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 As Aiden stepped onto the stage, countless thoughts flooded through his mind.
 Would he be able to pass the preliminary round? Was he just making a mistake? What if he made a fool of himself? What if he got trending on youtube for the wrong reason?
 But with a shake of his head, he settled his mind. There was no use thinking about all of that, and before he knew it, he was standing at the centre of the stage.
 The judges were in front of him, analysing his face and body language while a camera was zooming in on him.
 "So, tell us a little about yourself."
 A bald man who looked a little intimidating said. He was one of the three judges, Andrew Maxfield.
 Although he is working as a judge now, he used to be a famous singer about two decades ago. However, his career had slowly dwindled (along with his hair), and he turned his persona as more of a coach and was also a few of the renowned reality TV show judges.
 "I am Aiden Silvereye. I was born in the states but was brought up in India. I've been living in New York for more than a year now."
 He tried to speak calmly, but anyone would notice a trace of nervousness in his voice.
 "Oh, is one of your parents from India? And you came here to become a singer?"
 A white man with wrinkles on his forehead, sitting next to Andrew, asked. Aiden recalled the information he knew about him as he thought of a proper answer.
 Steven McDonald - He was a record producer and one of the creators of X-Star. In fact, one of the prizes for winning the competition was a contract deal with Steven's record label Cyco Media.
 Undoubtedly for every contestant, he was the judge to impress.
 "Yes, my mother is indian. And I came here looking for opportunities. Though, I'm just driving a taxi and working at a bar which obviously wasn't what I was looking forward to."
 His words made the third judge, Alyssa Williams, chuckle.
 She was a model and a songwriter who had worked with major record labels and singers, including boy bands and pop stars.
 "New York is treating you pretty rough, I see."
 "It certainly isn't cheap."
 Steven smiled hearing that response.
 Aiden has a soft but charming voice that makes people pay attention to him. Moreover, his looks were certainly different from the usual contestants, but he was still handsome.
 At the same time, his story of coming from a different country was marketable.
 However, this only stood if he had more than just looks. If he didn't have the necessary skills, he was pretty much useless.
 "Okay, let's start then."
 Every contestant had three minutes to sing a song. Most of them would sing a famous song or something that they could sing well.
 Some people would even sing a song of one of the judges.
 If they could get the judges interested in them, they could easily pass this round.
 "What song are you going to sing?"
 "It will be my original."
 Andrew smiled, hearing that the song was an original.
 Throughout his career, he had composed some of his famous songs and was always interested in hearing raw originals from contestants.
 Though, only some of these songs are any good. Most would just sound weird, or the lyrics wouldn't make sense.
 "What is the name of your song?" Alyssa asked with a tilt of her head.
 "I can't seem to forget."
 "That's a nice name."
 As she nodded, Aiden put his guitar in his hands and strummed it lightly. A soft melody instantly attracted everyone's attention.
 He took a deep breath and prepared himself. As he thought about the song in his mind, he was nervous. It was inevitable, but he didn't have time to process the nervousness.
 Before he knew it, the thousand people in the audience had their attention on him, waiting intently to see how his voice would be.
 Steven had closed his eyes upon hearing that melody. It was calm, slow and easy on the ears.
 Aiden suddenly felt that that instant seemed like a great way to start a song.
 🎼🎶🎤
 "Let's stop what we are doing and breathe."
 "We need room to just live."
 "All we were was just a big disguise."
 "Filled with all sorts of compromise."
 🎼🎶🎤
 As the first verse entered the judge's ears, they couldn't help but think that Aiden's voice was really sweet.
 His diction was clear, and he sang the lyrics in a way that left a sweet aftertaste.
 Alyssa was already able to picture a couple with the guy writing this song for his girlfriend. Maybe a failed relationship?
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 "All the troubles that I put to bed."
 "Rising up inside my head."
 "You are not the one I was looking for, not the one who fits the shoes."
