Looking for Novels About Fishing, Farming, Foraging, and Pioneering 求钓鱼、种田、采集、开荒小说

1. 101 公 Highway Survival: Infinite Fuel for My Vehicle, Jealous Yet? 公路求生：载具无限燃油你气不气 Call Me the Great Demon King, You Bastard叫我大魔王啊混蛋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse634k WordsCompleted [Survival for All + Vehicle Upgrades + Scavenging for Supplies + More] The whole world is dragged into a road survival game. From the start, everyone gets a vehicle and must keep moving along an endless highway, opening chests, scavenging supplies, and exploring the map. While everyone else frets over fuel, Meng Chuan goes all out, all thanks to the one and only Mythic-grade talent he has obtained. Fuel consumption and durability? Sorry, my vehicle never wears down! Danger? Sorry, I can see righ 3.4kReads5.1Score298Shelves
2. 102 重 Reborn in the New Millennium: I Take My Father and Brothers Out to Sea 重生千禧：我带父兄闯远洋 I Love Little Landmines我爱小地雷Urban1.3M WordsOngoing The comic adaptation of The New Millennium: I Support My Family by Fishing for Seafood is now available 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Back in the new millennium, in the familiar little fishing village, his father is still alive, his mother hasn’t died of grief, and his older brother and younger sister haven’t cut ties with him. Everything is all right, and there’s still time to make things right! After getting a second chance at life, Xu Yu awakens a Fortune System and rises from having no luck at all to being unbelieva 51.8kReads7.7Score3.1kShelves

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   You should check this out!

3. 103 想 Want to Inherit My Family's Wealth? I'll Tear My Clan Apart, Farm, and Become a Tycoon 想吃绝户？我手撕亲族种田当首富 Green Grain, Warm Moon青禾暖月Ancient Romance664k WordsOngoing No System, no transmigration, no golden finger. A traditional farming story, crafted by hand. Youth, an ensemble cast, companionship, and growth. A group of twelve- and thirteen-year-olds, each down on their luck in their own way and each with their own ambitions, grow from innocence to maturity and from weakness to strength. They go from struggling to find food and survive to standing together and striving for a better life. There’s bitterness and sweetness, tears and laughter. Dear readers, se 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I recommend one that involves genuinely clearing land and farming.

4. 104 少 The Young Immortal's Chronicle 少年成仙记 His Traces他的痕迹Eastern Fantasy170k WordsOngoing Shen Chengxian accidentally came into contact with a trace left behind by the Mad Venerable, sending his soul into madness and bringing him to the brink of eternal ruin. To find a way to survive, he had no choice but to cultivate the cultivation world's most forbidden supreme technique, the Taishang Self-Abandoning Immortal Scripture. Yet the power of the Taishang Self-Abandoning Immortal Scripture and the Mad Venerable's trace fought and restrained each other within him, unexpectedly giving ri 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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   To avoid his cheat ability being discovered, the protagonist goes into seclusion.

5. 105 负 Returning Home in Debt: The Big Shots Are Fighting to Preorder My Wine 负债返乡：我酿的酒大佬抢着订 Wild Mountain Sword狂山剑Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Urban Fantasy] [System-Run Business] [Master Brewer] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Everyday Massage] After six years of struggling in the provincial capital, Li Yang is fired for offending his boss, dumped by his girlfriend of five years, and left with 200,000 yuan in debt from his parents’ medical bills. With nowhere else to turn, he is forced to return to the small town where he was born. At his lowest point, he unexpectedly activates the Strongest Master Brewer System. From the start, he gets 300,0 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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   You can give it a try.

