It seemed this giant could accelerate its regeneration by devouring things.After swallowing a whole tree, fresh buds of flesh had already sprouted on its face, attempting to reconstruct its features, but the resulting shape was already worlds apart from what it had been before.Yang Yi scraped the ground again with his Chef's Knife.The giant immediately scurried over to eat the dirt, digging a massive pit in the process."It'll eat anything?"Yang Yi, refusing to believe it, dragged his blade across a large boulder jutting from the earth. He put some muscle into it, leaving a stark white gash.The giant instantly launched itself at the rock, wrapping its arms around it and gnawing away without a second thought, not even caring as several of its own teeth shattered and broke off.But a strange thing happened.Under the influence of its saliva, the solid rock actually began to soften, gradually becoming chewable.Yang Yi's brow furrowed tightly.This fucking giant seemed capable of digesting anything—wood, soil, stone. Its digestive powers were frankly unbelievable.Yet it appeared to have zero discernment.As long as something gave off that sweet, tantalizing aroma, it would desperately try to eat it, regardless of what the hell it actually was.So… what would happen if the giant discovered that it was the most fragrant thing around?Yang Yi’s eyes narrowed, a cold glint flashing within them. The Chef's Knife in his hand was already flying through the air, sinking deep into the giant's flesh.Instantly, the giant stopped chewing on the rock. It began sniffing the air like a dog, its search finally locking onto its own body.It then took a massive bite of its own left hand. The force was so great that the hand was torn clean off. Next came the left arm, then the right.【The scene is horrifying. Your Sanity ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ has decreased by 10.】The giant devoured its own arms, then gnawed off its feet and the bottom half of its legs. Its neck then began to elongate, stretching unnaturally as it tried to reach its own torso.Yang Yi couldn't watch anymore. Standing several meters away, he raised his gun and fired.After one misfire, the flintlock pistol roared to life once more, the shot landing square in the giant's forehead.From then on, Yang Yi put another bullet in it every ten seconds.After seven or eight shots, punctuated by three or four misfires, the giant's brains were finally blasted into mush. It collapsed, utterly still.Suna had been recording the entire process.The moment Yang Yi used the Chef's Knife on the giant, she knew it was no longer a threat. She had wanted to stop him from destroying the head—a complete specimen would be far more valuable for dissection—but without a better way to kill the damn thing, she had kept her mouth shut, watching in silence.Upon its death, a massive amount of corrosive fluid poured out from the giant’s body, burning the ground so intensely that white smoke hissed and billowed up."Feels like… stomach acid," Suna surmised, carefully collecting a sample in a glass bottle. The fluid, it seemed, couldn't digest glass. At least, not yet.The two of them milled about nearby, waiting until the river of acid had mostly drained away before Yang Yi used a branch he'd picked up to fish his Chef's Knife out of the muck. After rinsing it with some fresh water, he saw the knife's properties had changed. It had been severely corroded.【Name: Corroded Delicious Chef's Knife】【Type: Relic】【Quality: Common】【Description: Soaked in acid for too long, this blade has been severely corroded and has lost its edge. Has a chance to make anything it cuts inexplicably delicious.】"Well, this weapon's fucking useless now," Yang Yi muttered, feeling a pang of regret. Though the knife was dangerous, it was an incredibly powerful piece of equipment when used correctly. It had withstood the blast from his flintlock, but couldn't handle this acid. Of course, it was also possible that weapons and equipment simply didn't take damage in combat between players.To transport the corpse, Yang Yi and Suna began scooping up dirt and piling it onto the giant's body to mitigate the corrosive effect. They then tied it up with simple rope, preparing to drag it back to the ship together.During this process, Yang Yi finally got the giant's information.