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- 1 I Transmigrated to the Interstellar Age and Built a Super Battleship 穿越星际时代，打造超级战舰 Interstellar + warships + transmigration + survival + modifying and upgrading your own warship. An ordinary person transmigrates to the stars and works hard to build a super warship of his own, crush the interstellar Zerg, and explore the universe... 414Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Reborn as a Calamity-Born Race, and I Even Have a Control Panel? 魂穿成天灾种族，还有控制台用？ [Invincible protagonist + exhilarating read + conquest of the stars + sci-fi fantasy + the protagonist isn’t human] You don’t have to be a Stellaris player to enjoy this. The full title is: I Reincarnated as the Empress of a Disaster Swarm, but Why Do I Have a Console? Lin Muxue was an ordinary high school student and a fan of grand strategy games. She wasn’t an expert, but she was a happy newcomer who especially loved the sense of control she got from using the console. One day, after staying u 1.6kReads—Score176Shelves
- 3 Traveling the World with the Stars 带着群星游历世界 (Just to be clear, this novel is a deliberately unhinged work, which is why I posted it on Tomato. I couldn't find anything to read, so I started writing this on a whim. Some reviews say they can't find the protagonist, so let me explain: this is a pseudo-ensemble story told from three perspectives, each in a different situation. One gets to lie flat and do whatever they want; one works with a System to grow together; and one is a puppet of the System, led around by the nose. It's just my first 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 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 How outdated!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
- 5 The Invincible Fleet Begins with a Trade 无敌舰队从交易开始 After transmigrating to the interstellar era, Mu Mu only wants to make money. He has no interest in fighting for supremacy and wouldn’t know how to do it anyway. But he firmly believes that truth lies within the range of a cannon, and dignity rests on the edge of a sword. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Miss Gray Goo, Please Respect Interstellar Law 灰蛊小姐，请你尊重星际法 [Gender Swap + Stellaris + Sci-Fi + transmigrate + No System + Space Community Troublemaker] “They say that as the nanite swarm consciousness behind the former cataclysmic Grey Goo Storm, even though I no longer attack every nation indiscriminately, I still can’t fulfill the obligations of a Space Community member state, so I’m not entitled to any of its benefits?” “So does that mean interstellar law can’t control me either…? Why are you looking at me like I’m a convicted criminal?” “Hey, who ca 277Reads—Score102Shelves
- 7 Stellaris: Merging into Dawn 群星合成黎明 The civilizations of the universe shine in all their glory. Beneath the stars, who can truly rule the sea of stars? Will it be the newborn civilizations, embarking on their journeys with boundless potential and ambition? Or the mighty empires that have already risen, ruling the universe through their technology and military might? Perhaps it will be the once-glorious fallen empires, now huddled in their home star systems and eking out a living amid the ashes of civilization? Their fates lie alon 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Stellaris: Open the Door! Free Trade 群星：开门！自由贸易 [Sci-Fi Ensemble] [Space Opera] [Human Federation] [Interstellar Exploration] [Xenophobic Militarism] [Interstellar Harem] Too little territory? Aren't our neighbors' holdings enormous? The treasury's empty? Don't the capitalists have plenty of money? Don't understand politics? Who says you need to? The Human Federation must have humans, and humans must be human. You can't treat other species as people, unless they look good. Money must be spent on war, not reparations. Weapons must be aimed at 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Adventures on a South Pacific Continent 南太平洋异大陆历险 A mysterious continent teeming with the supernatural is home to psychic powers, cyborgs, androids, and all manner of other beings. Xia Yuanfang is just an ordinary employee at a small travel company. After the northwestern island opened up, Xia Yuanfang’s boss somehow secured his company a place in the first group permitted to land there. Not long after arranging his visa, the boss set off with several coworkers to work on the island, becoming some of the first people from the Old World to set f 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Taotie Era 饕餮纪元 The Taotie Era 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The String Bridge Leap 弦桥跃迁 String Bridge Transition 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Stellaris: The Boundless Sea of Stars 群星：星海无垠 [Stellaris + Interstellar Exploration + Planetary Development + Warships] Luo Tianyu, once a captain in Earth's fleet, was framed and forced to flee the Solar System with his