At the end of a galactic war, humanity was dying.
Falling to a remote planet, the protagonist finds a large museum with a female robot.


1234th Year of the Galactic Era – The Museum of Rare Weapons

On the desolate barren planet of Rennes, an Asian teenager named Lin Yuan receives an admission notice for the Empire’s best military academy San Romia. So begins his life changing military school career.
Lin Yuan: Wow! This school’s really great! Everyone even has a separate bedroom! But…why does my next door roommate always knock on my door? And all day long he keeps bothering me, God! So annoying!
Lin Yuan: I’m a Beta, my biggest wish is to meet a nice Beta girl, get married, have children and live in peace! Wait a minute… Why does my body suddenly feel strange? Why does this medicine look like drugs to prevent Omega from entering estrus?
Trembling in his roommate’s arms Lin Yuan blushes and tries to push off his chest: “Wait…wait a minute…I’ve always thought of you as a friend. Don’t do this…..ah….”
At that moment, Lin Yuan seems to feel that the universe has malicious plans for him. The world is collapsing, who will tell him why the script is so wrong?


ABO Cadets

Livy – a deadbeat of the Air Force Academy. Unruly, undisciplined, lazy. Before Claude, no one saw his talent, and as a leisurely and carefree fighter pilot, his three main hobbies in life were beer, fried calamari, and hot babes.
But… why was that d*mned Claude always interrupting him right when he was about to get laid? Even if that guy was a shou, he was a tr*sh shou, a shou that always made his little gong suffer helplessly……
Claude – a man draped in halos galore. The youngest major general, the most perfect man, the most unsurpassable genius. Such a man had discovered Livy’s talent against the aliens’ one-sided defeat, and he would give to Livy the fighter jet that he regarded as his own life. He was obsessed with Livy, but he deeply understood that this man, who had turned his world upside down, would belong only to the sky.


Above the Firmament: Legend of Skyrim

The 28-year-old Admiral Vee thought it was time to find an elegant, beautiful, generous and cultured sub male to get married and have children, but he f**king mutated, others mutated at the age of 12, but he only changed at 28.
From a dominant male who couldn’t divulge any mistakes into a sub male.
To go from being the one marrying someone to the one getting married in one fell swoop, who in the right mind in Talis Empire would dare to marry him?
Who the f**k would dare!
No one would f**king dare!


Admiral, You Have It

Qin Chu, a 17 year old  top military student, received a file from his friend after a long day of training with a mech.
Installing the file, “A Dream Comes True”, onto his light brain, Qin Chu is about to unknowingly explore a world of lust.


A Dream Comes True

Little Hamster, “Daddy daddy, I have food! All of it is yours! Even me!!!”
WuYi (May 1) is a little hamster nicknamed ChòuChòu (Stinky). He has a very handsome and charismatic daddy owner and he lived every day happily without worries.
But then suddenly, one day a zombie crisis emerged on earth and the world descended into the dangerous apocalyptic era. However, along with the appearance of zombies, humans, animals, and plants alike also awakened abilities for the first time.
The little hamster fell asleep and woke up to find that he had become the same type of two-legged creature like his daddy and his original small two cheeks for food storage had become extremely huge!
The little hamster rolled about with joy. The first thing he wanted to do was tell his daddy.
After braving endless trials, climbing mountains and conquering seas, the little hamster finally found his daddy under mortal danger. Nie Xiao was then saved from the jaws of a third-grade zombie.
“Daddy, baby found you at last!”
Nie Xiao was completely flabbergasted; “…” What’s going on, xidangpa??? (xidangpa:happy to be a father = mainly used to ridicule the situation in which a man finally catches up with the goddess, but the goddess is pregnant with someone else’s child. In desperation, the man has to take over.)
Everyone from the base started to calculate with their fingers: Holy shit! Sure enough, our Boss’ talent was already abnormal from when he was seven, he already has a child this big!


