In a Reading Slump, Looking for Transmigration and World-Building Novels 书荒 求穿越基建文
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The Commandery Princess Builds Up Her Fief 郡主在封地搞基建
Turbulent times + nation-building + farming + war + political intrigue + no romance The isolated city of Shuofang, abandoned by the empire and standing on the brink of national ruin, awaits a modern female engineer. She feeds the city with grain, crossbows, and simplified Chinese characters, then declares to the northern frontier with nine-hundred-pace Fubo crossbows and a thousand-strong Mo Dao battalion: “Even mortals can forge blades, and a single spark can start a prairie fire.”
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Steel Fortress: From Famine-Stricken Farm Girl to Infrastructure Tycoon 钢铁堡垒：从逃荒农女到基建领主
Technical farming and pocket-dimension infrastructure development (a hard-nosed development story) When agricultural PhD Qin Zheng opens her eyes, drought stretches for thousands of miles and corpses litter the roads. Her pocket dimension holds no miraculous pills, just all the modern farming equipment from her experimental plots, a seed bank of high-yield crops, and half a cabinet of agricultural literature. Fleeing famine? No, this is the launch site of a large-scale, real-world agricultural t
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Building Infrastructure in an Otome Game 穿进乙女游戏搞基建
Other people transmigrate and marry powerful men, clinging to a golden thigh. She, on the other hand, ends up in the body of a disabled person. The emperor actually ordered the top scholar, who had earned first place in all six exams, to marry her and bring her good fortune! Maybe it wasn’t such a bad deal? Wait! The top scholar was here to assassinate her? Why was she so unlucky! What was she supposed to do about the four men she’d successfully won over, now clinging to her? Who needs romance w
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A Matriarch’s Guide to Taming Husbands: A Female Doctor Builds Infrastructure With Her Four Husbands 母系驯夫记：女博士带四夫搞基建
Note: This isn't a mindless power fantasy, but trust me, it gets better and better! Lin Nian accidentally transmigrates, and ends up far in the past, in the late stages of a matriarchal society. Other people transmigrate with a pocket dimension or a System, and some even have supernatural abilities. All she brings is a backpack with a few seeds and a brain full of knowledge. She doesn't know a soul here, so she has to make her own way in life. Fortunately, the people of the tribe are kind enough
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Building Infrastructure in a Famine-Stricken World 我在灾荒位面搞基建
[No Romance, Strong Female Lead, Business, Farming, Infrastructure, Incredibly Satisfying!] After getting into an online fight with haters at home and passing out, Zhu Qing wakes up to discover that she has cancer and only a few days left to live. In her despair, she binds to a System and begins a new life running a shop in another world. Disasters and wars plague the Liang Dynasty, driving the people to despair. Countless families sell their children just to afford a meal. A strange shop appear
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After Transmigrating, I Built Infrastructure and Landed a Steady Job 穿越后搞基建，竟做成铁饭碗
Transmigrating as a poor girl in ancient times, Hu Yingyue finds herself from the start in a home stripped bare of everything. She looks up at the sky: Fine, no need to panic! Bamboo strips chafe your bottom? Mash tree bark and hemp cloth into pulp, mass-produce fine paper, and forge a new path! Your period is coming? Sew cotton cloth into sanitary pads and say goodbye to old rags! The latrine stinks? Use a water-flush toilet and compost the waste to fertilize the fields, turning barren land int
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Building Infrastructure in Troubled Times, I Become Empress 我在乱世搞基建当女帝
(Lighthearted kingdom-building wish fulfillment) As the late emperor’s most beloved princess, Chu Xiang is banished by the new emperor to the desolate, freezing lands of Liaodong. She takes it in stride, reclaiming wasteland for farming, planting forests to halt the sand, building roads and canals, opening up trade, and establishing schools. The barren frontier, where smoke from cooking fires could not be seen for a thousand miles, becomes a granary beyond the pass. The new emperor’s tyranny pl
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After I Transmigrated, I Raised an Emperor and a Million Soldiers! 穿越后我养了皇帝和百万士兵！
[Two male leads + transmigration + farming + tycoon System + building a business + invincible power fantasy + 1v1, both devoted to each other] This novel has two male leads. Two male leads. Two male leads. If that bothers you, run now. The premise is simple: an invincible power fantasy. With a System, who needs to put up with mistreatment? With a golden finger, who needs to put up with mistreatment? The motto is: if someone crosses you, hit back. The protagonist is a modern man, straightforward
1.7kReads8.4Score309Shelves
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The Wasteland Survival Code 废土生存密码
