A Male Lead Who's a Scientist, Research Prodigy, or Physics Genius: A Top Student! 男主科学家/科研天才/物理天才啥的大学霸！

1. 51 回 Rewind: A Different Approach, One More Time 回档：换个姿势再来一次 Coffee with Garlic咖啡就蒜Urban10.6M WordsOngoing Because Bai Ershisan, a senior employee in the Netherworld’s Department of Soul Guidance, made a mistake, Li Le was kicked straight out of the cycle of reincarnation. The great science of quantum mechanics tells Li Le that time’s arrow points only toward the future. As for why he has gone back thirty years, if you can’t figure it out, asking him won’t help either. All Li Le can do is pull himself together and live through the script of his life once again. 84.1kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves

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   Urban slice-of-life novel, the protagonist is a top student

2. 52 黑 Black Tech: Building a Lightsaber for My Graduation Project 黑科技：从毕设开始造光剑 Dried Beef Jerky风干牛肉干Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Technology drives national strength in the early stages] [Mechs and interstellar warfare in the middle and later stages] After Xu Teng unlocked the System, he built a lightsaber. Then he posted a question on a website: “Would building a lightsaber for my graduation project and getting an outstanding-project award help me get into grad school?” The commenters joked in response: “Not only will it help, but your professor will personally come to recruit you.” “What are you talking about, my esteem 3.5kReads8.5Score209Shelves

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   These are all books about technology.

3. 53 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
4. 54 老 My Wife Was Kidnapped, and My Black Technology Was Exposed 老婆遭绑架，我的黑科技曝光了 Muttering Immortal呓语仙人Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Black technology + one heroine + satisfying read + livestreaming] Tang Ke activated the Black Technology System. As long as he developed something in a particular direction, he was guaranteed to create it! One day, he casually modified his wife’s car. Little did he know that she would be ambushed by robbers on her way home, bringing his black technology into the spotlight. He founded a black technology company, bringing the world one shock after another and leading Earth toward a Level Seven ci 8.4kReads8.8Score583Shelves
5. 55 商 Business Empire: There Are a Billion Tech Innovations 商业帝国：黑科技有亿点多 Stir-Fried Baby Bok Choy醋溜小白菜Urban3.5M WordsOngoing [Feel-good fiction + urban life + business + technology + sci-fi + military industry + national strength] Every physical attribute improves tenfold; The performance of metal materials improves tenfold; Rice grows ten times faster; … Liu Sen uses his golden finger to enhance the attributes of all kinds of things, gain the knowledge that comes with them, start companies, and develop new technologies. He starts by raising capital with the simplest products: alcoholic drinks and beverages, building 29.1kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves
6. 56 重 Reborn: From the Start, I Use Black Technology to Analyze the F-22 Fighter Jet 重生：黑科技开局解析F22战机 Cumin Chives孜然韭菜Urban664k WordsCompleted Jiang Chen is reborn in Longguo twenty years in the past and awakens the System for Analyzing All Things. Jiang Chen: “What? Longguo doesn’t have its own fifth-generation fighter yet? Analyze the F-22.” Jiang Chen: “What? Aerospace engines are too difficult? Analyze an aerospace engine powered by controlled nuclear fusion.” Jiang Chen: “What? You want to go see the moon? Why take a rocket? Analyze a space elevator.” Jiang Chen: “What? The Beautiful Nation wants to reason with us?” “Let me take m 8kReads8.9Score537Shelves
7. 57 为 To Get a Reduced Sentence, I Took a Rabbit to the Skies 为了能减刑，我带兔子飞上天 Mu Dalong木大龙Urban2.9M WordsCompleted Ye Cheng, a death-row inmate who killed a man to save his mother, is sentenced to execution, effective immediately! But on the day of his execution, he activates the System for Earning Merit Through Crime, unveils controllable nuclear fusion from the start, and earns a chance to reduce his sentence. As long as he leads the Dragon Kingdom to greatness on Blue Star, he will gain access to unlimited black technology. To earn his way out one step at a time, Ye Cheng stops at nothing. Controllable nu 2.2kReads7.1Score397Shelves

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   Two research papers with their own systems, one featuring a cute child and the other a tough guy.

