[{"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-89":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},1204806,1559,"Chapter 89 - 86: King-level Wandering Ship \"12 Stars","endless-ocean-survival-begins-with-a-dugout-cano-chapter-89",89,"\u003Cp>C-rank Sea Beast Blood is worth 100 High-Level Sea Crystal Stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B-rank is worth 1,000 High-Level Sea Crystal Stones, a tenfold increase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A-rank is worth at least a thousand times more than that!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The price of Sea Beast Blood rose exponentially like this with each rank, which only served to highlight the rarity and value of high-level Awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also why a single A-rank Awakened could form their own maritime faction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They possessed the ability to hunt B-rank sea beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you followed them, you’d be well-fed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Ming was taken aback by the hooded woman’s reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’So she’s actually loaded?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Looks like I asked for too little.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the market, many things with a suggested price of 100 might sell for much more. It was like some of the trendy collectibles from his past life—they cost only a few dozen to make but could be sold for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, prices fluctuated based on supply and demand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bottle of water in the desert could sell for a hundred times its normal price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you were selling it to some tech billionaire, you could charge even more...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since Shi Ming had already quoted a firm price, he had no intention of going back on his word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, this woman seemed to be a member of a faction affiliated with the Twelve Stars. Trading with her might allow him to make contact with the Twelve Stars sooner and get what he wanted—like their current coordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the only kind I have. I don’t have any others. I’m not a [Hunter], so how would I get my hands on so much B-rank Sea Beast Blood?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He deliberately mentioned the term [Hunter] to set up his next question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, can we make the trade?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course. Anytime.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the hooded woman returned to her cabin and brought out a box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The box opened to reveal twenty Vault Crystals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She seemed incredibly confident in herself. She simply placed the Vault Crystals—something a common Silver-level ship couldn’t hope to obtain even one of—right in front of Shi Ming, completely unafraid that he might try to snatch them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone Shi Ming met was so self-assured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need to verify the B-rank Sea Beast Blood. Once the verification is complete on my end, we’ll make the exchange,\" the hooded woman said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine. But aren’t you going to ask what kind of sea beast this blood came from?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Ming was a little curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people bought Beast Blood to facilitate their own awakening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that didn’t seem to be the case for this woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It doesn’t matter what kind of blood it is. It’s just one component of a medicine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Fair enough.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’You’re the buyer. You call the shots.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sudden transaction was simpler than Shi Ming had imagined, with no unexpected hitches. It seemed both of them were the lawful-good type, or perhaps neither of them cared about such a small amount of supplies?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If every trade was like this, Shi Ming believed the Endless Ocean would be filled with love.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he handed over the Eight-armed Hunter’s blood, Shi Ming saw that the woman’s outstretched hand was covered in coarse brown fur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suppressed his internal questions and showed no reaction on the surface, completing the transaction naturally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman seemed very pleased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Shi Ming asked casually, \"Do you know how to become a [Hunter]? The kind that can post and accept bounties?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sail 210 nautical miles at a heading of 198 degrees. The King-level Wandering Ship, the Twelve Stars, is located there. The Ocean Hunter Association is on the seventeenth floor. For a fee of 10 High-Level Sea Crystal Stones, you can register and receive a terminal with a three-hour data delay. Of course, you also need to be a B-rank Awakened or higher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since you can kill a B-rank sea beast, you naturally meet the requirements.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said no more and leaped from the temporary trade skiff back to her own wandering ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without any visible commands, her wandering ship started up on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the woman and her ship faded from view, bit by bit, like a pencil drawing being erased—just as she had appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk, tsk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s really something else!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Ming exclaimed in amazement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Piloting a wandering ship all alone, hunting B-rank sea beasts by herself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Do I have some kind of magnet for powerful people? I just randomly run into an Awakened, and they turn out to be A-rank?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Since when are A-rank Awakened a dime a dozen?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook his head, took the Vault Crystals—which he had already inspected and found no issues with—and returned to his cabin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Set course for the Twelve Stars. Heading 198 degrees, 210 nautical miles.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Captain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the exception of a few special zones like Turtle Island and the Lost Sea, the scenery everywhere on the Endless Ocean was remarkably similar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waves and water, all monotonous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As humans sailed through the pure blue expanse, they would increasingly feel their own insignificance, which in time would breed a sense of despair. Even the most powerful S-rank Awakened found it difficult to dispel this feeling of desolation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Temperature was perhaps the most noticeable difference one could feel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Fortune was now at a very northern latitude, and a slight chill could be felt in the sea breeze. For Shi Ming, however, this coolness was merely a change in sensation, one he even found a bit refreshing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After two hours of smooth sailing, he noticed that the number of wandering ships seemed to have increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sense of desolation was gradually fading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, he might not have encountered a single other vessel in a full day of sailing. But now, in just one hour, he had spotted four or five different wandering ships, one of which looked identical to his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Looks like the ocean has its prime real estate, too.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The area where a King-level Wandering Ship was located was a Gold-tier zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like an oasis in a vast desert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was one of the few areas where humanity held an absolute advantage. For nearly a hundred nautical miles around, powerful sea beasts dared not approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Looks like I’m almost there...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shi Ming stood at the bow, gazing at the distant horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the endless blue began to recede.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive, blurry shadow hung low on the horizon like a Mirage, gradually solidifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he had anticipated it, seeing it for the first time still left Shi Ming in awe of the divine craftsmanship born from humanity’s do-or-die determination in the early days of the Wandering Era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was more than a miracle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so enormous that it surpassed Shi Ming’s very concept of a \"ship.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It towered like a mountain range. Its steel-forged body resembled an endless medieval castle built upon a mountain, with layers of decks stacked upward, forming a dazzling, three-dimensional structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a mythical ark, it carried an unshakable majesty, plowing through the sunset-gilded waves to form an indestructible ocean fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flag bearing twelve stars arranged in a circle flew high at its very peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like the olive wreath worn by a Divine Spirit on Mount Olympus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he saw it, Shi Ming understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Totem, Lighthouse, fire-seed, order, memory, hope, the way home...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Utopia, the Ideal Land...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, all these abstract nouns were made manifest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humanity had never truly lost its home. Every tiny, lonely boat, every wandering navigator could find a temporary haven here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a King-level Wandering Ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of only seven King-level Wandering Ships in the entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Registry 004, the [Twelve Stars].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Civilization will never sink.\u003C\u002Fp>",1289,"2026-06-03T14:04:11.740Z","2026-06-03T14:04:14.989Z",1,"novelbin.me","841096477f4ce7d5aaaa2b48f49c07212c878b624ec5a09fb9023cdf9b951cff","endless-ocean-survival-begins-with-a-dugout-cano-chapter-90","endless-ocean-survival-begins-with-a-dugout-cano-chapter-88",286,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fendless-ocean-survival-begins-with-a-dugout-cano-cover.jpg"]