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- 101 No Fear of Exile: Stockpiling Supplies and Fighting on All Fronts 流放不慌，带着空间囤货杀四方 [Pocket-dimension stockpiling + confiscation and exile + famine escape and farming + longevity, no romance] Sheng Mingyan died suddenly after staying up all night on her phone, but gained a pocket dimension stocked with abundant supplies. She was also given five days to stock up before transmigrating, so she piled up everything she could need for clothing, food, housing, transport, and daily life. Then she transmigrated into the body of a pitiful girl whose uncle had seized her family property a 788Reads8.8Score10314d adds
- 102 Gunshots and Roses: A Survival Guide to a Deserted Island! 枪声与玫瑰，荒岛求生手札！ On a business trip to Australia, a plane crash leaves him stranded on a deserted island. It’s a fight for survival in the most desperate conditions! Wolves, insects, tigers, leopards, crocodiles, venomous bees, poisonous plants, earthquakes, pirates: he faces death again and again, only to survive! At last, he escapes and returns victorious! How will Zhao Yun, the male lead, and Ruowei, the female lead, lead everyone out of their desperate situation? Read the novel to find out! 553Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 103 Underground Survival: A Scanning Radar in My Mind 地底求生：我的脑中有扫描雷达 [Golden Finger] [No System] [No Female Lead] [Character Growth] [Farming] [Slow-Burn Survival] [Decisive and Ruthless] Blue Star is overpopulated, with no room left to survive, so humanity enters the age of underground survival. Everyone is paired with a Black Tortoise of the Netherworld, and must survive alongside it. The Black Tortoises of the Netherworld provide humanity with safe shelter and help people search for supplies. People must keep obtaining supplies, improving their character attri 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Life After the Island's Downfall 坠岛余生 [No System + no loose plot threads + one female lead + no angst + apocalypse + technology + alternate world + survival] My name is Lin Haoran, and I’m a retired special forces soldier. I was traveling by plane when it crashed on a deserted island. A group of survivors and I were stranded on an uninhabited island. At first, I thought it was just an ordinary plane crash. Then strange creatures, an eerie red-crystal civilization, and a mysterious black liquid gradually led me to uncover the terrify 222Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 An Axe from the Start, Ruling the Deserted Island as I Please 开局一把斧荒岛任我行 Stranded on a deserted island, Hu Feng has nothing from the start but a fire axe taken from a cruise ship. See how he carves out his own kingdom on this vast, boundless island. 4.2kReads8.4Score36814d adds
- 106 Bloodbath on the Forbidden Island 浴血禁岛 On a storm-lashed, rainy night, Dillon and two battered foreign women make a daring escape from an operating table aboard a medical ship in international waters. They plunge into the freezing, churning sea and speed out of the storm in a boat carrying organs, only to lose their way in the vast blue ocean. With food and fresh water running desperately low, Dillon relies on hard-won survival skills to keep the three of them adrift for thirteen days, until they finally reach a subtropical island... 11.2kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 107 Happiness Is Coming Home to Farm 回家种地快乐无边 What kind of life I choose is my decision. Why should I need your approval? I’m Wei Junqing. Why should I have to explain my choices to anyone? Unable to make it in the big city, Wei Junqing returns to his hometown with 350,000 yuan. His parents look down on him, his siblings humiliate him, and he eventually heads to Zhongnan Mountain to live in isolation, away from the world. By chance, he gets a recycling System. Follow his life as he learns to survive on his own deep in the mountains: fightin 285Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 108 Surviving on a Desert Island with a Girl Group Idol 与女团偶像的荒岛求生 A shipwreck leaves Li Ming stranded on a deserted island, setting off an unconventional life of adventure and survival… 358Reads7.9Score12614d adds