6. 106 官 Officialdom: After a Year Unemployed, I Passed the Municipal Civil Service Exam 官场：待业一年考上了市属公务员 Great Wilderness大荒野Urban2.2M WordsOngoing This novel is entirely fictional and has no connection to reality. Synopsis: After a year of unemployment, Wang Chenggong has seen the cold side of human nature. On this day, his girlfriend of many years comes to break up with him. But fate turns in an instant. His girlfriend has barely left when Wang Chenggong receives notice that he has passed the written exam for a civil service position in the municipal government! At the interview, Wang Chenggong makes a stunning impression, crushing every 78.3kReads8.1Score5.3kShelves
7. 107 离 The Day He Left Office, 100,000 Citizens Blocked the Road to Give Him Sweet Potatoes 离任那天，十万百姓拦路送红薯 Milk Pudding Basic Cola牛奶布丁基本可乐Urban1.4M WordsOngoing Power plays are the ultimate romance for men. Power plays combined with a slow-burn story set in the world of officialdom. Real life has no absolute black and white. Gray occupies most of our time, and everyone has their own logic behind everything they do. 30.4kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
8. 108 开 From the Start, I Get a White Dolphin and Hunt for Treasure on the Open Sea, Becoming the Sea God 开局获得白海豚，远洋寻宝成海神 Raindrops Pitter-Patter雨点滴答Urban863k WordsOngoing [Modern City + Coastal Foraging + Divine Pets + Livestreaming + Tycoon + Relaxed and Leisurely + Treasure Hunting] Tired of the 996 grind, Lin Yuan quit his job and returned to his hometown to inherit a deserted little island. He thought he was in for a miserable struggle to survive on a deserted island, but instead he awakened the Ocean Overlord System. From the start, he rescued an exceptionally clever white dolphin and became the internet’s number-one marine-pet streamer! With the dolphin gui 12Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 109 让 You Were Supposed to Be a Cop, So Why Did You Drive Every Brutal Criminal Crazy? 让你当公安，你把悍匪全逼疯了？ No. 2 Trigram不二卦Urban688k WordsCompleted Overnight, Lin Chuan finds himself back in 1991, a low-ranking police officer bound to the Ruthless Bandit-Breaking System. In an era without even security cameras, solving cases means pounding the pavement, and catching thieves means staying up all night. But Lin Chuan does things differently. He has his own approach to police work: understand thieves better than they understand themselves, be more of a thug than the thugs, and be even more unreasonable than the most ruthless bandits. You want 159Reads—Score130Shelves
10. 110 重 Reborn in 1994: Protecting My Sister-in-Law and Making Our Fishing Village Rich 重生1994守护大嫂渔村致富 Just a Speck of Dust只是一粒尘埃Urban189k WordsOngoing Everyone in the village told me to stay away from my widowed sister-in-law, spreading rumors that she was a jinx. But only I remember how, in my previous life, she worked herself to the bone to keep our family afloat, then perished in the freezing sea. Reborn in a fishing village in 1994, I was determined to make up for the regrets I carried from my previous life. At dawn, I went out to forage and found a Chinese spiny lobster. I caught a giant sea bass, decades old, while rock fishing. Then, wh 167Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Get rich by beachcombing, fishing, and fishing at sea; lighthearted, humorous, and without any hostility.

11. 111 末 Doomsday Island: I Pick Up a Big Shot and Start Farming Together 末日孤岛：捡个大佬一起来种田 Left and Right, Just Right左宜右有Sci-Fi & Apocalypse468k WordsOngoing [Island Farming] + [Slow Pace] + [Max-Level Expert] + [Cozy and Healing] + [Good Food] + [Sweet Romance, No Angst] Three hundred years ago, a cataclysm struck Earth, leaving the world with nothing but countless isolated islands. Floods, scorching heat, extreme cold… Humanity has been reduced to primitive farming and hunting. While survivors fight over half a moldy loaf of bread at sea, Mu Yao is reclining on a beach chair on her own island, enjoying chilled lychees from her refrigerator. She pos 2kReads8.4Score217Shelves

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    This one fits the bill perfectly, highly recommended! It's a post-apocalyptic island farming story. It's simple and peaceful, no awful characters, no superpowers, just the female protagonist farming alone on a deserted island. She struggles to make ends meet every day. She endures this alone for two years, waiting for her parents to return. Until that man is pulled from the sea by a fishing net. It's not about salvation, it's about companionship. The two of them eat well together, live well together, and make their island life fulfilling.

12. 112 我 My 1994: Starting with Wild Vegetables Across the Hills 我的九四，从漫山野菜开始 Bookworm from a Stone Box石合子出来的书呆子Urban754k WordsOngoing Xu Shouyi was an outstanding modern farmer of the 21st century. After serving as village chief for 20 years, he went to a neighboring village to advise them on a new planting method. Then, caught in a sudden downpour, his car plunged off a cliff… When he woke up again, he had returned to 1994. There was still time to set things right. In his previous life, he’d drifted through life and only come to his senses in middle age. This time, he would use his knowledge to lead his kind-hearted neighbors 493Reads—Score100Shelves

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    Look, this is definitely a great book, very interesting.

