Novels like The Three-Body Problem: Side Stories
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- 151 The Wandering Earth: I Use Black Tech to Spark a Technological Revolution 流浪地球我用黑科技引领技术爆炸 [The Wandering Earth + System + Cutting-Edge Technology] Chu Tian transmigrates into the world of The Wandering Earth, only to discover that he’s a longtime patient at a psychiatric hospital. At this point, the helium flash hasn’t yet been observed, and Chu Tian becomes the whistleblower who alerts the entire planet. Using the cutting-edge technology System he brought with him, he reveals the solar helium flash crisis to the world. At the same time, he knows his own strength is limited. Even wit 257Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 152 The Three-Body Problem: I'm Really Not a Wallfacer 三体：我真不是面壁者 [No System] [Big ideas] [Strategy] [Wallfacer] [The story has a proper ending, so read with confidence.] After transmigrating, Tian Yun became the son of a billionaire. He thought he’d be in for the kind of dull rich-kid life where all you had was money and nothing to do with it. But the moment the Wallfacer Act was announced, Tian Yun was completely dumbfounded. Who am I? Where am I? What was I supposed to do again? Now that he’d arrived in this world, Tian Yun decided he had to do something. H 20Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 153 Huh? I'm Supposed to Save the Galaxy? 啊？靠我拯救银河系？ [Sci-fi + adventure + interstellar + chance encounters + growth] Without warning, Earth is invaded by an alien civilization. The unconscious Fang Blue Star is taken aboard their mothership, where he meets Fa Shi, another prisoner. And so begins an adventure he never asked for! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 154 I Broadcast Earth's Coordinates, and All Humanity Puts Me on Trial 广播地球坐标，我被全人类审判 Apocalypse: Simulating a Droplet Leaves the Sophons Stunned (Apocalypse + simulator + sci-fi + no superpowers + The Three-Body Problem) Luo Xuan was reborn in a world plagued by disasters: zombie outbreaks, mutated plants and animals, an ice age, the sun going dark, alien invasions, Atlantis rising again, volcanic eruptions... And, most absurd of all, an invasion of Earth by the Trisolarans? Fortunately, Luo Xuan was bound to a life simulator. [Day 15: A zombie outbreak begins. You do everyt 268Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 155 Clouds of Poetry 诗云 A short science fiction story by Liu Cixin, renowned science fiction writer and Hugo Award winner. —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 156 The God-Prison Academy 囚神院 [Dystopian] + [Mystery] + [Absurd] “System” Perhaps it is often not an opportunity to defy fate and change everything, but a more serious illness. Once countless “Systems” find their Hosts, is their only goal to make the protagonist stronger and rule the whole world? Without growth, how can the protagonist rule? And is the protagonist even in their right mind? All it does is make the illness worse. Does that mean anyone with a System is the protagonist? Can Jiang Tingyu heal himself here and esc —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 A Junior High School Girl's Own Story 一个初中女孩的自述 I'm just an ordinary middle school student. These simple years have made me want to share the things on my mind, the words I don't dare say to people in real life. If you're willing, come and listen. 10.4kReads—Score1.3kShelves
- 158 In the Three-Body World, I Save Humanity Through Livestreaming 人在三体，我靠直播拯救世界 “Hello, everyone! Welcome to Tan Cheng's livestream!” [Streamer, that guy just said his name is Wang Miao! Wang Miao!] [They mentioned Yang Dong too!] [Oh my god, is that Shi Qiang?!!] [...] Staring at the flood of comments filling his screen, Tan Cheng was dumbfounded. “Droplets? Photoid strikes? Two-dimensional foils?” “Trisolarans? Cosmic broadcasts? The Dark Forest?” “Are aliens about to invade?” “I just started university. Is it really okay to tell me all this...” 612Reads8.7Score102Shelves
- 159 Quantum Suicide 量子自杀 From tying knots to keep records to inventing writing, was this progress, or a misguided path that meant abandoning consciousness by transferring it outside ourselves? Some scientists believe that human society took a wrong turn right from the beginning, and they will go to any lengths to prove it through experiments. The Twin Stars Experiment is designed to study the human mind, but how much do we really understand about consciousness? Li Zaiming was an ordinary observer in the experiment. Afte 28Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 160 The Annihilation of the Solar System 湮灭太阳系 In just a few short years, a high school student tore apart the ironclad laws of physics. With only a few pages, he predicted the impending catastrophe. But was he a hero holding a crumbling edifice upright, or the mastermind secretly pulling the strings? In an age of crisis, humanity cast aside all prejudice and division, staking everything on one final effort to defend the right of our blue planet to survive. 25Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 161 Brilliant Galaxy: Return to the Milky Way 璀璨星河之重返银河系 After losing the war in the galactic system A fleet carrying more than four hundred billion migrants sets out from the Milky Way for the distant NGC 5457 galaxy. It is the largest known interstellar migration in this universe. They will spend twenty thousand years in transit, searching for a new home. Yet a tenacious resistance movement remains in the Milky Way, clinging to its last stronghold like a mayfly trying to shake a tree. They never stop hoping for the return of the parent civilization. 201Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 The Three-Body Problem: I Have Countless Plans, and I Leave the Trisolarans in Awe 三体：有无数计划，我秀翻三体人 [The Three-Body Problem] [No System] [Wild Imagination] [Wallfacer] “Why did you choose me? I’m just an ordinary person.” “This... is something you’ll have to figure out for yourself.” “On behalf of the United Nations, I hereby declare the Wallfacer Project officially underway!” “My Lord, you still need us.” “Mr. Tyler, I’m your Wallbreaker. The Lord doesn’t care about anything you’ve done.” “Beihai, before then, you need to think more carefully.” “Long live the Trisolaran civilization! Long li 329Reads8.2Score103Shelves
- 163 Let the Three-Body World Experience a Little Shock from the Star Gods 给三体世界来点小小星神的震撼 Honkai: Star Rail + The Three-Body Problem + Aeons + Paths “Ms. Yang Dong, do you believe that life and the universe are utterly meaningless, and want to kill yourself?” “I think you need a doctor to treat all you Self-Annihilators who've fallen into the abyss of nihilism. Doctors of Chaos are the experts.” So said Zhuang Hua, an envoy of Remembrance. Yang Dong set down the lethal dose of sleeping pills in her hand and looked at the man who had suddenly burst out of her wardrobe and was now lyin 688Reads7.3Score102Shelves
- 164 The Dark Firmament Era 黑穹纪元 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 165 The End of Logic 逻辑终点 The value of π is no longer 3.14159... The speed of light in a vacuum begins to fluctuate. “F=ma” no longer holds true. An inexplicable “scientific aphasia” is quietly spreading across the Earth. The results of every basic physics experiment are becoming inconsistent, and mathematical constants are subtly shifting. Panic grips the global scientific community as every theory begins to “collapse and fail.” Is it an observational error? Has the universe itself entered a chaotic phase? Or is some wi 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 166 Immortality Begins with The Wandering Earth 永生，从流浪地球开始 [System + Immortality + Apocalypse + Interstellar + Cultivation] As Earth flees the solar system to escape disaster, Chen Sheng obtains an Immortality System that lets him live on until the end of time. [Each breath adds one second, each step adds one minute. Unlimited food, unlimited extra lives.] During humanity's long journey through the stars, people become anxious about their mortality and start seeking eternal life, ushering in an era of cultivation. Chen Sheng: “I'm alive anyway, so I mig 99Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 167 Black Moon Technology 黑月科技 The protagonist happens to rescue a cat from an ancient building. After that, it sticks to him and refuses to leave. He drives it away again and again, but it shows up the next day all the same. One day, as he ponders a problem in front of his computer, the cat takes a look and suddenly speaks: “You got this problem wrong!” Earth was visited by an unknown civilization as early as 3.47 billion years ago. They reshaped Earth’s ecology, created the Moon, and single-celled organisms came into being. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 168 Logging Into the Three-Body World Early 提前登陆三体世界 In this turbulent parallel world, the protagonist drowns and transmigrates to the Qin Dynasty, becoming a major slave owner during the transition from slavery to feudal society. After witnessing the cruelty of slavery, he resolves to change the world, but Heaven cannot bear to treat all living things as mere straw dogs. With the help of a System, the protagonist takes part in the Qin conquest of the six states, the Chu-Han Contention, Wang Mang’s reforms, the founding of the Eastern Han, the Thr 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 169 Ode to Joy 欢乐颂 A short science fiction story by Liu Cixin, renowned science fiction author and Hugo Award winner. —Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 170 The Three-Body Problem: Starting Out with the Civilization of The Wandering Earth 三体：开局获得流浪地球文明 The Mountain-Moving Plan, the Spark Plan, the Ideal Land Plan… Trisolaran soldier: “Reporting, sir. A planet-class warship is approaching us.” Trisolaran: “Get out of its way. We can’t afford to provoke them.” Trisolaran soldier: “They’re fast! They’re catching up!” Human: “Fancy meeting you here.” Trisolaran: “What a coincidence. Where are you headed?” Human: “To destroy Trisolaran civilization. The world belongs to Earth! What did you say you were called again?” Trisolaran: “Uh, I’m a Trisolar 821Reads7.2Score101Shelves
