Required Materials: Vitality Coconut ×1, 10g of SaltRequired Tool: Reagent Rack Yang Yi produced one bottle. [Name]: Vitality Coconut Refreshment[Type]: Consumable[Quality]: Fine[Description]: A beverage that makes you feel full of energy.Restores 10 Stamina, increases stamina recovery speed by 50%, lasts 8 hours.Each use has a 24-hour cooldown. Yang Yi smiled and turned toward the shoreline, where countless coconuts filled the view.The axe in his hand danced through the air. Whenever his stamina dropped below 30, he would lie down on the beach to rest,then resume chopping once he recovered. By dusk, he had cut down four trees in total, obtaining 38 Vitality Coconuts and 43 units of lumber,all of which he carried back to the Nightmare.(A single tree, depending on thickness and length, yields 5–15 units of lumber; enormous trees give even more.) He decided not to leave for now — instead, he planned to spend the night on the shipand continue chopping the next day. But before heading back, he made a new discovery. On the sand lay a faintly glowing trail, about a hundred meters away. As dusk deepened, the glowing mark became visible to the naked eye —a luminous slime trail with a pungent, fishy odor,clearly secreted from some kind of creature’s body. Yang Yi followed the trail a few steps inland. Without the waves disturbing the sand here,the tracks were even clearer —shaped like the slithering trace of a snake-like creature crawling across the ground.Yang Yi measured it with his palm — the snake was at least half a meter thick, quite a formidable size!“Not using the gun earlier was the right call!” Yang Yi changed his mind — he no longer intended to stay overnight near the shore.He planned to move farther away, since there was clearly some kind of large creature on the island. He gripped his flintlock tightly, eyes sharp and alert, backing away carefully. Only after returning to the Nightmare did he finally let out a long breath of relief. Sitting in the captain’s cabin, Yang Yi pondered for a while before deciding —he had to gather more Vitality Coconuts, even if it meant taking risks. Such a resource was rare and precious;it could offset the Nightmare’s negative traits,and he couldn’t afford to let the opportunity slip by! There was no guarantee that the islands ahead would have any more of these coconuts. He steered the Nightmare away from the island, anchoring about dozens of nautical miles out.At this distance, the island was no longer even visible. Whatever creature lurked there — even if it could swim —surely wouldn’t bother coming this far just to eat a few pounds of human flesh.Wouldn’t the fish in the sea taste better anyway? He drank a bottle of Coconut Refreshment,ate a few scallops, an eyeball, and half a red-lipped eel. Before sleeping, Yang Yi held his flintlock in his right hand,the barrel angled downward beside the bed,his finger resting near—but not on—the trigger. This was his newest defensive tactic:to be able to raise and fire instantly if a monster entered the cabin. He soon drifted into uneasy sleep—and fell into a nightmare… In the dead of night, a woman’s enchanting voice echoed from outside the ship.The melody was ethereal and hauntingly beautiful,like the music of the heavens. But this was the middle of the ocean—how could there be a woman singing out here? Groggy and dazed, Yang Yi sat up,his eyes unfocused, his mind already ensnared by the mesmerizing song.He had lost control of himself. An entranced expression appeared on his faceas he turned toward the cabin door. There, standing before it, was a humanoid creature—half-human, half-fish—a perfect image of the mythical mermaid. She had long golden hair,a sensual, alluring figure,her soaked body glistening as though fresh from a bath.Two enormous seashells covered her chest,her waist slender,her lower belly lined with fine, shimmering scales,and below that — a gleaming fish tail. Such beings were generally known as mermaids,but among sailors, they bore another, darker name —Sirens, the nightmares of the sea. The siren sang softly, smiling seductively at Yang Yi,her every movement steeped in irresistible charm. The sound trap at the cabin door was triggered,ringing out with a series of clear ding-ding-dang-dang chimes. Clang! Before he knew it, he had lost control — his trap was useless. His face slackened with infatuation as he walked toward the sea siren,still holding the flintlock pistol in his hand... > 【You are charmed by the siren’s song. You /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ have lost control of your body. Sanity -10】> 【You behold an exceedingly beautiful woman. Mind and body fall into ruin. Sanity -7】 Roughly dozens of nautical miles away from the Nightmare,another ship drifted quietly — the Astrologer. Its captain, Suna sat in her cabin,writing something in a small notebook. > “He can eat strange, horrifying food without changing expression,> and even ‘kiss’ an eel — that red-lipped monstrosity.> But the most shocking thing is…> he hasn’t shown a single sign of madness!> Unbelievable!” The notebook’s title read 'Observation Diary – XX'.Since she didn’t know Yang Yi’s real name, she left it blank for now. Inside were private details of his life —how long he slept, when he woke up, what he fished, what he ate… Her behavior was indistinguishable from that of a stalker.In a normal society, she’d be classified as a dangerous person,locked up for re-education. > “Is he... not afraid at all?” Suna bit her pen cap, deep in thought. The information about this island had come from her —she just wanted to see how he’d react. But then, she noticed something strange —on the sea chart, the Nightmare suddenly moved,sailing full speed toward the island. Something abnormal was happening! Suna had been using the Astrologer’s Scrying skill to secretly observe Yang Yi for days.She knew he was cautious —he would never explore at night, let alone set foot on the island after dark. Without hesitation, she activated her scrying skill again to follow the Nightmare. > “That’s… a siren?” Suna gasped, eyes wide with a mix of frenzy and excitement.

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