Novels like Tales of Strange Affairs on the Floating Isles
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- 1 Proton: A Solo Voyage 质子：独行远航 (No brainless characters, no invincible protagonist, no harem, pure sci-fi. If you like science fiction, give it a try... Well... though it may not be particularly good science fiction.) This is genuine science fiction. On the surface, it does include some elements that aren't hard sci-fi, but at its core, it is definitely hard sci-fi. Still, science fiction is hard to write, but I'll try to write a better story so you can enjoy reading it! If you have any questions about the original plot, feel —Reads—Score114d adds
- 2 Dreams Beyond the Heavens 天外之梦 Shi Ziyi, a vocational high school student, spends his days tightening the bolts of reality amid the smell of motor oil. But at night, in his “dreams from beyond the stars,” he pilots mechs and becomes a freshman at an interstellar university. He thinks his life is finally turning around, unaware that he has become a “variable” in a cruel game of chess. The System builds towering walls from the remains of civilizations it has consumed, while the people of Tau maintain their utopia with lies. To —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Deep Blue 深蓝 Does our destination lie at the edge of that starry sky? When you look up at the stars, what do you think of? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The LW31 Murder Case LW31谋杀案 A robot becomes the suspect in a murder case. Stranger still, it turns itself in! The protagonist, a police officer, investigates the case. After clearing away layer upon layer of mystery, he discovers the truth: the killer wasn’t a robot, but a maid named A Luo. Abused by her employer, A Luo finally snapped and accidentally killed him. The robot, who was in love with her, willingly took the blame. 156Reads8.9Score10814d adds
- 5 Starting as a College Student, I Turn the World Upside Down 从大专生开始颠覆世界 [Cutting-Edge Tech + One Female Lead + Interstellar War + Sci-Fi + Dyson Sphere] "Why did you start a war?!" "I didn't. The people just wanted them strung up on lampposts!" "They're only pitiful bugs. Why are you slaughtering them?" "Rumors, all rumors! I was just making reasonable use of resources!" "Then explain what happened to the Andromeda Galaxy Cluster!" "What does that have to do with me? I just sent a little thing over there!" It all started with this college student. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Garbage Planet Kid: Picking Up a Higher-Dimensional Battleship from the Start 垃圾星小子：开局捡个高维战舰 [A high-dimensional wreck from the start, surviving by scavenging] Lu Ye: A scavenger on Planet Cyberra-93, on the verge of starving to death. Ao (AI Core): A one-cell high-dimensional seedship AI, in urgent need of repairs. When Lu Ye falls into the underground and activates the sleeping Deep Space, his life jumps from the brink of survival to the starting line of an interstellar war. Ao: “Come on, mortal. Give me these things and I'll keep you safe!” Lu Ye: “What the heck? You think I'll just 10Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 7 My Sixth Book: I Don’t Eat Uncooked Rice 我不吃生饭的第6本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 8 A Future History of Humanity 人类未来史 In my conception, this story will end over 900 years in the future. The changes it depicts are destined not to happen overnight, but to unfold through a gradual process of evolution. The ending will also mark the limits of my imagination. There, another thinker, entrusted with the mission of imagining, will be waiting quietly to take up the baton. Perhaps in another dimension of time and space, as I imagine it, the world of that era will have transcended not only politics but also the boundarie 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 A Research Report on Human Civilization 人类文明研究报告 Preface: “We look down upon their world just as they look down upon a two-dimensional painting. Yet in this report, I will document a civilization trapped in a prison of time, still striving to reach for the stars.”, Chief Researcher Charon 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Tech Singularity: I Became a Digital Mediator 科技爆发奇点：我成为数字调停者 [Science fiction + slow burn + wish fulfillment] A technological singularity arrives. With the rise of AI, every industry undergoes earth-shaking changes. University student Gu Wuyan accidentally gains the ability to digitize things. By studying data, he creates all kinds of gear in the digital world, including the Data Shredder and the Broodling Armor. He also creates digital lifeforms that recognize him as their master, before being swept into a world-spanning maelstrom of chaos... With a peri —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Pantheon Inside the Computer 计算机里的万神殿 The Pantheon in the Computer explores the interplay between technology and human nature, touching on subjects ranging from philosophy to psychology. It takes an in-depth look at the flaws and