Any World-Building Novels About Developing a Vast Territory Step by Step? 有没有大世界观基建文啊，一步一步完善自己的领土

1. 1 海 Ocean Survival: A 155Mm Howitzer from the Start 海洋求生：开局155加榴炮 Bee Hummingbird蜂蜂鸟Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast] [Ocean + survival + large-scale cooperation + overwhelming advantage] Humanity arrives in an ocean world, with each person starting out with nothing but a canoe. Fortunately, they receive a final gift from their original world, which can randomly grant them various items and abilities. The surviving humans quickly join forces, and Chen Zhi joins them on the very first day. From cautious contact to an initial adjustment, from building trust to joining forces as one. With his one-o 31.7kReads8.6Score2.2kShelves

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   It's an absolutely vast world, an absolutely infrastructure-building novel. I'm currently following it, and it's very well written. The protagonist grows, and the supporting characters don't become less intelligent. Don't look at the title; I missed it a few times because of the title, but I clicked on it out of boredom and discovered a treasure.

2. 2 奇 Strange Soil 奇壤 Little Little Yimu Zhi小小亦木之Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsOngoing Don't worry, this is absolutely a farming novel. A construction worker's journey of development in another world. Infrastructure, farming, culture... Think that's all there is? A whole world of possibilities! Countless races, an enormous world, hardcore development, and mysteries aplenty. A sea of stars? Just stars and the universe, or perhaps multidimensional space, or advanced civilizations? A sea of stars like that would be far too boring, wouldn't it? Could there be something more varied, gr 26.3kReads8.7Score2.5kShelves

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   I used to get sick of reading too many light novels, but after searching for a long time, I found this book, and it really gets better and better as you read it. It didn't make me stupid, and it met my expectations. The title is unremarkable, but the content is really great. I won't choose books based on the title next time. Actually, I had come across this book before, but I didn't read it because of the title.

3. 3 没 That’s Right, I’m Fighting the Great Powers 没错，我打的就是列强 Shaking Xuanyuan震轩辕Rural Life680k WordsOngoing The book has just been released, and its rating is still fluctuating. Please add it to your library and follow along. Liu Tianqing, a special forces soldier assigned to an escort mission, unexpectedly transmigrates back to 1900. Armed with his equipment and the escort case, he fights decisively through the chaos, struggling with all his might against the foreign powers. 15.6kReads6.9Score892Shelves

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   Both of these are of this type.

4. 4 本 I'm a Fake Official, Yet I've Won the Crown Prince's Heart 本官是假货，却哄得太子倾心了 Wen Lang文朤Ancient Romance293k WordsOngoing [Transmigration and nation-building | Woman disguised as a man | Court intrigue | Farming and famine relief | Feel-good rise to power] Li Yanhe takes over another person's identity and becomes magistrate of Pingwu County. Disaster is everywhere, refugees are on the move, and the treasury is empty... At the grand court assembly, officials from every prefecture report disasters, leaving the entire court at its wit's end. One report from the Commissioner of Administration sends shock waves through 5.7kReads6.5Score626Shelves
5. 5 邪 Evil God Expulsion Plan 邪神驱逐计划 Yingge Yeyuehua应歌夜月华Two Male Leads3.2M WordsCompleted [Female-audience novel, two male leads + apocalyptic MMORPG + ensemble cast + BL!! No female lead + strong leads + innocent-looking schemer + cunning lord + another world + farming and development + magic world + Call of Cthulhu-inspired elements, including original additions + mystery-solving dungeons + plenty of logical foreshadowing + a touch of mistaken deification + lots of worldbuilding early on, slow start, please be patient~ Not your typical mastermind-player story] A lighthearted, cheer 10.8kReads9.5Score1.5kShelves

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   I've recommended this book so many times, it's truly amazing! This is a "Fourth Calamity" story about building infrastructure in another world. It features two male leads, and while there's a romance, it's not a major focus. It's basically a pure story about the Fourth Calamity's infrastructure development. 😃 The story begins with the male lead being saved by his counterpart from the other world, who then entrusts him with the mission of saving the world. The protagonist does this willingly. 😊 The author's writing is incredibly skillful; they're a veteran. It's very enjoyable, the plot unfolds slowly and steadily, making it impossible to put down. I can honestly say that after reading this "Fourth Calamity" story, I can't stomach any other "Fourth Calamity" stories. 😘 If you haven't read anything like the "Fourth Calamity" genre, give this one a try. If you don't like it, you can return it—it's all about personal taste. Highly recommended! 😘😘😘

6. 6 大 The Earth God of Great Zhou 大周土地公 Lone Boat Herding Clouds孤舟牧云Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsCompleted [Quality guaranteed across 5 million characters. Feel free to bookmark and enjoy!] He transmigrates into the world of Sword and Fairy and becomes the lowest-ranking Earth God. Relying on the incense offerings of the spirits in the wilderness, such as weasels, foxes, rats, hedgehogs, and snakes, he grows stronger step by step and establishes a clan of immortals. He teaches weasels to lay bricks, foxes to tell stories, rats to mint coins, and pythons to sail the seas... Starting out as an Earth Go 27.2kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves

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   The first one perfectly meets your requirements: a vast world view, different races, different civilizations, and the protagonist is a civil engineer. The second one is okay; I rewatched it twice. The third one also satisfies your requirements for a large world view, allowing you to build your own power.

