Chapter Summaries

Yang Yi explained that the Crystallization Potion had not affected him and revealed that he had replaced much of his crystallized body with a skeletal form and the Maw of Gluttony’s tongues. Su Na feared he could not survive the cure, but Yang Yi proposed keeping his brain alive and rebuilding his body later.

• Su Na identified the retreating ships as members of the Deathbirth Society, who were avoiding crystalline disease, and Yang Yi chose not to pursue them.
• Su Na confronted Yang Yi about what he had failed to explain, and he revealed that the Crystallization Potion did not work on him.
• Yang Yi removed the Penitent Armor and showed Su Na and Cui Xiya his skeletal body and the crystallized organs he had discarded.
• Su Na warned that Yang Yi would die when the crystallization was lifted because he had no circulatory system, and she became tearful.
• Yang Yi claimed his Refuse Death talent and suggested that they could keep his head alive and restore his body using technology and replacement organs.

Yang Yi questioned his deteriorating mental state and sought a way to restore his human body while Su Na observed the artificial satellite. After Zhou Dai sent him techniques for removing a head without killing its owner, Yang Yi forwarded them to Su Na to see if she could improve their reliability.

• Yang Yi reflected on his unhealthy state after seeing Su Na cry and resolved to regain a human body as soon as possible.
• Su Na used a telescope she had made from crystal diamond to observe the artificial satellite after it went dark.
• Yang Yi posted requests for a head-removal technique and information about the Deathbirth Society and Bobo Fluorescent Seaweed on the Player Forum.
• Zhou Dai offered Yang Yi the Complete Head Removal Technique and the Five-Sense Sealing Technique in exchange for a discount on future brain matter.
• Yang Yi read the techniques, judged their success rate unreliable, and sent them to Su Na for possible improvements.

Yang Yi’s crew located the enormous Crystal Island, the source of Crystalline Disease, and prepared to plan their exploration. Su Na investigated Proliferative Disease in the Witch Laboratory as Yang Yi warned that its potential usefulness came with the risk of spreading it aboard the Nightmare Star.

• Su Na concluded that the Head Removal Surgery and Five-Sense Sealing Technique had almost no chance of safely treating Yang Yi, and considered finding him a suitable human body on Crystal Island.
• Yang Yi sensed the source of Crystalline Disease nearby, climbed to the Lookout, and used its scan to chart a vast island about five hundred nautical miles ahead.
• Yang Yi posted the sea chart in the Fleet Interface to start a strategy meeting about exploring Crystal Island.
• Su Na showed Yang Yi a grotesque porcupinefish mass and explained that Proliferative Disease could produce endless biological supplies and Otherworldly Demon materials.
• Yang Yi warned that Proliferative Disease could create a world of deformed creatures and said infected organic matter aboard the Nightmare Star would need to be incinerated and purified.

Yang Yi steered the Nightmare Star toward a small island near Crystal Island and caught a crystallized Chest Devourer while fishing. Inside it, he found a Mid-tier Artisan Inscription Stone and the Giant Knight’s right hand, which caused Cui Xiya to turn into crystal.

• Yang Yi chose a man-made-looking island near Crystal Island as a stepping stone and planned to land there before approaching the main island.
• As the Nightmare Star neared Crystal Island, Crystal Particles fell from the sky and the weather grew colder and windier.
• Yang Yi hooked a huge chest, hauled it aboard, and shot it from a distance, discovering it was an infected Chest Devourer.
• Yang Yi pried open the creature and found a Mid-tier Artisan Inscription Stone, Conch Coins, and other remains.
• Yang Yi uncovered the Giant Knight’s right hand, identified as the source of crystallization, and Cui Xiya turned into crystal and slid off his head.

Yang Yi contained the Crystal Palm after it transformed Cui Xiya into a crystal statue, while Su Na studied the hand and the spread of Crystalline Disease. The Nightmare Star reached Crystal Island, where Crystal Particles had begun coating the ship and surrounding sea.

• Yang Yi found that Cui Xiya had become a crystal statue, reassured her through private messages, and promised to find a cure.
• Yang Yi deduced that the Chest Devourer had contracted Crystalline Disease from the Giant Knight's hand and tested the Crystal Palm on fish in seawater.
• Yang Yi and Su Na sealed the Crystal Palm in a glass jar in the Witch Laboratory, where Su Na proposed that the Death Plague could spread through energy.
• Yang Yi returned to the deck and saw Crystal Island, its silvery beaches, and hills of accumulated Crystal Particles as the particles gathered on the Nightmare Star.

