Novels like I Turned Myself In to Save My Life
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- 101 The Mastermind: Mining in Space to Build a Nation 幕后黑手：我在星际挖矿养国家 [Black Technology] [Sci-Fi] [Lighthearted] [Behind the Scenes?] [Ensemble Cast?] Candy shop owner Ji Shang has a little secret: his partner, "Jin Zhao," spends every day either mining or getting ready to mine. From topological spar to shadow-forged stone, the "local specialties" he stuffs into the national laboratory get more and more outrageous. There is only one goal: speed up Xia's technological progress! Not a power fantasy, and no handing out technology directly. 2kReads8.6Score16014d adds
- 102 Black Technology: I Handed Over Nuclear Fusion, and My Roommate Was Sentenced to Death 黑科技：上交核聚变，判宿友死刑 [Sci-Fi, Future Technology, Campus Belle, System, Swordbearer] From the start, prestigious universities from the United States, Russia, Japan, Korea, and Britain personally come to invite me to enroll. I turn down all the famous foreign universities. None of them are good enough for me. I choose to attend Longguo’s Qinglong University, becoming a campus celebrity. I outshine my classmates in every aspect, become a rising star, and even win the campus belle’s affection. I bring her back to my dor 143Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 This High Schooler Is Too Wicked 这个高中生太妖孽 He's a high school student, a programmer, a scientist, an inventor, and an entrepreneur all at once. Though he's still in high school, he's already worth tens of billions; though he's a billionaire, he lives just like an ordinary person. He's a prodigy unlike any other, and this isn't fantasy: reality made him what he is. Every one of his inventions is unique and revolutionary. He didn't start a company to make money, but to transform people's lives and reshape the world. 154Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 104 The Beloved Real Heiress: Her Research for the Nation Stuns the World! 团宠真千金，科研报国惊呆全球！ [1980s + No Romance + Beloved by All + Strengthening the Nation Through Science and Technology + Major National Projects + High-Dimensional Defense] (No body snatching! No body snatching! No body snatching! The heroine and the original owner are the same person!) Qiu Suining, a galactic scavenger kicked to death over a mouthful of food, opens her eyes again to find herself the youngest daughter of a family in the 1980s, cherished by everyone. Her parents pile braised pork into her bowl, her two 8.1kReads8.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 105 After Binding to a Research System, I Became a Target of Frantic Bidding by Countries Worldwide 绑定科研系统后，遭各国疯抢 [Reborn + System + strengthening the nation through science and technology + love-brained male lead + two powerful leads joining forces to crush the scumbags] - Snippet 1: At an airport in the United States, the president personally welcomes Ran Jun. More than a hundred elite bodyguards follow behind her. “Who is that? What a grand entrance.” “She’s a mad scientist from China. In six months, she’s developed more than ten pieces of cutting-edge technology. Controlled nuclear fusion is her claim t 384Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 106 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. 23Reads8.4Score214d adds
- 107 A National Treasure Like No Other: That Actor Told Me to Apologize to His Dog 国士无双，戏子让我给狗道歉 Lin Qingfeng, the godfather of scientific research, resolutely returns to his homeland! A ten-million-dollar annual salary contract, and the Marine and Land Special Operations Forces personally trying to recruit him to stay. Countless undercurrents of opposition at home, along with provocations from petty troublemakers! With a pure heart and three inches of loyalty, I safeguard the lights in a million homes. Who dares stand in the way of my service to my country! 42Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 108 Night of the World: Ghosts of Consciousness 世界之夜：意识的幽灵 With the arrival of emerging technologies such as large language models and brain-computer interfaces, humanity has entered a new technological revolution. Yet at first, many people failed to realize that beneath this great leap forward, the very foundations of human consciousness were trembling. Even language, which seemed to be consciousness’s strongest support, was found to resemble a terrifying prison. In the midst of this profound panic, human civilization began to fracture... As the philos 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 My Diary of Mediocrity Was Livestreamed. Is It Actually Real? 普信日记被直播，竟是真实记录？ (Cutting-Edge Tech + Mechanical Ascension + Interstellar War + Genetic Modification + Three-Body-Inspired) A peculiar diary goes viral after Sister Zhou livestreams it. The diary is painfully chuunibyou. It absurdly claims that humanity faces an apocalyptic crisis and that its author is the only man who can save Earth. The entire internet erupts in mockery! Unexpectedly, the people mentioned in the diary begin appearing one after another. The campus belle of Jing University, a professor of biolo 98Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 110 A Galactic Big Shot Lands in the 1960s, and the Nation Reaps the Rewards 星际大佬穿六零，国家爸爸躺赢了 209Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Technological Empire: Who Told You to Design Weapons Like This? 科技帝国：谁让你这样设计武器？ [Sci-fi + period piece + technology + satisfying wish fulfillment + the rise of a great nation + reborn + Project Nantianmen] The year is 1980, a time of rising tensions between the two superpowers. China’s military industry is being sacrificed for economic development, and long-established arms manufacturers are struggling to survive. Zhou Zhiyuan gets another shot at life in the 1980s and takes over Donghua Machinery Plant, a company on the brink of collapse, to boost the “Dayun”’s performa 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Mad, Wild Cosmos 狂疯宙宇 [Not a power fantasy] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [No mindless characters] [Long-term story] Read with caution if these elements bother you. Under the shadow of an energy-depleted apocalypse, humanity fabricates an extraterrestrial threat in a desperate bid to break the deadlock. This astonishing deception, spanning ten years, drags all of humanity into madness! A shocking secret lies deep beneath the earth, while a phony war plays out on the surface. A mysterious underground laboratory, a bruta 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Toward the Deep Space, Starting with the Tech Tree 迈向深空从攀科技树开始 Not a mindless power fantasy! Not a mindless power fantasy! NOT a mindless power fantasy!!! [Sci-fi concepts + System + spaceflight + alien civilization ruins] (The early chapters focus on spaceflight; the main plot begins around chapter 50.) Humanity lives on Blue Star, but it can’t live on Blue Star forever. Zhou Shihang, a reborn man suffering from a rare genetic disease, unexpectedly gains a System. Guided by the System, he saves his own life with the help of a technological advancement tree 11Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 114 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—14d adds
- 115 Reborn Before the Apocalypse: I Mobilized the Nation's Strength 重生末世之前，启动国家力量 [Rebirth + No System + No Zombies + One Heroine + Special Police + Superpowers + Ancient Martial Arts] Special police officer Lu Yun returns to the month before the apocalypse with his lightning ability. Reborn on the same day as him is Ye Ran, a beautiful police detective with the power of fire. They shared life and death in their previous lives, never abandoning each other, and finally became a couple in this one. To make up for their regrets, they become the world's doomsday whistleblowers an 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 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... 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Natural Disasters: After Binding to a System, I Cling to the Nation for Support 天灾，绑定系统后我紧抱国家大腿 [Natural disasters + apocalypse + System + rebirth + pocket dimension + stockpiling supplies + no romance] At first, there was a flood, a bout of freezing weather, and an earthquake... but no one paid them any attention. Then a sudden red rain turned those seemingly insignificant disasters into a series of catastrophes that threatened to wipe out humanity. Mutated plants and animals, extreme cold, floods, insect plagues, extreme heat, earthquakes... In a world like purgatory, humanity searches f 30Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 118 I Started the Apocalypse as a Murderer, So I Turned Myself In to the Authorities 末世开局成凶手我选择跟国家自首 Strong Female Lead + No Romance + Game System + Resource Exchanges with the Nation. A strong-female-lead story doesn't mean an all-female story. The ending was rushed. Sorry about that, and read at your own risk. The early story focuses on the main cast's exploration, puzzle-solving, and growth. No zombies, but there are unusual mutated species. One second ago, Lu Jue was saving someone. The next, she was a criminal suspect everyone was denouncing. Lu Jue: All you fans calling for my head, stand 428Reads8.2Score11414d adds
