Survival Stories About Infrastructure Building, Gaining Territory, and Developing It 基建类的求生文，获得领地，发展领地的求生文

1. 1 位 Planes: From the Start, I Get a God-Tier Tavern and Raise Dragons 位面：开局神级酒馆，豢养巨龙 Sobbing Little Kid爆哭小朋友Sports3.6M WordsOngoing [Unorthodox Lord-Building]+ [Fake Golden Finger]+ [Hearthstone]+ [Honor of Kings] Blue Star fell, swallowed by the laws of another universe. All the people of Blue Star became visitors from another world in the boundless plane universe, and members of the human race. [Ding! Dawn System Version 14.0 has been updated.] [A Record of New Human Observations]! Seven billion people were bound to the Human Alliance’s Dawn System and randomly transported to life-bearing planes. Alongside the local Pionee 28.4kReads8.4Score2.4kShelves

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   1️⃣✨Highly recommended! Everyone transmigrates to another world. The male protagonist, an architect, builds structures like Plants vs. Zombies and the Great Wall within his territory—a very interesting premise!! 2️⃣New book: Everyone survives in the fog. Each person starts with a pet beast. The male protagonist has a talent called "Fatigue Synchronization," where when he rests, his pet beast recovers ten times the energy, working all day long—a talent that's practically a street lamp hanger! 3️⃣New book! No romance + hoarding + infrastructure building! The female protagonist is reborn before a natural disaster, activates the "Shelter System," obtains the Lord's Heart, and begins a journey of collecting scrap, building, raising animals, and free-to-play purchases✨~

2. 2 全 Global Beastmaster Survival: My Pets Never Need to Rest 全民御兽求生：我的宠兽无需休息 Ultimate Fantasy最中幻想Sports877k WordsCompleted [Fog Survival + Working Beast Companions + Daily Life + Progression + Farming] [Focus on interactions with beast companions. Lighthearted, not grim.] Everyone arrived in the Beast-Taming Abyss, where each person began by contracting one beast companion. Everyone started on equal footing. To survive, they had to venture beyond the bonfire and enter the perilous Death Fog! Fortunately, Xu Jingnian awakened a beast-taming talent: [Fatigue Sync: Your fatigue is linked to your beast companion’s. But 3.4kReads8.4Score281Shelves
3. 3 末 A Guide to Building a Base in the Apocalypse 末世领地建设指南 Run Qing润青Sci-Fi & Apocalypse303k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + rebirth + System + hoarding supplies + no romance + pets + daily life] After struggling to survive the apocalypse for three years, Meng Nan is betrayed by her family and dies a tragic death. Then she is reborn! This time, she refuses to let others control her. She only wants to escape her parasitic family, stay away from conflict, and live out the rest of her life in peace and freedom. But after accidentally activating a recycling System, Meng Nan sees a chance to change her fate a 102Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 4 流 Exiled to the Frontier: The Farmer's Eldest Sister Transmigrates to Reclaim the Wasteland 流放边关：农家长姐穿越开荒 Equatorial Tree赤道树Ancient Romance337k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + farming + satisfying read + infrastructure building] Shen Qingwu, a modern woman with master's degrees in both agriculture and water conservancy, transmigrates overnight into the body of the eldest sister in the poorest military household in Danshan County. Her father died in battle, her mother succumbed to illness, and her aunt arrives with tax collectors to block the door, seize the compensation money, and sell her ten-year-old sister to a procurer to pay the taxes. Blood run 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a good book about clearing land, farming, and developing infrastructure.

5. 5 末 Apocalypse Rebirth: The Big Shot Starts by Stockpiling a Million Supplies 末世重生：大佬从百万囤货开始 Zhou Dabai周大白Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + ruthless heroine + System storage space + stockpiling supplies + infrastructure building + strong female lead + an outrageously powerful golden finger!] Han Qingxia, a hardened survivor who struggled through ten years of the apocalypse, is betrayed by her base while it’s under siege by zombies. She opens her eyes and finds herself back half a month before the apocalypse! Her deadbeat father, awful grandmother, and stepmother are still trying to force her out of her home so her brot 98.2kReads9.4Score8.7kShelves

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   Apocalyptic setting + strong female lead + lord system + no romance + decisive and ruthless + not a saint + doesn't indulge anyone. The author's writing is excellent, with meticulous attention to detail. Every minor character is vividly portrayed and feels real and relatable. Worth reading two or three times! [Learned something new] 🥰 [Learned something new] 🥰

