I Want Stories About People Who Do Whatever It Takes to Survive, but Still Have Principles 我想看那种为了生存不择手段，但有底线

1. 1 序 Sequence Highway: Don't Fall Behind! 序列公路：不要掉队！ Roaring Mountains and Seas山海呼啸Mystery3.7M WordsOngoing [Fresh Premise + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Not Invincible + Sequence Potions + The Supernatural + Road Survival + Upgrading Supplies + Ruthless Protagonist] The supernatural descended, turning cities into forbidden zones for humanity. People had to rely on Sequence Awakened to keep migrating. Settled life gave way to a nomadic existence. During one such migration, Chen Ye awakened an upgrade System. In his hands, a rusty bicycle transformed into an armored battle vehicle. A tattered tent e 580.3kReads8.5Score36.8kShelves

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2. 2 序 Sequence Survival: Starting with One Yuan a Day 序列逃生：从每天签到一块钱开始 0Hill00山丘0Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.9M WordsOngoing The apocalypse descends, and all kinds of bizarre creatures and ferocious beasts arrive on Blue Star to hunt people. To survive, all the survivors have no choice but to flee, aimlessly dodging the beasts and bizarre creatures hunting them down. Luo Fan stares at the sign-in System he has awakened and feels utterly speechless. Other people's Systems help their Hosts take off. What about his? One yuan a day for signing in? Come on, System bro, it's the apocalypse! What good is one yuan? Wait, he c 81.5kReads6.8Score6.5kShelves
3. 3 说 You Said It Was a Summer Job, But You Became a Space Mercenary?! 说打暑假工，你去当星际雇佣兵？ Pineapple Celestial Master菠萝天师Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.4M WordsOngoing [Humorous] After his college entrance exams, Lin Xiao set out to find a summer job to earn some money. But after being accepted, he was taken to an off-world mercenary base. No one could have imagined that his workplace would be a battlefield on an alien planet, where he’d fight endless waves of extraterrestrial creatures. Beneath the crimson sky stretched an endless alien wasteland, filled with roaring insectoid creatures, wrecked mechs, and furious mercenaries. To earn money and stay alive, Li 30.4kReads8.1Score3.4kShelves
4. 4 顶 Top Killer, Starting with a Dog 顶级杀手，从一条狗开始 Chronic Update Procrastinator拖更患者Male-Channel Fanfiction4.3M WordsOngoing The landlady’s storyline at the beginning may take some getting through, but most of it gets resolved later. [Important: Four chapters updated daily, with a steady schedule] [Crossover across movies and TV shows + a blended universe + gradual growth + proficiency panel + high-octane gunfights + iconic scenes + official-style snark + no conventional System + no female lead + homages to the classics] [Storylines already underway: John Wick 1–2 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Wanted | James Bond prequel | The 14.5kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves

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5. 5 对 Yes, Yes, That's Right, I'm a Security Guard 对对对，我就是保安 The Broken-Winged Dandelion折翼的蒲公英Urban683k WordsCompleted Shanmao, a soldier medically discharged due to injury, had planned to graduate from engineering college and settle into an ordinary life as a construction worker. But a phone call from a former comrade-in-arms draws him to a chaotic region of Africa, where he becomes a bona fide PMC employee and embarks on a thrilling life unlike any other! 5.1kReads8.1Score581Shelves
6. 6 为 To Get a Government Job, I Became a Demon Hunter 为了混编制：我成了猎魔人 Chasing Fleeting Shadows浮光捕影Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing Li Chen, a recent college graduate, boards a high-speed train to look for work in another city, hoping to make a living on his own. By a twist of fate, however, he gets caught up in an unusual test... Vampires, the Blood Clan: the monsters that exist only in Western stories are real? Blood Hunters, government agents who specialize in hunting the Blood Clan? That sounds pretty cool! But he’s just an ordinary guy who took a high-speed train. Why is he suddenly fighting for his life against vampire 12.8kReads7.7Score1.1kShelves
