Novels like Sweep Away the Contamination, Rebuild the Wasteland
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Sweep Away the Contamination, Rebuild the Wasteland, best match first.
- 51 I’ve Already Transmigrated Into a Book, So Who Still Wants to Be a Nobody? 都穿书了，谁还当路人甲呀 Livestreaming + post-apocalyptic mutation + Infinite Flow. A max-level expert returns to the beginner village, and a coolheaded, clever heroine carries the whole team! After transmigrating into a book, Ye Mansheng goes from being a genius agricultural student at a top university to an insignificant background character in a story. In this wasteland world, plants have mutated, and the Background Character System that comes with her is a clingy crybaby that can only talk to her three times a day. 341Reads8.6Score13214d adds
- 52 Wasteland: Everyone Who Hears My Thoughts Gets Slaughtered 【废土】被听心声嘎嘎乱杀 [Reverse Mind-Reading Book + Beloved Baby + Wasteland Survival + Power Fantasy] Xu Youyou transmigrated into a book. She became a cannon-fodder character whose own grandmother smothered her to death, and whose identity was stolen so she could serve as a stepping stone for the heroine's entire family. Xu Youyou looked at her mother, who had suffered for years. [Mom, that scumbag dad is busy taking care of his mistress and her child.] Her mother awakened. Xu Youyou looked at her second father, the 575Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 53 Too Stubborn to Die 舍不得活 She woke up in a petri dish, with “Number Zero” carved into her chest. She had no memories, no past, only a fate that left the world hunting her down. They called her the cure, the only key that could seal the rift to the Abyss. They called her hope, humanity’s last answer. But her body was being corrupted. Her left eye had turned the color of the Abyss, and the whispers of the mutated filled her ears: “Take us home.” The Chief wanted her sacrificed. The Abyss wanted her to stay. Everyone was wa 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Wasteland World: Keep Your Head Down and Don't Push Your Luck 废土世界，苟住，别浪 [No romance, not a love story; apocalyptic gathering and stockpiling, personal growth] Yan Yan spent twenty years stockpiling supplies and always obeyed the law. Then she closed her eyes and opened them again, only to find herself a poor little soul in a wasteland world. Pollution was everywhere, and a single clean leaf of lettuce could fetch a sky-high price. She looked at the mountains of supplies and clean water in her pocket dimension… She made her decision: I just got here, so I’ll lie low 3.6kReads7.3Score36914d adds
- 55 The Whole Family Transmigrates to the Wasteland to Scavenge, Farm, and Survive 全家穿越在废土拾荒种田求生 [Radiation-Warped Plants and Animals + Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland + Whole Family Transmigrates + Foraging and Stockpiling + Not a Power Fantasy] Most people transmigrate alone. This family transmigrated as a whole bunch! Not one of the four has an ability! In a radioactive wasteland where plants and animals have mutated, there are no points, edible plants are scarce, and drinking water is expensive. Humanity can only scrape by in cramped safe zones. A chaotic, abnormal living environment; hous 1kReads8.2Score10414d adds
- 56 Chronicles of the Wasteland Scavengers 废土拾荒纪年 Wasteland + Scavenging + Good Luck. The heroine has a lucky golden finger, and there’s a romance. Important: she isn’t an all-capable, overpowered heroine. If you mind a kind but not particularly clever female lead, this may not be for you. The heroine, Gu Anzhao, is pushed down a hillside and dies by accident, then transmigrates into the body of a poor young girl in a wasteland world. From then on, she goes farther and farther down the path of scavenging, and finds family, friendship, and love 2.2kReads7.4Score19614d adds
- 57 Wasteland Survival: Just a Little Scavenging, No Problem! 废土求生：小小拾荒，拿捏！ [Apocalypse] [Wasteland] [Scavenging] [Foraging] [Farming] [Superpowers] [System] [Spatial Storage] Jiang Nian somehow transmigrates to Blue Star 600 years in the future, a world reduced to a Wasteland! History has been lost, civilization has collapsed, life is hard at every turn, and danger lurks everywhere! Food is scarce, plants and animals have mutated, and radiation levels are extreme! Humanity has fallen from the top of the food chain to the very bottom! Oilseed lettuce more than two meter 3.4kReads7.3Score30714d adds
