Gu Mian discovered that the statues of the Evil God have a strange habit; every time they see him, they shatter a bit as a form of greeting.

He thought he'd try making a world peace wish in a moment.

Well, great. Before he could make a wish, the statue just crumbled.

Gu Mian watched as the crack spread down from the crown, growing wider and deeper. The Evil God's face seemed to have grown a large vertical mouth, which continued to split open wider, wanting to devour everything before it.

Soon, the fissure snaked down to its waist, spreading around like a river, and didn't take long before the entire statue was covered in tiny fractures.

It finally reached its breaking point and collapsed with a loud thud, raising a large cloud of dust as Gu Mian stepped back.

Gu Mian coughed a few times, holding his mechanical dog.

The dog in his arms probably thought the statue was unhappy, dutifully pointed its head at the ruins to ask if it was happy.

It's shattered this badly, happiness is a ghost.

Gu Mian waved his hand twice to disperse the dust ahead, then lowered his head to look at the fragments scattered all over the ground.

Slaughter suddenly disappeared within minutes, and the intact statue suddenly shattered too.

The intact statue shattered... Lu Yi had discussed this situation with him in the past...

A sense of foreboding suddenly rose in Gu Mian's heart.

He immediately wanted to open the panel to check the [Ten-person group chat], but before the panel opened, the ground underfoot began to shake, followed by a rumbling sound coming from the ruins in front of him.

Gu Mian raised his eyes to look at the heap of ruins that had formed a hill.

It seemed as if something huge beneath was moving, attempting to emerge, causing the small debris on the ruins to tumble down. As more fragments rolled to one side, the giant thing inside finally emerged.

Gu Mian watched as a human head slowly rose from the rubble, like a seed breaking through the soil rapidly growing and stretching out, growing taller and bigger in the dim, cavernous space, extending its limbs and finally maturing into human shape.

Again a brand-new statue identical to the one just before.

Gu Mian stared at the newly-grown statue, knowing that the ominous feeling in his heart had come true.

It shattered and was reborn, undergoing a rollback.

The sudden disappearance of Slaughter was also due to the rollback; at this current point in time, he doesn't know where he actually stands.

Gu Mian felt like swearing, and he didn't know how far back they'd rolled back, what if they suddenly went back a few hundred years—that'd be funny.

"Although it rolled back, my memory didn't disappear." Gu Mian quickly thought, "Could it be that during a rollback, our memories as external players don't disappear?"

He wanted to open the [Ten-person group chat] to ask about Chu Changge and 007's situation.

But honestly, he didn't know if this group chat could still be opened. If this world did roll back several hundred years, then global gaming hasn't begun yet, naturally, he also wouldn't have a game panel.

That would be bad.

Are they really going to live here for a few hundred years waiting for the real-world global gaming to start? Oh, by then they'd probably be dead.

Forget it, let's see if the game panel can still be opened first.

Gu Mian was about to try to open the game panel when he heard the familiar cracking sound again.

This sound frankly made his scalp tingle.

"No way?" He, still holding the dog, looked up at the statue that had just grown, only to see a vertical crack reappear on its forehead, identical to before.

Again?

Gu Mian understood this was another world rollback.

In just a few minutes, the world rolled back twice.

"Seriously?" Gu Mian took two big steps back with the dog to avoid getting hit by the shattered statue.

He wondered as he watched the newly emerged statue disintegrate into ruins shortly after, followed by another new statue emerging.

But that wasn't the end.

The third statue had barely appeared when another crack formed on its forehead, clearly ready to perform "shattered peace" again.

Gu Mian felt his forehead twitch and decided to sit on the steps with the dog, watching the statues line up to perform their inherent talent.

He counted on his fingers; after five such repeats, the world finally calmed down.

By this time, the last emergent statue was half surrounded by nearby debris, and Gu Mian could only see its upper half.

"In a short while, the world rolled back five times, which must have spanned a few hundred years." Gu Mian thought his chances of opening the player panel were almost nil.

He was already starting to contemplate how to rescue Chu Changge and 007, whom he couldn't contact, and complete the Evil God's unfinished wish. The three of them could form a hero team and film an anime called "As a Lower-class Person, I Conquered the World."

It would tell the story of himself as a hero, along with the cunning, sly strategist Chu Changge, and upper-class traitor Miss 007 overthrowing the upper-class people's rule; not to mention, the name 007 seems quite fitting for a spy.

"Hahaha." Gu Mian forced a laugh.

Though he was already scripting, he was still determined to try and open the game panel.

"Hmm?"

Could still open it?

Without hesitation, after opening the game panel, Gu Mian immediately tried to open the [Ten-person group chat]

It could open too.

And there were still chat records, but a few were missing, presumably followed the world rollback.

Currently, the latest two messages in the group were sent by "Fatty."

[Fatty]: Doctor Brother Chu Miss 007 I used binoculars to observe you disappearing, you should have already entered Paradise World, right? Did anyone transmit together?

[Fatty]: Why isn't anyone talking, Doctor say something!

This is... the message Fatty sent when they first entered this world.

The time returned to when they just entered Paradise?

Gu Mian was somewhat puzzled.

He looked at the nearly-scattered statue and then at the group chat records. This world made a grand gesture of rolling back five times, and yet it only went back to yesterday?

Gu Mian thought he'd have to traverse back hundreds of years to take the place of the Hero.

He typed in the chatbox, wanting to discuss the rollback with Chu Changge and 007.

As he was typing, someone in the group suddenly sent a new message.

[007]: I was transported to Crazy Game City, not far from Carnival Wharf

Gu Mian stopped typing, staring at 007's message, slowly furrowing his brows.

007, as if she had just arrived yesterday, reported her location.

If he remembered correctly, in a few seconds, Chu Changge should report his position too.

Gu Mian waited a few seconds, but Chu Changge hadn't sent a message.

After another dozen seconds or so, Chu Changge's name finally appeared in the group chat.

[Chu Changge]: I'm in Rathead Alley, lower-class residential area.

Though the timing was later, the information mirrored what they sent yesterday perfectly.

Gu Mian silently deleted the text he hadn't managed to send, then looked at 007 and Chu Changge's chat info above.

The time indeed returned to yesterday, but these two seemed unaware of the rollback, they, like the native people of this world, lost memories from before the rollback.

Only he retained the memories...

Unsure if the world's rollback would affect the outside's real-world, did the outside world roll back too? Would Fatty and the others' memories be erased?

Following yesterday's message sequence, next Gu Mian should send info saying he's at Mantis Tail Street. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Gu Mian edited his message wanting to tell the others about the world rollback when 007 unexpectedly posted another message.

[007]: Something feels off

After 007 sent the message, she turned to look around a few times.

The glass ceiling overhead, not far away, a green-hatted dog handing out leaflets, and the city map plate in front were all so familiar as if she'd visited before.

At this moment, the green-haired dog saw her and jogged over with a leaflet in its mouth, making a gnashing sound: "It's a big baddie, this person is a big baddie."

007 lowered her head to look.

It's a [Wanted Poster for Ugly Mr. Gu]