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- 51 Star Core Reboot: I Rebuild the Interstellar Empire with Players 星核重启：我用玩家重铸星际帝国 [Interstellar Civilization + Fourth Calamity + Behind-the-Scenes GM + Exosuits + Mecha + Livestreaming + Dual-Civilization Ensemble Story] When Lin Yuxi woke up, his consciousness had crossed 980 light-years, and he had become the last Keeper of the Flame of a fallen interstellar civilization. There were only 30 days of oxygen left, the satellites were on the verge of failure, and an unknown threat capable of wiping out an entire interstellar empire still lurked in the depths of the star sea. Wi 278Reads7.8Score196Shelves
- 52 The Star's Annihilation 湮灭星芒 Countless years later, humanity has unified the Milky Way. After tens of thousands of years of war, humanity has finally entered a brief period of peace. Yet threats from the Andromeda Galaxy and other universes have not ceased. For the sake of human civilization and the Milky Way, Hu Yu once again leads a fleet on an expedition into the depths of interstellar space. The author will bring you a grand war between galaxies, a multidimensional cosmic war, and a vision of an even vaster universe. 3.1kReads9.3Score318Shelves
- 53 Mecha: I Started by Dismantling the School Belle’s Engine 机甲：开局拆了校花机甲引擎 [Mecha] [Overpowered Male Lead] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Saintly Heroics] [Unexpected Contrasts] [Technological Hegemony] [Super AI] [Multiple Mecha Series] [Illustrations] [Over a Million Words, Read with Confidence] Mo Li was the youngest and strongest marshal of the Yanlong Empire. During a desperate decapitation operation against the Zerg, he was thrown into an unfamiliar mecha civilization along with his ultimate weapons: the mecha Divine Machine: Ten Directions of Silence, capable of an 30.4kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves
- 54 Steel World: Core Machine 钢铁世界：核心机 [Mecha] + [One Female Lead] + [No System] + [No AI] + [Original, Serious Story] + [Gundam-Style World] + [Mecha Combat] + [Space Migration] + [Demonic Beasts] After a bus accident, I woke up to find myself in a cryogenic pod. Two hundred years had passed in the outside world. The world had changed drastically. Most of Earth had become disaster zones overrun by ferocious beasts. Giant mecha had replaced traditional weapons, and cities were protected by fortresses. The world had been turned upsi 10.4kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
- 55 An Alien Little Sweetheart Came to My Home 我家来了个外星小棉袄 This novel is rich in elements, like a treasure trove. Choose a path below to explore according to your interests: For fans of military technology and strategic simulations Key chapters: 74–81 The “Spirit Realm Guardian” project: A national intelligent defense system built by adapting Dona’s firefighting system. Highlights: Intelligent swarm warfare, one-sided battlefield transparency, overwhelming technological superiority, and revolutionary defense concepts. For those interested in environment 2Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 56 Record of Raising an Otherworldly Supreme 异界至尊养成记录 In another world, with cards that blot out the sky, speak my true name and my magic knows no bounds. This is the story of a young man from Blue Star who transmigrates to another world, using summoning cards to earn money, raise a child, and stir up all kinds of trouble. 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Robinson in Deep Space 深空鲁滨逊 A lighthearted comedy with no violence, no spicy content, and a laid-back tone! This book was originally intended to be a low-budget screen production! It’s the story of Tang, a natural-born human accidentally cast to the edge of the galaxy, and his struggle to survive and find his way home! And A metal robot who is accidentally given a soul, and the growth of that soul as it clashes and merges with the robot’s rules! ~The story!~ ~The ending~ A bittersweet farewell (Part One) In the blink of an 268Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 The True Heiress Returns with Her Metaphysical Powers, and Her Wealthy Family Begs Her to Stop Setting Up a Stall 玄学真千金归来，豪门全家跪求别摆摊 The Metaphysical True Heiress Returns, and Her Entire Wealthy Family Begs Her to Stop Setting Up a Fortune-Telling Stall 644Reads—Score—Shelves
