Here Is Not There – 2. One in the Field Is Not Two

Young Matvey becomes a beta tester for the game “The Impossible Becomes Possible.” He is not meant to complete the expansion “Island of the Magicians” of his own free will. Heavy circumstances push him into the game: he is faced with a choice — prison or participation in the test — and he has no choice but to agree to the imposed conditions.

The expansion involves a pain factor: players are invited to test the limits of their pain threshold in order to speed up character development. By chance, Matvey triggers the “Old Gods” quest chain and finds himself drawn into a rapid whirlwind of events. Behind the scenes of this world, forces invisibly clash as they try to seize power in reality as well.

Matvey’s consciousness is transferred into the body of a zombie mob, while a digital mind of a non-player character takes his place. Now he is forced to wander through the game, search for a way back to his own body, and unravel the mysteries connecting the virtual world with the real one.