Chapter Summaries

Wen Jing defeated the autumn class’s challengers one after another, exposing their inability to land a hit on her. Tan Wenshan entered the ring and attacked with concealed energy bombs, but Wen Jing dodged them, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Kevin charged Wen Jing with his fists, but she dodged his attacks and repeatedly struck him until she kicked him out of the ring.
• Wan Qi and the autumn class’s other top students challenged Wen Jing in succession and were quickly defeated.
• Charles refused to fight because he specialized in saber techniques, and Tan Wenshan decided to face Wen Jing himself.
• Tan Wenshan used his Concealed Bomb technique to launch three barely detectable bombs at Wen Jing.
• Wen Jing leaped forward between the bombs, dodging all three as they exploded against the alloy glass floor.

Wen Jing defeated Tan Wenshan and threw him into the vomit-filled pool, even after Ji Shuang of the Operations Department tried to intervene. With the autumn-class students driven away, the welcome party finally became a celebration for the new students.

• Wen Jing used her improved Energy Amplification Method and superior technique to defeat Tan Wenshan.
• Wen Jing dragged Tan Wenshan toward the pool, but Ji Shuang arrived and tried to stop her with an ice superpower.
• Wen Jing evaded Ji Shuang’s attack and precisely kicked Tan Wenshan into the pool with the force of Ji Shuang’s floating ice.
• Ji Shuang declined to fight Wen Jing or rescue Tan Wenshan, then left as the bullying ended.
• Wen Jing told the crowd to keep the music and dancing going, and the new students and servers joined the celebration.

Wen Jing helped Xie Ming investigate her unusually small Wilderness Body and learned that she was the first Awakener in history whose Wilderness Body was a bug. Ten days later, she achieved a 210 energy amplification value and earned the chance to study Louisa’s advanced method for free.

• The welcome party received an unprecedentedly high satisfaction rating, and Tan Wenshan smashed the printer that produced the congratulatory message.
• Wen Jing went to Xie Ming’s laboratory, where he scanned her Wilderness Body and found it was exceptionally small and low in energy.
• Wen Jing concealed the true size of her Wilderness Body and learned that bugs were rare creatures on Red Earth Star.
• Xie Ming told Wen Jing that she was the only Awakener in history whose Wilderness Body was a bug.
• After ten days of classes, Wen Jing reached an energy amplification value of 210, and Louisa offered to teach her the advanced method during her remaining class hours.

Wen Jing registered for a solo daytime expedition to the Ancient Wilderness despite warnings about its dangers, while Ji Shuang and four Operations Department members began a team expedition using a positioning stone. The staff member gave Wen Jing final safety advice before her departure.

• Wen Jing reached the Ancient Wilderness Exploration Registration Center and encountered Ji Shuang with four Operations Department members.
• Wen Jing registered to explore alone, and the staff member discovered she was a freshman with only one previous Ancient Wilderness trip.
• Ji Shuang considered inviting Wen Jing to join the team, but the others dismissed the idea, and Du Ran was relieved to keep his place.
• Ji Shuang and the four Operations Department members used a positioning stone to enter the Ancient Wilderness together.
• The staff member explained the positioning stone and advised Wen Jing to prioritize safety and return from a secure location.

Wen Jing discovered that Gravity Silk could anchor her position in the daytime Ancient Wilderness, then evolved compound eyes and learned more about the cost of evolution. After deciding to continue exploring for resources, she detected a nearby danger and climbed toward it.

• Wen Jing realized Gravity Silk could guide her back to the place where she entered the Ancient Wilderness, but chose a normal crossing because the nighttime realm might distort how much time passed outside.
• Wen Jing limited her first eye evolution to one skill point and gained basic compound eyes with dynamic vision.
• Wen Jing upgraded her compound eyes for five points, gaining millisecond-level dynamic vision and a wide field of view as her Spirit attribute rose.
• Wen Jing tried to bite the tree bark but could not break it, then crawled along the trunk while using Gravity Silk to scout and defend herself.
• Wen Jing sensed danger-level pheromones, attached Gravity Silk to an overhead branch, and climbed toward their source.

Wen Jing fought a large red ant in the Ancient Wilderness and developed combat techniques suited to her insect body. After mastering new combat and movement skills, she evolved her mouthparts into sharp pincers and gained the upper hand.

