Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 53 Infiltrating the Lighthouse Intelligence Group

"Is this the chat group for the lighthouse and its attached drifting ships?"

This communicator could actually reach the communication channel between the lighthouse and other drifting ships, which greatly shocked Shi Ming.

You should know that the Lighthouse is one of the King-class drifting ships!

The communication channels it participates in must be extremely high-end and important.

He glanced at the group members.

There are 13 members in the channel. In addition to [Lighthouse] and [Yellowstone], which Shi Ming is familiar with, there are [Michael], [Freedom], [Noah], [Gold Mountain], [Divine Comedy], [Old Days], and so on.

What he didn't expect was—

This channel is still in use today!

Although there was no online notification function and it was unclear which member was online, Shi Ming received several historical messages in the short time it took for the communicator to be turned on.

Like a phone that's been turned off, once it's turned on, all the recently unread text messages pop up at once.

【“Michael” has spotted a Class A marine mammal at 116 degrees East longitude and 21 degrees North latitude! Requesting assistance.】

The Golden Pagoda organization, affiliated with "Golden Mountain," recently facilitated a deal with the "Black Society" for the translation of a stone tablet from the Breath of Earth Research Institute, titled "A Compendium of Wonders of the Endless Ocean." The buyer received 100 Pure Crystals as a commission and requested that these be handed over to the Lighthouse in exchange for the following resources...

……

"The Yellowstone has been sunk for so long, how come this channel is still in use?"

Shi Ming pondered for a while, considering the rationality of the matter.

"That's to be expected. The long-distance communication technology established by the lighthouse is extremely difficult to replicate in this era of drifting. There's no need to abandon the entire system just because a gold ship sank. Besides, the sinking of the Yellowstone is a well-known fact. The communicator was buried at sea for so long that even if it were salvaged, it would be impossible to repair it. Not to mention the decoder issue."

"As for why Yellowstone wasn't kicked out, it might be because they were confident the system wouldn't be cracked, or it might be out of nostalgia."

Just like soldiers fighting side by side, they wouldn't delete the contact information of old friends.

However, they overlooked Shi Ming's unexpected situation.

Shi Ming dived into the Lost Sea, discovered the wreckage of the Yellowstone, found the communicator, and safely opened the corroded safe to obtain the decoder.

Shi Ming's Creative Brain can completely repair items while upgrading them.

This was an accident.

He stared at the equipment in front of him and smiled.

The intelligence network you built was excellent, but it's mine now.

Moreover, as a "deceased," I do not need to give out or exchange intelligence.

All I need is to dive quietly...

They now have another channel for obtaining intelligence, established by the Lighthouse, one of the world's seven King-class drifting ships!

Hopefully, they won't realize [Yellowstone]'s return and will continue communicating in this channel.

……

Nothing happened for a day.

Dinner consisted of rice steamed with dried shrimp, accompanied by a dish of stewed fish with canned tender beef.

After finishing his meal, Shi Ming leaned back in the window seat, looking through the various documents he had obtained from the safe of the former captain of the Yellowstone.

From these materials, he learned some information about lighthouses.

Sea monsters roam freely, and maritime disasters occur frequently. Even the Lighthouse can only live in a remote corner now. It shares intelligence and resources with its three general-class drifting ships, nine gold-class drifting ships, and other silver and bronze drifting ships.

Of course, there are also inevitable internal conflicts and competition.

But in most cases, a superficial harmony is maintained.

Each ship has a high degree of autonomy, much like the former special districts and fifty administrative states.

The Lighthouse once attempted to mass-produce S-class Awakened using technological means, but has yet to succeed, making numerous sacrifices and losing many researchers. As for the Lighthouse's strength—it currently possesses at least three S-class Awakened on the surface.

One of the awakened beings possesses the ability "Dream Weaver's Eye," which was awakened after killing an S-class sea beast called "Sea Magatama" and bathing in its blood.

The Sea Jade is a three-headed sea serpent with three tons of blood. The Lighthouse originally intended to use it to cultivate three S-rank Awakened, or even more. However, after the first Pioneer awakened, the remaining blood could no longer awaken anyone—although the blood did not lose its vitality, and its energy remained surging.

"Could it be an S-class sea beast that can only awaken one person's power?"

"If that's really the case, then even if Xuanwu bleeds profusely again, it won't be able to awaken any skills?"

Shi Ming rubbed his chin and guessed.

He spent an afternoon going through all the documents in the safe and gained a general understanding of the capabilities of this king-class drifting ship.

The Awakened Ones of the Lighthouse may not be the strongest among the seven Royal Ships, but they are definitely not weak. Moreover, it perfectly inherited America's military weapons and cutting-edge technology from the land era. All the research results of the past have been transplanted onto the Lighthouse, making it like a perfect giant fortress.

Compared to his silver ship, it's like comparing a missile to a shotgun.

"Don't aim too high; my ship is already great."

"Moreover, now that I have a heart for sailing, I only need to save up 1000 high-grade sea crystals to upgrade my canoe to a general-class drifting ship."

"It is a small and agile general-class drifting ship, which may really be the only one in the world."

"This silver ship can also be upgraded continuously. Eventually, one large and one small will complement each other,"

"Even if I'm all alone, I'm not necessarily weaker than some other forces!"

He closed the intelligence report in his hand and looked out the window.

The sunset over the sea was quite mesmerizing.
His eyes, however, were filled with conviction.

The belief in becoming stronger.

……

……

……

Black Society.

"idiot!"

"Bastard thing!"

"You should commit seppuku in the shrine on the ship!"

Itsukushima Rin's eyes were filled with boundless rage, as if she wanted to burn the vast wilderness before her to ashes.

If it weren't for the fact that Da Huangye needed to take responsibility for the whole thing, the bullets from the pistol at his waist would have been transformed into flames of anger and shot towards Da Huangye's head—

……

Two hours ago.

Itsukushima Rin excitedly summoned his subordinate, the ship's third-level governor, Oohara, to his office. In a trembling voice, he told him that the treasure he had "seized" from a wild ship, a nautical chart rated "C" by the ship's researchers, was actually the "Endless Sea Map," ranked 108th in "A Compendium of Wonders of the Endless Seas"!
Ranked 108th!

It is only 5 places lower than the White Dragon Whale, which can awaken S-class skills!
Itsukushima Rin's tone revealed an undisguised joy.

What concept?
This is a great opportunity to make a great contribution!

But he was puzzled that his subordinate trembled slightly upon hearing the news.

As the naval commander of the ship, Itsukushima Rin was a veteran of countless battles, and no detail, however subtle, could escape his notice.

This doesn't sound like joy.

It sounds more like panic...

(End of this chapter)