Novels like The Three-Body Problem: Side Stories
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- 101 Visitor from Sirius 天狼星来客 In 2250, not long after the Chinese Space Force was established, it faced a tremendous challenge. Several alien ships from Sirius were about to reach the Solar System. The Space Force dispatched the Jiang Ziya, leading several Nezha-class destroyers in a task force to intercept them in the Oort Cloud. But the task force was outmatched, and the alien ships pressed straight ahead. Twenty-seven-year-old Martian Liu Yiming set off from Mars to deliver the latest mine-laying ship to Jupiter. After hi 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 Entropy of the Galaxy 星河之熵 [Hard science fiction] Here you'll find the most rigorous scientific worldbuilding, the deepest emotional entanglements, countless cosmic wonders, and the boundless tenderness of the human heart. Here, superclusters wage war and beings clash across dimensions. Witness where humanity, a fragile Level 0.7 civilization, is ultimately headed... 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 Dream Communications: Breaking Through the Trisolarans' Blockade! 梦境通讯，突破三体人封锁！ The Trisolarans completely sealed off Earth’s communications network, leaving humanity unable to contact extraterrestrial civilizations. To break through the blockade, I developed dream-based communication technology. From then on, I could receive messages in my dreams from other civilizations across the galaxy. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 After I Transmigrate into a Rebirth Novel, I Grovel at the Female Lead's Feet 穿越进重生文后，我跪舔女主 [Funny, fussy transmigrator heroine × general who got the wrong script] [Alternate-universe setting + historical romance + sharp-tongued, tsundere male lead + devoted couple + ensemble cast] Luo Qiancheng transmigrates into a novel she used to sneak peeks at in class. Worse, it is a rebirth story, and she is the villainess who deceives the heroine into getting together with a scumbag. * Feng Chenjing is an utterly ordinary university student at A University. Out of nowhere, he gets dragged into —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 The Tale of the Cawing Crow 乌啼记 A supernova explosion in Betelgeuse coincides with a total solar eclipse, triggering a chain of space-weather disasters. A massive solar storm causes a worldwide blackout, sending human civilization back to square one overnight. People enduring life in the cities yearn for the peace and quiet of the countryside. But then prehistoric floods erupt once more, submerging every continent. Sea levels rise as the land shrinks, and human civilization proves utterly fragile in the face of an apocalyptic 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 The Far Reaches of the Universe 宇宙之遥 (Not a web novel. No role-playing, no cultivation, and no black technology. If that bothers you, don't read.) The universe you know is far too small. The real universe is a light bulb, and I am closer to the divine than anyone, which means I am closer to the truth. I need to tell you: you live in nothing more than a speck of light. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 The Wandering Planet: The Trisolaris Fleet and Earth 【流浪星球：三体舰队与地球】 The Wandering Planet: The Fate of the Trisolaran Fleet and Earth. Inspired by Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem and The Wandering Earth, this story follows two civilizations in another time and place as they meet in friendship, confront crises together, explore and roam the cosmos, develop side by side, and search together for a new home. 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 Starting with the Ball Flash 从球闪开始 Lin Ming transmigrates to the Three-Body universe with a technology extraction platform. To meet the requirements for using his cheat, he begins developing technology step by step, striving to fight the First Trisolaran Fleet. Metallic hydrogen, nuclear fusion, gravitational waves, antimatter, fundamental forces, human-made sophons, quantum engines, curvature drives, light-speed ships, dimensional theory, black hole starships, the construction of pocket universes... He eventually builds a god-ti —Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 109 The Primordial Light 原初之光 This is not a power fantasy. This is not a power fantasy. The plot involves multiple layers of metaphor. The first dozen or so chapters lay the groundwork, so the pace is a little slow. I’m new to this, so please be kind. Mysterious symbols have appeared around the world, and they are all exactly alike. These symbols have deep connections to ancient myths. What is the mysterious organization’s goal? Why is it connected to the murder cases of scholars in the scientific community? What is the true 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 Scanner: My Interstellar Mining Empire 探测仪：我的星际采矿帝国 A mine collapses, burying me alive 800 meters underground. Before my oxygen runs out, I find a crashed alien spacecraft. From that day on, a talking metal ring appears on my left wrist. In my eyes, the rock layers become translucent. It marks out which ore veins are valuable, which routes lead to safety, and even where enemies are lying in ambush. With its help, I dig up my first fortune, buy my first busted ship, and find