Chapter Summaries

Wang Yu found a sheltered cove and used baited fishing cages to catch White Ding Fish, securing a food source on the deserted island. As the sun began to set, he accepted a bowl of water from Liu Xinyue and drank it.

• Wang Yu rode Big King along the reef-lined shore until he found a cove with calmer water.
• Wang Yu baited three linked fishing cages with centipedes, weighted them with rocks, and lowered them into the sea.
• Wang Yu felt a tug on the tether and caught a White Ding Fish, then kept it in a seawater-filled pit and rebaited the cage.
• Wang Yu caught another White Ding Fish and five more over the next hour.
• Liu Xinyue sent Wang Yu a bowl of water through a Trade Request, and he accepted and drank it.

Wang Yu caught and prepared twenty-three White Ding Fish, then multiplied the meat and listed it on the Trading Channel for storage. As other Players gave up on the Trial because of thirst, hunger, and Poison Scorpions, Wang Yu rode toward the island’s interior.

• Liu Xinyue warned Wang Yu that Poison Scorpions were nearby, and he told her to stay close to the Wild Rat King.
• Wang Yu pulled in his Fishing Cage because of the rough seas and counted twenty-three White Ding Fish.
• Wang Yu cleaned the fish and obtained fifty-seven jin of meat, then used Dice to increase it to 285 jin.
• Wang Yu listed the fish meat on the Trading Channel to keep it fresh, then rode Wild Rat King Big King toward the island’s interior.
• Players complained about the lack of food and water and the Poison Scorpions, and many agreed to quit the Trial.
• A notification announced that Wang Yu had listed 285 portions of White Ding Fish on the Trading Channel.

Wang Yu returned to the shelter and shared delicious raw fish with Liu Xinyue and Yu Min, then explained why they needed to ration their food. His listing of 285 pounds of fish stunned Players across the island, including rival groups struggling to find food and water.

• Wang Yu returned to Liu Xinyue and Yu Min at the spring, where they had built a shelter between two rocks.
• Wang Yu served the women sashimi from his fish, and all three found it exceptionally delicious.
• Wang Yu told Liu Xinyue and Yu Min to ration their fish because catching more required scarce bugs for bait.
• Liu Xinyue and Yu Min asked Wang Yu to tell them about his previous Survival Games.
• Players across the island reacted with disbelief to Wang Yu's listing of 285 pounds of fish, while Su Qingxue's group, Jia Feng, Chu Feng, and members of supernatural organizations saw the listing.

Wang Yu traded fish and spring water to Su Qingxue for a growable building machine and 20 centipedes. Su Qingxue shared the food and water with the Qinghong Society, whose members agreed the trade was worthwhile.

• Su Qingxue offered Wang Yu the Sand-Swallowing Stone-Spitting Device in exchange for fish and daily potable water.
• Wang Yu negotiated to trade 250 jin of fish and 2,000 ml of spring water for the device and 20 centipedes.
• Wang Yu collected water, completed the trade, and bound the Sand-Swallowing Stone-Spitting Device through his Personal Panel.
• Su Qingxue distributed the fish and water to the Qinghong Society, and the members ate and drank.

After trading with Su Qingxue, Wang Yu obtained the Sand-Swallowing Stone-Spitting Device and demonstrated how it could turn rocks into building stones. He upgraded it with two Tungsten Steel Long Sabers, increasing its output, and set the Wild Rat Kings to gather rocks for construction.

• Wang Yu summoned the Sand-Swallowing Stone-Spitting Device and explained its use to Liu Xinyue and Yu Min.
• Yu Min and Liu Xinyue enthusiastically planned to use the device to build a castle, while Wang Yu asked them to ensure he had a room.
• Wang Yu added two Tungsten Steel Long Sabers to the device and upgraded it from F-Rank to D-Rank.
• Wang Yu set the machine to produce interlocking stones at one cubic meter per hour and sent the Wild Rat Kings to feed it rocks.

Wang Yu and the two women settled into their rocky refuge, while Wang Yu arranged a daily fish-and-water payment for the Sand-Swallowing Stone-Spitting Device. In the morning, he found stone supplies for building a shelter and set out with Big King to catch more fish, as the island’s survivors drew hope from his success.

