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Are There Any Novels About Interstellar Fleets Like Star Citizen or EVE? 有没有星际公民或者是EVE一样的星际舰队的小说

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  1. 1 EVE: Legends of the Star Sea EVE:星海传说 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.0M WordsOngoing [Original setting, not New Eden. You don't need to know EVE to enjoy this]+ [EVE golden finger only]+ [Classic space opera, multiple female leads, no harem]+ [Civilizations, fleet warfare, and development]+ [Slow-burn plot]+ [Mobile suits] Also known as: Conquering the Stars and Seas from Scratch. (This is my first book, and the early chapters aren't very good. Feel free to skip around. The rest is all space battles, and the warships come with illustrations.) Lu Ling, a proud anti-bun warrior, 29.3kReads8.2Score3.1kShelves
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  2. 2 God's-Eye View from the Start: How Could We Lose an Interstellar War? 开局上帝视角,星际战争怎么输 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsOngoing [Starships] [Interstellar Colonization] [Battleships and Big Guns] [War] [Battlefield Overlook] [Also known as: God’s-Eye View from the Start: How Could You Lose an Interstellar War?] Qin Beiwang transmigrates to the interstellar age. Born the son of a Federation Fleet Marshal, he ranks dead last in the Fleet Command program at the Federation Academy. He is parachuted in as a fleet commander, ready to pad his résumé on the front lines. Then he unexpectedly awakens the Commander System. It lets h 27.9kReads8.2Score3.2kShelves
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  3. 3 Interstellar Longevity: Live Long Enough to Rule the Universe 星际长生:活得够久就能称霸宇宙 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.0M WordsOngoing [Soft Sci-Fi + AI as the System + Ensemble Cast + Creator + Farming + Vast Worldbuilding + Civilization Development + Interstellar War + Physical Ascension + Hegemony] Earth is destroyed by an unknown ray. Yan Xia, the only human survivor, embarks on a journey through the cosmos alongside Ella, the AI aboard his rocket. He builds interstellar warships measuring ten thousand, a hundred thousand, and even a million meters; colossal interstellar cities spanning hundreds of billions of kilometers; a 88.7kReads8.9Score14.4kShelves
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  4. 4 Star Citizen: I Own a Magical Hangar 星际公民:我有一座神奇机库 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse474k WordsOngoing [Otherworld + Star Citizen + Sci-Fi + Multiverse] The male lead, Fang Yu, owns a miraculous hangar. Through it, he can travel between two different universes: the Blue Star universe of the 21st century and the Star Citizen universe of the 30th century. As he learns to use and develop the miraculous hangar, Fang Yu continues to grow. Armed with his extraordinary abilities and remarkable intelligence, he pushes his limits, challenges the established order, and contends with powerful factions in tw 648Reads—Score107Shelves
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  5. 5 Warhammer Lord for All: I Unlocked the Stars and Went on a Rampage 全民战锤领主:我解锁群星杀疯了 Anime Fanfiction320k WordsOngoing Warhammer | Stellaris | Lords | Troop Building | Infrastructure | Power Fantasy | Ruthless Combat | Face-Slapping 4.5 billion people from Earth are forced to descend into the Warhammer 40K universe. From the start, each gets a square kilometer of barren land, and everyone becomes a lord fighting to survive! In this despairing sea of stars, teeming with aliens and corrupted by Chaos, where life is worth less than dirt, ordinary lords can only await their deaths. But Lin Feng, a veteran gamer, 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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  6. 6 Stellar: Reborn in the Three-Body World to Build a Galactic Empire 群星:重生三体世界建立银河帝国 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse129k WordsOngoing [Stellaris] [The Three-Body Problem] [The Galactic Empire] [Farming] [Power Fantasy] Zhang Heng accidentally transmigrates into the world of The Three-Body Problem after a two-dimensional foil has already destroyed Earth. The Solar System has become a two-dimensional plane, and the flame of human civilization is close to going out. But the Stellaris System has arrived as well! When the Imperial fleet, vast enough to blot out the light of the stars, descends upon every planet in the galaxy, the g 23Reads—Score—Shelves
  7. 7 Blue Star: The Stars’ Delivery Has Arrived 蓝星:星星的快递到了 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsOngoing [Over one million characters and still serializing] [Space War Game] [Level 10 Technology] [Blue Star Ascension] Inspired by EVE Online and Infinite Lagrange, this story features a technological edge without resorting to dimensional suppression! After being struck by lightning and sent into a space war game with its cheat mode already enabled, Lin Chen awakens a legacy of Level 10 technology. With unlimited resources at his command, he becomes the supreme lord who rules the stars! He can travel 125Reads6.1Score111Shelves
