Novels like Echoes of the Wasteland
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Echoes of the Wasteland, best match first.
- 101 The Lethal Arsenal 致命武库 Ascend through suffixes and forge an armory. With an ordinary body, strive for an extraordinary path. First instance: In a chaotic age where human lives are worth less than grass, with a blade in hand, dare to make Heaven open its eyes! Second instance: Wolf smoke drifts across the desert at sunset, as a lone figure cuts down demons. Third instance: Heaven and Earth have no limits. Borrow the power of the cosmos. Open the eye in your palm, and lightning strikes, annihilating spirits and gods. .. 0Votes11.7kRecs131kFans
- 102 Sweeping the Origin 扫元 Rise to power at the end of the Yuan dynasty: The protagonist, Shi Shan, transmigrates to Xuzhou in the eighth month of the eleventh year of Zhizheng, six months before Zhu Yuanzhang gets his start. But he is only a lowly soldier guarding the city. Before he can even figure out his identity, the spies have already taken their positions, and Zhima Li is about to attack the city? Overthrow the Yuan, starting from the walls of Xuzhou! 0Votes54.1kRecs62.8kFans
- 103 The Brocade-Clad Top Scholar 锦衣状元 In the tenth year of the Zhengde reign, in Anlu, Huguang. Zhu Hao transmigrates into a noble family of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. With his wits, he earns a place in Prince Xing's household and saves Zhu Houcong three times. He becomes the future Jiajing Emperor's benefactor, closest friend, classmate, and teacher all at once. He also earns the titles of provincial, metropolitan, and palace examination champion, and has a loyal band of followers, including Lu Bing, commander of the Embroidere 0Votes119kRecs191kFans
- 104 Future Romance Game 未来恋爱游戏 After ten years of playing a romance game, Gu Liunian finally reached its ending, only to find that it had become the future. He also received a gift from the game’s System, Future: a series of brand-new, standalone games. Completing these indie games let him project them into reality, alter the course of the future, and even adapt the finished games into movies. And so Gu Liunian embarked on the path of a behind-the-scenes savior, playing games to save the world and, along the way, falling in l 0Votes8.1kRecs10.1kFans
- 105 The Legend of the Crossing Bird 越鸟传 (Updated June 2, 2023) The complete story of The Yue Bird is divided into two volumes. The first, The Hundred Demons Illustrated, is finished, while the second, A Letter to You, is being written ahead of release. The whole book is expected to be about 600,000 words. The tone leans toward serious drama, but the story is lively and humorous. Please don’t drop it just because the chapter titles look too serious TAT Character notes: The male lead, Emperor Qinghua, is the ultimate lovesick fool, a lo 0Votes15.2kRecs0Fans
- 106 Fairy, Save Me 仙子救我 This is a xianxia world where the written word can channel divine power. Scholars: They wield words through their talent, their speech carries the authority of Heaven. At their grandest, they can improve the state; at their humblest, they can ward off calamity. Buddhist monks: They wield words through their hearts, and wherever their chanting reaches, all living beings can be saved. Daoist adepts: They wield words through their qi. Above, they can move Heaven and Earth; below, they can shake mou 0Votes644Recs1.6kFans
- 107 Reborn in the Apocalypse: Raising My Powers from Childhood 重生末世，异能从娃娃抓起 [Apocalypse + Reborn + System + &*#%￥] The apocalypse has arrived. Monstrous creatures run rampant, and humanity and the world are on the brink of annihilation! The good news: I was reborn at the very beginning of the apocalypse. The bad news: I’m still a baby. Are you kidding me!? Fine, fine, you’re forcing me to use cheats, huh? Where’s my sign-in System? Bring out the Italian cannon! Today I’m driving every last one of these monsters out! Not a single one left behind! 0Votes119.7kRecs4Fans
