As soon as Ke Meng descended, he used Synesthesia to check on several familiar targets.
First came the two player believers. Ke Meng saw their bodies standing in a daze in Tree Spirit territory, their eyes vacant.
The Tree Spirits had not bound the two players, because they sensed the aura of their own kind on them-they shared the same faith.
With the same faith, everyone could coexist peacefully and work together toward the great cause of awakening Cthulhu.
Likes Chocolate and One Dream Sea Sky had been logged in for some time. Their heads felt foggy, and an inexplicable urge stirred in their hearts, urging them to awaken that great being.
Lines of text kept appearing in the chat channel as the commander repeatedly asked about their physical condition.
The two players said their lives were not in danger yet. They were even getting along peacefully with the Tree Spirits.
The Kobolds, however, were harder to deal with. Anything they confiscated became theirs, never to be returned.
Neither race of monsters gave them any further trouble, and they were free to leave.
The two really did leave afterward, feeling as though they had narrowly escaped death.
When the people at the research institute learned they had escaped safely, they breathed a great sigh of relief and hurriedly sent people to retrieve their game characters.
"Are you all right?" the commander asked nervously.
"We're fine. We're fine." One Dream Sea Sky shook his head. "Just a little sleepy. I'll log out and get some rest."
"Go ahead. Don't put off your rest."
The two players then logged out and returned to reality.
At that point, Ke Meng lost the images from his Synesthesia.
In theory, Ke Meng could still use Synesthesia to reach Orange Star itself. After all, these were