Chapter Summaries

Su Na revealed that Su Na Na was sharing her body, and Yang Yi warned her to control the dangerous personality while helping her build a larger condenser and offering her magic books. Later, he fished strange balloon-like fish from the Boiling Sea, discovered they were delicious, and shared them with the Laboratory and Cui Xiya.

• Su Na Na blamed Su Na for exposing her and declared her hatred of Yang Yi, while Su Na explained that she had sent him the panel to be honest with him.
• Yang Yi noticed Su Na's Sanity had fallen and learned that Su Na Na, who was skilled at calculations and engineering, had suggested building the Condensing Device; he warned Su Na to keep her under control.
• Yang Yi and Su Na enlarged the condenser and set it between the masts, then Yang Yi gave Su Na Magic Books to study.
• Cui Xiya learned the spell Fire Makes Me Happy! but Yang Yi stopped her from reading more until her wings recovered, and he offered to help her grow stronger when they found suitable materials.
• Yang Yi fished scalding ore and Puffed Balloon Fish from the Boiling Sea, tasted one, and shared the remaining fish with the Laboratory and Cui Xiya.

Yang Yi and Cui Xiya completed Ship Models that could transform the Nightmare Star, then tested the Long-Legged model. The transformed ship moved underwater and on land, and Yang Yi began testing its underwater performance.

• Yang Yi repaired the Stomach Pouch into a flying backpack and paid Banks 500,000 Conch Coins in compensation.
• Yang Yi and Cui Xiya completed a Long-Legged Ship Model with 83% realism and a Firebearer Ship Model with 71% realism.
• Yang Yi notified the crew, prepared the Nightmare Star, and activated the Long-Legged transformation.
• The Nightmare Star shrank into a giant mechanical Long-Legged Sardine, with its facilities moved inside and its weapons altered.
• Yang Yi entered the wheelhouse and began steering the transformed ship underwater to test its diving capabilities.

Yang Yi and Su Na tested the Long-Legged in the Boiling Sea and encountered a strange ecosystem of heat-eating algae, balloon fish, and jellyfish. Su Na suspected the ecosystem had migrated from elsewhere, and Yang Yi feared The Charred Tree had opened a passage to this world beneath the sea.

• Yang Yi tested the Long-Legged’s underwater limits and found it could dive about 300 meters and reach 40 knots, while Su Na inspected its facilities and planned oxygen and cooling upgrades.
• Yang Yi spotted a vast net-like object enclosing sea life and steered the Long-Legged to the surface as the net sank away.
• The seawater turned red, and balloon fish and floating jellyfish appeared; Yang Yi captured two jellyfish for Su Na to examine.
• Su Na identified the red fragments as heat-eating algae and proposed that the algae, balloon fish, jellyfish, and net formed a complete ecosystem.
• Su Na suspected the ecosystem had migrated from elsewhere, and Yang Yi wondered if The Charred Tree had connected to their world through a passage beneath the Boiling Sea.

As the Nightmare Star sailed toward Steam Island, Yang Yi prepared potions and statues for a second trade with the Rare-Item Collector. A strand of silk seized his satisfaction contract coin and dragged the ship into the boiling sea, leaving its destination unknown.

• Yang Yi won a balloon-shooting wager against Cui Xiya, making her and the Old Captain steer the ship for a week.
• Yang Yi collected the potions Su Na had prepared and noticed her modified Diving Suit suggested she planned to enter Steam Island.
• Yang Yi reviewed the Rare-Item Collector's satisfaction contract item and hesitated to use it because it might attract other Collectors.
• A strand of silk snatched the gold coin from Yang Yi and pulled the Nightmare Star into the boiling sea, making it disappear.

Yang Yi used a Satisfaction Contract Item and drew seven Collectors onto the Nightmare Star, where they offered goods for trade. After learning their number and considering their preferences, he prepared to begin trading.

• The Rare-Item Collector appeared on the deck and offered Yang Yi a counterfeit Abyss Soul Stone.
• Yang Yi traded Cui Xiya's Fake Little Great Blasphemer Pendant for the fake stone and then received a genuine one, which he gave to Cui Xiya.
• Su Na pointed out that more Collectors had arrived, and Yang Yi found the God Statue Collector and Endangered Species Collector among them.
• Yang Yi told Su Na about the enormous hands and gemstone display windows he had seen through Three Eyes.
• Seven Collectors had gathered after three hours, and Yang Yi messaged Su Na that he intended to start trading.

Yang Yi traded with the collectors, securing several items while trying to obtain two Hero-level Enhancement Stones. The Endangered Species Collector left without completing a trade, and Yang Yi turned to the Counterfeit Collector next.

