The story begins when a modern woman wakes up in the body of an eight-year-old girl in a remote fishing village during ancient times. Far from panicking, she rolls up her sleeves—because if life gives her farmland, she’s going to grow an empire.
Armed with a mysterious multicolored stone that can accelerate crop growth and a head full of modern culinary know-how, she sets out to lift her struggling family out of poverty. With every steaming bowl of braised meat and every carefully planted field, she changes not only her family's fortunes but also the lives of those around her.
This novel is about a heartwarming and quietly magical journey that blends historical fiction with a dash of fantasy and a generous serving of food and farming charm.
This is a story for readers who love transformation tales, found family, and watching someone quietly reshape their world with nothing more than grit, kindness, and a little magical help.
Whether you're in it for the food, the farming, or the feels, this novel is a slice-of-life gem that makes everyday triumphs feel extraordinary.
Luo Xun had survived ten years of the zombie apocalypse—not by becoming a badass warrior, but by doing what any true otaku would: hoarding supplies, avoiding people, and absolutely refusing to eat canned peaches.
Then he dies. But instead of staying dead, he respawns three months before the apocalypse begins. Armed with a decade’s worth of doomsday knowledge (and anime logic), Luo Xun sets out to prepare for the end of the world—otaku style.
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His plan: Buy all the instant noodles. Stockpile solar-powered gadgets. Build the ultimate apocalypse man cave. Avoid drama.
But in reality: He ends up rescuing a gorgeous architect named Yan Fei, who looks like he should be sipping lattes in a Paris café, not laying bricks and hoisting steel beams like a tank in tight jeans. Luo Xun’s reaction?
[“He’s too pretty. He must be useless. Definitely can’t cook.”]
Spoiler: Yan Fei *can* cook. And flirt. And install solar panels.
Together, the two build the chillest stronghold in the zombie world, complete with hydroponic gardens, renewable energy, and occasional relationship bickering that sounds like:
[“You bought *another* solar oven? Where will we even put it?”
“Next to the anime figures. Priorities, okay?”]
Despite the horror setting, this novel delivers deadpan humor, wholesome survival strategies, and a romance so domestic it could be sponsored by IKEA. It's the apocalypse—but make it cozy.
Alternative Title:
The Reborn Otaku’s Code of Practice for the Apocalypse
Freshed married Lin Rantong was on her way back with her little son Anran to her beloved husband by train. Suddenly the world became dark, the Apocalypse arrived. In the end of the world, Lin Rantong was lucky enough by not only obtaining space ability (Teleportation/Storage), but a real living space. There was a magical tree, which she called the "Tree of Hope". While hoping to unite with her husband, she grows vegetables, raises a few found livestocks, takes care of her son and make a few close friends. Will she reunite her husband and survive in this difficult apocalypse, where not only Zombies, but mutant animal and humans darkside might endanger her family.
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3.5 (6 reviews)Seo Eun-hyun, an ordinary office worker, is suddenly transported to a cultivation world during a company retreat. Unlike others blessed with spiritual roots and talent, Eun-hyun is powerless—unable to cultivate, fight, or even survive on his own. For fifty years, he lives in quiet insignificance... until death.
Then, he wakes up—back at the start of it all.
This isn't reincarnation. It’s a return. Again and again, he relives the same life in this brutal world, each time with memories intact. Trapped in an endless cycle, Eun-hyun resolves to break free—not by overwhelming force, but by persistence, cunning, and learning from every failure.
Through slow, methodical growth, he begins to carve out his own path in a world where strength rules, and the weak are forgotten. As he unravels the mystery of his regression and confronts hidden powers that bind him, one question remains:
How many lives must he endure before he can finally live his own?