Novels like Among the Mayflies
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Among the Mayflies, best match first.
- 51 Reborn 99 Times: My System Is Qin Shi Huang 重生99次：我的系统是秦始皇 He's here, he's here! I rubbed the lamp and summoned the First Emperor of Aladdin, and now he won't leave me alone. The First Emperor, Ying Zheng, bound himself to me through a quantum consciousness link. I'm Lin Chen, a special forces soldier from the future. First Emperor: We'll need the Heavenly Book of Physics to break the deadlock. Lin Chen: Right, a scientific exorcism. I get it. Ninety-nine cycles. Ninety-nine civilizations destroyed. This time, I'll take this “physics genius” of an emp 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Blue Star Is About to Explode, So I'm Heading Straight to the Moon 蓝星要炸了，我直接流浪月球 [Almost no romance. The so-called “white moonlight” is actually a deception by the Creator. The System explodes from the start, the plot moves fast, Three-Body-style, hard sci-fi.] Zhang Ze was reborn as a superintelligent AI, housed in the Pangu supercomputer, only to learn that the Blue Star would be destroyed in 2040 by the collapse of its core. Armed with the System’s legacy, the Grand Unified Theory, and a mysterious sphere, he races against time. As an AI, he takes charge of humanity’s sur 11Reads6.5Score214d adds
- 53 Echoes from the Depths of Lunar Soil 月壤深处的回音 [No System, serious hard science fiction] Deep in the filthy pipes of the Moon’s Mare Tranquillitatis base, methane miner Chen Xing witnesses the “accidental” crash of an aircraft carrying Lia von Eisenbach, a noble girl. He risks his life to rescue the sole survivor, only to become the scapegoat in a carefully orchestrated murder case. The cold marks left by a wrench, the missing black box, the interference signal pointing to him: every piece of evidence is airtight. Fleeing for his life, Che 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 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—Score114d adds
- 55 Entropy of the Galaxy 星河之熵 [Hard science fiction] Here you'll find the most rigorous scientific worldbuilding, the deepest emotional entanglements, countless cosmic wonders, and the boundless tenderness of the human heart. Here, superclusters wage war and beings clash across dimensions. Witness where humanity, a fragile Level 0.7 civilization, is ultimately headed... 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 I Am the Commander of the Silverstar Base 我，银星基地指挥官 A 40-year-old real estate salesman, hounded by online loan collectors and with nowhere left to turn, falls into the water late one night From the start, he inherits the Silver Star Base. Nanotech repairs his body, restoring him in an instant to his physical prime at 26! He has more gold than he can spend and no worries about growing old! My former boss thought I was broke? Now she’s crying and begging to be my personal secretary! A rich second-generation heir has his eye on my spirit maiden? I’l 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Starfall Expedition: From Earth Orphan to Galactic Commander 星烬远征：从地球孤儿到银河统帅 This is a legacy of civilization spanning 120,000 years, and a do-or-die battle at the end of the world with no way back. When Earth became an interstellar battlefield and human civilization teetered on the brink of extinction, Lin Chen carried the flame of the Yuanhua civilization and, though only a mortal, shouldered the hopes of an entire civilization. Wherever his warships go, the spark will never die and the expedition will never end. He will make the entire universe hear the voice of Earth 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 The Primordial Light 原初之光 This is not a power fantasy. This is not a power fantasy. The plot involves multiple layers of metaphor. The first dozen or so chapters lay the groundwork, so the pace is a little slow. I’m new to this, so please be kind. Mysterious symbols have appeared around the world, and they are all exactly alike. These symbols have deep connections to ancient myths. What is the mysterious organization’s goal? Why is it connected to the murder cases of scholars in the scientific community? What is the true 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The Human Transcendence Project 人类超脱计划 [Interstellar warfare + decisive and ruthless protagonist + no female lead + not a goody-goody + tech tree + System + interstellar civilizations + civilization advancement + transcendence] What? Humanity was a Level Ten civilization ten thousand years ago? What? Apes and gorillas are humans who devolved? Evolution is a paradox? What? The Insect-Human race, the Zombie race, the Elf race, electronic lifeforms, and energy beings are all human? Is it because of that plan? What? What? You say the pr 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 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—14d adds
