In Troubled Times, It Starts from a Dead Village

During the Five Dynasties chaos, Later Jin is about to fall, and Khitan iron cavalry tramples the Central Plains. Thousands of li turn to scorched earth, and nine out of ten homes are empty. Chen Du, a modern special-forces soldier, transmigrates into a wandering ghost after a village slaughter on Funiu Mountain. Crawling out of a pile of corpses, his iron-blooded tactics and battlefield training become the sharpest blade in this dark age.

He has no cheat, no superpower—only military wisdom that amounts to dimensionality reduction.

From a dead village, two orphans, and seventeen remaining lives, he builds a flesh-and-blood defense line deep in Funiu Mountain.

He kills Khitan troops, takes in refugees, builds an army, forges weapons, and uses the mountain valley as his base, iron-blooded resolve as his bones, and the people as his shield.

He does not become emperor or compete for power; he only guards one patch of pure land and protects one group of common people.

From a lone wolf in a pile of corpses to a great marshal protecting the people and shaking the Central Plains;

from a dead village to the only earthly paradise in a chaotic age.

The world vies for supremacy and arms never cease, but he sees through it clearly—being able to conquer the world does not necessarily mean being able to keep it peaceful; holding military power does not necessarily mean keeping one’s original intent.

When the smoke of war fades and the world is finally settled, he removes his armor and returns to the mountains, passing the torch to the next generation.

Born in troubled times, returning to the mountains and forests.

With one blade and one spear, he protects the people, without longing for imperial power or fame.

As for this world, whoever wants to sit on it can sit on it—I only want the people I protected to live safely.