Novels like I’m a Chieftain in the Desert
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- 1 Extreme Path: Picked Up by Akina Nakamori from the Start? 极道：开局被中森明菜捡回家？ This book is also known as: [I Want to Be Tokyo’s Gunslinger, but Nakamori Akina Wants to Keep Me?] [Things I Just Have to Say About My Life in Tokyo~] Li Xiaomu transmigrates into the body of an undocumented Chinese man in Tokyo. A twist of fate draws him into the world of organized crime, and before long he becomes the underground emperor who rules Tokyo with an iron claw, the Dragon of Kanto. He also somehow wins the favor of countless Showa-era beauties (maybe this is the charm of his golden 20Reads—Score110Shelves
- 2 Reborn in Africa: I Become a Top Chief 重生非洲：我成为顶级酋长 [Modern city + overseas + farming + no System + light novel] Lu Yuan, an ordinary immortal, is reborn in a place called Wukun Village in Black Continent. The place is primitive, and its economy is underdeveloped. Lu Yuan nearly starves to death. So he starts hauling bananas, building fields out at sea, and opening a resort hotel. Ten years later, he becomes the richest chieftain in Africa! His utopia has also grown into the greatest city in Africa, bar none! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I Transmigrated into a Foreigner 穿越成了老外 I transmigrated into a foreigner. Oh my God, how am I supposed to survive? Wait, I transmigrated into a billionaire from the United States... Life is great when you’re rich! But, Lord, living abroad is nice, and the moon is especially round... but I want to go home! I want authentic hot pot, authentic chicken soup, and bowls of Heilongjiang white rice every single day! 252Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 You Sent Me Abroad to Work, and I Became the King of Firepower 让你去国外打工，你成火力之王了 Yang Dong is an ordinary employee at a company. One day, he is sent to work at its overseas branch. Yang Dong never expected to obtain a Firepower System. Weapons that no one else has, he has them all. What should he do with all those weapons? Naturally, become an arms dealer. Make money, make money, and make even more money! Italian cannons. Gatling guns. Bunker busters. There’s nothing Yang Dong can’t get his hands on. One day, someone asks Lin Dong, “Can you get your hands on a dimensional we 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 A Small Village from the Start, and I Build an Undying Empire 开局一座小村庄，建立不灭帝国 This is a world of science and technology, with powerful particle cannons and high-speed land vehicles that can fly. This is a world full of fantasy, with all kinds of exotic beasts and superhumans wielding incredible powers. This planet is a hundred times larger than Earth. Countless nations stand side by side, and capital runs rampant. Outside the safe zones are innumerable exotic beasts, while ordinary people can only hide in the slums and cling to life. This is a world that devours people... 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 I Fled to America to Beg? Now I'm Running for President 润到美国之后要饭？竞选美国总统 [Ensemble Cast]+ [No Heroine]+ [Light System Elements]+ [Political Power Struggles] By a twist of fate, he transmigrates into the United States. In five years, the world will be destroyed by the madness of ambitious men. How can he rise from nothing in the United States and conquer the world? And can he fulfill his duty to protect China? 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Security Mogul 安保巨头 As someone reborn, he refuses to relive the mediocrity of his previous life. Starting with a dingy internet cafe, he goes on to own a home with a mine, establish a security company, and take his business global. He forms a mercenary force and makes his voice heard on the world stage. 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 You Sent Me Abroad to Study, So How Did I Become the Boss of the Indians? 