The light lasted only a short while before fading, and the sky turned pitch-black again.
The Nightmare Star stopped near the intersection of the Shelter's cross-shaped structure without sailing far, intending to stay there for a while.
Without the light, the black fog elsewhere on the Shelter spread toward them at a visible pace.
The black fog moved quickly horizontally but very slowly vertically, so the lighthouse, which stood a stretch higher, would not be engulfed in darkness for now.
Yang Yi paid it little attention. His focus had already shifted, because it was almost 11 p.m.
Now that the Nightmare Star was free of the darkness, Yang Yi lay straight down on the bed in the captain's quarters and waited for the World Chat Channel to open.
The bedding smelled musty, as though it had been left there for a long time, and it was not soft either.
But in their current circumstances, no one would mind such things.
Eleven o'clock soon arrived, and the World Chat Channel lit up again.
More than a week had passed since the version update, and much more information had been uncovered.
Yang Yi soon found information about the Golden Commerce Guild. A player had intercepted one of its ships.
"Robbing native merchant ships feels so damn good. Struck it rich in one go!"
"A Golden Commerce Guild ship?"
"Yep!"
"Then you're screwed. That guild has some serious backing and branches everywhere. It's one of the major native powers."
"Huh?"
A player had also found a World Map and posted it directly in the Chat Channel.
He might not have been the first player to find a map, but he was the first to publish one.
"I spent a whopping two hundred Conch Coins buying a World Map from the natives. See