Chapter Summaries

Su Na documented the progression of crystalline disease as she traveled through a landscape of frozen crystal people and creatures, cutting away affected tissue to slow its spread. By day fourteen, the disease had nearly crystallized the right side of her body, and strange voices preceded her sudden transformation and flight.

• Su Na cut away crystallized skin and fibrotic muscle from her shoulder, recorded her findings, and found the wound mostly healed the next day without visible crystallization in the new skin.
• On day seven, Su Na discovered crystallized muscle and bones in her right little finger and other joints, treated the affected tissue, and continued through the growing number of crystal people.
• On day ten, Su Na found crystal statues of many species, took a longsword to brace herself while walking, and recorded that the disease had severely crystallized her right arm and leg.
• On day twelve, Su Na noticed her clothes beginning to crystallize and recorded that nonliving objects seemed to be affected after about ten days.
• On day fourteen, Su Na's right side and face were nearly crystallized, and she heard unintelligible voices beneath her feet as her sanity fell.
• Su Na continued listening to the voices, then her hair turned white, crystal debris began floating, and she rose into the air and sped forward.

Su Na searched Crystal Island for Yang Yi and found him crystallized, then investigated his condition and Crystalline Disease. She discovered that his thoughts still responded to stimulation, but a shocking sight turned her into a crystal statue before she could learn more.

• On day fifteen, Su Na flew across Crystal Island and followed a trail of smashed crystals to a statue she identified as Yang Yi.
• Su Na examined Yang Yi’s crystallized body and equipment, noting that he had stripped away crystals and damaged his muscles to slow the disease.
• Su Na used a Brainwave Detector and heat to confirm that Yang Yi’s thoughts remained active, then tested her own blood and tissue for a pathogen.
• After finding no obvious pathogen, Su Na wondered whether Crystalline Disease was a curse and looked behind Yang Yi.
• Su Na saw a mountain of crystallized weapons, including a severed arm gripping a black Greatsword, and rapidly crystallized into a statue.

Cui Xiya woke Yang Yi when Su Na’s Sanity plunged dangerously low, and he sedated her before she could become a Polluter. The next day, Su Na remained asleep as Yang Yi fished aboard the Nightmare Star, but whatever took the bait proved strong enough to snap his rod and stop the ship.

• Cui Xiya monitored Su Na’s declining stats and failed to wake Yang Yi with a light tap when Su Na entered her Witch state and began floating objects.
• When Su Na’s Sanity fell to 16 and she stopped breathing, Cui Xiya shot Yang Yi’s outer ear to wake him.
• Yang Yi injected Su Na with Sleeping Potion, moved her to another room, and examined her wounds and altered fingers before replacing her gloves.
• The next day, Yang Yi fished from the Nightmare Star while Su Na slept and recovered, and Cui Xiya rested on deck.
• A powerful catch dragged Yang Yi toward the sea and pulled the Nightmare Star off course despite his transformations, enhancements, vines, and skeleton arms.
• The fishing rod’s cable snapped, leaving Yang Yi sprawled on the deck with torn arm muscles as the ship rocked violently.

Yang Yi learned that the fishing rod could hook something too powerful to haul in, then trained in Halberd Techniques while Su Na remained asleep. When a Long-Legged Sardine turned to crystal, Su Na revealed that crystalline disease had come out of her dream and might already have infected everyone aboard the Nightmare Star.

• Yang Yi found that the Abyss Claw’s cable had snapped under the strain of an unidentified catch and decided to stop trying to reel it in for now.
• Yang Yi trained in Halberd Techniques under Cui Xiya’s instruction, but struggled to master accurate, rapid thrusts.
• Xiaoji reported that a Long-Legged Sardine prepared for dinner had suddenly transformed into crystal.
• Su Na woke and identified crystalline disease as a subtype of the death plague, while Cui Xiya threw the crystallized fish into the sea.
• Su Na explained that she had contracted crystalline disease in her dream and brought its pathogen back, leaving Yang Yi to fear that everyone aboard might be infected.

Yang Yi reviewed Su Na’s records on Crystalline Disease, isolated infected beings, and continued toward the island that might hold a cure. Meanwhile, Yu Dawei and Zhang Zhi struggled with severe Rust Disease as Yu received Yang Yi’s message about the Death Plague.

• Yang Yi reviewed the Crystalline Disease records, arranged for Xiaoji and Cui Xiya to patrol the ship and isolate infected individuals, and decided to keep sailing toward the island.
• Yang Yi practiced swordsmanship, then contacted Song Yingwen to ask for information about the Death Plague.
• Song Yingwen told Yang Yi that Yu Dawei had asked about the Death Plague earlier, so Yang Yi contacted Yu Dawei.
• Yu Dawei and Zhang Zhi discussed their worsening Rust Disease and learned that tests on their rusted samples had found no infectious properties.
• Yu Dawei received a private message from One-Eye asking to share information about the Death Plague, then found that his knee joints had seized and asked Zhang Zhi for machine oil and rust remover.