让你出国留学，怎么当了阿三老大 [Conquest + Technology + Livestreaming + Lighthearted Comedy] Fang Yuan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a top student studying abroad in India. He had planned to spend his life eating, drinking, and having fun, but then his System awakens, pushing him to run for India's top office and transform the country into a world power. Does he even have what it takes? This is practically sending him into a pit of fire! … One month later. When Fang Yuan's father sees that Fang Yuan has become 1Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 9 You Were Sent Abroad to Study, but Became the Neighboring Country's Boss 让你出国留学，你成了邻国老大 Jiang Song, the eldest legitimate son of one of Jiuzhou’s top families, was sent to study abroad in a neighboring country by his elders because he was an idle wastrel who never applied himself. Just one month into his studies, the neighboring country underwent a tiny little change. At that moment, Jiang Song awakened the System. With its help and the chaos in the country, it took him only six years to become one of its top tycoons. With everything ready, Jiang Song decided to run for leader of t 2Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 10 From the Start with One Seed, I Build a God-Tier Farm! 开局一粒种子，我打造神级农场！ [Farming and entrepreneurship]+ [Rural life]+ [Easygoing and leisurely] Yang Fan never expected such a ridiculous plot to happen to him. He’d barely started his first year of college when the campus belle pursued him. Then his rival, the school bully, stole her away, forcing Yang Fan to drop out. An orphan with no power, connections, or support, he returned to his mountain village, disheartened, and took up farming to make a living. He thought he was destined to spend his life alone, until he st 1Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 11 Village Chief for All 全民村长 After waking up, Zhang Bin finds himself traveling through time and space. Somehow, he ends up on the war-torn continent of Guyue and becomes the chief of a peculiar village. An unexplained voice tells him he'll be erased unless he unites the entire continent. The mission is daunting, and his life is on the line. Fortunately, he can summon people from Earth to fight for him through the village's buildings, and return to Earth to rest at the end of each day. Not only does he throw the balance of 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 My Years in the Middle East 我在中东的那些年 Lin Ran becomes Iraq's new president. He leads the people in developing the country, pursuing new energy, and building a modern red socialist society, gradually transforming Iraq from an oil-producing nation into a new red socialist state. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Reborn in the California Gold Rush: I Will Rule America 重生加州淘金：我要统治美利坚 Tang Hui, a history major, is reborn in California in 1850 and awakens the Golden Empire System, which lets him locate gold underground. In this legendary era of the Gold Rush, while everyone else pans for gold, he digs it up, going after the biggest deposits and ignoring the small ones. This allows him to amass a fortune. Once he has built up enough seed capital, he uses his knowledge of history to seize every opportunity in a rapidly developing America, competing head-to-head with the titans o 81Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 14 Transmigrated and Reborn, I'm Forced to Inherit a Country! 穿越重生，被迫继承了一个国家！ [No System] + [1990s] + [Business and Entertainment] + [King by Profession] After transmigrating, he used memories from his past life to win a $300 million lottery in America, the land of eagles, and was ready to coast through life. Then he was kidnapped. Just as his dream of an easy life was about to fall apart, he was forced onto the throne as king. Just when he thought he was about to enjoy a life with a harem of consorts, he was told that his country was on the verge of bankruptcy. Just as h 407Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 15 I'm in India, Working as a Federal Police Officer 我在印度，当联邦警察 No System + worldview-shattering + period setting + comedy + officialdom + urban farming + everyday city life + making a fortune + play the pig to eat the tiger + transmigration This is a remarkable country. A Nepalese netizen said, “India is a maggot that has slept for a thousand years. When it wakes up, it will disgust the whole world!” Though Singh is Chinese, he transmigrates to India and passes the civil service exam to become a federal police officer. The more he explores this world, the m 268Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 16 A Thousand Years of Ice: I Became Humanity's Leader 千年冰汽时代，我成了人类领袖 [Slow-paced development] Ice Age apocalypse + a technological dark age for humanity + rekindling the flame of civilization + human leader + evolving creatures. The entire planet enters an ice age that lasts a thousand years. Temperatures plummet, and human civilization nearly vanishes! In his previous life, Gai Guanglan was a professor in energy and chemical engineering, but he unexpectedly awakens reborn as the leader of humanity's last surviving tribe! He is also bound to the Flame of Human Ci 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 After Fleeing Myanmar, I Rose to Power by Starting Out as America's Lapdog 败退缅甸，从给美帝做狗开始崛起 A modern person transmigrates to a parallel world in 1950. See how the protagonist becomes the largest armed force in Southeast Asia and shapes the future world order! 6Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 18 France, Your Emperor Is Back 法兰西你们万岁爷回来了 The deaths of ten thousand people are just a number! The deaths of a million people are still just a number! Ten thousand people! A million people! Once all the disloyal are dead, those left will be loyal to the great Lord Zhao Xian! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 I Am a Dog-Headed Military Advisor in Africa 我在非洲当狗头军师 140Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 20 Reborn in Africa, I Became Odebiao 重生非洲，我成了奥德彪 My girlfriend dumped me. By a twist of fate, I was reborn in Africa as Aodebiao. There are more bananas to haul every day than I could ever manage. Drawing on the skills I learned in the Dragon Kingdom in my previous life, I earned my first pot of gold on the road to entrepreneurship. But in Africa, money alone is nowhere near enough. You need territory, a team, and an army! What, having my own army is illegal? Then I’ll just have to run for president and write the laws myself. What, a small cou 657Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 21 Border Waters: Starting Out by Dominating the Three Border Slopes with Task Force 141 边水：带着141称霸三边坡开始 [Three Border Slope]+ [Ruthless]+ [Film and TV]+ [No Female Lead] (It’s all women) A young man from the twenty-second century finds his soul transported to the world of The Bad Kids. From the start, he gets knocked out with a brick and gets hit with a free-for-all theft. With the System bro’s help? Oh, then no problem. So Ye Jiu takes the 141 members gifted to him by the System bro and starts selling peace through firepower. He goes from small-time peddler to dealer, to boss, to warlord. Before 505Reads6.5Score106Shelves
- 22 You Sent Me Abroad to Study, So Why Am I Emperor of Africa? 让你出国留学，你在非洲当皇帝？ [Livestreaming + Nationwide War + Farming + Creating Human History] Ye Feng transmigrated to another world. His grandfather was a high-ranking official, his father a general, and his mother a billionaire. With a background like that, it was only natural to kick back and do nothing, right? He never imagined that his grandfather, fed up with watching him laze around all day, would fly into a rage and send him to study in a small African country. His grandfather thought it would teach him some 5Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 23 Japanese Entertainment: Reborn in the Showa Era 日娱：重生昭和时代 In 1970s Japan, the show "Idol! Born" ushered in the idol era, launching the careers of Masako Mori, Momoe Yamaguchi, Junko Sakurada, and Akina Nakamori, one of the era’s biggest stars. There were also beautiful performers with their own distinctive charms, such as Yuko Tanaka and Seiko Matsuda. What choices will the protagonist make when he arrives in Japan at this time? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Lord of France 法兰西之主 Reborn during the French Revolution, he becomes the ten-year-old orphan Louis XVII, fresh from escaping prison. In this mad age of the guillotine, the abandoned crown prince has no choice but to grow up fast. Watch him reclaim his rightful throne under the name of a tyrant's last surviving heir and be crowned ruler of France! 247Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 1860: I Rebuild the Ming Dynasty on the West Coast 1860我在西海岸重建大明 [Founding a country overseas + returning to reclaim the homeland + the great powers] In 1860, the Yuanmingyuan, built by squeezing the people dry, came crashing down amid the laughter of two thieves. The signing of the Treaties of Tianjin and Beijing also turned the leading civilization of East Asia into a plaything for the Western powers. Meanwhile, the country's ruler, the Pigskin Emperor, remained mired in his ancestral doctrine that the Han Chinese were a greater threat than foreigners. That 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 I Opened a Farm in Afghanistan 我在阿富汗开农庄 I’m in a foreign country, with an American military base to my left and a government army base to my right. There’s a farm in the middle, a fish farm up front, and orchards and vegetable fields behind. I want to make money. Who dares stand in my way?! 817Reads—Score100Shelves
