Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi killed Lu Renjia and the players who tried to take his treasure, then entered the North treasury and claimed another [Silver Key].

• Lu Renjia accused Lin Yi of hoarding treasure and threatened him, while the other players prepared to attack.
• Lin Yi used Frenzied Wolf's Wrath to kill the group and gained lifespan and equipment from them.
• Lin Yi ignored the nearby monsters and entered the cave's gate, which transported him to the North treasury.
• Lin Yi activated Leopard's Swiftness, raced to the treasury's far end, and chose the [Silver Key] over two skill books.

Lin Yi chose the ZZZ-rank Silver Key from the treasure vault, then hunted monsters through the night to gain experience. After Su Xiaoya became the first human to complete the Hell-Level Class Change Trial, Lin Yi reached level 7 with combat power exceeding ten million.

• Lin Yi selected the ZZZ-rank Silver Key instead of either area-of-effect skill and suspected it would lead to a hidden quest chain.
• After time ran out in the treasure vault, Lin Yi left and hunted monsters across the wilderness, killing them with his greatsword to gain experience.
• A race-wide announcement declared that Su Xiaoya had become the first human to complete the Hell-Level Class Change Trial.
• Lin Yi killed a Tauren Chieftain, leveled up to 7, and reached 12,033,500 combat power.

Lin Yi unlocked the North Pole teleportation array, returned to the novice village, and posted generous rewards for collection quests to gain experience. The next morning, other players rushed to accept every quest, while Lin Yi reflected that plenty of people would take them if others refused.

• Lin Yi returned to the novice village after unlocking the North Pole teleportation array and allowed the system to announce his identity.
• Players in the village reacted to the announcements and traded rumors about Su Xiaoya, Return to Zero, and the dangers of the game.
• Lin Yi planned to complete the village collection quests, level up, and head east in search of another treasury key.
• Lin Yi posted 15 collection quests on the Bounty Board, each offering two years of lifespan for 100 monster parts.
• Players quickly accepted all of Lin Yi's quests, and a handsome young man remarked that plenty of others would do them.

Lin Yi sold his spare equipment for 500 years of lifespan and headed east from the beginner village to reach level eight and a half, hoping to seize the opportunity that had once helped Wu Renxin rise. In a locust swarm, he spotted Wu Renxin fighting, leaving their encounter poised to begin.

• Lin Yi sold his unused equipment to the weapon shop owner for 500 years of lifespan and reviewed the combat-power boost from his Stardust Triangle Chain.
• Lin Yi set out east to level up and find hidden class advancement scrolls, using area attacks to cut through the dense insect monsters.
• Lin Yi recalled that Wu Renxin had first risen to prominence in the eastern region and pressed on to claim the opportunity early.
• Lin Yi crossed swamps, plains, and jungle while fighting Bloodsucking Leeches, Rattata, Raticate, Captain Dragonflies, and Scorpion Lailai.
• Lin Yi reached a barren land filled with locusts and recognized Wu Renxin fighting among the swarm with two flaming sticks.

Lin Yi met Wu Renxin on the road through the locust-filled wilderness and agreed to travel with him while hiding his true strength. As they headed east together, Lin Yi planned to make Wu Renxin pay for killing him in his previous life.

• Lin Yi noticed that Wu Renxin had arrived in the monster-infested area earlier than he remembered, realizing that his rebirth had changed history.
• Wu Renxin thanked Lin Yi for explaining the game, then revealed that he had followed Lin Yi and watched him kill a slime.
• Wu Renxin explained that he had traveled to the South Pole and then came east to compete for opportunities after [Return to Zero] unlocked the polar teleportation arrays.
• Lin Yi used [Eye of Illusion Breaking] to inspect Wu Renxin and discovered his SSS-rank Transcendent Evil talent and combat power of 1,836,823.
• Wu Renxin invited Lin Yi to travel with him, and Lin Yi accepted, allowing Wu Renxin to clear a path through the locusts.
• As they traveled together, Lin Yi resolved to make Wu Renxin remember him and repay the debt from his previous life.

Lin Yi and Wu Renxin crossed the Venomous Insect Jungle and Green Fur Mountain before fighting the Wailing Demon Cicada in Wailing Valley. Wu Renxin defeated the boss and offered Lin Yi its remaining accessory, but Lin Yi refused the handout.

