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- 51 Hard Science Fiction: Starting with Building Black Tech 硬核科幻，从打造黑科技开始 Are you kidding me? You call things like space elevators, planetary engines, and navigator space stations props? I make hard sci-fi, and the whole point is that it's hard! 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Infinite Lagrange: The Evolution of Civilization 无尽的拉格朗日之文明演化 There is so much to develop before a low-level civilization can become a high-level one. The System gives up: if a primitive society can reach the interstellar age in minutes under the System, there's nothing left to write about, so the System can only slack off. Starting with quarks: quarks are the smallest constituents of protons, neutrons, and atomic nuclei. Light elements undergo stellar and supernova processes to synthesize superheavy elements. Primitive society, the Middle Ages, feudal soc 724Reads—Score7014d adds
- 53 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 130Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 54 Omniscience Is Omnipotence: All I Need to Do Is Act to Become Invincible 全知即全能：我离无敌只差行动 [Invincible] [Feel-Good Read] [Omniscient and Omnipotent] [Interstellar Warfare] [Cutting-Edge Technology] He Ming transmigrates into another world and obtains a notebook that can answer any question. From then on, he gains an all-knowing perspective, helping the Dragon Kingdom advance its civilization step by step from the new energy era, ushering in the age of interstellar conquest. He is only one action away from becoming invincible. Many years later, he asks his final question. [W 3.3kReads6.6Score24414d adds
- 55 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
- 56 Apocalypse: The Rise of Technological Powers 末世：科技异能崛起 Synopsis: [Apocalypse + rebirth + System + technology + supernatural abilities + spatial storage + survival + disasters + scheming protagonist + ensemble cast + mecha + mobile fortress] The world is enveloped by an endless, unknown energy. An unknown disaster swept across Earth, bringing unprecedented devastation. Countless humans and other living things mutated in the disaster: grotesque zombies, powerful ability users, rampaging mutant plants, ferocious mutant animals, and even tiny microorg 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Reborn Before the Apocalypse, My Military Base Is on Mars 重生末世前，我的军事基地在火星 [Alien Base + Post-Apocalypse + Storage Bracelet + One Heroine + Advanced Technology] Zhao Wu is reborn, and he also gets bound to a storage bracelet. The storage bracelet has 18 spaces, a golden finger everyone dreams of having. It contains countless resources, countless technologies, countless cultivation techniques, and a hundred advanced bionic robots to serve as assistants. However, if Zhao Wu wants to unlock the bracelet's more advanced technologies, he or his employees must first develop 254Reads—Score10414d adds
- 58 I Build a Nuclear Bomb by Hand from the Start, and the World Goes Up in Flames 开局手搓核弹，全球炸了 The ultimate nuclear-bomb National Destiny System: the protagonist builds nuclear bombs by hand, terrifying Japan into closing itself off from the world. [Draw Panel / Show-Off Panel / Bootlicking Panel / Spending Panel / Urban Panel: Choose one each week, and receive any reward upon success.] The Americans are dumbfounded. Weren't they supposed to be number one in the world? How did their country get wiped out? Every nation is stunned: one man taking on the whole world? I hope you'll enjoy the 193Reads—Score714d adds
- 59 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
- 60 Lost Land 惘土 [Wild Imagination + Supernatural Powers + Dual Transmigration + Wasteland + Cthulhu] People often say dreams are the opposite of reality, but I disagree. I’ve seen the same people in my dreams, and the same ruins in real life. In truth, dreams and reality are one and the same. We’re all lost in confusion, and dreams are simply reality made tangible. (This book has no gimmicks, no national-fortune themes, and no idiotic plotlines. It isn’t a slow starter. The opening may not dazzle you, but the j 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Legend of the Star Sea: Elegy of the Nature Elves 星海传奇：自然精灵的挽歌 A Tomato original: hard science fiction + space opera + interstellar setting + civilization wars + mighty battleships and cannons + mecha + Warhammer 40k + no System + no cultivation + little girls! The protagonist is enjoying the view by a river when he encounters a UFO. In a flash of white light, he transmigrates to a remote agricultural planet in a vast interstellar empire within the Genesis Nebula. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 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
- 63 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
- 64 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
- 65 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
