Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 269 Exploiting the Nameless Cocoon!

There are only two ways to integrate the core of the contract into the body of the nameless cocoon: either let it integrate willingly, or force it to integrate when it is so weak that it has no power to resist.

Currently, this sea monster has not yet reached its end.

Shi Ming still needs to create an opportunity.

"How can I help you, A-Jian?"

Destroy the mother structure of the sealed prison. Or find the 43rd ranked artifact, a mirror.

The Nameless Cocoon hasn't been idle these days. In most cases, it avoids contact with memories of its past life, but in order to escape, it also actively searches for ways to break the "Sealed Prison".

Hard work pays off.

It actually found it.

Destroying the source of the sealed prison solves the problem at its root. With the thing that suppresses it gone, one can naturally escape.

The 43rd ranked treasure on the list of wonders of the Endless Ocean is called the "Twin Mirrors". It can be used to create a copy of an unknown cocoon called the "Mirror Worm" by reflecting the image in the mirror. This copy can then replace the original and become the target of suppression, allowing the user to escape the sealed prison by exploiting a bug.

Shi Ming didn't want to do any of them.

But this did not affect his subsequent performance and play.

He put on a troubled and anxious look.

“Ah Jian, I’m very willing to help you.”

"But that ship, its power is evident to all, while I can't even kill a three-eyed golden crow, and obtaining the mother of the infinite virus was purely by luck. How can I board that ship and destroy the heavily guarded sealed prison in full view of everyone?"

"As for the treasure ranked 43rd, I have no idea where it is."

Do you know where it is?

【do not know. 】

"Are there any other ways? Something simpler?"

【No. 】

"..."

The nameless cocoon was extremely agitated.

That damned ship, somehow found the essence of purification, which suddenly made that inefficient sealed prison become incredibly powerful. If it weren't trapped in the cocoon, it would definitely fight it to the death and devour all the ugly humans on it!

Shi Ming's eyes darted around.

"Ah Jian, don't worry. I can't save you now, but I will travel to various sea areas of the endless ocean to kill powerful sea beasts and improve my strength. One day, I will be able to fight against this king-level drifting ship. When that happens, it will be time for you to escape!"

【No. 】

By the time you improve your strength, I'm afraid I'll have already degenerated into a dormant cocoon! The Nameless Cocoon is less than two years old, but it understands this. Perhaps it can provide some sponsorship to help this human grow up faster?

Deep within the Yellow Sands lies an S-class sea beast, possessing a skill ranked 82nd.

82?

Shi Ming shook his head.

“Ah Jian, you should know that a skill ranked 82 is far from enough to save you. Your mental strength is very strong, and you understand the strength of this large ship. There are at least 5 S-class Awakeners on it. A skill ranked 82 will only destroy our hopes.”

“It doesn’t matter if I die, but Black Gold will definitely be more vigilant, and your situation will become even more difficult.”

Throughout his words, Shi Ming showed that he was thinking of the nameless cocoon.

Then,

See the picture poorly.

"Do you have any more powerful intelligence on sea monsters?"

"Top 10?"

【…】

Damn humans!
So you still covet my skills! Don't even think about it! Even if I, the Nameless Cocoon, am suppressed to death, I will never give my skills to a human for the sake of freedom!
But it can't say that.

Through constant exposure, it also managed to learn what social etiquette and worldly wisdom are.

My skill, called "Undying Worm," grants me immortality while in my cocoon state. It's useless against you.

[Furthermore, I've said it before: the essence of my skills is poison to you humans! If your mental strength isn't above 300 and your defense isn't above 500, you'll die instantly! You can hear my voice; your mental strength is quite good, but achieving 500 defense is extremely difficult for a human.]

[Besides, I am just a newly hatched larva. I have never left the seabed.]

[There are no sea creatures in the surrounding waters that rank in the top 10, and I don't know about those in other places.]

Still hiding it, huh?

I knew you had two skills all along: the Undying Worm and the Law of Immortality.

The Undying Worm is indeed useless to me; the Law of Immortality is an S-rank skill ranked third, ridiculously powerful!

Shi Ming deliberately brought this up not because he truly wanted the skill from the Nameless Cocoon. Once a sea beast's skill essence is transferred to a human, it will lose that skill. Even if the Nameless Cocoon is permanently sealed, it is impossible for it to give Shi Ming its blood containing the skill essence.

But the skill of negotiation is to aim high and achieve a middle ground.

Insects have always preferred compromise.

For example, if you say, "Give me a lot of blood and flesh," it will definitely feel that you are desecrating its dignity as an Ohmu. But if you make an exorbitant demand for its skills, it will feel that blood is acceptable.

Shi Ming frowned, and spoke with righteous indignation:
"Ah Jian, what kind of person do you take me for?"

