I’ve Noticed That Survival Stories Always Start with the Lead Getting an Axe to Chop Down Trees. Why? 我发现现在求生小说，怎么开局都是给斧头去砍树？

1. 1 恐 Horror on the High Seas 恐怖大航海 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 302.9kReads9.4Score33.7kShelves

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   That's it for this one, I've accepted the others, don't challenge my IQ, okay?

2. 2 列 Train Survival: I Know How Lucky I Am 列车求生：我知晓自己的运气 May You Grow Old with Me许你白头Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Endless railway tracks stretch into the distance, each person with a train that runs on without end, crossing scorching heat, bitter cold, the apocalypse… Yu Qi’an can see his own luck stat. When luck is on his side, he surges ahead; when it isn’t, he stays as steady as an old dog! Train Survival Rules: 1. You must reach the designated station at the appointed time. Failure means being wiped out. 2. Watch out for the monsters climbing aboard your train. 3. Resource boxes may contain supplies for 8.3kReads7.9Score566Shelves

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   It has nothing to do with cutting down trees, and opens the box through luck

3. 3 海 Survival at Sea: The Female Lead's Combat Power Is Off the Charts 海上求生：女主她武力值爆表了 Nannan Who Loves Shredded Potatoes爱吃土豆丝的南南Sports1.4M WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Survival for All + No Romance + Strong Female Lead + Stockpiling + Infrastructure Building] [The heroine is the strongest person in the world, bar none] [She's no self-sacrificing saint. Many choices are made for the benefits they bring] The world changes overnight. A mysterious System descends, and people across the globe transmigrate to a world of survival. You start with a raft, and must fish for all your resources. Your family is nowhere to be found, and loneliness lasts fo 7.2kReads8.9Score572Shelves

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   These books are different

4. 4 历 Historical War of Nations: The Yellow Turban Rebellion from the Start 历史国战：开局黄巾起义 Lazy Fish Never Turns Over咸鱼丶不翻身Urban1.8M WordsOngoing (History + nation-versus-nation war + famous generals + livestreaming + national destiny + political scheming + passion) The historical nation-versus-nation war begins. Having lost its historical records, Huaxia forfeited the initiative and spent twenty years mired on the battlefield, losing all its accumulated strength. Li Chen, who transmigrated here, is inexplicably chosen as the sixteenth contestant. Bearing the name of Huaxia, he enters the battlefield to fight for a glimmer of hope. Lookin 67.6kReads9.0Score5.5kShelves
5. 5 你 You’re a Game Designer, So Why Are You Filing Reports at the Police Station Every Day? 你个游戏设计师，天天警局备案？ Call Me Great Lord叫我大官人Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Extremely Illegal] [Come Get Me] [Not Human] [Livestream Meme Mayhem] [Hilarious] PS: This is a lighthearted, funny story full of livestream antics and memes. After transmigrating to a parallel world, Chu Sheng awakens a god-tier game designer System. He gets streamers and viewers worked up, earns emotional points, and unlocks more games. But Chu Sheng discovers that every game he unlocks is way too illegal! He unlocks Thief Simulator and makes Dai Xiaomei cry. But the robbery is so realistic t 36.8kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves
6. 6 全 The Whole Family Transmigrates: 18 Ways to Survive in Ancient Times 全家穿越：古代生存十八法 The Butterfly Doesn't Want To蝴蝶不愿意Ancient Romance3.1M WordsCompleted The whole family transmigrates to ancient times after an accident. Whether that counts as good luck or bad luck is anyone’s guess. They’ve barely woken up when they find out the family has no money, no land, and a mountain of debt to repay. Not one of them has a golden finger, either. But the dog that came along with them is rather interesting. Could it be some kind of divine hound? This big family has to put food on the table, keep the household harmonious, and make progress in their studies. W 63kReads9.5Score7kShelves
7. 7 我 My Sect Leader Is a Robot 我的宗主是个机器人 Ecological Rift Beast Type l-27生态撕裂兽l-27型Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted My name is Zhang San. I'm a robot who accidentally transmigrated into the body of a demonic sect leader. As someone well versed in the tropes of human cultivation novels, I knew exactly what to do. To keep the sect out of the turmoil between the righteous and demonic paths, I announced that we'd be sealing off the mountain. To deal with all the usual cultivation-world schemes, I issued five new sect rules: 1. No relieving yourself wherever you please. 2. No cackling or snickering like a villain. 1.8kReads8.4Score168Shelves
8. 8 霸 The Tyrant Sword Rules the World: The Sovereign's Reign 霸剑天下之君临 The Mist Is Still Chilly雾尚凉Eastern Fantasy231k WordsOngoing Ghosts at his side, malice forging his heart, he makes a pact with the Reaper and wanders between life and death. “Stand alone through the ages, seal the wolf at Juyan, find enlightenment at Longchang, and laugh proudly when the poem is done.” “An ancient land a hundred li wide, sages and heroes of Qingliang, fate bestowed by heaven, eternal prosperity.” “He proclaimed: ‘Pride cannot be bent; I’ll laugh up at the sky and leave.’ Yet in the end, he was buried without a body, alone and abandoned.” —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Secretly bury a book here [shy][shy]

