Betting with Life

In a futuristic room adorned with countless mirrors showcasing the lives of many people in their day-to-day activities, like a movie. The only difference was that a typical movie would last at most four hours, while this setup displayed everything they did with minute details.

Two galactic beings were casually seated, monitoring all these occurrences.

"This... He died," the galactic being exclaimed with shock, abruptly standing up.

"What happened?" The other galactic being, seeing the shocked expression, also stood up and looked at the screen where the first one was observing, equally astonished.

"Didn't we check his intelligence before we reincarnated him? How did he die so soon?" he asked, frozen in place upon seeing Lu Zhen's lifeless body on the screen.

"I don't know. He was supposed to have the illusion that he wasn't the protagonist and become a villain instead. We even imprinted this in his head. How did this happen? Even I am shocked."