A company recreated the real world in a virtual world with one-to-one accuracy, naming it the Mortal World. At first, it was meant to commemorate deceased loved ones by creating a different kind of memorial, as well as to support scientific research. But as market demand gradually grew, the company opened up a gaming section, where users could enter the virtual world through connection pods and experience various roles.
Just as the project was about to officially launch, the male lead was betrayed by his boss, who drugged his drink and stole the project files, transferring the copyright to his own son. The male lead was devastated. Fortunately, his girlfriend decided to return home and marry him. But fate had other plans: she died in a car accident on her way to pick up their wedding photos. Soon after, his father also died suddenly of a brain hemorrhage.
Using his research, the male lead placed his father in Longevity Valley, a part of the Mortal World. Once he had regained his composure, he returned to work, only to find that the Mortal World had changed beyond recognition. It now concealed shady dealings, and a section intended for medical research had become a forbidden zone for experiments on living subjects. By chance, the male lead discovered a virtual character identical to his girlfriend about to be used as a test subject, and stepped in to save her. He then began planning to shut down the project. But he kept fainting, and a hospital examination revealed that his condition was critical. He had to put his plan into action quickly. He could not stand by and watch the Mortal World he had created become so corrupted...
After repeated setbacks, he found it difficult to persuade the company’s executives to abandon their depraved projects. With no other choice, he extracted the consciousness codes of the virtual world’s characters and transferred them into the bodies of the company’s executives, completely overhauling the company…