The Alchemist Chapter Summaries

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Prologue: A massive virtual reality world called the OASIS is created by James Halliday and Ogden Morrow. When James Halliday dies, it is revealed that he hid an easter egg in the game that would give the person who found it control over the OASIS. To find the easter egg, one must find the copper, jade and crystal key and the corresponding gates and also know lots about 80s pop culture. Chapter 1: We are introduced to Wade Watts, he lives in the stacks (trailers stacked on top of each other) , where he shares a trailer with his aunt and 14 other people. Wade sneaks out of his trailer into his secret hideout where he logs into the OASIS. Chapter 2: Wade talks about why he goes to school in the OASIS, instead of the real world. He also talks about the Sixers, employees of IOI, whose sole goal is to take over the OASIS. Chapter 3: Wade enters the …show more content…

Shoto approaches Wade and tells him Daito left something for him in his will. Chapter 25: Shoto tells Wade that Daito was killed in the real world by the Sixers. Shoto gives Wade what Daito left for him in his will and Wade gives Shoto a gift. Chapter 26: Wade figures out that the second gate is at the Tyrell building from Blade Runner. Wade has to play a 3D version of Black Tiger which he does. He gets a Giant Robot and a clue to the crystal key. Chapter 27: The crystal key is in the Temple of the Syrinx and Wade easily gets it and he is told he cannot open the third gate alone. However, the Sixers have surrounded the location of the third gate, Castle Anorak, with a magical shield that cannot be broken for as long as the wizard that created it is touching the shield. Chapter 28: Wade tells Art3mis, Aech, and Shoto how to find the second gate. Then he modifies his identity of Bryce Lynch to owe lots of money to IOI who promptly take him to a debtors prison. Chapter 29: Wade is taken to the debtor's prison where he is forced to work for IOI to repay his

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