Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 112 Target! Deep Sea Titan!
"Has the Twelve Stars made any big news lately?"

Reinhardt sat in the lounge area amidst the cooking smoke, once again at his daily moment of concern for important maritime affairs.

The assistant brought over the beer, news, and intelligence that had been prepared beforehand, and read them to him one by one.

"The Ganges was attacked by an unknown sea monster while passing through the E112 sea area, resulting in heavy casualties, but fortunately, it eventually escaped successfully."

"Oh?"

Reinhardt sat up abruptly.

May the gods protect you.

"It doesn't matter if the Ganges' roti crew dies, I just hope the beautiful Miss Eliza is alright. Miss Eliza has such a wonderful manner, like sweet curry, unforgettable."

"No wonder my eyelids have been twitching lately; I even dreamt about Miss Eliza last night..."

Ugh!
Reinhardt felt a pang of sadness for a few seconds.

His assistant didn't give him much time to sigh and started reading the next news item.

"The waters surrounding Europa have been stable recently, with a significant decrease in the frequency of C- and B-level sea monsters appearing. The Twelve Stars Sea Monster Research Institute believes this demonstrates the Twelve Stars' greatly enhanced deterrent power over the Europa waters, highlighting the Twelve Stars'..."

"Next. There's no need to include this type of intelligence in the future..."

"Based on the scales of a glacial sea beast, the Albert family invented a portable device that can deeply freeze and preserve food without consuming energy stones. Its preservation efficiency far exceeds that of refrigerators in the Golden Age, and therefore it is favored by the Twelve Star Dwellers and Bronze-class drifting ships."

"It might be a new direction for investment. Not every adrift ship has an ice-freezing device. The next one."

"Unprecedented! The Wright Squad has assembled! Seven A-level Awakened individuals have formed an unstoppable hunting team, targeting the Super A-level sea monster Cave Queen Worm in the unknown sea! If they succeed in killing it, it is estimated that the Cave Queen Worm's blood can satisfy each of them to awaken a brand new A-level skill."

"hehe."

Reinhardt neither confirmed nor denied the news, offering no comment.

But his eyes revealed a resentful expression.

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Shi Ming sat in the captain's cabin, looking at the messages popping up on his communicator.

A fierce "brainstorming" session is underway in the Guangzhong area.

[Divine Comedy: Urgent! Urgent! Miss Yan has confirmed Wright and his group's target and requests relevant information! Requesting relevant information!]

【lighthouse:???】

[Lighthouse: Idiot, just tell us what kind of intelligence you need! Do we have to ask you one by one?]

[Divine Song: Sorry, sir, the signal was interfered with, and the following information was not sent in time: Miss Yan has secretly learned that the real target of this mission is the S-class sea beast Deep Sea Titan. Approaching the decoy target, the A-class sea beast Cave Queen, the hunt for the Cave Queen will inevitably alert the Deep Sea Titan. This will provide a convenient opportunity to gather the team's strength to deal with this S-class sea beast. This is Wright's plan and objective.]

[Divine Comedy: Divine Comedy has zero information regarding the Deep Sea Titan. Miss Yan requests headquarters and colleagues to share relevant information.]

Deep Sea Titan?

Shi Ming was taken aback.

Isn't this the S-class sea monster I marked? We really did run into it!
And Wright's plan, hehe, seems like he's a chivalrous guy, but he's actually a shrewd old fox!

Shi Ming even suspected that Wright was setting a trap from the very beginning, ostensibly recruiting A-level Awakened, but actually deliberately leaking information about S-level sea beasts to powerful forces, making them think they could take advantage of the situation and sign up to seize the final reward.

Little did they know that the one who used them was being used in return; they were all exploiting each other.

In high-level games, it's hard to say who the real hunter is!

And then there's the Deep Sea Titan. Shi Ming had been gathering intelligence on it for a long time, coveting its abilities. But he also understood that S-class sea beasts were difficult to hunt. Any individual or force that underestimated them would likely end up with nothing. But if their strength wasn't sufficient, they might face total annihilation!
S-class sea monsters are not ordinary B-class or A-class sea monsters.
Not to mention the 66th ranked Deep Sea Titan, which possesses the ancient bloodline of the Titan gods...

But now the waters are completely murky; perhaps this is also his opportunity? Shi Ming is reviewing the manipulators in this hunt—

Wright's words were vague, suggesting he was plotting to use someone else to do his dirty work.
The Lighthouse, having established a vast network, dispatched a suspected S-class Awakened individual, "Miss Yan."

The underworld infiltrates secretly, lurking in the shadows.

Everyone wants to be a hunter.
How about adding me in?
Shi Ming began to silently calculate in his mind...

……

[Lighthouse: No information on this sea creature is available in the database.]

[Michael: No information available regarding Michael.]

Kingsoft: Kingsoft has no relevant information.

[Freedom: No information available regarding sea creatures.]

【…】

As Shi Ming looked at the messages popping up in the channel, he couldn't help but start to grumble inwardly.

You're supposed to be a major power, so how come your intelligence is not as good as mine?

I do know the specific details about that sea monster, and I even know what its skills are.

Unfortunately, I have no way to tell you.

[Previous intelligence: We once obtained information that a subsidiary Silver-class drifting ship was attacked by a terrifying sea monster in the Europa Sea. The target was suspected to be an S-class sea monster. Unfortunately, the drifting ship was quickly annihilated, and no detailed information was transmitted back. Only the captain urgently transmitted a picture before his death.]

[Previous version: The image contained no information whatsoever; it was completely black. The decryption team has yet to be able to determine whether the image hides any important intelligence.]

Shi Ming: ...

What kind of intelligence is this?
Furthermore, a completely black image might not necessarily be associated with a creature like a deep-sea titan.

It's also possible that the camera equipment malfunctioned at the end.

[Freedom: Perhaps we don't need to be bound by real-world information. In mythology, the Titans were born of Uranus, the sky god, and Gaia, the earth goddess, and there were six males and six females, each with their own unique abilities. I think Miss Yan could find inspiration in Roman mythology.]

[Jinshan: I second that.]

[Previous: Seconded.]

There needs to be a "brainstorming" session in the light, a gathering of ideas, much like the scene of some organizations in Shi Ming's previous life holding a seminar.

Unfortunately, while the captains offered their opinions, none of them provided any substantial information, leaving Shi Ming, the observer hiding behind the scenes, feeling deeply helpless.

Fortunately, he was still able to extract some relevant and valuable information from it.

For example, Wright's team was scheduled to depart for their destination in two days, which was very close to the deadline.

For example, members of the Black Society were indeed involved. Their true identity was a mysterious swordsman from Uzukuri Province, codenamed Ashina, skilled in swordsmanship, and his awakened skill was "Twelve Streams of Light".

As for Miss Yan's true identity, no one has mentioned it.

……

The brainstorming session is over.

Shi Ming got up from his office chair, walked out of the captain's cabin, and went to the deck.

"captain."

"Yes, change direction and head to the Olympus region."

As the time drew near, he was about to go and stake out the location.

(End of this chapter)