The world loaded in pieces.
I closed the game. Unplugged my internet. Restarted my computer. The next morning, I deleted the .exe, cleared my cache, and ran three different antivirus scans.
That night, I woke up at 3:00 AM. My monitor was on. The screen was black except for a single blinking cursor in the top-left corner. And below it, one line of text: Welcome back, CavemanChad. The fire is still burning.