Scavenging the Wasteland, Picking Through Trash, and Slowly Building a Better Life 废土拾荒，捡破烂，日子一点一点变好

1. 1 废 Wasteland World: Keep Your Head Down and Don't Push Your Luck 废土世界，苟住，别浪 The Outlaws Are Here响马来了Fantastical Romance252k WordsCompleted [No romance, not a love story; apocalyptic gathering and stockpiling, personal growth] Yan Yan spent twenty years stockpiling supplies and always obeyed the law. Then she closed her eyes and opened them again, only to find herself a poor little soul in a wasteland world. Pollution was everywhere, and a single clean leaf of lettuce could fetch a sky-high price. She looked at the mountains of supplies and clean water in her pocket dimension… She made her decision: I just got here, so I’ll lie low 3.6kReads7.3Score36914d adds

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   Before transmigrating to the wasteland, the female protagonist already possessed a spiritual spring and a spatial ability. Each time her spatial ability was upgraded, she received rewards and gift packs. The main storyline after transmigrating revolves around farming and improving combat abilities. Later, she can trade with various worlds and travel to different worlds. [Bookshelf added][Bookshelf added][Bookshelf added] 2️⃣ The protagonist's family transmigrates to the wasteland world. The parents and two older brothers work together to collect edible plants, earn points to buy land and build houses, striving to make their family's life better in the wasteland world. 3️⃣ The female protagonist possesses the ability to synthesize trash, allowing her to synthesize various items. While scavenging for supplies, she finds the injured male protagonist. Later, she and Lan Zhifu struggle to survive in the disaster-stricken wasteland world. 4️⃣ A zombie apocalypse boss transmigrates to the wasteland with wood-type abilities. Not long after transmigrating, she finds the amnesiac male protagonist. The current main storyline of the novel revolves around scavenging and gathering. 5️⃣ The female protagonist transmigrates to a wasteland world with a check-in system. Upon arrival, she's immediately assigned a marriage partner at the base. The male protagonist is also a transmigrator, but he was reborn as a newborn. They marry and live together in the assigned house, a classic case of marriage first, love later. 6️⃣ The female protagonist is in the wasteland and only gains an identity because of the male protagonist. Her condition is to marry him and take in his injured state. His superpower serum awakens their powers; the female protagonist's power can purify radiation, so they no longer have to worry about food. They also dig a large basement. However, the female protagonist is somewhat of a saint.

2. 2 废 A Family Portrait in the Wasteland 废土之全家福 lMo Shou ll末首lSci-Fi & Apocalypse264k WordsOngoing [Wasteland Survival + Natural Disasters + Daily Life + Stockpiling + Foraging + Farming + Romance] Her whole family transmigrates to a wasteland, where they farm and struggle to survive. They venture out to scavenge and forage, working hard toward a comfortable life, with just a little more luck than everyone else. To stay alive, her father and two older brothers scout the way with thick branches to fend off mutated beasts. Su Yue checks the radiation levels on her wristband as she slips into th 359Reads—Score—14d adds
3. 3 废 Wasteland Survival: My Trash Can Synthesize Anything 废土生存：我的垃圾能合成万物 Bingyao Taotao冰瑶桃桃Sci-Fi & Apocalypse330k WordsCompleted [Romance] [Talented but levels up very slowly] [Picking up the male lead in the apocalypse is necessary for the plot. If you don't like it, don't read!!! (Important)] Other people's end-of-the-world abilities can lay waste to the heavens and earth, but Lin Yiyi's ability is... picking up trash and combining it? Then she picks up Ling Chuan, a devastatingly handsome man with off-the-charts combat skills and serious injuries (she brought him home on impulse in the apocalypse (╥﹏╥)), and the diffic 31Reads—Score—14d adds
4. 4 末 The Apocalypse Powerhouse Strikes It Rich Scavenging the Wasteland 末世大佬在废土拾荒暴富了 Feng Xiuying凤琇莹Sci-Fi & Apocalypse316k WordsCompleted Niu Beibei struggled through the early days of the apocalypse, worked hard to raise her ability level, and became a level-ten powerhouse. Humanity also found a way to wipe out the zombies. Just as she was getting ready to lie flat and enjoy retirement, she transmigrated! She ended up in a wasteland world ravaged by one natural disaster after another, as the fake heiress, a “rich beauty” who had been kicked out of her home and starved to death in the slums. Niu Beibei stared at the sky in speechl 2.4kReads8.2Score18214d adds
5. 5 废 Wasteland Scavenging, and I Still Have to Clock In 废土拾荒我还要打卡 Chi Hua Yao Yao赤华夭夭Sci-Fi & Apocalypse284k WordsOngoing Mo Yu is dragged by the System into a wasteland, where she meets Yang Rui, who has also transmigrated. In their previous lives, one was a wage slave and the other a ruthless capitalist. In the wasteland, one is a scavenger girl nearly starved to death, while the other is a scavenger boy poisoned by a snake and not long for this world. Taking advantage of the base's favorable policies, they marry and get assigned a home. She wants him to die soon so she can become a young widow with a house; he i 389Reads6.2Score—14d adds
6. 6 开 From a Wasteland Shack to a Three-Bedroom Apartment Underground 开局废土窝棚，地下挖出三室一厅 The Emotional Type情绪派Fantastical Romance635k WordsCompleted [Wasteland survival + dual powers + romance + ensemble cast in the middle and later parts] The heroine transmigrates to a wasteland, where the male lead and his friend save her life. The male and female leads are the first to awaken their powers. Drawing on her past-life experience and all the novels she's read, the heroine grows crops, raises livestock, and stockpiles supplies. She fights monsters, levels up, and protects her companions, building a life in the wasteland where they can eat meat 4.7kReads6.9Score55214d adds
7. 7 废 Wasteland Scavenger: I Ride to Glory with Bug-Speak 废土拾荒：我靠虫语一路开挂 Worry-Free Blossoms花开无忧Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Wasteland Scavenging + Adventure + Farming + Daily Life + Natural Disasters + No Romance] Fifteen years ago, disaster struck Blue Star, unleashing massive amounts of radiation. Overnight, Blue Star became a living hell. Plants and animals seemed to be on steroids, growing to several times, or even dozens of times, their original size. Humanity’s living space kept shrinking. People had no choice but to abandon the cities and build enormous safe zones elsewhere, huddling inside them like turtle 11.9kReads8.2Score1.5k14d adds

