Chapter 1: Crossing Over in 1909

  July 13, 1909.

  In the northern Fujian region, on a lush green mountain top, a young man sat there in a daze. The young man wore an orange T-shirt on his upper body and a pair of jeans on his lower body.

  "Good grief, have I really arrived in 1909?" The young man sat on a large rock at the top of the mountain, gazing out at a village below, whose buildings were made of the traditional rammed earth style before liberation.

  A young man named Xia Jun, from the 21st century.

  Xia Jun was a hot-blooded youth, who used to care deeply about the affairs of the nation before crossing over, but after seeing too many things, he gradually became numb and eventually didn't even bother to shout slogans.

  The cruel reality struck Xia Jun numb when he woke up from his sleep, only to find himself on this desolate mountain.

  In a panic, Xia Jun suddenly found that there was something on the corner of his eye, it was a small icon, but when Xia Jun focused his attention on it, a screen suddenly appeared in front of him.

  "Welcome to the 'Exchange Platform', you currently have 500 points......" A mechanical voice appeared in Xia Jun's ear.

  "What, what are you?" Xia Jun was so frightened that he sat down on the ground immediately.

  "The platform assistant program, happy to serve you." The mechanical voice replied, Xia Jun's mouth opened wide in surprise, staring blankly at the virtual screen that appeared before him, waving his hand in front of his eyes, unable to touch anything.

  Take a closer look at the screen in front of you, and on the top of the screen is a line of eye-catching large characters - Super Exchange Platform.

  Below is a system bar, and in the system bar there are seven categories: 'Military, Agriculture, Industry, Engineering, Medical, Daily Necessities, Data'.

  In the lower right corner, there was also a display of time. Xia Jun took a look at that time and it was actually July 13th, 1909.

  Xia Jun tried it out briefly and quickly grasped the operation method, able to operate this mysterious exchange system that had suddenly appeared in front of him with just a thought.

  All I saw was that there were countless things in the system that could be exchanged, from bullets to nuclear bombs. In the agricultural category, many high-yielding crops could be exchanged, with yields even higher than those of the 21st century. As for industry, medicine, engineering, daily necessities and data, Xia Jun only took a quick glance and hadn't looked carefully yet.

  "How did this exchange platform end up on me?" Xia Jun asked the main program of the platform, which spoke in a stiff tone. The platform's auxiliary system replied, "Unknown."

  "So why did I go back to 1909?"

  "Unknown."

  Two unknown listeners almost vomited blood after hearing Xia Jun's words.

  But Xia Jun soon became excited, throwing away all his despair and confusion.

  In the year 1909!

  At that time China was still in a backward and dilapidated state, under the rule of semi-feudalism and semi-colonialism, and the Xinhai Revolution would take place two years later.

  With this exchange system in hand, can we make a difference and change China's fate?

  Xia Jun himself was an angry youth, but the term for angry youths in that era was patriotic young people, later changed to radical young people, and only later became known as angry youths.

  As a patriotic young man, Xia Jun's first thought was to use this exchange platform in his hands to change the fate of the nation...

  When the time comes, we must exchange a dozen or so aircraft carrier battle groups and throw a dozen or so atomic bombs at Japan, beating Little Japan to extinction...

  Wait, how did we get the points needed for this exchange again?

  Just as the summer was about to arrive, Xia Jun suddenly thought of a crucial problem. If he wanted to exchange for an aircraft carrier battle group and atomic bombs, his 500 points would be far from enough! How could these points possibly be enough to exchange for an aircraft carrier and atomic bombs?

  Xia Jun immediately inquired with the platform's assistant program.

  "Under the current conditions, you can earn points by eliminating bandits." The main program of the platform replied, "Killing a bandit earns 100 points, capturing a bandit earns 200 points, and killing the leader of the bandits earns even higher points income."

  Xia Jun hastily opened the exchange platform, a 20,000-ton TNT equivalent atomic bomb's exchange price was - 30,000,000, after counting the consecutive zeros, it turned out to be 300 million points.

  That is to say that in order to obtain an atomic bomb of 100 tons, it would be necessary to kill 3 million bandits or capture 1.5 million bandits.

  "The atomic bomb is so expensive, it's a rip-off!"

  "High prices per unit can decrease over time, for example when a certain unit is invented the price drops immediately." The platform assistant program explained.

