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- 1 Zerg: The Admiral Is My Precious Sweetheart 虫族，上将是我的心肝宝贝甜蜜饯 [One-on-one, both devoted only to each other] [Mutual pampering] [Healing] During a rescue operation, Wen An was abandoned by his family. He held on desperately, believing that reinforcements would arrive, but instead, his brother betrayed him. After the enemy captured him, they tortured him for days. He died, and when he opened his eyes again, Wen An found himself lying in a tank full of water, with a long-haired man kneeling beside it. Dazed, he thought, If only I could marry someone this hand 6kReads8.7Score92914d adds
- 2 [Insectoid] Mommy! I Only Want the Abstinent General 【虫族】嬷！嬷的就是禁欲系上将 [Two male leads + top POV + insectoid race + transmigration + shared senses + interstellar] When Shen Zhao transmigrated, he became an F-rank male insect, the lowest rating in the Empire. With no soothing ability whatsoever, his family tossed him into the matching System to wait out his days. The System matched him with Helian, the crazy general whose mental sea was 99% damaged and whom the entire Empire had declared would “live for no more than three months.” The whole Empire was waiting for a 9.7kReads8.7Score1.7k14d adds
- 3 Bug General, Stop Clinging to Me! I Just Want to Go Back to Earth 虫族少将别贴了，我只想回地球 [Insect race + male lead + no gender equality + mutually devoted, one-on-one] Lu Huai is a novelist who seems gentle on the surface but is rotten to the core. He transmigrates into the body of a rare A-rank male insect. He should have been left to die on a barren planet, but an S-rank female insect takes him in. Yin Lie offers Lu Huai his spoils of war and shields him from assassination attempts. He gazes at Lu Huai with reverence and restraint, like a worshipper looking up at a god. But Lu Huai 145Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Insectoid: The Tsundere Male Insect's Daily Face-Slapping 虫族：傲娇雄虫打脸日常 [Insectoid race + System + sweet romance + everyday life as a married couple] Proud, pure-hearted young male lead x older, gentle, handsome military female lead Later on, the male lead will grow into a stunning, seductive beauty. He won't stay in his boyhood form forever, but will mature into a young adult. As a child, the male insect Arian acquired a male virtue System called 666, opening the door to a whole new world. When Arian grew up, he met a female insect who made his heart flutter. He de 2.5kReads8.2Score28514d adds
- 5 My Benefits-Only Neighbor Is the Zerg's Grand Prince 我唇友谊的邻居哥是虫族大皇子 After transmigrating, Bai Yu had no money, no car, and no job. Just when he’d finally managed to settle into a comfortable retirement, he was sent right back to square one. He wasn’t even human anymore, and he had an illness, too. That’s not an insult. He’s an insect now. And one with a genetic disease that prevents him from undergoing a second differentiation. On top of that, there’s a System beside him, frantically urging him to fall in love with the original story’s male lead and save the wor 11.2kReads8.3Score1.5k14d adds
- 6 Help, I'm Really Not a Heartless Male Insect! 救命，我真的不是渣虫啊 (An unconventional insectoid-race story + dual virgins + happy ending + male lead pursues + no gender equality) To finish his experimental data and graduate, Wen Qinian was killed in an explosion during an experiment, then ended up in the insectoid world. Things have a way of working out, so now that he was in the insectoid world and had nothing to worry about, he decided to write romance novels to pass the time. What if he ran out of inspiration? Obviously, he could use his friends as practice. 2.7kReads8.7Score42214d adds
