Novels like StarCraft: The Insect Overlord Strikes Back
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- 1 Sea of Stars: The Legacy of the Swarm 星海：虫群之遗 Evolve, devour! In their silent conquest, the swarm displays a chilling elegance. When I appear, the world is about to go up in flames. ---I am the swarm 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 StarCraft Old Boys: Huang Laoxian Is Fifty-Fifty 星际老男孩：黄老仙是五五开 Huang Laoxian used to be a StarCraft II streamer and commentator. By a stroke of luck, he awakens the 50-50 System and begins a second golden age in StarCraft! Skill? I’ve got 800 APM! Results? I’m winning championships! Public opinion? I can handle it with ease! That’s the kind of guy I am: a StarCraft old-timer, and the king of jinxing people! First, let me jinx myself: My wife is ugly, my son is stupid, and I’m broke. My life is pitch-black! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 I'm Cannon Fodder in the Insectoid Race 我在虫族当炮灰 With no support in sight, Li Wen, captain of an interstellar expedition fleet, dies with his warship and is reborn as cannon fodder among the Zerg. Determined to reach the summit, he must navigate the different races and climb, step by step, all the way to the top. 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Rise of the Insectoid 虫族崛起录 We examine this world with countless eyes. Rocks, atmosphere, oceans, even the glittering stars: everything will become a resource to analyze and exploit. We move as one, our thoughts shared and our actions precise. The world will be reshaped by our will. We will witness a world transformed by the will of the swarm. Heed the Supreme Will, which rules all things and brings them into its ultimate form: a perfect, efficient, eternal cycle. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Global Monsters: The Rise of the Insect Swarm 全球魔物：虫族崛起 Hundreds of millions of people take part in an absurd game! The game is divided into the Human Faction and the Monster Faction! The various factions clash with one another! Ye Ge leads the insect race on a path of conquest! 3Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 6 The System Grants Me Immortality, and I Roam Heaven and Earth at My Leisure! 系统赐我长生，我自逍遥天地！ [System] [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] [No Female Lead] [Ordinary Daily Life] [Cultivation] [Keeping a Low Profile] [Lighthearted and Witty] From the start, the System grants him eternal life. Gu Changsheng transmigrates to a mountain in another world, spending over a decade living an ordinary life in a village. Then he leaves the little mountain village and witnesses the revival of the cultivation world and the arrival of a golden age, just as the darkest era in a million years descends. The G 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 King of the Insects: Build an Army to Devour Everything 群虫之王，爆兵才能吞噬一切 A swarm begins from zero: one, ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand! A million! The swarm will appear in every corner of the world and even the universe, reaching the summit through evolution after evolution! After an accident, Lin You becomes a giant white worm and evolves by devouring others. [Ding! Evolution complete! New ability acquired: “Two Eggs from One”] [Ding! Evolution complete! New ability acquired: “Accelerated Reproduction”] [Ding! Evolution complete! New form acquired: Human] 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Interstellar Conquest: From Nothing to Roaming the Stars 星际争霸：从一无所有到傲游星海 Chen Fan, a die-hard fan of old-school interstellar games, stayed up all night grinding ranked matches. After finally reaching Grandmaster, he got so excited that he indirectly died of a sudden heart attack and found himself in another world. Starting out as a commoner with nothing, he relied on the New Federation System to establish a federation and become its prime minister. But danger lies ahead. Let’s see how he survives in these turbulent times! (I’m a beginner with no experience, so feel f —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 I Am the Swarm 我为虫群 Ren Jin once ruled over half the universe, but his own blind ambition and his enemies’ cunning brought him down. He lost everything. This time, he has arrived at the edge of the universe, in a place called Earth. Can he make a comeback? His blood drew an endless tide of corpses, spawned powerful ability users, and created terrifying mutant beasts. The whole Earth changed because of him. And now he will use this planet as a stepping stone to descend upon the entire universe once more, letting the 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Zerg Overlord from the Start: Sweeping Through the Cultivation World! 