Oh nooo !! I just want to say, I don't want to spoil anything but I can say with confidence you that it did not go back to 1!
Try again and you'll see. Something great will happen, you can trust me :)
Edit: Whoops. I misunderstood. It went back to 1 because of the target timer right? I incorrectly read that you hit a target at 0 and it went back to 1.