Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 196 The Fruit of Immortality and the Codex of Nations
The Dayun cruise ship sailed across the Mediterranean Sea, leisurely resting and recuperating on the endless ocean.

In the past two days, Shi Ming used his Eye of the Mortal World to obtain detailed information about the Codex of Nations and the "Fruit of Immortality," and understood their uses. The Fruit of Immortality is an edible, disposable item, while the Codex of Nations is a wondrous object.

Fate is truly wondrous.

Sometimes, you don't even need to look for rare items; they seem to have legs and will come to you on their own.

The Fruit of Immortality

The fruit of the ageless hibiscus tree contains the essence of the sun. Consuming it can maintain an "ageless" state for three years. During these three years, appearance, physical strength, and various bodily organs will return to their peak condition. After three years, they will slowly decline. It can be consumed multiple times without side effects.

[It has an extremely strong attraction to fire- and light-attribute sea monsters.]

He only picked three of the fruits of immortality.

Unfortunately, that immortal tree was torn to pieces by the enraged Lord of the Abyss.

Shi Ming's physical condition is currently at its peak, so he doesn't need this fruit for the time being. If he were to sell it, it would definitely fetch a high price. In this world, there are many people who spend endless effort to maintain their youth.

However, since these treasures are rare and valuable, there's no need to sell them.

Who knows when it might come in even more useful.

The Code of Laws

[Also known as the "Codex of Goringches," ranked 56th among the wonders of the Endless Ocean! It possesses the ability to create laws within its 300-meter radius. To use it: turn to a blank page, infuse it with mental energy, and recite the new legal rules. The Codex of Goringches will then materialize the rules for 60 minutes, or until it leaves the affected area.]

Rule One: The law must be strictly obeyed. The laws promulgated by the Code of Goringes will be strictly enforced, and those who promulgate the laws will suffer severe repercussions if they are forcibly broken by extreme forces.

Rule Two: Laws should not be promulgated lightly. Promulgating multiple laws in a short period will result in severe backlash against the promulgator.

Rule Three: Laws must not be divorced from reality. Those who enact excessively outrageous laws will face severe backlash.

[Rule Four: Laws have a limited length. The Codex has 461 pages, with only one law per page. Each law is effective for only 60 minutes. Once all blank pages are filled, the Codex will be unusable! Use the Essence of Purification to purify and reset it.]

A treasure that can make words come true!

This is a truly great product! Although there are a lot of restrictions listed at the end, as long as you follow the rules, you can avoid any negative consequences.

Unfortunately, 321 pages of this treasure have already been used by Lighthouse, leaving only a little over 100 blank pages.

This means that Shi Ming can only be used a maximum of 140 times. If the limit is exceeded, the pages need to be cleared using the Essence of Purification.

The essence of purification...

We must not let go of any clues we encounter.

Currently, Shi Ming possesses five treasures listed in the "List of Wonders of the Endless Ocean": the Formless Pure Ice, the Endless Sea Map, the Stone of Mockery, the Ocean-Calming Pearl, and the Codex of All Nations. The Star Lamp is not included here because it is not listed among the wonders.

Four of the treasures were spoils of war seized from the enemy.

We don’t have guns or cannons, the enemy made them for us.

Shi Ming now has a deeper understanding of this statement.

The great wisdom of our ancestors is truly undeniable!

knocking.

"captain."

"Enter."

Huang Pao entered the captain's cabin and reported to Shi Ming on the progress of the task he had assigned. The two brothers, Gun and Cannon, had now both been upgraded to C-level Awakeners. Two months ago, this was something that would never have happened in their dreams. At that time, the most frequent thing in his dreams was eating his fill.

"Captain, we have purchased picture versions of the recent issues of the Twelve Morning Star, the Eternal Lighthouse, and the Black Gold Times through the Ganges."

"Any news about me? Also, is there a bounty on the Hunter Terminal?" "No. We asked Eliza, and the Ganges also said that there is no other news about the Grand Canal recently. There was only a press release in the secret service titled 'Mysterious Drifting Ship Takes Retaliation Against the Pharaoh Again, Incompetent Ptolemy May Become the Biggest Weakness of the Admiral-class Drifting Ship,' but the Pharaoh denied it as fake news and strongly condemned it."