[Small team + heartwarming + clever heroine + no romance] What do you do if you can't stomach nutrient liquid made from snails and cockroaches? Starve to death, that's what! A hundred years after the apocalypse, strange green rain has created a forest wasteland. Food culture has been completely lost. Ordinary humans survive on nutrient liquid made from mushrooms, moss, snails, and earthworms, while Chinese cabbage has become a luxury. Meanwhile, people in the prosperous cities live lives of extr
5.1kReads9.0Score595Shelves
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My Fists Are the Law 我拳头硬我说了算
[Transmigration] [Strong Female Lead] [Fleeing Hardship] [Infrastructure Building] [Making a Fortune] [A Touch of Ensemble Cast] [Clan on the Rise] [Family Life] [Comedy] [No Spatial Storage] She was a fearsome big sister on the streets. After transmigrating to the Great Xia Dynasty, she found herself in Ma Village, a place so desperately poor it could barely scrape by. The original owner's whole family was a force to be reckoned with, which suited her just fine. She could never change her natu
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Could I Really Get Canceled in a Rules-Based Horror Game? 我还能在规则怪谈里塌房不成？
[Infinite-Flow + Rules-Based Horror + Horror Game + Strong Female Team + A Group of People With Questionable Sanity] Just before their debut, the group Shili belonged to was betrayed by a bandmate, who framed them for bullying. Their debut fell through, while the bandmate won netizens’ sympathy and relaunched her career to great success. To this day, Shili’s social media accounts are still flooded with abuse from the other girl’s rabid fans. As luck would have it, in the third year after the com
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Great Qin: My Frail and Delicate Worthy Minister 大秦：我那身娇体弱的贤臣
Female transmigrates as a man + no romance + focused on building a career Zhang Yuanqing transmigrates into the body of a down-on-his-luck noble from the State of Chu during the Warring States period. “System for Great Ministers of the Ages activated. Host, work hard to become one of history's greatest ministers!” Wait, wait, wait. Having a System is a good thing, but what does it mean to become one of history's greatest ministers? It's a given that King Zheng of Qin will unite the six states. A
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A Country Girl’s Daily Life of Preparing for the Imperial Exams 农家女的科举日常
[System + women’s imperial examinations + no disguises as men + transmigration + fictional setting + no romance + farming] In her previous life, Zhuge Yunshu was an orphan with no one to support but herself, and she lived a thoroughly carefree, lazy life. Perhaps Heaven couldn’t stand watching her do nothing, so it dropped something on her from a great height and killed her. Then she was reborn as a baby in an ancient farming family. In this era, where farming is the main way of life, everyone,
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In Ancient Times, I Just Want to Be a Laid-Back Nobody 在古代我只想当咸鱼
[Transmigration + Pocket Space + Business + Farming + Revenge on Scumbags + No Romance] The middle-aged woman’s dream came true, but instead of returning to her childhood, she transmigrated to ancient times and became a young girl sold into a brothel. How was she supposed to make a dazzling life for herself in the past? Don’t worry, her marketplace pocket space is here. She can live freely and comfortably in ancient times, making a name for herself. She wants to lie flat and be a lazy fish, but
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A Great Famine in Daqian from the Start: I Grow Crops to Build a Rich Nation 开局大乾饥荒，我靠种田富可敌国
He transmigrates to ancient times and finds himself in the middle of a three-year famine from the start: a thousand miles of scorched earth, with people driven to eat their own children! The powerful hoard goods and treat human lives as worthless. Just when all hope seems lost, Lin Yuan, a top agricultural university graduate, smiles. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, curved plows... While everyone else is gnawing on tree bark, his granaries are already overflowing! “What? The court wants to requisition
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Her Fortunes Were Stolen, and the Poor Little Thing Turned Dark 气运被夺，小可怜黑化了
[Alternate world + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + reborn + transmigrate + satisfying revenge + fantasy + no romance] Lu Yu had terrible luck. Her whole life, all twenty-some years of it, had been one hardship after another. Poverty and cruelty were always at her side. Then one day, her grandfather from her previous life showed up, gave her a pocket-dimension treasure and a space packed with supplies, and sent her back to her previous life. Only then did she learn that she hadn'
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1960: Transmigrating to Nanluoguxiang 年代1960：穿越南锣鼓巷，
New novel: Reborn in 1980: The Life I’ve Always Dreamed Of Also known as Li Laifu’s Happy Life in 1960s China. (No angst, comedy, farming, and everyday family life.) A short drama, comedy animations, and AI short dramas are now available.
