Chapter Eighty-six: Who Hasn't Been a Fool

  Xiao Xiao indeed knew about the mechanical troops, for their situation was quite special, he had seriously looked up information on them.

  Twenty years ago, the Mechanical Corps was formed in Tianjing City by five young people from all over the country who were angry about reality and had an average age of over 20.

  They rented a flat without heating in the western suburbs of Tianjing City, pooled their money to buy some guitars and drums, and practiced day and night, determined to realize their dreams and create their own music.

  A year is twelve months and three hundred sixty-five days. No matter the wind or rain, no matter what difficulties they encounter, they remain unmoved, persisting in their dreams.

  In this world, there are many industries with such people, they earn meager wages, and even have no source of living. Yet, they love life, love their lives, use their own understanding of the world to insist on their own style of creation, invest emotions in their works, until tears fill their faces.

  Scoffed at and ridiculed by those who pursue mainstream, not understood by the worldly.

  But they still persisted in their efforts.

  After a year of hard work, they finally created their first song from the angry youth.

  They took their songs to various places for performances, but no one accepted their music style. They were hit with mineral water bottles time and time again, scolded by people time and time again, and forced off the stage time and time again.

  The name of the mechanical corps is unknown outside of Tianjing City's rock circle.

  The distress of reality, the predicament of life, the questioning of dreams, and the wavering of perseverance.

  At that time, popular songs were sweeping across the country. Everywhere on the streets were handsome guys and sweet girls singing "You love me, I love you".

  The Mechanical Troops had also considered covering some popular songs, performing at bars and earning a living. However, they felt that being true to oneself was the only way to achieve one's dreams.

  The mechanical troops finally couldn't hold on because of life issues, they studied again and again and decided to disband the band.

  After the mechanical troops disbanded, they pawned their instruments to pay rent. Two of the band members returned to their hometowns and became workers, one became a civil servant, one became a teacher, and another opened a musical instrument store.

  Time flies like smoke, and five years have passed.

  Five years after the Mechanical People disbanded, a small audio-visual publishing company wanted to do a compilation of an unknown Tianjing rock band called "Spirit".

  This album is dedicated to those who stick to their dreams in their youth.

  The audio-visual company heard that Mechanical Department had written a song before, so they found the scattered members of Mechanical Department all over the country through rock circles and let them return to Tianjing to record songs.

  Five members of the mechanical squad returned to Tianjing City, where their dream began, five years after the band disbanded.

  They hadn't been in touch for five years. When they met, they hugged each other and were choked with sobs. The moment they walked into the practice room and picked up their guitars, tears streamed down their faces again.

  They, who have gone through wind and frost, know that they still love rock 'n' roll so much. Rock 'n' roll has been integrated into their lives, even with a sharp knife and bloodshed, it cannot be removed.

  Because it was once the most real dream in one's youth.

  The most unforgettable dream in one's life.

  After ten days of practice, the reorganized mechanical troops entered the recording studio and recorded the song "Oh! Fool" which is so far the most personalized one among all the bands in Tianjing City.

  After recording this song, Mechanical Department forever disbanded.

  Xiao Xiao thought of the experiences above the mechanical corps, and couldn't help but feel a little melancholy. He gently tapped the bed frame with his left-hand revolver and sang in a bright voice: "Countless literati are madly praising the sun, but who understands the loneliness of the sun?"

  This is exactly what the mechanical troops are singing! Stupid cunt.

  The first sentence has a relatively slow tone, but the voice is high-pitched, with a hint of Qin and Han dynasty ancient melody.

  Lu Teng heard this song, and smiled knowingly at Xiao Xiao, gesturing with both hands for him to continue.

  Swaying and twisting his body, he stomped the ground fiercely, shaking his head and shoulders, with a resolute determination, shouting: "Stupid Hou Yi! Who told you to shoot down the sun leaving only one? You made the sun lonely! Chang'e will make you lonely too! Die an old man!"

  The song starts with this sentence, and the rhythm begins to turn bright and stirring.

  "Good." The rest of the people all praised Xiao Xiao's speech.

  "Silly Chang'e! Who let you only think of becoming an immortal, leaving Hou Yi lonely? The moon will make you lonely too! Alone guarding the Guanghan Palace!" Lu Feng officially joined the battle team, and with a loud stomp on the ground, he continued to sing.

  His singing intensity and passion are more intense and more invested than Xiao Xiao's.

  "Wow!" Wang Yong, Li Wei, and Han Tong were all hearing Lu Feng sing for the first time, and they were instantly shocked by the rich emotions in his voice.

  Fang Kun and Qi Wei had never heard Lu Feng sing before, they were both infected by his voice, and they rubbed their eyes hard on the internet.

  "My god! This is the first public performance of Fiery Youth, and it's also the first collaboration between Xiao Xiao and Lu Feng, two rock superstars." Xiao Xiao stretched out her arms, palms up, continuously gesturing upwards to signal the audience in dorm 918 to applaud.

  Class monitor Fang Kun clapped his hands, and the sparse hair on top of his head seemed to be electrified, standing up excitedly.

  Four people at the mahjong table slammed their tiles on the table, "Bang! Bang!" The sound shook heaven and earth.

  Xiao Xiao and Lu Teng sang along with everyone's accompaniment, becoming more and more passionate.