- 58 Wasteland Scavenging: The Boss Lady Finds Bargains and Has a Blast 废土拾荒：佬女捡漏嘎嘎爽 Also titled “Wasteland Scavenging: My Maid Finds Amazing Bargains and Has a Blast” and “Opening Up the Wasteland: My Maid Leads Her Whole Clan to Wealth” Feng Jiajia was a university student at an agricultural college in the 21st century. While collecting rare seeds in the forest with her advisor, she accidentally missed her footing and fell off a cliff, transmigrating to a resource-starved wasteland era! Luckily, the female lead’s brother saved her right after she transmigrated, giving her a ch 6.2kReads7.7Score70314d adds
- 59 Wasteland: I Can See the Data of All Things 废土：我能看见万物数据 [Wasteland survival + superpowers + data vision + gathering + no romance + spatial storage] Xu Zhao has only just awakened a strength-type ability when she joins a hunting squad on an expedition to gather supplies and hunt, hoping to earn enough points to save her family’s crumbling home. But on her very first outing, she is attacked and poisoned by a mutant plant called Thornburr. The team has only one antidote, and they give it to the more important water-type ability user first. No one is wil 2.7kReads8.4Score14814d adds
- 60 Adventures in the Mountains and Seas: Scavenging for Treasure 上山下海冒险拾荒 This isn't a story about an all-conquering heroine. There are spatial powers, and she's not very smart. In an age of scavenging amid toxic waste, Ye Feifei is already a million yuan in debt before she even gets started. Every day is an adventure, full of both danger and surprises. Come see the adventurous lives of her and her friends. There's no grand tale of nation and state. There's romance and special abilities. 2.5kReads8.5Score25314d adds
- 61 On the Wasteland, I Rule the Roost with My Pocket Dimension 废土之上，带着空间横行霸道 214Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 62 Code Name: Qitian 代号：齐天 Code Name 037, the strongest combat-modified warrior in the wasteland! She once used a single alloy staff to pierce the “Mechanical Heavenly Court,” only to be imprisoned deep underground for a hundred years, with a “Golden Headband Curse” on her head that made her wish she were dead. When nuclear radiation swallowed the surface, an Authority opened her cell. “Retrieve the ‘Spark Source’ for me, and unlock the death chip in your brain!” She returned to the world above on a personal flying craft, 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 A Family Portrait in the Wasteland 废土之全家福 [Wasteland Survival + Natural Disasters + Daily Life + Stockpiling + Foraging + Farming + Romance] Her whole family transmigrates to a wasteland, where they farm and struggle to survive. They venture out to scavenge and forage, working hard toward a comfortable life, with just a little more luck than everyone else. To stay alive, her father and two older brothers scout the way with thick branches to fend off mutated beasts. Su Yue checks the radiation levels on her wristband as she slips into th 359Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Broken Stele of the Northern Frontier 北境残碑 Twelve years ago, during Operation Northwind, three thousand Federation brothers were betrayed by their superiors and left to die in the northern wasteland. Reconnaissance platoon leader Lu Chen crawled back to the land of the living from a pile of corpses, only to become an outlaw in a lawless gray zone. Here, there is no law, only guns, black markets, and survival. Thirty-two-year-old Lu Chen carries the lives of eighty-seven of his brothers in his hands and guards a checkpoint on North Sevent 2kReads—Score23014d adds
- 65 Wasteland: What’s a Frail, Delicate Girl to Do? 废土，身娇体弱怎么破？ She transmigrates into the body of a wealthy young lady. Has the modern-day wage slave finally won the lottery? What? Her father is dead, her mother has remarried, and now she’s supposed to marry her enemy’s son? Skin as white as snow, delicate enough to break with a touch, glistening eyes, soft little gasps, born with a bewitching allure? What kind of character setup is this? Why is the man waiting in the bridal chamber his father? I can’t be anyone’s helpless little flower. Not a chance. I’m g 3.3kReads8.4Score26414d adds
