Chapter Summaries

Yang Yi installed the Life Fireplace between his and Su Na’s rooms to prepare for the worsening cold in the Extreme Winter Sea. After testing it with one of Su Na’s Tinder Wool Spiders, he planned to use live Long-Legged Sardines as fuel.

• Yang Yi bought 2,000 units of wood and sorted through his weapons and armor while resting blind.
• Yang Yi woke with his vision restored, found the deck covered in snow, and checked the freezing weather.
• Yang Yi confirmed the snow was fresh water and ordered the Bone Arms to clear it from the deck.
• Yang Yi and Su Na agreed to install the Life Fireplace in the wall between their rooms, and Yang Yi cut an opening and fitted it.
• Su Na gave Yang Yi one of her juvenile Tinder Wool Spiders, and he tossed it into the fireplace to test it.

Yang Yi installed a fireplace that boosted his training and sold equipment to fund upgrades and Su Na’s research. After three uneventful days of training aboard the Nightmare Star, he caught a seal that exploded, damaging the ship and teaching him to kill large catches before bringing them aboard.

• Yang Yi burned the Tinder Wool Spider in the fireplace, discovered its Life Light increased most attributes’ experience gain, and warned Su Na to take her time developing a virus-inactivating potion.
• Yang Yi repaired and sold armor and weapons, earning 46,200 Conch Coins and raising his balance to 57,500 Conch Coins.
• Yang Yi bought Su Na a Light Steel Small Round Shield, gave her 16,500 Conch Coins for research, and began training to raise his Strength to 6.
• The Nightmare Star sailed safely through the Extreme Winter Sea for three days while Yang Yi trained, gathered water, and caught four Long-Legged Sardines.
• Yang Yi shot a Fluffy Seal, which exploded and damaged the Nightmare Star; he identified it as a So-Cute-It-Explodes Seal and resolved to kill large catches before bringing them aboard.

Yang Yi prepared for the approaching white fog, made a deal with the Great Newspaper, and bought throwing darts as the Nightmare Star sailed onward. While he slept, a large ice floe and others behind it drifted toward the ship’s bow.

• Yang Yi used the Crystal Ball to locate Xu Da near the white fog and estimated that the Nightmare Star would reach it in about five days.
• Yang Yi agreed to become a VIP source for the Great Newspaper, received payment for his Werewolf information, and chose the code name One-Eye.
• Yang Yi read the weekly’s reports on the sea, monster deaths, and a Lesser Vampire, but found no clear answer about constantly regenerating flesh.
• Yang Yi bought a set of Willow-Leaf Darts for 23,000 Conch Coins to supplement his ranged weapons.
• After Yang Yi went to sleep, a large iceberg drifted toward the Nightmare Star’s bow, followed by more ice floes.

Yang Yi investigated why the Nightmare Star had stopped and discovered that giant White Worms were clinging to the ship. He fought off their attack and retreated to his cabin, where Su Na pointed out that a worm was still sucking on his butt.

• The Nightmare Star struck something repeatedly, lost over 1,500 durability, and came to a stop as the temperature dropped.
• Yang Yi heard sucking noises beneath the hull and found White Worms swarming around the Giant Bobbit Worm Head and attaching themselves to the ship.
• The White Worms spotted Yang Yi and began climbing aboard, so he used the Giant Bobbit Worm Head and Flintlock to fight them before fleeing into his cabin.
• The worms withdrew, and Yang Yi found Su Na in his room, armed and watching him.
• Su Na told Yang Yi that a worm was biting his butt, and he pulled it off, discovering that his Chainmail had protected him.

Yang Yi and Su Na discovered that the white worms were likely feeding tentacles belonging to one enormous creature, and found that their oily bodily fluid was flammable. Yang Yi armed himself with Broken Iron and charged the worms, while Su Na followed with a torch.

• Su Na dissected a worm and concluded that the long, simple-bodied creatures were probably tentacles of a single monster.
• Su Na discovered that the worms’ bodily fluid ignited easily, but Yang Yi rejected her plan to drive the creatures away with fire because he feared the ship would burn.
• Yang Yi entered a Frenzy State, drank a Crimson Potion, and lifted Broken Iron, which began to vibrate and grew easier for him to wield.
• Yang Yi cut a passage through the Captain’s Quarters and ran toward the bow, while Su Na followed with a torch made from wood coated in worm fluid.
• The worms stopped sucking at the Nightmare Star and lunged at Yang Yi, who swung Broken Iron at the mass of tentacles.

