The Chosen One of Farming, Growing Vegetables Between the Bricks: Any Apocalypse Farming Stories? 天选种地圣体在砖缝里种菜，有没有末世种田的书

1. 1 废 Scavenging in the Wasteland: Vegetable Gardens Everywhere 废土拾荒之处处都是菜园子 Xing You Ning星幽柠Sci-Fi & Apocalypse503k WordsCompleted Ning Yuanzhu, who was raised by an old-fashioned village doctor, was “taken away” by her grandpa while visiting her hometown to pay her respects. She went to sleep one night and woke up in a different place, in a different body. As it turned out, her grandpa had been a space-wielding powerhouse during the apocalypse. After clashing with the Zombie Emperor, he ended up in Ning Yuanzhu’s world and found her there. She had come to the post-apocalyptic wasteland because she touched a one-use spatial 2.6kReads8.9Score220Shelves

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   🔥Is it okay to gather food in the apocalypse? It's so satisfying to watch the little girl gather so much delicious food! It's so fulfilling! Such a huge cabbage, absolutely enormous! Come and see, please don't make me beg you. Waaaaah, I'm begging you~

2. 2 废 Wasteland Reclamation: Two Best Friends Farm the Land 废土开荒：闺蜜俩开荒种田 Mustard-Flavored Lollipop芥末味的棒棒糖Sci-Fi & Apocalypse503k WordsOngoing [Female-oriented + romance + no transmigration or rebirth + wood-element powers + scavenging + reclaiming wasteland and farming + spirit beasts and plants] (The rating has only just come in, and this is a niche genre, so it should go up over time.) Not long after Lian Miao was born, both her parents died while carrying out a mission. She grew up in the base's orphanage. Not long after reaching adulthood, Lian Miao, who had always relied on scavenging to get by, happened to be there when the base 460Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   These are some of my recent favorite post-apocalyptic farming novels, highly recommended.

3. 3 废 Wasteland Farmer: I Grew My Way to a Fortune 废土种植师：种植种到富可敌国 Strawberry-Loving McDull爱吃草莓的麦兜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse595k WordsOngoing After the apocalypse, plants and animals mutated, and the food from before the apocalypse had all been used up. Crops grown by ordinary people were full of violent factors and had become inedible. Only wood-element ability users could grow edible food. Yang Mumu was born after the apocalypse. Orphaned and short on food and clothes, he depended on his older brother, Yang Yuan, to survive. Fortunately, Yang Mumu awakened an ability. Not only did he gain supernatural powers, but they were wood-ele 181Reads6.2Score—Shelves
4. 4 废 The Wasteland Villainess Is Obsessed with Farming 废土女配沉迷种田 Lampwick Grass灯钱草Fantastical Romance843k WordsCompleted [Romance + wood powers + spatial dimension (appears midway)] Lin Wei transmigrates into a wasteland novel as a lovesick supporting actress who gives everything for the male lead. The original owner gives everything she has to that man, exhausting her family’s resources and her supernatural powers. In the end, her entire family dies without a body left intact. The first thing Lin Wei does after arriving: get rid of the lovesick attitude and dump the male lead! She has wood powers, and later g 11.9kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
5. 5 全 Global Cataclysm: My Tower Defense Survival Log 全球灾变：我的塔防生存日志 Duo Baisheng夺百声Sports1.9M WordsOngoing [Day 1 of the Cataclysm, Autumn] I awakened a talent, though it came at a steep price. I survived. [Day 18 of the Cataclysm, Autumn] An ally from the Flowing Rocklands sent us a catch of fish. I planted even stranger crops. [Day 45 of the Cataclysm, Winter] The ice and snow brought an energy vacuum. Howling winds and snow monsters rampage outside, but if we hold this cave, we can survive. [Day 77 of the Cataclysm, Winter] Kyle set out to return to his family, while Zhang Wenbin and Murphy headed 7.8kReads7.0Score684Shelves
6. 6 毛 Furry Friends Farm the Gobi and Build an Animal City 毛茸茸在戈壁种田打造动物城 Loves Coconut爱吃椰子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Wolf's-Eye View + Farming + Building a Community + Gobi Animals + Cute and Cheerful + Begging Along the Road] Xia Shi'an, a yao cultivator, dies protecting her master in a great battle. When she wakes again, she finds herself in an unfamiliar world, transformed into a wolf. Losing all her cultivation is bad enough, but now she's in a wretched state. Her fur is matted, her belly is flat with hunger, and she's so skinny she barely has any meat on her bones. Looking at the barren Gobi 15.3kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves

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   Look at this! It's a unique animal perspective. The main character is a little white wolf who, along with a gray wolf, starts begging for food and then goes on to farm and build a life.