- 66 On Mars: From the Start, I Built a Star Destroyer by Hand! 人在火星：开局手搓歼星舰！ Send a message, call for help! Earth: “A signal from Mars? It’s fake, right? Some alien scam!” No reply! No reply? What is this, The Three-Body Problem?! Fine, I’ll build a base myself! I’ll save myself! And so Luo Yu began his journey of building technology by hand. Meanwhile, when Earth’s probes spotted the ever-expanding Martian base, they were congratulating themselves on how cleverly they had handled things earlier. Earth: “See? I told you it had to be aliens!” 29Reads5.5Score414d adds
- 67 Civilization of the Fatherland 父基文明 Mars: the new cradle of human civilization. When faced with an unexpected interstellar embargo, humanity turned crisis into opportunity, enabling it to advance by leaps and bounds. This allowed humanity to grow stronger, expand its territory, reclaim numerous vassal star races, and rise to become a powerful civilization coveted throughout the Milky Way. But the good times did not last. The Andromeda Fleet, plotting for ages, has arrived at the outer reaches of the Milky Way. The war between gal 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Memory Field 记忆场 What if the apocalypse wasn't caused by zombies overrunning the world or nuclear bombs laying waste to everything, but by the laws of physics that humanity depends on suddenly ceasing to work? The story begins with a mysterious experiment conducted by a Chinese research team. Deep underground lies a vast structure that cannot be explained by existing science. An unknown substance can make precision equipment disintegrate layer by layer, and even cause living beings to lose their form in an inst 37Reads—Score314d adds
- 69 The Zombie Apocalypse, but I Have a Weapon Evolution System 丧尸末世，但我有武器进化系统 [System + apocalypse + zombie survival + unconventional troop-building + diverse weapons + no heroine + shelter + humor + memes + military elements] When the apocalypse erupts, Chen Zhou fights his way out using a weapon evolution System. A clothes-drying pole evolves into a spiked club, a tool hammer into a mace, and a toy crossbow into a compound crossbow. Can it really even evolve into planes and cannons? The weapon evolution System turns stone into gold. Can it turn cars into armored vehicle 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Brilliant Galaxy: Return to the Milky Way 璀璨星河之重返银河系 After losing the war in the galactic system A fleet carrying more than four hundred billion migrants sets out from the Milky Way for the distant NGC 5457 galaxy. It is the largest known interstellar migration in this universe. They will spend twenty thousand years in transit, searching for a new home. Yet a tenacious resistance movement remains in the Milky Way, clinging to its last stronghold like a mayfly trying to shake a tree. They never stop hoping for the return of the parent civilization. 190Reads—Score2314d adds
- 71 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
- 72 The Origin I: Eternal Life 源起I永生 In 2060, humanity conducted an experiment to verify the impact of dark matter. It triggered a series of phenomena and disasters that human civilization could not explain, plunging Earth into a nuclear winter that lasted a century. Humanity could only eke out a living in underground cities. A hundred years later, breakthroughs in underground technology allowed people to gradually emerge and establish a new civilization on the surface, where they could raise families and search for answers about w 26Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 73 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
- 74 The Immortal Emperor Returns to the City, Only to Find He Can't Cultivate 仙帝回归都市，竟然无法修炼 Where does the path of cultivation end? And where does science end? Liu Hao transmigrated to a world of cultivation, spending a thousand years cultivating until he became an Immortal Emperor. Yet, while refining the Heavenly Dao at the very end, he was reduced to ashes. When he awoke, Liu Hao discovered that he wasn’t dead. Instead, he had transmigrated once more, this time to the parallel world of Blue Star. All his cultivation was gone, and Blue Star had no spiritual energy. Just then, an incr 207Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 75 The Wandering Earth: I Transmigrated into Reality as a Pilot 流浪地球：穿越现实的我是飞行员 [The Wandering Earth + multiple worlds + pilots + aerial combat + positive energy] ...When the virtual breaks into reality, Wang Yi transmigrates into the real world and becomes one of its elite pilots. Starting with the rescue of a plane in distress, he joins a legendary force and uses the last vestiges of humanity's grit to make the World Tree grow. As time passes, the truth about those virtual worlds comes to light. ...Those weren't virtual worlds. The species that truly exist there obtain th 17Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 76 The Superpowered Galactic Squad 超能银河战队 Are Earth's unsolved mysteries traces left behind by alien civilizations? What secrets lie behind mysterious UFOs, magnificent pyramids, and the eerie Cape of Death...? As the riddles are gradually unraveled, the