Chapter 891: Brave New World

"Last night the rain was sparse and the wind was sudden, deep sleep did not dispel the residual wine, tried asking the curtain-rolling person, but they said the begonia is still the same~~~"

Wen Xia was singing the new song from last night on the sofa, which immediately caused other girls to join in.

Every time Luo Quan releases a new song, the women in the house will sing in front of her.

At first, she would have a sense of shame of being publicly executed, but now it doesn't matter, because her face is thick enough.

"Where's Gao Liang? Haven't seen him all day?" Luo Quan didn't see her brother's figure and asked Mia.

Mia closed the book gently and said: "He was bored in the room and planned to go to Akihabara to get some air. I wanted to read quietly, so I didn't follow."

Compared to Gao Liang, Mia can stay idle better. Usually, when she has time, she takes out a book to read, sometimes reading for a whole afternoon, and she will take notes when reading.

As for Gao Liang, he is a typical ADHD patient. Even when playing games, his butt will twist and turn, and he often poses in various strange postures when playing with his phone on the sofa.

It's no problem for him to stay at home for a week or two, but it's too difficult to make him not go out at all like his sister.

So Gao Liang, who had been staying in the hotel for many days, was moved by stillness and ran to Akihabara to go shopping.

That is a world-famous two-dimensional holy land, with many maid-themed restaurants, two-dimensional cosers that can be seen everywhere, and various two-dimensional themed shops.

For a boy like Gao Liang who likes two-dimensional, he can shop there with great interest for a whole day.

However, what people didn't expect was that Gao Liang came back at noon.

"Back so soon?" Luo Quan took a sip of juice, her tone a bit surprised; she thought her brother would play until midnight.

"Uh, I don't know if I didn't check the yellow calendar when I went out today, but the atmosphere in Akihabara is a bit weird."

Gao Liang's face was ugly as he spread his hands, looking like he still had lingering fears.

"After I got there, first a bunch of people were holding a comic con there. I leaned over to watch the fun, and saw a boy lying on the ground, with a ferocious expression, 'hehe... ah!'"

"!"

"Pfft!" Luo Quan sprayed out after hearing Gao Liang's vivid performance.

She knew the meme of "Beast Senior" spread from Japan to Bilibili, but she didn't expect that someone would really dare to imitate this scene at a comic con.

"Looks like you know this meme too." Gao Liang looked at his sister, crying and laughing. "I only found out after searching online later; it's simply too stinky."

Luo Quan blushed: "It's not me, I didn't, don't talk nonsense."

Regarding her sister's denial, Gao Liang laughed it off: "But this isn't the most outrageous part. The more outrageous part is that a fan imitated it, and then many boys next to him also lay on the ground and shouted together, and later even girls joined in!"

Luo Quan nodded: "That's indeed a bit unbearable. And then?"

"Then I planned to find a coffee shop to have a cup of coffee to calm my mood."

Speaking of this, Gao Liang slapped his forehead with his palm: "But I never expected that all the maids in a maid cafe were actually played by boys! Those maids wearing black silk and white silk, with voices so sweet, were all cross-dressing big shots!

And several of them even had leg hair poking out of the silk stockings!"

Several girls imagined that scene, and it was indeed a bit hair-raising.

Actually, cross-dressing culture now has quite a lot of popularity in various countries.

Needless to say, in Europe and the United States, the LGBTQ community has always been the main force in this regard, and it is not uncommon for boys to wear women's clothes and heavy makeup.

As for China, cross-dressing big shots are quite common in two-dimensional communities, and every time they appear, they even cause cheers.

As for Japan, cross-dressing culture is too common.

There was a saying before: Showa men, Heisei fat house, Reiwa cross-dresser, which refers to this kind of thing.

So Gao Liang just accidentally entered a cross-dressing maid cafe.

One man's meat is another man's poison; Gao Liang couldn't accept it, but that didn't mean others couldn't accept it.

He understood the logic, but this didn't prevent him from fleeing in a panic from a pile of leg hair.

Encountering two outrageous experiences in a row, Gao Liang had no intention of shopping at all

Having encountered two absurd experiences in a row, Gao Liang no longer had any interest in shopping.

He found a restaurant that looked normal enough to have lunch, then headed straight back.

