Chapter 415: Chapter 407: The Kid and "Ten Thousand Forms Glaze
[WARNING! WARNING!...]
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An explosion?
’This damn thing is truly disgusting.’
If Shi Ming were the only one on Earth, he could have used [Borer] to corrode the Unceasing Water without a second thought. Even if the Unceasing Water crystallized and exploded, the resulting energy would have been nothing to him.
But there were other people here.
’Since corrosion won’t work, I’ll try the method I came up with earlier.’
He took a black crystal ball from his storage. This was the "Starry Sky Specimen" he had found on Rui Liang, an object capable of both storing and sealing things.
He activated the Starry Sky Specimen, merging his Spiritual Power with it to cover a thirty-nautical-mile radius of the sea.
Theoretically, his Spiritual Power could cover a much larger area, but he feared that removing too much seawater might trigger other catastrophic changes.
It was better to be cautious in the initial testing phase.
As his Spiritual Power, amplified by the crystal ball, spread out, the thirty-nautical-mile area of the sea looked as if it had been sealed in a specimen container, coated with a deep, dark filter.
Collect!
WHOOSH~
The source of the Unceasing Water, a large section of the seabed, and a massive volume of seawater were all miraculously drawn into the crystal ball. A huge vacuum formed where Shi Ming was, only to be quickly filled by the surrounding ocean.
The Starry Sky Specimen, once a pitch-black and empty crystal ball, was now colorless, filled with seawater.
If one were to probe it with Spiritual Power, they would even find deep-sea fish, seaweed, and coral living inside the crystal ball as if nothing had changed.
The terrifying amount of Spiritual Power needed to maintain the seal surpassed Shi Ming’s expectations, even though he had been prepared for it.
The moment the section of the sea was collected into the crystal ball, it began to automatically "escape."
"The drain really is immense."
"It’s draining me by a percentage!"
"It’s consuming 1% of my Spiritual Power every second. And the Unceasing Water inside seems to be growing more active, its energy becoming violent..."
"But this proves the theory is viable."
If Shi Ming were to use a Miniature Wormhole to travel far away from Earth and then release this ocean specimen, he should be able to solve the problem of the Unceasing Water for good.
Tens of millions of light-years away, even if the Unceasing Water escaped, it would never find its way back home. And while residual Sea Crystal Stone energy would remain in Earth’s Endless Ocean, it would never amount to a major threat, and the seawater would stop rising.
’Scooping it out is a viable option.’
’At least now I have a fallback plan.’
However, there was still an instability within the Creation Star Core. It required stable Unceasing Water as a material for unlimited upgrades.
Once the Unceasing Water was removed from Earth, one problem would be solved, but the Creation Star Core could no longer be upgraded. The instability within it, a threat greater than the Unceasing Water itself, would remain. Even if Shi Ming didn’t use the origin of [Purification], this instability would become another latent danger that could never be truly eliminated.
If [Purification] could one day no longer suppress it, the resulting crisis would likely be even worse.
WHOOSH~
The specimen sealed within the crystal ball escaped and returned to its original location. The water that had filled the vacuum was displaced, and the sea region miraculously became identical to how it was just a few minutes ago.
The growth of the Unceasing Water was slow.
No major problems would arise in the short term.
Now that he had a Plan A, he at least had a failsafe. If he couldn’t find a more effective method or any other leads before the Unceasing Water crisis peaked, Shi Ming would have to abandon the origin of [Purification] and use the Starry Sky Specimen and a Miniature Wormhole to clean up the source of the Unceasing Water.
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On the way back, Shi Ming was in a good mood.
He had found a viable solution.
He was no longer helpless in the face of the crisis.
A giant Kun breached the surface and transformed into a human. Shi Ming stepped back onto his Sunshot and headed for the Firelight Camp. The trip had taken more than half a day, and the leaders or founders of the other five King-level Wandering Ships should be gathered near the camp by now.
His canoe passed by one of the entrances to the floating camp.
He once again saw the young boy with the painted face. The boy had typical South American features and held a gun, standing guard at the camp entrance like a rock, meticulously watching for any changes on the sea.
The child was about seven or eight years old.
Child guards weren’t a rare sight, but Shi Ming had a strange feeling that the boy looked familiar, even though he was absolutely certain he had never met him before.
Even his Ten Thousand Forms Sanctuary stirred faintly in response.
Right on cue, the Eye of Destiny provided information.
[Even when peeking into destiny from the perspective of a god, one will find that fate is truly wondrous...]
[Wonder: Ten Thousand Forms Glaze.]
[Rank: 31]
[This is a new wonder that was just recently born, yet is already ranked on the List of Wonders.]
[After the death of the Holy Hall Fierce Beast, the "Ten Thousand Forms Kun," the origin of its final S-rank skill transformed into a fish scale and was left with the protagonist of the last "script" it directed, becoming the Ten Thousand Forms Glaze.]
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[Whether by good fortune or bad, after successfully causing the deaths of all crew members on four wandering ships as arranged by the Ten Thousand Forms Kun in its script, the young boy jumped into the sea. This coincided with the death of the Ten Thousand Forms Kun, and its unretrieved "Dust of Forgotten Ruins" became a final inheritance for the boy.]
[An eight-year-old boy, adrift on the great waves of destiny.]
[In addition to the Dust of Forgotten Ruins, he also inherited the memories of the Ten Thousand Forms Kun’s youth.]
[This has caused him to often be unsure whether he is human or a Kun, as if he’s in a long, confusing dream, unable to distinguish man from beast.]
[He has a new name: Beiming Kun.]
[Now, his potential has been discovered by the Firelight, and he has become a member of the guard. His seniors have taught him how to use his abilities, and this person who was like a blank slate has witnessed many precious things amidst the disaster... He seems to have found a new meaning in life...]
[A person made anew, perhaps~]
[Destiny’s loop closes here.]
[...]
[Of course, if you do not agree, destiny will sprout a new branch.]
[You are now the master of destiny, the greatest director...]
Shi Ming blinked, and the words vanished.
’Me, a director?’
’The last creature who fancied itself a director of destiny was now just a roadside casualty, with not even a corpse left behind. The three S-rank origins it worked so hard to create had even been carved up and taken...’
’Destiny is ethereal and unpredictable.’
’This "director" role...’
’Whoever wants it can have it.’
He glanced at Beiming Kun from a distance and saw that the boy, his face painted with colors symbolizing the spirit of the Andean Tribe, had an exceptionally resolute gaze. He was pouring all his energy into his patrol and hadn’t noticed him at all.
On his right hand, there was indeed a gray, square-shaped mark.
That, undoubtedly, was the Ten Thousand Forms Glaze.
The more one understood destiny, the more one realized it couldn’t be controlled. In the great River of Destiny, even the thickest branch with the highest probability could never reach 100%. Sometimes, the flutter of a butterfly’s wings in the Amazon Region could stir up a tempest in the Yinping Sea Region.
The more you intervened in destiny, the more likely you were to suffer a backlash.
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The Sunshot sailed on without a breeze.
It slowly glided into the camp.
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