A Filthy Rich Hamster in the Apocalypse

Ye Jin once traveled to the interstellar era, and became an orphan on a barren star. The weatherproof house is almost out of whack. Ye Jin had no choice but to go back to his old business and become a food anchor, hoping to solve his urgent needs.
Ye Jin on the first day of the live broadcast: Today, I will live broadcast to make Chinese delicacies, fish porridge and braised fish cubes. The method is very simple and the braised fish with rice is a must.
Netizen 1: Anchor, you can’t do this, I have no appetite when I look at it. Isn’t this a scam?
Netizen 2: Chinese food? I’ve never heard of it before, who still eats this kind of nutritious and unpalatable food now!
Netizen 3: This meaty smell is so bad and not delicious. Besides, now everyone drinks nutritional supplements, and no one will eat this kind of thing.
After Ye Jin really made the dish, netizens were so fragrant that they scrambled to buy it, and even spent a lot of money in the live broadcast room just to get a taste of the delicious food.
Since then, the craze for food making has swept the entire interstellar space, and Ye Jin’s food live broadcast room has become the spiritual heaven of the people of the empire.
Then one day, many netizens discovered that there were more people in Ye Jin’s family.
All netizens: No way! Whoever dog man took away the anchor is unforgivable!
Fu Chen, a dog man who is an admiral of the empire: …
Netizens who know the truth: QAQ Is there any help for those who scold the admiral?


After Becoming an Interstellar Food Blogger

The thick-skinned Qiu Zhenyang just transmigrated, and became the crazy, cool alpha protagonist gong in an interstellar ABO campus story.
He silently looked at the young man glaring at him with misty eyes. This young man was the cannon fodder omega the original owner had recently broken the marriage contract with, and the overflowing pheromones from his body indicated he was about to enter estrus.
Do or not do?
This is a question worth thinking about…
Transmigrating into the young master of the Federation’s Chief Legion, the First Consortium, and a Pharmacy Family, Qiu Zhenyang has whatever he wants. Whoever is not pleasing to the eye, he can deal with.
On his first day in the Interstellar Academy, facing the confession of the omega school flower: Sorry, you aren’t my type.
Inadvertently, hero saves beauty. Facing the protagonist shou in the original story: Go away, I don’t drink green tea.
Besieged at home, facing the pursuit of the coquettish childhood sweetheart: Why are you wearing such showy clothes?
Qiu Zhenyang’s pheromone tastes like sunshine, and his personality is like a little sun. But only when facing Ling Mu, the cannon fodder covered in thorns, did heart soften again and again. His affection grew stronger, and he loved him uncontrollably.
After the marriage contract with the Qiu family’s young master was called off, Ling Mu’s difficult life became even worse.
But, just over a month later, he had an affair with the young master, and was even temporarily marked!
That bastard!
Qiu Zhenyang, who temporarily marked him: “I will be responsible for you!”
Ling Mu: “Shut up, go away!”
Qiu Zhenyang, who officially introduced Ling Mu to his friends: “This is my wife!”
Ling Mu: “What wife, go away!”
Qiu Zhenyang, who had just rejected the protagonist’s confession: “Oh, are you jealous?”
Ling Mu: “F*ck, go away!”
Qiu Zhenyang: “Are you serious? Then… Xiao Mumu, let’s do something harmonious?”
Ling Mu: “…”
After a few seconds, Qiu Zhenyang: “Ow! Wife, your fists are so powerful!”
My pheromone is sunshine, your pheromone is sunflower, we are born to fit together.


After Becoming the Alpha Protagonist, I Snatched the Cannon Fodder Omega

As the most beautiful omega from the Silver Moon clan within the last decade, Yu Lan was abducted as a young child.
When he was about to be sold to a wealthy businessman at the age of 22, he managed to escape.
Barefoot and running desperately.
-And ended up crashing into the arms of a man.
When Yu Lan first met Shao Mingyu, the man was handsome and elegant, and with a calm expression, he said to him, “I won’t touch you, come back with me.”
So Yu Lan was ignorantly picked up by the man and moved into his manor.
He didn’t know why the man took care of him, but he hid his affection within his heart. He obediently took inhibitors on a regular basis, not wanting to lose himself during his heat and do something… something terrible to this man he had a crush on.
Until one day later, when Yu Lan wanted to give himself an injection again, the man clasped his wrist and asked in a hoarse voice, “Do you still need to use inhibitors?”
Shao Mingyu gazed at him, his voice low and soft, “Little grape, don’t use it anymore, okay?”
Yu Lan’s eyes widened.
As the man’s kiss fell, the inhibitor fell from his hands to the floor.
Soon after, news of the Shao family’s young master, the top alpha that everyone was paying attention to’s, marriage spread like wildfire.


