Novels like An Ordinary Life in Another World
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- 151 Restarting in the Wasteland, I Can Purify Radiation 重开废土，我能净化辐射 From the start, gathering and scavenging; a little purification in the middle; interstellar adventures in the later part. Strong female lead, no romance. Added note: Based on feedback from some readers, here’s a heads-up: scavenging and gathering only happen in the early part. They don’t continue later. I tried several titles, and the System’s tests showed that Scavenger was the best, so I went with that in the end. To save her homeworld, Jiuzhou, and her older sister, Luo Xi pilots a spaces 4.6kReads9.1Score54514d adds
- 152 Transmigrating to the Interstellar Era: The Commander-in-Chief Always Thinks I’m Weak and Easy to Bully 穿越星际：主帅总以为我弱小可欺 Ling Luo transmigrated into an interstellar world. She became a good-for-nothing, disowned by her family for lacking the aptitude to cultivate, and had her engagement broken off by her fiancé. Ling Luo, the cultivation prodigy: Sorry, not only do I have the aptitude to cultivate in this interstellar world, my talent for cultivation is also absurdly good! After an unexpected incident, she and her dream guy got married in a flash. Online, people felt sorry for him, thinking he'd been forced to 15.9kReads9.1Score1.7k14d adds
- 153 A Pregnant Mom Forages and Farms in the Wasteland to Raise Her Baby 孕妈在废土拾荒种田养宝宝 Marathon champion Zuo Shan transmigrates in her sleep to an interstellar apocalypse, becoming a wasteland scavenger who has just been abandoned by her childhood sweetheart. She struggles to survive in the wasteland, where alien beasts often roam. Zuo Shan figures she can run fast, so she’s not afraid of being chased by beasts, or of scavengers with ulterior motives eyeing the mutated wild vegetables she finds. One day, Zuo Shan picks up a lump of scrap metal. She takes it home and soaks it in mu 5.7kReads8.9Score61814d adds
- 154 Interstellar: I Just Want to Get a Little Taste of Your Psychic Power 星际：我就想蹭蹭你的精神力 [Transmigration + interstellar + wish-fulfillment + wild imagination + military academy + supernatural abilities + mental strength + mechs + polluted zones + insectoids + 1v1] # Lin Jiu from the Fifth Military District School's College of Agriculture failed the simplest plant-practice class three times # # Lin Jiu from the College of Agriculture challenges An Shen to a duel with a dead plant # # An Yancheng will soon make a move to kill Lin Jiu during the midterm exam # The school forum was awas 2.7kReads9.0Score31114d adds
- 155 I Told You to Set Up a Street Stall, Not Outside the City Management Bureau 让你摆地摊，没让你城管局门口摆 [Gourmet]+ [System]+ [Wife- and Daughter-Doting Devotee]+ [Cozy Daily Life]+ [No Transmigration, No Rebirth] After turning thirty, Jiang Tian loses his job. His boss flees overseas with his sister-in-law and 80 million yuan. Comforted by his wife, Lin Wanqing, Jiang Tian decides to start a food stall. To his surprise, he binds himself to the [Supreme Street-Stall System]. A humble bowl of fried rice from a roadside stall leaves countless customers overwhelmed: "Boss Jiang's fried rice is the 18.1kReads8.6Score1.2k14d adds
- 156 The Little Plant Sprite Takes the Internet by Storm with Her Gardening 植物小精灵，靠种植爆火全网 [Farming + interstellar + elves + business management + livestreaming] Si Yao, a max-level wood-type ability user in the apocalypse, dies unexpectedly. When she wakes up, she has transmigrated to the interstellar era, where she is now a good-for-nothing with E-grade mental power. In this interstellar age, where planters hold a lofty status, E-grade mental power means there is absolutely no chance of becoming a planter. She will only be abandoned by her family. Just as Si Yao arrives, her family 10.2kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 157 The Whole Arena Was Stunned: The MVP Was the Support 惊全场mvp竟是辅助 Title: The Whole Arena Is Stunned: This Support Is No Ordinary One! Also known as: Shock! The Academic Failure Makes a Comeback and Becomes a God (All-Round Support!) [Strong heroine + team battles + passionate action + apocalyptic wish fulfillment + adored by everyone ★ hot-blooded youths] Everyone thinks she's a good-for-nothing support, but she's already become a god, while you haven't even graduated! Who says support characters can only heal other people? I'll support myself and slaughter 8.5kReads7.5Score1k14d adds
