Looking for Novels That Decipher Mythology, Science, and the Classic of Mountains and Seas 求解密神话科学山海经解密类

1. 1 让 You Asked Me to Tell a Story, But I Revealed the Origin of Humanity! 让你讲故事，你揭秘人类起源！ Flying Clouds, Dancing Dragon飞云龙舞Urban247k WordsCompleted Live-Streamed Explainers + Classic of Mountains and Seas + Mysterious Events + Bureau 749 Lin Xuan, an investigator for Bureau 749, risked his life time and again to uncover the cause of the world's end! To prevent the apocalypse, Lin Xuan uses livestreams to reveal the truth to all of humanity... “The Classic of Mountains and Seas isn't made up. It's real!” “The Anunnaki aren't mythological gods. They're aliens who visited Earth in prehistoric times!” “Ever heard of the prehistoric Great Flood? 4.5kReads8.2Score454Shelves

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   The third book is by the author Cheng Shen. I don't need to elaborate on his quality, right? I think many people started looking for this type of book because of him, since I've found so many similar ones! Now, to the main point: the first book is one I recently found, quite similar, and super good. The second book I recommended before, not in this post, but it's also incredibly good, with a similar plot! Trust me, they're both amazing. The first book is still in its early stages, so I'm primarily recommending it! Highly recommended!

2. 2 让 You Asked Me to Livestream a Classic, and I Called Dream of the Red Chamber a Ghost Story 让你直播讲名著，你说红楼是鬼书 When Will This Yawn End?懒腰何时断Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted “Dream of the Red Chamber was never a classic novel. It's a book specifically about ghosts!” “Compendium of Materia Medica was never a conventional medical text. It's a sacred book containing a wealth of folk magic!” “The Classic of Mountains and Seas isn't a fabricated collection of myths. It's a historical record of civilization after a prehistoric nuclear war!” “...” Qi Luo gave up on traditional publishing, and from the very first second of his livestream, he turned everyone's understanding 51.6kReads8.9Score4.7kShelves
3. 3 直 Livestream: Proving the Existence of an Infinite Multiverse from the Start 直播：开局证明无限多元宇宙 Become a God成神Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Livestreaming: I’m leading the evolution of civilization] After transmigrating, Jiang Zhe becomes the host of a science education program. He gets bound to a System. To his surprise, he discovers that all he has to do is explain science to earn an endless stream of rewards. Using scientific theories from his previous life, he proves from the start that the world is fake and that infinitely many multiverses exist. “...” “Nuwa mended the sky by repairing the moon and the earth.” “Ancient civiliza 11.2kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
4. 4 让 You Asked Me to Explain the Universe, So Why Do I Say It’s Inside a Black Hole? 让你科普宇宙，你说它在黑洞里？ Become a God成神Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [No heroine] [A story that defies conventional wisdom] Strategist Jiang Zhe transmigrates to a parallel world with little scientific knowledge and becomes the guardian of his high-school sophomore sister. He gets bound to a System that makes him stronger whenever he tutors her. So he decides to take matters into his own hands. “Xiaoyu, the inside of the sun is only 36 degrees. Come on, I’ll show you how to calculate it.” “But the textbook says the sun is thousands of degrees!” Jiang Zhe calmly e 8.7kReads8.3Score889Shelves

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   I'm currently watching it, it's really good, but there aren't enough words yet, it's not satisfying.

5. 5 直 Live Adventure: Discovering The Truman Show from the Start 直播探险：开局发现楚门的世界 A Dinosaur Cooking Cockroaches to Eat恐龙煮蟑螂吃Urban366k WordsOngoing [Live-streamed Exploration + Wilderness Survival + Fantasy Adventure + No Female Lead + No Movie-World Crossovers] Lin Chuan transmigrates to a parallel world where live-streamed exploration has fallen into decline. From the start, he binds himself to the Global Mystery Exploration System. After claiming the beginner’s gift pack, he can’t sit still any longer. He strengthens his physique, unlocks wilderness survival skills, and joins the Feisha platform. He live-streams a trek across the Hen 9.9kReads8.1Score751Shelves

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   The first book is a brand new one. Unlike other adventure and unsolved mystery books, this one explores Jurassic Park on a deserted island, goblin caves, a real-life Truman Show in the deep mountains, and the back room of an abandoned hospital... It's incredibly imaginative and super exciting!!

