I wield power with my innate talents, and forge the Heavenly Court.

Chapter 4: The Changing World, Survival
In the blink of an eye, Wang Chao had already left the space of consciousness and returned to his physical body in the real world.

However, before he could even open his eyes, he felt a surge of consciousness that instantly broke free from the constraints of his body.

In an instant, the scene within a meter radius around him appeared in his mind: the cracked earth, the rough and chapped hands, the withered and gray body, and the tattered clothes that barely covered him.
Even the underground and the interior of the wall behind him were things that surfaced in his mind.

"Telepathy, soul exploration, consciousness perception."

In an instant, a variety of thoughts flashed through Wang Chao's mind, all of them descriptions of this situation from various novels.

Ultimately, the dynasty named its current state "psychic perception."

Just as the dynasty was about to withdraw its mental perception and open its eyes.

He suddenly felt the world around him tremble slightly, as if some mysterious, invisible change had occurred.

In the next instant, a surge of power suddenly erupted from the surrounding world and rushed into his body.

At first, the dynasty was taken aback.

However, he only realized it after the power entered his body.

Although this power appeared abruptly, it surged into the body at an incredibly rapid pace.

However, once it enters the body, it becomes extremely gentle and quickly flows throughout the body, nourishing the Wang Chao's parched body.

"Hmm~!"

For a moment, Wang Chao felt as if he were soaking in a hot spring, and his fatigue and hunger quickly subsided, causing him to groan involuntarily.

After a while, the power, having cleansed his body, entered the dynasty's consciousness space and eventually merged into his soul.

In an instant, the soul of the dynasty rapidly expanded until it reached its original size.

Moreover, although the dynasty's soul had expanded, it did not become illusory again. Instead, it became more solid, almost like a real person. Under the spiritual radiance behind its head, it resembled a legendary immortal.

In addition, the dynasty had become more adept at controlling its various powers, and its connection with those two special spiritual powers had become increasingly close, as if they were its own hands and feet, moving at will.

The range of mental perception has also increased from one meter in radius to two meters in radius.

"Hoo~!"

After a few more moments, Wang Chao finally let out a long breath, slowly opened his excited eyes, and an uncontrollable smile appeared on his face.

Clenching his fist, Wang Chao felt his still-emaciated body suddenly bursting with explosive power, far stronger than any moment in his two lifetimes combined.

According to the calculations and comparisons made by the Wang Chao, he is probably more than twice as strong as he was at his strongest. He may not have reached the peak of human strength, but he definitely possesses the physical strength of a special forces king.

Of course, if he were to fight a special forces king, he would definitely be the one who gets utterly humiliated.

In his previous life, he was just an ordinary laborer, and in this life, he is just a commoner with absolutely no combat experience or skills.

However, with the aid of telepathy, he will definitely be able to adapt and learn quickly, and surpass those elite special forces soldiers in a short period of time.

And
The sounds of shouting and cursing could still be faintly heard in the distance.

Wang Chao felt that with his current physical abilities and mental perception, dealing with a few hooligans would be no problem at all.

Wang Chao stood up, dusted himself off, glanced at the source of the commotion in the distance, but did not impulsively go forward. Instead, he turned around and walked towards Wang Dahu's house.

Wang Dahu lived up to his name; he was tall and strong, the strongest and hardest worker in the village.

Most of the young people in the village, including the predecessor of Wang Chao's body, respected him greatly.

It was precisely because of Wang Dahu's existence that Wang Dahu's family, although not the head of the village, was definitely the family with the most surplus grain outside of the head of the village.

Even in ordinary times, they would occasionally help out their neighbors.

Even before, the original owner had received assistance from Wang Dahu's family.

However, as there has been no rain this year, the crops have gradually withered and died, so they stopped helping their neighbors.

However, the dynasty was quite understanding of this.

Now that I can't even support myself, how can I have the mind to care about the life and death of others?
Judging from the commotion just now, it seemed that all of his family's grain had been taken away by the grain-collecting servants.

Now, they certainly have no surplus food left.

but
Wang Chao's eyes flashed darkly.

It's good to have no surplus food.

If his family has no surplus grain, then other families are probably in the same boat.

That Mr. Wu, the village head of this area, is trying to drive them to their doom and make them die.

It can truly be said that the officials forced the people to rebel.

Although Wu, the village chief, wasn't even an official, he had already driven them to the brink of starvation, which was no different from officials forcing the people to rebel.

Just as Wang Chao arrived at Wang Dahu's house, he heard a heart-wrenching cry suddenly come from the courtyard.

"Mother!"

"This is."

Wang Chao's expression hardened slightly, a hint of sadness flashing across his face.

Without even going into the hospital, he could roughly guess what had happened.

