Buoyancy carried the Nightmare Star back to the surface.
But the crisis had not passed. Or rather, it had only just begun!
There was no longer any way back.
The Nightmare Star had to cross this Abundant Sea, and this was the starting point!
Yang Yi checked the World Sea Chart.
Compared with its previous coordinates, the Nightmare Star had retreated almost thirty nautical miles, pushed a considerable distance by the tsunami.
The hull had also lost a substantial amount of durability-over 2,700 points.
He checked the ship interface and saw that all the damaged areas were concentrated above the deck.
The mast, the Crystal Ball in the Atrium, the Captain's Quarters, and Su Na's room had all dimmed.
The deck was probably stripped bare, everything on it destroyed, leaving only the thick decking.
Slap! Slap! Slap!
A continuous series of slapping sounds came from overhead, interrupting Yang Yi and Su Na as they wiped the grime off their bodies.
"Sounds like something's come aboard!"
Su Na pointed at the deck overhead and sent him a private message.
Yang Yi nodded without making a sound, avoiding alerting the foreign creature on deck. Then he walked toward the only window they had left uncovered, which was set with Crystal Diamond.
He looked around. The surrounding sea was white and greasy, its surface glittering, with no floating Meat Lumps.
So this thing had most likely followed them up from the seabed.
With his view restricted, Yang Yi gained no useful information.
"I'll go out and take a look."
Yang Yi spoke to Su Na, taking out Broken Iron and the Flintlock. At the same time, he had the Penitent Armor break down the door, so that if there was danger, the armor would be attacked first.
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