6. 6 我 I Built a Heavenly Court for Humanity and Summoned Heroes Without End 我为人族立天庭召唤英灵不要停 Zi Hui子丶辉Eastern Fantasy6.0M WordsCompleted (Dynastic nation-building + power struggles + farming + summoning) In the eternal universe, after heaven and earth first came into being, countless races vied to become the chosen ones of the world. They gathered energy and fought for fortune, founding kingdoms, empires, and imperial dynasties... A golden age dawned. The Heavenly Book Ranking towered above the nine heavens, listing a hundred overlord races and their dynasties. The top ten on the list could each raise their fortune by one rank! F 5.7kReads7.6Score451Shelves

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   A farming, conquest, dynasty building, and summoning-based game where no human is among the top 100 ranked players. The vast land of Kyushu is reduced to food for a foreign race, and the ruler even seeks to exterminate all inhabitants to achieve immortality! Transcending to a golden age, one must avenge the eternal injustice done to humanity! Highly recommended, it gets increasingly exciting as the story progresses.

7. 7 领 Territory Survival: A Mechanical Factory from the Start 领地求生，开局一座机械工厂 A Thousand Cranes千只鹤Sports1.3M WordsCompleted [Mechanical disaster] [Mass-produced troops] [Rivalry among the myriad races] [Lord] Billions of people are forcibly brought into a survival game, made Lords of their own territories and forced to take part in a contest among the myriad races. At the beginning, each city lord randomly receives a building and a troop type. However, Su Ming gets mechanical troops. Scrap metal? Junk? A pile of junkyard trash? You clearly have no idea what mechanical troops are capable of. Early game: I can fe 10.1kReads7.0Score1.1kShelves

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   [OK] 👍

8. 8 领 Lord: My Ants Evolve Without Limit 领主：我的蚁族无限进化 Buying Wine on a Cold Night寒夜沽酒Sports1.0M WordsCompleted Billions of people transmigrated to a world of lords. They became lords. Only by developing their territories, plundering resources, and building powerful kingdoms could they step onto the grand stage of a race-wide struggle for supremacy when the age of lordly conquest arrived! Conquer the world! Just after transmigrating, Mo Fei awakened the weakest troop type: ants. He let out a despairing sigh. “It’s over. I’m screwed!” Just then, his Lord Talent awakened. [You have awakened the unique SSSS- 13.8kReads7.6Score1.2kShelves
9. 9 迷 Surviving the Mist: I Can See Hints 迷雾求生：我能看到提示 Chen He Guai陈何乖Anime Fanfiction9.2M WordsOngoing Everyone transmigrates into the world of Mists. Fog stretches in every direction. From the start, all you have is a ramshackle thatched hut, and you must search the dangerous wilderness for supplies and wood, keeping your campfire burning to survive! While everyone else is still struggling to stay alive, Ye Qianfan has already used divine-level guidance to obtain equipment and an estate! [East: The outskirts of the Misty Forest. There's a silver treasure chest!] [West: A hungry lightning leopard 53.3kReads8.3Score5kShelves

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   It's alright, but it's a bit lacking in finesse.

10. 10 开 From the Start, I Had a 100% Drop Rate, and My Territory Ascended 开局百分百爆率，我的领地飞升了 Lin Nangge林喃歌Sports302k WordsCompleted Main character: Sang Ning. No male lead. (A heads-up: The heroine's NPC army includes lots of men, but she isn't into men! They're all just tools! If that bothers you, please skip this one!) [No romance + satisfying story + zombies + base-building + stockpiling + delicious food] On the brink of death, the little beggar Sang Ning signs up for the Apocalypse Game! From the start, she gets a talent with a 100% drop rate! Every monster she kills drops supplies, and every resource she gathers yields 37Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is similar to Stardew Valley and LifeAfter. The female protagonist is a lord who leads NPCs to dungeons to find resources, develop her territory, and resist natural disasters.

11. 11 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... 10.8kReads7.7Score746Shelves
12. 12 求 Survival: Defending My Cabin Against the Cold Wave 求生：从小木屋开始抵御寒流 Shan Xun山寻Sports3.5M WordsCompleted [Survival] [Shelter Building] [Disasters] [Stockpiling Supplies] Everyone transmigrates. When Qi Yuan wakes up, he finds himself in a fog-shrouded world full of danger. Cold, hunger, wild beasts, and torrential rain become the daily lot of everyone. Rising with the sun and resting at its setting become the way of life for all! 119.2kReads8.2Score8.4kShelves

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    Fat Orange who loves recommending books; a survival novel where the protagonist is transported to another world and brought there by the survival of all people. The protagonist starts with a cheat or awakening system and uses his advantages to get food. He then uses the food to exchange with the newbies for wood and stone resources to build his first home.