8. 58 世 Becoming King of the World Starts with Acquiring Task Force 141 世界之王从获得141特遣队开始 Ci Yong Baiyu词庸白鱼Urban1.1M WordsCompleted (Partly set in the Call of Duty universe, combined with various films and TV franchises. Later, the protagonist will transmigrate to other worlds and fight for supremacy.) By a twist of fate, Bai Yu transmigrates to Blue Star, a world very much like Earth. He also unexpectedly acquires a golden finger, and from the start, the 141st Task Force pledges its loyalty to him. Bai Yu will gradually build a power that is invincible across the world. 10.4kReads8.5Score709Shelves
9. 59 黑 Black Gold, Sudden Wealth: The US President Personally Lit My Cigarette 黑金暴富，美国总统亲自给我点烟 Six Moles六个痣Urban416k WordsCompleted Face-slapping America + nuking Japan + power struggles + ruthless conquest + ruling the world + alien technology + exploring the universe... The secret of Earth’s energy, the truth behind humanity’s century-long lifespan... Business genius Qi Zhou is betrayed by his brother and his boss, then dumped in a barren desert in the Middle East. On the brink of death, he activates the God-Tier Oil Refining System. From then on, he turns sand into oil and plunders the world’s resources! The internationa 215Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 60 神 Divine Choices: From the Start, I Chose a Perfect Score on the College Entrance Exam 神级选择：开局选择高考满分 In the Northern Sea There Is a Kunpeng北冥有鲲鹏Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Top student + System + cutting-edge tech + showing off, lighthearted with no angst] If you had to choose, would you take a perfect 750 on the college entrance exam, or 7.5 million in cash? Staring at the pop-up on his phone, Cheng Hao was at a loss for words. He chose a perfect score on the exam. What? You want to know why he didn't choose the 7.5 million? Don't ask. It's because he has lofty ideals! Who knew it would actually be real? Cheng Hao really had returned to the eve of the college ent 13.7kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves

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    🎄🎄[Top Student + System + Cutting-Edge Technology + Showing Off, Easy and Fun] If you had a choice, would you choose 750 points on the college entrance exam or 7.5 Million yuan in cash? Looking at the pop-up window on his phone, Cheng Hao speechlessly chose a perfect score. What! You're asking why he didn't choose 750 points? Don't ask, it's because of noble sentiments! Unexpectedly, it's real! Cheng Hao actually returned to the eve of his college entrance exam more than ten years ago! Cheng Hao lamented, what a pity for 7.5 Million yuan! From then on, history took a different turn!

11. 61 超 Super Scholar: Starting with Quietly Controlling My Scores! 超级学霸：从低调控分开始！ Hidden in the Firmament苍穹隐Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Academic ace + System + Deliberately controlling test scores + Cutting-edge technology, lighthearted with no angst] After a surprise math test, the class monitor, an academic ace, scores just 50 points. The campus beauty gets 30, and the class representative and study committee member score even lower. But Jiang Nan, the king of dozing in class and the champion of the school cafeteria, racks up 90 points and takes first place??? Math teacher: “Kid, you can't hide it anymore, can you?” Beautiful 4.6kReads8.8Score822Shelves
12. 62 疯 Are You Kidding? This Kid Even Dares to Make Money Off the State 疯了吧！这小子连国家的钱都敢赚 Retired Magical Girl退役的魔法少女Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Shen Fei transmigrated into a parallel world and awakened the Ultimate Manufacturing System. Yet countless online users called him the greediest profiteer of the modern age. A former professional League of Legends player asked Shen Fei to build him a PC. Out of 100,000, Shen Fei only pocketed 99,000. A beautiful streamer asked Shen Fei to build her a motorcycle. Out of 500,000, Shen Fei only pocketed 488,000. Xiaomi, a shining light of domestic industry, asked Shen Fei to make a new energy vehic 17.1kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves

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    These books are all alright.

13. 63 穿 After I Transmigrated Back, I Bewitched the Whole World 穿越回来后我苏遍整个世界 Seven Little Pairs七小对Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted After Lin Xiyue opened her eyes again, she realized this was not any of the worlds she had transmigrated to before. It was the original world she had lived in before she ever started transmigrating: unlike the cultivation, martial arts, apocalypse, and future alliance worlds she had visited, this was the world where the real Lin Xiyue had grown up. Luckily, her portable cave abode was still with her. Since that was the case, she might as well bring over everything she had learned in all those wo 14kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves
14. 64 我 I Just Wanted to Study, So How Did I Become an Esports Legend? 我只想学习，怎么就电竞封神了 1Watermelon King11西瓜大王1Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [Top Student + Esports + System + Wish Fulfillment + Lighthearted Comedy + No Female Lead] Lu Ming was widely recognized as the most relentless student at Changhua No. 6 High School. He studied sixteen hours a day, yet his grade ranking stayed stubbornly stuck around seventieth or eightieth. Then he was bound to the Work-Rest Balance System. He thought it was a study system, but the System told him: “Want to improve your study efficiency? Go play Honor of Kings first.” And so the school’s most h 97.9kReads9.4Score10.1kShelves

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    The main character is too curvy.

