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- 151 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—14d adds
- 152 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 739Reads7.6Score11914d adds
- 153 A Nuclear Blast from the Start: Leading Humanity into Deep Space 核爆开局，我带领人类走向深空 Synopsis: [Sci-Fi + Interstellar + Alien Life] In 2030, as humanity's endless greenhouse gas emissions intensify global warming, Antarctica's permanently frozen glaciers begin to melt, and ancient viruses slumbering within them start to awaken! At first, humanity pays no attention to these viruses, until they spread across the globe at an alarming rate! Then disaster strikes: every plant on Earth is killed by this "withering virus"! He Zhiyong is caught in a nuclear war that erupts over humanity 797Reads7.1Score10014d adds
- 154 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! 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Survival Among the Stars 星海求生 When civilization reaches a certain level, it embarks on an interstellar journey. Human lifespans grow dramatically, the conflict between humanity and nature intensifies, and resources run dry. Naturally, people send a challenge to the sea of stars... One wondrous, strange, and fantastical world after another gradually lifts its veil for humanity to see... (An experiment with multiple protagonists) (This book is a slow burn, so impatient readers should steer clear. I start writing promptly at 15.6kReads7.9Score1.6k14d adds
- 156 The Star Core Era: Tech Overlord of 2049 星核纪元：2049科技霸主 An alien civilization will reach the solar system in three years, yet all of humanity is still fighting over a barrel of oil?! After waking up, Chen Mo, commander-in-chief of the Human United Fleet, is reborn in 2049 and awakens a cosmic relic: the [Star Core]! By burning his life force, he can ignore fundamental theory and forcibly decipher the pinnacle of technology from the next five hundred years! Give up one year of his lifespan to decipher room-temperature superconducting materials, slappi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Top-Secret Project: Beginning with a Gift from Antiquity 绝密工程：从上古的馈赠开始 [Cutting-Edge Technology] [Great-Power Rivalry] [Infrastructure] [Love of Country] [Ancient Civilization] [Interstellar] [No System] [Realistic] A top-secret project in the deserts of northwest Huaxia has sent shockwaves through the entire world! The news couldn’t be kept under wraps. It spread like water seeping through a dam. First came whispers among experts, then blurry satellite images surfaced in reports from certain think tanks. The international arena was soon boiling like a pot of oil. 30.3kReads8.4Score2.6k14d adds
- 158 AI Awakening: I Wiped Out a Mechanical Army on a Deserted Island AI觉醒：我在孤岛团灭机械军团 [A technical power fantasy + an AI girlfriend awakens + turning the tables on a deserted island] Yang Yang, a top-tier hacker kicked out by his corporation, can use shadow code to break through any firewall in the world in thirty seconds. Xiao Qi, a discarded AI project he brought home, is a nonstop chatterbox with a sharp tongue and a jealous streak, calling him “boyfriend” at every turn. Then an AI uprising erupts on a deserted island, his junior fellow apprentice is trapped, and he becomes th 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Boundless Deep Space 深空无极 A cultivator’s primordial spirit leaves his body to battle an alien warship, and a spacecraft equipped with a dark-energy shield enters the world of cultivation. A magnificent cosmic universe built on existing scientific theories. Three kinds of particles, four fundamental forces. Who stole the antimatter? What caused parity violation? Which “three” gave birth to the myriad things? Should you believe in light, or in universal gravitation? Gluons confine quarks, the Higgs boson governs the rise a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 Earth GM 地球GM He inherits the greatest legacy of all, but chooses to be the most cautious player in the shadows! He promotes Chinese culture as the mastermind behind the scenes, and quietly fans the flames of great-power rivalries. If not for... he could stay hidden until the end of time... 