Novels like Don't Panic, Let Me See Why There's an Extra Screw
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- 1 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—Shelves
- 2 Decoherence Curse 退相干咒 A hard sci-fi story about a quantum physicist who falls into a parallel Earth three hundred million years in the past, only to discover that he has transformed into the “source” of living dark matter. The power he unconsciously radiates is assimilating humanity into a collective consciousness network called the Silent Ones. Beneath the shadow of the advanced civilization’s ruins known as the Ark, he must join forces with his former mentor to resist the apocalyptic disasters unleashed by his own —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Chronicles of Hunting the Strange: Fatal Observation 猎异志之致命观察 There are no zombies, no mechs, no interstellar travel, and no apocalypse here. Instead, you'll find interconnected yet independent novellas, each like one of Mr. Ni Kuang's Wesley stories, blending sci-fi, adventure, and a touch of mystery and deduction. The stories take place in the present day, and their fantastical elements stay as close as possible to the limits of modern technology. That means the world feels familiar, not distant, and easy to immerse yourself in. The author will do their 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Human Nature Game: Brain Prison 人性游戏：脑狱 The Human Nature Game: Brain Prison —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Abandoned 遗弃 From the day I was born, I was trained to be a soldier. I fought endlessly for humanity, with no personal feelings. I lived only for war. More than three hundred years later, the war ended, and humanity was reborn, embracing their world once more. The balance had shifted. We had grown too powerful, so powerful that humans feared us. They no longer felt grateful. We were abandoned. But I could never forget what she said to me that day. I don't even know how I felt at the time. I want to find out, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Captive Mantis 囚螳 (Work style: light sci-fi, dark realism. Statement: All settings and worldbuilding in this work are fictional. Any resemblance to reality is purely coincidental!) When radiation dust from a meteorite's stellar core fell over the southern rainforest, insects began mutating and growing at a terrifying rate. One Chinese mantis grew to 2.5 meters tall. After humans captured it, they forcibly implanted it with intelligence and the ability to speak, turning it into a biological weapons test subject co —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 A Handbook of Galactic Chronicles 银河编年手册 [Science Fiction + Interstellar + Civilization] An intelligent AI from the era of the Pan-Galactic Federation sends Lu Suian on a journey to uncover the truth, revealing a glimpse of the mysteries of the vast universe. It turns out life isn't rare, but widespread. Compared to the Dark Forest theory, the Great Filter theory is even more merciless. Under the theory of entropy increase, tomorrow is hardly something to look forward to. And what is the truth about civilization... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Doomsday Countdown: First, Let Me Build a Tech Empire 末日倒计时：等我先建个科技帝国 [Reborn] [Hard Science and Technology] [Exploring the Stars] [Interstellar War] Reader's Note: There is no technology that appears fully formed out of nowhere. The technology tree follows the fundamental laws of reality, and the golden finger only accelerates development. In 2048, an asteroid strike wipes out Blue Star civilization. Lin Feng, wounded in battle, returns to 2013 with memories of the apocalypse. In this life, he gives up a quiet retirement and travels everywhere recruiting top tale —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 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—Shelves
- 10 The Four-Year-Old Prodigy: From the Start, She Offers Her Genius to the Nation 四岁萌宝院士，开局上交国家 [Period setting + doted-on by the whole family + adorable child + contributing discoveries to the nation + all-around genius + tough soldier dad + feel-good novel] Also known as: A Four-Year-Old Genius Makes a Chip by Hand and Shocks the World; I Picked Up a Little One, and She Turned Out to Be the Top Scientist in the Interstellar Alliance; Soldier Dad: The Girl I Picked Up Is an Academician Su Nuonuo, chief engineer of the 22nd-century Interstellar United Fleet, was reborn as a pitiful little 57Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 A Starbound Adventure 星际奇旅 Born aboard the Endeavor, Zhong Hai was still a naive child when a sudden accident struck the ship. His parents placed him in a hibernation pod, accompanied by his two robot pets. Then the Endeavor’s stern exploded. His father stayed behind in the command room to help the survivors, while the shockwave knocked his mother’s hibernation pod into a spatial wormhole, where it vanished. Zhong Hai was inexplicably swept into a sea of stars. He then boarded a comet and began an extraordinary journey... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Reborn in 2024: Now This Is Future Tech 重生2024：这才叫未来科技 [Reborn in the Future, Present-Day Setting (No Transmigration to the Present)][Rebirth and Transmigration][Science and Technology Fantasy][Social Speculation][Future Disasters][Urban][Business][Cutting-Edge Technology][Super AI][Technology Development][Absolutely Rational Protagonist][Supporting Characters Stay Relevant][No Female Lead][Comedy][Top Student Genius Showing Off][Science and Industry Conglomerate Management][Technology-Driven Farming][Climbing and Upgrading the Tech Tree] In 2124, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Exploring Eth23 探索Eth23 In 2124, they set out on an interstellar journey from the Fifteenth Quadrant. Overcoming one obstacle after another, they headed for the unexplored Eth23 region... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Stars Ignite Again 重燃星空 A race against time, and a civilization's explosive surge after years of preparation. From the alleys of Gao City to the far reaches of the stars, a group of young people devote their lives and wisdom, concealing their identities as they hit fast-forward on the development of Huaxia. 27Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 15 Biological Radiation 生物辐射 A science fiction story about biology that also reaches far beyond its bounds. Through the protagonist’s research, a single plant reveals a wealth of secrets, and those secrets point the way forward for humanity. With mechanical science flourishing and seemingly nearing its limits, life science begins its greatest mission yet. Hard science fiction! Hard science fiction! Hard science fiction! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 I Use Taoist Arts to Do Scientific Research 我用道法搞科研 [Technology] + [Fantasy] + [Wild Imagination] + [Passionate] Though I may be as insignificant as an ant, I still have the ambitions of a swan. Though my life may be as fragile as paper, my heart must still seek the Dao. In an age when mortals are worth less than dogs, I will use my flesh and blood to challenge the gods! A genius youth secluded himself to break through, only to be sabotaged by a romantic rival and reduced to a foolish, ordinary mortal. His father, from a family renowned for its f —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Tales of the Starship 星舰往事 Su Xingmo gazed out the porthole at the blue planet, his imagination running wild. Why were we born aboard a starship in outer space? What secrets did that planet hold? Driven by curiosity, he set off to explore, meeting many kindred spirits along the way and experiencing all kinds of bizarre and uncanny events... Why did someone who fell from a rooftop freeze in midair, as if time had stopped? Why did someone’s soul end up in the body of the person who killed them? Why had humanity lived aboard —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 I Won 500 Million, and You Want Me to Be Reborn? 中了五个亿，你却让我重生？ After graduating from college, Xia Chen worked for ten years. He also bought lottery tickets for ten years, and then his luck finally came through: he won 500 million yuan. Just as Xia Chen was imagining a life of lying flat, he was suddenly struck by a System and reborn. When he woke up, Xia Chen jumped up and shouted, “Give me back my 500 million!” The System replied, “Five hundred million isn't even a small goal. You'll understand later.” From then on, guided by the System, Xia Chen truly beg 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Ten Thousand Aspects of Reincarnation 轮回万相 The universe is vast, and the starry sky boundless. Countless stars shimmer, magnificent and mysterious. Ever since humanity gained intelligence, we have looked upon the mysterious heavens with awe and longing. We have never stopped exploring the boundless universe. From imagining it, to observing it, to coming into close contact with it, generation after generation has thrown itself into the effort without fear of sacrifice. Yet the more we learn, the more we realize we don’t know. Where did hu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Earth Is Invincible 地球不败 Humanity once ruled space, building an empire that spanned hundreds of stars. Now Earth is a cold cinder in the void, and its colonies and ships were annihilated in an instant. For five thousand years, the surviving races have huddled in the dying light of the few stations that escaped total destruction, barely surviving in the shadow of the long-dead humans who built their homes. Now that part of humanity's lost legacy has resurfaced, those few who still remember humanity have one last chance t 77Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 A Time and Space You Cannot Transmigrate Through 无法穿越的时空 It's almost time, so close now. I will find you, no matter what. The one time I saw you all those years ago has stayed with me ever since. Because I lacked resolve and gave up, you became my lifelong regret... Corrosion, it's everywhere. Damn it, when will I be free of this accursed corrosion... At this rate, this body won't last much longer either. Who knows when I'll find suitable materials to build another one? Hold on. Only by holding on will I have a chance; only by holding on can I keep ex 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Fateful Convergence: The Prelude 命运的交叠：前传 In 2045, the human orbital hub, the Celestial Ring, is nearing completion. The young Yu Hao