Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 212 Upgrade [Great Fortune]!! A chance encounter with an old acquaintance?
The biggest advantage of being on the endless ocean is probably being able to eat the most abundant seafood.
Of course, you'll get tired of eating too much, but that's not a problem for Shi Ming.

The pillar-like crab legs were sawed off whole and cooked by Old Yang himself. He poured on various seasonings and sauces that he had obtained by spending a lot of sea crystals. The tender white crab meat was bouncy and chewy. There was no need for any complicated crab-eating tools. With a simple tear, you could get a big piece of succulent meat.

The protein content is incredibly high.

Grade B sea monsters, when used as food, can also improve the user's physical fitness in certain ways.

After his third S-rank awakening, Shi Ming also experienced a basic improvement in attack power, defense, and stamina. Now that the power of the Twilight Whale and the Formless Pure Ice is completely at his disposal, his various stats have stabilized.

[Attack power: 131]

[Stamina: 157]

[Endurance: 143]

[Defense: 167]

[Mental Strength: Unknown]

Aside from mental strength, which remains unknown, the other four stats have all increased by more than 20 points each. Shi Ming estimates that if the increase in mental strength is calculated on average, the total value brought by bathing in the blood of the Twilight Whale is approximately between 120 and 130.

This is the basic enhancement brought about by S-rank awakening, an accompanying power that can be obtained without the cost of "devouring skills".

Consuming the formless pure ice did not seem to bring any numerical increase; it only improved Shi Ming's resistance to cold and heat.

He deduced that even if he were to enter the Boiling Sea alone now, he could easily withstand the high temperature there. His body contained a near-absolute zero coldness, which would be no problem to resist the slight radiant heat of the Three-Eyed Golden Crow.

Perhaps in the future we can also visit the deepest part of the zero-degree icy sea.

This trip to Europe was indeed very fruitful.

Next, he pulled out a blue crystal core.

This is the Heart of Navigation obtained from the [Decapitation Blade]. That unfortunate Decapitation Blade, along with all the warriors and awakened beings of the Whirlpool Kingdom on it, failed to escape when the Twilight Whale attacked. They were affected by Ragnarok and corrupted into part of the ocean.

Along with the sturdy gold-plated ship, it also rotted into a pile of rust.

Only this heart of seafaring was obtained by him.

With a Heart of Navigation and all the other materials needed for the upgrade, he can upgrade his General-class drifting ship once again.

Shi Ming considered it carefully.

Today, the Sun-Shooting Ship's advantage lies in its high speed during solo exploration and its applications in various scenarios such as diving and high-altitude operations. The Grand Transport Ship serves as its base of operations and a place for survival at sea, and it also possesses the unique characteristics of a "Crown Prince"...

Upgrade to either one, both are good.

Next, we'll head to the Yinping Sea area.

【Dayun】It's time for this former silver ship to make its debut in front of the Black Society and give them a huge surprise.

Creative mind, activate!

[General-class drifting ship - Da Yun, No. 23333]

【Level: 1】

[The former lowly Silver rank soldier has now become a general, and even activated two general traits! This is truly a rare miracle! Even those who compiled the Drifting Ship System and Skynet System would be amazed! Perhaps, he'll even dismantle it and use it as a research sample!]

[Characteristic: Crown Prince!]

[Characteristic: Breakthrough!]

[Upgrade requires: 300 Dome Crystals, 1000g of any S-rank sea beast blood, and 1 Heart of the Sea (or an equivalent amount of energy meteorite)]

[Materials required for upgrade detected. Upgrade now?]

Yes!
The blood, energy stones, and meteorites placed on the control panel transformed into a viscous aura, which traveled on the drifting ship. The upgrade was not a rank advancement, so the mental pressure on Shi Ming was much less than last time, and it also took less time.

This upgrade only took 20 minutes.

Upgrade complete.

[General-class drifting ship - Da Yun, No. 23333]

【Level: 2】

The young king has taken another step forward on his path!

