Technology, Military, Strategy, Economics, and Culture 科技，军事，战略，经济，文化，

1. 1 中 King of the Middle East 中东之王 Deep Blue Wind深蓝之风Urban1.8M WordsCompleted A niche subject: modern warfare. The hard-hitting life of a war profiteer, Lu Mahdi, who rises from Aleppo by raising troops from the start. He rebuilds the world's rules. 23.6kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves

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   This is great, modern warfare and geopolitics, very exciting!

2. 2 穿 I Transmigrated as the German Emperor: I'll Restore Germany to Glory! 穿越德皇：我重振德意志！ Spring Field Meow春田喵Urban1.5M WordsOngoing Zhao Zheng, a PhD in history, wakes up to find that he has taken over the body of Wilhelm II, Germany’s last emperor, in 1918! He has only two days before his abdication! Berlin is in turmoil, mutinous sailors seize power, and the Entente powers mass their troops at the border. The once-glorious Second Reich is on the brink of collapse! But armed with a century of historical knowledge, Zhao Zheng refuses to repeat the tragedy! He kicks the arrogant powerbroker Ludendorff aside and seizes iron-fi 45.3kReads8.0Score4.2kShelves

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   This book has everything you need: technology, military, strategy, economics, and culture.

3. 3 抗 Armored Fury: Crushing Japan in the War of Resistance 抗战杀敌爆装甲，铁甲忠魂碾东瀛 Captain Vulture秃鹫船长Urban467k WordsCompleted A new work is out! You can read my novel 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! 11Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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   The War of Resistance began with the Sichuan Army, fighting at Sihang Warehouse, rescuing Nanjing, conquering Outer Mongolia, destroying Korea, and taking Tokyo! They forged an iron torrent, crushing all enemies!

4. 4 军 Military: Returning to 1985 to Become a Soldier 军旅：回到1985去当兵 Mother of Books书之母Male-Channel Fanfiction2.2M WordsOngoing [Modern World] [Special Forces] [Commander] [Faithful to History] [One Female Lead] [Soldiers Sortie] An accident sends a military enthusiast transmigrating to 1985. After a series of events, he manages to enlist in the army. Follow him as he writes a new chapter in his life. He serves in the Special Forces in the early stages, then becomes a military commander later on. This is not an invincible-protagonist story. The economy and military develop along different lines, making this a parallel u 4.4kReads8.2Score177Shelves

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   It's a very good military-themed novel. It spans a long period of time, and it's not overpowered or mindless. Overall, it's quite good.

5. 5 1 1853: Measuring the Nation's Territory with Cannons 1853：用大炮去丈量国土面积 Lone Angler独钓客Historical619k WordsCompleted The protagonist accidentally transmigrates to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. See how he restores China during the late Qing Dynasty. Between the realm and the women he loves, he sees through all the ways of the world and enjoys a life of freedom. Then he strides boldly into the surging current of history. 1.2kReads7.1Score—Shelves

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   Technology, military, strategy, economy

6. 6 小 A Soldier Transmigrates to 1852: The Rise of a Nation 小兵穿越1852之民族崛起 Shaking Xuanyuan震轩辕Historical773k WordsCompleted A new historical novel about transmigrating to a parallel timeline. No tropes, no System. See how a soldier from the future transmigrates through time, turns the tide, and rejuvenates China. We welcome you to give it a read. 48Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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   Both of these are of this type.

7. 7 甲 The Sino-Japanese War of 1894: The Rise of the Far East 甲午风云之远东崛起 Shaking Xuanyuan震轩辕Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Yue Tian, a PhD in military machinery, transmigrates to the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895 and becomes a vanguard soldier protecting the nation. Using his knowledge from the future, he takes control of the lands beyond the Shanhai Pass, establishes a republic, unifies the country, and helps the nation rise as a great power in the Far East. 10.6kReads7.7Score479Shelves
8. 8 科 Building a Technological Superpower for the Nation: Give It Everything You've Got 科技强国，为了国家，电吧！ Rabbit with an AK扛着AK的兔子Urban706k WordsCompleted No System + no rebirth + no transmigration + no harem + satisfying angst + invincible protagonist + science and technology Every time Tang Qing gets electrocuted, a random item appears in his head. From then on, life by electrocution leaves Tang Qing both miserable and helpless, yet strangely exhilarated. 1.2kReads8.5Score101Shelves

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   Science and Technology Powerhouse

