Ethan drew a slow breath and steadied his thoughts.
"This time I will go straight to level eighty," he murmured under his breath, though he knew the journey would still unfold step by step. His confidence did not come from arrogance, but from calculation. The Space Cube allowed him to compress years into seconds. With sufficient patience, nothing was truly unreachable.
"Let's begin."
He stepped forward and entered the cube. The interior space unfolded around him instantly. A pale silver horizon stretched endlessly in all directions. Time inside felt thicker, almost tangible, as though each second carried more weight than usual. Ethan moved directly toward the time field at the center.
He reviewed the requirements calmly.
To break through to level three, he needed fifteen thousand points.
He currently possessed ten.
He would require eleven full days.
Outside, those eleven days would pass in less than a second.
