Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 6: Discovery of an Extremely Powerful Sea Beast?

The notes end abruptly here, and there is no further information after that.

It was as if his master had disappeared.

Although the researcher did not write the year when taking the notes, Shi Ming judged from the history of the time of wandering that the notebook was at least twenty years old. A notebook that had been placed in the humid environment of the seaside for so long, and was protected by a wooden box and a wooden boat, without any damage, must have been made of extraordinary materials.

He also gleaned a great deal of useful information from the notes, such as information about the Great Flood.
For example, he identified a method for how humanity should "awaken"—

Bathing in the blood of sea beasts can awaken and allow one to inherit their superpowers. Similarly, the blood of different sea beasts will awaken different superpowers. The stronger the sea beast, the stronger the superpower that is awakened!

Previously in the captain's office, the captain had vaguely hinted that bathing in beast blood would give one a certain chance of awakening.

He wouldn't readily believe the information the captain gave him.

However, if other sources of information are used for comparison and confirmation, the credibility increases significantly. The notebook owner's records precisely corroborate this point.

"The potential of this Eye of Intelligence is truly limitless. It can help me so much!"

"I wonder if there are any powerful sea beasts on this island? If so, with my [Arm of Power], I might be able to intercept the captain and secretly awaken my superpower!"

He carefully put away his notebook and used coordinates to mark the location of the canoe so that he could find it quickly later. After that, he left the beach and quickly disappeared off the coastline.

It's time to explore this mysterious floating island.

The island is rich in vegetation and diverse in plant species, with many plump berries, but there is no trace of any animals. That's right, there aren't even any insects on the plants and berries!
The berries, once ripe, fell naturally to the ground, becoming fertilizer for their parent plant. There were no bird or animal footprints or droppings on the ground; apart from the sound of the wind rustling the leaves, there was an eerie silence.

This made Shi Ming even more vigilant.

He dared not eat any of the bright red fruit, nor did he need to, but the other slaves had no such scruples.

The captain had tacitly approved the tasting of the island's food beforehand.

When Shi Ming occasionally met with other slaves, he would see them with mouths full of fruit juice, greedily devouring the juicy berries. This was a rare delicacy, and there were countless of them. If they hadn't risked their lives to explore, they would never have had the chance to eat such food.

Shi Ming neither tried nor stopped it.

He continued to explore the island cautiously, not for the captain, but for himself.

The system assigned Shi Ming three tasks.

First, kill three hostile creatures.

Second, awakening.
Third, own your own drifting boat.

To accomplish these three tasks, we must seize this opportunity to explore the new island.

In the blink of an eye, he had been on the island for three hours.

He spent the last three hours exploring, except for occasional breaks.

He also became the only one to venture deep into the island's interior.

Caution and meticulousness are his companions.

He carefully observed every detail: soil, vegetation, terrain, and rock. The quietness of the new island was eerie. His exploration was ridiculously simple, but he became more and more cautious and went deeper and deeper. Finally, the bushes and vegetation gradually disappeared. In a wide rock crevice deep in the island, he smelled a not-too-strong smell of blood and decay.

I also heard the sound of creatures wriggling.

Guru,

Gulu.

There is a situation!
He quietly poked his head out and looked down into the crack.

What first caught his eye was a fiery red expanse. Below the fissure was a molten, magma-like liquid, yet he could not feel any heat at all.

Next to enter Shi Ming's field of vision was the creature inside the fiery red liquid.

That's right, he saw a live animal for the first time on this island!
Countless fat worms were swimming and tumbling inside!

Each of these worms is about the size of a baby's arm, and if you stretch out your body, it can be 30 to 40 centimeters long. They look juicy and exceptionally plump.

Near the edge of the magma, rows of brown pupae are lined up in a row, densely packed, sticking to the rock wall, quietly like exhibits, and there are at least hundreds of them at a glance!

Even with Shi Ming's composure, his Adam's apple couldn't help but tremble a few times.

Such a scene could easily trigger the fear of anyone with trypophobia.

Not only that, but countless red moths, each the size of a hawk, perched atop the brown cocoon. These moths possessed sharp teeth and claws, clearly indicating a highly formidable species. They were all currently asleep, suggesting they were nocturnal. Shi Ming was somewhat relieved that it was daytime and that he had been cautious enough.

In such a quiet environment, even the slightest breeze or rustling could cause unnecessary ripples.

At that time, facing so many sharp-toothed moths alone could be disastrous.

He suppressed his visual discomfort and carefully observed the situation below the crack.

In the red slurry, besides worm-like creatures, faint white fascia can also be seen. Beneath the rocks where moths have gathered, thick, pillar-like objects can be vaguely seen, looking like giant skeletons buried in the earth.

In addition, the closer Shi Ming got to the cave entrance, the stronger the smell of blood and decay became.

He was very familiar with this taste.

It's the smell of decay produced when a large organism suffers an injury and is left untreated for a long time.

He frowned; there were no injured creatures around.

No, these worms and moths all look like scavengers!

Could it be?

A bold conjecture came to his mind.

He tightened his body, lying motionless above the crack, his pupils focused with unusual alertness, staring at the crack in the rock—the layers there were distinct, the upper layer undoubtedly being sedimentary soil and rock, and below that a thick, unidentified material, belonging to no particular geological type.

Overall, it looks like a giant tortoise shell covered with piled-up rocks.

Tortoise shell?

Fascia? Red liquid?

A wriggling carrion beetle?

A bold guess emerged in his mind, growing increasingly plausible.

Make bold guesses, but verify them carefully!
If this isn't a naturally formed crack in the rock, but rather a wound on the back of some giant creature, like a giant tortoise...

So, the red liquid below is not magma, but a rotten, maggot-infested abscess.

This island might not even be an island, but rather...

In an instant, a fire seemed to ignite in Shi Ming's deep eyes, and the fiery red bloodstains spreading from his arm to his chest seemed to emanate an uncontrollable desire...

Xuanwu!!!

The Black Tortoise recorded in the notes, the Black Tortoise that the researcher was searching for! It is very likely the island itself!!!
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(End of this chapter)