Period-Era Novels, Technological Powerhouse, No Romance 年代文 科技强国 不要儿女情长

1. 351 沪 Shanghai, 1955: Even a Good-for-Nothing Fights for His Life 沪上1955，废材也玩命 Pale Bamboo Blossoms淡竹花开Modern Romance282k WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Transmigration + Spatial Dimension + Technological Development, with Romance] Transmigrating into 1955, Lin Wanshan finds that her survival checklist is a little long: [Task 1: Take someone else’s identity and survive at the machinery factory] [Task 2: Evade the deadly tests of the enemy agent known as “Shadow”] [Task 3: Secretly use the future technology in her spatial dimension to support the country] [Task 4: Don’t let the handsome, sharp-eyed guy from the technical departme 58Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The female lead focuses on her career and leads her country to great heights!

2. 352 0 A Post-00s Kid Helps Mom Take Down Her Scumbag Husband 00后帮妈妈整渣斗三 Qian Xiaqi钱夏七Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Modern urban life + inspirational + slice of life + feel-good] Wu Jie is a poor student who loves gaming. After his parents' marriage falls apart, he defies fate and changes his life. First, he helps his mother take down her cheating husband and his mistress. Later, he helps his motherland root out scoundrels and traitors. Step by step, he rises to the brightest peak of his life... 4.2kReads9.1Score574Shelves

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   That's right! Books with a strong sense of national pride and patriotism are much better!! This book should be called "The Growth Story of a Top Student Son"! The title is a sloppy mistake!

3. 353 1 The Exam Machine of 1978 1978做题家 Gao Fu高夫Urban2.0M WordsCompleted The solar wind blew Xiao Zhen back once again, this time into his mother's womb in his family's old home in Yudong, Banan, Chongqing, in 1978. In this life, he didn't want to train as a sprinter or give his parents too many tips on how to get rich. Most of all, he wanted to enjoy all of his parents' love. He wanted it all to himself: to be an only child, have a rural household registration, and, above all, become a demolition-relocation millionaire! He didn't want to push himself so hard again, 1.6kReads6.3Score103Shelves
4. 354 重 Living a Second Life as a Young Man in the Compound 重活一世，大院少年 Starry Words星星语话Urban62k WordsOngoing Dare to tell me you'll work with me, and I'll make you a multimillionaire. Save yourself... work hard to make money... change your own fate and that of the people around you, so everyone can put their talents to use and live a normal life through hard work. 336Reads—Score—Shelves

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   One sentence caught my eye: "Work with me, and I'll make you a multi-millionaire!"

5. 355 四 An Outsider in the Siheyuan 四合院局外人 Gao Fu高夫Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Genius + Technology + Watching the Drama] Xiao Zhen, version 50, was forced back to the 1950s by the will of the cosmic singularity. But he arrived a little too early. His uncle, Xiao Zheng, had not yet died in action, and Xiao Zhen was still in his second year at Bashu Middle School. If nothing changed, Xiao Zhen knew that in 1953 he would get mixed up with the attention-seeking oddballs from the Siheyuan again. All Xiao Zhen wanted now was to save his uncle. He never wanted t 2.5kReads7.1Score101Shelves
6. 356 渣 My Scumbag Husband Tricked Me Into Marriage? I Bring a Century of Research to Marry a Powerful Young Master 渣夫骗婚？我携百年科研转嫁权少 A Leaf Falling in the Rain一叶落雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The rating just opened, so a low score is normal.) [Rebirth · military marriage | wild and sensual / age gap | possessive | explosive sexual tension] “Report! Your ex-wife’s patent has our entire military by the throat!” He scoffed, until fighter jet production halted and missile supplies ran dry. Only then did he realize she could hold the nation’s lifeline in the palm of her hand! … Reborn on her wedding day, she was asked to give up the bridal suite for his first love? Jiang Youli smiled. “S 1.1kReads6.5Score100Shelves

