Someone asked me, is this world virtual? Yes, this world is truly virtual because it’s like a huge software, undergoing a major version update every hundred years, but many people remain forever stuck in the old version. And the cruelest part isn’t that “the world will update.” It’s that: when the world updates, there’s no pop-up notification. It doesn’t tell you “the old rules are no longer valid.” Nor does it wait for everyone to upgrade together. The faster you upgrade, the more you seem to live in the “real world.” Those who refuse to update will increasingly resemble NPCs trapped in an old version.