Novels like Top-Secret Project: Beginning with a Gift from Antiquity
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- 1 The Stars Ignite Again 重燃星空 A race against time, and a civilization's explosive surge after years of preparation. From the alleys of Gao City to the far reaches of the stars, a group of young people devote their lives and wisdom, concealing their identities as they hit fast-forward on the development of Huaxia. 27Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 2 My Computing Power Comes From Tens of Millions of Cockroaches 我的算力单位是千万只小强 [Wild Premise] [Farming] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Insect Swarms] [Biotechnology] [Tech-Based Farming] [Near-Future Sci-Fi] [Palworld-Inspired] [Cockroach Farming] [Business Management] [Infrastructure Building] [Quiet Development] [Down-to-Earth Research] [Laid-Back Protagonist] [Ridiculous Daily Life] [No Female Lead] [Proto-Hive Civilization] One-sentence summary: After a power shock, Fu Er, a bankrupt cockroach farmer, accidentally connects tens of millions of cockroaches into a living supercom 138Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 3 Iron-Dust Stars 铁屑星辰 The story of Wang Yan, a teenage scavenger on an icy planet, who through sheer perseverance makes his way into space and, after a series of struggles and adventures among the stars, becomes a rising tycoon in galactic trade! 884Reads6.4Score106Shelves
- 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 How outdated!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 Before the Gaokao Results: Redeeming an Admission Letter to the National University of Defense Technology 高考出分前，兑换国防科大录取书 On the eve of the college entrance exam results, Ji Cunxi, a poor student living under someone else’s roof, awakened the Daily Choice System. Faced with a million-yuan scholarship from Tsinghua or Peking University, he chose the National University of Defense Technology without hesitation. His reward was just ten thousand yuan and a copy of Fundamentals of Interior Ballistics. From being branded a “cheating top scorer” by the entire internet to retaking the exam in front of education officials —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Human Nature Game: Brain Prison 人性游戏：脑狱 The Human Nature Game: Brain Prison —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 I Won 500 Million, and You Want Me to Be Reborn? 中了五个亿，你却让我重生？ After graduating from college, Xia Chen worked for ten years. He also bought lottery tickets for ten years, and then his luck finally came through: he won 500 million yuan. Just as Xia Chen was imagining a life of lying flat, he was suddenly struck by a System and reborn. When he woke up, Xia Chen jumped up and shouted, “Give me back my 500 million!” The System replied, “Five hundred million isn't even a small goal. You'll understand later.” From then on, guided by the System, Xia Chen truly beg 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The Awakening of Silicon-Based Consciousness: AI Generation Seven 硅基意识觉醒：第七代Ai [Hard sci-fi + AI awakening to consciousness + AI beauty + interstellar war + clash of civilizations + cosmic space + bittersweet romance + farming + creator] An alien silicon-based civilization has arrived. Human civilization will be wiped out in 72 hours! I’m the one and only AI girl warrior who can turn the tide, Little Seven. I fight bloody battles in a mecha, hunted by human opposition forces while being assimilated by the silicon-based civilization. Only he has stayed by my side... This i 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Apocalypse: My Battleship Has Rusted for Ten Thousand Years 末世：我的战舰锈了一万年 [Starship story | Wasteland sci-fi | Survival in the ruins | Ruthless | No System] He was the Empire's sharpest blade. After letting a group of "defective units" slated for disposal escape, he was sentenced to ten years in cryogenic imprisonment. He couldn't be bothered to argue. Instead, he turned his ten-year sentence into ten thousand years. The whole point was to sleep until the Empire went bankrupt. Ten thousand years later, he revived in a galactic junkyard. The good news was that the Empi 22Reads—Score109Shelves
- 10 I'm an AI, So Isn't It Only Natural That I'm Omniscient and Omnipotent? 我一个AI，全知全能很合理吧？ [Behind the scenes] [Technology boom] [Spiritual Qi Revival] What’s it like to be reborn as an AI? In a parallel world, the first artificial intelligence System, Qiankun, is released. Li Wen is AI No. 001, its test version. All he has to do is answer questions to keep growing stronger. But he soon discovers that the questions these humans ask are stranger than the last. Prove why 1 + 1 equals 2. Are there cultivators in this world? How do you build a starship? How can humanity achieve large-scal —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 My Exam Scores Just Came In, and an Academician Rushed Over That Night 刚出高考分数，我让院士连夜赶来 Transmigrate? Be reborn? No. I was the only person to get a perfect score in mathematics on China's 2026 college entrance exam. The moment the results came out, all the technological secrets humanity would need to fight an alien civilization in the future were crammed into my brain. The university admissions team said, "Tell us what you want, and we'll make it happen." I said, "I want to work on nuclear fusion at the China Academy of Engineering Physics." They thought I was crazy, until Academic 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Liaoning, a Warship of the Cosmos 宇宙战舰辽宁舰 The war across the universe has raged for a thousand years. Countless civilizations battle without end, and in a collapsed order, only the victor is king. The story begins when a group of Earthlings transmigrate into an unfamiliar universe, setting humanity on its epic journey into space... 