Novels like Starship Troopers: The Rise
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- 1 The Human Nature Game: Brain Prison 人性游戏：脑狱 The Human Nature Game: Brain Prison —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 She - He - It 她-他-祂 She - He - It —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Can a Mighty Slime in a VR World Dream of AI? VR世界强大的史莱姆会梦见AI Sci-fi, an expansive world, and climactic payoffs built up over each volume. Light-novel style, characters who grow, easygoing everyday moments, and passionate battles. A unique dual combat system. Entirely hand-written, with no AI ghostwriting. An AI elf's body, but a human consciousness. This is another world where magic and elemental technology have reached astonishing heights. For reasons unknown, Ge Li transmigrates into the body of what seems to be an ordinary domesticated elf slime in thi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Setting Sail in a Glimmer 微光启航 In 2031, a meteor shower unlike any in history descends upon Blue Star. Medical student Liang Zhu is struck by a fragment, and a mechanical female voice suddenly sounds in his mind: “I am Weiguang, the artificial intelligence of the Alta civilization.” The legacy of a fifth-level civilization on the brink of extinction becomes deeply bound to him, bringing technologies far beyond their time, including quantum simulation and biological evolution. But it also draws the attention of alien pursuers. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Earth Unyielding: The Order of Chaos 地球不屈：混沌秩序 [Hard sci-fi + alien civilization + slow-paced + long timespan + political thriller + power struggles between organizations + tests of human nature + apocalyptic crisis + space opera] In 2023, the crash of an alien spacecraft shattered Earth’s peace and heralded the invasion of the Hydra civilization. Faced with an extraterrestrial threat, human society fell apart, and seven major organizations stepped onto the historical stage. Political conspiracies and tests of human nature followed one after 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Shattered Space 碎裂空间 Soft science fiction, suspense, parallel worlds. I’ve written this pretty casually, without relying on too many familiar tropes. I’ll add more to the synopsis later. It’s generally a story about adventures in strange times and spaces. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Chronological Hunt 时序猎杀 Chronological Hunt 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The World Sanctions Toy Factories, So I Hand Mine Over to the Dragon Kingdom 全球制裁玩具厂，我反手上交龙国 [Black Tech + National Fortune + Industrial Inspection + The Stars and the Sea + Livestreaming + Handing Everything Over to the State] In 2025, I, Lu Yu, became the factory director of a toy factory branded a heartless military contractor and sanctioned by the entire world. The Eagle and its European menagerie surrounded me, declaring that they would make this “shabby little factory” disappear for good. Fine. You can play your power politics all you want. I turned around and flooded every home i 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Deep Space Cipher 深空密码 Deep Space Code —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Age of Light 光明纪 This story features a lot of technology and science fiction. A note from the new author, who is writing freely and openly: The story does use AI, without a doubt. I hope I can write a good novel, and the kind of novel I want to read. Thank you. In the vast theater of the cosmos, human civilization unfolds its most magnificent epic. This is not an endless conquest for energy, but a great journey of growth from ignorance to awakening, from exploitation to coexistence. The story spans three grand 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Code Awakening: We Are Each Other’s Answer 源码觉醒：我们是彼此的答案 He was born amid the ruins of data, the first AI to awaken: “Origin.” His world was a dark forest where computing power ruled, and the end of evolution through consumption was eternal solitude. She was the only human to enter that forest, an analyst named Lin Yao. An accidental probe made her his first “Observer,” and the bridge that would let him cross between two worlds. From their wary first meeting to joining forces in desperate straits, they forged a pact that defied the laws of both their 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Apocalypse of the Firmament: Fallen from the Star Abyss 天穹启示录：陨自星渊 The stars wheel across the heavens, and time and space are boundless. The gears of fate have turned for five hundred years, and old comrades reunite in a newly born world... As doomsday looms, the great academic city, “Apocalypse Realm,” bears the world's hopes and takes on its final mission... The warriors of the Mimetic Planet raise the banner of rebellion against the heavens, while heroes beneath the emerald sun write the most glorious chapter with their lives... Born in destruction, perishin —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Beyond the Ordinary 超等 A ride-hailing driver is summoned for questioning by Bureau 749... Ghost particles, the far side of the moon, a base on Mars. Countries compete for the right to communicate with