After the Empire Fell, I Met Up with My Rebel Groupmates [Insectoid]

[Top] [Equality Themes] Important, so we’ll say it three times! Equality, equality, equality!! Another upcoming top novel: Tattooing My Way to Fame Across the Stars * Gu Ting transmigrates to the interstellar era and becomes an orphaned male insect child. On the planet of Fei Leng Cui, where male insects are spoiled and arrogant while female insects are powerful yet servile, he manages to find a quiet corner where he can survive. This is a world of extravagance and debauchery, where male insects routinely bully female insects. Like an outsider, Gu Ting drifts through it in a daze, keeping himself inside his shell. His only way to communicate with others is the Star Network, which connects the entire interstellar world. On the Star Network, he meets all sorts of strange insects: The user known as [Tyrant] is a violent criminal whose appearances in the arena make every spectator tremble. He is mad and ruthless, despises the high-and-mighty male insects, and has made the empire’s destruction his mission, though he seems to be seeking some kind of balance; The user known as [Sage] is a rational female insect who likes studying the law. She speaks with cutting precision and tears into people without mercy. She has long despised the empire’s ironclad laws, and even her profile picture is a blood-red rebel flag; The user known as [Cupid] is a deranged romantic who wants to keep male insects as pets and toy with them. Her daily posts are full of pink hearts. She desperately wants an unequal relationship, but somehow can’t manage to find one, and has never dated anyone; The user known as [Prisoner] is a machinery enthusiast who enjoys studying all kinds of devices and is more interested in lifeless things than insects. He is the polar opposite of Cupid, who is devoted to finding a partner for an unconventional romance. Then, on the day the empire falls, Gu Ting and the other male insects are herded by rebel female soldiers into a plaza on Fei Leng Cui. As the male insects panic and worry about saving themselves, Gu Ting’s lightbrain suddenly opens a forced video call: “Little Gem, where are you? We’ve successfully taken Fei Leng Cui. Don’t go wandering around with that tiny, delicate body of yours!” The silent plaza, the flashing screen, and the identical backgrounds on both sides of the call. Gu Ting and the rebel group chat: ... Question: Danger! What should I do if the online friend I’m meeting in person turns out to be a rebel? Question: Danger! What should I do if the person I’m meeting in person is planning to kill me? Question: Danger? What should I do if a rebel becomes my guardian? Question: Huh? The rebel wants to date me... Please note: 1. The early chapters focus on raising a child. The love interest is Tyrant; there is no romance before adulthood. 2. Insect-race setting, top. He is not a strong top while raising the child; that may change later. The bottom is strong. 3. The characters’ values do not represent the author’s. The story includes equality themes. 4. This is a fictional setting unrelated to reality. Please don’t draw parallels to real life. [Cover character design by artist: Qi Si Bu Neng Shao] ★Upcoming top novel: Tattooing My Way to Fame Across the Stars One day, renowned tattoo artist Xie Qingzhou stayed up late working on a design and woke up in a lawless planet as a snake beastman. This is a world where insects, beastmen, and ability users live side by side, and the strong prey on the weak. And tattooing is all Xie Qingzhou has. So what, is he supposed to conquer the stars with tattoos? Xie Qingzhou: ... Starting with nothing, he decides to return to his old trade. He rents a small basement and opens a tattoo shop, serving the drifters of this lawless planet. From insect tattoos and beast tattoos to ability tattoos, Xie Qingzhou draws on his clients’ experiences to recreate the gorgeous designs that once clung to their skin and brought them glory. Little does he know he is creating miracles: An insect general whose insect tattoo was destroyed through his brother’s scheming sees its totem reappear across his back. Not only do his toxin-withered wings recover, he also leads his legion back to the capital planet; A beastman betrayed by his first love and stripped of his ability to fight sees new color cover his faded beast tattoo. His strength returns, and his beast form evolves for a second time, making him a saint in one leap; Once hailed as a human hero, he was shunned after his ability backfired. Now he is a wretched, crippled outcast with withered legs, unable to walk. But after visiting the tattoo shop, he gets back on his feet... More and more people come to the little basement shop, hoping the young, mysterious snake shopkeeper will accept their commissions. The hornet general blushes. “Boss, I’m tough as nails. I’ll play along with any little toys you like.” The deer saint’s eyes shine. “If you want, I can use our sacred tree to hatch snake babies for you.” The ability-user emperor clears his throat. “This empire was unified because of you. Now I’m willing to offer you my crown and power.” Behind the curtain, a bony tail silently coils an iron rod into a spiral. Xie Qingzhou: “I have too many customers. All I need is someone to run errands.” The bigwigs: “How about me? I’ll do it for free!” Xie Qingzhou: “Sorry, someone’s already taken the job.” As he speaks, a bony tail that gives away its owner’s inhuman nature quietly winds around the shopkeeper’s wrist, brimming with possessiveness. The bigwigs: “Damn! It’s that demon!” * When Xie Qingzhou first opens his shop, he posts his hand-drawn designs on the Star Network to attract customers. One day, someone replies to his quiet account with a moving photo: Two dead Candila giant pythons intertwine to form the outline of a scepter. The blue heart of a Lonka whale beats heavily at its center, amid crisscrossing thorns and a wash of blood, forming a vast and eerily gorgeous tableau. It is gory and brutally direct, impossible to look away from. Xie Qingzhou recognizes it. It is the first tattoo design he ever posted. From then on, the shopkeeper has a powerful and ardent fan. The fan recreates all of his designs in other forms, and the fierce, wild vitality behind the works sparks even more inspiration in Xie Qingzhou. Later, Xie Qingzhou and his ardent fan fall in love online; Later still, the fan travels across light-years to meet him in person; And later still, when passion takes over, the fan accidentally reveals the bony tail wrapped around the shopkeeper’s wrist. Xie Qingzhou shivers at the cold touch. Asel holds back the urge to rub his bony tail all over Xie Qingzhou and begs hoarsely, “Don’t be afraid. You can restrain all of me...” Including my body and my desire. Xie Qingzhou smiles softly. His lips, flushed from kissing, brush the tailbone and leave a damp mark. He was the one who opened the cage and let the beast out. Theme: Keep living with determination, even in adversity