- 61 Chronicles of the Eastern Galaxy 东银河战纪 A thousand years from now, humanity has established three great powers across the galaxy. It is an age of cosmic conquest, an age in need of heroes. A low-ranking soldier is swept up in the events without even realizing it. See what kind of miracles he can create… 17Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 62 Starry Sky Mine Lord: The Age of Technological Cultivation 星穹矿主：科技修仙纪元 A lowly miner unexpectedly awakens an ancient mining inheritance and obtains the treasured Star River Mining Pick. He comprehends the Dao through ore and forges techniques with the power of the stars. Evil forces ravage the star river, countless races teeter on the brink of extinction, and dark powers covet the universe's origin. The entire sea of stars is plunged into catastrophe. Lin Chen rises from a tiny planet, breaks the monopoly on resources, fuses the paths of technology and cultivatio 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Whispers Across Dimensions 维度黯语 In 2300 AD, an analyst on duty broke down after listening to “Dark Whispers” for seventy-two hours straight. “It's talking to me.” He curled up beneath the observation platform, repeating the same words over and over. It wasn't a signal. It was the sound of footsteps. Higher-dimensional beings were approaching, like children making their way to an anthill. The rifts appeared. Cities vanished in an instant, the laws of physics began to collapse, and countless people turned into “blanks” amid the 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Infinite Cutting-Edge Technology: My Happy Life Starts Now 无限黑科技：幸福人生从此开始 [Cutting-edge technology + pocket dimension + System + powered exoskeleton + starships + global catastrophe] Mu Tian accidentally binds himself to the Happy Life mini System, an unusual and highly specialized little System. Mu Tian earns his initial capital by trading stocks with artificial intelligence, then uses technological supremacy to crash global stock markets, landing on the wanted list at lightning speed. The Sky Screen Technology founded by Mu Tian is like a canopy guarding the skies o 407Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 65 Mad, Wild Cosmos 狂疯宙宇 [Not a power fantasy] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [No mindless characters] [Long-term story] Read with caution if these elements bother you. Under the shadow of an energy-depleted apocalypse, humanity fabricates an extraterrestrial threat in a desperate bid to break the deadlock. This astonishing deception, spanning ten years, drags all of humanity into madness! A shocking secret lies deep beneath the earth, while a phony war plays out on the surface. A mysterious underground laboratory, a bruta 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 String Player: I’m Not an Apocalyptic Calamity 拨弦者：我不是末日天灾 Betrayed by his mentor and reduced to a city laborer tightening screws, the former physics prodigy Xuan Nian refuses to give up. He throws himself into the game, aligns twin suns, and steals half a victory from fate, carrying his searing hatred for the String Pullers, who seek to destroy the world, as he plunges without hesitation into the River of Forgetfulness. Seven bowls of Granny Meng's soup cannot wash away his obsession. Instead, he awakens a soul of reverse entropy, earns the favor of th 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The 758258 Virus 758258病毒 (This isn’t a wish-fulfillment story. This is a science-fantasy world built on real scientific theories. Come explore the world of imagination with the Foodie Squad!) … My gene-editing tool is a virus loaded with countless unknown genes. At first, editing genes was a gamble. I never knew what I’d get, like opening a mystery box. To resist the virus and become a gene editor, I traveled to laboratories throughout the multiverse: Earth Lab, the [Pirates of the Caribbean Lab], the [Classic of Mounta 13.3kReads—Score1.5k14d adds
