Chapter Summaries

Ye Yuan gave the crew a day of free time in Nagasaki, then secretly raided two Ichiguchi Group breeding facilities to collect their Bluefin Tuna and eel stock for his space. He returned to sea after clearing out both farms, leaving the crew to enjoy their stopover before the boat departed the next morning.

• Ye Yuan assigned Yu Hongbo to clear the fish holds and restock supplies, while the rest of the crew received free time ashore until ten that night.
• Ma Hua led several unmarried crew members out, while Fatty went to shop for souvenirs for his wife.
• Ye Yuan secretly swam from the boat to Luzhou Fishing Ground, avoiding its workers and surveillance cameras.
• Ye Yuan collected the Bluefin Tuna fry, cut through the facility's isolation nets, and took hundreds of tuna, including more than twenty large adults.
• Ye Yuan raided the nearby eel farm and collected all its stock, from fry to market-ready fish, into his space.

After the Yushui Hao left Japan, Ye Yuan began searching the waters for fish and discovered a large, old shipwreck. He found crates of rubber, stones that might be jade rough stones, damaged antiques, and a huge amount of gold and silver, but had not yet identified the ship or salvaged its cargo.

• Ye Yuan returned to the fishing boat before noon and teased Gong Hongzhuang about buying only stone fungus.
• The Yushui Hao set sail the next day, and Ma Hua asked Ye Yuan when they would return to Japan.
• After the boat left Japan's territorial waters, Ma Hua and the crew urged Ye Yuan to find a school of fish, reminding him they could sell the catch at a nearby port.
• Ye Yuan extended his perception ahead of the boat and discovered a large shipwreck covered in barnacles, with the character "Maru" visible on its bow.
• Ye Yuan examined the ship's holds and found thousands of crates containing rubber, stones resembling jade rough stones, and damaged antiques and artworks.
• Ye Yuan discovered another hold with four large crates of gold and more than a dozen crates of silver.

Ye Yuan salvaged gold, silver, antiques, raw jadeite, and a skull from a sunken ship, then discovered it was the Apo Maru. The skull appeared to be the priceless Shangjing skull, but Ye Yuan was left wondering why the shipwreck was in these waters when the Apo Maru had reportedly sunk near Taiwan.

• Ye Yuan found a carefully waterproofed metal box containing a human skull among the ship’s gold and silver.
• Ye Yuan stopped his fishing boat near a coral reef and sent the sailors diving while he swam to the wreck.
• Ye Yuan stored the wreck’s gold and silver, the skull, antiques, and more than two hundred crates of raw stones in his space, triggering system notifications for valuable energy sources.
• Ye Yuan searched the bow and uncovered the ship’s name: Apo Maru.
• Ye Yuan recognized the Apo Maru as the vessel said to have carried the Shangjing skull and other treasures, and wondered how it had ended up so far from its reported sinking site near Taiwan.

After discovering that the skull in the wreck belonged to the Apo Maru, Ye Yuan returned to his crew and helped them catch lobsters. He then used his perception to locate a school of fish and ordered the crew to haul in the net almost immediately after casting it.

• Ye Yuan realized the skull he had found was the one the Apo Maru had been transporting and was overjoyed that he could bring it home to Huaxia Nation.
• Ye Yuan joined his crew in catching lobsters and stunned them by swiftly catching a large lobster underwater.
• The crew brought aboard one tonne of lobsters along with some abalone and sea cucumber, and Ye Yuan promised them a forty-percent share after expenses.
• Ye Yuan learned that the crew's catch counted toward his 300-tonne fishing mission and spotted a school of fish ahead.
• Ye Yuan ordered the crew to cast their net, then almost immediately told them to haul it in, leaving the crew puzzled.

Ye Yuan led the Yushui Hao's crew through a huge bonito haul and continued fishing at an unusually rapid pace. As the boat filled with more than a hundred tons of catch, the crew brought in a net of valuable Red-eyed Snow Crab.

• Ye Yuan ordered the crew to cast again after a massive school of bonito filled their net.
• Ma Hua identified the bonito, and Ye Yuan explained their habits and warned him about their sharp teeth.
• The crew sorted and stored the bonito while Ye Yuan kept pushing them to work quickly.
• Ma Hua told Yu Hongbo that Ye Yuan had been unusually diligent, and the Yushui Hao had already hauled in over a hundred tons of fish.
• Yu Hongbo brought Ye Yuan a large crab, and Ye Yuan identified it as a valuable Red-eyed Snow Crab.

