Chapter Summaries

Yang Yi and Su Na examined new Vending Machine items and enhanced their talents with Player Points. Yang Yi planned to use a New Player Registration Card on Xiaoji and spend the remaining points strengthening their team.

• Yang Yi bought a New Player Registration Card after realizing it might work on Xiaoji, a player's derivative.
• Yang Yi and Su Na speculated that the system had grown stronger by analyzing the Finite Miracle Factory and was now offering players new abilities and combat robots.
• Yang Yi enhanced his "refuse death" talent into "refuse death+," while Su Na upgraded "forbidden scholar" into "forbidden scholar+."
• Yang Yi kept his remaining points instead of buying a Talent Expansion Card or mystery boxes, and planned to register Xiaoji and enhance Cui Xiya's and Xiaoji's talents before buying Expansion Buildings Cards and mystery boxes.

Yang Yi registered Xiaoji as a player and discovered that his Mechanical Lifeform body could be rebuilt after destruction. He helped Cui Xiya enhance her talent, then prepared to spend his remaining Player Points on Expansion Buildings and blind boxes.

• Yang Yi paid Su Na 210,000 Player Points in exchange for agreeing to provide 500 million in research funding later.
• Yang Yi used a Crew Registration Card to register Xiaoji as a player and learned that Xiaoji could return to life if his body parts were reassembled.
• Yang Yi found Cui Xiya in the Lookout designing a transforming mech modeled after him and the Long-Legged Sardine.
• Yang Yi let Cui Xiya use the Vending Machine to draw talents, and she gained Memory Palace+ and Strongman.
• Yang Yi spent another 100,000 points to enhance Cui Xiya's Strongman talent, raising her Strength to 5 at its peak.
• Yang Yi checked his remaining 1.6 million Player Points and prepared to draw Expansion Buildings and blind boxes.

Yang Yi spent heavily drawing Expansion Buildings for the Nightmare Star and eventually obtained the unique Abyss Nautilus, a living creature that could serve as underwater transport once mature. He left it with Su Na to study and care for, then prepared to spend his remaining 1.4 million player points on mystery boxes.

• Yang Yi made 109 draws from the small Expansion Building cards, collecting common buildings and stopping when his final 20 draws were duplicates.
• Yang Yi switched to large Expansion Building cards and eventually drew a Drowned Dead Torpedo, then spent 75,000 points on ten more duplicate draws.
• Yang Yi kept drawing and obtained the unique special building Abyss Nautilus after slapping the vending machine's button.
• Yang Yi constructed the building, hatched the Abyss Nautilus, and placed it in a bucket of water, where it ate a Long-Legged Sardine.
• Yang Yi took the Abyss Nautilus to Su Na's Witch's Laboratory for care and study, then returned to prepare to spend his remaining points on mystery boxes.

Yang Yi spent his player points on large mystery box pulls, hoping for powerful rewards, and eventually obtained a unique talent called “The Disrespectful.” He told Su Na about the discovery and suggested she try pulling mystery boxes the next time they had plenty of points.

• Yang Yi began opening large mystery boxes and received supplies, coupons, and Combat Robot Gacha rewards.
• After a hundred pulls, Yang Yi obtained a High-level Artisan Inscription Stone and found that he had also wasted several guaranteed rewards on Combat Robot Gacha.
• Yang Yi continued pulling through his remaining points, with little expectation of getting another valuable reward.
• On his 170th pull, Yang Yi obtained the unique talent “The Disrespectful,” which increased his Spirit and boosted all attributes when facing an overwhelming presence.
• Yang Yi messaged Su Na about the talent and proposed that she try opening mystery boxes when they had more points.

After the battle, Yang Yi sorted his rewards, upgraded the Nightmare Star’s buildings, and assessed the steep requirements for its next upgrade. He then began developing Steam Island into a gathering place and commercial district for players.

• Yang Yi gave Su Na the inscription stone and Abyss Soulstones, stored his other rewards, and planned to sell most of them for Conch Coins.
• Yang Yi upgraded the Great Statue, Glass Cannon, Ancient War Room, Lookout, and gym to level five, then installed the Glass Cannon at the Nightmare Star’s stern.
• Yang Yi saw that upgrading the Nightmare Star to level seven required large quantities of materials and five Hero-level treasures, putting the upgrade beyond his immediate reach.
• Yang Yi submerged Steam Island until only its broad surface platform remained and found extra mobile Vending Machines left behind by the system.
• Yang Yi and Yu Dawei decided to turn Steam Island’s surface into a commercial district where players could gather and trade face-to-face.

