Looking for Novels About House Renovation, Design, Infrastructure, and Business Management 求房屋改造设计基建经营类的文

1. 1 皇 The Emperor's Gold Medal County Magistrate 皇家金牌县令 Noodle King Zai板面王仔Historical2.7M WordsCompleted [Farming + lighthearted fun + transmigration] Fang Zhengyi transmigrates to the Great Jing dynasty and becomes a county magistrate. After seven years of work, he has created his own earthly paradise. He’d planned to live out his days as a carefree little emperor. In the thirteenth year of the Jinghe era, the emperor of Great Jing travels incognito and accidentally wanders into Taoyuan County... The moment the emperor enters the county, he is astonished! The many strange and wondrous things leave 228.3kReads9.5Score28.1kShelves

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   This novel tells the story of Fang Zheng, who transmigrates to the Great Jing Dynasty and becomes a minor county magistrate, spending seven years creating a paradise on earth. In the thirteenth year of the Jinghe era, the Great Jing Emperor, traveling incognito, accidentally enters Taoyuan County and is astonished by the local novelties, including modern items such as flush toilets and paper. Through these innovations, Fang Zheng gradually influences the Great Jing Dynasty, presenting a lighthearted and entertaining farming story.

2. 2 在 Surviving the Nightmare World 在恶梦世界惊悚求生 Lu Jianyi路剑一Mystery4.2M WordsCompleted In the Nightmare World, chosen candidates arrive to face a brutal elimination game where the last one standing wins. Here, you'll encounter all kinds of monsters and demons, strange and beautiful scenery, and heartwarming little stories. You'll walk on the edge of life and death. You'll face all sorts of trials and tribulations, but also gain talents, skills, equipment, bloodlines, pets, fortuitous encounters, legacies, and more... You'll even have a little wooden cabin. Develop it carefully, an 29.4kReads8.7Score2.5kShelves

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   A must-read infrastructure-building novel!! Super good!

3. 3 就 You Call This a 10A Tourist Attraction? 就你这景区是10A啊 Lucky Little Pig小猪旺财Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Infrastructure] [Building Tourist Attractions] [No Heroine] Xu Jing inherited a scenic area in a barren mountain range. You say it's so rundown that nobody visits? Then he'll turn it into a Level 10A attraction! A sacred mountain teeming with life, ruins beneath the lake, a place of pilgrimage... Countless people poured into this obscure little city and stared in bewilderment at the floating island overhead... You call this just a tourist attraction? 94.6kReads9.4Score8.9kShelves

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   This book is still being serialized; I caught up with it a few days ago, and it's quite good.

4. 4 我 I’m Running a Vacation Inn in the Apocalypse 我在末世里开度假宾馆 Raise a Little Blue Cat养只小蓝猫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Business Building + Post-Apocalypse] New mission: Open a hotel in the post-apocalyptic world. Xia Yan: “I thought this was supposed to be a vacation. Where’s the scenery? Are the zombies the scenery? Thanks, but no thanks!” System: “No, no, hear me out. No missions, no punishments, and upgrades are entirely up to you. You can slack off as much as you like. This System will always be on your side!” Xia Yan: “Okay!” And so Xia Yan finds herself in a dilapidated hotel. The conditions 183.9kReads8.8Score24.2kShelves

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   Ah, I also especially love the illustration of the world's number one resort in capital letters, it's so satisfying to watch! I've watched it four times, sob sob. It's already quite long, but I still feel like it's not enough.