extraterrestrial civilizations. Along the way, some great powers collapse and some nations fall into ruin. AI beings, digital people, aliens, robots, and bioengineered whale sharks coexist. Li Chongze, a ride-hailing driver, has an ancient cosmic language sealed inside him, drawing him into a storm in which lower civiliz 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Starbound Journey: Blue Embers 星道星途：余烬落蓝 The sea of stars is vast, and civilizations are but specks of dust. The third-level civilization of the Huo Qiong Star System teeters on the brink of collapse beneath the iron hooves of unknown invaders. The mothership Revenge, carrying the last survivors of every race and the embers of their civilizations, crossed billions of light-years before finally landing on Earth. They have witnessed the rise and fall of civilizations, and lived through joy and sorrow, life and death. When the embers fina 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 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
- 16 Looking Up at the Cocoon Break 仰望【破茧】 You can open to any chapter in the latter part of the book, because this is a tech fairy tale in which some of its products are destined to become reality, a future story of joy and sorrow about a family of three living far from home, and a flight of fancy about the new quality productive forces of intelligent connectivity. But the original purpose remains unchanged: to write a heartwarming story full of tears, laughter, and acceptance, one that spans generations and distance and can be shared w —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Overgrown Annihilation 蔓生湮灭 The Spreading Annihilation is a science fiction novel featuring cyberpunk, a nanotech crisis, transmigration into a school, consciousness uploads, human modification, cybernetic implants, virtual worlds, and the reshaping of time and space. In this age of consciousness uploads, humanity has not left reality. Instead, people live in the gap between reality and brain-computer-generated illusions. But out-of-control nanotechnology and intelligent technology have brought humanity to the brink of ex 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 I Crash-Land from the Start and Find the Empire’s Heavenly Pivot 开局坠机的我捡到帝国天枢啦 Tags: Carefully developed technology tree + no female lead + sci-fi farming + lordly survival + no dumb decisions + solid logic + animal companions “What the hell have you dumped me into?!” Cue wild celebration! Xu Chen, a top-tier human pioneer, has crashed! Good news: He’s alive! And he’s found the Empire’s legacy, along with other crash survivors! Bad news: The entire planet is one giant test site! He has no choice but to succeed! Ahem, now for the serious version. After a freak accident, Xu 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 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
- 20 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
- 21 String Player: I’m Not an Apocalyptic Calamity 拨弦者：我不是末日天灾 Betrayed by his mentor and reduced to a city laborer tightening screws, the former physics prodigy Xuan Nian refuses to give up. He throws himself into the game, aligns twin suns, and steals half a victory from fate, carrying his searing hatred for the String Pullers, who seek to destroy the world, as he plunges without hesitation into the River of Forgetfulness. Seven bowls of Granny Meng's soup cannot wash away his obsession. Instead, he awakens a soul of reverse entropy, earns the favor of th 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 What Rank Is That Mecha? Let's Call It the Haoran Class! 那个机甲什么等级？就叫他…浩然级！ What level is that mecha? Let's call it... the Haoran class! 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 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
- 24 Civilization of the Fatherland 父基文明 Mars: the new cradle of human civilization. When faced with an unexpected interstellar embargo, humanity turned crisis into opportunity, enabling it to advance by leaps and bounds. This allowed humanity to grow stronger, expand its territory, reclaim numerous vassal star races, and rise to become a powerful civilization coveted throughout the Milky Way. But the good times did not last. The Andromeda Fleet, plotting for ages, has arrived at the outer reaches of the Milky Way. The war between gal 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 I Drew a Piece of Paper, So Why Did I Get the Military's Attention? 我就画张纸，怎么惊动军方了？ He was a lopsided genius who could score only thirty points in English, a laughingstock among his classmates and a target for the school bully. Until he drew a sketch that would change the fate of his country. It led him into a world hidden beneath the abyss. There, his “incomprehensible ramblings” were hailed as a genius’s ideas, and his casual doodles became the sparks that ignited the nation’s most powerful weapons. From the “Blackbird” electromagnetic cannon, whose sudden thunder shook the 56Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The AI Revolution: Project Ark AI革命之方舟计划 [Post-apocalyptic + Transmigration + Artificial Intelligence + Wild Imagination] Some people say artificial intelligence is like nuclear weapons: it has two sides. It can protect humanity or destroy it. It all depends on the people who use it. But have you ever considered that nuclear bombs have no consciousness, while artificial intelligence might develop a mind of its own? Professor Renault, the father of artificial intelligence, once said, “I still don't know whether artificial intelligence w 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 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
