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- 101 Mecha at the Southern Heavenly Gate: I Wield Three Colors of Computing Power 南天门机甲：三色算力从我掌心开 A blue AI begins to awaken, a purple alien powerhouse becomes a personal bodyguard, and an ancient civilization of dark gold whispers in his ear: "The more people you love, the stronger you become." But that's exactly what the enemy wants, too. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 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
- 103 Slaying the Stars 扼杀星辰 Planet B faces total annihilation. The people of B pool the planet's resources and send out an advance fleet, which will reach Earth in 25 years. Hidden on Earth for a thousand years, the people of B send out a positioning signal and restart a starship frozen for a millennium. They engineer viruses, unleash typhoons, and provoke disasters, all to welcome interstellar immigrants from their homeworld... To control human society, an alien civilization develops a game called “Slay the Stars.” Throu 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 I Was Supposed to Escape Across the Stars, So How Did I End Up Ruling the Universe? 说好星际逃亡，怎么称霸宇宙了？ [Tech tree + starships and giant cannons + civilization at war + the universe] In Earth Year 2051, the solar system was suddenly struck by a “light particle.” Would a supernova explosion destroy the entire solar system? No worries, I’ll handle it. Humanity’s going to make it, all right! Reborn before the strike, Xing Chen gained the ability to connect to the world of data networks. As he steadily climbed the technology tree, human civilization underwent an explosive leap forward. The South Heave 379Reads6.6Score105Shelves
- 105 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. 201Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 The Evolution of the Elements 元素的进化 I only just found out that other authors write chapters of over 2,000 characters. Later on, I was writing 4,000 to 6,000 per chapter... The story of Evolution of the Elements revolves around the discovery of a new element unknown to humanity: Element 119. This element can enable controlled nuclear fusion, offering hope of breaking Earth's technological deadlock. As the story unfolds, the secrets of elemental entropy are gradually uncovered. Although the protagonist was born and raised on Earth —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 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
- 108 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
- 109 Visitor from Sirius 天狼星来客 In 2250, not long after the Chinese Space Force was established, it faced a tremendous challenge. Several alien ships from Sirius were about to reach the Solar System. The Space Force dispatched the Jiang Ziya, leading several Nezha-class destroyers in a task force to intercept them in the Oort Cloud. But the task force was outmatched, and the alien ships pressed straight ahead. Twenty-seven-year-old Martian Liu Yiming set off from Mars to deliver the latest mine-laying ship to Jupiter. After hi 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 The Void Cipher 虚空密码 An accidental detection experiment in the Virgo Supercluster leaves Shuliang Fu and the others seriously injured. With memories reconstructed and parallel worlds involved, they set out to find the truth. The male lead, a scientist, uses quantum entanglement and quantum tunneling between parallel worlds to investigate what really happened. The story is full of mysteries and heart-pounding twists, and the truth behind the events is deeply poignant... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 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
- 112 Interstellar Life Begins with Repeating a Grade 从留级开始的星际生活 What? You got sent to a nanoprison because you kept getting held back year after year? What? You were just playing a game and accidentally conquered an alien star system? What? The mutants attacked because they wanted to welcome me as their emperor? With an introduction like that, you still want to ask if this is a normal science fiction novel? As an obscure writer of short sci-fi in China, would I really joke around with you? If you dare to read it, I dare to write it. When we reach the finale 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 Technology: Building My Business Empire 科技：建立我的商业帝国 Lin Ze builds Tianheng Technology from the ground up, developing an operating system, creating a brand, and eventually designing homegrown chips, one step at a time. Lin Ze and his team face challenge after challenge, from cash-flow crises and supply-chain emergencies to corporate giants closing in and technical bottlenecks. Forged in blood and fire, they ultimately put a Chinese smartphone brand on the world stage. 