I Scavenge in the Wasteland, and Players Call Me Boss

Name: I Scavenge in the Wasteland, and Players Call Me Boss
Author: Void Cat Bug

我在废土捡垃圾，玩家们叫我大佬

by Void Cat Bug (虚空猫猫虫)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 262k Words
Genre: Sci-Fi & Apocalypse
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[Fourth Calamity + Wasteland + NPC Disguise + Battle of Wits + Ensemble Cast]

Year 217 of the Ash Calendar, the Ashen Wastes. Chi Jin has survived for ten years using “mutation detection,” hearing fear, lies, and hidden cards in the frequencies of radiation veins.

Then he runs into a group of people whose “radiation frequencies are all wrong”: they walk over landmines without fear, call dying “logging off,” and refer to the wasteland as a dungeon. They think this is a full-dive game.

In three days, Chi Jin creates an identity that doesn’t exist: Mr. Jin. Cool green text. Quests with E-series codes.

The moment he posts his first quest, the guild channel explodes. No one asks how this NPC knows coordinates missing from the map.

Information is worth more than bullets. He holds the most valuable piece of information in the Ashen Wastes:

You didn’t come here to play a game. You are the game itself.

Also known as Ashen Wastes: Echoes of Civilization

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