Chapter Summaries

Yang Yi used the Fruit of Abundance for a gacha draw and worked to free the Nightmare Star from the forest. The ship reached the sea just before the New World Fleet was due to arrive, while Yang Yi gained a dangerous relic and prepared to repair the vessel.

• Yang Yi chose to use the Seed of Abundance to upgrade the Nightmare Star, swallowed it for safekeeping, and learned that his attributes and Pollution Depth had increased.
• Yang Yi told Su Na that the New World Fleet would arrive in about five hours and planned to get the Nightmare Star back into the water first.
• Yang Yi fed the Fruit of Abundance and its container contents into the Monster Gacha Machine, which produced the relic Parasitic Wings.
• Yang Yi transformed into a wolf, carried Su Na off the ship, and cut away the branches supporting the Nightmare Star.
• After about fifteen minutes of cutting, Yang Yi brought the Nightmare Star down to the sea and returned aboard exhausted.

Yang Yi repaired the Nightmare Star and began cutting a path through the forest while the New World Fleet approached from outside. The Ironhead broke through to his position, and Yang Yi asked Zhao Tie Tou to take him to Shen Guanquan.

• Yang Yi repaired the Nightmare Star until its durability reached 2,079, then used the bow's jaw blades to cut through the forest.
• Shen Guanquan arrived with the New World Fleet and agreed to break through from outside while Yang Yi worked from within.
• Zhao Tie Tou led the Ironhead through the forest by ramming trees aside, reaching Yang Yi in less than an hour.
• Zhao Tie Tou was startled by Yang Yi's appearance, but Yang Yi confirmed his identity and asked him to take him to Shen Guanquan.

Yang Yi and Su Na met Shen Guanquan and the New World Fleet, whose members mistook Su Na for One-Eye and Yang Yi for her bodyguard. Yang Yi agreed to free the Farmer in exchange for ten tonnes of sea salt and one million Conch Coins, then returned to the forest to begin the work.

• The Nightmare Star emerged from the forest, and the fleet's members reacted with surprise when they realized the huge, one-eyed Yang Yi was One-Eye and Su Na was his companion.
• The Doctor urged Shen Guanquan to obtain a tissue or blood sample from Yang Yi, but Shen sent him below deck to prevent him from disrupting the meeting.
• Yang Yi leaped onto the Hope, greeted Shen Guanquan, and proved immune to Shen's psychological suggestion and Great Leader talents.
• Yang Yi told Shen Guanquan about the Farmer's location and the dangerous plants inside it, then offered to bring the ship down for ten tonnes of sea salt.
• Shen Guanquan accepted the deal and agreed to deliver the salt and one million Conch Coins afterward.
• Yang Yi returned to the Nightmare Star and headed into the forest with the Ironhead to clear a place near the Farmer's coordinates.

Yang Yi freed the Farmer from the forest and returned to the Nightmare Star after collecting his payment. With the ship nearly repaired and supplies secured, he prepared to leave the area and upgrade the Nightmare Star to level four.

• Yang Yi rendezvoused with Zhao Tie and the Ironhead, then transformed into a Werewolf and climbed toward the Farmer.
• Yang Yi severed the vines and tree supports holding the Farmer until the ship fell into the sea.
• Yang Yi returned to the Nightmare Star after greeting Zhao Tie, leaving the New World Fleet to reclaim the Farmer and deal with its mutated plants.
• Su Na spotted two heavily armored men whose proportions seemed abnormal aboard one of the ships entering the forest.
• Yang Yi greeted Shen Guanquan aboard the Hope and prepared to depart once the Nightmare Star's durability was restored.

Yang Yi upgraded the Nightmare Star to level four using the Seed of Abundance, transforming it into a larger, vine-covered skeletal ship with enhanced abilities. Its revived old captain could fish and steer the ship in exchange for eight hours of fishing time each day, leaving Yang Yi and Su Na free to handle other tasks.

• Yang Yi used the Seed of Abundance and the required materials to upgrade the Nightmare Star.
• The Nightmare Star grew to fifty meters long, gained increased durability and capacity, and acquired new hull skills.
• Su Na discovered that the old captain at the bow had come alive, though ancient skeletal arms held his body in place.
• Yang Yi gave the old captain his fishing rod, and the captain began fishing.
• Yang Yi learned that the old captain would steer along a preset heading if given at least eight hours to fish each day, but would strike if he saw Yang Yi catch a big fish.

