Novels like Surviving in the Cretaceous
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- 51 A Tribe of Primitive People from the Start 开局一群原始人 Also known as The Days I Showed Off in the Stone Age He transmigrates to the Stone Age and leads primitive people against wild beasts and toward civilization. With a System at his disposal, he can acquire technological knowledge at will, so even primitive people can play with guns and cannons! 36Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 52 Primitive Times: Living as a Caveman in the Ancient World 原始：在远古当山顶洞人 [No romance, born into another era | gathering and hunting | farming and infrastructure | matriarchal society] ⁼ Tangguo arrives in the matriarchal society of the Upper Cave People era. She looks at the naked savages, clad in leaves and communicating with gestures, then blinks. ⁼ A heartwarming story with no terrible characters, as everyone works together to develop the tribe. ⁼ As soon as she can walk, she uses her own two hands to bring one surprise after another to the tribe: ⁼ ✦ Weaving hand 2kReads8.8Score233Shelves
- 53 The Great Cang Era 大苍纪 A peerless occult master born with a prematurely aging constitution and heir to the Earth Sect searches for the Kunlun dragon vein to prolong his life. When an ancient corpse turns monstrous, he harnesses the dragon energy of the earth veins to slay the demon and defend the righteous under heaven. “Have you not eaten? If you don’t want to die, move your ass!” Pfft. Deep in the dark, bitterly cold mine, the gaunt Wang Chang’an and his clansmen stare blankly, enduring their oppression in numb sile 863Reads8.1Score104Shelves
- 54 Prehistoric Adventures 史前奇遇记 This is an ancient era in another world where multiple epochs overlap. Earth is like a land of chaos, filled with mystery and danger. Time seems tangled and disordered, with features from different geological eras merging together. Primitive forests block out the sky, enormous ferns and bizarre trees grow unchecked, vines coil like pythons, and miasma hangs thick in the valleys. One day, Jiang Yue, an ordinary person from the modern world, accidentally transmigrates to this otherworld. Armed wit 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 I Slay Gods in Another World 我在异界斩神 When Chen Yuan woke up, he discovered that he had transmigrated. He had arrived in a fantasy world where even mosquitoes could kill dinosaurs and earthworms grew a hundred meters long! Worse, he was about to head out with a hunting party to search for food! At this critical moment, the strongest survival System activated! While everyone else wore gloomy expressions, Chen Yuan smiled. That was because he could see the prompts! System prompt: A hundred-meter-long horned dragon has been spotted one 919Reads7.1Score111Shelves
- 56 Primitive Tribe from the Start: The Rise of a Chieftain in the Classic of Mountains and Seas 开局原始部落：山海经之酋长崛起 Lie Yang is reborn in the Great Wilderness, where he farms, tames beasts, develops his tribe, and fights battles far and wide. He rides black bears, tramples saber-toothed tigers, and battles dinosaurs. He searches for a place to call home among forests, grasslands, snowy plains, and plateaus. (There is witchcraft, but individual combat abilities aren't very strong; not abandoned midway; no harem, with two female leads) 117Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 57 Primitive Rise: Starting by Saving a Matriarchal Tribe 原始崛起：从拯救母系部落开始 [Stone Age + multiple heroines + farming + bloodline awakening + decisive and ruthless + tech-tree progression + conquering the world] Lin Yue, a terminally ill overworked employee, jumps off a building intending to die, but unexpectedly awakens the bloodline of the Ancestral Shaman and transmigrates to the Old Stone Age, where beasts roam everywhere! From the start, he saves the White Deer matriarchal clan, on the brink of extinction, and establishes himself in the name of a divine messenger. H 601Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 I Have a Primitive Earth 我有一个原始地球 He unexpectedly comes into possession of a primordial planet, brimming with seafood, jade, diamonds, ginseng, and all kinds of other treasures. Li Ming only wants to live quietly as a landlord, but it turns out there are also four Civilization Towers on this primordial Earth. He has no choice but to quietly begin changing the world. 6.1kReads7.7Score490Shelves