5. 5 系 System Management: From Cabin to Resort 系统经营，从木屋到度假村 October in Tingzhou汀州十月Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted From the start, all he has is a shabby little hut. But his goal is to develop a world-class themed resort? This is like a cuckoo taking over a magpie's nest: Little given, much demanded! … Lin Yu was bound to a “business simulation” System in college, but it took the System a full two years to finish loading and activate! Even worse, it dumped him in a vast desert from the start, claiming, “This is the empire I've conquered for you!” System: Would the player like to begin the tutorial m 3kReads8.0Score224Shelves
6. 6 开 A Theme Park from the Start, and All Its Buildings Came to Life 开局一座游乐园，建筑全都成精了 Budapester Big Glutton布达佩斯大饭桶Urban200k WordsOngoing [Management and infrastructure building + no romance + amusement park/resort] Fang Le inherits a failed amusement park. Who would have thought that the entrance would collapse just because he complained, “What a dump!”? Something claiming to be the “Spirit of the Park” emerges from the fallen gate. Even more incredibly, the buildings in the amusement park have come to life! These buildings come from different worlds, each with its own personality and abilities In the post-nuclear wasteland, v 55Reads8.2Score—Shelves
7. 7 继 I Inherited a Scenic Area and Turned It into a Secret Cultivation Realm 继承景区，爆改修真秘境 Tofu Skin Rolls千张卷豆皮儿Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [No Romance + Infrastructure Building + Tourist Attraction Management + Intangible Cultural Heritage Experiences] (The protagonist doesn’t cultivate immortality. He follows a different system.) Lin Bo transmigrates to a parallel world and inherits a failed tourist attraction. Luckily, he has a System, so building up the attraction is a piece of cake. But the employees he recruits are cultivators? And he can attract investors from the cultivation world? Then he’ll build a cultivation-themed attra 25.8kReads8.8Score2.7kShelves
8. 8 开 Twelve Buildings from the Start: Renting Them Out Shakes the Whole City 开局十二栋楼，我靠租房惊动全城 Do You Eat Tangerines?吃不吃橘Modern Romance250k WordsCompleted [A touch of a System + career-focused + wealthy big shot who never wants for money + no romance] [Just started getting rated, so the score will be low. Idealized community life! Idealized!] Jiang Yu inherited more than a dozen apartment buildings and became a landlady. On a whim, she visited one of the old neighborhoods and saw peeling walls, exposed wires, and crumbling roads... Meanwhile, in the System shop, soundproof walls, climate-controlled furnishings, air-purifying ventilation, and all k 4.3kReads8.9Score440Shelves

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   I wish there were such property management companies and houses in reality when I could renovate my own neighborhood.

9. 9 大 The Master Streamer Is Tearing Down Houses Again: The Internet Oversees a Historic Home Renovation 大神又拆家了：全网监工改造老宅 Cute Little Fox萌小狸Urban253k WordsCompleted [Comedy and meme references + System power fantasy + Urban farming + No breaking up the CP + No harem] The laid-back Lin Yu renovates a dilapidated old house and gets the “Lazy God All-Purpose Site Supervisor System,” launching a livestream channel. Even his sofa goes viral. A top-tier star throws it a birthday party, making it the country’s first physical IP. Reporter: “Master, your little stone house is so cute, and hundreds of thousands of people have already visited to take photos. How did 48Reads—Score—Shelves

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   [Got it][Got it][Got it] The first book is about a protagonist who inherits a barren mountain and develops part of it into a scenic area. Bound to a system, he uses high technology and his own ideas to build an impressive tourist attraction. The second book is about house renovation. The protagonist renovates a dilapidated old house, live-streaming the entire process with netizens supervising. It's just that it's not very long.

10. 10 改 I Redeveloped the Tourist City, and the Locals Are Losing It 改造旅游城市，本地人破防了 Three Chimes of the Bell铃铛三响Urban289k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Dong becomes a staff member at the Ice City Cultural Tourism Bureau and awakens the [God-Tier City Makeover] System from the start. It’s winter, and countless “Little Southern Potatoes” have flocked to Ice City as tourists. While everyone at the Cultural Tourism Bureau is fretting over how to handle this year’s visitors, Lin Dong decisively takes on the daunting task and launches a series of spectacular makeovers across Ice City! What? The frozen pea 5.1kReads9.1Score309Shelves
11. 11 末 Doomsday Management: My Tourist Town Is an Overnight Sensation 末日经营：我家旅游古镇爆火了 The Cat Boss Who Can Never Wake Up喵总睡不醒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse582k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse management + System + no CP + no saintly do-gooder + ensemble cast + laid-back small-town life at its heart] The heroine has no CP, though some of the townsfolk have partners. After getting into the Space-Time Bureau, Nan Wu turns down a lucrative offer from the heroine and villainess teams without hesitation, set on joining the unpopular management System division instead. This time, she's dropped into the apocalypse. Zombies everywhere, freezing weather, corpses strewn across the l 7.1kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
12. 12 大 The Great Nation's Infrastructure Maniac 大国基建狂人 Wind Comes in the Dead of Night深夜来风Urban525k WordsCompleted [Patriotic, infrastructure development, slow-burn, realistic, no mindless decisions.] [What is infrastructure development? It's the perseverance to keep at it, day after day!] [Salute to the working people!] Shen Tianzong swore he would put an end to shoddy construction, wipe out profiteering companies, ensure the people lived in comfort and abundance, and lead Huaxia to the pinnacle of the world. A century-long undertaking, a nation rebuilding from the ruins: the rise of a great power through i 542Reads8.9Score—Shelves
13. 13 我 My Family Owns Hundreds of Thousands of Acres! 我家的土地有几十万亩！ I'm Your Ninth Brother我是你九弟Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Fresh out of college, Su Mu plans to make the most of his in-demand degree, but somehow ends up getting a system... System: “The city is full of tricks. You'd be better off going back to the countryside. The end goal of hard work is to return to your roots, so skip straight to the finish line and go home. Don't keep wandering far from home.” Su Mu: “Do you even hear yourself? My hometown is practically a desert now. What am I supposed to do there, survive in the wilderness?” System: “Just go bac 11.9kReads8.0Score764Shelves

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    This could have been a good opportunity to manage land and ranches, and design his own machinery.