- 66 Wasteland Scavenger: I Ride to Glory with Bug-Speak 废土拾荒：我靠虫语一路开挂 [Wasteland Scavenging + Adventure + Farming + Daily Life + Natural Disasters + No Romance] Fifteen years ago, disaster struck Blue Star, unleashing massive amounts of radiation. Overnight, Blue Star became a living hell. Plants and animals seemed to be on steroids, growing to several times, or even dozens of times, their original size. Humanity’s living space kept shrinking. People had no choice but to abandon the cities and build enormous safe zones elsewhere, huddling inside them like turtle 11.9kReads8.2Score1.5k14d adds
- 67 Ashes of the Wasteland, A Strange Pot Falls from the Sky 废土之烬，天降奇锅 This is mainly about scavenging, hunting, clearing land, and gathering. It’s an everyday-life kind of story. What’s that flying down from the sky? It’s a giant pot! One person and one pot arrive in a wasteland hundreds of years in the future. With a harsh environment, scarce food, and terrible luck, the only way to win is through sheer numbers. Hiss, that pretty carnivorous flower has grown a brain! A giant, mutated python, tens of meters long, is chasing me! Hiss, hiss, hiss! Ye Tiantian: What 895Reads8.3Score10414d adds
- 68 Wasteland Survival from Scratch 废土，从零开始求生 [Wasteland + Survival + No Romance + Scavenging + Gathering + Stockpiling Supplies + Spatial Storage + Mutant Creatures + Gourmet Food + Traveling Across the Wasteland...] After waking from a deep sleep, Xiyan unexpectedly transmigrated into a perilous post-apocalyptic wasteland. It was hell difficulty from the start: she had no background, no memories, and no idea who she was. Worse, a letter she found revealed that the body she now occupied had belonged to a mindless idiot who had been abandon 670Reads—Score10114d adds
- 69 Rescued, I Scavenge in the Wasteland 被救后，我在废土拾荒 She had barely arrived in the wasteland when she was on the verge of death. Hua Jin could only cling to her last lifeline. After being rescued, she happily spent her days scavenging in the shantytown. When her lifesaver was left with no one to look after him, Hua Jin glanced at her age, then at the notice, and finally at the man. “Good boy, come home with your big sister.” The man, Li Mo: “...All right.” She took him home and began her life scavenging in the wasteland. 4.6kReads7.7Score38714d adds
- 70 Wasteland: I Scavenge With a Calico Cat, Stockpile Food, and Get Rich 废土，与三花猫拾荒屯粮暴富 Post-apocalyptic wasteland + transmigration + scavenging and stockpiling food + mutant animal companions + psychic abilities Heroine: Qin Xinyu Hero: Gu Qingchuan, captain of the security team This is mainly the story of Qin Xinyu and her mutant animal companions scavenging and stockpiling food in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, awakening her psychic powers and growing stronger step by step. It has a farming and homesteading focus. The heroine isn’t weak or timid, and she isn’t a bleeding heart. T 370Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 71 Wasteland World: I Grow Stronger by Getting Plundered 废土世界：被掠夺就变强 [Wasteland + System + Unhinged + Secret Identity + Dark Humor + Absolutely No Saintly Hero] The wasteland’s undisputed king. Dive right in! [The comic adaptation of the same name is out] After transmigrating to the wasteland, Lin Xi became the lowest-level expendable. His food was stolen, he was framed, and he was used as cannon fodder... until he awakened the [Anti-Plunder System]. “What? You stole my steamed bun? Quest issued: Make him cough it back up, plus three jin of meat!” “The captain ta 5kReads8.9Score42714d adds
- 72 Chef Qian's Wasteland Survival Diary 钱大厨的废土生存日记 1v1, both leads are pure and faithful, wasteland scavenging, sci-fi apocalypse, gene warriors, mutant beasts, special abilities, sweet romance, farming Qian Duoduo, a modern Chinese chef, saves a kitten from drowning during a torrential downpour and unexpectedly ends up in a wasteland world a thousand years in the future. Her miserable scavenging life begins. Luckily, Qian Duoduo has a good attitude. Since she has been given another chance at life, she decides to make the most of it and surviv 1.2kReads7.6Score10014d adds
