From the television and the live sound system, deafening music erupted.
The opening music was different from "Boundless Sky."
Here, the music became majestic as the drumbeats suddenly intensified.
It felt like the Yellow River surging forward, and the music seemed to carry the weight of a five-thousand-year history.
An awe-inspiring momentum was slowly rising.
"Smoke rises, looking northward to the mountains and rivers, the dragon's aura swirls, horses neigh, and the sword's edge is like frost!"
From the very beginning, Li Chenchuan's voice swept away all the previous melancholy and etherealness, turning instead into a majestic and awe-inspiring tone, as if carrying the沧桑感 of five thousand years of Chinese civilization, the sorrow and blood of the agrarian people, and charging toward everyone's eardrums.
The lyrics also had a distinct Chinese flavor, with dragon's aura, horse's neigh, and sword's edge!
At this moment, Li Chenchuan stood straight, as if the five thousand years of history had made his back so straight.
"Like the vast Yellow River, who can resist the twenty years of turmoil?"
This line of lyrics stirred everyone's blood!
The flames of excitement burned wildly in their chests!
The vast Yellow River, the mother river of the Chinese nation, nurtured a brilliant civilization that thrived for thousands of years. In the hearts of the yellow-skinned people, it was this vast and turbid water.
Who could resist the twenty years of turmoil?
In the 20th century, from the 1930s to the 1950s, it was the most frequent period of imperial wars, especially World War II. Although the Japanese army occupied the three northeastern provinces, they were driven out of the mainland in just three years. In three years, the Japanese army was defeated, and the entire Japanese archipelago was occupied, resulting in the deaths of forty million people from all walks of life in Japan.
After that, the empire attacked Germany and Italy, met with the Allies, struck the Pacific, occupied Hawaii, and effectively occupied Australia, controlling the vast Pacific Ocean. To the north, it invaded Siberia, killing half a million Soviet troops in a single battle, and a large part of Siberia is still under imperial control. To the south, it occupied all of Southeast Asia, which remains a solid sphere of influence for the empire to this day...
This was the twenty years that made everyone's blood boil!
In those twenty years, the flames of the empire burned, who could resist? In these twenty years, the glory of the Chinese nation was revived and spread across the globe.
Even if countless Japanese were massacred, causing the island nation to split, who would dare to say no?
Everyone's emotions were drawn into the surging history of those blood-boiling years.
"Hate rages, the long knife points where
How many loyal souls lie buried in foreign lands
Why spare a hundred deaths to serve the country
Sighs and tears fill the eyes..."
A heavier history struck again.
After 1840, for more than half a century, the once-great nation, which was once the center of the world, suddenly collapsed and became a fat target for everyone to attack. The Tartar rule of China for over two hundred years failed to resolve some contradictions, only seeking to oppress and let the country fall to such a state... In this period, how many people were not filled with rage? How many people did not want the country to revive? How many people did not want to use the long knife to make the invaders pay in blood and teeth?
Then, China rose up!
Defeating the enemies of Japan and Germany, and during the so-called military friction, killing half a million Soviet troops who were like hungry wolves. In the unspoken battles in Southeast Asia and South Asia against the British and French, thirty thousand British and French troops were defeated. This series of glories, when mentioned now, makes the blood boil, but it is also important to know that over two million brave soldiers died in battle, and over one million died in foreign lands...
But, to protect the country, the awakened Chinese nation would not overly cherish their lives.
Once the blood in everyone's hearts was stirred, they could feel the heavy history marching steadily toward them.
"Hooves go south, people look north
People look north, grass turns yellow, dust flies
I wish to defend the land and expand the territory..."
Another majestic line of lyrics, full of the flavor of battle, made people feel as if the hooves were like thunder, dust flew, and the bright sword light illuminated the entire world!
The withered grass by the roadside was trampled, and vast territories were expanded...
Everyone was so excited that they forgot themselves, as if following the founder, galloping with the iron stream of their country's army, charging through Siberia, trampling the South China Sea, crushing Japan, and drinking horses at the Rhine!
Traversing the vast and beautiful mountains and rivers.
At this moment, everyone's emotions had reached a climax!
Everything was waiting for the final explosion!
Li Chenchuan was also moved by the lyrics and the audience's enthusiasm, feeling as if his hair and beard were standing on end, and with the highest excitement, he sang the majestic line—
"Great China will make the four directions—
Come to pay homage!!!!"
Decades of warfare ended here, the vast momentum slowly subsided but continued to spread. After the bloody twilight, the empire welcomed a clean and beautiful dawn.
And all of this...
Great China, making the four directions come to pay homage!
Originally, this was the center of the world, and others could be called barbarians. After the Opium War, it fell to such a state, but decades of struggle finally put us back on top of the world, accepting the homage of the entire world! The island nation was completely subdued, yet had to come to beg with their noses pinched. The United States, seeing the empire's increasing influence in Central Asia, could only yield where it could, and even the president had to visit. The EU was uneasy but had to flatter the empire...
Thinking of these things,
At this moment, the hot blood rushed to everyone's head, and they forgot themselves. The glory brought by the empire seemed to explode like a bomb, hitting everyone madly...
The sense of glory overwhelmed everyone.
Everyone was truly excited and boiling at this moment, a more violent excitement than "Boundless Sky"... because that was more about awakening the spirit of struggle, while "Dedication to the Country" stirred the deepest pride in every Chinese person's heart.
Li Chenchuan paused after the first verse, feeling the intense and crazy excitement in the venue. In his heart, however, there was a hint of bitterness— in another timeline, this song, while stirring the blood, could only make people sigh and regret their youth.
Only here could it make people's blood boil...
The venue was in a frenzy, and Li Chenchuan once again made the atmosphere uncontrollable.
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