei is a little panicked. That is, until he finds a little white fluffball. A little fox, a kitten, a little spotted deer, a puppy, a chick, and more... He finds all kinds of adorable little animals and raises them. While everyone else is still struggling to survive, he's already settling into retirem 11.4kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves

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    🌈Highly rated with thousands of reviews, strongly recommended by a veteran reader with 2800 hours of reading experience! [Survival Game] [Farming] [Slice of Life] [Pets] [Cute Pets] [No Romance] [No Female Lead] [Infrastructure Building] Ye Fei is a little panicked when he transmigrates to a strange world where everyone is struggling to survive. Until he picks up a little white dumpling. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

19. 69 复 The Revival of the Chinese American Democratic Republic 复兴之华夏美洲民主共和国 Clear Wind Over the Cold River清风啸寒江Historical385k WordsOngoing With the strength of an entire nation behind it, a political group disguised as a corporation arrived at the mouth of the Amazon River in South America in 1615. What changes would this South American butterfly's fluttering wings bring to the world? 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A group of travelers through South America – enjoy reading!

20. 70 1 1890: Starting the Great Voyage by Climbing the Tech Tree 1890从爬科技树开始大航海 Slacking Off, Paddling Along, and Taking Naps摸鱼划水睡懒觉Historical1.2M WordsOngoing [Slow burn, national industry, rural development, great-power rivalry, hard-hitting naval warfare] Tang Xiaoyi found himself in a parallel world where the Age of Discovery had reached the late nineteenth century. The technology, wealth, and rivalries accumulated by every nation were on the verge of a final tipping point, ready to erupt. “The introduction of steam engines as ship propulsion ushered in a new revolution in navigation.” “Shipping grew faster and faster. It took just dozens of hours 147Reads9.2Score—Shelves
21. 71 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 99.3kReads9.2Score9.9kShelves
22. 72 边 Tales from the Borderlands: All My Relatives Are Ruthless Bandits 边水往事，我家亲戚都是悍匪 Foolish Dinosaur愚蠢的恐龙Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Jiang Wang opened his eyes and found himself in the story of The Longest Day in Chang'an? No, a closer look told him this was the original setting! And not just any setting, but the borderlands, at the most lawless time in the Golden Triangle: the early 2000s. There was no order in this era, only bloody cruelty in the forests and stacks of cash. It was a wild gold-rush age, full of outlaws. River-crossing dragons, mountain-tunneling tigers, gunshots ringing without end. When I have a gun, you c 19.1kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
23. 73 独 I’ll Found an Independent Nation! Anyone Who Opposes Huaxia Gets What’s Coming! 独立建国！谁和华夏作对我干谁！ Sheltering You from the Wind为你挡风Urban138k WordsOngoing Su Chen transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the new king of the Kingdom of Abili. On his first day in office, he renames the country the New Huaxia Kingdom. Su Chen: Don’t ask why. I was Chinese in my previous life, that’s why. Who would have thought he’d be bound to the Empire Rising System, which tasks him with helping Huaxia rise to greatness? Oh, so that’s how we’re playing it? Eagle Sauce, the Island Nation, and the Pickle Nation, you really think you can bully Huaxia? In a fit of 8Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    See for yourself! It's awesome!

24. 74 最 The Strongest Post-80s Generation: I Set Asara Straight 最强80后，我整顿阿萨拉 Lang Jiu Jing浪九经Urban347k WordsCompleted A fictional world and a feel-good power fantasy, so don't worry too much about the details. For three generations, the Luo family has put down deep roots in the Rugel region of northeastern Assam, in the Inda Federation. Grandfather Luo Zhan is a veteran of the Great Xia expeditionary force. Father Luo Xiong is a jack-of-all-trades. His grandmother is Assam nobility, and his mother is the daughter of a wealthy Bengali merchant. With a dream start from the start, watch how they ride the tides of 185Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Establishing a nation, developing a nation, geopolitics, and modern nation-building.

