Spider-Death Potion

Yang Yi examined his body and found it covered in sutured wounds, so densely packed that he did not want to count them.

It was late at night now, but the laboratory had uninterrupted lighting.

"How long was I unconscious?" Yang Yi asked.

"Thirty-five hours and seventeen minutes. It's already the second day," Su Na replied.

Yang Yi nodded solemnly and began checking the activity log.

After he lost consciousness, his authority as captain had been temporarily transferred to the first mate.

There were only two people aboard the Nightmare Star, so Su Na was naturally the first mate. She had therefore received full authority, allowing her to operate on Yang Yi.

Yang Yi hopped off the metal table, put on the pirate outfit set beside it, and took the Wound-Healing Spray out of his clothes.

It was part of what Hu Wei had left behind, and it came in handy now.

He sprayed a larger wound. It felt cool and refreshing, and its healing effect was decent, but there was very little of it. Three sprays emptied it.

After a little thought, he took out the bottle of pink potion, gritted his teeth, and swallowed it. It tasted incredibly spicy, like drinking a bottle of chili oil.

[You drank an unknown potion]

[Vitality restored by 20. Wound healing accelerated. Vitality continuously recovering]

[Your wounds itch unbearably. Sanity -20]

Yang Yi's Sanity plummeted straight to 17, and he writhed on the floor like a maggot... His wounds healed rapidly as he squirmed.

Su Na watched without blinking, taking out a notebook to record everything in detail before asking him a question.

"How do you feel?

"I can see your wounds starting to scab over. Isn't it working really well?

"If you were to rate this potion from 1 to 10, what score would you give it?"

"..."

Drenched in sweat, Yang Yi glared at Su Na with wide eyes.

He wanted to curse, but he could not open his mouth. If he did, he might let out ghastly wails, which would be very unseemly.

He did not dare scratch either, afraid of worsening his injuries...

Over ten minutes later, Yang Yi finally stopped writhing and stood up as though nothing had happened. His vitality had recovered from just over 40 to nearly 70...

In terms of healing, this potion was even stronger than Holy Water!

[Name: Regeneration Potion]

[Type: Consumable/Potion/Unique]

[Quality: Fine]

[Description: An original potion created by the witch Su Na. Spicy in flavor, it is specially brewed from water in which a Wound-Healing Pearl has been soaked, powdered Merman scales, and the fiery red lips of a Red-Lipped Eel.

After drinking, vitality recovers by 20, Sanity -20, vitality continuously recovers, and wounds heal faster. Wounds will itch unbearably. Resisting the urge to scratch enhances its effectiveness...]

After reading the information, Yang Yi's face turned ashen. He replied flatly, "I give it a zero!"

"Zero? How is that possible? It clearly works pretty well. Your wounds have all scabbed over!" Thoroughly displeased, Su Na protested repeatedly. "You can't ignore its effectiveness just because it tastes bad!"

"Uh..." Yang Yi had no reply.

In all fairness, the potion was remarkably effective, but its side effects were genuinely hard to endure.

"I'll send you the information. See for yourself."

Yang Yi sent Su Na the information on the Regeneration Potion.

"By the way, I'm planning to go to the island. Time is limited. I can't keep putting it off!" Yang Yi added.

This episode could be considered a warning.

Spider's Kiss was urging Yang Yi to land on the island, shrinking the original safe distance of two hundred nautical miles to one hundred.

If it flared up again, he might very well die outright...

"Actually, I've already developed a potion that can kill the spiders inside you. Otherwise, I might not have been able to save you this time." Su Na took out a bottle of black liquid.

"What's this?"

"A poison I specially made!

"The ingredients came from the Cystic Spiny Puffer and that Coral Cagefish you recently caught.

"After my adjustments, the toxins in it are only very, very mildly poisonous to humans, but highly poisonous to spiders!" Su Na explained.

Hearing this, Yang Yi immediately took it to examine it.

