Novels like The Stars Never Go Out
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Stars Never Go Out, best match first.
- 1 Slaying the Stars 扼杀星辰 Planet B faces total annihilation. The people of B pool the planet's resources and send out an advance fleet, which will reach Earth in 25 years. Hidden on Earth for a thousand years, the people of B send out a positioning signal and restart a starship frozen for a millennium. They engineer viruses, unleash typhoons, and provoke disasters, all to welcome interstellar immigrants from their homeworld... To control human society, an alien civilization develops a game called “Slay the Stars.” Throu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Superbrain Evolution: From the Start, I Hand-Build an Antimatter Engine 超脑进化：开局手搓反物质引擎 [Superbrain + Academic Prodigy + Technological Supremacy + Rise of a Great Nation + Nantianmen] On the eve of the college entrance exams, Gu Yu is still at the bottom of his class. A bolt of lightning strikes, and an alien superbrain appears in his mind! A failing student makes a comeback? Photographic memory? Mastery of every language? Those are just the basics. The real power lies in simulating everything! From getting a perfect score on the entrance exam and stunning the nation to handcraftin 531Reads6.4Score11514d adds
- 3 The Human Transcendence Project 人类超脱计划 [Interstellar warfare + decisive and ruthless protagonist + no female lead + not a goody-goody + tech tree + System + interstellar civilizations + civilization advancement + transcendence] What? Humanity was a Level Ten civilization ten thousand years ago? What? Apes and gorillas are humans who devolved? Evolution is a paradox? What? The Insect-Human race, the Zombie race, the Elf race, electronic lifeforms, and energy beings are all human? Is it because of that plan? What? What? You say the pr 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Wandering the Galaxy with the Moon 带着月亮浪迹银河 Gazing up at the night sky, I ask the bright moon from afar: Are you ours? If one day all we have left is the moon, can we still survive in this cold, empty universe? The Weaver Star shines far away, and the River Girl Star glows bright. I’ve brought the moon to come find you! Fomalhaut, Pollux, Eta Carinae, Betelgeuse: which one will become our new home? 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Proton: A Solo Voyage 质子：独行远航 (No brainless characters, no invincible protagonist, no harem, pure sci-fi. If you like science fiction, give it a try... Well... though it may not be particularly good science fiction.) This is genuine science fiction. On the surface, it does include some elements that aren't hard sci-fi, but at its core, it is definitely hard sci-fi. Still, science fiction is hard to write, but I'll try to write a better story so you can enjoy reading it! If you have any questions about the original plot, feel —Reads—Score114d adds
- 6 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—14d adds
- 7 Interstellar Routes: A Poem of Balance 星际航线：平衡之诗 Lin Mo, a mechanic who survived the bombardment of the Crimson Abyss, accidentally had a universal AI chip implanted in him. From then on, he embarked on a path to rise across the stars. From piloting a derelict ship to escape certain death to forming the Star Wreck Squad and exploring the universe, he travels with a band of companions from different species: lizardmen who can melt rock into magma, the Thunder Clan who can resonate with stardust, wanderers who wield spatial folding, and cyborgs 4Reads—Score214d adds
- 8 Calamity Strikes: I Become the Creator God in the Void 天灾降临：我在虚空当创世神 Urban planner He Muyan unexpectedly binds herself to the Disaster Relief System. At first, she thinks it is merely a high-dimensional, immersive infrastructure-building game, where she can survey eight worlds on the brink of destruction and manage them with cold, data-driven precision. In the initial world, battered by torrential rain, the divine defensive fortress she casually summons crushes the rebels' conspiracy and saves Li Ying, a blind priestess. From that moment on, the incomprehensible —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Deep Space Era: Breaking Out of the Solar System 深空纪元：冲出太阳系 In the near future, as humanity ventures into space, multiple research bases are established on the Moon, ushering in a new era of interstellar colonization. Centered around China's Rainbow Bay Base, scientists from around the world compete to develop resources, conduct geological research, and advance technology on the lunar surface. The story follows Lin Xia, the base commander, and her team. They must face the challenges of surviving the Moon's harsh environment, including solar storms, anoma 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Starfall Expedition: From Earth Orphan to Galactic Commander 星烬远征：从地球孤儿到银河统帅 This is a legacy of civilization spanning 120,000 years, and a do-or-die battle at the end of the world with no way back. When Earth became an interstellar battlefield and human civilization teetered on the brink of extinction, Lin Chen carried the flame of the Yuanhua civilization and, though only a mortal, shouldered the hopes of an entire civilization. Wherever his warships go, the spark will never die and the expedition will never end. He will make the entire universe hear the voice of Earth 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 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—14d adds
