Novels like From the Start, Just a Little Village
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- 101 Savage Lands Medicine King 蛮荒药王 A hundred thousand mountains stretch across an endless wilderness. A young man from a barbarian land slays gods and demons along the way, crushes the highest heavens, and stands alone above the ages! When trapped, he has a bewitching beauty in his arms; when he awakens, he smiles as he cuts down peerless prodigies! Of all the world's splendor, I alone claim nine parts out of ten... I am arrogant because I am strong! 263Reads7.2Score10214d adds
- 102 I Am a City Lord in the Ming Dynasty 我在大明当城主 In the ninth year of Chongzhen, Chen Mo unexpectedly transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty during the darkest years of the Chongzhen era. Facing a hellish challenge from the start, with only a dilapidated city, no reinforcements, a crumbling court, and foreign troops at the gates, the protagonist unexpectedly activates a clock-in-for-work System. Every day, he recruits soldiers and grows crops. Using the wages he earns from the System to buy all kinds of items and gear, he repeatedly overcomes one d 86Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 103 An ’80s Kid’s Classmates in Honghuang 80后的同学在洪荒 Tian Yi, an ordinary mercenary, transmigrates into a primeval world. Using modern knowledge and military tactics, he gradually leads humanity to rise to greatness. I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Ark Survival: Starting in the Dinosaur World 方舟生存：从恐龙世界开始 Synopsis: Wang Ming downloaded an Ark survival game online, then was suddenly dropped by the System into a dinosaur world full of dangers. Here were chubby dodos, venom-spitting dilophosaurs, brontosauruses as huge as mountains, ferocious tyrannosaurs... He discovered that the dinosaurs here could be tamed, and that primitive humans lived here too. So he began farming and taming dinosaurs, building his own tribe, becoming a lord, and creating a civilization. [Survive, and search for the lost dra 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Transmigrated to Prehistoric Times: Becoming a Chief and Building a City 穿越远古，当上首领建城池 [Strong Female Lead] [Infrastructure Building] [No Romance] Li Yue has transmigrated! Fate dealt her a cruel hand, sending her to ancient times, to a tribe where there are no clothes or shoes and even finding enough to eat is a problem. Fortunately, Li Yue has a good attitude: since she's here, she might as well make the best of it! Everything starts from scratch! The heroine decides to lead her tribe to growth and prosperity, starting with getting enough food and warm clothes, then moving the t 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 After a Burnout Office Worker Transmigrates Into a Survival Game 社畜穿进求生游戏后 [Ancient wilderness + farming + survival + infrastructure building + System] Xia Li unexpectedly transmigrates into a primitive survival game, becoming a “special NPC” with a System interface. The System can issue quests and provide information, but everything else has to be made by hand. Xia Li can only fight to survive and make life better for herself. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The Ancients of the Great Wilderness 大荒先民 When the tribe teeters on the brink of extinction through the winter, Xia Yan arrives after transmigrating, equipped with a System that can access modern knowledge. Fishing, medicine, shipbuilding, farming, weaving, animal husbandry... Starting with the most basic survival skills, he shares knowledge, develops technology, strengthens the tribe, and repels invaders. For the simple dream of “living a little more comfortably,” in this primitive age, he gradually builds a magnificent civilization of 121Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 108 Conquering the Primitive World, Leading My Tribe to Greatness 征战原始，带领族人走向强大 After spending too much time on the computer, Xia Song accidentally transmigrated to an unknown world. This world was teeming with foreign races and ferocious beasts. Humans were the weakest species, reduced to serving as food for the others. Unwilling to watch humanity be trampled at will, Xia Song set out to strengthen his tribe, wage war on the foreign races, and tame the beasts. All kinds of foreign races stood in his way, but each would become a stepping stone for his tribe. Humanity would 269Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 109 Rising from a Primitive Tribe 从原始部落中崛起 [A satisfying power fantasy] Transmigration + farming + classic fantasy + crushing every opponent This story is entirely fictional. If it’s not your cup of tea, please don’t flame it! The protagonist, Mo Long, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a primitive man. Ferocious beasts run rampant in this savage world, and humanity teeters on the brink of extinction. In the Stone Age, everything is backward, ignorant, and unbearably harsh! Mo Long rises to power in a primitive tribe, creates ci 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Beast Taming: The First Summoner of the Primordial World 御兽：洪荒第一召唤师 The path of beast taming, where all races vie