Novels like Rise of the Wasteland
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Rise of the Wasteland, best match first.
- 101 Drunk and Enchanted by the Dream of the Red Chamber 醉迷红楼 One drunken night in the Red Chamber, even a concubine-born son can become a dragon. A dream of the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, a soaring empire in the making. Reader group: 379, 303, 076 0Votes652.6kRecs331kFans
- 102 EN Cultivation Through Big Data 大数据修仙 Feng Jun graduated with two degrees, only to find himself unemployed. He struggles to make a living in the city, yet refuses to lower himself, so his predicament is easy to imagine. Then one day, lightning strikes him and his phone, and he suddenly discovers that he can turn into data and enter apps. What can he do as data inside an app? Plenty. Just use your imagination... Wait, the money in his mobile banking account? Stop! Don't change that! Of course, that's not all. He also discovers that h 4Votes6.6MRecs652.7kFans
- 103 EN The Devil's Cage 恶魔囚笼 An underground game with no safeguards, and a group of players chasing power, wealth, and life itself! With little time left to live, Qin Ran chooses to enter it, for a chance to survive! 3Votes1.2MRecs782.1kFans
- 104 The Path to Heaven 通天仙路 With wind and snow raging and frost biting to the bone, an old craftsman takes in a child who is nearly frozen to death on the street. He acquires firearms, forges weapons, and wields such incredible skills that people from all corners come seeking his help. He trains in martial arts, protects his family and country, punches the universe, and strides onto the road to immortality! 0Votes1.5MRecs420.5kFans
- 105 The Mercenary’s War 佣兵的战争 Gao Yang is a military enthusiast, a very ordinary one. He loves knives, guns, and adventure. After an accident sends him to Africa, he is unlucky enough to be caught in a plane crash. He survives by sheer luck, but from then on he can only earn a living at gunpoint, because he has become a mercenary. How far can a military enthusiast rise in the international mercenary world? Wait and see. 25Votes2.3MRecs3.1MFans
- 106 The Great Mischievous Monkey 大泼猴 There are always people in this world who are brave and fearless, stubborn to the point of being single-minded, unruly, proud, and arrogant. Even when they’re pushed to the brink, they refuse to compromise. They would rather die than lose. P.S. 3Votes323.7kRecs1.4MFans
- 107 Forty Millennia of Cultivation (The Star Domain: Forty Millennia) 修真四万年（《星域四万年》） It isn't easy for a little seedling to grow, so it needs the care of all you brothers and sisters. This fresh-faced newcomer, Xiao Niu, asks for your support! I'll be sure to summon the spirit of a newborn calf that fears no tiger, work hard, and do everything I can! “Even if this universe really is a cruel, blood-soaked dark forest, we cultivators will still burn our lives to make a faint spark! 23Votes2.4MRecs1.9MFans
- 108 Peak Player 巅峰玩家 A proper novel about playing an online game, with almost no real-world content. There are no hidden classes exclusive to the protagonist and no one-of-a-kind skills. The game is set in 2040. Players start with virtual-reality helmets, keyboards, and mice, then switch to game pods. The pods do not appear until after chapter 1,300. The novel leans toward realism. The game is not made to favor the protagonist, and the company is in it to make money, so it will actively intervene in the game. Howeve 16Votes1.1MRecs416.6kFans
- 109 One Slash to Carve a Path Through Life and Death 一刀劈开生死路 One slash cleaves open the road between life and death; two feet step through the gates of right and wrong! Ordinary people wield extraordinary firearms capable of destroying heaven and earth; Martial artists cultivate secret martial arts capable of demolishing cities and destroying nations; This is a world where the weak are not ants and the strong are not gods. A young man paralyzed in bed, filled with resen 0Votes334.2kRecs236kFans