- 119 Tower of Babel: Blue Star Civilization Is Searching for You Across the Stars 通天塔：蓝星文明正在星际找你 [Sci-Fi + Interstellar + System + One Female Lead] This is the story of the protagonist driving the Blue Star civilization forward, traveling among the great interstellar civilizations and preventing humanity on Blue Star from being eliminated and used as cannon fodder. From the proof of the Goldbach conjecture and solutions to the Yang-Mills equations, to controlled nuclear fusion, quantum communication, the Jianmu Project, energy blocks, force fields, mechs, and wormhole technology... humanity 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 After the Sun Faded 太阳褪色之后 After the sun faded, darkness began to spread. A week before the college entrance exams, Li Gusheng took leave and went home. He never made it back to school, because the next day, people discovered that the sun had disappeared. 47Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 121 Made in China 中国制造 Change the fundamental methods of manufacturing and create an entirely new world. This is the story of Zhao Fei, who finds an alien manufacturing base, transforms the manufacturing industry, and redefines Made in China. 309Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 I Said That Shot Was an Accident, Do You Believe Me, Eagle Sauce? 我说那一炮是误射，鹰酱你信吗？ “Those were toy planes! How was I supposed to know they’d use them to bomb a goddess statue? Come on, I run a legitimate toy factory!” Lu Feng, owner of Spark Toy Factory, was at a complete loss. After transmigrating, Lu Feng inherited his family’s toy factory, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, and awakened a Military Industry System. He gritted his teeth and applied military technology to toy planes, only for them to catch the eye of a foreign big shot during a livestream. Then came the new 3Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 123 Star Hunt Walker 星狩行者 A cyberpunk story about journeys within the solar system, interstellar power struggles between great nations, conspiracies and conflicts among mega-corporations and great families, wars between interstellar pirates and the navy, and underdogs rising to the top. At some point in the future, humanity is advancing toward a Type II civilization at an astonishing pace. Rapid technological development and population growth are driving people to build cities and bases along various orbital paths in sp 4Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 124 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
- 125 Leader of the Galaxy 银河领袖 [Interplane Trading + Technological Development + Interstellar Hegemony + Stellar Civilization + Trans-Time Company + A Huge Cast of Heroines + Civilizational Advancement] Zhang Linlin has a mature, alluring look, with big waves in her hair, scarlet lips, a fitted lace dress, and black high heels. She's smoking hot. The fresh-faced and lovely Ye Yuting wears a crisp JK uniform and black 40D thigh-high stockings, an irresistibly dangerous combination. The voluptuous Fang Qinghui wears a maid's mi 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Whispers Across Dimensions 维度黯语 In 2300 AD, an analyst on duty broke down after listening to “Dark Whispers” for seventy-two hours straight. “It's talking to me.” He curled up beneath the observation platform, repeating the same words over and over. It wasn't a signal. It was the sound of footsteps. Higher-dimensional beings were approaching, like children making their way to an anthill. The rifts appeared. Cities vanished in an instant, the laws of physics began to collapse, and countless people turned into “blanks” amid the 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 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
- 128 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—14d adds
- 129 Reborn as a Star 重生成星 After an accident, Yang Yu opens his eyes again and discovers that he has become an asteroid in the universe. Watch as he changes his fate and tries to understand what is really going on. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 A Boning Knife from the Start 开局一把剔骨刀 As a celestial body draws near, gravity collapses, and tsunamis and fissures repeatedly ravage the surface. Humanity is forced to undergo genetic mutations: without eating the flesh of mutated beasts, people starve to death, but even one careless bite can turn them into monsters. While the whole world fights over a single safe piece of meat, Lu Yan, once the finest chef before the disaster, takes out his family's ancestral boning knife. With the first cut, he strips away gravity, and an indestru —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 A Technological Powerhouse: Starting with Upgrading a Plate of Shredded Potatoes 大国科技：从升级一盘土豆丝开始 [Cutting-Edge Technology + System + Technological Powerhouse + Patriotism + Livestreaming] After losing my job, I became popular by filming cooking videos. Then one day, the shredded potatoes I stir-fried activated a cutting-edge technology System! From the start, all I had was a file. The rest came from upgrading my skills. The wrench I made on a whim outperformed German imports by miles; I hand-crafted nuts on livestream and stood up to patent suppression from international giants! From “Handc —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Ode to Joy 欢乐颂 A short science fiction story by Liu Cixin, renowned science fiction author and Hugo Award winner. —Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 133 When Disaster Strikes, the Adorable Kid Turns Over the Farm! 天灾来临，萌宝将农场上交了！ (Adorable little kid + natural-disaster apocalypse + farm System + turning it over to the government + technology + childhood friends + sweet romance) Disasters struck and the world changed dramatically. Earthquakes, hailstorms, extreme cold, extreme heat, floods, insect plagues, acid rain, and mutated soil followed one after another. Seeing humanity struggle to survive amid the apocalyptic disasters, Xiaoxiao, who had unexpectedly acquired a farm System, decided to hand it over to the nation! S 74Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 134 Transmigrated Into a Cannon-Fodder Girl in the 1970s 穿成七零女炮灰 Su Ran, a twenty-first-century researcher, wakes up after a car accident to discover she has transmigrated into a book. She’s become the male lead’s doomed older sister, a disposable character in a period novel. In the original story, her scumbag father forces her to marry an old man, a scumbag uses her for his own ends, and she dies early. The good news is that she’s bound to a Learning System. The bad news is that she’s now at the point where her life is about to fall apart. Su Ran gives a col 131Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 135 Chaos Butterfly 混沌蝴蝶 A short science fiction story by Liu Cixin, renowned science fiction author and Hugo Award winner. 5Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 136 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—14d adds
- 137 Dumped by the Campus Belle on the First Day of School, My National Scholar Identity Is Exposed 开学被校花分手，我国士身份曝光 [Rivalry Between Great Powers] [Cutting-Edge Technology] [Beast Tide] [Alien Invasion] What would you do if your campus beauty girlfriend dumped you? Wang Wei: I’d personally send her to prison. After his identity is exposed, Wang Wei becomes a god of technology, as if the seal on his powers has been broken. Controlled nuclear fusion, nanotech exosuits, hibernation pods, the Nantianmen Project, quantum computers, Rods from God, black holes, antimatter bombs, two-dimensional foils... One groundbr 26Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 138 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 541Reads6.4Score11514d adds
- 139 I’m Just a College Student, and You Want Me to Build a Nuclear Fusion Reactor? 我一个大专生，你让我造核聚变？ [Cutting-Edge Technology]+ [World Domination]+ [Civilization in Peril]+ [Interstellar]+ [Climbing the Tech Tree] The United States dares to use the ITER agreement to extort us? Then I’ll give them a good, hard slap across the face. Japan wants to stir up trouble too? Then reclaiming Sakura Province cannot wait! Faced with a threat from an unknown civilization, where will humanity go from here? A tiny probe can withstand attacks from the most powerful weapons humanity currently possesses. It dest 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 The Ruins on the Mountain Peak 山巅之墟 The city atop the mountain fell. From its ruins, new demons rose, proclaiming themselves the beacon of civilization. Without hesitation, they declared war on all of humanity, seeking to reshape the world according to their will and bring history to an end. Faced with an enemy that seemed impossible to defeat, the world’s most tenacious army would launch a series of counterattacks and turn the fate of all humanity around. 454Reads7.4Score10614d adds