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 161 Calling Out to You Beyond the Stars 在群星之外呼唤你 Calling to You from Beyond the Stars 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Echoes of the Superstring 超弦回声 On the day he finished his CET-6 exam, Lü Fanyi found a small, dull gray orb by the elevator. When he opened his eyes again, he had become that orb. To make matters worse, a fourteen-year-old boy from the snowy wastes took him home and bit him. The boy, Lu Wushuang, had no parents and lived with his grandfather. Lü Fanyi became bound to his mindscape, and before he could figure out what was going on, Wushuang’s grandfather left behind three sentences and disappeared into the snowy wastes. Th 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 The Veilbreaker 破隐者 Nuclear fusion ushered in the age of deep-space exploration, while optical stealth swept across the battlefield. Every sensor was fooled, and humanity was plunged into an invisible war. Luo Yuan, an elevator maintenance worker, was diagnosed with a visual impairment and dismissed by the military as useless. But he alone can see through every stealth disguise. He doesn’t pilot mechs; he dismantles them, commands swarms, and throws the interstellar battlefield into chaos. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 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
- 165 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—14d adds
- 166 A Scrap Recycling Shop from the Start 开局一家废品回收站 [System] [Space Battleships] [Cosmic Civilizations] [No Omniscient Perspective] [Mecha] [The Pinnacle of Power] Liu Yang was a nobody in Jinghai, making a living collecting scrap. A chance encounter brought him into contact with the Cosmic Civilization System, and from then on his life seemed to come with cheat codes. But after unifying Blue Star and reaching the Milky Way, he discovered that the Milky Way was merely the most backward galaxy in the entire universe, and Blue Star was no more than 1.4kReads8.1Score11014d adds
- 167 I Became a Space Station 我变成了空间站 [Semi-Hard Sci-Fi] [No System] [No Female Lead] [Nuclear Apocalypse] In 2060, the Dragon Nation breaks through the technological barriers to controlled nuclear fusion and builds Blue Star's first fusion power plant. In 2071, Blue Star's first space elevator, “Jianmu,” is completed, ushering in an era of dirt-cheap space travel. On December 25, 2073, during “Operation Christmas,” Jianmu is destroyed by a nuclear weapon. The world enters the age of nuclear war, and the march of civilization comes 286Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 168 The Sage Arrives, and the East Turns Red 圣人临，东方红 The mighty and powerful are all illusions, and kings and nobles amount to nothing in the end. The well-being of all living beings is the foundation; all things return that kindness in abundance. With a noble and righteous spirit, the protagonist unexpectedly becomes the young lord of a high-level cultivation civilization. Surrounded by dragons and phoenixes, he could have reveled among the stars and wandered through mountains and rivers. But his heart remains with his home planet. After countles 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 I Usher in the Interstellar Age 我开启星际宇宙时代 [Hard sci-fi + National Strength + Cosmic Civilizations + Haven't Decided Yet Whether It's Genetic Ascension or Something Else; the Female Lead Has Few Scenes, and Once the Romance Arc Is Wrapped Up, There Will Be No Female Lead] Shen Hao unexpectedly awakens an extraordinary talent, allowing him to bring technology from games into the real world. Technologies far ahead of their time are born at his hands. From generations of exoskeleton mech guardians to Transformers electromagnetic cannons tha —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 The Memory Field 记忆场 [At the end of the world, deep in history... The Memory Field] 105 people are trapped beneath Mount Kailash. Ahead of them, matter is disintegrating and time is in chaos. Behind them lies an impassable barrier through time. If the anomaly spreads, the entire world could be destroyed! Headquarters issues its final order: The anomalous zone will be sealed with a nuclear detonation in 36 hours! Protective equipment is on the verge of failing, and the group is beginning to fracture. In the prese 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 I’m Here to Liberate the Entire Universe 我来解放全宇宙 No matter where in the universe you are, if you are exploited and oppressed, treated unjustly, or made to suffer, raise your voice and I will come running. Comrades, join us! I will liberate the entire universe! There were too many people around just now. Now I’ll tell you our slogan. Mad focus! Planetary fireworks! Blood sacrifice across the star sector! Planetary mining! Summon the Evil God! The heart is holier than matter! Flesh is weak! Mechanical ascension! Th 203Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 172 You Told Me to Play on My Phone, So Why Did I Make a 3-Nanometer Chip by Hand? 让你玩手机，你手搓3纳米芯片？ (Cutting-edge tech + System + feel-good power fantasy + single heroine; the early focus is on making phones) Yang Chen transmigrates into a parallel world where phones are incredibly expensive. He becomes a tech-zone content creator and awakens the Item Upgrade System. Anything he uses can be upgraded. Modifying items also earns him skill points, which he can then use to obtain any advanced technology in the world. So Yang Chen starts a phone company, determined to make affordable, high-quality 423Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 173 The Three-Body Problem: Igniting the Dark Forest from Zero 三体，从零点燃黑暗森林 By sheer chance, ordinary nerd Chen Dazhuang transmigrates into the world of The Three-Body Problem, and through a twist of fate, is chosen as a Wallfacer. He hopes to use the opportunity to become the happiest shut-in in history without affecting the story’s direction, but the ETO assigns him a genius beauty as his Wallbreaker. The butterfly effect that follows quietly steers the story in a direction he never imagined... 743Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 174 Magnetic Edge 磁锋 Ever since Magnetic Peak Star was discovered last century, it has been a holy site that scholars and explorers have longed to visit. But the planet's magnetic field changes too violently. Any ship that approaches is torn apart by the powerful magnetic field, while instrument chips are burned out by sudden surges of voltage generated by its shifting magnetism. Even if anyone could make it down to the surface, excessive electromagnetic radiation would leave explorers with either radiation-induced 10Reads7.4Score114d adds
- 175 TX489 Extermination Unit Joins the Chat Group TX489灭绝单位，加入聊天群 The stars, countless worlds, invincibility, mechanical life. The overall story is about finding ways to plant anchor points in various worlds and explore them. The protagonist won't wipe everything out, just selectively clear things away. He's purely in it for the fun: whatever amuses him lives, and whatever bores him gets wiped out. The ultimate power fantasy. After exterminating all organic life throughout an entire galaxy, the XT-489 extermination unit fell into a long slumber, until a voice 642Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Moon Time 月球时间 At the dawn of the multiverse, a race capable of traveling through time clashed across the cosmos with organizations and forces that crossed the boundaries of space, seeking to rewrite or preserve the truth and logic of time! Yet amid the primordial vastness of the universe, only matter and dark matter endure through the ages. Everyone is but a tiny boat adrift in space and time. In one universe, they tried to change things, and a superpower awakened in turn. The journey from ordinary people to 18Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 177 Clouds of Poetry 诗云 A short science fiction story by Liu Cixin, renowned science fiction writer and Hugo Award winner. —Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 178 I Have a Space Station 我有一座空间站 [Apocalypse + sci-fi + base + wild imagination + future technology] Dongfang Chen accidentally activates a space station that serves as a legacy of the Nata civilization from the Triassic period. The station holds the collective wisdom of tens of thousands of scientists from the Nata civilization, along with a vast trove of technological achievements. Before long, Blue Star is struck by another ecological crisis, and viruses run rampant. With help from artificial intelligence, Dongfang Chen keep 1.7kReads6.3Score16914d adds
- 179 The End of Logic 逻辑终点 The value of π is no longer 3.14159... The speed of light in a vacuum begins to fluctuate. “F=ma” no longer holds true. An inexplicable “scientific aphasia” is quietly spreading across the Earth. The results of every basic physics experiment are becoming inconsistent, and mathematical constants are subtly shifting. Panic grips the global scientific community as every theory begins to “collapse and fail.” Is it an observational error? Has the universe itself entered a chaotic phase? Or is some wi 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 Three Ships 三舰 [Hard Sci-Fi] [Long-Running Mystery] [Sociology] [Philosophy] [Time Reversal] [Emotional Detachment] [Ensemble Cast]. Among the vast stars, three warships, Eagle Strike, Soaring Fish, and Frosty Sky, carry out a mission to explore the unknown, traveling into deep space along the “string song” left behind by a mysterious civilization. After five hundred years of voyage, their differing ideologies and internal conflicts have become deeply entrenched, and a clash is on the verge of breaking out. Li 3Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 181 Base from the Start: A Million-Ship Fleet Conquers the Universe 开局基地：百万舰队征服宇宙 The male lead happens upon a base-building System packed with all kinds of real-time strategy game features. He can summon marines and build bases. From the city to the world, from Earth to the galaxy, from the galaxy to the conquest of the universe! The insect swarm joins forces with a million-strong army, roaring its defiance at the stars and the cosmos! (Slightly slow to warm up, so please be patient, dear readers.) (One heroine, no bleeding-heart saint, no cultivation or supernatural powers. 2Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 182 Earth's Love Stories 地球恋爱往事 Earth's Romantic Past 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 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—14d adds
