Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 132 The Sunken Pyramids
"The Eye of Intelligence, to Gather Intelligence."

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The secrets of this planet are endless, most of them buried beneath the raging waves and storms. 700 meters to your right, a bronze-class drifting ship is selling a genuine treasure map. With it, you might find some valuable treasure and uncover the great secrets of an ancient land.

Treasure Map?
A treasure mentioned by the Eye of Intelligence must be an extraordinary treasure, and it will at least be of great benefit to Shi Ming, he has no doubt about that.

"A bronze-class drifting ship? Let me see."

Although this sea area is a designated trading area, and each drifting ship maintains a safe distance from the others, and all transactions are conducted by small boats, Shi Ming was quite interested in this unique "sea market".

Since I'm just killing time anyway, I might as well go for a stroll, buy the treasure map, and also see the local customs and culture of other drifting ships.

Shi Ming launched a small boat, leaped lightly, and left the Dayun.

The small boat carried him, shuttling between the dozen or so drifting boats moored in the sea.

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This is a very ordinary bronze-class drifting boat with a very obvious Egyptian style, about twenty meters in size.

The ship wasn't large, but it was packed with people. There were over fifty people on the deck, all of whom seemed to be slaves. Near the railing, there was a pile of local specialties collected from various places.

Within the area covered by the twelve-star artillery barrage, acts of arson, murder, and looting are generally not observed.

Moreover, the trading area has its own rules, and no one would risk offending the public for a little profit.

Unless the treasure is of truly immense value.

Shi Ming was confident, and he boarded the bronze ship as a buyer.

A middle-aged man, over forty years old and wearing a long robe, greeted the guests warmly upon their arrival.

"Hey sir, what do you want to buy?"

"We have the sturdiest slaves here, only 300 sailing coins each. We also have rare female slaves from the Black Gold Alliance. They can sing and dance. Don't let their dark skin fool you, they taste really good. Young man, how about buying a batch? Even if you don't use them yourself, you can treat the warriors on the ship."

Shi Ming, who was born a slave, understood the lowliness of slavery better than anyone.

In the early days of the Age of Wandering, the major king-class wandering ships had strict orders and regulations: in the face of disaster, all surviving humans must unite as one, pass on the torch, uphold human rights, and strictly prohibit all slave trade.

However, the laws of the end times are like empty words.

Human nature renders everything vulnerable. Thirty years have passed, and the world has changed dramatically. Laws and morals have long lost their binding force.

Things even more outrageous than the slave trade happened from time to time.

The deep-rooted problems are difficult to reverse, and the chronic illnesses are difficult to cure.

Shi Ming couldn't extend his jurisdiction to the other adrift ships. Even if he were truly willing to develop and promote the simple values ​​of civilized times, he couldn't promise these people a bright future. Fortunately, might makes right in any era, and with his current strength, no one dared to mess with him.

Only when you are strong enough can you avoid being trampled on.

Seeing that Shi Ming had no interest in slaves.
The middle-aged man turned around and introduced the items displayed high on the deck.

“Friend, these are bricks from the Great Pyramid of Giza, which are very valuable to collectors. They only cost 200 nautical coins.”

???

No, you shrewd businessman, who are you trying to fool?

This brick looks like the most ordinary red brick from the land era, this is just too ridiculous!

"And this is a scale from Medusa. Do you know Medusa? A powerful Class A sea beast. And this statue is a sea fish petrified by Medusa. Look at it, it's so lifelike. Humans could never carve such a realistic sea fish. I'm not lying to you."

Shi Ming's creative mind had already scanned these items.

The bricks were indeed the most common red bricks. In those times of wandering, red bricks were indeed a rare commodity, but what use were they?

As for Medusa's scales? Heh, I didn't sense any awakened power; they were just ordinary sea fish scales!

Shi Ming showed little interest; he stopped looking at the other items and casually picked up a map from the stall.

An ordinary map.

The texture of this map is completely different from that of the Endless Sea map; it's light and airy, like dried fish skin, yet incredibly resilient. A small portion of the ink on it has already faded, suggesting it's a recent copy, likely created in a few years due to improper preservation, resulting in the disappearance of some ink marks.

Will this treasure map really lead to treasure?
"My friend, you have excellent taste."

Seeing that Shi Ming showed interest in the map, the middle-aged man began to explain again.

"This is a map of the ruins of the Tudor pyramids."

"Do you know the Tudor pyramids? For three thousand years, countless archaeologists have explored and searched this most mysterious pyramid, yet it was discovered during the Age of Exile! See that golden tomb entrance? Gold symbolizes nobility and wealth! The Tudor pharaohs' countless treasures are hidden within. More importantly, to this day, no one has been able to open its tomb entrance and enter! And the main reason is that they lack this map…"

The middle-aged man spoke with absolute certainty.
It seems that this is indeed true.

Shi Ming forced a smile to his lips.

Are all sellers this convinced of their own value these days? Gold is revered, gold is precious... If they went live to sell goods, they would definitely be top sellers.

But it seems there's only one map on this stall.

Could this be what the Eye of Intelligence was referring to?
The creative mind swept across.

Only by combining the two can we identify and fill any gaps, and not waste any opportunity to acquire treasures.

Familiar handwriting quietly emerged.

[Scorpion King III Pyramid Treasure Map]

【Level: 1】

The tomb of Scorpion King III lay buried in the desert for millennia, its secrets only revealed when the seas ravaged it. A copy of the internal structure of the Scorpion King III pyramid contains numerous errors in detail, and due to the erosion of time and seawater, the writing on the map is incomplete, rendering it unusable as a reference.

Upgrade Requirements: 1 squid ink sac, 1 sea fish skin.

Pyramids? The Age of the Scorpion King?

Did pyramids already exist in that era?
Shi Ming didn't know much about ancient history, but he believed in the hints from the Brain of Creation.

"how much is it?"

"what?"

The middle-aged man was surprised that Shi Ming was actually interested in the map.

How much does this map cost?

"5, oh no, 3 high-grade sea crystals..."

Shi Ming shook his head.

"Your map is obviously a copy; the handwriting is unclear. Since you've already copied it, why not make several copies and sell them together? That way, you can accumulate more profits. At most, it'll be worth one high-grade sea crystal."

"Deal. I'll make a copy first, then I'll give it to you."

"Okay, fine..."

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After the deal was completed, Shi Ming put away the tattered treasure map and looked up to see a seemingly extraordinary drifting ship sailing towards him.

Its hull is not large, only seventy meters long. Yet it is like the most precise instrument, as if it were handcrafted by the most professional craftsmen. Its emblem is a blooming cornflower, which was once the representative flower of the Kingdom of Germany.

The cooking smoke shop is famous far and wide.

Captain Reinhardt is a rogue and an intelligence merchant.

“A golden ship arrived at this place where bronze and silver ships were clustered together.”

Shi Ming smiled.

Has the fish taken the bait?

(End of this chapter)