7. 7 末 Apocalypse Exodus: The True Rules of Survival! 末日迁徙：这才是生存法则！！！ Internet Cafe Manager, Renew My Account网管续费Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Road Survival + The Eerie + Sequences + Enhancement + Criminal Sequence + Path to Godhood + Heartbreaker + Doomsday Survival + Migration] The world's phantom image fused with reality, and the eerie quietly descended. The places humanity had relied on to survive became havens for the eerie, while cities one after another turned into death zones. Finding a new home through migration became humanity's goal. Supernatural Sequence abilities became humanity's last glimmer of hope. On the migration jo 40.8kReads7.1Score2.7kShelves
8. 8 序 Sequence: Cave Survival, Evolving a Reactor from the Start 序列：地窟求生，开局进化反应堆 Ye Min夜泯Urban803k WordsOngoing [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Not Invincible + Career Sequences + Underground Survival + Instances + Ruthless] A cave survival game descended upon the world. Monsters ran rampant, supplies were scarce, and the only way to get resources was from cave camps. Cave camps projected worlds from across the myriad realms: one moment, goblins; the next, an asylum. Humanity could only struggle to survive underground with the guidance of supernatural Sequence users. Ye Ye awakened an Evolution System. H 970Reads6.2Score100Shelves

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   Doomsday Escape, Sequence Mechanic

9. 9 神 Deity: Starsea Swarm 神祗：星海虫群 Nuclear-Fueled Skate Shoes核燃料滑板鞋Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Worked to death by overtime] [Grind until your liver gives out] [King of the rat race] [Wild-imagination fantasy] [Profit above all] [Keep a low profile] [Insectoid] [No System] Han Fei transmigrates to an interstellar society where everyone has a chance to become a god. Those who set foot on the path to godhood all aim to raise their divine kingdoms high and enter the real world to gain immortality. Han Fei figures that with his divine trait, Gene Modification, and his followers' talent, Gene 44.5kReads9.3Score3.5kShelves

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   Do you think it's boring and hard training again? After reading two chapters, I was immediately surprised by the author's imagination - the protagonist is bound to the "death countdown" system, and can draw talent entries every day he survives. For the first time, he uses the "Porcelain Touch Defense". When he encounters an enemy, he lies down on the ground, and the pursuer is chopped into charcoal by the thunder of heaven on the spot. 1.5 Million people rated it 9.8, And the cool points were so dense that it was impossible to stop! This is what cultivating immortality literature should be like. # #2025Must-read novels #Brain Hole Net Articles

10. 10 神 Divine Lord: From the Start, I Gain the Yellow Turban Legacy 神祇领主，开局获得黄巾传承 Milk, No Sugar加奶不加糖Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + lord + System + no female lead] Zhang Ye woke up to find he had transmigrated into a world where everyone was a lord. From the start, he acquired the Yellow Turban legacy and a Yellow Turban altar capable of summoning all things. “Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall rise!” The slogan resounded once more in another world. “Report, Your Majesty! A million Yellow Turban warriors are charging toward us!” “Report! The enemy general Guan Hai has fought his way through our ranks sev 7.3kReads8.3Score532Shelves
11. 11 妖 A Chaotic Age of Demon Warriors: Absorb Beast Blood and Steal Their Talents 妖武乱世：吸纳兽血夺取天赋 I'm Not Ximen Chuixue我不是西门吹雪Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsOngoing [Not a mindless power fantasy + Demons + Ferocious Beasts + Survival Through Caution + Decisive Killing + Evil Spirits + Extreme Path] (The number of foreign beasts he can assimilate increases with his cultivation realm.) After transmigrating into an ancient world in chaos, teeming with demons and ferocious beasts, Lin Sheng started from the very bottom as a slaughterhouse worker. To his delight, he discovered that by absorbing blood, he could assimilate all kinds of foreign beasts into his body 22.5kReads7.6Score2.3kShelves
