Seven days later.

Vengeance Blade Blade, cabin, a simply furnished single room.

[Ash Fall] and [Green Pine] were leaning against the wall in a crossed position.

The Plate Chain Composite Armor purchased earlier at Suo Yu Bay first got a heavy hit from a Shark Beast and then was scrubbed by residual fire, completely scrapped and beyond recovery, currently lying quietly on the seabed near Twin Canyon in the distance.

Wearing a thin dark shirt, Xia Nan sat alone by the small wooden table equipped in the room, and on the table before him was a large plate filled with an abundant amount of food, including bacon, flatbread, cheese, and the like.

His right hand was laid flat on the table as if measuring blood pressure, palm facing up, holding a piece of refined platinum pocket watch with a warm luster;

His left hand slowly reached forward, using his index finger and thumb to pick a small piece of bacon from the plate.

With a slight mental focus, his right thumb lightly pressed an inconspicuous button protruding on the side of the watch.

A crisp mechanism sound, "click," was heard.

The hands of the platinum pocket watch in his palm started to rotate rapidly at an abnormal speed, as if stimulated by something.

After about one breath, when the thicker hand on the watch quickly completed a full circle.

Buzz——

Space distorted instantaneously.

The bacon that Xia Nan was holding with his left index and thumb suddenly disappeared, leaving only residual grease on his fingertips.

Meanwhile, on the flawless white dial of the pocket watch, beneath the scale corresponding to "1:00/13:00," a tiny icon appeared.

The icon itself was pitch black, the same color as the scale, conspicuously standing out against the pristine white dial, with a clear outline, vaguely showing the shape of a small vertical piece of bacon.

Clearly having been done many times, Xia Nan’s action was particularly skillful.

He scrutinized the mini icon of the bacon slice on the dial, then slightly concentrated his attention and pressed the mechanical button on the side of the pocket watch again.

"Click."

The watch hands that had returned to normal started rotating by themselves once more, as if counting down.

But compared to before, Xia Nan and the pocket watch in his hand seemed to have gained a connection, able to feel the things stored within through spiritual power.

Again, a breath’s time.

When the watch hands completed a full circle and returned to their original position, the piece of bacon that had disappeared reappeared between his left fingers, and the bacon icon also vanished from the dial without a trace.

It didn’t end there.

Xia Nan lightly loosened his left thumb and index finger, letting the bacon fall back onto the plate.

With a twist of the wrist, the whole plate was already held in his palm.

"Click."

The watch hands swiftly spun.

The entire plate, along with the cheese, flatbread, and the piece of bacon he put back, all disappeared, replaced by a small icon of a plate filled with food on the right-hand dial.

Seeing this, Xia Nan showed a contemplative expression, pressed the button to retrieve the plate from the inner space of the pocket watch, and looked at the plate on the table and the bacon lying quietly among the food, pondering in his heart.

It has been a week since the great battle in Twin Canyon.

The Vengeance Blade Blade is about to complete its mission and return to Suo Yu Bay.

Compared to the outward journey with storms and encountring the Saw-tooth Shark Fish Swarm, the fleet’s return was just as smooth as always, not even encountering a minor incident, blessed with clear weather.

Of course, with that, life at sea was still as dull as ever.

Especially since Xia Nan’s fishing luck was not good, making him feel somewhat discouraged about this new interest he cultivated.

But meanwhile, this long stretch of free time also gave Xia Nan the opportunity to research his new equipment beyond his training.

For seven whole days, he delved deep into exploring the space storage type tool [White Pot] pocket watch he newly acquired.

Regarding the method of use, it was quite simple, and he just demonstrated it completely moments ago.

To store an item into the pocket watch, you only need to maintain physical contact with it, press the button on the side of the pocket watch, and wait for three seconds—the time needed for the hands to swiftly complete a circle—the item you touched will then be retracted into the storage space inside the pocket watch.

Below the corresponding storage space’s scale, a black mini icon will indicate the item stored here.

To retrieve an item from within the pocket watch, the same steps apply, press the button, wait three seconds, and simultaneously give a mental command.

It might sound somewhat complicated, but once proficient, it’s actually very simple to perform, even for an ordinary person who has never handled similar equipment, they can master it in a short period.

Due to this method, if he wants to store or retrieve multiple items, he must do it one by one, waiting for the hands to complete their turn, unable to simultaneously handle multiple entries.

Regarding the storage volume, though lacking any professional equipment, Xia Nan conducted tests through his own simple methods.

[White Pot] pocket watch has a total of twelve scales, corresponding to the twelve spaces it can store.

He tried using seawater, calculating that each individual space can hold one cubic meter of liquid.

But this doesn’t mean the space structure is a "1m*1m*1m" cube.

Xia Nan tested with his fishing rod, nearly 5 meters long, but it was swallowed calmly by [White Pot].

Clearly, the storage space is not a fixed shape but a dynamic type, with a 1 cubic meter volume as an upper limit, capable of freely morphing like clay based on the items stored.