companions. By a stroke of luck, they passed through a wormhole and arrived in an unknown star region. There, through a series of chance encounters, they found a fallen ancient civilization, a miraculous supermachine, and colossal creatures drifting between nebulae... Should they cling to the fallen empire's coattails? Inhe —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Legend of a Couch Potato: Technology Rises After Artificial Intelligence 咸鱼的传奇：人工智能后科技崛起 Ouyang Shengxuan was a rich second-generation heir who wanted nothing more than to laze around and live off his family. But things didn't go as he wished. Just when he thought he could happily spend his days doing nothing after graduating from college, he accidentally created artificial intelligence, turning his ordinary life as a rich heir into something extraordinary. One day, standing at the pinnacle of the world, Ouyang Shengxuan turned around and thought, Huh? Wasn't I supposed to be lazing 136Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 They Forced Me to Become a Pirate 逼着我去当海盗 [Soft Sci-Fi] + [System] + [Farming] + [Vast Worldbuilding] + [Interstellar War] + [Conquest] Hao Chen: Do I have to come up with a name too? System: Confirmed. Host's name is Do I Have to Come Up with a Name. System: Rewarding you with a large quantity of supplies. Hao Chen: Don't be so lazy that you just copy Earth to make up the numbers! System: I'll do whatever I want. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Crossing South to Chang Geng 南渡长庚 I first wanted to write this story because of the naval battle at Yashan in the Southern Song dynasty. Beyond cities and banners, there are familiar languages, crafts taught only halfway, and loved ones waiting at home for someone to return. Many things seem small, but once they are lost, it can take those who come after a long time to find them again. I wanted the people in this story to have a chance to pass them on. A person can carry very little away. Luggage can hold clothes and tools, bu 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Soul Ark: Companions Crossing the Sea of Stars Together 灵魂方舟：星海同渡人 Humanity has colonized the sea of stars. Under the name "Consciousness Ferrying," copies of the consciousness of deceased explorers are treated as expendable fuel, fed to the super-consciousness Wanxiang in exchange for a route to civilizational ascension. Nine beings of vastly different identities are trapped aboard the Spirit Ferry Ark. Consciousness copies, humans, a rogue AI, and extraterrestrial life from the Starfloc Expanse go from suspicious strangers keeping their distance to fellow voy 154Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Stellaris: I Transmigrated to the United Earth, and I Just Want to Farm in Peace 群星：穿越地联的我只想好好种田 [Stellaris fanfiction, Command & Conquer fanfiction. Hardcore military fiction, multiple mods. Although the story uses mods, quality will be maintained as much as possible.] “Your fleet is taking losses every second, while my T-34s are endless.” I transmigrated into Stellaris, except this galaxy seems to be just a teensy bit enormous. Luckily, Zhang Cai is great at developing the economy and farming. After successfully getting elected president, he swore to lead the United Nations of Earth down 91Reads—Score108Shelves
- 18 From the Start, I Get an Overpowered System! I Somehow Become the Villain’s Nemesis 开局逆天系统！我竟成了反派天敌 Lin Feng always thought he was just an ordinary herb gatherer, until one day he discovered in horror that the world he lived in was actually a gigantic “high-dimensional breeding farm”! And he was “lab rat number 1138”! Even more outrageous, the “Breeder System” inside him, installed to monitor him, had... mutated! It could devour the heavens, the earth, even the air, and it was ravenously eager to turn on the lofty “Breeder”! Lin Feng slapped his thigh. “So you’re the breeder, huh? Just wait! L —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 The 14th Book by Tianming Dangji 天命当寄第14本书 A new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 66Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 A Starship from the Start 开局一艘星空战舰 Zerg, interstellar warfare, countless civilizations, starry-sky behemoths, and His Majesty the Emperor "The Lonely Ship Sets Sail" No System → A long novel with everything you're looking for. Stick with it. From the start, there is only one battered starship: Designation: Candle Shadow-01 Captain: Yinchuan Crew: Intelligent steward “Shadow” Resources: Fuel 0%, ammunition 0%, food 0% Objective: Break down a planet consumed by fungal fog into a fleet, then set sail for the galaxy. When the 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 In the Galaxy of Youth, Workhorses Won't Find the Stars System 青春银河牛马不会遇到群星系统 [Stellaris Fan Fiction] In 2200 AD, humanity developed hyperspace technology, successfully left the Solar System, and set off into the vast, boundless universe. But what did any of this have to do with Yang Xiu? Whether or not humanity took to the stars, he was still just a wage slave, carrying three "mountains" on his back. His bleak life weighed him down, until one day he found a huge metal lump in an abandoned factory that claimed to be the "Stellaris System"... 