world is plunged into an unprecedented interstellar crisis. Faced with repeated attacks from alien forces, humanity's counterattack finally... begins. An unprecedented journey of astral exploration, fraught with danger at every turn. A thousand-year galactic war that never ends, cosmic 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 The Cosmic Technological Empire 寰宇科技帝国 A young man who has just graduated from college unexpectedly stumbles upon a remarkable opportunity. He pushes technological progress forward and monopolizes numerous industries. He single-handedly sparks a great war, then brings about peace. Starting from nothing, he founds the greatest technology company in history. Going it alone, he builds a vast interstellar civilization and empire. He personally leads his troops into battle, wiping out countless alien civilizations. He loves his people lik 835Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 78 Stars: A Space Opera of Ships and Psionics 群星：舰与灵能的太空歌剧物语 [Transformation + Narcissistic Romance + Galactic Civilization + Farming + Sci-Fi + Technology + Interstellar + Rogue Robotic Servants + Space Opera + All Kinds of References + Gestalt Consciousness] When Bai Muchen wakes up, he discovers he has become a silver-haired, pink-eyed beauty, and has even “stepped into the void, united with the heavens,” becoming a Gestalt will with one mind shared across countless bodies. From then on, one body for an entire species, one mind for an entire civilizati 132Reads7.5Score714d adds
- 79 Starry Sky, I Have a Super AI 星空，我有一个超级AI When top-tier combat power and AI meet a top-tier luck magnet, the world will tremble! Young Bai Chen is blessed with maxed-out talent. He excels at both literature and martial arts, is meticulous and shrewd, and commands AI that is decades ahead of its time. His tactical planning leaves nothing to chance, he crushes opponents of his own level in one-on-one fights, and he outmaneuvers powerful enemies. Fatty Liu Qiang has heaven-defying luck. He seems utterly ordinary, but the heavens favor hi 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 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
- 81 The Call of the Stars 星空的呼唤 A planet's death is not the end. The cycle of death is the beginning of everything, and elemental dust is the final resting place. Elemental thrusters don't believe in tears; they simply burn everything in their path. Civilization levels are collars around the necks of lesser civilizations. The laws of the universe are both merciful and cold. Interstellar pirates need to be strung up and whipped even after death. Higher-level universes are the moonlight in our hearts, while lower-level universes 41Reads—Score314d adds
- 82 Frozen Apocalypse: My Divine System Goes on a Rampage 冰封末世，我的神佛系统杀疯了 [Apocalypse + power fantasy + divine palaces + dark revenge, no goody-two-shoes hero + overwhelmingly satisfying!] The world enters an ice age. The apocalypse arrives, and all order collapses. Everyone awakens extraordinary powers! Qin Hao transmigrates to this world and becomes one of the lowest-ranking wretches in a protected zone. Everyone can bully him, and he’s on the verge of starving to death. Then he awakens the Palace of Gods and Buddhas! “Ding! Unlocked the divine power of Erlang 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 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
- 84 Doomsday War Machine: From the Start, I Can Mark Other People's Stockpiles 末日战车：开局标记别人囤货地点 Apocalypse + rebirth + super war machine + stockpiling supplies + infinite space + ability-wielding zombies + mutated species + absolutely no bleeding-heart heroics God is dead. The apocalypse arrives, zombies erupt, and species mutate. Zombies and mutated creatures can level up and awaken abilities, bringing human civilization to the brink of annihilation. Lu Chen is reborn and awakens the Super War Machine System. From the start, while others hoard supplies, he marks other people's homes. Whil 233Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 85 Survival Handbook for the Apocalypse 末世求生手册 Lin Zhi woke after a car accident to find the world completely changed. Faced with bloodthirsty members of his own kind, his only thought was how to survive in this frozen apocalypse. I’m not afraid of dying. I’m afraid everyone else will die, and I’ll be the only one left alive. 220Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 86 Doomsday: I Turned into a Zombie 末日，我变成了一名丧尸 (No transmigration, no rebirth, no System, no supernatural powers, one female lead) The zombie virus breaks out, and the apocalypse begins... Chen Tao is a SWAT officer. On his way to find his unit, he is unfortunately scratched by a zombie. In the end, he dies alone in a corner. When he opens his eyes again, he has become a zombie. But unlike the others, who instinctively eat people, Chen Tao has not lost himself. He is a conscious zombie... (Note: The male lead will turn dark later on.) 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Space Drifter: Return to Earth 星际流浪者之重返地球 The story takes place in the future, when Earth's population has exploded. To control population growth, the authorities use an iron fist to impose a system of strict classification on humanity! Anyone deemed an unfit member of the population is exiled into space and becomes an interstellar drifter. The protagonist of this book, Jiang Dongge, is one such drifter. This is a hard-core sci-fi story about his struggle to overcome adversity and rise from the bottom, blending technology, ancient marti —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 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
