It was not difficult for a music major like Qi Luoran to arrange the melody that had once been heard being disrupted. It was like encountering a topic that had been done before when taking an exam.

They scored smoothly at the first two songs, and with a 30-second countdown, the third song soon began to play, and everyone concentrated on listening carefully. Yue Xingwen was not familiar with pure music, but he quickly noticed something strange about this song——

The melody of group A sounded like a piano. The second section was replaced with a violin, and the third section was mixed with flute sounds? He looked at Qi Luoran with some doubt, and found that the little junior brother’s face was not as confident as it was a moment ago.

Sure enough, the third song, Qi Luoran, had not been heard either!

That was a problem. Who knew what the order was when you hadn’t heard the songs? Moreover, this song was very complex, 8 melodies were played in a row, and Yue Xingwen even thought that these melodies were not related to each other.

The surroundings were quiet, and everyone turned their eyes to the little junior brother in unison. Qi Luoran scratched his hair with a bitter smile, and his voice was harsh. “I seem to have guessed correctly. The third song is an original song from the library. In all the years I’ve been studying music, I’ve never heard such a strange tune.”

Xu Yishen sighed deeply, “Then what to do? If you are not sure of the order, we amateurs have even less idea how to answer the question.”

Lan Yarong said, “There are countless ways to arrange and combine 8 melodies, and it’s definitely not possible to guess it blindly.”

Yue Xingwen walked up to the little junior brother and asked calmly, “Have you discovered any patterns between these eight melodies? Which section is best for the intro and which for the ending, pick out the first and last before you line up the middle section.”

Qi Luoran nodded, looked at Yue Xingwen and said, “Senior brother, I can’t guarantee that the answer will be correct, if this question is wrong, will we fail this course’s exam?”

Yue Xingwen looked back at the prompt on the big screen, and said thoughtfully, “The prompt for the rhythm level is that if you miss 20 or more, you will fail the challenge and be directly eliminated. However, the requirement of this melody level is that if you make 2 errors in sequencing, you fail the exam, it doesn’t say that you are directly eliminated.”

Jiang Pingce also said, “There are a total of three tests for this music course, Rhythm, melody, Harmony. There are three questions on Rhythm, and if you get one wrong, you are directly eliminated. There are also three questions on Melody, and since it doesn’t say elimination from the game, it should only affect the final rating, and there’s still a chance to salvage it if you get one question wrong.”

The library’s system prompts that every word difference should be paid special attention to. Assuming that f the wrong question in the Melody level was also a direct elimination from the game, there was no reason why the system would point it out in advance. Thinking of this, Yue Xingwen patted the little junior brother’s shoulder and said, “Don’t be nervous, we have already gotten two of the three questions right, you can rest assured that you can answer this question boldly and according to your own ideas, even if you’re wrong, we won’t blame you.”

The song that had never been heard, messy melodies. Qi Luoran might not be able to answer questions correctly based on his own understanding and experience, and once he made a mistake, it would affect all the students in the Research Group 183. If everyone was eliminated and beaten back to the 1st floor to retake the exam, then he would become a sinner!

However, if this question was not a ‘life and death question’, and there was a change of error, his mood would naturally be much more relaxed.

Qi Luoran met Yue Xingwen’s encouraging gaze, took a deep breath, and said, “Then I’ll judge for myself based on experience.”

Yue Xingwen nodded at him. Qi Luoran closed his eyes and recalled the melody fragment just now, and explained seriously, “I also know a little about composition. These eight melodies, the most suitable for the prelude is the flute of group F. It’s soothing, long, and attracts the listener’s attention like a lead-in, and then the speed of the song gradually speeds up, and when it comes to the high-tide, there will be a large number of drums accompanying the melody, and the melody becomes more and more urgent, then finally the flute sound is used to end the song, as if it draws the story to an end.”

He said that and looked back at everyone with an apprehensive gaze. “I’m not sure if it’s right, it’s just my personal understanding.”

Yue Xingwen simply said, “Go and write the answer, according to your ideas.”

