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- 51 Demigod 1: Tales of New Shanghai 次神1：新沪怪谈 Praise the Fool, Azathoth | The author promises original ideas and an innovative plot: What you owe isn't money, but “psychic loans” and “existence taxes.” Overdue and unpaid? You automatically become a sacrifice or have your “existence” erased. Debt collector → half-human, half-god “demigod candidate.” New Shanghai → a cyberpunk city infiltrated by the Old Ones. 314Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 52 Survival Game: I Grind My Way to Greatness in Another World 求生游戏，我在异世卷成大佬 (The novel is complete) (No romance, infrastructure, survival, strong female lead) Wu Jinyue had just returned from studying abroad and hadn’t even started her wonderful vacation yet. Blue Star underwent a cataclysm, and all of humanity was sent to another world to explore and survive. Monstrous beasts invaded, supplies were hard to find, disasters struck one after another, and no one knew if they would make it through the day. Humanity was swallowed up like dust in the wind. From the start, pen 20.3kReads8.7Score2.3k14d adds
- 53 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 22.3kReads8.7Score1.9k14d adds
- 54 Sign-In: Stranded on a Deserted Island, I Just Built a Luxury Villa 签到，人在孤岛，刚自建豪华别墅 A burst of blinding light, and the continent shattered! Everyone was assigned an island measuring just two meters on each side! You start with nothing but a shabby fishing net. Whether you survive depends on your own abilities! "Ding! Sign-in System activated!" "First-day sign-in successful. Reward: fully automatic fishing net!" "Everyone else has to rely on their abilities, but I have a System!" Xiao Yi muttered as he took a bite of grilled fish. While everyone else was struggling to survive on 39.9kReads8.2Score3.7k14d adds
- 55 Planet of Wonders 奇遇星球 A chance encounter brought a retired soldier an extraordinary power. Faced with a world overrun by demon-infested nations of tigers and wolves, he rose up without hesitation, fought on the battlefield, unified the nations, and transformed the world. In the end, he fulfilled his long-held dream of establishing a global system of democratic freedom, bringing lasting peace to humanity. From then on, he was surrounded by good fortune in love, as stunning women from every nation competed to declare t 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 EN Darkness Survival: Becoming a God Through Self-Study After Losing My Shelter 黑暗求生：丢失庇护所后自学成神 [Everyone Transmigrates] [Dungeons] [Unconventional Survival] [A Bounty of Cheats] [No Female Lead] [Nonlinear Stats] [Infinite Worlds] The whole world transmigrates to a land of darkness, and all people plunge into an endless abyss. Growth comes with madness, and power comes with risk. A thousandfold boost, information prompts, daily draws, offense and defense in one, luck, master of contracts, negative values, immortality, Deep Blue, daily settlement, temporal synchronization, mind over matt 192kReads8.6Score28.1k14d adds
- 57 EN Dormitory Survival: I Lie Flat and Earn Nightmare Coins 宿舍求生，我躺平赚取梦魇币 [Tower Defense + Infinite Worlds + Apocalypse + Survival + Goddesses + Monsters + Leveling Up + Lie Flat and Grow] When people woke up, they found themselves in a dormitory survival game. Blood mist shrouded the world, human civilization teetered on the brink, and the only safe place was their own dorm room! Xu Lang awakened the Nightmare Overlord sequence. He could earn Nightmare Coins just by sleeping, then use them to strengthen anything. Goddesses could even make his sleep more comfortable a 29.7kReads8.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 58 EN Sequence: Ascension 序列：升华 [Train Survival + Lone Wolf + Always One Step Ahead + Ascension and Evolution + No Saintly Heroine + No Spineless Hero] The moment Ye Qiyan opened his eyes, he found himself in a world of train survival. Everyone had to get off at a series of stations and explore to stay alive. The lucky found treasure; the unlucky lost their lives. Opportunity and danger went hand in hand. Gather supplies, upgrade your train, and build a train world of your own. As for Ye Qiyan, he possessed a one-of-a-kind asc 244.3kReads8.3Score22k14d adds