- 158 The Thorny Rose Has the Wasteland Big Shot Wrapped Around Her Finger 带刺玫瑰把废土大佬拿捏了，末世 Mo Qianqian, an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of the ancient Mo family’s mechanical arts, transmigrates into a romance novel with a tragic love story set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. She is the heroine of the tragic romance, abused physically and emotionally by the male lead before he drains all her blood and kills her. She’s determined to change her fate and avoid the death that awaits her in the story. Why bother with a scumbag like the male lead? During a hunting trip, she 9.4kReads9.1Score97814d adds
- 159 After Returning from Cultivation, I Farm and Raise Kids Among the Stars 修仙回来后：我在星际种田养崽 [Interstellar + Immortal Cultivation + Fluffy Beasts + Beastfolk Cubs] On the brink of death, Yun Qing bound herself to a System so she could survive. She went to the world of immortal cultivation to take the place of the original heroine, who had died unexpectedly. After lying low for five hundred years, she finally died and returned to the interstellar era once the main storyline had concluded. As soon as she got back, Yun Qing sensed something was wrong. Three years had passed. Not only was s 4.5kReads9.1Score63114d adds
- 160 The Little Guide in the Interstellar Era Wants to Slack Off Every Day 星际之小向导她天天想摆烂 [Sentinels and Guides] [Original] Lin Xingyue was always wondering what it would be like if she could transmigrate. Who could have guessed she’d choke on a grape and transmigrate just like that? She’s reborn as a baby in a world with Sentinels and Guides, and luckily, she’s an S-rank Guide. Guides are rare, protected, and supported by the state. Does that mean she can laze around without a care in the world? Just as Lin Xingyue is eagerly preparing to embark on her life of doing nothing, she su 2.7kReads8.9Score16514d adds
- 161 The Useless Spirit Supporter: I’d Rather Die Than Dig Up Wild Vegetables 废材辅灵师：打死也不挖野菜 [Transmigration + Otherworldly Continent + Hunting and Farming + Alchemy + Crafting] If talent falls short, good fortune can make up the difference. On the Continent of Shifeng, a year has three seasons: the warm season, the flood season, and the cold season. There are twenty-four months in a year. Men awaken as Martial Spirit Masters and hunt strange beasts; women awaken as Support Spirit Masters and practice alchemy, crafting, and farming. After transmigrating into the body of a useless you 50kReads9.3Score5.2k14d adds
- 162 Farming After the Disaster: I Become a Lord Through My Superpowers 灾后种田我靠异能成领主 [Superpower Golden Finger + Farming + Shop + Infrastructure + Post-Catastrophe Apocalypse + Pets] Liu Su managed to survive ten years of disasters. When she heard that people could finally go outside, she nearly howled at the sky three times. At last she could go out and eat well! Whoever wanted those coarse-grain buns could have them. She was done with them! But someone help her: why was the farm's whole vibe so strange? Other people's farms meant working hard for three hundred days, overcoming 8.2kReads9.0Score73014d adds
- 163 She Conquers the Interstellar World with Mukbangs 她靠吃播征服星际 Xu Lingyun, a powerhouse in the apocalypse who had spent years battling zombies, unexpectedly met her end over a bowl of lamb. Damn it, the lamb had been bitten by a zombie! When she woke up, she was the third princess of the Star Radiance Empire in the interstellar era. Everyone said she was not only lazy, gluttonous, uneducated, and spoiled, but was also pursuing General O'Casey, the most handsome man in the galaxy?! A handsome general? What's that supposed to be? Is he as tasty as the giant o 3.3kReads9.2Score39614d adds
