Chapter Summaries

Ye Yuan received an Underwater Detector after the system counted his crew’s catch toward his fishing mission, then learned Xu Hang wanted him to search for another meteorite. Ye Yuan agreed to leave with Xu Hang, and they set off on a trip expected to last at least a week.

• Ye Yuan waited outside the airport until Xu Hang arrived in a Mengshi and told him to leave his car with a young man and come along.
• The system announced that Ye Yuan had completed his 300-ton fishing mission and rewarded him with an Underwater Detector, which could locate underwater targets if he had a sample.
• Ye Yuan realized the system had likely counted the fish caught by Yu Hongbo’s crew and discovered the detector’s capabilities in his system space.
• Ye Yuan read Xu Hang’s documents and learned that Xu Hang wanted him to search for a meteorite; Ye Yuan suspected the system’s reward was connected to the request.
• Xu Hang said they were leaving immediately for a trip of at least a week, and Ye Yuan closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

Xu Hang brought Ye Yuan on a salvage ship to search for a meteorite believed to lie thousands of meters underwater, while concealing how anxious the mission made him. After the ship reached the crowded search area, Ye Yuan chose to dive on his own, and the salvage team dismissed him as a glory seeker.

• Xu Hang drove Ye Yuan to a salvage ship bound for the Pacific, where they discussed the meteorite and the possibility that it lay several thousand meters deep.
• Ye Yuan agreed to test his diving ability, while Xu Hang worried that the mission could affect his future.
• After three days, the salvage ship reached the search area, where Xu Hang showed Ye Yuan data indicating that dozens of foreign salvage ships were already present.
• Ye Yuan said he would search underwater alone, so Xu Hang told the experts to follow their plan and give Ye Yuan no equipment.
• The experts assumed Ye Yuan had come only to claim credit and began to look down on him.

Ye Yuan inspected the advanced salvage equipment beneath the ships and decided to wait until night to dive deeper, then reviewed his space and its new production mission. He left Ding Er with orders to contact Zhao Chuan and sell some of the space’s jade, gold, and silver.

• Ye Yuan surveyed the salvage equipment on the seafloor and concluded the waters were deeper than eight thousand meters, beyond the reach of his senses.
• Ye Yuan decided to wait until night to avoid the countries’ active salvage operations, then returned to his cabin to rest.
• Ye Yuan checked his attributes and saw that his space’s fish harvest had reached 5,800 of the 10,000 tons required by his new mission.
• Ye Yuan asked Ding Er about Blue Island and ordered him to contact Zhao Chuan to gradually sell some of the space’s jade, gold, and silver.
• Ye Yuan sorted valuable jade rough stones for storage while the space laborers began cutting open the rest.

Ye Yuan learned how his father’s bracelet business had prospered, then searched the deep sea at night for meteorites after hearing Eagle Country had found a fragment. He found nothing across a vast area, but encountered a small Great White Shark at more than three thousand meters deep.

• Ye Yuan watched Ding Er’s workers prepare precious branches for the Ye family’s bracelet business, then withdrew his awareness from the space.
• Xu Hang told Ye Yuan that Eagle Country had found a meteorite fragment at two thousand meters, and Ye Yuan asked for a photo to identify it.
• Xu Hang ordered a subordinate to obtain a photo of Eagle Country’s meteorite, while Ye Yuan ate and complained about the lack of seafood aboard the ship.
• Ye Yuan slipped into the sea at night and searched the seabed with his awareness, covering a hundred miles and descending beyond three thousand meters without finding a meteorite.
• As Ye Yuan prepared to return to the ship, a Great White Shark less than two meters long entered his awareness.

Ye Yuan encountered an unusually powerful Great White Shark that resisted both his spatial collection ability and Water Needles. He struggled to survive its attacks at a depth of three thousand meters, with the Space Gate on Dragon Tomb Island as a possible escape.

• Ye Yuan noticed a petite Great White Shark swimming alone and was surprised when it sensed him and charged.
• Ye Yuan dodged the shark and tried to collect it into his space, but the shark resisted and continued its attack.
• The shark struck Ye Yuan with its tail, forcing him to take it seriously and reconsider why his collection ability had failed.
• Ye Yuan attacked with Water Needles, but they could not harm or slow the shark.
• Ye Yuan kept dodging because he could not outrun the shark, and he avoided entering his space for fear it would swallow the exposed stone bead.
• Ye Yuan considered using the Space Gate on Dragon Tomb Island as an alternative escape.