  8. 8 Warhammer: Bringing Along a Yushu Intelligent Robot 战锤:带着宇树智能机器人 Anime Fanfiction1.5M WordsOngoing (No groveling to the Empire + powerful artificial intelligence + republic + overwhelming waves of steel + nanotechnology) The protagonist transmigrates with a powerful artificial intelligence. He builds up his forces in the early stages, then establishes a republic and overthrows the old Empire! A Warhammer power fantasy with no bleak, depressing plotlines. He overwhelms every enemy with massive armies and makes human civilization great again! 1.5kReads7.4Score108Shelves
  9. 9 EVE: The Zero-Era Hegemony EVE:零启霸权 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse117k WordsOngoing In YC 123, currents stir beneath the surface of the New Eden universe. Ling Chen, a scion of a wealthy Minmatar family, enters the sea of stars as a new clone recruit. But upon enlisting, he unexpectedly bonds with Zero, a Jupiter super AI that has slept for a thousand years. This mysterious AI has no physical form. It is both his personal instructor and his ultimate trump card, unknown to anyone else. During the hellish training at the SK23 deep-space outpost, Ling Chen pushes past his limits t 21Reads—Score—Shelves
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  10. 10 Who Blew Up Earth? None of You Are Getting Away 是谁炸了地球?你们一个也跑不了 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Starships] [Sci-Fi] [Lighthearted] The protagonist, Luo Yan, is the king of special forces. After becoming paralyzed from the waist down, he stays at home and lies flat, unaware even of the momentous fact that Earth is about to be destroyed. Just before Earth explodes, he is sitting on the toilet when he receives an impossible mission: take command of the Thirty-Third Fleet and lead it to escape alive. Less than ten minutes remain before Earth's destruction. Can a cripple make it to the under 1.4kReads—Score102Shelves
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  11. 11 The Great Space Adventurer 宇宙大冒险家 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse658k WordsCompleted 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. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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  12. 12 A Pure Heart: A Life-or-Death Game 纯净的心:生死牌局 9k WordsCompleted A Pure Heart: The Life-and-Death Card Game 432Reads—Score—Shelves
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  13. 13 Moonsea Flower Pavilion: Cloudtop City 月海花亭:云顶城市 7k WordsCompleted Moonsea Flower Pavilion: Cities Above the Clouds 60Reads—Score—Shelves
  14. 14 You Are a Different Kind of Scenery 你是别样的风景 8k WordsCompleted You Are a Different Kind of Scenery 91Reads—Score—Shelves
  15. 15 A Kiss from the Clouds 白云之吻 8k WordsCompleted A Kiss from the White Clouds 41Reads—Score—Shelves
  16. 16 Across the Ocean 大洋彼岸 7k WordsCompleted Across the Ocean 61Reads—Score—Shelves
  17. 17 Sunset on Cloud Peak: The Ghost Rider 云顶落霞:幽灵骑士 8k WordsCompleted Sunset on the Cloud Peak: The Ghost Rider 38Reads—Score—Shelves
  18. 18 Walking Beneath the Moon: The Age of Machines 踏月而行:机械纪元 8k WordsCompleted Walking Beneath the Moon: The Mechanical Era 103Reads—Score—Shelves
  19. 19 The Compass of Time 时光罗盘 6k WordsCompleted The Time Compass 37Reads—Score—Shelves
  20. 20 Dreams of Tokyo: Love Through the Four Seasons 东京梦华:爱有四季 Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted Tokyo Dreams: Love Through the Seasons 80Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. 21 The Moon Palace Amid a Sea of Flowers 花海月宫 7k WordsCompleted The Moon Palace Amid a Sea of Flowers 35Reads—Score—Shelves
  22. 22 Fairyland in the Purple Bamboo Grove 紫竹林的仙境 7k WordsCompleted A Fairyland in the Purple Bamboo Grove 27Reads—Score—Shelves
  23. 23 Drug Enforcement Elite 禁毒精英 Urban101k WordsCompleted Two major drug cartels operate in Mexico: the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel. This is the story of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, together with the Department of Homeland Security, the CIA, and US Northern Command, assisting Mexican police in the fight against drug crime. 83Reads—Score—Shelves
  24. 24 Night Shanghai: Making My Name on the Bund 夜上海之扬威上海滩 Male-Channel Fanfiction237k WordsCompleted Lin Ge and Bai Wei transmigrate into the TV series Shanghai Bund, arriving in 1930s Shanghai. They clash fiercely with the Japanese and throw themselves into the nationwide resistance, helping launch the 1932 Battle of Shanghai. 116Reads—Score—Shelves
