With three superpowers at his fingertips, he could dominate the 1970s.

By the time the three returned to the courtyard, it was already late at night.

Su Wanqing and Jiang Zhenbang were exhausted after a long day, so they washed up and went to bed. Jiang Zhiyu lay in bed with her eyes closed, and only when her parents' breathing became long and even did she quietly get up, open the window, and disappear silently into the night.

Jiang Wenwen lived in the educated youth settlement, sharing a mud-brick house with several other female educated youth.

Everyone was fast asleep, with only a few even snores coming from under the door. Jiang Zhiyu climbed over the threshold into the yard and stopped by Jiang Wenwen's window.

Jiang Wenwen was lying on the bed, her face covered in pain, her forehead beaded with sweat. It was unclear what kind of nightmare she was having.

A cold smile curled at the corner of Jiang Zhiyu's lips.

Knowing your good days are over, right? Your sixth sense is pretty accurate.

She teleported inside and arrived at Jiang Wenwen's bedside.

With a casual wave of her hand, a colorless and odorless gas drifted from Jiang Zhiyu's fingertips, entering Jiang Wenwen's body along with her breath. In less than three seconds, Jiang Wenwen's breathing became long and even, and she fell into a deep sleep.

Jiang Zhiyu lifted her off the bed and tossed her into the space like a chick.

Then he teleported to Liu Erniu's house.

Liu Erniu, that scoundrel, hasn't even gotten married yet. He spends his days idly, harassing women. His reputation in the surrounding villages is terrible. The key point is that the two of them had been intimate once before. Jiang Zhiyu thought that she was doing him a favor.

Isn't Jiang Wenwen the one who looks down on peasants the most? Let her be forever entangled with this peasant she despises! Isn't Jiang Wenwen's infertility also due to Liu Erniu? So just lock her up already!

Jiang Zhiyu was always quite lenient with women. Seeing the miserable lives of women in the apocalypse, she didn't want to make things too difficult for them. But this woman was just too rebellious! Once her bottom line was crossed, she couldn't be allowed to live.

Liu Erniu was fast asleep when Jiang Zhiyu threw Jiang Wenwen onto his kang (heated brick bed).

"Seventeen, time stands still for five minutes."

"receive!"

In the instant that time seemed to freeze, Jiang Zhiyu took out a post-apocalyptic mutated horsehair worm from her spatial storage.

This horsehair worm was one of the terrifying creatures she collected during the apocalypse. It was tiny and could burrow into a person's brain to control their body. People controlled by it looked no different from normal people; they could walk, talk, and eat, but their eyes would become dull and sluggish, like a fool. They would react slowly to the outside world and completely obey the horsehair worm's commands.

She inserted the horsehair worm into Jiang Wenwen's ear.

Then, she trapped Jiang Wenwen's consciousness in the deepest corner of her mind—like locking someone in a dark room, where they can clearly feel everything happening, but cannot control their body, speak, or move.

This is the cruelest form of torture in the world.

A woman who was high and mighty and self-righteous would have to watch her body being controlled by others for the rest of her life, unable to do anything about it.

Next, she fed each of them a little mutated datura pollen—this was the second time she had used it on this woman.

A soft, whining sound came from inside.

"Alright, let's go." Jiang Zhiyu didn't want to hear any of this; it was an affront to her ears.

Jiang Zhiyu's figure disappeared into the night.

The next morning.

"Damn it!!!"

A piercing howl shattered the tranquility of Kaoshantun.

Jiang Zhiyu was brushing her teeth in the yard when she heard the noise. She exchanged a glance with her parents and then slowly walked out.

A large crowd had already gathered at the gate of Liu Guihua's house.

"What happened?"

"I heard it belongs to Liu Erniu's family..."

"Hey, why are you closing the door in broad daylight...?"

Jiang Zhiyu squeezed through the crowd and looked into the courtyard—

Jiang Wenwen stood in the middle of the courtyard, her eyes vacant and dull, like a soulless puppet. Her expression was blank and dazed, with a trace of drool at the corner of her mouth. One hand was draped over Liu Erniu's arm, and the index fingers of both hands were still interlaced, like a mentally challenged child.

Liu Erniu, with a smug look on his face, put his arm around Jiang Wenwen, completely ignoring the stares of those around them.

Meanwhile, Liu Guihua was jumping up and down and cursing at the door.