- 59 My Brother Is Calling for Help, but Grandpa Says Never to Look Back 弟弟在求救，祖父却说千万别回头 My younger brother was calling for help, but Grandfather said, "Whatever you do, don't look back." 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 Warhammer 40K: My Girlfriend Is the Emperor of Mankind 战锤40K：我的女友是人类帝皇 (A Warhammer 40K fanfic. Some details in the timeline may be adjusted slightly, but it'll still have plenty of Warhammer flavor.) (Some memes and historical events will be mixed in to make this fanfic universe more dramatic and entertaining.) Li, a student studying abroad, was driving home with his girlfriend, Empress, when they were suddenly sucked into a warp vortex and dragged into the world of Warhammer 40K… It turned out that his girlfriend was actually one of the Emperor's soul 10.6kReads8.8Score804Shelves
- 61 From Mecha Pilot to Starfleet Commander: I Rule the Stars 从开机甲到星海舰队，我统御群星 (Modern warfare + mechs + starships + galactic scale + farming on a colonized planet + decisive combat + exhilarating battles. The author has a highly rated previous novel with 2.4 million words. Read with confidence.) Standard version: Li Xin wakes up on the colonized planet Guansuo IV. Guns, cannons, tanks, fighter aircraft, mechs, starships. Together, they forge a future of blood and fire. Tens of thousands of interstellar warships stand ready, along with countless void mechs. Dense beams fro 38.7kReads9.1Score4kShelves
- 62 I Turned My Sister into a Doll, Now I Challenge the Gods Above 把妹妹制成人偶，我剑指漫天诸神 [Dystopian + dark comedy + grand worldbuilding + thrills and heartbreak] In the summer of Year 1048 of the Pillar Calendar, Luo Li once again pushed open the glass doors of the Civil Affairs Application Bureau. To obtain a license to kill a girl and use her flesh and blood to awaken a sleeping puppet. “Public Safety Bureau of Laiyin City reminds you: kill without a license and lose everything; kill with a license and benefit your whole family.” “Want to kill someone? Getting a license is har 120.2kReads9.4Score14.1kShelves
- 63 String! Antimatter Universe: Crossing Over 弦！正物质宇宙：跨越 A hard-science-fiction novel. Please add it to your bookshelf and follow the author! This is an imaginative, alternate-universe science-fiction series featuring an explosive surge in technological development, conflict and integration between Earth and alien civilizations, sweeping interstellar wars, and an interstellar alliance made up of numerous civilizations. It has a vast cosmic and technological setting, and ultimately explores a clash with higher-dimensional forces. I hope you’ll enjoy it 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Wandering the Wasteland: Trait Bonuses from the Start, a Daily Prophet 流浪废土，词条开局，每日预言家 (The rating just came out, so it’ll rise later.) In the 350th year of the wasteland era, the sky is forever leaden gray, like a rusted iron sheet pressing down overhead. The air of the wasteland era is forever tinged with the sweet, metallic stench of rust, decay, and radioactive dust. Every breath is like swallowing shards of glass. The protagonist, Qin Lang, awakens a Trait System and risks his life to secure the daily prophecy from the start. Watch as Qin Lang, alongside his honest and valian 3.9kReads6.3Score230Shelves
- 65 The Righteous Sect's Leader Slacks Off, and the Female Demon Comes Knocking 正道第一宗摆烂，女魔头找上门了 [Defying the master and seducing the disciple + multiple heroines + a touch of yandere + System + daydream simulations + angst and sweetness, but overwhelmingly sweet] [Also known as: Daydream Simulation: Why Are the Fairies Showing Up at My Door?] My name is Xie Ci. I was raised by a beautiful master and grew up in the foremost sect of the righteous path. But my talent is mediocre. Okay, it's terrible. After eighteen years of cultivation, I'm only at the ninth level of Qi Refining and just can' 28Reads—Score211Shelves
