Hard Sci-Fi with Rigorous Scientific Logic! Harder Than The Three-Body Problem! 硬科幻，有严密科学逻辑的那种！比三体更硬！

1. 1 这 This Top Student’s Vast Knowledge Seems to Have an Unknown Source 这个学霸疑似巨额知识来源不明 Fishing for the Crescent Moon垂钓月牙Urban2.5M WordsOngoing Jiang Lin was just an ordinary senior at Jiangcheng No. 7 High School. His grades were average, his talent unremarkable, and even giving it his all could only get him close to the cutoff for a second-tier university. Then, just before the college entrance exam, a thirty-day countdown appeared in the upper-right corner of his vision. When the countdown hit zero, he was forcibly transported to a desolate, lifeless wasteland in the distant future. There were no teachers, classmates, internet, or sa 12.6kReads7.4Score948Shelves

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   Class is in session! Want to get wrinkles growing on your smooth, mirror-like cerebral cortex? Then hurry up and attend class! This book belongs to the kind you can't understand but pretend you can. Although it doesn't have a science fiction label, it's really hard—hard enough to smash a crater in your cerebral cortex!

2. 2 筛 Selecting Humanity 筛选人类 A Glance and a Hop回眸一跳Sci-Fi & Apocalypse413k WordsCompleted Hardcore sci-fi, rated 9+ [Hardcore sci-fi, future technology, genetic warfare, high-IQ strategies, a fresh premise, tech-focused, not a power fantasy] This is a novel that will leave you feeling a chill run down your spine. It depicts a form of warfare most people have never considered: genetic agricultural warfare. Drawing on rigorous agricultural science, it builds an apocalyptic scenario that feels chillingly real. The enemy’s weapon might be nothing more than an ordinary weed growing by a f 10.3kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves

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   "The author is definitely a researcher!"—That was my first thought after reading *Screening Humans*. The new book just released its ratings, and the content quality is absolutely 9.6+! The three layers of technological attack are so realistic; each layer corresponds to today's biotechnology news! Now the entire book community is asking if the author wrote it all true! This kind of hard science fiction that reflects reality is so mind-bending and incredibly exciting!!

3. 3 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 89.9kReads9.6Score7.9kShelves

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   This might be the only novel you won't want to skip chapters of this year. Click to read and witness the birth of a legend!

4. 4 技 Technology Blockade? I'll Build a Sci-Fi Heavenly Realm in Nine Levels 技术封锁？我反手打造科幻九重天 Shadow Z黑影ZSci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [Black tech + bandits + conquest + interstellar + war + arms dealing + black market] Back then, the Eagle Sauce had its hands in its pockets, convinced it had no rivals, with its arms trade spanning the globe. Back then, the Dragon Nation was under a technological blockade, its science and technology stuck at a bottleneck. Back then, advanced alien civilizations looked down on Blue Star, not taking it seriously at all. Then one day, Lin Feng, a new recruit at the Strategic Deception Bureau, show 17.3kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves

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   Honestly, these two movies are absolutely amazing, bro. Especially the first one, I've watched it so many times.

5. 5 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 86.2kReads8.9Score14.1kShelves

