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Chapter 449: Chapter 427: The New Book is Hidden in the Lyrics_1

With the release of the song named “Fairytale Town”, everyone’s deepest curiosity was piqued.

This curiosity, strong enough to kill countless curious cats, gripped them all.

Many who listened to the song felt a nearly unbearable itch in their hearts, a desperate anticipation – eager to get their questions answered:

Who is Peter Pan?

Who is Harry Potter?

What does ‘Shuk Bacchetta’ mean?

What the hell is ‘Mad Hat Alice’?

The Little Prince fell in love with the Rose?

Confused netizens appeared in droves, flooding the comments section of Chu Kuang’s Tribe. Xian Yu’s comments section also succumbed to the barrage of questions, even Shadow’s comments section was filled with people asking; What does the song “Fairytale Town” mean?

“Could this be a teaser for a new book?”

Some suggested this hypothesis, but due to its audacious nature, even those who proposed it found it hard to believe: “Has Chu Kuang already decided which fairy tales he will release after writing nine consecutive ones?”

“No way, right?”

“What is his brain made of?”

“So each name is a hint?”

“If this is true, then Chu Kuang really is terrifying. “Fairytale Town” includes ten classic fairy tales, and these haven’t come close to exhausting Chu Kuang’s creativity, he has more to offer?”

“Oh my god!”

“He’s mad!”

“I even suspect Chu Kuang has a stockpile of stories like Peter Pan and Harry Potter, and maybe Xian Yu has previewed these stories. That’s why they collaborated on this song, turning the lyrics into a teaser, just to whet our appetites – and damn if it didn’t work!”

“He wouldn’t have stockpiled.”

“I’m more inclined to believe that Chu Kuang has some outlines. We may not understand the fairy tales, possibly because he hasn’t created them yet, but he already has the rough direction. However, even that would make him a freak – could his mind be housing an entire fairy tale universe?”

“…”

Although the assumption was bold, it seemed to have a lot of supporters among netizens.

Because once all impossibilities are eliminated, what remains, however unbelievable, must indeed be the truth.

Moreover, netizens didn’t believe that the cryptic lyrics in “Fairytale Town” were merely Chu Kuang and Xian Yu messing around; they could only think that these unfamiliar characters must be related to the fairy tales Chu Kuang might publish in the future!

Meanwhile…

In the world of fairy tales, many people, fraught with curiosity, listened to the song “Fairytale Town”. They broke out in a cold sweat after hearing it as if they had come upon an unthinkable possibility.

Just then…

Activity sprung up in Chu Kuang’s Tribe.

He shared Xian Yu’s song promotion along with a comment: “The unfamiliar characters mentioned in the same-named song ‘Fairytale Town’ will make their appearance in my future fairy tale works one by one”

As expected!

With Chu Kuang’s explanation, the internet was set ablaze.

The unthinkable guess came true. Chu Kuang really had ideas for future fairy tales that he’d yet to reveal. The ten classics included in “Fairytale Town” weren’t his limit!

Netizens were shocked!

Those within the industry were stunned!

As one netizen remarked, many current fairytale masterminds started to question whether Chu Kuang’s brain truly held an expansive fairy tale universe; did he actually have the rigour to conceive future works even after writing ten classics?

“Shouldn’t be that exaggerated.”

Some considered, voicing their uncertainty, “Having future story ideas only proves that Chu Kuang’s creativity is thriving. But it doesn’t mean that these future works will reach the same height as ‘Fairytale Town’. The overall standard of ‘Fairytale Town’ is already the pinnacle of short fairy tales!”

This guess was feasible.

But since Chu Kuang’s unpredictable stunt, where he challenged nine others alone, everyone had learnt not to make assumptions about him. They would have to wait for the new fairy tales before understanding whether these upcoming works could reach the standards of his current ten.

Meanwhile…

Inside the studio…

Lin Yuan exhaled a sigh of relief.

