by 狡猾天狗

https://www.asianovel.net/story/3120/

MC transmigrates into an apocalypse novel the day before it begins and is basically determined to do much better at surviving than the original owner. She was originally planning to stay far away from the protagonists (male lead is her stepbrother, female lead is a schoolmate) but ends up staying with them and the male lead's military team. She doesn't need their protection though, she can hold her own from the start and makes every effort to get stronger while navigating the plot points she can remember from the novel.

ML is the team's vice-captain Bai Mu.

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Survival Game: I Became a Big Shot in Another World by Grinding Hard by 047Shi47 (开局一个茅草屋？天赋抽奖来翻盘 by 047是47)

https://wtr-lab.com/en/serie-17506/survival-game-i-became-a-big-shot-in-another-world-by-grinding-hard

Combines survival game + shelter/island building. MC is transported into another world where she has to level up herself and her shelter to survive everything from exotic beasts and plants to natural disasters. Large cast of both fellow humans and native clans, and I think all the characters are pretty well fleshed out. The plot starts off like it's just following MC to level up, but she soon gets embroiled in an overarching plot where threats to this whole world are introduced, a prophecy comes into play, and various mysteries are revealed.

I think the story is interesting, I have some theories about the MC since it's been hinted more than once that there's something about her that's special amongst all the Youzai ("cubs", the native clan members tend to call MC and other transmigrators that). I really like the MC, she isn't totally OP from the get-go, she has to gather resources and put in the work to grow stronger, but she has a high luck value and a very high mental value, which makes some things easier. She gets into a lot of trouble but is also competent enough to get herself out. I love her contracted plant Lili, it's wonderfully homicidal and loves to eat. MC herself has low empathy and morals, she prefers keeping to herself and prioritizes gaining benefits for herself even if it means scamming someone or straight-up looting someone's house lmao, but she does have some lines she won't cross, and she gradually grows more attached to some of the other Youzai and the clan(s) that adopt her.

The pace isn't always the fastest, don't go in expecting action-packed scenes all the time, but I don't think it's too slow either, you get a mix of watching her grow and watching her figure out the various problems plaguing Mist Continent and solving them.

No ship, just a strong female MC.