The Virtual World was developing so rapidly that only yesterday the “presence effect” was considered a thing of the future, and today, immersed in a capsule, one could completely lose the sense of the difference between virtuality and reality. If you can jump from a tower there without getting killed, then why not try it here too? And many tried... On the scale of humanity, the problem began to acquire threatening proportions. But what to do if the gaming industry, in which huge amounts of money are circulating, cannot be stopped? The governments of developed countries decided to create their own Game, the physical conditions in which would coincide with real ones. This is how the new game world Yggdrasil appeared. Of course, there were more than enough people who wanted to test it, but they needed people who knew how to survive in harsh conditions. Former border guard major Alexey was forced to accept the offer to become a beta tester. Where could he have gone?..