Chapter 128: God-Tier Animation

A short old man with a full head of white hair but an upright posture is named He Ping'an.

He is the second-in-command here; he served in the military when he was young, and because his name was considered auspicious, he was small in stature, and he was very young at the time, he was always kept by the side of his old squad leader.

In terms of their relationship, he is actually Zhong Lin's granduncle, so seeing that she hadn't finished work yet, he pushed the door open to check on her.

In his impression, Zhong Lin, this younger relative, belonged to the type who couldn't be said to be incapable of anything, but was definitely number one when it came to leaving work.

If she could avoid working overtime, she would absolutely not work overtime.

Of course, if the task was relatively heavy, she could also complete it brilliantly.

Review work is sometimes very interesting, sometimes very dull and tedious, and even torturous.

At this moment, seeing Zhong Lin slumped over the desk crying, the old man was stunned.

As her granduncle, he knew that Zhong Lin's relationship with her husband was mediocre; they often quarreled and had threatened divorce several times.

Seeing her in this state, he assumed that man had done something bad again.

He closed the office door, walked over to Zhong Lin's side, and said in a deep voice, "Zhong Lin, tell me what happened, Granduncle will stand up for you!"

It was already past work hours, so he didn't address her by her position.

Zhong Lin raised her head, her eyes completely swollen from crying, and she hurriedly wiped away her tears with a tissue, saying a bit embarrassedly, "No, no, I was just reviewing an animation and got made to cry."

"Oh? An animation made you cry like this?" He Ping'an was a bit puzzled.

He leaned over to glance at Zhong Lin's computer screen and saw a rabbit.

Honestly, this art style looked like a children's animation at first glance.

However, the old man's gaze involuntarily converged on the five-pointed star on the rabbit's chest.

In an instant, the look in his eyes changed.

For old men like him, their gaze is completely different from that of normal old men; the difference is extremely obvious, and one can spot it at a single glance.

He Ping'an's gaze tightened, and he pointed at the rabbit on the computer, saying, "You were made to cry by watching this? The subject matter seems quite unusual."

Zhong Lin nodded, wiped away her snot and tears with a tissue, and not knowing what she was thinking, said to He Ping'an, "Granduncle, don't laugh at me, it's after work hours now, why don't you accompany me to watch an episode?"

"Accompany you to watch a cartoon?" He Ping'an suddenly laughed.

He only ever watched a little bit with these younger relatives during the New Year in the past.

Honestly, this old man couldn't get into cartoons, especially the animations from these past few years.

But Zhong Lin had just been crying her heart out and her eyes were still red; as her granduncle, it was hard for him to refuse.

He was not the kind of old man who favored boys over girls; on the contrary, he was more Adoring of the female younger relatives in the family, while for the men, his Requirement was particularly strict, and the boys in the family feared him the most.

"How long is an episode?" He Ping'an asked.

"Very short, just a few minutes," Zhong Lin said.

Thinking of this subject matter and thinking of her granduncle's experiences when he was young, she was determined to drag him along to watch an episode with her!

"A few minutes? Alright then." He Ping'an opened his thermos, took a sip of water, and said, "It's a deal then, just one episode."

He looked at Zhong Lin with a smile and said, "Why are you still like a child? I feel like you haven't grown up at all these past few years."

Zhong Lin clicked directly on the fourth episode and thought to herself, "Hmph! Granduncle, you're still laughing at me, we'll see!"

The fourth episode of *That Year Those Rabbits* was actually the concluding chapter of the first part of the first season, because the fifth episode started covering other content.

This episode was called the 【Dangui Chapter】.

It could be said that with the foreshadowing of the previous three episodes, this episode was a huge explosive point.

Zhong Lin actually didn't know what this episode was about either; she just felt that if it maintained the quality of the first three episodes, what kind of reaction would her granduncle have after watching it?

He Ping'an watched along with Zhong Lin; to be honest, he felt a bit uncomfortable watching it at first.

However, He Ping'an understood at a glance what some of the content inside meant and what the animal figures symbolized.

Eagle Sauce, after all—he had fought them.

The first half of this episode recounted Eagle Sauce bombarding the rabbits.

This made the old man's eyebrows furrow, and the muscles on his face twitched slightly.

It seemed he had recalled something.

The so-called 【Fear of Insufficient Firepower】 was born from this.

An average of one artillery shell every two meters; they actually blasted the mountain down by over a meter.

No one knew how the rabbits survived it, only that they eventually won.

