Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 181 Delving into the Boiling Sea! (3k)

Because its sailing route coincidentally matched that of Shi Ming, the Golden Bodhi still found nothing until late at night.

"You're such a dog!"

Mel had lost all her composure and elegance; in a fit of rage, she broke down completely.

"Those scientists in Black Gold, were their ancestors for nine generations all fish-men?!"

"I spent 300 Pure Crystals to buy a three-day guiding sonar, and it's already broken after half a day?! Now it can't even attract a D-level sea monster. Those idiots, did they take it as a repulsion sonar instead?!"

"When did this boiling sea become so calm and peaceful?!"

No wonder Mel couldn't hold back.

What is the Boiling Sea? It's a paradise for sea creatures!
Normally, a general-class drifting ship sailing in the edge of the area, without any guidance, would encounter a sea monster of C-rank or higher once every half day.

You can encounter a Rank B sea monster once every three days.
As for Class A sea monsters, it all depends on luck.

This frequency of appearances far exceeds that of ordinary sea areas. Coupled with the unbearable high temperatures even for awakened beings, the Boiling Sea has earned the title of a forbidden zone for humans.

Theoretically, using the black gold sonar would increase the probability of encountering sea monsters by 300%.

From afternoon to evening, Golden Bodhi traveled along a straight, predetermined route for half a day on the outskirts of this sea area, without even seeing a single sea monster.

Do you think it’s outrageous?

Mel, pipe in hand, stood beneath the golden linden blossoms, pondering his next strategy.

If you're going to do something, do it all the time.

She has decided to risk sailing a little further in.

"Equipment Department, turn on the large refrigerator!"

With the "big refrigerator" borrowed from the Ice Bear, the internal equipment of the drifting ship can withstand a high temperature of about 200 degrees Celsius, allowing it to perform as a general-class drifting ship should, without overheating or overloading under high temperatures.

This is enough to allow her to sail further inland for a while longer.

The further in you go,

The higher the probability of encountering a powerful sea monster.

Mel had bathed in sea beast blood too many times, causing her body to deteriorate due to the excessive number of skills she possessed. She desperately needed a Life Fruit worth 2000 points to strengthen her physique. She exhausted her connections, buying up all the points she could, but she was still 300 points short—enough for the heart of an A-rank sea beast.

She doesn't have much time left; she has to get everything done this time.

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It was already midnight, and Shi Ming rested for three hours on the Shooting Sun.

The number of uses of the Eye of Intelligence has been restored.

He planned to save this opportunity for after reaching the core of the Boiling Sea, using it on the Formless Pure Ice in the hope of obtaining information about combining the two. He hoped this would allow him to overcome the side effects of consuming the Formless Pure Ice.

Strangely, it was very quiet for those three hours, and not even a single D-class sea monster came to bother us.

"Could it be that I've killed too many people, cultivating a kind of malevolent aura that makes sea beasts afraid of me?"

This is very possible.

This is also a good thing, at least in these few hours he can focus on analyzing the information from the Nameless Cocoon, observing and analyzing it again and again, and understanding all the information and battle details of the Three-Eyed Golden Crow.

The Three-Eyed Golden Crow has two skills, one active and one passive.

Active skill: Great Sun Wheel.

Passive skill: Great Prophecy.

"According to the video footage, once the Great Sun Wheel is activated, the Three-Eyed Golden Crow will fully unleash the solar power within its bloodline, transforming into a small sun, which is quite terrifying, emitting ultra-high temperature radiation approaching two thousand degrees, causing the first wave of damage."

"This terrifyingly high temperature can instantly evaporate seawater containing the energy of the sea crystal, creating a large amount of crystal vapor and causing a second wave of damage."

"But these don't pose much of a threat to me."

Shi Ming unearthed the Formless Pure Ice.

The moment the phaseless pure ice appeared, a strange scene unfolded at sea: the seawater near the Sun Shooting Ship, which was 10 meters hot, suddenly dropped at an exaggerated speed, instantly condensing into tiny ice crystals.

When a large amount of steam encounters extreme cold, it condenses into pure water containing no elements.

Then the pure water froze into ice with a splash, and fell into the seawater with a whooshing sound, like an ice rain.

The scene was extremely spectacular.

This comes from the passive characteristic of the formless pure ice, the Realm of Eternal Freeze.

Within a ten-meter radius of the carrier, the temperature remains constant at minus forty-five degrees Celsius.

"I can hardly accept a temperature of 450 degrees Celsius, but I can withstand a temperature of minus 45 degrees Celsius with my current abilities. In addition, with my own defense, I can easily withstand the damage from the Great Sun Wheel and the extremely high temperature steam."

"Completely conquer the Great Sun Wheel."

"As for the other skill, the Great Prophecy."

"The third eye of the Three-Eyed Golden Crow can occasionally glimpse future events. This occasional glimpse is quite spiritual, with the activation frequency sometimes high and sometimes low. Sometimes it can see things that are extremely far away, and sometimes it can see what will happen in the next second."

Shi Ming blinked.

"If I really face it, can it foresee the outcome of this battle?"

"If we could foresee it, would it come to meet us, or would it hide?"

"If we hide, will the prophecy be invalidated?"

"If it accepts the challenge, wouldn't that mean... it's confident?"

