Vitality Coconut Juice Refresher

The sailing log offered many convenient functions.

But without the sailing log, this world was practically no different from reality.

Chopping trees, for instance, took both strength and skill, especially since the stone axe was not very sharp and jarred his hands.

Felling this largest coconut tree cost Yang Yi a full 13 energy, leaving him with only 30.

Even starting at full energy, he could fell five or six trees at most.

Any more was out of the question. Below 30 energy, he risked passing out.

Once the tree fell, Yang Yi immediately went to gather the coconuts. The moment he picked one up, delight spread across his face.

[Name: Vitality Coconut]

[Type: Food]

[Description: A rare, special coconut rich in vitamins and minerals. The coconut water inside can increase energy recovery speed.]

Without another word, Yang Yi split a coconut open and drank deeply, gaining a buff that accelerated his energy recovery.

This was exactly what Yang Yi desperately needed. This trip had paid off handsomely.

He opened the bronze treasure chest, and several glowing orbs immediately dropped out. When he touched them, they turned into three items.

[Name: Vitality Coconut Juice Refresher Recipe]

[Type: Recipe]

[Quality: Fine]

[Description: Use to obtain the recipe for Vitality Coconut Juice Refresher. Requires reagent bottles, salt, and Vitality Coconuts.]

[Name: Edible Sea Salt, 500 g]

[Type: Food]

[Description: A seasoning that enhances flavor and replenishes salt.]

[Name: Reagent Rack]

[Type: Tool]

[Quality: Fine]

[Description: An indispensable tool for making various reagents. Can be crafted using crystal.

It provides reagent bottles. Once a reagent is consumed, its bottle will disappear.]

One treasure chest contained not only the recipe, but also the other two materials it required.

Overjoyed, Yang Yi immediately used the recipe, then began mixing Vitality Coconut Juice Refresher.

Required materials: Vitality Coconut ×1, salt 10 g

Required tool: Reagent Rack

Yang Yi made one bottle.

[Name: Vitality Coconut Juice Refresher]

[Type: Consumable]

[Quality: Fine]

[Description: A drink that fills you with vitality.

Restores 10 energy and increases energy recovery speed by 50% for 8 hours. Can take effect only once every 24 hours.]

Yang Yi grinned and turned toward the coconuts lining the shore, his axe dancing in his hands.

Whenever his energy approached 30, he simply lay down on the beach to rest. Once it recovered, he went back to chopping trees.

By evening, he had felled four trees in total, obtaining 38 Vitality Coconuts and 43 timber, all of which he transported back to the Nightmare. (Depending on its thickness and length, a felled tree yielded 5-15 timber. Exceptionally large trees yielded more.)

He did not plan to leave just yet. He intended to spend the night aboard and continue chopping the next day.

But before heading back, he discovered something new.

A glistening trail lay on the beach, just over a hundred meters from Yang Yi.

As the sky darkened, the trail gave off a faint glow, which was how Yang Yi noticed it.

The trail led straight into the island. The glowing substance was mucus from some creature's body, and it smelled foul and fishy.

He followed the trail a couple of steps inland.

Here, beyond the reach of the waves, the trail was even clearer.

Judging by its shape, it looked like the trail left by some snake-like animal crawling across the ground.

Yang Yi measured it with his palm. This snake was at least half a meter thick-a sizable creature!

"Not using the gun really was the right call!"

Yang Yi changed his mind. He no longer intended to spend the night near shore and planned to move farther away, because there was... some large creature on the island.

Gripping his flintlock, he watched his surroundings warily and backed away.

Only after returning to the Nightmare did he let out a long breath.

Yang Yi sat in the captain's cabin and thought for a while. He still decided to gather more Vitality Coconuts, even if it meant taking a risk.

Something like this could only be found by chance. It could negate the Nightmare's drawback, and he could not simply pass it up!

The islands ahead might not have these coconuts!

He sailed the Nightmare away from the island, stopping about twenty nautical miles out.

At this distance, the island was no longer even visible.

Even if the unknown creature on the island could swim, it had no reason to swim this far just to eat what little meat he had on his bones.

Wouldn't eating fish in the sea be better?

He drank a bottle of Refreshing Coconut Juice and ate a few scallops, an Eyeball Fruit, and half a Red-Lipped Eel.

Before falling asleep, he held the flintlock in his right hand, letting it hang over the side of the bed with his finger off the trigger.

This was Yang Yi's latest idea, allowing him to raise the gun and shoot the monster at the door as quickly as possible.

He soon fell asleep and began having a nightmare...

Late at night, a woman's beautiful singing came from outside the ship, ethereal and lilting, like a heavenly melody.

But this was the sea. Where could a singing woman have come from?

Yang Yi sat up groggily, his eyes blank. Drawn by the beautiful singing, he lost control.

An infatuated look appeared on his face as he turned toward the captain's cabin doorway.

A humanoid creature stood there, half human and half fish, looking very much like a legendary Mermaid, with beautiful golden hair and a seductive, alluring figure.

She was soaking wet, as though she had just finished bathing, and two enormous seashells covered her chest.

Her waist was slender, too. Fine scales began below her navel, and her lower body was a fish's tail.

A creature like this was generally called a Mermaid.

But at sea, she actually had another name: Siren, the nightmare of sailors who passed her way...

The Siren sang, smiling at Yang Yi and flaunting her charms.

The noise-making trap at the doorway had also been triggered, producing a clatter.

But Yang Yi had already lost control, rendering the trap useless.

His face full of infatuation, he walked toward the Siren, still holding the flintlock...

[Charmed by beautiful singing, you have lost control of your body. Sanity decreased by 10.]

[You saw an extraordinarily beautiful woman and succumbed to her in body and mind. Sanity decreased by 7.]

About fifty nautical miles from the Nightmare, another ship floated on the sea: the Astrologer, which had been following it.

Its captain, Su Na, sat in the captain's cabin, writing something in a small notebook.

"He can eat bizarre foods without batting an eye, and he can even 'kiss' an eel without any hesitation (eating a Red-Lipped Eel).

More importantly, he hasn't shown the slightest sign of going mad!

This is unbelievable!"

The notebook was titled XX Observation Diary. Since she did not know Yang Yi's real name, she had not filled in the name yet.

It contained records of Yang Yi's private information, including how long he slept, when he got up, what he caught, and what he ate...

This behavior was practically indistinguishable from stalking. In normal society, she would certainly have been classified as a dangerous individual, locked up, and subjected to reeducation.

"Isn't he afraid...?"

Su Na chewed on her pen cap as she pondered.

She had also supplied the information about this island, wanting to see how this man would react.

But just then, on the nautical chart, the Nightmare suddenly began moving, sailing toward the island at full speed.

Something had to be wrong!

Su Na had been spying on Yang Yi for several days using the Astrologer's Peering skill. She knew he was cautious and would not take risks in the dark, much less go ashore at night.

She immediately used Peering to track and observe the Nightmare.

"Is that... a Siren?"

Su Na exclaimed, a measure of fervor and delighted surprise in her eyes.