Lu Mingfei, why are you slaying dragons if you're not involved!

Chapter 121 University Physics, Initiating! (4K)

"I am back!"

Lu Mingfei pushed open the door, announcing his return with great energy.

It was still that familiar atmosphere, and it still tasted that familiar flavor.

The difference lies in the changes that occurred in the person who returned.

Sitting on the sofa, Ling tilted her head slightly. She could hear an overwhelming sense of joy and relief in Lu Mingfei's tone.

This was completely different from the mental exhaustion I felt every night when I came home in the previous few days.

"came back?"

She stood up, and despite already having received the answer, she still asked the same question.

But Lu Mingfei was clearly determined to carry out today's "abnormality" to the end. Before Ling could come forward, he quickly took off his shoes and changed, hung his coat on the hanger, and rushed towards Ling. He reached out and grabbed the ice-cold beauty's arms, turned around and pushed her onto the sofa.

"Hurry, hurry, time is of the essence! I had Uncle Chen risk getting a speeding ticket to drive much faster just to squeeze out this little bit of free time!"

Ling remained expressionless as Lu Mingfei pressed him down on the sofa. It seemed that even if Lu Mingfei was about to do something even more ruthless and outrageous, Ling would not resist, but would simply look at him calmly.

Then, she saw Lu Mingfei reach into his pocket—

He pulled out a pure black Nokia N96.

zero:"……"

"Um, I just... composed a piano piece. Would you do me the honor of listening to it?"

Lu Mingfei scratched his head, probably realizing that his actions just now were a bit presumptuous, and asked with a forced smile.

His cheerful and lively demeanor is normal. On one hand, after the [Stamina Boost], he's full of energy and not tired at all, even after a whole day. On the other hand, the "Words Become Law" technique has finally made encouraging progress!

Lu Mingfei had originally planned to let Chu Zihang and the others hear it tomorrow. But when he got into Uncle Chen's car, he realized that his "tenant" across the hall, his fiancée Ling, was also of mixed race.

The zero-based faction had never been revealed... to the point that Lu Mingfei had almost forgotten about it!
That way we'll get the answer tonight, and since Zero is one of us, if he can truly grasp the true meaning of fire from it, then it's a win-win situation – "keeping the good stuff within the family."

The plan to "make money by releasing songs" is likely to fall through... Lu Mingfei still values ​​this "first pot of gold" quite a bit.

"Release." Zero's choice of words is always concise.

"Wait a moment."

Lu Mingfei earnestly instructed, "If you hear anything, see anything strange, or feel anything... remember to tell me immediately! Because I'm not sure if it will harm you..."

The process of comprehending the "true meaning of fire," even in a dream, is something Lu Mingfei knows he will only vaguely remember upon waking.

"Okay." Zero's gaze remained as still as a frozen lake, without the slightest ripple.

at the same time--

On the other side of the city, in Su Enxi and Jiu Demai's "office/dormitory".

"We've got a job! We've got a job!"

Mai Shude poked Su Enxi hard, her face full of excitement, "Did you hear that? Did you hear that? So serious! Maybe that's the secret to his inexplicable increase in strength... This kid has finally opened up!"

"I understand, don't rush me!"

Su Enxi impatiently swatted away her unclean hands and complained.

"Damn it, even though the eavesdropping device she's wearing is top-of-the-line, it's definitely not as good as professional recording equipment... What if the sound is distorted and the recording isn't clear?"

"What can we do? You have to consider the size of professional recording equipment. It's already quite an achievement that I can put those eavesdropping and surveillance devices everywhere without anyone noticing, okay?"

Mai Shude claims her pans are non-stick.

“I know… Quiet! It’s about to begin…” Su Enxi held up her finger.

The office was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, except for the sound of a piano.

Su Enxi and Jiu Demai stood frozen in place as if suppressed by something, their brows furrowing tightly, a state that continued until the end.

"Do you...feel anything?"

Lu Mingfei's cautious voice came from the other end of the listening device, "You don't seem to be reacting much..."

"It sounds good."

Zero gave her evaluation, seemingly feeling that it wasn't enough, and added a comment.

"This is real music."

"Phew...that's good..."

Lu Mingfei's voice came through, clearly relieved, though it was hard to tell whether he was happy or disappointed.

