Bonus: First Time Participating in the Diva Competition (15)

The next day.

After making some preparations, Su Xi and Miboli went to the town's church together.

In this town that blends many styles of the Starry Sky Society, the church is the only building whose style looks relatively familiar. Su Xi felt an indescribable sense of peculiarity about most of the buildings.

But this church looks more pleasing to the eye. Its style is similar to that of Earth, with a white exterior and gold trim, making it look incredibly noble.

At this time, a stage had already been set up outside the church.

The mayor learned yesterday that the Heaven-Sent Diva would be singing for his deceased wife, so he set up the stage overnight.

In addition, many NPCs also came after hearing the news.

So a large number of NPCs were already standing outside the church. It took Su Xi and Miboli some time to squeeze through the bustling crowd and get inside the church.

The mayor spoke with the Diva who had already arrived and welcomed them.

After all, it was an honor to have so many Heaven-Sent Diva sing for his deceased wife.

Su Xi and Miboli didn't say much. After summoning their melodic aids to each other to prove their identities Heaven-Sent Diva, they stood behind the other Diva and observed the situation.

"What race are these Diva?" Su Xi asked curiously, looking at the several Heaven-Sent Diva in front of her.

Miboli followed Su Xi's gaze and said, "The one with bone decorations is from the Nal race, the one with reddish skin is from the Hongyi race, the one holding a staff and with starlight in her eyes is from the Cui race, and Miss Xi Youlan is from the Ge'er race..."

As Su Xi listened to Miboli's explanation, she nodded.

The Diva present came from various races. The appearance of carbon-based life forms was more in line with her aesthetic sense. Among the non-carbon-based life forms, only silicon-based life forms were barely acceptable. As for the others, Su Xi could only say that she was not knowledgeable enough.

However, at least the Diva present were all in human form.

Diva in non-human form are still in the minority.

After paying their respects to the mayor's deceased wife, following the rhythm of the church pastor, the group arrived outside the church.

More and more people heard that the Heaven-Sent Diva was seeing off the mayor's deceased wife, and they flocked to the scene.

Fortunately, the town mayor anticipated this situation and mobilized a large number of soldiers to manage the flow of people.

After the farewell ceremony, the ten Diva present drew lots to determine their performance order.

Su Xi was ranked 10th and was the last to go on stage, Miboli was ranked 3rd.

In front of Miboli is Xi Youlan.

Seeing this ranking, Miboli almost cried.

"I'm doomed! I was right after Miss Youlan, and I just finished listening to her song. Now it's my turn to go on stage. I'm definitely doomed," Miboli said tearfully.

Although Su Xi didn't understand these things very well, she knew that if the previous Diva was too strong, and the next Diva didn't have comparable or even stronger abilities, then the Diva's weaknesses would be magnified, leading to a significant drop in her rating.

It's safe to say that Miboli's hopes of even making it into the top three are gone.

In fact, it could be said that Diva who appeared after Xi Youlan were shrouded in a huge shadow.

Fortunately, Xi Youlan went on stage in second place. Even if the first place winner hadn't been affected by Xi Youlan, and could have made it into the top three, and if Xi Youlan herself also occupied a spot, then there would still be one place left.

"Please welcome our number one, the Heaven-Sent Diva, to the stage!"

At the behest of the servants, the Cui race that Miboli had just mentioned stepped onto the stage.

The Cui race Diva wore a loose robe that did not accentuate her figure at all, but the white robe on her, along with the staff in her hand, gave her a somewhat mysterious air.

She hovered her staff on the stage.

"Expand..."

The levitating staff instantly transformed into a complex and magnificent ensemble of musical instruments.

Su Xi: "..."

They know how to have fun.

Melody aids can indeed manifest many things according to the Diva's wishes, including instruments, background music, and the atmosphere of the song, but Su Xi has never used them.

Aside from seeing it on video, this was the first time I had ever experienced these Diva summoning such a huge and magnificent orchestra up close.

The unfolding scene is quite impactful.

The audience was stunned by the unfolded venue and exclaimed in surprise.

The Diva of the Cui race sat calmly in the center position. The instrument in front of her resembled both a zither and a harp, but Su Xi couldn't identify it.

She gently stroked the strings, and the enormous instruments began to play.

The melancholic music gradually spread around, and as if sensing the sadness within the music, the NPCs in the square fell silent.

"Xing Yue Shi, the power of her voice seems to resonate, allowing her to share her current emotions with her listeners."

"Miboli said in a low voice."

Resonance?

Let's just say it's invincible...

The ultimate goal of all entertainment is to resonate with the emotions of the audience, but this Diva achieved this simply through her voice.

Miboli noticed Su Xi's expression and said, "Resonance is very powerful, but the emotions of the Cui race are very detached, otherwise she would have been able to advance to a higher level of Diva long ago."

"I see..."

If you are emotionally detached, then this ability is indeed somewhat useless.

If her music is melancholic, but she herself is not in a high mood, and then shares her melancholic emotions with an audience that is already feeling sad, then she's no different from Cunzhi...

At the same time, the entire sky darkened in an instant, and the stars appeared, making the atmosphere outside the church oppressive and heavy.

There is a quiet corner in my heart.

"The person I love most lives there."

"Eternal Remembrance"

Your love shines like the stars.

The originally melancholic musical atmosphere calmed down considerably after the song "Xing Yue Shi" began to play.

"The background music and atmosphere were overdone, which only highlighted her lack of emotional depth..."

Even Su Xi, a layman, could feel the conflict between the music and the singing.

However, the lyrics are still quite fitting to the theme, and considering he was the first to appear, this situation is acceptable.

So after Xing Yue Shi finished singing, the NPCs had a pretty good opinion of her.

Next up is Xi Youlan.

She slowly walked onto the stage, passing by Xing Yue Shi.

The dark sky brightened in an instant, and shimmering feathers fell, making her look like an angel descended from heaven.

Memories flooded back like a tide.

"It flooded the shores of my heart."

Xi Youlan didn't have many fancy and elaborate large musical instruments; she simply dispelled the darkness in the sky, sprinkled down feathers from heaven, and then sang the first line of lyrics.