Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 228 The Roots of the Sea Rising Cherry
In the captain's cabin of the Grand Canal, a sealed container was placed in front of Shi Ming.

Inside were three tiny roots that had been retrieved from the lair of the Great Black Dragon.

They look like the thin ginseng roots that Shi Ming saw in his previous life, light and flimsy, the kind that could be blown away with a single breath, but inside they are very tough, and even contain a trace of the same destructive power as the Great Black Dragon.

The Root of the Sea Rising Cherry Blossom is a rare item ranked 64th on the list of rare items.

However, it has now been taken away by an awakener who is suspected to be the [Nine Cauldrons], leaving behind only these three roots.

[The Eye of the Mortal World, gather intelligence.]

[Beep~ Beep~]

[Intelligence being compiled...]

[Searching. Confirming detailed coordinates... Search successful, intelligence summary in progress... Intelligence generated.]

[The tiny rootlets of the sea cherry tree.]

The power leaked from the Great Black Dragon in its slumber fused with a peculiar plant growing from magma, giving birth to the 64th ranked artifact, the Root of the Rising Cherry Blossom. Its branches contain a relatively mild form of destructive power, accumulated and concentrated over thousands of years. Upon ingestion, the Root of the Rising Cherry Blossom gradually builds resistance to destructive power, grants a faint sense of primal destructive abilities, and allows the user to resonate with the Great Black Dragon's energy.

[Note 1: After consuming the Root of Sea Rising Cherry Blossoms, the body will be affected by destructive forces, causing nine-headed patterns to appear on certain parts of the skin. The depth of the patterns represents the progress of digestion. When the patterns disappear, it means that digestion is complete.]

[Note 2: Digesting tiny fragments can also generate resistance, but the more Sea Rising Cherry Roots you digest to bathe in the blood of the Great Black Dragon and obtain its power, the better the effect.]

[Note 3: Do not consume if your stamina is below 100.]

Looking at the information provided by the Eye of the Mortal World, Shi Ming seemed to understand the function of the Sea Rising Cherry Root.

If we compare the corrosive effects of the Great Black Dragon's blood on the human body to a disease, then the Root of Rising Cherry Blossoms is like a relatively mild "vaccine." By pre-implanting this vaccine and adapting to its destructive primal power, one can obtain the energy resonance of that destructive primal power, making the body more receptive when bathing in its blood.

Is this something you eat directly?

Shi Ming picked up the three roots, put them in his mouth, chewed them for a while, and swallowed them.

It's spicy and very stimulating.

It tasted like fire in my mouth, like swallowing lava with knives, and then my stomach started to burn. This feeling wasn't hot, but more like a rejection reaction from my body.

Before long, Shi Ming was covered in a thin layer of sweat.

But those are all minor reactions.

Within ten seconds, I felt nothing else.

On the right side of Shi Ming's neck, a shallow, ten-centimeter-long line appeared. It looked like a plant that had branched into nine segments, or an abstract version of the Great Black Dragon.

Compared to the red stripe beneath the clothing on her right arm, it looked quite inconspicuous.

Consider this bit of Sea Rising Cherry root as a small appetizer for now. Once we've fulfilled the Twelve Stars' request, we'll see if we can obtain this Sea Rising Cherry root through other channels, such as from Yu the Great or the Nine Cauldrons.

After dealing with the roots of the Sea Rising Cherry, he separated 1000 grams of the blood of the Great Black Dragon.

The red markings on his right arm began to stir again.

A small amount of Saint-level blood, while far from enough to grant him skills, can further activate the power within the Eye of God's remains, randomly evolving one of the remains' skills.

[The Eye of God Belongs To:]

[A: Arm of Power: ???]

[B: Eye of Intelligence: Evolved into "Eye of the Mortal World"]

[C: The Creative Brain: ???]

His right arm cautiously and slowly touched the heavy blood.

Which skill will evolve this time?
He felt the surge of crimson energy once more, his entire arm began to heat up, every cell seemed to be cheering with joy... The power surged into his right arm like a tidal wave, being rapidly devoured and digested.

…… ……

……

Yu the Great.

The Xirang Research Institute branch recently experienced a research accident.

A young researcher swallowed a slice of the mutated Sea Rising Cherry Root and subsequently experienced a severe rejection reaction.

His veins were bulging all over his body.

His neck and face were covered with dense, nine layers of red lines.

Its skin looks like lightning-struck wood, which is quite terrifying.

Moreover, his body temperature soared to an extremely high level in a short period of time, especially in his abdomen, approaching the limit that the human body could withstand. If his teacher, Chongwen, had not applied for half a remnant branch of "Snow-capped Greenery", this young researcher would probably have lost his life in his recklessness.

His "self-sacrifice" did not lead to any further research results.

On the contrary, it almost cost Xirang the life of a young researcher and slowed down the project they were in charge of once again.

Chongwen looked at the students in the monitoring room and sighed.

The Holy Sea Beasts of Mount Fuji, with their lighthouse-like infiltration capabilities, had long been aware of their existence and were eager to make a move. Even without the publication of "A Complete List of Wonders of the Endless Ocean (Part 2)," they already had plans for an expedition.

The Xirang Research Institute's announcement of the Sea Rising Cherry Root was actually a calculated move. It was a way to expose the true purpose of the Lighthouse Expedition, put their actions under the spotlight, and make the King-class drifting ship more cautious, preventing it from causing too much turmoil.

As for conquering the Great Black Dragon?
They didn't think the lighthouse would produce significant results in the short term.

Leaving aside whether they could kill the sea beast, the dragon blood alone was extremely destructive. Even Jiu Yuan, the "most durable" S-class awakener of Yu the Great, would find it difficult to withstand the power within.

Jiuyuan is an outstanding young warrior.

The S-rank skill it possesses is called "Mindful Flow".

It is said that everything is a matter of the mind.

When he closes his eyes, the world is silent with him; when he opens his eyes, the world becomes bright. If he believes that an object can be dissected, then that object absolutely has the potential to be dissected. If he believes that something is impossible, then that thing is definitely impossible.

However, there is one prerequisite that must be followed, which is—

To unleash "idealistic flow," one needs an extremely strong sense of conviction!

If you believe it from the bottom of your heart, it will become a reality. If you just make things up, you won't even be able to fool your own subconscious, and then idealism will fail.

This is a very strong S-rank skill, which is especially suitable for researching strange and unusual things, in addition to combat.

You can also exploit bugs to make reasonable but "completely useless predictions" about certain things.

such as,

Chongwen once asked him if the Xirang Research Institute could unlock the secret of the Sea Rising Cherry Root.

Jiuyuan replied that he could.

Another question: If it's possible, then why hasn't the experiment made any progress?
Answer: The opportunity hasn't been found yet.

Another question: Can the skills of the Great Black Dragon be inherited by humans?
Answer: Yes.

Another question: What kind of person can inherit its skills?
Answer: Descendants of the dragon.

Those who inherit the skills of the Great Black Dragon are surely descendants of the dragon, aren't they?
Isn't that outrageous?

(End of this chapter)