The Best Novels on Tomato: Stories About Surviving as a Group 全民求生之类的，番茄最优秀的小说。

1. 501 末 A Candle in the Cave at the End of the World, Her Beauty Unextinguished 末世洞中烛，红颜不灭 Ran Yu染雨Sci-Fi & Apocalypse308k WordsOngoing The moment the crimson light appeared, everyone in the world received the same message. One spark per person. Five chances to defend yourself. Once they’re gone, you die. Reset at midnight every day. Stay away from crowds. Keep your spark alive. The supernatural will devour you, but people are even more dangerous. And one final line, like a sigh: I hope this time it doesn’t end in total defeat. Everyone was running, out of the cities, toward places with fewer people, toward destinations where th 56Reads—Score—Shelves

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   …Supernatural apocalypse, sci-fi upgrade, anchored in a cave, multiple female leads, multiple female leads, multiple female leads, I'll say it three times because it's important, survival.

2. 502 我 I Solve Cases at the Special Investigations Bureau by Day and Serve in the Underworld by Night 我白天特案局办案，晚上地府当差 Mr. Youyong幼庸先生Mystery3.6M WordsCompleted I was born with a pure Yang constitution and the fate of Zhong Kui. I can drive out demons, subdue ghosts, and repel evil spirits. The moment I was born, all kinds of factions fought to take me as their disciple. A bunch of monks and Taoist priests said I was destined to become a Celestial Master or a great monk. They even got into a brawl over me, and that’s not all: in the end, both the state and the underworld got involved! When I was one, the state even assigned me a corpse-born child who ha 21.5kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves

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   When you see this book I'm recommending, it proves our connection; this book links us together. If you feel down and discouraged, if you don't want to settle for the status quo and want to start anew, if you want to say goodbye to the chaos and disorder of the past, this book will hold the answers you seek. It doesn't contain the lofty cultivation stories of novels, but rather the most accessible and understandable truths. Open this book and embark on your own path of cultivation.

3. 503 求 Survival: Starting by Building a Shelter 求生：从建造庇护所开始 A Big Bowl of Stew大碗烩菜Sports309k WordsOngoing [Survival] [Farming and Livestock] [No Saintly Heroine, No Female Lead] [Slow Burn] [Plot-Driven] [World-Building] Everyone transmigrates to a new world. Su Mo wakes up in a primeval forest and begins by building a shelter, then explores the land, learns to survive, and takes up farming and livestock raising. By staying grounded and taking things one step at a time, he works his way toward the very pinnacle. 4Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   A potentially good book?

4. 504 恐 The Great Horror Expedition 恐怖大拓荒 The One Who Hides His Edge藏锋人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse556k WordsCompleted [The Fourth Calamity] [Survival] [Madness] [Passionate] [No Golden Finger] It began on that night, when every human on Blue Star vanished for no apparent reason. As people gradually regained consciousness, they realized they did not belong in this world. Horrors, hunger, primal fear, and native invasions became the only challenges people had to face. In this world rife with danger, death was simply the norm. 691Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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   This is something I wrote myself, a slow-paced story.

5. 505 全EN Global Survival: The Witch of the Tower with an E-Rank Talent 全民求生：E级天赋的塔之魔女 Xiaoyi夏小乙Sports2.8M WordsOngoing [Farming, no romance, strong female lead, witch, alchemy, magic, golems, adorable pets, survival, natural disasters] Lan Qingyou had lost both her parents and her legs in a car accident, leaving her confined to bed and waiting to die. Then she was forcibly transmigrated to a different world ravaged by magic, where she struggled to survive. Survive? Not a chance. From the start, she had only an E-rank talent and a tree hollow for shelter, but Lan Qingyou refused to lose heart. She studied al 21.2kReads7.7Score2.1kShelves

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   The first book features a self-reliant female protagonist who learns everything from scratch. The second book is a survival story set at sea in a K-pop style.

6. 506 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 232.8kReads9.5Score28.3kShelves

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   Bookworms rejoice! This is an amazing read. The synopsis is insufficient; please read on for the full text.

