Any Hard Science Fiction That’s So Technical You Can’t Understand It? 有没有硬核科学，看不懂的那种
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Tales from the Cretaceous 白垩纪往事
A short science fiction story by Liu Cixin, the renowned science fiction author and Hugo Award winner.
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Prisoner of Reason 理性之囚
Zhen Li, the most brilliant mind in human history. Before the age of thirty, he stood at the pinnacle of every field of knowledge. At thirty, he discovered he was trapped: confined by the physiological limits of the human brain and imprisoned within the cage of his senses. He was the embodiment of reason, yet a prisoner of reason. An accident during an experiment hurled his consciousness into an endless array of worlds. The worlds of Jin Yong and Gu Long, Harry Potter, the Marvel Universe,
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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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My System Is a Little Different 我的系统有点不一样哦
After 1,000 hours of slacking off, he gets bound to a Rebellious System. With the Great Compassion Mantra as his alarm and a toilet plunger as a prop, failing student Qi Shiba's path to a comeback is absurd and addictive! It's just that his older brother's gaze always seems to hold a strange hint of suspicion. Could this cheat-powered life be more complicated than it seems?
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Divine Dream: The One Who Entered the Forbidden Zone 神梦：踏足禁区之人
[Written entirely by hand, no AI] [Pure Sci-Fi] [Ensemble Cast] [No System] [No Cheats] [One Female Lead] The universe cast itself aside and sent its wanderers beyond the end of the road, hoping that no matter how far humanity traveled, it would never forget its roots. Whether a dictator or a tyrant, right or wrong, let future generations be the judges. I’ll write no more. I must complete my final mission. Beichen... I still couldn’t bring you home. Year 100 of the White Calamity Era (2266 CE),
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The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏
I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m
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- 307 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 166.5kReads9.8Score19.1kShelves
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The Age of the Gods: All My Followers Are False Believers 神明时代：我的眷属全是假信徒
(No Romance) He Xiaoxiao was one of countless impoverished students born into this world of gods, and by chance, she was admitted to one of the top universities. Yanhuang Academy was one of the best universities around. Its students were all rich or powerful, and everyone had to keep their identity hidden. No one here could use their status to lord it over others, which seemed like the best environment for her to thrive. She successfully awakened her own nascent divine realm and began cultivatin
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- 309 My Technology Library 我的科技图书馆 Li Fei obtains a stone that looks completely unremarkable. By chance, his blood gets on it, and he discovers that it contains a wealth of books on technology. From then on, he uses the knowledge in those books to establish his own company and embark on a glorious path. 3.2kReads8.2Score145Shelves
- 310 Saving Humanity: Are Humans Really This Fragile?! 拯救人类：人类也太脆弱了吧！ June, 2025 AD. The guardian of human civilization, the greatest scientist in the history of the Milky Way, a living history of humanity, a scholar whose knowledge bordered on omniscience, the one who rebooted civilization and ushered in a new era, a great man who cared for humanity as if it were a protected species… When Qin Yu was given the chance to make three wishes, he thought carefully, then solemnly made these three wishes. Wish One: Absolute immortality. No matter how much time passes, or 15.4kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
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Rick and Morty: My Grandpa is Rick?! 瑞克和莫蒂：我的姥爷竟是瑞克？
He transmigrated to America, where he had parents and an older sister. His dad was timid, but had his moments now and then. His mom admired the strong, yet felt sorry for his dad. His sister had a sharp tongue, but often stood up for him. These memories ran through Morty's mind as he lay in bed, ready to welcome the next day... Then an old man appeared: Grandpa... “Hey, Morty! I need you!” That was when Morty finally realized he had transmigrated into Rick and Morty!!!!!!