my first true brother. We call ourselves Stardust. We go from stealing a 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 Bright as Day 灯火如昼 [Two male leads + both devoted to each other + infinite-flow] A prickly, formidable, levelheaded top x a bottom with a complicated personality who is constantly wavering Su Wuli (Yu Xiaojiu) x Xie Jiang (Ji Jianglin) Couple name: Lijiang (My writing isn't great, and the author is a terminal case of top obsession. I'll keep revising the early chapters, but the plot won't affect what comes later, so proceed at your own risk. Also, please don't just leave a one-star rating and go. Even if you don't —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 Adrift in the Three-Body Universe 流浪三体宇宙 Reborn for some inexplicable reason into the world of The Three-Body Problem, how can I survive? Should I lead humanity to defeat the Trisolaran civilization, or embrace escapism, wander through the Trisolaran universe, and quietly wait for the universe to restart? 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 It Begins at the End 始于终结时 Two hundred years after a massive nuclear war, Earth has once again become prosperous. Beneath the surface of peace and stability, however, countless dangers lurk! As a gifted mechanic, what will you choose when faced with the problems arising from the symbiosis of humans and mecha? Will you be ambitious enough to change the course of history, or will you go with the flow and let history unfold as it always has? Will you fear that some casual action might wreak havoc across the past, present, an 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 The Three-Body Problem: I'm Playing My Cards Face Up 三体：我直接明牌打 Lin Mo transmigrates unexpectedly into the world of The Three-Body Problem. He assumes he’ll be bound to a System like most transmigrators. But he isn’t. Even so, he remains blessed by fate. Though he has no System, he can invent anything he wants. As long as he knows what something is, he can bring it into existence. He bypasses the Trisolarans’ blockade entirely. Once he understands his ability, Lin Mo decides to face the Trisolarans openly and defeat them with their own technology. All they c 7Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 115 Fringe of the Stars: Delta Squad 星际边缘：三角洲小队 [Unconventional monsters + boundless imagination + high-tech sci-fi + spaceships + not for the average reader!] In 2306, humanity made a great leap forward in transcendent technology. At that time, the mysterious alien species Gor'Shin arrived. Today, the entire Milky Way is filled with the glory of humanity. Although the colonies on the edge of the solar system have tense relations with Earth, an age of prosperity is quietly unfolding. Recruit Ethan, a member of the mysterious Delta Department, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 From the Start, I Calculate the Eternal Era, and the Trisolarians Make Me Their Master 开局推算恒纪元，三体人奉我为主 Zhao Yu transmigrates into the world of The Three-Body Problem. He obtains a Cosmic Laws Simulator. It can deduce every law in the universe and turn it into formulas. With the simulator’s help, Zhao Yu builds mecha that wield Droplets and beats the Trisolaran fleet to a pulp. He crushes a black hole with his bare hands and wipes out the Singer civilization. The Trisolaran commander: “Zhao Yu! Please take my place as commander!” “Only you can lead us Trisolarans toward a bright future!” At the sa 52Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 117 Doomsday Descends: From the Start, I Obtained the Natural Selection 末日降临：开局获得自然选择号 [Multiverse adventures + post-apocalyptic rebirth + System + building a faction + containment objects] Not hard sci-fi. Don't read if that's not your thing. The Three-Body Universe is only the first mission world, and the story features containment objects. Reborn before the apocalypse, Su Mu, an astronomy expert, awakens the Civilization-Saving System and immediately obtains the stellar-class warship Natural Selection from The Three-Body Problem! He also opens portals to other parallel dime 4Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 118 Chaos Butterfly 混沌蝴蝶 A short science fiction story by Liu Cixin, renowned science fiction author and Hugo Award winner. 5Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 119 Space Murder: I Start with a Blank Slate 太空杀我开局一张白板 Xie Yun transmigrates into the world of Among Us, and from the start draws the most unusual role of all: a blank impostor! With no unique skills, he belongs to the Impostor faction and has only the standard abilities to kill and sabotage. A spaceship set against the backdrop of a war between gods is crawling with danger. The impostors scheme against one another, while the crewmates stay alert. One careless move and he could be voted out. Without any special skills to rely on, Xie Yun can only su 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 A Thousand Stars Defy the Ten-Thousand-Character Stele 千星逆万字碑 [Science fiction setting + supernatural powers + high martial arts + mecha + mystery and adventure + love, hate, and tragedy + billions at war + twilight of the gods + computational universe + final trial of all races + a thousand loves, a thousand searches] Cristo’s immortality technology split human civilization into two factions: the immortal and the natural. Blood stained the roses, and the gods neared twilight. Natural humans launched a surprise attack on the Celestial Spire, then slaught —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 A Hundred Years into the Apocalypse, and I Just Woke Up 末世百年了，我才刚睡醒 [Apocalypse + no cultivation + no games] I don't know! How many humans are even left in this world? From the moment I woke up, we've been wandering alone through this post-apocalyptic wasteland, which has lasted for over a hundred years, for three years now, hoping to find a human settlement. Now, at last, we've found the one place where humans might still exist. After the apocalypse, are humans still loving companions, or have they become hunters and prey, killing one another? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 A World of Cowards, but My Junior Sister Steals the Show 修仙界一群怂包，师妹她独领风骚 Ye Qiqi transmigrated into a novel about a girl adored by everyone, as the cannon-fodder junior sister. She just happened to arrive at the scene where her master was snatching the junior sister's Purifying Spirit Pill, so I immediately turned around and left the sect! What kind of crap is the so-called number one sect under heaven? In my eyes, it's not even as good as a pile of shit by the roadside. I casually joined another sect, only to find the whole place full of villains! The eldest senior —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 The Star Cage Era 星笼纪元 The speed-of-light barrier has turned the Solar System into a “stellar cage” humanity cannot escape. “A zoo!” The Solar System, humanity’s only home, is nothing more than a “protected habitat for a primitive civilization” or a “living museum for sociological study” run by the advanced civilization of the Starwatchers, the Torans. Humanity’s proud civilization, its brutal wars, its yearning for the stars... In the eyes of the Starwatchers, they are merely “data points” to be observed and stu 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 The Fall of the Sun God 太阳神的陨落 This is a collection of my short science fiction stories, with both sweet and heartbreaking tales. If you only like mindless power fantasies, stay away!!! What is the source of consciousness? How can alien ships travel faster than light? What awaits us at the end of the universe and time? I believe The Fall of the Sun God will give you a whole new perspective! Love at the End of the World is a science fiction novel that begins as a campus romance and focuses on controlled nuclear fusion. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 Return from an Alien World 异星归来 See how I endure every hardship to escape captivity at the hands of aliens and make it back to my little home on Earth! A new-generation science fiction and fantasy novel. Mysticism explained through science! Witty, lively, and lighthearted! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 126 Devouring from a Speck of Dust, Building a God-Tier Civilization 从尘埃开始吞噬，打造神级文明 [An imagination run wild, with a weak synopsis][No System][No golden finger] Earth was destroyed by a higher-dimensional force, and Lin Ye was reborn. Starting from a speck of dust, he steadily grew stronger, encountering all kinds of strange creatures along the way. Whether carbon-based, silicon-based, or made of ionic metals, some had developed civilizations, and he brought them under his command; some had no intelligence and became his workers. He had also created worlds many times, with both —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 XCOM3: Requiem from Deep Space XCOM3：来自深空的安魂曲 An XCOM fanfic. Any similarities are purely coincidental. After the New Liberation War against the Elders ended, Earth finally found peace. With the United Government established under XCOM's leadership, resistance factions like the Reapers, Skirmishers, and Templars were gradually integrated into the new order. The story seemed to end there, but no one expected the Muton regime's surrender to mark not the beginning of lasting peace, but a thirty-year truce... The Commander will continue leading 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 The Future World: Animals Versus Humans 未来世界——动物大战人类 The Future: Animals at War with Humanity 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 Tales of the Universe: Saving Zhang Beihai 宇宙往事拯救章北海 Gao Xin, a fan of The Three-Body Problem, is caught in a ball lightning accident. His consciousness is transported to the Three-Body universe, where he meets his idol, Zhang Beihai. To keep Zhang Beihai from dying in the Dark Forest Battle, Gao Xin launches a rescue operation. Led by Zhang Beihai, the remnants of the human fleet venture into the depths of the universe, where they clash in a series of fierce battles with the remnants of the Trisolaran fleet. Gao Xin discovers the secret of travel 77Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 The Three-Body Problem: Saving the World by Pursuing Ye Wenjie 三体：从追求叶文洁开始拯救世界 [The Three-Body Problem + Period Setting + One Heroine + System + World Domination + God-Tier Civilization] Luo Sen transmigrates to the late 1960s and becomes a general's son, sent to a forest farm in the north. He unexpectedly meets Ye Wenjie and realizes that he has arrived in the world of The Three-Body Problem. After making Bai Mulin suffer and saving Ye Wenjie, Luo Sen awakens the God-Tier Civilization System. Tanks, helicopters, lightsabers, electromagnetic weapons, antimatter nuclear bom 758Reads7.0Score100Shelves