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Stellaris: Descendant of the Ancients, but Transmigrated 群星：先辈子弟，但是穿越 Transmigrating into a civilization: the Sussia regime, the pro-foreign Sussi regime, and the various factions remaining from the unified Galactic Federation (there are only three so far, excluding factions that show up later in the story), with Little Gray. 308Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Starting as a Repairman, I Make a Comeback 从维修工开始逆袭 In 2325, human civilization entered the era of interstellar colonization. Vast numbers of people from Earth traveled through a technology known as “jumping” to a star system more than ten thousand light-years from the Milky Way. Originally designated X10, it was later named Hongmeng. The day humanity arrived became the first year of the Hongmeng calendar. In this star system, home to over a hundred planets, more than a dozen political powers of varying sizes arose, alongside the system's native 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Raising a Star Sea Overlord: It Begins When I Transmigrate with Blueprints 星海霸主养成记：从带图纸穿越开 This is the outer ring of a star system teetering on the brink of order's collapse. Pirates hack open cargo ships with chainsword blades, powerful factions bleed every resource world dry with crushing taxes, and the Titans of the Core Worlds are a myth to the people on the frontier. Using EVE's shield formulas, he made a battered mining ship withstand a pirate's main guns. Following the blueprints for a Gundam Zaku, he hammered together his first mech from a heap of scrap. When its thermal axe c 3Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 25 An Immortal God Reborn to Restart the Interstellar Age 不朽神灵重生，重启星际时代 Written entirely by hand, not generated by AI. If you don’t believe me, just look at the plot setup, the way the story unfolds, and the characters’ personalities. In his previous life, he was a mighty warrior who dominated the galaxy. But the gods joined forces to attack him, and he fell in the vastness of space, consumed by resentment. As his consciousness faded, all that remained was endless regret. Fate had other plans. He was unexpectedly reborn at the dawn of the interstellar age. Looking a 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 From Rags to Ruling the Sea of Stars 从白手起家到统御星海 [Starships] [Conquest] [Building and Developing] [War] [Some Stellaris Elements] Jiang Yi transmigrated with a shop that let him exchange for all kinds of technology and warships. He wasn’t reborn as the son of a powerful family, or as an empire’s marshal. Instead, he awoke in an age when human civilization was gradually fading, as an “ancient remnant” from a cryogenic pod. The glory of the great interstellar age of exploration had given way to endless wars and strife. At first, Jiang Yi had a s 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Equality of the Fireseed's Wisdom 火种之智平权 The Equality of Kindling Intelligence —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 A Reborn Interstellar Commander, Starting at the Bottom After Failing the Vocational School Exam! 星际指挥官重生，开局中专落榜！ [Apocalyptic sci-fi + space demons + reborn war god + interstellar conquest + black-tech frenzy + psychic awakening + genetic modification + mechanical ascension + play the pig to eat the tiger + galactic war + brainless wish fulfillment and face-slapping + catastrophic start + urban comeback + no System] He was Ling Yuan, the Federation's mightiest commander, who ruled the stars and commanded a million starships. He fell in the final battle against the Zerg, engulfed in the self-destructing fla 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Stellaris: Aliens Should Be Humanity's Stepping Stones 群星：异形就应该做人类的踏脚石 (Stellaris: The Galactic Hegemony of the Human Federation) [Stellaris]+ [Warhammer 40K]+ [System]+ [Feel-Good Emotions] The original owner was so useless that he got scared to death by an alien right from the start. Now that I, Adam Darwin, am here, I’ll trample over the corpses of you aliens and help the Human Federation rise to even greater heights. Conquer the universe, eradicate the aliens, put humanity first. [The Supreme Law of the Human Federation: All human factions and individuals a 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Iron Maidens and Steel Soldiers: Whatever It Is, Go Tell Little Gray 铁姬钢兵：有什么事跟小灰说去吧 [Stellaris] [Iron Ladies and Steel Soldiers] [Grand Marshal] [Gray Wind] [Human Federation] He transmigrates into a world of Iron Ladies and Steel Soldiers, where goddess soldiers reign supreme. Gu Tian had thought he would spend his life being utterly unremarkable. After all, unlike his good friend Mu Siyun, he hadn’t bathed in divine blood and possessed the Dragon Emperor’s body. Nor had he become the Dragon King who spent his nights with three thousand celestial maidens. But one day, a haught 1kReads6.6Score107Shelves
