Chapter Summaries

Ye Yuan’s crew caught a valuable haul of mouse groupers, but Xu Hang then reported that pirates had kidnapped researcher Zhao Ximin. Ye Yuan ordered the Yushui Hao toward Yinmao Island to plan a rescue, and Xu Hang and Yu Hongbo joined him in preparing to act.

• Ye Yuan directed the Yushui Hao to net a school of mouse groupers, and the crew hauled in a small but exceptionally valuable catch.
• Ma Hua weighed one of the mouse groupers at seven jin, and the crew put the fish into the live-fish hold.
• Xu Hang told Ye Yuan that pirates had kidnapped Zhao Ximin and asked to take the lifeboat and Yu Hongbo’s men on a rescue attempt.
• Ye Yuan rejected Xu Hang’s plan to confront the pirates with spear guns and ordered Ding Yi to steer toward Yinmao Island.
• Xu Hang and Yu Hongbo entered the wheelhouse and told Ye Yuan they were ready to act against the pirates.

Ye Yuan and the crew prepared to rescue people from Maoyin Island, while Ye Yuan’s perception revealed that Xu Hang’s intelligence was wrong and the island appeared deserted. After Xu Hang’s team left to scout, Ma Hua asked Ye Yuan to lend him the SOP sniper rifle.

• Yu Hongbo spoke eagerly about an operation, and Wang Husheng recognized that the former navy crew longed for action.
• Xu Hang outlined a plan to approach Maoyin Island, scout its people and weapons, and keep the Yushui Hao at a safe distance.
• The Yushui Hao reached the waters near Maoyin Island, and Xu Hang took Yu Hongbo, Wang Husheng, You Zhiyong, Bao Chunyu, and Pei Fei toward the island by lifeboat.
• Ye Yuan used his perception to investigate Maoyin Island and found no people, large beasts, or nearby vessels, but he kept his discovery to himself.
• Ma Hua asked Ye Yuan to lend him the SOP sniper rifle, and Ye Yuan recognized the crew’s interest in his weapons.

Ye Yuan kept his weapons hidden while Xu Hang’s team discovered that Maoyin Island was deserted and the intelligence about the hostages was false. As Xu Hang returned to the fishing boat, Ye Yuan spotted an armed, unflagged yacht speeding toward the island.

• Ye Yuan persuaded Ma Hua that revealing the rifle could let Xu Hang claim it, while privately choosing to keep his weapons and test whether anyone on the crew was leaking information.
• Xu Hang and Yu Hongbo noticed there were no boats or sentries near Maoyin Island and suspected the intelligence was false.
• Xu Hang’s scouts searched the island and confirmed that it showed no signs of human habitation, so Xu Hang led the team back toward the fishing boat.
• Ye Yuan detected an unflagged yacht heading toward Maoyin Island and saw that everyone aboard carried live ammunition.

Ye Yuan’s crew escaped Maoyin Island as an armed group searched it, while Ye Yuan realized they were not the kidnappers but another rescue party. On an Eagle Country research vessel, Richard and mercenary leader Keen revealed they had taken the laboratory samples and kidnapped the researchers, leaving their destination as Bulin Island.

• Ye Yuan ordered the fishing boat to collect Xu Hang and the others, then leave the area after spotting an approaching yacht.
• Xu Hang reported his findings to Shangjing while Ye Yuan used his perception to watch armed men search Maoyin Island without finding the hostages.
• Ye Yuan concluded the armed group was likely seeking to rescue the kidnapped researchers, not responsible for their abduction.
• Aboard an Eagle Country research vessel, Keen joked that he had tricked Kleinman and his men into searching Maoyin Island.
• Richard thanked Keen for securing the samples and researchers, and promised to pay him when they reached Bulin Island.

Keen used the Maoyin Island pirates to seize the sample and misdirect the rescue team, while Ye Yuan searched the nearby waters without realizing the hostages were aboard the vessel ahead. After diving to place an inscribed stone pillar, Ye Yuan tried to summon Cold Blood but met unexpected resistance.

• Keen captured the remaining Maoyin Island pirates and recruited them to help his mercenaries seize Richard's sample and mislead the rescue forces.
• Xu Hang and the M Country rescue team went to Maoyin Island, where they learned there were no pirates and Old Zhao was hospitalized.
• Xu Hang told Ye Yuan to search nearby, and Ye Yuan slowed the Yushui Hao after finding the yacht two hundred nautical miles away.
• At night, Ye Yuan asked Ding Yi about suspicious vessels, then dove underwater to place the stone pillar where he could supposedly discover it the next day.
• Ye Yuan tried to summon Cold Blood at a depth of three hundred meters, but Cold Blood intensely resisted.