- 164 The Beloved Darling's Interstellar Grandmaster Alchemist 团宠乖宝之星际顶级炼丹师 [Two Male Leads & Powerful Families & Everyone’s Favorite & Alchemist & Interstellar & Slightly Harem-Like & Yandere Top] Mu Tang & Chu Hui Mu Tang was a pitiful nobody in the cultivation world, unnoticed by everyone. By a twist of fate, he transmigrated to the interstellar age. Once he arrived, Mu Tang realized that everything was different. At the entrance exam, the basic pills he produced astonished the world. People called him a genius because he gave everyone hope of treating the beast plag 3kReads9.1Score52814d adds
- 165 Contracting a Spirit, I Have the Flower Codex 契约精灵，我有花之法典 Lu Qin was just watching a Little Flower Fairy when the power went out. She stood up and cursed a couple of times, then promptly collapsed and lost consciousness. When she woke up, she found herself in a world ruled by flower spirits. Her first challenge after arriving was this: her entrance exams were in two weeks. What was she going to do? Lu Qin said, “No worries. I have a golden finger.” Watch as Lu Qin helps flower spirits evolve in another world, breaks through the limits of her mental pow 4.5kReads9.2Score58414d adds
- 166 Sweet and Flirtatious! Spoiled in the Arms of a Powerful Interstellar Tycoon 甜撩！在星际大佬怀里恃宠而骄 [Interstellar Sweet Romance, One-on-One, Both Devoted] Fu Li, a 21st-century military doctor, accidentally transmigrates to the interstellar era and becomes the second daughter of a noble family, abandoned on a desolate planet to fend for herself. Fortunately, there’s always a way out. Someone arrives. Who would’ve thought… Before they can even exchange a word, the System informs her that the newcomer is a young general, and her perfect match! He’s handsome in a cold, dispassionate way, with bro 11.4kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 167 The Universe Is So Vast, I Want to See It All! 宇宙那么大，我想去看看！ [Interstellar transmigration + sci-fi + strong female lead + narcissistic romance + high-tech + extraterrestrial civilizations + humorous tone] “Of everyone I’ve lost, the one I miss most is myself.” An unavoidable plane crash brings Qing Tong face-to-face with an unexpected visitor. She miraculously survives, only to enter a Mobius loop, trapped in an endless cycle. Yet even then, she cannot break the laws of dimensions and reunite with herself. (There are two endings, one HE and one BE. Choos 113Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 168 After Livestreaming My Flower Garden, I Became a National Treasure 直播种花后，我成了国宠 [Farming + livestreaming + turning things over to the country + interstellar + wild imagination + developing technology + everyone’s darling + promoting Chinese civilization + sweet romance] [There is a male lead, who appears midway through the story] After quitting her job, flower enthusiast Su Tian returns to the countryside. At her best friend’s suggestion, she starts livestreaming online. She figures she can enjoy rural life while chatting and exchanging tips with flower lovers from all over 23.6kReads9.0Score4.8k14d adds
- 169 Reborn as the Villain Cub's Paternal Aunt, I Go Viral Streaming My Cooking 穿成反派崽崽小姑后，我直播美食爆红了 Apocalypse powerhouse Meng Nanxu accidentally became bound to the Villain Rehabilitation System. After being reborn in the interstellar era, she somehow became the villain boss's aunt! Looking at the pitiful little villain, Number One, she decides to build a fortune and raise him through food livestreams. Thanks to the irresistible charm of Earth cuisine, Meng Nanxu becomes the top streamer on the Star Network. Meanwhile, she meets the parent of Villain Number Two. Weisheng Mo: My nephew and you 3.3kReads8.8Score36814d adds
