Chapter 246: All The Dirty Tricks Used On Teammates
“Soaring through the nine heavens, breaking the firmament, of the twelve zodiacs I am the dragon.”
After finding Tian Jun, his Song Relay started with an awkward line. This song, let alone Yu Wei, even Qi Luo An hadn’t heard it…
Teacher Tian, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, how could he like this kind of song? But since it’s the prompt, they could only follow up.
Dragon character, now it’s really become a Song Relay.
Qi Luo An thought for a long time and finally connected successfully with a line from an old song’s lyrics, passing the pressure to Yu Wei.
“Dragon, but it’s the emperor’s omen.”
“What gibberish are you saying? Time to respond with a song.”
This prompt was obviously much harder than the previous ones, so the second day’s teaming task started off somewhat unfavorably.
The “long” character really isn’t easy to match. Yu Wei thought for a long time before recalling a line from Obscure Characters.
“Dragon soaring every nook and cranny.”
These are lyrics?
Even if the Program Team knew Yu Wei had the operation of using drafts for the relay, wasn’t this line a bit too inexplicable…
Lyrics should at least have some clear meaning, right? Becoming a werewolf is strange but at least the sentence flows; this really isn’t a sentence Yu Wei made up on the spot, is it?
“Which ‘dá’ is that?”
Qi Luo An, who studied Chinese language, couldn’t recognize the character just from the pronunciation. After Yu Wei wrote it out next to her, she finally had some impression.
Isn’t this purely an obscure character? Putting it in lyrics is just to stump people, right?
Tian Jun next to them listened with great interest. Listing obscure characters and turning them into a song—seems kinda interesting. This project gets a vote from his fifth grade language teacher!
“Teacher Yu, is this…”
Hard to imagine this was pre-written inventory by Yu Wei. It’s really not something he improvised to get the task done, right?
“This song really exists. Releasing it today.”
An Internet Celebrity Song like Obscure Characters is very suitable for AI to sing. No emotional elements, just sing it out.
Yesterday, to exchange for South of the Mountain, he wrote a native battle. Today, just right to write a formal Competition for the reader lords to taste something fresh.
This song was really popular back then, not only spreading wildly across the net but also getting shoutouts from official media, a true case of fame and fortune.
Hearing Yu Wei say it’s releasing today, the Program Team immediately counted it as passed. With him saying it to this extent, it naturally couldn’t be fake.
Besides, the official episode airs half a month later. By then, lots of people will have heard the song and can see for themselves.
“Is this a serious song?”
Qi Luo An still couldn’t imagine what this song would be like. It couldn’t be completely meaningless lyrics, right? That kind of art is too avant-garde.
“Pretty serious.”
On the way to the next stop, Yu Wei coded the related Chapter in the car. This time, let Zhang Lingye be the AI opponent for this song.
Last time, Zhang Lingye had been Qi Yuan’s Guest Singer for a song, now it was his turn to take the stage personally.
When the time comes, as long as he wins the Competition and picks this Obscure Characters, he can definitely borrow the momentum to explode in popularity. Can’t forget a brother with such a good thing.
Yu Wei hadn’t coded many words when the car arrived. Seeing the familiar Logistics Warehouse, he knew who it was. Where’s Liu Wang?
Where’s his car parked? At least let me take another look at the machine soul…
“I once fell into boundless Darkness
Wanting to struggle but unable to free myself.”
Hearing the voice before seeing the person, Liu Wang directly sang a line from The Ordinary Road. This was his Duet Track with Yu Wei, naturally of great significance.
He walked out smiling from the side, clearly this lyric line was his prompt.
“Ba” character relay…
Damn, seems not that easy either. String your heart with my heart?
Not right, always burning inventory isn’t good. Yu Wei still planned to hold back a bit, at least save something for himself.
Qi Luo An was quick-witted and soon connected with a “ba” character line, then looked at Yu Wei curiously. At the start of this Game, she was still worried; now she was numb.
This kid, whatever he comes up with wouldn’t be strange.
“Ba xiao kui yuan chi mei wang liang.”
“What the heck?”
It even scared out Qi Luo An’s Beijing accent. What kind of lyrics are these? She didn’t read much, but are these really lyrics?
Started by shaking out some inventory, now straight to nonsense. Who taught you to write lyrics like this?
Pulling all the dirty tricks on teammates!
“Still from that same song earlier.”
Yu Wei, as usual, wrote out the few obscure characters next to her. Lyrics starting with “ba” character, no problem.
Anyway, this song is releasing today, doesn’t matter one or two lines. Perfect to complete the task.
Hearing this, Qi Luo An’s staff were even more confused. Two inexplicable lyric lines in a row from this song? Is this really a serious song?
One line could be excused as creative technique, but two inexplicable ones clearly showed this kid did it intentionally.
Lyrics without specific meaning, written to stump people—confirmed.
Then they had to listen properly to Yu Wei’s new song. Seen weird songs, but this weird one’s a first…
Unfortunately, Liu Wang had no culture. Hearing it was Yu Wei’s new song, he straight-up called it awesome. If he didn’t understand, it must be his own problem.
He’d followed Yu Wei to take down the Number One Person in Domestic Entertainment, so he naturally trusted Yu Wei immensely. He’d question anyone before Teacher Yu.
“Your song’s got a bit of an evil vibe.”
Qi Luo An still couldn’t glimpse the full picture of the song from these two lines, nor know what mindset Yu Wei had to create it.
But she realized another issue. If Yu Wei planned to continue advancing the Competition in his Novel these two days, what about the Performance songs?
At least it’s the program’s finale; can’t really slack off. Yu Wei’s response: “Don’t you have your book too?”