13. 113 全 The Whole Village Knows I Can Summon the Howling Celestial Dog 全村都知道我能召唤哮天犬 Zhao Zilong of Chang'an长安赵子龙Rural Life466k WordsOngoing I’m Li Fengshou, a college student who returned to his hometown to start a business, and I’ve been bound to a voice-controlled farming System. Recite poetry to the crops and you can make them ripen. Sounds pretty amazing, right? Then one night, my dog Er Gouzi stole my phone and accidentally triggered voice input with a shout: “Summon the Golden-Armed Deity!” The System went haywire. The whole village went haywire. The next day, everyone saw me squatting at the village entrance, facing a husky i —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Farming is lighthearted and funny

14. 114 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban3.2M WordsOngoing Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him. 131Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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    The volunteer had only been working at the Imperial Household Department for a few days.

15. 115 双 Twin Rivers: Bloodbath in Republican-Era Shanghai 双川民国之沪上血战 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Su Tianci has spent 25 years as a working stiff. After leaving the military, he has the job he earned stolen by someone with power and influence. His attempts to seek justice come to nothing, and with the other side's overwhelming influence, he has no choice but to become a delivery driver. Who could have guessed that while performing a good deed, he'd be struck by a heavy truck and sent straight to the Republican era? Then his transmigration golden finger turns out to let him travel between the 172Reads7.2Score149Shelves
16. 116 双 A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金 Striving to Stay Alive8888努力活着8888Urban3.3M WordsOngoing Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More 532Reads7.7Score135Shelves
17. 117 两 Crossing Between Two Worlds: 1949 两界穿梭之一九四九 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban361k WordsOngoing Drop the pretense of being a decent person and enjoy a shameless life. Refuse to waste your energy on inner turmoil; if something’s wrong, just lose it. Rather than make yourself suffer, make life difficult for someone else. That’s Su Tianci in 2026. By chance, he transmigrates to Beiping on the eve of liberation. The booming economy of 2026 and the war-torn year of 1949: two vastly different eras lie before him. 4.8kReads5.8Score219Shelves
18. 118 别 Hey, That's Not Right! I Asked You to Stream Your Farm, Not Become a Druid! 别闹！让你直播农场你成德鲁伊了 A Fat Guy一头胖子Urban1.6M WordsOngoing [Feel-good wish fulfillment + reborn + lighthearted comedy + modern + farming + livestreaming + tycoon + adorable pets + everyday wish fulfillment] After inheriting his second granduncle’s abandoned farm in North America, penniless Shen Xu planned to start livestreaming to earn enough for a ticket home. Instead, he unexpectedly became bound to the Everything Compendium Collection System. All he had to do was touch plants and animals to complete entries in the compendium, and he would gain incred 829Reads—Score131Shelves

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    This book is really good, the more you read, the more addictive it becomes, it's amazing! [Licking screen][smirking][laughing][licking screen][laughing][laughing] Farming abroad

19. 119 重 Reborn in 1977: From Hunting to Building an Industry 重生1977，从打猎开始搞实业 Deeply Devoted Lao Liu深情老六Urban221k WordsOngoing [Period setting + Reborn + Everyday life + Hunting + Business + Decisive and ruthless] Liu Youzhi, a small-time oil mill owner who had struggled all his life, woke up to find himself reborn in 1977, in the body of a young man from a forest region in Northeast China. From the start, he has to deal with a father who is gravely wounded and near death, as well as a biased grandmother. She not only refuses to pay for treatment, but insists on splitting up the family at the worst possible time! Watch 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He hunted to support his family and then led the villagers to prosperity.

20. 120 移 Immigration and Frontier Reclamation: From the Start, I Maxed Out My Skills as a Hunger-Proof King 移民开荒：开局点满技能耐饿王 The Screaming Lamb尖叫的羔羊Historical361k WordsCompleted [Frontier settlement in ancient times + farming + power fantasy + daily lottery + stockpiling food + multiple heroines] [Current identity: Poor farmer] [Today’s rewards have been refreshed] [Host may choose one of the following three rewards] [Skill: Hunger King: You can endure hunger better than ordinary people] [Skill: Calloused Hands and Feet: The more calluses you have, the less effort it takes to work] [A map of your current location] Li Qiang was walking while reading a novel when he ran i 382Reads6.0Score110Shelves

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    New author, new book! System features and skills, includes a spatial dimension, and is a farming, slice-of-life, and harem novel!

