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- 1 Primitive Tribe: The Gods Sent Me to Save Humanity 原始部落：天神派我来拯救智人 No superpowers, only hunger and cold. With advanced technology, sound management, and a growing population, he will contend with heaven and earth to secure the necessities of life, and battle beasts and men to expand his territory. When the protagonist discovers that Homo sapiens are constantly being oppressed and slaughtered by other human species, he has no choice but to embark on a path of conquest. A sudden storm carries Tian Hao back to a savage, primordial age. When he opens his eyes, his 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 We Are All Transmigrators 我们都是穿越者 While passing through the Bermuda Triangle, MH370 suddenly vanished without a trace. A space-time tunnel carried the plane to an unknown planet. To survive, the passengers began a legendary new life on this barren world, among primitive people and all manner of animals. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Transmigrate to Ancient Times and Build Civilization with a System 穿越远古，带着系统创文明 [Transmigration + Farming + Infrastructure Building + Ancient Times + No Romance] Song Lu transmigrates to a desolate land. The ancient plants and animals there are unlike those in the world she came from. Enormous flying eagles, stunted, withered plants. Luckily, she's equipped with a System. Song Lu can only keep completing quests, leveling up her skills, and earning survival points to unlock different blueprints. She looks forward to returning to her original world once she finishes her quest 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Rise of Prehistory: Beginning as a Tribe's Chief 史前崛起：从成为部落首领开始 One second, he was in a tropical rainforest torn apart by war. The next, he had transmigrated to a prehistoric age ruled by giant beasts. Faced with this sudden turn of events, Fang Qun began living a carefree, do-as-he-pleases life. But as he lazed around, he somehow became the tribe's chief, then led the entire tribe from the Stone Age up the technology tree at breakneck speed, setting them on the road to civilization and world domination! A primitive tale of building, farming, expansion, and 98Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Humanity Transmigrates: The Primitive Era 全民穿越：原始时代 Everyone transmigrates + farming and development + primitive era + a struggle for civilizational dominance A hundred million people are transported by an unknown force to the primitive era, where they must fight for civilizational supremacy in a future no one can predict. As civilizations vie to shine, who will emerge as the ultimate winner? Follow Li Muyun through this arduous journey and experience a sweeping historical epic, at times tragic, stirring, or bewildering. 64Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 6 The First Tribe of Honghuang 洪荒第一部落 Huang Shi transmigrates to a primitive world and is reborn with his memories intact. His soul enters the body of Ahuang, a rebellious young man struck dead by lightning, carried there by a bolt of thunder. He is reborn in a primitive tribe that lives in trees. On his first day after transmigrating, while silently reciting the honorific titles of the gods and Buddhas of the myriad heavens, he accidentally learns the art of thunder. On his very first day, he argues with the tribe chief and claims 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Great Chief of a Primitive Tribe 原始部落大酋长 No System, no golden finger, no peerless martial arts. A transmigration caused purely by accident. He leads primitive people in fishing, hunting, farming, and developing technology, conquers other tribes, and speeds up their progress. 41Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 8 Reborn in a Savage Otherworld 重生在异界蛮荒 Reborn in a world where humanity has only just appeared, Zhou Yang feels utterly exhausted. There’s far too much for him to do, and even one thing left undone could ruin everything. First, he has to solve the problems of food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. Then he has to ensure that humanity’s flame never goes out. Finally, he must lead humanity in fighting heaven, earth, and even thin air, all while uncovering the mystery of his rebirth. Zhou Yang says, “Do you think this is easy for m 92Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 9 The Primitive Era: From the Start, I Befriended Dinosaurs as Brothers 原始时代：开局跟恐龙称兄道弟 From the start, he swears brotherhood with a Fengshen Pterosaur! Recruit