- 66 After I Was Reborn, I Gave Up My Guaranteed Admission, and He Panicked 重生后我放弃保送，他慌了 After I Was Reborn, I Gave Up My Guaranteed Admission, and He Panicked 406Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 The Universe Is So Vast, I Want to See It All! 宇宙那么大，我想去看看！ [Interstellar transmigration + sci-fi + strong female lead + narcissistic romance + high-tech + extraterrestrial civilizations + humorous tone] “Of everyone I’ve lost, the one I miss most is myself.” An unavoidable plane crash brings Qing Tong face-to-face with an unexpected visitor. She miraculously survives, only to enter a Mobius loop, trapped in an endless cycle. Yet even then, she cannot break the laws of dimensions and reunite with herself. (There are two endings, one HE and one BE. Choos 119Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 68 The Origin of Pain 痛觉缘起 The author is a veteran scientist working in research, and has long lamented how few hard science fiction works have appeared since Liu Cixin. Unable to resist, they decided to try writing one. Scientists are people too, but traditional science fiction tends to be rather cool when it comes to emotions. The Painful Origin is hard science fiction from a fresh perspective, yet it still features the sweet, devoted love of first romance, bringing warmth to the genre. It’s a brisk read with no draggin 93Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 Confessions of a Watcher 窥探者自述 This universe is unfair. As long as you are a living being, civilizations of a higher level will study you, observing your every move! 705Reads8.2Score132Shelves
- 70 Me, Robots, and the Apocalypse 我，机器人与末世 This is a planet so bleak it takes your breath away. Humanity’s shelters have been buried beneath yellow earth; a thousand years have passed since the final human let out their last scream; the once-great civilization has vanished; the oceans have dried up; all plants have withered; even the hardiest microorganisms can no longer survive. And yet war still rages across this ravaged planet. [No System] [No transmigration] [Not mindless] [Traditional style] [Multiple plotlines] [Multiple protagonis 3kReads9.3Score374Shelves
- 71 Upscale Residential Area Ahead, Impostors Keep Out 前方高档小区，伪人止步 This is a world overrun by impostors. Yu Tang is a night-shift security guard of the highest caliber. His job is to stay at the security post, identify impostors, and alert the relevant organizations so they can deal with them, making sure none slip into the residential complex at night. But this job isn’t easy. It seems the impostors aren’t the only things he has to deal with here… … Wealthy homeowner: “Xiao Yu, take this ten thousand yuan for now. I’ve got an important client coming at 3 a.m. 68kReads8.5Score6.9kShelves
- 72 The First Day After I Was Reborn, My Whole Family Wanted Me Dead 重生后第一天，全家想让我死 On the First Day After I Was Reborn, My Family Wanted Me Dead 125Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Bearing the Five Turbidities, I Walk Through a Wicked Age 身负五浊，行于恶世 [Xuanhuan] [Superpowers] [Single Heroine] [Two Powerful Leads] [Pseudo-Ensemble Cast] [No System] [Slow Burn] “When you look back on your life, how would you define yourself?” In 2050, alien species invaded Blue Star. Led by the “Dream Masters” who had awakened their “Strange Eyes,” humanity raised the banner of resistance against the all-consuming tide. The Five Turbidities: the turbidity of kalpas, views, sentient beings, afflictions, and life. As you journey through this evil world of the Fiv 2.2kReads—Score236Shelves
- 74 The Floating City in the Freakish Sea 畸海浮城 [A World of Strange Realms] [Backrooms-Inspired Setting] [Dark Humor] [Monstrous Creatures] [Light Apocalypse Scavenging] [Uncovering the Truth] The original world has shattered into countless eerie pocket worlds: A silent city where the sun never rises, A man-eating forest where every tree walks, An endless wasteland forever watched by a giant eye... And also, A colossal Buddha traveling beneath the city, Moving walls of steel rebar mixed with rotting flesh, A black humanoid figure stan 142kReads9.1Score13.9kShelves
- 75 Reborn, I Deliberately Emptied My Storage Space 重生回来，我故意清空了空间 When I Was Reborn, I Deliberately Emptied My Storage Space 2.3kReads—Score—Shelves