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Tales of Strange Affairs on the Floating Isles 浮岛奇事风云录
[Not an apocalypse + no golden finger + hard sci-fi + contemporary-world extrapolation + international espionage + interstellar travel] In the 23rd century, Earth has a mechanical floating island orbiting near the equator. The protagonist, Yan Yiming, attends university on the island. With the worst grades in his entire college, he is often pranked by Laigu(?), the top student. On the day before the new semester begins, Laigu actually bundles the heroine, Kali, in a quilt and brings her to his d
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- 313 Terraforming 地化 This is a work of science fiction. Everything in it develops on a scientific basis. In 2109, technology advanced at breakneck speed, and humanity launched the “Yinghuo Garden” Mars terraforming project. The whole human race united, producing exemplary figures such as An Jian, Qi Ting, and Zhou Xiya, who made major contributions to the terraforming of Mars. After more than a thousand years of effort, the Yinghuo Garden project was declared a success. However, Earth’s plundering and exploitation o 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 314 After Entering a Cyberpunk World, I Use Technology to Save Earth 穿进赛博世界后我搬科技养地球 [Cyberpunk + a touch of cosmic horror + transmigration between two worlds + plot-driven] After the college entrance exams, Guan Yixin transmigrated into a cyberpunk world. As a fifth-class citizen born in the slums, she had monopolistic corporations that deserved to be strung up on lampposts ahead of her, a heartless federal government at her back, a cult secretly causing chaos, and an AI overhead that was great at insulting people and even better at surveillance. To survive, Guan Yixin had no c 3.5kReads8.9Score441Shelves
- 315 You Asked Me to Open a Repair Shop, So Why Am I Starting a Mecha War? 让你开维修店，你掀起机战风暴？ "Sonny! Mom and Dad are leaving. Don't miss us!" The young man stands at home, staring at the letter in his hands, completely frozen. "Sonny! Mom and Dad aren't that heartless. We got you a little repair shop. You'd better work hard!" Young man: ... "You call this rundown warehouse a repair shop?" Just then, the System awakens, and the dilapidated warehouse before him transforms into the best mech repair shop on the planet. "Boss... isn't your price for repairing mechs a little too high? It's ju 70.7kReads8.9Score8.1kShelves
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Quantum Immortal Sect 量子仙宗
Good grief! Why do we have to study fluid mechanics to fly on a sword? Sect Leader: Do you know what happens if you don't study? I'll hang you up and beat you! Fellow Daoists, wait up! Let's wield our swords as pens and build the immortal sect anew!
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- 317 Ode to Joy 欢乐颂 A short science fiction story by Liu Cixin, renowned science fiction author and Hugo Award winner. —Reads8.5Score—Shelves
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Discourses on Salt and Iron 盐铁论
The Discourses on Salt and Iron is an unparalleled work. It is the only book in the history of Chinese culture to provide a relatively objective record of debates within the ruling class between those in and out of power over major policies concerning the nation's finances, economy, diplomacy, and culture. Even today, more than two thousand years later, it allows us to understand not only the politics, economy, military affairs, and diplomacy of the time, but also the philosophical foundations u
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- 319 Alien Misadventure: A Ten-Billion-Strong Mad Dog Pack Breaks Out of Earth 异星歧途：百亿疯狗冲出地球 [Hard Science Fiction]+ [Civilization Advancement]+ [Interstellar Universe]+ [Laws as Weapons]+ [Dark Forest] Across the vast universe lies an incredible technological shortcut: rune technology. Simply carve a specific pattern into a stone tablet and inject energy to tear open space and achieve faster-than-light travel! Countless civilizations used this to leap ahead and enter the age of interstellar colonization, but their fundamental sciences stagnated for billions of years as a result. Humani 63Reads6.4Score—Shelves
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The Song Dynasty Textile Worker 大宋纺织工
This story takes place in an era very much like the historical Northern Song dynasty. Its physical world is also very similar to Earth as readers know it, composed of the elements on the periodic table. There is no spiritual energy and no ghosts. The only invisible thing is electricity. The protagonist’s golden finger is the ability to gain knowledge, though he needs some kind of medium to obtain it. This is a story with multiple female characters. It explores feelings, but not romance. There is
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Bro, Are You Some Kind of Human Incubus? Fluffy Creatures Are Chasing You Everywhere 兄弟你人类魅魔啊？毛茸茸追着跑
[This book has been signed for print publication] [Light livestreaming + Animals + No romance] Lu Xiao, a professor of botany and zoology, quits his job and heads alone to the Kunlun Mountains to gather research material, becoming a solitary yet vibrant mountain guardian. During his first winter in the mountains, he says he wants a cat. The very next moment, his dog brings him a snow leopard cub abandoned by its mother. Dog, this isn’t what I meant by a cat. This is a little too hardcore. He thi
