"Please endure"—those words themselves are a curse.
Elysia hung suspended in mid-air, her kimono draped over her shoulders in silky strands, like a cascading waterfall.
She craned her long neck, teeth clenched, her body writhing like a snake pinned to a cutting board.
Ye Feng knelt before Elysia, as if in prayer, as if on a pilgrimage.
His heart was devout, with no other thought.
Elysia had bitten her teeth together, but sound still escaped through her nose.
It rose and fell, sometimes rapid, sometimes long and drawn out. When strung together, it sounded as if she were humming a beautiful melody...
Melodious and moving, with a lingering echo.
It was enough to make one lose themselves in it.
Speaking of which, when Elysia spoke, it was already like flowers singing, a delight to the mind and body.
Even without words, one could almost see the dancing musical notes.
And at this moment, that was even more so the case.
The greeting hummed through her nose truly resembled an interwoven musical score.
"Hmm?"
Ye Feng tilted his head up, his eyes wide. His expression was serious, as if he were pondering something.
Before long, as if to verify some answer, Ye Feng began to experiment.
Elysia's nasal tones changed accordingly.
'Just as I thought...'
Ye Feng narrowed his eyes, smiling like a musician who had just made a major breakthrough.
As everyone knows.
The tongue is a vital organ for eating and speech. It is an organ that moves within the oral cavity, has a special sense of taste, and aids in chewing, swallowing, and pronunciation.
But beyond that, the tongue has an even more important function: playing musical instruments.
In the playing of wind instruments, the tongue plays a crucial role in controlling the start and end of notes, similar to the function of a switch. Through the movement of the tongue, one can control the flow of air, thereby producing or stopping sound.
Specifically, wind instruments like the flute, piccolo, and saxophone all require tongue movements to control the emission and cessation of notes.
Some instruments, like the sheng, also have special tongue techniques, such as flutter-tonguing, which uses control of the airflow within the oral cavity to produce a granular, wave-like sound, enriching the artistic expression of the instrument.
And right now, Ye Feng was doing the same thing.
Through special techniques, he could make Elysia produce different sounds.
The sounds Elysia made would vary in pitch, and by making adjustments, Ye Feng could have her produce specific sounds according to his needs.
Then, Ye Feng began to tune Elysia and played a song: "Spring Sunlight."
It was intermittent, and some of the notes weren't perfectly accurate, but he had indeed played it.
"?♪"
"?"
Mebius sensed that something was wrong.
Even Elysia felt a sense of bewilderment.
Wait... am I... singing?
Mebius's eyes widened.
She was truly worthy of being one of the greatest scientists of the Previous Era; she quickly figured out the reason.
It was Ye Feng.
Was he "tuning" Elysia's notes?
Mebius found it hard to believe.
It might look simple, what Ye Feng was doing, but it required analyzing an astronomical amount of data.
Moreover, to be able to collect and analyze the information in such a short time and immediately apply it in practice was something that not even the most powerful AI of the Previous Era could achieve.
Elysia, at this moment, was both ashamed and mortified.
She didn't know what was wrong with her.
Why had she suddenly started... singing?
Was she expressing joy?
No, Eden said that songs can carry emotions.
And emotions aren't limited to just joy; there's also sadness, anger, and grief.
That's right, how could I possibly feel joy from something like this?
Elysia struggled to lower her head, her gaze meeting Ye Feng's upturned one.
"...Aaa~~♪"
She had just prepared to say something, but a reflex action that affected her whole body caused her to sing instead.
That one note sent the pink [Pleasure Meter] soaring, almost to the point of breaking.
"Please endure"—those words themselves are a curse.
Even Chong Chong could hold back, so naturally, Elysia was more than capable.
Even in this situation, she could still form relatively clear words.
"...Mr. Ye~ Feng♪ what did you~ do~~ to me♪ why... have I become~~ so strange~~♪"
Ye Feng smiled without a word.
He was a man who loved to "learn." Having just mastered a new instrument, he of course had to solidify the basics.
Ye Feng's eyes darted, and he decided to play another piece: "The Flawless Hüman."
Just as Elysia had gotten used to it, the melody changed again.
In order not to make any embarrassing sounds, she could only clench her teeth once more, but the sound from her nose was incessant...
Mebius, who had been watching the show, finally snapped out of her shock. She looked at the singing Elysia and suddenly felt a little jealous.
Why didn't Ye Feng spend this much effort on her?
The little snake felt that she also had many functions that could be developed.
"Tsk."
Mebius clicked her tongue, a little displeased.
"That's enough!"
She was not a person who enjoyed self-torture. If she couldn't stand to watch something, then she wouldn't watch it.
Mebius raised her hand, releasing Elysia from her bonds, and in turn, bound Ye Feng.
Ye Feng was happy to oblige, letting the little snake do as she pleased.
Mebius said, "Elysia, now it's your turn."
"Eh~ Me?♪"
Even though Ye Feng's tongue was no longer tuning her, Elysia's voice still carried the lingering charm of a song.
Mebius found it annoying to listen to.
"Yes."
"..."
Mebius said coldly, "Hurry up. Or do you need me to give you a hand and push your head down?"
Elysia looked at Mebius's snake-like eyes and suddenly felt that she was so cold, so heartless, so unreasonable.
"This kind of thing... this kind of thing..."
"If you don't do it, you'll be considered to have lost."
"Eh? How can you..."
"Then do it!"
Mebius's phantom image stepped forward and pushed Elysia to her knees.
"?"
What? A phantom image can touch things?
Elysia turned her head in surprise, but before she could turn all the way, Mebius grabbed her head and forcefully pushed it forward...
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World Bubble.
"Is this all it takes? Can it really suppress her bloodlust?"
Dark Seele watched as Seele used so-called "magic" to trace an eerie, crimson curve on Yuexia's lower abdomen.
"...Seele doesn't know either. Brother Ye Feng said there's a Yuexia in his world too, so maybe they can be connected through a 'link'."
"A link? You mean because that world and the real world have the same NPC?"
Speaking of "that world," Dark Seele was clearly displeased.
After all, the two times she had been in Ye Feng's world, she had spent them stuck in a wall.
"That's only one of the conditions. Brother Ye Feng said that what's more important is... us."
"Us?"
"Mhm. Seele, and you... we can exist in both worlds at the same time. Brother Ye Feng said..."
"Brother Ye Feng, Brother Ye Feng, all you talk about is Brother Ye Feng, isn't it annoying! You're just messing around without knowing anything. Besides, who the hell knows if this Ye Feng you keep talking about is a good guy or a bad guy."
"...I-I'm sorry."
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