Yang Yi and Su Na landed on Crystal Island, an artificial structure where Xiaoji detected multiple life-forms hidden about ten meters below the surface. They entered a warehouse-like building and found it empty, leaving the source of the underground life-signs unresolved.

• Yang Yi brought the Nightmare Star toward Crystal Island after probing the coast, and Xiaoji detected multiple life-forms beneath the island.
• Yang Yi docked at the pier, and he and Su Na prepared to explore while Xiaoji stayed aboard the Nightmare Star.
• Yang Yi and Su Na discovered that the island and pier were artificial structures covered by Crystalline Disease.
• Yang Yi smashed through the nearest building's crystal gate with Supreme Holy Slash, and he and Su Na entered the empty warehouse.

Yang Yi and Su Na explored an abandoned Deathbirth Society base on Crystal Island, hoping to find clues about the Death Plague. They uncovered Black Crow Guards infected with Proliferative Disease, and Yang Yi shot one as it broke free from its crystal coffin.

• Yang Yi and Su Na followed House Mice underground after the creatures found unidentified life-forms.
• Su Na spotted the Deathbirth Society emblem on a wall and identified the ruins as one of its abandoned forward bases.
• Yang Yi and Su Na followed the pounding to a room containing crystal coffins and found maintenance instructions for Black Crow Guards.
• Su Na explained that the coffins held people infected with Proliferative Disease as several guards began breaking free.
• Yang Yi shot off a Black Crow Guard's arm, but it rapidly regrew more limbs and burst out of its coffin.
• The Black Crow Guard charged Yang Yi, who shot it in the head.

Yang Yi and Su Na fought the mutated Black Crow Guards in the crystal coffin room, using the Salt Bow and Su Na’s magic to stop them. Su Na’s Energy Singularity spell went out of control, and Yang Yi carried her out as the sphere exploded.

• A Black Crow Guard regenerated after Yang Yi tore him apart, and Su Na learned that temperatures above 1,000 degrees could kill the creatures permanently.
• Su Na used the Salt Bow to turn the Black Crow Guard into salt, while fourteen more guards broke free from their crystal coffins.
• A guard scattered Smelling Salts at Yang Yi and Su Na, but Yang Yi inhaled the powders and resisted their effects.
• Su Na cast Energy Singularity, extracting heat from the room and freezing the Black Crow Guards in place.
• Su Na warned that the spell could explode, so Yang Yi carried her out and shut the door before the sphere detonated.

Yang Yi and Su Na survived an explosion that collapsed much of the island, and Xiaoji dug them out with help from crystal House Mice. After Su Na treated her crystallizing leg, they prepared to explore the intact part of the island using information recovered from a Black Crow Guard.

• Yang Yi shielded Su Na from the explosion, and they were trapped beneath collapsed crystal rubble.
• Xiaoji detected signs of life, dug through the wreckage, and rescued Yang Yi and Su Na with help from crystal House Mice.
• Yang Yi asked the House Mice to search for Black Crow Guards, while Su Na discovered that crystallization had impaired her right leg.
• Su Na removed crystal fragments from her leg with her Witch's Dagger and regained limited mobility.
• Yang Yi gave Su Na a charred Black Crow Guard skull fragment, which revealed that the Deathbirth Society mass-produced the guards using proliferative disease and required them to undergo regular maintenance.

Yang Yi, Su Na, and Xiaoji explored the underground base and discovered that it had been assembled from four large ships with repeating layouts. They found Black Crow Guard equipment and a Deathbirth Society stabilizer whose label revealed the Society’s death plague grading system.

• Su Na identified the Black Crow Guards as ghouls infected with proliferative disease, and Yang Yi sent crystal House Mice to search for their remains.
• Yang Yi, Su Na, and Xiaoji entered another building and searched its underground levels, salvaging crystallized furniture while Xiaoji mapped the base.
• Xiaoji explained that the base consisted of four large ships with nearly identical layouts and the ability to separate and move independently.
• The group found intact Black Crow Guard maintenance containers that compressed the guards into shape.
• Su Na discovered a bottle of Death Plague Stabilizer and deciphered part of its label, which ranked diseases by patients’ resistance to death rather than by harmfulness or transmissibility.

Yang Yi and Su Na tested the Death Plague Stabilizer, which temporarily eased Su Na’s Crystalline Disease but caused severe damage and drug resistance. The group explored the base’s workrooms and medical floor, where they found crystallized equipment and headless ghoul corpses.