- 59 Back to the Primitive Age to Become a Chieftain 回到原始社会做酋长 After arriving in a primitive society full of prehistoric beasts, he finds snakes and pythons everywhere, vicious beasts roaming the hills, birds of prey ruling the skies, and amphibians dominating the waters. Humanity is at the very bottom of the food chain, and tribes even treat one another as food. Here, everything is about survival. But do you think Ji Ze will lead the primitive people to the top of the food chain and rule this primitive society? Ji Ze: “Give me a break. I’d rather spend tha 1.8kReads7.4Score155Shelves
- 60 Descendant of the Great Shang: Restarting the Divine War 大商后裔之重启神战 From a primitive world to a civilized one, the early story features mythical beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, as people fight for survival. In the middle, dynasties contend for supremacy as the protagonist fights for revenge. In the end, the rulers of heaven and earth vie for power, and the protagonist fights for humanity. 5.8kReads8.1Score473Shelves
- 61 Prehistoric Civilization: The Great Han Tribe 史前文明之大汉部落 (The rating just came out, so it will gradually rise.) Saber-toothed tigers, mammoths, giant prehistoric pigs, prehistoric elk... Jiang Xiaobai was stunned. He'd only fallen into a cave, so what happened to the world while he was asleep? Was this the prehistoric age or a world of ruins? He would have to explore it step by step. First, after joining a tribe, he had to figure out how to solve its food and security problems, then gradually make it stronger! Dear readers, come on in and check out my 1.8kReads7.1Score121Shelves
- 62 Transmigrating to Develop a Primitive Society 穿越原始社会搞发展 Ye Bin transmigrates into a primitive society. Starting with a tribe of just over a dozen people, he slowly leads them to greatness. With no System but knowledge far ahead of its time, he hunts, farms, wages war, builds a city, and trains his own army, taking his entire tribe straight to new heights! 7.9kReads8.4Score692Shelves
- 63 The Primitive Deluge 原始洪流 Hua Jie is reborn in primitive society. Starting with the Hua tribe, which is on the verge of extinction, he uses his virtue and talent to set the tide of history in motion, step by step, witnessing the growth and development of civilization. 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 This Primitive Is Truly Ferocious 这原始人真凶猛 Also known as “Please, Just Be a Proper Shaman” and “A Shaman Who Won't Fight Isn't a Good Shaman” Wu Ya transmigrates into the body of a shaman from the Vermilion Bird Tribe on a savage continent, becoming the tribe's shaman. Here, giant tyrannosaurs stand ten meters tall and stretch more than twenty meters long. Here, it takes twenty or thirty people holding hands to encircle towering trees. Here, titan pythons stretch for hundreds of meters, their girth as huge as a factory smokestack. Every 1.7kReads8.2Score115Shelves
- 65 I Transmigrated to a Primitive Tribe, Where the People Hail Me as Their Shaman 穿越原始部落，族人奉我为巫 [Early Infrastructure-Building + No Romance + Expansion in the Later Stages] [Dedicated to securing peace for the realm in ten years, providing for the people in the next ten, and bringing lasting peace in the ten after that] Li Yan transmigrates to a primitive tribe, sick and close to death. From the start, a wildfire destroys their home, and the ignorant tribe believes it is divine punishment. Li Yan becomes their shaman, pretending to commune with heaven and earth while gradually teaching the 4Reads—Score107Shelves
- 66 I Traveled to Ancient Times, Luckily I Have Steel 穿到远古好在我有钢 Wang Hao is sent by an AI to the ancient Paleolithic era. Armed with a Type 95 military bayonet he brought along and knowledge from the future, he fights tooth and nail to survive. The story follows humanity's struggle to survive in a harsh environment, showing how ancient people faced hardship without fear and dared to explore, as well as the importance of working together and developing as a community in difficult times. It reflects how human civilization moves forward through constant challen 4Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 67 Pioneering the Primitive Age 开荒原始时代 The protagonist's soul transmigrates to prehistoric times. Starting from nothing, he builds and expands his community step by step. He isn't a saint, and he has no godlike abilities. He hunts, gathers, farms, conquers neighboring tribes, and leads the prehistoric people forward, one step at a time, toward civilization. 2.8kReads8.3Score198Shelves