13. 13 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
14. 14 全 Global Survival: From a Thatched Hut to the Mightiest Empire 全民求生：从茅草屋到最强帝国 Wow Oh哇哦哦Sports2.1M WordsCompleted Countless people transmigrate to another world, starting from the start with nothing but a drafty, dilapidated thatched hut. Here, people can obtain various blueprints and cards by chopping trees, gathering grass, and smashing stones. Food and other supplies must be obtained by using cards, but what you get from each card is entirely up to luck. Bai Xiaolin obtains the [Survival Points System] and discovers that he can use survival points to enhance cards and blueprints. "Survival points -1" "Su 7.9kReads7.8Score555Shelves
15. 15 全 Global Survival: Growing Stronger from a Wooden Cabin 全民求生：从小木屋开始变强 Qiu Yingxin秋影新Sports2.3M WordsCompleted [A Different Kind of Apocalyptic Adventure, Not a Harem Novel] Everyone transmigrates to a random location. Some end up in the ocean, others in the desert, a small village, a city, or even inside a whale… Harsh weather, treacherous terrain, zombies, monsters, goblins, terrifying giants… When Ye Feng wakes up, he discovers that in this perilous environment, he has somehow gained a hint system and a [Shop]. “Beep. Hint: A treasure chest has been detected 0.1 meters directly below you~” “Beep. A sw 4.3kReads5.9Score269Shelves
16. 16 求 Survival World: From the Start, I Inherit a Haunted Cabin in the Woods 求生世界：开局继承林间鬼屋 The Storytelling Fish讲故事的鱼Sports1.7M WordsCompleted [Everyone Struggles to Survive + Lordly Rivalry + Farming and Development + Another World] As the world teeters on the brink of collapse, will you choose to be a laid-back nobody, content to stay in your own corner? Or become a Demon King who rules the world? Or perhaps... risk everything to save it? The protagonist transmigrates to another world and inherits a haunted house in the woods from the start! He gains three ghostly companions! Ghost Maid: Master, your coffee is ready. Undead Kn 1.7kReads8.1Score126Shelves
17. 17 我 I Practice Wellness in a World of Survival 我在求生世界里养生 Sleepwalking and Always Getting Lost梦游总走丢Sports1.5M WordsCompleted Everyone transmigrated, and each person became an island owner. While others were still struggling to survive, Li Yu had already started living a healthy, leisurely life, all because he obtained a Wellness System from the start. The protagonist is no bleeding heart. He's decisive and ruthless: if he can settle things with action, he won't waste time arguing. 5.1kReads8.0Score328Shelves
18. 18 浮 Surviving on an Ice Floe: Everything I Salvage Comes to Life 浮冰求生：我打捞的物资全成精了 Carrot Hater拒绝胡萝卜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsCompleted [Sneaky schemer] [Comedy] [Apocalypse] [Survival] [Everyday life] The whole world enters an icy sea survival game. From the start, all you have is a floating chunk of ice, and supplies can only be fished up! [Host detected to be facing an apocalyptic threat!] [System descending!] [System under attack from the game’s firewall!] [System has taken down the game’s firewall!] Chen Mo can’t access the System, but the world has started acting strangely, as if some rule has changed… The chunks of ice in 16.3kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
19. 19 人 On a New Star, I Tear a Great White Shark Apart from the Start 人在新星，开局我手撕大白鲨 Sword Hidden in the Southern Mountains剑藏南山Urban683k WordsCompleted This is the New Earth, humanity's new home, still in the prehistoric wilderness era. Thanks to a survival-in-the-wild show, Ye Zichuan gets the chance to visit the new planet. You think I'm here to survive? Actually, I'm here to hunt. You've seen people hunt sharks, but have you ever seen a tough guy fight a megalodon? That's me! Some prince keeps a lion? No class. What do you think of my saber-toothed tiger? Have you ever seen an eight-meter-long prehistoric crocodile? Its eggs are on my plate. 3.5kReads9.2Score260Shelves

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    The master was killing indiscriminately. There were also dragons, phoenixes, and qilin.

20. 20 骑 A Knight’s Campaign Across the Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets 骑士的日不落帝国征程 Clown Upperclassman小丑学长Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing A transmigrated soul, a mutated ability, a foreign continent, the life of a knight, a lowly bastard son, and the quest for supremacy. As a transmigrated bastard son, Soren Litton relies on his wisdom and cunning to struggle up from the bottom, clawing his way toward the pinnacle of power in this world. From a bastard son at everyone’s mercy, he grows into a king above all others. Note: This is a slow burn. A very slow burn!! 704Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    A Western fantasy fantasy world farming story set in the Middle Ages, where the protagonist focuses on building his territory, training his subordinates, and developing his power. It features nobles and slaves, lords and their lands, knights and their martial arts, all developing peacefully without being reckless!