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   Looks good ヾ(*ΦωΦ)ツ

7. 357 穿 Transmigrating Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon Fodder Tears Up the Plot and Builds Infrastructure 穿书七零，炮灰手撕剧本搞基建 Frosty Sky Over a Thousand Trees万木霜天Urban1.0M WordsCompleted When Qin Feng opened his eyes, he had become the male lead's stepbrother in a Period novel. A biased father, a vicious stepmother, a reborn male lead, and Qin Feng, destined to be cannon fodder... Faced with a disastrous start, Qin Feng smiled when a construction and engineering study System suddenly appeared. His stepbrother stayed in the city while he went to the countryside. The original owner was furious, but Qin Feng was thrilled. Reclaiming wasteland and farming? Not a chance. He used a se 8.2kReads8.0Score554Shelves
8. 358 八 Fiery and Bold, This 1980s Bride Is Too Much for Her Cold-Blooded Officer 八零娇媳野又辣，冷酷军官顶不住 A Leaf Falling in the Rain一叶落雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book · Military marriage · Pocket dimension | Wild and sensual | Possessive | Off-the-charts sexual tension] A top modern beauty and executive is reborn as the real daughter who was forced to die over a pound of pork? She doesn’t accept this fate! … She tears up the script. She’s the female lead now Her vicious grandmother tries to sell her off for a bride price? She turns the tables, sending her off with silver bracelets and a village-wide parade! The fake white-lotus daugh 2.1kReads—Score213Shelves
9. 359 八 The 1980s: When an International Student Becomes Chinese 八零：当留子变成华裔 The King Is a Cat大王是只喵Modern Romance784k WordsCompleted [Post-2000s + No CP, Multiple Male Companions + Two-Faced Green Tea + Talks Nonsense + Invincible Jinx + Slight Supernatural Elements + MAX Luck] Most people who transmigrated were poor at worst. Duan Danqing nearly starved to death. To sum it up: a dad in prison, a sick mom, an edgy little brother, a sister with autism, and her, nearly starved to death. It doesn’t get much worse than that from the start. She already hated bland Western food, and now she had to eat it for the rest of her life. O 5.4kReads8.9Score440Shelves
10. 360 从 From Gifted Student to Extraordinary Scholar 从天才学生到超凡大学士 Little Old Man in the Mountains山中小老头Urban755k WordsOngoing Everyday life + strategy + business + technology. Technological progress doesn’t happen overnight. Reborn in a parallel world in the year 2000, Qin Jun used his foresight to start laying the groundwork early. Step by step, he filled in the gaps and led his people and his country toward prosperity, and onward into space. P.S. There’s a farm, but this isn’t a farming novel. Agricultural security is also an important part of national security. Synopsis two: More than twenty years ago, Qin Jun sold 370Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Articles from the year 2000

11. 361 四 Siheyuan: I’m the Party Secretary at an Agricultural Machinery Factory 四合院，我在农机厂当书记 Barbecue Sauce烧烤酱Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted A slow-paced story set in a bygone era! Multiple love interests, a crafty protagonist, no suffering in silence, and only a little edge. No mass-killing rampages. If that's not your thing, please move along! Zhang Xingguo's soul transmigrates into an alternate world, where he discovers that it's actually the famous Four-Sided Courtyard world. Since he's here, he might as well have some fun! He can't have come all this way for nothing. One little tip a day, and he'll rule the Four-Sided Courtyard 23.4kReads6.2Score884Shelves
12. 362 军 The Young General’s Sassy Instructor Teases the Enemy Agents Until They’re in Tears 军少娇痞教官戏耍敌特颤泪三行啊 Liqi's Autumn Foamflame荔彩柒的秋日沫炎Modern Romance402k WordsCompleted [Alternate-history 1960s + strong leads facing off + hilarious face-slapping wish fulfillment + bickering couple + farming during famine + getting rich through research] Rebellious, cocky, and charming instructor VS calm, cool, and calculating young master from the capital In her previous life, Nan Fengyun was known as Phantom, the world's strongest international assassin. But her arrogance got the better of her, and she was killed when her target ambushed her during a mission. Then she was rebo 732Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is incredibly capable, quick-witted, and constantly pulling off unconventional moves. She's a female tyrant in the military, a weapons research genius, and a builder in the agricultural field.

13. 363 大 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？ Little Crunchy Lamb Ice小羊脆脆冰Male-Channel Fanfiction138k WordsCompleted 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 —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Technology, courtyard houses, new books in the genre, new books

14. 364 六 Raising Kids in the Sixties, the Whole Village Is Green with Envy! 六零养崽，全村羡慕嫉妒疯了！ The Fluffed-Up Cat炸毛的猫咪Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Transmigration + Golden Finger + Raising Kids + A Whiz at Making Money] Story One: “Hey, did you hear? That lazy Jiang Li has come back from the dead! She actually made meat for her two kids and new clothes for them, for once!” Story Two: “Good heavens, this is incredible! That lazy Jiang Li is making money, and not just a little: a whole hundred yuan! The Zhou family has struck gold!” Story Three: “Unbelievable! The leaders came in a car to commend Jiang Li. I hear she's don 30.4kReads8.2Score2.8kShelves

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    She woke up to find herself transmigrated into the body of a lazy old woman and a vicious cannon fodder mother in the 1960s? Her husband belonged to someone else, her son was destined to be spoiled, and her treasure was about to be stolen by her half-sister? Jiang Li, a tech whiz in this post-apocalyptic world, was furious! She immediately filed for divorce, embarking on scientific research, making a fortune, raising her child, and becoming the most enviable person in the entire village.

