This Game Is Too Real

Official site of Wasteland OL.

Today is as lively as ever.

Players who have received expansion rewards are sharing their usage experiences on the forum, and complaints about Goblin Technology products unsurprisingly dominate the forum's hot topics.

After all, even the customers of other brands like "Huge Rock Military Industry" haven't gone offline yet, so even if they want to complain, they have to wait a bit.

African Chieftain: "Damn! Mosquito, your stuff is too outrageous!"

Yuanying Stage Power: "What's with the promised explosive booster that blew up as soon as the button was pressed?! (Confused)"

Executioner number one: "Hahaha, explosive booster, no problem!"

Brave Piggy: "Annoying! Made my buddy's 'Niuz' blow up! (Angry)"

Brave Niuniu: "Fuck you! I'm called Niuniu!"

A thinking person: "Why are some players cursing, isn't there a player screening process, Ah Guang how did you select these players!!!"

Dinosaur Warrior Blackened: "Give me his helmet!!! (Screaming)"

Elena: "First time playing this game? Goblin Technology products are like this, just get used to it. (Funny)"

Gnome King Riches: "You guys are actually wronging Mosquito, he has given you the best. If you can't accept it, I suggest you remove the option of 'Player Product Reward Pool'. (Funny)"

As early as several versions ago, gear DIY by players was allowed to be listed for sale on the system store, but entering the expansion lottery prize pool is something recent.

Of course, considering that players' creativity doesn't always have a positive impact, whether or not to connect to the prize pool is not a mandatory option, and selecting it will accordingly adjust the winner's probability with weighting compensation.

Wasteland OL has always been very humane in this respect.

As for the brothers who played and then couldn't afford it...

Well, they can't afford it.

Anyway, Mosquito's skin is already thick like a city wall, this kind of output is too weak for him.

While all the newbies were berating Mosquito, a shocking post suddenly entered everyone's view.

Night Ten: "Big news!!! Orion Missile Cruiser suspected to be commandeered! A hundred thousand Neutron Torpedo Arrows poised!!"

Tail: "Giao???"

Quit smoking: "What the heck?!"

Spring Water Commander: "Cough... Missile Cruiser? South Sea Union? And what's up with a hundred thousand Neutron Torpedoes?"

The post triggered waves upon waves when it was published!

Although the forum always lacked sensationalists, Night Ten wasn't just any sensationalist.

Because he frequently exposed insider news, people jokingly called him Ah Guang's son in private, showing that his statements had some credibility, albeit a varying degree.

And also because of this, not only were those "defending rights" players attracted by the shocking news, even Mosquito, who was pretending to be dead, jumped up.

WC really has Mosquito: "What the heck?! Which short-sighted guy is looking for trouble with our union again?"

African Chieftain: "Awooo! Hit them! (Angry)"

As always, Night Ten first posted and took a spot, waiting until over a hundred posts later, he slowly narrated the beginning and end of the affair on the forum.

"...We caught a disciple of the Enlightenment Society in Yavente City, a resident of Shelter No. 68, based on the clues dug out from his memory. Their purpose in hijacking the Academy's research ship was to head to the Orion Missile Cruiser located at the synchronous orbit."

Spring Water Commander: "Two questions, aren't they already at the Lagrange Point space station, why do they need the Academy's research ship? And doesn't the Academy have so many research ships, why not occupy the synchronous orbit's pit first?"

Fang Chang: "The first one is quite easy to explain, just because they are at the Lagrange Point space station doesn't mean they have the ability to travel between the Lagrange Point and Earth's synchronous orbit. Perhaps they aren't actually a physical entity but merely a piece of information stored on a hard drive or server."

Si Si: "'Digital Ghosts'?"

Meat Mountain Big Steamed Bun: "Hiss... So scary. (Afraid)"

Spring Water Commander: "Then what about the second one?"

Fang Chang: "There are many possible explanations. I tend to believe the Academy tried but failed due to insufficient conditions, hence putting this matter aside. But to be honest, interpreting from any angle is reverse reasoning from results, which honestly isn't very meaningful."

Mole on the Run in Canyon: "I think there's no point either, just tell me what to do.".

