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1. 51 弃EN Surviving on a Forsaken Star: Combine Identical Junk into Brand-New Gear 弃星生存：相同垃圾合成全新装备 Wang Zilü王自律Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.1M WordsCompleted After the Second Era, Earth became the largest technological junkyard in the Milky Way. A scavenger's cloak billows in the wind as Cheng Qi stands atop a mountain of trash. [Similar technological object detected] [Beginning synthesis] [Damaged Nanny Bot], [Safety-Guard Nanny Bot], [Environment-Adaptive Nanny Bot]! [Mechanical Exploration Shoes], [Mechanical Exploration Leggings], [Jet-Powered Turbine Boots]! [Surgical Assistant Gloves], [Intelligent Assistant Gloves], [Gravity-Field Adjustment G 328.1kReads9.1Score51.6k14d adds
2. 52 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
3. 53 深EN Starlight in the Abyss 深渊星芒 Starry-Sky Sci-Fi星宇科幻Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.5M WordsCompleted In 2185, low-level bugs transported through a higher-dimensional passage took over the entire solar system. Humanity was forced to abandon its home and leave the solar system in search of a new one. Along the way, Earth's wandering fleet discovered that things were far more complicated than a mere insectoid invasion: civilizations across the entire Milky Way had been caught up in a vast conspiracy. This is a sweeping science-fiction story set across the Milky Way. There are no mecha evolutions, 5.9kReads9.1Score57014d adds
4. 54 三 The Three-Body Problem: You Were Told to Remain Hidden, So Why Start a Sect? 三体：让你面壁，你搞开宗立派？ Even Bunny Girls Are Wolves兔女郎也是狼Anime Fanfiction315k WordsCompleted Serious Synopsis: This is a guide for transmigrators. If you suddenly transmigrate into the world of The Three-Body Problem and the ETO comes knocking, please don’t panic too much. Reading this book may broaden your thinking on how to deal with such a crisis. It aims to offer fellow transmigrators ideas for surviving without a System. For reference only. The author accepts no responsibility. (If you can put up with the author’s rambling in the first few chapters, the story gets better as it goes 6kReads9.5Score78014d adds
5. 55 御 Flying Immortal on a Warship: I'm a Ship Cultivator in a Xuanhuan World 御舰飞仙：我在玄幻当舰修 South Wind Awaits an Old Friend南风等故人Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Overwhelming firepower] [Unmatched technology] [One heroine] [No brainless characters] A young captain arrives in this world of fantasy, bringing with him the Xihe, a warship that once ruled the seas of stars. No matter how you fly through the heavens or shatter mountains and rivers, even the arrogant cultivators must bow before the miracle known as “science.” Rift cannons, two-dimensional foils, light-particle strikes, black hole bombardments... Mechanical golden cores, electronic nascent soul 21.3kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds
6. 56 群EN Stellaris: I'm the Galaxy's Biggest Menace! 群星：我是星海大初生！ Hall Master Yunmeng云濛殿主Anime Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [If the cover you see looks completely bizarre, don’t worry. It’s just a joke for testing multiple titles.] [A faithful Stellaris setting, with no mods or other random additions. The author isn’t just playing vicariously; everything follows the original game. Newcomers welcome (extremely intense) (way too many memes).] “Interstellar war criminal? What are you talking about?” Xiyan roared at a meeting of the Galactic Community. “All I did was systematically eliminate inferior life-forms and expan 7.5kReads9.4Score69414d adds
7. 57 三 The Three-Body Problem: How to Save the World After Transmigrating as a Side Character 三体：穿越成配角怎么拯救世界 Why Not?何乐而不为Anime Fanfiction309k WordsCompleted Gu Yu, a devoted fan of the Three-Body series, accidentally enters a game that lets players cross dimensions! Gu Yu: So what game scenario am I playing? Customer Service: The book you were just reading, The Three-Body Problem. Gu Yu: What... Have I gone crazy? I'm challenging the Three-Body world? That's like taking on a boss in the starting village! Customer Service: If you fail, you won't be able to return to the real world. Gu Yu: ... Customer Service: Your first stage is... Save Zhang Beihai 811Reads9.0Score18214d adds
8. 58 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 91.1kReads8.9Score14.7k14d adds
9. 59 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
10. 60 穿EN Reborn Without a Cheat—Because I’m a Planet! 穿越没有金手指，因为我是星球 Jinwan Fights Tigers巾晚打老虎Eastern Fantasy706k WordsCompleted [World creation + behind-the-scenes mastermind + transmigration + planets + planetary consciousness + civilization development + lords + conquest + the Myriad Worlds] Zhang Yang transmigrates, but from the start he has no golden finger. Instead, he transmigrates into a ball: a planet! A planet lord must constantly simulate the planet's development and the rise and fall of its civilizations to raise the planet's level. While other planet lords are still pondering which direction their civilizatio 11.6kReads9.3Score95514d adds
11. 61 湮 The Star's Annihilation 湮灭星芒 Infinite Starry Sky星宇无限Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted Countless years later, humanity has unified the Milky Way. After tens of thousands of years of war, humanity has finally entered a brief period of peace. Yet threats from the Andromeda Galaxy and other universes have not ceased. For the sake of human civilization and the Milky Way, Hu Yu once again leads a fleet on an expedition into the depths of interstellar space. The author will bring you a grand war between galaxies, a multidimensional cosmic war, and a vision of an even vaster universe. 3kReads9.3Score31114d adds
12. 62 民 Strange Tales from the Civil Affairs Bureau (Complete in 8 Volumes) 民调局异闻录（全8册） Er Dong Shuishou耳东水寿Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The Strange Tales of the Bureau of Investigation series creates an entirely new world of suspense: a mysterious organization dedicated to uncovering the truth behind bizarre, uncanny, and supernatural events, and the world it faces. The stories are wildly strange and utterly captivating, with a witty, playful style and one suspenseful twist after another. Once you start reading, you won't be able to put them down. Throughout history, strange cases and evil monsters have always been dealt with by 37.3kReads9.6Score5.8k14d adds
13. 63 绝 Peerless Secret Words: The Spirit Heavens Chronicle 绝世密言：灵天记 Ouyang Miguo欧阳米果Eastern Fantasy997k WordsCompleted Through fantastical stories, this book explores the mysteries of the universe and explains the principles of life, helping readers understand why people live. In doing so, it can help them put their worries aside and embrace life's experiences with greater optimism and energy! 913Reads9.4Score12714d adds

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    This book aims to explain everything in plain language and with science. It's not fiction. It can help you understand all the mind-bending puzzles.

14. 64 我 I Beat Up Clones at My Apocalypse Convenience Store 我在末世便利店暴打克隆体 Flying in the Sky A天上飞ASci-Fi & Apocalypse38k WordsOngoing Lin Qiuyang discovers a corpse in the freezer with its right hand missing. At the same time, Lao Dao is hawking a "complete right-hand cloning service" on the black market. Meanwhile, Su Mingxue detects quantum oscillations in the corpse's DNA, while Chen Muyun burns a matching set of hospital pajamas. Elsewhere, Lin Wei's diary automatically reveals the words: "Don't trust the seventh corpse." —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The story begins with a mysterious corpse found in a freezer, and mind-blowing elements such as DNA quantum oscillations, time-space amber, and the root system of the World Tree constantly emerge. Multiple seemingly unrelated plot lines are intricately intertwined. The multi-narrative structure and ensemble character portrayals are particularly outstanding, with different characters' perspectives weaving together to piece together the truth of this world.

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