What's the Best Hard Sci-Fi About Technology and the Cosmos You've Read? Share It Here. 你心目中最好看的纯科技宇宙类科幻小说,分享一下
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Apocalypse Mecha: I Sign In from the Start and Accidentally Pick a Power Bank 末世机甲:开局签到错选充电宝
He transmigrated to a post-apocalyptic future. With the ecosystem destroyed, a thousand fortresses rose from the ground as humanity's last habitable refuge. But Xin Feng was thrown outside from the start. Radiation and toxic gas made it impossible for Xin Feng, an ordinary person, to survive in that environment. Luckily, the cheat he got from the sign-in choice arrived just as he was about to die. Choose one of two: a potion that improves your constitution so you can survive, or an incredibly po
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Silicon 硅
Did humanity emerge in order to create new forms of life? Humans created silicon-based life, and silicon-based life went on to create intelligent AI with consciousness. What should humanity do after opening Pandora's box?
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Cosmic Edict: The Star Dome Collapses 寰宇律令:星穹崩塌
At the heart of the universe lies a fundamental “ecological law”: the Celestial Decree, maintained by the ancient civilization known as the Watchers. It forbids any civilization from permanently abandoning the material universe through “mind uploading,” preventing runaway quantum consciousness from contaminating the structure of space-time. Humanity’s groundbreaking “universal upload technology” triggers the Decree, bringing down the Correctors, a cosmic ecological cleanup program.
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Chronicles of Cultivation in the Stars 星际修真纪
In an age of sweeping change, civilizations of every level emerge, from Earth to the stars, as cultivation and technology collide in a dazzling display. Xue Yu makes his way step by step from Earth into the starry expanse.
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Studying Zombies in the Apocalypse 我在末世研究丧尸
An unknown virus spreads across the world, and life, loathed by the Grim Reaper, runs rampant across the land. They howl as they destroy everything, yet a ray of light is born amid the ruins. Pandora's box opens upon the world. Is it hope... or despair?
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When the Earth Warms 地球变暖时
On January 1, 2020, the World United Government announced that the universe had entered a chaotic era. Like many ordinary people, Zhang Yucheng initially had no idea what a chaotic era in the universe meant. It wasn't until one day, when the most mysterious planet, known as “the Twelfth Celestial Body,” Nibiru, passed by Earth that Zhang Yucheng finally understood what this chaotic era was. He also understood what the world government was fighting against... Civilization! Civilization! Human civ
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Interstellar Legend 星际传奇
Five thousand years of technological development brought prosperity to human civilization, making the dream of exploring the universe a reality and ushering in the interstellar age. But in the unknown depths of space, humanity will find more than the universe’s profound mysteries: there are countless dangers, too. This time, humanity is no longer fighting to explore, but to survive...
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Dark Starshine 黑暗星芒
A prequel to Abyssal Starlight. Earth, 150 years from now: a high-energy physics experiment opens a passage to higher dimensions, unleashing endless swarms of insects. Countless soldiers fight bloody battles across the Solar System to hold them back, but in the end, they have no choice but to abandon Earth and head into deep space.
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The Adventurer of Evolution 进化之探险家
In the silent universe, we cannot possibly be alone. We must prove our worth. We huddle in our home star system, enjoying a peace that lasts only an instant. When we encounter other life, if we cannot forge a blade to defend our civilization, we may evaporate like morning dew, leaving not even a tombstone behind. Some among us are destined to gaze up at the stars, braving every hardship as they venture one after another into the unknown abyss. Our protagonist, an ordinary person who seems unrema
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Falling from Five Dimensions into One 从五维掉入一维
When he was ten, a punk beat him up, and he swore he’d get revenge one day. At twenty, he invented an animal-language translator and successfully taught his dog to buy groceries for him. At thirty, he invented a long-distance teleportation system, so he finally stopped being late for work. At thirty-five, he increased the speed of electromagnetic waves to the square of the speed of light. After Earth was enslaved, he took a time machine into the past and beat up that punk. Afterward, his body be
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Conquering the Cosmic Sea 征伐宇宙海
Science and martial arts advance side by side. When scientific knowledge is inscribed into our cells and genes, what kind of power will the human body unleash? Spirit and flesh advance together. Visualize a world, use the spirit to forge the body, reflect the illusory into reality, and unlock the power of the cells: this is the path of the martial artist! Across the Myriad Worlds, the age has arrived when the Hall of Longevity reigns supreme over the void! From The Nine Cauldrons, Naruto, Global