6. 6 直 Adventure Livestream: My Discoveries Shock the World 直播探险：我的发现震惊全球 A Dinosaur Cooking Cockroaches to Eat恐龙煮蟑螂吃Urban710k WordsCompleted (My new book, "Live-Streaming an Expedition into the Deep Mountains, I Was Kidnapped into a Human Experiment Facility", is now available! A different kind of livestream adventure. Come check it out!) [No Romance + No Cultivation + Mysterious Creatures + Unsolved Mysteries + Global Livestream] After retiring from the military, Lin Feng became a small-time streamer. Then he bound himself to the [Global Exploration Livestream System]. In Shennongjia, he livestreamed a hunt for a giant wildman, caus 4.1kReads6.5Score252Shelves
7. 7 直 Live Expedition: Uncovering the Truth Behind UFO Files 直播探险：从解密UFO文件开始 A Dinosaur Cooking Cockroaches to Eat恐龙煮蟑螂吃Urban225k WordsOngoing [Global Livestreamed Exploration + Unsolved Mysteries + Uncharted Places + Mysterious Creatures + No Female Lead] “Nan, what was that thing waving at you in Fengmen Village?!” “Nan, don’t go underwater! There’s something in the sea following you!” “Holy crap, Nan, look! What’s that glowing thing at the top of the pyramid?!” Yi Nan was just a sma 263Reads5.4Score111Shelves
8. 8 科 Explained: Humans Could Live for a Thousand Years Without Oxygen! 科普：人类不吸氧，至少活千年！ Pork Intestines Smell So Good肥肠真香Urban551k WordsCompleted Deng Changjiang unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a radio host! In this parallel world, where new media is flourishing in every direction, radio is on the verge of decline. To rescue the dismal ratings, Deng Changjiang is called in at the last minute to host a science program. Who knew he'd say things that would make headlines! “Shocking!!! Humans could live for at least a thousand years without oxygen!” “Science turned upside down? Evolution is actually an enormous hoax!” “Do aliens r —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   These two should count as 😂, both are scientific explanations and interpretations of the mythological classic *Classic of Mountains and Seas*, super engaging, and very similar to Cheng Shen's *Starting with the Brain in a Vat, Global Panic!* It discusses *Dream of the Red Chamber*, but currently it's considered part of the *Classic of Mountains and Seas* because it's quite mind-bending and covers many texts, but it's currently focusing on the *Classic of Mountains and Seas*. I don't really know how to describe it, you should read it yourselves. Right now, it's about the male protagonist, Wang Yangming, and Nuwa, their relationships and entanglements, and the male protagonist's wife and daughter—it's quite complex, but super engaging and captivating 😘. The science section is currently exploring Atlantis, but it should count as part of the *Classic of Mountains and Seas*, mainly because it's a mythological and scientific work, like *Classic of Mountains and Seas*, which is the kind of book that deciphers myths. Anyway, I love it! It's currently exploring Atlantis, but there hasn't been a live stream yet. I want to watch it live. Is it only interesting if it's live? Exploration like this... Well, I don't really like it. I'll wait until it gets a live stream before reading it all 🤣

9. 9 探 Uncovering the World's Mysteries: Starting with the White Bone Dragon Pool 探秘全球：从发现白骨龙潭开始 I Have a Sea我有一片海Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Mythology Returns + Invincible + Livestream] When Ye Shi opens his eyes, a System voice rings in his ear, announcing the activation of the All-Heavens Starfield Live-Streaming System. “Ding! Congratulations, Host. You explored the White Bone Dragon Pool and received the only reward: a Chi Dragon egg.” “Ding! Congratulations, Host. You explored Sealing Immortals Village and obtained the method to become an Earth Immortal.” “Ding! Congratulations, Host. You explored Atlantis and obtained the aut 5.9kReads8.3Score415Shelves

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   These are good

10. 10 幸 Lucky Livestream: Global Exploration 幸运直播：全球探险 Amnesia in Deep Space深空失忆Urban699k WordsCompleted Lu Jing binds himself to a cheater System. As long as he livestreams, he gains invincible luck and top-tier exploration skills! Thus begins his exploration livestream series, uncovering the secrets of the world and making him a hardcore streamer at the top of the food chain! In the East China Sea, he discovers the mythical Guixu and confirms the existence of the Kingdom of Shaohao recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas! He also lifts the veil on the secrets of the Sea-Calming Needle and t 1.1kReads8.0Score100Shelves
11. 11 直 Livestreaming an Exploration: The God-Tier Dad Goes on an Adventure 直播探秘：神级奶爸在冒险 Clouds Flow for Thousands of Miles流云万里Urban809k WordsCompleted Please look forward to the new book, Totem Era: Awakening an Elite Azure Dragon from the Start. Hope all you big shots will stop by! Tu Nan had achieved success in his career, but when his daughter came down with a terminal illness, he sold his company and became a streamer who explored forbidden zones in hopes that the unknown might hold a cure for her. After binding to the God-Tier Livestream Exploration Check-In System, he checked in at Kunshan's Valley of Death, Shennongjia, the Amazon, th 1.8kReads8.6Score126Shelves
12. 12 这 This Is a Sci-Fi Novel That Surpasses The Three-Body Problem 这是一本超越三体的科幻小说 Jiangbei's Number One Wild Imagination江北第一脑洞Urban1.5M WordsOngoing “Humanity is a slave to its genes. Family bonds, friendship, and love are all programs our genes use to control us.” “If there were a turkey scientist on a farm, it might notice that the farmer brought food every day at noon. Then, on the day before Thanksgiving, it might announce this discovery to the other turkeys. But that day, the farmer wouldn’t feed them. He’d slaughter them all instead. How can we be sure that the laws of physics we’ve discovered aren’t just as laughable as the pattern th 3.3kReads8.0Score271Shelves