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   It all gets better little by little. ① The female protagonist lives with a sentient plant. She awakens the ability of a scavenger, and later, after eating genetically modified food, she awakens gathering skills, spatial abilities, and teleportation. ② A relatively novel post-apocalyptic setting. The wasteland is a desolate wasteland where people live on a giant, constantly moving steel behemoth. The female protagonist is from the bottom class and awakens abilities similar to mental power, constantly fighting for survival. ③ The female protagonist's big yellow dog is bound to the system along with her, beginning their struggle in the wasteland. ④ Wasteland technology is relatively advanced, but food acquisition is still difficult, leaning towards a survival-oriented approach. ⑤ The female protagonist awakens the ability of a bug whisperer, and then her family members also awaken their abilities one after another. The base faces various disasters caused by insects, and everyone keeps fighting. ⑥ The female protagonist awakens gathering skills (a powerful cheat ability), able to gather everything, from plants to animals to people, ordinary food, special food, abilities, etc. Later, there are more fight scenes, and the battlefield becomes increasingly vast. ⑦ The female protagonist opened a general store with a cheat-like ability; the more she sold the items, the more valuable they became. She then secretly developed her own power to protect herself and expand the market. ⑧ Completed; the elven wasteland story is very good. ⑨⑩ It features survival in interstellar junkyards and sewers.

8. 8 废 On the Wasteland, I Take My Whole Family to Scavenge! 废土之上，我拖家带口去拾荒！ Liu Huo Le柳火乐Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsCompleted [Content note] A slow-paced, slice-of-life story. It doesn't dwell on the dark side of human nature in the apocalypse. Instead, a group of people stick together, help one another, and face hardships as a team. [Content note] No transmigration, rebirth, System, or pocket dimension. The heroine focuses on working hard and has no romance! A natural disaster destroyed human civilization. Blue Star became a heavily polluted wasteland, and every living thing except humans began to evolve. Lin Yan's wh 9.9kReads9.1Score91814d adds

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   Leng Xuan accidentally transmigrated to a wasteland and nearly died from high radiation pollution. Her disabled mother sold her younger siblings' milk powder to buy a purifier, saving her life. Her father also gave her a chance, and her family's favoritism spurred her to survive. Fortunately, she awakened a points system, gaining luck points by killing mutated beasts, which brought her abundant rewards, ensuring her family had enough to eat.

9. 9 废 The Daily Life of a Wasteland Scavenger 废土拾荒的日常 Dreams Made by a Salted Fish闲鱼造梦Two Male Leads356k WordsCompleted Zhao Man transmigrates to a wasteland ABO world. Follow the everyday life of an ordinary person scavenging in the wasteland. Note: There are no heats or ruts; ABO only defines mental strength. Two male leads, a child, and a slice-of-life story with no powerful golden finger! 35.2kReads9.3Score4.8k14d adds