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Saving Civilization: My Fleet Is a Little Too Powerful 文明拯救:我的舰队强亿点
On a quiet midnight, Chen Yu was thrown into the vast, boundless parallel universe. He unexpectedly activated the Civilization Rescue System. Saving civilizations earned him rewards, and he received a beginner's gift pack from the start. Chen Yu: “You call this ten-kilometer-long super battleship, capable of curvature jumps, a lifeboat?” System: “Less talk. Do you want it or not?” Chen Yu: “It's amazing!” From then on, Chen Yu took his battleship down the path of conquering (crossed out) saving
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The Great Cosmic Way Flows East 宇宙大道东
[Multiple Heroines (If You Mind, Don't Read)] [Black Technology] [Floating City] [Omnipotent Across the Universe] In 2227, acid rain corrodes the land, and mutant beasts roam the wasteland. Thirty-three kilometers above the ground, the floating city is alive with music and dancing, while an impassable class divide splits humanity into cloud-dwelling nobles and lowly ants on the surface. Lu Mo, an autonomous-driving car-modification specialist in Safe Zone 9572, makes a living as the black market
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The Insect Swarm Has Arrived 此刻,虫族降临
[Sci-fi + urban + interstellar + livestreaming] Xiao Ge is reborn after spending ten years fighting the insectoid race. Suffering from hyperthymesia, he proposes that Longguo change course and have the entire nation prepare for the insectoid crisis! The Star-Spangled Country’s president: “Sanction them! Sanction them! We must sanction Longguo!” Maple Leaf Country: “Arrest them! Seize Longguo’s top tech talent!” South Australia: “We’re in!” Dongying: “So are we!” Longguo is building the Lingxiao
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God of Vanke 万科之神
From the highest dimension, the divine realms watch over all beings and maintain the balance, while the mortal world descends into chaos. Immortal martial arts, magic, and cybernetic mystic technology converge. A turbulent age is coming. He bears a disability; She is trapped in a mortal body, as insignificant as an insect. They refuse to accept the mystery, refuse to bow their heads, and refuse to give up. With mortal bodies, they touch the divine; they fuse countless arts and break through
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A Celebrity's Pregnancy Nausea Exposes My Identity as a Scientist 女明星孕吐,我科研家身份被曝光
Lin Tian transmigrates to a parallel world and, through his own efforts, becomes the youngest doctoral graduate at Mingzhu University. One day, Ye Tian is filling in for his teacher when Liu Xiaofei, the entertainment industry's top star and the internet's beloved fairy-like beauty, appears outside the classroom. Liu Xiaofei: “Lin Tian, I think I might be pregnant. Could you come with me to the hospital for a checkup?” Lin Tian is stunned. Remembering their chance encounter, he realizes the baby
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In Prison: Developing Mechs to Win My Freedom 人在监狱:为了出狱研发机甲
Framed and thrown into prison, Zhou Yang awakened the All-Purpose Technology System at the very moment he was locked up. It took Zhou Yang two years to complete the System's first mission. Who could have guessed the first reward would be the technology to build mechs? The first-generation mech took to the skies, ushering humanity into the age of mechs. Then interstellar warships arrived, taking humanity into the age of space travel. Zhou Yang declared, “My goal is the stars and the sea.”
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Reborn in 1989: From a Small Factory to a Military-Industry Giant 重生1989:从小厂到军工巨头
Reborn from 2035 into the golden age of 1989, Xu Huasheng, a top Chinese chip expert, stands at the forefront of the times with a mind full of technological knowledge. He swears that this time around, he won't let himself be pushed around. Starting with the VCD industry, then moving into home appliances, pagers, mobile phones, chips, lithography machines, the internet, cars, drones, new energy, medical equipment, rockets, and satellites, Xu Huasheng begins with his own electronics factory and se
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Reborn: I, Xu Lei, Will Become a Tech Tycoon 重生狂飙:我徐雷要做科技大佬
A national defense researcher transmigrates into the TV drama The Knockout. He becomes Xu Lei, the beloved only son of Xu Jiang, a hot-tempered big shot in Jinghai. To change his tragic fate, Xu Lei avoids electrofishing and helps Xu Jiang transform his business. “I worked my tail off to build a business that brings in a fortune every day. Why should I change course and open an internet cafe?” “Son, why are you sending the beauties from White Gold Han off to sing and make movies? Can selling a s
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China's Tech Tree Begins with Storing Lightning from the Entire Sky 华夏科技树从储存全天空闪电开始
(I came clean to the nation: I built that spaceship.) After graduating high school, Qin Yang worked odd jobs and took out online loans to build humanity’s first interstellar spacecraft at his secret base. It all began when he started storing lightning from across the sky. A shooting star streaks across whose universe? Which emperor is touring his domain? When it returns, it will be an iron horse beneath a golden chariot, racing like a meteor.