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    It's a puzzle game, quite entertaining.

13. 13 又 Another Day of Fighting for My Clan 又是为族人奋斗的一天 Xuan Xiaoyu玄小鱼Modern Romance365k WordsCompleted Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Invasion of Monstrous Beasts + Divine Beasts + The Supernatural + Ancient Gods Communing with the divine is a power people have long yearned for, and so the shamans came to be. Wu Li, the great shaman of the modern age, sensed that a world-ending calamity was coming. She discovered that humanity’s fortune was rapidly declining, mountain spirits and ghosts were stirring, and strange monsters were appearing and causing chaos everywhere. Following the gods’ revelation, Wu 2.4kReads8.7Score253Shelves

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    This book initially focuses on resolving the problem of invading alien beasts, with the female protagonist searching for the mythical creatures from the Classic of Mountains and Seas within a symbiotic human. Later, it begins to unveil the secrets of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, such as who wrote it, whether humans evolved from apes or whether Nuwa created humans from clay, what caused the separation of heaven and earth, how the sky cracked during Nuwa's patching of the heavens, whether the "Seamless Heavenly Garment" is truly seamless, and why the Queen Mother of the West is depicted as a war goddess with a leopard's tail.

14. 14 你 You're a Surreal Livestreamer, So Why Are You Convincing Academicians That Earth Is a Spaceship? 你一抽象主播，忽悠院士地球是宇宙飞船？ A Thought of Bodhi一念菩提Sci-Fi & Apocalypse557k WordsCompleted [Technological Great-Power Building + Mysterious Exploration + Thrilling Power Fantasy + Business and Daily Life + Ancient and Modern Mysteries + Military Misdirection + No Toxicity or Tragedy] Lin Mo, a popular science streamer, became bound to the Earth Starship Exploration System. As long as he could convince the public that Earth was a spaceship, he could unlock all kinds of advanced technology and item rewards! His very first mission was a blockbuster! He went to the Dragon Science Academy 2.2kReads8.3Score240Shelves

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    This is a mystery/decryption type of story. It's a bit short, but it's a popular science piece: "The Classic of Mountains and Seas is an interstellar flight log; Kuafu is a mecha; Xingtian is a Gundam!" "The Bronze Divine Tree is a cosmic radar station; the nine sons of the dragon are nine dimensional weapons!" "Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor and Nuwa were aliens who crash-landed on Earth and became crew members of Earth's starships!" "The Five Sacred Mountains Integrated Spacetime Device, the strongest planet-destroying firepower!"

15. 15 直 Adventure Livestream: From the Start, I Feed a Giant Snake with a Client 直播冒险，开局拿客户投喂巨蛇 Rain in the Southern Alley, Snow in the Northern City南巷雨北城雪Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Animated series now underway] After Fang Jiu activates the “Gold Medal Tour Guide System,” the face of tourism around the world changes. His livestream becomes the boundary between reality and fantasy. In the Amazon rainforest, he takes his clients on a “life-or-death rafting trip,” livestreaming from atop a forty-meter giant snake’s head; Beneath the pyramids of Egypt, he digs through thousand-year-old stone walls with his bare hands and negotiates a cut of the profits with a resurrected phara 15.1kReads7.0Score1.3kShelves

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    Mind-blowing, unconventional travel exploration; the main characters are all lunatics.

16. 16 直 Adventure Livestream: My Gods Are a Little Different! 直播探险：我的神明有亿点不同！ Hun Xiaohun魂小魂Urban230k WordsCompleted After an accident, Lin Qi transmigrates to a parallel world and activates the Live-Stream Exploration System! From then on, Lin Qi embarks on a journey to find the mysterious, bizarre, terrifying mythical beasts from legend, the kind that make your sanity plummet. From the snow monsters of the Himalayas to the mysterious temple deep in Lop Nur; from the dragon tribe in the Mariana Trench to Ning'en, a humanoid behemoth in the deep waters of Antarctica; death worms, lizard people, butterfly peopl 189Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

17. 17 破 Decoding the Classic of Mountains and Seas: I Build a Spaceship in the Qin Dynasty 破解山海经：我在秦朝造飞船 Cuckoo Bird咘谷鸟Historical62k WordsOngoing A civilization-spanning epic that overturns everything we know, an interstellar legend crossing time and space. When archaeologist Lin Yan makes a shocking discovery in Egypt, he learns that the "Great Xia" recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas was actually ancient Egypt, and that the legends of the Yellow Emperor and Yu the Great eerily coincide with the civilization of the pharaohs! But on the eve of announcing the truth, he is murdered by a foreign spy, and his consciousness transmigr 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Laughing and crying] You should check this out, it's a really creative idea!