- 109 Earth Expands Ten Thousandfold, and My Family and I Survive in the Wilderness 地球膨胀一万倍我和家人荒野求生 A global earthquake shattered the prosperity of the modern world. When the dust finally settled, people were horrified to discover that the mountains had grown taller, the land had expanded, and the rivers had widened. The technology that had accompanied humanity at every turn had vanished along with the old world, and mankind had returned to a primitive age. People began struggling to survive in the wilderness, until several years later, someone made an astonishing discovery... 1.7kReads7.0Score18814d adds
- 110 Survival at Sea: Farm Dungeons and Save the World 海上求生：猛刷副本，拯救世界 [Survival + Light Infinite-Flow Elements + Dungeons + System + Magic] Also known as: “Surviving at Sea: How Is an Ordinary Person Supposed to Save the World?” When Jiang Yuexin woke up, she discovered that everyone on Earth had been pulled into a brutal survival game. She drew the sea-survival scenario and carefully tried to stay alive, only to discover that this world had more than strange skills. It even had magic, flowing patterns, and professions with their own systems. Dungeons of all kinds —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Desert Island Survival: Starting with Rubbing Sticks Together to Make Fire 荒岛求生：从钻木取火开始 [Realistic Survival + No System + Survival Skills] After a shipwreck, Fang Jie is stranded on a deserted island. Starting with making fire by rubbing sticks together, he struggles to survive one step at a time. During his time trying to survive, Fang Jie makes several friends. They travel together. Cutting trees, hunting, and building houses. Farming, raising livestock, and gathering supplies. They establish a home for themselves on the deserted island. However, as they explore the island fu 2kReads7.7Score19214d adds
- 112 Deserted Island Survival: Starting with Nothing 荒岛求生，从一无所有开始 [Building and hunting + realistic survival + no System] Wang Fan and a beautiful woman are stranded on a deserted island. Starting from nothing, the two of them build a wonderful home on the island, one step at a time. Who says life on a deserted island is hard? This is the best survival experience ever! 5.4kReads7.1Score41514d adds
- 113 The Road to Survival 求生之路 Xiao Fan is on a graduation trip when a shipwreck leaves him stranded on a deserted island. He makes fire, builds a shelter, and gathers food and fresh water. Their lives go from a struggle against hunger and cold to growing more comfortable as the five of them craft all kinds of tools on the island. When they have no choice but to escape, they discover they haven’t returned to modern society at all. Instead, they encounter primitive people and lead them in developing their society and improving 816Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 114 Forbidden Zone of Human Nature: My Desert Island Life with the Goddess 人性禁区：我和女神的荒岛生涯 After a plane crash, Du Yuan wakes up on a deserted island... and begins a survival journey with a goddess... Come uncover the most unvarnished truths about human nature. 454Reads8.8Score10914d adds
- 115 Conquering a Desert Island with the Goddess 带着女神征服荒岛 Surviving on a deserted island with goddesses, rising from nothing to return as a king... Every one of them is top-notch, just the way you dreamed. 453Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 116 Transmigrating to a Daily Life of Solitude in the Deep Mountains 穿越之深山老林独居日常 [Transmigration] [Alternate world] [Golden finger] [Farming] [Wintering in the mountains] [Stockpiling supplies] [Family and village life] The author is a beginner. I’ve read enough stories that start with farming and turn into palace intrigue later, so I wanted to write a farming story about living off the land and spending the winter in the mountains. There’s a couple, but they don’t get together until the end! What would you do if you were told that you’d transmigrate to a remote mountain for 2.3kReads7.2Score17214d adds
- 117 Desert Island Survival: I Built a Hidden Paradise 荒岛求生，我打造了世外桃源 [Genuine survival + Multiple beautiful women + Farming and hunting + A million-word epic with steady updates and a guaranteed ending] After a shipwreck, Lu Yun washes ashore on a deserted island. A beautiful older woman saves him with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. And so the two begin an absurd and hilarious life of survival together. The primeval jungle is full of challenges. Scorching heat, disease, and wild beasts threaten their safety. To survive, they battle the elements, the land, and othe 5.8kReads7.0Score50614d adds