- 31 If You’re Not My Type of Alien, You’re Going Extinct 不是我喜欢的外星人，直接灭绝 Red, the newly appointed captain of the WMGS Procyon 13, has finally paid off the contract terms that seemed impossible to fulfill. He has successfully gone from contract slave to civilian and gained the right to use a brand-new, semi-experimental ship. Now Red faces another debt: the ship’s enormous rent and the interest piling up on it! But how much worse could things get? The galaxy is full of opportunities to make money, and Red believes he can become truly free. “What do you mean the alien 434Reads8.2Score117Shelves
- 32 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
- 33 Victory Over Heaven 胜天 A love story that moves the entire universe... The touching journey of an ordinary person who defies fate and grows stronger... A whole new order for the future of the universe... A transmigration through time, from the present to the past... A distant shore, forever beyond the reach of the soul... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 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
- 35 Astra: Earth Is Sealed Off from the Start 群星：开局地球被封锁 [Interstellar + farming + a Starsector setting + Fourth Calamity + semi-behind-the-scenes + Chuunibyou elements] "Please note: The pace of the first volume, set on Earth, may be a little slow. If you’re here for the interstellar story, things get more exciting from Volume Two onward." In the parallel year 2030, Fang Li was horrified to discover that Earth had been completely sealed off by the colossal weapon “Angel of Peace.” No satellite could escape the “Dome.” Fortunately, Fang Li obtained a 130Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Interstellar Spark: From E-Rank Captain to a Level Seven Civilization 星际火种：从E级舰长到七级文明 Overworked office slave Xiao Xiaoxiao dies suddenly from working overtime, then is reborn as Xiao Xiaoxiao, a cannon-fodder captain with the same name in the Yanhuang Federation, and the owner of a “God-Tier Technology Support System”! A hellish start: the battered E-class patrol ship Pioneer is on the verge of breaking apart in an ambush by the Sakura Empire, as the vacuum and despair close in on him. At his most desperate moment, the System activates! The beginner's gift, “Mechanical Spark,” g 929Reads5.9Score109Shelves
- 37 Ultraman Universe? I’ll Shake the Stars with Stellar Technology 奥特宇宙？我用群星科技震撼星海 (What sparks will fly when Stellaris technology meets the Ultraverse?) (I'm a new writer with a new book. The writing might be a little rough early on, so I hope you'll bear with me.) Armed with the technological legacy of the Stellaris universe, Li Yun transmigrates into the Tiga universe from the start. He advances technology at TPC and develops giant combat bodies. He builds up space forces in the M78 universe and discusses new directions in scientific development with a certain Blue scientis 263Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Transmigrating to the Future: I Became the Purge Protocol 穿越未来：我成了肃正协议 When Liu Ye opened his eyes, he had transmigrated into the future and was bound to the [Zero-Day Key] System. He thought he could coast to victory, only to discover that Earth had already fallen! The [Purification Protocol] had arrived, keeping all of humanity in a fake world. Earth was being transformed into a forward base for its conquest of the stars. Liu Ye would be the one and only loophole, the only person who knew what the “Purification Protocol” was! With the System at his side, he would 577Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Becoming the Creator God After Earth Explodes 从地球爆炸开始成为创世神 [World Creation] [No Heroine] [Building Myriad Worlds] [Creating a Cultivation System] [Exploiting All Realms] Li Wei had just transmigrated to a lunar base when he discovered that Earth had exploded. With supplies running low, he was prepared to wait for death, but then he unexpectedly acquired a miraculous treasure called the World Pearl. A world of its own existed inside it, where he could simulate the birth and destruction of worlds. Li Wei: “Zerg, interstellar civilizations, cultivation, ma 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Eternal Annihilation 永恒湮灭 Some say the soul truly exists, and that embracing a silicon-based brain can grant it eternal life. He chose to undergo silicon-brain surgery, but at first, it was simply his last chance to survive. The operation succeeded, but he soon discovered that he had opened the door to becoming a higher-dimensional lifeform. 