Yang Yi rigged up a hammock inside the Painful Wailing Cabin and prepared to sleep. The Captain's Quarters were no longer fit to live in, having become part of the modification module.
Cui Xiya's luxurious residence had been preserved. She had dismantled it, and it now sat beside the Ship Models on the display shelf.
Yang Yi lay down and closed his eyes, but it took him a long time to fall asleep. Pain flickered across his face from time to time, sometimes turning to anger. Clearly, he wasn't having pleasant dreams.
About seven hours later, Yang Yi slowly woke up. The first thing he checked was the Nightmare Star's condition.
Xiaoji had left messages in his private inbox, reporting the Nightmare Star's speed every fifteen minutes with an attached Crystal Ball Sea Chart. If anything unexpected happened, the reports were to become more frequent.
The ship's speed could now only be assessed through calculations, since its main source of propulsion was no longer the ship itself.
"14:15. The Nightmare Star's speed is 192 knots. It has not yet reached the warning threshold."
(Crystal Ball Sea Chart attached. No abnormalities detected.)
Yang Yi checked the World Sea Chart as well and got a rough grasp of the current situation. He then started to get up, only to feel something slide off his chest. It was the curled-up Abyss Nautilus.
The little fellow seemed to have been sleeping or resting too, tucked inside its shell. It had left a small wet patch on Yang Yi's coat.
Yang Yi caught it before it hit the floor and held it between his fingers.
"Yiya?"
Sensing the movement, the Abyss Nautilus woke up too and emerged from its shell.
"Don't come near me while I'm sleeping. It's dangerous," Yang Yi said with a