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- 151 The Laid-Back Doctor’s Research Diary 咸鱼博士的科研日记 My name is Lin Hao. I’m an unremarkable master’s graduate from an ordinary second-tier university who, thanks to a miraculous stroke of luck, got into Jiangbei University, one of the top universities in the country, to pursue a PhD. I thought my story would go like this: study under an academician, join the ranks of the immortals, publish in top journals within three years, land a faculty position within five, and reach the pinnacle of life. But reality handed me a very different script: I was “ 5.4kReads8.0Score443Shelves
- 152 The Madmen's Academy 癫人科学院 Mad Genius, Mind-Bending, Science Fiction, Ensemble Cast, No CP, No Golden Finger It quietly and silently turns humans into impostors. There is no smoke-filled battlefield, no interstellar war, and human society is perfectly peaceful. Even the various religions have been replaced by the Joyous Society, which preaches love and peace. What's wrong with that? Nothing, except... Humanity is no longer human. We are being colonized in the midst of perfect harmony, unaware of it, merrily marching towa 164Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 153 Coexistence: Echoes of Another Dimension 共存:维度的回声 Coexistence: Echoes of Another Dimension 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 154 The Real Estate Market Crashes, We Owe a Trillion, and the Young Master Wants to Dive In 地产崩盘欠万亿,公子要下海 A hard-edged near-future novel about national fortunes, starting in September 2026. No System, no rebirth, no dumbed-down characters, no showing off. Just the kind of story veteran readers love. Question: Why is it raining again? Answer: Mars is being resupplied. 545Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 Coexistence: Superstorm 共存:超级风暴 In 2026, Lingxi AI, built on digital fruit fly brain technology, burst onto the scene. With its “autonomous connectivity and life-like intelligence,” it swept the globe and became the “intelligent companion” of billions of households. But a sudden “major incident” tore away the illusion behind this technological frenzy. Four ordinary people from vastly different walks of life, China’s national security forces, the multinational tech giant Future Technology, the resurgent Japanese militarist grou 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 156 Starting Over on Earth from a Level Nine Civilization 开端从九级文明重返地球 It has surpassed ten million reads. Many books on the top rankings only have ten million, yet I don't understand why the price per chapter is so low. It must be because I wrote about secrets they didn't want people to know, and was warned by various powers. The rating dropped to 5.0. The author solemnly declares once again: This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. It begins with a Level Nine civilization returning to Earth. 600Reads5.4Score104Shelves
- 157 The Stars! The Sea! 星辰!大海! Watching the beams of light shooting toward the sun, Liu Qihang waited for the apocalypse to arrive as he drank himself into a stupor. The apocalypse never came, but the System did! And it had already been here for years! Now the System was throwing a little tantrum. 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 158 Black Technology: From Rags to an Interstellar Empire 黑科技:从草根到星际帝国 [Black Technology + System + Civilizational Leap + Tech Empire + Interstellar Industry] Unemployed, in debt, and abandoned by everyone, Lin Fan had once been full of ideals. Then, overnight, he hit rock bottom. Just as he was at the end of his rope and believed there was no hope left, a mysterious legacy of black technology from the future quietly arrived. From then on, Lin Fan’s fate was completely reversed. He kept a low profile in the city, relying on technology a thousand years ahead of its 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 Among the Stars: Maxing Out My Engineering Skills! 群星:土木点数拉满! [Civilization and Fleets, Megabase Building, Starfield, Farming and Tech Progress, Slow-Burn Development, Starting with a Moon] Earth's civilization was on the brink of extinction. Gamma was the first human to die on the Moon, but he also became the last spark of Earth's civilization. He inherited the legacy of a supercivilization: the Moon. [Main Armor: Degenerate lithium-atom stacking material. Connection method: strong nuclear force.] [Mobility Module: Includes a spacetime curvature engine, a 632Reads6.5Score102Shelves
