1970: I Keep the Whole Village Afloat by Hunting

[No System + Ruthless Hero + A Smart Protagonist]

Winter, 1970. Chenjiagou was so hungry the villagers were chewing tree bark.

Chen Hao, a modern wilderness survival expert, woke up in the body of a local hoodlum who shared his name.

The first thing he did after opening his eyes was chew half a piece of bark. The second was grab a woodcutter’s knife and head into the hills.

Three jin of hare meat, two crucian carp, and a fifty-jin gray wolf. While everyone else was starving, the smell of meat drifted halfway across the ravine from his cave dwelling.

When Old Li and his men came to steal his food, Chen Hao slammed an iron pot over the man’s head and pressed a woodcutter’s knife to his neck. “Get lost. Make one more move and you’ll end up like that rabbit.”

The next day, Old Li ran to the commune to complain. On the third day, Chen Hao declared in front of the whole village, “I hunt it, I decide who gets it. Anyone who wants to boss me around can ask this pitchfork first.”

When people from the commune came, he beat them too. When village bullies tried to cause trouble, he made them regret it.

In those days, morality was just a cover for an empty stomach. Fists and knives were what really counted.

He took a few teenage boys into the mountains to hunt wild boar and roe deer, and snatch meat from the jaws of wolves.

Women? Food? Resources? Whoever had the guts could take them.

Old Zhao said, “Hao, you’ve changed.”

Chen Hao held wolf meat over the fire. “If I don’t change, I’ll starve to death.”

He went from a good-for-nothing to the living king of hell in Chenjiagou in just three days.