What a grandmother paradox!
Shi Ming put away the Formless Pure Ice, and the solid ice that had condensed around the Sun Shooting Ship began to melt slowly, and the temperature began to rise again. On the Endless Sea Map, the position of the Three-Eyed Golden Crow remained below the center of the Boiling Sea, without any change.

His adventurous spirit burned fiercely; no matter what, Shi Ming was determined to explore the heart of the Boiling Sea.

Furthermore, the passive skill "Desperate Measures" had already completed its cooldown two days prior.
He has enough confidence.

"Shoot the sun, initiate!"

With a whoosh, the canoe set sail again.

And about 12 nautical miles behind him.

From afar, the "Golden Bodhi" ship, through its telescope and probe, saw Shi Ming's departing figure.

"Isn't this the canoe I warned about before?"

"Without refrigeration equipment, how could they have made it this far using only a boat?"

"Still speeding deeper and deeper?"

Mel found it unbelievable.

Suddenly, she seemed to understand why she had gained nothing today. She had been following behind others the whole way, so how could she possibly get anything?
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The endless ocean has many incredible places that humans cannot reach.
The Great Whirlpool of the Peacock Kingdom.
The lungs of the Amazon region

The frigid region of the icy sea,

Also, this place is 120 nautical miles from the center of the Boiling Sea.

Not only is the temperature here extremely high, unbearable for humans, but there is also a powerful magnetic field-like phenomenon that interferes with the exploration of technological equipment. Back in the early days when the era of drifting had just begun, Black Gold had sent unmanned high-temperature resistant equipment to explore this place, but it found nothing, only capturing images of an endless ocean that looked exactly like other places.

In the years that followed, I focused on fighting the Nameless Cocoon, but made no further progress.

Even S-level Awakened Ones would find it difficult to withstand the high temperatures here.

Shi Ming's expedition was likely the first time humans had set foot in this sea area.

As they went deeper, the temperature of the boiling sea rose rapidly.
The formless pure ice reappeared.

Call ~
The feeling of experiencing both ice and fire.

It's amazing.

Sometimes, Shi Ming couldn't help but admire the rigor of the Creative Brain. If it was said to be constant, then it was constant. No matter how high the temperature was within ten meters, the moment the Wuxiang Pure Ice was taken out, it instantly turned to minus 45 degrees Celsius. The low delay and sufficient feedback were truly amazing.

The Sun Shooting Ship broke through the ice shards and continued its advance.

What was unbearable for others was like surfing and ice skating for Shi Ming.

Shi Ming did not hold the Formless Pure Ice in his hands, but used the power of Ice Annihilation to control it to float above the Sun Shooting Ship.

This perfect crystal, when pushed to its limit, can lower the temperature to absolute zero. Its surface temperature is far more than -45 degrees Celsius. Shi Ming dared not hold it in his hand for long. And if he put it into the sea, it would not be as simple as the appearance of ice crystals. A real glacier would appear in this area, waging a protracted tug-of-war with the boiling sea.

Looking at the endless sea map, the position of the Sun-Shooting Ship is getting closer and closer to that black dot.

80 nautical miles, then 50 nautical miles, then 30 nautical miles

I didn't encounter a single living being.

Where is the Three-Eyed Golden Crow?

"They really have patience!"

The surrounding sea was vast and empty.

Shi Ming was ready to fight at any moment, but nothing happened. It seemed that this place was nothing more than a natural furnace with extremely high temperatures, and there was nothing unusual about it.

Outside the region of phaseless pure ice, the temperature is still rising rapidly.

700 degrees Celsius!
Ordinary seawater could never reach such a high temperature, but Shi Ming noticed that the seawater here was in a peculiar state, with an unbelievably high concentration of sea crystals. The seawater could hardly be called seawater anymore, but rather a highly concentrated liquid crystal.

Shi Ming even believed that any bucket of water brought back from here could yield a genuine pure crystal.

Steam rises from the sea, and under the cover of night, there is a feeling of being detached from reality.

A crisis could strike at any time.

The Sun-Shooting Ship was extremely fast, and Shi Ming could see the center of the Boiling Sea from afar, above the black dot.

The core of the core!

There is still no three-eyed golden crow, no golden sun.

Instead, a piece of "land" appeared?
At the center of the Boiling Sea, the ocean is no longer there. The seawater has become absolutely crystallized, and a small island made of sparkling, pure crystals appears like land in the core area.

On the island, a strange, large tree can be vaguely seen.

The Sun-Shooting Horn arrived in a flash.

The tree was covered with sparkling crystals, and its branches bore a dozen or so bright, crystal-like fruits.

Under the high temperature, the fruit slowly dripped liquid, which fell drop by drop, like juice produced by the melting of the fruit.

Shi Ming was actually a little tempted by what he saw.

This fruit is clearly a treasure.

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The three-eyed golden crow dwells in the dark seabed.

It sensed that a treacherous creature had withstood the high temperature to steal its fruit.

To be honest, its spirit trembled somewhat, instinctively not wanting to face such a creature, but the third eye on its forehead foresaw that it would achieve victory in a special way.

It flapped its wings and took flight.

The wings burst forth with a brilliant light as dazzling as the sun in the darkness.

Ōnhōrin!
(End of this chapter)