The Insect Queen Became the Strongest in the Interstellar World

[My new novel, Locked Up, at the Center of a Love Triangle, is now out. Please add it to your reading list!] When Shen Qiong woke up, she found herself trapped somewhere, unable to see or move. A day later, she was born from a strange, round "eggshell," covered in egg liquid. There were dozens of other "eggshells" around her. She was the first to "hatch," so she ran out in search of a way to survive, only to be chased back in a panic by a several-meter-tall creature. Then she saw one of the eggshells shattered, and a creature crouching on another egg with its mouth open, ready to bite into it. It looked like a beetle, stood nearly two meters tall, and was covered in a hard, black-and-green shell. It stood upright and spoke the first words Shen Qiong heard in this world. "Mom." The sight horrified Shen Qiong so much that her eyes rolled back and she passed out. Although the creature looked terrifying to her, its intelligence seemed to be that of a child under three. It could only use simple words and express itself bluntly, and it had the dangerous habit of insisting on pressing itself against her, no matter what. "Mom..." What could Shen Qiong do? So it wouldn't get too hungry and eat the "eggshells" that hadn't hatched yet, which might contain humans, she had to take it to find food. But she hadn't expected it to be so powerful that she ended up being the one it fed. She watched as it easily severed the head from the body of the several-meter-tall creature with its sharp forelimbs. Once again, Shen Qiong's understanding of the world was shattered. The little monsters hatched one after another. Shen Qiong didn't know what kind of creatures they were, and they looked strange, too, so she gave them simple names: Number One, Number Two, Number Three... That was until she had a dream. It was the inheritance of the Zerg. "According to the results of the 53rd session of the 42nd Interstellar United Planets Conference, with ten votes in favor, nine against, and twenty-three abstentions, it has been decided that Shen Qiong and her planet will be subjected to a siege..." Shen Qiong looked at the ultimatum and tossed away her light-brain without a care. After today, there would be thirty-three United Planets, counting her. --Locked Up, at the Center of a Love Triangle-- Ren Jiu had just attended her graduation ceremony. On her way back to her rented apartment, she was bound to a System and transmigrated to an unfamiliar world. As soon as she arrived, she was mistaken for a godslayer, arrested, and thrown in prison. Known as the prison for the ten ultimate criminals, Knoll Prison held heinous offenders guilty of slaughtering gods. Oh, one more thing: she was the tenth of those ten ultimate criminals. System: Your mission is to earn the criminals' favor, make them trust and like you, then take them out when they least expect it. You're the most charming person I could find in that world. I'm sure you can win them over and reap their lives, Sang Yu! Ren Jiu kept a calm, aloof expression on the outside, while inwardly she was collapsing and wanted to go home. Who, me? And the most charming? What kind of standard is that? You calculated it wrong! System: Transmigration consumed a great deal of energy, so the System is about to go to sleep and replenish its energy. To help the Host, I've activated favorability notifications. Host, do your best ^ ^ Ren Jiu looked at the many prisoners in the prison who weren't human. Not as an insult, they literally weren't human. There were enormous green-patterned caterpillars four people tall, terrifying black spiders, bone wolves made of skeletons, beautiful flower butterflies, highly venomous scorpions, icy white snakes, and mermaids straight out of fairy tales... Ren Jiu looked at the green-and-black-patterned caterpillar and thought: Bugs are what she's most afraid of! On her second day in prison, Ren Jiu was selected to enter the divine realm, where she was forced to join a group of people and saw the so-called little child they had been talking about. No matter how she looked at it, the other creature was a one-meter-tall black-and-green caterpillar. Her mouth twitched and her vision blurred. Huh? Weak smile :) Favorability +1 +1 +1 +1... +10... +20... Lately, Knoll Star's plans to eliminate the evil god had been going more and more poorly. That new evil god kept ruining their progress. Weren't evil gods supposed to hate each other so much they wanted to kill one another? --The Fan Favorite Just Wants to Beat the Game-- [The main story is told in third person! #Angsty melodrama, Mary Sue, love-triangle harem] You were lucky enough to get your hands on a full-dive pod and take part in a trial run of a newly released game. When you entered the game, a System prompt appeared. [It is now 2:35 a.m. You wake up in a dark room. Go to the mirror and take a look.] [You see a girl in the mirror who looks just like you, but younger. You notice that your clothes are wrinkled, as if they'd been roughed up. Then you spot suspicious red marks on your neck, and your lips are swollen, sore, and numb. You find that you're holding a button that clearly isn't yours. Your phone has a call from an unknown number with no recording. The gift you were going to give someone is missing, and you realize someone is taking a shower in the bathroom.] Well, this is getting exciting. [Your mission is as follows: You are attending your high school graduation party. Investigate what happened during the time you've forgotten, including but not limited to: who confessed to you, whom you confessed to, who owns the gift, who owns the button, whom you hugged and kissed, and who else is in the room. Time limit: one month. Failure will result in your account being deleted.] [Suspects: Number One: the aloof and proud student council president and top student. Number Two: the bad-tempered school bully who is not to be messed with. Number Three: the playboy who's supposedly had a string of girlfriends while at school. Number Four: your kind and gentle neighbor and older brother figure, the nephew of your beloved math teacher. Number Five: a sunny, cheerful sports student with a great physique.] A month later, you hadn't managed to complete the mission. You were planning to quit and start over when the game System gave you another mission. [Large holiday event: Time Rewind, Youth Without Regrets, Love Without Regrets. Accept, or delete your account and start over?] Of course you'd keep playing! [Mission One: The love letter on the desk. Find its owner.] [Mission Two: The flirtatious text messages. Find their owner.] [Mission Three: ...] You choose to do the event missions before restarting the main story. Yay, yay, there's something new to play! But in the end, who will you choose? Will you find the person you love in your heart and choose him, or pick someone else? Anything is possible in Guess Who My Lover Is. Come play the game~ [This story takes place in a fictional setting and is unrelated to reality. Please don't conflate it with real life.] Reader's Guide 1. The heroine is career-minded. There is little romance with the male lead; the main focus is the plot, and everything serves the heroine and the story. 2. The heroine has a Zerg physique. Her strength grows in the early part of the story, with a level-up progression. 3. I'm not good at writing blurbs, so this doesn't represent the entire story. [Blurb written on 2022.8.18] Last revised on [2024.5.29] Theme: Growing up means learning to take responsibility.