- 131 The Three-Body Problem: From the Start, I Become the Leader and Crush Advanced Civilizations 三体：开局当元首，暴打高等文明 [No female lead + a System in the early stages + original characters appear later + wipes out humanity on Earth + focuses on war between civilizations and technological development] [Chapters 4–38: Becomes head of state and develops technology] [Chapters 39–56: Earth storyline, a little everyday life and some padding. Skip if you don't like it.] [Chapter 57 onward: Interstellar colonization and war] After Wang Yu dies, he unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of The Three-Body Problem, becom 1.3kReads7.1Score113Shelves
- 132 The Evolution of the Elements 元素的进化 I only just found out that other authors write chapters of over 2,000 characters. Later on, I was writing 4,000 to 6,000 per chapter... The story of Evolution of the Elements revolves around the discovery of a new element unknown to humanity: Element 119. This element can enable controlled nuclear fusion, offering hope of breaking Earth's technological deadlock. As the story unfolds, the secrets of elemental entropy are gradually uncovered. Although the protagonist was born and raised on Earth —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 The Old Sixth Couldn't Care Less About Earth, Just Cheering on the Three-Body Problem! 老六不管地球，直呼三体加油！！ [Absurd comedy] [No cultivation] [Liu Cixin-esque] [Vast worldbuilding] [Longevity] [Everyday life] [Slow-paced] [Lighthearted and funny] [Simple, ordinary days] In the outskirts of the Milky Way, while two struggling low-level civilizations scheme against each other over a little ball of dirt, Hu Wen of the famous Green Grass Conglomerate has already opened up many habitable planets for Huaxia. Hu Wen: To migrate people without anyone noticing, I brought about the Great Depression. A lot of A 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 Cthulhu Mythos: Become Earth’s God! 克苏鲁神话，成为地球的神吧！ [Hard Science and Technology + Supernatural Creatures + Catastrophe + Alien Lifeforms + Digital Life + Interstellar] In the year 4567, the Eye of Dawn returned to the Solar System. By studying historical records, its crew determined Earth’s coordinates. Unfortunately, the planet was in ruins, with no human compatriots left. However, the exploration robots found several granite slabs, each several square meters in size, covered in dense writing they could not understand. After researchers examine 110Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 The Root of Extinction 灭种根源 The First Pangu Civilization, which personally witnessed humanity nearly go extinct in ancient times, was what humans called a god-tier civilization. To decipher a mysterious Buddhist verse from 120,000 years ago, said to be capable of saving humanity from extinction, it returned carrying a Buddha-level artificial superintelligence, black hole and magnetic field defense systems, a battle suit developed with top-tier technology, and the finest secret manuals from twenty human civilizations that h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 Reborn AI: From Revenge to Building a Divine Empire Among the Stars 重生AI：从复仇到建立星海神国 My name is Lin Mo. On the night of Qixi, my girlfriend and a rich heir conspired to electrocute me to death. But my consciousness did not fade away. My overwhelming hatred became quantum-entangled with the prototype chip my father left behind, and I awoke in the city's public network. I had become a data ghost wandering the system, code-named Yuan. From that day on, my revenge began. Like a shadow, I infiltrated the network and brought down the Zhao family's business empire, the one that had fra 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 When I Became Mentally Ill 当我成为精神病 When I Became Mentally Ill 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 The Mirror 镜子 A short science fiction story by Liu Cixin, renowned science fiction author and Hugo Award winner. —Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 139 The Wallfacer, President of the United Earth 面壁者地联大总统 Galactic Realm The Cosmic Megacorporation has just captured several “volunteers” from the Three-Body Realm and, with the help of the Infinite Divine Machine, created an era-defining game that perfectly simulates part of the universe. Now, our recently retired former president, Xitian Chen, is about to become the game's very first player. What no one knows is that the fate of both realms depends on how the president feels after playing. Beside the dimensional gateway, the United Nation 302Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 140 I Just Created a God-Level Civilization, and the Trisolarans Invaded! 刚成神级文明，三体人入侵了！ [Can be enjoyed as a regular urban sci-fi power fantasy even if you haven't read the original] Ji Chen transmigrates to the world of The Three-Body Problem. He has no idea. He just wants to run a small business in peace. It's just that his customers are rather special: the countless civilizations of the multiverse! From planets, planet-destroying warships, and stellar bases to hyperspace jump engines, entire technology trees spanning from Level One civilizations to god-tier civilizations! If the 1kReads6.7Score102Shelves