• Yang Yi traded four potions for a fake Legendary Power Potion, then inspected the Potion Collector’s genuine Hero-level strength potion and the God Statue Collector’s High-level Artisan Inscription Stone.
• Cui Xiya traded her miniature creations to the Miniature Model Collector, which left her a cloak and a Satisfaction Contract Item after promising to bring better goods next time.
• Su Na brought books printed by Xiaoji to the Book Collector, which took two and left a Satisfaction Contract Item and a Mid-Tier Abyss Soulstone.
• Yang Yi traded a strange fish to the Rare Species Collector rather than give up Cui Xiya, then tried increasingly malformed Long-Legged Sardines with the Endangered Species Collector.
• The Endangered Species Collector left with its goods without trading, and Yang Yi prepared to bargain with the Counterfeit Collector, whose offering was a dead Long-Legged Sardine.

Yang Yi traded piles of counterfeit books with the Counterfeit Collector until it revealed a Fake Salt Spike, a powerful imitation relic. He traded a Fake Legendary Power Potion for it and received a contract item that could summon the Collector back for another trade.

• Yang Yi exchanged a pirated book for a rotten Long-Legged Sardine, then kept trading books for the Counterfeit Collector’s rotten fish, seafood, and other trash.
• Yang Yi and Su Na had Xiaoji print more counterfeit books as Yang Yi continued trading with the Collector.
• The Counterfeit Collector produced a Fake Salt Spike, and Yang Yi recognized its power and decided it was a valuable trade target.
• The Counterfeit Collector disappeared after Yang Yi traded his Fake Legendary Power Potion for the Fake Salt Spike, leaving behind a Satisfaction Contract Item made from a pirated book.
• Su Na learned what Yang Yi had traded, while Yang Yi regretted not obtaining the Fake Salt Spike for less.

Yang Yi and his companions completed trades with the collectors before the Head Collector arrived and offered Hero-level items in exchange for their heads. Yang Yi recognized its displayed Blood Ratchet as resembling equipment once used by Dijie, while the group faced a dangerous trade invitation.

• Yang Yi traded statues, Su Na's pendant, and Cui Xiya's statue to the God Statue Collector for a Hero-level High-level Artisan Inscription Stone, then refused its offer to trade for another.
• Yang Yi planned to trade his remaining potions when the Head Collector arrived, causing the Potion Collector and God Statue Collector to leave early.
• Yang Yi recognized the Head Collector's lifelike head as Dijie, a former player and Shelter captain.
• The Head Collector offered Yang Yi a Blood Ratchet, Cui Xiya a Light Fairy's Supreme Scepter, and Su Na a Book of Dissolution in exchange for their heads.
• The Head Collector invited every member of the Nightmare Star to trade except Xiaoji.

Yang Yi tried to satisfy the Head Collector by offering a fish head, then traded his own severed head after concluding that was what it wanted. The Head Collector accepted the trade, while Yang Yi remained alive and kept Three Eyes under control.

• Yang Yi offered the Head Collector a Long-Legged Sardine head, but the trade did not complete.
• Yang Yi and Su Na suspected the Head Collector wanted the head of its trading partner, and Yang Yi proposed trading his own head based on the former captain Dijie's survival after a similar exchange.
• Yang Yi traded Potions with the Rare-Item Collector until it gave him a High-level Abyss Soul Stone and a genuine Enhancement Stone.
• Yang Yi repeatedly struck his neck with the Fool's Short Sword until he severed his head, then removed Three Eyes and reattached it to the stump with the Limb Restoration Spell.
• The Head Collector accepted Yang Yi's severed head, and the trade was completed.

After the trading session ended, Yang Yi distributed the gains and learned that the Head Collector planned to target Su Na and Cui Xiya again at the next gathering. He enhanced his Broken Iron Greatsword, which looked unchanged but had become dramatically more powerful.

• Yang Yi received the Blood Ratchet as the trading session ended and used Charred Black Body to form a flaming wolf head.
• Yang Yi learned that the Head Collector intended to trade for Su Na's and Cui Xiya's heads at a future gathering, and he resolved to get stronger and take his own head back.
• Yang Yi distributed the trading gains, giving Xiaoji a fishing rod, Cui Xiya a Mid-Tier Abyss Soulstone, and Su Na the Salt Spike.
• Yang Yi estimated his head would take ten days to half a month to regrow, then used a High-level Abyss Soul Stone to enhance the Broken Iron Greatsword.
• Yang Yi found that the enhanced sword looked nearly the same but had become difficult to hold because of its increased power.

Yang Yi enhanced Broken Iron and trained for his arrival at Steam Island, then connected with the Iron Brotherhood and asked about conditions there. Zhang Zhi began briefing him privately, but the island’s situation remained unknown as Yang Yi was still five or six days away.