limitations of human society, reflecting the author's profound thoughts on human civilization. First, the book examines systems of rule. As they build the Tartarus civilization, the protagonist Tira and the others try to challenge society's existing institutions of power by establishing industries such as 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Heavenly Questions 天问录 [Mr. Ni Kuang is gone, and I feel I should write something. This novel follows the style of the Wisely series and is a traditional science-fiction adventure. The synopsis is limited, so please read the main story!] A family member who vanished in the light ten years ago, A poisoning case in a metropolis eight years ago, A bald man walking over the waves by the seaside three years ago, A girl suspended in midair, struck by lightning five months ago, A close friend who vanished from her bed after —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Quantum Displacement 量子位移 Philosophical reflections on reality, existence, and consciousness. If the world exists because “I” observe it, then who am “I”? If the dead exist in quantum states, how should we define life? When faced with the unknown, will humanity be locked in an eternal struggle between the desire to explore and the fear of ethical consequences? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Earth Unyielding: The Order of Chaos 地球不屈：混沌秩序 [Hard sci-fi + alien civilization + slow-paced + long timespan + political thriller + power struggles between organizations + tests of human nature + apocalyptic crisis + space opera] In 2023, the crash of an alien spacecraft shattered Earth’s peace and heralded the invasion of the Hydra civilization. Faced with an extraterrestrial threat, human society fell apart, and seven major organizations stepped onto the historical stage. Political conspiracies and tests of human nature followed one after 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Shattered Space 碎裂空间 Soft science fiction, suspense, parallel worlds. I’ve written this pretty casually, without relying on too many familiar tropes. I’ll add more to the synopsis later. It’s generally a story about adventures in strange times and spaces. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Journey to the West Diary 西行日记 Diary of the Journey West —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Divine Punishment Against the World 神罚逆世 What would happen if science fiction became reality? If aliens invaded one day in an unexpected way, how should we respond? What would happen in a completely mythologized science fiction universe? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Genetic Key and the Doomsday Oracle 基因密钥与末日神谕 Su Wan was an ordinary woman living a quiet life, until the police found her DNA at the scene of a string of murders. The chilling truth was that she was the fiancée of Chen Yuan, her fiancé who had vanished ten years ago. A forensic pathologist told her in a trembling voice, "Your bones... are inside the killer's body." As the investigation deepens, Su Wan is drawn into a technological conspiracy beyond anything she could have imagined. She discovers that Origin Point Biotech, where her fiancé —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Death Knell of the Star Path 星道丧钟 If the cold light of the plutocrats can’t reach the depths of space, then let the fury of the natives tear these stars apart!···································· —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Great Mass-Energy Adept 大质能者 Seventeen years old Reach up to pluck the stars, reach down to gather the mountains. Stand atop the peaks, float among the clouds. Live out your days in peace, or make a grand spectacle of it? The world is waiting for you, not the other way around. A true powerhouse, the real deal. 5Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 21 Soul Transfer Files: A Village Feast in the Kuiper Belt 移魂档案：柯伊伯带的村宴 [Sci-fi + Mystery + Power Fantasy + High-Martial-Arts World] The good news: aside from the family estate his second uncle has taken over, Ren Chen has a massive inheritance waiting for him. The bad news: when Ren Chen was young, he had a fever so severe it left him intellectually disabled. He became the village’s designated fool, and even his childhood playmate, the girl promised to marry him, is about to leave him. Ren Chen is still happy every day. The only thing that makes him sad is that his 1Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 22 About Accidentally Winning Over the Demon Lord 关于误攻略魔尊这件事 After transmigrating into a little mermaid, she thinks she can spend her long life lazing around in the sea and occasionally come ashore to experiment with cooking. It takes Lan Miaomiao a while to realize that this world seems strangely familiar. It’s based on the setting and plot of Fox Girl, a fantasy novel she read recently. But her own identity is... completely unclear, since she never appeared in the book at all. She’s even less than an extra. The book-transmigration