15. 365 穿 Transmigrating to 1959: The System Space Has Everything 穿越1959系统空间全都有 Lucky Cat招财猫儿Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Urban farming] [Period] [Famine] [System] [Farm] [Ranch] [No harem] [Not a saint] This is an alternate history, so don’t try to match it to real people or events! Li Youcai transmigrates to 1959, the era of the Great Famine. He inherits the space left to him by the original owner, along with a System that keeps dangling empty promises and desperately insists on binding itself to him. Well, when in Rome... Whoa! The System has unlimited supplies, all available for purchase with points. Whoa! The 30.6kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves

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    Starting with the VCD industry, and expanding to home appliances, pagers, mobile phones, chips, lithography machines, the internet, automobiles, drones, new energy, medical devices, rockets, and satellites, Xu Huasheng began building his own technological empire, starting with his own electronics factory, to help China return to the top of the world.

16. 366 重 Reborn in 1960 with a Pocket Dimension 重生60带空间 Young Master Lin Jiaquan林家權少Urban5.4M WordsOngoing After saving someone, Lin Hao unexpectedly arrives in the 1960s and is reborn in the body of a martyr's orphan with the same name and gender. Fortunately, a pocket dimension comes with him as a golden finger. Follow Lin Hao as he enjoys a carefree life during the three years of natural disasters. As he explores the pocket dimension, he gradually unlocks many of its functions, learns martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine, hunts, and enjoys life freely. 178kReads8.8Score16.3kShelves
17. 367 四 Siheyuan: Li Tianyou, the Brilliant Detective 四合院：妙笔神探李天佑 Mo Yiquan墨一圈Male-Channel Fanfiction948k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 140Reads7.9Score111Shelves
18. 368 校 The Campus Belle’s Diploma Is Torn Up? Her Devoted Officer Won’t Back Down 校花毕业证被撕？痴情军官死死磕 The White-Faced One of the Elixir Pavilion丹阁白面者Modern Romance791k WordsOngoing "Young Master Xiao, Who Has Kept to Himself for Years..." Era, modern romance, sweet romance; school life, campus belle, business and entrepreneurship, urban life, military, equally matched leads, technology and research. Thank you, readers, for your reviews. The book has received a rating. It may not have shot straight to the top, but every review you leave helps raise its overall score. Thank you for your support. I also hope new readers will give it a few chapters. You won't regret investing 579Reads8.2Score101Shelves

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    This book is great; it's purely entertaining, with both a down-to-earth feel and touching moments.

19. 369 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Got a Nation-Strengthening System 穿越后，我有了强国系统 Cream Cake Frosting奶油蛋糕酱Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [National-strengthening System + parallel worlds + transmigration to another era + no romance] Jian Muhan gets into a car accident and is flung into a remote wilderness where she doesn't know a soul. She lands buried in the snow, and when she looks up, more than a dozen rifles are pointed at her head. The good news: They're on her side. The bad news: They think she's a spy. Jian Muhan instantly caves. “Grandpas, don't shoot! It's me, your favorite granddaughter! I've brought supplies for you!” N 309Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    No romance, back to the early days of the People's Republic of China

20. 370 1 1979: A Great Nation's Leap Forward 1979大国飞跃 Peng the Great Is Reserved大鹏矜持Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [A note: This novel requires some knowledge to read and leans toward realism rather than wish fulfillment. Beginners, stay away! Beginners, stay away!] [Modern urban setting + period drama + technology + global perspective on competition between great powers + slow burn] [Contains science fiction elements + leans toward realism + has a golden finger] Zhou Xia Yan, the head of a high-tech company, was struck by a meteor and transmigrated to the end of 1979, becoming a young educated urbanite who 3.5kReads8.2Score223Shelves
21. 371 重 Reborn, I Was Adopted by an Upper-Class Family Abroad 重来一世，我被国外上流家庭收养 Joy In This World人间有欢喜Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted From a remote mountain village where she had never owned a pair of shoes, she walked barefoot all the way to the city. By chance, a foreign couple adopted her. Through hard work, she got into a prestigious elite school and found the value of her life anew. Standing on the high awards podium, facing questions from reporters from around the world, she answered: “I’m Vera Wilson. No matter what my nationality is, Chinese blood will always run through my veins. And I’m also happy that you call me Zh 10.8kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
22. 372 让 I Asked You to Sell Goods Part-Time, Not Hand Everything Over to the State! 让你兼职卖货，你全上交国家？ The Spinning, Leaping Lucky Cat旋转跳跃的招财猫Urban500k WordsCompleted Lin Heng is terminally ill. As he lies on the brink of death, he binds himself to a System that can forcibly extend his life whenever a trade succeeds. As the System levels up, the items for sale grow increasingly bizarre. Before long, Lin Heng realizes something is off. A researcher at the National Research Institute rages, “Boss, this is a shape-memory alloy! Isn't it illegal for you to own this privately?” Lin Heng: “Don't be ridiculous. It's just ordinary jewelry, three pieces for ten yuan.” 6.5kReads8.5Score492Shelves

