Switched Life:I Went Viral on a Family Variety Show-Chapter 121: Fear of Nebulae

"Heh heh." Wang Yun let out two merciless sarcastic chuckles.

Anyone in the entertainment industry has some talent—except for Sang Ning, who acts all high and mighty!

"Sang Ning’s simply useless!" Wang Yun couldn’t help but blurt out.

[Hahaha, girl, you’re too bold! Have you forgotten the terror of Sang Ning’s dominance? You dare to diss her to her face?]

[But she didn’t lie though! Did you guys not watch Sang Ning’s live singing and dancing videos? Her singing hurts the ears, her dancing hurts the eyes—Sang Ning seriously lacks any artistic sense.]

[But she’s got some *martial* artistic sense! Her career path is totally misplaced; with skills like hers, shouldn’t she go be a cop instead?]

[Whatever, at least her face is genuinely beautiful. That face alone is enough for her to make it in the entertainment industry.]

"Talent? How about chest-breaking with big stones? Wanna see? I can stack two stones on my chest at once." Sang Ning said this with complete sincerity.

"..."

Zhu Qi felt stifled sitting in the lounge. Facing off against her idol’s rival as they sat opposite each other was sheer torture. With Sang Ning present, she didn’t dare lash out with insults freely. So, she decided to leave the lounge and take a stroll around the hall.

Sang Ning didn’t stop her when she left. She figured, it’s such a big kid; she won’t get lost.

But to her surprise, not long after Zhu Qi stepped out of the lounge, a loud, piercing scream echoed from the exhibition hall, instantly drowning out the other performers’ voices.

Chu Wei, who was mid-song, was so startled that she slipped off-key and then stopped singing altogether. The lounge fell eerily silent immediately afterward.

Sang Ning was the first to react, rushing out of the lounge—she was certain that the scream belonged to Zhu Qi.

Everyone in the lounge exchanged confused glances and quickly followed behind Sang Ning.

Xingyun Hall’s design was quite unique. The first area encountered upon entering was the lounge. To reach the exhibition hall, one had to walk through a two-to-three-meter pitch-dark corridor.

Sang Ning was near the end of the corridor when she noticed a faint, dim glow ahead.

Once she stepped out of the corridor and officially entered the exhibition hall, scattered streams of light cascaded from above, flickering inconsistently.

As the lights briefly shone again, Sang Ning finally saw Zhu Qi sitting on the floor, staring dazedly straight ahead. ƒreewebɳovel.com

Sang Ning walked briskly to her, glanced at Zhu Qi, who was still in a state of bewilderment, frowned slightly, and reached out to help her up: "What, did you see a ghost or something? Screaming out of nowhere?"

Then, as other guests and visitors entered the exhibition hall, the flickering streams of light suddenly went out. Darkness enveloped the hall, so thick it completely obscured vision.

The sudden blackout triggered a wave of panic among the tourists. Several screams erupted simultaneously, sharp enough to almost pierce through eardrums.

[Oh my god, what’s going on? Why did the lights suddenly go out?]

[Isn’t this a newly built venue? Feels like the facilities aren’t great.]

[It’s genuinely terrifying for a closed venue to suddenly have a blackout. I’d already shortlisted Anazhen’s astronomy museum as a must-visit destination, but now I’m scratching it off my list. There’s no way I’ll visit a venue with safety hazards.]

The screams reverberated throughout the hall, amplified endlessly, leaving Sang Ning feeling as though her eardrums were on the verge of rupture.

Taking a deep breath, Sang Ning summoned her voice from her diaphragm and let out a forceful roar that drowned out all the other screams in the hall: "STOP WITH THE SCREAMING!"

Her commanding voice had immense power, as though sending invisible shockwaves. Everyone felt a slight tremor in their eardrums and promptly stopped screaming.

The hall regained relative calmness. Sang Ning’s voice resounded again, much calmer this time.

"Why are you screaming? Xingyun Hall doesn’t maintain continuous nebula projections. It’s completely normal for it to go dark for a while."

The lights in the hall remained off, and in the darkness, someone raised a doubtful voice: "If there’s no problem with the venue, then why did the person who entered earlier scream like that?"

The person questioning was a tourist from Song Shiye’s group. To be fair, they weren’t total scaredy-cats either.

It’s just that, when someone screams blood-curdlingly first, followed immediately by a blackout leaving the place in endless darkness—anyone would be terrified, no?

Sang Ning lowered her head and shifted her gaze to Zhu Qi, who was obscured in the darkness. She questioned again: "What were you screaming about? Look—you’ve set off a full-blown panic."

Through the darkness, Sang Ning couldn’t see Zhu Qi’s expression. She could only hear Zhu Qi’s trembling, excited voice saying, "Look! Behind you. Turn around—look."

Sang Ning didn’t understand but turned around regardless.

At the instant she turned, a stream of light flared across the hall’s ceiling. Moments later, light and shadow began to bloom on the black curtain directly ahead, revealing twinkling stars.

The dim, icy light kept flashing intermittently, gradually illuminating everything again.

Suddenly, a pair of enormous blue wings seemed to push outward from the center of the curtain, slowly unfurling to the sides. Dust and gases swirled within the wings, their edges glowing with a mysterious, beautiful reddish-brown light.

The sight made everyone collectively suck in a sharp breath. It was stunning—truly, indescribably stunning. The scene felt as if a mysterious snow angel had emerged from the depths of space.

Sang Ning turned back to glance at Zhu Qi, feeling puzzled: "It’s such a gorgeous nebula—why scream like that? Don’t tell me you have a phobia of starry nebulae?"

Zhu Qi, still in awe, widened her eyes and shook her head slowly: "No, it’s because it’s so beautiful, so beautiful I felt like screaming!"

Sang Ning: "..."

[Wow, I’m blown away too! What kind of nebula is this? Why is it so stunning?]

[The blue glow on those wings is so unique—it’s exquisite! The universe really is beautiful beyond measure.]

Sang Ning glanced at Zhu Qi again, utterly speechless, then pulled her up from the floor and began explaining slowly.

"This is called the Snow Angel Nebula, located in the Swan Constellation about 2,000 light-years from Earth. The Snow Angel represents rebirth; at its center is a newborn star constantly ejecting gas from its poles. The blue wings are produced by shock waves from heated gas."

Sang Ning’s explanation was eloquent and captivating. Combined with her alluring, entrancing voice, everyone—including Zhu Qi—was soon fully engrossed.

Right then, the dome curtain began to display more stunning nebulae in succession, including ones resembling roses, dolphins, and Christmas trees...

For each nebula that appeared, Sang Ning explained its formation as if hosting a mesmerizing lecture.

A soothing piano melody began to play in the background, perfectly complementing her narration.

Zhu Qi and Wang Yun, who had initially been staring at the ceiling and listening intently, eventually found themselves uncontrollably drawn to Sang Ning. They squatted down near her, propped their chins with their hands, and gazed up at her adoringly like two little fangirls.