Has Sci-Fi Fallen Out of Favor? I Haven’t Seen a Single Well-Written One 😅 现在科题材都没落了吗没见过一本写的好的😅

1. 1 让 I Asked You to Pay Wages, and You Put Rifling in a Steel Pipe? 让你发工资，你钢管刻膛线？ Fish Mint Stir-Fried with Durian折耳根炒榴莲Urban639k WordsOngoing Su Chen unexpectedly gets reborn as a “debt-ridden heir” and inherits a steel mill on the verge of bankruptcy. Faced with workers demanding their wages, Su Chen resolutely takes responsibility and prepares to pay off the debts left by his father, who ran off with the money. Just then, he happens to meet a customer from the Middle East. “Friend, can you machine some internal threads inside this steel pipe?” “An inner diameter of 7.62 millimeters, a twist pitch of 244 millimeters, a land diamete 837Reads7.5Score—14d adds

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   These are all the science fiction novels I could find so far, so please bear with them.

2. 2 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, 8.7kReads8.9Score63814d adds
3. 3 三 A 30,000-Yuan Convertible: Who Made Him Build Cars? 三万元敞篷车，是谁逼他造车的？ Snow Flying Over the Cang Sea at Night沧海飞雪夜Urban1.0M WordsOngoing Jiang Chen transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the owner of a struggling car company. The company has sunk so low that it can only make electric mobility scooters for the elderly, and even those won’t sell. To make matters worse, it’s sitting on a huge stockpile of batteries, leaving it strapped for cash. Just as Jiang Chen is about to file for bankruptcy, he suddenly gets bound to the Future Industry System. “Ding! Congratulations, you’ve obtained the complete technology for the Ultra 76Reads8.4Score—14d adds
4. 4 机 Airport Grounded? My Hive Drones Are Exposed 机场停飞？我的蜂巢无人机曝光了 Otherworldly Salted Fish彼岸咸鱼Urban370k WordsCompleted After being reborn, Lu Yan resolves to solve the problem that left the Dragon Kingdom at the mercy of other nations in his previous life. He obtains a God-Tier Civilization Legacy System and acquires hive drone technology. To verify that it works, he needs to build a prototype. But he has no money. In the morning, he takes his daughter to school. During the day, he delivers food and buys parts. At night, he hand-builds a drone. One day, a group of elementary school students goes to a drone techn 480Reads6.9Score—14d adds
5. 5 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds

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   I recommend "The End of Ten Days." Although it's not perfect, it's still very good. The characters are well-developed, and the plot is quite good.

6. 6 从 From Skipping Out on Debt to Tech Hegemony 从欠债不还开启科技霸权 Northern Blue北落天青色Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Sci-fi urban power fantasy] He transmigrated, only to find himself buried under a mountain of debt. The Debt-Dodging System activated, ushering in an era of grand promises and scientific research. Chen Yang, the century’s biggest debtor, an expert at running businesses, a marketing genius, a leading figure in high-tech innovation, and the new age’s master of success, told the media in an interview: “Many people think I’m a scammer. They’re right, I did deceive them!” “I told them to lend me fiv 17.6kReads8.8Score1k14d adds

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   The first book combines modern science with a system, featuring some crazy plot twists; the rest are all post-apocalyptic.