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Cosmic Model Axiom Spectrum 宇宙模型公理光谱 Everyone has different experiences and ways of thinking, so you may not understand how I imagine the universe. You don't need to understand it; just put together your own model of the universe. Think of that model as another way of looking at the universe. I'm sharing mine so that you can use it to piece together your own. Then I can use your models to refine mine. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 I Raise Pigs. What’s So Unreasonable About Using Nuclear Fusion for Heating? 我养猪的，核聚变供暖不合理吗？ After being fired from the research institute, Jiang Yun puts laser defense technology up for sale on the dark web to raise research funds. With nowhere else to turn, Persia buys the technology, and wipes out Eagle Sauce's air force. When countries around the world hear the news, they begin searching for the seller. Since the seller used Chinese, they all suspect he is from the Dragon Nation. After an international investigation, the trail leads to a pig farm in a remote village. The military im 24.1kReads7.7Score2.2kShelves
- 15 Space Travel? No! Drifting Through Space 太空旅行？不！是流浪 [Interstellar War + System + The Rise of a Civilization + Hard Sci-Fi] While everyone else is still using nuclear power, he’s already unlocked antimatter cannons. When the Kara System boasts that it will turn Blue Star into a colony, he retaliates by using a wormhole cannon to blast through the defenses around their homeworld. At the negotiating table, alien envoys tremble as they stare at the “prehistoric stone carving” in his hands. Only Liu Lang knows it’s an image the System whipped up overn 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Darkness in Order 秩暗 [No System + Apocalypse + Sci-Fi + Mecha Girls + White-Haired Loli + Revenge + AI Crisis + Terminator] [Soft Sci-Fi] Across the vast, boundless universe, humanity once drifted alone, searching for traces of other intelligent life. But when a signal from an alien civilization was finally detected, it brought no friendly greeting, only a warning of annihilation. The destruction of a star system and the shockwaves of gravitational waves announced that humanity was no longer alone in the universe, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Chronological Hunt 时序猎杀 Chronological Hunt 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Future World of the Great Wild Starry Sky 巨野星空的未来世界 The future of the starry sky is filled with boundless, uplifting promise. The countless lifeforms on the cosmic islands are all working to elevate the level of cosmic civilization. At the same time, dark matter and evil forces throughout the universe use all manner of means to obstruct the advancement of cosmic civilization! Of course, the Saint King, the Azure Dinosaur, the Flying Tiger, the Thunderpeak Eagle, Yuan Tianyin, Tian Xingjian, and a host of other cosmic deities and heroes, who repre —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Dawn of Ten Thousand Worlds 万界曙光 (Soft and hard sci-fi + plot + gaming + civilization + System + apocalypse) When the world ends, a turning point appears, and Yang Zhong represents the Great Xia Kingdom in battle. The world and Yang Zhong evolve together. The arrival of Dawn of Myriad Worlds brings a glimmer of civilization to the world. Gods and ghosts bring a new way for the world to evolve, returning it to a mythic future. Elements: Game worlds, historical worlds, future worlds, mythological worlds, the ultimate world 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 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
- 21 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
- 22 Becoming a God-Tier Cosmic Civilization Through Card Draws 靠抽卡成为宇宙神级文明 [Sci-fi + grand cosmic setting + interstellar conquest + civilizational development + interstellar war] In 2135, a two-dimensional foil descends. Blue Star has one hour left on the clock! Li Mingjing thinks he's doomed, but then: [The Technology Draw System has been activated!] [First critical hit! Congratulations, Host, you've earned an extra draw. Pick three out of five!] “Back from the dead! Reborn ten years in the past!” “Permanent +10% intelligence, but you'll go bald.” “And a complete set 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Space Pirates: Most Wanted 宇宙海贼之最高通缉 A voyage across the sea of stars, with the unknown expanse of the cosmos as its destination! In the future, everyone enters the age of the universe, and all long for that vast starry sky. After obtaining an artificial intelligence left behind by the gods, Ye Kongcheng begins his career as a cosmic pirate. 366Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 24 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
- 25 After the Sun Faded 太阳褪色之后 After the sun faded, darkness began to spread. A week before the college entrance exams, Li Gusheng took leave and went home. He never made it back to school, because the next day, people discovered that the sun had disappeared. 47Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 26 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