• Lin Yi and Wu Renxin fought their way through the Venomous Insect Jungle and Green Fur Mountain, with Wu Renxin clearing the path while Lin Yi followed.
• The pair entered Wailing Valley, where Lin Yi scanned the Wailing Demon Cicada and examined its stats as Wu Renxin charged into battle.
• Wu Renxin defeated the Wailing Demon Cicada and auto-looted its Demonic Cicada Wings and Chirping Talisman.
• Wu Renxin offered Lin Yi the Cicada Cicada Sunglasses, but Lin Yi declined, saying he disliked handouts given in contempt.

Lin Yi and Wu Renxin crossed the Gloomy Insect Abyss and reached the Endless Ant Nest, where Lin Yi recognized the unique boss challenge and remembered Wu Renxin’s past method of conquering it. The chapter ended with Lin Yi knowing the optimal solution while Wu Renxin remained unaware of it.

• Wu Renxin claimed he would share any truly good equipment with Lin Yi, while Lin Yi saw through his lie and followed him to learn his plans.
• Lin Yi and Wu Renxin entered the Gloomy Insect Abyss, fought through its many dangerous insect monsters, and reached the cavern marked Endless Ant Nest.
• Lin Yi recognized the ant nest as a unique stage whose queen guarded the Eastern Pole and whose death would permanently collapse the area.
• Lin Yi recalled that Wu Renxin had once defeated the queen by repeatedly killing worker ants to raise his combat power and HP until he found the boss.

Lin Yi tricked Wu Renxin into carrying him through the Endless Ant Nest by claiming that walking on tiptoe would reduce the damage from killing ants. After following Lin Yi’s directions, they reached a dead end, where Wu Renxin lost HP punching the wall, and Lin Yi told him they should turn back and take the left path.

• Wu Renxin told Lin Yi that each ant killed dealt them 10 points of true damage, so he might not be able to help clear the stage.
• Lin Yi suggested that Wu Renxin carry him on his back and walk on tiptoe to avoid making Lin Yi kill ants.
• Wu Renxin carried Lin Yi into the nest, while Lin Yi secretly used his strength to make the journey harder for him.
• When they reached a fork, Lin Yi directed Wu Renxin down the right passage.
• Wu Renxin reached a dead end and punched the ant-covered wall, losing HP without finding a hidden door.
• Lin Yi admitted he might have guessed wrong and told Wu Renxin to return and take the left path.

Lin Yi led Wu Renxin through the Endless Ant Nest using reckless guesses and improvised tricks, costing Wu Renxin much of his HP and his trousers. After Wu Renxin escaped and recovered, Lin Yi revealed a hidden teleportation array at the entrance, leaving them poised to find the boss.

• Wu Renxin retraced their route after Lin Yi admitted he had guessed which passage to take, losing more HP along the way.
• Lin Yi used glowing drops to draw ants away, but the pair soon encountered five branching passages.
• Lin Yi persuaded Wu Renxin to burn his beginner cloth trousers to clear the ants, and the system counted the ant kills against Wu Renxin, draining his HP further.
• Wu Renxin fled the nest with less than thirty percent HP, while Lin Yi left at his own pace and later found Wu Renxin fully recovered outside.
• Wu Renxin asked Lin Yi to return and find the boss, so Lin Yi knocked on the entrance wall and revealed a hidden teleportation array.

Lin Yi and Wu Renxin entered the Endless Ant Nest’s hidden portal and found the X-rank Endless Ant Queen surrounded by swarms of ants. After Lin Yi explained the boss’s weaknesses, Wu Renxin suddenly stabbed at Lin Yi from behind.

• Wu Renxin confronted Lin Yi for withholding that the portal led to the boss, but Lin Yi calmed him by claiming friendship and explaining his detection talent.
• Lin Yi and Wu Renxin entered the teleportation array and arrived in a vast plaza filled with worker ants, soldier ants, and the Endless Ant Queen.
• Lin Yi inspected the queen’s skills and advised Wu Renxin to rush the boss, avoid killing too many ants, and defeat it before it entered its berserk state.
• Wu Renxin agreed with Lin Yi, then produced a barbed dagger and thrust it toward Lin Yi’s back while calling him his best friend.

