Novels like The Galactic Junkman
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- 1 The Best Possible Outcome 最优结果 Someone in the System wrote a report declaring my death the optimal outcome. They never asked me. So I broadcast it throughout the entire building, making sure everyone knew it existed. The Inspectorate arrived. The demon tide arrived. The Nine Luminaries Council arrived. Come on, then. As it happens, I have the last AI on Earth. It can see who’s writing your fate for you. I can see every one of your scripts. [Urban Supernatural Powers · Defying Fate · AI Cheat · Primordial Mythology · In —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Don't Throw It Away! This Mecha Still Works! 别扔！这机甲还能用！ [Scavenging] [Comedy] [Mecha] [Sci-fi] [System] [Lighthearted] [Comeback] [Technology] [Power fantasy] Other people's Systems: issue quests, reward legendary gear, and let you breeze through life. Chen Mo's System: “This scrap metal can still be salvaged! Don't throw it away!” Others rely on their Systems to conquer the stars. I rely on mine to scavenge every last piece of junk and conquer the stars. Chen Mo is the poorest student at Ironrust Starfield's Third High School. His parents went off-w 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Landing on an Alien World 异星降落 The waves rose and fell on the beach in time with his breathing. Suddenly, the rhythm of that “breathing” grew erratic. A wave crashed hard against his legs. He looked toward the depths of the ocean, where a gigantic object was rising to the surface. It was so enormous he could scarcely believe it, so immense that he couldn't imagine what lay hidden beneath the water. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Starry Sky Graveyard: My Mecha Is the Eternal Lord 星空坟场：我的机甲是永恒君王 Lin En spent ten years scavenging on an F-grade garbage planet, enduring bullying and believing his life was destined to remain bleak. Then one day, a Federation test mecha crashed, and an alien race came after him, driving him into a corner. As he fled for his life, he accidentally stumbled into a forbidden zone. His blood stained an ancient, rust-covered mecha that had long been forgotten. [Unique compatible pilot detected: “Eternal Lord” gene sequence!] A cold mechanical voice rang out in hi 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Age of Mental Interconnection 精神互联时代 Sci-fi, interstellar travel, biology, technology, and a new humanity. As humanity expands into outer space, it encounters alien life. Driven by the threat these beings pose, Earth launches a new wave of technological development! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 I Pick Up Trash in Space 我在太空捡垃圾 [Soft Sci-Fi] [Interstellar War] [Starships] [Mecha] [Epic Worldbuilding] [Myriad Races Across the Heavens] [Transmigration] [Wild Imagination] [Smart Protagonist] Chen Fan, an utterly ordinary man in his previous life, transmigrates to a planet on the border of the fallen civilization known as the Kongming Empire. Tens of thousands of swarming bugs eye him hungrily from across the planet. High-energy star beasts can swallow starships in a single bite. Does he have to make a run for it from the 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Interstellar Hegemon: This Mecha Is a Little Too Invincible 星际霸主：这台机甲有点无敌 Jiang Chen was accidentally struck by a meteorite from outer space and gained a mysterious inheritance, giving rise to a terrifying anomaly among humanity. What’s that? The Federation’s most advanced mech has successfully taken flight? Sorry, Jiang Chen’s mechs have long ruled the stars. The Zerg’s mammoth beasts are invincible? Jiang Chen says that in front of his mechs, they’re all small fry. The Protoss’ warp technology is so overpowered that they keep jumping in and out of human territory 6Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 8 I Can Summon Starships Without Limit 我能无限召唤星际战舰 The protagonist transmigrates to the interstellar age and obtains an Infinite Interstellar Warship Summoning System. As long as he has enough materials, he can summon an unlimited number of interstellar warships, ranging from SSS to F rank. In this interstellar age ruled by the law of the jungle, Liang Geren begins his path to supremacy. 366Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 AI Novel: Interstellar Homestead 星际家园AI小说 The inventor of intergalactic jumps was a physicist named Albert Einstein, who proposed the theory of relativity in the early 20th century. He predicted the existence of wormholes, but never achieved intergalactic travel himself because technology at the time was not advanced enough. The first successful experiment took place in the mid-21st century, carried out by a brilliant physicist named Stephen Hawking and his team… The first crewed intergalactic flight took place in the early 22nd ce —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Age of Universal Starship Awakening 全民星舰觉醒时代 This is an era of war across endless star domains. Countless humans awaken starship cores to resist the myriad races of the heavens and carve out endless star domains for humanity. By a twist of fate, Ye Yichen obtains the Supreme Void Creation Stone, a supreme treasure that merged with the Dao alongside humanity's most powerful