At the same time as the premiere.
"I Am Thriving in the World of Abusing Scum" had its global premiere, and outside the cinema, a long queue had formed – an unprecedented spectacle.
After the three worlds had been played, the audience didn't want to miss a single second.
And when it came to the Xianxia world—
The young girl looked up at her aloof master and said,
"I have no regrets."
Lin Mucian felt the most heartache for this particular plot's master.
Even though it was a movie she herself starred in as the protagonist.
But when she watched the completed work as an audience member, it felt as if she had been immersed in another world.
She took a deep breath, and Ling Qianhe pressed against her back, gently stroking her hair.
"My favorite plot is the last one with the scientist."
This world was one they filmed later when they had spare time.
This world was also a surprise that had been kept secret from the public, with no prior leaks!
She was still Ye Ling.
He was the zombie doctor, Chu Tianxuan!
...
In a country ravaged by zombies.
The young girl hid in an underground laboratory, her breathing growing ragged. She gently lifted her head, and the man opposite her spoke.
"Heartbeat exceeds the normal range."
"Are you that scared?"
"You'd rather go out into that terrifying world overrun by zombies than stay with me. Do you hate me that much?"
He walked towards her step by step.
This man was handsome, but his eyes were chillingly devoid of emotion.
He wore gold-rimmed glasses, a white lab coat, and stared at her expressionlessly. A faint, cold smile gradually appeared on his lips.
"Hate me a lot?"
"After all, I dissected your parents. But they've already turned into zombies— this was merely my duty and obligation."
The young girl trembled. She looked up, her voice shaking badly.
"I don't hate... I don't hate you. But I really..."
"I can't... become your gift..."
The man in front of her walked up to her, then cupped her cheeks. He looked at her exquisite face and then gently kissed her.
The young girl bit his lips hard, and blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, but the blood was a strange green.
He sighed.
"Don't you know?"
"To research zombies, I changed my body a long time ago."
"I am now just a zombie with consciousness."
...
This world was terrifying and bizarre. The young girl was imprisoned by the Zombie King.
Her parents were infected by the virus and killed by the government, and she was raised by him. She frequently tried to escape his confinement and find the government army, but he would always retrieve her.
Each time, he would punish her severely.
She finally found the government army and led them to kill him.
But she discovered that he possessed the ability to regenerate, retaining all his past memories. He could still find her each time, tormenting her repeatedly.
She could never escape this nightmare.
Ultimately, she could only choose to commit suicide to end this terrifying cycle.
Ye Ling had to face such a monster capable of infinite rebirth.
No matter how she killed him, he would emerge from the ground— his seemingly pale skin was impervious to blades and bullets, and even burning him with fire couldn't change him in the slightest.
He was immortal.
She couldn't figure out how to deal with him.
The system's only hint to the task executor, Ye Ling, was:
"Awaken his memories. Make him fall in love with you."
This hint was extremely vague, and Ye Ling was at a complete loss.
If she couldn't uncover the secret to his immortality, she couldn't end this cycle or this world!
Then, she would be trapped in this world, her mission failed.
This was the last small world.
She sighed, then looked up at the man opposite her.
"Chu Tianxuan."
"Do you really want me to stay by your side?"
This handsome yet cold man smiled at her.
"Yes. I need you to stay by my side. The outside world is too dangerous."
"I only want you. Just stay by my side forever."
His eyes were filled with tenderness.
Ye Ling was silent for a moment, then asked him.
"Where is my bed?"
...
During the day, Chu Tianxuan was perfectly normal.
Like a cold scientist.
But every night, Chu Tianxuan would become violent.
The ferocity of the Zombie King would invade his mind, and he would storm into her room, doing some— rather terrifying and astonishing things.
Ye Ling pressed against the door, but he broke it down, pinning her against the wall. When he kissed her, his lips were cold; she couldn't feel any warmth.
That coldness seeped into her entire body, causing her to tremble slightly.
A low warning came from his lips.
"Don't resist me."
She held a dagger in her hand.
But he was truly invulnerable— she looked at him, the faint green light deep in his eyes seemed to devour her completely. Yet, she asked him.
"Why won't I be infected by you?"
"Is there anything you're hiding from me?"
"I'm a zombie too, aren't I?"
The man opposite her gasped.
"You are human."
"Your blood is red."
