Novels like Wasteland Dawn: Starting with a Shelter I Built Myself
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- 151 The Bones of My Beloved 锁卿骨 She returns through the snow wearing another person’s face, determined to collect a blood debt from the imperial city that devours all who enter. Five years ago, Empress Chu Qingqing died unjustly in the cold palace, and the entire Chu family was wiped out. Five years later, Shen Qingci, the daughter of a frontier general, returns to the capital. Every frown and smile of hers resembles the late empress by seven parts out of ten. The deranged emperor Xiao Zhi abducts her in broad daylight and loc 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 A Great Transformation in the Countryside: The Cowherd’s Road to a Comeback 山乡巨变：放牛娃的逆袭之路 The Great Transformation of the Mountain Village: A Cowherd's Road to a Comeback tells the inspiring story of a rural cowherd who overcomes one obstacle after another through tireless effort and eventually becomes a leader in revitalizing rural industries. The protagonist is born in a poor mountain village and grows up enduring a hard life. But he dreams of changing his fate through education. His path to learning is full of hardship, yet he never gives up. In the end, he earns outstanding grade 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 The Chinese Dynasties Descend into the Modern World at the Apocalypse 末世，华夏历朝降临现代 [Wildly imaginative] [Dynasties from every era descend to fight for supremacy] [Hardcore apocalypse with no System] [No mindless wish fulfillment] All the dynasties of Chinese history, their emperors throughout the ages, and their civil and military officials have descended upon the modern world! The First Emperor beats Hu Hai senseless and executes Zhao Gao in front of everyone! When Zhu Yuanzhang learns of the Jingnan Campaign, he grabs a blade and chases his rebellious son Zhu Di! Li Shimin r 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 After Losing My Memory, the Ice-Cold CEO Took Me Home 失忆后，我被冰山美女总裁捡回家 The protagonist is thrown off a cliff by his wife and her lover. At the brink of death, his memories come roaring back! For three years as a live-in son-in-law of the Xu family, Zhao Yu did the laundry, cooked, and never complained. He gave them everything he had, only to be repaid with betrayal, beatings, and humiliation. On a rainy night, they wrapped him in a bedsheet and threw him off a cliff on Wuxing Mountain. He should have died in the storm-ravaged wilderness, but the blood running down 59Reads—Score314d adds
- 155 The Mortician: I Can See the Dead's Final Moments 入殓师：我能看见死者最后的画面 Lin Mo has worked at a funeral home for six years, handling more than a thousand bodies. The moment his fingertips touch a dead person's forehead, he sees fragments of the final few seconds of their life. The ability has made him quiet, and it has left him uneasy. Then one day, while restoring the body of a rebar worker named Zhou Haisheng, he sees three things: a hand wearing a silver-banded watch, clutching a folded piece of paper with eleven names written on it. Zhou Haisheng's death certi 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 People Are Like Trees 人亦如木 Yan Qing was the real heiress, her life stolen from birth by a wicked nanny. When she was kidnapped, she refused to accept that she was going to die. Her own family had abandoned her in favor of the fake heiress, Qing Ge. She fought desperately, determined to die alongside the kidnappers. But the two of them fell off a cliff together and entered a dungeon. There, she gained the power of the Grievance Warden's Flower, which could devour and control anything. She killed Madam Fu and took control o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 The Young Manor Lord’s Growth Diary 少庄主成长日记 [Strong female lead + ensemble cast + 1VN + character growth] Chi Yunyan, young mistress of Buquan Manor, lost her mother when she was young and was neglected by her father. Everyone she meets seems to have an extraordinary identity: the young princess of the merfolk raised by her family, a senior fellow disciple who sacrificed himself to be reborn, a junior fellow disciple bound by an imperial order, a badly injured boy they found and took in, a Demon Lord entangled with her by fate, a betrothe 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 I Can Actually Travel Between Two Worlds 我竟然能穿梭两界 Lin Ye is an ant at the very bottom of the Dark World, struggling to survive amid filth. Then he finds a broken shard of mirror, and his life is turned upside down. On one side of the shard lies the Bright World, orderly and rich in resources. On the other lies the Dark World, chaotic and bloody, where the strong prey on the weak. And he is the only “smuggling king” who can travel freely between the two! Trading resources, buying low and selling high, is only the beginning. The Bright World’s su 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Martial