- 110 Reborn, I Sneak into Dreams 重生潜入梦 Our personalities are all rounded, New life is nurtured beneath the red flag, A new generation grows up in a new era. The protagonist has once again set out on a path in life he has never traveled before. If this day were to come, if time could flow backward, there would be so many paths to choose from in this age of change that the choices would dazzle the eye. A path thick with brambles may not be hard to walk, and a path that looks smooth may not lead anywhere. You have to walk it to know. Co 0Votes422.5kRecs471.4kFans
- 111 One Shot, One Kill 一枪致命 Feng Luo, an international mercenary, transmigrates to a technologically advanced world during a mission. A few years after he settles into his new life, a sci-fi online game called War Chronicle takes the entire Interstellar Federation by storm. The Desert Eagle, Barrett, AK-47, Apache, RPG… one familiar piece of equipment after another stirs memories of his past! The Terminator, the Zerg, Resident Evil, the Force… missions that appear after a System update leave him bewildered and astonished! 0Votes331.2kRecs328kFans
- 112 Lord of the Oasis 绿洲中的领主 Sacks of salt, spices, and sugar were piled from the shops all the way into the streets, while merchants with heavily loaded wagons came and went. The air was filled with the fragrance of various spices mingling together. This was a prosperous city beside an oasis, where the pounding of hammers and the clatter of looms rose and fell, and business was booming in the artisans' workshops. The flag of Baron Kant, heir to the Swadian Kingdom, hung above the town gate. The local residents lived happy 0Votes221.5kRecs247.2kFans
- 113 Swords, Magic, and Taxis 剑与魔法与出租车 Dark clouds pressed down from above, and electric serpents writhed across the sky. The might of heaven and earth forced even the dragons to bow their heads, while only the shameless liches could still look up at the sky. A golden beam of light tore through the firmament. Space turbulence, like a tornado carrying blades, violently ripped open the sky and opened a passage through the crystal wall. A metal object the size of a palm, or the palm of an ancient red dragon, leaped out and launched an u 0Votes337.3kRecs203.4kFans
- 114 Chinese Hero 国产英雄 Comrade Wang Yan: In the 2015 special campaigns for “Comprehensive Crackdown on Three Types of Misconduct Among Superpowered Individuals in East China,” “A Hundred Days of Hard Work to Achieve New Glory,” “Bringing Warmth to Lonely Female Demons,” and “Comprehensive Education to Promote Peaceful Coexistence Between Humans and Demons,” you performed exceptionally well and achieved outstanding results. You are hereby awarded the title of “Outstanding Individual” in recognition of your efforts. -- 0Votes616.8kRecs444.7kFans
- 115 Soul of Burning Steel 燃钢之魂 This is the story of a former legendary warrior who transmigrates into a game world with a System, thrashes all kinds of wild monsters, takes on Bosses single-handedly, and saves the world with basic attacks. “Kill the enemy first, then think about why the fight started.” Born of fire, forged in steel. The soul is kindling, the body is fuel. May wisdom never perish and order endure fo 4Votes731.2kRecs668.4kFans
- 116 Reborn: A Wealth That Keeps Rolling In 重生之财源滚滚 As being reborn became the latest trend, Li Dong was lucky enough to catch the ride. His previous life was full of regrets. This time, he’ll make up for every last one! Watch as an ordinary man returns to 2004, finds happiness in both family and love, and makes a fortune along the way! 10Votes1.7MRecs1.1MFans
- 117 Possessing Lü Bu 附身吕布 A corporate executive from the twenty-first century was about to reach the peak of his life when Heaven played a cruel joke on him. A car accident sent his soul through time and space, possessing Lu Bu, whose destiny was nearly exhausted and who would soon see his city fall and his people perish before being hanged at White Gate Tower. To survive in this era, and even to live better, Lu Bu began his journey to defy fat 0Votes413.3kRecs303.4kFans
