Chapter Summaries

Lai Yudong returned to the trainee dorms after filming, where the trainees learned their Theme Song Assessment would begin later that morning. The chapter left them facing dorm assignments and barely any time to sleep.

• Lai Yudong recognized Li Xu as the red-haired trainee who had snapped back at a mocking remark about Max, then sat beside him on the bus.
• Li Xu woke Lai Yudong when the bus reached the dorms, and Lai Yudong found his suitcase labeled "Miura Yuki."
• The trainees gathered in the dorm lobby as the cameras resumed filming and the staff announced the Theme Song Assessment would be explained at eleven that morning.
• Liu Qichu complained that the trainees would have little time to sleep before the assessment, while Su Junzhe said they could get six hours.

Lai Yudong searched the dormitory for a four-person room and found two vacancies on the top floor, each with an appealing mix of roommates. Liu Qichu and Liang Zhisheng both invited him to join their rooms, leaving him to choose between them.

• Lai Yudong worried about keeping up with university coursework, and the system promised a humane solution.
• The staff explained the dorm assignment rules, and Class F began choosing rooms after the other classes.
• Lai Yudong hurried up to the seventh floor, where Dorms 706 and 707 each had one vacancy.
• Liu Qichu invited Lai Yudong to Dorm 706, which already housed Jin Xiheng and Su Junzhe.
• Liang Zhisheng invited Lai Yudong to Dorm 707, where Xu An, Li Xu, and Liang Zhisheng represented Classes A, B, and C.

Lai Yudong weighed his dorm options and chose dorm 707 after Xu An invited him, joining Xu An, Liang Zhisheng, and Li Xu. After settling in, Li Xu advised him to curse back at anyone who insulted him, while Liang Zhisheng discreetly warned him about the dorm camera.

• Lai Yudong preferred dorm 707 but hesitated to reject Liu Qichu, who wanted him to join dorm 706.
• Xu An emerged from dorm 707 and eagerly invited Lai Yudong to room with him so they could practice singing together.
• Lai Yudong chose dorm 707, and Liang Zhisheng pushed him inside before Liu Qichu could recruit more supporters.
• Lai Yudong took the lower bunk near the door, beneath Liang Zhisheng, while Xu An and Li Xu occupied the other bunks.
• Li Xu told Lai Yudong to curse back at people who insulted him, and Liang Zhisheng coughed and gestured toward the camera.

Lai Yudong unpacked the system-provided suitcase and discovered he did not know how to remove the colored contacts he had been given. With Liang Zhisheng’s guidance, he took them out and left the dorm feeling more comfortable.

• Lai Yudong opened his suitcase and found clothes, daily necessities, a wallet, and a smart MP3 player, but no phone.
• Lai Yudong prepared to remove his makeup and realized he did not know how to take out his colored contacts.
• Liang Zhisheng noticed Lai Yudong staring at his reflection and asked whether his eyes were bothering him.
• Lai Yudong asked Liang Zhisheng to teach him how to remove the contacts, refusing Liang Zhisheng’s offer to do it for him.
• Liang Zhisheng guided Lai Yudong through removing the contacts, and Lai Yudong’s eyes felt comfortable again.

Lai Yudong settled into Dorm 707 with his roommates, then woke early to get breakfast before the trainees’ day began. He left the dorm and saw how intensely some trainees prepared their appearance, while he remained unequipped to compete.

• Liang Zhisheng advised Lai Yudong to limit how long he wore colored contacts, and Lai thanked him.
• Li Xu left the dorm and told the others not to disturb his sleep; Liang Zhisheng and Lai understood he was reminding them it was late.
• Liang Zhisheng asked the roommates about alarms and makeup, then covered the camera before they went to sleep.
• Lai Yudong woke at ten thirty, quietly turned off his alarm, changed into his Class F uniform, and left to find breakfast.
• Lai Yudong saw trainees applying makeup and styling their hair throughout the building, then reached the cafeteria hungry.

