Chapter 127

"Have you urged them?"

"They really said they couldn't come. Should we still go today?" one rabbit replied.

The other rabbit slapped its knee, stood up, looked at the sky, and said firmly, "The ancestors were right: rely on the mountains and they fall, rely on people and they leave. Forget the Polar Bear, rely on ourselves!"

"Yeah!"

"Let's go, let's go fight Eagle Sauce!"

"Yeah!!"

Under the light of torches, the two rabbits looked at each other.

Subsequently, the scene shifted.

Many rabbits wearing military-colored hats and uniforms carried torches as they crossed the Great River, walking into the darkness ahead.

The Children's Channel's two-episodes-in-one *Year Hare Affair* ended here.

The anime's camera shifted.

What appeared were many old photographs.

Photos of the Eight-Nation Alliance invasion and the signing of humiliating treaties.

Photos of the starving masses in the chaotic world.

Photos of the army launching a charge.

Photos of the Sakura Country announcing its surrender.

Photos of the ancestors, under the cover of night, crossing the Great River with high spirits.

At the same time.

*Chasing Dreams with a Pure Heart*, recorded by Xu Youyue and Xu Mingyue, began to play.

"Where exactly is the world full of flowers?

If it truly exists, then I will surely go.

I want to stand on the highest peak there.

I don't care if it's a cliff or a precipice..."

At this moment, in thousands of households across China, countless people were moved to tears by the singing, unable to stop sobbing.

"Mom/Dad, why are you crying?" the children asked innocently.

*Chasing Dreams with a Pure Heart* is a very inspirational song.

The "pure heart" in the song originally refers to young people who pay with sweat and effort for their dreams and persist in chasing them.

However, it is equally appropriate when applied to the Flower-Growing Home.

Can't the "pure heart" be the red, vibrant Flower-Growing Home?

And can't that dream be the Rabbit's dream?

Every rabbit has a dream of a great power!

"Run forward, facing cold eyes and mockery.

How can one feel the vastness of life without experiencing hardship?

Fate cannot make us kneel and beg for mercy.

Even if blood spills over our embrace.

Keep running, carrying the pride of a pure heart.

How can one see the brilliance of life without persisting to the end?

Rather than lingering on, it's better to burn with passion.

One day, it will sprout again..."

At the end of the animation, Youyue and Mingyue's powerful and penetrating singing echoed continuously.

Those old photos.

That desperate, nuclear-level "Run forward," paired with the rabbit army crossing the Great River.

In this instant, across the country, countless people were streaming with tears.

In the Imperial Capital, an old man with white hair but a straight posture listened to the singing and watched the photos appearing in *Year Hare Affair*, his old eyes streaming with tears.

His name was Hao Aiguo.

He was a veteran of the Korean War.

He had originally been accompanying his grandson to watch cartoons.

But he ended up seeing a rabbit with a five-pointed star on its chest. As the plot progressed, when he finally saw the countless rabbit army crossing the river in the dark, amidst the singing, he could no longer hold back his tears.

He remembered those years, those events...

"Imperialism will never give up its desire to destroy us!"

"We finally established the New China; we must never let them destroy it again!"

"If they want to invade our country, we won't agree!"

"Charge, charge, charge, block them!"

"Fire at me!"

"As long as we are here, the position is here! If the land is here, the people are here; if the land is gone, the people are dead!"

"Kill!!!!"

"Aiguo, I can't make it. Don't cry, live well. If you can go back, help me send a message home. The son is unfilial and cannot... provide for his parents until the end..."

"Brother Hao, please... please help me tell... Yingzi, don't... wait for me anymore... let her... find a good man to marry... I, I have failed her."

Amidst his streaming tears, Hao Aiguo's memory returned to that night.

To capture Hill 302, the coalition forces led by the Beautiful Country launched a fierce offensive.

In the sky, all kinds of bombs and shells whistled down.

On the ground, the enemy launched wave after wave of charges.

And the regiment he was in held the position against the enemy for seven days and seven nights.

Even the position itself was bombed down by more than a meter.

In the end.

Of the entire company, only three people were left alive.

And he was one of them.

Many comrades-in-arms, before they died, spat blood and, on the verge of death, gave him their final words.

And even more comrades didn't even have the chance to leave final words.

"Comrades..."

"Bang bang bang!"

"Da da da da da!"

"Doo doo doo doo doo..."

Vaguely, he seemed to hear the sounds of gunfire, artillery, and the bugle call for a charge...

In his eyes, he seemed to see the smiling faces of his comrades.

No one knew how they survived back then.

Just as no one knew how the Rabbit survived back then.