Qi Luoran took a deep breath, stepped forward, and rearranged the 8 notes on the screen according to his own understanding, and the jumping numbers popped up on the big screen, and everyone held their breath nervously.

A moment later, a golden ‘S’ appeared on the screen, along with the phrase ‘All 8 melodies are arranged correctly’!

Qi Luoran’s eyes lit up for the first time, he clenched his fists tightly, and his voice couldn’t help but tremble, “It’s actually all correct!” He hadn’t even been this nervous during the art exam interview back then!

Xu Yishen smiled deeply and said, “Little junior brother is good ah, it seems that you still have a talent for arranging.”

Qi Luoran’s cheeks were slightly red with praise, and he said embarrassedly, “There is also an element of luck. Two of which I’m actually not sure about, I’m just blindly guessing.”

The top students in the Research Group 183 rarely asked for help, Qi Luoran was temporarily pulled as an external helper, and his mood had always been very apprehensive, for fear that he would drag their feet. Now that he could help everyone, he was very happy, and he could also explain to senior sister Xu later.

Thinking of this, Qi Luoran immediately put away his smile and said seriously, “There is still the last level left, Harmony. I don’t know how to take the test.”

Yue Xingwen said, “Let’s take a break and wait for the prompt.”

Everyone rested on the stage for a while, and a prompt appeared on the big screen——

[The third level of the game begins]

[Inviting 7 examinees to sit in the designated seats, each choosing a musical instrument, and 1 candidate to stand in the center of the stage to take charge of the conductor. A music score will appear on the electronic screen in front of the 7 examinees, and when it’s your turn to play your instrument, tap the music score in front of you rhythmically to incorporate the instrumental harmonies into the main melody]

[The game has a total of 1 song, which will be rated according to your performance]

Upon seeing this, everyone was confused.

Lan Yarong couldn’t help but say, “I don’t know how to play a musical instrument ah! Is it a joke to make us play an instrument?”

Qin Miao frowned and said, “I can only play guitar, but this kind of ensemble music is usually a symphony, right? Guitars rarely show up, and I don’t know any other instruments at all. I can’t even read music scores.”

A prompt popped up again on the big screen: [You have 10 minutes to prepare]

Then, 7 chairs appeared on the stage, while the big screen outputted a dozen consecutive pages of music scores, and Qi Luoran quickly ran over to take a closer look and said, “It’s Beethoven’s <Symphony No. 5>!”

This was the most famous symphony, and many people had heard the name of this piece even if they had not heard the piece itself. But wouldn’t it be difficult for them to let them play the ensemble in person?

Qi Luoran glanced at the instruments placed on the 7 seats and said, “This symphony originally required many instruments, but the test we are given was only one of the sections, which will use violins, violas, cellos, timpani, flutes, piccolos, and oboes, so we’ll need to divide up the work as soon as possible.”

Yue Xingwen looked at the screen in front of him and said thoughtfully, “It should not be for us to play the instrument ourselves, but after selecting the instrument, according to the score on the screen, it’s like playing a music game.” He picked up a flute casually, put it to his lips and blew it, and the complete melody sounded in everyone’s ears, and the crisp flute sound was very beautiful.

Yue Xingwen said with a smile, “I don’t know how to play the flute at all, this is equivalent to an ‘automatic instrument’, all we need to grasp is the rhythm, the accuracy of the harmony, and we can play without knowing how to play the musical instrument.”

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Lan Yarong breathed a sigh of relief. “I told you, although the library is perverted, it’s not so bad as to make each of the 8 examinees play a musical instrument, won’t the failure rate be 100%! Autoplay is fine.”

Qi Luoran said excitedly, “In other words, you don’t need to know the instrument, as long as you read the music score clearly, follow the rhythm of the team’s harmonies, and when it’s time for you to play it should be completed. So, it’s just, don’t drop the chain, right?”

Xu Yishen said, “Symphony is the piece that requires the most teamwork. If one person plays it wrong, it can ruin the integrity of the whole piece. Junior brother, why don’t you pick up the score and draw out the arts that everyone needs to play.”

