The Protagonist Has a Hive or Creates an Insect Race 主角有一座虫巢或者创造虫族

1. 1 网 Online Game: From the Start, I Got the Heart of the Swarm 网游：开局拿到虫群之心 Flying Night Owl飞天夜猫Sports1.3M WordsCompleted Also known as: “Are You Insane? You Call This a Zerg?” [Invincible + Interstellar + Building a Faction + Lighthearted + She Pursues Him + Wish Fulfillment] In the struggle for supremacy among the myriad races, humanity has become a vassal of the No. 9999 Zerg, the Zerg swarm, and lives in misery. With his SSS-rank talent, [Heart of the Swarm], Zhou Zhuo is reborn twenty years in the past and vows to lead humanity to become the strongest race of all! Heart of the Swarm lets Zhou Zhuo's insectoid 2.6kReads8.9Score294Shelves

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   The first book, [smirking][smirking], features a protagonist reborn to cultivate the Zerg, leading humanity to rise and dominate another world. The writing is delicate, the battle descriptions are thrilling, and the plot is full of twists and turns—definitely worth reading! [Admiring][admiring] The second book features a protagonist reborn who, using a void Zerg hive as his origin, meticulously develops the Zerg's power, conquering and transforming a beautiful girl into a cool and aloof Zerg female warrior who will never betray him and will always obey his orders. Hehe [licking][licking] The third book is a Zerg-based military buildup story. In the world of gods, the protagonist continuously cultivates the Zerg, modifying their genes to evolve them. Among the myriad of strange and wonderful core followers, see how the Zerg shocks the gods! [Stunned][stunned] Zisu recommends this book, striving for good reads, let's read together! [Cool]

2. 2 虫 Hive Controller 虫巢掌控者 Enters with Special Effects出场带特效Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted The outbreak of psychic energy brought not evolution, but disaster. Then the battlefield opened, plunging the entire world into the abyss. Lin Han was reborn from the depths of that abyss to the first day of the cataclysm. This time, standing atop the insect nest and surrounded by countless swarming shadows, he boldly declared, “If you’re unhappy, brace yourself against the wall and watch me crush you all with one hand!” 1.3kReads8.3Score117Shelves
3. 3 神 Deity: Starsea Swarm 神祗：星海虫群 Nuclear-Fueled Skate Shoes核燃料滑板鞋Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Worked to death by overtime] [Grind until your liver gives out] [King of the rat race] [Wild-imagination fantasy] [Profit above all] [Keep a low profile] [Insectoid] [No System] Han Fei transmigrates to an interstellar society where everyone has a chance to become a god. Those who set foot on the path to godhood all aim to raise their divine kingdoms high and enter the real world to gain immortality. Han Fei figures that with his divine trait, Gene Modification, and his followers' talent, Gene 38.6kReads9.3Score4kShelves
4. 4 吾EN I Am the Swarm 吾既是虫潮 Uncle Murong Long慕容龙叔Sci-Fi & Apocalypse805k WordsCompleted In 2210, Earth received a repeating signal from 1.8 million light-years away. The Earth Federation decided to reply, bringing the Qiya aliens and pushing humanity to the brink of extinction. With the help of the Earth Federation’s guard commander, biologist Selena escaped with a million human embryos to the edge of the universe, to a dead star. On a planet unfit for human life, Zhang Fan made a resolute decision so humanity could return to Earth. “For humanity, I’m willing to become an insect!” 557Reads8.9Score104Shelves

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   The Zerg's sole overlord, I only recognize this one, I really don't know why the rating is so low.

5. 5 说 They Said the Insectoid Race Was the Weakest, So How Are You an Army All by Yourself? 说好虫族最弱，你一人成军？ Zi Hei籽黑Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [The comic adaptation, From Ant to Queen of the Hive, is now live!] [Insectoid Calamity + Beast Taming + No Romance + Decisive and Ruthless + Profit Above All + Swarm Building + Lone Wolf + No Transformation] This is a turbulent age of abyssal invasions, where everyone tames beasts. Lin Qun, a slum boy who grew up alone, awakens the universally recognized weakest, lowest-potential F-rank creature: the black-backed ant. With no resources and no connections, he faces hell difficulty from the start 44.7kReads7.9Score5.7kShelves

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   The protagonist is not a saint, ruthless and decisive, devoid of humanity; there is no female lead and no ambiguous romantic subplots.

