Chapter 436 - 127: New Player Nicole in Wasteland! The Story of the Legendary City Lord...

Chapter 436: Chapter 127: New Player Nicole in Wasteland! The Story of the Legendary City Lord...

A3 Wasteland Planet.

A359 Area, Wasteland Wilderness.

Across the wilderness, dozens to hundreds of Refuge Cities are scattered.

These Refuge Cities are all the lowest, ordinary or Level 0 Refuge Cities.

But even so.

These Refuge Cities are still the safest havens for countless players on this crisis-ridden Wasteland Planet.

Pingwu Sanctuary City, located in the southwest corner of the wilderness.

At this moment.

Outside the gates of the city, lines of refugees are queued up, waiting to enter.

"I heard the benefits in this city are great!"

"Yes, here the mining work is an eight-hour shift, you get weekends off, a salary, and even holidays!"

"What holidays?"

"Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, National Day..."

"I’ve never heard of these holidays, but each holiday means a few days off, and they’re paid!"

"Of course, if you’re willing to work overtime on holidays, you can earn double or even triple pay!"

"Oh, this City Lord is really a good person, sounds like... Blue Star?"

"Of course!"

"In this wasteland, the only ones so conscientious must be those players from Blue Star!"

"..."

In the line outside the city gate, people whispered and discussed information about this Refuge City.

At the end of the line.

A thin, gaunt teenage girl looked around.

She listened clearly to the discussions of the people in front of her in line.

It’s just...

"This game is just too real!"

The girl couldn’t help but marvel in her heart.

Whether it’s the distant yellow sand filling the sky, or the modeling of these NPCs nearby, they seem almost indistinguishable from real people.

What’s more exaggerated is...

In the words of these people, the girl can clearly hear ’emotions.’

To enable NPCs to have emotions, or rather, to achieve this effect, one can see how powerful the production team of this game "Wasteland" is.

"Really strange..."

"Such an amazing game, I’ve never heard of it before."

"If not for accidentally receiving an internal test invitation, even as a game review blogger, I wouldn’t have had the chance to experience this."

The girl’s curious eyes surveyed the surroundings, not missing any detail ’worth evaluating.’

Even though she had just logged into the game briefly, she had already decided in her heart—

Once this internal test experience was over, she would go back and write a long review of ten thousand words, lavishly praising this treasure of a game!

"A game made with such craftsmanship and realistic visuals shouldn’t be buried."

The girl’s name is Nicole Audrey, a devoted game enthusiast and review blogger from Sheeva Star.

A day before.

While fretting over having no good games to review, she unexpectedly received a package at home.

Inside the box was a card and a futuristic-looking gray helmet.

On the card, written in Sheeva Star’s language was—

[Congratulations!]

[Nicole Audrey!]

[You have become a lucky internal tester for the game "Wasteland!"]

[Put on the game helmet to experience the most realistic Wasteland World!]

[In that wasteland, there is civilization, there is crisis, there is the extraordinary, and there is hope...]

[For your civilization, embark on an exploratory journey through the wasteland!]

In fact.

As a civilization close to Level II, the technological level of Sheeva Star is already extremely advanced.

There is no shortage of holographic game helmets on the market, as well as much more expensive game simulation pods.

Precisely because of this.

Nicole didn’t have much doubt, and she wasn’t very surprised by the helmet.

The only thing was—

She searched the helmet for a long time and didn’t see any familiar brand logo, making her a bit skeptical.

"Could it be a product from some obscure small company?"

With this thought, Nicole put on the helmet and logged into "Wasteland."

And her starting spawn point was right outside the gates of this Pingwu Sanctuary City.

Even the well-informed Nicole, in the short time after logging into the game, has said countless times, "This game is too real."

"Hey—"

"I’m Nicole."

"What’s your name, where are you from?"

After observing her surroundings for a while, Nicole decided to greet the middle-aged man in front of her line.

Just now, it was this middle-aged man who was introducing the ’entry benefits.’

To Nicole, this man was likely a beginner guide NPC in the early stages of the "Wasteland" game.

"Uh?"

The middle-aged man in the line ahead, hearing Nicole’s call, instinctively paused.

He turned his head, following the sound to look at Nicole.

Realizing that Nicole was a female player and quite good-looking, the man’s face showed a bit of friendliness.

The love of beauty is something everyone has.

Towards beautiful people and things, people can always subconsciously be a bit more patient.

"Dean Spencer."

"Beautiful lady, you can just call me ’Dean,’ or like they do, call me ’Uncle Dean.’"

Dean said with a smile.

After hearing this, Nicole became more convinced of her speculation.

Uncle Dean?

Listen to this name!

It almost screams ’beginner guide NPC’ on his forehead!

"Okay, Uncle Dean!"

Nicole, in a great mood, cheerfully greeted back, showing two adorable dimples on her face.

"When you were introducing this Refuge City, you mentioned ’Blue Star’?"

"Can you tell me about those things?"

"Or rather..."

"Is Blue Star an important clue, corresponding to some hidden mission in the early game?"

After identifying Uncle Dean’s identity in front of her, Nicole couldn’t wait to voice her questions.

After she spoke.

Dean’s face showed a peculiar expression.