Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 332 Breaking the Cocoon with a Single Slash
Star of the Seas?

Abu, being a captain as well, naturally knew what the Star of the Seas was.

The core of the General-class drifting ship, the source of its surging power.

Upon hearing this, Shi Ming's meaning was self-evident. Ptolemy was left with only two options: either compensate with 20000 Pure Crystals and a rare artifact, or bear the cost of the drifting ship changing hands, just like the previous "Shadow of the Moon".

With the Pharaoh's resources, 20000 Pure Crystals are something they can manage to scrape together.

Moreover, Shi Ming thoughtfully prepared the same installment payment service as Lighthouse.

Don't say you weren't given a chance.

But it will definitely cause serious damage.

Abu sighed and bid farewell to Shi Ming with utmost respect. He had been present when Shi Ming transformed into a beam of light in the Yellow Sands to save the Sharp Stone, and when Shi Ming killed Jafang on the Pharaoh, a general-class drifting ship. He knew that this "Descendant of the Dragon" was both magnanimous and decisive. The fact that Shi Ming had managed to secure such an outcome for the Pharaoh was already thanks to Abu and Nia.

We have done our best on this trip.

Now, it remains to be seen how Ptolemy will choose.

To avoid disaster by spending money, or to sit at the same table with the [Black Society] and [Shadow of the Moon]? Any thinking being would know what to do.

……

“Master, I have been using my mental power to probe him. This Abu, as well as the scientists on those big ships in the research lab, did not have any ulterior motives. Their cooperation is quite sincere, and they are barely trustworthy.”

A-Jian's mental energy fluctuations can monitor the subtle heartbeats and changes in details of other creatures at all times. To some extent, it can also act as a lie detector. The overall effect is not as good as the "Eye of Evil" skill of the wooden man who always follows Secretary-General Abraham in the Twelve Stars, but it is still quite useful.

Ah Jian was very dissatisfied with these people, especially Black Gold, but her master's affairs were the most important. She naturally wouldn't hide this fact.

"very good."

On the endless ocean, strength is everything.

Black Gold is no longer an arrogant beacon, and Shi Ming is no longer the S-class Awakened he once was. With true strength, even a King-class drifting ship can cooperate unconditionally.

Cooperation naturally leads to mutual benefit and a win-win situation.

"But speaking of which, where is the chief commander of Black Gold, the one who sets sail? Why is it always the second commander, who is in charge of scientific research, who is in charge of the leadership?"

Shi Ming was puzzled.

Ah Jian gave him the answer.

According to the "gossip" it had previously discovered using its mental power during its suppression, the Black Gold Commander had disappeared fifteen years ago. It was said that he boarded the 001 King-class drifting ship, but there was no conclusive evidence to confirm this. A-Jian only made this deduction from some people's conversations.

The file states that the mission was "performed".

Therefore, the position of supreme commander on the ship became vacant, but no one else took up the post. The duties of the voyage leader were assumed by the second commander, Sivir.

"Have we boarded the No. 001 drifting ship?"

"If it's true, doesn't that mean he's also entered the Star Sea?"

Ah Jian did not give a clear answer.

It had no recollection of it at that time. Its old life had ended, and its new life had not yet begun. It was in a period of dormancy and had no memory of the drifting ship No. 001.

The two were perfectly separated by an era.

……

Day two.

The appointed time. Black Gold, the entire ship was on high alert.

Black Gold has four S-class Awakened individuals on standby at all times, vigilantly guarding against any possible accidents.

As the sun was shot into the sea, everyone's hearts were in their throats.

99% probability.

Will it succeed?

Under Sivir's arrangement, the staff put a large number of sea monster hearts into the mother body of the sealed prison located on the black gold ship, just in case.

"With a Saint-level Awakened One taking action, it will definitely work."

Sivir silently recited these words. During this time, the density of sea beasts in the Boiling Sea and the Silent Sea had decreased significantly, making them increasingly difficult to kill. Consequently, the price of their hearts had skyrocketed, and the cost of maintaining the Sealed Prison at full speed had also increased accordingly. If the Sealed Prison hadn't received a purification from the Essence of Purification, she believed that the Nameless Cocoon breaking free would have been inevitable sooner or later.

Shi Ming rode the Sun-Shooting Horse and entered the Great Rift Valley.

Since Ah Jian escaped, the giant cocoon deep in the Dark Rift Valley has fallen silent. To outsiders, the terrifying beast inside appears to be asleep, but no one knows that the creature inside has already escaped and become Shi Ming's greatest asset.

"Ah-jian, are you ready?"

"Ready, Master."

Its mission is to place a child clone inside the giant cocoon after it breaks open from the outside, allowing it to die naturally, thereby making the nameless cocoon completely withdraw from the stage of history, hide behind the scenes, and leave the sealed prison empty.

"It's been a long time since I've gone all out."

"I wonder which is harder, A-Jian's cocoon or the scales of the Great Black Dragon?"

The chaotic divine kingdom has descended.

Amidst a sea of ​​red spider lilies, Shi Ming drew his chaotic blade.

The seawater began to freeze. With the slightest movement of Shi Ming, the frozen seawater began to shatter and break apart, turning back into an extremely cold, flowing solid. Its form was completely different from water, more like ice that had been crushed into a fluid.

Call ~
A glint of cold light appeared first.
Then the sword flashed like a dragon.

Wherever the light touched, order crumbled, rules reversed, and all material that could be destroyed was crumbled; every rule with even the slightest flaw was broken. Ah Jian's immortal cocoon, though incredibly tough and said to be indestructible, shattered with a single, devastating blow before absolute power!

Bang!
An immense amount of spiritual power surged forth from the cocoon.

Some of the detectors that Black Gold had set up malfunctioned for a few seconds as a result. Then, a huge, ferocious, hard-armored black beetle, which had been specially transformed by A-Jian, appeared in the cocoon and was cut in two amidst a river of flashing blades!

When the black gold detector was restored, they only detected:

Broken cocoon

Flowing ice

And the bottom of the great rift valley, as if ravaged by a storm.

"The nameless insect" has "fallen"!
The black threads and chains that had bound and spread across the cocoon from the sealed prison also broke one by one. These chains were derived from the sealed prison, and their breakage did not affect the artifact's effectiveness. As long as the main body existed, new chains could be regenerated by consuming some sea beast hearts and pure crystals.

What Shi Ming has in abundance right now are sea beast hearts and pure crystals.

“Master, my cocoon is equally precious. The cocoon silk inside is a companion cocoon silk that can only be extracted once a year. It is extremely tough and can be transformed into invisible and formless spiritual power to bind some enemies. It is quite useful.”

Shi Ming collected the black insect's corpse and its enormous cocoon.

With this, the King-class drifting ship [Black Gold] is truly freed from its 30-year mission. The sealed prison has completely fulfilled its duty and will be used in higher-level competitions.

Seal the source of the Abyss Lord's pollution!
(End of this chapter)