- 68 Back to the Primitive Era: Building Civilization from Scratch 回到原始时代，开始基建 Strong Female Lead + No Romance + Leading Her Tribe in Development and Infrastructure + Matriarchal Tribe + No System One slip, and Lu Ping'an slid right into the water. The water, however, belonged to the primitive era. From then on, the visitor from another world became the tribe's shaman. Using her status as a shaman, she left the cold, stinking cave and built a house outside, making it through the bitter winter. With no vessels for drinking water or cooking soup, she taught the people ho 3.5kReads8.3Score620Shelves
- 69 Transmigrating to a Primitive Tribe to Become Its Chief 穿越原始部落当首领 Liu Ji woke up and was startled to find several primitive people in camouflage paint shouting wildly in front of him. Still dazed, he was hit by a flood of memories that weren't his own. “I'm actually Emperor Yan's son-in-law?” 1.5kReads8.7Score101Shelves
- 70 The Spirit Awakens in Senyuan 灵起森原 [Dual Male Leads + Transmigration + Primeval Continent + A Touch of Fantasy + Revenge] After accidentally arriving on the Senyuan Continent, Xia Ming only wants to stay alive. With his spirit mark awakening and upheaval striking his tribe, an accident forces him to inherit the shaman’s legacy. Now that he’s become his tribe’s shaman, all he can do is build it up and make it thrive once more! As his strength grows, sealed memories gradually return. Has he become the hope of his entire tribe? And 1.4kReads8.9Score148Shelves
- 71 Soul Transmigration to Primordial Times 魂穿原始 Shi Ming transmigrates to a primitive tribe, but instead of feeling dejected, his mind is full of thoughts about getting a wife and having children. Shi Ming knows that in any era, power and strength are necessary to maintain the life one wants. With no sense of security in this savage world, he can only raise a lion as his mount and lead the Shi tribe to greatness. 1.1kReads7.5Score103Shelves
- 72 The Hunting Age 狩荒纪元 “Guard the wilderness with the Golden Bell, carry the totem’s light onward!” Ling Zhan, a Golden Bell Cover martial artist from Blue Star, was hunted down and killed by martial arts factions while defending the roots of Huaxia martial arts. Yet a remnant of his determination to protect the way stirred a spatial rift, sending his soul into the perilous Age of the Hunt. In that era, tribes had barely a hundred people to their name, resources were so scarce they could hardly survive, vicious beasts 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Transmigrate to the Primitive Era: From the Start, I Fall for the Stunning Female Chieftain's Seduction 穿越原始：开局中冷艳女酋美人计 This is a fictional world. If that bothers you, please don’t read. This is a fictional world. If that bothers you, please don’t read. Su Yi transmigrates into a primitive, fictional society and falls into the hands of a group of people who were driven out of their tribe. They lack food and clothing, their population is dwindling, and they’re on the brink of extinction. He thinks he’s about to become their next meal, but the female chieftain unexpectedly tries to seduce him... From making nets an 6.5kReads8.2Score574Shelves
- 74 Transmigrate to Prehistoric Times: My Tribe Can't Be Allowed to Fall! 穿越原始，我的部落不可以完蛋！ [Pocket dimension + farming] Luo Xia transmigrates to prehistoric times, just as a tribe faces extinction. Ravaged by a plague, the Pine Tribe has been reduced to a handful of elderly, weak, and sickly people. Rejected by one tribe after another, they wait in despair for winter to arrive. Luo Xia transmigrates into the tribe's weakest girl. To survive, she steps forward, and her people take her for the daughter of a god. Thus begins the tribe's struggle to survive and grow stronger. The peopl 3.7kReads8.6Score325Shelves
- 75 Dinosaur Chronicles: A Velociraptor from the Start 恐龙战纪：开局一只迅猛龙 After transmigrating to the wilderness, he returns to a primordial age where dinosaurs and giant beasts roam. In this ancient wilderness of tribes, dinosaurs, and colossal beasts, prehistoric creatures and mysterious wonders emerge from the fog as exploration unfolds. The protagonist will lead his tribe in taming savage giant beasts and build a mighty tribe around them. He seeks not merely to survive, but to conquer and explore the world! His goals are: Turn packs of raptors into phantom scouts, 15kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves
- 76 Blue Star Is Destroyed, So I Take My Ark Spaceship and Transmigrate 蓝星毁灭，我带着方舟飞船穿越了 [Prehistoric Behemoths] + [No System] + [Farming and Development] An ordinary young man, Meng Zhang, is transported by a higher-dimensional cosmic overseer to an Ark ecological spaceship at the very moment Blue Star is destroyed. In a world teeming with prehistoric beasts, he captures tyrannosaurs, tames giant apes to form an army, and leads a vast dinosaur force in a challenge to the ancient monsters of the Ark. Great white sharks, Giganotosauruses, silverback gorillas, and mother spiders will 72Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 EN Transmigrating to the Tribal Age Ten Thousand Years Ago 穿越到一万年前的部落时代 Wang Yan accidentally transmigrates to a small tribe from around ten thousand years ago, in a fictional otherworldly continent. The moment he wakes up, hunger is already tormenting him. Follow along as he tackles food shortages and a host of other problems, adapts to his new life, and leads the tribe step by step toward strength and prosperity. (No magic, no immortal cultivation, no System, no golden finger. There is war, strategy, and invention.) 14.3kReads8.0Score1.1kShelves
- 78 Lord of the Bay: Conquering Another World from Scratch 海湾领主:从零开始征服异界 [Farming]+ [Building an Empire]+ [System]+ [Invasion by Other Races] The gates between planes swing wide, and foreign races invade the continent. Humanity is divided, fighting among itself as if the apocalypse has arrived! Su Fan, a fallen noble, flees to a desolate bay, where he develops his territory, gathers resources, expands trade, and builds humanity's last line of defense. He gains a Quest System, which rewards him for completing missions. [Establish a village. Reward: ten acres of farmla 824Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 79 Reborn as a Brown Bear, I Evolved into a Beast God 重生成棕熊，进化成兽神 [Ensemble story about factions + no System + no transformation into human form + monster-beast protagonist + building a faction and vying for supremacy + controlling humans + behind-the-scenes scheming.] The protagonist transmigrates to the Jinling Continent and becomes a brown bear. He begins evolving little by little, building a faction of his own and growing stronger step by step! The monster beasts of the Jinling Continent correspond to the ranks of martial artists: Beasts = ordinary people; 2.5kReads8.3Score189Shelves
- 80 The Rise of the Wilderness: The Leiyan Tribe 蛮荒崛起之雷焱部落 A savage world, mysterious shamans and totems... A soul from another world enters this realm, carrying a mysterious nine-story pagoda... How will a declining tribe, led by a young man, restore the glory of its ancestors and grow into the supreme power of the Great Wilderness...? 1.6kReads8.5Score119Shelves
- 81 Reborn in the Wilderness Era 重生野生时代 This novel is about transmigrating to the age of primitive tribes, into a matriarchal society. Together with the clever and spirited (Grass), the gentle and docile (Butterfly), and the simple-minded (Stone), the protagonist leads a small tribe to become the greatest tribe and unite the Lost Continent. 1.7kReads8.7Score121Shelves
- 82 The Hardcore Overachiever Builds a Civilization in the Stone Age 卷王在石器时代搞基建 Li Juanjuan woke from a faint and found his hands and ankles tightly bound with coarse vines. A thick wooden pole, knotted with bumps of bark, had been mercilessly thrust through the gap between his bound limbs, folding his whole body in half and leaving him swaying in midair. At that moment, he looked just like a famous Cantonese dish: roast suckling pig. The kind that's about to go into the oven. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 Prehistoric Survival: A Stone Cave from the Start 史前求生：开局一座石洞 “We’re in prehistoric times! The wilderness is so dangerous!” “An ancient forest isn’t something to mess around in!” “The animals are enormous! I feel like an ant!” “...” Everyone around the world transmigrates after waking from a night’s sleep. They all arrive in an unknown world, where every kind of beast, from the late Cambrian Period to ancient times, can be found. Humans are at the very bottom of the food chain. Survival is their greatest hope. When Zhou Yi wakes up, he finds himself in a s 6.2kReads8.6Score609Shelves