• Wang Yu told Liu Xinyue and Yu Min that he had traded 250 catties of fish and 2,000 milliliters of water each day for the device, and both women agreed to let him make the decisions.
• Wang Yu and the women slept in the gap between two rocks while Big King kept watch; many players died overnight on the island.
• Wang Yu found Big King loading stones into the device and confirmed that its sturdy stone output could be used to build their shelter.
• After breakfast, Wang Yu told Liu Xinyue and Yu Min to plan the shelter while he went fishing, then rode Big King to the shore.
• Wang Yu used Dice to Increase his fishing cages from three to twelve, baited them with centipedes, and cast them into the sea.
• The [Chat Channel] population fell from over 1.2 million to a little over 800,000, while Wang Yu's large fish trade gave the remaining players hope that they could find food.

On the second day of the Game Trial, players struggled to find water and fishing spots, while Wu Xiang sold his spring water to a wealthy buyer. As desperate players considered leaving the trial, Wang Yu listed 1,015 kg of White Ding Fish for trade.

• Players searched for water before the sun rose, and many who found damp soil struggled to dig through rocks to reach it.
• Wu Xiang listed Spring Water for 100 Copper Coins per 200 ml, then announced that a rich buyer had purchased all of it.
• Extraordinary Players who had found water searched the coast for places to fish but could not find suitable spots.
• Players complained in the [Chat Channel] and tagged Wang Yu to ask how he caught fish, while many said they would leave the Game Trial.
• Wang Yu listed 1,015 kg of White Ding Fish in the [Trading Channel].

Wang Yu caught and multiplied his White Ding Fish haul into a ton of meat, stunning the other players and confirming his food supply was secure. Back at the shelter, he discussed the slow pace of construction with Liu Xinyue and Yu Min.

• Su Qingxue and the Qinghong Society caught mostly fishy Hairtail Fish and wondered why they could not find White Ding Fish.
• Wang Yu caught 156 White Ding Fish, cleaned them into 406 jin of meat, and used Dice-Increased Quantity to multiply it into 2,030 jin.
• Wang Yu listed 1,015 kg of White Ding Fish meat in the Trading Channel, shocking players and prompting some to dig for water so they could fish.
• Wang Yu returned to the shelter, where Liu Xinyue and Yu Min marveled at his haul and told him that the Sand-Swallowing Stone-Spitting Device was too slow to build their planned castle quickly.

Wang Yu planned a secure castle on the island, using boulders and four Wild Rat Kings to make up for their limited supply of processed stone. He and Liu Xinyue and Yu Min agreed on a safety-focused design before he set out to find salt, water, and possible dangers.

• Wang Yu refused to reveal that he could duplicate the Sand-Swallowing Stone-Spitting Device and said their shelter needed to prioritize safety over appearance.
• Wang Yu summoned three more Wild Rat Kings, revealing four in total, and explained they could move the island’s boulders for the castle walls.
• Wang Yu warned Liu Xinyue and Yu Min that the trial would likely bring serious dangers, despite players finding food and water.
• Wang Yu said he would search the shore for a way to make salt and explore the island for water sources, its size, and potential hazards.
• Wang Yu, Liu Xinyue, and Yu Min discussed and settled on a simple castle design that prioritized safety.

Wang Yu and the two women began planning a castle on the slope while the four Wild Rat Kings dug its foundation. Chu Feng contacted Wang Yu, warned him that players could not obtain an island after the trial, and repaid Wang Yu for saving his life with a spatial conch; Wang Yu also learned that Strange Fruits could be found somewhere on the deserted island.

• Wang Yu set the four Wild Rat Kings to digging a castle foundation as the two women discussed the castle’s layout and a possible swimming pool.
• Chu Feng invited Wang Yu to join Paradise Island and promised him territory, but Wang Yu refused.
• Chu Feng warned Wang Yu that the game’s rules made obtaining an island impossible and said he knew Wang Yu had saved him on Paradise Island.
• Chu Feng sent Wang Yu a Void Sea Conch Shell with a one-cubic-meter storage space as thanks, and Wang Yu accepted it.
• Chu Feng told Wang Yu that Strange Fruits could be found on the deserted island and explained that he had started the Game Trial to drive plotters away from Paradise Island.

Wang Yu received a Void Sea Conch Shell from Chu Feng in exchange for White Ding Fish and learned that Chu Feng might be hiding rules that would keep trial participants from receiving islands. After binding the shell and discovering it could hold Spring Water, Wang Yu planned to set up a salt-drying area before the group continued building their castle.

