So What If I Reincarnated as a Chimera Ant!

(A mix of first and third person / Please read the note at the end of the blurb before starting. Enjoy!) Coming soon: The next Hunter x Hunter fanfic, also a romance: Playing House with the Spider Boss; My Nen Ability Is to Steal Lives Blurb Blurb One: [You have been reincarnated as a Chimera Ant living in the Dark Continent. You decide,] A: What?! I’m the protagonist? Hand over the Ant King’s throne! B: If I’ve been born an animal, I should do my duty. I’ll be the Queen’s soldier and protect Her Majesty with my life! C: What? I can’t even be human anymore? I might as well die. D: You have a better idea. … [The Ant King sees that you’re different and decides to kill you before you threaten her position. You decide,] A: You think you’re so tough, Ant King? I’m calling the cops! B: Waaaaah, Mom, please spare me! I’m your most obedient baby! C: What? The Ant King wants to kill me? I might as well die. D: You have a better idea. … [You begin your life alone as an ant in the Dark Continent. You decide,] A: Convinced you’re the protagonist of a power fantasy, you’re sure you can become the continent’s ruler in no time, so you do absolutely nothing. B: Convinced the real protagonist will come save you, you do absolutely nothing. C: What? A hellish solo mode? I might as well die. D: You have a better idea. … [After countless hardships, you finally make it back to human civilization. To become human, you must follow society’s rules and behave appropriately. So you decide,] A: Randomly grab a man, woman, or child and eat them. B: Randomly kill a man, woman, or child for fun. C: Pick a random target and let your animal instincts run wild. D: Maybe you should start by making friends. … [The world is full of surprises. Someone confesses their love to you, knowing full well you’re not human. You decide,] A: Nonhuman attraction goes into overdrive. B: Nonhuman attraction rises a little. C: Nonhuman attraction doesn’t kick in. D: One isn’t enough. You want a harem. … When Youni Yali first entered the Dark Continent, she thought she had been given an adventure story about leveling up. After killing her way through to the end and finally becoming human again, she suddenly realized that her adventure story was getting stranger and stranger. When the System told her to force the man in front of her into marriage, Youni Yali nearly burst into tears. Wait, you never told me this was a dating game!! Blurb Two: [Reality isn’t a game level that lets you reload or choose your path. It’s a test of survival and death, over and over again.] The Dark Continent is the site of an ancient human civilization. Now, no humans live there, only countless powerful, terrifying, and bizarre dark creatures. With a human soul, you want to survive here. You’ll need an iron will and the strength to endure the loneliness of your soul. If you want to preserve your original soul, you must also be careful not to be swallowed by the darkness and become part of it… Blurb Three: [To become the ruler of the Dark Continent, there is one final task: gain subjects of your own and establish a new kingdom on the Dark Continent.] Reader’s note: 1. This is still a plot-driven story. The plot and romance may be around a 7:3 ratio; with effort, perhaps 6:4. The male lead is an ordinary guy, and the heroine’s pairing is with the eldest brother (the important part is “ordinary”!! At first I hadn’t planned on a specific pairing, but the platform didn’t allow multiple pairings at the time. Since there’s a romance, it couldn’t be categorized as no-pairing either. Lots of people asked, and I didn’t want readers to pick the wrong guy, so I settled on this! The important part is that he’s ordinary!) 2. The heroine may look human, but she is fundamentally a Chimera Ant and nonhuman (emphasis). Due to the original worldbuilding and the rules of vows and limitations, she is invincible in her monster form. In her human form, her strength is limited and cannot exceed the human limit, and she is subject to restrictions (emphasis). 3. Mild nonhuman romance (emphasis). Everyone “loves” the little ant, though not always romantically. 4. The System is not a conventional System or cheat ability, and this isn’t a game or a “fourth disaster” scenario. The protagonist really was reincarnated. 5. There are two timelines in the story: one human and one monster. The monster timeline follows a leveling-up format. This is not a power fantasy!! (The Hunter x Hunter world has a system of Nen abilities with vows and limitations.) At its core, this is not a comedy. 6. It’s tagged as a crossover because it borrows elements from other anime, such as So I’m a Spider, So What? The main story only features Hunter x Hunter and characters connected to it (emphasis). There are many original elements concerning the Dark Continent, and monsters from other series will appear, such as Toriko and Shitong. Coming soon: [Hunter x Hunter] My Nen Ability Is to Steal Lives Blurb: “My Nen ability is as vile and lowly as my birth. I survive by stealing other people’s lives.” My Nen ability is called “Steal Lives.” Once I meet three conditions for “stealing,” I can take over someone’s body and live as them for a while. During that time, I inherit their social status, body, memories, and relationships. The time I steal from other people is what keeps my own body alive. So every so often, I steal someone’s life and live it for a while. Even if I want to refuse this despicable act, when my own body is on the brink of death, the struggle to survive makes me passively steal a random person’s life. Of course, I know how vile this is, but I never feel guilty or sorry for the unlucky people whose lives I steal. Because when I was six, I swore I would do whatever it took to survive. So rather than define my Nen ability as “Steal Lives,” I prefer to call it a “role-playing game.” And this rotten, stinking world is nothing more than a fake game world where I don’t need to invest any feelings. I thought this “life as a game” would stay boring until the game ended with my death, after one role-playing turn after another. But I never expected the people whose lives I’d stolen to discover I existed and show up at my door one day… They wanted to… Kill me. Theme: The hymn of humanity is the hymn of courage