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

Chapter 236 A commotion even more intense than the Black King's back then
To use "emotional resonance," you must use sound as a medium.

The sound cannot be just a few simple onomatopoeic words or syllables, otherwise a few coughs would suffice... It must be "structured" and "connected".

Simply put, it's music.

Lu Mingfei was immediately stumped. He didn't have a piano at home, or rather, he didn't have any musical instruments. Liu Miaomiao across the hall certainly did, but he couldn't very well go up to her house late at night and ask to borrow her piano to play for Ling... He'd be chopped into mincemeat by the end, wouldn't that be too easy a death?

Even without an instrument, you still have your voice; singing is one way to improve. However, Lu Mingfei's singing skills were only half there. Back in junior high, Shilan Middle School held a selection process for choir members among its students. After hearing him utter a few "ahs," the music teacher shook his head regretfully and moved on to the next student, probably thinking he was beyond help.

Actually, he was faking it at the time. He wasn't the kind of person who was naturally tone-deaf when it came to singing. People with an absurdly strong sense of rhythm usually don't have problems with pronunciation.

The main reason is that he is not interested in singing.

If he were to participate in the choir performance, he would have to stay after school every afternoon to rehearse. But he was in junior high school at the time, and there was no one in the choir he wanted to stay with. After the performance, no one would come to pick him up, and he would have to walk home alone, and his aunt might nag him with all sorts of sarcastic remarks... It seemed like there was nothing but harm in it all.

With so much time to spare, you might as well go to an internet cafe or arcade and have a blast!

He'd been playing this role for far too long, like wearing a mask that he couldn't take off after a while. Now, when he actually needed to use it, he felt at a loss for words.

"that……"

Lu Mingfei scratched his head, a brilliant idea flashed through his mind, and he came up with a perfect solution.

"Shall I hum a few lines for you?"

Humming is different; who hasn't hummed a few lines on a whim? Moreover, this thing focuses on the melody, so there's no need to worry about the lyrics at all—it's simple, convenient, and quick!
"it is good."

Zero looked at him quietly and agreed.

So Lu Mingfei started humming a song.

As someone who wasn't particularly interested in singing, and didn't listen to music much either, his mental "music library" was practically empty. Fortunately, with an exceptionally gifted sense of rhythm—one of the best in the world—he had an even simpler and more direct way to achieve this.

That's improvised.

The melody emerged naturally, fluctuating with the ebb and flow of his emotions, as if it had always been there. Yet, in reality, it was just a collection of meaningless basic notes beforehand. What countless composers need time and inspiration to create, was simply a fleeting whim for Lu Mingfei.

Geniuses are supposed to be unreasonable, because reason is just common sense for ordinary people, while geniuses are unrestrained. There are always such people in every field; their existence is meant to show you that the world is inherently unfair.

[Emotional Resonance], activated!

The melody composed of those notes seemed to leap up as if it were real, like surging waves that rushed in all directions, filling the entire villa in just an instant.

His "vision" suddenly shifted, not appearing before his eyes, but directly imprinted in his mind—within a hazy gray mist, two small blue dots, one higher and one lower, remained motionless, the lower one positioned next to the green triangle representing himself. This seemed to represent…an individual with whom he could resonate? And the difference in height meant he could perceive even their specific location?

Lu Mingfei raised an eyebrow slightly, and after only a moment of stunned silence, he thoughtfully used another term.

[Spatial Configuration], Initiated!

Combo attacks are a technique Lu Mingfei frequently uses. Many attributes, when combined, can achieve a synergistic effect greater than the sum of their parts (1+1>2). Based on the current side effects of [Emotional Resonance], [Spatial Configuration] seems to be the most suitable combination…

Everything within a ten-meter radius was rendered with unparalleled precision in his mind—a 3D architectural model, Lu Mingfei's familiar home presented in real-time in another form. To be precise, it was somewhat similar to when he forcibly took over Ye Sheng's Word of Power: Vacuum Serpent, but much more detailed, though the range wasn't as large.

The positions of the two small blue dots were transformed into character models, realistically rendered in real-time, one-to-one scale. One of them was Zero right in front of him, and the other…

Su Xiaoqiang!
She was hiding at the corner of the stairs on the third floor? The sound of the door closing earlier had completely fooled Lu Mingfei; he wouldn't have noticed her if she hadn't heard him humming and been marked with [Emotional Resonance].

So this actually can be used as a map-finding entry; as long as others can hear the sound, it can be used to locate the location. And the wider the range of the sound, the more individuals will be affected…

For some reason, Lu Mingfei thought of the Word of Power: Emperor. In the dragon clan data he had seen, this Word of Power's serial number was 1, the beginning of all Words of Power. It was said to have no practical effect, but it would cause an absolute psychological shock to the dragons and hybrids within the domain.

The information also states that, according to legend, in ancient times, the domain of the Black King Nidhogg was so vast that it could cover all of Europe and even parts of Asia. His low growls from his throne would resonate within the domain, and the power of the Word of Power, the Emperor, swept across the European continent and across the Ural Mountains. Wherever he went, the descendants of the dragon race would kneel and worship in the direction of the throne.

A thought naturally surfaced in Lu Mingfei's mind—

"If I set up a global broadcast, and then learn how that Word of Power Emperor pronounces it, and feel what kind of emotion it evokes, wouldn't I be able to create an even bigger commotion than the Black King did back then?"

Wait a minute, putting aside the scale of the disturbance, the global reach and the impact on all individuals affected by the sound... Keep in mind that [Emotional Resonance] is consumed based on the range, the number of individuals, and its intensity! If we actually did that, I'd probably be reduced to ashes in the next second, right?
If we really have to do it, it seems like we could use [phenotypic simulation] to simulate another first-generation species...

Of course, this is impossible.

Lu Mingfei didn't have much resistance to simulating the first generation of the species. That state was like having a bunch of cheat codes like unlimited health and unlimited mana. It was not only fun, but also had no side effects.

The problem is not whether he wants to or not, but whether he can—the simulation requires blood, and the amount of blood stored at the tip of the Overlord Spear is not much. Some of it has already been used up, and a rough estimate suggests that it is only enough for three more uses.

"It seems I've gone astray again..."

Lu Mingfei snapped out of his reverie and focused on feeling the [emotional resonance]... It's not enough to just perceive it within the "field of vision"; you need to "connect" in order to proceed to the next step of "resonance"!
He tried to connect to the past.

Su Xiaoqiang connected successfully with virtually no resistance, and the small blue dot in her "view" turned green, indicating a successful connection.

But here at Zero, Lu Mingfei unsurprisingly encountered an unexpected situation.

(End of this chapter)