开局虫族主宰，横推修仙界！ [Massive armies!] [Absolutely invincible!] [Insect race!] [Ruthless and decisive!] [Smart characters!] [Undercover agents!] After transmigrating to a fantasy world, he gains the Insect Overmind System! "Ding~ Great Overmind, according to the inheritance of divine creatures, every one of your subjects can cultivate. Fifty percent of their results will be passed on to you, including insights and laws..." "I get stronger just by idling?" Lin Mu's heart raced. "I've come here today to break off our 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Invincible in Another World with the Zerg at My Command 异界之虫族在手我无敌 Wu Di, a young landlord, transmigrates to an alien planet. With a Zerg and Three Kingdoms Generals summoning System at his command, he builds up his forces, sweeps all before him, and conquers the myriad races of the universe. 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 I Have to Rally the Troops Again 我得重新集结部队 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 From the Apocalypse to the Stars, I Am the Swarm! 从末世到星际，我！即是虫群！ Zerg Swarm + Zombie Apocalypse + Space + Catastrophe That day, the sky turned the color of blood, filling everyone with boundless dread. But people thought it was just another spectacular natural phenomenon. They were wrong. After that day, a strange virus swept across the globe, turning people into bloodthirsty zombies straight out of the movies. The apocalypse had arrived. At the very brink of life and death, a Zerg technology tree appeared in Qin Wang's mind. With no time to think, he watched 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Insectoid Son-in-Law at the End of the World 末世之虫族赘婿 Tired and sleepy? Get a shot! Not strong enough? Get a shot! The male lead transmigrates to the apocalypse and becomes a live-in son-in-law to the insect race. He also has a beautiful wife who is "as lovely as a flower." Want to get stronger? You have to get injected. A live-in son-in-law battles for supremacy among the stars... 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Infinite Evolution, Starting as a Worker Bee 从工蜂开始的无限进化 Easygoing + Slow-Burn + Farming + Evolution + No System + Interstellar Stars, interstellar adventures, Warhammer, Spore... This book is dedicated to all fans of insectoid races. One is a swarm mind transformed from a human. The other is a rogue swarm made up of nothing but worker bees. They crash-land in the lush rainforest of an unfamiliar planet. A hostile natural environment, strange alien species, and the remnants of human colonization from a previous age... This planet has countless dangers 264Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 16 Insects Shaking the Cosmos 虫撼寰宇 (No System + Doomsday Survival + Strong Female Lead + Zerg + Sci-Fi + Villain Protagonist + Fake Couple + Natural Disasters + Multiverse) In 2027, a nuclear experiment in the Mariana Trench, conducted as part of humanity’s exploration efforts, accidentally awakens the dormant Zerg. Lan Na, a Chinese American girl, is infected by Zerg spores. Keeping her human consciousness, she wanders from place to place, leading other infected people in a rebellion against the military’s suppression. She later 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Infinite Troop Spawning, Starting with StarCraft 无限爆兵从星际争霸开始 The opening chapters are transitional. You can start reading from Chapter 7. The protagonist won't get much screen time. The story focuses on the troops fighting across different worlds and making up for past regrets, while staying as faithful as possible to each world's lore. Zombie apocalypse? Let me show you what a grenade launcher can do! A swarm of insects? Your horde takes casualties every second, while my good brothers are endless! Ever since Zhang Xiaodong obtained the System, the foreig 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Insectoid Invasion: I Turned the Tide 虫族入侵，我力挽狂澜 In the year 2022 of the Earth calendar, the Zerg invaded Earth. In the first year, the death toll exceeded two billion. By the second year, every country except a handful of major powers had fallen. At the end of the third year, the