9. 9 被 After Being Tricked into Transmigrating, I Was Like a Fish Who'd Found Salt 被坑穿越后如咸鱼得盐 Diagnosed with Crazy Brain Disease, Now Full of Energy确诊深井冰后精神焕发Eastern Fantasy702k WordsOngoing Gou Dezhu had resolved to live like a carefree salted fish, but somehow got conned by a Zuo Wang Daoist. He transmigrated to a primitive world and was given a mission that made no sense. The old geezer who conned him said that offering himself in a sacrifice to Heaven would bring him benefits, so he made himself the sacrifice. “The movement of the Dao is reversal; its function is weakness.” Heaven was fair: he escaped alive and wiped out the old geezer’s entire household in revenge. Transmigrati —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   You can also use a shovel to dig grass. Dig the grass, dig the grass, dig the grass!

10. 10 领 Lord Era: I Am the Strongest Abyssal Lord! 领主时代：我，最强深渊领主！ The Crow and the Dice乌鸦与骰子Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [Racial war for supremacy] [Dark fantasy] [Abyss-themed] [Decisive and ruthless] [Solid logic] This is an age when everyone can become a lord, and all races vie for supremacy! Everyone in this era has a chance to become a lord of their own domain, recruit soldiers, strengthen their territory, rule over the people, and proclaim themselves king or emperor. As long as you’re strong enough, every secret art, fortune, treasure, general, beauty, and anything else you desire can be yours! Among the co 20.6kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves

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    Start the Contract Abyss and let the devil work for it

11. 11 醉 Drunk on a Golden Age 醉于盛世 Mint-Infused Wine薄荷泡酒Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing [No Romance] [No Stupid Decisions] [No System] [True-to-Life Characters] [A Touch of Angst] [Slow-Paced] [Ensemble Cast] ⚠️Please note: (1) This book supports freedom of romance. Don't read if that bothers you. (2) The protagonist likes nothing except alcohol. Avoid if that's a dealbreaker. (3) This is not a traditional Foundation Establishment cultivation system. If you mind, move along and don't start a fight. Li Heng was an overworked young man in the twenty-first century. His parents died w 24.2kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves

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    This is okay, right?

12. 12 被 Trapped in an Asylum, Surviving with a System 被困疯人院，靠系统求生 Huan Changle欢长乐Mystery164k WordsCompleted Welcome to Qingjiao Psychiatric Hospital. Please follow these rules: 1. Never open the door after midnight. 2. If a nurse is wearing red, play dead immediately. 3. Do not eat the braised pork in the cafeteria. 4. Never trust the director. Break any one of these rules, and you'll be trapped here forever. I'm Su Wan. With the help of my System, I'm breaking these rules one by one. I'm the only sane person in the psychiatric hospital. The nurses stab people with syringes in the middle of the night. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    On the first day I was imprisoned in Qingjiao Mental Hospital, the nurse told me: "Don't go out after ten o'clock in the evening, the "things" on the third floor will come out for a walk; don't look at the doctors in white coats, there is blood hidden under their white coats; and most importantly, don't trust anyone, including yourself." Just when I thought I was about to be assimilated, a cold voice sounded in my mind: [Ding! The survival system is successfully bound. ] [Task: Pretend to be crazy and stupid for 7 days and survive. Reward: Mental resistance +10. ] I thought this was salvation, but I didn't expect that this lunatic asylum itself was a huge altar. And we "patients" are nothing but food for the monsters to keep in captivity. 👉"Trapped in a madhouse, relying on the system to survive", infinite rules + survival collection + system flow, the more you read, the more you get addicted! #Ruletalk #systemflow #survival #

13. 13 沙 Desert Survival: The 100th Instance 沙漠求生，第100次副本 I Have Seven Miles of Sweet Osmanthus我有七里香Sci-Fi & Apocalypse106k WordsOngoing [No romance / pets / hoarding supplies / spatial storage / light ensemble cast / special abilities] As an exemplary employee who has completed her 99th dungeon, Fei is given a retirement benefit by the System. In the glow of the setting sun, a girl rides a camel across golden sands. A platinum-white veil drapes over her, and her shadow stretches long, cast in a dazzling array of colors. [SURVIVE! SURVIVE! SURVIVE!] [Welcome, humans of 98712, to the apocalyptic world of Desert Oasis. Because of y 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heroine looks gentle, but she is actually warm-hearted and cold-hearted, with high fighting power, peach blossom eyes and beauty spots.

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