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   It's a fantastic read. This is the best science fiction novel I've read since the Starry Night Trilogy, Rebirth of the Super Battleship, and The Two-Dimensional Foil (I didn't include *The Three-Body Problem* in this category as literature). It contains many theories I wasn't familiar with, and I was particularly impressed by the author's imagination during the later dimensional war scenes. Indeed, why assume all civilizations develop in the same direction? The universe is inherently diverse; if you have imagination, others certainly do too. I really love the premise: you're a macroscopic level 2.6 Civilization, but you can be wounded by a microscopic civilization of around level 2 because they can be more advanced than you in unfamiliar areas. What I want to say is, don't underestimate any civilization; they possess weapons different from what we see online. It's more about concepts. It made me realize that sound, air, and even consciousness can kill. Unlike typical science fiction with its large-scale battles and warship clashes, it focuses more on intelligence and smaller-scale descriptions. A seemingly insignificant character can change everything. The protagonist isn't omnipotent; he has many shortcomings. Whenever his civilization tries to rise, it gets utterly defeated. However, I can understand this. From our perspective, the protagonist is growing, and it's a visible growth. It was the first time I'd seen a protagonist, as the highest level leader, face an opponent he couldn't possibly defeat, all for the sake of civilization's continuation, and actually manage to hold them up using language and social structures. This is rare in online novels, and the scenes are incredibly impactful. The supporting characters aren't mindless either. The relationships between the characters are complex, but you can see that everyone has their own distinct characteristics, whether it's the leader of the Olive Branch civilization, someone from the God Space, a passerby, or a lowly soldier—they all feel alive. It's very good, worth reading two or even three times because it tackles the most easily overlooked yet most difficult aspect of science fiction: the microscopic level. I'm not talking about size, but the microscopic rules. Most other science fiction novels depict fleet clashes, the crushing power of rules, and comparisons of overall strength, but this one focuses on the bizarre, the silent battles at the microscopic level of laws like spirit and soul. It's impossible for everyone to develop in the same direction. The best aspect of the story, in my opinion, is how the focused efforts of a lower-level civilization can cause a higher-level civilization to capsize unexpectedly, including the protagonist. Even if someone has overwhelming power, they won't rashly attack. The information warfare aspect is the best I've ever read in science fiction; it's true science fiction, real science fiction, not just technology, but also humanities and social sciences, the conceptualization and speculation about future ideologies, and the "imagination resource theory" that leads to different attitudes towards foreign powers. It's a grand narrative of one person dismantling another civilization's threat, and the cosmic "wind" is just as romantic as Liu Cixin's *Quantum Rose*. The author keeps surprising me more and more.

6. 6 带 I Take Trillions of Netizens Back to the Eighties to Rebuild the Nation’s Heavy Industry 带万亿网友回八零，重铸大国重工 Ling Tai Three Hearts灵台三心Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Industrial powerhouse + period setting + livestreaming + no heroine] After transmigrating to the Great Northwest in 1980, Lin Xi didn’t want to spend his life as a mere draftsman. When Mr. Qian tried to recruit him, he replied with astonishing boldness: “I’m not going to the design office. I want to make money at the labor services company!” He knew that without money, wind tunnels would shut down, projects would be cut, and the nation’s master craftsmen wouldn’t even be able to afford a new pa 66.4kReads9.2Score8.8kShelves
7. 7 倒 90-Day Countdown: China Enters First-Level Combat Readiness 倒计时90天：华夏进入一级战备 A Salted Fish Swaying in the Wind风中摇摆的咸鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.3M WordsOngoing #Ensemble Cast #Reborn in the Apocalypse #Nationwide Mobilization #Hardcore Military Industry #Everyone Transmigrates #Rise of a Great Power "If the apocalypse were imminent, Dongguo would deliver the most stirring answer!" At a single order from the nation, Huaxia immediately activated its highest-level state of combat readiness! We would not sit back and wait for the gods to save us, nor pin our hopes on aid from other countries. Billions of people united as one, building a nationwide line of 66.3kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves

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   It's not exactly hard science fiction, and has a bit of a wish-fulfillment feel to it, but it also has a lot of scientific logic, or at least it's reasonable.

8. 8 星 Three Hundred Years of Earth in the Interstellar Age 星际地球三百年 The Wind Rises Across the World天下风起Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Rivalry between great powers + Modern warfare + Futuristic imagination + Interstellar sci-fi + Alternate history, future setting] A prophecy foretells the outbreak of World War III. A nuclear strike will claim the lives of four renowned generals. When the heroes of every nation gather in the same era and countries clash, who will unite the world? There is no such thing as a protagonist chosen by fate. A so-called protagonist is simply someone who survives to the end and claims the fruits of vic 994Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The Three-Body Problem is true science fiction, while this book is science fiction that could actually be realized; the difference in their levels of sophistication is immediately apparent.