 "Maybe, it was different a while ago or I was just scared to lose."🎼
 🎼🎶🎤
 The pace picked up as the song went on. He started strumming on his guitar faster as he slowly raised the song's pitch.
 It was still low to medium pitch, so it was easy for him to sing it, significantly lowering the chance of any mistake.
 🎼🎶🎤
 "I can't seem to forget the… morning coffee with you."
 "I can't seem to forget the evening sunshine passing through…"
 🎼🎶🎤
 He made his voice linger through the words in the chorus to make a lasting impression.
 The guitar in his hands kept releasing the required melody, and with his words, Aiden was telling of the regrets of a failed relationship.
 🎼🎶🎤
 "When I see you now, I see the same shades I left in you."
 "But I stop myself cause you are now with someone new."
 🎼🎶🎤
 He tried his best to bestow emotions on his words. Without them, the song was meaningless, and the regrets seemed empty.
 It was here his special ability, 'Empathy' came into play.
 Although no one but him could see it, a white light was coming out of his body, enveloping the area in front of him.
 This white light was his ability to weave his emotions into the surroundings and attract people to his voice.
 The judges were the most affected when they felt the emotions of regret from his song. They couldn't help but think about the various regretful things they did in their relationships.
 🎼🎶🎤
 "I can't seem to forget the… morning coffee with you."
 "I can't seem to forget the evening sunshine passing through…"
 "I can't seem to forget the songs I wrote for you…"
 🎼🎶🎤
 As the song neared the end, he slowed the tempo down. In this part, he needed to lower the pitch slowly while keeping up with the rhythm.
 It was not an easy thing to do, but Aiden had practised it many times.
 One of the reasons why he was able to sing despite being nervous was because he had practised it so many times that his body and mind had gotten used to playing the song.
 [Song name: I can't seem to forget
 Composer: Aiden [Original]
 Proficiency: 92%
 -As a bonus for being the composer of the song, it is easier to increase proficiency.]
 The System displayed information about the song in front of him on a transparent screen.
 Even though it was his own song, his proficiency in it wasn't at 100%.
 But it was good enough for the judges to appreciate his talent. When he sang the last line, he saw the judges smiling.
 It looked like they were pretty content with the performance.
 "I was quite surprised if I'm being honest." Alyssa began first. "We have heard some originals today, and they weren't that good. Most of them lacked the rhythm, and the lyrics were just jumbled together, turned meaningless in an attempt to rhyme."
 Aiden wasn't the only contestant who had thought of using an original to impress the judges. There were many others, too, and it was always one of the riskiest methods.
 "But your song was different. It has a cliche but a relatable story that you were trying to portray, and those emotions really stuck with me. I loved your singing as well. So it's a Yes from me!"
 Aiden smiled, getting a 'Yes' from her. He only needed two judges to give him a 'Yes' out of three to pass the round.
 Next was Andrew.
 "There's not much to say. You have a very charming voice, and there's obviously something special in you. At least that's what I felt during your performance. As for your original, I feel like it would work better if you changed the composition a little. You can do a lot with it to make it better."
 "I understand."
 "You are a talented musician and exactly the reason why this show exists. So it's a 'Yes' from me too!"
 With that, Aiden passed the preliminary round. He felt excited thinking about it, but Steven had still not spoken yet.
 He shifted his eyes towards the latter as he gave back a cheeky smile.
 "You know, sometimes there are singers that come that make me want to cheer for them. You are the first one of this kind this year. It's a 'Yes' from me too!"
 Aiden pumped his fist in the air after hearing that. It was a perfect start for him.
 "Just keep improving, and I'm sure you will go a long way."
 "Thank you!"
 After saying that, Aiden bowed a little and left the stage. As he exited the stage, the judges began to discuss among themselves in a lowered tone.
 "Do you really think he will go a long way?"
 Alyssa asked Steven, knowing that he was rarely interested in contestants.