7. 7 练 Qi Refiners and the Vast Sea of Worlds 练气士与界海宏宇 Stars and Constellations, Lofty and Grand星斗气郁峥嵘Eastern Fantasy935k WordsOngoing [Part road novel, slow-paced] “My path honors yin and yang, reveres creation, and practices profound virtue. Thus, I refine the true and ascend to the Dao, take hold of heaven and earth, and nurture all living things. The myriad spirits look up to me, fear me, and respect me.” The boundless cosmos of the Sea of Worlds stretches on without end, and the path of cultivation knows no limits: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Deification, Primordial Spirit... Each stage is a whole n 11.6kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves
8. 8 撑 Breaking Through the Transmigration and Rebirth Research Lab 撑破穿越重生研究室 Thorny Bougainvillea有刺三角梅Urban363k WordsOngoing Modern City + Multiple Social Classes + Multiple Female Characters + Campus Life + Inspirational + Political Career + Workplace + Two Male Leads To secure more research funding, Z University opened the world’s first “Transmigration and Rebirth Research Lab.” After finally passing the graduate entrance exam, Yi Lian became one of the lab’s first graduate students… Then Yi Lian discovered that they had become a living specimen… 148Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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9. 9 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 29.7kReads8.7Score2.5kShelves

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   This is the book! It's about survival and infrastructure building, and it's already finished. There's a lot of content, and the pacing of the plot is excellent. It starts with a small cabin and gradually adds other facilities. It's really great!

10. 10 昨 Yesterday Flowed into the City 昨日流入城 Thorny Bougainvillea有刺三角梅Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Officialdom] + [Workplace] + [Business World] + [Family] A scholar, two business magnates, three boxing champions, four great families, the Gao family's five tigers, the Twelve Beauties of Jiangling, and 108 concubines... A man who had lost all hope and decided to lie flat is thrust into officialdom overnight, only to become the talk of the whole city as he indulges in wine, women, wealth, and power... Where does his path ultimately lead? Will there be an ending? 306Reads9.2Score366Shelves
11. 11 我 I'm a Punk, but the Girl I Kidnapped Is Trouble 我烂仔，绑的姑娘不对劲 Come See the Moon来看月Historical1.1M WordsOngoing (Ancient-Era Underworld + Everyday Life + Sweet 1v1 Romance + Lighthearted + Contrast + Farming + Business Management + Conquering the Realm) I accidentally kidnapped a girl beautiful enough to bring ruin to a kingdom. She blinked her innocent doe eyes at me and asked, “Are you after ransom, or did you kidnap me because you fancy me?” Before I could react, she sighed. “I suppose just taking my money is fine too.” I realized something was off and tried to make a run for it. She patted down he 68.6kReads8.6Score8.5kShelves

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    I gave this cover and title a thumbs up [facepalm][facepalm] but the actual text turned out to be surprisingly good [admiration][admiration]. Because it's a new book, the rating is relatively low, and the beginning is a bit flat, but it gets really addictive from chapter 17 onwards. It gets better and better as it goes on. The protagonist is intelligent, the gang is also developing, and there is no system.

12. 12 穿 Transmigrated Into Cyberpunk: Starting as the Gang's Big Sister 穿越赛博：从帮派大姐大开始 Copper Pea铜豌豆啊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsOngoing [Cyberpunk Transmigration + No Romance + No System + Business and Development + Light Ensemble Cast + Imagination] Wan Ning transmigrates into a cyberpunk world and becomes the leader of a small-time gang destined to be cannon fodder. Help, how am I supposed to keep up this act? To stay alive, she has no choice but to grit her teeth and play along. After taking out a traitor with a single shot, Wan Ning appears calm and composed, as if everything is under control. In reality, her legs are tremb 20.8kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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    The first one counts, and the second one counts too, since they're both infrastructure-building novels. The latter two, needless to say, are definitely...