14. 14 山 My Mountain Villa Connects to Another World, and Ancient People Come to Work 山庄通异界古人来打工 Wang Buhui王不悔Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing After graduating from university, Jian Xingxia inherits her grandmother’s farm. But the farm lies deep in the mountains, overgrown with weeds and surrounded by leaky buildings. After pulling weeds until she’s questioning her life choices, Jian Xingxia wails, “Can’t someone come help me pull weeds and fix the roof?” The next second, a twelve-year-old girl from ancient times emerges from the mountains. “Pull weeds? Easy. Just give me the wild greens.” A skinny old man with a face that looks fifty- 106.6kReads9.0Score9.8kShelves

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    Ugh, I can't take it anymore! "Brown Sugar and White Salt Cost Only a Few Dollars, Ancient Employees Went Crazy Buying Them!" This book is so good, but not only is it unfinished, I can't even find a good alternative! Author, please, please write another one! Like this series, something about going to ancient times or something, a parallel world would be great! Please, please, please!

15. 15 全 Global Survival: I Became the Eternal Second Place 全民求生，我成了万年老二 Air Fryer Reheated Rice空气炸锅热饭Sci-Fi & Apocalypse823k WordsCompleted [No romance + stockpiling + infinite survival + natural disasters + teammates + food + mildly scary] [The rating just opened, so it’ll gradually rise. Don’t miss out, come take a look!] People know that among all the rankings, you can remember the number one spot, because it might belong to the leading sheep, the fierce wolf, the agile leopard, or the farsighted eagle. You can also remember the number six, because that one’s a troublemaking stick, a fish coasting along, a bucket waiting to be fi 72.2kReads9.3Score11.9kShelves

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    1. This one is good. The protagonist gradually builds his safe house, relying on scavenging in the early stages and leveling up later. [Eating melon emoji] 2. It's about running a dessert shop, no female lead, slow pace. [OK emoji] 3. This one is about building a territory, no romance, female lead, also good, I watched it a long time ago.

16. 16 神 Divine Realm? It's Just a Dessert Shop 神域？是糖水铺子 Every Year There's a Surplus, and It's a Cat年年有余是只猫Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted (This novel has no romantic pairings.) This is the story of a player who binds to a game after dying and struggles to survive in another world. Shi An follows the path of culinary cultivation in the game. His level is tied to his shop: the higher its revenue, the higher his level. Surviving in this dangerous world should be no problem at all. But first, he needs to figure out how to survive in an ancient forest. Otherwise, should he try selling snacks to the wild animals? Like that giant python 6.4kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
17. 17 天 Surviving Natural Disasters: Everyone Protects the Slacker Lord 天灾求生，全民守护咸鱼领主 Really Speechless真真无语Sports545k WordsCompleted No romance + easygoing slacker + lord + territory building + everyone’s favorite + feel-good thrills + lighthearted On her way to jump off a building, Ci En is accidentally pulled into a disaster-survival game. She doesn’t want to survive, but her plans to end her life aren’t going anywhere, either. Her territory keeps growing, and the responsibilities on her shoulders get harder and harder to shrug off. Orcs, goblins, humans, and mushroom elves all start setting up neighborhoods in her domain. 10.8kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
18. 18 末 The Apocalypse Arrives: The System Forces Me to Become a Landlady 末世来临：系统逼我当包租婆 Northern Feather Kite北翎之鸢Sci-Fi & Apocalypse739k WordsCompleted The day before the apocalypse, Jiang Li was forced to bind herself to a system. This mysterious creature, which called itself a rental system, immediately made a grand gesture and gave her an entire apartment complex. The System waved its little whip. “Our goal is to become the most famous landlady in the world!” Jiang Li: “What the hell?” The serious version: When the apocalypse arrives, humanity faces a fight for survival. A place untouched by zombies becomes especially precious. Watching her 5.1kReads9.2Score544Shelves

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    This book should be one of the earliest works of this type by Tomato. When I read it back then, I was desperately looking for a substitute for it. Now there are tons of books in the "painful" genre.