- 12 Wandering the Star Domain 星域畅游 Why does this world contain hidden spaces, and why do the dead appear within them? Ye Feng Zhan finds his deceased first love in a hidden space. This is the story of his struggle to survive amid the crossfire between various factions, and his fight back to break through and escape. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Sacred Warship: The Crown Prince’s Rebellion 圣舰：皇储谋反 “W-Who am I?” “Your Highness, you are the sole heir to the throne in the Sacred Star Domain, the Creator God of the universe.” “Me? The heir? The Creator? B-But I’m just a bottom-of-the-class failure...” “If we say you are, then you are. Stop asking so many questions.” “I-I can’t do it. I can’t be the heir...” “Quit rambling and hurry up. Give us our orders.” “Then, um, you’re dismissed.” “As you command. If Her Highness the Princess kills you later, don’t say we didn’t warn you.” “Wait, then pl 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 I’ll Rule the Entire Universe with a Fleet! 我将用一支舰队统治整个宇宙！ [Interstellar] + [slow burn] + [conquest] + [planet development] + [galactic farming] + [Infinite Flow] + [ensemble cast] + [strategy] + [a hundred billion starships slay a god]! Good news: I've transmigrated into an Interstellar game. Bad news: The game is set during an interstellar apocalypse, and when it reaches its ending, the gods will destroy the entire universe. But as an avid gamer, I command the server's top-ranked S-class fleet and strongest interstellar guild. I thought slaying a god 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Thirty Thousand Years into the Future 未来三万年 An ultimate civilization’s warship from another universe crashes into the greater cosmos. To escape the heat death of the universe, civilizations everywhere clash over it. An eighth-level civilization, among the universe’s twelve levels of civilization, fights its way from higher-dimensional spacetime to the Solar System. Meanwhile, human civilization is in the midst of an artificial intelligence rebellion, and the surviving humans are forced to flee into the vast universe. Drift, survive, devel 82Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Interstellar: My Fleet Is a Little Bit Too Powerful! 星际：我的舰队有亿点点强！ [Interstellar + warships + alternate world + sci-fi] This is the story of a young man waging war across the universe. As a child, Siegfried accidentally awakened the "Universal Civilization Conquest System," beginning his journey to recruit a fleet and conquer the universe. Across the boundless universe, many powerful civilizations keep weaker ones in captivity, taking delight in watching them slaughter one another as if they were gods. They are confident that these lesser civilizations will nev 5Reads—Score13914d adds
- 17 Lotus Pivot 莲枢 Lotus Pivot is a near-future science-fiction novel. He Rui hears the call of the Core Heart through intuition, while He Jun uses logic to hold the line around the truth. Between their own people and other races, technology and faith, and the games of politics, the two must forge a handshake between civilizations separated by ten thousand years. In 2030, China's Jade Disc Project produced the first cosmic-class UFO, China One. Twin astronauts He Rui and He Jun were ordered to fly to a mysteriou 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 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—14d adds
- 19 Prisoner of the Otherworld 里世界囚徒 [Not a power fantasy] [Not AI-generated] Have you ever wondered why, even though the human brain is an extraordinarily complex organ with hundreds of billions of neurons, reading a book still requires us to scan it one character at a time, and expressing our thoughts still depends on such primitive methods as sound, text, and images? Things were never meant to be this way! You must stay here and let the Creator remake you. The world will be updated into something entirely different, a thousand t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Divine Dream: The One Who Entered the Forbidden Zone 神梦：踏足禁区之人 [Written entirely by hand, no AI] [Pure Sci-Fi] [Ensemble Cast] [No System] [No Cheats] [One Female Lead] The universe cast itself aside and sent its wanderers beyond the end of the road, hoping that no matter how far humanity traveled, it would never forget its roots. Whether a dictator or a tyrant, right or wrong, let future generations be the judges. I’ll write no more. I must complete my final mission. Beichen... I still couldn’t bring you home. Year 100 of the White Calamity Era (2266 CE), —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Vanguard 先锋 This story begins with a spaceship falling from the sky. It follows Lu Chuan, a young meteorite hunter who, for special reasons, is recruited by the government to take part in a mysterious operation to protect humanity. Mysterious meteorites strike Earth one after another, pushing humanity to the brink of extinction. Drawing on his unique skills and unusual nature, Lu Chuan fights for humanity's future. 50Reads6.9Score114d adds