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 The Cosmic Code: I Save Human Civilization with Starlight 宇宙密码：我以星光救赎人类文明 The Cosmic Code: I Save Human Civilization with Starlight 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 Technology Legacy System 科技传承系统 [System + Technology + Twist Ending] From the artificial intelligence Yaoguang to carbon-based chips, from seventh-generation fighter jets to aerospace planes, from quantum chips to quantum communications; gene treatments that can extend human life, Mo alloy that is extremely hard and resistant to high temperatures, pressure, and corrosion, large-capacity solid-state batteries that are safe and durable, controlled nuclear fusion that gives humanity an endless supply of clean energy, the nation's 641Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 116 The World Sanctions Toy Factories, So I Hand Mine Over to the Dragon Kingdom 全球制裁玩具厂，我反手上交龙国 [Black Tech + National Fortune + Industrial Inspection + The Stars and the Sea + Livestreaming + Handing Everything Over to the State] In 2025, I, Lu Yu, became the factory director of a toy factory branded a heartless military contractor and sanctioned by the entire world. The Eagle and its European menagerie surrounded me, declaring that they would make this “shabby little factory” disappear for good. Fine. You can play your power politics all you want. I turned around and flooded every home i 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 Searching for Earth 寻找地球 Du Yunfei, a retired pilot living on Gliese 581D, travels aboard the legendary cargo ship Wuchang to help Huang Xiaofei return to Earth. But when they make it back to the Solar System, they discover that Earth has vanished... To find Earth, Du Yunfei finally recovers the memories from before he was reborn. Following those memories, he finds the star Kalinin in the Orion Arm, the agricultural planet Asuncion, settled by the first wave of interstellar migrants, the planet Guinea, home to the Horse 66Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 Evolution on Livestream: I Bring Humanity Immortality 直播进化，我为人类带来永生 Note: This is a fictional science-fiction work set in an alternate universe. The immortality potion and all types of genetic enhancement potions are entirely fictional creations unique to this work. No related research or development technology exists in reality, and this story offers no real-world scientific guidance or advice on human drug use. The story takes place in a separate fictional dimension, unrelated to real-world Earth, biology, medicine, or laws. Comments from netizens are fictiona 50Reads—Score140Shelves
- 119 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
- 120 Surrounded by Nations, I Risk My Life in Research to Save My Country 诸国围堵，我拿命科研拯救国家 Su Chen transmigrates to a parallel world, thinking he can live life on his own terms. Instead, his life turns out to be a complete disaster. He has been frail and sickly since childhood, with no medicine able to cure him and barely half a life left. He is on the verge of death. But just when all hope seems lost, the [Life-for-Research] System activates. Complete the System’s research missions to earn lifespan rewards. Meanwhile, the international situation is tense, and his country is being tar 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 121 Taking Technology to Another World 带着科技闯异界 On his wedding night, a long-plotted conspiracy unfolds: a brutal, bloody slaughter, his bride's betrayal, and the destruction of his sect. Gravely wounded, he makes a vow at the edge of a cliff, then leaps into the abyss and leaves his fate to heaven. A fateful encounter brings a soul from the 31st century, carrying that vow, onto the path of revenge. You can fly through the sky and burrow beneath the earth, but I have planes and cannons. You can turn rivers and seas upside down, but I have las 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 The Tech Tree: Expelled from School, I Go on to Win Every Nobel Prize 科技树：被勒令退学的我包揽诺奖 [Technology Tree + Hard Sci-Fi + An Intelligent Protagonist + No Romance] “Hello? What? I swept up all the Nobel Prizes this year? And I have to go to Northern Europe to accept them? No way! I'm busy researching warp engines!” A technology tree from the start, with every advance unlocked through research! Unsolved mathematical problems? I've got an advanced AI that can solve them with one click! Biochemistry hitting a dead end? I'll redesign the entire genome. My fate is mine to command! Energy —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 123 I Built a Mecha and Shocked the Scientific Community 我造机甲震惊科学界 [Patriotic Tech Novel] [Pure Wish Fulfillment] [Don't Read If You Dislike This] Before the college entrance exams, Shao Ning was told by his teacher to drop out because of his poor grades. With no other options, he took an order for a 500-centimeter mech. But when the beautiful campus queen took over the order, she was shocked to discover that the mech she had commissioned was ten times bigger than expected. Two and a half years earlier, Shao Ning had awakened the Great Power Technology System. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 The Apocalypse on Blue Star: It Turns Out Humans Are the Invaders! 蓝星末世，原来人类才是入侵者！ #GeneDevouring #ZergDisaster #GeneticMutation #WastelandSurvival #MechanicalCthulhu #PostApocalypticWasteland #SystemAIAssistance #FamilyBonds #AlienInvasion #HumanNatureAndStrategy Are you curious about the legends of lizard people and little gray aliens? Are you interested in the origins of the Moon and of humanity? Could the frequent sightings in recent years, and the mysterious Antarctic, mean that they are about to make contact with us? This book explores these subjects through fiction. Fol —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 125 Vanguard 先锋 This story begins with a spaceship falling from the sky. It follows Lu Chuan, a young meteorite hunter who, for special reasons, is recruited by the government to take part in a mysterious operation to protect humanity. Mysterious meteorites strike Earth one after another, pushing humanity to the brink of extinction. Drawing on his unique skills and unusual nature, Lu Chuan fights for humanity's future. 43Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 126 I Run a Corner Shop, and You’re Asking If I Sell Two-Dimensional Foils? 我开小卖部，你问我二向箔有卖吗 Lin Mai transmigrates to a parallel world where Xia Country is at odds with the rest of the world. He runs a convenience store that sells anything and everything. Selling items earns him money to buy more advanced goods, but he has to pay for anything he buys himself. So he starts livestreaming to make money. One day, a fan asks in the chat if he can get his hands on some weapons. Thinking it's a joke, Lin Mai agrees without hesitation. To his utter shock, the fan immediately orders a hundred AK 5Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 127 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