6. 6 虫 Overlord of the Insect Race: Reviving the Swarm, Starting with the Elves! 虫族主宰：从精灵开始复兴虫族！ One A Eighty一A八十Eastern Fantasy318k WordsOngoing [Insectoid] [Genetic Mother] [Multiple Heroines] [More Children, More Blessings] Elves, beast-eared girls, vampires, dragons... Gu En transmigrates to the sword-and-magic continent of Aeria, becoming the last male ruler of the ancient Insectoid race, Gaidis. Through life contracts, he can copy the core talents of females from every race and turn them into the foundation for the Insectoid's evolution. Awakening in a blighted land, he bears the heavy mission of restoring the Insectoid race after i 494Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The last Zerg, created by combining the daughters of all races, is invincible.

7. 7 全EN Omnipresent Divinity: I Sacrificed Billions to Become a God 全民神祇：我献祭亿万生灵成神 Flying Watermelon飞翔的大西瓜Urban3.7M WordsCompleted Han Wu transmigrates to a world where anyone can become a god and gains the power to sacrifice lives. He starts with a worthless race of followers, then sacrifices his way to an unbelievable reversal of fate. With no power, influence, or money, he sacrifices his way to the top. As long as he has enough followers, he can grow infinitely stronger through sacrifice, becoming a primary god, the god above all gods! 3.6kReads7.9Score453Shelves

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   Zerg Scourge, Undead Scourge. Everything you need is here. The female lead is a bit silly in the beginning, but she gets better later. The book has been around for a while, but it was only published on Tomato Books this year, hence the lower score.

8. 8 进 Six Hundred Million Years of Evolution: From Trilobite to Mythic Progenitor 进化六亿年，从三叶虫到神话始祖 Accumulated Day by Day日积月累Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsOngoing [Beast Protagonist] [No System] [No Romance] [Never Takes Human Form] (Also known as Supernatural Evolution: Beginning 600 Million Years Ago) In 2030, humanity finally discovered the secret of evolution. Aether: a strange energy that spreads from the planet’s core in the form of tides. It can accelerate the rate of mutation in a population millions of times over, enabling a leap in life’s evolution and entry into the supernatural realm. Just as the Awakened defeated the other species that had e 122.6kReads9.1Score12.8kShelves

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   The protagonist becomes a Zerg

9. 9 重 Reborn as a Zerg Hive Queen, and I’m Loving It 重生成虫族母巢，我好爽 The Whole Family's Hope全家的希望Eastern Fantasy565k WordsCompleted When other people are reborn, they at least come back as human. I, Song Yun, was reborn as a Zerg hive. After cursing and grumbling for an hour... I’m sorry. I was a little loud just now. The Zerg are really fun. I love playing with them. Zerg, move out! Go kidnap those sect prodigies, gorgeous sect leaders, and empresses, and turn them into Zerg! Become a Zerg Saintess, a Zerg Empress... The Zerg army will crush the entire otherworldly continent. 11.6kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves

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   [Evil laugh][Evil laugh][Evil laugh]

10. 10 虫 Zerg Hive: Empresses and Saintesses Beneath My Heel 虫族母巢：女帝圣女皆踩脚下 Wooden Horse Bun木马包子Eastern Fantasy441k WordsOngoing Ma Yang was initially against transmigrating into a Zerg hive mother. But after giving it a try, he realized it was awesome! So damn fun! Turn all the finest humans into Zerg warriors. Lead billions of Zerg and overwhelm the entire otherworld! From then on, the continent has no more sects or orthodox traditions, only the iron hooves of the Zerg! [Transforming women + Conquering the world + Villain protagonist + Zerg swarm expansion] (The synopsis doesn't do it justice. Swipe left to enter the em 2.7kReads—Score275Shelves

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    Personally, I feel it ranks in the top three of the Zerg Mbrynx novel series!

11. 11 举 The Whole Nation Helps Me Build a Divine Insect Swarm 举国助我，打造华夏神级虫群 Silent on the Frontier塞上不语时Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsOngoing Sci-fi farming | Civilization evolution | Backed by the nation | Female lead, no romance [Not your traditional swarm-building Zerg] [China's Zerg swarm] [Hard science fiction] [Lots of original worldbuilding] [Multiple worlds and civilizations] Please read the synopsis before deciding whether to continue. 1. Slow burn, serious story. 2. Every character is designed to serve the logic of the plot. 3. This is an adventure about a new species formed from the fusion of the Zerg and humanity. Readers 5.3kReads8.5Score542Shelves

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    We dare say this is a completely new human-insect hybrid genre, hard science fiction, with strong logic and a grand world view, offering a truly immersive and realistic experience.

