Ch. 95 - Journey Through the Mist
After discovering that fire could disperse the dense fog, the price of wood skyrocketed again, reaching 20 Shell Coins per unit — and it was still rising.
After all, sources for obtaining wood were gone. There were only floating icebergs at sea, and fishing often yielded nothing.
As for islands, no players had mentioned finding any.
Islands in the Extreme Winter Sea were extremely scarce, perhaps nonexistent.
One day later.
The Nightmare Star silently sailed through the thick fog at a speed of 15 knots.
The sea was calm, with wind force at level one — the sound of waves could barely be heard.
【Silent Voyage: Your Sanity decreases by 3】
Yang Yi frowned.
Just as Suna had said, prolonged sailing in the fog would reduce sanity.
Other players had noticed this as well and found a solution — team up for warmth, whether it be in pairs, small groups of three to five, or larger fleets.
As for the matter of trust, that was something players had to judge for themselves.
"Nomad Fleet recruiting! If you're short on wood or food, join us for shelter and 24/7 hot water. Anyone wanting to join this big family, DM me!"
"Is there really such a good deal?"
"I don't believe it. Nothing is more expensive than what's free!"
"Count me in, boss!"
"..."
Yang Yi watched the chat channel for a while, and it seemed no one had encountered sudden dangers other than crashing into icebergs.
After sailing for another two hours, he blasted apart a small iceberg.
Later, Suna took over sailing.
This was pre-arranged between them: each person would sail for six hours before switching.
In a 24-hour period, each had two shifts, leaving 12 hours free for other activities or rest.
After the shift change, Yang Yi headed to the ship's courtyard to start fishing, which proved to be difficult in the thick fog.
Yang Yi checked the chat channel and noticed that very few players had caught any fish.
Half an hour later.
Aside from catching a seal on his first cast, Yang Yi caught nothing.
To avoid damaging the ship, Yang Yi chose to release it. After all, the seal was too dangerous — bringing it aboard would only result in an explosion to his face.
He glanced at the time and figured it was about right.
Soon, there was new activity in the world chat channel — a new issue of the weekly magazine had been released!
It contained information about the white fog and even about living icebergs.
As a VIP customer, Yang Yi already knew the general content and release time of this issue.
But for the exact details, he still needed to read it himself.
Yang Yi walked over to the capsule machine and picked up two copies of the newspaper.
"Suna, do you want to read the Maritime Weekly?" he asked.
After all, sailing in this dead silence was too dull. Reading the newspaper could be good for mental health.
Moreover, Suna had little fear of aberrations, so her sanity loss was minimal.
Surprisingly, Suna accepted the newspaper from Yang Yi.
"How about...unlocking my trading rights?" she asked.
It seemed Suna had realised her trading rights had been disabled by Yang Yi.
She had tried to purchase items but had failed.
"What do you want to buy?" Yang Yi asked.
"Something good!"
Suna became excited and sent over an item description.
【Name: Collector's Contracted Item】