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10. 10 全 My Whole Family Is Sickly, but Our Wasteland Scavenging Luck Is Off the Charts 全家病弱，废土拾荒运道嘎嘎旺 Tiger Enters the Deep Woods虎入深林Sci-Fi & Apocalypse963k WordsCompleted [Wasteland Scavenging]+ [Romance]+ [System]+ [From Weak to Strong] Leng Xuan accidentally transmigrates into the wasteland and into the body of an idiot. From the start, she is exposed to intense radiation and left on the brink of death. Her disabled mother sells the formula meant for her infant siblings to buy purification medicine and save her life. Her idiot father also gives up his only chance to survive for her. Moved by her new family's love, she swears to survive in this world and find a 9.6kReads8.9Score95414d adds

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    🌵🌴A captivating post-apocalyptic wasteland story. 🌿After a cataclysmic event, the land is ravaged. Food is scarce, 🌸resources are scarce, and the situation is chaotic….🌾A young man🥀, who fought his way out of an unplanned area, arrives alone in the Ninth District to make a living, 🍂unexpectedly befriending a few friends🌹. A single misstep leads him to rise above the chaos, beginning a legendary tale…

11. 11 人 In the Wasteland: What's Wrong with Being a Little Fussy Now and Then? 人在废土：偶尔娇气点儿怎么了 Searching for Home觅归处Fantastical Romance730k WordsCompleted [Wasteland Scavenging + Slice of Life + Minor Golden Finger + Dual Transmigration] Two people from different worlds support each other in the wasteland and work toward a happy life together (well, maybe not exactly. Just having enough to eat would be great~). (Heroine's perspective) The wasteland is full of crumbling ruins, rampant radiation, and mutated plants and animals. Humanity has become the lowest rung of the food chain. Yun Xi and Wei Ze unexpectedly transmigrate into the bodies of peopl 6.2kReads8.6Score60914d adds

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    A wasteland scavenging story. The male and female protagonists knew each other before they transmigrated. The female protagonist has a small space-like ability, but her cheat-like advantages aren't significant. She saves money to buy a house, and not many good things happen. Not bad at all.

12. 12 废 Wasteland Scavenger's Journal 废土拾荒日记 A Little Salted Fish一条小小咸鱼呀Sci-Fi & Apocalypse600k WordsCompleted Li Nuo transmigrated to a wasteland world. Li Nuo was picked up, and the person who found her seemed to be a big shot. Li Nuo panicked. It looked like her identity as an outsider was about to be exposed. Li Nuo relaxed. The big shot became her strongest backer. Li Nuo threw herself into the struggle, determined to make her mark in the wasteland world. 1.1kReads6.1Score—14d adds

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    [Wasteland + Scavenging + Romance] 🍄Family, this book is absolutely amazing! 🍁The protagonist starts out stranded in the wasteland and is taken in by a powerful figure. 🍁This powerful figure isn't entirely kind; initially, he's stingy and driven by self-interest. 🍁Who can resist a naive and naive college student?! 🥭🥭🥭

13. 13 穿 I Transmigrated to the Wasteland. A Few More Salvage Runs Should Set Me Straight! 穿越废土，多拾几次荒就老实了！ Cheng Hewei程禾微Sci-Fi & Apocalypse744k WordsOngoing [Scavenging] [Husband assigned from the start] [1v1] [Steadily losing it] [Slow development] [Strange spirits] [Supporting each other] [Heartwarming] Hey! Have you eaten today? Ye Chunyuan, who enjoys a little buzz in her everyday life, transmigrates to another world and gets an incredibly handsome husband from the start. But the very next day, he heads off on a mission without a backward glance? It turns out this is a wasteland world ravaged by countless disasters and calamities. Civilization h 3.2kReads7.3Score22714d adds

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    ① [Shy][Cool] New book. The female lead falls off a cliff while climbing a mountain, ending up in wasteland. She encounters the male lead scavenging in the wild. The male lead, thinking she's from the inner city and can be of interest, rescues her and takes her home. The male lead is usually out on missions, while the female lead goes out gathering with other acquaintances… ② [Learned][OK] Other stories also involve wasteland scavenging, similar to what I've read before.

