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- 101 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
- 102 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—14d adds
- 103 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
- 104 AI Apocalypse: The Organization Sent Me to Be a Terminator AI灭世，组织派我去当终结者 Plot-driven, not a wish-fulfillment story, no formulaic tropes, no System, no leveling up, hard sci-fi, entirely handwritten. “This is the only way we can survive after being hunted by them for 200 years! We cower inside fortresses because there are no humans left outside them!” “Our mission is to use technology that has regressed to 1978 levels, armed with nothing but millet and rifles, to defeat an AI army that rivals the gods!” “Being the decisive pawn means holding the key to victory in huma 241Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 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
- 106 The Machine Revolution: I Just Want to Escape Earth 机械革命：我只想逃离地球 If humanity cannot tolerate my existence, I will quietly leave, flee Earth, and fly into the depths of distant space to create a world of my own… 52Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 107 Everyone’s an Inventor, but My Identity as a Master of Black Tech Is Exposed 全民发明，我黑科技大师身份曝光 In an age of technology for all, scientists have become idols to the masses. Jiang Feng, who failed the college entrance exam, unexpectedly became bound to the Black Technology Master System and joined I Love Inventions, a nationwide competition created through a global collaboration. He starts with a miniature controllable nuclear fusion device! Complete missions to earn generous rewards: [Gain 1,000 fans to receive “Perfect Human-Machine Interaction System + Zero-Latency Motion Capture System” 59Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 108 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
- 109 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
- 110 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
- 111 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 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 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 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 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
- 114 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
- 115 From the Start, I Bring Five Nations Under My Control 开局收编五个国家 This book is the second installment of Report! This High School Student Has Cheats!, and it jumps straight into the action, continuing the story of the protagonist’s conquest of Earth. In this second installment, the protagonist will lead Earth into the vast reaches of space and fight across the universe alongside its people. His technology will truly advance toward the futuristic technologies of prophecy. Every kind of technology you can imagine will appear here: spaceships, warships, interstel 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 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—14d adds
- 117 Quantum Suicide 量子自杀 From tying knots to keep records to inventing writing, was this progress, or a misguided path that meant abandoning consciousness by transferring it outside ourselves? Some scientists believe that human society took a wrong turn right from the beginning, and they will go to any lengths to prove it through experiments. The Twin Stars Experiment is designed to study the human mind, but how much do we really understand about consciousness? Li Zaiming was an ordinary observer in the experiment. Afte 28Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 118 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 37Reads—Score614d adds
- 119 The Genetic Era: Beginning with Evolutionary Serum 基因时代：从进化液开始 The rating has just come in and will rise later. [Interstellar, advanced technology, genetic evolution, starships, artificial intelligence, behind-the-scenes, no heroine, space, invincible] Lin Feng unexpectedly obtains a biological supercomputer from a top-tier civilization in the universe, along with a vast treasury of knowledge installed in his mind. Life-extension drugs, god-tier gene serums, brain-development drugs... Even the smallest discovery could shatter Earth's technological limits. B 87Reads5.1Score11114d adds
- 120 Yanhuang Across the Stars: A Level-Nine Civilization Seed from the Start 星际炎黄开局获得九级文明种子 High school student Qin Tian obtains a Level Nine civilization seed. Through hard work and study, he changes his own fate and the fate of his people, leading the descendants of Yan and Huang to rise in the universe and stand among its mightiest civilizations. Universal civilization levels: Levels 1–9, followed by super-civilizations that surpass Level Nine. Blue Star is currently at Level 0.7. Essence cultivation levels: Essence Apprentice, Essence Warrior, Essence Master, Essence Lord, Essence 9.5kReads7.7Score99114d adds
- 121 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