15. 65 开 The Ninth Base City From the Start 开局第九基地市 Fragment 11057944碎片11057944Urban197k WordsOngoing On Awakening Day, Li Xiang was tested and found to have an F-rank, defective talent: [Repair]. Everyone mocked him as a good-for-nothing who could only fix scrap metal. They had no idea that Li Xiang's talent was conceptual-level "Repair." A cultivation technique has a flaw? Repair it. A bloodline has impurities? Repair it. Memories have gaps? Repair them. While others fought tooth and nail over a single S-rank piece of equipment, Li Xiang quietly repaired one artifact after another from the jun 77Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 66 回 Back to the Sixties to Do Scientific Research 回到六十年代搞科研 Fragment 11057944碎片11057944Male-Channel Fanfiction561k WordsCompleted Transmigrated into that innocent era, why am I still getting caught up in the endless Siheyuan dramas across the myriad worlds? A great man once said, “There’s plenty to do in this vast world.” No more pointless infighting; there’s no time to waste... 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
17. 67 咸 The Laid-Back Doctor’s Research Diary 咸鱼博士的科研日记 Duan Yichao Of Baiyanggou白杨沟的段逸朝Urban1.0M WordsCompleted My name is Lin Hao. I’m an unremarkable master’s graduate from an ordinary second-tier university who, thanks to a miraculous stroke of luck, got into Jiangbei University, one of the top universities in the country, to pursue a PhD. I thought my story would go like this: study under an academician, join the ranks of the immortals, publish in top journals within three years, land a faculty position within five, and reach the pinnacle of life. But reality handed me a very different script: I was “ 5.2kReads8.0Score428Shelves

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    Research paper, the male protagonist is a mechanical engineering major who works on materials.

18. 68 学 Academic Tyrant: From the Start, I Awakened the Workhorse System, but I Just Want to Live 学阀：开局觉醒牛马系统，我想活 A Flower's Evening Recollection一花夕拾Urban174k WordsOngoing Recently, CTVV’s special correspondent conducted an exclusive interview with Chen Pingan, a legendary figure in academia and the founder of the Chen School. Sources say that in just a few years since the Chen School research group was founded, its five original disciples have gone on to become an honorary academician, the president of a multinational pharmaceutical company, the founder of a biotech giant, a top medical expert, and a high-ranking government official. They wield considerable influ 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist is a scientific research genius; this is a highly recommended book list from a ten-year veteran reader. [Heart][heart]

19. 69 重 Back to the 1990s: A Political Science Graduate's Son-in-Law 重回90，从政法女婿开始 The Carousel That Runs Eight Days a Week一周上八天的旋转木马Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted No womanizing, no System, one female lead, a serious officialdom novel, a crime thriller set in a past era, and a fiercely protective wife. A slow-burn story, written simply to make you smile. During the urban transformation of the 1990s, crimes were rampant and restoring order was an urgent priority. Li Feng, once an experienced grassroots criminal investigator in the twenty-first century, was reborn by accident in 1996 as a young captain with a master's degree in criminal investigation. He w 2.6kReads8.2Score197Shelves
20. 70 我 I Recreated Huaxia in Minecraft, and After CCTV Backed Me, the Whole Internet's Culture and Tourism Sector Begged to Collaborate 我在MC复原华夏，被央视力挺后，全网文旅求我合作 The Carousel That Runs Eight Days a Week一周上八天的旋转木马34k WordsCompleted I Recreated Huaxia in Minecraft, and After CCTV Threw Its Support Behind Me, the Whole Internet’s Tourism Industry Begged to Work With Me 10Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 71 真 The Real Heiress's Passionate Life 真千金的热血人生 Xiao Xiao Mingqiu小小明秋1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth | A technologically powerful nation | Patriotism and family | The real heiress | No System | Female-led career story] She closed her eyes amid the smoke of war and opened them in an age of prosperity. In 1942, underground operative Ruan Siling's identity was exposed during a mission, and she died a heroic death. When she opened her eyes again, she had arrived in the year 2000 as Jiang Yunning, the real heiress who had just been brought home by a wealthy family. Her pistol had become 5.7kReads8.9Score548Shelves
22. 72 把 After Sending Him Flying, the Handsome Boy Won't Leave Him Alone 把人创飞后，俊美少年赖上他啦 Qiao Mo乔仫Two Male Leads350k WordsCompleted A delightfully unhinged, sugary romance! Jiang Chai, who really is not the sharpest tool in the shed, deliberately gets close to scientific genius Shen Shiqing for a mission. He probes, flirts, and tries every trick to steal Shen's research. Shen Shiqing, a hopeless romantic, falls for Jiang Chai without realizing it. The man who once felt nothing begins to worry that he might lose him. As the conspiracy is exposed and their feelings come to light, one unexpected scene after another unfolds... 13Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    The male lead is a top-notch researcher, specializing in pharmaceutical chemistry; he's the kind of person who'll do anything for his research.

