Novels like I Build Starships in the Wasteland
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as I Build Starships in the Wasteland, best match first.
- 1 The Galactic Guardians of a Technological Empire 科技帝国之银河守护 Lu Hao, a university student in a bustling city, obtains an alien technology archive during a deadly clash. To survive, he has himself cryogenically frozen. He sleeps for sixty years, and that is only the beginning... As alien civilizations invade and the oxygen-rich era arrives, humanity struggles to survive in the face of natural disasters and powerful enemies. The only way to stay alive is to fight: fight for a future, fight for a world of justice and peace. —Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 2 A Tech Tree Grew in My Mind 我脑海里长了个科技树 Also known as From the Start, the Tech Tree Takes Off and China Rises as a Divine Nation. A hard sci-fi story. Ouyang Xiao transmigrates back to his school days. His homeroom teacher stares at the test paper in front of him, trembling as he murmurs, “I can’t believe my class has a genius like this!” The class monitor stammers, “Maybe we should let Ouyang Xiao be class monitor from now on.” The study committee member looks at Ouyang Xiao’s test paper and says indignantly, “This isn’t scientific! 4Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 3 Interdimensional Business System 位面商业系统 Yang Fan unexpectedly acquired a trading System, and from then on, everything went his way. When powerful enemies suddenly appeared, watch as he crushes them one by one and rises to the pinnacle of life! 22Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 4 Interstellar Commander, Starting with Red Alert 从红警开始的星际指挥官 Also known as: I Might Be Playing a Fake Red Alert and The Funniest Red Alert in History Chu Yang takes a deep breath and comes back to his senses, still reeling from the excitement of obtaining the Strongest Red Alert System. “I need to fire one off to calm down.” He develops his forces in the apocalypse and rises among the stars. Using Red Alert to fight mutated creatures across the globe, he begins building an empire of his own. The end of one era marks the beginning of another, more tumultuo 75Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 5 Super Bio-Warship 超级生物战舰 The core of an outer-universe warship entered this universe due to an accident. After countless billions of years, the dying protagonist stumbled upon it by chance and merged with it. From then on, driven by the need to keep upgrading the warship and by certain rather twisted notions, he began a journey of gathering resources and growing stronger, across planets and throughout the universe. 75Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 6 Interstellar Adventures 星际历险记 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 578Reads7.6Score10014d adds
- 7 Interstellar Scavengers 星际拾荒 “What’s that?” “Hey, it looks like the wreckage of a gigantic, abandoned faster-than-light battleship.” “Sphere, we’re rich! Let’s tow it back to Earth!” This is the story of an Earthling exploring the universe, discovering the ruins of countless advanced civilizations, and scavenging for junk (high-tech gear)! 4.8kReads8.8Score36014d adds
- 8 Robinson in Deep Space 深空鲁滨逊 A lighthearted comedy with no violence, no spicy content, and a laid-back tone! This book was originally intended to be a low-budget screen production! It’s the story of Tang, a natural-born human accidentally cast to the edge of the galaxy, and his struggle to survive and find his way home! And A metal robot who is accidentally given a soul, and the growth of that soul as it clashes and merges with the robot’s rules! ~The story!~ ~The ending~ A bittersweet farewell (Part One) In the blink of an 271Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Universe Is So Vast, I Want to See It All! 宇宙那么大，我想去看看！ [Interstellar transmigration + sci-fi + strong female lead + narcissistic romance + high-tech + extraterrestrial civilizations + humorous tone] “Of everyone I’ve lost, the one I miss most is myself.” An unavoidable plane crash brings Qing Tong face-to-face with an unexpected visitor. She miraculously survives, only to enter a Mobius loop, trapped in an endless cycle. Yet even then, she cannot break the laws of dimensions and reunite with herself. (There are two endings, one HE and one BE. Choos 113Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 10 I Became the Universe's Arms Dealer 我成了宇宙军火商 The protagonist unexpectedly acquires black technology from the universe. Starting out by selling small arms and eventually moving on to selling space battleships, he leads humanity into the great age of space exploration, trades with various races, and builds the largest space station in the universe. 4kReads8.8Score26914d adds
- 11 Global Cataclysm: Building Noah's Ark from the Start 全球灾变：开局建造诺亚方舟 Qin Bin is reborn and awakens a God-Tier Apocalypse Survival System. The apocalypse is just three months away! Three months from now, disasters will strike one after another: an asteroid impact, global mega-tsunamis, frequent earthquakes, an ice age, mutated life forms, a biological crisis, and more! Faced with catastrophe, he buys a beat-up cargo ship from the start and sets out to upgrade it into an apocalypse survival vessel, Noah’s Ark! Diesel engine to nuclear engine, then a fusion engine, 3.8kReads8.6Score26114d adds
- 12 Black Technology: Building Controlled Nuclear Fusion by Hand from the Start 黑科技：开局手搓可控核聚变 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
- 13 Reborn in a New World: Living It Up Without a Care 重生新世界之瞎浪一气 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 173Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Stargate: A New World 星际之门：新世界 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. 1.5kReads8.7Score12914d adds