7. 7 众 Continent of Stars: The F-Rank Talent Who Thrives on Natural Gifts 众星大陆：F级废材靠天资吃饭 Pepper Monkey花椒猴Modern Romance276k WordsOngoing [Transmigration] [Farming] [Good luck] [Foraging for wild herbs] [Growing crops] The Continent of Stars is rife with pollution. The air, water, soil, exotic beasts, plants, and even humans are all contaminated to varying degrees. Once the contamination level reaches a certain threshold, people, beasts, and plants alike cannot survive for long. Ye Chan, an overworked corporate drone from Blue Star, transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing girl from a humble family, bound to a wealthy cla 8.2kReads9.2Score597Shelves

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   It's great! But when is the author coming back? Don't let the hiatus be too long!

8. 8 县 The County Magistrate's Daughter Only Wants to Farm 县令之女她只想种田 Mountain Pepper山辣子Ancient Romance538k WordsCompleted [System + farming + no toxic characters + lighthearted + one-on-one romance] Transmigrating? No need to panic, she has a System! Gu Yin just wanted to farm every day and do a little business on the side. Who knew she’d accidentally turn the county her father governed into a model county and become the richest person in the Great Ji dynasty? ----------Bonus Scene------- When they first met, she held out her slender hand. “A hundred taels for the travel expenses, please.” He sat in a wheelchair, h 6.8kReads8.9Score703Shelves
9. 9 经 Running a Game: All My Players Are Real People 经营游戏，我的玩家都是真人 Big Fish Maomao毛毛大鱼Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted Management game + farming + livestreaming + no romance + infrastructure building Shi Manman, a revered goddess, descends to the mortal realm to undergo a trial. Unexpectedly, something goes wrong along the way, and she ends up as an NPC in a farming game. A game that's been declared bankrupt and shut down, no less?! Shi Manman: “???” What happened to harvesting faith points? What happened to being the boss? There isn't a single player. Am I supposed to harvest thin air? All of Shi Manman's enthu 1.4kReads8.6Score163Shelves

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   🍒The first novel features a female protagonist and a system in a post-apocalyptic farming game. As long as she farms in the game, all the food she grows belongs to her. The food is realistically edible! [A masterpiece by Sparrow Food] The entire post-apocalyptic world is shocked; with this farming game, they will never lack food again.

10. 10 天 Disaster: From the Start, One Mountain to Call My Own. Stockpile? Farm! 天灾：开局一座山，囤货？种田！ Ji Ying寄英Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted This is a farming story. [Natural disasters + farming + hunting + fishing + food + grasslands + deep mountains + herding + healing + a nontraditional apocalypse + seclusion + daily life + sweet romance + childhood sweethearts] Just two people living in seclusion in the forest (emphasis on just two!). The whole story focuses on cozy, everyday details: growing vegetables and crops, raising chickens and geese. No golden finger, just hard work and self-reliance. Warnings: There is a romantic pairin 8.2kReads9.0Score793Shelves
11. 11 末 Apocalypse Rebirth: Farming and Stockpiling Food with My Best Friend 末世重生：和闺蜜的种田囤粮日常 The River Flows On as the Sun Sets江水落日尽Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.0M WordsOngoing [Natural disasters + Apocalypse + strong female lead + supernatural abilities + pets + reborn + pocket dimension + stockpiling food + gourmet dishes + no romance] [Loads of adorable animals + everyday life at first, then war and fantasy + unnatural disasters] [A slow-burn, growth-oriented heroine. Please go easy on her!] [The author is extremely patriotic] Lin Miao spent ten years barely surviving in the Apocalypse. She thought she could ride out the disasters in a shelter, but just a few months 9.1kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
12. 12 重EN Too Many Reborn Heroes? Time to Bring in the Government 重生者太密集？我带国家队下场 Bian Lu边鹿Sci-Fi & Apocalypse758k WordsCompleted (A feel-good power fantasy, with a beautiful, badass heroine who confiscates golden fingers) “Sheng is the boss around here. She's ruthless and doesn't waste words. Cross her, and she'll take you down!” In the year 2323 of the Star Era, the apocalypse is about to begin. Some people awaken their powers early, while reborn people are already making their moves… As the head of a new department, Sheng An is responsible for recruiting and leading all the powered and reborn individuals, preparing for 123.7kReads9.7Score17.5kShelves

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    Forced by a group of planting experts and professors to learn farming knowledge, and then to farm in a virtual space and operate excavators.

13. 13 被 After Getting Canceled Online, I Became a Sensation by Farming 被全网黑后，我靠种地爆红全网 Dragon's Toothwort龙芽草Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing Original title: After Being Hated by the Entire Internet, I Became Famous by Farming! [Farming] [Not focused on the entertainment industry] [Selling produce] [Livestream] [Raising children] [Cozy] [Everyday life] [Healing] [Romance] Jiang Wanning, a spirit-plant cultivator, transmigrated into the body of a female celebrity hated by the entire internet. Everyone was calling for her to get out of showbiz. Jiang Wanning was happy to take their advice. She packed up and headed back to her hometown i 37.3kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves

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    It's super good; those of you who are looking for something to read should definitely check it out.

