r18novel Chapter 59, second feature
Chapter 59, second feature
Xu Jinyan did not pay attention to the controversy on Weibo.
At this moment, he was intently watching the values displayed on the system:
[Positive Emotion Score: 1234, 5678]
During this period, he gained an extra three million emotional points. After careful investigation on various platforms, he determined that most of them came from Yang Mi's fans.
Xu Jinyan wrote a great song for Yang Mi, giving her singing career a great start, and also contributing to her bet.
All of this has led Yang Mi's die-hard fans to love everything about her.
This was a pleasant surprise for Xu Jinyan; it seemed she could use this approach to make some profits in the future.
Then, he looked at the negative emotion value:
[Negative Emotion Value: 888, 8888];
After his carefully prepared harvesting process was unexpectedly disrupted, his "tenosynovitis" healed in two days, and he resumed updating, writing at least four thousand words a day, sometimes even more.
In his previous life, as a novel enthusiast, he knew all too well that readers' patience had its limits.
This limit depends on the author's attitude and the quality of the novel.
The better the quality of the novel, the longer people will wait for it.
However, readers will not tolerate repeated cancellations. If the author does not update for a long time, readers will go from anger to disappointment, then to indifference, and finally to making memes.
Therefore, this will be a back-and-forth struggle that constantly raises readers' expectations and then triggers anger.
In short, try not to develop the story to the point of disappointing the readers!
Of course, this kind of tactic might not be effective if used too often, but by then, the dragon knight will make his move, and the protagonist can die right before your eyes!
While Xu Jinyan was thinking about these things, her eyes were still focused on the changes in the negative emotion value, which had already risen to 8.9 million.
If we acquire another 100,000, reaching 9 million, and add that to the 1 million we've already used, we can unlock the third feature.
At this rate of growth, it should be unlocked today.
"Jinyan, your consecutive championships have come to an end."
The phone rang, and Old Shen's voice came through. Xu Jinyan laughed and said, "What's wrong, Teacher Shen? Aren't you happy that I won the championship?"
Shen Nan said sullenly, "Happy? How could I not be happy?"
[Negative emotions from Shen Nan: +49]
He has a very complicated feeling now, wondering if he is really getting old.
Xu Jinyan won the championship for five consecutive weeks after her first victory, and then won it for nine consecutive weeks after her second victory.
That adds up to a full fourteen weeks, which is more than a quarter of the year. He single-handedly completed Canglan's performance targets for this year.
What he found even more absurd was that Shen Nan had only won the championship fourteen times so far.
He really wanted Xu Jinyan to stop writing for a while, otherwise he would have to call her "Teacher Xu" the next time they met.
Xu Jinyan didn't care about Lao Shen's negative emotions; his mother would occasionally experience this too.
"Mr. Shen, is there something wrong with the music department that you're calling me?" He's been spending more time at school lately and hasn't been going to the company much.
Shen Nan: "It's nothing. Not long ago, Director Chen sincerely praised you, saying you've guaranteed him a basic income this year. Why haven't I seen you at the company lately?"
Hsu Chin-yen: "I'm out looking for inspiration."
Shen Nan: "...You're way too skilled."
"Haha, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. Please give my greetings to Director Chen and all my colleagues. Oh, and don't forget Director Wang either."
"Haha, okay. Director Wang mentioned you before. He praised you, saying you're worth the whole company and have the qualities of a director."
"Oh my, is this a case of trying to kill someone with praise when they can't be suppressed?"
Xu Jinyan then realized the purpose of Lao Shen's call; both Director Chen and Director Wang praised him.
Based on Lao Shen's assessment, Director Chen was sincere and tolerant, which put him at ease; while Director Wang was just a clown, and he didn't need to care about him.
Xu Jinyan didn't care at all. Through the system, he could see that Director Chen was indeed a true talent scout. Even if we take a step back, the current Chinese music scene is all about talent.
The two chatted casually, and then the conversation turned to the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala on the TV station.
"Wow! So, the party has invited you, Tian Xiwei, Nanfeng, Li Tian, and Yang Mi. They're going to sing all your songs!"
"Yes, I figured since they were so sincere, I had no choice but to participate."
"That's certainly a very sincere offer. But don't worry, not only is no one going to look down on you now, but Canglan, as a leading entertainment company in China, has a very close relationship with the TV station, so they'll all be on our side."
"Yes, I've always been kind to others."
"...Okay, which song are you going to sing this time? Don't tell me you've written a new one!"
"I haven't written any new songs. Actually... I'd really like to perform a magic trick right now."
Looking at the new features that the system had just unlocked, Xu Jinyan couldn't help but say this.
"Magic? The kind of magic that Jay Chou does?"
"Yeah, do you think it has potential?"
"...You're sick." After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Xu Jinyan ignored the busy tone on the phone; he was completely focused on his system.
[Host: Xu Jinyan]
【Features: Memory Palace, Emotional Web】
[Positive sentiment score: 1245, 6789]
Negative sentiment score: 900,0123
【Skill:……】
【ding dong】
[The system has detected that the host has received 1 million positive emotion points and 1 million negative emotion points. Unlock the feature?]
"Yes."
[Unlock Trait: Sumeru Mustard Seed]
Upon seeing this name, Xu Jinyan could hardly contain her excitement.
Compared to the memory palace—a space for storing memories, and the emotional network—a way to locate others, the Sumeru Mustard Seed, a spatial add-on that can store physical objects, brought him the greatest shock.
He looked at the USB drive in his hand, and with a thought, it disappeared.
With another turn, it reappeared in the palm of your hand.
He tried it tirelessly, as if he were a child who had just received his favorite toy.
After some experimentation, he discovered that the entire storage and retrieval process was completely uninterrupted and without any delay.
When viewed in sequence, the process of the objects disappearing is not even visible; they seem to have always been there.
Next, we still need to verify how big this space is.
He arrived at the villa's small swimming pool, and the information he had read before flashed through his mind. The pool could hold about twenty cubic meters of water.
Just as I was about to crouch down and touch the water's surface, suddenly,
He quickly thought of something and looked down at his clothes.
Swah——
The clothes have disappeared!
His eyes shone as he looked at his hands, murmuring:
—Five Luo Light Smoke Palm!
A thought inexplicably flashed through my mind: I may not be good at putting on stockings, but I'm very good at taking them off!
In his excitement, he dove into the water and swam for a while before calming down!
Then, with a thought, something astonishing happened: all the water in the pool disappeared, leaving only a few scattered puddles.
He stepped forward and touched the water on the ground, only to find that it could no longer be contained.
Xu Jinyan was somewhat surprised. What a coincidence?
He tried it several more times and even experimented with other things.
It was finally determined that the volume of this Sumeru Mustard Seed Space, which requires 20 million to unlock, is exactly 20 million cubic centimeters, or 20 cubic meters.
Moreover, there are no shape requirements, meaning it can be a 2000-square-meter carpet that is 1 centimeter thick, or a pillar that is hundreds of meters high.
Satisfied!
Xu Jinyan reopened the system and then noticed a difference from the previous two times when unlocking features: there was no further prompt.
He even fantasized about what incredible traits he could unlock after collecting billions or tens of billions of emotion points.
For example, could it allow for instantaneous teleportation, and further develop the art of space?
Or he could develop a causal characteristic, capable of discerning the emotional interactions between others, and forging a path through time, space, and cause and effect. He even had a name for this characteristic in mind: "The Crowd."
Is there no result?
As if sensing its host's thoughts, the system surprisingly offered a proactive reminder this time:
When the host's skill reaches the Master level, the Incomplete Trait will be unlocked.