0713: You who shine in the parallel world

The moment Yu Yu's organ music began, the entire audience erupted in uproar.

Their emotions had already been built up to the extreme in the first half of the music, and the pain and confusion in Wang Yuexin's singing could even be felt by them.

So when that almost solemn and majestic sound filled the entire venue, gasps of surprise came from the audience below the stage.

A magnificent melody, as if descending from heaven, crashed down on their souls the moment they least expected it. The steel behemoth in the shadows finally revealed its true form at this moment: a pipe organ that spanned almost a third of the scene.

However, despite the organ's rather grotesque appearance, the sound it produced was surprisingly sacred and solemn, making it difficult to discern whether they were in a castle or a cathedral.

A figure dressed in a black and red robe sat in front of the pipe organ, and the melody that slowly danced from his fingertips wove a large net, covering the audience below the stage, and also the three people on the stage who had failed in their battle against the vampire Su Xiaoding.

Although the audience could only see his back, the production team cleverly used the large screen on site to simultaneously show his front view.

At this moment, Yu Yu was like that horrifying accordion. With a touch of ascetic male ghost, he didn't look like a proper priest. When he looked up and turned his head to look at Wang Yuexin, his sharp eyes were like ice blades with a cold blue light. Under the close-up screen, just one glance was enough to make countless people gasp for breath.

"Malice overlaps, yet the flames still sob..."

The deep, rich bass, which can be described as the whisper of a devil, carries a seductive quality, like an undercurrent hidden beneath the deep sea, silently engulfing people.

That incredibly steady bass voice was completely unlike Yu Yu's usual singing style. In fact, Yu Yu had demonstrated her versatile singing skills many times before, most recently during her birthday live stream last year. But at that time, it was only a small-scale broadcast, and most casual listeners' impressions were still based on her angelic voice in "Bird of Paradise".

Suddenly, a deep bass voice, like that of a cello, rang out, and they almost thought they had misheard.

He's not singing in the mainstream style now; this singing style sounds like it's from a musical theater, even more...traditional than the mainstream musical theater style nowadays.

Before the audience, who were unfamiliar with musical theater singing techniques, could figure out what was going on, they heard the whistling sound suddenly change pitch, and more instruments joined in at that moment, pushing their already heightened emotions to new heights.

A look of confusion crossed Huang Pinguan's face, as if he had been bewitched by the whisper: "How can you destroy something without understanding its desperate state?"

"It can destroy." Yu Yu sang the last four words in harmony.

"Not knowing who the devil is in the midst of innocence..." Yu Haoming truly lives up to his reputation as a professional actor; compared to Victor Wong, his portrayal of the struggle to resist is incredibly lifelike.

"Man is the devil." Unnoticed, Yu Yu was raising the key—

Until Wang Yuexin rose from the ground up to meet his promotion.

"Indifference born of reluctance and hesitation is the original sin."

"original sin!"

The organ began to play a long, drawn-out tune.

The audience could all tell that they were all using musical theatre singing styles, but as non-professionals, they didn't know that they weren't using the most general popular musical theatre singing style. They were using the classical singing style from the golden age of Broadway in the 1950s and 60s, namely the Legit colloquial bel canto style, which is closer to classical bel canto.

Originally, Huang Pinguan and Yu Haoming didn't know this singing style, and even Wang Yuexin was unfamiliar with it for a long time, but unfortunately they had Yu Yu.

Under Yu Yu's tutelage, the perfect resonance of the chest cavity made the voice fuller and rounder, fully capable of supporting the domineering tone of the pipe organ. Wang Yuexin, who had previously studied bel canto, was now able to support the lead vocal part of this X-Part.

Wang Yuexin's high-pitched bel canto singing, accompanied by a magnificent accompaniment, continued, while Yu Yu's harmonies transformed into organ chanting. The pre-recorded accompaniment took over everything, and he finally stood up from the organ to face the audience, gracefully and decisively moving to Yu Haoming and Huang Pinguan's side to dance with them.

The swaying waves of the black and red robe made the audience scream. With another turn, Huang Pinguan fell to the ground. Yu Haoming went to help him up, but Yu Yu grabbed his arm and pulled him back.

He was manipulated by Yu Yu behind him like a puppet, dancing for three eight-beat counts. Wang Yuexin, who had been standing on the steps like a saint in a church and singing loudly in a musical theater style, finally broke free from control: "Please do not make any more mistakes, and remain upright in the end!"

He sang that note with a powerful and resonant voice.

He returned to Yu Haoming's side, and the three of them danced in perfect harmony, which was enough to support a long shot from a distance. What was even more inexplicable was that they could sing and dance at the same time without making any panting sounds!

In the final segment, Huang Pinguan, who has "awakened," stands up. Facing the three, Yu Yusi slips into the shadows and takes over the organ again. Su Xiaoding reappears, but this time, the vampire fails to defeat the hero.

At this moment, the organ transformed into a sacred battle hymn. Yu Yu once again sang the harmony, as if the section about domination and control in the middle had never existed. Only in the final chorus did his harmonies, compared to the resounding chorus of the others, begin to rise in pitch, carrying an elusive, playful quality.

