How a Snarky Male Zerg Plays a Scumbag Cannon Fodder

A cool, snarky, genuinely expendable cannon-fodder character who doesn't know how strong he is as the top

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A mad general who has an 800-meter soft spot for good boys as the bottom

(Both are strong, they dote on each other, with a slight preference for the top; a light ensemble cast; easygoing tone)

(Lingling is the only protagonist, and the entire world revolves around him)

(No secondary pairings; the top is doted on by everyone; plot and romance both feature heavily)

A fictional, imaginary world. Please don't compare it to reality.*

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What should you do if you transmigrate into a character who's truly destined to be cannon fodder?

The original only described him in a couple of lines. He had no plotline and no golden finger, and his fate was miserable. To top it off, a little sprite System buzzed around his ear like a fly, ordering him to follow his character setting and fill in the holes in his friend's terrible book: a boys' love novel with two male leads who had absolutely nothing to do with each other!

So he diligently became one of the villainous foils for Protagonist A,

while also playing an arrogant male insect who robbed Protagonist B and humiliated him at every turn.

He did everything a cannon-fodder character could possibly do.

Protagonist A was a kind and gentle transmigrated male insect, the beloved white moonlight who would one day have N devoted pursuers, each capable of beating him to a pulp. Protagonist B was the powerful, unhinged commander of the Third Legion, who rose through the ranks by stepping on his own kind. In chapter twenty-five, he chopped the protagonist into mincemeat.

After provoking both protagonists, no one in the world could be a more dedicated cannon-fodder character.

Qin Ling planned to fake his death after finishing the early plotline, then return under a new identity to fill in the story. The fake-death plan went smoothly: Qin Ling died alongside an undercover agent in battle. The System put on a show of wiping away its tears and thoughtfully prepared a spaceship.

But by the time he came back to continue his mission, everything had changed.

Protagonist B had gone completely mad, killing every insect on the list of those who'd hurt him.

Protagonist A's saintly halo had cracked, and he'd slapped one of his harem members seven times in a row.

Qin Ling: Huh?

The bottom's perspective:

Scovaro considered himself a bastard of an insect.

He rose by stepping over the bones of his beloved female parent, profited by trampling his family's flesh and blood, and ruthlessly toppled his own relatives from power. He made the entire Aletes family depend on him, its only hope, for their livelihood. In the eyes of his kin, he was a demon.

He saved money, accumulated military merit, and kept climbing the ranks.

He shamelessly clawed his way toward a higher position.

He was waiting for his beloved little male to come back.

“Mm, delusions of grandeur?”

Scovaro rubbed his ear, then drew the sleeping green-haired male insect into his arms and wrapped him snugly in his cloak. Smiling, he turned to his friend and said softly, “My husband is a good, innocent, obedient little boy. Don't you agree?”

The female insect was speechless. “He slaughtered his way through the Special Operations Bureau in three hours.”

How could Scovaro think this male insect was so pitiful and innocent?

A skit from the StarNet forums

Scovaro: “Question: What do you do if your husband has a little brother who clings to him all the time?”

Lino: “Question: Does this make me a brother complex?”

Theme: Love lets a mechanical heart grow flesh and blood