Yang Yi oversaw preparations for Player Island and used the Soul Skull to produce Abyss Soul Stones, upgrading his Roaring Flintlock into a hero-level weapon called the Infinite Flintlock. He tested its new infinite mode with a powerful shot and left himself with a twelve-hour cooldown before he could try it again.

• Yang Yi continued feeding monster remains and robot wreckage into the Gacha Machine while Xiaoji and the Iron Brotherhood brought him more materials.
• Yang Yi activated the Soul Skull and produced one High-level, three Mid-Tier, and twelve Low-Tier Abyss Soul Stones.
• Yang Yi used a High-level Abyss Soul Stone to upgrade the Roaring Flintlock into the hero-level Infinite Flintlock.
• Yang Yi fired the Infinite Flintlock's infinite mode at the sea, imagining a shot like the Bow Cannon and carving a trench across the water.
• Yang Yi received a twelve-hour cooldown and decided to test the weapon's power gradually to avoid damaging it.

Yang Yi and the Iron Brotherhood sold goods from Steam Island despite having their Player Forum accounts banned, then spent three days clearing the island and organizing its operations. The island’s profits were deposited into a public account for development, while Yang Yi tested the Player Island Portal and the group planned its next construction and security upgrades.

• Yang Yi and Yu Dawei discovered their Player Forum accounts had been banned, so Yang Yi and Zhang Zhi advertised their goods through World Chat instead.
• Yang Yi sold Shen Guanquan all 77 Combat Robot Gacha for 77 million Conch Coins and earned more than 150 million from his other goods.
• After three days of hauling and processing wreckage, Yang Yi and the Iron Brotherhood calculated net earnings of 1,157,279,012 and agreed to split them 60–40, with the Brotherhood managing Steam Island.
• Yang Yi tested the Player Island Portal and learned that travel required permission, lasted up to eight hours, and triggered a one-week cooldown.
• Yang Yi deposited the profits into a new public account for Steam Island’s development, and the group planned to buy supplies, build a commercial district, and improve defenses with Engineering Robots designed by Su Na.

Yang Yi expanded Steam Island’s construction and defenses while Yu Dawei tested a twisted warship and chose to merge it with the Iron Will. The chapter ended with the ships ready to be combined, potentially giving the Iron Will much greater speed and firepower.

• Su Na’s first design for self-replicating Nanoscale Robots was rejected by the Finite Miracle Factory, so she created the Bigji Robot instead.
• Yang Yi ordered Bigji Robots and defensive weapons into production and assigned the Iron Brotherhood to help build Steam Island’s commercial district and defenses.
• As supplies arrived, Yang Yi expanded the island’s factory capacity and produced two faster, stronger Bigji Robots with Black-Gold Livery.
• Yu Dawei and the others tested a Twisted Ship Processing Factory on a Level Six Ironclad Ship, turning it into a powerful Large Twisted Warship that Yang Yi destroyed after it became a sea monster.
• Yu Dawei decided to use his Ship Merging Card to merge the Iron Will with the Large Twisted Warship, whose Twisted Activation could improve the Iron Will’s speed and firepower.

Yu Dawei merged the Twisted Warship into the Iron Will, which grew to nearly five hundred meters and gained twisted flesh beneath its hull. Yang Yi and Yu Dawei then announced Steam Island’s visitor rules ahead of its first arrivals, as player reservations and payments surged.

• Yu Dawei merged the Twisted Warship into the Iron Will, upgrading it to level six and granting it new abilities and twisted flesh.
• Yang Yi observed the eyes, mouth-like seam, and tendrils beneath the Iron Will, while Yu Dawei tested how it fed on sea monster meat.
• Yang Yi and Yu Dawei issued Steam Island Temporary Management Regulations, setting visitor fees and warning players to stay in the Public Activity Area.
• Yang Yi received a flood of visitor deposits, transferred five hundred million Conch Coins to Su Na, and gave Xiaoji permission to process the records.
• Yang Yi saw that around a million players planned to visit and outlined plans for shops, stalls, and rewards for visitors who stayed to fight during a sea monster attack.

Yang Yi welcomed the first visitors to his island, including several familiar players, as thousands arrived through Portals. A New Humanity Core Crew Member infected a player with Sakura Disease and began attacking, but sensed a dangerous presence and leaped away while visitors fled.