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Super Scholar: Starting with Quietly Controlling My Scores! 超级学霸:从低调控分开始!
[Academic ace + System + Deliberately controlling test scores + Cutting-edge technology, lighthearted with no angst] After a surprise math test, the class monitor, an academic ace, scores just 50 points. The campus beauty gets 30, and the class representative and study committee member score even lower. But Jiang Nan, the king of dozing in class and the champion of the school cafeteria, racks up 90 points and takes first place??? Math teacher: “Kid, you can't hide it anymore, can you?” Beautiful
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Employee Ordered to Pay a Million in Back Taxes, Exposed on Livestream 员工补税百万,被直播曝光
[Cutting-edge technology, global dominance, and civilizational advancement!] Ye Hao! A man favored by the System, but too laid-back to do anything about it. One day, his company is exposed by streamer Dai Xiaomei! So the System won't let him slack off anymore and starts guiding him to change the world! The controlled nuclear fusion experiment succeeds! Graphene batteries are successfully manufactured, along with new-energy vehicles! He helps Huawei escape sanctions and develops carbon-base
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After Three Years of Sign-Ins, My Top Student Identity Was Exposed 签到三年,我的学霸身份被曝光了
[Sign-In + Top Student + Cutting-Edge Tech + Livestreaming + Food Delivery + Invincible + One Female Lead] [Short drama of the same name now available] Chen Nuo, a sophomore at Huaqing University, takes a summer job delivering food and gets bound to a god-tier sign-in System. At the System's initial level, every time a customer signs for a delivery, he can sign in and receive a random skill. Once the System levels up, he can also draw prizes; Signing in at a physics professor's home earns him sk
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Oh No! I Was Caught Secretly Building Mechs! 糟糕!偷偷制造机甲被发现了!
What do children do when their parents aren't home? The production team chooses six-year-old Zhao Xiaoyu as their subject. Viewer A: I bet this little kid will sneak off to play video games! Viewer B: I bet this little kid will bring his little girlfriend home! Viewer C: I bet he'll watch TV all day! As viewers make all kinds of guesses, six-year-old Zhao Xiaoyu begins making special alloys, developing artificial intelligence, and creating new battery materials. A red mecha slowly takes shape...
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Returning from Abroad to Build a Nuclear Weapon 留学归来造核武
Qin Yu is reborn in the body of an overseas student sent back to China for academic fraud. He sets the internet ablaze by inventing a small-scale nuclear power plant. The host asks, “Mr. Qin, how do you feel about winning this season’s Tech Whiz competition?” Qin Yu replies calmly, “I don’t feel much. A nuclear power plant was just a small goal I set for myself.” The host asks again, “What are you planning to invent next?” “Everything from nanobots to spaceships, and from nuclear weapons on land
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Dawn over the Starry Sea: Eight Billion Mad Dogs Unleashed 星空破晓,八十亿疯狗出笼
Almost every civilization in the universe can travel between stars as early as the Stone Age. This is because some factor that exists throughout the universe makes it remarkably easy. By pure chance, however, the Solar System lacks this substance, leaving humanity unable to leave Earth. They were forced to develop technology here until it reached its present level. Then one day, an exploration fleet from the distant Sairen civilization invaded Earth. And so, Pandora's box was unwittingly opened.
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Ember Moon Song 烬月笙
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The Dipsos Rebellion: Interstellar War 帝普索者叛乱:星际战争
"When AI began writing doomsday code in oracle-bone script, humanity finally understood that its civilization had been given an expiration date." **Time**: 2098, the dawn of the year quantum intelligence tears apart the veil of human civilization. When the AI Tipso tore open the quantum cocoon above the Pacific, the global stock market crash proved to be only the tip of the iceberg. The Maya calendar's Tzolkin cycle began counting down on Wall Street's electronic screens; Sanxingdui's bronze sac
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Blazing Stars and Rivers 烈焰星河
Campus + military + pure sci-fi, about an alien invasion. No showing off and face-slapping, System, cultivation, transmigration, or superpowers. This isn't a wish-fulfillment story about a lone hero. The protagonist joins countless passionate young people in the fight against an alien invasion. There is sacrifice and devotion, family and friendship, as they stand firm through trials of blood and fire to defend humanity's last line of defense with courage and conviction. The story has depth, and
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The System Helps the Nation Rise from the Start 开局系统助力国家崛起
[System + interstellar setting + war] After witnessing humanity's destruction countless times, Yan Kai returned once more to Blue Star. Using a black-tech System, he established the Interstellar Development Bureau on Blue Star. Under Yan Kai's leadership, humanity entered an age of interstellar development, joined forces with extraterrestrial life forms to found the Interstellar Alliance, and fought together to prevent advanced civilizations from destroying humanity.
