Combat Using Trained Insects, Not Insectoid Aliens, Just Ordinary Bugs 驯服昆虫作战，不是那种虫族，是普通的虫子。

1. 1 邪EN Evil Insect God 邪虫神 Fallen Star星殒落Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted Between righteousness and evil, on the boundary between good and wicked, lies heresy. Reborn in the Spirit Realm Continent, Huo Hai possesses a secret art for raising insects and vows to bring it to its fullest potential. Rare spiritual techniques, heavenly treasures, beauties: he gathers them all under his command, becoming the Insect God of a generation. 2.8kReads8.0Score390Shelves

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   Personally, I think the first book is truly amazing, meeting all your requirements. It also has a lot of chapters and is already finished. No need to delve into the details.

2. 2 从 Infinite Evolution, Starting as a Mosquito 从蚊子开始无限进化 Sliced Bitter Melon苦瓜切片Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [No human transformation, do-gooders beware, no heroine] Chen Feng transmigrates to another world with an Infinite Evolution System and becomes the most ordinary mosquito imaginable. As long as he drinks blood, he can evolve. From then on, Chen Feng embarks on a journey of endless evolution. Powerful sect leaders, ancient divine beasts, mighty dragons: they’re all just experience points. Leading an army of mosquitoes, Chen Feng conquers the world and makes it tremble beneath his wings. 2.3kReads8.5Score222Shelves
3. 3 御 The Era of Demon Tamers: I Can See Hidden Evolution Paths 御妖时代：我能看到隐藏进化路线 Night-Bright Candle夜明烛Urban1.5M WordsCompleted This is an age of spiritual qi revival, with the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Beasts ruled by demon beasts, inhuman Fallen Ones, alien civilizations spying on Earth, Beast Tamers who command demon beasts, and the soon-to-take-college-entrance-exams nobody Xie Ning. The Blade Mantis mutates and evolves into a Sonic Mantis! The Little Fire Wolf undergoes an origin evolution into a Poisonflame White Wolf! The Ice Crystal Snake evolves into human form… Watching his Beast Tamers evolve into human form, Xi 14.9kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
4. 4 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
5. 5 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
6. 6 都EN Urban Gu Cultivation: Starting with Raising Gu 都市蛊修：从养蛊开始 Sixteen Cicadas十六蝉Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Fresh out of high school, Jiang Yiming left the mountains and entered a factory, where he got a brutal taste of life in the working world. He thought that was how he’d spend the rest of his life. Then a System that let him raise Gu appeared out of nowhere, setting him on the path of Gu cultivation. Three-Legged Golden Toads, Eight-Winged Singing Snakes, Emperor Cicadas, Nine-Tailed Earth Scorpions, Seven-Colored Ghost Spiders... These strange and wondrous Gu insects opened his eyes and gradually 3.4kReads8.0Score249Shelves

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   Judging from the title, no one would think this book is bad.

7. 7 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

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   I understand you, Little Tomato. Without any innovation, the Zerg are simply defined as the same old jumping worms, cerebrates… making them tasteless yet too good to throw away! The first book: Also about Zerg calamities, but different in that it has functionality! Some Zerg rely on overwhelming numbers, while others help their masters achieve enlightenment. That's right, in this book, all the Zerg parasitize the master's body, and with each level up, they can awaken a Zerg Queen, thus obtaining various types of Zerg!

