Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 356 The Hunting Kun Project Officially Launched!
The intelligence gathering is not over yet.

The characters in the Eye of Destiny leaped and presented Shi Mingxin with new information: the materials listed before him were the opportunity to break through to the King level by shooting the sun!

[Required for unlimited upgrades:]

[1. A formatted and consciousness-erased android core x1]

[2. 1000 kg each of the flesh and blood of five to seven different types of Holy Temple-level sea beasts. The more types, the better the effect of the limit breakthrough.]

[3. Complete Heart of Nirvana Stage Life]

The characters in my eyes slowly disappeared.

This concludes the intelligence gathering.

Compared to the breakthrough of the Great Cycle, the materials required for the breakthrough of the Sun Shooting breakthrough only overlap with the Great Cycle in one aspect: they also require different kinds of Holy Temple-level sea beast flesh.

The other two are completely different.

But they don't conflict.

The heart and brain complement each other, so it's possible to use one animal for two purposes without wasting resources.

The first material needed for the Great Cycle was one of the top three rare artifacts. The first material needed for shooting down the sun, however, became a so-called intelligent mechanical core, further complicated by the qualifier "formatted to erase consciousness."
The core of the intelligent machine?

Shi Ming wasn't sure what kind of machine could be called an intelligent machine, but there was no doubt that this chip, which could be the primary material for infinite upgrades, must be extraordinary. Moreover, since consciousness had to be erased, it meant that the core had the potential to possess consciousness.

An activated machine?
The universe is so vast and boundless that even wormholes can be activated, so it's not surprising that machines could develop consciousness.

However, the breakthrough of the [Great Fortune] boundary has now made some progress. At least the three materials required can be found in the endless ocean. The "complete brain domain of Nirvana stage life" that was originally unreachable has become a possibility due to the attraction of the Creation Pillar. It can be said that fortune and misfortune are intertwined.

However, the intelligent mechanical core required for the "Sun Shooting" mission could not be found.

Shi Ming searched his memories.

"By the way, during the time we were searching for the Twin Mirrors for A-Jian, we found the 001 Skynet Guardian in the shipwreck at the bottom of the sea. Although its rank didn't meet the standard for an AI, could it be upgraded to become an AI through evolution?"

"Unfortunately, I've never heard of any materials for upgrading and repairing it."

According to the intelligence gathered by the Eye of the World at the time, Skynet Guardians, as robots, already possessed three abilities: Death Ray, Skynet Descent, and Ultimate Art, making them exceptionally powerful. They were created by the King-class drifting ship No. 001, an unstable experimental subject lost at the bottom of the sea, and the cleaners of Skynet bugs. The three-part naming scheme is a testament to this.

Therefore, it is clear that 001, which created it, must have mastered a higher level of mechanical technology.

Indeed, a ship capable of traversing the stars must possess cutting-edge technology. Shi Ming once used the King of Kings of the Grand Canal to access the king-like characteristics of other king-class drifting ships, but he never accessed the king-like characteristics of 001. There are only two possibilities: either the ship is too far away to access them, or it has already transcended the realm of "king" and entered a new realm through other technological means.

To even consider taking it down, one would probably need even greater strength.

However, regardless of the circumstances, the materials needed to break through the boundaries of shooting the sun and the Great Fortune are far from complete. The most important thing right now is to lure and kill the Myriad Manifestations Kun. Once this Holy Hall-level sea beast is killed, dealing with the remaining two will not be so troublesome.

Proceed step by step, clearing paths through mountains and building bridges over rivers.

Shi Ming put away his Sun-Shooting technique.

Step out of the captain's compartment.

He noticed that a torrential downpour was falling outside, accompanied by thunder and lightning, which dispersed much of the thin mist that shrouded the sea, but the depths of the Earth's interior in the distance remained a pure white expanse.

Set aside a day to familiarize yourself with the various functions of shooting down the sun.

The Hunting Kun Project has officially begun.

