Two days later.
The Nightmare Star sat on the white sea. There were no other ships in sight, and even the Meat Lumps had been driven away.
Su Na was surveying their surroundings through the Eye of Greed telescope, looking for any unusually shaped Meat Lumps.
Yang Yi sat nearby, his attention entirely on the ship interface. He watched its durability, waiting for the Nightmare Star to recover its last few points.
He had already gathered all the materials required for the upgrade and currently had 1,743,000 Conch Coins left in his pocket.
Once the Nightmare Star was upgraded, he reckoned he would need to buy more materials to build new Expansion Buildings and upgrade the existing ones.
Time ticked by.
When the Nightmare Star's durability recovered to 4,000, Yang Yi stood and opened his mouth. A long, slender, slick tongue extended, delivering an emerald-green, egg-shaped object.
It was the Seed of Abundance, the scarcest material required to upgrade the Nightmare Star to level four.
He then initiated the upgrade through the ship interface.
[Confirm upgrade of the Nightmare Star? Requires lumber × 4,000, cloth × 2,000, stone × 1,000, steel × 500, crystal × 1,000, sulfur × 500, ever-growing flesh × 1.]
All the materials were highlighted, indicating that the requirements had been met.
Yang Yi clicked confirm without hesitation.
The materials were deducted. At the same time, several Bone Arms intertwined and pulled against one another, forming a pillar that rose up.
At its very tip was a skeletal hand, its palm facing upward and its five fingers held together.
Yang Yi immediately understood what it meant and placed the Seed of Abundance in his hand onto its palm.
The pillar then retracted into the hull, taking the Seed of Abundance with it.
The next instant,