8. 8 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
9. 9 山 The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Evolving from a Mantis 山海经：从螳螂开始进化 Monsters and Demons, Oh My妖魔鬼怪啊Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Disaster was coming. A mysterious game called Classic of Mountains and Seas suddenly appeared. Players entered the game in the form of all kinds of animals and insects. Survive and hunt, explore secret realms, compete for rare treasures, devour and evolve… The abilities of their in-game characters would manifest in reality as “Martial Souls,” granting players extraordinary powers! Su Chen entered the game and became a weak little mantis. He awakened the talent [Forager], which let him sense dang 1.6kReads8.7Score220Shelves
10. 10 御 Beast Taming: Contracting the Devour-the-Sky Ant Queen from the Start 御兽：开局契约吞天蚁后 Crystal Summit水晶之巅Eastern Fantasy210k WordsOngoing [Beast taming + legions + System + Zerg + evolution + invincible power fantasy] Ye Feng transmigrates to the Beast Taming Continent. He discovers that his style is nothing like that of other beast tamers. Other people can only contract one battle pet. But after contracting an ant queen, he can produce an endless supply of eggs and raise a vast army of followers. “There's no way I'm fighting one-on-one. Only by ganging up on them can I become king!” Ye Feng says with a hint of melancholy as he wa 46Reads6.3Score—Shelves
11. 11 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
12. 12 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
13. 13 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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    This is inherently used for many purposes, such as taming insects for combat, transportation, and production.

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

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    Two books rated 9.0 Or higher are extremely good. The third one has an ant-themed story synopsis: Character traits: ruthless, cold-blooded Genre: Time travel, the third book is a time travel + rebirth story. Recommendation rating: five stars

15. 15 重 Reborn as an Ant: From the Start, I Have an Ant Queen 重生成蚁：开局一只蚁后 Fart-Fumed Skunk屁熏臭鼬Eastern Fantasy742k WordsOngoing Spiritual qi revival, strange beasts rising, disasters striking: humanity has fallen from the top of the food chain and off its pedestal. All living things are back at the same starting line, and an unprecedented biological arms race is about to begin! Yang Qing was reborn before the spiritual qi revival, but became an exceedingly frail male ant who would die after mating. Watching the ants swarm through the sky on their nuptial flight, Yang Qing faces his first question: how can he survive unti 129Reads8.9Score—Shelves
16. 16 天 A System Descends, and the Zerg Hail Me as Their Emperor 天降系统，被虫族拥为皇者 Begging for Alms on the Path to Enlightenment讨饭证道Urban606k WordsCompleted From the start, I became a bug, and the only way to level up is to devour! I roam the city, sweeping all before me! Insect Emperor System binding.. Innate abilities: Intimidation (use royal blood to intimidate and subdue insect races below your level), Devouring (in insect form, devour living things and convert them into energy) Chong Huang: “System, can I only recruit insects?” Insect Emperor System: “All living beings are insects!” 391Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    These two books are very good and enjoyable.

17. 17 御 Beast Taming: I Can Combine Without Limits 御兽：我能无限合成 Flying Kick to the Lower Back飞脚射腰杆Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Beast taming + comedy + System + transmigration + satisfying read + no female lead] After transmigrating to a parallel world inhabited by cultivators, Chi Anlin obtains a Pet Fusion System. [Iron Soldier Ant Queen] + [Termite Queen] = an army-producing wonder? [Hamster] + [Lucky Cat] + [Gold] = a lucky treasure-hunting mouse? [Icefire Dragon Wolf] + [Solar Core] / [Lunar Core] = the Lunar Youying and Solar Zhuzhao? “The ant colony has incorporated the art of war, the wolf beasts have learned ma 4.2kReads8.9Score485Shelves
18. 18 宝 Pokemon: Starting as a Grass- and Steel-type Shedinja 宝可梦：开局变成草钢属性鬼蝉 A Chilly Autumn Rainy Night秋雨夜微凉Anime Fanfiction520k WordsCompleted (Current points readers may dislike: Chapter 63 has a trainer swap, but it doesn't actually happen, and the story goes on to fight the Pokemon League. Chapter 187, the plot after returning to the human world is a bit dull, but it picks up again once they return to the Pokemon world.) [Pokemon + one heroine + near-invincible + training and growth + hilarious + Legendary Pokemon retain their prestige + no catching Legendary Pokemon] What? Kyogre? Yveltal? Yo 261Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    The first one is definitely one of the other two, which is a bit off-topic.