All that was known was that, in the end, a backward agricultural country had taken the world's most powerful industrial country, along with its pack of lackeys, and rubbed them into the ground, forcing them to the negotiating table!

Establishing the nation through this battle!

Raising the nation's prestige through this battle!

Deterring the petty villains through this battle!

Since then, no one dared to look down on China again!

"Grandpa, don't cry."

Hao Aiguo's grandson handed him a tissue.

Hao Aiguo smiled while tears streamed down his face.

Wasn't that battle for the sake of China today?

8:00 PM.

Gu Gu Qingyao, an editor at Feilu Novel Network who had worked all day, returned home, looking exhausted.

Because *Covering the Sky* was about to reach its finale, she had been quite busy these past few days to ensure the novel had a perfect conclusion.

However, there was joy and excitement amidst the fatigue.

This novel written by Youyue and Mingyue had truly earned her a high salary, making all the other editors in the department envious.

"I wonder when Youyue and Mingyue will start a new book?"

"Hmm, I must build a good relationship with them. I hope I'll still be their editor for their next book."

Gu Gu Qingyao had the thought of "sucking up" to the twins.

Is it strange for an editor to suck up to a great author? Not at all.

Is it shameful? Not at all!

Other authors need to suck up to editors, but with Youyue and Mingyue, it had to be the other way around!

Editors, and even the website... given their current popularity and heat in the web novel world, they didn't care at all, okay?

Feilu Novel Network couldn't keep them.

Moreover.

They were different from ordinary authors; they were also top-tier celebrities in the entertainment industry!

Once they were willing to reveal their identity as novel authors, it would likely cause a sensation not just in the web novel world, but across the entire internet!

These two sisters couldn't be provoked!

This was the consensus of everyone at Feilu Novel Network!

So, no matter how popular the novel was, no one dared to have any crooked ideas about their copyrights.

They simply couldn't afford to provoke them.

As for how to suck up to them?

Gu Gu Qingyao summarized an experience based on how others pursued her.

That was to first have a common language!

Therefore, she planned to watch *Year Hare Affair* airing tonight to learn about their interests from Youyue and Mingyue's work.

Just after putting down her bag and returning to her room, Gu Gu Qingyao turned on her computer and clicked on Bilibili!

There were two online streaming platforms for *Year Hare Affair*: Penguin Video and Bilibili. It was the same regardless of which platform one watched on.

Gu Gu Qingyao was a loyal Bilibili user, so she naturally chose Bilibili.

To be honest, she also felt that Youyue and Mingyue making children's animation was unreliable, somewhat like not focusing on their proper work.

In a sense, the personality of the protagonist in an author's writing reflects the author's personality.

In the novel, Ye Hei was all kinds of belly-black and decisive in his actions... no matter how you looked at it, he wouldn't be a cute little rabbit.

With this thought in mind, Gu Gu Qingyao clicked on the first episode of *Year Hare Affair*, and then, she was completely stunned!

What is this?

As the animation began, she only heard a voice-over, but on the screen, nothing could be seen.

Countless bullet comments flooded the screen, covering it completely!

Red, yellow, green, blue... text of all colors!

*Year Hare Affair* aired at 7:00 PM tonight, and by now, at 8:00 PM, many viewers had already finished this short and punchy anime, and some had even watched it several times.

These were the "footprints" they had left behind!

And at the beginning, the most frequent bullet comment was:

"Congratulations on discovering a treasure!"

The essence of humanity is being a repeater.

Countless viewers repeated this sentence in the bullet comments.

Not every video could be called a treasure by the picky Bilibili users!

This sentence represented their recognition of this anime!

At this moment.

A look of shock instantly appeared on Gu Gu Qingyao's face.

As an old Bilibili user, she knew what these bullet comments represented.

In her impression, only those masterpieces with explosive word-of-mouth would receive such high praise from Bilibili viewers and have so many bullet comments!

Even more outrageous was that only an hour had passed since it started airing!

This was too exaggerated!

This kind of god-tier opening didn't look like the start of a children's animation at all!

Just as she was shocked.

Suddenly.

The screen full of bullet comments changed content—

"Treasure of the Site!"

Like "Congratulations on discovering a treasure," the "Treasure of the Site" bullet comments were also flooding the screen in various colors, covering it completely!

Hiss!

Gu Gu Qingyao was dumbfounded!

In Bilibili's evaluation system, "Treasure of the Site" was an even higher evaluation than "treasure video."

In the past, such evaluations were given to videos that reached tens of millions of views.

But... how could *Year Hare Affair* become a "Treasure of the Site" so quickly?

Her gaze turned to the bottom left corner of the video, and she instantly gasped and jumped up, her hair standing on end!

She saw it written there:

"Current concurrent viewers: 950,000!"