- 118 Surviving the Apocalypse: From the Start with One Bowl, Ending with a Nation 末世求生之开局一个碗结局一个国 “Instead of killing one another, we might as well join forces and face death together!” I press my pistol to the back of the goddess Mu Wanqing’s head. She presses hers to the back of Ai Li’s head, and Ai Li presses hers to the back of mine. The three of us pull the triggers! In the year 3500, nuclear war breaks out. Earth is destroyed, and robots rule the world. Humanity is divided into robots, cyborgs, and humans! Humans live in fifteen sanctuaries: the Mariana Trench, ten thousand meters belo 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 Surviving on a Deserted Island in a Parallel World 我在平行世界荒岛求生 On an ordinary day in 2026, Xiao Ran, a new office worker, woke up to find himself no longer in his familiar rented apartment. The city’s clamor had vanished. In its place were the tides of an unfamiliar sea and the lonely cries of seabirds. Without warning or explanation, he had been cast into a completely unknown parallel world, the sole living person on a wilderness island. There was no System to help him, no mysterious old master, and no rescue arriving from the sky. All he had was the sur 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Piaopiao Yuchengxian's Sixth Book 飘飘欲成仙的第6本书 [No System] [Deserted Island] [Survival] [Conquest] [Adventure] Su Chen woke up on a beach and rescued his beautiful neighbor, Lin Yueyue. What kind of story will unfold between them? The blurb doesn't do it justice, so please read the main story. 930Reads6.6Score11914d adds
- 121 Living Together in the Wilderness 荒野同居 No need to open this. I've dropped it, and the entire text has been replaced. It will be hidden once the requirements are met in a while. Sorry to anyone who opened it by mistake or added it to their bookshelf. I'm still writing the novel, just not posting it here anymore, 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 Cretaceous Survival Guide: Hell Creek 白垩纪求生指南：地狱溪 (The low score is due to the small number of readers. Ratings are heavily influenced by reader numbers, so please trust me when I say this is a quality story. How many books have you seen with over 200 reviews and a rating above 8?) [Field guide collection + hardcore survival + doomsday countdown + paleontological deductions + civilization development + prehistoric survival and hard science fiction] [The protagonist won't tame dinosaurs, has no System inventory, and won't build a harem] [Reasone 2.6kReads8.6Score28314d adds
- 123 Deadly Desert Island: The Goddess Is by My Side When I Wake Up 绝命荒岛：醒来时女神在我身边 A bizarre plane crash leaves Chen Mo, an ordinary office worker, and Su Yuqing, the boss he has secretly loved for years, stranded on a deserted island. There is no wreckage, no other survivors, and they seem to have appeared there out of nowhere. As they face desperate odds, an unknown force begins to awaken inside him. Can he keep the goddess alive and uncover the ultimate truth behind the mysterious crash? 1.1kReads6.9Score10614d adds
- 124 The Road to Survival on a Desert Island with a Beautiful Woman 与美女孤岛求生之路 [Deserted Island + Survival + Special Forces] A luxury cruise ship was caught in a storm in the vast ocean, leaving a group of survivors stranded on a deserted island! Zhou Chu Yu, a junior security guard aboard the ship, led the survivors as they began the grueling struggle to survive on the island. 3.4kReads8.7Score31014d adds
- 125 Our Entire Dorm Transmigrates to the Carboniferous, Where Giant Insects Become Our Food 全寝穿越石炭纪，巨虫遍地当口粮 Four students from the paleontology department transmigrate to the Carboniferous Period, where they face prehistoric giant insects. Will they eat them as their main course, or be eaten as a snack? A brainless power fantasy: just stay alive. 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Transmigrate to the Mountains: My Happy Life in the Deep Woods 穿越之我在深山幸福生活 A heads-up: no business, no getting rich. She’s simply spending autumn harvesting and winter storing supplies in the mountains. Song Jiajia was an overworked office drone, crushed by the rat race and barely able to breathe. She often fantasized about transmigrating, and learned a ton of practical life skills in preparation. Then she really did transmigrate! She woke up as a young girl living alone in the mountains, whose parents had just died. Song Jiajia thought this was absolutely wonderful! 793Reads6.9Score10214d adds
