Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 50 The Heart of Sailing
"Why does this bead look so much like a Hextech Core?"

Shi Ming quickly picked up the blue crystal that had rolled off the ground.

Even through the special material of the diving suit, Shi Ming could feel the surging energy inside the blue crystal, like a tornado or thunderstorm trapped in a small bead. The energy within even resonated with the awakened power within Shi Ming's body.

"This crystal is definitely not simple."

"The center console was broken, but this one was preserved?"

Using the functions of the "Brain of Creation," Shi Ming looked at the crystal in front of him.

If an item can be upgraded, the Brain of Creation will provide a short description. For unfamiliar items, you can cleverly use the Brain of Creation to identify them, but this method is limited to items that can be upgraded.

If it is a non-upgradeable item, the Brain of Creation will not provide any prompts.

On the mechanical floor just now, Shi Ming cleverly used this function to identify the uses of those machines, such as the "beverage machine" and the "crystal extraction equipment." This allowed him to make the most of the limited space in a targeted manner.

【drop】

Heart of the Sea

【Level: 3】

[An essential item for crafting advanced drifting ships, containing surging energy and astonishing propulsion; it is an extremely precious, non-renewable resource.]

[Upgrade requires: 4 additional Hearts of Navigation, and 300 Blood Crystals of each of the 5 different S-rank Sea Beasts.]

what?
This crystal is actually the Heart of the Sea?
Shi Ming remembered that one of the necessary items to upgrade his own gold-class dugout canoe to a general-class dugout canoe was the Heart of the Sea.

He originally thought that this material was elusive and hard to find, and that it would be a long time before he could get any relevant information. Unexpectedly, during this deep-sea trip, he actually found one on the Yellowstone, and it even leaked out from its control panel.
Moreover, the Creator Brain says that this is an essential item for manufacturing advanced drifting ships, and it is also a non-renewable resource.

Does this mean that every gold-class drifting ship has a heart for sailing?
Regardless, with these materials, upgrading his canoe to general level can be put on the agenda. Having a stronger trump card in hand will allow him to navigate this world more easily.

Time was of the essence. Carefully securing his seafaring spirit, Shi Ming swiftly navigated the Yellowstone, returning to his canoe in no time. The Yellowstone's water-repellent capabilities were still intact, but his canoe remained aground.

"There are three minutes left."

He still had many things he wanted to do, such as hunting many sea monsters lurking in the shadows on this ship, but there was no time left.

I can only come back another time.

Shi Ming first activated the diving function of the canoe. After the canoe's waterproof cover was created, he deactivated the Yellowstone's water-repellent function. A large amount of seawater refilled the body of the sunken ship, and the Yellowstone became a world of seawater once again.

"Moss! Rise!"

"Good host!"

The canoe quickly rose as it moved forward, carrying the treasure from the Yellowstone Ark, and left the sunless seabed.

America's "Lighthouse" once offered a bounty for the sunken ship for several years, and now all its secrets and resources belong to Stone Inscription.

……

On the canoe, Shi Ming tallied up the gains from the operation.

1. A large quantity of high-grade sea crystals, ores, blood crystals, 5 Skynet Smart Chips, precious metals, etc.

2. Then there are the upgradeable and usable equipment in the Yellowstone's equipment layer, such as beverage machines, crystal extraction equipment, and a large number of firearms. These can be equipped on your own Silver Ship and upgraded to gain more powerful functions.

3. In the captain's cabin, there is an antique-looking battle blade, a high-level firearm, which looks extraordinary.

4. A high-tech communication device buried in the soil inside the captain's cabin, engraved with the G001 stamp and the lighthouse symbol.

5. There are three safes, two of which are warehouse safes and one is a captain's cabin safe. The contents of these safes are of utmost importance.

6. Heart of the Sea. The corpses of some D-rank sea monsters that were specifically obtained from the warehouse are merely incidental gains.

In short, this trip was truly a fruitful one.

If Shi Ming's system storage space hadn't been insufficient, he would have definitely searched the Yellowstone again in his canoe after the water-avoidance function failed.

"Contentment brings happiness, contentment brings happiness."

Shi Ming was grinning from ear to ear.

But we still need to be extra vigilant. In this deep-sea environment, you could easily encounter a powerful sea monster and end up drowning in a ditch – that's no joke!

……

The return journey went smoothly; the drifting boat ascended much faster than it descended.
When Shi Ming saw the dreamlike jellyfish swarm that resembled a galaxy of stars again, he could already feel the hazy dawn light on the distant sea surface. It was a little after five in the morning, and this deep-sea trip had only taken a little over three hours.

This is a true master of time management.

wow-

The drifting boat broke the surface of the water, creating a splash and waves.

They have finally returned safely.

It was also huge, but compared to the Yellowstone, it was just a baby silver ship. It was still calmly floating on the water not far away. As soon as Shi Ming got on the water, he opened the system warehouse, replaced the canoe with the auxiliary boat he had prepared in advance, and headed towards the drifting ship.

They could leave quietly, but Shi Ming wasn't confident he could keep his return a secret from these people.

Without stealth skills, it would be extremely difficult for him to silently approach and board the ship without being detected by radar.

If someone can return to the ship silently and enter the most confidential captain's cabin, it only proves that the patrolling crew are all useless cowards.

Meanwhile, the crew members on night patrol had already spotted Shi Ming in the distance.

"That's... the captain?!"

"it's me."

Shi Ming piloted the small boat, communicating with the crew over the walkie-talkie, and used the ladder that had been lowered from the boat to return to the drifting vessel.

"Captain, are you going on patrol?"

"Correct."

He didn't explain much.

"Has anything unusual happened during this time?" he asked as he stood on the deck, taking off his diving suit.

"Everything is normal. The surrounding waters are quite safe. The energy of the sea crystals here is also relatively high. In the past period of time, the ship's energy production equipment has produced three more high-grade sea crystals," Shi Dun reported upon hearing the news.

"Continue to stabilize the situation and maintain the status quo."

"Yes."

After taking off his wet, squid-blood-stained diving suit and handing it to a nearby stone pier, he returned to the captain's cabin.

The intense vigilance he had maintained all night had left him quite fatigued.

After entering the sleep pod, he closed his eyes.

We can deal with those safes after we wake up!
After all, before becoming a special forces soldier, he was a tough guy who could endure not opening a package for a week.

(End of this chapter)