Novels like Honkai: Star Rail: Taking Stock of the Foundation from the Start
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- 1 The Supernatural World: Starting with the King of the Noose’s Lament 诡异世界：从得到缢王悲歌开始 [5K Universe: On the Eve of the Human Extinction Plan] That which we serve is blood. The one we await is named the Strangled King. With my blood, I serve my king. Blissful suffocation, the sacrifice of sin as always. It was the wager made by the three brothers beneath the Tree of Knowledge, as the dynasty teetered on the brink of collapse. It was the chance that opened the crimson abyss beneath the roots. It was the dragon's mockery from inside its copper cage. This performance is a farce, as a 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Case Files on Anomalous Containment Objects 诡异收容物档案 [A Man Courting Death]: The ability to heal yourself and repel things? [Incredible Secret Arts]: Invisibility, becoming unnoticeable, and stopping time are all possible? Entirely made up, with no precise writing format. For entertainment only. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 At the Foundation, I Risk My Life Chasing Antiques 人在基金会，为了古董玩命追 Cultural relics have been stolen, history plundered, and the history of Huaxia has nearly been severed. Gu Ling, an antiques dealer in a corner of the city, is thrust into a bizarre struggle over national treasures after accidentally acquiring a jade pendant. See what unexpected tricks this humble antiques dealer has up his sleeve. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 I Have a Legendary Containment Facility 我有一座传说收容所 Neon is the color of blood. Behind the elevator doors lurks a skinning ritual. A silent broadcast squats atop a signal tower. Your reflection... is smiling at you. This isn't an illusion. They're here: urban monstrosities that devour logic and rewrite reality. Some choose to surrender, embracing corruption until they become legends. Others wager their bones, flesh, and eyes, remaking themselves into weapons that can slay gods. (I made up some of the monsters myself, so don't complain.) 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 BSM Foundation: Classified Files BSM基金会绝密档案 Bizarre, supernatural phenomena, mysterious creatures. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 What If There Were No Foundation and No A? 假如没有基金喝乌A It was an ordinary day. The Foundation was running as usual, with agents out in the field and researchers conducting their studies. Then that moment arrived, and every “anomaly” abruptly ceased to exist. No one knew why, and no one knew who was responsible. The world returned to normal. There was no longer any need for the Veil. But what about the anomalies? What happened to all the contained objects? Where did they go? Are they coming back for dinner? A mysterious number from Antarctica: March 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Life of a Special Forces Recruit, Starting from Zero 从零开始的特遣队员生活 [Cthulhu Mythos + Foundation Containment + Chinese and Foreign Mythologies + Apocalypse] (Slow burn, no cultivation, every plot thread will be resolved) Ye Sheng is clearly a dying man, yet he accidentally activates the System in a strange dream. But... what does it mean that contamination has been detected, the System is saving itself, and he, the Host, has to protect it? An axe that can cleave anything, a town trapped in a day that repeats endlessly, ancient fishermen pursuing Outer Gods thr —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 I Got a Containment System, Conquered the World, and Led Humanity 获得收容物系统称霸世界带领人类 (Powering up + wish fulfillment + no heroine + military theme) In his previous life, Zhang Yuan was a high school student who did nothing but read online novels at home. By chance, he was reborn in a world where no one had ever heard of the Foundation, and he acquired the Foundation System. Using what he knew about the Foundation, he rose step by step to become the strongest, uniting the world and even the entire universe!!! 2Reads—Score214d adds
- 9 The Foundation: Anomalies and Containment 基金会：异常与收容 Time setting: The near future, 2028. Technology is slightly more advanced than it is today, but the bottleneck in biotechnology has yet to be overcome. A global capital winter has made life difficult for tech startups. Location: The story begins at the headquarters of Xingqiong Biotech, in Shanghai’s Pudong Biotech Park. As the scale of containment grows, 23 secret containment sites will be established around the world. Background: “Anomalous entities” exist in the world, and these supernatural 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Beyond the Veil 在帷幕之外 A person who does not exist An event that never happened Beyond the Veil Maintaining normalcy Beyond the Veil, in the Foundation’s world, a “meme” known as the System appeared, along with so-called “transmigrators.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Detective Conan's Anomaly Logs 名柯的异常日志 “Beep! Anomaly D-1095 has breached containment. Please begin recapture procedures immediately!” “Beep! Anomaly B-3058 has arrived. Please begin containment procedures immediately!” “Beep! Old Ones invasion warning! Old Ones invasion warning! Old Ones invasion warning! Countdown: 3, 2...” Gongqi Zhou: ... 13Reads—Score114d adds