21. 121 全 Fishing in the World's Most Dangerous Places, the System Makes Me Squander My Fortune 全球险地钓鱼，系统让我疯狂败家 Mouse Licks Cat耗子舔猫Urban179k WordsOngoing [Fishing in the World's Most Dangerous Places] [Daily Life with Multiple Women] [Spending money, spending money, and more freaking spending!] Su Yu unexpectedly activates the Dangerous Waters Fishing System, and from then on, he keeps pushing his luck on the edge of life and death. All he has to do is travel around the world and catch the fish assigned by his missions to earn enormous fortunes and all kinds of rewards. He charges fearlessly into the deadly places others wouldn't dare set foot in 249Reads—Score100Shelves

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    The new book is launched, featuring fishing in various dangerous places, making money, and spending money.

22. 122 清 Qingshui Village Farmstay 清水村农家乐 The Butterfly Bone Rings蝴蝶骨响Modern Romance463k WordsOngoing When you've reached a dead end, go home, back to the vast fields and farmland. Help your parents sell peaches, grow vegetables in greenhouses, and run a farmstay. Then lead the villagers of Qingshui Village to prosperity and forge your own path as a new-generation farmer! 2.5kReads—Score165Shelves

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    This one is recommended; it's about farming and infrastructure development.

23. 123 楚 Chu Feng's Life of Fishing 楚风的钓鱼人生 Proud Son of the Fish Clan鱼族天骄Urban150k WordsOngoing Sea Fishing + Everyday Life + Relaxed + Leisurely + Getting Rich + Beautiful Women The three great ways for the poor to turn their lives around: take the shady path, farm barren land, or marry into a wealthy family. All three require considerable ability. So, is there an easier shortcut? There is! Just see how the penniless young Chu Feng makes it work. After years of struggling in the city without getting anywhere, Chu Feng receives guidance from a master who helps change his luck. By chance, 14.5kReads—Score1.7kShelves
24. 124 逍 The Carefree Angler 逍遥钓鱼佬 Proud Son of the Fish Clan鱼族天骄Urban351k WordsCompleted Fishing + multiple heroines + cultivation + tycoon lifestyle + financial freedom + spirit spring dimension. If your parents work in business or government, listen to them. If they farm or work in a factory, make your own choices. For those with few family ties and no one to support them, breaking through and making a life for themselves is incredibly hard. They may get just one chance in their entire life, or perhaps none at all. When that one chance appears, perhaps the only one they'll ever ge 2.5kReads7.8Score202Shelves
25. 125 重 Reborn in 1958: Grandpa and Grandson Stockpile for the Famine Together 重生58爷孙空间联动囤爆灾荒年 Asking the Sword, Listening to Snow问剑听雪Urban800k WordsOngoing Peng Yi built his fortune from nothing, amassing billions, only to have his own children pull the plug and abandon him in his final years. He died full of hatred. Kneeling before the grave of his beloved Su Wanqing as he drew his last breath, he learned that she had once carried his child. At just twenty-three, she had died in a famine, and mother and child had suffered every hardship life could bring! Heaven had shown mercy: Peng Yi was reborn in 1958, on the eve of their flight from famine! A 5.1kReads—Score472Shelves

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    A period novel about farming, hunting, disaster relief, and collecting antiques. Come and read if you like that kind of story.

26. 126 新 The Second Generation of New Planet Pioneers 新星球开拓者第二代 Deep Strings深弦Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted [Farming + ensemble cast + romance and marriage + interstellar + emotional drama] After Earth was struck by an apocalypse, a small group of people fled to a new habitable planet. After nearly twenty years of hard work by the first generation, they finally managed to survive on their new home. The second generation began putting down roots and trying to live self-sufficiently. As they struggled to develop the land, several young people faced all kinds of twists and turns in love and marriage. Th 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A farming/farming story about survival in the wilderness, where a small group of people survive and settle down on a new planet. The beginning is a bit slow-paced, but the story is full of twists and turns, the characters are well-developed, and it combines farming elements with romance.

