Novels like The Flame of Civilization
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Flame of Civilization, best match first.
- 1 The Legend of the Shrimp Soldier: Investiture of the Gods 封神之虾兵传奇 In the twenty-first century, Xia Bing, a young Taoist who had just graduated from university, was struck by lightning and sent to the primeval world during the great Investiture of the Gods tribulation. He happened to arrive just as Nezha was wreaking havoc in the Eastern Sea. Even more coincidentally, he became a lowly shrimp soldier in the Dragon Palace of the Eastern Sea, where he watched the Third Crown Prince, Ao Bing, have his dragon tendons ripped out by Nezha right before his eyes. See h 4Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 2 Myriad Worlds: The Observer 诸天：观测者 Stopping in universe after universe, experiencing, learning, recording, helping, interfering, searching, restoring. But... Ye Buyan has only a limited time to remain… (Heavens Beyond, sci-fi, science, universe, dimensions) 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Drifting Through the Sea of Stars 星海浮行 A note for readers: The story switches back and forth between timelines. It won’t disrupt the flow, though the first few chapters are a little long. Many of the results presented in the structural physics sections may be accurate. The author intends to submit them as academic papers, so please cite the source if you quote them! The story touches on science, society, economics, theology, and more. Take your time, and you may find something here that speaks to your interests. The great and romanti —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Quantum Uncertainty 量子不确定 [Sci-fi + transmigration + superpowers + wild imagination + urban life + deities...] A thousand years after transmigrating, the world had become truly bizarre. Science has already given us everything we could imagine, and all we need to do is make it plausible. Could this mean our lives are full of uncertainties too, even if we don't notice them? In The Water Margin: Wu Song, the Cooked-Pastry Seller, Battles Banlangen Ximen Qing at Lion Tower, there really are now divine cults devoted to Wu Dal —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Dai Yiya 黛依亚 While using brain-computer interface technology to treat patients, a psychiatrist accidentally connects to a mysterious otherworld. This discovery not only challenges his understanding of reality, but also completely changes the course of his life. [Blending psychiatry, psychology, science fiction, romance, and suspense, this book creates an astonishing universe full of the unknown, miracles, and possibilities. As the story unfolds, readers will discover that this is not merely a journey through —Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 6 Interstellar Miner, Guardian of Civilization 星际矿工，文明守护者 Lin Buwan, an ordinary office worker on Earth, becomes a special adviser to the interstellar expeditionary force sent to rescue the Dragon Kingdom’s mining team through a twist of fate. On the perilous planet Pandora, he leads his squad in search of the Seven-Colored Light Domain. At a critical moment, he saves his people from danger and uses power beyond the fourth dimension to protect human civilization and maintain the balance of power among the civilizations of the stars. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Star Ring Chronicles 星环纪 Earth’s civilization is about to restart! Scientists discover that this is a game of chess set in motion 540 million years ago, and that the Star Ring System is actually a conspiracy. Behind the alien fleet lies an even higher-level civilization from beyond the universe... How can humanity break out of this trap? Those who have uncovered the truth about the Star Ring System are taking action, but will the System’s actual controllers simply stand by and do nothing? In 2173, Lin Xiao, a physicist 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Star Martial Arts: I Have a World of Monsters 星武：我有一个怪兽世界 [Interstellar, supertechnology, martial arts, travel between two worlds, mechs, wild imagination, with a style leaning toward the extreme-martial-arts genre] Just after Zhao Jin came of age, he awakened a status panel, and that panel could even let him transmigrate to a world filled with monsters! Watch as Zhao Jin combines the resources of two worlds, strives for the pinnacle of martial arts, and carves out a different path. Technology and monsters, martial arts and hunting, reason and savagery 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 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