- 73 Even in the Wasteland, the Sword Cultivator Has to Scavenge 剑修大佬在废土也要拾荒 [Two Male Leads + A Powerful Figure Enters the Beginner’s Village + Wasteland Survival + Scavenging + High Radiation + Genetic Evolution + Safe Zones + A Touch of Cultivation] Ning Qingfeng never imagined the Heavenly Dao would ambush him. One strike from a lightning tribulation, and an inexplicable spatial rift hurled him into a wasteland world blanketed in yellow dust. Fine, just fine. So that’s how it is. Damn Heavenly Dao, I really want to strike you dead! All I did was snatch the Tianshan S 15Reads—Score414d adds
- 74 On the Wasteland, Even a Wicked Woman Has to Scavenge and Pick Wild Greens 废土之上，恶女也得拾荒摘野菜 (Wasteland, radiation, multiple male leads, child-rearing, pocket dimension, System) Gu An'an was a hitwoman who lived to old age before transmigrating into the body of a woman who had just been poisoned to death. She was also forced to bind herself to a Villainous System. Her first act was to avenge the original owner, but it turned out the woman had three men for her to inherit, too? Gu An'an wondered if she could refuse, but she had nowhere to stay, and danger lurked everywhere in the wastela 11.8kReads7.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 75 I’m Rich in the Wasteland 废土之我已暴富 (No CP + Wasteland Slacker Life + Pocket Dimension + Insulting Pro + Saving the World) Some people transmigrated after getting diarrhea in the bathroom. Others were picked up by a pig and flung into the sky while feeding it, then transmigrated. Buried alive from the start, I clawed my way out and headed back to the city. I do one job and get out. Knowing when to quit makes you wise. I may not be strong, but I can still run, can’t I? There’s no hardship I can’t get through. As long as I keep chan 258Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 76 Wasteland Scavenger: Feng Qingqing 废土拾荒采集之风清清 In her forties, Feng Qingqing spends every day in front of her computer and phone. Life is dull and uneventful, with just a bit of chaos thrown in. After arguing with her daughter, a high school sophomore, she falls asleep and wakes up in a wasteland. She starts her life over and begins scavenging and gathering supplies every day. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Scavenging the Apocalypse Wasteland: The Lucky Supporting Lady Goes Wild and Slaps Faces 末世废土拾荒，锦鲤女配发癫打脸 She wakes up to find the whole world has turned upside down. Her honest, down-to-earth eldest sister has become the resentful-faced heroine of a rebirth novel, scheming darkly to frame others and making everyone furious. Her gentle, considerate second sister has become the ambitious career-minded heroine of a food novel, wasting money every day and making everyone hate her. Her sweet and adorable third sister has become a scheming, two-faced heroine from a pampered-wife novel, making snide remar 322Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Pathetic? I Became the Wasteland’s Richest Man by Keeping My Head Down 窝囊？我在废土苟成了首富 Original title: Wasteland: I Helped the Disabled Big Shot Thrive Surviving in the harsh wasteland is no easy feat. Once a good-for-nothing, she now takes care of her little brother and her disabled neighbor, a cute little guy, while gathering all kinds of precious food and beating up beast kings as she roams between the major bases. 5.2kReads8.5Score48214d adds
- 79 After Farming in the Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland, My Family’s Table Is Never Short on Meat or Veggies 末世废土种田后我家餐桌荤素兼备 [Content Warning: Very Little Romance! Slow-Burn, Realistic Wasteland Farming Story] The whole family transmigrates | Farming and animal husbandry | Base building | A family ensemble | Wasteland survivors The golden finger develops gradually, and supernatural abilities are weak at first. No mindless power-fantasy domination. As the red giant enters its twilight years, the atmosphere grows thinner by the day. Radiation sweeps across the land, plants and animals mutate wildly, and civilization fr 2.5kReads8.2Score27414d adds