Ye Yuan watched Cold Blood eat a ripened fruit and survive a dangerous molt, emerging larger, stronger, smarter, and able to camouflage his shell. Cold Blood said he could recover immediately if Ye Yuan gave him enough of the special lake water, leaving Ye Yuan ready to use his spatial laws.

• Ye Yuan discovered that the unknown fruits had ripened, and Cold Blood ate one as fish gathered outside the forbidden zone.
• Cold Blood struggled through a dangerous molt, broke free of his old shell, and emerged twice its size.
• Cold Blood told Ye Yuan that he could now understand his messages and had reached adulthood.
• Cold Blood revealed that his attack power had increased and demonstrated his ability to change his shell's color to match the sea sand.
• Cold Blood told Ye Yuan that enough of the special lake water would restore his strength immediately, and Ye Yuan used the laws of space.

Ye Yuan restored Cold Blood in the Spatial Lake, where the crab transformed and became more devoted to him. After testing Cold Blood’s tremendous new speed, Ye Yuan traveled far from the Yushui Hao and discovered an unusually heavily armed Research Vessel flying Eagle Country’s flag.

• Ye Yuan brought Cold Blood into the Spatial Lake, where Cold Blood drank the water and his shell turned blackish purple as he recovered.
• Cold Blood’s transformation made the Loyalty Pill ineffective, but he remained devoted to Ye Yuan out of gratitude and formed a closer connection with him.
• Ye Yuan rode Cold Blood through the sea and tested his incredible speed as Cold Blood raced for an hour, carrying them more than 200 nautical miles from the Yushui Hao.
• Ye Yuan spotted an unusually armed Research Vessel flying Eagle Country’s flag and ordered Cold Blood to pursue it.
• Cold Blood reached the vessel, and Ye Yuan used his perception to investigate what was happening aboard.

Ye Yuan secretly boarded the Research Vessel and overheard Richard arguing with Mr. Kleinman about a stolen research sample. The exchange convinced Ye Yuan that the seven people locked in a cabin were the hostages Xu Hang wanted to rescue.

• Ye Yuan sensed seven people confined in a cramped cabin and suspected they were Xu Hang’s hostages.
• Ye Yuan used Cold Blood’s raised pincer to reach the ship’s rail and climbed aboard without being seen.
• Ye Yuan avoided two patrolling sailors and made his way toward the captain’s cabin.
• Ye Yuan overheard Richard refuse to share his research results with Mr. Kleinman, who called him a robber.
• Ye Yuan concluded that the people in the cabin were likely the hostages Xu Hang had asked him to rescue.

Ye Yuan sabotaged the Research Vessel’s propellers to keep it in place, then attacked the crew who came to inspect the damage. The ship’s men fired at the sea but could not hit him, and Keen ordered them to stand watch until dawn.

• Ye Yuan ordered Cold Blood to destroy the Research Vessel’s main and auxiliary propellers so his fishing boat could find it without raising suspicion.
• Three crew members descended in diving suits to inspect the damage, and Ye Yuan dragged two underwater and knocked them unconscious.
• Cold Blood killed the third diver by piercing his head with a crab leg.
• The crew fired into the sea for several minutes, but Ye Yuan hid behind Cold Blood’s shell and escaped their bullets.
• Keen calmed the crew and ordered them to keep watch in groups until dawn, when they could repair the ship.

Ye Yuan returned to the Yushui Hao after sabotaging the Research Vessel and redirected his boat toward a school of fish. Meanwhile, Zhao Xirui brought Li Shiyun aboard a salvage vessel as they headed toward Ye Yuan, hoping to rescue Zhao Ximin.

• Ye Yuan left Cold Blood beneath the Research Vessel to kill anyone who came down, then swam back to the Yushui Hao with lobsters and sea urchins.
• Ye Yuan told Bao Chunyu he had been swimming and gave him the seafood to have Fatty cook the next day.
• Ye Yuan ordered Wang Husheng to steer thirty degrees northwest and follow a large school of fish, causing Wang to forget Xu Hang's search order.
• Zhao Xirui told Li Shiyun that there was still no news of Zhao Ximin, who had been kidnapped in Hawaii.
• Li Shiyun explained that she had been unable to reach Ye Yuan by satellite phone and had come with Zhao Xirui to meet him and help her childhood friend.