- 118 Online Gaming: The God-Tier Mechanic Hunter 网游之神级机械猎人 Still fretting over rare pets and top-tier gear? Watch me speed-run dungeons and crush bosses with my mohawk, spider tank, and Reaper 4000! Fancy footwork and godlike game sense are nothing in the face of the storm of metal unleashed by my mechanical turrets. Just watch me stand and fight till dawn! While you’re still celebrating after slaying a dragon, I can only smile in silence! “Kid, ever 0Votes405.8kRecs414.5kFans
- 119 My Magical Era 我的魔法时代 When I woke up, I found myself lying on the back of a jostling Thunderhorn Rhino. A caravan stretching for several kilometers was moving slowly ahead. The Thunder Rhinos, each as tall as a three-story house, snorted heavily as they lumbered along beneath mountains of cargo. 4Votes855.3kRecs309.6kFans
- 120 Great Adventure in the Animated World 动画世界大冒险 After buying a bound collection of stories from classic Chinese animated films, Qiu Ming discovers he can transmigrate into their story worlds. But this world isn’t quite what you know. Immortals and monsters, snake demons and fox women, all have another side to them. The three monks each turn out to have extraordinary powers. When he first meets Nezha, he’s still an adorable little boy, and Sun Wukong has only just leaped out of a stone… And somehow, the things Qiu Ming learns there can be bro 0Votes185.3kRecs187kFans
- 121 The Eunuch Chief 厂公 With a castrated body, he holds the power of life and death. Clad in a dragon robe, he is hailed as “A Thousand Years” by every official. In a martial world soaked in blood, he stands alone: a skeleton wrapped in skin, a blade in his hand. The modern man Bai Muqiu transmigrates to the great central plains empire of the Wu Dynasty, only to discover that he has become a lowly eunuch. In that year, the Great Liao massed its troops at the border, the Jurchens emerged from the lands of white mountain 0Votes295.4kRecs356.1kFans
- 122 The Southern Ming Continues 续南明 “The Great Ming has unified the four seas, surpassed the Three Dynasties and outshone the Han and Tang. Its reach extends to the ends of the earth, and all under Heaven bow as its subjects...” In the sixth year of the Xuande era, Zheng He set sail on his seventh voyage to the Western Ocean. He proudly proclaimed these words on the Stele of the Heavenly Consort’s Divine Manifestations. At the time, the might of the Ming dynasty was at its height. But by the end of the Chongzhen era, the great edi 2Votes722.2kRecs228.1kFans
- 123 The White-Robed Chief Steward 白袍总管 With Buddhist supernatural powers, he enters the Duke's Estate as a servant. In the martial world and at court, there is romance and the stirring song of heroes. 1Votes2.1MRecs874.7kFans
- 124 The Humble-Born Top Scholar 寒门状元 Tired of flashes of blades, clashing horns and drums? Then perhaps you can sample the harsh livelihood of an ordinary person at the bottom of society. This book tells the story of Shen Xi, who transmigrated into a down-and-out poor family in the Great Ming. In an era when everything was considered inferior except scholarship, he changes his fate step by step through his own efforts, finally reaching the pinnacle of life! Tianzi's grand historical work of 2016, worth making your own! 8Votes1.2MRecs575.2kFans
- 125 Happy Little Mayor 逍遥小镇长 P.S. I've started a new book, I'm Really an African Warlord. Please check it out.**** I need work and entertainment, but above all, I want a carefree, comfortable life. Snowy mountain peaks, sailing across clear waters, riding horses on the grasslands, and exploring mysterious forests: my territory is a place of breathtaking beauty. A church, a school, a police station; a hospital, a community center, a club, and even a small government to run. As the highest-ranking local official, I have to ad 0Votes910.6kRecs304kFans
- 126 The Immortal Realm’s Online Livestream 仙界网络直播间 As an online male streamer, Zhang Xiaodong discovers that a group of mighty immortals has suddenly appeared in his livestream! "Moonlight before my bed, my name is Guo Dagang! The person standing beside me is Teacher Lü Qian." The God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming, showered him with more than a dozen gold ingots and shouted excitedly, "Hee-haw! I know! I know! Smoke, drink, and warm your head!" "Brother Monkey, Brother Monkey! You really are incredible! The Five Elements Mountain can't hold you down. 0Votes395kRecs359.7kFans