25. 75 1 1858: I Founded a Nation in Australia 1858我在澳洲建国 Works by the Blind Man瞎子的作品Historical200k WordsCompleted Qing dynasty setting + farming + naval warfare + gold rush history + founding a nation overseas In 2024, Li Chengze, a history student about to graduate, is tearing his hair out over his thesis when a bizarre car accident pulls him into a vortex in time and space, sending him to 1858. Australia is still a British colony, its resources barely developed, yet its potential is immense. With his deep understanding of history, Li Chengze quickly spots the opportunities in Australia’s abundant coal, i 54Reads7.9Score—Shelves
26. 76 这 It's Tough to Get By in the Republic of China 这个民国不好混 Old Traveler in the Mountains山中老客Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Pocket Dimension] [Republican Era] [War of Resistance Against Japan] [Common Folk] [Independent Operations] Qin Jin accidentally transmigrated to the Republican Era. He was no expert at civil war, but a seasoned hand at fighting foreign enemies. With a little pocket-dimension bug, he was going to see his schemes through to the end. Laughing through tears is life; laughing through tears is survival. The Republican Era might not be romantic, but it was definitely a wild ride! 1.6kReads8.5Score262Shelves
27. 77 1 1860: The Rise of China 1860：中华崛起 The Warmth of the Evening Breeze晚风停暖Urban487k WordsOngoing In 1861, the United States plunged into civil war and began its rise to global dominance. In 1868, Japan's Meiji Restoration let the demon show its claws. In 1870, Italy unified and began its path to power. In 1871, the German Empire was founded and embarked on its iron-blooded campaign. Britain and France still basked in their glory, while the tsar's greed remained undiminished. Into this age of fierce rivalries, Ning Han arrived in 1860. He defeated the Hunan Army, crushed the Huai Army, pacif 295Reads6.5Score—Shelves
28. 78 再 Reborn as a Person, I Want It All 再世为人我全都要 Second Brother Tang唐家二兄Urban702k WordsCompleted This rebirth takes him a little too far back, straight to elementary school. But that’s not so bad: many of his elders are still around. He lived in poverty his whole previous life, so this time he’ll let them enjoy the good life early. Besides, being young means having plenty of opportunities, so anything is possible. Pick and choose? No, I want it all! 3.5kReads9.2Score266Shelves
29. 79 高 Just Graduated High School, and You Expect Me to Transmigrate to Republican China to Pan for Gold? 高三毕业，谁让你穿越民国淘金？ The Wind Waits for Rain风等雨Urban272k WordsCompleted [Urban + Republic of China era + ruthless protagonist + no System + power fantasy + multiple female leads, no harem] Emperor in the Republic of China era, king in the modern world! Zhou Hua, a high school graduate, is caught up in a pandemic sweeping the globe and suddenly transmigrates into the body of a dead man aboard a merchant ship bound for San Francisco in 1900. With such a hellish start, Zhou Hua thinks he’s done for, but then he discovers he can return to the modern world, and that ever 75Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 80 北 New Ming in North America 北美新明 Eskimo爱斯基魔人Historical918k WordsOngoing [Group Transmigration] [Founding a Nation Overseas] [Farming] [Power Struggles] [Great Ming] A beam of light connects two points in time and space. Five hundred and sixty-eight modern people from all walks of life accidentally transmigrate to North America, four hundred years in the past. Among them... Some are ambitious and unwilling to live ordinary lives, determined to make their names known throughout history. Some care deeply about their homeland and want to stop barbarism from conquer 19.4kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves

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    Both were developed through science and technology and economic growth after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

31. 81 港 Hong Kong Island, 1981: The Fierce Dragon Crosses the River 港岛1981：猛龙过江 Add an Egg to the Noodles吃面加个蛋Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Kidnap a mob boss for ransom from the start! Set up an Umbrella Security Company, then ship secondhand machines into China to earn the first pot of gold! After that, open a newspaper and start factories, focusing mainly on the video game industry. During the 1982 negotiations, snap up most of Hong Kong's industries at rock-bottom prices. From then on, millions of dockworkers depend on you for their livelihoods. Who would dare lay a hand on you? One heroine: Zhong Chuhong, with a heart devoted to 13.6kReads7.4Score699Shelves

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    [Pouting][Pouting][Pouting][Pouting]

32. 82 帝 The Rise of an Empire: I Extend the Ming Dynasty by Seven Hundred Years! 帝国崛起：我为大明续命七百年！ Little Shark Living in Antarctica住在南极的小鲨Historical3.7M WordsCompleted [System + alternate-history Ming Dynasty + decisive and ruthless + iron-blooded emperor + farming] The Ming Empire is growing weaker by the day. Shen Yu, whose soul has transmigrated into this world, becomes the ninth prince. Let’s see how he makes the Ming realm shine brighter than ever. 29.5kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves

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    These are all

33. 83 1 1912: Sweep Through a Chaotic Era with My Arsenal 1912：我靠军火库横扫乱世 Break the Horse, Raise the Spear, Pacify the World破马长枪平天下Urban946k WordsOngoing Late Qing dynasty, the third year of Xuantong, Rong County, Sichuan. Gunfire echoes across the land. A world in turmoil is coming, and the nation is on the brink of collapse. Chen Feng, a soldier in the Jiaolong Special Operations Assault Team, opens his eyes to find that he has transmigrated into this turbulent era, where human life is worth less than grass. Bandits run rampant within the country, and mutinous soldiers burn and slaughter. The Qing court is corrupt, while foreign powers circle l 19.3kReads6.7Score1kShelves

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    Looking for a book to read! A Republican-era warlord novel where the protagonist is a time traveler. It doesn't drastically alter history; instead, it uses a modern perspective to plan and train troops, gradually building up from a local power base. It includes political intrigue, warfare, and territorial expansion, with a steady pace and avoiding a simplistic feel. [Added to bookshelf][Added to bookshelf][Added to bookshelf][Already added to wishlist][Already added to wishlist][Already added to wishlist][Already added to wishlist][Already added to wishlist]

34. 84 全 Global Blackout: Back to the Age of Cold Weapons 全球断电：重返冷兵器时代 Rampaging Bear狂暴熊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [No System, no rebirth, no showing off and humiliating others, not a power fantasy. The story of an ordinary person surviving in a time of chaos.] When electricity vanished worldwide and gunpowder and fuel stopped working, Xia Zhi carved out a kingdom in the midst of chaos with nothing but a bow. With transportation and communications cut off, humanity's ambitions began to grow. Everyone wanted to be emperor; even a village chief dared to call himself king. Xia Zhi had wanted to stay home in the 6.3kReads8.2Score470Shelves

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    This one is good, but there aren't many of them. They've already started building walls. The protagonist is a flesh-and-blood person.

35. 85 穿 Transmigrating to the Warring States: Two Rice Balls in the Second Year of Eiroku 穿越战国：永禄二年的两个饭团 Deep Dive Premonition深潜预知Historical1.5M WordsOngoing Sengoku Japan, in the second year of Eiroku. Two rice balls save a life. No System, no golden finger. Only increasingly hazy knowledge of the future, a bold yet cautious way of handling affairs, and a man from a later age who rises from humble beginnings. Starting with nothing, he survives the chaos, stands tall, and fights his way to prominence, eventually vying for supremacy in the Sengoku era. He studies medicine and builds castles, trains in swordsmanship and spearmanship, and learns the p 2.8kReads—Score355Shelves

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    Is the Japanese Sengoku period a good fit? Starting from humble beginnings, it depicts a chaotic era of conquest, farming, building ships and cannons, vying for supremacy, with the protagonist fighting the Jurchens in the mid-game, establishing the Liaodong Army, building treasure ships, fighting the Dutch and Portuguese in Southeast Asia, conquering India, discovering Australia, seizing the Middle East, entering the Americas, and confronting Western powers.

36. 86 穿 Transmigrating to 1930: From the Delta to the King of Nanyang 穿越1930从三角洲到南洋之王 Sweet Potato Rice红薯煮饭Historical704k WordsCompleted Mercenary king Zhu Ying was betrayed by his teammates, and a single bullet sent him into the body of the 19th-generation descendant of the Ming Dynasty's founding emperor. In 1930, China was in the throes of warlord conflict, while the Nanyang region was also within the French colonial sphere. Everything was still up in the air: no one knew who would come out on top. Watch Zhu Ying forge a bright new future for the Chinese people! I’m not good at writing introductions, so please head straight to 86Reads5.2Score—Shelves

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    Both are excellent time-travel novels and worth reading!

