Special Forces Soldier Transmigrates into Cannon Fodder

A Cannon-Fodder Special Forces Soldier, Opening Up the Wilderness in the Mountains and Picking Up Strays

The moment he opens his eyes, Zhang Ran finds himself a cannon fodder in a siege. With no time to think, he swings his knife and cuts down an enemy soldier.

On the chaotic battlefield, he dodges a hundred deadly attacks and happens to save a military dog with a broken leg.

“From now on, it’s just you and me, relying on each other.”

A man and a dog lead a group of terrified refugees into the mountains.

When bandits show up, he recruits them. When scattered soldiers come knocking, he brings them to heel. Starting from scratch, he rebuilds the stronghold, farms the land, and raises livestock.

People say you live off the mountain when you live by the mountain. Zhang Ran says casually, “What can we eat? Tigers, tree bark, Guanyin clay...”

“Oh, and the high-grade iron we seized a few days ago. Tonight, I’ll put on a demonstration and forge armor by hand.”

Cold, sticky, and carrying a nauseating, bloody stench.

Zhang Ran’s eyes flew open. His vision went from blurry to clear. A jumble of moving legs crossed before his eyes: boots and straw sandals caked in mud and dark-red blood, and even bare feet. The damp, rotting smell of earth, the sour reek of sweat, and the heavy, rusty scent of blood combined into a sharp current that rushed straight into his nostrils, making his stomach spasm.

This wasn’t the rainforest where he’d been on a mission. This feeling... It was a battlefield. The most primitive, most savage kind of battlefield, fought with cold weapons.

Fragments of memories that weren’t his, full of the agony and terror of impending death, barged into his mind: refugees being driven forward, crude wooden spears, tattered leather armor, towering walls ahead with arrows flying like locusts, and behind them the gleaming blades and savage shouts of the troops forcing them into battle...

Cannon fodder. A nameless nobody sent to die in a siege. That was who he was now.

Dead