12. 12 我 I Studied for a Century, Yet You Beat Me with Three Generations of Martial Arts? 我百世寒窗，抵不过你三代从武？ Fortune Blossoms Welcome Spring富贵花开迎春来Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Cosmic setting + power progression + fast-paced + changing worlds] “Your family has been in business for three generations. How does that compare to my three lifetimes of studying through hardship?” “Your family has practiced martial arts for three generations. How does that compare to my ten lifetimes of living off others?” “Your family has been prestigious for ten thousand years. How does that compare to my hundred lifetimes of accumulated experience?” Gu Bai transmigrated into a high-mar 32.9kReads8.0Score2.8kShelves
13. 13 高 The High Martial Arts Era: I Loaded Tian Boguang’s Template from the Start 高武纪元：开局加载田伯光模板 Ironhead Dragon铁头龙Urban4.9M WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast, fiery passion, youthful spirit, decisive killing, arrogance + forgetting one's roots] Spiritual qi revival! The Firmament Barrier protects the cities, but beyond it lies a deadly wilderness ruled by strange beasts and haunted by the whispers of evil gods! Tan Xing transmigrated into a hellish situation: His father was dead, his mother gravely ill, and his little brother needed raising. A poor student from the lowest ranks of the Body Tempering Realm, he had scarce resources, medi 105.3kReads8.0Score8.8kShelves
14. 14 末 Doomsday: I Have a Monster Editor 末日：我有一台怪兽编辑器 Red Waves红浪Urban220k WordsCompleted Humanity cannot stand against natural disasters. When you see a hurricane coming, the best thing to do is run as far away as you can. But once you put on a mech, you instantly gain the power to stand against a hurricane and even defeat it. Lin Chen, a mech pilot in the Hunter Project, died fighting a Level Four monster. After transmigrating to a parallel world, he unexpectedly obtained a Monster Editing System. “Ding! The Host has defeated the Level Three monster Knifehead. Reward: 10,000 energy 173Reads7.2Score—Shelves
15. 15 玄 Xuanhuan: I Can Modify Entries 玄幻：我能修改词条 Lou Ying Who Loves Dry-Braised Redfish爱吃干烧红鱼的楼影Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy + Overpowered talent + No heroine + Ruthless and decisive + A contest among prodigies + Never hides his strength + Invincible among peers + Fake System] This is a world where a Great Emperor died ten thousand years ago. Now heaven and earth are changing, and demons are awakening... Across the Myriad Worlds, countless ancient powers are beginning to walk the world once more. Celestials are reincarnating, Great Emperor Supremes are living a second life, and inheritances of 8.7kReads8.1Score560Shelves
16. 16 诡 The Immortal Path of the Uncanny 诡道仙路 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Uncanny cultivation, no female lead, mortal protagonist] A black sun hangs in the sky, and the Uncanny Realm invades! Mortal Zhou Yi transmigrates into this world and makes a living by writing for others. One day, starving and freezing, he is hired by the sinister Shopkeeper Dong to copy ancient texts. By chance, he activates a beast-hide Bagua diagram and uses it to refine a perfect uncanny technique, killing the sinister shopkeeper. As he cultivates, he discovers that this world has long been 13.7kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
17. 17 无 The Immortal Path Without Dao 无道仙路 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [No female lead + ordinary mortal protagonist + brutal cultivation; From the Start: A Broken Piece of Jade Reveals the Secrets of Immortality, The Terrifying Road to Immortality, Mystery, Immortal Paths, and the Angler, The Strange Path to Immortality are updated simultaneously] There was no road in the world to begin with. A road appears when enough people walk it. Wudao found a mysterious piece of fine wood glowing with purple light and arrived in the world of cultivation. It was a brutal plac 23.9kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
