Virtual Ferry

Chen Wang has lived in the physical world for 237 years. His job is simple: keep an eye on the screen and make sure the simulated world is functioning properly. Then he noticed a number - S-0734. There are no system failures in this individual's data. But his pain waveform was too "real" to be procedurally generated. Chen Wang looked through his life: Prince, losing his mother, fighting, killing, indulging in lust, practicing asceticism... Falling in the same pit again and again. Until one day, he stopped. Sitting by the river, not eating or drinking, just sitting. Then something Chen Wang had never seen appeared in his consciousness waveform—— The crawl index has returned to zero. A man who didn't know he was living in a simulated world was free. And Chen Wang, a person with unlimited lifespan, real touch, and all the resources of the physical world—— His grabbing index has never returned to zero. When people in the simulated world begin to awaken, who are the real prisoners? —— The world is illusory. But your experience is not fake. This is a story about pain, freedom and "enough".