Novels like Forging the Mountains and Rivers: I'm Earth's Repairman
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- 51 Lord of the City, Your Residents Have New Requests 城主大人，您的居民有新的需求 After the game Skyline was erased, orphan Zheng Yuchuan became the sole ruler of the dream city [Neutron City]. One crown could be exchanged for 100 yuan, and ten strands of hair could materialize one construction worker. With this god-tier golden finger, he planned to lie flat and make money, until a virus mutated in the real world, extreme heat descended, and global order collapsed. To protect himself, he casually created a “Genesis Plane” in the System, intending to make it his own private va 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 I Transmigrated to the Wanli Era and Founded a Country Overseas 穿越万历海外建国 [Transmigration + male protagonist + no System + history + colonization + founding a nation] Zhou Zhan transmigrates to the Wanli era and becomes a small landowner. Officials have their eyes on the land owned by Zhou Zhan's family. With no way to fight back against those in power, he has no choice but to leave with his family and develop the Treasure Island. No one knows what lies ahead, so let's wait and see... 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Rise of the Late Qing Begins on Sakhalin Island 清末崛起从库页岛开始 He woke to find himself in the late Qing dynasty in 1851, on Sakhalin Island in the Far East. As the East Slavic Empire steadily extended its influence, the Qing court did nothing but yield and send elite troops from beyond the passes to suppress the rebellion. That same year, a patrol unit that had arrived on Sakhalin received orders to enter the passes and put down the rebellion! But then something unexpected happened... 93Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 54 Rising to Power on Sakhalin Island in the Late Qing Dynasty 清末崛起库页岛 I woke up to find myself in the late Qing era! Now that I’m here, I can’t let my transmigrator status go to waste. Tanks, planes, warships: once they roll out, the great powers will cry, “How is this possible?” —Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 55 Iron-Blooded Salt Merchant: From Qinghai to the Bering Sea 铁血盐商：从青海到白令 Xiao Ce, a modern expert in the military-industrial supply chain, wakes up to find himself in the body of a destitute refugee on the verge of freezing to death beside Qinghai's salt lake. He has also transmigrated with a cold, mechanical [Myriad Worlds Trading System]. Finished guns and cannons cost a fortune in the System, but individual gun barrels, firing pins, and barrels of smokeless powder are cheap enough to be priced by the ton. Xiao Ce grins. He knows these rules all too well. So while 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 56 What Do You Mean, You Introduced the 36 Rifle During the Guangxu Era? 什么叫你在光绪，点出36步枪？ Transmigrate to a parallel world. Rise from 1889, then start flipping the table in 1895. Flip it, flip it, flip it. I want this world to never again be able to hide the truth from people like us. A power fantasy. 2.9kReads7.3Score5414d adds
- 57 The Quantum Furnace: Rebooting 1902 量子熔炉：重启1902 In 2025, Tang Long was a down-and-out, forty-year-old deliveryman. After an accident, his soul traveled back in time and he was reborn in the body of a fifteen-year-old scavenger beside Suzhou Creek in Shanghai, at the end of the Qing dynasty in 1902. He also gained his own golden finger: a quantum intelligent technology space. At the time, Shanghai, and indeed all of China, was under the sway of foreign concessions and their self-governing authorities. Qing officials were corrupt and incompeten —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 I Became a Super Warlord 我成了超级军阀 [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] Hu Ping and Xia Baimeng transmigrated to Daxia, a feudal monarchy that never existed in history! At home, there are no wise ministers to advise the ruler; abroad, hostile nations threaten their borders. The people are starving, the land is strewn with corpses, and foreign powers watch hungrily from every direction. A legend in an alternate world is about to begin. These are years of passion and fervor. An age of war and heroes. And a collection of heartwarming yet 7Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 59 Warlord: A Division as a Mission