How Am I a Cannon Fodder, the Tyrant's Kid? [Interstellar]

Yu Bai transmigrated into a sci-fi novel, becoming a minor character with an utterly miserable fate.

The minor character was abused and experimented on, passed through several shelters, and came with all the fashionable accessories common to tragic, broken characters: out-of-control mental powers, hallucinations that followed him everywhere, and wailing that echoed in his ears day and night...

Yu Bai refused to accept his fate. Yu Bai tried to fight back. Yu Bai tried getting up after lying down... Yu Bai wanted to lie flat!

In the end, Yu Bai set fire to the godforsaken shelter, burned it to the ground, freed everyone, and waited peacefully for death.

But he didn't die. The fire caused too much of a stir, and he was rescued.

Yu Bai lay in the medical pod of the Imperial rescue team, wearing an expression of utter misery, while his savior watched him from beside the pod.

Yu Bai slowly gathered his strength.

Ah... The white-haired young man looked handsome and kind. If he decided Yu Bai was dangerous, would he give him a quick death?

It didn't work. And on top of that, he heard the door fly open. "Lord Bayer An! Kinship match confirmed. The genetic traits match the royal family. The System has automatically escalated the report to the royal family!"

Yu Bai, with a hand around his throat: ?

The Imperial royal family, a famously cold-blooded and brutal clan in the galaxy, is the greatest enemy of the revolutionary protagonist in the book, as well as the biggest villain in this story.

Yu Bai: ...Now I want to die even more.

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The Imperial royal family is one of the galaxy's infamous monster clans. Armed with lofty ideals and convictions, they created a brilliant empire in a galaxy surrounded by wolves. But an imbalance of power and their growing hatred of the world set them on a path toward extremism.

Amid all the conflicts, the empire was never at peace. In the end, it was completely replaced, its glory and ideals lasting only a brief moment.

The imperial ruler, Maner Richter, is famous for being cold and merciless. He believes in the law of the jungle and that strength is everything.

His ascension to the throne seemed to accelerate the empire's destruction.

Until a pale young man with eyes and features like his appeared.

After repeatedly provoking people in failed attempts to get himself killed, Yu Bai said, weary of the world, "Do you believe stories have fated endings?"

Maner looked at the boy, who was still two years away from adulthood, and answered with his usual icy severity. "There is no such thing."

Even if there were, it wouldn't be allowed to take you away.

[An all-out pampering fest, the empire's story of revival (not really). The official pairing is a sickly, world-weary little prince on the receiving end x a fierce, unruly, rabid-dog noble on the pursuing end]

Theme: Cherish everything and everyone around you, no matter the circumstances. Treat things with care, and good results will follow.