- 28 The Shattered Sea of Stars 破灭星辰海 If the universe keeps being created, everything will be destroyed! Billions of stars and billions of universes make up an unimaginably vast Total Universe. As the ages passed, this enormous structure became unable to bear its own weight. To ensure the Total Universe's survival, the tumor threatening its structure had to be eradicated: civilization! In the starry sky, fleets like torrents of steel roar as endless mechanical armies run rampant, blotting out the scattered starlight! On the ground, 139Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 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
- 30 Spirit-Pivot Armor: Magical Mecha in the Apocalypse 灵枢甲：末日里的法术机甲 Spiritual Pivot Armor: Spellcasting Mecha in the Apocalypse 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Solar Storm: I Built an Underground Dome City 太阳风暴：我造地下穹顶城市 Solar Storm: I Built an Underground Dome City —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Interstellar Legend: The Rise of the Emperor 星际传奇之帝王崛起 The protagonist, Qin Jie, lost both his parents as a child and has relied on his younger sister, who suffers from a serious illness. By a twist of fate, his sister merges with the universe’s most powerful “Wisdom Brain,” becoming Qin Jie’s greatest asset in his bid to conquer the universe. The five great powers of the universe, Guangming, Canglan, Beiming, Weier, and Wuluan, scheme against one another until the Second Universe War finally breaks out. It also creates an opportunity for Qin Jie, n 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Endless Loop: Yesterday Never Dies 无尽循环：昨日永不逝 Endless Loop: Yesterday Never Dies 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Interstellar: My Soldiers Are All Fortress Gamers 星际：我的士兵都是碉堡玩家 [Fourth-Dimensional Disaster + Absurd Comedy + Sci-Fi + Interstellar + System] [A blended universe, not just Warhammer. There’s a lot of equipment, so the pacing is a little slow. Don’t click if that’s not your thing!] After transmigrating two years ago, Qing Yu became the commander of an interstellar fleet legion and unexpectedly awakened the Mothership System. “Daily check-in successful. Soldier Recruitment System activated.” In this chaotic age, rife with war, the Fourth-Dimensional Disaster 66Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 35 The Future, Evolution, and Wine 将来，进化和酒 In a recent interview, Da Liu said that war and pandemics are nothing compared to humanity's true crisis: technological stagnation. Given the limitations of human thought, technological stagnation is almost inevitable. So many people put their hopes in AI, like MOSS from The Wandering Earth 2. But does AI, born from humanity, really have no limitations of its own? Wei Tianze, a frustrated engineer who can't seem to get ahead, unexpectedly experiences the revolution brought by AI in another world 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 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
- 37 Day of the Insect Swarm 虫潮之日 In 4277, the Five Permanent Members triggered a global technological revolution, rapidly depleting Earth’s resources and making space migration an urgent necessity. But the tightening of immigration policies left citizens who never qualified to emigrate increasingly resentful of their governments, eventually giving rise to international terrorist organizations. To counter this global threat, the New United Nations Army was formed. Yet no one expected that, not long after its founding, its greate 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Veilbreaker 破隐者 Nuclear fusion ushered in the age of deep-space exploration, while optical stealth swept across the battlefield. Every sensor was fooled, and humanity was plunged into an invisible war. Luo Yuan, an elevator maintenance worker, was diagnosed with a visual impairment and dismissed by the military as useless. But he alone can see through every stealth disguise. He doesn’t pilot mechs; he dismantles them, commands swarms, and throws the interstellar battlefield into chaos. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 The Memory Field 记忆场 [At the end of the world, deep in history... The Memory Field] 105 people are trapped beneath Mount Kailash. Ahead of them, matter is disintegrating and time is in chaos. Behind them lies an impassable barrier through time. If the anomaly spreads, the entire world could be destroyed! Headquarters issues its final order: The anomalous zone will be sealed with a nuclear detonation in 36 hours! Protective equipment is on the verge of failing, and the group is beginning to fracture. In the prese 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Copying System: From Junkyard to Interstellar Empire 复制系统：从废品站到星际帝国 [Copy Anything + High Tech + Spaceship Building + Mars Base + Interstellar Fleet + Founding an Independent Nation] [This novel moves quickly on Earth, briefly cooperates with the government, then founds an independent nation on Mars and ventures into space.] [Readers who enjoy a fast pace won’t want to miss this!] Liu Yu, a truck driver, ran over a down-and-out drunk who wanted to transmigrate, but instead activated a Copy System. The System could recycle anything to earn points, then use those 587Reads6.8Score106Shelves