19. 19 团 One Second Before Our Annihilation, I Brought the Demon Cult to the Modern World 团灭前一秒，我带魔教回现代了 Cilantro Doesn't Eat Hot Pot香菜不吃火锅Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Comic adaptation and audiobook now available) [Female Lead] [No CP] [Business-Building] [Group Transmigration] [Super Satisfying] After serving as the Demonic Cult's leader for three years, Miao Yunyou was cornered by the righteous sects at the top of a mountain. Just as they were about to wipe them all out, she transmigrated back to the modern world. The good news: As compensation, the Heavenly Dao brought her mountain along, complete with the cult members who couldn't even read simplified cha 28.9kReads8.9Score3kShelves

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    The first book was a safe bet; it's finished and quite good. The next two books are more ensemble pieces, so the pacing is slower, but the writing is quite delicate.

20. 20 生 Survivalist: The Doomsday Prepper 生存狂：末日准备者 Watcher in the Abyss深渊里的守望者Sci-Fi & Apocalypse315k WordsCompleted [Apocalyptic disasters + hardcore survival + shelters + no rebirth + no pocket dimension + no System + no mutations + no superpowers + no zombies + no fantasy + no harem] Solar storms, food crises, super typhoons, biological warfare, earthquakes, tsunamis, asteroid impacts, supervolcanic eruptions, and an ice age: the disasters grow ever worse. As the world falls apart, Shen Cun is an ordinary man who can rely only on his own hands and mind to protect himself and his family. (The protagonist is 13.1kReads9.0Score871Shelves

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    Build a post-apocalyptic shelter from scratch.

21. 21 诡 Eerie Descent: The Haunted Harem Game 诡异降临：诡异后宫游戏 Middle-Aged Salted Fish中年咸鱼Mystery1.7M WordsOngoing 85.7kReads8.9Score9.2kShelves

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    I've learned how to upgrade and build a courtyard house harem.

22. 22 从 Starting Out as a Space Junk Scavenger 从太空垃圾佬开始 Harvester Ant收获蚁Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.0M WordsCompleted [Space Opera] [Exploration and Frontier Development] [Interstellar Trade] [Dreadnoughts and Big Guns] [Interstellar Colonization] A modern man transmigrates to the interstellar age, but can't handle future technology? No problem, Emperor Gaozu of Han already showed us the way. I'll start my own business, offering benefits with one hand and dangling promises with the other. I don't need to master everything; the talented people will take care of it for me. From the start, my unreliable parents di 66.3kReads9.4Score6.6kShelves

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    This book is about managing a spaceship. It has a wildly imaginative concept, a fresh theme, and a very interesting plot. [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts] The protagonist starts by working on a spaceship for eight years to pay off debts. Upon returning, he finds his parents deceased and burdened with a mountain of debt. He then leads his younger siblings in starting a business.

23. 23 末 Apocalypse Survival: I Stock My Safe House Full of Divine Blind Boxes 末世求生：神明盲盒囤满安全屋 Tutu the Big Monster图图大怪兽Sci-Fi & Apocalypse789k WordsCompleted The rating just came in! It’ll slowly go up! A heads-up before you start: lots of female characters! The heroine isn’t evil, and the protagonist doesn’t have much plot armor. If that bothers you, don’t read. (Post-apocalyptic survival + safehouse building + stockpiling and farming + no romance + multiple-instance Infinite Flow) After wishing for “a place of my own” at Yonghe Palace, I was “assigned” somewhere that very night: dumped into a post-apocalyptic survival game. From the start, I had o 10.7kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves

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    This book features a female protagonist with no romantic partner, an infinite flow story of growth within a safe house, and a large cast of female characters. It's currently quite long with many chapters, and the female-to-male ratio is 8:2. 80% Of the female protagonist's companions are female, and each of the female supporting characters is very distinctive and has their own shining qualities. The fourth arc is an all-female collaboration!

24. 24 世 The Birth of the World's First Reptile Petting Zoo 世界第一爬宠馆诞生记 Riding the Wind, Cleaving the Waves御风斩浪Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Originally titled The Amazing Reptile House. Slice of life + semi-fictional setting + 1v1 snake couple + a little golden finger (The protagonist is based on a real person, with some fictional details. See the end of Chapter 1 for content warnings.) Lin Ai has loved fluffy animals since she was little, but every pet she got would run away. Then, after her family went bankrupt, someone gave her a “little pet” that wouldn’t run off. Her great-aunt’s aunt’s sworn elder sister gave her a long, smooth 13.1kReads9.6Score1.8kShelves

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    It's so beautiful, I often wish it existed in the real world.