7. 507 末 Doomsday Game: From the Start, I Was Born in a Garbage Dump 末日游戏：开局出生在垃圾堆 The Healthy Emperor健康的大帝Sports201k WordsOngoing [Gets better as it goes + Doomsday Game + Lone Wolf + Decisive and Ruthless + Invincible] Qin Shou transmigrated into a game called Siege of the Dead. How did I start as a beggar in a garbage dump? What do you mean I got here on the first day but was a whole week later than everyone else? I, Qin Shou, refuse to accept this. I'm taking back everything that belongs to me! 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The protagonist travels through a post-apocalyptic game

8. 508 末 Apocalypse RV: While Others Struggle to Survive, I Enjoy Life 末日房车：别人求生，我享受人生 Dawn Mist and Dew晨曦雾露Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.8M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse Survival + Stockpiling Supplies + Storage Space + Multiple Heroines + No Do-Gooder + Zombies + Leveling Up + Cunning Protagonist] The apocalypse arrives. Extreme weather rages, zombies run rampant, and the social order on Blue Star collapses. Su Chen dies in the apocalypse, then is reborn one month before doomsday. He originally plans to buy a luxurious Noma camper van to turn into his own apocalypse shelter, but accidentally activates the camper's Doomsday Fortress System! While oth 24.2kReads6.8Score2kShelves
9. 509 矿 Mine Survival: Stop Digging, I Can't Fit Any More Supplies 矿洞求生：别挖了，物资装不下了 Old Elephant Smokes老象抽烟Sci-Fi & Apocalypse610k WordsCompleted Overnight, ten billion people around the world transmigrate into a mining cave survival game. From the start, all they have is a pickaxe, and every supply must be dug up. Su Yi gains the talent Cave Whispers. Everything in the mining caves reports to him of its own accord. [Five meters ahead, there is a Strength Fruit.] [One meter to the front left, a poisonous spider is hiding.] [Three meters to the right, there is a titanium alloy pickaxe.] [Ten meters straight ahead, there is an ancient divin 1.8kReads5.9Score151Shelves

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   Two good books

10. 510 末 Apocalypse Sequence: Starting as a Mechanic 末日序列：从机械师开始 Yiyan Yiyu咦言咦语Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted The rating’s a little low since this just came out, but rest assured, it’s perfectly safe to read. Sequence upgrades: Mechanist → Mental Metal Control → Metal Domain [Lighthearted] [Not a mindless power fantasy] [Not invincible] [Scheming] [Money-grubbing] [LSP] [Ruthless] [Bizarre] [Evolving beasts] Sequence users have extraordinary abilities, but the stronger their powers, the heavier the backlash. LSP Su Rui awakens the Mechanist sequence, with lust as his backlash. Beautiful women of all kin 18.7kReads6.6Score1.7kShelves
11. 511 万 Connecting the Myriad Worlds: I Land a Government Job and Slough Off, All According to Plan 万界接轨：入编摸鱼，我手拿把掐 The Bamboo Sea Made Easy通俗易懂的竹海Urban706k WordsCompleted [No System + entirely written by hand, no AI + smart protagonist + second personality + developing superpowers + cultivating enlightenment + visiting the Myriad Worlds + world invasion + fantastical treasures] From the start, faced with a zombie crisis, I thought the apocalypse had arrived. Since I didn't want to suffer before dying, and had no System or cheat-like golden finger, I boldly went out and deliberately infected myself with the zombie virus, hoping to join the zombies' happy, harmonio 11kReads8.2Score1kShelves
12. 512 末 The Doomsday Blade Abyss 末日刀渊 Mu Rong Smiles木容笑笑Male-Channel Fanfiction3.6M WordsCompleted He begins with the game Blade Abyss and steps into the Myriad Worlds! From low-martial-arts jianghu to mid-martial-arts rivalries, then shattering the high-martial-arts firmament; next, sweeping through the Small Thousand Worlds and roaming the vast Middle Thousand Worlds, until he finally takes command of the Great Thousand Worlds' Heavenly Dao and reaches the supreme realm of the primordial chaos! 🌙 In the Gu Long world, he becomes Li Xunhuan's disciple! ⚔️ In the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber 23.3kReads7.9Score2kShelves
13. 513 末 Infinite Save-Scumming in the Apocalypse: I Play It Safe and Become a God 末日无限回档，我稳健成神 Zhang Yaya张呀呀Sci-Fi & Apocalypse953k WordsOngoing With just 24 hours until the apocalypse, Huang She awakened a System and received a save point for the current moment. Huang She figured that if he couldn't win, he could just reload and start over. One day, he'd beat the apocalypse! But after he reloaded, the story began to spiral out of control. Every time he reloaded, the apocalypse was a different kind? What the hell am I supposed to do with that? 46.6kReads8.4Score6.1kShelves
14. 514 末 Apocalypse Apartment: Awakening an Instant-Death Talent from the Start 末日公寓：开局觉醒即死天赋 SobeitSci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted The Nationwide Apartment Survival game has begun. All trial-takers, proceed with caution. Ding! Talent granted. Congratulations! You have obtained the SSS-ranked talent, Death Sentence: Instantly execute any target within 100 meters. Current uses: 10/10. The good news: I’m invincible. The bad news: I can only use it ten times. Staring at his talent, Han Yi fell into deep thought. How could he make the most of these ten instant-kill opportunities and survive better in this perilous apocalypse? Ha 16.6kReads6.8Score1.5kShelves
15. 515 全 Everyone’s Stranded at Sea: I Can Fish Up Treasures from the Myriad Worlds 全民大海求生：我能垂钓诸天 Little Divine Character Yi小神字易Sci-Fi & Apocalypse467k WordsOngoing [Rating just came out, no need to pay attention to it] [Cultivation] + [Cthulhu] + [Survival at sea] + [All races] + [Fishing] + [Myriad Worlds] + [Leveling up, special ships]... One day, the entire human race of Blue Star and the other races were pulled into another world. There was nothing here but an endless ocean, and the rules were different. Fishing could bring up anything: all kinds of materials, food, fresh water, treasure chests, treasures, special ship modification cards, race modifica 148Reads5.4Score125Shelves