27. 127 穿 Transmigrating to a Fishing Village: Lying Flat in Hong Kong 穿越小渔村之润去香江躺平 Yang Erxiao杨二笑Urban243k WordsOngoing (Period setting, pocket dimension, treasure hunting at sea, daily life, Hong Kong) Chen Hao arrives in an Eighties-era fishing village on the coast of Fujian with a pocket dimension. Through a twist of fate, he makes his way to Hong Kong, where he and his family lie flat, raise fish on rafts, buy fishing boats, build a submersible and a house, and collect all kinds of things. (You think I'm writing, but actually I'm watching short videos and editing pictures 🫢) 1.2kReads—Score124Shelves
28. 128 八 Eighties Beachcombing with a Pocket Dimension: Getting Rich with My Childhood Friend 八零空间赶海：和混混竹马暴富 Ming Xia Xiaoqiu明夏小小秋Modern Romance339k WordsOngoing [Rebirth in a bygone era, spatial vision, childhood sweethearts, sugary romance, making a fortune, beachcombing for treasure, turning it all over to the country] In her previous life, Lin Jiao was bullied, and Zhou Xian died a horrible death after avenging her. It turned out her own family had schemed against her, all so she would keep slaving away for them. They even stole her vast fortune. Reborn, Lin Jiao gains a fish-pearl dimension and a bounty of seafood. She catches enemy spies, salvages 9.7kReads—Score1.1kShelves

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    A female-oriented ocean adventure, a rebirth in a different era, a journey to wealth and service to the country.

29. 129 A AI Arrives, Machines Ascend AI降临机械飞升 Smiling Candy爱笑的糖Sci-Fi & Apocalypse175k WordsOngoing Rust Seeds. A few hundred years ago, humanity officially entered the AI era. People were replaced on a massive scale by superintelligent robots, and technology underwent another explosive leap forward. Space travel was no longer a dream, but the superintelligent robots posed a grave threat to humanity’s survival. So the leaders launched the Ascension Plan, preserving the human seed and ascending in place. Civilization on the surface returned to the age of agriculture... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Farming in a post-apocalyptic world, surviving in a post-apocalyptic world, AI rewards, humanity is forced to ascend to immortality.

30. 130 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The Red-Hot Years 两界穿梭之火红年代 Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Urban2.9M WordsOngoing Li Xiaren is an ordinary office worker, trudging through grueling days that start at eight in the morning and end at midnight. One day, after finally getting several months of back pay, he plans to give himself a well-deserved break. Who could have guessed that eating a grilled kidney for no apparent reason would send him back to the 1970s when he woke up? Luckily, he discovers he can return to 2025, and so two completely different eras open up before him!!! 254Reads7.6Score101Shelves

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    So, Qi Tongwei on the phone

31. 131 激 I Activated the Emperor System and Was Attacked by Ten Ex-Girlfriends 激活帝王系统，被十个前女友围攻 Fat Man Riding a Pig骑猪的胖子Urban205k WordsCompleted [System] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Rural Development] + [Cultivation] + [Contributing Everything to the Nation] Mu Chen spent five years breaking up with ten girlfriends, all to activate the ridiculous System that came with his transmigration. Who knew it would turn out to be a ridiculous “Emperor System,” requiring him to bind himself to an imperial palace and unify the world! Unify the world? Even Yuan Datou’s coffin lid can’t hold him down! Forced to flee back to his island hometown, he discov 574Reads—Score120Shelves
32. 132 我 The Savings System Summoned Me to Another World to Become a Rich Woman 我被存钱系统召唤到异世界当富婆 The Green of Green Gables绿山墙的绿色Modern Romance935k WordsOngoing [Travel Between Two Worlds] + [Modern-Day Fantasy] + [System] + [Farming] + [No Romance] + [Food Business] + [Livestream] + [Building Wealth] + [Infrastructure] + [Redemption] Other people's Systems shower their Hosts with money and perks. Mine is all about being broke, forcing me to make money through street vending and hand over every last cent. I make a million a day Livestreaming skewers made with handsome men from the mall, only for the System to order me to turn off tips. I have to build 1.2kReads—Score103Shelves

