Looking for Hard-Sci-Fi Spacefaring Novels With No Superpowers or Fantasy, But With a System 跪求硬科幻星际流，无异能，无玄幻，但要有系统。
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In a World Ruled by AI, I Fight Barefoot in a Matriarchal Clan 智能乱世，我在母系氏族赤身拼搏
[Accessible Hard Sci-Fi] [No Transmigration, No Zombies, No System] He is a special human, grown in an artificial womb and raised by his adoptive father. Later, framed by villains and exiled to the wilderness, he takes his family on the run in search of survival, wandering among the stars and traveling between civilization and savagery, switching between the secret identities of a righteous man and a rebel. Set in a world where the robot rebellion has been crushed by the Alliance, this story fol
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The Great Space Adventurer 宇宙大冒险家
Zhao Lei ventures across the galaxy with AI shipgirls, returns with alien technology to save his home, then sets off alone to explore the stars. This book was first published in June 2025 and taken down in April 2026.
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Body Snatching: An Interstellar Mission 夺舍：星际任务
During an interstellar mission, astronaut Lin Mo uses consciousness projection technology to travel in consciousness to planet Tb, whose civilization is in the late stages of a slave society. Using consciousness fusion technology, Lin Mo successfully takes over the body of a Wubiren fetus. As the child grows, how will Lin Mo complete his interstellar mission without the help of a consciousness robot skilled in combat? And what impact will he have on the Wubiren civilization of planet Tb... Core
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Infinite Battle Cops 无限战警
The world has changed, and humanity can survive only inside bases. When darkness falls and devours the world, the real destruction has only just begun! Li Qiang returns from a bloody fight in the slave arena! He becomes a battle cop and embarks on the path to power! He leads Earth beyond the Milky Way and breaks through the darkness! His fury shakes heaven and earth! His rage makes the universe tremble!
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The Cosmic Cycle: A Miracle of Symbiosis 宇宙轮回奇迹共生
Earth has been invaded by extraterrestrial creatures. What fate awaits it? Will it be destroyed, or will it defeat this powerful enemy? And how will humanity uncover the mysteries of life in the universe? Follow one human as he takes control of the gears of fate…
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A Thousand Years in the Annals 千年史册
[Lies from the start! Wild imagination + shocking twists + real history + hard sci-fi + no System + no dumb decisions] “Lately, I’ve been transmigrating every now and then.” “Where did you transmigrate to?” “To the battlefield at Lake Poyang at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, commanding a million Red Turban soldiers in battle and conquering lands far and wide.” “Tell me about your dream…” “It wasn’t a dream. I transmigrated.” “Then tell me whose body you transmigrated into.” “You guessed right. I
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Second Life: The Bracelet That Conquers the Universe 二生：手环之纵横宇宙
What lies behind the world-shaking, epic rescue mission to avert a crisis across the multiverse, where the fates of three individuals are entwined? While so much science fiction still focuses on starships, journeys across light-years, and time travel, a mysterious bracelet appears. It can teleport its wearer, control people’s minds, and switch between eras. When consciousness, rather than matter, determines reality, these intertwined destinies lead not only to battles across the multiverse and t
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Reverse Logic 反向逻辑
The Reverse Logic launches a stunning science-fiction adventure. The protagonist, Ji Luo, has a name inspired by the inversion of logic. Brave and fearless, he becomes key to humanity's progress through three encounters with the mysterious String World and three fierce wars. Set in a virtual world built upon ten-dimensional space, the story brims with imaginative visions of the future of physics. It breaks with conventional logic, offering a unique perspective on humanity's struggles and advance
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The Antistar 逆星人
Su Hua is an outstanding Chinese astrophysicist who has devoted himself to studying the solar system. Based on the internal material structures of the eight planets, he divides them into two categories. Since human beings like us came into being on an open planet like Earth, it is entirely possible that advanced life like us arose on a planet that is closed. Because their development took the opposite path from ours, they are called “Reverse Star People”!
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Stargate: A New World 星际之门：新世界
Qin Hantang accidentally transmigrated to a parallel world strikingly similar to the setting of the TV series Stargate. With his unreliable, hit-or-miss memories of the plot, he opened the door to a new world.
