Arc 4: How to survive in this world: Become the National Male God.
Edited by Radhika1303
After all those clues from He Tian and his experience of going through these worlds while living in someone else’s identity, Shi Shen came to a conclusion.
His world which suddenly rose from rank D to rank S may be a result of something forcibly put into that world.
The reason why he was always feeling that everything around him was wrong and the reason why he was the only one who developed a consciousness was maybe because he was not the actual Shi Shen.
He was simply living in ‘Shi Shen’ identity.
Therefore, after seeing Han Ziqi’s extreme reaction, Shi Shen knew that he was right.
At this moment, Shi Shen didn’t know what to feel. At first, he wanted to get revenge on those who made him experience those betrayals again and again but now, he suddenly found that those were fabricated and that they were not even directed towards him.
For a moment there, Shi Shen suddenly felt like laughing. It turned out that he didn’t even know his own existence.
Meanwhile, Han Ziqi was feeling a bit jittery from Shi Shen’s last question. He didn’t expect the other party to come up with this possibility this early. However, he knew that it was no use of avoiding or lying to the person before him, hence, he gave an ambiguous reply instead,’’ Yes and No.’’
Contrary to his thought of hearing another bout of questions Shi Shen just mildly said,’’ Since you are here, let’s come clean with each other.’’
‘’I am here just to collect his soul shard and in return, my soul gets strengthened. All I need to do is to let him get attached to me, right?’’
Han Ziqi went silent for a moment before answering once he heard the other party say ‘Get attached’ instead of ‘Falling in love with’.
Meaning, the young man before him still had his guard up and possibly because of this conversation he may have strengthened his guards more. From now things could go uphill or downhill.
Han Ziqi silently lit a candle for a certain man.
In front of this person, Han Ziqi dared not lie or play a trick so he simply nodded his head.
Seeing him easily agree, Shi Shen slightly narrowed his eyes before putting down another sentence,’’ How many worlds are there? And in the end, what will happen to me?’’
‘’Except for the Lord, no one knows the answer. As for your second question, when the time comes you will know but rest assured that nothing bad is going to happen to you.’’
Feeling like the questions were never going to end, Han Ziqi added,’’I will always at your service whenever you want so just let He Tian contact me and I will be there.’’
Shi Shen also knew that he could no longer ask any more questions so he finally said another piece,’’ One more thing. Can you shield the memories?’’
Han Ziqi lifted his face up in surprise before hurriedly lowered his head down.
He wanted to seal his own memories?!
If this were to happen, wouldn’t those experiences in three worlds were for naught?
However, before he could persuade the young man not to do it, the latter added,’’ Not mine but his. I know that he can identify me right away so do something with it.’’
Han Ziqi was still not reconciled,’’ Won’t that just increase the difficul—‘’
‘’Scared? Are your previous words a lie then? If his feelings were real, what do you need to be afraid of?’’
With this statement, Han Ziqi’s words were quickly swallowed back. In the end, he compromised,’’ Fine, I will do that. If there is nothing more, I will take my leave now.’’
Right after he said this, he respectfully bowed before his figure instantly disappeared from the room.
Finally, He Tian came back online,’’ You guys finally done?’’
Shi Shen went to sit down at his usual place before getting ready to read another book,’’ Mm. I will stay here for a while before going to the next world.’’
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After the transfer, Shi Shen’s consciousness finally came back as his surroundings drastically changed into one with bustling crowds and filming equipment.
Currently, Shi Shen was sitting in an inconspicuous area while holding a script in his right hand.
Although he knew that the world he previously lived in was fake, he still couldn’t help but feel nostalgic of coming back to the modern world.
Without He Tian’s reminder, soon a torrent of unfamiliar memories quickly rushed in followed by this world’s plot.
The body that he currently resided in was called Ye Xie, 19 years old. He actually debuted in a boys group called ‘DeviL’ when he was 17 years old. His family’s situation was quite good until 2 years ago when his father got into a car accident and passed away.
With their breadwinner gone, the whole house fell into chaos. His mother used to be an accountant in a medium enterprise but resigned after she got married to take care of her children so no good company was willing to accept her. In the end, she settled on multiple part-time jobs in order to support her eldest son who was currently a second-year high school student and her youngest son who was a third year in middle school.
Ye Xie knew their difficulty so behind their backs, he looked for part-time jobs and luckily, got scouted on the street thanks to his extraordinary looks.
However, Ye Xie has never been good with social interactions as he has always been a withdrawn person so this occupation definitely does not suit him but since he had no choice he accepted the job and decided to drop out of school in order to focus on his training.
Ye mother was furious once she heard that her son dropped out of school but no matter how much she persuaded him it was still no use so she could only threaten him not to come back if he were to drop out.
Ye Xie still left. He packed his clothes and went to the city.
However, you could guess that his road was not smooth and full of ups and downs. After all of those heinous training and suffering, Ye Xie managed to debut in two years thanks to his outstanding appearance.
Devil was their agency's most promising rookie group who has already debuted for two years so and with the addition of Ye Xie, the company hoped that the group could become even more famous.
Ye Xie became the visual front of the group consisting of 4 members including him. He Xiu was the rapper, Gu Xiang was the main dancer and Mu Sheng was the main vocalist.