12. 12 妹 My Sister Was Shot in the Head, So I Led the Swarm to Conquer the World 妹妹被爆头，我率领虫群席卷世界 Master Jieshan戒善大师Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Interstellar Conquest + Sci-Fi + System + Alternate World + Insect Swarm Calamity + Mechanical Calamity + Undead Calamity] Monsters invade, turning the entire city into a living hell. Chu Fan struggles to survive in this hell for three years. During that time, he loses everything. At last, three years later, he escapes the hell alive with his younger sister. He thinks the safety and light of his dreams await them outside the city. But the army is standing ready beyond the walls. “No one i 6.2kReads7.8Score555Shelves

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    The protagonist is a clone who awakens his powers and opposes the Federation.

13. 13 开 An Alien Insect Hive from the Start 开局一座异虫主巢 Frying Meatballs Every Day天天炸丸子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse412k WordsCompleted A bizarre world without light, where endless hordes of vicious creatures fill the darkness. People can only rely on Light Trees to build walled cities for defense, holding back the assaults of dark creatures. Lin Yuan transmigrated and awakened a System, gaining an alien insect hive from the start. “City walls? I have no need for those.” “Countless billions of dark creatures?” “They’re all just biomass.” “The swarm is a tide, and the enemy is nothing but duckweed.” That was what Lin Yuan said wh 771Reads8.8Score103Shelves

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    It's an old book, but it's still worth reading.

14. 14 我 My Ant Colony Can Fuse and Evolve 我的蚁群能融合进化 Three Kids' Dad三子奶爸Eastern Fantasy718k WordsCompleted At the edge of the Hundred Valleys Forest, a tiny black ant male unexpectedly obtains the blood essence of the Ant King and inherits his legacy. “Ants have cultivation techniques too?” “How did I survive the nuptial flight?” “When the queen ant advances, I actually get a reward from it.” “I’ve actually mastered the skills of a leafcutter ant?” “So subduing queens of different ant species can bring me such amazing benefits~!” Then~ queens of leafcutter ants, bullet ants, army ants, slender red-an 159Reads7.2Score—Shelves
15. 15 领 Lord: My Ants Evolve Without Limit 领主：我的蚁族无限进化 Buying Wine on a Cold Night寒夜沽酒Sports1.0M WordsCompleted Billions of people transmigrated to a world of lords. They became lords. Only by developing their territories, plundering resources, and building powerful kingdoms could they step onto the grand stage of a race-wide struggle for supremacy when the age of lordly conquest arrived! Conquer the world! Just after transmigrating, Mo Fei awakened the weakest troop type: ants. He let out a despairing sigh. “It’s over. I’m screwed!” Just then, his Lord Talent awakened. [You have awakened the unique SSSS- 13.8kReads7.6Score1.2kShelves
16. 16 被 Betrayed by My Ex, I Became the Zerg Overlord 被前女友背叛的我成了虫族主宰 A Downcast Tea Egg颓然的茶叶蛋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse357k WordsCompleted Hauling bricks, delivering food, handing out flyers, washing dishes… After working himself to the bone to put his childhood sweetheart through college, Chen Mo is dumped as soon as she graduates. Heartbroken, he begins to give up on himself. When he wakes from a deep sleep, he finds a building called the Zerg Base before him. Will he keep giving up on himself, or… become the king of the universe? The Earth arc is complete. The Star System arc has begun. The War of the Universe arc is to be annou 1.8kReads8.0Score125Shelves

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    This is a good book.

17. 17 转 Reincarnated as a Zerg Hive: Starting in the Elven Forest 转生虫巢：从精灵森林开始 Riding the Wind to Banish Demons冯虚御妖风Eastern Fantasy299k WordsOngoing [Insect Swarm + Farming and Development + Magic + Industry + No System] Lin Xiu, a biology PhD student, unexpectedly became a hive mind when he was reborn in the Elven Forest. By improving spore crystals and fungal mites, he enabled the mycelium network to cleanse wasteland and restore the soil. After unraveling the secrets of the Elven Mother Tree, he made the Tree of Life bear fantastical fruit capable of nurturing unicorns. He evolves, expands, farms, and develops, combining biotechnology wit 455Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    It's a somewhat different kind of Zerg story.

18. 18 我 I Recruited Spider Girl and Was Mistaken for the Weakest Lord 我招募蜘蛛子，被当成最弱领主 Drunk Moon, Clear Breeze醉月清风Sports617k WordsCompleted Qin Yu transmigrates to Blue Star, a world where everyone is a lord. After a classmate says, “Fishnets and long legs,” he becomes the lord of a spider-based faction. Having awakened the strongest Blind Box System, he immediately sets out to bundle up everything in sight. “Tie them up! Tie every last one up!” Qin Yu says, watching one spider cocoon after another get brought back. His eyes light up. They’re all blind boxes~ 220Reads6.8Score102Shelves

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    There is something that summons insects.