- 160 TX489 Extermination Unit Joins the Chat Group TX489灭绝单位,加入聊天群 The stars, countless worlds, invincibility, mechanical life. The overall story is about finding ways to plant anchor points in various worlds and explore them. The protagonist won't wipe everything out, just selectively clear things away. He's purely in it for the fun: whatever amuses him lives, and whatever bores him gets wiped out. The ultimate power fantasy. After exterminating all organic life throughout an entire galaxy, the XT-489 extermination unit fell into a long slumber, until a voice 642Reads—Score—Shelves
- 161 I Returned Home to Build the Country, but Became God's Immune System 归国建设,却成了上帝免疫系统 The rating may be low at first, but it’ll rise later. A top biomedical academician from 2050 unexpectedly transmigrates to America in 1945! After transmigrating to 1945, the protagonist awakens extraordinary mental abilities. He thinks three times faster than ordinary people, never forgets anything he sees, and grasps complex ideas at a glance. All his past-life research knowledge and vast medical expertise remain in his mind. At this time, the motherland is struggling to rebuild, its pharmaceut 21.3kReads7.0Score1.2kShelves
- 162 Global War 全球战争 War has broken out. Across the land, ironclad columns thunder forward as the scorching electric-heat armor-piercing rounds of main battle tanks echo across the cold desert. Over the Pacific, guided-missile destroyers fire high-energy strategic lasers that slice through the darkness before dawn like swords... 51Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 163 The Three-Body Problem: From the Start, I Replace the PDC and Shock the World 三体:开局取代PDC,震惊全球 [Safe to read even if you haven’t read The Three-Body Problem] [No System + No Female Lead] [Also known as: You Were Supposed to Fight the Trisolarans, So How Did You Break Through the Sophon Lockdown?] [The opening chapters are a slow burn; after the Wallfacer conference, the plot becomes tightly paced and forceful] [Glory to the United Federation of Stars, forever!] Jiang Sheng’an transmigrated into the world of The Three-Body Problem. To his surprise, he had replaced Thomas Wade. The worst pa 1.4kReads8.9Score131Shelves
- 164 A Reborn Federal Administrator Transmigrates to the 21st Century 人类联邦执政官重生穿越21世纪 [Time travel + ensemble cast + wave of cutting-edge technology + interstellar conquest + alternate history + genius scholar] In 2487, Zero Yuan, the human federation’s executive, led an army of 45 million in a final battle against the Devourer Swarm to protect civilization! He perished alongside the Swarm’s hive mind, only to be reborn as Gu Fengchun, a 2026 middle school student who scored just 286 on his entrance exams!! From a star-god of war who commanded interstellar fleets to a lowly boy 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 165 Nebula War Chronicles 星云战记 [Sci-Fi + Interstellar + War + Space Battleships + Alien Civilizations + Tech Tree] In New Star Era 896, the Blazing Sun Empire attacks the Red Alliance Federation. That was the year humanity ushered in the opening act of the great star wars… The vast void is not inhabited by humanity alone. As human warfare continues, some alien races in the void star regions come into view. War between humans and alien races breaks out as well… And the unending wars drive rapid advances in intelligent technolo 739Reads7.6Score119Shelves
- 166 The Black Tide Crisis: What Does Your Destruction Have to Do with You? 黑潮危机之毁灭你与你何干 A history of Earth's civilization as it develops among the stars; a story that will bring you to tears, make you grit your teeth, and have you slapping the table; an epic tale of the stars, following a protagonist and an AI who support each other and journey forward for a thousand years. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 167 The Gods Reclaim Their Authority? I'll Copy and Paste It Instead 神明收归权柄?反手复制粘贴 (The score is low because there aren’t many words. The book’s quality can be judged from the reviews.) [The author has a formula and is showing off a mountain of crap] [No heroine + no System + ensemble cast + vivid prose + original worldbuilding + no cookie-cutter tropes + careful, intelligent characters] That day, at 5:15:43 in the morning, Everything changed. When projections etched with stars covered the Earth, when the Titans’ chaotic divine voices exploded inside our minds, Humanity lost 256Reads8.8Score110Shelves