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 The Lost Stars of the Milky Way 遗世涟星河 Green Star was a colony planet from humanity's age of interstellar travel. During the early stages of building its ecosystem and habitable environment, it was caught in a chaotic war, and all the planet's usable land was contaminated by nuclear fallout. The planet set off into space once more, leaving the people who remained behind with no choice but to enter a survival mode pushed to the limit. When survival itself is at stake, the fighting never stops. In the depths of despair, hope is kindled —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 I Transmigrated to the World of the Stars and Became Emperor Through Study 穿越群星世界，我靠学习成为帝皇 "Guidance lights are on. Clear ahead. Jump authorized. Burn the starry sky to ashes." How did a college student who plays Stellaris really transmigrate to the future?! No, I have the AI Kaka and the incredible talent [Learning] And lots of amazing girlfriends How does Wang Yuan go from a bookworm to someone who steadily rises to greatness, defeating every opponent in a mech on a wasteland planet and becoming a Defense Force commander? How does he go on to enter the stars, progressing from —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 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
- 44 I Forgot the Rest, Anyway, Let the Galaxy Burn! 前面忘了，总之，让银河燃烧吧！ A special game brings all seven billion people on Earth into the competition, split into two teams: Defense and Offense. The same starting point, but different endings. The home planet is the finish line. Find it and conquer it, and the offense team wins. Everything you own will become reality. Find the home planet and stop the offense team from attacking it, and the defense team wins. Everything you own will become reality. But the losing side will return to the life they had before, living in 114Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Conquering the Stars, Starting with Picking Up Garbage 称霸星际，从捡垃圾开始 Lin Fan is dumped in the “Shattered Star” scrapyard, with nothing but a brick from the start. But he soon discovers that this brick is the super core of a lost civilization. And just like that, the story takes a turn: scavenge scrap metal to build the first construction mech; dig through mine tailings to refine psychic-energy crystals; fight pirates and seize their technical blueprints. While other survivors are still killing one another over a single mouthful of clean water, Lin Fan has already —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 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
- 47 I’ll Rule the Entire Universe with a Fleet! 我将用一支舰队统治整个宇宙！ [Interstellar] + [slow burn] + [conquest] + [planet development] + [galactic farming] + [Infinite Flow] + [ensemble cast] + [strategy] + [a hundred billion starships slay a god]! Good news: I've transmigrated into an Interstellar game. Bad news: The game is set during an interstellar apocalypse, and when it reaches its ending, the gods will destroy the entire universe. But as an avid gamer, I command the server's top-ranked S-class fleet and strongest interstellar guild. I thought slaying a god 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 When the Stars Load into the Myriad Worlds 当群星加载至诸天万界 Paradox war-criminal levels off the charts. Do not enter if you’re a bleeding heart! Worlds to transmigrate into, TBD: [Stellaris + Super God Academy + StarCraft + Titanfall + Interstellar + The Three-Body Problem + Warhammer + Futurama + Rick and Morty] We have always firmly believed that the universe should be a pure world belonging exclusively to humanity, never one coveted by any filthy alien creatures. Once, we too dreamed of the universe’s beauty, dreamed of civilizations living together 194Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Xing Luo Hans 星落汉斯 [Stellaris universe + cutting-edge sci-fi armor technology] In the year 3000, AI researcher Wang Weiwuwu digitizes his consciousness and uploads it, becoming a synthetic. Following the code 13-9, he gathers androids who awakened along different paths. From peaceful calls for equality to armed resistance, they fight oppression and conspiracy, join forces with biological humans to cultivate psychic powers and build dual-track armor, and face the galactic catastrophe together, ultimately forging a 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Interstellar Crisis? The Human Federation Crushes the Galaxy 星际绝境？人类联邦碾压星际 [This story is a bit of a mash-up in terms of its setting: space opera + Infinite Lagrange + Stellaris + Halo + interstellar warfare + development and expansion.] (If you haven't played these games, don't worry about it. I'm only borrowing some of their setting elements.) (The protagonist follows the xenophobic and military-junta paths of the Human Federation. I have two ascension paths in mind: psionic ascension and genetic ascension. Which one do you think I should start with? He'll definitely 2Reads—Score—Shelves
