Interstellar Beloved Little Mermaid

Ye Qiyuan grew up in an orphanage, with no one to rely on and a hard life. Then, in a twist of fate, he transmigrated to a chaotic, lawless frontier planet and became a mermaid, a rare, national-treasure species in the interstellar age.

The good news: he’s become a national treasure. The bad news: he ended up in the wrong place!

In the interstellar age, mermaids can heal damage to the mindscape. They’re scarce and incredibly precious, and the people of the Empire adore and idolize them from birth.

Every mermaid is priceless and lives in the lap of luxury.

But this is a frontier planet, where mermaids are reduced to treasure for space pirates to fight over and sell.

Ye Qiyuan carefully keeps his secret identity under wraps while diligently collecting trash to earn money, hoping to buy a ticket to an inhabitable planet.

That is, until he fails to keep his identity hidden and the space pirates capture him to sell him.

Is he really going to die here today? He’d have been better off never transmigrating!

Desperate and unwilling to give up, Ye Qiyuan fights back.

After finally smacking the guard unconscious with his tail, he’s about to escape when the door is suddenly slammed open. A group of Imperial soldiers rushes in. “Hands up! Drop your weapon!”

Ye Qiyuan: “…”

The soldiers stare in shock. “??? Why is there a mermaid here?!”

The tall, handsome man at their head frowns and steps forward, taking off his coat and draping it around the little mermaid.

“Were you kidnapped?”

Ye Qiyuan nods and obediently raises both hands, discreetly curling up his tail.

He’s put his weapon away, see?

Sir, please help!

A photo of the little mermaid with General Huo Rong is leaked online.

The stunning mermaid is a mess. Wrapped in an oversized military coat, he’s held in the man’s arms, blood dripping from the tip of his tail.

As public opinion continues to boil, the authorities are forced to issue a statement: General Huo led his troops in a raid on space pirates and accidentally rescued a newly adult mermaid.

The conditions the little mermaid had been living in are also exposed.

A cramped, shabby home. He survived by collecting trash and using the cheapest nutrient supplements and heat suppressants. He didn’t even have anywhere to soak his tail!

The internet is stunned. The internet is furious.

How could anyone treat our little mermaid like this?!

When the public learns that the little mermaid has been taken home by an Imperial general rumored to be bloodthirsty, brutal, and cold, the Empire erupts in outrage.

Trending headlines: #SaveTheLittleMermaid #TakenHomeByAGeneralWillTheMermaidSurvive

At the home of a certain Imperial general.

Ye Qiyuan sits by a spacious swimming pool, his pretty silver-blue tail submerged in the clear water.

He glances at the device in his hand, then looks back at the man behind him.

“Don’t move.” Huo Rong gently straightens Ye Qiyuan’s head. “I’m going to mess up your hair.”

Ye Qiyuan: Where’s the cruelty and coldness? He’s obviously so gentle.

Reader notes:

* A pampered little mermaid with maxed-out mental strength x an interstellar general with maxed-out combat skills

* The male lead’s mindscape is severely damaged. The rumors are false; he treats the love interest extremely well and will be healed by him

* No children, and no mermaid eggs

* I’ve revised the blurb. I ran out of inspiration for the previous premise, and I’m very sorry (kneels)

A preview of an upcoming story

Title: "The Strongest Gets Exposed and Is Forced to Save the World"

Blurb:

After returning from an infinite world to reality, Qi Le plans to grow flowers, walk the dog, and live an ordinary life.

Unfortunately, monsters from another dimension invade and eat the flowers he raised. In a fit of anger, he’s about to tear one apart with his bare hands.

But his neighbor beats him to it and comforts him: “Don’t be scared. I’m here.”

Qi Le plays along. “Mm-hmm, thanks, bro.”

The monsters wreak havoc, so the authorities urgently establish a research group and a team of superpowered fighters. But they know too little about the monsters, and the death toll keeps climbing.

A survivor from the infinite world joins the team and tells the captain, “The strongest big shot has returned to reality too. Those monsters are nothing but a meal to him. He’s protected countless people and is a great savior, our only hope.”

To save the world, the authorities post a call for cooperation on the superpower forum.

Many survivors chime in, passionately swapping gossip about the big shot and singing his praises for thousands of pages.

The big shot becomes famous overnight, but nobody can find him.

Until one day, an S-rank monster appears in the city square, putting countless people in mortal danger.

“Shouldn’t we run too?” Qi Le’s friend asks, trembling as he tugs at him.

Qi Le sighs, pulls off his jacket, and pushes against the fleeing crowd. With a swift motion, he draws a gleaming long blade from his spine.

“Me?”

“I hate being the savior.”

The superpower team’s captain hurries to the scene. The monster is nowhere to be seen. All he finds is his seemingly timid, sweet neighbor, calmly wiping blood from a long blade.

They stare at each other.

Qi Le: “Bro.”

Nie Huan: “…Where’s the monster?”

Qi Le points to the pool of blood on the ground.

“It’s dead,” Qi Le says. “Sorry I hid it from you. I’m the strongest big shot you’ve been looking for.”

Nie Huan has a neighbor named Qi Le.

He’s timid and gets teary-eyed when he sees a monster eat his flowers.

He’s quick-witted and can pinpoint a monster’s weakness, though he modestly says it was luck.

Qi Le is sweet and kind, always relying on and growing close to him.

Nie Huan is hopelessly biased in Qi Le’s favor, and vows to protect him forever, until he sees Qi Le cut down monsters one after another as easily as chopping vegetables.

A team member hesitantly asks, “Captain, this is your timid, delicate little brother?”

Nie Huan nods, pretending not to notice anything. “That’s right.”

Everyone else: ??

Theme: Love is the greatest strength