Anomaly: The Calamity of the Eerie Star 武异：诡星灾 Martial Arts: Waging War Against the Weird Star Calamity. Unknown monsters descend upon Blue Star, triggering global panic. Nations form alliances or make a last stand, and heroes rise in their wake: high-level martial artists can punch through steel and concrete; people with supernatural abilities control elements like wind, fire, and lightning to fight together. Blue Star devotes all its resources to training ten young men and women gifted with both high-level martial arts and supernatural abi 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 Starlit Fields Shine Bright 星野昭耀 [Two male leads | first love on campus | second-chance romance | devoted to each other | bittersweet romance | reunion after years apart, choosing each other] Aloof, cold CEO Lin Zhao × dazzling, gentle musician Li Yao Lin Zhao is a germaphobe, sharp-tongued and solitary. The scar in the palm of his right hand is a sore spot no one is allowed to touch. No one knows that his phone holds 2,147 photos of the same person’s profile, saved over the past five years. Five years ago, they were the only 44Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 161 President Lin Falls for His Wife, Who Pretends to Be Ugly 蔺总爱上扮丑娇妻 Scenario One After months without contact, the first time the female lead called him, she said: “Yanchen, can you save Ziye? He's dying.” The male lead thought for a moment, then said, “I can, on one condition: you come back to me and never see Jiang Ziye again.” “I agree,” she said. Scenario Two “Grandma, I need you to do me a favor. Secretly get a paternity test for the baby and Yanchen, then tell him the baby is actually his.” “Why don't you just tell the boy yourself?” her grandmother 1Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 162 Winter Is Coming: I Build a Peach Blossom Haven in the Apocalypse 寒冬来临：我在末世建立桃花源 [Authentic, with Unconventional Twists + Doomsday + Stockpiling Supplies + Decisive and Ruthless + Dark Transformation, Not a Saint + Not Reborn + No System + No Pocket-Dimension Superpower + Scientifically Plausible] Solar radiation plummets, ushering in an abnormally cold winter. The world is blanketed in snow and ice, and the temperature in Jinhai drops to minus 50°C, while the North and South Poles approach absolute zero. With no pocket-dimension superpower, how can the protagonist survive t 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Fuyue: The Transmigrator’s Scheme 扶岳：穿越者之谋 Li Zhe, a modern civil servant, unexpectedly transmigrates into the role of a junior clerk in Yue Fei’s camp. Knowing the tragic fate awaiting the hero at Fengbo Pavilion, he resolves to turn the tide with modern ideas. Caught in a vortex of suspicion and false accusations, he helps Yue Fei reform logistics, shape public opinion, and outwit Qin Hui. It is a battle against the fate of history, a life-or-death gamble in which a nobody tries to rewrite the destiny of a loyal minister. Can he really —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 A Magic Book Enters My Body, and I Fight for Justice in the Celestial Empire 魔书入体，我在天朝行侠仗义 [Urban martial arts] [Handcrafted] [Three days fishing, two days drying nets] By chance, young Jing Xiaogang touches a magic book in a mysterious cave. He awakens an extraordinary constitution and becomes a modern-day martial arts master. Born into a poor family, he is forced to drop out of school and find work. He heads to a bustling modern metropolis and uses his martial prowess to stand up for justice. From a construction laborer to a company big shot, a string of twists, turns, and extraordi 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 Two Beagles in the Immortal Realm Get Together 仙界的两只比格在一起啦 This is a male-male romance. If that’s not your thing, please don’t click in. I don’t know why it got categorized as romance. The God of Marriage and the God of Wealth are sworn enemies. After getting into another fight, they angered the Immortal Emperor, who punished them by sending them down to the mortal realm to undergo tribulations. The two, both built like corgis, still couldn’t behave themselves down below, continuing to scheme and compete against each other. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Swordlight Beneath the Crimson Moon 绯月下的剑芒 When identities and social status are reversed, can people still stay true to themselves, or will they... become the very thing they hate? This novel tells the fates of two people from two perspectives. One was born in the slums and hates the Empire's brutality with every fiber of their being. The other is the daughter of a great noble family, raised in comfort and luxury. What will happen when their identities and status are switched? How will each of them view the injustice of fate? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Three Thousand Years in Seclusion, and the Saintess Holds a Knife to Make Me Marry Her 闭关三千年，圣女拿刀逼我成亲 [After sleeping for three thousand years, he wakes to find the Saintess holding a blade to him and demanding marriage?] On the first day Shen Ji emerged from seclusion, the entire sect took him for a joke. The Saintess blocked the door with a blade: “Marry you? As if you’re worthy!” But late that night, the lofty Saintess grabbed his sleeve with tear-filled eyes: “Husband… you’re the only one who can save me.” Shen Ji sighed helplessly, then split open the heavenly gate with one sword, making th 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Apocalypse Rebirth: I Build the Strongest Base Ahead of Time 末世重生：我提前打造最强基地 (The book has just started getting paid reviews, so readers outside the site can check the comments.) [Base-building + stockpiling + farming + zombies + natural disasters + no superpowers of any kind + ruthless protagonist] If you're tired of stories where the protagonist wins from the start thanks to a System, gains endlessly evolving superpowers, goes soft whenever he sees a beautiful woman, or faces zombies that evolve in tandem with humanity, then this “hardcore base-survival” novel may be j 1.2kReads8.2Score—14d adds
- 169 It Wasn’t a Dream: Motherland, Let’s Cultivate Immortality Together 原来不是梦：祖国，咱们一起修仙 When the cultivation world mocked her as a rootless weed, the voice of her motherland reached across time and space: “Fellow countrywoman, we’re bringing you home.” A young woman carrying the wisdom of Chinese technology starts her cultivation journey anew in another world. The ancient legacy she gives back will become the spark that keeps a civilization alive. As both worlds face peril, aid spanning the stars and the bond she shares with her peerless cultivation partner together write a legend 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 From the Start with Liu Bai’s Template, I Settle a Telecom Fraud Compound with One Sword 开局柳白模板，一剑平定电诈园区 [Parallel World, Blue Star: Modern Technology + Martial Arts + Spiritual Qi Revival + Awakened Ones + Secret Realms + Western Magic] Weapons currently available: Frostfall Sword, Aurora Sword, Asura Blood Sword, Angelic Holy Sword, Poet Immortal Sword, Dragon God Sword The legacy of the Sword Saint’s swordsmanship merges with reality. Trapped in a telecom scam compound in northern Myanmar, he gains combat skills and part of a divine soul’s telekinetic power, and awakens the divine ability Sword 360Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 President, Pursue Her Boldly 总裁大胆追 One unforgettable glimpse five years ago, and from then on, the girl could see no one but him. She chased after him with all her might, but the boy had a childhood sweetheart. After they were forced to break up, she launched an all-out pursuit. But once he recovered from his heartbreak, he left without a second glance. Five years later, the humble CEO and shadowy underworld boss is back, acting cute and begging to get back together. The young woman turns away haughtily: “I don’t take back old fl —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 The Way of Exorcism 除魔之道 Unlike the worlds that came before, this world is home to beings far stronger than humans. Can humanity still defeat them? Can humans remain masters of the world? This story features a whole new approach to demon hunting, unlike anything seen before. Here, you'll encounter all kinds of demon-slaying techniques, as well as demons born in countless different forms. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 The Hundred Family Surnames: Your Surname Hides Your Origins 百家姓：你姓什么就藏着什么来路 The Hundred Family Surnames: Your surname holds the secret to your origins. 40Reads—Score114d adds
- 174 Return to the Inn 归栈 Return to the Inn 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 The System Was Gifted to Me from the Start 开局就送系统 After transmigrating to another world, Xiao Lin unexpectedly binds himself to an overpowered System. Short on resources? Trade for spiritual energy and easily make up for gaps in your cultivation. Weak cultivation? Master both alchemy and artifact forging, and watch your strength soar. Even ordinary weapons can be tempered and upgraded, while common pills can be refined to perfect quality. He lies low and builds his strength in Qingyang City as turmoil rages across the Central Region, where a my 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Dragon Ascendant, Seven Apertures 龙腾七窍 No one could have expected that the sudden accident on the banks of the Yellow River would set people on entirely different paths through life. Fate loves to spring unexpected collisions on us. What comes out of them are vastly different fortunes and hardships. And the people we meet along the way, each encounter quietly nudges us toward a completely different future and destination. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 A Love Born of Tokyo's Heartbreak 东京伤痛之恋 [Worthless Male Lead | Tokyo | Pure Love | Redemption | Some Angst Early On | Japanese Light Novel | First Person | Multiple POVs] My high school life was bleak, an endless stretch of pain. As a first-year student at a Tokyo high school, I couldn't see what was so great about this place. My days were woven from fantasies and pain. After school, I would hide at home and watch anime, letting my fantasies heal my heart. I thought I'd be stuck in the dark forever, but a girl sitting next to me was t 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 From Now On, I’ll Think of You Every Day 从此岁岁念朝朝 “Muchen, your father is getting on in years. He's now in prison, suffering every humiliation, and he's come down with a serious illness. If he's really sent to the frontier to serve in the army for three years, the long, bitterly cold journey will be as good as sending him to his death. Please, have a heart and save your father. Your mother is begging you on her knees.” Before she could finish speaking, Lin Muchen's mother threw herself to her knees before her. The people waiting to see the doct 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Eight Thousand Eight Hundred for Four Days in the Gobi 八千八买四天戈壁 Four Days in the Gobi for 88,000 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Extreme Cold Apocalypse: Survival on Frozen Ground 极寒末世：冻土求生 The extreme-cold apocalypse arrives. Watch our Jiang He stock up, stock up, and keep stocking up, surviving until the end of time! No System, no pocket dimension, no fantasy, no saintly do-gooder! Just an ordinary person's record of surviving the apocalypse! 18kReads7.3Score1.3k14d adds
- 181 Fantasy Villain: Sneaking into the Saintess’s Bedroom to Pull Weeds from the Start 玄幻反派：开局潜入圣女闺房拔草 [Passionate Fantasy] [Invincible Protagonist] [Comedy] [Bandits] [System] When he was born, purple energy soared for thirty thousand miles, and he was blessed with demonic bones. He should have been nurtured by the Divine King’s mansion, but instead, a vicious woman brought ruin upon him. His divine bones were carved out, and he was abandoned by Taihu Lake. Someone found him, and he became a bandit. Xiao Que’s soul transmigrated into this dying body. He activated the System and broke free from t 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Earth's Last Live-In Son-in-Law 地球最后一个倒插门女婿 That day, he was abandoned by six billion people, left alone on Earth to slowly await his death. That day, the edge of the universe began to collapse, shrinking like a deadly zone. Those who ran too slowly had no way out but death. 136Reads8.4Score614d adds
- 183 I Was Reborn in High School 我重生回到了高中那时 In his thirties, Lu Xiaojia's life was full of heartbreak and helplessness. He lived in a cheap rental, worked a nine-to-five job, and was married to a woman he didn't love. Every day, he came home to a mess of household troubles. At a company dinner, he drank to drown his sorrows. When he woke up, he discovered he had been reborn in his high school days. This time, he was determined to change his fate, make up for past regrets, and chart a new course for his life. He would run with all his migh 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 The Return of the Venerable Lord: Sweeping Across the Myriad Worlds 宸尊归来：横扫诸天万界 Zheng Yechen, the Supreme Lord of Wuji, was betrayed by both his beloved wife and his closest friend during his tribulation to become a god. His body and soul were destroyed, leaving only a wisp of his soul to fall onto Blue Star and enter the body of a young man who had just been hunted down and killed. His divine soul was damaged, leaving him dazed and confused for three years. During that time, he became a spineless live-in son-in-law, until his wife forced him to divorce her. Then his soul r 4Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 185 Wasn’t I Supposed to Be in Qi Refining? Why Did I Contract Four Divine Beasts? 说好炼气期，咋契约了四大神兽？ On my first day in the cultivation world, the System told me to choose a divine beast as my mount. I chose “pig” instead, and the whole crowd burst out laughing. Then the Demon Lord led an army of thousands to attack. The little pig beneath me lazily stretched out a hoof, and four towering phantoms of divine beasts emerged from the clouds. The Demon Lord fell to his knees, mount and all, in terror. “Father!” 