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Reborn in a New World: Living It Up Without a Care 重生新世界之瞎浪一气
After Zhong Mo was reborn, he discovered that this life was different from his previous one in a few ways. Most importantly, his heartfelt hope that his wife had been reborn alongside him had unexpectedly come to nothing. Deeply shaken, Zhong Mo decided to make a bold move in this new world. Fifteen years later, when he reappeared, he had plenty of secrets hidden behind him. But by then, fate seemed to have played a joke on him too, making everything much more interesting. The story takes its ti
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Alien Invasion: I Lead Blue Star into a Type II Civilization 外星入侵：我带蓝星进入二级文明
At 11:28 p.m. on September 7, 2025, a strange “blood moon” appeared in the sky. No one knew it was a final gift from a dying alien civilization. Ye Jinchen, a materials engineer, was accidentally implanted with the [Spirit Nexus] System, created by the “Aida Civilization,” becoming the sole heir to the technological legacy of a higher civilization. Two months later, the prophecy came true. An extraterrestrial predator known as [Jidu] tore through the heavens like a cold cosmic calamity and began
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The Vast Sea of Stars in the Deep Universe 宇宙深空之星辰浩海
[Science fiction, fictional setting] What kind of world is this? Shall we explore the edge of a world whose very existence is uncertain? Let’s encourage one another as we journey through the boundless sea of stars… International affairs, the vast universe, an endless sea of stars. I dare to write it, they dare to live it. Will you come and see?
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A Lifetime: The Lone-Wolf Agent's Gray Eden 一生：孤胆特工之灰色伊甸园
The story of Lin Tianming’s growth from boyhood. Please also read this book’s companion novels, Second Life: The Bracelet Across the Universe and Third Life: Love Bewitches the Mortal World. Each of the three novels stands alone, yet together they form a series, with interwoven plots that let you experience the life journey of “two worlds, three lives” and the rise of the century’s dragon, Long Teng!
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Three Lifetimes: Love Bewitching the Mortal World 三生，，之情惑人间
A collection of modern love and marriage stories. Read this alongside its companion works, “One Life: The Lone Agent’s Gray Eden” and “Two Lives: The Wristband Conquers the Universe.” The storylines intertwine and unfold across multiple threads, bringing together the century-spanning journey of Century Longteng through “Two Lives and Three Incarnations”! (For various reasons, the first book in this series, “One Life: The Lone Agent’s Gray Eden,” and “Root Prisoner: 101 Illusory Loves” are not be
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Aircraft 飞行器
Rare hard science fiction!! Best suited to readers with some scientific literacy. The pandemic crisis drags the great powers into an arms race. How will a scholar’s ideals, cutting-edge technology, revelations from beyond the stars, and family ties shape the glorious yet rootless life of an ordinary man? Told through the authentic perspective and life experiences of an aircraft engineer, Aircraft takes flight on the wings of imagination, bringing you into the world of hard science fiction and g
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Alien Planet: A World Without Women 异星：没有女人的世界
[Steamy and heartfelt] Collector Linnei Mosmode buys a primitive live-born woman from an interstellar scavenger, never imagining that he would personally unleash a storm sweeping across the universe, one that would destroy everything.
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The Titan Chronicles: The Stardust War 泰坦战记：星尘之战
Reni, a Martian, meets Amanda, the queen of motorbikes, at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr. Together, they take part in the colonization of the stars and a mission to combat space pirates. But then mysterious time hunters launch a killing spree.
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Greetings from Planet E 来自e星的问候
Whenever I look up at the sky, the dark insectoid mothership looms across the horizon. Greetings from Planet E is a grand extraterrestrial adventure starring Yang Mo. As he builds a business and uncovers a rebellion plot among Planet E's factions, Yang Mo uses his wits to foil the conspirators and the insectoid race, winning the love of the Swan Princess and the Dragonfish Princess. The Solar Chariot tells the story of Yang Mo, the son of Yang Ruo, who arrives on Planet E a thousand years later
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The Chariot of the Sun 太阳战车
Everyone has someone they can't forget, or something they can't let go of, whether it's love or a career. When faced with a life-or-death choice, how should you decide? This is the story of Yang Ruofeng, who sets off for Titan aboard a solar sail ship on a mission from the Dragon Kingdom. There, he discovers alien ruins and pits his wits against the lurking space pirates. The story follows two main threads: the protagonist's romance and his scientific expedition. Across the vast reaches of inter
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So This Is How You Build a Battleship 战舰还能这么造
Warship design and construction + sales + Terra + farming Development path: transport ships, destroyers, cruisers, carriers, battleships, megastructures. Other things may be added along the way, such as carrier-based aircraft. Warship references: Legend of the Galactic Heroes + 40K + EVE, and so on. Combat follows the 40K style. If you can’t accept that, or want to see ridiculously epic space battles, this probably isn’t for you. Also, I’m a new author, so please don’t flame me.
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Apocalypse of the Stars 群星启示录
[Star Cluster] + [Ship Girls] + [Interstellar War] 2403 was an ordinary office worker until an accident transmigrated him into a mechanical civilization in the interstellar age. After passing the civilization's assessment, he officially became a fleet commander. His adventures across the galaxy are only just beginning.