- 27 A Cultivation Manor in America 美国修真庄园 Ding Hongwu, a young city dweller, unexpectedly has a stroke of good fortune. See how a cultivator-turned-farmer makes a name for himself in the vast, sparsely populated United States... 9Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 28 Gold Rush Rookie: Did I Dig Up a Mammoth Tusk on Day One? 淘金新人，第一天挖出猛犸象牙？ [Gold panning + everyday life + farming + lighthearted + pets + tycoon] After unexpectedly transmigrating, Gu Wen awakened a quest System. As long as he completed quests, he could earn traits of the corresponding level, and even grant those traits to other team members. [Gold Prospector]: Can sense ores underground, but there’s a chance you’ll dig up nothing but rocks! [Master Mechanic]: Nothing special, just years of practice! [Heaven-Defying Luck]: You’re not searching for a mineral vein. The 190Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Treasure Appraisal: I Got the Treasure-Hunting System from the Start 鉴宝：开局获得寻宝系统 Lu Chuan was an utterly ordinary wage earner, until a treasure-hunting System suddenly came to him! "Ding-dong! Host, you can now search for antiques anywhere within a ten-square-kilometer radius!" "Five li south of Nanshan, large quantities of ancient coins are buried beneath the wilderness!" "In a neighboring village north of the mountain, an abandoned mass grave contains burial goods worth tens of millions!" "Two li south of Nanshan, a farmhouse has ancient handicrafts scattered all over!" ". 18Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 30 I Have an Oasis in the Desert 我在沙漠有片绿洲 [Farming + Management + Exploration] Li Yan woke up one morning and found that he had transmigrated into a famine refugee in the Great Xia dynasty, a man who shared his name. But as he looked at the desert stretching before him beneath a sky full of swirling sand, Li Yan’s mouth twitched. “This is a hell-difficulty start from the start, isn’t it? How am I supposed to play this? Even Bear Grylls would get a game over. What’s the point?” The next second, the Desert Oasis System activated. I am the 56Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 From Homeless Drifter to Founder of the Beggars' Sect in America 从美利坚流浪汉开始建立丐帮 [Freeloading] [Building a faction] [Summoning] [Getting everything for free] Ma Bao is an undocumented Chinese immigrant. Fed up with being exploited by the capitalists, he reports his restaurant boss for hiring illegal workers and evading taxes. After that, no one dares to hire him, so he becomes a homeless man and begins enjoying a life of freeloading. After binding to the Beggar Freeloading System, all he has to do is freeload to earn Freeloading Points, which he can use to summon homeless p 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 I Sent You to Study in Eagleland, Not to Use Force to Become President 让你鹰酱留学，没让你武力当总统 [From the start: police chief + summoning + mass recruitment + seize the presidency by force + “Mr. President, why the coup?” + overwhelming victories + some livestream elements] “If white people can be president, and Ni people can be president, why can't a student from Xia Country?” [Los Santos gangsters report a crime, claiming a Xia Countryman scammed them: he took a 500,000 US dollar deposit and sent them a ton of rock candy and toy pistols.] The news hits the trending charts. A closer look 7Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 33 What? I’m the Ming Emperor in South Asia 什么？我在南亚当大明皇帝 [Modern Emperor]+ [System]+ [World Domination]+ [Beating Up the Great Powers] Zhu Chenming never expected to wake up one morning and find that he had transmigrated into the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He had even awakened a System. But this Ming Dynasty was a little different. Descendants of the Southern Ming had actually fled all the way to the Indian subcontinent, seized a territory, and become emperors there? And their dynasty had survived all the way into the twenty-first century. But since 5Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 34 Transmigrating to West Africa, Rebuilding the Great Interstellar Ming Empire! 穿越西非，重建星际大明帝国！ [Transmigration + farming + conquest + the Tongliao universe + rebuilding the Ming!] “The emperor guards the realm's gates; the ruler dies with his kingdom!” This is the splendor of the great Ming Empire! This is the final embodiment of Han China's royal spirit! The emperor hanged himself at Coal Hill, and the realm was shattered. The Ming's last hope, leading a hundred thousand people, arrived in a new land... More than three hundred years later, a transmigrated soul takes the place of Zhu Jing 14Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 35 Your Uncle Wants to Rebel? You Think the Mecha Corps Is a Push-Over? 亲叔要造反？机甲部队是吃素的？ He transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the crown prince of the Penglai Kingdom. He thinks he can enjoy the good life, but then the king dies and a prince stages a rebellion. Fortunately, at this critical moment, the “Cosmic Empire System” activates, rewarding him from the start with a special forces squad equipped with powered armor. Faced with a poor and weakened kingdom, Qin Han sets out to strengthen the nation through science and education. A Smart Nation System, intelligent robots 5Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 36 Lord of the Americas: A 200,000-Hectare Ranch from the Start 美洲领主：开局二十万公顷牧场 Other people work for a living while I farm, saving myself forty years of detours. Chen Lang inherited his second granduncle’s 510,000-acre private ranch in the Americas from the start! He became a ranch owner! The ranch had not only oceans, rivers, lakes, farmland, pastures, and hunting grounds, but also vast, untapped oil and natural gas reserves. But there was also an inheritance tax with an astronomical price tag. To pay the inheritance tax as soon as possible, he unexpectedly discovered Rom 863Reads7.3Score101Shelves
- 37 You Went Panning for Gold, but You Struck a Gold Mine 让你淘金，你掏金矿主啊 [One heroine, laid-back, slightly slow-paced, gold mining, rich tycoon, mildly satisfying] When Jiang Yi had just started his sophomore summer break, his parents went bankrupt in the gold-mining business. With no other choice, he went abroad to take over his parents’ gold mine and awakened a System. Expert: “This land has no real mining potential.” Jiang Yi: “Right, right. So let me have it.” “Hmph, this old geezer’s discriminating against me? Don’t blame me for taking you for a ride.” Reporter: 427Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 38 I Was Supposed to Work in Africa, So Why Am I on a Rampage? 说好非洲打工，怎么杀疯了 [No System, warlords, a sly military strategist, fiery battlefields, building the strongest ground army] While the neighbors stockpile grain, I'll stockpile guns. The neighbors are my granary. Grow strong, expand, and claim a kingdom right where you stand. In a war-torn African country, Liu Xiangdong was just a wage earner, yet he was swept into the conflict. “Esteemed Eastern mentor, please help us...” “This is the most beautiful woman in our tribe, along with a ton of gold. We hope you'll acce 2kReads8.7Score148Shelves
- 39 I Went on a Business Trip to Africa, and the Warlords Faced Annihilation 我去非洲出次差，军阀灭顶之灾 (The screen adaptation rights to this book have been sold! It will be co-produced by Tianhao Shengshi and Lize Pictures!) No one in China is allowed to loaf around. Some call me the hidden hand behind the Third Reich, others call me the Mentor of the East, and still others call me China's strategic-level God of War. But my legendary journey began with a business trip abroad and an accidental detour into a small grove... 3.2kReads8.8Score294Shelves
- 40 I Transmigrated to the Americas in 1840 and Founded the Ming Empire 穿越1840年到美洲建立大明帝 Li Zheng, a Chinese man, is sold by the foreign powers and sent to the Americas to work in the mines. After familiarizing himself with the land, he leads the Chinese people there in a revolt, founds a nation, and expands its territory. Chinese migrants arrive from China, and the Chinese quickly become the Americas’ dominant people. The Ming Empire takes complete control of the Americas. 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Primordial Sacred Dynasty 原始圣朝 With an ordinary man's body, Meng Fan practices a divine art of his own creation, establishes a primitive holy dynasty, and drives the development of civilization. Others cultivate to gain immortality and dominate the world, but Meng Fan does it to improve people's lives and serve more people. See how he leads a primitive tribe in the wilderness from gathering and hunting to farming, then onward to industrialization, transforming it into a primitive holy dynasty where people go from struggling t 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Red Alert: Turmoil in the Gulf 红色警戒之海湾风云 In an era shaped by the Cold War, the people of Heweitu suffer terribly. A man named Luo Feng leads Red Alert forces to rise from the deserts of the Middle East. From then on, the small Gulf nation of Heweitu is no longer looked down upon by the world... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 A Young Soldier Becomes a Powerful Warlord in Republican-Era China 民国小兵当大大的军阀 A modern street punk with a fierce love of country transmigrates by chance to 1937, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Starting out as a deserter, he climbs all the way to the very top and reaches the pinnacle of life, playing only in the major leagues. 81Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 North American Spirit Gourd Ranch: A Blind Bear Comes Knocking in the Dead of Night 北美灵葫牧场，熊瞎子深夜来敲门 [American ranch + farming and management + wealthy overseas adventurer + livestream interaction + Western flair + zoo + adventure and treasure hunting + leisurely, unhurried pace] Wang Wei brings a “farming cheat” to America and buys a sprawling ranch covering three thousand acres. He only wants to farm quietly, raise cattle and horses, and enjoy a peaceful rural life. But on the very first day, a black bear knocks on his door in the middle of the night and settles on his sofa as if it owns the 705Reads6.8Score107Shelves
- 45 Legend of Tianzhu 天竺传奇 He is the embodiment of justice! He is the bringer of light! He is the king of Dance City! He is… MC Dazhuang~ Zhuang~ Zhuang!!! The Ganges gave birth to the wondrous land of Tianzhu. No matter how fantastical something is, in wondrous Tianzhu, it’s all perfectly ordinary! 658Reads7.1Score122Shelves
- 46 My Deserted Island Mechanical Empire Goes Global 全球曝光，我的孤岛机械帝国 Latest chapter: Zombies That Can Fly Planes and Drive Tanks A kind, cunning, shameless modern king lies flat on a remote island in the South Pacific, then gets busy saving the world and competing for global supremacy. From the start, satellites from various countries discover his territory, beautiful women livestream it, and he trades blows with the Eagle Nation. [Building a kingdom takes brains. If you like playing it safe and developing slowly, or mindless, decisive killing, don't read this.] —Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 47 Gold Panning in the Wilderness: From Laborer to King of Gold 荒野淘金，从打工牛马到黄金之王 Chu Mu, a civil engineering graduate, was only an intern, yet he had to oversee safety for the entire project. He earned just 1,800 yuan a month and was eventually fired. After getting fired, Chu Mu awakened the Strongest Gold Prospector System. As long as he could dig gold out of the ground, he would receive rewards. “Master Prospector,” “Physical Attributes x10,” “Lifespan +10 Years,” and more... Taking everything he owned, Chu Mu flew to the western United States and became a wilderness gold 706Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 48 The Chinese Founding Father of America 美利坚的华人国父 Who says Chinese people who go to America can only be treated like pigs or worked like mules?! Cheng Along transmigrates aboard a ship bound for San Francisco. Looking at the gaunt Chinese laborers in the hold, he makes a silent vow! In this life! Since he has come to America, he will rise to the very top! 196Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 I'm Related to El Chapo, So It Makes Sense to Inherit His Estate 卡大佐亲戚，接手他遗产很合理吧 The Five Powers tell us not to cause trouble, so we'll flip their table! The Five Powers make us lie low, so their nephew will keep causing trouble today! The final words of Major General Wangu Changqing! Reading the last words left by the senior who had taken on the Five Powers alone in a scenario, Gao Ren, who has just transmigrated and awakened the Red Alert System, smiles faintly. The Coming Winter scenario... The Dongfeng-41 will take care of it! The Eagle Sauce scenario... Satan will take 6Reads7.2Score—Shelves
- 50 Building from Farm to Empire: I Am the King of the Far East! 建造从农场到帝国，我是远东王！ [Urban] [System] [Farm] [Fishery] [Development] Wang Chao, a legendary bathhouse king, transmigrates to Russia and wakes up beside Catherine the Great? He gets a golden finger System, a base vehicle from the start, and takes over a vast, fertile farm in the Far East? Can he even unlock hidden modules with his wealth? What’s there to say? Just get to work. Sled dogs, brown bears, soldiers, engineers... Give me an army, and make it big! High-yield potatoes, hybrid rice, super corn... Genetically m 501Reads6.6Score—Shelves