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    Fishing, farming, gathering

33. 133 修 The Immortal Cultivation Big Shot Goes to the Earth Village to Grow Vegetables 修仙大佬之我要去地球村种菜 Xu Watermelon许西瓜Modern Romance458k WordsOngoing (A laid-back, easygoing story about happily growing vegetables, with no scheming or infighting.) What delicious food! Hurry up and serve it! It’s so good I can’t stop eating! What! Go to work! I’ve already become an immortal, and I still have to work! What! Takeout! I’ve already become an immortal, and I still have to eat takeout! No way. For the sake of a good meal, I’m going back to grow vegetables. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    New story! A cultivator, desperate for food, grows his own vegetables in the modern world using his spiritual energy. The result is unbelievably delicious; they're selling like hotcakes at the market, and customers are clamoring for more! [Sparrow's Delicacies][Sparrow's Delicacies]

34. 134 诡 Eerie Grab-and-Go 诡异抓抓乐 The Clouds in the Sky Are Sincere天上的云朵是真心呀Mystery554k WordsOngoing [No CP + Reborn + Satisfying Power Fantasy + Game Challenges + Supernatural Incursions + Wilderness Survival + Powerful Protagonist] Includes eerie game instances such as [The Red Wedding Dress] and [Midnight Diner]... After her family sacrificed her, Ji Fanxing unleashed her psychic powers and was reborn at the very moment the full-dive game Wilderness: The Eerie World began! She entered the eerie world's grab-and-win game again. This time, Ji Fanxing was the player in control, not one of the e 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Try this one!

35. 135 黑 The Red Flag over the Black Soil 黑土地上的赤旗 Huangpu Drifting Pig黄浦漂猪Historical437k WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast] [Conquest] [Anti-Qing] After the Opium War, the Qing government intensified its exploitation of the common people. To resist its oppression, Hong Xiuquan preached in Guangxi in the southwest, while Li Changgeng cleared land in Liaoning in the northeast. Everyone, come and see how I will, in the northeast, keep the Russian Empire at bay in the north, subdue Korea in the east, cross the sea to conquer Japan, and march through the pass to destroy the Qing! 1kReads—Score100Shelves

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    Farming and land reclamation

36. 136 黄 Building Terraced Fields on the Loess Plateau 黄土高原开梯田 Huangpu Drifting Pig黄浦漂猪Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [No System] [Period Novel] [Upright Values] He carved out a place for himself with his own hands. He made the yellow earth bloom with his sweat. This is a farming novel about changing the whole world through hard work! 4.1kReads8.2Score211Shelves
37. 137 乱 Famine in a Chaotic Era: My Item Tags Keep My Granary Full of Food and Meat 乱世荒年，我靠万物词条粮肉满仓 Big Fish Begonia Fruit大鱼海棠果Historical239k WordsOngoing [Farming + Wish Fulfillment + System + Build Up Supplies Before Claiming the Throne + Rebellion and Conquest + One Female Lead] Cast out by his clan during a famine, he awakens the Myriad Things Tag System. While the whole village chews tree bark, he has a storehouse full of grain and meat. By the time the world falls apart, he has already built a granary city that can never be taken. When Zhao Xing'an wakes up, he has become an outcast driven from his clan during a famine. The whole village is 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [A must-read for anyone experiencing a reading slump! The ultimate survival story in a famine!] The entire village is littered with starving corpses, gnawing on clay, while the protagonist huddles in a dilapidated house, stewing meat and making porridge, his mouth glistening with oil, the aroma wafting for miles—don't ask why, the answer is he has a system of hidden attributes! On walls, in dry wells, on the old hunter's relics… everything has hidden attributes in his eyes: [Dig three feet down here for rat food] [This beam is made of submerged wood, worth ten taels] [This person's loyalty is usable]. The entire village is starving, their eyes practically glowing with greed. He uses this information gap to stockpile grain and fodder, recruit powerful generals, and build a grain city, rising from a clan outcast to a founding emperor. The pacing is fast, with a small thrill every three chapters and a major thrill every ten, the contrast between hunger and satiety is mouthwatering! The key is the innovative "golden finger"—not mindless daily check-ins, but playing with information gaps, each attribute refresh is like opening a blind box, incredibly addictive. No low intelligence, no saintly sentimentality, decisive action, you'll be hooked after staying up all night to finish it! [Thinking]