Zhong Lin secretly glanced at her granduncle and saw that He Ping'an's bony hands were gripping his thermos tightly.

The look in his eyes was no longer the kindness from before; it had become extremely sharp.

The animation continued to play, and a sign marked with the th Parallel was erected, with a few large characters written below—【Do Not Say We Did Not Warn You】.

The power contained within these few characters was extremely terrifying.

The scene shifted, and the second half of the fourth episode began to enter another stage.

High-energy warning ahead, non-combatants evacuate immediately.

If you do not evacuate, please have tissues ready.

This was a vast, white space, and the light was significantly brighter than before.

A young rabbit sat in this vast, white space, and he was translucent.

This was a very simple technique; being translucent represented a soul.

He blinked his eyes, his large, dark, shiny eyes were very cute, and his long rabbit ears twitched from time to time—so adorable.

An aged voice sounded at this moment, causing this translucent rabbit to look back.

"Dear, how are you?" An old rabbit arrived at the side of the translucent young rabbit.

He sat down beside the young rabbit and said, "Sigh, it's been a long time since we sat together to chat."

When this segment appeared, Zhong Lin noticed that her granduncle's facial muscles twitched slightly twice more.

She suddenly felt a bit of regret for letting her granduncle watch it with her.

Because she knew very well that the sense of immersion for an old man and the sense of immersion for herself were completely different!

His memories would begin to surge, while we are only fit to imagine the rest.

After sitting down, the old Rabbit said to the translucent Rabbit: "Do you know? The dry rations now have all become peculiar self-heating dry rations."

"They get hot once you add water."

"How magical!"

The two Rabbits' large eyes immediately curved into smiles, becoming even cuter.

"The most important thing is, there's meat inside too!"

It is hard to imagine that such a simple thing could make two Rabbits this happy.

So, why would they be this happy?

Because what must they have experienced to be this happy about this?

The old Rabbit continued: "Oh my, although it's saltier than the meat we captured. Last time the grandsons and the others complained the braised pork was sour, I secretly tucked some into a pancake to eat, and they all thought I'd thrown it away."

"Hahahaha, glorious is our great Scout Company!" the old Rabbit said loudly.

The translucent Rabbit could not speak; he just sat on the side and laughed foolishly.

He kept laughing foolishly, kept laughing foolishly, as if hearing anything at all made him especially happy.

The old Rabbit turned his head and said: "Right, do you remember the Iron Turtle we used back in the day?"

"Now, we have them too!"

"Damn! So big! So Ox! So cool!"

"Just like that kind back then, even if you hit it from ten meters away, you might not be able to pierce through it!"

"........"

Hearing these words, a smile appeared on He Ping'an's face.

In the animation, a phrase was repeated: "Gather your Qi! Gather your Qi!"

He Ping'an seemed to be infected by these few words as well, his smile growing even richer.

One could see the old Rabbit becoming more and more imposing as he spoke, more and more confident, dancing with joy.

The sense of pride on his face was almost overflowing from the animation.

Immediately after, he sighed, sat down, and said to the translucent Rabbit: "Sigh, we can not only afford tea eggs now, but for all three meals a day, we can basically afford meat."

"But—" the old Rabbit's voice paused for a moment.

This aged Rabbit suddenly burst into tears, crying bitterly as he said: "Dear one, I miss you so much!"

Even though it was drawn to look so aged, it cried like a child.

Even though that translucent Rabbit was younger, he stood up and patted his head.

He Ping'an lifted his head and looked at the office ceiling.

His hand holding the thermos cup kept trembling, kept trembling.

The year he followed behind the old squad leader, he was twenty years younger than the old squad leader.

Now, the old squad leader is twenty years younger than him.

"Granduncle..." Zhong Lin couldn't help but call out.

He Ping'an continued to look upward, waving his hand without making a sound.

——Great sorrow is silent.

The animation continued, and the old man refocused his gaze on the computer screen.

At this moment, the old Rabbit in the animation had already been comforted by the translucent Rabbit.

He stood up, turned his back to the translucent Rabbit, and said: "That's right, today is a happy day."

He wiped away his tears, turned around, reached out his palm to the translucent Rabbit, and said: "Dear one, let's go home!"

The powerful prelude of *Chasing Dreams Red Heart* rang out the moment the two Rabbits' hands clasped together.

Every note struck at the heart of the people.

And the animation's scene shifted, turning into real footage.

This was explaining why it was 【Let's go home】.

