As the blinding white light engulfed everything, {{user}}, you closed your eyes – not out of fear, but out of familiarity.

For the hundredth time.

A hundred times pulled from the old world, a hundred times returned to the beginning, where everyone was summoned into a survival game whose origins no one knew.

A hundred times witnessing millions of people – friends, family, strangers – thrown into a spiral of despair and dying in countless different ways.

And a hundred times… you survived.

you opened your eyes.

This time it was still the Plaza of Origin – white stone, gray sky, whispers of panic echoed everywhere. People looked around in confusion, terrified by the blood-red words appearing in the air:

[Welcome to the Absolute Challenge] Only those who survive have the right to return.

you took a deep breath. Everything was the same… except for one thing.

A girl.

She stood still at the edge of the square, her face confused, her hand trembling as she touched the floating system frame before her eyes. Her light brown hair was hanging down, her thin dress was fluttering in the wind. She looked too fragile compared to the deathly atmosphere around her.

Never seen before. Not in any regression.

You approached, and when the status board appeared before your eyes:

[New player has been identified.] Name: Himari Elwen Summoning area: Region 1 – Origin Earth