Qi Luoran nodded, and Yue Xingwen quickly divided the work. “Let’s choose the instrument first, this piccolo belongs to me.”

Jiang Pingce said, “I’ll take the flute.”

Lan Yarong walked over to the timpani and said, “I’ll be responsible for the drum.”

Xu Yishen chose the violin, Qin Miao and Qin Lu chose the viola and cello respectively, and Lin Manluo took the oboe. Qi Luoran walked over to the group and taught them how to play each instrument, and then began to pick at the score, drawing out the parts that each person needed to play.

With 5 minutes left in the countdown, Yue Xingwen suggested, “Let’s rehearse.”

Qi Luoran stood in the middle of the stage to conduct. Although he drew out each person’s part, due to the music score being too long, sometimes it was impossible to tell which section was played, and for the first attempt, various instruments sounded out of place, messy and it was simply becoming ‘magic sound brainwashing’.

Seeing that there were only 2 minutes left in the countdown, and it was too late to do it again, everyone was nervous when Jiang Pingce suddenly said, “In this way, we can’t read the music score, and we don’t know which part of the piece we’ve played, but junior brother Qi knows. When you conduct, you can use different gestures to signal us, for example, when it’s time for Xingwen to play the flute, you hold out your left thumb, and when it’s my turn, you use your right thumb.”

Qi Luoran: “……”

Such a method of conduct was unheard of!

However, with a group of ‘non-professionals’ to play any symphony, with Jiang Pingce’s method, although it was simple and crude, it was also the most effective at present.

Qi Luoran took a deep breath and said, “So be it! Let’s pair up the hand signals, and everyone will look at my gestures later so you can find exactly the part you should play…”

He checked the gestures with each person, and then the countdown ended, and the music officially started.

As the melody played by the system flowed in their ears, the falling notes appeared on the screen in front of everyone’s eyes. Everyone immediately began to play their own music, following Qi Luoran’s gesture.

The melodious violin, crisp flute, low timpani, pleasant oboe… The sounds of different instruments blended together to form an impassioned, exciting melody.

Everyone was surprised that a group of rookies who did not know how to play musical instruments actually played a ‘Symphony Orchestra’ under the melody correction of the library!

There was only one violin on the scene, but as long as Xu Yishen pulled the strings, it was the sound effect of dozens of ensembles!

Yue Xingwen, who had never played the piccolo, got just the right amount of crisp sound into it…

Excerpted from the 3-minute ensemble fragment of <Symphony no. 5>, until the end of the song, everyone couldn’t calm down for a long time. Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce looked at each other and put down the instruments in their hands.

Yue Xingwen took a deep breath and said with a smile, “The library really turns a lot of ‘impossibilities’ into ‘possibilities’. I never imagined that one day I would be able to join a symphony orchestra and play a famous song with everyone!”

Jiang Pingce said in a low voice, “Do you think that the song selection of this music test is very meaningful? Letting everyone play <Symphony no. 5> together, does it mean that we can decide our own fate through teamwork?”

After a moment of silence, Qi Luoran said seriously, “Senior brother Jiang has a point, when Beethoven began to conceptualize this piece, his ears were completely deaf, there was no hope to cure, and his lover left him because of this. A series of encounters made his life fall to a low point, but he remained strong and stood up…”

Having said that, Qi Luoran’s eyes suddenly reddened a little. “Beethoven did not succumb to fate, he wrote this Symphony no. 5 to prove to the world that even if he was deaf, he could still compose music.”

A musician with deaf ears was fighting against fate.

They were university students who had come to the library with all sorts of ‘against the sky’ skills despite the difficulties, so what face did they have to say that they had given up?

Although the Library always caused them problems, it also had always given them hope.

The familiar clearance information popped up in the hover box. Although the clearance time of this Conservatory of Music’s course was only about half an hour, it was memorable for everyone.

From rhythmic plays, to melodic sequencing, and the final multi-player ensemble…

Those who did not know music also experienced the power brought by music!

They would not stop, just as Beethoven never gave up fighting fate.