• Wang Yu traded 100 jin of White Ding Fish to Chu Feng for a Void Sea Conch Shell containing one cubic meter of Spring Water, and Chu Feng warned him not to challenge his claim over the world.
• Wang Yu suspected the Game Trial’s island reward might be blocked by secret rules known only to Chu Feng, then decided to treat the island trip as a vacation.
• Wang Yu bound the Void Sea Conch Shell to his Personal Panel and enlarged it to reveal the Spring Water inside, surprising Liu Xinyue and Yu Min.
• Liu Xinyue and Yu Min proposed building a Swimming Pool, and Wang Yu agreed they could do so after the castle was finished.
• Wang Yu decided to make a hillside salt-drying area and set the Sand-Swallowing Stone-Spitting Device to produce a large stone slab for a seawater container.
• As the sun began to set, Wang Yu asked Liu Xinyue and Yu Min to gather stones while the Wild Rat Kings dug the castle foundation.

Wang Yu expanded his water storage and searched the barren island’s mountains for Strange Fruits, finding only desolate peaks for days. After a week, he discovered a vast, lush Great Canyon and faced the problem of reaching its depths.

• Wang Yu, Liu Xinyue, and Yu Min made stone materials while four Wild Rat Kings dug the castle foundation and ten Big Dogs guarded against Poison Scorpions.
• Wang Yu multiplied his Void Sea Conch Shells, then sent seawater to Liu Xinyue so she could fill the salt-drying pit.
• Wang Yu rode Wild Rat King Big King into the mountains to search for Strange Fruits, resting during the hottest hours and sheltering overnight.
• After three days without finding anything, Wang Yu continued exploring rather than returning to the shelter.
• Seven days later, Wang Yu discovered a vast Great Canyon filled with greenery, but found its sheer cliffs offered no way down.

On the 15th day of the Game Trial, most players struggled to find enough food, while Chu Feng’s group had plentiful fish and headed into the mountains after locating something. Elsewhere, Steve Maidun’s Galaxy Team pressured Yamamoto Ichiro’s group for supplies, and Salman’s group set out to explore a canyon Johan had found.

• The Chat Channel had dwindled to 45,721 players, and most teams survived on small catches from insects found at water sources.
• Chu Feng’s giant python brought fish ashore for his group, and after a scout reported finding something, Chu Feng packed their food and led them toward the mountains.
• Steve Maidun ordered his Galaxy Team to continue exploring the island and told his soldiers to demand daily food and water from Yamamoto Ichiro’s group.
• Yamamoto Ichiro agreed to give the Galaxy Team supplies and planned for his people to seek another water source.
• Johan told Salman he had found a tree-filled Great Canyon, and Salman led his group to explore it.

Wang Yu descended a sheer cliff into the Great Canyon and discovered a hostile group of Golden Gorilla Apes waiting below. Unable to climb back up or continue down safely, he remained stranded on the cliff as night approached.

• Wang Yu used two Tungsten Steel Long Sabers to inch down the sheer cliff, resting as he went.
• Wang Yu reached a point where he could see the canyon floor and spotted more than twenty Golden Gorilla Apes below.
• The Golden Gorilla Apes hurled soccer-ball-sized rocks at Wang Yu, but the rocks fell short and smashed into the cliff.
• Wang Yu estimated the apes were D+ or stronger and realized their numbers made fighting them dangerous.
• The Golden Gorilla Apes gathered beneath Wang Yu, leaving him trapped on the cliff with little strength to climb back up before nightfall.

Wang Yu reached a cave on the Great Canyon’s sheer cliff, where he found a skeleton, a Precious Sword, and a sea chart. With Golden Gorillas waiting below, he spent the night in the cave and resolved to find a way to explore the canyon.

• Wang Yu crossed the cliff face to reach the cave as the canyon grew dark and the Golden Gorillas called from below.
• Wang Yu explored the cave with Wild Rat King Big King and Wild Rat King Wang San, finding an ancient skeleton, a Precious Sword, and a Sheepskin Map identified as a Sea Chart of the 'Endless Sea'.
• Wang Yu buried the nameless skeleton near the cave entrance and rested after eating fish and drinking water.
• Wang Yu spotted stone ledges below the cave that could have served as a way in and out, but saw that the Golden Gorillas still guarded the canyon floor.
• Wang Yu decided to stay the night and continue seeking a way down because he wanted to explore the Great Canyon.