- 170 System Reborn in the Interstellar World: The Strongest Mecha Master 系统重生星际之最强机甲师 After Lu Lulu fell into a coma due to an illness, she somehow became System 666. Her mission was to help the great demon Gong Mosheng in a xianxia world follow the script she'd been given and complete the plot… But at the final plot point, Gong Mosheng actually blew himself up! That lunatic blowing himself up was bad enough, but before dying, he also detonated the Sacred Demon Core, taking Lu Lulu, the System, down with him. Lu Lulu woke up on a garbage planet in the interstellar age, a pla 6.3kReads9.2Score85214d adds
- 171 S-Rank Trending Topic: The Cultivation Expert Takes the Galaxy by Storm S级热搜：修仙大佬风靡全星际 [Sweet Romance + Satisfying Wish Fulfillment + Strong Female Lead + Comedy] Yan Yin, master of the top sect in the cultivation world, died during a tribulation and was reborn in the interstellar era in the body of a girl who had been cast out by her family, had no aptitude for cultivation, and was dirt-poor! Once accustomed to spending money like water, the refined Yan “Big Shot” “Big Spender” Yin: “...” She couldn't stand living in such miserable circumstances! To live a better life, Yan Yin ha 27.3kReads9.2Score3.3k14d adds
- 172 On the Wasteland, I Scavenge My Way to a Home in the Safe Zone 废土之上，我靠拾荒在安全区买房 Female lead: Chu Ci, transmigrated from another world. Male lead: Ji Xuan, a mercenary suffering from genetic collapse. The story mainly focuses on scavenging and farming, with a slow-burning romance woven through it. Note: The two only want to live a good, quiet life of their own. There is no plot about saving all of humanity. The story follows ordinary people at the bottom of society as they struggle to survive in a harsh environment. After the apocalypse, on this 28.3kReads9.3Score2.6k14d adds
- 173 Another World: That's Too Much! Starting from Scratch to Earn Contribution Points 异世：过分了，从零开始搞贡献值 [The opening can be read as an NPC being reborn + growing from weak to strong + stockpiling goods in various otherworlds + one-of-a-kind adventures in different worlds + romance + cozy vibes?] An Jiu was reborn in someone else's body. A barren wasteland, a strictly ranked beehive, sixth-class citizens scrambling to get their three meals a day, and a monthly trip to an altered world to gather supplies. Clenching her fists, she knew that if she wanted enough to eat, she had to... Fight! Like! Mad! 7.8kReads9.1Score85014d adds
- 174 I Became the Galaxy's Top Healing Guide Through Ancient Music 我靠古音乐成为星际第一治愈向导 [Sentinel and Guide] Also known as: I Became the Galaxy’s Number One Healing Guide Through Ancient Music Luo Xiaoxiao, a top student and musical prodigy at the Imperial Capital Conservatory, transmigrates to an interstellar age where musical traditions have vanished and women are scarce. She becomes a rare Guide specializing in mental healing. … A piece of ancient music she plays on a whim can ease the headaches caused by Sentinels’ dangerously high mental instability. The children’s song “Two T 5kReads9.2Score57314d adds
- 175 Reborn in a New World: Living It Up Without a Care 重生新世界之瞎浪一气 After Zhong Mo was reborn, he discovered that this life was different from his previous one in a few ways. Most importantly, his heartfelt hope that his wife had been reborn alongside him had unexpectedly come to nothing. Deeply shaken, Zhong Mo decided to make a bold move in this new world. Fifteen years later, when he reappeared, he had plenty of secrets hidden behind him. But by then, fate seemed to have played a joke on him too, making everything much more interesting. The story takes its ti 173Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 After an Arranged Marriage to an Interstellar Tycoon, I Became an Alpha 和星际大佬包办婚姻后，我A了 After successfully subduing the last wave of zombies in the apocalypse and earning the title of Apocalypse Queen, Sui Shi hadn’t even had time to enjoy the full-service zombie face-washing and foot-washing treatment before she successfully transmigrated to an interstellar society. A wealthy family, a doting father and loving mother? Sui Shi successfully decided to lie flat. She had one grand dream: to be a lazy fish. Who could have guessed? On day one after transmigrating, you want to play the i 907Reads9.2Score15014d adds
