Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 354 The Nine Provinces Platform and the Unceasing Water
With the mission accomplished, Captain Rong did not linger and steered the Kunwu back to report. Shi Ming returned to the captain's cabin and placed the seawater sample on the control panel.

He could sense that the seawater that had inexplicably appeared in the Nine Continents Platform was unusually rich in sea crystal energy, making it more special than ordinary seawater, equivalent to liquid pure crystal.

Of course, it is still azure blue.

Shi Ming stared at the seawater sample and activated the Eye of Destiny.

"Eye of Destiny, gather intelligence!"

[Beep~ Beep~]

[Intelligence being compiled...]

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

The Unceasing Water of Jiuzhoutai

The "Nine Provinces Platform," ranked 11th on the list of wondrous artifacts, is a miniature sand table of the Nine Provinces continent, engraved with the geographical features of the Nine Provinces. Originally, it possessed functions of teleportation and monitoring.

But now the world is filled with endless seawater, and the Jiuzhoutai Plateau, reflecting this world, is also filled with ceaseless water. Of the original landscape of the plateau, only one remains: the eternally standing Mount Everest.

As a miniature world map, it is both a transmitter and a barometer, conveying inexplicable information.

If you were a creature of the endless ocean, please remember the following rules:

[1. The Jiuzhou Terrace has a limited capacity, but its water supply is inexhaustible, so it must be cleaned regularly.]

[2. If it is not cleaned, seawater will not only overflow the platform, but will also erode the Jiuzhou Platform inward. This may not have any impact in the short term, but once the quantitative change leads to a qualitative change, it will cause irreversible damage and eventually completely crush the Jiuzhou Platform. Even the foundation stone inside the platform pillar will lose heat and become lifeless.]

3. The collapsed Jiuzhou Terrace will crack open, and all living things floating on the water will die.

4. The only remaining peak on the platform is Mount Everest, which serves as the sole indicator of water level. Please pay attention to its changes.

5. There are two ways to clear accumulated seawater: scoop it out or block it up.

[6. Attention! Attention! Attention! Once the ceaseless water on the Nine Provinces Platform begins to solidify, immediately abandon the platform and leave!]

Shi Ming blinked, and the writing disappeared.

What the heck?

I asked you for information, and you're giving me weird and strange stories about rules?

But he could also clearly sense that every word of these strange rules was intelligence.

On the surface, it was talking about the Nine Continents Platform, but in reality, each line reflected the endless ocean. Especially after the Eye of Destiny merged with the power of the Cone of Destiny, Shi Ming could keenly grasp the new revelations brought by the Eye of Destiny from just a few words:
Translated into a normal language, it would be:

1. The Earth has limited capacity and cannot support an endless supply of water; action must be taken.

2. If left unchecked, even if things remain peaceful for the first thirty, fifty, or even a hundred years, this tranquility is merely superficial. Soon, the seawater will erode inward, crushing the entire planet. At that point, even the core of the planet, buried deep within, will be damaged. 3. Then the planet will crack open, and all life will die.

4. To obtain monitoring and warnings, Mount Everest can be used as a water level gauge. If the water level changes too much in a short period of time, it means that action must be taken.

5. There are two methods to handle this. However, the intelligence report's description of "scooping it out and blocking it up" is too abstract and vague. Could it be that the former refers to removing the inexhaustible water from the earth, while the latter refers to blocking the leak? Similar to the ancient Chinese concept of filling the sea with the "breathing soil"?
As for Article 6.

It seems to be an unexpected warning—

If the ceaseless water begins to solidify, one must leave the endless ocean immediately.

How do I leave?

Even the King-class drifting ships lack the ability to travel through space. And even if one or two drifting ships evolved the ability to become spaceships, how many people could they carry? In the land-based era, humanity poured all its manpower and resources into building 100001 drifting ships, abandoning over 95% of its people through a lottery system. Now, only thirty years later, at least 30,000 of those 100,000 drifting ships have been destroyed. Leaving the ocean? Where can they go?
To rebuild a bunch of "wandering boats"?
Without a doubt, given our current regressive infrastructure and technology, even if aliens were willing to help, it would be impossible.

If the roots are gone, the leaves will inevitably wither. Even if it flies like a tumbleweed, it will eventually dry up.

Shi Ming felt that one head was bigger than two.

Why is it that when others transmigrate to the future, they are treated like treasures, like ancestors, with food and lodging provided, and they can enjoy all sorts of benefits of the era: special forces soldiers can directly enjoy the cutting-edge technology of the future, anime fans don't have to painstakingly follow series but have endless anime to watch, book fans can even finish reading the 25th part of Dou Qi Continent, Reborn as Xiao Yan, in one go, sisters who don't want to have children can enjoy silky smoothness in Night City, Zhou Mingrui became a god in three years and awakened his past self in five years to become the Lord of Mysteries, and even Sun Jieke became a big star who can reach the pinnacle of life simply by lying down!
Reborn a mere hundred years into the future, he not only didn't enjoy the privileges of his ancestors, but also received no benefits from the era. He started as a slave during a cataclysmic event, eventually becoming a top-tier powerhouse, and now he has to clean up the messes of these disdainful descendants every day.

They have to kill sea monsters, defend against aliens, and deal with a time bomb...

Who can I talk to to reason with you?
Perhaps the only benefit is the exhilarating combat and the ability to create and fly with all skills and power.

He was unable to resolve the issue of the inexhaustible water for the time being.

We haven't even dealt with the Kun Kun guarding it yet, and we haven't even confirmed whether the Myriad Manifestations Kun is guarding the Everlasting Water, so it's naturally difficult to find a solution. If we can defeat the Myriad Manifestations Kun and confirm that it is indeed guarding the Everlasting Water, then after seeing it, we can use the Eye of Destiny to see how to "scoop it out and block it up".

But now I have absolutely no clue.

We'll talk about it later, we'll talk about it later.

Everything was ready for the matter of shooting down the sun and ascending to the throne.

A king-level canoe, condensed to its ultimate essence, is enough for him to navigate with ease and grace even in special geographical environments. It's hard to imagine how high the technological content of a king-level sun-shooting technique can reach. Reaching the king level is not the end. He can also use the Infinite Brain to perform an infinite upgrade, understand the materials needed for the infinite upgrade in advance, and prepare them in advance.

Call ~
Time waits for no one, so let's get started.

The Sun Shooting, along with two Hearts of Navigation, one Star of Navigation, and a large amount of other sea beast flesh needed, appeared and were perfectly controlled by Shi Ming's mental power, hovering in the captain's cabin.

Shooting the Sun is now a third-level general.

This small golden ship, built by the Xirang Research Institute using scraps, carrying the blue sky on its back to plan for the south, the dugout canoe that has been silent on the back of Xuanwu for decades, its first drifting ship, is finally about to usher in its moment of ascension to kingship!

(End of this chapter)