Looking for Survival or Management Novels Where the Protagonist Isn't a Crook and Doesn't Have an Overpowered Golden Finger 求主角不是奸商金手指不要太大的求生文或经营文

1. 1 战 War System in the Apocalypse 战争系统在末世 Eagle of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau云贵高原的雄鹰Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.2M WordsOngoing I Became the Commander-in-Chief in the Apocalypse Apocalypse + raising a massive army + hard-core stats + characters with brains Just as the apocalypse arrives, Gu Chengyuan obtains the War System and starts raising a massive army, sweeping through the apocalypse with an unstoppable tide of steel! The blurb doesn't do it justice. Please read the story. 80.9kReads9.0Score5.3kShelves

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   My first post-apocalyptic survival war novel. The second edition is about survival in a dormitory, and my survival journey after being added to the admin group.

2. 2 宿 Dorm Survival: I Was Pulled into the Management Chat 宿舍求生，我被拉进了管理群 Rolling Eggs翻滚的蛋蛋Mystery4.8M WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow + no saintly heroine + System + survival + satisfying read] When Chen Bei woke up, he found himself in a dormitory survival game, bound to a dorm room. During the day, players had to venture out to gather supplies, grow stronger, and fortify their dorms. When night fell, all kinds of eerie and dangerous creatures appeared. The only way to survive was to hide inside the dorm. People and their dorms lived or died together! Unlike the others, Chen Bei had gained access to the game's 107.1kReads8.9Score8.7kShelves
3. 3 双 Survival in a Two-Person Treehouse: My Talent Levels Up Without Limit 双人树屋求生：我的天赋无限升级 Playing with Little Puppets玩小偶Sports2.2M WordsCompleted [Not an Invincible Protagonist + Two-Person Survival + One Female Lead + No System + Not a Saint + Disasters] Everyone transmigrates to an unknown world to take part in a two-person survival game. This world is rife with endless natural disasters and terrifying monsters... Wang Ping'an's teammate is Luo Ningxue, his childhood friend who grew up with him. They start with a magical treehouse that is alive. They must gather resources side by side and nurture their treehouse, starting from scratch! 53.9kReads7.9Score5.9kShelves

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   Survival story, in my opinion, the cheat system isn't that powerful.

4. 4 末EN The Apocalypse Is Coming? I’ll Arrive First! 末日降临？我先降临！ Noodle King Zai板面王仔Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.8M WordsCompleted [The print edition of I'm a Supplier of Survival Plans for the End Times is now available on major platforms] [Character growth · Multi-theme stages · Ensemble cast · Occasional brutal takedowns · No cookie-cutter plot · No mindless wish fulfillment] After facing repeated layoffs and betrayals, Su Jin was at the lowest point of his life when he was accidentally hired by a mysterious company. Countless worlds are on the brink of destruction. Only by saving their clients can the sparks of civiliza 405.1kReads9.2Score33.9kShelves
5. 5 全EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 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 272.1kReads9.4Score27.8kShelves
6. 6 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 428.2kReads9.4Score40.7kShelves
7. 7 在 I Made a Chinese Restaurant a Huge Hit in the Apocalypse of Another World 在异世界末世经营中华餐厅爆火 Ice Cola Drink Substitute冰可乐代喝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] [Business Management] [System] [Gourmet Food] [Farming] [No CP, Ensemble Cast] After Ling Jing died, she became bound to a business management System and was randomly dropped into an apocalyptic world where plants and animals had mutated. The System asked her to name her restaurant. After thinking for a moment, she typed: Chinese Restaurant. In this mutated apocalypse, every plant and animal had become an enemy. When starving humans on the brink of death caught the scent of roaste 96kReads9.4Score14kShelves

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   Post-apocalyptic management, combining management and storyline.

8. 8 求 Survival: Defending My Cabin Against the Cold Wave 求生：从小木屋开始抵御寒流 Shan Xun山寻Sports3.5M WordsCompleted [Survival] [Shelter Building] [Disasters] [Stockpiling Supplies] Everyone transmigrates. When Qi Yuan wakes up, he finds himself in a fog-shrouded world full of danger. Cold, hunger, wild beasts, and torrential rain become the daily lot of everyone. Rising with the sun and resting at its setting become the way of life for all! 119.2kReads8.2Score8.4kShelves

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   These survival stories are all slow-paced, and the protagonists' superpowers aren't the kind that grant instant, overwhelming power. If you're tired of those wish-fulfillment stories, these are a good option. These survival stories are quite long, so you can easily spend a long time reading them.