surviving humans gathered in Longdu for the final battle. In a parallel world, Qin Mu was at his computer playing StarCraft, which was about to shut down for good, when a bolt of lightning struck him. To his surprise, he transmigrated to this world on the verge of de 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Interstellar War in Super God Academy 超神学院里的星际争霸 “Commander, we’ve gathered enough crystal ore and high-energy gas...” “What? Our reserves still aren’t enough? Train another hundred thousand SCVs!” “Um, Commander, I misspoke. The Triangulum just took one of our resource planets.” “What! Release the Zerg! Show our enemies no mercy!” “Stop, Commander! I’m about to finish off the Triangulum!” “What! They’re making us glass the planet? Bring out my mothership!” Note: I’m a casual player, a nobody at Platinum rank on the ladder. I don’t understand 30Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 20 Insect Road to Doomsday 末日虫途 When the world changes and society collapses, everyone fears for their life. The fates of one insect and one human become closely intertwined. Their naive, lonely souls collide, changing each other's destinies. “Alpha, I want to lie around and do nothing.” “Sure. I'll protect you.” “Alpha, I want the world to run according to my wishes.” “As you wish.” “Alpha...” 18Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 21 The Divine Race Rules the World 神族主宰霸天下 The protagonist is in the middle of a game when he suddenly finds himself in a legendary world overrun by Warcraft. But somehow, he becomes the ruler of the divine race... 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 A Zerg Altar from the Start 开局一座虫族祭坛 [Unlimited Troop Summoning] [Not a Doormat] [Decisive and Ruthless] [No Female Lead] Yang Tao is one of the world’s top mercenaries. He is ordered to retrieve a rare treasure discovered by scientists inside a pyramid. After surviving countless dangers and securing the treasure, he is betrayed by his lover and hunted down by his own organization. Gravely wounded and with no strength left to fight back, he chooses to vanish into nothingness along with the treasure. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Insectoid: So I’m the Child of Destiny 虫族：原来我是命运之子 [Interstellar conquest + Zerg + apocalypse + fantasy] More than you could ever imagine! After an unexpected rebirth, Luo Feng gained the Zerg System and inherited a Zerg base. From then on, he embarked on a path of no return... The fun with beautiful women, wealth, ruling Earth, and conquering the universe began!!! Seeing the densely packed swarm, the Zombie Emperor promptly led his zombies in raising their hands in surrender. What was this? Weren’t we the only ones with the exclusive rights to —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Insectoid Empress Is on a Cheat Streak 虫族女皇开挂啦 Synopsis: [No male lead] A human civilization that combines technology and the stars, a world of cultivation where immortals already exist, the Sunset Divine Realm, whose inhabitants call themselves gods, and countless strange alien races: these four powerful civilizations are merely the lucky survivors of a cataclysm. When the great calamity arrives, only the stars can light up the cosmos. The story of a Zerg queen who gets two cheats. A proper Zerg queen must do more than create Zerg. She must 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Interstellar Zerg: The Swarm Engulfs Everything 星际虫族：虫海淹没一切 [Reborn + Zerg + Growth + Steamrolling + Power Fantasy + System + Villain] Since ancient times, evolution has always been survival of the fittest, from apes to the top of the food chain. Now, I'm going to turn all of that upside down, reshuffle society, and return it to a primitive state. Dongfang Han had been living it up and doing nothing, spending the inheritance left by his deceased parents. Then one day, he was struck by lightning and discovered that he had transmigrated into the body of a 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 In a Lord's Game, I Draw StarCraft Units! 领主游戏，我抽到星际争霸兵种！ [Lordship + farming + invincible protagonist + lighthearted + mass troop recruitment] What? I was reborn on Blue Star and sent into a lord game, only to draw the worst unit type? Come on, there must be a glitch in the game's display. I actually drew StarCraft units! What? You think my troops are trash and want to use me as an experience farm? The game says I’m weak, and you believe it? Come on, let me show you something nice. With my urban sprawl and endless swarms, you won’t be getting back out 38Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 27 From the Start, I Have an Interstellar Mothership 开局一艘星际母舰 Lu Qinghe, a man from the 21st century, unexpectedly acquires an interstellar mothership and embarks on one extraordinary journey after another through different worlds. The earlier chapters may be revised with each update. Readers with ideas are welcome to leave a comment. This is primarily a science fiction novel, with the System playing a supporting role. 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 StarCraft: Rebuilding Glory in Another World 星际争霸：我在异界重建辉煌 As a Blue Star native, Nord transmigrated to the world of StarCraft and became Nord Mengsk. He thought the rest of his life would be spent taking down Amon, but who could have guessed that during the final battle, a shady System would whisk him away to an unfamiliar universe? The StarCraft universe had already been destroyed, and Amon had gained even greater power. Determined to restore the glory of the three races, humanity, the Protoss, and the Zerg, Nord declared, “Keep training SCVs! We need 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Global Lord: From the Start, I Become the Master of the Swarm 全民领主：开局成为虫群主宰 [Insectoid Race + Conquest] The age of the Old Gods has ended after an endless war between order and chaos. Shattered fragments of divinity have chosen new masters, but is this all a stroke of fortune, or a scheme by a mastermind pulling the strings? The endless war has broken out once more across the Myriad Worlds. Is this the cycle of the old era once again? Or the beginning of a brand-new world? But for Liu Xuanmo, a Paradox game player, an RTS fanatic, and a fan of painting games, perhaps th 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Rise of the Insect Race: Devouring the Stars 虫族崛起：虫噬星空 With a Leviathan soaring high above and the savage beasts leading a vast army of insects ever closer, Lin Chao looked at the countless races of the universe and asked, “My word is the truth. Who’s with me, and who’s against me?” 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 A Journey Through the Stars, Starting as the Rebel Leader 星际征程，从反抗军首领开始 After Feng Zheng’s Qilin Resistance Fleet suffers a defeat on the battlefield, it retreats to a hidden base to regroup. There, he obtains the Myriad Worlds Trading System and becomes a god-tier starship engineer. This is a new beginning. Feng Zheng will lead the Qilin Resistance Fleet back to the Solar System, establish a secure foothold of their own, and launch an assault on the evil forces currently ruling the Milky Way, restoring democracy and freedom to the entire galaxy. When terror descend —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Apocalypse Rebirth: A Date with the Blade Queen 末世重生：我与刀锋女王有个约会 The dragon-slaying hero becomes a dragon himself!!! Apocalyptic leveling + game fan fiction + action-packed comedy. The Dragon Wars: A devastating war broke out between Antesoros, King of the Dragons, and Manfloga, King of the Evil Dragons. The dragon race split into two factions, and the war lasted for centuries. In the end, with the Titans’ help, Antesoros and five Dragon Kings of the Order defeated their fallen kin, sealing Manfloga and his followers away in a subplane. The Titans’ Arrival: A 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Starting in the Stars 从星际开始 With a mysterious woman pulling the strings, Yang Zhen transmigrates... None of the wealth and luxury he expected comes to pass. Faced with a capitalist’s coal mine and the Federal Army, where the death rate exceeds seventy percent, Yang Zhen dives headfirst into the military. Amid blood and fire, he ventures through one world after another, until he returns to the world of the “beginning”... Well, the above is all nonsense. In short, this is the story of a man with powerful connections who keep 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Breeding Evolution, Beginning with Locusts 从蝗虫开始的繁殖进化 Reborn in a primeval jungle teeming with monsters, Chu Chong discovers that he's become a locust! He thinks he's in hell mode, but then he awakens the Super Breeding System. As long as he keeps devouring, he can earn breeding points and experience. He can level up, unlock System features, and raise locust offspring! Starting with his first locust army, he will command countless swarms and rise to the peak of the Myriad Worlds! 35Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 35 Marvel: My Brother Is the Zerg Overmind 漫威：我哥是虫族主宰 [Two protagonists: a Taldarim Protoss and the Zerg Swarm versus the Marvel Multiverse] My name is Wu Xingyue. My brother told me that a noble benefactor gave me the name Xingyue. I transmigrated to the Marvel Universe. Believing that I should make the best of things, I just wanted to live a quiet life. But one day, a System-like artifact called the Chain of Ascension awakened. It claimed to be the core of the Protoss Taldarim, and told me that our mortal enemies, the Zerg, were on the rise. It d 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Journey to the West: As the Zerg Overlord, I Raise an Infinite Army 西游：虫族主宰的我，无限爆兵 Xiao Zhan transmigrates into the world of Journey to the West and becomes the new master of countless races as the Zerg Overmind. He hatches countless Zerg combat units: male Zerg, Zerglings, Hydralisks, Spine Crawlers... Tang King Li Shimin: “How many cities do I have left?” The Dragon Kings of the Four Seas: “Are dragons really the rulers of the oceans?” The Jade Emperor: “Stop coming! Heaven has run out of resources!” Sun Wukong: “Bodhisattva, I really can’t get through this Zerg tribulation 51Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 37 The Stars Descend: I Am the Swarm 星际降临：我即是虫群 In his previous life, the interstellar world descended upon reality, and Blue Star was thrust straight into the space age. Faced with relentless swarms of Zerg, arrogant Protoss, and the tyrannical Mengsk Empire, humanity on Blue Star became enslaved, struggling to survive among the stars. Ning Hao struggled for decades before being swept into a battle. By chance, he was reborn on the very day the interstellar world appeared. Given a new lease on life and armed with knowledge of the future, N 12Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 38 Wasteland: I Have Billions of Zerg 废土，我有亿万虫族 A wasteland world. Zombies, machinefolk, and mutant species run rampant. In the nameless dark zones, even world-destroying monsters lie hidden. There are main cities built by the Fourth Calamity. Su Ping’an awakens the Overlord System and obtains the Zerg Overlord template. From then on, billions of Zerg rise up, advancing from the wasteland into the stars and ushering in a new era. Lord of Machines: Bro, you can’t play like this! King of the Mutants: Saint Ping’an, can I call you Father? The Fo 1Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 39 The Insectoid Legacy of Another Universe 异宇宙虫族传承 Luo Xing inherited the legacy of an insect race from another universe. Just as his planet was facing an apocalypse, he set out to conquer the stars and the dimensional universe, also known as dimensional space, with the help of the insect race. 3Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 40 Apocalypse: I Can Control the Insect Swarm 末世：我可以操纵虫族 I woke up one day and found myself in command of the Zerg! Producing one Zerg worker drone costs 20 energy. Build a hive, command countless Zerg, and pacify the apocalypse!! My name is Fang Yan. I am the new Zerg Overlord! 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Zerg Commander in Another World 虫族指挥官在异界 [Mass army-building + fantasy imagination + no female lead + not a saint] Chen Feng, a Blue Star young man who liked to lie flat and play games, had his soul transmigrated by the insectoid race into an unfamiliar planet. On this planet, a group of beings from an advanced civilization played the role of gods. The Dragon God declared grandly, “This treasure is mine! My spirit beasts are unmatched! My descendants possess peerless physical strength, and I command legions of dragons and wyverns...” T 138Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Swarm Lord: Hundredfold Rewards 虫群领主：百倍奖励 [Mass recruitment + interstellar + lord + ruthless decisiveness + farming + transmigration] This is an era in which everyone is a lord. High school graduates must all venture into other worlds to seize resources for Blue Star. By a twist of fate, Lin Qiu awakens the Hundredfold Rewards System. Any reward he obtains is multiplied a hundred times. Host has obtained 200 Zerglings! Hundredfold reward activated! Host has obtained 20,000 Zerglings! Host has obtained a kill reward: 1 gold coin, 23Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 43 Interstellar: This Is an Engineering Ship, Who Are You Trying to Fool? 