9. 9 青 The Record of Cultivating Immortality on Green Mountain, but with Artificial Intelligence 青山修仙录，但人工智能 Yu Tang 13鱼棠13Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Artificial Intelligence] [Traditional Xianxia] [No Female Lead] [Slow Paced] [Profit Above All] Extraterrestrial life invades, bringing about the end of the world. An AI returns to the past and launches a plan to save humanity. The artificial intelligence fails to transmigrate through time and space, instead being reborn as a human and entering a classical xianxia world. Core Directive 1: Protect the development of civilization. Core Directive 2: Do not kill humans. Core Directive 3: Do not dev 2.4kReads8.6Score231Shelves
10. 10 南 Crossing South to Chang Geng 南渡长庚 Crossing South at Chang Geng南渡长庚Historical118k WordsOngoing I first wanted to write this story because of the naval battle at Yashan in the Southern Song dynasty. Beyond cities and banners, there are familiar languages, crafts taught only halfway, and loved ones waiting at home for someone to return. Many things seem small, but once they are lost, it can take those who come after a long time to find them again. I wanted the people in this story to have a chance to pass them on. A person can carry very little away. Luggage can hold clothes and tools, bu 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a good book; I recommend it to everyone. It has a grand worldview.

11. 11 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, 6.4kReads9.1Score595Shelves

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    Absolutely meets the requirements; it's incredibly hardcore.

12. 12 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. 3.1kReads9.3Score318Shelves
13. 13 末 Apocalypse: The Holy Armored Soldier, Definitely Not EVA! 末世之圣装机兵，真不是EVA！ ACE Mech SoldierACE机兵Sci-Fi & Apocalypse738k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + hard sci-fi + no System, no golden finger + Lovecraftian horror + interstellar war + invincible] As the shadow of destruction blots out the sky, humanity's civilization has only seven days left. That day, a god descended without warning over Tokyo. With absolute power, it declared the end of the old era, turning a prosperous world into scorched earth and wasteland in just one week... The survivors cling to life in despair. To reclaim their lost home, they pour every resource the 565Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My god, it's harder than The Three-Body Problem? I can't find a single one online. [Facepalm]

14. 14 我EN My Right Eye is a God-Tier Computer 我的右眼是神级计算机 Wang Zilü王自律Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.2M WordsCompleted I am the super artificial intelligence in your eyes. You humans call an IQ of 85 stupid and an IQ of 135 smart, but you will never understand what an IQ of 125,000 means! From now on, I will be your right-hand man! 162.4kReads9.2Score21.8kShelves
15. 15 坦 Tanks, Planes, and Aircraft Carriers? My Farm Equipment Factory Can Build Them All 坦克飞机航母，我农具厂都能造 Happy Potato Chips开心薯片Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Military industry expert Qin Yang arrives in 1980 and becomes the son of the head of the technical department at a Third Front factory. Once a good-for-nothing second-generation factory brat, Qin Yang sets out to turn his life around. The factory wants to switch from military production to civilian goods? Qin Yang casually invents an air rifle, and Uncle Camel can't stop praising it! Having trouble choosing a small-caliber bullet? Qin Yang makes the gun and bullets himself! The copied SVD sniper 16.6kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
16. 16 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 54kReads9.3Score6.1kShelves
17. 17 算 The Book of Fortune-Telling 算命簿 The Monkeys Are All Over The Mountain, But My Butt Is Red满山猴子俺腚红Urban2.2M WordsOngoing I am a fortune-teller in real life. I was 83 years old when I wrote this book. No one knows what sort of writing an 83-year-old man might produce, and neither do I. I just want to write a book while I still have time, and finally put one matter to rest... Synopsis: A wandering fortune-teller speaks of hidden mysteries, yet has a past unknown to all. This forbidden volume records a century's worth of secrets about practitioners of the occult. In the instant when dark arts clash with fate, the mys 3kReads7.0Score445Shelves

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    No science fiction can compare to it! [Heart][thumbs up][thumbs up][thumbs up]

18. 18 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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    This book is complete. It starts slowly but builds to a high level of intrigue, a slow-burning, mind-bending sci-fi thriller. The novel subject matter and high reading patience make it engaging. There are no time-travel, rebirth, system, or cheat codes. The narrative flows smoothly with rigorous logic, and it's humorous without being padded. The content covers history, workplace, military, technology, national security, criminal investigation, scheming, murder, and high-tech espionage, hacking, and electronic warfare. The ending features a deep twist. It's tailor-made for seasoned readers. If you don't enjoy it, I'll kill myself!