• Yang Yi opened the island to 12,742 invited players, most of them Archbishops of the One-Eye Cult, as they arrived through Portals.
• Shen Guanquan greeted Yang Yi and introduced Zhao Tie Tou and Wang Yuan, while Yu Dawei revealed himself as a headless body-in-progress.
• He Qi arrived with Qiqi, the special Siren, and greeted Yang Yi.
• A pink New Humanity Core Crew Member covered in cherry blossoms threatened to claim the island and spread Sakura Disease to a nearby player.
• The infected visitor attacked with three katanas, then sensed a dangerous presence and leaped away as players scattered and some fled through their Portals.

Yang Yi killed the Pink-Haired Sakura Monster and cured nearly all the players infected by Sakura Disease, establishing his ability to protect the island. He left one infected player untreated for Su Na’s research, just as 9,999 Archbishops of the One-Eye Cult arrived through a Portal.

• The Pink-Haired Sakura Monster attacked Yang Yi with his three swords, but Yang Yi cut him down and collected his weapons and death drops.
• Yang Yi explained that he had prepared for trouble, then cured more than eighty players infected by Sakura Disease.
• Yang Yi recoiled from the last infected player after Su Na asked him to preserve a sample, so the player isolated himself instead of being cured.
• A Portal appeared, and 9,999 supposed one-eyed players arrived wearing eye patches that turned out to be sunglasses.
• Everyone recognized the newcomers as Archbishops of the One-Eye Cult.

Yang Yi hosted a gathering where Ma Dabao’s followers arrived with supplies and construction vehicles to build a grand church, while Yang Yi realized their membership dues were being skimmed. Xu Da and the Knight of Justice also arrived, and the Knight’s talking shield singled Yang Yi out with an insult.

• Ma Dabao led his followers to Yang Yi and asked where they should build the grand church.
• Yang Yi pointed them toward a nearby street, and the followers rushed off with construction equipment and supplies to begin work.
• Yang Yi realized the followers were wealthy and suspected Ma Dabao had been taking a cut of their membership dues.
• Xu Da arrived and greeted Shen Guanquan.
• The Knight of Justice arrived carrying Yang Yi’s upgraded Vicious Small Round Shield, which taunted Yang Yi for being bald.

Yang Yi and Yu Dawei hosted the visiting players on Steam Island, explained how they had captured it, and showed them its factories. The tour ended with players expressing interest in renting shops in the planned commercial district.

• Cui Xiya collected diseased tissue from the last infected patient, and Yang Yi cured him before shutting down the teleportation.
• Yang Yi and Yu Dawei described how they captured Steam Island and warned that conquering a level-two Player Island required multiple Legendary players and careful intelligence gathering.
• Yang Yi revealed that Steam Island's specialty was producing technological creations, and Shen Guanquan considered how its factories might help the New World Fleet.
• Yang Yi and Yu Dawei led the players through the enormous factories, whose mysterious production process could not be observed or imitated.
• Yang Yi outlined plans for a commercial district, and Shen Guanquan rented a prime shop location by transferring a hundred million.

Yang Yi oversaw the players’ visit to the shopping street, investigated the One-Eye Cult’s construction, and dealt with an interview before most visitors left. As the island quieted, Qin Ming challenged him to a spar.

• Yang Yi discovered that the One-Eye Cult had built and was selling mass-produced Great Blasphemer statues while constructing its Grand Church.
• A reporter from Player Monthly questioned Yang Yi about painted pictures of his different appearances, so he sent her to interview Yu Dawei instead.
• Yu Dawei boasted to the reporter about his role in defeating the Leviathan and claimed he had survived blowing himself up like a nuclear bomb.
• Shen Guanquan discussed shopping-street plans with Yang Yi and arranged limited visits for his members to buy Gacha capsules.
• After most players departed and the island grew quiet, Qin Ming asked Yang Yi to spar without seriously injuring each other.

Yang Yi faced Qin Ming in an uneven duel against ninety-nine Bigji Robots, but the Knight of Justice’s speed and skill still wounded him. After revealing his Polluter nature and overpowering Qin Ming with his transformed strength, Yang Yi won the fight and took the Vicious Round Shield.

• Yang Yi brought ninety-nine Bigji Robots to the arena, but Qin Ming accepted the duel and charged through the robots with his exceptional speed.
• Qin Ming wounded Yang Yi’s cheek, revealing his three-eyed Polluter nature to the gathered players.
• Yang Yi transformed into a towering, fur-covered form, caught Qin Ming’s rapier, and struck him into the air with a flaming Greatsword.
• The Vicious Round Shield tried to flee after judging Yang Yi could destroy it, but Yang Yi pinned it down and put it away.
• Qin Ming survived with his armor damaged, and its destruction revealed his scarred appearance and long ponytail.

