Endless Ocean: Survival Begins with a Dugout Canoe-Chapter 93 - 90: Advancement! General-grade Wandering Ship
An ocean-like azure blue once again covered the entire map.
Shi Ming picked up the magnifying glass on the table and carefully searched for black spots on the map.
One.
Two.
S-rank Sea Beasts were indeed rare. After searching meticulously for a long time, Shi Ming only found two black spots on the map.
One was located near the ruins of Mount Olympus in the former region of Greece; it was presumably the Deep Sea Titan mentioned in that A-rank intelligence report. The other was near the former Greenland Island, where the seawater temperature also seemed to be very low.
The spots representing the two Sea Beasts were both rather light in color.
This indicated they were active in the deep sea.
Not in the sunlit layer, not even in the Twilight Layer.
Having gotten a general idea of the two S-rank Sea Beasts’ locations and satisfied his curiosity, Shi Ming withdrew the Awakening Power from the Map of the Endless Sea.
If he revealed such precious intelligence about the Sea Beasts’ locations to major powers like the Lighthouse or the Twelve Stars, he might receive a handsome reward. But the more likely outcome was that he wouldn’t be able to hold onto this map and would instead bring disaster upon himself.
An innocent man gets into trouble for the treasure he carries.
After resting for a moment and restoring his Spiritual Power, Shi Ming, now in peak condition, took the Sun-Shooter out of his system inventory.
Along with it, he also took out 1,000 High-Level Sea Crystal Stones, one Sailing Heart obtained from the Huang Shi,
and most importantly, 1,000 grams of Xuanwu’s blood.
This was a sample he had specially taken before he bathed in the blood to Awaken. He had collected about five liters in total. The energy within the blood was still abundant and hadn’t been depleted, but it couldn’t be used to help others Awaken and could only serve as a material.
In reality, upgrading a Wandering Ship to an Admiral-class Ship only required 1,000 grams of A-rank Sea Beast Blood. Theoretically, S-rank Sea Beast Blood wasn’t necessary.
However, Shi Ming had never killed an A-rank Sea Beast, and the blood of an A-rank Awakened couldn’t be used as a substitute. He could only use the Xuanwu’s blood as a backward-compatible alternative.
With all the materials prepared,
Brain of Creation, activate!
As he focused his gaze, familiar text appeared before Shi Ming’s eyes once more.
[Golden Wandering Ship - Sun-Shooter, No. 360]
[Level: 5]
[A Golden Wandering Ship crafted by the Dragon Country Xirang Research Institute from leftover construction materials. Don’t be fooled by its small size; it even comes with an artificial intelligence! And because it’s smaller, it consumes less energy, making its exploration functions more flexible!]
[Upgrade Requirements: High-Level Sea Crystal Stone x1,000, Sailing Heart x1, A-rank Sea Beast Blood x1,000g.]
[Upgrade materials detected. Upgrade immediately?]
Without hesitation, Shi Ming confirmed "Yes."
Suddenly, he felt a force abruptly drain nearly half of the Spiritual Power in his mind!
He even experienced a brief moment of blankness and nearly fell to the ground. Fortunately, the sensation didn’t last long. By the time he recovered, all the materials before him, including the azure Sailing Heart, had transformed into a thick, gaseous mist that swirled around the Sun-Shooter.
His Spiritual Power was still draining rapidly, just not as suddenly as the initial burst.
Shi Ming gritted his teeth against the discomfort, using his physical strength to keep himself upright.
Time ticked by, second by second. Finally, just as he felt so exhausted that he was about to pull up a chair to sit down, a notification for "Upgrade Successful" appeared in his vision.
"Whew... I was almost completely drained!"
Shi Ming leaned on the table, gazing at the Sun-Shooter before him.
This didn’t mean his Spiritual Power was weak; it was just that the Brain of Creation’s process of upgrading a Gold-class to an Admiral-class ship consumed an immense amount of it.
Had it been anyone else, they likely would have collapsed at the initial drain, and the upgrade would have been a guaranteed failure.
After recovering in a sleep pod for five minutes, Shi Ming eagerly approached the now Admiral-class Wandering Ship, the Sun-Shooter, to observe its changes.
This was an Admiral-class ship!
There were only about a hundred of them in the entire world!
Each one was the foundation of a powerful faction or a nation!
Incredibly important!
’I finally have an Admiral-class Wandering Ship of my own now,’ he thought, ’even if it’s only a level 1 Admiral-class and a very small one at that.’
’But its potential is limitless...’
[Admiral-class Wandering Ship - Sun-Shooter, No. 360]
[Level: 1]
[Originally a Golden Wandering Ship crafted by the Dragon Country Xirang Research Institute from leftover construction materials, it has undergone an unimaginable transformation and miraculously evolved into an Admiral-class. What a miracle! Most importantly, it has gained a magical flight mode! As well as an "Admiral Trait"!]
[Upgrade Requirements: Dome Crystal x100, any type of S-rank Sea Beast Blood x100g, Sailing Heart (or Energy Meteorite) x1]
Aside from the blood, Shi Ming had none of the materials for the next upgrade.
But that didn’t matter. The leap from Gold-class to Admiral-class was already a massive transformation—
As a small Admiral-class Wandering Ship, it perfectly embodied the saying "good things come in small packages." Its durability was three times that of an ordinary Admiral-class ship, capable of withstanding even a powerful blow from an S-rank Sea Beast! Its agility was also far beyond what they could ever hope to match!
Its speed had also increased by 1.5 times.
It also had a new flight mode—and not the kind you find on a phone. After activating flight mode, the Sun-Shooter could actually leave the sea’s surface and float in the air, just like a flying sword!
Beyond that, the most important addition was an "Admiral Trait."
An Admiral Trait could be simply understood as a "skill" unique to the Wandering Ship. As far as Shi Ming knew, some ships had traits like [Steadfast], some had [Domain Suppression], some had [Slaughter], some had [Aura of Might], and others had [Po Jun]...
Every Admiral-class Wandering Ship possessed an "Admiral Trait."
This was the biggest difference between them and Gold-class Wandering Ships.
And the Sun-Shooter...
As its captain, Shi Ming perceived every change in the Sun-Shooter, so he naturally learned of its Admiral Trait immediately.
[Admiral Trait: Super Overload]!
Upon activating this Admiral Trait, the Wandering Ship will perform an overload startup. At the cost of either a 24-hour system shutdown or 1 Pure Dome Crystal, it can travel at a super-high speed of 880 m/s for 30 seconds. This can be stacked with any mode. The maximum duration is thirty seconds. When Super Overload is active, the high speed will not affect the crew inside the ship.
meters per second!
What did that even mean?
It was comparable to the speed of a bullet.
And it was more sustained than a bullet, lasting for a full 30 seconds!
In the blink of an eye, the ship could be dozens of kilometers away!
Incredible!
Of course, the cost was quite steep as well.
It either consumed one Pure Dome Crystal,
or it came at the cost of a 24-hour system shutdown.
’It’s a true trump card, perfect for ambushes, all-or-nothing gambles, and extreme survival situations.’
’Of course, it would also be great for offense. The weight of the Wandering Ship combined with its bullet-like speed would be outstandingly effective against giant Sea Beasts!’
Shi Ming was quite satisfied.
Now it had truly become a divine, sun-shooting arrow.
He still had two upgrade chances left for the day, and he planned to use them on the "notebook" and "mask" he had purchased from the Twelve Stars.