- 168 My Dad Is a Billionaire, and I'm an Unruly Spendthrift! 我爸是首富,我是逆天败家子! [Tech Power Fantasy] + [Hardcore Rise] + [Spoiled Heir] (The ratings just opened, so they’ll go up.) [Huaxin Technology is the company; Huaxing is the product line.] My name is Shen Fei! The Shen in my name comes from Shen City real estate. My family has billions in assets, so lying flat and inheriting the family business would be the best life I could ask for. But I have one unusual hobby: I love starting businesses! As the saying goes, there’s nothing scarier than a second-generation heir who 5.1kReads7.0Score251Shelves
- 169 The Three-Body Problem: Past Events of the Universe 三体:宇宙往事 During the 16 days Cheng Xin and Guan Yifan were trapped in the Black Domain, Blue Star had already lived through 18.9 million years. What stories did Yun Tianming, Ai AA, and even the entire universe experience over those 18 million years… 271Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 Tales of a Civilization Crisis 关于文明危机的那些事 Stories of Civilization’s Crisis 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 The Cooling Era: My Factory Connects to Absolute Zero 冷却时代,我的工厂联接绝对零度 A hardware workshop owner fishes a cold, black box out of the river, and his life is changed forever. With his astonishing cooling technology, he can effortlessly slice through divine weapons with a kitchen knife he made by hand. Starting from a single hardware workshop, he tempers peerless materials and forges an industrial legend. This is a story about temperature and resilience. When metal cools, it is reborn. The same is true of people. 215.7kReads8.5Score20.4kShelves
- 172 Transmigrate! My Crush and I Land on Mars 穿越!我和暗恋女生登陆火星 Transmigrated! My Crush and I Land on Mars 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 173 Warhammer: Bringing Along a Yushu Intelligent Robot 战锤:带着宇树智能机器人 (No groveling to the Empire + powerful artificial intelligence + republic + overwhelming waves of steel + nanotechnology) The protagonist transmigrates with a powerful artificial intelligence. He builds up his forces in the early stages, then establishes a republic and overthrows the old Empire! A Warhammer power fantasy with no bleak, depressing plotlines. He overwhelms every enemy with massive armies and makes human civilization great again! 1.5kReads7.4Score108Shelves
- 174 Technological Supremacy: It Began with an Alien Spaceship 科技霸权,从获得外星飞船开始 [Super Technology] [Conquer the Globe] [Interstellar Exploration] [Higher-Dimensional Civilization] [Multiverse] [No Female Lead] [Wild Imagination] “A loser like me might as well just die!” In despair, Chen Yu leaped off a cliff, only to be rescued by an alien spaceship that had crashed a thousand years ago. [Scan complete. Your brain has reached 3% development. You are eligible for captain privileges.] “What! This ship was built by aliens? Does that mean I’m rich now?” [Captain, making money i 7.2kReads7.6Score499Shelves
- 175 A Top Scientist Reborn as a Cat, and Now a Star Destroyer Is Taking Off? 科研国士穿成猫,歼星舰升空了? [With a bang, the quantum portal exploded without warning] “I... transmigrated?” [Ding! Congratulations, Host, binding complete. Huh? Wait, you actually transmigrated into a cat?] Right after that, the dismissive System dumped a shop on him and checked out! Staring at his fluffy paws, Ye Feng's eye twitched. “Damn it, System, are you really going to slack off this badly? Weren't you supposed to help your Host reach the pinnacle of life? What happened to your professional ethics? Where's the comp 197Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 176 William's Star Abyss Dominion: The Undying War Banner 不灭战旗威廉的星渊霸图 This novel continues the world of The Empire’s Starry Sky, following William as he ventures into the Star Abyss and embarks on a brand-new interstellar conquest. You can read it without having read the previous book, and you won’t miss a thing. We fled to the moon on the day of our defeat, escaped in the midst of victory, and fought for a glimmer of hope for imperial civilization when all seemed lost. The smoke of the Earth-Moon War had yet to clear, and the bloodshed of the Mars expedition was 324Reads8.8Score107Shelves
