Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 300 The Story of the Creation Pillar

This is an urgent call from a lighthouse.

[Lighthouse: All S-rank Awakened under America's command must cease all current missions and operations within ten days and return to the King-class drifting ship Lighthouse stationed in the waters off Fujin Mountain; simultaneously, General-class and Gold-class drifting ships shall enter a state of war; Silver-class and Bronze-class drifting ships shall maintain low activity levels.]

There was no reason given, just an order.

[Michael: Received!]

[Kingsoft: Received!]

[Divine Comedy: Sir, does the "angel" stationed on the Columbia Sea also need to go to Mount Fuji?]

[Lighthouse: What do you think?]

Since it says "all", it naturally includes "angels".

Trindon often felt that the captains under his command were all idiots, why would they ask him a second question on such a clear issue?
Was it because I didn't explain myself clearly enough?
[Divine Comedy: Received!]

After the eleven drifting ships replied in turn, the communicator fell silent again.

Although many captains under the Lighthouse, like Shi Ming, were curious about what had happened, why they had entered a state of war, and why they had to maintain a low level of activity, they understood that the superior's orders were just notifications, not negotiations.

There's no need to ask what shouldn't be asked, and they wouldn't dare to ask anyway.

Shi Ming dared to ask.

But once the Yellowstone made its first sound, it became a ghost story.

Shi Ming frowned, the light sweeping across his face, the dappled light making his expression even more serious. He could roughly guess that Trindon's purpose was probably related to the Great Black Dragon beneath Mount Fuji, and most likely, he had discovered something at the Sanctuary Research Institute by leveraging America's research capabilities inherited from the King-class drifting ship.

But how do you subdue the Great Black Dragon?

Shi Ming didn't believe they could do it. No matter how strong Lighthouse's research capabilities were, they couldn't possibly compare to the Eye of the Mortal World. This wasn't overconfidence on his part, but an undeniable fact.

The lighthouse's rallying order was to be issued within 10 days.

To be on the safe side, Shi Ming planned to take A Jian to Mount Fujin immediately after completing the fusion with the Fallen Temple. The reason for not going there first and then fusion was that once he stepped into the waters of Mount Fujin with his nine-headed dragon pattern, the probability of the Great Black Dragon awakening would increase by 300 million times!
If a workman wants to be good, he must first sharpen his weapon.

The Great Black Dragon represents disaster. If it is to truly awaken, one must possess the power to kill it directly, leaving it no chance to cause trouble! Of course, objectively speaking, even if the probability of awakening increases by 3 million times, it is still only 300%. The Great Black Dragon will most likely not awaken and will remain dormant in the lava layer as always. Shi Ming, through the Arm of Conquest, can break off its nine heads in one strike and swiftly kill it!

Then, he quietly acquired the Nine-Headed Sanctuary and gracefully withdrew from public life.

This is the ideal situation.

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After leaving the Mount Everest region, Shi Ming's Eye of the Mortal Realm will be unaffected. Even things related to the Creation Pillar and "mysterious terror" will be displayed correctly, instead of appearing as a bunch of black cubes.

He took out the seedling that he had dug up from the summit of Mount Everest from the warehouse.

The seedlings were still lush and green, and although the plants were small, they had an indescribable sense of grandeur, much like Shi Ming's Twilight Giant form. The fruits they bore were precarious, but in reality, they were very firm and difficult to pull off even if you tried to.

It's time to find out exactly what this seedling is!

"Eyes of the Mortal World, gather intelligence!" [Beep~Beep~]

[Intelligence being compiled...]

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

【Jianmu】

As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood. How could this ancient tree, having survived for countless years, not sacrifice itself to preserve its own survival when faced with the corrosive power of a mysterious force?

Shi Ming's conjecture proved to be true.

This is a very long piece of intelligence.

He read it word for word, and from the flickering words, he understood the general reason for the fall of Jianmu, or rather, the Pillar of Creation.

This towering tree, which has existed for countless years, has slumbered silently within Mount Everest for countless ages, while its consciousness, through the tree's own power, travels through various civilizations, searching for a way to break through to the Nirvana level.

Unfortunately, when the era of wandering arrived, it was attacked by an unknown terrorist attack.

Even before its fall, it didn't understand what kind of power it was. It only knew that an irresistible corrosion was growing inside and at the roots of the solid pillar, devouring its endless life. The tug-of-war with the power of the Temple of Life lasted for decades, but in the end, it ended in failure and death. Its corpse, the collapsed pillar rich in life energy, continued to become a breeding ground for terror.

Before it died, it left behind its seven seeds.

Sacrifice the pawn to save the king; a cicada sheds its shell. Plant life has its own way of passing on its inheritance.

As long as even one seed escapes the net, takes root, sprouts, and grows into a new seedling, the Jianmu tree can be revived!

The larvae on the terrifying mountain peaks are destined to die once discovered. The new seedlings, not yet conscious, are also very well hidden. By a twist of fate, Shi Ming dug them out, which coincidentally preserved the hope of the Jianmu tree's survival.

Thus, the Pillar of Creation fell.

However, the Jianmu tree has been passed down.

The fruit that grows on it is the [Fruit of Jianmu]. Once swallowed, one will also possess the power of "travel," allowing the body to travel into so-called dark spaces, with endless uses.

When Tatasta intercepted Shi Ming, he encountered the Extreme Evil Sanctuary released by the Star Lamp. It was only by relying on the artifact "Broken Crystal" that he established a weak connection with the Dark Space and barely escaped the Extreme Evil Sanctuary, thus escaping a calamity. However, the Broken Crystal was completely shattered and turned into dust, completely losing the possibility of being used again.

At this point, Shi Ming had obtained three of the five magical tree fruits.

The "Fruit of Immortality" comes from the ageless hibiscus.

The Bodhi fruit comes from the Bodhi tree.

The fruit of Jianmu comes from Jianmu.

Each has its own unique uses.

Although the fruit of immortality can restore a creature to its peak state, this young Jianmu tree is, strictly speaking, a completely new life. And following the principle of energy equivalence, it is impossible for it to become a towering tree again simply by relying on a single fruit of immortality. Now, this seedling, along with the frozen soil at its base, has been transplanted into a giant stone basin and remains silent. The Jianmu fruit on it is still growing, and Shi Ming has not touched it.

The current endless ocean lacks the land where this towering tree can grow.

But this is the only way for now.

If it were sent back to Mount Everest to grow, and were discovered by something inside the mountain, its lineage would be completely severed. Now it is in the Stone Inscription Warehouse, where the space is small, but it can survive safely.

(End of this chapter)