- 76 I Escaped That Cannibalistic Old Street with Nothing but a Skewer of Candied Hawthorn? 我逃出那条吃人的老街，只靠手里的一串冰糖葫芦？ I escaped that man-eating old street with nothing but a skewer of candied hawthorn berries in my hand? 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 My Father Pretended to Be Mute, and My Boyfriend Lied to Me 装哑的父亲和骗我的男友 A father who pretends to be mute and a boyfriend who deceives me 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Blood and Blades: Star Wars Storm 血与刀：星战风暴 [Mecha] [Farming] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Female Lead] [Everyday Life]“The warfront doesn’t need heroes. It only needs beasts that survive until tomorrow.” But you’re determined to smash that bullshit rule! When your mecha burns, your flesh and blood become your blade. When the world turns its back on you, your lone courage becomes your banner! Amid this raging tide of steel and corpses, only the fire in your bones can rekindle the embers of civilization! Face the apocalypse with nothing but bl 20.5kReads8.1Score2.3kShelves
- 79 EN Starlight in the Abyss 深渊星芒 In 2185, low-level bugs transported through a higher-dimensional passage took over the entire solar system. Humanity was forced to abandon its home and leave the solar system in search of a new one. Along the way, Earth's wandering fleet discovered that things were far more complicated than a mere insectoid invasion: civilizations across the entire Milky Way had been caught up in a vast conspiracy. This is a sweeping science-fiction story set across the Milky Way. There are no mecha evolutions, 5.9kReads9.1Score570Shelves
- 80 The Spoiled Young Master Is an Evil God, and All His Followers Are Beauties 纨绔大少是邪神，眷属全部是美女 [The ratings just came in, and they’re going to soar] [Showing off in public] [Multiple heroines] [No toxicity or angst] [Divine and insane] [Highly intelligent villains] [Epic battlefields] The Evil Gods cast their gaze down from the stars. Their mutterings worm into the soul, and their corruption makes flesh betray the will. Cities writhe beneath their skins, while people mutate in ignorance. The Empire, the forbidden zones, and the rulers enthroned high above have long since written humanity 254.9kReads9.2Score29.8kShelves
- 81 Six Hundred Million Years of Evolution: From Trilobite to Mythic Progenitor 进化六亿年，从三叶虫到神话始祖 [Beast Protagonist] [No System] [No Romance] [Never Takes Human Form] (Also known as Supernatural Evolution: Beginning 600 Million Years Ago) In 2030, humanity finally discovered the secret of evolution. Aether: a strange energy that spreads from the planet’s core in the form of tides. It can accelerate the rate of mutation in a population millions of times over, enabling a leap in life’s evolution and entry into the supernatural realm. Just as the Awakened defeated the other species that had e 122.7kReads9.1Score12.8kShelves
- 82 An Alien Country Bumpkin Forces Me to Become a Smirking Dragon King 外星土狗逼我做歪嘴龙王 Magical realism, no System, and not a wish-fulfillment story. A Chinese teacher whose manuscript was rejected secretly studies Dragon King fiction, uncovers the secrets of the universe, gets unbelievably lucky, shocks everyone, and conquers the world! 53.3kReads8.9Score5.2kShelves
- 83 Night's Pardoner 赦夜人 [The author has a completed title on the Top Peak list, “The Usurper (Below the Upper City).” Read with confidence!] [Ensemble Cast] [No System] [Not Invincible] [Plot-Focused] [Dark Tone] [Not Mindless] [Character Growth] Every shift from day to night is a silent contest of survival. After nightfall, the world becomes a playground for the Blighted. A special light source can offer humanity brief protection. Some live high above, beneath the lights. Others cling to life in the mud. No matter how 264.6kReads9.0Score28.1kShelves
- 84 Stargate: A New World 星际之门：新世界 Qin Hantang accidentally transmigrated to a parallel world strikingly similar to the setting of the TV series Stargate. With his unreliable, hit-or-miss memories of the plot, he opened the door to a new world. 1.5kReads8.7Score124Shelves
