Seeking Infrastructure-Building Novels, With or Without a Female-Male Pairing 求基建文，女主有无CP都可以

1. 1 穿 Transmigrated as a Pitiful Little Girl in Ancient Times, I Flee to the Mountains to Farm 穿成古代小可怜，逃到深山去种田 Northern Gate Commander北门提督Ancient Romance483k WordsCompleted [Farming] [Lighthearted] [Infrastructure] [Spatial storage] [Spirit spring] [Transmigration] [Fictional setting] After a car accident, Leng Jing transmigrated into the body of a five-year-old little waif. The moment she woke up, she heard her original body’s aunt and uncle planning to sell the children so they could flee from famine. Leng Jing wasn’t exactly calm about that. Fortunately, there was good news: her older brother and her twin younger brother had transmigrated with her. The bad news? 12.5kReads9.0Score1.4k14d adds
2. 2 全 The Nation’s Beloved Four-Year-Old Takes Her Soldier Brothers on a Transmigration 全国团宠：四岁宝宝带兵哥哥穿越 Meng Yining萌艺宁Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Truly Adorable Child + Everyone’s Darling + Feel-Good Revenge + The Nation Is Her Real Dad + No Romance] Ever since her mother fell ill and passed away, Mu Chen has been a child with no one to love her. Her father married a stepmother and had a son, so he paid even less attention to Mu Chen. Mu Chen never gets enough to eat. Like the old man next door who collects scrap, she sneaks out every day to collect empty water bottles and sell them, just to buy a little food for her tummy. One day, Mu C 34.3kReads9.5Score3.7k14d adds

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   This is a patriotic novel featuring a baby protagonist who travels through various dimensions with a system to collect resources, which are then handed over to help the country develop and save the Earth. The entire story is morally sound, with a fast-paced plot, and combines elements of a beloved, satisfying, and sweet romance without being mindless. It's sure to make readers blush, and since the protagonist is still a baby, there won't be any romantic pairings.

3. 3 带 Transmigrate to the Beastfolk Continent With a Farm 带着农场穿越兽人大陆 Plain Brocade and Jade Ornaments素锦璎珞Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Beastfolk + transmigration + strong female lead + infrastructure building + 1v1 + mutually devoted couple; heroine’s growth arc] She opens her eyes and finds herself on the Beastfolk Continent? Lu Yao happily thinks she’ll get to live like a pampered freeloader. But to her utter surprise, she’s landed in infrastructure-building mode. There’s no food, no clothes, and not even a house. They’ll have to start from scratch and build a tribe, while also facing a harsh environment. But nothing can 3.9kReads8.7Score37714d adds

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   The female lead is working hard on construction, while the male lead plays a supporting role. They go out of the cave to build walls and houses to defend against beast tides, and they also farm. It's a very good watch, definitely fitting the tone of an infrastructure project.

4. 4 末 Apocalypse Card Draws: Unlimited Resources to Take Home! 末世抽卡：无限资源带回家！ Hurry Up and Erase the World快点世界抹日Sci-Fi & Apocalypse570k WordsCompleted [Reborn in the apocalypse + tower-defense game + territory development + god-tier gold cards + upgrade progression + overwhelming power in the later stages] No romance in the main story. There is a second male lead who has one-sided feelings for the heroine; the extras may include a romance. • The apocalypse arrived, and a silver tower descended from the sky. Blue Star entered a dark age, and humanity was forced into a deadly game for survival. Only by beating the games could people obtain the r 994Reads8.5Score10714d adds

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   I'm currently reading this one. The female protagonist is reborn before the game started, and she leads her family to rapid development. She's not the kind of person who suffers in silence and makes others feel uncomfortable. I think it's pretty good.

5. 5 从 After Transmigrating from the Apocalypse, I Build Up the Borderlands with a Prince 从末世穿越后，在边关和王爷搞基建 Nan Meng南梦Two Male Leads206k WordsCompleted Lu Huai is suddenly transmigrated into the body of a pitiful young man whose own sister plotted to catch him in bed with someone. He is then made to marry in his sister's place, becoming the wife of Prince Jing, a man infamous as a bringer of calamity and misfortune. He has barely enjoyed two days of married life before being sent away to the prince's frozen, snowbound fief. Lu Huai gives a cold laugh. He's survived the brutal, bloody days of the apocalypse, so what's a little ancient era to him 1.1kReads8.9Score10514d adds

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   A novel featuring two male protagonists, set in a city with a strong infrastructure, where they support each other and grow together.

