Most parts of the small town were empty. From the entrance to the government building, fewer than two hundred ordinary people were scattered nearby, but about a dozen players had turned up.
Buzz Cut really thought Xu Huo was just passing through, so he handed him a simple meal. "Sorry about this, we're really short on food here, so this is the best we could manage."
"Thanks." Xu Huo didn't mind at all; he took off his protective suit and started eating.
The environment in Zone 010 was already unsuitable for farming, and the few mutant plants that survived were all inedible. So most food was bought from the Outer Zone. Food there wasn't too expensive, but the players willing to stay in 010 and support so many ordinary people definitely weren't spending their money only on food—being frugal was expected.