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Beyond Laniakea 飞越拉尼亚凯亚
When our ancestors stood upright and gazed at the stars, they saw a vast sea of stars in their eyes. Once we began to understand the laws governing the boundless universe, we were bound to seek the truth that unifies it all. It was both inevitable and our destiny. From the day life was born, its destination had already been determined by fate. So when intelligence awakens, it too must have a purpose. But are we the chosen ones? Is humanity the ultimate form of life? Could we be... a life-form fr
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The Future World of the Great Wild Starry Sky 巨野星空的未来世界
The future of the starry sky is filled with boundless, uplifting promise. The countless lifeforms on the cosmic islands are all working to elevate the level of cosmic civilization. At the same time, dark matter and evil forces throughout the universe use all manner of means to obstruct the advancement of cosmic civilization! Of course, the Saint King, the Azure Dinosaur, the Flying Tiger, the Thunderpeak Eagle, Yuan Tianyin, Tian Xingjian, and a host of other cosmic deities and heroes, who repre
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The Mars Era: Road to Venus 火星纪元：金星之路
An ancient alien spacecraft is discovered in a crater on Venus. The mysterious X Organization plots to seize the planet, while Factory 18 wants to use Venus as a dumping ground for waste. Yet atop the clouds of Venus stands an airship academy called Cloudtop Academy, a hallowed school dreamed of by students across the solar system. At last, traveling from Mars to Venus, they witness the planet's land and oceans.
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Across the Ocean 大洋彼岸
Across the Ocean
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Fairyland in the Purple Bamboo Grove 紫竹林的仙境
A Fairyland in the Purple Bamboo Grove
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The Moon Palace Amid a Sea of Flowers 花海月宫
The Moon Palace Amid a Sea of Flowers
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I'm a Coder, I'm the Universe 我是码农，我是宇宙
This is a high-concept novel that combines realism, business, science fiction, and the intellectual thrill of a power fantasy. It’s a new kind of web fiction, unlike traditional stories that rely on emotional wish fulfillment! Zhang Wei uses SAP as his System to cultivate immortality and attain the Dao! Yes, you read that right! The same SAP as the German ERP system! Zhang Wei’s System! This sly guy actually built a cultivation path around SAP, from Foundation Establishment to Core Formation, Na
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System: Life Among the Stars 系统，星际人生
An ordinary college student suddenly awakens a cheat System one day. One slap can cover the entire world, and a single word can pierce the whole sky... Everyone thinks a god has descended, but Chen Hao has no idea!!! From then on, he blazes through life in a streak of sparks and lightning, roaming the universe and embarking on an interstellar adventure.
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The Star Core Era: Tech Overlord of 2049 星核纪元：2049科技霸主
An alien civilization will reach the solar system in three years, yet all of humanity is still fighting over a barrel of oil?! After waking up, Chen Mo, commander-in-chief of the Human United Fleet, is reborn in 2049 and awakens a cosmic relic: the [Star Core]! By burning his life force, he can ignore fundamental theory and forcibly decipher the pinnacle of technology from the next five hundred years! Give up one year of his lifespan to decipher room-temperature superconducting materials, slappi
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Surviving in Space: A Hundredfold Loot Multiplier from the Start 太空求生：开局百倍爆率
[Survival + interstellar + System + wish fulfillment + comedy + sci-fi] “Welcome to Starship Survival...” Shen An wakes up in space to find himself in a battered escape pod. “Hell difficulty from the start?” “Ding! The hundredfold drop-rate System has finished merging!” “Ding! You captured a meteorite. The hundredfold drop rate has triggered: materials +100.” “Ding! You captured a stellar-class battleship. The hundredfold drop rate has triggered: battleships +100.” Beastlike civilization: “Am I
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The Era of Cosmic Unification 宇宙的大一统时代
Since Earth's birth, life on the planet has undergone five global mass extinctions. These five mysterious events cleared the way for humanity's emergence and development. Yet behind what seems like a series of coincidences of nature lies an earth-shattering secret! That secret holds a key step toward unifying the universe.
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Earth Shatters, Bunker Drifts Through the Universe 地球震碎，地堡漂流宇宙
[Hard sci-fi + end-of-the-world survival + consciousness technology + everyday life in space with many women + bunker + interstellar travel + wild ideas + hyperrealism + meticulous detail] [Entirely handwritten, no AI used in the main text] (No formulaic tropes, no mindless wish fulfillment) Su Yuxiang: My bunker can’t fit a billion people, especially not a billion girls. “Don’t worry. The country will help you, and so will the whole world! Cram all one billion girls into your bunker!” Earth s
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Legend of the Star Sea: Elegy of the Nature Elves 星海传奇：自然精灵的挽歌
A Tomato original: hard science fiction + space opera + interstellar setting + civilization wars + mighty battleships and cannons + mecha + Warhammer 40k + no System + no cultivation + little girls! The protagonist is enjoying the view by a river when he encounters a UFO. In a flash of white light, he transmigrates to a remote agricultural planet in a vast interstellar empire within the Genesis Nebula.