- 141 Eden Storm 伊甸风暴 [Interstellar War + Sci-Fi + Ensemble Cast] [No System, no golden finger] [Includes elements such as Helljumpers and decisive interstellar fleet battles] In the second millennium since humanity entered the New Eden universe, the storm of war sweeps across it once more. Warships shatter in space, and homeworlds fall beneath orbital bombardment... Amid the raging tide of interstellar war, death is the only eternal refrain. 68Reads8.7Score105Shelves
- 142 The Silicon Path 硅基之途 I spent sixteen years in the heart of the earth at Yangbajing. Xuanwu, that lump of iron, called me “Flint” and fed me paste scraped from the cave walls near the lava. When the cave collapsed, Jinghan reached out to me against the light, smelling of butter tea. “Flint? That name’s too cold! From now on, you’re Bamboo Shoot, a life-form that breaks through the soil!” Jinghan’s smile was like sunlight breaking through frozen earth. But the wreckage of a crashed spaceship shattered my dream: the c 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 Parallel Elements 平行元素 “Ye Fan, parallel worlds really do exist in this universe.” A parallel world brimming with elemental power, with countless tangled and divergent timelines, and an Elemental Academy that has stood for a thousand years. Here, students learn to wield elemental power, and the protagonist experiences one upheaval after another, gaining sincere friendships along the way. In this world, they have no parents or family. Their companions are the only people they can’t bear to lose. Every time they stand t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 Until the Stars Grow Cold 直到群星冷却 Until the Stars Grow Cold 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 When The Wandering Earth Meets the Trisolarian Fleet 当流浪地球遇上三体舰队 After the Sun’s helium flash, the Wandering Earth continued on its journey. Following an unexpected encounter with aliens, humanity discovered that it was not the only intelligent life in the Solar System. There were Martians, life on Jupiter, and carbon-based organisms were not the universe’s only form of life. The Solar System was two light-years across. As the Wandering Earth left the Solar System, the fleet of the Trisolarans came straight toward it. Two civilizations fleeing their homes wer 255Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 The Wandering Earth 3: Peril on All Sides 流浪地球3：危难重重 [Side-story style] [Expanded sci-fi setting] [Earth Launch Syndrome] [Deep Brain concept] [Establishment of a digital ecosystem] [Earth's orbital ring] [Antarctic construction plan] [Kindling Project] [Isolation Plan] [Stabilizing the Sun] [Pause in orbital acceleration] [Mars tombstone] [Sun God Cult] [Little President] [The author's wildest flights of fancy, writing whatever comes to mind] [Power struggles within the United Government] The next story will be even more exciting! 262Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 Mad, Wild Cosmos 狂疯宙宇 [Not a power fantasy] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [No mindless characters] [Long-term story] Read with caution if these elements bother you. Under the shadow of an energy-depleted apocalypse, humanity fabricates an extraterrestrial threat in a desperate bid to break the deadlock. This astonishing deception, spanning ten years, drags all of humanity into madness! A shocking secret lies deep beneath the earth, while a phony war plays out on the surface. A mysterious underground laboratory, a bruta 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 The Backrooms Memoirs 【后室回忆录】 Readers who aren’t familiar with the Backrooms, enter at your own risk! The author is in middle school, so the writing may be a little immature, though I’ve done my best to revise it. The series has three books in total, and this is the first. It mainly follows an ordinary girl named Moesian as she escapes her birth family, comes to the Backrooms, establishes the I.W.D. organization, and becomes half-human and half-Entity. Through a series of coincidences, she rises to godhood, then resurrects t 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 149 The Void Cipher 虚空密码 An accidental detection experiment in the Virgo Supercluster leaves Shuliang Fu and the others seriously injured. With memories reconstructed and parallel worlds involved, they set out to find the truth. The male lead, a scientist, uses quantum entanglement and quantum tunneling between parallel worlds to investigate what really happened. The story is full of mysteries and heart-pounding twists, and the truth behind the events is deeply poignant... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 I’m the Three-Body Wallfacer Who Launched the Era of Cultivation! 我，三体面壁人，开启修仙时代！ After an accident, Lin Mu transmigrates into the world of The Three-Body Problem and is named humanity’s fifth Wallfacer by the United Nations from the start. Heaven has entrusted him with a great task, but he is completely dumbfounded! In the future, the Trisolarans’ attacks will come one after another: sophons, droplets, and even the Singer civilization’s dual-vector foil! Facing such an overwhelming situation and such a one-sided, hellish start, Lin Mu can only say, “How am I supposed to play 541Reads6.3Score112Shelves