14. 14 废 On the Wasteland, I Scavenge My Way to a Home in the Safe Zone 废土之上，我靠拾荒在安全区买房 Little Mistress Is Blessed小主超有福Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.4M WordsOngoing Female lead: Chu Ci, transmigrated from another world. Male lead: Ji Xuan, a mercenary suffering from genetic collapse. The story mainly focuses on scavenging and farming, with a slow-burning romance woven through it. Note: The two only want to live a good, quiet life of their own. There is no plot about saving all of humanity. The story follows ordinary people at the bottom of society as they struggle to survive in a harsh environment. After the apocalypse, on this 28.8kReads9.3Score2.6k14d adds
15. 15 废 I Strike It Rich Scavenging the Wasteland, but the Apocalypse Is So Insane I'm Stunned 废土拾荒我暴富，末世太癫我傻眼 Su Sanyou Lu苏三有路Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Comedy, Goofiness, Wild Imagination, Growth, Undercover Intrigue, Core Crystals, Romance] Main plot (heroine): Solo scavenging at first, then a team-based upgrade journey Subplot (male lead): Mystery and deduction, undercover intrigue (backstabbing + setting traps + dismantling traps + countering the countermeasures) * Amid piles of corpses in the post-apocalyptic wasteland, a survivor miraculously appears! The moment Xu Sansan opens her eyes, everything is pitch-black. No memories, no System. 10.5kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
16. 16 穿 Every Day of Life in the Wasteland: Just Stay Alive 穿在废土生活的每一天，活着 Little Grape and Little Sun小葡萄和小太阳Sci-Fi & Apocalypse179k WordsCompleted The story follows day-to-day life in a wasteland, so the pace isn’t very fast at the beginning. As for the older brother, they support each other; this isn’t a story about a girl who’s obsessed with her brother. Ruan Zhen is an ordinary person. After transmigrating, she’s naturally cautious at first. She’s just a little nobody, not some amazing powerhouse. I hope you’ll be patient with her. Ruan Zhen will grow stronger. Thank you, everyone! 2kReads8.2Score11414d adds
17. 17 废 Wasteland Survival: I Became an Invisible Big Shot Through Scavenging 废土求生，我靠拾荒当隐形大佬 Wrapped in a Blanket with the AC On裹着被子吹空调Sci-Fi & Apocalypse398k WordsCompleted Heroine: Gu Xiao (transmigrated from another world) Hero: Lin Moqing (a base combatant suffering from severe dark matter contamination) The story mainly follows scavenging and survival. Life is difficult at first, but gradually improves through their efforts. A slow, steady progression. Gu Xiao was an ordinary office worker. After passing out from working overtime, sh 90Reads9.0Score—14d adds

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    I highly recommend the first book, it's amazing! It's about a little bit of good luck, but how could it be just a little bit?

18. 18 废 Wasteland Scavenging: What's Wrong with a Little Good Luck? 废土拾荒，运气好点怎么了？ Chi Mingyue池明月Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Wasteland Scavenging + A Tiny Golden Finger + Romance] This world is full of intense radiation and bizarre mutant plants and animals. Humanity has fallen from the top of the food chain into the dust… Here, humans are no longer the masters. Here, simply surviving is the greatest stroke of luck. Zhuang Xiao arrives in this world, where every moment is terrifying, and food, warmth, and safety are hard to come by… As soon as she gets here, she’s saddled with a “crippled leg.” Relying on a little lu 11.8kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
19. 19 废 Wasteland: Did This Unlucky Girl Pay Her Rent Today? 废土：非酋她今天交房租了吗？ Bright Sun and Moon皎皎日月Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsOngoing Guan Jinyu has been extraordinarily unlucky ever since she was little. After accidentally escaping the “wolf’s den,” she inexplicably transmigrates to a wasteland contaminated by high levels of radiation. There’s radioactive rain ahead and a sun blasting down extreme radiation behind her. The instant she lands, her terrible luck comes through as expected: she gets knocked out by the radiation and doesn’t have long to live~ When she opens her eyes again, the world is still a wasteland. Sup 5.3kReads8.9Score57714d adds
20. 20 盗 Tomb Raiders: I Transmigrated to the Wasteland and Ran Into the Fresh-Faced Wu Family 盗笔之穿越废土碰到了嫩牛五方 Qin Qi沁绮Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Wasteland Gathering + Good Luck + CP with a Young Master] While taking photos at an event, Zhang Wangyu accidentally fell over a railing. In a daze, she spotted a cosplayer who looked just like Xiaoge and used the last of her strength to call for help. After another fruitless day, Zhang Qiling thought he'd imagined it. That is, until he heard the words “Xiaoge, save me” again. He rescued her and wound up with a wife. What a deal! From then on, the house was n 12.5kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds

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    🍀Zhang Wangyu is transported to a wasteland and taken in by a guy who's incredibly unlucky! He's so poor he's practically eating dirt. Luckily, she's the lucky one, and she helps him scavenge for food, accumulate points, and exchange them for potions in the ruins. When the entire "Tender Beef Five" team joins the unlucky scavenger squad, the post-apocalyptic survival suddenly becomes lively and heartwarming. 🍁 Asheng recommends this book for you to enjoy! 🍁