  "Silly moon! Who told you to only steal the sun's light? You left Chang'e lonely! The sun will leave you lonely too! Every month, you can only appear half!"

  "Damn you, sun! Who let you appear in the sky for no reason? You make everyone lonely! Hou Yi will make you lonely!"

  The intense and clear rhythm will come to an end, here is the last sentence of this song.

  Xiao Xiao and Lu Teng were singing with great enthusiasm, they decided to use all their strength to sing the last sentence well.

  "We live in this world, without exception, all of them are stupid cunts."

  Before Xiao Xiao and Lu Feng could speak, the other five people in the dormitory shouted loudly.

  The sound exploded on the balcony window and spread into the campus of Agricultural University.

  "My god, haha, so everyone can sing after all." Xiao Xiao and Lu Feng stared at everyone in a daze.

  Everyone saw Xiao Xiao and Lu Ting's surprised expressions, excitedly laughing together in unison.

  They had all heard the song before, thinking it was some hooligan's nonsense rhythm and lyrics, without knowing that the song was sung by Mechanical Troops. As for the specific situation of Mechanical Troops, they were even more unknown.

  "Bang!" The door of the 918 dormitory was kicked open, and four students from Nongda walked in. They were holding beer bottles, already flushed with drink, each face red with rage, fearless and daring after drinking.

  These four people are from the dormitory 818 downstairs, and their dormitory mates were drinking when they heard the thumping and jumping upstairs, with the sound reverberating loudly, feeling as if the roof was about to be trampled down.

  The four of them were drinking with abandon, extremely excited, and boasting that they themselves were the President of the United States. But just then, they were disturbed by the noise from upstairs, as if ignoring their presence.

  He's already the President of the United States, and yet someone still dares to destroy himself? Damn it!

  Four people immediately flared up, all of a sudden standing up from the original place, shouting to go upstairs and wipe out the people in dormitory 918. After shouting, they grabbed wine bottles, rushed out of dormitory 818, came to dormitory 918, and pushed open the dormitories.

  They were ready to push open the dormitory door of 918, scolding the dormitory of 918 loudly. If someone didn't obey, the wine bottle in their hand would immediately explode on that person's head.

  "What the f**k?! You sons of bitches?!" The student who rushed to the front after entering 918 suddenly shouted loudly. But after shouting at the dormitory, he saw that there were six or seven people inside, a room full of smoke, playing mahjong. This was not something ordinary students could do, and his internal alcohol level immediately dropped, his momentum dwindling.

  "What the...? What's going on?" Wang Yong sat on the side closer to the door, he was the first to see those four students rush in, looking at their gloomy faces and holding wine bottles, knowing they were here to cause trouble. But who is he afraid of, besides there are so many people in the dormitory?

  Wang Yong slammed the mahjong tiles on the table, stood up, walked in front of those four people, and puffed out his chest.

  Han Tong saw that things were not going well and immediately rushed to Wang Yong's side with his sleeves rolled up, standing tall against the four men.

  Lu Peng knew things were going badly and grabbed a nearby broom to rush over.

  Others seeing this also immediately gathered around.

  Only Fang Kun was still calm and stood alone in a relatively remote place.

  "Haha." Xiao Xiao rushed forward, pointing her left-handed revolver at the forehead of the person in front.

  The four people in the 818 dormitory are all students. Although they have fought before, after all, no one has really used knives and guns, and it is likely that everyone in the 918 dormitory will be scared to death.

  At this time, I came in and didn't expect that apart from the crowd, there were also guns. This is not something four people can handle, immediately retreated, scared to pee.

  "What the f**k! What are you guys doing? If you've got something to say, spit it out!" Wang Yong shouted at the four of them, hugging his own shoulders with an air of righteousness.

  Those four people were embarrassed at this time, and the last one suddenly rushed to the front, smiled at Wang Yong and said: "No, we were drinking wine downstairs just now, and suddenly heard you singing upstairs. We are here to join your concert, come on, let's sing together. We live in this world, without exception, all of us are stupid cunts." Singing, holding up the wine bottle in his hand, meaning to toast for singing this song together.

  "Oh? Oh!" The remaining three students from 818 immediately came to their senses, raised their wine bottles and shouted: "We live in this world, without exception, all of us are idiots."

  They shouted, but in their hearts they were thinking, who knows who wrote this song, it just fits our mood at the moment.

  "Hehe!" Xiao Xiao put away his revolver and smiled: "Since we're all fellow travelers, let's sing together then."

  The people around heard Xiao say so, and they understood that he had long known it in his heart, but estimated that he pretended to be fine, using this song to wipe away the embarrassment between them, and they all sang: "We live in this world, without exception, we are all damn fools."

  Now there are eleven people singing this song in high spirits. The sound is exceptionally loud and clear. It floats into the corridors, echoing continuously.

  A passing student heard the singing from the 918 dormitory and couldn't help but sing along: "We live in this world, without exception, all of us are stupid cunts."

  The following is the last monologue of this song:

  Stupid cunt is stupid cunt

  Not stupid but stupid cunt.

  Who has never been stupid?

  The stupidest is the most awesome after passing by.

  These four monologues are filled with sorrow and helplessness towards reality.

  It is a mechanical corps' ridicule of its own predicament, and a response to those mainstream ones that sneer at them.

  Xiao Xiao and Lu Feng stood alone in white, exchanging a faint smile as they gazed out at the departed mechanical troops with infinite regret.