- 80 Wasteland: The Little Lucky Star of a Scavenger 荒土，拾荒小锦鲤 This book is complete, so enjoy without worry. [Wasteland + Space + Farming + Sweet Romance + Lucky Star + 1v1 + Couple] Chen Chen accidentally transmigrates to the wasteland, into the body of a little girl who was beaten to death in a robbery. She gets a handsome husband for free. Lu Qi: “My wife is always right. Listening to her makes you rich.” Scavenging, gathering seeds, planting. She fills the space to the brim with crops. But why has her lucky-star luck mutated? Oh, the mutant beast big b 3.5kReads7.3Score28814d adds
- 81 In the Wasteland: What's Wrong with Being a Little Fussy Now and Then? 人在废土：偶尔娇气点儿怎么了 [Wasteland Scavenging + Slice of Life + Minor Golden Finger + Dual Transmigration] Two people from different worlds support each other in the wasteland and work toward a happy life together (well, maybe not exactly. Just having enough to eat would be great~). (Heroine's perspective) The wasteland is full of crumbling ruins, rampant radiation, and mutated plants and animals. Humanity has become the lowest rung of the food chain. Yun Xi and Wei Ze unexpectedly transmigrate into the bodies of peopl 6.2kReads8.6Score60914d adds
- 82 Wasteland: The Scavenger Girl Buys an Apartment Building 废土：拾荒姑娘买楼了 [Transmigration + farming] Wulala, a seasoned agricultural researcher from the apocalypse, transmigrates only to have her permanent job stolen from her, along with her fiancé. Any man who can be stolen isn't worth keeping, and she doesn't care about a job other people don't want. While others look down on scavenging, she sees a bright future in it. What are all these plants that look familiar but somehow aren't? Wait, this melon attacks people and grows enormous clubs. It's a sweet potato vine 419Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 83 Awakening in the Wasteland: A Gatherer’s Tale 废土采集之觉醒 I was suffering from a reading slump, so I originally planned to write a novel just for myself. I never imagined anyone else would read it, let alone follow it all the way to the end. Under the platform’s strict supervision, the author has already shown great restraint. If not for that tiny bit of shame and a sense of responsibility toward civilized society, who knows how unhinged this novel might have become? P.S. Not a monogamous pairing, multiple male leads. 96Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 84 Zone Zero 零号防区 In the new era after the cataclysm, towering walls divide the world, and the class system is rigid. Inside the walls, people revel night after night. Outside, corpses freeze in heaps. Caught between the two is Defense Zone Zero, a black market where the powerful carve up the spoils and a living hell where the downtrodden struggle to survive. Su Yan, an unofficial ground crewman, draws the gun at his waist so his men can have a hot meal this winter. He smashes the bigwigs’ rice bowls and flips ov 153Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 85 The Apocalypse Powerhouse Strikes It Rich Scavenging the Wasteland 末世大佬在废土拾荒暴富了 Niu Beibei struggled through the early days of the apocalypse, worked hard to raise her ability level, and became a level-ten powerhouse. Humanity also found a way to wipe out the zombies. Just as she was getting ready to lie flat and enjoy retirement, she transmigrated! She ended up in a wasteland world ravaged by one natural disaster after another, as the fake heiress, a “rich beauty” who had been kicked out of her home and starved to death in the slums. Niu Beibei stared at the sky in speechl 2.3kReads8.2Score16814d adds
- 86 Wasteland Scavenging, and I Still Have to Clock In 废土拾荒我还要打卡 Mo Yu is dragged by the System into a wasteland, where she meets Yang Rui, who has also transmigrated. In their previous lives, one was a wage slave and the other a ruthless capitalist. In the wasteland, one is a scavenger girl nearly starved to death, while the other is a scavenger boy poisoned by a snake and not long for this world. Taking advantage of the base's favorable policies, they marry and get assigned a home. She wants him to die soon so she can become a young widow with a house; he i 389Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 87 Wasteland Survival: Don't Throw That Away, You Can Eat This Purslane 废土求生：别扔，这棵马齿苋能吃 Ye Mai was once an agricultural student from Blue Star, about to graduate. By chance, she became Ye Mai in a parallel-timeline wasteland world. Injured and suffering from amnesia, she struggled to survive in the wasteland for a year. After regaining her memories, she looked at the man she had registered as her husband just ten minutes earlier, who seemed to have only just reached adulthood, and resigned herself to the difficult life of scavenging and gathering in the wasteland. But why had the s 4kReads6.9Score35714d adds