- 12 The Anomaly Containment Facility: My Ordinary Self and Her Strange Ways 异常收容所：常态的我与异常的她 [Foundation-inspired + immortal + urban supernatural powers + all kinds of anomalies + supreme divinity + apocalyptic endgame] Control, contain, protect. A chance encounter brought Su Qian into the anomalous world that had always existed alongside reality. The reflection in the mirror that kept calling out to him in the dead of night. Creatures that flitted between light and shadow, across flat surfaces. A boy weeping silently in the thick fog. Su Qian, the one tasked with maintaining normal 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 American Comics: My Containment Objects Strike Fear Across the Heavens 美漫：我的收容物震慑诸天 [Power Fantasy + Invincible + Containment Objects + The Foundation + Crushing the Avengers] Su Yun transmigrates to a comic-book universe and becomes the number-one villain in the Marvel Universe. Just as he's preparing to slack off and wait for death, the Foundation Containment System activates. As long as he contains anomalies, he can keep getting stronger! And so, the entire comic-book universe goes crazy. The Ancient One: "My magic looks like child's play next to these containment objects!" 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 A Foundation Soldier Marries into a Female General's Family 我一基金会士兵入赘到女将军家 The Foundation's mission for me was to become a live-in son-in-law And my predecessor was a complete fool I've been racking my brains just to survive But the damn emperor still looks down on my wife's family Am I riding the subway to springtime, or sailing on a little boat of friendship? On the battlefield, I help my wife defeat her enemies At home, I still have to bail out my father-in-law I'm just too damn impressive Quick, let me strike a pose 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 College Internship: I Blundered into the Anomaly Containment Foundation 大学实习，误入异常收容基金会 [Decisive and Ruthless] [Cold-Blooded] [Instant Kills, Every Time!] Wu Di, a college student majoring in civil engineering. He had planned to use his summer vacation to intern at a construction site, get a head start on the grueling work life awaiting him after graduation, and earn a little spending money. Instead, he stumbled upon an anomaly the likes of which hadn't been seen in a century. A giant, blood-squirting fatty sea-fig fruit inexplicably burst out of the ground. His coworkers trembled 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Star Dome Containment Logs: A Path Across Dimensions 星穹收容日志：跨越维度的命途 My new work is out! You’re welcome to 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! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Containing Anomalies: I Am the Final Containment Measure 收容异常：我，即是最终收容措施 [Power Fantasy, Foundation] I am D-Class personnel 9527, about to be “humanely terminated.” When containment fails across the globe and the forbidden X-001 “Dominance Meme” is unleashed, the entire world descends into madness! A-Class investigators suffer mental breakdowns, S-Class anomalies tear reality apart, and even the O5 Council can barely protect itself! Yet I discover… it has no effect on me?! [Ping! Perfect immunity to the “Dominance Meme” detected in Host!] [Cognitohazardous informatio 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Data Deleted: Who Wants to Be the Savior? 数据删除：谁想当救世主啊 [No Female Lead] + [Horror] + [Partly Original] + [Fanfiction] + [Transmigration] + [the Myriad Worlds] Ye Chao escapes from the facility, but before he can rest for long, he hears screams, gunshots, and children crying outside. It looks like he won’t be able to live in peace after all. The ordinary life we knew, with its familiar routines and stability, is gone for good. The global population has plummeted from nearly ten billion to a mere eight figures, and more than three-quarters of the gove —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 The Foundation: From the Start, I Contained a Mahayana Cultivator 基金会：开局收容大乘期修士 [Anomalies + containment + gods + cultivation + wild imagination + rule-based horror] The history we know is a lie. This planet has existed for 4.6 billion years, while human civilization is barely ten thousand years old. On the scale of time, we are like mayflies. The truth is that humanity has never truly “ruled” this world. We just happen to live through their “dormant period.” And now, they are waking up. Contain. Study. Protect. We are not fighting off alien invaders, but “primordial —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 SCP-CN-3141 SCP-CN-3141 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Trading Across the Myriad Worlds Begins with Contained Anomalies 诸天交易从收容物开始 The disillusioned young man Yang Qi unexpectedly joins forces with the will of the Great World, Xiaotian, to trade across the Myriad Worlds. Who could have guessed that the first world he connected to would be the Foundation’s? Then came the World of Wind and Cloud, a zombie world... When Xiongba wields a Barrett... When Whitebeard encounters the demon Dikui... When aliens use zombies as breeding grounds... When contained entities appear throughout the Myriad Worlds... And so a series of fantast 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Paranormal Invasion? I'm Restarting the Age of Containment 诡异入侵？