- 127 I Am the System's Daughter: An Empress Cultivation Plan 我是系统之女帝养成计划 There are so many System novels out there, but not many with the System as the protagonist, right? The author couldn’t find one, so this book came about. “Binding confirmed…” “Miss, keep resisting and I’ll erase you in no time… What’s a System? I am the System!” “What did you redeem? Who told you to upgrade that…” As a flashy System that can only bind to girls, Zhang Nan has a simple goal: his female Hosts will conquer the world. This book will not be abandoned. The new book, I’m Not Number Two, 0Votes319.1kRecs232.4kFans
- 128 Mecha Storm 机动风暴 Crush miracles, Rule the heavens with one hand, An eternal passion and burning spirit, The immortal legend of a tyrant! 4Votes1.8MRecs630.4kFans
- 129 EN Urban Life Simulation 都市模拟人生 A Life Simulator System falls from the sky. It evaluates a person's overall achievements in life through six factors: wealth, status, reputation, partners, descendants, and lifespan. After Zhou Ming obtains the System, he begins experiencing, rewriting, and perfecting lives in different instances, earning a vast number of achievement points. And as he gains all kinds of wealth in the game, his life in the real world undergoes a dramatic transformation... Subscrib 2Votes206.9kRecs340.5kFans
- 130 The Song Dynasty's Most Notorious Young Scion 大宋的最强纨绔子弟 Reborn as the son of Gao Taiwei, a treacherous minister. He thought the life he'd longed for was about to begin, but then he asked around and found out that Lin Chong from Water Margin had already been framed and thrown in prison. Besides that, there was a wastrel determined to turn over a new leaf, along with plenty of other catastrophes to deal with... The new novel, Back to Field: Reborn in 1993, is now out. 0Votes394.4kRecs403.1kFans
- 131 Heavenly Venerable of Ten Thousand Worlds 万界天尊 What is Heaven? It stands high above, solemn and inscrutable. It is law, it is commandment, it is merciless and cold. What is the will of Heaven? It looks down upon all living things, commands the winds and clouds, metes out rewards and punishments, and acts as it pleases. Thus, the will of Heaven cannot be fathomed, and the Azure Heavens cannot be approached. Obeying it may not bring you any benefit; defying it leaves your fortune and misfortune uncertain. Heaven confines all things like a deep 0Votes14.1MRecs2.3MFans
- 132 The Dashing Illegitimate Son 庶子风流 He was an ordinary young man until an accident gave him an AI supercomputer and sent him back to the Zhengde era of the Ming dynasty, where he became the illegitimate son of a gentry family. A wife is formally brought home, while a concubine is taken in secretly. His father had eloped with his mother, and that was how he was born. His mother came from humble origins, but as a son born outside the main line, Ye Chunqiu vows to make a remarkable life for himself. His family looks down on him? He'l 0Votes850.5kRecs535.2kFans
- 133 Fantasy Descends into Reality 幻想降临现实 I’m writing what I’m good at this time: infinite worlds and descending characters, including familiar faces. 0Votes277.2kRecs177.1kFans
- 134 Engineer in the Late Ming Dynasty 明末工程师 Li Zhi, an industrial designer, transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty. No money? Build a flying-shuttle loom and make a fortune in no time. Can’t stand the filthy conditions of the late Ming? Invent soap and toothpaste to clean up the whole dynasty! Peasant rebellions? Life is cheap in chaotic times? Bastions of concrete will keep you safe! The Manchus are marching south, leaving devastation in their wake? Let’s see who dares say no when they face my rifles! Everything within range of my cannon 11Votes480.1kRecs319.6kFans
