The Daily Life Of A Cyberpunk Magician
Chapter 68 - 69 How to Process Audio with PS

Chapter 68: Chapter 69 How to Process Audio with PS

"Master of Tune?" Jiang Shu blinked, "Handling ’Tune’ permissions, what does that mean?"

"Do you know about Key Masters?" Shen Xuwan asked.

"...What is that?" Jiang Shu didn’t understand.

"People from the Deception Group... Fox told me." Shen Xuwan picked up her bowl, took a sip of water, and after speaking for so long, she was also a bit thirsty.

"Three months ago, the Key Master first appeared in Lonely City." She continued, and by the way, she wrote out the three characters for "Key Master," "They possess... very special abilities."

"Such as?"

"Some things that only exist in a fantasy world," Shen Xuwan said. "That is, the Key Masters, these people’s Mysterious Coefficient has increased."

Jiang Shu nodded; he understood the meaning of Mysterious Coefficient, but he had also heard Wolf say that in Lonely City, people with a Mysterious Coefficient exceeding 1.0 were very few, and could basically be ignored.

People with a Mysterious Coefficient over 1.0 possess abilities that science cannot yet explain.

But for some reason, his Mysterious Coefficient was still 0.5.

"The most obvious characteristic is that they acquire such colorful gold entries," Shen Xuwan continued, "Then, as long as they find their own special ’Key,’ they can use these entries."

"How do you know that this pair of earrings is your ’Key’?" Jiang Shu pointed to the earrings on the table.

"I can feel its presence; it... is alive," Shen Xuwan said, her words veiled in mystery.

"Oh." Jiang Shu then understood the subsequent events, "So what did you promise them?"

The Deception Group, after all, wouldn’t likely be planning so much just to help her.

"They asked me to join the Deception Group," Shen Xuwan said bluntly, explaining the memorial event, "I heard earlier that the curator wanted me to play the role of my mom at the tenth anniversary memorial, so he would have to bring out the signature earrings that he cherished, but at the time, he was hesitant and didn’t want to bring out this item."

"So, you covered for the Deception Group to steal the musical box to ensure the smooth conduct of the memorial, which made the curator bring out the earrings," Jiang Shu continued looking at her face, then recalling that photo, "Speaking of which, you really do look like her."

Shen Xuwan said, "He brought in the best make-up artist team, and after the make-up, it was realistic enough to create confusion."

"Got it, then you try it," Jiang Shu slid the earrings over, this thing, for him, was really not any treasure, "Show me this so-called ’Control’ of Tune."

"You... really gave it to me like this?" Shen Xuwan was still somewhat incredulous, she had spent so much effort and yet couldn’t get the earrings, and Jiang Shu just gave them to her.

She had already been prepared to pay her own savings.

"Show me," Jiang Shu said; he wanted to know what this thing really was.

If...

It really was something like a Superpower, then could he also explore the real truth of his own entry, "Deception"?

However, there were also differences, like he didn’t need that so-called "Key," nor did he have any colorful gold entries.

"Isn’t it right, when you were on stage, didn’t you wear the earrings?" Jiang Shu suddenly remembered this matter, "Why haven’t you awakened? Didn’t you say the earrings are the ’Key’?"

"Oh," Shen Xuwan continued, "Right, Fox said, it needs to be charged with Black Silver."

"Charged?"

"Yes, with Black Silver," Shen Xuwan nodded, "He said, as long as I have the earrings and Black Silver, I naturally would know what to do."

"Hmm..." Jiang Shu stroked his chin, this indeed connected with the long message previously sent by Fox.

The appearance of Key Masters, Black Silver is the ticket and chip, the beginning of the game...

So, he took out one hundred grams of Black Silver, the two thousand five hundred grams of Black Silver he had divided into twenty-five portions for storage.

"Here, one hundred grams. Based on the market price is..." he glanced at the four Tablet Spirits waking up on the side, finding them playing the Three Kingdoms Kill.

Uh, using his blank cards, printing images on the spot.

Jiang Shu’s forehead vein twitched.

"The market price is over twenty thousand a gram, I’ll buy it for thirty thousand," Shen Xuwan said without hesitation, "which is three million."

"Okay," Jiang Shu nodded, accepting the transfer, the sudden windfall putting him at ease.

People need to strike it rich, otherwise, they’d never dare play the big shot in bars.

Shen Xuwan took the box and quickly opened it, seemingly lost in thought.

Jiang Shu glanced at it. Inside the box was a black liquid.

She placed the earring into it.

Moments later, the earring emitted a silver light, and the black liquid in the box completely disappeared, making it look like it was charging or being enchanted.

Shen Xuwan glanced at Jiang Shu, whose eyes were filled with anticipation, and then she put on the earrings and closed her eyes.

After a long time, she opened them again. The confusion in her eyes had subsided significantly, replaced by a calm solidity.

"How does it feel?" Jiang Shu asked.

Shen Xuwan said, "I... feel great."

Her voice seemed unchanged, still the voice Jiang Shu was familiar with, but inexplicably, he felt that at this moment, Shen Xuwan’s voice was infinitely more melodious than before.

"I can see sounds," she murmured, "and, I can control them."

"What do you mean?" Jiang Shu looked at her.

Shen Xuwan blinked; her mouth was moving, but he couldn’t tell what she was saying.

Suddenly, Jiang Shu was taken aback. In that instant, sounds—this very thing—disappeared from his world, and he couldn’t hear anything at all.

Fortunately, Shen Xuwan quickly turned off his mute mode.

"Ding: Someone get her to the room management!"

"Ding: Shen Xuwan, mute the deity!"

"You..." Jiang Shu looked at her, thought for a while, then said, "So, Master of Tune, ’Tune’ refers to sound, so what about ’Master’?"

"I’m not sure; it probably hasn’t been developed yet." Shen Xuwan seemed unconcerned by his question. She was like a little girl who had found a new toy, suddenly radiant and no longer as unreachable as a lily in a deep valley.

In her field of view, every sound was visualized, and she could see complex adjustment buttons at the edge of each sound, allowing her to adjust them freely.

However, as she stared at the complex adjustment panel, she felt increasingly puzzled and immediately asked Jiang Shu, "Do you know what Feathering is?"

"Feathering?" Jiang Shu froze, then thought of Feathered Ascension. Even though he didn’t know why Shen Xuwan asked, he replied in a Cyberpunk manner, "Probably understanding the ultimate truths of the world and then abandoning the physical body for a transcendent spirit."

"Cyber cultivation, Mechanical Ascension," he said solemnly.

"Oh—" Shen Xuwan nodded, seemingly impressed, and then asked, "And what about Sharpen?"

"Ah?" Jiang Shu was baffled. "What Sharpen?"

"Just this." Shen Xuwan wrote it down to show him.

"Feathering... Sharpen..." Jiang Shu repeated the words, then realized he had completely misunderstood.

This was Photoshop—a Feathering and Sharpen from the image processing software!

He looked at the explanation sent by the helpful little armor, "Feathering is about blurring the junctions between two images, creating a gradient effect."

"Sharpen can enhance the clarity of a particular area," Jiang Shu explained. "But these are all terms from image processing. Why are you asking about this?"

"This... I think I can ’tune’ sounds with these ’tools.’"

A gleam of eagerness shone in Shen Xuwan’s eyes.