我重启收容时代 Anomalies are devouring this world. Humanity lives amid chaos and fear, with its efforts to conceal the truth proving woefully ineffective. And I, a Foundation researcher who transmigrated here, quietly pulled out the Standard Containment Protocol. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Foundation: I Can Copy the Abilities of Contained Anomalies 基金会：我能复制收容物能力 In the revised fourth chapter of A Concerto of Containment Breach, the Foundation has not discovered Bei Nian's abilities. (They won't find out until the middle or later part of the story.) The rewritten Hume Exclusion Zone: From D-Class to Creator God. The Foundation's greatest new masterpiece, bar none. 715Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 A D-Class Personnel's Fight for Survival D级人员的求生之路 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 161Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 TB Containment Facility: Have I Become a Class-D Personnel? TB收容所：我成为了D级人员？ [Containment + No Harem + Wild Imagination + Mystery] In the dead of night, have you ever wondered why the world is so orderly and peaceful? Are the things found in books really just fiction? Only later did I understand: when the world seems too orderly, you have to question whether it's real. My life should have ended in prison, but everything changed the day a man arrived. When I opened my eyes again, I was in an underground cavern forged from steel. And I had become a D-Class personnel. There 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Transmigrating into the Foundation 穿越到基金会 I’m a new author, so please don’t criticize me harshly if the writing isn’t good. If you spot anything that needs improvement, leave a comment and I’ll revise it. The power scaling might get out of hand, so just treat this as fanfiction, or a weaker version. All characters in this book are fictional. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Back in Marvel, I Founded an Occult Containment Bureau 重回漫威，创办诡异关押局 Lin Li is reborn in the Marvel Universe once again, but this universe is a little different. It's being invaded by something else. Fortunately, he has a System: successfully capturing or exposing an anomaly earns him research points, and the System can even be upgraded. Now the Marvel Universe is in chaos. Moon Knight: They can imitate voices. Red Skull: What the hell is with these damn cockroaches? Hawkeye: I just went to browse an IKEA, and I run into an anomaly? Captain America: Honor those w —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 I Loaded the SCP Cultivation System 我加载了SCP修仙系统 In an apocalyptic world, acid rain poured down in torrents, carrying scraps of data with it, while neon lights reflected the blood-red patterns of the Luo Shu. Tang Miao, a remnant of the Tang Sect, was on the brink of death after his quantum golden core shattered. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Complete Foundation Series Proposal 基金会大全系列提案 Humanity has existed for 250,000 years, but only the last 4,000 have meant anything. So what did we do for almost 250,000 years? We hid in caves, huddled around tiny campfires, afraid of the things we did not understand: explanations for how the sun rose, monsters with human heads and birds’ bodies, and stones that were alive. So we called them “gods” and “demons,” begging them for forgiveness and praying to be saved. Then their numbers dwindled, while ours grew. As the things we feared became —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Apocalypse: I Founded a Foundation! 末世丨我建立了基金会！ [Apocalypse]+ [Invincible]+ [Multiple Heroines] Blue Star was struck by a torrential downpour greater than any in recorded history. At first, people thought nothing of it. But after the rain stopped, all living creatures began reverting to their ancestral forms! Some humans successfully underwent the transformation and gained tremendous power, while those who failed lost their minds and became zombies. For some reason, humanity’s firearms and other weapons no longer worked. Humans were driven ba —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Records of Anomalous Incidents 异常项目事件记录 [No Clichés]+ [No System]+ [Cthulhu]+ [SCP] A short story that I think stays fairly close to the original setting, told from the perspective of Researcher Taroland (3999) and blending familiar events and objects. To make the story flow, I’ve added a few ideas and details of my own. I hope you won’t give me too much grief, haha. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Foundation: This Administrator Is a Billion Points Strong 基金会：这个管理员有一亿点强 Zhang Jue, a weirdo who claims to be from a parallel universe, has been classified by the SCP Foundation as S-X (Top Secret), Grade Three. Not because he’s particularly dangerous, but because the Foundation simply can’t do anything about him! “Contain me? Sure, just get me a whole villa first!” So, against its will, the Foundation built him a luxurious mansion measuring 50 by 50 by 20 meters, complete with a rooftop garden and a 200-square-meter swimming pool in the courtyard. They even assign 331Reads—Score5314d adds