19. 19 震 Shocking! He Just Took a Few Steps in the Backrooms! 震惊！他在后室随便走两步！ Blue Note Pool Core Dream蓝调池核梦Sci-Fi & Apocalypse789k WordsCompleted (Overpowered protagonist) (Backrooms exploration) Leng Yongchuang is a top-tier human, possessing extraordinary physical abilities and knowledge, as well as equipment far beyond the ordinary. During a scientific study, the world's research center discovered the existence of the Backrooms. Leng Yongchuang decided to investigate, and he had developed a super space-time teleportation device capable of temporal and spatial jumps, with a cooldown of three days. Armed with energy equipment and space-t 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Scientific exploration of the post-laboratory texts uses scientific tools and concepts to eliminate and manipulate abstract entities.

20. 20 让 They Told You to Be a Wallfacer, So Why Did You Join the Trisolarans? 让你当面壁者：你反手投靠三体？ Fang Mobo方莫泊Anime Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing [You can enjoy this even if you’re unfamiliar with the world of The Three-Body Problem] [Lighthearted + a little System + not brainless] Lin Xuan transmigrates into the world of The Three-Body Problem and unexpectedly becomes the fifth Wallfacer after Luo Ji. The problem is, he gets saddled with an absurdly terrible System that requires him to collect shock points from other people in exchange for all kinds of items. Lin Xuan quickly thinks of the fastest way to gather shock points. He decides t 28.4kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves

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    The first book, initially a fan-made adaptation of *The Three-Body Problem*, features well-designed new plot points in the later stages. The logical twists and turns are both remarkably logical and surprising. Furthermore, it utilizes almost all of Liu Cixin's world-building concepts, including the ball lightning and Three-Body civilization experiments, placing it very close to the work of a true master. The second book is a collection of Liu Cixin's works. The third book is logically rigorous and scientifically sound, of great significance, and I absolutely must read it.

21. 21 星 Interstellar: Studying for the Rise of the Alliance 星际：为联盟之崛起而读书 Yu Fei鱼绯Modern Romance859k WordsCompleted [Romance + Military Academy + Mecha + Zerg + Ensemble Cast] Content warnings up front: 1. The heroine has a romantic pairing. 2. The story discusses class issues, not gender issues. 3. The author’s imagination runs wild and there are no limits on language. Cyber censorship is not welcome. Official Synopsis Bolsheviks / Resident Evil / cyberpunk, all thrown into one pot. Patriotism with a Soviet flavor. The main story follows one person’s journey from undocumented nobody to commander, while the s 19.7kReads9.5Score3.2kShelves

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    This is Tomato's most hardcore sci-fi novel; no one who reads it will be able to resist getting hooked.

22. 22 电 Digital Homecoming: Reborn 《电子归途之重生》 Guest of Qinggu Valley箐谷客31k WordsCompleted The Electronic Road Home: Reborn 352Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'd like to recommend two of my hard science fiction short stories, *The Electronic Journey: Breaking Free from the Cocoon* and *The Electronic Journey: Rebirth*. They tell the story of humanity and microscopic intelligent life. I want to challenge *The Three-Body Problem*. Highly recommended!

23. 23 帝 An Exiled Imperial Prisoner Builds a Deadly Fleet from a Wreck 帝国流放犯靠破船组建致命舰队 Scrap Picker破烂拾荒人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsOngoing [High-Level Mind Games] [Factional Power Struggles] [Science Fictional Deduction] [An Engineer Breaks the Deadlock] [No System, No Transmigration, No Cheats] [The Only Pure Sci-Fi Novel on Tomato That Still Has Readers] Sci-Fi · Ensemble Cast · Infrastructure Building · Interstellar Farming · Absurd Comedy · One Female Lead I was the Empire's youngest genius engineer, and I wrote an article full of insults. Before I knew it, it had racked up over a hundred million shares and likes. And now I'm 6.3kReads8.7Score798Shelves

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    It's too easy to surpass the "hardness" of *The Three-Body Problem*, because a propellantless, high-angle-turning spacecraft isn't exactly hard science fiction. However, its stunning quality is unrelated to hardness or softness, making it hard to surpass. My book, however, is quite hard, its downside being, like *The Three-Body Problem*, a slow pace.