23. 73 老 Dad Forced Me into Research, and I Became a National Treasure of China 老爹逼我搞科研，我成了华夏国士 Grilled Chives烤韭菜Urban804k WordsCompleted Su Bai is reborn in the world of Blue Star. The Rabbit Country is technologically backward, and after his academician grandfather from Huake Park forces him to work at a military factory, he awakens the Expectation System. Grandpa: “What? My grandson flew a fighter jet to the Eagle Country’s tourist area?” Expectation +999! Grandpa: “What? My grandson took a nuclear submarine out to fish for sharks!” Expectation +999! Grandpa: “What? My grandson went to outer space on a rocket to grow crops!” Ex 1.8kReads8.6Score112Shelves

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    Never let your motherland suffer injustice.

24. 74 沉 After Throwing Myself into Research, the School Beauty I've Known Since Childhood Starts Chasing Me! 沉迷科研后，竟被青梅校花倒追！ Clear Breeze Embraces the Bright Moon清风揽月明Urban493k WordsCompleted [National Treasure + Campus Life + Sweet Romance + Campus Belle + Patriotism] [I secretly built a laser emitter and accidentally shot down a small artificial satellite. Am I legally responsible? Waiting for an answer! This is urgent!!!] One summer vacation day at noon, a post suddenly sets the whole internet ablaze, shocking the world. Lu Yin, an obscure college entrance exam student, gets struck by lightning and suffers brain damage. He uses a laser emitter he developed himself to shoot down a 1.6kReads7.4Score125Shelves
25. 75 玩 It's Only Natural for a Toy Factory to Build Mechs 玩具厂造出机甲很合理吧 I Love Eating我爱吃饭Urban286k WordsCompleted What? A toy plane has outperformed a real fighter jet. You call that a skyrocketing monkey? The Eagle is scared stiff! Is your toy Mars rover even working properly? ... That laser pointer a kid was playing with really scared the Sakura Nation to tears! To save his toy factory from going under and help it thrive, Jiang Lin decides to sell products through livestreams. But why does everything seem so off? Jiang Lin: Everyone, listen. I really am just making toys... The whole internet erupts: “ 1.5kReads8.6Score142Shelves
26. 76 收 Give It Up, Eagle Sauce. Outside Are All Huaxia Star Destroyers 收手吧鹰酱，外面全是华夏歼星舰 Durian Stir-Fried with Beef榴莲炒牛肉Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsOngoing [Technological Superpower + Hawkish Patriotism + Strategic Intimidation + South Heaven Gate Project + Cold Nuclear Fusion + Interstellar Civilization + Multidimensional Universe = ?] Lin Mo, formerly chief engineer of the South Heaven Gate Project, transmigrates to Blue Star’s Huaxia and becomes Professor Ai’s student. He awakens a strategic intimidation technology System: by targeting hostile forces such as the Eagle Nation with strategic intimidation, he can continually unlock future technolog 16.8kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
27. 77 科EN Technology: Turning Over Controlled Nuclear Fusion to Get Into College 科技：为了上大学，上交可控核聚变 Ancient Vine古藤Urban3.1M WordsCompleted [Patriotic Tech Novel] To get into Longke University, Jiang Fan submitted some of the formulas and data for controlled nuclear fusion. The result sent the top experts across Longguo into an uproar... 9.6kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves
28. 78 征 You’re Requisitioning My Car to Catch Spies? Now I’m Excited 征用我车抓间谍？那我可就兴奋了 School Beauty, Don't Make a Fuss校花别闹Urban390k WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Lin Bei becomes a freshman at the National University of Defense Technology. While gaming with his roommates, he accidentally discovers that he can analyze the cutting-edge technology in video games! As luck would have it, he has just gotten his driver's license. Lin Bei first analyzes the technology behind Zhao Yun: Engine Heart from "Honor of Kings", then builds it at his father's car factory. Though this mecha supercar boasts phenomenal power, the ability to hover in mid 2.2kReads7.8Score162Shelves
29. 79 穿 Transmigrate to 1945: Good Thing I Have Superpowers 穿越1945，还好我有超能力 Wen Zhi Tianhua雯织天华Urban1.1M WordsCompleted (Period setting) (Transmigration) (Superpowers) (Industry) (Aid) (Founding a nation overseas) (Space development) I transmigrated to 1945. Japan surrendered, and I didn't want to get involved in the civil war. But the county magistrate is my great-grandfather. Now it's my older brother. So, under the county magistrate's protection, I develop and build a new countryside. Oh, most importantly, I've got a cheat. That's the real driving force behind development. In 1958, I went to Burma and seized t 3.9kReads8.1Score155Shelves

