Scholar? Middle School Student?

After parting ways with the Plot Protagonist Lin Xuan, Zhang Guangmu took Flame Wolf Bai Yue to a bookstore and, without spending a single coin, bought a large pile of miscellaneous books.

The store owner, who had been subjected to a Zero Yuan Purchase, dared not get angry or even speak. He could only force a smile and respectfully see Zhang Guangmu off as he left the bookstore.

Zhang Guangmu actually felt quite awkward. As the winner of the Water Prison Trial, he could afford to spend a considerable amount of money. Unfortunately, as a Wolf Rider, he was a typical Someone Superior to Others in Wolf Fortress. No matter what he wanted to buy, people didn't dare to ask him for money.

Due to the world's background setting, the temporarily granted false memories, and script guidance, everyone was accustomed to this kind of behavior.

After purchasing some Wolf Food and Daily Necessities, Zhang Guangmu returned to the Wolf Den—the Residence the Masked Person had arranged for him.

The Residence itself was unremarkable. It was much better than that of other commoners in Wolf Fortress, yet it was also very ordinary, lacking any Luxurious Decorations, and didn't even have a Chair.

He had to forage for food himself; there was no automatically distributed Nutrient Paste, and he had to Fetch water himself.

In summary, Zhang Guangmu, as a "Wolf Rider," had a quality of life and living environment in Wolf Fortress that was even slightly inferior to that of the vast majority of ordinary Imperial citizens in reality.

"Tsk, as expected of the treatment for a Nameless Extra."

After cleaning his Residence inside and out, Zhang Guangmu piled his newly bought books in a corner. Wiping sweat from his brow, he mused in his heart, "Everything about this place screams perfunctory..."

Thinking about it carefully, it made sense. The Production Team had invested most of their energy and resources into the main Villain Lin Yan and the protagonist Lin Xuan. For a "Nameless Assassin" like him, in the Original Script, apart from feeding himself to the protagonist, he had no important Scenes. It was only reasonable for him to live in such a Shabby House.

After all, according to the Imperial Iron Law, once a Film World was constructed, the Production Team was no longer allowed to interfere with the Film World materially.

Even though Zhang Guangmu had now, through his own efforts and with a small victory in Debate Skill over the Plot Protagonist Lin Xuan, transformed from a Nameless Person into a Minor Supporting Character with a name, his living environment had not improved for the time being.

After all...

The true master of the entire Wolf Fortress was the Fort Master Lin Yan, not Lin Xuan, whom Zhang Guangmu had slightly suppressed earlier.

Unless he received a Reward from the former or Seized Power himself, Zhang Guangmu would have to endure this Hardship for at least another three months!

But the problem was...

Zhang Guangmu had no intention of honestly being a Lackey for the Fort Master.

Although acting obediently might earn him a Commendation, or even higher status, greater Fame, and more Wealth, but...

To Zhang Guangmu, those were meaningless!

Not to mention that in the plot, he would be assigned the task by Fort Master Lin Yan to Assassinate the protagonist Lin Xuan, directly Receiving Bento.

Even if he could Survive, and Achieve Success in Wolf Fortress, what then?

This was, after all, just a Film World.

Zhang Guangmu's goal was clear and had never wavered.

Tear Script!

Stealing the Scene!

Showing off in front of everyone!

Making everyone remember his name, making the audience's emotions move with him!

If not, how could he quickly make a name for himself?

From this perspective, Zhang Guangmu himself and Hou Zhengbeng, who wanted to eliminate him before, were actually somewhat similar.

Besides this...

In the world of "Wolf Fortress," humans themselves have no combat power, and high-end combat power is concentrated in the Flame Wolves, which leads to the nobility of the Wolf Riders.

And the Fort Master Lin Yan, the main villain of the plot, is one of the highest combat powers in the play!

To overthrow this person and rise to power is like a duel with an unweakened Zhao Zhengrong, extremely difficult!

Therefore, Zhang Guangmu did not rush to act but chose to calm down.

He planned to find a way to break the situation through continuous observation, learning, and accumulation!

So, after settling Flame Wolf Bai Yue, Zhang Guangmu sat cross-legged by the window and began to read. Although Director Sun and Director Qian Yiyuan were fundamentally different, Zhang Guangmu believed the former was a standard commercial director, with very clear cliché traces in his works, but he had to admit that in this world, there are no wrong names, only wrong nicknames!

Director Sun could stand out among a large number of directors and carve out his own reputation, earning the title "Real Director," which naturally had its characteristics.

On the internet, whether people liked Director Sun or not, they had to admit that this director often pursued realism when constructing subconscious film worlds, taking details to the extreme.

