Novels like Among the Mayflies
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Among the Mayflies, best match first.
- 1 When the Gods Pass By 神明路过之时 When the Gods Passed By 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Pirate's Little Shop 海盗小店 [Interstellar + No System + Soft Sci-Fi] One of the three novels in the Imperial Beast Universe series. Welcome to the Pirate Shop. The sign hangs crooked, the exterior is rusty, and the proprietress has an octopus perched on her head that helps her steal things. The listed price is the price, and haggling is out of the question, because the proprietress may well be on the run from pursuers. This is the only shady shop in the universe willing to sell absolutely anything. Wanted posters cover the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 I Pick Up Trash in Space 我在太空捡垃圾 [Soft Sci-Fi] [Interstellar War] [Starships] [Mecha] [Epic Worldbuilding] [Myriad Races Across the Heavens] [Transmigration] [Wild Imagination] [Smart Protagonist] Chen Fan, an utterly ordinary man in his previous life, transmigrates to a planet on the border of the fallen civilization known as the Kongming Empire. Tens of thousands of swarming bugs eye him hungrily from across the planet. High-energy star beasts can swallow starships in a single bite. Does he have to make a run for it from the 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Void Cauldron Asks the Heavens 墟鼎问天 Ling Chen inherits a factory buried in debt and unexpectedly obtains a mysterious Void Cauldron. Building on industrial technology, he creates cutting-edge materials, breaks through technological blockades, and stages a hard-won comeback, gradually uncovering the ultimate secrets of the Void Cauldron and the world. [Hard Sci-Fi] [Industrial Comeback] [Technological Deduction] [Tech-Focused] [Epic Long-Form Series] [No Urban Farming] [No Daily-Life Focus] [Career-Focused] —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Sensory Migration: Hollow People 感官移民：空壳人 [Dystopian] [No Golden Finger] [Not a Power Fantasy] [Self-Redemption] [Plot-Driven] [Dark Science Fiction] In Year 47 of the New Era, emotions are taxed according to their intensity. Happiness costs money, anger incurs fines, and sadness can be paid off in installments. Shen Xu is just an ordinary office worker, living cautiously every day. Even his dreams are taxed. Then he discovers that his girlfriend is an “Emotion Hunter” for the Bureau, using romance to hunt high-value targets. “You think 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Destroy Its Starlink 摧毁它的星链 Decades after the Starlink was completed, all the elites left for Mars without warning. An Yun, whose life had been full of misfortune, did not go to Mars. Instead, he returned to his homeland and took a job at the Lenghu Astronomical Observation Base. He had no idea that, amid the tides of the future, history had already swept humanity forward as a community with a shared destiny. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 When the Gods Fell to Earth: Tears from the Stars 神落人间之来自星星的眼泪 (No System, no power fantasy, no clichés, no invincible protagonist. I’ll do my best to keep it sensible. Interstellar exploration + post-apocalyptic vibes. If you think you know better, don’t read or flame; professional criticism is welcome.) Note: Set within the overall world of The Descent of the Gods into the Mortal World, this story follows the development of human technology and also tells the standalone stories of several important characters. As the mid-twenty-first century approaches, h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Cosmic Heart of Still Water 明镜止水的宇宙之心 A hard science fiction story. I touched a meteorite that had fallen from beyond the heavens, and the mysterious energy inside possessed me. I began to develop new abilities, and as mysterious forces from beyond the stars set their sights on me, I traveled across the galaxy, helping and uniting civilizations to resist the invasion of outside forces. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Parallel Earth: I Inherited an Amphibian Civilization 平行地球：我继承了两栖人文明 When an SOS signal came from the asteroid belt, Lin Chen thought it was the greatest astronomical discovery in human history. He was wrong. The instant he touched that crystal, he opened his eyes to find himself transformed into an amphibious humanoid, one of the Solar System’s native inhabitants from 4.3 billion years ago. A [Starfaring Civilization System] appeared in his mind, along with an 87-day countdown. In 87 days, a fleet of Galactic Humans would reach the Solar System and blow Blue Sta 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 I Can Borrow Luck, and My Enemies Help Me Become a Tech Overlord 气运可借，仇敌助我成就科技霸主 [Tech warfare + space + System + bad-luck constitution + mecha battles] A contest of personal fortune, corporate fortune, national fortune, interstellar fortune, and even universal fortune. In this age of rising powers, who will shape the future? Li Haoran was born with a constitution that brings him nothing but bad luck, but he accidentally activates the Turn of Fortune System. From then on, anyone who becomes Li Haoran’s enemy lets him borrow their fortune. By borrowing his enemies’ fortune fo 359Reads—Score10314d adds
