Chapter Summaries

Zhang Guangmu entered the Subconscious Film “Endless Food Bag” with his real memories intact and used his Book of Acting to read his abilities and hear the audience’s comments. As the collapsing plot brought Boss Zhao to his door, Zhang Guangmu prepared for his first scene.

• Zhang Guangmu recognized that the Survivor Camp and its food crisis were script settings, and rejected the director’s hint to choose between Boss Zhao and Chu Fan.
• Zhang Guangmu opened his Book of Acting and saw his acting skill, Imperial Body Forging Technique, and lack of usable ability points.
• Zhang Guangmu listened to the audience discuss his role, Chu Fan’s unraveling storyline, and Boss Zhao’s need to question him.
• Zhang Guangmu recalled that he had been cast to betray someone and braced himself as footsteps approached his room.
• Boss Zhao’s arrival began when someone kicked Zhang Guangmu’s door open.

Zhang Guangmu fought Boss Zhao and his men in the Survivor Camp, using the Imperial Body Forging Technique to defeat three attackers before Boss Zhao knocked him down. When Boss Zhao asked whether he wanted to live or die, Zhang Guangmu chose death.

• Boss Zhao ordered his three underlings to beat Zhang Guangmu after Zhang mocked him.
• Zhang Guangmu used the Imperial Body Forging Technique to injure one thug, knock out another, and drop the third.
• Boss Zhao struck Zhang Guangmu with a powerful punch, leaving him unable to resist.
• Boss Zhao asked Zhang Guangmu whether he wanted to die or live, and Zhang Guangmu answered that he wanted to die.
• The author listed the remaining Extra Update Cards from the previous book.

Zhang Guangmu endured Boss Zhao’s torture rather than reveal Chu Fan’s whereabouts, using the viewers’ comments to keep himself going. Impressed by Zhang Guangmu’s defiance, Boss Zhao stopped the interrogation and asked him to become his son.

• Zhang Guangmu’s laughter unsettled Boss Zhao, who knocked him unconscious and sent him to a prison cell.
• Boss Zhao offered Zhang Guangmu food in exchange for Chu Fan’s whereabouts, then ordered his men to torture him when he refused.
• Zhang Guangmu endured increasingly brutal torture and repeatedly refused to betray Chu Fan, though he screamed in pain.
• Boss Zhao halted the torture and asked Zhang Guangmu to speak, but Zhang Guangmu mocked the interrogators and challenged them to continue.
• Boss Zhao took over the interrogation, recognized Zhang Guangmu’s heroic spirit, and asked him to become his son.

Zhang Guangmu resisted Zhao Zhengrong’s attempts to buy his loyalty with adoption and food, despite the Production Team’s Script Hints urging him to betray Chu Fan. Zhao Zhengrong struck him unconscious, but Zhang Guangmu later woke and realized he had survived.

• Zhao Zhengrong offered to adopt Zhang Guangmu and make him his heir if he revealed Chu Fan’s location, but Zhang Guangmu refused.
• Zhao Zhengrong offered Zhang Guangmu three cans of beef, while Script Hints tried to persuade him that betraying Chu Fan was justified by hunger.
• Zhang Guangmu declared that he would not betray someone who had shown him kindness, and Zhao Zhengrong struck him in the neck with a torture instrument.
• Zhang Guangmu woke in pain and concluded that Zhao Zhengrong had spared him or that the Director and Production Team had interfered.

Zhang Guangmu woke in Zhao Zhengrong’s care and accepted food while refusing to betray Chu Fan, then ruined Zhao’s heartfelt speech by asking him to beat him before he could eat without guilt. Director Qian and his crew struggled to recover the stalled film, but Qian insisted he could still steer the plot.

• Zhao Zhengrong brought Zhang Guangmu braised beef noodles and praised him for refusing to betray Chu Fan, promising no one would harm him while he recovered.
• Zhang Guangmu thanked Zhao Zhengrong but said he would feel indebted unless Zhao beat him, ending Zhao’s emotional visit and amusing the watching White Balls.
• The White Balls discussed Zhang Guangmu’s principles, discovered he was a sixteen-year-old newcomer and Extra, and noted that his actions had stalled the film’s main plot.
• Director Qian’s crew argued over their failed attempts to control the story and blamed one another for Zhang Guangmu disrupting the production.
• Director Qian silenced the crew and declared that he could patch the film back together and bring the newcomer under control.

Director Qian ordered the Control Group to manipulate events so the Protagonist Group would fight Boss Zhao and mistake Zhang Guangmu for a traitor. After three days of recovery, Zhang Guangmu watched Chu Fan storm Changhe Survivor Camp, only for Chu Fan to recognize him and open fire.

