Initial Evaluation

[No romance] "Pretending to Be an Overseas Contestant on a Boy Group Survival Show" by Self-Destruct Truck [Complete]

Synopsis:

Before Lai Yudong was swindled into transmigrating to a parallel world and becoming a contestant on a boy group survival show, he was a college student with no training who was hopeless at both singing and dancing.

He thought his only task was to make it to the finals through a medical miracle and work hard to debut in the group, but the moment he opened his eyes at the First Stage evaluation, he realized how serious things were—

"Please welcome the next trainee, Miura Yuki from LYD Entertainment."

Lai Yudong: "..."

He was screwed. He couldn't even speak Japanese!

The shameless

system

provided a function for viewing real-time bullet comments.

Lai Yudong opened the bullet comments for a look from time to time, and often couldn't understand what this batch of viewers was thinking.

First Stage evaluation—

[Whoa! A cool, cold-faced hottie!]

[This contestant has such a big-shot aura! He must be really skilled!]

Lai Yudong: Please don't spread rumors.

While interacting with other contestants—

[Help, why is he hesitating so much and too scared to speak?! So the cool-guy aura is his stubborn disguise? Hahahahahaha]

[He's just like socially anxious me lol]

Lai Yudong: I am a foreigner.

During the performance stage—

[Robots can sign up for survival shows now?]

[Signing a petition in blood to give this handsome guy flexible limbs worthy of his looks]

Lai Yudong: Sowwy, I did my best.

When the rankings were announced—

[He cried, he cried, he cried!]

[Boo-hoo-hoo, everyone loves a socially anxious younger brother who likes to act aloof! Everyone!]

Lai Yudong: ... (closes bullet comments

He wasn't severely socially anxious, and he wasn't some cold-faced big shot!

He was just a newbie forced to deal with a language barrier! (giving-up-on-life.jpg

[An overview of Lai Yudong's survival-show journey]

#Did Lai Yudong's cover get blown today?#

#Was Lai Yudong eliminated today?#

#Did Lai Yudong tame his limbs today?#

#Did Lai Yudong tremble again during today's performance?#

#Did Lai Yudong cry at today's ranking announcement?#

#Did Lai Yudong successfully scrape his way into a debut spot today?#

#Did Miura Yuki debut in the group today?#

Lai Yudong: Wait, wasn't I an overseas contestant!?

|| Reading notes ||

1. Male protagonist's perspective,

no romance

2. A conventional survival-show story, with a competition format based on the 101 series, not the 999 series, and some original settings. All songs are fictional. [The characters are not based on real people, not based on real people, not based on real people!] Please don't draw parallels to reality or mention other people in the comments!

3. Written in considerable detail, but without extensive fan-and-anti fan fights.

4. The system acts as a guide early on and fades into the background later; it provides no golden finger.

5. A growth story where a tall building rises from level ground. The protagonist [does not debut as the center] and is not a powerhouse; his role is visual center/face of the group. He won't reach the heavens in a single step, and it won't be smooth sailing or mindless wish fulfillment. Please proceed with caution if that bothers you.

6. The survival show takes place in China. The overseas identity is a mix-up caused by the system. Both the protagonist and the identity he transmigrated into are ethnically Chinese. Neither the protagonist nor the contestants know, but the audience does. The details will gradually be revealed in the story (chapters 24 and 77). Rest assured, there won't be any weird plotlines.

7. The audience consists of ordinary viewers of a variety show, not an interplanar livestream or Earth Online.

8. There is only ever one "Lai Yudong" from beginning to end; there is no original host.

9. The covers are all commissioned illustrations. Weibo: @Self-Destruct Truck.

10. Writing advice is politely declined. If the story makes you uncomfortable, please stop reading in good time.

Content tags: transmigration through time and space

Entertainment industry

System, livestream

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One-line summary: [Main story complete] Tame his limbs and work himself to the bone to debut.

Theme: Never give up; charge toward the summit.

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Lai Yudong transmigrated into a boy group survival show. Because a system bug caused his name to be entered incorrectly, he mistakenly believed he was an overseas contestant. To clear the instance, he began practicing singing and dancing from scratch. Along the way, he gradually came to appreciate the appeal of the stage. In the end, thanks to his steadily improving professional skills and his own charm, he successfully debuted in the group. He also discovered that his identity was a mix-up, cleared up the misunderstanding, and changed back to his real name.

This story

is lighthearted

and humorous, with a fresh premise and vivid, fully realized characters. It focuses on the protagonist's growth, one step at a time, and the bonds between him and the other contestants and between him and his fans. It highlights the value of hard work, perseverance, and dreams, rediscovering the original spirit of idol survival shows.

Chapter 1: Initial Evaluation

[Ding! Loading complete!]

A cold electronic voice rang out in Lai Yudong's head, and he slowly opened his eyes.

The scene before him had undergone an earth-shaking change.

Before him was a mirrored wall, reflecting the unfamiliar surroundings behind him. A striking sticker was attached to the lower left corner of the mirror, its text and design combined into what was clearly a carefully designed logo.

This was the backstage lounge of Ascend to Stardom, where the initial evaluations were underway.

Ascend to Stardom was the most anticipated survival show of the moment, produced exclusively by Sky Video. The show brought together 101 trainees for four months of closed training and evaluations, after which the public would vote to select seven trainees to debut as a temporary idol boy group.

Lai Yudong was only here because an unscrupulous system had "kidnapped" him.

He was neither a professionally trained trainee nor someone who dreamed of shining onstage. He didn't have the slightest connection to boy group survival shows.

His true identity was a sophomore at a university of media and communications, majoring in broadcasting and hosting arts.

Putting that useless title aside, he was, simply put, a college student with no training who was hopeless at both singing and dancing.

And the task the system had assigned him was to debut in the group.

Lai Yudong: ...

You're making things difficult for me, Fat Tiger.

Lai Yudong gazed at himself in the mirror, all desire to live gone. After the system dumped him into a parallel world, he had changed into an outfit befitting an idol, as if he'd undergone a magical girl transformation, and he could barely recognize himself.