Dreaming Back to the War of Resistance: I Made a Promise to the Red Army

Mei Youqian, a post-2000s young man, wakes up to find that he has transmigrated to the Songpan Grasslands during the Republican era. He has become a Red Army soldier named Mei Qianhua, on the verge of starving to death. They share a surname, but nothing else.

As far as the eye can see, the land is barren. He's so weak he can barely tell which way to go, and the shadow of death closes in with every step. He's about to be done for.

At this desperate moment, Han Li, a veteran Red Army soldier, appears like a godsend. The two press on together through the grasslands, short of food and water and beset by danger, enduring hardships and facing death side by side...

At last, Mei manages to escape that hellish wasteland, but the older Han, whose identity makes him a special case, is forcibly taken away by the security bureau. The two friends, despite their age difference and only a few days together, are separated forever.

To fulfill his promise to the veteran, Mei Youqian sets off on a difficult search. When Han Li's belongings come to light, a wrongful case buried for many years is finally cleared.

But just as Mei thinks he's fulfilled his duty to the hero and decides to lie flat and take it easy, the appearance of a mysterious stranger pushes him into the glittering, decadent world of Shanghai.

There, he encounters a female agent from the Fuxing Society and realizes that Mei Qianhua's identity is not so simple either. Just as he's preparing to accept his new identity, a mysterious object appears, making him deeply question his transmigration...

How can the mysteries of two lifetimes be unraveled, when past grudges intertwine with present-day karma? Was this transmigration an accident, or had the mysterious stranger planned it all along?

When the answer is right there in the question, Mei Youqian finally understands: ten years of turmoil were all for revenge...