They’d teamed up, so asking her to help write some songs—what’s wrong? The two books’ worldviews are connected; don’t write it for nothing.
Thinking of easily exchanging four-digit data for songs made Yu Wei happy. His book leaned business, Qi Luo An’s leaned sports.
“Forcing me to churn out filler again?”
Qi Luo An didn’t refuse. Anyway, readers all knew; once the Song Title was out, everyone would know the purpose and wouldn’t blame her for writing arbitrarily.
Yu Wei wasn’t in a hurry, first update his own Novel methodically.
[On stage, a slender Male Singer stood before the standing mic, facing the judges’ scrutinizing gazes and the faint murmurs below. He nodded slightly and announced the Song Title Obscure Characters.
After a brief silence, a catchy melody rang out.
He opened not with immediate Technique display, but with a clear, plain voice line, singing a tribute to Chinese Characters.
“Qiong qiong lone standing, foul air as one
Alone trudging, nectar enlightenment
Generations of Descendants regarded as a model
Dragon soaring every nook and cranny…”
In the backstage Lounge, the relaxed expression on Zhang Lingye’s face had long vanished. His opponent seemed to not play by the rules.]
Seeing the lyrics appear in the Novel’s main text, Qi Luo An was stunned. Buddy, you’re for real?
The lyrics not only included Yu Wei’s morning Song Relay line but also a bunch of other inexplicable ones.
Alright then, turns out the Song Title is Obscure Characters. So he knew this song doesn’t play by the rules…
Whatever else Qi Luo An didn’t know, she knew Zhang Lingye was in for it. New Chapter out, Comment Section exploded.
“No way, did the software glitch with garbled text?”
“Don’t tell me this string of gibberish is lyrics.”
“Obviously it is. Song Title’s literally Obscure Characters.”
“Hate authors who write obscure characters without pinyin, thinking they’re cultured? (Memes don’t @ me).”
Compared to lyrics without specific meaning, these glaring obscure characters were even more eye-catching.
Don’t lyrics emphasize ease of singing and spread? Lyrics like this definitely won’t spread easily. No Popularity for an AI Work, no votes.
Comment Section already popping champagne for Zhang Lingye. With such abstract lyrics, opponent Zhang Lingye wins lying down?
The man himself, Zhang Lingye, only learned from fans notifying him. He’d just sent his Competition Video to Yu Wei to arrange freely. Who’d think he’d get matched with this opponent.
Really win lying down…
He knew a bit about Song Creation too. From a Technique angle, these lyrics really had no Reason; sentences didn’t flow, no Emotion. Probably Yu Wei’s Discarded Draft for fun.
These lyrics were just too hard to recognize. Zhang Lingye counted as cultured in the Entertainment Industry, but even he was stumped at a glance.
Can’t even read the lyrics, probably won’t go viral.
Yu Wei’s previous few Discarded Drafts went the rapid viral Internet Celebrity Song route, but this one had too many obscure characters in lyrics, hard to spread.
No Depth, no virality. Could brother be letting him win?
Zhang Lingye, full of doubt, asked Yu Wei. They’re bros, but backdooring this obviously?
“Win and remember to pick this song. Trust bro.”
Seeing Yu Wei’s reply, he was even more confused. Winning this Joke work should be easy, but picking this song? No need…
Library has songs suitable for him too. Need to pick something this abstract? Zhang Lingye fell into thought.
Might be a bit wasteful?
He was obviously overthinking. In Yu Wei’s view, it wouldn’t even be easy for Zhang Lingye to win. Obscure Characters didn’t need Technique analysis.
Measure this song by Musicality, and yeah it’s just okay. But in cultural symbols, the song still has some Practical Significance.
Just see if Zhang Lingye can seize this Opportunity. Worth picking or not, known once the Song releases.
Discussion on the lyrics was still rising. In netizens’ eyes, this was just Yu Wei’s gimmick Entertainment work.
Conspiracy Theories outright said this was Yu Wei intentionally throwing points to let his former Teammate Advance.
Yu Wei had no time for that. That afternoon, he recruited two more Civilians, leaving only Sakuraya Rio as the last of the eight Teammates.
After the program’s Recording ended, he went straight to the Company to record the song, having the Technical Department make an AI version.
Evening’s second Chapter Update: AI version Obscure Characters Competition Video officially released.
Almost the instant the Update notification appeared, readers who’d seen the lyrics during the day clicked in. They at least had to hear what Yu Wei’s song was about.
Naturally including opponent Zhang Lingye. Yu Wei telling him to pick it must have Reason; brother wouldn’t harm him.
Could this song really have something worthwhile?
Zhang Lingye idly lay on the sofa and opened the Easter Egg Chapter. Prelude’s pretty ordinary. Bro not joking with him, right?
But after listening a bit further, he sensed something off. Starting with such grand scale? Bad premonition…
True to its name, the video’s lyrics had plenty of obscure characters. Zhang Lingye felt more and more uneasy the more he looked.
He suddenly got it. This song couldn’t go viral on being easy to understand, but excessive complexity itself was a Gimmick.
Left Hand Points to the Moon was a great example—just because it’s hard, tons followed with Challenges. This song’s “character recognition Challenge” was probably already underway.
Combine with the opening lines, add Cultural Identity for spread—he didn’t dare imagine how viral this song would get.
Done for!
Zhang Lingye was still pondering whether to pick it, but now? Clearly he couldn’t beat this song…
Can pick it and still picky? Taking it for granted?
“Buddy, you screwed me!”
Zhang Lingye shot up from his seat, feeling like he was about to become an AI captive.
Thought Yu Wei wanted to let him this time; didn’t expect even dirtier hands. Pulling all the dirty tricks on teammates!