Yang Yi exchanged intelligence with Yu Dawei about Rust Disease, Steam Island, the Death Plague Sea, and Crystalline Disease, then sent his findings to Su Na. Meanwhile, Zhou Dai prepared to enter the Holy Capital as a Novice Nun while struggling with her Brain-Eating Demon hunger, and Yang Yi confirmed that her brain delivery would take six days.

• Yang Yi and Yu Dawei traded information and concluded that Steam Island was likely near the edge of the Death Plague Sea, while Crystal Island was probably inside it.
• Yang Yi assessed Rust Disease as a dangerous Death Plague subtype that mechanized living victims and drove them to attack others, then forwarded his research materials to Su Na.
• Yang Yi read Zhou Dai's repeated messages asking about fresh brains and replied that her order would arrive in about six days.
• Zhou Dai prayed to the Radiant Goddess in her bedroom aboard the Radiant Goddess Ship, where her headless body and preserved heads revealed her life as a Brain-Eating Demon.
• Zhou Dai fed on a head, reaffirmed her devotion to the Radiant Goddess, and prepared to clear out her brain collection before pursuing further study in the Holy Capital.

Yang Yi learned that traded goods did not spread Crystalline Disease, but Su Na's specimens and supplies began crystallizing, forcing him to limit his shop and monitor the ship. Three days later, the crew remained symptom-free, though the disease had affected nearly every specimen in the Witch Laboratory.

• Su Na told Yang Yi that Long-Legged Sardines' bones crystallized before their blood and suggested that moderate exercise might slow the disease.
• Su Na found that the Great Sea Lung Larva's brain matter had begun crystallizing, but Zhou Dai accepted the residue and completed the trade without a refund.
• Yang Yi announced a clearance sale, considered the risk of crystallization affecting equipment, and planned to investigate the Roaring Flintlock and Broken Iron Greatsword.
• Three days later, Yang Yi found that most Witch Laboratory specimens had crystallized, while the Vitality Sardine Tree and Variant Pale Worm remained unaffected.
• Yang Yi inspected the ship daily and ordered the crew to check for symptoms, but no crew members had begun crystallizing yet.

Yang Yi tried to pull Su Na away from her Crystalline Disease research and learned that fresh seawater might slow the plague, while proposing that crystallized Penitent Armor could help them move. After Su Na rested, he found Cui Xiya coping with her infection by eating, and learned she claimed the Lord had urged her to enjoy life while she could.

• Yang Yi visited Su Na in the Witch Laboratory, urged her to rest, and suggested that crystallized Penitent Armor might still allow movement.
• Su Na explained that freshly drawn seawater seemed to slow or prevent Crystalline Disease, and described how the infection appeared to spread among different materials and beings.
• Yang Yi caught Su Na when exhaustion made her dizzy, escorted her to her room, and kissed her after she asked whether he liked her.
• Yang Yi checked on Cui Xiya, who was eating heavily despite her infection and said the Lord had told her in a dream to enjoy herself while she could.

Yang Yi and Su Na devised a plan to resist Crystalline Disease by turning the crew into crystal before the disease could take effect, then reversing the transformation with an antidote. By the sixth day, crystallization had begun affecting the ship’s creatures, while Su Na prepared to boost her potion research by entering Witch Form.

• Yang Yi considered using the Stone of Truth to help Su Na develop a cure, while Su Na secretly saw him holding it.
• Su Na woke Yang Yi and proposed that the crew turn into crystal ahead of the disease, then use an antidote to regain mobility.
• Yang Yi, Su Na, and the others agreed to pursue the plan, leaving Su Na to develop the potions needed for it.
• On the sixth day, crystallization began spreading through the Vitality Sardine Tree, and the Variant Pale Worm developed localized symptoms.
• Su Na drank a Growth Potion and began reading Book of Pure White, Volume One under Yang Yi’s supervision to improve her research efficiency.

Su Na read the Book of Pure White, evolving Heat Gathering Orb into Energy Singularity despite severe freezing and worsening paranoia. As Crystalline Disease spread to Xiaoji and Cui Xiya, Xiaoji sensed its source ahead, and the Nightmare Star’s hull began crystallizing.

