Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 113 The Legend of "God"
Originally, Shi Ming's plan was to grind for another month, or even longer, until he was strong enough to board the Sun Shooting Ship alone and hunt down the S-class sea monster in order to obtain its skills.

But now, the Vortex Kingdom, the Lighthouse Kingdom, the Black Gold Kingdom, the Twelve Stars... numerous forces have gathered, and undercurrents are surging.

It's easy to fish in troubled waters; such opportunities are rare.

We must act!

If we act too late, the delicious duck might fly away, and all the information we gathered about the Deep Sea Titan will be wasted.

Indecisiveness leads to disaster.

As for whether this counts as stealing someone else's prey?
Including Wright, everyone is an opportunist. No single force can be confident of defeating an S-class sea monster alone. They are simply relying on each other's strength. With Shi Ming added, it doesn't matter if he is gone or not.

Each party has its own advantages.

Anyone can be confident of winning.

This is precisely why everyone feels like they are the main character, using other forces to gain benefits for themselves, and they are extremely motivated.

Shi Ming calculated the advantages of each party—

With years of targeted preparation, home-field advantage, unique intelligence, and the support of twelve stars, Wright couldn't possibly have only a few A-level Awakened individuals in charge; he must have a backup plan.

The lighthouse, the hunter lurking in the shadows, is likely an S-rank awakened being, playing dumb to catch the prey, waiting for the crucial moment to strike a fatal blow.

The Black Society, led by Itsukushima Rin, is a shrewd and calculating individual, adept at taking advantage of chaos. Furthermore, the Black Society itself has a great desire for S-rank Awakened individuals, so it's likely that they've invested a significant amount of resources in this operation.

As for other forces, such as the Black Gold Kingdom, Shi Ming was not very clear about them.

But none of them should be underestimated.

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The drifting ship, Fontainebleau, is 240 meters long and has a rugged appearance, like a weapon forged by a craftsman.

It is a general-class drifting ship of the Twelve Star Alliance, and also represents the "Francy" kingdom from the old days.

Thirty years have passed, and power has changed hands several times. The powerful Albert family, with its Awakened members, controls 100% of the resources of this general-class drifting ship and holds a prominent position in the Twelve Star Alliance. Wright, as the current "decision-maker," yearns for further advancement.

Glory, status, and power.

In particular, he has always had an adventurous nature, and after being an A-level Awakened for more than 20 years, he was already tired of it.

Three years ago, during a shipwreck, he inadvertently discovered that a powerful S-class sea monster lurked in the ruins of Mount Olympus in ancient Rome.
Deep Sea Titan.

Upon catching a glimpse of the powerful figure of the Deep Sea Titan, Wright knew that even with an S-class Awakened in charge, a slight misstep could lead to total annihilation in the hunt for this S-class sea beast.

Therefore, he prepared for three years.

Over the course of three years, he met Mr. Lei, a powerful awakener of the Twelve Stars, and prepared various intelligence and resources for him.

Meanwhile, in order to gather high-end combat power, he openly recruited A-level Awakened individuals worldwide under the identity of a Level 5 Hunter. However, he secretly "inadvertently" leaked the real plan to other major forces, taking advantage of their wishful thinking to attract truly powerful Awakened individuals to sign up.

Not everyone who signs up will have a chance.

A certain balance must be achieved to assemble the most combat-effective squad without overshadowing the main force, in order to mitigate the risks.

Even so, the success rate is only 40%.

Not low anymore.

Wright thought to himself.

The seven Awakened Ones on the Fontainebleau—Mr. Ray, Izzy, Wright, and another young man from the Albert family—are definitely a faction.

They share intelligence and have the same goal.

The purpose was to make Wright another S-class Awakener on the Twelve Stars Alliance, giving Fontainebleau more influence in the alliance.

The other three awakened individuals were also "handpicked" by Wright.

Everyone was fully aware of the real plan.

On the surface, they would never say it out loud.

The world is a giant makeshift stage, and everyone has the right and opportunity to perform.

...In the early days of the wandering era, many of humanity's monuments were lost.

Especially in the cultural and artistic fields, less than one in ten survives.

However, Shi Ming did have some understanding of the three major mythological systems of the Europa Sea. Of course, he didn't know them very well; he only knew a general framework, and there might be some discrepancies.

