In school, Rey embodied the essence of average. Even his... well, let's say his 'gear' down there? Yup, average too. And truth be told, he had pretty much gotten used to that status quo after living his whole life that way.
The novel starts reasonably; however, at chapter 131 (currently), the translation quality significantly drops off (the text is entirely lowercase and frustrating to read for at least several hundred chapters).
Being stuck in a game nobody leaves doesn't sound half bad to Cain. He was a high school dropout with a drinking problem, living off government disability payments due to his poor health, so it's not like he had much to lose except a few faithful friends he didn't talk to enough.
The endless fields of fruit loops, stretching as far as the eye can see
They could also glimpse as far as the eye could see fields of an unknown cereal, probably the source of the black bread they had eaten, as well as all sorts of buildings like the one they were confined in. A few villages were visible not far away, probably under the jurisdiction of the coastal city.