Yang Yi learned from Qin Ming about Mirror Island, where players fought mirror phantoms for powerful rewards, but declined to explore it for now. After Qin Ming left, Su Na questioned whether the person who emerged from Mirror Island might be someone else.

• Yang Yi examined Qin Ming's Hero-level armor, and Qin Ming admitted defeat and showed Yang Yi his Fighter title and Winner Takes All+ talent.
• Qin Ming told Yang Yi that Mirror Island rewarded players who defeated their mirror phantoms and sent him a picture of its towering mirror structure.
• Yang Yi considered the danger of losing or becoming trapped on the island and declined Qin Ming's invitation to explore it.
• Yu Dawei teased Yang Yi after Qin Ming departed, and Yang Yi chose not to tell him about Mirror Island.
• Su Na messaged Yang Yi about his long stare at Qin Ming, then asked whether someone else might come out of Mirror Island.

Yang Yi learned how the One-Eye Cult had grown into a large mutual-aid organization and spread among the indigenous people through paid blessings and staged miracles. The chapter ended as Ma Dabao revealed that a cast replica of the Great Blasphemer Statue actually worked.

• Yang Yi shared a hot pot meal with Cui Xiya, Ma Dabao, and other One-Eye Cult members, discovering that the tripe was specially bred Spiky Starfish skin.
• Yang Yi asked Ma Dabao whether he had been hiding something about the One-Eye Cult, expecting to uncover missing membership dues.
• Ma Dabao explained that the Order was short of funds despite using dues to support members and that its treasury might last only two or three more months.
• Ma Dabao described how Players used staged miracles, free bread, and lenient doctrine to attract indigenous followers and collect annual fees.
• Cui Xiya suspected Yang Yi might be connected to the Great Blasphemer Statue, while Ma Dabao revealed that the statue replicas actually worked.

Yang Yi learned how the One-Eye Cult’s Great Blasphemer Statues had fueled its growth and how falling demand for Nightmare Disease treatment had left it near bankruptcy. He funded the cult in exchange for its people staffing Steam Island and asked Ma Dabao for a transformed statue to inspect.

• Ma Dabao explained that the Great Blasphemer Statues cured Nightmare Disease, allowing the One-Eye Cult to expand through membership fees and statue sales.
• Ma Dabao told Yang Yi that Nightmare Disease cases and cult recruitment had declined, leaving the cult with barely a month of funds.
• Yang Yi questioned Ma Dabao about patients who babbled after nightmares and heard that the Radiant Holy Church punished them as spreaders of Calamity.
• Yang Yi offered the One-Eye Cult one billion Conch Coins in exchange for moving its focus to Steam Island and supplying staff to maintain order and the Commercial District.
• Ma Dabao accepted the deal, received the money and administrator permissions, and Yang Yi asked him to bring a statue that caused nightmares.

Yang Yi investigated nightmare-altered Great Blasphemer Statues and suspected the sudden decline of Nightmare Disease was connected to events on Dream Island. He brought a statue to Su Na for testing and checked on the growing Abyss Nautilus before leaving it hungry for the day.

• Ma Dabao gave Yang Yi a nightmare-stricken Great Blasphemer Statue, and Yang Yi used Three Eyes to see strange matter clinging to it.
• Yang Yi told Ma Dabao to gather the remaining altered statues and report any new information about dreams, suspecting Eden's actions on Dream Island had caused Nightmare Disease to fade.
• Yang Yi took the statue to Su Na's laboratory and asked her to examine it, warning her that prolonged exposure could cause nightmares.
• Yang Yi visited the Abyss Nautilus, fed it Long-Legged Sardines, and refused to give it more Vitality Long Legs until the next day.

Yang Yi prepared new Combat Robot blueprints and finalized plans for Steam Island as its first large wave of Players arrived. The island opened to crowds eager to explore, while Yang Yi’s Super Great Blasphemer began incubation and the official buses proved unexpectedly popular.

• Yang Yi uploaded blueprints for three Security Guard Robots and Cui Xiya’s Super Great Blasphemer, then added twenty Small Robot Factories and paused the Security Guards’ incubation to speed up the Mech.
• Yang Yi explained that Players without rebuilt ships could not use Portals, disproving a proposed way to teleport to another Player Island.
• Three days later, more than two hundred thousand Players arrived through Portals at Steam Island and marveled at its bustling Commercial District.
• Yang Yi posted Steam Island’s rules in Regional Chat and had Xiaoji and Yu Dawei’s men repeat them.
• Players explored the island using their own mounts and vehicles, while many rushed to ride the free buses and chased after them when they were full.