19. 19 万 King of All Beasts 万兽之王 Planting a Sun in the Eternal Night永夜种太阳Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted This world is full of beautiful women, but there are even more beasts. For every human, there are one hundred thousand beasts. This is the Origin World. Here, Beast Tamers subdue all kinds of beasts and roam the wilds; Beast Riders command savage beasts and protect their lands; Beast Soul Masters purify beast souls and forge supreme armaments; and Beast Sacrificers offer up countless beasts and rule the world. This is a world of beasts! And a world of Beast Masters! Zhou Ping, a young man from E 142Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    Story Summary: Good

20. 20 兽 Beast Tamer of the World 兽御天下 Fourth Master Li李家四爷Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted Ling Zhan, the youngest major in the federal army, was reborn in another world as a useless young man with the same name. In this world, sects abound and martial artists run rampant! The mightiest martial artists can decide the life and death of tens of thousands with a single word! Armed with the federal army's most mysterious legacy, the Divine Cultivation Art, Ling Zhan will change the useless young man's fate. With countless demon-beast clones at his command, he will descend upon this world 9Reads7.8Score—Shelves
21. 21 家 A Family’s Rise: Starting by Breeding Mine Wolves 家族崛起：从培育矿狼开始 Sweet Aftertaste of Jiuquan酒泉回甘Eastern Fantasy226k WordsOngoing [Beast Taming] [Family] [Farming] [Factions] Yang Jin: Is this really the wolf beast I raised? Why is there a mine on its back? And why can the mine “grow”? Yang Jin: I don't understand spirit beasts. I just know my family's future looks bright! In a remote little town on the Beast Spirit Continent, a disheveled, chubby young man laughs uproariously... [The number one idle-progression expert: the spirit beasts take care of themselves, and when the wolf pack army rolls in, not a blade of gra 165Reads8.9Score—Shelves
22. 22 都 Urban: I Can Fuse Animals' Talents 都市：我能融合动物的天赋能力 Cold Rainy Night冷雨夜色Urban760k WordsCompleted [Supernatural powers + evolution + fused special abilities + crushing opponents] After Zhou Tianyu suffers the twin blows of being unjustly fired and betrayed by his girlfriend, he obtains the Myriad Things Merit System. By punishing evil and promoting good, he can earn merit points. These points let him evolve anything, awaken intelligence in living beings, and even fuse together all kinds of creatures' extraordinary abilities. He evolves a computer into an intelligent machine that can help its 2.2kReads8.0Score137Shelves

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    This one is also acceptable.

23. 23 荒 The Primordial Insect Sovereign 荒古虫尊 Maoxing Xuemo猫星雪墨Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing [Spirit Insect Companions + Beast Taming + Traditional Cultivation + No Transmigration + No System] An unparalleled secret has circulated through the world: the Ancient Devourer of the Dao Divine Insect is peerless, able to consume corpses and refine immortal arts and secret techniques. The immortal sects of the heavens and the gods and Buddhas of the Western Heaven all fight desperately to claim it, seeing it as an extraordinary opportunity to attain the Great Dao. Yet no one knows that the anc 1.7kReads—Score244Shelves

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    Insects enter the body, insects are used to devour corpses, and a different kind of immortal path is cultivated!

24. 24 蛊 The Age of Gu Masters: From the Start, My Toad Swallowed the Campus Belle 蛊师时代：开局我的蛤蟆吞了校花 Ancestor Haha哈哈老祖Eastern Fantasy519k WordsCompleted [Gu Refining + Beast Taming + Spirit Pets] Wang Xiao transmigrates to another world, where everyone is a Gu Master. They refine and raise Gu, then rely on spirit Gu to fight and wield tremendous power! Every kind of spirit Gu has different abilities! The Vajra Ant Gu has immense strength and is known as a tank on the battlefield! The Bloodshadow Mantis Gu is like an invincible swordsman. Its pair of scythes inspire terror wherever it goes! The Heavenly Wolf Spider Gu has peerless venom and overw 644Reads8.9Score101Shelves

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    The first book I recommended was unfortunately a bit too much towards the end, and the plot became somewhat padded. However, the insects were decent, except for the somewhat rushed ending. The second book was very worthwhile in the first half, but the author rushed the ending and it became relatively weaker.

