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Brains in a jar could work, it could even tie into Nancy’s stem cell work for the company.Counterpoint: Calypso and the Proto-Xenomorphs from the Andromeda server. It's currently implied by the story that they're natives of Eternum (possibly Astaroth from OIAL and that ogre from Dalia's fantasy server as well), with the former being pretty convinced that her backstory is legit. Hard to imagine (well, with the exception of Astaroth) how they'd fit with the multiple heaven and/or hell aspect of your theory (unless you think the Sy-tel-quessir are actually angels and the Proto-Xenomorphs and Ogres are demons)
Also, death and dying are...kind of a thing in Eternum. You'd think that with the dimension being a collection of heavens and/or a hells they'd do away with the whole "act of dying" aspect of everyone staying there. Granted, you don't really die (and it's implied that even the dead don't stay dead), but...you get the point.
As for the living dead of Eternum being dead people that're hooked to the system...that's a possibility...although I'm pretty sure you still need to keep the brain alive for any sort of brain activity to function well enough. More better for one to zombify the brain and put it in a jar...as opposed to having to maintain a body (or a couple thousand) that's bound to rot as time goes on, even if say magic or a ton of money is involved.
As could the idea of the natives being angels (elves and even possible praetorians) and demons (ogres and xenos) be a workable idea. In many myths monsters come from hell or it’s analog and the praetorians kind of look angelic, The Eternum Lady does too and elves and other “good” fey being analogs for angels isn’t new either.
As for people dying in Eternum if it’s meant to be heavens and hells, that could be explained by if I’m not mistaken in some versions of the afterlife warriors battle eternally, dying and raising again. Perhaps the idea of “non-combat servers,” we’re there are no weapons or magics “allowed,” as opposed to non-combat areas in a combat server, is a reflection of this. In some people’s idea of heaven for example battle and rebirth is part of the heavenly ideal. And the idea of suffering in a hell by dying and being reborn and dying again over and over in a cowardly or terrible way is hellish. This could explain the red herring sever. We reunited a mother and daughter trapped in a hell, and then they we able to go to another place, a heaven server perhaps. A “non-combat server,” where there would be no more death.
Though again this is my brain on not sleeping for 24 hours and with an idea I just came up with. So it could be full of holes.