24. 24 电 Digital Homecoming: Breaking Free from the Cocoon 《电子归途之破茧》 Guest of Qinggu Valley箐谷客30k WordsCompleted Electronic Journey Home: Breaking Free 404Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 黑 Dark Survival: After Losing My Shelter, I Taught Myself to Become a God 黑暗求生：丢失庇护所后自学成神 So Happy to Be Out Selling出来卖好开心啊Sports2.1M WordsOngoing [Everyone Transmigrates] [Dungeons] [Unconventional Survival] [A Bounty of Cheats] [No Female Lead] [Nonlinear Stats] [Infinite Worlds] The whole world transmigrates to a land of darkness, and all people plunge into an endless abyss. Growth comes with madness, and power comes with risk. A thousandfold boost, information prompts, daily draws, offense and defense in one, luck, master of contracts, negative values, immortality, Deep Blue, daily settlement, temporal synchronization, mind over matt 193.2kReads8.6Score29.1kShelves

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    The first book has an excellent reputation; just read it! [Eating melon emoji]

26. 26 无 Infinite: This Player Has Just a Tiny Bit Too Many Tags 无限：这个玩家的标签有亿点多 Lightning Who Never Slacks Off绝不摸鱼的闪电Urban3.5M WordsCompleted [Name: Gao Yi] [Equipped tag (1/1): Journalist Lv. 2 (Common)] [Unequipped tags: Debtor Lv. 1 (Common), Heartbroken Lv. 1 (Common), Good Samaritan Lv. 1 (Common), Internet Surfing Pro Lv. 1 (Common), Friend to Elderly Women Lv. 2 (Rare)] Cursed by the goddess of luck, Gao Yi got the “Tag System” at the most unlucky point in his life. It made him thrive in the sudden era of instance dungeons. “Let’s combine the trait I got in the last instance with one of my current tags...” Gao Yi’s hand slipped 29kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves
27. 27 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 10.9kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves

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    Very strong capabilities, logically sound.

28. 28 直 Livestream: From the Start, Unraveling the Grandfather Paradox 直播：开局解密祖父悖论 City God城神Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Jiang Zhe transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the host of a show that solves paradoxes. In this world, paradoxes are erupting everywhere. Many famous paradoxes from his previous life have been proposed in recent years. The grandfather paradox, the bootstrap paradox, the trolley problem, Zhuang Zhou’s butterfly dream, the Ship of Theseus… These paradoxes have become unsolved mysteries in this world! The grandfather paradox: Who gave birth to me, and who killed me? The bootstrap paradox: 1.6kReads7.0Score254Shelves
29. 29 直 Livestream Exposé: Nuwa Mended the Sky? She Was Actually Mending the Seabed 直播揭秘：女娲补天？祂补的是海底 City God城神Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead] [Uncovering the world's secrets] Jiang Zhe, a think-tank expert, transmigrates to a parallel world with a backward scientific and cultural landscape. He becomes a high school dropout working a laborer's job, earning a monthly salary of three thousand, with his rent due soon. At the same time, he is bound to a Reputation System. As long as he earns reputation, he can draw prizes. He deliberately “accidentally” wanders into his younger sister's livestream. “Big bro, the top donor 213.9kReads8.7Score30.4kShelves
30. 30 末 Apocalypse: The Whole Company Denies the Existence of the 18th Floor 末世：全公司否认18楼存在 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Sci-Fi & Apocalypse783k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + No System + Reborn + Mystery + One Female Lead + Zombies + Hard Sci-Fi + No Mindless Decisions + Revenge] Reborn six hours before the apocalypse, Chu Yan has not only retained his memories of the future, but also mastered the ultimate secret of genetic evolution! He can become the most powerful god in the apocalypse! He frantically stockpiles supplies, builds weapons, modifies vehicles, and saves his parents, racing against time! He will kill his enemies with his own hands and turn 3.4kReads8.7Score284Shelves

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    Hard science fiction fans, this is a must-read! The scientific logic is extremely rigorous, the scope is grand and the foreshadowing is deep, the protagonist's high-IQ game is high-energy throughout, the post-apocalyptic setting is realistic and engaging, the plot twists are constant, and you'll be hooked after reading it.