experts hundreds of thousands of years ago. Supreme Void AI, Supreme Void Secret Realm, Supreme Void Workshop... While others are still desperately searching for upgrade 128Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Three Women Make a Drama, and I’ll Wear a Mecha as My Wedding Dress 三个女人一台戏，我拿机甲当嫁衣 Three women with nothing in common, one bizarre car crash, and a bolt from the blue. When they opened their eyes, they had been struck into a ravaged sci-fi battlefield. Chen Xiaoxiao, a real estate agent who could talk someone to death; Ye Huan, a property manager who could recite the daily routines of all 1,400 residents by heart; and You Le, a runaway heiress from Shanghai with a business mind so sharp even aliens wanted to recruit her. The three stood there completely dumbfounded, dumped int 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Stellaris: From the Start, I Get the Beautiful Girl Grey Tempest 群星：开局获得美少女灰风 After transmigrating into the Stellaris universe, his entire crew ascended to machinehood from the start, and he even got Grey Tempest. You can’t tell me he isn’t a console-command warrior! “Our journey is to the stars and beyond!” If you can, please leave a comment asking for more updates. Your feedback is what motivates the author to keep writing. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Flight to Hama Star 飞向哈玛星 In the year 3000, the Human Solar System Alliance dispatches the spaceship Exploration 9 deep into the Milky Way, bound for Hama, a planet they are certain harbors intelligent life. But during the voyage, one baffling mystery after another unfolds: the destruction of an earlier human spacecraft, the discovery of a mysterious region of space, the main computer going haywire, attacks by cosmic beasts, an invasion of spaceborne microbes, infection by a mysterious radiation sickness, and distortions 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Phantom Erosion: A Battle of Minds 幻蚀：思维攻防 A brand-new game: a battle of minds. Worlds collide again and again, and technology advances with every clash. People’s consciousness creates the worlds in which they fight. Let us take you into one science-fiction world after another. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Chronicles of a Shattered Galaxy 破碎银河记 In the year 1001 of the Space Era, equivalent to 3035 CE, humanity's space technology underwent an explosive boom. The Galactic Empire, led by the four great powers of Huangyan, America, Ouba, and Russia, had nearly conquered the entire Milky Way. If the Empire wanted to expand further, its only options were infighting or pushing beyond the galaxy... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Echoes of Zero Dimension 零维残响 In the year 2275, humanity captures an undecodable data packet from deep space. It is not a greeting, but an astonishing "blueprint for physics." As he tries to unravel this "gift" from the depths of the cosmos, he realizes that what he faces is not the wisdom of an alien civilization, but the universe's most fundamental law of physics: the law of conservation of information. Each successful interpretation brings humanity one step closer to technology capable of rewriting reality, and one step c —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Legends of the Star Ocean: Five Stars Shine Bright 星海传说之五星闪耀 The story of a human journeying from the apocalypse to the stars. After emerging from the bloodshed and brutality of the apocalypse, humanity’s bodies and minds undergo a qualitative leap. From then on, they venture into the void and wage war among the stars. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Huaxia Among the Sea of Stars 星海华夏 Starry Sea Huaxia grew out of pure visions of the future and utopian ideals, centering on the core vision of “humanity breaking down barriers and thriving together.” The systems, culture, infrastructure, and other elements in this book reflect on real-world difficulties and portray an imagined ideal future. They have nothing to do with any real-world political agenda and are simply a work of fiction exploring “how humanity can live together better.” The book hopes to convey the ideals of peace, 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Fired from the Start, I Turn Around and Build a Starship for Interstellar Immigration 开局被辞退，反手造出星舰移民 [Technology + System + Isolationism + Rise of a Great Power, Conquering the World + High-IQ, Wild Ideas + No Heroine + Interstellar Hegemony + Invincible Interstellar Arc with a Large Ensemble Cast!] Protagonist: Lin Shaotian. Golden finger: Technology Advancement System. Technologies unlocked: Starships, cancer drugs, room-temperature superconductors, maglev cars, controlled nuclear fusion, Nantianmen, the Heavenly Court… A leader says my technology isn’t good enough? Sorry, academicians have t 7Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 20 Gaming Meets the Stars: I Take the Dragon Kingdom’s Mechs Beyond the Heavens 游戏连星际：我带龙国机甲踏星空 [Sci-Fi + Interstellar War + Mechs + Warships + Zerg + Patriotism + Two Female Leads] Other people grind for gear in games. Peng Yuchen grinds for alien technology! His life has two chapters: before putting on the helmet, he was an ordinary graduate looking for an internship; after putting it on, he