Novels like Tales of the Mechanical Unknown
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- 151 No Talent? I Summon a Squad of Elemental Battle Maidens 无天赋废柴？我召唤一群元素战姬 [Urban high martial arts + urban supernatural powers + chemical-element battle girls + summoning + imaginative anthropomorphized chemical elements + fantasy + play the pig to eat the tiger + multiple heroines + sister obsessed with her brother + lighthearted comedy + light-novel style + entirely hand-crafted] Carbon, oxygen, copper, iron, silicon, hydrogen, nitrogen, gold, aluminum, lithium... These are all chemical elements commonly found in everyday life. What kind of story would unfold if t 2Reads—Score11814d adds
- 152 You Were Born to Hide Your Edge 卿本藏锋 As the poisoned wine burns its way down her throat, Su Yuheng catches sight of the mottled blood curse on the beams of the cold palace. In her previous life, a bowl of saffron tea seared through her insides. Her half-sister Su Qinghe ground her embroidered shoe across Su Yuheng’s bloodied fingertips, then smiled as she picked up the Spirit Spring Jade Pendant that had fallen from Su Yuheng’s arms. When she opens her eyes again, she has returned to her coming-of-age banquet: dog’s blood splashed 4Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 153 The Road Ahead Is Long, and Before I Can Speak, Tears Fall 长路漫漫唯我欲语泪先流 [Coming-of-age + pure love + tragic wuxia romance + fictional setting + short story + original] Xiao Yuyu is the reincarnation of Immortal Lord Ningshuang. The Demon Lord’s seal is about to break, and all living beings hang by a thread. She bears the fate of finding the Ten Void Swords and saving the world. The road ahead will force her to lose her dearest friends and loved ones with her own hands, and endure partings in life and death. Fate turns upside down, and those who love each other canno 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 154 Return to the Inn 归栈 Return to the Inn 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 155 Sin and Haunting 罪与祟 [Supernatural Crime Investigation | Classic Taoist Exorcism | Two Powerful Leads, 1v1 | BG | Episodic Cases] West of the Yunnan border, three dried corpses, a ghost wall, cicadas singing in the forest to summon unexpected fortune; Mount Tai moves, heavy rain falls, an old village appears, and an old friend’s sword breaks through mortal flesh; On the high seas, aboard a cruise ship, blood spills from a Gu curse; true essence is spent, yet life is restored; A painting that devours people, a blaze 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 I Saved a Female Lead Before I Died, and She's a Total Badass 临死前救了个女主，她超猛的 [Strong male lead + strong female lead, no System, no clichés, sharp-tongued, gets more satisfying as it goes, a little unhinged, no cheating, enjoy!] Before dying, the sect leader saves an incredibly powerful and beautiful fox demon. To fulfill the sect leader’s dying wish to revive the sect, the heroine searches everywhere for a man who resembles him, hoping to make him the next sect leader. “I’m just a demon. I have no feelings for humans other than the sect leader.” “If I catch you, don’t bl 1.2kReads—Score13514d adds
- 157 I Am You, and Also Your Ultimate Enemy 我是你，亦是你终敌 [Imaginative fantasy + alternate world + otherworld + parallel universes + chosen one] Chu Chen only wants to live an ordinary life, but he has never gotten his wish. As the young master of the Sheng Chen House, he can never escape his duties and obligations. But no one knows that all of this has been rewritten. In the fate that was originally laid out, he devoured the entire world. Light and darkness are the essence of the universe. Everything has an opposite, including the world itself: a plac 10Reads—Score114d adds
- 158 Everything I Write Into the Rules Comes True 我写的规矩都会应验 The old city has a street for funeral goods. Half the shops sell wreaths and burial clothes, and the paper crafts shop at the end of the street is the last one still willing to make paper figures by hand. Its rules are older than the shop itself: Never paint a paper figure's eyes. If you do, it will recognize its master. A white horse must not cross a bridge. If it does, it must be burned. Close the shop at sunset. Take no jobs at night. Chen Mo is the grandson of the last paper craftsman. He gr 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 [Male-Oriented Short Story] After Awakening Refraction, I Discover I've Transmigrated to a High-Martial World 【男频短篇】觉醒折光后发现自己穿越到高武世界 [Male-oriented Short Story] After Awakening Refraction, I Discovered I Had Transmigrated to a High-Martial World 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 The 304th Confession in the Black-and-White Village 黑白村庄的第304次告白 If I told you this was my three hundred and fourth time coming to this place called Black and White Village, would you believe me? If I told you none of you are yourselves, that you are assembled from consciousness, would you believe me? If I told you that this place was created by someone from Earth, would you believe me? If I told you that the last time, you were yourselves, and yet not yourselves, would you believe me? Would you really believe me? (There are bonus extras in the author's notes 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Tide of Pus 脓潮 [No System + No Rebirth + Hard-Core City Defense + Worldbuilding Foreshadowing] Low-level filth beasts shouldn't have eyes. Three days after he encountered one, people began dying in that city. His adoptive father pressed a pocket watch into his hand and managed to say just one thing: "Take this to Yunqi." Inside the watch was a secret that even monsters couldn't digest. 