18. 18 白 The White Bone Daoist Court 白骨道庭 Not a Minute to Spare兜里没有一分钟Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Cultivate true energy, build the foundation of the Dao, and manifest the Yin Spirit. The unorthodox path makes seeking the Dao difficult: refine baleful energy, taint the soul, and seek freedom for a fleeting moment. The heterodox path is arduous too: evade earthfire, dodge astral winds, and give birth to the Yang Spirit. A master of the unorthodox path is reborn. In this life, I will establish a Dao lineage, nurture Dao artifacts, and suppress an entire age. 25.4kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves
19. 19 我 I Really Just Want to Outlive You All. Why Are You Forcing Me? 我真的只想熬死各位，为什么逼我 Radishes Are Crispy萝卜很脆Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Immortality + eerie cultivation + immortal cultivation + cunning and utterly inhuman + no angst + slow burn] (The protagonist plays it rather safe early on, but only temporarily. This is not a story about living cautiously.) (Also known as: “Don’t Ask If It’s Right or Wrong. Just Tell Me, Did You Become a Dao Ancestor?”) Fang Qing woke up to find he had transmigrated into a cultivation world where the Great Dao was manifest for all to see. All living beings could gaze directly upon the Grea 15.4kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves
20. 20 佛 I, Buddha, Am Truly a Good Person 佛爷我真是好人啊 Jiao Lu Zhi蕉鹿之Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [Weak System + No Romance + Slow Progression + More Traditional + Saintly Heroine, Don’t Read If You Dislike It, Thanks] When Shi Ran woke up, he had transmigrated to a strange world. There were no aloof immortals in the heavens, pure as the moon, nor compassionate gods and Buddhas filling the skies. Instead, the world was full of deranged, bizarre cultivators. Here, sacred scriptures were laden with taboo costs, and the slightest misstep in cultivation could mean death and the end of one’s path 486Reads8.7Score161Shelves
21. 21 天 Heavenly Spirit Root: The Demon Gourd Refines Ten Thousand Corpses 天灵根，魔葫炼万尸 Desolate Heaven Venerable荒天尊Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Genius lead, one heroine, no harem, no ambiguous relationships, fast power progression, ascends to the immortal realm after more than 300 chapters] Everyone knows Fang Hong has a mixed spiritual root, but no one knows he's the once-in-a-thousand-years Mutated Heavenly Spiritual Root! This spiritual root allows him to cultivate at astonishing speed without bottlenecks. Whether it's alchemy, talisman drawing, or formation-setting, he picks it all up with ease and learns at incredible speed! What' 30.4kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves
22. 22 诡 Proving Immortality with Strange Bones 诡骨证仙 Demon Cultivator Shinichi魔修新一Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing [Dark fantasy + traditional cultivation! The protagonist follows a sinister path, ruthless and decisive, and is no saint! If that isn't your thing, don't read.] The immortal path is false virtue, built on lives sacrificed to establish one's foundation. Lu Li crawls out of a pit of corpses, using bones as a lamp as he walks a path only a true demon would dare take. From then on: killing, seizing souls, refining bones, devouring the heavens. If I attain the Dao, I will slaughter every immortal. F 88.1kReads8.2Score10.7kShelves
23. 23 吾 I Cultivate Immortality Through Unorthodox Ways 吾于旁门，左道成仙 Luo Lan Loves to Cook爱做饭的罗兰Urban726k WordsCompleted Reborn in a parallel world, Chen Feng joins the Daoist sect as a practitioner of the Left Path after catching a dead fish. At a certain gathering, the sect leaders discuss whether to let rogue cultivators leave the assembly. “I am Daoist Fengdu. Who says practitioners of the Left Path cannot ascend to the Heavenly Gate?!” ...The Soul-Taming Umbrella (Merit Umbrella), the Hundred-Soul Banner (Human Emperor Banner), the Gu-Refining Basin (Treasure-Gathering Basin), and the Spine Sword (Xuanyuan Sw 5.5kReads8.9Score406Shelves