Ye Yuan and the crew hauled in more than eight tons of snow crabs and shared some for lunch, while he warned the crew that Alaskan crab fishing was dangerous. As Ye Yuan watched the Bering Sea sunset and thought about his dream of seeing whales near the Bering Strait, Yu Hongbo asked what was wrong with him on the voyage.

• Ye Yuan told Gong Hongzhuang to prepare snow crab for the crew's lunch, and Yu Hongbo persuaded him to use crabs with broken legs.
• You Zhiyong asked Ye Yuan about fishing for crabs in Alaska, and Ye Yuan warned the crew that the dangerous work claimed lives each year.
• Ye Yuan sent the crew to cast another net, and the Yushui Hao hauled up more than eight tons of snow crabs across three nets.
• After dinner, Ye Yuan watched the Bering Sea sunset and thought about his dream of seeing whales near the Bering Strait.
• Yu Hongbo approached Ye Yuan on deck and asked what was wrong with him on the voyage.

Ye Yuan spotted a massive school of fish and directed the Yushui Hao to catch it. The crew hauled in a huge load, including five Bluefin Tuna, while Ye Yuan was relieved that not all of the tuna had entered the net.

• Yu Hongbo worried that Ye Yuan's unusually large catch was out of character, but Ye Yuan reassured him that he wanted to reward the crew.
• Ye Yuan sensed a large school of fish, called the crew to switch to large-mesh nets, and directed Ding Yi to steer the boat toward the catch.
• The school entered the net with enough force to jolt the boat, and Yu Hongbo ordered the crew to prepare to haul it in.
• Ye Yuan ordered the crew to retrieve the saturated net, and Pei Fei used both winches to pull it aboard.
• The crew found five three-meter-long Bluefin Tuna among the enormous catch, and Yu Hongbo directed them to secure and process the fish.

After the Yushui Hao hauled in a huge catch, Ye Yuan explained the difference between Humpback Salmon and salmon and warned the crew against eating fish raw. He ordered Gong Hongzhuang to prepare Bluefin Tuna for the crew and his parents, then asked Bao Chunyu why he wanted to take his portion off the boat.

• Ma Hua mistook a Humpback Salmon for sashimi salmon, and Ye Yuan explained how the fish differed and cautioned the crew about eating raw fish.
• The crew sorted the catch, including Humpback Salmon, Pacific Halibut, cod, and a Mackerel Shark, which they released back into the sea.
• Ye Yuan told Gong Hongzhuang to bring out a Bluefin Tuna, keep half for the crew to eat, and freeze the other half for his parents.
• Gong Hongzhuang agreed with Ye Yuan that the crew deserved the best food after their hard work and went to the freezing hold with Yu Hongbo and another crew member.
• Bao Chunyu asked Ye Yuan if he could take his tuna portion off the boat, and Ye Yuan wondered whether he planned to sell it.

Ye Yuan rewarded the crew with tuna and searched for a port after the Yushui Hao’s fish hold filled. The boat docked at Weisen, where Ye Yuan overheard two locals discussing the rare arrival of a Huaxia Nation fishing vessel.

• Bao Chunyu explained that he wanted to send tuna home to his younger sister, so Ye Yuan promised each crew member ten jin of tuna to take home or eat.
• Yu Hongbo told Ye Yuan the fish hold was full, and Ye Yuan searched the electronic chart for a supply port.
• Ye Yuan listened as Ma Hua and the other crew members joked about Humpback Salmon and other animal disasters in Kangaroo Country.
• Ye Yuan circulated the Water Control Art in his cabin until early morning, then went to sleep.
• The Yushui Hao docked at Weisen, where Ye Yuan understood two groups of locals speaking Bear Country’s language and heard them remark on the boat’s arrival.

Ye Yuan heard Nick and Krus compete for his business at Weisen Town’s harbor and chose to sell only his ordinary catches. After Nick left, Krus’s people began weighing the fish, while Ye Yuan left the work to Yu Hongbo and the others and returned to the cabin.

• Nick introduced himself as the person in charge of Kes Fishery and mocked Krus, the head of Weisen Fishery.
• Krus appealed to Ye Yuan’s Huaxia background and urged him to choose Weisen Fishery, while Nick promoted Kern Fishery.
• Ye Yuan had Ma Hua bring out cod, Pacific Halibut, and Humpback Salmon, then asked the two men to quote their prices.
• Krus offered prices Ye Yuan could accept, while Nick refused to offer more for the ordinary catches and asked whether Ye Yuan had anything better.
• Ye Yuan decided to sell only the lower-end catches at Weisen Town and save his premium goods for another harbor.
• Nick left after mocking Krus, and Krus’s people began weighing the catch as Ye Yuan left Yu Hongbo and the others to handle the sale.

