Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#125 - System tasks

"Eh?"

"No way, even a specialized skill in musical instruments is this powerful?"

"With this skill, it's almost like having a niche secondary profession, right?"

"Peace of mind, tranquility, nourishing the spirit, and even adding to the spirit attribute... This is just at the lowest level. There should be new attributes emerging later, right?

Could it be that practicing musical instruments and music can really cultivate one's sentiments?"

Lowering his head to look at the erhu in his hand, Liang Yue felt a sense of bewilderment and shock in his heart. He unconsciously caressed the body and strings of the instrument, unable to recover for a long time.

Speaking of which, ever since he was reincarnated into this Marvel world...

When he was young and inexperienced, he also put in a lot of effort to find someone to learn the classical Chinese musical instrument performance, in order to have more talent when he grew up.

It's good to be prepared~

However, relatively speaking, this fellow rarely had contact with instruments like the erhu.

The reason for this is probably related to the environment in which Liang Yue lived in his previous life, specifically, it was related to a somewhat special group of people.

To be more precise, it was those who roamed the streets selling their skills, or those who begged for money on the streets.

Their survival methods were not all the same. Most of them abandoned their personal dignity, knelt directly on the ground, and then placed a bowl in front of them, crying and begging passersby for alms.

This is the least technical method among this group of people, purely selling misery, without any threshold...

Those who are slightly more advanced are those who know the art of makeup and disguise, knowing how to install a prosthetic limb on their body, or curl up their legs, pretending to be disabled.

Then, they use a wooden board with two wheels installed underneath, wiping the ground forward while holding a bowl to ask passersby for alms.

In fact, anyone with a little life experience knows that real disabled people don't look like this at all...

Finally, the most advanced among this group of people are the beggars who possess certain talents, among whom those who play musical instruments account for the majority.

And among those who play musical instruments, those who play the erhu account for the majority, and the rest are those who play the guitar...

Therefore, as long as Liang Yue saw an instrument like the erhu when he was a child, he would unconsciously think of the group of people sitting on the street with a small broken bowl in front of them~

(This is purely talking about the scam members of the modern beggar gang, absolutely not intended to ridicule or satirize real instrumentalists and music performers!)

As a result, under this circumstance, although the art of erhu occupies a very high position in the field of musical instruments, Liang Yue subconsciously excluded this classical musical instrument from his wishes when he was studying.

He never expected that now this erhu would be bound to him in this way...

"Oh my~ Erhu, why is it the erhu? Not to mention the guqin, guzheng, etc., to take a step back, if the system gave me a flute or xiao, then this matter would be perfect!"

"In the future, if I practice this instrumental music to the highest level, and then combine it with a martial art of instrumental music..."

"I've only heard of people calling it 'Seven String Invisible Sword', 'Blue Sea Tide Song', or Six-Fingered Qin Demon or something, but have you ever seen anyone playing the erhu who can pull out sword energy or mental attacks?"

"Hey~ By the way, system, didn't you say that this 'Erhu Specialization' contains thousands of songs? And those erhu application skills, why haven't I seen them?"

Just as Liang Yue looked at the erhu in his hand, feeling a little apprehensive, and then put it back into the storage space, a violent stream of information suddenly appeared out of thin air, rushing towards this fellow's head in a tough posture.

"Buzz~~~!"

Its momentum was like a roaring wave, wave after wave, continuously...

To the extent that even Liang Yue, relying on his physical fitness far superior to ordinary people, was a little unable to resist.

After only resisting for a second or two, this fellow hugged his head with his eyes rolling back, smashed his head on the stone pier in front of him, humming and groaning in pain.

...

It took a full half an hour for this uncomfortable feeling that seemed to burst his head to recede quickly like a tide.

"That's not right, system, why are these songs that you just transmitted all adapted from the songs I heard in my previous life? Like 'Asking Love', 'Twilight' ah~

And those European and American songs, aren't they all adapted from popular songs in the previous life? You're being too perfunctory!"

"Ding~! The host's current skill level is too low to have the strength to play formal songs. Please be patient and improve your playing skills. More songs will be released later."

"More songs? There, there are more..."

...

"Main Quest: 'Hunting Evil'."

"Quest Requirements: Hunt down the evil leaders in this world by any means. The quest deadline is half a year, and the last evil dragon Smaug in Middle-earth is on the must-kill list."

"Quest Rewards: 3000 points, one extra lottery chance. After completing the must-kill target, each additional leader-level evil leader hunted will affect the quest rewards."

...

"Side Quest: 'The Imbalance of Orcs'."

"Quest Requirements: The intervention of evil forces has caused the orc population to expand rapidly. The emergence of a large number of abnormally bred races has led to the expansion of the ambition of this species.

Appropriately reducing their numbers can ensure the balance between the races in Middle-earth. It is required to hunt down at least five thousand invading orc soldiers."

"Quest Rewards: 500 points. For each additional orc soldier killed, you will receive one additional point reward."

...

"Side Quest: 'Protecting Innocence'."

"Quest Requirements: Ensure the personal safety of Bilbo Baggins, the protagonist of the Middle-earth stage, until the host leaves this trial world."

"Quest Rewards: A Ten Thousand Worlds Warrior Weapon Jar."

...

"This time there are three quests ah~"

"Two hunting-natured propositions, the targets are dragons and orcs respectively~"

"Dragon... That seems to be just a low-level Western dragon, maybe not even as good as the ordinary dragons in the novel, probably the same level as the three dragons in Ice and Fire.

As for the other leader-level monsters, this needs to be carefully planned."

"As for reducing the number of orc troops, this quest is interesting. After the number of five thousand, all heads are calculated as one point.

Is this encouraging me to hunt orcs? Speaking of which~ Could it be that the system and this race have some disagreements?"

"Protecting the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the best way is to let him stay in the hobbit's hometown and not come out, but I didn't choose that person either.

Gandalf, that guy, doesn't know if he's been to the hobbit's paradise yet."

Thinking of this, Liang Yue couldn't help but scratch his head.

According to this fellow's idea, it's actually very simple to prevent Bilbo from adventuring with the dwarves.

Just secretly go to his door and break his legs, and there's nothing to worry about...

Gandalf can't find a fractured and injured burglar to play dragon slaying with the dwarves, and he can't pull an injured hobbit on this already dangerous journey.

But the problem is that Liang Yue is new here, he doesn't know the place at all, he doesn't even know the way, let alone go to the hobbit's secluded hometown.