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"Songkou Competition Class A Hall 16, today's first match, A01 vs. A02, it will start immediately in 5 minutes, let's look at the data first." The host finished all the lines coldly like a machine reporting numbers.

As soon as the voice fell, the light on the glass cover flashed, and a surface appeared on the top, and it was counting down to 5 minutes.At the same time, several rows of data appear on the glass surface in the middle of the dome, and they are played in a 360-degree loop around the glass surface at a uniform speed, so that everyone can see the data.

The data is not complicated, concise and simple:

A01 is 21 years old, professional restaurant waiter, no winning or losing record, PS: This is the first time to participate.

A02 is 23 years old, has no occupation, no winning or losing record, PS: This is his first time participating.

The score of this song: Shang, the author is unknown, the duration is three minutes and 20 seconds, the number of cycles is 3 times, and the total length is about 10 minutes.

"What game is it?" Shi Zhen glanced at the screen of the voting machine strangely, and then at the data on the stage. Driven by curiosity, he chose A02 at random, and pressed the OK button. The deposit at the bottom was immediately reduced by 100 to 69900 .

The 5 minutes are over quickly and the game starts immediately.The clock and numbers on the glass cover disappeared at the same time, and the surroundings suddenly boiled with cheers and whistles.

"The performance starts now!" The host said coldly, and the concise sentence was already used to the lively scenes, so he didn't have much emotion.

In the mid-air under the dome, the two singers stood still, with the breeze blowing and their skirts fluttering, they looked at each other silently, waiting for the competition to happen.

Suddenly, music sounded from far and near, passing through everyone's ears gently. It was a nice prelude, which immediately soothed the emotions of all the audience present, and the surroundings gradually became completely quiet.

In the music, the two singers on the stage nodded slightly and began to sing along with the music.The specific lyrics seem to be absent, mixed in the accompaniment music, sneaking up, gently massaging everyone's ear canal.

The libretto is low, deep, and quiet, with some fine particle words stretching over it, as if talking and whispering with myself, rather than singing for the audience to judge.

At the beginning, the singer in the white skirt with the A01 label pinned to his chest sang in a low voice, and then the woman in the gray skirt with the A02 pinned to it echoed.Not long after, the voice of the singer in the gray skirt raised slightly, as if covering the female voice in the white skirt, coordinating with each other.

At the beginning, everything was harmonious, one low and one high, and the two singing styles complemented each other, but soon, disharmony emerged, and the crooning and high singing wrestled with each other, like two snakes entangled together, secretly exerting force.

The inconsistency of timbre became more and more obvious, both voices were defending their own domain, and the timbre began to change from crooning to louder.The lyrics are still ambiguous modal particles, as if two girls whispered a secret in their hearts, unable to speak and unwilling, so they attacked each other, seeking a position of secrecy.

On the stage, two swimming snakes continued to fight. Although there were no specific libretto, the tone and singing were extremely beautiful and enjoyable. The fighting and singing of each other was in the ears of the audience, but it was an intoxicating feeling.

The song is endless, and the fight is endless.Just as everyone was immersed in the beautiful music, suddenly, light-colored lines appeared on the monochrome dresses of the two singers. As the performance continued, the lines became darker and darker, and their shapes changed accordingly.Sometimes the lines are like growing vines, and sometimes they are dancing wildly like crazy demons, struggling to show off on the dress.

Soon, the dark lines covered the monochromatic dress, and unexpectedly extended from the fabric, breaking through the scope of the dress, forming a mass of ink-like black mist behind the singer.

The black mist, after adapting to the air in the dome, began to change shape unscrupulously.Sometimes it stretches out fierce minions, sometimes it presents a ferocious beast, and sometimes it is a terrifying strange face...

The two black shadows expanded infinitely behind the singer, and soon hit the sky above the glass dome, making a terrible "bang bang" sound, which made people's hearts jump.

After knowing that he couldn't break through the dome, the black shadow tried to spread around again, but within a few seconds, two black tentacles met above the dome.

They were extremely unfriendly to each other, and the moment they touched each other, they wrestled like crazy, and the scattered black tentacles joined the battle one after another, twisting into a ball between the two singers, entangled each other tightly, and refused to let go.

The two black strands merged, and immediately opened their ferocious claws. The sharp tentacles turned into strength, and plunged into the opponent's black mist without hesitation. In an instant, black juice and blood splashed in the air, and disappeared in the middle.The battle is in full swing, and each side is looking for the point of negligence of the other side, eagerly waiting to give the other side a fatal blow.

Attack and counterattack, the dome is filled with black matter, two trembling poisonous snakes, you come and go, pulling each other, showing no weakness.