After Being Picked up by the Top Alpha

Ji Ning is an experienced transmigrator. His mission was to capture male protagonists inside various novels. Once he succeeded, he escaped by dying and continued with his mission in the next world.
Each protagonist was devastated by Ji Ning’s death yet Ji Ning remained indifferent, until the day the worlds merged together and the protagonists found he wasn’t dead. One by one, they arrived at his door-
The Xianxia protagonist: I cultivated immortality, mastered Tao, and shattered the void, all for you. You have escaped for two thousand years, where do you want to escape to now?
The interstellar protagonist: If you don’t want your home planet to be destroyed, obediently come back with me.
The infinite flow protagonist: Since you’ve run away, I’ll cut you to pieces so your soul can only belong to me. Don’t be afraid, I still love you!
The wealthy president ABO protagonist: You think I can’t get you pregnant if you’re not an omega?
There were more protagonists from different novels such as Western fantasy, the court palace, vampires, the apocalypse, and martial arts.
Ji Ning, who was attacking a protagonist in the entertainment industry: ??
The protagonist of the entertainment industry: Do you think I like the colour green? If you don’t cut ties with them, I’ll never fall in love with you.
Ji Ning: …No, I’m sorry!


After Crossing Through Ten Worlds, I Failed To Run Away

In the interstellar world, people have difficulty bearing children, and scientists have researched egg breeding technology. Jing Man woke up and found six eggs on his bed.
The sizes and patterns were different, exquisite and beautiful; a soft, child-like voice called him father.
Then, a nobleman with a stern expression knocked on the door and said he accidentally left his son at his home.
Jing Man snickered and petted the golden retriever…
Who was this wild man? Don’t try to steal my baby!


After Getting Amnesia, I Accused My Gong of Trying to Steal Our Children

For some unknown reason no matter what Ruan Tang does, he is regarded as a black-hearted lotus by people. Any type of relationship he has falls through, every friend and lover leaves him for his younger brother, Ruan Xi.
After his reputation is thoroughly ruined and all his loved ones have either left or betrayed him, he decides to give up.
So when his family tries to pressure him into marrying one of the most infamous royals, Duke Auston, he agrees.
After he marries Auston, he finds this infamously ugly, disabled Duke to be surprisingly cute and decides to seriously pursue him. Ruan Tang finds not only his happiness but also a caring husband who helps avenge the grievances of his “poor, bullied” Omega.


After I Got Married, Those Who Betrayed Me Were Reborn

Carrying a spirit beast rearing system, Mingyou transmigrated. In nineteen years, he never saw a single “spirit beast” with sufficient stats, until he came to a rundown animal care facility to work.
Mingyou hugged the huge black cat while crying tears: “Psychic powers drained to exhaustion, powers in disorder, malnutrition, and how many old wounds all over?! Who’s the evil scum that abused you!! I’ll raise you, and I won’t let you get harmed again!”
Prince of the Kingdom — Former Grand Marshal — Hero of Interstellar Space — Dark Shadow Liger — Arthur had a bunch of question marks floating over his head: “Is this guy sick in the head?”
——
Through livestreaming his cub rearing skills, Mingyou sold off countless spirit beast nutrition supplements, and became the top wealthiest man in interstellar space.
One day, the king urged his fully recovered younger brother to return to work in the military.
Arthur-cat rolled over on the special order cat bed worth tens of millions, and lazily said: “As the cat of the wealthiest person, acting cute is my livelihood, why do I need to work?”
Beside him lay his former subordinates, all nodding their furry heads, fully agreeing: “That’s right that’s right!”
——
Mingyou later found out that the group of beast cubs at the brink of death he raised up actually used to be heroes who had all established illustrious achievements on the battlefield against the Zerg.
The war has ended. Interstellar space has returned to peace. And the heroes have removed their armor to return home.


