[Name: Healing Pearl][Type: Treasure][Quality: Rare Item][Description: Soak this pearl in 1 liter of water for 12 hours to imbue the water with healing properties, accelerating wound recovery.]Yang Yi’s eyes lit up.This was a real treasure!So this treasure-chest clam was quite a rare creature—it actually produced something this valuable!Seeing that it was getting late, Yang Yi reeled in the fishing net, ready to call it a day.He pulled up two things.[Name: One-Armed Crab][Type: Food][Description: This crab has favored one claw since it was young—the dominant claw makes up half its body mass! Non-toxic and edible, rich in claw meat.]The other ugly thing, however, sapped his sanity.[You caught a Strange Starfish. Sanity –3.]The starfish looked disturbingly like a human hand—five fingers of uneven length, crawling along the deck like a spider…“What a charming little freak,” Yang Yi muttered, crushing it underfoot.He picked it up anyway, checked its data, and suddenly it didn’t seem so hideous.[Name: Hand-Star][Type: Food][Description: A starfish twisted by Abyssal corruption. Slightly toxic. Upon consumption: Agility +1, Sanity –20, duration: 1 hour.]This thing was similar to the Human-Head Octopus—eating it could enhance stats. Maybe it could even be used to brew magic potions.With that thought, Yang Yi carried his odd-looking catch down to the ship’s lab.“Suna, take a look at these.”Inside the lab, Suna was still dissecting the two-headed devil shark.Two bright, fist-sized eyes had been removed and now floated in a glass tank, glowing faintly red.She looked up as Yang Yi entered, noticing both the bizarre fish in his hands and the large pearl.“Caught all of these yourself?”“Yup.”Suddenly, inspiration struck her.Suna’s eyes darted from the fish to the shark’s eyes—and an idea began forming.“Two types… no, three! Give me three days—I’ll have some prototypes ready!” she said, excitement bubbling up.“No rush. It’s late. Go get some rest and work on it tomorrow.”Suna hesitated for two seconds, then obediently nodded and went back to her room.Her cabin was right next to the captain’s quarters—handy for either of them to call out if anything happened during the night.Yang Yi picked up the crystal orb and headed for his room.The orb had a vibration alert function—whenever another player’s ship entered the nearby waters, it would tremble as a warning.Keeping it by his pillow meant he’d have advance notice of danger—better that than waking up surrounded without knowing it.Once everything was ready, Yang Yi stripped off his coat, downed a bottle of coconut juice, and lay back on the bed.Before sleeping, he habitually checked the world chat—mostly to monitor clothing prices and to see if anyone was selling fire-starting tools.Before long, he drifted off, brow furrowing as nightmares took hold.Late into the night, a sound came from the room next door—Suna’s door creaked open.A quiet figure slipped out, moving toward the rear cabin—her destination, the laboratory.Suna was planning to work overtime, continuing her potion experiments into the night…Three days passed without incident.Yang Yi kept fishing as usual, pulling in the nets by dusk, sometimes taking breaks to practice with his gun.He didn’t like using the grappling hook—it was reliable but nowhere near as fun as fishing.He handed every strange fish he caught over to Suna for analysis—no need to eat such weird things when food supplies were abundant.Short-shelf-life foods were eaten first; no reason to eat raw, mutated fish for now.His catches were average lately.Excluding the strange fish, his haul included:Wood ×28, Cloth ×25, Conch Coins ×650, Freshwater ×9L.He noticed the difference between fishing and netting—nets caught more shrimp, crabs, and shellfish.During this period, he also pulled up two resource chests.A Wooden Resource Chest, containing: Wood ×20, Cloth ×20 — not much, but better than nothing.A Bronze Resource Chest, much better—Wood ×100, Cloth ×100, Iron ×20.He also discovered two ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) new fish species.[Name: Eyeball Octopus][Type: Food][Description: An octopus warped by Abyssal corruption; each tentacle ends with an eyeball. Slightly toxic. Upon consumption: Perception +1, duration: 1 hour.][Name: Abs-Lobster][Type: Food][Description: A lobster mutated by the Abyss, now boasting six-pack abs. Slightly toxic. Upon consumption: Constitution +1, duration: 1 hour.]Together with the Human-Head Octopus and Hand-Star, they conveniently covered the four main attributes—excluding only Spirit.Yang Yi handed all of these over to Suna for potion crafting.That evening, after hours without a single bite, he browsed chat again.As expected, down jacket prices were dropping—more and more players had learned to craft them.The current market rate was only 105 cloth per jacket.Judging by cost, that was about the bottom price already—probably around 100 cloth to make.He checked his total resources:Wood ×841, Cloth ×560, Stone ×408, Conch Coins ×5700, Freshwater ×208, Iron ×77, Crystal ×51, Sulfur ×40.Looked like a lot—but buying winter gear would burn through over 400 cloth.And he still needed massive amounts to upgrade his ship to Level 3…A long road ahead.If buying with Conch Coins, one jacket went for around 600 coins, but most players preferred cloth trades—the coin exchange rate was too unstable.Currently, the market rate hovered around 5:1, meaning 5 ConchCoins equaled 1 basic resource.In practice, prices were slightly higher.Advanced resources were pricier—about 25 Conch Coins per unit.So, Yang Yi looked rich but wasn’t—his materials were too precious to spend carelessly.And who knew how expensive those fire-starting tools would be once he found them?As usual, he sent a world message:“Buying fire-starting tools at high price! Also selling winter gear cheap—PM me!”No sooner had he posted than he noticed a private message from Suna, sent a few minutes earlier:Suna: “The potions you asked for are done. They’re on the lab table. Come get them yourself.There are three kinds:Red — boosts attributes, but may have mild side effects.Colorless — restores stamina. Try it and see.Pink — heals wounds.”Yang Yi’s eyes lit up. Finally, a return on all that investment!He rushed straight to the witch’s lab.Inside, Suna had dozed off at the table.The desk was covered with equipment—a microscope, test tube racks, conical flasks, even a small alcohol lamp.“Huh… can this thing actually light up?”He picked up the lamp—it was suspiciously light. Closer inspection revealed the truth: it was empty.[Laboratory-exclusive equipment: Removing it from the lab causes it to disappear. Fuel not included.]Yang Yi: “……”What on earth had Suna bought this for then?Did she not realize it was empty until after she’d purchased it?Setting the lamp down, his eyes fell on the three potions—each a different color.Their labels were blank, but Yang Yi already knew from experience:just one sip, and he’d learn their exact effects firsthand…

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