- 177 Clouds of Poetry 诗云 A short science fiction story by Liu Cixin, renowned science fiction writer and Hugo Award winner. —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 178 I Can Add Stat Points, Turning 100,000 College Students Into Research Prodigies 我能加点,十万大学生变科研天才 [Business warfare, real-world entrepreneurship, and tech wish fulfillment] [Light ensemble cast] [Internet] [Technology is developed through the collective wisdom of the people, not the work of one person] After being reborn in 2001, Qin Zheng finds himself the owner of an electronics factory. What should he do when a major corporation sets its sights on him? Qin Zheng’s answer: No problem. System, do your thing. With the System at his side, Qin Zheng uses money to upgrade his employees’ skills, 134.3kReads8.8Score12.6kShelves
- 179 The Superpowered Galactic Squad 超能银河战队 Are Earth's unsolved mysteries traces left behind by alien civilizations? What secrets lie behind mysterious UFOs, magnificent pyramids, and the eerie Cape of Death...? As the riddles are gradually unraveled, the world is plunged into an unprecedented interstellar crisis. Faced with repeated attacks from alien forces, humanity's counterattack finally... begins. An unprecedented journey of astral exploration, fraught with danger at every turn. A thousand-year galactic war that never ends, cosmic 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 Aircraft 飞行器 Rare hard science fiction!! Best suited to readers with some scientific literacy. The pandemic crisis drags the great powers into an arms race. How will a scholar’s ideals, cutting-edge technology, revelations from beyond the stars, and family ties shape the glorious yet rootless life of an ordinary man? Told through the authentic perspective and life experiences of an aircraft engineer, Aircraft takes flight on the wings of imagination, bringing you into the world of hard science fiction and g 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 181 Cyber Dragon Court: The Legend of Jiang Li 赛博龙庭姜离传 The Cyber Dragon Court: The Story of Jiang Li —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 182 Among the Stars: Arms Dealer to the Myriad Worlds 群星:万界军火供应商 [Stellaris] [The Three-Body Problem] [The Wandering Earth] [Warhammer] [StarCraft] [the Myriad Worlds] Give the Myriad Worlds a little taste of Stellaris-level shock and awe. Luo Ji: Starting today, call me the Pirate King of Space: Luo Ji. The Wandering Earth: I'm a planetary battleship, not an escape ship. Young civilization, can you see my tail lights? StarCraft: Who's calling the fleet? For Aiur, please tell me what that planet speeding through space is supposed to be! Warhammer universe, th 1.8kReads7.9Score111Shelves
- 183 Mars 2284 火星2284 Civilizations, aliens, Mars, the Moon, dinosaurs, silicon-based life, robots, robotic dogs... Relativity, antimatter, Lagrange points, time... You'll find all of these in this novel. Whether it's the 23rd century or the 21st, the world is always the same: some are born, some depart; some laugh, some cry; some prosper, some fall on hard times; some live, and some die. What will humanity be like 250 years from now? I can say for sure that not everyone will have turned into a complete idiot by then 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 184 The Last Light of the Galaxy 星河余辉 A voice from an extraterrestrial civilization reaches across the vast starry sky. A disaster that will engulf the entire universe has already begun, and countless advanced civilizations are falling one after another. What path lies ahead for humanity, a low-level civilization? There is technology beyond imagination, fleets like rivers of steel, and beings from countless civilizations locked in fierce battles for survival across the cosmos. What does civilization mean in this universe? And where 523Reads8.7Score103Shelves
- 185 Artemis Takes Off, but a Chinese Astronaut Lands on the Moon 阿尔忒弥斯号升空,登月却是中国人 The Artemis Takes Off, but a Chinese Person Is the One Who Lands on the Moon 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 186 Fused with a Computer, I Can Control Billions of Space Battleships 融合电脑,我能操纵亿万太空战舰 Earth is destroyed, and Chen Yue unexpectedly merges with the central computer of the Yinghuo spacecraft. Afterward, Chen Yue discovers that a lack of water, food, or oxygen is no problem for him. He can handle ten thousand tasks at once, control hundreds of millions of robots simultaneously, and single-handedly turn a planet into an industrial world and get it running. Building tens or even hundreds of millions of warships is a piece of cake, and controlling them in interstellar warfare is even 87Reads7.5Score138Shelves
