Hearing that NPCs were giving away free food, Ma Lou, the Wasteland gourmet, immediately perked up.
[Even Monkeys Have Dignity]: "Holy shit! There's a deal like that? NPCs actually offer you food?"
[Cat Woken Up by a Midnight Urge]: "Oh, please! That food... we really couldn't stomach it!"
"What they brought out wasn't roast meat or black bread at all."
"It was bowls of... white worms, the tiny kind, still wriggling!"
"And those townsfolk grabbed handfuls and ate them raw right in front of us, savoring every bite!"
Reading that description, quite a few players eating late-night snacks in the group suddenly felt their stomachs churn.
[Fragile College Student]: "Urgh... stop, Cat Bro. My instant noodles suddenly don't look so appetizing."
[Doesn't Eat Chocolate]: "Reporting in, sir! This set meal is a little lacking in class!"
[Cat Woken Up by a Midnight Urge]: "You're absolutely right! They didn't even add Amur cream! (doge)"
[Cat Woken Up by a Midnight Urge] continued:
"And that wasn't even the end of it!"
"We couldn't stand the sight, and none of us dared eat those worms, so we went to check out the church in the center of town."
"And guess what?"
"The Divine Statue in that church was completely intact! Its surface even gave off a faint glow. There wasn't a single sign of damage!"
"But there was no Deity Barrier over the town!"
"That's why I wondered if the game had bugged out. Maybe the Deity's Barrier effects hadn't loaded?"
At those words, the group fell silent again.
[Ji Luo] frowned as well.
If it really was as Cat Alliance Leader said, and a system bug had prevented the Barrier effects from loading...
Then such a careless mistake in this intensely realistic, hardcore Wasteland World seemed rather out of keeping with the