- 59 Train Survival: Activating the Foresight Module from the Start! 列车求生：开局激活预知模块！ Qi Xiao wakes up in a world where people must survive aboard trains. Every day at eight, the train stops at a random station. You can get off and explore, or stay aboard and wait for it to depart. There are endless treasures here, along with unknown dangers. Explore stations, gather supplies, upgrade your train, and do your best to survive. Qi Xiao's newcomer gift isn't food like everyone else's. Instead, he gets a module card that activates a special module: Station Forecast. Whenever the train 66.2kReads8.3Score4.9k14d adds
- 60 EN Elevator Survival, I Can Foresee Floor Information! 电梯求生，我能预知楼层信息！ [System, Survival, Unconventional Infinite-World Novel, Power Fantasy] [No do-gooder heroine!] When Lin Feng woke up, humanity had entered a world where people had to survive in elevators. Each day, an elevator randomly arrived at a floor. People could choose to explore it or stay inside the elevator and wait for the next day. Lin Feng unexpectedly awakened a precognition System that could warn him about the dangers and treasures on each floor. [The floor you are about to enter contains 20 ordin 37.9kReads8.9Score3.3k14d adds
- 61 Global Survival: The Outlaw of a Magic Wasteland 全民求生：魔法废土世界的暴徒 [Signed for print publication, new setting, no golden finger, no heroine, pets, expansive worldbuilding, disasters, construction, transmigration, game, apocalypse] Everyone transmigrates to a magical wasteland. At the start, all they have is a drafty magic tent. Chopping wood at sunrise and building walls at sunset becomes the fate of billions of survivors. Tent → wooden cabin → stone fortress... Jiang Xun thinks that’s all there is to a shelter. Until he discovers another way to upgrade: powerf 65.9kReads8.4Score5.7k14d adds
- 62 Cards for Everyone: I'm a Red Card Player from the Closed Beta 全民卡牌：我是内测红卡玩家 [Everyone Thinks Strategically] + [Cards] + [Heroes Vie for Supremacy] + [Yu-Gi-Oh!-Inspired] + [Twelve Talismans] + [Game Invasion] + [Fishing] + [One Heroine] A rain of cards ushered humanity into the Age of Cards. On top of a building, a young man fiddling with a red card spreads his arms to welcome it. Welcome to the age of Card Masters! The next moment, countless white cards and a handful of green ones rain from the sky. A voice rings out above them. “[Card Domain] has officially logged in 115kReads8.6Score6.8k14d adds
- 63 Highway Survival: Frozen from the Start, I Win by Letting My Dolls Carry Me 公路求生：冰封开局我靠玩偶躺赢 [Apocalypse for all + road survival + lie flat + homebody + dollmaker + food + adorable pets + no romance] [No female rivalry, lone-wolf protagonist, slow-paced survival, ensemble cast of dolls.] [Disasters]: Frozen plateaus, scorching deserts, floodwaters, eerie fog, and abyssal sinkholes. Su An is reborn, returning to the time before she was pulled into the game. In one month, she will be pulled into the Blue Star Ascension Survival Game, becoming one of the Blue Star players livestreaming ci 15.9kReads8.9Score2.1k14d adds
- 64 Surviving the Nightmare World 在恶梦世界惊悚求生 In the Nightmare World, chosen candidates arrive to face a brutal elimination game where the last one standing wins. Here, you'll encounter all kinds of monsters and demons, strange and beautiful scenery, and heartwarming little stories. You'll walk on the edge of life and death. You'll face all sorts of trials and tribulations, but also gain talents, skills, equipment, bloodlines, pets, fortuitous encounters, legacies, and more... You'll even have a little wooden cabin. Develop it carefully, an 29.1kReads8.7Score2.4k14d adds
- 65 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
- 66 Surviving on an Ice Floe: Everything I Salvage Comes to Life 浮冰求生：我打捞的物资全成精了 [Sneaky schemer] [Comedy] [Apocalypse] [Survival] [Everyday life] The whole world enters an icy sea survival game. From the start, all you have is a floating chunk of ice, and supplies can only be fished up! [Host detected to be facing an apocalyptic threat!] [System descending!] [System under attack from the game’s firewall!] [System has taken down the game’s firewall!] Chen Mo can’t access the System, but the world has started acting strangely, as if some rule has changed… The chunks of ice in 16.9kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
- 67 Surviving the Mist: I Can See Hints 迷雾求生：我能看到提示 Everyone transmigrates into the world of Mists. Fog stretches in every direction. From the start, all you have is a ramshackle thatched hut, and you must search the dangerous wilderness for supplies and wood, keeping your campfire burning to survive! While everyone else is still struggling to stay alive, Ye Qianfan has already used divine-level guidance to obtain equipment and an estate! [East: The outskirts of the Misty Forest. There's a silver treasure chest!] [West: A hungry lightning leopard 54.5kReads8.3Score5.1k14d adds