- 135 Splendid Tang 天唐锦绣 Transmigration can be a lot of fun, but when Fang Jun transmigrated into the body of his Tang dynasty namesake, a man practically glowing green from head to toe, he felt like his whole life had gone wrong... 23Votes1.4MRecs761kFans
- 136 The Strongest Bear System 史上最强狗熊系统 It is the third month of spring. The winter snow is melting, and the south is already feeling the breath of spring, but the northern ice and snow are still reluctant to leave. Beneath a towering ancient pine, a brown bear as tall as a two-story building lazily emerges from a hollow in the tree. His name is Ye Qingshan, and he is the Bear King of the surrounding thousand li. Lying in the cold snow, he takes a couple of bites of packed snow. The icy meltwater washes away his hibernation-induced le 0Votes212.3kRecs295.6kFans
- 137 Rebirth of the Super Battleship 重生之超级战舰 Realizing that Earth was about to be destroyed, Xiao Yu merged his consciousness with the central computer of a spacecraft and escaped before it was too late. After merging with the computer, Xiao Yu gained immense computing power. Alone, he could command a vast fleet in interstellar warfare, control billions of robots to develop a planet, travel the universe by himself, and drive the development of an entire technological civilization. In this boundless universe, among endless seas of stars, Xi 16Votes324.4kRecs502kFans
- 138 Wings of Frost 霜寒之翼 “Boss, you’re saying that’s a white dragon?” The dwarf stared at the half-visible dragon wing protruding from the great glacier, his face pale and his legs already trembling. The dragon’s wings blotted out the sky, dimming the sun. Its chilling presence seemed to freeze the heavens themselves. “Maybe it is... Fall back. We should leave...” A nameless chill ran through the captain. “Move! Prepare for battle!” A powerful gust tore across the sky, knocking the mercenaries to the ground. The dragon 0Votes608.7kRecs364.9kFans
- 139 EN Eternal God of Slaughter 杀神永生 Walking on the edge of death, wielding the authority over life and death, trampling the laws of the world, followed by a hundred ghosts: he is the incarnation of the Grim Reaper. The most outstanding genius among ghosts, his name is Yu Jing. Welcome to a world where the strong live forever! 2Votes400.4kRecs290.8kFans
- 140 The Ultimate Modeler 超神建模师 Source energy descends, ferocious beasts run rampant, and superpowers emerge everywhere. Su Hao is merely an ordinary third-year high school student who has mastered the low-level source-energy ability “Model Analysis.” However, when he creates a character model in his mind and analyzes the other person’s abilities, a feverish thought begins to echo in his mind. What would happen if he created a model of the entire world? Would that mean he could... control! The! World! P.S. The new book Super G 0Votes268kRecs435.5kFans
- 141 Sky Screen Divine Constable 天幕神捕 Lu Sheng acquires the Edict of Punishment and possesses a scholar returning home in glory. A dazzling martial world: who will rule its fortunes? You say your iron palms have conquered the world? Come on, take my Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms first. Sword immortals and sword gods, locked in a decisive battle at Jinling! How could the legendary Flying Immortal from Beyond the Heavens be left out? Punish the evil of this world and obtain peerless techniques! Li’s Flying Dagger is lost forever? One 0Votes194.9kRecs246.6kFans
- 142 Han Village 汉乡 We inherited the legacy of our ancestors, and it made China glorious for thousands of years. We accepted it all with complete peace of mind, never once considering returning to that age when they struggled desperately to find a way forward through slash-and-burn cultivation. Repaying our suffering ancestors and finding the true meaning of home through them: that is the story this book will tell. The web series “Tang Brick,” starring Zhang Jianing and Wang Tianchen, will be exclusively streamed a 9Votes9.5MRecs3.4MFans