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In a Year of Famine and a Fallen Kingdom, I Used My Space to Build a New Nation with Refugees 荒年国破，我靠空间带流民建国了
[Female-led story of conquering the world] [The heroine's ultimate goal is to rule the world. She cares for the common people and helps them, ultimately reaching the pinnacle of life.] [No romance + invincible + pocket dimension + famine flight + recruiting underlings + empress] She used to be worth tens of billions, but just like that, she transmigrated. She ends up in the body of a hot-tempered widow, with a string of little brats in tow. The good news is that she has a pocket dimension and su
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I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太，别人逃荒我开荒
(No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled
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Reborn as a Barren Old Bachelor, with Two Daughters-in-Law to Feed 穿成绝户老光棍，两个儿媳不愁吃
Zhao Zheng woke up with a terrible hangover to find himself a forty-year-old bachelor in a small mountain village in the ancient Da Kang dynasty. Both his adopted sons had died in battle, leaving behind two daughters-in-law who had only just joined the family. Above him were siblings hoping to seize his estate, and around him were neighbors eager to bully him. Even his own mother openly favored someone else. And his ill-intentioned neighbors were always looking for trouble! Life was hard enough
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Underworld Turmoil After Prison 出狱后的江湖风云
(Original title: The Tiger Emerges from the Mountain) The short drama based on The Tiger Emerges from the Mountain is now streaming on Hongguo. After accidentally killing a sleazy old thug, Li Hu spends three years in prison. When he gets out, underworld boss Hong Weijun seeks him out and immediately gives him a bar. At the same time, the police approach him, hoping he’ll help send Hong Weijun to prison.
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The First Great Mess in the Cultivation World 修仙界第一混乱
“Sect Master Sun, your sect is now a renowned sword sect in the northern cultivation world. What is your opinion of Dean Xu?” “I often tell people in the know that Dean Xu is my idol. People hunt him down, and he still tries to make friends and strike deals with them. He raises disciples until they reach Foundation Establishment, then stops teaching them and sells them off to other sects. Now his students are everywhere, and his people are all over the place.” “And how do the senior members of
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The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区
After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey...
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Growing One Point a Year: From Country Bumpkin to Ancestor of the Immortal Realm 每年加一点从山野村夫成仙界道祖
[Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up
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From the Start, Selling Muscle-Building Tonics at a Street Stall 开局地摊卖大力
[The Dali anime premieres on July 29. Search the title on Tomato to watch the PV.] Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival, and humanity begins awakening supernatural abilities! Jiang Nan awakens the strongest street-stall System from the start. Muscle-Boosting Potion? Detoxifying Soybeans? Lucky Cherries? They can't keep them in stock! The world's top tycoons, richest men, popular streamers, and strongest experts all come to buy them. Jiang Nan: "I'm not even a tiny bit interested in money!
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Monsters Run Amok in a Chaotic Age, and Your Butcher's Knife Technique Is Alive? 妖诡乱世，你杀猪刀法还成精了？
Lin Feng was born into a chaotic world plagued by demons and monsters. For sixteen years, he never had enough to eat or wear. Three months ago, his father, the family’s sole breadwinner and a master who had reached the completion of Skin Tempering, was killed by demons and monsters. His mother, younger sister, and he were left to struggle through life. Just as they were about to reach their limit, the government office began recruiting, and Lin Feng hoped his status as a soldier’s family member
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Disasters and Calamities on the Road to Exile: I'll Protect Our Loyal Family 天灾人祸流放路，满门忠烈我来护
Xie Changsheng has just transmigrated into the body of a young master from a ducal household. Before he can enjoy the good life, the emperor orders his whole family stripped of their titles and exiled! A reborn maid cries out, "In my last life, even my sister the Noble Consort died. The entire Xie family was wiped out!" That very night, Xie Changsheng sneaks into the imperial palace and steals the emperor's entire private treasury. He also spreads rumors about the emperor everywhere, driving the
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Isn't It Only Natural for a Slime Like Me to Crush a Dragon? 我一个史莱姆吊打巨龙很合理吧？
[Beast taming + choices + comedy + nonsense + one female lead (no female lead) = ?] When Chen Shu wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where beast taming reigns supreme, and he has bound himself to a Divine-Level Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him all kinds of rewards! With the System’s help, his pets grow increasingly monstrous: a slime that can sit on a dragon and crush it to death, a husky that can blast a phoenix to tears with elemental skills, and a..
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This Villain Has a Conscience, Just Not Much of One! 这个反派有点良心，但是不多！
"Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain
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A Contract with the King: I Handle the Money, You Play the Figurehead 和国王签约：我管钱，你当象征
Lin Feng, a financial whiz, transmigrates overnight and becomes the most down-on-his-luck baron on the southern frontier of the Kingdom of Galaisia. Faced with a barren estate, mountains of debt, and enemies eyeing him hungrily, his weapon is not steel but a wisdom far ahead of its time. In the south, he is a god of commerce who can turn stones into gold. He extracts wealth from mining waste, unites people through a joint-stock system, and builds the Gray Eagle Trading Company into a nationwide
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