- 108 American Comics: I Found Batman from the Start 美漫：开局捡到蝙蝠侠 With a loud crash, Chen Xi, who had transmigrated less than two days earlier, found a newly debuted Batman on his balcony. He also discovered his golden finger. To survive in this dangerous DC universe, Chen Xi has no choice but to mature alongside Batman, one step at a time. That was the year Batman still hadn't finished assembling his gear. That was the year Superman had only just put on his red underwear. That was the year Wonder Woman had yet to leave Themyscira. That year, Chen Xi threw bac 0Votes1.4kRecs8.2kFans
- 109 Lord, Starting with the Hunter Sequence 领主，从猎人序列开始 After transmigrating to another world, he obtains a Sequence System and some of the Red Priest’s abilities, becoming the chosen one of war. With that in mind, Green Sotos, the illegitimate son of a count, resolutely leaves the count’s household to develop a territory on the frontier. It all begins in his territory, Mermaid Bay. 0Votes35Recs2Fans
- 110 Chinese Showbiz: The Movie Emperor Has No Vacation 华娱：影帝没有假期 In his previous life, Guan Fei spent ten years as an extra and ten more working behind the scenes, finally climbing from a production assistant to a producer. To raise investment for a film, Guan Fei even performed a pole dance on the spot, just to make the wealthy female backers laugh. But just as the investment was nearly secured, Guan Fei was reborn. Reborn in 2002, Guan Fei began his life all over again as a Hengdian extra. "This time, nobody's making me pole dance again." Looking at the fam 40Votes797Recs12Fans
- 111 The Immortal of Great Li 大离长生仙 Good news: no more being worked like a beast! He's transmigrated! This is a world where martial arts flourish, and a grandmaster can split a river with one finger! Bad news: he's become the heir to a marquis! A martial arts washout! His father is the emperor's blade! And from the start, he's kidnapped by a fox demon! (Any resemblance to real life is purely coincidental!!!) 0Votes8.7kRecs130.9kFans
- 112 EN Rewriting Time Through Gaming 我用游戏改变了时间线 Can playing games really change the world? [Black Technology] [Mass Mental Contamination] [Timeline Divergence Points] [Chronicles of Civilization] To me, it is an epic written through cycles of death and reloading, again and again. If civilization advances through the darkness, I will stand in the gaps between ten million timelines and seek a path toward dawn for it. 2Votes22.9kRecs131.7kFans
- 113 I Own a 24-Hour Convenience Store 我有座24小时便利店 This is a game that takes play the pig to eat the tiger all the way to the extreme. However, as the story goes deeper, the protagonist, "Lin Yi," discovers that many people around him are playing the pig to eat the tiger, and some are even playing the pig to eat the dragon. To exchange for all kinds of divine artifacts and cultivation techniques in the shop, the protagonist endures everything and pretends to be a good person, establishing a glorious image as a savior. In secret, however, he is t 0Votes4.2kRecs6.3kFans
- 114 My Life as a Monster: Grind Like Crazy or Hit the Bridal Bed? 我的妖生选项：爆肝or洞房？ Liu Heng transmigrated as an ancient divine beast, but with his innate potential shrouded, he became nothing more than a tool for his family to continue its divine beast bloodline. His clan urged him to give up cultivating as a demon and get married as soon as possible. Yet every night, he snuck out to absorb the moon’s essence instead of consummating his marriage with his bride! [Congratulations! You’ve condensed your first wisp of demonic aura. Point +1] [Achievement points can be exchanged fo 0Votes153.7kRecs4kFans
- 115 The World's Second 世界的二 Will you accept fate's arrangement, or become the one who chooses your fate? Which are you, the former or the latter? 0Votes86.8kRecs0Fans
- 116 I Walk Through the Abyssal World 我行走在深渊世界 [Original scenarios, infinite-flow mind games] [Plenty to read, and it won't end badly] A plane bound for a foreign country became the beginning of Yin Tianming's nightmare. "Once you step in here, don't even think about getting out," said a senior who had been here for who knew how long. Emaciated and pitch-black in the face, he looked as if he had wandered through the abyss. The eerie, ever-changing missions left countless people lost in a bewildering maze. Yin Tianming has to escape this plac 0Votes24.2kRecs11.9kFans
