Night falls. Yang Yi stops his salt-selling operation and recalls the armor.With Suna's help, he manages to remove the right armguard. The process is an ordeal, not only painful but also accompanied by heavy bleeding. The spikes are like plugs; once they're pulled out, blood gushes from the wounds. If his constitution weren't strong enough, or without powerful healing, taking off the armor would likely mean death. Fortunately, Yang Yi's physique is tough. He downs a Potion of Regeneration, and the bleeding stops. He checks his HP; it's at 87. He barely lost any HP from the blood loss throughout the day, but taking the armor off cost him a chunk.The two of them have a simple dinner in the captain's room. The reason they don't eat on the deck is to avoid an encounter with the elusive Collector. That guy has a habit of showing up on the night a player makes a big score, so taking precautions is necessary. If you can't offer a suitable trade, you yourself might be taken as the item for trade.Suna slips back through the hole connecting their rooms. Her slim build, about 165cm tall, lets her pass through with ease.With some free time, Yang Yi lies on his bed and scrolls through the chat channel, looking for anything worth buying. Soon, he spends one hundred and fifty-five thousand conch coins on a Rare-quality telescope, a price comparable to a Rare firearm. That's because the telescope's properties are incredibly powerful.[Name: Greedy Eye][Type: Tool (Relic)][Quality: Rare][Description: A greedy telescope with the ability to spot treasure. Each use requires a payment of conch coins.][Pay 1,000 conch coins for normal use for fifteen minutes. Viewing range of thirty nautical miles, with night vision.][Pay 10,000 or more conch coins, and it will work harder, marking treasure chests or high-value targets within its line of sight (subject to errors or misjudgments, but accuracy increases with payment.)]Yang Yi had looked at many telescopes, but this was the only one with such a long range. Even an Exquisite-quality Eagle-Eye Telescope only had a range of fifteen nautical miles and required good weather, making it not much better than a normal one.After completing the trade, Yang Yi keeps his eyes glued to the floor, slips out of the captain's room, and dashes to the gacha machine to retrieve his new, special telescope.Unlike most telescopes, this one has a very short barrel, and its eyepiece is an inward-facing eyeball. If you try to use it without paying, all you'll see is a bloodshot, golden eyeball staring daggers back at you from inside the barrel. Only after payment does the eyeball get to work, turning around to observe the distance and transmitting what it sees back as a high-definition image, imprinted directly onto the user's retina.Yang Yi had spoken with the seller, but he's still startled by the experience of having a staring contest with the eye inside. It feels like looking through a peephole and suddenly realizing there's an eyeball on the other side looking right back at you."I'll test it tomorrow. Don't want to accidentally spot something like the Collector," Yang Yi thinks to himself, stowing the telescope in his ring.Before sleeping, he checks the sea chart. He can now see the coordinates of the Black Mist on the chart. It has broken through the Everwinter Sea and is advancing north at a speed of 20 knots. At the same time, the Bountiful Sea is expanding south. The time players have to prepare is probably less than ten days, especially given the Bountiful Sea's massive area of influence.As for when the white seawater will affect this island, it's currently hard to estimate. Because the water itself spreads faster than the sea region's border.Yang Yi has to hurry up and /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ mine more salt.When the white seawater arrives, it's impossible for the salt-covered Rotted Whale to revive instantly. The island is bound to undergo some changes then. Whether to flee or explore, he'll decide based on the situation. Personally, Yang Yi leans toward exploring. The core of the Rotted Whale is the ever-regenerating flesh. To upgrade the Nyxstar to Level 4, he can't avoid this adventure. A half-dead Rotted Whale is definitely easier to deal with than one at full strength.……………….The next day, Yang Yi gets up on time, munching on black bread as he walks to the bow of the ship. He takes out the Greedy Eye he bought last night, pays it ten thousand conch coins, and looks toward the island. He isn't trying to see far; he's using the Greedy Eye's special function to check for any missed treasure chests or valuables."There really is something inside the island."Yang Yi observes for a moment before handing the telescope to Suna. When its advanced function is activated, the Greedy Eye marks the locations of treasures with a golden halo. After paying the fee, Yang Yi sees a halo glowing at the island's center, emanating from within. Suna takes a look as well. Yang Yi had already sent her the telescope's information last night, so she knows how to use it. They discuss it for a while but can't think of a way to get inside the Rotted Whale. For now, they can only continue selling salt.Yang Yi equips the armguard and expertly controls the Armor of the Lost Sinner to land on the island. This time, there's an additional experiment: two bottles of water, one fresh and one saturated saltwater, are placed inside the armor to see if they trigger an attack.The armor lands without incident. A salt-man only emerges from the ground when the armor approaches a salt-covered area. It attacks the two water bottles through a gap in the armor's right arm."The salt-men don't attack lifeforms; they attack and absorb water," Suna concludes from the results. "And their attack or sensory range is limited. We could even create a safe zone to land on the island by clearing out the salt in a specific area."But the idea isn't very practical. The salt layer gets progressively thicker the further inland you go. Even if they did land, they would be confined to the outer, salt-free perimeter. Yang Yi doesn't agree to Suna's proposal to go ashore. Anything a person can do, the Armor of the Lost Sinner can do just as well.The salt mining continues, only this time, Yang Yi consciously digs deeper. By the afternoon, he has mined another fifteen tons of sea salt, all of which he sells immediately, banking 750,000 conch coins.Just as a wave of exhaustion hits him and he's about to take a break, he suddenly feels the ground beneath the armor tremble. This isn't a sensation he feels on the ship; it's coming through the armor's feet on the island.The island is moving.He instantly pieces it together. Looking out at the sea, he spots a faint, white, oily foam on the surface. It's an effect of the air from the Bountiful Sea; wearing his mask, he hadn't noticed it at all."The sweet air can revitalize the Rotted Whale, too?"A sense of dread washes over Yang Yi.In the next instant, a bottomless hole seems to open in the center of the island. The sea salt pours into it like quicksand, forming a massive crater as it's swallowed whole. Then, a huge volume of salt erupts from the hole. Salt grains fall from the sky like snowflakes, a blizzard of pure salt. And then the Rotted Whale begins to inhale again, the suction astonishingly powerful.

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