Panic spread like a tide, especially among those who made a living from music and practiced music, who were in a state of constant fear.
**The Musicians' Guild is furious:** At the headquarters of the Musicians' Guild in the royal city, the white-haired old president was shaking with rage, smashing a precious Duan inkstone to pieces! "Monster! A disgrace to the music world! You've destroyed the precious heavenly music treasures of the four nations and cut off the path to advancement for our musicians! This feud is irreconcilable! Issue a manifesto! Accuse us! Demand an explanation from the General's Mansion! Compensate for the losses! And strictly control the source of that... that demonic music!" The enraged musicians gathered at the guild's entrance, holding up the shattered remains of their instruments (some clearly shattered temporarily), chanting slogans such as "Give us back our heavenly music" and "Resist the demonic music."
**Music Cultivation Sects Enter the Market:** Some small and medium-sized music cultivation sects saw a "business opportunity" (or, in other words, a scapegoat to divert internal conflicts and make money). They claimed that Lingbao's humming contained "chaos sound evil" that could destroy magical instruments, disrupt the mind, and destroy the foundation! They needed their "professional protection"!
* **The rise of the anti-magic sound industry:** As a result, various products claiming to be able to "resist chaos magic sound" have sprung up like mushrooms after rain:
**"Pure Mind and Demon-Suppressing Earplugs":** Produced by the Miaoyin Sect, they are claimed to be made from deep-sea tranquilizing shell pearl powder mixed with bodhi wood shavings. Inserted into the ears, they block out demonic sounds and help clear the mind and focus. Price: 10 taels of silver per pair (cost: approximately 5 copper coins).
**"Five Elements Anti-Sound Amulet":** Sold by the "Five Sound Sect," this wooden plaque, inscribed with a chaotic array of runes, claims to embody the principles of the Five Elements' mutual generation and mutual restraint, and can dispel the evil of sound. Price: fifty taels (the wood is freshly cut from the mountains behind).
**"Chaos Demonic Sound Warning Compass":** Launched by the "Tianji Pavilion" semicolon (to capitalize on the hype), this crude compass, painted with fluorescent powder, claims that a spinning needle indicates nearby demonic sound. Price: 100 taels (purely a tax on your IQ).
* What's more, a "demon-repelling sound sachet" that is said to be made from "rattle scraps chewed by His Highness Zero" mixed with cinnabar has begun to circulate on the black market, and the price has been driven up to an exorbitant price!
The streets and alleys of the royal city had undergone a sudden change. Where once the sounds of music and music were melodious, now everyone felt a sense of apprehension. Noble ladies covered their ears with exquisite silk handkerchiefs (stuffed with expensive "purifying earplugs") and walked on tiptoe, fearing to disturb anything. Musicians wore conical hats and veils whenever they ventured out (to ward off demonic sounds?), while music practitioners wore at least three amulets from different sects around their waists, jingling as they walked. The entire royal city was enveloped in an overly defensive and inexplicable panic against the "Magic Sounds of Chaos," as if the air could be filled with the sounds of apocalypse at any moment.
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Inside the general's residence, the atmosphere was as solemn as the calm before a storm, only this time, there seemed to be a faint smell of... jade dust and the fishy odor of poisonous insects floating in the air?
In the main hall, Su Li looked at the several "protest letters" and "claim lists" (from the four-nation delegation and the Musicians' Guild) on the table, which were written in harsh and even threatening language, as well as the various "anti-magic sound" products that Luo had collected from the market. She was so angry that her pretty face was furious and her eyebrows were raised.
"Ridiculous! Shameless! Blackmail!" Su Li slammed her palm on the table, causing the pair of "Qingxin Zhenmo Earplugs" to jump up. "Your own broken bells and broken pianos are not strong, and you blame my Ling'er for humming? Or the devil's music? Or the reincarnation of the devil of music? Why don't they admit that they are made of tofu dregs?!"
Xiao Jue sat at the head of the table, his face sullen. The Guihong ruler hummed softly in its sheath, its blade cold and faintly permeated with a sword-like aura. Lingbao was cradled in his arms, the little girl oblivious to the storm at her center. She grabbed a strand of her father's hair and happily stuffed it into her mouth, unconsciously uttering soft, "Ah ...
Chenbao Su Chen clutched an abacus, his face more serious than ever. The beads clashed wildly, their golden light practically solidifying into something substantial. He was maximizing his power! He was analyzing the spectrum of the sound waves from Lingbao's humming, the physical process of the four-nation instrument's shattering, the energy composition of the invisible ripples! He was determined to uncover the truth! To clear his sister's name!
Second child Su Heng clutched his golden pacifier, his face full of grievance. He'd just secretly put on the "clearing heart earplugs" Ah Luo had bought, and now he couldn't hear anything! He couldn't even hear his mother calling him to eat candy! Bad guy! Talking bad about his sister! And selling bad things to plug his ears! Heng Heng was furious!
Sanbao Su Yu hugged his rainbow cloud boat model tightly, his mouth pouting, a little scared. People outside were calling his sister a "little devil" and wanted to catch her! His cloud boat had to protect his sister! Beat the bad guys!
"We must clarify this immediately! Fight back!" Su Li said firmly, "Otherwise, Ling'er will be slandered as a world-destroying demon! Those so-called 'anti-demon sound' products are simply an opportunity to make money and create panic!"
"How do we clarify this?" Xiao Jue's voice was low, his eyes sweeping over the protest letters. "The Musicians' Guild and the Sound Cultivation Sects hold the final say, and the four-nation delegation is fanning the flames. Forcible suppression will only reinforce the 'devil's voice' myth and provoke an even greater backlash."
The hall fell silent again. This time, the enemy was no longer the visible pickle jars and poultry, but the invisible sound waves and surging public opinion.
In this suffocating silence, the frantic beading on the abacus in Chen Bao's arms suddenly stopped! The golden light converged, forming an extremely complex three-dimensional spectrum diagram composed of countless jumping light points and undulating lines! The diagram clearly marked several extremely sharp peaks with abnormally concentrated energy!
"Found it!" Chen Bao's voice was a little tired, but more of it was the excitement and confidence of seeing the light through the clouds. "It's not the devil's sound! It's resonance!"
Swish! Focus!
Chen Bao's little hands moved the abacus, and golden light projected the complex sound wave spectrum:
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