Grand Voyage : Surviving on a Ghost Ship-Chapter 201 - An uncontrollable appetite

With the container design complete, the next step was manufacturing.

Yang Yi planned to make three sizes, small, medium, and large, with two sets of each, keeping one set as backup.

Since he wasn’t sure of the Fruit of Bounty’s size and shape, he could only estimate based on the available space inside the Sunlight Breeding Room.

In any case, it wouldn’t be longer than five meters, the Sunlight Breeding Room wasn’t that big.

So, the specs were set: five-meter class, three-meter class, and one-meter class, two sets of each. They could probably be completed within two days.

Next came the sea salt grenades.

These would be his main weapon against the Rotwhale once he left the Nightmare Star.

The reagent bottles from the rack couldn’t meet Yang Yi’s power requirements, the largest capacity was only 2 liters, far too small.

He’d have to make larger containers himself.

In the witch’s lab, he could set up a small furnace, melt crystal, and use glassblowing to shape the containers.

They didn’t need to be pretty or especially sturdy, they just needed to hold a large amount of sea salt and be throwable.

Yang Yi had Suna purchase a small furnace from the lab and ran a test.

Using pale worm fat, refined charred wine, or charcoal as fuel, the furnace got hot enough to melt crystal, making glassblowing possible.

It could even melt metal for weapon-making.

Yang Yi gave it a try, he had Suna make a mold based on the high-quality throwing darts they’d bought earlier, then attempted to cast one.

The results were poor, even the best of the three darts he made was only of normal quality.

The worst didn’t even register in the system’s item info…

Making high-quality metal weapons wasn’t easy, it required high-quality metal and solid forging skills.

Or there was the shortcut of using a system recipe for forging.

Yang Yi played at blacksmithing for a while. He didn’t gain much, but it lifted his mood.

With that, preparations were complete, only the manufacturing work remained.

The stomach fluid collection could be left to Suna…

Suddenly, Yang Yi felt unwell. He checked his status panel and frowned, stamina was at 74.

He planned to keep sailing for a while longer to get closer to the Farmer.

But sailing at night was something only he could manage, Suna didn’t have his level of night vision, and navigating these flesh-filled waters in darkness was dangerous.

Just as he was about to leave the cabin, Suna stopped him.

“Try this.”

She handed him a pale white potion, inside of which floated eyeball fruit and tiny eyeballs from an eyeball octopus, glowing with an eerie light.

“What’s this?” Yang Yi asked cautiously instead of drinking it right away.

“That high-energy protein bar you had, when dissolved, it makes a great potion base.

Much better than water or normal biological fluids!

So, I tried making a potion with it. Give it a taste, it shouldn’t have any major side effects.”

Suna explained.

Yang Yi hesitated for two seconds, then downed the potion. It had no real taste, but when the eyeball fruit and tiny eyeballs burst, they left a tingling numbness on his tongue.

【You have consumed an Unknown Potion Perception +1, Sanity -5. Gain night vision for the next 2 hours. After the effect ends, vision will blur for 15 minutes. Can be consumed up to three times, with durations stacking. Blurred vision time also stacks. Overuse may cause blindness.】

Yang Yi’s vision suddenly brightened. The cabin became a glaring white, forcing him to raise a hand to block the light.

“What’s wrong?

This should be a night vision potion, did I mess up the brewing?” Suna asked immediately.

Tears welled in Yang Yi’s eyes, it felt like he’d been flashbanged.

He already had night vision, so with the potion’s enhancement, the cabin lights now shone like miniature suns…

“The potion works, a little too well…”

Yang Yi sent the potion’s details to Suna:

【Name: Luminous Eyeball Potion】

【Type: Consumable / Potion / Unique】【Quality: Rare】【Description: An original creation by the witch Suna, brewed from high-energy protein liquid, eyeball fruit, and eyeball octopus. Grants Perception +1, Sanity -5, and night vision for the next 2 hours. After the effect ends, vision will blur for 15 minutes. Can be consumed up to three times, with durations stacking. Blurred vision time also stacks. Overuse may cause blindness.】

With this potion, Suna could now take the helm at night.

That was probably why she made it in the first place.

One high-energy protein bar could yield about twenty bottles of Luminous Eyeball Potion, enough for several days’ use.

So, the night shift at the helm was temporarily passed to Suna.

Yang Yi planned to get some sleep and take over from Suna in four hours.

There was actually one thing he hadn’t told her, the side effects of the Banquet Guest had kicked in, putting him in a weakened state, with all attributes except Spirit reduced by 1.

And with this symptom came a surge of hunger and thirst. Scenes from the banquet kept flashing in his mind, recalling the taste and texture of those exquisite dishes… making him long for more.

Back in the captain’s cabin, Yang Yi quickly shut the door and pulled out a misshapen piece of cake from the Charred Worm Ring, swallowing it whole.

It was one of the ultra-delicious cakes he had collected earlier from the deck.

As soon as he ate it, his body trembled from the overwhelming flavor, like a man dying of thirst in the desert finally drinking water.

It felt like being reborn.

Yang Yi wanted more… to keep eating…

【Supreme Appetite, Sanity -20】

His eyes went wide as he forced down the urge, only regaining control after ten or so seconds. He panted heavily, cold sweat soaking his back.

This delicacy had become a double-edged sword, he needed to eat it to sustain himself, but each bite also tested his sanity.

A twisting, tearing pain came from his stomach, the Gluttonous Maw was struggling.

It seemed to share his hunger, becoming even more agitated.

Yang Yi sat quietly for a moment, then checked his status panel.

The weakened state had ended, replaced by the Banquet Guest’s buff, Constitution, Strength, and Agility each increased by 1.

“The more I eat, the stronger I get… but the more I eat… the harder it is to stop.”

Yang Yi had now experienced firsthand both the power and the side effects of the Banquet Guest path.

But one thing bothered him greatly, whenever hunger struck, an image of Suna would appear in his mind, as if she herself were a kind of delicacy… incredibly tempting.

It mixed dangerously with the werewolf’s cannibalistic instincts.

He’d have to be careful when using the Banquet Guest’s abilities, Yang Yi thought to himself.

After that, he drank a bottle of Vitality Coconut Cooler, lay down on the bed, and drifted off, planning to relieve Suna at the helm in four hours.

During the day, he would also need to spend time making the containers and sea salt grenades…

Thinking about this, Yang Yi slowly fell asleep.

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