The Leap Toward Total Neural Entertainment
The revolution sparked by Neuralink had transformed medicine, communication, and everyday human life. But its impact was about to open an entirely new territory — one never explored before.
Total neural entertainment.
As much as the technology had been designed to restore lives, return lost senses, and free people from physical limitations, nothing could stop the business world from seeing something even greater:
a market where feeling ceased to be a metaphor
and became a product.
The Rise of Neural Entertainment
With the overwhelming success of its medical applications, major corporations began pushing for the technology to be opened for recreational use.
Film studios wanted movies the audience could touch.
Music producers dreamed of concerts where sound vibrations pierced straight through the soul.
Game companies envisioned worlds where the difference between player and character simply vanished.
Amid this whirlwind of commercial interests, one company stood out.
The Visionary Studio
HelixVision Games, a cutting-edge studio already renowned for hyper-realistic simulations, unveiled the most ambitious project of the new era.
Its director — Victor Stahl — was young to be leading something of that scale, but he embodied exactly what the moment demanded: technical brilliance, a visionary mindset, and a track record of direct collaboration with Neuralink during its earliest sensory integration trials.
Victor saw what few dared to imagine:
"If we can heal the world with Neuralink,
we can also dream it."
Though officially retired from his traditional companies, Elon Musk continued to follow the technology's expansion from a distance. With a tired yet proud smile, he formally endorsed Victor's project.
Thus was born the idea that would once again change humanity.
Elysium Online — The First Neural World
The project was announced as:
the first 100% neural MMORPG,
fully sensory,
with realistic physics,
autonomous ecosystems,
adaptive artificial intelligence,
and a magic learning system based on cerebral impulses.
Victor described it as:
"A living world.
A world that feels you.
A world that responds to who you are."
For the first time, Neuralink became more than a treatment…
it became a bridge to another existence.
Elysium Online was not just a game.
It was the birth of a new kind of reality.
Preparing for Launch
For months, the world followed the project's rise:
hazy trailers,
cryptic teasers,
prototype broadcasts,
influencer conferences,
public demonstrations,
and persistent rumors that "Elysium would feel the player."
With a level of global anticipation never before seen, San Francisco was chosen as the stage for the worldwide launch.
The weeks leading up to the event felt like a continuous cinematic loop:
skyscrapers displayed gigantic in-game creatures,
drones crossed the sky carrying digital banners,
holograms projected scenes from the floors,
screens showcased classes and magic systems,
crowds camped in the main square,
themed stores sold exclusive items.
The entire city lit up in shades of gold and blue — Elysium's colors — as if it were slowly becoming part of that universe.
Musk Takes the Stage
On the day of the event, as the screens went dark and thousands held their breath, Elon Musk appeared as a massive hologram hovering above the city.
He looked visibly older: graying hair, a deep gaze, calm posture — almost paternal.
Still, his voice carried the same force as ever.
"Today, we are not just celebrating a game…"
he said.
"We are celebrating the overcoming of the limits of the human mind."
The hologram expanded with his movements, as though the sky itself were speaking.
"Neuralink was born to heal, to ease suffering.
But now, for the first time, we can use it to live."
The crowd erupted in applause.
"Today, we take the first step toward impossible worlds.
Elysium Online is not just entertainment."
He paused.
"It is the final union between imagination and existence."
Behind him, virtual dragons crossed the skies of San Francisco. Floating forests emerged between buildings. Crystal cities materialized in the middle of avenues.
Drones broadcast everything in full 360 degrees.
It was a spectacle never seen before.
It was the beginning of something no one could predict.
And that, in the future, would be remembered as the greatest technological disaster in human history.
The Beginning of Ethan's Journey
While the city pulsed with energy and expectation, far from the center of the event, inside a small, silent apartment, Ethan Cole, twenty-seven years old, sat alone.
He stared at the neural connector resting on the table.
It wasn't just a device.
It was his chance to escape a suffocating life trapped between code, deadlines, and cold screens.
He took a deep breath.
"Maybe… today I'll live something I don't have to fix."
Ethan connected the Neuralink,
closed his eyes…
…and the world disappeared.