So he specifically chose disaster-stricken areas for concerts, weaving performances of Chang'an Melody into the middle of each show.
They could not save those who had already died in the Destruction, but they could save those who had been infected with Destruction Sickness without realizing it.
Before they had even finished one full circuit, he and Eden had turned twenty and won the award for the world's most popular singing duo.
It was something like being called stars of their generation, though not quite to that extent.
They were in no hurry. After holding a grand wedding, they continued their tour.
Honeymoon trip? What a joke. Every tour was a honeymoon trip, understand?
The tours, which were practically charity concerts, continued on and on. To outsiders, they looked like nothing more than a unique married musical duo, nothing worth thinking too deeply about.
But a doctor from Moth of the Fire had set her sights on them.
"Sleepless Chang'an, what exactly are you doing?"
Tapping her fingers against the desk, Mobius frowned at the group photo of Sleepless Chang'an's members—the married couple.
Mobius did not follow celebrities, nor did she like music.
So devoted to research that she considered music a kind of noise, she neither liked listening to it nor wanted to.
She truly had no interest in music.
Compared to listening to songs, she preferred experiments—experiments that could help humanity evolve.
But experiments required lab rats, and she was currently severely lacking in them.
Ever since she had been invited to join Moth of the Fire, she had never had enough lab rats.
She had complained about this to upper management, but they had been equally helpless.
"Dr. Mobius, I understand your urgency, but please understand our difficulties as well.
If there were suitable test subjects, we would definitely bring them to you.
But the problem is that there are no suitable test subjects. You can't expect me to drag healthy people in for your experiments, can you?"
No suitable test subjects? Mobius did not believe it.
Not a single word of it.
As someone within Moth of the Fire, she knew how many small-scale Destruction outbreaks had erupted across the world. She also knew that every outbreak added many more people infected with Destruction Sickness to the world.
Once these infected people entered the critical stage, Moth of the Fire would seize them and isolate them for treatment. If treatment failed, they would mutate into monsters.
Those monsters were their test subjects.
That was why Mobius did not believe the claim that there were no test subjects—unless there was a way to curb the illness.
She did not believe such a method already existed. She merely assumed upper management was brushing her off, so she kept pressing them relentlessly until they became numb and simply gave up.
"Dr. Mobius, we truly haven't found any suitable test subjects.
We regularly send people to inspect those disaster-stricken regions. There really aren't any suitable test subjects there.
Forget whether they're suitable or not—many people who were originally sick aren't sick anymore."
After saying that, upper management gave up completely and never answered Mobius's calls again, which made her suspicious of the intelligence behind it.
People who had been sick were no longer sick? Could someone really have found a cure?
She put her experiments on hold and conducted an investigation, visiting disaster areas in person and questioning people recorded as infected. In the end, she received an answer that left her speechless.
"What? Those strange markings that showed up on our bodies? Yeah, I guess that happened. I never noticed when they disappeared.
Probably after that pair of big stars came here to sing. They sang so beautifully that I still can't forget it."
She received roughly the same answer everywhere she visited, forcing Mobius to focus on the celebrity couple from Sleepless Chang'an, who specialized in traveling to disaster zones.
It seemed necessary to verify things on-site.
"Blanca, do you know where those two are holding their next concert?"
Holding the photograph, Mobius asked her recently hired assistant. She vaguely remembered that the girl was a fan of celebrities.
"Hm? Which two?"
Blanca turned around in confusion, but the moment she saw the photo in Mobius's hand, her eyes lit up.
"Wow, it's Sleepless Chang'an! Doctor, how do you have this photo? Are you their fan too?"
Blanca eagerly pressed her for answers. Ever since attending one live concert, the girl had become a devoted fan.
She liked Sleepless Chang'an's songs, and she also liked Chang'an's face.
Her dorm room was plastered with posters of Ye Chang'an. She did not care in the slightest that he was already married.
That was just how fangirls were.
"Calm down. Answer my question first."
Mobius raised an eyebrow and returned to the matter at hand, with no desire to discuss celebrity fandom with Blanca.
She did not follow celebrities.
"Oh, right. What was the question again?" Blanca had forgotten.
"Do you know where their next concert will be?"
"A concert? Of course I do! Doctor, are you going? Can you take me with you? I want to go too."
"...Then I'll have to trouble you to get two tickets. Come to me for reimbursement after you buy them."
Mobius nodded in agreement.
"Yay~"
Blanca cheered, then remembered something and added, "Doctor, Sleepless Chang'an's concerts don't require tickets. If you want to go, you can just go."