  25. 25 Heroes Without Regrets in Shanghai by Night 夜上海之英雄无悔 Urban282k WordsCompleted Lin Ge is a pilot. While flying along the Hump Route, he unexpectedly transmigrates to Shanghai in 1936. He fights against Japan’s ambitions of aggression, reunites with the woman he loves, Bai Wei, and becomes entangled in complicated romantic relationships with the wealthy daughters of Shanghai’s elite. Lin Ge comes from 2036, but after transmigrating to the Shanghai of 1936, he encounters a host of time travelers lying low. The currents are rising, and the fate of the nation is shifting. 207Reads—Score—Shelves
  26. 26 The Mars Era: Road to Venus 火星纪元:金星之路 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse341k WordsCompleted 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. 58Reads—Score—Shelves
  27. 27 I Transmigrated into Star Sector, So Why Is This Lagrange? 穿越群星,告诉我这是拉格朗日? Sci-Fi & Apocalypse360k WordsOngoing After transmigrating by accident, Chen Feng thought he had arrived in the world of Stellaris, where he could become an imperial head of state, punch the Fallen Empires, and trample the crises underfoot. But somehow, he had transmigrated into the wrong universe and landed in the world of Lagrange. The good news: his “Stellaris” System had come with him. The bad news: as an undocumented person, even his System was about to abandon him! Familiar with the story of the Lagrange world, Chen Feng sets 629Reads7.5Score—Shelves
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  28. 28 An Exiled Imperial Prisoner Builds a Deadly Fleet from a Wreck 帝国流放犯靠破船组建致命舰队 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsOngoing [High-Level Mind Games] [Factional Power Struggles] [Science Fictional Deduction] [An Engineer Breaks the Deadlock] [No System, No Transmigration, No Cheats] [The Only Pure Sci-Fi Novel on Tomato That Still Has Readers] Sci-Fi · Ensemble Cast · Infrastructure Building · Interstellar Farming · Absurd Comedy · One Female Lead I was the Empire's youngest genius engineer, and I wrote an article full of insults. Before I knew it, it had racked up over a hundred million shares and likes. And now I'm 6.3kReads8.7Score790Shelves
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  29. 29 The Enlightenment Human Community 启明人类共同体 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsOngoing (The rating just came in and will keep rising, so feel free to give it a try. People keep saying there’s no room for sci-fi here, that everyone only likes cultivation and fantasy, and that The Three-Body Problem is the only one that can compete. Let’s prove them wrong!) Abducted by aliens? Turns out that’s a good thing: we’re the pandas of the universe. They won’t let us visit home? There’s always a way around every obstacle! They lock us in cages and cut us off? Then we’ll just have to secretly 1.2kReads8.3Score140Shelves
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  30. 30 The Stellar Federation of Infinite Lagrange 无尽的拉格朗日之星海联邦 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse65k WordsCompleted In the boundless universe of Endless Space, countless factions and alliances wage war against one another. The galaxy stretches on without end, but who will ultimately rise to rule it all? In Galaxy 522 of the Boötes constellation, an alliance called Xinghai continues to rise... 17Reads—Score—Shelves
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  31. 31 Interstellar: The Rise of the Armored Merchant Guild 星际:武装商会崛起 Sports1.3M WordsCompleted [Patriotism + interstellar setting + warships + mechs + armed trading guilds vying for supremacy + a small guild's rise + development + business warfare + technology + no System] Everyone dreams of becoming an emperor and ruling the world, but the boundless sea of stars is dominated by another kind of power: armed trading guilds. This is the story of an ordinary, small armed trading guild that fights to grow, ventures beyond the Dongshenglong Star Sector, and ultimately makes its mark across the 217Reads—Score—Shelves
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  32. 32 Interstellar Lord: A Space Station from the Start 星际领主:开局一座空间站 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse168k WordsCompleted [Fourth Calamity + Interstellar Farming] After a failed pirate raid, Zhang Mu unexpectedly strikes it rich and acquires a space station. But why does the station keep churning out endless clones, every last one of them a born worker? "Well, now we're taking off!" Zhang Mu cries, throwing up his arms and vowing to charge headlong into a whole new world! 591Reads—Score103Shelves
  33. 33 Interstellar Scavengers 星际拾荒 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted “What’s that?” “Hey, it looks like the wreckage of a gigantic, abandoned faster-than-light battleship.” “Sphere, we’re rich! Let’s tow it back to Earth!” This is the story of an Earthling exploring the universe, discovering the ruins of countless advanced civilizations, and scavenging for junk (high-tech gear)! 4.8kReads8.8Score365Shelves