• Yang Yi learned that Broken Iron’s mass and power increased as he slew Extraordinary beings, tested the Hero-quality greatsword, and equipped the Blood Ratchet.
• Yang Yi trained with Broken Iron for two days, bringing his Strength close to its next level.
• Yu Dawei contacted Yang Yi, confirmed the Iron Brotherhood had arrived in the region, and sent him a detailed World Sea Chart.
• Yang Yi shared the chart with the Fleet and asked Yu Dawei for information about Steam Island, who referred him to Zhang Zhi.
• Cui Yaxi interrupted Zhang Zhi’s introduction in the Regional Channel, so Yang Yi muted her and moved the conversation to private messages.
• Zhang Zhi added Yang Yi as a friend and began sending him a prepared briefing about Steam Island.

Yang Yi reviewed the Iron Brotherhood’s information on Steam Island and discussed an underwater landing plan with Su Na, Cui Xiya, and Xiaoji. The group agreed to prepare for the operation, including making Xiaoji an Underwater Kit and building an Expansion Component for the Bow Cannon.

• Yang Yi studied Zhang Zhi’s report on Steam Island’s rusted defenses, including its heavy weapons, firing range, and four enormous suspicious cannons.
• Yang Yi forwarded the report to Su Na, thanked Zhang Zhi, and hurried toward the island aboard the Nightmare Star at full speed.
• Yang Yi ate canned peaches while recovering, then sewed the Maw of Gluttony shut when it tried to steal another can.
• Yang Yi proposed taking the Long-Legged underwater for a joint landing with the Iron Brotherhood, and Cui Xiya chose to join him.
• Su Na agreed to prepare Xiaoji’s Underwater Kit and explained that Su Na Na was designing an Expansion Component for the Bow Cannon.

Five days after leaving for Steam Island, Yang Yi failed to enter a dream but watched Cui Xiya finish an exceptional Darkness Bodysuit that concealed her glow and enabled invisibility. He spotted Steam Island on the Sea Chart and redirected the Nightmare Star toward the Iron Will and its enormous sea monster to rendezvous first.

• Yang Yi woke with his head still partly regrown and concluded he could not rely on dreams for information about Steam Island.
• Cui Xiya finished and tested her Darkness Bodysuit, but Yang Yi caught her because Three Eyes let him see her while she was invisible.
• Yang Yi read the bodysuit's stats and promised Cui Xiya the proceeds from future trades if she made more equipment for the Miniature Model Collector.
• Yang Yi trained while keeping lookout, then used the Lookout to spot Steam Island and a huge squid-shaped sea monster near a large ship on the Sea Chart.
• Yang Yi compared the chart with Yu Dawei's map and ordered the Old Captain to steer toward the sea monster's coordinates to meet the Iron Will.

Yu Dawei and Zhang Zhi prepared the Iron Brotherhood to meet One-Eye and discussed their plans to take Steam Island. Yang Yi arrived in the Long-Legged, whose unusual appearance stunned the Iron Brotherhood.

• Yu Dawei asked Zhang Zhi how many Iron Brotherhood members could operate underwater, and corrected him for calling them units instead of people.
• Zhang Zhi privately doubted that curing Rust Disease would restore their former bodies, while Yu Dawei insisted they could be cured on Steam Island.
• As the Iron Brotherhood waited for One-Eye, Zhang Zhi detected an approaching ship and Yu Dawei spotted what looked like a giant Long-Legged Sardine.
• Yu Dawei contacted Yang Yi and learned that the strange vessel was One-Eye's ship.
• Yang Yi piloted the Long-Legged across the boiling sea, and the Iron Brotherhood saw that it was a mechanized biomimetic ship modeled after a Long-Legged Sardine.

Yang Yi brought the disguised Nightmare Star, now appearing as the Long-Legged, to meet Yu Dawei and the Iron Brotherhood. After the two sides confirmed each other’s identities, the Sea Monster reacted strangely as Yang Yi’s group crossed onto the Iron Will, and its rust began rapidly flaking off underwater.

• Yang Yi steered the Long-Legged toward the Iron Brotherhood and observed that the Potent Stabilizer had slowed their Rust Disease and restored some members’ sanity.
• Su Na warned Yang Yi that the robots might mistake his burned-looking head for a monster, but he climbed out anyway and was met by hundreds of weapons.
• Yu Dawei recognized Yang Yi, and both sides confirmed their identities through the private chat channel.
• Yang Yi tied the Long-Legged to a mooring post, and its skeletal specimen took over the helm while Yang Yi, Su Na, Cui Xiya, and Xiaoji joined the Iron Brotherhood.
• As Yang Yi’s group crossed the Sea Monster’s tentacle bridge, it shifted until Yu Dawei threatened it with the Iron Will’s main cannon; underwater, rust began flaking off its surface.

