Novels like I Am the Swarm
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- 1 A Future World: From the Start, All I Had Was Land, a Daughter, and a Dog 未来世界开局土地一个女儿一条狗 (Sci-fi Concepts + Wasteland + Reborn + Deities + Farming + Dad Life + Campus Belle + Pets + Space + Sci-fi + Genetic Warriors + Supernatural Abilities) Shi Yao woke to find his daughter, who had already died, standing before him again, her face alight with excitement. Then he realized he'd been reborn in the future, where war and endless exploitation had turned Earth into a wasteland. It was a world of advanced technology, powerful supernatural abilities, and savage mutant beasts. His good frie 827Reads8.6Score10314d adds
- 2 StarCraft: The Insect Overlord Strikes Back 星际争霸:进击的虫族主宰 [Zerg Biotechnology] [Civilization at War] [No Female Lead] [Dark] [Leveling and Evolution] The Blue Star civilization is invaded by a lizard civilization. Qin Zhen is captured after their defeat and deployed as a biological weapon on an Earth-like planet. Qin Zhen dies unexpectedly when he crashes onto the surface, and in the process acquires a Zerg System. He gets a Zerg System from the start, but the insect queen’s base has to be born from his own body! Hatch worker insects to gather energy a 240Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 3 Everyone Gets a Planet: From the Start, Building a Zerg Civilization 人人一颗星球：开局打造虫族文明 Qin Tian transmigrated to a world where everyone was a Creator. Here, everyone had the chance to fuse with a planet and build their own planetary civilization! Some fused with savage beast planets to build beastfolk civilizations, where savage beasts roared and pierced the sky. Some fused with technological planets to build technological civilizations, where fleets of starships swept across the universe. Some fused with spirit-energy planets to build cultivation civilizations, where a single tho 1kReads8.7Score10314d adds
- 4 EN I Am the Swarm 吾既是虫潮 In 2210, Earth received a repeating signal from 1.8 million light-years away. The Earth Federation decided to reply, bringing the Qiya aliens and pushing humanity to the brink of extinction. With the help of the Earth Federation’s guard commander, biologist Selena escaped with a million human embryos to the edge of the universe, to a dead star. On a planet unfit for human life, Zhang Fan made a resolute decision so humanity could return to Earth. “For humanity, I’m willing to become an insect!” 583Reads8.9Score10414d adds
- 5 The Tentacle Monster’s Interstellar Era 触手怪的星际时代 Lei Yibo transmigrates to a new world and finds himself facing a swarm of insects from the start. Relying on his companion beast, a tentacled monster, he fights his way through the swarm and survives. Lei Yibo discovers that this is a world where cultivation and technology have merged. With the insect race threatening humanity, ancient secret realms to explore, and extraordinary schemes underway in countries around the world, he decides to carve a path through this new era... 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Prove the Way Through Killing: Demon Lord of the New World 以杀证道：新世界恶魔君主 (Villain protagonist, ruthless action, supernatural powers, passion, summoning, lord, development and construction, slow burn. Stay tuned!) An unprecedented cataclysm sweeps across Earth. Hideous beasts emerge, and plants turn bloodthirsty and savage. Then mysterious wormholes roar open, and countless alien races surge in like a tidal wave, leaving human civilization on the brink of collapse. At this moment of life and death, humanity's potential erupts. Those with supernatural abilities awaken 155Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Superbrain Programmer: From Code Monkey to Ruler of the Stars 超脑程序员：从码农到星际主宰 “If one day your brain became more powerful than a supercomputer, what would you do?” Chen Xing, a 25-year-old programmer, has spent two years struggling in Shenzhen and is still a dirt-poor coder. His parents died early, and he has no one to rely on. He’s like a speck of dust in this city, liable to be swept away by the tides of the times at any moment. Then one night, he trips in an empty alley, splits his forehead, and his blood seeps into the ground. When he wakes up, the world has changed: 5.7kReads7.1Score27514d adds
- 8 The Fourth Calamity: From the Start, I Married a Great Archangel 第四天灾：开局娶个大天使 [One Heroine + Mechanical Fantasy + Calling Home for Help + Steel Tide + Travel Between Two Worlds + Heroes of Might and Magic] The world of Divine Grace is a treacherous place. Xu Dao, a transmigrator, struggles to survive in this harsh world until he finally sets aside his scholarly pride and calls on his motherland for help! Full of ambition, he vows to expand the borders of Xia Kingdom and earn his own place in the family genealogy! The Goddess was mighty beyond measure. She stood against th 4.9kReads—Score89614d adds
- 9 I Built a Base Deep in the Mountains, and My Girlfriend Is a Gaming Pro 我在深山建基地，女友是游戏大神 Disclaimer: This is not a brainless power fantasy! This is not a brainless power fantasy! This is not a brainless power fantasy! Shen Yuan, an ordinary programmer, developed a horror game and spent so many nights watching horror movies for inspiration that he suffered a mental breakdown. But he unexpectedly awakened superpowers. Using his superpowers, he developed artificial intelligence and a series of cutting-edge technologies. He secretly built a sci-fi base deep in the mountains and began de 11.5kReads7.2Score68814d adds