25. 25 从 Starting as a Rogue Ninja, I Build a Nation of Bugs 从叛忍开始，建造虫虫之国 Yu Tang 13鱼棠13Anime Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted No Romance + Betrays Konoha from the Start Midway through the Second Shinobi World War. I spent eighteen years as a nobody in Konoha. Then, just because I felt softhearted for a moment and saved a teammate, I accidentally killed a jonin. My strength was exposed. As expected, Danzo came sniffing around. A clan elder came to speak with me in person, and the Third Hokage tacitly approved. So I defected. Before leaving, I said goodbye to the teammates who had been with me for five years, then casual 10.3kReads7.4Score817Shelves

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    Some brothers are here, some have transmigrated into Naruto, from the Aburame clan. They suggest considering their own strength.

26. 26 从 Journey to Another World, Starting with Growing Mushrooms 从种植蘑菇开始的异世界之旅 Harbor Breeze海港风声Urban267k WordsOngoing [Sequence Paths] [A touch of Lovecraftian horror] [Fully developed setting] A spirit plant takes root within me. Little do you know, my fate is mine to command, not Heaven's! Qi You's soul transmigrates into this world. At first, he thinks it's merely a parallel world with technology like ours. Then one day, he encounters a supernatural event. To survive, he obtains the Farmer Sequence, and the gates to a mysterious world open before him. Extraordinary Sequences: Farmer, Student, Soldier, Prison 27Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    This should count too, right? You start by awakening the farmer skill, but you don't have money to buy seeds or monsters, so you choose mushrooms first. Later, you tame ants, and the mushrooms and ants form a symbiotic relationship.

27. 27 末 Apocalypse Gu Cultivator: My Insects Can Be Enhanced 末世蛊修：我的虫子可以强化 Fish the Moon from the Sea*海底*捞月Sci-Fi & Apocalypse283k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + Invincible + Reborn + Superpowers + No Saintly Do-Gooder] With ten years of memories from surviving the apocalypse, Ye Chen was reborn on the very day it began and gained the Gu Insect System. In this life, he was destined to stay ahead of everyone else! Using all kinds of gu insects, he built his own survivor base and assembled a powerful team of genetic warriors! The world's ten greatest experts? Sorry, our Lingchen Base has them all covered! 1Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Novels are all about insects.

28. 28 变 I Reincarnated as a Sea Squirt Larva and Ate a Brain From the Start 变成海鞘幼虫开局先吃个脑子 Chen Wunian陈无念Eastern Fantasy916k WordsCompleted [Dark Evolution: I Am the Infinite Universe] [Dark fiction, System evolution, no female lead, no saintly hero, sci-fi, advanced technology] He was cold by nature. After obtaining the System, his humanity gradually faded with the passage of time, leaving him bloodless and merciless. He began by devouring marine life and evolving. He transformed into all kinds of creatures, then into celestial bodies, but that was not the end. He continued to evolve, endlessly and without limit. He would stop at n 1.6kReads8.9Score171Shelves
29. 29 开 I Became an Ant from the Start 开局成了一只蚂蚁 Splendor and Quicksand风华流沙Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted When he opened his eyes, Chu Tianhe had been reborn in another life as the weakest creature in this world: a tiny ant. The System awakened, granting him the power to devour everything under heaven and awaken new abilities. Under his command, tens of thousands of ants became an invincible army. Starting as the weakest black ants, they grew horns, and their eight massive legs became the most formidable weapons. These lowly creatures rose to stand atop the world. But… roaring dragons, fearsome Taot 289Reads5.6Score103Shelves
30. 30 我 I Turned into a Tardigrade 我变成了水熊虫 No Work Tomorrow明天不上班Eastern Fantasy398k WordsCompleted After an accident, Luo An dies. When he wakes up, he finds himself in an unfamiliar world, transformed into a tardigrade, an allegedly immortal creature just one millimeter in size. He's also acquired a System called God Devourer! By constantly devouring other creatures, Luo An grows stronger and stronger, until he becomes the King of Magical Beasts! Behemoth? Devour it! Skill acquired: Earthquake! Golden Armored Forbidden Insect? Devour it! Skill acquired: Pure Elemental Bolt! Earth Bear? Devou 9Reads5.4Score—Shelves
31. 31 从 Evolution Begins with a Bug 从虫子开始进化 Cream Ice Cream奶油冰淇淋Urban1.3M WordsOngoing A bug from the start, and all my gear comes from devouring. I'm the chosen bug! 7Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 开 From the Start, I Rule the Universe as a Hornet 开局从马蜂开始统治宇宙 The Pig with a Little Tail小尾巴的猪Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Pets] [Transmigration] [Urban] Mu Ran transmigrated to a parallel world and, to his surprise, became a hornet. He never expected the world to start changing as soon as he arrived. “I’ll lead the hornet race and rule the universe!” “I’ll build my hive across hundreds of planets!” “I’ll... I’ll become humanity’s savior!” P.S. He does not turn human! He does not turn human! He stays in beast form! 260Reads7.6Score—Shelves
33. 33 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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    Are these books enough?