After I Livestreamed Raising Cubs I became the Wealthiest in Interstellar

As an Omega, Bai Yue is not only the dream Omega in every Alpha’s eyes but also the thorn in the eyes of other Omegas.  However, one day, he received a medical examination notice and found that he had been differentiated for the second time. This time, he became an Alpha with Genetics of the grade S +, the kind with only double digits in the world.  
Bai Yue: Pupils are shaking. jpg. He is worried that because of this, he would be abandoned by his boyfriend who is also Alpha.  Therefore, he was determined to conceal this new secondary gender and genetic level, and never give the other party a chance to break up! When his pheromones of the S+ grade woke up, Alphas that had originally wanted to make a move on him, all ended up lying on the floor, oppressed by his pheromones.  Omegas, who originally regarded him as a thorn in their eyes, would have their legs go soft under the influence of his pheromones. Even the military, upon hearing such news, declared: Within 1 minute, I want all the information on this Alpha!
Finally, he was unable to continue hiding his identity. Bai Yue became dumb.  Looking back at his childhood sweetheart, this formerly domineering Alpha unexpectedly turned red at the ears. “Idiot, I knew it a long time ago.”
Since I’ve become an Alpha, then I might as well be the most Alpha of them all


After I Turned From O to A I Became the National Male God

He just slept in the tide of death, and when he opened his eyes again, he found that he was reborn into a young star who was rejected for love and committed su*cide live. Just when he was still confused, his agent arranged for him to appear on an inexplicable show.
Facing a group of inexplicable people, as a siren little prince who charmed all races, all these were trivial.
The result was that the show only aired the first episode, he was all over the interstellar –


After Losing The Tail

Zhou Mian, the God of War in the Glacier Empire, and his enemy, Admiral Cecil of the Earth Federation, fought on the battlefield for six years and lost.
What to do if you lose the battle?
Oh dear!
With a patriotic heart of generosity and righteousness, Zhou Mian gritted his teeth and prepared to accept the torture from the Federation, endure his fierce opponent , and live a life worse than death from then on, however…
Cecil: Madam Are you tired? Come here and I’ll give you **.
Cecil: Saturn’s tribute grapes, all for you to eat!
Cecil: Madam, the bed is warm! Come, let’s sleep /v\
Zhou Mian: …
um… what’s wrong?


After Marrying an Enemy General

I intended to bind the red thread for the male and female protagonists, but unexpectedly bound the male protagonist and…myself Σ(°Д°;
Nine-tailed fox Li Shu has been in seclusion for thousands of years, was mistakenly bound by the Matchmaker System and crossed into a world of sadistic novels to complete missions.
System 1314: Our mission is to match the male and female protagonists, ensuring that the lovers become a couple!
After several worlds:
System 1314 knelt to its host who does not follow common sense: Host, stop! Our goal is to match the male protagonist with the female protagonist, not the male protagonist with you!!!
Li Shu’s slender fox eyes narrowed slightly: Isn’t the mission completed?
1314 looked at the male protagonist by the host’s side, whose happiness value had gone up, and several worlds with SS-level completion, and was speechless.
Later, when 1314 received the highest achievement award in the system world, it sighed with a vicissitude: All of this is thanks to the young and ignorant me who bound to the wrong host!
CP: “Fox demon with outstanding appearance and fighting prowess” shou X “Male protagonist in abusive worlds that always want him to blacken”  gong.


After Mistakenly Binding The Matchmaker System

Ye Er first saw that female zerg in an advertisement. He was cheap, and significantly damaged, with only a pair of golden eyes that remained beautiful.
Later, when he saw him again, it was in the female s*ave exchange live broadcast, where he was trampled, his spine crushed, shamelessly humiliated, his eyes silently enduring the pain and embarrassment. Yet, he shed not even a single teardrop.
Later on, Ye Er picked up that dying female zerg back home.
Nursing the female zerg back to health was like repairing an old, rusty machine. He was severely mutilated, had lost his bone wings, was blinded in one eye, and had his legs broken, unable to walk.
Broken and tattered, completely lacking in value, silent yet sharp.
Ye Er cared for him like a stray dog he had picked up, changing bandages, feeding, caressing his head to appease, turning on the lights at night to drive away spasms and nightmares… striving to be a qualified keeper.
However, after continuous nursing, the female zerg who unknowingly grew powerful and returned to the peak of power, surrounded him with his newly grown bone wings, gently and cautiously with matchless devotion.
Five years after the war ended, the empire and the military welcomed back their “sacrificed” general, leading to a strong reshuffle, resulting in the dismissal of numerous noble military officers.
On the surface, the scene was of foul wind and blood rain, with fear and trepidation.
While the media was subtly pointing fingers at the arrogant and cold-blooded tyrant, the tyrant was wearing a soft pink warm apron, skillfully baking matcha cookies with a gentle expression as he called Ye Er to wash his hands before eating.
No one could have imagined that during the day, the general, who was violent and unparalleled, skillfully tearing mechas apart on the military training ground—
Would obediently open up his heart completely with his own hands, trembling all over, his eyes red and moist from being bullied, hoarsely voicing his forbearing affection.
“Only you can do anything to me.”

