☆, Chapter 154: Battle
The competition is over.
Wen Mianyu and other actors stood on the stage to take their bows.
The host came onto the stage from the side, holding the microphone as he walked, and said, "Thank you to our four leading actors for giving us such a wonderful performance. It really made me sweat a little bit, don't you think?"
"Yes!" There was a shout from below.
In the middle of the performance, Xu Jiachun, who played Wen Mianyu's stepmother, encountered some problems and got a few lines wrong, but the audience still gave enthusiastic cheers.
Only the four people on the stage understood the situation.
The host said a few more lines from the script and then asked the four people to leave the stage.
Wen Mianyu and the team members went to Lu Congxu together.
The other team members all knew the relationship between the two, so they gave the seat next to Lu Congxu to Wen Mianyu.
"Thank you." Wen Mianyu thanked him and sat down.
"I said the wrong lines just now. I'm sorry everyone..." After sitting down, the young actress Xu Jiachun apologized to everyone.
"It's okay, everyone makes mistakes sometimes, we won't blame you." Qian Jun comforted.
Wen Mianyu and another veteran actor, both of whom attach great importance to acting, did not say any high-sounding words of comfort.
Wen Mianyu said, "Just work harder next time and don't make the same mistake again."
"Yes, learning from lessons is what a mature actor should do," said the veteran actor.
"I understand. I will definitely work hard." Xu Jiachun looked like he was willing to learn, but after he finished speaking, he glanced at Wen Mianyu lightly.
There was a hint of disdain in his eyes.
The veteran actor is a senior, very old-fashioned, so it's okay to criticize her.
In her opinion, Wen Mianyu was only a few years older than her, so what right did he have to say that about her?
However, because of Lu Congxu, Xu Jiachun didn't dare to say anything and could only secretly plot against Wen Mianyu in her heart.
In just a few words, the second team's competition was about to begin, which was the team Tang Qin was in.
Wen Mianyu heard from their team members that the script was a story about traveling through a book. Tang Qin played the female lead, who traveled into the book to save the villain male lead.
The actor who plays the male lead is a young actor who often plays the second male lead in popular dramas recently. He is only sixteen years old and very handsome.
"I've never seen this young male lead in a play, so I don't know how he performs. He looks pretty good, though." Wen Mianyu discussed with Lu Congxu in a low voice.
"I've seen it, it's a good performance." Lu Congxu affirmed, "It should be much better than Tang Qin."
"That's terrible. Tang Qin will be outshined by the newcomer in acting. They are acting opposite each other." Wen Mianyu gloated.
As he was speaking, the host on stage announced that the second group of competitions had begun.
Wen Mianyu quickly sat up straight and looked at it attentively.
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"The second competition, 'Save the Villain', begins!"
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Bai You woke up early on a weekday morning like every other day.
I sat up in a daze, and subconsciously reached out to touch the alarm clock on the bedside table, but I only felt something cold.
When I opened my eyes, I saw a hazy white fog and couldn't see my surroundings clearly.
Bai You moved, and a male voice sounded in his ears.
"Welcome to "Records of Immortals, Demons and Monsters". The system gives you the right to modify the plot. Your task is to add exciting moments, enhance the watchability, and make readers more satisfied." The tone was mechanical, like a tape recorder, without any emotion.
Like a thunderclap, it instantly woke Bai You up.
Record of Immortals and Demons?
These five words are so familiar that they make people love and hate them!
As a fantasy upgrade novel about a strong female character, "Records of Demons and Immortals" became popular on the Internet in the middle of its serialization, and recently it has swept everyone like a storm.
It's not because the plot has come up with something new, but the author could have written millions more words, but he ended it abruptly with a tragic ending that no book fan could accept.
——The heroine upgrades and defeats BOSS all the way, obtains countless spiritual pets and spiritual weapons, and also obtains a group of handsome men in her harem, almost completing the entire Xuanling Continent.
At the climax, he had the upper hand against the big boss Chu Xiaowei, and it was so exciting that people couldn't stop.
In the end, the injured villain BOSS used a big move, not only dragging the heroine to death, but also almost destroying everything. All the people who came to attack him died, leaving only a group of cute pets...
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As soon as the ending came out, there was an uproar and a lot of condemnation on the Internet.
"How could our powerful Saint Lord die like this? Please revive and kill that great devil Chu Xiao!"
"If the Holy Lord cannot be resurrected, I will die!"