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 The Bard and His Guide 吟游诗人和他的引路人小姐 Western fantasy adventure|One-on-one romance|Mutually devoted couple|Happy ending A shameless, smooth-talking hero who saves the world while pursuing his own agenda × a self-sacrificing, sharp-tongued little elf The story of an irreverent hero who saves the world and wins an elf’s heart along the way Also known as My Hero Is Not Quite Like the Others and What Do You Mean He Only Put Points into Intelligence and Nothing Else? Ke Le is a bard. His greatest wish in life is to sing, write songs, and 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Cao Nixing's Journey Through Dreams 曹倪星的回梦之旅 What is real? Is this world real? Are the things we see, hear, and touch real? Are the things we believe happened, and the details we can remember, real? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 The Ancestor Has Returned to the Ruins. Run While You Still Can! 老祖宗归墟了，抓紧时间跑路吧！ [Traditional fantasy][the Myriad Worlds][Comedy][Misunderstandings][No System] Qi Xiu is a loafer tucked away in a corner of the cultivation world. His greatest dream is to coast through life, eating his fill until he dies, and that's exactly what he does. Cultivating immortality is, after all, just a means to get food and live longer. There's no shame in being a little timid! But everything took a sudden turn after he met a black dragon... What? You're saying I'm the chosen one? What? You're sa 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 The Junior Brother I Picked Up on a Whim Is Acting Strange 随手捡的师弟他不对劲 [Forced relationship] [Imprisonment] [Unhinged younger man] [Hardworking wage slave] “Because I lost you by accident, I can’t bear the risk of losing you again, no matter what it takes.” When people told Shi Zuiwan she had picked up a mad dog, she didn’t believe them. Later, she realized she would have been better off picking up an actual mad dog. After the college entrance exams, Shi Zuiwan planned to relax with a trip. Instead, she read the name of a sword at a museum, and the damn thing came 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 The Celestial Pivot Guards of the Great Ming 大明天枢卫 In the early twentieth century, the body of an extraterrestrial higher-dimensional life-form spontaneously disintegrated in the skies over Siberia. Countless meteorite fragments scattered across the globe, some landing in a village in the Qilian Mountains of the northwest. As children, Zhu Mingyu and Zhu Mingchao, brothers from the Zhu family, were playing when fragments cut them. Their fates were sealed. Ten years later, the brothers were forced into a chain of mysteries spanning a century and 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Look Out! The Hamster Girl Protagonist Is Surrounded 危！小仓鼠女主被包围啦 [Coming of Age + Healing + Everyone’s Favorite + Fantasy] Peng Yuxin is a student at Gallidon University, working hard and growing throughout her studies. Wait, what’s going on? Why is everyone looking at her so strangely? The cool, top-ranking student. The gentle older girl. The gloomy, clingy girl. What, a rift in space and time? And even her own little fox is a handsome man! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 In the Age of Declining Dharma, I Used My Powers to Build a World 末法时代，我凭异能造世界 [Epic Fantasy + God-Slaying + Weaving Lies About Magic + Creation-Era Prodigies] Ten thousand years ago, a false god slaughtered the gods, rewrote the laws of the world, spun the lie of “woven magic,” and founded the Church of Light and Shadow. Every generation of pontiffs has been a reincarnation of the Light and Shadow God’s soul, enslaving all under the title of “divine emissary.” The ancient magic tribes were mercilessly wiped out, leaving Sean as their sole survivor. Bearing the name “Magic 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 Blazing High Martial: The Dungeon System's Reversal 热血高武：地下城系统的逆袭 With spiritual qi revived and martial arts supreme, Lu Chen unexpectedly binds himself to a Dungeon System. Clear dungeons to get god-tier gear, and grow stronger with every instance. While others spend ten years in arduous cultivation, he needs only one run to clear a dungeon. From bottom of the class to someone all look up to, he uses his DNF System to carve a bloody path through the entire high-martial world! 512Reads—Score10914d adds