25. 25 在 I Made a Chinese Restaurant a Huge Hit in the Apocalypse of Another World 在异世界末世经营中华餐厅爆火 Ice Cola Drink Substitute冰可乐代喝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] [Business Management] [System] [Gourmet Food] [Farming] [No CP, Ensemble Cast] After Ling Jing died, she became bound to a business management System and was randomly dropped into an apocalyptic world where plants and animals had mutated. The System asked her to name her restaurant. After thinking for a moment, she typed: Chinese Restaurant. In this mutated apocalypse, every plant and animal had become an enemy. When starving humans on the brink of death caught the scent of roaste 96kReads9.4Score14kShelves

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    Chinese restaurant management games are similar to restaurant mini-games where you complete management tasks and expand your store.

26. 26 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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    One is creating tourist attractions, the other is building houses and retiring in a survival world with pets.

27. 27 我 I Have a Penglai Immortal Island 我有一座蓬莱仙岛 Peach Creek Wilds桃溪野Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Also known as: After Finding a Divine Artifact, She Became Famous Through Her Fishing Livestreams A theme park called Nevernight suddenly becomes famous across China. It features the “Penglai Realm,” protected by a seventh-tier grand formation; the “Sea Monster Castle,” where mermaids are rumored to live, with glass tunnels leading straight down into the deep sea; the mysterious and eerie “Yellow Springs Road”; the opulent “Divine Capital”... Everyone who visits even once starts questioning real 7.9kReads9.2Score906Shelves

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    The female protagonist graduated with a degree in architecture from Kyoto University. Based on her graduation project, she built a traditional-style inn and house, and later constructed a huge and luxurious floating world.

28. 28 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 43.4kReads9.5Score5.9kShelves

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    The author also attached a structural diagram of the house at the end.

29. 29 我 I Run a Hotel in the Forest 我在森林里有一间酒店 A Peach一个桃子Modern Romance320k WordsCompleted Smack! A blue folder landed on Lin Xiaodong’s desk. “Lin Xiaodong, how did you get this figure wrong again? Did you eat the two digits after the decimal point?” Lin Xiaodong jumped to her feet on reflex. Hunching over, she stared at the supervisor’s high heels. “I’m sorry, Supervisor. I’ll fix it right away, right away!” For the past month, she’d been driven nearly insane. More precisely, she’d acquired a “roommate” in her head, but this roommate was an idiot who repeated the same line like a br 10.9kReads8.0Score1.9kShelves
30. 30 位 Quick Transmigration Across Planes: I Own a Little General Store 位面快穿，我有一间小杂货店 Pipi Loves Tangerines爱吃橘子的皮皮Modern Romance4.1M WordsOngoing [No romance + no male lead + general store + ensemble cast + doing business in various novel worlds, including storylines where the heroine gets help] [Main characters: Su Ling + a calico cat] After waking up one day, Su Ling finds that her general store has bonded with a planar trade System, and she transmigrates into a book. First book world: a lucky heroine in a story set during the era of rationing. A general store suddenly appears on the hill behind Dawang Village. It has more goods tha 52.7kReads9.3Score4.7kShelves

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    This book is a quick transmigration novel, and it features many small worlds with low repetition, which I really like!

31. 31 模 SimCity: Build a City and Become Its Mayor 模拟城市：建个城市当市长 Tomato's Smile番茄的微笑Sports285k WordsOngoing Yun Buqi stood atop the White Cloud Group’s skyscraper. He looked out over the city he had built with his own hands. A surge of indescribable excitement welled up within him. He gazed out at the towering skyscrapers and the streets teeming with traffic. The skyline was a blend of quiet and clamor. His heart grew exceptionally calm and contemplative. Then he went to City Hall. Looking at the certificates covering the walls, he smiled in satisfaction. It was as if every sheet of paper on the wall 462Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    I recommend a book: city building, management, development, tourism, and a mayor as the main character. Interested readers can check it out; the later parts are quite exciting.