Lai Yudong ate breakfast while using the bullet comments to learn about his fellow trainees and decided to keep them on for their information and real-time feedback. He hurried to the hall for the gathering, where the trainees were assembling by class.

• Lai Yudong compared his small breakfast with the varied meals of Su Junzhe, Jiang Yangfan, Yin Zizhen, and the other trainees.
• Lai Yudong learned from the system that he could turn off the bullet comments but chose to keep them on as a source of information and audience feedback.
• Zhou Rui reminded Lai Yudong that it was five minutes to eleven, and Lai Yudong resolved to thank him another time.
• Lai Yudong reached the hall three minutes before eleven and saw trainees gather in groups wearing uniforms that marked their classes.
• Lai Yudong observed that about two-thirds of the 101 trainees had arrived, with the blue and black Class C and F groups appearing largest.

The trainees watched Fu Hanyu reveal the demanding theme song “To The Stars,” and Lai Yudong realized he might need help learning its choreography. The chapter left him remembering the simulated dance machine’s beginner tutorial as a possible way to practice.

• Lai Yudong found Liu Qichu and spotted Xu An and Liang Zhisheng among the trainees, while Li Xu arrived just before the session began.
• Fu Hanyu announced the theme song and showed the trainees his performance of “To The Stars.”
• Liu Qichu worried that the difficult choreography and lyrics would take too long to learn, while Zeng Kai teased him about being in Class F.
• Lai Yudong struggled to follow the fast-moving choreography and thought Fu Hanyu danced beautifully.
• Lai Yudong remembered the simulated dance machine’s beginner tutorial and considered using it to practice the theme song.

Lai Yudong learned that the Theme Song Assessment would not include a beginner tutorial, while the trainees discovered they had only three days to prepare for reassignment and five days before filming. The chapter left the trainees facing an intense schedule, with Lai especially anxious to avoid remaining in Class F.

• Lai Yudong learned from the System that he was no longer considered a beginner and complained about its rules.
• Liu Qichu noticed Miura Yuki’s rare expression of indignation and tried to comfort him about the difficult theme song.
• Fu Hanyu announced that the assessment would reassign trainees to classes, select the Initial C Position from Class A, and exclude F-rated trainees from the recording.
• The trainees reacted with alarm to the three-day assessment deadline and five-day filming deadline, while Liu Qichu joked that Class F trainees had little to lose.
• Lai Yudong worried that staying in Class F could trigger dangerous consequences, and the trainees learned the schedule for their group and specialist lessons.

Lai Yudong planned to find a way to study the demonstration video early, while Liang Zhisheng reflected on being pushed into the survival show by his company. Liang returned to room 707 and found Miura Yuki there, a roommate he considered disciplined and easy to get along with.

• Lai Yudong headed to the dorm after practice dismissal, intending to get an early start without copying the restricted demonstration video onto a device.
• Lai Yudong reminded himself that the first three days were crucial before class reassignment and filming, and resolved to practice relentlessly.
• Liang Zhisheng recalled how his dance-cover videos had built him a following before his MCN agency sent him to the survival show for exposure.
• Liang Zhisheng entered room 707 and greeted Miura Yuki, who had gone to get breakfast and was crouched by his suitcase.
• Liang Zhisheng judged Miura Yuki a disciplined, kind roommate and recalled choosing room 707 because Xu An and Li Xu also seemed trustworthy.

Lai Yudong left the dorm to study the theme song lyrics before practice, hoping to make up for his lack of skill. On his way to the practice rooms, Zeng Kai passed him without acknowledging him, leaving Lai Yudong confused.

• Liang Zhisheng decided Miura Yuki was the safest roommate choice and asked whether he planned to sleep more.
• Miura Yuki said he was not tired and was heading to the practice room to practice.
• Liang Zhisheng reminded Miura Yuki to eat lunch and avoid overexerting himself, and Miura Yuki thanked him.
• Lai Yudong left the dorm with paper and a pen to memorize the theme song lyrics before practice.
• Lai Yudong encountered Zeng Kai on the stairs, but Zeng Kai brushed past without greeting him.

