While Jake embarked on a long and vengeful hunt against any sea creatures or birds that had caused his death at least once, the Ordeal kept proceeding for the rest of the participants.
Those who had not been able to reach shore had long since given up and those who were able to had long since begun the second or third trial of the Sanctuary Bubble. Those like Jake who were able to persist this long despite the many failures were extremely rare, but on the scale of 11 million Players, there were still quite a few.
Among them were two pink-haired young women in their twenties who had finally made it to the beach after countless efforts. Their bodies were absolutely gorgeous and most of the men would have had a hard time controlling themselves in their presence, but right now they looked like they were at the end of their rope.