Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 362 "53?"

The key to the problem must lie above "53"!
This message, which used up one of her precious attempts, also did not use any punctuation marks, but left seven characters blank, which completely contradicted Sivir's understanding of the Grand Commander's "maximum utilization of resources".

Similarly, this is not consistent with her previous five practices.

Moreover, even ordinary people in the Black Gold community wouldn't send such a message when greeting friends in their daily lives.

Empty and meaningless.

Sylvie was deeply worried.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Could it be that the Grand Commander encountered something unusual in the Star Sea, but it was inconvenient to inform them directly under the captain of the Nirvana, so he could only send a warning through this message?
Is the purpose to serve as a reminder?
53?

Fifty-three?

The 53rd ranked drifting ship, or the 53rd ranked S-class skill?
The 53rd cabin on the Black Gold?
53 days?
Whatever it is, this number absolutely deserves the utmost attention.

"Commander, the professor has arrived."

The assistant knocked on the door.

Professor O'Dour, an expert in cryptography, was already standing outside the door.

……

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Shi Ming transformed into a Kun, whose wings resembled clouds hanging from the sky, and lingered in the deep sea for a moment.

A new future appeared before his eyes.

It was a still image—

Countless drifting boats were arranged in neat rows and columns, resting on a calm and waveless sea. From the style and appearance of the boats, it was clear that they came from all over the world and from all seas.

General-level, Gold-level, Silver-level, Bronze-level, all are available.

On the periphery, some of the drifting boats had already left the formation and were sailing in an orderly fashion in different directions, like arrows shot in all directions.

???

Shi Ming was puzzled.

In this day and age, is there anyone who can still have such influence?
While force can certainly subdue people, it's impossible to make a group of drifting ships with diverse cultures and ideologies behave so orderly, almost like mechanical manipulation! Shi Ming himself has absolutely no interest in such ritualistic things, so it's unlikely that he would do such a thing. The one issuing orders to these ships must not be himself.

Kun roared.

The prophecy is not over yet.

The still image shifts upwards, revealing a peculiar floating spaceship, suspended seven or eight hundred meters above the sea, overlapping with the sun. Reflected light, Shi Ming seems to see strands of netting hanging high, connecting countless ships.

A young man who doesn't look human stands inside the spaceship, looking down through a transparent material.

Nirvana!
Sure enough, he's back!
The camera wobbled and began to pan downwards.

The image zooms in, passing by countless drifting boats. In the fleeting glimpses, Shi Ming sees some familiar vessels, such as the Tudor Rose, the Pharaoh, the Golden Bodhi, the Freedom, the Ice Bear, and the Big Dipper…

Ok?
He noticed a noteworthy detail.

On the Tudor Rose, at the top is a near 1:1 replica of the Elizabeth Tower, with Big Ben, known as the "Clock of a Thousand Clocks, the Clock of the World," standing atop the tower. The clock face clearly displays Greenwich Mean Time, also known as Coordinated Universal Time.

8:21 am.

More than that.

To make it easier for people to calculate time at sea, the replica of Big Ben added month and day markings around the clock face to show the current date.

Although the image only flashed across Big Ben for a fleeting moment, Shi Ming understood it clearly.

June 31, 11:21 PM.

Today is November, just past mid-November.

Is this massive gathering of drifting ships, resembling a military parade, going to happen at the end of next month?
No, not necessarily.

Big Ben does not display the year.

Therefore, Shi Ming could not determine exactly which year's December 31st it was, whether it was this year, next year, the year after next, 10 years later, or 20 years later.
The year is quite important. His perspective constantly shifts as he searches for other relevant information.

He also saw some familiar faces.

Zhao Liluo, Quilt, Elizabeth, Iruka, Ize, Chris...

They have different expressions.

It can be serious, angry, or repressive.

Since everyone's appearance doesn't change much, the time span between people shouldn't be too long.

The whaling ship, "Salmon's Dream," was still rusty and covered in the blood of large whales. Its captain, Chris, looked no different from the others. In the static image, Shi Ming could not tell whether Chris had eaten the heart of the white dragon whale and advanced to S-rank at that time.

But he still found a better point of reference:
Quilt was shirtless, and the lava scars on his muscles caused by the "Invincible God of War" looked like medals. The layout and number of scars had not increased and were exactly the same as after the last battle.

He is not the kind of person who is restrained and rational.

When people get carried away, they become reckless and can easily inflict seven or eight wounds. It's impossible for someone to not use their skills for a whole year. Although it's impossible to determine whether the wounds in other places have increased, judging from the sample distribution, it shouldn't be a year later.

Using Big Ben and Quil as references,

There's a 90% chance it will happen at the end of next month, and a 10% chance it will happen a year later.

Call ~
The prophecy came to an abrupt end, and the still image vanished.

The Kun's head was already big enough, but Shi Ming's head was now bigger than two Kun's.

He had a feeling of being Conan. In the first thirty years, there weren't so many things happening on the Endless Ocean. He had only been here for less than a year, and there were already the Sanctuary Sea Beasts, the living wormholes, the Unending Water, and aliens...

Could it be that my rebirth into the future is really just to clean up the mess left by these grandchildren?

An emoji popped into his head.

I can't control it, I'm just waiting to die.jpg
……

Now that I've been reborn, my previous body has also traveled over and replaced the original owner's body, so there's definitely no way I can go back.

Oh well, just some aliens.

It's not much of a difficulty.

Looking at all this high-tech stuff, who knows, it might just be a lucky break for me.

Shi Ming thought to himself, "This is what I'm complaining about."

You know what, his spaceship is actually quite impressive. The Nirvana, the No. 001 drifting ship, has most likely broken through the King-level category, which is why the "King of Kings" has never been able to borrow its power.

If the prophecy does indeed occur on December 31st of this year, then there will be 53 days left.

53 days,
The issue of activating the wormhole should be resolved quickly.

No matter how strong or skillful the owner of the Nirvana Ship is, can he be stronger than someone at the Nirvana level?

Can they be compared to gods? Impossible!
If I can kill the newly ascended Nirvana-level wormhole under a difficulty level of "five stars", then I can take its place and obtain the extremely rare single-word Nirvana-level skill [Eater]. Combined with the Arm of Power, this young man will be no threat. If I unexpectedly fail to kill the wormhole, this young man can still serve as a henchman and fight against the wormhole Quinn or something.
Looking at it this way, is it a good thing?

It seems so.

He reviewed the previous prophecy and this prophecy:

Young people can manipulate the "net".

Then, they took control of the drifting ship on the endless ocean.

His goal is the "Eye of God," which appeared on Earth more than 100 years ago. He also helps various forces build drifting ships for this purpose.

Before finding the divine presence, there shouldn't be any overly outrageous actions.

As for the Eye of God...

He probably won't be able to find it.

……

The Kun leaped out of the sea, let out a roar, and transformed into a stone inscription.

Just as he was about to fall into the sea, the King-class drifting ship Sunshot appeared at his feet. The man and the ship sped away through the thick fog at the speed of Sunshot, leaving behind a trail of white waves.

(End of this chapter)