"Da Hu, please accept my condolences!"

"Big Tiger Brother"

As Wang Chao stepped into the courtyard, he heard cries and soothing words of comfort coming from Wang Dahu's house.

"Damn it, I'm going to kill them!"

"Don't!"

"Big Tiger!"

Suddenly, a loud roar came from Wang Dahu inside the room, along with shouts of protest from the others.

However, Wang Dahu's temper flared up, and he wouldn't listen to anyone's advice. In the midst of the argument, Wang Dahu, his eyes red, rushed out of the main room and bumped right into Wang Chao.

Seeing the furious Wang Dahu, Wang Chao grabbed his arm and stopped him.

Wang Dahu struggled several times, but felt as if his arms were clamped by iron clamps and he couldn't move at all.

Without warning, his eyes turned bloodshot as he glared at Wang Chao and roared repeatedly.

"Let go! Let go!"

"Wang Chao, you damn well better let me go!"

However, no matter how much he cursed and struggled, the dynasty remained unmoved.

Meanwhile, the people inside the house had also chased after him, and seeing Wang Dahu being stopped, they all breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Seeing Wang Dahu acting like a madman, everyone frowned again and stepped forward to dissuade him.

At this moment, Wang Dahu had fallen into a state of madness and could not hear what the others were saying.

Looking at Wang Dahu, Wang Chao frowned slightly, and with his other hand, he suddenly slapped him across the face.

"Snapped!"

The crisp sound reached their ears, and everyone froze instantly, staring blankly at Wang Dahu, who was also stunned, and then at Wang Chao.

After a long while, everyone gradually came to their senses. Looking at the stunned and speechless Wang Dahu, they breathed a sigh of relief but were also a little worried.

Although he got slapped, at least he stopped yelling about running out to his death.

But judging from his stunned and speechless appearance, could he have been knocked senseless?

"I'm awake!"

Looking at Wang Dahu, who had been stunned for a moment but whose eyes gradually regained their clarity, Wang Chao spoke in a deep, calm voice.

"Ok!"

Wang Dahu nodded first, then his eyes welled up with tears, and he sat down on the ground, sobbing loudly.

"Waaaaah, Mother! Your son is useless!"

It is said that men do not cry easily.

But that only means the heartbreak hasn't reached its peak yet.

Now that his mother has been murdered and he is unable to avenge her, one can only imagine the grief and pain in Wang Dahu's heart.

At this point, Wang Chao finally looked at the group of people who had chased after him out of the house.

Wang Erniu, Wang Sanshun, Wang Shi, and others.

There were five or six people in the group, all of them strong young men in their twenties.

But now, these once strong young men all had cracked lips and were emaciated.

After scanning the crowd, Wang Chao said in a deep voice:
How is your family doing now?

"What? What else could happen? Even the bottom of the jar was scraped away by those bastards, Li Gou."

"A bunch of beasts!"

"It's really nothing!"

"God, this is just cruel!"

Upon hearing Wang Chao's question, everyone's faces instantly darkened, and they began to curse in unison, revealing a hint of despair.

"Heh, if this continues, we're probably all going to starve to death."

Despair and ferocity flickered in Wang Sanshun's eyes.

"Hey! What's with the fear? Tomorrow and the day after, we'll all be dying here."

Wang Shi looked at Wang Dahu, his eyes filled with grief, indignation, and despair.

Looking at the excited crowd, Wang Chao's eyes flickered, and he sighed inwardly. Modern people who have not experienced all of this probably will never understand the despair of being able to only sit and wait to starve to death.

"At this point, I won't waste any more words. Without food and water, we can only wait to die."

"If we want to survive, we have no choice but to reclaim the food."

Wang Chao looked at the group, his eyes filled with ferocity, and said in a low voice.

This is the only way the dynasty can think of to survive.

Previously, families like Wang Dahu's, who still had some surplus grain, might have hesitated, and the dynasty was unsure how many people it could gather.

But now, the village chief has sent those so-called errand boys to ransack the place again. If everyone still wants to live, there is only one way out.

That means they robbed the village chief.

Everything, all for the sake of survival.

As for going to the county seat or the prefectural seat, they waited for the imperial court to provide relief.
This is not much different from waiting to die.

Of course, for most ordinary people, the current imperial court still holds some prestige.

So when Wang Chao proposed to rob the village head, Wu Yuanwai's family.

Although everyone was already in despair, they still hesitated.

Wang Erniu, in particular, spoke up at this moment:
"Isn't this a bit bad? If the imperial court finds out, we'll definitely be wanted, and we'll be doomed."

"Hey! Even if we weren't wanted by the imperial court, would we even survive in our current state?"

Before Wang Chao could refute, Wang Sanshun spoke first.

(End of this chapter)