Lin Yuan looked in the direction Doll Girl was pointing and indeed saw several people swimming desperately in the sea some distance away.
Unlike the players with their extravagant appearances in the later stages of Paradise, these swimmers were all dressed as plain fishermen, and their builds were only those of somewhat sturdy ordinary people.
They did not look like players.
"Could they be ordinary residents of the Endless Sea?"
Lin Yuan pondered as he watched.
It was perfectly normal for players previously dragged into the game to have settled down and raised families at sea.
He just did not know whether the system would recognize people born directly in the Endless Sea as players.
"But... why are they all swimming?"
"Could taking a boat across the Endless Sea actually be the niche option, while swimming is the norm?"
As he was thinking, however, Lin Yuan noticed something wrong.
Those players in the distance were sinking lower the more they swam. Despite paddling desperately with their arms and legs, they could not get above the surface.
"They seem to be in trouble. Let's save them!"
Lin Yuan hurried into the water with Lilia and swam toward them.
Although he could not use the Shell Pump, Lin Yuan could swim as fast as a speedboat through sheer strength alone.
Doll Girl could move by stepping on the surface, traveling no slower than Lin Yuan.
A few minutes later, they reached the drowning people, who had already lost consciousness.
There was nothing unusual around them, and the seawater beneath them was calm. They had not encountered any special creature.
"It seems the seawater in the Endless Sea is the same as in Paradise. Only 'boats' can float on the surface."
Ordinary people could stay afloat briefly by swimming, but they would gradually