• Yang Yi drank half the stabilizer to test its toxicity, then warned Su Na that it was poisonous to those without the Death Plague.
• Su Na injected herself with 100 ml of the stabilizer, reducing her Crystalline Disease from moderate to mild while suffering pain and tissue damage.
• Su Na saved the remaining stabilizer as a reference sample, and the group continued exploring the second floor.
• Yang Yi found crystallized Black Crow Guard weapons, damaged protective gear, and canned human meat, leading him to suspect the Deathbirth Society was founded by ghouls.
• The group explored the third floor’s medical and experimental rooms and found crystallized corpses of ghouls whose heads had been removed.

Yang Yi discovered that crystallized Ghoul corpses and a captured Indigenous People base ship could yield thousands of crystal diamonds, then prepared to recycle nearby wrecks and corpses before exploring Crystal Island. He obtained several items from Black Crow Guard remains, including a tactical belt of dangerous Smelling Salts, and planned to deal with the island’s Crystal Source after maximizing his gains.

• Yang Yi found that crystallized Ghoul corpses could be recycled into crystal diamonds, and Su Na confirmed that Crystal Island held many living statues, including Otherworldly Demons.
• Yang Yi and Su Na received notice that they had captured a crystallized Four-Ship Base Ship, which could yield crystal and crystal diamonds when dismantled.
• Yang Yi postponed exploring inland and planned to recycle nearby ships and corpses, build the Expansion Buildings, and then confront the Crystal Source.
• Yang Yi, Xiaoji, and crystallized House Mice hauled Ghoul corpses and Black Crow Guard fragments to the dock while Su Na returned to the Nightmare Star.
• Yang Yi used the Black Crow Guard remains for Gacha draws and obtained a Smelling Salts Tactical Belt, two black Longswords, and a bottle of Death Plague Stabilizer.

Yang Yi used crystallized ghoul heads for five gacha pulls, receiving a plague suit, a questionable disinfection machine, and a dangerous Corpse-Eating Cult manual. After resisting its ghoul-transformation spell and learning Human Cooking Techniques, he hid the book and set out to recover crystal diamonds and dismantle nearby islands.

• Yang Yi used five crystallized ghoul heads in the Octopus-Head Gacha Machine and received a Death Plague suit, a shoulder-mounted disinfection machine, and the Corpse-Eating Cult Introductory Manual.
• Su Na suggested the disinfectant worked through the placebo effect and warned that panic could worsen Death Plague infections.
• Yang Yi read the manual, learned Human Cooking Techniques, and resisted its Wendigo's Banquet spell without transforming into a ghoul.
• Yang Yi decided to give Su Na the book after the current crisis, but hid it in the captain's quarters because her Sanity was too low.
• Yang Yi promised Cui Xiya a daily prison allowance and gave her novels, then dismantled the base ship and sailed along the coastline to search for more ships or islands to recycle.

Yang Yi gathered Crystal Diamonds from living statues and abandoned ships near Crystal Island, then built the Crystal Cabin aboard the Nightmare Star. He planned to spend ten more days collecting treasure before exploring deeper into the island for the source of crystallization.

• Yang Yi and Xiaoji searched Crystal Island, and Yang Yi shot apart statues that could not be salvaged for Crystal Diamonds.
• Yang Yi collected Crystal Diamonds from statues with the Grappling Hook while the crystal mice searched nearby ships.
• The crystal mice found another Deathbirth Society transport ship filled with corpses, and Yang Yi decided to focus on gathering wealth for ten days before exploring the island's interior.
• Yang Yi gathered eighty thousand Crystal Diamonds and built the Crystal Cabin, which could use ship models to disguise the Nightmare Star and grant it some modeled ship functions.
• Yang Yi considered making models of ships he had seen, including the Iron Will, the Radiant Goddess Ship, and the Shelter.

Yang Yi learned what was required to upgrade the Nightmare Star and began selling crystal diamonds, while a forum poll stirred up speculation about the strongest player. The Player of the Year announcement named the obscure Lord Abu, leaving players furious and confused.

• Yang Yi discovered that upgrading the Nightmare Star required Legendary Creature remains and noted that a Legendary Creature had an attribute above 30.
• Yang Yi published a bulk crystal-diamond sale and listed a crystallized sawfish spear in his shop.
• Yang Yi posted his discovery about Legendary Creatures on the forum, where a popular Player of the Year selection overshadowed it.
• Shen Guanquan bought 40,000 crystal diamonds from Yang Yi at a discount, and preorders soon filled Yang Yi's Warehouse sales for four days.
• Brother-in-Law announced that Lord Abu, captain of the Eden, had won Player of the Year, prompting players to ask who Abu was.