18. 18 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Catching ghosts to farm, the little celestial master enters the city and wreaks havoc everywhere.

19. 19 造 The Creator's Taboo 造物主的禁忌 Xiu Ji休济Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted (This book has been years in the making and revised over a hundred times. From the first volume to the last, it will tell one complete, expansive story, with a large cast, suspense, and a touch of brain-teasing mystery. From time to time, the author will offer summaries or hints in the author's notes.) A creator's greatest taboo is making a life more perfect than their own! The gods created humanity and shackled it with birth, aging, sickness, death, memories that slip away like sand, and endles 238Reads9.0Score161Shelves

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    Human-AI Reincarnation Forms a Closed Loop

20. 20 穿 I Transmigrated and Got a System 穿越从得到系统开始 Feng Ou冯藕25k WordsCompleted Transmigrating Begins with Getting a System 58Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one, this one, this one, this one

21. 21 跟 The Stalker's Love 跟踪狂的爱情 Feng Ou冯藕6k WordsCompleted A Stalker's Love 6Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 二 A 200,000-Yuan Bride Price and My Love 二十万元彩礼和我的爱情 Feng Ou冯藕6k WordsCompleted A Two-Hundred-Thousand-Yuan Bride Price and My Love 7Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 亏 Starting with Qian Meili, I Lose My Way to Becoming the Richest Man 亏成首富从钱美丽开始 Feng Ou冯藕9k WordsCompleted How to Lose Money Your Way to Becoming the Richest Man, Starting with Qian Meili 15Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 24 穿 I Transmigrated to a World of Stone 穿越得到石头世界 Feng Ou冯藕6k WordsCompleted Transmigrated to a World of Stones 5Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 当 When She Suspects Someone Is Watching Her 当人怀疑有人监控她 Feng Ou冯藕6k WordsCompleted When She Suspects Someone Is Watching Her 5Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 穿 Transmigrating to an Ancient World 穿越到古代世界 Feng Ou冯藕8k WordsCompleted Transmigrated to an Ancient World 12Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 贵 At the Noble Academy, When I Met the Princes 贵族学院之当我遇到王子们 Feng Ou冯藕6k WordsCompleted At the Noble Academy: When I Met the Princes 17Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 魔 The Witch's Journey 魔女之旅 Feng Ou冯藕6k WordsCompleted The Journey of Elaina 24Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 山 The Classic of Mountains and Seas: An Endless Myth 山海经：道不尽神话 Sleepwalking in Penglai梦游蓬莱Eastern Fantasy99k WordsOngoing (Mythology reimagined, Classic of Mountains and Seas, slow-paced, not a power fantasy, ensemble cast, faux fourth calamity, farming and management) The gods sit high above in the heavens. Divine registers bind humanity, incense offerings are taxes, and all living beings are fuel. People have grown accustomed to kneeling and begging the gods for help, never realizing that each prayer sells away a piece of their future. Pangu creating the world, Nüwa mending the heavens, Fuxi devising the trigrams 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Transmigrating into the body of Emperor Zhuanxu, starting as an infant. New author, new book, feel free to check it out if you're interested. (Mythological reconstruction, Classic of Mountains and Seas, slow pace, not a wish-fulfillment story, leaning towards ensemble cast, pseudo-fourth natural disaster, farming and management) The gods reign supreme in the heavens, their divine registers their locks, incense their taxes, and all living beings their firewood. They have long been accustomed to kneeling before the gods, unaware that each prayer is a betrayal of their future. Pangu creating the world, Nuwa mending the sky, Fuxi's Eight Trigrams… behind every story lies blood and tears. From drilling wood to make fire to the Battle of Zhuolu, from tribal survival to the severing of the connection between heaven and earth, every step Xia Yu witnesses is never a victory for one person, but the choice of countless individuals. This is not just one person's story. This is the transformation of civilization. When civilization moves from dependence to independence, when the gods no longer cast their shadows, when the Heavenly Dao finally relinquishes control, can those who once groveled stand alone? Xia Yu does not know the answer. He was simply living in this era, leading those who shared the same ideals, closely following in the footsteps of his predecessors, and step by step forging his own path under the watchful eyes of countless gods and demons.

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