for supremacy. The day I transmigrated into the weakest beast tamer on the Primordial Continent, I picked up a slime. While everyone else contracted divine beast cubs and ancient-bloodline creatures, all I had was a limp puddle of green goo. Everyone in the village said I was a lost cause. Then, on the night an earth dragon stirred, the palm-sized slime suddenly swelled into a mountain and swallowed a rampaging primordial beast whole. Wherever its sl 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 The Steppe Empire 草原帝国 A modern person transmigrates to the grasslands and becomes the leader of a tribe. With the grasslands at its heart, this book tells the story of the wider world. Focusing on the states and dynasties established by nomadic peoples, it recounts the rise and fall of ancient nomadic tribes and regimes. This is a history of China told from the perspective of the grasslands. I hope you enjoy it. 2Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 112 Lord of the National War: I Turned the Tide 国战领主：我力挽狂澜 (This book is based on the tower-defense building game Clash of Clans.) A game that had existed for a hundred years. Yanhuang had reached its most desperate hour. Mo Xia was chosen for the SSS-rank talent, Bloodbath War God. For every one percent of health lost by a unit, its attack power, attack speed, critical hit rate, movement speed, and life steal all increase by one percent. Ever since I arrived, Yanhuang has never lost again! —Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 113 Global Lord: From the Start, I Have the Heavenly Court and the Underworld 全民领主：开局携带天庭地府 [Apocalypse] + [Lordly Contests] + [Celestial Court and Underworld] + [System] + [Data-Driven] + [Building a Faction] + [Farming] A red moon hangs overhead as the Apocalypse descends. First, every electronic component becomes scrap metal. Then secret realms begin opening one after another, and Blue Star enters an era where everyone can become a lord! Lords must build up their territories from scratch. Resources, troops, skill books, and equipment must all be obtained from secret realms. Just as 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Starting with a Campfire, I Build an Unrivaled Immortal Kingdom 从篝火开始，建立无上仙国 [No Female Lead + Setting-Focused + Lord-Building + Game Descends + Management and Construction + Ensemble Cast + Leaderboard Rankings] A lord game has descended upon the entire world! Resources are everywhere, monsters run rampant, and all of humanity has become lords competing against one another! Everyone starts with a single campfire. They build villages, towns, cities, and nations… developing their domains step by step, raising armies and conquering rivals to claim the crown of the greatest 11Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 115 Lord: My Talent Can Upgrade All Things 领主：我的天赋能升级万物 Everyone has a chance to awaken a talent upon reaching adulthood, and talent levels are completely random. After the college entrance exams, those who awaken talents can enter the Divine Space and become lords. With winter closing in, the chosen are now forced to descend upon a cruel, frozen continent of lords. I transmigrated to the Land of Winter and awakened an F-rank talent: [Hunger Resistance]. System: “Congratulations. You'll live a little longer than the others.” Me: “Is this really all a 4Reads—Score28214d adds
- 116 A Primitive Tribe, Starting from Scratch 原始部落从零开始 After transmigrating to the primitive era, Bei Cang becomes one of a group of several dozen wanderers. Birds of prey circle overhead, savage beasts stalk the land, and tribes stand everywhere. Watch Bei Cang lead his people, develop their tribe, and carve out a foothold in this primitive world. 150Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 117 Beginning in Prehistoric Times 从远古时代开始 Farming + Transmigration + Hardcore Survival Lin Chuan, a modern office drone, unexpectedly transmigrates into the Late Paleolithic Age, 50,000 years ago, and becomes an ordinary boy in the primitive Yan tribe. He has no superpowers; the only thing he can rely on is the modern scientific knowledge stored in his mind. In this ancient world, he uses that knowledge and his own strength to bring changes no one could have imagined. 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Rising to Power from the Stone Age 从石器时代开始崛起 When Zhang Dong woke up, he discovered that he had transmigrated into a primitive tribe! Can’t make fire? Use a fire drill. Can’t communicate? Teach by word and example. Want hot water? Weave baskets and make pottery. Saber-toothed tigers, woolly rhinoceroses, mammoths... One prehistoric giant after another takes the stage. The Stone Age... the Bronze Age... the Iron Age. Zhang Dong leads these primitive people through the long ages until they spread across the entire planet! No System, 1Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 119 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—14d adds
- 120 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—14d adds
- 121 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 913Reads6.5Score10214d adds