Although things were hard at the beginning, Ye Xie tried hard to pick up and finally got used to his job. His team got popular and only disbanded in their eighth year. However, Ye Xie already gained some fame in the industry so he tried acting and some modeling jobs in the following years.
His life was not extravagant but it was a good life, however, things went spiral after a certain person’s rebirth.
Mu Sheng the main vocalist of DeviL found himself back to the point where his group had debuted for just 2 years that is one year prior to adding a new member, Ye Xie.
Speaking of Ye Xie, Mu Sheng had hated him the most. Unlike him who was the leader, the most active member and skilled in singing, Ye Xie had nothing besides his face however his popularity was the highest in their group and his days after disband was also the best compared to the other three.
After the disbanding, Mu Sheng drifted here and there singing at several small events to get by. At best, he got featured in some popular songs but the netizens’ praises were always directed at the singer while the guests like him only gained small popularity.
Even if a singer didn’t sing as well as him but had a beautiful face became more popular than him!
As time passed, his face gradually disappeared from the masses and the company refused to renew his contract so he could only go elsewhere but he got refused by other companies aso.
While comparing his situation with his former team member, Ye Xie who still appeared on the television, Mu Sheng’s hatred intensified.
But who knows that God gave him a second chance and he woke up in his younger days?
Mu Sheng swore that he would let those people who only relied on their faces to live bow down before him and experience his sufferings!
His primary target was, of course, Ye Xie but instead of persuading the agency not to add a new member, Mu Sheng recommended him instead.
Therefore, with his interference, Ye Xie who became a trainee just one year ago, got debuted faster than anyone else gaining a bad reputation among his fellow trainees.
In the past, Ye Xie had to train for 2 years before joining, so his skill albeit inferior were not bad. However, this time, Ye Xie’s performance was not up to par with the rest of the members causing DeviL’s diehard fans who had been disagreeing with the addition of a new member to flare up and denounced Ye Xie for being a sore thumb and destroying the group's performance.
As a result, even with Ye Xie’s outstanding appearance he unexpectedly became the least popular member and his self-esteem also hit rock bottom unable to bear the accusation from the netizens.
One year later, the group disbanded. He Xiu and Gu Xiang retired from the entertainment industry not long after while Ye Xie went to try acting as his contract hasn't expired yet.
Mu Sheng debuted as a solo artist and he even composed his own songs or so to say, he plagiarized the popular songs in his past life and made them his. His fame grew bigger and bigger and along the way he also attracted the powerful male lead, Gao Chen the president of the biggest agency, Sky Entertainment.
With the help of Gao Chen, Mu Sheng’s life couldn’t be any better. He reached the pinnacle of his life at a young age and became a legend in the entertainment industry later on.
Back to the present, Shi Shen precisely went back to the time whenYe Xie just got into the acting industry where he acted for the first time.
This was also the first time that Shi Shen stepped into the entertainment industry despite his whole life being in acting.
‘’You over there, quickly go do your makeup. Your scene is next!’’
Director He didn’t even bother to call out the boy’s name and his voice was full of impatience.
Who did not believe that the DeviL’s decision to disband was due to him?
An official statement issued by their agency regarding DeviL’s disband was out yesterday so Ye Xie who believed to be the cause of disbanding still got drowned in spit by the fans so he would inevitably drag down his drama!
Anyways, as long as he made even a little mistake he wouldn’t be given any mercy and the director will demand the agency to get him out of the crew immediately!
In the meantime, Shi Shen put down his script and went to the regular dressing room to do his makeup and put on his costume.
In order for an idol like him to be able to step into the acting industry, his role needed to be similar to his real personality so that the viewers would think that ‘Ah, this person can also act well!’.
This was a weekly drama called ‘Blood’ which involved vampires. The male lead, Lu Heng was played by Wu Wenming whose character was a half-blood but he had never known this fact until strange people started to appear one by one in his life which resulted in him awakening his vampire bloodline. He then went through hardship with the love between a vampire and human before perishing with the female lead, Wen Shi played by Yu Mei at the end.
Shi Shen acted as Ke Xin, the antagonist whose identity was the male lead's half-brother. He came to kill the male lead so that he could be the sole heir to the Ke family but he didn’t expect him to awaken the vampire bloodline in his half-brother instead. Later on, instead of attacking him, Ke Xin went to bother Wen Shi whom he believed to be Lu Heng’s weakness.
He caused misunderstandings between the two. When he finally was about to kill Lu Heng, Wen Shi shielded him and died instead causing Lu Heng to go mad and kill Ke Xin in return.
So it was not hard to figure out what kind of treatment the actor who would play as Ke Xin would get after the drama ended.
For Ye Xie who had no acting skill or fame, this was simply letting his career go downhill. In the end, he couldn’t go into acting or modeling so he retired but was embarrassed to run back to his family so he gritted his teeth and became a rich lady’s kept boy so that he could still be able to send money to his house.
But not long after, his matter got exposed so Ye Xie could no longer bear it and commit suicide. At that time, he was 20 years old.
Shi Shen knew the aftermath of filming this drama but he didn’t take the initiative to leave the crew.
He would make this a turning point in Ye Xie’s career instead.
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