At dusk.0

The newbies, who had been mercilessly tested by the game all day, returned to the outpost, dragging their tired bodies and tattered equipment with them.0

When they set off from Shelter 117, many of them carried engineering shovels and axes produced by Steel Plant 81, or shields, javelins, spears, and bows and arrows made by Woodworking Cabin.0

By the time night fell, almost everyone's equipment had been replaced by steel bars, sticks, and even bricks picked up from somewhere.0

Some players didn't even come back at all.0

After being Cloud Gamers on the forum for several months, they finally experienced how realistic a 100% realistic virtual reality game could be.0

Throwing the tattered stick on the ground, a newbie called Painter, sat down at the south gate, cursing. "Bloody hell, the Cruncher was too strong. It never stopped chomping wildly at my shield, and almost took off my nose!"2

His good friend, Illustrator, also echoed the sentiment. "That's right! Didn't they say that Crunchers were novice monsters? They’re too strong!"1

They weren’t the only ones who ran into unusually strong Crunchers.0

In fact, it was not just the newbies who found it difficult,...0