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Inside the top-of-the-line recording studio on the 20th floor of the group's building.

Old Zhao stood outside the control panel, his hands sweating profusely. This was the first time his boss had graced the recording studio with his presence since announcing his retirement to become a security guard.

Lin Yan sat in front of a full set of SSL analog mixing console, his slender fingers flying across the arrangement keyboard, effortlessly creating electronic synthesized accompaniment.

The song begins with a low, subdued yet subtly powerful piano chord, followed by crisp and clean electronic drum beats. There are no fancy instrumentations; the main focus is on an incredibly catchy rhythm, with each beat precisely hitting your heartbeat.

The accompaniment was completed in half an hour.

Lin Yan casually picked up a bottle of mineral water to moisten his throat, pushed open the soundproof door, walked into the recording studio, and put on his monitoring headphones.

No need to warm up your voice or do a sound check.

He made an "OK" sign through the glass. Old Zhao immediately held his breath and pushed the track pusher.

The somber and oppressive prelude instantly filled the entire recording studio.

Lin Yan leaned closer to the condenser microphone, deliberately lowering his voice, which had a slightly hoarse, grainy quality, but his enunciation was exceptionally clear.

"They are all brave."

"The wound on your forehead, your differences, the mistakes you made."

There's no need to hide anything.

"Your worn-out doll, your mask, your ego."

Old Zhao, who was outside the control panel, was taken aback.

What's this all about? The lyrics sound so depressing? Is the boss planning to drop some kind of tearjerker bomb on NetEase Cloud Music late at night?

However, the following melody suddenly rises in tempo, like a heavy bow gradually tightening under extreme pressure.

"They said we should carry the light and tame every monster."

"They say, stitch up your wounds, nobody loves a clown."

"Why be lonely? No, be glorious."

"Humans are imperfect, and that is what makes them worthy of praise."

"Who says someone covered in mud isn't a hero!"

The moment that roar burst from the microphone, Old Zhao's hand on the clippers trembled violently, and his scalp tingled as if it had been electrified.

In the recording studio, Lin Yan's aura completely changed. His previous lazy, fish-like demeanor was shattered, and his voice suddenly soared, its powerful penetration like a heavy sword piercing through the darkness.

The climax arrived with a roar.

"I love you, even if I walk alone through dark alleys!"

"I love the way you refuse to kneel!"

"I've faced despair with love, but I refuse to shed a single tear!"

"I love your tattered clothes!"

"Yet they dare to block fate's gun!"

"Loving you is so much like me, even our flaws are the same!"

Old Zhao outside the glass stared wide-eyed, forgetting even to breathe.

This is an absolute battle song that can trigger an extreme sing-along in a stadium with tens of thousands of people! Every word is like pouring gasoline into the listener's veins!

"Go? Are you worthy? That tattered cloak!"

"War? Then fight! With the humblest of dreams!"

"To the sobs and roars in the darkness!"

"Who says only those who stand in the light are heroes!"

The song ended.

Lin Yan took off his headphones and walked out of the door with a normal expression.

Old Zhao swallowed hard, stammering, "Boss... this chord progression, this explosive power, is this a divine theme song written for some epic anti-gangster blockbuster? It's so exciting! This will definitely sweep the charts!"

Lin Yan glanced at him, her tone flat and emotionless: "It's not a movie theme song. This is a nursery rhyme I wrote for my mother-in-law, for my future grandson's prenatal education."

Old Zhao: "..."

He felt his worldview crack open with a snap.

Who would be so kind as to use such a high-energy war song, strong enough to blow up a bunker, as a nursery rhyme for prenatal education?! Is their grandson about to go on an expedition to take on Godzilla?

Lin Yan ignored the frozen Old Zhao and directly dragged the completed master tape into the USB drive.

"Just upload this clean audio file to Tencent Music, NetEase Cloud Music, and Douyin without buying any splash screen recommendations. The song title is 'The Lone Warrior,' and the lyrics and music are my own."

After giving the instructions, Lin Yan glanced at his watch.

At 10:30, I was just in time to go to the market to buy two pounds of fresh prawns.

……

Noon that day.

Without any prior promotion or publicity, the official accounts of the "Don't Want to Go to Work" group and Lin Yan's Weibo account, which is overgrown with two-meter-high weeds, simultaneously posted a status update.

Lin Yan's new song "The Lone Warrior" is now available on all major online platforms. Note: This is a children's song.

This Weibo post immediately caused an uproar across the internet.

You should know that this is the richest man in Asia who used his song "Beat It" to completely overwhelm the kings of Western pop music and forced the Grammys to send him an award from overseas!

This true god suddenly announced his return, and what he released was... a children's song?!

Countless fans and casual observers were left bewildered and flooded various music platforms with questions.

