Six days.
That's all the time left before the walls between species crumble… before demons, beasts, and who-knows-what-else pour into the human realm.
Yet on the surface, Earth still looked deceptively normal.
The sky was blue, the cities still standing, and people continued with their daily lives. But beneath that thin veil of normalcy, the world was already changing—shifting toward something far darker.
Since the emergence of the Challenge System, everything had been thrown off balance.
In just a few weeks, the world's structure had collapsed. Governments lost their grip. Politicians, bureaucrats, and old-money elites were now nothing more than noise.
Power was the only currency.
The people with money were no longer in control—the people with power were. Whether it was through natural strength, awakened skills, or system-enhanced abilities, they now stood at the top of society.