Anyway, Mai and Su Enxi on this side are going crazy.

"I really..."

Mai almost cursed, "This can't just be a simple piano piece, can it? He dares to play us? I'm going to go and pin him to the bed and teach him a lesson until dawn, let's see if he confesses!"

"I know you've been craving him since yesterday, but don't use this as an excuse to be a verbal slut, okay?"

Su Enxi rolled her eyes. "He obviously couldn't possibly know we existed! I could feel that he was opening up to Zero; that kind of concern couldn't be faked. His acting skills aren't that good!"

"As for this piano piece..."

Su Enxi frowned deeply. "There must be some hidden meaning inside! It's just that we can't figure it out for now, or rather... we don't have the qualifications or the ability?"

"What should I do?"

"I feel like we're going through a scene from 'Detective Dee' right now," said Mai Jiude. "Now it's my turn to ask, 'Yuanfang, what do you think?'"

"When Di Renjie asked Li Yuanfang for his opinion, he already had a plan in mind. You are the kind of Sha Wujing who is only good for physical labor like carrying loads. All you do is ask your wise and mighty senior brother, 'What should we do?'"

Su Enxi complained irritably. As the owner of the Word of Power: Heavenly Evolution, a whole host of methods flashed through her mind in just a moment.

"At this point, we can only resort to technology. What else can we do? Analyze the audio, see if there are any hidden segments or sounds that are inaudible to human hearing. Or maybe some kind of code? Hmm, we still need to get our hands on the original song first..."

……

Lu Mingfei put away his phone.

He was actually more pleased, because since neither the mixed-race nor ordinary people would be affected by the music, it meant that he could actually complete the piano piece and hand it over to Aunt Shanshan for sale!

"Actually, when you think about it carefully, it makes sense. The true meaning of fire is everywhere in life. I just felt it, extracted it, and expressed it in the form of music... at most, it's more concentrated than in life."

Lu Mingfei thought to himself, "There are very few people in the world who can understand this level of music, and it's not enough to just be able to understand it; you also have to be able to personally experience it!"

This is like the saying, "What you learn from books is never enough; you must put it into practice to truly understand."... But even I only grasped this after dying so many times in my dreams. Given this additional condition, who could possibly achieve it?

With that thought in mind, he completely put aside his worries and turned to ask Zero another question.

"I feel like my progress in physics has slowed down a bit. Should I... start taking university-level courses?"

At this point, Lu Mingfei glanced at his proficiency panel.

[Physics LV1 - Proficiency 66/200] Unlike mathematics, once you reach a proficiency level of 60 in physics, it becomes increasingly slow to gain more proficiency.

Perhaps it's because the total amount of knowledge in high school physics is less than that in high school mathematics?
Thinking of ways to quickly gain proficiency in mathematics, Lu Mingfei couldn't contain himself.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, but once you get to the first time, there will be countless more. After accepting that he could learn university-level knowledge on his own, his mind naturally became more active.

"I have 'Fundamentals of Physics,' 'Sears Contemporary University Physics,' 'Introduction to Classical Mechanics,' 'Introduction to Electrodynamics,' and 'Introduction to Quantum Mechanics' here..."

Ling slightly parted his lips, and a string of book titles immediately rained down on Lu Mingfei.

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Lu Mingfei hurriedly waved his hand to stop him, feeling as if he were witnessing a classic scene from a movie—

When a boy is struggling to make progress, he encounters a mysterious old man on the street. With a casual question, the old man pulls out divine martial arts techniques such as "Buddha's Palm", "Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms", and "Nine Yang Manual"... The only difference is that the person in front of him is not a mysterious old man, but a petite and cute ice queen!
Hmm, whether the word "cute" is appropriate is debatable...

"It sounds like starting with 'Fundamentals of Physics' would be a better approach?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"Sure. I also have the Feynman Lectures on Physics here, which can be used as supplementary reading."

Zero asked, "Use it now?"

"Yes, yes..."

"I'll go get it." Zero turned around and went upstairs.

[Warning, it's time for the planned [evening study session]...]

A reminder from the schedule pops up at just the right time.

Lu Mingfei took a deep breath and muttered to himself.

"Alright, let's begin practicing the university physics techniques and advance to... Foundation Establishment stage!"