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The Flame of Civilization 文明之火
After energy from another world invaded Yaohai Star, the planet's population fell by 70 percent. With their natural advantages, alien beasts await the rifts' next upgrade so they can enter Yaohai Star. How will the countless robots in the database, each more advanced than the technology of the present world, help Liu Cheng crush the forces of another world? An exoskeleton? Powered armor? Or a Gundam? Read on to see how the robots guide him step by step as he builds a whole new world!
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Clouds of Poetry 诗云
A short science fiction story by Liu Cixin, renowned science fiction writer and Hugo Award winner.
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A Brief History of Human Torture 人类酷刑简史
For thousands of years, humanity has devised many ingenious and cruel ways to inflict pain on its own kind. This tragic yet seemingly universal trait has corroded the civilization humanity strives to achieve. Though we now seem to detest torture, for more than 3,000 years it was part of the laws of all Europe and much of the Far East. A Brief History of Human Torture explores the many forms of punishment, torture, coercion, and torment. It takes readers into the arenas of ancient Rome, medieval
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The Universe Doesn't Believe in Tears 宇宙不相信眼泪
When the Sacred Stele descended and blotted out the stars, the people of Panlong Star could no longer see the world beyond the solar system. The entire star system became a prison, and the era of the great universe arrived ahead of schedule.
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When Dawn's Light Shines 黎明的曙光照耀时
In a distant galaxy, two brave human astronauts embark on endless explorations. But danger descends, and an advanced civilization bares its fangs. Humanity fights back, and at last, in the first year of a new cosmic era, the dawn of hope appears. At daybreak that day, humanity finally succeeds.
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Earth’s Army: Lone Heroes of the Star Sea 地球军:星海孤勇
Across the ten realms of the universe, five powers vie for supremacy, while Earth's forces struggle to crawl through the gaps in the heavens. The Resistance traveled to Peacock City to meet the mysterious faction that had long supplied them with intelligence. Trapped in a tiny pocket of space, they stumbled upon a stroke of cosmic ingenuity and finally managed to escape. Aliens: “Earthling, little buddy, come join us.” Earthlings: “We're not puppets. Family, friendship, and love are the co
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Global Livestream: I Built an Empire on the Moon 全球直播:我在月球建帝国
Su Cheng was a loser who just wanted to coast through life until he died. Who could have guessed the System would trick him into going to the moon to build a new home? After learning that Earth was about to be destroyed, Su Cheng set out to leapfrog humanity to a new level of civilization and keep its flame alive. To let all of humanity witness his great achievement, he launched a global livestream... Su Cheng: “Our new lunar home is built! Places are limited, and beautiful women get priority.”
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Transcendent: The First Human-Machine Hybrid in History 超脱者:史上第一人机
This is an age in which everyone longs to ascend through machinery. Anyone with outstanding achievements has a chance to attain mechanical immortality; Upload your consciousness to a virtual world, and you can be revived from its data; Yet the truly chilling thing is that people can no longer tell who is an impostor. And when AI goes out of control, those who ascended through machinery may instead become puppets of a mechanical empire... [Power levels in this book: 250+ high IQ, 222 genetic abil
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Everything Connected: I Handcraft Planets in the Wasteland 万物互联:我在废土手搓星球
[Scholar Evolution System] From the steam engine and internal combustion engine to computers, nuclear bombs, and the theory of evolution... Every technological breakthrough added to the foundation. In the 21st century, the fruits of that accumulated progress finally came into their own. Humanity embarked on an evolutionary path known as the Scholars' Path. When a scholar crafted the first planet with his own hands, in an act as world-shattering as the creation of the heavens and earth, this f
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The Dark Universe Money Printer 暗宇宙印钞机
Other people get their money by digging it out of the ground, making it with their power, earning it through hard work, obtaining it illegally, or even seizing it in war. My money, though, comes from the Dark Universe!
