Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The auditorium of the studio was divided into two parts. One part was the seats placed in the open space under the stage, and the other part was the seats placed on the movable steel frame. In order to free up the activity space of the studio, the seats and even the steel frame could be folded up, pushed to the wall and attached to the wall, freeing up a large area of ground.
Due to the high specifications of the studio, these seats were not made too simply. Therefore, in addition to the customized steel frame, there were also detachable splicing surfaces made of matching steel plates and wooden boards. After the steel frame was unfolded, the splicing surfaces could be assembled, making the entire studio look like a stepped room.
There were a lot of activities held in the studio on weekdays, and there were many opportunities to close or expand the stands. The steel frame was specially made and underwent regular maintenance. Considering that concerts were often held here, the strength of this steel frame could be said to be able to withstand it. Otherwise it would be impossible to dance in front of all the audience, and it would be impossible to bear the overwhelming actions by the audience when they were not sitting still.
So it was definitely not an accident.
Bai Ju subconsciously pulled Xiao Yao behind him: “Yao Yao, there is movement.”
“Seventy percent of the load-bearing steel bars under the auditorium were broken, and the entire steel frame has begun to deform.” Bai Ju’s voice rang directly in Xiao Yao’s head. The transmission efficiency in his mind was extremely high, and he clarified the problem in just a moment, “The fracture is smooth and flat, and there is no misalignment. As long as the movement of the people in the auditorium is not too big, the stand will not collapse for the time being… But the splicing panel is also cracked.”
But now it was the time for the performance of musicians, and everyone would scream when they went on stage. How could the audience in the stands remain motionless? The structures of these steel frames were intertwined with each other. Once there was a dislocation and collapse, the only thing left to do would be to move the whole body, after all, there were so many breaks; plus if the splicing board could not hold up, the stand would collapse, and many people would be poked by the densely packed steel bars and broken boards, even if the height of the stand was not very high, but if it was placed in a place where it had been inexplicably tampered with, it would be strange if no one was killed.
Bai Ju’s cold fingertips clasped Xiao Yao’s palm, and the structure of all the steel bars under the stand, the condition of the splicing boards, including their fracture positions, were all imprinted in Xiao Yao’s mind: “Yao Yao, fix these, hold on, can you do it?”
Xiao Yao took a deep breath and said, “Okay.”
There were many broken places at the scene. It was not difficult to fix the spell, but it had to be repaired under so much interference going on at the scene. With all the cracks needing to be fixed, he couldn’t use his hands to do anything else.
Bai Ju patted Xiao Yao’s hand: “Be careful… I’ll catch the little thing in my hand.”
“Did you see it?” Xiao Yao was a little worried, “I asked Qu Lang to cooperate with you.”
Bai Ju waved his hand: “It’s okay, it’s not needed for now.”
After saying that, Bai Ju closed his eyes and felt it, then turned and rushed to the backstage.
In countless corners under the light and shadow, tiny black dots that were difficult to distinguish with the naked eye were swarming like ants gathering towards an ant nest; the difference was that these black dots moved much faster than the ants.
As soon as the light and shadow flickered, Bai Ju disappeared into the crowd rushing backstage; while Xiao Yao stepped off the stage from the side, stepped on the stable point of the stand with extreme flexibility, shuttled past, and stood in the last row.
Qu Lang in the monitoring room saw him sharply and quickly asked through the earphone: “Brother Xiao, what’s going on?”
Xiao Yao held up the earphone, took out the pocket watch-like magic astrolabe from his pocket, and replied: “As you can see.”
Xiao Yao gestured to the small window of the studio’s control room: “Magic star disk, lighting coordination.”
Qu Lang nodded: “Roger.”
Then he cut to the team channel and said to the team member standing next to the lighting engineer: “Ah, lighting magic astrolabe, find the right time to switch on.”
“Got it.” Ah moved his fingers, motioned for the lighting engineer to get out of the way, and sat down on the controller forward.
The lighting in the studio had been programmed in advance, and the various modeling lights had been set up a long time ago; but in theory, lighting equipment that could project three-dimensionally could simulate any shape through independent arrangements.
Ah’s fingers were tapping on the keyboard next to him so fast that afterimages appeared; the light could not imitate the entire appearance of the magic star disk, it could only be used as a cover to prevent Xiao Yao’s action from appearing too abrupt.
The host on the stage was joining the show. He casually said a few words and began to reminisce about the past. He said that the person who was going to appear next once sang the starting point of his star life was in an open-air venue late at night. In order to create the atmosphere of that year, the stage was turned into the night sky.
The audience below was still very surprised, and the atmosphere increased a bit; but they didn’t know that Qu Lang contacted the director while Ah was adjusting the lights, and the host squeezed out a string of words after the director spoke.
After the host finished speaking, he made a gesture of invitation, and the lights dimmed in response. On the ceiling of the entire venue, a starry sky map slowly lit up; Ah moved his hot fingers, and countless lights came from the corners of the ceiling. After the intersection, it landed on the auditorium, and it was also a fantasy star map.
The musician performing on stage was also very witty, using lights to arouse the audience’s emotions: “Dear friends, this song will give you the stars from seven years ago!”
Ah twitched the corner of his mouth and controlled the lights in cooperation. A lot of fine golden light was shed, and many spectators immediately raised their hands to catch the stars, but no one felt that there was anything wrong with the phantom star pattern that was illuminated on their body.
