Night time.Yang Yi was in the courtyard, swinging his newly forged Iron Breaker (Replica) greatsword.After feeding three Long-Legged Sardines into the Life Furnace, it finally bloomed with the light of life, increasing Yang Yi’s experience gain rate by 25%.Taking advantage of this, he trained hard to improve his basic attributes.He planned to raise all his base stats above 7 before entering the Fertile Sea Region.That way, even without transforming into a werewolf, he could still wield the greatsword through the strength boost brought by Madness.Plus, Limb Enhancement and the night time bonus would both apply—his combat power would rise to a new level.After two hours of training, his stamina had dropped to nearly 30, and his Strength experience reached 1352—still far from level 7.He glanced at the time. The Weekly Bulletin should be releasing soon. So he walked toward the octopus-headed gacha machine.By the time he arrived, the chat channel had already started buzzing about the weekly’s release. Two newspapers rolled out from the gacha’s mouth.He handed one to Suna, then went back to the captain’s cabin, lay down on his bed, and started reading.The paper had two big headlines.The first, naturally, was information about the Collector. The title read:“Shocking! The Correct Posture for Trading with the Collector”—Information provided by One-EyeYang Yi’s eye twitched at the headline. Something about it felt off.It seemed Song Yingwen was quite skilled at making clickbait titles.Laughter could be heard from the next room.Yang Yi only shook his head. He had no intention of correcting Song’s headline habits—after all, the man was the professional here.How he chose to use the intel Yang Yi provided was entirely up to him.Yang Yi skimmed through the article—ten lines at a glance—and confirmed it was basically what he’d said himself:You must make full use of the first few trades to test the Collector’s preferences, then tailor your offerings accordingly.Simple in theory, difficult in practice.If you kept choosing wrong chpice, you were doomed.In the middle of the article was a large picture—One-Eye trading with the Collector, holding a censored, pixelated black lump in his hand.Although a small note in the corner clarified that it was an “evil statue,” most players wouldn’t read the notes—or would simply ignore them.So, the chat channel soon filled with ridiculous rumors:“One-Eye handed in his thesis, and the Collector didn’t dare refuse it!”“I told you—that’s what the Collector really wants—academic excellence!”“That armor looks amazing, One-Eye! Mind sharing the stats? What grade is it?”“Wow, the Collector’s so tall—even sitting down he’s over a meter and a half!”“..........”Yang Yi glanced at the chat. Sure enough, it was just as he expected.That was probably what Song Yingwen wanted anyway—otherwise, he could’ve just written “statue” on the mosaic instead of hiding it in a tiny note.Yang Yi didn’t care.He turned to the second headline:“Speculations About the Extraordinary”—Provided by Justice KnightThis person was likely a VIP, probably very strong—and most likely unaffiliated with any fleet, since he always submitted information under a personal codename.That was similar to Yang Yi himself.“Could he have advanced to Extraordinary?”Yang Yi skimmed through and quickly denied that possibility.Justice Knight was strong, but just shy of the Extraordinary threshold—stuck at attribute level 10, hence this essay-like piece:“Most equipment—at least anything below Rare grade—has limited effects on attributes and cannot exceed the mortal limit of 10.This also applies to consumables like potions.My base stats, with talents and equipment bonuses, have already reached 10—but cannot break past it.Therefore, I believe surpassing 10 marks the step into the Extraordinary.And the secret to that lies within the Extraordinary Paths.Attribute boosts gained from those paths may be able to break this limit of 10…”Yang Yi read the whole thing and felt the man was basically just summarizing experience.If he were the one writing, it would’ve been far more explosive.In fact, some talents could indeed break the 10-point limit—depending on what they were.Madness couldn’t, but Defy Death could.And the Extraordinary Paths truly ignored that cap: things like Limb Enhancement, Werewolf Transformation, and the corruption-induced Third Eye all granted bonuses beyond 10.After finishing the “Sea Affairs” section, Yang Yi flipped to the back of the paper.There, a bold advertisement caught his eye—an ad for the Crystalline Greatsword and Crystalline Tower Shield.He’d asked Song Yingwen to include it for free and to keep One-Eye’s identity hidden—otherwise, he’d be swarmed with messages.The goal was to sell the crystal weapons faster, without having to advertise them in the chat. Buyers would come to him instead, saving trouble.Both the greatsword and shield were priced at 25,000 conch coins, with a 5,000-coin bargaining margin built in.He then browsed the trade section to see if there were any high-end items he wanted.Unfortunately, there weren’t.Not even any Low-grade Craftsman Engraving Stones or Low-grade Abyssal Soul Stones.Those were selling for absurd prices, since they could upgrade any Excellent-grade equipment into Rare-grade. Their price rivaled rare weapons themselves—about 80,000 conch coins—and often required extra bidding to secure.The reason was obvious: they could upgrade guns, boosting a weapon worth tens of thousands into one worth over a hundred thousand.“Seems collecting enhancement stones is going to be troublesome…” Yang Yi muttered.He planned to get a few enhancement stones to upgrade Suna’s Witch Set: the witch’s dagger, uniform, and pouch.Upgrading them might trigger special effects, given their peculiar descriptions.“Buying low-grade Craftsman Engraving Stones at high prices—DM me if you're selling!”Yang Yi posted the message in the world channel to see if anyone would respond.At the same time, he noticed several private messages—all inquiries about buying crystal gear, one of them from Shen Guanquan.Shen wanted five Iron Breaker (Replica) greatswords and five crystal tower shields, at normal price—20,000 per piece.The rest of the players were mostly after greatswords, since weapons took priority over armor.Aside from Shen, who was an old acquaintance and paid in full, the others each sent «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» a 1,000-coin deposit.Not much—but if someone wasn’t even willing to pay that, Yang Yi wouldn’t bother trading.Supplies were limited—first come, first served.In just three hours, twelve more items were preordered: ten greatswords and two shields.By tomorrow, all the crystal weapons would probably be sold out.Next came the forging—one by one, and delivering them to their buyers.“Maybe I can ask He Qi about enhancement stones tomorrow… After all, he gave me my first one. He might still have extras.”Yang Yi decided to leave it for tomorrow.It was already late, and he badly needed sleep to recover his stamina.

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