Ch. 359 - Clues About the Player Islands

After checking the points, Yang Yi began looking over the changes brought about by this update.

He didn't need to deliberately search for them.

Just by glancing at the chat channel, he would find that some players had already discovered them for him.

“Damn, so it was a system update after all! I thought the system had died. That scared the hell out of me!”

“I only have 431 points. The rewards in the Safe Zone really are low.”

“As long as I'm alive, that's good enough. I'm definitely not going to take risks by going to other places. Just fishing every day like this and living off the sea is pretty good too.”

“............”

“Everyone, look at the homepage of the Navigation Log! There are some new things on it!”

Yang Yi immediately flipped to the homepage to take a look. Sure enough, a new sub-section had appeared on the Rules page—[Discovered Player Islands].

There was information on a total of five player islands, but much of the content was still question marks. Some islands only had their names listed. The information on Moon Island and Steam Island was comparatively complete.

Below the island information was also a small comment section. Opening it would allow players to see more messages.

[Name: Moon Island

Number: 04

Discoverer: One-Eye

Exploration Progress: 28%

Location: Somewhere in the sky above the Sea of No Light

Danger Level: ??

Description: A gigantic spherical rock formation floating high in the sky. There is a large, curved crack on its surface, while several small pieces of floating rock can also be found around it.

Note: Island information will be unlocked as the exploration progress increases. When the exploration progress exceeds 50%, the approximate region of the island will be obtained. When it exceeds 90%, the exact coordinates of the island will be obtained.

Both the region and coordinates will be marked on the world map of all players.

The exploration progress will slowly increase as players carry out activities. Finding clues will greatly increase the exploration progress.

[Name: Garbage Island

Number: 09

Discoverer: One-Eye

Exploration Progress: 7%

Location: ??

Danger Level: ??

Description: ??]

[Name: Steam Island

Number: 03

Discoverer: Leader of the Iron Brotherhood (Yu Dawei)

Exploration Progress: 36%

Location: Somewhere in the Sea of No Light

Danger Level: Level Two

Description: A super factory covered in rust and no longer in operation. The island is filled with the foul stench of rusted metal and machine oil. From time to time, the sounds of collisions and metal scraping against metal can be heard, deafeningly loud.]

[Name: Dream Island

Number: 01

Discoverer: Leader of Eden

Exploration Progress: 9%

Location: ??

Danger Level: ??

Description: ??]

[Name: Mirror Island

Number: 06

Discoverer: Justice Knight

Exploration Progress: 5%

Location: ??

Danger Level: ??

Description: ??]

Yang Yi browsed through the information on these islands. Aside from Moon Island and Garbage Island, which he already knew about, the other players had discovered three additional islands.

“Dream Island...”

Yang Yi was particularly interested in this island because it was related to dreams.

Moreover, its discoverer was the leader of Eden. Could it be that this guy's ship also possessed an ability related to dreams?

For example... A Beautiful Dream?

He couldn't help but speculate, but he had very little information to go on. This guy rarely showed up on the forums or in the chat channel.

“Why do you think the system doesn't simply reveal information about all the islands directly? Why make players discover them?”

Suna suddenly sent him a private message. She was also browsing this section.

“Emmmm...”

Yang Yi thought for a while and could only come to one conclusion: the system didn't know either, which was why it needed the players to find them. Any other explanation seemed too far-fetched.

“I think so too. As the system said before, its abilities are limited in this sea, so it has to rely on players to gather information. But there's one contradiction. Take Moon Island, for example. The system has definitely found this island before, and there are players currently trying to explore it. So the remaining possibility is... the system forgot about it.”

Suna pointed out the contradiction.

“You mean this system has been formatted?”

“That's right!

The system may have formatted itself to escape the pursuit, and then restarted everything afterward.

Just like when you lose a game and start a new round...”

Yang Yi fell into deep thought. He felt that this speculation made a lot of sense and could explain the situation.

If that were the case, the system's true form might really be somewhere in this sea. It could even be some kind of machine or device.

He then continued checking the comment section. The comment with the most likes, ranked at the very top, was...

“First!”

The number of likes had already reached more than three hundred thousand, and countless players were praising the player's astonishing speed at posting.

“One-Eye found two of them. His strength is beyond question!”

“It seems that it's easier to find clues in the Sea of No Light. One-Eye and Justice Knight are both veteran survival experts in the Sea of No Light.”

“Dream Island, just hearing the name makes it sound like a great place.”

“Looks like we still have to take risks and explore to improve our strength. The players hiding in the Safe Zone now will definitely regret it later. I've said my piece.”

“............”

Yang Yi returned to the chat interface. Everyone was discussing the players who had discovered these islands and asking those experts to share their experiences.

But no one responded, because there really wasn't any experience worth sharing.

As long as they explored more unknown and dangerous places and fought powerful enemies to obtain loot, they might find clues about the player islands.

Everyone actually understood this principle. They were simply curious about the adventures these players had gone through when they discovered the islands.

Yang Yi, for example, had obtained the clues to Moon Island and Garbage Island because he had come into contact with the Shelter Ship.

And as for the leader of the Iron Brotherhood, Yu Dawei, the treasure map in his possession might be related to Steam Island.

After browsing the chat channel for a while, Yang Yi switched to the forum and searched the Item Trading section for Hero-level items.

But the search results were blank.

It seemed that there were still very few players who possessed or had even seen Hero-level items.

However, top-grade weapons, equipment, and Enhancement Stones could occasionally be found. The prices were extremely high, with most costing more than five million Seashell Coins.

At this level, the differences between weapons and equipment gradually became more pronounced. There could be same-tier equipment with prices several times apart. The main factor was the item's effects, because some equipment might be extremely powerful, but if its usage requirements were too restrictive, its value would be greatly reduced.

Yang Yi switched back to the Maritime Chronicles section and found that there was also an announcement post on the forum saying that they were going to create a sub-section called Player Island to discuss Player Island.

There were also plans for future updates.

The comment function for the Monster Codex would be implemented in tomorrow's update. At the same time, the Player Library section was actively being established. They were currently collecting all kinds of books and would return Seashell Coins based on the data provided.

(Repeated submissions would be invalid. First come, first served. Each book would be valued at no less than 1,000 Seashell Coins.)

Yang Yi's eyes lit up.

Wouldn't this be the perfect opportunity to get the books Song Yingwen had bought for him reimbursed?

He immediately sent him a private message.