Chapter 31: Overture to the Dead
(I went out with my wife and children for a few days, and I have been using the background to automatically update the manuscript, and I will resume manual updates today, I don't know if I can sign a contract, and I will change two times a day for the time being.) Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info)
At the same time as Anna Mayer interviewed Judy, Xiao Yang was not idle, he walked around the study, taking down the photo frames on the top of the bookshelf, on the desk, on the wall, clocks, lamps, dolls and trinkets and other movable items one by one and putting them in the corner, and even tried to push the entire bookshelf out of the room. ”
Although until this moment, Anna and Judy still don't believe in Xiao Yang's identity as a prophet, and they both think that he is more likely to suffer from deep paranoia, but seeing his attitude so serious, they can't help but feel a little uneasy.
As time passed, the attention of various media to this case did not diminish at all, but expanded to a deeper and broader level, and the live broadcast rights were snatched away by CBS and ABC, and other TV stations were not to be outdone, and they connected or simply invited celebrities, dignitaries, experts and scholars to the live broadcast room to express their own comments and opinions on Xiao Yang's earthquake prediction and the kidnapping case itself.
Unlike the mixed reactions of ordinary people, the stars of the Hollywood entertainment industry almost unanimously denied Xiao Yang's identity as a prophet, and at the same time vigorously denounced his vicious crime of kidnapping celebrities to win attention, and the wording of those high-ranking officials and politicians was much more rigorous and objective, such as the mayor of Los Angeles, the police chief, and the fire chief, respectively, said that no matter whether the suspect's remarks will come true or not, all government and civil service organizations, including municipal, police, fire, and relief, will be fully prepared. We will do our best to protect and serve the people in the event of a disaster at any time.
Regarding the kidnapping case itself, in an interview with reporters at the scene, Roman Carr said that the whole situation has reached a consensus and is ready to meet the kidnapper's requirements and leave him enough time to surrender to the police to ensure the personal safety of the hostages and the reporters present as much as possible, but firmly denied that this was to verify the authenticity of his prediction, as for the failure of the previous detection operation and being humiliated by Xiao Yang in person, he blamed it on the chaos of the media at the scene, and the unauthorized exposure of the details of the rescue operation without the consent of the police. Everyone knows that he is looking for a fig leaf for himself, and for the sake of his cooperation with the interview, no one will expose him in person.
After chatting with Judy for several hours, in the end, Anna really couldn't take out anything new from her mouth-she didn't want to talk about too secret~ a private topic, and everyone knew it bluntly-so she turned her gun and pointed the finger at Xiao Yang again, wondering if he, the "prophet", could predict something other than the earthquake disaster, but to her disappointment, as she had just said, this bastard had made up her mind not to reveal a word, and no matter how much she coerced and tempted, she refused to give in. If it weren't for Judy's presence, Anna would have been eager to use beauty tricks on him.
She didn't know Xiao Yang's plans, today's prediction and interview were just to become famous, and next time it would not be free, he was counting on this bit of prophetic foresight in his stomach to accumulate wealth and wealth, how could it all be shaken out all at once?
Another two hours passed, the hour hand pointed to 4 o'clock in the morning, everyone was young, full of energy, but they didn't feel sleepy, but the little thing they ate last night had been digested, and several people ate most of the plates of cold pies, and they could only barely fill half of the pie, Xiao Yang and Anna also poured several cups of coffee by themselves, but Judy didn't touch a drop of water.
Seeing that she was getting more and more restless, Xiao Yang knew that she had been sitting for more than ten hours in a row, and she was in a hurry, so she asked Anna to cut the bindings for her and let her go to the bathroom for convenience, but she didn't follow, Anna said in her heart that you are not afraid that she will take the opportunity to escape, and by the way, call the police to rush in and arrest you?
When he was reminded of this, Judy had already returned and sat back in her chair consciously, and a specific phrase immediately flashed through Anna's mind: "Stockholm syndrome!" ”
Secretly alerted to the fact that there should not be such a perverse trust and dependence on a burglary and kidnapping suspect, Anna couldn't help but secretly raised her eyes to look at Xiao Yang who was standing quietly in front of the window, and saw that his eyebrows were slightly locked, his eyes were solemn, and his lips were tightly pursed together, and her heart moved again: "It turns out that he will also be nervous!" ”
Turning his head to look at the wall clock leaning against the corner, at 4:05, Xiao Yang couldn't help but take a deep breath, it was less than half an hour!
Although he is sure that his "prophecy" will not come to fruition, there is still an inevitable hidden worry in his heart: what will he do if the powerful earthquake that once shocked the world and brought huge economic losses no longer follows the trajectory of history due to the butterfly effect brought about by him as a traverser, or is postponed?
Disturbed by his own thoughts, Xiao Yang was going to do something to distract himself, so he went back to the piano and sat down, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, his ten fingers beat on the keys like elves, and a string of melodious notes flowed out.
Judy listened attentively, only to feel that the rhythm of this piece was poignant and beautiful, but the melody was very unfamiliar, with her musical talent, it was not difficult to understand the artistic conception that this never-before-heard piano piece wanted to express, in those beating notes, she heard the nothingness, mystery and yearning hidden deep under his slightly manic, fearful and confused appearance, just like the night sky outside the window, although in the darkest pre-dawn desperate situation, but refused to give up the thirst and hope for light.
After playing the song, Judy could hear it, and carefully recalled the whispers and confessions contained in the sound of the piano, and she subconsciously asked, "What kind of song is this?" ”
Xiao Yang stared at his fingertips, slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and replied softly, "The-Dawn." ”
That's right, the track he just played was the song "Dawn" that was later falsely rumored by domestic Warcraft fans as "Overture to the Dead", which was composed by a Finnish band called Dreamtale, and was actually adapted from the opening song of the movie "The-Rock (The-Rock)", which was first used as the background music of the undead forum area by a domestic video game competition website. The cutscenes of the undead in Warcraft 3 were edited and produced a MV called "Overture to the Dead", which became famous as soon as it was launched due to the huge number of Warcraft players in China.
As a loyal fan of Blizzard Entertainment and one of the veteran players of World of Warcraft, Xiao Yang is naturally familiar with this "Dawn", which is known as "one of the top ten shocking background music".