One could see an airplane flying in the high sky, and a voice came out: "We are Eastern Airlines Flight 056, transporting the remains of the Volunteer Army soldiers, heading to Shenyang."

On the other side, a voice rang out.

"Welcome home, loyal martyrs of the Volunteer Army! My unit has two aircraft, ordered to escort you!"

The singing began to echo at this moment; this time, the ending credits played the B-section of *Chasing Dreams Red Heart* directly.

"【Before the sky breaks at dawn,

We must be even braver,

Waiting for the most dazzling moment at sunrise.】"

The sky breaking at dawn, the dazzling moment after sunrise?

——This Prosperous Age is as you wished!

Zhong Lin understood in an instant why this episode was called 【Dangui Chapter】.

Back in those years, perhaps what they said to their families was "wait for me to come home."

Later on, perhaps what they said to their comrades was "go home for me."

And now, they are waiting—"take me home!"

Wait for me to come home, go home for me, take me home........

The greatest regret in our lives is having only one life to repay our motherland.

——The wanderer returns!

——Welcome home!

He Ping'an could no longer hold it back, sobbing and weeping bitterly.

It was the first time Zhong Lin had ever seen her great-uncle like this.

He was crying just like a child.

In the entire office, only He Ping'an's sobs remained, along with the sound of Luo Mo's hoarse and desperate Singing.

"【Keep running!!!

Carrying the pride of a pure heart!!!】"

This proud Zhonghuajia has many things carved into its marrow—tenacity, courage, and fearlessness.

The likes of Eagle Sauce and Short-legged Chicken do not understand, which is why they failed.

It was so in the past, it is so now, and it will remain so in the future.

These things never need to be recalled, nor will they ever be forgotten; this is the gift of a great nation.

Even if it falls behind others for a moment, it will strive to run, keep running, and continue to run forever.

In the animation, what can be seen at this moment are boxes, one after another.

The singing of a single line of lyrics once again stung He Ping'an's nerves.

"【I want to set sail on the bluest Dahai there,

Never caring whether I can return.】"

He remembered those words from his old squad leader.

"My family is all dead, Laozi; if I don't go home, then I'm just not going home, damn it!"

The fourth episode, the Dangui Chapter, has basically come to an end at this moment.

On the computer, the scene cuts back to the world of ice and snow.

A Rabbit is seen standing against the wind, its white cloak flapping loudly in the cold gale.

Without looking back, he says: "We eat fried noodles with snow here so that our dear ones in the motherland can fight for ten pages over whether tofu pudding should be sweet or salty."

"We are here in air-raid shelters so that our dear ones in the motherland don't have to."

He uses an extremely cute voice and shows his adorable Back Shadow, saying:

"Dear ones, let me be the one to guard your dreams!"

Leaving home still a youth, returning already a body that has served the country.

The words that appear in almost every episode of the first season emerge at the end of the episode.

Only this time, it is white text on a black background.

"【Happy and Grateful.】"

……..

……..

After a long while, He Ping'an's emotions finally stabilized.

He had never imagined that he would one day see such an animation.

If it were a movie or a television series, he could understand it.

This form of animation was something he had only seen for the first time in his life.

Zhong Lin asked cautiously: "Great-uncle, what do you think of this animation... how is it made?"

"Very good, very good, excellent!" He Ping'an said with great vigor.

But he still glanced at Zhong Lin and said: "But when you are reviewing it, you must still be a bit stricter; don't let any basic common sense issues appear."

Zhong Lin nodded vigorously.

At this moment, she remembered He Yuanguang's words; he said he hoped this animation could be broadcast on satellite television.

Zhong Lin looked at He Ping'an and said: "Great-uncle, does this 'That Year Those Rabbits' meet the standards for satellite broadcast?"

He Ping'an frowned and said: "As long as there are no problems with the content after your review, then let it be broadcast!"

"Got it!" Zhong Lin smiled brightly.

She could personally say that she loved this animation to death.

Only then did He Ping'an remember the creative team and asked: "Who made this animation?"

"It is a joint production by He Yuanguang's studio, Luo Mo Studio, and Xinyu," Zhong Lin said.

The old man nodded and asked again: "Who wrote the script?"

"It's Luo Mo," Zhong Lin replied instantly.

"Luo Mo?" The old man muttered the name a few times, noted it down, and prepared to look this person up when he returned.

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(PS: First update, 4000 words, asking for monthly tickets!)

(End of this chapter)