I Am an NPC in the Wasteland

Introduction Five hundred years ago, black holes tore through the sky, nuclear explosions devoured stars, and the once-dazzling Alpha Star became a dead wasteland. The few survivors huddled in their shelters, witnessing civilization's fall from the clouds to the primitive abyss. Five hundred years later, residents of the shelter Ke Yu and Nataya joined hands with the central computer Xiao Ke to package the devastated wasteland into an immersive "game". Players on Earth in 2160 put on game helmets and traveled across the stars with their consciousness, but they did not know that they were stepping into a real battlefield for the revival of civilization. Three-dimensional printed equipment hides the miraculous effects of Alpha Star's mysterious materials, and the boundaries between virtuality and reality are blurred here. This group of "players" created miracles in the wasteland—stations rose from the ground, Hope Town and Dawn Town lit up lights for wanderers, and Dawn Market built a trading bridge. They fought off mutant tribes, rescued hundreds of natives, and now use the Great Wall as inspiration to build a massive defensive wall across the wasteland. While half of the defensive city stood tall, a new crisis was lurking in the dark. Outside the boundaries of the forgotten shelter shield, unknown dangers are staring at this new spark of civilization...