 "Maybe. Though, he needs to improve a lot. Thanks to his original song and his familiarity with it and his ability to showcase it, this round was easy for him, but if he doesn't improve himself, he will fall behind quickly."
 "Well, the competition this year is very intense."
 Andrew said, humming Aiden's song. It was truly a catchy melody.
 "Let's hope he goes a long way. He had the potential to be our find from this season."
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 Two years ago, Aiden came to the United States to experience the American Dream. But after sleepless nights of struggle, just when he was on the verge of giving up, a translucent screen flashed in front of him - it was a System!
 A System that would make him embark on a journey to Hollywood. And today, he takes his first step by mesmerising the world through his singing!
 So come and join him, for his journey, has just begun.
 Singing? I'm the best at it.
 Acting? I have Oscars lying around in my bathroom; you can practice your acceptance with it.
 Movie Direction? They call me the king of the box office.
 Novel Writing? Two words: Best Seller.
 From creating the highest-selling music album to becoming the world's most famous superhero - Aiden will do everything to write his own legend.
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 You Liangxing would never open the speech function in game. 
 That was because his voice was… 
 Particularly! Kittenish!
 But there was one day, he queued up with a teammate who had so much to say that they may as well explode. Vexed to the point of no return, he contributed a voice that was capable of splitting heaven and earth, “Don’t BB.” 
 The other party who was being scolded stilled. In the ensuing silence, he suddenly let out a long, relishing… Moan. 
 You Liangxing: “…..”
 Later — 
 He realised that the person was a great god, 
 Much later, 
 Without him realising, 
 He became the great god’s royal healer. 
 …. And also his boyfriend.
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 Su Yu had been an only child. Her paternal grandfather raised her as if she was a boy that would succeed the family. However, when she was ten years old, her mother gave birth to a pair of fraternal twins. Now that the Su’s had a son to inherit, she had had to step aside. For Su Yu, this was a wonderful thing. She was happy to be able to live a good life without working. 
 Who knew that her father would learn from others and want to marry off his daughter into an alliance marriage? If her chosen fiance was good in all aspects, she could have tolerated her father’s arrangement. However, her chosen fiance was a person with IQ problems. 
 At that moment, Su Yu suddenly understood the old saying. It was every person for themselves, and the devil took the hindmost. After seizing control of the family assets from her weak and incompetent father, she made up her mind to be the head of the household for the rest of her life. However, it seemed that the heavens wouldn’t let her live a free and easy life. After a good night’s sleep, she woke up and was back in 1959. She had become another person with the same name. 
 The original owner was someone that worked like a dog for her family, but Su Yu wouldn’t do such a s*upid thing even if someone threatened her with death. Even if she were to work extremely hard for her family, she would require her family to work extremely hard for her too.
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 Yao Bianliang was an actress in her previous life, and once she entered the shuangwen story of the entertainment circle. The system said: “As long as the host works hard to become cold and become an 18th-line star that no one cares about, she can get a bonus of 100 billion.” Yao Bianliang sat up in shock while saying: “Is there such a good thing?”
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 In the case of girls wearing fleshy texts everywhere, the queen of bad luck has also traveled through time. 
 However, seeing that there are a lot of bamboos, she wondered, isn’t this really meaty?
 Content tags: Through Time and Space Commoner Life
 Search keywords: Protagonist: Zhu Xiangxiang ┃ Supporting roles: Magistrate Zhu, Mrs. Zhu, Zhu Nannan and others ┃ Others:
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 Have you ever raised kittens and puppies or alien animals? 
 Looks like a goose egg, the largest flea in the universe; 
 Meatball has a small umbrella on top of his head, defeating cats and dogs to become the best-selling pet in the universe. 
 Every time a hair falls out, I cry with tears, the leader of the hair loss dragon world, Yunlong. 
 There are also mandala beasts that are kept in flower pots and can apply lipstick by kissing its flowers. 