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    The protagonist leads a technologically advanced nation and contributes to the development of the motherland.

23. 373 穿 Transmigrating Through Time and Space to Jinggangshan 穿越时空的井冈山 Qingshan Luyao青山路遥14k WordsCompleted Jinggangshan Across Time —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 374 四 Siheyuan: The Unsung Hero Builds the Ultimate Life 四合院：老六加持，打造最强人生 Inch of Light寸芒Male-Channel Fanfiction1.8M WordsCompleted [Siheyuan Courtyard + Shameless Old Sixth System + Strengthening the Nation Through Science and Technology + Putting the Courtyard's Vermin in Their Place] Li Jianxun arrives in the 1950s or 60s. From the start, he not only becomes the heir to a revolutionary family, but also gets the Shameless Old Sixth System, the strongest sign-in system. The catch? It can only be activated in a siheyuan courtyard overrun with pests. “Ding! Daily sign-in reward: ten big black ten-yuan notes.” “Ding! Monthly s 25kReads7.9Score1.2kShelves
25. 375 七 The 1970s: The Capitalist Heiress and Her Military-Wife Foil 七零之资本家大小姐的随军对照组 Wu Yiyan吴一言Modern Romance584k WordsCompleted When Xu Jiangnan stood on the island with a beat-up bag in her hand and a bewildered look on her face, Li Xinghua happened to arrive. Li Xinghua was the rich young lady of a capitalist family, with fair skin, a pretty face, a good education, and a special space. Xu Jiangnan might have been a proper, respectable girl and not bad-looking either, but she had a dark complexion, no education, and not a cent to her name. Everyone praised her to her face but mocked her for being poor behind her back. T 3.1kReads8.4Score222Shelves

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    The title is a letdown; the female lead is a career-driven woman who builds aircraft carriers and cars, but there are also everyday family stories and personal growth moments. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

26. 376 我 I Strike It Rich with a Farm in the 1960s 我在60靠农场发家致富 It's Dark, Go Home and Sleep天黑了回家睡觉Modern Romance483k WordsCompleted At sixteen, Lin Qiuqiu awakened memories of her past life one night. The next day, she gained the heroine’s special golden finger. She assumed she was the leading lady of this world and prepared to welcome a wonderful life, making her whole family rich. But one event after another came crashing down. She did get rich, but who knew where that wonderful life was? Working by day and farming by night, she was busier than an old ox every single day. And every now and then, someone showed up to make t 1.8kReads8.0Score136Shelves
27. 377 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Sent to the Countryside from the Start 重生60年代，开局就上山下乡 A Solitary Stone孑然的石头Urban3.8M WordsOngoing [Period]+ [Reborn]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [Single Female Lead] Ye Hao transmigrates to a parallel world in the 1960s. Just as he is about to starve to death, he awakens an ancient treasure passed down from antiquity: the Azure Lotus Mystic Jade! Watch as he lives it up during the famine, improving his own life while also doing his part to help this country rebuild from the ground up! Our goal is the stars and the sea! 1.9kReads8.8Score239Shelves
28. 378 我 I Came from the Stars to Witness the Age of Soaring Technology 我从星际而来，看科技腾飞时代 Admiring Mount Jun from Afar慕落君山Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted [Technology to strengthen the nation + alternate setting + interstellar transmigration + no romance, focused on getting things done + not a power fantasy + period piece] Ling Yue is transported from the interstellar age to Blue Star in the 1960s when an explosion caused by the mad scientist next door sends her through time. The land lies in ruins, beset by troubles at home and abroad. Watch as Ling Yue helps her country achieve a technological leap forward. A foreign country threatens us with at 62Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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    ✨The female protagonist is a researcher from a highly civilized galaxy. While researching explosions, she travels through a black hole to the 1960s, where she leads a technological leap forward.✨A mechanical genius travels to 1999. A patriotic and exhilarating story.