21. 21 种 Farming: From Sect Tenant Farmer to Supreme Across the Myriad Worlds 种田：从宗门佃户到万界独尊 Foolish Zhi傻志Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsOngoing [Farming] + [Ensemble cast] + [Lord] + [Conquest] + [System] + [Satisfying wish fulfillment] Zhang Guiyuan transmigrates to a parallel world at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, where he becomes a tenant farmer growing spiritual plants for a sect. He awakens the strongest Lord System and obtains an unparalleled book: Postpartum Care for Sows He settles into a fine life of farming, raising pigs, and teasing his wicked sword cultivator little sister. But then a calamity that comes once every tho 3.1kReads5.7Score181Shelves

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    [Conquest] + [Territorial Expansion] + [Lord] + [Crowd Portrait] Start by building your power around Lake Baikal, establish your city, defend against beast tides, subdue the northern nomadic tribes, and become the ruler of all races.

22. 22 逍 The Secret History of the Carefree Prince 逍遥王爷秘史 Carefree Peanut逍遥一花生Historical1.7M WordsCompleted A clichéd beginning, a not-so-useful System, a fallen imperial sister-in-law, a wild tribal princess, and a beautiful female general. I’ll farm and reclaim wasteland in my fief, forge weapons, and build a fleet. Watch as I, the carefree prince, make merry among the flowers and gradually seize control of the realm! 58Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He transmigrated into the body of a fallen prince, framed and given a rather unreliable system. To survive, he volunteered to develop the frontier, recruiting historical figures and generals, farming, smelting iron, making glass, and absorbing refugees to strengthen his forces. He built a fleet that dominated the land, establishing a vast foundation for his nation!

23. 23 我 I Became a Lord in Ancient Times 我在古代当领主 Big Spender大款子Ancient Romance360k WordsCompleted “System, everyone else’s System comes with a pocket dimension and a spirit spring. Why are you stuck with nothing but a ‘junk recycling’ feature?” “Host, stop complaining! That bag of leftover takeout malatang would be a lifesaving delicacy in your territory!” While other transmigrators were throwing money around in ancient times, Gu Mingyue was roaming the world, picking up “trash” with her dirt-poor System. An unfinished building that had sat untouched in a corner of the city for ten years? Sh 61Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one has no romantic pairing.

24. 24 移 Mobile Sky Island: I Can Critically Enhance Anything 移动空岛：我能暴击升华万物 Strings Severed Beyond the Pass塞外离弦Sports459k WordsCompleted [Mobile sky islands + survival + critical-hit ascension + pure power fantasy] A sky-island game descends upon the whole world. Earth falls, the climate turns extreme, and islands ascend into the sky. Everyone is assigned a class and digitized, with survival their only hope! I had just transmigrated when I was chosen to be the lord of a sky island, and given a cheat ability as well. Critical-hit ascension! It can be used on any single person or object, and refreshes every day at midnight. [Target 236Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Both are alright.

25. 25 迷 Foggy Survival: God-Tier Talents Enhance Everything 迷雾求生：神级天赋强化万物 Yan Lin延林Sports4.2M WordsCompleted [Fog Survival] [Shelters] [Eldritch Cthulhu] [Farming] [Stockpiling Supplies] [No Goody-Two-Shoes] [Collecting Women] Everyone transmigrates to a world shrouded in fog, a place full of dangers and deadly traps, where all kinds of natural disasters strike. There is contamination from the eerie fog, mutated angels, twisted evil gods, invisible immortals and Buddhas, and parasites lurking in food and water. But danger comes with opportunity! Su Lie awakens an enhancement talent that lets him enhanc 11.9kReads6.5Score1.1kShelves
26. 26 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 has been signed with a publisher. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a game where everyone must survive at sea. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves so fast it's never in sight. Like the Head-On, with its massive ram, charging fearlessly ahead. But Yang Yi's ship is called 272.1kReads9.4Score27.8kShelves
27. 27 废 Wasteland Infrastructure: Starting with Picking Up Trash 废星基建：从捡垃圾开始 Don't Eat Boba吃啵啵不Sci-Fi & Apocalypse298k WordsCompleted Chu Anran opened her eyes to find an iron shovel in her hand and wasteland all around her. The System told her this was both a game and reality. Oxygen was expensive; radiation was free. So while countless people became enthralled with mechs and starships, she lowered her head and silently dug her first shovel of earth. They mocked her work as a primitive chore, until the veins of steel rose from the ruins and the torch of civilization lit up the barren land. When war finally crushed the sta 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is alright.

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