The black shadow struggles in the mid-air, and the graceful singing is still singing melodiously. It seems to be the background, like a performance. Only the black shadow with its fangs and claws showing its fierce face behind it indicates that this is not a beautiful performance, but a desperate one. fight.

The two groups of black air entangled in mid-air, and finally appeared on the singer's body.I saw the singer in the white dress, the black lines on his body were obviously lightened, and a bright red flower slowly bloomed at the waist. half body.

At the same time, a flower bloomed from the waist of the singer in the gray dress. It was smaller in size, did not spread quickly, and had a lighter color.

Obviously, the flowers correspond to the battle between two groups of black mist.At this moment, the black mist behind the gray dress was absolutely overwhelming. Her tentacles were strong and powerful, almost completely suppressing the white side.

In fact, the song has already been sung on both sides, but everyone present only paid attention to the battle situation and ignored the cycle of the song.

Suddenly, a set of battle data was displayed on the glass dome: A01 vs. A02, 24:76.

The data circulates around the dome to ensure that it will gradually dissipate after everyone sees it.

Above the numerical value, it is clear to see whether it is superior or inferior.Shi Zhen glanced at the voting machine, and heard the sound of frantically pressing the OK button around him. Countless people were increasing their fares. This was an opportunity to make money without any suspense.

The people on the stage are also strangers?Shi Zhen watched silently. The black mist that could produce such a powerful murderous aura was definitely not something that ordinary people could have.

There is still less time for a song, the ending is coming, the ending has been decided.Shi Zhen raised his eyebrows boredly, took a sip of the wine at hand, narrowed his eyes and waited silently.

The singing voice was still singing, and the tune was still beautiful, but the voice of the singer in the white skirt had become extremely weak, and his figure was also crumbling on the high platform. The tune deviated from the music score several times, and she struggled to bring it back.

"It's over." Shi Zhen looked at the stands and thought silently: "The rest of the time is just a final struggle, and what supports her to persevere is probably the only remaining dignity or professional ethics that persists to the end."

The winners and losers on the field have already been decided, the dresses of the white group of singers are full of bright red flowers, the black breath behind them has become extremely weak, the color is close to transparent light gray, only a few gossamer who still do not give up are left to resist .

After the song was over, the white singer was relieved, his figure swayed, and he fell headfirst off the platform.The black shadow behind him exhausted his last bit of strength to protect her from harm during the falling project.After placing it on the ground smoothly, raised the last few remnants, and it dissipated.

"Yeah!" The victors in the stands raised their arms and cheered, and the whole theater almost exploded.

The staff rushed to the stage, lifted the loser on a stretcher, and left through the small glass door on the side of the stage.

"In this round, singer A02 wins." The host announced the ending indifferently from one side.The platform on which the singer in the gray skirt was standing slowly descended to the center of the stage, received the flowers and medals from the Miss Etiquette, and bowed to the surrounding audience.There was no joy of victory on her face, and she left the stage indifferently after thanking her twice.

boring.Shi Zhen looked at the lowered glass dome and stage, and decided to leave.It turns out that the singing competition that attracts spectators is just such a thing. Using the skills of aliens, creatures like shadows are created to fight each other until the winner is decided. How is this different from fighting cocks and crickets?

"This round of competition is over, and the next one will be held in 15 minutes. The audience is welcome to actively participate." After the host finished speaking, the lights in the circular stage area went out, and it instantly became dark, like a bottomless abyss with no end in sight.

Shi Zhen glanced at the voting device, the value increased by 3, and the voting results were immediately available.

For the second game 15 minutes later, Shi Zhen had no interest at all, and got up decisively to leave.

After leaving the A16 performance hall, the bustle outside has long since disappeared, and the empty corridor is deserted.

Going straight to the reception hall, it was also cold, and there was a receptionist standing behind the service desk with a troubled look on his face.The waiter probably felt that during this period of time, people were excited in their comfort zone, and no one would come out to hang around, so it wasn't until Shi Zhen walked in front of him that the waiter realized that he tidied up his appearance in a panic and put away his distress.

"Hello. How can I serve you?" The waiter said, his voice was also tired and slightly hoarse.

"No." Shi Zhen said casually, wanting to leave in his heart. He looked at his watch and it was only 45:[-], neither too early nor too late.

"Hello, sir, are you satisfied with the performance in the A-level hall?" A man in a hotel uniform came from a side corridor, with a tag attached to his pocket with the words "Business Manager" written on it.

"Normal." Shi Zhen replied.

The business manager smiled and said politely: "The beginning is always relatively dull, and there will be more exciting performances later, and the ability will be higher."

"Still singing?" Shi Zhen asked without interest.

"Yes," the manager nodded and explained: "There will be new singers on stage, the songs will become better and better, and the duration will be longer accordingly."

"So?" Shi Zhen raised his eyebrows, still not interested.