"Perhaps this world is changing too fast; I can no longer keep up with everyone's trends," Gao Liang said, lying on the sofa, wiping the sweat from his forehead with a wet wipe as he sighed.

"For many people, this is a beautiful new world," Luo Quan said with a smile, her words carrying a double meaning.

That evening, the semi-finals of the No-Holds-Barred Fighting tournament took place.

Now that the tournament had reached this stage, the number of live viewers had finally increased.

In the previous round, some people had already seen blood—and quite a bit of it.

This semi-final was expected to be even more intense, and this kind of competition, filled with violent elements, was a favorite for many.

The only pity was that the gap in strength in the women's division was so vast that many people felt quite disappointed.

In fact, there were quite a few dark thoughts, namely wanting to see Luo Quan in a fierce battle with other girls, ending up disheveled and covered in blood.

Everyone had seen the elegant and beautiful Luo Quan, but a "battle-damaged version" remained in an unlocked state, truly full of room for imagination.

Of course, this was limited to imagination; since her debut, Luo Quan had never been injured or bled because of any enemy.

The women's semi-final that evening was also scheduled before the men's, just to finish the less exciting matches before prime time arrived.

However, even so, Luo Quan relied on her super-high popularity to attract the eyes of fans all over the world.

Tonight, her opponent was the famous Japanese karate expert, Miss Sachiko Saotome.

This energetic girl, nearing twenty, possessed the same incomprehensible super-strength as Luo Quan, and she had crushed her opponents all the way here, winning quite easily.

But today, meeting Luo Quan, it was destined to end here.

Originally, she might have had the strength to compete for a silver medal, but now she could only compete for the bronze with another contestant.

Before the fight started, Sachiko Saotome excitedly hugged Luo Quan, chasing a star in front of the world's audience.

For Luo Quan and her fans, these things were already nothing out of the ordinary.

A star of her level had reached the point where "no one on the road ahead is a stranger, and everyone in the world knows you"; she had fans in every industry, and no matter where she went, she would encounter people coming up to ask for photos and autographs.

After the match started, Sachiko Saotome very decisively raised her hand to concede, not intending to trade blows with her idol.

On one hand, the gap in strength between the two was too large, and she knew she couldn't win.

On the other hand, after this match, there was still the third-place match to play; going into that match at full strength was definitely more advantageous than going in injured.

With no hope for gold or silver, she definitely had to ensure she secured the bronze.

So she decisively chose to concede; this was the most rational choice.

Of course, for those gamblers, Sachiko Saotome's direct concession also left them with nothing.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knew that Sachiko Saotome had no chance of winning; the final had already been fought in that match between Luo Quan and Adeline, and everything after that was just a fan meeting.

But because the odds set by the bookmakers were so high, reaching over one to forty, betting ten thousand yuan on Sachiko Saotome to win could net over four hundred thousand!

This wasn't just a bicycle turning into a motorcycle; this was a bicycle turning into a BMW.

Faced with the temptation of huge profits, the brains of gamblers lacked any rationality; even knowing the probability was infinitely close to zero, they still dared to place heavy bets on Sachiko Saotome.

The result was losing everything.

Tonight, there would surely be news of many people jumping off buildings due to gambling debts, but for these people, the saying "pitiful people must have hateful aspects" applied perfectly; they were not worth a shred of pity.

On the ring, Sachiko Saotome called "GG" amidst laughter and cheers, hugging Luo Quan once again.

Hugging Luo Quan twice in one day—the fans were green with envy.

If it weren't for the fact that Sachiko was a girl, her entire family's genealogy would have likely spiraled into the sky.

After the hug, Sachiko looked at Luo Quan and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Luo Quan, I forgot to say earlier that my younger brother, Yujiro, also likes you very much. Could you sign an autograph for him?"

When in a good mood, Luo Quan usually fulfilled reasonable requests from fans, such as autographs and photos, as much as possible.

So she nodded readily, then found paper and a pen from the staff off-stage and wrote her name on it.

"Thank you so much! My brother and I will always support you!" Sachiko said, receiving the autograph with a radiant smile.

Having successfully advanced to the final, the subsequent reporter interviews were definitely unavoidable.

However, Luo Quan didn't intend to hide; she even took the initiative to find the reporters who had been waiting expectantly.

