I read a tiny bit of the novel so I don't know either but I did learn the system doesn't go offline in the gates, and people use the system to see if people in gates are still alive or not. That makes this situation even weirder to me.
Where tf was he
Well his situation was also kind'a different since the rift became like a portal to him to go to the future. Ohhhh I'm sooo excited of whats to come, i need all these questions be answered HAHABABABABA
Well i wanna answer yes an no but idk if you wanna get some spoiler or not
I WANT A SPOILERRR. GIVE ME SPOILERS.. GIVE ME MAJOR SPOILERSSS. PLEASEEEEE
Replying to this cause I ALSO WANT SPOILERS PLSS
Okayy spoiler alert
To answer your teory number 3,4&5 are basically how it is… J when he was active, sacrifice his time to help people that even when lower ranking people are able to go in the rift, they call for him. At some point he just became a Killing machine for others. A person they could sacrifice for the peace of world. Yes he was a hero who was mercilessly used for the comfort and life of normal people because nobody other than him could do it.
Regarding him being in the rift. That is a more complicated one. So supposedly current timeline is third timeline. In first timeline Sa-young died before Eui-Jae and Eui-Jae turned back time and the pivot was he himself and his watch. The very watch he gave to grandma as a compensation in start
In second timeline Eui-Jae died before Sa-young and Sa-young became a wreck waiting for apocalypse
Now the current timeline is third. It's different from other timelines cuz of west sea rift where mc went missing. That point changed a lot of things. Things are different because the watch is a one use item but sayong repair the watch not completely and everything became a mess where some people can see what happen in the past life and are thinking they got revelation of the future
I can also talk about sayong reason for managing the rift that swallowed J
Sayong was actually one of the victims of rift that j save and take care of… from sayong almost melted by poison to recovering in hospital with bandage all over sayong’s body. When J stuck by the rift… sayong were left alone and experimented on for being victims of the rift… sayong awaken as a hunter and later ask to manage the rift j was stuck in
Omg. I didnt know the plot is that deep. And that it involves regression. Thank you so muchh for the spoiler. Is the novel completed? As well as the english version? I'm planning on reading it after my finals hahahaha
DISCLAIMER: i did not read the novel. I am just a delusional reader HAHAAHAHHA
1. I think the system is being controlled by "celestial beings" like any other manhwa with a similar plot.
2. When he was stuck in the rift, which is like a different dimension it basically deleted his existence on earth. Thus, not being on the system for 8 or 9 years idk. So when he got out of the rift, his existence was activated again on the system
Example: System (Game) - Earth (Online) - Rift/different dimension (Offline) - *got out of the rift* Earth (Online)
3. The rankings is updated every year (? I guess since they know which date to wait for it) and he got out of the rift before the ranking updated, so he got included in the evaluation of the ranker's activities/contribution/points/experience idk anymore haha
4. The use of the S-class weapon could help a hunter advance in the ranking because S-class weapons have more impact which could help them more on their fightings.
More impact/damage = more points/experience (?) = more chances of advancing in the ranking
5. MC is so OP that even after 8/9 years no one can compete with his overall activities/points/experience which made him #1 again.
Orr closing the rift allowed him to gain a lot of points/experience