• Wen Jing dodged the red ant's resin attack and charged at it after recognizing its pheromone taunt.
• Wen Jing evaded the ant's mandibles and stinger while landing small bites, adapting her human fighting knowledge to her insect body.
• Wen Jing developed insect-specific combat techniques and broke through the ant's exoskeleton, mastering Advanced Combat Lv1 and Advanced Movement Lv1.
• Wen Jing spent one skill point to evolve her mouthparts, gaining the Sharp Pincers trait.
• Wen Jing bit the ant's forelimb again and found her evolved pincers could pierce it with ease.

Wen Jing escaped the giant ant army’s resin barrage by using Gravity Silk, evolved resistance to the ants’ venom, and was pursued by an even larger force. She entered a strange scorpion’s territory and dodged its repeated attacks as it guarded a blue-purple fruit.

• Wen Jing broke the giant ant’s forelimb and antenna, but an ant army swarmed her branch and tried to trap her.
• Wen Jing escaped into the air with Gravity Silk, while the ants built a tower and then fired sticky resin shells at her.
• Wen Jing dodged the barrage, gained an advanced movement skill, and evolved specialized resistance to ant venom after resin struck her back.
• Wen Jing landed beyond the ants’ sight, but a larger swarm pursued her, and she decided to confront them.
• A strange scorpion guarded a fungus-covered branch and its blue-purple fruit, then lunged at Wen Jing as she approached.
• Wen Jing dodged the scorpion’s first strike and more than a dozen follow-up stabs.

Wen Jing lured the ant army into firing resin shells at the scorpion, then reached the blue-violet fruit and ate it despite its poisonous spores and flesh. She evolved to gain abnormal status immunity, survived trapped in resin, and flew back toward the fruit after the ants defeated the scorpion.

• Wen Jing guided the ant army’s resin barrage into the scorpion and rode a shell toward the blue-violet fruit.
• Wen Jing ate part of the fruit, gaining a surge of energy before its poison paralyzed her and began killing her.
• Wen Jing called for poison resistance and fell into resin as the scorpion fought the ants.
• The ant army overwhelmed and killed the scorpion, then began dismantling its body.
• Wen Jing completed her evolution with abnormal status immunity, escaped the resin, and flew back toward the fruit.

Wen Jing survived the poisonous fruit, gained Abnormal Status Immunity I, and brought a venomous scorpion tail back from the Ancient Wilderness. After selling it to Xie Ming for eight points, she checked her updated awakener information, which still showed 4% compatibility and an F-rated Wilderness Body.

• Wen Jing finished the poisonous fruit and gained Abnormal Status Immunity I, along with increased stats and seven skill points remaining.
• Wen Jing used Gravity Silk to take the scorpion tail, followed the ants to their nest, and returned safely to the registration center in six minutes.
• Wen Jing sealed the tail in a cheap container and refused the registration center's offer to sell it for her.
• An Operations Department group returned with minor spoils and injuries, then asked staff what Wen Jing had brought back.
• Xie Ming bought Wen Jing's scorpion tail for eight points and suggested she bring him similar insect materials for possible research.
• Wen Jing left the academy's testing center and saw that her personal information still listed 4% compatibility and an F-rated Wilderness Body.

After improving her compatibility, Wen Jing advanced her cooking skills while preparing Wilderness Beast meat at the Deep Space Vortex. There, she encountered Tan Wenshan and Tan Junhao, whose attempt to belittle her as a working chef faltered when she said she was there to make money.

• Wen Jing’s compatibility update gave her three credits, kept her first in her class, and doubled her human body’s base attributes.
• Wen Jing prepared Wilderness Beast meat for the Deep Space Vortex’s premium members and advanced Cooking - Knife Skills to proficient.
• The restaurant manager asked Wen Jing to meet the diners, and Wen Jing agreed after saying it would cost extra.
• Tan Junhao used Wen Jing’s presence as a chef to teach Tan Wenshan that people followed different paths, and Tan Wenshan regained his confidence.
• Tan Wenshan mocked Wen Jing for working at the restaurant, but Wen Jing said she was there to make money and reminded him that he did not like eating the dish.

Tan Junhao tried to recruit Wen Jing into the Operations Department, but she ignored him and left after his attack failed to affect her. The next morning, the restaurant manager told her Deep Space Vortex would no longer employ her, and Wen Jing accepted the setback calmly.

