Free Web NovelChapter 382: Chapter 375: The Great Purge! Doomsday for the Sea Beasts
This trip underground was quite fruitful.
Not only did he witness the number one wonder, the Creation Star Core, but he also successfully obtained "Fenyuan." This weapon, which could be called the strongest on Earth, was enough to raise Shi Ming’s combat power by another huge leap.
He now possessed both immense power and the perfect weapon.
’Next up is the great cleansing.’
’By my calculations, the Active Wormhole’s devouring process should be entering its final stages.’
The last time he went to the Extreme North Ice Eye, the Eye of the World had provided two solutions regarding the Active Wormhole.
Plan A: Kill it before it advances to the Nirvana rank. Risk: three stars.
Plan B: Kill it after it advances to the Nirvana rank. Risk: five stars.
’I wonder if the risk levels have changed, given my current strength?’
Times had changed.
Initially, Shi Ming had planned to be flexible with the Active Wormhole. He would try for Plan B if possible, but if he wasn’t confident or the risk was still too high, he would fall back on Plan A.
But now,
Shi Ming had no other choice!
He had to advance to the Nirvana rank before the *Nirvana* returned to Earth—before December 31st. He needed to acquire a Nirvana-rank Awakened skill to teach that alien with ill intentions a lesson.
This vicious beast had become an opportunity he had to seize!
According to the Eye of the World’s previous precise calculations, the Active Wormhole would finish devouring the Candle Mirage in 35 to 40 days and begin its advancement. The advancement process itself would take another 25 to 39 days.
To be safe, Shi Ming also needed to leave a sufficient buffer period in case the devouring or advancement process finished early due to some unforeseen reason.
This wasn’t because he didn’t trust the Eye of the World’s calculations; it was simply his usual way of doing things. Especially now that he controlled the Origin of the Destiny Sanctuary, he understood even more clearly that nothing in the River of Destiny was 100% certain. No matter how sure an outcome seemed, or how strong the main current of fate was, infinitesimally small tributaries could always branch off. The best countermeasure was to prepare more contingency plans.
Right now, there were at least 10 days left before it finished devouring the Candle Mirage.
Ten days.
That was enough time to give the Endless Ocean a cleansing.
This included the two remaining Holy Hall Sea Beasts.
Killing them would allow Shi Ming’s power to rise again, giving him more trump cards when facing the newly advanced Nirvana-rank Active Wormhole. If he let them slip through the cracks and he failed, they would become food for the Active Wormhole. This would solidify its unstable foundation as a new Nirvana-rank, making it impossible for Earth to ever make a comeback.
Even if the aliens did descend,
when gods fight, it’s mortals who suffer.
Their only fate was to die at Shi Ming’s hands.
As for the important but not urgent matters of the Unceasing Water and "Skynet," he would leave them to the researchers on the six great King-level Wandering Ships to decipher. Everyone has their own specialty. In this regard, he believed they would leverage their advantage of having strength in numbers to find a better solution.
As for Shi Ming’s mission, it was to kill! To fight!
WHOOSH!
The Sun-Shooter burst out of the solid seafloor mud and into the Endless Ocean. Ah Jian and the Three-Eyed Golden Crow seemed to be back in their comfort zone, and they both relaxed their tense Spiritual Power.
Before even reaching the surface, Shi Ming sent a command to the *Dayun*, which was calmly waiting on the surface high above, ordering it to set sail!
"Set course for the Fichaz Sea Abyss in the Mariana Trench!"
"Find the next prey!"
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The journey from the Sea of Boiling to the Mariana Trench wasn’t far; they just needed to head east along the Equator.
It was the middle of the night.
The captain of the *Dayun*’s exploration team, Shi Dun, was patrolling the vast deck as usual.
Previously, when the *Dayun* sailed the seas, some reckless sea beasts would occasionally attack. They invariably died under a hail of cannon fire and the skills of the Awakened. But ever since the ship grew from over a hundred meters to more than three hundred meters long, such reckless sea beasts had all but disappeared.
There were almost no external threats.
What’s more, the radar could easily monitor any disturbance.
Theoretically, an exploration team leader no longer needed to explore. But the Captain had given him this position, and he had to perfectly carry out the duties written in his job description. Even now that he was a powerful Awakened, he still had to handle everything personally, putting in 100% of his effort.
’If it weren’t for the ’coup’ back on New Island...’
’I’d probably still be a nameless, low-ranking crewman today.’
’Let alone becoming an Awakened.’
BEEP BEEP.
The communicator hanging in the most conspicuous spot on his waist chirped.
It was a message from the Captain.
"Shi Dun, you and Lin Hai, come to the captain’s quarters."
"Roger that, Captain!"
「A few minutes later.」
In the captain’s quarters, he and Lin Hai stood before Shi Ming, awaiting their captain’s new orders.
After the White Dragon Whale incident, both of them had become A-rank Awakened. The giant whale’s heart had been given to the captain of the *Dream of Salmon* as a reward. However, more than half of its blood had gone to the *Dayun*, which was enough for the two of them to awaken the A-rank skill "Whale Burst."
On the Endless Ocean, they were considered truly powerful individuals.
He waited patiently for the Captain’s command.
The very next words he heard made Shi Dun, an A-rank Awakened, freeze for a moment. He wondered if he had been dragged into a dream by some terrifying sea beast, or if he was having a wild fantasy while resting—
"Do you two want to become S-rank Awakened?"
Shi Ming’s tone was very casual.
It was as if he were asking a subordinate, ’Would you like a cup of tea, too? The galley has some new ingredients; you should go try them!’