When the oppressive prelude was heard, and then the climax line "I love you, I walk alone in the dark alley" exploded in their ears, all the adult netizens fell into a deathly silence.

The comment section of Penguin Music was completely flooded with comments.

【What the hell is this nursery rhyme?! Lin Shen, do you have some kind of terrifying misunderstanding about the word "nursery rhyme"?】

[After hearing this "children's song," I immediately kicked open my boss's office door and slapped my resignation letter in his face! It was so awesome!]

[These lyrics are absolutely brilliant! A tribute to the sobs and roars in the darkness! Who says only those standing in the light are heroes! Lin Shen delivers his usual god-like, dimensional-lowering blow!]

The song itself is excellent, an absolute masterpiece, but it's clearly inadequate as a children's song. How could a three-year-old today possibly understand such heavy lyrics filled with fatalism and resistance?

While adults were stunned by the song's quality, they generally believed that Lin Yan was "recklessly messing around" and concluded that the song could never be circulated among children.

However, they seriously underestimated the song's captivating power, and even more so, they underestimated the chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur) spirit sealed within the elementary school student population.

Monday afternoon at 4:30 pm.

The entrance of Xinghai No. 3 Experimental Primary School.

A group of third-grade boys carrying backpacks are lining up to leave the school gate.

A chubby little boy was fiddling with a children's smartwatch on his wrist, playing the newly downloaded game "The Lone Warrior" on the loudspeaker.

A skinny boy standing nearby suddenly brightened up, as if triggering some ancient covenant, and let out a hoarse, childish roar:

"I love you, even if I walk alone through dark alleys!"

The chubby boy, who had been eating spicy snacks, suddenly seemed to have received a sacred mission. He threw down the snacks, straightened his neck, and, with a flushed face, continued with the next sentence:

"I love the way you refuse to kneel!!"

That shout seemed to ignite an invisible signal tower.

The dozen or so elementary school students around them instantly turned their heads, their eyes flashing with astonishing light, and roared in unison, with heart-wrenching intensity:

"I've faced despair with loving you, but I refuse to shed a single tear!!!"

The parents who were picking up their children from school at the gate were all terrified by this scene, almost thinking that the zombies had mutated.

This scene is by no means an isolated case.

In just three days, "The Lone Warrior" swept through primary schools and kindergartens across the country like a virus in an extremely bizarre and domineering manner.

The announcements during recess exercises, the convenience stores on the way home from school, and even the ball pit play areas in shopping malls.

If anyone dares to shout "I love you, I walk alone in the dark alley," elementary school students within a 50-meter radius, whether they know the person or not, will rush over like sharks smelling blood, shouting the next line at the top of their lungs.

On Douyin, a video titled "Never sing 'The Lone Warrior' in front of elementary school students" has topped the trending list with an astonishing number of likes.

In the video, a comedy blogger walks past a group of kids playing on a slide at an amusement park and casually hums, "Want to go? Do you deserve it?"

The next second, a dozen or so sweating elementary school students abruptly stopped what they were doing, staring intently at the blogger, roaring back like angry deities: "That tattered cloak!! Fight! Fight!"

The blogger was so frightened that he took three steps back and almost threw his phone into the trash can.

The comments section was absolutely in stitches.

[Holy crap, hahaha! This isn't a children's song, it's practically a secret code among elementary school students across the country!]

[This is terrifying! I sang one line in front of my ten-year-old nephew last night, and he's still dancing and singing on the coffee table in the living room with a feather duster. My sister-in-law is going crazy, carrying her slippers!]

[Lin Yan: I said it's a children's song, so it is! It'll shut up any dissenting elementary school student!]

[Lin Shen is awesome! From symphonies to square dancing, from North American Billboard to elementary schools across the country, this man has finally pieced together the final piece of the puzzle to dominate audiences of all ages in the most outrageous way!]

In a villa on the hillside.

Li Wan sat on the sofa, watching those videos on Douyin of elementary school students shouting at the top of their lungs, their faces red, as if they were about to transform into Super Saiyans, and fell into a long silence.

She originally just wanted to force Lin Yan to write a few sweet nursery rhymes like "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to coax the children.

Who knew that this kid would create a battle song that would make the entire kindergarten rise up in rebellion?

Lin Yan, carrying a cup of herbal tea, walked through the living room with a smile: "Mom, do you think this nursery rhyme is energetic enough? If my grandson is born listening to this prenatal music, he definitely won't get bullied in kindergarten."

Li Wan's lips twitched violently twice, and she finally glared at him fiercely: "Stop talking nonsense! I didn't make you soup tonight, so I'll let you off the hook!"

Lin Yan breathed a long sigh of relief.

Great, the crisis of urging me to sing is over, I can continue eating salted fish tomorrow.