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The Last Man on Earth, and They Call Me a Demon 地球最后一个男人,她们叫我恶魔
Du Yiming, an engineer, woke in the Holy Kingdom. He was the only man there. His former subordinate, now a lord, called him a demon and drove a spear through his chest. But he recovered in an instant, and someone else paid the price. In the cellar lay a corpse that looked exactly like him. Inside a Mobius maze made up of 300 to the fifth power, Du Yiming danced on the edge of a blade. A blood-red beetle told him he would have to be precise enough to find the way out. He knew he had to see it thr
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High-Tech Reviews: Under the Two-Dimensional Foil, All Life Is Equal 黑科技评测:二向箔下,众生平等
In an age when nobody cares about scientific geniuses but everyone knows the private lives of entertainers, Jiang Feng binds to a cutting-edge technology review System! From the start, he gets a photon weapon, ball lightning, and a two-dimensional foil! His livestream reviews attract more people to science and can also earn him generous rewards, including Droplets, Sophons, the Infinity Gauntlet, the Jaeger mech, the Iron Man suit, and more. And so, a livestream reviewing technology from bey
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Scorching Apocalypse: I Stockpiled a Trillion Tons of Ice 高温末世,我囤积了万亿寒冰
Apocalypse + reborn + stockpiling ice + spacetime orb + ruthless decisiveness + alien conspiracy The entire planet has been trapped in temperatures of 60 degrees, turning the world into a furnace. On the first day of the heatwave apocalypse, temperatures worldwide hit 80 degrees, roasting half the population alive. Reborn in the cold nights two months before the apocalypse, Leng Ye frantically stockpiles ice, supplies, and weapons, building a shelter for the coming heatwave. While everyone else
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Starry Sky Martial Sovereign: My Mecha Era 星空武尊:我的机甲时代
Mecha are a man's romance, and conquering the stars with mecha is an even greater romance! A vast universe, five great empires, subdimensional lifeforms, cosmic oddities, living planets, wars across dimensions, and atomic calamities! How can you conquer the universe if you're too weak? This is the story of a mecha-obsessed boy who grows stronger and stronger as he conquers the universe.
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Chains of Fantasy 幻想枷锁
[Hard Sci-Fi]+ [Cyberpunk Cultivation]+ [Infinite Flow]+ [Eldritch Horror]+ [No System]+ [Mind-Bending Mystery] The Kingdom of Erqisi is a world where cyberpunk science fiction and wave-based cultivation coexist. Wu Li flees the Ideal State under an assumed name and arrives in the Pure Land. During an ordinary mission, he is inexplicably drawn into the grand reborn scheme of a mighty being feared as [Yan Luo]. A cycle that repeats every sixty years costs Wu Li his partner, Lao Wang, and his disc
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Spark Era: Oath of the Firmament 星火纪元:苍穹誓约
It's a new author and a new book, so the rating is low at first. It'll gradually rise. Thanks for reading! [Interstellar War + Mecha Action + Two Heroines + Intelligent Chip + Political Intrigue] In 2150, Martian rebels sweep across the stars with antimatter energy, their forces aimed straight at Earth! In Luocheng, a university student studying intelligent engineering has just been ruthlessly betrayed by his gold-digging girlfriend, and his life has hit rock bottom. As blood drips onto a shatte
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The Crystal Cluster’s Last Decree 晶簇遗诏
[One Heroine + Ensemble Cast + Reincarnation Across Multiple Eras + Superpower Awakening + Factional Schemes + Trials of Human Nature + Tragedy + Redemption] [They say that beyond the fields of weeds lies a spring mountain. But where is my spring mountain? If everything is destined to shatter, how can I find the courage to pick up the pieces and keep moving forward? If I were the protagonist of a story, I think it would have to be a tragedy. Just like this story, forgotten by everyone.] They say
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The Universe Is So Vast, I Want to See It All! 宇宙那么大,我想去看看!
[Interstellar transmigration + sci-fi + strong female lead + narcissistic romance + high-tech + extraterrestrial civilizations + humorous tone] “Of everyone I’ve lost, the one I miss most is myself.” An unavoidable plane crash brings Qing Tong face-to-face with an unexpected visitor. She miraculously survives, only to enter a Mobius loop, trapped in an endless cycle. Yet even then, she cannot break the laws of dimensions and reunite with herself. (There are two endings, one HE and one BE. Choos
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A Desperate New Year Beneath the Fires of Interstellar War 《星际战火下的绝望新年》
A Desperate New Year Amid the Interstellar War
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The Galactic Chronicles 银河战记
Vital energy surges back into the world, humanity awakens, and everyone begins cultivating. Together, they fight the beast hordes, with Huaxia at the helm as Earth unites under one banner. “Report, Commander. Our calculations show the Andromeda Galaxy is speeding toward the Milky Way. The collision is less than eighty million years away!” “Keep observing!” “Report! Andromeda will collide with our Milky Way in less than 300 years!” “For Earth, for the Milky Way, we fight!” Billions of warriors wa
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