Ye Yuan fought an unusually tough Great White Shark through the night and finally defeated it by attacking the Ampullae of Lorenzini on its face. Completely exhausted, he returned to the salvage ship and fell asleep, while Xu Hang arrived at his cabin hoping to ask about the meteorite.

• Ye Yuan struggled to evade the Great White Shark as his stamina dwindled and his weapons failed to pierce its hide.
• Ye Yuan realized the shark tracked him with its Ampullae of Lorenzini and pierced the organs with Water Needles.
• Ye Yuan disabled the shark, attacked it with his weapons, and collected it after it stopped resisting.
• Ye Yuan returned to the salvage ship at dawn, ignored the sailors' stares, and fell asleep in his cabin.
• Xu Hang heard that Ye Yuan had gone swimming and went to ask about the meteorite, but found him asleep in his briefs.

After recovering from his fight with the Great White Shark, Ye Yuan confirmed it had died and ordered a robot to harvest its remarkably durable hide. Xu Hang then showed him secret footage of a gigantic Deep Sea Black Dragonfish attacking and swallowing a submarine, leaving them to face a new threat beneath the sea.

• Ye Yuan woke in the afternoon and reflected on how close he had come to dying in his fight with the Great White Shark.
• Ye Yuan checked the shark’s corpse in his space and ordered a robot to cut through its tough hide and skin it.
• Ye Yuan left the cabin and followed the grim-faced Xu Hang to the salvage ship’s conference room.
• Xu Hang showed Ye Yuan secret underwater footage of a glowing monster snake biting and swallowing a submarine.
• Ye Yuan recognized the creature as a Deep Sea Black Dragonfish, but noted it was far larger than any known specimen.

After learning that a mutated Deep Sea Dragonfish had attacked and apparently disappeared with a submarine, Ye Yuan kept his own encounter with a mutated Great White Shark secret. That night, he dove into the deep sea to find the Dragonfish and investigate the cause of the mutations, but had not found it by a depth of four thousand meters.

• Ye Yuan watched footage of a giant Deep Sea Dragonfish attacking a submarine and learned from Xu Hang that the submarine had gone missing.
• Xu Hang told Ye Yuan that combat submarines had arrived and salvage operations had paused because the Dragonfish threatened the search crews.
• Ye Yuan concealed his underwater encounter with the mutated Great White Shark and encouraged Xu Hang to wait before resuming salvage work.
• Ye Yuan returned to his cabin, then slipped into the sea after nightfall to search for the Dragonfish and investigate the mutations.
• Ye Yuan dove to four thousand meters but found no sign of the Dragonfish, and his limited perception made the search difficult.

Ye Yuan discovered that a crimson stone was a rare Energy Source and used an Underwater Detector powered by an Energy Block to find more. While searching, he encountered the mutated Deep Sea Dragonfish and found that his Water Needles could pierce its body.

• Ye Yuan touched a crimson stone, and the system offered to turn it into a High-Grade Compressed Energy Block or exchange it for 50,000 system points.
• Ye Yuan installed an Energy Block in the Underwater Detector and used it to locate six more Energy Stones within a hundred li.
• Ye Yuan became absorbed in searching for Energy Stones and forgot that he had come to find the Deep Sea Dragonfish.
• A mutated Deep Sea Dragonfish approached Ye Yuan, who dodged its jaws and struck it with Water Needles that pierced its body.
• Ye Yuan kept his distance and felt confident he could handle the slow-swimming dragonfish.

Ye Yuan killed the Deep Sea Dragonfish and discovered the missing M-country submarine inside its body, then secretly returned to the salvage ship. The discovery sent rival salvage ships scrambling, and the next morning Xu Hang summoned Ye Yuan to tell him the submarine had been found.

• Ye Yuan attacked the Deep Sea Dragonfish with Water Needles and spear guns until it died on the seabed.
• Ye Yuan opened a bulge in the dragonfish and found the missing submarine and its dead pilot inside, then stored the dragonfish and retrieved the submarine.
• Ye Yuan returned to the salvage ship and ordered robots to collect the dragonfish's teeth so he could make daggers.
• The M-country, Bear Country, and Japanese salvage ships learned the submarine's location, and their commanders ordered crews to search for it.
• Ye Yuan fell asleep in his cabin, and Xu Hang summoned him the next morning and said they had found the M-country submarine.

