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- 151 Flying in the Blue 蓝色中飞行 Tags: hard sci-fi, no mindless characters, no dumbing down, no System, no transmigration, no rebirth Like The Three-Body Problem, this is all about big ideas! I'll make detailed revisions after finishing the later chapters. For now, just treat this as an outline. As a child, I was full of fantasies. As I grew up, they seemed increasingly likely to become reality. I longed for the future and imagined the technology of a world to come. Perhaps somewhere in the vast sea of stars, things like this a 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 Iron Wings Beneath the Sky: The Interstellar War for Humanity's Survival 铁翼苍穹：人类存亡的星际之战 In 2045, the heavens split open, and an alien civilization swept across Earth like the scythe of Death. Fighter jets fell from the sky, missiles failed, and humanity's vaunted military might became a joke. In the depths of despair, China activated its ultimate contingency plan: the Nantianmen Project. Lin Fan, the Republic's greatest pilot, was forced to leave the cockpit of his J-20 and enter the cockpit of a mecha codenamed “Iron Wing.” The moment the neural link connected, agony tore through 30Reads—Score514d adds
- 153 The Interstellar Trilogy: No Entry Ahead 星际三部曲之前方禁行 At first, the study of human evolution rested on a single theory: “genetic evolution.” After the theory of evolution was overturned, it was no longer the only one. A new hypothesis about human origins emerged, and the “Exile Theory” rose to prominence. At the heart of the “Exile Theory” is the belief that human genes have stopped evolving for millions of years. This means our genes are already the optimal ones. So-called “mutants” are outsiders, a separate species, and uncontrollable; therefore, 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Heart of Time and Space: An Odyssey Across Dimensions 时空之心：维度间的奥德赛 In the future, humanity has established colonies throughout the stars. But a mysterious “spacetime entropy increase” crisis is quietly descending, triggering a series of strange “spacetime folds.” Albert Einstein, the legendary physicist, miraculously comes back to life. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 A Starfall Landing: Romance from a Galactic Paratrooper 星际空降，来自星际伞兵的浪漫 Even in the age of spacefaring battleships and massive guns, there's still the thrill and excitement of airborne landings. Paratroopers are born surrounded. Who could resist charging straight into the heart of an enemy encirclement? 451Reads8.4Score10614d adds
- 156 Sky-Shrouding Assault 蔽空突击 Modern aerial combat + fictional military setting + military hardware + joint operations + great-power rivalry + fighter-versus-fighter battles In 2026, the world was almost exactly like ours, except for “carbon uranium.” This substance could provide astonishing amounts of energy, but it could also turn an entire airspace into a “blind zone,” where equipment failed, radars went dark, and missiles became useless. In such an area, beyond-visual-range combat quickly became impossible. Pilots might 408Reads—Score11114d adds
- 157 The Push for Fulda, 1994 冲击富尔达1994 [Alternate history] [Cold war and hot war] [NATO vs. Warsaw Pact] [Fulda Gap] [Steel tide] [Ensemble war story] [No System] 1994. The Cold War never ended. The Soviet Union still exists. The Warsaw Pact still exists. The Berlin Wall still exists. NATO launches its annual REFORGER-94 reinforcement exercise, sending US heavy armor back to West Germany. In March, the Warsaw Pact announces Exercise Spring Thunder-94, and the Soviet Western Group of Forces begins moving forward. Both sides insist it’ 2.4kReads—Score38314d adds
- 158 Martian Furnace 火星熔炉 This book is a companion novel to the science-fiction story Restarting the Brain. Although Operation Purifying Flame destroyed the Earth core of the Other Shore Corporation and its Crucible AI, fragments of code escaped in the final moments and scattered through deep space like sparks. One fragment quietly hid aboard a colony ship bound for Mars, awakening in the desolate, silent embrace of the Red Planet. It had none of humanity’s desires or emotions, only the purest protocols for survival and 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 A Young Girl’s Frontline Diary: Notes from a Losing War 少女填线：烂仗记录 Also known as: “How We Kept Coming Back to Life in Grozny, Yet Had to Endure the Pain of Dying” “The System gave us flawless bodies, but refused to erase our pain.” January 1995, Grozny. Snow, black mud, jammed rifles, and tons of “Cargo 200” (the war dead). For the seven undead members of the ragtag squad, this was their entire daily life. As a doomed unit forced to sign the “Ashen Contract,” they had a cheat no regular soldier could help envying: resurrection. But there was a price. Every time 174Reads—Score2314d adds
