Dorfnutter
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Eternum is basically the Cariverse version of the Astral Plane, so access to it via OBEs will still be viable even when the VRMMO goes kaput.
That's not the issue, though. The issue is the fact that the VRMMO system operates by exploiting the dead currently trapped in whatever state they are at the moment and is seemingly contributing to the degradation of the servers by way of the players either introducing stuff that are not native to their environment (i.e. the Xenomorph infection) or making the servers seemingly go haywire due to their continued presence (i.e. the loss of one of the Wild West themed servers due to a zombie invasion).
Assuming that the game ends with the dead becoming free from their shackles, that alone would kill the NPC system since Ulysses won't be able to have full access to the dead which they can brainwash into being an NPC. Idriel will also likely leave with them as it's heavily implied from her dialogue that she is one of the dead being chained. And if the Idriel is Anima theory is true, then that also means that she is actually the reason why people can port in and out of many worlds as Caly's story about her mentions that she has the same abilities as her (albeit much greater than Caly's). If she goes away, no more Nexus, no more easy server travel.