19. 19 我 I'm a Beast Tamer. Is Raising a Zerg Disaster Really That Much? 我驯养师，养虫族天灾不过分吧？ Huang Sandao黄三刀Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [Zerg Catastrophe + Raising an Army + Unmatched in My Own Right + Ruthless and Decisive + Epic in Scale] After transmigrating to a high-martial world, Lu Chen awakens the [Zerg Overlord] System. Every time he breaks through a cultivation realm, he can bind a Primordial Mother Bug! Not enough combat power? [Your Bloodsucking Bugs (Disaster Type) have completed their fourth generation of breeding, bringing their total to over 6.2 million! Breed them into a fifth generation, and you'll have 312 mil 76.4kReads8.7Score8kShelves
20. 20 一 One Insect Hatches Every Second, and the Swarm Disaster Sweeps the Globe! 一秒孵一虫，虫群天灾席卷全球！ Lazy Sword Singer Who Doesn't Write剑歌懒懒不码字Urban367k WordsCompleted [Epic, Exhilarating Power Fantasy + Invincible Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless!] Zhang Hao transmigrates to Blue Star, a world ravaged by doomsday disasters and overrun with mutant beasts, and awakens a god-tier talent from the start. He gains one energy point every second, which he can use to unlock and summon all kinds of spirit insects. The God-Eater Insects, swarming across the land and devouring everything! The indestructible Sacred Beetles, which can combine into any armor or weapon! T 7.3kReads8.6Score727Shelves
21. 21 异 Insectoid Maze City: A Tentacle Girl’s Handbook for Raising Her 异虫迷城：触手娘的养育手册 Xia Shiqi夏士奇Urban1.1M WordsCompleted “No System” + “No Formulaic Plot” + “Not Invincible” + “A Relatively Slow Burn” Darkness falls, and humanity is kept in captivity behind towering walls. Beyond them roam vicious, rampaging alien insects and eerie, walking corpses. Inside the walls, people indulge in sensual pleasures, intoxicated by wealth and the perverse tastes of high society. There are also disguised alien insects wearing human skin, who take pleasure in hunting people. The insects eat people and leave their bones behind. Th 8.1kReads8.8Score735Shelves
22. 22 重 Reborn as a Tentacle Monster, Why Bother Cultivating? 重生成触手怪还修炼个屁 The Whole Family's Hope全家的希望Eastern Fantasy234k WordsCompleted "Decisive and Ruthless" + "Darkness" + "Multiple Heroines" Evolution, begin! After working overtime to the point of death, I was reborn as a tiny soft-bodied monster. I sweep through the great clans and kick down the major sects. Empresses, female emperors, and female Celestial Venerables are all cauldrons for my evolution. 3.9kReads8.2Score342Shelves
23. 23 国 National Fate Lord: Binding to the Zerg Swarm from the Start 国运领主：开局绑定星际虫族 Geng Xinghe耿星河Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Fifty years ago, the Land of Redemption connected to Earth. From then on, the entire world underwent a transformation. Everyone who turns eighteen has a chance to awaken a Lord's Mark and bind a native species. Lords descend upon the Land of Redemption and face challenges that determine life or death. Monsters abound, attacking territories. The local inhabitants are impossible to tell apart as friends or foes. Blueprints, units, resources, treasures, equipment, scrolls. Anyone who obtains them c 11.6kReads8.2Score1kShelves
24. 24 从 Infinite Evolution, Starting as a Worker Bee 从工蜂开始的无限进化 Black Cat Loves Jackfruit黑猫爱吃菠萝蜜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse546k WordsOngoing Easygoing + Slow-Burn + Farming + Evolution + No System + Interstellar Stars, interstellar adventures, Warhammer, Spore... This book is dedicated to all fans of insectoid races. One is a swarm mind transformed from a human. The other is a rogue swarm made up of nothing but worker bees. They crash-land in the lush rainforest of an unfamiliar planet. A hostile natural environment, strange alien species, and the remnants of human colonization from a previous age... This planet has countless dangers 275Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Zerg from Warhammer and StarCraft

25. 25 被 The Campus Belle Facehugger-Parasitized Me, and I Became the Alien Queen 被校花抱脸寄生，我成了异形女皇 A Helpless Cat无奈的猫Male-Channel Fanfiction284k WordsCompleted [Bizarre gender transformation]+ [All kinds of IPs]+ [A grand crossover of movies, games, and anime]+ [All kinds of viral monsters]+ [Transmigrating across myriad worlds]+ [Weird and thrilling]+ [All kinds of apocalyptic Wasteland worlds]+ [A massive crossover mashup]+ [Funny yet guaranteed to make you cry]+ [A fanfic that’ll emotionally destroy everyone]… Yin Yun was an ordinary college-bound tough guy. Three days before graduation, he successfully confessed to the campus belle. But he never e 736Reads—Score104Shelves

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    Look, this looks like an insect hive.