6. 6 开 From the Start, I Came Clean. After Exile, We Built a City Together! 开局坦白，被流放后共建一座城！ This Heaven-Sent Fortune这泼天富贵Two Male Leads723k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Superpowers + Spatial Storage + Exile + Infrastructure Building and Farming + BL + Raising a Child] Original title: Coming Clean from the Start, Then Building a City Together After Being Exiled! Jiang Ling spent ten years surviving the apocalypse and had finally grown tired of it. In the end, he chose to die together with the Zombie Emperor. But he didn’t die. He transmigrated and even became a replacement bride. What the heck! He quickly took stock of the situation. Thankfully 7.8kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
7. 7 公 The Top-Ranked Road Survivalist Says She'll Walk to the End of the Road 公路求生榜一说她要走到公路尽头 Zhang Paopao张泡泡Sports2.9M WordsOngoing Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec 434kReads9.4Score40.6k14d adds

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   It's so good! I can't stop watching!

8. 8 基 Infrastructure: Raising Little Ones in the Great Qin Empire 基建：我在大秦养崽崽 Yun Xuan Weijing云玄未璟Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Infrastructure building + sweet romance + System + food + raising a child + devoted 1v1 romance + parallel world] [One-sentence summary] Transmigrating into the Qin dynasty, she builds infrastructure and falls into a sweet romance with Brother Zheng~ [Full synopsis] Chu Yue Ning, a crafting blogger, thought she would live an ordinary, peaceful life. Unexpectedly, a moment of kindness sent her transmigrating to the Qin dynasty two thousand years ago, where she happened to spend a passionate nigh 10.1kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
9. 9 嫁 After Marrying a Miserable Prince, the Princess Consort Becomes an Infrastructure Maniac 嫁给凄惨王爷后，王妃化身基建狂魔 Carefree Shen Shang逍遥参商Two Male Leads304k WordsCompleted Princess × Prince Shen Jianzhang × Yi Kunqing Shen Jianzhang, a Qianyuan raised as a Kunze, marries Yi Kunqing, a prince who is a Kunze pretending to be a Qianyuan. The prince is neither loved by his father nor favored by his mother, and has no idea how to make money or cut costs. The princess is the darling of her whole family, and a genius at making money and building infrastructure. After marrying the prince, the princess embarks on a grand infrastructure spree: reclaiming wilderness and stoc 24Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 10 我 I Build Infrastructure in Ancient Times 我在古代搞基建 Chi Mitang池米唐Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Woman Disguised as a Man + Infrastructure Building + Career-Focused + Fiercely Protective + Clear-Eyed Heroine] Original title: Building Infrastructure in Ancient Times Tang Yixuan, a brilliant engineer, transmigrates into the body of a woman who has taken her brother’s place as the new magistrate of Qingchuan County. To stay alive, she racks her brains and exhausts every resource at her disposal. She builds waterworks, raises tall buildings, paves roads with concrete, and constructs a city. Be 4.4kReads9.1Score57114d adds
11. 11 末 The Doomsday Expert Arrives in the Savage Lands and Devotes Himself to Building Civilization 末世大佬穿到蛮荒后一心搞基建 Wang Chuanchuan王串串Ancient Romance263k WordsCompleted [Ancient Wilderness Beast World, Two Strong Leads, Sweet Romance] Feng Muli was completely bewildered. She had just transmigrated from the apocalypse to the ancient wilderness when a masked man dragged her off to be cursed. Afterward, he even declared brazenly, “From today on, you are my woman, Chi You's.” Chi You? Who? She wanted to spit right in his face. But then he pampered her until her feet barely touched the ground. He stood in front of her and brought down an axe, cleaving the head off a 103Reads8.9Score—14d adds

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    It's great! I love watching it! Come and see it!!!