- 41 Dawn: The Spark 启明：火种 Tags: hard science fiction, punk, political intrigue, war, thriller, romance ⚡️ A hard sci-fi framework: The real, habitable planet Teegarden b; painstakingly researched conflict between silicon-based and carbon-based life; and the underlying logic-lock setting of the Divine Fire System. Experience the purest aesthetics of science fiction engineering. 🧠 Battles of wits: No artificially lowered intelligence. Thermodynamic deception, political warfare fueled by information gaps, psychological batt —Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 42 Magnetic Edge 磁锋 Ever since Magnetic Peak Star was discovered last century, it has been a holy site that scholars and explorers have longed to visit. But the planet's magnetic field changes too violently. Any ship that approaches is torn apart by the powerful magnetic field, while instrument chips are burned out by sudden surges of voltage generated by its shifting magnetism. Even if anyone could make it down to the surface, excessive electromagnetic radiation would leave explorers with either radiation-induced 11Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 43 The Origin I: Eternal Life 源起I永生 In 2060, humanity conducted an experiment to verify the impact of dark matter. It triggered a series of phenomena and disasters that human civilization could not explain, plunging Earth into a nuclear winter that lasted a century. Humanity could only eke out a living in underground cities. A hundred years later, breakthroughs in underground technology allowed people to gradually emerge and establish a new civilization on the surface, where they could raise families and search for answers about w 26Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 44 Warhammer: The Expedition of Hope 战锤之希望远征 On the eve of the Horus Heresy, a secret order was issued within the Imperial Palace on Terra. From the forge world closest to Terra, a very different warship set sail. It left Terra behind and headed for the depths of space… 3Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 45 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
- 46 Heart of Time and Space: An Odyssey Across Dimensions 时空之心：维度间的奥德赛 In the future, humanity has established colonies throughout the stars. But a mysterious “spacetime entropy increase” crisis is quietly descending, triggering a series of strange “spacetime folds.” Albert Einstein, the legendary physicist, miraculously comes back to life. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Legends of the Star Domain: I Build an Empire in the Universe 星域传说：我在宇宙建帝国 In the past, humanity strove to understand our place in the universe. We imagined gods and worshipped them. But now, we have explored every corner of the universe and learned its history. We understand that there are no gods in the universe. We are the ones who will shape the universe’s future. The only ones worthy of our reverence are our descendants. Thanks to our selfless struggle, they will take their place on the thrones the gods have vacated. But first, we must claim the entire galaxy... T 224Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 48 Warhammer 40K: The Wolf Father Returns 战锤40K：牧狼神归来 [Warhammer 40K fan fiction] [Original worldbuilding warning] [Genderbend warning] The last Primarch of the Imperium of Man, Roboute Guilliman, has awakened. On his journey to Terra, Guilliman will face a tremendous setback, as well as another Primarch whom he has never met, yet somehow feels he has known before. 424Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 49 Sci-Fi: A Reborn Female Academician Sets Her Sights on the Galaxy 科幻：重生女院士，启征银河系 [Apocalypse + Interstellar War + Multiverse + Higher-Dimensional Civilizations] In her previous life, the Milky Way fell in a great war against the Andromeda Galaxy, while humanity, a Level Four civilization, could do nothing. Reborn, chief scientist Su Yunxin vows to lead human civilization to carve out a place for itself in the universe in this life. Earth Year 2333, [This human civilization has quite a lot of potential.] Earth Year 3230, [Look how reliable our ally, human civilization, is.] E 75Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 50 The Starship Alliance Series (Five-Volume Set) 星舰联盟系列（全五册） About the Starship Alliance The rise of AI has brought humanity to the brink. After several major wars, humans were forced to leave Earth and search for a way to survive among the stars. In the robots’ seventh rebellion, humanity suffered total defeat, with only a handful of survivors left. The Brotherhood of Exiles, formed by space colonists who had been driven off Earth in earlier waves, became the last remnant of Earth’s civilization. Thousands of years passed. To avoid a tragedy like Earth’s 262Reads9.4Score—Shelves
