Desert Island Infrastructure: Claiming the System Brings Many Blessings

Fourth day.

When Qin Chuan arrived at the karaoke bar, Doria was already inside practicing her singing.

Before he even opened the door, he could hear singing coming from inside.

"The love between the seabird and the fish was just an accident..."

Doria is practicing the passage she learned yesterday. Her pronunciation is much more accurate than yesterday, so it seems she has spent a lot of time practicing on her own.

Qin Chuan pushed open the door and went in.

When Doria saw him, she immediately stopped, a moment of embarrassment on her face.

"You're here. I was just practicing yesterday's song."

Doria laughed: "I practiced for a long time last night. I had Lu Yao help me memorize the pronunciation of the lyrics, and I sang it dozens of times."

Qin Chuan nodded inwardly. She had taken it to heart.

"Today we'll practice the second verse of 'Coral Sea' first, then sing it together," Qin Chuan said. "After that, I'll sing you a new song."

"A new song?" Doria's eyes lit up immediately. "What song?"

"You'll find out soon enough. Let's practice singing first."

The two began practicing the second section of "Coral Sea".

The lyrics for this section are a bit more difficult than the first section, with a few vocal transitions that require some skill.

Doria has a good voice, but she has been singing mermaid songs since she was a child, and her vocal style is different from the popular singing style on Earth.

"You need to use a transition here." Qin Chuan demonstrated, "The 'bad' in 'destruction' should have a gliding sound, not a sudden drop. Listen."

He sang it once.

Doria tried it herself, but it didn't turn properly; the sound stopped in the middle.

"Again."

I tried again, but it still didn't work.

"Your breath has stopped," Qin Chuan said. "You can't stop breathing when you're transitioning between notes; you have to keep going in one breath. Come on, take a deep breath first, and then sing along with my hand gestures."

Qin Chuan stretched out his right hand and drew an arc in the air from high to low with his fingers.

"Follow my hand. Let your breath follow your hand."

Doria stared at his fingers, took a deep breath, and began to sing.

This time, the sound followed the arc without breaking.

"Yes! That's it!" Qin Chuan clapped his hands.

Doria smiled excitedly: "I got it!"

"Let's do it one more time, to reinforce it."

Doria sang it again, this time even more fluently.

After practicing for about half an hour, I basically mastered the second section as well.

"Okay, now let's try singing together," Qin Chuan said. "I'll sing the male part, and you'll sing the female part. When we get to the chorus area, we'll sing together."

"good!"

The two of them each took a microphone-shaped conch shell.

Qin Chuan started by singing the first verse in male voice. Then Doria took over the female voice part.

Their voices mingled in the karaoke room. Qin Chuan's voice was steady and powerful, while Doria's voice was clear and soft. One was like the wind on the sea surface, the other like the undercurrent at the bottom of the ocean.

When it came to the chorus, both of their voices rang out simultaneously.

"The love between the seabird and the fish was just an accident..."

The accompaniment of the conch shells reached its climax at this moment, with all the conch shells sounding at the same time, layering low, middle and high notes to support the two singers' voices.

After singing the last note, the two stopped at the same time.

They exchanged a glance.

Then they all laughed.

"Great!" Doria put down the conch shell, clapped her hands together a few times, and exclaimed, "We sang so well!"

"The clan leader learns quickly and cooperates very well."

Doria's face was full of smiles, her eyes were curved at the corners, and her long silver-white hair swayed back and forth on her shoulders with her excited movements.

"Alright, let's sing the new song now," Doria urged. "You said there was a new song, hurry up and sing it!"

Qin Chuan smiled and shook his head. This Doria, who was usually gentle and reserved, was completely gone, acting like a little girl, urging him to listen to the song.

"Okay, the new song is here." Qin Chuan picked up the conch shell microphone. "This song is called 'Rooftop,' and it's also a song that can be sung by two people."

"Another chorus?"

"Yes. It's a story about two people looking at the stars from a rooftop."

"Looking at the stars from the rooftop..." Doria murmured, repeating, "How romantic."

Qin Chuan began to sing.

"Unable to sleep at night, I hum a song to express my feelings..."

The song begins light and cheerful, with a lively and upbeat melody, quite different from the style of the previous songs. The conch shell accompaniment also becomes more cheerful, with a bright rhythm.

"I had no choice but to go to the rooftop to find another dream..."

Doria's body swayed slightly to the rhythm. This song felt completely different from the previous ones; there was no sadness, no heaviness, only a light, joyful sweetness.

"Singing your songs on the rooftop, on the rooftop with the one I love..."

The chorus is here. Qin Chuan's voice becomes warm and bright here, like sunlight shining on the sea.

"Let me embrace your dreams, let me see your true face..."

Doria's eyes welled up with tears again.

But this time, I wasn't sad; I was moved.

The song describes a simple kind of happiness: two people watching the stars, singing, and embracing on the rooftop. There are no earth-shattering events, just ordinary companionship.

But it is precisely this ordinariness that touches people's hearts the most.

After Qin Chuan finished singing, Doria remained silent for a long time.

Then she raised her head, her pale blue eyes holding a light that Qin Chuan had never seen before.

"Master Qin Chuan".

"Um?"

"Teach me this song."

As Doria said this, she reached out and grabbed Qin Chuan's wrist.

Her fingers were cool, and her skin was as smooth as silk.

"I want to learn this song," she said softly but firmly. "I want to sing it with you."

Qin Chuan looked at her hand holding his wrist and knew that the time was right.

"Okay. I'll teach you."

This lesson was closer than yesterday's.

Doria no longer maintained the dignified distance she had shown as a tribal chief. She turned completely to face Qin Chuan, her knees almost touching his legs.

How do you pronounce the word "觉" in the phrase "can't sleep at night"?

"Roll your tongue back a little. (Sleep.)"

"Sleep..." Doria tried it, then shook her head, "No. Demonstrate it again."

Qin Chuan spoke again.

Doria leaned even closer, staring intently at his lips as he read. The distance between them was less than fifteen centimeters, and Qin Chuan could see every single line of her eyelashes.

"Sleep......"

"Oh, right."

Doria smiled, her breath warm against Qin Chuan's chin.

She did not back down.

The two maintained this distance and practiced line by line.

"'Humming your feelings into a song,' that 'humming' word..."

"Pronounce sounds through the nose. Close your mouth and let the sound come out through your nasal cavity."

Doria closed her mouth and tried to pronounce the sound through her nose.

"snort......"

The voice was muffled, like a kitten whining.

Qin Chuan couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Doria glared at him, but her eyes were full of laughter.

"It's nothing. You pronounced that 'humph' really cute."

Doria's ears turned slightly red.

After practicing for nearly an hour, Doria learned the first part of the female vocal section. The two tried singing it together, and the result was surprisingly good.

After she finished singing, Doria didn't urge Qin Chuan to leave like she had done a few days before.

She leaned back on the sofa, her long, silvery-white hair cascading down the backrest, and looked at Qin Chuan with her head turned to the side.

"Master Qin Chuan, why do you know so many songs?"

"Music is a very important part of our human culture," Qin Chuan said. "We listened to all kinds of songs from a young age, and naturally we learned to sing them after listening to them so much."

"You humans... are so wonderful," Doria said softly. "You have so many beautiful songs and so many beautiful stories."