- 127 Wasteland Office Worker: Forced to Build a House on an Alien Planet 24/7 荒野社畜：被迫在异星007造房 Li Zhiyuan is reborn in a parallel world. He is forced to take part in a show called “Survival in the Wilderness,” hosted by an alien civilization. Other contestants: “I'm so hungry. I haven't eaten in three days.” Li Zhiyuan: “What should I eat today? Venison or wolf meat? That's a tough choice.” Other contestants: “Ah, the shelter is leaking again.” Li Zhiyuan: “This wooden house is great, but it could use a little more sunlight.” While the other contestants are still struggling to survive, Li 6.1kReads7.9Score52414d adds
- 128 The Fleeing Mother-in-Law: My Goal Is to Become the Story's Most Hated Character 逃荒婆婆：励志成为全文最佳极品 [Fleeing famine + pocket dimension + farming + no romance + stealthy cultivation] Xia Ruoxi transmigrates into a dreadful character in a famine-escape story, even more wretched than Wang Baochuan. While everyone else gathers wild greens to feed themselves, she gathers them to feed her stepson and his whole family. In the original story, her family raises her husband's stepson, while he earns high rank and wealth and marries a beautiful young woman. Twenty years later, he returns with his lovel 879Reads8.1Score10114d adds
- 129 My Carefree Life in the Wilderness 我在荒野的恣意生活 [Tomato Original + wilderness survival + survival + farming + infrastructure] You can choose three out of seven. I picked the three most useful ones: a brush cleaver, a hand saw, and a pound of salt. Other people rely on luck to survive. I rely on my skills. Build a bamboo house, dig a pond and raise fish, cut irrigation ditches and farm, build a kiln and fire pottery, make carts and bricks… I don’t know if I can go back. I only know that until then, I have to stay alive and live life on my 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms as a Warlord 穿越三国当军阀 Three Kingdoms + war + coups + transmigration + political intrigue + romance!!! I am the leader of the Way of Great Peace, the head of the Yellow Turbans, a trusted confidant of Emperor Ling of Han, the teacher of Emperor Xian of Han, and the boss of the Black Mountain Army. I steer Luoyang’s politics and nearly unify the Central Plains! I used to be a low-ranking clerk in a municipal government office. After working overtime for five days straight, I was struck by five thunderbolts on my way ho 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Fleeing Famine: This Farm Girl Is Eating Fish and Meat? 灾年逃荒，农家孤女吃鱼又吃肉？ [Storage space + farming + famine escape + natural disasters + turbulent times + no romance] After years of struggling to survive in the apocalypse, Jiang Li transmigrates into a chaotic era plagued by natural disasters. The villagers call her a jinx who killed her parents. After the old couple drives the original owner to her death, they think she’s still the same workhorse who eats little and works hard, and order her to cook. She knocks out the whole family with a pot of drugged porridge, sta 6.6kReads8.5Score55114d adds
- 132 I Have a Spirit Spring for Planting Trees in the Desert 沙漠种树我有灵泉 All living beings suffer, but the Spirit Spring offers salvation. Li Hua goes from a marginal figure discarded by his company to a desert hero with a Spirit Spring space. With hope for life and a sense of social responsibility, he heads to the desert to plant trees. At first, the harsh conditions make every step difficult, but the Spirit Spring turns things around. He keeps exploring new planting methods and overcomes obstacles like lack of funding and technical challenges. Alongside four elderl 130Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Stranded on a Deserted Island, I Take Beautiful Women on Adventures to Survive 流落荒岛，我带美女冒险求生 [No System + Deserted Island Survival + Multiple Female Leads + Adventure + Conquest] Surviving on a deserted island with no food or fresh water isn't the scary part. But what if you get sick? Urgent! Stranded on a deserted island and desperately in need of a medical professional. Thinking this, Ye Zhou slowly opened his eyes. Good heavens! There really was a nurse right in front of him. From then on, he began surviving through one adventure after another. Exploring lava caves and golden mansion 2kReads8.7Score29014d adds