Fang Chang: "How would I know what to do, I'm not the Manager. Anyway, the next expansion might be related to space, probably... that's it. (Side-eye)"

Quit smoking:"Darn! Your analysis is too cursory!"

Debt Giant Eye: "The planner was ready to copy, swearing while putting the pen down again. (Funny)"

Construction Site Boy with Bricks: "Ah Guang: Brother, you make it really difficult for me. (Funny)"

Thunder Law King Professor Yang: "Sigh, watching helplessly as you turn Wasteland OL into Starry Sky OL, it pains my heart."

Dinosaur Warrior Blackened: "Ah ah ah, server, explode faster!"

Night Ten: "Starry Sky OL, launch! (Funny)"

Tail: "Oh! Meat Meat ship, launch!"

Meat Meat: "Our ship can only sail in the sea! (Laughing while crying)"

Si Si: "Looks like Coral City's house prices will rise if deep-sea can block those Neutron Torpedoes."

Awo Sesame Paste: "I feel like since they're called torpedoes... it seems unlikely. (Helpless)"

"..."

The post quickly went off-topic.

And it showed no sign of returning to its original trajectory.

Chu Guang sat in the shelter, glanced at several game groups, and found that veteran players had indeed shifted the battlefield, albeit without any good ideas.

It's understandable.

That's a hundred thousand "neutron bombs," this kind of firepower surpasses the limits any survivor force in the wasteland can handle.

Looking at the lines of messages jumping on the holographic screen, Chu Guang twisted the pen in his hand with tightly furrowed brows.

"Not easy to handle..."

...

On the other side.

The sewer of Yavente City.

The flashlight's beam shook on the moss-covered brick walls, startling the mice hiding under the garbage pile.

Feng Qing and Gui Gui were walking down the passage while chatting casually, heading towards the target marked on their VM map.

"Emmm... So, at this moment, a hundred thousand neutron bombs are already aimed above us?"

"That's what it's saying on the forum, oh."

"Wow... seems hard to deal with.".

"Yes, hard to deal with."

After escorting the "culprit" to the Guard Bureau with friends from the Burning Corps, they merely did a quick check of injuries, changed into new gear, and dove back into the sewer to continue the task previously interrupted by unexpected incidents.

Although both were injured quite seriously, it wasn't to the point where they couldn't move.

However, thinking about the many big things hanging overhead, Gui Gui couldn't help but feel a wave of discouragement.

It felt as if the world was about to end, yet she was still clocking in at the Company like usual.

"...Damn! Why are we even bothering with this crappy task then!" Gui Gui said while kicking a pebble on the ground, watching it clang against the metal grating of the sewer.

Feng Qing looked at Gui Gui curiously.

"If you're asking why...well, it's for 1000 Silver Coins, of course. That's 1000 Silver Coins!"

Looking at this guy who was so nonchalant even at the supposed end of the world, Gui Gui said with a mixture of crying and laughing.

"But...if the world is going to end, what use are Silver Coins?"

Feng Qing: "Put it plainly, at least they can be exchanged for money?"

"Uh, seems like that's true." Gui Gui scratched her head, momentarily unable to refute.

At least the "Silver Exchange" wasn't showing any major fluctuations, several mysterious buyers were still secretly stocking up.

Moreover, they seemed to be buying even more?

Feng Qing smiled and patted Gui Gui's shoulder.

"Don't worry, don't worry, if the sky falls there's always someone taller to hold it up. Worrying here isn't going to help us."

"Your attitude is too good," Gui Gui sighed, suddenly having a whimsical thought and said, "Right, do you think it's possible that the Dog Plan can't handle it and wants to use this method...to reboot the server? And then public beta?"

"Hard to say." Feng Qing pondered for a moment and then spoke, "But I think...when that time comes, I might let someone who needs it take the helmet."

Gui Gui gave her a startled look, as if startled by her words.

"Damn, I just said your attitude is good, and now you're AFK?"

Feng Qing laughed and said.

"Well, it's not exactly AFK, although from the result it seems like there's not much difference..."

After pondering for a moment, she suddenly used an unusually serious tone.

"I just feel...familiar people have disappeared, and after the reboot, the world doesn't have their traces, nor does it have their continuation. Shouldn't let them and everything about this world live on in my memory? In short, to me, this chapter of the story has ended, that's probably how it feels, right?"