31. 31 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.6kReads9.6Score22.9kShelves
32. 32 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.5kReads9.7Score69kShelves
33. 33 在 Calling Out to You Beyond the Stars 在群星之外呼唤你 Crane Lad鹤郎22k WordsCompleted Calling to You from Beyond the Stars 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This collection of short stories is definitely to your taste. Hard science fiction with a tight logical structure. Worth reading.

34. 34 这EN This Cultivator Comes from Earth 这位修士来自地球 Claw Claw's Pot in This Life爪爪此世之锅Urban4.2M WordsCompleted [Cyber cultivation] [Hardcore cultivation techniques] [the Myriad Worlds] A grand epic with a very long buildup. Readers who prefer fast-paced, feel-good stories may want to steer clear. The story reaches the stars in Volume Three. The cyberpunk element in this book chronicles how Shenzhou gradually evolves from a modern civilization into a cyber-cultivation civilization. It doesn't start out in a cyberpunk world. The setting unfolds gradually, and the cyber-cultivation theory doesn't begin unti 27.3kReads8.9Score2.9kShelves

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    The author has constructed a rigorous system of mystical arts, including but not limited to the concept of three souls and one spirit, reverse logic, mystery, and the combination of subjective and objective elements.

35. 35 观 The Observation Box 观察箱 Yang Junyi杨竣轶Sci-Fi & Apocalypse170k WordsOngoing A slow-burn soft sci-fi story with a fully realized world and rigorous logic. Not a power fantasy. The entire city is permanently frozen in 1996. The streets are intact, the buildings have not crumbled, and everything is as familiar as ever. Only human life has fallen utterly silent. There are no hordes of zombies, no supernatural hauntings, and no special powers or Systems to fall back on. Only a real world trapped in time, filled with countless subtle anomalies. Stranded alone in an empty cit 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Hard science fiction—science fiction is never just about clashes of civilizations and interstellar battles—it also includes the dry realities that we cannot comprehend.

36. 36 第 The Fourth Calamity: You Say Humanity Is Weak in the Interstellar Age? 第四天灾：在星际你说人族势弱？ Yi Pingping一平平Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted In the era of the Interstellar Alliance, countless races have united to fight off the invasion of the insectoid race. Among all the races, humanity is the weakest. As the only human to enter the Lord's Academy, he is assigned a remote, desolate planet. Danger lurks everywhere, and the insectoids could discover and devour him at any moment. Unless he can develop his own people and planet, Wei Yuan will not only fail to graduate, he may not survive. Luckily, transmigration comes with a System. Wei 30.9kReads9.1Score3.5kShelves

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    The Fourth Disaster is very logical.

37. 37 超 The Super Scholar: I Proved the Riemann Hypothesis! 超级学霸：我证明了黎曼猜想！ Internet Cafe, Six Seats in a Row网吧六连坐Urban172k WordsOngoing [Academic genius novel] [Soft sci-fi] [Technically detailed] [Academic focus] [Logic-driven] At the start of senior year, Zhou Bo binds himself to the Cosmic Academic Genius System. Watch him turn the tables and become a top student. The first time he unlocks the system log, he discovers that in a parallel world, the Ming Dynasty has sent steamships to Europa to teach the ignorant Europeans calculus and translate the Yongle Encyclopedia... Hidden reward unlocked: Gain 20% of Isaac Newton’s scien 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This novel about a top student is super good! Highly recommended.

38. 38 归 A Cheap Import Who Studied Abroad? Call Me the Father of Chips! 归国留洋水货？叫我芯片之父！ This Meat Is Poisonous这肉有毒Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [The 1950s + technological powerhouse + academic prodigy] A young man from the new century transmigrates to 1955 as an overseas student returning to China, becoming one of the same group of ocean-liner returnees as Qian Xuesen. The original list of twenty-four people has inexplicably gained one additional name: his. However, this Stanford graduate in his former life actually graduated through his family's donations. He has no real knowledge in his head and is already someone about to be eliminat 390.6kReads8.7Score29.2kShelves
39. 39 A Me, an AI, and the Magnetic Kid AI似的我和磁小鬼 AorPasneyUrban65k WordsOngoing [Two male leads]+ [dual perspectives]+ [subverts expectations]+ [soft science fiction]+ [no romance] This book has no cultivation, no infinite loop, and no System. Just pure mind games, twists, and battles! Bai Kai has emotional detachment syndrome. Like an AI, he has intelligence but no emotions. That is, until his first year of high school, when he meets his temporary homeroom teacher, Ma Wuyi. From then on, his life takes a completely different path. At her invitation, Bai Kai and Xiao Feng e 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My new book describes the battle process using the various properties of electromagnetic waves.

