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- 1 Immortality Begins with Mining Spirit Stones 从挖灵石开始长生 Zhao Yi transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation. After thirty years of training at a cultivation academy, he’s still stuck at the third level of Qi Refining. He has failed to cultivate immortality and is now 4,000 spirit stones in debt. With no other choice, he goes mining to pay it off, only to awaken the Miner System... [You mined a low-grade spirit stone. Experience +1] [First low-grade spirit stone mined. Reward: Good Luck Card (30 seconds)] 1.4kReads6.4Score117Shelves
- 2 Wilderness Gold Rush: Australia Has Gold Mines Galore 荒野淘金：澳洲金矿有点多 [Gold prospecting + beauties + Australia + gold + territory + System] Australia, the place with more gold than anywhere else in the world. Chen Mo awakens the Gold Bloodline System, which can detect where gold is located. Starting out as a gold prospector, he gradually builds his own golden empire. He encounters a gang that controls the gold trade through the black market; he faces a mining giant's ruthless attempts to wipe him out; he hunts for clues to the missing gold fleet of Britain's First 722Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 3 Let's Strike Gold! Let's Get Rich! 淘金吧！暴富吧！ Urban life + gold prospecting + one couple + investment + Tycoon. Liu Weimin wakes up one day as another version of himself, and somehow he has a wife and an adorable daughter. What can he do but work hard to support his family? Fortunately, he has a System. Though it glitched out and left him with only scraps, even scraps feel great when there's gold in his hands. Watch as this poor young man rises from the lowest rung of gold prospecting to become a billionaire. 587Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 4 The Mining Empire's Overlord 超级矿业霸主 He acquires a super industrial mother machine, rises from the countryside, mines across the globe, and builds up an army among the stars. 123Reads8.2Score101Shelves
- 5 The God of Currency Who Runs a Scrap Yard 开废品收购站的货币之神 After an accident, Gu Ping inherits the divine status of the God of Currency and returns to the time a few years ago when he had just opened a scrap recycling shop. Through repeated experiments, Gu Ping discovers that the divine status that came to him by chance has mutated under the influence of this world’s fundamental laws, becoming a primordial treasure much like the legendary Jade Disc of Creation. After establishing an initial bond with the divine status, Gu Ping inherits some of the God o 5.7kReads6.7Score368Shelves
- 6 Gold Diggers, Gold-Digger Souls, Gold Diggers Are All Better Than the Rest 淘金人，淘金魂，淘金都是人上人 [Urban Fantasy + City Life + Reborn + System Cheats + Tycoon + One Female Lead + Gold Prospecting] Gambler Yang Fan unexpectedly awakens the Gold Prospector System. From the start, he pawns his wife's dowry jade bangle to buy a metal detector. "Wow, I dug up silver nuggets, and now I've found a gold nugget! Who knew gold prospecting could be this thrilling?" "If you can make money doing this, who the hell would gamble?" With the System able to pinpoint locations and give updates, Yang Fan qu 2.6kReads8.2Score166Shelves
- 7 Online Game: Continent of Gods and Demons, You Fight Monsters While I Mine! 网游神魔大陆，你们打怪我挖矿！ One day, Zhang Yu, a supermarket clerk, finds an officially issued game bracelet for the Continent of Gods and Demons outside his home. He remembers that the game’s main selling points are its 100 percent realism and the guaranteed exchange of game currency for real-world dragon coins. The chance to exchange game currency for dragon coins draws Zhang Yu into the game. Once inside, he discovers that, unlike other online games, this one forces players to choose between a combat class and a craftin 10.1kReads6.5Score740Shelves
- 8 Reborn, I Make My Fortune Picking Up Trash at Sea 重生，我靠海里捡垃圾发家致富 Zhang Fan was reborn. In his previous life, he was a member of Xia Guo's most mysterious unit, the Golden Prospecting Team. After discovering a gold mine, he was envied and brutally killed. This time, Zhang Fan chose to leave the service and return to his hometown, a small fishing village. As soon as he got home, a matchmaker introduced him to two top-notch sisters as potential wives. His future mother-in-law demanded a bride price of 250,000 yuan. What could he do without the money? Head out to 4.9kReads7.8Score582Shelves