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  34. 34 Transmigrate to EVE Online and Become an Arms Dealer 穿越到星战前夜作军火商 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse249k WordsCompleted From slave miner in an iron-ore mining zone to arms dealer king who makes the powers across the star sector bow before him, his rise to power is an outrageous legend of “showing off and face-slapping” and “pushing his luck to the limit.” He clutches a glowing crystal and flees overnight, then tricks pirates out of a whole shipload of biscuits with half a crystal. He pilots a mining ship more beat-up than a trash can and steals clients from a trade giant. At Blackstar Port, his skull flag turns 1Reads—Score—Shelves
  35. 35 Conquering an Alien Planet Through Mining 占领异星从挖矿开始 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.5M WordsCompleted On a desolate planet, Jiang Ye opened the chat channel for the "Interstellar Colony." His fellow colonists were chatting away: "We all arrived empty-handed, so why is Jiang Ye so rich now?" "What I want to know is, how does Jiang Ye upgrade his base so fast? I’ve reached level ten, while he’s at level forty. That makes no sense!" "He sells a ton of gold every day! Does his family own a gold mine?" "They must have a mine at home. How about we..." Jiang Ye gave a cold laugh and posted in the cha 7.7kReads8.8Score641Shelves
  36. 36 I Became the Universe's Arms Dealer 我成了宇宙军火商 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.7M WordsCompleted The protagonist unexpectedly acquires black technology from the universe. Starting out by selling small arms and eventually moving on to selling space battleships, he leads humanity into the great age of space exploration, trades with various races, and builds the largest space station in the universe. 4kReads8.8Score269Shelves
  37. 37 Divine Truth-Eye: You Don’t Know the Joy of Mining for Treasure 神级真眼:挖矿寻宝的快乐你不懂 Urban2.0M WordsCompleted Poor Zhao An unexpectedly acquires the Eye of Truth, just like the true sight in a certain game. Once he plants it, he can see through every hidden thing and every illusion in the world. So what are they waiting for? Buy lottery tickets, gamble on jade, start companies, dig for gold and gemstones, and uncover all the secret treasures buried across the planet... Zhao An shouts, “It’s mine, it’s mine, it’s all mine!” “What? King Solomon’s treasure, ranked number one in the Western world? Hand it o 8.2kReads8.8Score607Shelves
  38. 38 A Scrap Recycling Shop from the Start 开局一家废品回收站 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [System] [Space Battleships] [Cosmic Civilizations] [No Omniscient Perspective] [Mecha] [The Pinnacle of Power] Liu Yang was a nobody in Jinghai, making a living collecting scrap. A chance encounter brought him into contact with the Cosmic Civilization System, and from then on his life seemed to come with cheat codes. But after unifying Blue Star and reaching the Milky Way, he discovered that the Milky Way was merely the most backward galaxy in the entire universe, and Blue Star was no more than 1.4kReads8.1Score117Shelves
  39. 39 EN Surviving on a Forsaken Star: Combine Identical Junk into Brand-New Gear 弃星生存:相同垃圾合成全新装备 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.1M WordsCompleted After the Second Era, Earth became the largest technological junkyard in the Milky Way. A scavenger's cloak billows in the wind as Cheng Qi stands atop a mountain of trash. [Similar technological object detected] [Beginning synthesis] [Damaged Nanny Bot], [Safety-Guard Nanny Bot], [Environment-Adaptive Nanny Bot]! [Mechanical Exploration Shoes], [Mechanical Exploration Leggings], [Jet-Powered Turbine Boots]! [Surgical Assistant Gloves], [Intelligent Assistant Gloves], [Gravity-Field Adjustment G 302.8kReads9.1Score46.3kShelves
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  40. 40 Edge of the Starfield 星域边缘 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Also known as: The Perseus Sector’s Guide to Garbage Recycling] (Chapter 17 has been revised) PS: This story contains a lot of “I wonder if…” speculation. You can still enjoy it even if you haven’t played the game. [Space opera] [Interstellar apocalypse] [Giant battleships] [Carrier fleets] [War criminal / junk collector?] [A disastrous situation from the start] Stay away from trucks. Otherwise, one might send you to an unknown world as if completing a routine mission. Well, this world wasn’t a 870Reads7.7Score100Shelves
  41. 41 Apocalypse of the Stars 群星启示录 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [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. 419Reads9.3Score180Shelves