- 88 Wasteland Scavenging: She Grabs Her Gear and Loads Up in a Flash 废土拾荒：她抄家伙哐哐一顿装 A cool-faced, warm-hearted heroine who makes her own way after transmigrating VS a gentle, cold-hearted, scheming hero In an interstellar civilization driven by advanced technology, the environment has suffered massive damage. Thus were born the wasteland scavengers, abandoned people struggling to survive in a hostile world. After transmigrating into the dead body of Ruan Mo, she opens her eyes only to find herself dying again? Dad, save me! Save me!! Can I undo this transmigration? Can scavengi 212Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 89 Transmigrate to the Wasteland: Scavenge, Farm, and Pick Up Trash 穿越废土：拾荒种地捡垃圾 [Female lead Qiao Ye + male lead Jiang Yu + hoarding habit + healing + cozy scavenging life + personal growth] A down-on-her-luck 996 office worker transmigrates to a wasteland, where she has nothing to her name. A kind neighbor invites her to go scavenging. Radishes bigger than her head, cabbages reaching her thighs. Just dig up these vegetables, and every single one comes quietly out of the ground. One day, Qiao Ye comes home from scavenging to find that someone has broken into her house. Oh! 80Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 90 I Became a Wasteland Mom, Raising My Child by Scavenging for Treasure 穿成废土宝妈，我靠拾荒捡漏养娃 [Dual Transmigration + Romance + One-on-One + Wasteland Survival + Scavenging for Bargains + Raising Kids + Treasure Hunting + Devoted Husband] [Don't let the low rating fool you, it's actually a great read. Lovely readers, don't just stand at the door, give it a chance~] Yun Xi transmigrated into the body of a poor single mother in the wasteland and nearly died under the three suns as soon as she arrived. Luckily, her clairvoyant ability came with her! After finally making it back to the shanty 9.4kReads8.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 91 The Wasteland Era! Even Scavengers Deserve a Full Belly 废土时代！拾荒也要吃饱饱 [Ensemble cast + everyday foraging + a touch of farming + one man and one woman + a slight golden finger + no supernatural powers + no pocket dimension] Gu Su was a low-level office worker from the countryside. On her way home late after working overtime, she had the misfortune of falling into a sewer and dying! No, she died, but didn't stop breathing. Incredibly lucky, her body died, but her soul lived on and transmigrated! Incredibly unlucky, she'd transmigrated to a wasteland where solar radi 1.4kReads7.8Score10214d adds
- 92 I Work as an Inspector at an Apocalypse Base 末世我在基地当检测员 (Apocalypse + plants with special abilities + everyday life + human solidarity + no focus on human nature + establishing residential growing areas) [Mutated dandelion: a flight-type gene food. Eating it grants the ability to fly for ten minutes.] [Mutated okra: changes the consumer’s intestinal function, making bowel movements smoother and easier. You’ll never be constipated again.] [Mutated...] Natural disasters strike without warning. Cities are reduced to ruins, and wild beasts and plants ove 9.5kReads8.5Score95314d adds
- 93 Reborn in the Wasteland, I Scavenge My Way to an RV 重生废土，我靠拾荒买房车 [Wasteland scavenging + sci-fi fantasy + female lead reborn + ensemble cast + romance] In her previous life, Jiang Yu failed to understand Xue Shen’s good intentions. Thinking he hated her, she did as he wished and left him, then adopted two orphans to fill the void in her heart. She never imagined that after the children grew up, they would join forces to kill her in order to steal her supernatural ability! When she opened her eyes again, she decided to live a different way. A warehouse full of 9.6kReads8.5Score97014d adds
