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1. 1 路 An Extra's Guide to Surviving in a Comic 路人乙漫画生存指南 The Long Road Back South迢迢南归Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Dropped by the author. You can go straight to the final three chapters. Male lead, no romance. Ensemble cast. Academy for people with special abilities. A year after the school arc of the comic Superpower Academy ended, the college arc finally began. It opened on September 1, with the main cast entering Supernova Academy for the Gifted. [The main cast ending up in Class F really is a classic] [That person in Class F must be a big shot] [The people in Classes S and A are so strong too] [What abou 25.1kReads9.5Score2.8kShelves
2. 2 诡 The Strange Realm Descends, and I Rewrite My Fate in a Comic 诡域降临，我在漫画逆天改命 A Letter on Plain Silk尺素Mystery814k WordsCompleted [No CP + ensemble cast + supernatural phenomena descend + rule-based horror] On Jiang Xingni's sixteenth birthday, she became bound to a fate-altering System. The System told her that the world was actually a comic, and she was a nameless background character. In half an hour, a monster would suddenly appear and kill her. To survive, Jiang Xingni had to ride the main cast's popularity and change her doomed fate. Jiang Xingni pondered this. Then she boldly asked, “Why can't I just become the main 8.1kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
3. 3 我 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 67.8kReads9.4Score7.5kShelves

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   This one is pretty good, but it's not a research novel. Speaking of which, there's a novel I read a long time ago called *Nano Rise*, I think it was good, but it's not on Tomato Bookstore. The main character's name was Huang Xiuyuan, I think.

4. 4 快 Quick Transmigration: The Top Scientist Wants to Take Apart the System Every Day 快穿：科研大佬她每天都想拆系统 Da Ke Hei达可黑Ancient Romance436k WordsOngoing Su Jin, a senior researcher at a Huaguo research institute, died suddenly from overwork. After her death, she was bound to a System calling itself 2912 and began her journey conquering three thousand worlds. Every day, she diligently worked with 2912 on all sorts of missions, affectionately calling it “Boss.” She even worked alongside giant insects and rats. Then one day, she grabbed 2912, triumphantly breaking free from her former servitude, and grinned with delight. “I’ve wanted to get my hand 67Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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   The female lead is a high-IQ scientific research expert

5. 5 六 Raising Kids in the Sixties, the Whole Village Is Green with Envy! 六零养崽，全村羡慕嫉妒疯了！ The Fluffed-Up Cat炸毛的猫咪Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Transmigration + Golden Finger + Raising Kids + A Whiz at Making Money] Story One: “Hey, did you hear? That lazy Jiang Li has come back from the dead! She actually made meat for her two kids and new clothes for them, for once!” Story Two: “Good heavens, this is incredible! That lazy Jiang Li is making money, and not just a little: a whole hundred yuan! The Zhou family has struck gold!” Story Three: “Unbelievable! The leaders came in a car to commend Jiang Li. I hear she's don 28.6kReads8.2Score2.6kShelves

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   Historical fiction + time travel + scientific research. The female protagonist travels back in time to a married woman with two sons. To earn money, she starts repairing and modifying machinery, eventually becoming a national scientific researcher. [Already hooked][Already hooked][Already hooked]

6. 6 小 The Junior Sister Is So Sweet and Gentle, Yet She Kills Without Spilling Blood! 小师妹超乖超软，但嘎人不见血！ Don't Eat Fried Shrimp不吃炸虾Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Slap people and kill people, both without missing a beat] [Main story complete] After transmigrating into a tragic cultivation novel, Jiang Wu became the pitiful, self-sacrificing heroine doomed to suffer. System: Host, even though the male lead crippled your cultivation and wants your life, he loves you. Jiang Wu: Kill him. System: Host, even though your senior brother bullied you for the sake of the female lead, one day he'll come to his senses and regret it terribly. Jiang Wu: Kill him. Syst 13.9kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves

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   OK, let's go see.