32. 32 开 An Apartment Building from the Start: I Build a New City with Rental Income 开局一栋公寓，我靠收租建造新城 Little Red Envelope Snow Cake小红包雪饼Modern Romance440k WordsOngoing [No CP + slow-paced + part business-building] Fresh graduate You Zhixian keeps hitting dead ends in her job search and falls into a slump, until she unexpectedly binds to a property-development System. The System gives her an apartment building and a general convenience store from the start. She builds up her tenant count to unlock new kinds of housing, runs shops, develops commercial streets and essential amenities, earns business points, and unlocks farmland in a pocket space and an intelligen 4.8kReads5.6Score327Shelves
33. 33 在 Is There Something Wrong with Being a Landlord in the Sixties? 在六零当房东是否有大病 Jiu Chen Yihe九陈一禾Modern Romance387k WordsCompleted [1960s + No CP + No Male Lead + Business Management + Landlord Simulator + Management Sim + Guilt-Free Power Fantasy] Pen Linglong transmigrates to the 1960s and is tasked with becoming a landlord. She refuses at first, but the System’s offer is just too good to pass up. And so… Studio apartments, two-bedroom apartments, vegetable stalls, delivery stations, neighborhood clinics, bus stops, family apartments, seaside villas… all sorts of facilities are built. Thanks to the arrival of Pen Linglong 2.6kReads8.3Score370Shelves

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    Come on! Let's get hooked together!

34. 34 九 Getting Rich Through Demolition in the 1990s, My Whole Family Kicks Back and Enjoys the Show 九零拆迁暴富，全家躺赢吃瓜忙 Lu Qixia鹿七夏Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted The God of Wealth is here, the God of Wealth is here, good deeds bring good fortune... La la la la la! In 1994, to the tune of “The God of Wealth Is Here,” Happy Village is demolished! Xu Ran’s family of three becomes rich overnight. With a huge pile of compensation money in hand, they buy houses, shops, plots of land, then more houses and a gold mine. The more they buy, the richer the family gets. One stack after another of red property deeds comes home with them. And they get to enjoy all the 24.6kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves
35. 35 系 System: I'm a Slacker Landlady in the Apocalypse 系统：我在末世当咸鱼包租婆 Qian Xiao浅潇Sci-Fi & Apocalypse300k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Apocalypse + Infrastructure Building + Management] Lu Qiqi hadn’t even run out her lease when she lost her job and got kicked out by her unscrupulous landlord. To make matters worse, she ran into zombies. To save her life, she bound herself to a mysterious System and ended up owing a massive 20,000 Star Alliance Coins. But every cloud has a silver lining: she gained permanent ownership of a house and a lifetime pass to being a landlady. So she quickly put out a rental ad: Are you w 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A novel about building an ideal community, highly recommended! [Heart][Heart][Heart] [Already hooked][Already hooked][Already hooked] This is essentially a community building novel. The female protagonist inherits a community with over a dozen old buildings, all with many problems. She then obtains a system and decides to renovate the community. After the renovation, the community boasts complete infrastructure, high-tech interior renovations, responsible property management, and frequent events to reward residents and tenants. She also developed the Jincheng Mingyuan app, making the community services excellent and truly worthwhile. Everyone's property management fees are well paid for, and everyone feels incredibly happy! [Already hooked]

36. 36 开 From the Start, I Handed Everything Over to the Nation and Built Infrastructure Among the Stars 开局上交国家，我在星际搞基建 Xiao Bushuai萧不帅Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing [Infrastructure Building + Ensemble Cast (Nonhuman) + Dungeon Instances + No Romance + Turning It Over to the State + Slow Pace + National Team + Author Takes Suggestions] Shen Xun got a System and thought the apocalypse was coming. To prepare for the end of the world, she spent all her savings stocking up on supplies. But she closed her eyes, opened them again, and the apocalypse hadn't come. She had transmigrated instead. There was no wasteland or zombie horde. Only towering trees that blocked 94.6kReads9.0Score14.5kShelves

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    Of course, this one! Bound to a system, the protagonist frantically hoards resources in a post-apocalyptic world, only to be transported to an alien planet. The system then orders him to build the planet, so he hands the system over to his nation and leads a national team in a frenzy of alien planet construction.

37. 37 一 After One Tap of the Beauty Filter, the Ferocious Beasts Won't Admit It 一键美颜后，凶兽不认账了 Rain in the Empty Mountains空山雨Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted After sleeping for ten thousand years, Qi He opened her eyes to find the world completely transformed. The world had changed, the stars had shifted, and she had become the only god in existence. At her side was a group of degraded, painfully ugly mythical beasts, all clamoring to be fed. If she didn't raise them, they'd turn on their master and wreak havoc across the world. Forced to make money on the side, Qi He also had to round up all those scheming beasts and put them to work! The Shanhai 437Reads8.8Score101Shelves

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    [Already hooked][Already hooked][Already hooked] The first book is a business management novel I'm currently reading. Every single one of these novels is great; they feature people running tourist attractions, amusement parks, zoos, bubble tea shops, hotels, and even haunted houses.