- 7 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Alpha Who Married a Major General, I Faked My Death 穿成少将的炮灰雄主后，我死遁了 [Insectoid] Lin Shu woke up to discover that he had a beautiful, fair-skinned, long-legged... husband-wife, a male consort, and that he himself had become an insect. After being inexplicably stripped of his human status, Lin Shu went through considerable hardship to adapt to this new world, only to discover that he was the scumbag male insect who abused his wife in an inhuman romance novel he’d read before! Lin Shu thought his arrival had already changed history, but then he realized the stor 2.9kReads8.7Score27014d adds
- 8 My Female Lord Is Fierce and Clingy 我的雌君又凶又黏人 Zhi Yao's soul saw a boy in a beautiful manor. He was an incredibly beautiful boy who looked exactly like Zhi Yao had as a teenager. No, not quite. This boy was a delicate “doll,” while Zhi Yao had been worn rough by the realities of life. Later, Zhi Yao became “him.” No one had told him that this was no longer a world of humans, but of insectoids. He had become a noble male insect. And no one had told him that this body already had a female consort betrothed to him since childhood... 2.7kReads8.0Score41314d adds
- 9 A Woman Transmigrates into the Zerg and Enjoys a Female's Honored Life 女穿虫族，享雌尊人生 Romance (woman transmigrates into a man)? Two male leads (everyone looks male)? Sorry, even the author can't tell what category this belongs to. Yang Liu is a woman, the second child in her family. Her parents favor sons over daughters, and although she's smart, her family never takes her seriously. Unexpectedly, she transmigrates into an insectoid novel where everyone looks male, becoming a tall, handsome female insect. In this world, females are strong and males are weak. Females work outsi 539Reads—Score12214d adds
- 10 The Zerg's Adopted Male Consort Is Seriously Ill 虫族之捡来的雄主病的不轻 The rating just came out, so it’s definitely going up (⩺_⩹) Transmigrated as a male insect, I picked up the Federation's richest man [Two male leads + gong-focused + insect race + devoted couple, both strong + 1v1 pure love] Reborn on a garbage planet and so poor he has nothing left but his life, Si Yubai's lifelong dream is to save up twenty thousand star coins and get an insect-style ID card. One day, he picks up a half-dead female insect from the garbage dump. The guy not only eats all his fo 5.1kReads8.8Score68614d adds
- 11 The Sickly Cultivator from the World of Cultivation Transmigrates to the Insect World 修真界的病秧子，穿到虫族了 The sickly young man of the Xuanzhen Continent is knocked off a cliff by his junior sister one day. Good news: He’s alive. Bad news: He’s landed among the insectoid race. Good news: He’s become a noble male insect. Bad news: He’s become the most useless male insect of all. What’s he supposed to do? He has no cultivation, no money, and can’t even support himself... 2.5kReads7.3Score26014d adds
- 12 Is the Beautiful, Powerful, Tragic, Cold-Blooded Female Zerg Actually a Male Lead? 美强惨冷艳雌君其实是个雄主脑？ The rating just opened~ Insect world + top energy + both have no past relationships + 1v1 in body and soul Cheerful puppy-like human top x gentle, stunning, homemaker-type male insect bottom Xiao Cheng thought he was having the worst luck ever. All he did was look in the mirror at home, and the next second he was standing on an unfamiliar street. Before he could even react, someone punched him in the face. Yep, and then he passed out in the most pathetic way possible. When he woke up again, Xiao 8.7kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 13 A Zerg Romance 虫族罗曼史 First, a heads-up: this is an ensemble story, with several plotlines running in parallel early on, so some readers might find it a little confusing. Also, the author is a hopeless romantic, so all the characters are bound to have a bit of that in them, hehe. The story began on what had seemed like an utterly ordinary morning. The residents of Planet AL-315 were busy at work as usual. From above, the small planet had just one enormous central city. My beloved... Come, those splendid epaulettes we 248Reads8.1Score2214d adds