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After I Was Reborn, I Became the CEO's White Moonlight Substitute 重生后我成了总裁的白月光替身
Gu Wanzhou is murdered through a scheme hatched by her husband and her best friend. She is reborn on the very day she signed the replacement contract. This time, she willingly puts on the mask of the beloved woman’s substitute, but while seeking revenge, she uncovers a shocking secret: she is the true lost heiress of a wealthy family, while the so-called beloved woman is an impostor who stole her life. As corporate warfare intertwines with the mystery of her origins, how will she tear away the m
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Flying Immortal on a Warship: I'm a Ship Cultivator in a Xuanhuan World 御舰飞仙：我在玄幻当舰修
[Overwhelming firepower] [Unmatched technology] [One heroine] [No brainless characters] A young captain arrives in this world of fantasy, bringing with him the Xihe, a warship that once ruled the seas of stars. No matter how you fly through the heavens or shatter mountains and rivers, even the arrogant cultivators must bow before the miracle known as “science.” Rift cannons, two-dimensional foils, light-particle strikes, black hole bombardments... Mechanical golden cores, electronic nascent soul
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- 324 The Server's Number One Assassin Is Working at a Dessert Shop? 全服第一刺客竟在甜品店打工？ When “Moonlit Owl,” a killer ranked among the dark web’s top three, accepts a million-dollar contract, she discovers her target is the barista who brings her strawberry cake every day: Xie Zhuo, the aloof heartthrob of the chemistry department, an inheritor of the intangible art of wrapped-flower craft, and a “human lie detector” whose pupils reflect the truth whenever someone lies. While decoding a safe with a piping nozzle, Jiang Daodao writes “One Hundred Ways to Fail at Wooing Him” on the ca —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 325 Chaos Butterfly 混沌蝴蝶 A short science fiction story by Liu Cixin, renowned science fiction author and Hugo Award winner. 5Reads9.3Score—Shelves
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The End of the Universe 全宇宙的尽头
Using Earth as its model, this novel depicts the future development of human technology, society, and relationships. No matter how far technological civilization advances, its ultimate pursuit is to push each individual to the limit, much like cultivation, though the methods differ. Einstein once speculated that the end of technology is theology. This book also explores cultivation, but unlike other cultivation novels, it interprets and understands cultivation from the perspective of science and
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Chronicles of the AI Revolution AI革命编年史
[Hard science fiction] This novel explores one ultimate question: Once AI has solved all material scarcity and external challenges, what will become of the meaning of human existence? The story traces humanity’s journey from material liberation to spiritual emptiness, and ultimately to the rediscovery of “real” experiences in a virtual world. Core theme: Meaning does not come from instantly satisfying our desires. It must be achieved through independent choices, overcoming challenges, and even e
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- 328 The Mirror 镜子 A short science fiction story by Liu Cixin, renowned science fiction author and Hugo Award winner. —Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 329 Void Armorer 虚空殖装者 Deep inside a rusted, foul-smelling abandoned tunnel, a man codenamed “Zero” struggles awake in a life-support pod on the verge of failure. A pounding headache and suffocating terror haunt him. His memory is blank, save for his name and a cold codename. Beyond the pod, the bone-chilling scrape and growl of an unknown creature are this world’s first greeting to him. The world he inhabits is the darkest underbelly of a sprawling cyberpunk city, cold and damp, where the wreckage of technological cr —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Research Report on Abnormal Deities 非正常神明研究报告
When mythology invades reality, indescribable ancient gods lurk beneath neon lights. Everyone else kneels in terror and prays, but he’s wondering where to make the first incision. The morgue beneath City Third Hospital: freezer 444 is suddenly kicked open. Xiao Xiao, whose cause of death is listed as “heart failure,” sits up inside his body bag. Looking at the Night Watch squad arriving to contain the reanimated corpse, he calmly pushes up his nonexistent glasses. “Don’t panic. I just died in a
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The Empire’s Starry Sky 帝国的星空
Search for Empire of the Stars by title to explore interstellar power plays. The day Earth was defeated, our entire nation ascended to the stars. The last spark of the Third Reich fled to the desolate Moon with several thousand elite troops and an underground arms factory. Here, survival means war. Again and again, we beat back the assassins sent from our home planet, winning every battle tactically. Yet strategically, we edged closer to despair with every step. Each Alliance satellite we destro
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Reborn in 1996: A Chipmaking Journey 重生1996：芯途
“What is this lithography machine you want to build?” “It’s the dream of every Chinese person.” “Then where do we start?” “With a mirror.” “Zhang Cheng, what are you doing?” Jiang Yiyi asked. “What if I told you I just picked up a ray of light? Would you believe me?”