After releasing the song “Fairytale Town”, he logged into Chu Kuang’s Tribe account only to find his inbox exploding with messages and the comment section filled with doubt and questions from netizens. Although he wanted to play into his mischievous side and work up their curiosities, Lin Yuan was too afraid of being drowned by fan outrage, so he decided to clear the air online.

The look on Jin Mu’s face next to him was one of amazement.

Since Lin Yuan challenged nine people at once, Jin Mu had been constantly shocked by his own boss. Now he was looking dumbfounded, truly due to being numbed by too many shocks. This also led to Jin Mu’s perception of Lin Yuan reaching a new height.

Like he was standing high and feeling cold.

He stammered, “Isn’t there something a bit dark about the lyrics of ‘Fairytale Town’? The Snow White left the castle because she was playful, Little Red Riding Hood is actually a big grey wolf, and the Sleeping Beauty also had her fill of the torment of life?”

“Who knows?”

Lin Yuan said with a smile.

The custom fairy tales he created in the System all have a dark version. The System provided them all to Lin Yuan, but he didn’t plan to publish these dark fairy tales. He believed the Literature and Art Association would likely include the stories of ‘Fairytale Town’ as mandatory extracurricular reading for children, and the content must have a positive and healthy guidance.

Fairy tales are not inherently dark.

Lin Yuan believed that the task of fairy tales is to weave children’s dreams. He didn’t want to ruin children’s childhood with weird, dark fairy tales.

The few lyric lines from the song version of ‘Fairytale Town’ providing a little dose of reality is enough.

Actually.

No one can ensure whether these dark-version fairy tales are their original forms, or are they made up by later generations?

Just like no one knows who first changed the children’s song to “Birds say morning morning morning, why do you carry a bomb on your back”.

“Too bad the song was released a bit late.”

Jin Mu stared at the season leaderboard. ‘Fairytale Town’ had rushed to the 8th place of the season leaderboard just less than two hours after it was released.

The speed was terrifying!

If it was released at the beginning of the month, with the popularity of Chu Kuang’s original novel and Xian Yu’s own appeal, it would basically have been the champion song.

Unfortunately, today is the last day of the month.

No one on Blue Star can release a song on the last day of the month and still grab the crown of the champion song, not even with Maestro and King of Singing working together.

Others have at least accumulated a month’s worth of data, it’s impossible to surpass just by saying so.

Lin Yuan didn’t care.

He was never planning to win this month’s music season leaderboard. Releasing ‘Fairytale Town’ was entirely for the upcoming crossover. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have changed a few lyrics to reflect Chu Kuang’s new book teaser.

“Ding dong.”

At this moment, Lin Yuan’s phone rang. He looked at the phone and it was a mention from his Tribe, Chu Kuang’s account.

“Lan Meng@Chu Kuang: I forgot to eat today.”

“Bao Shao@Chu Kuang: I think I forgot to eat too.”

“Ou Tianming@Chu Kuang: Same here.”

“Sky White@Chu Kuang: Me too.”

“…”

Several members of the famous Nine Families took turns mentioning Chu Kuang.

Lin Yuan turned to Jin Mu, puzzled:

“What does it mean?”

Jin Mu went online to check and then laughed out loud:

“The Yan People have learned to do their homework. They’re copying Leng Guang. After he lost the Literary Duel to you, he claimed that he forgot to eat because he was reading ‘Murder on the Orient Express’…”

Lin Yuan was surprised: “Did the Nine Families admit defeat?”

Jin Mu nodded: “Though in a fairly roundabout way.”

Leng Guang gave the Nine Families an example. By conceding in this way, they both expressed their admiration for Chu Kuang and saved face for themselves.

The storm had temporarily subdued.

As the Nine Famous Fairy-tale Families each conceded to Chu Kuang, when it comes to the field of short fairy tales ——

Chu Kuang has become a god after this battle!

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