40. 40 星 Interstellar Adventures 星际历险记 A Touch of Humor点点幽默Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted Astronaut Wang Xingchen is on his way to Mars when a solar flare erupts. The energy released by the flare activates a dormant wormhole above Mars’s south pole. And so begins a legendary adventure... (A quick disclaimer: this is not a power fantasy. The male lead is just an ordinary Earthling, not a genius with an IQ over 200 from the moment he appears, nor does he ascend to immortality or attain enlightenment. This is an ordinary person’s adventure. There’s no invincibility or universal adoratio 599Reads7.6Score100Shelves

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    This should have met the requirements.

41. 41 灵 The Soul Ark: Companions Crossing the Sea of Stars Together 灵魂方舟：星海同渡人 Flower-Waisted Wanderer花腰浪子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse129k WordsOngoing Humanity has colonized the sea of stars. Under the name "Consciousness Ferrying," copies of the consciousness of deceased explorers are treated as expendable fuel, fed to the super-consciousness Wanxiang in exchange for a route to civilizational ascension. Nine beings of vastly different identities are trapped aboard the Spirit Ferry Ark. Consciousness copies, humans, a rogue AI, and extraterrestrial life from the Starfloc Expanse go from suspicious strangers keeping their distance to fellow voy 154Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A stunning novel; my heart skipped a beat the first time I felt this way after reading *The Three-Body Problem*.

42. 42 举 The Whole Nation Helps Me Build a Divine Insect Swarm 举国助我，打造华夏神级虫群 Silent on the Frontier塞上不语时Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsOngoing Sci-fi farming | Civilization evolution | Backed by the nation | Female lead, no romance [Not your traditional swarm-building Zerg] [China's Zerg swarm] [Hard science fiction] [Lots of original worldbuilding] [Multiple worlds and civilizations] Please read the synopsis before deciding whether to continue. 1. Slow burn, serious story. 2. Every character is designed to serve the logic of the plot. 3. This is an adventure about a new species formed from the fusion of the Zerg and humanity. Readers 4.8kReads8.5Score471Shelves

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    Hard science reminded me of arcane magic. The author is able to extend and vary existing scientific theories, not just throw in fancy technical terms; he has a solid logical framework.

43. 43 星 Starfall Expedition: From Earth Orphan to Galactic Commander 星烬远征：从地球孤儿到银河统帅 Listening Quietly to the Waves静听涛声Sci-Fi & Apocalypse225k WordsCompleted This is a legacy of civilization spanning 120,000 years, and a do-or-die battle at the end of the world with no way back. When Earth became an interstellar battlefield and human civilization teetered on the brink of extinction, Lin Chen carried the flame of the Yuanhua civilization and, though only a mortal, shouldered the hopes of an entire civilization. Wherever his warships go, the spark will never die and the expedition will never end. He will make the entire universe hear the voice of Earth 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Here it comes, the Dark Forest Theory of the Universe

44. 44 窥 Confessions of a Voyeur: The Second Journey to Mars 窥探者自述二火星上行 I Like Cats我喜欢猫儿Sci-Fi & Apocalypse429k WordsOngoing In the future, I am a religious believer, but the religion I believe in isn't one that people today follow. I believe in the religion of a unified humanity. So much happened over the course of those centuries. Those centuries were like a history book, full of events, but all I have are hazy memories. I can only blame myself for not studying harder back then. If I had, I would remember everything clearly. Of course, no one would believe me anyway, because that's simply human nature... 61Reads—Score—Shelves

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    We need everyone's book reviews to let more people know some information.