7. 7 全 Global Lifespan Lottery: Only I Can Choose the Rewards 全球寿命抽奖：只有我能指定奖励 Pu Sa菩飒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.0M WordsOngoing The apocalyptic game arrives, and lifespan becomes the only currency! The various wheels of fortune dropped by monsters can only be spun by spending lifespan! Some people spend ten years of their lives and draw a life-extending pill that grants them another hundred years! Some people spend a hundred years of their lives and draw powerful abilities that let them defy fate! Some people spend a thousand years of their lives and draw a terrifying beast tide that threatens an entire city's popula 22.9kReads7.8Score3.4k14d adds
8. 8 求 Survival: Starting from a Thatched Hut to Fight the Flood 求生：从茅草屋开始对抗洪水 Gong Shiye弓石叶Sports2.1M WordsOngoing [Disaster Survival] [Shelter] [Farming and Development] [Golden Finger] [Stockpiling Supplies] [No Saintly Hero] Everyone transmigrates to a world shrouded in mist. Zhang Chi wakes up to find himself in a thatched hut leaking from all sides, and learns that a flood will strike soon. The rain outside keeps falling, growing heavier and heavier. Everyone can only struggle to survive amid the threats of torrential rain, floods, wild beasts, and monsters... 22kReads8.4Score1.4k14d adds
9. 9 全 Global Reincarnation: My Team Is Absolutely Ridiculous 全球轮回：我的队伍离大谱 Half-Half Phoenix半半凤凰Anime Fanfiction871k WordsCompleted Yan Qing transmigrated into a world where people across the globe took part in reincarnation trials. Using his advantage of knowing the plots when no one else did, he formed his own reincarnation squad. While other reincarnators were still fighting for their lives in various instance worlds like Naruto, Marvel, One Piece, Dungeon, Sword and Fairy, and Xuan-Yuan Sword, his squad had already begun running wild inside the Reincarnation Tower. He thought the road ahead would be smooth, and that he w 10kReads8.0Score62214d adds
10. 10 机 A Mechanical Genius Reincarnates as a Science Whiz: Taking Off from the Start 机械大佬魂穿理科学霸：开局起飞 Math Is Too Hard数学太难Modern Romance989k WordsCompleted [No CP] [Career-focused] [National University of Defense Technology] [Creating a New World] Gu Yi, a mechanical engineering genius from the 25th century, transmigrates into the body of Zeng Li, a top science student in 1999. From then on, she lives each day planning two hundred steps ahead. She overcomes every obstacle and leaves her rivals in the dust, eventually becoming Huaxia's youngest general. Just as she leads Huaxia to become the world's leading power, she also happens to establish a new 1.2kReads9.3Score22814d adds
11. 11 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. 9kReads8.9Score59314d adds
12. 12 三 Three Kingdoms: He Can Punch with Ten Thousand Jin of Force, and You Call Him a Civil Official? 三国：一拳万斤力你管他叫文官？ Flower-Faced Little Kite花颜小风筝Historical2.4M WordsCompleted [Three Kingdoms] [Invincible] [Hilarious] [Farming] [Schemer] He transmigrates into the Three Kingdoms era as an officer under Dong Zhuo and awakens with the strength to lift ten thousand jin from the start. He only wanted to survive the troubled times, but his mindset changes. A true man lives between Heaven and Earth. How can he remain beneath others forever? When eighteen warlords unite to campaign against Dong Zhuo, Su Yun decides to stop keeping a low profile. With a hundred cavalrymen, he 42.3kReads9.2Score3.8k14d adds

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    This is a great song, the content is funny, and most importantly, it has very positive values. The protagonist, who's living a good life, has been incorporated into the national map 😆, and he even dotes on his woman.

13. 13 我EN I'm a Type II Civilization with a Dimensionality Reduction Strike, Isn't That Perfectly Reasonable? 我一个二级文明有二向箔很合理吧 Chen Erlan陈二懒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.0M WordsCompleted [Technology + Disaster + Interstellar + Tech Tree] In the year 2050 AD, the Sun is affected by an unknown force, and a helium flash is imminent! Is Earth on the brink of destruction? No matter. I’ll handle it! Is the Trisolaris system’s Proxima Centauri civilization about to invade? No matter. I’ll handle it! Are advanced civilizations locked in conflict across the dark universe? No matter. I’ll handle it! … Starting with controlled nuclear fusion, the protagonist, Lü Yongchang, ushers humanity 89.9kReads9.6Score7.9k14d adds

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    Completed science fiction story, high quality, high rating. Suitable for the science fiction genre.

14. 14 我EN I Exchange Black Technology by Crushing the School Bully 我靠打爆学霸兑换黑科技 Meat-Eating Panda吃肉的熊猫Urban4.6M WordsCompleted [Academic Prodigy + Black Technology + Technology to Strengthen the Nation + War and Terror Bureau] High school student Song He gets the Academic Grudge System. As long as he can make top students lose their composure, he can exchange their resentment for all kinds of black technology. So Song He keeps driving the top students over the edge: “You snatch first place in the grade, and every other top student drops in the rankings. Resentment +10,000!” “You receive a special research allowance for 55kReads9.3Score6.3k14d adds

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    This book is absolutely amazing! I rarely recommend books; I usually just read them casually on my own. But I've recommended this book to people around me countless times!

15. 15 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 984.6kReads9.9Score161.8k14d adds
16. 16 地 Earth's Space Force 地球天军 Sharp Edge Hidden in Night Eyes夜眸藏锋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsCompleted Earth’s military forces wipe out the Zerg beyond the Milky Way and establish a new calendar. As technology advances and the population booms, major corporate conglomerates aggressively expand their off-world businesses, extracting resources from planets across the galaxy. Humanity officially enters a great new era of interstellar civilization. But in the end, they open Pandora’s box... The Zerg return! Star beasts descend! Tian Xiao dies on the battlefield, then is reborn three years in the past 24.5kReads9.3Score2k14d adds

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    There are quite a few high-scoring science and technology articles.

17. 17 重 Reborn: There's a Desktop Computer Inside Me 重生：我体内带个台式机 Xiao Ziyue萧子曰Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [No mindless plot] [Urban] [Lighthearted] [Technology] [Feel-good power fantasy] Jiang Cheng, a computer repairman, was “electrocuted” back to his senior year of high school, with a desktop computer inside his body. He made a stunning impression on the college entrance exam and got into the best university. At university, he pursued his dreams and founded the most exciting company, catching the wave of a tech boom and going on to lead the world. Just a programmer? No. He was a pioneer in technol 29.7kReads9.0Score1.8k14d adds
18. 18 冥 Legend of the Underworld King 冥王传说 Preserved Vegetable Sesame Cake霉干菜烧饼Urban4.7M WordsCompleted Yang Chen, a street vendor who sells lamb kebabs, meets a beautiful CEO, and suddenly good fortune comes his way. He is forced into marriage, but family troubles keep cropping up. He had hoped to coast through life and keep a low profile, but the charming women he gets entangled with across all walks of life are constantly running into trouble, leaving him no choice but to become their knight in shining armor. 9.1kReads8.8Score80314d adds

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    You should check this out, it's really good, I've watched it several times.