- 9 Gold Rush: I Made It Big in Australia 淘金：我在澳洲做大佬 My new work is here! Welcome to read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.1kReads5.8Score—Shelves
- 10 I Am a God-Tier Mining Magnate 我是神级大矿主 Someone bragged to me about how rich he was. I looked at the hundreds of mining permits in my hands. Someone bragged about how many underlings he had. I looked at the hundreds of thousands of employees at my mines. I’m Chen Sheng, a no-nonsense mining tycoon with godlike abilities. While you’re still mining on Earth, my mines have already spread throughout the 2.8kReads8.5Score159Shelves
- 11 Interstellar Mining on the Road to Prosperity 星际挖矿奔小康 Being righteous alone isn’t enough for a protagonist. A touch of banditry to put petty villains in their place. A little roguishness to play with the world. Keep a hint of defiance, and never bow your head. Show some sharpness when cutting down corrupt scoundrels. Strength is the backbone that lets you stand tall and open up the sky. Gentleness is the way to navigate the world and protect its source of life. Only by balancing strength and gentleness can you stay true to your original purpose. Th 1.2kReads7.1Score100Shelves
- 12 The Otherworldly City Mine Owner 异市矿主 When rifts tear open the skies above the Eternal Continent, a hundred races descend, each bearing fangs and claws. Gears and wings collide in a symphony of death. Howls beneath the moonlight tear away the mask of peace, and yesterday’s great powers become ruins overnight. Zhang Shi tightens his grip on his blade, feeling the God-Eater Worm stirring inside him. He knows that this so-called integration is nothing but a feast for the strong and a graveyard for the weak. In this struggle for surviv 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 From the Start, I'm a Wilderness Gold Prospector: I Haul My Gold Away by the Truckload! 开局荒野淘金客，我黄金用车拉！ One man, one car, one dog. A metal detector in his left hand, a little shovel in his right! Unable to take another day of being squeezed dry by his idiot boss for a monthly salary of just 1,500 yuan, Li Dashan quit on the spot. He put what little he had on the line, headed for the western wilderness, and became a proud wilderness gold prospector! After awakening the Voice of All Things, he could communicate with all kinds of animals without a hitch! With connections spreading across the wilderne 6.9kReads8.3Score530Shelves
- 14 Is There No Law? I Can See Through Everything, So I Look Wherever I Want! 没王法，顶着透视眼乱看！ [Stone gambling + antiques appraisal + X-ray vision + settling scores on the spot + ruthless and decisive + underdog comeback + stress relief] Xiao Yang is a deliveryman who gains X-ray vision after a thug ambushes him and injures his head while he's helping a beauty catch her cheating boyfriend in the act. From then on, he turns his life around, gaining money, beautiful women, luxury cars, mansions, and power... [This is a feel-good underdog comeback story. If it doesn't make you happy, come fi 7.4kReads7.9Score875Shelves
- 15 My Path to Immortality Begins as a Mine Slave 修仙从矿奴开始 He was stunned to be reborn as a mine slave in the world of cultivation! That would be bad enough, but while everyone else gets to work for their golden finger, he has to do backbreaking work for his first! Did Heaven have it in for him, tossing him into the cultivation world just to be a pack mule? Wang Tianyu: “I never wanted to be a mine slave. I just hate that I'm too slow to run away!” Also, stop complaining that I'm too much of a do-gooder. Keep a positive attitude and believe in the light 14kReads8.5Score770Shelves
- 16 Divine Truth-Eye: You Don’t Know the Joy of Mining for Treasure 神级真眼：挖矿寻宝的快乐你不懂 Poor Zhao An unexpectedly acquires the Eye of Truth, just like the true sight in a certain game. Once he plants it, he can see through every hidden thing and every illusion in the world. So what are they waiting for? Buy lottery tickets, gamble on jade, start companies, dig for gold and gemstones, and uncover all the secret treasures buried across the planet... Zhao An shouts, “It’s mine, it’s mine, it’s all mine!” “What? King Solomon’s treasure, ranked number one in the Western world? Hand it o 8.2kReads8.8Score607Shelves
