Yang Yi barely slept in the second half of the night.When dawn finally broke, he simply got up, pulled out a few rotten bones from under the mattress, and tossed them back under the bed.It had been long enough — the captain’s skeleton should really be dead for good now.After one night, Yang Yi looked like a completely different person.His face was pale as a ghost, dark circles carved deep beneath his eyes, the whites bloodshot.The moment he stepped out of the captain’s quarters, he noticed something new on the bow deck — a statue?It was a cartoonish octopus creature with wings on its back, crouched on a rock.“What the…?”At the same time, a system announcement popped up in the log:【Last night, a total of 13,000 players successfully killed aberrations, and one player even achieved an incredible double kill!】【Based on your performance, you will all receive a special talent.】【Additionally, the Monster Gacha Machine is now open. You can insert monster body parts into the capsule machine to obtain capsule rewards. The corpses will be automatically recycled.⚠️ Please do NOT throw random trash into the machine — and definitely not living creatures. Doing so will anger it!】The world chat instantly exploded.“There are monsters in this world? What do they look like? Anyone seen one?”“Please, send me back! I’ll give you anything you want!”“A talent reward?! Damn, I missed out!A skeleton monster banged on my door last night — I didn’t open it! Should’ve taken the risk!”“If you did, you might’ve died.”“Monster gacha machine? Anyone found it yet?”“Yeah, mine’s on the deck — it’s a big cat face! Weirdly cute.”“Mine’s in the cabin. A cartoon robot!”“Mine’s a clown... scared me half to death. It’s right in the captain’s room!”“So everyone’s looks different?”Yang Yi turned to look at his own capsule machine — the cartoon octopus monster, mouth wide open as if begging to be fed, tentacles wriggling around it.【Reward distribution complete. You have obtained Talent: ????】【Unlock condition: ???? — Progress 0/3】“What the hell? Needs unlocking?”This system was such a scam!He opened the chat channel — everyone else was asking the same thing.Apparently, every player’s unlock conditions were different. Some required a few tries, others tens of thousands, even millions.He only needed three — unusually few.Soon, someone discovered their own unlock condition.“Mine says I have to walk 100,000 steps! What a ripoff!”“That’s nothing. Mine’s to breathe three million times. Guess I’ll just let fate handle it.”“At least you have a goal. Mine’s 0/100 — no idea what that even means.”“Maybe it’s surviving 100 days?”“This system… if you don’t wanna give us talents, just don’t!”Yang Yi looked at his own “0/3,” shook his head, and decided to leave it for now.He went into the cabin to turn the monster corpses into capsules.The captain’s skeleton couldn’t be used — it was unique —so he only took the Drowned One’s severed hand and placed it into the octopus capsule machine.As soon as it went in, the octopus’s eyes lit up red, and its chin-tentacles began cycling through colors like ribbons.Yang Yi twisted the dial on its chest — clack clack clack, the sound of capsules tumbling echoed inside.The atmosphere was… weirdly immersive.“Talk about morbid taste,” Yang Yi muttered.Moments later, a glowing orb rolled out.He picked it up — it transformed into a bottle of blue potion.【Name: Drowned One’s Grudge】【Type: Consumable】【Quality: Fine】【Description: Upon drinking, Sanity -20. For one minute, you will be perceived as a Drowned One and will not be attacked by low-level aberrations.】Yang Yi’s eyes lit up.Not bad — a good emergency tool.In survival games, an item like this would be pretty valuable.The world chat buzzed again as people showed off their prizes:“I got a Summoning Token!”【Name: Bone Token】【Type: Relic】【Quality: Excellent】【Description: Summons a skeleton to fight for you for 15 minutes. After time expires, it goes berserk and attacks the summoner before disintegrating.Cooldown: 24 hours.Tip: Make sure you can beat the skeleton.】“That’s strong! Sell it to me, I’ll pay a billion!”“A billion what? You need conch coins here, and there’s no trading system — unless you meet in person.”“I got a dagger!”【Name: Serrated Dagger】【Type: Weapon】【Quality: Excellent】【Description: A sharp dagger with a comfortable grip. Deals minor damage. Its only flaw — it’s short!】“Yeah yeah, we get it — you’re short.”“I wouldn’t buy that thing even if you paid me. Too embarrassing!”Lots of players flaunted their gacha spoils, though few were of excellent quality — only the two above. Most were merely fine.Generally speaking, relics had stronger effects than weapons, but they often reduced sanity or had side effects.Yang Yi’s Rusty Flintlock could deal moderate damage, while most excellent-grade weapons only dealt minor damage.So his gun was actually quite powerful — but it had strict limitations:one shot per minute, prone to misfires, and it reduced sanity.A fair trade-off, he supposed.Yang Yi looked away, then took a bite from half a long-legged sardine.He was starving. After last night’s ordeal, he no longer hesitated.To survive — nothing else mattered.【You eat a raw Long-Legged Sardine. Sanity -2.】The fish tasted a bit off but wasn’t rotten yet.It provided both energy and a bit of hydration.After finishing it all, he finally felt somewhat full and checked his status.After resting through the night, both sanity and stamina had recovered a bit — but due to nightmares and insomnia, recovery was poor.His wounds hadn’t fully healed either… infection was a real risk.Yang YiStatus: Injured 【Human figure diagram — wound areas highlighted in yellow】Sanity: 74/100Stamina: 52/100Health: 83/100He returned to the cabin.For now, his priority was to make noise traps.The aberrations weren’t smart, so the traps didn’t need to be subtle —he could just craft some long ropes, punch holes through thin wooden plates, and string them up.Wood was easy to get — the game allowed players to reshape wood resources into cubic units, about a decimeter per unit.After stringing the wooden plates and tying them apart, he hung them in the hallway and doorway of the captain’s quarters.Testing them, he found that the wind made a softer sound than an impact — enough to serve as an early warning.By ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) the time he finished, the entire morning had passed, and most of his collected wood and cloth were gone.But Yang Yi wasn’t in a rush to gather more.The real priority was fresh water — he needed to fish more and watch for drifting supply crates or treasure chests.Just as he thought that, he suddenly felt strange — his body burning up, face hot, stomach aching.His instincts flared. He checked his status again.Yang YiStatus: Injured / Corpse Poison Infection (Mild) / Food Poisoning (Mild, Diarrhea)【The entire body icon was yellow, darker around the wound areas】“Damn it!”The one thing he dreaded most had happened —The Drowned One’s corpse poison had infected him!And out here in the middle of the ocean…he had no medicine.

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