 These are the objects to be raised in spring. 
 Chunlai, who is a pig-raising expert in the village, was dumbfounded when she faced these strange alien animals after traveling to the interstellar age. 
 She just wants to inherit her family’s pig farm and carry forward the pig business. 
 * 
 Weibo: Jinjiang Lao Na is vegetarian
 Content Labels: Interstellar Sweet Text Future Overhead Cute Pet 
 Search keywords: Protagonist: Chunlai ┃ Supporting roles: Ao Ge, Ah You, Su Ze, Lin Crimson, Thirteen Old Uncles, Luo Bai ┃ Others: Three Hundred Years of Ephemeris 
 One sentence introduction: those years of being fed by aliens 
 Purpose: to be healed by the alien male protagonist, and to find the warmth in the heart
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 Wang Bo was fed up with his job being a programmer, especially because of all of the nights he was working overtime without pay. His boss had given him a mysterious game to beta test in his free time, which had granted him possession of unclaimed territory in New Zealand with which to improve to his desires. After a certain event in his company, he ended up quitting his job. His lack of goals and curiosity eventually led him to buy a ticket to New Zealand, in order to see if the unclaimed territory given to him in the game was actually real. Watch, as he develops this beautiful, fertile stretch of land into prosperity, by building villages, farms, schools, hospitals and more.
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 Accidentally, she got pregnant.
 She went to the hospital to abort the baby, the whole country’s hospitals did not dare to operate on her.
 Five years later, a nobleman broke into her world and suddenly took her child away.
 What? He’s the child’s father?
 Not only that, but he’s also one of the top country’s President?
 So… … Am I not just dreaming?
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 TL :
 A traverser’s life in Chicago 1990. 
 Racism, slum, poverty, greed, showbiz. 
 A look into RAP and music industry of 1990s.
 Original:
 Crossing, Chicago 1990, American Entertainment, Composition, Screenwriting, Production, Media Group.
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 Ye Yao found out that he was in love with his friend Lu Xun.
 They ate and slept together, were almost inseparable, and were each other’s best friends.
 From what he has learnt over the years, Lu Xun is a straight man of steel, and because of his good looks, he is very attractive to guys with a male sexual orientation.
 Whenever such a person appeared, Lu Xun would cut them off without a second thought. Even if he was a good friend before, he would still blackball them without any hesitation, keeping them completely out of his world.
 To preserve this friendship, Ye Yao minimised the time he spent with Lu Xun, a relationship that should not have been discovered.
 Lu Xun wanted to travel alone with him, but he refused.
 Lu Xun wanted to take a bath with him, but he refused.
 Lu Xun wants to sleep with him, but he still refuses.
 ……
 Ye Yao managed to reduce his contact with Lu Xun, but one day, when he was alone at home, he was blocked by Lu Xun.
 The man who was always cheerful and sunny to him now had a horrible dark face and pinned him against the wall.
 “Hiding from me?” Lu Xun laughed coldly, “If you can’t give a proper reason …… you can’t blame me for following you every minute of every day.”
 Ye Yao confesses in part.
 He tells Lu Xun that he likes men, but does not say that he likes Lu Xun.
 Lu Xun, who shunned homosexuality like a snake, gave him exceptional treatment.
 Not only does he not stay away from him, he takes him to the movies and tries to straighten him out.
 “What’s so great about smelly, hard men, it’s disgusting.” Lu Xun put his arm around Ye Yao’s shoulders and pointed at the man working hard on the computer screen with one hand, saying to Ye Yao, “It’s hard and smelly, let’s not like men anymore, okay?”
 Ye Yao was silent for a moment: “You’re right about everything, but …… I’m the one down there.”
 Lu Xun was stunned, and then fled.
 Ye Yao thought his friendship with Lu Xun would end here, but at one of the social events, in the darkness, he was wrapped up in a familiar embrace.
