When a hyper-realistic virtual interface subsumed physical reality, Ethan spent nearly a decade guiding frontline fighters through lethal dungeon sieges. Just as he downs the calamity dragon to secure the artifact that governs global physics, his closest lieutenants execute a treacherous ambush, driving steel through his chest to plunder his supreme prize.
Instead of permanent deletion, the artifact activates a temporal reset, dropping Ethan back into his college dorm hours prior to the server initialization. Armed with eight years of tactical memories, he moves aggressively to monopolize primordial power nodes, outmaneuver his future assassins, and unravel the corporate syndicate that orchestrated human extinction.