14. 14 娱 The Entertainment Industry’s Top-Tier Star: I Made a Fortune Through Farming 娱乐圈顶流：我靠种田发家致富 Walnuts Beneath the Walnut Tree核桃树下有核桃Modern Romance289k WordsCompleted Lin Yuefei was finally free from the obnoxious System that had forced her to complete missions to become the entertainment industry's top-tier star. She was suddenly like a wild horse off its reins, letting herself go. Looking at the orchard before her and the contract in her hand, she secretly rejoiced that she had finally become a landlady. Her fans all threatened to leave the group. The landlady wasn't fazed: Go ahead, leave. Once you're all gone, I'll have some peace and quiet. I'll farm in 934Reads8.9Score104Shelves

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    ① The female lead is a top celebrity in the entertainment industry, but she retires to farm and her interactions with her family are very heartwarming. The male lead is her mentor, who travels through time to find her. Highly recommended!!! ② The female lead travels from ancient times to the modern era. She was a princess in ancient times, but became a peasant girl in the modern world. Overall, it's very heartwarming, with a rich and fast-paced plot. I sincerely recommend everyone to watch it!

15. 15 直 Livestreaming Farm Life: The Whole Internet Begs Me to Put Cabbage Up for Sale 直播种地：全网跪求白菜挂小黄车 Cute Guy萌汉子Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted [Modern romance + farming + sweet romance + everyday life + healing] An ancient princess transmigrates to modern times as a little farm girl, where she meets a domineering CEO while gathering firewood. Hua Nianli looks disdainfully at the man crouching in the bushes. “He looks like a person, yet he came out here to take a dump.” Huo Chen stares at Hua Nianli, speechless. “You’re so young, yet you’re already so shameless, staring at someone’s crotch.” But before long, the big-shot CEO is rolling 338Reads9.1Score—Shelves
16. 16 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Started Growing Flowers in the Interstellar World 穿越后，我在星际世界种花 A Big Yang一只大烊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse538k WordsCompleted Shi Yin was a recent college graduate just starting her career. Her dream was to own a greenhouse of her own, but just after buying a little house in the suburbs, she was hit by a car and killed. “What? You're saying this entire planet can become my greenhouse?” “Yes. My mistake at work caused your death, so to make it up to you, I've decided to grant your wish and give you a special little gift too. I hope you'll be happy with it.” Shi Yin never expected to turn misfortune into good fortune. Af 479Reads7.5Score101Shelves

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    This book is suitable, but he doesn't grow vegetables, he grows flowers. And there's too much of him, only about 50 pages.

17. 17 进 After Moving to the City to Farm, Every Powerful Tycoon Wants Me as Their Master 进城种地后豪门权贵都想拜我为师 Cat Who Loves Houttuynia折耳根的猫Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Farming + Food + Everyone’s Favorite] Jiang Mengyun is a young woman who absolutely loves farming. From the countryside to the city, from luxurious mansions to mysterious research bases, there’s no patch of land she can’t turn into a field! Mansion owner: My multimillion-dollar mansion! It’s covered in loofah vines! School administrator: My rooftop garden! It’s full of giant radishes! Senior from her sect: My medicinal herb garden! I have to search through cabbages to find the herbs! Lu Jingyua 15.2kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
18. 18 理 Lili, Don’t Be Mad at Me 理理你别气 Sui Zai岁宰Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: The Amazing Plants That Made Me Famous Across the Stars Sen Lili is an F-class good-for-nothing with a weak constitution. She spends all her savings to inherit a depleted planet from a relative. She decides to make a success of things there and prove she's not really a good-for-nothing! Who knew she'd accidentally grow rare energy plants never before seen anywhere in the stars? Fiery red tomatoes, sweet tomatoes, bitter grapes... She starts an agricultural company, partners with m 1.8kReads8.8Score184Shelves

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    Farming novel lovers, come quick! Here are some gems of farming novels to recommend. 🥰 A blend of food, cultivation, and livestreaming elements, guaranteed to make your reading experience joyful! ✨ *After Moving to the City to Farm, the Fallen Heiress Wins Big*: Jiang Mengyun, the female lead, goes on a farming spree, turning her mansion and research base into "farmland," leaving everyone both bewildered and captivated. 🌈 *Returning to Modern Times with a Secret Realm, I Don't Want to Work Anymore*: The female lead, returning from cultivation, relaxes and farms, doing livestreams, transforming a poor village into a wealthy one. Fans beg her to promote products, but the streamer is a chill, unreliable procrastinator. 😂

