Though still unable to cross the finish line at Central Park, he befriends a well-known Gunter named Art3mis by saving her from being "zeroed out" by King Kong, which would have wiped her character progression. Parzival, driving the DeLorean from Back to the Future, reaches the home stretch before anyone else. His avatar Parzival, and his online friend Aech, a tall, muscular creature who deflates the first person shooter competition and works as a virtual mechanic, participate in the first quest: a vehicle race across ever-shifting roadways in Manhattan, which nobody has managed to accomplish. ![]() In Columbus, Ohio, now the world's fastest-growing city, Wade Watts, an orphaned 17-year-old Gunter, lives with his aunt Alice in the "stacks", makeshift towers of trailer homes, and logs onto the OASIS from a nearby cargo van. This attracted many players, but as nobody has successfully completed the first quest - a vehicle race across ever-shifting roadways in Manhattan - the only players still trying are a number of "Gunters" (egg hunters) and the video game conglomerate Innovative Online Industries (IOI), headed by Nolan Sorrento, who employs a large number of Halliday researchers, top gamers and indentured servants called "Sixers". Its co-founder, the late James "Anorak" Halliday, announces a contest in which players must find an Easter egg inside a gate that requires three keys hidden in OASIS the winner to receive full ownership and control of OASIS. In 2045, due to various geopolitical events, many of Earth's cities have become slums its inhabitants regularly escape into the virtual reality universe called OASIS.
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