Elsewhere, in a crude room, a young man suddenly jolted awake. In an instant, the muscles on his face twisted into an exceedingly strange expression—fear, fury, killing intent... all manner of emotions tangled into one.
His name was Wang Huan. He had been reborn!
In his previous life, he had ventured onward, weathering countless hardships and dangers. At last, he had surpassed Difficulty Five and become the first to enter the legendary Difficulty Six. Then came the greatest setback of his life.
Crossing from Difficulty Five into Difficulty Six was a qualitative transformation. At that point, it was no longer a single-player game within one Paradise, but a chaotic melee of countless Paradises and all kinds of Spaces—endless missions, endless team battles.
Indeed, it was no easy feat for a Paradise to cultivate a Difficulty Six team. But there were simply too many Paradises and Spaces. In order to force Contractors to evolve, the Paradises did not care about such losses.
Once, many people had thought Paradise was hell. Yet compared to the worlds beyond Difficulty Five, Paradise was heaven.
"Authority! Authority!"
"Before advancing to Difficulty Six, I have to obtain Apostle Authority from Paradise. Only then will I have a chance of becoming the Lord of Paradise..."
A piece of secret knowledge flashed through Wang Huan's mind, but he did not stupidly shout it aloud. Instead, he buried it deep in his heart.
Not long after he advanced to Difficulty Six, something unprecedented had happened: the authority of one Paradise Space had been seized by a Contractor.
This had never happened before. It was said that someone had exploited a loophole in the Paradise Space. Soon afterward, every Paradise Space underwent a major update, sealing that loophole shut.
But now, he had returned to the past—returned to the moment