29. 379 末 From the Apocalypse to the 1970s: I Tear Into the Worst of the Worst and Marry a Soldier 末世穿七零：手撕极品转嫁兵王 Le Shen乐燊Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Revenge Before the Sun Sets + Spatial Spring + Apocalypse + Female Yama + No Saintly Foolishness, No Taking Losses + Satisfying Read + Crushing Scumbags + Face-Slapping + 1970s + Tearing Apart the Worst by Hand + Special Forces + Enlisting + Serving the Nation + No Romance] Xia Shuning once ruled the apocalypse with her fire-type ability, only to be struck by lightning and reduced to ashes. She transmigrated to the 1970s and became a miserable capitalist heiress. Her adoptive parents sold her 14.7kReads8.5Score1.9kShelves

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    He initially tore apart top-tier opponents, but later became a special forces soldier to serve his country. It's both exhilarating and hilarious. The female protagonist comes from the apocalypse and has a spatial ability, superpowers, and a spiritual spring. She's ruthless, vicious, and has a sharp tongue. He's skilled in fighting, medicine, and even poisoning; he also loves writing whistleblower letters and writing short essays about Black people. They shot down America's newest fighter jet with grenades and killed all the Navy SEALs. They burned down the Japanese soldiers' latrines, looted their treasures, and the Soviet Union and Vietnam looted them one by one. Sell the videotape of the beating again. I never hit people who can't make money. I love no one but my country! The scheming female supporting character stole 100 merits from her. Not only did she steal the scheming female supporting character's space and hundreds of millions of resources, she also printed a fake space for her and tricked the female supporting character into continuing to store things in it! She beat up almost every man over one meter tall who appeared in the book. Settle scores as soon as they arise, and use your resources to empty the national treasury of your humble life. They even burned down the shrine. Space is created by fists. In the first chapter, the lewd man was crippled with three lashes. The awful female supporting character and her family were first shoved into a cesspool, and then sent to the desert to plant trees. After beating up that jerk, she even stole his valuables because she was expensive! 😆 [Petrified]

30. 380 重 Reborn in 1980: From the Start, I Encounter a Sci-Fi Spaceship 重生80：开局遇到一艘科幻飞船 Half a Cup of Coffee and Red Wine半杯咖啡与红酒Urban827k WordsOngoing [Rating is in, and it’ll go up from here. Written by hand, absolutely no AI.] [Reborn + Marvel Future Tech + 1980s + One Female Lead] Lin Xiao is accidentally reborn in 1980, carried there by the spacetime energy of a future interstellar drifter. Pretty unexpected, right? Lin Xiao inherits the assets of someone from the future and gets his hands on a little Marvel technology. Not too much to ask, right? Lin Xiao secretly swaps back cultural relics that were smuggled overseas, builds a business e 1.3kReads6.0Score102Shelves

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    This has no romantic subplots, but is full of high-tech features.

31. 381 七 A Beautiful Woman’s Fight to Change Her Life in the 1970s 七零之娇媚美人靠内卷改变人生 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted Also known as Reborn: The Charming Beauty Catches the Eye of a Discharged Officer After dying a miserable death in the wilderness in her previous life, Shen Wanqing opens her eyes again and wants only to escape her fate as a doomed supporting character. She uses her spiritual spring space to heal old injuries, puts arrogant bullies in their place with her martial arts skills, and masters five foreign languages and all kinds of skills through fierce competition. Her life soon flourishes. Only Wei 306Reads6.4Score—Shelves
32. 382 穿 Transmigrated into a Fake Heiress in the Seventies, She Conquers Everyone with Her Beauty 穿成七零假千金，她靠美貌杀疯了 In the Third Month余三月里Modern Romance600k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + military marriage + real and fake heiresses (early story) + serving the country through scientific research + adorable kids + love at first sight + 10-year age gap] (Radiant, career-minded beauty vs. cold-faced, love-struck military doctor) An Lanruo, a rich beauty from the 21st century, transmigrates into a book as a fake heiress in the 1970s. In the story, she’s supposed to be doomed by the reborn real heiress and married off to an abusive old man? An Lanruo sneers. 251Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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    The male and female leads are both researchers in different fields, but both are passionate about research and development.

