Li Yao rested for three days, then Qiu Ling took her to the location designated by the production team.
Qiu Ling instructed, “Don’t worry about the filming. As long as you don’t make any fundamental mistakes, I’ll help you handle it.”
Li Yao nodded. Qiu Ling felt that Li Yao had changed. On second thought, Li Yao had prepared for the audition for a whole month. She finally got selected but was snatched by Bai Shuya from the same company.
Originally, Bai Shuya wasn’t interested in the supporting female role and wanted to steal the lead role instead. But the lead actress was strong and well-supported, so Bai Shuya failed.
When this was exposed, the company used Li Yao to take the blame for Bai Shuya.
When she was hated online by the whole internet, her boyfriend wanted to break up with her. Even Iron Man couldn’t bear such a blow, so it was normal for her personality to change.
Qiu Ling couldn’t always put Li Yao first since she had other artists to manage, but since she was a “face lover,” she was especially lenient toward Li Yao.
Staff took Li Yao to the meeting point where Zhou Chengxing was waiting in front of the spaceship, surrounded by equipment.
When Zhou Chengxing saw Li Yao approaching, his eyes lit up. The girl was pretty, though a bit wooden, which was good—top-level pretty face in entertainment, definitely going to be entertaining.
Comments on the livestream:
“Ahhhh, she’s really pretty.”
“How come it’s her, the pretty face from entertainment? Why does she always tag along everywhere?”
“She must have a rich sponsor.”
Not many liked Li Yao; most comments were about her scandals, even if unconfirmed.
When everyone gathered, Zhou Chengxing smiled: “This time we will survive on a planet. Upon arrival, each person can request three things based on the planet’s environment. The production team’s rules will be explained when you get there.”
The twelve listened carefully.
Zhou Chengxing scanned them: “Let me repeat, the ten years I mentioned is planet time. During this time, you only have one chance to ask the production team for help, but they won’t take you away. You still have the option to quit now. If you try to quit after arriving on the planet, you’ll have to pay a 500 billion star-coin penalty.”
Li Yao didn’t know how much 500 billion star-coin was, but from the gasps around her, it was an amount no one present could afford.
After two minutes, no one chose to quit. Zhou Chengxing nodded approvingly: “Good. Since no one wants to quit, let’s set off.”
He chuckled: “Now, our staff will install the live-stream devices.”
Li Yao watched curiously as a staff member put a bracelet on her wrist. Seeing her curiosity, he explained: “This technology was expensive to get. No one but us can open this bracelet. It will follow you and livestream your activities. It will turn off when you sleep or wash up, but at other times it’s invisible and stays with you.”
Such advanced tech could let interstellar people watch the livestream without raising suspicion from the planet natives.
Once equipped, Li Yao boarded the spaceship. The bracelet transmitted Zhou Chengxing’s voice: “Please enter the sleep pods. The spaceship will perform a three-day spatial jump to the planet. See you in three days on our interstellar survival show.”
Comments:
“Oh my, a three-day spatial jump! The farthest planet I’ve been to at the edge of the galaxy only took one day by ship—I thought that was long. Now they need three days.”
“Can’t imagine how far it is.”
“Don’t even think about it. I have a relative in the production team. The three days have a reason. They use 24 hours to reach Earth, and the other two days are to arrive at a specific time point on Earth.”
“Earth is a good place.”
“A specific time node on Earth?”
“Can it be the one I’m thinking of? No way!”
“I was curious why the show lasted ten years. Now I get it.”
“If true, I just want to say Zhou Chengxing, you’re amazing. As long as your show airs a day, I’ll watch.”
Zhou Chengxing was a well-known director in the interstellar community. If the livestream weren’t so long, many would fight to join.
The pay was low this time; many admired Zhou’s shows but refused due to the low money.
Li Yao approached the sleep pod. As she tried to enter, a pair of fair hands stopped her.
“Li Yao, didn’t expect you to actually come. You’ve got some nerve. If I were you, I wouldn’t have the face to show up.” Only the two of them were there. Bai Shuran had strong hostility toward Li Yao.
They were signed to the same company, but Li Yao was pretty, a natural beauty, which was highly favored in entertainment.
Back then, resources were tilted toward Li Yao, leaving Bai Shuran with leftover opportunities.
Now things were reversed: Bai Shuran was the company’s favored rising star, and Li Yao was the discarded one.
Li Yao looked at the hand blocking her sleep pod and said coldly, “Your hand is blocking my pod.”
Bai Shuran lifted her delicate chin, “If you want in, you have to beg me.”
Li Yao stood silently. The other ten people didn’t want to get involved, with several sitting inside their pods watching the drama.
The ship occasionally reminded them to enter the pods, but Li Yao wasn’t in a hurry; she could afford to stall Bai Shuran.
“Li Yao, just you wait!” The pods belonging to Bai Shuran and Li Yao triggered an alarm, forcing Bai Shuran to give up.
This was the best opportunity. Otherwise, the livestream would start once they reached the destination.
Li Yao lay down and the pod automatically closed. She thought it looked like a coffin but was quite comfortable.
She recalled how she died last life, leaning in a corner. There was no such comfortable coffin in the lab, so this was a gain.
After the pod closed, she smelled a scent that likely contained sleep-inducing ingredients.
But Li Yao was immune to such drugs.
When she took over the original body, the original owner was suffering from online bullying and breakup pain, taking large amounts of sleeping medicine and dying in her sleep.
Li Yao’s soul from the Earth apocalypse possessed the interstellar Li Yao’s body. Along with her arrival, a pure blue light entered her body.
When the light entered, Li Yao was a bit scared—it was the familiar energy she last gained.
That energy had destroyed her original body until only skin remained.
She hadn’t yet figured out what was happening and feared dying again, but when she finally woke and accepted the original body, that energy stayed inside.
In the lab last life, her body was continually enhanced but couldn’t endure the energy.
Now, transferred to an interstellar body, it integrated well. She snapped her fingers, and a small flame flickered on her fingertip.
That powerful supernatural ability had come with her—whether a blessing or a curse, she didn’t know.