Ocean Survival Story: Everyone Else Picks an Island, but the Protagonist Chooses a Giant Sea Turtle 海洋求生类的书，别人都选岛屿，主角选择巨型海龟

1. 1 全 All Aboard: My Vehicle Is the Black Tortoise 全民航海：我的载具是玄武 Making Money for 30,000 Hair Transplants赚钱植发三万根Sports560k WordsOngoing Chen Mo, an overworked wage slave, wakes up to find himself pulled into a game where everyone takes to the high seas. The good news is that from the start, he draws a divine beast as his vehicle: the Black Tortoise. The bad news is that the Black Tortoise is still just a turtle. Other people's fuel is floating driftwood and scraps of cloth. His fuel consumption is a hundred baskets of sardines per hundred kilometers. And so... While everyone else is frantically fishing up supplies, Chen Mo is fi 358Reads8.3Score10614d adds

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   It's fairly suitable, just take a look for what you're looking for. What more could you ask for?

2. 2 海 Surviving at Sea: I Use the Captain System to Support My Crew 海上求生：我靠船长系统养船客 Little Coconut Shell椰椰小贝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse374k WordsOngoing [Everyone's Survival] [Reborn] [Instances] [Ensemble Cast] [System] [Building and Running a Passenger Ship] [Male Lead] Players around the world are stranded in the Gray Mist Sea in batches. While everyone else chews on ration bars, she stays in the presidential suite. While others fight tooth and nail to become captain, she's already expanded her yacht to include a massage parlor, karaoke bar, Michelin-starred restaurant, and a whole shopping street. Qin Wanqing gets a second chance at life and 7kReads—Score1.2k14d adds

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   I recommend this one. It features survival and infrastructure building, ensemble cast, leveling up, dungeons, islands, and even has a romantic pairing.

3. 3 穿 Voyage Across the Seas: Building a Fortress and Battling Across the Four Seas 穿海：海上建堡垒，战四海八荒 The Breeze Loves Swordplay清风爱舞刀Sports1.7M WordsCompleted Everyone transmigrates to an ocean world. Survival, fantasy, an ensemble cast, teamwork, multiple heroines, and growth into a super-fortress fleet, followed by war with an alien civilization. A survival story that’s not grimdark, with both wealth and beautiful women to be won. This novel is about bringing together the strength of all humanity to build a better future. Everyone has a clear goal and understands how the disaster came about and what it means. Everyone is working to develop and impro 4.3kReads7.2Score50314d adds

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   I finished reading it, and it's very good. I can't finish most of the so-called "good" books that score 9 or higher. Many authors simply lack the ability to handle long novels; they just repeat the same settings over and over again. Writing about top-level design from the perspective of someone at the bottom is ridiculous. This one is truly excellent. It shows growth where it should, and you know what the ending is about from the first chapter—it's not just repeating the same settings.

4. 4 海 Ocean Survival: Matched with a Cool Beauty from My University from the Start 海洋求生：开局匹配冷艳校花 Jiangnan Flies江南飞Sci-Fi & Apocalypse514k WordsCompleted [Raft upgrades + worldwide ocean survival + romance develops + campus beauty + developing a mobile base + decisive protagonist who isn’t a bleeding heart] In a worldwide ocean survival game, Qin Xuan and the campus beauty next door are assigned to the same raft. While everyone else struggles to survive at sea, never knowing where their next meal will come from, Qin Xuan is aboard a luxurious nuclear-powered cruise ship, eating barbecue and singing. “R 4.7kReads5.7Score32514d adds

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   A thrilling ocean survival story featuring decisive action without any overly sentimental characters, multiple female leads (not just decorative figures, each with their own role), and a portable planting space. Upgrade your raft and create a mobile survival base!

5. 5 全EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 Newly Bought Peaches新买的桃子Sports2.6M WordsCompleted The print edition of The Voyage of the Dread Sea is now available on major platforms. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu Mythos] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a global seafaring survival game. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves and is almost impossible to spot. Like the Ironhead, with its massive ram and a charge that n 271.4kReads9.4Score27.8k14d adds

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   Ranked #24 on the Tomato Top Chart [Sailing] [Survival] [Disaster] [Shipbuilding] [Talent] [Cthulhu] [Single Female Lead] A story of universal transmigration where the protagonist, Yang Yi, is forced to join a nationwide seafaring survival game as a player. Some lucky ones possess special ships. For example, the heavily armed Iron Heart; the swift and unpredictable Gale; and the Ironhead with its massive ram, charging forward relentlessly. But Yang Yi's ship is called the Nightmare, a ghost ship. Containing Cthulhu elements, the protagonist won't have an easy time. This isn't a vacation in another world, nor is it a lighthearted story, but the battles are exhilarating.

