<P> When Art3mis finds the Jade Key, Parzival scrambles to planet Archaide, where he plays a perfect game of Pac - Man, receiving only a quarter as a prize . Aech provides a hint leading him to the planet Frobozz where he solves the text adventure game Zork . Sorrento, who had tracked Art3mis and Aech using a premium locator artifact, quickly establishes a base there to farm their company's avatars with keys, and soon unlocks the second Gate and acquires the Crystal Key . Shoto tells Parzival that the Sixers infiltrated Daito's real - life apartment and threw him out of the building, killing him . </P> <P> Parzival unlocks the Jade Gate, a Voight - Kampff machine in the Blade Runner universe, and completes the arcade game Black Tiger as a character from the first - person shooter perspective . Using his knowledge of Rush, he acquires the Crystal Key, and after playing "Discovery", the third track off of their album 2112, discovers a clue that Sorrento overlooked regarding the conditions to unlock the final gate . As he messages Art3mis, Aech, and Shoto with his solution, Sorrento ends their covert attempts to clear the third gate, Castle Anorak, and places a force field around it . </P> <P> Wade manipulates his assumed identity in order to be arrested and placed in indentured servitude in IOI's tech support department . While inside IOI, he uses black market passwords and security exploits to hack into IOI's intranet: he acquires a wealth of information, including footage of Daito's murder . The information also includes the attempt on his own life, as well as plans to kill Shoto and Art3mis in real life . After escaping the corporation, he shares his information with his friends, and publicizes a gathering of avatars to storm the castle . They are interrupted by Ogden Morrow, who offers them a safe haven at his home in Oregon . Wade meets the real - life Aech and Ogden, but not Art3mis and Shoto, who are already hooked into Ogden's immersion pods . </P> <P> The day of the battle, Wade uses his planted hack to bring down the barricade, and a massive fight among avatars ensues . After Parzival uses Ultraman to fight against Sorrento's Mechagodzilla Kiryu, Parzival and friends unlock the gate, at which point the Sixers use an artifact called the Cataclyst to destroy the castle and all avatars over a large area . Parzival survives because having the Pac - Man quarter granted him an extra life . As he enters the Crystal Gate, he announces that if he wins he will share his fortune with his three friends . With Sorrento and his Sixers on his heels, Parzival plays Tempest, role - plays King Arthur and various characters in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and finally retrieves the Easter egg in Adventure . His victory grants him control of the OASIS, including wiping out his enemies' avatars, resurrecting his friends, and a Big Red Button that would wipe OASIS once and for all . Sorrento is arrested for the murder of Daito and for conspiring to kill Wade and the others . Back in Oregon, Wade and Art3mis finally meet in person and rekindle their relationship with a kiss . </P>

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