Entertainment: A song that brought his deceased wife back to life.

The challenge match has officially begun.

With global live streaming access, the number of concurrent online viewers exceeded 60 million at the start.

The performances of the first five singers were mediocre.

Lin Bonian sang a revamped old song, which was solid but lacked surprises.

Kay Tse brought out her best folk poem, which the judges gave a high score to, but the audience's attention was not on her.

Because everyone is waiting for one person.

Waiting for that "vocal weapon" that flew in from Vienna.

The sixth challenger to appear was Elena Vetrova.

In the waiting area, Luo Qianyu sat next to Xu Qing, with an old guitar between them.

She noticed that Xu Qing had brought this violin with her before leaving home today, but she hadn't touched the strings once along the way.

"Aren't you going on stage today?"

Luo Qianyu asked using a note.

Xu Qing shook her head: "Today is a challenge match, against the original singers, it has nothing to do with me."

Luo Qianyu wrote on the back of the note: "Then why did you bring the guitar?"

Xu Qing did not answer.

On stage, the host announced the appearance of the sixth challenger.

The lights dimmed.

A pale spotlight shone on the center of the stage, and Elena walked out from the side curtain.

She changed into a black dress, her long hair flowing down her shoulders, and her entire demeanor instantly transformed from the easygoing one of the daytime to an extremely imposing and domineering demon queen.

A string orchestra of twenty people followed behind.

Cello, viola, double bass – all instruments in a dark color scheme.

There wasn't a single bright color.

Even the lamps on the music stand emitted a cold white light, giving off an eerie, unapproachable aura.

Chen Che sat at the piano on the far right of the string orchestra, his ten fingers resting on the keys, his face expressionless.

The host announces: "Challenger singer Elena Vetrova will be performing 'Siren'."

The moment the song title appeared on the big screen, Xu Qing's heart skipped a beat, and the emotions in her eyes froze instantly.

Luo Qianyu immediately reached out and gripped his wrist tightly.

Xu Qing gently squeezed her fingers back.

"fine."

He spoke those two words with an unusually calm tone.

But Luo Qianyu could clearly feel that the pulse on his wrist was beating almost twice as fast as usual, like a drumbeat.

On the stage, Chen Che's fingers fell.

The first chord of the piano begins.

It's not a regular chord.

It was a ninth chord in E-flat minor, vibrating with a low-frequency buzz that went straight out of the human ear's comfort zone.

Luo Qianyu felt something suffocate her chest.

It wasn't pain, but an indescribable feeling of tightness that spread directly from my chest to every part of my body.

She instinctively gripped Xu Qing's hand even tighter.

The other singers in the waiting area also couldn't sit still.

Lin Bonian silently put down his thermos, his right hand unconsciously pressing against his chest.

Kay Tse's expression changed slightly, and she shrank back. If it weren't for the live broadcast, she would have even taken out her nitroglycerin pills.

The song hasn't been performed yet.

The piano prelude alone was enough to deliver a devastating blow to everyone present on a physical level.

Then, Elena spoke.

Her first note started from an extremely low position, so low that it sounded like a cello drawing a long bow.

The sound seemed to crawl along the floor, through the gaps between the seats, into everyone's trouser legs, and climb up their spines.

In the third section, her voice suddenly rose in pitch.

There was no build-up, just a sudden, explosive burst!

The vibrato burst forth from the chest cavity all the way into the head cavity, exploding at a terrifying frequency of six times per second, the powerful sound pressure making the air in the studio tremble.

Some people in the first row of the audience instinctively covered their ears.

It wasn't because it was too noisy, but because that frequency precisely struck at humanity's most primal instinct for fear.

Xu Qing's face was visibly pale.

Luo Qianyu saw that his lips were trembling.

It's not because of the cold.

It's his deep-seated PTSD that's being frantically awakened by this melody—

The laboratory seven years ago, Lily's devastating screams, Marcus's cold commands, the arm he had gripped so tightly only to be pulled away in the end...

All the fragments of memory buried under the ruins are being cruelly uprooted by this song, "Siren".

Elena sang the second chorus.

The string orchestra went all out, with twenty bows simultaneously producing a deathly high frequency that lasted for eight beats.

Even if Xu Qing turned to ashes, he would recognize that frequency.

A 43478 Hz frequency-modulated and down-frequency version.

The resonant base of the Siren system.

That was the devilish code he typed out himself back then.

Xu Qing's right hand began to spasm uncontrollably.

He tried desperately to suppress it, but his fingers wouldn't obey him at all; they curled, clenched, and loosened, until finally his whole arm was trembling violently.

"Clang!"

The guitar that had been resting on his lap slammed onto the floor with a dull, jarring sound.

All the singers in the waiting area turned their gazes toward them instantly.

Adam, who was sitting in the corner, saw this scene, his azure eyes narrowed, and he jumped up from his chair.

But someone was faster than him.

Luo Qianyu.

She didn't exclaim in surprise, nor did she ask, "What's wrong with you?"

Like a protective little beast, she pounced on the chair and wrapped her arms tightly around Xu Qing's trembling body.

A hand reached behind his head and forcefully pressed his face into the hollow of his shoulder.

With her other hand, she covered his ears completely.

The live stream camera angle happened to switch to the waiting area.

In that instant, over 60 million viewers worldwide clearly witnessed this breathtaking scene—

A girl who was just over 1.6 meters tall held a tall man who was 1.8 meters tall tightly in her arms, using her slender shoulders to shield him from all the chaos and turmoil.

Her lips pressed against Xu Qing's ear.

She is singing.

The sound was so low that even the live broadcast microphone could only faintly pick up a few syllables.

But Xu Qing heard it clearly.

She sang "Xiao Yu".

"There are always some surprising fish...like when I met you."

Luo Qianyu's vocal cords, which had just begun to recover, were dry and hoarse, and her singing was completely off-key, especially in the high register.

But she sang with unwavering determination.

Unwavering to an unbelievable degree.

Amidst the off-key singing, Xu Qing's twitching right hand miraculously relaxed little by little at the end of the fourth measure.

Xu Qing's initially rapid breathing gradually became deeper and longer.

His face was buried deep in Luo Qianyu's shoulder, making it impossible to see his expression.

But Luo Qianyu could clearly feel that the man in her arms was no longer trembling.

On stage, Elena's final, incredibly high note pierced the ceiling of the studio, the lingering echo of the coloratura falling like shattered jade.

The entire venue was deathly silent for a full five seconds, before erupting into applause and screams loud enough to lift the roof off.

Judge Fang Hong's scoreboard lit up—99.5!

Second highest score in history!

The entire waiting area erupted in gasps of amazement, completely captivated by this "vocal weapon."

But Luo Qianyu completely ignored the commotion outside.

She simply held Xu Qing tightly, whispering in his ear again and again.

It's not singing, it's speaking.

His voice was hoarse and cracked, yet it carried immense weight.

"I'm here."

"I'm here."

"I'm not going anywhere."

Xu Qing's left hand, which had been hanging down, finally slowly rose and took the initiative to hold her back.

His fingertips dug deep into the fabric of her coat, so forcefully that the clothes were deformed.

Luo Qianyu didn't say a word, but just patted his back like she was coaxing a child.

She simply hugged him even tighter.