Yang Yi and Su Na explored the expanded Nightmare Star, and Yang Yi upgraded its Ancient War Rooms and Lookout before building a new special structure, the Execution Rack. He learned that upgrading the Nightmare Star to level five required 30,000 Crystal Diamonds.

• Yang Yi and Su Na explored the ship’s expanded deck, hold, and two-level Witch Laboratory, where Yang Yi gave Su Na 500,000 Conch Coins for research funding.
• Yang Yi discovered the Execution Rack among the available expansion buildings and learned from Shen Guanquan that special ships unlocked special buildings at different upgrade levels.
• Yang Yi spent 423,000 Conch Coins on materials and upgraded the Ancient War Rooms and Lookout, doubling the cannons and extending the scanning range to 1,800 nautical miles.
• Yang Yi built the Execution Rack atop the other mast and found that upgrading the Nightmare Star to level five required 30,000 Crystal Diamonds.

Yang Yi tested the Execution Rack by hanging up ordinary remains and specimens from Su Na’s Laboratory, discovering that more dangerous creatures and better-preserved trophies produced stronger ship effects. He borrowed the Tinder Wool Spider Queen’s head to display on the mast and concluded he should test trophies before using them for Gacha.

• Yang Yi wondered whether upgrading the Nightmare Star with Crystal Diamond would improve the Astrologer’s skills, then considered what trophies to hang on the Execution Rack.
• Yang Yi hung a Long-Legged Sardine, weeds, vines, Meat Lumps, and a skeletal arm on the rack and checked their appraised effects.
• Yang Yi borrowed specimens from Su Na’s Laboratory and found that the Spider Queen’s head increased hull durability and sailing speed while attracting spider-type Otherworldly Demons.
• Yang Yi determined that dangerous creatures and complete or important body parts produced stronger effects, then asked Su Na to borrow the Tinder Wool Spider Queen’s head.
• Yang Yi dismissed the idea of hanging himself on the rack, returned the other samples, and decided to test trophies before using them for Gacha.

Yang Yi learned to rely on the old captain to steer the Nightmare Star, then discovered that the Gale had already reached the Abundant Sea's exit and prepared for the long journey ahead. The Weekly Magazine published leaked photos of Yang Yi, which he shrugged off as he turned to read about the exit.

• Yang Yi tested the old captain's abilities and handed him the Nightmare Star's sailing duties, then killed an attaching Delicious Meat Lump and received Delicious Fertilizer from the Gacha.
• Song Yingwen told Yang Yi that the Weekly Magazine would publish information about the Abundant Sea's exit and leaked photos of him.
• Yang Yi used Peering to locate the Gale and found it stopped on a black sea beyond the Abundant Sea, roughly twenty days' sailing away before detours.
• Yang Yi assessed his food supplies and bought forty loaves of Black Bread from Shen Guanquan as emergency provisions.
• The Weekly Magazine published unflattering photos of Yang Yi, and he ignored the teasing in the Chat Channel and began reading its article about the Abundant Sea's exit.

Yang Yi and Su Na learned that leaving the Abundant Sea would mark the end of the Origin Sea and grant players access to a larger ocean. As their voyage continued toward the endpoint, Yang Yi gathered information and trained while preparing for the dangers ahead.

• Yang Yi read Mo Dayan’s report and discovered that the region beyond the Abundant Sea was labeled the Origin Sea (Endpoint), prompting him to tell Su Na to read it.
• Yang Yi and Su Na considered Mo Dayan’s Pocket World Hypothesis and discussed the dangers of entering an unpredictable open ocean filled with native factions.
• Yang Yi learned that players would receive points after leaving the Abundant Sea, then sold information about the Limb Spider Cult and the Keepers’ Society to Song Yingwen for 4,000 Conch Coins.
• Yang Yi received 20,000 Conch Coins for photographs and information about the Forest Fairies, while the old captain sailed the Nightmare Star and caught fish for food and fuel.
• After twenty days of training and weight loss, Yang Yi checked his attributes and found that he had become muscular, with his strength, agility, and other abilities recorded on his status panel.

Yang Yi and Su Na reached the exit from the Abundant Sea and entered the Origin Sea, earning large numbers of Player Points. They found themselves inside a dark, restricted stretch of ocean bounded by invisible walls, with an apparent light ahead that Yang Yi’s Three Eyes revealed was an illusion.

