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The top floor of "Don't Want to Go to Work Entertainment Group" features a luxurious recording studio.

Lin Yan sat in front of the mixing console with a dark expression, his eyes burning with the flames of revenge.

The image that haunted his mind was the humiliating scene of his fragile mage character being taken down by a swordsman with the skill "One Sword, Frost, Fourteen Provinces" in a single combo.

He, Lin Yan, who has lived two lives, was actually slaughtered like a pig in a mere game!

He couldn't swallow this insult!

"Boss," Lin Yan said without looking up to Shen Qingqiu, who was holding a cup of goji berry water and shaking from trying not to laugh, "tell Lao Liang to bring over the best folk music orchestra and symphony orchestra. Today, I'm going to show them what a fucking BGM that even money can't beat!"

Shen Qingqiu looked at his childish yet earnest expression, her eyes almost overflowing with laughter. She suppressed her laughter, nodded, and turned to go out and make the arrangements.

In less than two hours, the country's top musicians gathered at Recording Studio One. When they saw the sheet music Lin Yan produced, everyone was stunned.

This piece of music has no lyrics.

It is an instrumental piece.

But those densely packed notes seemed to contain the fierce, clashing energy of battle. The opening was a rapid, torrential downpour of pipa tremolo, simulating the sharpness of swords being drawn; immediately following, powerful drumbeats intertwined with the deep cello, like a thousand horses galloping; while the main melody was played by the penetrating suona and electric guitar, half heroic and half modern!

"This...this is going to war!" an elderly flute player exclaimed, looking at the sheet music.

Lin Yan stood on the command platform, his eyes as cold as knives.

"Dear teachers, for this song, I don't want anything ethereal or graceful. I only want two words—'burning' and 'killing'!" He surveyed the entire audience. "Imagine your most hated enemy is right in front of you, and the instrument in your hand is your sharpest sword! Give me your all, and we'll slash it through with one strike!"

Under Lin Yan's highly infectious direction, the entire recording studio truly transformed into a battlefield. Every note was filled with the clash of swords, and every melody surged with passionate fervor.

As the last note faded, all the musicians looked as if they had just finished a fierce battle; their foreheads were covered in sweat, but their eyes were filled with extreme excitement.

Friday at noon.

Without any large-scale pre-release promotion, the official accounts of "Sword Asks for Immortality" and "Don't Want to Go to Work Entertainment Group" simultaneously released this instrumental battle song titled "Sword Heart".

[Theme song for the new version of "Sword of Immortality," "War Between Immortals and Demons"—"Sword Heart"]

[Composer/Producer: Lin Yan]

[Friendly reminder: Please do not listen while driving; otherwise, the person who generates the speeding ticket will not be held responsible.]

At first, players were somewhat dismissive when they saw that it was purely instrumental music.

However, when they pressed play and heard the opening sequence that was like a stampede of ten thousand horses, everyone's blood was instantly ignited!

"Holy crap! This intro! My skull is about to explode!"

"What kind of divine arrangement is this?! My DNA is stirred! I want to log on and start killing people right now!"

"Who says Lin Yan can only write slow songs? This battle anthem is absolutely insane! It gave me goosebumps!"

"Stop talking! I'm going to top up my account right now! Not for anything else, but just to match this awesome background music!"

The song "Sword Heart" was like a nuclear bomb dropped into a calm lake, instantly triggering a tsunami-like reaction throughout the gaming community and even the entire internet.

Countless game streamers played this song during their livestreams, and the chat was filled with celebratory comments like "It's so exciting!" On various short video platforms, countless players spontaneously used "Kenshin" as background music to create compilations of their most brilliant gameplay moments.

Its popularity even far exceeds that of the game itself!

The most direct consequence is—

At 1 p.m., which is one hour after the release of "Kenshin".

A piercing red alarm sounded in the server backend of "Sword Asks for Immortality".

"Mr. Wang! Something terrible has happened! The influx of players... the number of players has exceeded five times the server's capacity! The server... has crashed!"

Wang Hao, who was in his office tapping his leg while listening to "Kenshin" on repeat, dropped his coffee cup on the floor with a "clatter" when he heard this.

Instead of panicking, he jumped up in ecstasy!

"It crashed? Hahaha! Good! Good thing it crashed!"

The game's theme song was so catchy that players flooded in, eventually crashing the servers—something unprecedented in the entire history of Chinese games!

This is practically phenomenal free publicity!

The stock price of Tianqiong Games immediately hit the daily limit after the market opened in the afternoon!

Wang Hao was so excited that he became incoherent, and he immediately gave two instructions to his subordinates.

First, at all costs, we will add ten times the number of servers within half an hour so that all players can come online and "slay" people!

Second, immediately, right now, recharge the account with the ID "Don't Want to Go to Work" with "unlimited points"!

"Tell Teacher Lin Yan!" Wang Hao roared into the phone, "From now on, he's a lifetime honorary player of our 'Sword of Immortality'! Anyone who dares to kill him in the game is going against the entire Sky Dome Games company!"

At that moment, Lin Yan, who was in the villa, basking in the glory of his successful "revenge" on the game company, received a message forwarded by Shen Qingqiu.

"Dear [Don't Want to Go to Work] player, congratulations on becoming our honorary player! Your account has been successfully recharged with [99999999...] points. We wish you a pleasant gaming experience."

Lin Yan stared wide-eyed at the long, almost countless string of "9s".

He sprang up from the beanbag chair and sprinted back to his gaming room at top speed, roaring as he ran:

"Boss! Quick! Cancel all my announcements for today! I need to log in! I'm going to strip that 'One Sword, Frosty Cold Across Fourteen Provinces' gear completely!!"

Looking at his greedy and unrefined demeanor, Shen Qingqiu shook his head helplessly, but a doting smile appeared on his lips.

"Sword Heart" is Lin Yan's eleventh song in the true sense since his debut. It is not part of the "ten songs to become gods" plan, but in an unexpected way, it successfully broke into the new field of "game music" and achieved all-round coverage of the entertainment industry.

Meanwhile, the unlucky fellow "One Sword Frosts Fourteen Provinces," whom Lin Yan had his eye on, was unaware that a devastating attack, supported by "official cheat codes," was about to unfold over him.