"How could I be a human coveting your skills?" I am a human coveting your body.

"I only want a small amount of your blood. This won't make you lose your skills, but it will greatly improve my physical attributes and strength. In that case, I will have a greater chance of saving you from your suffering."

"Once I rescue you, I will give you that infinite virus."

"It will be a testament to our friendship. Although you have only lost a portion of your blood, you have also gained freedom and the skills of the Infinite Mother. So it can be said to be a win-win situation."

"Friendship should be a win-win situation, shouldn't it?"

How much blood do you need?

Shi Ming blinked.

Are you relieved?
That would be easy.

50 kilograms?

50 kilograms?!
presumptuous!

This is absolutely blasphemous!
In the countless memories of the Nameless Cocoon, there had never been anything like it. This audacious human dared to make such a request? The Nameless Cocoon instinctively wanted to refuse, but through its subtle interactions with the human atop the Black Gold, it had also begun to adopt human thought—

But if you refuse, all your previous efforts will have been in vain.

This is called sunk cost.

It will fall into a deep slumber within the seal. Even if it awakens again after endless years, it is uncertain whether the human who dies will encounter a second being with whom it can communicate. Perhaps it will be fifty years, a hundred years, or perhaps its current consciousness will dissipate in its slumber.

What will be reborn then may be another nameless insect.

Its immature mind was caught in a deep dilemma.

[Impossible, at most 20 kilograms.]

Human life is insignificant, with a lifespan of no more than a hundred years, so we must endure humiliation and hardship for now.

The day it breaks free from the seal, it will surely devour this human whole!
The 20 kilograms of blood do not contain the source of skills. S-class sea monsters with a rebellious spirit can actively suppress the loss of "skill source" through blood, but this is the limit. If they lose too much blood, they will fall into a deep sleep on their own without the need for sealing or imprisoning.

"20 kilograms...?"

"Ok."

How can I obtain it?

Humanity, this is your final investment. If I don't see the results in the next stage, you will gain nothing...

"Thank you for your efforts, my friend. I promise you that you will be rewarded handsomely. One of these rewards is breaking free from the seal. The other is absorbing the infinite virus and gaining the power of the infinite mother."

"You should know that I am not lying to you."

Heaven and earth conscience!

Every word Shi Ming spoke was sincere. In front of the Nameless Cocoon, a sea beast with extraordinary mental strength, any act of lying would cause fluctuations in mental power, which the insect would then detect as abnormal.

The nameless cocoon hesitated for a while.

Just as Shi Ming began to reflect on whether his demands were too high, causing the larva to give up, his "brainwaves" connected with the "channel" of the Nameless Cocoon. Guided by his mental power, just like last time, he resonated with the endless sea, dived into the great rift valley two thousand meters below, and continued to sink.

Within the enormous cocoon bound by black threads, powerful fluctuations of mental energy swept through.

The violent energy was rapidly converging, and a large amount of spiritual power was merging and converging, eventually forming strands of black blood carrying a terrifying pressure.

The blood seeped out from the cocoon and floated before the eyes of the spiritual entity Shi Ming.

Got it!
Shi Ming blinked.

[As it turns out, a two-year-old marine mammal is no match for humans! The serious current situation and your manipulation caused it to shed 20 kilograms of its own blood. Not a gram more, not a gram less.]

The nameless cocoon possesses three treasures.

Blood, silken threads, nerve saliva.

[Swallowing its nerve saliva can further solidify your already powerful mental strength and make your power even more formidable!]

Investing is like water in a sponge; if you squeeze, there will always be some left. Perhaps you can squeeze it even harder?

Shi Ming: ...

Such a good thing exists?
……

The 18-meter-long cocoon is located in the East African Rift Valley, which stretches for nearly a thousand nautical miles.

Above the Great Rift Valley, Black Gold has been guarding this place day after day for thirty years.

At this moment, beside the sealed prison, a group of researchers and the second commander of this royal ship are recording its feedback data.

“Abdul, our guess was correct! The sealed prison has become much more stable after being purified by the essence of purification, and it is also more effective in suppressing the Nameless Cocoon!”

"Second Commander, that's true. This sea beast's life force has recently shown signs of dormancy. Unfortunately, the amount of purification essence given by Yu the Great is still insufficient, and there is still a noticeable wear on this sealed prison... If we had just a little more, only 1000 grams, no, 500 grams!, it would be able to completely repair it and unleash the full potential of this wondrous object."

Several scientists stared intently.

500 grams?

"Hmm... I remember one of the children, Shi Ming, who rammed the Pharaoh, also participated in the distribution of the Purification Essence," said the bespectacled second commander.

"You mean, you want to buy it from him?"

"Yes! We must press our advantage! Let's exhaust this worm and force it into a deep sleep!"

(End of this chapter)