- 117 Cultivating Immortality by Grinding Experience, Starting as a Nobody 从杂鱼开始刷经验修仙 New book recommendation: [Subduing the Dragon] Wang Shen transmigrated into a minor thug in a gang in Dayong. A panel, along with the annotation: "Where there is a will, there is a way." Once he sets his mind on something, the harder he works, the greater the possibility of success. Through a fortuitous coincidence, he embarked on an unusual path of cultivation. Blood circulation and flesh tempering, sinew transformation and bone forging, gathering spirit and refining qi… River Patrol Envoy 0Votes30kRecs171.1kFans
- 118 Great Ming: From the Start, I Was Thrown in Jail 大明：开局被抓大牢 Ordinary office worker Shao Shude unexpectedly transmigrates to the ninth year of the Chongzhen reign. From the start, he is mistaken for a Japanese pirate and thrown in jail. Just when he thinks he’s about to die, he transmigrates back to the modern era. So he has no choice but to bring antiques from the Ming Dynasty back to the present, and take modern technology to the past. He builds up his initial capital by traveling back and forth between t 0Votes342Recs29Fans
- 119 Subduing the Dragon 降龙 Slay demons and subdue fiends to gain divine powers. Wang Shen is only a mortal, yet he intends to slay the flood dragon lurking beneath the water. Fortunately, he has the Demon-Slaying Register, which lets him slay demons, subdue fiends, seize their gifts, and awaken divine powers. From [Superhuman Strength] to [Move Mountains and Cross Seas], from [Communion with the Underworld] to [Bringing the Dead Back to Life], from [Teleportation] to [Diving into the Abyss and Shrinking the Earth]... Year 52Votes43.8kRecs180.9kFans
- 120 Xuantian 1: Ancient Mystery Shakes the Heavens 玄天1：古玄动天 This was an age without law, without truth, order, or peace. Later generations in the cultivation world would call it the Ancient Era. And he was born near the end of that era. He existed in the cultivation world for only 132,000 years, (3,500–3,487 ten-thousand years before Xuantian) yet he was a pivotal figure in the Seventh Civilization of the Left Era of Xuantian. Posterity revered him as “The Light of the Immortal Realm.” Follow the first book in the Xuantian series: Ancient Xuan Shakes 0Votes245.3kRecs0Fans
- 121 Chinese Entertainment, 1998: Starting by Propelling the Queen of Pop to Stardom 华娱98：从带飞歌坛天后开始 Li Shuo was reborn in 1998, on the day his fate took a turn. In this life, he returned with a “Good Karma” System. Whenever he helped a female star, he received a reward. After avoiding the traps of his previous life, he began making connections throughout the entertainment industry! He dominated the music charts and became a legend on screen. He shone in the spotlight and thrived behind the scenes! From rising capitalists to international tycoons, even the sons of powerful families and financia 0Votes1.7kRecs20.4kFans
- 122 The Age of Evil Spirits 恶诡时代 A pair of evil hands shrouds the world. A strange ritual raises its curtain, while crows bearing tidings of death spread their wings and soar. Laughter and cheers ring out from the circus, while the forest mist conceals the truth of immortality. A desolate dream mutters to itself, the cities on the frontier are peaceful and tranquil, and an inverted clock proclaims the uncanny. The machines roar with steam, but what lies hidden within them remains unknown. The prelude to the age will eventually 0Votes10.8kRecs29.6kFans
- 123 The Space-Time Fleet: Echoes of the Pacific 时空舰队之太平洋的回响 New book: Pacific: My Backyard Is a Naval Port is now out. New and returning readers are welcome! History may be forgotten, but it should not be mocked. This is a Pacific War fan novel. The early pacing will be fairly slow as I lay as much groundwork as possible. The protagonist's soul transmigrates into Fletcher, an aircraft carrier commander in the Pacific Fleet. There is no System and no golden finger. The story will go from Pearl Harbor to the Philippines, then Midway, Guadalcanal, Rabaul, a 0Votes5.8kRecs18.8kFans
- 124 Holding Up the Ming 挟明 [A story of resisting the Qing with the Ming, seizing the throne, and conquering the realm...] On the eve of Li Zicheng’s capture of Beijing, at the end of the Ming dynasty... Xiao Jingchuan, a guerrilla general in the Capital’s Divine Engine Battalion, escapes with the Crown Prince! They flee through the mountains and forests, cross southern Zhili, recruit soldiers and gather supplies, then head south to establish a new dynasty! But outside, the Manchus invade through the passes, while rebel ba 0Votes6.1MRecs25.5kFans