Yang Yi used Broken Iron to sever the worms attacking the Nightmare Star and free it from the surrounding icebergs, while Su Na tried to defend herself on deck. Yang Yi cleared nearly all the worms and told Su Na to prepare to sail, with one iceberg still attached to the ship.

• Yang Yi wielded Broken Iron to cut down attacking worms, then saw that twelve icebergs had gathered around the Nightmare Star and were draining its durability.
• Yang Yi hurled Broken Iron into an iceberg, jumped onto a worm to reach it, and exposed a sphere filled with tangled worms, but focused on cutting off the iceberg’s tentacles instead of killing its core.
• Yang Yi moved between icebergs and severed their tentacles, clearing seven in three minutes despite being bitten and suffering from the cold.
• Su Na tried to control the Nightmare Star but found it immobilized, then used a torch to keep the worms at bay until one extinguished it with icy seawater.
• Yang Yi cut down the worms threatening Su Na and reported that only one iceberg remained, telling her to try sailing the ship free in two minutes.

Yang Yi escaped the worms and rescued the hypothermic Su Na before returning to fight the pursuing creatures. He used the Nightmare Star’s cannons to destroy an iceberg and kill the worm creature beneath it.

• Yang Yi escaped a surprise attack by tangled worm tentacles and swam to the Nightmare Star after Su Na failed to respond.
• Yang Yi found Su Na unconscious and hypothermic, brought her to her warm room, and treated her before returning to the deck.
• Yang Yi saw that the worms were pursuing the Giant Bobbit Worm Head and used the Nightmare Star’s speed to keep out of their reach.
• Yang Yi bombarded the icebergs with the ship’s cannons until one shattered and a dead, tentacle-covered creature floated to the surface.

Yang Yi defeated 31 Pale Worms and discovered a surviving larva, while Su Na recovered from using her spell to save him. Yang Yi began using the adult worms’ remains for gacha pulls.

• Yang Yi finished killing the Pale Worms, inspected the damaged Giant Bobbit Worm Head, and found a small Pale Worm Larva hiding beneath it.
• Su Na’s earlier actions were revealed: she used Curling Touch to tangle the worms attacking Yang Yi, then collapsed after exhausting her Mana.
• Su Na woke with a cold, and Yang Yi startled her by opening her door while carrying the live larva.
• Yang Yi subdued the Pale Worm Larva, fed and recovered, then gathered the severed limbs and prepared the adult corpses for gacha pulls.
• Yang Yi fed three worm tentacles into the gacha, causing more than half the deck corpses to vanish, and opened the three capsules it produced.

Yang Yi collected the Pale Worm spoils, gaining a storage ring, a single-use hand cannon, supplies, and a resource chest while arranging repairs to the Nightmare Star. Su Na caught a cold and secretly saved the Holy Water to test an idea, and Yang Yi found a fishing rod in the final capsule.

• Yang Yi attached the Small Worm Ring to his finger, stored the Pale Worm Hand Cannon inside it, and converted a capsule into 200 Conch Coins.
• Su Na tried to move a Pale Worm larva, cut away most of its clinging tentacles, and dragged it to the laboratory despite having a cold.
• Yang Yi resolved to keep watch at night, repair the Nightmare Star, and turn most of the remaining Pale Worm corpses into capsules.
• Yang Yi gave Su Na Holy Water for her cold, but she spat it out in her room and considered using it for an experiment.
• Yang Yi hauled in the corpses, kept the two largest Pale Worms, and photographed them for the Newspaper captain.
• Yang Yi opened the remaining capsules, received supplies and a Black Iron Resource Chest, and found a fishing rod in the final one.

Yang Yi recovered aboard the Nightmare Star, cared for Su Na as her cold worsened, and sold detailed Pale Worm information to Song Yingwen for 8,000 Conch Coins. With Su Na still ill and dawn not yet broken, he continued steering the ship upward and watched for disguised living icebergs.

• Yang Yi hid the Nightmare Star under the Twilight Veil and rested in Su Na's room until his energy and health recovered.
• He discovered Su Na's cold had become severe, then repaired the Captain's Quarters, cooked a hot meal, and made her eat before she returned to sleep.
• Yang Yi sent his Pale Worm information to Song Yingwen, who offered him 8,000 Conch Coins and explained that the report would appear under One-Eye's name.
• When Su Na did not reply and remained ill, Yang Yi continued steering the Nightmare Star upward, firing at large ice floes in case they concealed living icebergs.