9. 9 从 From the Long March: The Tenth Corps' Desperate, Blood-Soaked Road 从长征开始：十军团的绝境血路 Zhao Buyan赵不言Urban1.2M WordsCompleted This is not a conventional power fantasy. The story begins with the failed Eastern Expedition of the Tenth Corps before the Long March, a chapter of history many readers may not know much about. The protagonist starts from nothing in the Jiangnan region, building a guerrilla force that gradually grows stronger as it overcomes one obstacle after another. It will face the campaigns against encirclement and suppression, the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the War of Liberation, taking readers 410Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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   This is not a traditional wish-fulfillment novel. The story begins with the failure of the 10th Army Corps' Eastern Expedition before the Long March, a period many are unfamiliar with. The protagonist will build a guerrilla force from scratch in the Jiangnan region. The force gradually grows stronger through numerous trials and tribulations, experiencing the anti-encirclement campaigns, the War of Resistance against Japan, and the War of Liberation. Readers will be transported to that magnificent and turbulent era. 👍

10. 10 骥 Galloping Through the Three Kingdoms 骥行三国 Zhao Buyan赵不言Historical687k WordsCompleted From the start, I’m in the Battle of Yiling. I’m a nobody, so no one listens to what I have to say. Fortunately, I have the Chairman’s commentary on this battle. Through the protagonist’s eyes, readers are drawn into the tumultuous middle period of the Three Kingdoms. This isn’t a conventional power fantasy. I do my best to stay true to the historical figures’ personalities and interpret their relationships and political struggles through the lenses of personal interest, politics, and human natu 1.8kReads8.7Score118Shelves
11. 11 重 Reborn to Make the Nation Culturally Strong 重生之文化强国 Peach Heartwood桃心花木Urban58k WordsOngoing The protagonist's name is incorrect. The character Xiaohui corresponds to Li Mengxue. You can start reading from Chapter 4, since this novel has no strong opening three chapters, and not even an outline. I originally wanted to write a rebirth power fantasy, but somehow the story wandered off track. The protagonist is reborn fourteen years into the past. The Korean Wave is all the rage, and palace dramas are flooding the market. He hates, even loathes, all of it. He starts a cultural company, a m —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This story focuses on building a culturally strong nation, and isn't purely a wish-fulfillment narrative. I think that initially, no one will pay attention to someone who has been reborn; otherwise, there would be little point in being reborn after living a good life in the previous one. It avoids playing the victim and strives to be realistic, without copying novel plots. I hope readers can see a bit of themselves reflected in the characters.

12. 12 重 Reborn: The Strategist Rises 重生之军师崛起 Dayu Wuxian大宇無限Historical600k WordsCompleted Luo Ya was once an ordinary civil official in the royal palace. At twenty-five, his country fell and his family was destroyed. He miraculously survived the war-torn castle, then spent his days disillusioned and destitute. He was always haunted by dreams that repeated endlessly. One day, he woke to find that he had been reborn two years before his country fell. By a twist of fate, he left behind his life as a civil official and joined the army as a strategist. As he gradually built up his own pow 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He was originally an ordinary civil servant, but he had a passion for reading war journals. At the age of 25, his city was captured by an enemy nation, and he spent the rest of his life in turmoil and despair. In his twilight years, he dreamt of his homeland and awoke to find himself reborn two years before its destruction. Driven by his love of military affairs and his ability to foresee the future, through personal effort and a series of fortuitous events, he successfully transitioned from civil servant to assistant strategist. From then on, his life as a strategist was filled with dramatic ups and downs, and the fate of his nation was rewritten along with it…

13. 13 坦 Tanks, Planes, and Aircraft Carriers? My Farm Equipment Factory Can Build Them All 坦克飞机航母，我农具厂都能造 Happy Potato Chips开心薯片Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Military industry expert Qin Yang arrives in 1980 and becomes the son of the head of the technical department at a Third Front factory. Once a good-for-nothing second-generation factory brat, Qin Yang sets out to turn his life around. The factory wants to switch from military production to civilian goods? Qin Yang casually invents an air rifle, and Uncle Camel can't stop praising it! Having trouble choosing a small-caliber bullet? Qin Yang makes the gun and bullets himself! The copied SVD sniper 16.3kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves

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    "Military Expert Travels Back to 1980: From Factory Heir to Military Empire" is here! When a top military expert's soul transmigrates into the body of a spoiled rich kid in a third-tier factory in the 1980s, the entire landscape of the military industry is turned upside down! Watch as Qin Yang, wielding future technology, defies fate amidst the wave of military-to-civilian conversion—creating a dream air rifle that foreign businesses are scrambling to buy, developing precision bullets that leave military industry giants in awe, and even forging a revolutionary sniper rifle capable of taking down enemies at 2000 meters! From individual weapons to armored vehicles, from eagles soaring through the skies to aircraft carriers cutting through the waves, see how this seemingly "uneducated" factory heir crushes the era with cutting-edge technology, creating a military industry legend for China under the Cold War iron curtain! Hardcore technology + period fiction + ultimate thrills, taking you to witness the passionate years of a nation's heavy weapons going from blueprints to the battlefield!

14. 14 我 Livestreaming the Building of an Aircraft Carrier in the 1990s 我在九十年代直播建航母 You Are All Gods of Beauty诸君都是颜帝Urban1.4M WordsOngoing Fang Mo transmigrates to the 1990s in a parallel world, backed by a steel company. His first move is to buy up the wreckage of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk. Wreckage? No problem! With his Trans-Dimensional Livestream System, he broadcasts to the 21st century, where a billion viewers support building an aircraft carrier in the 1990s! Eagle Sauce: The Ulyanovsk has been brought back to life? Fang Mo: Nuclear power, dual-band phased-array radar, electromagnetic catapults. Want to 86Reads9.2Score—Shelves
15. 15 重 Reborn: The Military Industry Overlord 重生之军工霸主 Qian Zhiyu芊之羽Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Romance and dancing, building planes and repairing aircraft carriers, pockets stuffed with cash, and every hardship taken in stride. Does working in the defense industry have to mean a life of grim toil? Is the road to a great nation's revival always winding and treacherous? Watch Tan Zhenhua, reborn in 1981, make mighty foes bow with a laugh and keep the nation whole with a wave of his hand! 6.6kReads8.9Score549Shelves
16. 16 火 Machinist in the Red-Hot Era: Helping the Pioneers Forge Great Weapons 火红年代机械师：我助先辈铸重器 Eggs and Tomatoes, Stir-Fried in Turns鸡蛋番茄轮番炒Male-Channel Fanfiction3.9M WordsOngoing It was a fiery, passionate age, but also one of scarcity and backward technology. Jiang Xia transmigrates into this era. He sees the giant bending machine in the workshop break down and grind to a halt. He sees the older generation laboring for the nation’s industry and defense, eating rough cornbread and working late by lamplight as they chart a path to national strength on sheet after sheet of paper. He can’t bear it, and he can’t accept it. The System he has is barely useful; only the fault a 41kReads8.8Score2.6kShelves
17. 17 重 Heavy Industry Rises: 1980 重工崛起1980 Ride into Battle策马Urban3.8M WordsCompleted Wang Chaoyang was a senior engineer at the Aviation Administration. During a spacewalk, he was struck by cosmic rays and transmigrated to the passionate, high-spirited 1980s. Drawing on his knowledge of machinery, materials, and energy, he built an industrial empire of his own. 387Reads8.0Score104Shelves
18. 18 娱 You're a Top-Tier Star, Yet You Choose an Ordinary Teacher as Your Partner? 娱乐圈真顶流，你择偶普通教师？ Quietly Arriving悄然而至Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Chu Ze was reborn in his family’s old, rundown factory. From the start, he awakened a Factory System that could upgrade the plant and grant bonuses in different fields of research. He could level it up and earn rewards by accepting orders, fulfilling them, and selling the products. Chu Ze returned to Northwestern Polytechnical University and became a teacher. “How can our great nation depend on others for its survival?!” “Dignity lies at the tip of the sword, and truth lies within the range of o 21.4kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
19. 19 当 I Took a Temp Job, Only to Be Classified as a National S-Level Secret 当个临时工，竟被国家S级加密了 Shadow Z黑影ZSci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Cutting-edge technology + disasters + interstellar adventure + war + passion + bandits + System + supernatural abilities] Lin Luo, an intern on the verge of being fired, gains a Super Gene System that can modify human genes. When Eagleland is proudly developing its eighteenth-generation supersonic aircraft, people in Huaxia are flying through the sky on swords, overtaking them and shocking the world! When aliens from a Level Nine civilization arrive on Earth, swaggering with supreme arrogance, 8.9kReads8.9Score654Shelves