33. 383 八 The 1980s: My Sister Is a Policewoman Who Puts Every Troublemaker in Their Place 八零之我姐是警花，专治各种不服 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted [Period crime investigation + family and neighborhood life + a spirited heroine + Beijing hutongs and courtyard homes + a slight golden finger] Lin Tiantian was a gymnast in her previous life. Reborn into the Lin family, she had extraordinary strength. To keep her from causing damage with it, her father taught her the family's martial arts from childhood. Though she was beautiful in this life, she chose to make policing her lifelong career. Everyone in the neighborhood knew that a female officer 1.2kReads6.8Score170Shelves
34. 384 港 Hong Kong Island, 1973: My Dad Runs a Gang, I Develop Black Tech 港岛73：我爹搞社团我搞黑科技 Dream Thief Mage盗梦术士Urban2.2M WordsOngoing [Transmigration + warlord ambition + making money + building a technological powerhouse + decisive and ruthless + no female lead] A researcher from the Chinese Academy of Sciences transmigrates into the body of a Hong Kong Island black-sheep heir from a powerful family. She carries a research institute from 2025 in a pocket dimension, where time flows ten times faster. The rise of cutting-edge technology starts now! Military power upgrades: gas-cylinder cannons → electromagnetic railguns → space 66.6kReads7.9Score7.2kShelves

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    [Time Travel + Tycoon + Money Making + Technological Powerhouse + Decisive Ruthlessness + No Female Lead] [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration] A researcher from the Chinese Academy of Sciences transmigrates to Hong Kong's underworld, becoming a second-generation gangster. He carries with him a research institute space from 2025, with a time flow ratio of 10:1. The road to technological advancement begins now! Wealth Upgrade: Gas Tank Cannon → Electromagnetic Railgun → Space-Based Kinetic Energy Strike! Wealth Upgrade: Counterfeit Engines → Bestselling Electronics → Leading Computer and Mobile Phone Enterprise! Power Upgrade: Small Smuggling Fleet → World's Largest Security Group → Underground Order Controlling Global Shipping! Years later, my father becomes the revered underground emperor of Hong Kong. Meanwhile, I continuously supply the nation with groundbreaking technologies, becoming a technological giant that commands global attention. I, Lin Chao, am not only the uncrowned king of Hong Kong, but also an unparalleled national hero on the road to a great power's rise!

35. 385 六 The 1960s: Educated Youth in the Great Northern Wilderness, With Plenty to Eat and Drink 六零：知青北大荒，都吃饱喝足 Big Fish Begonia Fruit大鱼海棠果Urban702k WordsCompleted (Period Drama · Rebirth · Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside · Beidahuang · Spatial Storage · Stockpiling Grain · Reclaiming Wasteland · Career Advancement · Seizing the Opportunities of the Era · Brotherhood · Production Corps System) Lin Jianjun is reborn in the famine-stricken 1960s. His gambling-addicted father bleeds the family dry, while his biased mother abandons him. He and his three younger siblings are driven to the brink of death. This time, on his third day after being sent to Be 284Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Historical fiction is here, there's bound to be one that suits your taste, and the original spirit remains unchanged.

36. 386 7 The 1970s: You Have Space, So Why Not Hunt and Trade? 70年代：有空间你不打猎倒卖？ Cowherd from the Ten Thousand Mountains十万大山放牛娃Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Travel between two worlds ➕ resell supplies ➕ raise hunting dogs ➕ hunt ➕ raise wild animals ➕ fish for rare giant fish ➕ build a wellness resort ➕ bring technical documents for missiles, aircraft carriers, and fighter jets, along with high-yield hybrid seeds, to the 1970s and 1980s] He transmigrates to 1977, an era when guns and hunting are unrestricted and wild animals are unprotected. Yang Guangshu, fifteen Chinese hunting dogs, Tibetan Mastiffs, Xiasi dogs, and East Sichuan hunting dogs, pl 24.5kReads8.4Score1.5kShelves

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    Traveling back to the 1970s, settling in a production brigade, and awakening a spatial dimension, one can freely travel from the 1970s to 2024. Alone with a dog and a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, one hunts to support their family, selling the wild boar, bears, rabbits, wolves, tiger penis liquor, antiques, and Moutai liquor they hunt in 2024.