38. 138 国 National Fate Cradle: I Hand Over My Children, and the Ten Thousand Clans Break Down in Tears 国运摇篮：上交子嗣万族哭崩了 Big Fish Begonia Fruit大鱼海棠果Urban158k WordsOngoing [Urban High Martial Arts + More Children, More Blessings + Turning In His Children + System-Focused + Spiritual Qi Revival + Face-Slapping Power Fantasy] In an era when everyone practices high martial arts, Chen Fan awakens the worst possible physique, yet binds himself to the one and only [National Fortune Cradle System]. The System has just one rule: turn in your children to gain a National Fate bonus. The more he turns in, the stronger humanity becomes. While others are still hiding their gif 4Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 139 六 The 1960s: Educated Youth in the Great Northern Wilderness, With Plenty to Eat and Drink 六零：知青北大荒，都吃饱喝足 Big Fish Begonia Fruit大鱼海棠果Urban702k WordsCompleted (Period Drama · Rebirth · Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside · Beidahuang · Spatial Storage · Stockpiling Grain · Reclaiming Wasteland · Career Advancement · Seizing the Opportunities of the Era · Brotherhood · Production Corps System) Lin Jianjun is reborn in the famine-stricken 1960s. His gambling-addicted father bleeds the family dry, while his biased mother abandons him. He and his three younger siblings are driven to the brink of death. This time, on his third day after being sent to Be 284Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 140 灵 Exorcising Ghosts on a Supernatural Livestream: How Did This Cultivator Become a Tycoon? 灵异直播捉鬼，邪修怎么变土豪了 Big Fish Begonia Fruit大鱼海棠果Mystery370k WordsCompleted [Urban fantasy | Supernatural livestreaming | Yin Merchant System | Workplace in the underworld | Get rich and extend your life | Black and White Impermanence | Rule-based horror | Survival mystery] He owed 9,800 yuan, was two months behind on rent, and had only seven days left to live. Lin Ping'an bound himself to the Yin Merchant Livestreaming System and embarked on a dangerous path to riches! A red maple wedding-dress ghost: his first job brought in 2,577 yuan and added two days to his lifesp 3Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 141 末 Sailing the Apocalypse: My Compass Can Analyze Ancient God Relics 末世航海我的罗盘能解析古神遗物 Big Fish Begonia Fruit大鱼海棠果Sci-Fi & Apocalypse886k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse, Survival, Sailing, System, Treasure Hunting, Sea Monsters] The tsunami struck in a single day, sinking all the land on Earth and turning the world into an endless ocean. My name is Lin Che. I was trapped on a rickety raft, waiting to die, when I accidentally activated an ancient Analysis Compass. Analyze ancient relics, and you can obtain fresh water, food, weapons, ship blueprints, and more! Starting with the crudest wooden raft, I’ll upgrade it step by step into a fishing boat, a 31Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 142 非 The Wild and Sweet Intangible Cultural Heritage Expert: The Conservator's Favorite 非遗大佬野又甜：修复师偏宠 Big Fish Begonia Fruit大鱼海棠果Modern Romance272k WordsCompleted [Intangible cultural heritage restoration | Sweet romance | Wilderness exploration | Mutual doting | Wish-fulfillment | Strong female lead] Su Qingran is a reclusive master of intangible cultural heritage restoration. Her skill at restoring antiques is unparalleled, but she prefers to keep a low profile and hunt for treasures in the wild. After an unexpected encounter brings her together with a refined, aloof powerhouse, she plans to work on restorations and explore secret realms on her own, onl 4Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 143 两 A Trader Between Two Worlds: From 1988 to 2025 两界倒爷从1988到2025 Striving to Stay Alive8888努力活着8888Urban469k WordsOngoing Su Tianci was an unemployed street loafer in 1988. He was planning to head into the mountains to hunt for some meat, but accidentally fell off a cliff. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to 2025, an age of booming economic growth. Even more astonishingly, two vastly different eras now lay before him, and he could travel back and forth between them. 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Everything went according to plan for the next few days