  Xia Jun carefully looked at the exchange prices of various weapons, and indeed, those that had already been invented were very cheap. A Mauser 98B rifle could be exchanged for just 10 points, while a 98K rifle required 15 points. An M1 Garand rifle was even more expensive, requiring 30 points to exchange for one.

  By this comparison, Xia Jun figured it out.

  The later something appears in this era, the more expensive it is to exchange, the greater its power and the better its quality, the more expensive it is. The higher the level of strategic weapons and equipment, the more expensive they are.

  For example, individual equipment such as rifles belongs to the tactical level, while aircraft carrier battle groups, atomic bombs and intercontinental missiles belong to the strategic level.

  The initial capital is just 500 points!

  Xia Jun sat on a large stone, dazed, and selected from the dazzling array of firearms for a while before choosing an M1 Garand sniper rifle.

  M1 Garand Sniper Rifle: Effective range 730m, Magazine capacity 8 rounds, Muzzle velocity 865m/s, Firing mode Semi-automatic, Scope 4x, Exchange points 75.

  The exchange price of 7.62mm bullets: 1 point = 50 rounds of ammunition.

  The M1 Garand is a rifle that was tested by the U.S. military at Springfield Armory in 1929, and it performed exceptionally well during World War II, being considered one of the best semi-automatic rifles of the war.

  Xia Jun is twenty-one years old this year. He used to be a soldier for more than half a year, but left the army because of some discrepancies between reality and propaganda.

  The gun is useful, but where are the bandits?

  ……

  After gazing at the mountain top for a while, Xia Jun decided to go down to the village below to take a look and gather some information before doing anything else. Although he knew from the exchange platform that he was in northern Fujian province, his exact location was unclear.

  Furthermore, Xia Jun had to obtain intelligence from the villagers in order to find the bandits.

  Then Xia Jun exchanged a Czech CZ83 pistol, with an effective range of 50 meters and a capacity of 15 rounds. It cost Xia Jun 10 points, which was more expensive than other pistols, but had the advantage of having more ammunition.

  At the same time, he exchanged 50 rounds of pistol ammunition and 50 rounds of rifle ammunition. After equipping his weapons, Xia Jun took his pistol and went down the mountain. The mountain where he was located had not been developed or utilized by humans, and it grew naturally into a forest. This kind of natural forest is rarely seen in later generations, as many mountains have been planted with fruit trees, cedar trees, bamboo, and those rocky mountains have been planted with pine trees.

  This self-grown forest has no artificially built roads. Xia Jun looked for a while and found a small path in the woods, which should have been trampled by people.

  Xia Jun walked down the mountain path and soon discovered a large patch of edible mushrooms on the mountain waist, but at this time Xia Jun had no interest in picking mushrooms, his feet kept moving, quickly drilling down the mountain.

  Soon Xia Jun arrived at the foot of the mountain, and as soon as he emerged from the forest, he heard a shrill cry.

  "Ah!"

  It was a child's cry. Xia Jun looked up and saw that in the distance, there was a 7 or 8 year old kid, and not far from the kid was a water buffalo.

  That water buffalo was being attacked by a dozen or so dog-like creatures at this time.

  The water buffalo kept turning its body, aiming its horns at the dogs. Several dogs made a feint in front, successfully attracting the attention of the water buffalo.

  At this time, a dog circled to the back of the water buffalo, then stood up on its hind legs, with its two front legs pressed against the water buffalo's buttocks, and then bit towards the water buffalo's anus, quickly pulling out the water buffalo's intestines from the anus.

  "Hyena!"

  Xia Jun saw such a cruel scene and immediately reacted, this thing is not a dog at all, but a dhole from the mountain. These dholes still have some scattered traces in later generations.

  Without hesitation, Xia Jun raised his pistol and fired at the jackal in the distance.

  "Bang bang...... Bang bang......"

  Xia Jun pulled the trigger and quickly fired all 15 rounds, with nearly half of them hitting their target.

  "Waaa... waaa..." The jackal was beaten until it let out a miserable howl, seeing its companions fall one by one. The other jackals fled in panic and soon disappeared without a trace.

  Xia Jun ran over to take a look, and saw that on the ground were six dead wolves, two of which had not died yet, and were struggling to get up and run, but didn't make it far before collapsing.

  That water buffalo has fallen to the ground and is panting heavily. When Xia Jun turned his head to look for that little kid, the little kid was probably afraid of strangers and ran away in a hurry.

  Look at that little friend running away without a trace, Xia Jun's heart is so depressed!