13. 13 n NPCs, Don't Be Afraid. The Players Are Just Raising Little Animals npc别怕，玩家只是在养小动物 S12 and KouS12与蔻Sports1.4M WordsCompleted [Fourth Calamity, Optimist, Fluffy Animals, Immortal Female Lead, Cognitive Filter] A new game appeared in Ning Meng's library. Convinced she was an expert gamer, Ning Meng happily began playing this cute-looking farming game full of fluffy animals. And so she got herself a planet. And a fluffy NPC who had nearly been eaten as food. So cute! Whether it was Ximos, the black-nosed sheep included as a starter gift, the pure-black twin bunnies Moke and Moni she found later, Nana the ragdoll cat, Ami 15.3kReads8.9Score2.6kShelves
14. 14 穿 Transmigrating into a Chaotic Age, the Mad Princess Builds a Nation Through Robbery 穿乱世，疯癫公主她靠抢劫建国了 Turning Ink into Ink点墨成墨Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + Struggle for Supremacy + Chaotic Era + Powerful Female Lead + Fleeing Famine + Infrastructure Building + No Romantic Pairing + Portable Space] Original title: Transmigrating Through Chaotic Times, the Mad Princess Builds a Nation by Robbing Others When Jiang Jin awoke, she discovered that she had become a princess of a fallen kingdom and was being sent to Liang City to become a plaything for the barbarian Jiao Liang. She thought about it and decided it would be better for others 149.6kReads9.5Score18.7kShelves
15. 15 假 After Faking Nobility, I Became a God 假冒贵族后我成神了 A Scholar Through and Through书生本色Fantastical Romance1.3M WordsOngoing [Fake aristocrat + true queen + secret identities + everyone’s favorite + nation-building + personal growth] Luo Wei transmigrates into the body of a lowly commoner who passed herself off as a noble girl to enroll at school. Her identity is about to be exposed, and she’ll be despised and cursed by the entire school before being hanged at the gallows in the marketplace. Luo Wei: What’s there to be afraid of? I just have to pretend to be a noble. As someone from the twenty-first century, I can act 128.8kReads9.5Score13.8kShelves
16. 16 情 Love in the Courtyard: Bixia Yuanjun 情满四合院之碧霞元君 Recluse of Mount Tai泰山居士Male-Channel Fanfiction2.9M WordsOngoing With the protection of Bixia Yuanjun of Mount Tai, also known as Granny Mount Tai, Wang Shengwen's soul transmigrates into the story of Love in the Courtyard in the 1960s. He carries out the duties of “helping the nation prosper and its people thrive, aiding those in peril and rescuing those in danger, rewarding merit and punishing wrongdoing,” using real events as they happen to change the outlook of the people of that era. The protagonist has been deeply shaped by traditional Chinese Taoist th 2.4kReads8.1Score109Shelves

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    This courtyard house is being developed as an infrastructure demonstration zone in Changping District, Qin Huairu's hometown.

17. 17 规 Even Rule Horror Wants to Build a Family Business 规则怪谈也想经营家族 Not A Sound, Not An Itch不声不痒Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing Reviews have just started coming in, so this will rise [Nonhuman Protagonist + No Couple + Eldritch Horror + Farming + Faction Management + A Little National Destiny in the Early Story, None Later + Dice Goddess Blessings + Game Invasion] Rules stem from the rights granted by one's identity. Rights bring both power and responsibility. The weak can only gain a foothold in this world where rules reign supreme by banding together. The rules of the Strange Tale Collective's home collapsed after inte 53.1kReads9.0Score6.8kShelves

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    I highly recommend this book: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Because the protagonist is a supernatural being, the world map unfolds in a world of bizarre rules and supernatural tales. The first five or six chapters are slightly padded, but the author tweaks them later, resulting in a good reading experience. Reading for 20 hours is definitely worthwhile. The book's theme is very novel, not a traditional supernatural tale with rules. There are relatively few dungeons, but there's a lot of content on family management, map expansion, and territory development, since the book mainly focuses on family management. There are relatively few instances of "Chosen One" perspectives or national commentary, but they're not useless. When the Chosen One enters a dungeon, the nation's hints are concise, effective, and quite helpful. Overall, the world is a bizarre world, so it's basically written around the supernatural. Because it's about families, it has a slightly slice-of-life feel. If you're looking for a typical overpowered protagonist or a Chosen One surviving in a nation, well, you'll have to look elsewhere. I read this book for over 20 hours and found it quite enjoyable.

18. 18 我 After Reaching Max Level in the Wasteland, I Transmigrated to a Famine Year and Became Empress 我在废土满级后，穿越荒年当女帝 Zhuye竹野Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted A satisfying infrastructure-building power fantasy, not a matriarchal-world story. Ruan Xiang, ruler of the largest base in the wasteland, transmigrated into one of the refugees fleeing famine in ancient times. Finding water, irrigating fields, building filtration ponds, making bricks and building kilns, teaching people to read, pressing oil… To survive better, Ruan Xiang gathered every worker she could. Until she discovered that the imperial court was growing weak, the ministers were afraid 9.6kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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    Having read books for over 10 years, I highly recommend this one. It has a grand vision, directly overthrowing the feudal imperial system and moving towards communism.

19. 19 报 Reporting to the General: Your Wife Just Wants to Be a Widow in the Countryside 报告将军，夫人只想在乡野当寡妇 Eighty Degrees八十度Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted She transmigrates and gets her fiancé stolen right from the start. No big deal! Ming Zi is even grateful to her white-lotus cousin for taking that scumbag off her hands. But what's with this alternate-era country where any woman still unmarried at fifteen gets forcibly assigned a husband by the state? And once you get assigned a husband, you have to accept him, even if he's a fool or disabled! The cousin who stole her fiancé, along with her step-grandmother, have already gone to the county offic 545Reads8.9Score100Shelves

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    In ancient times, a prosperous port was built, connecting to the Belt and Road Initiative via waterways. The man possessed skills in jade gambling and hairpin making, and also had some martial arts ability. Holding corn and millet peppers, he provided the corn to the frontier to ensure the people there were well-fed, while he himself made a fortune from the millet peppers.

