Transmigration: I Emptied the Deep Mountains and Made the Villains Drool with Envy

Liu Xiaoman, a modern agricultural scientist, awakens in the body of a fifteen-year-old girl with the same name in a harsh ancient setting. She finds herself in a dilapidated hut beside a mass grave, suffering from a severe fever and a bacterial lung infection. Her family has been cast out by the matriarch, Old Madam Tian, who accuses them of being jinxes after Liu Xiaoman’s father, a soldier, disappeared three years prior. The household consists of her timid, weeping mother Li Xiuxiu and her mentally impaired ten-year-old brother, Liu Congming. Starving and on the brink of death, Liu Xiaoman is visited by a mechanical system that binds to her strong survival instinct. The Myriad Worlds Medical Inheritance and Species Preservation System grants her the ability to scan objects for value, recycle them for points, and exchange those points for items from various worlds.

Diagnosing her own condition as a fatal lung infection requiring antibiotics, Liu Xiaoman realizes she must act immediately to survive. She instructs her brother to gather common weeds outside the hut, which the system identifies as recyclable sources of bio-energy. By recycling plantain and dandelion, she accumulates enough points to redeem a capsule of strong antibiotics and a bowl of white rice porridge. The miraculous appearance of these items terrifies her superstitious mother, who fears demonic possession. To prevent panic and potential exposure, Liu Xiaoman fabricates a story that her father appeared in a dream to send divine medicine and food, claiming he has become a young general in the afterlife. The medicine works instantly, breaking her fever and restoring her strength, while the porridge provides their first real meal in months.

Her survival does not go unnoticed. Her aunt, Wang Jinhua, follows the scent of the cooking porridge to the hut and confronts the family, demanding they share their food. Liu Xiaoman, now sharp-tongued and confident, rebukes her aunt by citing the official family separation document and mocking the aunt’s greed with references to the nearby mass grave. The confrontation escalates when Old Madam Tian arrives with the rest of the hostile relatives to seize their newly acquired goods. Liu Xiaoman anticipates this and has already summoned the village chief. She uses a system-item talisman to cause Old Madam Tian to slip and fall face-first into dog feces during her dramatic tantrum. The resulting humiliation turns the villagers against the matriarch, forcing her family to retreat in disgrace.

Recognizing that the broken hut is unsafe and that the Liu family will seek further revenge, Liu Xiaoman decides they must relocate. She plans to move into the dangerous back mountains, where she previously discovered a rare variant of hemostatic vine. She travels to a local apothecary, Huichun Hall, disguised as a beggar to avoid attention. There, she negotiates with Shopkeeper Qian, selling the high-quality herb and securing a long-term supply contract along with an advance payment and tools. This agreement provides her with legitimate cover for entering the mountains and the capital needed for her plans.

Venturing deeper into the mountains, Liu Xiaoman uses her system’s scanning ability to identify valuable resources, including rare fungi and moss. She detects an energy anomaly leading her to a hidden cave behind a waterfall. The cave is spacious, dry, and structurally sound, offering a perfect defensive stronghold. Inside, she discovers Super Clay, a rare material with exceptional construction properties. She recycles the clay to accumulate points and purchases a safehouse renovation blueprint from the system. Realizing the scale of the construction required, she begins a covert operation to transport materials into the cave under the cover of darkness. She eventually reveals her plan to her mother and brother, recruiting them to help build their new home, marking the beginning of their independent life away from the oppressive Liu family.