21. 21 下 The Sewers: A Scrap-Picking Life for Plastic Siblings 下水道：塑料兄妹的捡破烂人生 Little Mistress Is Blessed小主超有福Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing Not a wish-fulfillment story: ordinary people struggling to survive in extreme conditions, young ones helping one another, and tiny glimmers of hope amid hardship A slow-burn survival story about the everyday struggle to stay alive in the sewers On the surface, the gambling city glitters in gold all night long. Neon weaves an endless night where revelry never stops. Fine dining is whisked away as soon as it reaches the silver platter. A tomahawk steak with barely a few cuts taken from it is toss 19.1kReads8.7Score1.5k14d adds
22. 22 废 Scavenging in the Wasteland: Vegetable Gardens Everywhere 废土拾荒之处处都是菜园子 Xing You Ning星幽柠Sci-Fi & Apocalypse503k WordsCompleted Ning Yuanzhu, who was raised by an old-fashioned village doctor, was “taken away” by her grandpa while visiting her hometown to pay her respects. She went to sleep one night and woke up in a different place, in a different body. As it turned out, her grandpa had been a space-wielding powerhouse during the apocalypse. After clashing with the Zombie Emperor, he ended up in Ning Yuanzhu’s world and found her there. She had come to the post-apocalyptic wasteland because she touched a one-use spatial 2.6kReads8.9Score22014d adds
23. 23 废 Thriving as a Wasteland Scavenger 废土拾荒赢麻了 Pale Ink, Light Blue浅墨浅蓝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse, Superpowers, Strong Female Lead, No Romance, Farming and Scavenging] Original title: "Thriving in the Wasteland by Scavenging" / Shen Qixing, who survived the apocalypse for six years, is reborn in a wasteland. Danger lurks everywhere. Humanity has fallen from the top of the food chain to the bottom, and people must constantly face the threat of intense radiation. Her circumstances from the start are truly miserable: she has transmigrated into the body of a girl with moderately dama 17kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds
24. 24 废 Wasteland Farming Handbook: Have the Mutant Plants Sprouted Today? 废土种田手札：异植今天发芽了吗 Lazy Kitty Ajiu懒喵阿九Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Wasteland + Farming + Mutated Creatures + Female Lead + Survival + System] After enduring a difficult age of disasters, humanity entered the Age of Revival. In the wake of the revival, life gradually returned to the wilderness, where mutated plants and beasts grew and evolved at a furious pace. Humanity's living space continued to shrink. To survive, the various bases began encouraging capable fusionists to venture into the wilderness. Chen Si'an, newly awakened to her fusion ability, decides t 5.1kReads9.0Score51314d adds
25. 25 末 A Doomsday Marriage to a Disabled War King: I Turn My Life Around Through Farming 末日替嫁残废兵王，我靠种地逆袭 Saturn and Mars Together土星火星在一起Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted The animated series is now available [Nuclear-polluted wasteland + assigned a husband from the start + sweet romance + lighthearted farming] (scavenging, no System, gradual development) Shen Guoguo loves farming more than anything. After being struck by lightning, she wakes up in a whole new apocalyptic world and lands right in the middle of a mass wedding... No, a mass assignment of husbands. In this apocalypse, there’s no freedom to marry and no choosing to stay single. If Shen Guoguo doesn’t 13.5kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
26. 26 窝 Pathetic? I Became the Wasteland’s Richest Man by Keeping My Head Down 窝囊？我在废土苟成了首富 Zhen Linglong枕玲珑Fantastical Romance840k WordsCompleted Original title: Wasteland: I Helped the Disabled Big Shot Thrive Surviving in the harsh wasteland is no easy feat. Once a good-for-nothing, she now takes care of her little brother and her disabled neighbor, a cute little guy, while gathering all kinds of precious food and beating up beast kings as she roams between the major bases. 5.2kReads8.5Score48214d adds

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    At the beginning, she was really penniless. As a weak woman with a little brother, she was easily bullied in the wasteland. Later, she discovered that her brother was incredibly lucky and she could move freely even in high radiation conditions, so life suddenly became much better. However, as soon as she saved up some money, something would happen and she would spend it all at once.

27. 27 末 Apocalypse: This Planet Is Mine, Is Something Wrong with Your Ears? 末世：这颗星球是我的你耳朵隆吗 Lovers on the Platform月台情人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse117k WordsOngoing [Wasteland + natural disasters + apocalypse survival and stockpiling + multiple scenarios + satisfying read + ensemble cast + heroine with no fixed team] Xie Siye had had enough of giving everything she had just to scrape by. She was ready to hang herself with a rope. But when she closed her eyes and opened them again, she found herself in a wasteland world, where she began stockpiling supplies to survive the apocalypse. “Employee, please complete your probationary tasks as soon as possible and 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    While the system was still urging everyone to complete their official promotion tasks, Xie Siye had already upgraded her safe house to a top-tier fortress by killing monsters and hoarding supplies; she had enough resources to open a supermarket. While her colleagues were still lamenting their misfortunes, she was already planning the next dungeon to clear.