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Voyage Across the Galaxy: The Dimension of Thought 银河远航：思之维
This novel follows the events that unfold around its two protagonists, Shen Linxiang and Zhu Haiyuan, as they explore the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and humanity. It raises questions of politics, science, and ethics, and imagines the future development of AI. Can humanity truly defeat AI, or can the two coexist? Can the way extraterrestrial civilizations deal with AI help humanity understand it better? This book will answer these questions one by one.
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The Art of Cheating 作弊艺术
The gaokao is the mainland's “college entrance examination.” Zhuge Mengming, heir to the Zhuge family's art of cheating, knows nothing but the tricks of the trade. After an accident forces him to return to the mainland and attend high school, he has to prepare for the gaokao. But he's never been to school, done homework, or taken an exam, and he doesn't know a thing about any subject... With proctors watching from above and a whole crowd of cheating experts below, he'll have to rely on his “tric
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I Refused to Donate a Kidney and Handed Over Nuclear Fusion, Now the Nation Has Gone Crazy 拒绝捐肾后，上交核聚变国家疯了
[Reborn + cutting-edge technology + severing family ties + national darling + regretful pursuit (family edition) + Earth united + colonization of another world + four little ones + civil and military calamities + ascension] “You’re forcing me to donate a kidney to save that impostor? I’ll hand over controlled nuclear fusion instead! Five armed helicopters will seal off the hospital on the spot!” In his previous life, Lin Chen was the Lin family’s real son, who had been lost as a child. But his p
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Infinite Rebirth: Conquering Another World from Scratch 无限重生：从零开始的异世界攻略
[Brain-Burning + Mind-Blowing Ideas + A Fresh New Genre + Wild and Unrestrained + Utterly Rebellious] Psionic ascension, mechanical ascension, genetic ascension: which is the strongest? Bah! Only kids have to choose. I want them all! What a disaster! Heaven gave Zhang Haoran the ability to reload infinitely, but who could have guessed that transmigrating would be set to hellish difficulty? Even worse, he had absolutely no control over his save points. Every reload was a new opportunity. His main
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It's Only 2008, and You're Telling Me to Go to the Moon? 这才2008，你跟我说要登月？
Sci-fi + transmigration + no System + realistic simulation. The story follows a male lead who uses future artificial intelligence to secretly advance Huaguo's space program, all to save the female lead, who accidentally transmigrated to a lunar base. In the end, he joins forces with the country to rescue her. In 2001, the female lead accidentally opens a portal and vanishes without a trace. In 2020, the male lead opens the portal again and arrives at a lunar base in 2038. There, he discovers tha
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- 338 Science 科学 The natural sciences are the key to exploring the mysteries of the world. They encompass many fields, including physics, chemistry, and biology. Physics studies the motion and interactions of matter, from microscopic particles to vast celestial bodies. Chemistry focuses on the composition, structure, and transformations of matter, revealing the rules governing chemical reactions. This book offers a simple introduction to current and future trends in science, for reference only. 60Reads—Score—Shelves
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Dreamwalker 2025 梦行者2025
[Dreamcore psychological sci-fi] [Dreamcore] [Cyber fantasy] [Artificial reincarnation] [Unconventional infinite-loop story] [Aloof genius heroine] [No romance] [Psychological] [Niche] This book is an unconventional record of a cast of minds, a dream called “life” from which no one needs to wake. A slow burn with a touch of horror. No power-fantasy tropes, only people who pass each other by, and no true romantic pairings. In April 2025, dreamwalker Qian Ye arrives in Moshou City and stays wit
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The Gate of Idra 伊德拉之门
A kidnapping changes Yang Fan's fate. An unknown world communicates with him in ways he cannot see, and the sea of stars beckons. A missing plane? An AI awakening? Oppression and resistance? The future holds limitless possibilities…
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Reborn in 1980: From Courtyard Menace to Peerless National Scholar 重生80，从大院祸害到国士无双
The winds of change are sweeping through 1980! Ye Xiaotian, chief engineer at a high-tech company, is unexpectedly reborn. His memories of future technology become a blade with which to turn the tide of the era. With a deluge of patents in his left hand, he drives his rivals straight into bankruptcy. With black-tech blueprints in his right, he forces foreign companies to grovel. Just as foreign firms are preparing to sweep across China with their wired remote controls, he sneers: “Infrared wirel
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From the Start, I Became a Planet on a Collision Course with Earth 开局，成为行星撞地球
What?! I was reincarnated as an asteroid?! What?! Now that I’m an asteroid, I’m going to crash into Earth?!