- 177 Stargate: A New World 星际之门：新世界 Qin Hantang accidentally transmigrated to a parallel world strikingly similar to the setting of the TV series Stargate. With his unreliable, hit-or-miss memories of the plot, he opened the door to a new world. 1.4kReads8.7Score12814d adds
- 178 On the Interstellar Battlefield, I Fly on a Sword! 星际战场，我！御剑飞行！ [Interstellar + Cultivation + Mecha + Military Academy + Ensemble Cast + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + No Romance] The animated series is out, and it's pretty good Ensemble cast! Ensemble cast! An absolutely massive ensemble cast! In the Renwu year of the Immortal Calendar, Shi An, sect master of Xuanqing Sect, the greatest sect in the cultivation world, attempted to overcome the tribulation. He encountered the rarest divine-annihilating lightning tribulation in ten thousand years and perished, 114kReads9.1Score23.1k14d adds
- 179 Madam, Don't Marry Him! The Commander Is Infertile! 夫人别嫁了，主帅他不孕不育啊 Jiang Si, a powerhouse from the apocalypse, perished alongside the Zombie Emperor and found herself in the Abel star system. Its population had been declining, with no new births for over two hundred years. What’s more, Jiang Si, a newly arrived primitive species, had a 100% fertility rating. Naturally, she married the empire’s infertile prince, who was also a marshal. Since she wouldn’t have to bear children, she devoted herself to her career, becoming a master horticulturist, potion maker, and 68.3kReads8.9Score12.3k14d adds
- 180 One Arrow Pierces the Clouds, Calling Matched Souls Together 一支穿云箭，匹配者们来相见 [Apocalypse + alien species + supernatural powers + spatial realm + transformation + transmigration + partly sci-fi + multiple match partners + expansive worldbuilding + strong female lead (growing combat power, etc.) + strong male leads (intelligence, emotional intelligence, laziness, optimism, straightforwardness, etc.)] Alien species invade, Earth's continents fracture and fuse together, and humanity mutates across the globe. Chen Qian spends three years killing countless monsters after tra 21.4kReads9.2Score2.6k14d adds
- 181 I Become the Galaxy’s Best Healing Guide with Ancient Chinese Medicine 我靠古中医成为星际第一治愈向导 Print editions of The Interstellar Ancient Healer are available on various platforms. Su Yang was a first-year graduate student in the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Third Military Medical University of Huaguo. After an accident, she transmigrated to the interstellar era and became a rare guide with spiritual healing abilities. The legacy of traditional Chinese medicine had been lost in the interstellar era. Sentinels suffered from mental breakdowns and needed a guide's mental pow 15.2kReads9.1Score1.9k14d adds
- 182 After I Handed My Golden Finger Over to the State, I Got a Government Job 金手指上交国家之后我有编制了 The rating just came in, but it'll go up later. A story about strengthening the nation, with a heroine who's basically a tool. After a car accident, Luo Ying was not only unharmed, but suddenly gained a golden finger that let her travel between different planes. Only after actually traveling to another plane did she confirm it was real. The first thing she did was contact her country. The things she brought back from different planes helped her country soar to new heights. 833Reads6.4Score10214d adds
- 183 The Rare Female Who Became the Most Popular in the Galaxy 稀有雌性成为星际万人迷 [Interstellar beastfolk + female supremacy and male subordination + beloved heroine + male rivalry and a battle royale + everyone is chaste] Su Miantang transmigrates into the body of a rare female and awakens SSSS-rank pheromones that make everyone fall for her. A group of powerful figures from across the stars pursue her frantically, hoping to receive her soothing touch so they won't turn into beasts. The White Tiger God of War, the lion prince, the panda king, the dragon chieftain... powerful 33.4kReads9.0Score3.1k14d adds