- 10 The Ruins of Intelligent Machines 智械之墟 [Hard sci-fi] [Virtual world] [Action adventure] This is a novel that demands your full attention. It's hard sci-fi, a power fantasy about growth, with a protagonist who becomes a “Remaker” through genetic editing. He has a pet dog that can switch between quantum and macroscopic states and possesses the trait of “invisibility.” The second female lead is an AI android with a human gene sequence. There are no supernatural powers in this book; every ability has a scientific basis. He battles people —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Sci-Fi Zombie Apocalypse: From the Start, I Save the Secretary 科幻丧尸开局拯救女秘书 [Science Fiction] + [Interstellar] + [Zombies] + [Universe] Also known as: Beyond the Stars Lu Ping crawls out of a nuclear reactor and discovers that all ten thousand people present have turned into zombies. In the desperate situation, he manages to save only a beautiful secretary. Highlight 1: A sweeping, panoramic portrayal that unveils the mysteries of a nuclear power plant! Highlight 2: An epic cosmological setting, from the Solar System to the Third Arm, the Milky Way/Triangulum Galaxy/And 139Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 12 The Three-Body Problem: Past Events of the Universe 三体：宇宙往事 During the 16 days Cheng Xin and Guan Yifan were trapped in the Black Domain, Blue Star had already lived through 18.9 million years. What stories did Yun Tianming, Ai AA, and even the entire universe experience over those 18 million years… 271Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Memoirs of the Apocalypse 回忆录一末世 “Chixin, what are you thinking about?” Yu walks over and gently leans against Chixin. “Now that you’ve made it this far, don’t you want to go back to Pluto?” “Of course I want to go back.” Chixin gently strokes Yu’s long hair. “But now that the ‘disaster’ has been dealt with, it’s time to take care of the ‘human-caused disaster’ behind it.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Dangerous Technology Containment Center: The Dark Tide Strikes 危险科技收容所：暗潮侵袭 [Slow Burn + No System + Interstellar + Disaster] Chen Fan, an avid angler, transmigrates into a post-apocalyptic wasteland, only to be arrested by a higher civilization for illegal transmigration. To avoid a five-thousand-year prison sentence, he chooses to join the higher civilization and work for them. As a dangerous technology containment officer, his job is to investigate and deal with all kinds of dangerous technologies that threaten civilizations. At the same time, he must step in to save 67Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 15 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
- 16 The Radiance of Civilization 文明的辉光 [Hard sci-fi + interstellar warfare + spacecraft battleships + technological advancement] Brutal battleship duels, devastating fleet clashes, antigravity engines, faster-than-light voyages, nanotechnology, genetic drugs, clones, mechs, energy weapons... Packed with sci-fi elements! 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Super Bio-Warship 超级生物战舰 The core of an outer-universe warship entered this universe due to an accident. After countless billions of years, the dying protagonist stumbled upon it by chance and merged with it. From then on, driven by the need to keep upgrading the warship and by certain rather twisted notions, he began a journey of gathering resources and growing stronger, across planets and throughout the universe. 75Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 18 A Sci-Fi Novel Disguised as an Urban Fiction 一本披着都市外皮的科幻文 (Academic prodigy, black technology, the Nantianmen Project, strengthening the nation through science and technology, exploring the mysteries of the cosmos, uncovering a conspiracy to wipe out intelligent life in the Milky Way!) After enduring countless hardships, every sector of the nation flourishes. The Eastern dragon licks its wounds and rises reborn from the ashes! Yet a Gulf War saw a country across the sea use cutting-edge technology to teach the whole world a harsh lesson. From then on, 183Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 19 I Take Huaxia on a Tour of the Universe 我带华夏畅游宇宙 From the Start + Interstellar + System + Battleships + Interstellar War + Spaceships + One Heroine The protagonist, Lan Luo, bonds with the Technology Salvation System and sets out to save the Yanhuang civilization in a parallel universe. From the start, he talks people outside Huaxia into emigrating. The moment you leave, I'll take the little ball away. He tricks the whole world into heading to the barren star regions, while taking the Dragon Kingdom on a journey across the universe. Thousands 87Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 20 Battle for the Galaxy 鏖战银河 Across the Milky Way, war rages between two great interstellar empires. Qin Tian is a soldier and a pilot of a carrier-based starfighter. In battle after bloody battle, he charges forward, risking life and limb as he fights across the galaxy! P.S. A hardcore sci-fi epic with a sweeping scope. If you enjoyed The Wandering Earth and The Three-Body Problem, you’re sure to love this book too! 72Reads7.4Score101Shelves