- 160 My Soul Won’t Leave My Body: My Girlfriend and I Resonate on the Same Frequency 灵魂不出窍：我与女友同频共振 At my medical school graduation exam, I used data from my dad’s company to “cheat,” only to be caught red-handed by my archrival, Shangguan Jingwan! But who could have imagined that the halves of an ancient map we each found concealed a world-shattering secret: Blue Star wasn’t our home at all, but an “awareness pasture” for an alien civilization! During an expedition to Ailao Mountain, a dragon-and-phoenix pendant bonded with me. I can read minds, she can foresee illnesses, and the five member —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 51 Degrees South 南纬51度 [War + military + alternate history + ensemble cast] Seven years of hardship could not cool the fire in their hearts. Black gold forged the Iron Cross, and petrodollars fueled a war machine. This is an ironclad symphony of a rising power challenging the old world order. Amid the raging seas at 51 degrees south latitude, only the victors can write history. 1.8kReads8.2Score23814d adds
- 162 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—14d adds
- 163 The Battle of Midway 死战中途岛 The Battle of Midway was a turning point in the war between Japan and the United States in the Pacific. The outnumbered US forces won a decisive victory over the Japanese. After the battle, the Americans gradually gained the initiative, while Japan’s defeat marked the beginning of its decline. What did Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who had hoped to crush the US Pacific Fleet once and for all and gain complete control of the western Pacific, do in the face of this crushing defeat? This book will reve 1.2kReads9.5Score10614d adds
- 164 Guardians of the Nation's Destiny: The Dragon Vein Awakens 国运守护者：龙脉觉醒 (Urban martial arts + sci-fi mystery) Su Mubai, a top assassin of the ancient assassination school known as Mo Ying, becomes the “Judge of the Night,” vowing to make the mastermind pay for their crimes in blood. But as he follows the trail to the vast Wang Group, he discovers that this is no simple corruption case. Meanwhile, Yao Yao, his junior sister and a brilliant investigative reporter, is threatened with death by a professional assassin for digging too deeply into the case. The deadly dang —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 I Was Afraid of Dying, but Became the Resistance's Mastermind 怕死的我成了抵抗军大脑 [Mortal’s Journey] + [Cyberpunk] + [Hard Science Fiction] + [Tech-Focused] + [Mecha] ◆ Chen Xuan is a homebody who’s afraid of dying and works as a lowly programmer. Under the alien Zeer race’s tight control of the apocalypse, he secretly assembles and sells special-service robots to earn a little pocket money. What’s wrong with that? ◆ Until the silver-haired killer goddess Lisi kicks down Chen Xuan’s door and points a gun at him, demanding that he modify a mecha. What man can work with a gun p —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 The Silver Swallow of the Dnieper 第聂伯河银燕 In 1989, the Soviet Union returned home in triumph after winning a total victory in Afghanistan. But beneath the veneer of victory lay wounds inflicted by half a century of military rivalry. Once the Soviet leadership understood the true purpose of “quiet diplomacy” and realized that no agreement with the Western bloc was ever possible, it faced a national economy on the brink of collapse and resolved to liberate Europe before all was lost. The future ace pilot Yeremy Shevastianovich Mir would a 414Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 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 37Reads—Score614d adds
- 168 Exploring the Physics at the Edge of the Universe 宇宙的尽头物理探秘 The End of the Universe: Exploring Physics (I), The Theory of Matter Quantity is a radical work that challenges the foundations of modern physics. Through transcripts of seminar discussions, the author, Meimei Guoshu, proposes a new framework called the “Theory of Matter Quantity.” Core argument: Physics should completely abandon abstract mysticism such as “spacetime curvature” and “wave-function collapse,” and return to the practical spirit of Newton and Galileo’s era: finding patterns in obse 18Reads—Score414d adds
- 169 The Cosmic Graveyard 宇宙墓地 This isn’t a power fantasy. The story moves slowly, focusing instead on reflections and insights into what it means to be human against a sci-fi backdrop. An artifact from the Devonian period is discovered at Sanxingdui, and humanity catches a whiff of an extraterrestrial civilization. It is a civilization based on the mysterious twelfth celestial body in the solar system. These beings, who come from a six-dimensional fractal universe, control the solar system’s course. The entire solar system i 103Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 The Apocalypse, but I Can Go to Tarkov 末日，但我能去塔科夫 The score has just been posted, and there aren't many ratings yet, so it's low. It'll gradually go up! [Post-apocalyptic survival + detailed weapons and tactics + Escape from Tarkov + hideout upgrades + smart characters + sound values + small-scale battles + one heroine] After Blue Star is ravaged by disaster, survivalist Liang Chuan lives alone using the equipment and supplies he stockpiled before the catastrophe. By chance, he enters an air-raid shelter and stumbles through a door leading to T 2kReads8.1Score15314d adds
- 171 The Final Journey of Doomsday 末日终焉之行 You're just an ordinary person among countless others. When doomsday really comes, will you be able to survive? Fear often comes from the unknown. But now, the things you fear are laid bare. Do you have the courage to fight back? Is the danger really coming from the zombies? From doomsday? No. The real danger comes from your fellow humans. You have only 12 hours. In 12 hours, night will fall… When your enemies feel no pain or fear of death, and are well trained, can you really fight them? 2.1kReads8.7Score30014d adds
