Playing Survival Games in the Wasteland

Game + wasteland survival + apocalyptic disasters + farming and base-building

Ying Zhen won a beta-testing spot for the world's first immersive wasteland game.

The developers claimed that logging in would get you ten thousand mu of land, and you could be a mayor or a village chief if you wanted. A promotion and a fortune were just a dream away.

But when she logged in, she started with just a necklace, and had to scavenge for all her gear. How was this a survival game?

There wasn't another person for a hundred li in any direction, apart from her tutorial NPC!

Ying Zhen held the necklace, gazed at the tutorial NPC floating beside her and the desolate settlement, and sighed deeply.

"It's okay, I'll treasure you," she solemnly promised. "I'll be the village chief, and make you my deputy."

Tutorial NPC: ...

Before long, Ying Zhen had settled into a routine: exploring everywhere with a big sack during the day, then chopping wood, building houses, and farming by lantern light at night.

It's just a survival game. Base-building players never give up!

After grinding day and night, Ying Zhen suddenly realized that her "starter village" base was packed with people. She'd even earned the titles [Best Savior] and [Sister-in-Law, Open the Door].

...Wait, the first one made sense. What was the second one about?

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In the year 2249 of the Huangyuan era, radiation on the surface spread even farther, pollution worsened, and living things evolved abnormally. The surviving humans relocated underground.

Xiang Yunxian died while exploring the surface. When he opened his eyes, he discovered that he had become a ghost and could only move within the range of a necklace.

The good news was that someone had found him and could see him. The bad news was that this person's way of thinking was like a blank sheet of paper: she was innocent and kind, and knew nothing about surviving on the surface.

With no other choice, Xiang Yunxian had to guide Ying Zhen while trying to get in touch with his friends and family, hoping someone could bring her back to the base.

He managed to contact them, but the way they looked at Ying Zhen seemed a little off...

--He might be dead, but he wasn't dead all the way yet!

"Reader's notes"

1. The heroine has an overpowered advantage and brings a game System into the wasteland world. At its core, this is an everyday-life story about base-building and farming. The heroine is the only player; everyone else is a native of this world. One-on-one male-female romance. Of course the player is everyone's favorite.jpg

2. The male lead is a long-dead beloved man (?) A principled, good-hearted guy!

3. I want to write a somewhat crowded romance (...). Everyone else has a platonic friendship, but it gets crowded (?).

4. Blurb written on October 27, 2025. The central premise was settled on in April 2025.

Theme: I'll leave it here for now.