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    Urban imagination + technology + China

20. 20 国 A Major National Audit of Industry: Your Private Company Is a Defense Contractor? 国家工业大摸底，你民企成军工？ Wormy Doesn't Eat Vegetables虫儿不吃菜Urban743k WordsCompleted [Parallel World Rebirth + Industrial Survey + Private Enterprise Rise + National Revival + National Confidence] Li Yun transmigrates to a parallel world and inherits an ordinary private company. He not only works diligently on technology, but also remembers his employees and subordinates while making money, all so he can run an honest business. Just as the Beautiful Nation imposes sanctions, he gets caught up in Xia Nation’s sweeping industrial survey, and everything changes. Invisible coatin 3.2kReads7.6Score180Shelves
21. 21 拍 I’m Filming The Wandering Earth, So Building a Space Elevator Is Perfectly Reasonable 拍流浪地球我造太空电梯很合理吧 Let Me Add Some Mushrooms for You给您添蘑菇啦Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [I’m Filming The Wandering Earth. Isn’t It Reasonable to Build a Space Elevator?] [Movie-Making Black Tech + The Wandering Earth + Film Industry] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Liu Lang graduates from film school and obtains a Movie-Making Black Tech System. The films he creates can become reality. With the film industry rotting under the rule of traffic stars and fan-driven economics, Liu Lang decisively chooses to make science fiction films. Starting with The Wandering Earth, he bu 10.7kReads8.6Score894Shelves
22. 22 大 Manufacturing a Great Power 大国制造 Blackhead King黑头大王Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Industrial prodigy Zhong Bai unexpectedly arrives in 1981... That year, France’s TGV train broke the world record at 380.4 km/h, becoming the fastest wheel-on-rail passenger train in the world at the time; That year, IBM released its first personal computer, ushering in a new era of computing; That year, the F-117 took its first test flight, beginning its place in the history of stealth aircraft; That year, Zhong Bai, brimming with ambition, walked into a struggling county fertilizer plant, vowi 2.5kReads8.4Score213Shelves
23. 23 穿 Transmigrate to the 1950s: Starting by Leaving a Mountain Village 穿越五十年代：从走出小山村开始 Salty Fish Liver咸鱼肝Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A delightfully ordinary young man + everyday life + college entrance exams + hard work + one heroine] Just as Zhou Xingran's life was getting back on track, he suddenly transmigrated to a remote mountain village in the 1950s. His father doesn't care for him, his mother doesn't love him, and his family is dirt-poor. No matter. Relying on others is worse than relying on himself. So, first things first: he might as well get into college! P.S. The golden finger is very minor. The protagonist mainly 13.4kReads8.9Score700Shelves
24. 24 大 The Rise of a Great Power: From Arms Dealer to Defense Industry Mogul 大国崛起!从军火商到军工巨头! Gourd Tree Man葫芦树人Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Hardcore Military Tech + Power Fantasy + Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979 + Patriotism] Military tech genius Yang Wei is transported back to the eve of the Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979. He volunteers to join a firearms research institute, starting by fixing the flaws in the infamous Type 63 rifle. Sniper rifles, the Type 81 assault rifle, and rifle grenades are all developed ahead of schedule, with performance far beyond what was possible at the time. Tanks, armored vehicles, and combined-arms battal 73Reads9.0Score—Shelves
25. 25 科 Sci-Fi: Destiny Calculated by Heaven's Secrets 科幻：命算天机 Deep Stream溪深Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted The secrets of heaven are the mysteries of fate, much like the will of heaven. Ever since humanity emerged from a primitive existence of hunting and gathering, and began farming with stone tools and fire, people have tried to unravel these secrets. From the earliest iron and bronze smelting to the invention of gunpowder, the three laws of mechanics, and finally modern quantum mechanics, humanity has advanced by continually unlocking the secrets of heaven. Yet they are hard to fathom. When will t 35Reads8.4Score—Shelves
26. 26 黑 Black Technology: Building Controlled Nuclear Fusion by Hand from the Start 黑科技：开局手搓可控核聚变 Super Dou from Shuangliu City双流城的超兜Urban1.7M WordsCompleted Chu Ge awakens the Military Industry System. As it continually upgrades and improves, its cutting-edge technology lets him sweep all before him, successfully turning Huaxia into the world's leading military-industrial power! One astonishing military technology after another emerges, leaving the traditional powers trembling with fear and green with envy! Controlled nuclear fusion: successfully developed, mass production ready... Prism defense towers: successfully developed, mass production ready. 9.2kReads8.9Score609Shelves
27. 27 鹰 Eagle Sauce: I Was Just Bragging, and You Made It All Come True? 鹰酱：我就吹个牛，你全实现了？ Falling Moon's Afterglow落月余辉Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xuan is about to sell his family’s abandoned machine shop to raise money for his father’s life-saving treatment. At that moment, the Strongest Technology System binds to him! A high-tech factory is awarded from the start, along with one chance to draw a prize! Chen Xuan draws an electromagnetic railgun with a range of five kilometers, as well as a battery-powered pulse gun capable of destroying electronic devices! At a small-arms expo, he stuns countless people and lands an astronomical ord 8.9kReads8.7Score631Shelves
28. 28 取 Cancel My College Entrance Exam? I Develop a Sixth-Generation Fighter Jet and Shock the Scientific Community! 取消我高考？研发六代战机震惊科学界！ Chuan Haoming川昊明Urban7.4M WordsCompleted On the eve of the college entrance exams, Xu Hao is suddenly told by his homeroom teacher that he’s been disqualified because his grades are too poor. Xu Hao is stunned. But they don’t know he’s activated a System: as long as he comes in last on every exam, he can earn blueprints for a sixth-generation fighter jet! And if he gets into the National University of Science and Technology, he can even obtain controlled nuclear fusion technology! Xu Hao: “Since I’ve been disqualified from the exams, s 1.6kReads8.4Score229Shelves
29. 29 科 A Technological Explosion, Starting With the Sixth-Generation Fighter Jet! 科技爆炸，从制造六代战机开始！ Sweet Words and Clever Talk利语甜言Sci-Fi & Apocalypse507k WordsCompleted Chen Feng failed the college entrance exams, but unexpectedly acquired a technology System! He can exchange popularity points for all kinds of future technology! Humanoid robots, medical beds, genetic serums, star destroyers, aerospace carriers, and planetary terraformers! There are even space portals, real-time interstellar communications, and much more… To earn enough popularity points, Chen Feng starts transforming the world: “Today, I’ll show everyone a Cobra maneuver in a sixth-generation f 4.3kReads8.7Score239Shelves
30. 30 星 Three Hundred Years of Earth in the Interstellar Age 星际地球三百年 The Wind Rises Across the World天下风起Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Rivalry between great powers + Modern warfare + Futuristic imagination + Interstellar sci-fi + Alternate history, future setting] A prophecy foretells the outbreak of World War III. A nuclear strike will claim the lives of four renowned generals. When the heroes of every nation gather in the same era and countries clash, who will unite the world? There is no such thing as a protagonist chosen by fate. A so-called protagonist is simply someone who survives to the end and claims the fruits of vic 1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Top-tier political maneuvering—only true masters can understand it.

