The Useless Male Insect Goes Viral on a Parenting Show [Insectoid]

[The next story is now available: From the Start, I Became a God by Brushing My Teeth [Planes]. See the bottom for the blurb.]

Hao Ming, a male parenting streamer, faces setbacks at work because of gender stereotypes.

By chance, he gets bound to the Dream-Chasing System and transmigrates into the body of a talentless male bug.

Through a series of mishaps, he is paired with and marries Cheng Fu, a female-bug CEO, only to learn that his spouse has gone bankrupt and is saddled with enormous debts.

[First mission: Appear on a variety show and gain 10 million followers.]

On a parenting experience show, Hao Ming is the one everyone else is compared against.

Viewers: "Good-for-nothing male bugs, get off the show! Nobody wants to watch you!"

An advertising sponsor: "You there, male bug! Don't use my products. You don't deserve them!"

The father of one of the show's adorable kids: "That's so irresponsible. How can you let a bug like that look after your baby?"

And in truth, he really is the one everyone else is compared against.

When faced with a delicate male-bug baby, the other guests fumble about, getting mucus all over their hands.

Hao Ming handles everything with ease. "When choosing soft cotton towels, you need to consider more than just softness. Size, thickness, absorbency, and durability all matter..."

When faced with a male and female bug sibling pair fighting over a toy, the other guests are busy soothing them or sternly scolding them.

Hao Ming smiles calmly. "Larvae are born with a strong sense of ownership, but they also need to learn cooperation and sharing. Here are a few strategy board games siblings can play together..."

When faced with a rebellious teenager secretly using cosmetics, the other guests and the young female bug start bickering on the spot.

Hao Ming explains as he demonstrates. "Larvae have a delicate skin barrier, so adult cosmetics aren't suitable for them. I recommend products without fragrance, alcohol, or dyes..."

By the time the show ends, Hao Ming has already become a sensation across the bug world.

The products he chooses sell out in minutes as viewers rush to buy them, and advertisers beg him to endorse their brands.

Even a male-bug movie star, who has just married and had a child, asks him for advice: What should he do when the little bug at home refuses to eat?

[Second mission: Start an e-commerce company and make 100 billion in livestream sales.]

News of CEO Cheng Fu's bankruptcy breaks, and the Star Network erupts with insults: "How dare a deadbeat bug start a company?" "You scammer couple, get off the Star Network!"

Businesses copy his sales strategy, and netizens turn against him: "Good-for-nothing is still good-for-nothing. His stuff is so expensive, while the streamer next door sells things that are both cheaper and better."

When the negative reviews come in, Hao Ming is livestreaming an experiment on the absorbency of soft cotton towels. He smiles faintly. "Time will prove everything."

Then, three days later, the cheap cotton towels sold by the streamer next door are exposed for hygiene problems. Countless parents of larvae demand refunds, but customer service refuses to help.

Hao Ming's livestream fans are won over.

[Third mission: Share parenting knowledge and convince 1,000 pairs of larva-parents to accept modern parenting methods.]

While livestreaming product sales, Hao Ming also shares modern educational theories.

Netizens mock him: "Stop trying to ride the wave. Selling something doesn't make you a parenting expert!"

Then the supreme AI in charge of bug reproduction appears in his livestream and invites him to join the Larva Education and Protection Association.

[Personal mission: Find out who framed CEO Cheng and caused his bankruptcy.]

Years later, watched by the entire bug race, Hao Ming steps onto the stage at the highest-level conference.

"I'm Hao Ming, the top streamer and the chairman of the Larva Protection Alliance." He takes the CEO's hand and kisses it. "And I'm also CEO Cheng's partner for life."

Contains extensive original worldbuilding about the bug race.

One-on-one, mutual devotion, two strong leads building careers together, and face-slapping across the entire bug world.

Author: @Da Yangguang

Cover artist: @Diediezi

Calligraphy: @Zhuo Li Luomo

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The Beauty Who Was Called a Pretty Face Returns from Quick Transmigration [Entertainment Industry]

Yuan Jin is a famous pretty face in the entertainment industry. When news gets out that he's going to appear on a variety show, the entire internet mocks him.

"Someone like him will only make things worse if he goes on the show..."

"He's just a pretty face who's never lifted a finger to do a thing. I'm ready to watch him embarrass himself!"

The viewers laugh at him. The celebrity guests look down on him.

Even after his agent begs and pleads, the director is only willing to give him a chance as a one-day guest.

But nobody knows that Yuan Jin has returned from quick transmigration.

A pretty face? Hah. After going through more than a hundred worlds, he's clearly an all-around beauty!

