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After dying unexpectedly, Ji Cheng'en binds herself to the "Comeback" System and is transported to a planet in the future, where she becomes an extra acting in a production.
Ji Cheng'en: I know this plot. Following the usual comeback-novel formula, I must have gotten an "acting" golden finger. Even as an extra, I'll amaze everyone, rise from a minor role to become the female lead, and end up winning so many awards my hands will ache, becoming a household name!
She follows the System's instructions and acts, only to discover that the set is full of "high tech" she has never heard of:
A prop rock can fly through the air and leave people battered and bruised;
The camera seems to have grown hands, tossing the female lead around until she's completely disoriented;
But when she raises her hand as a combatant, her arm actually turns into a snowy-white feathered wing, which sends both the rock and the camera spinning with a single flap...
Ji Cheng'en gets it. This must be advanced special effects from the future!
The arrival of alien species and the ensuing struggle for survival drive humanity to evolve and awaken ancestral genes.
Most people cannot adapt to their mutated genes, so the Federation assembles teams and launches a livestream for the entire population. They eliminate alien species while demonstrating how to use ancestral genes.
Beast genes can evolve into sharp claws, while bird-of-prey genes can produce outstretched wings. Both grant humans powerful combat abilities.
Only Ji Cheng'en is a little different. The gene she awakens is that of a snowy owl. Though it is also a bird of prey, she is utterly useless in a fight. Other than looking cute when she smiles, she's good for nothing.
With countless big shots on the production team, she can only be sidelined and quietly play the part of an unnoticed nobody.
Unexpectedly, one day the nobody suddenly explodes into action, slapping away the most troublesome alien species. Then, as calm as ever, she turns to the big shots and smiles, revealing two little dimples:
"How was my acting just now? Wasn't I incredibly cool!"
The big shots fall into thought: Acting? Had she been pretending to be so weak this whole time?
Tan Qi noticed that useless nobody long ago.
The nobody's appearance resembled that of his dead comrade, which made her unpleasant to look at.
At first, the nobody kept to herself, and they had little to do with each other. He didn't go out of his way to provoke her and invite trouble.
But one day, the nobody suddenly changed. Not only did her strength increase dramatically, but she also became much more outgoing, turning into a chatterbox who talked about everything.
She could chat with anyone, and even talked to herself when no one was around.
More than once, Tan Qi heard her muttering that the male and female leads were at odds and the plot couldn't move forward.
He couldn't understand a word of it and thought she must be crazy.
There was no script for the livestream, so where had she gotten the idea of male and female leads?
To avoid her enthusiasm catching fire and spreading to him, Tan Qi kept his distance. But one day, without warning, she slung an arm around his shoulders and asked boldly:
"I heard you're frigid and have a cleanliness obsession, so you can't act in intimate scenes, right?"
Tan Qi glanced at the camera pointed straight at him, and his expression instantly turned cold.
Later, once Ji Cheng'en got online, she finally realized they weren't filming a show at all. They were livestreaming.
Glancing at the displeased "frigid" man, Ji Cheng'en asked cautiously, "Is the livestream... on 24 hours a day?"
The "frigid" man sneered. "Anywhere there's a camera, we're live."
Remembering all the times she'd gossiped about him behind his back, Ji Cheng'en let out a cry of dismay.
"Then all the bad things I said about you were broadcast too?"
The chill in the "frigid" man's smile deepened. "That's right. Every word, without missing a thing."
A chill ran down the back of Ji Cheng'en's neck. She was doomed. It seemed she'd offended the pickiest man on the whole team!
C-can she still make it up to him...?
Theme: The fire of life burns forever