pterosaurs, dinosaurs, pliosaurs, mosasaurs, plateosaurs, plesiosaurs... Build an army that rules land, sea, and sky, and dominate the prehistoric age! The battle begins. I look forward to fighting alongside you! [Primitive people] [Catch dinosaurs] [Tame dinosaurs] [Dig deep tunnels] [Store plenty of grain] [Expand the population] [Build infrastructure] [Claim territory] 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 This Generation of Cavemen Is Too Hard to Handle 这届原始人太难带了 Fang Mu has just transmigrated and become the chief of a tribe on the verge of extinction. When he sees a group of primitive people barely clothed before him, his head starts spinning! Thankfully, there’s a chat group for the Sages of Huaxia! He cultivates the power of faith. The stronger his tribespeople become, the more faith they offer him. And so Fang Mu begins his miserable life as a chief! These primitive people are so hard to manage! All they know is hand-to-hand combat; they don’t know a 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Soar, Primitive People! 腾飞吧，原始人 [Primitive Society + Strong Heroine + Farming + No Romance] What would happen if a woman with no passion for life transmigrated to prehistoric times? I’m a new writer, and this is my first novel. My writing isn’t very good, so I welcome all feedback, positive or negative. 47Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 12 Civilization and Savagery 文明与野蛮 After an accident while operating an excavator, Xia Feng transmigrates to a primitive society and finds himself renamed Da Niu. Through warfare, diplomacy, and technology, Xia Feng uses his modern knowledge to lead a savage tribe to grow stronger, step by step, until they can challenge a distant feudal empire. 12Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 13 Transmigrate to Become the Primal Supreme One 穿越之原始至尊 The protagonist transmigrates to primitive society, expecting a miserable life of eating raw meat and drinking blood. Instead, the air is fresh, the food is delicious, and the warriors are powerful. It's easy to become the ruler here! 273Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 14 Those Days After I Transmigrated to Ancient Times 穿越远古的那些日子 (Spatial powers + building a tribe + ruthless combat + leveling up) He transmigrated by accident into the body of a primitive man in ancient times. Beasts roamed everywhere, the tribes were treacherous, and survival was hellish. Fortunately, fate smiled on him and he obtained a mysterious ring. See how he uses it to overcome deadly dangers and become a mighty warrior of the ancient world. 155Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 15 A Small Tribe from the Start: I Build a Cultivation Civilization 开局小部落，我打造了修仙文明 [Lordship and Farming] + [Fantasy Cultivation] + [Passionate Conquest] After his soul transmigrates to the Great Wilderness, he becomes a tribal chief and awakens the Prosperity System. The more advanced the civilization, the more prosperous the tribe, and the stronger he becomes. Demons rule the world, humanity has become their food, and all races vie for supremacy while all living beings suffer. To survive, Chu Tianming leads the weak human race to stockpile food and bide their time before cla —Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 16 Starting a Business in the Primitive Era: Something’s Wrong with This World! 原始创业：这个世界不对劲！ A corporate wage slave from twenty-first-century Blue Star suddenly becomes the young chief of a tribe on a primitive continent in another world. This is an inspirational tale of entrepreneurship, following him as he starts with a handful of elderly, weak, and sick people, then expands his company’s business across the entire world. A lighthearted farming novel, with some fantasy elements to be added later. Please show this newcomer your support, dear readers. My heartfelt thanks! That’s all t 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Ancient-Era Farming: The Changing Tides of Time 远古种田之沧海桑田 While conducting a geological survey in Shennongjia, Sang Tian unfortunately falls off a cliff and discovers she has traveled to ancient times. A group of hunter-gatherers find her and bring her back to their tribe. Outside the cave, towering ancient trees cast deep shadows, and the plants and animals are twice the size of their modern counterparts. The tribespeople have rudimentary tools and live in poor conditions. So developing cuisine, storing food, learning about useful plants, farming, rai 196Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Return to the Primitive