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    Highly recommended.

16. 516 序 Sequence Survival: I Can Add Affixes Without Limit 序列求生：我可以无限附加词条 Lone Wolf Apart from the Pack离群的独狼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse414k WordsCompleted The day he transmigrated, Lin Mo thought he’d hit the jackpot. A golden finger, beauties in his arms, power over the world: he had even picked out names for his future children. Unfortunately, fate had handed him not a lottery ticket, but a ticket to hell. The uncanny descended, and cities became playgrounds for monsters. The few survivors struggled to stay alive in a world crawling with the uncanny, like stray dogs. And Lin Mo was one of them. 57.9kReads8.2Score3.8kShelves
17. 517 学 School Survival: While I’m Out Here Picking Up Goddesses 学校求生，而我在捡女神 Fruit Tossed with Vegetables水果拌蔬菜Sports609k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse] + [Transmigration] + [Class survival] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [Harem of multiple women] The rating has just been posted. It’ll go up later. When Lu Yuan woke up, he and his classmates and teachers had all been transported into a survival game for all humanity. Scarce food, strange beasts everywhere, and... the human nature revealed by the Apocalypse became a nightmare they had to overcome to stay alive. Everyone had to keep killing and evolving to survive. Fortunately, he awaken 290Reads6.2Score—Shelves
18. 518 公 Highway Survival: Urgent Notice! Ghosts Cannot Be Killed 公路求生：紧急通知！鬼无法杀死 The Skiff Has Already Crossed the Gates of Hell轻舟已过鬼门关Sci-Fi & Apocalypse513k WordsOngoing [Road Survival + Strange Phenomena Descend + No Female Lead + Mild Horror (Even timid readers are welcome)] As a second-year college student, Li Zuoyou transmigrates to a parallel world by accident. A world that makes it hard to breathe. Strange phenomena descend, and the whole world falls. Facing entities that cannot be killed, people struggle to survive within their murderous rules, clinging to the faintest hope of staying alive. Even the Awakened, who possess special abilities, can only suppr 753Reads6.2Score100Shelves
19. 519 序 Sequence Survival: I Start Building Discipline by Pedaling Hard 序列求生：从猛蹬自行车开始自律 Meow Big Cloud喵大云Sci-Fi & Apocalypse806k WordsCompleted [True Wish Fulfillment + Comedy + Self-Disciplined Strongman + Survival by Sequence + Musclebound Hero + Ridiculous Stats + No Saintly Heroics + Multiple Women + Convoy in the Early Stages + Doomsday Fortress Later + Entirely Human-Written] Doomsday survival. A blood moon hangs overhead, and humanity is forced to flee. Liu Meng transmigrates and is about to awaken the “Self-Disciplined” sequence. But before he can complete his awakening, the System he carries devours the sequence in one gulp and 31.5kReads7.7Score3.5kShelves
20. 520 全 Global Lord: Invincibility Begins with Summoning the Female Emperor 全民领主：无敌从召唤女帝开始 Jiang Dabai江大白Sports2.4M WordsCompleted [System-focused progression, breakneck pacing, no angst throughout, the Dragon Kingdom rises, all races vie for supremacy.] Jiang Chen transmigrates to Blue Star, a world where everyone can become a lord, and from the start acquires the Stone of Creation, which can upgrade anything. [Common Hero Token] → [Legendary Hero Token]: Summon an Empress from the start (not from One Piece). [Common Troop Token] → [Legendary Troop Token]: A dragon emerges, able to fight ten thousand alone. [Swimming Pool] 93.4kReads9.0Score9.3kShelves
