It was the year 2036. Elizabeth was a regular high school student. She tried every day to get home as fast as she could to enter the metaconsciousness once again. The real world seemed gray to her, the streets were dirty, the stores hadn't sold meat for years and 90% of the food was made from corn to feed the 9 billion people on earth. Elizabeth's parents worked for the drug company that invented the vaccine and was able to stop a pandemic virus in 2032. So they lived in a nice house on the side of a mountain. Her parents were very concerned about Elizabeth's mental health, so they bought her a state-of-the-art helmet with a neuro-scanner that allows her to fully immerse herself in the virtual world. By examining her brain, the helmet created a perfect virtual image, which was very similar to the real Elizabeth, but with some additions. It was the latest development, so there were disadvantages, the person could not disconnect from the system himself, the helmet could only be turned off with the help of another person. Elizabeth ran home that day and immediately put the helmet on so she could start exploring virtual worlds with her friends. Elizabeth's parents loved their daughter very much, and understood that humanity would have a very hard time in the next few years, it would be a huge crisis. Fourteen years later, Elizabeth's already elderly parents will take their daughter's helmet off when their new vaccine corrects the earth's population to 5 billion people.