- 89 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
- 90 Three-Star Diary 三星日记 Three-Star Diary 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 The Transmigrate-and-Trade System 穿越之科技交易系统 Lin Ke transmigrates to a parallel world just as Huaguo finishes its major industrial survey. He obtains the Technology Trading System, which lets him trade cutting-edge technology with civilizations from multiverses of the same level. From the [Dyson Sphere World], he trades for wireless power transmission, planetary shields, and laser defense turrets. From the [Resident Evil World], he trades for the Red Queen AI, the T-virus, cloning technology, and cryogenic hibernation technology. From the 89Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 92 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
- 93 Wasteland Survival: My Trash Can Synthesize Anything 废土生存：我的垃圾能合成万物 [Romance] [Talented but levels up very slowly] [Picking up the male lead in the apocalypse is necessary for the plot. If you don't like it, don't read!!! (Important)] Other people's end-of-the-world abilities can lay waste to the heavens and earth, but Lin Yiyi's ability is... picking up trash and combining it? Then she picks up Ling Chuan, a devastatingly handsome man with off-the-charts combat skills and serious injuries (she brought him home on impulse in the apocalypse (╥﹏╥)), and the diffic 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 EN Granddaughter Gives a Mecha at a Birthday Banquet, Sending the Scientific Community Into a Frenzy 孙女寿宴送机甲，科学界疯了 Xu Fan was a student and a welder. He received an order to build a 500-centimeter mech, as sci-fi as possible! It was a birthday gift from a beautiful client to her grandfather, a scientist, and she promised that money was no object. The job was too difficult, and he was just about to give up when the Super God Technology System activated and helped him build the mech. On the day of the birthday banquet, the mech made its debut. Its sleek, sharp design left countless people stunned. The beautifu 859Reads8.0Score37614d adds
- 95 Wasteland: Even Scavenging Is Hard 废土，拾荒也很难 What happens when humans are no longer the masters of this planet, but its lowest-ranking inhabitants? When they have to scrape together everything they need to live in the cracks, and on the wasteland plants and animals evolve while even the air and sunlight they depend on become deadly, how are humans supposed to survive? 3.2kReads—Score20314d adds
- 96 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
- 97 The Observation Box 观察箱 A slow-burn soft sci-fi story with a fully realized world and rigorous logic. Not a power fantasy. The entire city is permanently frozen in 1996. The streets are intact, the buildings have not crumbled, and everything is as familiar as ever. Only human life has fallen utterly silent. There are no hordes of zombies, no supernatural hauntings, and no special powers or Systems to fall back on. Only a real world trapped in time, filled with countless subtle anomalies. Stranded alone in an empty cit 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Technology: I Can Synthesize and Upgrade Anything 科技：我能合成升级一切 Ye Tian had hit rock bottom when he accidentally activated a mysterious interface. It had only a few options: Shop, Inventory, and Synthesizer. Put any item inside, and a matching item would appear in the shop, where it could be bought and duplicated endlessly. That wasn’t even the best part. Put ten identical items into the Synthesizer, and they’d combine into a higher-level item. With this at his disposal, making any scientific breakthrough was a breeze. In a world where technology had stagnat 6kReads8.5Score43114d adds
- 99 Apocalypse Star Cards Have Arrived, and I Am the Lord of Ten Thousand Stars! 末世星卡降临，我乃万星之主！ (Post-apocalyptic survival, Star Cards descend, global freeze, decisive and ruthless, goddesses from around the world, ice-blue zombies, ancient creatures, the world beneath the Earth's crust, beyond the ice wall, logical, no saintly hero, no contrived melodrama!) When we look up at the stars filling the sky, the stars are watching us, too. There are gods three feet above our heads. When countless Star Spirit Cards transformed from the stars and descended upon Blue Star, the global Doomsday era 237Reads6.9Score10014d adds
- 100 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