On a laid-back variety show, the trending topic reads: #Yuan Jin saves the day with his skills, makes three dishes and a soup in eight minutes, and leaves the other guests begging for more#

On a mental-challenge show, the trending topic reads: #Guest Yuan Jin solves a tough problem in seconds, crushes all the top students, and outdoes the champion#

On a robotics show, the trending topic reads: #With Yuan Jin's personal guidance, the underdog team on the verge of disbanding gets a perfect score in technology and crushes the winning team#

So what if he's only a one-day guest? Yuan Jin becomes an overnight sensation across the internet on the strength of his abilities!

On the show, celebrities scramble to get close to him. Viewers flood the screen with 6666.

Even the production team cries and begs him to stay for a few more episodes...

But Yuan Jin is a little stubborn: if they agreed he'd be a one-day guest, then he'll only stay for one day!

Simply because his schedule is packed, and he has no shortage of offers!

The laid-back variety show is over? The national cooking contest invites him to be a judge.

The mental-challenge show has wrapped? A top-ranked university asks him to give a lecture on memory techniques.

He led his team to victory on the robotics show? The national team offers him a high-paying part-time coaching position.

Yuan Jin's popularity is extraordinary. Any show or competition he appears on is guaranteed to become a huge hit.

The comments are flooded with netizens' messages: [Hi, Yuan Jin, my wife!] [My wife is amazing, prprpr]

Until one day: "He's my wife, so stop calling him that!"

On a variety show for couples, wealthy CEO Zhan Yao wraps an arm around Yuan Jin, making his presence known.

The whole internet is instantly envious.

"Aaaah, CEO Zhan is so lucky!"

"This is strange. I don't even envy the CEO's money... I'm jealous because he has such an amazing wife!"

Having an all-around beautiful wife must be wonderful, but the couple's performance on the show leaves netizens stunned.

Laundry and cooking? The CEO does it!

Scooping the cat's litter? The CEO does it!

Even sweeping and taking out the trash? That's the CEO's job too!

What do you mean, an all-around beauty?

CEO Zhan says, "My baby works so hard. At home, all he needs to do is lie flat and look beautiful!"

A wife deserves to be spoiled rotten!

P.S. A career-focused feel-good story. The love interest appears later in the story.

[The next story is now available]

From the Start, I Became a God by Brushing My Teeth [Planes]

A silly, imaginative story: brushing your teeth saves the world, plane-hopping trades, and a divine appointment is yours for the taking.

Xiao Wang awakens a superpower: [Whenever he brushes his teeth, he can't control his legs and wanders around.]

Xiao Wang: ...That's supposed to be a superpower?

It isn't until he wanders onto a battlefield where two armies face off and saves people; wanders into an infinite world, where NPCs surround him but can't harm him; and wanders into outer space, where his body appears in the vacuum and he walks through it, stunning alien civilizations, that he discovers what his power is really for:

[When you brush your teeth, you randomly cross between planes! Nobody can touch you! You can adapt to any special environment!]

As long as Xiao Wang appears while brushing his teeth, he gets an invincible start!

Among the elves, he's "the weakest Elf King in history."

In the apocalypse, he's "a rookie with zero combat ability."

In the cultivation world, he's "the only good-for-nothing mortal."

Hunted? Challenged? Mocked?

But... so what?

Xiao Wang will take action!

An invincible life is simple, ordinary, and dull.

Until his superpower evolves: [Freely travel to planes you've visited before.]

Xiao Wang brings back truckloads of fresh fruit and vegetables from the elves' world.

"Chinese cabbage, baby bok choy, water spinach... What vegetables can I get you, honored customer?"

He becomes "the apocalypse base's biggest supplier"!

Xiao Wang brings back crate after crate of weapons, guns, and energy cores from the apocalypse.

A mortal body annihilates a Nascent Soul powerhouse. Terrifying indeed.

He becomes the cultivation world's dreaded "crafting genius"!

Xiao Wang brings back talismans and magical artifacts from the cultivation world.

As long as he's around, all NPCs have to follow the rules and can't attack anyone on a bed.

He becomes the infinite world's SSS-rank "mysterious boss"!

Xiao Wang's legend spreads across every plane.

But in the real world, he's still a college student who can't find a job.

[Plane Administration Bureau]

"Sorry, your application didn't pass." The HR representative says coldly, "We don't hire employees with zero experience. Unless you have a token from a plane..."

"A token?" Xiao Wang scratches his head, looking like an innocent college student.

But with a casual rummage, he pulls out the Elf King's crown! A level 10 core! An ascension pill...

"Would this work? What about this? Or this one?"

As HR stares in stunned disbelief, Xiao Wang lands a divine appointment as a "Plane God"!

Theme: Improving the quality of childcare starts with me.