Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 47 The Treasure Ship of the Deep Sea

Buildings from the land-based era are now in a terrible state of disrepair after decades of seawater erosion and deep-sea pressure. The steel frames are twisted and warped, and the once-sturdy concrete structures have collapsed and crumbled.

Coral remains grow profusely on the remnants of a former civilization.

In the stillness, another kind of silent trace of life is painted.

"Judging from the architectural style and the coordinates of this place, it should be an underwater ruin formed by the sinking of a coastal city in the United States."

"In just a few decades, the pride of civilization has been turned into a specimen in the deep sea."

Shi Ming did not explore such underwater city ruins.

There are no good treasures in such ruins.

When the Great Flood arrived, coastal cities were the first to suffer. The original inhabitants of the coastal cities had long since moved their property and valuables inland.

Time is limited, and delays could lead to unforeseen changes. His first priority now is to locate the sunken Yellowstone.

The treasures there are the most captivating.

Looking around, there were three or four shipwrecks on the seabed, but judging from their type and size, they were just ordinary sailing ships or small boats. Shi Ming guessed that they must have been ships that happened to pass by unintentionally, and were eroded by the mist jellyfish, which caused them to sink.

Their hulls were severely damaged, and the interiors were completely exposed. Upon closer inspection, one could even see small, glowing fish swimming among the hulls.

He also saw what appeared to be a dormant eye beneath a massive coral skeleton.

"Fortunately, the drifting boat is small and quiet, so it won't disturb any strange creatures."

He carefully steered the drifting boat, slowly gliding above the steel forest, his attention scanning for various large objects below.

Whoosh!
A ribbonfish-like creature shot towards Shi Ming like an arrow, bypassing the air shield of the golden ship and aiming straight for Shi Ming's head.

Shi Ming swung his sword backhand, and the "ribbonfish" was cut in two and fell into the hull.

In diving mode, the golden ship's protective shield is not a physical shield; it can only prevent the intrusion of seawater, but not the intrusion of living organisms. During this period, there have been several similar attacks, but Shi Ming has easily dealt with them all.

Inside the canoe, there were also many dead sea creatures piled up.

Shi Ming put all the corpses into the system warehouse.

Although marine creatures are not sea beasts and do not possess powerful awakening energy, they may have other uses.

After sneaking around for about thirty minutes, Shi Ming finally made a discovery.

"Oh? There's a huge sunken ship over there? The Yellowstone?"

The golden ship, like a nimble sea fish, quickly changed direction to a shallow trench.

A huge and majestic drifting ship lay there at an angle, silent and still.

Compared to other sunken ships, the surface of this shipwreck has not been eroded by the seabed and water pressure too much, and is still in relatively perfect condition. It is just that a thick layer of sediment has accumulated on the surface of the hull.

Just like that day, when Shi Ming found this canoe that had been stranded on the beach for decades.

The gold ship was extremely resistant to corrosion.

This is also why Shi Ming identified the target at first glance.

He suppressed his inner joy, knowing that he should be more careful at times like these, otherwise he might be caught off guard by a treacherous sea creature and end up losing his life.

Shi Ming gripped the horizontal sword tightly.

As the golden ship drew nearer, he saw the symbol of America and the emblem of the Lighthouse engraved on its hull.

It really was the Yellowstone. This underwater treasure, which had been sunk for many years and sought by countless people, was finally found by itself.

"I will let you see the light of day."

If Shi Ming's system warehouse had enough capacity, he could even move this ship directly into his system warehouse and take it to the sea to explore at his leisure. Unfortunately, he couldn't; his system warehouse could only hold a few canoes.

The small boat quietly slipped into the majestic ship. The corals and ribbon-like plants growing on the deck and steel structure swayed as if welcoming guests from afar.

Just then, Shi Ming heard a tearing sound that shattered the silence.
crunch--

The golden boat, resembling a canoe, suddenly shuddered. A glowing arm covered in bone spurs, like thorns, instantly wrapped around the stern of the boat, with the powerful external force fighting against the canoe's own propulsion!

not good!

Shi Ming swung his sword swiftly, only to collide violently with another bone spike wrist, the heavy force causing him to stumble backward.

He managed to steady himself and then saw clearly the owner of the two bony arms—it was a huge squid. As it writhed and twisted its bony arms, it sprayed thick ink, making the surrounding seawater a bit murky.

Shi Ming narrowed his eyes.

The murky seawater couldn't bother him; his night vision wasn't achieved through the visual perception we know.

There is a good way to deal with such creatures on the seabed.

Collide!
He adjusted the direction of the golden ship and increased its power to maximum.

With a whoosh, the golden ship, like a cannonball, forcefully broke through the obstruction of the eight bony wrists and violently crashed into the ink-spraying squid. Shi Ming gripped the horizontal sword in his hand tightly, and at the moment of impact, he plunged the one-meter-long sword into the brain of the ink-spraying sea monster.

In the deep sea, this golden ship, capable of high-speed underwater movement, is the best weapon.

The squid's body flew straight out and crashed into a metal mast of the Yellowstone, where it slowly collapsed.

The collapsed mast crashed onto the hull, causing a shallow layer of corrosion to form.

boom.

hula-

Startled, dozens of cuttlefish emerged from various parts of the ship. They varied in size, with tentacles resembling bony spikes. After wriggling in place for a moment, they all attacked Shi Ming!

One squid falls, but more squid rise up!
Hey!
Fortunately, his golden boat was small and agile, and under Shi Ming's control, it narrowly avoided the attacks of the squid. Even so, a cold and slippery bony wrist wrapped around Shi Ming's waist. The force was so great that Shi Ming was momentarily out of breath.

Arm of strength!

The bone spur wrist wrapped around Shi Ming's waist broke off, and the force binding his waist loosened. The fallen bone spur wrist twitched violently before quickly losing its vitality.

"This can't go on. There are more than a dozen sea monsters that look like they're at the D level. They could wear me down just by overwhelming me with sheer numbers."

"Not to mention, there might be other sea monsters hiding in this shipwreck."

Shi Ming gripped the knife.

My mind began to calmly consider ways to deal with it.

He came to find treasure, not to fight sea monsters, and certainly not to be a tourist or a deserter.

I've got it! Let's try that one!
The nimble golden ship weaved through a dozen squid, and based on Shi Ming's knowledge of large ships, he quickly found the Yellowstone's control room while fighting and searching.

With tremendous force, the canoe smashed open the hatch that wasn't properly closed.

A golden key was taken from Shi Ming's warehouse and then forcefully and violently inserted into the already corroded port.

(End of this chapter)