26. 26 机 Mechanical Zerg 机械虫族 The Mosquito Strikes Back进击的蚊子Eastern Fantasy126k WordsOngoing Synopsis: [Insectoid Mechs + Mass Troop Production + Imaginative Fantasy + War] Wen Ge has one dream: to sample every delicacy under the sun and share them with his online followers. In his spare time, he also enjoys playing a game called StarCraft II. Then, on a dark and stormy night, as he reaches the Master rank, Wen Ge shouts, “I am the swarm!” “Would you like to initiate a warp?” “Beep. Passphrase confirmed. Warping begins!” “???” And so, an extraordinary tale begins. “This should be edible 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The fusion of machines and Zerg produces an astonishing number of offspring. Unfortunately, the updates are too slow. How can we speed up the updates? Are there any good methods?

27. 27 虫 Insectoid: I Devour All Things and Conquer the Universe 虫族：我吞噬万物，征服全宇宙 Please Call Me Suisui请叫我隋隋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse264k WordsOngoing [No female lead + universe + decisive and ruthless + insect race + wish fulfillment] Lei Ming’s soul transmigrates into a planet, gaining the ability to speed up time from the start. Insects? Evolve them into the strongest insect race. Psionic energy? I’ll absorb every last bit. Resources? Sorry, all that’s left wherever I go is stone. I’ll even take a bite out of a star. Some elements are inspired by the Warhammer 40K universe, so this is a fantastical world! 19Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 虫 The Immortal Path of the Insect Emperor 虫皇仙途 The Wind Rises in Chang'an风起长安Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsOngoing [Entire novel written by hand, no AI + spirit insect pets + beast taming + traditional cultivation + no transmigration + no System + lighthearted comedy + richly developed characters + survival through caution] The lowly servant Ye Lin accidentally awakens the Insect Emperor bloodline and opens the Ancient Insect Emperor Ring. From then on, he has a whole swarm of strange spirit insects at his side. An unfathomable number of ants devour the heavens and consume the earth. A tiny white snake beats 46.1kReads9.2Score4.1kShelves

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    Yes, let's take a look.

29. 29 万 The Ten Thousand Races: They Wanted You Dead, Not in Control of the Zerg 万族：让你陨落，没让你掌控虫族 Three Golds for the Great King大王三个金Eastern Fantasy561k WordsCompleted At the dawn of the Ten Thousand Races Era, spiritual qi revived on Blue Star. The planet expanded more than a hundredfold, the sky split open, and the myriad races descended. In Year 199 of the Ten Thousand Races Era, Jun Lintian, the sole heir of the Jun family, was ambushed and vanished on Niumang Mountain. In a fury, the Jun family’s white-robed ancestor overturned Niumang Mountain, but still found no trace of Jun Lintian. At the bottom of the Abyss of Mount Li, in the Central Domain of t 1.8kReads8.9Score164Shelves
30. 30 全 Global Reincarnation: From Ant to Hive Queen 全民转生：从蚂蚁到母巢之主 Woo-Ao-Bi呜嗷比Sports446k WordsCompleted Everyone on Earth is reincarnated into a fantasy world. Some are reborn as fierce beasts like tigers and wolves, some as magical beasts that command the laws of nature, and others as mythical creatures like dragons and phoenixes! Yi Sheng, however, is reincarnated as a weak little ant! After reincarnating, he can level up without limit! But that is all he can do: level up endlessly! Yi Sheng, however, can evolve! Bound to a god-tier Evolution System, he can infinitely improve his own quality. St 74Reads5.3Score—Shelves
31. 31 我 I Became a Gu 我变成了一只蛊 Always Has an Upset Stomach总是闹肚子Eastern Fantasy428k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a village of witchcraft and poison, Feng Yao became an adorable little spider. He finally accepted his fate and decided to evolve into a fearsome divine Gu. But the first task the System gave him was “Do not eat,” and the second was “Do not become a Golden Silkworm.” Feng Yao broke into a cold sweat. What the hell was he supposed to do now? 119Reads6.5Score—Shelves
32. 32 重 Reborn Ant King 重生蚁王 Eternally Bored永恒无趣Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted After the spiritual qi revival, spirit beasts rose to power and humanity reached unprecedented heights. Together, humans and spirit beasts vie for the very top of the food chain. Who will emerge as the ultimate victor? The protagonist, Liu Feng, accidentally turns into an ant and must survive in this cruel world. How will he struggle to make it, and put down roots here? A new writer with a new book. Please go easy on me! (*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ) 105Reads5.9Score—Shelves
33. 33 重 Reborn as an Ant: King of the Insect Swarm in the City 重生成蚂蚁：都市中的虫族王者 Quarter Note 2五分音符2Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Evolution] [Insectoid] [No Romance] The Carboniferous invasion is here, and Blue Star is about to return to the age of giant insects. But the truth is… Reborn as an ant, Lin Xu rises to power as an Insectoid, aided by a System. After being ambushed, Lin Xu begins as a dying male ant who has just completed his nuptial flight. Step by step, he rises, takes revenge, and becomes a king lurking in the darkness. Name: Lin Xu. Species: Red fire ant. Level: Level 0, dying. Lifespan: 30 (1) days. St 2.1kReads8.4Score222Shelves

