The cosmic calendar is 258 years. The year 3273 of the Earth calendar.

A temporary electronic stage set up in the main star Changhe Stadium of the Allied Star Cluster, the headquarters of the Interstellar Republic Alliance.

On the side of the stage, where electronic LED lights and colored laser beams flickered wildly, Jimmy "Diamond" Daimberg behind the curtain looked at the tens of thousands of avid interstellar music lovers under the stage, turned the overload knob of the audio power amplifier next to him to the limit, and turned the volume knob to Max. At this time, no one noticed that the red skull mark on the gadget plugged into one of the amplifier's input ports flashed.

A few months ago, Jimmy's interstellar heavy metal quark hard rock band "Civilization Black Hole" received an invitation from the Interstellar Republic Alliance Music Association to participate in the annual interstellar music-themed carnival. Heavy metal quark hard rock is a well-known radical music genre of the Interstellar Empire Alliance, with loud volume, fiery melodies, radical lyrics, and crazy and bizarre performances being the main characteristics of their music. The "Black Hole of Civilization", a band from the M33 galaxy in the constellation Triangulum, has emerged in recent years as a leader in this genre, and the day they released albums and singles is the day when the major music charts are updated to the first place.

This is the first time they have received an invitation to the Interstellar Republic Alliance's Interstellar Music-themed Carnival. Previously, the civilizational exchanges between the two camps of interstellar civilizations were limited to a common musical genre that was mild and did not involve civilizational barriers.

On the way backstage with electronic musical instruments on their backs, Jimmy and his band members saw military personnel and armed police officers with live guns, nervously watching the audience around the concert.

Jimmy jokingly said to his teammates, "Guys, our 'weapons' – guitars, basses, drums and keyboards – need to be 'loaded' as well!" ”

As soon as the band arrived at the show, they connected to the wireless inlet frequency of the audio amplifier, corrected the timbre and pitch, played a few practice pieces to make sure that there was no problem with the sound, and then entered the backstage cast and crew lounge.

The artists and singers at the front of the line sang one after another, and the emotions of the audience gradually mobilized.

When the announcer robot revealed the name of the "Civilization Black Hole" band from the Interstellar Empire Alliance, the audience was jubilant, and avid interstellar rock music lovers even turned on their own laser holographic lights, playing various slogans and patterns of "Civilization Black Hole" in the sky above the stadium with various lights flickering.

Jimmy holds his electric guitar - a cool electric guitar in the shape of a two-headed dragon, with two elongated dragon heads and two sound styles of guitar necks, one with six strings and the other with twelve strings. The guitar-shaped two-headed dragon flapped its huge wings and almost soared realistically on Jimmy's chest. He waved the guitar picks at the bandmates, and the members took to the stage. There were waves of cheers and applause from the audience.

Jimmy began to play the opening part of the piece according to the pre-tuned tone, and the low, heavy metal sound was like the muffled thunder of the rain on the horizon, leading the crowd to the rhythm of cheering, and the crowd was mixed with a scream.

Then the drums played, and the electronic booster tuned to the rhythm of Jimmy's bass guitar melody, and the crowd began to shake their heads to the rhythm.

The electric bass also plays the deafening bass section, while the electric guitar and drums are briefly muted for a few seconds, bringing out the bass's rich, full-bodied sound.

The keyboardist's deft fingers roam the synthesizer's keyboard, and the cathedral's ethereal organ sets the music to an epic atmosphere.

The lead singer opened his mouth and let out a voice that sounded like the roar of a beast. By this time, Jimmy had switched to the tone of the electric guitar and replaced it with a high-pitched, traditional bright voice that matched perfectly with the lead singer's deep voice.

The other band members also sang the harmony part in front of the microphone with their eyes closed and playing the instruments, and the audience in the audience had a glint of emotion in their eyes, and they shook their heads and sang in harmony, looking up at the performance of the band members, for fear of missing every detail.

The lights of the stage followed each excited band member, and a variety of dazzling stage effects pushed the performance of "Civilization Black Hole" to the top.

The ** part of the piece is the solo part of Jimmy's electric guitar, he closes his eyes, intoxicatingly plucks the neck of the twelve-string faucet with a pick, and the high-pitched and melodious guitar sound brings the audience into a state of intoxication.

The fans in the audience seemed to be infected by this beautiful electric guitar solo, and everyone closed their eyes tightly and shook their heads even more frantically.

Suddenly, Jimmy realizes that something seems to be wrong while playing, but he can't tell what is wrong. The lights on the stage were strong and dazzling, and the cheering lasers of the audience also illuminated the entire stadium as bright as day. The timbre of his guitar is like a wild horse that has escaped under the rendering of the amplifier, and it seems that it is gradually unrestrained and controlled. What's wrong? Jimmy was desperately searching for him on stage.

At this time, a fan in the audience shot a 3D laser beam in the shape of a skull, and Jimmy suddenly remembered something when he saw it.

Skull! I think I saw it somewhere!

At this time, an even more incredible scene happened, the audience who shook their heads suddenly seemed to be in the wrong place, and the speed and frequency of shaking their heads increased significantly, and then several fans in the front row even fell to the ground, still convulsing and convulsions in pain.

Jimmy stopped playing the guitar and the pick, but the strange sound continued to reach the eardrums of everyone in the concert.

That's right, skulls! Jimmy remembered! Before going on stage, when he tuned the audio power amplifier on the side of the stage, he seemed to see some kind of device plugged into the interface, and there was a skull on it that used to glow red!

Jimmy quickly moved over to the audio power amplifier he had just moved, and noticed that the skull was glowing red in the darkness, as if it were executing a program in the device.

Jimmy was about to reach over to pull out the device when he felt a powerful electric current pass through his body as soon as his fingers touched it, and he collapsed into the blank.

Jimmy wakes up again to find that he is no longer on stage, but in an enclosed space.

He had previously been in the classroom for drunken brawls, and he realized that he was imprisoned.

But why?

And where are the other bandmates?

Jimmy's head flashed with a series of big question marks, and his brain was bursting.

Then a voice played over and over again in his head.