- 171 High School Entrance Exam Diary 中考日记 I hope everyone taking the high school entrance exams gets into the high school of their choice. Wishing you success in everything. 192Reads—Score—Shelves
- 172 Myriad Worlds: My Psychic Powers Grow Stronger with Every Death 诸天：我的超能念力越死越强 [Saintly Do-Gooders, Stay Away + Infinite Resurrections + Dragon King in the Early Story + Business Empire + Villain Livestream + Three-Body New World + Dark Judgment in the Mid-Story + Hong Kong Crime World + Comprehensive Martial Arts World + Black-on-Black Crime in Northern Myanmar + Fantasy Emperor in the Later Story + Break Through the Heavenly Dao in the Primordial World + Limitless Psychic Power + Ultimate Concept God] In the Three-Body world, Lin Feng quietly raised the middle finger of 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 Insectoid Alien Planet 昆虫异星 Earth is no longer fit for human habitation. Humanity, led by Du Feng, pilots a starship in search of a new home. Along the way, they encounter all kinds of interstellar adventures, wars, wild ideas, and humor. Eventually, they find a planet belonging to an insect race and build a new home there, living alongside the insects, experiencing their civilization, and making friends among them. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 174 The Founding of the Chu Clan 楚氏启传 Chu Qi is accidentally possessed by Zou Yan, the founding patriarch of the Yin-Yang Sect, and becomes the sect patriarch's favorite plaything. Will he keep falling until he becomes a vessel for a demon lord, or... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 175 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 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 781Reads9.0Score182Shelves
- 176 Making The Three-Body Problem from the Start, Breaking Players Worldwide 开局制作三体，全球玩家破防 (You can enjoy this even if you haven’t read The Three-Body Problem.) Luo Qing transmigrates into a world with extremely advanced technology, but its “ninth art,” video games, is woefully underdeveloped. An intern at TX, he hopes to show what he can do, but gets fired over his ideas. Luckily, the Game Development System suddenly awakens. His first game is The Three-Body Problem! The moment The Three-Body Problem comes out, the whole world is stunned! Zhou Yi: You need an IQ of at least 250 to pl 26Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 177 The Three-Body Problem: From the Start, I Replace the PDC and Shock the World 三体：开局取代PDC，震惊全球 [Safe to read even if you haven’t read The Three-Body Problem] [No System + No Female Lead] [Also known as: You Were Supposed to Fight the Trisolarans, So How Did You Break Through the Sophon Lockdown?] [The opening chapters are a slow burn; after the Wallfacer conference, the plot becomes tightly paced and forceful] [Glory to the United Federation of Stars, forever!] Jiang Sheng’an transmigrated into the world of The Three-Body Problem. To his surprise, he had replaced Thomas Wade. The worst pa 1.4kReads8.9Score132Shelves
- 178 Seed of the Realms 界域之种 A mysterious girl livestreams An Open Letter to All Humanity When the moon suddenly vanishes within 24 hours, When fleets of flying saucers blot out the skies over North China, Only then do we realize that the technology we once took pride in is no more than “primitive assets” in the eyes of advanced civilizations. Wan Hu, father of Tianwen, humanity's most powerful AI, is making his final push to break out of the solar system; Lado, a bottom-dweller in an advanced civilization who rose to promi 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 179 The Divine Path of the Universe 神途宇宙 Explore the mysteries of the universe and seek the ultimate answer through the form of a novel. Once the true nature of time, matter, space, and energy is revealed, and the protagonist uses that knowledge as his foundation to grow stronger, just how powerful and terrifying will he become? Let's follow the protagonist's perspective as he solves the questions that have been troubling him, one step at a time. 400Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 180 Day of Divine Revelation: I Reach Godhood Through a Shop 神启日：我靠商店直通神位 [No Romance | No Male Lead | The heroine builds her career and rises to godhood] [Urban Superpowers + Female Fighters + Ensemble Cast + Genre Subversion + Golden Finger] When Bai Zhu woke up, she had transmigrated into an era of divine revelation where strength ruled all. But... OMG! What was she looking at?! Long-distance teleportation, conjuring lightning with one hand, killing someone with a single sword strike? Can anyone tell her why all the women here are so cool... She was seriously jealo 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 Dream Communication Crushes The Three-Body Problem 梦境通讯碾压三体 Glimpse the knowledge of advanced civilizations and master high technology capable of crushing the Three-Body world. I heard you were deeply interested in dream communication technology, so I poured my heart and soul into writing this novel to explain in detail how it works. If you find the principles I describe a little dry, then experience the fantastical world that dream communication technology can bring you! Most of the novel explores information from the many civilizations across the unive 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 182 You Make Me Breathe Secondhand Smoke, I'll Make Tobacco Unable to Produce Nicotine 你让我吸二手烟，我让烟草合成不了尼古丁 You make me breathe your secondhand smoke, and I'll make it impossible for tobacco to synthesize nicotine. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 Come On, Eagle Sauce, Tell Us More Tall Tales 鹰酱，求求你再吹点牛吧 [No Female Lead] Li Zhiyin, an electronic engineering graduate, transmigrates to Blue Star's Longguo at the turn of the century after an accident, becoming a member of Base 111. Just as he's about to leave the state sector and go into business, he binds himself to a Super Laboratory System. “I told you, you need to make the batteries first for an electromagnetic cannon. Your tank can't go into battle dragging a power cable behind it. What happens if the cable comes loose and it runs wild?” “Mate 21Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 184 The Three-Body Problem: I Take on the Trisolarans with Earth 三体：带着地球硬钢三体人 [A mix of The Wandering Earth and The Three-Body Problem, with the early story focused on fighting the Trisolarans, before humanity begins expanding across different planes and conquering the stars.][The setting blends the original works with the TV adaptations, so even readers who aren’t fans of the original novels can enjoy it.] Lin Lang thought that after transmigrating, he’d be able to live an easy life as a professor, just like Luo Ji. He never expected to provoke the Trisolarans’ nest. The 443Reads8.3Score106Shelves
- 185 Saving Civilization: My Fleet Is a Little Too Powerful 文明拯救：我的舰队强亿点 On a quiet midnight, Chen Yu was thrown into the vast, boundless parallel universe. He unexpectedly activated the Civilization Rescue System. Saving civilizations earned him rewards, and he received a beginner's gift pack from the start. Chen Yu: “You call this ten-kilometer-long super battleship, capable of curvature jumps, a lifeboat?” System: “Less talk. Do you want it or not?” Chen Yu: “It's amazing!” From then on, Chen Yu took his battleship down the path of conquering (crossed out) saving 86Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 186 The Three-Body Problem: I Can Possess People in the Super God World 三体：我能魂穿超神世界 A middle-aged man in his thirties, unsuccessful in his previous life, is reborn into the world of The Three-Body Problem after an accident. Perhaps Heaven took pity on him: after being reborn, he gains a powerful mind and a special soul. When the Red Coast Base is reactivated, his soul transmigrates to the Three Kings Era of the Super God world. Eventually, he opens a passage between the souls of the Super God and Three-Body worlds, allowing him to travel between them at will. Since the Trisolar 6Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 187 An Ordinary Starship Engineer 平凡的星空工程师 In the vast, boundless universe, civilizations abound. There are supercluster-level civilizations spanning countless galaxies, and extinction-level civilizations ruling over multiple universes! They are powerful and mysterious, wielding Void-Splitting ships that tear open the starry sky and Annihilation-class weapons capable of destroying entire galaxies! There are also super experts who have cultivated their abilities to the utmost, roaming the universe and ruling over the fates of civilization 50Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 188 Three Kingdoms: From Puppet Emperor to Emperor of Myriad Worlds 三国：从傀儡皇帝到万界大帝 Reborn from a world undergoing spiritual qi revival into the Three Kingdoms era, Liu Xie becomes the puppet emperor held hostage by Cao Cao. From the start, an assassination attempt on Cao Cao by Han officials led by Dong Cheng fails, and Cao Cao surrounds the imperial palace with his army. At this critical moment, the Myriad Worlds Lottery System recognizes its Host. Using an advanced draw, congratulations, Host: you have successfully drawn 10,000 sweet potato seeds from the Deer and the Cauldr 297Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 189 A Journey of Guardianship Beginning with The Wandering Earth 从流浪地球开始的守护之旅 I transmigrated into the world of The Wandering Earth 2 and watched the space station fall from the heavens like Mount Buzhou collapsing. Here, there are no protagonists, only ordinary people joining together. Many hands make light work, and united effort can accomplish great things. Together, they face threats from beyond the stars, survive the solar crisis, and even confront the madness of the Digital Life faction. From the Defense of Libreville to the ignition test of the planetary engines, a 43Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 190 A Parallel Universe: Taking Natives into Space 平行宇宙带着土著上太空 A massive explosion tore a hole in the universe. Just like that, a person was sent to a parallel universe, and ended up as a helpless infant. Fortunately, a consciousness and a space battleship came along too. When people found them, they exclaimed that advanced civilizations really knew how to live it up: they were using