Yang Yi investigated the Eden fleet’s suspected ability to control players and warned his allies to stay vigilant while preparing to upgrade the Nightmare Star. The chapter ended with him unable to reach Cui Xiya because she was in a special state.

• Yang Yi suspected the Eden fleet’s abilities were connected to Beautiful Dream and grew wary of its captain.
• The Great Newspaper announced that Eden had infiltrated it and could remotely control players, prompting Yang Yi to suspect Song Yingwen’s account had been taken over.
• Yang Yi stopped replying to Song Yingwen and warned powerful fleet leaders, his Order’s Deputy Cult Leader, and Su Na about Eden.
• Yang Yi sold Crystal Diamond, prepared materials for the Nightmare Star’s level-six upgrade, and accumulated 27.49 million Conch Coins.
• Yang Yi tried to ask Cui Xiya about the possible Giant Knight on Crystal Island, but his message could not be delivered because she was in a special state.

Yang Yi discovered that Cui Xiya’s Crystalline Disease had reached its terminal stage and decided to go ashore early, while new heartbeats from Crystal Island and Su Na’s worsening condition added urgency. Su Na also shared evidence that the Giant Knight was an artificial life-form and suspected the Radiant Holy Church was concealing advanced knowledge.

• Yang Yi found that Cui Xiya’s Crystalline Disease had reached the terminal stage, leaving her unable to perceive the outside world, and decided to move up his plans to go ashore.
• Yang Yi discovered Su Na using an infusion pump to receive Death Plague Stabilizer, then both felt powerful heartbeats and heard them coming from Crystal Island.
• Xiaoji detected a tiny earthquake deep inside Crystal Island, and Su Na said something alive and enormous there was immune to Crystalline Disease.
• Yang Yi told Su Na about the terminal stage, and she revealed that her own Crystalline Disease was nearing the severe stage and her right foot had crystallized.
• Su Na explained that the Giant Knight appeared to be an artificial life-form and suspected the Radiant Holy Church was hiding advanced biotechnology and suppressing knowledge.
• Yang Yi planned to claim and dismantle the gathered ships before going ashore the next day or the day after.

Yang Yi and Su Na claimed a fleet of crystal-covered indigenous ships, then Yang Yi set out alone for Crystal Island. He left Su Na to dismantle the ships and walked deeper into the island, resolved to confront the Giant Knight.

• Yang Yi gathered more than thirty indigenous ships and boarded them with Su Na and Cui Xiya to claim them.
• Su Na showed Yang Yi that the Giant Knight’s hand was harder than the Penitent Armor, and Yang Yi said he would deal with him.
• After twelve hours, Yang Yi received 137,924 units of crystal and 27,952 units of crystal diamonds from the claimed ships.
• Yang Yi asked Su Na to dismantle the ships in batches and left Xiaoji to help her manage the excess resources.
• Yang Yi sailed to Crystal Island, crossed the shallows, and walked deeper into the island as the Nightmare Star returned.

Yang Yi crossed Crystal Island toward the mountain where he believed the Giant Knight was, preparing to fight while uncovering the island’s origins. He found a colossal head embedded in the mountain beneath a crystallized dome and urgently told Su Na to take the Nightmare Star away from the falling crystal particles.

• Yang Yi sped inland on the Ice Crystal Great Shield, told Su Na not to send Xiaoji or approach, and prepared Explosive Flame Bottles for a possible attack on the Giant Knight.
• Yang Yi noticed Cui Xiya’s Sanity had risen to 49 and that her Madness State had changed from despair to frenzy.
• Yang Yi found layers of crystallized creatures beneath the island and deduced that sea life had spread Crystalline Disease, forming the mountain from the seabed.
• Yang Yi felt a powerful heartbeat that caused searing pain and knocked him down, then saw a nearly three-hundred-meter human head embedded in the mountain beneath a crystallized dome.
• Yang Yi sent Su Na a picture and ordered her to take the Nightmare Star away from Crystal Island until it was clear of falling crystal particles.

Yang Yi tracked the Giant Knight’s heartbeat through the mountain and discovered a Deathbirth Society research base buried nearby. He planned to search it for useful records, but the crystallized ground was too hard to dig through.

• Yang Yi used Three Eyes to locate the Giant Knight’s heartbeat and advanced toward its source while restoring his stamina with food.
• Yang Yi spotted a buried Deathbirth Society research base and sent Su Na a photo of its symbol.
• Su Na urged Yang Yi to enter the base and retrieve anything valuable, suggesting he store it in his stomach.
• Yang Yi began digging toward the base with the Broken Iron Greatsword, but the ground barely yielded to his blows.