Everything before this was the trials. The ad, the math, the spelling, the kitty — all of it was just to see if you were worth what comes next.
You made it. So the real game begins now.
This corridor is a checkpoint. From here on, the levels get hard — and if you fall, you don't lose everything. You return right here, to Level 1. Not the beginning.
But it costs you. Every failure is counted.