[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-endless-ocean-survival-begins-with-a-dugout-cano":3,"chapter-endless-ocean-survival-begins-with-a-dugout-cano-endless-ocean-survival-begins-with-a-dugout-cano-chapter-54":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Endless Ocean: Survival Begins with a Dugout Canoe",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1204771,1559,"Chapter 54 - 52: Light of the Lighthouse","endless-ocean-survival-begins-with-a-dugout-cano-chapter-54",54,"\u003Cp>The appendix listed a mere 8 S-rank skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The information was sparse and simple—just a serial number, the skill’s name, and the name of the Sea Beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the serial number was the name of the S-rank skill. While the specific abilities weren’t detailed, the general nature of some skills could be inferred from their names. For instance, `Tide of Confusion` was likely a sonic wave or tidal attack that caused disorientation. As for \"Infinite Matriarch,\" it was probably a hive-type skill involving division or proliferation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the dash was the name of the Sea Beast that could awaken the corresponding skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"???\" symbols represented unknowns that had yet to be researched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at the very bottom of the list, ranked 99th, was none other than Shi Ming’s own skill: \"Second Chance\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This second skill, \"Second Chance,\" awakened from the Black Tortoise, functioned like a revival item, and it was only ranked 99th.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I wonder who came up with these rankings.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this was less than a tenth of the full list, Shi Ming’s eyes burned with envy as he looked at it, especially at the skills near the top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Hole,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heat Death,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’They sounded badass just from the names!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to those, skills like Chunyi’s \"Extreme Speed,\" or whatever that C-rank skill of Nailu Ye’s was—Shi Ming had already forgotten its name—were complete child’s play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If I could get an S-rank attack skill like one of those, pairing it with my `Black Tortoise Shield` and \"Second Chance,\" I’d be a true all-rounder. I’d have enough power to run wild in the `Endless Ocean`.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, finishing the list only sparked greater curiosity in him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What’s the number one S-rank skill?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The `Great Black Heaven Dragon` guarded by the `Black Society` is said to be beyond S-rank. If I were to hunt it and bathe in its blood, would the skill I awaken be S-rank or SS-rank? Would it even be on this list? Or is there a separate, higher-tier list?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the chance, Shi Ming wanted to see the `Great Black Heaven Dragon` for himself. A dragon named after a deity was bound to be extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Right now, my biggest weakness is the lack of a powerful offensive skill.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s a shame the specimen in this jar isn’t `Leviathan` blood. It’s just a tiny, tiny piece of a limb, not enough for an awakening. The `Leviathan` was hundreds of meters long; even a fragment chipped off in a collision would be bigger than this! This piece is probably only valuable for research.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’When will I finally get an S-rank or A-rank attack skill?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Temporarily suppressing his craving for power, he put the research report away and turned his attention to the other two safes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two more \"mystery boxes\" awaited him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened the other two safes using the same method and quickly took stock of the items inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the other safe from the warehouse was a box containing thirty Dome Crystals, along with a vial of B-rank `Sea Beast Blood` that had degraded to the point of being unusable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was also a single golden scale, a strange piece of coral, and a shriveled seed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they couldn’t be upgraded, he was unable to use the `Brain of Creation` to inspect them. He would have to find out what they were and what they did through other means later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The safe from the captain’s room contained the *Yellowstone’s* collection of valuable intelligence from recent years, communication logs with the *Lighthouse*, the captain’s performance reports, handover records with other ships, and an object that looked like a USB drive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Ming used the `Brain of Creation` to inspect the USB-drive-like object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It can be upgraded! That means I can inspect it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lighthouse Communication Device Encryption Decoder]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level: 3]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[An extremely important key for a communication tool, issued by the `Lighthouse Faction` to the captains of its subordinate Wandering Ships. This decoder allows a communication device to connect to a fixed, encrypted channel for internal communications.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Upgrade Requirement: `Light of the Lighthouse` x1]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was essentially a physical password for the communicator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Ming looked at the decoder and couldn’t help but marvel. ’A `King-level Wandering Ship` truly is on another level. Even its communicator comes with an encryption decoder.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Not like that certain `Wokoku` organization, which hands out communicators to its captains that anyone can use if they get ahold of one! No privacy whatsoever.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Speaking of which, this must be the `Lighthouse`’s communicator, right?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Ming’s gaze fell on the walkie-talkie-like object sitting off to the side. It was the one he had found in the silt deposits of the *Yellowstone*, engraved with \"DT001\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He scanned it with the `Brain of Creation`.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lighthouse Communication Device]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level 3]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Manufactured by the `Lighthouse`. Durable, excellent signal, rapid transmission! A communicator made with unique technology, capable of transmitting text messages over extremely long distances with a maximum delay of ten minutes! (Damaged, all functions lost)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Upgrade Requirement: `High-Level Sea Crystal Stone` x3]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone used to modern cell phones would probably think this was a piece of electronic junk. Ten minutes just to send a text message?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the `Wandering Era`, there were no cell towers. Factions had to rely on their own Wandering Ships, scattered across the ocean, to act as signal relays. A ten-minute delay was already the absolute limit for long-distance transmission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The `Black Society`’s communication devices had delays of over an hour, and they even had message length restrictions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the damaged communicator, Shi Ming didn’t hesitate to use his last `Brain of Creation` upgrade for the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Upgrade!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It only cost three `High-Level Sea Crystal Stones`. For now, he was quite \"rich.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The communicator upgraded with surprising ease. In just three seconds, Shi Ming received the notification that the upgrade was successful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lighthouse Communication Device]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level: 4]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Manufactured by the `Lighthouse`. Even more durable, with an even better signal! Even faster transmission! A communicator made with unique technology, capable of transmitting text messages over extremely long distances. Maximum delay of five minutes!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Upgrade Requirement: `High-Level Sea Crystal Stone` x10]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the upgrade completed, the severely corroded communicator was restored to pristine condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked as if it had just rolled off the assembly line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Ming found a port on the bottom of the communicator that matched the decoder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment’s thought, he took the decoder from the safe and inserted it into the port.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BEEP.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BEEP.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The restored communicator lit up, its red light blinking for a long moment. Soon, the light turned green. With a sudden vibration, the e-ink screen in the center flickered to life. A lighthouse-shaped logo appeared first, followed by the main interface—much like the startup animation on an old Nokia phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the `Lighthouse` designed it, they had clearly focused only on functionality, battery life, water resistance, and signal strength, forgoing unnecessary bells and whistles like a color screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main interface had only a single, fixed channel named [Let There Be Light].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Let There Be Light] channel had a total of 13 members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Ming—or rather, the communicator in his hand—was one of them. 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