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    This is invincible! Invincible! You have to read this book!

30. 80 四 Siheyuan: Back to 1954, Luckily I Have a System 四合院：回到54年，还好带系统 Wen Zhi Tianhua雯织天华Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted [Siheyuan] [Founding a Nation Overseas] [Spatial Interface] [One Female Lead] Transmigrate to a Siheyuan in 1954? Luckily, I've got a skill-upgrade cheat, an boundless space, and a space for growing crops. What? There's also a family lineage stretching back thousands of years behind me, and I'm the clan head? These people from the Siheyuan think they can compete with me? Of course I'll lead my family to become the greatest clan and build the world's number-one village. The fun starts when I buil 12.5kReads8.4Score621Shelves
31. 81 异 Alien Beasts Invade: I've Become the Evil Cult's Boss! 异兽入侵：我成了邪教boss！ 7723 Ah7723啊Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Villain + Gene Fusion + Cult Leader + Behind the Scenes + No Female Lead] Qin Sheng is transmigrated, and though he survives by sheer luck, he has less than a year to live. Luckily, he binds the System carried by the transmigrator. It can extract and fuse alien beast genes to create all kinds of potions. In this era, alien beasts have been invading for a hundred years, and humanity has been forced to establish nine cities. Alien beast genes are considered taboo. But to stay alive, he has no cho 20.5kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves

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    The male protagonist of this book is a genetic scientist who uses technology to extract the genes of alien beasts and fuse them into a human body.

32. 82 被 Forced by the System to Become a Great Scientist 被系统强迫成为大科学家 Clear-Broth Octopus清汤八爪鱼Urban2.7M WordsCompleted System --- college entrance exams --- scientific research --- leaving the home planet --- human evolution --- the universe This is a timeless masterpiece, meticulously crafted and top quality! I hope everyone will be patient. Otherwise, Octopus will give everyone a System. The protagonist of this book offended the author, so he has it rough. He’s begging me to remove the System. Surprised? Zhao Xiaohou never dreamed that a terrible student like him would get a System, only to fall into the clutc 5.4kReads7.7Score440Shelves

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    Scientists are pretty good.

33. 83 和 After Breaking Up with My Ideal Girl, I Awakened the Academic Prodigy System 和白月光分手后，我觉醒学神系统 I'm lock我是lockUrban279k WordsOngoing [Big-Fish Hero + Academic Prodigy + Research + Cutting-Edge Tech + System Growth + Campus Life + Multiple Female Leads + Top Student] In the summer of 2016, after Chen Zhixu broke up with his long-distance sweetheart, he unexpectedly awakened the Academic Prodigy System. The aloof System asked him, "Want some Tokens? Then hurry up and complete your System missions!" Chen Zhixu looked at the beginner mission: prove the three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture. He fell into deep thought... Years later, 35.9kReads—Score4.3kShelves

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    The Super Genius System is now in place, covering everything from mathematics and chemistry to materials science, and from physics to technology.