- 14 An Old-School Scumbag Pursues Forced Love Among the Insects [Quick Transmigration] 古早渣攻在虫族搞强制爱【快穿】 [Mutual Devotion, One-on-One Romance] [Episodic Stories] [Top] [Sweet and Silly, Just Enjoy the Ride~] [Please leave a good review for the new book] There are countless scumbag tops in old-school novels, and half the time the tortured male lead is one of them~ When some scumbag tops awaken to self-awareness, the System packs them up and sends them away... [World One] Scumbag Top from a CEO's Forced-Love Story X Star Pirate Boss CEO: “In life, you're mine; in death, you're my ghost. You'll never 9.5kReads8.8Score80414d adds
- 15 After Faking My Death, Did My Wife Secretly Raise a Baby Behind My Back? 死遁后雌君背着我偷偷养崽了？ [Insectoid world + two male leads + top POV + one-on-one romance + both virgins + raising a child + happy ending] Jiang Yu, a corporate drone fresh out of college, was killed in a car accident and reborn in the womb as an S-rank male insect. System 66 came knocking with an offer: [Hey there, want to save a villain? There’s a rebirth reward!] The female insect in the photo was stunningly handsome, with white hair and jade-green eyes. Even on his knees, he had an air of proud superiority. Jiang Yu 8.3kReads7.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 16 The Ruthless Male Lord Dotes Exclusively on His Poisonously Alluring Little Orchid Consort 狠戾雄主，专宠毒艳小兰花雌君 Zerg + native male insect + no gender equality + male lead (shifting POV) + punishing scumbags + both leads are each other’s only one A ruthless, taciturn, sly native male insect x a beautiful, scheming female insect who’s an expert at pretending to be demure A villainous insect couple: a poisonous black widow spider x a beautiful orchid mantis At an auction house where money and power changed hands, Pei Xiuzun went in person to bid on a female insect named Xie Lai'an, following his female paren 2.7kReads8.8Score43314d adds
- 17 The Native Male Insect Returns from Blue Star, Transformed 本土雄虫从蓝星改造回来了 The main story is complete. [Pure Romance] [One-on-One] [Male Lead Pursues] [Power Couple] [Insect Eggs] [An emotionally sensitive male insect who goes mad later x a gentle female insect before becoming the queen, but a ruthless one afterward] Xi Lin'an is back. After causing a family of insects to suffer and having his soul possess a doll on Blue Star for twenty years, he has returned. Back to the insect race he never liked, back to an empire where males are revered and females are inferior. He 14.1kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 18 So What If I’m a Show-Off? It Won’t Stop Me From Finding Love Among the Zerg 装货怎么了？在虫族不影响恋爱 [Arrogant, nasty bastard top × Icy, long-suffering wife bottom who grows darkly obsessed later] [1v1 + Both Pure + Top POV + Coercive Love + Mutual Salvation + Faked Death + Amnesia + The Top Pursues the Bottom Later + Mutual Coercion] Xie Yiran, a top-grade experimental subject, woke up to find that a garbage System had dumped him into an insectoid world where males reigned supreme and females were inferior. His mission was to win over the fated final villain. Lazy and nasty as he was, Xie Yira 5.6kReads9.2Score80114d adds
- 19 I Became a Cannon-Fodder Male Zerg in a Zerg Novel 穿成虫族文里的炮灰雄虫 [Insect World, M/M, 1v1, Sickly Beauty Top × Sharp-Tongued Psychopath Bottom] Ji Zhuojun transmigrates into a sweet romance novel set in the insect world. The leads are a stoic female insect major general and a gentle male insect adored by everyone. After weathering countless hardships, they end up together and become the empire’s celebrity couple. As for Ji Zhuojun, he transmigrates into the stepping stone on the leads’ road to love. A male insect with disabled legs drugs the bottom lead and tr 15.4kReads9.0Score2.2k14d adds