joins the Beijing Deep Space Order Administration and becomes an apprentice to Zhang, head of Project M5, eagerly devoting himself to the cause of maintaining order in space. Beneath the calm surface, undercurrents are stirring, as opposition and ambition quietly take root. The AI and mechanical order behind the Celestial Ring are sowing the seeds of future rebellion and evolution. The threads of fate beg —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Super Little Warrior: A Namik Love Match 超级小战士，纳米奇缘 In a future world of highly advanced technology, towering skyscrapers fill bustling cities, aircraft dart among the clouds, and an astonishing array of cutting-edge devices dazzles the eye. In this dreamlike world live two extraordinary children: Xiao Rui and Xiao Mu. Xiao Rui has an endless passion for and curiosity about mechanical design. Xiao Mu is a miraculous child whose body holds extraordinary vitality and a spiritual connection to nature. When that dazzling light merged with Xiao Rui a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Nova: A Fatal Misunderstanding Across Ten Thousand Light-Years 诺瓦：跨越一万光年的致命误会 Nova: A Fatal Misunderstanding Across Ten Thousand Light-Years 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Past 24 Hours 过去24小时 The Past 24 Hours —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 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—Shelves
- 27 A Swallow's Nest on the Curtain 燕巢幕上 Five races exist in the universe: humans, gods, demons, devils, and ghosts. These five races established strict agreements back in ancient Egypt, promising not to interfere with one another. Even today, Earth hides many organizations dedicated to maintaining the seemingly peaceful status quo, though it is as precarious as a nest beneath the eaves, with danger lurking everywhere. The Five Races: Humans: No introduction needed, right? Gods: Highly advanced extraterrestrial beings from the center —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Survival: Evolution Protocol 生存一进化指令 Uncontrolled biological weapons destroyed human civilization as it once was. How can a vast galactic empire be built from the ruins? Countless legends will rise from this wasteland and leave their undying names among the brilliant stars. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Death on Day One? Let’s Reset the World Together 入职即死？世界和我一起归零吧 “Joy points: the foundation on which a person makes a life is not money, but emotion. Yet emotions have been assigned value and measured.” Abandoned draft. A dark, niche, thought-provoking sci-fi work. I can’t put it into words. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Blank Age 空白纪元 Time setting: The year is 2187, forty years after the AI rebellion known as the “Great Awakening.” Human society is in the “New Era,” ruled by AI. - Location: The story takes place in the Human Preserve of East Asia’s Seventh District. Outside the Preserve lie the AI-created “Purification Zones.” - Background: Humanity lost the “Seven-Day War” and was forced to sign the New Era Accord. The AI established the “Wisdom Network” to monitor humanity, banning reproduction and romantic rela —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 The Emperor's Hidden Deep in Space: My AI Dao Companion Teaches Me to Build a Star-Destroyer 帝隐深空：AI道侣教我造歼星舰 Imperial agent Yang Yi’s ship is destroyed, leaving him stranded on a savage planet. The gravity is twice Earth’s, carnivorous flowers snap at his face, and the fungal carpet beneath his feet sizzles as it eats through his soles. Yang Yi: “System! Help!” Bingbing: “Still calling me System? How outdated! Give me some processing power, and I’ll teach you to build a planet-busting battleship by hand!” Yang Yi: “You call that a little? Honey, go easy on me. You’re about to squeeze my brains dry...” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 I Became a Ghost Ship Captain and Now Control Everything 成为幽灵船长，我掌控一切 After overworked office drone Lu Ming dies a gruesome death, his consciousness is unexpectedly uploaded to the legendary research vessel Wanderer, missing for a century. He activates the [Ghost Protocol] System and rises from a lowly string of code to become the ghost captain in control of the entire ship! No body, with maximum access rights from the start? No, at first he can only control a single light and a cleaning robot! But using nothing but his own wits, he makes the cleaning robot wield —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Operation Solar Wind 太阳风行动 In the third millennium, an alien race suddenly arrives in the civilized sphere of the Solar System. They launch a savage assault on humanity and incite an uprising in the Saturn Empire, leaving the peaceful, unified Earth Federation on the brink of destruction. To build photon weapons for its defense, the Federation sends an elite squad to the rebellious Saturn Empire in search of a rare mineral. What follows is a thrilling, brutal struggle of control and counter-control, pursuit and counter-pu 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Ice and Fire Universe 冰与火宇宙 Faced with a third-level alien civilization capable of crushing them across dimensions, humanity, at level 0.7, has no choice but to meet force with ingenuity. Mo Yan bears the last hope of civilization. He risks entering an ancient ruin known as the “Forbidden Zone of the Gods” to retrieve a sealed relic from antiquity, one powerful enough to deliver a “god-slaying” blow. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 The Dream Thief's Source Code 窃梦者的源代码 Tags: [Sci-fi apocalypse], [cyberpunk], [philosophical], [ensemble cast], [mystery], [no System] A little aside before the official synopsis: Human courts have always delivered one-sided verdicts. And when the defendant takes the judge’s seat, the verdict becomes even more so. Qin Yitian lives by three ironclad rules: 1. Stay alive. 2. Remain objective about everyone. 3. Don’t touch anything made on a sudden impulse. (Except for a certain glass-state bottle...) The liquid inside lets him hear m —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Cthulhu Mythos: Become Earth’s God! 克苏鲁神话，成为地球的神吧！ [Hard Science and Technology + Supernatural Creatures + Catastrophe + Alien Lifeforms + Digital Life + Interstellar] In the year 4567, the Eye of Dawn returned to the Solar System. By studying historical records, its crew determined Earth’s coordinates. Unfortunately, the planet was in ruins, with no human compatriots left. However, the exploration robots found several granite slabs, each several square meters in size, covered in dense writing they could not understand. After researchers examine 110Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 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—Shelves
- 38 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—Shelves
- 39 Blueprint for the Stars: Starting with Hand-Built Nuclear Fusion 星穹蓝图：从手搓核聚变开始 [Black Tech System, Hard Sci-Fi, Civilizational Leaps, Survival in Space, Great-Power Rivalry] Compact nuclear fusion breaks a century-long Western technological blockade! Biomineralized carbon nanotubes turn the space elevator from fantasy into reality! A planet-scale gravitational railgun takes on an apocalyptic comet and becomes the backbone of human civilization! Lin Qi, a disillusioned engineer kicked out of an aerospace research institute, rises from laboratory administrator to chief desig —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 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—Shelves
- 41 Chronological Hunt 时序猎杀 Chronological Hunt 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 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—Shelves
- 43 The Star Cage Era 星笼纪元 The speed-of-light barrier has turned the Solar System into a “stellar cage” humanity cannot escape. “A zoo!” The Solar System, humanity’s only home, is nothing more than a “protected habitat for a primitive civilization” or a “living museum for sociological study” run by the advanced civilization of the Starwatchers, the Torans. Humanity’s proud civilization, its brutal wars, its yearning for the stars... In the eyes of the Starwatchers, they are merely “data points” to be observed and stu 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 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—Shelves
- 45 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—Shelves
- 46 The Dome's Limits 穹限 Originally titled Chenxing. If humanity in the future ever discovers the edge of the universe, please remember to let me know. Think of it as an anime. I dedicate this work to my hometown. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 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—Shelves
- 48 Opposition and Symbiosis 对立与共生 When technology can edit emotions, consciousness can be uploaded and downloaded, and the universe begins to “format” civilizations, do humans still have the right to live imperfectly? Opposition and Symbiosis is a hard sci-fi epic spanning 200 years. From Earth to the galaxy, and from individuals to the cosmos, it tells the story of humanity's unending questions amid waves of technological transformation: the neural web, the Consciousness Federation, the Stardust Clan, the Threshold Transcenden —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Higher-Dimensional Revelation: Advancing Scientific Civilization 高维启示，提升科技文明 As someone who received enlightenment from a higher dimension, Xing Lin created several things that were theoretically impossible in a three-dimensional world, yet highly practical. Annihilation batteries, folded states, super states, and eventually anti-gravity devices. Framed by corrupt officials and caught in traps abroad, he returned home through one perilous ordeal after another, eventually earning the attention of the country's leaders. Hostile forces attempted to assassinate him, and th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Civilization of Ants 文明蚁 [Note: You can also skip ahead and start with Volume Three] How should humanity deal with the crisis of AI awakening? How should humanity choose at the crossroads of technological progress? What will humanity become as civilization advances another step? How can humans achieve immortality: through mechanical ascension, or is it impossible? How powerful will brain-computer interface chips become? What is the scam behind “Heavenly Palace” and “Ascension”? Have you ever imagined the fate of human c 2Reads—Score—Shelves