31. 31 大 Great Ming: I Told You to Hang Yourself, Not Become a Tyrant 大明：让你上吊，没让你当暴君 Red Leaves Cover the Mountains漫山红遍Historical2.1M WordsCompleted [Political intrigue + scheming protagonist + satisfying read + no System + one heroine] Transmigrated into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, with less than half a year until the Jiashen Incident. Huang Taiji is about to take a detour through Mongolia, breach the Great Wall, and threaten the capital! What? You say the treasury is empty and we can't fight back? Don't panic. Let me kill a few ministers first and scrape together some money! What? You say Li Zicheng has rebelled 650Reads7.0Score100Shelves

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    This book is probably the only one I've read that doesn't have an absurd time-travel plot. The author's emotional descriptions are delicate, and the word choice is exquisite. It's my favorite time-travel novel set in the Ming Dynasty so far.

32. 32 铁 Iron-Blooded Military Industry: A Bid for the Throne at the End of the Yuan Dynasty 铁血军工：元末问鼎录 Grass Growing on My Head小草长在头上Historical384k WordsCompleted Du Bo, an engineer at a military factory, transmigrates to the end of the Yuan dynasty. Struggling to survive amid the chaos, he is fortunate enough to catch the eye of a bandit chief's only daughter. Using the knowledge in his head, he gradually builds up his strength and establishes his own territory. After twenty years of hard work and good governance, he sweeps aside all rival powers and claims the throne. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story revolves around the core premise of the male protagonist, Du Bo, a modern military factory engineer who travels back to the late Yuan Dynasty. It combines elements of survival in a chaotic world, the romantic relationship between a bandit leader's only daughter and another female protagonist, the rise of military industrial knowledge, and a twenty-year struggle for world domination.

