This Is a Bowl

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Mu Ye, who blew himself up in the apocalypse, transmigrated into the body of a male insect prince notorious across the stars for hating females. He was also bound to a livestream system that promised to send him back to his original world once he completed its missions.

Mu Ye: Are you kidding me? Whoever wants to go back can go back. I'm not returning to live on instant noodles! Though this System's shop is pretty good.

Mu Ye: I'm serious about milking the System for all it's worth.

Opinions of Mu Ye on the interstellar network were divided. One insect would say he was the handsomest male insect in the entire insect world, and another would immediately jump in: "But he hates females."

Someone would say he had the highest mental strength among male insects. "But he hates females."

He'd been an adult for two years, yet didn't even have a female attendant. The only ones serving him were robots. Female insects waited with bated breath, wondering who would become Mu Ye's consort. Some even secretly speculated that he might be impotent.

Then one day, a piece of news set the interstellar network ablaze: Mu Ye had married the most popular general, Faoweila, in a sudden wedding!

And Mu Ye, who was supposed to hate females, had completely dropped his act.

"Cooking is an essential skill for male insects, and hard work is their finest virtue! Does my cooking taste good?"

"A life without a beloved consort is a failure."

"Want a full belly? Love your consort until you're old."

Livestream viewers:

"I'm so jealous, I'm so jealous, I'm dying of jealousy!!"

"I used to feel sorry for the general, but now I'm so envious of him, sob sob."

"Your Highness Mu Ye, are you still accepting female attendants?!"

Mu Ye: Don't even ask. A male insect who doesn't respect himself is like a rotten cabbage.

As the most popular general in the entire interstellar realm, Faoweila had billions of applications on the matchmaking site, but not a single one was approved. Everyone thought it was because the general's standards were too high. The real reason, however, was that Faoweila hated males.

Then he received an application from Mu Ye, the famous male insect who hated females. The general thought they could simply put on an act and keep out of each other's way, so he clicked confirm.

He never expected that, the very first time they met, Mu Ye would kneel before him with a bouquet of flowers, his face flushed as he shouted, "General, I love you!"

Faoweila: ???

Before you read:

1. The protagonist is an attacker who transmigrates. A soft, playful, drama-loving romantic attacker x a powerful receiver who keeps the attacker in line.

2. Lots of viewer comments! Two chapters about food. I'm very sorry, I don't have time to revise them. The story is mainly about everyday romance. The System is just a plot device, and won't get much attention.

3. The livestreaming doesn't take up much of the story.

4. There will be a baby, but no childcare or vying for attention.

Coming soon

"The Tentacle Monster's Guide to Care"

He was the center of the world, Heaven's favorite. Everything went his way, and he always escaped danger. Just as his cultivation finally reached perfection and he broke through the void, he inexplicably arrived in a strange world and was bound to a future villain who would destroy the world.

A voice spoke in his mind, asking him to reform the villain.

Nan Liujing silently raised his middle finger.

Nan Liujing: Heaven, get out here. This isn't what we agreed on. You'll have to pay extra!

A world that was clearly set in the apocalypse successfully distracted him, and he accepted his new identity. The future villain, who was destined to slaughter everyone, was still just an unhatched egg. When it hatched, a limp little blue octopus tumbled out.

Nan Liujing: I'm dead. That's it?

Test subject No. 47. Shapeshifter. Attack power: SSS. Taming level: SSS. The finest creation of the Southern Research Base. It had dealt with countless pollution-source mutations and possessed the ability to regenerate.

Reason for disposal: Contaminated.

On the day he was disposed of, 47 learned that he had an expiration date, just like all his brothers and sisters.

His body was cut to pieces, his blood flowed and evaporated, and the scraps of flesh that remained were thrown into the mutation zone. Contamination was the culprit behind his death, and also the lifesaving remedy that brought him back to life.

He crawled back, twisted by mutation, and trampled every surviving base with infectious matter. Beneath the brilliant sunset, he hung himself from a rooftop.

Then he opened his eyes again and returned to the time before he had hatched.

47 curled one of his limbs. Perhaps, if he got another chance, he could do it faster than before.

Just then, an invisible speck of light appeared before him. "Hey, cutie, are you awake?"

Amid the distorted curtain of rain and flashes of silver lightning, 47 wrapped his arms around the person before him. The faint sound in his heart surged like a sea tide, drowning out the thunder.

"Please look at me a little more."

"Please stay by my side."

Reader's guide:

1. A powerful attacker x a nonhuman receiver with a whole lot of hands. Maybe an unconventional childcare story? The octopus is just its most basic form.

2. The plot involves mutations, a wasteland, contamination, supernatural abilities, and a strange kind of redemption. The attacker is chaotic good; the receiver is neutral evil.

3. Slightly unsettling, with an unconventional supernatural ability system.

Theme: If you love someone, you have to fight for them.