A new day, the sun high in the sky.
Jinzhou City Hall.
"Noah, are you there?"
A soft call accompanied by faint knocking woke Noah from his sound sleep on the soft big bed.
"Yawn—"
Rubbing his eyes, Noah stretched lazily and released his perception, immediately detecting Yangyang outside the door.
"I'm up, I'm up—Yangyang, wait while I wash up and come out."
"Okay, take your time—I'm not in a hurry."
Scratching his messy hair, Noah got out of bed, stepping in fluffy slippers to the full-length mirror.
He lifted his pajamas, revealing the well-defined eight-pack abs hidden under the pure cotton sleepwear, and the snow-white dragon scales around the abs.
"Ew, it's been a whole night, and this stuff hasn't faded. It was just a slight Overclocking."
Noah muttered to himself, reaching to tug at a dragon scale, trying to pull it off forcefully, but nearly cried out in pain and had to stop.
"Forget it, forget it—as long as I don't continue using Jinhsi's power, it should automatically fade in another couple days."
Shaking his head slightly, Noah didn't pay too much attention to the abnormal dragon scales on his body and turned to look out the window.
In the distance, Jinzhou's residents shuttled under the arcade corridors, laughter and chatter rising and falling in the green-brick alleys.
Lively, bustling, thriving—seeing Jinzhou in its original form made yesterday's great cost by him and Jinhsi to trace back Jinzhou City worthwhile.
Shifting his gaze, Noah left the full-length mirror's range, then suddenly walked back:
"Hey! I suddenly have an idea!"
The character "Jinhsi" entering a negative status—what does that have to do with other characters?
Noah decisively switched his character from "Jinhsi" to "Rover".
Sure enough, the dragon scales on his abdomen instantly vanished. Switching back to "Jinhsi" made them reappear.
"Good, good, good—I really bugged it. As expected of me!"
Noah switched satisfiedly to the "Rover" character. The Tacet Mark shifted from his back to the back of his right hand.
The Tacet Mark is an important symbol for Resonators. Resonators' abilities essentially derive from frequencies, and frequencies reflect when hitting obstacles, affecting Resonance efficiency.
So basically all Resonators expose their Tacet Marks, like Changli's on her underboob, Carlotta's on her tailbone, Phoebe's on her thigh root.
Quickly washing up, changing into the casual clothes already prepared in the wardrobe, Noah finally opened the door to greet the fresh, cheerful girl outside.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, Yangyang—come in and sit?"
"No need, no need."
Yangyang smiled slightly, her gaze scanning Noah up and down. Confirming he had recovered extremely well, she couldn't help feeling a bit excited:
"The Magistrate has urgent matters and can't receive you personally, so she entrusted me to show you around Jinzhou. She also said if you have any needs, be sure to let her know."
"I see— that's too kind."
Noah smiled, thought briefly—staying in City Hall with nothing to do anyway, might as well tour Jinzhou.
As for Jinhsi, she's probably frantically handling various Jinzhou affairs—better not disturb her for now.
Soon the two stepped out of City Hall side by side. Passersby along the way all stopped, eyeing their backs and whispering:
"Hey, I heard he's the hero who defeated the Fractsidus supervisor and saved the Magistrate and Jinzhou's citizens."
"Yes, thanks to him—otherwise we'd still be dazed idiots."
"Ew, don't mention it—those past three days were like a nightmare, endless whispers nearly exploding my brain."
"Good thing that hero saved us, or we'd suffer that whisper torment for life."
"Yeah, yeah! We really need to thank him properly."
Countless faint conversations were captured by Yangyang through air currents. She suddenly covered her mouth and chuckled lightly, her autumn-water-like eyes turning to her side.
Guess what she discovered?
The hero in everyone's mouth was actually blushing from the praise, yet pretending to be nonchalant.
Really—too cute.
Yangyang couldn't help teasing:
"Everyone seems to like you a lot. Did you hear? Jinzhou's great hero."
"The word 'hero' seems a bit too big—I feel like I can't quite live up to it."
Noah was a bit sheepish. He had naturally heard the others' whispers too:
"I think the credit isn't mine alone. I mainly drew Scar's aggro—the ones who actually led them out of the sound domain were you guys."
"Without you, how would we have had the chance to save them?"
Yangyang couldn't help smiling, glancing at the bright sunshine outside and no longer dwelling on the topic:
"Alright, it seems almost noon. I know a restaurant with great craftsmanship—my treat for lunch, and let's call Chixia too."
Hearing this, Noah's eyes brightened slightly.
A restaurant with great craftsmanship—could it be... Panhua's Restaurant!
"Then I won't hold back."
He agreed immediately.
Yangyang took out her terminal and contacted Chixia. As soon as the message connected, Chixia's energetic voice came through:
"Yangyang, picked up Noah? Give the terminal to Noah—I have something super fun here."
"What super fun thing?"
Noah took the terminal dubiously. He heard a gavel strike inside, a teacup lightly tapping the table, and a proper storytelling voice:
'And listen to this convergence of winds and clouds, when good and evil clash. It is said that Fractsidus supervisor Scar was forced back step by step by Noah's fierce sword moves, driven to the cliff's edge.'
'That demon suddenly grinned ferociously, seized the Whisperin Erosion, and refined it in an instant. In a moment, heaven and earth changed color. His body bones swelled, veins like coiling dragons, transforming into a terrifying three-zhang-tall beast.'
'But how can evil triumph over good? See hero Noah spit white light, turning it into chains binding the demon. Immortal swords circled his body, beating that demon to bloody shreds.'
Another gavel strike.
'This is precisely: Demon devours eye turning ferocious beast, righteous hero suppresses demonic aura! If you wish to hear the demon's fate, please shout 666 loud!'
In an instant, waves of "666" came from the terminal, making Noah laugh and cry.
He never expected that in just half a day, his deeds had been adapted into a story told by storytellers.
Especially the resounding waves of "666"—this once wildly popular internet slang on Earth was now shining in Jinzhou.
Speaking of, did Jinzhou people really know what this term meant?
Jinzhou people: Don't know, but this term sounds really 6.
"How about it, how about it, Hero Noah—aren't our Jinzhou storytellers' hero tales captivating?"
Chixia's smug voice came from the terminal. Noah laughed:
"I have to admit, this is way more interesting than my dry recounting yesterday. Also, what's with the new nickname Hero Noah?"
"Ah, that's not important. Jinzhou has tons of fun stuff—Taiping Music, short scripts, boxing matches... and all kinds of delicious food!"
Yangyang took back the terminal and softly interrupted Chixia's endless chatter:
"Alright Chixia, I'm bringing Noah to Panhua's Restaurant soon—want to join if you're free?"
"Yes yes—I'll wait for you at Panhua's Restaurant!"