20. 20 从 From Toddler Prince to Sovereign of All Under Heaven [Infrastructure] 从奶娃诸侯王到天下共主【基建】 Peach Creek Wilds桃溪野Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing Original title: From Infant Prince to Ruler of All Under Heaven: Infrastructure Building [Feel-good power fantasy + adorable toddler from the start + gaming cheat + infrastructure building + farming + war + family and country + cute pets + romance?] [Serious Synopsis] If you come from across the sea and travel west, you will eventually find a prosperous city unlike anything in this world. It is the fiefdom of His Highness, the Prince of You: Youzhou. At the end of the dynasty, the land is strew 171.9kReads9.3Score18.7kShelves

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    The first one is very good, it's just a pity it's still being serialized, but there's a lot of content.

21. 21 我 I Only Want to Be a Military Doctor, So Why Are You Making Me Empress? 我只想当军医，你们让我当女皇？ I'm Starving我超饿Ancient Romance965k WordsCompleted [Feel-good revenge + transmigration + System + medicine + nation-building + conquering a chaotic age + empress + cheat powers] Medical student Liu Yi transmigrates into a war-torn age. The world is in chaos, the imperial court has fallen, and ordinary people can barely survive. But she brought along her all-purpose doctor System. System: “I can give you medical equipment.” System: “I can give you medical books.” System: “I can give you an entire modern hospital.” System: “Your goal is to becom 6.1kReads9.5Score859Shelves

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    These three are all great. I've been watching episode 1 since I caught up with it, and I just recently started watching it again. I also recently found episode 2, and I'll start watching it after I catch up with episode 1. Episode 3 is a survival game with a very large world-building; I've been watching it for ten days now. I'll wait a bit longer before continuing. I highly recommend watching them all!

22. 22 魔 The Witch's Farm: Build a Home in a Survival Game 魔女的农场：生存游戏建造家园 Nanbei Yuan南北鸳Fantastical Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [No Romance] [Everyone Survives in a Western Fantasy World] [Building and Farming] [Lone Wolf] Su Mo opened her eyes and found herself in a massive Western fantasy survival game. From the start, she had a 2x2 patch of soil, an axe, and a fishing rod. She needed to obtain building blueprints and establish her own territory. With a Strength stat of 1, even carrying a crate of water was exhausting. It was a nightmare start to a survival game. After killing a slime, she obtained a s 99.1kReads8.5Score13.9kShelves
23. 23 开 Transported to the Wasteland at the Start—I Choose to Hand It Over to the State 开局传送废土，我选择上交国家 San Yue iii三月iiiSci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsOngoing [Two-way portal]+ [Wasteland farming]+ [Handing everything over to the state]+ [Ensemble cast] Lin Xian is forcibly transported to a wasteland after a nuclear war. His only advantage is a 21-cubic-meter storage space. After struggling alone for a day, he makes the only sensible choice: carrying samples, he heads straight for the military district's gates. “I have intelligence that concerns national security. I request to hand it over!” When mysterious samples from another world and horrifying im 37kReads8.4Score2.7kShelves

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    I recommend these books; they are all excellent and develop step by step.

24. 24 开EN I Start by Handing Over a Cultivation World, and the Nation Wants Me to Become an Immortal First 开局上交修仙界，国家让我先成仙 Beautiful Onion美丽的洋葱Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing “Chief, I request permission to hand over an unclaimed cultivation world.” “This world is rich in resources and abundant in spiritual energy. I recommend taking it over as soon as possible.” Lu Li transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes a low-ranking mine slave in a demonic sect. Without an old master or a System to guide him, he thinks he'll have to cultivate the hard way. But by chance, he awakens a twin-fish jade pendant that can contact Huaxia. The news shocks the entire country, an 259.2kReads9.2Score31.2kShelves
25. 25 海 Ocean Survival: My Raft Leads to Peach Blossom Sanctuary 海上求生：我的木筏通桃源 Spring Breeze Brings Warmth春风送暖Sports2.0M WordsCompleted When she woke up, the world had turned upside down. Countless people had entered a game called Survival at Sea. From the start, all they had was a wooden raft and a fishing rod. Every supply had to be caught on a line. Sharks, giant beasts, bitter cold, hurricanes, and merciless hunting between people. Survival became incredibly difficult, and supplies were scarce and precious. Lu Xingchen entered the game and obtained a god-tier pocket dimension on her very first day: the Peach Blossom Sanctuar 63.9kReads9.1Score7.2kShelves

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    Building infrastructure on the ocean isn't unreasonable, is it? Expanding step by step—one has to admire the author's imagination.