• Director Qian told the Control Group to plant Chu Fan's location in a supporting character's mind and make the Protagonist Group believe Zhang Guangmu had betrayed them.
• Zhang Guangmu realized he had recovered from his injuries after three days without food or water and considered exploiting the world's extreme recovery ability.
• Gunfire erupted at Changhe Survivor Camp, and Zhang Guangmu saw Chu Fan leading a group of girls through the camp.
• Chu Fan spotted Zhang Guangmu, called him a despicable villain, and fired at him.

Zhang Guangmu evaded Chu Fan’s gunfire and learned that Zhao Zhengrong was dead and Chu Fan had taken control of the Changhe Survivor Camp. With Chu Fan’s forces overwhelming the scattered defenders, Zhang Guangmu grabbed a gun and joined the battle.

• Chu Fan accused Zhang Guangmu of treachery and fired through the door while Zhang Guangmu refused to come outside.
• Zhang Guangmu heard the audience’s warnings and taunted Chu Fan to stall for time.
• Chu Fan announced that Zhao Zhengrong was dead and that he now controlled the Changhe Survivor Camp.
• Zhang Guangmu saw Chu Fan join the fight against Zhao Zhengrong’s remaining Soldiers and recognized that Chu Fan’s side had the advantage.
• Zhang Guangmu took a gun from a corpse and rushed into the battle.

Zhang Guangmu joined Boss Zhao’s side in the battle against Chu Fan’s Protagonist Group, learning to fight despite his terrible aim and multiple gunshot wounds. His stubborn fire suppression earned the survivors’ respect, and he decided to take over Old Zhao’s operation and become Changhe Survivor Camp’s new king.

• Zhang Guangmu chose to fight alongside Boss Zhao’s survivors rather than hide from Chu Fan’s Protagonist Group.
• Zhang Guangmu fired awkwardly, killed one enemy by luck, and was shot in the stomach.
• Zhang Guangmu tore cloth from his sleeve to pack the wound, then returned to the fight with inaccurate suppressive fire.
• Zhang Guangmu kept firing despite suffering several more wounds, earning the survivors’ approval.
• Zhang Guangmu resolved to take over Old Zhao’s operation and claim leadership of Changhe Survivor Camp.

Zhang Guangmu rallied Changhe Survivor Camp against Chu Fan by promising food, then led them to victory after Chu Fan fled. Wounded and unconscious during surgery, Zhang Guangmu woke to find that he had gained Ability Points.

• Zhang Guangmu urged the starving survivors to fight Chu Fan’s group, and Boss Zhao’s former followers endorsed him as their new leader.
• Zhang Guangmu ordered the camp to concentrate fire on Chu Fan, raising the survivors’ morale and prompting them to shoot without conserving ammunition.
• A bullet struck Chu Fan’s shoulder, and he fled, causing the Protagonist Group to retreat as Changhe’s survivors chased them away.
• The survivors celebrated Zhang Guangmu’s victory and hailed him as the new ruler of Changhe Survivor Camp.
• Barefoot doctors operated on Zhang Guangmu without anesthetic, and he repeatedly passed out from the pain.
• Zhang Guangmu woke after the operation and discovered that he had finally gained Ability Points.

After earning an Ability Point from his torture scene, Zhang Guangmu learned that he had to write with a pen to allocate it. He prepared his camp for a decisive attack on Chu Fan’s group and tried to spend the point on firearms skills.

• Zhang Guangmu examined the Book of Acting and found that his torture scene had earned him one Usable Ability Point for portraying the Righteous Man.
• He discovered that Ability Points were allocated by writing and borrowed a fountain pen after the survivors mistook him for a scholar.
• Zhang Guangmu promised to lead the survivors to better days and ordered an all-out assault on Chu Fan’s group at six that evening to seize their Endless Food Bag.
• Zhang Guangmu told the survivors not to harm Li Xiaoxiao unless he had a gun, using the order to shape his character and divide Chu Fan’s team.
• Zhang Guangmu wrote “Gun Skills” on his Personal Ability Panel, then rewrote it as “bang bang bang” when the Book of Acting did not respond.
• The Book of Acting transformed the words into “Firearms Shooting.”

Zhang Guangmu spent an ability point on Firearms Shooting, tested his newfound skill, and prepared for the coming decisive battle with a bulletproof helmet. Meanwhile, Director Qian worried that the Protagonist Group might lose and recognized a rare quality in Zhang Guangmu: the Shadow of the Leader Sequence.

