Chapter 135: The Multiverse Scale War

Chen Jiuzhang's scar flared, showing a vision of universes colliding like clashing cymbals. "The Time Signature class's metronome... they overused it to 'correct' rhythms." He grabbed the Life Resonator, which now displays a warning: "Multiverse scale dissonance detected."

Just then, the lunar symphony hall's crystals began to melt, replaced by jagged notes from a foreign scale. A being composed of shifting sharp signs stepped through, its body emitting a frequency that made's bones vibrate. "I am Chroma, the Scale Warlord—your obsession with 'balance' has put all universes out of tune."

Li Wei's violet charge surged, but Chroma waved a hand of flat notes, canceling the energy. "Your little entropy dance is just a single measure in the multiverse symphony. We need a complete key change."

Starlight strummed her stardust lyre, but the strings snapped under Chroma's dissonant aura. "He's from a universe where only augmented chords exist—no such thing as a perfect fifth."

Nova closed her eyes, dark matter forming a pair of headphones on her head. "I hear it... the 'Tone Deaf Armada' is tuning each universe to a random key. Earth's about to become a flatulent F - sharp."

Chen Jiuzhang pressed the black smile key to the Resonator, which began to play the Genesis Band's unreleased "Multiverse Medley." "This is the key—they left a bridge that connects all scales."

But Chroma laughed, summoning a fleet of ships shaped like broken tuning forks. "That medley was a mistake! True art is in the dissonant chaos of infinite keys."

Starlight had an idea. She planted an Entropic Seed in the lunar staff's clef, which bloomed into a "Key Changer" flower. "If we can't fight their scales, we'll join them—then find the common note."

Li Wei channeled his violet charge into the flower, which began to cycle through every possible key. Nova added dark matter resonance, creating a bassline that underlined each key change. Chen Jiuzhang conducted with the Resonator, and the entire lunar staff became a giant key modulator.

The Tone Deaf Armada's ships hesitated, confused by the constantly shifting scales. Chroma's form wavered, sharp signs falling off like shedding skin. "Impossible... you're turning dissonance into a new kind of harmony—eclectic consonance."

"Exactly," Chen said, smiling. "Like a jazz band that can play any song, anywhere." He adjusted the Resonator to the one frequency all universes shared—the hum of dark energy.

The result was a universal jam session, where every scale and key played together in perfect, chaotic unity. Chroma dissolved into a shower of rainbow accidentals, and the Armada's ships transformed into mobile music schools, teaching beings how to appreciate all scales.

As the multiverse settled into a new, eclectic harmony, the black smile key floated to Chen Jiuzhang, its surface now engraved with an infinity symbol. "The Creation Band's final note," Oron's voice said, "the one that connects all songs."

Back at the Entropy Arts Academy, a new student arrived with ears that can hear the music of anti-matter. Chen handed her a key shaped like a question mark, smiling. "Welcome to the 'Key Unknown' class. Remember: sometimes the best melodies are the ones you haven't found yet."

And in the depths of the multiverse, a new galaxy formed—its stars arranged like a giant staff, each orbiting to the rhythm of a different universe's anthem. The Multiverse Scale War had taught them that balance isn't about uniformity, but about celebrating the infinite keys of existence.

As the academy's students began to experiment with anti-matter harmonies, a single, unlabeled note drifted through the multiverse, its surface smooth as a mirror. The next movement of the cosmic symphony would be played in a key never heard before, and the only rule was to play with an open mind—and a willingness to find beauty in the most unfamiliar scales.