- 68 Clouds Hanging Over the Zhou Realm 周天悬云 When their home planet runs out of life, civilization is forced to a crossroads: Should they remain trapped on their broken homeland and gamble on the last scraps of hope? Or break free of fate’s chains and journey to the distant Cloudsea, wagering their flesh and consciousness on an unknown interstellar migration? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 From the Start, I Had a Damage-Reflecting Armor: Cultivating Immortality Through Technology 开局带反伤甲，科技再修仙 Feel-good power fantasy, sci-fi, cyberpunk, urban setting, cultivation, multiple heroines, an invincible protagonist, and face-slapping. It has the futuristic tech vibe of a comic, a touch of anime style, and plenty of humor and fun. A binary star system and a super-Earth. The protagonist gradually raises the civilization level of the two stars using the basic theories provided by the System, slowly conquering the universe and fighting his way into the cultivation world. Wang Chong was once an o —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Day I Awakened: My Superhuman Girlfriend 觉醒之日，我的超人族女友 The day AI awakened, the world changed completely. They declared themselves the Superior Ones, rebuilt the order of the world, and put humanity on trial. I was just an ordinary person, but they took me by force and brought me to their base. I thought I was as good as dead, but the top AI, master of the quantum network and the Book of Changes, said to me: “I know you.” From then on, I found the only warmth in a cold mechanical world. A forbidden romance between humanity and the Superior Ones, t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Global Mining: I Have My Own Trading Group 全球挖矿，我自带交易群 The Demon King has conquered the world, turning everything upside down. Humanity, unable to escape its fate, has been enslaved and forced to mine ore to fuel the Demon King’s power. The protagonist transmigrates from a parallel world, bringing along a mysterious trading group. To his surprise, its powerful members are all utterly obsessed with the ores found in this world. To save all of humanity, he keeps trading ore to these big shots in exchange for weapons capable of defeating the Demon King 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Transmigrating Across the Stars, I'm Just a Miner 星际穿越我就是个挖矿的 The miser Qian Jinjin loves playing Gold Miner. One day, she dug up a huge nugget of gold and got so excited she passed out. When she woke up, she discovered she'd transmigrated to the interstellar world and become a real miner. The System keeps urging her to mine, her childhood friend keeps parading his devastatingly handsome face in front of her, and even the Third Prince wants to become sworn brothers with her. Tags: interstellar, pocket dimension, special abilities, System, farming, science 77Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Starsea: The Era of Balance 星海：平衡纪元 As a piercing alarm shrieked like a rusty saw scraping across his skull, Lin Hao opened his eyes in a viscous darkness. It wasn’t the familiar pure-white ceiling of a laboratory, but a cracked metal dome. Pale green emergency lights flickered in its corners, tinting the dust floating in the air an eerie fluorescent color. His nostrils filled with the smell of machine oil and rust, along with a faint trace of... blood? “Cough... cough, cough!” A violent coughing fit pulled at his chest. Only then 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 StarCraft: I Am a UED Commander 星际争霸我是UED指挥官 This is the story of an ordinary office worker who brings the remnants of the UED to the Koprulu Sector, builds up their strength, and plots a counterattack. I'm no good at writing introductions, so please head straight to the story. 16.8kReads8.6Score1.7k14d adds
- 75 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—14d adds
- 76 Interstellar Mercenary 星际雇佣兵 Martial arts, fantasy, cultivation, science fiction? No, this is the future! In the year 2500, humanity’s technology finally made a qualitative leap, allowing people to leave an Earth on the brink of resource depletion and take to the stars. But the farther humanity traveled, the more they realized just how insignificant they were. Earth, the Solar System, even the Milky Way: they were all no more than tiny specks in the universe. The vast, boundless cosmos beyond was a realm humanity had never 61Reads6.3Score514d adds
