Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 90 Advancement! General-Level Drifting Ship!

The azure blue of the sea once again covered the entire map.

Shi Ming picked up the magnifying glass on the table and carefully searched for the black spots on the map.

one,
two,

S-class sea monsters are indeed rare. After searching carefully for a long time, Shi Ming finally found two black dots on the map.

One of them is located near the ruins of Mount Olympus in the former Greek region, presumably the Deep Sea Titan mentioned in the A-level intelligence. The other is located near the former Greenland, where the seawater temperature also seems to be very low.

The spots represented by the two sea creatures are both relatively light in color.

This indicates that they are active in the deep sea.

It's not in the light-transmitting layer, or even in the twilight layer.

Having roughly determined the location of the two S-class sea monsters and satisfied his curiosity, Shi Ming deactivated the Awakening Power on the Endless Sea Map.

Such valuable information as the location of the sea monster could potentially yield substantial rewards if revealed to powerful forces like the Lighthouse or the Twelve Stars. However, the more likely outcome is that Shi Ming will not be able to keep the map and will instead face annihilation.

Every husband is not guilty, and he is guilty of his crime.

After resting for a while and adjusting his mental strength, Shi Ming took the Sun-Shooting Ship out of the system warehouse in his best condition.

Also brought out were 1000 high-grade sea crystals and a Heart of Navigation obtained from the Yellowstone.
And most importantly, 1000 grams of Xuanwu's blood.

This was a sample he took before bathing in blood to awaken. He took about five liters in total. The blood was still full of energy and had not been drained. However, it could not awaken others and could only be used as material.

In reality, upgrading a drifting ship to general level only requires 1000 grams of blood from an A-grade sea monster; theoretically, it doesn't need the blood of an S-grade sea monster.

However, Shi Ming has not yet killed any A-level sea beasts, and the blood of an A-level awakened person cannot be used as a substitute. He can only use the blood of Xuanwu for backward compatibility.

All the materials are ready.

Creative mind, activate!

As his gaze fell upon the familiar handwriting, it reappeared before Shi Ming's eyes.

[Gold-class drifting ship - Sun Shooter, No. 360]

【Level: 5】

[A gold-class drifting ship built using leftover materials from the Dragon Kingdom's Breath of Earth Research Institute. Don't let its small size fool you; it even comes equipped with artificial intelligence! And because it's smaller and consumes less energy, its exploration capabilities are far more flexible!]

[Advancement Requirements: 1000 High-Grade Sea Crystals, 1 Heart of the Sea, 1000 grams of A-Grade Sea Beast Blood.]

[Advancement materials detected. Advance immediately?]

Without hesitation, Shi Ming confirmed, "Yes."

Suddenly, he felt a force that drained almost half of the mental energy from his mind!
He even experienced a brief moment of mental blankness, almost falling headfirst to the ground, but fortunately, this feeling did not last long. When he recovered, all the materials in front of him, including that azure heart of navigation, had turned into a thick fog-like gaseous state, swirling around the Sunshot.

The spiritual energy was still rapidly depleting, but not as suddenly as the first time.

Shi Ming endured the discomfort and supported himself with his physical strength.

Time passed second by second, and finally, just as he was feeling extremely tired and about to pull up a chair to sit down, a notification appeared in his eyes that read "Successfully advanced."

"Phew... I was almost completely drained!"

Shi Ming leaned on the table and looked at the Sun-Shooting Ship in front of him.

This doesn't mean his mental strength is weak; it's simply that his creative brain, upgrading from Gold to General, requires a tremendous amount of mental energy. If it were anyone else, they would probably have fainted on the first hit, and advancing would have been impossible—they would definitely have failed.

After resting for five minutes in the sleep pod, Shi Ming couldn't wait to go to the vicinity of the drifting ship Shooting Sun, which had been promoted to "General-level", to observe its changes.

This is a general-level officer!
There are only about one hundred of them in the whole world!

Each ship represents the foundation of a powerful force or nation!
Extremely important!

Now, I can say that I own a general-class drifting ship, although it is only a level 1 general-class ship and is very small.

However, its potential is limitless...

[General-class drifting ship - Sunshot, No. 360]

【Level: 1】

Originally a golden drifting ship built using leftover materials from the Dragon Kingdom's Breath of Earth Research Institute, it underwent unimaginable changes, successfully transforming into a General-class vessel—a true miracle! Most importantly, it gained a new, amazing flight mode! And a "General-level trait"!

[Upgrade requires: 100 Dome Crystals, 100 grams of any S-rank sea beast blood, and 1 Heart of the Voyager (or Energy Meteorite)]

Aside from blood, Shi Ming had no other materials for the next upgrade.

But it doesn't matter; going from Gold rank to General rank is already a huge transformation.

As a small general-class drifting ship, it perfectly embodies the saying "the best is the worst." Its sturdiness is three times that of an ordinary general-class drifting ship, and it can withstand even the powerful attack of an S-class sea monster! Its agility is also far beyond their reach!
The speed has also increased by 1.5 times.

It also features a new flight mode, but this isn't the kind of flight mode you see on a mobile phone. Once flight mode is activated, the Sun Shooting Ship can truly leave the sea and float in the air like a sword!
In addition, and most importantly, it adds a "feature".

General traits can be simply understood as unique "skills" possessed only by the drifting ship. As far as Shi Ming knew, some drifting ships possessed the trait of [Calmness], some [Domination], some [Aggression], some [Intimidation], and some [Destruction]...

Each Admiral-class drifting ship possesses an "Admiral trait".
This is the biggest difference between them and the Gold-class drifting ships.

And the Sun-Shooting Ship...

As its captain, Shi Ming was aware of all the changes in the Sun Shooting Ship, and naturally he learned about its characteristics immediately.

[Feature: Super Overload Capability]!
After activating its special ability, the drifting ship will undergo an overload activation, at the cost of a 24-hour system shutdown or one Pure Crystal, to travel at a super-high speed of 880 meters per second for 30 seconds. This speed can be stacked with any mode. The maximum duration is 1 seconds. When activating the super overload, the high speed will not affect the crew inside the ship.

880 meters per second!
What concept?
It's as fast as a bullet.

Moreover, it lasts longer than a bullet, lasting up to 30 seconds!

In the blink of an eye, a person can be dozens of kilometers away!

powerful!
Of course, the price was also quite heavy.
Either consume one Pure Dome Crystal,

Alternatively, at the cost of a 24-hour system shutdown.

"It's a real trump card, suitable for murder and robbery, all-or-nothing gambles, and extreme survival tactics."

"Of course, it's also great for fighting enemies. The weight of the drifting ship combined with its bullet-like speed makes it extremely effective against giant sea monsters!"

Shi Ming was quite satisfied.
This time it truly became the arrow that shot down the sun.

He has two more upgrade opportunities today, which he plans to use on the "notebook" and "mask" he bought from the Twelve Stars.

　There will be another chapter later, but it might be quite late.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)