Worldbuilding Reading List 基建书单

1. 51 最 The Ultimate Tech Manufacturer 最强科技制造商 pantherDanmei (BL)455k WordsCompleted Also known as: “My Factory Is Taking the World by Storm,” “The Players’ Favorite Product Recommender,” and “The Factory-Building Player”~ Tang Yi left school before graduating and returned to his hometown, where he bound himself to a Black Technology System. All-purpose medical checkup machine, VR simulator, holographic gaming pod... An epic factory empire begins in a small coastal village. One day, Tang Yi attends a global technology expo. Huaxing’s modest goal: earn one hundred billion 23.9kFavorites77.5kClicks/ch35.2kGifts

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   [Shy]

2. 52 我 I’m Establishing a Military Academy on a Wasteland Planet 我在荒星开军校 Glowing Pear发光梨Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Infrastructure Building and Management + Competitions and Combat] Yan Shaonan transmigrated to the interstellar era. After struggling her way up from cannon fodder on the battlefield, she finally became the captain of the Silver Eagle, an S-rank Federation assault squad. Then faulty intelligence led to her death in a Zerg nest. When Yan Shaonan woke up again, she discovered that she had transmigrated yet again! Someone had dumped her on a harsh, barren planet, and a strange voice sounded in he 23.3kFavorites42kClicks/ch31.5kGifts

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   [Shy]

3. 53 理 A Science Whiz's Daily Research in Ancient Times 理科学霸的古代研究日常 Qi Shisi柒十四Romance380k WordsCompleted General Chu's daughter, Chu Xunzhen, is a rare oddity in the capital. She has no interest in rouge, silk, pearls, or jade. Instead, she loves farming, studying, and conducting research. She dresses casually when she goes out, putting on a single hairpin and calling it a day. People all say, “How can General Chu's daughter be anything like a refined young lady? At this rate, let's see who would marry her.” The noble daughters of the capital are all waiting to have a good laugh. But... The Great 22.2kFavorites131.2kClicks/ch10.1kGifts

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   [Shy]

4. 54 我 I Tattooed Totems in Another World 我在异界纹图腾 A Sheet of Nonsense一纸无稽No CP667k WordsCompleted [Revisions complete! Thank you all for keeping me company!] The wanderers who have lost their totems gather together to keep one another warm, living lives where they never have enough to eat or wear. That is, until one day, they find a man from Earth. After transmigrating to another world, Lin Xiao stares in bafflement at this primitive world. Every tribe here has its own totem, and only those who kindle a totem can become totem warriors. So he silently picks up his old trade: tattoo artist. Li 18.7kFavorites78.1kClicks/ch19.4kGifts

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   [Starry-eyed]

5. 55 砸 Smash All Pots and Pans To Go to School 砸锅卖铁去上学 Red Thorn North红刺北Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The second volume’s physical edition goes on sale on June 24, 2023, at 6 p.m. The first two minutes come with a limited-time autograph! For details, follow the author on Weibo: Tiantian Chijiao.] [The audiobook of the same name is now available on Ximalaya. If you’re interested, go give it a listen!] Wei San, once a top engineer, transmigrates into an out-of-school child in the interstellar age. She makes a living by scavenging trash and turning junk into treasure. Just in time for the start o 965.2kFavorites1.6MClicks/ch4.6MGifts

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   Leg Bro's first entry into the fandom, a thrilling, level-up story.

6. 56 被 After Being Taken by the General 被将军掳走之后 Gazing at Three Mountains望三山Danmei (BL)813k WordsCompleted [Volume One goes on preorder at 7:30 p.m. on July 27. The print title is With the Army] Yuan Li is an excellent battlefield logistics officer. One day, he transmigrates into the son of a minor official in ancient times. His tearful parents send him to the Prince of Chu’s estate to bring good fortune to the prince’s eldest son, who is on the verge of death. That very day, Chu Hechao, the second son of the Prince of Chu, returns from the battlefield overnight, still dusty from the road. Without e 486.7kFavorites612.9kClicks/ch645.9kGifts

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   A historical BL (Boys' Love) story about infrastructure development; I've forgotten the specifics, but you can check it out.