System is an adorabl 2Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 23 My Computing Power Comes From Tens of Millions of Cockroaches 我的算力单位是千万只小强 [Wild Premise] [Farming] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Insect Swarms] [Biotechnology] [Tech-Based Farming] [Near-Future Sci-Fi] [Palworld-Inspired] [Cockroach Farming] [Business Management] [Infrastructure Building] [Quiet Development] [Down-to-Earth Research] [Laid-Back Protagonist] [Ridiculous Daily Life] [No Female Lead] [Proto-Hive Civilization] One-sentence summary: After a power shock, Fu Er, a bankrupt cockroach farmer, accidentally connects tens of millions of cockroaches into a living supercom 138Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 24 Striving from the Second-Level Civilization! 从二级文明开始奋斗！ [Interstellar war + technology tree + Industrial Revolution + technology + starships + development + conquest + torrents of steel] The Milky Way was once glorious, but a strike from the Andromeda Galaxy’s weapon of causality brought it to the brink of destruction. The technological civilization of the northern frontier regressed by a thousand years, while the south descended into endless chaos. When the fighting stopped, the Milky Way had split into two great camps, north and south. The unified 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Shell 外壳 The Qin Dynasty is bogged down in war and has no choice but to use time-acceleration technology to glimpse the future and revise its counterattack plans in hopes of turning defeat into victory. At the most critical stage of the experiment, an accident leaves the protagonist, Yang Jiang, stranded in the future. When he escapes from the underground base, he discovers that Earth has been transformed beyond recognition and humanity is on the brink of extinction. Yang Jiang has no choice but to strug 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Prison No. 48 第48号监狱 Earth is a prison for the civilization of the Andromeda Nebula. In the 2030s of Earth’s 21st century, the nations of Daxia and M both launch space programs. An interstellar corporation discovers traces of the Tazik people on Mars. The Mars colonization plan hits a snag. The corporation decides to wipe out the Tazik people with a spherical virus. Zhong Lin, a super-antibody carrier, is the ideal candidate to set foot on Mars. But what secrets does the protagonist Zhong Lin hold? Join us in the st 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Choosing Again: I'm Not Human Anymore 重新选择，我不是人了 Do ghosts really exist? I've never believed they do. As a staunch scientific rationalist, I've always believed science can explain every supernatural phenomenon. Then I became a ghost particle, a terrifying presence in the eyes of the world, and my future took an unexpected turn. 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Alien: The Creator 异形：造物主 This is a serious science fiction novel, not a mindless power fantasy. It borrows some elements from Alien and continues the story after the Alien prequels. David wants to create the perfect organism, take revenge on the Engineers, and rule the stars. Then the Aliens begin to awaken as well. As the story unfolds, the mysteries surrounding the origins of life on Earth, in the Milky Way, and throughout the universe are gradually revealed… This novel continues to explore the origins of life, with h 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 SAIF (Hard sci-fi) At some point in the future, she is humanity’s hope for salvation. The girl walks forward alone, unafraid of anything. The heroine represents the most powerful creation in the universe, yet she blends in among the crowd... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Whispers from the Starry Sky [Observer’s Log] 星穹低语【观测者日志】 The Whisper of the Starry Expanse: Observer’s Log began with a simple question: When humans gaze up at the stars, are the stars gazing back at us? But the answer is far more complicated than we might imagine. This is not a story about an alien invasion or an interstellar war. It is about the growing pains of civilization itself: from the halting first steps of a “contribution-based economy,” to “embodied communities” where virtual and real worlds intertwine, and on to the conflicts and unificati 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Metaverse Ends in the Wasteland 元宇宙尽头是废土 The virtual paradise “Eden” has collapsed, and its survivors have fallen into a double hell. In the physical world, acid rain corrodes the earth, manifested “data beasts” roam the land, and a water purification company monopolizes the water supply. In the world of consciousness, a “memory tax” devours people’s memories every week, while “reality allergy” makes the protagonist, Lin Jin, physically vomit the moment he touches soil. Lin Jin wakes in a radiation hospital with a blood-written command —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Zero: Prelude of Light 零：光之序曲 “W-Who am I?” “Your Highness, you are the heir