Tormented by loan sharks, Lorn had lived the life of an 'ascetic'. He would willingly become homeless and live the life of a beggar (and only sometimes a pickpocket), so his hard-earned money wouldn't fall into his debtors' hands. Hopefully, they would finally leave him alone after realizing he's worth nothing anymore.

But realizing his plans, the debtors decide to sell him as a guinea pig! 

The One Country's grand experiment attempting to copy a human's consciousness and put it inside the digital space! The only catch is, 80% of the test subjects are expected to receive lasting damages to their brain. 

However, Lorn finds a once-in-a-lifetime chance. The researchers were creating a virtual world using the digital space. And to create profits from it, instead of simply creating boring-old Virtual Earth (and calling it the Metaverse), they were making a game out of it!

The first fully immersive VRMMORPG in the world!

As the first tester of this game, Lorn would be a disgrace if he couldn't make money off of it!

Falling Cosmos

"From now on, the real challenges are coming," Esther said. "Are you sure you want to continue?"

Lorn was familiar with this. After 10 challenges, the difficulty would always go up a few notches. His skill related tasks would become even more complicated and he would soon be fighting the deadly Bloodgiants and Bloodkin.

But it wasn't like Lorn struggled with the previous ten challenges, so he nodded without hesitation.

"Please give me the 11th challenge."

Esther harrumphed. He pulled out a bloody glass container from thin air and gave it to Lorn.

"Take this. Put it 30 meters away from the ripple and crush it. Remember, exactly 30 meters, no further, no closer."

Lorn peered into the glass and saw a tiny little heart inside it, pulsing softly under his gaze.

"I suggest you wait for that red-head before setting out," Esther said. "She should be receiving a combat order soon enough."

The World of Iais