After receiving the small supporting role in "Wolf Fortress" through Li Xiaoxiao, Zhang Guangmu also checked Director Sun's relevant information and found that he, like most directors, was a subconscious actor who was sifted out by the market and the audience before entering the industry. Because his acting suffered failure, he was forced to transform.

Director Sun himself seemed to have capsized at a crucial moment in his acting career due to carelessness and often overlooking details in real life, and has been in decline ever since.

Precisely because of this, his obsession with details is almost pathological.

It is said that in many movies directed by Director Sun, the supernatural creatures or fantasy, and fantasy artifacts that appeared could be completely recreated in the real world with the technology currently mastered by the Xuanlong Empire!

Because of this, this director himself has a group of fans and supporters.

What Zhang Guangmu plans to use now is this characteristic of Director Sun.

"Guide to Raising Flame Wolves," "Wolf Rider's Code," "Explosive Stone Scripture"...

"My Wolf is My Life," "Manual for Common Flame Wolf Diseases"...

Ninety-nine percent of the books Zhang Guangmu purchased with zero yuan were related to Flame Wolves.

And not just the names; upon opening them, Zhang Guangmu discovered that the content of each book was substantive, seemingly valuable knowledge that could help him quickly cultivate tacit understanding with Bai Yue.

The most terrifying thing was that although the writing strength, style, and tone of each book varied, their content was logically consistent and could subtly mutually confirm each other.

To achieve this, it would either require expending massive effort or spending a lot of Dragon Shields to hire a professional writing team to pen it.

After flipping through several books at a glance, Zhang Guangmu felt as if he were living in a real and true world.

It could only be said that Director Sun was indeed a pillar of the commercial directing world; to dare to film a drama with a timeline stretching over three months, he certainly had some skills.

In this regard, Director Qian of "Endless Food Bag" was far less capable than Director Sun, directly using the "Piglet Rearing Manual" from reality to fob people off.

Seeing Zhang Guangmu begin to calm down and focus on reading, the little white light orbs floating around him started to chatter.

"What is this guy doing?"

"Reading? Is he serious?"

"Old fans all know Zhang Guangmu is a 'bookworm' himself... what's so surprising?"

"I wanted to complain about this when I watched 'Endless Food Bag' before, I didn't expect him to still be reading in 'Wolf Fortress'! Is he really only reading the books of sages and ignoring everything else?"

"I can only say this person truly hasn't forgotten his original intention. In a sense, this is also a rare subconscious trait."

"Come to think of it, if you asked him to play a [Scholar] in a costume drama, there probably wouldn't be any sense of incongruity."

"Strongly recommend he play a [Middle School Student] from the pre-nuclear era!"

"I originally started following him because he slightly suppressed Yang Chi in a previous scene rehearsal, but now he's not fighting or looking for trouble, and instead is reading when he should be doing his job? Boring! I'm out!"

The performance of the little white light orbs did not have much impact on Zhang Guangmu.

In the original script setting, he wouldn't receive the mission to assassinate the plot protagonist Lin Xuan until a month and a half later, and would then receive his bento that very night. If he didn't find some books to read, he'd probably be bored to death.

What's more...

These books would reveal much about the world's essence in "Wolf Fortress," helping Zhang Guangmu find the key to breaking the situation.

It wasn't impossible to go out and wander around now, pretending to coincidentally meet some important plot characters to brush up on his presence, but in Zhang Guangmu's view, it was completely unnecessary.

A film only had so many shots, he didn't need to take all the benefits; as long as he became the most dazzling star, that would be enough!

After discovering that Zhang Guangmu wasn't faking it but was genuinely engrossed in reading, the audience quickly dispersed.

Even some fans who considered themselves "Shou Mu Ren" chose to temporarily switch their camera feeds, saying, "We'll switch back when Mu Zai has some exciting scenes," but in reality, nine times out of ten, they would follow the director and never return, getting lost and out of touch.

In the end, only a few light orbs remained by Zhang Guangmu's side.

Some of these viewers were deeply moved by Zhang Guangmu's performance in "Endless Food Bag" and became his loyal fans, while others simply liked reading and were interested in the worldview and essential workings of "Wolf Fortress." They remained in Zhang Guangmu's perspective because they could get free books to read.

Time flew by!

In the Film World of the Wolf Fortress, a month had passed.

A man in black wearing a Wolf Bone Mask pushed open the door and appeared before him. "Fort Master is looking for you!"

Zhang Guangmu slowly closed the book in his hands, waved towards Flame Wolf Bai Yue, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly. In this smile, there was a hint of confident calmness. "Lead the way."

The path to breaking the situation had already been paved.

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