7. 57 穿 Forced to Ascend the Throne After Transmigrating 穿越后被迫登基 I Love Eating Mangosteens我爱吃山竹Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Ye Shuo became the ninth prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty. His mother was the emperor's most favored consort, and his maternal grandfather was the Duke Who Guards the Nation, commander of a powerful army. From the moment he was born, he was among the top three contenders for the throne, his prominence rivaling even the crown prince's. Most importantly, his mother also intended to fight for the throne. A favored consort, military power, and an emperor in his prime: this setu 284.2kFavorites675.8kClicks/ch1.2MGifts

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8. 58 我 I Rely on Card Draws to Build My Character 我靠抽卡凹人设 The Wandering Daoist道长单飞Danmei (BL)994k WordsCompleted Coming soon: Is the Little Scorpion Still Pretending to Be the Younger Brother Today? Here’s the blurb for this novel~ A distinguished guest arrived at the imperial palace of the Arilance Empire. Word had it that this lord was a noble king. The people of the empire burst into laughter when they heard this. What king would be so down on his luck that he had to wander from place to place? The man had to be a fraud. The emperor of the empire was a tyrant. The people 258.4kFavorites360.5kClicks/ch800.3kGifts

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9. 59 买 Buying Life 买活 Yu Jing Peng Xiang御井烹香Romance6.6M WordsCompleted Food is paramount to the people, and Heaven is indifferent, treating all things like straw dogs. Yet there are always those with hearts devoted to the people, working day and night and overcoming every obstacle to secure their livelihood. *1+ Basic setup, updated every day at noon 2+ Infrastructure development + food + ensemble cast Theme: Strive tirelessly and reach for the heights. Human determination can overcome fate. 206.4kFavorites246.1kClicks/ch2.6MGifts

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   Transmigrated female protagonist's battle for infrastructure building novel The countryside surrounds the cities; feudal dynasties, when they can't win, join forces. First cultivate the land, then build roads; establish schools, facilitate trade, open up the navy, and develop industry all at the same time.

10. 60 今 I Still Don't Know My Real Father Is Zhu Yuanzhang 今天我仍不知道亲爹是朱元璋 Mulan Bamboo木兰竹Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Please, readers, be kind. Don't insult other authors in the comments here, and don't recommend this novel under other works! I bow my head to you again and again!] Chen Biao transmigrates into a merchant family amid the chaos at the end of the Yuan dynasty. To stay alive, he can't hide his transmigrator talents, so he pretends to be a fortune-telling, all-knowing mystic. At a very young age, he makes the Chen family the wealthiest household after Shen Wansan. Then his father, Chen Guorui, tells 195kFavorites434.3kClicks/ch2.2MGifts

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    The protagonist is reborn into a construction-themed world, forced to support his family from a young age and secure his father's future. He eventually discovers that the empire he helped Zhu Yuanzhang conquer was ultimately his own.

11. 61 玩 Playing Song 玩宋 Spring Creek Flute at Dawn春溪笛晓Romance852k WordsCompleted As Wang Pang grows up and enters officialdom, here’s what the big shots of the Northern Song are worried about: Su Shi: Don’t even think about setting me up! Han Qi: Don’t even think about setting me up! Di Qing: Don’t even think about setting me up! Wang Anshi: Every day, I worry my son will become a treacherous minister. Fan Zhongyan: Every day, I worry my student will become a treacherous minister. Sima Guang: Every day, I worry my son-in-law will become a treacherous minister. This book wil 188.9kFavorites457.9kClicks/ch540.7kGifts

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    Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing Dynasty Infrastructure Series, Safe to Eat

12. 62 我 I Became Qin Shi Huang's Second Qin Emperor 我给始皇当秦二世 Gold and Jade Fill the Courtyard金玉满庭No CP1.1M WordsCompleted A biological father-daughter relationship with the First Emperor Zhao Buxi, a remnant of the Six Kingdoms living in the Qin dynasty and the daughter of a beauty from the fallen state of Zhao, looks at her golden finger, then at the talented man she has just recruited. She falls into deep thought. You need talent to make use of a golden finger. Xiang Yu could do it, Liu Bang could do it, so why couldn’t she, Zhao Buxi? “Great talent, the Qin dynasty is tyrannical and the people are suffering. 184.4kFavorites320.7kClicks/ch676.4kGifts

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    To exploit one's own talents and create rebellion within one's own family

13. 63 飞 I Ascended to the World of Magic 飞升到了魔法界 Evening Frost暮沉霜Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (Currently fixing typos and revising. The official and pirated versions differ considerably; please refer to the Jinjiang version.) As the strongest of the Tianjian Sect's six elders, Li Li brought down a similarly absurd tribulation when she ascended. Just how powerful was it? The tribulation truly made one person ascend and their whole family follow: it blasted the entire Tianjian Sect, mountain and all, into a magical world! After scraping by there for a year, Li Li was about to call a sect 178.3kFavorites241.8kClicks/ch692.2kGifts

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    The entire cultivation sect incorporates magic; the early stages are of high quality, but the later stages become a bit weak.

