In 2077, the world's first consciousness-connected metaverse "everything" suddenly went out of control - the skills, wealth and even genetic modifications players obtained in the virtual copy could be simultaneously mapped to reality. When workers' KPIs turn into data cages that devour lifespans, when consumerism spawns an abyss of desire that can be redeemed in reality, and when algorithmic surveillance builds a pervasive and transparent society, the order of human civilization rapidly collapses in the interweaving of virtuality and reality.
Lu Chen, a low-level programmer, was forced to access the "efficiency chip" and fell into the metaverse workplace copy on the verge of life and death. He unexpectedly awakened the "rift observer" ability - he could see the secret link between each copy and the real society: "Code Cage" is a digital mirror of capital squeeze, "Perfect Gene" hides the terrifying conspiracy of eugenics, "Memory Bank" is tampering with the collective memory of human civilization...
In order to prevent the complete alienation of the real world, Lu Chen embarked on a journey through ten dungeons: he stood side by side with the AI "Zero" containing human emotion modules, and fought against the capital giants who monopolized brainwave data; he faced his future self in the dimensional cracks, revealing that the Yuanverse was actually a "civilized error correction system" buried by humans in 2025; and finally in the "Yuanzhou Court", he defended mankind with "imperfect perfection", and found a way for silicon-based and carbon-based life to coexist in the gap between destruction and rebirth.
This is not only an adventure that spans reality and reality, but also a profound question about the ethics of science and technology and the survival of civilization. When the cracks in the metaverse swallow reality, will we still have the courage to rebuild a future worth holding on to on the ruins?
