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Sangryuk-jin stood in front of the entrance door of the apartment he shared with his mother, an executive who worked long hours. Their home, located on the top floor of a modern two-story building, was a space he had always cherished. The walls were painted in warm tones, and natural light flooded the living room, creating a welcoming atmosphere. But today, this refuge felt strangely heavy, almost oppressive. Every corner of the apartment, every shadow cast by familiar furniture, seemed to harbor a threat. He felt as if the walls, usually comforting, were closing in on him, amplifying the weight of the reality that awaited him outside.
Taking a deep breath, he tried to ignore the slight tremor in his hands. Turning back, he cast one last glance at the apartment, where the walls were adorned with memories of his childhood. The laughter and shouts of the past still echoed in his mind. With a sigh, he crossed the threshold, determined to face what lay ahead.
The stairs echoed beneath his footsteps, each step reminding him that he was leaving behind a familiar world. Descending, a wave of nostalgia washed over him. Upon reaching the entrance hall, he could hear the faint sound of traffic outside. He recalled his dreams of adventure and discovery, but all of that now seemed out of reach.
As he stepped out of the building, the fresh morning air hit his face. The sun was shining, but its brightness failed to warm his heart. The streets were bustling, people hurried past, but he felt strangely disconnected from this whirlwind of life. Faces drifted by, all more indifferent than the last.
Finally, he reached the bus stop. The sound of engines and nearby conversations felt like a distant melody. He sat down on a bench, gazing at the clouds gathering above him. He found himself wondering what awaited him on this journey, what destiny had in store.
The bus came to a sudden stop with a sharp screech of worn brakes. The doors opened with a metallic sigh, releasing a wave of warm, stale air. Sangryuk-jin boarded, scanning the nearly empty interior of the vehicle. He chose a seat by the window and settled in with a quiet sigh.
As he leaned back, his gaze drifted through the glass. His mind raced. The streets, the buildings, the passersby… Everything felt strangely familiar yet out of sync. A sense of unreality settled in his chest, a subtle but growing vertigo. He blinked several times, his throat dry. One cold truth struck him with terrifying clarity: he had regressed.
He inhaled slowly, but the air felt denser, heavier in his lungs. A chill ran down his spine as his mind desperately tried to piece together the scattered fragments of his reality. An indescribable tension hung in the air, a dull vibration resonating deep within his being. His heart raced, fingers tightening on his knees. This shiver, this overwhelming sense of déjà-vu… An unbearable truth threatened to burst forth in his mind.
Then he understood. A shockwave seemed to course through his entire soul. His status was active.
Without waiting, he summoned the interface before his eyes.
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Character Status
Designation: Last Winner
Name: Sangryuk-jin
Race: Awakened Human
Level: 1 (0%)
Profession: [Locked] (Tutorial)
Class: [Locked] (Tutorial)
Potential: Beyond Zero (No limitations until level 1000)
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Main Statistics
Constitution: 10
Strength: 10
Agility: 10
Mana: 10
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Sub-statistics
Physical Regeneration: Low
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Energy Regeneration: Low
Energy Density: Minor
Energy Purity: Minor
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Other Statistics
Chance: 5
Soul Statistics: [Locked]
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Characteristics
Nature: Observer evolving in the theory of the observer
Theory of the Observer: "If you can observe, you can interfere." Born from your nature and the experience of the future, it represents the evolution of your ego.
Benefit: Bonus to psychic attributes, improves purity and spiritual density, and acquires the attribute Existence.
Interferences: You can dominate, interfere, control, and project your mind as well as the energy of an observed place.
Observation (Modified: Positive Evolution): Allows you to observe essence and calculate the existence of an individual.
Carefree Observer: Untraceable, uncontrollable, inimitable, unremovable, and undetectable. Holds these effects as long as they observe or are observed.
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Physical
Para-Causal Physical: Result of effort, stemming from your affinity and the last trace of the past, as well as the experience of the concept of miracles with Beyond Zero.
Conceptual Domination: Acquires dominion over the concept of LINK, allowing access to a low-level admin privilege.
Conceptual Source: Each action related to the concept of LINK achieves maximum energy efficiency.
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Quality
Regressor:
"The miracle in your right hand, the madness in your left hand. In one way or another, you have turned back time, now walking the path of possibilities and miracles."
Benefit: Supreme increase in resistance to temporal backlash and a considerable bonus to statistics influencing possibilities for users.
Timeless Knowledge: Access to timeless archives, a place of neutral knowledge. Allows activation of Historical Reconstruction, a capability offering perfect reconstitution of memories within a mental palace.
Energy Gauge: Evaluates the rate of chronological deviations and consumes energy to analyze and deduce temporal changes. (Result: influence on nature). Cannot be used before level 300. If energy is insufficient, the obtained information will be vague but truthful.
The closer the gauge approaches 100%, the higher the affinity with the elements at the origin of his regression. Every 25%, it condenses into a skill.
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Sangryuk-jin reviewed each line of the status, his eyes widening in shock. Every word resonated in his mind like an insane truth. "Beyond Zero"... A complete absence of limitations until level 1000. He felt as if he were reading a lie, an impossible aberration.
His hands trembled slightly. He was not just an Awakened. He was something else. Something that defied the rules.
His gaze drifted through the window, but it was no longer the same world as before. An invisible pressure weighed on his shoulders, a brutal awareness of the gulf that separated him from normality. His status was not just a series of numbers and words: it was the tangible proof that he could no longer walk the same path as before.
He closed his eyes for a moment, trying to grasp the full extent of these revelations. The Energy Gauge, the Nature of the Observer, the Conceptual Dominion… Every aspect felt unreal. His breath hitched, his thoughts racing to the most absurd conclusions. He wanted to test an ability, but nothing responded. These abilities were accessible, yet completely unusable…
The bus lurched forward abruptly, violently throwing Sangryuk-jin forward. A cold sweat trickled down his neck, his body reacting with primal panic. His heart pounded wildly against his chest, uncontrollable, and a sudden wave of dizziness threatened to steal his breath away. His hands clenched onto his pants with such force that his knuckles turned white, and an uncontrollable tremor settled into his limbs.
He lifted his gaze to the window, searching for an anchor, a sign that he was still in the same reality. But no. This world, despite its familiar appearance, was no longer his own. An invisible pressure crashed down on his shoulders, crushing him under a weight he had never felt before. He suffocated under the realization—the chasm, the gaping void between him and normality.
His status wasn’t just a sequence of numbers and words, a cold and logical system. No. It was tangible proof that he had crossed an irreversible threshold. He was an anomaly, a being both blessed and cursed. His trembling fingers brushed against his arm, as if to confirm he was still here, in his own flesh, but his body felt foreign. Something insidious pulsed within, an energy too powerful, too pure—yet terrifyingly familiar.
He clenched his fists, trying to suppress the shiver of both excitement and dread that ran down his spine. He was no longer just a man. He was no longer the Sangryuk-jin of before. He was no longer just another pawn in the story.
This was only the beginning.
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