278 Standing on the Giant’s Shoulder 2 (2/2)

The moment it crossed the invisible boundary, the three long cones that were pierced into the slate in an invisible ring suddenly jolted. The sound springs rubbing came from the long cones.

The long cones pierced into the slates suddenly pulled up and popped out. The fine gears and reeds hidden within were revealed. They were densely hidden inside the slender grip and rotated quickly. The people were instantly dazzled by it.

The crystals inside were shaken. It triggered the electric light, which flew over sixteen links under its guidance. In the end, hundreds of reeds vibrated at the same time. The waves in the air resulted in rising sounds.

The fine yet staggered sounds converged and transformed into a maiden singing. The ethereal and tender song passed to all directions. In that moment, invisible walls sprang up and turned into a cage even stronger than iron.

When the furious primate crashed against the wall, the three long cones buzzed. The electric lights were in tandem so that the invisible resistance became more obvious. It was like a miracle. But compared to this, the guests were more concerned about something else!

”Singing?” The colonel of the second division paled visibly. He almost jumped from the chair, pointing at the long cones with trembling fingers. ”It—it—it...that thing is singing!”

Andrew stared at the three long cones in astonishment and listened to the ethereal sounds in the air. It was so pure and beautiful but with a terrible precision that humans could not possibly achieve. There was not even the slightest error and it was horribly stable!

”Mary?” he muttered; he finally understood what it meant.

The ethereal female voice was singing softly, ”Mary has a little lamb, its fur as white as snow. Wherever Mary goes, it always runs along...The little lamb loves Mary and Mary loves the lamb...”

Mary Has a Little Lamb. It was as simple as a nursery rhyme. It was possible to hear it once and know it all. This was just a temporary ploy by a nameless musician. It was simple yet widespread.

Most students learned this melody before they started. All the intervals used the most basic and common relationship. They were just like textbook exercises and were too simple to be taught.

The melody composed by the notes had only one effect of a fence. This way, the flock could be herded and Mary’s lamb would not run away…The song that had been sung by everyone and had almost forgotten now was recorded into the machine. It was split into thousands of different voices and composed together again into a song that called to the aether.

The aether was called forth and created the effect. There was no musician guiding, no alchemy, no recording of any notes, and no induction to the aether. But it unexpectedly... worked? And what was more bizarre was that the fence had no defensive force at all. It was the most basic of the basics. A strong shackle could be more useful than it!

Then what the h*ll was it that made its power strong enough to imprison the mad primate demon in it?

Andrew's mind turned. His fingers faintly pressed down, carefully detecting every fluctuation. In the end, he was stunned. ”Coherence?”

The three inanimate machines were in coherence! The method of uniting musicians with each other and performing a symphony was applied to inanimate objects?!

”That’s right, coherence.” Newton chuckled softly. He pulled out another 'Mary' and gazed at its faintly trembling blade. ”It’s the same alloy formula, casting method, structure, and assembly method. Each of them is made on a dedicated lathe to make sure there is no observable error among them.

”The result is an extremely enhanced 'resonance' effect—hehe, anyway it’s just a more complex resonance effect. As long as you find some special fulcrums and then like this...the effect is doubled!”

Boom! He suddenly forced the long cone into the ground. 'Mary' shook in a strange way and popped out again. The machine springs trembled and the light female voice melted into a trio.

When the four voices fused into one, the electricity from the four long cones pierced the spectators’ eyes. In the 'fence,’ the frantic primate demon stopped moving and was forcefully ejected backwards. The strength of the barrier had instantly doubled, and there was no more space left for it to struggle.

Boom! The fifth long cone was pierced in. The resonance coherence effect surged and doubled again! In an instant, the whole area bounded by the long cones was filled with invisible power.

As if it was thrown into the deep sea, the large demon suddenly curled into a ball and shook violently. It seemed to feel something and cried out. It struggled but nothing could be done.

Outside the boundary, Newton lifted the last long cone. Cackling, he pierced it down with a cackle.

Boom! With a loud boom, the frenzied power exploded. The aftershocks forced Newton to the ground. He rolled pathetically and a group of people scrambled to help him up, but he kicked them aside.

His nose even started bleeding from the shock but his eyes were still fanatical. He stared at the six long cones. In a series of resonance with each other in the electric light, the six long cones on the fulcrum had been burnt red by the wild power. They released terrible power.

The slate could not bear the doubled power anymore. It fell apart, leaving a frantic six-pointed star on the ground!

Within the thrice-multiplied 'fence,' the primate demon screamed in desperation. The sound was muffled and thin as if it came from behind layers of walls. Furious pressure gathered from the surrounding area. The sounds of bones shattering came continuously as if it was sandwiched between iron walls. It was collapsing! It was collapsing inside!

Everyone looked at the center of the six-pointed star. The frantic demon was shrinking and collapsing in midair. It had become so bloody that it turned into a quickly spinning ball of meat.

Finally, it exploded!

Charles's eyes lit up. He asked quietly, ”Should we tell the kitchen to make meatballs this way? It’ll be chewy!”

Newton froze. Then he immediately patted on his bare forehead. ”D*mn, why didn’t I think about this earlier?”

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