The netizens were still excitedly egging them on.
But the players in the game had already sprung into action—
After hearing that "offspring can count as an extra life," the animals gathered around the campfire eagerly scanned the surrounding players, hoping to find animals of their own species to cooperate with and have children.
Right before Xu Meng's eyes, the animals that had been stubbornly guarding the campfire, too afraid to move for fear someone would take their spots, finally began to disperse.
Saber-toothed tigers went looking for saber-toothed tigers, squirrels gathered with squirrels, and sika deer squeezed together affectionately.
There were also dire wolves, lizards, bison, camels, otters, beavers, koalas...
Thankfully, several different migration groups had gathered here. Otherwise, with so many species present, it would have been questionable whether they could even find their own kind.
At least a third of the animals around the campfire could now find others of their species.
But finding their own kind did not mean they could have offspring.
They were still a long way from that!
Before taking a Long Rest together and gambling on the odds, they had a more pressing problem—
They had found others of their species.
But they had not found just one.
Three sika deer, five beavers, three bison, six squirrels... Groups with multiple animals of the same species were everywhere.
Even numbers were fine. They just had to gather together, admire each other's fur, make a few "deer, deer, deer" calls, and let those who caught each other's eye pair off on their own.
After all, they were animals. Jealousy and rivalry would not be too serious.
But odd numbers were troublesome—
If there were three or five animals of the same species, or if there had originally been an even number but someone did