- 17 The Ultimate Salvage King 极品打捞王 71% of Earth's surface is surrounded by oceans, and at least three million sunken ships lie quietly on the seafloor, waiting to be discovered! What does that mean? Wealth? Fame? No! No! No! In the eyes of Xiao Peng, the King of Salvage, that's all garbage! As a cleaner of the ocean, every one of these shipwrecks... IS! MINE! 18.9kReads8.4Score1.6kShelves
- 18 Golden Eyes: King of Antiques and Gemstone Gambling 黄金瞳：鉴宝赌石王 [Stone gambling] [Rise to power] [Satisfying read] [Tycoon] [Bargain hunting] [Antique appraisal] [Face-slapping] Ye Fan’s life hits rock bottom: he loses his job, falls into debt, and gets abandoned. Then a fragment of a mysterious ancient jade streaks across his eyes. When he wakes, the whole world has changed. In the scrap yard, stones bloom with the radiance of Imperial Green wherever his fingers point. At ghost-market stalls, his sharp eyes reveal a genuine Tang dynasty Buddha hidden in a p 90Reads7.1Score129Shelves
- 19 Why Are You Looking Around with Those X-Ray Eyes Instead of Gambling on Jade? 透视眼不去赌石，乱看什么呢 [X-ray vision + stone gambling + scratch-off tickets + antique appraisal + bargain hunting + tycoon + farming + livestreaming + rags-to-riches comeback] On his way to take out a loan, he was sent flying when a woman driver slammed on the gas and hit him. By sheer luck, he gained X-ray vision. From then on, A stunningly beautiful rich woman chased after him, eager to get close. The campus belle won his heart through his stomach with her cooking, and a breathtakingly beautiful CEO wanted to hand h 5.7kReads8.3Score711Shelves
- 20 After My Ex Cheated on Me, I Struck It Rich on Gemstones 被前女友绿后，我赌石暴富 [X-Ray Vision + Appraising Treasures + Stone Gambling + Underdog's Comeback + Underworld + Treasure Hunting + Tomb Raiding] After He Jianghai caught his girlfriend cheating, the other man retaliated by blinding him. When He received a corneal transplant donated by a kind stranger, he unexpectedly gained X-ray vision! From then on, he rose to the top and became a winner in life. [An exhilarating underdog comeback story, well worth a read!] 875Reads7.0Score101Shelves
- 21 Heavenly Eye: King of Stone Gambling 透视天眼：赌石王 [Jade gambling] [Power fantasy] In a single night, his family was ruined, his company went bankrupt, and his father died with a grudge in his heart. He fell from the heights of success and became a lowly apprentice in the jade market, struggling amid endless mockery and despair. Then the jade pendant passed down through his family merged with his eye, unexpectedly granting him the power to see through everything and discern the glow of treasures! From then on, no flawed jade or hidden treasure c 742Reads6.8Score102Shelves
- 22 Stone Gambling: One Touch and I'm Rich 赌石：让我摸一下就发财 [Myanmar + Jade Gambling + Pocket Dimension + Wish Fulfillment + Appraisal + Tycoon] In the mining districts of Myanmar, he gains the ability to gamble on jade and a small portable pocket dimension. Just by touching a piece of jade with his left hand, he can tell its quality. So it makes perfect sense that every top-grade jadeite rough stone should belong to him, right? 15.9kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
- 23 X-Ray Vision: Gambling on Jade and Appraising Treasures 透视眼赌石鉴宝 [X-ray vision + stone gambling + antiques appraisal + underdog comeback + bargain hunting + antiques] While making a delivery, deliveryman Su Ming came across a beautiful woman whose faucet was broken. As he helped her fix it, he suddenly gained X-ray vision. From then on, his life was like a cheat code, carrying him all the way to the top. 2.2kReads7.6Score292Shelves
- 24 The King of Jade Gambling 赌石王 [Stone gambling + multiple female leads] On his way to work on his electric scooter, Mo Yu crashes into a BMW. The bad news: He crashed into a BMW! The good news: It belongs to his boss. Beautiful boss: “What the hell? Who dares hit my BMW!” Taking a closer look: “Oh, it’s just my workhorse!” Afterward, Mo Yu does odd jobs for his beautiful boss after work every day to pay for the repairs, and accidentally gains X-ray vision and a pocket dimension... From then on, his life is one lucky break aft 3.3kReads7.7Score408Shelves
