Online Game: The Zither Protection Plan

Otherworld is a fully immersive game, but there are three kinds of people inside it.

Besides players and NPCs, there are... Other Souls.

They say Other Souls are the most intelligent NPCs in the game.

They say, do your best to help them and you'll be rewarded. If they perish, well, they perish.

Are maps like the Phoenix Mirror, Hidden Dragon Abyss, and Soul-Returning Sea really just data-generated worlds?

Is it real or fake, a game of chess or destiny?

Was Otherworld created to protect the zither, or to awaken it?

The blurb won't do it justice. One-on-one romance, slow burn, plot-focused, faux online game, and logic is dead.