Looking for a Story About a Male Lead Who’s a Scientific Genius, Imprisoned Abroad and Rescued by the Dragon Kingdom to Return Home and Do Research 求男主科研天才，被外国囚禁，龙国救他回国科研的

1. 1 开 ICU from the Start: I Use My Life to Do Research 开局ICU，我用生命搞研究 That Boy from Years Ago那年少年Urban365k WordsCompleted Li Mubai transmigrates to an ancient kingdom in another plane, but he has only ten days left to live. Fortunately, he activates a System at this moment. From then on, he devotes himself to research to stay alive, constantly teetering on the brink of death. And his first step is to build a mushroom bomb! Because dignity comes only from the edge of a sword, and truth exists only within the range of artillery. Without adorable mushroom bombs, he can't earn adorable little bucks. Starting with mushr 2.4kReads8.7Score14514d adds

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   Someone asked doubtfully, "Captain, why send him back to the Ancient Kingdom?" "His knowledge is enough to change the Ancient Kingdom..." The captain's tone was dismissive: "Late-stage cancer, only a few days to live, he's about to die!" "What can the Ancient Kingdom do in those few days?" "Whether they can even wake him up is a question!" After a moment of silence, someone continued, "Captain, what if the people of the Ancient Kingdom manage to wake him up, resulting in the loss of their technology..." The captain immediately replied, "With the Ancient Kingdom's medical level and technology, do you think it's possible to wake someone whose cancer has spread throughout their body?" The first author truly broke down in tears.

2. 2 拿 I Risked My Life for Science, and When It Came to Light, the Whole Nation Wept! 拿命搞科研，曝光后，全民泪崩！ Ryujinmaru Storming Mount Creation打上创界山的龙神丸Urban525k WordsCompleted Chu Fei is terminally ill. At death's door, he activates the System That Trades His Life for Scientific Research. Whenever one of his research breakthroughs is released to the world, he earns Health Points that prolong his life. So a young man wearing an oxygen mask, with tubes running all over his body, struggles to sit up in his hospital bed and declares resolutely: “I'm going to do scientific research!!” Aerospace planes, holographic virtual technology, controlled nuclear fusion, antigravity 3.9kReads9.0Score35114d adds
3. 3 科 My Research Was Exposed, and the World Tried to Stop Me from Returning Home 科研成果被曝，全球阻止我回国 Wan Sheng万晟Urban425k WordsCompleted Cheng Yang was a scientific prodigy on the world stage, hailed as the next Einstein, with a brilliant future ahead of him. Then, out of nowhere, he announced that he was giving up his American citizenship and returning to the scientifically backward Dragon Country?! Without the world's best research environment, everyone expected this genius to fall from grace. But who could have guessed that after returning home, Su Yang would develop a monoclonal antibody drug in three days, solve Fermat's Las 278Reads—Score—14d adds
4. 4 叛 I Defected to America, Then Returned to China, and the World Watched! 叛逃米国回归华夏，全世界瞩目！ Chen Zhidao陈知道Urban276k WordsCompleted [Rivalry Between Great Powers + China’s Rise + A Smart Protagonist] After transmigrating into a parallel world, Long Zhan becomes a genius Chinese American scientist in the United States. Just as he makes a breakthrough in the core technology of controlled nuclear fusion and is on the verge of fame and success, he comes under threat from powerful investors. “Whoever controls controlled nuclear fusion controls the future of the world!” “Hand over the core technology, or you’ll lose your freedom f 1.3kReads7.1Score—14d adds

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   It's good; all the main characters are returning to their home countries from abroad.

5. 5 此 The Whole World Is Trying to Stop Me from Returning Home 此刻全球都在阻止我回国 Langya Pavilion琅琊阁Urban717k WordsOngoing At thirteen, Qin Wuyi was admitted to Harvard University. That year, he was just a gifted boy whom everyone thought was good at studying. In less than six years, however, he became one of the world's leading research scientists. His research into quantum science opened up new frontiers of knowledge for the world. His work in aerodynamics drove the aviation industry far ahead. His research into nuclear energy struck fear into scholars across the globe. He received the highest scientific award, an 2kReads5.2Score11514d adds
6. 6 最 The Most Miserable Top-Tier Star Risks His Life to Invent, Bringing the Entire Internet to Tears 最惨顶流，拿命搞发明泪崩全网 Endless Critical Hits无尽暴击Urban619k WordsCompleted Cancer, and diagnosed as dead right from the start? When Ye Chen opens his eyes and finds himself in a morgue, he panics like crazy. [Ding! Host’s life is in critical danger. Requirements for binding met. The Life-for-Tech System is now bound!] He designs mechanical prosthetics, benefiting disabled people all over the world. Then... Controlled nuclear fusion! High-precision lithography machines! Miniature solar batteries! Exoskeleton armor! One world-shaking scientific breakthrough after another 645Reads7.8Score—14d adds
7. 7 建 Early Years of the People’s Republic: Returning Home to Develop Supertechnology 建国初期，回国发展超科技 Blazing Cosmic Sky炽宇天穹Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Synopsis: In the early years of the People's Republic, overseas student Qin Liang receives the Dragon Soul Technology System! He resolutely returns home to build a complete industrial system! If the Americans have it, we need it too. If America doesn't have it, we need that as well! Back then, you had planes and cannons, while we had a will of steel! Now we have planes and cannons too, so you'd better have a will of steel as well! 29.3kReads7.8Score1.7k14d adds
8. 8 亮 Bright Sword: Maxed-Out Insight, Handcrafting an M1 Garand 亮剑：满级悟性，手搓M1加兰德 I Don't Eat Bullfrogs我不吃牛蛙Urban1.3M WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 8kReads8.0Score37114d adds

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   They're all of them!!! So beautiful!!!