44. 144 双 Two Transmigrators’ Road Through the Great Ming 双穿大明之路见不平 Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Historical265k WordsOngoing Su Tianci, a modern-day wage slave in 2026, was getting a foot massage at Red Romance when, for no apparent reason, he transmigrated to the war-torn Ming dynasty. Things were hellish from the start, but luckily, he could actually return to 2026! Two vastly different eras now lay before him. 465Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 145 在 Passing Myself Off as a Rich Returnee in the 1980s 在八零伪装回国土豪 Strive for Happiness努力幸福Urban1.5M WordsOngoing Su Tianci, an ordinary working stiff for 25 years, spends his free time exploring the wilderness. By chance, he discovers a box full of U.S. dollars. Overjoyed, Su Tianci starts dreaming about where to go for a meat-stuffed flatbread. But before he can even celebrate, he slips and inexplicably tumbles off a cliff. When he comes to again, he has somehow arrived in an era full of opportunity… 7.4kReads5.8Score297Shelves
46. 146 杂 Seeking the Dao with a Mixed Spirit Root 杂灵问道 Dreaming and Sighing at Mortal Life梦叹浮生Eastern Fantasy812k WordsOngoing With mixed spiritual roots and mediocre aptitude, he was once the most inconspicuous boy in the mortal world. He enters Qingyun and cultivates his mortal bones. With no heaven-defying legacy or opportunity falling from the sky, he can only rely on ceaseless training, day and night, to fight for a chance at immortality. Countless prodigies roam the world, sect grudges never end, and demonic forces lurk everywhere. The path to the Great Dao is long, with danger at every turn. He keeps his patience 3Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 147 荒 Wilderness Survival: Drawing a Golden Trait from the Start 荒野求生：开局抽取金色词条 Peach Banquet蜜桃盛宴Sci-Fi & Apocalypse235k WordsOngoing [Wilderness Survival + Everyone Transmigrates + Golden Traits + Camp Building + Ensemble Cast with Multiple Female Leads + Lighthearted Comedy + Decisive Action] Seven billion people from Blue Star are collectively transmigrated to a primordial wilderness. From the start, all they have is a basic survival suit, a stone axe, and the instruction: "Survive the night." Shen Yeheng is dumped into the muddy ground of a dense forest. Before he can even get back on his feet, a zombie nearly bites his fa 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Novels about clearing land in the wilderness.

48. 148 归 I Retired to a Mountain Village and Farmed a Hidden Paradise into Existence 归隐山村，我种田养出世间秘境 Heading to the Long River Beneath the Moon月下赴长川Urban372k WordsCompleted The wasteland teems with spiritual energy, the mountains hide secret realms, fruits and vegetables nourish body and mind, and spring water cures every ailment. He delivers a face-slapping to relatives who look down on the poor and cozy up to the rich, and drives off greedy capitalists trying to muscle in. From a down-and-out college student mocked by everyone, he becomes a revered sage hidden away in the countryside. He works the fields at sunrise and rests at sunset, creating an extraordinary l 3Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 149 雾 Mist Ruins Sequence: Sign-In Turns All Things Divine 雾墟序列：签到万物成神 Heading to the Long River Beneath the Moon月下赴长川Sci-Fi & Apocalypse357k WordsCompleted Dense fog seals off the city, mutant beasts roam everywhere, Sequence Awakened stand above the rest, and the lives of ordinary people are worth less than grass. Lin Ye scrapes by for three years, enduring oppression until he unexpectedly activates the All-Region Supply Sign-In System! Sign in among the ruins to get weapons, in secret realms to find divine materials, and at altars to claim treasures! A genius Sequence Awakened? One punch will make you submit! The base's powerful elite? I'll uproo —Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 150 流 Exiled to the Frontier: The Farmer's Eldest Sister Transmigrates to Reclaim the Wasteland 流放边关：农家长姐穿越开荒 Equatorial Tree赤道树Ancient Romance337k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + farming + satisfying read + infrastructure building] Shen Qingwu, a modern woman with master's degrees in both agriculture and water conservancy, transmigrates overnight into the body of the eldest sister in the poorest military household in Danshan County. Her father died in battle, her mother succumbed to illness, and her aunt arrives with tax collectors to block the door, seize the compensation money, and sell her ten-year-old sister to a procurer to pay the taxes. Blood run 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Novel about reclamation and farming

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