Chapter 88: The Strongest Equipment So Far

Zhai Da returned home much later than usual, just in time for dinner.

In order not to be complained about by Yu Xiaoli for bringing a pair of smelly shoes home, Zhai Da specifically took a black plastic bag from the store downstairs to wrap them up.

Two layers.

By the way, there was also a No. 7 battery.

As for the cleaning and disinfection of the shoes, he felt that it was better to let professionals handle this kind of thing. He couldn't clean it by brushing it himself.

Although he hadn't decided whether to wear them or not, athlete’s foot... could infect others!

Returning home, sure enough, Yu Xiaoli was already serving dishes, and Lu Wei was dishing out rice inside.

His mother saw Zhai Da and complained: "Why so late today? Go wash your hands."

Zhai Da said casually: "I was kept by the teacher. After all, your son caused a sensation in the whole school today."

Yu Xiaoli was indeed smiling from ear to ear and stopped pursuing it.

It was still the familiar dining table, still Zhai Da and Lu Wei sitting on one side. Yu Xiaoli wanted to hear about what happened at school. Zhai Da, in order to make his mother happy, described it in detail.

What were the classmates’ reactions, the teachers’ praise...

He suddenly remembered that in his past life, he never liked to chat with Yu Xiaoli about his daily routine. At that time, he was in Shanghai, and his mother was in Dongyang.

Clearly, both were people with family, yet they were lonely in their own ways.

Occasionally, Yu Xiaoli would call, and he would always hang up very briefly.

Was it because there was a lack of content that could make his mother laugh?

The child would hang up the phone quickly.

Fearing that the grievances he suffered would go along the phone line and bully his mother too.

After finishing the meal and washing the dishes, Zhai Da and Lu Wei continued to study according to the rhythm they were already used to.

Lu Wei was already used to sitting in her small prison, which gave her a great sense of security.

Zhai Da was also used to being Lu Wei’s warden. Without him getting up, she couldn't even go to the bathroom.

When Lu Wei was practicing English cloze tests, Zhai Da took out the [Dynamic MP3] from his pocket, preparing to install the battery to try it out. As for the heaven-defying running shoes, they were placed under the bed wrapped in a bag.

Looking at it from the perspective of the future, an MP3 that used a No. 7 battery was quite exotic, but it was very novel a few years ago.

After the battery was installed, Zhai Da started it successfully. This kind of MP3 didn't have external playback capability, so Zhai Da plugged in the headphones.

Using the buttons to control the narrow little display screen, he checked it. There were only three folders inside, one called "Exercise," one called "Sleep."

And one called "Sleep Well"

They were all left by the previous owner.

"Exercise" didn't need to be mentioned. Inside were all songs with relatively fast rhythms, and some Korean songs whose names he couldn't read.

"Sleep" was miscellaneous, with all kinds of things.

In "Sleep Well," there was only one English song called 《BodyShots》.

Zhai Da wanted to try the effect. After putting on the headphones, he flipped through the directory, saw a name, and played one he was interested in.

《Big Man》.

Some familiar music rang in his ears..

"A lifetime! There is a spirit of the sea!"

"Years pass by ruthlessly page by page!"

"That moment when the universe stays in my heart! It is already destined that I am not willing to be lonely~"

Zhai Da frowned. It was quite good to listen to, but how was the effect of this equipment reflected?

Hmm... maybe the time wasn't enough, listen again...

He just closed his eyes and tried to immerse himself in this song.

Don't say, this old song was quite good. It seemed to be from a TV series before, called something 《Kangxi Dynasty》...

"One heart! Want a vastness of life, the world! Wind and rain fall again and again"

"The moment I carry the country on my shoulders! It has already decided my masculine character"

After a long time, Zhai Da opened his eyes.

He sighed long:

"In this life, I am walking on thin ice..."

Lu Wei turned her head and looked at Zhai Da suspiciously.

She always felt that Zhai Da had some kind of change...

Feeling like he was ten years older... twenty years was also possible.

Zhai Da’s vicissitudes gaze gradually became clear as he took off the headphones, and he gradually came to his senses...