Ye Yuan sold his hidden high-end catches to Cruz after Cruz tested and graded the Bluefin Tuna, including one SSS-grade fish. Cruz arranged for his younger brother to guide Ye Yuan and the crew around Weisen Town the next day, and Ye Yuan booked them rooms at an inn.

• Cruz followed Ye Yuan into the cabin and persuaded him to show the catches he had kept hidden.
• Cruz inspected four Bluefin Tuna and several tons of snow crab, then tested the tuna and found one was SSS-grade and three were A-grade.
• Cruz offered Ye Yuan acceptable prices for the tuna, snow crabs, and lobsters, and they completed the sale.
• Ye Yuan asked about nearby places to visit, and Cruz promised his younger brother would guide Ye Yuan and the crew the next day.
• Ye Yuan saw Cruz off, found an inn in town, and arranged rooms for the crew.

Yin Wan took Ye Yuan and the crew from Weisen Town to Xiudun Bar, where they found a crowded venue with a boxing match and learned that an intimidating visitor named Nibel was there. Yin Wan explained that the best seats were upstairs and hinted that spending one hundred thousand dollars could secure them.

• Yin Wan introduced himself as Cruz's younger brother and offered to guide Ye Yuan and the crew to a distinctive bar outside Weisen Town.
• Yu Hongbo, Pei Fei, and Jin Wen stayed in town while Yu Hongbo resupplied the Yushui Hao, and the rest traveled with Yin Wan through the woods.
• Ma Hua spotted a brown bear, and Yin Wan told Ye Yuan that bears often appeared around Kamchatka.
• Yin Wan brought the crew to a huge log building called Xiudun Bar and warned them that Nibel, whose red Paramount Marauder was parked outside, was difficult to deal with.
• Ye Yuan and the crew entered the bar, watched a boxing match, and sat at a table Yin Wan had reserved; Yin Wan said the upstairs private rooms required a hundred-thousand-dollar spend.

Ye Yuan and his crew watched a brutal underground boxing match in Kamchatka, where the fighter Ornison challenged their table. You Zhiyong entered the ring, and Ye Yuan learned that Ornison’s boss, Nibel, controlled most of the region’s mines.

• Ye Yuan joined Yin Wan and the crew at a boxing bar, ordered vodka, and learned that the fights had no rules except a ban on weapons.
• Ornison defeated an unconscious opponent while the referee let him continue, then challenged the crowd to send up another fighter.
• Yin Wan identified Ornison as Nibel’s bodyguard and warned that Nibel, the boss of Kamchatka, would not care if foreign crewmen were killed.
• Ma Hua rose to answer Ornison’s taunt, but You Zhiyong darted into the ring before Bao Chunyu could stop him.
• Ye Yuan asked whether his crew would be responsible if someone were seriously hurt, then questioned Yin Wan about Nibel’s power.

After You Zhiyong defeated Ornison in the bar, Nibel summoned him upstairs to offer him a bodyguard job. Ye Yuan accompanied You Zhiyong and learned that Nibel wanted to recruit him, while Nibel and his representative largely ignored Ye Yuan.

• You Zhiyong swiftly incapacitated Ornison with precise strikes and threw him out of the ring.
• Ye Yuan stopped the drunk Ma Hua from speaking carelessly and told the crew to stay downstairs while he and You Zhiyong met Nibel.
• A suited middle-aged white man led Ye Yuan and You Zhiyong to Nibel's private room, where Ornison was waiting.
• Ye Yuan identified Nibel and asked why he had called them upstairs.
• Nibel's representative said Nibel wanted You Zhiyong to become his bodyguard and promised generous compensation.

Ye Yuan accepted Nibel’s invitation to his secluded Kamchatka manor, hoping to get close to him, while sending Ma Hua and the crew back to Weisen Town. Ye Yuan and You Zhiyong toured the lavish estate with Sheria, but some areas remained off-limits unless You Zhiyong became Nibel’s bodyguard.

• Ye Yuan joked with You Zhiyong about Nibel’s offer, then told Nibel that You Zhiyong would not work for him.
• Ye Yuan accepted Nibel’s invitation to the manor, and Ma Hua and the crew arrived at the bar as they were leaving.
• Ye Yuan quietly instructed Ma Hua to return to the ship with Yin Wan and the others while he and You Zhiyong went with Nibel’s party.
• Ye Yuan and You Zhiyong rode for two hours to Nibel’s remote, luxurious manor, where bikini-clad women welcomed them inside.
• Sheria showed Ye Yuan and You Zhiyong around the manor and explained that some areas were accessible only if You Zhiyong became Nibel’s bodyguard.

