In the future, humanity fused the traits of various organisms to defend against natural disasters, achieving unparalleled breakthroughs in physique, lifespan, perception, and more. Some even awakened supernatural abilities.
But once Pandora's box was opened, the consequences followed one after another.
Anyone with a genetic purity below 90% was monitored around the clock by the terminal.
Anyone with a genetic purity below 85% was forbidden from entering the Upper City.
Anyone with a genetic purity below 80% had their citizenship revoked and was forbidden from ever leaving the mines. If they showed signs of atavism, they were to be executed without exception.
Anyone with a genetic purity below 75% was to be executed without exception!
The Empire's laws were like a set of deadly rules, each one more cruel than the last. Fortunately, the story's protagonist, Xia En, had a genetic purity of 99%, and his biological source was a rabbit.
Yes, a rabbit with a three-part mouth that went munch, munch as it ate grass.
Xia En couldn't for the life of him figure out why his ancestors had chosen to add those genes.
Did they have some sort of fetish for white fur and red eyes? The genes were useless for his plans to stay in the Upper City, and whenever he got worked up, they made his snowy white ears pop up and a fluffy tail sprout. The only thing those traits were good for was looking cute and tempting, and they constantly got him mistaken for someone in a certain line of work.
Xia En, a model university student in every respect, had no words.
At last, he graduated.
At the graduation ceremony, the Imperial Crown Prince arrived to give a speech. His biological source was the noble, bloodthirsty silver wolf. Rebel assassins infiltrated the auditorium, their eyes golden as those of prehistoric serpents. The red fox, childhood friend of Xia En's who had been adopted by his parents and missing for years, appeared by chance, only to turn out to be the assassins' contact.
And Xia En, the unlucky rabbit who had overslept, was late.
He dodged the wise swan, passed the bewitching mermaid, took a wrong turn into the wrong class's reunion room, and came face-to-face with the assassin's dark gun barrel...
Xia En's will to survive overpowered everything else.
He said, "Don't kill me. I'm the Crown Prince's lover."
The assassin said, "Oh really? I'm livestreaming."
★ A love-triangle-and-more battlefield (emphasis on more), with outrageous twists
★ The protagonist is gloomy, extremely gloomy. Life has worn down his edges and pounded him until he is bouncy and chewy, and he is obsessed with living the good life.
At first, he's a pure, delicate flower whose beauty is hidden behind thick black glasses. In the middle, he becomes a puppet empress consort who dazzles the whole court. By the end, he's a mad scientist whose looks are matched by his intelligence.
★ The interstellar setting draws on plenty of references and has plenty of original elements. Romance and plot each take up half the story.
★ Thanks for reading ^_^
Theme: I refuse to die. I'm going to live.