Ye Yuan gave Xu Hang a dense purple stone he had recovered, hoping the researchers would determine whether it was the meteorite fragment everyone sought. After Zhuang Yan tried to assert authority over him, Ye Yuan left the meeting room and warned Xu Hang he would return to Blue Island if the ship kept employing people like him.

• Ye Yuan placed a heavy purple stone on the table and told Xu Hang he could decide whether it was the sought-after meteorite fragment.
• Xu Hang carried the stone to Dr. Han and the researchers for testing while Ye Yuan prepared to leave.
• Zhuang Yan blocked Ye Yuan and demanded to know where he found the stone and who his leader was.
• Ye Yuan sidestepped Zhuang Yan, left the meeting room, and warned Xu Hang that he would return to Blue Island if there were more idiots like Zhuang Yan.
• Zhuang Yan complained to Xu Hang and proposed suspending Ye Yuan, but Xu Hang called him an idiot and walked away.

Ye Yuan learned that Zhuang Yan had come aboard to claim credit and decided not to give Xu Hang any more meteorite fragments. After Huaxia Nation and Eagle Country confirmed their fragments matched, rival nations intensified their searches, and Ye Yuan descended below four thousand meters to hunt for more.

• Xu Hang explained that Ye Yuan's identity was confidential and offered to announce him as an outside expert, but Ye Yuan chose to keep things as they were.
• Ye Yuan told Xu Hang that finding another fragment would require searching the deep sea, then decided he would not hand over any more fragments because Zhuang Yan had angered him.
• Researchers confirmed Ye Yuan's purplish-red stone contained elements unknown on Blue Star, and Huaxia Nation and Eagle Country found their fragments matched.
• News of the second fragment stirred up other countries' salvage crews, who deployed submarines, underwater robots, and divers to search the area.
• Ye Yuan avoided the searchers and descended below four thousand meters to look for fragments with his detector.

Ye Yuan found a massive meteorite embedded in an undersea mountain, but it exceeded his ability to collect, so he memorized its coordinates and left it behind. On the way back, he discovered Wenshi and a cluster of biological skeletons nearby.

• Ye Yuan found more than ten meteorite fragments while diving deeper, including one weighing several hundred kilograms.
• Ye Yuan followed a cluster of detector signals to a huge meteorite embedded in an undersea mountain and collected the smaller fragments around it.
• Ye Yuan failed to move the massive meteorite and spent an hour chipping off only a fragment less than half a meter across.
• Ye Yuan memorized the meteorite's coordinates and began swimming back using his perception.
• Ye Yuan recognized an ore as Wenshi, searched the nearby area for more, and found many biological skeletons instead.

Ye Yuan followed a trail of deep-sea remains to a strange sapling with two green fruits, which he suspected had caused nearby creatures to mutate. A gigantic Killer Crab ambushed him and pinned him in place, leaving him facing death as its claws swung toward his neck.

• Ye Yuan followed the creatures' remains down a dark slope and found a white, jade-like sapling with two green fruits more than eight thousand meters below the surface.
• Ye Yuan noticed the fresh corpses of a black sea snake and an enormous Giant Isopod near the sapling and suspected its fruits had caused the mutations.
• Ye Yuan searched for the source of his growing danger but failed to notice the seabed sand shifting nearby.
• A five-meter-wide Killer Crab suddenly pierced Ye Yuan's thigh with one of its legs and swung its claws toward his neck.
• Ye Yuan found himself unable to move or dodge as the Killer Crab's claws approached.

Ye Yuan brought the Killer Crab into his space, treated the wound in his leg, and decided to make the creature his pet instead of killing it. After feeding it two pills, he tested its abilities and named it Cold Blood, leaving himself with a powerful new assistant for underwater treasure hunts.

• Ye Yuan froze the Killer Crab in place inside his space, where Ding Er and the robots helped free his leg and treat his wound.
• Ye Yuan wondered whether the Killer Crab had mutated after eating the unknown fruit and decided to tame it rather than kill it.
• Ye Yuan fed the Killer Crab a Loyalty Pill and a Spirit Opening Pill, then discovered he could sense its thoughts and give it commands.
• Ye Yuan tested the Killer Crab and found that it could pierce thick steel, swim quickly, and conceal itself beneath seabed sand.
• Ye Yuan named the Killer Crab Cold Blood after reminding it that it had attacked him.