9. 9 巨 Surviving in a Giant Tree: One Random Identity Every Day 巨树求生：每天一个随机身份 Farewell to Smoke, Ink, and Verse辞烟墨赋Sports2.3M WordsOngoing Everyone transmigrates to the Dragonspine World, named after its Dragonspine Trees, with towering trees over a hundred meters high visible everywhere. From the start, each person can bind a Dragonspine Tree as a shelter and receive a random talent. When Chen Shu wakes up, he finds himself in an unfamiliar forest. To survive, he has no choice but to keep working hard. His talent is “Identity Acting.” Each day, he receives a random identity and gains the abilities and traits associated with it. Fr 46.3kReads6.1Score4.3kShelves
10. 10 冰 The Ice-Cold Giant Fish 冰冰巨鱼 Uncontrollable Cloud失控云Sports3.2M WordsCompleted [No System + no heroine + a touch of golden finger + farming + raising and developing + slow-burn survival + not a saint, but still compassionate] All of humanity transmigrates to a strange ocean world, where they must survive inside the stomach of a giant fish called the Illusory Leviathan. Humans must help the Illusory Leviathan clear harmful creatures from its stomach. In return, the Illusory Leviathan finds supply crates for them and helps them develop. The creatures in this ocean world are 44.9kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves
11. 11 暴 Blizzard Apocalypse: Surviving in a Wasteland Shelter 暴雪末日：废土避难所求生 Shan Xun山寻Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.3M WordsCompleted [Blizzard Apocalypse] [Survival] [Shelter] [Stockpiling Supplies] [Farming and Construction] [Resource Scarcity] Overnight, Lu Shen finds himself in a blizzard apocalypse. Extreme cold, hunger, radiation, mutated creatures... It is a dark, post-apocalyptic world where society has collapsed, laws have crumbled, the climate has gone haywire, and resources are scarce. The only way to survive is to build a life around a shelter: gather supplies, create a safe haven, grow crops, withstand extreme wea 53.3kReads7.1Score3.7kShelves
12. 12 公 Highway Survival: Why Is the Boss Inspecting Monster Supplies? 公路求生：大佬咋在验收怪物物资 Icebreaking Sledgehammer破冰大锤子Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [Road Survival raft + Infinite Dungeon Progression + Stockpiling] [Not an ensemble story, with a lone-wolf focus. Team battles only begin much later, after around chapter 450. Not a war-between-nations story, and not a rebirth story.] The early chapters borrow general elements from road-survival stories, such as vehicles, professions, and service stations. The story gradually opens up around chapter 100, combining an infinite-dungeon format with a road-survival setting. Current dungeons include 87.4kReads9.2Score8.4kShelves

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    It's super good-looking, highly recommended!!!

13. 13 我 I Really Run an Orphanage, Not an Assassin's Den 我开的真是孤儿院，不是杀手堂 I Am the Ox Warrior我是牛战士Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] [The only imaginative ensemble martial arts novel on the entire site!] [At its peak, 1.5 million readers were following it, ranking seventh across all of Tomato Novel. Come on in and see for yourselves, dear readers!] [Ensemble cast + System + Traits + Martial Arts] Chen Ye transmigrated to the Great Wu Dynasty and became bound to the Orphan-Raising System. By raising orphans, he could earn points, which he could use to draw traits and bestow them upon the children. 116.4kReads8.9Score12.3kShelves
14. 14 满 Max-Level Comprehension: I Farm and Cultivate Immortality in a Martial World 满级悟性：我在武道世界种田修仙 Autumn in a Word一言秋Eastern Fantasy457k WordsCompleted [Everyday Farming + Founding a Dao + Invincible Powerhouse + Beast Companions + World Ascension] Also known as: Max-Level Comprehension: Farming and Cultivating Immortality in a Martial World Qin Shou suffers from organ failure. He closes his eyes, breathes his last, then opens them to find himself among a band of refugees fleeing famine in ancient times. Good news: He gets a second life. Bad news: His body is just as frail as in his previous life, with less than six months to live. Good news: T 4.2kReads7.8Score256Shelves
15. 15 公 Highway Survival: A Carload of Supplies from the Start 公路求生，满车物资开局 Li Jiu梨玖Sports932k WordsCompleted [Male lead, no romance + road survival + beast taming and evolution + planar invasion] Yu Lou is reborn on the first day the road survival challenge descends upon the Blue Star. As a deliveryman, he has a van full of supplies, giving him an incredible start. But in his previous life, his parents guilt-tripped him into taking on several useless hangers-on. In the end, they betrayed him and got him killed. Reborn, Yu Lou decides to stay away from his incompetent parents and kick those deadweights 3.8kReads8.2Score369Shelves

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    I've read all of these, but flipping through the books left me a bit confused, so please forgive me if I encounter anything I don't like. 😆