- 20 Insectoid: The Workaholic Male Insect Doesn't Want a Tragic Novel Ending in a Crematorium 虫族：卷王雄虫他不想虐文火葬场 [Zerg + Native Male Zerg All + Male Zerg Pretending to Be Female + (Fake) System + Growth and Leveling + Bonus Chapters with All the Ships Readers Want + Ship Whoever You Like] The protagonist is a sweet-looking schemer, an unconventional male zerg, and the romance is a slow burn. In this interstellar world where the strong prey on the weak, Jiang Yan learned from a young age that only absolute power could let him control his own fate. So he threw himself into relentless competition, vowing to c 4.4kReads9.2Score48814d adds
- 21 Insectoid: The Empire's General Matched with a Lame Male Lord 虫族：帝国上将匹配到了瘸腿雄主 [Insect race + 1v1 + Devoted Couple + Sweet Romance] Gentle, slightly autistic, book-loving, lame male insect top × Cool, slightly stone-faced, self-reliant female insect bottom, a general A 99% match?! With his spirit force on the verge of collapse, Imperial General Moriarty was dragged by his adjutant into submitting a matching application. And somehow, he actually lucked into a male insect lord! Except he's lame! This is a disaster. Male insects are so violent. What if he beats me to death? M 8.3kReads8.4Score93714d adds
- 22 The Male Insect I Snatched Is a Poor Little Thing 芭比Q抢来的雄虫是小可怜 Chen Fan was a poor little soul. His parents were unknown, and he was abandoned at an orphanage as soon as he was born. This year, he turned eighteen. What a joyous occasion. What a joyous occasion. When the orphanage was forcibly demolished, Chen Fan stood up to fight back and was taken out with a single blow from a stick. His soul floated in midair as he watched the director clutch his body and wail. The good news was that the developer, afraid the matter would blow up, paid all the compensati 3.6kReads8.9Score46314d adds
- 23 After Transmigrating into the Insectoid World, I Redeemed the Tragic Villain 穿到虫族后救赎了悲惨反派 [Top, transmigrate into a book, System, two equally powerful leads, 1v1] Content warning: The author is a hack. Jiang Mufeng looks cool and distant on the outside, but secretly loves reading all kinds of melodramatic web novels under the covers, especially insectoid novels. He can't help reading one after another, all while cursing them out. Who could have guessed that after cursing out so many insectoid novels, he'd be bound to a System and transmigrate into The Domineering Male Insect's Devot 5.1kReads9.1Score58114d adds
- 24 The Buglet Is Dumbfounded: Are You Really My Male Father? 虫崽傻眼：你真的是我雄父吗？ (Main story complete) 1v1, both virgins, married first and falling in love later, raising a child, sweet romance, younger love interest Wen Shu died. He had worked at an orphanage for five years and built up a store of good karma, only to fall into the sea and drown while on vacation. But just as he was wailing over his tragic death, the System told him: Actually, you aren't human! Your true identity is from the insect race. Your body was occupied for years by a wicked male insect named Youlis 22.4kReads8.1Score2.8k14d adds
- 25 ABO: The Military Female General Meets an Alpha's Heat ABO：军雌上将碰到A的易感期 The main story is complete, and the extras have just begun. [Two Powerful Leads, Extra Sweet + An Insectoid Military Omega Transmigrates into an ABO World + Sweet and Satisfying + Two Male Leads + Top-Tier Alpha + Both Pure and Faithful] Sunny, virtuous top-tier Alpha top × Military Omega general bottom who transmigrates in a mix-up Qi Lin Lopez died for a moment, then came back to life in the ABO world, having left the insectoid world behind. He took on a new identity and became Qi Yu. “Ge... w 3.9kReads8.9Score54314d adds
- 26 What a Shock! The Ruthless Male Overlord Dotes on His Little Butterfly 惊！狠戾雄主把小蝴蝶娇养入骨 This is the sequel. The next generation’s story, “Zerg: The Sickly Male Lord Dotes Only on His Villainous Female Lord,” featuring Chu Yu x Se Lan, is in the works~ Zerg + unequal rights + male lead as the pursuer + rebirth A scheming, dark-hearted native male zerg x a female zerg butterfly who seems aloof to outsiders but is actually a devoted homemaker “Your title and honors belong to me, and now your female zerg belongs to me too!” Jiang Ran’s wild laughter was Chu Yan’s most searing memory fr 12.9kReads9.1Score1.7k14d adds