After the Pharaoh incident, Jafar died, and the curse on Singh and the others was lifted. They were not fools; they had already figured out what the mummy curse on them really was.

For this, the Ganges was very grateful to Shi Ming.

It's just that there's no evidence; otherwise, they would have used Shiva's influence to completely ruin Ptolemy's reputation.

"Not a single word? How strange?"

His feat of ramming the Pharaoh's corner for the first time became widely known.

Whether it was the connections he had made on the Twelve Stars, such as Iruka's former teammates, or merchant ships like the Ganges, they had all contacted him privately, expressing their shock to varying degrees and subtly trying to obtain firsthand information. Eliza of the Ganges, through Shi Ming's brief reminder, roughly guessed the truth about the mummy curse and decisively left the Pharaoh to escape danger.

On the Hunter Terminal, Shi Ming could also see the bounty posted by Pharaoh in his rage.

But this time, everything was calm and peaceful, as if nothing had happened.

Neither on the Hunter Terminal nor through other intelligence channels known to Shi Ming, there was a single bounty on him.

There wasn't a single news item about him.

Even in "Let There Be Light," it was just a normal daily report; Terlinden didn't mention his defeat at all. Although news doesn't travel very fast on the ocean, the fact that such a tremendous battle and such a remarkable achievement were kept completely secret is truly astonishing.

Did Lighthouse and the Black Society secretly swallow this loss?

Or perhaps they've shifted their focus to other things?
Shi Ming believed that the Lighthouse would temporarily cease its activities until it understood its own strength.

Even in the land-based era, lighthouses weren't omnipotent; their reach couldn't extend to the other side of the earth, let alone in the era of drifting. Unless a king-class drifting ship personally embarks on an expedition, sending awakened beings over would be like sending the Calabash Brothers to rescue their grandfather—one by one, they'd be sent away.

"Also, how's the communication regarding the whaling ships going?"

"Initial results have been achieved."

The contact with the whaling ship was not for whaling purposes.

It's just a pilgrimage.

Understanding the habits, weaknesses, and internal structure of some whales will be helpful for Shi Ming in hunting the Twilight Whale. Shi Ming doesn't have much experience dealing with large sea monsters. The Twilight Whale is 230 meters long and is a super-large sea monster. He can't rely on brute force to hunt it.

If you accidentally swallow it, you're really done for.

Just like in the novel, the Monkey King had to understand the scorpion's weaknesses before he could subdue it.

Shi Ming took charge of the fighting.

Routine coordination and intelligence gathering tasks can be handled by the crew.

"Captain, through the mission issued by Captain Lin Hai's hunter terminal, we have contacted a medium-sized gold-class whaling ship, the [Salmon Dream]. Their captain claims to be the head of the Norwegian Whaling Maritime Bureau during the land era, possessing fifty years of whaling experience. He is intimately familiar with the weaknesses of large whales and the strategies for targeting them. He also captured several whales during the drifting era."

In the land-based era, only a handful of countries in the world had a tradition of whaling.
For example, Norwegian, Vortis, Iceland...

However, the fishing practices in the Uzbek country are notorious for their unrestrained and unregulated methods, while Norwegian fisheries are relatively more compliant with international whaling conventions.

"【Salmon's Dream】is willing to share their whaling experience with everyone, but their only requirement is that an A-level Awakened help them hunt a whale-like sea monster as tuition for their apprenticeship."

"They have quite an appetite."

Trying to get an A-level Awakened to help you with just a little bit of experience is indeed asking for too much. If you need an A-level Awakened to help you deal with an A-level sea beast, then you're bound to be dealing with an A-level sea monster.

"Tell them that the Kingdom of Wo once approached us for cooperation and even gifted us a ship."

“We can have A-level Awakened, but we need one-third of the sea beasts we hunt, including their corpses and blood.”

(End of this chapter)