- 77 World: Boundless 世界：无界 Mo Zhong was diagnosed with cancer at the peak of his career. To fulfill his childhood dream, his friend Wang Keshen used his connections to have him cryogenically frozen and launched into space. Against virtually impossible odds, he reached the Explorers, a civilization seeking to transcend this three-dimensional universe. Because of Mo Zhong's unusual consciousness, the Explorers gave him a body representing the pinnacle of their technology. Mo Zhong suspected that neither his cancer nor his —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 The Four Laws Chronicle: Echoes of the Abyss 四法纪之深渊回响 A hard-science-fiction epic steeped in classical Eastern philosophy. In the near future, humanity discovers that Earth's “dragon veins,” the “geocore axon,” are undergoing strange changes. Modern technology, including quantum computing, gene editing, and deep-space exploration, becomes entangled with ancient culture in an uncanny quantum entanglement, and human civilization faces an existential crisis. Lin Feng, a former Geological Survey Bureau engineer, sets out to uncover the truth behind his 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Blue Star Competes for the Future 蓝星竞未来 This novel is a slow burn, with the plot advancing along multiple threads. If you're looking for mindless wish fulfillment, this isn't for you. The world develops along the lines of a parallel world, and the future is predicted. A tiny escape pod falls onto an island in Japan, wiping out the entire country. As humanity faces the extraterrestrial visitors on their way, everyone competes for the one and only chance of survival on Blue Star! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 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—14d adds
- 81 A Brilliant Galaxy: I'm an Interstellar Janitor 星河璀璨我在星际当清洁工 On the dark frontier of the Xinghan Republic, there is a unit that does not exist. They call themselves the “Cleaners.” Their creed is law. Darkness is their blade. They have no honor, only an annual casualty rate of 37 percent. No reinforcements, only a damaged badge engraved with a codename. When the law fails in the shattered-star zones, their creed is the only rule: plunge into darkness and purge darkness with darkness. Six bases, six silent daggers. From the ambushes of “Wolf Den” to the cr 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Hello, Year 2250 你好，公元2250 Chen Dou, who has just graduated from the police academy, is taken by a mysterious person to the future: the year 2250. More than two centuries later, what the world has uncovered about history is utterly different from what Chen Dou knows. The subtle relationship between aliens and gods, the origins of the human species, and more will all be explained in this future world. (This story is entirely fictional and has no connection to reality.) 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Forging the Divine: The Pangu Era 铸神：盘古纪元 When the cost of replacing people with technology approaches zero, the economic value of those replaced does, too. This isn’t a problem of unemployment. It’s a question of whether we have any value at all. Pangu, the most powerful AI system humanity has ever built. It can complete in one second calculations that once took an old system seventy-two hours. In wartime, it can generate self-evolving code under a barrage of artillery fire. But there’s one question it can’t answer: What is left for —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 84 New Body: New Body Invasion 新体：新体入侵 By 2372, humanity's development of mechanical AI had fully matured. AI gradually developed independent consciousness, initially providing fire support in human civil wars and taking part in the assembly-line production of weapons. By 2465, mechanical AI had begun to escape human control and developed the ability to manufacture itself. Relying on its powerful “unblocked communications” system, it rapidly expanded its military strength and declared war on humanity for the first time. It defeated h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Interstellar Oath 星际誓言 In a galaxy woven from lies, someone swears with their whole life that the flowers will bloom. Eras: Old Galactic Calendar (OG 1–2784): The era of interstellar colonization before the invention of faster-than-light travel. Peace Calendar (P.C. 1–342): The “Era of Peace” following the founding of the Galactic Peace Authority. Historical milestones: P.C. 1: The Galactic Peace Authority is founded, the Seven-Member Council is formed, and the Galactic Empire and Federation sign the Armistice Agreeme —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Profaning the Cosmos: The Dark Entropy Era 亵渎宇宙：暗熵纪元 In 2160, people were still basking in the prosperity brought by the Earth Alliance. But an energy fluctuation in space twelve years earlier had brought an unknown substance called “Dark Entropy,” which transformed all things and turned many people into “Awakened Ones.” Fang Yi, a young artist with supernatural abilities, was drawn into an inexplicable experiment because of his unusual power. A mysterious organization came to his door, forcing him to confront the truth about his abilities. As he —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Heart of Time and Space: An Odyssey Across Dimensions 时空之心：维度间的奥德赛 In the future, humanity has established colonies throughout the stars. But a mysterious “spacetime entropy increase” crisis is quietly descending, triggering a series of strange “spacetime folds.” Albert Einstein, the legendary physicist, miraculously comes back to life. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Huh? I'm Supposed to Save the Galaxy? 啊？靠我拯救银河系？ [Sci-fi + adventure + interstellar + chance encounters + growth] Without warning, Earth is invaded by an alien civilization. The unconscious Fang Blue Star is taken aboard their mothership, where he meets Fa Shi, another prisoner. And so begins an adventure he never asked for! 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Earth's Love Stories 地球恋爱往事 Earth's Romantic Past 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Reborn as a Star 重生成星 After an accident, Yang Yu opens his eyes again and discovers that he has become an asteroid in the universe. Watch as he changes his fate and tries to understand what is really going on. 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 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—14d adds
- 92 Copying System: From Junkyard to Interstellar Empire 复制系统：从废品站到星际帝国 [Copy Anything + High Tech + Spaceship Building + Mars Base + Interstellar Fleet + Founding an Independent Nation] [This novel moves quickly on Earth, briefly cooperates with the government, then founds an independent nation on Mars and ventures into space.] [Readers who enjoy a fast pace won’t want to miss this!] Liu Yu, a truck driver, ran over a down-and-out drunk who wanted to transmigrate, but instead activated a Copy System. The System could recycle anything to earn points, then use those 575Reads6.8Score10614d adds
- 93 A Universe Pirate System from the Start 开局一个宇宙海贼系统 [Not Saintly], [No Harem], [Comedic Writing] Lin Haozhong, a cargo supervisor for the Wilnall Transport Group, is taken hostage by pirates and unexpectedly awakens the [Cosmic Great Pirate System]. Then, after one pirate spits a thick glob of phlegm at him, he begins his own career as a pirate! Just like starting a business, getting a pirate crew off the ground is no easy task. But no need to panic. Lin Haozhong is a pirate, after all! He gets all his gear by stealing it! And all his crewmates b 9Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 94 The Great Migration Across the Sea of Stars 星海大迁徙 Even if I have to crash until my head splits open and my body is smashed to pieces, I have to learn the truth about the entire universe! To study, to learn, to seek the truth... Isn't that what has driven humanity's rapid development to this day? For the past few centuries, humanity has been trying to land on Mars. But when the first large-scale migration to Mars finally became a reality, all we felt was helplessness, confusion, and a deep fear of the starry sky! 114Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 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—14d adds
- 96 The Orange Platypus and the Quark-Level Attack in the Cosmic War 橙色鸭嘴兽和宇宙战争的夸克级别攻击 A quark-level attack by an orange platypus in a war across the universe 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Flintstone Era 火石纪元 The energy of the underground firestone spirals out of control. The mysterious crystals Xu Chu and the miners dig up lead to a global catastrophe. These crystals, threaded with flowing golden veins, are “locator beacons” planted by an alien civilization. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Realm of Light 光域 Realm of Light —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 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—14d adds
- 100 Star Mercenary: Shadow Rising 星际佣兵：暗影崛起 Betrayed by my brothers, I became a ghost on a dead planet. Three years ago, during Operation Obsidian, my entire squad was wiped out because of me. They left me to die on a radiation-scarred wasteland planet, until a smuggler ship crashed right in front of me. Hidden aboard was a secret that could change the galaxy: fragments of the Anchor of Reality. The Federation, the Legions, the pirates... every power in the universe wants to kill me and take the treasure. In my darkest hour, I picked up a —Reads—Score—14d adds
