A Bookworm's Hidden Gems: Sci-Fi and Alternate History Favorites 老书友的仙草,钟爱科幻和架空历史
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- 1 I Really Didn’t Want to Be the Savior 我真没想当救世主啊 This book is also known as Millennium Rewind. It won Best Online Literature at the 31st China Galaxy Awards for Science Fiction. [It takes off at Chapter 62 and explodes at Chapter 92. This is the story of an ordinary man who forces his way into becoming humanity’s savior.] In 1977, the Voyager spacecraft launched. In 2010, Voyager 2 sent some strange messages back to Earth. In July 2021, Voyager 2 lost 8Votes634.7kRecs1.1MFans
- 2 Dream Makers of Ten Thousand Worlds 万界圆梦师 Client: “I want to get Bu Jingyun’s Kylin Arm.” Dream Maker: “No problem. Your dream is my mission. Even if it means making the whole world our enemy, we’ll help you make it come true.” Client: “But I don’t want to make the whole world my enemy.” Dream Maker: “We’ll help you…” … Top Dream Maker Li Xiaobai solemnly reminds everyone: Your dreams are more important than your life, so never make a wish lightly. What if it comes true one day? This is the story of an emotionless wishing machine that 25Votes785.2kRecs976.6kFans
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Back to Ancient Times as a Master Craftsman 回到古代当匠神
"Boatman, this boat is a little different. Use less force when you row." The boatman looked at Liu Yi in confusion. He did not understand, but although he nodded, he still thrust the bamboo pole in his hand into the river with his usual force. When Zhuge Liang heard Liu Yi’s words, his expression had already changed. Before he had time to prepare, the small boat shot forward like an arrow released from a bow. When it stopped after the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, it had already reached t
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I’ll Become the Richest Man by Losing Money: Original Novel of the TV Series Young and Promising 亏成首富从游戏开始-《年少有为》电视剧原著
The print edition of "Losing Money to Be a Tycoon" is now available for crowdfunding! The comic is also being serialized to rave reviews! Recently, a special correspondent interviewed Pei Qian, president of the Tenda Group. Tenda Group is now valued at hundreds of billions, with businesses spanning games, the internet, digital hardware, media and entertainment, food and drink, and many other fields. It has profoundly changed every aspect of people’s lives. Pei Qian himself is regarded as “the wo
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- 5 You Can’t Outrun Me, Can You? 你跑不过我吧 Reporter: Officer Mu, what's the most fundamental factor affecting a city's crime clearance rate? Mu Yuan: Me. 0Votes759.9kRecs403.9kFans
- 6 Reborn in the Wild Era 重生野性时代 Back from 2018 to 1993. In my memory, that summer was scorching hot. 1Votes3.1MRecs1.1MFans
- 7 Super God Card Master 超神制卡师 This is the story of a programmer who “burns CDs” in another world. P.S. P.S. 0Votes1.4MRecs922.3kFans
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The Cultivation Scholar System 修真学霸系统
Follow the natural course and become mortal; go against it and become immortal. The secret lies in turning things upside down. Jiang Cheng always thought cultivation had nothing to do with being a top student. But “First comes fate, then luck, then feng shui, then virtuous deeds, and finally study” shows him just how laughable that idea is.
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- 9 EN Traveler of the Cinematic World 影视世界旅行家 Every movie is a journey: Marilyn Monroe’s sensual allure, the endless loneliness of a remote island overseas, Audrey Hepburn’s passionate kiss, and the arduous struggle to stay alive. Let me take you into the world of cinema and experience lives unlike your own. If there’s something special you want to experience, obtain, or change, you can give Dayu a mission. This book is also custom-made just for you. My completed works include The Diplomat Who Can Transmigrate and A Playboy’s Life Across th 8Votes2.5MRecs841.8kFans
- 10 EN The Infinite Fun of Little Worlds 小世界其乐无穷 The extraordinary shattered the world’s silence, and the course of technological progress took a turn. As humanity searched for a path to evolution in the darkness, I became its pioneer. This is the story of a player messing with the world. Small worlds are endlessly entertaining. 12Votes1.3MRecs1.2MFans
- 11 Future Chat Group 未来聊天群 Lei Hao, an account manager at a securities firm, one day discovers that messages from a week in the future occasionally appear in his colleagues’ group chat. With glimpses of the future at his fingertips, the markets for stocks, futures, options, foreign exchange, and more lose all their old mystery, and Lei Hao’s ambitions keep growing… 0Votes211.8kRecs296.5kFans
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The Ultimate Modeler 超神建模师
Source energy descends, ferocious beasts run rampant, and superpowers emerge everywhere. Su Hao is merely an ordinary third-year high school student who has mastered the low-level source-energy ability “Model Analysis.” However, when he creates a character model in his mind and analyzes the other person’s abilities, a feverish thought begins to echo in his mind. What would happen if he created a model of the entire world? Would that mean he could... control! The! World! P.S. The new book Super G
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The Mountain Hermit's Miscellany 山野杂家
Bound to the game “The Hundred Schools of Thought,” he lives in seclusion deep in the mountains. He spends his free time farming, reading, tending to the sick, and occasionally doing a bit of carpentry... So why do so many famous celebrities keep showing up, each hoping for a chance to meet him?
