Bai Cha

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Bai Cha originated as an NPC in B0021. His backstory placed him in a poor family; he left school early to earn a living in the city, where a talent scout noticed his looks and brought him into the entertainment industry 46.

A wealthy, powerful older man made Bai Cha his secret lover. The relationship brought him money and fame but left his livelihood and reputation dependent on the man’s favor. When Bai Cha later attempted to flee the production, he declared that he no longer wanted success or cared whether this patron exposed him 40 46.

Within the instance, Bai Cha fell for the character assigned to Gong Yao—a flirtatious playboy whose warmth gave him something he had never experienced. He repeatedly watched Gong Yao and An Ya become involved, followed by the cast’s deaths and his own return to the same nightmare. Unlike visiting players, for whom mistreatment was merely an assigned backstory, Bai Cha had actually lived through it 46.

For an unknown reason, he broke free of his scripted fate and was selected as a system host. Zhang Qin identifies him as the first NPC to gain player status, making him evidence that the administrators’ constructed data could develop beyond its intended limits 46.

Appearance

Bai Cha is an exceptionally handsome, tall, elegant young man, frequently dressed in casual suits 23 33 41.

• Off-camera demeanor: Blank-faced and listless, with an air of lifeless gloom 23 24.
• On-camera presentation: Stylish and animated when portraying the film’s flamboyant playboy 24.
• Return to the hotel: Arrives in sunglasses, revealing quiet eyes with a concealed edge when he removes them 41.

Personality

Bai Cha’s polished performances contrast sharply with his withdrawn behavior outside filming. He can maintain a cheerful social façade even when he dislikes the company, as Li Qing observes during his dinner with a middle-aged man 24 33.

His early interventions prevent player casualties: he stops a dangerous car scene and disrupts He Li’s poisoned-coffee delivery. He also condemns Li Qing for witnessing the poisoning without acting. These actions coexist with growing jealousy and violence rather than establishing him as consistently altruistic 27 29 30.

Repeated deaths leave him desperate for freedom and convinced that he alone has earned special privileges through suffering. His attachment to Gong Yao becomes possessive: when others receive the attention he wants, he turns toward destroying the entire group and starting another round 40 43 44.

Abilities & Skills

Knowledge of Previous Iterations

Bai Cha remembers repeated experiences of the same film production, allowing him to recognize dangers and notice departures from familiar events 42 44 46.

• Watches Yu Xiaohe’s rooftop scene and reacts with shock when events diverge from the expected outcome 26.
• Calls for a prop inspection before the car explosion 27 28.
• Knows He Li has poisoned the coffee, although he does not explain his knowledge when challenged 29.
• Recognizes Li Qing as someone who should not be present in the familiar scenario 33 42.
• Believes death will allow everything to begin again; the passages do not establish that he can deliberately control a reset 43 44.

System Access

As F00023’s host, Bai Cha can receive system instructions and use points despite his low rank 23 40 44.

• Receives a mechanical warning ordering him back to the film set 40.
• Spends points on taking revenge against the group rather than securing his own survival, as Li Qing deduces 44.
• Has not activated the livestream feature, preventing Li Qing from monitoring him through a player broadcast 27 40.

Acting

Bai Cha convincingly portrays a lively playboy despite his usual lifeless demeanor. Li Qing specifically notices how quickly he becomes animated during a take and wilts when the director calls cut 24.

Relationships

• Gong Yao — Bai Cha’s romantic fixation originates with the instance’s assigned Gong Yao character. He resents Gong Yao’s attention to An Ya and Li Qing, while the current Gong Yao intervenes to stop him from strangling An Ya 33 35 42 46.
• Li Qing — An unfamiliar presence whom Bai Cha repeatedly scrutinizes and questions. Their conflict escalates from accusations over poisoned coffee to Bai Cha choking him during the banquet fire. Li Qing subsequently brings him back intact for investigation 26 29 33 44 46.
• An Ya — A perceived rival for Gong Yao’s attention. Bai Cha attempts to strangle her during filming; she retaliates violently and later uses a photograph involving Gong Yao and Li Qing to draw him back into the production 34 35 36 43.
• Meng Tian — Exploits his hostility toward An Ya, ordering Yu Xiaohe to gather evidence of An Ya’s closeness to Gong Yao in hopes of provoking another attack 36.
• Yu Xiaohe — Questions Meng Tian’s decision to manipulate him and later worries about his absence from the set. At the banquet, she asks what he gains by ruining everyone’s reputation 36 41 43.
• Unnamed wealthy patron — His older lover and source of career support, whose influence Bai Cha eventually tries to escape 40 46.
• F00023 — The system that selected him as its host and enabled his transition from NPC to player 23 46.
• Zhang Qin — Investigates his unprecedented player status and arranges his preservation for study 46.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Suspicious Participant

• Li Qing discovers an F-rank player in a B-rank instance and notices that Bai Cha is unusually suspicious of his stagehand disguise 23 26.
• Bai Cha twice intervenes before expected player casualties, making his apparent foreknowledge a focus of the investigation 27 29 30.
• The Technical Team initially reports a normal player identity with no anomalous data and identifies this as his first Dungeon Instance 32.

Violence on Set and Attempted Escape

• During a scene scripted to end with his character’s beheading, Bai Cha instead genuinely strangles An Ya until Gong Yao pulls him away. Their subsequent fight exposes resentment over patronage and Bai Cha’s interest in Gong Yao 34 35 36.
• He remains with the production after his character’s scenes are finished, then leaves when filming is suspended following Meng Tian’s death 37 39.
• He books an international flight and rejects his assistant’s demands to return, but reappears at the hotel after receiving system warnings. Li Qing later identifies An Ya’s photograph as another reason for his return 40 41 43.
• Li Qing confronts him about having experienced the same film repeatedly, provoking an alarmed demand to know who Li Qing really is 42.

Banquet Fire

• At the wrap party, Bai Cha declares that he will destroy what he cannot have and begin another round 43.
• He starts a fire intended to kill everyone. The guests discover locked exits and broken safety equipment; Bai Cha attacks Li Qing when his use of system points is exposed 44.
• An Ya knocks him away and beats him. Li Qing subsequently restores the fire-suppression system with the other players’ help, leaving Bai Cha numb and despondent after his plan fails 44 45.

Discovery and Preservation

• The investigation reveals that Bai Cha’s uncounted player status caused B0021’s player-loading error. An additional player, Yu Xiaohe, consequently occupied the intended boss’s body; the missing boss produced an abnormal mortality rate 46.
• Bai Cha is preserved in the Death Instance Division One building using Low-Dimensional Lifeform Preservation Solution, which requires SS-Level Authorization to requisition 46.
• Li Qing orders Bai Cha’s and F00023’s memories of him deleted. The broader investigation occupies Li Qing for a month before his next field assignment 46 47.

Notable Quotes

“Not everyone has the freedom to do whatever they like.” 33

“If I can't have it, I might as well destroy it all. Everything can start over anyway. This round is a bust, so let's just start another!” 43

“You haven't suffered through all those deaths like I have, so how could you so easily get the special privileges I paid such a huge price for!!!” 44