- 134 Escape from Death on Savage Island 野人岛死里逃生 [Deserted-island survival + thrilling adventure + survival skills + narrow escapes + encounters with wild people + romance with a wild child.] Guan Ziyou and his father are caught in a localized “storm” and swept onto a deserted island shrouded in white “mist”... Overcome with grief at his father’s death and oppressed by the silence, he nearly becomes a wild man himself, but unexpectedly encounters a real one... What? Wild people can have children too?... 529Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 135 Rakshasa Island: Surviving on a Deserted Island With My Senior Sister 罗刹岛，我与师姐荒岛求生的日子 [Feel-good wish fulfillment + mature woman + young beauty + married woman] [Wilderness building + farming + mining] A deserted island should be a living nightmare, but Jiang Shang discovers that it's practically Peach Blossom Island 2.0: there are hardly any capable men, but beautiful women are everywhere! First, a confident older woman boldly confesses to him, then a cute girl blushes and offers him wild fruit. Even the usually aloof female doctor gives him a flirtatious look. This choice is ha 182Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 136 Hunting Journal 狩猎笔记 [Hunting] [No System] [No Golden Finger] [First Person] I am Ling Chunhua. I used to be a poacher. I got into hunting in the winter of 2001 and spent several months learning from my Fifth Uncle, an experienced hunter. We eventually parted ways because we saw hunting differently. Sometimes people are worse than beasts. For instance, someone reported me, forcing me to get in touch with Old Wu and head to Jiangxi. My trip to Jiangxi in search of tigers finally left me with no way back. 5.7kReads9.0Score45814d adds
- 137 On the Road to Escape Famine, Big Sister Gathers Mushrooms, Hunts, and Stockpiles Food 逃荒路上长姐忙，捡菌打猎怒囤粮 (The new book has just received its opening rating, but it’ll gradually rise! Thanks for your support!) [Famine escape + farming + stockpiling food in advance + pocket dimension with spirit spring + cozy everyday life + no romance + powerful golden finger, can lie flat whenever she wants + no generals, crown princes, or princes, just a peaceful life in the mountains] Shen Xiu transmigrates and learns in advance that a once-in-a-century natural disaster will strike in six months, bringing drought 2.5kReads8.2Score27914d adds
- 138 Farming in Troubled Times 乱世种田记 “Family life,” “Three meals a day,” “Food,” “Slow-paced,” “Everyday slice of life,” “Cut off from the world,” “Survival in ancient times,” “No romance,” “Realistic farming” At first, Jia Qingqing saved people because she needed somewhere safe to stay amid the chaos. Later, she helped because they had shown her kindness first. After that, she reached out when she saw two innocent girls bravely trying to save themselves. We needed people to help us transport the grain we’d taken from the bandits, 185Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 139 Wilderness: The Strongest Survival System 荒野：最强生存系统 Li Yingjie, an ordinary office worker, accidentally transmigrated to a parallel world and took part in a wilderness survival competition. When he landed on the competition's deserted island, the strongest Survival System suddenly activated. And so: While everyone else struggled to hunt for food, Li Yingjie said, “There's so much meat here, it'll all spoil before I can finish it!” While everyone else struggled to find a cave to live in, Li Yingjie said, “When I have time, I'll build a palace so I 1.3kReads8.0Score11014d adds
- 140 From the Apocalypse to Ancient Times: I Survive with My Spatial Realm 末世穿古代，我靠空间续命 Lin Han, a dual-ability powerhouse from the apocalypse, died without ever learning why. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a lowly maid in ancient times, beaten nearly to death by her masters and thrown into the wilderness to feed the wolves. Hell mode was starting all over again: A thousand miles of scorched earth, floods swallowing the world, plagues running rampant, ice and snow sealing the land, and human lives worth less than ants in a time of chaos... This ancient world was eve 1.1kReads6.7Score10514d adds
- 141 My Classmates and I Survive on a Deserted Island 我和同学的荒岛求生 During graduation season, the school organizes a trip out to sea for teachers and students. An accident strikes, and the cruise ship goes down. When Lin Chuan wakes up, he discovers that he and his classmates have been stranded on a deserted island. From then on, Lin Chuan becomes the one his classmates depend on. He silently swears to himself that he will keep them alive. 8.8kReads7.3Score59414d adds