6. 6 海 Ocean Survival: I Start on a Raft and Make a Pact With a Goddess 海洋求生，从木筏开始契约女神 The Snow Summoner of Ludong鲁东催雪者Sci-Fi & Apocalypse558k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out and will keep rising!] [New author. Some controversial parts have been revised. Thanks for your support!] Apocalypse + Rebirth + Golden Traits + Global Survival + Multiple Leads + Zombies + Infinite Flow + Decisive Violence + Hoarding Supplies While trying to survive the apocalypse, college student Lu Yuan is betrayed by the person he loves. By chance, he activates a game reset card and returns to the day the apocalypse begins. On that day, everyone is bound to a ship a 11.1kReads5.9Score1.4k14d adds

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   These three are good; one is a new book and the other is an older one. You can take a look.

7. 7 盖 Build Towers to Survive, and All the Women at My Company Beg Me to Carry Them 盖楼求生，全公司女同事求我带飞 Little Green Tangerine小青柑Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsOngoing [Global Survival] [Infinite Flow] [No do-gooder protagonist] [Daily Card Draws] [No poison] [9S talent] [Lots of blessings, not lots of children] The Great Flood is here! Huang Tang and all the women from his company arrive together in a game called [Tower-Building Survival]. To survive, they have to keep building higher! Luckily, Huang Tang awakens the [Daily Card Draw System], drawing conceptual god-tier cards every day until his hands are sore. Draw [Good Luck]: Get possessed by the Goddess o 69.1kReads7.0Score8k14d adds
8. 8 全 Nationwide Sea Survival: My Vehicle Is a Black Tortoise 全民海上求生：我的载具是玄武 Mo Bei Wang墨北望Sci-Fi & Apocalypse845k WordsCompleted The rating just came in, so it’ll go up later! [Survival at Sea] + [Farming and Growth] + [Supernatural Elements] + [Mobile Base] Everyone transmigrates into a world of survival at sea, starting with a tiny wooden raft. Lin Bei awakens the Beast Taming System. His first beast is a softshell turtle, which he had just caught before transmigrating. The softshell turtle evolves into a giant tortoise and becomes his vehicle. It keeps evolving until it becomes a Xuanwu, with an entire continent on its 37.5kReads7.4Score3.3k14d adds
9. 9 海 Ocean Survival: Infinite Upgrades and Evolution 海洋求生：无限升级进化 A Southern Wind Rose Overnight一夜南风起Urban3.2M WordsCompleted In a parallel world, Blue Star's resources have been exhausted. Once they reach adulthood, everyone can enter the ocean world and become an island lord. From the start, all they have is a net, and they have to fish for all their equipment! With a System at his side, Ye Chuan has already built a manor on his island while everyone else is still struggling to survive on their tiny patches of land. He has fine wine and grapes to keep him company, and he's even starting to assemble a fleet... 10.7kReads7.7Score76114d adds

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   It perfectly matches your requirements; the protagonist's island is a giant tortoise.

10. 10 航 Seafaring: From the Start, I Contracted a Whale 航海：开局契约一头鲸 Mu Zi Ao Feng木子傲风Urban525k WordsOngoing At twenty-eight, Gu Qianfan became the youngest captain in all of Hong Kong. He accidentally activated the Ocean Module System and had to form a pact with a guardian beast within 72 hours. Following the route his grandfather logged thirty-five years ago and the clues his father left twenty years ago, he transmigrates across the world's oceans and discovers that the sea is conscious. The fragments of myth swallowed by the ocean have all settled in the “Eye of the Tide”: Jingwei's stones, Icarus's 82Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book is really good, highly recommended!

11. 11 我 Minecraft: Surviving from the Oceanic Era 我的世界：从海洋纪元开始生存 Flying Umbrella飞天雨伞Anime Fanfiction717k WordsOngoing [MC + survival + modded survival + farming + Minecraft village elements] In 2099, a mysterious force unleashed by a meteorite striking Blue Star dragged all of humanity into a new world. Every so often, new terrain would appear. At the beginning of their struggle to survive, humanity found itself in a world where oceans covered 99 percent of the surface, facing unimaginable threats to their survival! Lin Sheng was astonished to discover that the rules of survival in this new world closely matche 1.1kReads8.9Score10014d adds

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    Maruko Godfather!

