Zongman: I am on the set of Oregairu, playing the role of Bai Xue

〈Tell me, why did you set me up?〉

Beinuo tried to contact Lin Dao many times but to no avail.

Unexpectedly, when he was about to return to the set of "Oregairu", the other party took the initiative to initiate a system dialogue.

〈I understand that you feel a little angry and depressed.〉

Lin Dao still had that dull and frivolous uncle voice.

Beinuo and Bodao are in a dark underground cave. Due to the modification of the world line, there are no torches for lighting below, and the dreamy landscape on the seabed has turned into an ordinary rock pillar and stone forest.

Bodao, who was walking in front, noticed that Beinuo had stopped.

She couldn't help but look back at the other person.

Under the illumination of the floating magical light source, the dark natural cave reveals its interconnected passages without reservation.

Bei Nuo stood in the puddle with his feet without saying a word. His facial muscles were slightly tense, and his fine black hair partially covered his eyes. He looked serious.

Bodao tried calling out once or twice, and got a brief response from Beinuo: "It's Lindao."

Hearing this, she stopped talking and waited silently for their communication to end.

"You are too cautious, I have already prepared for failure, but it seems that you still have a little bit of luck left."

Lin Dao's tone was relaxed, showing no remorse for deceiving Bei Nuo.

〈Let’s get to the point.〉

Bei Nuo didn't want to waste time talking to him.

He had a vague feeling that something was happening on the set of "Oregairu" and couldn't wait to go back.

But Lin Dao noticed Beinuo's impatience and advised: "Don't rush back. You need to go to the "city" first. I finally contacted a small group of employees who are suitable for the transaction. Don't let your discount go to waste."

〈Are you sure it's okay?〉

〈Of course, even if you don’t trust me, you can still rely on the system. I won’t do anything bad to you.〉

Beinuo carefully checked the prompts that popped up on the system.

Lin Dao did not lie.

〈Speaking of "city", I haven't activated the conditions for passage yet.〉

If he remembered correctly, to activate the road to the "city", he needed to complete the recording of an animation series.

Wait, finished recording...

"Oregairu" has not yet been completed, but he has already reached an agreement on "Summer Return".

Lin Dao's voice came again: "The conditions can be fulfilled at any time, because you only need to let Yuriko release the last episode, and the system will automatically update your personal information."

〈What a coincidence, the reason I asked you to take on this commission was to allow you to enter the "city" in advance.〉

〈However, Yuriko's request is quite special, so I thought I'd give you a surprise.〉

After hearing the last sentence, Beinuo immediately saw a prompt pop up on the system:

[The word "surprise" Lin Dao mentioned has multiple meanings, and his emotions are unstable, so please listen carefully. ]

OK, it seems that Lin Dao is also a little panicked.

〈Did your “surprise” almost turn into a “shock”?〉

Lin Dao smiled helplessly and still suggested that Beinuo go to the "city".

Since the system was there to protect him, Bei Nuo no longer refused. However, in order to prevent any accidents, he only planned to complete the transaction and then return to the set of "Oregairu".

After Bodao understood the opinions of the two, he readily agreed to release the last episode.

"The memorial video has been recorded, and there's nothing for me to miss anymore." She sighed as she opened the system interface to operate it.

After a while, Beinuo received news about employee information updates.

[You have successfully activated your "City" resident card! ]

"Since we are going back to the 'city', there is no need to return to the 'exclusive space'."

"By the way, Bei Nuo, in this studio, the system prioritizes me. You can only leave here through the 'curtain' I placed."

Bodao said this and waved his hand.

A girlish pink cartoon screen immediately appeared in front of the two of them.

"Can the curtain be used by other people?" This was the first time Bei Nuo saw a curtain other than his own, and the color and style were completely different.

Bo Dao explained: "Yes, but it is limited to friends or co-stars."

As they were talking, the pink curtain opened.

The girl in kimono took the lead and stepped in, and Bei Nuo followed silently behind her.

The two of them headed towards the dreamy and ethereal "city" together.

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(I am afraid that no readers would care about the urban chapter, so I will skip it.)

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Led by Lindao, Beinuo offers discounts to help employees who need to purchase "World".

A transaction of reselling "the world" was successfully completed.

More than 50 million popularity points suddenly appeared in Beinuo’s account.

The wealth of this fortune is equivalent to the results of an ordinary employee's full participation in ten performances.

But Beinuo's face did not show much joy.

He and Lin Dao were in a quiet and empty space, which was just one of the doors in the huge "city".

"Are you really going back to the set now?" Lin Dao leaned leisurely on the starry sky chair.

The brown jacket he wore on the set of "God Eater" remained unchanged, except for his left hand, which turned into a scarlet, hideous monster arm.

"I won't know what happened on the set until I go back." Beinuo's eyes fell on the system interface.

At this time, the recording process of "Oregairu" was stuck at 95% of the last episode.

It was only after arriving in the "city" that the progress stopped.

If he had waited a little longer, the progress bar might have finished.

"Don't worry, the 'World Projection' has been removed, and the set of 'Oregairu' is completely still. You have plenty of time to wander around here for a while."

