Chapter Summaries

Su Na tested the darkness and reported that it eroded materials and multiplied, while Yang Yi prepared fire defenses aboard the Nightmare Star. He also tested Micro Blind Boxes before the world chat opened and decided to save his points.

• Su Na found that cold slowed the darkness, fire could not reveal a soul within it, and the substance spread by eroding living and nonliving matter; she also reported fresh-looking human blood on the Portal Exchange Ticket.
• Yang Yi told Su Na to stop experimenting and rest, then set up bonfires in the Atrium as a temporary barrier against the darkness.
• Yang Yi checked the darkness's increasing spread, noted that it could reach the deck in less than a week, and rationed his dwindling Vitality Coconut Juice Refresher.
• Yang Yi spent points on Micro Blind Boxes, confirmed that lower-tier boxes could yield exchange tickets, and stopped drawing after using two tickets.
• The world Chat Channel opened at 23:00.

Yang Yi used the World Chat Channel to learn that he and other players had been teleported to the Sea of No Light, where darkness threatened survivors. He shared ways to suppress it, bought large supplies at great cost, and ended with Shen Guanquan asking to trade Canned Apples for blind box exchange tickets.

• Yang Yi questioned players about the Sea of No Light and learned that players had different daylight conditions in their regions.
• Qin Ming told Yang Yi that holy light from his treasured-quality armor dispersed the moving black fog, and revealed that his region's population had fallen from seventy-two to three.
• Yang Yi shared that high and low temperatures and holy light could suppress the darkness with other players stranded in the Sea of No Light.
• The Great Newspaper announced a publication pause and higher prices, while players discussed blind box rewards and exchange tickets in World Chat.
• Yang Yi bought lumber, cloth, stone, steel, crystal, and 300 loaves of Black Bread, spending 260,000 Conch Coins and retaining 1.22 million.
• Shen Guanquan asked Yang Yi whether he had blind box exchange tickets to trade for Canned Apples.

Yang Yi prepared for the Sea of No Light by buying Holy Water, continuing toward a guaranteed mystery box reward, and sailing onward despite finding nothing. The next day, he tried fishing and caught a Skeleton Mackerel while the Old Captain hauled up a dead Long-Legged Sardine Elder; Yang Yi then hooked something very heavy.

• Yang Yi told Shen Guanquan he had no mystery box exchange tickets to spare and learned that repeated draws reduced the chance of obtaining high-tier tickets.
• Yang Yi bought twenty bottles of Holy Water from Zhou Dai, but Zhou Dai refused to sell him a treasured Radiant Holy Church knight's sword.
• At midnight, Yang Yi found that the World Chat Channel had stopped and the Gacha Machine had produced no items, then chose to keep sailing in the same direction through the darkness.
• The next day, Yang Yi woke after four hours of sleep and began fishing at the bow while the Old Captain fished elsewhere.
• Yang Yi caught a Skeleton Mackerel, while the Old Captain caught a dead Long-Legged Sardine Elder.
• Yang Yi continued fishing, and after another hour he felt that he had hooked something very heavy.

Yang Yi fished undead creatures from the dark sea, turned their corpses into items, and decided how to keep the Nightmare Star supplied safely. He planted a Vitality Coconut in the Delicious Potted Plant, but after seeing its lengthy growth time, he buried several sardines in the pot instead and awaited their sprouting.

• Yang Yi killed a Drowned Dead that climbed aboard the Nightmare Star, stored its corpse, and got Drowned Dead's Hatred from the Monster Gacha Machine.
• Yang Yi fished for eight hours while the Old Captain caught a Skeleton Monster, whose corpse produced a White Bone Token.
• Yang Yi decided the Old Captain should fish for eight hours daily while he was awake and avoided using the Fishing Net in the darkness.
• Yang Yi planted a Vitality Coconut in the Delicious Potted Plant and learned it would take more than 13,000 hours to mature.
• Yang Yi buried five Long-Legged Sardine Elders and a fresh Long-Legged Sardine in the pot, which gave an unclear planting result with 37 hours until sprouting.

Yang Yi and Su Na discovered a pattern of tiny zeros in the bloodstain on the Portal Exchange Ticket, then used it to obtain and install a Player Island Portal. The Portal failed to connect to the numbered islands, so Yang Yi entered a long string of zeros and pressed confirm.