[Its medals are piling up! It has successfully advanced to the rank of Second-Tier General! The power of its Breaking Force will be even more ferocious; a fully charged Breaking Force is enough to capsize any drifting ship below its rank, regardless of size! In addition to some numerical upgrades that will take up a lot of space, it also brings some new but very practical functions.]

[Long-distance control: Now you can remotely control this drifting boat from up to 50 nautical miles away.]

[Structural Remodeling: You can rearrange the structure and shape of this drifting ship, of course, while adhering to the principles of conservation.] [Unbreakable Ship: No one can destroy this ship in one blow! It takes at least two!]

【…】

[Upgrade requires: 1000 Dome Crystals, 1000 grams of any three types of S-rank sea beast blood, and 1 Heart of the Sea (or an equivalent amount of energy meteorite)]

The improvement is obvious.

In addition to the familiar numerical improvements, this time there are three more practical features.

What surprised Shi Ming the most was the "structural reshaping".

With this structural reshaping, he could easily change the appearance of this general-class drifting ship. Combined with the "Tears of the Earthsea" obtained from Abraham, which allowed him to disguise himself, Shi Ming could easily disguise himself as a completely new person.

The drifting ship and its captain "changed" together, and even if it sailed back to the Pharaoh in a great ship, Ptolemy would not recognize it.

Not to mention those who have never personally witnessed Shi Ming's Black Society, Lighthouse, Renhuang, and other forces.

The ultra-long-distance control is an upgrade to the original function.

The Unyielding Ship is a defensive mechanism designed to prevent the ship from being instantly destroyed by a powerful attack, primarily used to guard against overly absurd attacks. However, Shi Ming believes that unless encountering a powerful Holy Sea Beast or possessing a top-ranked Awakened Offense user, no one can force this function to be activated.

There's still quite a distance to go before reaching our first stop, the Black Gold of the Sea of ​​Ashes.

Next, Shi Ming transformed into "Designer Shi" and carried out sweeping modifications to the Dayun. However, when he actually used the "structural remodeling" function, he discovered that it was not free.

It requires a large amount of energy stones.

Its essence is to dismantle and reassemble various modules on the drifting ship to achieve changes in appearance and optimization in efficiency. However, the reassembly process requires a lot of energy. After thinking about it, Shi Ming did not change the relatively reasonable internal structure, but only made drastic adjustments to the external appearance.

For example, engrave your own original emblem on the hull, a black eye that flashes with lightning.

The style and layout of the buildings on the deck were adjusted.

And so on and so forth.

After its makeover, no one could tell that the Yun was once the mysterious drifting ship that had collided with the Pharaoh twice.

The unfortunate thing is that after some adjustments, the modified Dayun looks even more ordinary, more like a bronze ship, going further and further down the path of pretending to be weak while actually being strong.

Functionality upgrade, appearance... downgrade?
"That's enough. When sailing at sea, the most important thing is to keep a low profile."

……

"Captain, a bronze-class drifting ship has been detected approaching ahead."

"No need to pay attention."

On the ocean, drifting ships are like stars scattered across the sky, and you're bound to encounter one.

Some ships were keen on plundering, and Shi Ming would naturally teach them a painful lesson, but the spoils they obtained were often nothing to be surprised about, and it was more of a waste of time. Other ships simply went their separate ways and did not disturb each other, and Shi Ming would not make contact with them.

……

Prince Art, having lost the Son of the Sun, successfully acquired another bronze drifting ship with the help of his father.

It was still the lowest-grade drifting ship among the bronze ships.

Because he plundered the "Old Days" and angered the lighthouse, Prince Art found it difficult to gain more support and kept a low profile. He was also trying to find ways to sell the dozens of navigation crystals he had previously looted, one by one, in order to make a comeback and buy a better ship.

But apart from Lighthouse, there are no channels or resources to acquire these.

This makes him very distressed.

"Ok?"

He stepped out of the cabin and saw an inconspicuous drifting boat sailing in the distance, going in the opposite direction from their current course and getting further and further away.

It was about to disappear from sight.

Judging by its class, it's definitely more advanced than his ship.

Prince Art's eyes lit up.

"good chance."

"It's like getting exactly what you need."

(End of this chapter)