When the voice calling out resounded across the world, almost everyone on Canxing stared in bewildered shock.
"Why did my phone suddenly start playing audio by itself?"
"I want to file a complaint! I only bought this computer the day before yesterday. It cost me over ten thousand, and it's already broken?"
"Yellow Heaven Emperor? Is this some new kind of computer virus? Fuck, I'm not going to lose everything on my phone, am I?"
"Holy shit, everyone around me has the same audio playing on their phones. This virus is insane. What kind of genius made it?"
"Can human technology even do this? Could it be alien tech?"
"So people who believe in aliens finally got their moment."
"Your mom got a moment! Can you speak normally?"
"Heh, aliens? You might as well say spiritual energy suddenly revived, immortals returned from ages past, and new arts are clashing with old ones."
"Dude, you've read too many novels. New arts, old arts, immortals—hah! If Immortal Gods exist, I'll eat three pounds of shit on livestream!"
"Another guy fishing for a free meal—"
While the public argued, government agencies and civilian curio organizations around the world shook off their brief stupor and grew tense.
"Is this a memetic curio?!"
"What kind of meme is it? What does it do? What are its properties? Damn it! The audio has spread too far. It looks like every electronic device in the world that can make a sound has been taken over."
"Let's hope it isn't the worst-case scenario. What if hearing the audio makes people suicidal? Or it twists their wills and makes them worship that god?"
"The latter would be easier to handle. We could use a curio to erase everyone's memories of that being. Their faith should disappear then."
"Sigh. The