• Yang Yi fertilized the Delicious Potted Plant and told Su Na he was growing it in the Captain's Quarters.
• Su Na showed Yang Yi the regular rows of oval shapes in the ticket's bloodstain, and Yang Yi confirmed with Three Eyes that the ticket had a similar pattern of tiny circles.
• Yang Yi recalled the digits on Player Island's tallest building and used the Portal Exchange Ticket in the Gacha Machine, which produced a Player Island Portal.
• Yang Yi installed the Portal in the ship's Atrium and tried connecting to Player Islands 01 through 10 and 00, but each attempt failed.
• Yang Yi realized the Portal accepted more than two digits, entered zeros for five minutes, and pressed confirm.

Yang Yi and Su Na activated the Portal, but its connection opened onto a horrifying mass of dead players that flooded the ship’s Atrium. After Yang Yi forced the connection to end, Su Na found a damaged force-field shield among the remains, which Yang Yi gave to her.

• Yang Yi grew uneasy as the Portal’s connection began, and its blue patterns turned red before the connection succeeded.
• Red slurry poured from the Portal, and Yang Yi’s activity log identified nearly a thousand dead players within it.
• When dark red fingers reached through the doorway, Yang Yi fired the Flintlock in Roaring Mode and drove them back until the connection ended.
• Yang Yi and Su Na examined the harmless but revolting slurry, and Su Na collected a sample while Yang Yi ordered the Ancient Skeleton Arms to clean the Atrium.
• Su Na found a damaged Exceptional force-field shield beneath the slurry, and Yang Yi tested it before giving it to her.

Yang Yi found damaged equipment among the corpses on the Nightmare Star, then discovered that the darkness was rapidly climbing the hull and damaging the ship. He and Su Na prepared to seal the cabins and carry supplies to the Lookout, while Su Na’s examination of the remains revealed that they contained no bone fragments.

• Yang Yi found a Red-Dyed Hilt Dagger and a Red-Dyed Rusty Engineering Glove among the corpse remains, but judged the glove nearly useless.
• Yang Yi noticed the Nightmare Star losing durability and saw the darkness climbing the hull and consuming its warning-line vines.
• Yang Yi ordered the vines to absorb the corpse remains, restoring the ship’s durability and slowing the darkness’s spread.
• Yang Yi told Su Na to seal the first-level openings, then packed the food and fresh water in preparation for holding out in the Lookout.
• Su Na sealed her specimens and windows, then examined the remains and found only damaged cell fragments, with no trace of bone.

Yang Yi avoided reopening the dangerous portal and focused on preparing for the spreading darkness, moving himself and Su Na to the Lookout as the fog swallowed the Nightmare Star’s deck. With no supplies delivered and no refuge found yet, he prepared to set the ship alight as a last resort.

• Yang Yi warned Su Na not to reconnect to the dangerous island, while Su Na argued that blood on an exchange voucher might belong to a survivor.
• Yang Yi dismantled the Player Island Portal and told Su Na that the darkness would soon reach the deck, leaving them to shelter in the Lookout with the Old Captain steering the ship.
• After two days, Yang Yi moved the sprouted Vitality Sardine Tree Sapling to the Lookout to protect it from the darkness.
• Yang Yi expanded and reinforced the Lookout platform, and Su Na joined him there as the darkness climbed over the Nightmare Star’s deck.
• Yang Yi checked the sea chart and prepared to set the ship alight if they could not find an island or other refuge before the black fog spread farther.

Yang Yi and Su Na waited on the Lookout while darkness consumed the Nightmare Star, fishing and preparing for Yang Yi’s delayed trades to arrive. After lighting a route across the deck, Yang Yi went down toward the Gacha Machine to collect the items.

• Yang Yi found that the darkness had disabled most of the vines and damaged the Nightmare Star, while the Ancient Skeleton Arms remained unaffected.
• Yang Yi and Su Na reviewed reports about islands, Indigenous People, the Radiant Goddess, and Exposure, then spent two days exercising and fishing on the Lookout.
• Su Na caught several Otherworldly Demons, including a powerful Skeleton Monster that Yang Yi killed with his Flintlock.
• Yang Yi received notice that his traded items would arrive at 23:00 and prepared to descend while Su Na lit the bonfires with flaming arrows.
• Yang Yi put on parts of the Penitent Armor, transformed into a Werewolf, soaked his fur, and used Molotov Cocktails to create a fiery path across the deck.
• Yang Yi leaped into the bonfires and ran toward the bow and the Gacha Machine.

Yang Yi used Holy Water and fire to drive back incorporeal shadows that appeared on the Nightmare Star's deck, but the disturbance drew even more of them. He and Su Na remained on the mast as more than fifty shadows gathered below.