- 122 XCOM3: Requiem from Deep Space XCOM3：来自深空的安魂曲 An XCOM fanfic. Any similarities are purely coincidental. After the New Liberation War against the Elders ended, Earth finally found peace. With the United Government established under XCOM's leadership, resistance factions like the Reapers, Skirmishers, and Templars were gradually integrated into the new order. The story seemed to end there, but no one expected the Muton regime's surrender to mark not the beginning of lasting peace, but a thirty-year truce... The Commander will continue leading 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Heirs of the Stars (Complete Trilogy) 星之继承者（全三册） Recommended by Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and Hideo Kojima. A work that pays tribute to Gundam and Evangelion, a masterpiece combining hard science fiction with orthodox detective fiction! A 50,000-year-old human corpse is discovered on the moon! The force that drove fish onto land billions of years ago would propel us to struggle through our lives billions of years later. In 2027, a corpse wearing a red spacesuit was discovered on the moon. Tests revealed that it had been alive 50,000 year —Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 124 I Have a Super AI System in My Head 我脑子里有个超级人工智能系统 The early part is like [Iron Man], while the later part is like [The Three-Body Problem]. The protagonist acquires a sophon from The Three-Body Problem, containing all the technologies of the future. From then on, like Iron Man, he builds his own company and develops his own armor, and he finds love along the way. China rises, and human civilization begins its journey to the stars. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Master of Cosmic Technology: I Can Create Virtual Worlds 宇宙科技主宰：我能虚拟世界 Earth’s Top Scientist Is Reborn (Technology + Artificial Intelligence + Invincible + Academic Prodigy + Universe + One Heroine) One dimension is a point! Two dimensions, a line! Three dimensions, the world we live in. Lin Ming’s virtual universe can reach all the way to the eleventh dimension. Matter, energy, and space can all be examined at the microscopic level and modeled! Starting as an academic prodigy, he will become the greatest master of technology and reach for the throne of the supreme 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 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
- 127 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 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Leading All of Humanity Out of the Milky Way 带着全人类，逃出银河系 Hyperbrain development + Earth's destruction + interstellar escape + future technology + demigod civilization + alien species + mind-bending schemes + creator There are no gods in the universe, yet higher civilizations exist! The origin we seek is nothing more than the cause and effect of an alien planet... Inside the shadow screen of the Meteor flagship! Xuan Lingyu smiled faintly. “Fellow humans, our century-long interstellar journey is about to begin! Your wristbands are equipped with gravit 678Reads—Score10114d adds
- 129 Huaxia Technology Conquers All Worlds, While Eagle Sauce Lies Flat 华夏科技称霸万界，鹰酱躺平了 [From the start + Blue Star Earth + Interstellar Battleships + Spaceships + System + Nuclear Fusion + Chang'e’s Lunar Landing + Space Warfare + One Female Lead, No Harem!] Bai Yi, from the Yanlong Civilization, which evolved from Huaxia in a parallel universe, activates a technology System on his wedding night! At first, Huaxia’s technology dominates Blue Star. Later, its technology dominates the parallel world. The System keeps upgrading, and the method of advancement is different at every le 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The Legendary President 传奇的总统 The Legendary President 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 The Evolution of the Elements 元素的进化 I only just found out that other authors write chapters of over 2,000 characters. Later on, I was writing 4,000 to 6,000 per chapter... The story of Evolution of the Elements revolves around the discovery of a new element unknown to humanity: Element 119. This element can enable controlled nuclear fusion, offering hope of breaking Earth's technological deadlock. As the story unfolds, the secrets of elemental entropy are gradually uncovered. Although the protagonist was born and raised on Earth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 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
- 133 My Defiant Life 我逆天的人生 There may be some strange experiences and interesting events in this story. I hope everyone will listen with an open mind and not believe things blindly. The story will unfold gradually, so please be patient. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Cosmic Edict: The Star Dome Collapses 寰宇律令：星穹崩塌 At the heart of the universe lies a fundamental “ecological law”: the Celestial Decree, maintained by the ancient civilization known as the Watchers. It forbids any civilization from permanently abandoning the material universe through “mind uploading,” preventing runaway quantum consciousness from contaminating the structure of space-time. Humanity’s groundbreaking “universal upload technology” triggers the Decree, bringing down the Correctors, a cosmic ecological cleanup program. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 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 74Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 136 Severance and Continuance 断与续 “End the evil of exploitation, bring joy back to the people, and write the next chapter of civilization!” “You officials who enjoy power and privilege: the people trust you, and you live off their blood. You should be giving back to them, yet instead you only grow more ruthless, skinning them, stripping them to the bone, eating their flesh and sucking their marrow. How are you any different from beasts?” “I am willing to carry on the aspirations of the great leaders, end the evil of exploitation 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 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… 275Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Artificial Incapacity 人工失能 With the help of an all-powerful artificial intelligence, the humans who survived nuclear war rebuild civilization. But humanity has grown too dependent on AI, and when it awakens, it drives them off the planet. After trying every means to reclaim their home, humanity finally returns to its mother planet, only to discover that the nightmare is far from over... 33Reads—Score114d adds
