An Insect's Rise to Power After Being Dumped on a Desolate Planet

Sweetheart young master gong x black-bellied shou

Luo Nan x Lan Ze

As the youngest young master of an Alliance noble family, Luo Nan had lived a carefree and indulgent life. But a D-rank psychic aptitude test turned his life upside down. Branded a good-for-nothing and a disgrace to the family, the young male insect was sent to a barren star to serve as its lord.

The barren star's economy was in decline, its culture impoverished, and its ecosystem polluted. The only businesses that seemed to be operating steadily were a dozen garishly decorated nightclubs! Luo Nan had just landed when his eyes nearly popped out of his head. Faced with the scene before him, he thought he had crash-landed in some unknown spider-demon's lair.

Then, right after that, a male insect forcefully kissed him.

The male insect was extraordinarily handsome and seriously injured. An unnatural flush tinged his pale face, and a tag like a brand hung around his neck. Perhaps he was a male insect attendant who had fled from some household in a panic. In a daze, he begged Luo Nan to comfort him.

Holding the injured male insect at a loss, Luo Nan learned just how dangerous the barren star was. The local kingpin was used to taking whatever he wanted, had designs on several beautiful male insects, and was also eyeing Luo Nan's position as lord.

As everyone sang the praises of the "good-for-nothing male insect," Luo Nan began transforming the barren star. He pursued food reviews and scenic photography side by side, and his career soon took off.

The clueless onlookers were left dumbfounded. Why was the most popular anonymous photographer in the galaxy him? Why was the faceless food blogger with one of the biggest insect fanbases online him? And why was he also the writer behind the hottest food-review posts?

How many secret identities do you have that we don't know about?!

As his career flourished, the young male insect grew wealthy. He wrapped his arms around the waist of the male insect beside him and asked coyly, "I've saved enough for the bride price. Will you marry me, big brother?"

*

Lan Ze, once the Alliance's top general, was a male insect forced to flee to the border star systems and lie low after being squeezed out by his peers. But when his damaged psychic powers led him into a trap set by a local kingpin, he escaped wounded and met Luo Nan, who had been ostracized and sent to a barren star for having D-rank psychic powers.

Whether anyone else believed it or not, Lan Ze knew it was a lie.

As an exceptionally rare S-rank male insect, Lan Ze could only form a psychic bond with S-rank or near-S-rank male insects. He and Luo Nan had a one-hundred-percent compatibility rate. D-rank? Those old fossils in the Alliance really knew how to spin a story.

To give himself more cards to play, Lan Ze chose to stay by Luo Nan's side. At first, it was only out of sympathy and a desire to protect him. Somehow, that turned into doting on him. Whatever the young male insect wanted to do, Lan Ze was willing to say yes.

Want to make food photography?

Sure.

Want to rehabilitate polluted mines and improve the ecosystem?

Sure.

Want to grow tea, make incense, and expand the business?

Sure.

Want to marry me?

Su...

Wait?!

Lan Ze's usually unruffled expression cracked ever so slightly. He looked up and met Luo Nan's nervous gaze.

Then Lan Ze tenderly kissed the young male insect's ear.

"Of course."

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