34. 84 拯 Saving Humanity: Are Humans Really This Fragile?! 拯救人类：人类也太脆弱了吧！ Ten Thousand a Day一天一万Urban1.4M WordsCompleted June, 2025 AD. The guardian of human civilization, the greatest scientist in the history of the Milky Way, a living history of humanity, a scholar whose knowledge bordered on omniscience, the one who rebooted civilization and ushered in a new era, a great man who cared for humanity as if it were a protected species… When Qin Yu was given the chance to make three wishes, he thought carefully, then solemnly made these three wishes. Wish One: Absolute immortality. No matter how much time passes, or 15.4kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves

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    The writing is good.

35. 85 说 You Promised Me Cultivation, So Why Are You Making Me Build a Nuclear Fusion Reactor? 说好的修仙你让我造核聚变反应堆 A Heartless Smile没心没扉的笑Urban1.1M WordsCompleted “A voice suddenly appeared in my head: It said that if I built a nuclear fusion reactor, it would teach me how to cultivate immortality! When I refused, it turned into words floating in front of my eyes. It’s so annoying!” “Then why didn’t you agree?” Song Ning rolled his eyes. “Are you stupid? The doctors said my schizophrenia was caused by a mental illness brought on by a nervous disorder. If I knew how to build that thing, would I have been sent to a psychiatric hospital?” 8.1kReads7.5Score637Shelves

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    111111

36. 86 末 Making Doomsday Predictions? The Earth's About to Explode! 末日还立Flag？地球都快炸了 Passionate Familiarity热烈熟照Mystery2.8M WordsCompleted I’m on a doomed flight from the start? Every passenger on board has a death flag, making this a nightmare-level challenge! Zhang Ling thought he was certain to die, but at the moment the plane crashed, he awakened the [Book of Millennia] and gained the ability to relive hundreds or thousands of lives! [Ding! First life simulation complete. Grade: G. A meaningless death!] [Choose inheritance or random draw...] “I choose a random draw!” [Congratulations, Host! You have obtained the talent: Danger 14.6kReads7.2Score1.9kShelves
37. 87 残 The Broken Imperial Seal 残玺 Long Chu龙杵Urban900k WordsCompleted “Anger is commonplace, but a smiling man is inscrutable...” Inspired by a hidden chapter of real history, this tells the story of a wild strategic-level scientist’s rise and growth. The premise is fresh, fantastical yet grounded in reality, and encompasses history, the workplace, the military, scientific research, national security, criminal investigation, elaborate schemes, murder, and modern high-stealth espionage, high-tech hacking, and high-intensity aerospace electronic warfare. The ending 5.8kReads8.5Score683Shelves

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    A high-quality, completed novel in a new genre, a hardcore work by a science and engineering enthusiast. It starts slowly but builds to a bang, a slow-burn, mind-bending story with science fiction, realism, suspense, and mind-bending elements. The writing is brilliant and logically rigorous, the narrative humorous yet concise, and there are no time-travel, reincarnation, system, or cheat codes. The content covers history, workplace, military, scientific research, national security, criminal investigation, scheming, murder, as well as high-tech espionage, hacking, and aerospace electronic warfare. The ending features a profound twist. Tailor-made for veteran readers; if you don't enjoy it, I'll kill myself!

38. 88 科 The Pinnacle of Technology: Starting with the College Entrance Exam 科技巅峰：从高考开始 Escape the Sea of People逃离人海Urban987k WordsOngoing [The short drama How Did a Tech Big Shot Like Me Become a High School Student? is also out now! The rating just came in, but it’ll go up later.][Technology + one heroine + two people reborn + golden finger] An aviation prodigy, reborn in his senior year of high school after a heart attack, carries an immense trove of knowledge from the future. Determined to make up for the regrets of his past life, he sets out to help China rise. Back at seventeen, he seems just like the same top student who bre 204Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    A rare ensemble piece about scientific research, featuring a single female lead and no romantic entanglements [eating melon emoji]. It avoids profanity and maintains a high standard, although some might find the inclusion of a plot device that involves reporting one's "golden finger" (a powerful, overpowered ability) to the government unacceptable [sad emoji]. But overall, it's quite enjoyable.

