A Cast of Villains: My Artists Fight for Survival in Infinite-Flow Worlds

The entertainment industry has a madcap boss, Lin Yan. Other managers rely on their connections to promote their artists, but she relies on “luck.” Armed with the “Path to Stardom Challenge” System, she turns her entire company into a massive reality-show meat grinder. A pretty-boy idol makes one wrong move in a singing, dancing, and hopscotch challenge, gets forced to dance like a middle-aged woman at a public square, and takes the trending charts by storm. A washed-up singer fails to hit a high note during an escape-room challenge and gets chased by virtual zombies for three whole blocks, pushing his lung capacity to the limit. A spoiled young heartthrob cries so hard during a day-in-prison challenge that even his mother wouldn’t recognize him. Afterward, he plays a struggling nobody and becomes a legend. Lin Yan happily sips coffee as she watches the security footage every day, until one day the rumored genius actor, who is “untouched by worldly concerns” and has never had a scandal, clings tightly to her waist in front of the whole internet during an escape-room variety show. He nuzzles her like a big dog and says, “Boss, my acting has no weak points, but I’m missing a wife. Can you start a romance challenge for me?”