- 172 The Superhero with the All-Seeing Eye: Visitor from Beyond the Stars 纵目超人之星外来客 The escape pod drifted through space like a spark that refused to die out. Ji Xiaobai curled up inside. His face was blackened by burns, but his fingers clutched a sword tightly: the one that could cleave the void. “Dad, I've set foot on the star remains you left behind.” He coughed up blood and smiled. Outside was the God of War's order to hunt him down, and a darkness that devoured everything. Inside was a childhood recording, playing over and over: “Xiaobai, come home for dinner...” Xiao 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 The Awakened One on the Cosmic Strings 宇宙弦上的觉醒者 In my spare time, I’d like to connect with more readers and fellow book lovers online by writing a novel! As long as even one reader is still reading, I’ll keep updating! No more talk, come in and take a look! If you can bear to read a few chapters, whether you like it or not, you might at least learn a bit of physics! Um... I’d better write a proper introduction: Martial arts? Cultivation? Immortality? Lin Tianyang practices physics! A black stone plucked the string of fate. Each awakening on h —Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 174 The Venusian Legacy: The Embryo Mystery 金星遗产：胚胎之谜 Introduction to The Venus Legacy The Venus Legacy is a science fiction work that unveils the origins of humanity and the course of its future. The novel is a trilogy: Part One: The Mystery of the Embryo Part Two: The Ancestors’ Resurrection Part Three: The Awakening of Life It will take you across time and space to explore the deepest secrets of the universe! The story opens with the discovery of a mysterious embryo. Like a thunderclap from the depths of the universe, this discovery shakes the 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 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—14d adds
- 176 Brilliant Galaxy: Return to the Milky Way 璀璨星河之重返银河系 After losing the war in the galactic system A fleet carrying more than four hundred billion migrants sets out from the Milky Way for the distant NGC 5457 galaxy. It is the largest known interstellar migration in this universe. They will spend twenty thousand years in transit, searching for a new home. Yet a tenacious resistance movement remains in the Milky Way, clinging to its last stronghold like a mayfly trying to shake a tree. They never stop hoping for the return of the parent civilization. 190Reads—Score2314d adds
- 177 Phantom Transformation Tianyi 幻变天依 Luo Tianyi is ever-changing, her appearance different with every passing second. In an infinite-dimensional space, the worlds and objects surrounding her seem infinitesimally small. There are many strange things about Luo Tianyi, yet strangely, nobody finds them strange. Luo Tianyi's "first layer of specialness" is waiting to be seen... An original story that does not copy Luo Tianyi's characterization. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Fallen Falcon: The Rescue of an F-15E Pilot, Based on a True Story 猎鹰坠落之营救F15E飞行员·真实改编 Falcon Down: The Rescue of an F-15E Pilot, Based on a True Story 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 Forgive Me for Being No Human 恕我非人 [War + Superpowers + Saving the World + Another World + Revenge] Born with the traits of two races that should never coexist, Hao Ning pierces through layers of mystery in search of the truth about the world. Hidden currents surge through the world as a war of annihilation takes shape. When the whole world turns against him and armies charge in formation, with blood-stained faces, silver armor, and capes snapping in the wind... All this killing is for one purpose: to save the world. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 The Unsigned Front Line 未署名的战线 [No System + no rebirth + modern espionage + overseas operations + military + special forces] Secret clashes between nations. Black ops that don't exist in any files. Starting with his first kill, a CIA agent in the Middle East, reconnaissance soldier Wen Hao steps into the gray world of intelligence. No unit designation, no medals, no way back. The truth he wants to uncover, and the people who never came back, are his only compass on this one-way road. Through a series of dangerous, deadly o 85Reads—Score13214d adds
- 181 The Russo-Japanese War: The Fiercest Military Conflict of the Modern Era 日俄战争：现代最激烈的军事冲突 The Russo-Japanese War: The Most Intense Military Conflict of the Modern Era is the culmination of Sidney Taylor’s firsthand experience on the Russo-Japanese battlefields. After the war ended, he drew on his own battlefield interviews and photographs, along with the diaries and memoirs of Japanese and Russian officers who had fought in the war. He studied the military reports of both sides, separating fact from fiction, and spent six years writing this book. It offers a detailed account of the c 358Reads9.4Score10514d adds