Lin Yi exposed Wu Renxin’s plan and killed him before he could attack, taking his equipment and lifespan. He then turned toward the Endless Ant Queen, ready to claim the opportunity himself.

• Lin Yi caught Wu Renxin’s dagger hand, disarmed him, and lifted him by the throat.
• Lin Yi explained that he had recognized Wu Renxin’s scheme and mocked him for acting too soon.
• Lin Yi crushed Wu Renxin, gaining 83 years of lifespan as Wu Renxin’s equipment dropped.
• Lin Yi reasoned that Wu Renxin had previously visited the Endless Ant Nest and had known Lin Yi’s identity.
• Lin Yi collected the dropped equipment and looked toward the Endless Ant Queen.

Lin Yi defeated the [Endless Ant Queen] with a series of powerful greatsword attacks before its [Life Link] could take effect. After the boss died, the [Endless Ant Nest] began collapsing, and Lin Yi went to check its drops.

• Lin Yi charged through the swarms of little ants and reached the [Endless Ant Queen], losing roughly two million HP along the way.
• Lin Yi used [Berserk Charge] to break through the ants surrounding him and struck the [Endless Ant Queen] for over nine million damage.
• Lin Yi unleashed [Frenzied Wolf's Wrath] and followed with more attacks, rapidly draining the boss's HP.
• Lin Yi leapt above the [Endless Ant Queen] and dealt a final blow that killed it, earning 160 days of lifespan and 780000 experience points.
• The [Endless Ant Nest] began collapsing as Lin Yi walked toward the boss's remains and hoped for extra loot.

After defeating the Endless Ant Queen, Lin Yi collected six X-grade treasures and entered the third mysterious treasury, where he found five rare items. The chapter ended with him weighing the treasures before his five-minute selection deadline.

• Lin Yi collected six X-grade treasures from the Endless Ant Queen, including the Ant Sea Tactics skill book and the Heart of the Ant Colony.
• Lin Yi entered a teleportation array as the Endless Ant Nest collapsed and vanished from Novice Village No. 4396.
• Lin Yi reached the eastern cavern’s gate and was transported to Novice Village's Z Treasury (East).
• Lin Yi sprinted through the treasury and found five treasures: two class change scrolls, the Holy Name Vermilion Fruit, the Nameless Pill, and the Golden Key.
• Lin Yi stared at the five treasures as the treasury’s five-minute selection countdown began.

Lin Yi weighed five rare treasures, torn between powerful class options, a fruit that granted three classes, a pill that could grant another talent, and the mysterious Golden Key. As time ran out, he chose the key and hoped it would lead to a worthwhile opportunity.

• Lin Yi considered the Dragonblood Warrior and Elemental Apostle class scrolls but decided stronger classes might become available later.
• Lin Yi became tempted by the Holy Name Vermilion Fruit, which could grant its user three classes.
• Lin Yi recognized the Nameless Pill could grant someone another person's talent and imagined how it could strengthen him.
• Lin Yi reconsidered after reading that the Golden Key could open specific locks and lead to unpredictable opportunities.
• With the selection countdown nearly over, Lin Yi grabbed the Golden Key and called on his three key brothers not to disappoint him.

Lin Yi activated the Eastern Pole teleportation array, then planned his rapid rise beyond the novice village. The next morning, he found players blocked from the Western Pole by a barrier and a sign barring the weak and dogs.

• Lin Yi left the cavern and activated the Eastern Pole teleportation array, triggering announcements throughout Novice Village No. 4396.
• Players across the village reacted to the announcements, including Lu Renjia, You Duoduo, and Wu Renxin.
• At the inn, Lin Yi calculated how quickly he could gain the experience needed to leave the novice village and went to sleep.
• The next morning, Lin Yi traveled west and found hundreds of players unable to pass through an invisible barrier.
• Lin Yi reached the front of the crowd and saw a sign that read, “The weak and dogs, no entry!”

Lin Yi discovered that the Wall of Nightmares barred anyone with less than ten million combat power, while other players blamed him for blocking their way. He crossed the barrier, unlocked the Nightmare Deadlands, and chose to reveal his name in the race-wide announcement.