• Yang Yi admired his strengthened physique, refused Su Na’s request to take one of his ribs, and checked the World Sea Chart as the Nightmare Star neared the Abundant Sea’s exit.
• Yang Yi reviewed reports about the finish area and continued sailing toward the exit while Rotting Whales grew scarcer around the ship.
• Two days later, the Nightmare Star entered the Buffer Zone, and a system notification awarded Yang Yi 83,279 Player Points for clearing the Origin Sea.
• Su Na reported earning 66,701 points, and Yang Yi discovered that invisible walls blocked the sea behind and ahead of the Nightmare Star.
• Yang Yi used the Eye of Greed to inspect the darkness ahead and found that the apparent distant light and surrounding darkness were an illusion.

Yang Yi waited in the lightless finish area, bought supplies, and fished while the market settled. He caught a giant Abyss-polluted Anglerfish, but the Old Captain went on strike after witnessing the catch.

• Yang Yi confirmed that the finish area remained sunless and bought five units of crystal diamond while selling fourteen tonnes of sea salt.
• Yang Yi spent 15,000 Conch Coins on fifty loaves of Black Bread to replenish the Nightmare Star's food reserves.
• Yang Yi fished alongside the Old Captain, then used a Long-Legged Sardine as bait to fish deeper.
• Yang Yi fought and shot a huge fish before hauling the dead Mutated Giant Anglerfish onto the deck in Wolf Transformation.
• The Old Captain became furious after watching Yang Yi catch the giant fish and went on strike for one day.

Yang Yi tested the Mutated Giant Anglerfish’s trophy effect, then used its lantern in a gacha draw and gained ship equipment that improved fishing. A week later, He Qi arrived at the endpoint aboard the Fisherman, and Yang Yi recognized him and sent a message.

• Yang Yi rejected hanging the Mutated Giant Anglerfish as a trophy because its light could attract dangerous creatures, then asked Su Na whether she could make a potion from it.
• Su Na said she could make a potion that made Yang Yi’s head glow, while she gathered ingredients to brew a stronger Spirit Potion.
• Yang Yi fed the fish’s lantern into the Monster Gacha Machine and received a Giant Anglerfish Lantern that dispelled illusions and increased fishing catch rates.
• Yang Yi installed the lantern on the Nightmare Star and caught two Long-Legged Sardines in thirty minutes while testing it.
• A week later, Yang Yi saw the Fisherman emerge near the endpoint and messaged its captain, He Qi.

Yang Yi met He Qi aboard the Fisherman, where he learned that He Qi had recruited a Siren-human hybrid named Qiqi as a crew member. After returning to the Nightmare Star, Yang Yi asked Su Na whether a Siren could live without eating people, and she said it was impossible.

• Yang Yi and He Qi met for the first time and shared food and liquor aboard the Fisherman.
• Yang Yi learned that He Qi spent most of his time fishing and had caught the seafood they ate.
• He Qi revealed Qiqi, a shy Siren-human hybrid, and explained that a Crew Registration Card had made her a crew member.
• Yang Yi showed He Qi information about his Ship Merging Card and mentioned that someone else was aboard the Nightmare Star.
• Yang Yi returned to the Nightmare Star with seafood and told Su Na about Qiqi.
• Su Na told Yang Yi that a Siren needed to eat people to keep her body from breaking down.

Yang Yi waited at the endpoint as more players arrived and the Iron Brotherhood fought the New Humanity Fleet. The system then announced that all players had left the Abundant Sea, bringing the voyage to its end.

• He Qi bandaged Qiqi, who warned him that Yang Yi was a dangerous demon hunter and a secret member of the Fire Worship Cult after smelling the Charred Liquor.
• Yang Yi moved the Nightmare Star away from the entrance after players shared pictures and speculated about the ghost ship in the Chat Channel.
• Yang Yi caught enough fish to meet his protein needs and build up his dried-fish and Black Bread supplies while more than two hundred ships gathered near the exit.
• The Iron Brotherhood fought the New Humanity Fleet near the endpoint, and reports indicated that the Iron Brotherhood won while the Sakura and several other ships escaped.
• The system announced that all players had left the Abundant Sea before the black fog reached the endpoint.

Yang Yi read the major update and learned that players would be sent into the full ocean, where a quest to find and liberate ten Player Islands awaited them. As teleportation began, he checked the revised rules aboard the Nightmare Star.

