Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 363 Fate is Unpredictable
Although Wanxiang Kun died, the dense fog and undercurrents in the Earth's core remained unchanged.

The fog still lingered.

Undercurrents surged ceaselessly.

They are tree remains accumulated from the Amazon rainforest at the bottom of the sea, formed under unique conditions by combining with the energy of the sea crystals from the ceaseless water, and have little to do with the Myriad Manifestations Kun.

On the contrary, Wanxiang Kun, having stayed here for a while, has mastered a new skill.
"Mist rises over a thousand realms."

After its death, none of the four minor skills revealed their S-rank skill origins, and Shi Ming himself did not inherit their power. He could only replicate their corresponding abilities 1:1 through changes in "phase".

swoosh~
Shooting the sun like an arrow piercing through the air.

We soon arrived at the area of ​​light fog.

There were no enemies at the moment, and he did not continuously activate the Sun-Shooting Without a Trace skill. Even when he occasionally sensed one or two adventurous drifting ships, he ignored them and sailed past them.

"OMG!"

"What was that that just flew by? Was it a sea monster?"

Anchored at the coordinates, Dinglan, a crystal-digging ship in the shallow fog zone, sensed a magnificent aura suddenly pass by, only to vanish again in an instant.

This startled them.

I'm considering whether to move to a different location.

But this position was carefully selected by them.

I don't really want to give up.

Never mind, that aura didn't seem hostile; it was just passing by. This place is calm and peaceful, with abundant crystal energy—it's an excellent spot.

"Captain, the little boy who was drowning has woken up."

"Oh?"

……

The boy felt like he had a very long dream.

In his dream, he transformed into a small fish, slowly evolving and growing, devouring countless of his kind, and eventually growing into a giant Kun that was hundreds of meters long.

When I woke up, I was completely dazed.

I am actually human? A weak human?
wrong,

I am clearly a Kun (a mythical fish).

His palms were burning hot. When he looked down, he found a square mark branded on them, piercing through his entire right hand. There were similar marks on the back of his hand as well.

what is this?
He stretched out his right hand, and the square in his palm turned into a gray cube, forming a phantom world that exuded a powerful oppressive force, spinning rapidly in his palm.

He remembered.

This is an S-rank skill, "Forget the Ruins and Return to Dust".

One's innate abilities.

Sure enough, I am a Kun.

It seems I've forgotten a lot of things; many past memories have faded into dust, but it seems there's nothing worth noting anymore.

Squeak.

Someone pushed the door open and came in. It was a human in his forties or fifties, accompanied by several vassals, or what are now called followers or subordinates.

"What's your name?"

The boy paused for a moment, as if he was thinking.

"Northern Kun".

The captain frowned.

This little boy looks like he's from the Andes in South America, but his name sounds like he's from China in the Northern Hemisphere. And his eyes—calm, detached, and expressionless, neither sad nor happy—don't look like a child at all.

Were you terrified?

"Where are your parents?"

The boy shook his head.

I was born of heaven and earth, without father or mother.

The captain thought it was outrageous.

But there was nothing particularly alarming about a mere little boy; he was probably just traumatized from prolonged fright or the experience of drowning. Out of humanitarian spirit, we took him in.

Fate is unpredictable.

Do one good deed a day. Perhaps the goddess of fate, seeing his willingness to help others, will generously bestow many Misty Island Crystals upon him during this mission.

He doesn't need much.

One is enough.

Of course, having a few more is also fine.

Who would refuse?
……

……

……

Great fortune.

"Has anything unusual happened these past two days?"

"Captain, there's nothing unusual; everything on board is in good order."

Shi Ming casually took off his combat uniform and put on a captain's uniform. He sat in the captain's cabin, listening to the reports from Shi Dun, Lin Hai, and others, and giving instructions on the ship's operations.

And external liaison matters.

"Captain, the King-class drifting ship, Fire Seed, would like your guidance on the location of the S-class sea monsters in and around the Earth Lung Sea, and is willing to pay an equivalent reward."

"The Second Commander of Black Gold wishes to have a one-on-one meeting with you."

"The Lighthouse has elected a new governor, and Trindon has stepped down to a secondary role, but he remains the one who sets sail for the Lighthouse."

"Yesterday, in the northern part of the Sea of ​​Soaring Dragons, a Class S sea beast, the Star Kun, suddenly went berserk and rampaged in the high seas of the Northern Region. The three Class S Awakeners of Yu the Great joined forces and quickly hunted it down under the moonlight."

Quite a few things have happened in the last two days.

Star Kun?

Isn't this the material needed to infinitely upgrade the "Star Lamp"? Shi Ming has been searching for it.

Did he suddenly go berserk yesterday?

Is it also a descendant of Wanxiang Kun? Is it overcome with grief and indignation upon learning of Wanxiang Kun's death?
And so, they went to reunite right away.

Shi Ming only knew that Wanxiang Kun had a descendant called Guixu Kun, who was killed by Yu the Great a long time ago, and that the 10th ranked skill "Harmony with the World" was acquired by Zhou Lao, Yu the Great's voyager.

Now another Kun has appeared?

It has quite a few offspring.

We could contact Yu the Great and exchange his entire corpse for it. For a King-class drifting ship, the blood of sea monsters is the most important thing; the corpse is usually only of scientific research value.

As for [Lighthouse], it's now at the bottom of the power rankings and has become much more subdued.

Shi Ming was too lazy to bother with their internal affairs.

The channel has been in use all along, and despite the recent change of leadership, the people at the helm have been unable to change it. Instead of decreasing, communication within the channel has increased, still led by Terlinden, mainly for communication on matters related to the leadership transition.

The second commander of [Black Gold] wants to meet with me in private?

Perfect timing, I also have some questions to ask her.

Finally, the demand for the King-class drifting ship [Fire Seed]... Now all the King-class drifting ships know that the Endless Sea Map is in Shi Ming's hands. This auxiliary treasure is ranked 108th, but in the hands of a strong person, it can exert a value far exceeding 108.

It is also a command map for humanity's counterattack against the sea monsters!

It has extremely high strategic value.

The Fire Seed's requirement is to know the exact coordinates of S-class sea monsters within a 2000-nautical-mile radius of the Fire Seed. They also offered very generous rewards, presumably hoping to improve the environment of the Earth's Lungs, just like the Boiling Sea.

The transformation of black gold has been observed by all major forces.

"Earth's lungs..."

Previously, people had no knowledge of the sanctuary steps.

Most people guessed that the Earth's core must be guarded by a powerful S-class sea monster.

But Shi Ming knew that at this moment, the powerful sea monsters in and around the Earth's lung region had been cleared away.

In the areas where the Holy Sea Beasts are active, S-class sea beasts either die or submit. Apart from those that have been killed by the Fire Seed in the past thirty years, the only one in the Earth Lung area is the "Mobius Serpent," which also recently fell victim to Shi Ming's poisonous hand, becoming the Destiny Cone and merging into Shi Ming's body.

To find another S-class sea monster, we need to go further south and enter the Southern Ice Sea.

"Tell the fire."

"The powerful sea monsters in the 'Lung Zone' have been cleared out. However, the Lung Zone remains dangerous, and it is not recommended for ships below the Admiral level to enter. To completely resolve this problem..."
"We need to pool our wisdom and efforts."

(End of this chapter)