……

The usefulness of Sun Shooting far exceeded Shi Ming's expectations. If the Great Luck was his logistical support and safe haven, then Sun Shooting was an extension of his arms and legs. None of the three Kings' traits were mere fancy moves; their practical applications in combat made Shi Ming even more formidable.

Just like now.

The stone inscription is neither on the sea surface nor in the water.

He dived directly from the location of the Great Yun Ding Lan, entered the seabed, and arrived on the corpses of the tropical rainforest. Relying on the King's characteristic "All Realms are Like the Sea", he continued to dive and entered the seabed that was once the land. He roamed in the "mud" that had been soaked by seawater for thirty years.

Go underground!

Under the King's unique ability of Floating Boat Without a Trace, they leave no trace, like true ghosts! No! Ghosts can still be seen, but the current Sun Shooting and Stone Inscription are even harder to detect than ghosts.

He continued to sink.

He planned to use the characteristics of the Sun Shooting Technique to go deep underground into the Earth's core, into the lair of the Myriad Manifestations Kun, to give it a surprise, and also to see if the Sun Shooting Technique in its traceless state could fool this Holy Temple-level sea beast and allow him to roam right under its nose.

Anyway, I can't hide it from myself.

Shi Ming once tried to have A Jian ride the Sun Shooting Ridge. After activating the Floating Boat Without a Trace, his spiritual power could not detect it at all unless he deliberately focused on scanning it. However, if he did scan it deliberately, the King-level Sun Shooting Ridge would still be nowhere to be found in his detection.

This may also be due to his extremely strong mental power.

Wanxiang Kun, being a sea beast with the attribute of destiny, possesses equally strong spiritual power, which Shi Ming deduces is definitely above that of the Abyss Lord. Shi Ming will not use conventional methods to kill it this time; therefore, Ajian remains at the Great Fortune level, guarding it.

He went alone into the depths of the Earth's lungs.

Along the way, he reviewed the strengths of both sides.

Wanxiang Kun.

According to the ancient sage Zhuangzi, the Kun of the Northern Sea obtained the power of the Temple of Destiny in the clouds. After traveling thousands of miles, it settled in the Southern Sea. At the beginning of the Age of Wandering, it was attracted by a strange object that seemed to be "unceasing water" and has lived in the heart of the earth ever since.

Four skills.

【Hall of Ten Thousand Forms】

Enter the target's dream, steal and manipulate destiny. You can possess the target or transform into them 1:1, inheriting their destiny and continuing to live. The attack power is not strong, but it is extremely disgusting.

【Southern Dream】

It grants the Myriad Manifestations Kun the ability to move between illusion and reality, allowing its body to transform into a dream and enter the illusory realm. While its offensive power is not strong, it is a life-saving skill comparable to the Black Tortoise Shield.

Autumn Waters of Ten Thousand Rivers

Upon release, countless streams of autumn water, aided by the power of fate, transform from the softest to the most resilient, like wings formed from countless clouds hanging from the sky, surging and sweeping towards the target. (Attack attribute skill.)

【Forget the ruins, return to dust】

It is also an attack-attribute skill that creates a rubble and then quickly spreads it. Life forms within the rubble's range will quickly turn into dust. The stronger the defense, the longer it can last.

Aside from the Myriad Manifestations Hall, the other three minor skills all possess an S-rank rank, especially the Southern Netherworld Dream, which, combined with its ability to manipulate and perceive destiny, makes the Myriad Manifestations Kun extremely difficult to kill.

They will flee if they are at a slight disadvantage.

But this time, the enemy is the number one humanoid beast on the endless ocean!

Having also mastered the power of destiny, Shi Ming, combined with human cunning—no, shrewdness and caution—and the deep camouflage from the Sun-Shooting Technique, had unwittingly aimed his "fangs" at it.

The sea monster that manipulates fate has unknowingly become entangled in the threads of destiny.

(End of this chapter)