28. 28 废 Wasteland Survival: Just a Little Scavenging, No Problem! 废土求生：小小拾荒，拿捏！ Ink-Colored South Mountain墨色南山Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] [Wasteland] [Scavenging] [Foraging] [Farming] [Superpowers] [System] [Spatial Storage] Jiang Nian somehow transmigrates to Blue Star 600 years in the future, a world reduced to a Wasteland! History has been lost, civilization has collapsed, life is hard at every turn, and danger lurks everywhere! Food is scarce, plants and animals have mutated, and radiation levels are extreme! Humanity has fallen from the top of the food chain to the very bottom! Oilseed lettuce more than two meter 3.4kReads7.3Score30714d adds

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    Urban waste soil collection

29. 29 废 Wasteland Farming: I Build a Home with My Wood-Type Ability 废土种田：我用木系异能建家园 Finding Joy in a Joyless World作乐无乐世Sci-Fi & Apocalypse402k WordsCompleted Wasteland scavenging + imaginative plot + a space that purifies radiation + a heroine who grows stronger + plenty of humor Feng Xiaoji awakened an ability at the end of the world. After her teammate's space self-destructed, she transmigrated into the wasteland world as Diwu Ji. A cannon-fodder character reborn as cannon fodder. Even her wood-type ability has fallen to Rank Zero. A father who died young, a mother on the run, and a family too poor to afford food. Just when Diwu Ji finally got rid 1.7kReads8.4Score11314d adds

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    The first new book had a low rating, but it was very good, with a hilarious writing style. It'll make you laugh until your stomach hurts. The second book had a rather novel premise and was quite good.

30. 30 废 On the Wasteland, I Farm My Way to Wealth 废土之上，我靠种田脱贫致富 Orange Who Loves Making Money爱挣钱的橙子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsCompleted After the Red Sun. Blue Star lies in ruins, reduced to a wasteland. The moment Jiang Nuan opens her eyes, she’s faced with the pressure to marry. The Human Alliance has decreed that all residents must start a family when they turn sixteen and reach adulthood! Families are the basic unit for entering the wilderness and opening up new land. She’s a body-based ability user who has broken through the limits of her genes, but everyone calls her a weakling. No one wants her, and she’s become a “leftov 12.2kReads8.9Score1.3k14d adds
31. 31 我 I'm Almost a Max-Level Evil God, and You Want Me to Switch to Summoning? 我快邪神满级，你劝我转职召唤？ The Sky Isn't Dark Around the Corner转角天不黑Urban2.3M WordsOngoing The animated series is now streaming: Buried Gods! If you can't get enough of the novel, please go show it your support!!! (Story-focused, somewhat dark, with a touch of warmth, no female lead, not invincible, not a System power fantasy, a modest ensemble cast; read with caution if any of that bothers you) On the wasteland, the gods greedily carve up their territories. To survive the beast tide, people can only offer up their humble faith, hoping to earn the gods' mercy and attain the supernatur 37.3kReads8.8Score5.4k14d adds

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    A great book I just discovered.

32. 32 废 A Wasteland Guide to Buying a Home: Starting as a Scavenger 废土买房指南：从拾荒开始 Cat Paw Candy猫爪糖Sci-Fi & Apocalypse676k WordsOngoing [No CP + Slow-Paced Wasteland Living + Ordinary People's Daily Lives] Caution: The golden finger is small, the female lead is young and won't pick fights with adults, and there are no plots about saving the world or slaughtering everyone. Life gets a little better bit by bit. This is a slice-of-life story. (If you're looking for a power fantasy, please look elsewhere.) The wasteland is a world after a great cataclysm. It has its own order, its hardships and dangers, but also warmth between peopl 36.4kReads8.8Score4.1k14d adds

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    As the title suggests, I personally think it's pretty good.

33. 33 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... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6k14d adds
34. 34 诡 The Bizarre Apocalypse: I'll Protect This Corrupted World 诡异末世：这个污染世界我罩了 Jiucai Huaye玖菜花叶Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted [Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland + Mutants + Sentinels and Guides + Ensemble Cast + Contaminated Zones] The dark apocalypse ends, and the age of the wasteland begins. Countless mutants and bizarre contaminated zones devour humanity’s homes. When a remote town is swallowed by a contaminated zone, Yun Zhao, who has only recently awakened her powers, is forced to lead the entire town on a migration. Her origins are a mystery, and her strength is terrifying. Yet she can barely lift a thing, cannot carry 162kReads9.4Score28.7k14d adds
35. 35 废 Wasteland Survival: I Can Summon Players 废土求生：我能召唤玩家 Apple Candy Doudou苹果糖逗Sports518k WordsCompleted In the ruins left by the catastrophe, human factions reorganize. Immortals with mechanical bodies, gene warriors from Dawn City, mechs atop the Beacon of Civilization, and more... After Su Chen is bitten by a zombie, he awakens a Tinder Chip and uses it to summon players from Blue Star. From then on, a mysterious faction swiftly rises in the wasteland. They cannot be killed, fear nothing, and even dare to bite zombies back! They're clever, stay up all night grinding away, and will even raid a mo 10.4kReads9.3Score82414d adds
36. 36 灾 Farming After the Disaster: I Become a Lord Through My Superpowers 灾后种田我靠异能成领主 Admiring Beauties Under the Moonlight月光下看美人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Superpower Golden Finger + Farming + Shop + Infrastructure + Post-Catastrophe Apocalypse + Pets] Liu Su managed to survive ten years of disasters. When she heard that people could finally go outside, she nearly howled at the sky three times. At last she could go out and eat well! Whoever wanted those coarse-grain buns could have them. She was done with them! But someone help her: why was the farm's whole vibe so strange? Other people's farms meant working hard for three hundred days, overcoming 8.2kReads9.0Score73014d adds
37. 37 谢 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 125.4kReads9.6Score17k14d adds

