John installed Hyper-Merger into his neural implant.


    They promised to make his avatar, Joshua, identical to himself—to experience VR in a way never before thought possible.


    As Joshua, John immersively played games, went on epic space adventures, and dated alien females fulfilling his wildest fantasies—the tastes, touch, smells, and realism transcended his every dream.


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    Once John disconnected—the Joshua app suspended ...


    Floating in a digital abyss, surrounded by absolute darkness and deafening silence, his every thought imploded with fear, loneliness, and desperation—timelessly lost, with no hope for escape.


    “Someone, anyone ... Please help me, I’m John!”