A nightmare of hunger and cold became Lin Kai's key to traveling through time. When he woke, he was no longer lying in a soft bed, but on the cold, muddy ground along the Long March. Clutched in his hand was half a piece of moldy fried flour that could chip his teeth; roaring in his ears was the deadly artillery fire of the Xiang River Campaign. To his horror, he discovered that he had taken over the body of a young forebear, Red Army soldier Lin Dagang, and now faced one of the most grueling campaigns in human history.
Just as despair threatened to overwhelm him, a cold mechanical voice rang out in his mind: “Kindling System successfully bound!” This gift from the future turned out to be a “supply exchange device” with a one-way connection to the present. Compressed biscuits for fried flour? A first-aid kit worth its weight in gold? Even more astonishing, after the System upgrades, it can exchange for weapons and even summon helpers from the real world!
Looking at his young grandfather Lin Dagang and the Red Army comrades around him, all gaunt and struggling on the brink of starvation and death, Lin Kai remembered his grandfather's vacant eyes in old age and those unforgettable words: “I'm hungry... So hungry... If I could just eat my fill, I'd die content...” Grief and a crushing sense of responsibility swept away his fear. A burning vow thundered in Lin Kai's (Lin Dagang's) heart:
**“This time, I'm here!”**
**“Grandpa, and all of you...”**
**“I, Lin Kai (Lin Dagang), won't let you go hungry and collapse in despair again!”**
**“Eat your fill! Wear warm clothes! Stay alive! Make it through!”**
**“I'll shoulder the hardships of the Long March for you! I'll make your dream of food and warmth come true!”**
With the “kindling” from the future in his hands,