- 141 I Donated a Supermarket Connecting Ten Thousand Worlds, and My Country Took Me on a Cosmic Shopping Spree 上交万界超市，祖国带我刷宇宙 [No romance + turning everything over to the country + running a business across myriad worlds + the nation’s team crushes the competition with overwhelming superiority + lighthearted comedy, no frustrating drama] Intern Jiang Tang refuses unreasonable overtime, quits on the spot, and returns to her hometown to open a supermarket. Then she unexpectedly binds to the [Multiverse Supermarket System]. “Open a shop in another world? No way! What if I run into zombies?” Jiang Tang immediately gives up 454Reads5.7Score11814d adds
- 142 Interstellar Life Begins with Repeating a Grade 从留级开始的星际生活 What? You got sent to a nanoprison because you kept getting held back year after year? What? You were just playing a game and accidentally conquered an alien star system? What? The mutants attacked because they wanted to welcome me as their emperor? With an introduction like that, you still want to ask if this is a normal science fiction novel? As an obscure writer of short sci-fi in China, would I really joke around with you? If you dare to read it, I dare to write it. When we reach the finale 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 Transmigrating to the Future to Conquer the Stars 穿越未来争霸星空 In the end, the dream of yellow millet must fade; rootless and boundless, all things return to dust. Where will the golden dragon fly? Better to live as a real person in the mortal world! The protagonist is struck by a System and transmigrates to the future, a thousand years from now. He rises from a lowly soldier to a commander, only to look back and discover it was all a dream. After graduating high school, he arrives at a strange boot camp, where he is the only recruit and all the instructors 1Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 144 From the Stars to the 1970s: I Turned My Bloodsucking Family Upside Down from the Start 星际到70，开局掀翻吸血全家 Yu An'an wakes up after a faster-than-light explosion and finds herself the most miserable martyr’s orphan of 1975. Her grandparents treat her like a burden. Her eldest uncle used her father’s martyr status to become a factory director, her third uncle rose to battalion commander, and even her fiancé shows up to break off their engagement so he can marry her cousin. Her entire family lives off her blood, and now they want to send her to the Great Northern Wilderness to take her cousin’s p 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Earth’s Elegy: An Epic of Reincarnation 地球挽歌：轮回史诗 When Earth begins spinning faster, the countdown to destruction has already begun. Humanity's vaunted technology is helpless before a planet-wide catastrophe. Superstorms tear apart coastlines, continental earthquakes overturn cities, and Earth's magnetic shield teeters on the brink of collapse. The ground beneath our feet is no longer a home, but an out-of-control top spinning toward its own destruction. Earth's requiem has begun. Will human civilization's story be its final song, or just the o 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Technology: Building My Business Empire 科技：建立我的商业帝国 Lin Ze builds Tianheng Technology from the ground up, developing an operating system, creating a brand, and eventually designing homegrown chips, one step at a time. Lin Ze and his team face challenge after challenge, from cash-flow crises and supply-chain emergencies to corporate giants closing in and technical bottlenecks. Forged in blood and fire, they ultimately put a Chinese smartphone brand on the world stage. 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Legend of the Falling Star 星落传奇 (Epic fantasy + creation sci-fi) When I was little, Grandma told me that whenever a new life was born, a star lit up in the sky. When that life reached its end, the star would fall as well. Countless fallen stars would meet in the depths of space and eventually come together to form a new world: the Starfall Continent. Every kind soul would ultimately return to their own fallen star and begin a new life. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 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
- 149 I Was Supposed to Escape Across the Stars, So How Did I End Up Ruling the Universe? 说好星际逃亡，怎么称霸宇宙了？ [Tech tree + starships and giant cannons + civilization at war + the universe] In Earth Year 2051, the solar system was suddenly struck by a “light particle.” Would a supernova explosion destroy the entire solar system? No worries, I’ll handle it. Humanity’s going to make it, all right! Reborn before the strike, Xing Chen gained the ability to connect to the world of data networks. As he steadily climbed the technology tree, human civilization underwent an explosive leap forward. The South Heave 379Reads6.6Score10514d adds
- 150 Divine Power: Crimson Art 神力赤术 Divine Power: Crimson Art —Reads—Score—14d adds