19. 19 只 All I Can Do Is Grow Vegetables and Cook, Yet I Became Cultivation World's Top-Tier Star 只会种菜做饭，却成了修真界顶流 Mr. Impenetrable不透君Modern Romance637k WordsCompleted [Hilarious and Heartwarming + Food + Farming + A Touch of Modern Cultivation] She inherited a cultivation legacy, and her innate talents were cooking and growing vegetables. She became the leader of a sect, but living in poverty was the norm. From the start, all she had was a ramshackle building, a patch of wasteland, and half a mountain forest. A leader with no great ambitions and four idle disciples. Sect leader Jiang Tingyun said, “In modern society, spiritual energy has dried up. Cul 23.2kReads9.5Score3.3kShelves
20. 20 失 After Losing My Job, I Became an Online Sensation Through Farming 失业后，我靠种田爆红全网 Ran Xi Xi染习习Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted This novel is also known as: Everyone Online Is Begging Me to Livestream Tong Ranhua transmigrated to the cultivation world and spent a hundred years there, only to die unexpectedly while exploring a secret realm. She returned to the modern world, bringing with her the cultivation world’s specialties: a secret realm and its spirit. On the very day her boyfriend cheated on her with the company president’s daughter and she was fired, Tong Ranhua, who had spent a hundred years grinding away in the 12.5kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
21. 21 开 From the Start with a Spirit Spring, I Turn My Hometown into a Peach Blossom Paradise 开局灵泉，我把老家打造成桃花源 Soft And Fiercely Adorable糯糯奶凶Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension and spirit spring + country life + raising pets + mutual healing, lighthearted and heartwarming] Her mother had cancer, her scumbag boyfriend was cheating on her, and he and his mistress had stolen her designs. Then she was fired from her company. With her life at its bleakest, An Nuan planned to take her mother back to their hometown to spend her final days there. Then she unexpectedly unlocked a pocket dimension and a spirit spring. Working herself to the bone for a pittance 37.2kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
22. 22 灵 Spiritual Vegetables at Sky-High Prices? Sorry, Even the Rich Have to Queue 灵蔬天价？抱歉，有钱也得排队 A Carefree Sword Immortal悠哉悠哉一剑仙Modern Romance1.7M WordsOngoing Originally titled "I Can't Help It If I Can't Grow Enough Vegetables to Sell" [A pure farming story, no System, cozy everyday life + gradual development + selling vegetables online + ecological farm] [Featuring an aloof chef, a quick-witted assistant, a hugely popular celebrity, and a gluttonous village secretary] [No male lead] Lu Yihan accidentally transmigrated to the cultivation world in her previous life, and now, through a twist of fate, she's transmigrated back. Having figured everything 5.1kReads7.6Score356Shelves

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    The female protagonist is a natural-born farming expert. She returns to her hometown and becomes wealthy by growing vegetables. She farms without any powerful relatives or troublesome neighbors, thanks to her studies in the cultivation world. She learns to grow vegetables using spiritual energy, resulting in incredibly delicious produce.

23. 23 灾 Farming After the Disaster: I Become a Lord Through My Superpowers 灾后种田我靠异能成领主 Admiring Beauties Under the Moonlight月光下看美人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Superpower Golden Finger + Farming + Shop + Infrastructure + Post-Catastrophe Apocalypse + Pets] Liu Su managed to survive ten years of disasters. When she heard that people could finally go outside, she nearly howled at the sky three times. At last she could go out and eat well! Whoever wanted those coarse-grain buns could have them. She was done with them! But someone help her: why was the farm's whole vibe so strange? Other people's farms meant working hard for three hundred days, overcoming 8.2kReads9.0Score730Shelves

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    Ten years of natural disasters had passed, and Liu Su had successfully survived. Upon hearing that she could finally be released, Liu Su wanted to roar three times to the heavens. Finally, she could go out and eat and drink well! Let whoever wants the coarse grain buns eat them; she wasn't going to bother anymore! But, oh dear, why was the atmosphere on her farm so strange? Other people's farms were filled with the image of overcoming all difficulties for 300 days, just to harvest 1000 jin (500 catties). "Through wind and rain, I'll wait for you here." But on Liu Su's farm, it was all about "These radishes smell good, give me another 300 jin!" Liu Su repeatedly emphasized, "It has nothing to do with me." It must be bad feng shui; the tigers are all acting like tigers, and even the dogs are gradually becoming abnormal.