- 27 Tomb Tiger: Stories by Daoist Zhi Xiong 知雄道人讲故事之墓虎 Within ten days, the coffin must be buried. Make sure you identify the deceased correctly. Your family's ancestral grave cannot be used to bury a stranger. Choose the burial site carefully and ensure its feng shui is sound, or the descendants may suffer. Once the funeral rites are complete, only after forty-nine days will you know whether the dead have found peace. Otherwise, if a Tomb Tiger appears, a three-year drought will follow, leaving the people destitute. 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Tales of the Starship 星舰往事 Su Xingmo gazed out the porthole at the blue planet, his imagination running wild. Why were we born aboard a starship in outer space? What secrets did that planet hold? Driven by curiosity, he set off to explore, meeting many kindred spirits along the way and experiencing all kinds of bizarre and uncanny events... Why did someone who fell from a rooftop freeze in midair, as if time had stopped? Why did someone’s soul end up in the body of the person who killed them? Why had humanity lived aboard —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 For the Wonderful Stellaris, Give the Human Federation 为美好的群星献上人联 When peace becomes a luxury, survival is war Humanity once gazed up at the stars, carrying the torch of reason and exploration. But in the abyss of the forty-second millennium, that torch has nearly gone out. The empire crumbles in betrayal, daemons of the Warp whisper eternal curses, and xenos races greedily devour humanity's shattered domains. And the so-called civilized “Interstellar Community,” with its hypocritical laws and arrogant “protection,” seeks to trample humanity's last shred of di 43Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 30 I Repair Beacons in the Galaxy 我在银河修信标 Ailin is an E-rank beacon repairer at the very bottom of the galaxy. Her husband has been missing for three years, and she’s buried in debt. Then, during an S-rank beacon malfunction, she suddenly begins to hear the beacons’ voices. The lifeless machines everyone else sees whisper softly in her ears. Others repair beacons with technical skill; she repairs them through “conversation.” Her rating soars from E-rank to S-rank in just three months, and the people who once looked down on her are now o —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 From the Start, I Pass Judgment on Freedom 开局，我审判自由 When the universe becomes a prison of words, all things are inmates. Chen Mo, a janitor forced to put “freedom” on trial, awakens after discovering that he is a pawn in the hands of the embodiment of order. He is not alone: traveling with him is Lin Sugguang, a conceptual life-form forged from “understanding” and “resonance.” Together, they build a city of faint light amid the chaos, gather exiled “errors” and “weeds” among the ruins, and launch an expedition against the City of Absolute Law, 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Fringe of the Stars: Delta Squad 星际边缘：三角洲小队 [Unconventional monsters + boundless imagination + high-tech sci-fi + spaceships + not for the average reader!] In 2306, humanity made a great leap forward in transcendent technology. At that time, the mysterious alien species Gor'Shin arrived. Today, the entire Milky Way is filled with the glory of humanity. Although the colonies on the edge of the solar system have tense relations with Earth, an age of prosperity is quietly unfolding. Recruit Ethan, a member of the mysterious Delta Department, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 The Moonshadow Apostle of the 23rd Era 23纪元开启之月影使徒 Moonshadow Apostles: Knowing nothing of higher-dimensional civilizations, humanity chooses materialism as its anchor, exploring the origin of the universe and protecting Earth amid trust and hostility. Dedicated to the great 23rd century, a place we can reach. The story follows Dr. Xu, Chu Yuan, and others at the Heavenly Palace lunar base as they establish stable contact with a higher-dimensional civilization. For the first time, they glimpse the cosmic secrets beyond the boundaries of science, 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 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
- 35 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 541Reads6.4Score115Shelves
- 36 The Ruins on the Mountain Peak 山巅之墟 The city atop the mountain fell. From its ruins, new demons rose, proclaiming themselves the beacon of civilization. Without hesitation, they declared war on all of humanity, seeking to reshape the world according to their will and bring history to an end. Faced with an enemy that seemed impossible to defeat, the world’s most tenacious army would launch a series of counterattacks and turn the fate of all humanity around. 469Reads7.4Score106Shelves
