Famine in a Chaotic World: I Feed My Whole Family with My Skills

In the final years of the Great Qian Dynasty, disasters struck year after year. Locust plagues, droughts, and warfare drove the people from their homes. When eighteen-year-old Lin Yan woke, all that remained at home was half a sack of bran. His father had a broken leg, his mother was gravely ill, and his younger sister had nearly been sold. His only chance was a barren mountain and the woodcutter’s hatchet in his hand.

Just as despair took hold, he awakened a Proficiency Panel. Chopping wood, gathering herbs, setting traps, archery, medicine, farming, forging... Every skill could make the difference between life and death. With its help, he protected his family, organized the villagers, laid traps, and launched ambushes. Starting from a crumbling mountain stronghold, he built Qingshi Stockade and carved out a way to survive for his family and the villagers.

But the troubled times never spared the weak. The bandits of Blackwind Stockade were on the move, the Gao family grain merchants were secretly manipulating the supply routes, and even Han Kui’s personal troops were quietly closing in. Lin Yan had to use his wits, courage, and skills to protect the food, water, and people’s trust if Qingshi Stockade was to stand firm. Every victory became the fiercest defense of survival and family.

This is a thrilling power fantasy about survival in extreme conditions, the satisfaction of leveling up through proficiency, battles that blend strategy and action, and how a young man grows from protecting his family into a true guardian amid the chaos of war.