- 85 Apocalypse: The Holy Armored Soldier, Definitely Not EVA! 末世之圣装机兵，真不是EVA！ [Apocalypse + hard sci-fi + no System, no golden finger + Lovecraftian horror + interstellar war + invincible] As the shadow of destruction blots out the sky, humanity's civilization has only seven days left. That day, a god descended without warning over Tokyo. With absolute power, it declared the end of the old era, turning a prosperous world into scorched earth and wasteland in just one week... The survivors cling to life in despair. To reclaim their lost home, they pour every resource the 565Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Reborn in a New World: Living It Up Without a Care 重生新世界之瞎浪一气 After Zhong Mo was reborn, he discovered that this life was different from his previous one in a few ways. Most importantly, his heartfelt hope that his wife had been reborn alongside him had unexpectedly come to nothing. Deeply shaken, Zhong Mo decided to make a bold move in this new world. Fifteen years later, when he reappeared, he had plenty of secrets hidden behind him. But by then, fate seemed to have played a joke on him too, making everything much more interesting. The story takes its ti 180Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 EN Rolling Traits in Warhammer: The Emperor Has Stood Up? 我在战锤抽词条：帝皇站起来了？ Also known as: I’m Your Dad. [Male lead, no romance 😁 + Doraemon childhood manga protagonist 😁 + invincible human 😁] “I transmigrated. Warhammer 40K. I don’t know which planet, probably the bottom-level caves of an abandoned hive city in a fallen region. Chaos abominations keep flickering into existence, and Chaos Cultists are patrolling nearby. The System gave me my first trait: [Flashlight]. Yes, not a Lasgun, but a damn flashlight. Emperor, are you there?” At first, I was pretty panicked. The 291.2kReads9.5Score36.3kShelves
- 88 The Enlightenment Human Community 启明人类共同体 (The rating just came in and will keep rising, so feel free to give it a try. People keep saying there’s no room for sci-fi here, that everyone only likes cultivation and fantasy, and that The Three-Body Problem is the only one that can compete. Let’s prove them wrong!) Abducted by aliens? Turns out that’s a good thing: we’re the pandas of the universe. They won’t let us visit home? There’s always a way around every obstacle! They lock us in cages and cut us off? Then we’ll just have to secretly 1.2kReads8.3Score128Shelves
- 89 It All Started with a Chili Pepper Trade 从辣椒交易开始 On modern-day Blue Star, in a coastal village in the southwest of Huaguo, the countryside was poor and remote but rich in produce. Chen An, 22, had graduated from high school and spent several years working away from home, but couldn’t make ends meet. He returned to his hometown to help his parents grow chili peppers. That year, they had a bumper crop, but buyers drove the price down to just a few cents per jin, and nobody wanted to buy them. Just as he sat worrying on the ridge between the fiel 3.8kReads6.2Score223Shelves
- 90 The Wandering Earth: I Take My Little Broken Planet on the Road 流浪地球，我带着小破球去流浪 The moment the Wandering Earth broke free from the solar system’s chains, the darkest hour in the entire universe began. Zhou Ming, the will of Earth itself, took the “Perpetual Student” System and its star-devouring host on a knife-edge journey through a universe ruled by the law of the dark forest. To avoid being struck down to a lower dimension, Zhou Ming and humanity embarked on a wild interstellar ride. Pose as a superior civilization and scam the Heluo aliens? That was just an appetizer! S 1.1kReads8.9Score103Shelves
- 91 Girls' Frontline: Commander of Task Force 141 少女前线：141指挥官 (This story has absolutely no connection to the official material. All character settings are based solely on the story itself.) What is modern warfare really like? Some say it’s a two-hundred-million-dollar drone firing a million-dollar missile at a ten-thousand-dollar jeep. Commanding a battle is a discipline in its own right... M4A1: Commander, your books... don’t have anything to do with commanding troops, do they? Chen Shusheng: It’s perfectly normal for a commander like me to know how to u 3.7kReads9.5Score243Shelves
- 92 Daily Life of a Mining-Type Beast Tamer 挖矿系御兽师的日常生活 Beast Tamer is a noble profession. Most people associate it with wealth, protection, and power. But they don’t know that one major at Beast Taming University is called: Environmental Survey and Development. Xiao Sui has regretted choosing this major more than once. The only time he’s happy is when he finds precious ore in certain secret realms. What’s wrong with environmental surveying? It’s absolutely fantastic. (The ratings just opened, so they’re on the low side. A 7.1 opening score is alread 185.3kReads8.8Score20.4kShelves