[Name: Spider-Death Potion]

[Type: Consumable/Potion/Unique]

[Quality: Good]

[Description: An original potion created by the witch Su Na. A potent poison formulated specifically for spiders. Mildly toxic to humans, but must not be taken in large quantities.]

"This potion can cure me?" Yang Yi asked in delighted surprise.

"Unfortunately, no!" Su Na shook her head. "It can kill the spiders inside you, but that's only temporary. Once the toxins have been metabolized, new spiders will appear inside you.

"To resolve it completely, we still have to find the source producing the spiders. Only by dealing with the source can we cure your illness completely."

"Illness?"

"That's right! Don't you think this is a lot like a disease?"

Yang Yi thought about it, and that really was the case, though this disease had something fantastical about it.

He left the laboratory, ate a loaf of black bread with some sausage, then pried open a Vitality Coconut to replenish his fluids.

He had not eaten in almost two days.

Only after getting some food into his stomach did Yang Yi feel alive again.

As he ate, something suddenly occurred to him, and he ran back to the laboratory.

"Su Na, you said this poison works really well on spiders?" Yang Yi asked hastily.

"That's right..."

"Then how much can you make? Could it also poison those enormous spiders from urban legends to death?"

"Yes! As long as their physiological structure is identified as that of a spider, this potion will work.

"Its main ingredients come from Cystic Spiny Puffers and Coral Cagefish. We have quite a few of the former, but only one of the latter, so I can make ten bottles at most. In terms of volume, that's about one liter!"

"So as long as we have Coral Cagefish, you can produce large quantities of this potion, right?"

Yang Yi had an idea. He planned to poison the spiders on the island to death before going ashore.

The information on the Tinder Wool Sweater confirmed that creatures called Tinder Wool Spiders definitely existed on the island!

The next day, Yang Yi woke up with his energy fully restored and his vitality up to 90.

He checked the weather forecast.

Today's weather

Bright sunshine and a gentle sea breeze. A good day for fishing.

Location: Origin Sea

Daylight remaining: 9 hours

Temperature: 15-25°C

Wind force: 3

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Without another word, he grabbed his fishing rod and headed out. He set up the fishing net first, then fetched several dozen Eyeball Fruits from the hold. They were stock he had caught earlier and had never eaten.

Their texture and flavor were awful, and since he was not short of food now, they were perfect for catching Coral Cagefish.

He used the same deep-sea fishing method, with Eyeball Fruit as bait.

[You caught a Red-Lipped Eel]

[You caught a Human-Head Octopus]

[You caught a Long-Legged Sardine]

"Holy shit!"

"How can I catch Long-Legged Sardines even in deep water!"

Fortunately, he finally got what he wanted on the fourth try.

[You caught a Coral Cagefish]

Yang Yi's eyes lit up. He immediately lifted the freshly caught Coral Cagefish with his wooden spear and delivered it to the laboratory...

At this rate, he would soon catch ten Coral Cagefish and make one hundred bottles of Spider-Death Potion.

While he was fishing, he suddenly received a private message from the guy who had been selling the Catapult earlier.

The other party's opening line was, "Do you really want to buy it?"

"Obviously!"

"I won't hide it from you. I have a blueprint for making these Catapults. But at 500 Conch Coins apiece, I wouldn't make any profit!"

"600 Conch Coins each, and I'll buy four at once! If you're selling, let's trade. If not, there's nothing more to discuss!"

Yang Yi replied instantly.

He had previously left an offer of 500 Conch Coins each, and the other party had replied.

That meant 500 was not an absurdly low price. It was very likely right around the production cost.

So Yang Yi added another hundred. That should leave room for profit.

Besides, few players would be willing to buy Catapults. They were far less effective than cannons.

Soon, the seller replied.

"700 Conch Coins. That's the lowest I can offer. Making these takes time too."

"650 Conch Coins, not a coin more!

"You know full well that in another two weeks, no one will want these things even for 200 Conch Coins!"

The other party hesitated for several minutes before finally agreeing to the trade.