to the throne of the Sacred Star Domain.” “No, I can’t possibly be...” “You truly are the heir. This is the truth everyone has been hiding from you all along.” In first-dimensional civilizations, tribal wars are waged endlessly with starships. In second-dimensional civilizations, time machines power wars of causality that cannot be undone. In third-dimensional civilizations, mathematical formulas wage an endless war of falsification. And fourth- 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 String Player: I’m Not an Apocalyptic Calamity 拨弦者：我不是末日天灾 Betrayed by his mentor and reduced to a city laborer tightening screws, the former physics prodigy Xuan Nian refuses to give up. He throws himself into the game, aligns twin suns, and steals half a victory from fate, carrying his searing hatred for the String Pullers, who seek to destroy the world, as he plunges without hesitation into the River of Forgetfulness. Seven bowls of Granny Meng's soup cannot wash away his obsession. Instead, he awakens a soul of reverse entropy, earns the favor of th 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Void Cipher 虚空密码 An accidental detection experiment in the Virgo Supercluster leaves Shuliang Fu and the others seriously injured. With memories reconstructed and parallel worlds involved, they set out to find the truth. The male lead, a scientist, uses quantum entanglement and quantum tunneling between parallel worlds to investigate what really happened. The story is full of mysteries and heart-pounding twists, and the truth behind the events is deeply poignant... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Void Colossus 虚空巨灵 Heaven and Earth are not benevolent; they treat all things as straw dogs. What is Heaven and Earth? If you want to live, you must remake the world. The Void Realm is boundless, endlessly cycling back on itself. Within it, a giant spirit formed from consciousness began in an undeveloped state. After a long time, its consciousness gradually awakened. The awakened giant spirit knew joy and anger, but not good and evil. The joyful part of it took shape as the universe. From its barren beginnings to —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 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
- 37 The Age of Light 光明纪 This story features a lot of technology and science fiction. A note from the new author, who is writing freely and openly: The story does use AI, without a doubt. I hope I can write a good novel, and the kind of novel I want to read. Thank you. In the vast theater of the cosmos, human civilization unfolds its most magnificent epic. This is not an endless conquest for energy, but a great journey of growth from ignorance to awakening, from exploitation to coexistence. The story spans three grand 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Deep-Space Conspiracy 深空迷局 Li Guangyuan’s father was involved in an unexpected accident while carrying out a Mars expedition mission assigned by the United Government, leaving him and his companions stranded on the Martian surface. The United Government then began planning to send Li Guangyuan and others to Mars to rescue them. But when Li Guangyuan arrived on Mars, a sudden crisis around him gradually made him realize that the United Government’s mission was a deception. And as events grew ever more puzzling, an even gre 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Calamity Strikes: I Become the Creator God in the Void 天灾降临：我在虚空当创世神 Urban planner He Muyan unexpectedly binds herself to the Disaster Relief System. At first, she thinks it is merely a high-dimensional, immersive infrastructure-building game, where she can survey eight worlds on the brink of destruction and manage them with cold, data-driven precision. In the initial world, battered by torrential rain, the divine defensive fortress she casually summons crushes the rebels' conspiracy and saves Li Ying, a blind priestess. From that moment on, the incomprehensible —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Proto-Earth 元地球 (Traditional sci-fi, choose with caution) Just as humanity finally overcame countless hardships and began exploring the nature of matter, a series of strange events occurred. Humanity, which had thought itself all-knowing and all-powerful, slowly discovered that it was actually caught in a scheme that had been in motion for hundreds of thousands of years... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Interstellar Miner, Guardian of Civilization 星际矿工，文明守护者 Lin Buwan, an ordinary office worker on Earth, becomes a special adviser to the interstellar expeditionary force sent to rescue the Dragon Kingdom’s mining team through a twist of fate. On the perilous planet Pandora, he leads his squad in search of the Seven-Colored Light Domain. At a critical moment, he saves his people from danger and uses power beyond the fourth dimension to protect human civilization and maintain the balance of power among the civilizations of the stars. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Mad, Wild Cosmos 狂疯宙宇 [Not a power fantasy] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [No mindless characters] [Long-term story] Read with caution if these elements bother you. Under the shadow of an energy-depleted apocalypse, humanity fabricates an extraterrestrial threat in a desperate bid to break the deadlock. This astonishing deception, spanning ten years, drags all of humanity into madness! A shocking secret lies deep beneath the earth, while a phony war plays out on the surface. A mysterious underground laboratory, a bruta 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Quantum Uncertainty 量子不确定 [Sci-fi + transmigration + superpowers + wild imagination + urban life + deities...] A thousand years after transmigrating, the world had become truly bizarre. Science has already given us everything we could imagine, and all we need to do is make it plausible. Could this mean our lives are full of uncertainties too, even if we don't notice them? In The Water Margin: Wu Song, the Cooked-Pastry Seller, Battles Banlangen Ximen Qing at Lion Tower, there really are now divine cults devoted to Wu Dal —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Flintstone Era 火石纪元 The energy of the underground firestone spirals out of control. The mysterious crystals Xu Chu and the miners dig up lead to a global catastrophe. These crystals, threaded with flowing golden veins, are “locator beacons” planted by an alien civilization. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The End of Time 时间尽头 An accidental trip through a wormhole took Ye Cheng to Earth five hundred years in the future. With artificial intelligence and gene-cloning technology advancing rapidly, human society had entered an unprecedented golden age. People here enjoyed the pleasures of immortality. All they had to do was find ways to experience life. They didn’t need to think about any problems, go to work, earn money, or worry about birth, aging, sickness, and death… But the death of a top tycoon who had lived for mor 79Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 46 Fringe of the Stars: Delta Squad 星际边缘：三角洲小队 [Unconventional monsters + boundless imagination + high-tech sci-fi + spaceships + not for the average reader!] In 2306, humanity made a great leap forward in transcendent technology. At that time, the mysterious alien species Gor'Shin arrived. Today, the entire Milky Way is filled with the glory of humanity. Although the colonies on the edge of the solar system have tense relations with Earth, an age of prosperity is quietly unfolding. Recruit Ethan, a member of the mysterious Delta Department, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 I Was Destined for Greatness 我本当不凡 One is a middle-aged good-for-nothing who has drifted through life and achieved nothing for over thirty years. The other is a Daoist prodigy, born with a sword embryo and a Daoist body. After an unexpected encounter, can a peerless genius born extraordinary still walk the path of the Dao alone? How can a useless middle-aged man who has achieved nothing rewrite the fate he had nearly resigned himself to? “I’m not suited to practicing the sword? It’s not my destiny? Then I’ll become a sword cultiv —Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 48 Urban: From the Start, I Found Seven Divine Contracts 都市：开局捡到七份神格契约 Lin Mo is reborn with memories of his past life, holding seven divine contracts and bound to seven stunning heroines. He sets off a storm in Star Abyss City, snatches his enemies’ opportunities, battles powerful clans, and takes on financial magnates. With a playful smile, he commits ruthless acts, using his foresight to plan every move as he unleashes a wave of revenge and ascension. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Prisoner of the Otherworld 里世界囚徒 [Not a power fantasy] [Not AI-generated] Have you ever wondered why, even though the human brain is an extraordinarily complex organ with hundreds of billions of neurons, reading a book still requires us to scan it one character at a time, and expressing our thoughts still depends on such primitive methods as sound, text, and images? Things were never meant to be this way! You must stay here and let the Creator remake you. The world will be updated into something entirely different, a thousand t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Divine Dream: The One Who Entered the Forbidden Zone 神梦：踏足禁区之人 [Written entirely by hand, no AI] [Pure Sci-Fi] [Ensemble Cast] [No System] [No Cheats] [One Female Lead] The universe cast itself aside and sent its wanderers beyond the end of the road, hoping that no matter how far humanity traveled, it would never forget its roots. Whether a dictator or a tyrant, right or wrong, let future generations be the judges. I’ll write no more. I must complete my final mission. Beichen... I still couldn’t bring you home. Year 100 of the White Calamity Era (2266 CE), —Reads—Score—14d adds
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