- 84 They're All Prehistoric Behemoths, and You Call This a Zoo? 全是史前巨兽，你管这叫动物园？ Have you ever seen a frog that eats dinosaurs? Have you ever seen a one-meter-long, red-eyed lobster that eats people? Have you ever seen a Titanoboa that loves to look pretty? Have you ever seen a pterosaur that can carry passengers? From the start, he inherits a zoo with only two chickens, but is forced to exhibit it to the entire world. What’s he supposed to do? Asking online! It’s urgent! Luckily, he awakens a transmigration System! Transmigrating to the Cretaceous period earns him devil fro 538Reads8.7Score102Shelves
- 85 I Became a Clan Chief in Prehistoric Times 我在史前当族长 Woolly mammoths! Saber-toothed tigers! Where is this place? Zhang Hong is utterly despairing, while the primitive people around him, clad in animal skins, look concerned. “Chief, it’s time to head back...” If you returned to prehistoric times, how would you survive and live a better life? 11.8kReads8.1Score1kShelves
- 86 Transmigrated to Primitive Society to Become an Immortal 穿越原始社会当神仙 Lu Zilong transmigrated to the primordial era, where humans were like ants before prehistoric beasts. To survive, he developed technology, created a unified faith, established standards of measurement, conquered nearby tribes, and became a regional power. Then the weather changed, and the Ice Age arrived. To adapt to the climate, Lu Zilong led his tribe on a migration. Follow Lu Zilong as he leads his tribe to battle heaven and earth, grow from weakness to strength, sweep across the six directio 412Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 87 I’m Nine Years Old, I Killed the Sacrificial God, and Became Clan Chief 我九岁，打死祭祀神，成为族长 Five thousand years ago, the Great Qian Court of the Southern Wilderness, home to the human race on the Tianhuang Continent, fell. Humanity was subjected to the rule of other races: some were kept in captivity, some enslaved, and some slaughtered. Humanity's traditions were severed and its civilization faded away. The people returned to a primitive tribal way of life, worshipping demons as gods and totems. At this moment, the soul of Jiang Shan, an avid fisherman from Earth, was brought here by 3kReads8.9Score176Shelves
- 88 Three Hundred from the Start, Destined to Become the Heavenly Emperor 开局三百人，成就天帝 From the start, he transmigrates into the Great Wilderness and becomes a tribal chief, taking charge of a weak tribe of three hundred people. To survive in a world overrun with ferocious beasts, relentless natural disasters, and hostile tribes, watch as Ye Tian, a young man from another world, builds a heavenly kingdom on earth amid a harsh and unforgiving land! 651Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 89 The Han Dynasty 大汉王朝 Across the vast Tengger Grassland, tribes battle by the law of the jungle, with war fires burning and bloodshed everywhere! Tribal warriors, curved sabers and sharp arrows, fine horses and armor: these determine who can enslave others in the chaos of the grasslands, and who will be enslaved in turn. Curved sabers wielded by grassland riders clash with the longswords of noble knights; nomadic warriors swift as the wind face the armies of lords entrenched in their castles. Fire and steel collide, 1.2kReads8.7Score103Shelves
- 90 Centipede with a Hundred Heads: Devouring the Myriad Worlds 百头蜈蚣：吞噬诸天万界 [No female lead] [Decisive and ruthless] “Stop, you traitor to this world!” A stream of burly soldiers rushed in and seized a man with a crazed expression. Their leader shouted furiously. “Hahahahaha! You’re too late. The ritual has begun! My lord is about to descend!” The man sneered. A tremendous rumble sounded in the distance. Everyone looked up, and their pupils instantly shrank. A massive claw swept across the sky, tearing open an immeasurably vast rift. A blood-red eye peered through the g 3.2kReads7.8Score261Shelves