- 10 I Reincarnated as a Sea Squirt Larva and Ate a Brain From the Start 变成海鞘幼虫开局先吃个脑子 [Dark Evolution: I Am the Infinite Universe] [Dark fiction, System evolution, no female lead, no saintly hero, sci-fi, advanced technology] He was cold by nature. After obtaining the System, his humanity gradually faded with the passage of time, leaving him bloodless and merciless. He began by devouring marine life and evolving. He transformed into all kinds of creatures, then into celestial bodies, but that was not the end. He continued to evolve, endlessly and without limit. He would stop at n 1.6kReads8.9Score17114d adds
- 11 Earth's Space Force 地球天军 Earth’s military forces wipe out the Zerg beyond the Milky Way and establish a new calendar. As technology advances and the population booms, major corporate conglomerates aggressively expand their off-world businesses, extracting resources from planets across the galaxy. Humanity officially enters a great new era of interstellar civilization. But in the end, they open Pandora’s box... The Zerg return! Star beasts descend! Tian Xiao dies on the battlefield, then is reborn three years in the past 24.5kReads9.3Score2k14d adds
- 12 The Immortal Path of the Insect Emperor 虫皇仙途 [Entire novel written by hand, no AI + spirit insect pets + beast taming + traditional cultivation + no transmigration + no System + lighthearted comedy + richly developed characters + survival through caution] The lowly servant Ye Lin accidentally awakens the Insect Emperor bloodline and opens the Ancient Insect Emperor Ring. From then on, he has a whole swarm of strange spirit insects at his side. An unfathomable number of ants devour the heavens and consume the earth. A tiny white snake beats 45.1kReads9.2Score4k14d adds
- 13 Deity: Starsea Swarm 神祗：星海虫群 [Worked to death by overtime] [Grind until your liver gives out] [King of the rat race] [Wild-imagination fantasy] [Profit above all] [Keep a low profile] [Insectoid] [No System] Han Fei transmigrates to an interstellar society where everyone has a chance to become a god. Those who set foot on the path to godhood all aim to raise their divine kingdoms high and enter the real world to gain immortality. Han Fei figures that with his divine trait, Gene Modification, and his followers' talent, Gene 38.6kReads9.3Score4k14d adds
- 14 The Urban All-Purpose Lottery System 都市全能抽奖系统 By a twist of fate, Chen Feng, a young man from the city, obtained a sign-in lottery System. He discovered that he could win all kinds of skills, cultivation techniques, and items through the System's sign-in lottery... He could even use the System's power to transmigrate at any time into different film, TV, and novel worlds. Love in the Courtyard, Ode to Joy, Love Apartment, Drawing Sword, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Uncle Nine, Journey to the West, the Primordia 1.8kReads6.8Score10214d adds
- 15 EN Path to Immortality Among the Stars 星路仙踪 In the modern world, a passage to another realm appears on Blue Star. Wang Yu is among the first people to enter a cultivation world through their dreams. In a daze, he embarks on the path of cultivation in order to survive! The Great Dao is merciless. On the path of cultivation, failing to advance means falling behind! By becoming a supreme cultivator, one can enjoy endless longevity and bring the power of cultivation back to Blue Star, saving its future. The cultivation world faces an apocalyp 171.9kReads9.1Score15.2k14d adds
- 16 The Useless Disciple of the Hehuan Sect 合欢宗废材 [Absurd comedy + traditional fantasy + multiple heroines + espionage + battles of wits] Ye Huan is a disciple so disappointing that even the Hehuan Sect wants nothing to do with him. By chance, he obtains an inheritance, and from then on becomes a man who can hold up the heavens. One way for men to survive in the Hehuan Sect is to become spies. As it happens, Ye Huan is an espionage enthusiast, and with his exceptional powers of logical deduction, he matches wits with all sides on the covert fro 1.7kReads7.2Score16714d adds
- 17 Li Chengdao 李承道 Special forces soldier Li Chengdao unexpectedly transmigrates to a strange valley. He transforms the valley and makes his way out of the mountains. Using the valley as his base, he builds his own Heavenly Dao Group in the world of immortal cultivation. He establishes the Li Family Medical Hall and heals the sick. He makes his fortune with spiritual-root wine, branches into every industry, and becomes the richest man under heaven. He establishes a free Heavenly Dao Academy and cultivates a great 1.1kReads9.2Score24514d adds
- 18 I Hunt Down Transmigrators in Ancient China 我在古代抓捕穿越者 The protagonist, Long Chen, transmigrates into an ancient world. But it turns out that world is full of transmigrators. They belong to many different factions. Long Chen, himself a transmigrator, receives a mission: eliminate every other transmigrator. … 3.4kReads—Score17214d adds
- 19 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
