Little Pink Starfish

Gu Bai, a proper and accomplished beta general, walked out the door—and was instantly trailed by a long line of beta followers.

The reason was simple:
Alphas and omegas were rarer in this world, and even when some alphas had lower combat power than betas, their deeply ingrained alpha pride made it hard for them to follow a beta’s command. Even in the army, despite respecting the original Liu Rufeng, their first choice was always to serve under an alpha general—not him.

But beta followers were different!
The original host was the pride of all betas! Most betas, once enlisted, would fight to be under his command! His personal guard had been carefully selected—all betas.

Why?
Because if an alpha were to get too close, they might discover his omega identity. Thus, when choosing guards, the original host had always leaned toward betas.
In the end—
All his guards were betas.

Gu Bai looked at the sparkling starry eyes from his rows of loyal beta guards.
Silently, he paused for three seconds.

These were the betas of all betas. Many of them weren’t weaker than average alphas, yet those shiny, puppy-eyed stares were… what the hell!

He turned abruptly:
“To the academy.”

All the beta guards stood tall and barked in unison,
“Yes, General!”

·

The Federation’s First Military Academy—advanced in tech, vast in scale, staffed by elite teachers. Alphas and betas made up the majority of the student body, while a small number of omegas with impure bloodlines could study here briefly under tight escort from the White Tower.

And what did they study?
Nothing much, really.

This was a carrot dangled before omegas who were curious about the outside world. They had to earn this chance for a breath of freedom, and through this controlled contact, they’d witness the alphas’ strength, conditioning them to be more submissive to their future fate.

In other words—
A brainwashing tool.

But none of that concerned Gu Bai.

Because in this mecha era, he discovered something amazing—
He could not only pilot mechas using the original’s memories…
He could also practice cultivation techniques!

Even as an omega!
He was an omega who could wield martial arts!
Soon to become a badass, unbeatable omega!

Anyone dares mess with him during heat?
He’ll just neng them to death!

Feeling refreshed, confident, and satisfied—
He wasn’t worried about heat cycles anymore.
Bring it on!

…Okay, okay.
That wasn’t the point right now.
First, he had to give a speech.

Luckily, the original had long prepared the content.

·

Riding in a hovercar, they sped toward the academy.

As a general, he didn’t need to crowd with the rest of the students. There were already officials waiting to receive him.
He was led to a private room to rest and wait for the opening ceremony—aka, the part where he’d speak.

Time flew.
When someone came to escort him to the stage, Gu Bai exuded a freezing aura, the crisp clack of his boots echoing as he stepped out with authority.

He took a deep breath…
And opened his mouth—

“$#%@#￥%&￥@…”

↑
Yes. Garbled nonsense.

Why?
Because he absolutely did not run his brain while speaking.
It was too embarrassing!

He turned off all thoughts and let muscle memory handle the speech.
Despite his inner turmoil, he looked down and saw the students’ eyes full of passion and admiration, starry-eyed and trembling with excitement.

So—
Did it matter what he actually said?
Nah.
They were fired up, weren’t they? That was enough.

At the end, Gu Bai gave a solemn salute, turned with dignified poise, and descended the stage.

Then the new student representative started their speech.

As he walked toward the back of the platform, his gaze swept across the crowd…
And landed on someone.

In that instant—

A song replayed in his mind:
♪ “Just because I glanced at you once in the crowd…” ♪

Fk off. Not this song!

Gu Bai stiffened and turned his face away.
That guy—
Bright, upright, pure, with a steadfast energy about him—

Yes, it was the protagonist shou.
Not the perverted psycho.

So why was he suddenly feeling so sentimental?!

Well, to be fair…
He’d seen many protagonists by now.
And the one thing they always had in common—

They.
Fricking.
Glowed.

No matter how many people surrounded them, you always saw them first.
That’s protagonist aura for you.

Gu Bai felt like he’d been hit.

Wait. Is this how I got caught up with that damn pervert in the first world? Because he looked so damn handsome? No! It was the aura! The protagonist aura! I swear!

I was bamboozled by the aura!
Who can resist a world’s halo gathering on one person?!

…That said.
Where was the damn pervert now?
And what was his identity this time?

Gu Bai scratched his head, equal parts concerned and curious.

What if…
What if that freak… also transmigrated as an omega? Hehehe…

Wouldn’t that be fun?
Same gender?
How do you fall in love now, huh?!

·

Meanwhile—

Qi Guanrui sat calmly in a pitch-black room.
His brows were relaxed, lips slightly curled in a strange smile.

This world…
Was very interesting.

The room was empty.
A punishment chamber.

The body he had taken over had a peculiar identity.

Behind him, a giant black serpent lay coiled in the rift of space, fast asleep.

Qi Guanrui’s soul was now housed inside this new body—
And that body’s name…

Was Yu Yuan.

He was the eldest son of a duke.

And just like every cliché ever—
It had to be duke.
Only someone of that rank could appear in the central plot and stir things up.

Yu Yuan, eldest son of the Yu household, born of the duke’s legal wife, who was a pureblood omega.

Naturally, with that bloodline, he should’ve been a pureblood alpha.
But fate—and treachery—intervened.

The duke had married the omega for status, abandoning his true love, a beautiful beta woman. But that beta didn’t stay away for long.

Once she realized her own child had a high probability of being alpha—
Ambition ignited.

She fed the legal wife strange drugs during pregnancy.

The omega died in childbirth.
The baby, Yu Yuan, though genetically an alpha, had suppressed pheromones.

Everyone thought he was just a particularly strong beta.

Meanwhile, the beta mistress gave birth to a slightly weaker but fully recognized alpha.

The duke took the beta as his second wife.
Yu Yuan and his younger half-brother Yu Can were raised “equally”…
Except that the new wife sabotaged Yu Yuan every step of the way.

His character was twisted, achievements suppressed.
While Yu Can flourished under careful grooming.

Eventually, even the duke’s attention shifted.

And now—

Qi Guanrui had taken over Yu Yuan’s body.

He lounged lazily in the punishment chamber.
One day left before his “release.”

He didn’t need to use brute force.
Everyone in the duke’s family was trash.
He’d decide soon—

How to reach his gege.