33. 33 大 Great Ming: I Told You to Hang Yourself, Not Rebuild the Ming Dynasty 大明：让你上吊，没让你重建大明 Tiger of Fire vvvv火之虎vvvvHistorical3.0M WordsCompleted He opens his eyes on the eve of the Jiashen upheaval. Li Zicheng has already breached Beijing, the Manchus beyond the passes are eyeing the capital, and court officials are closing in to force the issue. Faced with a nightmare from the start, what should the Chongzhen Emperor do… This work’s style: history as its bones, art as its wings. It respects real history and does not rewrite established events, using artistic storytelling to fill the regrets history left behind. A note for readers: This 5.7kReads8.9Score476Shelves

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    Synopsis: Set against a historical backdrop, this story explores a desperate attempt to avert disaster. The post-apocalyptic conspiracy theories only add to the intrigue.

34. 34 今 Today’s Heartbeat: The Romance of a By-the-Book Man 今日份的心跳：老干部的恋爱日常 Big Curly-Wool Sheep大卷毛毛羊Modern Romance633k WordsOngoing [A note upfront: The outline for the first 70 chapters was written over a year ago and is rather melodramatic. See the author's note after chapter 71 for details about the male lead, and the note after chapter 134 for more information. There isn't room to explain it here. **The outline was revised later.] [A slow-burn story about strengthening the country through science and technology.] Second blurb version (for book testing): Qiao Ke, a top interstellar research scientist and human-shaped mach 72Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    To put it simply, the male lead is a soldier, a high-ranking one, and the female lead is a tech genius who transmigrates from another world. This other world is all about technology, and the female lead and her team are incredibly cool, all over 1.8 meters tall, regardless of gender; the female lead is 1.87 meters. However, she's a bit of a novice in everyday life. The content and setting are excellent, but the updates are very slow.

35. 35 历 A Historical Recap: Spoiling Emperor Shi Huang with the Secret That His Dynasty Ends in the Second Generation 历史盘点：给始皇帝剧透二世而亡 Have a Sip of Tea喝口茶Historical1.6M WordsOngoing [Historical rankings] + [Blood-pressure-raising comparisons] + [Spoiler comments] + ... Chen Yuan acquired a time-traveling historical video-editing System that let him edit videos and broadcast them to every dynasty through the sky screen! An idea struck him. He thought ranking videos were boring, so why not make a truly nasty comparison? It would be much more fun to pit emperors praised through the ages against those reviled for all time! First, show Zhu Di, who conquered the Mongols at Langj 75.1kReads8.9Score5.5kShelves

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    Book lovers, come here to share!

36. 36 生 The Life Gas Station 生命加油站 Big White Like the Wind大白如风Mystery157k WordsOngoing [Two male leads + unconventional infinite-flow + mutual salvation + wild supernatural imagination] “Welcome to the Life-Boosting System. Everyone who comes here is destined to die in an accident soon. Work hard to earn points, which can be exchanged for more years of life. Exorcise evil spirits to earn points and stay alive!” —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Pushing down his own books, he was filled with mystery, fear, and logic novels.

37. 37 警 The Rise of the Police Force 警界崛起 Lin Buqi林不器Mystery189k WordsCompleted Reborn in 2002, Lin Tian discovers that he has been given a second chance at life. He has returned to the first day after graduating from the police academy, when he reports to the police station where he has been assigned. In his previous life, he uncovered evidence of a powerful figure's crimes while solving a case, and was framed and sent to prison. Years after his release, he was still murdered. In this new life, Lin Tian is determined to take revenge and rewrite his fate, climbing step by s 133Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 38 逆 Counterattack on Jinling, 1937 逆战金陵1937 May Little Yu五月小宇Urban229k WordsOngoing Yang Chengyu, a modern extreme-sports enthusiast and retired soldier, transmigrates after an accident during a survey of ancient architecture, when he touches a mysterious bronze fragment beneath Nanjing's Ming-era city wall. He awakens a “superhuman constitution”: strength beyond human limits, with punches reaching 1.5 tons; speed comparable to a cheetah, covering 100 meters in three seconds; and extraordinary self-healing, with nonfatal injuries healing within 24 hours. He also has a photograp —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A modern extreme sports enthusiast and descendant of retired soldiers, he is transported to another world by an accident during an ancient architecture survey (touching a mysterious bronze fragment under the Nanjing Ming City Wall), and awakens a "superhuman physique"—strength that breaks through human limits (punch force can reach 1.5 tons), speed comparable to a cheetah (100 meters in 3 seconds), extremely strong self-healing ability (non-fatal injuries heal in 24 hours), and he also has a photographic memory and basic fighting and first aid skills.