24. 24 我 I Work at a Funeral Parlor as a Bone Demon, Looting Corpses and Practicing Evil Arts 我在义庄做骨魔，摸大尸，练邪功 A Sigh at Being Alive有生叹Eastern Fantasy355k WordsOngoing [An unconventional path to longevity + folk legends and strange tales + the world of martial heroes + everyday cultivation] Chen Sinian opened his eyes and discovered that he had become a rotting corpse, nothing but bones. In a world full of supernatural weirdness, if people can bully you, even dogs can bully you, right? Luckily, he stumbled upon a stroke of good fortune and found that he could retrieve all kinds of rewards from corpses. Bone cultivation arts, skin-painting techniques, Bian Que 250Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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25. 25 我 In the Celestial Prison, Immortal and Undying 我在天牢，长生不死 Jie Jie戒界Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing [No System + invincible + wish-fulfillment novel + no female lead + fantasy] After Chen Guanlou obtains immortality, he secures a stable job as a prison guard in the imperial prison and begins spending his days slacking off at work. Throughout the long years, he watches them build towering mansions, then watches those mansions collapse. He watches them ascend to the imperial court today, only to become prisoners beneath the steps tomorrow. He watches their families enjoy wealth and honor, then w 338.8kReads8.7Score15.8kShelves
26. 26 修 Cultivation: The Last Days of a Spirit-Value Farmer 修仙之末路灵值夫 Nai Ji耐急Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing “I wanted nothing more than an ordinary life, but Heaven had other plans.” “Anyone who blocks my path will be sent into the abyss.” “Anyone who cuts off my way forward has no right to remain in this world.” This is the story of Yi Wange: cultivating immortality and farming. Whoever blocks my path, I’ll kill. Whoever keeps me from moving forward has no place in this world. I cultivate immortality, myself, my path, and the way of slaughter. Is Yi Wange’s life anything like yours? When things don’t —Reads—Score—Shelves

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27. 27 末 Doomsday Descends: I Build a Fortress and Farm in My Hometown 末日降临：我在老家建堡垒种田 Nai Ji耐急Sci-Fi & Apocalypse506k WordsOngoing In 2025, the “Rage” virus, unleashed by a laboratory leak, swept across the globe, turning those it infected into mindless, flesh-eating living corpses. Within just a few months, civilization collapsed and cities became hell on earth. Yi Xiaofan, an ordinary office worker, received warnings in his dreams from his deceased grandfather three months before the apocalypse. Thinking it was better to be safe than sorry, he persuaded his family, quit his job without hesitation, and returned with all hi —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 开 From the Start, I Handed Over a World to the Nation 开局上交异世界给国家 Nai Ji耐急Eastern Fantasy384k WordsCompleted This is a calm, composed, and intelligent character. I’d be happy to explore this new world with you., Yi Huange. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! Thanks for following, and feel free to add the book to your bookshelf. Tap the free flower at the end of each chapter with your nimble fingers. Thank you for your support. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 香 Incense and Devotion: Step by Step to Godhood 香火：步步为神 Ink Flows from the Pen笔下生墨Eastern Fantasy925k WordsCompleted Lin Mo, a modern man, died of acute myocardial infarction, but his spirit unexpectedly came to a world where humans and ghosts mingled. Here, he found a way to rise in rank by receiving offerings of incense. Watch as he climbs step by step to the very top. 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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30. 30 世 Survival Game at the World's End 世界尽头之游戏求生 Cigarettes on a Rainy Night香烟雨夜Mystery471k WordsOngoing [Survival in Another World + Infinite Flow + Supernatural Horror + Cunning Protagonist + Not Overpowered + Hilarious Trickster] Alternate title: [Survival in Another World: The Otherworldly Magician] When Qin Xiao opens his eyes, he finds he has transmigrated into a game world steeped in slaughter and deceit. After enduring betrayal after betrayal, he adopts one rule for survival: never turn your back on anyone... (Chapter 100) Facing a siege by more than a dozen players around his own level, —Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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