Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 51 Investigation Report on the S-Class Sea Beast "Leviathan"

When he woke up it was already noon. After resting, Shi Ming was back to his best condition.

Donning his nautical uniform and stepping out of the captain's cabin, he saw the crew diligently working, and no other sea monsters had invaded during this time. After inspecting the deck and cabin areas and eating the lunch specially prepared by Old Yang, Shi Ming returned to the captain's cabin.

He's here to study the treasures from the Yellowstone.

The beverage machine, crystal extraction equipment, and a large number of firearms are not urgent for now. All of these devices are in a damaged state and can only be repaired and used after the Brain of Creation is upgraded. Shi Ming only has one upgrade opportunity left today, so there is no need to waste it on non-urgent matters.

Moreover, he had checked the materials needed for these equipment upgrades beforehand, and they were all basic materials such as high-grade sea crystals and iron ore, without anything too complicated.

What he's most interested in right now is the safe.

I wonder what surprise is hidden inside.

Three safes were placed in a row in an empty space in Shi Ming's room.

A faint smell of rust filled the air in the captain's cabin.

After some work, the coral debris and the hardened calcareous shell caused by salt corrosion on the safe were cleaned away, restoring its dull metallic luster.

Shi Ming prepared to disassemble them one by one.

As a precaution, he put on a rubber suit and cut-resistant gloves.

He carefully examined every side of the safe in front of him. It was a mechanical rotary lock safe, and the nameplate and other markings on it had been completely corroded and fallen off.

He took a deep breath, and his mind raced with various experiences of opening safes.

He gently touched the rust in the keyhole with a probe, fiddling with the corroded precision instrument in front of him like turning the hands of a clock.
Once, twice...

The blood-red rust was peeled away little by little.

The whole process was long and complicated.

Shi Ming was not impatient. The probe in his hand was like a precise scalpel, probing into the keyhole until he heard a creak. The lock disc he was turning with his right hand made a small, laborious movement.

He moved his fingers, concentrating all his thoughts on his fingertips and mobilizing all his senses.

After an unknown amount of time of adjustment, with a click, the resistance between his hands finally disappeared, and the rough turntable spun stiffly in Shi Ming's hands. Then came the click of the bolt retracting, and a black gap suddenly appeared in the originally tightly sealed safe door.

boom!
"Basalt Shield!"

The safe door, under the force of the pressure difference, sprang open with a bang, like a champagne bottle cap.

Shi Ming was prepared, and activated the Xuanwu Shield at the right time to face the attack head-on.

Decompression is a crucial step in handling sealed containers salvaged from the deep sea, but Shi Ming lacked the necessary tools and had to rely on his body to withstand the pressure.

"Sure enough, opening a safe is not only a technical skill, but also a dangerous one. If you're not prepared, you'll most likely get knocked away."

Fortunately, the contents inside were very sturdy and were not damaged.

The long-stale smell permeated the air. Shi Ming saw that inside the safe was a bottle that took up two-thirds of the entire box. The bottle was made of a unique material and remained intact during the high-pressure explosion.

The bottle was made of a completely transparent, glass-like material, and contained a large amount of pale yellow liquid and a strange severed limb.

The severed limbs didn't look like those of a human; they looked more like those of a marine mammal.

Its surface is covered with scales and crystals, and its flesh is covered with small, round protrusions.

"Is this a specimen?"

Specimens that can be stored in a safe must not be ordinary specimens.

There was also a document inside the transparent bottle.

Shi Ming did not touch the specimen-like bottle, but picked up the document with his gloved hand.

[Investigation Report on the S-Class Sea Monster "Leviathan"]

His eyes flashed.

Leviathan? An S-class sea monster?
Could this bottle contain a part of the S-class sea monster Leviathan? Was this report developed aboard the Yellowstone, or was the Yellowstone simply carrying out a mission to escort the report and specimens?
Shi Ming prefers the second option.

He felt that although the Yellowstone was the strongest gold ship, it did not have the ability to study the flesh and blood of S-class sea monsters.

He turned to the first page of the report. The report, like the title above, was written in Americano.

[Top Secret File: DT-2821-002]

Leviathan of the Deep Sea

Threat Level: S

[S-Rank Awakening Skill: TOP25 Devouring Abyss]

[Biological characteristics analysis: The deep-sea Leviathan is 380 meters long and resembles a fusion of a super-giant oarfish and a crystallized spotted fish. Its exterior is covered with rough and heavy biological armor. Its head has no facial features, only a huge mouth made of crystallized mantle material is visible...]

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[Operational Logic: They patrol and hunt along the original Circum-Pacific volcanic belt and mid-ocean ridges, active in the deep sea...]

[Method of elimination: Underwater nuclear strike (theoretically feasible)...]

Appendix 1: Summary of Key Eyewitness Accounts.

[Appendix 2: Summary of Partial Somatic Studies of Leviathan]

Appendix 3: S-Rank Awakening Skill Ranking List (Known)

It really is.

This claw-like thing is indeed part of Leviathan's body, and the author of this report actually studied this body carefully and planned several methods to hunt Leviathan.

As expected, S-class sea monsters are resources for humans.

He recalled his previous experience on Turtle Island.

If Xuanwu were discovered by the forces of these king-level drifting ships, it would probably be hunted down by these organizations in every possible way.

However, Xuanwu is in a dormant state with almost zero activity. In the endless ocean, human footprints can only cover a very small part - even in the technological age, it is difficult to see every corner of the ocean, let alone in today's declining era of wandering.

It's normal that it wasn't discovered.

The once powerful nation of Japan didn't even have a single S-rank Awakened, which shows how rare they were.

"This part of Leviathan's organization has been sitting here for so many years, I don't know if it's of any use, but let's put it away for now."

Relatively speaking, the intelligence we have is of even greater value.

The intelligence was stored in a safe, and the Yellowstone crashed in the Lost Sea, which meant that the Lighthouse never received the report, wasting all the hard-won research results.

As for the S-rank awakening skill ranking list in the appendix.

Shi Ming was also very interested in this.

He was not only interested in the content of the list, but also in who compiled it.
Only someone or something who has seen all the S-level skills could possibly compile this list.
Are there such people in this era of wandering?

He found the corresponding appendix at the end of the document, a thin page containing—

7. "Black Hole" - ???

【19. The Infinite Mother - ???】

【25. The Abyss of Devouring - Leviathan of the Deep Sea】

【34. "Heat Death" - ? ? ?】

【67. The Lost Tide - The Tide-Calling Whale】

98. Dream Weaver's Eye - Sea Jade

【99. Put them in a deadly situation—? ? ?】

(End of this chapter)