Lai Yudong arrived early to practice the theme song in Class F’s empty room, where he copied down the lyrics and discovered he had been humming the chorus far below its original pitch. Su Junzhe from Class A then came in and asked to practice in the quiet room, leaving Lai Yudong to learn that four Class A trainees were already working on the song.

• Lai Yudong saw Jiang Yangfan enter a Class B practice room, then found Class F empty when he arrived.
• Lai Yudong copied the lyrics to “To The Stars” into his notebook and memorized most of them.
• Lai Yudong hummed the chorus, but the comments pointed out that he had lowered it by eight keys.
• Su Junzhe entered the Class F room and asked Lai Yudong if he could practice there to escape the noise in Class A.
• Su Junzhe told Lai Yudong that Yu Yizhen, Qu Junwei, Mo Li, and he were practicing in Class A.

Lai Yudong asked Su Junzhe to help him learn the theme song dance, and Su Junzhe patiently taught him the movements. As more Class F trainees arrived, they joined Su Junzhe’s impromptu lesson.

• Lai Yudong hesitated before asking Su Junzhe to teach him the dance, and Su Junzhe agreed after finishing a run-through.
• Su Junzhe broke the choreography into eight-counts and guided Lai Yudong through the movements.
• Lai Yudong awkwardly imitated Su Junzhe, while viewers joked about his stiff dancing.
• Wang Yiwen entered the practice room, saw Su Junzhe teaching, and asked to join.
• The other Class F trainees arrived and gathered around Su Junzhe to learn the theme song dance.

Su Junzhe’s one-on-one lesson with Lai Yudong grew into a crowded Class F group lesson, where he helped the trainees practice before leaving to get lunch. Lai Yudong thanked and apologized to him privately, and Su Junzhe asked whether Lai Yudong truly had no dance experience.

• News spread that Su Junzhe was teaching Class F, and more than twenty trainees gathered for his lesson.
• Su Junzhe led the trainees through an eight-count, though they struggled to keep their movements and timing together.
• Su Junzhe ended the lesson because he had not eaten lunch, and the trainees thanked him as the group dispersed.
• Lai Yudong followed Su Junzhe to the elevator and privately thanked him and apologized for the trouble the large group had caused.
• Su Junzhe said the lesson had helped him get closer to everyone, then asked Lai Yudong if he had no dance foundation at all.

Lai Yudong received encouragement from Su Junzhe about his dancing, then struggled with the bland cafeteria food and considered how to become more sociable on the show. He finally asked Su Junzhe why his lunch was so small.

• Su Junzhe encouraged Lai Yudong to keep practicing and jokingly called him a future main dancer.
• Lai Yudong found the cafeteria lunch bland and missed his university cafeteria food.
• Lai Yudong noticed Su Junzhe eating only chicken breast, salad, and an iced Americano, and wondered whether he could stay full.
• Remembering Liang Zhisheng's advice to socialize for more screen time, Lai Yudong decided to take opportunities to speak up.
• Lai Yudong asked Su Junzhe, “So little again?”

Su Junzhe explained his restrictive diet to Lai Yudong, who had prepared lyrics before class and found that preparation helped him keep up with Class F. After hours of struggling to follow the theme song at full speed, Lai Yudong learned that every class would have to perform it before dismissal, and Zhao Yifeng and Xu An faced the challenge in despair.

• Su Junzhe told Lai Yudong that he was dieting to avoid looking puffy on camera, prompting Lai Yudong to worry about his health.
• Lai Yudong reviewed lyrics in his notebook before the afternoon lesson began.
• During dance class, Lai Yudong kept up better than some Class F trainees, who began looking to him as a model, but he struggled to match the beat at full speed.
• After the exhausting lesson, dance teacher Cao Yan announced that each class had to perform the theme song before class could end.
• Cao Yan called on Class A first, and the struggling dancers Zhao Yifeng and Xu An looked utterly despairing.

