Chris, Steve and the ex-Spider finally manage to catch the one who created the Spiders and the “twins” - Professor Paul Rochal. However, it turns out that in the real world there is only a copy of him, while the real Paul Rochal is in the virtual world, on the computer Network.

Friends part. Chris and ex-Spider go into the virtual world. Steve, who remains the sole owner of his own body in the real world, is accused of murdering a former crime boss and now the Watcher of Hardson City. Chris and the ex-Spider help their friend using the tools of the virtual world.

A real war is breaking out between the real and virtual worlds...