Chapter 1: You have to survive first "quiet!" On a temporary high platform, a burly man with a face full of flesh looked at the chaos below. He was immediately furious and shouted to those around him with murderous intent, "Go and maintain order!" "Whoever disobeys will be thrown out!" "The Eighth King is kind-hearted. He ordered these homeless orphans and beggars to be taken in. He didn't want to let some trash waste food!" He was very confused about the order from the Eighth King. Although we also know that the Eighth King is cultivating his confidants from a young age and discovering talents from within the rebel army in order to plan for the future. But how long will it take to achieve this goal? The imperial army may arrive at any time to encircle and suppress us. Why would we have the time and energy to waste on this? "Snapped!" "Hey, hey..."
"Line up in order of height! Did you hear me?" "If you don't obey, you won't have any food today!"... A dozen soldiers jumped down from the high platform, beating people with sticks, and making an example of them. They picked up several disobedient orphans and beggars and threw them out of the gate of the compound. The chaotic scene finally quieted down. "This...this is..." Li Dingguo felt a splitting headache in a daze. As a complex information flooded into his mind, he widened his eyes and looked around in horror. Just then, I saw a dozen big men jumping down from a platform several meters high, holding sticks and hitting the ragged teenagers around them! He didn't have time to think and quickly ran to the back of the crowd. After a while, hundreds of orphan beggars at the scene were finally formed into ten crooked teams under the command of the dozen soldiers with sticks, and arranged in order of height. Li Dingguo was one of the tallest teenagers at the scene, so he quietly came to the end of a group of teenagers and stood there obediently. Although his front body looked very thin and skinny due to long-term malnutrition, he had a big frame and did not look like a ten-year-old boy at all. Instead, his height was about the same as those of teenagers of fourteen or fifteen years old. He is a little confused now. He could never have imagined that he got drunk at a reunion with old classmates, and when he woke up, he was completely different from the person he was before! "What the hell!" "Nine times out of ten, he drank fake wine, and drank too much, and ended up being drunk and dreaming!" He never drank much, but he never expected that he would get drunk after an occasional indulgence. What he saw at the scene now made him feel uneasy and he dared not act differently, for fear of attracting criticism for his unusual behavior. In the memories just merged, the original body had been wandering and begging since childhood, and the scope of activities was limited to this county town and nearby villages. In addition, he had never been to school and had limited knowledge. Not only was the original body very young, but the people and things he had come into contact with were very limited. He was constantly busy running around every day just for two meals a day. He only knew that this was the Ming Dynasty, and basically knew nothing else. The fact that the soldiers who had just jumped down from a platform several meters high made no sound after landing was enough to prove that the world he came to was definitely not the Ming Empire in the history of his previous life. Even though his previous incarnation did not have much experience, he knew that there were demons and ghosts in this world. This was also the main reason why he did not dare to travel far to beg, and had to survive by begging in this border county town.
"The original name was also Li Dingguo?" "The rebels who captured the county town were led by the Eight Great Kings?" He finally realized what he had been ignoring and found very strange. "Gathering orphans and beggars to train, and then adopting some adopted sons to achieve the goal of controlling the rebel army, isn't this the strategy that the eight kings used to start their rebellion?" "And I am Li Dingguo who later stood out among the rebel army?" This time, Li Dingguo was really confused. Overlapping with some events in previous life history, an accidental coincidence is a coincidence, but too many coincidences are no longer coincidences. Looking down at his own tall stature that was much taller than his peers, if Li Dingguo was not stupid, he should have realized that there was something wrong with all these coincidences. The problem is that this world is incredibly huge, and is very different from the history of the previous life. Apart from anything else, the dozen or so soldiers he had just met had martial arts that were even more exaggerated than those in martial arts novels, which completely overturned his three views! He was frightened and was thinking whether to just go with the flow and lie down. Suddenly, his mind was in a trance again. A virtual panel like a crappy web game suddenly appeared in his mind: "Host: Li Dingguo Age: 10 (Condition: Weak) Constitution: 3 Spirit: 2 Skills: None Luck: 1 (If the luck value is zero, you will suffer misfortune) Star Fate: Po Jun (Not yet activated)" Li Dingguo was both shocked and happy. "I told you, a time traveler must have a golden finger!" As a newly-minted time traveler, it is normal and not surprising to have a golden finger. Otherwise, when traveling through time and space, without the protection of the golden finger, how could your soul or body withstand the crushing force of time and space and remain safe and sound? "what should I do?" Li Dingguo was surprised and happy, but now he was extremely panicked! It would be impossible to say that this magical world has no similarities with the Ming Empire in previous history. After all, my current experience proves all this. According to the original development trajectory, should I worship the Eighth King as my godfather and fight for him with my life? If it weren't for the golden finger, Li Dingguo probably wouldn't have the confidence to refute and could only take one step at a time. In the history of the previous life, the original body had a tragic life, which made people sigh. Now that I have miraculously traveled through time, do I have to follow the old path of established history? It is even very likely that you will spend your entire life wandering and eventually die in disgrace! Ha ha! I am lucky enough to live my life again. Since I have a golden finger, it is impossible for me to work as a part-time worker. It is impossible for me to work for others in this life. However, as a newcomer, the most urgent thing for me to consider is how to survive in this strange and extremely dangerous world. The ups and downs of life in his previous life made him see through the cruel and dark truths hidden in many aspects of society. He was not the kind of young man who would rush forward at the mere sound of a shout. Let’s not talk about whether the rebel army’s rebellion can succeed. In any era, those who suffer are the majority of the lower-class people, without exception. When the chaos is over and the dust settles, it won’t be many years before everything returns to the starting point.
Moreover, in a strange world with such a high level of military power, one must ultimately rely on one's own strength. If you rely on mountains, mountains will fall; if you rely on water, water will flow. Without a certain level of strength, your life won’t be guaranteed at all. If you’re not careful, you’ll probably be dead! However, the question now is: How can we have the ability to barely protect ourselves? In that case, even if I have a golden finger, when I first arrive, I can only stay at home and develop myself slowly before thinking about other things. In order to survive, it is not shameful to temporarily use a chicken to lay eggs. (End of this chapter)