- 25 The Master of Jade Gambling With X-Ray Vision 透视赌石高手 [Stone gambling + antique appraisal + casinos + an ordinary man's rise + multiple heroines + scratch cards + farming + everyday life] At a company team-building event, he accidentally spots his stunning female boss using the restroom in a small grove. By a twist of fate, he awakens the power of X-ray vision. From then on, he uses his X-ray vision to appraise antiques and find hidden treasures, win big with scratch cards, dominate the casinos, discover valuable antiques and paintings, and gamble 790Reads6.3Score103Shelves
- 26 From Jade Cutter to Lord of Jadeite 从也木西到翡翠之主 A rising young star on the verge of becoming a second-tier celebrity is ambushed. At death's door, he unexpectedly gains an incredible supernatural ability and a mysterious space. Starting out as a rough laborer in a jade mining district, he enters the stone gambling business, turns his fate 7.5kReads8.3Score841Shelves
- 27 X-Ray Eyes: Appraising Treasures and Gambling on Jade 透视眼鉴宝赌石 [Underdog comeback + X-ray vision + treasure appraisal + stone gambling + satisfying wish fulfillment + bargain hunting + tomb raiding] Zhang Wei is a miserable low-level wage worker. Unable to pay his rent, he works for his landlord in lieu of payment. While fixing the landlord’s faucet, the landlord’s husband comes home. Zhang Wei hides in a closet and accidentally cuts his finger on a nail, awakening his X-ray vision. From then on, his life takes off. Money, beautiful women, luxury cars, mans 351Reads7.8Score132Shelves
- 28 Divorced in Middle Age, I Strike It Rich Through Stone Gambling, and My Ex-Wife Regrets It 中年离婚，赌石暴富，前妻后悔 [Stone Gambling + Antiques Appraisal + Underdog’s Rise + X-Ray Vision + Tycoon + Farming + Everyday Urban Life + No Harem] Unable to bear their frugal, impoverished life any longer, he decided to take a chance for his family. He used years of savings to open a hot pot restaurant with a friend, only to get cheated by that friend, lose everything, and end up owing a huge amount in loan-shark debt. When a gang boss came to collect, his wife immediately asked for a divorce, and he left with nothing. 1.7kReads7.6Score186Shelves
- 29 Conquering an Alien Planet Through Mining 占领异星从挖矿开始 On a desolate planet, Jiang Ye opened the chat channel for the "Interstellar Colony." His fellow colonists were chatting away: "We all arrived empty-handed, so why is Jiang Ye so rich now?" "What I want to know is, how does Jiang Ye upgrade his base so fast? I’ve reached level ten, while he’s at level forty. That makes no sense!" "He sells a ton of gold every day! Does his family own a gold mine?" "They must have a mine at home. How about we..." Jiang Ye gave a cold laugh and posted in the cha 7.7kReads8.8Score641Shelves
- 30 Treasure-Hunting Livestream: Everywhere I Look, I See Hidden Treasures 直播捡漏：我眼中到处是宝藏 A sudden accident leaves Xiao Ran in an impossible predicament, but also grants him an unbelievable superpower. With this miraculous ability, Xiao Ran sets out on an extraordinary treasure-hunting adventure in a foreign land, finding hidden bargains along the way. This book is also known as "Live-Streaming Treasure Finds: Clearing Out the West's Wealth", "Finding a Bargain Feels Great, and Finding Bargains Forever Feels Even Better", "Scammed by Americans: My Revenge with X-Ray Vision", "Live-St 41.3kReads9.0Score3.2kShelves
- 31 So Handsome, Even the Beauties Throw Themselves at Me 帅到靓女都来倒贴 After Wu Shuaibao settled down, he lay on the plank bed, wondering what the future held for him. Suddenly, a voice rang in his mind: Handsome System activated! 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 I Told You to Pan for Gold! Do You Even Know What That Means? Why Are You Hauling It Away by Car? 让你淘金，淘金懂吗！你用车拉？ A financial crisis sent wages plummeting, and newly graduated students fought tooth and nail for jobs paying just 1,200 yuan. Fresh graduate Chen Feng couldn’t take the disappointment. He stayed home, hanging around doing nothing, smoking and drinking every day. Luckily, he awakened the Gold Prospector System. With a metal detect 19.3kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