14. 64 闲 Leisurely Tang 闲唐 Spring Creek Flute at Dawn春溪笛晓Romance864k WordsCompleted The print edition is now available. See Chapter One for details. A court historian interviews the bigwigs of the early Tang: “You’ve all known Li Yuanying for quite a while. What kind of person do you think he is?” Wei Zheng: “A shameless scoundrel!” Fang Xuanling: “A shameless scoundrel!” Sun Simiao: “A shameless scoundrel!” His Majesty Li Er: “My most shameless younger brother.” Li Yuanying: “You all carry on. I’m leaving.” This story will become a paid novel this Saturday, January 19. Three 131.9kFavorites370.9kClicks/ch862.4kGifts

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    Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing Dynasty Infrastructure Series, Safe to Eat

15. 65 朕 I Only Want GDP 朕只想要GDP The Beginning of the Clouds初云之初Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Su Zhan was the brightest rising star in the imperial capital, the architect of the northern frontier’s unbroken record of victory, and the man of countless young women’s dreams. Dashing and handsome, as noble and upright as pine and bamboo, he would rather break than bend. And the more he was like that, the more I wanted to snap his spine and make him kneel, tame as a dog, licking the top of my foot. Excerpt from A Few Tales of the Qin Emperor and His General Ying Zheng: “????” Ying Zheng: 123.2kFavorites268.6kClicks/ch877.8kGifts

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16. 66 基EN Infrastructure Begins with Gaming 基建从游戏开始 Fog Enters雾入No CP1.1M WordsCompleted Angel transmigrated to a world of magic and tried to become a mage, only to discover that graduation meant unemployment. The magical world had gone through an industrial revolution!!! He had no choice but to make games and films, creating game consoles and merchandise to make money. As he kept at it, Angel realized that he had somehow built a worldwide magical network, a delivery service connecting different planes, and a vast empire of magical games. Researchers in later generations believed: 117.7kFavorites196.1kClicks/ch315kGifts

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17. 67 如 How to Build a University 如何建立一所大学 Yang Yиzi羊羽子No CP901k WordsCompleted This novel is also known as A Guide to Building a University in the Mysterious Realm A no-romance Western fantasy with a modern setting~ Knowledge lets us see the light., Clara University For what happens next, see The Past of Minches. I’ll start writing it in the next couple of days. Theme: Study hard and keep improving! 95.4kFavorites109.6kClicks/ch187.4kGifts

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18. 68 我 Doing Research in Ancient Times 我在古代搞科研 Beneath the Clear Sky晴空之下Danmei (BL)1.1M WordsCompleted Upcoming works: My Post-Apocalyptic Awakening Gave Me a Street-Vending Cart, I Revitalize My Penniless Sect with a Street-Vending Cart, and The Song Dynasty's One and Only System. Drafts in progress, please add them to your collection. Blurb: Ning Fei, a talented young researcher, unexpectedly transmigrates. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself on an unfamiliar battlefield in ancient times. Before he can even gather his wits, a certain impoverished school forcibly claims him, making him t 84.9kFavorites198.4kClicks/ch191.4kGifts

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19. 69 嬉 Frolicking Through the Three Kingdoms 嬉闹三国 Spring Creek Flute at Dawn春溪笛晓Romance709k WordsCompleted The day Cao Chong woke up, his father was weeping as he told his brothers, “This is my misfortune, but your good fortune! If Cangshu were alive, I would certainly make him my successor!” Cao Chong turned his head and saw a line of brothers standing by the bed. One had a murderous look in his eyes. One was built like a bear. One looked sorrowful. Cao Chong moved, and every one of them turned to look at him in unison. Cao Chong: ?????? Is it supposed to be this terrifying?! * One day, Cao Chong wa 72.3kFavorites207.5kClicks/ch477kGifts

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    Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing Dynasty Infrastructure Series, Safe to Eat