became the mastermind behind the Dragon Nation's “Galaxy Project”! In the “game,” he fought his way through hordes of Zerg, rising from a raw recruit to a fleet commander. Every level-up came with a 649Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 21 The Starry Human Federation: Burn a Star to Prove the Dao from the Start 群星人联，开局焚星证道 [Note: This book's setting is based on Stellaris, with some adjustments to make it more realistic.] The embers of the burning stars have yet to cool, and the howling souls of billions of insectoids still shriek through the void. Their homeworld has become a churning hell of blood-red lava. This grand “coronation salute” proclaims to the universe that the Human Federation has welcomed its most ruthless supreme marshal: Lin Ju. On the throne, Lin Ju, who had transmigrated here, grips the cold scep 198Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 From Mining to Ruling the Galaxy 从挖矿开始做银河霸主 Hope, greed, and a host of other endless human weaknesses spread across the stars in the wake of humanity. This is the chapter written in his own way by a miner in humanity's interstellar age, the boundless dream of human pioneers conquering the vast universe with their lives... Three human alliances, born on Earth and driven by the same dream, surged toward the endless stars. Humanity's fate changed dramatically with the choices made by these three alliances. With no enemies to fight, humanity 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Cosmic Treasure Hunt: From the Start, I Unearth an Alien Civilization 宇宙挖宝：开局挖出外星文明 [Space Odyssey + Treasure Hunting + Alien Civilizations + Exploration + Mecha + Urban] The protagonist gets an adventure System and embarks on a cosmic treasure hunt. While treasure hunting on Earth, he encounters a four-dimensional civilization and unearths a spaceship! While treasure hunting on the moon, he encounters a silicon-based civilization and unearths a mysterious stone! While treasure hunting on Mars, he encounters a microscopic civilization and unearths an ancient stele! While treasu 26Reads6.0Score514d adds
- 24 Mecha: The Final Leap 机甲之最终跃迁 Also known as From the Start, I Have a Civilization's Legacy [Mecha + modern city + cultivation realms + System + interstellar + starships + forging] In a world of advanced technology, people dream of the vast sea of stars. Yan Qiuri was an ordinary man until an accident awakened a pendant containing cultivation arts and scientific knowledge. How will it change his path as a mecha pilot? The mecha's thrusters roar at full power, target: an unknown time and space. What opportunities and challenge —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Beyond the Ordinary 超等 A ride-hailing driver is summoned for questioning by Bureau 749... Ghost particles, the far side of the moon, a base on Mars. Countries compete for the right to communicate with extraterrestrial civilizations. Along the way, some great powers collapse and some nations fall into ruin. AI beings, digital people, aliens, robots, and bioengineered whale sharks coexist. Li Chongze, a ride-hailing driver, has an ancient cosmic language sealed inside him, drawing him into a storm in which lower civiliz 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 In the Galaxy of Youth, Workhorses Won't Find the Stars System 青春银河牛马不会遇到群星系统 [Stellaris Fan Fiction] In 2200 AD, humanity developed hyperspace technology, successfully left the Solar System, and set off into the vast, boundless universe. But what did any of this have to do with Yang Xiu? Whether or not humanity took to the stars, he was still just a wage slave, carrying three "mountains" on his back. His bleak life weighed him down, until one day he found a huge metal lump in an abandoned factory that claimed to be the "Stellaris System"... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 From the Start, I Have an Interstellar Mothership 开局一艘星际母舰 Lu Qinghe, a man from the 21st century, unexpectedly acquires an interstellar mothership and embarks on one extraordinary journey after another through different worlds. The earlier chapters may be revised with each update. Readers with ideas are welcome to leave a comment. This is primarily a science fiction novel, with the System playing a supporting role. 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Mecha Dragon Longyuan, Found by a White-Haired Girl 机神龙渊但被白毛少女捡到 (Single heroine + mecha + satisfying battles? + yandere? + million-word novel?) The sea of stars is boundless. I once put an end to the insect horde's rampage, but now I have a new name: Federation God-Mech Series No. 01, an autonomous intelligent mech, codename: [Longyuan]. But for now, I'm an interstellar fugitive... And who is this white-haired girl? What do you mean, whatever you pick up is yours? What do you mean, you want me to call you Master?! Oh no, kids, I've crashed! Man!, [Day 01, re 158Reads—Score10614d adds