The content of the interview was the same as usual, mixed with some gossip that netizens loved to see.

Fortunately, her status was high enough that the reporters didn't dare to be too presumptuous when asking about gossip, and they all showed some restraint, so no major trouble was caused.

After returning to the hotel, Luo Quan took a shower.

Before the water droplets on her body were even wiped dry, and with steam still rising from her bare shoulders, she sat down at the computer and released the fifth song of her new album.

The song title was "Clock Backwards."

A deeply moving love song; it might feel a bit ordinary when first heard, but it had a lingering charm, and the more one listened, the more pleasant it became.

This was a song very suitable for infinite loops; it was very listenable.

After the song was released, many fans expressed that this song finally had that "original flavor" again.

It was strange to say, but many fans felt that Luo Quan's Chinese songs should be divided into two categories.

Songs released early on, such as "In the Name of the Father," "Nocturne," "Common Jasmine Orange," and "Blue and White Porcelain," were one category.

Other Chinese songs were another.

Even though it was the same person creating and singing them, to the old fans, they felt like two different things.

Let's just use "Quan flavor" to describe it.

Any song with "Quan flavor" was usually of relatively high quality.

And while other songs might also be of good quality, compared to the songs with "Quan flavor," they lacked a bit of that strong personal color.

Therefore, what the fans listened to the most and liked the best were actually these songs with "Quan flavor."

And in the new album, only this "Clock Backwards" was full of "Quan flavor"; the moment the intro played, it made people fall for it immediately.

So much so that many fans exclaimed in the comment section: "She's back! I feel like everything is back!"

It was also this song with "Quan flavor" that caused the sales of the new album to increase by hundreds of thousands in less than an hour.

The sales champion for Chinese albums this year was determined early, even before the summer had ended.

With the new song released, Luo Quan drifted off to sleep, feeling satisfied.

The place where she appeared tonight was no longer the home of a shut-in.

Instead, it was a quite spacious and luxurious girl's bedroom.

Why was she so certain it was a girl's bedroom? Because the color scheme of the entire room was primarily a warm and cute pink.

Of course, the few pieces of clothing that looked like lingerie laid out on the bed also made Luo Quan more certain of her judgment.

It wasn't as if alien males would wear this stuff, right?

Just as Luo Quan was about to lean in to study what alien lingerie looked like, the room door suddenly opened.

A girl dressed in gorgeous attire walked in.

She had a head of thick, jet-black hair, but her eyes were golden; she had the typical appearance of a Huaxia person, with a beautiful and exquisite face, and her entire temperament was full of classical beauty.

If she were in Huaxia, she would definitely be a top-tier beauty who could dominate in costume dramas based on her looks alone.

The only pity was that her figure was slightly average.

The young girl started changing clothes in front of Luo Quan; even after taking off her outer garment, and despite still having two layers of clothing on, there was nothing left to see.

"What a pity, another 2A-level scenic spot," Luo Quan shook her head and sighed.

Whether it was because this inner thought was heard by the girl, her movement of taking off her clothes suddenly paused, and she looked in Luo Quan's direction: "Who's there!"

This sensory ability was truly sharp, accurately finding Luo Quan's position, but Luo Quan couldn't understand her shout.

With a "swish," a precious sword appeared out of thin air in the girl's hand, her whole body covered by a strange white light, and then she slowly walked toward Luo Quan.

"System, should I run?" Luo Quan didn't dare to act rashly, asking for the system's opinion.

"Run!"

The system suddenly let out a roar at Luo Quan, the reason being that a transparent glass cover descended from the sky, covering the position where her consciousness was located.

The system's reaction was much faster than Luo Quan's.

Just as Luo Quan realized that disaster was imminent, the system forcibly controlled the Anywhere Door, returning Luo Quan's consciousness to her physical body.

Opening her eyes this time, it was only three in the morning.

The whole process couldn't even be called thrilling, because the moment that cover appeared, the system had already brought her back.

"See? I told you to leave everything to me; no major problems will occur," the system said proudly.

"I know you're amazing."

Luo Quan nodded in praise, then yawned: "The next time I go, it should be another place, right?"

"Yes."

"Then let's continue; let's see how many people are in this world."

After saying this, Luo Quan lay back down and started to dream...