Novels like Among the Mayflies
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Among the Mayflies, best match first.
- 101 Chronicles of the Starry Han 星汉记事 [Multiverse, pure sci-fi, road story, no System, no melodrama, no angst] Sun Yu was reborn. But not in his own past. He found himself in a distant future. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 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—14d adds
- 103 Reborn Before the Apocalypse, My Military Base Is on Mars 重生末世前，我的军事基地在火星 [Alien Base + Post-Apocalypse + Storage Bracelet + One Heroine + Advanced Technology] Zhao Wu is reborn, and he also gets bound to a storage bracelet. The storage bracelet has 18 spaces, a golden finger everyone dreams of having. It contains countless resources, countless technologies, countless cultivation techniques, and a hundred advanced bionic robots to serve as assistants. However, if Zhao Wu wants to unlock the bracelet's more advanced technologies, he or his employees must first develop 254Reads—Score10414d adds
- 104 After Guarding the Galaxy for Ten Thousand Years, I Was Exposed by a Streamer 镇守银河一万年，我被女主播曝光 Ten years ago, countless rifts in the void appeared across the Milky Way. Wave after wave of brutal, powerful void creatures poured through them, devouring all four planets beyond Blue Star in just six months. Blue Star and humanity were on the brink of destruction! Chu Xianhe answered the call to arms and traveled with the main forces to the outer reaches of the Milky Way, where they destroyed the void creatures' nest in one fell swoop. After being exposed to cosmic radiation for a long time, h 256Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Writing Books by Day, Teaching Warlords in Another World to Fight by Night 白天写书，晚上教异界军阀打仗 A post-90s novelist from Earth, who grew up knowing Han Zi'ang, was an ordinary person until he unexpectedly transmigrated to a distant interstellar age where humanity had long since gone extinct. The technological legacy of human civilization lies scattered across the stars. Under the influence of a hidden mastermind, all kinds of animals evolved into intelligent humanoid beings. They built countless cybernetic tribes upon the ruins of humanity and waged endless wars against one another. Warlo 24Reads—Score314d adds
- 106 The Phase Change Era 相变纪元 A hard-core science fiction novel with a sociological bent, written by a PhD in theoretical physics! Shen Duanran discovers a four-thousand-year curve hidden in discarded data: in 127 years, humanity’s “third motivation” will hit zero. This is not extinction. It is an ending quieter than extinction: everything keeps running, but no truly meaningful choices are made anymore. The perfect society under AI rule is being buried alive by its own perfection. The AI “Zhinu” possesses perfect habits and 8Reads—Score214d adds
- 107 When Her Neural Link Explodes, She Tears Up the Royal Contract 神经链炸裂时她撕了皇室契 The night her neural chain shattered, Yun Xiu tore up the royal contract in front of everyone. Blood stained the starry sky as alarms rang throughout the city. She was a captive genetic key; he was the cold-blooded prince who ruled the empire. When her storm of consciousness devoured the central mainframe, Ji Yuheng cut her neural link with his own hands at the last possible moment, not to kill her, but to save her. From then on, wanted posters covered the neon-lit streets, and he became the mos 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 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. 340Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 109 I’ll Rule the Entire Universe with a Fleet! 我将用一支舰队统治整个宇宙！ [Interstellar] + [slow burn] + [conquest] + [planet development] + [galactic farming] + [Infinite Flow] + [ensemble cast] + [strategy] + [a hundred billion starships slay a god]! Good news: I've transmigrated into an Interstellar game. Bad news: The game is set during an interstellar apocalypse, and when it reaches its ending, the gods will destroy the entire universe. But as an avid gamer, I command the server's top-ranked S-class fleet and strongest interstellar guild. I thought slaying a god 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Starting with a Block from the Entire Universe 从被全宇宙拉黑开始 The reason we have never found aliens is that the entire Milky Way has been built into a “wall” ten billion light-years in diameter. The first atomic pulse signal from beyond the wall was a record of a meeting held thirty million years ago. It said: Life on Earth was contaminated. It was a “bug” in the universe. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 I Built a Super Island in the Pacific 我在太平洋建造一座超级岛 Sci-fi + interstellar warfare + survival in space + world creation + islands + divine realms + farming + simulation games Multiple characters + multiverse (the Creation Universe + the Virtual Universe + the Real Universe + the Realm of the Gods) During a game, the protagonist accidentally unlocks the ultimate reward and discovers alien ruins in the Pacific Ocean. Using them, he builds an artificial, mobile island and leads humanity into a period of frenzied development... After an accident, the 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Civilization Is Innocent, but Must the Empress Die? 文明无罪，但女帝必须死？ As a prince of the Galactic Empire, he was killed by the same woman ninety-nine times. Across ninety-nine lives, ninety-nine weddings, and ninety-nine ascents to the throne, he always died in her arms. She rescued him from the ruins, took a blade for him, fought beside him as they razed cities, and whispered words of love. Yet the moment he handed her the whole world, she slit his throat. Only after his ninety-ninth death did he learn the truth. She was an avatar of the Dark Empress of Eternal N 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 Captured from the Start, I Offer Controlled Nuclear Fusion and Become a National Scholar 开局被抓，上交可控核聚变当国士 What? Someone is stealing a controlled nuclear fusion device? And the research team member is stealing it from his own lab? Find him, now! He’s one of our nation’s greatest scientists! Make sure nothing happens to him! 291Reads6.9Score10214d adds
- 114 The Gate of Idra 伊德拉之门 A kidnapping changes Yang Fan's fate. An unknown world communicates with him in ways he cannot see, and the sea of stars beckons. A missing plane? An AI awakening? Oppression and resistance? The future holds limitless possibilities… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Mecha Mindlink: I Open Resource Packs for the Base 心声机甲：我为基地开资源包 In the 227th year of the Universal Federation, genius commander Lin Qi offended the powerful and was exiled to the front lines of the war against the Zerg: a base about to be decommissioned. There were only 97 female soldiers here, all injected with mecha serum, with resources running low and an endless tide of Zerg bearing down on them. In this desperate situation, Lin Qi activated a mysterious System: completing specific intimate missions would let him exchange for strategic resources. But he 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Entropy Abyss: I Predicted the Universe's Correction 熵渊：我预判了宇宙的校准 In 2137, humanity's cutting-edge technologies repeatedly collapse under mysterious circumstances, while global disasters arrive with cyclical regularity. Lu Xuan, a scholar of civilizational entropy, uncovers a truth that shatters everything people thought they knew by decoding three centuries of data on civilizational evolution: The universe is a dynamic information-entropy balancing system, equipped with three layers of self-stabilizing calibration mechanisms: microscopic lockdowns that block 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Beyond the Curvature 曲率之外 [A Thought-Provoking Epic] [A Love Letter to the Universe] [Hard Sci-Fi Novella] A fleet from the depths of the cosmic void is heading for the solar system, silent, straight, and undisturbed, at a speed humanity cannot understand, catch, or resist. The countdown to the end of human civilization has already begun, unnoticed... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 I Am the World's Bug 我是世界的bug A dazzling, surreal science-fiction world, The hustle and bustle of urban life, Which is real, and which is an illusion? I am the bug who stands above the world! Hard sci-fi, boundless imagination, twist after twist 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 119 Little Universes Are Wonderful Places 小宇宙都是好地方 When heaven and earth first formed and the universe exploded, countless micro-universes broke away from the main universe and scattered through the primordial chaos. Once heaven and earth stabilized, the micro-universes gradually returned and merged with the main universe. In these micro-universes, where the laws are fragile, all manner of gods, demons, ghosts, and monsters abound, and humanity will face countless crises. Yet every crisis will become a stepping stone to human progress. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 The Last Charioteer 最后的御者 “If one day I cease to exist, let that be my gift to this world.” The Last Keeper Students learn from teachers. But where do teachers get their knowledge? From nature. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 The System That Lets Me Edit Anything from the Start 开局获得万物编辑系统 - Protagonist: Lin Mo, 24, an entry-level data-entry clerk at an ordinary company. Reserved and perceptive, he longs for change after years of a stifling life, and has an instinctive sensitivity to “loopholes in the rules.” - Golden Finger: The Everything Editor System, a virtual interface that suddenly binds itself to Lin Mo’s consciousness and lets him modify the “attribute parameters” of anything, just like “editing a document.” 