Chapter 166: This is Going to Be Awesome

Wen Xi saw her "eyes" staring for a moment and couldn't help but smirk:

"Hey."

"My figure, not bad, right?"

"After all these years of training, my chest muscles, abs, and back muscles are all in top shape."

"Since I'm in a good mood today, I'll let you... hmm, take a few more looks."

Xu Yunzhou:

"..."

He sighed,

"Sister Xi, I have some serious business to attend to."

"What serious business?"

Wen Xi's conscious voice was filled with mischief:

"Isn't this serious business?"

"You can check my body anytime, I don't mind..."

Before she could finish.

She "saw" her own hand reaching for the cracked smartphone on the table.

Fingers swiped the screen, opened the camera, and switched to video mode.

Then, she placed the phone against the wall on the table, with the lens pointing at it.

"Wait a moment!"

Wen Xi's conscious voice changed instantly:

"What are you doing with my phone?"

"No video recording!"

"Xu Yunzhou! I warn you! If you dare to record something weird..."

"Ah ah ah! I'm sorry!"

She suddenly realized something, and her voice in her mind became slightly panicked:

"Give my body back to me! I don't want to play anymore!"

"You're violating my privacy! That's illegal!"

"Wah wah wah, Little Zhou-zhou, you can't do this to me... if you record it, please don't post it anywhere!!!"

"Wen Xi" rolled her eyes.

This action, done by Wen Xi's handsome and sharp face, was surprisingly natural.

"Can you be a bit quieter?"

Xu Yunzhou said helplessly in his mind:

"Am I that kind of person?"

"The recording is just for... keeping a memory."

"Because what's about to happen,"

He paused, his tone filled with seriousness,

"deserves to be recorded."

After saying that,

Xu Yunzhou entered the System Mall in the game interface.

Search: [Godly Piano Master Experience Card].

[Exchange].

[Cost: 1000 Mall Coins].

[Confirm Exchange?]

Confirm.

Ding——!

[Exchange Successful!]

[Godly Piano Master (5-minute Experience Card) Activated!]

[Description: Fuses the essence of all piano art schools throughout history, granting the user peak performance skills, unparalleled absolute pitch, and extraordinary improvisational ability. Duration: 5 minutes.]

[Status: Loaded into current carrier "Wen Xi".]

Wen Xi's body trembled slightly.

He felt the "Godly Piano Master" skill data flow instantly pour into the nerve endings, muscle memory, and even every cell of this body.

Hearing became abnormally sharp, able to distinguish the faint sounds of dust colliding in the air.

Perception of "rhythm," "strength," and "space" was elevated to an incomprehensible dimension.

"Xu Xi" turned around.

(TL: Fusion of Xu Yunzhou and Wen Xi.

Fun fact during the whole Tsukuyomi fight and until the meeting with "Crow" Xu Nuo also had a "fusion" but I decided to scrap it since the name of said "fusion" was also Xu Nuo with Xu as Xu Yunzhou's surname. Translating it to English felt weird and the pronouns where all over the place so I simlpy scrapped it. The more you know... xD)

Walking to the old, scratched wooden table.

There was no piano in front of the table.

No keyboard.

No strings.

Only a bare, hard, dark wooden tabletop.

And on the table, half of a Criminal Investigation textbook, and the cracked smartphone with the red dot of the recording light.

"Xu Xi" slowly raised both hands.

Fingers were long, joints distinct, fingertips round.

But at this moment,

The posture of these hands changed.

No longer the steady grip of a gun, nor the casual grasp of daily items.

But an extreme state of relaxation and readiness, wrists slightly lowered, fingers naturally curved, fingertips hovering about five centimeters above the tabletop.

Like the hands of a true pianist, waiting for the moment to touch the keys.

Wen Xi watched curiously in her mind:

"What are you... doing?"

"A monkey dance?"

Xu Yunzhou was silent for a moment, feeling the data flood from the experience card, then calmly said:

"Sister Xi."

"Please remember this moment."

He paused, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned:

"Because..."

"It's going to be awesome."

Wen Xi: "???"

Awesome?

In this shabby dormitory?

Doing a set of military calisthenics?

Or performing a chest-breaking act?

The next second, "Xu Xi's" ten fingers suddenly fell!

"Tap."

The first sound.

Very light.

The tip of the index finger tapped the center of the table, producing a crisp, short, clean sound.

"Tap, tap."

Middle finger, ring finger fell in succession.

Rhythm clear, strength uniform.

"Tap-tap-tap, tap-tap—"

The speed began to increase!

Five fingers alternated, a series of crisp, rhythmically rich and melodic sounds suddenly rang out in the silent dormitory!

"Awesome? You call this madness awesome?"

At first, Wen Xi was a bit confused, thinking this was just random tapping on the table.

But just five to six seconds later!

Her consciousness suddenly tightened!

That tapping sound...

Changed!

No longer random noise.

Despite being just the sound of fingers hitting wood, under "Xu Xi's" exquisite control of strength and landing points, it produced clear changes in pitch, intensity, and duration!

Even more astonishing was the melody formed by the tapping...

It was a complex, dazzling piano melody that made one's scalp tingle!

Yes!

Using ten fingers, a wooden table, and extraordinary skill, a complete and magnificent piano piece was played!

Wen Xi's was completely stunned.

She "heard" the complex and intense "desktop piano piece" that should never have appeared in this scene...

She "saw" her own hands on the table, blurring into two vague shadows, moving so fast that they left afterimages...

The melody...

She hadn't heard it before.

The melody was unfamiliar but hit the soul.

The beginning was soothing, with a hint of sadness, like the whispers of a lone night walker.

Then the rhythm gradually sped up, chords joined in, emotions piled up layer by layer, like surging undercurrents.

In the climax, "Xu Xi's" hands almost danced like a storm!

Left hand hammered out heavy, heart-like bass rhythms on the left side of the table, right hand flew out with dazzling high notes like a starry sky on the right!

The two interwove, clashed, and fused!

The vibrations of the table were transmitted through the arms to the entire body!

Wen Xi could even feel the resonance in her chest, the acceleration of her blood, and her scalp tingling!

In the small, shabby dormitory, under the dim yellow incandescent light, with the peeling walls and corners filled with instant noodle boxes.

A performance of extreme contrast and soul-shaking "piano without a piano" was taking place!

In Wen Xi's mind, there was no more sarcasm, no more jokes, no more distractions.

Only one thought was frantically flashing, with bold letters and a glowing golden border effect:

Holy shit!!!

It's...

really...

so...

awesome...

ah!!!

The last tap ended, and the air was still buzzing.

Silence.

Only the distant barking of a dog from somewhere outside could be heard.

"Xu Xi" slowly lowered both hands.

Turned around.

Facing the phone camera.

Wen Xi's handsome and sharp face now carried a calm, yet burning heat.

There were fine beads of sweat on her forehead, her breathing slightly labored, her chest rising and falling with each breath.

But her eyes were very bright.

Bright like the most dazzling high note in the "desktop performance" just now.

Xu Yunzhou said softly in his mind:

"That's it."

"The song is recorded."

"Thank you for your body, Sister Xi."

[Consciousness Synchronization · Disengaged.]