The visiting performance troupe has only performed their first song so far.
This immediately brought the joyful atmosphere to its peak.
Everyone present knew that the song "Good Days" being sung on stage was a mockery of the Japanese soldiers' toilet being burned down the day before.
"Great, well sung!"
Yesterday was truly a wonderful day!
"Our wish has come true! This song is so fitting!"
"I have to say, our Han culture is truly profound and extensive; this is definitely a close-up attack!"
"I wonder if they'll be playing 'Slashing Down the Japanese Devils with Big Swords' today. I felt like something was missing when I didn't hear it live last time!"
"Oh, you're here to listen to this song too?"
"I also saw it online, and I feel regretful that I didn't get to hear the live version."
"I heard that Yuan Yi joined the General Political Department Song and Dance Troupe, and this is the only reason I came, as it was a performance organized by the General Political Department Song and Dance Troupe."
"Everyone is in the same boat. I only came to listen to the live performance after hearing the news."
"Normally, I can only listen to this song when I go back to China!"
"What's going on? Can't we sing here, you little devils?"
"It's not that we can't sing, don't you know that?"
"The Japanese have banned Yuan Yi from entering the country. If he hadn't come by aircraft carrier, I don't think he would have been able to enter Japanese territory."
This news spread widely among the Japanese.
Not many people in China know about it; even Yuan Yi himself only found out through other channels.
"The toilet burned down, but the Soul-Suppressing Tower is still there!"
"If only we could dig out all 238 foundation stones of our country beneath this Soul-Suppressing Tower!"
Upon hearing this, several students studying in Japan nearby couldn't help but join the discussion.
The ancient Chinese text "Liezi: Tang Wen" contains the phrase "the waters of the eight directions and nine fields," which is how the term "eight directions" came into being.
In the Japanese mainland, there is also a "Hakkō Ichiu" tower.
This tower also has another name: "Soul-Suppressing Tower".
Why is it called the "Soul-Suppressing Tower"?
The reason is that the foundation of this tower was built from stones that were looted by the Japanese from a landmark location that was highly symbolic.
Anyone in China who knows the history of this tower, upon hearing its name or seeing its image, will feel a deep pain in their heart, as if a fishbone is stuck in their throat.
We all know that the Japanese territory is tiny, not even comparable to a province in our country.
A typical small island nation with limited land, a large population, and scarce resources.
Yet, this country has a population of over 100 million.
In Japanese mythology, Emperor Jimmu was the creator of the Yamato Kingdom and their first emperor.
It is said that he initially set out from the palace city, leading his people on an eastward expedition, and gradually unified the Japanese.
During the Eastern Expedition, in order to motivate his subordinates, Emperor Jimmu issued an edict with eight key words: "Eight directions, one world; seven lives to serve the country."
"Hakkō Ichiyu" in our Mandarin means "all under heaven are one family".
The concept of "seven reincarnations" originates from Japanese religion—the belief that a person can have seven chances to be reborn.
"Seven lives to serve the country" is Emperor Jimmu's advocacy that every subject should serve the country with seven lives.
This shows that from its inception, the Japanese regime had deeply embedded the genes of aggression and belligerence into the blood of its people.
The subsequent rulers of this nation further developed and promoted Emperor Jimmu's core ideology: since "the world is one," what is yours is mine.
Therefore, in a sense, their history is the history of their continuous wars of aggression.
Deeply influenced by this tradition, the Japanese militarism continued to expand, and they even attempted to establish the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" by force.
It was against this backdrop that the Japanese rulers established "All under Heaven are one, and all men are worthy of the nation" as a national policy in 1940.
In that same year, Japanese militarism invaded the three colonies of the Romantic Empire and decided to wage war against countries such as the United States and America.
The people of our country were plunged into misery by the iron heel of the invaders.
The Hakko Ichiyu Tower, which is considered a thorn in the side by countless Chinese people, was also built in 1940.
Construction of the Hachikō Ichiyū Tower began in 1938, the second year after the Japanese launched their full-scale invasion of China.
That year, their government, under the guise of commemorating the 2600th anniversary of the accession of their ancestor Emperor Jimmu, began construction of the tower.
By order of their Emperor, each army corps or division in our country was required to provide two symbolic stones for the construction of the Eight-Colored Tower.
Thus, from the bricks of the Great Wall to the stones of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, from Mount Tai where emperors held sacred Fengshan ceremonies to the Yellow Crane Tower, a sacred place in the hearts of countless literati, all became targets for the Japanese invaders to seize sacred stones.
According to relevant sources, Japan looted a total of 238 stones with significant symbolic meaning from various parts of our country, all of which were used to build and "suppress" the base of the Hachikō Ichiyū Pagoda.
Therefore, this tower is truly a soul-suppressing tower, openly proclaiming the Japanese rulers' ambition to trample on other countries and dominate the world.
After Yuan Yi led everyone down from the stage.
They had just sat down to rest for a while, as they had a large chorus performance to do later.
"Ding, main quest completed."
"Ding, main quest issued."
Hearing Gou Dan'er's words in his mind, Yuan Yi raised his eyebrows twice.
"Main quest issued: Please find a way to blow up the 'Soul-Suppressing Tower' and bring back 238 stones to their homeland, back to where they belong."
"Reward for completing the mission: A complete guide to making ancient hidden weapons."
"???"
Yuan Yi looked at the system's rewards.
"Are you speechless?"
"Or is it that you have no skills to reward?"
"A Complete Guide to Ancient Hidden Weapon Making"
"What? Do you want me to become an assassin? Or a killer?"
Upon hearing Yuan Yi's question, Gou Dan'er thought to himself.
"Relax, relax."
"Master, the skills you previously rewarded me with, such as Sharpshooter and Eagle Eye, combined with hidden weapons, would definitely be deadly killing machines!"
"Within seven steps, the gun is both fast and accurate."
"But within seven steps, the hidden weapon is instantaneous, silent, and quite powerful."
"Absolutely the perfect item for a dark and stormy night, for murder and robbery! You deserve to have it!"
Yuan Yi rolled his eyes; he had no choice but to accept whatever the system rewarded him with.
There's no way to change it!
Remembering what the system told him to blow up the "Soul-Suppressing Tower" and retrieve the 238 stones, he thought about how the system had instructed him to do so.
That's just like him; no one else could do it.
238 stones! That's not just two or eight stones.
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