- 184 Weren’t We Supposed to Be a Team of Useless Losers? Why Are We All Badasses? 说好的废物小队呢，怎么全员狠人 Sui Qi transmigrates into an interstellar world as a vicious, lovesick woman with a terrible reputation and five million in debt. She’s about to take part in a 21-day survival challenge in the apocalypse. If she succeeds, she’ll win ten million interstellar coins, enough to pay off her debt and live out the rest of her life doing nothing. The problem is, no one will team up with her, and the game can’t start without four players. But every player gives her a wide berth, so Sui Qi decides to rely 62.6kReads9.1Score9k14d adds
- 185 Help! The Male Lead Can't Get Enough of Me! 救命！男主他非我不可了！ Transmigrating into a Book + Sweet Romance + Interstellar + Strong Female Lead + Childhood Friends Xie Xinglan transmigrates into the childhood friend of the male lead. At first, she secretly loves him, works herself to the bone for his sake, and eventually watches him end up with the female lead who appears out of nowhere. Then she has the misfortune of being abducted by the Zerg, and her fate remains unknown. Knowing she has transmigrated into a book, Xie Xinglan looks at the male lead in fron 25.6kReads9.1Score2.6k14d adds
- 186 Interstellar Mecha: The Frail Commander Takes on Seven Alone 星际机甲：病弱指挥官单挑一穿七 (Please read the first page of the main text for content warnings.) [Apocalypse, Interstellar, Strong Female Lead, Face-Slapping, Everyone Loves Her] Apocalypse enforcer Xu Lingqu transmigrates and becomes an unpopular, sickly adopted daughter of a general. Despite a constitution that leaves her fainting every three steps and coughing up blood every five, she's sent to the command program at the Imperial Military Academy. Command is great, command is wonderful. Commanders can sit safely behind 53.9kReads9.5Score7.7k14d adds
- 187 Post-Apocalyptic Scavenging: I Turn Trash into Treasure and Coast to Victory 末日拾荒：我靠变废为宝一路躺赢 [Infinite-Tower Style + Apocalypse + Natural Disasters + Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling + Strong Female Lead + Upgradable Safe House + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Male Lead Appears Later] Forensic examiner Lin Chu is suddenly dropped into an infinite apocalypse. Other people see zombies: “Oh my god, those bloody, mangled monsters! Stay away!” Lin Chu sees zombies: “206 moving bones! Walking points! The more, the better!” Drawing on her professional experience, she quickly adapts to the bloody apoc 43.6kReads9.5Score5.9k14d adds
- 188 Interstellar Campus: The Five-Person Team Charges Ahead 星际校园：五人小队向前冲 [Military academy + mecha + no romance + coming of age + ensemble cast + light humor + five-person team + strong team spirit] For the first seventeen years of her life, Jiang Lin's goal was to get into Mingde's mechanical engineering department and become a highly paid mecha engineer. But an unexpected turn of events sent her to Dawn Military Academy and set her on the path to becoming an elite solo fighter. Inter-academy tournaments, live-fire drills, interstellar battles... Years later, five s 62.6kReads9.5Score7.2k14d adds
- 189 The Interstellar Heiress's Collection of Junk 星际首富大小姐的破烂收藏 [Interstellar powers, military academy tournament, no romance for the protagonist, spatial abilities, lighthearted and satisfying, friendship-focused, with a large ensemble cast.] [Sole protagonist: Shen Chenfu (Xiao Fu)] [Volume One has been published] After years of wandering, Shen Chenfu is found and brought home by the richest man in the interstellar world. Her adopted sister is openly hostile toward her, and her twin younger brothers mock her for never having eaten meat. When her classmates 45.2kReads9.5Score6.8k14d adds
