Identifying Popular Mutated Creatures

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[The plot is very substantial. The first two locations focus on fighting monsters and exploration, and the worldbuilding mysteries begin to unravel in Volume Three. Please think carefully before purchasing if that doesn't interest you.

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Xie Songyuan, an Alpha who wasn't very popular in modern society, transmigrates to an apocalypse where beastified mutants reign supreme.

He thinks he's doomed, since he's unarmed and defenseless, but unexpectedly catches the eye of a snow leopard thanks to his catnip-scented pheromones.

He stays by the big cat's side every day, getting sniffed over and over.

With the back of his neck wet from being licked, Xie Songyuan looks utterly bewildered:

So... am I really that popular here?

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When the apocalypse arrives, countless plants and animals mutate at an accelerated rate, and bustling cities turn into deserted ruins.

Bai Xiu leads his subordinates north, fighting their way through one crisis after another.

Along the way, he also picks up a refined and handsome man.

From then on, wherever the team goes, rumors spring up:

The beautiful Officer Bai, famed for his iron-fisted methods, actually keeps a pretty boy by his side, one who can't lift a shoulder or carry a hand!

The pretty boy has soft, delicate skin. His bathwater has to be hot, his meals have to include both meat and vegetables, and he needs to cuddle something fluffy to sleep at night!

The bigwigs from other factions all point fingers at them.

Xie Songyuan, who has a large feline to sniff, thinks that in the apocalypse, if you don't work hard, you can only become someone else's plaything.

But being played with by something fluffy feels pretty good (?)

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At first, everyone thinks Xie Songyuan is just an ordinary plant mutant, commonly known as a blade of grass.

Even Xie Songyuan thinks so himself.

Until he awakens his true power.

Towering vines that obey his every command, and ferocious monsters that turn docile in his presence.

He can control the battlefield with a thought and freely rewrite genetic sequences.

He is a vessel for a god.

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Reader's guide:

One-on-one, told from the gong's perspective. The gong has an ability focused on mental evolution, while the shou is a big cat who relies on physical strength.

The gong and shou are mutually attracted.

The main characters' names are inspired by the image of "snowy plains in a pine forest" and have absolutely nothing to do with any place name. The author didn't even know that place name existed. Since comments like that really affect the author's mood, there's a chance they will be deleted.

No writing advice, and no baseless warnings or comments from people who haven't subscribed to this story, have only subscribed to one or two chapters and then imagined what happens in the paid chapters, or imagined the overall themes and characterizations based on comments. Such comments may be deleted at the author's discretion.

Bad Guy

The gong and shou have been buddies since high school, and each knows all about the other's past relationships.

The shou has just broken up with someone, and a group of mutual friends get together for drinks. Both the gong and the shou are a little drunk. They play truth or dare, and the two are challenged to kiss for ten seconds.

After the alcohol-fueled kiss, a mutual friend teases them: Don't you two go making that act real.

Gong: You're overthinking it. The chances of me falling for him are lower than the chances of me jumping out that window right now.

Shou: ? Shut up. It's not like I fancy you either. Keep barking and I'll push you out myself.

But less than a month later, they kiss again, then, with perfect unspoken understanding, head to bed without another word.

The next morning.

Gong: So what are we now?

Shou: Friends and family.

Gong: ...

Gong: So you're the sleeping beauty, then. I really hit the jackpot, baby.

Shou: ... Get lost, you narcissist.

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Describe your best friend in one sentence.

"He's a really, really bad guy."

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A hotheaded, horny, overthinking shut-in, cool-guy shou x a handsome gong who seems like an aloof beauty but is actually a narcissist

Bickering friends turned lovers. Their usual conversations are full of sarcastic, snarky jabs.

A somewhat selfish, possessive kind of love that doesn't care what happens to the extras. Even before they start dating, each puts the other first. Don't read this if you'll get caught up in the exes' feelings or ethical questions by putting yourself in their shoes.

Theme: Keep striving and march bravely forward