The world leaders in game development have created truly colorful and interesting worlds, but... people no longer have enough time to taste all the fruits of the game makers' imagination. Pharmacology came to the rescue by creating a drug that accelerates human consciousness. Players now have the opportunity to spend more time in virtuality than is spent in reality. But someone has to test new features without dying. It turns out that if you die too often in the game, your brain may decide that your body is dead. When there are no volunteers, they are appointed.