Chapter 1: The Retired Reincarnator

Blue Planet, Qiucheng.

In a dusty old rental apartment.

A mysterious light flashed and vanished.

A young man's figure abruptly appeared.

Li Yinchuan looked around the familiar scene in the rental apartment with a sense of nostalgia.

He took a few steps, disregarding the accumulated dust on the bed, and sat down on the slightly hard, old bed.

Everything before his eyes was exactly the same as when he left, as if nothing had changed.

"Finally back," the young man murmured to himself.

His name was Li Yinchuan.

A veteran reincarnator in the God Space, he had completed countless reincarnation missions.

Until recently, Li Yinchuan completed his final reincarnation mission and finally accumulated enough God Points.

Thus, he chose to leave the God Space and return to the Blue Planet where he once lived.

【01# Reincarnator Li Yinchuan, are you sure you want to completely leave the God Space? As the top-ranked reincarnator in the God Space, I offer you the privilege to reconsider.】

Suddenly, a indifferent voice echoed in the old rental apartment, with a hint of reluctance.

Li Yinchuan seemed slightly surprised by the sudden voice, but then he smiled.

"I've been a reincarnator for long enough. Didn't we agree that once I accumulated 50 billion God Points, you would let me leave?"

【Alright!】

【01# Reincarnator Li Yinchuan, 50 billion God Points have been deducted. You have successfully left the God Space.】

Suddenly, Li Yinchuan felt a wave of relief, as the invisible constraints that had bound him were completely gone.

At the same time, a palm-sized, ethereal light ball appeared before Li Yinchuan's eyes.

"?"

The indifferent voice sounded again.

【01# Reincarnator Li Yinchuan, beloved by the God. If you ever get tired of your current life, you can call me back. The God Space looks forward to your return.】

In the next moment, the ethereal light ball vanished before Li Yinchuan's eyes.

At the same time, Li Yinchuan's reincarnator panel reappeared before him.

【Reincarnator ID: 01 (Retired)】

【Name: Li Yinchuan】

【Level: 9th】

【Missions Completed: 9999999+】

【God Points: 340 (Temporarily Unusable)】

【Inventory (Locked)】

【Status: Currently Outside the God Space】

【Do you want to understand the meaning of life again, truly... live? Yes/No?】

Looking at the almost locked panel, Li Yinchuan quickly regained his composure.

Since he had left the God Space, it was natural that he could no longer use his God Points or the items he had obtained.

However, Li Yinchuan was not bothered by this.

With his strength as a 9th-level reincarnator, the presence or absence of items did not make much difference to him.

The God had left, as if it had never existed.

He fumbled around on the bed and picked up an old-looking phone from beside the pillow.

Pressing the power button, there was no display, clearly indicating it was out of power.

With a slight thought, a faint electric spark seemed to appear out of nowhere around him.

Immediately, a weak light appeared on the screen, and the battery was fully charged.

At the same time, Li Yinchuan saw the date displayed on the screen.

June 6, 3001

"Did I return half a year after I was recruited into the God Space?"

Only half a year had passed on the Blue Planet, but countless years had passed in the reincarnation world.

Fortunately, only half a year had passed, so the rent for this rental apartment had not expired yet.

If it had been longer, the landlord might have already thrown out his things and found a new tenant.

Feeling a bit tired, Li Yinchuan stretched and decided to lie down for a while.

He also wanted to charge his phone and browse the internet to see if there were any big news or gossip during the half year he had been gone.

But in the next moment, Li Yinchuan's eyes suddenly narrowed.

【Ding, Player Li Yinchuan, you have been selected by the Horror Game Space. You are about to start your first Horror Game Space mission. Please complete the mission and survive.】

Li Yinchuan: "???"

Horror Game Space?

God! Are you unwilling to let me go, so you changed your name and came back to find me?

As this thought crossed Li Yinchuan's mind, a ghostly light appeared in the old rental apartment.

In the ghostly light, Li Yinchuan's figure suddenly vanished.

【Welcome to the Horror Game】

【This mission: "Ancient Well"】

【Number of players: 1】

【Description: Deep in the mountains, in an old, dilapidated house, it seems that no one has visited for a long time. The sky is already dark. As a lost hiker, you plan to stay here for the night, but everything that happens at night exceeds your imagination. If you had another chance, would you regret entering this old house?】

【Mission: Survive the night】

【This game will be live-streamed. If you complete the mission, you will be granted the status of a formal player.】

The darkness before his eyes gradually cleared.

Li Yinchuan opened his eyes slightly.

The sky was somewhat dim.

He found himself in an old, dilapidated house, with cobwebs and dust everywhere. In the center was an ancient, long-dry well.

As a former top-ranked reincarnator in the God Space, the sudden change in the scene did not cause Li Yinchuan any panic.

Although he was unsure if the Horror Game Space was the God's doing, Li Yinchuan understood that he was now in a situation similar to a reincarnation mission.

Recalling the prompt that had just sounded in his ear, Li Yinchuan muttered to himself.

"But there are no other mandatory tasks, just survive the night in this old house?"

At that moment,

As if in a scene transition from an anime, the evening suddenly turned into night.

There were no lighting tools in the old house.

Only the faint light from the stars in the sky provided a minimal amount of illumination.

Everything beyond three meters was blurry.

Under the cover of night, the shadows in the dark corners of the house seemed to merge into terrifying black monsters, moving around. It was unclear whether it was real movement or just a product of the human imagination.

At the same time,

A chilling, eerie laugh suddenly echoed through the old house.

Suddenly, the air inside the house seemed to drop a few degrees.

The starlight fell on the dry ancient well.

A swollen, waterlogged head with disheveled hair slowly floated up from the well, emitting a chilling, ghostly aura.

Its eyes, pale and lifeless, turned around the well, as if searching for something in the old house.

But in the next moment, the head suddenly paused.

Somewhere in the darkness, a pair of eyes met its gaze.

"..."

The atmosphere was momentarily silent.

The dim starlight reflected Li Yinchuan's figure.

Li Yinchuan stood by the well, quietly watching the head that had floated up from the well.

"Since this mission is called 'Ancient Well,' are you the boss of this mission?"

Without waiting for any reaction from the waterlogged head, Li Yinchuan's large hand reached out.

Grasping the top of the head, he pulled the entire head out of the well.