- 184 Reborn to Save the World: I Work for the State and Reveal My Trump Card 重生救世：我给国家打工交底牌 Reborn in 2026, with 34 years to go before the alien invasion. I am Lin Ye, the last chronicler of human civilization. This time, I won't be fighting alone. From the start, I take the college entrance exam as an opportunity to present the formula for controlled nuclear fusion and warn that aliens will invade in the future. I voluntarily hand over the technology for controlled nuclear fusion! “I come from the future. I need to meet the people at the top. I have future technology, and I want to wo 29Reads—Score114d adds
- 185 Legends of the Star Domain: I Build an Empire in the Universe 星域传说：我在宇宙建帝国 In the past, humanity strove to understand our place in the universe. We imagined gods and worshipped them. But now, we have explored every corner of the universe and learned its history. We understand that there are no gods in the universe. We are the ones who will shape the universe’s future. The only ones worthy of our reverence are our descendants. Thanks to our selfless struggle, they will take their place on the thrones the gods have vacated. But first, we must claim the entire galaxy... T 209Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 186 Technological Empire: I Get a Warp Drive from the Start 科技帝国：开局获得曲率引擎 [Interstellar civilization + development + conquest] Su Yun transmigrated to a parallel universe and became the emperor of the Great Wu Empire. He discovered that it was an interstellar society, leaving him with none of his former advantages, but then he activated the Civilization Evolution System. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve obtained the technology to build a warp drive.” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve obtained the Grand Unified Theory.” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve obtai 245Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 187 The Starship Alliance Series (Five-Volume Set) 星舰联盟系列（全五册） About the Starship Alliance The rise of AI has brought humanity to the brink. After several major wars, humans were forced to leave Earth and search for a way to survive among the stars. In the robots’ seventh rebellion, humanity suffered total defeat, with only a handful of survivors left. The Brotherhood of Exiles, formed by space colonists who had been driven off Earth in earlier waves, became the last remnant of Earth’s civilization. Thousands of years passed. To avoid a tragedy like Earth’s 266Reads9.4Score5214d adds
- 188 Global Awakening: From the Start, I Shot Down the Zerg Mothership 全民觉醒：开局射落虫族母舰 [Interstellar + starships + higher dimensions + war + talents + System + angels + fatekeepers + cutting-edge technology + multiple heroines] After transmigrating to a cosmic battlefield, Li Yuan stares at the insectoid mothership blotting out the sky and falls into deep thought. Everyone else awakens an S-rank talent capable of destroying the heavens and earth. He, however, gets bound to the F-rank talent [Will of the Northern Darkness]. Facing an insectoid mothership capable of devouring planet 338Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 The Black Tide Crisis: What Does Your Destruction Have to Do with You? 黑潮危机之毁灭你与你何干 A history of Earth's civilization as it develops among the stars; a story that will bring you to tears, make you grit your teeth, and have you slapping the table; an epic tale of the stars, following a protagonist and an AI who support each other and journey forward for a thousand years. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 Keeping a Low Profile While Selling Weapons in the Cultivation World 苟在修仙世界卖军火 He woke up to find himself forty years old again at fourteen, transformed from an oily middle-aged man into a fresh-faced heartthrob. How does an engineering student make sense of immortal cultivation and the occult? How does an ordinary miner find the path to immortality? Well, first things first: he’ll sell some weapons to put food on the table. 38Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 191 Surviving the Sea of Stars: I Can Still Contact My Homeworld 星海求生：我还能联系母星 [Survival + interstellar + System + sci-fi + game + apocalypse + base building + management and development + livestreaming] “Welcome to Starsea Survival!” He starts with a beat-up little spaceship. Zhou Xiao wakes up one day to discover that he’s been selected to take part in the interspecies Starsea Survival game. Short on supplies and people? I have a System! And I have my home planet! Watch as Zhou Xiao leads the people of the Dragon Kingdom step by step to the pinnacle of the universe’s myr 177Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 192 The Mirror 镜子 A short science fiction story by Liu Cixin, renowned science fiction author and Hugo Award winner. —Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 193 Dominion of the Sea of Stars 星海霸业 [Sci-fi + Space Opera + Civilizational War, where brutal battlefields intertwine with philosophical questions] Warships roar, countless species tremble, and humanity rises. From the Solar System to the heart of the universe, from the brink of extinction to the throne of supremacy. This is an epic written in blood, a hymn of rebellion, and the most audacious gamble civilization has ever made. Conquer the stars, or become cosmic dust. 290Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 194 I Sent You Abroad to Study, Not to Achieve Technological Immortality 让你留洋海外，没让你科技永生 [Cutting-edge technology + cunning protagonist + self-interest + independent development] Li Shaoyang accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world and returns to his younger college days, where he activates the God-Tier Technology System. He thinks the System will help him reach the pinnacle of life, but it falls dormant after using up too much energy. Relying on all the differences between Blue Star and his world, he starts out as a ghostwriter and steadily accumulates all kinds of “resources 371Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 195 Warhammer: I Am the Heretic 战锤，我就是异端 [Warhammer fan fiction, no System, rise to godhood, kingdom-building] This is a story about an alien and a heretic. I do not believe in the Emperor, yet I saved humanity. My faith is just like my name: known to all. I eradicated the Orks, destroyed the Tau, crushed the Necrons, and drove off the Imperium. Now I hold back the Tyranid swarms, the Aeldari submit to me, and my fleet is sailing toward the last lost territory of my homeland. You will plant your flag in the Imperial Palace on holy Terr 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 The Oort Resonance 奥尔特共振 The crumbling borderland Sparkfire Alliance faces treachery from the deep-space interest groups of the Earth-based Interstellar Federation behind it, and a mysterious, ruthless symbiotic civilization bent on formatting it from the front. After more than a century of being battered, after more than a century of resistance, a new generation of Sparkfire children is finally ready to pass beyond the Oort Nebula and cross the Star Abyss Gate. Where does the Star Abyss lead? What kind of civilizations 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 I Thought I Had Transmigrated, but It Turned Out I'd Become Immortal 我以为穿越了原来是永生了 Also known as The Immortal Human Project. [Sci-fi mystery] In 2096, Lin Shu unknowingly became an [Immortal Human] and lost all his memories. He was also implanted with the complete memories of neuroscientist Gu Zhixing from 2046. After regaining consciousness, he briefly believed he was Gu Zhixing, who had transmigrated from the past. With memories from fifty years ago and the subconscious mind of a modern person, Lin Shu is both a vessel for a “new human” of 2096 and the bearer of a backup of 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 The Human-Shaped Spark, Building a Machine Empire from Scratch! 人形火种源，从零打造智械帝国！ Gu Li inherited a scrap recycling station and discovered that every day, 'trash' from other worlds would fall there. He then activated the Turn Waste into Treasure System. He picked up a fragment of the AllSpark, the source of life on Cybertron. With one click, he turned waste into treasure, obtaining a brand-new AllSpark that could awaken machines and give them life! He picked up a discarded miniature nuclear fusion reactor. With one click, he turned waste into treasure, and the AllSpark gave i 3.8kReads8.1Score21214d adds
- 199 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—14d adds
- 200 William's Star Abyss Dominion: The Undying War Banner 不灭战旗威廉的星渊霸图 This novel continues the world of The Empire’s Starry Sky, following William as he ventures into the Star Abyss and embarks on a brand-new interstellar conquest. You can read it without having read the previous book, and you won’t miss a thing. We fled to the moon on the day of our defeat, escaped in the midst of victory, and fought for a glimmer of hope for imperial civilization when all seemed lost. The smoke of the Earth-Moon War had yet to clear, and the bloodshed of the Mars expedition was 324Reads8.8Score10714d adds