16. 16 当 Entering Road Survival with a Aventurine Template 当我用砂金模板进入公路求生 Two Hundred and Seventy-Two二六七十二Fantastical Romance530k WordsOngoing (Road survival + no romance + game dungeons + fully developed world) Reborn at the very moment the road survival game began, Song Chang snatched up her phone as fast as she could. On its screen was Aventurine, the three five-stars she'd just pulled in a ten-pull. She knew that, as the first and only perk granted to all of humanity in the survival game, it would grab the nearest object and give the player a unique skill. In her previous life, she'd gotten three five-stars in a ten-pull and was so 799Reads8.8Score100Shelves
17. 17 求 Survival Game: I Have a Peach Blossom Paradise Pearl 求生游戏，我有桃源珠 Ten Miles Square十里方Sports306k WordsCompleted As a corporate finance drone, Cheng Guang was suddenly dragged into a dilapidated safe house one day while working overtime. The System informed her that she would be taking part in a survival game as the 24th player. Here, death means real death. 298Reads8.2Score107Shelves
18. 18 超 The Supergame Descends: Forced Dungeons Underway 超游降临：强制副本进行中 Pai Da Mian派大绵Mystery669k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow] [No saintly protagonist] [Mystery and puzzles] [Slow burn, with plenty of antics] [Not brainless] [Not a power fantasy] [Read with caution if these aren’t for you] Geng Chuan is a transmigrator hidden among the crowd, with a rather unusual way of thinking. Then, one day, a mysterious force from a higher dimension begins distributing game invitations to the people of Blue Star. Pass the trials, and you unlock supernatural abilities. Fail, and your memories are stripped away, leavi 221Reads6.5Score—Shelves
19. 19 徒 Hiking to Survive: My Talent Is an Encyclopedia of Everything 徒步求生，我的天赋是万物图鉴 Drunk Alone by the Green Creek青溪独醉Sports641k WordsOngoing (The rating has only just come in; it should rise later.) [Survival] [Hiking] [Natural disasters] [Stockpiling] [Farming] [No romance] [Lone wolf] When Gu Ning wakes up, she finds herself forced into a Survival journey. But seriously, who survives by walking everywhere on their own two feet? A thatched hut gifted from the start? No. The fabled vehicle? No. Let alone a train, raft, or island. Fortunately, Gu Ning awakens a talent: the Atlas of All Things. It can record anything and unlock all kin 14.2kReads8.1Score1.8kShelves
20. 20 求 Survival Game: What Kind of Farming Is This? 求生游戏：你这算是哪门子的种田 Flying Snow Meow飞雪喵Sports1.5M WordsCompleted [Survival Game] [Farming] [Mostly Slice of Life] [Pets] [No Female Lead] In this survival world, every player can choose a survival path. He is Ye Qian. He considers himself a sunny, cheerful twenty-year-old guy! He says: “I'll pick farming from the start. That should make it easier to live in peace.” He says: “A synthesis skill? It uses too much energy. I can't afford it!” He says: “I'm fine on my own. Raising pets takes too much effort. What a hassle!” He says: “I'm really just a farmer. I jus 10.3kReads9.0Score857Shelves
21. 21 我 I'm Doing Just Fine in Road Survival 我在公路求生过得很好 Forgot to Charge My Phone手机忘充电Sports606k WordsOngoing No romance, with a heroine who grows stronger over time Blue Star is plunged into a survival game where everyone must travel by road. With her grandmother set to enter the game in 37 days, Wen Lan decides she has to survive the bitter cold, no matter what. She thought the talent she awakened from the start would be useless, but it turns out she can grow eggplant lamps, soda, showerheads, and even pumpkin houses! Wen Lan says: A little survival game like this? I’ve got it handled! 2.3kReads8.6Score191Shelves
22. 22 迷 Fog Survival: My Talent Refreshes Every Day 迷雾求生：我的天赋每天刷新 You Are Dust on the Road君若扬路尘Mystery320k WordsCompleted [Survival] [Leveling Up] [Pure Power Fantasy] [No Female Lead] One day, all eight billion people on Earth transmigrate to another world. Radiation, scorching heat, and bitter cold. Zombies, magical beasts, and ancient gods. Countless dangers, with death never far away. In this endless game of death, there is no room for romance, only a bloody path to survival. When Lin Yuan pins the last ancient god to the altar, the mountains of corpses and seas of blood beneath his feet are his answer to this 185Reads6.0Score—Shelves
23. 23 网 Online Game: The Priest at the Peak 网游之牧师巅峰 A Big Red Flower for You给你一朵大红花Sports1.5M WordsCompleted When the game collides with reality, life turns around from the start. The game brings earth-shaking changes to Blue Star, reorganizing the human order and overturning the planet’s standing. It also completely upends Li Mingzhen’s life. Wielding the power of yin and yang, he becomes the number one player! [No heroine] [No romantic tension] [No harem] [No CP] P.S. The male lead isn’t perfect and isn’t a selfless saint, but this isn’t a dark novel. The gender ratio is 9:1, and any female character 587Reads6.9Score—Shelves
24. 24 生 Survival Game: Welcome to the New World 生存游戏：欢迎前往新世界 Qi Muxi祁暮兮Modern Romance427k WordsCompleted [Survival + Post-apocalypse + Infinite Flow + Skills + Stockpiling + Romance] Modern-day Blue Star is severely polluted and no longer fit for human habitation. Humanity’s future is hanging by a thread. [Welcome to the New World Game... (Completion reward: Travel to a new Blue Star fit for human habitation.)] Bai Chuchu is chosen by the New World Game and sent into one survival game after another. Every game is filled with danger, and the players do everything they can to stay alive... Game insta 2.3kReads8.1Score213Shelves

