The Dream World had initially been nothing more than an experiment Ke Meng had casually put together. When he used the dream-spreading skill back then, he had never anticipated how things would develop.
Now, more and more Orange Star People were pouring into the Dream World. Without the agony of drowning, it was practically a second life to them, an unconventional virtual game.
Ke Meng could switch to the perspectives of fish players and experience the emotions they gave off as they fell onto the ground.
Struggling to breathe, unable to adapt, about to die.
Mandarin fish, cookiecutter sharks, catfish, boxfish, tropical fish, pistol shrimp...
More and more fish spawned in midair, in such a dizzying variety that he could not take them all in.
They fell onto the grass. Since their anatomy still followed the usual rules, death was naturally their fate once they left the water.
Some amphibious animals also fell onto land. They did not die and managed to survive.
But even amphibians needed luck. If they fell into a desert, the blazing sun would dry them out outright.
Ke Meng saw an octopus spawn on a rock. Without any water, she could only crawl aimlessly over it.
He had expected the octopus to suffer, but he sensed no distress from her.
Ke Meng switched to this octopus player's perspective and understood why she could still survive so comfortably.
This octopus girl had stored water in her mantle cavity. As a marine animal, she could survive for a short while on the oxygen in that water.
"This octopus knows a thing or two," Ke Meng remarked.
Fortunately, she could not hear Ke Meng's mental commentary.
If she could, her mind would surely be unable to withstand it.
After watching for a dozen seconds or so, Ke Meng