My Spirit Form Is a Microbe

Told in third person. The story uses the basic Sentinel and Guide setup, including spirit companions and Sentinel and Guide towers, but everything else is heavily customized. This novel is expected to contain detailed descriptions of many insect species. Please decide whether to read accordingly, or steer clear if this is not for you. After an asteroid collided with Earth, humanity awakened a new power, mental energy, and once again acquired a natural enemy: the star insects. No one knows where the star insects came from, but people know that if they’re allowed to overrun humanity, the world will become a wasteland. Under the influence of this new power and the star insects, humans came to be divided into four types: Sentinels, Guides, the undifferentiated, and the Shielded. The undifferentiated can become food and nourishment for star insects at any moment. Those whose mental energy reaches the threshold awaken as Sentinels or Guides, and can work together to hold back the star insects. The Shielded cannot use mental energy, but the star insects don’t target them either. The star insect invasion destroyed the system of external gestation, forcing humanity to revive the ancient method of gestation within the body. Every social policy related to reproduction was rewritten. Some people believe the intense attraction between Sentinels and Guides will lead to a disastrous future, yet they have no choice but to rely on their power to hold back the star insects. People hope the new generation will bring change, but its mental energy has plummeted compared with that of its predecessors! Ye Qianchen was among the first children born after gestation within the body was reinstated. Her mother was one of the finest Guides among the first generation of the awakened. Yet Ye Qianchen has a spirit companion that seems completely useless, and that no one else can even see: a fungal spore. Sentinel Chu Yunying’s spirit companion is a bug. After the star insects appeared, bugs became something everyone shunned. Though the gifted must bravely fight the insect-like star insects, not being afraid of bugs doesn’t mean you want one in your bed, right?! Chu Yunying: I know my spirit companion isn’t popular, but I’m not going to lower my standards for a partner just because you take the initiative. Ye Qianchen: I’m actually really strong. Just wait and see. Theme: A well-designed social System can return to a stable state after an external shock.