Snap, boom... snap, boom...
Forming the most basic two-four time, seemingly endless.
But it’s always like this, far too monotonous, there has to be change.
Huai Shi thought so.
Thus, a new beat must be added.
For a moment, a brand new sound burst from the dispersing and gathering of the soul, inserted into the original rhythm, and granted it new variations once again.
Strong, weak, secondary strong, weak...
Now it’s four-four time—
So, how about adding a bit of new change again? Something new, breaking the old cycle and bringing new variables...
As a result, a brand-new rhythm resounded again amidst the four-four beat interlude.
Huai Shi found himself beginning to adapt to such changes; whether he liked it or not was uncertain, but he couldn’t help but immerse himself in it.
Unaware of the passage of time.
Forgetting the years.
Just immersed in this pure rhythm, letting his soul resound with it, every part, every fine component, every part belonging to Huai Shi.
Memories, thoughts, obsessions, pursuits, and wishes.
Each new element added caused the increasingly complex rhythm to undergo new changes.
Following that, pain, pity, sorrow, anger, grudge... countless Source Substance collisions, erupting into contrasting sound colors, adhering to the rhythm’s skeleton like flesh and blood, causing scattered echoes in the silent darkness.
Fragmenting, consolidating, beginning, ending.
Thus cycling, thus growing, thus transforming.
Uncertain how long had passed.
Until finally, majestic waves emerged from the depths of the soul, at this moment, harmonizing all rhythms and overtone comprehensively, covering, controlling.
Evolving.
Finally, transforming into a grand resonance!
—Symphony!
At this moment, the fragmented consciousness rejoined as one, like a musical movement, seamlessly integrating into a complete whole. When the force hidden in the darkness erupted again, the waves formed could no longer interfere with Huai Shi’s consciousness.
Like a gentle breeze on the face.
Just the operation of consciousness made it dissipate into darkness, never to be seen again.
Huai Shi opened his eyes.
Returning to the world.