Chapter 939: Chapter 627: Art Exhibition [21] Second Form

Before the netizens could blow up the livestream room, the host of the official stream finally arrived at the "Mist Seeing Flower" booth.

The host hadn’t heard the conversation between Nora Scott and George Carter. He greeted Nora Scott, Shaw and the others, then introduced the exhibit according to the official brief.

After that, he passed the mic to Nora Scott. "The info says the creator of ’Mist Seeing Flower’ is named Nora Scott. I thought it was just someone with the same name, didn’t expect it to really be you." After a few polite words, the host asked, "Miss Scott, are you going to do the intro?"

"Yeah."

Nora Scott gave a slight nod.

If it weren’t for Nora Scott’s earlier big talk—looking down on this and that—just by relying on "Mist Seeing Flower," Nora Scott could have earned herself a round of praise. Only when you put it side‑by‑side with Rosa Sullivan’s work would there be more people watching the drama and making snide remarks. But her blatantly arrogant behavior just now really tanked the goodwill; the whole livestream chat was flaming her.

Now, seeing her look all proper and decent in front of the official livestream, they started flaming her again for putting on a show.

Fans: She really is asking for it. We’re collectively muting ourselves.

"’Mist Seeing Flower’ was just introduced, so I won’t repeat it." Nora Scott said unhurriedly.

?

The host was stunned for a moment. If you’re not going to talk about the inspiration behind the piece, how are you going to fill this segment? Just with your face?

However, Nora Scott didn’t let the scene go cold. She simply raised an eyebrow. "Let’s go straight into the second form."

"Second form?"

The host was full of question marks, feeling like the process had slipped out of his control.

"Mm." Nora Scott lifted her hand, stretched out a finger and pressed it against a square button on the edge of the booth. "This is a surprise we agreed with the art fair to keep."

As she spoke, her finger pressed down.

Click.

The mechanism activated.

In an instant, the exhibit was like it had been connected to a power source and began to move on its own, multiple parts being controlled by some invisible force. The originally hyper‑realistic "Mist Seeing Flower" scene quickly vanished, and like a 3D blockbuster playing on a screen, its parts broke apart and reassembled, recombining into a brand‑new form.

"..."

"..."

"..."

The whole venue fell dead silent.

George Carter, who had been waiting to mock Nora Scott, had his eyes bulging out at this moment.

What the hell?

This kind of fantasy thing is actually made by a human being?

George Carter instinctively slapped himself. His face hurt. Grimacing in pain, he looked at the exhibit and still felt it wasn’t quite real.

Then he looked at the people around him; every single one of them was dumbstruck.

Livestream chat:

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The barrage was flooded with ellipses.

Only when the exhibit was about to finish forming its new shape did someone finally snap out of it and start hammering at the keyboard.

[Ding—Beauty Nora’s cheat code is now online.]

[My brain is kinda fried right now. How did she do that? No, seriously, is this even something you can do in real life?]

[Real‑life Transformers.]

[Okay, I get what "second form" means now.]

[Don’t know what’s going on, but it looks insanely badass.]

[Fuck, this woman is hardcore. She really does have the capital to be full of herself.]

[I forgive her for being so cocky just now.]

[She’s insanely hardcore. If it were me, I’d be over the moon right now.]

...

The public opinion flipped in an instant.

Nora Scott used concrete action to prove that strength is the real capital for turning your reputation around. Even if her personality is as unlikeable as ever, as long as her skills are right there in front of everyone, people are willing to swallow their dissatisfaction with her.

There were also those still making snarky comments—

[Hahahahaha I’m really not a fan, but I just want to ask: does your face hurt, everyone?]

[Every time I watch anything about Nora Scott, I feel like some magical drama is about to unfold on her.]

[I don’t know why, but whenever something like this happens to Nora Scott... I just kind of accept it calmly. Anyone else feel the same?]

[Shaking hands with the one above, same here.]

...

"Th‑this..." The professional host actually started stuttering. He opened his mouth and took a long time to recover before blinking and asking, "What’s going on here?"

"Mechanical Techniques." Nora Scott said lightly, glancing in the direction of Bella Autumn and Aaron Scott before continuing, "The first form was just me carving for fun."

!!!

Mechanical Techniques again!

Everyone’s hearts clenched.

At this moment, the second form was complete, fully taking shape.