21. 521 序 Survival by Sequence: From Motorcycle to Blood-and-Flesh Dragon 序列求生：从摩托车到血肉巨龙 Dip the Brush into the River提笔入河Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted Apocalypse + supernatural horrors + dual sequences + infinite evolution + invincibility + multiple heroines] A crimson moon hangs high overhead. Sanity has become a luxury, and human civilization crumbles amid a grotesque revelry. Survivors eke out an existence in the wasteland, relying on endless migrations to evade an indescribable hunt. Zhang Chen, a survivor struggling to stay alive in the apocalypse, is fortunate enough to awaken two sequences! [First Sequence: Miracle], Bind a vehicle and 67.2kReads6.9Score11.1kShelves
22. 522 震 Shocking! I Started with a Patch of Land and Struck It Rich with Critical Hits 震惊！开局一片地，暴击出奇迹 Feng Qingyang风轻阳Sports6.6M WordsCompleted As eras turn and the Heavenly Dao creates a new world, every race across the Myriad Worlds transmigrates into it. From the start, each person gets a plot of land and nothing else. They must build houses, farm, tame beasts, mine, and defend against attacks... Every living being must work hard to build a base of their own and stay alive. Luo Yu obtains the divine skill [Primordial Critical Hit], which can trigger a critical hit on anything in the world! [Gather ordinary strawberries and trigger a 31.1kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
23. 523 永 Stuck at One HP Forever, Yet I'm Still Invincible! 永久一滴血，我照样无敌于世！ Wild Ideas and Scribbles瞎想胡写Sports3.6M WordsOngoing (The comic and print edition are in production, so rest assured and enjoy reading.) [A game that transports everyone to another world, lone wolf, no baggage, ruthless, BUG-level talent, disaster legion, rigorous stats] The Myriad Worlds Game descends, and everyone begins transmigrating. Su Mubai is betrayed by the campus belle he married and left on the verge of death. The Myriad Worlds Game saves his life, but after scanning his body, the stats panel is a disaster. His maximum health is permane 132.9kReads8.8Score9.5kShelves
24. 524 末 Apocalypse: My Killing System Can Fuse All Things 末世：我的杀戮系统能融合万物 A Left Hand一支左手Sci-Fi & Apocalypse482k WordsCompleted [Sequence-based Supernatural Powers + Survival on a Haunted Highway + Fusion of All Things + Escape Through Parallel Worlds + Higher-Dimensional Testing Grounds + Hot-Blooded Adventure] The sky changed, and strange horrors descended. Only gradually did humanity discover that the entire world was a prison and testing ground for high-risk organisms. During the migration, Lin Feng awakened a Slaughter Fusion System! An ordinary backpack fused into a tough-surfaced pack with triple the capacity! 4.1kReads5.1Score233Shelves

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    💥Everything can be merged! Even a broken car can be melted into a fortress, and the protagonist roams freely in the apocalypse!

25. 525 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
26. 526 末 Apocalypse Survival: A Department Store from the Start 末日生存：开局一栋百货大楼 Bored, Yet Fortunate索然所幸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse203k WordsOngoing [Game Invasion] [Sequence Abilities] [Lighthearted and Funny] [Amazing] [Female Ghost] Everyone woke up to find themselves pulled into a doomsday survival game. Each person was randomly dropped into a different territory, where they had to survive for 30 days! Li Kong, however, was transported from his dormitory bed onto a Simmons mattress, and his territory was an entire department store! While other players searched for trash in public restrooms or gnawed on offerings in cemeteries, he browsed 146Reads—Score131Shelves

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    The whole nation is trying to survive; the plot is interesting.

