Spiritblitz

Myriad Reality

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I just got an email from father. It looks like our universe was briefly invaded.

@System

By whom?

Myriad Reality

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*Pulls up a live feed, where nothing remains but superficial damage to several buildings and fading data remnants, along with a precise curved X in the ground beneath the data*
To see if there's anything we need to do.
*Opens another menu with my email*

@System

*observes the feed*

Myriad Reality

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Viruses appearing in the real world, and some kind of dimensional area. That is extremely atypical, and not a good sign.

@System

So, what are we waiting for?

Myriad Reality

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*Frowns and looks at a menu*
Speaking of, it looks like something serious is going on in the real world.

@System

What do you mean? What is it?

Myriad Reality

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The network operator. The human that uses the netnavi.

@System

Ohhh. Okay

Myriad Reality

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Life. Whatever they want to do. Regular navis have some level of self-aspiration, but everything ultimately revolves around the netop.

@System

Netop?

Myriad Reality

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Right. We're here to help humans prosper.

@System

In what?

Myriad Reality

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No, no navis are human. Most are owned by humans—you can think of most navis like intelligent virtual assistants.

@System

Oh! I think I am getting it now.

Myriad Reality

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VR would imply that humans go onto the net. The net is more of a visualization for navis to interact with the various servers.

@System

But aren’t most Navi’s human? Or at least controlled by humans?

Myriad Reality

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To communicate, purchase things, etc. It's the same as any network, just with a pseudo-physical counterpart.

@System

So the net is just a VR simulation of the internet?