The entire display stand was huge, five meters long and two meters wide. This layout could be put on the same level as the "Mechanical Puppet." But visitors didn’t get it; it was just a woodcarving piece on display. Even if it was to give Bernardo Quinn some face, they’d already gone a bit overboard. This level of exhibit simply couldn’t hold it up.

But now——

Not a single person doubted it!

It was an open-air factory——with the exact same concept as the "Automatic Factory"!

However, even visitors who had seen the "Automatic Factory" were still blown away by this factory.

You only see high and low when you compare!

The "Automatic Factory" won on creativity, but had no technical support behind it. It just tried its best to use Mechanical Techniques to turn that concept into a model. It looked decent enough; although the production steps were simplified, every part could move.

But compared with Nora Scott’s exhibit, it instantly looked rough as hell.

Nora Scott’s exhibit was a "Candy Factory"; every production process was replicated one-to-one, just scaled down many times. And the craftsmanship was exquisite, vivid and lifelike. If it were enlarged for display, you might genuinely feel like you’d stepped into it.

Livestream:

[Aaaaaaaah, badass is the only word, I can say it ten thousand times!!!]

[Nora Scott you’re about to ascend to godhood, damn it!]

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Nora Scott I’m stanning you for life!]

[Instant KO! Instant KO!]

[From now on if Nora Scott says she’s a deity descended to earth I’ll believe it! I believe it! I’ll believe anything!]

...

The netizens collectively lost their minds.

They were so excited they could barely form sentences.

If it were just a static woodcarving display like "Mist Seeing Flower," it would only be so‑so. But an automatic transformation show under everyone’s eyes was a real, visceral shock. Even those who’d come fully prepped to flame Nora Scott were so stunned they forgot how to trash her.

Haters: Big shots, give us a direction to flame in, please!

The host also took quite a while to recover his senses. "This is the second form? A Candy Factory?" Steadying his emotions, he thought of the Automatic Factory next door and instinctively turned his head to look. "Sure enough, it runs in the family—grandfather and granddaughter, even their ideas collide——can it run the same way as the ’Automatic Factory’?"

The host was so shocked his mind went blank, and he blurted the question out without thinking.

But the netizens watching the livestream were not so careless.

[It really does clash with the ’Automatic Factory’ concept! Did Nora Scott do it on purpose?]

[Just now Aaron Scott was still saying in the livestream that Nora Scott might not even understand the blueprints. Is it that Aaron Scott doesn’t know how strong Nora really is, or did Nora take Aaron’s blueprints?]

[If it can’t move, then maybe she used the blueprints or the idea? Who can’t make a model? The amazing part of the ’Automatic Factory’ is that every part can actually move, okay? It roughly simulates the production process; it’s just that the difficulty is too high and there’s more to improve later.]

[So Aaron Scott refused to let Nora join, and Nora, to spite Aaron, used the same concept to embarrass him at the art exhibition?]

[If that’s really the case, then Nora’s move is a bit petty.]

...

The barrage kept talking until their speculation started sounding like facts, as if a random guess from them was just reality.

Just as this trend was getting out of hand, Nora Scott shut them up with a single word——

"Yes."

A firm, powerful word.

Everyone at the exhibition fell silent; every pair of eyes was fixed on her, pupils widening more and more.

Aaron Scott and Rosa Sullivan were directly frozen on the spot.

?

Yes?

Change form, simulate a factory, and it can still... move?!

"Is that... is that possible?" Aaron Scott asked Rosa Sullivan in shock.

"No," Rosa’s lips went white. She shook her head and said firmly, "Impossible. That’s way too magical."

Because the host had interviewed them earlier, the livestream camera was pointed at the two of them. Their conversation and reactions were broadcast live, but the two were so stunned they didn’t realize it.

...

Rosa Sullivan spoke with absolute certainty, but Nora Scott slapped her in the face almost immediately.

Nora tilted her head and glanced at Shaw.

Shaw chuckled, then walked to one end of the display stand.

At this time, staff moved over the electric fan they’d prepared in advance and plugged it in. Shaw adjusted the fan’s position, pressed the switch, and the wind whooshed out, spinning the windmill at one end. The windmill started to turn, faster and faster...

All of the mechanisms were linked; pull one hair and the whole body moves.

So, the entire "Candy Factory" began to operate!

"..."

"..."

"..."

Everyone present who saw this scene didn’t even dare breathe too loudly.

Just then——

A message suddenly popped up in the livestream barrage:

[Look at the factory’s sign—doesn’t it have a ginkgo leaf mark on it?!]