- 91 A Tale of Transmigration to Ancient Times 穿越远古的故事 Li Le, who loves staying at home, transmigrates to ancient times. She survives in a prehistoric tribe with Guoguo, a little wild child she found, and uses her pocket dimension to become the "Goddess" and establish her own tribe. Together, they lead the people of ancient times toward a better life. (There is a male lead, and they stay together for life.) 149Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 92 My Villa Connects the Past and Present, and I Got Rich Overnight 别墅通古今，我一夜暴富 (Farming + modern-day fantasy + strong female lead + no romance + transmigration + otherworld + rare treasures + delicious food + System + wish fulfillment) Liu Qingyue angrily quits her job after her unscrupulous boss emotionally manipulates her. Her landlord gives her a deadline to move out, her bank balance is running low, and as she reads the payment reminders, she gives a bitter laugh. “Heavens, are you messing with me?” Just as she reaches her lowest point, she inherits a run-down villa on 546Reads5.4Score111Shelves
- 93 The Primordial Journey 原始征程 A fishing enthusiast transmigrated to a primitive world after an accident while fishing, only to find a place that defied everything he knew. All kinds of vicious beasts and terrifying savage creatures constantly threatened his tribe. Humans were no longer masters of the land, but had fallen to the bottom of the food chain. To survive, he could only lead his people in a fight with the beasts for territory… 6.5kReads8.7Score573Shelves
- 94 Daily Life in an Orc Girl’s Tribe 兽人少女的部落日常 Jiang Luoluo suddenly transmigrates to a primitive beastfolk world. She becomes a female beastfolk. Luckily, this world has no terrifying concepts like mating seasons. Other than being able to transform into enormous wild beasts and hunt the real beasts that can’t transform, it isn’t much different from life among primitive humans. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. The first order of business is probably to get herself a little house, then clear a couple of acres and grow some vegetables. After 7kReads8.9Score797Shelves
- 95 The Great Lord of the Different Races 异种族大领主 (Plot-driven + Slow Burn + Nurturing + Growth + Lord) Li Fan transmigrates to another world and obtains a Bond System. As long as he makes friends with other races, he can earn Bond Points and grow stronger. Humans, beastmen, elves, dwarves, sea folk, dragons, vampires, giants... Every race grants Li Fan a racial talent. Human battle aura, beastman transformation, elven archery, the dwarves’ indestructible bodies, dragon breath... Awakening in the Sinful Forest, Li Fan saves an elven slave, befr 11.3kReads8.3Score935Shelves
- 96 Starting from Scratch: Building the Strongest Tribe 从零开始开荒，打造最强部落 A modern man transmigrates back to ancient times, into a savage wilderness, only to become a reserve meal for a cannibal tribe from the start. But with knowledge and intelligence that surpass the entire era, he escapes the cannibals. He goes from surviving alone to gathering wild tribes, fighting to stay alive. Just when he thinks this is the truth of his era, he encounters figures from myth and legend: Xuanyuan, Chiyou, and Shennong. If you met them, how would you face your own ancestors? In th 10.3kReads8.3Score789Shelves
- 97 Conquering the Primordial World, Starting with an Awakening Bloodline! 征战原始，从觉醒血脉开始！ [Bloodline Warrior] [Farming and Development + Artifact Refining] [No System + Slow-Burn + Unique Races] After his soul transmigrates into primordial times, he arrives in another world! Here, Wang Chuang discovers that shamans are real, tribes have guardian spirits, and bloodline warriors bear tattoos. The hunters of the tribe say, "The world beyond is crawling with ferocious beasts. The skies belong to dragons and birds, while the wate 15.2kReads7.7Score1.2kShelves
- 98 Lord of the Deserted Island 流落荒岛我为主 Stranded on a deserted island. Uh-oh, what could happen? 2.6kReads6.6Score144Shelves
- 99 Primitive Survival: Finding a Wild Woman to Be My Wife 原始求生寻野女做老婆 Male wish fulfillment + female wish fulfillment too + primitive ancient setting + naked survival + seeking wild women to make wives + the finest mountain stronghold + gourmet wild delicacies + funny and touching + beautiful young women. 890Reads8.7Score110Shelves
- 100 Wherever the Mo Dao Points, There Is the King's Land 陌刀所指，皆为王土 Ancient tribes, totems, savage beasts, iron tools, Mo Dao troops. A slow-burn, lord-focused story. Readers, come and take a look... The old man at the Mountain-Shifting Realm glanced at the saber-toothed tiger. “Why the hell are you hiding so far away?” Wangzai wanted to tell him, “I'm afraid I'll hit you by mistake!” While he was distracted, Wang Xiaobai's blade came down, a flash of red streaking past.. 1.7kReads8.6Score111Shelves
