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Chapter 381 - 379. The Knight’s Song, Sunshine in the Abyss (Fourth Update)_1

Chapter 381: 379. The Knight’s Song, Sunshine in the Abyss (Fourth Update)_1

The perfect rendition of the song at Ren He’s Master Level vocal proficiency completely shocked Yang Xi, and kindled in her heart the same power, but she suddenly worried that such a good piece could be ruined by herself, realizing that forceful performance did not necessarily guarantee applause.

After Ren He finished singing, it took him a long while to emerge from the emotions before he calmly smiled and said, "Let’s sing this song as a duet, I’ll do the harmony for you in the beginning, and you’ll do the harmony for me at the climax."

Yang Xi’s eyes lit up at the moment, "Really?" With that, her worries were alleviated, as singing the beginning was not an issue for her. It was only at the emotionally intense climax that she felt completely out of her depth, but singing harmony would be different.

Moreover, singing a song with Ren He had always been one of her wishes. She had always felt Ren He sang beautifully, no less so than some celebrities, but this song was simply a revelation—not that it wasn’t beautiful, but it was too beautiful!

Ren He first heard this song in the animated series "The Adventures of Li Xianji." Back then, the song "don’t.cry" along with Bach’s composition and Robert Cohen’s rendition of "Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major" almost moved him to tears.

Later, the movie adaptation of "The Adventures of Li Xianji" indeed broke Ren He’s heart as it destroyed the original creation.

Now for the task of performing "Don’t cry," Ren He still needed to guide Yang Xi into the right emotion, for after all, it was Yang Xi’s first time hearing the song, and emotions are not so easily kindled in everyone.

It could be said that Ren He spent only an hour on accompanying and mixing the music, but it took him a full two hours to help Yang Xi find the right feeling. It wasn’t that Ren He was too strict with Yang Xi, but that she was too strict with herself.

After hearing Ren He’s rendition, she always felt that she was missing something.

Yang Xi was like a little girl unsteadily chasing after Ren He’s steps, always half a step behind.

Ren He pondered for a moment, then felt compelled to tell a very important story about this song from his past life, unrelated to the original work, but rather a story about how people found solace in the song spontaneously.

He spoke from a completely detached perspective, narrating the story: one of the most catastrophic disasters in human history—the 9/11 attacks.

On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners and crashed them into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. This incident did not happen in the parallel world.

In his previous life, after the 9/11 attacks, Americans were lost in deep confusion for a long time, not knowing which way to turn. When television rebroadcast the 9/11 attacks, the Twin Towers collapsed in an instant, vanishing in a cloud of dust and ash, with over 3200 people dead, including more than 300 firefighters.

During that time, people sang over and over, "Don’t you cry tonight. I still love you. Don’t you cry tonight. That’s heaven about you baby."

Don’t cry, please don’t cry, heaven is right above you.

People gave this song a new meaning: a yearning for salvation in despair, and the song remained by their side all along.

Ren He told a story from a parallel world that did not happen, simply hoping it could convey to Yang Xi the power within this song.

The power to find hope amidst despair.

After being silent for well over ten minutes, Yang Xi suddenly said to Ren He, "Let’s start recording!" She had lived through warfare, so she understood what combat truly meant better than most of her compatriots. In the embassy in the war zone, she had seen bullets pierce through people’s chests and shells blanket the streets.

Therefore, she understood what despair was and how potent the power in despair could be.

The text you’ve read will eventually become your demeanor, and the experiences you’ve lived through will become your sentiment. Yang Xi had sentiment.

Ren He laughed, knowing that Yang Xi now had enough confidence.

As the accompaniment began, Yang Xi started to sing the song in a deep voice, with Ren He as her harmony. Ren He calmly watched as Yang Xi sang with her eyes tightly closed, and suddenly felt that being able to write songs for a girl like Yang Xi was a kind of fortune, and it felt really great.

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At 6 a.m. that day, in the music platform, the ID of Knight surreptitiously released a new song.

"Don’t.cry"

At this time, most people were still deep in sleep, and Ren He had never thought to cause much of a stir at this hour, but he still underestimated the charm of the song

and his influence as Knight.

As soon as the new song was released, many people were instantly alerted—these were the ones who had been closely following Knight, knowing that after his return from Dawn Wall, he was very likely to continue creating.

Previously, music critics had burdened Knight with so many labels that everyone began to look forward to the final four songs.

So, many fans of Knight had been waiting in silence, including the current fans of Yang Xi; the first six songs had truly made countless new fans for Yang Xi.

People put on their headphones and hit the play button, and that wave of sadness instantly invaded the depths of their hearts—a torrential surge that was unstoppable, breaking through the dam of protective locks within them and wildly sweeping through their minds!

This is... Yang Xi’s new song! No, it’s also Knight’s new song!

In the beginning, Yang Xi’s voice sang in a husky, soft murmur, and a male’s harmony filled the song with a flowing force, making Yang Xi’s voice seem to possess a charm far more enticing than ever before, while that harmony felt like the voice inside everyone’s heart.

At first, people thought that this song would be Yang Xi singing from start to end, but then, during the chorus, Yang Xi’s voice slowly softened, and the harmony became the main vocal.

That voice was like a sharp knife, deeply piercing into everyone’s heart and lungs.

Grief—the power that tore at the heartstrings erupted in an instant, catching everyone off-guard with its directness and insanity! Don’t cry! Don’t cry! Heaven is right above your head!

The voice was filled with a desperate sadness, but also the power that comes after despair, seemingly plunging people into an abyss in a moment and then allowing everyone to see a ray of sunshine at the end of that abyss!

It was Knight’s voice! Everyone figured it out in an instant!

This was Knight’s singing voice, one imbued with the same dominating power he had shown in extreme sports, like the ruling deity above! It was then that all the fans across America realized why the kids from Berkeley kept tirelessly telling everyone: Knight really sings beautifully, it’s stunning, so moving!

When people saw their posts, they didn’t get a more vivid impression and thought to themselves: Hmm, Knight can sing quite well.

But it was only when Knight’s voice turned into that knife piercing their hearts that they finally understood what kind of voice it was—irresistible!

People finally went crazy. They woke up those around them to listen to the song together, even calling distant friends to tell them about it.

Knight’s English-language debut, they had finally waited for it!

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