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    Earth has been polluted, and humanity is participating in a New World Game to compete for the right to live in the new world.

25. 25 重 Reborn in 2006: Building a Super Conglomerate 重生2006，创建超级财团 The Long Road of Life漫漫人生Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Finance + internet + energy + technology] An Xin had spent more than a decade in the capital markets. After a wild party, he inexplicably found himself reborn in 2006! He takes every step with care, builds a solid foundation, and plans for the long term, eventually creating a super-conglomerate. [The focus is on delivering both excitement and a story that follows the basic logic of everyday life and how capital works.] 14.8kReads8.7Score981Shelves
26. 26 让 I Told You to Meet the Deadline, Not Become Famous Overseas! 让你赶工期，没让你名扬海外！ Uncle Wolf Only Eats Vegetables狼叔只吃素菜Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Torrential rain is on the way, and the city is about to be hit by a flood. The urgent task of digging a thirty-kilometer waterway within ten days is one that no one in the engineering industry dares to take on. When Qin Feng accepts the job, the whole industry assumes he’s just trying to swindle money. When his fleet of hundred-ton trucks makes a comeback, everyone thinks he’s a monster. How does Qin Feng have so many hundred-ton trucks? But Qin Feng’s feats will amaze the world far beyond that. 5.5kReads7.5Score602Shelves
27. 27 回 Back in the Day, I Became a Stock Market Guru 回到过去当牛散 Shangguan Wudi上官无敌Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [Stocks] + [Futures] + [Powerhouse] [Romance] + [Daily Life] + [Growth] In his previous life, Fang Zheng was dragged down by his father’s disastrous stock-market losses. He died miserable and destitute. This time, he returns to 2015 with the memories of his past life, just before the stock-market crash. Determined to take charge of his own investments and change his family’s fate, he ventures into futures, funds, and other fields. With his foresight and decisive judgment, he sets off a storm in 10.3kReads8.2Score664Shelves
28. 28 重 Reborn, Who Still Wants to Be a Simp? 重生了谁还当舔狗啊 Invincible Little Snowflake无敌小雪花Urban8.4M WordsCompleted At 36, Zhang Hang had achieved modest success in his career when he unexpectedly joined the reborn craze and returned to age 18. After deciding he would no longer be a lovesick doormat, the gears of fate began to turn. He made off with 560,000 yuan in family assets, then stunned his parents by raking in two million from a demolition payout that same month. He launched the game Legend of Greedy Fun and stormed into the gaming industry, then began laying the groundwork for influencer marketing wit 2.3kReads8.7Score304Shelves
29. 29 重 After Being Reborn, I Became a Tech Mogul 重生后我成了科技大佬 Asura’s Great Path修罗大道Urban1.3M WordsCompleted (Satisfying power fantasy + golden finger + cutting-edge technology) (You’ll earn $1 billion by Chapter 16. The main technology storyline begins in Chapter 80. If you don’t like the everyday-life sections, you can start reading at Chapter 80. The first 80 chapters are about the protagonist’s sudden rise from a nobody to a life of wealth. After Chapter 80, he begins his journey to leave the world far behind.) After an unexpected fall from a building, Lin Chen is reborn in the summer of 2010, righ 14.6kReads8.0Score640Shelves
30. 30 说 We Agreed You'd Work at a Factory After the College Entrance Exam. How Are You Worth Tens of Millions Now? 说好高考后进厂，你身家千万了？ Hungry Koala饥饿的考拉Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Feel-good wish fulfillment + technology + entrepreneurship + campus beauty] After the college entrance exams, Chen Teng is the first to rush out of the exam hall and gets interviewed by a reporter. The reporter asks about his dream for the future. Chen Teng says he wants to become the richest man in the world. The reporter asks how far along he is in pursuing that dream. Chen Teng replies that he has only just amassed tens of millions. His classmates see the interview and burst out laughing. Hi 15.5kReads7.8Score922Shelves

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