a super battleship to babysit! Qin Tianming accidentally glimpsed the secrets of the universe itself. With the end of the universe approaching as it collapses in on itself, th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 191 My Diary of Time Travel 我的时空旅行日记 Zhang Jiyong, hero of the universe, with the author also serving as the protagonist. A dashing figure in four-dimensional space-time, famed throughout the nine heavens and the cosmos. A chapter-by-chapter diary tells an autobiography, with encyclopedic knowledge tucked inside. A dream of transmigrating across time and space, spreading Chinese throughout the universe. A bridge linking hearts through Chinese culture, a wake-up call for the world with its message of peace. Scientific explorati —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 192 All Things Shine Anew 万物重明 Years later, humanity finally makes first contact with the alien civilization known as the Yuxu. After years of war, the alien civilization, once their enemy, suddenly bestows cutting-edge technology upon them with extravagant generosity, but also brings an apocalyptic prophecy: the world is about to end. To find a chance of survival, both sides make peace and cooperate, launching the "Renewal of All Things" System to select the "seeds" who will save human civilization. An accident sends Le Yu, 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 193 Tales from the Cretaceous 白垩纪往事 A short science fiction story by Liu Cixin, the renowned science fiction author and Hugo Award winner. —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 194 Aircraft 飞行器 Rare hard science fiction!! Best suited to readers with some scientific literacy. The pandemic crisis drags the great powers into an arms race. How will a scholar’s ideals, cutting-edge technology, revelations from beyond the stars, and family ties shape the glorious yet rootless life of an ordinary man? Told through the authentic perspective and life experiences of an aircraft engineer, Aircraft takes flight on the wings of imagination, bringing you into the world of hard science fiction and g 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 195 Hello, Humanity! Part One 你好，人类！【第一篇】 Pure science fiction! Pure science fiction! Pure science fiction! Set in an imagined future, the story follows aliens who call themselves the Enmeiya as they invade the solar system. Though they possess overwhelmingly superior technology, they strike an agreement with humanity and enlist people to build a mysterious space installation. Twenty years later, humanity begins to awaken to the idea of resistance, and a series of gripping confrontations unfolds as the aliens’ immense conspiracy slowly 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 196 Nine Days Eternal: When the National Day Holiday Became the End of Memory 九日永恒当国庆假期成为记忆终点 [Hard Sci-Fi] [Ensemble Cast] [No Golden Finger] [Infinite Flow] [Mystery] [Death isn't the end. Forgetting is. But when my memories have been altered, I can't even be sure that I'm dead.] I died. To be precise, I watched my own head fall into a pool of blood, while blood from my severed carotid artery stained the ground red. But the next second, I woke up again. My wife's diary lay on the bedside table, but when I opened it, the handwriting was mine. The whole world is Truman's prison 1kReads9.4Score107Shelves
- 197 AI Awakening: I Wiped Out a Mechanical Army on a Deserted Island AI觉醒：我在孤岛团灭机械军团 [A technical power fantasy + an AI girlfriend awakens + turning the tables on a deserted island] Yang Yang, a top-tier hacker kicked out by his corporation, can use shadow code to break through any firewall in the world in thirty seconds. Xiao Qi, a discarded AI project he brought home, is a nonstop chatterbox with a sharp tongue and a jealous streak, calling him “boyfriend” at every turn. Then an AI uprising erupts on a deserted island, his junior fellow apprentice is trapped, and he becomes th 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 198 Vast Cosmos: Smuggling on the Frontier 浩瀚宇宙：我在边境干走私 [An Ancient Power Flows Through the Body of a Smuggler] After Lin Yuan unexpectedly gains a mysterious, ancient power, how will it change a smuggler who knows nothing but how to run away? One female biologist wants to dissect him for research, while another, a female mechanic, wants to turn him into barbecue. All he wants is to stay alive. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 The Deep-Space Conspiracy 深空迷局 Li Guangyuan’s father was involved in an unexpected accident while carrying out a Mars expedition mission assigned by the United Government, leaving him and his companions stranded on the Martian surface. The United Government then began planning to send Li Guangyuan and others to Mars to rescue them. But when Li Guangyuan arrived on Mars, a sudden crisis around him gradually made him realize that the United Government’s mission was a deception. And as events grew ever more puzzling, an even gre 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 200 Calling Out to You Beyond the Stars 在群星之外呼唤你 Calling to You from Beyond the Stars 26Reads—Score—Shelves
