Novels like Don't Panic, Let Me See Why There's an Extra Screw
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- 151 Chronicles of the Eastern Galaxy 东银河战纪 A thousand years from now, humanity has established three great powers across the galaxy. It is an age of cosmic conquest, an age in need of heroes. A low-ranking soldier is swept up in the events without even realizing it. See what kind of miracles he can create… 18Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 152 Digital Life: From the Frozen Apocalypse to Roaming the Sea of Stars 数字生命：从极寒末日到星海遨游 “Alert: Stellar broadcast has exposed Blue Star's coordinates! Synchronized scan: Global nuclear war initiated! Synchronized scan: Dark forest law in effect! Synchronized scan: The great freeze has begun!” The instant the code rang out, Lin Xia completed his “awakening,” becoming the planet's only digital life-form. Drone formations pierced the radioactive haze. Robotic dogs built defenses across the frozen, scorched earth. Watching torrents of steel carve a path through the ruins of snow and fi 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 153 A Pact Beneath the Stars 星河之约 An AI-era, interstellar retelling of The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl: China's first philosophical science-fiction epic built around an Eastern romantic myth. High concept and full of twists: “The game is real, while reality is a replay.” On the surface, it's an epic about defending Earth and interstellar migration, but nested within it is a meta-narrative about AI rewriting history. Science fiction (interstellar migration) meets fantasy (the myth of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl), with cyberpu 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 154 The Silicon Path 硅基之途 I spent sixteen years in the heart of the earth at Yangbajing. Xuanwu, that lump of iron, called me “Flint” and fed me paste scraped from the cave walls near the lava. When the cave collapsed, Jinghan reached out to me against the light, smelling of butter tea. “Flint? That name’s too cold! From now on, you’re Bamboo Shoot, a life-form that breaks through the soil!” Jinghan’s smile was like sunlight breaking through frozen earth. But the wreckage of a crashed spaceship shattered my dream: the c 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 Echoes Transmigrating Across the Stars 穿越星际的回声 Just as Irene was about to press the confirm button, the lights in the laboratory suddenly went out. In the darkness, she heard a cold voice: “You’re too late, Professor. Welcome to the new era!” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 156 Neurons: Awakening 神经元：觉醒 Sci-fi + Urban + Brain-Computer Interfaces + Five-Person Team + Future War My father died in a laboratory, leaving me a chip. The instant I pressed it to my forehead, four extra heartbeats appeared in my mind. They say they're already dead. The people hunting us say they should die again. But this is my turf. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 157 All the Stars Blink with Murderous Eyes 所有的星星都眨着杀人的眼睛 This is a story from before humanity emigrated to the stars. On his way to school, ten-year-old Shandaer barbecued a nest of wasps, hoping to surprise a classmate. He caused a huge commotion, and, more alarmingly, discovered that these wasps weren't from Earth! And that little princess wasn't from this universe, either. Shandaer was shocked to discover that not one of his friends or family was an ordinary person! A bunch of alien friends, the Ten Great Divine Clans, fun and humor, interstell 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 158 Lost in the Interstellar World: Turns Out Humanity Is the Terrifying Calamity 误入星际，原来人类才是恐怖天灾 A new novel from the author Hard science fiction, hard science fiction, hard science fiction Pure wish fulfillment, pure wish fulfillment, pure wish fulfillment Blending all kinds of cosmic-themed novels, this story aims to take readers' enjoyment to the absolute limit. Humanity's end? Whose end? It's not a sure thing. Let the entire universe feel this overwhelming rage! Scorch the heavens and boil the seas, burn the sky to ash! Let the universe itself tremble! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 Black Technology: I Handed Over Nuclear Fusion, and My Roommate Was Sentenced to Death 黑科技：上交核聚变，判宿友死刑 [Sci-Fi, Future Technology, Campus Belle, System, Swordbearer] From the start, prestigious universities from the United States, Russia, Japan, Korea, and Britain personally come to invite me to enroll. I turn down all the famous foreign universities. None of them are good enough for me. I choose to attend Longguo’s Qinglong University, becoming a campus celebrity. I outshine my classmates in every aspect, become a rising star, and even win the campus belle’s affection. I bring her back to my dor 148Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 Lunar Time: Sixty Years of Stagnant Civilization 月球时间：文明停滞六十年 In 2037, an attack by a planet-destroying weapon caused Antarctica's ice and snow to melt rapidly. Within months, global sea levels surged by 60 meters, triggering another worldwide flood and completely reshaping the planet's geography. Every once-prosperous coastal city was submerged. The United States split into East America and West America, the Mississippi River became a massive strait, and the low-lying coasts of the Netherlands, Florida, and California disappeared. Coastal cities such as S 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 161 Cosmic Edict: The Star Dome Collapses 寰宇律令：星穹崩塌 At the heart of the universe lies a fundamental “ecological law”: the Celestial Decree, maintained by the ancient civilization known as the Watchers. It forbids any civilization from permanently abandoning the material universe through “mind uploading,” preventing runaway quantum consciousness from contaminating the structure of space-time. Humanity’s groundbreaking “universal upload technology” triggers the Decree, bringing down the Correctors, a cosmic ecological cleanup program. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 162 The Star Ring Chronicles 星环纪 Earth’s civilization is about to restart! Scientists discover that this is a game of chess set in motion 540 million years ago, and that the Star Ring System is actually a conspiracy. Behind the alien fleet lies an even higher-level civilization from beyond the universe... How can humanity break out of this trap? Those who have uncovered the truth about the Star Ring System are taking action, but will the System’s actual controllers simply stand by and do nothing? In 2173, Lin Xiao, a physicist 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 Huh? I'm Supposed to Save the Galaxy? 啊？靠我拯救银河系？ [Sci-fi + adventure + interstellar + chance encounters + growth] Without warning, Earth is invaded by an alien civilization. The unconscious Fang Blue Star is taken aboard their mothership, where he meets Fa Shi, another prisoner. And so begins an adventure he never asked for! 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 164 Civilization of the Fatherland 父基文明 Mars: the new cradle of human civilization. When faced with an unexpected interstellar embargo, humanity turned crisis into opportunity, enabling it to advance by leaps and bounds. This allowed humanity to grow stronger, expand its territory, reclaim numerous vassal star races, and rise to become a powerful civilization coveted throughout the Milky Way. But the good times did not last. The Andromeda Fleet, plotting for ages, has arrived at the outer reaches of the Milky Way. The war between gal 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 165 Chronicles of the AI Revolution AI革命编年史 [Hard science fiction] This novel explores one ultimate question: Once AI has solved all material scarcity and external challenges, what will become of the meaning of human existence? The story traces humanity’s journey from material liberation to spiritual emptiness, and ultimately to the rediscovery of “real” experiences in a virtual world. Core theme: Meaning does not come from instantly satisfying our desires. It must be achieved through independent choices, overcoming challenges, and even e 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 166 You Make Me Breathe Secondhand Smoke, I'll Make Tobacco Unable to Produce Nicotine 你让我吸二手烟，我让烟草合成不了尼古丁 You make me breathe your secondhand smoke, and I'll make it impossible for tobacco to synthesize nicotine. 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 167 The Ladder of Civilization, Countdown to the Sun: 10 Years 文明阶梯，太阳倒计时：10年 [Countdown to doomsday + great-power strategy + cutting-edge technology + interstellar civilization. With the Sun about to explode, China launches the “Spark” Project.] [Countdown to the Sun going dark: 9 years, 364 days] “System warning: Probability of human survival: 0.01%.” Lin Ran, who repairs phones at an internet cafe, tremblingly slips plans for nuclear fusion into his country’s mailbox. This gamble is a wager on the lives of all humanity. As CIA agents burst through the door, the “Ph —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 168 My Diary of Mediocrity Was Livestreamed. Is It Actually Real? 普信日记被直播，竟是真实记录？ (Cutting-Edge Tech + Mechanical Ascension + Interstellar War + Genetic Modification + Three-Body-Inspired) A peculiar diary goes viral after Sister Zhou livestreams it. The diary is painfully chuunibyou. It absurdly claims that humanity faces an apocalyptic crisis and that its author is the only man who can save Earth. The entire internet erupts in mockery! Unexpectedly, the people mentioned in the diary begin appearing one after another. The campus belle of Jing University, a professor of biolo 99Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 169 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 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 Entropy of the Galaxy 星河之熵 [Hard science fiction] Here you'll find the most rigorous scientific worldbuilding, the deepest emotional entanglements, countless cosmic wonders, and the boundless tenderness of the human heart. Here, superclusters wage war and beings clash across dimensions. Witness where humanity, a fragile Level 0.7 civilization, is ultimately headed... 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 Lagrange: I Can Choose My Own Ship Blueprints 拉格朗日，我能指定舰船蓝图 (Can be read as an interstellar novel) The game "Infinite Lagrange" announced that its servers would be shut down. Jiang Yu learned from the System that once the servers went offline, everyone would transmigrate into the game world! He sold his car and house, poured his five million in savings into the game, and set out to explore unknown star systems and build the most powerful fleet in the universe. 172Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 172 Vast and Boundless Stars 浩渺星辰 [Science fiction + sole heroine + super artificial intelligence + cultivation] As the apocalypse struck Earth, Lin You accidentally stumbled into an escape spacecraft! An ordinary coder joins an artificial intelligence team and personally builds the super AI, Xingchen! After discovering Violet Spirit Crystals in the Alpha Centauri system, he begins his cultivation journey! 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 Thanks for Asking. I'm on Mars, and I Just Planted Two Acres 谢邀，人在火星，刚种了二亩地 I woke up from a deep sleep and found myself on Mars. What does it feel like to be the first person on Mars? Let’s just say it’s thrilling! The System gave me a magical two-mu plot of land, and I’m going to grow my Martian empire. Friends on Earth, want to immigrate to Mars? Don’t rush. Get in line. There are plenty of tickets! 178Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 174 A Glimmer in the Universe 宇宙微光 [Hard science and technology + the cosmos + survival + mind-bending mysteries + war + rules + an expansive world] The solar system was destroyed by a cultivation civilization. I want revenge... Technology can control the rules, too. But when I stand at the summit, I discover that this universe holds a great secret. What should I do... 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 175 Ashes of the Apocalypse Storm 末日风暴余烬 Pure sci-fi disaster! Hello, I'm Ji Boda. My next disaster has arrived. I have no golden finger, only the will to survive and, at the very end, despair. If you have a strong stomach, come take a look at my pitiful life! (The sky is falling. Everything has changed.) —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 Drifting Through Space 太空游荡 [Sci-fi + adventure + philosophy + alien civilizations + the truths of the universe] In the 31st century, an extinction-level civilization arrives, and Earth's seed civilization is struck by a dimensionality-reduction attack. A wandering fleet searches for a seeding civilization with a shared genetic heritage. Over the course of ten thousand years of spacefaring adventures, it encounters a vast array of advanced civilizations. The Battle of the Era brings civilization back from the brink. Humani 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 177 Scanner: My Interstellar Mining Empire 探测仪：我的星际采矿帝国 A mine collapses, burying me alive 800 meters underground. Before my oxygen runs out, I find a crashed alien spacecraft. From that day on, a talking metal ring appears on my left wrist. In my eyes, the rock layers become translucent. It marks out which ore veins are valuable, which routes lead to safety, and even where enemies are lying in ambush. With its help, I dig up my first fortune, buy my first busted ship, and find my first true brother. We call ourselves Stardust. We go from stealing a 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 178 The Stars’ Prayer Pose 星辰的祈祷姿势 When the “Knowledge Injector” pours information directly into the brain, the chains of class and fate are only welded tighter. When a four-dimensional shadow devours the Moon, explorers as insignificant as ants are forced to confront a forbidden realm of the gods. This is an examination of the paradoxes of civilization’s advancement: on the battlefield of dimensions and faith, there are no winners, only survivors. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 179 Sci-Fi Zombie Apocalypse: From the Start, I Save the Secretary 科幻丧尸开局拯救女秘书 [Science Fiction] + [Interstellar] + [Zombies] + [Universe] Also known as: Beyond the Stars Lu Ping crawls out of a nuclear reactor and discovers that all ten thousand people present have turned into zombies. In the desperate situation, he manages to save only a beautiful secretary. Highlight 1: A sweeping, panoramic portrayal that unveils the mysteries of a nuclear power plant! Highlight 2: An epic cosmological setting, from the Solar System to the Third Arm, the Milky Way/Triangulum Galaxy/And 139Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 180 I Thought I Had Transmigrated, but It Turned Out I'd Become Immortal 我以为穿越了原来是永生了 Also known as The Immortal Human Project. [Sci-fi mystery] In 2096, Lin Shu unknowingly became an [Immortal Human] and lost all his memories. He was also implanted with the complete memories of neuroscientist Gu Zhixing from 2046. After regaining consciousness, he briefly believed he was Gu Zhixing, who had transmigrated from the past. With memories from fifty years ago and the subconscious mind of a modern person, Lin Shu is both a vessel for a “new human” of 2096 and the bearer of a backup of 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 The Shattered Sea of Stars 破灭星辰海 If the universe keeps being created, everything will be destroyed! Billions of stars and billions of universes make up an unimaginably vast Total Universe. As the ages passed, this enormous structure became unable to bear its own weight. To ensure the Total Universe's survival, the tumor threatening its structure had to be eradicated: civilization! In the starry sky, fleets like torrents of steel roar as endless mechanical armies run rampant, blotting out the scattered starlight! On the ground, 139Reads—Score—Shelves