Zhao Xirui’s search for Zhao Ximin stalled at the deserted Maoyin Island, while Ye Yuan learned that Zhao Ximin was Li Shiyun’s best friend and agreed to help find her. The crew then asked Ye Yuan about Huzi’s report of a huge school of fish, hoping to pull off a big job.

• Zhao Xirui received a call from Elder Zhao, who ordered him to bring Zhao Ximin back, but the search at Maoyin Island found no pirates or hostages.
• Xu Hang told Ye Yuan that nobody could reach his satellite phone and that the crew had found no clues overnight.
• Li Shiyun called Ye Yuan, explained that Zhao Ximin was her best friend, and asked him to do everything he could to help with the rescue.
• Ye Yuan assured Li Shiyun he would do his best but avoided revealing that he had already found the hostages’ location.
• Ma Hua asked Ye Yuan whether Huzi was right that a fishing boat was chasing a huge school of fish.

Ye Yuan checked that Cold Blood had kept the Pirate Ship trapped, then steered his fishing boat toward its distress call. The boat reached the disabled Research Vessel, where Ye Yuan ordered Cold Blood to attack.

• Ma Hua asked Ye Yuan whether the crew should prepare to fish, and Ye Yuan told them to ready the nets before diving to check on Cold Blood.
• Ye Yuan found Keen’s armed crew aboard the Research Vessel after Cold Blood killed four more divers, and he confirmed that Cold Blood was unharmed and the ship remained disabled.
• Ye Yuan returned to the fishing boat, where Wang Husheng reported that the Research Vessel had sent a distress signal asking for help.
• Ye Yuan ordered the fishing boat to approach the Research Vessel, while Xu Hang agreed with the decision to assist.
• When the fishing boat reached the disabled Research Vessel, Ye Yuan used his connection with Cold Blood to order him to attack its underside.

Keen abandoned the sinking Research Vessel and tried to escape to the Yushui Hao, using the kidnapped researchers as bait for the sea beasts. Ye Yuan saw through the plan and ordered Cold Blood to destroy the lifeboat, while telling Xu Hang that the people on the Research Vessel seemed strange.

• Cold Blood tore open the Research Vessel, and Keen ordered Evan, Nick, and Cruz to sneak aboard the Yushui Hao while the others escaped by lifeboat.
• Keen ordered Ose to bring out the researchers and planned to throw them into the sea to distract the sea beasts.
• Richard protested, but Keen ignored him and began moving supplies and stolen research materials onto the lifeboat.
• Keen kicked one White researcher into the sea, then his men threw the remaining researchers overboard.
• Evan, Nick, and Cruz sped toward the Yushui Hao as Keen and the others rowed after them in the lifeboat.
• Ye Yuan watched the escape through Cold Blood, ordered him to destroy the lifeboat, and told Xu Hang that the Research Vessel's crew were acting strangely.

Ye Yuan suspected the people approaching his fishing boat were armed pirates and prepared his crew to subdue them. After the lifeboat was destroyed and Ai, Nick, and Cruz boarded, the crew quickly captured them, giving Ye Yuan a chance to turn Xu Hang’s attention toward the endangered researchers.

• Ye Yuan ordered Ma Hua, You Zhiyong, and Bao Chunyu to watch the newcomers and take them down if they made a move.
• Cold Blood split the lifeboat in two, sending its occupants into the sea while Keen kept his men from opening fire.
• Ai, Nick, and Cruz reached the fishing boat, and Ai drew a pistol and threatened You Zhiyong as soon as he boarded.
• Ma Hua threw Ai across the deck and seized his Beretta M9, while the crew subdued Nick and Cruz as they came aboard.
• Ye Yuan asked Xu Hang whether the captured men might be the pirates they were searching for, hoping to create a reason to rescue the endangered researchers.

Ye Yuan plunged into the sea to rescue the hostages from the sinking research vessel, while Xu Hang and the crew devised a way to keep the pirates from interfering. They forced the captured pirate Ai to cooperate, leaving the rescue underway and the pirates still approaching the fishing boat.

• Ye Yuan realized the hostages aboard the sinking vessel were in immediate danger and dived into the sea despite Xu Hang wanting to follow.
• Yu Hongbo persuaded Xu Hang to stay behind, and Ma Hua suggested surrendering control of the fishing boat to distract the approaching pirates.
• Pei Fei broke two of Ai's fingers to make him agree to cooperate with the crew.
• Ma Hua threatened Ai with a gun to ensure he would not betray their plan.