12. 12 全 Oceanwide Survival: I’m Building a Home on the Back of a Black Tortoise 全民海洋：我在玄龟背上打造家园 Eight Immortal Turtle八仙龟Urban258k WordsOngoing [From the Start + Mythology + Farming + Invincible + Beast Taming] In a parallel world, everyone can own an island once they come of age. They all strive to protect their islands and rise above the rest. Chen Xiao transmigrates here and obtains a hundredfold amplification System. A turtle is amplified a hundredfold and becomes the divine beast Xuanwu. A black-tailed gull is amplified a hundredfold and becomes a flying Kun. He even has a sweet clam-shell girl to play with. Guard the island, build 254Reads7.4Score—14d adds

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    I like things that look good.

13. 13 全 Everyone Turns into Beasts: I Rampage Through the Beast Realm 全民兽化：我在兽域杀疯了 Drunken Salted Fish咸鱼泡酒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsOngoing Suddenly, 100,000 people around the world vanished and were forcibly transported to the Beast Realm, where ferocious beasts roamed! Lu Chen, an overworked wage slave, was lucky enough to become one of the first pioneers of beast transformation, turning into the weakest creature of all: a sharp-nosed moray eel! Fortunately, he awakened the heaven-defying talent [Fight to the Death]: the worse his injuries, the stronger he becomes, and when he’s on the verge of death, he can go berserk without pai 2.3kReads5.9Score24314d adds

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    One hundred thousand humans worldwide suddenly vanished, forcibly transported to a beast realm overrun by ferocious beasts! Lu Chen, a laborer, was fortunate enough to become one of the first to undergo beastification, transforming into the weakest form of a sharp-snouted eel! Fortunately, he awakened the heaven-defying talent [Death Combat]—the more severe his injuries, the stronger he became; he could even go berserk without pain when near death! He also gained the Thunder Binding Slave Ring talent, enslaving numerous beasts as his most loyal subordinates. Hunting ferocious beasts allowed him to evolve, and killing them also yielded Two-World Stones, allowing him to travel back and forth to Earth while retaining his talent! While others trembled for survival, Lu Chen, relying on his Death Combat talent, was already wreaking havoc! From an insignificant eel, he evolved, mutated, and slayed gods, ultimately becoming an invincible being spanning two realms! (Nationwide Beastification: Dominating Two Realms Starting with a Eel)

14. 14 末 A Post-Apocalyptic World of Sailing for All, but with Plants and Zombies 末世全民航海，但植物与僵尸 Doesn't Eat Little Piggies不吃小猪猪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse327k WordsCompleted [Global Survival] + [Cthulhu] + [Eldritch Ocean] + [Plants vs. Zombies] + Entirely handmade, no AI Li Shenggen transmigrated to Venus 22 years ago with a Plants vs. Zombies System, but in all those years, he never found any soil. Just as he is about to die, black fog spreads and the apocalypse arrives. Everyone enters an era of apocalyptic ocean survival. Depending on the last object each person touched, they are automatically bound to a ship made of the same material: foam boats, plastic boats, 516Reads5.2Score11214d adds

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    It meets your requirements. Although it's not an island yet, it will develop into one in the future, and it even has zombie minions.

15. 15 全 Survival as a Global Island Lord: My Island Is a Black Tortoise 全民岛主求生：我的海岛是玄武 Death Knell丧钟Sports315k WordsCompleted The whole world has fallen, and everyone has been reborn at sea as the lord of an island. To survive, they must develop their islands and face terrifying natural and man-made disasters. But Chen Yu's island is a sea turtle island that cannot produce any resources. Still, there is a way out, even in the depths of despair. He awakens the Beast Taming System. The sea turtle island evolves into Xuanwu Island! While everyone else is cautiously paddling around on little rafts to explore, Chen Yu is al 124Reads5.6Score—14d adds

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    👀This is a story about survival on islands around the world, except for the male protagonist's island, which is inhabited by sea turtles. However, the protagonist obtains a beast-taming system that allows him to evolve sea turtles into Xuanwu (a mythical beast). Later, he tames various animals, gradually becoming stronger. In the end, hehe [sending a heart emoji] you'll have to read it yourself👀✨

16. 16 海 Ocean Survival: Starting with Building an Island 海洋求生：从建设海岛开始 Flying Snow Meow飞雪喵Sports698k WordsCompleted [Island survival] [Infrastructure building] [No female lead] [No romance] [Pets] [Hardcore grinder + lucky player] [One person, one island] [Slice of life] The island survival game begins. Ye Heng, a handsome 19-year-old who works hard and hates insincere socializing. From the start, each player gets a barren 20-square-meter island with not a blade of grass on it. Players must expand their islands and improve their defenses and soil fertility. Scavenge supply crates, gather resources, build, pla 4.4kReads8.8Score34914d adds

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    Beautiful, exceptionally beautiful

17. 17 海 Ocean Survival: Leviathan? That's Just Sashimi 海洋求生：利维坦？那是招牌刺身 Yang Daxia楊大虾Sports433k WordsCompleted [Ocean Survival + Management and Building + Exotic Beast Cuisine + Overwhelming Power Gap + Dave the Diver + Subnautica] Everyone woke to find that ten billion people around the world had been forcibly dragged into an ocean survival game. The boundless sea was short on supplies and teeming with sea monsters. Countless people starved or met gruesome deaths in despair. But Yang Fan awakened the one and only god-tier talent: [Gourmet’s Compendium]! It could expose the weaknesses of every deep- 238Reads—Score10114d adds

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    The new book has elements of Subnautica and diver Dave; you should check it out!