37. 387 非 The Wild and Sweet Intangible Cultural Heritage Expert: The Conservator's Favorite 非遗大佬野又甜：修复师偏宠 Big Fish Begonia Fruit大鱼海棠果Modern Romance272k WordsCompleted [Intangible cultural heritage restoration | Sweet romance | Wilderness exploration | Mutual doting | Wish-fulfillment | Strong female lead] Su Qingran is a reclusive master of intangible cultural heritage restoration. Her skill at restoring antiques is unparalleled, but she prefers to keep a low profile and hunt for treasures in the wild. After an unexpected encounter brings her together with a refined, aloof powerhouse, she plans to work on restorations and explore secret realms on her own, onl 4Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 388 9 The 1990s: From a Shelter to China’s Core Chip 90年代：从收容所到中国芯 Chu Yun Feixi楚云飞兮Urban236k WordsCompleted The 1990s: From the Shelter to China’s Core Technology A blood-and-tears journey of struggle in a Special Economic Zone Volume One: Breaking Out of the Sweatshop In 1994, a green train headed south, carrying the confusion and hopes of an era. Yun Fei, a technician from an inland factory that had gone bankrupt, sets out alone for a Special Economic Zone to solve a problem with radio quality. He embarks on a thorny journey that will temper his body and soul and reshape his convictions. In the st 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A tale of a grassroots hero's rise to power and the blood and tears of a nation striving to become a technological superpower! From his solitary journey to Shenzhen, he slept on trains, carried bags at docks, slept on graves to evade checks of his temporary residence permit, outwitted illegal factories, fought for unpaid wages for migrant workers, and was even detained in a detention center… Every step was fraught with difficulty! Entering the tech industry, starting from scratch, he withstood foreign takeover attempts. In the fierce battle against comprador forces, he fought desperately to break through their encirclement. He drew his military dagger, the eight characters on the blade—"Old soldiers never die, their spines never break"—shining with a sharp light…

39. 389 末 Sailing the Apocalypse: My Compass Can Analyze Ancient God Relics 末世航海我的罗盘能解析古神遗物 Big Fish Begonia Fruit大鱼海棠果Sci-Fi & Apocalypse886k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse, Survival, Sailing, System, Treasure Hunting, Sea Monsters] The tsunami struck in a single day, sinking all the land on Earth and turning the world into an endless ocean. My name is Lin Che. I was trapped on a rickety raft, waiting to die, when I accidentally activated an ancient Analysis Compass. Analyze ancient relics, and you can obtain fresh water, food, weapons, ship blueprints, and more! Starting with the crudest wooden raft, I’ll upgrade it step by step into a fishing boat, a 31Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 390 四 Siheyuan: From the Start in 1958, I Just Want to Farm 四合院：开局五八，只想种田 A Mangosteen Durian一只山竹榴莲Male-Channel Fanfiction132k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + farming + courtyard drama + wish fulfillment + face-slapping + putting villains in their place] In the height of summer, Zhao Qingshan transmigrated and became a poor young man living in the suburbs in 1958. His family was dirt poor, his older brother had just died, and the whole family depended on him to hold things together. He thought he would have to survive on rough steamed buns and an empty stomach, but then the Divine Farming System awakened. With experiments in spatial —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Leading the country to development

41. 391 学 The Top Student’s Rise Begins at the New Concept Essay Contest 学霸从新概念作文大赛开始 A Distant Era遥远的年代Urban625k WordsOngoing In his previous life, he was a construction worker drifting from site to site. Reborn into this life, he unexpectedly unlocked a superhuman mind: he could remember everything he saw and grasp math and science with ease! He rose to first place in his grade in his first year of high school, then claimed the top spot in the provincial science track in his second. He won first prize in the New Concept Essay Contest and became a young novelist with over a million books sold. At Yanda University, he w 97Reads—Score140Shelves

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    Academic Elite Novels Written in the Style of Historical Fiction

42. 392 重 A Reborn Young Master of the Capital's Journey as a Fortune-Teller 重生京城大少的神棍之旅 Prince Dongming东明王爷Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Period setting + rebirth + free shopping + fortune-telling + personal space + identity swap + one female lead Wang Kai was reborn! The bad news: he had taken over the body of someone else who had also been reborn, and become a son nobody loved. The good news: he wasn’t their biological son. The bad news: an enemy agent had stolen his original identity. The good news: he had originally been a young master from the capital. Pan Mingzhi: Comrade Wang, are my wife and child still alive? Wang Kai: A 22.4kReads7.9Score1.6kShelves