27. 527 转EN Reincarnated as a Green Dragon—So What If I'm a Little Scummy? 转生成绿龙的我屑一点怎么了？ Hungry Fox饿肚子的狐狸Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsCompleted [Boom!] The gigantic beast, as big as a hill, fell to the ground. A young green dragon, smaller than the beast’s head, stood atop its skull, its dark green claws sinking deep into the flesh. It held its head high, its entire body radiating the aura of a king… “Hng-da~ Hng-da~” The scene he had imagined was abruptly interrupted by a childish cry. Standing on the beast’s skull, Kaosi lowered his head and looked helplessly at the white young dragon sitting on the ground. Her two thick hind legs str 73kReads9.1Score9kShelves
28. 528 我 After I Died, My Personal Maid Rebelled 我死后，贴身女仆造反了 Big Lai Lai Is the Fastest大赖赖我最快Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Transmigrate to another world, complete a role-playing mission, and you can return to your original world and claim a twenty-million reward! Hmph, all I have to do is play a supporting character. How hard can that be? System, bring it on! Wait, why is this a game world? And that kind of game, too... Well, that was a pretty careless way to die... Whatever, let's just wrap this up... Ding! Ding again! Why haven't I left?! What happened to returning to my original world? What happened to my reward? 21.1kReads8.0Score2kShelves
29. 529 活 I'll Lose If I Don't Make It to the End Alive 活着走到终点算我输 Two Kun Years of Writing Practice练习写作两坤年Sci-Fi & Apocalypse270k WordsCompleted [Monsters Descend] [Road Survival] [Hardcore Survival] [Subverting Expectations] My name is Lin Yuan. I'm 23 years old, and I died because I was too happy. I won five million in the lottery, couldn't catch my breath, and died on the spot. When I opened my eyes again, I was standing on an endless road. Billions of people stood around me, all just as bewildered. Behind us was thick, dark green fog filled with man-eating monsters. On both sides was brownish fog: anyone who entered would suffer full 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Survival for all, bizarre flow