• Yang Yi obtained a Bone Demon Javelin from the Gacha Machine and collected his delivered Holy Water and Black Bread.
• Su Na warned Yang Yi about a shadow on the deck; his attacks passed through it, but Holy Water dispelled it and the surrounding darkness.
• Yang Yi gave Su Na Holy Water and retreated with her to the mast as the flames died and thirty-two shadows gathered below.
• Yang Yi threw Molotov cocktails onto the deck, dispersing the shadows, but he counted more than fifty after they returned in greater numbers.

Yang Yi discovered that Holy Water and his upgraded Broken Iron Greatsword could destroy the shadows threatening his ship. After defeating them, he obtained a Darkness Core and learned more about what the shadows were.

• Su Na struck a shadow with a Holy Water-coated arrow, and Yang Yi confirmed that the shadow had been dispelled.
• Yang Yi prepared to coat Broken Iron with Holy Water, but the Fear Spirit in the greatsword showed him that the weapon could harm incorporeal creatures.
• Yang Yi climbed down to the deck and destroyed all 62 shadows with Broken Iron in about 20 seconds.
• A shadow left behind a Darkness Core, and Yang Yi learned that shadows were souls awakened from darkness that sought release.
• Yang Yi shared the Darkness Core's information with Su Na and gave her the object for possible use in alchemy.

Yang Yi and Su Na discovered a strange cross-shaped island and sailed toward it, only to learn from the Crystal Ball that it was actually the player ship Shelter, apparently abandoned by a previous batch of players. Yang Yi decided to investigate the ship despite the danger.

• Yang Yi tested the darkness with the Penitent Armor, then fed seven monster remains into the Gacha Machine and gave Su Na the Strengthening Bone Powder and Sea-Brewed Rum.
• After the bonfire went out, the Black Fog became active again and climbed the Mast, while Yang Yi waited for the Lookout skill to recharge.
• Yang Yi used Lookout and found a cross-shaped island about 1,100 nautical miles away; he and Su Na agreed it appeared artificial and set the Nightmare Star's course toward it.
• As they neared the island, the Crystal Ball alerted them to a player's ship, and Yang Yi discovered that the supposed island was the Shelter.
• Su Na guessed that the Shelter belonged to a previous batch of players, and Yang Yi decided to investigate it.

Yang Yi and Su Na found the colossal, abandoned Shelter and examined its harbors for a way inside. At the fourth harbor, they discovered a darkened sailing ship and cautiously approached it after debating how to check for danger.

• Yang Yi used Peering to locate the Shelter, then ordered the Nightmare Star closer while he and Su Na prepared to explore.
• Yang Yi inspected the cross-shaped Shelter with Three Eyes, found its four harbors, and noticed a massive breach at its center.
• Yang Yi and Su Na circled the Shelter until Su Na spotted a sailing ship in the fourth harbor.
• Yang Yi confirmed the ship was likely Indigenous and asked Su Na how to check whether anything was aboard.
• Yang Yi moved closer and fired two shots at the ship's deck.

Yang Yi and Su Na boarded an Indigenous People's ship to investigate it, but Yang Yi crashed through its rotten deck into the hold. There they discovered fragments of Light Fairies that emitted light capable of driving away darkness.

• Yang Yi had the Nightmare Star moor beside the Indigenous People's ship and prepared to board with Su Na.
• Yang Yi carried Su Na to the ship, cleared away the black shadows, and leaped toward its deck.
• The rotten deck collapsed beneath Yang Yi, dropping him and Su Na into the hold.
• A bright light inside the hold dispersed the darkness, and Su Na identified fragments beneath Yang Yi as its source.
• Yang Yi learned that the glowing fragments came from Light Fairies and that black Light-Sealing Containers held more fragments to ward off darkness.

Yang Yi and Su Na searched the occupied indigenous magic ship, collecting supplies and uncovering severed limbs linked to the Limb Spider Cult. Su Na found a book titled Limb Grafting Notes, while the ship became available for dismantling in one hour.

• Yang Yi collected Light Fairy Shard containers, Black-Skinned Potatoes, and 192 liters of fresh water from the ship.
• The system notified Yang Yi that he had occupied the Magic Sailing Ship and could dismantle it in one hour.
• Yang Yi searched the stern, found a hidden compartment, and recovered severed limbs, Conch Coins, and a Cooling Fan.
• Su Na recognized the severed limbs as evidence of a connection to the Limb Spider and gave Yang Yi the Limb Grafting Notes.