The boss was also furious. As soon as he found out about what had happened, he found Bai You and said, "Not only does the ending need to be changed, but the author must also be told that unifying the Xuanling Continent isn't enough. He must also unify the Immortal Realm after ascending to heaven. Write another five million words!"
The author was discovered and made famous by Bai You, so naturally only she can say this.
So the first thing Bai You did after returning home was to contact the author online.
The author of this book has been both casual and strict from the very beginning. The casualness is reflected in the fact that he directly used Bai You's name when naming the heroine, and the names of various supporting characters were also picked up from around him.
His attitude is reflected in the fact that he never accepts anyone's suggestions or changes even the slightest bit of the plot.
Sure enough, after listening to Bai You’s request, the author said: You only pay attention to how gratifying it is when the heroine defeats each BOSS, but you don’t notice that in troubled times, the strong are respected and human nature is evil.
Villains often have their own reasons.
This ending is the best ending and cannot be changed.
Bai You was in tears: I don’t want to know the villain’s difficulties, I just want to know whether I can get my salary next month.
author:……
Bai You tried to persuade the author in every possible way, but he refused to give in. In the end, he cruelly blocked her and claimed that he would stop writing. Not only would he not change the ending, he would not even write any more novels in the future.
Bai You lay awake in bed that night, staring at the ceiling, wondering helplessly: should he resign tomorrow, or wait to be fired?
But when she closed her eyes and woke up again, she was already here.
What did the person next to her say? Give her the right to change the plot at will?
Excitement dispelled the fear of the unknown, and Bai You asked excitedly, "How do you want to change the plot?"
She also followed "Records of Immortals, Demons and Monsters", and like many other book fans, she was very resentful about the ending and hated the villain Chu Xiaowei!
If she could change it any way she wanted, the first thing she would do would be to kill the devil Chu on the resurrection line!
"Of course," the robotic male voice replied, "The system will send you back to the protagonist's twelve-year-old state, when his spiritual awareness had just begun to open, and he entered the Xuanling Continent. Your mission is to advance all the way to the pinnacle of life. When the reader satisfaction rate reaches 99% at the end, you can leave the system and receive a reward."
After following the novel for a year and a month, Bai You still had many things she wasn't satisfied with the plot—her favorite and very popular character, the gentle doctor, died suddenly, and her favorite couple, the rabbit and the wolf, didn't end up together...
However, the author did not accept the suggestions for revision, so she could only continue reading with a broken heart.
Now……
Bai Youzhi wanted to look up to the sky and let out three long roars.
"If there are no other problems, the system will start looping back in three seconds." The mechanical male voice spoke.
Bai You thought about it hurriedly and came up with a question, "Will I die in the book? What if I die accidentally?"
"If you die in the book, you will die in reality." The mechanical male voice said without any emotion.
"..." Bai You was horrified, "Don't they have the so-called protagonist halo?"
"The protagonist's halo will reduce the tension and reduce the watchability."
So my life is worthless? I have to take the risk of dying at any time?
Bai You's excitement vanished. "Is it too late to regret and go back now?"
"Too late." A mechanical male voice.
“…”Bai You.
If she died in the book, she would die in real life as well. This meant that although she had great power to modify the plot, she could not make any mistakes and could not put herself in danger!
Thinking of this, I feel even more compelled to get rid of my nemesis as soon as possible!
"Send me back to the past. Can I choose the location?" Bai You asked impatiently.
"Okay." The robotic male voice replied.
"Choose Chu Xiao as your side!"
Just a few seconds after he finished speaking, the thick fog turned into white light, so bright that Bai You closed his eyes.
When I opened my eyes again, the scenery around me had become completely different.
The white fog that blocked the view disappeared, replaced by a gloomy sky with dark clouds covering the sky.
Bai You looked around and found himself in a village. Behind the village was a mountain that looked very gloomy. It was not known whether it was due to the weather or if it was just the way it was, but it looked dark even in the daytime.
It must have just rained here. The rain was not heavy, but it made the originally bumpy dirt road muddy.
Bai You was thinking about the system's promise to send her back to Chu Xiaowei, so she looked around for him.
In a moment, a figure appeared at the corner ahead, running towards this side with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
The figure approached, and from the height it was clear that it was a child.
The boy was wearing a gray robe that was ragged and tattered, but his hair was neatly tied up with a crown made of peach wood.
He lowered his head slightly, holding a dirty-looking cloth bag in his arms, protecting it like a treasure.
When he ran closer and noticed Bai You standing there motionless, the boy stopped and looked up at her.
Only then did Bai You see the boy's face clearly.