- 170 Chi Yu Meets Wan 迟屿遇晚 [Devoted Protector] x [Bright, Healing First Love] [Parallel Worlds | Teenage Secret Crush | Self-Matchmaking | Bittersweet Ending | Healing Through Fate] On the day of Lin Wanwan’s funeral, Lu Yichen didn’t cry. To his own surprise, he was calm. He quietly watched as she was laid to rest, then placed a lemon candy on her headstone. It was her favorite. On the way back, he played “The Clock Goes in Reverse,” her favorite song. Just as his car was about to enter a tunnel, everything before his ey 9Reads—Score14114d adds
- 171 Behold the Crimson Starry Sky, I’ll Burn It All for You 瞧瞧那绯红的星空，为你燃尽星空 The most blazing romance isn’t beneath the flowers and moonlight. It’s him daring to burn the stars from the sky, and her daring to cleave the heavens with her sword, then standing together beneath the crimson sea of stars and saying, “Just look at that crimson sky.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 I'm a System, and I'm Going to Reach the Top of System Life! 统统我呀，一定要走上统生巅峰！ In his junior year of college, Tong Yi was preparing to take the civil service exam, hoping to land a stable government job with a guaranteed salary. Although his test score was nearly perfect, a new regulation forced him to work as a System to gain experience. But the first step to becoming a System was finding a Host, so Tong Yi went to the human world to look for a sucker. Xu Xinmo had no parents and grew up in an orphanage. An ordinary person with an extraordinary dream, she wanted to become —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 Master of Time 时师 The novel is also known as “I Have a Spacetime Disk.” I came up with the name Shishi on a whim and didn't give it much thought. Li Xiang was an ordinary person. One night, while he was resting at home, a suspicious package showed up. When he fell asleep, he found himself in a strange space. Four large characters, glowing pale green, appeared in the space: “Illusion Space.” Li Xiang was puzzled. Suddenly, a flash of white light appeared, and he was back outside the Illusion Space. But then he hea 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Starlit Huaxia: I Bring LOL Skills to the Realm 星耀炎黄：我携LOL技能镇 The heavens and earth shatter, Humanity falls into decline. As he watches China's LOL team win the championship, Lin Chen unexpectedly transmigrates, carrying the bloodline of Yan and Huang and binding to the LOL Hero Skill System. Garen, Lee Sin, Yasuo... Watch as he makes his mark, builds his power, fights across the lands, and opens up new territory. With the battle bones of Yan and Huang, he will guard the boundless heavens for humanity through the ages! 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Glory on the Ye River 邺水黎华 [Cool and Elegant Continent Lord x Stoic Assassin] For a thousand years, she has been tormented day and night by a bone-deep baleful aura, her meridians constantly churning and raging. Only by gathering the four strands of Primordial Essence can she cleanse herself of this murderous energy and preserve her soul. Of the four strands, the Human Vein Essence is the most crucial. It alone can break through the barriers set by the other three. But she has traversed the four continents and searched de 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 At Memory's End, the Lost Road Home 记忆之末，迷惘归途 (Dark suspense) + (memory erasure) + (a multi-path skill system), with a fresh setting. (Also known as Crimson Illusion: I Use Strategy to Break the Cycle.) Please, read a few more chapters. Once the story gets going, it’s amazing. The early chapters are just setup 😭😭😭 A pristine prison of illusions, a crimson ruler of reality, yesterday repeating without end, and a future stretching beyond the horizon. With his memories constantly crumbling, his pact hiding a betrayal, and reality shrouded in m 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 From the Start, One Ball: Others Struggle to Survive, I Plan for Growth 开局一个球，他人求生，我谋发展 Everyone on Earth is pulled into a survival game in a post-apocalyptic star domain. Billions of people land at random and randomly receive a single item or one inactive ability. They are all trapped in a desperate world of scarce supplies, rampant alien beasts, and relentless disasters. Everyone has one goal: to stay alive. To that end, they compete ruthlessly, loot, fight, betray one another, and do whatever it takes to survive. Only the protagonist, Zheng Zhiyuan, is bound to the [Planet Evolu 150Reads—Score3014d adds