26. 26 移 Mobile City: The Divine Resource Wholesaler 移动城市，神级资源批发商 Parentheses Laughing括弧笑笑Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Raved about by ten thousand readers | One million following the updates | Ten million currently reading!] [Lord-Building] [Overwhelming Power] [The stats are still professional] [From Chapter 78 onward, the protagonist can print unlimited money] [A beacon-of-civilization story! (Elementary schoolers who want to see the protagonist act like a ruthless doomsday human trafficker, stay away)] (The novel's theme song, “Alliance of the Singularity,” is now available on all platforms.) All of humanit 165.1kReads9.2Score13.4kShelves
27. 27 倒 90-Day Countdown: China Enters First-Level Combat Readiness 倒计时90天：华夏进入一级战备 A Salted Fish Swaying in the Wind风中摇摆的咸鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.3M WordsOngoing #Ensemble Cast #Reborn in the Apocalypse #Nationwide Mobilization #Hardcore Military Industry #Everyone Transmigrates #Rise of a Great Power "If the apocalypse were imminent, Dongguo would deliver the most stirring answer!" At a single order from the nation, Huaxia immediately activated its highest-level state of combat readiness! We would not sit back and wait for the gods to save us, nor pin our hopes on aid from other countries. Billions of people united as one, building a nationwide line of 66.3kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves
28. 28 废 Wasteland: Restarting Civilization 废土：重启文明 Winter's String Embers冬日弦烬Sci-Fi & Apocalypse951k WordsOngoing The rating just opened. It’ll go up later. Wasteland + No CP + System + Farming + World-Building + No Pocket Dimension + No Shop + Team Development + Ensemble Cast (Please note: The heroine isn’t a lone wolf or a villainess. She has her own moral code, but she isn’t a saint who saves people unconditionally. The team will be split evenly between men and women, with new members joining over time. Please be gentle.) Lin Yu, an overworked project manager who died from exhaustion, was reborn in the 850Reads8.9Score101Shelves

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    ... It's so good I'm speechless. She's truly my favorite female protagonist in all the novels I've read—the smartest, most capable, most resourceful, most ruthless, and most awesome. Every chapter flows so smoothly I don't even need to read the comments. Every character is so well-developed, with depth and complexity, and their humanity isn't one-dimensional. The world-building is also very complete. It's so breathtakingly written I almost suspect the author used a secondary account to smear other authors; their knowledge is off the charts! It was so exhilarating, it gave me goosebumps. I find every member of the main group adorable, and I really hope they can continue on their journey together, just like Lin Yu said—the captain will never abandon any crew member! It's just a little painful to catch up.

29. 29 丰 Lord of Abundance 丰饶之主 Fish Farmer of the North Sea北海养鱼佬Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted [Evil God LitRPG + Lord + Fourth Calamity] Kun, the second son of a noble house, inherits a dangerous territory on the kingdom's border. Armed with the Six-Horned Mark of Abundance and chosen by the God of Abundance, the new lord has no choice but to make his own way. He leads the people of two worlds as they start from scratch, clear the wilderness, cultivate fertile fields, grow high-yield crops, tame magical beasts, and build the perfect territory of their dreams. The first horn of abundance: 18.1kReads8.5Score2.4kShelves

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    These two books are highly recommended! They're also suitable for female readers, and have no flaws!

30. 30 边 Edge: A Beast Girl Collection Game That Starts with a Mouse Girl 边缘：从鼠娘开始的兽娘收集游戏 Mound Fox冢狐Anime Fanfiction1.8M WordsOngoing [Beast-Eared Girls] [Lots of Beast-Eared Girls] [Loli from the Start] [Multiple Heroines] [Science Fiction] [Slow Burn] [Colony Development] [Raising and Nurturing] [RimWorld] [Edgeworld] When he woke up, Jiang Ling found himself lying in a hibernation pod, having been taken to a planet on the very edge of the galaxy. He had also been brought to the year 5500 AD. It was a lawless, chaotic place without order or government. On a planet like this, Jiang Ling, an ordinary person from the 21st centu 75kReads9.2Score8.8kShelves

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    This vast world-building is amazing!

31. 31 国 National Survival: I Keep the Nation Afloat with an Intelligence System 国运求生，我靠情报系统养活国家 Sea of Mist雾海Urban2.2M WordsOngoing [National destiny + livestream + wilderness survival + primeval wilderness] A higher civilization has sealed off Blue Star’s resources! A livestreamed wilderness survival challenge begins, binding each pioneer to their nation’s destiny! If a contestant dies or finishes last, their nation will suffer a natural disaster! The Dragon Kingdom’s pioneer is dropped into a harsh environment. Earthquakes and extreme cold plague the country, making it the laughingstock of the world. Pioneer Lin An is sent 373.3kReads9.1Score41.8kShelves

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    I highly recommend the first book. The writing is excellent, and both the main and supporting characters are very interesting. Each character has their own unique traits and is intelligent. The world-building is grand, and the main character is a child who is clever, cute, and torturous...

32. 32 恒 The Moon Endures, and All Things Eventually Become Strange 恒月长存，万物终成怪异 Cats and the Four Seasons猫与四季Urban2.3M WordsOngoing Two suns, three moons, and one that goes dark. A hundred cities, eight clans, all sharing one world. Chen Mianmian. Male. Race: Moon. Hobby: collecting the bizarre. At first, he thought he had two Systems: Crimson Rainbow Moon and Frost-Clear Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could become someone else’s System, holding the fate of all living things in his hands. The Eighth Era, also known as the Evermoon Era, saw humans, witches, elves, bloodkin, ghosts, demons, and spirits together w 267.5kReads9.1Score55.6kShelves

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    It's incredibly good! There are so many foreshadowing elements, the author's writing logic is very clear, and I think the world-building is fantastic.