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    These are all what you're looking for. The first one is similar to the Gu worm genre, where the protagonist can raise and evolve insects. The second one is completely devoid of humanity; the protagonist dies and transforms into an insect, even having an ant wife, and engages in a battle of wits and strength against humans. The third one features a protagonist who, after being abandoned by humans, becomes the overlord of the insect race, leading his insects to seek revenge against the new humans who abandoned him.

34. 34 战 Warhammer 40K: The Strongest Tyranids 战锤40：最强虫族 Zhu Dongfei朱东飞Anime Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted Mass production of troops + invincible + playing the fool to catch the tiger off guard + black uniforms + conquest + interstellar + kill, kill, kill Interstellar conquest + Warhammer 40K + the strongest Zerg + Ork tribes + For the Horde, kill, kill, kill When he woke up, veteran Zerg player Han Li discovered that he hadn't been reborn as a hero. Instead, he had become an insignificant Zerg larva in the Warhammer 40K universe. However, as an anomaly with human intelligence, he refused to become c 910Reads—Score100Shelves

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    This is really good! The mass troop strategy is great, not bad at all.

35. 35 重 Reborn as a Queen Insect, I Usher in the Age of Extinction 重生虫母，开启灭世时代 Not Too Cold on a Sunny Day晴天不太冷Sci-Fi & Apocalypse203k WordsOngoing (A heads-up: This is not a traditional interstellar game-world insect story. The setting is fictional.) Humanity would never forget the sky splitting open, as countless insectoids poured out like a black tide. Wailing, screaming, struggling... The insect queen, as colossal as a mountain, burst through the planet's crust. Countless insectoid soldiers roared with their mouths wide open. This apocalyptic scene descended upon one planet after another. Technology or genetics: who could bring the age 22Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    These two new books are worth reading.

36. 36 变 So What If I Turned into the Zerg Queen? 变身成虫族女皇又怎样？ Fruit Without Added Sugar水果不加糖Eastern Fantasy761k WordsOngoing [Gender Swap]+ [Feel-Good Power Fantasy]+ [Female Transformation, No Male Lead]+ [Zerg Swarm Overrun] After transmigrating into the body of a white-haired princess, somewhere between a little girl and a young woman, she has a beauty capable of bringing a kingdom to its knees. Unfortunately, the foolish king banishes her to a forest on the frontier. The forest is crawling with monsters, danger lurking around every corner. Just as she thinks her future is doomed, an insect egg pledges its loyalty 5.6kReads9.5Score499Shelves

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    This is a Zerg novel that I really enjoyed reading. It was on hiatus for a while, but the author has recently come back to read it.

37. 37 末 The Apocalypse’s Insect Queen: More Children, More Blessings, Building the Strongest Swarm 末世虫母，多子多福打造最强虫群 When You Return, Amid the Mist and Rain君去归来烟雨中Urban335k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + transformation + villain protagonist + behind-the-scenes scheming + more children, more blessings + ten-thousandfold rebates] The swarm apocalypse descends. Lin Mo is infected by the swarm and becomes its master. In his previous life, Lin Mo hid his insectoid identity and helped humanity fight the swarm to protect his younger sister. But after his identity was exposed, his own sister sentenced him to death. Reborn in the early days of the swarm apocalypse, Lin Mo decides to abandon 315Reads8.6Score110Shelves

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    These two books are great; I'm rereading them using this account.