- 125 The Age of Global Hauntings 全球诡时代 My name is Zhang Zhiwei. I'm an ordinary man, and not a particularly successful transmigrator. In this strange world, I'm pursuing supernatural power. 0Votes286Recs0Fans
- 126 The Great Performer 大演帝 Best Actor: “Teacher Jiang, could you give me a chance? I really want to work with you!” Jiang Xin: “Make an appointment first.” Best Actor: “Teacher Jiang, when will I become an actor as good as you?” Jiang Xin: “Don’t chase hype. Just work diligently.” This is the story of a bit-part actor who works his way up and eventually surpasses a Best Actor in skill. A showbiz novel full of professional know-how, 0Votes65.4kRecs6.5kFans
- 127 Projecting the Myriad Worlds from the World of One Piece 自海贼世界投影诸天 After transmigrating into the world of pirates, Luoqi embarked on his grand goal of projecting the heavens. Demon Slayer world, Naruto world, One-Punch Man world, Hunter world, Demon world, Elf world, As Luoqi left his mark in one world after another, he too embarked on an eternal path from the ordinary to immortality. 0Votes6.1kRecs7.3kFans
- 128 My Path to Immortality Has Infinite Resources 我的仙路有无限资源 Lu You is a menial disciple with a mixed spiritual root, and there is a treasure basin in the space inside his mind. Put in one spirit stone, and it instantly becomes countless spirit stones. Put in one talisman, and it instantly becomes countless talismans. Years later, after grinding his way to the Golden Core stage with endless resources, Lu You tried putting his own Golden Core inside. “Good heavens, so this is how you use the treasure basin! I’m invincible!” 0Votes4.1kRecs33kFans
- 129 The Vanishing Magic Ring 消逝的魔环 As a renowned game developer, Chu Qiancheng has an endless thirst for inspiration. But he never imagined that the creative inspiration he took such pride in came from the dark adventures he would personally experience five hundred years in the future. The game series he poured his heart and soul into creating depicts the fate people will face five hundred years from now. When the Demon Ring disappears and dreams meet reality, how will he create a miracle? This novel has a simple leveling system, 0Votes58.6kRecs120.3kFans
- 130 Eighty Years of Sign-Ins in the Cold Palace, Now I’m Unrivaled 冷宫签到八十年，我举世无敌 [Editor's pick, a top-tier fantasy novel with over ten thousand average paid subscribers] After transmigrating as the Crown Prince of the Yuhua Divine Dynasty, Lin Jiufeng was stripped of his princely title and banished to the Cold Palace, forbidden to leave, for letting the enemy nation's saintess escape. Lin Jiufeng wasn't too upset. When he transmigrated, he brought along a sign-in System. As long as he signed in at different places, he would receive rewards. At the gates of the Cold Palace, 0Votes39.5kRecs323.5kFans
- 131 Tokyo Wingman King 东京僚机王 Other people spend their youth going to school. I spend mine on metaphysics. This is the story of a lonely soul who wants to become [ ], reflected across all of Tokyo. Alternate title: The King of Flirting with Girls in Tokyo 8Votes73.6kRecs121.6kFans
- 132 The 90s: The Reborn Lucky Beauty Gets Rich 九零：锦鲤美人重生年代暴富了 [Fast-paced plot * power-ups * face-slapping * getting rich * older-sister type heroine * younger puppy-like male lead] Yi Congxin is reborn in a small mountain village in the 1990s. Starting with not even a roof over her head, she tears down scum, delivers face-slapping comeuppances, and powers up all the way. She never gives up on growth or hard work, carving out a path of her own to rise against the odds. Who says elders and seniors must always be treated with respect? -- Yi Congxin: Freaki 0Votes3.3kRecs2.1kFans
- 133 Your Majesty, Drink Your Medicine 陛下，快喝药 "Your Supreme Divinity, please recite a passage from this Book of Creation and Salvation." The doctor pointed at a fairy-tale book. "Doctor, I've recovered a long time ago. Stop testing me with this." Li Pu sighed. "It's a children's book. I have delusions." "Very good." The doctor continued asking questions. "Then do you think there are gods in this world?" "There are no gods. The world ruled by evil gods is my delusion. No evil god will crawl out of there." The doctor nodded. "Can you still se 0Votes9.5kRecs86.5kFans