33. 33 穿 Transmigrating to a Matriarchal Society and Building a Kingdom of Women with Primitive People 穿越母系社会，带原始人建女尊国 Liqueur-Filled Candy酒心味糖果Ancient Romance600k WordsCompleted Transmigration to an alternate world + primitive wilderness + infrastructure and farming + no romance + no System + matriarchal society Important: a matriarchal society, with women in power and women in charge!!! Jiang Yue, a PhD in engineering from the twenty-first century and an avid wilderness survival enthusiast, accidentally transmigrates to a primitive tribal world. These primitive people have no clothes, shoes, or homes, and go hungry nine times in three days. Jiang Yue gets the worst pos 4.5kReads8.8Score612Shelves

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    They're definitely afraid of infrastructure projects!

34. 34 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 94.2kReads9.0Score14.6kShelves

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    This is a very interesting story about how one person from each country goes to build systems on other planets.

35. 35 文 Civilization Brawl 文明大乱斗 Moon Reflected in Clear Waters澄江映月Sports1.6M WordsOngoing Do you want to play a true civilization game? Build a tribe, manage farms, advance technology, forge alliances, vie for supremacy, establish fiefdoms and kingdoms, and create a great civilization that reaches out into the vast sea of stars. You can compete alongside countless players and civilizations, conquer the world, and battle for dominion over the stars. Humans, orcs, spiritfolk, dwarves, machinefolk, insectoids, gods, winged folk... Countless races clash for supremacy. Technology, martial 13.7kReads7.6Score1kShelves

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    Both of these are very good lord novels.

36. 36 领 Lord: Starting with a Hunter Card 领主：从猎人卡开始 The White Wolf Who Eats Greens吃青菜的白狼Eastern Fantasy877k WordsOngoing Western fantasy, lords, cards, construction, farming, beast taming, slow burn Richard arrived in a medieval fantasy world where magical cards allowed people to obtain extraordinary power. Blue Knight Card: Become a tank on the battlefield and take the enemy general’s head amid thousands of troops. Blue Ranger Card: Pass through a rain of arrows without a single leaf touching you. Blue Beast Tamer Card: One person is an army. If you have anything to say, say it to my pets. However, not all c 140.4kReads8.6Score16.5kShelves
37. 37 乱 A Lone Woman in Troubled Times, Plotting an Age of Prosperity 乱世孤女，谋千古盛世 Lingering Fragrance and Faded Powder旧香残粉Ancient Romance2.2M WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead + No CP + Empress + Ensemble Cast + Political Scheming + War + Power Struggles in a Chaotic Era + Nation-Building and Farming + No Spatial Storage or System + Slow-Burn Growth + Epic Length] Yun Huaijin suddenly became a "corpse" in a world torn apart by chaos. She crawled out of a pile of bodies, with only a child on the verge of starving to death beside her. In this world, nobles lived in drunken indulgence, powerful clans monopolized knowledge, bandits slaughtered withou 25.5kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves

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    Starting from scratch, this book seems to have a fairly large world-building scope. The author has maps, and the background is a chaotic world. The beginning involves surviving in that chaotic world. The writing style is not bad, at a fine level.

38. 38 第EN The Fourth Calamity: My Players Reforge Order 第四天灾：我的玩家重铸秩序 Steamed Rice Bucket蒸汽饭桶Sports3.2M WordsOngoing [The Fourth Calamity] [Lighthearted] [No Female Lead] [Western Fantasy Lord-Building] [Slow Burn] “Link a lump of flesh, a few bone fragments, and most of an intact brain with vines, then add a soul from another world, and you can create a ‘player’: a marvelous nuclear-powered donkey!” “Of course, I prefer to call them ‘patchwork people.’” After Ed transmigrated to a mutated world, he used his innate ability to summon players from his old home and put them to work. But just as he was planning to 81.7kReads9.1Score8.7kShelves

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    Both of these are similar types of novels, real-world player summoning stories, mainly focusing on infrastructure building and exploration. These are the second or third best books in this genre that I've read so many times. However, the first one has two male protagonists, while the second has no romantic pairing.

39. 39 末EN Doomsday Migration to Another World: The Nation’s Steel Tide Blazes a Trail 末日迁徙异界，国家钢铁洪流开路 Serious Craftsman正经手艺人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.0M WordsOngoing [Great Power Technology vs. Magic] [Anticipation from Start to Finish] [Technological Development] [Apocalypse] [Hot-Blooded Power Fantasy] [Turned Over to the Nation] [Steel Torrent] [Light Ensemble Cast] Click to hop aboard and witness the clash of civilizations. It's guaranteed to be a great read! As an apocalyptic crisis engulfs Blue Star, Lin Mo awakens the ability to travel to a world of magic. Knowing he won't get far on his own, he immediately turns this ability over to the nation. The n 130.1kReads8.6Score13.9kShelves