- 27 I'm a Vampire, So How Did I Become an SSS-Rank Male Zerg? 我，吸血鬼，怎么成SSS雄虫了 [Dual Male Leads + Insectoid Race + Top + Transmigration + Over-the-Top Feel-Good Story] Yezhe is betrayed by a subordinate and gravely wounded, then unexpectedly transmigrates to another world inhabited by insectoids. A male insect saves him. Of everyone Yezhe has ever met, Vikas has the best physique: broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and a textbook V-shaped build. Even in a plain white shirt, he exudes more sex appeal than anyone else, his chest always stretching the fabric taut. Yezhe has dru 3.4kReads9.0Score56214d adds
- 28 The Straight Male Insect Queen Beckons, Becoming the Insectoid World's Heartthrob 直男虫母勾勾手，成了虫族万人迷 Complete [Dual male leads + insect mother + chuuni straight male bottom + interstellar insect race + everyone loves him + no infidelity + male-male rivalry hell] Lin Nuo was given a new life. In exchange, he had to become the insect mother and save this world on the brink of extinction. Then, after awakening [I can feel it...] [It's Mother! Mother has returned!] [There's no mistake. That voice definitely belongs to that terrifying being!] [Kill it! Kill it!] [We have to find it, love it, 42.5kReads9.3Score9.1k14d adds
- 29 Insectoid: After My Engagement Was Broken, I Married the Empire's Marshal by Force 虫族：被退婚后我强娶了帝国元帅 Two male leads + face-slapping the villains + sweet romance + two equally powerful leads Su Tanxi died in the apocalypse, renowned as a “miracle doctor.” After using up his powers to save an important leader at the base, he opened his eyes again and transmigrated to the insect race’s world, becoming a poor male insect whose fiancé had cheated on him. To survive the imminent male-insect differentiation period and stay alive, Su Tanxi pointed a claw at someone during his fiancé’s engagement banque 24.3kReads8.7Score1.9k14d adds
- 30 Transmigrated Into the Zerg, Pampered by the First Commander 身穿虫族独宠第一指挥官 Lin Qingchen detonated his crystal core in a battle against the Zombie King, bringing humanity a new beginning. To thank him, the world consciousness sent him to another timeline. In this life, he only wants to live a quiet, ordinary life, but the Zerg come with a guaranteed assignment… 4.4kReads9.1Score47314d adds
- 31 The Ice-Cold Military Female Is a Natural Flirt, and She Knows It 冷冰冰的军雌他撩人且自知 [Two male leads + top-focused + insect race + males exalted, females subservient + two strong leads + one-on-one sweet romance] Original title: Transmigrated into a Male Insect: I Wanted to Be a Freeloader, but Married into a Major General’s Family [Flippant, impulsive troublemaker of a male insect × outwardly cold, secretly flirtatious female insect officer] After Ning Yan died in the line of duty, he opened his eyes to find himself in the insect race. He was thrilled at the prospect of enjoyin 7.8kReads9.3Score1.3k14d adds
- 32 The Love-Struck Male Insect Gets Hooked by His Female Lord Again 恋爱脑雄虫又被雌君钓住了 [Insectoid world, 1v1, two male leads, both pure, sweet romance, mutual devotion] A love-struck male insect who wants to lose money but keeps earning his way to becoming the richest man alive X a gorgeous female insect who never tires of seducing her own male spouse After transmigrating, Jiang Zhao became a male insect in an insectoid world. But while other transmigrators either ended up with a wife and kids in a cozy home or gained superpowers that let them do as they pleased, he got bound to a 9kReads9.2Score93214d adds
- 33 Is the Insectoid Household's Little Freeloader Actually a Male Insect? 虫族之家养小废物是雄虫？ The CP is a minor element; there's almost no romance in the main story, though I'll try to write some in the extras. After accidentally going blind in his previous life, Qi Shan is hardly better off after being reborn. He's severely nearsighted, stranded on a barren planet, and saddled with a huge loan just to get out of his egg. Compared with other insects who can punch through tree trunks five meters in diameter, he's practically a malformed, malnourished runt. He and the System cling to each 4.6kReads9.4Score49214d adds
