In 1942, after transmigrating to war-torn Chandah in western Yunnan,
Chen Yu, the protagonist, finds himself among a group of defeated veterans.
Bound to a simple survival System, he seeks a steady life and sees through the sorrow of a chaotic age.
He meets the members of the cannon-fodder regiment and encounters Chen Xiao Zui, who struggles just to get by.
Knowing the hopeless fate that awaits them, he cannot bear to watch those around him die in vain.
With the strength of an ordinary man, he resists the ravages of war and protects his brothers and those by his side,
rewriting regrets, surviving in the cracks, and holding fast to his principles and love for his country.