Yang Yi and Su Na searched an abandoned vessel, where Yang Yi obtained grafting materials and records that revealed the Great Cross’s history and route from Cook Island. They secured enough light containers to ease their immediate shortage, while the Golden Commerce Guild became a possible destination along the way.

• Yang Yi failed to properly learn Grafting Surgery from the Limb Grafting Notes but gained a novice skill, and Su Na explained how spinal fluid or a miraculous spell could reduce rejection.
• Yang Yi collected severed limbs, magical items, and seven Grafting Stabilizer Pills, then warned Su Na against grafting extra limbs onto herself.
• Yang Yi examined Su Na’s world map and found that it showed the Sea of Miracles but not their location beyond its circular boundary.
• Yang Yi read the ship owner’s logbook and learned that the abandoned Great Cross had once drawn explorers seeking Magic Ships and valuables.
• Yang Yi traced the explorers’ route from Cook Island, 60 Sailing Days away, and noted the Golden Commerce Guild between it and the Great Cross.
• Yang Yi and Su Na found an empty black container, bringing their total to six light containers and easing their immediate light shortage.

Yang Yi and Su Na read the notes of the ship’s captain, Direk, then dismantled the ship and entered the heavily looted Shelter. They searched its dark corridors and found a Chinese-language map, which Yang Yi cleaned to study.

• Yang Yi and Su Na read Direk’s notes and studied his sea chart, which mapped the Shelter and suggested the locations of Cook Island and the Golden Commerce Guild.
• Yang Yi learned that the indigenous people had salvaged and modified Magic Ships, then dismantled Direk’s rotting ship for supplies.
• Yang Yi and Su Na entered the Shelter through a breached doorway and found its entrance and reception area stripped of valuables.
• The pair searched the Shelter’s living quarters and found them looted, while Yang Yi received no occupation notification and concluded something else was aboard.
• Yang Yi found a layout map beside a disabled elevator and cleaned it with Charred Liquor and his Sailor Uniform.

Yang Yi and Su Na explored the Shelter and descended to its General Warehouse, where Yang Yi discovered a hidden mass of breathing creatures inside the walls. The chapter ended after he stabbed a giant rat through the wall, revealing one of the hidden creatures.

• Yang Yi studied the Shelter map and planned to search the General Warehouse and the captain's room at the top of the central tower.
• Su Na found a cracked Cyclops leg bone, and Yang Yi connected it to the Limb Spider Cult and a warped door at the bottom of the elevator shaft.
• Yang Yi and Su Na climbed down to the eighth underground level, where Yang Yi found an old canned-food label but no supplies.
• Yang Yi heard numerous creatures breathing ahead and inside the walls, then pierced a hollow section with the Flame Serpent's Fang.
• Yang Yi pulled out the dagger and found a fat rat with a smoking, charred wound inside the wall.

Yang Yi and Su Na discovered that the oversized House Mice were packed with hundreds of smaller mice and captured several for study. As they continued through the ducts, Yang Yi spotted a black humanoid figure ahead and threw a bone spear at it.

• Yang Yi killed a House Mouse in a cable duct and learned that it could live inside other creatures and resist the darkness's corrosion.
• Su Na dissected the mouse, discovering more than three hundred miniature mice hidden beneath its skin and inside its body.
• Su Na asked Yang Yi to catch living mice, and they prepared sheet-metal containers for the specimens.
• Yang Yi and Su Na opened another House Mouse, killed most of the mice that swarmed out, and captured a few survivors after removing their teeth.
• Yang Yi spotted a black humanoid figure ahead with his Three Eyes and hurled a bone spear at it.

Yang Yi and Su Na were overwhelmed by rats while exploring the lower levels of the Nightmare Star and escaped up the elevator shaft. Yang Yi’s Flame Projection drove the swarm back, and the two headed to the ship to recover before continuing their exploration.

• Yang Yi impaled a rat-filled humanoid with his short spear, but its cries stirred rats in the walls and vents around them.
• Yang Yi used grease Molotov Cocktails to hold off the swarm, then carried Su Na back toward the elevator shaft behind her Force Field Deflection Great Shield.
• Yang Yi fought off rats with the Flame Serpent's Fang and the Maw of Gluttony while Su Na climbed, then burned the rats biting his back with Healing of the Flame.
• Yang Yi and Su Na climbed to the third floor as the rats surged up the shaft, and Yang Yi used Flame Projection to send a giant serpent of fire down through the swarm.
• The rats retreated after many were burned, and Yang Yi decided they would return to the ship to rest before exploring the General Warehouse area again.