Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 272 The Nameless Cocoon vs. Black Gold!

“Commander, this 500 milliliters of Purifying Essence is my last reserve.”

"Thank you, Captain Stone, for making this possible."

In fact, he had another 900 ml as a final reserve. Meanwhile, the expected price for this transaction was 3500 Pure Crystals or Contribution Values. Unexpectedly, after a strategic retreat, Sivir took the initiative to increase it by 33%, which was an extra surprise.

Once the transaction was completed, Shi Ming's contribution value in Dayu increased from 9500 points to 13500 points.

Ordinary people cannot exchange Pure Crystals for Yu the Great Contribution Points, but this transaction involves fighting against a super sea monster, and it was introduced by Yu the Great. There are intricate connections between the King-level drifting ships, so Black Gold naturally has a way to operate across systems.

Only Ah Jian was pitiful.

Wearing glasses and exuding a scholarly air, Sivir quickly returned to Black Gold after obtaining the Essence of Purification. She intended to use this hard-won essence to complete the final repairs to the sealed prison and teach that restless insect a lesson.

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Inside the black gold laboratory, which is isolated from mental energy detection, the mother of the enormous sealed prison is placed on an alloy control panel. There is a noticeable wear on it, but soon, this wear will also disappear.

Scientist Abdu carefully extracted 500 grams of purified marrow.

Then, apply them little by little to the worn surface.

This wondrous object, which had been running continuously for nearly 30 years without a moment's rest, quickly absorbed it. Then, the last bit of wear and tear gradually disappeared, just as the prison, forged from the world's most solid metal, was restored to its original shine, having been purified to the greatest extent.

"Success!"

Abdu said happily.

Thirty years! Ever since they discovered a super sea monster hatching deep within the Great Rift Valley thirty years ago—a monster that was incredibly difficult to kill and posed a tremendous threat—they haven't dared to relax for a moment. If it weren't for the rare artifact they obtained from the [Fire Seed] that could seal it, this worm in the cocoon would have already broken free! Even so, the manpower and resources required to maintain the sealed prison have been increasing, which has prevented Black Gold from making any progress for the past thirty years and made it difficult to monitor the chaos in the African Sea.

Now, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief!

"Maximize efficiency!"

"Suppress it by force! At the same time, closely monitor the biological information fluctuations of the Nameless Cocoon, record and analyze them at all times, and prevent it from making a desperate last stand."

The commander issued the next orders.

"Yes!"

Abdul excitedly manipulated the core of the sealed prison, maximizing its sealing capabilities. He was fed up with his current life; all his research revolved around a single insect, a tedious and monotonous existence.

hum~
The mother structure of the sealed prison trembled.

The frequency quickly traveled into the depths of the ocean and reached the nameless cocoon deep within the Great Rift Valley.

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At this moment, the Nameless Cocoon's spiritual power is roaming in the ocean of memories from its past life. It is also carefully and persistently searching for experiences from other insect worlds... Humans are completely untrustworthy, and we cannot place all our hopes on them. We must find other alternative solutions.

This is what people often refer to as Plan B.

It learned many new words.

The nameless cocoon explored the sealed memories with extreme restraint.

In the 383rd incarnation, there seems to be a scene where it was suppressed by a treasure that looked like a "purple gourd"... At that time, it spent hundreds of years evolving the ability of the wall-eating worm, and finally escaped by eating the purple gourd and corroding it from the inside.

Unfortunately, the ability of the Wall-Eating Worm was lost upon reboot.

In its 724th incarnation, it was swallowed into the stomach of a ferocious beast while still in a cocoon. At that time, it used its immortal cocoon to defend itself from the stomach's erosion, but it was unable to move on its own. Finally, after a long process, it escaped as food scraps accumulated and wriggled out... and relied on the "law of immortality" after breaking out of the cocoon to make the ferocious beast sink directly into its complicated memories, and then slowly gnawed at its flesh in reality, avenging its suppression.

The 1324th generation...

