The pilots are exposed to a new reality and a new metaverse. Old and new heroes rise, plans are revealed, and we return to a world we once knew.

Four strangers are brought together to compete in the latest in eSports Virtual Reality Gaming...Project: Metaverse. It's winner take all until the top players are assigned to work as a team to stop another group of pilots who are attempting to hack the metaverse. Secrets abound and a figure from the past reveals their true colors, as the players bork their way through this strange new game.

Flashing back several months in the past, Nick attempts to reunite with his missing teammates after the events on Xerates Island. Along the way he learns some disturbing information about a possible mole in the group and something called Project: Metaverse...

Having found a way back home, the pilots are joined by Nick and learn some disturbing news about The Program. They travel to a world of joy that has been broken by other pilots...or would that be borken?

The battle for Colbie, OH rages on while the team back on Xerates' Island find themselves confronted with an old friend turned foe. The Arena reveals its greatest secret yet and things will never be the same.