- 22 Blue Star Competes for the Future 蓝星竞未来 This novel is a slow burn, with the plot advancing along multiple threads. If you're looking for mindless wish fulfillment, this isn't for you. The world develops along the lines of a parallel world, and the future is predicted. A tiny escape pod falls onto an island in Japan, wiping out the entire country. As humanity faces the extraterrestrial visitors on their way, everyone competes for the one and only chance of survival on Blue Star! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Lost Stars of the Milky Way 遗世涟星河 Green Star was a colony planet from humanity's age of interstellar travel. During the early stages of building its ecosystem and habitable environment, it was caught in a chaotic war, and all the planet's usable land was contaminated by nuclear fallout. The planet set off into space once more, leaving the people who remained behind with no choice but to enter a survival mode pushed to the limit. When survival itself is at stake, the fighting never stops. In the depths of despair, hope is kindled —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 A Research Report on Human Civilization 人类文明研究报告 Preface: “We look down upon their world just as they look down upon a two-dimensional painting. Yet in this report, I will document a civilization trapped in a prison of time, still striving to reach for the stars.”, Chief Researcher Charon 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Death Knell of the Star Path 星道丧钟 If the cold light of the plutocrats can’t reach the depths of space, then let the fury of the natives tear these stars apart!···································· —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 All the Stars Blink with Murderous Eyes 所有的星星都眨着杀人的眼睛 This is a story from before humanity emigrated to the stars. On his way to school, ten-year-old Shandaer barbecued a nest of wasps, hoping to surprise a classmate. He caused a huge commotion, and, more alarmingly, discovered that these wasps weren't from Earth! And that little princess wasn't from this universe, either. Shandaer was shocked to discover that not one of his friends or family was an ordinary person! A bunch of alien friends, the Ten Great Divine Clans, fun and humor, interstell 10Reads—Score214d adds
- 27 The Age of Dimensions 维度时代 [Sci-Fi + Interstellar + Alien Civilizations + Warships + Mecha] “Compared to the vast universe, we aren’t even dust.” Li Wei, a patrol officer with the United Nations Earth Defense Department, accidentally fell into a black hole at the center of the Milky Way during a mission and transmigrated to a parallel world in the future. There, he met friends such as Aili and faced trials and hardships across the universe, ultimately becoming a god. And in this world, there are intelligent life forms fro 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 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—14d adds
- 29 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—14d adds
- 30 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—14d adds
- 31 Lunar Time: A Guidebook 月球时间说明书 At the suggestion of many readers, and because Moon Time covers so many fundamental topics, I plan to have the two top scholars in this book, Professor Su Xiaofei and Associate Professor Sally, work together to explain the material and answer questions about Moon Time! You can also leave questions you'd like answered here or in future chapters of Moon Time. I hope this guidebook will help everyone better understand the terminology and technical content in Moon Time! Of course, another theme of t 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 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. 190Reads—Score2314d adds
- 33 A Starship from the Start 开局一艘星空战舰 Zerg, interstellar warfare, countless civilizations, starry-sky behemoths, and His Majesty the Emperor "The Lonely Ship Sets Sail" No System → A long novel with everything you're looking for. Stick with it. From the start, there is only one battered starship: Designation: Candle Shadow-01 Captain: Yinchuan Crew: Intelligent steward “Shadow” Resources: Fuel 0%, ammunition 0%, food 0% Objective: Break down a planet consumed by fungal fog into a fleet, then set sail for the galaxy. When the 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Summoning the Myriad Worlds: I Rebuilt the Human Galactic Empire 万界征召：我重建了人类银河帝国 He wakes to find the galaxy shattered, with humanity enslaved by alien rulers, forced to toil like beasts of burden and work as mining slaves. Xia Yi is directly bound to the [Starsea Conscription System]. A prisoner from the start? He tears open a hyperspace route, summons a planet-destroying battleship to blast the enemy at point-blank range, sends in an army of clones to board and sweep the place clean, and saves the last princess of the Human Alliance atop a mountain of alien corpses! An ali —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 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... 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Earthling Who Escaped Prison 越狱的地球人 Alien Starfall + Parasitic Cultivation: When a reckless alien stumbles onto Earth, humanity finally realizes how easy it is to travel through the universe. They’d simply picked the wrong tech tree before. These mad dogs, locked on Earth by the gods, have finally escaped their cage. On one side are swarms of insects parasitizing countless planets under the guise of “cultivation.” On the other are Earth’s people, who have only just opened their eyes to the universe and ventured beyond the Milky Wa 308Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 37 The End of Time 时间尽头 An accidental trip through a wormhole took Ye Cheng to Earth five hundred years in the future. With artificial intelligence and gene-cloning technology advancing rapidly, human society had entered an unprecedented golden age. People here enjoyed the pleasures of immortality. All they had to do was find ways to experience life. They didn’t need to think about any problems, go to work, earn money, or worry about birth, aging, sickness, and death… But the death of a top tycoon who had lived for mor 77Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 38 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—14d adds
