Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 323 "Choice? I want them all!"

There are two options facing Shi Ming.

Option A: Stop here and call it a day.

Option B: Go all in, or you might fail miserably or soar to great heights.

……

Shi Ming was neither a coward nor an arrogant person. He had a clear understanding of his own strength and a rough estimate of the strength of the activated wormhole in front of him.

As a great terror in Ajian's eyes, the "Activated Wormhole" with one foot in the Nirvana stage not only easily corroded the Creation Pillar, leaving the Creation Pillar, which possessed the origin of the Temple of Life, powerless to resist, but also quickly perished. It didn't even find the reason until its death. After devouring the power of the Creation Pillar, it swiftly killed another Temple-level sea beast, the Candle Mirage, and hid here to enjoy its meal!

Their strength can be described as the pinnacle and top-tier of the Holy Temple level.

Shi Ming also felt a sense of relief—

Fortunately, it was discovered in time!
If he hadn't marked this thing on Mount Everest so early, and if he hadn't traced its origins to the end when it disappeared, this terrifying thing might have secretly advanced to the Nirvana stage and undergone another leap in its life form just over two months later!
At that time, the endless ocean will face an undeniable and unavoidable catastrophe.

Shi Ming suppressed his restless heart.

They quickly weighed the pros and cons.

Nirvana-level skills are an absolute stroke of great luck!
Should not be missed.

To obtain it, this activated wormhole must be advanced to the Nirvana stage! This is an extremely risky move. But if I miss this opportunity, even if I leave the endless ocean in the future and enter the starry sky like 001, I will probably never encounter a second similar opportunity.

Moreover, for a King-level drifting ship to break through its limits, it also needs the complete brain domain of a Nirvana-level ferocious beast.

His heart, that of a strongman, pounded wildly.

Difficulty: 5 stars!

Choosing Plan B means that, at the earliest 60 days and at the latest 79 days later, he will have to face a super terrifying creature that has just entered Nirvana! Two months later, will his methods still be effective against it?
On one hand, there is risk, the risk of capsizing.

On one hand, there is temptation.

The temptation to step into Nirvana.

Even in the boundless starry sky, countless civilizations and countless years may only produce one Nirvana stage! And now, a ferocious beast about to step into the Nirvana stage is right before our eyes. Kill it during the advancement, and you won't even need a ritual like the Nine Revolutions to replace it and gain the recognition of the Nirvana Origin, directly obtaining the skill "Eater"!
calm! calm!
Don't let circumstances cloud your judgment!

Call ~
A cold wind blew across the clear, icy lake, making his mind even clearer. A faint crimson hue appeared in the lake water, like spreading seaweed, which was quite beautiful.

He stared at that spot silently for a full three minutes.

Until my thoughts became clear.

He chose option B!

The heart of a strong person shines as brightly as the sun!

But that doesn't mean we should abandon Option A!

Only children make choices; he wants them all!
This activated wormhole from the stars is currently enjoying its deliciousness. The process of enjoying and advancing will take another two months, so let's just let it enjoy it for now.

Two months is enough time for me to further improve myself.

Using the Eye of the Mortal World and various other means, I will become stronger and find a way to kill someone who has just entered the Nirvana stage. If I have a plan, I will let it advance until the very last moment of its advancement and then seize its skills.

If the odds of winning are far too low, then kill it before it advances! Eliminate this threat.

In this way, there is both a way forward and a way back.

His eyes were focused on the frozen lake.

Emotionally.

Right now, he needs the most complete information about this sea monster!
"Eyes of the Mortal World, gather intelligence!"

[Beep~ Beep~]

[Intelligence being compiled...]

[Searching. Confirming detailed coordinates... Search successful, intelligence summary in progress... Intelligence generated.] [Sanctuary-level Beast: Quintrati]

[Sanctuary Origin: Devouring (Too much fusion, already mutated)]

As its name suggests, Quintrati is a living wormhole, possessing the abilities to bore into, devour, corrode, traverse, and tear through space. For countless ages, it has traversed various star systems, searching for delicious food, enjoying its journey while simultaneously strengthening itself.

[Sanctuary Skill: Ruins Sanctuary.]

[Skill: High-Dimensional Devouring.]

[Skill: Sky-Splitting Parade.]

[Skill: Vientiane Stomach Bag. 】

The Eye of the Mortal Realm truly lives up to its name as an eye that overlooks the mortal world. Every skill and detailed usage of this alien species from the stars is laid bare before the Eye of the Mortal Realm.

Wormhole Sanctuary is the signature ability to activate wormholes.

Sanctuary level.

Before the [Holy Temple of Worms], there is nothing that cannot be worm-eaten.

Even for extremely abstract things like civilization, thought, ideals, and power, or even things that are indestructible and whose status is slightly higher than theirs, the activated wormhole can use this skill to forcefully bore a hole into the target.

This void will spread and expand, eventually becoming a desolate wasteland, utterly collapsed.

Shi Ming guessed that the Creation Pillar was killed by this skill.

Besides the major skill, Activating the Wormhole, there are three other noteworthy skills, all of which are S-rank but can still play an absolutely crucial role.

In a higher dimension, predators can disguise themselves as weak prey and be devoured by their targets. But in reality, they hide inside your stomach, slowly eroding you from the inside out, making them impossible to defend against.

The Riftwalker can spend 99 days carving out a real wormhole and then randomly roam to a completely new region 100 light-years away in search of new food.

The Myriad Stomach contains S-class and Sanctuary-class origins that it has devoured and digested. These origins are slowly digested by the power of time. After digestion, they will be integrated into the stomach. Activating the wormhole can randomly spit out one of them and use their skills once. These skills may be good and more powerful, or they may be bad and mixed with mutations.

These skills are all very powerful.

I don't know if there's any way to inherit it.

Unfortunately, the Eye of the Mortal Realm did not provide detailed information about the Nirvana-level skill [Eater]. The single-word ID still carries a strong sense of pressure. The Eye of the Mortal Realm currently does not have the ability to predict the future; all its judgments about the future are based on meticulous deductions made from reality.

However, Nirvana-level skills cannot be calculated yet.

Perhaps by upgrading the Eye of the Mortal World again, we can see some fragments about the future.

Yes, killing the Abyss Lord and the Three-Eyed Golden Crow should definitely be added to the agenda.

There are a few others.

We can't leave it for the enemy to eat.

To avoid disturbing the ferocious beast that was indulging in its meal, Shi Ming quietly withdrew from the frozen lake area after gathering all the intelligence, using his mental power to erase all traces of his presence.

The crown of the aurora borealis was not found on the winter night; it must be at the bottom of the lake, but it doesn't matter, there's no rush.

……

The far northern ice eye is devoid of any other life.

Only in the frozen lake, the shadowy Quintrati greedily and wholeheartedly absorbed the physical energy of the Candle Mirage.

This is not because it was negligent in its precautions.

On such an indigenous planet, the existence of eight unharvested delicacies is already the limit. Nirvana stage? Hah, even it doesn't believe it.

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P.S.: I got back late, so I'll update tomorrow at 7 AM and post it a little later, around 2 or 3 PM.

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