In Shi Ming's previous life, the mythology of this region mainly consisted of three types: Greek mythology, Norse mythology, and Celtic mythology.

Many aspects of Celtic mythology have been lost, the most famous of which is the story of King Arthur.

Norse mythology is represented by Ragnarok and the World Tree, where giants, elves, and humans repeatedly bring about the end of the world, decaying in the twilight and being reborn from decay.

It does resemble that rotten whale somewhat.

Greek mythology is divided into two parts: "legends of the gods" and "heroic epics".

Leaving aside the epic tales of heroes, in the legends of the gods, the Titans were born to Gaia, the Earth Mother, and Uranus, the Sky God. There were originally twelve Titans, among whom the youngest son, Cronus, seized power with a sickle, severing Uranus's brother and ushering in the era of the Twelve Titans. Later, history repeated itself, and Cronus was overthrown by his son Zeus. The third generation of gods took center stage, namely the Olympian gods, which many people are familiar with, represented by the twelve Olympian gods, with Zeus as their king.

Myths are just myths; their era is too far removed to be traced.

In his previous life, Shi Ming would have thought these stories were well-crafted, grand, solemn, and inspiring.

But in this endless ocean world with "dragons" and the end of the world, Shi Ming wouldn't be surprised if anything strange appeared.

The statement from the Eye of Intelligence that "Deep Sea Titan" possesses the bloodline of ancient Titans is an important fact and valuable intelligence.

According to intelligence, the Deep Sea Titan's bloodline is violent, and those awakened at B-rank or below will die instantly upon contact. Furthermore, the Deep Sea Titan does not possess any truly unique skills; it can only unleash the power within its bloodline and acquire the power of its ancestors.

It can only carry the bloodline response of one ancestor at a time.

Moreover, the ancestors responded with varying probabilities.

One bloodline has a response rate of only 2%, two bloodlines have a response rate of 4%, and the other nine bloodlines have similar response rates of 10%.

It's quite similar to the probability of winning in some gacha games from Shi Ming's previous life.

The odds of winning the first prize are low, the odds of winning the second prize are slightly lower, and the odds of winning the third prize are the highest.

Full of uncertainty.

And the most important intelligence is,

When the Deep Sea Titan is facing a life-or-death crisis, it will transform into the phantoms of the twelve Titans and temporarily gain the power of all the Titan gods!
The ability to win third prize is enough to keep Deepsea Titan firmly in 66th place.

Twelve types?
It's unbelievable how powerful it is.

Shi Ming felt that to defeat it, he had to deliver a fatal blow in the final strike! He absolutely could not allow this sea beast to use its desperate last-ditch skill, otherwise, even if several more Wright squads came, they would have a hard time resisting the twelve phantoms of ancient titans!

There is no doubt that he will die.

As his thoughts raced, he received a reminder from the crew member.

"Captain, the Dayun has arrived at the corresponding coordinates in the Olympus Sea. Should we proceed with the sea leveling operation?"

Shi Ming stopped thinking.

"Dinglan, activate the stealth system simultaneously."

"receive."

The current location of the Dayun is only on the edge of the Olympus Sea, not on the Olympus Mountain ruins, and is still 120 nautical miles away from the black dot on the endless sea map.

120 nautical miles, not far, but not close either.

It is a safe distance.

Moreover, their location was extremely advantageous, with no other powerful sea beasts nearby. It was a temporary stronghold carefully selected by Shi Ming using the Endless Sea Map. It was also outside the range of the Twelve Stars and the Ruins, thus avoiding a direct confrontation with Fontainebleau.

After activating the stealth system, its presence on the ocean becomes virtually nonexistent.

He decided to leave the Dayun here and take the Sun-Shooting Ship, which had been upgraded to the general class, to explore the ruins.

It is essential to gather necessary intelligence in advance; being prepared is the key to victory.

Moreover, he now possesses dozens of Pure Crystals, and in a critical moment, he can use the "Sun Shooting" special ability without regard for the consequences, combining super-overloaded three times the speed of sound with stealth mode to get away from dangerous areas!

Whether they can win or not is another matter.
We'll definitely be able to escape!
(End of this chapter)