24. 24 我 I Save the Wasteland Apocalypse with Cheating Fruit 我靠出轨水果拯救废土末世 Professional Chocolate Seller of Shredded Potatoes巧克力专业贩卖土豆丝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse431k WordsCompleted [The comic adaptation under the same title is now streaming on Tomato! Yay! No CP + wasteland farming + voluntarily turning everything over to the government + goofy wish fulfillment] (The rating just came out, and there aren't many words yet. It should rise later.) In the seventh year of the wasteland, fruit had gone extinct. Qiao Manzhi transmigrated with an entire orchard, thinking she'd gotten an unbeatable start. Then she discovered that the outside world was swarming with espers and mutate 2.6kReads8.0Score457Shelves

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    No romance, no love lines, just silly farming life. The fruits are like little kids who need to be coaxed, and the female lead is calm and rational. The contrast is incredibly cute, and it's so addictive! Highly recommended!

25. 25 重 Reborn Among the Stars: The Botanist Is a Formidable Fighter 重生星际：种植师她武力超群 An Alien Who Wants to Retire Early想提前退休的外星人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Interstellar farming + shopkeeping + battles + female lead with no CP + plant sprites. The female lead is the strongest around and believes in settling grudges on the spot. Everyone likes different things. If it's not to your taste, just leave instead of cursing in the comments. That way, everyone's happy, including readers who enjoy the comments.] In her previous life, Mu Jin was captured and used for human experiments because of her unusual ability. After blowing herself up, she was reborn in 5.5kReads8.9Score541Shelves

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    Both are related to planting; 1 and 3 are very similar, but with different backgrounds. They're by the same author, and the female protagonist is very lucky. Both are good.

26. 26 废 The Useless Spirit Supporter: I’d Rather Die Than Dig Up Wild Vegetables 废材辅灵师：打死也不挖野菜 Pepper Monkey花椒猴Ancient Romance820k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Otherworldly Continent + Hunting and Farming + Alchemy + Crafting] If talent falls short, good fortune can make up the difference. On the Continent of Shifeng, a year has three seasons: the warm season, the flood season, and the cold season. There are twenty-four months in a year. Men awaken as Martial Spirit Masters and hunt strange beasts; women awaken as Support Spirit Masters and practice alchemy, crafting, and farming. After transmigrating into the body of a useless you 50kReads9.3Score5.2kShelves
27. 27 废 Wasteland Farming Handbook: Have the Mutant Plants Sprouted Today? 废土种田手札：异植今天发芽了吗 Lazy Kitty Ajiu懒喵阿九Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Wasteland + Farming + Mutated Creatures + Female Lead + Survival + System] After enduring a difficult age of disasters, humanity entered the Age of Revival. In the wake of the revival, life gradually returned to the wilderness, where mutated plants and beasts grew and evolved at a furious pace. Humanity's living space continued to shrink. To survive, the various bases began encouraging capable fusionists to venture into the wilderness. Chen Si'an, newly awakened to her fusion ability, decides t 5.1kReads9.0Score513Shelves

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    I recommend these two!

28. 28 星 Interstellar Wasteland: I Build My Fortune Through Purifying Crops 星际废土，我靠种植净化发家 Cotton579Modern Romance261k WordsOngoing [Interstellar Wasteland + No Romance + Growth-Oriented Heroine + Cozy Vibes + Little Plant Sprites + Building Wealth + Purification] Lin Wan, from the modern world, transmigrated into an apocalypse. After ten years of building a life there, she was caught in a zombie attack. At the critical moment, a damaged System drained all her wood-element abilities and forcibly sent her soul to an interstellar wasteland. When she opened her eyes again, the parents and grandparents beside her looked exactly 113Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend this new farming novel; it's a really good read!

29. 29 战 Sealed Combat Power: Pioneering the Frontier with Exotic Beasts 战力被封，带着异兽在星际开荒 Jiji Mouse of the Spirit Spring灵泉的吉吉鼠Sci-Fi & Apocalypse687k WordsCompleted After a freak accident left her gravely injured, genius soul master Luo Li could no longer be tested for soul power, and everyone branded her a good-for-nothing. In truth, she had an epiphany and crossed into a higher realm ahead of her level. She should have reached the summit in a single leap and stood above the world, but her short cultivation history left her foundations too weak. Now she is trapped in a peculiar state: she must devour energy without limit to sustain herself, while outwardly 7.5kReads9.0Score743Shelves
30. 30 异 Busy Farming in Another World: Pick Me Up, I Can Still Farm 异世种田忙：扶我起来我还能种 It's Dayuanzi是大元子啊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse510k WordsCompleted [No romance! Fictional setting! Living alone in the mountains + pocket dimension + adorable pets + mild natural disasters] [Content warning: No male lead! No kids to raise! A laid-back farming story!] Suihe survived the apocalypse with her pocket dimension, only to die after getting a vaccine shot. Her soul transmigrated into the body of a young girl in another world. Living alone in the mountains, she gathered supplies, organized and stockpiled them, and braved the winter with her adorable pets 5.4kReads9.1Score529Shelves

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    Sui He, with her spatial ability, survived until the end of the apocalypse, only to be killed after receiving a vaccine. Her soul transmigrated into the body of a little girl in another world, living alone deep in the mountains, gathering, storing, and selling goods, and surviving the harsh winter with her adorable pets. This story is a fictional setting: a hundred years after a natural disaster apocalypse, in an alternate world where industry is at the level of the steam age.

