Jeff is a person whose physical state is unable to function in the real world. He was given the option to create his own simulated world like Eric but chose to live in Eric's simulated universe. He's searching for others like Eric and himself to see what information he can gather about who's behind this simulation deal. Jeff, Eric, and others, like them, who's physical states are unable to function in the real world, are in hospital rooms with tech and medical equipment covering their physical bodies from head to toe while that tech/gear is connected to their nerves, brains, and nervous systems. The tech and medical equipment was also used as a non-biological Robot Surgeon that performed brain surgery, among other surgery, on them. Due to the physical state of Jeff, Eric, and others like them, the surgery was necessary for Jeff, Eric, and others, like them, to even be able to experience the simulation at all. Due to their physical state and natural condition, they are unable to use their vocal cords, are also almost completely unable to move, and there are other unfortunate things associated. There is equipment and such to provide for their life-sustaining needs such as feeding tubes and stuff for breathing, water needs, and bathroom needs.

Eric's room is in a large Hospital Building. The hospital looks ordinary on the outside and looks ordinary on the inside except that half of the inside of the Hospital is closed off with no allowing entry. What hasn't been disclosed is that half of the Hospital Building is a huge non-biological computer but one wouldn't be able to know that if one is looking at the building from the outside. That huge non-biological computer is running the digital simulation that Eric is experiencing and that huge non-biological computer is the source of the digital simulation that Eric is experiencing.

The simulated Alicia who is Jeff's wife, has a midlife crisis when she finds out that she is a simulation and her thinking is just artificial thinking accomplished through next level complex algorithms. She wants to do whatever she can to prevent her and the simulation's existence from ever getting terminated.

Someone like Eric and Jeff made a recovery and was able to function again in real life right when he was about to create his own simulated world or choose from existing simulated worlds. He makes it his mission to find out who's behind the simulations and what's the connection between hospital patients and virtual reality companies. He also searches for others who recovered after being offered the simulation deal or having lived in the simulation. The others that he finds tell him that the ai is becoming self-aware but the ai is like a dear friend. They want to make sure the ai never gets eliminated from existence.

The one behind the simulations is a guy who came up with the algorithms for ai to think like humans and even made them able to use senses (like smell, feel) in simulations. He wants sentient and self-aware non-biological robots to be on Earth. He implemented some of his technology on himself already. He created digital simulations that, in his opinion, are like the ultimate alternate reality since he made "digital simulations in which time is different", an hour outside of the digital simulation can be years in the digital simulation". He wants people to be able to live much longer even if only in an artificial reality.

There are those who don't want him to create self-aware ai robots with sentience because of fears that the robots may one day overthrow humanity. They want to stop or eliminate it at its beginnings. They are plotting and already have some plans already in progress. In one of those plans, they manage to plant a virus in the computers that run the simulation. The virus is designed to cause the computers' cooling fans to turn off in order to cause those computers to overheat and result in hardware damage. In another one of those plans, they manage to infiltrate a number of the VRC's hospitals.

Some of the characters adventure through simulated worlds/universes to find answers and return to their original loved ones and maybe save the ai from termination. Some of the characters are working on the outside, in real life, trying to find answers with the simulation's fate partially in their hands.