• Su Na completed the Book of Pure White and gained Energy Singularity, a spell that drew heat into a point before creating a high-energy explosion.
• Su Na entered a paranoid state and began experimenting in her Witch Form while Yang Yi left Xiaoji to watch over her.
• Yang Yi found crystallization around Xiaoji’s wheel bearings and concluded that the robot also had a Spirit attribute.
• Yang Yi fished for sea silver, then found Cui Xiya exercising to regain the Agility she had lost.
• By day twelve, Xiaoji’s casing and wheels had crystallized, and it told Yang Yi that something ahead was sending it signals.
• The Nightmare Star’s hull began showing signs of Crystallization.

As Crystalline Disease spread across the Nightmare Star, Yang Yi prepared the ship and its supplies for further crystallization while Su Na produced Poison, Antidote, and Sleeping Potion. Yang Yi and Cui Xiya headed to the Laboratory to check whether the potions were ready.

• The Nightmare Star and nearly everything aboard crystallized, while Xiaoji, Cui Xiya, Yang Yi, and Su Na showed varying degrees of the disease.
• Yang Yi secretly gave Xiaoji a Scarlet Gem to hide and moved food and other supplies out of storage items that might soon lose their functions.
• Yang Yi sensed a distant call that let him navigate without the Pioneer Ritual, then gathered his weapons and equipment in preparation for crystallization.
• Yang Yi found Cui Xiya sorting her crystallized belongings and put her books away in a desk drawer.
• Yang Yi and Cui Xiya went to the Laboratory to check on the potions Su Na had been mass-producing for the crystallization process.

Su Na prepared crystallization potions and the matching antidotes, and Yang Yi and Cui Xiya used the potions to become crystal statues. Su Na secretly kept her own potion and searched Yang Yi for the Stone of Truth, then went to look for it elsewhere.

• Su Na made ten crystallization potions and explained to Yang Yi and Cui Xiya how to use them and their matching antidotes.
• Yang Yi used the upper-dose potion and turned into a crystal statue, while crystal arms secured him against the wall.
• Cui Xiya used her potion and became a small crystal statue protected in a recess in the wall.
• Su Na hid her own potion instead of using it and searched Yang Yi for the Stone of Truth.
• Su Na noticed that Yang Yi's Three Eyes had not crystallized, asked Xiaoji about the red gemstone, and went to search the Captain's Quarters.

Su Na searched the ship for the Stone of Truth but found nothing, then crystallized herself beside Yang Yi. Yang Yi revealed that his mutated organs had resisted the disease and used the chance to show that he could control the Maw of Gluttony while his body appeared frozen.

• Su Na searched the Captain's Quarters, Lookout, deck, and hold for the Stone of Truth but came up empty.
• Su Na ordered Xiaoji to move weapons into the hold and keep the Radar on during patrols.
• Su Na drank the Sleeping Potion and applied the Crystallization Potion, turning herself into a sleeping crystal statue beside Yang Yi.
• Xiaoji brought out the Crystallization Potion Antidote, but Yang Yi stopped it and spoke through the Maw of Gluttony beneath his Captain's Uniform.
• Yang Yi recalled discovering that his mutated organs resisted crystallization and explained that he had secretly trained to control the Maw of Gluttony.

Yang Yi adapted to moving with his many tongues after his body crystallized and prepared for a long voyage. He left Xiaoji to keep watch and fish, then considered how to overcome his crystal body's severe limits.

• Yang Yi practiced walking with his tongues after the Crystal Arms released him, but his heavy crystallized body made movement difficult.
• Yang Yi told Xiaoji to keep the Radar running and notify him about anything unusual before waking the others.
• Yang Yi had Xiaoji return his weapons and equipment to the Captain's Quarters, then slowly made his way there himself.
• Yang Yi suggested Xiaoji try fishing during the long voyage, and Xiaoji took a crystallized fishing rod out to the deck.
• Yang Yi checked his attributes and recognized that his crystal body had greatly increased his Constitution but reduced his Agility and Perception.
• Yang Yi concluded that he needed to find a way to shed weight because his body weighed over half a tonne.

Yang Yi experimented with reversing his crystallization and then spent a week reshaping his body into a hollow crystal skeleton controlled by the Maw of Gluttony's tongues. He left the Captain's Quarters for the first time in a week, still struggling to move in his new body.

• Yang Yi used Antidote No. 1 to shed the crystals covering his body, then transformed into a Werewolf, tearing his crystallized neck and chest as they healed.
• Yang Yi tested the Penitent Armor and found that crystallization prevented him from controlling it normally.
• Yang Yi decided to preserve his limb bones and use the Maw of Gluttony's tongues in place of muscles, then began sculpting his crystallized body.
• A week later, Yang Yi found that several Treasured items had crystallized, changing their attributes or disabling their functions, while Treasured Storage Items had lost their storage function.
• Yang Yi completed his transformation into a 3.2-meter-tall hollow crystal skeleton weighing 170 kilograms, with his brain and abdomen still intact.
• Yang Yi used the Maw of Gluttony's tongues to control his skeleton, practiced taking stiff steps, and walked out of the Captain's Quarters.