34. 34 文 The Weaver of Civilization 文明编织者 Duo Qi惰炁Sci-Fi & Apocalypse587k WordsOngoing Also known as The Civilization Weaver, winner of the Lenghu Writing Award. Xia Chong is taking a walk at the Lenghu Observation Base when a meteorite strikes him! Could it have been contaminated by the blood of an insectoid queen? Amid radiation and pollution, Xia Chong struggles to survive mutation and death. The locks on his genes have quietly been broken, but where will fate lead him now? Survive, evolve, and weave a civilization unlike any other. Flesh and machinery forged together, life and 10Reads7.6Score—Shelves
35. 35 群EN Stellaris Crisis: Rise of the Swarm 群星天灾：虫群崛起 Assassin Hidden in the Bamboo Grove藏在竹林里的刺客Sci-Fi & Apocalypse827k WordsCompleted (There is no System. This is a simple transmigration story that slowly unfolds from the perspective of ordinary people.) After an accident, Zhang Han, who was playing StarCraft II, became a Master recognized by the Swarm consciousness. After a great battle, the Swarm suffered heavy losses. To protect the Master, the Swarm consciousness stayed behind to cover their retreat, sending Zhang Han and a small squad of Zerg to an unfamiliar planet. This galaxy is very strange. It has something called th 362Reads7.0Score—Shelves
36. 36 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
37. 37 虫 The Insect King: King of All Kings 虫王之万王之王 Vanished Into Mist竟成烟云Eastern Fantasy690k WordsCompleted [Unconventional Beast Taming] [Exploration and Conquest] [Not a Mindless Power Fantasy] Lu Ming transmigrates to the Warbeast Continent, where humans gain extraordinary abilities by forming contracts with warbeasts. But warbeasts are extremely rare, one in ten thousand, and monopolized by the nobility. Lu Ming awakens a talent that lets him determine whether an animal has the potential to become a warbeast just by touching it. Yet he doesn't set his sights on ferocious beasts like tigers and lio 348Reads8.8Score—Shelves
38. 38 末 Insect Master of the Age of Declining Magic 末法虫师 Putting on Long Johns Before Going Downstairs下楼穿秋裤Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.0M WordsCompleted Zombies erupt, demon beasts rise, and humans awaken supernatural abilities. Bloody violence, schemes and deception abound. Everything returns to the law of the jungle in its most primitive form. My dear apocalypse, I’m back! 1.1kReads7.6Score111Shelves
39. 39 虫 The Zerg Rise: I Can Devour and Evolve Without Limit 虫族崛起：我能无限吞噬进化 Interstellar Poet星际诗人Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Chu Fan was reborn into a new life as a tiny ant, and his entire tribe was slaughtered. In the pit of ten thousand corpses, bones lay everywhere, a forest of white remains. That day, Chu Fan crawled out of the pit. He swore he would have his revenge. He would kill every last one of his enemies!! “Ding!” “Devouring System activated.” 325Reads7.1Score—Shelves