- 93 A Cheap Import Who Studied Abroad? Call Me the Father of Chips! 归国留洋水货？叫我芯片之父！ [The 1950s + technological powerhouse + academic prodigy] A young man from the new century transmigrates to 1955 as an overseas student returning to China, becoming one of the same group of ocean-liner returnees as Qian Xuesen. The original list of twenty-four people has inexplicably gained one additional name: his. However, this Stanford graduate in his former life actually graduated through his family's donations. He has no real knowledge in his head and is already someone about to be eliminat 390.6kReads8.7Score29.2kShelves
- 94 Digital Homecoming: Reborn 《电子归途之重生》 The Electronic Road Home: Reborn 352Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Digital Homecoming: Breaking Free from the Cocoon 《电子归途之破茧》 Electronic Journey Home: Breaking Free 404Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 Alien Invasion: I Lead Blue Star into a Type II Civilization 外星入侵：我带蓝星进入二级文明 At 11:28 p.m. on September 7, 2025, a strange “blood moon” appeared in the sky. No one knew it was a final gift from a dying alien civilization. Ye Jinchen, a materials engineer, was accidentally implanted with the [Spirit Nexus] System, created by the “Aida Civilization,” becoming the sole heir to the technological legacy of a higher civilization. Two months later, the prophecy came true. An extraterrestrial predator known as [Jidu] tore through the heavens like a cold cosmic calamity and began 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 EN Apocalypse Choices: Starting with 100 Million American Cockroaches 末世选择：开局一亿只美洲大蠊 (The rating just came in and will rise.) “If you were given three bags of bread and had to choose one of the following options, which would you choose...” “A: Defeat a C-302-type apocalypse cockroach.” “B: Spend one hour in a sealed room with one hundred million American cockroaches.” In 2028, the Apocalypse Choices arrived. The uncanny invaded, monsters appeared, cities fell, and humanity was forced to abandon its homes and migrate in search of a slim chance of survival. At the same time, glowi 1.1MReads9.0Score171.7kShelves
- 98 C-Rank Appraiser? I Command the Supreme Treasures of All Ages c级鉴宝？我执掌万代至尊 In the year 2012, a dark star hung in the sky, and dimensional rifts of every size tore open around the world, unleashing countless monsters. Human firearms barely harmed them. But Source Crystals began to grow all over the world, and people who came into contact with them started awakening special talents, giving humanity a way to fight back. Even so, humanity endured sixty years of darkness. It was only when the Twelve Kings of Mankind had fully come into their own that humans could stand toe 178Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Disaster-Magnet System: I Flee to Neon, While the Lighthouse Creates an Apocalypse 招灾系统：润去霓虹，灯塔造末世 [Exchange System + endless supplies + urban rise + tech emperor + sacrifice the great powers] If even Iron Man's “memories” can be exchanged for, who needs a job? Copied supplies could fill in the ocean, so who needs money? The points need “rat lives” as sacrifices, is that it? “Mr. Baka,” a super typhoon and an extreme-cold apocalypse... Wouldn't it be a waste of all this “spectacle” if I didn't sink your whole country? And as for your “daddy,” the Lighthouse Nation... The brand-new “zombie kil 1.9kReads5.9Score198Shelves
- 100 System Tasks Too Hard? The Nation Says, “Leave It to Me” 系统任务太难？国家：放着我来 [Signed for print publication] [An unconventional story about turning in a System, focusing on the protagonist's growth and the country reaching out to him in return] Good news! I've got a System! Bad news! The System seems to have a bug and keeps trying to kill me! Faced with a System devoted to erasing its Host, Li Ce made a decision that went against his ancestors' wishes. He turned the System over to the country! P.S. The author has only posted on Dianzi. It's a great book, but I'm not very 2.3MReads9.2Score380.9kShelves