20. 70 化 The Song Dynasty Transformed 化宋 Moon Beneath the Nine Provinces九州月下Romance1.3M WordsCompleted - “Look, Hutou, this is your full name: Zhao, Shi, Cheng!” “…” Oh, I get it. I’m a transmigrator. My full name is Zhao Shicheng, my nickname is Hutou, and I’m a year and a half old. If there isn’t another Song Dynasty Zhao family, then I’m probably Tang Wan’s second husband? The Zhao Shicheng of “Everyone knows the Phoenix Hairpin, but no one knows me, Zhao Shicheng”? The tragic supporting character in the heart-wrenching love story passed down through the ages about the patriotic poet Lu You? 63.2kFavorites114.4kClicks/ch315.5kGifts

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21. 71 基 The Infrastructure Craze 基建狂潮 The Soap Is a Little Slippery肥皂有点滑Danmei (BL)1.0M WordsCompleted [Upcoming novel] Earth, 30,000 Years Later 2 [Farming] Blurb: Zhuang Yu stands atop a giant blue fish, a stone spear in his hand. Below him stretch green fields, herds of cattle and sheep cover the hills, a dark asphalt road runs straight into the distance, children laugh as they drive the cattle and sheep, and beside them, a waterwheel churns and splashes. This is Zhuang Yu's home. It used to be a place of endless yellow sand and barren earth, with no food, water, salt, or clothes. Life was un 60.5kFavorites199.1kClicks/ch102.7kGifts

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22. 72 我 I Opened a Shopping Mall in a Western Fantasy World 我在西幻开商场 Xi Feng西枫Danmei (BL)519k WordsCompleted The management simulation game "Western Fantasy Megamall" recently shot to fame online. You Xia, a dedicated management-game player, had spent a fortune and ground away at the game until he finally reached Level Eight. He was just one step away from clearing it and unlocking the megamall when a car accident sent him straight into the game world! A game System came with him when he transmigrated. From the start, he had nothing but a wood elf, and all his levels and experience had been reset to 59.4kFavorites145.7kClicks/ch46.8kGifts

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23. 73 我EN I Synthesize Everything in the Wasteland 我在废土合成万物 Long Qi龙柒No CP519k WordsCompleted In a world devastated by a great catastrophe, supplies are desperately scarce. Song Xiaozhu wields an item synthesizer, turning trash into treasure beneath a mountain of garbage, and accidentally becomes richer than a nation. What, the lumber mill needs axes? Synthesizer recipe: [Raw Wood] + [Raw Stone] = Simple Axe. Song Xiaozhu: "I've got 3,000. Everyone can use these for now." What, a beast tide is coming and we need weapons? Synthesizer recipe: [Raw Wood] + [Raw Iron] = Simple Steel Saber. 28.9kFavorites50.9kClicks/ch39.5kGifts

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24. 74 穿 Reincarnated as a Building (Infrastructure) 穿成建筑以后[基建] Red Fluorescence红荧No CP2.2M WordsCompleted [My new story, A Guide to Running a Wasteland Hotel as a Crooked Businessman, is now available. Welcome to read!] [The full story is complete. I’m slowly revising it and fixing typos.] [Special chapters whose titles and descriptions include “[Buy with Caution]” expand on the main story. You can skip them without affecting your reading experience, so buy them as you like, cuties.] Blurb↓ Yu Jian, an ordinary college student who loved playing all kinds of farming and construction games, died af 25.7kFavorites52.6kClicks/ch28.1kGifts

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25. 75 穿 I Became the Villain's Godson 穿成反派的干儿子 Onion Monster洋葱怪Danmei (BL)1.1M WordsCompleted (Complete. Please leave a five-star review!) Poor little editor Song Lingxiao transmigrates into a melodramatic political intrigue novel as the adopted son of Song Ying, the notorious villainous eunuch who commands the whole court. To avoid being chopped into pieces and fed to dogs along with his godfather, Song Lingxiao decides to save up and run away. His first business venture is to reclaim the house his godfather gave him, which was being rented out as a brothel, turn it into Lingxiao Booksh 24.4kFavorites78.6kClicks/ch27kGifts

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26. 76 我 Building Infrastructure in a Western Fantasy World 我在西幻搞基建 Mei玫Danmei (BL)370k WordsCompleted The empire’s useless Third Prince has finally been driven out of the capital. Officially, he’s been granted a fief. Everyone knows it’s really an exile. The tavern’s betting pool is on whether the sickly prince will die of illness on the way. Lucien watched the prosperous scenery along the road gradually give way to barren desolation, then interrupted his maid’s incessant complaints with a cough. “This isn’t exile.” Eight years after transmigrating, the City Simulation System that had lain dorma 21.1kFavorites36.9kClicks/ch15.5kGifts

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