• Tan Junhao offered Wen Jing a place in the Operations Department, but she refused and continued addressing only the restaurant manager.
• After Wen Jing ignored his warning and walked away, Tan Junhao attacked her with a venomous energy serpent, which vanished without harming her.
• Tan Junhao abandoned his recruitment plan and contacted the owner behind Deep Space Vortex after the team-building event ended.
• The next morning, the restaurant manager told Wen Jing that Deep Space Vortex could no longer work with her, and she accepted the decision without surprise.
• Wen Jing reflected that she had earned enough credits for the month and viewed losing the job as a minor obstacle while her strength continued to grow.

Wen Jing received a black-market contact, learned the Level One Energy Shield, and returned to the Ancient Wilderness to test her stronger insect body against a swarm of big ants. The chapter left her fighting successive waves while adapting her human energy-control techniques to her insect form.

• The restaurant manager gave Wen Jing contact details for AAA Express Delivery Old Wang, a trustworthy source for earning money or points outside the academy.
• Wen Jing bought the Level One Energy Shield elective, mastered the skill quickly, and declined Joel's offer to enroll in his Energy-Shaping Weapon class without a discount.
• Wen Jing told Yu Yang and the others that she had visited the Ancient Wilderness and planned to return after class, then registered for another trip.
• Wen Jing arrived in her enlarged insect body, provoked the big ants, and fought several attackers at once to adapt to her improved strength and agility.
• As more ants joined the fight, Wen Jing kept battling and began applying the energy-control techniques she had learned in her human body.

Wen Jing evolved her antennae to interpret and imitate ant pheromones, allowing her to rally the ant army and explore the giant tree. After surveying the nearby branches, she led the ants upward along the trunk, where signs of danger began to appear.

• Wen Jing used her skills to provoke the ants, but they repeatedly abandoned their pursuit until she entered their nest and drew them out.
• Wen Jing spent six skill points to evolve Antennae II, gaining Pheromone Perception and Pheromone Simulation.
• Wen Jing imitated the ants’ pheromones, turning their signals into a call to gather and charge, and led the army toward the upper tree layers.
• Wen Jing explored around the ant nest, spotted a large light-cyan mantis guarding the branch where she had found fruit, and left it undisturbed.
• Wen Jing led the ant army upward along the main trunk, where the bark grew lighter, boreholes multiplied, and the ants began signaling danger.

Wen Jing’s attempt to lead the ant army up the giant tree failed when black worms and a predatory red-and-white bird blocked the way. She retreated, then explored the misty lower trunk and cautiously investigated glowing flowers whose centers attracted her.

• Wen Jing tried to bite into the tree’s bark, but a black worm lunged from a hole and forced her to retreat as countless worms emerged.
• A red-and-white bird swooped at Wen Jing; she used her Energy Shield and Gravity Silk to escape, then watched it eat and shock the black worms.
• Wen Jing led the ant army away from the upper trunk and headed down toward the damp, mist-covered lower section.
• Wen Jing found glowing white flowers growing among blue-gray vines and tested their safety by tossing two ants into the thicket.
• Wen Jing approached a flower with her Gravity Silk, confirmed she could bite its petals, and cautiously crawled toward its nectar-filled center.

Wen Jing discovered that the glowing flowers trapped insects but could not harm her, allowing her to feast on their nectar and raise her attributes. As she headed back through the vine jungle, a camouflaged vine lizard attacked, and she lured it toward the upper trunk.

• Wen Jing was trapped inside a glowing flower but escaped by biting through its petals, unharmed by its digestive fluid.
• Wen Jing tested the flower on an ant and found that its nectar paralyzed ordinary insects, while her Abnormal Status Immunity protected her from its effects.
• Wen Jing gained a nectar-decomposing enzyme and harvested the flowers sustainably by using Gravity Silk to evade their weight-triggered traps.
• Wen Jing explored deeper into the vine jungle, raising her life and spirit attributes to 2.5 and 3 before deciding to return.
• A camouflaged vine lizard attacked Wen Jing, but she dodged its tongue and drew it into a chase toward the upper trunk.

Wen Jing and the ant army trapped and killed a vine lizard, but its tail transformed into a second body and fled before she caught and killed it. After eating some of its energy-rich meat, Wen Jing evolved a specialized digestion trait as night approached.