• Lin Yi inspected the Wall of Nightmares and saw that only players with combat power above 9,999,999 could enter.
• Players failed to pass through the barrier and accused [Return to Zero] of deliberately blocking their path.
• Lin Yi equipped his gear and walked through the barrier, disappearing from the crowd's view.
• Lin Yi unlocked the unique dungeon [Nightmare Deadlands] and chose not to hide his name.
• The system announced Lin Yi's achievement across the universe, awarding him a random two-star equipment item and the other players in Novice Village No. 4396 random one-star equipment items.

Lin Yi’s dungeon unlock earned him race-wide praise and rewards, while players in Novice Village No. 4396 realized he had overheard their insults and panicked. Inside the Nightmare Deadlands, Lin Yi equipped his new shorts and faced the monsters gathering beneath the storm-darkened sky.

• Players across the race reacted to Lin Yi’s dungeon announcement, while a powerful man who had passed the Hell-Level Class Change Trial raged that he had not received one.
• Players in Novice Village No. 4396 celebrated their free equipment until a warrior revealed that the fully equipped person who had vanished was Lin Yi.
• Players who had insulted Lin Yi dropped to their knees and begged for mercy at the invisible wall.
• Lin Yi checked his rewards, including ten thousand reputation and the two-star Nightmare Shorts, and valued their movement speed and dark resistance.
• Thunder shook the Nightmare Deadlands as scarlet eyes appeared in the distance, and Lin Yi eagerly faced the approaching monsters.

Lin Yi entered the [Nightmare Deadlands] and discovered that even its weakest monsters had over a million combat power, despite being described as rejects by their race. He fought through a spider, wolf, and snake in under ten seconds, revealing that his ant-tide tactics had killed the snake while its venom struck him.

• Lin Yi inspected the [Nightmare] monsters and realized the dungeon’s supposedly weak creatures had unusually high combat power.
• Lin Yi charged a [Nightmare Giant Spider], dodged its web and venom, and split its head with his greatsword.
• Lin Yi used the wolf’s air blades to steer himself through the air, landed on its head, and killed the [Nightmare Giant Wolf] in one move.
• Lin Yi faced the [Nightmare Giant Snake] as it attacked with venom and its tail, then was knocked into a crater by the venom.
• Lin Yi emerged from the venom-filled crater as the snake died, with countless tiny dead ants revealing how his ant-tide tactics had defeated it.

Lin Yi fought his way through the Nightmare Deadlands, defeating increasingly strange monsters while gaining experience and recovering between battles. Exhausted but with eight million experience, he finally reached the Nightmare Giant Dragon, whose combat power exceeded ten million.

• Lin Yi defeated the Nightmare Giant Spider, Nightmare Giant Wolf, and Nightmare Giant Snake, using Ant Sea Tactics to protect himself from the snake’s attack.
• Lin Yi killed three Nightmare Specters by using ants against their area attacks, then fought and killed Nightmare Ghouls and a Nightmare Lich.
• Lin Yi used Eye of Illusion Breaking to locate and destroy the cores of the Nightmare Treants, losing 60% of his HP before finishing them.
• Lin Yi defeated the armored Nightmare Guards and continued through the Deadlands, killing monsters and accumulating eight million experience.
• Lin Yi reached the Nightmare Giant Dragon and inspected its stats, finding that it had 11.5 million combat power and powerful defensive and offensive skills.

Lin Yi faced the [Nightmare Giant Dragon] and calculated that his only chance was to combine [Ant Sea Tactics] with his defensive and crowd-control skills. After surviving the dragon’s first attacks, he reached its feet and struck, hoping to turn the battle around.

• Lin Yi studied the [Nightmare Giant Dragon]’s skills and worked out a plan based on [Ant Sea Tactics], estimating his chance of victory at 0.078125%.
• Lin Yi activated [Shadow Cloak] and [Leopard's Swiftness] to charge the dragon, then survived its [Dragon Wing Storm].
• Lin Yi used [Ant Sea Tactics] to send a swarm of ants toward the dragon.
• The [Nightmare Giant Dragon] spotted the ants and blasted them with [Shadow Dragon Breath], while Lin Yi used [Immovable as a Mountain] to withstand the attack.
• Lin Yi reappeared at the dragon’s feet, drew the Mountain Greatsword, and slashed at its ankle as he declared that a miracle was coming.