There's something else on the ship!
Yang Yi realized it, but it was too late.
A fishing rod stabbed into his left shoulder, piercing deep into the flesh.
He immediately ran forward, turning his head, his right hand covering the wound on his left shoulder.
In front of him was a skeleton, half of its skull missing, with a ghastly green soulfire burning inside.
It was the captain's remains, alive, holding a fishing rod, its tip stained red with Yang Yi's blood.
It looked at Yang Yi, its jaw opening and closing as if mocking him.
"You damn bastard!"
Yang Yi cursed, his eyes blazing with fury.
[Attacked by the dead, your Sanity decreases by 10]
[Sanity below 50, you enter Berserk State, immune to most negative mental states, Strength +2, Agility +1, Constitution +1, Spirit -2, ignoring pain, tireless, brave and fearless, until Sanity recovers.]
Negative mental states: such as Charm, mind control, fear, despair, etc.
PS: When Stamina is 0, Health will be consumed instead. The maximum attribute in Berserk State is 10, cannot surpass mortal limits.
Yang Yi raised his hand and fired at the skeleton.
Click!
The gun misfired.
The skeleton wielded the fishing rod like a spear and charged.
Though Yang Yi felt no pain, his injured foot somewhat affected his movement.
Fighting the skeleton while injured was too risky. A single mistake, and he could be skewered by the two-meter-long fishing rod!
After a brief thought, Yang Yi changed tactics, advancing instead of retreating, directly confronting it.
He threw the spear in his hand, striking the skeleton, wedging it in its bones, causing it to momentarily freeze.
Seizing the opportunity, he closed in on the skeleton, engaging in close combat.
He still had a weapon, and it was a blunt one!
By gripping the barrel of the flintlock pistol, it became a short hammer, highly effective against the skeleton.
He raised the flintlock pistol, smashing it towards the crack in the skeleton's skull, aiming for its soulfire.
But the skeleton reacted swiftly, reaching out to block.
It seemed to fear the gun, abandoning the fishing rod, reaching out with both hands to grab it.
Yang Yi, of course, wouldn't let it.
The two began to wrestle over the gun.
The skeleton's strength was slightly lower than Yang Yi's in Berserk State, likely around 4.
But in the struggle, Yang Yi found it difficult to launch an effective attack.
If the gun accidentally fired, hitting himself would be disastrous!
He needed a strategy.
Even in Berserk State, Yang Yi remained clear-headed and quickly devised a plan.
Yang Yi timed it right, struggled a bit more, then aimed and pulled the trigger of the flintlock pistol.
Click!
The gun misfired again.
Then he decisively abandoned the gun.
Sure enough, the skeleton's attention was mostly on the flintlock pistol.
Yang Yi smoothly broke free from the struggle and ran towards the cabin.
When the skeleton arrived, it only saw a dim silhouette in the cabin...
It was Yang Yi, in the darkness, frantically devouring an unknown mass of flesh.
The skeleton pulled the trigger, but the gun didn't respond, still in cooldown.
From bow to stern, it was just over ten meters, both had run, so the flintlock pistol was still cooling down.
A pistol that couldn't fire was no different from a hammer!
Yang Yi charged forward, his mouth covered in black slime, eyes bloodshot.
[You swallowed the Human-Headed Octopus, Strength +1, Constitution +1, Spirit -1, Sanity -20, lasts 1 minute.]
Just like that, Yang Yi's Strength increased from three to six, doubling entirely! (Berserk +2)
Moreover, Yang Yi discovered that the Strength in this data wasn't linear growth, but exponential.
This meant that being 2 points higher in Strength allowed for easy domination.
Yang Yi closed in.
At this moment, the skeleton hadn't reacted, still puzzled as to why the gun wouldn't fire.
The next second, Yang Yi tackled it to the ground, ripping off two arm bones, flinging them to the sides.
Yang Yi pressed his advantage, thrusting his right hand through the crack in the skeleton's skull, reaching for the soulfire inside.
Only then did the skeleton show some fear, its jaw opening and closing as if pleading.
But it was too late, it had no means of resistance.
Yang Yi grasped the flame, which wasn't hot, but rather warm.
The skeleton reacted violently, shuddering all over, soon collapsing into a pile of ordinary bones, the soulfire extinguished completely.
But was the skeleton truly dead?
Not necessarily!
Having been tricked by the Drowned One before, he was much more cautious!
Yang Yi grabbed the skeleton's skull, picked up the flintlock pistol, and placed the skull on the ship's rail.
He strongly suspected the skeleton wasn't dead, even though he could now check its information.
[Name: Captain's Remains]
[Description: He was once a captain who loved fishing until he caught...
Can be used in the Monster Gacha Machine.]
Two minutes later, as expected, the eerie green light reignited within the skull.
Without hesitation, Yang Yi fired.
"Bang!"
Flames erupted, the gunshot sharp.
[The gunshot was strange, your Sanity decreases by 1]
"It seems subduing or killing monsters allows you to gain their information," Yang Yi concluded.
But what exactly is this Monster Gacha Machine...?
Yang Yi had never seen it, and it wasn't on the ship!
To be safe, it's best to keep the corpses of these monsters.
Yang Yi tossed them into the cabin, taking the skeleton's arm and thigh bones.
After all, a headless skeleton soldier might still exist! Yang Yi had seen such things in games before.
Just in case, it's better to take part of its body!
Having learned from past mistakes, Yang Yi seemed to have grown a hundredfold more cautious.
After simply treating his wound with some cloth, he returned to the captain's cabin.
At the same time, he checked his own status.
Yang Yi
Status: Injured [On the humanoid figure, the left foot and left shoulder are yellow.]
Sanity: 24/100
Stamina: 21/100
Health: 82/100
With Stamina so low, no wonder he felt dead tired...
Yang Yi opened the World Chat Channel, casually typing a line.
"When you sleep at night, remember to lock your doors!"
Someone quickly responded.
"Boss, what did you encounter? A Siren?"
"Damn, you didn't kill it, did you?"
"Is it hard to fight? Does it drop equipment?"
Yang Yi replied irritably.
"No, it's pure torture!"
He didn't care how others responded, closed the World Channel, lay on the bed, placing the skeleton's thigh bone under the mattress as a pillow.
Meanwhile, he kept the gun within easy reach.
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Tonight was too dangerous!
Any mistake could lead to eternal damnation.
Tomorrow, he planned to set up some noise traps for early warning.
If he could detect threats in advance, many dangers could be avoided.
He thought as he tried to fall asleep.
But even as dawn arrived, he couldn't sleep.