38. 38 直 Travel Livestream: The Animal World I Filmed Went Viral 直播旅行：我拍摄的动物世界爆火 Perfectly Round Immortal浑圆真人Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Outdoor Livestreaming + System + Animals + Food + Relaxed and Leisurely + No Female Lead] Kuang Yeyuan is an educational content creator who accidentally activates a livestreaming System. Driven by his love of wild plants and animals, he makes his first stop at the East African Great Grasslands. Unexpectedly, his first wave of followers comes thanks to the grasslands’ second-in-command. Who would’ve guessed that Kuang Ye would claim his first livestream reward just for setting a giraffe’s bones 12.2kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves

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39. 39 我 This Really Is a Proper Zoo 我这真是正经动物园 Budapester Big Glutton布达佩斯大饭桶Urban653k WordsCompleted [Gacha + management + construction + zoo + lighthearted daily life + no romance + occasional livestreaming] As a law-abiding rich kid, Zhou Lin’s greatest hobbies were gaming and spending money in games. Recently, he’d gotten hooked on a management game called Zoo Tycoon, newly released by some obscure game company. - A shabby little zoo from the start? Buy land! As much as I can! Animals come from gacha? The Red List pool? Pull! The Walk of Fame pool? Pull! The Rift of Time pool? Pull… Wait, is 3.8kReads9.2Score429Shelves

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    These are all pretty good; they're all management simulations with some infrastructure-building elements.

40. 40 鼠 This Little Mouse Is About to Become the Neighbors’ Grain Depot 鼠鼠我呀，要变成邻居粮仓了捏 Vanilla Tossed with Fish Mint香草拌折耳根Two Male Leads539k WordsCompleted [Main story complete; slowly updating bonus chapters] [Before you read: The main story leans toward serious drama. For goofy, ridiculous skits, skip to Chapter 87 ╭☞( ￣ ▽￣)╭☞] [Two male leads + cute pets + Doomsday + plot-focused + light combat + System + a touch of Lovecraftian horror + random goofy everyday moments] As a hamster who awakened a System during Doomsday, Cang Shu knows the profound truth: while the neighbors stockpile food, I stockpile guns; the neighbors are my pantry. But I’m ju 718Reads—Score173Shelves
41. 41 萌 The Little Pet Café 萌宠小馆 Watered-Down Baijiu from 198585年的老白干掺了水Modern Romance544k WordsCompleted In prison. Robber: You might not believe this, but I almost split apart! Yes, literally split apart! Thief: What a coincidence. Same here! And what kind of police dog is that fat? I almost got sat to death! Human trafficker: You think you’ve got it bad? A bunch of cats took over my hideout! Drug dealer A: Boohoo, I can’t show my face anymore. I got played by a cat and a dog~ Drug dealer B: See the halo over my head? Who could possibly have it worse than me?! I got jumped by a pack of rats, belie 3kReads9.5Score331Shelves
42. 42 异 A Sparrow in Another World Builds an Animal Empire 异界麻雀，打造动物帝国 A Little Sparrow Duck一只麻雀鸭Urban3.5M WordsCompleted [Beast Taming] [Evolution] [Lord-style farming] In a Blue Star world invaded by otherworldly forces, Qi Ye became a sparrow and made his home in a terrifying S-rank otherworldly dungeon. He awakens the Animal Leader class, gathers animals scattered throughout the forest, grants them the ability to evolve to higher ranks, and leads them as they grow and evolve. From a frail little sparrow, he becomes the god of animals who rules the land. He turns a rotten forest where not even birds would cra 6.5kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
43. 43 游 Amusement Park: People Fly Ahead, Their Souls Chase Behind 游乐园：人在前面飞，魂在后面追 March 9三月9Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Urban + System + Comedy + Scheming Countless couples are enjoying each other’s company on the Ferris wheel. Zhang Bei hums a tune and presses the red button. The Ferris wheel, suspended a hundred meters in the air, suddenly stops. Then it tilts sideways. Countless couples sitting in the cars are flung into the air, held only by a single rope. A few seconds later, the entire Ferris wheel spins like a rapidly whirling disc. The couples dangling in midair start playing a warm and wholesome game. On 4.7kReads9.4Score502Shelves
44. 44 报 Director, Something's Wrong with Your Amusement Park Rides! 报告园长！你家的游乐设施不对劲 Ai Lu Xier艾露西尔Urban841k WordsCompleted Urban life + System + business management + growth + laid-back everyday life After graduating from university, Yang Fan inherits an amusement park that has shut down. With the help of the System, he acquires a host of new attractions, bringing the park back to life. But there’s something a little off about these rides. This story mostly follows common sense, feels grounded in everyday life, and has a coherent plot. It’s not a wish-fulfillment story. The pacing is slow, and it’s a laid-back slice 1.2kReads8.8Score103Shelves
45. 45 开 A Chinese-Style Haunted House from the Start: Streamers Across the Internet Are All Screaming 开局中式鬼屋：全网主播都被吓哭 Just a Passerby一个过客人Mystery508k WordsCompleted [No female lead + comedy + healing + perfect mealtime reading] Jiang Zhe transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens the Myriad Worlds Horror System. As he learns more about this world, he discovers that Chinese-style haunted houses are still very traditional. Western-style horror is what's popular. Well, that's just perfect. Let's start with a pair of embroidered shoes to whet their appetites. And throw in a doll, too. Want to experience a wedding? Sure! Let's prepare a ghost marriag 2.4kReads8.0Score228Shelves
46. 46 校 The Principal Won't Install Air Conditioning? I'll Develop Chinese-Style Education! 校长不安空调？我开发中式教育！ Super Heart-Pounding超级悸动Urban363k WordsCompleted Liu Yun transmigrates to a world that promotes relaxed education. He thinks he'll get to enjoy an anime-like youth, but some parents oppose this educational approach! To protect his youth, he decides to lead the members of his club in turning the education he experienced in his past life into games, so these parents can experience it for themselves! [Ding! The Game of Life System has awakened!] With the help of the System, Liu Yun successfully develops games that are ahead of their time. You lik 787Reads8.2Score102Shelves
47. 47 靠 Running an Inn with Gacha Draws 靠抽卡经营旅馆 Moon Over Heaven月关天Modern Romance614k WordsCompleted [Business Management + Card Draws + Food + No Romance] Unable to find a job, Su He takes over her family's small hotel, which is on the verge of closing. Luckily, Su He binds herself to a card-drawing System! The Princess and the Pea's bed, delicacies from Dream of the Red Chamber, a magical vine elevator… all kinds of wondrous items appear. The maids from Dream of the Red Chamber want to kowtow to Su He three times. Su He says, “We're all equal in modern society. We don't do that anymore.” The 4kReads8.8Score430Shelves