• Yang Yi suspected the system's praise meant an earlier batch of players had come before his.
• Yang Yi read the main quest to find and liberate ten Player Islands, then saw a distant, illuminated metropolis identified as Island No. 7.
• Yang Yi learned that clues to the islands would emerge as players explored the sea and earned points.
• Yang Yi checked the updated Sailing Log, fleet interface, and Regional Channel while the World Chat and trading system remained closed.
• Yang Yi noticed characters floating out of the Nightmare Star and himself, and the system announced a 60-minute teleportation countdown.

After the transfer, Yang Yi and the Nightmare Star remained behind in a lightless sea while all other players vanished. Yang Yi and Su Na investigated their isolation and discovered black fog rising over the water.

• Yang Yi read the updated rules, including the new Exposure system and warnings about darkness, and discussed them with Su Na.
• As the transfer began, Yang Yi prepared for danger, but the Nightmare Star stayed in place while the other players disappeared.
• Yang Yi scanned the eerily still, pitch-dark sea and found no nearby players in the regional chat channel.
• Yang Yi checked the updated world map and weather screen, learning that they were in the Sea of No Light with no daylight.
• Su Na spotted a layer of black fog rising over the water, and Yang Yi went to look.

Yang Yi and Su Na investigated a newly appeared layer of black fog that rapidly aged living things and spoiled food, while leaving most inorganic materials unaffected. Yang Yi then found the ship’s Point Vending Machine and recognized the symbol on it from protein bar packaging.

• Yang Yi tested the black fog with a Long-Legged Sardine, which died of old age, and Su Na stored it for dissection.
• Yang Yi managed to trap some black fog in a bucket, and Su Na sealed a sample in a glass bottle for laboratory testing.
• Yang Yi and Su Na found that the fog rapidly aged or spoiled living things, corpses, and food, while its effects on inorganic materials were negligible.
• Su Na suspected the black gas produced by evaporating seawater was related to the fog and went to test whether it dissipated.
• Yang Yi found that firelight could not disperse the fog, then set the Nightmare Star toward the direction of the earlier Player Island apparition.
• Yang Yi found the Point Vending Machine in the Captain's Quarters and recognized its symbol from protein bar packaging.

Yang Yi explored the new vending machine, learned what its special items and blind boxes offered, and spent points on Stealth Capsules and ten micro blind boxes. The guaranteed prize appeared to be two tickets, but the chapter ended before he identified them.

• Yang Yi activated the vending machine and examined its special items, including crew registration and ship merging cards.
• Yang Yi sent Su Na information about the items and learned that several exchanges were unavailable to him.
• Yang Yi decided blind boxes could offer rare items, but first bought twenty-four Stealth Capsules for 2,200 points.
• Yang Yi opened ten micro blind boxes, receiving snacks from the first nine and triggering the guaranteed prize on the tenth.
• Yang Yi stared silently at the two tickets that appeared in his hands.

Yang Yi spent points on blind boxes, chasing guaranteed rewards after receiving mostly poor prizes. Su Na gifted him 20,000 points, and after they discovered the guarantee counter was tracked separately for each person, Yang Yi spent nearly all his points on nine large blind boxes.

• Yang Yi opened small blind boxes and spent more points to reach their guarantee, receiving supplies and a voucher for a large blind box.
• Yang Yi opened the large blind box and got rainbow-filled gummies, then discovered its guarantee counter reset after 24 hours.
• Yang Yi asked Su Na to lend him 20,000 points so he could reach the large-box guarantee, and she gifted him the points instead.
• Su Na tested the vending machine and found that the guarantee counter was tied to each person.
• Yang Yi spent 89,500 points on nine large blind boxes, leaving himself with 2,729 points.

Yang Yi opened the final guaranteed mystery box and obtained a Portal Exchange Ticket stained with what appeared to be blood, which Su Na took to investigate. Su Na then showed Yang Yi that Clustered Darkness could be temporarily immobilized by intense heat, and they planned to use fire as a last-resort defense while seeking a better solution.

• Yang Yi opened the last large mystery box and received a Portal Exchange Ticket, which Su Na identified as bearing bloodstains and took for examination.
• Su Na explained that the system dispersed black fog in the safe zone and showed Yang Yi her experiments with heating it.
• Yang Yi heated a sealed sample until the Clustered Darkness became dust, heard chilling wails, and learned that it could endanger ships in the Sea of No Light.
• Yang Yi and Su Na found that ordinary firelight and other lights did not disperse the darkness, which was slowly creeping up the hull.
• Yang Yi planned to move the vines and prepare campfires and water to create a high-temperature barrier, while considering the Lookout as a possible refuge.