Punishment in the Chaotic Worlds

In 2050, a virtual online game called Worlds in Turmoil appeared out of nowhere, revolutionizing gaming. Instead of playing on a computer, players used a newly invented game pod. All they had to do was lie down inside one to enter an entirely new virtual world. There, they could experience the game with a sense of total immersion, while the pod supplied the real-world body with everything it needed. The experience was 99 percent as real as the physical world, drawing countless players into the game. Then, one day, the System malfunctioned, and those who had entered the virtual world could no longer return to reality...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.