After Becoming a Mermaid, I Caught the Eye of a Demon King from Another World

Three months ago, the world was invaded by a game, but most people knew nothing about it. When Shen Yu woke up one day, he found an irregular black crystal beside his pillow. It looked just like the reward he'd received for clearing the game: the Demon King's Heart. Three months later, the world had changed beyond recognition. It was becoming harder to hide that the game had invaded reality. Information was exploding online, and Shen Yu was secretly taken to a remote mountain region by armed forces. In a room, a line of powerful figures he'd only ever seen at military parades asked him gravely, "How exactly did you steal the Demon King's Heart?" Shen Yu: "What? The Demon King gave it to me!" One of the officials: "Why would he give it to you?" Shen Yu: "Because I maxed out his affection?" "..." The official gazed at him and sighed heavily. "You don't know, do you? The Demon King says he's lost an important item, and he's about to attack us!" Shen Yu was utterly confused. He'd given him something, then claimed it was lost? What a shameless man! Light Tutanis was the uncrowned king of the continent of Lotwei. Rumor had it the newly crowned Demon King was young, handsome, and extraordinarily beautiful, attracting beauties of countless races, yet no one dared fall at his feet. That was because he was as famous for his fiery temper as he was for his looks. They said every drop of the Demon King's blood was filled with the urge to fight and conquer. Then one day, the Demon King accidentally fell asleep in his palace. In his dream, he heard a siren's enchanting, melodious song. A figure swayed with the waves on the deep blue sea. His eyes and hair were like the pure, dark night sky, while the shimmering scales on his tail sparkled like bright stars. In the dream, the Demon King fell in love with a mermaid, even giving him a treasured trophy as a token of his love. When he awoke, the Demon King felt a deep sense of loss. Then he realized something really was missing. The Demon King: "..." ★ A rational, audacious, ruthless bottom x a naturally inhuman, lovesick top ★ The game invasion has nothing to do with the Demon King ★ An unconventional game story, with equal parts romance and plot [Coming soon: Card Draws for Survival in the Wasteland. Please add it to your reading list!] After an invisible "meteor shower," the world became unfit for human habitation. Along with extreme heat came mutated plants and animals, while food spoiled at an alarming rate. At the very beginning of the disaster, Shen Luo, a former rich kid, had just sold off all his assets and bought a house with a small courtyard in the countryside, hoping to enjoy a slower pace of life. Before he realized the apocalypse had arrived, he first noticed something strange about himself: had he awakened a card-drawing skill? [You obtained 10 watermelon seeds] [You obtained 5 large jugs of bottled water] [You obtained 1 small storage pouch] [You obtained 1 excellent male vampire partner] Huh? Something weird seems to have slipped in there. Then droughts, floods, frosts, earthquakes... all kinds of natural disasters took turns ravaging the land. In the apocalyptic world, everyone struggled to survive. That's when the things Shen Luo drew came in handy. The watermelon seeds yielded huge, sweet fruit, the storage pouch could hold food and keep it fresh, and even the male vampire was a superb laborer. The place where he lived became known to apocalypse survivors as an "oasis." ★ A cold-hearted miser who loves handsome men but loves himself more x a gorgeous vampire prince who still gets sent out to work ★ An apocalypse story featuring natural disasters and mutated plants and animals ★ An unconventional survival and farming story [Coming soon: The Torture-Novel Protagonists Won't Run Away Anymore [Quick Transmigration]. Please add it to your reading list!] He runs, he chases, and he can't escape. But what if the protagonists of these stories about being forced into a relationship simply lay flat and stopped running? [An orphan taken in by a powerful family x the domineering head of the family] Yun Qi was an orphan adopted by the Huo family. From an early age, he knew he didn't fit in with the sprawling family. Grateful to the Huos for taking him in, he lived timidly and cautiously, like a squirrel that had wandered into a pack of wild beasts. He never expected Huo Yun to take an interest in him: the youngest head of the Huo family, a workaholic whom outsiders described as meticulous and seemingly free of personal desires. Huo Yun kept him close and pampered him, casually giving him expensive properties and jewelry. He had only one demand: "Be good and stay by my side." But Yun Qi was always humiliated and mortified by the man's words, "There is no love in the adult world." Especially after they slept together, he wanted nothing more than to run away and never see him again. After being reborn, he said, "Thank you. I could use more humiliation like that!" Mr. Huo was right. Who needs love in the adult world? [An aloof young star x his sugar daddy] [A pure-hearted college student x a domineering CEO] Bittersweet romance + melodrama + old-school tropes + a touch of regret and redemption Theme: Seize opportunities and meet challenges head-on.