40. 40 被 After Being Picked Up by a Villainous Female Zerg 被反派雌虫捡到后 Cat Food Liqueur猫粮液Two Male Leads124k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads, Top Takes the Lead] Xu Chi was a big star adored by the entire internet, with fans calling him “Big Brother.” One quiet night, he suddenly got the urge to go for a run. He accidentally stepped on a watermelon rind, couldn't stop himself, and went straight into a deep lake with no railing. As luck would have it, he couldn't swim. Even as he was dying, he was still wondering who had tossed a watermelon rind there. And so, a star of his generation drowned in the lake. His soul tran 3.9kReads9.2Score380Shelves
41. 41 精 The Legendary Bug-Type Pokemon 精灵宝可梦虫系传说 Mango Hue芒果色Anime Fanfiction238k WordsOngoing During an ordinary Gym Badge challenge, Ling Yun and his Scyther pull off a perfect sweep, taking down all three opponents. The scattered spectators sitting around them cry out in astonishment: “Whoa! That Scyther is incredibly fast. Even Agility can’t boost its speed that much! How did he train it?” “Did you notice? Every time, that Scyther uses the same move to dodge all of the Gym Leader’s lethal attacks!” “No way! Is he cheating? What kind of move is that?” “Yeah! What is that move? I’ve nev 10Reads8.2Score—Shelves
42. 42 虫 The Insect Queen's Infinite Reproduction 虫母之无限繁殖 Pretty Tasty还挺好吃Eastern Fantasy507k WordsCompleted An ordinary boy from Earth wakes up one day to discover that he has become a Queen of the Insects, a nest that can breed an endless army of insects. Li Ran says: I've never played StarCraft and don't know anything about the insect units. What am I supposed to do? See how an ordinary boy fights for supremacy across planet after planet and builds his own insect empire. 246Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 43 我 Building Up Another World 我在异界搞建设 Helping the Villagers Get Rich带村里人致富Sports905k WordsCompleted I thought I’d transmigrated into a game world! But who could have guessed... I’d transmigrated into an NPC?! Who says NPCs can only hand out quests to players? I’m an NPC, and I’m building my own city! I’ll be the city lord! And the guild master too! Zhang Chu: “You there, stop! Pay to enter the city!” Passersby: “This NPC is so considerate!” 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Don't be fooled by all this. The construction work is actually about taming the queen ants and queen bees. After they reproduce, they can become soldiers, like ordinary ones, such as wasps and rhinoceros beetles. I really enjoyed reading this book, even though it's finished.