  42. 42 Our Glorious China Strides Across the Multiverse 我泱泱华夏纵横多元宇宙 Male-Channel Fanfiction6.8M WordsOngoing Fang Jing somehow came into possession of a magical machine that could let him transmigrate into all kinds of science-fiction films and TV shows! In response to the United States' suppression, he starts with The Wandering Earth, developing exoskeletons, crewed lunar missions, a moon base, and a space elevator... China rises all the way from The Wandering Earth to The Three-Body Problem, conquering the multiverse until it eventually ascends into an eternal multiverse civilization! 60.3kReads9.1Score3.5kShelves
  43. 43 Claim a Planet and Become Its Ruler 占个星球当球主 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [Cosmic Exploration + Interstellar Warfare + Anything Goes + Later Exploration and Wars Beyond the Galaxy] When he woke up, Li Meng discovered that he had become an intelligent AI. Humanity had risen to power in this era, becoming the overlord of the Milky Way. With no other choice, Li Meng could only explore the galaxy cautiously and keep a low profile. 491Reads8.4Score156Shelves
  44. 44 The Eerie Deep Space: My Little Spaceship Keeps Upgrading Without Limit 诡异深空:我的小破船无限升级 Mystery805k WordsOngoing [Bizarre phenomena + wild imagination + System + light sci-fi + progression + multiple female leads] In 2176, bizarre phenomena erupted across Earth. Qiu Yi, who had transmigrated here, bought a secondhand junker and fled into space. From then on, with the “Heavenly Craftsman” System, he began his journey of evolution through deep space. [Ecology Module]: From growing basic crops to building a planetary ecosystem. [Research Module]: From basic physical enhancement to modifying entire species, al 59Reads5.9Score—Shelves
  45. 45 Science Fiction: The Planet Sign-In System 科幻:获得星球签到系统 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse295k WordsCompleted [Sci-fi, warships, interstellar, System, sign-in, fleet, development, playing it safe] Under the dark forest law, only the fittest survive among the stars. By a stroke of luck, Su Chang unlocked a planetary sign-in System. A miner from an imperial district, he ended up working in a coal mine in the heart of the Galactic Federation. There, he encountered a wormhole. With the front line in urgent need due to the ongoing war, he was sent to the battlefield and given command access to the fleet hang 249Reads—Score—Shelves
  46. 46 EVE: The Galactic Restoration Chronicles 星战前夜之银河复国录 Anime Fanfiction913k WordsOngoing What Yin Jun Taloja? What cryo-sleeping Minmatar? They’re just poor souls lost among the stars, unable to find their way home. Keep your eyes on the path beneath your feet. Remember where you came from, and fear not what lies ahead. May fortune favor you all in battle! 344Reads—Score—Shelves
  47. 47 Stellaris: Unemployed from the Start, I Take My Wife on the Road as Peddlers 群星:开局失业,我带老婆跑单帮 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.9M WordsCompleted [Slow Burn] [Interstellar War] Jiang Feng transmigrated to the United Nations of Earth in the year 2254. The good news: this was the interstellar age, with endless frontiers to look forward to. The bad news: in this world of extreme inequality in resource distribution, he was at the very bottom of the food chain. And the United Nations of Earth, where he lived, was at the bottom of the food chain of the entire galaxy. Jiang Feng discovered that he had started out with [Legacy Relic: Miniature Ga 4kReads7.9Score409Shelves
  48. 48 The End of the Universe 宇宙尽头 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted The universe is so vast, and I want to see it. As a Level 0.75 civilization, I can’t build a spaceship, but I can buy one from a higher civilization, because I have an alien interstellar network trading device! 2.9kReads8.0Score206Shelves
  49. 49 Starsea Shipgirls: The Age of Expansion 星海舰娘:开拓时代 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Sea of Stars] [Shipgirls DLC] [Frontier Lord] [Interstellar Fleet] This is the age of starships, and also the age of shipgirls. The transmigrator from China, Luo Xingyuan, arrives in this golden age with a mysterious treasure. He will build his own fleet of starship girls and set out on a journey across the dazzling sea of stars. 8.1kReads8.9Score732Shelves
  50. 50 Starting Out as a Space Junk Scavenger 从太空垃圾佬开始 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.0M WordsCompleted [Space Opera] [Exploration and Frontier Development] [Interstellar Trade] [Dreadnoughts and Big Guns] [Interstellar Colonization] A modern man transmigrates to the interstellar age, but can't handle future technology? No problem, Emperor Gaozu of Han already showed us the way. I'll start my own business, offering benefits with one hand and dangling promises with the other. I don't need to master everything; the talented people will take care of it for me. From the start, my unreliable parents di 66.3kReads9.4Score6.6kShelves

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