- 178 The Rise to Godhood of Chen Jiexue, the Corporate Drone 谌洁雪这个社畜的成神史 A black stone from a street stall turns her from an overworked wage slave into a "savior". The path to godhood for Chen Jiexue is forced from the start. Her Guardian Stone bloodline awakens, and she has to gather the five divine artifacts. But first, she rents a shop called Worry-Free Bar on Lotus Blossom Lane along the Yellow Springs Road. The shop next door sells Meng Po's Soup. On the surface, she's the proprietress, but in reality, she's a lowly employee under Meng Po. The tea at Worry-Free 63Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 179 Global Beastmasters 全球御兽师 Synopsis: [Beast Taming + Spiritual Qi Revival + No System + Characters Don't Get Dumber] A thousand years ago, spatial rifts suddenly appeared across Blue Star. Countless monsters poured through them and launched frenzied attacks on humanity, driving people back at every turn. Just as humanity stood on the brink of life and death, beast tamers appeared. They held back the beast tides and led humanity in establishing one base city after another. From then on, humanity entered an era belonging to 65Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 180 Psychic: A College Girl's Rise to Ruler of Another World 灵能者：女大学生逆袭异界之主 Female-led story + another world + psychic powers + family feuds + ensemble cast + slow burn + not a Warhammer fanfic Lingzi, an ordinary college student, finds a talking little black creature. The next day, she can see the “light” of psychic power in everyone. The Psychic Research Bureau comes knocking: “You’re a psychic. Come with us.” Lingzi panics. She isn’t a psychic at all. She’s just relying on the little black creature to keep up appearances. She disguises her identity, infiltrates 353Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 181 Reclaiming My Ambition to Rise to the Top 重拾青云之志 Period rural life | A young man’s rise | Farming and business | An inspiring tale of humble beginnings | Family, country, and kindred spirits | Reviving the family Rooted in the rural villages of southern Sichuan along the banks of the Mangxi River, the poor-born Shi Gensheng struggles to grow up amid the hardships of the era and upheavals in his family. Faced with a broken home and an interrupted education, he relies on patience and careful planning to establish himself in the countryside. He 11Reads—Score114d adds
- 182 The Ward Boss Only Wants to Serve the People 坊主大人只想为民服务 Other people cultivate immortality by meditating, refining qi, and slaying demons for their treasures. Ye Guanqing cultivates by fixing public toilets, handing out coupons, and teaching the Eight Brocades. After failing the civil service exam five years in a row in his previous life, he transmigrated and was promptly parachuted in as the head of the shabbiest market town on the Canglan Continent. Faced with a Grade D market town on the verge of closure, dozens of freeloading rogue cultivators, a 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 A Hundred Ghosts on the Road 百诡行 As long as you're alive, there's hope! Only then dare you hope! Keep living, Ren Ping'an. Live at all costs! Live on, bearing everything! As long as you're here, hope remains! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Urban Comeback: Terminally Ill College Student Inherits an Immortal Venerable’s Legacy 都市逆袭：绝症大学生获仙尊传承 [Urban Cultivation] [Multiple Female Leads] [Easy, Over-the-Top Wish Fulfillment] [Invincible] Just as I was getting ready to graduate, I was diagnosed with a terminal illness? College student Li Kun thought his life had reached its end, but unexpectedly inherited the legacy of an ancient Immortal Venerable, changing his fate against all odds! Hey, hey, hey, what's the Cosmic Essence Condensation Art? What's the Phoenix Yin Cultivation Technique? Cultivation, alchemy, medicine, formations, ta 2.5kReads6.4Score26014d adds
- 185 In the 1980s, I Gave My Job Placement to My Younger Brother 八零年代，我把招工名额还给了弟弟 In the 1980s, I Gave My Job Placement Back to My Younger Brother 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 I Still Haven’t Returned the Cat Today 今天也没有把猫还回去 I Still Haven't Returned the Cat Today 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 187 Reborn: The Boundaries of Perception 重生之认知边界 [Rebirth + top student + business warfare + mystery + adventure + science fiction + cultivation + national destiny + realism + Sanxingdui + ancient civilizations] [The golden finger is extremely weak and could be classified as a mental illness. He relies solely on learning and accumulated knowledge to break through his limits.] [Carefully constructed story, sound scientific explanations, and a true-to-history timeline: uncover the meaning of being reborn.] [No brainless showing off and face-slap 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 Flowers Easily Scattered 花易飘零 [Epic saga + revolution + anti-transmigration + anti-imperial rule + anti-tradition + ensemble cast; five layers of philosophical depth, each turning the one before it on its head; a nonlinear narrative and a uniquely ambitious, profound experiment in the genre of historical romance for women.] The soul of Su Qianling, a young novelist, unexpectedly transmigrates. She awakens in the corpse of a young concubine sacrificed to the founding emperor of the current dynasty. From