31. 31 逃 Fleeing Famine and Farming: The Eldest Daughter of the Farmhouse Keeps the Family Fed 逃荒种田，农门长姐养家忙 Clouds Above the Clouds云上之云Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This story has no space, is not a feel-good power fantasy, and its famine-flight scenes are adapted from historical accounts of ordinary people fleeing famine in different periods. The heroine is only eight years old, so escaping with her whole family in tow is very hard, incredibly hard. If you’re looking for a feel-good power fantasy, please move on. Don’t read to the end, decide the main characters have suffered too much, feel bad, and then leave a negative review. Writing is hard, so please 33.5kReads9.4Score4.1kShelves

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    There's no special space involved; it's not a wish-fulfillment story. The heroine relies entirely on her intelligence during the escape from famine.

32. 32 种 Who Starts Farming by Sending Three Piglets as a Gift? 种田谁家男主开局送礼送三只猪崽 Green Robe青裳Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Completed. Dive in without worry! (Farming + No golden finger + Family life + Romance + Building a fortune + Cozy + No awful characters) No System! No pocket dimension!! No golden finger!!! No awful characters!!!! (We’ve said it three times because it’s important. The male lead appears late. The story focuses on building a career, with romance as a side plot x3.) Baihua Cave is a village deep in the mountains, home to nearly a hundred households. Everyone says it’s a poor and remote backwater. S 22.7kReads9.0Score2.4kShelves

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    ① Fu Huaixi retires early, living a secluded life in her orchard. 🌱 She grows vegetables, guides fruit trees, and greets zombies. 🌱 No romance + two female leads + rebirth + zombies + natural disasters + space + stockpiling supplies + farming. ② Su Ziling leads her family out of poverty in Baihuadong Village, farming, picking fruit, and pressing oil. 🌱 No system, space, or cheat codes, only a warm and peaceful rural life. 🌱 Getting rich + farming + ancient romance + time travel + rural + modern to ancient times. ③ Xia Qingyue travels to deep mountains and forests, lives in seclusion in a sinkhole, and survives amidst war and natural disasters. 🌱 She starts planting and raising livestock, frantically stockpiling supplies, and creating a paradise. 🌱 There is a romance, the plot is the main focus, the romance develops gradually, and it's a growth-oriented story.

33. 33 穿 Transmigrating to Ancient Times: The Peach Blossoms Are Blooming 穿越古代之桃花开了 Gu Huamuyun古华木云Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted One day, an older unmarried woman transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a farmer's daughter. She used to rely on food delivery to survive, so arriving in the past makes her feel like she's half disabled. She has no golden finger, and there aren't many outrageous villains around, but they really are poor. How is a young woman supposed to get by in this feudal era where men are valued over women? Fortunately, she still has a warm and loving family. As for that cold-faced young man, he's been 2.3kReads8.7Score227Shelves

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    Don't miss out on the exciting content!