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43. 393 四 Siheyuan: From the Start in 1963, From Agriculture to Military Industry 四合院：开局六三，从农业到军工 A Little Milk一只小牛奶Male-Channel Fanfiction256k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + a technologically powerful nation + farming + courtyard drama + wish fulfillment + beautiful older sister figure + face-slapping + putting villains in their place] The moment Lin Weiguo opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to 1963, into the world of "Love in the Courtyard". It was hell difficulty from the start! His gravely ill older brother took his final breath and entrusted him with one last request: take his place in consummating the marriage with his sister-in-law, so the 215Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 394 穿 Transmigrating to 1940: Titled the Ghost King 穿越40，称号鬼王 Prince Dongming东明王爷Urban595k WordsCompleted Wang Dong’s soul transmigrates, bringing him to 1940, where he becomes a four- or five-year-old boy in Wangjia Village. But due to the System, his body develops some problems, so he’ll kill Japanese soldiers while recuperating. He is the Ghost King in his enemies’ hearts, and he is the real Ghost King. The protagonist is a lone wolf who belongs to no organization, and is overwhelmingly powerful. 2.3kReads6.9Score100Shelves
45. 395 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Beat Yi Zhonghai and the Other Scoundrels to a Pulp 四合院：开局暴打易中海众禽 Ugly Puppy丑丑狗子Male-Channel Fanfiction316k WordsCompleted The moment he opened his eyes, Li Weidong had transmigrated to 1962, becoming an orphan in "The Birds Fill the Courtyard", with his father dead and his mother gone. From the start, it was hellish difficulty! Yi Zhonghai, the neighborhood's self-proclaimed moral paragon; Liu Haizhong, obsessed with becoming an official; Qin Huairu, the bloodsucking white lotus... The whole courtyard was packed with scoundrels, holding a residents' meeting and forcing him to hand over the three large tiled-roof ho 559Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 396 四 Siheyuan: Starting in '63, Rumors Are Everywhere 四合院：开局63，谣言满天飞 A Mangosteen Durian一只山竹榴莲Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Courtyard Houses + System + Technological Rise of the Nation + Period Drama + Putting the Villains in Their Place + Dark and Gritty] Li Weidong accidentally transmigrates back to 1963, arriving in the world of the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. As soon as he gets there, he’s hit with a rumor that he’s infertile. He obtains a Rumor System: successfully spread a rumor, and he gets a reward. How could he put up with that? He makes rumors fly everywhere! Why is a seventy-year-old woman pretending 126Reads5.4Score114Shelves
47. 397 四 The Land God of the Siheyuan 四合院的土地爷 Prince Dongming东明王爷Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted In the late autumn of 1953, Wang Tudi, a modern-day drudge, transmigrates to Beijing and becomes a resident of Courtyard No. 95. He inherits the position of the Earth God and protects the peace of the local community. He Yuzhu, Jia Dongxu, Liu Guangqi, Xu Damao, and Yan Jiecheng are all childhood friends of Wang Tudi. They fought together and went hungry together. In the original owner's memories, none of the courtyard's ridiculous dramas ever happened. Everyone stuck together and worked hard ju 6.7kReads8.4Score333Shelves
48. 398 四 Siheyuan: Developing Technology Is the Only Sensible Path 四合院：发展科技才是硬道理 A Little Milk一只小牛奶Male-Channel Fanfiction567k WordsCompleted [Siheyuan courtyard setting + One heroine + Comedy + Advancing the nation through technology] Gu Guodong accidentally transmigrates back to 1962 and arrives in the world of the Siheyuan courtyard. When he returns to the courtyard, he awakens the Outrageous Antics System. Every outrageous stunt earns him a reward, and the more outrageous it is, the more points he gets. Gu Guodong is thrilled, so he immediately begins his spree of outrageous antics. He then earns a host of rewards from the System 2.7kReads7.6Score146Shelves
49. 399 深 Robinson in Deep Space 深空鲁滨逊 Wu Yu雾語Sci-Fi & Apocalypse286k WordsCompleted A lighthearted comedy with no violence, no spicy content, and a laid-back tone! This book was originally intended to be a low-budget screen production! It’s the story of Tang, a natural-born human accidentally cast to the edge of the galaxy, and his struggle to survive and find his way home! And A metal robot who is accidentally given a soul, and the growth of that soul as it clashes and merges with the robot’s rules! ~The story!~ ~The ending~ A bittersweet farewell (Part One) In the blink of an 268Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Otaku Science Fiction Technology Novel

50. 400 八 The Factory Director's Daughter in the 1980s Wants to Slack Off, Not Join the Rat Race 八零厂长闺女，不想内卷只想摆烂 Probiotic Mushroom Soup养乐菌菇汤Modern Romance291k WordsCompleted [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have been bound to the “Stop Acting Human” System.] Lin Xiaoxiao: ??? I only died suddenly, so where the heck have you brought me? [Current plane: 1980. Main quest: Become the richest woman in the country. Side quest: Fall in love with this plane’s hidden male lead.] Lin Xiaoxiao: Wait, who said anything about falling in love? I just want to make money! [Host, calculations show that the male lead is the only person in this plane whose intelligence can keep up wi 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [A Rich Code in the 80s × Hardcore Romance in the Military Industry] She suddenly dies and is bound to a system, transmigrating into the body of a factory worker in the 1980s. The system makes her the richest woman, and incidentally, she falls in love. The male lead's first words are: "You miscalculated." Later, she realizes that this man has predicted her entire life perfectly.

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