12. 12 做 The First Thing I Did as a County Magistrate: Feed the Whole County 做女县令第一件事：让全县吃饱饭 Jasmine Milk Tea茉莉牛乳茶Ancient Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [Farming + infrastructure development + improving people’s livelihoods + System + a female magistrate’s rise to power] Shen Zheng opens her eyes to find she’s become a newly appointed female magistrate. The county office is so poor that plaster is crumbling off the walls, and the granary is so empty even the mice stay away. Everyone knows that the poorest county in all of Liuyang Prefecture is this very county, Tong’an. Just as she thinks she’ll have to waste three years in Tong’an before retiri 17.4kReads9.2Score1.9k14d adds
13. 13 胎 Born as a Princess, I Take on Ancient China’s Infrastructure 胎穿公主后，我在古代搞基建 Osmanthus Rice Wine Fish酒酿桂花鱼Ancient Romance153k WordsCompleted [Food + Infrastructure Building + Princess + Overpowered Golden Finger + Everyone’s Darling + Business + Farming] Chu Qingyou, a newly graduated master’s student in civil engineering, transmigrates to the undocumented Great Chu Kingdom and becomes its only princess. The emperor dotes on her, the empress loves her, and her eldest brother, the crown prince, puts her first in everything. She also has an adorable little brother who calls for his big sister all day long. After living a peaceful life 32Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 14 被 Driven from My Ancestral Home, I Feast with My Family 被逼出祖宅我带家人大鱼大肉 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Li Yongsheng wakes from a deep sleep to discover that he has transmigrated. Still dazed, he hears people arguing. His uncle, a scholar who had passed the first imperial exam, stole someone's jade pendant and was confronted over it. The family hurriedly held a discussion and made Li Yongsheng's honest, simple father take the blame. His mother was utterly unwilling, but she couldn't withstand the barrage of pressure. Fortunately, after the pendant was returned, the other party didn't pursue the ma 10.3kReads8.7Score87414d adds

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    This is a good book. It's about catching fish to stave off hunger and starting a business by brewing wine. It's not clichéd or pretentious.

15. 15 穿 Transmigrated as a Trouble-Making Mother-in-Law, I Lead the Whole Family to Flee the Famine 穿成搅家精婆婆，统领全家逃荒 Yu Qiaoqiao语乔乔Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Famine + building from nothing + raising children + no male lead] The moment Shen Qing opened her eyes, she found a mud-and-thatch hut, clothes patched over and over, cornmeal gruel, and not a trace of meat or oil. Shen Qing: This is just too miserable! The eldest son, raised by the original owner to favor one child over another, was uselessly devoted to his filial duties and wanted to abandon his sick daughter. The second son was an old workhorse, shouldering all the hardest and most exhaustin 12.7kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds

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    No romantic pairing, saintly protagonist, refugee and disaster relief, the whole village becomes rich and prosperous – a refreshing and satisfying story with an unconventional plot.

16. 16 饥 In the Famine Years, My Cherished Villagers Became an Army of a Hundred Thousand 饥荒年，我娇养的村民成了十万战 Mao Mao猫芼Ancient Romance349k WordsCompleted Infrastructure building + a touch of an ensemble cast + no romance Qin Miao first realized the ancient painting her grandfather had left her was no ordinary artwork when she could faintly hear voices coming from the other side, from long ago. One night, an old man's voice prayed to the painting, filled with grief and helplessness, asking it to show the villagers a way forward. Only then did Qin Miao learn that they had been caught in a war and that bandits had raided their village. Many families 126Reads6.8Score—14d adds

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    🌈🍁A rare find: a romance-free, infrastructure-building, poverty alleviation story with a small ensemble cast. The female lead can travel to ancient times through a painting—finally, not to connect with princes and generals, but with ordinary people, helping them rise from nothing.