38. 38 我 I’m the Dread Corpse Lord, Conquering the Heavens Through Infection 我，诡尸领主，靠感染横推诸天 Unorthodox非道Urban730k WordsCompleted [Lord] + [Man-Made Apocalypse] + [War] + [Ruthless] + [Infection] + [Villain] + [Evolving Zombie Hordes] + [Ensemble Cast] + [No Playing Weak] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Nonhuman] Throw myself into battle and spread poison like crazy, infect everyone and trigger endless evolution, crush the myriad races beneath billions of zombies, and bring all living beings to their knees. Even the gods dare not challenge me! From the moment I awakened, the age of the Zombie Overlord had quietly begun... 1.5kReads7.4Score138Shelves

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    This one is not much different from Zerg. Like Zerg, it also uses a mass-production strategy, relying on infestations to rapidly increase the number of units, and these units are constantly evolving.

39. 39 虫 Insect Lord: Beginning With an Inherited Top-Tier Civilization 虫族领主：从继承顶级文明开始 A Puffed-Up Fish一条鼓气鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse592k WordsCompleted Lu Bai, an explorer from the Galactic Federation, unexpectedly inherits the legacy of the supreme Zerg civilization. They were once masters of the countless dimensions, the source of the river of time, with innumerable civilizations bowing before them. Though they have now fallen, they will rise again under Lu Bai’s command! Original Hunter Insects, Cockroaches, Hydralisks, Mutants... Astral Giant Centipedes, Titan Scorpion Emperors, Leviathans... Blade Queens, Hybrids, Ancient Insect Gener 1.6kReads7.1Score155Shelves
40. 40 邪 Evil Evolution: Starting as a Spider and Poisoning All Living Things 邪恶进化：从蜘蛛开始毒杀万物 Sliced Bitter Melon苦瓜切片Eastern Fantasy572k WordsCompleted [No heroine]+ [No self-righteous saint]+ [No transformation into human form]+ [Dark cultivation] Before evolving: Butterflies are pretty tasty, and female spiders aren't out of the question. After one evolution: Do whatever it takes to survive. After three evolutions: Do whatever it takes to grow stronger. After ten evolutions: I don't eat beef. Lin Feng transmigrates into a spider and is bound to an Evil Evolution System. All he has to do to evolve is poison his opponents to death. “Humans are 599Reads7.1Score103Shelves

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    They're all insects

41. 41 重 Reborn: Even Ants Can Go Wild 重生之蚂蚁也疯狂 Teach All Without Discrimination有教无类Urban1.0M WordsOngoing Animal cultivation. System. Evolution. Tribes. Xianxia. The protagonist has no romantic partner, no lover, and no wife! ...My name is Wang Hao. I transmigrated and became an ant. Then I discovered that this was an era of spiritual qi revival, and I had the System that every transmigrator was supposed to get. I began raising my colony, exploring the world, waging war across the stars, and seeking out the legendary world of cultivation. With all kinds of tribes at my command, I also gained plenty 88Reads7.2Score—Shelves
42. 42 游 Game Invasion: Infinite Summons, Soul Banners, and Heartsteel 游戏入侵：无限召唤魂幡心之钢 Fire Maple Cloud's Sorrow火枫云殇Sports2.0M WordsOngoing [God-Tier Summoner System + Cultivation System + League of Legends System + Summoned Beast Tides + Undead Armies + Mechanical Troop Spawns + Ten Thousand Souls Banner + Heartsteel + Ant Empire + Trait-Plundering Turrets + Global Creature-Raising + Global Teleportation + Invincible Face-Slapping Satisfaction] Twenty-four hours after the launch of the game Epoch in 2050, the game and reality began merging at a furious pace. Zombies tore through the streets, dragons smashed into skyscrapers, and th 2.4kReads—Score430Shelves

    Reader note

    Yes, the protagonist starts with a Zerg hive, the kind that's left to its own devices, ready to fight anyone in the world who dares to challenge it.

43. 43 禁 Hunters of the Forbidden Zone 禁区猎人 Urban Hunter都市猎人Urban3.9M WordsCompleted All things have a spirit. In this world, there are always people and things we have never encountered. Six years ago, a mysterious legend about a giant python undergoing tribulation drew the world's finest hunters to the Kunlun Mountains. In the end, the python died, and Lin Shuo was the only hunter to survive. Afterward, he withdrew from the world and went into hiding in the mountains. Six years later, a huge scale appeared before Lin Shuo. The giant python that had failed its tribulation had s 4.9kReads8.7Score514Shelves
44. 44 虫 Insectoid: Chaos Reassembled 虫族：乱序重组 Ximu love西木loveSci-Fi & Apocalypse301k WordsCompleted [Insectoid] [Infinite Flow] [Not saintly] [Not brainless] I drop dead in the street, only to unexpectedly transmigrate to the outer universe. The world shifts dramatically, and I discover a divine realm within my mind. My innate followers are ants? Come to think of it, I’ve read Insectoid novels before. Hahaha, then let all living things feel the terror of the insect tide! Zhang Yun is here! Everyone, keep your distance! No, at least four paces! 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is alright, worth reading.