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    🔥A must-read for a bookworm of over a decade! Super enjoyable, I stayed up all night reading! In a post-apocalyptic world, the protagonist can travel through time, immediately reporting to the government and receiving nationwide support! A clash between steel might and magic, giving them a glimpse of technological wonder. The reactions of the magical world to modern technology are hilarious. As the world unfolds, technological advancements and massive infrastructure development keep the excitement building, creating wave after wave of thrills – it's simply unbeatable! In short, it's incredibly good! 🔥🔥

40. 40 领 Lord Survival: Starting from a Deep-Sea Base 领主求生：从深海基地开始 I Have a Sea我有一片海Sports1.3M WordsCompleted [Lord] [Survival] [Doomsday] [Eerie] [Disasters] [Construction] [Farming] This is the graveyard of civilization, where the remains of countless worlds lie buried. The death of a civilization is as natural as the rising and setting of the stars. In this world surrounded by apocalyptic despair, staying alive has become an impossible wish. Hunger, darkness, chaos, monsters, eerie forces, ancient gods, the supernatural, mist, deities, sparks of hope, the deep sea, holy cities, and endless apocalypti 21.3kReads8.2Score1.9kShelves

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    Tags: Lord, Post-Apocalyptic Infrastructure, Deep-Sea Survival, Cthulhu, No Female Lead, Survival, Civilization Ruins, Deep-Sea Mysteries (Mysterious Calamity Worldview) This is the graveyard of civilizations, burying the corpses of countless worlds. The death of civilizations is as natural as the rise and fall of stars. In this world surrounded by apocalyptic devastation, survival is an impossible dream. Hunger, darkness, chaos, monsters, mysteries, ancient gods, the extraordinary, mist, deities, fire, the deep sea, holy cities, and endless apocalyptic catastrophes. Lu Xuanhe and millions of people on Earth arrived in this world unexpectedly. The deep sea called for his arrival. So, in the center of the all-destroying apocalyptic storm, the Deep Sea Lord begins in a small wooden hut.

41. 41 末 Reborn in the Apocalypse, I Become an Unlimited Power Source for a Nuclear Plant 末世重生，成为核电站供能无限 The Furious Yuan Baoju气急败坏的元宝炬Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsOngoing (The overall style leans toward technology-themed farming. The protagonist disguises himself as an AI to interact with people. There is a System and some supernatural elements, but this is not a hard-science-tech novel.) After the zombie crisis broke out, Ling Yu died trying to save someone, only to find himself reborn as one of the city's nuclear power plants. With nearly three hundred zombies in the facility, the reactor core on the verge of melting down, and only six cleaning robots and a you 131.1kReads8.9Score18.7kShelves

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    The worldview unfolds layer by layer; it starts off unremarkable, but becomes increasingly captivating as you watch.

42. 42 生 Survival Game: The System Begs Me Not to Die 生存游戏：系统求我别死 When the General Is Away将在外Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsOngoing [No romance + strong heroine + stockpiling + survival dungeons + infinite survival] It all begins when a survival game suddenly descends upon the world. Jiang Li becomes a player and enters the beginner map, [Wasteland Town]. She comes back from the dead and gains a talent that lets her evolve items and add traits. Thugs prowl outside her safe house. With a repair hammer in hand, Jiang Li takes them out in ten seconds and gets their gear. No food or clothes? No big deal. The enemies deliver supp 10.1kReads8.8Score903Shelves

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    Is it okay to stockpile goods for infrastructure construction? Building your own safe house is really good, I'm so happy! I don't know why so few people read it, I really love this book.

43. 43 异 Another World: From the Start, I Became a Dungeon 异世界，开局变成一座地下城 Si Sisi四肆寺Eastern Fantasy535k WordsOngoing [Dungeons] [System] [Nonhuman] [Management] [Western Fantasy] After transmigrating to another world, Li Dalen became a dungeon on the frontier? Countless invaders, all coveting the dungeon’s treasures, flock to this frontier dungeon. The dungeon is too weak? Terrifying monsters are constantly being created. The dungeon is too small? New levels are constantly being opened up. It evolves from the weakest, smallest dungeon into something greater. The dungeon has only one purpose: to stop every inva 1kReads8.5Score215Shelves

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    Both are pretty good, I highly recommend the second one.

44. 44 西EN Western Fantasy: Your Majesty the Empress, I Am a Loyal Servant of the Empire 西幻：女皇陛下，朕是帝国忠臣啊 Writing Nonsense Like Crazy嘎嘎乱写Eastern Fantasy4.2M WordsOngoing [Farming]+ [Slow Burn]+ [Western Fantasy]+ [Multiple Races]+ [No System]+ [Conquest] After transmigrating to the Middle Ages, he became a nobleman named Field. He learned that women in this world could awaken as “Chosen Ones,” each with unique abilities and extraordinary beauty. Field hadn't even had time to celebrate before his useless father and beautiful stepmother sent him off to develop a blighted land full of poverty and monsters! Worse still, the entire empire, no, the entire world, was r 312.2kReads9.4Score19.5kShelves
45. 45 领 Lord: From the Start, I Begin by Abducting a Princess 领主：开局从强抢公主开始 Herbalism Just Bathed本草刚沐Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing [Western Fantasy + Hardcore Technology + Multiple Heroines + Conquest] I transmigrated into the body of a debauched count, waking up just as a princess was about to “serve” me. Her inner thoughts: “I’m going to tear you limb from limb.” Outside the door, a Church Inquisitor had already arrived: “The princess has been corrupted by a demon. Anyone involved will be burned at the stake.” My life hung by a thread. But no one knew I was an electrical engineer. And even fewer knew I could hear women’s 7kReads8.2Score813Shelves