"He remained upright in the end."

"Upright...?"

The lingering sound of the organ gradually faded away.

The audience was stunned for a while before they reacted. Despite being exhausted after a long day, they were still able to erupt in screams that nearly lifted the roof off the studio.

The group's fans, who had high expectations for this stage, never expected that they would underestimate the brilliance of the work under Yu Yu's direction. When the five members came to the center of the stage to bow to the audience, she tried to scream loudly with her voice still recovering from "Walking Fish". As a result, several even louder screams from the side startled her so much that she almost choked on her own scream.

"Yu Yu!! Yu Yu!!!! Ahhhhhh!!!! Wang Yuexin!!!!"

She turned her head and saw the "enthusiastic fans" jumping and shouting excitedly next to her. Who else could they be but the rival fans who had mocked them before the show started?

Seriously, girl, you changed your mind way too fast! She hasn't even confronted you with facts yet, and you've already switched sides?

Jiu Cai looked at her speechlessly, but she and her companions didn't care at all, because their attention was now entirely focused on the brothers on stage, especially the one who talked the most before the show started, whose eyes were practically glued to Yu Yu, which made Miss Jiu Cai particularly unhappy.

This is their family's mermaid, what are you looking at! Do you even understand what you're looking at! Although her own child lived up to expectations and conquered the rival fans with just one performance, making them switch sides on the spot, she didn't want to forgive them and open her arms to them so easily.

Of course, later, when she was moved by something her older brother did, she would still stand up and hug her new sisters.

Right now, she just rolled her eyes at them and watched Xiao Qi interview the five of them.

Su Xiaoding said that in their stage story, he plays the main villain, Wang Yuexin, Yu Haoming and Huang Pinguan are the warriors who fight against him, and Yu Yu is their dark side. In the end, the three warriors overcome their dark side and defeat the villain.

The story is indeed cliché, but the characters are beautiful! If the dark side looked like Little Fish, then she would want the dark side too!

He also mentioned that Yu Yu's rigorous training of him was both painful and enjoyable, and he felt that Yu Yu was a genius who was underestimated by everyone.

Hehehe, of course! The brothers who went back to work all praised Xiaoyu's professional skills, but he's just a lazy bum.

What?! Haoming actually said that Yu Yu made that organ herself?! Xiaoyu, what other skills do you have that your own people don't know about?! It was also Xiaoyu's idea to let Huhu sing bel canto. That idea was brilliant! Please continue to train Huhu next time, okay?!

Moreover, the music composition, arrangement, and soundtrack for the X-Part musical in the middle were all done by Little Fish... It seems that humans have only utilized less than 1% of Little Fish's potential!

Xiaoyu said that Huhu and Haoming often practiced dancing until late at night, and Victor Wong always stayed with them, which is why they were able to have such a perfect synchronized dance on stage just now. This is what it means to overcome obstacles, instead of just talking about injuries they suffered while dancing and playing the victim...

Xiaojiu Cai's mind was overflowing with comments, she had countless things to say but was hampered by not having a phone. She couldn't reveal the specifics of her later report, and she had a bellyful of ideas but nowhere to put them. It wasn't until the five people on stage started campaigning that she finally abandoned those comments and stretched her arms out in the crowd to try and give them a high-five.

The person next to her who was climbing the wall did the same; she even tried to push her out of the front line.

Yu Yu, who was in charge of campaigning for their area, bent over and ran over from the other side to high-five the audience on the sidelines. After high-fived Xiao Jiu Cai, she stood up, turned a corner, and went to the extended stage.

Seeing the anxiety and disappointment on the face of the person climbing over the wall, Xiao Jiu Cai felt particularly pleased, even though she knew Yu Yu probably didn't mean it.

And Little Fish's hands smell nice, are soft and warm, hehe.

Watching the reactions from behind the control panel, Guoguo no longer wanted to see the final vote count; she was only thinking about how to tie the votes.

With the live performance of the organ, Yu Yu's sophisticated arrangement, and everyone's near-perfect performance, even the shameless production team would find it hard to find a reason for "Investigation" not to win.

In addition, the first half of the show, "Walking Fish," was already a god-level stage, so it was a foregone conclusion that Chen Chusheng's tribe would win the MVP award in the second performance.

Therefore, when announcing the results this time, the production team was quite straightforward and directly declared "Investigation" the winner.

Now, even if the audience doesn't know the exact vote count, they can be certain that Chen Chusheng's team, with two wins, is definitely the victor in this round, and the result screen is the kind that should be hung on the wall.

However, this would put Hu Yanbin's team, which has lost both of its matches, in danger, unless there are other variables in the other group, where Zhang Yuan's team and Wang Yaoqing's team have a draw with one win and one loss.

And Ma Boqian, who has a red card, could very well be eliminated if the final audience popularity vote doesn't go well.

There are many details that need to be calculated behind the scenes, and the production team certainly couldn't do all the calculations for the audience. In fact, filming for the second performance ended after the final popularity vote.

The brothers boarded minibuses in groups and returned to their sweltering dormitories. They changed into comfortable Piggy T-shirts or casual clothes and went back to their respective training rooms to await the final results.