He had a pair of phoenix-tail eyes with upturned corners, which gave him a hint of arrogance. There was a dark red cinnabar mole between his eyebrows, and his thin lips were tightly pursed.
That face was exactly the same as the description of the big devil when he appeared, except that it lacked momentum. It was completely a smaller version of Chu Xiao.
Bai You recognized it immediately!
His ultimate mission emerged in his mind, which was to kill the big devil on the resurrection line.
Bai You drew out the sword behind him with great momentum.
She was sent back to the age of twelve by the system and started over.
When Lingqiao first met him, he was alone, with only this sword on him.
However, looking at Chu Xiaowei's current appearance, it seems that he is in a worse situation than her. He doesn't even have a weapon. She will definitely have the upper hand in a fight.
The facts seemed to be similar to what she thought. Chu Xiao sensed her hostility and did not rush up to fight. Instead, he protected the things in his arms more tightly, took a step back, and stared at her vigilantly and with some hostility.
There was a look of stubbornness and unwillingness, as well as anger and resentment in those dark pupils, which made them look even more pitiful upon closer inspection.
Bai You suddenly felt a little hesitant to do it.
Although I knew I was in a book, everything in front of me was too real, no different from the real world.
In the real world, she wouldn't even dare to kill anyone, let alone a child?
As he hesitated, an old voice sounded beside his ears, "Xiao'er...are you back?"
This call confirmed that the person in front of him was undoubtedly the big devil in the future, and Bai You had no choice but to put down his sword first.
She wasn't so crazy as to kill the child in front of the old man.
Turning around, Bai You saw a white-haired old man walking down a slightly higher slope with a slow gait, leaning on a cane in his hand, his back slightly hunched.
Chu Xiaowei was still staring at her warily. After waiting for a while, and seeing that she didn't make any further moves, he ran over to support the old woman and called out, "Grandma."
"Xiao'er..." The old man's hand trembled slightly and touched the top of Chu Xiaowei's head, and a kind smile appeared on his wrinkled face.
Only then did Bai You realize that the old man's eyes were blind, the whites of his eyes were rolled up, and there were no black pupils.
In this situation, Bai You could only put the sword back into the sheath.
But she was unwilling to leave just like that.
It's easy to let the big devil go today, but what if that guy becomes powerful enough in the future and wants to kill her together with him?
People with blurred vision have sharp ears. Bai You hadn't left yet, and the old man over there quickly sensed her voice and asked, "Xiao'er, who's that over there?"
"I was passing by here and wanted to ask for a drink of water." Bai You quickly found an excuse for himself. As soon as he opened his mouth, he found that his voice was childish. Only then did he realize that he was just a child like Chu Xiaowei...
The old man's smile became more loving, and he waved in the direction where she spoke, saying, "Child, there is water at home, come in and have some."
"Grandma..." Chu Xiaowei called out, looking at Bai You with hostility.
The old man touched the top of Chu Xiaowei's head and said, "Be good, Xiao'er."
Although Bai You couldn't bring himself to kill the miniature version of the devil Chu, he still had a preconceived aversion to him. Regardless of his cold glare at him, he shamelessly followed the old man into the village.
It was obvious that this village was very poor. Every household's house was in a dilapidated state. Chu Xiaowei's home could even be described as bare.
A thatched hut with only a wooden couch and a wooden table, no other furniture.
There was a water tank at the entrance. The old man found a ceramic bowl on a shelf made of earthen bricks, groped over and prepared to scoop water for Bai You to drink.
Bai You didn't want to bother the old man with blurry eyesight, so he was about to take the bowl, but Chu Xiaowei took it first.
Reluctantly, the boy poured a bowl of water into the jar and handed it to Bai You silently.
When Bai You stretched out his hand, a dog howled.
Chu Xiaowei's face changed on the opposite side, and he almost knocked over the bowl.
When Bai You was wondering, the old man grabbed his right hand, and Chu Xiaowei went to his left to support the old man.
The three of them left the yard together.
In just a short while, many villagers had gathered in the open space outside the village, and everyone stared in fear at the two people and one dog who were walking up from the bottom of the slope.
The people who came were two men, one tall and one short. They looked ugly with shifty eyes, but their expressions were arrogant and disdainful.
The dog in front of the two men ran up first. It had long black hair all over its body and was as big and fast as a lion. It circled around the villagers. Everyone was concentrating and had a look of fear on their faces.
"Hand over this month's three hundred spirit stones." The brown-clothed man with green eyes casually threw a storage bag to the ground. "Don't waste our time, hurry up!"
That look really deserves a beating.
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