Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 15: Two S-Rank Skills?
Good guy!
How to forcibly hack the drifting ship and gain its permissions?
And such an overbearing key!?

He didn't know what level "Gold" meant, but Shi Ming estimated that the captain's drifting ship was definitely below Gold level. He wondered if the captain would be happy if he secretly gave the key to the Minotaur on his ship.

"Your ship is very nice, but it's mine now."

Shi Ming smiled. The captain's expression would be quite interesting then.

By the way, quickly check the changes in your body and what skills you've awakened.

Shi Ming adjusted his mental energy, focusing his attention on his body, trying to stimulate the potential that arose from the awakening of his body's internal factors—knowledge that every awakened person naturally understands, requiring no teaching, as if it were engraved in their genes.

A mysterious fluctuation emanated from his body, and all the changes in his body were thus clearly perceived by Shi Ming.

Bathing in the blood of Xuanwu granted him two skills.

Moreover, both of these skills are actually S-rank!
[The Shield of Xuanwu]

[Level: S]

This is an active skill that Shi Ming needs to activate during battle. Once activated, his body will become as solid and sturdy as the Xuanwu, consuming one-fifth of his stamina to ignore all attacks for 3 seconds and reflect 50% of the damage.

This is simply an amazing combat skill!

Anyone who has played video games knows how versatile invincibility is. It can not only save your life at crucial moments, but also make the opponent's skills miss, wasting a lot of energy and resources!
What's more, Shi Ming's invincible golden body is a plus version!
It not only allows Shi Ming to ignore all attacks for 3 seconds,
It can also reflect 50% of the damage, making it both offensive and defensive!
Imagine this: when your enemy unleashes their most powerful ultimate attack, and you activate your invincibility at that moment, not only will their firepower be ineffective, but they will also suffer damage from your own skill!
It's most effective for ambushing people! It can achieve unexpected results.

Shi Ming was very satisfied with this skill.

The second skill is a passive skill.

[Put them in a desperate situation]

[Level: S]

The saying goes, "Put yourself in a desperate situation and you will survive." When Shi Ming suffers a fatal attack, "Put Yourself in a Desperate Situation" will reset all negative status effects on his body, restoring him to a healthy state. After using this skill, it will enter a dormant state, which can be used again after 720 hours.

If the first skill, [Black Tortoise Shield], gave Shi Ming strong defense, then [Desperate Measures] gave him strong survivability and the ability to turn the tide.

The only downside is that its cooldown time is far too long.

720 hours, 30 days.

However, offering a chance to defy fate once every thirty days is already an extremely powerful skill.

If the captain found out that Shi Ming had taken the biggest bargain on the island, I wonder what his expression would be.

Having learned about the skills he had gained through awakening, Shi Ming stood at the crevice and looked down at the pool of blood below.

He had completely absorbed the energy in the blood pool. Unless the sleeping Xuanwu suffered another massive hemorrhage, the blood pool would lose its magical power.

Similarly, the worms and bloodthirsty moths that relied on these blood-energy parasites also lost their habitat. This can be considered as ridding the island of a menace and avenging the deaths of those slaves.

Now, he was going to face the captain and his crew.

But before that, there was one more thing he needed to do.

When he set foot on the island, the system assigned him three tasks.

Now, he has completed two of the three tasks, leaving only the last one. Once he completes all the novice tasks, the system will remove the slave control chip implanted in his brain, granting him complete freedom. At that time, whether he confronts the captain head-on or outwits him, he will have no worries.

The third task is to own a drifting boat of my own.

Although he had a key, he still lacked the means to forcibly seize the captain's drifting ship. Firstly, he was still under the control of the chip, and secondly, there were still many sailors and exploration team members stationed on the ship. If he returned, he would inevitably clash with them and attract the captain's attention.

But he already had a goal.

That's the canoe that ran aground on the shore of this island, belonging to the researcher who came to Turtle Island alone many years ago!

That canoe was most likely a small drifting boat.

Shi Ming swiftly traversed the island's bushes. After awakening, he could easily control his power, allowing him to leap through the forest like a ninja in anime. Many steep slopes that were previously inaccessible could now be easily traversed.

There are still many bloodthirsty moths wandering around the island, and when they encounter Shi Ming, they are killed.

Even before he awakened, he could easily kill the Bloodthirsty Moth, let alone now. He could kill a Bloodthirsty Moth in the blink of an eye, and the Bloodthirsty Moth's only attack method was completely useless to him.

But for others, this insect is deadly.

He passed by the previous mining site and found the bodies of the exploration team members lying there, now just bare skeletons.

The captain and his group also did not return to this place. It is unknown whether they did not return after noticing the abnormality here, or whether they went directly to support the captain and his men.

But these are not things that Shi Ming needs to consider right now.

Before long, he arrived at the place where the canoe had been stranded.

The canoe, weathered by wind and sun, still lay there quietly; from the outside, it was truly ordinary.
But Shi Ming knew that this canoe was very likely a drifting boat!

One of the 100001 drifting boats in the world!
How precious!

He moved closer and took out the reward he had received from bathing in Xuanwu blood from the system inventory: the [Gold-level Drifting Ship Key].

He searched carefully at the bow of the canoe and, sure enough, found a hole that was obscured by sand and mud. He carefully cleaned away the sand and mud and inserted the gold-grade drifting boat key into the hole in the canoe.

【drop. 】

A panel appeared in front of the golden key.

[Note: This key can only crack Bronze, Silver, and Gold-class drifting ships; it cannot crack General or King-class drifting ships. Forcing a crack will corrupt the key and render it unusable.]

[Analysis of the drifting vessel's grade indicates it is classified as: Gold Grade]

[Can be cracked? Do you want to use one key cracking opportunity to crack the canoe's ownership recognition system and become its new owner?]

[Remaining number of attempts: 3]

"Yes!"

Shi Ming did not hesitate.

To Shi Ming's surprise, this seemingly ordinary canoe was actually a Gold-level drifting boat! It was even the third-highest level among all drifting boats! And it just happened to be within the permissions of this key!
A bronze-level drifting ship is already extremely precious, let alone a gold-level one!
This time I really found a treasure!

(End of this chapter)