- 134 My Planet Became a Training Ground 我的星球成了练兵场 (This story has the right values, no tormenting the protagonist, no NTR, and no running gags.) (The protagonist is ruthless and taciturn. If he can solve something with his fists, he won’t waste words. He acts decisively and has clear goals.) [ID 10422023: Training Ground “Azure” is loading...] [Updating server...] [Azure Version 1.0 has finished loading] [The “Seven Sins” trial will officially begin at 00:00 on January 1] On Era Day, a cold notification echoed in everyone’s mind. The planet the 0Votes1.6kRecs6.4kFans
- 135 Hong Yun: Becoming a Saint by Founding Mahayana Buddhism 红云：立大乘佛教成圣 New book: "I Am Kunpeng: Establishing the Heavenly Court from the Start and Cutting Off the Sages’ Holy Destinies". “Above heaven and below heaven, I alone am supreme!” “Seeing the chaos and ceaseless killing in the world, I, Hongyun, vow to redeem all beings and establish the ‘Mahayana Buddhist School.’ I shall teach and transform all living things under heaven. Let the Heavenly Dao bear witness!” Hongyun, Sage of the Mahayana Buddhist School, stood atop Spirit Mountai 0Votes22.5kRecs147.6kFans
- 136 Starting Out as a Slime 开局史莱姆 Lord Fantasy Paradise, how did I get reborn as a cute slime king? And why is my beginner world One-Punch Man?! Upcoming worlds: Naruto (Konoha), One Piece, Dungeon Fighter Online (DNF), Marvel (Avengers), League of Legends (LOL), Slime King... [An easygoing, everyday-life adventure through infinite anime worlds in the space of the Lord God.] The Slime King evolves without end in an endless reincarnation paradise. 0Votes9.9kRecs32.6kFans
- 137 The Idiot Players Roaming the Eight Desolations of Ghost Valley 纵横鬼谷八荒的沙雕玩家们 [You can enjoy this book even without knowing Ghost Valley Eight Desolations. It’s smooth and easy to follow.] Zhang San: “Dare you join me and roam the Ghost Valley Eight Desolations!!!” Build a world of the Eight Desolations, starting in the ruins of a sect on hell difficulty. Summon players from Blue Star to work for him. But who could have guessed that these so-called “Fourth Calamity” would turn out to be 0Votes1.9kRecs4.4kFans
- 138 What Should I Do as I Keep Getting Stronger? 越来越强的我该怎么办 You kill a "Monster" and gain points. You use those points to successfully merge the five-element breathing techniques of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, giving birth to an entirely new breathing technique named after you. You kill a "Demon" and gain the "Demon Bloodline." Your mortal body chooses to merge with it, transforming into a demonic form and giving birth to numerous divine abilities and spells. With a single thought, your words become law. You kill a "Fiend" and gain "Demonic Aura 0Votes44kRecs143.6kFans
- 139 My Pokémon Is Super-Powered Water 我的精灵超能水 [The most poisonous novel of 2019: the only Pokémon Adventures fan fiction] "I'll clobber you, you Psychic-Water type!" But Chu Yue, a transmigrator, became the leading expert in Psychic-Water types. A friendly warning: everyone who reads this book gets poisoned. Every single one of them. Search using this key phrase: In the second half of this year, the Chinese-American co-produced Pokemon, Pokemon, Pokemon, and Pokémon series will officially begin production. Revisit traditional Pokemon storie 0Votes9.1kRecs12.3kFans
- 140 After Eighteen Years of Catching Ghosts, I Entered a Horror Game 捉诡十八年，我进入了惊悚游戏 [No Mercy] [Technical Know-How] [Reckless Brawler] [Torturing Ghosts] [Comedy] [Passionate] [Scheming] [No Saintly Goodness] [Urban Supernatural Powers] [Slaughtering Evil Ghosts] After transmigrating to another Blue Star, Lin Chen awakened the Ghost-Catching and Reselling System. He could capture supernatural beings and sell them to black-mine pits to work as miners, earning Divine Ghosts in return. Unfortunately, supernatural beings were far too rare in this peaceful world. So Lin Chen spent t 0Votes31.2kRecs427.9kFans
