Ready Player One Page #8

Wait, no, no no!

END OF THE GAME:

Get up, Sixer.

Back to the beginning.

Let's go, move!

You are in.

Holy hand grenade!

How much did that cost?

Less than it's gonna cost them.

What is that?

Sir, the gunters are

approaching the challenge.

- I-R0k?

- In position, sir.

Prepare my rig.

The ice is holding.

Still going.

Wait.

He's trying to win.

Yeah!

I won!

He lost.

Not Adventure .

Everyone who wins...

loses.

It's not about winning...

it's about playing.

Remember Halliday's announcement.

The keys are invisible...

And they are hidden in a dark room, it's at

the center of a maze.

Well, there is a secret in Adventure

you don't find it by winning.

You find it by wandering

around in a dark room.

Until you get to the invisible dot.

Pretty easy if you know what you're doing.

Really?

Let me finish it for you.

Your last chance, Wade.

Last chance.

Give me the key.

I give you 50 million in

your account right now.

Why the hell would I ever do that?

Dude that's the Cataclist!

Now, personally I wouldn't care.

I just assume you'd never set

foot in the OASIS again...

no longer have to deal with

any of this absurdity...

but I know how important

Halliday's competition is to you.

I will never let the

future of the OASIS...

rest in your hands,

Nolan Sorrento.

Well that's fine.

Three easy steps.

One.

Wait, I thought that you were bluffing.

Do you know that kills all of us.

I have got 10 years worth

of this sh*t inside of me.

- Last chance. Two.

- I will not go out like that.

Like that's a camper move.

You don't even know how to activate an orb.

Yeah, I felt those.

But this is my world, Sorrento.

Hadoken!

- No no no!

- Step three.

No no no!

Get me out of this thing.

Guys?

Z! He's still alive!

EXTRA LIFE:

Extra life?

Thanks, Curator.

Hold on!

BOARD 1-PARZIVAL.

INCOMING LIVE STREAM

PARZIVAL PLAYS FOR CRYSTAL KEY

Why feed in all OASIS channels?

Halliday wanted everyone to

watch the end of the contest.

That's so Halliday!

- We tried Adventure.

- No, we try to win it.

But the hidden room is not

at the end of the game.

You gotta go straight to the

invisible dot at the start.

ENLIST TODAY:

Is that her?

Red hair, IOI uniform, doesn't

know a planet she's on.

That's her.

I'm Toshiro.

You know me as Daito.

Hey, Arty.

Yeah I know.

Not what you were expecting huh.

Yeah, I wasn't expecting a...

Late 30s model postal van.

Wade?

If the Cataclist went off,

how come you still playing?

Extra life, long history.

Sorry I shot you.

- Sho?

- What?

Do I have to wear a sign saying

"I'm 11 years old, shoot me first"?

No thanks.

- Give me a hug!

- The ninjas don't hug!

Alright everybody. Hold on to something!

Got you.

Come on, Nolan. Pick up.

F'Nale, tell me something good.

I have got a drone on their tail.

I'm close.

- Send me coordinates.

- Maybe you should leave this to me, Nolan.

Nolan?

Nolan!

Out!

Give me that.

What's going on out there?

The game is over for them,

what are they watching?

The final key.

It's being broadcast.

You see, Warren Robinett

was proud of Adventure.

He wanted people to

know who was behind it.

That is why he created the

first digital " Easter egg ".

And to find it you did

not even have to win.

You just had to play searching around...

in rooms for an invisible dot.

You took the dot back to

the main screen and...

that's when you found the 1st

Easter egg ever put in a video game.

The creator's name.

CREATED BY WARREN ROBINET What's going on?

Man, I can't see sh*t.

Parzival just got the Crystal key!

Do you want it or not?

Hache, what the hell is going on?

Just practicing my Mario Cart.

What do you think?

IOI trying to kill us man!

Everyone watching: if you're

in the Columbus Sacks...

This is Perzival.

My real world name is Wade Watts...

and we are gonna need your help.

- Hache, head for the stacks.

- Okay, hold on!

Stick the key in!

How hard is it?

Come on.

That's it?

Yeah that's it, now you just sign

these papers and the OASIS is yours.

You will be it's sole proprietor.

That isn't too bad, is it?

I am gonna need a second.

This is wrong.

This pen, this contract.

This is the moment that Halliday made

Morrow sign over his shares in Gragarous.

That was the biggest mistake of his life.

He knew that.

This can't be the end.

It's a test.

I won't make the same mistake that you did.

I just needed to be sure.

This is where you grew up.

Oh that's just me a long time ago.

I like to have him around

from time to time.

Hey, I have to show you something, this...

This is the button.

If you push it, the whole

simulation shuts down...

and a tapeworm program will erase

all of the back up servers.

So you now have the power to turn the

OASIS off forever.

You understand?

Try not to accidentally erase the

whole of the OASIS on your first day.

The stacks are straight ahead.

Oh, I expect you have to go, I know I do.

So now is the time for you to receive

your prize because you won all 3 keys.

Once you take this egg, the

game will be over.

The egg...

The egg?

We know what you did here.

You turn around and walk out

of here while you still can.

I created the OASIS because I never

felt at home in the real world.

I just didn't know how to

connect with people there.

I was afraid for all my life.

Right up until the day I

knew my life was ending.

And that...

That was when I realized that...

as terrifying and

painful as reality can be...

it's also...

the only place...

where you get a descent meal.

Because...

Reality...

is real.

You understand what I'm saying?

Yes. Yes I do.

He did it.

He got the egg.

Hurrah!

No! Please!

Hold it!

Drop the gun!

Now! On the ground!

Turn around. Hands in your head!

Walk back towards me!

GAME OVER:

Mr. Halliday...

Something I don't understand...

You're not an avatar, are you?

No.

Is Halliday really dead?

Yes.

Then what are you?

Goodbye, Parzival.

Thanks.

Thanks for playing my game.

Wade?

Ogden Morrow?!

You can call me Og.

Now, there are some people out here

that would very much like to meet you.

Wow! This is incredible.

It's an honor to meet you., Og.

There's something I need to do first.

I'm not like Halliday.

I am taking the leap.

We're looking for Wade Watts.

We need you to make a statement

about the clip you sent in of Nolan

Sorrento's confession.

That was me.

What? I record

everything in my workshop.

Help me with this.

Who are you guys?

The people you need right now.

Lawyers from Gregarious Games.

They want your signature, Wade.

I am splitting it with my clan.

We are gonna run things together.

That's a good choice.

F'Nale, listen to me very carefully...

Mr. Morrow, I mean, Og.

How did you get here so fast?

I flew from the stars

on my magic sleigh.

Everyone's been watching.

Of course I've been watching

it a little closer than most.

You?

You're the Curator?

Well played, Parzival.

Jim told me nothing

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