However, as soon as these spectators lifted their feet, they would find that the light “penetrates” their feet and was imprinted on their feet; not only under their feet, but also under their buttocks.
Naturally, it was impossible for normal lighting to do this. What was glowing under their feet was simply the formation set up by Xiao Yao after activating the Magic Star Disk.
Xiao Yao didn’t plan to seal the fractures one by one, as it would be too cumbersome and labor-intensive. Instead, he used the Magic Star Disk to set up an array. As long as the array eyes could withstand it, the auditorium would be impregnable.
He couldn’t waste time here, he had to free up his hands to find Bai Ju… This stupid dog didn’t take him with him, which only proved that the things he was going to do were very dangerous.
Xiao Yao activated the Magic Star Disk, mobilized all his spiritual power, and followed the pattern on the ground. Finally, he bit his fingertips and forced out a drop of blood. After wrapping it with spiritual power, the blood bead was like a drop of blood. The red beans rolled down on the palm of his hand; Xiao Yao found the right moment, and when the singer on the stage hit the last high note, he flicked his fingertips and accurately drove the blood beads into the eye of the formation. The formation on the ground suddenly lit up and converged all the light.
Ah removed the lights and top curtain from the Phantom Star Chart and breathed a sigh of relief.
….
Backstage in the studio, Bai Ju hid his figure and shuttled through the crowded aisles.
In the messy light and shadow, Bai Ju could see countless tiny black dots gathering from every corner, climbing through the grooves on the wall, and streaking across the lamp tubes and ceramic tiles. It seemed that he knew Bai Ju was chasing him, as those black dots seemed to be acting deliberately provocative. They gathered into strands, dragging Bai Ju’s footsteps along the corridor.
Sure enough, part of the purpose was to lure him into taking action.
Bai Ju remained calm and followed the black spots closely.
The studio was not a high-rise building. The entire building was only three stories high. There was also an underground floor, which served as an underground garage and storage facility. The backstage of the stage was on the first floor. After passing through many rest rooms with props, he opened the safety exit door and went all the way down to the basement.
The cement stairs at the safety exit were not very wide, and the lights in the corridor were not turned on. When Bai Ju followed the shadow and dodged down, he heard a subtle rustling sound.
As a dog demon, Bai Ju could clearly see the surrounding scene through the subtle light in the basement; he saw countless thick black and thin shadows coming from all directions, as messy and tangled as the hair of a water ghost; looking at the direction, there were eight strands coming from under the stands.
It seemed that the steel frame under the seats was indeed broken by these things; in order to lure him to take action, and a part of this thing was specially drilled out of the ground to attract his attention.
With a click, the door of the safety exit behind him closed. Bai Ju glanced at it from the corner of his eyes and ignored it.
Not having to worry about other people’s sights, Bai Ju felt a lot more at ease. With the concealment restrictions on his body removed, Bai Ju slowly took two steps down the stairs, and saw those black shadows standing up and entangling, gradually outlining a human figure.
“Did you do it?” Bai Ju moved his wrist, raised his hand to unbutton two buttons, pulled back the collar, and took off his cool little shirt. Human children’s clothing was very delicate, and it was easy to get damaged when wearing it… and his original fur was more practical.
The human-shaped black shadow seemed to have not been completely synthesized. Hearing the words, his entire body twisted, and one or two sounds were squeezed out from the bottom of his throat, which were hoarse and indistinguishable.
Bai Ju glanced at him, lowered his head, folded his shirt, and cast a spell to float it in the air to avoid it getting dusty.
The black shadow completely took shape after two or three breaths, turning into a pale man, wrapped in black clothes, with plain features that seemed to have a hint of evil in them.
The man said in a hoarse voice: “Bai Wang, I have long admired your name.”
Bai Ju was unmoved. He was more concerned about the aura of the man in black.
It stood to reason that people who deliberately caused such accidents would have some evil and bloody eyes on their bodies. His eyes should be red and bloody. Unexpectedly, this guy looked clean and tidy, with only a dull aura, as if he hadn’t seen him for a long time.
This puppet… was still a very delicate puppet.
Only when the puppet acted according to the instructions could it avoid being contaminated with karma; because the puppet’s instructions were complicated, the person behind the spell could choose some innocuous conditions to obscure the puppet’s motives.
For example, the restriction conditions were: Qiu Ziran, high place, steel frame, crowd.
The puppet’s action instructions were: practice sword practice.
Under the above setting conditions, the person behind it could even pretend to add another one, such as the knife should not hurt anyone; then when the puppet encountered the appropriate screening conditions, it would take action, and there was a high probability of cutting the steel frame.
Bai Ju figured out the way to this end without much effort, and suddenly felt a little itchy.
Someone who could make a puppet so finely would obviously have a way out, so why would he attack the crowd?
The puppet did not wait for Bai Ju’s reply. After only two or three seconds, Bai Ju, who had cleared his mind, raised his hand without hesitation, turned his fingers into claws, and swung towards the puppet’s face with fierce killing intent.
The puppet’s stiff expression did not change, and it quickly retreated, blocking the claw without any surprise. Then, the two figures were intertwined and blurred in a fierce and silent struggle.
Bai Ju has tasted puppets before. Puppets were terrible to eat.
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