- 94 Reborn: I Made My Way in the Wasteland by Scavenging 重生之我在废土靠拾荒起家 The overworked Yun Guo transmigrates to a wasteland world and nearly starves to death from the start. Forced to make a living, she has no choice but to go scavenging. While others are lucky to find just one item, she effortlessly finds ten. While others happily gather a pound, she has already collected ten. Is this really the same wasteland where people go hungry twice in three days of scavenging? 3.5kReads8.4Score28614d adds
- 95 Scavenging the Wasteland: Did I Find Any Food to Stockpile Today? 废土拾荒，今天囤到粮了吗？ [Wasteland scavenging + stockpiling food + pocket dimension + romance] A note for readers: An introvert transmigrates to the wasteland and spends her days scavenging and stockpiling food. There are no huge twists or serious schemes and betrayals. The story is laid-back, but the author does their best to keep things logical. Overworked wage slave Jiang Shi was either working overtime or on her way to work overtime. Exhausted and burned out, she quit her job, holed up in her rental 30.4kReads7.6Score4.3k14d adds
- 96 Scavenging the Wasteland: My Golden Finger Is One of a Kind 废土拾荒，我的金手指与众不同 [Radiated wasteland, apocalypse, strong female lead, scavenging, infrastructure building, special golden finger] Qi Yue was happily enjoying one of life’s little pleasures when a pot of blue hydrangeas came crashing down on her and knocked her soul out of her body. After her soul transmigrates to a new place, she is sold off cheaply to an ugly man by her scumbag father right from the start. Qi Yue leaps up and smacks him with a resounding slap, snatches the nutrition fluid she was sold for, an 212Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 97 Rustborn 锈裔 After nuclear winter and the mechanical plague, the old civilization lies in ruins. Humanity huddles in the last few cities, while out-of-control mechanical lifeforms still roam the depths of the Western Red Zone. The scavenger boy Zhou Xi picks through old-world junk at the edge of the Red Zone, trading scrap for a bite to eat. Then he falls into an underground cavern and finds a black-gold fragment engraved with the character “Scale” inside a rusted escape pod. In that moment, a flood of inf 2Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 98 Wasteland Survival: I’m Addicted to Foraging for Wild Vegetables 废土求生我沉迷挖野菜不可自拔 Mu Xiang is reborn amid raging currents in a ruined world devastated by nuclear radiation. Plants and animals mutate wildly and grow unchecked, leaving ordinary people struggling to survive. She’s either out digging for wild vegetables or on her way to dig for more. Though she barely finds anything, she loves it and just can’t stop. The heroine stands on her own and has no interest in romance, scheming, revenge, or saving the world. She only unlocks her guinea pig traits, collecting things every 7.3kReads8.1Score58714d adds
- 99 Wasteland Farming: I Build a Home with My Wood-Type Ability 废土种田：我用木系异能建家园 Wasteland scavenging + imaginative plot + a space that purifies radiation + a heroine who grows stronger + plenty of humor Feng Xiaoji awakened an ability at the end of the world. After her teammate's space self-destructed, she transmigrated into the wasteland world as Diwu Ji. A cannon-fodder character reborn as cannon fodder. Even her wood-type ability has fallen to Rank Zero. A father who died young, a mother on the run, and a family too poor to afford food. Just when Diwu Ji finally got rid 1.7kReads8.4Score11314d adds
- 100 From Scrap-Hunting Girl to the Wasteland's First City Lord 从拾荒小妹，到废土第一城主 [The motion comic is now available!] Not a wish-fulfillment story! [Kids helping each other + Slow-burn 1v2 romance + Wasteland settlement-building + Farming + Animal raising] Fresh graduate Bai Yang was caught in a fire and woke up inside the frail, bony body of a little girl. She was only eight, and had a pair of twelve-year-old twin stepbrothers to look after. With two kids in tow, she struggled to survive in Territory No. 7, which had long since become a massive garbage dump. Then she accide 22.3kReads8.6Score3.5k14d adds