then on, she is known 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 A Tangled Parallel Line 一条交错的平行线 [Everyday life + School life + One heroine] (The ratings just opened. They should go up later, right?) (Big boss, big boss, does anyone actually read our book?) (They will, they will. There’ll be readers like Yifei and Yanzhu.) Who doesn’t want a colorful youth? High school lasts long enough for all kinds of things to happen and for you to meet countless people. Relationships that once grew distant and encounters that never got the chance to begin will quietly take a turn at some point. Liang Ji 147Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 190 Fifteen Seconds After the Screenshot Was Retracted 截图撤回十五秒后 Fifteen Seconds After the Screenshot Was Retracted 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 191 Is It Possible That You’re All Sick? 有没有一种可能，你们都有病？ Zhou Yi transmigrates to a world of cultivation. On his first day there, he discovers that everyone’s logic is incredibly strange. His master tells him: “The first step in cultivation is to sever your worldly ties.” Zhou Yi: “How do I do that?” His master pulls out a knife: “Literally.” Zhou Yi: “???????” Every day at three in the morning, his senior brother stands on the mountaintop and yells: “My fate is mine to decide, not Heaven’s!” Zhou Yi asks him why. Senior Brother: “Because I have to go —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 I Refuse to Save the World Unless the Goddess Gives Me a Robot Wife. Huh? She Actually Did? 我拒绝拯救世界，除非女神给机器人老婆？啊？真给啊？ I Refuse to Save the World Unless the Goddess Gives Me a Robot Wife? Huh? She's Really Giving Me One? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 Empresses in the Palace: A Rules-Horror Tale 甄嬛传之规则怪谈 Empresses in the Palace: Rules of the Strange Tales 21Reads—Score114d adds
- 194 After Transmigrating, My Spouse and I Started to Lie Flat 穿越后，我和老伴开始躺平 Li Jianguo, a retired teacher in his sixties, and Wang Xiufen, a retired mediator, transmigrate into the Great Yong Dynasty and land in the worst farming household around. They become Li Laoshi and Zhang Cuihua, a farmer and his wife in their thirties, timid and ineffectual. The family they inherit is a wreck, every member prickly, broken, and falling apart. A mysterious Record of Inheritance appears in their minds. It carries the previous owners’ memories, combines them with the wisdom and li 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 On the Wolf King's Wedding Day, I Had Only Seven Days to Live 狼王婚礼那天，我的生命只剩七天 On the Day of the Wolf King's Wedding, I Had Only Seven Days Left to Live 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 196 After My Husband Left on a Business Trip, I Saw His Body at the Funeral Home 老公出差后，我在殡仪馆看见了他的尸体 After My Husband Left on a Business Trip, I Saw His Body at the Funeral Home —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 The Rift Is Still Playing Cupid Today (Governor Zhou Isn't Jealous Today Either) 峡谷今天也在谈恋爱（周都督今天也没吃醋） The Rift Is Dating Again Today (Governor Zhou Isn’t Jealous Today Either) 7Reads—Score114d adds
- 198 The Final Years of the Great Yong: A True Record 大雍末年：实录 [Traditional cultivation and political intrigue, no transmigration, no System, no golden finger. Meticulously researched setting and dialogue that feels like people speaking in the original Chinese.] Wu Zheng was once a constable, but an accidental turn led him onto the path of immortality. He once wielded the power of the imperial court to repel demon beasts, and within a sect, he protected all living beings. But when the beasts retreated, people’s hearts began to stir. He saw the political mac 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 The Princess’s Beloved Consort, Steadfast as an Inkstone 砚定安宁驸马的掌心宠 Ancient historical romance + bickering couple + sweet romance + clever leads + mutual devotion The heroine, Princess Anle Yang Ninger, is arrogant and domineering. She prefers a whip to makeup and is bold, spirited, and unafraid to love or hate. She's dumped from the start, only to become the most sought-after woman in the blink of an eye. The top scholar treats her like the apple of his eye... The two go from bickering rivals to protecting each other through danger, and gradually fall in lov 795Reads8.6Score10514d adds
- 200 Heroes of the Three Kingdoms: Defying Heaven’s Will 扭曲天意之三国英雄传 At the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, the Yellow Turban Rebellion erupts, the will of Heaven twists, and heroes return from across the myriad worlds. Uchiha Cao Cao, his benevolent and righteous companion Liu Bei, Jiangdong’s sea tiger Sun Jian, Elden Lord Yuan Shao, and the Black Emperor Yuan Shu gather in Chenliu, raising an army against Dong Zhuo’s tyranny. Vampire Dong Zhuo, the invincible Lu Bu, ghost-controlling Wang Yun, magical girl Diao Chan, and Hollow Knight Chen Gong enact a chain o 499Reads—Score10114d adds
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