That day.
At eleven that morning, after Yang Yi returned, he received a private message from Wang Yuan saying he was ready and could come to Corpse Island at any time to try to resolve the island's problems.
Yang Yi acted as soon as he received the message, stopping his training and arranging to meet Wang Yuan on Corpse Island at eleven thirty. He planned to shower before heading over; otherwise, the smell of alcohol on him mixed with the sweat from his training would not be pleasant.
After a quick wash in his cabin, Yang Yi went to the Teleportation Plaza. He summoned First Aid Sweetheart, then used his status as island governor to hitch a free ride through a player's Portal, arriving on Corpse Island.
Hitching rides through Portals like this felt pretty good, since it did not use up his own Portal's cooldown. Plenty of players liked doing it.
After he entered, the surrounding scenery had not changed much, except that the floor had been more severely eroded by flesh. At this rate, extensive repairs would probably be needed in less than half a month.
Then there were the Combat Robots, including Boom Boom Kid. Large patches of mutated flesh had appeared on all their bodies. Some interfered with their performance, giving the robots functions they should never have had. Yang Yi, for instance, saw that a Second-generation Man-Beating Man robot had grown a restless little hand at its waist. It kept pawing at things, interfering somewhat with the robot's normal patrol.
Yang Yi waited where he was. About two minutes later, he saw Wang Yuan, dressed in a Tailcoat, emerge from another Portal.
If he remembered correctly, that Portal was not newly opened either, so Wang Yuan had most likely hitched a ride as well. Finding