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Night Tales of Daming Lake: The Turtle Immortal's Grudge 大明湖夜话：鳖仙怨 Tales of Daming Lake: The Turtle Immortal's Grudge 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 After Binding to a Saving System, I Got Together with the Villain 绑定拯救系统后，我和反派在一起 Yu Miaomiao was an unlucky wage worker. After staying up all night to finish a proposal, she died unexpectedly and transmigrated into a melodramatic novel she’d read before. Just the day before, she’d been complaining about its ridiculous plot: the villain killed everyone who bullied him, then died himself. Transmigrating into a book would have been bad enough, but she ended up in the body of a vicious supporting woman with the exact same name. She mindlessly pursued the male lead, mindlessly fr 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Goodbye, Until We Meet Again 再见即重逢 After Shen An died, he transmigrated to the modern world by chance and became little Qi Jing. He went through countless twists and turns in search of the person he had loved in his past life. “Yes, I’m just a thief.” He came to this world all alone, only because he was looking for you. Even he wasn’t sure whether he would be able to find you. If not for that glimpse on the hospital rooftop, and that call of “Ji Chen,” he might have died soon after arriving in this world. I want to go home, but J 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 My System Is a Little Too Powerful 我的系统有亿点点强 [Ensemble cast] + [Multiple protagonists] + [Passionate] Fang Wu transmigrates to the cultivation world and obtains a pay-to-win System. The more he spends, the stronger he gets. "Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've obtained [Primordial Violet Qi]. It works best if you use it during the Qi Refining stage!" Fang Wu: Σ( ⚆൧⚆) From then on, he sets out on the path to invincibility. What, you say you're a peerless prodigy? Take it up with my Primordial Violet Qi. Fang Wu transmigrates to the cult —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 Apocalypse: I Stockpile Supplies, and the System Gives Me a Hundredfold Return 末世，我囤积物资，系统百倍暴击 Li Yi survived in the apocalypse for several years before being murdered in a plot against him! With the help of the Doomsday Survival System, he was reborn three months before the apocalypse. This time, he would stockpile supplies and weapons, with his pocket dimension multiplying everything a hundredfold! Using the System, Li Yi would industrialize the apocalypse and rebuild human civilization. (No self-sacrificing do-gooder, ruthless, cutting-edge technology, zombies, no superpowers, not a ha 32Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 191 One Trip Into the Mountains Set Me on the Path to Immortality 一次入山，走上了凡人修仙路 The Taotie Keeper's Handbook The Seal-Elder pronounced coldly, “A mixed spiritual root. Your future is hopeless.” Lin Feng, a menial worker at the Demon Suppression Bureau, squatted in the pigsty, scrubbing the back of the most useless Ironclad Boar in town. Everyone laughed at him for raising a worthless beast. Then a line of golden text appeared before his eyes: [Ironclad Boar: Ancient Taotie bloodline (sealed), can devour all things and evolve.] A sixth-grade demon beast attacked the city. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Lord of the Dustbound Cosmos 尘缘宙主 [Modern urban romance + fantasy + destiny + unexpectedly awakened talent + golden finger | No System] Life in the mortal world passes by in peace and quiet. Han Yuxuan is an ordinary man from Earth. He only wants to live a peaceful life, protect the woman he loves, and treasure the simple joys of the present. Then a sudden car accident leaves him on the verge of death, awakening a supernatural ability that lets him switch between human and cat forms. With a precious storage treasure at his side, 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 The Rest of Life at the Wild Crossing 野渡余生 [Bonus Scenes] After an argument Zhi Ye: I'm going to teach him a lesson. He has to understand what he did wrong. Then Shen Yanzhou: I'll change. I can learn. Zhi Ye: … Zhi Ye: Come here and give me a hug. When she gets flirted with instead Shen Yanzhou: Can I dance with a kiss instead? I won't dance, okay? Zhi Ye: Let's go home. Zhi Ye: Damn, how is he so good at flirting? Zhi Ye: This man knows all the tricks. Shen Yanzhou: ? I was just breathing. From a passerby's perspective Someone: Serious 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 Lock the Sane People In 把清醒的人关进来 Lock the Clear-Headed Inside 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 The Hilarious Life of a Rich Girl Married to a Fake Rich Guy 富家女嫁假富公子的搞笑生活 The Hilarious Married Life of a Rich Girl and a Fake Rich Heir 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 I Want to Marry Your Cousin, but You Became My Dad First 我想娶你表妹，你却先当我爹 I Want to Marry Your Cousin, but You Became My Dad First 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 The Hidden-Edge Son-in-Law 藏锋赘婿 The Hidden-Edge Live-In Son-in-Law 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 Traveling Together on Misty Island 雾岛同行 Companions on Misty Island 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Terror at the Ancestral Home in the Deep Mountains 深山祖宅惊魂 Terror at the Ancestral Home in the Deep Mountains 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Good Lord, the Mad Homeless Man I Picked Up Is the Missing Trillionaire Tycoon Everyone Online Has Been Searching For 天，我捡的疯癫流浪汉，竟是全网失踪的千亿首富 Oh My God, the Deranged Homeless Man I Picked Up Is Actually the Trillionaire Who Vanished from the Internet 7Reads—Score—14d adds