17. 17 末 Apocalypse Rebirth: The Big Shot Starts by Stockpiling a Million Supplies 末世重生：大佬从百万囤货开始 Zhou Dabai周大白Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + ruthless heroine + System storage space + stockpiling supplies + infrastructure building + strong female lead + an outrageously powerful golden finger!] Han Qingxia, a hardened survivor who struggled through ten years of the apocalypse, is betrayed by her base while it’s under siege by zombies. She opens her eyes and finds herself back half a month before the apocalypse! Her deadbeat father, awful grandmother, and stepmother are still trying to force her out of her home so her brot 97.4kReads9.4Score8.6k14d adds

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    It's so cool to have no male lead!

18. 18 幻 Survival Rules for Gensokyo 幻想乡生存法则 Eat Lianlian's Hat吃掉恋恋帽子Anime Fanfiction211k WordsOngoing [The rating is low because this just launched! All-female cast + gaming + construction + farming + alchemy + adventure + Eastern fantasy. Hope you have a blast reading!] Transmigration is risky: you start out in debt the moment you land! Building up another world? No, it's a burned-out office worker's fresh start! When she wakes up, the green-haired girl Wujing discovers that not only has she lost her memory, she's also landed in Gensokyo, a fantasy world teeming with youkai and governed by biza 1Reads8.4Score—14d adds

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    The protagonist arrives in Gensokyo to survive, and the very beginning makes her want to give up. She's so poor that all she has is a terrible system, and she's constantly being chased by creditors. She can only struggle to build a house amidst hordes of youkai.

19. 19 穿 Transmigrated as Cao Cao's Daughter: From Farming to Empress 穿成曹操女儿，从种地到女帝 The Classic of Mountain Journeys山游经Female-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Cao Sui, a graduate student in agricultural science, has just finished slogging through her thesis when she jolts awake and opens her eyes to a woman gazing at her with tender affection. After spending over half a year recovering in bed, she finally gets up and learns that her father has gone off to fight the Yellow Turbans. The Yellow Turbans? What a historically specific term. Cao Sui is devastated. Why on earth did she have to end up in the Three Kingdoms? With disasters and war stacked aga 11.8kReads9.0Score1.8k14d adds

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    Tired of the hustle and bustle of the city? Open this book and escape to the countryside with the protagonist. Cultivate wasteland, raise livestock, and encounter the purest and warmest everyday life amidst the smoke from cooking fires and the fragrance of rice paddies.

20. 20 穿 I Landed in a Fairytale World, and My Little Tavern Became a Hit 穿进童话世界，我的小酒馆爆火了 Graceful as a Swimming Fish婉若游鱼Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Healing + food + another world + fairy-tale characters appear + a little farming] While passing through a little fountain square in another world, Jiang Jiang came across an absolute beauty in a tattered dress. The beautiful older sister was leaning against the fountain, sobbing miserably. Jiang Jiang, a true lover of pretty faces, was heartbroken for her. With a grand wave of her hand, she brought the woman home and served her a steaming cup of milk tea and a sweet-and-sour berry tart. The 8.4kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
21. 21 穿 After Transmigrating Into a Shady Profession, I Lead Everyone to the Straight and Narrow 穿成不良从业者后我带全员从良 2 Chuan2川Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The second version of the animated series is now live. Search for "Yanhuo Fanlou". An alternate world + food + farming + the rise of a bankrupt brothel madam + female solidarity. (Slow-paced, not a power fantasy. Neither the male nor female characters are perfect; they're ordinary people with emotions and desires who eat, drink, and use the bathroom. If that's not your thing, don't read.) Lu Xinyi never imagined that simply wanting to celebrate her thirtieth birthday would send her into another 5.6kReads8.8Score70114d adds
22. 22 种 Farming: My Rugged Husband Is Rather Sweet 种田：糙汉夫君有点甜 He Mu Shenshen禾木深深Ancient Romance511k WordsCompleted Mu Chunniang had lived with the Mu family for fourteen years, rising earlier than the chickens and going to bed later than the dogs. Both her older sisters were engaged, but she wasn't in a hurry. She figured she'd marry someone suitable when the time came. Who knew she'd first be threatened by someone invoking her father's life debt, then become the target of relatives who wanted to sell her for the money? With nowhere else to turn, Chunniang decided to take a gamble. She brought the money she' 2.9kReads8.3Score30414d adds
23. 23 欢 A Joyful Gathering 欢喜聚 July Hasn't Arrived Yet七月还没来Ancient Romance679k WordsCompleted The joys and sorrows of a blended family in ancient times. [A fictional setting: family life and affection that grows over time] An older half-brother who shares the same father. A younger half-sister who shares the same mother. An older sister they took in. A stepsister and stepbrother with no blood ties, after their mother remarries. Yang Xiyue is somehow thrust into a family with a full set of siblings. Life is hard, and people are complicated. Let’s see how this big family eventually finds a 15.5kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
24. 24 假 The Fake Young Master Was Sent Back to the Countryside, Where He Turned His Life Around with His Wife and Children 假少爷被赶回农村带妻儿逆袭人生 Beautiful Spring Day春光明媚Urban1.8M WordsCompleted When Xie Zhao opened his eyes, he was back in 1983. That year, the richest family in Huxian County, the Chen family, found their real son and sent the impostor, Xie Zhao, back to Shishui Village. He couldn’t believe that the parents who had once treasured him like their own flesh and blood no longer wanted him. Had all the love they’d shown him over eighteen years been a lie? He went to ask them, but they wept and cursed him as a curse upon the family. They said he had made their biological son 19.9kReads9.0Score1.9k14d adds
25. 25 团 The Jiang Family's Beloved Little Daughter Can Work Immortal Magic 团宠之蒋家小女会仙法 March in Fragrant Bloom三月含芳菲Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Space + Cultivation + Farming + Beloved by the whole family + Medicine Big news! Big news! The people of Qingzhou spread the word far and wide. The Jiang clan of Xijindu, where no girl had been born in two hundred years, had welcomed a baby girl. They say the little girl was born blessed with tremendous good fortune. On the day she was born, rain fell from the heavens upon the land, which had suffered a prolonged drought. A few days after her birth, the family elders went hunting in the mountain 54.4kReads9.5Score5.1k14d adds

