The Rotted Whale's sudden awakening shatters Yang Yi's salt-selling plans.It spews out a massive amount of sea salt, and even the Nyxstar, thirty meters away, is caught in the deluge. The moment the salt begins to fall, Yang Yi ducks into the captain's room, mainly worried that the salt might be dangerous, that it could form into salt-men. But thankfully, it doesn't. This is just ordinary salt. It's only the salt on the Rotted Whale's body that can become salt-men.As the Rotted Whale stirs, the loose salt on its surface seems to come alive, condensing into an army of snow-white salt-men. They wield their spear-like arms and attack the colossal creature beneath them."ROOOOAAARRRRR!!!"A low growl rumbles from beneath the waves. The calm sea surface surges, pushing the Nyxstar back a dozen meters. The force is so great that even the stones anchoring the zipline on shore are dragged into the ocean.Yang Yi steps out of the captain's room, his Third Eye scanning the island and quickly grasping the situation. As he's about to focus on the armor, Suna rushes out from the cabin, drawn by the commotion. She's stunned by the sight before her. It's a scene straight out of a movie. Countless salt-men, like soldiers, are attacking the Rotted Whale.But the Rotted Whale isn't just taking it. It shakes its massive body, trying to dislodge the salt layer covering its surface. To the creature, it's a simple shrug, but for the salt-men—and the Armor of the Lost Sinner on the island—it's a high-intensity earthquake. The salt-men are shaken apart, flung into the sea. The Sinner's Armor barely maintains its balance by jamming Severed Iron (Fake) deep into the Rotted «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» Whale's flesh.Another eruption comes, spewing yet more salt. It seems the creature's body is filled with a sea of salt; the main battlefield is likely inside it."Now is the perfect time to go ashore!" Suna exclaims. "The salt on the surface has been shaken off or sucked in! The chance of being attacked by salt-men is way lower!"She seems eager to go, but Yang Yi shuts her down hard. "You can't go ashore!""Why not?""Someone has to stay on the ship, and it can't be me!" Yang Yi says grimly.Suna's brow furrows. "Is that all?""I'm the captain, you're the first mate! Is that reason enough?""But there's more, isn't there?"Yang Yi feels Suna is becoming increasingly difficult to handle. "Fine! Another reason is you're too weak, you have no way to protect yourself, and I'm afraid you'll die on the island. Satisfied?" he answers coldly. That finally makes Suna back down.But she hasn't given up. In fact, this was her real goal all along. She holds out her hand. "Give me your right gauntlet.""What do you want this for?""To wear it, of course…"She explains her plan: to use the Armor of the Lost Sinner as a proxy, a remote body to explore the island and enter the Rotted Whale. After a moment's hesitation, Yang Yi agrees."Just the gauntlet. And it will hurt…""I'm not afraid of pain."A few seconds later, Yang Yi removes the right gauntlet—but not the rest of the armguard—and hands it to her. Suna takes a deep breath and forces her hand inside. The instantaneous, sharp pain of the spikes piercing her flesh makes her squat down, but she doesn't make a sound. The pain vanishes, replaced by the vision of the armor on the distant island and a share of its control.Why didn't you take the rest off?I need it to scout the path. It's too dangerous otherwise.They both startle. The exchange happened without a single word spoken, a mental link similar to a direct neural connection.This armor's control method is like a brain-computer interface… we've set up a local area network, Suna concludes.But Yang Yi has no time to bicker. The time has come. Most of the salt has been shaken off or sucked inside. The island's true form is revealed: a giant jellyfish floating on the sea, over five kilometers in diameter, slightly more swollen than before. Its bell is riddled with pores of various sizes, with an enormous opening in the center that was previously hidden by salt.Yang Yi quickly gathers his supplies. He has a plan for the salt-men: fresh water. He had bought a large quantity while selling salt, and Suna had bottled it in one-liter vials. The water content of a human body can never compare to pure water; he'll use the bottles as bait.With his preparations complete, Yang Yi jumps off the ship, rapidly transforming into a werewolf in mid-air. By the time he hits the water, he stands three meters tall, the armor on his right arm expanding with him. The seawater is so dense he can run across its surface.He sprints toward the island, easily powering through the waves from the creature's tremors. The Armor of the Lost Sinner waits on the now-cleared shore to meet him. This is the moment.Yang Yi runs onto the island, draws his weapons, and lets his Sanity drop to 50 under the influence of the Spirit of Fear, further boosting his stats. He sprints towards a specific hole he'd been watching—one that had stopped spewing salt after the first two eruptions. It's the perfect entry point.

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