9. 9 逼 They Forced Me to Hand Over My Nanotechnology, So I Resolutely Returned to China 逼我交出纳米技术，我毅然回国 Baili Changchuan百里长川Urban260k WordsCompleted [Cutting-Edge Tech + Global Livestream + Ruthless, Not a Goody-Two-Shoes + High-Stakes Action] Chen Mo is a once-in-a-generation genius who single-handedly advanced human technology by twenty years! Now he has developed nanogene technology capable of changing the world. But the news leaks ahead of schedule, setting countless factions in motion. Faced with threats and temptations from all sides, he resolutely sets out to return to his homeland! Because science knows no borders, but scientists do! 516Reads7.6Score—14d adds
10. 10 重 After Being Reborn, I Devoted Myself to Huaxia: A Peerless National Scholar! 重生后，我身许华夏，国士无双！ Kitten Eating Ice Cream吃雪糕的奶猫Urban638k WordsCompleted Before Gu Ran took the college entrance exam, no one understood what the greatest upheaval in a century truly meant. With China facing an uphill struggle, the distinguished academician Gu Zhiqiu was reborn on the eve of the college entrance exam. He flipped the chessboard, tossed away the pieces, and then announced to the world: “It's China's turn to counterattack.” 10.4kReads9.0Score79114d adds
11. 11 为 I Went Undercover for My Country for Twenty Years, and Now the World Won’t Let Me Return 为国卧底二十年，全球阻止我回国 Flowing Light Over a Sea of Clouds流光云海Urban306k WordsCompleted [Genius]+ [Undercover]+ [No Female Lead]+ [No System]+ [Patriotic]+ [Face-Slapping] Su Chen went abroad to study at the age of eight. He volunteered to stay in M Country for twenty years to advance his homeland, enduring the harshest abuse while secretly training more Chinese students. At last, the controlled nuclear fusion experiment succeeds. Su Chen's undercover career comes to an end. Just as he hands the materials to his students and is about to board a plane, the FBI stops him. “Dr. Su, yo 458Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 12 快 Quick Transmigration: I'm Really a Good Man 快穿之我真是好男人 Only Eats Three Bowls只吃三碗Ancient Romance2.5M WordsCompleted As a veteran employee of the quick transmigration world, An Jingzhi's job is to change the lives of people whose lives were ruined by scumbags. Note: This is not about saving scumbags! [Some worlds have romance] 1. A scumbag who abandons his parents during the famine and bleeds his whole family dry Becomes a founding hero in a famine world. 2. A kept man who emotionally abuses a famous idol over the long term The manipulative 27.8kReads9.1Score2.2k14d adds

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    These are somewhat similar

13. 13 快 Quick Transmigration: Who Says the White Moonlight Is a Wicked Supporting Character? 快穿：谁说白月光是恶毒女配 A Big White一大白Modern Romance435k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Quick Transmigration + Strong Female Lead + Unattainable First Love + Serving the Motherland] As the male lead's early-deceased unattainable first love, Jin Ning watches the leads twist themselves into knots over her later on. She refuses to take the blame and tears up their tragic romance script instead! Sorry, even a dog wouldn't play the unattainable first love! Given another chance, Jin Ning first teaches the heroine to stand on her own two feet and reject every form of psychol 16.1kReads9.3Score2.1k14d adds
14. 14 快 Quick Transmigration: A Vile Man with Big Ambitions, Devoted to Country and Family 快穿：人渣格局大，一心为国为家 Young Master Lishu离殊公子Modern Romance389k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [The Protagonist Has No Fixed Gender] [No Fixed CP, with Male and Female Love Interests] [No Pursuit of Love Interests] [No System, the Protagonist Is the Biggest Cheat] Jing Li, guardian deity of the three thousand worlds, self-destructed and died in a battle with an evil god. Their soul shattered into countless fragments and drifted through the three thousand worlds. Some fragments were tainted by the evil aura released when the evil god fell, turning their hosts into ca 3.3kReads7.7Score24014d adds
15. 15 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Research Prodigy Lets Loose 重生七零科研大佬她放飞自我了 Molten Yolk Pastry蛋黄流心酥Modern Romance419k WordsCompleted [She saved humanity in her last life. This time, she wants to live for herself.] Qi Luo'an died after bringing the apocalypse to an end. To thank her for her outstanding contribution to humanity, the System helped her transmigrate. They said she could choose for herself, and the new body even had the same name. Then I get here and you tell me I'm called Li Xiaohua? The big shot's composure shattered. At least she still had a whole space full of supplies. She catches spies, does research, plays t 82Reads9.0Score—14d adds

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    The male lead isn't a research genius, but the female lead is. 🌿🌿 After the apocalyptic hero Qi Luoan perished, the system, in gratitude, allowed him to transmigrate. Intending to choose his own identity, he unexpectedly became Li Xiaohua, initially feeling lost. Fortunately, a full warehouse of supplies comforted him, and he quickly adjusted his mindset. ☘️ Li Xiaohua displays her multifaceted talents: outwitting spies, restarting research, feigning weakness to defend against enemies, driving away scheming women, and defeating ordinary men. Although she vowed to leave research, seeing the era's technological lag, she became engrossed in reading, ultimately helping the Xia Kingdom's technology take off. 🌴 Amidst her radiant charm, a handsome soldier quietly arrives, and Li Xiaohua smiles and says, "Although I'm charming, please keep a proper distance."

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