Though not the protagonist, this adventure held no regrets for her.

The world after the reboot wouldn't end here, the world wouldn't stop turning just because it lost a cog like her, maybe it'll even run more smoothly than before.

She had a strong premonition.

The successors who take the torch from their hands will run faster and go further!

Among those energetic newcomers, there might even be a girl named "Feng Qing", though completely different, she would possess strength and courage no less than hers.

She would inherit her ID and climb over the mountain peaks she could only look up to before.

Seeing Feng Qing with a faint smile at her mouth, Gui Gui sighed deeply, reaching out to scratch the back of her head.

"I can understand what you're saying, even though my thoughts are completely different...to me, meeting new people and redoing things is just way too bothersome."

After a few seconds of pause, she turned to look at Feng Qing, and said seriously.

"If such a day really comes, I might do the same thing as you."

Feng Qing smilingly patted her girlfriend's shoulder.

"Isn't it too early for us to talk about this now? Let's first earn those 1000 Silver Coins."

"Yeah!"

Gui Gui nodded vigorously, her previously slack face reigniting with enthusiastic zeal.

Even if tomorrow is the end of the world, she wants to clear the tasks from the task list!

If it really "shuts down," wouldn't the Alien nest in Yavente City's sewers become a lifelong regret for her?

Following the VM map's guidance, the two crossed a narrow hallway, dismantled a fence door, first descended a well, then passed an area of accumulated water, and climbed up a metallic ladder to reach a high platform.

The frightened little mouse indeed ran far, truly hard on it to travel over mountains and rivers just to gnaw under Street No. 17.

Is the water pipe there sweeter?

The two continued into a curving passageway, and the view before them suddenly widened.

This was a space completely different from before.

There wasn't the stench of sewers here, instead, the air was unexpectedly rather dry.

The walls on both sides were not made of bricks, but of a polymer material neither had seen before.

Soon, an escalator-like structure appeared in front of them, and judging from the scattered trash and roll-up doors with Gold Coins on both sides, was this an underground shopping street?

Or someplace like it.

"Could this be...pre-war civilization ruins?" Gui Gui's tone became excited, unexpectedly managing a big score before the end of the world.

Feng Qing was also clearly astounded by this surprising discovery, only focusing on inspecting with a flashlight, her mouth opened for a long time without saying a word.

Gui Gui walked over to a roll-up door, tried to lift it, but found it rusted shut, then gave up.

Backing up a couple of steps and taking a look at the nearby layout, she couldn't help but whisper.

"So did the Vellante people build a sewer on the ruins?"

Feng Qing thought for a moment, then said intentionally.

"Maybe it wasn't built by the Vellante people...this settlement perhaps didn't belong to the Vellante people initially?"

Gui Gui was stunned for a moment.

"Seems like it."

Feng Qing walked to the dust-covered escalator and looked at a pitch-dark circular hall downward, continuing.

"Two centuries ago, the earliest survivors established the settlement known as Yavente City on the ruins, they salvaged as much as they could and blocked off unsalvageable underground facilities to prevent variants from mixing in to build nests."

"After about half a century, or maybe a bit more...this settlement was occupied by the Vellante people. Most survivors living in Yavente City were born in the Wasteland Era, they had already forgotten the area locked away by their forefathers and the memories about this area."

"Even though the Vellante people inherited Yavente City's legacy, they didn't inherit what even the locals had already forgotten. They improved the original facilities, continually expanded, turning the new district into the old one, while here thoroughly became history."

Listening to Feng Qing's analysis, Gui Gui touched her chin and said.

"That explanation sounds quite reasonable."

Feng Qing awkwardly laughed, humbly said: "Just my bit of guesswork, not guaranteed."

"Doesn't matter if it's guaranteed, the fact this is a relic from the Era of Prosperity is undeniable!"

Gui Gui excitedly took out a reconnaissance drone from her backpack, then inserted the thumb-sized hard drive into her helmet.

Synchronization complete!

The tactical goggles on the helmet already showed the sight from the drone's camera!

"Let's take a look at what old relics of the Era of Prosperity were left here!"