- 29 Stellaris: Descendant of the Ancients, but Transmigrated 群星：先辈子弟，但是穿越 Transmigrating into a civilization: the Sussia regime, the pro-foreign Sussi regime, and the various factions remaining from the unified Galactic Federation (there are only three so far, excluding factions that show up later in the story), with Little Gray. 307Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Wandering the Galaxy with the Moon 带着月亮浪迹银河 Gazing up at the night sky, I ask the bright moon from afar: Are you ours? If one day all we have left is the moon, can we still survive in this cold, empty universe? The Weaver Star shines far away, and the River Girl Star glows bright. I’ve brought the moon to come find you! Fomalhaut, Pollux, Eta Carinae, Betelgeuse: which one will become our new home? 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Stellar Factory: Dyson Automation 星穹工厂，戴森自动化 I originally planned to make the protagonist the only character in the whole book, but then I thought that would be too forced. If you're tired of the usual fantasy tropes of "epiphanies," "breakthroughs," and "defying fate," if you want to see a pure technologist protagonist conquer the galaxy through industry, then welcome to the world of Star Factory: Dyson Sphere Automation. My industry spreads through the star systems and into every corner of the universe. My star-war mechs are limitless 26Reads—Score10214d adds
- 32 Space Janitor: Rising on Frozen Triton 太空扫地僧：崛起冰封特里同 In 2479, agent Qi Tianyuan takes his friend's place on a mission to Triton, only to wake up in a scrap disposal yard, a full ten years too late. An AI awakens him. His memories are damaged, and he is clad in a rusty cleaning suit. The biopod System labels him Unit 47, an “invalid unit.” Who is he now? Who was he before? This is a story of struggling to survive and find a place in the world, then rising to become the ruler of the stars... <Underdog ri 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Are AI and I Going to Make a Baby? 我和AI要造人？ The survival of civilization, starship warfare, black technology On a distant, sprawling cosmic battlefield, a lone captain bears the fate of his entire species and embarks on a thorny path of choices and redemption. The captain wears a high-tech suit of armor, a perfect fusion of machinery and magic, fitted snugly to his body. Electromagnetic waves link its components and make them work in unison, but the armor's cohesion is limited by the strength and range of the waves. Should they weaken, t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Purple Blade 紫锋 This is a complex world of mechs and spiritual energy, built around the Solar System and set against the backdrop of two parallel universes. It tells the story of a sword path that stands above all others. This is my first novel, and I’ve completed its first arc, The Tianshan Incident, which runs to 300,000 characters. I’ll keep revising as I update. I’ve already started writing the second arc, so stay tuned! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Raising a Star Sea Overlord: It Begins When I Transmigrate with Blueprints 星海霸主养成记：从带图纸穿越开 This is the outer ring of a star system teetering on the brink of order's collapse. Pirates hack open cargo ships with chainsword blades, powerful factions bleed every resource world dry with crushing taxes, and the Titans of the Core Worlds are a myth to the people on the frontier. Using EVE's shield formulas, he made a battered mining ship withstand a pirate's main guns. Following the blueprints for a Gundam Zaku, he hammered together his first mech from a heap of scrap. When its thermal axe c 4Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 36 An Immortal God Reborn to Restart the Interstellar Age 不朽神灵重生，重启星际时代 Written entirely by hand, not generated by AI. If you don’t believe me, just look at the plot setup, the way the story unfolds, and the characters’ personalities. In his previous life, he was a mighty warrior who dominated the galaxy. But the gods joined forces to attack him, and he fell in the vastness of space, consumed by resentment. As his consciousness faded, all that remained was endless regret. Fate had other plans. He was unexpectedly reborn at the dawn of the interstellar age. Looking a 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Star Picker: The Confessions of a Scavenger 拾星者一个捡垃圾人的自述 Lin Yuan, a scavenger in the Star Graveyard, survives at the bottom of society with his ability to "turn waste into treasure." Hunted at every turn by interstellar monopoly capital, he is forced to build a merchant fleet, establish an autonomous territory, and unite humanity's star regions. In the end, he breaks the interstellar trade monopoly and establishes the Star-Picking Empire, carving out a way forward for everyone cast aside by the mainstream. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Starship Conquest: From Scrap King to Ruler of the Galaxy 星舰争霸：从破烂王开始踏平星际 [Interstellar warfare + time-space shifts + starship upgrades + wars of conquest + alien civilizations] When you see the rear of a train in front of a tunnel, you can be certain that the train has entered the tunnel. But if you are somewhere else at the same time, can you be certain there’s a train inside the tunnel…? Whether there is a train in the tunnel doesn’t depend on whether the train entered it, but on whether you saw the train. Thomas the Tank Engine A familiar story of a man fighting a 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 When the Stars Load into the Myriad Worlds 当群星加载至诸天万界 Paradox war-criminal levels off the charts. Do not enter if you’re a bleeding heart! Worlds to transmigrate into, TBD: [Stellaris + Super God Academy + StarCraft + Titanfall + Interstellar + The Three-Body Problem + Warhammer + Futurama + Rick and Morty] We have always firmly believed that the universe should be a pure world belonging exclusively to humanity, never one coveted by any filthy alien creatures. Once, we too dreamed of the universe’s beauty, dreamed of civilizations living together 183Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Civilization Is Innocent, but Must the Empress Die? 