……

In the room of the little piano-playing beauty.

Liu Miaomiao glanced out the window.

The scene, exactly the same as the previous few nights, came into view, but it no longer made the girl feel the same heartache as before.

Perhaps it's because there's so much sweetness that it's enough to soothe everything.

Thinking of this, it's as if the boy's warm and firm embrace is enveloping me again...

"hey-hey……"

The girl couldn't help but laugh out loud, then instantly realized what she had done, her face burning red. She jumped onto the bed and rolled around. She buried herself under the covers, as if covering her eyes would hide everything.

After a long while, her cheeks flushed as she finally freed herself from the risk of suffocation, calming her increasingly rapid heartbeat, feeling somewhat bewildered.

Logically speaking, after tonight, there are only three days left until the Spring Festival Gala of Shilan Middle School, and she doesn't have much time to complete the four-hand piano duet... But how can she create in this state?

Totally impossible!
Instead of wasting time writing something that's destined to be useless, it's better to...

"Want to listen to some music?"

A thought popped into Liu Miaomiao's mind. She then remembered that because she had been distracted in the music room, she hadn't listened to Lu Mingfei's composition in its entirety.

So she found her phone, first checking that Su Xiaoqiang hadn't replied, thinking, "She's probably furious," then plugged in her earphones, lay on the bed, and opened the audio message Lu Mingfei had sent her.

The piano sounded.

The cold wind was as sharp as a knife!

Liu Miaomiao's body trembled. In that instant, the feeling she had when she first heard Lu Mingfei playing in the music room returned. She felt as if she were standing on a vast, frozen wasteland...

She subconsciously took off her headphones, and when she opened her eyes again, she found herself still in a warm room, on a soft bed.

It all seemed like an illusion.

But how could a hallucination be so realistic?

"Is it my...synesthesia?"

The girl talked to herself.

Liu Miaomiao knew that she had a special talent called "synesthesia".

In simpler terms, it means that stimulation of one channel normally causes sensation in that channel, but now the same stimulation causes sensation in another channel.

For example, some people feel heat when they see red, and coolness when they see blue...

Liu Miaomiao's "synesthesia" is very special because it matches her unparalleled musical talent, and the two achieve a relationship of 1+1>2 - she can see "images" through music, and even experience feelings, until she is immersed in the music!
However, the quality of these images and feelings is directly linked to the quality of the music. Inferior music simply won't trigger synesthesia, and she won't experience synesthesia unless she concentrates on it, so it hasn't affected her daily life at all.

But this time——

"Is it because the quality is too high? After all, it's at the [legendary] level..." she murmured.

Do you want to continue listening?

This question subconsciously surfaced in Liu Miaomiao's mind.

The entire piece was created based on Lu Mingfei's description of the general feeling he wanted, her playing the approximate notes, and then Lu Mingfei selecting and piecing them together.

Therefore, Liu Miaomiao knew that this piece of music contained too much "torture," even though the description was vague, probably just some memories... but the experience of "synesthesia" was definitely not comfortable.

"But the last part is a glimmer of hope, it's not completely bad... As long as we get through it, it'll be alright, right?"

The girl thought to herself.

"This is a piece we composed together... I haven't even listened to it in its entirety. Isn't that a bit strange? What if he asks about it later?"

Thinking this, Liu Miaomiao put her headphones back on and started playing the music again.

The sound of the piano began, and the cold wind howled...

This time, she did not take off her headphones halfway through.

Despite the bone-chilling cold, despite the lifelike depiction of "death" beneath the ice that nearly paralyzed her mind, despite her own body temperature beginning to drop and her lips turning pale...

But everything was dispelled the moment that tiny flame was born!

The music gradually stopped.

She opened her eyes and suddenly felt that the whole world before her had become somewhat different.

There seemed to be something. Something unseen and intangible. Very small, and many, many of them, watching her curiously, hesitating, considering whether to approach her…

"Is it... just my imagination?"

Liu Miaomiao shook her head as she thought about it, then sat up. Just then, she saw Lu Mingfei standing by the French windows across the way, waving at her. Ling had also disappeared.

It was clearly time to get ready for bed.

Is it already midnight?
"I listened to one piece of music for almost two hours?"

(End of this chapter)