37. 87 混 A Police Chief in Republican-Era China, Feared by Warlords and Foreign Powers Alike 混在民国当警长，军阀列强都怕我 A-Qi Loves Burgers爱吃汉堡的阿七Urban510k WordsCompleted [Wish-fulfillment + mass troops + overwhelming dominance + decisive and ruthless + no heroine] “Chen Zhuo, you’ve got some nerve! Who gave you the courage to kill a foreign dignitary?” “This is the foreign concession. Chinese police are forbidden to enter… Ow! Stop hitting me, please!” “Chen Zhuo, have you lost your mind? You even dare to hit the warlord’s son!” “Aren’t you a policeman? How come your troops have planes and tanks!? They’re even more advanced than those of foreign countries. You’r 31.7kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
38. 88 军 Warlord: With a Red Alert Base, I Take on the Whole World Alone 军阀：红警基地，我单挑全世界 Three Deer Under Heaven三鹿天下Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [Warlords + Republic of China Era + Red Alert Base + Modern Weapons and Equipment] Jiang Hua transmigrates to another world resembling the Republic of China era. Warlords are fighting within its borders, foreign powers are watching from beyond them, and the nation is on the brink of disaster. Jiang Hua activates the Red Alert base that came with him when he transmigrated. To protect himself, Jiang Hua starts mass-producing troops, building up his arsenal, and developing the economy and industry, 61Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    Excellent! [Flying kiss]

39. 89 拉 A New Huaxia in Latin America 拉美新华夏 Fox Crying in July七月狐鸣Historical320k WordsOngoing In 1836, four years before the Opium War. As the Industrial Revolution gathered pace, Britain was about to enter the most glorious era of the Victorian age. Meanwhile, the United States was eyeing the lands of the West with greed. At this crossroads in humanity’s fate, would the old empire cast its last rays of sunset, or be blasted to pieces by ironclad warships? An aircraft from the twenty-first century accidentally strays into this world... [A group-transmigration story, with a nation as the 6Reads8.7Score—Shelves
40. 90 在 Founding a Nation in Australia, 1796 在澳洲建国1796 Xu An许案Historical240k WordsCompleted [No transmigrators + the protagonist changes with the times + no System + historical fiction + not anti-Qing] “To keep all our efforts from going to waste, I've decided to found a nation!” Li Chen declared. “For our country, for our freedom, for our democracy, take up arms and defend our homeland!” Liao Caifeng cried. People are born free and equal, remain free and equal, and will always be free and equal. All power in the Federation belongs to the people. 23Reads8.6Score—Shelves
41. 91 万 Worlds Collide: From the Start, I Livestream and Claim the Whole Server's Rewards 万界融合：开局直播拿下全服奖励 Bookworm for Ten Years十年书虫Urban1.7M WordsCompleted This book is also known as World Fusion: Global Livestream from the Start, The Ten Thousand Clans Vie for Supremacy: I Have a God-Tier Village-Building Decree, and World Fusion: Barrett from the Start, I’m Number One by a Mile. A quick note: this is a slow-burn story. The village-building only starts after more than a hundred chapters, and there are multiple female leads. However, the book has plenty of fresh, original ideas. If that sounds good to you, feel free to add it to your bookshelf and 21.7kReads8.5Score1.8kShelves
42. 92 穿 Transmigrate to 1945: Good Thing I Have Superpowers 穿越1945，还好我有超能力 Wen Zhi Tianhua雯织天华Urban1.1M WordsCompleted (Period setting) (Transmigration) (Superpowers) (Industry) (Aid) (Founding a nation overseas) (Space development) I transmigrated to 1945. Japan surrendered, and I didn't want to get involved in the civil war. But the county magistrate is my great-grandfather. Now it's my older brother. So, under the county magistrate's protection, I develop and build a new countryside. Oh, most importantly, I've got a cheat. That's the real driving force behind development. In 1958, I went to Burma and seized t 3.9kReads8.1Score155Shelves

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43. 93 从 Starting in the Savage Mountains, I Lead Bandits in the Fight Against the Japanese 从野人山开始，带着土匪打鬼子 Snow on the Blade刀锋雪Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [War of Resistance] [Jungle Special Operations] [No Golden Finger] [No System] A rocket blast hurls Wu Shanfeng, commander of a special operations company, sixty years into the past. He transmigrates into the body of a wounded platoon leader in the expeditionary force. Surrounded and cut off by the Japanese, short on food and ammunition and without medicine, he faces the harsh natural environment with just twenty-two brothers at his side, and rises to prominence. From then on, a commander who ha 7.2kReads8.2Score515Shelves

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    It looks good, and it's fun to play.