After Sheria arranged for You Zhiyong to meet Nibel the next day, Ye Yuan secretly entered Nibel’s room and implanted a Loyalty Chip in him. The chapter ended with Nibel unconscious and the single-use implantation robot standing motionless beside his bed.

• Sheria left after arranging for You Zhiyong to meet Nibel the next day, and Ye Yuan hinted that he and Nibel would become friends.
• You Zhiyong urged Ye Yuan to escape the estate, but Ye Yuan told him to wait and later ordered him to stay in their room.
• Ye Yuan slipped past the estate’s guards and entered Nibel’s room while Nibel slept.
• Ye Yuan woke Nibel with a teasing remark, then knocked him unconscious when he reached for a pistol.
• Ye Yuan summoned a single-use implantation robot and ordered it to implant a Loyalty Chip in Nibel.
• After the thirty-minute procedure, the chip was implanted and the robot stood motionless.

Ye Yuan used the chip to make Nibel his servant and secured a wide-ranging strategic partnership between Nibel and Yuwan Seafood. The next morning, Ye Yuan discovered that a Five-colored Stone in Nibel’s reception room had triggered the system’s alert for a Super Energy Source, and Nibel revealed it came from a Siberian site where mammoth remains had been found.

• Ye Yuan waited for Nibel to wake, then learned the chip had made Nibel revere him and told him to act like a friend.
• Ye Yuan returned to his room and told You Zhiyong that Nibel had agreed to cooperate with Yuwan Seafood in seafood, clothing, leather, accessories, ore, and precious metals.
• The next morning, Sheria treated Ye Yuan submissively and escorted him and You Zhiyong to meet Nibel.
• Ye Yuan noticed the Five-colored Stone on Nibel’s desk after the system detected a Super Energy Source nearby.
• Nibel explained that the Five-colored Stone had been found in Siberian permafrost alongside many mammoths.

Ye Yuan discovered that the Five-colored Stone Nibel had found beside a mammoth carcass was worth one million system points, while Nibel revealed his team had collected more than two hundred mammoth carcasses. Nibel gave Ye Yuan the stone and a pile of diamonds, then said he had prepared more gifts to be delivered to Ye Yuan’s ship.

• Ye Yuan learned that Nibel’s team had found more than two hundred mammoth carcasses while searching Siberia.
• Ye Yuan touched Nibel’s fist-sized Five-colored Stone and learned the system would exchange it for one million points.
• Nibel said only two such stones had been found, and the other was a smaller stone being studied at a national laboratory.
• Ye Yuan took the Five-colored Stone, and Nibel gave him and You Zhiyong a pile of diamonds as a gift.
• Nibel said he had prepared other local specialties, which would be delivered to Ye Yuan’s ship.

Ye Yuan returned to the Yushui Hao with Nibel’s generous gifts and exchanged the Five-colored Stone for one million points. As the boat headed deeper into the Bering Sea, Ye Yuan inspected the gifts and was especially impressed by a pair of mammoth ivory tusks.

• Nibel escorted Ye Yuan and You Zhiyong back to the Yushui Hao and sent Ye Yuan off with a jar of liquor.
• The crew loaded Nibel’s gifts, including reindeer head hangings, mammoth ivory tusks, fur, and tiger remains, onto the Yushui Hao.
• The Yushui Hao left Vesen Port, and the crew gathered around You Zhiyong to ask what had happened at Nibel’s manor.
• Ye Yuan exchanged the Five-colored Stone for one million points and reflected that Nibel could provide a useful sales channel for his gold and other valuables.
• Ye Yuan went to the cargo hold to inspect Nibel’s gifts and focused on the pair of mammoth ivory tusks.

Ye Yuan inspected the lavish gifts Nibel had sent, including rare ivory, fur garments, animal pelts, and tiger bones. He found uses for most of them and stored the bones to have his robots brew another batch of Tiger Bone Wine.

• Ye Yuan examined the intact Mammoth Ivory tusks and looked forward to using them for an ivory carving.
• Ye Yuan admired four Sable Fur coats and decided they would provide one coat for each member of his family.
• Ye Yuan planned to give the crew Wolf Furs and to hang the many reindeer-head wall hangings in villas on his island.
• Ye Yuan found a White Tiger Pelt and considered his purpose for inspecting the gifts nearly fulfilled.
• Ye Yuan opened the last two crates, stored the tiger bones in his space, and instructed his robots to brew more Tiger Bone Wine.