39. 39 重 Reborn: Turmoil on the Frontier 重生之边境风云 The Blacksmith from the Next Village隔壁村的铁匠Urban683k WordsCompleted Reborn with vengeance, Lin Zhennan returns to the frontier and carves his way forward with ruthless resolve. He recruits vicious dogs, studies under a martial arts master, gathers loyal brothers, and takes on crooked merchants, turning the timber and jewelry empires into his chance to defy fate. This time, he won't settle for merely surviving. He'll protect those who deserve it and rise to the heights he was meant to reach. 120Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a rebirth-themed business war novel. Highlights include: • Hardcore combat: Khmer boxing's elbow strikes, knee strikes, and elephant trunk chokes make every fight feel like an action movie, with every punch landing with a visceral impact. • Realistic business warfare: Timber import/export, jade auctions, customs negotiations, and channel negotiations—every aspect is documented and verifiable. • Dogfighting brotherhood: Ah Hu's transformation from a stray dog in the market to the king of Central Asian Shepherds is thrilling and tear-jerking in every fight. • A ensemble cast of brothers: Zhou Lei's honest loyalty, Zhao Mingyuan's shrewdness, Sun Hao's mathematical genius, and Ah Kun's ruthless past—each character has their own story, they are not just plot devices.

40. 40 对 Sorry, My Interstellar Fleet Only Recruits Female Soldiers 对不起，我的星际舰队只招女兵 Seven Pounds of Time七斤流年Sci-Fi & Apocalypse6.5M WordsOngoing He transmigrated into the body of a down-and-out noble young lord in an interstellar age. His territory was barren, resources scarce, and starships in ruins. The whole mess was dumped in front of Zhao Chen. No star gates in the territory? Then we'll build our own! No starships in the territory? Interstellar destroyers, frigates, cruisers: whatever you want, we'll build it. An aircraft-carrier starship leading swarms of drones, descending like a hive, announced its dominance over the battlefield. 42.5kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves

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    The first book is about technology, and the latter two are about strategy.