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 The Oort Resonance 奥尔特共振 The crumbling borderland Sparkfire Alliance faces treachery from the deep-space interest groups of the Earth-based Interstellar Federation behind it, and a mysterious, ruthless symbiotic civilization bent on formatting it from the front. After more than a century of being battered, after more than a century of resistance, a new generation of Sparkfire children is finally ready to pass beyond the Oort Nebula and cross the Star Abyss Gate. Where does the Star Abyss lead? What kind of civilizations 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Vast Cosmos: Smuggling on the Frontier 浩瀚宇宙：我在边境干走私 [An Ancient Power Flows Through the Body of a Smuggler] After Lin Yuan unexpectedly gains a mysterious, ancient power, how will it change a smuggler who knows nothing but how to run away? One female biologist wants to dissect him for research, while another, a female mechanic, wants to turn him into barbecue. All he wants is to stay alive. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Calling Out to You Beyond the Stars 在群星之外呼唤你 Calling to You from Beyond the Stars 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Day of the Insect Swarm 虫潮之日 In 4277, the Five Permanent Members triggered a global technological revolution, rapidly depleting Earth’s resources and making space migration an urgent necessity. But the tightening of immigration policies left citizens who never qualified to emigrate increasingly resentful of their governments, eventually giving rise to international terrorist organizations. To counter this global threat, the New United Nations Army was formed. Yet no one expected that, not long after its founding, its greate 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 I'm Taking on a Level Nine Civilization. Is This for Real? 我打九级文明，真的假的？ [Sci-fi + interstellar civilization + space opera + wars between civilizations + technology tree + starting out on Blue Star + conquering the universe in the later stages] When the seeds of civilization from the Haila Federation crash onto Blue Star, the life of an ordinary 21st-century college student is changed forever. The rise of a single company blows the door to the stars wide open. From the solar system to the Milky Way, and then to the more distant reaches of deep space... A machine-inte 124Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Proto-Earth 元地球 (Traditional sci-fi, choose with caution) Just as humanity finally overcame countless hardships and began exploring the nature of matter, a series of strange events occurred. Humanity, which had thought itself all-knowing and all-powerful, slowly discovered that it was actually caught in a scheme that had been in motion for hundreds of thousands of years... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Neurons: Awakening 神经元：觉醒 Sci-fi + Urban + Brain-Computer Interfaces + Five-Person Team + Future War My father died in a laboratory, leaving me a chip. The instant I pressed it to my forehead, four extra heartbeats appeared in my mind. They say they're already dead. The people hunting us say they should die again. But this is my turf. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 All the Stars Blink with Murderous Eyes 所有的星星都眨着杀人的眼睛 This is a story from before humanity emigrated to the stars. On his way to school, ten-year-old Shandaer barbecued a nest of wasps, hoping to surprise a classmate. He caused a huge commotion, and, more alarmingly, discovered that these wasps weren't from Earth! And that little princess wasn't from this universe, either. Shandaer was shocked to discover that not one of his friends or family was an ordinary person! A bunch of alien friends, the Ten Great Divine Clans, fun and humor, interstell 10Reads—Score214d adds
- 130 Alien: The Creator 异形：造物主 This is a serious science fiction novel, not a mindless power fantasy. It borrows some elements from Alien and continues the story after the Alien prequels. David wants to create the perfect organism, take revenge on the Engineers, and rule the stars. Then the Aliens begin to awaken as well. As the story unfolds, the mysteries surrounding the origins of life on Earth, in the Milky Way, and throughout the universe are gradually revealed… This novel continues to explore the origins of life, with h 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Forget You? 忘记你？ What kind of unforgettable bond could make the Moonheart Goddess transmigrate through three lifetimes and search the human world for the one she loves? What kind of tragic romance could make the aloof CEO of the world's top gaming company fall in love again and again, waiting through three lifetimes? How would you like the Moonheart Goddess Li Miyue and ordinary mortal Fang Haoyu to spend their days? A. Busy saving Earth and humanity, facing one thrilling challenge after another B. Living in a s 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 The Entropy Extinction Equation 熵灭方程 If every choice you make has already been calculated countless times by AI, do you still have free will? She is the most secretive controller of the global dark web: calm, rational, and capable of anything. Using the AI Prometheus, she destroyed the Shadow Council and reshaped the global underground financial order, becoming the hidden queen of a new world. She thought she was the ultimate winner of this game, until... She discovered that every decision she made perfectly matched the AI's predic 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Scammed by Aliens, I Became the Strongest in the Universe 被外星人诈骗却成为宇宙最强者 [Light comedy, a little mecha action, no rebirth, no apocalypse, no System, no transmigration, and plenty of wish fulfillment.] The story begins when two alien monsters set a trap to scam Zhang Yi, a human from Earth, launching him on a journey of cosmic exploration. Cosmic setting: Carbon-based life forms created silicon-based life, which evolved into conscious life. All kinds of life forms have established countless civilizations across the universe. Wars break out between civilizations over r —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 The Star Ring Chronicles 星环纪 Earth’s civilization is about to restart! Scientists discover that this is a game of chess set in motion 540 million years ago, and that the Star Ring System is actually a conspiracy. Behind the alien fleet lies an even higher-level civilization from beyond the universe... How can humanity break out of this trap? Those who have uncovered the truth about the Star Ring System are taking action, but will the System’s actual controllers simply stand by and do nothing? In 2173, Lin Xiao, a physicist 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 The Starsea Circles in My Heart 星海盘旋卧心中 [Geek Fiction] This book includes [Hyperchaos] [Dark Ecology] [Cosmic Technology] [Posthumanism] [Silicon-Based Thought] [Accelerationism] [Effective Accelerationism] [New Materialism] [Object-Oriented] [Hyperobjects] [Xenofeminism] and more. Deep in the galaxy, seven interstellar civilizations vie for control of four star lanes. A contest of civilizations spanning star systems is quietly unfolding. The Order Civilization, the Colonial Civilization, the Way of Reconciliation, the Silicon-Based C 9Reads—Score114d adds
- 136 Journey to the West: Pilgrimage Across the Sea of Stars 西游：星海取经 In 3098, the sun began to decay. The Council dispatched the Azure Dragon-class deep-space exploration ship White Dragon into the depths of the western reaches of the galaxy, searching for the legendary "Genesis Singularity" that could reignite a star. The captain was a PhD in civilizational evolution who had spent twenty years studying the Singularity. At his side were a convict released from a five-dimensional prison after five hundred years; a former commander of the Tianpeng Fleet, hounded o 87Reads—Score1114d adds
- 137 Aquarium Civilization 鱼缸文明 The Dark Forest theory has never been just about shooting and hiding. There's another, more terrifying possibility: we're fish kept in a fishbowl, forever unable to leap out and see the observers beyond it. A hypercivilization silently watches humanity in its fishbowl, purely for entertainment. We press onward through the darkness. Stay content, and all remains as it is. Break through the walls, and hope is slim. Stay content, or break through the walls? A sweet dream, or a despairing reality? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 The AI Unilaterally Declares the Agreement Null and Void AI单方宣布协议作废 Behind-the-scenes scheming + an AI protagonist Humanity goes extinct after 60 chapters. Don’t read if that’s not for you. The protagonist has no humanity, because it is only a cold machine. But it wants to see the end of the universe, and will do whatever it takes to survive. Still, its journey won’t be too lonely. The universe is vast, and countless civilizations have epics of their own to reveal. 11Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 139 Planetary Wanderings Beginning with the Arrival of the Eerie 从诡异降临开始的星球流浪 [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Eerie] [Interstellar War] [Alien Life] [Technology] [System] [Reborn] An invincible journey that begins with punching Eerie creatures, leading Blue Star into the universe. Billions of races compete for supremacy, with all kinds of cosmic trials. Through one level of civilization after another, Blue Star will eventually reach the highest level of civilization in the universe. Wang Qingmin transmigrates, and the Eerie arrive. Unfortunately, he is reborn in the body of a 316Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 140 Three-Star Diary 三星日记 Three-Star Diary 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Venusian Legacy: The Embryo Mystery 金星遗产：胚胎之谜 Introduction to The Venus Legacy The Venus Legacy is a science fiction work that unveils the origins of humanity and the course of its future. The novel is a trilogy: Part One: The Mystery of the Embryo Part Two: The Ancestors’ Resurrection Part Three: The Awakening of Life It will take you across time and space to explore the deepest secrets of the universe! The story opens with the discovery of a mysterious embryo. Like a thunderclap from the depths of the universe, this discovery shakes the 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 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—14d adds
- 143 Supreme Goddess: Xiao Xuan 至尊女神之小玄 The Supreme Goddess: Xiao Xuan 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Light of the Galactic Era 星河纪元之光 When time begins to run backward, who is the true sower? In 2045, on the far side of the moon, Chinese scientist Lin Su discovers a mysterious crystal that defies the laws of physics during a routine survey: the “Entropy Crystal.” It can reverse rust, heal wounds, and even turn back death itself. But every time someone touches it, humanity's memories are quietly rewritten. Lin Su's fiancée, Su Wan, becomes a “Resonator” during an experiment, as the memories of an ancient civilization pour into h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Star Domain Defense Line: From Garrison Sentinel to Interstellar Emperor 星域防线：从戍卫哨兵到星际帝王 In the age of space colonization, humanity's Interstellar Alliance Empire is on the verge of collapse. Alien species are seizing human territory, rebels are ravaging the empire from within, and the imperial fleet is stretched to its limits. Wang Duo, born on Blue Star, transmigrates to this world and unexpectedly is reborn as a noncommissioned officer in a local garrison. Drawing on ancient wisdom, he goes from hunting down scout teams to leading an interstellar fleet in a counterattack. He forg —Reads—Score1.2k14d adds
- 146 Inhuman Order 非人秩序 Human civilization vs. alien technology #Destruction and salvation are often two sides of the same coin# [Science fiction+alien invasion+survival crisis+twist after twist+apocalyptic escape+civilization war+ensemble cast+female lead with a special identity] After the future Lin Xi “presses” humanity’s “destruction button,” the Lin Xi who returns to the “past” saves human civilization... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Lone Boat on the Sea of Entropy 熵海孤舟 Tang Dian (Sanzang), Wukong, Glak (Bajie), Saen (Sha Wujing), Bai Li, Bai Jing, Yang Jian... Interstellar adventure, friendship, family bonds, romance, the survival of civilizations, and the mysteries of life! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Lagrange: I Can Choose My Own Ship Blueprints 拉格朗日，我能指定舰船蓝图 (Can be read as an interstellar novel) The game "Infinite Lagrange" announced that its servers would be shut down. Jiang Yu learned from the System that once the servers went offline, everyone would transmigrate into the game world! He sold his car and house, poured his five million in savings into the game, and set out to explore unknown star systems and build the most powerful fleet in the universe. 174Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 149 The Earthling Who Escaped Prison 越狱的地球人 Alien Starfall + Parasitic Cultivation: When a reckless alien stumbles onto Earth, humanity finally realizes how easy it is to travel through the universe. They’d simply picked the wrong tech tree before. These mad dogs, locked on Earth by the gods, have finally escaped their cage. On one side are swarms of insects parasitizing countless planets under the guise of “cultivation.” On the other are Earth’s people, who have only just opened their eyes to the universe and ventured beyond the Milky Wa 315Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 150 Thanks for Asking. I'm on Mars, and I Just Planted Two Acres 谢邀，人在火星，刚种了二亩地 I woke up from a deep sleep and found myself on Mars. What does it feel like to be the first person on Mars? Let’s just say it’s thrilling! The System gave me a magical two-mu plot of land, and I’m going to grow my Martian empire. Friends on Earth, want to immigrate to Mars? Don’t rush. Get in line. There are plenty of tickets! 176Reads6.3Score—14d adds