【Name: Taotie Guest (Li Rong)】【Description: A human who has undergone an aberration due to extremely low Sanity and corruption from the Abyss. Has gained unparalleled digestive abilities, but is trapped in a state of endless hunger and thirst. Can be deposited into the Monster Gacha Machine.】Yang Yi's eyes locked onto the key phrase—extremely low Sanity.It meant that when a person's Sanity dropped too low, their body would warp and twist, turning them into something inhuman.That was terrifying!Yang Yi often ignored his Sanity value, figuring it was fine if it was a little low, and it even gave him stat boosts. But if it could lead to an aberration like this, that changed everything!He had no intention of giving up his humanity.Thankfully, his Sanity had never dropped below 10. That must be the threshold, the dividing line between man and monster. Below 50 was madness, below 30 induced suicidal tendencies, and below 10… that had to be aberration.Those people with Sanity below 30 who chose to kill themselves… maybe they weren't wrong. At least they died as human beings, not as monsters.What Yang Yi didn't know, however, was that lowering one's Sanity to accelerate an aberration was, in itself, another form of suicide.He shared his thoughts with Suna, who readily agreed.No matter what, they could not let their Sanity fall below 10.After a great deal of time and the loss of three rudimentary ropes, the two finally managed to drag the Taotie Guest's corpse to the coast. All they had to do was get it on board and use the grappling hook to haul the body into the ship's hold.Yang Yi checked the time. Less than five hours of daylight remained. He decided to pause the exploration for now; instead of venturing deeper into the island, he'd switch to collecting the corpses of the dead Tinder Spiders scattered about.Suna, on the other hand, had already disappeared into her lab. She was itching to dissect the corpse and probably wouldn't even hear him if he called for her.Yang Yi had no choice but to head back onto the island alone, focusing on gathering the spider carcasses.The bodies could be sorted into three types: juvenile, adult, and giant. The juveniles couldn't be used for the gacha, but the adults could. The special giant tinder spider, naturally, was also viable.【Name: Giant Tinder Spider-Fiend (Evolving)】【Description: A rare, special variant of the Tinder Spider-Fiend with the potential to evolve. By grafting human parts, it can achieve a transcendent leap in its life-form.】In total, Yang Yi found only one Giant Tinder Spider-Fiend and 20 adult ones. The rest were a massive number of juvenile spider-fiends. Luckily, most of them had some tinder-fluff on their bodies, making them worth collecting to craft sweaters. All in all, he gathered 327 units of Tinder Spider Fluff (not including the adults).By the time he finished, it was nearly nightfall. Yang Yi returned to the Nightmare Star.He first tried to upgrade the ship using the adult spider-fiend corpses, but received an error.【This is a beast. It cannot be used for upgrades.】It seemed the monsters in this world were categorized. You needed something properly wicked to be considered an "Aberrant." A big-ass spider like this was just classified as a "Beast." Only the Giant Tinder Spider-Fiend, with its potential for human grafting, was classified as Aberrant."Well, if that's the case, I guess it's time for some Gacha!"Yang Yi rubbed his hands together, ready to feed all 20 adult Tinder Spider-Fiend corpses into the machine. At the same time, he sent a private message to Suna."Suna, you sure you don't wanna do the Gacha pulls? Your luck seems way better than mine!""Don't fucking bother me!" Suna shot back, deep in her dissection and unwilling to be disturbed.Yang Yi shrugged. Her loss.Still, he left two chances for her, mainly to test the Gacha machine's rules. The first two pulls were basically guaranteed to drop something good, but he didn't know if their pull counts were calculated independently. He had to verify it.Yang Yi tossed in the flesh and started pulling, opening each capsule as it came out.【You obtained Insect Carapace Heartguard.】【You obtained Silk Sac.】【You obtained Wood x3.】The subsequent pulls were just basic materials and a small amount of Conch Coins, with the only other notable drop being a single Bronze Material Chest.The grand total came to: Wood x138, Cloth x112, Stone x10, Iron x1, Sulfur x21, Crystal x1, and 100 Conch Coins.If it hadn't been for that chest, the last dozen or so pulls would have been a complete fucking waste. He would have been better off just making all the spiders into fluff sweaters.But at least now he'd completely figured out the Gacha machine's rules.For the same type of monster, the first two pulls were almost guaranteed to be winners, but after that, the drop rates plummeted. As for the legendary golden drops, that was probably just a matter of god-tier luck and had nothing to do with how many times you pulled.【Name: Insect Carapace Heartguard】【Type: Treasure】【Quality: Fine】【Description: A heartguard crafted from the hardest part of a Tinder Spider's head carapace. Offers decent protection.】【Name: Silk Sac】【Type: Consumable】【Quality: Good】【Description: A sac that can be squeezed to spray out spider silk. Stronger than ordinary rope, it can support up to 500KG. It's lightweight and extremely sticky, useful for restraining enemies. Capacity: 100/100. Flammable.】

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