Lai Yudong agreed to try the theme-song dance as Class A began its evaluation, and watched the trainees face harsh criticism and uneven performances. After Class A and B danced, Class C started, where Zhou Rui collided with Liang Zhisheng and broke the tense mood.

• Lai Yudong weighed his lack of preparation against the chance to be seen on camera and decided to give the dance a try.
• Class A performed, with Jin Xiheng and Su Junzhe standing out while Zhao Yifeng and Xu An struggled.
• Dance teacher Cao Yan criticized most of Class A and warned that they could lose their places if they did not practice.
• Class B performed, and Qu Xincheng, Jiang Yangfan, and Lai Yudong’s roommate Li Xu drew attention for different reasons.
• Class C began its performance, and Zhou Rui collided with Liang Zhisheng after Liang danced in the wrong direction.

Lai Yudong rejected Luo Feiran’s request to take a less visible position, then joined Class F’s Theme Song evaluation. He struggled to keep the beat and follow the choreography, and after nearly falling, he tried to copy the other Trainees’ moves.

• Luo Feiran asked Lai Yudong to stand farther back, but Lai Yudong refused and chose a front-row position.
• Lai Yudong took the far-left spot in Class F’s formation beside Wang Yiwen and Zeng Kai.
• Liu Qichu joked about being dwarfed by the taller Pei Lan in the back row.
• Lai Yudong began the Theme Song dance with a strong pose but struggled to count the beats and match the choreography.
• Lai Yudong stumbled and lost the rhythm, then tried to copy the other Trainees to salvage his dance.

Lai Yudong struggled through Class F’s theme-song dance until the chorus helped him recover some remembered moves, and his smile drew attention from viewers. He finished the dance despite imperfect accuracy, then faced dance teacher Cao Yan’s scolding over the class’s chaotic performance.

• Lai Yudong found the chorus in the music and used remembered lyrics and choreography to regain the rhythm.
• Lai Yudong smiled while performing a hand sequence, prompting viewers to praise his expression and urge others to vote for Miura Yuki.
• Lai Yudong followed the melody and lyrics to complete the dance, though he improvised and achieved only about sixty to seventy percent accuracy.
• Lai Yudong noticed that many Class F students had frozen during the performance and wished they would at least keep moving.
• Cao Yan criticized Class F for performing different moves and standing still when they forgot the choreography.

After Cao Yan criticized Class F’s practice, Lai Yudong received a mixed review and searched for a faster, more suitable way to learn the choreography. He teamed up with Zhou Rui to visit different trainee-led lessons, but had not yet found the right one.

• Cao Yan scolded Class F for their poor dancing and gave Wang Yiwen, Pei Lan, Liu Qichu, and Miura Yuki individual feedback.
• After class, the trainees stayed to practice and formed small teaching circles around stronger dancers.
• Lai Yudong tried Jin Xiheng’s lesson but found its pace too slow for him.
• Lai Yudong thanked Zhou Rui for reminding him of the time, and Zhou Rui invited him to look for another lesson together.
• Lai Yudong and Zhou Rui visited lessons led by Jiang Yangfan and Qu Xincheng, but found them too slow or crowded, then encountered other groups that were barely practicing.

Lai Yudong and Zhou Rui followed Su Junzhe around the practice rooms and joined a small group practicing the theme song dance. Su Junzhe led them to a quieter classroom to help them correct their moves, while Lai Yudong learned the edited broadcast and first-stage rankings would come out next Saturday.

• Lai Yudong and Zhou Rui visited several practice rooms and found Su Junzhe surrounded by trainees following his dance practice.
• Su Junzhe spoke with Lai Yudong and Zhou Rui, then playfully called Lai Yudong his future star pupil.
• Lai Yudong learned from the system that the edited broadcast and first-stage rankings would be released next Saturday.
• Su Junzhe proposed moving the remaining trainees to a small classroom so they could use the mirrors to correct their moves.
• Su Junzhe, Lai Yudong, Zhou Rui, and three other trainees entered the Class C practice room, where the trainees already inside offered to join them.