Wang Yu used an Invisibility Bracelet to descend into the canyon, avoided fighting the Golden Gorillas, and explored the lush valley. He gathered 156 nuts and traded them away before riding onward, where he heard cries ahead.

• Wang Yu used the Invisibility Bracelet to climb down the cliff on stone pillars and reach the canyon floor unseen.
• Wang Yu ran past the Golden Gorillas instead of fighting them and rode Wild Rat King Big King deeper into the canyon after the bracelet wore off.
• Wang Yu had his Wild Rat Kings gather 156 nuts from nearby trees.
• Wang Yu traded his White Ding Fish to Liu Xinyue and sent the nuts to Yu Min.
• Wang Yu continued exploring the canyon with Wild Rat King Big King and heard cries up ahead.

Wang Yu found a grove of Strange Fruit Trees guarded by the Golden Gorilla King and learned the fruits would ripen in forty-five days. He escaped the hill and gathered water from a river, leaving the fruit grove for a later attempt.

• Wang Yu spotted a hill guarded by dozens of Golden Gorillas and approached it while invisible.
• Wang Yu climbed a Strange Fruit Tree and learned its fruits would mature in forty-five days.
• Wang Yu counted thirteen fruits on each of twenty-one trees and decided to prepare before returning for them.
• Wang Yu escaped the hill, summoned the Wild Rat King, and reached a river after his invisibility wore off.
• Wang Yu enlarged his Sea Conch Shells, sent water to Liu Xinyue, and listed potable water for sale on the Trading Channel.

Wang Yu sold water to the thirsty Players on Paradise Island, then learned that Chu Feng and other factions were heading for the Great Canyon to compete for the Strange Fruit. He planned to leave the canyon before the fruit ripened in 45 days, but first intended to prepare a present for the arriving Players.

• Wang Yu repeatedly listed cubic meters of water for 100 silver coins, selling 23 units before the Players suspected he had found a Large Water Source and stopped buying.
• Wang Yu lowered the price to 10 silver coins per cubic meter, and Liu Xinyue bought the first unit at the new price, prompting other Players to resume buying.
• Chu Feng told Wang Yu that his people had found the Great Canyon and that he would arrive in about two days to seek the Strange Fruit; Wang Yu refused to cooperate.
• Wang Yu considered the growing number of factions that might compete for the Strange Fruit, which would ripen in 45 days, and decided he should leave the Great Canyon soon after preparing a present for the incoming Players.
• Wang Yu sold 138 cubic meters of water, earned 3,680 silver coins, and checked his wealth on his Personal Panel.

Wang Yu escaped the Great Canyon, gathered resources, and discovered a player riding a Giant Eagle approaching the canyon. He warned the Golden Gorillas to protect the Strange Fruit, then set off with the Wild Rat Kings toward his destination.

• Wang Yu had Wild Rat King Big King harvest nan bamboo, multiplied the poles with the Dice, and traded them to Liu Xinyue.
• Wang Yu collected dry wood, used his last Invisibility Bracelet to evade the Golden Gorillas, and climbed back to the canyon rim.
• Wang Yu made a fire, roasted White Ding Fish, and ate his first cooked meal in half a month.
• Wang Yu saw a player riding a Giant Eagle above the Great Canyon and had ten Wild Rat Kings call out to warn the Golden Gorillas about the approaching player.
• Wang Yu stopped the Wild Rat Kings' calls and rode one away at night, heading toward his destination.

Wang Yu encountered the Bald Eagle’s Galaxy Team while traveling back toward his shelter and nearly provoked a fight before deciding to avoid one. Captain Maidun recognized him as Wang Yu, leaving the team stunned and uncertain.

• Wang Yu rested and ate breakfast before continuing toward his hillside shelter on Wild Rat King Wang San.
• Wang Yu met seventeen foreign players in white armor and refused to hand over his supplies, instead demanding their Extraordinary Items.
• Cole tried to attack Wang Yu, but Captain Maidun stopped him, apologized, and warned that his group was the Galaxy Team of the Bald Eagle.
• Wang Yu judged that capturing the group would be risky and chose to leave rather than fight.
• Captain Maidun recognized Wang Yu from the Chat Channel, and the Galaxy Team members reacted with uncertainty after realizing who he was.