Era: Become a Wild Man, Farm, and Build a City 回到原始时代当野人王种田建城池 Good morning, everyone! Women, come over and give me a massage. Men, go shovel manure! Have you eaten? If not, eat two of my fists! Pure wild people, no System! A true man is born between Heaven and Earth. Even in primitive times, he should be the wildest of the wild! The protagonist transmigrates and has to survive alone in the wilderness from the start. Different environments lead to different paths of development. Follow him as he gradually mines and gathers resources, discovers others like h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 I Found a Home in the Forest of Another World 我在异世森林有个家 [No romance! No golden finger! A sapper’s shovel from the start!] She accidentally transmigrates to an uninhabited forest and struggles to survive in the wilderness alone. She works hard to adapt to her new way of life, learning to hunt and build a house. Out in the wild, she meets a clever, spirited mountain goat. From then on, the two of them travel together through an unknown world, meeting new companions and taking in the scenery along the way. 137Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 20 The Shennong Mist: The Ancient Era 神农迷雾：远古纪元 [No System · Tribal Farming | Transmigrated Infrastructure-Building | Starting from Scratch | Lighthearted] Programmer Chu wakes up in the Stone Age, shirtless and squatting on a riverbank, facing a group of primitive people prodding him with bone spears. No System, no status screen, just two pieces of flint in his pocket. He decides to keep a fire going first. He can worry about anything else once he's survived. He drills wood for fire, builds a stove, weaves fish traps, and dries fish. He teac 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 I Am a Transmigrator 我是穿越者 While taking part in a street race organized by his rich-kid friends, a young heir unexpectedly transmigrated to another, primitive age. After getting a brutal taste of life in a primitive society, he set out on his legendary journey... 64Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 22 Back in Prehistoric Times, I Gained the Power to Tame Beasts 回到远古，我获得了御兽能力 (Transmigration + Beast Taming + Tribes + Adventure + Survival) Li Mingxuan, a young man living in modern society, transmigrates to a world of primitive civilization. It is home to all kinds of races: terrifyingly powerful ferocious beasts, strange beasts with bizarre abilities, and humans who are half man and half beast... Empirical knowledge versus theology? Gunpowder versus sorcery? Super tribes stand high above all like gods! And we barbarians are slaughtered by foreign races like stray dogs 251Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 23 Tribe: The Divine Civilization System 部落：神级文明系统 [System + tribe + farming] After accidentally dying while saving someone, he transmigrates to a primitive world. Liu Han discovers that this world is anything but ordinary: it is strange and mysterious beyond measure. Mysterious giant beasts, evil-spirit rituals, ancient ruins... With a band of primitive followers who are infatuated with him, he builds a tribe, puts up city walls, and lays traps... A legendary struggle for supremacy in another world begins. 16Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 24 Primitive Society: From Tribe to Empire 原始社会之从部落到帝国 No System, no supernatural powers. As the shaman of a small tribe, he might never have imagined that the boy he saved while testing medicine would transform his little tribe. He watched as the boy, who had been on the verge of dying from illness, invented writing and recorded the knowledge passed down orally through generations on bamboo slips and silk. He tamed the fearsome wild oxen and reclaimed thousands of acres of farmland. Even the wild horses, swift as the wind, had to submit to being ri 404Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 25 I Just Went on a Trip and Ended Up Chief of the Savages 就是出门旅个游，混成了野人头 [Completely Naked + Wilderness Survival] [No System] [Farming] [Hunting] [Hand-to-Hand Combat] [Tactics] [Battlefield Thrills] One step took him from a tourist attraction into a primitive tribe, and all his clothes mysteriously vanished. He was chased by ferocious beasts, cannibals, and primitive women desperate to find a mate. After enduring countless hardships, he built up the tribe, constructed a fortified settlement, dug up medicinal herbs to restore his depleted body, and united the jungle 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Farming in Ancient Times: Transmigrated into a Prehistoric Priestess 远古种田：穿越成蛮荒祭祀了 Wang Xi accidentally transmigrates to ancient times. Wait, what are they doing? Σ( ° △ ° They're going to burn her alive? No, please, sob... Uh... So it was a misunderstanding. Fine, but how did she somehow become the tribe's priestess? Well, since she's the priestess now, she'll do her duty! Clearing land and farming, raising livestock, building houses, and working hard to develop weapons that can protect the tribe. Everything is going perfectly! But the chieftain has had his eye on Wang Xi for 50Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 27 The Primordial Era: The Land Where Dreams Begin 原始时代：梦始之地 Humans are born ordinary! In the primeval age, in a barren land, I want to write my own glory with my hands and become a free-spirited youth, spreading my wings beneath the blue sky. Life endures, and so does the struggle. In the savage age, fight with your own hands, and use the blade in them as a pen to write the future of a boy. The primeval age, an era of explosive life, is one in which humanity is but a tiny speck. Let me show the human spirit fighting bravely against the countless wonders 178Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 28 Warlord of the Primitive Age 我在原始时代当霸主 After transmigrating to the primordial era, Lin Han was a little panicked. Luckily, he had the Invincible Overlord System, and began his life as a ruler of the primordial era. Craving something different to eat? Barbecued Tyrannosaurus, steamed Triceratops, deep-fried Velociraptors. No need to settle! Want a flashy, awesome mount? Four mammoths lead the way, and four more bring up the rear. Absolutely badass! Want to overthrow my rule? Sorry, I’ve got more people, more money, and way more streng 340Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 29 In the Huaxu Tribe, I'm Just a Commoner 人在华胥部落，我是一名黔首 I’m not very good at writing. My first three books all ended before reaching 300,000 words, and I wasted some really good ideas. This time, I plan to make the story as long as I can, so the pacing will be a little slow. 269Reads6.5Score116Shelves
- 30 From Primitive Society to the Founding of a Nation 从原始社会开始到创立国家 He transmigrates into primitive society with no System and no golden finger, and builds things up one step at a time. Starting with a tribe of just thirty people, he gradually develops it: fishing, building boats and houses, farming, forming a leadership team and an army, smelting iron, issuing currency, and building the Eight Passes. He wins the tribal defense war and forges the backbone of the Nine Provinces! 429Reads—Score106Shelves
- 31 Civilization Reboot: Starting with a Desert Island Tribe 文明重启：从荒岛部落开始 [Card Survival: Tropical Island] [Rebuilding Civilization in the Post-Apocalyptic Era] [Deserted Island Survival from the Start] After dying suddenly on the game loading screen, Jiang Shu wakes up as a gaunt, sickly boy in a primitive tribe on a deserted island. Civilization is destroyed, knowledge has vanished, and humanity has fallen back to the Stone Age. Other people make fire by rubbing sticks together, but where’s the fire? Other people hunt wild beasts, but where are the weapons? The 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Building a Primitive Civilization: Hints Are Everywhere 打造原始文明：生活处处是提示 Build a faction + farming + infrastructure + conquest + adventure + bunny girls + tips [A saber-toothed tiger is lurking in the grass. The tribe chief will be eaten in three minutes!] [Your tribeswoman Shicao has admired you for a long time. She wants to have your babies and will sneak into your cave at midnight tonight. You know the rest…] [A cedar tree is excellent material for making a shortbow. See the diagram for instructions!] Ye Chen’s soul transmigrates into a prehistoric tribe. Using th 913Reads6.5Score102Shelves
- 33 Transmigrating to Primitive Times: Life as a Caveman Is Pretty Sweet 穿越原始：当个野人美滋滋 [The Yellow Emperor, the Flame Emperor, and Chiyou are all enemies. Rewrite history from the ground up! Starting in 2040, modern history will be rewritten!] (Transmigration + System + Primitive Tribes + Taming Beasts + Ancient Divine Beasts) The protagonist accidentally transmigrates to a primitive society where people live off the land. He slays divine beasts, kills Chiyou, and beats up Shennong and Xuanyuan. He wages war in Africa, conquers the Americas, and takes Europe... Until he establishe 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Original Diary 原始日记 Chu Ci, a young man from modern times, has been