"Damn it! Is she short of men?! Coming to my son's bed in the middle of the night!" Liu Guihua yelled and cursed. "You barren hen! You slut! How is my son going to get married in the future?!"

Jiang Wenwen screamed wildly in her mind: Put on your clothes! Put on your clothes! But her body wouldn't obey her commands; she could only stand there dumbly, clinging to Liu Erniu, drool dripping from the corner of her mouth.

"Everyone, come and see! These female educated youths nowadays are so shameless!"

The villagers were talking about it.

Someone whispered, "With your son's stupidity, how will he ever get married?"

"Everyone knows his reputation as a scoundrel. With a wife practically handed to you, what are you waiting for? Seize the opportunity!"

"Yes, that educated youth is fair-skinned and delicate. Although she's a 'loose woman,' she's more than a match for your son!"

Jiang Zhiyu stood in the crowd, watching everything with a blank expression.

She sprinkled a powder on the two of them to attract them together—no matter how much Liu Guihua objected, they would stick together and be inseparable.

Liu Erniu completely disregarded his mother's objections, turned around, and put his arm around Jiang Wenwen as they went into the house.

"From now on, Wenwen will be our daughter-in-law!" he announced loudly.

"I disagree!" Liu Guihua yelled. "She's a slut, son! And she can't have children! Do you want our Liu family line to end?!"

But Liu Erniu wouldn't listen to a word and went inside with Jiang Wenwen in his arms.

Jiang Wenwen's body was controlled by horsehair worms. She walked unsteadily and dazedly, making silly "hehehe" noises. Her consciousness was trapped deep in her mind. She watched her body being controlled and watched by others, but she could do nothing but scream wildly in her heart.

When the brigade leader arrived, seeing Jiang Wenwen's dazed and confused state, he sighed and said to Liu Guihua, "I'll issue you letters of introduction in a bit, and you can go to town to get your certificates. Otherwise... you know what the current policies are; if someone reports this to the Revolutionary Committee, they'll both be sent to labor camps."

Liu Guihua was stunned for a moment. Although she was extremely unwilling, the threat of her son's imprisonment in a labor camp made her dare not say anything more.

"As for Jiang, the educated youth..." The brigade leader looked at the others at the educated youth settlement, "You all take her back and take care of her first."

The educated youth looked at each other, their faces grim. Jiang Wenwen's actions had utterly disgraced the entire educated youth settlement.

Especially that gossip leader named Zhang Chong, whose eyes were shining with excitement, wishing he could write down every detail and spread it everywhere.

Jiang Zhiyu watched this scene and the corners of her mouth curved slightly.

"You understand me!"

A voice suddenly came from behind.

Jiang Zhiyu turned around and saw Zhang Chong running towards her excitedly, grabbing her arm.

"Zhiyu, Zhiyu! You're finally back! I've missed you so much!"

Jiang Zhiyu sighed and rubbed her forehead: "Weren't you watching it quite excitedly just now?"

"That's different!" Zhang Chong's eyes lit up. "Zhiyu, you don't know, look how arrogant Jiang Wenwen is, always looking down on everyone, always plotting against you. Now look what's happened! Serves her right! Look at her stupid face, tsk tsk tsk..."

She pulled Jiang Zhiyu aside and chattered on and on, embellishing the story of Jiang Wenwen and Liu Erniu several times, and finally asked, "Don't you think she got her just desserts? She was so arrogant before, but now she's acting like a fool!"

Jiang Zhiyu didn't answer, but simply said, "Alright, have you seen enough? Go back and eat."

"Okay, okay! Let's go!" Zhang Chong took Jiang Zhiyu's arm and skipped away.

Behind them, Liu Guihua was still cursing at the door, while Liu Erniu led Jiang Wenwen into the house. Jiang Wenwen's body was controlled by the horsehair worm, and she was grinning foolishly at Liu Erniu, drool dripping onto his shoulder.

Jiang Wenwen's mind screamed wildly; she truly regretted it! She regretted provoking Jiang Zhiyu! Now that she couldn't control her body and couldn't tell the truth, how could she contact Li Jiandang? She would rather Jiang Zhiyu kill her than imprison her for life in this way.

This time she truly knew that Jiang Zhiyu was incredibly capable, and she frantically begged for mercy in her mind, hoping that Jiang Zhiyu could hear her and let her go.

Jiang Zhiyu walked home without looking back.

Now that things are mostly settled here, it's time to see what happens in the county!