This thing... the effect was a bit strong....

Equipment Effect 1: When listening to music, you will be affected by the emotions of the music it plays... transfer, re-recording, and external playback are invalid.

A simple sentence, but the effect was very top-notch.... He initially thought the so-called emotional influence was just a rough type like "excited" or "sad."

He didn't expect it to be specific to a niche category like "Imperial Qi"!

As for the fact that the influence would fade quickly once the music stopped, Zhai Da felt it was nothing, and even very reasonable.

After all, he wasn't crazy... if listening once had a long-lasting effect, wouldn't he be listened into a mental patient directly...

And Equipment Effect 2: When listening to music, you will exclude distracting thoughts and be highly focused, but the behavior must be consistent with the artistic conception of the BGM. If the artistic conception conflicts, you will feel upset.

He felt that at least "simply enjoying music" didn't count as "inconsistent artistic conception," so there was no state of feeling upset.

Can’t I listen to music quietly?

In addition, there was another point in that 《Big Man》’s mobilization of Zhai Da’s emotions obviously included the lyrics part, but if it was a foreign song he couldn't understand, would the lyrics also affect it?

If so, be careful, because many foreign songs sound good in melody, but the lyrics are actually as dirty as a swill bucket...

It also shows from the side that pure music without lyrics will be broader and more blurred in mobilizing emotions, but this might be beneficial instead, because the effect is gentler.

By the way, he had tried the [Dynamic MP3] and [Sports Student’s Running Shoes] on the way back using the exhaustive method. Currently, there was no synthesizable recipe, but Zhai Da highly suspected they could form a [Set], only the parts were not enough. A [Set] needed three pieces to trigger.

Analyzing some information, Zhai Da nodded secretly.

Music itself could affect people’s emotions, but the [Dynamic MP3] obviously had an effect that was strong to the point of being a bit exaggerated.

Considering that this piece of equipment was small in size, had many usable scenarios, and the selectable music was as vast as the sea...

It was no exaggeration to say that it was the strongest equipment Zhai Da had obtained so far, and it would be useful for a lifetime.

Wait... by the way, Zhai Da suddenly thought: What would be Lu Wei’s reaction if she listened?

Looking at the quiet and peaceful pretty face on the side, Zhai Da flipped through the folder, and finally, for the sake of safety, found a song that was least likely to have ambiguity.

《Running》, in the "Exercise" folder.

It didn't involve love or affection, and there was no hint. Overall, from the lyrics to the melody, it should only have content like "happy," "exercise," and "brave."

Zhai Da said to Lu Wei: "Listen to a song for you?"

Lu Wei glanced at Zhai Da’s new MP3, but her personality was never to ask more. She just obediently took the headphones and tucked her long hair to reveal her pink and tender ears.

Zhai Da pressed the "PLAY" button.

Then he observed Lu Wei’s expression. If there was anything abnormal, such as discomfort, he would pause in time.

Lu Wei listened to the whole song quietly and turned to look at Zhai Da.

Zhai Da: "How does it feel?"

"It... it’s quite good to listen to..."

Then she found that Zhai Da’s expression was quite subtle.

"What’s wrong?"

Zhai Da took out the small round mirror from the corner of the desk and let Lu Wei look at it herself.

In the mirror, Lu Wei’s expression was still calm, but her face was flushed.

There was a strange feeling of conflict between calmness and excitement.

Lu Wei: ?

There was a little more bewilderment in her eyes.

Zhai Da took back the headphones, thinking it couldn't be said to be completely useless... but it didn't seem to be the right medicine.

Lu Wei was not unable to produce emotions, but unable to correctly identify her own emotions... including others’.

So this was inner restlessness, and the brain didn't keep up...

It belonged to a bug.

Observe it. If he found the right song, maybe he could subtly make Lu Wei better.

The right song... Zhai Da recalled for a long time, but he couldn't search for a specific name in his mind for the time being...

He wasn't a music fanatic either. The music library he could think of in his brain was only a few dozen songs... some were future songs that hadn't appeared yet.

Just thinking and thinking, Zhai Da suddenly reacted.

Does creating a song out of thin air count?