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An Alien Little Sweetheart Came to My Home 我家来了个外星小棉袄
This novel is rich in elements, like a treasure trove. Choose a path below to explore according to your interests: For fans of military technology and strategic simulations Key chapters: 74–81 The “Spirit Realm Guardian” project: A national intelligent defense system built by adapting Dona’s firefighting system. Highlights: Intelligent swarm warfare, one-sided battlefield transparency, overwhelming technological superiority, and revolutionary defense concepts. For those interested in environment
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Journey to the West: A Sci-Fi Retelling 西游科幻版
[Sci-fi Journey to the West + sci-fi Classic of Mountains and Seas + sci-fi In Search of the Supernatural] Deep in the star sector of the Eastern Continent, the quantum-entangled state of an ancient stellar core suddenly collapsed. The energy it released tore through the core of the Flower-Fruit Mountain supercluster. In the lingering shockwaves of a higher-dimensional space-time disturbance, a silicon-based life-form took shape, its body made of flowing crystals and pulsing threads of energy. I
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I Found an Interstellar Empire in a Pile of Junk 捡破烂捡出个星际帝国
[Interstellar farming + lighthearted humor + scheming rogue + not hard sci-fi + wild-imagination System] Li Xuefeng picks up some junk and stumbles upon the legacy of a god-tier civilization. He only wants to open a scrap yard, but ends up building the dynasty's largest business empire. He sets out to deal with a band of highwaymen, only to become the dynasty's greatest hero in suppressing a rebellion. His achievements make the king feel threatened, and he is framed. Then, in the midst of a pala
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The Human Body Universe 人体宇宙
This novel establishes an entirely new vision of the universe: the entire macrocosm is a super biological computer. To monitor every civilization in the universe, its creators placed a quantum person in each one. Every quantum person contains a quantum universe identical to the macrocosm. In reality, it's a map-loading package, which makes it easy to locate the quantum person in the macrocosm and also provides all the organisms in that civilization with a temporary place for their brain consciou
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Summoning the Myriad Worlds: I Rebuilt the Human Galactic Empire 万界征召：我重建了人类银河帝国
He wakes to find the galaxy shattered, with humanity enslaved by alien rulers, forced to toil like beasts of burden and work as mining slaves. Xia Yi is directly bound to the [Starsea Conscription System]. A prisoner from the start? He tears open a hyperspace route, summons a planet-destroying battleship to blast the enemy at point-blank range, sends in an army of clones to board and sweep the place clean, and saves the last princess of the Human Alliance atop a mountain of alien corpses! An ali
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Dark Core Hunter: Starwreck Frontier, Sector 1001 暗核猎兵：星骸边境1001区
In 2450, human civilization has expanded to the Milky Way’s third spiral arm, but the Dark Core War has forced humanity to retreat to the Starwrought Frontier. Spanning 500 light-years, this region is littered with the wreckage of prewar interstellar fleets and conceals Dark Core Crystals capable of transforming a civilization’s rank. Yet the most deadly threats on the frontier are neither the rampaging Scrap Beasts nor the spatial rifts in the vacuum. They are Hunter Contracts. When Dark Core H
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Deep Space Explorer 深空探索者
The call from the cosmos may not seem worth noticing, but the response from the depths of space is sure to be fear and ignorance. This isn't Liu Cixin's Dark Forest. What you think is all there is. Perhaps trusting your instincts is the message the stars are sending... But remember, death is always the last resort. Until then, make sure you eliminate every wrong answer. Perhaps that's all The Deep Space Explorer's Code is trying to tell you.
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The Space-Time Bridge: Earth's Era 时空桥之地球时代
[Sci-fi] + [Mystery] + [Ensemble cast], with airtight logic and no brainless plot twists. Zhang Xiaotian: holder of the third secret key to the Space-Time Bridge; Song Yaoyao: a knower who can read any data in simulated spaces; Xiang Wanwan: a top student and cool, mature beauty; Chen Yifan: a righteous police detective; Lillian: a short-tempered little girl. From death threats to exploring ancient ruins, from the prehistoric plans of the Giant race to the future invasion of the Divine race, fol
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The Milky Way Aglow: The Silicon-Carbon War 天河璀璨之硅碳战争
This is a science fiction story: An alien spacecraft nearly a kilometer in diameter suddenly arrives in the waters of the Dragon Kingdom. It comes not to conquer or kill, but to seek cooperation, offering the Dragon Kingdom many tangible benefits. It also tells the Dragon Kingdom that aliens have visited Earth since ancient times, and that several alien races still live here. Why did they choose to cooperate with the Dragon Kingdom, and what can the Dragon Kingdom offer them? The aliens invite 1
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