30. 530 全 Everyone Transmigrates to a Fantasy World: I Craft Ancient Gods by Hand 全民穿越玄幻世界：我手搓古神 Amber Button琥珀纽扣Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Beast Taming] [Farming] [Cultivation] [Evolution of All Things] [Everyone Transmigrates] [Fantasy World] [Shelters] [Survival] [Ensemble Cast] The sun-chasing star dragon, clad in scales and armor, pokes its head out from the river of stars. The mighty Cangming Naga raises towering waves as it hunts shark-merfolk in the surf. The scarlet terror bird, hunter of dragon beasts, spreads its feathers in the dense forest. The tidal island whale, which bears up the land, roams freely through the ocean 80.5kReads8.4Score9.3kShelves
31. 531 求 Survival: Watch Closely, This Is How You Use a Monster Girl 求生：看好了，异族娘是这么用的 A Ten-Year-Old Chara十年的猹Sports1.1M WordsCompleted [Disasters] [Farming and growth] [Management and construction] [No cheats] [Unit development] Also known as: After Starting to Fight for Survival, I Realized Just How Useful Otherworldly Girls Are An alien civilization invades, and Blue Star falls! On the brink of extinction, the will of Blue Star forcibly awakens its civilization. 6.4 billion Blue Star inhabitants transmigrate to the Dark Continent, where they struggle to survive. Terrifying disasters, monsters roaming the darkness, and oth 6kReads7.7Score758Shelves
32. 532 全 Everyone's Train Survival Has a Bug, and You're Really Exploiting It 全民列车求生有bug你是真卡啊 Xiao Mian, the Pig-Slaughtering Boy杀猪少年小棉Sports1.9M WordsOngoing [Train survival + no female lead + lone wolf + no dead weight + no simp] Su Yuan wakes up in a world where people must survive aboard trains. The train keeps approaching stations, and you only have three things to do. First: Keep the train running properly. Second: Gather enough supplies. After all, you don’t know how dangerous the next station will be or how long your supplies will last. Third: Stay alive. After reading the rules, Su Yuan awakens a talent from the start. His talent is unusual a 371Reads6.4Score104Shelves
33. 533 救 Ladies Who Would Save the World, I’m Really Not an Evil God 救世主小姐们，我真不是邪神 After Midnight It's Breakfast, Not a Late-Night Snack过凌晨是早餐不是宵夜Mystery847k WordsOngoing He transmigrates into a horror game with themes like the grotesque, cosmic horror, steam, punk, depression, beautiful girls, and dress-up, and nearly kills the heroine, his little sister, from the start. With its cosmic horror setting, the game is destined to end in despair. To survive, Andy decides to unlock the hidden happy ending! But little by little, the so-called perfect ending is no longer enough for him. In this world, nothingness and existence coexist. Human reason twists fate, and trut 38.1kReads9.2Score4kShelves
34. 534 末 Apocalypse Game: Buying the Whole World from a Subway Station 末日游戏：从地铁站购买全世界 The Chasm of Desire欲望鸿沟Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted [Apocalyptic survival + cities + upgrading hideouts + no female lead + decisive and ruthless + disaster survival] The apocalyptic game has arrived. Disasters are striking all over the world. Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, extreme heat, viruses, bitter cold… In just six months, Blue Star's population has fallen by 80 percent, and civilization has nearly collapsed. With no other choice, humanity must enter the apocalyptic game and take on survival challenges in the hope of staying alive. Fortunat 22.8kReads8.7Score1.9kShelves
35. 535 北 Lord of the Northern Frontier: Saving an Elf Girl at the Start 北境领主：开局救下精灵少女 Cold Fir Creek冷杉溪Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Soul Transmigration + Lord + Farming + Elves + One Heroine + Conquest + Satisfying Battles] He’s exiled to the northern frontier the moment he transmigrates, becoming the well-known family good-for-nothing? Well, what’s done is done. First, let’s go to the tavern for a drink... What are these black-armored maniacs who attack everyone they see? And what’s this? A talent tree? [Notice: New talent “Magic Immunity” activated!] [Kill enemies to gain combat experience and unlock the Returning Arcblad 18.6kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves
36. 536 巨 Giant Beast Survival: There Are a Few Too Many Giant Beasts Behind Me 巨兽求生我的身后巨兽有点多 Retreating into Seclusion with the Ink Poured Out倒墨归隐Sci-Fi & Apocalypse559k WordsOngoing (No clichés, no invincible protagonist, no wish fulfillment, no mindless characters, no lone-wolf protagonist. If that bothers you, come in and complain.) One night of panting, and in the blink of an eye, I was face-to-face in a one-on-one match with black tentacles. I thought that since I was a complete weakling from the start, I was destined to be gored to death by a turtle. When I survived the evil god's gaze, I was plunged into the abyss once more. What is real, and what is false? I'm really 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Since you've said that, what else is there to say? Take it!

