The apocalypse arrived, and the entire world became a game. Levels, talents, dungeons, announcements: everything appeared overnight. The deadliest rule was this: death was permanent, with no respawns. Lin Chen was reborn. Carrying ten years of memories from his previous life, he returned to the first day the game descended. In his last life, his three roommates died before his eyes, his younger sister went missing in Ningzhou, and he met a brutal end deep inside a dungeon. This time, the first thing he did after opening his eyes was track down his three brothers, who were still alive. [SSS-Rank Talent: All-Seeing Eye] The dungeon mechanics other people risk their lives to figure out, he understands at a glance. The level-twelve Black Panther, impervious to blades and bullets, has an old wound behind its heart that he spots immediately. Shi Pojun, level thirteen and capable of negating ninety percent of damage, admits defeat on the spot after Lin Chen exploits a half-second opening. He fights his way from campus to the main city, gathering his brothers, seizing resources, and crushing powerful clans. Then a group of black-robed figures appears, asking at once where his sister is. They say the girl is a "vessel" and must be brought back alive before winter. Lin Chen wipes his blade clean and smiles.