18. 18 全 Global Shipwreck Survival: I Raise Hot Girls with Plants 全民海难，我靠植物养辣妹 Xuanyuan Radish轩辕氏萝卜Sports394k WordsOngoing [Everyone Strives to Survive + One Female Lead + System + Plants vs. Zombies + Hybrid Plants + Survival at Sea] Seven billion people transmigrate together to the Azure World, each starting out with nothing but a rickety wooden raft. While everyone else risks their lives scavenging junk and chewing seaweed to survive, Lin Fan awakens what the whole internet mocks as the most useless profession: [Gardener]. No one expects him to turn around and bind himself to the [Plants vs. Zombies: Hybrid Editi 32Reads—Score13014d adds

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    This book is amazing, I have to share it with everyone! It's about the mysteries of the sea, absolutely fantastic!

19. 19 恐 Horror on the High Seas: I’m Trying Every Way to Get Myself Killed 恐怖大航海：我疯狂作死 Arctic Roasted Sweet Potato北极烤地瓜Sports165k WordsOngoing [Seafaring] [Survival] [Talents] [Cthulhu] [Decisive Killing] [Shipbuilding] [One Heroine] Two hundred million people around the globe are forcibly dragged into a Cthulhu-themed Age of Sail game. Black fog devours everything, and monsters infest the seas. Lu Yuan, a brain cancer patient, awakens the one and only talent from the start: [Cognitive Anchor]. His sanity floor is locked at 30 points, and the crazier he gets, the stronger he becomes! While other players are lured to their deaths by the 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is a good book. It's a very exciting and magical Cthulhu-style Great Voyage. Book synopsis: [Sailing] [Survival] [Talent] [Cthulhu] [Decisive Killing] [Ship Building] [Single Female Lead] 200 million people worldwide are forcibly pulled into a Cthulhu-style Great Voyage game. Black mist devours everything, and monsters roam the seas. Lu Yuan, a brain cancer patient, awakens his unique talent at the start: [Cognitive Anchor Point]—his sanity is locked at 30 points, the madder he gets, the stronger he becomes! While other players are lured to their deaths by the cries of sea goddesses and have their internal organs emptied by parasitic monsters, he's turning his rusty anchor into the talkative, gluttonous "Chew Chew," letting the black goat-headed wooden carving steer with its venomous tongue, frantically harvesting mysteries on the verge of sanity collapse. [Mysterious Fusion Worldview] Global mythology, supernatural tales, and fairy tales are reconstructed through "Cthulhuization"—Little Red Riding Hood is a cannibalistic monster in human skin, and Athena is a "rational weaver" who drives everyone mad with logic. The deeper the understanding, the heavier the pollution of sanity. [Lone Wolf Thrilling Novel] Refusing to team up, not accepting crew, one man, one ship, one anchor, charging from the Sea of ​​Despair to the Court of Azathoth! [Crazy Aesthetics] When sanity reaches zero, death is death; when one is insane, one is lucid—"I gaze into the abyss, and the abyss dares not gaze into me." [System Banter] A sharp-tongued helmsman, a gluttonous anchor, a cunning administrator—all chatterboxes, high-energy banter! The Black Mist's speed increases by 1 knot every 7 days; the countdown has begun. Will you become nourishment for the deep sea, or turn the Old Ones into dinner? Welcome aboard; may your sanity remain.

20. 20 郑 Zheng He's Voyages to the Western Seas: A Plain-Language Fantasy Retelling 郑和下西洋神魔白话版 Eight Hundred Miles of Wind and Clouds风云八百里Eastern Fantasy440k WordsOngoing This is not a serious history book! It reimagines the historical voyages of Zheng He as a “Journey to the West at Sea.” The eunuch Sanbao, Zheng He, becomes the bane of the demon realm, setting out for the Western Ocean with the Buddhist big shot Jin Bifeng, reincarnation of the Ancient Buddha Dipankara, and the Taoist Celestial Master Zhang, leading thirty thousand troops and a thousand treasure ships! From the Soft Ocean and its treacherous waters to the Hall of Yama in the Ghost Kingdom, from 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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