41. 41 老 Trust Me, Cao Cao, I'm Really Not Zhuge Wolong! 老曹信我，我真不是诸葛卧龙！ Red Lamb Wolf红羔狼Historical1.4M WordsCompleted "They say that with either Wolong or Fengchu, you can bring peace to the land. I have Mr. Zhuge, so the land can know peace." Cao Cao smiled at the young man before him. "Hey, Old Cao, don't get carried away. Trust me, I'm really not Zhuge Liang." Zhuge Qiu looked at Cao Cao with exasperation. He never expected that after transmigrating by accident, Cao Cao would mistake him for Zhuge Liang. "I understand what you mean, sir. Keep a low profile, keep a low profile." Cao Cao replied with a smile, 1.3kReads8.4Score132Shelves
42. 42 洛 The Legend of Luo Luo: From Black Armored Beast to Red Armored War King 洛洛历险记：从黑甲兽到赤甲战王 Going Our Separate Ways各奔西东Anime Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted [Transformers: Beast Wars] [Machine Beast World] [Remake of The Legend of Luo Luo] [Warrior’s Path] [Transmigration] [Conquest] [System] Transmigrating to Chiliaoxing, a hundred and twenty years before the events of Machine Beast World, Chi Liaoxing is mistaken for the Machine Beast King of the Ferocious Beast faction by a Black Armored Beast because he is human. Just as the Black Armored Beast cautiously tries to take Chi Liaoxing away, Chi Liaoxing’s unconscious body makes a decision that leav 6.4kReads9.5Score508Shelves
43. 43 禅 Zen Shadow 禅影 Zhang Yuankun张元坤Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Early in the reign of Emperor Dezong Li Shi, the Tang dynasty struggles to restore order after a period of upheaval. Deep in the Jiulian Mountains, the ancient Feiyun Temple stands quietly amid the clouds and mist. It is the spiritual home of Zen Master Xuanling and his disciples Huixin, Huigen, and Huicong, who devote themselves to cultivation. Guided by their master, the three disciples make the mind the core of their practice and embark on a thorny path of Zen cultivation. Along the way, they 1Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 空 Parachuted-In Secretary Jia: The Downfall of a Power Thief 空降贾书记：一个窃权者的末路 Zhang Yuankun张元坤Urban964k WordsCompleted After being released from prison, Jia Tianzhen harbors a frenzied obsession with power. In a dingy rented room, he carefully fabricates a résumé, then relies on the half-baked skills he picked up in prison and his shameless scheming to enlist former cellmates as go-betweens and break into the corridors of power. Behind the mask of “Jia Tianzhen,” he weaves a web of crime between the capital and Jiangzhou. Through despicable means such as forging records, currying favor with the powerful, and man 2Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 狂 The Mad Axe Splits the Heavens: The Wild History of Black Whirlwind 狂斧破天：黑旋风野史 Zhang Yuankun张元坤Historical807k WordsCompleted This book follows Li Kui as its protagonist, telling a sweeping, eventful tale of legend. Li Kui, a brawny hothead from Yizhou, first makes his name as a fierce fighter in the Jiangzhou prison. To save his sworn brother, Song Gongming, he risks his life to storm the execution ground, showing the depth of their brotherly bond. After joining Liangshan, Li Kui distinguishes himself time and again in battle. He thwarts treacherous schemes through keen insight, scouts enemy camps at night without fea —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 人 Tales of Everyday Life 人间烟火故事集 Zhang Yuankun张元坤Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted 216 stories, each told in five steadily unfolding sections, weaving strategy, twists, and moments of realization into dramatic narratives. Old Chen’s spiritual awakening takes him from the empty ritual of burning incense at temples, through the farce of people competing with one another, and back to family life, where he puts compassion into practice by bringing vegetables to his neighbors. The chairman’s terrifying night is a battle of wits: cracks emerge around the New Year, a confrontation at —Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 江 Jiang Chunlin: The Last Ironclad Censor 江春霖：末代铁御史 Zhang Yuankun张元坤Historical347k WordsCompleted With the ideal of remaining upright and unyielding as its backbone, this novel paints a sweeping portrait of the stirring life of Jiang Chunlin, the late Qing dynasty's "Iron Censor." Beneath the willow-script plaque reading "Honesty Passed Down Through Generations" in the ancestral home at Meiyang Village, the young Chunlin declares his aspirations by drawing a judge in charcoal. His youthful fury as he berates tax collectors in a downpour has already planted the seed of speaking up for the peo —Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 小 Brother Xiao Wu: The Avanti of Putian 小五哥：莆田阿凡提 Zhang Yuankun张元坤Historical391k WordsCompleted "Little Brother Wu Shoots His Mouth Off" was originally a Putian folk nickname for a boastful, impractical young ruffian. Drawing on this saying, the author reworks it to create "Crazy Brother Wu," a legendary figure in Putian during the mid-to-late Ming dynasty. He wears his lychee-shell hat at a crooked angle, his cuffs stained with field mud, and greets people with the cheeky line, "A mo qi mo gao." Beneath his madcap appearance lies a brilliant mind. He is the lychee farmers' "little masterm 2Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 血 The Bloodstained Siege of Niushan 血色困牛山 Zhang Yuankun张元坤Rural Life785k WordsCompleted [Adapted from the real historical events at Kunniu Mountain in Shiqian, Guizhou, in October 1934. The main characters and plot have been fictionalized.] In 1934, war flames engulf the border region of Hunan and Guizhou. Under Captain Wu Zhenshan, the 52nd Regiment of the 18th Division of the Red Sixth Army Corps resolutely lures thousands of enemy troops into the dead end at Kunniu Mountain to cover the main force's retreat. They endure ambushes at mountain passes, treks through torrential rain, 6Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 木 The Legend of Mulanpi 木兰陂传奇 Zhang Yuankun张元坤Ancient Romance269k WordsCompleted Set against the floods of Putian during the Northern Song dynasty, this story centers on the spirit of serving the people and the passing of that legacy from one generation to the next. Sixteen-year-old Qian Siniang hears of the suffering caused by floods along the Mulan River. Guided by a dream of the Lord of the Pot, she sells her dowry to build an embankment and hold back the water. She braves countless hardships and rallies the people, but ultimately dies in the flood while protecting the em 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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