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Ultimately, Joe Chip learns that Runciter, in fact, was the sole survivor of the explosion on the moon, and that his messages to the group are the result of his attempts to communicate with them while they are in half-life.
The regressing world in which they find themselves is discovered to be the product of Jory Miller, another half-lifer whom Runciter encounters earlier in the story while communicating with Ella.
It is revealed that Jory devours the life force of other people who are in suspended animation to prolong his own present existence.
Of the group of anti-psychics and technicians, only Joe Chip eludes him, aided by the substance called Ubik.
This substance, whose name is derived from the word " ubiquity ", has the property of preserving people who are in half-life.
Joe Chip is instructed in its use by Ella Runciter, who is en route to a reincarnation.

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