34. 34 穿 After I Transmigrated to Ancient Times, I Became a Savage's Wife 穿越远古后成了野人娘子 Your Heart, Nine Shallows君心九浅Ancient Romance8.2M WordsCompleted Xiao Se was pushed off a cliff by the boyfriend she'd gone hiking with and transmigrated straight into ancient times, where a male found her and took her in as his female partner. In this age without even fire, Xiao Se had only one wish: to survive. So Xiao Se set out to farm with her husband, make sure they had enough to eat and warm clothes to wear, build up their tribe, and live a full and satisfying life! 3kReads8.8Score337Shelves
35. 35 崛 The Rise of a Clan 崛起的家族 Years and Days on Paper纸上的岁月年华Historical1.3M WordsCompleted This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel. There's no transmigration, and no golden finger. It's a story about a family, or rather, about our ancestors. I wanted to write down what they went through. The stories in this book are all things I heard my elders talk about in casual conversation, so there may inevitably be omissions. The family records have also been lost, and some things can't be verified. I want to portray the stories as truthfully and objectively as possible, but my abilities are limite 7.2kReads9.3Score881Shelves
36. 36 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 49.5kReads9.5Score5.3kShelves
37. 37 桃 Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨 June六月Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of June's novel, Power and Favor 3: Power and Favor in the Capital, is now available on Hongguo App. She cared for her in-laws and used her dowry to support the General's household, only for him to use his hard-won military achievements to ask for the female general's hand as his equal wife. Zhan Beiwang mocked her. “Song Xixie, do you know that your fine clothes, rich food, and glittering jewels all come from General Yi Fang and me fighting bloody battles to hold back 15kReads9.5Score5.5kShelves
38. 38 安 Finding Refuge in the Mountains, Reclaiming Land and Stockpiling Supplies 安居深山避乱世，开荒种田囤物资 Chen Zizi尘子子Ancient Romance589k WordsCompleted [Romance included, but the story takes center stage. The relationship develops slowly and steadily. An ordinary person transmigrates, no golden finger, not a saintly heroine, and a character who grows over time] [Foraging in the mountains + hunting and farming + everyday food] Xia Qingyue transmigrates by accident into a remote mountain wilderness and settles in a sinkhole. She never expected war and natural disasters to follow one after another. To survive, she starts farming and raising livest 5.1kReads8.7Score317Shelves
39. 39 乞 A Beggar Fleeing Famine: Just Stay Alive 乞丐逃荒，不死就行 Fish Who Talks Too Much鱼多嘴Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted A little beggar on the streets of Sanxi Town, known by the nickname Bamboo Viper. For the first ten years or so, he barely managed to scrape by. When floods struck the Two Huai regions, he somehow survived and, for reasons he couldn't explain, fled the disaster with a string of little ones in tow. He took in children, learned to fish, and cleared land to farm. A beggar makes mistakes, is fiercely protective of his own, and tries his best to become a good older brother. The siblings go from havin 5.4kReads9.3Score674Shelves
40. 40 重 Back to the Apocalypse: It Begins with Cutting Ties with My Family 重回末世，从和全家断绝关系开始 chellSci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Natural Disasters + Stockpiling + Pocket Dimension + Farming + No Romance] In her previous life, Xia Shige was the true heiress reclaimed by the wealthy Lu family. During the apocalypse, she worked tirelessly to take care of them all. Unfortunately, her brothers only loved the fake heiress; her fiancé blamed her for ruining his engagement to the fake heiress; and even her biological parents personally pushed her into the abyss for the sake of the fake heiress. Reborn, with mudslides, 6.4kReads7.8Score653Shelves

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    It should be something like this, right? [Awkward laugh]

41. 41 分 They Gave Me Barren Fields, So I Grew Divine Herbs Instead 分我废田，反手种出神药 Here Comes Laimi来米啦Modern Romance272k WordsCompleted Female Protagonist Transmigrates + Cold and Ruthless Male Lead + Two Systems + Mission-Focused Career Building + No Romance. Wang Mengmeng transmigrates into another world as a good-for-nothing young lady. Her father died in battle, her mother is gravely ill, and she herself was trampled to death by a pig. When she came of age, her family casually gave her and her mother a plot of barren land to get rid of them. Her cousin, meanwhile, received three thousand mu of spirit farmland, attended the e 1.5kReads8.5Score178Shelves

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    It's alright, watchable.

42. 42 我 We're Fighting for Our Lives in Another World, While You're Farming and Retiring? 我们异世厮杀，你却在种田养老？ A Graceful Swan Enters a Dream惊鸿入梦Sci-Fi & Apocalypse518k WordsCompleted [Farming + Everyday Life + A Little Wish-Fulfillment] This is a slow-paced story. The heroine isn't a powerful, independent female lead, but a rather silly little darling everyone dotes on. [Content Warning: No romance. The heroine is very dumb, with intelligence a little below average.] Blue Star was destroyed, and all of humanity was transported to the Qishi Continent, a hellish arena disguised as a game where people are forced to fight one another. The floating islands had no food or water, a 454Reads8.8Score103Shelves
43. 43 水 Fruit Mutation: Oranges Shock the Nation from the Start 水果异变，开局橘子震惊全国 Lu Tumanman鹿菟蔓蔓Modern Romance214k WordsCompleted After the apocalypse, plants around the world mutated, and the mutations in fruit trees were especially devastating. Their fruit tasted like chewing wax, with a terrible texture. Even after scientists spent a full 70 years researching the problem, they still could not find a way to restore the mutated fruit trees to their pre-apocalyptic state. From then on, the world never again had the delicious oranges, apples, grapes, peaches, and other fruits of the old days. For the sake of the System’s 10 305Reads—Score101Shelves

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    I'm here on my little electric scooter 🛵 💜 ① A hundred years ago, a rainstorm gave birth to zombies, causing fruit trees to lose their original color and flavor. The female protagonist, with the help of a system, grows oranges, grapes 🍇, and other fruits, attracting the attention of an agricultural research institute. 💙 ② In interstellar space, she becomes a popular shop owner because of her ability to cultivate plants. Later, there are plant spirits. This is not entirely a farming story.