Yang Yi woke to worsening cold and found Su Na rendering the Pale Worm corpse into fat and a new potion. Su Na gave him frostbite treatment and warned that the potion could turn him into a Werewolf if prepared incorrectly, while Yang Yi learned she could extract hundreds of liters of flammable fat.

• Yang Yi checked the weather, saw that the Gale had entered the white fog, and estimated the Nightmare Star was three days away from it.
• Yang Yi entered the Witch Laboratory and found Su Na boiling the Pale Worm corpse amid irritating fumes.
• Su Na gave Yang Yi Pale Worm fat for his frostbite and a powdered potion that had to burn for five seconds before he swallowed it.
• Su Na explained that the potion contained Feral Wolf Virus and could make Yang Yi quicker if prepared correctly, but would turn him into a Werewolf if he took it too soon or failed to burn it.
• Yang Yi applied the fat to his frostbite and learned from Su Na that she could extract about eight hundred liters and that the fat could be used in incendiary bombs.

Yang Yi struggled to fish and prepare food in the Extreme Winter Sea while Su Na recovered from her cold. After his recurring nightmare returned, Su Na gave him a Sleeping Potion, and he fell asleep again after drinking it.

• Yang Yi tasted his bread mush, realized it was awful, then went fishing with his Pale Worm rod and caught another Long-Legged Sardine.
• Yang Yi bought two velvet scarves, gave one to Su Na, and sailed toward the white fog as the cold worsened.
• Yang Yi caught an Ice Gall and later found a Pale Worm inside an iceberg, which he hauled into the hold for its grease.
• Yang Yi woke from his burning nightmare to find Su Na beside his bed, and she warned him that repeated nightmares could damage his mind.
• Su Na gave Yang Yi her Sleeping Potion and reminded him to activate the Twilight Veil; Yang Yi drank it and quickly fell asleep.

Yang Yi woke after a long sleep and sailed the Nightmare Star toward the white fog, but the fog rose from the sea and rapidly spread across the Extreme Winter Sea. He and Su Na investigated as the system announced polar day, falling temperatures, and the temporary shutdown of the World Sea Chart, leaving Yang Yi expecting something to emerge from the fog.

• Yang Yi ate, checked his status, and sailed the Nightmare Star toward the white fog while planning to explore it with Su Na.
• The sky brightened unexpectedly as thick fog rose from the sea, visibility dropped, and temperatures fell.
• Yang Yi found that Three Eyes could not see the fog, while his ordinary vision could, and the Crystal Ball's Sea Chart stopped working.
• Yang Yi woke Su Na, who collected a sample of the fog in a glass bottle and examined it.
• Yang Yi saw reports that the fog was spreading rapidly across the Extreme Winter Sea, and the system announced polar day, falling temperatures, and the temporary disabling of the World Sea Chart.

Yang Yi and Su Na investigated the white fog and found that heat dispersed it temporarily, while prolonged exposure could damage players’ sanity. Yang Yi tested fires’ effect on visibility, then sailed the Nightmare Star onward at fifteen knots as players in the world chat reacted to the fog.

• Su Na showed Yang Yi that the white fog vanished when heated and quickly returned as it cooled, then suggested it was a supernatural effect that could cause fear and delusions over time.
• Yang Yi decided against using a large fire immediately, concerned about attracting Anomalous Creatures and conserving supplies, and postponed making Sleeping Potion until they left the sea.
• Yang Yi caught a Bronze Supply Chest containing wood, cloth, and crystal while fishing from the Nightmare Star.
• Yang Yi tested campfires at the bow and found that two fires raised visibility enough to sail safely at fifteen knots.
• Yang Yi sent Su Na his plan to sail continuously, received her approval, and set the Nightmare Star moving while monitoring the tense world chat.

Yang Yi and Su Na sailed through the White Fog, managing their Sanity and finding little success fishing. After rejecting Su Na’s request to buy a dangerous Collector’s Contract Item, Yang Yi read a report about strange sounds that froze the sea and warned Su Na to wake him if she heard them.

• The Nightmare Star sailed through the silent fog, and Yang Yi lost Sanity as he watched other players form groups for protection.
• Yang Yi and Su Na alternated six-hour shifts, while Yang Yi caught only a seal during five hours of fishing and released it.
• Su Na asked Yang Yi to unlock her trading privileges so she could buy a Collector’s Contract Item, but Yang Yi refused after seeing its unsettling description and appearance.
• Yang Yi read Sea Weekly’s reports on Pale Worms and the Gale Brigade’s encounter with strange crackling sounds, sudden extreme cold, and a frozen sea.
• Yang Yi warned Su Na to alert him if she heard the strange sound, then took over the helm for his next shift.