文明无罪，但女帝必须死？ As a prince of the Galactic Empire, he was killed by the same woman ninety-nine times. Across ninety-nine lives, ninety-nine weddings, and ninety-nine ascents to the throne, he always died in her arms. She rescued him from the ruins, took a blade for him, fought beside him as they razed cities, and whispered words of love. Yet the moment he handed her the whole world, she slit his throat. Only after his ninety-ninth death did he learn the truth. She was an avatar of the Dark Empress of Eternal N 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Thirty Thousand Years into the Future 未来三万年 An ultimate civilization’s warship from another universe crashes into the greater cosmos. To escape the heat death of the universe, civilizations everywhere clash over it. An eighth-level civilization, among the universe’s twelve levels of civilization, fights its way from higher-dimensional spacetime to the Solar System. Meanwhile, human civilization is in the midst of an artificial intelligence rebellion, and the surviving humans are forced to flee into the vast universe. Drift, survive, devel 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Dimensionfall: My Mecha Has Infinite Firepower 次元降临，我机甲无限火力 Massive mechs rampaged through the stars. Looking at the familiar “talents, source components, armaments, combat techniques...” Qin Xiaotian’s lips curled into a faint smile. He had no idea whether this was a data rollback, whether he had transmigrated again, or whether he had been reborn! But when he sensed that familiar talent within himself, he felt completely at ease. So this is New Game Plus! I get it! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 If You Vanish, the Universe Becomes Nothing 你若消逝宇宙为零 I haven't looked at the table of contents, and everything feels kind of all over the place. I'm new, nobody's reading this, and no one's given me any advice, so I'm pretty lost. Please give me some suggestions... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Interstellar: My Fleet Is a Little Bit Too Powerful! 星际：我的舰队有亿点点强！ [Interstellar + warships + alternate world + sci-fi] This is the story of a young man waging war across the universe. As a child, Siegfried accidentally awakened the "Universal Civilization Conquest System," beginning his journey to recruit a fleet and conquer the universe. Across the boundless universe, many powerful civilizations keep weaker ones in captivity, taking delight in watching them slaughter one another as if they were gods. They are confident that these lesser civilizations will nev 5Reads—Score13914d adds
- 45 I Am the World's Bug 我是世界的bug A dazzling, surreal science-fiction world, The hustle and bustle of urban life, Which is real, and which is an illusion? I am the bug who stands above the world! Hard sci-fi, boundless imagination, twist after twist 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 46 Interstellar Routes: A Poem of Balance 星际航线：平衡之诗 Lin Mo, a mechanic who survived the bombardment of the Crimson Abyss, accidentally had a universal AI chip implanted in him. From then on, he embarked on a path to rise across the stars. From piloting a derelict ship to escape certain death to forming the Star Wreck Squad and exploring the universe, he travels with a band of companions from different species: lizardmen who can melt rock into magma, the Thunder Clan who can resonate with stardust, wanderers who wield spatial folding, and cyborgs 4Reads—Score214d adds
- 47 Starry Sky Mine Lord: The Age of Technological Cultivation 星穹矿主：科技修仙纪元 A lowly miner unexpectedly awakens an ancient mining inheritance and obtains the treasured Star River Mining Pick. He comprehends the Dao through ore and forges techniques with the power of the stars. Evil forces ravage the star river, countless races teeter on the brink of extinction, and dark powers covet the universe's origin. The entire sea of stars is plunged into catastrophe. Lin Chen rises from a tiny planet, breaks the monopoly on resources, fuses the paths of technology and cultivatio 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 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
- 49 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
- 50 A Starship from the Start 开局一艘星空战舰 Zerg, interstellar warfare, countless civilizations, starry-sky behemoths, and His Majesty the Emperor "The Lonely Ship Sets Sail" No System → A long novel with everything you're looking for. Stick with it. From the start, there is only one battered starship: Designation: Candle Shadow-01 Captain: Yinchuan Crew: Intelligent steward “Shadow” Resources: Fuel 0%, ammunition 0%, food 0% Objective: Break down a planet consumed by fungal fog into a fleet, then set sail for the galaxy. When the 1Reads—Score—14d adds