37. 537 领 Lord: From the Start, Am I Really Marrying a Villainess? 领主：开局迎娶恶役千金？ Dog Cangyun Bai狗苍云白Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Lord + Farming + Western Fantasy] After transmigrating into the last game he played before dying, and somehow being chosen by the royal family, Lind became the doomed fiancé in the game, dragged into a rebellion by a villainess heiress. To avoid the tragic ending of the original story, Lind had no choice but to find a way to save himself in this increasingly fantastical world. Years later, some outlying races heard a human whisper: “Why do barbarian tribes keep spawning on the empire’s borders? 26.6kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
38. 538 全 Global Survival: I Have a Sign-In System 全民求生：我有一个签到系统 Two Chives二根韭菜Sports289k WordsOngoing System + lord + management + ensemble cast + farming + mechs + interstellar warships + conquest + a clash between supernatural and technological civilizations Blue Star is destroyed, and all of humanity is transported to a world of lords. Jiang Cheng wakes up in a shelter, surrounded by a dangerous and unfamiliar world. Extreme heat, bitter cold, hunger, mutated beasts, and disasters become the daily reality for everyone. Humanity must survive one crisis after another. 96Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 539 领 Lord Game: Transmigrate with My Childhood Friend and Awaken Plant Zombies 领主游戏：带青梅穿越觉醒植僵 Gui Yi鬼懿Urban586k WordsCompleted [One heroine, dual transmigration, Plants vs. Zombies characters brought to life] “Did I transmigrate?” “Wait, buddy, how did you transmigrate too?” When Ye You was five, he discovered a secret about his childhood sweetheart. She was a transmigrator too! And before they transmigrated, the two of them had been inseparable childhood friends. Back then, they were competing to see who could pee farther. Later, they learned something shocking: Everyone would have to take part in a Lord Game upon reac 4.2kReads9.1Score392Shelves
40. 540 全 Metro Survival for All: I'm Seriously Lucky! 全民地铁求生：我真的超幸运的！ Chestnuts from the Fire林中取栗Sports2.1M WordsCompleted [Survival] [Stockpiling Supplies] [Building a Subway] [Entities] [Eerie] [Single Female Lead] [Infinite Flow] [Every station and every leg of the journey has its own unique style] An endless tunnel, tracks stretching into infinity, a subway world where daylight never reaches. Everyone must embark on their own journey through the apocalypse... Fortunately, Zhao Kuo can see his own luck stat. No one can be lucky forever, but he can. When his luck stat is maxed out, wealth comes rol 16.9kReads7.9Score1.2kShelves
41. 541 全 Global Lord: Am I the Only One with a Fallen Empire? 全民领主：唯独我是堕落帝国？ World-Destroying Emperor灭世大帝Urban1.1M WordsCompleted This is a cruel age. When the War Game descended, it decreed that every race across countless planes must become a game lord upon reaching adulthood and join the meat grinder of the war between races. Yet Gao Qiang stares at the type of territory he’s been given, lost in thought. [Fallen Empire] [This empire stood at the pinnacle long before any known nation. They once possessed everything. They once knew everything. Until they grew tired of it all, becoming lazy and decadent. But! They are powe 30.5kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
42. 542 领EN Lord's Path: Starting from a Small Island 领主之路：从一座小岛开始 Three Cigars三杆烟枪Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted What do you think nobles are like? Dignified, loyal, disciplined, brave? In reality, they're the filthiest maggots alive, bloodsuckers clinging to humanity. They're vile and despicable. They deserve to die, to be cast into hell and made to keep the demons company. But the tragic truth is that nearly every human on the continent of Shengnuo dreams of becoming a noble. The renowned scholar Santiago Trelleis died in his own home the day after making these world-shaking remarks. When Santiago wa 12.1kReads8.0Score1kShelves
43. 543 植 Plant Zombies: Lord of National Destiny 植僵国运领主 Distant Galaxy遥远星系Urban1.5M WordsCompleted One contestant from each country is randomly chosen and bound to it, then sent into a realm for a battle royale. The countries behind the contestants can gain anything they can imagine through their chosen players. Average lifespan, physical fitness, natural resources, cutting-edge technology… Jiang Lianshan is bound to his country's fate and dragged into the realm, where wave after wave of monsters await him. At the brink of life and death, Jiang Lianshan calmly hefts his shovel. “Don't rush. L 1.3kReads9.0Score169Shelves

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    ① While other countries' contestants were gnawing on tree bark, Lin An had so much meat he couldn't finish it all? As Lin An repeatedly materialized rare resources and brought them back to his country, the disaster in the Dragon Kingdom disappeared, the air improved, and the physical condition of the entire population soared! Audiences from various countries went from mocking to being shocked. When the entire Dragon Kingdom was transported back to China, Lin An was already standing atop the head of the Frost Dragon, creating a god-like nation that even advanced civilizations trembled over!

44. 544 末 Doomsday Lord’s Survival Log 末日领主生存日志 Mammoth Bunny猛犸小兔Sports843k WordsCompleted [Game + Apocalypse + Rotating Disasters + Territory Building + Management + Farming + No Romance] ✨ Synopsis: Overnight, a game called 180 Days Until Doomsday descended upon the entire world! Survivors? Players? Or... zombies? Awaken your profession and live; Fail, and die. Terrifying monstrosities run rampant, disasters keep escalating, and the whole world is plunged into a high-octane struggle for survival! And you... how long can you last? 🌺 Cycle One (Days 01–15): Crimson Whispers Cycle Two 3.9kReads8.7Score464Shelves

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    Both are good; the first has a strong female lead, and the second has a strong male lead.

