A Beta Pretending to Be an Alpha on an Alpha-Omega Dating Show

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Wan Xia joins a hugely popular interstellar dating show for alphas and omegas. The show has three alphas and three omegas. But he is neither an alpha nor an omega. He's a beta pretending to be an alpha.

What Wan Xia doesn't know is that although the show appears to have three alphas and three omegas, the real lineup is one beta and five alphas.

Yes, that's right. Apart from him, all five of the others are alphas!

The dating show's contestants include:

Contestant A: An imperial prince and a strong contender for the throne, as well as a gifted imperial commander. He's a cold, ruthless workaholic, sent to the show for a makeover after a disastrous command.

Contestant B: The marshal's adopted son, an S6 alpha who can take out both his teammates and the battlefield when deployed. Hailed as the empire's most terrifying weapon and a born demon king, he comes to the show after a failed online romance.

Contestant C: An interstellar mega-superstar, owner of countless properties and the richest man in the empire, as well as a dazzling beauty. He tearfully pretends to be an omega just to lure in the alpha wife of his dreams. Gay people have done nothing wrong!

Contestant D: The director of the Academy of Sciences and the son of a cabinet minister. He earned doctorates in philosophy, psychology, and physiology at a very young age. For some unknown reason, he pretends to be an omega despite being an alpha. He's the most popular omega in the entire galaxy.

Contestant E: ...

At their first meeting, the production crew interviews Wan Xia about the contestants.

Wan Xia looks from side to side. "They all seem pretty unimpressive."

Then he rambles on, listing every single one of the five contestants' flaws.

Viewers: Is he an idiot? Has he even looked at himself?

Contestants A, B, C, and D, after thinking it over: He kind of has a point.

*

On their first date, a contestant asks Wan Xia where he wants to go.

Wan Xia: "Come to my place and pick up some trash."

Viewers: Have you lost your mind?!

But then these spoiled darlings of heaven gleefully haul tires and lids around, picking up trash, and say they can't wait to come again.

*

Gradually, viewers realize that as the dating show goes on, it turns into a counseling program, a money-saving and investment program, a warrior training center, and then even...

Watching the six contestants ride a rickety little tricycle they built themselves straight into a bug nest, viewers finally realize: What kind of show is this, anyway?

The director lights a cigarette with a weary look. "A dating show about picking up trash, killing bugs, chatting about life, and maybe falling in love!"

PS: 1. The shou is a poor mecha engineer obsessed with turning junk into treasure. He can fix anything, including people and dogs. He has an absurdly powerful golden finger and is very, very popular. The gong is split into multiple versions, but even the non-gongs love him.

2. Not a traditional dating show, but there's plenty of tangled romantic drama.

Check out my upcoming novel: Can't Date, But I Can Fight

After binding to a System, Ye Shuxing learns he's transmigrated into the sickly male supporting character in a novel, who is about to die.

To survive, he has to fall in love with 99 men, 99 times!

This is a real challenge for Ye Shuxing. Before and after transmigrating, he's been a total loner, known as "the iron-straight guy who'll never get a partner"!

Fortunately, although he can't date, he can fight!

Can't win someone over?

Fight him.

Keep fighting until he agrees.

Don't want to date?

Fight him.

Keep fighting until he wants to.

And so Ye Shuxing's fearsome life begins. He's either beating someone up or on his way to beat someone up. Today he takes down his roommate, tomorrow he thrashes a senior, and all the while his number of dates skyrockets.

...Still, he feels kind of bad for these handsome guys he forced into it.

Ye Shuxing often thinks: I really am the worst.

But sometimes he also thinks: Why do these handsome guys seem a little crazy?

For example, why does someone suddenly lie flat and admit defeat before he even lays a hand on them?

...Is this some new kind of scam?

The gong's point of view: A cold, aloof junior has arrived at Mingyang Military Academy. He's cool, distant, and incredibly strong, but his eyesight isn't great.

A single smile from him would be enough to get all these guys worked up.

But he insists on fighting them instead.

Is that his way of giving out rewards?

Theme: Be yourself.