After Picking up the Fallen Female Zerg General

In his past life, the beta Su Liang dared to seduce Lu Zhizhao, the future of the Lu family, and eloped.
In the end, after burning down all his boats with no hesitation, Su Liang realized that he was nothing but a big joke.
Su Liang gave up everything, and died silently on the day after Lu Zhizhao’s marriage to someone else.
Reliving a life, the courageous fool of that year finally learned to accept his fate.
This time, Su Liang honestly accepted that he was an unfavoured and mediocre beta, feeling that this bland and undemanding life was quite good.
After all, the way of the salted fish is the best way.
But after just a few peaceful days, he was sent into the forbidden area, in the depths of the noble’s compound.
Lu Taipan – who used to be a big boss, is now a big boss, who will always be the kind of sinister and ruthless big boss who would make everyone tremble with fear when he comes out.
However, it was this top-level alpha who single-handedly supported the Lu Family, but suffered from pheromone disorder.
And, the place where he rested, was a forbidden place in the eyes of everyone.
No matter how many things Su Liang thought about, he didn’t expect Lu Taipan to embrace him in the frenzy of his pheromone disorder.
Then, he bit the back of his neck with a single bite.
“Your pheromones…. smells good.”
The devil-like man, like a beast, scented the pheromones on his body, and muttered greedily.
Su Liang was horrified to discover that Lu Taipan and him became more and more intimate. He, who was supposed to be a beta, somehow began to develop unusual pheromone glands.
From a beta, he was now an omega.
Moreover, he was an omega who matched perfectly with Lu Taipan.


After Rebirth, I Became the Scum Gong’s Uncle’s Destined Omega

After being reborn in the interstellar era, Bo ge, who spent eighteen years stranded on a desolate planet, secretly acquired a holographic helmet without his foster father’s knowledge.
On the first day of the game, Bo ge, from the extreme environment, rescued a tangerine cat capable of transforming into a human. Faced with the unbelieving gaze of the tangerine cat, Bo ge couldn’t resist asking,
“Didn’t your father make you try various poisons every day?”
“No…”
“Have you undergone kidnapping and ens*avement training?”
“No…”
“Have you tried communicating with animals and can you communicate with them to some extent?”
“You’re kidding me…” The tangerine cat’s round face twisted, “Are you a princess?”
Upon learning about the interstellar era, where humans are pampered and protected, and won’t be killed by cosmic radiation when going out, Bo ge, who lived in intense and dangerous environments, fell into contemplation after the Alliance assigned him an object. (Old man, I don’t believe you!)
/
Lieber Shuang, who had been waiting for the assignment of an object since adulthood, became increasingly frustrated after seven consecutive years of unsuccessful matches. In a fit of anger, Lieber Shuang joined the interstellar war. After rising to the top position, he decided to change the Alliance’s law and abolish the foolish spouse-matching mechanism.
In his eighth year as chief, just as the amendment was about to pass, the matching system notified him that he had successfully matched with a human who had a 99.9% compatibility and was requesting a call.
Unable to resist the curiosity to see the spouse he had waited for eighteen years, Lieber Shuang pressed the connect button with a cold face, prepared to express his strong opposition to the Alliance’s spouse-matching system.
In the 3D projection, a human youth with black hair and black eyes, fair and innocent, sat at a desk, supporting his chin with one hand, curiously tilting his head, “Uncle, I heard you were originally a leopard, can you transform?”
Staring at the youth’s beautiful collarbone, Lieber Shuang lost control and revealed his tail, fluffy and quite long.
Thinking that he could cuddle with a big cat every day after marriage, Bo ge touched the cat’s paw the size of a sand pot but ended up being crazily s**ked by the big cat, almost being s**ked bald. Bo ge, who was about to regret his past decisions, shed tears.