Ye Ling, however, said.
"I don't believe it."
He coldly lowered his head, about to kiss her again. Ye Ling leaned close to his ear and asked him.
"Are you really Chu Tianxuan, or do you have another identity? How did you come to this world, do you remember?"
A trace of daze suddenly appeared in the man's eyes.
The meaning of his arrival in this world...
He was here to find someone.
Find whom?
His violent mind felt as if it were being pierced by countless needles. He showed an expression of immense pain, reaching up to press his fingers against his temples. He pressed his fingertips against his temples, but the pain continued to surge.
He gasped.
"No..."
The girl opposite him said.
"You said you wouldn't make me suffer anymore."
"The last thing you want to see is me suffering, right?"
"When you love someone, you don't want them to get hurt, and you don't want anyone to bully them."
"Do you remember?"
He looked at her deeply.
As if to engrave her face into his soul.
Then, he did not make any more impolite advances towards her.
Chu Tianxuan turned around directly and strode out!
...
The next morning.
He was completely normal. He elegantly handed her a nutrient solution.
Ye Ling bit open the nutrient solution.
Her voice became somewhat slurred.
"Do you still remember..."
She tentatively looked up, asking the man in the lab coat opposite her.
"Do you remember what happened yesterday?"
The man frowned slightly, then a refined yet indifferent smile curved his lips.
"What?"
"What happened yesterday?"
He looked at her and then warned her.
"Don't try to escape. Even if you escape to a government army base, I will find you."
"If you don't want the entire government army base and those old, weak, and disabled to be buried with you, then obediently stay by my side."
So, he was both possessive and insane.
Aloof by day.
Mad by night.
Ye Ling sighed. In this world of infinite cycles, if he wasn't mad,
She would go mad!
This world was truly too difficult to pass. How could she abuse this type of scum?
And suicide wouldn't work either— if she committed suicide, she would automatically return to the day before her suicide.
Infinite cycle.
Never-ending.
She drifted into a daze, her mind still filled with the system's previous hint.
To awaken his memories...
His reaction yesterday was also strange.
Moreover, he looked exactly like some of the previous scum characters. Could he be— the reincarnation of the previous tyrant, the puppy, and the master?
Because his resentment towards her was too deep, he appeared in this final world.
So this last world was a bug.
Infinite cycle.
His obsession was too strong.
He had to tie her to his side!
Unless his memories were awakened, nothing would work!
Thinking like this, her expression immediately turned serious.
So—
She looked at him, then suddenly asked him.
"Do you have a device that can read memories?"
Didn't the scum want to win her back?
If she gave him a chance to return to those worlds, to give him a chance to treat her well, would his soul be appeased?
Would she be able to clear this small world?
Chu Tianxuan, looking at her, gradually turned from cautious to cold.
"What do you want to do?"
This girl's tone.
And attitude.
Made him feel a subtle difference.
He stared into the girl's eyes.
"What are you planning?"
This girl said.
"I have a way for both you and me to stop suffering!"
...
This twist was proposed by Lin Mucian to the director, which also made the director and producer Ms. He Yunru's eyes light up upon hearing the concept.
A scheme within a scheme, a trap within a trap.
Reverse攻略 (strategy), anyone?
However, with this, the movie's overall excitement level could be said to have reached a new height.
And when the memory reading device was ready.
As her memories were presented to him again, his expression also became complex.
The expressions of the tyrant, the puppy, and the master gradually appeared on his face, layer by layer!
Different souls, gradually merging, returning to their rightful place.
In the past.
He, due to a moment's lapse in judgment.
Lost his beloved.
So his obsession made him tie her to his side again and again.
He didn't know why he absolutely had to keep this woman.
But he knew.
He couldn't leave her.
Nor could he lose her.
She was the entire meaning of his existence!
And now, he remembered everything!
He loved Ye Ling.
He deeply loved this woman who was utterly heartless.
This woman made him suffer unspeakably, and also made him love with his entire soul— as long as he could keep her by his side, he was willing, willing to pay any price!
Chu Tianxuan looked up.
Human emotions gradually appeared in his eyes.
He sighed.
His voice was like a deep affection that seeped into his bones.
"So it was you..."
"It was always you..."
"Ye Ling..."
His one and only, eternal beloved in this life!
The woman he would never let go of!