- 68 Shocking! I Started with a Patch of Land and Struck It Rich with Critical Hits 震惊！开局一片地，暴击出奇迹 As eras turn and the Heavenly Dao creates a new world, every race across the Myriad Worlds transmigrates into it. From the start, each person gets a plot of land and nothing else. They must build houses, farm, tame beasts, mine, and defend against attacks... Every living being must work hard to build a base of their own and stay alive. Luo Yu obtains the divine skill [Primordial Critical Hit], which can trigger a critical hit on anything in the world! [Gather ordinary strawberries and trigger a 30.8kReads8.9Score2.5k14d adds
- 69 Surviving in a Doomsday Apartment, While I Have Infinite Clones! 末日公寓求生，而我无限分身！ Everyone across the globe is transported to a series of apocalyptic apartments! Everyone awakens a talent and struggles to survive in their apartment. Jiang Ye and his classmates are transported to the same beginner apartment! Classmate A: Listen up, I awakened an S-rank talent! Classmate B: That’s great! With an S-rank talent, we’re saved! Classmate C: We’re all classmates. We should help one another! Classmate D: Big shot with an S-rank talent, carry us to victory! Jiang Ye awakens an X-rank t 9.5kReads7.8Score93114d adds
- 70 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
- 71 Survival for All: The Top-Ranked Girl Never Watches Where She’s Going 全民求生，榜一她总是不看路 Humanity on Blue Star was dragged into a survival game, and everyone collectively lost their minds. Who can relate? It’s just some lousy game, but it expects us to figure out skills on our own. It gives us a blueprint and expects us to gather materials and make things ourselves. If I could do that, would I be earning just 3,500 a month?! It was supposed to be a road survival game, but now it’s forcing us to learn stuff! Where’s the one-click learning button? Where’s the one-click crafting button 14.8kReads9.4Score1.5k14d adds
- 72 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 138kReads9.1Score11.8k14d adds
- 73 You Said It Was a Battle for All, So What Do You Mean by Setting Up a Monopoly? 说好全民争霸，你搞垄断什么意思 (The print edition has been published under the title The Final Ownership Era) [The Ultimate Owner] [Synopsis: The stars are my candlelight, the orbits my sash, and civilization my game board. It is my mercy that lets all life flourish in my garden, where no one has to measure each breath in money.] Like millions of others, Ling He was unexpectedly pulled into a war game. Outside, countless races watched hungrily. Within, humanity schemed against itself. Some wanted to become emperors, standing 55kReads8.8Score6.4k14d adds
- 74 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
- 75 EN A God-Tier Hidden Skill from the Start! I've Seen Through Everything 开局神级隐藏技能！我已看透一切 [Infinite Flow] [Lighthearted and Funny] [No Female Lead] [Livestream] [Feel-Good] Left Cheng'an was pulled into a world survival game and awakened the game's only god-tier skill, "True Sight"! From then on, he could see the other side of the game! A branch lay by the roadside. Ordinary players: "What's this thing underfoot? Get it out of the way!" What Left Cheng'an saw: [A locust branch loved by the imprisoned Eight-Legged Countess. Give it to her and you can get the quest item, "Secret Room K 70.8kReads8.7Score7.7k14d adds
- 76 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: ??? 146.7kReads8.9Score11.2k14d adds
- 77 Train Survival Begins as My Home Planet Explodes 从母星爆炸开始列车求生 [Supernatural evolution] [Civilization collection] [Theism] Their home planet explodes, and humanity escapes into the depths of space aboard interstellar trains. Chen An becomes a train conductor, carrying passengers through the struggle for survival among the stars and creating a unique civilization of his own: the Fuyao Civilization. Under his direction, the passengers sweep across the stars like locusts. They develop technology, plunder species, destroy empires, and trample civilizations. Cou 35.2kReads8.9Score2.9k14d adds
- 78 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
- 79 The Apocalypse: I Drew a Team of God-Tier Traveling Frogs 末世，我抽奖神级旅行青蛙团 [Farming + daily life + lighthearted fun + building + beast taming = ?] When the apocalypse game arrived, Qin He bound himself to a God-tier Traveling Frog System. He took naming his little frogs very seriously, despite being hopeless at coming up with names. Da Vinci: I have to find a pretty female zombie to be my master's wife. Cheng Yaojin: I bring two axes back from every trip. Is there a problem with that? Ding Chunqiu: As a poison dart frog, I'm a real assassin. Search for items? No, I wan 18.1kReads9.3Score1.8k14d adds