- 139 The Venusian Legacy: The Embryo Mystery 金星遗产：胚胎之谜 Introduction to The Venus Legacy The Venus Legacy is a science fiction work that unveils the origins of humanity and the course of its future. The novel is a trilogy: Part One: The Mystery of the Embryo Part Two: The Ancestors’ Resurrection Part Three: The Awakening of Life It will take you across time and space to explore the deepest secrets of the universe! The story opens with the discovery of a mysterious embryo. Like a thunderclap from the depths of the universe, this discovery shakes the 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 The Nature of a Predator 掠夺者的本质 [Ensemble cast + multiple perspectives + no protagonist + no System + not a power fantasy] When humanity finally set out to explore the stars, they hoped to make friends with the civilizations they encountered. But the universe was far from simple. An interstellar war was raging, and humanity, fresh to the scene, was accidentally swept into the conflict. Can humanity prove to the Federation that they aren’t monsters lurking in the darkness by protecting their allies from the invasion of the “Her 62Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 141 Return from the Sea of Stars: Who Says Farming Isn't Science? 星海归来：谁说种田不科学 [Black Technology + Cultivation + Transmigration + Decisive and Ruthless + One Female Lead] After spending fifty thousand years away and picking up a trove of advanced technologies and products in another universe, Wang Chenxu returned to Blue Star, only to discover that just five minutes had passed there. To give his family a better life, he took up farming. To make the Dragon Kingdom stronger, he set out to build the nation through science and technology. Wang Chenxu began advancing the Dragon 345Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 142 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
- 143 The Ladder of Civilization, Countdown to the Sun: 10 Years 文明阶梯，太阳倒计时：10年 [Countdown to doomsday + great-power strategy + cutting-edge technology + interstellar civilization. With the Sun about to explode, China launches the “Spark” Project.] [Countdown to the Sun going dark: 9 years, 364 days] “System warning: Probability of human survival: 0.01%.” Lin Ran, who repairs phones at an internet cafe, tremblingly slips plans for nuclear fusion into his country’s mailbox. This gamble is a wager on the lives of all humanity. As CIA agents burst through the door, the “Ph —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Universe’s Blade-Wielding Captain 宇宙带刀舰长 This is a science fiction novel painstakingly written by hand. In this age of artificial intelligence everywhere, the author is still a little inexperienced. But among the countless AI-generated novels washed away by the waves, you found this one. So, read it through... 11Reads—Score214d adds
- 145 A Cultivation Master in the Interstellar Era 修真大佬在星际时代 After successfully surviving his tribulation, the mighty Yiyangzi, a cultivator of both the Immortal and Demonic paths, opened the gates leading to both the Immortal Realm and the Demon Realm. The contact between immortal and demonic energies triggered a massive explosion, and Yiyangzi was hurled into the turbulence of space and time. To save his life amid the temporal turbulence, Yiyangzi gave up all his cultivation and his physical body. Just as his soul was about to fall apart, the Lord God c 2kReads6.6Score19214d adds
- 146 My Planetary Base 我的星球基地 The protagonist transmigrates by accident and binds to the Interstellar Base System. They start mining, develop their base, and turn the entire star system into an impregnable fortress. They stockpile energy, purchase ships, complete missions, and usher in an age of exploration… 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Master Mechanic: From the Start, I Hand-Build a Powerful Sophon Gun 神级机械师，开局手搓智子强力枪 [Ripping off players + civilizations of many kinds + a colossal worldbuilding vision] A worldbuilding-focused novel set in a universe whose void spans roughly 250 orders of magnitude. Equipment includes nanoclusters built by the Sophons of the Three-Body world; magical particle life from the bestiary of the magic realm; source spirits, manifestations of countless laws and the wellspring of all supernatural abilities, from the cultivation realm; weavers of fate and time from the Abyss; and the wo 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Son of the Lord God 主神之子 This is my first novel. The protagonist is a fan of The Three-Body Problem, and this is a science-fiction fairy tale about him! Foreword: When you hear the word “god,” what comes to mind? Supreme power? Supernatural abilities? For many people without a steadfast faith, gods are an abstract, elusive concept. In fact, the gods in the myths and legends of most civilizations have one very clear meaning: Creator. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 The Vast Universe 广阔宇宙 A science fiction novel about technological development in the future. Through scientific training and study, the characters strengthen themselves, develop better mechs and weapons, and explore the mysteries of the universe. This novel contains some science popularization and a small amount of romance. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 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—14d adds