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    The writing is good. The female lead doesn't blindly rely on the system; she has her own thoughts. There are no seductive men, and most importantly, there's no talk of the female lead relying on her stunning beauty for various advantages.

48. 48 末 Apocalypse Management: I Open a Hotel and Win by Doing Nothing 末世经营：开间酒店我躺赢 Mu Yu沐予Sci-Fi & Apocalypse771k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Business Management + Healing + Infrastructure Building + No Romance + Light Ensemble Cast] The moment Gu Nian opens her eyes, she finds herself in a hell-level apocalypse. Zombies roam everywhere, plants mutate, and one natural disaster after another strikes. She is framed from the start and nearly gets herself killed. On the brink of death, Gu Nian binds herself to a hotel management System and merges with a mysterious plant compendium, becoming the owner of a small hotel in the 8.8kReads8.8Score1kShelves
49. 49 我 I Opened a Hotel in the Endless Wilderness 我在无尽荒野开酒店 Loves Red Pomelo Tea爱喝红柚茶Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Running a business and farming + otherworldly food story + exploration and adventure + no heroine or one heroine + somewhat slow-paced + pseudo-stat-driven + occasional 10,000-character updates (10,000 characters on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays; 4,000 to 6,000 from Monday to Thursday)] When everyone else transmigrates, they end up in the wilderness, practicing martial arts or cultivating immortality. Or they establish a territory, build an island out at sea, or construct a battleship. But me 1.5kReads6.8Score119Shelves
50. 50 穿 I Landed in a Fairytale World, and My Little Tavern Became a Hit 穿进童话世界，我的小酒馆爆火了 Graceful as a Swimming Fish婉若游鱼Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Healing + food + another world + fairy-tale characters appear + a little farming] While passing through a little fountain square in another world, Jiang Jiang came across an absolute beauty in a tattered dress. The beautiful older sister was leaning against the fountain, sobbing miserably. Jiang Jiang, a true lover of pretty faces, was heartbroken for her. With a grand wave of her hand, she brought the woman home and served her a steaming cup of milk tea and a sweet-and-sour berry tart. The 8.7kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves

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