Reborn, I First Befriend a Random Extra

Wei Xiu lost his job.

One day, he woke up and ran into a System.

System: Hey, want to follow the plot? We're the Passing Character System. The story takes place at the end of a novel. You just need to walk across the street in the background as the protagonist makes his final appearance, and you'll get a fifty-million-yuan bonus.

A task this easy?

Wei Xiu eagerly agreed.

Who could have guessed that after the plot ended, just as he crossed at the green light and was about to head home for dinner,

the protagonist, who had died across the street, would suddenly be reborn?

Their eyes met, and the protagonist immediately decided Wei Xiu was the mastermind behind everything.

Then he clung to Wei Xiu like a ghost, refusing to let go.

Wei Xiu, who was only supposed to play a passing character: ...?

Damn it.

A scam System!

It said the story would be over when he showed up, but never said the protagonist could be reborn at the end.

Pay up!

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I Guide People Through the Strange World is a cosmic-horror comic that ended terribly.

The author described a series of events that unfolded after the return of the anomalous: ancient horrors awakened, and people with supernatural abilities stepped onto the stage to show what they could do.

But the story started with a bang and ended in a whimper.

The protagonists inexplicably died during a bizarre incident in their battle against the villain, like a meteor falling out of nowhere, taking everyone by surprise.

Just as readers were cursing the awful ending and the author's entire family,

the comic quietly updated with another chapter.

---The popular protagonist who had just died was reborn.

Readers: ...?

The reborn protagonist opened his eyes and met the gaze of an ordinary office worker waiting to cross the road at a traffic light.

The next second, as everyone watched in silence, the protagonist clung to him.

Readers: ...?

What the hell does that mean?

Wait, could it be... this ordinary-looking office worker is actually the mastermind behind everything, and only showed up after the protagonist died?

Not sure. Let's wait and see.

Wei Xiu: No, I'm completely innocent!

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Convinced that Jin Lin, a popular character, was out of his mind, Wei Xiu refused to give up on the fifty-million-yuan bonus and kept appealing to the System every day.

The System was fed up and decided to give him another chance.

Starting over, Wei Xiu decided to have someone else pass by this time.

But the second male lead, who was supposed to be out of the story, was reborn too!

And he clung to Wei Xiu again.

The third time, the fourth time, the fifth time... The System watched Wei Xiu play a passing character again and again, creating a whole crowd of reborn people: ...

At last, it was time for the final passing-character scene.

Wei Xiu was tired. He gave up and sprawled on the lawn in the park.

Ha, no one should be getting reborn this time, right?

The next second, he turned his head and met a pair of unfamiliar eyes that seemed to hold a knowing smile.

Wei Xiu: ...?

As the only evil god in the comic, Xie Hui often hid behind the scenes, playing everyone like puppets.

But recently, he noticed that the supernatural beings who should have been following the clues he laid out had gone out of control.

After opening their eyes, those changed supernatural beings all inexplicably went after someone else: an ordinary human office worker.

Interesting.

After seeing it happen over and over, Xie Hui raised an eyebrow and turned his gaze toward the man with keen interest.

The office worker watched by the entire world: ...!

Readers who thought the story was over: ...?

Wait.

Who on earth is he?!

P.S. I'm really just an ordinary office worker playing a passing character, with an undefined personality, as the bottom VS a pleasure-seeking evil god who says, Guess if I believe you, as the top

[Saved September 13, 2026]

Theme: Face adversity with hope in your heart.