45. 545 末 Apocalypse Survival: Taming Beasts, Ant Talent, Infinite Division 末日求生：御兽蚂蚁天赋无限分裂 Destined for the Great River缘定大江Sports1.2M WordsOngoing In the year 2026, rifts appeared beyond the heavens, and countless alien races invaded Blue Star, treating humanity like ants. Humanity was forced into retreat at every turn, but people also discovered a survival game space. To find a cure for his younger sister and discover what happened to his parents, Wang Chufeng resolutely entered it. This survival game was all about taming beasts. Players who entered could draw a bonded beast and a beast-taming talent. Wang Chufeng drew a bonded beast, the 2.4kReads6.7Score216Shelves
46. 546 国 National Fate: You Were Told to Survive, So Why Did You Create an Ancient Forbidden Zone? 国运：让你求生，你合成太古禁区 Bei Zhi Luo北之洛Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [National Fate Survival]+ [Livestream]+ [Primordial World]+ [Farming] Welcome to the National Fate Survival game, a desolate wasteland where death and opportunity go hand in hand. Everyone starts with nothing but a drafty thatched hut. Su Wuyan awakens the “Omni-Synthesis” talent, and suddenly things take a bizarre turn! Everyone else: chopping trees, mining, and running for their lives from monsters. Su Wuyan: scavenging junk, hoarding everything, and grinning at thin air. [Withered Branch]→ [C 43.3kReads7.0Score4.9kShelves
47. 547 国 National Fate Survival: I Started as a Mosquito and Carried the Dragon Kingdom to Victory 国运求生：开局蚊子的我带飞龙国 Yue Shang岳上Urban379k WordsCompleted Blue Star's resources are running out, and a game where contestants from a hundred nations reincarnate as exotic beasts has arrived! Each nation randomly selects a hundred contestants to reincarnate as beasts and battle in the wilderness. The resources they obtain are returned to their nation a thousandfold. If they die, a random natural disaster strikes! A contestant from Great Cold Nation hits the jackpot, reincarnating as a fierce tiger. The whole country celebrates! A contestant from Sakura 1.6kReads6.9Score138Shelves
48. 548 全 All Aboard: I Can Summon Honkai: Star Rail Characters 全民航海：我能召唤崩铁角色 East of Luochuan洛川之东Sports498k WordsOngoing [All-People Sailing] + [Survival] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Eerie] + [Absurd] + [Love Rivals] (March 7th appears in Chapter 24. The early chapters are a slow burn, so if you’re here for the good stuff, you can jump straight to Chapter 29.) Place your bets, place your bets! The four heroines are March 7th/Evernight, Kafka, Feixiao, and Acheron. Who’ll get lucky first? After transmigrating to a sailing-and-Survival world, how can an ordinary person survive the dangers lurking across the ocean? He a 53Reads—Score108Shelves

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    A story about female protagonists struggling to survive in a collapsed iron mine.

49. 549 全 Survival Across Campus: I’m the Only Guy in the Shelter 全校求生，我成避难所唯一男生 Shi Zhenxiang, Who Loves Guarding the Mountain喜欢守山的史珍香Sports122k WordsOngoing [Whole-School Survival] [Farming] [Leveling Up] [Multiple...] In a whole-school survival game, Lu Shen is the only man and the shelter's owner. He leads the players in building and upgrading their shelter and defending against alien beasts. Survival Rule Number Two: Search for supply crates! “Supply crates contain not only supplies but also unknown dangers. Don't let your guard down.” 19Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Save the children! [Smirk] It's a pretty good novel.

50. 550 公 Highway Survival: I Start with Roller Skates and Win Big 公路求生：溜冰鞋开局，我赢麻啦 Passerby by the River江边路人Sports146k WordsOngoing [Everybody's Survival Game + Road Survival + Infinite Dungeon Instances + Lighthearted Comedy + Teamwork] Zheng Qiqi was slurping noodles and gossiping when she made an offhand remark. The sky fell apart, and she was thrown into a road-survival world where everyone had to fight for their lives. To make matters worse, she drew a pair of ice skates from the start. But who says ice skates have no advantages? Sure, other people have luxury cars like Audis, Maybachs, and Land Rovers, but without fuel 85Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A survival story set on a road trip, where the female protagonist fights monsters and villains to gather supplies and level up. It's quite entertaining and satisfying.

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