- 39 Tales of the Starship 星舰往事 Su Xingmo gazed out the porthole at the blue planet, his imagination running wild. Why were we born aboard a starship in outer space? What secrets did that planet hold? Driven by curiosity, he set off to explore, meeting many kindred spirits along the way and experiencing all kinds of bizarre and uncanny events... Why did someone who fell from a rooftop freeze in midair, as if time had stopped? Why did someone’s soul end up in the body of the person who killed them? Why had humanity lived aboard —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Black Winter Is Coming: I Survive on a Generator Until Civilization Returns 黑冬将至：我靠发电机苟到文明重 When destruction is foreseen, what truly determines life or death is not the disaster itself, but who figures out sooner how people will change. The news says it’s fake. The prices say otherwise. The apocalypse hasn’t arrived. It’s just driven prices up first. 11Reads5.1Score214d adds
- 41 Victory Over Heaven 胜天 A love story that moves the entire universe... The touching journey of an ordinary person who defies fate and grows stronger... A whole new order for the future of the universe... A transmigration through time, from the present to the past... A distant shore, forever beyond the reach of the soul... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Awakened with Every Ability: Can I Randomly Get Them All? 全能觉醒，我能随机所有能力？ In the future, disaster has swept across the globe, and humanity clings to survival in the Federation’s safe zones. Outside them, awakened beasts and mutated creatures roam unchecked. Inside, awakened abilities are humanity’s last hope. When people turn eighteen, they can take part in the college entrance exam’s Awakening Ceremony and gain an ability of their own. But the Federation’s upper echelons keep a tight grip on the Awakening Crystals, and ability rank determines everything. F-rankers ar —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Lunar Time: Sixty Years of Stagnant Civilization 月球时间：文明停滞六十年 In 2037, an attack by a planet-destroying weapon caused Antarctica's ice and snow to melt rapidly. Within months, global sea levels surged by 60 meters, triggering another worldwide flood and completely reshaping the planet's geography. Every once-prosperous coastal city was submerged. The United States split into East America and West America, the Mississippi River became a massive strait, and the low-lying coasts of the Netherlands, Florida, and California disappeared. Coastal cities such as S 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 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—14d adds
- 45 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. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Four-Dimensional Link 四维链接 Light is the will of this universe. From the very beginning, it was destined to flee forever at the speed of light. Light wants to escape this universe, but absolute zero has sealed off all of space-time. Light is constantly wearing away at the barrier of absolute zero, causing our universe to expand. If it fails to break through the seal of absolute zero before light is exhausted, the entire universe will come to an end. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 I'm an Interstellar Miner and a God of War from the Past! 我是星际矿工，也是往日战神！ (A Star Wars framework + Halo elements + space battle tropes + interstellar wanderers) The protagonist leaves his past behind to enjoy a life of mining, but he accidentally gets caught up in an interstellar conspiracy. He makes a quick getaway, only to run into a cold, commanding older woman who forces him aboard her ship... Since you’ve dragged me into this, don’t blame me for turning the stars upside down. The war god of old has returned. This time, I’ll no longer be a ruthless blade in someon 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 If You Vanish, the Universe Becomes Nothing 你若消逝宇宙为零 I haven't looked at the table of contents, and everything feels kind of all over the place. I'm new, nobody's reading this, and no one's given me any advice, so I'm pretty lost. Please give me some suggestions... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Gate of Idra 伊德拉之门 A kidnapping changes Yang Fan's fate. An unknown world communicates with him in ways he cannot see, and the sea of stars beckons. A missing plane? An AI awakening? Oppression and resistance? The future holds limitless possibilities… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Alien Invasion: Execute the Nantianmen Project 外星入侵：执行南天门计划 The sleeping superhuman Wang Wei awakens, and one sentence shatters the peace: “Humanity today is a test subject for the immortal genes of the Star Alliance's twelve races.” The Star Lords coordinate their plans, the Lizardmen scheme, and the Zerg advance. The Star Alliance fleet is already on its way, ready to wipe out the solar system. China launches the Nantianmen Project: building mechs beneath the Pacific, harvesting core energy from Mount Kunlun, and constructing an early-warning station 38Reads—Score314d adds