Yang Yi gradually adapted to his crystallized Werewolf body during the seemingly endless voyage, keeping the Maw of Gluttony under control with scheduled food and training until he regained his old agility. After 223 days at sea, light finally appeared ahead, and the Nightmare Star seemed close to leaving the Sea of No Light.

• Xiaoji fished on the Nightmare Star while Yang Yi practiced walking and fed the fish it caught to the Maw of Gluttony.
• Yang Yi bought large supplies of Delicious Fertilizer, Delicious Jerky, and sea-salt sugar to keep his hunger and the Maw of Gluttony under control.
• Yang Yi discovered that converting lumber and stone into crystal caused a loss, while sea silver and blackwood converted into crystal diamond and filled his Warehouse with 17,942 units.
• Yang Yi trained with the Broken Iron Greatsword, dislocated his forearm, and adjusted his tongues around his joints to continue practicing.
• Yang Yi regained his former agility, fought Drowned Dead, and used fishing with Xiaoji and the Old Captain to raise his Sanity.
• After 223 days of voyage, Yang Yi saw light ahead as the Nightmare Star approached the edge of the Sea of No Light.

Yang Yi crossed from the Sea of No Light into the Death Plague Sea, where a radiation-emitting artificial-looking sphere lit the yellow-green sky and waters. He confirmed his location, continued sailing and fishing, and caught a mackerel infected with a proliferative disease.

• Yang Yi crossed the boundary into a new sea region and saw a distant sphere emitting dangerous gamma radiation.
• Xiaoji identified the sky and sea as yellow-green, and Yang Yi recorded the information before confirming through the weather interface that he had reached the Death Plague Sea.
• Yang Yi hung the crystallized remains of Fishman Great Sage Kurich on the Execution Rack, retaining its trophy effects.
• Yang Yi resumed sailing and fishing while waiting for Yu Dawei to arrive; his catch included a Multi-Headed Mackerel infected with a Death Plague Subtype.
• Yang Yi learned that the mackerel's proliferative disease could spread through careless contact, but his Crystalline Disease made him immune to other Death Plague Subtypes.

Yang Yi caught fish infected with proliferative disease in the Death Plague Sea and published information about the sea and crystalline disease on the Player Forum. He prepared for the approach to Crystal Island by checking for other players and choosing equipment that would make him look human.

• Yang Yi kept a strange fish in a jar and caught several more infected fish, while the Maw of Gluttony ate a Many-Legged Sardine.
• Yang Yi watched the artificial satellite stop emitting light at 23:00 and decided to observe it for a few days before considering an approach.
• Yang Yi published his Death Plague Sea report on the Player Forum, where it quickly became a featured topic and earned him 120,000 Conch Coins.
• Yang Yi checked the chat channels and found no evidence of other players in the sea, so he decided to stay vigilant and prepare for Crystal Island.
• Yang Yi put on the altered Penitent Armor and crystal face covering, making himself look like an armored person wearing a wolf-head mask.

Yang Yi outfitted himself for the journey and endured the Death Plague Sea’s extreme heat by building a shaded canopy on the Nightmare Star. As the ship neared Crystal Island, he encountered a vast field of glowing seaweed that seemed to transmit a signal.

• Yang Yi equipped his Penitent Armor with his weapons and stored its helmet inside the Maw of Gluttony.
• Yang Yi discovered the temperature had reached 56°C and set out to build a canopy for shade.
• Yang Yi, Xiaoji, and the crystal arms completed a black, double-layered canopy that lowered the temperature aboard the Nightmare Star.
• Yang Yi sensed that the ship was nearing Crystal Island as the call from ahead grew clearer.
• The Nightmare Star stopped before a vast expanse of seaweed, and Yang Yi fired a cannonball into it.
• The seaweed lit up in a spreading ring, leading Yang Yi to suspect it was transmitting a signal.

Yang Yi steered the Nightmare Star through a vast seaweed field and discovered a fleet of fifty-three ships moving to surround him. As he charged toward their blockade, the fleet recognized his crystalline vessel as a disease carrier and scattered, leaving Yang Yi confused.

• Yang Yi identified the seaweed as a single proliferative disease-infected organism and sailed into its enormous, fish-filled growth.
• Yang Yi and Xiaoji tracked approaching lights and estimated that about fifty ships were closing in on the Nightmare Star.
• Yang Yi prepared Su Na and Cui Xiya for a possible fight, then accelerated toward the fleet's blockade.
• The fleet captain ordered his ships to disperse after recognizing the Nightmare Star as a crystalline disease carrier and warned his crew to isolate and disinfect themselves.
• Yang Yi watched the enemy fleet retreat and wondered what had happened.