44. 94 1 1853: Measuring the Nation's Territory with Cannons 1853：用大炮去丈量国土面积 Lone Angler独钓客Historical619k WordsCompleted The protagonist accidentally transmigrates to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. See how he restores China during the late Qing Dynasty. Between the realm and the women he loves, he sees through all the ways of the world and enjoys a life of freedom. Then he strides boldly into the surging current of history. 1.2kReads7.1Score—Shelves

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    This book is really good; the more you read, the more exciting it becomes.

45. 95 重 Reborn as Liu Xie on Hell Difficulty: How Am I Supposed to Survive? 重生刘协，地狱难度，我该怎么活 Xuanxuanxy轩轩xyHistorical451k WordsOngoing Reborn as Emperor Xian of Han, he finds himself in hell from the start. Dong Zhuo's surviving forces remain a threat before him, while Cao Mengde watches him hungrily from behind. Warlords occupy every corner of the realm. The court has no capable ministers, the palace has no troops it can control, the treasury is empty, and the people are suffering. He can't even enjoy a peaceful meal. I am Liu Xie, not a chosen one blessed with a golden finger. I have no protagonist's aura that makes everyone 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's really good, the first one that just came out, it's really good.

46. 96 帝 The Empire’s Great Bandit 帝国大反贼 White Lonely Island白色孤岛Historical5.8M WordsCompleted (This is a traditional alternate-history novel.) That year, more than a dozen prefectures suffered a severe drought, and the harvest failed completely. That year, five powerful military governors carved up the land, and their princes rebelled. That year, Zhang Yunchuan became an outlaw and one of the great bandits of Jiufeng Mountain. 48.9kReads8.7Score4.2kShelves
47. 97 游 Swimming Across Hong Kong to Find My Fortune 游水香江去找钱 Toxic Thoughts思想有毒Urban1.1M WordsCompleted In the late 1970s, in a small village north of Yuecheng, Wang Ziqian was forced to join two friends in fleeing to Hong Kong as they pursued their fortune. He struggled to survive amid the turbulent tides of Hong Kong, moving from one industry to another, and ultimately became a business magnate. 6.2kReads7.6Score256Shelves

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    These are all stories about the protagonist establishing a country and then developing their territory.

48. 98 幕 Laying Plans Behind the Scenes: My Subordinates Take Turns Being Billionaires 幕后布局，我的手下轮流当首富 I Will Never Coexist with Gambling or Drugs我和赌毒不共戴天Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + Period Drama + Family Life + Conquering Global Markets + Hidden Tycoon + Multiple Heroines] Also known as Reborn in the Early Eighties: Building a Fortune and Living a Colorful Life In plain terms: Some call him Big Brother, some call him an academician, and some call him a university trustee. Others hail him as a business leader, while some believe he’s the most powerful person in the world. None of these labels is quite accurate, because each is only one of his many identities. Rebor 4.9kReads8.6Score332Shelves
49. 99 住 Stop! Let That Young Lady Go! 住手！放开那个小娘子！ I’m Eating Barbecue in Zibo我在淄博吃烧烤Historical1.1M WordsCompleted Reborn as the foolish son of a landlord, I even got saddled with the terribly embarrassing name Zhu Dazhuang. Should I lie flat and enjoy life, or work hard and stir things up? Hmm, it’s probably better to grow more crops, build more roads, have more children, and raise more pigs... What? Is life as a landlord’s son in ancient times really this plain and simple? Pah! Stop! Let that young lady go! I, Zhu Dazhuang, will show you what it means to bully men and women, tyrannize the neighborhood, com 61Reads7.3Score—Shelves
50. 100 重 Reborn in the Late Qing, I Rise to Be King 重生清末当称王 Daoist Wuxin无心道长Urban857k WordsCompleted Reborn in Northeast China during the late Qing dynasty, I find myself surrounded by bandits, rogue soldiers, Japanese invaders, and Russian troops, with wars breaking out one after another. As someone reborn, I have no System or supernatural powers. All I can do is rely on what I learned in my previous life to survive and build a future. 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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