Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 301 [The Young King is About to Ascend the Throne!!!]

If we were to say who gained the most from the Mount Everest expedition, it would undoubtedly be Shi Ming.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it killed six birds with one stone.

Besides the Jianmu sapling, the snow-capped peak with verdant greenery, the remnant branches of the Holy Temple, the Arm of Conquest, and the contribution of Yu the Great, the three secret texts recorded on the great stone tablet are the greatest gains of this trip. They are "The Hundred-Layer Tower of Heaven", "The Poem of Burning Souls", and "Nameless".

Unlike the skills gained from bathing in the blood of sea monsters, mastering these three secret texts grants access to "civilization secrets."

These are not skills, but rather a kind of inheritance.

Only beings capable of establishing civilization can create mysterious and unpredictable secret traditions. To learn such a tradition, one must not only meet stringent conditions but also require the tradition itself as a guide. Furthermore, its power is not static; it can be continuously strengthened and enhanced through recorded methods of practice.

For example, "The Hundred-Layer Tower of Babel" is a secret technique for defense.

After training, one can condense a Tower of Babel within one's own spiritual ocean. Each tower section consists of 20 floors. Only when one's spiritual power reaches 100, 300, 500, 1000, and 3000 points can one learn a new section and condense a 20-floor Tower of Babel to guard the spiritual ocean. When the Tower of Babel reaches 100 floors, one's spiritual power will be perfectly integrated and perfected, making it impeccable in terms of deployment and defense.

It is said that one man can hold off ten thousand, and defend against all mental attacks from gods!
The second secret manual is called "The Poem of Burning Soul".

Also known as the Fiery Soul-Burning Poem.

This is a secret technique for breaking all obstacles, and its effect is somewhat similar to the [Reset] skill in the game "Elden Ring" that Shi Ming played in his previous life.

You can readjust your points:
When trapped in a desperate situation, the user can burn their maximum physical strength, endurance, and defense to permanently increase their maximum attack power or mental strength (optional).

In an extreme case, you could completely respec your "tank" character to a "glass cannon" and experience the ultimate thrill of massive damage output.

However, it should be noted that both the burning limit and the gain limit are permanent, cannot be undone, and cannot be reversed.

Once you choose to become a glass cannon, you must bear the risk of being fragile. The pleasure is temporary, but the consequences last a lifetime.

The last secret manual is called "The Nameless".

This is the most ordinary secret technique, but it has the most mysterious origin. It is said to have been left behind by the gods. The threshold for learning it is extremely high. No one has ever truly succeeded in learning it. Only when all five dimensions of data exceed 1000 points can one barely be qualified to understand it, but this does not mean that one can learn it.

Its execution is not particularly flashy.

Just like its name suggests, it's unassuming and requires no preparatory movements. The user simply raises their hand and snaps their fingers to initialize everything within sight, returning it to the desired point in time. At its peak, it's said to be able to rewind time to the origin of the universe.

But in reality, no living thing has ever actually done it.

These are the three powerful secret manuals recorded on the large stone tablet.

Shi Ming can only study the "Hundred-Layer Tower of Heaven" and the "Burning Soul Poem" at present. The former is a defensive secret technique, and learning it will always be better than nothing.

The latter allows for skill resets. Although Shi Ming is currently satisfied with his five-dimensional stats, he may need higher attack power to deal with unexpected situations in the future. At that time, the Soul Burning Poem will be a lifesaver! Moreover, when combined with the Tenfold Power, the Soul Burning Poem's cost-effectiveness can be increased tenfold!
value!
As for "Nameless", its threshold is too high. With Shi Ming's current five dimensions, he doesn't even have the qualifications to enter the field. Even with the secret guidance on the large stone tablet, he simply cannot learn it.

All I can say is that the future looks promising!

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Besides studying the secret texts of the stone tablet, Shi Ming also did something significant: he used the last Heart of Navigation to upgrade [Great Fortune] to level five!
He finally saw the conditions required for the Grand Canal to "rise to the top".

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

[Rank: 5] [The young king is about to ascend the throne!!!]

[This elevates the "Crown Prince" trait to its highest level, significantly increasing resistance to saving throws against the King-class Wandering Ship trait. When suppressed by the King-class trait, an 80% saving throw will be granted. The "Breakthrough" trait will become even more unstoppable, forging ahead in all directions!]

[New General Trait: General of a Hundreds]

[General of a Hundred: When a King-class drifting ship is not present, Da Yun can forcibly borrow the King's Trait (randomly) once from King-class drifting ships 001-007, with its power reduced to 60% of its original value!]

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[Advancement Requirements: 20000 Pure Crystals, 10000 grams of flesh and blood from any three types of Sanctuary-level Sea Beasts, and 1 Star of Navigation (or Energy Meteorite)]

Shi Ming scratched his head.

Da Yun, a general-class ship with three general-class characteristics!
Now, the ultimate ability, "General of a Hundred," has been added, allowing users to borrow a King-class ability once from other King-class drifting ships! Although the power is a compressed version, it is still extremely rare. Most importantly, the borrowing range includes that mysterious ship, 001!

This also gave Shi Ming the opportunity to glimpse 001's capabilities.

What surprised him most was that, thanks to his foresight, the materials needed for the Grand Canal to become king had been basically prepared in advance!

He was right; it was the flesh and blood of three types of Holy Temple-level sea beasts.

He has it, he has it all!

The Lord of the Abyss, the Great Black Heaven Dragon, the Pillar of Creation... that's more than enough!
We also have plenty of navigation stars; we took one from the admiral-class drifting ship [Shadow of the Moon] and retrieved another from the Scorpion King's Pyramid.

The only thing missing is a little bit of pure crystal, but that's not a problem.

Two hundred and ten thousand pure crystals are something that most ships simply can't produce.

Including the Pure Crystals from the trade with Yu the Great for the Divine Revelation Stele (which haven't arrived yet), Shi Ming currently has 14311 Pure Crystals at his disposal, which is more than 5000 short of the 20000 required.

It's not too difficult to gather this many crystals in a short period of time.

Shi Ming now possesses many good things.

How about we hold a trade fair?

He could easily produce something he didn't need or had in excess, enough to make the major powers drool with envy. For example, the flesh and blood of the Deep Sea Titan, the flesh and blood of the Twilight Whale, the flesh and blood of the Moonlight Ripple Beast, and the four Bodhi Fruits that were currently useless to him...

Oh, and there's also the Abyss Lord's evil touch!

It can be used as the grand finale!

He cut down more than a dozen of these last time, and there are plenty in the warehouse!
We can't use it all.

Well, it's best to make a list first. The items for sale can be expensive, but they should be reasonable and not too flashy. The 100 grams of flesh and blood of the Abyss Lord can be a grand finale item, saying that you found it by chance while exploring the Boiling Sea. The flesh and blood of the three S-class sea beasts can also be sold...

As for rare items... let's forget about them.

There are no useless artifacts, only unsuitable scenarios. Even a "Taunt Stone" that you've never used after obtaining it still has its potential. Don't sell it just because it has a few crystals.

That's enough, all that flesh and blood.

This also broadened the horizons of various forces in the endless ocean, especially Ptolemy of the Pharaoh.

What truly constitutes a grand feast of marine mammals?
(End of this chapter)