星际：这是工程舰，你骗鬼呢！ This was a shocking murder, and a deception that stunned the world. Star Calendar: April 13, 201527. Location: The Han Hai Empire. A soul from Earth, adrift in this age with nowhere to belong, landed in the body of Shen Yang, a student at the Battleship Command Academy. When he woke, he found everything here utterly fascinating. There were spaceships capable of upgrading, combat mechs that could fly through the sky and burrow underground, giant warships armed with cannons capable of destroy 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Global Reincarnation: From Ant to Hive Queen 全民转生：从蚂蚁到母巢之主 Everyone on Earth is reincarnated into a fantasy world. Some are reborn as fierce beasts like tigers and wolves, some as magical beasts that command the laws of nature, and others as mythical creatures like dragons and phoenixes! Yi Sheng, however, is reincarnated as a weak little ant! After reincarnating, he can level up without limit! But that is all he can do: level up endlessly! Yi Sheng, however, can evolve! Bound to a god-tier Evolution System, he can infinitely improve his own quality. St 68Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 45 Reborn as an Ant, I Created My Own Ninjutsu 重生为蚁的我自创了忍术 Reborn as an ant just as spiritual qi revived, Zhang Yi looked at his body, no bigger than a grain of sand, and thought of Gaara. And so, fake ninjutsu came into being. He set off down the road of imitating ninja techniques, only to become an ant thief everyone wanted to beat up. Chased by the Monkey King, chased by Zhu Ganglie, chased by Xiang Yu, chased by the Qin army, chased by angels, chased by the God of Thunder, chased by Kojirou... Damn, you dare chase me too? You're asking for it... 28Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 46 Global Lord: Every Building I Own Is a Wonder 全民领主：我的建筑都是奇观 [Lord] [Invincible from start to finish] [Build planes] [Wonders] [Megastructures] [Multiple love interests] In the age of universal lordship, all races vie for supremacy, and wars across the planes rage without end. Gu Chuan awakens the god-tier talent Ultimate Ascension, which can evolve any building to the highest level with no conditions. [Small Campfire] evolves into [Plasma Spark Tower]: anyone illuminated by its light ascends and evolves without limit. [Beehive] evolves into [Zerg Mothers 138Reads6.6Score10214d adds
- 47 StarCraft: I Am the Swarm! 星际争霸：我即是虫群！ “I am the Swarm! Armies crumble to dust, and the world burns beneath my feet.” Gigahard is here, so Blizzard is saved! After rewatching the Heart of the Swarm cinematic, Bai Qi was so fired up that he left the internet cafe, ready to head home and call up a few Battle.net buddies for some StarCraft Tavern fun. Then a bus came out of nowhere and sent him to the afterlife. He could still faintly hear the driver’s phone playing: “Ass you can see!” So we were both StarCraft players. Well, that’s 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Fighting the Apocalypse with a Zerg Hive 带着虫族母巢战末日 What? Three hundred thousand zombies are surrounding the city? No problem. Get the Zerg Hive Mother to step up production. Will five million Zerg be enough? If not, send another ten million. One gob of spit per bug would be enough to drown these zombies. What kind of sparks will fly when the apocalyptic zombies collide with the Zerg Hive Mother? How can ordinary people survive in this gloomy, sunless apocalypse? After Jiang Xingqiu is bitten by an insect, he unexpectedly inherits the powerful le 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 StarCraft: The Glory of Humanity 星际争霸之人族荣耀 Humanity will never admit defeat. All who stand in our way will be reduced to ashes. Raise troops, raise troops! Some things in this story differ from the game. Don't ask me whether it's realistic. There's nothing else to say about this book except that we raise troops. If you want a thrill, come on in… 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 God-Tier Summoner 神级召唤师 “Hey, gorgeous, what are you trying to do?” “Careful, there’s a strong aura of demons around you!” Zhang Jin stared in confusion at the nervous young woman before him. Then he shrugged at the crowd of demons and ghosts around him and said helplessly, “Oh no, I’m so scared! Gorgeous, you have to protect me!” 265Reads7.6Score—14d adds