blacklisted and finds doors shut in his face wherever he looks for work. After drinking himself into a stupor, he accidentally transmigrates to prehistoric times, inhabiting the body of a boy who died while out searching for food. After Chu Ci has been missing for a long time, his tribespeople find him and bring him back to the settlement. Seeing them struggling with hunger and cold, Chu Ci quietly begins to change their lives. Little does he know 275Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 35 Reborn in a Tribe: Starting with the Development of Civilization 重生部落之从发展文明开始 After retiring and returning home, Beicheng started working as a daigou, taking goods from China to sell abroad and bringing foreign goods back home. But before he could even bring back an arrowhead made of bone, an accident left him reborn in a primitive tribe, where he began building civilization. No System, no golden finger, just one male lead, an excited heart, and trembling hands. Hey! Hey! Hey! So what if it's the primitive era? That damned mad-dog-eating man is back! 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Transmigrating to a Primordial Wilderness: Leading My Tribe to Greatness 穿越原始荒莽之带领族人做大做强 An unexpected car accident sends the soul of Zhang Chu, a discharged special forces soldier, hurtling through a time tunnel… When he wakes up, Zhang Chu finds himself in a prehistoric wilderness. With a System and memories of his previous life, how will he lead the primitive tribespeople of this strange world toward survival and prosperity? He learns to make fire by friction, grows his tribe, plants rice, and fires bricks to build houses, taking one step at a time toward a new age of civiliza 291Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 37 Return to Ancient Times and Lead the Tribes to Unite Huaxia 回到远古带领部落一统华夏 Zhang Wei is an ordinary delivery guy, working hard to make ends meet in the modern world. By accident, he transmigrates to prehistoric times. He has no System to boost him and no golden finger, only the modern knowledge he brought from his previous life. With it, he leads his tribe to a happy life where they have enough food and clothing. They hunt, make pottery, grow crops, raise livestock, smelt iron, manufacture weapons, build an army, and construct cities. Under Zhang Wei's leadership, the 355Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 38 The Ancient Little Savage 远古小野人 A woman nearing sixty transmigrates into the body of a primitive little wildling and begins a completely different kind of prehistoric life. This story doesn't give her any heaven-defying abilities, but she does have a space that provides the basics for daily life. It's still a great read, and I hope you enjoy it! 570Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 39 In a Primitive Tribe, I Lead the Tribespeople to Prosperity 原始部落，我带领原始人奔小康 What! I've transmigrated! Great! I look at the endless primeval forest before me, then at the animal skins I'm wearing and the tribespeople beside me, grinning foolishly. This transmigration is such a rip-off! At least I have a System. I'll lead the tribe to a moderately prosperous life! 556Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 40 Becoming a Big Shot Starting in the Stone Age 从石器时代开始做大佬 Returned to ten thousand years ago, he lives alongside wild beasts and competes with dinosaurs that soar through the skies and burrow beneath the earth. He leads primitive people and builds an era of his own! 309Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 After I Transmigrated, I Became the Ancient World’s Farming Ancestor 穿越后我在远古当种植老祖 From the start, she has nothing and must rely on her own two hands. Lin Dian never would have imagined that, despite her quiet and peaceful life, she’d somehow transmigrate to ancient times. A pitch-black cave, a foul smell, and a family of six, each one skinny as a rake. From what she can tell, her parents are lazy, greedy nuisances, and there’s a reason the whole family is so emaciated. Luckily, her siblings are decent enough, at least. Since there’s still hope of surviving, she might as well 344Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 42 Back to Prehistory: The Tribal Beauties All Want Me to Be Chief 回到史前，部落美女全求我当酋长 Also known as Lost in Prehistory: Survival in a Primitive World and The Man at the Top of the Food Chain Crashes 10,000 Years into the Past [Hardcore survival, TV-drama style, epic survival story. No special abilities, so don't read if that's not your thing.] A group of men and women crash in a