- 33 Anomalies Invade, and I Rebuild the Containment Foundation 异常入侵，我重建收容基金会 (Containing anomalies + supreme divinity + behind-the-scenes focus + ensemble cast + original anomalies and MTF) That day, a set of “Absolute Repulsion Protective Gear” crossed time and space and appeared before Lin An. It was the beginning of all anomalies, and a beacon in the darkness. From then on, anomalies descended upon the world, and bizarre monsters appeared one after another. A zombie virus that had existed only in movies... Meme weapons that could rewrite human perception... Crimson cr 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Final Cycle 终局轮回 [No braindead decisions]+ [No formulaic tropes]+ [No invincibility]+ [Disaster]+ [Anomalies]+ [Realism]+ [Foundation] Su Ze was once a Level 3 agent for the Foundation. By chance, he transmigrated into the author's world. This world was under attack by contained entities, and his mission was to build containment facilities and secure anomalies. Here, he witnessed the beauty of society and grew from a cold-blooded agent into a true hero. But in the end, it was he himself who killed the person he —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Anomalies Descend: From the Start, I Build a Foundation 异常降临，开局创建基金会 Lu Tian was just a foundation enthusiast and a writer of related fanfiction. After updating for his fans every day for a month without a break, his heart stopped one second before he could publish his final article, and he died. But Lu Tian transmigrated to a world three months before anomalies were about to invade, and awakened the Foundation System. Just as countries around the world were falling into despair, that organization appeared. We Contain. We Secure. We Protect. Nothing can protect u 514Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Zenless Zone Zero: But It's More Than Just SCP 绝区零：但不仅仅是SCP The male lead, Shuangzi, is totally confused when a beam of white light shines into his eyes. The next thing he knows, he’s in Zenless Zone Zero. (So simple, yet so complicated ⌓‿⌓) What will Shilong, the male lead’s golden finger, know? And what will Dr. A–2084 from the beginning know? The young author hasn’t figured it out either, so readers can use their imaginations! (T▽T) 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 When Factions Clash, I Become Director of the SCP Foundation 势力对抗我当SCP基金会所长 [Containment and summoning + satisfying but not mindless + endless upgrades + farming and development + a touch of horror, with elements from ten different genres] (Easy to get into) Countless transmigrators are dropped into a realm full of unknowns and opportunities, where the Transcenders must face a variety of challenges. Here, people can choose their preferred faction and power system. Some team up with legendary characters to set sail for distant waters; others command elf legions and wage 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Countdown: Site 19 倒计时：Site19 [Foundation] When the steel fortress begins altering its own memories, street signs twist before your eyes, and photographs betray reality. An archivist must fight madness with words and uncover the truth behind the Site's awakening before cognition collapses. (Some of the original setting has been changed) 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Safety First 安全第一 Brian is an ordinary security guard at Site-999 Gray Shore, a newly established Foundation site specializing in containing anomalies whose rules are familiar to the Foundation or that are classified as Safe. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Supernatural Anomaly Containment Society 超神的异常收容会 Lin Qi transmigrates to the Super God Universe and gains an Abnormal Containment System. But it is all like a play, a performance put on for all beings. The masked man A Fei is usually a goofball, but once he changes his voice, nobody likes him. An armored warrior with a punk-rock look can stop time to contain anomalies. 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 American Comics: From the Start, I Expose the Foundation, Giving the Avengers Nightmares 美漫：开局曝光基金会，复联噩梦 After transmigrating into Marvel, Shen Nan binds himself to the Supreme Containment System from the start. Want to build containment sites? Want to summon Mobile Task Forces? Want to contain anomalies powerful enough to destroy the universe? No problem. All he has to do is gather the “fear” and “awareness” of all humanity. So Shen Nan hacks the global network and launches a livestream that turns everyone’s worldview upside down. When the anomalous properties of beings beyond all reason are revea 38Reads—Score1114d adds