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    You can finish reading it yourself; once you get through the first book, you'll discover its merits.

38. 38 七 A Mad Couple in the 1970s 七零年代疯批夫妇 The Colorful Xue Jingfei色彩缤纷的薛静妃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical era + green tea schemer + obsessive love + unhinged + powerful lead + everyday family life + pocket dimension + food + healing + transmigrate into a book This is the story of two unfortunate souls saving each other. After transmigrating into the countryside as a little orphan, Ming Dai meets Zhou Sinian, a mad powerful man who loves wearing red headscarves. Under the protection of his reputation, she manages to establish herself in the village. Zhou Sinian was a cannon-fodder characte 106.5kReads9.3Score10.8k14d adds
39. 39 惜 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he 18.6kReads9.6Score4.2k14d adds
40. 40 穿 Transmigrated to the Ice Age: The Lazy Vase Becomes Everyone’s Darling 穿越冰河纪之摆烂花瓶成了团宠 Carefree Jian Yue悠哉简悦Modern Romance483k WordsCompleted Lan Tianyue was a workaholic in her previous life, and died of cancer at just twenty-four. Reborn, Lan Tianyue became a useless beauty, known as a pretty but empty-headed vase. She decided to lie flat. The Ice Age was harsh, with strange beasts running rampant and the strong ruling over the weak. Yet this beauty who had given up on striving was increasingly doted on. Her parents, brothers, and sisters spoiled her, and even the man she had hurriedly married treated her better and better. As it tu 4.2kReads8.9Score31514d adds
41. 41 末 Post-Apocalyptic Scavenging: I Turn Trash into Treasure and Coast to Victory 末日拾荒：我靠变废为宝一路躺赢 Su Jiuyao苏九遥Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [Infinite-Tower Style + Apocalypse + Natural Disasters + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling + Strong Female Lead + Upgradable Safe House + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Male Lead Appears Later] Forensic examiner Lin Chu is suddenly dropped into an infinite apocalypse. Other people see zombies: “Oh my god, those bloody, mangled monsters! Stay away!” Lin Chu sees zombies: “206 moving bones! Walking points! The more, the better!” Drawing on her professional experience, she quickly adapts to the bloody apoc 43.6kReads9.5Score5.9k14d adds

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    These are the ones I've read; only one is still being updated. I skip some parts, but overall they're pretty good, meeting my requirements for completed/long novels. Haha, various genres to choose from. I haven't found any good post-apocalyptic novels yet and am currently experiencing a reading slump.

42. 42 废 Surviving in the Wasteland: The Lucky Scavenger 废土求生：拾荒幸运星 Chai Chai Pony柴柴小马Sci-Fi & Apocalypse702k WordsOngoing (Comedy, wild imagination, transmigration, coming of age, supernatural powers) [Reader’s guide: Funny but intense, slow growth, requires some brainpower, but not much. Completely absurd! Read with caution.] Main storyline: The heroine scavenges alone at first, then upgrades her supernatural powers later on. Xu Xin, a modern-day chef, transmigrates to a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Things are tough from the start, but she works hard to scavenge, awakens her powers, overcomes obstacles, and keeps g 5Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Wasteland scavenging, collection and testing, mutated plants.