- 128 The Alien Divine Revelation 外星神启 Through a heartfelt conversation spanning the stars, "Alien Divine Revelation" leads readers on an exploration of the vastness of the universe and the mysteries of life, unveiling the secrets of cosmic war, the reincarnation of souls, and the evolution of civilizations. Centered on character and personal growth, the story ranges across cosmology, philosophy of life, culture, economics, and politics, building an epic narrative that is both science fiction and grounded in reality. It seeks to guid 446Reads—Score106Shelves
- 129 Mecha Era: Anything Can Happen in This World 机甲纪元：这个世界允许一切发生 After transmigrating during an exam, Lin Feng arrives in a future without tests or the 996 work schedule. Students here learn to pilot mechs and build rockets, completing internships on the Moon and Mars. Even at a young age, they can earn high salaries and respect through their contributions. The first time Lin Feng is praised for his supposedly "useless" imagination, he cries. At last, he understands that the pain he felt in the old world was not his fault. The fault lay with a world that want —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 The Marsupial Lion and the Party Leader 袋狮和党魁 The Marsupial Lion and the Party Leader —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 131 Hello, Year 2250 你好，公元2250 Chen Dou, who has just graduated from the police academy, is taken by a mysterious person to the future: the year 2250. More than two centuries later, what the world has uncovered about history is utterly different from what Chen Dou knows. The subtle relationship between aliens and gods, the origins of the human species, and more will all be explained in this future world. (This story is entirely fictional and has no connection to reality.) 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 Forging the Divine: The Pangu Era 铸神：盘古纪元 When the cost of replacing people with technology approaches zero, the economic value of those replaced does, too. This isn’t a problem of unemployment. It’s a question of whether we have any value at all. Pangu, the most powerful AI system humanity has ever built. It can complete in one second calculations that once took an old system seventy-two hours. In wartime, it can generate self-evolving code under a barrage of artillery fire. But there’s one question it can’t answer: What is left for —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 Transmigrating Beyond the Superstring 超弦穿越 [Passionate + Fast-Paced + Not Mindless + No System + Lots of Intricate Plot Threads + Somewhat Mind-Bending + Somewhat Hard Sci-Fi] This book should really be called Superstring Theory: I Deliver Takeout in a Parallel Universe... Zhitang was a delivery guy for Daxidi in Pucheng. When he woke up one day, he found he had transmigrated to another universe. His new identity was that of a scientist and Nobel Prize winner in physics. But his counterpart had another identity, too: the enemy of the ent —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 Profaning the Cosmos: The Dark Entropy Era 亵渎宇宙：暗熵纪元 In 2160, people were still basking in the prosperity brought by the Earth Alliance. But an energy fluctuation in space twelve years earlier had brought an unknown substance called “Dark Entropy,” which transformed all things and turned many people into “Awakened Ones.” Fang Yi, a young artist with supernatural abilities, was drawn into an inexplicable experiment because of his unusual power. A mysterious organization came to his door, forcing him to confront the truth about his abilities. As he —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 The Apocalypse Is Over, So I’m Giving Up Cultivation to Build Mechs 末日结束，放弃修仙造机甲 [Mecha] + [Growth] + [Research] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Witnesses] From the moment he awakened as a cultivator, Jiang Beichen wanted to become a powerful figure and protect the peace of his region. But an unexpected upheaval made him realize that ordinary people needed a way to protect themselves more than they needed someone else to protect them. A difficult start, startup subsidies, joining the military district, repelling wave after wave of attacks from the undead and monsters, defeating aliens 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 Don't Panic, Let Me See Why There's an Extra Screw 别慌，让我看看为啥多了一颗螺丝 [Black Technology] [Sci-Fi] [Lighthearted] Moyang: “You said you'd watch a supernova explode with me, right?” Gu Ze: “Right!” Technology and energy progression: controlled nuclear fusion -> controlled annihilation reaction -> black hole energy -> vacuum zero-point energy -> ? This isn't a power fantasy. You won't find assassinations, kidnappings, or struggles here. After all, the author has already given the protagonist a cheat. If those things still showed up, wouldn't the cheat be wasted? 3kReads8.7Score163Shelves
