After the Cannon-Fodder Male Zerg Awakens His Mind-Reading Ability on a Dating Show

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A ridiculously popular, beautiful gong among the bugs. He's a natural flirt and a natural scumbag, and at first he's oblivious to the fact that he's caught in a love rivalry.

I feel like every story has transmigrated male bugs doting on shou characters, so I'm giving myself some weak-gong, strong-shou food: a gong adored by everyone, pairing undecided, and I won't start writing until I settle on one. The shou pursues the gong, and only later will the gong return the shou's strong feelings. 1v1.

The following blurb is for reference only and will be polished before the story begins. The only things I'm certain about are the gong adored by everyone and the love rivalry.

Jiang Zhiyou is a native male bug. As a B-rank male, he was spoiled into a pretty little airhead.

After a string of misfortunes, including having his engagement broken off by the female bug he liked and falling out with his best friend, he was invited to appear on the most popular dating show across the entire star network.

When he first joined the show, he was willful and spoiled, becoming a foil to Ji Yunqing, a male bug who had transmigrated. He went from being the most popular male bug on the star network to being hated by everyone.

After an accident left him injured, he awakened the ability to hear someone's inner thoughts whenever he made physical contact with them. From then on, his entire life as a bug was turned upside down.

After returning from a date with another female bug, he accidentally bumped into the adopted female bug of the Jiang family, the one he hated most. He heard her inner thoughts: [Naughty Zhizhi belongs locked up by me.]

While cooking in the kitchen with the former fiance who had abandoned him, the man was thinking: [Zhizhi, I miss you so much.]

The composed, self-controlled Marshal of the Empire, the ideal male bug in the hearts of countless male bugs and Ji Yunqing's current love interest, danced with him at a banquet while thinking: [He's so beautiful. I want him to fuck me.]

The female bug who seemed the most kind and harmless on the outside, and who had previously mocked him and treated him coldly, thought this while bandaging his wound: [A delicate male bug like this must look beautiful crying in bed. I really want to break him.]

Even the protagonist, Ji Yunqing, seemed to have some unspeakable intentions toward him. The two other male bugs also often looked at him with strange expressions.

Only then did Jiang Zhiyou realize that he wasn't as hated by all the bugs as he'd thought. On the contrary, he might be adored by them all... The scarier part was that later on, he could hear their thoughts without even touching them. He realized that none of the bugs who had come to the dating show were simple.

Jiang Zhiyou really wasn't interested in any plots about conspiracies, secrets, and overthrowing the Empire. His response was: No thanks. Don't involve me.

A self-indulgent, unhinged idea. It looks pretty toxic... I'll start writing if enough people are interested~

Reading guide:

1. Warning: a weak, universally adored gong. He's weak in the early story, and his strength in the middle and later parts will depend on his character growth.

3. Blurb written on 2022.08.22

Theme: Learning to grow through adversity