Yang Yi and Su Na visited the Iron Brotherhood aboard the Iron Will, where Yang Yi cured Yu Dawei and the other members of their rust disease. The group celebrated over food and drink while Su Na went to investigate the Mechanical Kraken, leaving Yang Yi and Yu Dawei at the table.

• Yang Yi and Su Na touched the Mechanical Kraken and learned about the rust-infected sea monster.
• Yang Yi and Yu Dawei greeted each other aboard the Iron Will, and their handshake caused Yu Dawei's rust disease to peel away.
• Yang Yi explained that contact with him could cure death plague patients, then cured the Iron Brotherhood members and protected them from its spread.
• The cured robots salvaged parts from the Mechanical Kraken, while Yang Yi and Yu Dawei prepared to drink Craft Beer together.
• Su Na went to examine the Mechanical Kraken with Xiaoji, leaving Yang Yi and Yu Dawei drinking as Cui Xiya ate canned peaches.

Yang Yi and Yu Dawei discussed the drawbacks of mechanization and planned a two-front assault on Steam Island after Rust Disease was cured. Yang Yi toured the Iron Will to prepare to make a Ship Model, leaving with a clearer view of its extensive weapons and Steel Factory.

• Yu Dawei shared his High Mechanization attributes and worried that muted emotions would make mechanized people lose their humanity, and Yang Yi suggested restoring sensory input and encouraging activities.
• The Maw of Gluttony swallowed Yu Dawei’s cigar, and Yang Yi sewed its mouth shut before the discussion turned to their plan to conquer Steam Island.
• Yu Dawei proposed using surface ships and the sea monster to draw fire while an underwater team launched a surprise attack, with a hundred-person assault team assembled from the monster’s parts.
• Yang Yi agreed that the Iron Will should watch the sea monster and explained to Yu Dawei that his ship could transform.
• Yu Dawei led Yang Yi and Cui Xiya on a tour of the Iron Will, where they saw its extensive concealed weapons and learned about the ship’s Steel Factory.

Yang Yi and Yu Dawei planned an assault on Steam Island, while Su Na and Su Na Na examined the Mechanical Kraken and collected Rust Disease samples. Yang Yi then prepared to scout the island underwater ahead of the attack.

• Yu Dawei told Yang Yi that repairs and body modifications would take about three days, and they agreed to begin the operation in four days.
• Yang Yi proposed scouting Steam Island underwater, and Yu Dawei assigned Zhang Zhi to equip the Long-Legged with as much high-quality firepower as possible.
• Su Na and Su Na Na explored the Mechanical Kraken's processing plant, collected Rust Disease-infected fish, and took a modified Balloon Fish for research.
• Yang Yi sent Su Na the battle plan and told her he intended to scout Steam Island and choose a landing site.
• Yang Yi transformed into a sharkman, received Yu Dawei's warning about underwater torpedoes, and leaped from the Iron Will into the sea.

Yang Yi swam toward Steam Island and tested its defenses, which escalated from unreliable missiles and shells to heavy-caliber gunfire. He reached the ten-nautical-mile mark battered but uninjured, with Steam Island’s full strength still uncertain.

• Yang Yi left Cui Xiya to return to the Long-Legged and swam toward Steam Island, considering whether the Mechanical Kraken could become a bargaining chip with Yu Dawei.
• Yang Yi crossed Steam Island’s twenty-nautical-mile warning line after assessing the poor visibility and using his swimsuit to swim at extreme speed.
• Steam Island’s coastal defenses opened fire, while explosions destroyed many rusted weapons and new cannons and weapons began arriving for repairs.
• Yang Yi used the Roaring Flintlock in Shotgun Mode to intercept the first five volleys, though one missile struck his Heavy Giant’s Shield and knocked him into the sea.
• After Yang Yi crossed the ten-nautical-mile mark, high-caliber bullets joined the barrage, forcing him to block with the Heavy Giant’s Shield as he weathered three more volleys.

Yang Yi scouted Steam Island, discovered its functioning weapons and robots, and was struck by an enormous underwater cannon projectile. As his health rapidly declined and he hurtled toward the Iron Brotherhood’s base, Su Na ordered the Mechanical Kraken to move and evade.

• Yang Yi approached Steam Island, spotted its robots repairing and assembling weapons, and dove underwater when the island’s accurate guns opened fire.
• Yang Yi weathered the bombardment behind his Giant Great Shield, lost Qi and Blood, and sent Su Na intelligence about the island’s weapons and operating factories.
• Yang Yi found an enormous cannon underwater and was struck by its projectile, which shattered his shield-bearing arm and sent him flying.
• Su Na noticed Yang Yi’s rapidly falling Qi and Blood and his impossibly fast approach on the Fleet’s Sea Chart.
• Su Na ran outside the Mechanical Kraken and ordered Yu Dawei and the Iron Brotherhood to move the kraken and dodge.