Yang Yi rejected the plan to return to the university once again, but the conditions for going there were increasingly falling into place.
After asking Shen Guanquan to help gather fifty Hero-level relics, Yang Yi began upgrading these special buildings, starting with the Abyss Nautilus.
He made a circuit of the Witch Laboratory but found nothing. Somehow, he ended up with several plump Vitality Long Legs in his hands, eating as he searched the cabins, which were now several times more spacious.
The ship interface showed that the Nautilus was aboard.
In the end, Yang Yi found the Abyss Nautilus in Xiaoji's maintenance bay. The creature was actually helping with repairs, dismantling and replacing parts under Xiaoji's instructions, since doing it alone was a little difficult for Xiaoji, like cutting one's own hair.
Yang Yi joined in and helped finish the job in no time. Great strength meant great efficiency.
Afterward, he brought the Abyss Nautilus out of the cabins to prepare for its upgrade, considering that it might become much larger afterward. It would be awkward if it got stuck in a room.
"Ready to get bigger?"
Yang Yi addressed the Abyss Nautilus at his feet.
"Eeya!"
"Good."
Yang Yi took that as a yes, consumed one Expansion Buildings slot, and selected upgrade.
The Abyss Nautilus began swelling in size. Yang Yi leaped up and hovered high above, watching the mass of twisted flesh grow larger and larger.
Eventually, the Nautilus exceeded thirty meters in diameter, forming an enormous Spiral Shell in the shape of a beautiful disc, with spiraling ridges across its surface and a luminous, jade-like sheen.
The Nautilus's body hid inside the shell, extending a dense mass of feelers and a head covered in black dots from the opening at the bottom.
Those black dots were