19. 19 从 Starting Out as a Space Junk Scavenger 从太空垃圾佬开始 Harvester Ant收获蚁Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.0M WordsCompleted [Space Opera] [Exploration and Frontier Development] [Interstellar Trade] [Dreadnoughts and Big Guns] [Interstellar Colonization] A modern man transmigrates to the interstellar age, but can't handle future technology? No problem, Emperor Gaozu of Han already showed us the way. I'll start my own business, offering benefits with one hand and dangling promises with the other. I don't need to master everything; the talented people will take care of it for me. From the start, my unreliable parents di 66.4kReads9.4Score6.7k14d adds

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    I'm reading a science fiction novel. The early episodes focus on surviving in the margins of a giant corporation and making many friends. Later on, it might involve StarCraft.

20. 20 高 High-Martial VR Game: My Talent Is Off the Charts 高武网游，我的天赋大大大 Drip Drop, Green Hills and Clear Waters嘀嗒嘀嗒绿水青山Sports170k WordsOngoing [Innocent Protagonist] [One Female Lead] [High Martial Online Game] Don’t blame anyone here. If you have to blame someone, blame this place! I, He Liang, will never set foot in Mengzhou City in this lifetime! It’s not that justice is always late. It’s that justice doesn’t know! Better to fight the heavens than to scrape by! 102Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Come on, try it and you'll be absolutely hooked!

21. 21 假 Fake Eunuch: I Am the Ming Dynasty's Ninth-Thousand-Year Lord 假太监：我乃大明九千岁 Ninth Day, Tenth Month初九元十Historical7.1M WordsOngoing [Mythic Great Ming] [Alternate History] [High Martial] [Great Ming] [No System] Yang Fan transmigrates to the Great Ming Dynasty and becomes a lowly eunuch, witnessing with his own eyes the grand, turbulent age of humanity! A dynasty that has endured for millennia, immortal aristocratic families, heroes of the martial world, mighty commoners, and dragons and serpents rising together! If that's how it is, then I, Yang Fan, will become the greatest man under heaven! I'll shatter the clouds and bec 133.8kReads9.2Score13.1k14d adds
22. 22 天 Heavenfall 天陨 Can I Give You My Life?命给你行不行Urban3.2M WordsCompleted A falling meteor streaked across the sky, tearing open a rift in time and space that connected power and disaster, purity and corruption, and the realms beyond the “new” and the “old.” Heaven and earth were tainted, and people’s hearts turned impure. The Nine Realms became connected, and the uncanny began to spread. As heaven neared its fall, some stood firm in the mortal world, cleansing the way and suppressing demons, while others plunged into hell to hold up the sky, seeking a path with their 1.3kReads8.8Score20514d adds
23. 23 沧 Reflections on the Azure Waves 沧波鉴影 Little Sprite Wan Jing小妖精菀精Ancient Romance418k WordsCompleted A mighty War God from the Celestial Realm falls in love with the heroine and descends to the mortal world to endure tribulations, becoming an emperor for her. But he never expected her to fall for the second male lead, a regent who holds sway over the entire court. The second male lead elopes with her, while the male lead pursues them relentlessly. Their escape is fraught with danger, and the male lead uses force to claim her... The story is full of twists and turns. 23Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A powerful celestial warrior, the God of War, falls in love with the female lead and descends to the mortal realm to undergo tribulations for her sake. However, the female lead falls for the second male lead, a powerful regent. He elopes with her, facing numerous perilous situations… and the ending… is a tale of love, hate, and revenge… a story full of twists and turns, with a complex and multifaceted plot.

24. 24 人 I'm in the Three-Body World, and My Cultivation Blows the Droplets to Bits! 人在三体世界，我修仙干爆水滴！ Fallen Leaf Blade落叶之刃Anime Fanfiction311k WordsCompleted [This is not a mindless, fast-paced power fantasy. The author knows the original work inside out and treats it with great respect. Almost all the worldbuilding, including cultivation, fits within the original framework. You can enjoy this even if you haven't read the original.] Fun Version: Two hundred years from now, the Trisolarans' probe, “Droplet,” arrives in the Solar System. Chu Ming: “Who says humanity has no Great Emperor?!” He swings his palm, and the Droplet is shattered to pieces! 165Reads9.3Score10614d adds

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    A fan fiction based on "The Three-Body Problem," as the title suggests, where the protagonist transmigrates to the Three-Body world to cultivate immortality! The author has done extensive research on the original "Three-Body Problem" novel. Although the title seems far-fetched, the content is surprisingly logically consistent and worth a try!

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