I Took the Insectoid World by Storm as a Virtual Idol

PS: This story is set in a fictional world and has no connection to reality. Please don't apply it to real life!

Gran transmigrated into a book and found himself in an insectoid world, as a cannon-fodder male insect who was loved by neither males nor females, and who lived off generous welfare subsidies while waiting to die.

A pure human with no pheromones, he was matched with the original protagonist, who desperately needed soothing. The other insect's pheromones were strong enough to knock out a mammoth.

Looking at the cold, shadowed gaze of the blond military female insect,

Gran had only one thought: He wanted to die :)

He was terrified of insects and wanted to die so he could go back to Earth.

Gran discovered that insectoid society was at an intermediate level of civilization. Holographic technology was only just getting started, and autonomous AI and insect-made artificial idiots were so terrible they drove you up the wall. Their tech tree had taken a completely different path from Blue Star's.

The few male insects were unwilling to work, while unmarried, desperate female insects were more numerous than anyone could imagine.

Gran: Dying is out of the question. Isn't this the perfect opportunity?

Gran, former chief mechanical intelligence technology officer of Blue Star, was about to give the insectoid world a little holographic shock.

One day, a dating sim called Unreal quietly launched.

Unreal claimed to offer high freedom and no restrictions, with character development and exploration that followed players' every whim, unique data for each player, and an immersive second life.

The trial version featured three characters you could develop.

A rich young heir who loved rock music: sharp-tongued and refined, the most distinguished and beloved male insect.

A childhood friend who was now a triple-threat star: aloof and exacting, famous for being indifferent to others, and usually treating you with cold disdain.

An underground idol with a voice like heaven's: deeply in debt and with a tragic past, outwardly gentle but inwardly distant and cold.

As their manager, you would guide them from being filthy, downtrodden wrecks to the top of the star world, where they would take the entire insectoid world by storm.

Raising male insects, a virtual entertainment industry, and idol simulation.

The alliance's insects initially thought it was all exaggerated false advertising, but later discovered that everything it promised had come true in ways beyond their wildest imagination.

Every NPC had an independent emotional system, and they were so intelligent that they made you question your whole life as an insect. There were no content restrictions, and the experience was truly no different from reality, even better in some ways.

Unreal, you are the one true god of the holographic world!

The craze for virtual boy bands swept through the alliance, reaching every corner, every age group, and every demographic. Their influence was practically viral.

When they learned that some male insects opposed the game, criticizing it on the grounds that it was addictive,

The alliance's female insects said: They give you gifts on your birthday, wish you good morning and good night every day, sweetly call you their manager, and even step up to protect you at crucial moments. Most importantly, they can soothe pheromone instability!

Who needs to find an insect in real life anymore!

Meanwhile, the hostile empire was gathering intelligence when it discovered that every insect in the alliance military was equipped with a holographic pod and watched something on it at a set time every night.

Curious, they looked into it, only to discover that it was a one-on-one holographic meet-and-greet?

The hostile empire: ???

The three virtual idols had wildly different personalities, but all were wonderful. Their only flaw was that they weren't real.

Until one day, Unreal announced its first offline event. The three insects appeared onstage together, crossing dimensions, and shook hands with the audience below, their hands warm to the touch.

The female insects: !!!

By the Insect God, my favorite really came to see me!

Gran, a top-tier mechanic also known as the Fifth-Dimensional Pocket, was good at fulfilling every wish :)

PS:

The story includes themes of gender equality in its later chapters. I'm very sorry to readers who don't enjoy that!

An insectoid-world novel with a strong male lead. The protagonist is not weak.

The story barely involves the entertainment industry. Everything is part of a virtual AI game. Any resemblance between characters and real people is purely coincidental!

The author is hopeless at logic and the writing is amateurish. Please go easy on me if anything here gives you a shock.

Theme: Treat others equally and kindly, and embrace a beautiful life.