39. 89 身 Living in the 1980s: Raising My Child on Good Food and Drink 身穿八零：带着崽崽吃香喝辣 Mountain Elm山榆Modern Romance241k WordsCompleted (Transmigrates in body + amnesia, which she eventually recovers from, no angst + adorable baby + space + medical skills + fictional setting, not meant to be historically accurate.) At the prime of her life, Xu Fengmian had endless possibilities ahead of her. Then she woke up one day to find she had a son who was six months old and nearly seven. “Impossible! This absolutely can't be!” But the birth certificate slapped her in the face with the truth! Looking at the chubby baby with a glistening li 2.1kReads7.4Score184Shelves

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    The male lead is a top-notch researcher. The female lead travels back to the 1980s, marries him, and becomes eight months pregnant. Then she travels back to the modern era. When she opens her eyes, she finds her son is eight months old, clinging to her and looking for milk, which startles her. Meanwhile, the male lead has been waiting for her for two years. [Admiring][Kissing][Admiring][Kissing]

40. 90 杀 Kill Those Men: From Ugly Chick to Beautiful Swan 杀死那些男人之丑小鸡变白天鹅 I Came Today, the Willows Sway今我来兮杨柳依依Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Transformation and glow-up + triumphant heroine + uplifting feel-good story + top student's growth + fairytale romance + authentic post-80s generation] Note: Please don't let the heroine's looks put you off! The protagonist is called “XX Fat” purely because the author has a mischievous sense of humor. In reality, Xia Weiwei has a figure the likes of which appear only once every three thousand years. She's an outgoing, adorable girl with sky-high emotional and intellectual intelligence; she's th 1.2kReads9.3Score115Shelves

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    The chubby kid, fresh out of college, meets the male lead and is immediately a fan, thinking, "Wow, what a genius! I admire him so much!" But after getting into university himself, he becomes an even bigger genius. This is a female-oriented novel; the male lead has limited screen time, so please don't be offended if you don't like it.

41. 91 东 Dongfeng: Global-Range Strikes 东风：覆盖全球范围打击 Winter City Sunset冬城西落Urban269k WordsCompleted [1960: Great Power Technology, Strengthening the Nation and Commanding Respect Around the World!] In his previous life, he was the chief designer of the Dongfeng series, an 86-year-old pillar of the nation. In this life, he returns to 1960 with a century of future technological knowledge, determined to make up for past regrets, forge China's strongest sword with his own hands, and build a golden age without regrets! Starting with the Dongfeng-2, whose unstable fuel repeatedly causes the missile 102Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    A classic science and technology article! Researching science and technology will lead our motherland to new heights!

42. 92 重 Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Tore Up the Order to Return to the City 重生1975：开局撕毁回城调令 Great Cangyue大沧月Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his 162.1kReads9.5Score18.1kShelves
43. 93 神 God-Tier Online Shopping: Starting with a Science-Obsessed Brain 神级网购：从科学瘾脑开始 Book, Concrete Surface书扎水泥面Urban584k WordsCompleted Qin Sheng is an ordinary student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in organometallics and polymer-material reinforcement. Yet he always feels like he isn’t smart enough. By chance, he discovers a mysterious product on an online shopping platform! A top-tier scientific brain, priced at just 0.5 yuan! The product description claims that the brain will grow right inside the buyer’s head, and the reviews are glowing: Some people say their brains started itching the very nigh 537Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    Paranoid and morbid scientific madman

44. 94 战 Warhammer 40K: I Transmigrated and Became a Greenskin Big Mek 战锤40K，穿越成为绿皮大技霸 Big Shiba Inu柴犬大大Anime Fanfiction235k WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy] [Humor] [No angst] [No heroine] [System] [Villain] Read with confidence! Li Hua, an ordinary college student from Blue Star who loved the Warhammer universe, got into an absurd accident (quite literally) and had his soul transported into the Warhammer 40K universe, where he was born as an ordinary ork boy. To survive, he relied on the System and his knowledge of the Warhammer universe, gradually becoming the greatest ork Mek in control of the planet. Then he was recruit 188Reads7.1Score—Shelves
45. 95 我 I, Founder of the Interstellar Peace Corporation 我，星际和平公司创始人 Stand-Squat Theory MAX蹲站理论MAXUrban2.0M WordsCompleted Chen Hao accidentally awakens the [World Tree] System and builds the Starpeace Corporation, a super-empire spanning energy, military industry, medicine, and technology! Starting in a remote border region, he monopolizes other countries’ vital industries. The very first corporate war crushes imperialist hegemony! War breaks out in the Middle East again? The Third Gulf War? No, it’s a hunting ground for megacorporations! Western financial groups unite in a counterattack? Pharmaceutical giants w 5.3kReads7.0Score328Shelves
46. 96 国 A Peerless Patriot: Starting with Organ Cloning Research 国士无双：从研究器官克隆开始 One Thirty Tonight今晚一点半Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Cutting-Edge Technology + Biotechnology + Power Fantasy + Technology Monopoly + The Protagonist Does His Own Research] “Officer, I want to report someone! A high school senior named Lu Yun at Hongcheng No. 2 High School is illegally selling kidneys!” In the interrogation room, organ trafficker Chen Weihua had barely sat down after being arrested when he started making accusations. The police conducted a raid to arrest Lu Yun and interrogate him. “Your father needs a kidney transplant, so yo 8kReads8.0Score453Shelves