44. 44 全 Everyone’s a Nestmaster, and All My Troops Are Mythical 全民巢师，我的兵种都是神话级 Mars Longzejun火星龙泽君Eastern Fantasy522k WordsCompleted Su Can accidentally transmigrates to a world where everyone can become a Nest Master and recruit troops, and then… “What the heck, why does everyone else only have one troop type, while you have so many?” “What the heck, why are all your hero units big, busty goddesses?” “What the heck, why are you, a Nest Master, even stronger than your troops?” “What the heck, weren’t we all supposed to be useless together? How did you secretly become a god?” Watching everyone look envious, shocked, a 1.2kReads8.8Score147Shelves

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    The first and last ones fit the criteria; I've read them, and they're not bad. They're both imaginative books, not mindless, and the protagonists aren't overly idealistic. You might want to check them out.

45. 45 疯 Are You Crazy? Are You Sure You're a Beast Tamer? 疯了吧！你确定你是御兽师？ The Angry Grapes愤怒的葡萄Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted Su Ze transmigrates to a world of myriad races, where all kinds of cultivation paths exist. There are martial artists, sorcerers, and beast tamers! At the awakening ceremony, Su Ze awakens the talent of a beast tamer and binds himself to a God-Tier Beast-Taming System. When he transfers his cultivation to his spirit beasts, he gets dozens of times the amount back! And so, a beast tamer more powerful than his contracted spirit beast is born! “Is that beast tamer crazy? He punched and blew up an e 9.6kReads8.7Score926Shelves
46. 46 超 God-Tier Beast Tamer: An S-Rank Superpower from the Start 超神御兽：开局奖励S级异能 Fragrance Collector揽香客Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Beast Taming] [System] [Lighthearted] A hundred years ago, solar storms swept across Blue Star, triggering a global catastrophe. Gigantic beasts from the stars descended upon the world, awakening seventeen ancient Titan-class beasts that had slumbered for billions of years. They opened the Gate to the Stars and summoned endless soul beasts to invade Blue Star. As the world faced its final apocalypse, a Soul Ranking descended from the heavens. All of humanity awakened soul contracts, formed bloo 4.5kReads8.2Score338Shelves
47. 47 神 The Age of Divine Pets: I Have a Dragon Clan Editor 神宠时代：我有一个龙族编辑器 The Old Heavenly Master Is Here老天师在此Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Lin Bei transmigrated to another world where magical beasts ran rampant and anyone could tame one to become a beast tamer. From the start, he was bound to a Dragon Clan Editor System that gave him a young dragon and other rewards for free every week. He could fuse all kinds of materials with dragonkind to create even more powerful dragons! [Eastern Young Dragon]+ [Angel Wings]+ [Flame Core]= [Crimson Flame Angel Dragon]!! [Western Dragon]+ [Demon-Slaying Sword]+ [Sage’s Eye]= [Demon-Annihilating 8kReads8.9Score4kShelves
48. 48 我 I Made a Pact with the Gods: Tomb Raiding and Gu Poison Made Me Rich! 我与神明画押，盗墓炼蛊发家！ Lord Buddha of the Nine Gates九门佛爷Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Su Jing transmigrates into a world that combines various tomb-raiding stories and awakens the Gu Master System from the start, refining the Spring and Autumn Cicada! Spring and Autumn Cicada: Wields the power of time and can turn it back within a limited area! He joins the Iron Triangle in Worm Valley to seek out exotic insects and beasts. Blood-Draining Dragon Boa Gu! It can control blood mist, and anyone who touches it dies! Impervious to blades and bullets, fire and water! Blade-Winged Eagle 18.8kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves

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    Novels with scores of 8 or 9 or higher include those featuring Gu (a type of poisonous insect).

49. 49 开 From the Start, I Refined Corpses and Turned Myself Into an Unrivaled Jiangshi 开局炼尸，把自己炼成了绝世僵尸 Titan Cat泰坦巨猫Eastern Fantasy302k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a terrifying immortal-fantasy world overrun with monsters and demons, Ye Xiao discovered on his very first day as a member of the Corpse Soul Sect that he’d been set up. A strange Corpse Refining System appeared! In a moment of crisis, Ye Xiao activated its corpse-refining function! As it turned out, the System was updating and its interface was garbled, so Ye Xiao had no choice but to try refining blindly. When he saw the result, Ye Xiao was thrilled! Not only had the 1.4kReads8.5Score105Shelves
50. 50 怪 Monsters: My Clone Evolved into a Cosmic Behemoth 怪兽：我的分身进化成了星空巨兽 A Cup of Warm Tea一盏温茶Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Spiritual Qi Revival] + [High Martial] + [Devouring Evolution] + [Sequence Powers] + [Giant Beasts] The world changes, and the apocalypse begins! Countless bizarre giant beasts pour out in waves from dimensional rifts! Just as cities across the land and the entire Dragon Kingdom are plunged into a living hell, a colossal starry-sky beast suddenly appears, towering into the clouds! And standing right on its head, his aura surging to the heavens, is... Su Bai!! 4.9kReads8.7Score363Shelves

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