- 142 After I Transmigrated, I Lived Alone Deep in the Mountains 穿越后我在深山老林独居 Yan Le was riding her Wuling Mimi when a donkey knocked her into a ditch. Who knew she'd transmigrate? It looked like she couldn't go back, so she might as well settle down and live her life: working from sunrise to sunset. She harvested in autumn and stored food for winter. All in all, life was pretty good. 917Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 143 Refusing to Flee: Hiding in the Deep Mountains 拒绝逃难，躲进深山隐居 [Farming and infrastructure building + sign-in System + very slow-burn + no romance + entirely fictional setting] Su Yu transmigrated into a book. She landed in a novel set against the backdrop of war. She became a pitiful eight-year-old whose parents had both died. From the start, her spiteful aunt pushed her out to be sacrificed to the River God. Luckily, she had the golden finger every transmigrator needs! [Ding!] [Sign-in System bound!] Su Yu promptly fled into the mountains, putting as much 1.7kReads8.6Score11414d adds
- 144 The Reclaimer of the Zhenguan Era 贞观开荒人 Su Ying, an overworked wage slave, dies suddenly after working overtime for days on end. She transmigrates to the second year of the Zhenguan era in the Tang Dynasty, becoming Su Ying, the eldest daughter of Su Bucheng, the Chang'an County Magistrate exiled to Lingnan. Lingnan is a wild frontier, surrounded by mountains where fierce beasts roam. Her family has no money at all, only a few meager rations and seeds to keep them alive. How will they survive? They won’t sit around waiting for help. T 1.3kReads8.3Score12514d adds
- 145 Wilderness Survival: Teaming Up with Zhou Jie, While Damsel Wants Me to Take Her In 荒野：跟周姐求生，呆妹求收留 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Su Yang discovers that he’s become the cousin of Zhou Jie, a Shark platform streamer! One day, the Shark platform launches a major reality show called “300 Days of Wilderness Survival.” Anyone who sticks it out can win a huge cash prize. Zhou Jie says, “Su Yang, come with me to the platform’s wilderness survival show tomorrow.” Fortunately, Su Yang awakens a god-tier Wilderness System, with a sign-in reward from the start: a complete guide to identifying 5kReads8.7Score35514d adds
- 146 I Own a Super Island 我有一座超级海岛 After a plane crash, Fang Cheng finds himself stranded on a deserted island with his sharp-tongued female boss. Drawing on the survival skills he learned from watching Bear Grylls' Man vs. Wild, he begins a difficult struggle to stay alive on the island. Humanity? Social class? Under the pressure of survival, both are redefined. On this island, I am king! As the two explore the island further, they gradually discover that this deserted island is not as simple as it seems... 933Reads8.2Score12314d adds
- 147 Surviving on a Deserted Island with My Female Boss 和女上司荒岛求生的日子 After a plane crash, I ended up stranded on a deserted island with the female boss I'd secretly loved for ages. Faced with brutal conditions and unknown dangers ahead, I have to protect her. We have to survive on this island... 2.5kReads8.6Score25714d adds
- 148 No Fleeing the Famine! I'll Take My Whole Family to Hide in the Deep Mountains 拒绝逃荒！我选择带全家躲进深山 After transmigrating, Lin Feng, a bachelor construction worker from the 21st century, suddenly had a wife and two stepsons. His wife was a typical “good daughter to her brother,” sending everything back to her family. Lin Feng rolled up his sleeves to earn money for the household, then divorced his wicked-hearted wife and married a beautiful woman. By chance, he recovered memories from his body's previous life and learned that famine and war were coming. To escape the impending disaster and conf 5kReads8.6Score30514d adds
- 149 Surviving on a Deserted Island with My Goddess Boss 与女神上司荒岛求生的日子 After a plane crash, I was lucky enough to survive and save four women, including my beautiful boss, Bai Yue'er. In the real world, I'm a lowly loser. But now that we're stranded on a deserted island, I've become the man they need most of all... 818Reads8.5Score10914d adds
- 150 The Days of Surviving on a Deserted Island with a Flight Attendant 与空姐荒岛求生的岁月 Beautiful women, flight attendants, deserted islands, chance encounters, human nature, death, and a slow-paced deserted-island survival story. The language isn't overblown. This is the author's reflections on life and an exploration of the unknown, and I hope the story will help me make more friends. 1.9kReads6.5Score14214d adds