Ok?
The nameless cocoon felt an extremely strong sense of oppression. The black silk wrapped around its cocoon was binding its fragile body inside the cocoon with increasing force. The omnipresent suppressive power seemed to have increased more than threefold, pressing down on its grown but still unbroken insect body, making it difficult for even its powerful spiritual energy to resist.

hiss--

Damn it! These despicable humans.

This crackdown is even more painful for the insects than the crackdowns of the previous two days. The actions of this king-class drifting ship have been getting bigger and bigger lately!
The nameless cocoon curled up, resisting the suppression of the sealed prison. Based on its previous experience, once it passed the peak impact and restraint, the sealed prison would have a long overheating cooling period. Even if it was repaired through the purification of the essence, the energy stones and sea beast hearts on the ship were not inexhaustible.

It will always be given a chance to breathe.

But this time, it's different.

The Sealed Prison has been perfectly repaired. Now, the Sealed Prison does not need to consume sea beast hearts. It only needs enough energy stones to operate at full capacity, just like the youngest ox or horse!

hiss!
The peak period was endless, and finally the nameless cocoon could not hold on any longer. A powerful mental energy fluctuation surged from the inside of the cocoon. This mental energy fluctuation was the strongest attack it could currently use. Although it was far inferior to the "Law of Immortality", it decided to teach the humans on this ship a severe lesson!

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"Commander, we've detected an extremely strong mental energy fluctuation! That insect has retaliated!"

"Activate the Kingly Aura! Conquer a Thousand Miles!"

"Yes!"

boom!
The massive Black Gold Ship entered a state of war. After conquering thousands of miles, the ship's hull became an integral part of the vessel. Every component and every resident was now an inseparable part of the ship, working together to support the formidable offensive power of this king-class drifting ship and sharing its impenetrable and super-strong defensive capabilities.

The people gather to form a city, becoming an integrated whole.

If any invaders come, we will surely conquer them, no matter how far away they are.

This is the kingly characteristic of [Black Gold]: conquering thousands of miles! As long as there are enough people on the ship, they can gather together to form a city, combining offense and defense.

The nameless cocoon's surging mental attack pierced through the three-thousand-meter-deep rift valley and then through the normal sea area more than two thousand meters deep, touching the black gold that had activated its kingly characteristics. The attack, which had been diluted by about half by the seawater, collided head-on with the black gold!

erosion!

Under the invisible mental attack, all the residents of the Black Gold Ship felt dizzy and sluggish for three seconds. They subconsciously closed their eyes to fight the discomfort, and when they opened their eyes again, the discomfort had completely disappeared. Most of the residents even forgot what had happened in the past three seconds.

The mental attack from within the cocoon was utterly defeated by Black Gold's thousand-mile conquest!

The nameless cocoon slumped down.

What followed was an even more ferocious crackdown.

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At the edge of the sea area belonging to Black Gold, Shi Ming used his mental power to vaguely observe the confrontation. He couldn't see too far or in too much detail at the moment, but he could still get a general understanding of the battle.

The Black Gold Ship activated its King trait and seemed largely unaffected.

After a fierce attack, the Nameless Cocoon became exhausted.

It seemed that the Nameless Cocoon had suffered a complete defeat, and that was indeed the case. However, Shi Ming clearly sensed that in the 5,000-meter-deep sea area beneath this King-class drifting ship, most of the small creatures, such as fish, sea worms, and ordinary sea beasts, had died in the mental energy sweep just now. Those that did not die had their brain structures completely destroyed, turning them into complete walking corpses, and even losing their instinct to eat.

"As expected of the third-ranked sea beast, even without breaking out of its cocoon, it was able to force out the kingly characteristics of black gold with its mental power, and its attack power is terrifying."

"But is this all that can be done?"

Shi Ming smiled simply.

Ah Jian, I wonder if you've ever heard this saying: "When Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on someone, it first tests their will, strains their muscles and bones, starves their body, and empties their resources..."

You'll have to endure the suffering of being imprisoned for now.

Only by enduring the bitterest of hardships can one become a supreme worm; this is the necessary training that even the king worm must undergo. When the time is ripe, that's when your investment will pay off.

I will give you three choices then.

Three in total.

(End of this chapter)