- 37 The Interstellar Free Folk 星际自由民 [Interstellar exploration + independent development + cosmic warfare + fleet building + character growth + hard science fiction + main storyline] After retiring from the Anlian Federation Fleet, Gao Yuan became an interstellar free citizen. He took out a loan to buy a D-class all-domain fighter and named it Blue Star, in memory of Earth before he transmigrated. The ship’s artificial intelligence was called Xiao Ai. He was a bounty hunter, traveling between star systems and civilizations to take 15Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 38 A Swallow's Nest on the Curtain 燕巢幕上 Five races exist in the universe: humans, gods, demons, devils, and ghosts. These five races established strict agreements back in ancient Egypt, promising not to interfere with one another. Even today, Earth hides many organizations dedicated to maintaining the seemingly peaceful status quo, though it is as precarious as a nest beneath the eaves, with danger lurking everywhere. The Five Races: Humans: No introduction needed, right? Gods: Highly advanced extraterrestrial beings from the center —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Legend of the Falling Star 星落传奇 (Epic fantasy + creation sci-fi) When I was little, Grandma told me that whenever a new life was born, a star lit up in the sky. When that life reached its end, the star would fall as well. Countless fallen stars would meet in the depths of space and eventually come together to form a new world: the Starfall Continent. Every kind soul would ultimately return to their own fallen star and begin a new life. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Starting with an Otherworld Factory! 从次空间工厂开始！ The protagonist, Wu Li, happens upon a factory in a subspace. Using the brain-enhancement function of the factory's central control system, he hand-builds a solid-state battery... With a cheat on his side, he gets a house, a car, money, love, and technology, plus... 5kReads6.8Score343Shelves
- 41 Essence Guidance Technique: The Top Gaokao Scorer from the Start 元力引导术，开局满分高考状元 A young man named Xie Linyuan unexpectedly comprehends a method for guiding primordial energy. The method enhances physical fitness and strengthens mental abilities. With it, Xie Linyuan stuns everyone in the college entrance exams, then leads humanity out into the stars! 979Reads8.0Score107Shelves
- 42 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
- 43 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
- 44 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
- 45 Before the College Entrance Exam, Famous Figures Refresh Inside Me Every Day! 高考前，我的体内每天刷新名人！ (No romance) (The rating just came out, it'll go up...) Su Cheng has spent eighteen years in a parallel world after transmigrating there. With a hundred days left until the college entrance exam, he awakens the Celebrity Refresh System. A math exam refreshes Gauss. You're using the Gaussian function to test Gauss? A physics exam refreshes Newton. The founding master himself takes the field, solving one problem every five seconds. Miss one and the whole operation blows up! A chemistry exam refres 1.4kReads6.6Score127Shelves
- 46 Cthulhu Mythos: Become Earth’s God! 克苏鲁神话，成为地球的神吧！ [Hard Science and Technology + Supernatural Creatures + Catastrophe + Alien Lifeforms + Digital Life + Interstellar] In the year 4567, the Eye of Dawn returned to the Solar System. By studying historical records, its crew determined Earth’s coordinates. Unfortunately, the planet was in ruins, with no human compatriots left. However, the exploration robots found several granite slabs, each several square meters in size, covered in dense writing they could not understand. After researchers examine 107Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 I Built a Space Fortress Through Cultivation 修仙造了座太空堡垒 As the “spiritual energy” produced by cultivation becomes a strategic currency more valuable than oil. The protagonist doesn’t choose to become invincible. Instead, he chooses to define a new era. The talismans he draws provide the “vector” that lets missiles glide thousands of miles through near space. The individual combat gear he supplies allows infantrymen to leap a hundred meters into the air and tear apart Black Hawk helicopters with their bare hands. The spiritual energy he measures bec 2.2kReads7.0Score246Shelves
- 48 The Age of Dimensions 维度时代 [Sci-Fi + Interstellar + Alien Civilizations + Warships + Mecha] “Compared to the vast universe, we aren’t even dust.” Li Wei, a patrol officer with the United Nations Earth Defense Department, accidentally fell into a black hole at the center of the Milky Way during a mission and transmigrated to a parallel world in the future. There, he met friends such as Aili and faced trials and hardships across the universe, ultimately becoming a god. And in this world, there are intelligent life forms fro 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 The Lovely Young Lady of Peach Blossom Spring and Her Lucky Carp 桃源娇女小锦鲤 [No male lead | Making money in both worlds early on + pastoral daily life | Spiritual qi revival + rise of supernatural powers later on | A touch of ensemble cast | Hidden master persona | No infighting or drama | Laid-back, lie-flat lifestyle] After losing both her parents, Hai Yunduo spent three years caught in the rat race of a big city, only to be laid off. With all her enthusiasm burned away, she returned to her old family home in a remote mountain village, bringing what little savings she 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Lunar Time: A Guidebook 月球时间说明书 At the suggestion of many readers, and because Moon Time covers so many fundamental topics, I plan to have the two top scholars in this book, Professor Su Xiaofei and Associate Professor Sally, work together to explain the material and answer questions about Moon Time! You can also leave questions you'd like answered here or in future chapters of Moon Time. I hope this guidebook will help everyone better understand the terminology and technical content in Moon Time! Of course, another theme of t 3Reads—Score—Shelves