- 187 With a Golden Finger in Hand, I Turn Around and Serve My Country 得到金手指的我转身报效祖国 [Cutting-edge tech + patriotism + Nantianmen Project + space fleet + interstellar warfare + civilization's rise] From the start, the authorities show up at his door! Officer, please hear me out! I'm a scientist! I've developed controlled nuclear fusion, I swear! The Xuannü aerospace fighter, the Luan Bird aerospace carrier, a space elevator, interstellar battleships... See how Li Xing, with help from a mysterious space, guides China step by step toward becoming a god-tier civilization! 18Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 188 The Space-Time Deliveryman 时空外卖师 The male lead refuses to become an official, yet as a senior engineer in the municipal bureau compound, he empowers his superiors to climb the ranks step by step. Driven by love of country, he occasionally lets go of his low profile, coordinating spacetime energy to help the nation counter the technological blockade imposed by foreign powers! On weekends, famous figures such as Su Dongpo will join you in reliving the timeless spirit of “literary scavenging,” amid the laughter of State Preceptor 90Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 189 Surviving the Sea of Stars: I Can Still Contact My Homeworld 星海求生:我还能联系母星 [Survival + interstellar + System + sci-fi + game + apocalypse + base building + management and development + livestreaming] “Welcome to Starsea Survival!” He starts with a beat-up little spaceship. Zhou Xiao wakes up one day to discover that he’s been selected to take part in the interspecies Starsea Survival game. Short on supplies and people? I have a System! And I have my home planet! Watch as Zhou Xiao leads the people of the Dragon Kingdom step by step to the pinnacle of the universe’s myr 177Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 190 The Radiance of Civilization 文明的辉光 [Hard sci-fi + interstellar warfare + spacecraft battleships + technological advancement] Brutal battleship duels, devastating fleet clashes, antigravity engines, faster-than-light voyages, nanotechnology, genetic drugs, clones, mechs, energy weapons... Packed with sci-fi elements! 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 191 Dominion of the Sea of Stars 星海霸业 [Sci-fi + Space Opera + Civilizational War, where brutal battlefields intertwine with philosophical questions] Warships roar, countless species tremble, and humanity rises. From the Solar System to the heart of the universe, from the brink of extinction to the throne of supremacy. This is an epic written in blood, a hymn of rebellion, and the most audacious gamble civilization has ever made. Conquer the stars, or become cosmic dust. 290Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 192 Hollywood Black Technology: Starting with Selling Counterfeit Chips 影视黑科技,从兜售高仿芯片开始 [Short Drama from the Start] [Film and TV Black Technology] [Tycoon] [System] [Multiple Heroines] [Ruler of a Nation] [Interstellar] “System, System, get me a Mark III suit of armor.” “Your balance is insufficient. Please add funds.” “Then forget it. Get me a JARVIS instead.” “That one costs even more. You’ll have to pay extra.” “Fine. Surely you have a beginner’s gift pack?” “Of course, but you’ll have to give me 20,000 yuan to open it!” It all began when Li Lei unexpectedly transmigrated into 8.9kReads7.1Score640Shelves
- 193 Interstellar Hunting Grounds: I Awakened a God-Tier Evolution Gene 星际狩猎场:我觉醒神级进化基因 I strive to grow stronger, eventually evolving into a mighty dragon soaring through an endless sea of stars. Have you ever wondered whether countless civilizations of all sizes are lurking beyond our planet, hidden in the universe? Have you ever hoped humanity might discover an alien civilization? Have you ever imagined humanity meeting otherworldly civilizations? Once an alien civilization discovers humanity, what awaits us is not a friendly visit, but a colossal, ice-cold alien portal, seeming 2.2kReads8.5Score155Shelves