43. 43 废 Scavenging the Wasteland: My Golden Finger Is One of a Kind 废土拾荒，我的金手指与众不同 Food Tastes So Good饭食真香Sci-Fi & Apocalypse739k WordsOngoing [Radiated wasteland, apocalypse, strong female lead, scavenging, infrastructure building, special golden finger] Qi Yue was happily enjoying one of life’s little pleasures when a pot of blue hydrangeas came crashing down on her and knocked her soul out of her body. After her soul transmigrates to a new place, she is sold off cheaply to an ugly man by her scumbag father right from the start. Qi Yue leaps up and smacks him with a resounding slap, snatches the nutrition fluid she was sold for, an 220Reads7.1Score—14d adds
44. 44 废 Wasteland Farming: The Handsome Men Want Me to Have Their Babies 废土种田：美男们想让我生孩子 The Tea-Scented Little Fairy茶里茶气的小仙女Sci-Fi & Apocalypse541k WordsCompleted Female lead: Mai Mang Male lead: (If you know, you know) If you’re uncomfortable with that, sweetheart, don’t go in. A newbie from the apocalypse accidentally transmigrates to another apocalypse, a wasteland world. Luckily, the zombies are already gone. Unfortunately, she’s stuck at the very bottom of society. Every day, she struggles to make ends meet. Then she gets bound to a childbearing System. The more children she has, the stronger she becomes. To stop people from bullying her, to live wit 7.4kReads9.1Score70814d adds
45. 45 异 Busy Farming in Another World: Pick Me Up, I Can Still Farm 异世种田忙：扶我起来我还能种 It's Dayuanzi是大元子啊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse510k WordsCompleted [No romance! Fictional setting! Living alone in the mountains + pocket dimension + adorable pets + mild natural disasters] [Content warning: No male lead! No kids to raise! A laid-back farming story!] Suihe survived the apocalypse with her pocket dimension, only to die after getting a vaccine shot. Her soul transmigrated into the body of a young girl in another world. Living alone in the mountains, she gathered supplies, organized and stockpiled them, and braved the winter with her adorable pets 5.4kReads9.1Score52914d adds
46. 46 废 My Useless Parents Forced Me to Scavenge 废材父母，使我被迫去拾荒 Endless Autumn Scenery千秋美景Modern Romance340k WordsCompleted [Wasteland + interstellar + mutated plants and animals + mental powers + no CP] Yu Liu was an utterly ordinary office worker in the twenty-first century, getting by on a monthly salary of 2,500 yuan. But she was quite content. Her parents were researchers who earned good money, but unfortunately had little free time. They spent most of their time conducting research, so they could rarely be there for Yu Liu. After her parents went missing, Yu Liu had to fend for herself. Fortunately, she was sma 21Reads7.6Score11414d adds
47. 47 大 After the Great Upheaval, I Build a Fortune from Scavenging 大异变之后，从拾荒开始发家致富 Master Kong Loves Rose Brown Sugar爱吃玫瑰红糖的孔大师Sci-Fi & Apocalypse419k WordsCompleted After the Great Mutation, humanity struggles to survive amid high radiation and attacks from mutant beasts. Wu Hui, a young woman who has just severed ties with her parents, meets Ye Hen, an orphan whose fiancée broke off their engagement and abandoned him. A government-assigned apartment brings them together. Just as their lives are getting better and better, his fake-sweet ex-fiancée shows up uninvited, and Wu Hui's biological father and stepmother try to bleed her dry. Wu Hui throws them all 2.1kReads8.6Score12714d adds
48. 48 废 Wasteland Scavenging: While Others Go Hungry, My Granary Is Full 废土拾荒：别人挨饿，我粮满仓 Lila莉拉Sci-Fi & Apocalypse372k WordsCompleted [Scavenging + farming + special abilities + wasteland gathering + combat + base-building. The heroine isn’t saintly or delicate, both leads are each other’s only partners, and the male lead appears later.] Su Yue struggles to survive in the apocalypse for three years, then is killed by her boyfriend while her second ability is evolving and she’s at her weakest. When she opens her eyes again, she has transmigrated to a refugee district in a wasteland world and become a thirteen-year-old orphan wi 4.9kReads8.5Score45614d adds
49. 49 穿 I Transmigrated to the Wasteland and Found Yet Another New Species 穿越废土，我又发现一种新品种啦 Waiting for Flowers Beneath the Bright Moon and Clear Breeze月明风清等花来Sci-Fi & Apocalypse206k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Please visit Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! This story follows a timid, weak young girl who transmigrates into another world. After becoming an orphan, she endures hunger, hardship, poverty, betrayal, and many other trials. With the help of Huasheng, who has also suffered betrayal, and several others, she gradually grows into the respected “Wasteworld Herbalist.” This story is 45Reads—Score—14d adds
50. 50 废 After Farming in the Wasteland, I Rule the Safe Zone 废土种田后，我在安全区横着走 Mozi Says墨子说Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Post-apocalyptic wasteland + farming + upgradeable pocket dimension + stockpiling food] Agriculture student Bai Xia transmigrates into a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where she can barely scrape by scavenging. A sickly little sister, a ramshackle house, and never knowing where the next meal will come from? Then she’ll save up points to buy medicine and trade for materials to repair the house! She can identify plants with ease, upgrade her pocket dimension, grow crops, and stockpile food. After al 1.9kReads8.4Score16414d adds

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