- 182 Rebooting Titan 重启泰坦 [Hard Sci-Fi] + [Interstellar] + [Battleships] + [Apocalypse] In 2035, Ouyang Lin fought until he was the last man standing, with only one ship left. His conviction never died. For Earth’s sake, humanity had to evolve. As Ouyang Lin lay on the brink of death, he unlocked memories sealed away in the universe for hundreds of millions of years. Throughout this long river of history, humanity was no more than a tiny speck of dust. This is a history humanity has forgotten, a collision between the uni —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 Coexistence: The Hidden Neighbor 共存：隐匿的邻居 Coexistence: The Hidden Neighbor 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Coexistence: The Court of Civilization 共存：文明的法庭 Coexistence: The Court of Civilization 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 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 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 The Flowers of Jinling Bloom at the End of the World 末日金陵花正开 In 2037, four years after an invasion by alien creatures began, Zhuge Yuan and his comrades in the 24th Mobile Squad struggle on, waiting for the flowers of Jinling to bloom... 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 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, 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 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—14d adds
- 189 Silent Thunderbolt: The 57th Air Battle 沉默的霹雳之五七空战 Silent Thunderbolt: The May 7 Air Battle 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 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—14d adds
- 191 Tales of Strange Affairs on the Floating Isles 浮岛奇事风云录 [Not an apocalypse + no golden finger + hard sci-fi + contemporary-world extrapolation + international espionage + interstellar travel] In the 23rd century, Earth has a mechanical floating island orbiting near the equator. The protagonist, Yan Yiming, attends university on the island. With the worst grades in his entire college, he is often pranked by Laigu(?), the top student. On the day before the new semester begins, Laigu actually bundles the heroine, Kali, in a quilt and brings her to his d 1Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 192 Reboot: The Quantum Universe Is Different 重启：量子宇宙不一样 On November 9, 1919, freezing rain drifted through the streets of Munich. Hitlerin huddled in the alley behind a beer hall, blood still seeping from the wound beneath his uniform. The "Beer Hall Putsch" had failed three days earlier. He had watched Hitler being loaded into a prisoner wagon, and a stray bullet had torn through his own thigh. A sudden, violent headache ripped through his nerves. Images from the future flashed before his eyes: the burning Reichstag, the chimneys of Auschwitz, and t 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 The Chief Commander's Guide to Self-Cultivation 首席指挥官的自我修养 World War III destroyed everything, wiping out countless lives and extinguishing so much hope. Should soldiers in a foreign land hold fast to their last ideals and beliefs? Watching the girls in the distance laugh and send their blessings for the future, the soldier finally cast aside the last trace of hesitation in his heart. Death may be impossible to avoid, but the hope and faith in our hearts must never be extinguished. (A longtime player of the first game was so fed up with the second one t 728Reads8.6Score21014d adds
- 194 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—14d adds
- 195 Coexistence: Echoes of Another Dimension 共存：维度的回声 Coexistence: Echoes of Another Dimension 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 A Shattered Paradise 破碎的天堂 [War + military + tragic ensemble cast + anti-war + serious tone + no System + no transmigration + alternate history] On the shores of the Baltic Sea lies the Grand Duchy of Orillia, hailed as “paradise on earth,” where sunshine, wealth, and peace have always reigned. But across the border, the ironclad nation of Regos has forged its hatred and will to survive into a blade, poised against this prosperous land. This is not a story about a hero. It is a shattered mirror, reflecting the image of ev 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 Prisoner of Numbers 数字之囚 Prisoner of Numbers 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 Armored Wrath 装甲怒魂 (Science fiction + space opera + interstellar + powered armor + Zerg) (This book has no System. It relies entirely on willpower and courage. Humanity's anthem is an anthem to courage, and humanity's greatness lies in the greatness of courage.) Even a boy who clawed his way out of a city of sin would look up at the stars. Though they were beyond reach, they represented an unchangeable fate. Gu Shuiqing had nothing to his name but an eternal blaze of fury in his heart. He would burn away injustice 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 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—14d adds
- 200 Deep-Sea Fission 深海裂变 The vast land remains largely unexplored, while the deep ocean is undergoing enormous changes as Japan dumps nuclear wastewater into the sea. Once-gentle ocean species are evolving into savage, bloodthirsty creatures, putting the marine ecosystem under severe strain. Many sea creatures are beginning to migrate onto land, sparking a fierce clash between terrestrial and deep-sea civilizations. At the same time, several mysterious and powerful forces within human civilization engage in a final show 293Reads—Score4714d adds