- 34 Insectoid: The S-Rank Male Insect's Kiss-Crazy, Cold Major General 虫族：S级雄虫亲软冷漠少将 [Zerg + two powerful leads + sweet, doting 1v1 + military female Zerg] Tan Chi, a max-level powerhouse with dual psychic and plant abilities, was sent to the Zerg world when the Zombie King blew himself up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he discovered that he had become the villainous male Zerg who fawned over the protagonist in a novel, throwing money at him and protecting him while constantly hurting his own female spouse. Ugh, what a scumbag Zerg! Luckily, he arrived at just the right time. T 23.9kReads9.1Score3.1k14d adds
- 35 Your Female Zerg Is Fine One Second, Mine the Next 你的雌虫Fine下一秒Mine [Two male leads + love at first sight + sweet romance + Zerg + both devoted only to each other] A sweet little story A fiercely protective, all-around powerhouse top x a combat-strong, love-struck general bottom Jiang Yuxian transmigrated from the apocalypse into the world of the Zerg, accidentally taking the place of a male Zerg with pitifully weak mental strength. There are far more female Zerg than male Zerg, and males are treated like royalty, unless they’re useless. Jiang Yuxian, now stu 6.4kReads9.3Score94614d adds
- 36 An Alpha in the Stars, Fresh Off the Zerg Crown Prince’s Aircraft A在星际，刚下虫族太子飞行器 [Two male leads / ABO / insectoid race / pure-love devotee / infuriatingly earnest S-rank military officer top × pure-hearted, cocky little butterfly crown prince who can uproot a willow] * Good news: Earth's people encountered the insectoid race while expanding into space. What are the insectoids? The universe's pinnacle species: their bodies are mechs, they sweep across the cosmos, and they're a top-tier interstellar power with a Level Five civilization. A human from Earth swept the insectoid 13.7kReads9.6Score1.9k14d adds
- 37 The Male Zerg Is Absolutely Devoted! The Blushing Female General Begs for Kisses 雄虫他超爱！雌奴上将眼红求亲亲 [Insectoid world, one-on-one, two powerful leads, sweet romance, both devoted, male insect lead] Gu Heng transmigrates to the insectoid world, billions of light-years away. When he wakes up, he discovers he has been forcibly matched with a female slave. The female insect always kneels in silence, enduring everything, and bares the vulnerable nape of his neck. Later, Gu Heng discovers that this insect isn’t an ordinary female. He’s actually a former double-S-class general of the Empire! Gu Heng i 20.3kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds
- 38 The Male Lord Says Nothing, He Just Keeps Telling Fortunes 雄主不语，只是一味算卦 The main story is complete Insect romance, two equally powerful leads, one-on-one sweet romance, plot-driven thrills, and a touch of the occult. A romantic comedy about two insects with a happy ending (with a bit of an ensemble cast) After unexpectedly gaining immortality and living for nearly a thousand years, the Grand Diviner was finally struck dead by lightning, and transported into an insectoid novel, where he was matched with a male insect spouse. A quick calculation told him that today w 20.4kReads9.5Score2.6k14d adds
- 39 Insectoid: Why Is the Male Lord Like That? 虫族：雄主他为何那样 [Insectoid race + top who dotes on the bottom + love that grows over time + no gender equality + 1v1] Scheming, extremely controlling, sadistic male lead vs. cold, sickly, self-effacing female lead Jian Chi transmigrated into an insectoid novel, becoming the male protagonist’s foil. The System told him that if he followed the original character’s storyline as a criminal and completed a hundred scenarios, he could return to his original world and come back to life. System: Tell your female monarc 20.1kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds
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