44. 44 末 Apocalypse: Don't Mess with the Little Farming Prodigy 末世：别惹那个种地的小祖宗 Black Pear Sauce黑梨子酱Sci-Fi & Apocalypse781k WordsOngoing Reborn in the apocalypse × System × heroine vs. four male leads × past and present lives in the apocalypse × everyone's darling The heroine, all four male leads, and the supporting cast are strong. No putting anyone down. Black Pear Sauce (the author with a screw loose): The heroine died a tragic death in her previous life. After being reborn, she relied on the System to build her own manor in the apocalypse and become an empress. But fate had other plans. When four powerful men who had also be —Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 第 The Chief Investigator 第一提刑官 Clouds at the Horizon天边云Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted “The rain kept falling, and spring slipped away unnoticed. Only when the skies cleared did we realize how deep into summer we were.” From coroner to judicial commissioner, Chu Zhaoyun has become an extraordinary woman in the Great Sheng capital of Bianjing! One day, Chu Zhaoyun had just shut her willowwood case and hadn’t even washed her hands when she spotted a man standing in the doorway. She immediately grew wary. “Lord Duan, does this case fall under the Imperial City Division? Is it a major 16.7kReads8.5Score2.3kShelves
46. 46 大 The Great Coroner: Xilai, Another One’s Dead 大仵作：喜来，又死一个 Dog Sixteen狗十六Mystery2.2M WordsCompleted She was a posthumous child pulled from a pile of corpses. She spent her days among the dead, playing with skulls and amusing herself by catching maggots. To uncover the truth behind her adoptive father's death, she even took it upon herself to dissect a corpse. Others mocked her as a freak and kept their distance, but the ruthless commander of the realm's forces doted on her beyond measure. Dismemberment and cremation, for love or for money. In this bizarre world, joy comes from seeing clearly f 5.6kReads8.9Score842Shelves
47. 47 悬 The Unsolved Case: The Truth of Evil 悬案之真实的罪恶 Author Rong Hua作者戎华Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Short, self-contained cases] + [Inspired by true cases] + [Won't eat or sleep, only solve cases] Twisted human nature has given rise to one bizarre real-life tragedy after another! Join the protagonist, Liang Zheng, as he clears away the fog and probes the depths of humanity's ugliness. A suspenseful detective novel with a mind-bending ending you won't see coming! 19.6kReads8.7Score2kShelves
48. 48 末 Reborn in the Apocalypse: This Time, I Absolutely Must Live to a Ripe Old Age! 末世重生之这次我一定要老死！ You Can't Eat More Than Me你吃不过我Sci-Fi & Apocalypse563k WordsCompleted Apocalypse + hoarding supplies + everyone’s favorite + raising mutant plants and beasts Ye Xiaoxiao is a hapless soul who never lives past the age of 23, no matter how many times she is reborn. Every time, she vows to stock up and survive by keeping her head down. Ye Xiaoxiao: There are bamboo shoots on the back hill! Let’s dig them up! There are mushrooms on the back hill! Let’s pick them! Not enough food? Let’s grow some! But after her twenty-fifth rebirth, she awakens a bizarre ability: Wa 40Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    🛵Here I come on my little electric scooter!🐾①The female protagonist is reborn multiple times, becoming a superhuman favored by exotic plants. She cultivates an entire mountain⛰️ with edible fruits and vegetables and spring water. She selects seeds, loosens the soil, waters💧, and sows them. The female protagonist can control the growth rate of the vegetables by activating her superhuman abilities. 🐾②In the apocalypse, she searches for and cultivates food, can understand plant language, and the story leans towards slice-of-life.

49. 49 末 Apocalypse: I’ve Got All the Fruits and Vegetables You Crave 末世：你馋的水果蔬菜我都有 Summer Has Nanmu夏日有南木Sci-Fi & Apocalypse320k WordsCompleted Lin Manman transmigrates into a book set in the apocalypse and wakes up in a freezing laboratory, where the original owner's aunt sold her! She's a weakling with no way to escape. Then one day, a new man arrives at the lab, and the two of them work together to escape. She joins his squad of ability users. In the apocalypse, plants and animals mutate, and most plants are inedible. People need food above all, so she starts growing plants to satisfy her taste buds. The precious cabbages that cost t 82Reads7.5Score—Shelves
50. 50 咸 A Couch Potato's Post-Disaster Farming Journal 咸鱼灾后种田记 The Pig Who Loves Farming爱种田的猪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse289k WordsCompleted Post-disaster farming + food + adorable pets + pocket dimension. A lighthearted, feel-good farming story, with a sweet, healing tale of cute pets that's perfect to read before bed. There is a male lead, but the romance doesn't get much attention and develops quickly (fair warning, please don't complain!). Disaster strikes, and the city collapses in an instant. An unknown global virus causes humans to mutate, dividing them into New Humans, Old Humans, and Mutants. Everything people eat and drink 395Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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