- 21 Flying in the Blue 蓝色中飞行 Tags: hard sci-fi, no mindless characters, no dumbing down, no System, no transmigration, no rebirth Like The Three-Body Problem, this is all about big ideas! I'll make detailed revisions after finishing the later chapters. For now, just treat this as an outline. As a child, I was full of fantasies. As I grew up, they seemed increasingly likely to become reality. I longed for the future and imagined the technology of a world to come. Perhaps somewhere in the vast sea of stars, things like this a 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 I'm a Little Green Dragon, and I Need to Register My Household from the Start 我是一条小青龙，开局要求上户口 If you don't have a big enough imagination, don't read this book. It will turn your worldview upside down. If your imagination isn't rich enough, don't read it. It could change your life. Here, the mysteries of the universe are explained... Here, the origins of the dragon race are revealed... Here, humanity's future is predicted... Here, an interstellar war is unleashed... This isn't a novel. It's a popular science book. If you don't want to use your brain, then I suggest you don't read this boo 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 I Accidentally Became a Military Industry Tycoon 不小心成了军工大佬 Lin Jiuyuan suddenly discovered that he had transmigrated to the 1990s. His degree from Yanjing University and the military factory he was about to take over had him over the moon. The QLU-11 sniper grenade launcher entered service more than twenty years ahead of schedule. Tanks, helicopters, and fighter jets all received sweeping upgrades. The Eagle Nation: We announce that development of our exoskeleton has officially begun. The Rabbit Nation: We announce that our exoskeleton has completed dev 2kReads8.6Score133Shelves
- 24 The Time Key: Swap Lives and Save the Future! 时间钥匙：互换人生！拯救未来！ Orange methane snow drifted down from the sky. He turned up the heat in his spacesuit a little and went back to sleep... In a daze, he seemed to see her standing on the ridge between the fields, dressed in a white gown. The breeze stirred her dress and the wheat stalks together. Her long black hair spilled into the sunset, fluttering freely. Backlit, it looked as though it had been gilded... From past to future, from Earth to Saturn. His younger self from the future travels to the present to fin 164Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 25 The Enemy Is Coming, and You Haven’t Even Left the Solar System? 敌人要来了，你们还没出太阳系？ [The new book has only just received its rating; it’ll rise later] Alien: “What? You haven’t left your home planet to travel between the stars yet?” Liu Xiaoyu: “...” Alien: “What? You haven’t mastered controlled nuclear fusion yet?” Liu Xiaoyu: “...” Alien: “What? This planet has no unified government, yet it has over a hundred countries!” Liu Xiaoyu: “...” Alien: “You stupid carbon-based monkeys, my enemies will be coming for me soon, and you’re still fighting among yourselves!” Liu Xiaoyu: “ 6.5kReads6.5Score434Shelves
- 26 Reborn to Build China's Chip Empire 重生建立华夏芯片帝国 [Transmigration + Chips + Farming + Technology + No Romance + Realistic] The protagonist returns to 2018 and gets the country's support from the start. How will he lead Huaxia's chip industry to the world's top spot by 2023, breaking through the West's technological blockade in just five years? The technology tree is plausible, and the characters aren't dumbed down. The story covers the entire semiconductor chip supply chain: design tools, materials, equipment, chip design, contract manufacturin 2kReads8.7Score101Shelves
- 27 Dreamscape Ripper 梦境撕裂者 The arrival of a young girl brings the boy to a complete awakening!!! Only then does he realize that his world hasn't fallen into chaos. It's gone!! This is a journey of discovery, a journey of escape!!! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Nebula War Chronicles 星云战记 [Sci-Fi + Interstellar + War + Space Battleships + Alien Civilizations + Tech Tree] In New Star Era 896, the Blazing Sun Empire attacks the Red Alliance Federation. That was the year humanity ushered in the opening act of the great star wars… The vast void is not inhabited by humanity alone. As human warfare continues, some alien races in the void star regions come into view. War between humans and alien races breaks out as well… And the unending wars drive rapid advances in intelligent technolo 739Reads7.6Score119Shelves
- 29 Solar System Disaster: Humanity Forced to Wander the Universe 太阳系灾难：人类被迫流浪宇宙 Synopsis: An alien spacecraft sends humanity a warning: the solar system is about to be destroyed... Liu Hui, an ordinary man, becomes the owner of the spacecraft. Faced with the crisis, neither the human government nor Liu Hui can do anything to stop it. Humanity, a Level 0.75 civilization, is forced to wander the universe... 674Reads7.3Score103Shelves
- 30 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
- 31 Technology: Handing Over Controlled Nuclear Fusion from the Start Shocks the World! 科技：开局上交可控核聚变，震动全球！ [Technology] [Patriotism] [Power fantasy] [Rise of a great nation] From the start, he's bound to a Super God Technology System. To activate it, he has to cause three explosions without getting expelled? That's asking a lot, isn't it? But once he actually completes the task, he gets every formula for controlled nuclear fusion as a reward... Now that's worth it! The moment his work is published, it shocks the higher-ups, and the whole school is locked down! Professor Wang, Nobel Prize laureate in 2.6kReads5.3Score134Shelves
