Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 197 White Dragon Whale?
By directly asking for one-third, Shi Ming wasn't making an outrageous demand; it wasn't an unreasonable request.

The whaling skills that Salmon Dream possesses are not a necessity in this era.

It lacks core competitiveness.

However, the combat power of an A-level Awakened is a versatile asset on any drifting ship. Moreover, the friendships and connections formed through cooperation with A-level Awakened during missions are an added value. Therefore, Shi Ming's requirements were not particularly demanding.

On the contrary, the benefits are quite generous.

Moreover, he doesn't only have the Salmon Dream as an option.

Whaling ships were common in the northwestern part of Europe.

They were chosen simply because it provided an opportunity to practice. A-grade sea beasts were not hard for Shi Ming to find, while A-grade whales and other sea beasts were rare finds, but that was all.

"Yes, Captain. I'll get back to them right away."

Shi Ming tapped his index finger on the desk as he continued to study the Twilight Whale's moves.

He had witnessed the Twilight Whale's S-rank skill "Ragnarok" when he was being chased. When the skill was activated, everything in sight was a desolate yellow like a graveyard. Even the moonlight was thick like flowing corpse water. Creatures infected by the aura of twilight would inevitably succumb to decay and death.

This aligns with the information from the Nameless Cocoon.

In addition, Shi Ming also learned that the Twilight Whale also has the abilities of "whale swallowing" and "entropy increase".

"To devour" is a biological instinct.

It opens its half-rotten, half-intact mouth, dripping with viscous fluid, and swallows the creature whole. Its mouth can swallow other creatures up to thirty meters long. Once swallowed, the creatures are corrupted and softened by the twilight aura, and can be quickly digested without chewing.

"Increased entropy" is the outward manifestation of the state of the Twilight Whale.

It will continue to rot, causing all the creatures that come into contact with it to become disordered, chaotic, broken, and collapsed.

As for the other methods, such as biting, impacting, and gushing mucus, they are not considered skills, but when used by this giant sea monster that is over 200 meters long, their power should not be underestimated.

It's worth noting that the 34th ranked skill for hunting Twilight Whales is a parallel skill; the skill gained varies depending on the degree of decay.

Those that have not rotted are the "Pillars of Dawn".

Half-rotten is "Ragnarok".

Complete decay is "lightless and heatless death".

They may have the same ranking, but their performances can be completely different.

In the memories of the Nameless Cocoon, the Pillar of Dawn is a light-attribute skill, symbolizing hope and vigor, representing the vitality of a creature in its prime, just like the rising sun, warm and uplifting.

The "Lightless Heat Death" seems to be an ice-attribute skill? Or perhaps it's simply an attribute that can't be defined; it represents the final reckoning, the return of energy to zero, and the end of life.

As for Ragnarok, it should be considered a skill of the death attribute. It represents the inevitable decay of all things, the unavoidable chaos, and the process of reaching the end.

At this stage, killing the Twilight Whale will only drop "Ragnarok".

As for the combination with "Pure Ice of No Form"... Shi Ming had no clue. He only knew from the information he had previously obtained from the Eye of Intelligence that if the Twilight Whale swallowed Pure Ice of No Form, it could suppress the power within its body that was destined to decay and prevent its life from heading towards death. Furthermore, if it completely digested Pure Ice of No Form, it could evolve into a completely new and unknown state.

What form does it take? I've never even seen the Nameless Cocoon before.

But the result will definitely be good, and 1+1>2.

Based on his knowledge of physics, Shi Ming guessed that it might be a symbol of stability.

Or perhaps, there is a small chance that we can touch the threshold of the sanctuary?

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"Captain, Salmon Dream has replied."

Two hours later, Huang Pao knocked on the door again and entered the captain's cabin. "They said that whale oil, whale scent, and whale heart are the whalers' faith. The carcasses of sea monsters cannot be divided equally into thirds; only a quarter can be provided, and the location is up to them. However, blood can be provided in addition to the third, plus an extra 2 tons. All payment will be made after the mission is completed. If any violation of the terms of cooperation or any behavior that deviates from business ethics occurs during the cooperation, they will become the common enemy of the whaling alliance."

Whether it's an enemy or not, everyone knows that such constraints are meaningless.

He never betrays Shi Ming; he never betrays others.

"An extra 2 tons of blood?"

Don't be fooled by the fact that it weighs over 2 tons; it's whale and marine mammal blood, and it's a huge rip-off.

Moreover, its blood energy is thin, and ordinary people need to soak for a long time to awaken. A detailed research report from the Lighthouse shows that, taking ordinary whales and marine mammals as an example, even if they have tens of tons of blood in their whole bodies, it can only supply a maximum of 6 people to awaken.

The giant sea monster is difficult to destroy, and it supplies six people, so the cost-effectiveness is just okay.

The compensation offered by Salmon's Dream was roughly the same, which was a reasonable condition for cooperation.

However, blood is clearly more precious than corpses, so why give more blood and less corpses?
What is this operation?
faith?

Shi Mingke didn't believe it at all.

The endless ocean has no faith.

Just as the Kingdom of Winter does not believe in tears.

Whatever the reason, his goal was clear: to gain experience in hunting large whale-like sea monsters through actual combat, and to rehearse before hunting the Twilight Whale. Moreover, while A-level sea monsters are treasures to ordinary people, they don't hold much appeal for him, but he couldn't possibly do a losing proposition, could he?
Accumulating too many skills can be physically taxing for a person, but he also has a crew!

Sea monster blood is always a welcome treat.

"Ok?"

"wrong."

That sea creature, could it be a white dragon whale?
Shi Ming's thoughts are very unconventional, and he has a lot of information.

He had a sudden inspiration and actually thought of the White Dragon Whale Heart, which was ranked 103rd on the list of wonders of the Endless Sea!

White Dragon Whale, an A-level sea beast. Bathing in its blood grants you the A-level skill "Whale Explosion".

However, if you swallow its heart whole, you can use the digestive system to obtain another kind of power from it, slowly change your body, and achieve the goal of awakening. The skill obtained in this way is an S-rank skill, "Whale Fall"!
This is the only S-rank skill that Shi Ming isn't particularly interested in.

Because obtaining it is time-consuming, laborious, and emotionally draining, especially for people from a food-loving country, it is a great torment.

For example, the heart of a whale of average size weighs more than 300 kilograms. If you eat one kilogram a day, you would need to eat whale hearts for 300 days straight!

And they even eat it raw!

Not to mention that the white dragon whale, being an A-class whale, is definitely larger than an ordinary whale! Just imagining eating its heart makes one feel like life is meaningless.

The price of power! That's outrageous!
Even for Shi Ming, the red markings on his right arm could only absorb energy from blood, bone marrow, and mucus. This slow process of modifying the body by relying on the digestive system could not be slowed down.

This bug can't be fixed.

He pondered for a while, weighing the potential pros and cons.

You can agree to it.

If it really is a white dragon whale, he has a feeling that this mission won't be that simple! As far as he knows, ever since the news of the Endless Ocean Wonders spread, many whaling countries have begun to search for the whereabouts of the white dragon whale.

……

No problem.

We can provide value-added services at that time.

We can't afford to be taken advantage of.

(End of this chapter)