Yang Yi watched a naked, apparently unstable captain race through the Extreme Winter Sea aboard a ship burning Pale Worm corpses. The captain sailed on into the fog, while Su Na wondered whether he had developed unusual abilities.

• Yang Yi reflected on the dangers and rumors circulating in the chat channel while keeping the Nightmare Star's Campfire burning in the extreme cold.
• Zhao Tie Tou and the New World Fleet's advance team patrolled their route until they heard electrical crackling and spotted blue lights behind them.
• Zhao Tie Tou activated the Ironhead's Charge skill and fled as the rest of the fleet raised alarms.
• Yang Yi spotted a ship covered in Pale Worm bonfires speeding past the Nightmare Star and saw its naked captain laughing and splashing hot water over himself.
• Yang Yi told Su Na about the burning ship, and she asked whether its captain had mutated or could breathe fire.

Yang Yi discovered a massive glacier blocking the Nightmare Star and spotted a ship frozen inside it. After catching and killing a parasite that controlled a fish skeleton, he prepared to investigate the glacier and the dead ship.

• Yang Yi tested fresh Pale Worm Larva tentacle as fishing bait but caught nothing before the Nightmare Star stopped at a glacier.
• Yang Yi used Three Eyes to see a sailboat frozen in the glacier and noticed it was covered in scorch marks and frost.
• Yang Yi jumped into the icy sea to recover his fishing rod, then worked with Su Na to haul up and kill a strange fish wrapped in black threads.
• Yang Yi found a Black-Thread Corpse-Manipulating Worm inside the fish's bones and learned it had controlled the skeleton as a host.
• Yang Yi told Su Na the glacier was about four nautical miles across and that the ship frozen at its center likely had a dead owner.

Yang Yi ventured across the frozen glacier to investigate the ship and found its owner, Ma Hou, frozen on the foredeck. After collecting Ma Hou’s drops and capturing the ship, Yang Yi approached the scorched cabin, where eerie blue light emerged.

• Yang Yi prepared for the freezing journey, took a torch, and walked into the glacier’s fog alone.
• Yang Yi followed the falling temperature to the ship and found that an invisible barrier initially prevented him from boarding.
• Yang Yi shot Ma Hou’s frozen corpse with a dart, entered the ship, and identified the owner as Ma Hou.
• Yang Yi collected 3,300 Conch Coins and the Padded Coat recipe, then received notice that he had captured the Courage.
• Yang Yi approached the scorched cabin after hearing electrical crackling, and an eerie blue light rushed out.

Yang Yi discovered that Ice Nest Worms were drawn to fire and that killing them summoned more, forcing him to flee the Courage after igniting it to buy time. He planned to lure the pursuing swarm into the Nightmare Star’s Life Fireplace, while warning Su Na to leave once she installed it.

• Yang Yi killed several Ice Nest Worms, learned that their deaths summoned nearby worms, and spotted a swarm approaching from the northeast.
• Yang Yi told Su Na to extinguish the Nightmare Star’s Campfire, then shattered his frozen right hand to retrieve the Sea Serpent’s Fang and ignite the Courage.
• Yang Yi fled across the Glacier as the swarm reached the burning ship, buying himself time to reach the Nightmare Star.
• Yang Yi realized fire could kill the worms and told Su Na to install the Life Fireplace conspicuously so the worms would charge into it.
• Yang Yi warned Su Na to leave the Nightmare Star after setting up the fireplace.

Yang Yi escaped the Ice Nest Worm swarm by reaching the Nightmare Star, where Su Na’s fire drew the worms into the Life Fireplace and incinerated them. After the fire was contained, Yang Yi and Su Na got away from the worms’ sanity-draining voices, and Su Na learned that Yang Yi’s right hand had frozen off.

• Yang Yi ran toward the Nightmare Star as thousands of Ice Nest Worms pursued him, then watched them turn toward the fire Su Na had started on the bow.
• The Ice Nest Worms extinguished most of the fire but streamed into the Life Fireplace, where they burned in a self-sustaining cycle and spoke of the Ice Nest Lord.
• Yang Yi found Su Na approaching the ship and tackled her after seeing her Sanity drop, but her Sanity had risen by the time he checked again.
• Su Na repeated a phrase she had heard from the burning worms, and Yang Yi warned that the voices were dangerous before checking her Sanity.
• Su Na noticed Yang Yi’s frozen, severed right hand and said it needed amputation, while Yang Yi claimed he could heal it with magic.