- 194 The Enemy Is Coming, and You Haven’t Even Left the Solar System? 敌人要来了,你们还没出太阳系? [The new book has only just received its rating; it’ll rise later] Alien: “What? You haven’t left your home planet to travel between the stars yet?” Liu Xiaoyu: “...” Alien: “What? You haven’t mastered controlled nuclear fusion yet?” Liu Xiaoyu: “...” Alien: “What? This planet has no unified government, yet it has over a hundred countries!” Liu Xiaoyu: “...” Alien: “You stupid carbon-based monkeys, my enemies will be coming for me soon, and you’re still fighting among yourselves!” Liu Xiaoyu: “ 6.1kReads6.5Score411Shelves
- 195 Earth Is Not Our Homeworld: Part One 地球不是我们的母星第一部 [Apocalypse + ensemble squad + passionate action + no System + decisive killing] A century into the apocalypse, humanity is trapped behind towering walls, savage beasts roam, and the insectoid race watches from the shadows. For the lower classes, the only way out is to risk their lives! Sun Hantian has peerless talent, but because he comes from a humble background, even the cultivation resources he needs are stolen by the wealthy families. His dignity crushed, his spirit grain seized, and with n 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 196 Exchange for a Peking University Admission Letter the Night Before the Gaokao Results 高考出分前一晚,兑换北大录取书 On the night before the college entrance examination results were released, Ji Bai came across a post: [You have ten dollars. How will you spend it?] 1. Return to ten years ago ($6) 2. An apartment in Beijing ($2) 3. A model's physique ($1) 4. Be together with the person you love ($5) 5. An admission letter from Peking University ($8) Ji Bai had seen countless wish-fulfillment posts like this. He casually commented, “I choose 5+2. That's exactly ten dollars.” [Ding! System binding complete! Purc 620kReads8.1Score83.3kShelves
- 197 One Get-Rich-Quick Tip Every Month, Then I Go Wild When the Money Hits 每月一条暴富情报,到账直接开嗨 It took Zhou Zheng a few months to figure out what that panel was all about: it really did point the way. Once the money came in, life got easier. First, he got himself cleaned up and started eating and drinking well. When he met a girl he liked, he stopped avoiding her and tried striking up a conversation. Maybe something would come of it. When he was poor, he used to steer clear of pretty girls. It wasn't that he didn't want to approach them, he just didn't dare. Now that he had money in his p 7.7kReads6.6Score434Shelves
- 198 Stellaris: Unemployed from the Start, I Take My Wife on the Road as Peddlers 群星:开局失业,我带老婆跑单帮 [Slow Burn] [Interstellar War] Jiang Feng transmigrated to the United Nations of Earth in the year 2254. The good news: this was the interstellar age, with endless frontiers to look forward to. The bad news: in this world of extreme inequality in resource distribution, he was at the very bottom of the food chain. And the United Nations of Earth, where he lived, was at the bottom of the food chain of the entire galaxy. Jiang Feng discovered that he had started out with [Legacy Relic: Miniature Ga 4kReads7.9Score408Shelves
- 199 Teacher, Stop the Lecture. The Government Is Here 老师别讲了,国家都来人了 The rating just came out, so it’ll rise later. Lin Yu, a high school math tutor, died while saving a drowning student. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated into his counterpart in a parallel world: A notoriously bad lecturer at Jianghai University, known for teaching easy-credit classes. The previous Lin Yu was not only infamous for his classes, but had also harassed female students and been placed on the department’s list for dismissal. His teaching evaluation was in three days. If he 105.5kReads8.3Score11.9kShelves
- 200 Reality Reversal: I'm Messing Around in Cyberpunk 现实反转:我在赛博胡乱朋克 [Cyberpunk, no System, not a formulaic story, two worlds, everyday life, imaginative premise] Chen Yang discovers that he is living in a game called Earth, while the real world is known as Dark Star, in the year 2121. As a “cyberpsycho,” he can bring his in-game items into reality, a power also known as “hyperdimensionality.” He initially hoped to live a life of suffering in the cyber world and enjoying himself on Earth. But as he learned more about the world and uncovered the truth about his id 3.8kReads9.2Score408Shelves

















