- 42 The Shithole Universe: How Did I Become the Mastermind? 粪坑宇宙，我竟成了幕后黑手？ [Warning! The universe’s SAN level is about to plummet!] [Warhammer + Foundation + Lobotomy Corporation + The Fourth Calamity + mastermind behind the scenes] [Ensemble cast (●'◡'●)] This is a universe-scale, erroneous amalgamation. Here, the [Star Gods] twist amid frenzied muttering, the [Evil Gods] cackle over the corpses of reality, the [Foundation]’s chains have long since snapped, and the [Abnormalities] turn the apocalypse into a stage play. When an amnesiac consciousness is cast into this —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Honkai Impact 3rd: The Blessing of Supreme Divinity 崩坏：至高神性的祝福 The Eternal Cycle, the Red King of Destruction, Devouring Flesh, Expanding Fat, Mechanical Gears, the Burning Primordial Flame, the Bell of Death, the Supreme False Emperor, the Eternal Eye, Oren of the Cosmos, the Butterfly God, the Mysterious Doctor, Theorist 3812, the Seven-Horned Devourer of Primordial Energy, Tom Taylor, Lu Murphy, Corrupted Error, the Hanged King, Dr. Calvin, A Lifetime's Story, Anantashesha, Buddha, the Weaver, Don Quixote, O5-1, Old Hymn Lu Murphy, the Hymn Gatekeeper, C 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Myriad Worlds: From the Start, I Gained the Foundation's Technological Support 诸天：开局获得基金会科技支持 (New author) (Partially System-assisted, no female lead, two male leads (not a gay romance!), not written in first person, only the blurb is in first person) [The author has been familiar with the Foundation since 2016. The information is accurate; point out any mistakes and I’ll correct them.] (The early part takes place in an ordinary superpower world, followed by a world of Lovecraftian investigators, an otherworldly Western fantasy and magic world, and possibly other cultivation worlds.) My 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Reborn in the Marvel MCU: I Own the Foundation 重生我在漫威MCU：拥有基金会 The MCU is already a dangerous place, filled with peril at every turn. But for a crime boss like me, it's a whole different level of risk, especially with heroes lurking around every corner. As if that weren't terrifying enough, now I have to contend with the added uncertainty of encountering at least one completely random SCP every month. How many anomalies will it take to trigger an XK-class event? Well, I hope I get some favorable ones, so I can not only survive in this treacherous environmen 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The SL Veil Foundation sl的帷幕基金会 Humans have been around for 250,000 years, but only the last 4,000 have meant anything. So what did we do for nearly 250,000 years? We hid in caves, huddled around little campfires, terrified of things we didn't understand: explanations for how the sun rose, monsters with human heads and bird bodies, and stones that were alive. So we called them "gods" and "demons," and begged them for forgiveness and salvation. Then their numbers dwindled, while ours grew. As fewer and fewer things frightened u 122Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Summoning Figures from Every World to Join the Containment Foundation 召唤万界人物，收容基金会 Mo Wuyan transmigrated into the Foundation world, only to discover in despair that he seemed to have arrived in the wrong timeline. Before his eyes was nothingness. To save the world and himself, Mo Wuyan decided to use the power of the System in his hands to save the world and himself. He forcibly conscripted members (expendable resources) from the Myriad Worlds to help him carry out containment operations. Mo Wuyan: “This is the God of Evolution. I’m leaving him to you.” FGO’s Lion King: “What 748Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Foundation Files: Defying Fate 基金会档案：逆命 Is the world ever free from turmoil? Is the universe truly boundless? When humanity first raised a torch, did they feel its warmth? Perhaps it was only to face the unknown lurking in the dark. The graceful stage always plays out the mundane, and even beneath the blazing sun, shadows may remain. To yearn for the light on one hand, one must also endure the darkness on the other. The Foundation generously gives the world its brighter side. They face the darkness alone. In their eyes, there are no r 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Abnormal Descend: We Will Eventually Return 异常降临：我们终将归来 [Foundation-like setting]+ [pseudo-System]+ [light ensemble cast]+ [supreme divinity]+ [some original anomalies]+ [collaborative creation] You may have heard of us. Or perhaps you haven't. We lost that war, though not a shot was fired. They sealed us away, claiming we would cause memetic contamination. Gradually, we faded from people's sight. But... we left something in reserve. We... will return. We contain. We secure. We protect. My name is Ling Xiu. I transmigrated. (The synopsis fall 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 A Manager's Retirement Shouldn't Be Like This! 管理员的退休生活绝不是这样！ Foundation + Honkai, with more to come, or possibly other things The Foundation administrator was enjoying a nice vacation in the Honkai Impact 3rd world when the Yellow-Clad Jester came looking for them again. Administrator: Yellow-Clad Jester, how is this any different from the mission you gave me before? Yellow-Clad Jester: Of course it's different. You have teammates to help you now. Administrator: But I retired, and you agreed to it. Yellow-Clad Jester: I know. Isn't this just to keep your 72Reads—Score—14d adds