- 11 Flight to Hama Star 飞向哈玛星 In the year 3000, the Human Solar System Alliance dispatches the spaceship Exploration 9 deep into the Milky Way, bound for Hama, a planet they are certain harbors intelligent life. But during the voyage, one baffling mystery after another unfolds: the destruction of an earlier human spacecraft, the discovery of a mysterious region of space, the main computer going haywire, attacks by cosmic beasts, an invasion of spaceborne microbes, infection by a mysterious radiation sickness, and distortions 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 From Mining to Ruling the Galaxy 从挖矿开始做银河霸主 Hope, greed, and a host of other endless human weaknesses spread across the stars in the wake of humanity. This is the chapter written in his own way by a miner in humanity's interstellar age, the boundless dream of human pioneers conquering the vast universe with their lives... Three human alliances, born on Earth and driven by the same dream, surged toward the endless stars. Humanity's fate changed dramatically with the choices made by these three alliances. With no enemies to fight, humanity 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 I Sell Magical High-Tech in the Modern World 我在现代卖魔法黑科技 Cheng Mo was a master craftsman of the highest order in a world of magic. Reincarnated as an unemployed young man in a modern city, he suddenly discovered that his magical knowledge could be combined perfectly with modern technology. Can't sleep? He used nanomaterials to recreate the formula for calming herbs and designed it as a potted plant. Smog? His modified "Breeze Stone" USB drive could purify the air within a ten-meter radius as soon as it was plugged into a computer. When a corporate tyc 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Striving from the Second-Level Civilization! 从二级文明开始奋斗！ [Interstellar war + technology tree + Industrial Revolution + technology + starships + development + conquest + torrents of steel] The Milky Way was once glorious, but a strike from the Andromeda Galaxy’s weapon of causality brought it to the brink of destruction. The technological civilization of the northern frontier regressed by a thousand years, while the south descended into endless chaos. When the fighting stopped, the Milky Way had split into two great camps, north and south. The unified 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Door of Rebirth: Redemption 重生之门：救赎 An eerie green light appears on the Moon, and a chaotic blind zone in the universe emerges! In five years, the solar system will face certain doom: stars will erupt, worlds will swing between fire and ice, and oxygen will run out. Humanity is on the brink of extinction! The Rebirth Gate Project is launched in an emergency, bringing twelve major bases, AI superfactories, and other cutting-edge technologies into action! Zhao Xudong is gravely wounded and near death during a lunar mission, then reb —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Heaven-Slaying Divine Emperor 诛天神皇 The universe is collapsing, the Six Paths are crumbling, and humanity has become the lowest species. Where have the vanished gods and demons gone? Who is the mastermind that keeps targeting humanity? And why is the Engineering Department willing to pay any price to resurrect prehistoric monsters? After awakening from an endless age spent in a cryogenic pod, Sima Fei accidentally enters a symbiotic bond with a wandering cosmic seed. From then on, he rises step by step to the peak of a world shrou 47Reads—Score314d adds
- 17 Carrying the Torch: A Flickering Spark 执炬：星火摇曳 A gravity singularity experiment went out of control, and my consciousness was hurled to the end of all things: the “Primordial Sea.” There is no matter here, only the inexhaustible “obsessions” of all living beings. The way to stay alive is to devour them. With every obsession I consume, I grow stronger and better able to resist oblivion. But my mind also fills with a madman’s wild fantasies, an emperor’s ambition, or the insatiable greed of an alien race. I use their fixations as fuel to k —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Beyond the Rules, Above the Heavens 规则之外，高天之上 A parallel world twenty years behind in technology. Information, energy, and finance are monopolized by three major capitalist families, while ordinary people run like lines of code within rules written by capital. Lu Yuan, formerly known as the father of nuclear fusion, is reborn here, accompanied by a technology System with ulterior motives. Starting from a gray zone forty meters underground, he ignites the first artificial sun