- 122 The Primordial Rise of the Human Race 人族之原始崛起 In the primordial world, the human race is weak and insignificant, struggling to survive in the narrow gaps between countless dangers, with little hope of growing stronger. But when a soul falls from beyond the heavens and possesses a young tribesman, the fortunes of humanity begin to rise. And it all starts with one person! 119Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 123 The Savage Era: From Outcast of the Totem Tribe to the Rise of the Shaman God 蛮荒纪元：从图腾弃民到巫神崛起 Top outdoor expert Lin Yao falls off a cliff while saving a companion. When he wakes up, he has transmigrated to a terrifying prehistoric world where giant ancient insects, dinosaurs, and vicious beasts all exist side by side. His body has also reverted to that of a frail twelve-year-old boy. In this savage age, where humans are nothing but food for wild beasts, survival is the only rule. But Lin Yao brings knowledge that surpasses the entire era: finding water and making salt, taming beasts and 17.6kReads7.4Score2.1k14d adds
- 124 Transmigrated to Farm in a Prehistoric Tribe 穿越远古部落种田难 The heroine, Meng Yue, transmigrates to the late Paleolithic era, when early humans lived, and unexpectedly encounters members of the Tu tribe. Together with Chief Afeng, she helps the tribe struggle to survive and protect their homeland. Just as they are about to enjoy a life with enough food and warm clothes, disaster strikes, and they are forced to flee and take up farming... The tender yet fierce man stays by her side throughout their journey, protecting her with eyes for no one but her. As 143Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 125 Transmigrating to Primitive Times: Building the Strongest Tribe from Scratch 穿越原始：从零打造最强原始部落 [Transmigration, no cheat, primitive daily life, tribal conflicts, farming] Mo Yu transmigrates to prehistoric times and unexpectedly becomes a candidate to succeed the shaman of the Stone Tribe. Ferocious beasts roam everywhere, and powerful tribes oppress them. How will Mo Yu use his modern knowledge to survive and build the strongest primitive tribe? Cat-eared girls? Beautiful merfolk? I have no idea what you’re talking about! The author is about to lead you into the primeval forest and let y 426Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 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—14d adds
- 127 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—14d adds
- 128 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—14d adds
- 129 Ancient Times: Building Civilization from a Sapling 远古：从小树开始创文明 Chen Yi, a young modern office worker, dies suddenly by accident and transmigrates to Earth in the distant past, in a parallel world, where he becomes an utterly ordinary sapling. He thinks he is in for a life of imprisonment in another world, but then discovers that he has an invincible golden finger. And so, from the age of the wilderness onward, Chen Yi teaches ancient wild men how to build a civilization. Along the way, he gathers faith, reforms institutions, and gradually builds an ideal di —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 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—14d adds
- 131 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—14d adds
- 132 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—14d adds
- 133 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—14d adds
- 134 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—14d adds
- 135 The Entire Class Transmigrates to the Tribal Era 全班穿越部落时代 Fang Fan’s entire class transmigrated to the era of primitive tribes. Drawing on the everyday skills he had accumulated over the years, he earned the tribe’s trust and led it to rise, step by step. But some people were dissatisfied with the tribe’s peaceful life. Among his classmates from the same world, some became his friends, while others ended up on the opposing side. They led the various tribes into a brutal war for supremacy. (There is a System, but it is only used at crucial moments. For 310Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 136 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—14d adds
- 137 Transmigration: The Rise of a Barbarian Tribe 穿越：蛮荒部落崛起记 [Farming + Conquest + Infrastructure + Totems + Warriors + Shamans + Ferocious Beasts] An unfamiliar world, a backward age, a tiny tribe, a perilous journey. After transmigrating to prehistoric times and finding his tribe destroyed, what path should the protagonist take? Starting with farming, he uses modern knowledge to build houses and walls, develop animal husbandry, form pacts with spirit beasts, and match wits with rival tribes... Step by step, he turns the tables and makes his tribe one of 4Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 138 Raft Survival: I Have a Super Farm 木筏求生：我有超级农场 [System] + [Farm] + [Farming] + [No heroine] + [No saintly do-gooder] + [Raft survival] + [Age of Discovery] Transmigrate to an ocean world. A raft-survival game begins for everyone. Each person gets a raft, a book made of sheepskin, and a plastic hook. All around them is a vast ocean, full of hungry ferocious beasts, while people scheme against one another. Lin An activates the Super Farm System. He can grow vegetables anytime, anywhere. While everyone else is still worrying about getting enoug 628Reads5.4Score10114d adds