- 32 I'm Not a Scientist 我不是科学家 What do you mean someone at Yanda proved the song-guessing theory? Book me a ticket right away. I’m going to check it out... Who owns this company? Where did they get artificial intelligence? Holographic projection? Where did Xia come up with those chips? Where did they get a lithography machine? Tell me, how did they break through the technology blockade? As Zhang Yang’s fame spreads throughout the universe, he calmly gazes out at the sea of stars and thinks to himself: I’m not real 6.1kReads7.5Score389Shelves
- 33 Super Tech Empire 超级科技帝国 By chance, Ye Zhou acquires an intelligent supercomputer from the future, and from then on, he holds the entire world hostage. With future technology, he leads the world... 21Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 34 The Three-Body Problem: I'm Cheng Xin, and from the Start I Inherit the Grandmastery of the Dao of Performance 三体：我程心开局继承演道大宗师 [In this book, Cheng Xin is the fusion of three souls: the Saintly Mother Soul, the Immortal Venerable Soul, and the Soul That Transmigrated Into a Book.] [This book has been revised and heavily cut. Some wording may be awkward as a result.] [The first hundred or so chapters cover the solar system. After that comes the great choice among the stars, and the voyage in pursuit of light.] “Do you really believe that individuals shape the course of history?” “Well, I think that’s a question that can 80Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 35 After the Red Night 红夜之后 Two thousand academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences donated their consciousnesses and faced death with composure, to forge for Huaxia a being capable of standing against the universe: a god. (Also known as: After the Red Leaves) 1.4kReads8.8Score228Shelves
- 36 The Real Estate Market Crashes, We Owe a Trillion, and the Young Master Wants to Dive In 地产崩盘欠万亿，公子要下海 A hard-edged near-future novel about national fortunes, starting in September 2026. No System, no rebirth, no dumbed-down characters, no showing off. Just the kind of story veteran readers love. Question: Why is it raining again? Answer: Mars is being resupplied. 530Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Coexistence: Superstorm 共存：超级风暴 In 2026, Lingxi AI, built on digital fruit fly brain technology, burst onto the scene. With its “autonomous connectivity and life-like intelligence,” it swept the globe and became the “intelligent companion” of billions of households. But a sudden “major incident” tore away the illusion behind this technological frenzy. Four ordinary people from vastly different walks of life, China’s national security forces, the multinational tech giant Future Technology, the resurgent Japanese militarist grou 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 I Picked Up an Alien Cat, and China Began Its Interstellar Civilization 捡只外星喵，华夏开启星际文明 [Powerful Nation Power Fantasy] + [Interstellar] + [No Female Lead] + [Not Hard Science Fiction] “Damn it! I never thought they’d actually go after a Nobel Prize-winning scientist!” Xiao Yi’s first words after opening his eyes were a string of curses. In his previous life, he was a leading scholar in materials science, making outstanding contributions in fields such as battery materials and superconducting materials. He won that year’s Nobel Prize. But while he was flying to Sweden to accept the 151Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 39 Dark Core Hunter: Starwreck Frontier, Sector 1001 暗核猎兵：星骸边境1001区 In 2450, human civilization has expanded to the Milky Way’s third spiral arm, but the Dark Core War has forced humanity to retreat to the Starwrought Frontier. Spanning 500 light-years, this region is littered with the wreckage of prewar interstellar fleets and conceals Dark Core Crystals capable of transforming a civilization’s rank. Yet the most deadly threats on the frontier are neither the rampaging Scrap Beasts nor the spatial rifts in the vacuum. They are Hunter Contracts. When Dark Core H —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Supplier of Cutting-Edge Technology 黑科技供应商 [Black technology + System + shop + lighthearted + absurd comedy] In the Dragon Kingdom, there's a miraculous little shop specializing in black technology. It sells nothing but black technology products. A black-tech phone with holographic projection. The highest-spec black-tech laptop ever made. Anti-gravity flying vehicles that everyone loves. A miracle cancer drug that can save countless lives. Mind-controlled prosthetic limbs that let people with disabilities live like anyone else. Those are 5.2kReads8.2Score472Shelves
- 41 At Ten, I Stumbled Into the Cryptography Bureau Looking for Aliens 十岁，误入加密局找外星人 On this day, the entire Bureau of State Secrets in Blue Star's Dragon Kingdom was thrown into turmoil! Someone had hacked into their network, bringing the bureau's systems to a standstill! And the hacker had managed to stay inside the System for a full five minutes! The Dragon Kingdom's leaders took the matter extremely seriously and were furious. The intranet contained a wealth of encrypted information. If any of it leaked, the consequences would be unthinkable! The Dragon Kingdom quickly track 515Reads7.1Score127Shelves