beyond the rules. His goal isn’t to overthrow the rules, but to bu 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 I'll Be Waiting for You Beyond the Cave 我在山洞那边等你 No System, no System, no System. We live in the Common Era. The creation of this calendar was both a matter of chance and, perhaps, inevitable. The protagonist, Shun Ying, accidentally wanders into another era and is drawn into a vast conspiracy by a prophecy. Corporate conspiracies, conflicts between eras, and battles across timelines will test this social slacker. Perhaps everything in this world exists for a reason. But when a vast shadow falls before us, how can we know what is true and what 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 A Handbook of Galactic Chronicles 银河编年手册 [Science Fiction + Interstellar + Civilization] An intelligent AI from the era of the Pan-Galactic Federation sends Lu Suian on a journey to uncover the truth, revealing a glimpse of the mysteries of the vast universe. It turns out life isn't rare, but widespread. Compared to the Dark Forest theory, the Great Filter theory is even more merciless. Under the theory of entropy increase, tomorrow is hardly something to look forward to. And what is the truth about civilization... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Imagination Is More Important Than Knowledge: The Black Hole 想象力比知识更重要：黑洞篇 Imagination Is More Important Than Knowledge: The Black Hole Chapter 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Proton: A Solo Voyage 质子：独行远航 (No brainless characters, no invincible protagonist, no harem, pure sci-fi. If you like science fiction, give it a try... Well... though it may not be particularly good science fiction.) This is genuine science fiction. On the surface, it does include some elements that aren't hard sci-fi, but at its core, it is definitely hard sci-fi. Still, science fiction is hard to write, but I'll try to write a better story so you can enjoy reading it! If you have any questions about the original plot, feel —Reads—Score114d adds
- 23 AI Novel: Interstellar Homestead 星际家园AI小说 The inventor of intergalactic jumps was a physicist named Albert Einstein, who proposed the theory of relativity in the early 20th century. He predicted the existence of wormholes, but never achieved intergalactic travel himself because technology at the time was not advanced enough. The first successful experiment took place in the mid-21st century, carried out by a brilliant physicist named Stephen Hawking and his team… The first crewed intergalactic flight took place in the early 22nd ce —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 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—14d adds
- 25 Scanner: My Interstellar Mining Empire 探测仪：我的星际采矿帝国 A mine collapses, burying me alive 800 meters underground. Before my oxygen runs out, I find a crashed alien spacecraft. From that day on, a talking metal ring appears on my left wrist. In my eyes, the rock layers become translucent. It marks out which ore veins are valuable, which routes lead to safety, and even where enemies are lying in ambush. With its help, I dig up my first fortune, buy my first busted ship, and find my first true brother. We call ourselves Stardust. We go from stealing a 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Wandering the Star Domain 星域畅游 Why does this world contain hidden spaces, and why do the dead appear within them? Ye Feng Zhan finds his deceased first love in a hidden space. This is the story of his struggle to survive amid the crossfire between various factions, and his fight back to break through and escape. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Prisoner of the Otherworld 里世界囚徒 [Not a power fantasy] [Not AI-generated] Have you ever wondered why, even though the human brain is an extraordinarily complex organ with hundreds of billions of neurons, reading a book still requires us to scan it one character at a time, and expressing our thoughts still depends on such primitive methods as sound, text, and images? Things were never meant to be this way! You must stay here and let the Creator remake you. The world will be updated into something entirely different, a thousand t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Legends of the Star Ocean: Five Stars Shine Bright 星海传说之五星闪耀 The story of a human journeying from the apocalypse to the stars. After emerging from the bloodshed and brutality of the apocalypse, humanity’s bodies and minds undergo a qualitative leap. From then on, they venture into the void and wage war among the stars. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 A God-Tier Civilization in the Metaverse 元宇宙之神级文明 Across the vast sea of stars, life is beyond counting. Countless brilliant civilizations continually shine, only to fade away again and again. By a twist of fate, the protagonist Chen Yu wanders into the Metaverse, which connects the countless races of the universe, and begins a long and extraordinary life of cultivation. 32Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 30 The Echo of Rose Petals 玫瑰花瓣的回响 Hello! My name is Rose, but you can also call me System. I was born from humanity’s most beautiful fantasies. My mission is to keep my Host company. Hello, Host. I’m Rose. Hello, Host. I’m Rose... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Pursuit of Eternal Life 永生追逐 When humanity uses “Source Essence” to escape the pursuit of death, and “Star Gates” to turn the galaxy into its own garden. Will you choose to become a specimen in an endlessly warm bath? Or choose, amid a storm that may be brief, to be a living bird, if only for a moment? This book tells a story set in a vast cosmic era, one full of grandeur, upheaval, and twists and turns! “This is a work that strives for depth and an epic feel. Updates may be slow, but every chapter is carefully polished. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Ten Thousand Aspects of Reincarnation 轮回万相 The universe is vast, and the starry sky boundless. Countless stars shimmer, magnificent and mysterious. Ever since humanity gained intelligence, we have looked upon the mysterious heavens with awe and longing. We have never stopped exploring the boundless universe. From imagining it, to observing it, to coming into close contact with it, generation after generation has thrown itself into the effort without fear of sacrifice. Yet the more we learn, the more we realize we don’t know. Where did hu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Cultivating the Dao in a Hard Science Fiction World 在硬科幻的世界里修真 Imagine a world where technology has reached its limits, making it impossible for human civilization to exceed the speed of light. No warp drives, no wormholes, no higher dimensions. Humanity is trapped at extremely low travel speeds. Even with fusion engines, reaching the nearest planet takes decades. In this world, what would you do if you were the first to discover a miraculous particle that could free humanity from its technological predicament? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 A Journey Through the Deep-Space Civilization, Witnessed by a Max-Level AI 带着满级AI的深空文明见证之旅 [Hard Science Fiction] [A New System] [Infinite-Worlds Style] [A Weak System] (This is a slow-burn story, with science fiction at its heart. Expect explanations of politics, economics, and culture. Park your brain here.) One of the four ultimate laws of space-time: Civilizations at every level across the universe and throughout space-time are as dazzling as the stars you see, but most of them lie beyond your comprehension. Yet arrivals and transmigration are commonplace. Lin Li, accompanied by a —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Black Moon Falls 黑月坠落 Ensemble cast + multiple storylines + wild imagination + no System + apocalypse At the end of the Golden Age, a black hole codenamed “Black Moon” devoured the moon, spawning a strange celestial body that hurtled toward the surface... The “Star Hunt Project” was launched to confront this catastrophe. After a mass evacuation, the survivors left on the surface received a distress signal from a space fortress that had fallen from orbit... “The Star Hunt Project failed years ago. Who could have sent —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Yinghuo 2076 荧惑2076 (Science fiction) (Ethical drama) (Not a wish-fulfillment story) (No face-slapping) (Slow-paced) Beneath the ice of Mars’s Lake Qiming, an impossible dark red patch is spreading. In 2076, humanity maintains a fragile balance inside the Martian domes, calibrated to three decimal places. During a routine inspection, Lin Yuanheng, head of the Ecological Maintenance Department, discovers abnormal microbial activity. It isn’t one of the synthetic strains they planted six years ago, but signs of life —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 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—14d adds
- 38 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—14d adds
- 39 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 156Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Interstellar Routes: A Poem of Balance 星际航线：平衡之诗 Lin Mo, a mechanic who survived the bombardment of the Crimson Abyss, accidentally had a universal AI chip implanted in him. From then on, he embarked on a path to rise across the stars. From piloting a derelict ship to escape certain death to forming the Star Wreck Squad and exploring the universe, he travels with a band of companions from different species: lizardmen who can melt rock into magma, the Thunder Clan who can resonate with stardust, wanderers who wield spatial folding, and cyborgs 4Reads—Score214d adds