• Zhang Guangmu raised Firearms Shooting to 1, gained the skill of a seasoned gun user, and shattered a vase with his service pistol.
• Zhang Guangmu judged that the battle was still uncertain, ordered the Changhe Survivors to find him head protection, and received a bulletproof helmet before the fight.
• Director Qian discussed the risk of the Protagonist Group losing with his staff and blamed Chu Fan's subconscious for making him unsuited to survive in the cruel setting.
• Director Qian described how Zhang Guangmu had turned the Changhe survivors into a force through his speeches and identified the Shadow of the Leader Sequence in him.

Zhang Guangmu’s forces attacked the Protagonist Group after Chu Fan and Li Xiaoxiao’s quarrel split the camp. As Chu Fan fled and his followers scattered, Li Xiaoxiao stayed behind and decided to target Zhang Guangmu to turn the battle around.

• Director Qian urged the Production Team to make Chu Fan hand leadership to Li Xiaoxiao, but Chu Fan’s subconscious resisted the guidance.
• Zhang Guangmu’s soldiers spread crude rumors about Li Xiaoxiao outside the Protagonist Group’s camp, prompting a furious argument between Li Xiaoxiao and Chu Fan inside.
• After a scout confirmed the Protagonist Group was genuinely divided, Zhang Guangmu led Changhe Camp in an assault on the temporary camp.
• Chu Fan fled with the Endless Food Bag as his followers ran, leaving Li Xiaoxiao to rally resistance.
• Li Xiaoxiao used the night for cover and resolved to kill Zhang Guangmu to turn the battle around.

Li Xiaoxiao recognized Zhang Guangmu as a capable commander and fought him in a gun battle when Zhang's forces attacked the remnants of Chu Fan's group. After Zhang wounded Li's gun hand, Li lost his chance to turn the battle around.

• Li Xiaoxiao investigated the betrayal of his group's whereabouts and learned Zhang Guangmu had not been responsible, raising his estimate of Zhang's leadership.
• Li Xiaoxiao tried to unite Chu Fan's defeated survivors, but Chu Fan kept control of their supplies and refused to hand over command.
• Zhang Guangmu led the Changhe fighters in an attack and exchanged several shots with Li Xiaoxiao, who used his skill and the terrain to hold them back.
• Zhang Guangmu recognized Li Xiaoxiao's talent and offered to spare him if he surrendered, while the Changhe fighters urged Li to switch sides.
• Li Xiaoxiao fired toward the voices, but Zhang Guangmu shot through his right hand and knocked away his pistol.

Zhang Guangmu defeated Li Xiaoxiao but spared him, repaying an old favor and promising compensation to the wounded Changhe Survivors. He rallied the survivors to collect spoils and hunt for Chu Fan, offering a thirty-can bounty.

• Li Xiaoxiao, badly hurt and outmatched, recognized Zhang Guangmu and surrendered when Zhang promised not to kill him if he stopped slaughtering people.
• Zhang Guangmu promised extra beef cans to the Changhe Survivors wounded by Li Xiaoxiao and said he was repaying Li for giving him a Mooncake through Chu Fan.
• Li Xiaoxiao endured his pain and asked whether Zhang could feel pain; Zhang explained that he simply gritted his teeth and endured it.
• Moved by Zhang's words, Li Xiaoxiao gave up the will to fight, and Zhang turned his gun away.
• Zhang Guangmu told the Changhe Survivors to collect their spoils, reaffirmed his promised rewards, and offered thirty cans to whoever captured Chu Fan.

Director Qian believed Chu Fan had lost and that Zhang Guangmu would win, but he hinted that a final hurdle he had planted in the script could still change the outcome. After Chu Fan surrendered to Zhang Guangmu and was sent for torture, Zhang made a cryptic remark about becoming a Manifestation Saint, leaving Li Xiaoxiao stunned.

• Director Qian dismissed the Production Team’s worries, praised the Actors’ performances, and claimed Zhang Guangmu would fail to overcome the film’s final hurdle.
• Chu Fan surrendered to Zhang Guangmu and claimed the Endless Food Bag was bound to him and could keep Changhe Camp fed.
• Zhang Guangmu ordered Chu Fan tortured after he refused to hand over the Endless Food Bag.
• While they waited, Zhang Guangmu praised Li Xiaoxiao’s shooting and joked with him, while Chu Fan’s screams made Li uneasy.
• Zhang Guangmu said that when others became Manifestation Saints he watched coldly, but no one would cheer when he became one, stunning Li Xiaoxiao.

Zhang Guangmu learned that Chu Fan’s Endless Food Bag could provide food only through its owner’s blood, and that it could not feed all of Changhe Camp without someone sacrificing themselves. After Chu Fan explained his attack on the camp, Zhang Guangmu and Li Xiaoxiao heard him out, and Chu Fan began transferring the bag’s ownership to Zhang Guangmu.

