Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 165 The Corrosive Effect of the Scorpion King Flower Sea
Through Shi Ming's exploration, the Brain of Creation was not only upgraded, but also developed into a variety of other uses.

Identification, scanning, indexing...

Now, another item has been added: treasure hunting.

The area scanned by the Brain of Creation mostly offered no warnings. Only a few broken stone pillars and carvings were indicated by the Eye of Creation as potentially upgradable. However, these items were mostly ordinary and had no value in being taken away.

Only when the scan reached the pillar in the center of the skeletal hall did the reminder from the Brain of Creation catch Shi Ming's attention.

【Marrow from Bones】

【Level: 3】

The spine of the ferocious beast "Steel-Maned Pegasus" supported this menacing palace of bones. Over countless years, the ferocity within the spine completely vanished, but the essence of its marrow remained. Consuming it can appropriately increase stamina and attack power, depending on individual digestion.

[Upgrade Required: 300 ml of blood from a ferocious horse or sea monster]

This enormous pillar was originally the spine of a ferocious beast that had been ground into a cylinder.
Shi Ming shook his head reluctantly. He did want to remove the pillar, after all, every goose leaves a feather and every beast leaves a trace, so how could he let such a good thing go? However, if he removed the central pillar of the Hall of Bones now, it would probably have a ripple effect and shake the foundation of the entire pyramid.

The treasure hasn't been obtained yet.

The big secret hasn't been revealed yet.
How could we let it collapse?
Just wait.

Beyond the Hall of Bones, another long passageway stretched out, the yellow sand gradually thinning out, revealing the original stone slabs inside the pyramid. These slabs, having been soaked in seawater for a long time, showed very obvious signs of salt erosion.

If an ordinary person steps on it, it will shatter instantly.

However, Shi Ming explored the area from a boat. The canoe was small and agile, and could travel freely in one direction within the passageway.

It moves forward in a suspended manner, without encountering any objects inside the pyramid.

……

As he walked, he saw a glimmer of light.

"Could it be some kind of luminous pearl or other treasure?"

"Or perhaps it's the eternal lamp recorded in the books on the Pharaoh, but that's not right either, since this place is completely flooded by seawater, the eternal lamp should no longer be lit."

Light is very noticeable in the dark. Even the faintest ray of light can attract the attention of any normal person, let alone Shi Ming.

The Sun-Shooting Ship sailed in the canoe, and the light grew brighter and brighter.

It's not a glaring, intense light, but a soft, warm light, like moonlight.

More than that,
Shi Ming also smelled a fragrance.

It smells like flowers.

The fragrance of flowers permeated the seawater, and the seawater, through the air gap of the Sun Shooting Ship, was transmitted to his sense of smell.

He immediately sealed the Sunshot's air shield. In this situation, any unusual odor could indicate danger. And ahead lay the Scorpion King's Garden, marked on the map. Could this garden really have flowers?

The Sun-Shooting Ship slowly sailed out of the tunnel.
He saw a romantic scene.

A huge, bright pearl, like a full moon hanging high in the sky.
A dilapidated swing hangs from a stone pillar, and below it, countless flowers sway freely in the sea. They look like they are of the same species, but their colors are all different, and the colorful flowers fill Shi Ming's field of vision.

The movement of the Sun Shooting Ship stirred up undercurrents, and these flowers floated slowly in the undercurrents, looking like a dream.

If one ignored the seawater filling the area, Shi Ming would surely think he had entered a royal garden.

He did not set foot in this underwater land where flowers bloom.

joke.

In his previous life, Shi Ming played many Souls-like games as a form of daily relaxation, such as Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and so on. Whenever something beautiful appears in a bizarre scene, it inevitably hides something even more bizarre. For example, in a certain controversial game, there was a scene where a magnificent wedding chamber suddenly appeared underground.

Even a fool knows something's fishy going on. Creative Brain, activate!

He first looked at the huge luminous pearl.

The Corroded Full Moon Pearl

Level 7

The Scorpion King plundered a precious pearl from the Moon Tribe and bestowed it upon his most beloved consort, Aisua. Its soft light resembled moonlight, causing flowers to bloom wherever it touched, and the two would make love under the moon. After the Scorpion King's death, Aisua and the pearl were moved to his tomb, where they slept alongside him amidst a swaying sea of ​​dreamlike flowers. Thousands of years later, this perfect pearl finally succumbed to decay.

[Upgrade Required: 300g of Purification Essence]

There seems to be no problem.
Is it just a treasure corroded by seawater?
Shi Ming's eyes darted around, then looked elsewhere.

The corroded swing
The corroded stone table

Various items that have been corroded.

It was all corroded.

What corroded it?
seawater?

No, that's not right!

The Creator Brain says that after thousands of years, this precious pearl has finally been corrupted.

Doesn't this mean that corrosion has existed for thousands of years?
This place was submerged by seawater for only thirty years.

For the next thirty years after the tomb was built, this bright jewel was constantly being corroded.

Ice crystal armor appeared on Shi Ming's body, protecting him completely and isolating him from most of the corrosive substances and seawater. He hesitated for a moment, then decided to test it out first.

He piloted the Sunshot gently forward a short distance, and had Moss pre-program the system to immediately reverse if any abnormalities occurred.

The Sun-Shooting Ship sailed into a sea of ​​flowers.

Oh~
Shi Ming immediately felt dizzy. Every flower swaying in the seawater around him transformed into a beautiful face in his dizziness, enticing him to stay and enjoy the beautiful moonlight together.

But that's all.

Dizziness can also happen in an instant.

His powerful mental strength allowed him to quickly adapt and become immune to the illusions created by the flowers. The dizziness and the impact on his mental strength were less than a third of what he had consumed when he upgraded his ship, making it a piece of cake.

Shi Ming never knew the exact value of his mental strength.
But he estimated it would be quite strong.

Because the Ice Annihilation technique uses mental energy.

The higher one's mental strength, the stronger the Ice Annihilation. The Ice Annihilation that Shi Ming uses is much more powerful than the Ice Annihilation used by the A-level sea beast Glacier Dragon!
If used at full power, it can even freeze a deep-sea titan that is over 100 meters tall!
These flowers had little effect on his passive mental attack.

Moreover, the violent tremors were a direct provocation, seemingly provoking a backlash from Shi Ming's mental energy. Invisible mental fluctuations formed a passive defense within his mind. For the first time, these dream flowers, which had grown for millennia and survived tenaciously even in seawater, faced a powerful counterattack.

It was as if the most potent weed killer had been sprayed on them! Everything withered and rotted in an instant!

Almost all of them have died.

???

"Am I that terrible?"

The Sun-Shooting Spacecraft is reversing.

Looking at the fallen flowers scattered on the ground, Shi Ming wondered for a moment whether he was too powerful or the flowers were too fragile.

(End of this chapter)