• Wen Jing used a chemical signal to direct the ant army to coat the vine lizard with resin shells and ant venom.
• Wen Jing pinned the trapped lizard and destroyed its brain, while the ants joined in to subdue it.
• The lizard severed its energy-filled tail, which transformed into a new body and escaped into the vines.
• Wen Jing tracked down the transformed tail and killed it before it could escape again.
• Wen Jing ate some of the lizard's meat and saw her life and strength increase, but her digestion could not keep pace.
• With night approaching, Wen Jing spent one skill point to acquire a meat-decomposing enzyme trait.

Wen Jing evolved Digestion I to devour a lizard and gained Basic Mimicry, then returned from the Ancient Wilderness with a poisoned ant. At the registration center, a staff member pitched her a free algorithm upgrade service, and Wen Jing doubted the offer.

• Wen Jing spent her remaining skill points to evolve Digestion I, allowing her to rapidly digest the lizard meat and bones.
• After eating the lizard, Wen Jing grew larger and stronger, then acquired the Basic Mimicry trait and changed her shell to match the vines.
• Wen Jing returned to the vine area, collected a poisoned ant, and used a cocoon to travel back to the material universe.
• Wen Jing arrived at the registration center before six and placed the ant in a containment box for Xie Ming's insect catalog.
• The staff member offered Wen Jing a free algorithm version upgrade service, and she questioned how such a service could be legitimate.

Wen Jing signed up for a coordinate-analysis membership and went to challenge the Trial Tower, where her classmates and other students waited to see her results. When she failed to appear on the rankings, Terry mocked her, and her classmates defended her as the chapter ended with his resentment over her class rank explained.

• Wen Jing joined Pin Hao Suan after learning she could avoid its annual fee by submitting three coordinates each month.
• As month-end Trial Tower challenges began, Yu Yang and Wan Ling discussed their expected results before Wen Jing arrived.
• Wen Jing told her classmates she could not predict her rating, and nearby students bristled at her growing reputation.
• Ji Shuang earned an A on the third floor, while Du Ran reported seeing Wen Jing at the equipment area.
• Wen Jing did not appear on the rankings, prompting Terry to suggest she was getting worse; Yu Yang and Wan Ling defended her and recalled Instructor Joel's confidence in her.
• Terry's resentment stemmed from Wen Jing holding first place while he ranked fourth, and the chapter noted that class rankings could determine access to academy resources.

Wen Jing’s second Trial Tower challenge appeared to end in a near-failing F rating, prompting her classmates to assume she was injured and Terry to celebrate. She immediately attempted the tower again and broke its historical record with an S rating, while her first battle of that attempt showed her controlling the fight through precise evasion.

• Terry argued that Wen Jing had likely entered the Trial Tower rather than wandered outside, as the students waited for her result.
• Wen Jing’s second challenge result appeared with a 14:59 clear time and an F rating, leading Terry to believe she was no longer a threat to his class ranking.
• Wan Ling and the other students guessed that Wen Jing had been injured while exploring the Ancient Wilderness, while her friends and the Operations Department members waited for her to emerge.
• Ji Shuang and others realized Wen Jing had not left because she had likely begun her third challenge, and the hall’s spectators waited anxiously.
• Wen Jing broke the academy’s historical first-floor Trial Tower record with a six-second clear and earned an S rating, prompting a celebration across the academy.
• In the battle preceding the record, Wen Jing precisely evaded the black-clad guardian’s attacks and controlled the fight’s rhythm.

Wen Jing experimented with learning Energy-Shaping Weapon from the Trial Tower guardian, then realized its simulated body could not teach her the technique. She quickly defeated the first-floor guardian, continued onward, and broke the academy record on the second floor, stirring excitement and pride across Red Earth Academy.

• Wen Jing studied the guardian’s energy circulation and attempted to form a longsword, but her imitation failed and the first-floor challenge ended with an F rating.
• Wen Jing realized the guardian’s simulated internal workings likely did not match a human body, then reentered and defeated it in six seconds for an S rating and 15 credits.
• Wen Jing accepted the invitation to continue and entered the second-floor challenge, where the guardian had twice her energy.
• The academy announced that Wen Jing had cleared the second floor in ten seconds and set a new historical record, prompting students and staff to celebrate.
• Terry and his group were stunned, while Yu Yang, Wan Ling, and the other students cheered and took pride in Wen Jing’s achievements.