After Rebirth, I Was Licked Bald by a Big Cat

Bai Xiangxing was originally a fierce A. Because of family conflicts, he was designed by his uncle to be injected with a sex-switching potion.
How could Bai Xiangxing, who was cultivated as an heir since childhood, tolerate being oppressed by others, decisively break away from the family, start from scratch, rely on himself to become the richest man in the alliance, but in the end he died of overwork.
It’s a good thing to be reborn after death. The only pity is that he was reborn one day late and became a little O.
After rebirth, Bai Xiangxing decided to change his way of life. He looked at the marriage agreement before him, and Bai Xiangxing decisively signed it.
“Isn’t this dog currency in Shizhen just trying to humiliate me? Humiliation means humiliation. Face value is worth a few dollars. After divorce and alimony, I will struggle for 20 years.” Bai Xiangxing planned.
“No divorce, I will support you.” Shi Zhen said.


After Rebirth, Married to a Deadly Enemy

The baby dragon of the Lord God’s family was laid off and re-employed, and he reached the peak of his life with a cannon fodder script in hand.
——
① Overseas students who were falsely accused of treason → Returned to the motherland to use technology to make us the strongest in the world
② People with prophetic abilities who were exploited to death → Cooperate with the country to respond to disasters in advance, and China will become a global pure land after the apocalypse
③ The soul of a wealthy young man is exchanged for a poor boy → Abandoned by a wealthy family, the real young master used his skills to start a bigger business, and his biological parents regretted it too late
. ④ The money-loving Omega who wanted to marry into a wealthy family → The weak and cute guy exposed his Alpha identity in public and destroyed a super Zerg with one punch
⑤ A new kid in the entertainment industry who speaks wild words and is surrounded by black fans → As a five-thousand-year-old monk, I am the god of ancient chess, painting, poetry, and immortals. I am not crazy if I say such arrogant words.
⑥ A young master from the Xuanwu Continent who likes jewelry and gorgeous makeup → The magic circle engraved in my gem can knock your head off with just a throw.
⑦ The down-and-out general with disabled legs → He studied pharmacy and rose again, and the glory of the hero becoming the savior became more and more dazzling——

After Resigning, I Became Popular all over the Universe [Quick Transmigration]

The seemingly delicate and weak Lin Zimao was brought back from the garbage planet to the high-level planet by his biological father at the age of eighteen, before he could adapt to the new environment, he was dragged into a marriage.
On the day of obtaining the marriage certificate, Jiang Xuan, his marriage partner, immediately established some basic rules with him:
One, can’t disclose their relationship at school;
Two, can’t initiate conversation with him at school;
Three, please make sure to remember the first one.
Lin Zimao asked him: Are you sure?
Jiang Xuan nodded coldly: Can’t be more sure.
Then, Lin Zimao earnestly implement it.
Later——
Friends 1: Did that new student really come out of a garbage planet? I heard that he knocked out the front teeth of the boss of the Mecha Combat Department yesterday!
Friends 2: I came in as the first in the Command Department, when commanding the war, it took him ten minutes to surround my mecha team! Just ten minutes!
Female students of the same Department:  Junior Brother Lin Zimao is amazing, not only did he help me fix my mecha, but he also added new functions to it!
The cousin shyly asked Jiang Xuan: Brother, when will you divorce sister-in-law, I really want to pursue him.
Wife is too excellent.
Jiang Xuan: Nothing, just regret.
After that——
At a classmate’s birthday dinner, someone saw Jiang Xuan pushed Lin Zimao against the wall, forehead to forehead, gently asked him: Still feverish?
Lin Zimao said: No more fever, just give me a hug.
Classmates: Is this still the billion-year-old iceberg they knew?!!!


After Returning to My Biological Family, I Was Arranged to Marry

​​​​​​​This is a story set centuries after the Sol system crumbled and the old human went extinct. At least, this is what the crew of the Ark Continuum-5 are told.
To ensure humanity will continue to exist, the Continuum-5 began a journey across millennia. Although every post is essential, the hierarchy is ruled by meritocracy, yet skill and prowess are predisposed by genetics – you can say the destiny of every crew member has been set before they are even born.
This solid and cruel system is essential for the New World. At least, this is what the crew of the Ark Continuum-5 was taught.


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