Novels like The World Panics as It Falls into a Giant Maze, but I Have a Map
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- 1 Global Survival: Starting in a Little Cabin During a Blizzard 全民求生：从暴风雪小木屋开始 [Global Survival] [Upgrading the Shelter] [Farming] [System] [Disasters] [Scavenging Supplies] [Growing Stronger] A slow-paced survival story. The early chapters focus more on explaining the System. When their home planet is destroyed, everyone is sent to a new world to fight for survival. This is a world newly formed from heaven and earth, where all things have begun again. Shrouded in fog and full of dangers, Xia Yan wakes up in a dilapidated little cabin in the wilderness. A blizzard is about 33kReads6.8Score2k14d adds
- 2 Minecraft: From the Start, Surviving on a Skyblock Island 我的世界之开局空岛求生 [The 800,000-character Minecraft classic is complete!] [100% pure Minecraft story!] Lu Bing transmigrated to another world. Here, Minecraft had only just begun to take off. He was taking part in an MC tournament and thought he would finally get to show off his skills. But who could have expected such a cursed start from the very beginning! He had nothing at all, just a single block of dirt floating in the air! Just as everyone was sure Lu Bing would be eliminated, a sapling quietly appeared in h 11.3kReads8.4Score61414d adds
- 3 Sixty Million a Day, and I Can Only Spend It in a County Town? 每天六千万，只能在县城花？ [Not socially Darwinist] + [A people-centered view of history] + [No gender conflict] + [Infrastructure] + [Career] + [Slow burn] + [Play the pig to eat the tiger] Working in Shanghai, he was ground down by relentless competition until he developed high blood pressure, yet he still could not save any money. In a fit of anger, Lu Ming quit his job and returned to his hometown, only to unexpectedly bind with the "County Spending Money System": every person in the county gives him one hundred yuan, 232.7kReads8.4Score21.8k14d adds
- 4 The Great Wilderness of Shanhai: The Strongest Lord in the Online Game 山海大荒：网游之最强领主 [For everyone + Great Wilderness of Mountains and Seas + game world descends on reality + lord + farming + ruthless decisiveness] When a shower of light streaks across the sky like a meteor, a gate opens between reality and a game, ushering players into a world called the Great Wilderness of Mountains and Seas. This ancient, vast world teems with demon beasts, some ferocious beyond belief, others shrouded in mystery. The fearsome Ten Great Beasts of Mountains and Seas wield the power to destroy 10.4kReads8.2Score59414d adds
- 5 Doomsday Rebirth: Stockpiling Supplies and Building a Fortress 末日重生：从囤货建堡垒开始 [Memories restored + scorching heat + bitter cold + stockpiling + zombies + technological machinery + no bleeding heart + scheming, sharp-tongued protagonist + modest golden finger] Abnormal solar flares, scorching heat, extreme cold, and a virus. They destroyed the civilization and order humanity had built. A technological sphere from a higher civilization carried Li Fan's memories back to his college-age self. Reborn into a new life, will Li Fan unleash chaos upon the world with a twisted hear 106.6kReads7.8Score7.6k14d adds
- 6 EN Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers 废土藏身处，从下水道开始升级 [‘Wasteland: Fortress of Civilization’ loading complete! Survivor status activated.] [Survivor Yu Yuan, starting area selection complete! Selection result: Riot District] After accidentally entering a wasteland world, Yu Yuan was forced to begin a hardcore struggle for survival. Threatened by urban thugs, extreme disasters, player raids, and invasions of civilization, he had only one choice: do everything in his power to build and fortify his shelter. Fortunately, Yu Yuan obtained fate cards and 88.7kReads8.4Score8.6k14d adds
- 7 Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Merchant 求生游戏：请叫我诚信商人 [Leveling Up + No Romance + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] All of humanity is dragged into a survival game, and Li Zhi changes class early to become a “merchant.” Starting out with a stall at the most primitive Beastfolk market, she gradually grows into a cosmic merchant known to everyone. Other races: “What a schemer! A once-in-a-century swindler! Not only is she crafty, her underlings can fight like crazy! Who’d dare refuse to do business with her?!” “Slander! Pure slander! I’ve always done business 207.7kReads9.2Score37.3k14d adds
- 8 Blizzard Apocalypse: Surviving in a Wasteland Shelter 暴雪末日：废土避难所求生 [Blizzard Apocalypse] [Survival] [Shelter] [Stockpiling Supplies] [Farming and Construction] [Resource Scarcity] Overnight, Lu Shen finds himself in a blizzard apocalypse. Extreme cold, hunger, radiation, mutated creatures... It is a dark, post-apocalyptic world where society has collapsed, laws have crumbled, the climate has gone haywire, and resources are scarce. The only way to survive is to build a life around a shelter: gather supplies, create a safe haven, grow crops, withstand extreme wea 52.1kReads7.1Score3.6k14d adds
- 9 Apocalypse Game: Buying the Whole World from a Subway Station 末日游戏：从地铁站购买全世界 [Apocalyptic survival + cities + upgrading hideouts + no female lead + decisive and ruthless + disaster survival] The apocalyptic game has arrived. Disasters are striking all over the world. Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, extreme heat, viruses, bitter cold… In just six months, Blue Star's population has fallen by 80 percent, and civilization has nearly collapsed. With no other choice, humanity must enter the apocalyptic game and take on survival challenges in the hope of staying alive. Fortunat 22kReads8.7Score1.8k14d adds