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    This could be a #Outlaw + Academic Superstar + Technological Powerhouse + Super-Exciting and Thrilling Novel + Global Technological Domination# Lu Yun, a high school senior consistently ranked first in his grade 🚀🚀🚀. Thanks to a system granting him "absolute control over his body," he uses himself as a universal laboratory to research biology and materials science 🌌🌌🌌. His father needed a kidney, and after three months of self-study, he created a kidney using cells that was a perfect match! This shocked the police officers who came to arrest him and even a university professor specializing in biology, who exclaimed it was impossible! 🌸🌸🌸 He issued patents, wrote papers, and promoted the use of his technology, shattering all doubts ⚡⚡⚡. While his classmates were still preparing for the college entrance exam, he had already become a national hero—organ cloning, researching electric eel genes, conquering cancer, bio-armor… Lu Yun is determined to use genes to modify humanity and use technology to revolutionize the world!!!

47. 97 重 Reborn in 1960: Bankrupting Hong Kong Island's Tycoons 重生1960：把港岛富豪搞破产 Xia Buyan夏不言Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1960, Lin Chaozong starts by reselling discarded canned goods. Before long, he’s building an empire and making it bigger and stronger. He crushes Li Chaoren, abolishes shared-area housing fees, acquires British-owned companies, and builds a business dynasty. Years later, Lin Chaozong gives an interview and says, “I’m just an honest businessman. I don’t know how I ended up becoming the richest man in the world. I guess it must be luck!” 11.9kReads9.0Score701Shelves

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    [Smirk][Smirk] Pure black technology! The protagonist, already a top student, becomes even more overpowered after being bound to the system. C. Biological explosives, brain-simulating engineering, gene cultivation. A mere high school student is so incredibly powerful! O_O 310,000 readers, a high rating of 9.4, No dull moments. Watch as the protagonist shocks the world!

48. 98 星 Interstellar Longevity: Live Long Enough to Rule the Universe 星际长生：活得够久就能称霸宇宙 The Moon Is Not the Moon月非是月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
49. 99 我 I Built a Base Deep in the Mountains, and My Girlfriend Is a Gaming Pro 我在深山建基地，女友是游戏大神 Zhicheng Xinyu志诚心予Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.4M WordsCompleted Disclaimer: This is not a brainless power fantasy! This is not a brainless power fantasy! This is not a brainless power fantasy! Shen Yuan, an ordinary programmer, developed a horror game and spent so many nights watching horror movies for inspiration that he suffered a mental breakdown. But he unexpectedly awakened superpowers. Using his superpowers, he developed artificial intelligence and a series of cutting-edge technologies. He secretly built a sci-fi base deep in the mountains and began de 11.7kReads7.2Score698Shelves

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    Absolute genius

50. 100 超 Superbrain Programmer: From Code Monkey to Ruler of the Stars 超脑程序员：从码农到星际主宰 Maple Leaf2025枫叶2025Sci-Fi & Apocalypse768k WordsCompleted “If one day your brain became more powerful than a supercomputer, what would you do?” Chen Xing, a 25-year-old programmer, has spent two years struggling in Shenzhen and is still a dirt-poor coder. His parents died early, and he has no one to rely on. He’s like a speck of dust in this city, liable to be swept away by the tides of the times at any moment. Then one night, he trips in an empty alley, splits his forehead, and his blood seeps into the ground. When he wakes up, the world has changed: 5.7kReads7.1Score283Shelves

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