Unlike Su Mo, who was in the vast ocean with a piece of land all to himself,
the other contestants who had entered this sea region together were not so lucky.
Everyone had been roughly thrown into the seawater and could only drift helplessly up and down with the waves.
Some unlucky souls who were poor swimmers nearly chose to surrender because of this. Fortunately, the game had not been completely ruthless and had issued them lifebuoys.
Otherwise, before the game even began, several thousand people would have been eliminated during the preparation phase alone.
"What the hell? Why is this preparation space on the sea? Isn't this just messing with us?"
"Holy crap, look at the Game Panel! It says we have to establish or find a faith in the Gambling Duel Space before we can learn the location of the island belonging to that faith in this space. Otherwise, we can only keep floating!"
"Then can't we just not come to this space? Wouldn't it be better to stay in the Gambling Duel Space?"
"No. It says here that as soon as we fall asleep, we'll automatically come here."
"Damn, doesn't that mean we'll struggle in the Gambling Duel Space during the day and soak in the water at night?"
"Seems like it. Who the hell can stand this? I've only been soaking for ten minutes, and I feel like I'm about to die!"
"It's so hot, and I'm so thirsty. Can anyone give me a sip of water?"
"I quit! I surrender! I'm not playing anymore!"
"..."
Although the game had issued lifebuoys to help some unlucky poor swimmers, people still began choosing to quit one after another, unwilling to endure this inhuman torture.
They had originally come in just to kill time, planning to safely remain