Ye Yuan had Cold Blood uproot the sapling and take him to break apart a meteorite. After collecting the fragments, Ye Yuan followed Cold Blood to his cave, where Cold Blood brought him two unusual ores, including rare Seven-Colored Agate.

• Ye Yuan dug up the sapling with its roots and a chunk of rock, then calmed Cold Blood by promising to bring him back to it.
• Because his leg was injured, Ye Yuan rode on Cold Blood’s shell toward the surface and noticed that the other sea creatures fled from him.
• Ye Yuan directed Cold Blood to cut apart a meteorite, and Cold Blood sliced it into fragments that Ye Yuan collected in his space.
• Cold Blood offered to show Ye Yuan more stones and carried him to a pitch-black cave after an hour of swimming.
• Cold Blood brought Ye Yuan Aquamarine Stone and a rare piece of Seven-Colored Agate.

Ye Yuan collected unusual stones and an ancient Egyptian wooden sarcophagus from the seabed, then returned to the salvage vessel with Cold Blood. Xu Hang noticed Ye Yuan’s injured leg and accidentally revealed that he had been hurt too.

• Cold Blood brought Ye Yuan a growing collection of ores, including a huge irregular pearl, and then dragged an ancient Egyptian wooden sarcophagus from its cave.
• Ye Yuan restored his Mental Power by eating dried Thumb Eel, stored the sarcophagus, and rode Cold Blood back toward the salvage vessel while avoiding underwater detection equipment.
• Ye Yuan stored Cold Blood in his space and returned to the salvage vessel with an injured leg, then slipped back to his cabin.
• Xu Hang was waiting in Ye Yuan’s cabin and tried to take him to the infirmary after seeing his injury.
• Ye Yuan began treating his leg and realized Xu Hang had said he had been hurt “too.”

After the salvage ship was taken over, Xu Hang learned that his grandfather had ordered him and Ye Yuan to return home, keeping them away from a secret involving mutated creatures. The chapter ended as Xu Hang came to collect Ye Yuan for their flight.

• Xu Hang told Ye Yuan that another group had taken command of the mission and requisitioned the salvage ship, leaving him bitter and angry.
• The new group's leader ordered the injured Trips and Xiao Sun to return home with Xu Hang the next day.
• Xu Guoyuan called Xu Hang, ordered him and Ye Yuan back, and refused to explain because of confidentiality rules.
• Xu Guoyuan told his secretary Xiao Hu that he had pulled Xu Hang out to protect him from Group L and its work involving mutated creatures.
• The next morning, Xu Hang told Ye Yuan they were leaving, then returned with a metal suitcase when their plane was ready.

On the helicopter, two injured men asked to inspect Ye Yuan’s wound because their own injuries had turned purplish-black. Ye Yuan’s wound had healed normally, and the men apologized while withholding the reasons for their concern.

• Ye Yuan boarded the transport helicopter with Xu Hang and two injured men, then noticed them staring at his wound.
• The man with the injured ankle asked to inspect Ye Yuan’s wound, but Xu Hang refused without an order from his superiors.
• The two men showed Ye Yuan and Xu Hang their purplish-black wounds and explained that they wanted to check whether Ye Yuan needed treatment at their base.
• Ye Yuan uncovered his wound, which had already healed and showed no purplish-black discoloration.
• The two men apologized for their behavior but said they could not reveal certain details.

Ye Yuan learned that mutated beast meat could strengthen people and confirmed that the robots had saved the meat from the Great White Shark and dragonfish. After arriving in Shangjing with Xu Hang, he ate with Xu Guoyuan, who hinted that he knew about the mutated beast meat.

• Ye Yuan secretly read Trips and Sun Lei's phone messages and learned they had encountered another mutated beast and wanted its meat for its benefits.
• Ye Yuan checked his space and found that the robots had stored the Great White Shark and dragonfish meat, then ordered them to keep it in the freezer.
• Ye Yuan flew with Xu Hang to Shangjing instead of returning directly to Blue Island, and Xu Hang left carrying the meteorite fragment.
• Ye Yuan complained that Xu Guoyuan's meal was bland, and Xu Guoyuan hinted that he knew Ye Yuan had access to mutated beast meat.