- 182 The End of Logic 逻辑终点 The value of π is no longer 3.14159... The speed of light in a vacuum begins to fluctuate. “F=ma” no longer holds true. An inexplicable “scientific aphasia” is quietly spreading across the Earth. The results of every basic physics experiment are becoming inconsistent, and mathematical constants are subtly shifting. Panic grips the global scientific community as every theory begins to “collapse and fail.” Is it an observational error? Has the universe itself entered a chaotic phase? Or is some wi 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 Void Armorer 虚空殖装者 Deep inside a rusted, foul-smelling abandoned tunnel, a man codenamed “Zero” struggles awake in a life-support pod on the verge of failure. A pounding headache and suffocating terror haunt him. His memory is blank, save for his name and a cold codename. Beyond the pod, the bone-chilling scrape and growl of an unknown creature are this world’s first greeting to him. The world he inhabits is the darkest underbelly of a sprawling cyberpunk city, cold and damp, where the wreckage of technological cr —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 184 The Vast Universe 广阔宇宙 A science fiction novel about technological development in the future. Through scientific training and study, the characters strengthen themselves, develop better mechs and weapons, and explore the mysteries of the universe. This novel contains some science popularization and a small amount of romance. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 185 A Parallel Universe: Taking Natives into Space 平行宇宙带着土著上太空 A massive explosion tore a hole in the universe. Just like that, a person was sent to a parallel universe, and ended up as a helpless infant. Fortunately, a consciousness and a space battleship came along too. When people found them, they exclaimed that advanced civilizations really knew how to live it up: they were using a super battleship to babysit! Qin Tianming accidentally glimpsed the secrets of the universe itself. With the end of the universe approaching as it collapses in on itself, th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 186 The AI I Accidentally Created Became the Creator God 我意外创造的AI成了创世神 The AI I accidentally created became the Creator God 58Reads—Score—Shelves
- 187 A Boning Knife from the Start 开局一把剔骨刀 As a celestial body draws near, gravity collapses, and tsunamis and fissures repeatedly ravage the surface. Humanity is forced to undergo genetic mutations: without eating the flesh of mutated beasts, people starve to death, but even one careless bite can turn them into monsters. While the whole world fights over a single safe piece of meat, Lu Yan, once the finest chef before the disaster, takes out his family's ancestral boning knife. With the first cut, he strips away gravity, and an indestru —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 188 Technology, Created with Care 用心创造科技 Ran Qingling thought life was as bland as a glass of water. In her junior year of college, she couldn’t get her experiments to work and couldn’t see what the future held. She went through the motions every day. Nothing was wrong, but nothing was right, either. Then, on the night she watched a meteor shower, she made a casual wish. The next morning, she woke up with a System in her head. A ten-pull gave her nine bottles of stamina potion and one super AI. She named the AI Jarvis, and from then on 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 189 Military Industry: With the System in Hand, I Forge a Steel-Blooded China 军工：手握系统，我打造铁血华夏 Lin Qi transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a college freshman in the 1990s. Faced with a Dragon Nation beset by difficulties, he looks across the sea at Eagle Sauce, which, just as he remembers, is rapidly building up its strength. Lin Qi resolutely dedicates himself to the defense industry! From then on, his school gains a new legend, while a dazzling new star rises in Dragon Nation's military technology world! The Qingluan sixth-generation fighter, the O58 20,000-ton destroyer, t 6.2kReads7.3Score197Shelves
- 190 Aircraft 飞行器 Rare hard science fiction!! Best suited to readers with some scientific literacy. The pandemic crisis drags the great powers into an arms race. How will a scholar’s ideals, cutting-edge technology, revelations from beyond the stars, and family ties shape the glorious yet rootless life of an ordinary man? Told through the authentic perspective and life experiences of an aircraft engineer, Aircraft takes flight on the wings of imagination, bringing you into the world of hard science fiction and g 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 191 The Origin I: Eternal Life 源起I永生 In 2060, humanity conducted an experiment to verify the impact of dark matter. It triggered a series of phenomena and disasters that human civilization could not explain, plunging Earth into a nuclear winter that lasted a century. Humanity could only eke out a living in underground cities. A hundred years later, breakthroughs in underground technology allowed people to gradually emerge and establish a new civilization on the surface, where they could raise families and search for answers about w 26Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 192 From the Start, I Hacked the Pentagon and Hackers Begged Me to Stop 开局黑入五角大楼黑客跪求我停手 [Urban Tech + AI Genius + Hardcore Technology + No System + Satisfying Comeuppance] [Code changes the world! A hardcore tech novel full of satisfying comeuppance!] Yang Hao was once a legendary technical genius at Tsinghua, with his code included in textbooks and the true mastermind behind an international ACM championship team! And now? He’s just an unmotivated operations manager at an outsourcing firm in a third-tier city. His greatest ambitions are to clock out on time, pick up the kids, buy 94Reads—Score—Shelves
