What remained of the NPC were the original residents of Red Valley and as for the players, those that remained were sacrificed to the Red Valley.
One by one, the leftover Players too stopped coming, due to the creepiness of the town and valley. only Dave remained.
Dave presumed the players weren't logging back. That was true for some but after a shocking discovery, he found out that most players were actually used by some cult members in the town as a sacrifice to the Trees they worship.
And what was worse was that, after one of them died, they died in the real world. This was what shocked Dave and decided to not log in again. However, whenever he logged out, he forgot that part of the story until he logged in.
"You gotta be kidding me!" Seth exclaimed.