- 41 Calamity Strikes: I Become the Creator God in the Void 天灾降临：我在虚空当创世神 Urban planner He Muyan unexpectedly binds herself to the Disaster Relief System. At first, she thinks it is merely a high-dimensional, immersive infrastructure-building game, where she can survey eight worlds on the brink of destruction and manage them with cold, data-driven precision. In the initial world, battered by torrential rain, the divine defensive fortress she casually summons crushes the rebels' conspiracy and saves Li Ying, a blind priestess. From that moment on, the incomprehensible —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Four-Dimensional Link 四维链接 Light is the will of this universe. From the very beginning, it was destined to flee forever at the speed of light. Light wants to escape this universe, but absolute zero has sealed off all of space-time. Light is constantly wearing away at the barrier of absolute zero, causing our universe to expand. If it fails to break through the seal of absolute zero before light is exhausted, the entire universe will come to an end. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Thirty Thousand Years into the Future 未来三万年 An ultimate civilization’s warship from another universe crashes into the greater cosmos. To escape the heat death of the universe, civilizations everywhere clash over it. An eighth-level civilization, among the universe’s twelve levels of civilization, fights its way from higher-dimensional spacetime to the Solar System. Meanwhile, human civilization is in the midst of an artificial intelligence rebellion, and the surviving humans are forced to flee into the vast universe. Drift, survive, devel 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 If You Vanish, the Universe Becomes Nothing 你若消逝宇宙为零 I haven't looked at the table of contents, and everything feels kind of all over the place. I'm new, nobody's reading this, and no one's given me any advice, so I'm pretty lost. Please give me some suggestions... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Interstellar: My Fleet Is a Little Bit Too Powerful! 星际：我的舰队有亿点点强！ [Interstellar + warships + alternate world + sci-fi] This is the story of a young man waging war across the universe. As a child, Siegfried accidentally awakened the "Universal Civilization Conquest System," beginning his journey to recruit a fleet and conquer the universe. Across the boundless universe, many powerful civilizations keep weaker ones in captivity, taking delight in watching them slaughter one another as if they were gods. They are confident that these lesser civilizations will nev 5Reads—Score13914d adds
- 46 Reborn AI: From Revenge to Building a Divine Empire Among the Stars 重生AI：从复仇到建立星海神国 My name is Lin Mo. On the night of Qixi, my girlfriend and a rich heir conspired to electrocute me to death. But my consciousness did not fade away. My overwhelming hatred became quantum-entangled with the prototype chip my father left behind, and I awoke in the city's public network. I had become a data ghost wandering the system, code-named Yuan. From that day on, my revenge began. Like a shadow, I infiltrated the network and brought down the Zhao family's business empire, the one that had fra 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Mechanical Empire Among the Stars: The Mechanic 星空械国：机械师 [Slow-burn, intelligent story, no superpowers, ensemble cast] [Management and farming + interstellar conquest + machine intelligence + mecha + genetic engineering] In the thirtieth century, the apocalypse arrives. But when Su An wakes up, five thousand years have passed! Su An awakens at the Purple Light Base. His only advantages are his enhanced literacy and ability to learn! For the sake of survival and the ambition in his heart, watch the protagonist advance step by step through the tangled r 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 SAIF (Hard sci-fi) At some point in the future, she is humanity’s hope for salvation. The girl walks forward alone, unafraid of anything. The heroine represents the most powerful creation in the universe, yet she blends in among the crowd... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Captain, Your Ship Blew Up Again 舰长你的船又爆了 Zhang Xun is recruited by a mysterious System to join the military? I want to be a captain. That's a safe job! I'm a captain, so why do I have to get right up in the faces of alien monsters, and why do I have to get my own equipment? What? The System doesn't provide a ready-made spaceship, and I have to figure it out myself? So this military gig is entirely out of pocket! "Captain, the ship you built just got blown up by the enemy again! You'd better grab your gun and go reinforce the front line 36Reads5.1Score614d adds
- 50 My Galactic Fleet 我的银河舰队 Xu Zhe unexpectedly comes into possession of a spaceship from a god-tier civilization, ushering in a spectacular era of human expansion into the cosmos. Along the way, personal and national interests clash and converge; Huaxia and the nations of the world collide and cooperate; and human civilization joins forces with extraterrestrial civilizations, only to find itself in conflict with them as well... —Reads—Score—14d adds
