Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 145 Treasure Map and "Twisted Wishes"

Although the ship disappeared, some crew members who survived the ice burst and remained embedded in the glacier were left behind.

Among them, there are some who can communicate...

"Dig deeper into the information. It's one thing to use a gold ship as bait to hunt ships of the same level, but to hunt a silver ship like the Dayun, which is clearly not profitable and would make even pirates shake their heads in despair, and to act so excited and impatiently?"

"Could it be that they're starving?"

Shi Ming, of course, did not believe it.

He could see clearly that the interior of that ship's cabin was even more luxurious than Reinhardt's Smoke, clearly belonging to a nouveau riche who had made a fortune. Why would they care about their shabby, drifting ship?
Ordinary gold ships, seeing the appearance of the Great Fortune, wouldn't even bother to plunder it. Back then, Chunyi's entire fortune amounted to only a dozen or so high-grade sea crystals.

Moreover, the so-called "prince" was carrying such a strange object.

The 41st ranked artifact is something even Shi Ming has never seen before. It's likely that even some general-level or even king-level drifting ships don't possess such a high-level artifact. With such a treasure, opportunities to make a fortune abound. Going to great lengths to create elaborate scenes to lure low-level drifting ships is truly a waste of time.

Unless they have a penchant for killing.

"The Lamp of Wishes..."

The Wishing Lamp can help people fulfill their wishes. In the end, the person dressed as a prince and the drifting ship "Son of the Sun" suddenly disappeared, which was the masterpiece of the Wishing Lamp.

That's really impressive.

"What a wonderful thing! Although it fulfills wishes in a distorted way and comes at a price, if we upgrade it with the Brain of Creation and remove the pollution, it might not be so distorted."

"Three wishes... what should I make?"

He had already begun to think about it.

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"Whoever answers my question first, I will release them."

Shi Ming stood on the deck, while the four surviving crew members of the "Son of the Sun" trembled like cicadas in autumn, tied to the deck.

"Why did your captain set up an ambush?"

"For the treasure."

"Ok?"

Lin Hai fired a shot, and one of the crew members fell to the ground.

"You tell me."

"This……"

A crew member named Hassan was also taken prisoner by the Dayun. He looked at his comrades lying on the deck, then at Shi Ming, gritted his teeth, and was considering whether to speak up.

Meanwhile, another crew member started answering the questions.

Seven years ago, the prince accepted a long-term commission from a major client.

"What commission?"

"He...they want a large quantity of Navigation Stones and Navigation Crystals. These things are only found on bronze and silver ships. The prince plunders these useless ships, dismantles them, and can use these core crystals to exchange for them..."

"Exchange for what?"

"Exchange for Pure Crystals." Hassan finally got a chance to speak this time.

"???"

"Which big spender would pay Pure Crystals for something like this?"

"I don't know, but it's said to be a big shot from the West."

"How much did you collect?"

No one rushed to answer this question.

Hassan pondered for a long time, seemingly calculating silently.

"I don't remember, but it should be close to 100."

100 missiles destroyed 100 drifting boats.

Ruthless!
Although Shi Ming had damaged several ships, including Edward's "Water Arrow", Reinhardt's "Smoke", and Kinta's "Thor", all of these ships were damaged when the enemy came to them. If you don't kill them, they will come to kill you. It was truly a passive defense, and he never actively provoked them.

But this ruthless man fished everywhere, and of the 100001 drifting boats in the world, nearly a hundred were destroyed by him!

The world's survival strongholds have become expendable resources here?
The client behind them was a big shot from the West.

What's the point of having so many Navigation Crystals? To build new drifting ships?
Shi Ming pondered for a while, then prepared to ask about the Wishing Lamp.

"What other achievements or adventures has your prince had?"

Several crew members seemed to be deep in thought.

"He loves the history of ancient Egypt and often reads old books, saying that he can find wisdom and treasures in them."

"He once obtained a treasure map, but because it lacked coordinates, he couldn't explore it. So he changed the coordinates of the treasure map to the lair of a Class B sea monster, copied it in large quantities, and scattered it out. Many bronze and silver ships happily went to search for the treasure, but all perished in the mouths of the Class B sea monsters, and the ships sank to the bottom of the sea. Every year, the prince would go to collect their cores..."

"Treasure Map?"

Shi Ming took out a map. He had found it on the Twelve Stars.

At the time, the Eye of Intelligence warned him that the map was wrong, but that he could get the "Scorpion King III Pyramid Treasure Map" after upgrading, so he bought it.

"Yes, that's it, the Tudor pyramids!"

"Where did your prince get that lamp?"

Hassan shook his head. The other crew members were also completely bewildered.

It seems they genuinely don't know.

After asking a few more questions, Shi Ming felt there was no need to know more.

"Alright, Stone Pier, let them go."

The knife cut the ropes binding the prisoner.

"You go."

Shi Ming said casually.

Hassan paused, then asked, "Go? Where to?"
"What? You think you can just stay on my ship and eat and live for free?"

"If they don't leave within a minute, it means they've given up the opportunity, so kill them."

The prisoners looked around at the boundless sea and the gradually melting ice, dumbfounded.

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Edge of Atami.

The "Son of the Sun," riddled with holes, suddenly appeared in this sea area. Water gurgled and seeped into the cabin from the broken parts of the ship that touched the sea surface!
"Repair it! Get it repaired right now!"

No one responded.

???

"Damn it! Are they all dead?"

The prince stormed into the cabin in a fit of rage.

The cabin was empty.

what the hell!

What about people?

His ship clearly had hundreds of people on board! There were sailors, cooks, officials, maids, and concubines...

Where are they now?!
If he's dead, why isn't there even a body?

In an instant, a chill ran down my spine.

He stroked the lamp of wishes in his hand, and then suddenly realized something.

My wish is to return to the ruins of my kingdom, with my ship.

They only mentioned the ship, not the crew.

The magic lamp is merely a marvel, not a real god, so naturally it wouldn't do anything useless. As a marvel, it is still quite meticulous.

He was surprised to find that one of his organs had disappeared, and the skin in that area was now incredibly smooth, as if no organ had ever grown there.

He felt a chill run down his spine.

The wishing lamp, shaped like an ashtray, fell onto the deck with a thud.

Seawater gurgled in.

He ran into the cabin and quickly gathered all the valuable items on board, including the more than thirty navigation stones and crystals that had not yet been handed over, as well as the Son of the Sun's own heart of navigation, stuffing them into his hive. Then, he lowered a fully automatic spare boat.

Life was saved; all sacrifices were necessary.

If the green hills are left, there is no need to worry about no firewood.

Prince, I will come back again.

Once he sells these 30 nautical crystals to the Lighthouse, he will have the resources to restart his business. At that time, he can rely on the Lighthouse's strength to take revenge again! He wants to make that kid taste ten times the pain he suffered today.

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Once on the deck, the prince hesitated for a moment.

He gritted his teeth, picked up the wishing lamp again, tucked it into his bosom, and jumped onto the small boat without looking back.

The Son of the Sun slowly sank.

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