A duo that specifically traveled to disaster areas to hold concerts had never intended to make money from them.
Mobius did not know that, and she froze on the spot.
Bringing Blanca to the place where Sleepless Chang'an would soon be holding a concert, Mobius frowned as she swept her gaze over the audience members heading toward the venue.
Most of them bore Erosion Markings to varying degrees, likely caused by the disaster that had broken out some time ago.
Most of these people are beyond saving.
Mobius sighed inwardly, believing that those with more Erosion Markings would soon be taken away by Moth of the Fire soldiers.
They had already entered the critical stage.
If they were not isolated in time, they might cause a secondary disaster after mutating.
Moth of the Fire would not allow that to happen.
"Sigh..." Mobius felt somewhat tired, unable to understand why she had come here to watch a concert.
Music could not cure the illness in these people.
She waited listlessly until, at last, Sleepless Chang'an's opening music arrived—Chang'an Melody.
PS: Their wedding passed in a flash. Sigh, there was no helping it. I didn't want to describe the wedding in the simulation world too much. They'll hold another proper one in reality later.
Chapter of Creation: Journey to a New World: 19. Chang'an: Mobius, bring Blanca and come to the hotel with me
Chang'an Melody was very pleasant to listen to. After all, Eden had composed it, and its melody was incredibly soothing.
Even Mobius, who disliked music, found it difficult to classify this melody as noise. Somewhat interested, she looked toward the handsome man onstage playing the flute.
Looks like that photo wasn't edited.
She admitted that Ye Chang'an was just as handsome as he looked in the photo, but that was all.
After all, the handsome man was taken. When they debuted, they had announced themselves as a couple duo.
Mobius had no interest in handsome men or romance. She focused solely on researching human evolution.
But since she had already come to a concert, there was nothing wrong with relaxing and enjoying herself a little.
This melody really is quite nice.
For her to give such an evaluation was enough to show just how outstanding Chang'an Melody was.
When the piece ended, Mobius raised her hands and applauded along with the crowd. By chance, she noticed a change in one audience member's Erosion Markings.
(⊙o⊙)... This... got lighter?
Startled, she observed them carefully, then frowned as she compared them to the Erosion Markings in her memory.
They had indeed faded somewhat.
But why? What factor had caused the Erosion Markings to fade?
Mobius's mind raced, but she still could not figure it out.
There were too few clues. She could not make a judgment, and she still had not figured it out by the time Chang'an Melody played for the second time.
It was Sleepless Chang'an's signature move: every so often, they would play Chang'an Melody for the audience.
Then Mobius discovered that the Erosion Markings on those audience members had faded a little more.
Was it that piece of music just now?
She was stunned, finding it unbelievable.
Could music really cure that illness? That was impossible, wasn't it...?
"Blanca, what was that piece called just now?"
She asked the assistant beside her, and Blanca immediately gave her an answer.
"That piece was called Chang'an Melody, Doctor. Isn't it lovely? We should play it in the lab every day."
The fangirl had wanted to play Sleepless Chang'an's songs in the lab for ages, but Mobius had never allowed it.
It might be worth trying.
Mobius felt it was necessary to use Chang'an Melody for a test.
What if it really worked?
So she made a note of it.
During the rest of the performance, Mobius focused with utmost concentration.
She carefully observed the effects different music had on the audience's Erosion Markings.
She discovered that signs of fading appeared only when Chang'an Melody was performed.
Fortunately, Sleepless Chang'an liked to repeatedly perform Chang'an Melody at every concert. Otherwise, she truly would not have been able to reach a conclusion.
But this conclusion could not yet be presented as a result.
As a researcher, she needed practical evidence to discover the truth.
When the performance reached its curtain call, Mobius stood and applauded along with the crowd, staring thoughtfully at the two people onstage as she considered how to approach them.
After finishing the curtain call, Ye Chang'an spotted her conspicuous figure in the crowd.
That person looks a lot like Mobius.
Green hair was rare, and Mobius always wore a white lab coat from the laboratory, making her extremely conspicuous among the crowd.
Suspecting that it really was her, Ye Chang'an picked up the microphone and smiled.
"Today's performance was originally supposed to end here, but I've suddenly had the urge to invite an audience member onstage for a duet. Would everyone be willing to indulge this little whim of mine?"
"Yes!"
The entire audience shouted, and Mobius was nearly deafened by Blanca's howl beside her.
"Hehe, thank you, everyone. Then I'll choose an audience member. Hmm, that lady over there—the green-haired lady in the white lab coat. Could you please come up onstage?"
Ye Chang'an directly chose Mobius, leaving her completely dumbfounded.
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