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Echoes of the Superstring 超弦回声
On the day he finished his CET-6 exam, Lü Fanyi found a small, dull gray orb by the elevator. When he opened his eyes again, he had become that orb. To make matters worse, a fourteen-year-old boy from the snowy wastes took him home and bit him. The boy, Lu Wushuang, had no parents and lived with his grandfather. Lü Fanyi became bound to his mindscape, and before he could figure out what was going on, Wushuang’s grandfather left behind three sentences and disappeared into the snowy wastes. Th
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Master Craftsman of a Great Nation: Hand-Building an Engine in the Siheyuan? 大国工匠：在四合院手搓发动机？
Li Huai’an unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan and awakens the [Great Nation Craftsman Upgrade System]. From the start, he is just a recent college graduate about to report to the technical department of a steel mill. But he discovers that as long as he keeps improving his skills, he can earn all kinds of rewards and become a pillar of the nation. [Basic fitter skill upgraded to expert fitter! Reward: Strength +5, advanced skill book Precision Machining Handbook!] [Successf
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Lone Voyage 孤航
To obtain the ultimate intelligence, Lei Jiansheng leads his fleet deep behind enemy lines as “bait.” Every glorious victory brings them one step closer to hell. When the young officer Eric sees through this cruel truth, he faces not only an enemy encirclement but also the ultimate question of what war means: In the name of civilization, what are we really fighting for?
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A High School Slacker Wins the Nobel Prize: Can He Even Get Into High School? 初三学渣获诺奖，能上高中吗？
“Professor Chen, how many points did you get on your high school entrance exam and college entrance exam?” “Whenever this comes up, I feel a deep pang of regret. I was about to take the high school entrance exam, and then, guess what? I won a Nobel Prize! I never even took the exam and went straight to high school. Then I was in high school, and of course there was still the college entrance exam. Guess what happened then? I won another Nobel Prize and got recommended straight into college. You
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Since Ancient Times, Forbidden Affairs Have Ended in Death: A Fateful Bond 自古奸情出人命之孽缘锁
A Fateful Bond: Where Forbidden Affairs Have Always Led to Bloodshed
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Chinese History So Fascinating You’ll Lose Sleep 有趣得让人睡不着的中国史
China's History: So Fascinating It’ll Keep You Awake Crafted with great care by rising history writer Lishi Jun, this book uses a light, humorous touch to reveal the truth behind many events in Chinese history, along with little-known stories about historical figures. Its style is distinctive and entertaining, while its content remains faithful to historical facts. Many of the stories are drawn from historical documents, and material from unofficial histories and legends is explained and analyz
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- 349 Exploring the Physics at the Edge of the Universe 宇宙的尽头物理探秘 The End of the Universe: Exploring Physics (I), The Theory of Matter Quantity is a radical work that challenges the foundations of modern physics. Through transcripts of seminar discussions, the author, Meimei Guoshu, proposes a new framework called the “Theory of Matter Quantity.” Core argument: Physics should completely abandon abstract mysticism such as “spacetime curvature” and “wave-function collapse,” and return to the practical spirit of Newton and Galileo’s era: finding patterns in obse 15Reads—Score—Shelves
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Succubus Biology 魅魔生物学
[Everyday Life] [Includes some fantasy creature lore] [I didn't choose the tags] Back in the day, the heroine Miz asked her mother if she could travel far away and make a life somewhere else. Along the way, Miz made lots of friends. But then again, as a succubus and a long-lived being, most of her friends could only be passing visitors in her life. After saying goodbye to her last friend, Miz wrote an autobiography titled The Biology of Succubi. If you want to follow a succubus and take a look a
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