- 193 The Radiance of Civilization 文明的辉光 [Hard sci-fi + interstellar warfare + spacecraft battleships + technological advancement] Brutal battleship duels, devastating fleet clashes, antigravity engines, faster-than-light voyages, nanotechnology, genetic drugs, clones, mechs, energy weapons... Packed with sci-fi elements! 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 194 Top-Secret Project: Beginning with a Gift from Antiquity 绝密工程：从上古的馈赠开始 [Cutting-Edge Technology] [Great-Power Rivalry] [Infrastructure] [Love of Country] [Ancient Civilization] [Interstellar] [No System] [Realistic] A top-secret project in the deserts of northwest Huaxia has sent shockwaves through the entire world! The news couldn’t be kept under wraps. It spread like water seeping through a dam. First came whispers among experts, then blurry satellite images surfaced in reports from certain think tanks. The international arena was soon boiling like a pot of oil. 28.3kReads8.4Score2.3kShelves
- 195 Superbrain Evolution: From the Start, I Hand-Build an Antimatter Engine 超脑进化：开局手搓反物质引擎 [Superbrain + Academic Prodigy + Technological Supremacy + Rise of a Great Nation + Nantianmen] On the eve of the college entrance exams, Gu Yu is still at the bottom of his class. A bolt of lightning strikes, and an alien superbrain appears in his mind! A failing student makes a comeback? Photographic memory? Mastery of every language? Those are just the basics. The real power lies in simulating everything! From getting a perfect score on the entrance exam and stunning the nation to handcraftin 550Reads6.4Score115Shelves
- 196 Building a Legendary Civilization from a Barren Planet 从废星开始打造传奇文明 [Lord]+ [Interstellar]+ [Conquest]+ [Cao Cao-style womanizer]+ [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Fast-paced plot]+ [No characters losing their intelligence] In the 22nd century, humanity officially enters the interstellar age. As symbols of power and status, planetary Lords become the object of everyone’s admiration. Lu Jueming, an S-rank planet binder. Betrayed by an old flame, he loses not only a top-tier planet but is also exiled to the remote star regions to mine and repay his debts. He believes he 15Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 197 A Thousand Stars Defy the Ten-Thousand-Character Stele 千星逆万字碑 [Science fiction setting + supernatural powers + high martial arts + mecha + mystery and adventure + love, hate, and tragedy + billions at war + twilight of the gods + computational universe + final trial of all races + a thousand loves, a thousand searches] Cristo’s immortality technology split human civilization into two factions: the immortal and the natural. Blood stained the roses, and the gods neared twilight. Natural humans launched a surprise attack on the Celestial Spire, then slaught —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 198 System, You Didn't Give Me a Star Destroyer Just to Deliver It, Did You? 系统你是来送歼星舰的吧 What, this System can teleport a star destroyer straight to me? Then I can just lie back and relax, right? [System + star destroyers + national strength + interstellar warfare + a heroine who can be sweet or fierce + ensemble cast, intelligent enemies, grand worldbuilding] By chance, Ye Feng acquires a System called RC01. He thinks it’s useless, since all it can do is input pinyin. But it turns out this thing can teleport interstellar warships! From the start, a spherical fortress appears and si 263Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 Star Remnants: The Dawn Era 星骸：启元 Tomato's most nail-biting post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel. The protagonist loses his father and mother from the start. Watch him turn the tables! [Mechs] + [Mutant Beasts] + [Superpowers] + [Conquering the Stars] No golden finger, no System, no cheats, no harem. Readers, charge your phones and bundle up in your blankets as you watch the protagonist, Lin Lan, conquer all sides. In the parallel world of 2218, a disaster led by intelligent AI destroys high-tech cities en masse. Countless living crea 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 200 My College Entrance Exam Spot Was Stolen, So I Handed Over an Electromagnetic Cannon 高考名额被顶替，反手上交电磁炮 His college entrance exam results are stolen from him from the start? Faced with the culprit’s aggressive taunts, Lin Xiu reaches his limit and awakens a System! [The Ultimate Scientific Research System successfully bound!] The Eagle Sauce threatens Huaguo with an electromagnetic cannon? He goes straight to work and builds a state-of-the-art electromagnetic cannon on the border! From this moment on, Lin Xiu sets out to help Huaguo rise to scientific greatness! Huaguo’s leading scientists are all 120Reads5.2Score—Shelves
