[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-a-low-rank-female-goes-viral-across-the-galaxy":3,"chapter-a-low-rank-female-goes-viral-across-the-galaxy-a-low-rank-female-goes-viral-across-the-galaxy-chapter-99":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","A Low Rank Female Goes Viral Across the Galaxy",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1390878,1844,"Chapter 99: Boy Band or Music Band","a-low-rank-female-goes-viral-across-the-galaxy-chapter-99",99,"\u003Cp>The first three acts to take the stage were the kind that completely bombed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few of the teams that came on later were decent enough—they followed the rules, at the very least.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The compositions had no real high points, but the singers coordinated well enough. Compared to the chaotic messes from before, they were at least listenable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, no one was particularly satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a selection for the top twenty, not the top hundred!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this were for the top hundred, an ordinary but fundamentally flawless performance with no glaring mistakes would have been enough to avoid a low score.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... this was for the top twenty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could the twenty composers selected from so many races across the entire Interstellar be such an unremarkable bunch?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, the judges and the audience grew harsher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after seven or eight acts had finished, they had barely cast any of their votes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the judges’ scores, not a single team had managed to break 90 points yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The judges and the live audience are still being rational.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It’ll be a real joke if this season’s top ten can’t even break 90.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Seriously, it’s just a band song. Is it that hard? Or are all these composers just frauds?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[And the singers! They’re supposed to be superstars, so what is this chaotic mess they’re singing?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Let’s not be too harsh, everyone. Three days is probably too short.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yeah, my idol’s group only got the song from the composer this morning. How are they supposed to practice?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under these circumstances, it’s amazing they can even remember the score and lyrics.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This situation continued until Master Finland’s piece was performed, at which point the crowd’s tension finally eased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the other acts, this team could be described as polished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even those who had been clamoring for refunds and demanding compensation for emotional distress from the production team started to calm down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finland’s team was matched with five male singers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She chose only one lead vocalist, relegating the other four to being backup dancers who occasionally provided harmony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, while this kind of arrangement could be put together quickly, it wasn’t easy to pull off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, she had to get the singers to willingly accept her arrangement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, such an arrangement meant four of them would be relegated to the background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all on equal footing and had come for the exposure, so who would truly be willing to be a mere prop for someone else?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t unheard of for composers to force singers to cooperate; while the singers wouldn’t dare breach their contracts and quit the show, they could still sabotage the performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A seemingly \"unintentional\" stage accident would be enough to get back at the composer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As mentioned before, the singers didn’t need votes; they needed exposure. If a win-win situation wasn’t possible, why should they play nice?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also why the earlier teams’ performances had been so disorganized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one was content with being a backup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, to have assembled such a team so quickly was already quite an achievement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only flaw was probably that the four backup dancers looked very unpracticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Finland still received a low score.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mainbrain judged her performance as off-topic and gave her a low score for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with the support of the judges and the audience, it wasn’t enough to raise her score by much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Qin had predicted this outcome from the start. ’After all, how can a song-and-dance routine be considered a band? That’s called a boy band.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Interstellar People abandoned instruments so long ago they have no concept of what a band even is.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In their eyes, a band is probably just three to five singers, each singing a few lines and doing a little dance.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That’s why, out of the ten teams that have performed so far, not a single one has used an instrument!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, she felt like she had this in the bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Even if my team performs last and doesn’t get many audience votes, with the base scores from the Mainbrain and the judges as a safety net, my ranking won’t be too low.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Besides, only twenty million audience votes have been cast so far.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Finland herself got thirteen million votes.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The other teams combined only received seven million.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If the remaining teams are all at this level, the audience will probably have plenty of votes left to cast.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s not like I have zero chance of getting a high vote count.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time ticked by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Star Network, this episode was met with a chorus of disapproval.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Well, I’m calling it. This elimination round is a total wash.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A few songs were okay, but they fell far short of everyone’s expectations.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[No wonder this theme has never come up before. Turns out it’s this difficult.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[At this point, I only have any expectations left for Jones’s and Jiang Qin’s teams. I can’t even stand to listen to the others.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Here we go, here we go—it’s Jones’s team!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jones was the 22nd act to perform, so he was also near the end of the lineup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His initially heavy mood had lifted the more he watched. After a quick mental tally of the remaining audience votes, he started to think, ’I might actually take first place this time!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His team took the stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two female singers, and three male singers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two women were the lead vocalists, while the three men... were holding Interstellar synthesizer-type instruments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Playing this kind of instrument was practically foolproof.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each key produced a pre-set synthesized sound. Once a score was loaded, the instrument would light up the corresponding keys in sequence according to the music.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"player\" simply had to press the keys as they lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a bit like one of those mini-games on phones from back on Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Interstellar era, these were considered children’s toys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very few adults would bother with something so childish and simplistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, upon seeing these instruments in their hands, the audience was beyond surprised. They even began to suspect Jones was deliberately phoning it in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when the song ended, the Mainbrain gave it a high score.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a high score of 85—the only one tonight to even come close to 90 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire venue erupted in an uproar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did Jones get such a high score? Wasn’t his team pretty much the same as Master Finland’s?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s more than that! Jones didn’t even get points deducted for being off-topic. You have to remember, every single team before him did.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like Jones is going to take first place in this round.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"See? The composers from our Empire are the best! Hahaha, those others couldn’t even break 80.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not necessarily. Jiang Qin still hasn’t performed yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the other composers, they had already been completely disregarded by the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as it stood, everyone believed the show’s top three would emerge from among Jiang Qin, Jones, Karl, and Finland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest were just also-rans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Full of anticipation for a dark horse, the audience watched as the episode finally drew to a close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The host, reading the room perfectly, said, \"I’m sure quite a few of you have been waiting for our grand finale act, haven’t you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well then, let’s welcome to the stage... Miss Jiang Qing’s band!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was Cang Hong with his wild style, the elegant and handsome Trant, Yina with her twin ponytails, Chu Rou in a leather skirt, and Hugh Dean, who was gentle with a hint of swagger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five of them—a group of handsome men and beautiful women, each with their own cool and edgy style—made their entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they took their positions, the instruments they had prepared rose up from the stage floor.\u003C\u002Fp>",1302,"2026-06-05T22:55:33.682Z",1,"novelbin.me","b48e9650ce08cde4767e41e9293268d89461c255f113f69eef2b44f04a003114","a-low-rank-female-goes-viral-across-the-galaxy-chapter-100","a-low-rank-female-goes-viral-across-the-galaxy-chapter-98",500,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fa-low-rank-female-goes-viral-across-the-galaxy-cover.jpg"]