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    This is an incredibly satisfying read; you'll regret it if you don't!

26. 26 贪 The Money-Grubbing Princess Plucks Every Feather in Her Path 贪财王妃雁过拔毛可还行 Moonset in the West Tower月落西楼Ancient Romance303k WordsCompleted [Exile + transmigration + stockpiling + pocket dimension + spirit spring + farming + infrastructure] With the apocalypse drawing near, Su Ni Yue had become obsessed with stockpiling supplies to survive. Even on her deathbed, she made sure to gather one last haul. Little did she know that this super-spy, who clung to life without fearing death, would transmigrate into a book. When she woke, she found she had received a transmigration starter pack: her superpowers had awakened, and her pocket dime 12.2kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
27. 27 灾 Swapping Brides in a Famine Year! The Wicked Bride Crushes Her Sick Husband on Their Wedding Night 灾年换亲！恶女新婚夜压死病夫君 Fruit Tea with Pearls果茶加珍珠Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted [Feel-good farming + shop space + doting husband and wealth + raising children + miracle doctor + a female lead who is never softhearted or merciful] Special agent Lu Zhao opens her eyes to find herself in the body of the village's wicked, 200-jin woman! She's married off from the start! Her younger sister swaps brides with her, marrying the strong young son of the village chief, while Lu Zhao is sent off with two burdensome children to marry the sickly Mo Beiyan. On their wedding night, her eno 2.2kReads9.0Score27214d adds
28. 28 穿 Reborn as a Wicked Foster Mother: I Raised the Villainous Tyrant All Wrong 穿成恶毒养母：把反派暴君养歪了 Blue Sky over Mountains and Rivers山水蔚蓝天Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No romance + teaching + adorable kids + farming + building wealth + infrastructure] A warm, slice-of-life story Zhang Ziruo transmigrates into the role of the evil adoptive mother of a tyrannical villain, destined for a tragic end. She plans to win the villain’s favor while he is still young, only to discover that he has been reborn... Taking stock of her new circumstances, she decides to open a school and become a teacher! She’ll raise the villain to be a virtuous, capable, open-minded, and po 15.2kReads9.5Score2.2k14d adds

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    Transmigrated into the body of a vicious villainous adoptive mother, she turns the tables by teaching.

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