Grand Voyage : Surviving on a Ghost Ship-Chapter 261 - Steal Light

The two of them decided to head back. They didn’t run into any danger along the way, except for a homestead mouse that suddenly leapt out.

The Flame Serpent’s Fang went into cooldown, so Yang Yi switched to his flintlock pistol. One shot was enough to blast the spherical old mouse into pulp, leaving only its head behind.

He picked up the mouse’s head, planning to take it back and test the execution rack’s harvest effect.

On the way back they took a shortcut. With the Sanctuary’s structural blueprint in hand, there was no worry about getting lost. In less than ten minutes, they returned to the harbor where they had first arrived.

The place looked exactly the same as before, with no noticeable changes.

The two of them followed a familiar route to the pier where the Nightmare Star was moored.

The light container at Yang Yi’s waist happened to go out at that moment, the light fairy fragments inside having completely dissipated.

He stowed the empty container away and replaced it with another, continuing to provide illumination, though at a much lower brightness.

There was no need for strong light if they weren’t exploring.

At present, they had five usable containers left. Yang Yi carried three of them, while the remaining two were with Suna.

Relying on the light from the containers, they climbed smoothly up the ladder on the side of the hull.

As soon as they reached the deck, Suna headed straight for the cabin.

The live homestead mice they had captured earlier still hadn’t been dealt with. She needed to find a suitable cage to keep them in.

Hopefully, they hadn’t all died. Otherwise, she would have to catch more later.

Yang Yi watched Suna enter the cabin. Then, holding the container in his hand, he began to drive away the darkness clinging to the ship’s surface.

As long as it was illuminated thoroughly, the light from the container could reset the progress of the darkness’s spread.

Yang Yi walked several laps around the deck, completely forcing the darkness back.

From then on, as long as it was dispelled periodically, the deck and cabins would no longer be eroded by darkness and could be used normally.

“Pretty useful,” Yang Yi said, hanging the container back at his waist and adjusting it to a normal brightness.

“I just wonder if these light fairy fragments can also be used on the execution rack.”

He looked up at the execution rack mounted at the top of the Nightmare Star.

In theory, they should work since the fragments were remnants of a light fairy’s body.

He brought along several items he wanted to test, climbed up the mast, and arrived in front of the execution rack, attempting to swap out the displayed object.

First, a mouse’s head.

【Evaluation: A damaged head of an adult homestead mouse, dripping with fresh blood. Displaying it is likely to draw fierce condemnation from rodent lovers.

Effect: The ship gains the skill “Summon Skeletal Mouse”. You may summon one skeletal mouse that obeys your commands. Its activity range is limited to within one kilometer of the ship. After the skeletal mouse is destroyed, it will revive after 24 hours.】

“It actually gave a summoning skill?”

Yang Yi exclaimed in surprise.

Most harvest effects were basic attributes or passive bonuses. This was the first time he had seen an active skill like this.

If he acquired more harvested items in the future, he could have multiple skills and switch between them as needed, responding flexibly to different situations.

Yang Yi immediately tried it out and activated the skill.

A skeletal mouse emerged from the surface of the mast.

The mouse had no tail, and its teeth were shaped like scissors, extremely sharp.

There was no need to guess. This was an undead version of a homestead mouse, with a faint soul flame flickering inside its skull.

Compared to the ancient skeletal arms, this mouse had no real advantage in combat power, and its numbers were far inferior.

Still, it had its strengths. Its range of movement was wide, and it could leave the Nightmare Star to act independently.

Yang Yi tested the skeletal mouse’s strength and had it gnaw on some wooden planks.

Its physical strength was very low, enough at most to drag about a kilogram of weight.

Its bite force, however, was quite good. It could chew through a one centimeter thick wooden board, and biting a person would be effortless.

He removed the mouse head from the rack, and the skeletal mouse dissipated at once.

Next, Yang Yi began testing the other items. Even the cyclops’s thigh bone he had picked up earlier was hung up, so he could check its harvest effect.

【Evaluation: A cyclops’s thigh bone picked up from a garbage heap, nearly falling apart, of little value. Effect: Hull durability +1】

【Evaluation: An adult male’s left leg, well preserved and still usable. Effect: Hull durability +20】

Yang Yi tested the other limbs he had scavenged as well. Every one of them increased durability, and the amount was small.

In the end, he took out a piece of light fairy fragment from an intact container and tried hanging it up.

The rusted iron wire on the execution rack wrapped itself around the light fairy fragment and crushed it on the spot.

At the same time, a clear, melodious bell toll rang out from the sky.

Dong!

The sound echoed in his ears.

Immediately afterward, light poured down. Centered on the Nightmare Star, it illuminated the surrounding sea and the entire open-air harbor.

Yang Yi froze, staring up at the sky.

The pitch-black heavens had split open, casting down a beam of light that bathed the Nightmare Star and its surroundings.

Within that opening, a stretch of clear blue sky could even be seen.

【Evaluation: The remnant body of a light fairy. If you openly display this item in the Sea of Miracles, you will face the wrath of the Radiant Holy Church. Effect: The ship gains a one-time skill - Steal Light: A curtain of light descends above the ship, dispersing darkness and illuminating the surrounding area for 10 minutes. The more complete and larger the light fairy fragment, the longer the duration.】

The brilliance was so intense that even Suna, who was inside the cabin, noticed it. She immediately ran up onto the deck, staring at the sky in disbelief.

At 10:30 p.m., localised daylight descended around the Nightmare Star.

Yang Yi shared the harvest information with Suna, especially the details related to the light fairy.

Under normal circumstances, a fragment this size could provide about one hour of high-intensity illumination.

But under the influence of the execution rack, its nature had changed.

The duration was shortened to ten minutes, and the light now descended from the sky. The effect was far stronger, but the time far shorter.

Not wanting to waste those ten minutes, Yang Yi ran straight to the bow and took control of the Nightmare Star. He planned to use the overhead light to dispel the darkness covering the Sanctuary, and to further assess its condition.

With the light’s blessing, the Nightmare Star’s maximum speed jumped directly to seventy-five knots.

Even so, circling the area would never reach that speed, and ten minutes alone was not enough to completely drive the darkness off the Sanctuary.

Yang Yi also had no intention of using up all the light containers here.

After leaving the harbour, he headed straight for the intersection of the cross-shaped Sanctuary.

There was a breach here, topped by a ruined lighthouse.

The darkness around the tower was driven back by the light, and Yang Yi was finally able to see the lighthouse clearly.

The hole at the base looked like it had been caused by an explosion or a massive impact. Across the tower’s surface, aside from rust and peeling corrosion, there were numerous signs of damage from external forces.

A lighthouse one hundred and fifty metres tall yet riddled with more than a dozen breaches of varying sizes.

According to the structural diagram, the center should have housed an elevator running straight to the top, along with a spiral staircase and three or four guard rooms.

At the top was the captain’s quarters, with a searchlight platform above that.

However, a large section of the captain’s quarters had been torn away, and the level with the searchlight had completely collapsed.

“Climbing up the outer wall might actually be easier than going through the inside,” Yang Yi concluded.

The stairwell was likely partially collapsed.

Besides, it was very possible that someone had already visited this tower. It was unclear whether anything of value remained.

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