- 139 The Savage World: The Continent's Only Man 蛮荒世界：大陆的唯一男人 [Long Novel] [Lots and Lots of Heroines] [Fantasy] [Defying Common Sense] [Comedy] [I write novels, not fast food. Take your time reading] [A comic adaptation with the same title is already out] A spontaneous expedition to explore a volcano ends with Xu Datong, a temporary guide, and Lin Jing, a college student, slipping and plunging into a volcanic abyss. They think they are doomed, but instead they stumble into a savage world without order or civilization. As they fight to survive, the two sav 7.2kReads8.1Score94414d adds
- 140 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—14d adds
- 141 A Journey of Transmigration to Primitive Society 原始社会穿越之旅 Yang Yi is an ordinary office worker. One day, after an exhausting bout of overtime, he falls asleep and unexpectedly transmigrates! When he wakes, he finds himself in a primitive cave, surrounded by a group of unfamiliar cavemen and their giant, barbarian bull chieftain. From then on, Yang Yi is forced to embark on a primitive journey full of the unknown and challenges... 543Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Global Lord: Every Time I Level Up, I Get Three Choices 全民领主：我每次升级三选一 [Lord, Multiple Heroines, Conquest, Yu-Gi-Oh!, No Card Battles] After transmigrating to a world of lords, I awaken as an elf. I thought I’d be nothing more than an ordinary lord, but then I unexpectedly bind to the [Divine Three-Choice System]! From the start, I choose an EX Duel Spirit and recruit a host of beautiful heroines. While other lords are still fighting over a piece of wood and a wild boar, starving until they have to chew tree bark, I’m already leading an army in max-level gear to fl 459Reads5.5Score14614d adds
- 143 Global Lord: I'm Really Not the Demon King 全民领主：我真的不是恶魔之王 Everyone descends upon the Infinite Continent and becomes a lord. Lin Yu gains the SSS-rank talent Demon's Heart, which lets him transform ordinary races into demons. Thus begins his unstoppable expansion, crushing all opposition until the entire Infinite Continent becomes his domain and he becomes the sole ruler of billions of living beings. 153Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 144 This Primitive Man Is a Bit of a Rogue 这个原始人有点骚 [Primitive people + farming + shamanic charlatan + lighthearted + wilderness survival + survival skills] Chen Feng transmigrates! He arrives in an absurd world where dinosaurs, ferocious beasts, all kinds of exotic plants, and humans coexist. This world isn't exactly friendly to humans. To survive in the wilderness, Chen Feng has no choice but to pose as a shaman. In the end, he shoulders the mission of saving humanity! 83Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 145 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—14d adds
- 146 I Don't Need to Submit to the Great Tribes. I'll Surpass Them 无需臣服总部落，我将超越总部落 Business Management + Xuanhuan + System + Conquest Reborn in a tiny tribe of a thousand people, Lu Yang enters a world where might makes right. He leads his tribe on the road to greatness, step by step, and builds the strongest tribe of all!!! 714Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 147 The Path of Primitive Man 原始人之路 Reborn as a little kid in a primeval forest full of dangers, how can he keep his stomach from going hungry and survive? His struggle against nature, people, and beasts all goes back to the day he died suddenly while working on an assembly line in a factory. 118Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Island: From the Start, I Have Unlimited Gold 海岛：开局我有无限金币 When Li Hao wakes up, he finds himself on an island surrounded by sea on all sides. He assumes it’s a dream, but it turns out to be real, and several enemy soldiers are preparing to land. After driving off the invaders, he unexpectedly discovers that his gold is unlimited in this world… 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 A Survival Guide to the Primeval Forest 原始森林生存手册 [Primitive Era] + [Transmigration] + [Infrastructure Building] + [Gourmet] + [Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] A sudden massive tsunami sends Su Qinci, who loves camping deep in the mountains, on a journey to another world. In this perilous primeval jungle, what will she do? Ever since she met a certain man, life in this other world hasn’t seemed so bad after all. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 Lord of War: Cavalry Legion, Charge! 战争之王：骑兵军团，冲锋 (One man and one horse join the army; a million troops march down the road.) Qin Shou as a child: A prodigy known far and wide, he displayed extraordinary intelligence and an exceptional ability to learn from an early age, making his parents proud. His elder brother, the heir, saw him as his greatest threat and spent years bullying and suppressing him. Qin Shou as a boy: A heaven-sent talent who reached the limits of ordinary mortals at just twelve years old. Unwilling to live under anyone's thu —Reads—Score—14d adds
