Lin Zhi, who died in a car accident, was intercepted by the secret contract and became a "performer" - surviving in each independent copy of the rules: abide by the explicit and hidden constraints, find the safe zone, complete the designated tasks, and leave alive. Every time he clears a level, he briefly returns to reality in good health; only after clearing the level 9 times in total can he truly return in good health. He will live to the ninth time in the horror of being hunted down and wiped out if he breaks the contract unintentionally.