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    This is a vast world-building Western fantasy novel featuring hardcore technology and witches. It's somewhat similar to Game of Thrones and also to the genre of "Release That Witch." While it has a harem, it's not mindless collection. Each heroine has a distinct personality, intelligence, and principles. The author weaves in many subtle plot threads and cleverly designs the story. Ideally, the characters should have some education; those who didn't graduate high school might not understand the intricacies of the technological development and might only wonder why the author doesn't create dozens of harems.

46. 46 每 Three Thousand Taels a Day: She Helps the Whole County Thrive 每日补贴三千两，她带飞全县百姓 Rivers Flow to the Sea江河归海Ancient Romance482k WordsOngoing [Women's Historical Fiction + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Business-Building + System] The Great Qian Dynasty is nearing its end. Natural disasters strike one after another, and chaos is on the horizon. Lu Zhiwei follows her demoted father to Shu, where all she sees is a poor county in ruins, surrounded by refugees, with the dead from starvation lying everywhere. Her father wants to govern with diligence, but the previous county magistrate squeezed the people dry, leaving the yamen so broke you can 2.9kReads—Score482Shelves

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    Both are genuine infrastructure-building and female-centric novels, not the kind of palace intrigue or domestic drama disguised as infrastructure-building stories. Highly recommended.

47. 47 兽 Beast World: Bet You Didn’t Expect Me to Turn Myself In 兽世：没想到吧，我把自己上交了 A Bowl of Lamb Offal Soup喝碗羊杂汤Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Beast World, farming, infrastructure building, interworld development, cooperation with the nation, turning everything over to the country, and an ambitious heroine (ambition is not a derogatory term) (National cooperation, with an overwhelmingly powerful cheat) What should you do if you become the absurdly pampered wife heroine in a beast-world conquest novel? Jiang Jiao turned around and handed herself over to the country, clinging to the leg of her motherland. Jiang Jiao: Mom, food, pleas 22.1kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves

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    In this book, set in a beast world, it seems the female protagonist is initially bound to a birth-generating system? Unwilling to be a tool, she surrenders herself to the nation, and with its help, manages to deceive the system, establishing her own country in the beast world. She also contributes to the country's development, and her family is well taken care of. Ultimate fantasy, right? Who wouldn't want a government job? Who wants to struggle outside with their mother's safety net?

48. 48 血 The Supreme Soviet of the Vampire World 血族世界的最高苏维埃 Eighty-Pull Guarantee Chieftain八十保底酋长Urban4.2M WordsOngoing [Low-Magic World] [No System] [No Golden Finger] [Protagonist Transmigrates Whole] [Grassroots Path] [Encircle the Cities from the Countryside] Twelve hundred years ago, the vampires rose to power in Sylvania... Eight hundred years ago, they unleashed the first Vampire Calamity, which was successfully put down by the combined forces of the human kingdoms and the Holy Church Alliance. Over the next six hundred years, the vampires kept returning. With steel, gunpowder, and faith, the Holy Church A 18.1kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves

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    The people-centered historical perspective includes extensive content on establishing revolutionary base areas, avoids deus ex machina, and emphasizes the power of the masses. The protagonist's "golden finger" lies in his ideology and the people he has organized.

49. 49 6 648 to Become the Creator God! The Technology Is All Real! 648当创世神！技术全是真的！ Twelve Earth Shen十二土申Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Theistic civilization + ensemble cast + uplifting the real world + global hegemony + fiercely protective + behind-the-scenes mastermind + development and growth + interstellar conquest in the later stages] (An unserious introduction: Oil? Food? Population? Territory? Continents? Planets? What's yours or theirs? It's all bestowed on me by the Father God.) A serious introduction: Give time to civilization, and civilization to technology. Above the river of time, I chart the ultimate destiny of ci 124kReads8.8Score12.8kShelves

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    A vast world, a world of civilization! [Laughs][laughs][laughs]

50. 50 家 My Father Is Emperor Wu of Han! 家父汉武帝！ The Wise Man's Mutt智者的土狗儿Historical1.9M WordsCompleted [Winner of the National Library writing contest] [Top-tier historical storytelling + no System + rebellion + political intrigue + a love-hate relationship between father and son] Reborn in the womb as Liu Ju, the eldest legitimate son of Emperor Wu of Han. His father is Liu Che, the most powerful carbon-based life form on Earth in the second century BCE! And his maternal family’s lineup is even more outrageous! His mother is Wei Zifu, his uncle is Wei Qing, his cousin is Huo Qubing, and his youn 88kReads9.2Score8.3kShelves

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