Chapter 123 Part 2
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Chapter 123 Part 2: The World Again, Called "Lighting" (2)
Whether it’s Qingxuan’s "Heart Flow" or Shuzhu’s choreography, they have a much bigger impact than her. The only eye-catching solo on her stage is also a product of cheating using magic.
Fortunately, this time she didn’t hold back the team too much.
The most crucial thing is that the lantern disguised as a Mobius strip is greedily swallowing up a large amount of positive emotions provided by fans, a large amount of Magic Crystal gathering, continuously expanding the capacity of the magic center, proving that the audience is very satisfied with it.
– lantern, pool, river, sea.
This is a rough grading of magical power.
When Chu Yuanqing first awakened, she didn’t even have the power of a lantern level, which is a low-tier level. It’s only through exposure on stage in "Dazzling Stage," fermenting public opinion, growing fan base, that she barely reached the minimum threshold of a lantern level.
This magic conversion ratio is not conserved.
The main reason is that the lantern, as the manifestation of the soul, is constantly being crushed by the Sea of Truth, in a half-shattered Schroedinger’s state of being both shattered and not.
Chu Yuanqing’s soul, as a container of magic, loses some magic each time it breaks like a cup being immediately repaired after being shattered.
In simple terms, she can maintain her magic power now because she receives a lot of attention from others, which can transform into positive energy. The magic power she gains balances out or even exceeds the magic power lost in daily life.
Therefore, to gather enough magic power and climb to a higher level of magic, she can only rely on increasing her popularity, gaining more fans who love her, and a special promotion method like the stage that can instantly gather a large amount of magic power.
Judging from the feedback in the final minutes of "ACUTE", her magical power can increase by more than ten times after complete fermentation, truly reaching the threshold of upgrading to the level of Initiation – "ignite".
The word "level" in the level realm not only represents the amount of magical power, but also describes the core of the magical girl.
– Ignite.
Each magical girl carries a lamp, and just like Little Sakura’s earrings, the green-eyed cat’s brooch, and the golden retriever’s watch, although they are called lamps, they do not look like lamps at all.
The reason is simple, their lamps are in the budding stage and need to be filled with magic power before the lamps can truly reveal their true form, and thereby construct their own Magic Armor.
Chu Yuanqing starts with Magic Armor because she is an extraordinary Pure White Witch, but her Magic Armor is just for show due to her lamp being too weak. There isn’t much difference whether she has it or not.
After the official lighting of the Magic Armor, Chu Yuanqing transformed into a magical girl with incredible powers.
Therefore, for Chu Yuanqing who desired power, lighting the Magic Armor was the first and most important step.
At that moment, the bullet comments in the live chat filled with excitement and support for Chu Yuanqing’s mission to save the world.
"I can’t believe it, Honey Qing is straight? I refuse to believe it! Her hair is so straight, but people can’t be that straight!"
Of course, there were still people genuinely interested in the PK battle on stage.
"Uh-oh, this team is performing so well, and with Great Devil’s ‘Heart Flow’ pressuring them, it seems like Little Sakura’s team might be in trouble."
"It all comes down to the stage effects scoring. It’s easy to say that, but it doesn’t seem like it’ll be much lower than the last ‘Dangerous Party.’"
As expected, Tutor Group quickly calculated the scores, removing the highest and lowest scores to get an impressive average of 46 points.
Even though it was 3 points lower than the ‘Dangerous Party,’ the significantly high scores from the last competition were mostly due to Great Devil’s ‘Heart Flow’ making its first appearance, impressing the audience.
This time, the evaluation was more fair and rational, but still received a rare high score, showing the excellence of "ACUTE".
At this point, the total score was successfully calculated, projected onto the virtual screen.
– 88.5 points.
With this high score, bullet comments were full of emotion:
"Isn’t this the highest score in the history of stage PK battles? Last time, "Dangerous Party" received 88 points. Considering the complexity of the three-person dance, the additional 0.5 points indicate a rising trend."
"Little Sakura is in a difficult situation, lacking advantage in the performance. She was preempted by Great Devil’s "Heart Flow", risking a repeat of her defeat like Conqueror Nian."
"Great Devil’s "Heart Flow" has a big advantage in information asymmetry. Probably only Conqueror Nian and Ji Shuzhu are aware of it. Other contestants are still unaware of her mastering "Heart Flow", let alone its specific effects."
"It’s not definite, right? In a match of "Heart Flow" against "Heart Flow", Little Sakura may not necessarily lose. Don’t forget, she was the first contestant to truly understand "Heart Flow"."
"But you also need to consider the team composition. Great Devil has a 3A lineup, while Little Sakura is missing one A, placing her at an inherent disadvantage."
The debate over these "bullet comments" expressed the thoughts of many people.
Xie Qingxuan’s stage dominance, Chu Yuanqing’s charm, Ji Shuzhu’s choreography – the combination of these three factors has heightened the atmosphere to its peak, leaving emotionally overwhelmed audience members feeling satisfied and almost unable to imagine how this team could lose.
However, the highlight of "Heart Flow" is the huge attraction to "Heart Flow," which still leaves the outcome of the competition full of suspense.
Chu Wang Shu’s fans are quite relaxed, viewing her as a mascot of sorts. They only want to see her lively and cute on stage, preferably succeeding in several performances. They are currently praying for high scores for the stage and smooth promotion to the A1 area.
Tang Liuli’s supporters are mostly long-time fans accumulated from her past works. Their gaze towards this green-eyed cat is imbued with admiration and affection for her growth.
Well, the symptoms are quite similar to Chu Wang Shu’s childhood idol filter, but more "fandom-like." They think this child is super cute and pleasing no matter what she does, not caring at all if she will win or lose. All their attention is on her new hairstyle with twin ponytails.
And under the gaze of the public,
This team, either criticized or anticipated, appeared on the live broadcast.
The three performers wore simple stage outfits, different from Chu Yuanqing’s team’s more formal style leaning towards musical theatre. They all wore a template of a white shirt and pleated skirt, with only minor differences in style and details, exuding a youthful and pure charm.
They slowly walked onto the stage together.
Kirimi Miyuki walked to the center of the stage, stood with her hands behind her back, and looked down at her toes.
Tang Liuli and Chu Wang Shu stood neatly behind her, mimicking the same movements.
In the front view, the three of them stood together, only seeing the facade of Little Sakura, seemingly smiling.
At the same time, the virtual reality backdrop disappeared, dispersing the atmosphere of the previous musical, leaving only the stage lights starting to illuminate.
The light prelude of the music began to play.
Tang Liuli and Chu Wang Shu moved to each side, stood slightly still, then followed the rhythm to lift their gaze towards the camera with Little Sakura, showing an infectiously cute smile. The three of them then danced together, hands above their heads in unison, spinning around.
The girl’s pleated skirt twirled beautifully, heralding the peak of summer youth in the classic style of Pop Dance, like a gentle breeze passing over everyone’s hearts.
This dance was…
"Into the New World".