Lin Daoyan never let go of his cigarette, puffing away across the long table.

However, this time there was no "world barrier" to block it, and Beino was forced to inhale secondhand smoke.

From the time the other party contacted him until now, Beinuo has not heard any negative impact of "time travel".

He straightened his clothes, put on his glasses, and finally asked before returning, "What are you hiding?"

Lin Dao was speechless.

Seeing this, Beinuo did not stay any longer.

The curtain for the return journey has been set, and he turned decisively and was about to step into it.

"As expected." Lin Dao's voice came, as if he was talking to himself, or as if he was sighing about something.

Without waiting for Bei Nuo to speak, he continued:

"That world will become your grave. There is no such thing as resurrection on an ordinary set without superpower elements."

"As time goes by, when you reach a certain critical point, you will activate time reversal over and over again until all your popularity points are exhausted. Then, you will become discouraged and throw yourself into the arms of death."

Lin Dao exhaled a puff of smoke and asked jokingly, "Huh, what do you think of this script?"

Standing in front of the bright red curtain, Beinuo responded helplessly:

“It’s old-fashioned, but not bad.”

Lin Dao sneered, "Not bad at all! Isn't my investment wasted?"

Hearing that the other party was somewhat frustrated, Bei Nuo teased: "Through the transaction just now, you even made a lot of money, so it's not in vain."

"I don't care about popularity anymore. I invited you to join the 'troupe' for fun. The fun part has just begun, but you are determined to dive into the other side. Isn't this a failed investment?"

Bei Nuo turned back impatiently, "Why are you saying that I have a short life?"

"In a hundred years, no, about eighty years, almost everyone you know will be dead. Even if you have more than 70 million popularity points now, after losing the discount, you can only go back ten years at most. You should have done the math. After all, for us, a hundred years will disappear in the blink of an eye."

His understanding was indeed different from Lin Dao's.

"That's just your opinion. In my opinion, this period of time has been long enough. Indulging desires is just another kind of death." Bei Nuo couldn't predict himself a thousand years later because there was a ready-made example here. "Lin Dao, do you still remember your original name?"

"There's no point in telling you." Lin Dao suddenly became expressionless.

But Beinuo continued to ask: "Why don't you answer? Who refused to forgive the only deception in your credit record?"

The other party crushed the cigarette, raised his eyelids and looked at him indifferently, "You became a candidate for management? Otherwise you can't see any information."

"It's just a coincidence." With Beinuo's current authority, he still couldn't see the specific people involved in the incident with Lin Dao, as if the system had deliberately obscured it.

However, he knew very well that Lin Dao had lived for more than three thousand years, and his original self might have disappeared long ago.

The only thing left is the personality of deceiving others for fun.

Apart from that, Lin Dao is little more than a shell.

The so-called being whoever you play is actually hollowing out a part of yourself and attaching it to different roles.

As long as Beinuo wants to keep living, he will definitely experience that feeling.

But a hundred years from now, will it be necessary for me to abandon those memories and live alone?

Lin Dao sighed deeply and relit a cigarette. "It seems that you have misunderstood me."

"Forgetting the past is just a helpless choice. Even if I look back on those regrettable pasts thousands of times, I can only sigh and regret. If I have completely disappeared, the system will definitely revoke my permissions immediately."

"But your attitude made me understand the difference between us. Most employees went through untold hardships to return to their original world, but you achieved your wish early with my help. There is really nothing to struggle about."

"Why, do you regret hiring me?"

"Regret? No, no, I set you up just to eliminate this possibility."

Bei Nuo felt something was wrong, "What do you mean?"

Lin Dao crossed his legs and spoke frivolously:

"I am a soft-hearted person. I cannot bear to see that the new members of the 'troupe' have a short lifespan. So in order to extend your lifespan, I have found a new target for you, Ghana~"

As soon as he finished speaking, the starry sky chair burst into light and disappeared into the space together with Lin Dao.

Beinuo was left alone in confusion.

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Serve in the community.

Kitano and Yukinoshita sat across the long table in silence.

In order to ease the awkward situation, Bei Nuo took the lead and said:

"President, if the world we live in is actually a huge photo studio, what would you do?"

Yukinoshita clenched her palms and replied as expressionlessly as possible: "Have you watched The Truman Show recently? If it were me, I would definitely try my best to catch the mastermind behind this."

"Haha."

"What's so funny?" Yukinoshita glared at him. "Since everything is a scam, the protagonist's worldview has collapsed and he has fallen into chaos, so why not turn the panic and anger into motivation to dig deeper into this scam."

"That's very much the president's style." Bei Nuo nodded. "Since the president considers himself the protagonist, what about the large number of extras who participated in the scam? Compared to how the protagonist will act after discovering the truth, I'm actually more interested in 'them'."

Yukinoshita calmed down and said seriously, "I didn't expect you to care about this kind of thing. That's right, you are most likely one of those people who act as passers-by or relatives around the protagonist as a staff member. Although they also spend a lot of time participating in it, in the end they just leave the studio and return to their own lives."