45. 45 星 StarCraft: I Became the Swarm Overlord 星际争霸：我成为了虫群主宰 The Corrupted Nobody黑化的小扑街Sci-Fi & Apocalypse246k WordsCompleted [Interstellar war] [Civilization at war] [Zerg biotechnology] [No female lead] [No goody-two-shoes] [Dark] [Evolution and leveling] [Swarm-building] [Cosmic villain] As Ling Zhen teeters on the brink of death, the Zerg System activates! From the start, the hive builds itself, and all matter and energy must be seized through battle! [Ding! Congratulations, Overlord. The first hive base of your swarm has hatched!] [Ding! Congratulations, Overlord. Your hive base has been upgraded, unlocking the ab 448Reads7.3Score—Shelves
46. 46 穿 Transmigrated as the Zerg's Only Youngling 穿成虫族唯一幼崽 Jiujiu Zha玖玖扎Modern Romance551k WordsCompleted [Female-oriented novel, female-oriented novel, female-oriented novel!!!] After transmigrating, Luo Qi thinks that if he’s not the male lead, he must at least be a great villain. But when he opens his eyes, he finds that he’s become… an egg? Calling it an egg isn’t quite right. More precisely, it’s an ovum, and a bug’s egg at that. Still, no problem. He’s heard that the insect race has powerful bodies and detached emotions. He can become an emotionless assassin. That sounds super cool, right? The 76Reads9.3Score—Shelves
47. 47 重 Reborn as an Ant: Devour and Evolve into the Planet's Overlord 重生蚂蚁，吞噬进化星球霸主 A Box Floating in the Sea海里游的盒子Eastern Fantasy101k WordsCompleted System + evolution + mass production of troops + no human transformation + no female lead Reborn as a tiny ant, Zhou Yun bound himself to the Gene Devouring System. With his minuscule body, he devoured the genes of all living things, growing ever stronger and building an elite insect army. Kill a [Quick-Witted Jumping Spider] and gain three-dimensional vision, leaving enemies nowhere to hide. Kill a [Jade-Scaled Earthworm] and gain rapid regeneration, making regrown limbs a reality. Kill a [Soul 21Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    The protagonist transforms into an ant, can control the queen ant, and does not transform into human form.

48. 48 开 I Got Nano-Insects from the Start 开局获得纳米虫 Stillness Before the Wind临风止静Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted An unintentional act by a “young” hand sends a ripple through the vast, boundless cosmos. Though fleeting, this ripple gives countless living beings beneath the starry sky a chance to ascend to a higher dimension. On a tiny, wretched planet only 4.6 billion years old, a human boy obtains the only Nano-Insect in the universe, a nanorobot fused with the Zerg. Can he seize that opportunity? Can he rise to the pinnacle of technology, span the cosmos, become the overlord of the stars, and achieve an 1.1kReads6.3Score109Shelves
49. 49 人 I Stepped on a Bug in a High-Martial World, and the System Said I Was Slaying a Dragon 人在高武踩条虫，系统说我在屠龙 Fish Above the Clouds云上鱼Urban470k WordsCompleted In a high-martial world, monsters run rampant. Su Li accidentally transmigrates. Unfortunately, education is for the poor and martial arts for the rich. With his mediocre talent, the martial path seems hopelessly out of reach. Just as the college entrance exams are drawing near [Ding-dong! The System detects that the Host has transmigrated and is now in a fantasy-world plane!] [Ding! An army ant is detected up ahead. Conceal your presence!] Fantasy world? But I’m in a high-martial world. Su Li l 2.1kReads7.2Score190Shelves
50. 50 虫 The Green Tea Male Zerg Loves to Act Cute 虫族绿茶雄虫爱撒娇 Cai Cai Juan Er菜菜卷耳Two Male Leads467k WordsCompleted Feng Lan was human, but one day transmigrated into an insectoid male, abandoned on a desolate planet. Fine, he’d been abandoned. But could someone tell him why a huge female had fallen out of the sky, right when he was undergoing his second differentiation? [Extreme top- or bottom-role purists, please stay away.] Female-oriented novel. 4.8kReads9.1Score542Shelves

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