Reward from the Start 军阀：开局任务奖励一个师 College student Liu Lin accidentally transmigrates to the alternate world of the Great Zhou Empire. The empire is mired in warlord conflict, but with help from the System, Liu Lin completes missions and eventually unites the Great Zhou, crushing the foreign powers! [Congratulations, Host! You completed the mission “A New Arrival.” Reward: a division’s worth of German equipment!] [Congratulations, Host! You completed the mission “A Little Fame.” Reward: a large munitions factory!] [Congratulation 126Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 Transmigrated as the Great Strategist, I Was Thrust into the Role 穿成大军师，我被赶鸭子上架 Actor Yang Congsheng was filming a television drama when something went wrong. He collapsed unconscious, and when he woke up, he discovered that he had somehow ended up in the body of the all-powerful Left Assistant Chief Strategist of the Celestial Dynasty. With opposing forces preparing to assassinate him and troubles mounting both within and without, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and keep playing the role... 2.1kReads7.6Score11514d adds
- 61 I Hijacked the Late Qing: You Can Leave, but Leave Your Money! 截胡晚清，人可以走，钱留下！ Transmigration + history + treasure appraisal + scheming protagonist + patriotism Your Qing dynasty is doomed. I know! But transferring your assets overseas? That’s a bit hard to justify, isn’t it? Gold and silver, antiques, documents, and all those resources… My lords and princes… You can leave, but the money stays! Thieves who raid people’s homes get their backs broken! This story is entirely fictional, an artistic work based on a historical setting, with no political allegory intended. 10Reads—Score11514d adds
- 62 A Prince's Son from the Start: Become Emperor and Rule the World 开局王爷儿子，做皇帝，称霸世界 Ye Fei transmigrates to a parallel world with a Qing Dynasty just like the one in history, becoming the son of Prince Li. An orphan in his previous life, Ye Fei is cherished by everyone in this one. He had planned to coast through life, but after hearing of the Qing Dynasty’s crushing defeat in the Opium War, he finally decides to do what he can for his country and change the tragic fate of its people. Just then, the System activates. It’s a sign-in system: sign in every day, and once enough 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Republican Era: Stealing My Sister-in-Law, More Children, More Blessings from the Start 民国：截胡大嫂，开局多子多福 In an age of war and chaos, as rival powers battle for supremacy, a young man bearing a mysterious System keeps his ambitions hidden. He capitalizes on the tides of the era to amass wealth, establish industries, and train elite troops. Rising step by step amid the turmoil, he reshapes the fate of the realm and forges an earthshaking empire. 9kReads—Score92814d adds
- 64 Transmigrating to the Late Qing: From Bandit to King of the Northeast 穿越清末从土匪到东北王 [Industry]+ [Technology]+ [Military]+ [Political Intrigue] The protagonist, Zhang Jing’an, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a minor Boxer Rebellion leader in Northeast China in 1900. While being hunted down by Qing troops, he unexpectedly awakens the Hearts of Iron System. After driving off the Qing troops, the group has nowhere to go and is forced to become bandits. Their very first heist is the kidnapping of a county magistrate, but the magistrate accidentally drowns while trying to 109Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Xianfeng's Reign Begins: After Helping the Qing Crush a Rebellion, I Turn Around and Destroy It 咸丰开局：帮清平叛后我反手灭清 From a fallen tribal chieftain to the governor-general of a province, he fought his way up and took command of a hundred thousand troops. The Qing court saw him as a lackey, the rebel forces saw him as a formidable foe, and no one in the land knew what he was plotting. Once the fighting in western Yunnan was quelled, the court issued an edict demanding the five-hundred-year-old tribal seal, intent on stripping him of his foundations and seizing his troops. He had endured all he could. There was 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Reborn as a Warlord in the Late Qing Dynasty 重生晚清做军阀 In the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu, the Gengzi Incident erupted. The Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, Empress Dowager Cixi fled, and the Qing dynasty was stripped bare. I opened my eyes and found myself the spoiled eldest son of a wealthy family in Tai’an, Shandong. First, I shot the county magistrate’s only son at the Zuixian Tower. Then, before I knew it, my whole family, all thirty-eight of us, were being hunted as we fled north. We hadn’t even crossed the Shandong border when my pare 6.6kReads—Score40314d adds