- 80 The Reverse Maze 逆位迷宫 On the day of his eighteenth birthday, Bai Ze's life begins a countdown. Survive or perish: that is the choice. // Three lives, six paths, a mist-shrouded maze. Nothing is harder than choosing one's fate. 92.1kReads9.5Score7.2k14d adds
- 81 EN Billions of Gods, Only I Get Hundredfold Offerings! 全民成野神？唯有我百倍供品！ [Handcrafted the Old-Fashioned Way + Everyone Becomes a God + Gods' Survival + Invincible Divine Path + Subjugating All Races + Generations Ahead] When three billion people around the world transmigrated and became wild gods. In this world, immortals and gods were nowhere to be found. Demons, monsters, and evil spirits ran rampant, while human traitors aided and abetted them. How could three billion wild gods gather worshippers, nurture subordinate gods, exorcise evil, and ascend to the throne o 127.5kReads9.0Score15.8k14d adds
- 82 EN Sequence Highway: Don't Fall Behind! 序列公路：不要掉队！ [Fresh Premise + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Not Invincible + Sequence Potions + The Supernatural + Road Survival + Upgrading Supplies + Ruthless Protagonist] The supernatural descended, turning cities into forbidden zones for humanity. People had to rely on Sequence Awakened to keep migrating. Settled life gave way to a nomadic existence. During one such migration, Chen Ye awakened an upgrade System. In his hands, a rusty bicycle transformed into an armored battle vehicle. A tattered tent e 629.9kReads8.5Score43.3k14d adds
- 83 Surviving at Sea: My Raft Leads to Peach Blossom Spring 海上求生：我的木筏通桃源 When she woke up, the world had turned upside down. Countless people had entered a game called Survival at Sea. From the start, all they had was a wooden raft and a fishing rod. Every supply had to be caught on a line. Sharks, giant beasts, bitter cold, hurricanes, and merciless hunting between people. Survival became incredibly difficult, and supplies were scarce and precious. Lu Xingchen entered the game and obtained a god-tier pocket dimension on her very first day: the Peach Blossom Sanctuar 61.7kReads9.1Score6.7k14d adds
- 84 Dorm Survival: I Was Pulled into the Management Chat 宿舍求生，我被拉进了管理群 [Infinite-flow + no saintly heroine + System + survival + satisfying read] When Chen Bei woke up, he found himself in a dormitory survival game, bound to a dorm room. During the day, players had to venture out to gather supplies, grow stronger, and fortify their dorms. When night fell, all kinds of eerie and dangerous creatures appeared. The only way to survive was to hide inside the dorm. People and their dorms lived or died together! Unlike the others, Chen Bei had gained access to the game's 107.3kReads8.9Score8.6k14d adds
- 85 I Have a Joker Card 我有一张小丑牌 They say that on the day some people turn eighteen, the gods grant them a playing card with a supernatural ability. There are 52 playing cards and 52 different abilities. Those who receive a supernatural playing card are allowed to attend the best ability-user school. The campus belle: “I have the Queen of Spades. I can conjure all kinds of weapons!” The rich kid: “My dad has the Jack of Diamonds. He can get unlimited money!” Meanwhile, somewhere, a boy took his own playing card and used all 52 157.4kReads8.9Score24.5k14d adds
- 86 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
- 87 The Top-Ranked Road Survivalist Says She'll Walk to the End of the Road 公路求生榜一说她要走到公路尽头 Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec 434kReads9.4Score40.6k14d adds
- 88 The Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoarded a Hundred Billion in Supplies 冰河末世，我囤积了百亿物资 Doomsday + reborn + massive stockpiling + playing it safe + unlimited space + dark revenge, no saintly protagonist The world enters an ice age. The freezing apocalypse arrives, and 95% of the planet's population perishes! In his previous life, Zhang Yi was killed by people he'd helped because of his kind heart. Reborn one month before the freezing apocalypse, Zhang Yi awakens a spatial ability and begins frantically stockpiling supplies! Short on supplies? He empties the hundred-billion-yuan war 359.7kReads8.7Score17.9k14d adds
- 89 EN The House of Dread 诡舍 [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 705.5kReads9.6Score103.9k14d adds