Ye Yuan rescued Zhao Ximin and Annie from the whirlpool near the sinking ship, then returned with a lifebuoy for Zhao Ximin. Meanwhile, Keen climbed aboard the fishing boat as Cold Blood attacked the approaching mercenaries.

• Nick and Cruz watched Pei Fei torture Ai and feared the fishermen who had captured them.
• Keen saw the rope ladder still hanging, heard Ai confirm the boat was safe, and began climbing aboard.
• Cold Blood attacked as the mercenaries approached, while Ye Yuan swam toward the Research Vessel to rescue Zhao Ximin.
• Annie held onto Zhao Ximin and tried to swim them away from the whirlpool as their male colleagues fled.
• Ye Yuan grabbed Zhao Ximin and Annie and carried them to safety, then swam away to retrieve a lifebuoy.
• Ye Yuan returned with the lifebuoy, and Zhao Ximin put it on with his and Annie's help.

Ye Yuan rescued Zhao Ximin and Annie from the sea, then secretly captured ten kidnappers and arranged for the remaining attackers to appear to have been eaten by sea beasts. He reunited with the women, who clung to him after witnessing the attack, while the crew subdued Keen aboard the fishing boat.

• Zhao Ximin worried about her grandfather and regretted staying in M Nation as Ye Yuan asked her and Annie to swim toward his fishing boat.
• Ye Yuan left the women behind and headed for the boat to deal with the armed kidnappers.
• Keen climbed aboard but Ma Hua, Bao Chunyu, and the crew overwhelmed and tied him up after Ma Hua shot his thigh with a Spear Gun.
• Ye Yuan captured ten people and ordered Cold Blood to eliminate the remaining attackers, making the disappearances look like the work of sea beasts.
• Zhao Ximin and Annie told Ye Yuan they had seen sea beasts eat the kidnappers, then clung to him in fear.

Ye Yuan returned safely with Annie and Zhao Ximin, whom he had rescued from the sea beast, and brought them back to the fishing boat. As Zhao Ximin reunited with her brother by phone, the crew condemned the researchers who had abandoned their companions, and Annie asked Ye Yuan if he had seen Richard.

• Ye Yuan swam back to the fishing boat with Annie clinging to his arm and Zhao Ximin on his back.
• Ye Yuan told Xu Hang that he had found Zhao Ximin, and Xu Hang helped her aboard and called Zhao Xirui.
• The crew asked how Ye Yuan had escaped the sea beast, and he pointed out four survivors swimming toward the boat.
• Ye Yuan told the crew that the researchers had abandoned their companions, prompting the crew to refuse to welcome them aboard.
• Zhao Ximin thanked Ye Yuan for saving her, and he credited Xu Hang for bringing them to those waters.
• Annie asked Ye Yuan whether he had seen Richard.

Ye Yuan hid that he had Richard and the research sample in his space while refusing Annie’s request to search underwater. As the fishing boat prepared to leave, STUER project manager Andrew tried to persuade Ye Yuan to recover the data from the sunken ship.

• Annie asked Ye Yuan about Richard and learned that he claimed the man had been eaten by a sea beast; she explained that Richard had led the raid on her laboratory and carried its research results.
• Zhao Ximin warned Annie against asking anyone to dive, and Ye Yuan refused to risk another search, offering only supplies and a lifeboat if the researchers wanted to go themselves.
• The researchers climbed aboard the fishing boat, but the crew ignored them and began pulling away from the area.
• A middle-aged researcher asked Yu Hongbo to recover their data and promised a reward, but Ye Yuan challenged him to explain what they would do in return.
• The researcher introduced himself as Andrew, a project manager at STUER, and offered Ye Yuan a generous reward to locate the data on the sunken ship.

Ye Yuan refused Andrew’s demands, locked the researchers and mercenaries away, and arranged a place for Zhao Ximin and Annie to rest. Zhao Ximin mistook his considerate treatment for romantic interest, unaware that he was helping because of Li Shiyun.

• Andrew asked Ye Yuan to contact his company and help recover the research data, but Ye Yuan refused and said he would leave the foreigners on the nearest island.
• Ye Yuan ordered the crew to lock Andrew and the other researchers in a storage cabin, while explaining to Xu Hang that he would not reward people who abandoned their companions.
• Ye Yuan had Yu Hongbo lock up the tied mercenaries and took Zhao Ximin and Annie to a rest cabin, promising them bedding and clean work uniforms.
• Zhao Ximin thanked Ye Yuan but assumed he was trying to curry favor with her because he was attracted to her appearance.