- 67 An Empire Forged in Blood and Fire 帝国血火 The Qing dynasty has reached its end. Should we change the dynasty or reform imperial rule? No! This is the Han people's land! Is history's cycle destined to repeat? When dynasties rise, the people suffer. When dynasties fall, the people suffer. At history's crossroads, we believe in the raging tide of blood and fire, and hold fast to an undying resolve. We want a prosperous nation and peaceful people. We want all nations to pay tribute. We want the world to tremble. We want the morning sun to b 936Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 68 The Late Qing Dynasty: Let This Great Qing Fall, for All I Care 清末，这大清不保也罢 A baby's cry rang through the skies at the Li residence in 1854. Twenty-seven-year-old Li Hongzhang said excitedly, “I have a child!” He named him Li Jingxiao. Who could have known the child was a transmigrator from 21st-century Earth? At five years old, he acquired a Talent System. After years of scheming, he seized power from his own father, Li Hongzhang. Li Jingxiao said, “Father, you're old. You can't protect this Qing Empire. Look at your subordinates: they're all my people. Hand over your 26Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 69 The Age of Sea Power 海权时代 Coming toward you is this world's: Strongest maritime power! True empire on which the sun never sets! Blue Star's world police! The beacon of justice for the world! An essential cornerstone of world peace! A vital pillar of stability! Being a dog for Longhan is the greatest honor, woof! 40Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 70 Saving the Qing Dynasty, 1836 拯救大清1836 The protagonist unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel universe in the year 5836 and becomes the Emperor Daguan of the Great Xuan. That world has many things in common with the real universe. A century of humiliation is about to begin in this parallel universe, and a series of wars, including the Pa Pa Hua War and the Xuan-Gentry War, will finally help Great Qing rise again! He isn't saving a feudal dynasty, but the countless people of the East who lived in that era! 3Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 71 Northeastern Warlord: Slaughtering Japanese Invaders from the Start 东北军阀，开局就乱杀倭寇 [War of Resistance]+ [Struggle for supremacy]+ [Late Qing and Republican eras]+ [If they won’t yield, fight them. Kill, kill, kill!] Zhao Zhenhua transmigrated to a parallel version of Northeast China, where his very first battle ended with the extermination of the bandits who had attacked a village. “Ding! Fourteen enemies eliminated. Reward: 140 million!” With a wave of his hand, he brought a “factory producing ten thousand rifles” up to full capacity, building the strongest iron-blooded force 11Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 72 Back on the Execution Ground: Yang Kaizhi's Beiyang Years 刑场重开：杨凯之的北洋生涯 I open my eyes and find myself reborn as Yang Kaizhi from As If We Had Just Met. In this life, I hold the literary works of the future in my left hand, while the course of Republican-era political intrigue flows at my fingertips in my right. I will stir the currents of this turbulent age with one timeless masterpiece after another. When the world finally realizes what is happening, those in power will discover that I control both the empire's purse strings and the literary scene among the peo 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Transmigrated as a Young Marshal, My Father Is Zhang Zuolin 穿越少帅，家父张作霖 I transmigrated into the TV series Young Marshal. These days, every transmigration story comes with a golden finger, and I found them boring, so I decided to write one myself. I don't know how good my writing is, so feel free to give it a read. If you like it, say a few kind words; if you don't, feel free to criticize it. And if you spot anything wrong, please point it out. I'll fix whatever I can. The main thing is, I'm willing to listen. 15Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 74 Back to the Republic of China as a General 回到民国做将军 A delivery guy is in a traffic accident while making a delivery and transmigrates from the modern world to the chaotic Republic of China era, a time of raging wars, warring warlords, and bandits everywhere. From then on, he begins a life with cheat-like advantages! 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 I Bought the Republic of China 我买下了民国 After transmigrating to the Republic of China era, I discovered I could travel back and forth between that time and the modern day. Before long, modern times had gained a trove of antiques, while the gold and silver I brought back allowed Yuan Kewen, possessing the body of Yuan family's second son, to buy up the Republic of China. 2Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 76 I Betrayed Cixi and Became the Big Shot of the Beiyang Army 背刺慈禧，我成了北洋扛把子 [No System + Late Qing Dynasty + Plot + Political Intrigue + Epic-Length] Transmigrated into the body of a low-ranking military officer in the late Qing, Pei Liang stares at the queue at the back of his head and falls into deep thought. His superior is the unpredictable Empress Dowager Cixi. His colleagues are princes and powerful officials with their own schemes. And the history assignment is the looming national catastrophe of 1900. 261Reads5.2Score10314d adds
- 77 China, 1911: Forged in Blood and Iron 1911铁血中华 He transmigrates to 1911, on the eve of a transformation unseen in five thousand years. The Qing dynasty falls, and the Republic is founded. In this chaotic era of relentless warfare, Lu Zhentang, from a later generation, cries out inside: “This is my stage!” China's suffering must be ended! A Republic forged in blood and iron must be built! One battle of wits after another, one bloody struggle after another, one glorious victory after another! With an iron fist, he will forge a mighty China and 355Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Reborn as a Warlord: Combining Weapon Fragments 重生军阀之武器碎片合成 In the third year of the Xiaoming era, the barbarian dynasty invaded the Starfall Empire with thirty thousand troops. Reborn Han Jingxing was called upon in the empire's hour of need and appointed commander of a major-general's division. [Beep! Fragment of a Type 38 bolt-action rifle detected. Weapon fragment acquired. Progress toward assembly: 1/8.] Hearing the voice in his mind, Han Jingxing immediately abandoned the idea of surrendering. Many years later. “Marshal, isn't what we're doing a vi 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 The Zhu Ming Dynasty Rises Again, Starting in Australia 朱明再起，从澳洲开始 The 15th day of the 10th month, year 290 of Chongzhen. The Crown Prince's Grandson discusses the selection of consorts with his ministers. With the imperial clan dwindling, there is no one to take charge. The ministers say the selection should follow the laws laid down by the ancestors, but the Crown Prince's Grandson refuses! The Crown Prince's Grandson says, “All the consorts are my wives. I should choose them myself.” The ministers object, saying this would offend public decency! The Crown Pr 105Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 From the Start in the Late Qing, I Build an Overseas Empire on Nine Generations of Glory 开局晚清奋九世余烈打造海外帝国 Late Qing history + only the protagonist has modest supernatural abilities + founding a nation overseas + a struggle against the Western powers This is a slow-burn novel. People get killed left and right: the male lead’s entire family is killed within thirty chapters, the female lead dies within eighty, the male lead starts killing within two hundred, and at least a hundred million people die within a thousand chapters. The story spans two hundred years. It is not a mindless, fast-paced power 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Dare to Give the Sun and Moon a New Face 敢教日月换新颜 [Late Ming Dynasty + Born into the Past (the System's mistake sent the soul instead) + Group Transmigration and Farming + Political Intrigue + Wits and Strategy + Red Revolution + Revolution + No System + Ensemble Cast] [The pacing may be slow. The protagonist's current storyline is only at age seven, so please bear with it, comrades.] The late Ming is a world in chaos, with heaven and earth collapsing and starving corpses covering the fields. Luo Jin Ci arrives via transmigration with the spark 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 War of Resistance: I Broadcast to the Nation as the Feng Army Enters the Pass 抗战：通电全国，我奉军入关 [Warlords. Territorial expansion. War of Resistance. Overwhelming victories] Zhang Yao transmigrates to a parallel world, where he becomes a mere bandit. In this perilous era, he fearlessly leads his brothers in building up their strength and rising to power amid the chaos. He has just one goal: to make sure the tragedy never happens again. 163Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 War of Resistance: Steal Xiao Liu's Fortune and Become a Beiyang Warlord 抗战：抢小六气运，成北洋大军阀 [Warlord-Era Republic of China] [Building His Own Power] [Characters from Drawing Sword] [Artillery God Yang Zhihua] [Snow Leopard’s Zhou Weiguo] After transmigrating to year 21 of the New Calendar, he became the marshal’s adopted son. Xiao Liu seized power, yet wouldn’t fire a single shot. In a fit of rage, Li Yunfei stole Xiao Liu’s fortune and set out to build his own power… 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 Starting from Scratch: The Navy and the Road to Revival 从零开始的海军和复兴之路 (Development) + (Naval warfare) + (A partial golden finger, no resources) + (Shipbuilding) + (Slow burn) My name is Wang Yu. I transmigrated to a parallel world, into a country called Zhonghua. Everything it is going through now resembles the modern history of my homeland that I studied on Earth. Can I use what I learned on Earth to help Zhonghua break free of the Great Powers' oppression and forge its own path to revival? 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 The Revolution in South America 南美的革命 It was the beginning of a great wave. As ordinary people, the most we could do was go with the flow, following Garibaldi to witness another revolution and unification. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 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—14d adds
- 87 Great Warlord: From the Start, I Have Katyusha Rockets, but Not Enough Firepower 大军阀：开局喀秋莎，火力不足 Reborn in the Great Heng Dynasty, he becomes a powerful warlord. The Japanese are watching like hawks, and the Russians are sharpening their weapons. What should he do? Asking online, urgent! Luckily, he gets a fishing System. One cast a day, reeling in a happy life. Katyusha rocket launchers, P-51 Mustang fighters, Gustav guns, mushroom clouds... Zhang Xuesi: I think my fear of not having enough firepower has finally been cured. 3Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 88 Who Manipulated the 20th Century? 是谁，操纵了20世纪？ [Transmigrate to the Late Qing] + [Battleships and Big Guns] + [Found a Nation in the South Seas] + [International Intrigue] + [No Harem] + [Contend for Supremacy] Reborn in 1898: I Became the New Great Power Transmigrating to 1898, the protagonist makes a fortune shorting stocks in Shanghai and fleecing foreigners, then builds up industry and the military in Qiongzhou, giving the great powers a savage beating. While the gentlemen of the Old Continent test their endurance in the trenches, his mu 44Reads8.8Score314d adds
- 89 Back to World War I: Dominating the Military Industry 重返一战：制霸军工时代 [Feel-good, passionate, military industry, technology] Bai Jiangshan obtains a key that lets him travel between two radically different eras! Polished digital machine tools, terrifying modern weapons, and miraculous medicine: this is 2023. War and fear are everywhere: this is 1914. Return to the past and use modern technology to create more “harmonious” weapons, bringing the family arms factory back to life! 7Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 90 I Transmigrated to the Late Qing Dynasty, and I’m Here to Beat the Great Powers! 穿越晚清，老子打的就是列强！ [Transmigration + court politics and schemes + no System + no heroine + farming] Liu Yu transmigrates to a parallel world during the Daoguang era and miraculously becomes Yikui, the emperor's eldest son. The Opium War is just eight years away. Armed with scientific knowledge from the 21st century, he prepares to make his mark. First, he will build up his own power and repel Britain's invasion. Then he will strike north against Russia, crush Japan to the east, and defeat and colonize the Western 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Republican Era: Building a New World from 1900 民国：从1900打造新世界 Chen Wanchuan woke up to find himself in a parallel world in the year 1900. Looking at the hellscape of starving corpses and foreign powers running rampant, he laughed. The imperial court? The great powers? All worthless! This rotten dynasty must be overthrown! This chaotic, broken age must be smashed! He would shatter this old world that devoured its people and build a new one where everyone had food to eat, clothes to wear, and dignity. 28Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 92 Transmigrated to Qing China to Rebel: Ten Thousand Miles of Chinese Territory 穿清造反：中华十万里江山 Zhang Wenjie fell asleep and transmigrated to the Qing dynasty, right in the Qianlong era. He thought he could overthrow the Manchus and build a vast empire for China, one spanning a hundred thousand li, a true empire on which the sun never sets. And why not unite all of Asia under one country, too? 1.1kReads7.3Score10314d adds
- 93 Dual Transmigration: I Have a System in Uncle Nine’s World 双穿：我在九叔世界有系统 212Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Warlord: The Road to a Strong Army 军阀：强军之路 Zhou He, born in 2000, transmigrates to a parallel world in the early twentieth century. What should he do? Faced with a world and history so similar to his own, will he help bring about the founding of the nation, or… 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Republican China: I Rule Shanghai with a Weapons System 人在民国：靠军火系统称霸沪上 The moment Li Fei opens his eyes, he finds himself a degenerate gambler in 1915 Shanghai, with killers on his tail from the start! At the brink of death, he binds himself to the Ironblood Arsenal System, trading silver dollars for guns and cannons! With a Mauser pistol, he kills a gang boss. Grenades wipe out the Little Sword Society's main force, and within three days he takes Zhabei! Foreigners trying to extort him? Li Fei points his gun at them: “Rules? I am the rules!” Opium dens and gamblin 8.5kReads6.3Score50414d adds
- 96 Warlords of the Republic: Reunifying China 民国军阀：中华秋叶海棠归于一统 From military academy student to colonel and regimental commander, then to the man everyone calls Marshal. This is a firsthand account of my transmigration to the Republican era, a story of my struggle to rise from a junior officer to a great warlord. In short, my struggle. 33Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 97 Late Qing: I’ll Make the Great Powers Kneel and Sing ‘We Conquer’! 晚清：我让列强跪着唱征服！ No harem, no clichés, no invincibility, no System. Enter at your own risk. After transmigrating to a parallel world in the late Qing Dynasty, Liu Haoran had hoped to live quietly as a landlord’s young master. Instead, he was forced to become the face of an industrial powerhouse! After overcoming one obstacle after another, he looked back on the road he had traveled and couldn’t help but marvel: “Turns out I’m the foreign power!” Empress Dowager Cixi (trembling): “This Liu Haoran... Is he plannin 12Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 98 Warlord: Reborn, I’ll Start by Rolling for a Lottery System 军阀：再重生，我先爆个抽奖系统 Warlords, transmigration, rebirth, System In my first life, I transmigrated and was reborn on Yuanwu Star. I lived freely for decades, until my enemies rose to power and destroyed my family. Only then did I finally wake up to reality. I never expected to be reborn again. The first thing I did was crush my enemy, but somehow, that even triggered a System. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 1906: I Have a Portable Hospital 1906：我有一间随身医院 Zhao Feihong transmigrates to the Hualan Kingdom of 1906 with a space hospital. In this age of ceaseless warfare, just how much can a hospital, rather than a weapon, accomplish? Let us wait and see... 226Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 100 The Southeast Asian Federation 东南亚联邦 Transmigrating to the Republican era, with no System or pocket dimension, he builds a nation overseas. He leads soldiers and civilians in reclaiming wasteland and growing crops. He oversees industrial development and creates antibiotics, Katyusha rockets, and three-wheeled aircraft. He joins World War II, crushing Japan and liberating Oceania and West Asia. He leads the people of Southeast Asia to independence and liberation, founding the Southeast Asian Federation. —Reads—Score—14d adds