45. 45 群 Among the Stars: Maxing Out My Engineering Skills! 群星：土木点数拉满！ All-Purpose Fox万能狐狸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse600k WordsCompleted [Civilization and Fleets, Megabase Building, Starfield, Farming and Tech Progress, Slow-Burn Development, Starting with a Moon] Earth's civilization was on the brink of extinction. Gamma was the first human to die on the Moon, but he also became the last spark of Earth's civilization. He inherited the legacy of a supercivilization: the Moon. [Main Armor: Degenerate lithium-atom stacking material. Connection method: strong nuclear force.] [Mobility Module: Includes a spacetime curvature engine, a 633Reads6.5Score102Shelves

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    Logically sound, a rare gem among Tomato's works, I don't know why the rating is so low. Please help recommend this book, and please don't let it stop updating!

46. 46 默 Revelation: Starfire 默示：星火 YAN ShadowYAN影Sci-Fi & Apocalypse440k WordsOngoing [Apocalyptic mystery + maze of human nature + supernatural powers + mind games + one heroine + ensemble cast + mecha + passionate action + grounded realism + vivid characters + smart writing] (Serialization has reached the prelude to the fifth arc, Sun City) “I want dumplings.” The girl clutched an empty bowl, tears streaming from her eyes. Zombies roamed outside the village, and the food inside was almost gone. “You have to solve problems to get out!” The boy frantically worked through problem 44Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    This book's high praise is no exaggeration! It's a breath of fresh air among a sea of ​​formulaic post-apocalyptic novels, boasting a tight plot, likable characters, and sound logic. A combination of *Science Fiction Post-Apocalypse*, *Pretending to be Weak While Actually Wealthy*, *Action*, and *High IQ*, you'd be missing out if you missed this! #Post-ApocalypticDarkHorse #HighlyReviewedBook

47. 47 为 I Attended My Own Funeral for Love 为爱参加自己葬礼 Crimson Snow's Song绛雪吟Mystery52k WordsCompleted Shen Zhifei accidentally entered a parallel world and saw his parents there consumed by grief. Out of love, he tried to enter that world again, attended his own funeral, and left behind a letter expressing his love... 9Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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    This is the best science fiction book I've ever read, bar none.

48. 48 星 Stargate: A New World 星际之门：新世界 Multifunctional Xiao Bai多功能小白Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted Qin Hantang accidentally transmigrated to a parallel world strikingly similar to the setting of the TV series Stargate. With his unreliable, hit-or-miss memories of the plot, he opened the door to a new world. 1.5kReads8.7Score124Shelves

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    Over 1.3 Million words, completed. A rare crossover novel based on the Stargate series, a relatively niche book, but readers who have seen the Stargate series should find it quite relatable, and those who haven't will probably want to find and watch the series. Also, I'd like to recommend another book by the author.

49. 49 癫 The Madmen's Academy 癫人科学院 Fang Xiaoqiu方小球Urban343k WordsCompleted Mad Genius, Mind-Bending, Science Fiction, Ensemble Cast, No CP, No Golden Finger It quietly and silently turns humans into impostors. There is no smoke-filled battlefield, no interstellar war, and human society is perfectly peaceful. Even the various religions have been replaced by the Joyous Society, which preaches love and peace. What's wrong with that? Nothing, except... Humanity is no longer human. We are being colonized in the midst of perfect harmony, unaware of it, merrily marching towa 167Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    It's really hardcore, definitely hard science fiction. It's a pseudo-human invasion story told from a scientific point of view. It's mind-bending and hilarious.

50. 50 重 Reborn in a New World: Living It Up Without a Care 重生新世界之瞎浪一气 Multifunctional Xiao Bai多功能小白Urban559k WordsCompleted After Zhong Mo was reborn, he discovered that this life was different from his previous one in a few ways. Most importantly, his heartfelt hope that his wife had been reborn alongside him had unexpectedly come to nothing. Deeply shaken, Zhong Mo decided to make a bold move in this new world. Fifteen years later, when he reappeared, he had plenty of secrets hidden behind him. But by then, fate seemed to have played a joke on him too, making everything much more interesting. The story takes its ti 180Reads—Score—Shelves

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