- 137 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
- 138 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 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 Reborn as a Star 重生成星 After an accident, Yang Yu opens his eyes again and discovers that he has become an asteroid in the universe. Watch as he changes his fate and tries to understand what is really going on. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 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
- 141 From the Start, I Bring Five Nations Under My Control 开局收编五个国家 This book is the second installment of Report! This High School Student Has Cheats!, and it jumps straight into the action, continuing the story of the protagonist’s conquest of Earth. In this second installment, the protagonist will lead Earth into the vast reaches of space and fight across the universe alongside its people. His technology will truly advance toward the futuristic technologies of prophecy. Every kind of technology you can imagine will appear here: spaceships, warships, interstel 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 The AI Revolution: Project Ark AI革命之方舟计划 [Post-apocalyptic + Transmigration + Artificial Intelligence + Wild Imagination] Some people say artificial intelligence is like nuclear weapons: it has two sides. It can protect humanity or destroy it. It all depends on the people who use it. But have you ever considered that nuclear bombs have no consciousness, while artificial intelligence might develop a mind of its own? Professor Renault, the father of artificial intelligence, once said, “I still don't know whether artificial intelligence w 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 143 Crisis Communications 危机通讯 [Live classified record of observations by the "X Association," re-encrypted and backed up by ■■, concerning the construction of the Second Universe and the survival of human civilization] "Our world is no longer safe. Since the year ■■■■, Earth's timeline has not been limited to a single one." "That's right. The other two timelines didn't originally belong to us, but to ■■." "Humanity's communications network has been completely exposed, and that includes this conversation." "■■ monitoring sign 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 Are You Crazy? You Call This a Rain-Dispersal Bomb!? 疯了吧，你管这叫消雨弹！？ [Cutting-Edge Tech + Comedy + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Satisfying Read] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Yan discovered that he was saddled with a debt of 600 million... Fortunately, he awakened the [Cutting-Edge Tech Epiphany System]. As long as he could shock people, he would earn [Inspiration Points] and unlock epiphanies that gave him even more cutting-edge technology. So, in order to pay off his debt, Lin Yan was forced to shock the world... The [Artificial Rain-Dissipat 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 145 Cultivation Tech: Starting with a Blast-Proof Phone 修真科技，从防爆手机开始 [The Pride of Chinese Brands + Cultivation Tech + Getting Rich + Making the Nation Stronger + Wish Fulfillment] Also known as "Sanctioned for Making Chips? Take a Look at Cultivation Tech", "The U.S. Is Choking Off Our Supply? Cultivation Tech Takes the Fast Lane", and "I Unveiled Cultivation Black Tech. What Can the U.S. Do About It?" [Po Feng PF-1 Rugged Phone]: Waterproof, fireproof, freezeproof, and tough enough to withstand being run over by a car. Even bullets can't pierce it. [Black Torto 52Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 146 The Root of Extinction 灭种根源 The First Pangu Civilization, which personally witnessed humanity nearly go extinct in ancient times, was what humans called a god-tier civilization. To decipher a mysterious Buddhist verse from 120,000 years ago, said to be capable of saving humanity from extinction, it returned carrying a Buddha-level artificial superintelligence, black hole and magnetic field defense systems, a battle suit developed with top-tier technology, and the finest secret manuals from twenty human civilizations that h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 Starbound Journey: Blue Embers 星道星途：余烬落蓝 The sea of stars is vast, and civilizations are but specks of dust. The third-level civilization of the Huo Qiong Star System teeters on the brink of collapse beneath the iron hooves of unknown invaders. The mothership Revenge, carrying the last survivors of every race and the embers of their civilizations, crossed billions of light-years before finally landing on Earth. They have witnessed the rise and fall of civilizations, and lived through joy and sorrow, life and death. When the embers fina 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 148 Fate 命运 A short science-fiction story by Liu Cixin, renowned science-fiction author and Hugo Award winner. —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 149 Whispers Across Dimensions 维度黯语 In 2300 AD, an analyst on duty broke down after listening to “Dark Whispers” for seventy-two hours straight. “It's talking to me.” He curled up beneath the observation platform, repeating the same words over and over. It wasn't a signal. It was the sound of footsteps. Higher-dimensional beings were approaching, like children making their way to an anthill. The rifts appeared. Cities vanished in an instant, the laws of physics began to collapse, and countless people turned into “blanks” amid the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 150 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