- 42 Blazing Stars and Rivers 烈焰星河 Campus + military + pure sci-fi, about an alien invasion. No showing off and face-slapping, System, cultivation, transmigration, or superpowers. This isn't a wish-fulfillment story about a lone hero. The protagonist joins countless passionate young people in the fight against an alien invasion. There is sacrifice and devotion, family and friendship, as they stand firm through trials of blood and fire to defend humanity's last line of defense with courage and conviction. The story has depth, and 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 When a High-Tech Civilization Enters the Age of Cultivation 当超科技文明穿进入修仙时代 This is the most advanced civilization in the universe today. There are no flashy phenomena here, only the reasoning and breakthroughs found at the very limits of science. When an advanced technological civilization runs short of energy, a struggle for resources is bound to erupt. Hello, my name is Kexing. Ke as in science, Xing as in excitement. I will be in full charge of carrying out this mission to travel through a black hole. [Beep beep beep] [One person is assigned to this mission. Verifyi 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 The Last Light of the Galaxy 星河余辉 A voice from an extraterrestrial civilization reaches across the vast starry sky. A disaster that will engulf the entire universe has already begun, and countless advanced civilizations are falling one after another. What path lies ahead for humanity, a low-level civilization? There is technology beyond imagination, fleets like rivers of steel, and beings from countless civilizations locked in fierce battles for survival across the cosmos. What does civilization mean in this universe? And where 523Reads8.7Score103Shelves
- 45 Learning Physics with Tomatoes 跟着番茄学物理 Want to embark on a mind-bending and thrilling adventure in pursuit of knowledge? The story begins with Xiao Rui, a flippant student who hates studying. By chance, he is struck by an idea presented in the program Starry Night Exploration. The show goes beyond the surface of traditional myths to delve into their deeper meaning, suggesting that myths may have been the ancients’ unique way of exploring the unknown. This instantly inspires everyone to reconsider the myths they thought they knew. As 274Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Doomsday Starship 末世星际战舰 A starship unexpectedly gained human consciousness and fled back to Earth, only to encounter a devastating apocalypse. Zombies roared as they swept across the land, and humanity fell into despair. The starship rose to the challenge, put down roots in the ruins, built a base, and led humanity in a desperate counterattack! Want to wipe out mankind? Try getting past my quark particle cannon first! The immortals and Buddhas of the myriad heavens invade, machines clash with cultivators, and the battl 698Reads7.7Score104Shelves
- 47 Interstellar Survival: Remodeling a Planet from a Survival Pod 星际求生：从求生舱开始改造星球 [Survival] [Global Survival] [Apocalypse] [Interstellar] [Technology Tree] [Daily Life] [Disaster Survival] [Stockpiling Supplies] [Farming and Development] [No Saintly Do-Gooder] [No Heroine] Due to the negligence of a higher life form, Blue Star breaks apart. The surviving Lin Ming is sent to a desolate planet, where he must use his own strength to transform the world and secure what he needs to survive. Once he succeeds, he can choose to bring the others back, or live out his days alone. Of c 2.4kReads8.8Score179Shelves
- 48 Three Hundred Years of Earth in the Interstellar Age 星际地球三百年 [Rivalry between great powers + Modern warfare + Futuristic imagination + Interstellar sci-fi + Alternate history, future setting] A prophecy foretells the outbreak of World War III. A nuclear strike will claim the lives of four renowned generals. When the heroes of every nation gather in the same era and countries clash, who will unite the world? There is no such thing as a protagonist chosen by fate. A so-called protagonist is simply someone who survives to the end and claims the fruits of vic 1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Origin of Pain 痛觉缘起 The author is a veteran scientist working in research, and has long lamented how few hard science fiction works have appeared since Liu Cixin. Unable to resist, they decided to try writing one. Scientists are people too, but traditional science fiction tends to be rather cool when it comes to emotions. The Painful Origin is hard science fiction from a fresh perspective, yet it still features the sweet, devoted love of first romance, bringing warmth to the genre. It’s a brisk read with no draggin 93Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Great Interstellar Expedition 星际大远征 Science fiction, transmigration, System, interstellar, hot-blooded He transmigrates into the body of a galaxy lord with no territory. Fang Mo, a “lord” whose territory has been seized by the Zerg and who has fled into exile, is left with only one civilian spaceship. See how the protagonist reclaims his galaxy. See how the protagonist puts an end to the empire’s internal turmoil. See how the protagonist strikes fear across the great star regions. See how the protagonist conquers all races. This i 4.9kReads8.9Score361Shelves