- 141 EN Space-Time Mecha Odyssey 时空斗甲行 People Souls Robots Mechs A story of wandering through time and space (This isn't a System novel, but it's even more awesome than one.) Note: This is a book Lao Xiao wrote for his own amusement. Another note: This story takes place in a parallel world and has absolutely nothing to do with the real world. It's all fictional, all fictional! Finally, the technology and machines, souls and genes in this book all come from my imagination. Just enjoy the story, don't take it seriously. If you do, you' 0Votes87.3kRecs73.4kFans
- 142 The Nethersea of Myriad Worlds 诸天冥海 When I attain the Dao, I will transform into the Nether Sea and flow through the Myriad Worlds! Worlds visited: The Legend of the Condor Heroes, main world, Jade Dynasty, main world, the Three Kingdoms and The Lord of the Rings, the universe of Earth. (PS: I’ve been an avid reader for thirteen years, and this is my first time writing. 0Votes143.5kRecs123.5kFans
- 143 EN The Unrivaled Ancient Sacred Body 开局签到荒古圣体 [No good-for-nothing protagonist, no bootlicking, prodigies vie for supremacy in a thrilling, invincible power fantasy] Jun Xiaoyao transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes the Divine Son of an Ancient Desolate clan. Backed by an invincible family and blessed with astonishing talent, he also gains a sign-in System and starts by signing in to obtain a fully matured Ancient Desolate Sacred Body. Sign in at the Mount Tai Ancient Stele and receive a six-star reward: the Divine Elephant Suppressi 46Votes429.5kRecs6.2MFans
- 144 The Dawn Watcher 曙光守望者 To walk along the edge is to tread on thin ice; A divine scion straddles the line between hell and heaven, yet watches over the world of civilized people. In these dark years of invasion, he may fall, he may die, but he will never submit! [Though I dwell in darkness, my heart still yearns for the light...] [Note: If you're looking for a meaningful book, this one certainly won't disappoint! In this vast sea of people, fate has brought us together. Why not take your time, quiet your mind, and savo 0Votes4.3kRecs2.5kFans
- 145 The Industrial Revolution of the Ming Dynasty 大明的工业革命 A triple PhD in mathematics, physics, and chemistry returned to the Chongzhen era. The Ming dynasty had barely a decade left before its fall. The steam engine, the spinning jenny, steamships, breech-loading rifles... An Industrial Revolution began to unfold across the Ming dynasty, step by step. 0Votes179.6kRecs307.9kFans
- 146 Who Can Stop Me from Becoming a High Marshal? 谁能阻止我成为高阶督军 Could a war orphan survive? My adoptive father is Vol'jin. Could a war orphan grow strong? My first mentor was Rexxar! Could a war orphan become a formidable fighter? My archery mentor was Sylvanas! Could a war orphan become a hero of the Horde? My spiritual mentor was Thrall! How powerful could a war orphan become? In front of me, not a single person can put up a fight! 0Votes36.2kRecs10.9kFans
- 147 The All-Purpose Mechanical Hand 万能机械手 0Votes3.3kRecs4kFans
- 148 I Specialize in Killing Protagonists 我专杀主角 This is a story about the unknown; But its beginning stems from the mutual slaughter of countless protagonists. Is it a hunting ground, a game, a realm of apostles, or perhaps merely a chessboard in some lower dimension? Yiwans says: This entire work is independently original and handwritten. If anything seems similar, count it as copying me. 0Votes2MRecs246.2kFans
- 149 The Daoist's Gift 道人赋 I watch the clouds drift by, here and gone, while in Pengxiang I sing farewells anew. The road to the Immortal Pass winds on, its way uncertain. My heart has never wavered; I bow my head and let the years pass. Now I would make a song of this fleeting life, and sigh at the world’s dream of Nan Ke. I lift a finger, drunk, and laugh at the moth circling the lamp. It is only for a long-held wish: what matter if I blaze like fire? 0Votes236.7kRecs69kFans
- 150 EN I Have a Two-World Seal 我有一枚两界印 A jade seal lets Lu Zheng transmigrate freely to another world. At first, he thinks it is an utterly ordinary ancient world. With no great ambitions, he plans to become a carefree traveling merchant, enjoy the life of a wealthy man, find a few lovely companions to keep him company, and spend his plain, dull days eating and wandering around. Until... he gives a meal to the beggar at his door, and the jade seal gains a few strands of fortune... Fox women come by day, alluring ghosts visit by night 2Votes406.2kRecs663.3kFans
