This sets off a global treasure hunt. The protagonist, Wade Watts (Parzival), teams up with the "High Five" (Art3mis, Aech, Daito, and Shoto) to stop the villainous corporation, IOI (Innovative Online Industries), from turning the OASIS into a subscription-based hellscape of pop-up ads and pay-to-win mechanics.
What followed was the largest digital battle in history. Mechagodzilla fought a Sixer dreadnought. Aech piloted the Serenity from Firefly . I summoned the Gundam from Mobile Suit Gundam —a 60-foot robot that punched through Sorrento's flagship. ready-player-one
Behind me, the sky filled with avatars. Art3mis. Aech. Daito and Shoto. And then hundreds. Thousands. Millions. This sets off a global treasure hunt