Traveling Through the Seventies with a Space, Saving a Special Forces Soldier to Accompany a Lifetime

Guo Youning, a twenty-five-year-old office worker who had recently won a lottery and purchased a countryside resort, dies unexpectedly after a celebratory drinking session. She awakens in the Netherworld, specifically the Hall of Untimely Death, where she discovers that a bureaucratic error caused her soul to be collected prematurely. The White Impermanence, a rookie official, mistakenly gathered her instead of another soul with a similar name. When the Tenth Hall Master investigates, he confirms that Guo Youning’s body has already been cremated, making a return to life impossible. However, because she possesses over seventy years of remaining lifespan, the underworld officials cannot simply reincarnate her. To compensate for their negligence, they offer her a unique solution: transmigration to a parallel world.

Guo Youning negotiates her terms, demanding a good family, health, intelligence, and the ability to bring her worldly possessions. The officials grant her a personal spatial dimension called the Farmhouse Paradise, which includes a villa, agricultural land, and livestock. They also provide her with ten drops of Immortal Dew, a powerful healing elixir, and convert her bank savings into currency and goods suitable for the target era. White Impermanence, feeling guilty, further fills her space with vast quantities of rice, flour, daily necessities, and valuable items like televisions and gold bars. Guo Youning steps through the portal and wakes up in 1973 Beijing, inhabiting the body of a seventeen-year-old girl with the same name who had died of illness and despair.

The original owner was on the verge of being sent to the countryside in Heilongjiang Province as part of the Educated Youth movement. Her family, though loving, was poor and unable to prevent her departure. Guo Youning quickly adapts to her new life, realizing she has only three days before she must leave. She uses her space to recover her strength and interacts with her new family, including her mother Tang Xin, who is caring and worried about her health. Guo Youning decides to make the best of her situation, planning to survive in the rural area and eventually capitalize on future economic reforms. She also establishes a connection with the underworld, communicating with White Impermanence to send him a letter of commendation in exchange for his continued assistance.

Before leaving Beijing, Guo Youning navigates the social complexities of the era. She encounters Deng Xiaojun, a former classmate who harbors romantic feelings for her. She firmly rejects his advances, redefining their relationship as siblings to avoid entanglement. Deng Xiaojun, despite his initial disappointment, proves helpful by introducing her to the black market. Guo Youning uses this opportunity to purchase incense and paper money for her underworld communications and to buy antiques from a mystic named Master Zhang, who identifies her as a person of great fortune. She also meets Wang Li, the boss of the black market, and arranges to sell high-value items like televisions and watches to him in exchange for cash and gold.

Guo Youning’s primary conflict involves managing her secret spatial abilities while adhering to the strict social and political norms of 1970s China. She must maintain a low profile to avoid suspicion, especially given the volatile political climate involving the Red Guards and the revolutionary committee. She deals with neighborhood gossip and hostility, particularly from a malicious neighbor known as Third Grandma, whom she outmaneuvers using the political rhetoric of the time. As her departure date approaches, she prepares her family with food and supplies from her space, ensuring they are well-fed before she leaves. The story follows her strategic planning to survive the hardships of rural life while building a foundation for future prosperity, leveraging her knowledge of history and her supernatural resources.