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The Entertainment Industry’s Biggest Troublemaker 娱乐大顽家
Star scout Han Ge suddenly finds a new app on his phone. It can see other people's talents: actors, singers, streamers, star athletes... Everyone in the world is unique. Some people are good at singing, some at acting, some at playing football, and some are good at... Han Ge cannot help but sigh: "The national football team is finally saved, LOL is saved too, and the brainless fans obsessed with Korea can take a back seat for a while. In this life, it's time to get the people of Korea obsessed w
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- 15 The International Manufacturer 国际制造商 Han Yi scans a QR code while out on the street, and an app appears on his desktop. The app is strange: it can capture any real-world object and reassemble it after analyzing it. [Beep! Beep! Circuit board module + Dome + screen + front and back covers: reassembled into a phone!] [Beep! Beep! 75% cotton + 25% linen + magnetic ink: reassembled into US dollars!] VIP group: 343892078 (a screenshot showing all chapters purchased is required) The new book Don't Mess 0Votes404.6kRecs312.9kFans
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I Have Another World 我有一个异世界
“Twenty-five years old, graduated from a third-rate university, worked at an advertising agency for a year and a half, earns 3,500 a month, no car, no house, single...” Chen Yi stopped writing, crumpled up the paper, and threw it into the trash. “What's there to miss about a life like this?” he said resolutely. With that, he activated the ring and transmigrated to an unfamiliar world, embarking on the greatest adventure of his life...
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Replacing the Han Dynasty 代汉
Ye Zhao transmigrated from the apocalypse to the late Han era, when the Yellow Turbans were about to rise. As the sole heir of a third-rate aristocratic family, Ye Zhao declared that this level of pressure was nothing to worry about. He had no golden finger. In his previous life, he had been a regional hegemon. Now that he had arrived in an age when heroes were rising everywhere, how could he live an ordinary life? Sin
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Low-Dimensional Game 低维游戏
By chance, Lu Zhiyu discovers an entrance to a low-dimensional world, opening up an entirely different chapter of his life! He can freely control everything in a low-dimensional world. Lu Zhiyu feels like the game master of a game, or perhaps God? VIP group: 812612991 (a screenshot showing full-subscription fan status is required)
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The Son of Heaven at the End of the Han Dynasty 汉末天子
He travels through time and space, returning in spirit to the end of the Han Dynasty. Waking up as an emperor sounds pretty good, except his circumstances are nothing like what he was promised. Outside, warlords have carved up the realm, and the land lies in ruins. Inside, treacherous ministers hold him hostage, leaving him no freedom. Liu Xie feels the pressure. To change his tragic fate and enjoy the
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- 20 A Cultivator’s Life Across the Planes 位面之修仙生涯 So what if I'm a spoiled rich kid? Does that mean people get to trample me and use me as a stepping stone? Don't I have any rights? Our story begins when a spoiled rich second-generation college student gets a System. From then on, he transmigrates across worlds, earns rewards, and grows stronger step by step. Please note: this is not a historical novel or a xianxia novel. It's a sci-fi power fantasy. Dayu's new book, "Private Customization in the Movie World," is absolutely thrilling and packed 0Votes464.1kRecs300kFans
- 21 Lord of the Stars 众星之主 This is a wondrous world where everyone pursues martial arts. Legend says that martial arts, cultivated to their utmost, can move mountains, divide seas, soar through the sky, and burrow beneath the earth. Ancient biographies even tell of people who transcended mortality, became immortals, and lived forever. An ordinary young man from Earth is brought to this world by a mysterious beam of light, starting over as a baby. This world closely resembles the Earth of his previous life, but martial art 0Votes311.5kRecs288.2kFans
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The Infinite Skill Game World 无限技能之游戏世界
On Earth, Xie Yeyu is a nerdy office worker tired of his monotonous life. One night, he and people from other parallel worlds are chosen by the Infinite System and sent into an endless world of games. In this infinite world, there are no bloodlines or classes, only skills! There are countless skills of every kind. To survive here, Xie Yeyu has no choice but to give it his all and learn every skill he can in each game world. “What? You’ve never played Legend? You’ve never played League of Legends
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Possessing Lü Bu 附身吕布
A corporate executive from the twenty-first century was about to reach the peak of his life when Heaven played a cruel joke on him. A car accident sent his soul through time and space, possessing Lu Bu, whose destiny was nearly exhausted and who would soon see his city fall and his people perish before being hanged at White Gate Tower. To survive in this era, and even to live better, Lu Bu began his journey to defy fat
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I Am Antivirus Software 我是杀毒软件
I roam between darkness and light. Slaughter is my closest friend, evil my servant. Countless bones become my scepter, fresh blood stains my cloak, and wherever my cold wings pass, cries of death will shake the heavens! I am the Grim Reaper, and I’m also antivirus software.
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