The Atrium on the Nightmare Star's deck.
Xiaoji was fishing, the crystal Radar on its head spinning constantly, with a Small Light Container hanging from it.
(The fragments of the Light Fairy's flesh still glowed even after Crystallization.)
Perhaps because no one had taught it, its fishing method was crude and direct. It took full advantage of its many hands, using six fishing rods at once and dividing its attention among them.
One of its two free Mechanical Arms extended into the water, its tip serving as an underwater camera that could immediately identify whatever it had hooked.
The other Mechanical Arm had transformed into a Beam Cannon aimed at the water, ready to fire at any moment to stop the hooked fish from struggling so it could quickly haul them onto the deck.
A series of uneven footsteps came from the bow.
Xiaoji twisted its head around, turning its camera toward the newcomer. It was Yang Yi, who had not come outside in a long time.
But it would not mistake him for anyone else. After all, it had been bringing Yang Yi meals all week, including his mandatory daily packet of Delicious Fertilizer and the fish it caught.
Yang Yi refused nothing. He even roasted and ate Cystic Spiny Puffers without the slightest concern about poisoning.
After all, his internal organs had all crystallized, leaving only a poison-proof mouth on his entire body. There was almost nothing he could not eat.
"Captain Yang Yi, you can move around now?"
The indicator light on Xiaoji's head blinked rapidly, as though it was somewhat surprised.
"More or less, but I still need to get used to it.
Keep fishing. I'll walk around and practice walking."
Yang Yi spoke, but his voice came from his abdomen.
As he passed Xiaoji, several