primitive jungle. When they wake up, they discover they've been sent back 10,000 years into prehistory. Among the survivors are a cool, divorced female pilot; a young, beautiful flight attendant and her b 608Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 43 I Went Fishing and Got Transmigrated to Primitive Society 钓个鱼给我穿越到原始社会了 The rating has only just come out. It'll keep going up, up, up, up!!! [Transmigration + primitive society + no golden finger + no System + no invincibility + building] Li Jiahua only wanted to catch a few fish to nourish his wife, but a flash flood swept him into a cave. When he emerged, he discovered that he was no longer in his own world. He had arrived in an age of primitive tribal civilization. No System, no golden finger: a fertilizer sack slung over his shoulder, an engineer shovel at his 25Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 44 The Village Girl from the Mountains Only Wants to Rule the World 山沟沟里的女娃只想谋天下 “A woman can stand beneath heaven and earth. Why should she be content to trail behind others?” A little girl transmigrates to the early Warring States period. To make her life better, she has only one choice: conquer the world, unite all the tribes, build a new society, and drive technology forward at a rapid pace. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Primitive: From Savagery to Civilization 原始：从野蛮到文明 Back to the primitive age, where everything starts from scratch. Only by building civilization can one escape savagery. After Wang Wei transmigrates, he decides to become a god to gain authority within his tribe. But the world beyond is far from peaceful. What’s more, he discovers that other transmigrators arrived in this world long ago. So how will he get along with them? 1.5kReads8.2Score105Shelves
- 46 I Transmigrated to a Primitive World, and My Shop Connects to the Modern World 穿越原始，我的商城通现代 Wang Hao accidentally fell off a cliff and woke up in a primitive tribe where people lived by hunting and gathering. Faced with beasts taller than a man and the constant threat of starving to death, he unexpectedly bound himself to the [Plane Marketplace System]. Here, a pound of salt could be traded for the same weight in gold, and a packet of instant noodles could make the tribe's warriors fight for you. He thought he could trade his way to the top, but then the System suddenly warned him: 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Transmigrating to a Primitive World 穿越原始世界 The story follows an ordinary young man from Northeast China who transmigrates to a primitive world with no pocket dimension, no System, and nothing to wear from the start. Using wilderness survival skills he learned from e-books, he conquers primitive society. He learns to make fire, hunt, craft tools, build shelters, make clothes from animal skins, find a wife, and establish a tribe, struggling all the way from being alone to having a whole community around him. 108Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Primordial Era 远古纪 Yi Qian is a young archaeologist with a modest reputation. After an accident, he transmigrates through time and returns to a primitive age. A tribe on the brink of extinction is given a new dawn. Life goes on, and so does the fighting. What changes will a visitor from another era bring to this ancient, savage continent...? 1.2kReads8.5Score106Shelves
- 49 I Begin My Immortality in Primitive Society 我从原始社会开始长生不死 Bai Li transmigrated to primitive society and gained an immortal body. Primitive society was far too brutal. Everyone was born with immense strength, ferocious beasts roamed the land, and death could come at any moment. So Bai Li decided to become a master of keeping a low profile, starting from primitive society! If he could lie down, he'd never stand up. As long as the world wasn't destroyed, he'd never reveal himself. But after the long passage of time, Bai Li discovered that The child he had 245Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 50 Tribal Frontier: Pioneering the Wilds 部落之开拓莽荒 In a primeval jungle, a boy called Feng ventures alone into a lawless world. Amid countless dangers, he builds his own power, forms a tribe, and begins his quest for supremacy from nothing. At fifteen, he has no System and no mysterious powers. In a primitive society overrun by beasts, he relies on his own hard work and clever mind to carve out a place for himself. During a aimless journey, he finds a wild man who can become his companion. From then on, his dream of venturing into the wilderness 95Reads6.2Score—Shelves