 The usually casual voice was now full of anger: “How dare you let another man touch you?”
 **
 Ye Yao finally understood.
 Lu Xun, who was straight, had become gay without Lu Xun knowing it himself.
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 Qin Shi saved a child and died. The system gave her three rebirth choices.
 1. Transmigrate to the ’60s to be another family’s daughter-in-law. 
 2. Transmigrate to the ’70s to be an educated youth in the countryside. 
 3. Transmigrate to the ’80s to be a “stepmother” of three babies.
 Qin Shi decisively chose 3. She really can not bear the hardships of the ’60s and ’70s.
 At the blind date, Lu Zetian looked serious: “If you don’t want to, I don’t want to drag you down.”
 Qin Shi: “I understand.”
 Before Lu Zetian could relax his expression, he heard the other party speak again.
 “You need someone to take care of the children. I need you to take me out of here. We can get married by agreement.”
 “My task is to seriously support and educate the three children to grow up, take care of your food, drink and life, and play the loving husband and wife outside when necessary.”
 “And you only need to pay for all the expenses of the family and my salary. Of course, I will give you the account book to ensure that the account is clear and not fake.”
 Lu Zetian: “…?”
 The three children of the Lu family heard that if they were going to have a stepmother they would not have enough food and clothing, or even be abused.
 They made up their minds to show their stepmother that they were not easy to bully.
 As a result, the stepmother saluted them seriously as soon as she entered the door, and then gave courtesy in front of them.
 “Hello, my name is Qin Shi. I will take care of your daily life in the future. I swear to the chairman that I will treat you fairly, justly and openly. I hope you can cooperate with me and we will live well together.”
 Lu family’s 3 children was shocked: ⊙ ﹏ ⊙!?
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 Suddenly a small Lada rushed out of the moss-covered hollow tree stump. 
 A little Lada with purple and soft fur, shaking his whiskers, revealing sharp fangs and squeaking provocatively at his beloved. 
 Little Lada took a posture, his crawling small body looked like a beast ready to rush, and the beautiful waist and hip muscle curves under the soft and shiny fur showed the beauty of wildness. 
 “Bobo, ready to fight!” 
 ———— 
 “Bang~” 
 “Ding Ding~” 
 Defeating the little Lada who was in the way, just as he was about to move on, a misty air mass rising from Lada’s body, and two translucent luminous coins splashed out, made the beloved look stunned. 
 “what is this?” 
 Ding, experience +13 
 Ding, picked up the power attribute +1 
 Ding, picked up the stamina attribute +1 
 “Pick up attributes? Unexpectedly, I still have gold fingers!”
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 Jiang Dao died extremely heroically in the apocalyptic world war. He never thought that he would have a chance to open his eyes again.
 He traveled through, into a danmei book he had read, and became a vicious villain in the book.
 Jiang Dao thought to himself: “After more than ten years of fighting for my life in the last days, I’m tired, so what am I fighting for? It’s better to be a vase. Use my face to finish the brokerage contract, and then find a corner in the world with beautiful scenery and live a peaceful life of growing vegetables, cooking, and raising cats and dogs…”
 So, he returned the role that the original owner had snatched from the protagonist shou on the spot.
 Unexpectedly, in the variety show that started shooting the next day, Jiang Dao performed a shoulder toss and threw the current number one kung fu actor, Chu Yinlong, to the ground.
 Chu Yinlong: Boy, you have successfully caught my attention. My new movie, the villain, can fight, you come.
 Jiang Dao: …Sorry, I’m just a vase.
 ————
 In a later interview.
 A reporter asked Chu Yinlong: “How would you rate your perfect partner, Mr. Jiang Dao?”
 Chu Yinlong replied: “A vase.”
 Reporter: “How can a kung fu superstar as famous as him be a vase?”
 Chu Yinlong: “Diamond vase. Precious, beautiful, hard enough.”
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