- 33 Necromancer in a World of Warcraft 异世魔兽之死灵法师 [Warhammer universe + necromancer + apocalyptic disaster + World of Warcraft + mecha space battles] A young man transmigrates to an alien planet. This is a World of Warcraft where spirit and flesh, virtual and real, blend together: a living hell where artillery, machines, armored vehicles, and Warcraft tribes wage a bloody struggle against one another. The planet is ruled by a group of Warcraft lords, and humans are nothing more than “ants” at the bottom of the food chain! Want to avoid becoming —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Country Girl 乡村靓女 Ye Dingtian realized that apart from being outrageously handsome, he didn't seem to have any other particularly outstanding qualities. He went traveling to clear his head and passed through a village called Liujia Village. He liked the scenery, so he rented a few modest houses there, planning to stay for a while and figure out what to do with his life. 149Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 35 Taking Silly Girl on Adventures in the Sixties 带着傻妞闯六零 Su Tianci is a military academy graduate. On his way to find Technician No. 88, he is inexplicably struck by a falling object and transmigrates to the fiery 1960s. He thinks he’s doomed, but to his utter surprise, the thing that hit him was actually the Chinese-made 2060 model, Sha Nü… 703Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Transmigrating to the 1960s: The Rise of a Nation 穿越六零之民族崛起 Su Tianci was a graduate of a top university, but despite his excellent grades, someone else took his place. With no other options, he donned the iconic delivery uniform and started delivering food. But when it rains, it pours. On the road while making a delivery, he ran into a menace on wheels: a heavy truck. With the truck’s buff in effect, he resolutely joined the transmigration brigade… 172Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Tough Guy on a Deserted Island 荒岛的猛男 A shipwreck left the cruise ship He Dun was aboard in trouble, and he washed up on a deserted island. Nine other people were stranded on the island with him. 87Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 38 The Savings System Summoned Me to Another World to Become a Rich Woman 我被存钱系统召唤到异世界当富婆 [Travel Between Two Worlds] + [Modern-Day Fantasy] + [System] + [Farming] + [No Romance] + [Food Business] + [Livestream] + [Building Wealth] + [Infrastructure] + [Redemption] Other people's Systems shower their Hosts with money and perks. Mine is all about being broke, forcing me to make money through street vending and hand over every last cent. I make a million a day Livestreaming skewers made with handsome men from the mall, only for the System to order me to turn off tips. I have to build 1.2kReads—Score103Shelves
- 39 Deserted Island Wilderness! 荒岛荒野！ Hao Da, a 25-year-old bachelor, never imagined that on his very first flight, the plane would fall out of the sky! He never imagined that even after the plane went down, he would survive! Four other people survived too! 335Reads7.1Score134Shelves
- 40 I Have Billions of Clones, So Why Are You Making Me Mine? 我有亿万分身，你抓我去挖矿 [Exploding Clones + Invincibility + Playing It Safe + Master Schemer + If I Can't Beat Them, I'll Call for Backup + No Rules] My name is Fang Yun. I had just transmigrated when I ascended to the Immortal Realm. Turns out, the ascension was a trap! I became a lowly mine slave in the Immortal Realm, digging for five hundred years. Then! I awakened the Infinite Clone System in the mine. These clones not only share my cultivation level, they can also help me cultivate. Best of all, they can change t 43kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves
- 41 Dual Crossing in the 1960s: The Fiery Years 双穿60之火红年代 Su Tianci was an outstanding graduate of a military academy with a bright future ahead of him. But after accidentally discovering the principal’s affair, he was expelled on a trumped-up charge. His family was already poor, and the incident dealt a devastating blow to the energetic young man. He had not even entered the working world, yet the sordid ways of society had already taught him a harsh lesson. He planned to drown his sorrows in alcohol, but when he closed his eyes and opened them again, 267Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Dual Transmigration to the 1960s: A Prosperous Nation and Strong People 双穿六零之国富民强 In 2025, Su Tianci was just another overworked wage slave. He ate a roujiamo at Red Romance, then opened his eyes to find himself back in that fiery era. What’s more, he had somehow become a wanted criminal. See how Su Tianci fares with the System’s help: will he be doomed from the start, or turn danger into safety? 295Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Dual Crossing to Republican-Era China: A Blood Sacrifice to the Land 双穿民国之，血祭山河 Su Tianci is an ordinary office drone from 2025. To make ends meet, he joins a film crew shooting short dramas. Who could have guessed that he would lose his footing and fall into a deep pit? When he opens his eyes again, he has transmigrated to 1937, a year engulfed in war. Fortunately, he has a portal that lets him travel back and forth between this war-torn era and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before Su Tianci… 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Song Dynasty’s Number One Tough Guy 宋朝第一猛男 Wu Jushuai opens his eyes to find himself in the Song Dynasty, transformed into an ugly man with the same name. The System, however, requires him to collect “admiration points from peerless beauties” to become handsome. The top courtesans of Bianjing, noble ladies from wealthy families, and chivalrous women of the martial world are all left blushing by his poetry and modern-day flirting techniques. The villains grit their teeth and grumble, “That guy's ugly and lecherous. What makes him so speci 1.2kReads—Score102Shelves
- 45 Dual Travels in Republican-Era China: Slaughtering the Japanese Invaders 双穿民国之屠戮倭寇 Li Xiaren was an outstanding young man who had been 25 for years. After finally finding a girlfriend, he was just about to duo queue with her when a ball lightning bolt whisked him away to Shanghai during the Republican era. To his surprise, the mark left by the ball lightning lets him travel back and forth between the two worlds. In an instant, two monumental eras open up before him... 1.7kReads6.7Score—Shelves
- 46 The Palace’s Number One Tough Guy 皇宫第一猛男 Ying Zheng, a modern overworked young man, dies suddenly from working overtime and has his soul transported into the body of Xiao Caizi, a young eunuch who was just killed after offending the powerful. He also obtains the Fake Eunuch System and begins cultivating the Divine Art of the Fake Eunuch. In a palace rife with schemes and human malice, he steadily climbs to the pinnacle of life! 12.1kReads6.5Score547Shelves
- 47 Invincible Between Two Worlds 两界穿梭之无敌 Wu Xiaoyao was an ordinary wage slave. To survive in this damnable era, he had no choice but to go abroad and become a mercenary, risking his life for a living so his family could have an easier life. Who could have guessed that, through a twist of fate, he would transmigrate back to the late 1970s? See how Wu Xiaoyao, equipped with the golden finger every transmigrator needs, makes a name for himself in that red-hot era! 653Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Talk Trash and Win Prizes 对骂就有奖 Hao Tie was treated like a pack mule and was about to hit rock bottom because he refused to keep living like one. Then he suddenly got a System that rewarded him for trading insults! From then on, he used verbal sparring to reach the pinnacle of success! 24.5kReads7.1Score1.1kShelves
- 49 Traveling Between Two Worlds: 1970 两界穿梭之1970 After getting drunk in an accident, Wu Xiaoyao somehow transmigrated to the fiery era of the past. With a System that lets him travel between two worlds, he now has two great eras before him... 308Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 50 Passing Myself Off as a Rich Returnee in the 1980s 在八零伪装回国土豪 Su Tianci, an ordinary working stiff for 25 years, spends his free time exploring the wilderness. By chance, he discovers a box full of U.S. dollars. Overjoyed, Su Tianci starts dreaming about where to go for a meat-stuffed flatbread. But before he can even celebrate, he slips and inexplicably tumbles off a cliff. When he comes to again, he has somehow arrived in an era full of opportunity… 7.6kReads5.8Score316Shelves