7. 7 满 Everyone in the Sect Is Crazy, So I Max Out My Luck Instead 满门皆疯批，小师妹反手气运拉满 A Pound of White Tea一斤白茶Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Everyone's Darling + Ensemble Cast + Lighthearted + No Love Rivals + System] After Yun Yici transmigrates into a book, she's bound to a damnable fortune System. By earning the favor of those destined for great things, she can exchange their affection for fortune points and unlock draws. But after finally joining the sect at the heart of the story, she discovers that she's arrived two hundred years before the plot begins. Fortunately, her ethereal yet unreliable master has impossibly high standa 15.6kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves
8. 8 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6kShelves
9. 9 军 Military Industry: The Eagle Nation Films Sci-Fi, and the Rabbit Actually Builds It 军工：鹰酱拍科幻片，兔子你真造 Sheng Yi胜峄Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted That year, one sci-fi blockbuster after another from Eagle Sauce took the internet by storm: Transformers, Iron Man, The Matrix... They sparked a worldwide sci-fi craze, and Eagle Sauce even made the technology in those movies the focus of its future research and development. Su Bai transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens heaven-defying comprehension. As long as he watches the technology in a movie, he can grasp how to develop it. After watching Transformers 2, he comprehends the bluepr 4.2kReads8.1Score275Shelves
10. 10 我 I’m a Food Delivery Guy, and I Became Invincible After Three Years of Daily Sign-Ins 我，外卖小哥，签到三年后无敌了 Kunwu昆吾Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Sign-In + Top Student + Cutting-Edge Tech + Livestreaming + Food Delivery + Invincible + One Female Lead] [Short drama of the same name now available] Chen Nuo, a sophomore at Huaqing University, takes a summer job delivering food and gets bound to a god-tier sign-in System. At the System's initial level, every time a customer signs for a delivery, he can sign in and receive a random skill. Once the System levels up, he can also draw prizes; Signing in at a physics professor's home earns him sk 18.1kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
11. 11 重 Rebuilding the Glory of the Dragon Nation 重铸龙国荣光 Salty Fish Stuck to the Pan粘锅上的咸鱼Urban431k WordsCompleted [System + cutting-edge technology + top student + hot-blooded youth + patriotism]. An orphan who knew only how to spend his time in the library, studying and conducting research. How would he grow step by step with the help of a System? His dorm mates said, “Fourth Brother has no women in his heart, so his blade is naturally divine.” Minister Shen said, “We seek neither fame nor fortune, only scientific research. If all our people were like this, who in the Dragon Kingdom would dare bully us?” … 884Reads7.0Score107Shelves
12. 12 重 Reborn: From Harbin Institute of Technology to Technological Hegemony! 重生：从哈工大铸造科技霸权！ Madman-Eating Flower发癫食人花Urban430k WordsCompleted Li Mingyang was over thirty and still hadn’t accomplished a thing. After waking from a drunken stupor, he found himself back in 2014, on the first day of his senior year of high school! Given a second chance, what was his greatest regret? Probably not getting into a good university. On the first day of school, the Heaven Rewards Diligence System came online. As long as he worked hard, he would reap the rewards. Starting with a math template, Li Mingyang turned over a new leaf and began his journ 5.7kReads8.1Score302Shelves
13. 13 高 I Got Zero on the Gaokao, Yet the Ministry of National Defense Hired Me 高考零分的我，被国防部特聘了 Riding a Pig to Beat the Meatballs骑猪打肉肉Urban161k WordsCompleted Ye Yang, a leading figure among Zhongxia’s younger generation of military engineers, transmigrates to another Zhongxia, one whose national defense capabilities are far behind, after a mysterious explosion. Once the youngest recipient of the “Zhongxia People’s Liberation Army Military Science Outstanding Achievement Award,” he was one of the decision-makers behind the Nantianmen Project, the Earth Asteroid Defense System, aerospace carriers, the Extraterrestrial Starlink War Corridor, and space f 13Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 国 A National Treasure Like No Other: That Actor Told Me to Apologize to His Dog 国士无双，戏子让我给狗道歉 A Drink to Soothe a Lifetime一酒慰平生Urban992k WordsCompleted Lin Qingfeng, the godfather of scientific research, resolutely returns to his homeland! A ten-million-dollar annual salary contract, and the Marine and Land Special Operations Forces personally trying to recruit him to stay. Countless undercurrents of opposition at home, along with provocations from petty troublemakers! With a pure heart and three inches of loyalty, I safeguard the lights in a million homes. Who dares stand in the way of my service to my country! 42Reads5.3Score—Shelves
15. 15 最 Top Secret: I Built an Aerospace Fighter on My First Day of College 最高机密：大学开学造出空天战机 Yaoyao Yaoyao瑶瑶瑶瑶Sci-Fi & Apocalypse589k WordsCompleted Ye Bei transmigrates to a parallel world. For years, he quietly serves his country, creating numerous technologies decades ahead of their time. As the new university term begins, Ye Bei immerses himself in the library, drafting plans for a next-generation aerospace fighter. Just as he is about to finish, an upperclasswoman falsely accuses him of groping her. In her fury, she smashes his computer. The plans, which hold the hopes of an entire nation, are destroyed on the spot! The upperclasswoman 2.5kReads8.0Score229Shelves
16. 16 重 Back to the 1980s, I Strengthen the Nation Through Science and Lead China's Pop Culture 重回80，我靠科研强国引领华流 The Moon Will Shine将月明Modern Romance202k WordsCompleted The heroine has exceptionally high emotional, social, and intellectual intelligence, and never forgets a grudge. She's skilled at acting like a scheming innocent and loves pretending to be weak so she can outsmart her opponents. Jiang Yang, the youngest academician in Huaguo, dies in the prime of her life and is reborn in the resource-scarce 1980s. The original owner was a poor student? No problem. With a book and a pen, she can turn her fate around in minutes. The country is lagging behind? No 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Using experimental data to prove the belief in "revitalizing the nation through science and technology," this success story relies entirely on "brilliant minds" without any magic tricks.

17. 17 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 4kReads9.0Score351Shelves

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    🔥 **[Tearjerker Warning] I risked my life for scientific research, the whole internet begs me to stop 💔** **"The data he obtained by burning his life saved millions, but couldn't save himself..."**

18. 18 让 You Sent Me to College, and I Became a National Treasure of China? 让你上大学，你成了华夏国士？ Cumin Chives孜然韭菜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted The protagonist, Su Lin, transmigrates to another, similar world and becomes a high school senior. A few days before the college entrance exam, his homeroom teacher, Sun Xue, calls him to her office. “Su Lin, you’re the first student in our school’s history to be recommended for admission to Huaqing University. Sign here, and you’ll be admitted without taking the exam.” Just then, Su Lin awakens a God-Tier Choice System. Choice One: Turn down the recommendation and receive nanometer-scale lithog 14.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
19. 19 重 Rebirth System: The Research Genius Is Everyone's Favorite 重生系统，科研大佬是团宠 Bo Bugui薄不乖Modern Romance557k WordsCompleted After developing a phone chip for his country, Pei Luotong is killed in a plot orchestrated by overseas competitors. By a twist of fate, she binds herself to a System and is reborn three years in the past. From then on, she spends her days completing missions to stay alive while seeking revenge on the person who killed her in her previous life. To complete a System mission, she is forced to join a travel variety show. Who would have thought she’d turn the show into a battlefield of romantic riva 19Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    Rebirth of a Scientific Research Giant

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