Arc 8Chapters 176–189
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Song Shi'an entered a dark hospital escape game where 32 participants had to find six hidden patients while completing three rounds of tasks. The first task began, and Song Shi'an noticed something unusual about the ward room numbers as the group searched for medical records.
Song Shi'an found a warning that the safe period had ended and concluded that a thirty-third person was inside the hospital. After the group began a mission to identify six patients, the PA announced that the game's hidden participant had appeared and directed them to room 207.
Song Shi'an discovered that the hidden participant was mingling with the crowd and had been marked as a patient, then secretly misdirected the others. The patient faction won the round, leaving the contestants and viewers shocked.
Song Shi'an was revealed as the hospital game's final patient and returned home after the show ended. He then discovered that viewers were mourning Wei Jinghong's death in Splendid Business Journey, where his performance as the young general had become a sensation.
Song Shi'an's popularity surged after his variety-show appearance, and he discovered that fans were tracking even his driving lessons. He arrived at a filming kickoff ceremony to find a huge crowd of supporters, including a fan club dedicated to helping him learn to drive.
Song Shi'an arrived at the set for costume and makeup photos and learned that a villain role had suddenly become available. He recommended Liu Bin for it, and the assistant director agreed to bring him in for filming the next morning.
Song Shi'an filmed character photos and a cemetery scene as the horror novelist Su Fan, while Lin Fan followed him around. After the shoot, Song Shi'an teased Lin Fan about burying a body, leaving him terrified.
Song Shi'an filmed a cemetery scene, then struggled to get a ride back to his hotel and was frightened by the driver's local ghost stories. After Chi Xun showed him the birthday support organized by his fans, Song Shi'an learned that his birthday was June 16 and felt moved by the scale of the support.
Song Shi'an learned that he had only two cannon-fodder missions left and secured an extra ten billion from his system before it applied for the reward. He began training with Xiao Heng for a film role, and a video of his awkward first steps on the ice spread online.
Song Shi'an trained for a week and performed a figure-skating routine in costume for a film shoot, impressing the crowd gathered as extras. A short clip of his performance leaked onto D Station, where it immediately drew a flood of comments.
Song Shi'an completed filming, celebrated his birthday with a massive fan meeting, and promised to choose his first leading-role script carefully. The main story ended with fans eagerly anticipating that role, while the author announced that extras would revisit earlier foreshadowing.
Song Shi'an celebrated his twentieth birthday with friends and family before exams and learned that the system would soon leave. After following his parents to visit his grandmother, he discovered they had brought him to the imposing Fu Residence and was left stunned.
Song Shi'an attended Old Madam Fu's birthday banquet with Mother Song and learned that his grandfather's will left him twenty billion. After signing for the inheritance, he completed his mission and the system began unbinding, leaving him to regret that he had not spent his Affection Points.
After Rui'an Technology went public, Song Shi'an brought Pei Zhiyan, Jiang Ye, and Chi Xun to South Pond Village to transplant rice seedlings. Later, his snack franchises opened successfully and the Male Lead Performance System returned, offering him travel to myriad worlds after he recorded a lead role.