- 10 Apocalypse: Wilderness Survival from the Start 末世：开局荒野求生 The survivors of the apocalypse endure a grueling stretch of time. As they struggle to fill their stomachs, they search the wilderness for the dignity they've lost, piece together the memories of civilization, and press on toward hope. 69kReads9.3Score4.7k14d adds
- 11 Starting at the Cheater's Tavern, I Deceive the Gods! 从骗子酒馆开始，欺诈诸神！ [A satisfying power fantasy + mind-bending twists + reversals + slow burn + battles of wits + nonstop thrills] When people all over the world were “kidnapped” and locked in a prison, they were forced to take part in a game of death. In this game, only the winners had the right to survive. Su Yang received the talent “Call Your Enemy Dad” from the start. [Call Your Enemy Dad: After activation, if you make another “player” call Su Yang “Dad,” you can control their actions.] But when the talent fai 47.2kReads8.6Score4.1k14d adds
- 12 EN Surviving the Misty Apocalypse, I Build a Home with Eldritch Flesh 全民迷雾求生，我用邪神血肉建家 [Flesh and Bone + Apocalypse + Lovecraftian Survival + Civilization Graveyard + Mass Transmigration + No Romance] When mist shrouded the world and monsters howled outside their windows, all the players huddled and trembled inside their dilapidated shelters. But Bai Yi was teleported onto the face of the Great Being known as the “Lord of Flesh,” where he witnessed a horrific feast as an even more terrifying being devoured a planet of flesh. The fragments of flesh and bone that splattered from th 137.8kReads9.1Score11.8k14d adds
- 13 The Ice-Cold Giant Fish 冰冰巨鱼 [No System + no heroine + a touch of golden finger + farming + raising and developing + slow-burn survival + not a saint, but still compassionate] All of humanity transmigrates to a strange ocean world, where they must survive inside the stomach of a giant fish called the Illusory Leviathan. Humans must help the Illusory Leviathan clear harmful creatures from its stomach. In return, the Illusory Leviathan finds supply crates for them and helps them develop. The creatures in this ocean world are 44.7kReads8.9Score3.6k14d adds
- 14 EN Survival for All, Obtaining the D-Class Personnel Simulator 全民求生，获得D级人员模拟器 Everyone transmigrates into an apocalyptic world, where each person starts with a shelter and a unique talent. Lin Ye gains the D-rank Personnel Simulator ability, which lets him enter other worlds and simulate being D-rank personnel. Lin Ye: ??? 147.9kReads8.9Score11.4k14d adds
- 15 Survival: Defending My Cabin Against the Cold Wave 求生：从小木屋开始抵御寒流 [Survival] [Shelter Building] [Disasters] [Stockpiling Supplies] Everyone transmigrates. When Qi Yuan wakes up, he finds himself in a fog-shrouded world full of danger. Cold, hunger, wild beasts, and torrential rain become the daily lot of everyone. Rising with the sun and resting at its setting become the way of life for all! 123kReads8.2Score8.9k14d adds
- 16 Post-Apocalyptic Scavenging: I Turn Trash into Treasure and Coast to Victory 末日拾荒：我靠变废为宝一路躺赢 [Infinite-Tower Style + Apocalypse + Natural Disasters + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling + Strong Female Lead + Upgradable Safe House + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Male Lead Appears Later] Forensic examiner Lin Chu is suddenly dropped into an infinite apocalypse. Other people see zombies: “Oh my god, those bloody, mangled monsters! Stay away!” Lin Chu sees zombies: “206 moving bones! Walking points! The more, the better!” Drawing on her professional experience, she quickly adapts to the bloody apoc 43.6kReads9.5Score5.9k14d adds
- 17 EN Western Fantasy: Your Majesty the Empress, I Am a Loyal Servant of the Empire 西幻：女皇陛下，朕是帝国忠臣啊 [Farming]+ [Slow Burn]+ [Western Fantasy]+ [Multiple Races]+ [No System]+ [Conquest] After transmigrating to the Middle Ages, he became a nobleman named Field. He learned that women in this world could awaken as “Chosen Ones,” each with unique abilities and extraordinary beauty. Field hadn't even had time to celebrate before his useless father and beautiful stepmother sent him off to develop a blighted land full of poverty and monsters! Worse still, the entire empire, no, the entire world, was r 309.9kReads9.4Score19.2k14d adds
- 18 EN The Apocalypse Is Coming? I’ll Arrive First! 末日降临？我先降临！ [The print edition of I'm a Supplier of Survival Plans for the End Times is now available on major platforms] [Character growth · Multi-theme stages · Ensemble cast · Occasional brutal takedowns · No cookie-cutter plot · No mindless wish fulfillment] After facing repeated layoffs and betrayals, Su Jin was at the lowest point of his life when he was accidentally hired by a mysterious company. Countless worlds are on the brink of destruction. Only by saving their clients can the sparks of civiliza 401.1kReads9.2Score33.6k14d adds
- 19 EN High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 The print edition of The Voyage of the Dread Sea is now available on major platforms. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu Mythos] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a global seafaring survival game. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves and is almost impossible to spot. Like the Ironhead, with its massive ram and a charge that n 271.4kReads9.4Score27.8k14d adds