• Zhang Guangmu asked Chu Fan about the Endless Food Bag, and Chu Fan explained that its owner had to bleed into it to produce a day’s food for one person.
• Chu Fan admitted he had lied about being able to feed everyone at Changhe Camp and said the bag could only produce endless food if he sacrificed his life inside it.
• Zhang Guangmu concluded the camp would have to transfer the bag’s ownership and take turns bleeding, which would not sustain its large population.
• Chu Fan explained that he attacked Changhe Camp out of rage and jealousy after believing Li Xiaoxiao had betrayed him, while Li Xiaoxiao angrily rejected his explanation.
• Zhang Guangmu told Chu Fan he still had strengths, and Chu Fan reached out to transfer ownership of the Endless Food Bag to him.

After becoming the host of the Endless Food Bag, Zhang Guangmu sacrificed himself to activate its true power and end the Hunger Apocalypse. The bag poured out endless food for the survivors of Changhe Camp, fulfilling his promise as the story left his fate uncertain.

• Zhang Guangmu pricked his finger and used the Endless Food Bag to produce and eat a piece of braised beef.
• Zhang Guangmu shot Chu Fan, avenging Zhao Zhengrong, and promised the hungry Li Xiaoxiao he would let him eat his fill.
• Director Qian refused to use Script Hints to manipulate Zhang Guangmu into sacrificing himself and waited for him to choose.
• Zhang Guangmu placed the Endless Food Bag before the survivors of Changhe Camp and told them to eat their fill.
• Zhang Guangmu stepped into the bag and was swallowed as blood splattered, awakening it to pour out food for the camp.

After wrapping 'Endless Food Bag', Li Xiaoxiao returned to the Real World and joined Zhang Guangmu's group, while Zhang Guangmu celebrated his first paycheck and planned to save for treatment. As he prepared to head home, a stranger stopped him and questioned his expected lifespan.

• Director Qian ordered the production team to wrap filming and preserve the audience's emotions after Zhang Guangmu's sacrifice ended the Hunger Apocalypse.
• Li Xiaoxiao awakened in the Real World, met Zhang Guangmu, and joined the Endless Food Bucket Group despite discovering it had only two members at first.
• Zhang Guangmu persuaded Boss Zhao, Li Xiaoxiao, Chu Fan, Director Qian, and others to join the group before leaving the filming base.
• Zhang Guangmu checked his 100 Dragon Shields, celebrated becoming a one-star Subconscious Actor, and calculated how he could eventually afford treatment for his genetic disease.
• As Zhang Guangmu prepared to buy cat food and travel home, a rough-voiced stranger stopped him and said he did not look like someone who would die before twenty-five.

Zhang Guangmu met Zhao Zhengrong, who praised his potential and offered to help him, then returned home after discovering that his acting ability upgrades also affected his body in the real world. He arrived to find Messy Fur waiting with injuries and a black lump, leaving what the cat had brought unexplained.

• Zhang Guangmu spoke with Zhao Zhengrong, who praised his performance and said he was worth befriending, then offered help through the group chat.
• Zhao Zhengrong assessed Zhang Guangmu as a distinctive actor with promising potential, though his subconscious type was still unknown.
• Zhang Guangmu realized the Book of Acting had improved his real-world shooting skill, hand stability, and eyesight, and decided to invest future points in the Imperial Body Forging Technique.
• Zhang Guangmu spent money on travel, cat food, and food for himself before walking home through the Empire’s standardized residential streets.
• Zhang Guangmu returned to his cabin, where Messy Fur, still bleeding from several small wounds, tossed a black lump in front of him.

Zhang Guangmu celebrated his new life as a certified one-star Subconscious Actor with Mooncake, then wondered how to find his next film. He learned that Director Qian Yiyuan had turned away interested directors to keep him for a future project, while Li Xiaoxiao showed him that viewers were discussing his performance.

• Zhang Guangmu fed Mooncake cat food and told her they would no longer need to rely on wild prey, though he decided to sell the strange bird she had caught.
• After twenty-eight days at home, Zhang Guangmu saw that he had 50 Dragon Shields and worried that he would waste time waiting for another film offer.
• Director Qian Yiyuan told Zhang Guangmu that several directors were interested in him, then admitted he had rejected them and planned to make another film with him within five months.
• Zhang Guangmu angrily asked whether Director Qian Yiyuan was preparing a new film, and learned that he had not started writing the script yet.
• Li Xiaoxiao told Zhang Guangmu he was famous and sent screenshots of viewers’ evaluations of his performance on film discussion platforms.