- 143 The Emperor of the Mountain Valley 山沟皇帝 The protagonist's father had a dream and thought he was the Son of Heaven. Then a Taoist from a run-down temple read his fortune and said he was destined to be emperor. And so, this little landowner, who had never even been to the prefectural city, declared himself emperor and founded a country in a remote mountain valley. (According to reader feedback, this book moves at lightning speed: he becomes emperor in just three chapters, and before you know it, the whole nation is at war…) 0Votes455.9kRecs334.3kFans
- 144 Super Monster Factory 超级怪兽工厂 My name is Ye Qing, and I was lucky enough to get an app called Monster Factory. These incredibly strong monsters can each do the work of a hundred people, and they come with all kinds of skills. Efficiency? Switch on the “Processing Speed +300%” skill, and you think you can compete with me? Precision? Ahem. Bring me my legendary-quality vernier calipers and let them see what absolute precision looks like. Ye Qing’s motto: A man who wants to swagger needs a fat wallet. The monsters’ motto: Don’t 0Votes3.4MRecs1.2MFans
- 145 EN The Non-Human Gene Integrator 非人类基因统合体 The cold and ruthless lich, the giant wyrm stirring up trouble, the tailed beast with limitless energy, the endlessly evolving insect swarm, the alien race with enhanced brainpower. As long as it isn’t human, Lan Mu asks: what kind of monster hasn’t he turned into? From myths and legends to movies, games, novels, and anime, nonhuman monsters are all potential transformations for Lan Mu. On Earth, he can be the progenitor of vampires, pretend to be an alien visitor, become a real sea monster, or 2Votes304.6kRecs572.9kFans
- 146 The Black Card 黑卡 A mysterious black card issues a different spending limit every week. Shi Lei has to spend the entire amount within seven days, or face the black card’s punishment. “Spending money really is hard work...” Shi Lei said. “Let’s set a modest goal, say, spend a hundred million first...” Shi Lei said confidently. “The thing I regret most in my life is having more money than I can spend, when I have to spend it all...” Shi Lei said at last. Regular group: Readers of Handsome and Charming Xiaoseliang, 0Votes714.1kRecs495.3kFans
- 147 The Legend of the Little Soldier 小兵传奇 He had been ambitious from a young age, dreaming of becoming a marshal who commanded all the armies under heaven. He believed that to become a marshal, he first had to become a general, and to become a general, he had to start as an ordinary soldier. Please support my new book, My Erha and I Share a System 5Votes4.5MRecs573.4kFans
- 148 EN Rebirth of the Strongest Sword God 重生之最强剑神 Starting over, he enters this “living game” once again to take control of his fate. This time, he won’t be at anyone’s mercy. As a level 200 Sword King, he’ll climb to even greater heights in this life. Game money-making tips! Dungeon guides! Legendary quests! Where to find game gear! Combat techniques unknown to other players! He even knows secrets that the beta testers never discovered. A war among a hundred nations, the evolution of life, ascension to godhood, and the sword reaching the pinna 1Votes1.5MRecs1.1MFans
- 149 The Fake Great Hero 冒牌大英雄 What can a mechanical repair soldier do? Research, modifications, and ingenious inventions? What can a mecha warrior do? Fight in a mecha, execute precise maneuvers, and use bizarre, unconventional techniques? What can a special reconnaissance soldier do? Infiltrate enemy territory, fight unarmed, take down enemies with a single move, disguise himself, sneak around, and snipe? What can a military strategist do? Analyze the course of a battle, plan operations, and win through the unexpected? A ge 32Votes3.8MRecs1.2MFans
- 150 Azure Spirit's Heartbreaker 青灵诛心 A short-lived young master stumbles into the world of immortals and discovers that the cultivation world is nothing like he imagined: not every sword can be drawn from its sheath; a sect leader of an entire generation likes to wear a green hat; the most powerful magical treasure is a living person; the most vicious spell can make someone live forever; and King You of Zhou, the most foolish ruler in history, has far too many unspeakable secrets... P.S. The story follows Investiture of the Gods an 0Votes70.9kRecs89.7kFans
