Chapter 31: An Ordinary Path

“Beep, attention Master, the song you want to download does not belong to this world. The Entertainment Commodity Section of the system has not been opened to public yet. Master, please work hard to level up the popularity and pass through the beginner stage. Then you can unlock the Entertainment Commodity Section as soon as possible. If you need it now, please use the one-time trial chance of the Entertainment Commodity Section and you need to pay double the mall vouchers to purchase the trial chance.”

“Uh, it is quite informative. I have 4 million of popularity now and am still at the beginner stage. How much of popularity I need to pass through the beginner stage?” He did not expect to get so much information by just simply asking.

Dog Egg replied, “Within ten million popularity, it is still a beginner. Please cherish the precious beginner stage, skill points should not be wasted.”

“Eh?” Chen B-Dog was surprised. For every 100 thousand of popularity, he would be rewarded 1 skill point. It was not hard to get it, so he did not take it seriously. He did not expect to be warned at this moment. Could it be that it was very difficult to get the skill points after beginner stage?

No matter what, he was alerted now. He should use the skill points wisely in future. Checking the trial pack price again, he was stunned.

–Indeed, as expected of the Entertainment Supporting System. The Entertainment Commodity was extremely expensive.

“Even I can sing this song. I could just leave and find someone who knows music to reproduce it. You want me to pay for 100 points voucher, isn’t it too ridiculous?”

Dog Egg was firm this time. “Master, are you sure you can sing it? Just because you can sing it in dreamland doesn’t mean you still can sing it after you wake up. This is the rule of the system. Master can self-record it without buying but the quality is not guaranteed.”

Chen B-Dog was quite shocked. He had been living in the dreamland for some years. It was almost the same as the actual world. How could it be possible that he would forget one song? He tried to recall the song he sang many times in the dream but now it became a blurred memory. He was so shocked that he broke into a cold sweat. However, he did not give up and tried hard to recall the movies and dramas he watched before. It seemed to be a clear memory but when he tried to recall the details, it became ambiguous.

“Dog Egg, what trick are you playing?”

B-Dog was angry. No one should bully an honest man.

Dog Egg did not want to be the scapegoat. He explained seriously, “Actually you did not forget, it is just that your brain has automatically erased the retrieval memory of the dream. Master, you have experienced a long dream that lasted for few years in a short time. There is no way to back it up. The brain needs to reduce its burden. You dream every day and see a lot of irrelevant information every day. There is no reason to retrieve it, thus you would remember the special dreams only. To put it simply, this is the question of extraction. Many people feel familiar when they go to a new place. It is most likely because they have seen this place in their dreams.”

Chen B-Dog finally gave up. He could fight with anyone but not with the intelligent system. He was left with no choice, so he redeemed it with 10 chances of Grade D lucky draw. Then, he said, “Okay, pay for it.”

By doing so, he had 3 chances of Grade C lucky draw and 22 skill points left.

The skill points were very precious but he felt that it was not easy to keep it. He would use it cautiously unless it was a Grade S skill.

He returned to the live broadcast room and gathered his emotion. Holding the warm military bottle in his left hand and pretending it was the microphone, he shouted, “Music!”

Everyone had been waiting for a long time. They thought he was going to stand them up; however, he finally came out.

When the song started to play, to everyone’s surprise, it was not the old songs they were familiar with. They never heard of this overture before. “Could it be an original?” Some people who knew music started to nod their heads. It had the style of a ballad, with the slow rhythm, lyrical, and the typical Trip-Hop chord decomposition. If looking only from the overture, it was a new, matured, ballad style production.

After a short overture, B-Dog sat in front of the bonfire and started to sing. He sang in a deep and magnetic baritone, surprising the audience with his voice.

“Those that linger about on the road, do you want to go? Viavia. So fragile but still proud, I used to be just like that.

Agitating and boiling ones, where do you go? Viavia. Mysterious, so calm down, are you listening to my story?”

“It looks pretty good. Is it really the original new song of Lord B-Dog? Why have I never heard of it before? Requesting answers from the experts.”

“I am an expert but I do not know as well. It seems like a new song to me.”

With the slow and lyrical rhythm, Chen B-Dog was singing with a clear and low baritone. It made the song sound warm and sorrowful. Good music made the listener feel differently. This song was exactly like that. It was only the beginning yet it could make the people feel peaceful and young, finding the direction of their future in sadness and confusion.

“Over the rivers and mountains, been through the thousands of people; everything I used to own, now it is gone like the smoke.

I was lost and so hopeless and disoriented, till I got the answer right found this ordinary path.”

When he sang the chorus, four million audience felt their ears explode instantly. It gave them goosebumps.

With his sincere and large-hearted voice, he was able to sing the heart of the ordinary people and presented an unordinary life journey. Previously there were some inattentive members of the audience but now they had stopped typing and listened to this song seriously.

“But you still fancy about, your tomorrow, viavia.

Is she good, or worse? It is just another day for me.

I used to ruin everything, to get away forever.

I used to fall into the dark path, I was struggling how to get out.

I was like you like him like those grass and flowers. Hopelessly anticipating, crying and laughing, being ordinary.”

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“Over the rivers and mountains, been through the thousands of people, everything I used to own, now gone like the smoke. I was lost and so hopeless and disoriented, till I got the answer right, found this ordinary path. I used to ruin everything, to get away forever.

I used to fall into the dark path, I was struggling how to get out. I was like you like him like those grass and flowers. Hopelessly anticipating, crying and laughing, being ordinary. Over the rivers and mountains, been through the thousands of people, I used to ask the whole world, but never got any answers. I am just like you like him like those grass and flowers, fate led me to this only path I have to go on.”

He used his voice to beautify the flat melody perfectly. The lyric used the words “linger”, “sea”, “lost” and “hopeless”, the ordinary words that were commonly used. The ending Rap part was heart touching, it spoke the heart of the people sincerely. It also perfectly illustrated the life which was rich in emotions.

Chen B-Dog repeatedly sang the same song for two times and made the audience explode. They were feeling awesome and kept asking for the song’s name. A few excited members of the audience were sending Rice Balls non-stop. They had sent almost twenty thousand Rice Balls; their hands must be very tired and sore.

An excited teenage girl called Zhou B-Ke seemed to found an amazing secret and sent, non-stop, one hundred Bamboos, “Nice, nice! It is too good! What is the name of this song?”

Chen B-Dog smiled and explained, “This song’s name is “An Ordinary Path”, it is not recorded yet. When it is recorded, I will post it… Oh forget it, I will skip the recording. I think I have no time for that, just use this primitive jungle howling version. It is actually quite good to have the background music of wolf howling. Later when I finish the live broadcast, I will upload this to Music Cloud. If you are interested, please follow my Weibo.” It was not recorded in the recording studio, but it was not bad with the assistance of Dog Egg.

He was feeling tired after singing a song with full emotions. He planned to call it a day and end the live broadcast. Looking up the sky and seeing a natural light display, he said, “Before I end the live broadcast today, I will show you something good. You guys are lucky.”

The camera turned to the light. The audience that was still in the midst of excitement exploded again, “Oh my god, it is the aurora.”

“Isn’t the aurora can be seen in the North Pole only? We can see it in China also?”

“Wow, it is so beautiful.”

“It is too fantasy-like. This is the phenomenon that makes people ascend to the heavens.”