Having learned about the sea, Bai Ye had also crammed some navigation knowledge.
Given the current situation, Bai Ye couldn't reverse it. So, what should be done?
Simple, find a landmark.
It was difficult to find a landmark in the vast sea, but not impossible. The most direct was an island.
As long as an island was found and cross-referenced with the sea chart, one could roughly know their position.
Secondly, as long as one kept moving in a single direction, they would eventually reach the regional boundary. Though it was still the sea beyond the boundary, at least one could use the sea chart to know their approximate location in different directions.
For now, all Bai Ye could do was wait. Until a landmark was found and their position determined, there was nothing else Bai Ye could do.
Alternatively, Bai Ye thought that killing another two sea beasts and triggering the next stage of the hidden quest might also be a solution. Perhaps the subsequent quest content could offer some hints.
As Bai Ye pondered, he leaned back on the dragon's back. Being idle, he hadn't drawn from the gashapon machine today.
While thinking, Bai Ye tossed out the gashapon machine.
The moment the machine was about to fall into the sea, Bai Ye snapped his fingers, and a stream of water surged from the sea's surface, catching the falling machine.
The indigenous mystic gashapon drawing method couldn't be used. After all, in the vast sea, where could one find indigenous people? So, Bai Ye had to do it himself.
Then...
A green egg...
Another day where the head had to be a little green, but life could go on.
Bai Ye was too lazy to see what it was. He casually cracked open the gashapon, threw it into the sea, and drew the second one.
Well, a familiar face appeared.
Great Inventor (Ability) (White): Every hour, can randomly invent a technological item.
A sense of grief and indignation rose in Bai Ye's heart. It was bad enough to get garbage, but getting the absolute worst of garbage was too much.
Sighing, Bai Ye consumed a shard of God's Stone to draw a golden gashapon.
This time, it was decent. No surprises, no shocks.
A sword called "Mist Cutter's Echo" that could increase all elemental damage. It could also stack an effect called "Mist Cutter's Seal" on the weapon, which, as the seals accumulated, could further increase the elemental damage of the weapon being used.
It was the lowest-tier weapon of golden quality, a weapon that depended on the user.
However, to be fair, for those who primarily operated in magic zones, this sword would be incredibly powerful.
This was because everything and all abilities in magic zones focused on elemental damage, and the Mist Cutter's Echo could increase all elemental damage by 24%. With the seals stacked to the maximum, it could further increase the used elemental damage by 56%.
Therefore, Bai Ye's assessment was: in the right hands, this thing was devastating.
In the wrong hands, it was useless.
In Bai Ye's hands, it was passable. The elemental damage brought by weapons could not trigger the Mist Cutter's Echo. However, Bai Ye's Thunder-Thunder Fruit could certainly be considered elemental and could trigger the effect of the Mist Cutter's Echo.
However, Bai Ye didn't really care. What was the difference between killing someone in one strike versus two?
Bai Ye cared more about the fact that it was a weapon, which meant the Steel Slime could grow, the Gate of Babylon had a new member, and the Tai Chi Wheel had more to consume.
After going through the motions, Bai Ye put away the gashapon machine and yawned, preparing to sleep. But at this moment...
The dragon raised its head and let out a cry, then slowly reduced its speed.
Bai Ye turned around, hugged the dragon's neck, and asked, "What's going on?"
The dragon cried twice, then lowered its head to look at the sea surface.
Bai Ye followed the dragon's gaze and saw a large amount of brown liquid floating on the sea.
Bai Ye sniffed and then scooped up some seawater.
"Is this diesel fuel?"
Bai Ye frowned. Diesel fuel on the sea?
Bai Ye peeked, and then realized it wasn't just diesel fuel.
There was a pile of things floating on the sea, and as the dragon moved forward, a huge metal shell drifted towards Bai Ye.
The metal shell was like an irregular cylinder, feeling like the outer casing of something. Nearby were some shattered metal pieces.
It looked like something had exploded, because Bai Ye saw scorch marks around many of the metal pieces, as well as dents formed by impact.
"Is it a ship?"
Bai Ye didn't think so.
Bai Ye couldn't recognize what these things would form when put together, but the metal shell and the surrounding shattered metal plates were purplish-red.
No ship would paint itself such a color, right?
As Bai Ye was thinking, another piece of metal floated past him.
"No way?" Bai Ye exclaimed as he looked at the object, "You're kidding me, right?"
Floating past the dragon was a segment of a metal finger.
The metal finger was about three meters long. Looking inside the broken section, one could still see sparking electrical cables.
A finger, so huge, metal, electrical cables...
Something involuntarily flashed through Bai Ye's mind.
If lightsabers were a man's romance, then this thing was the ultimate romance for men.
What boy wouldn't love mechs?
None, right? Probably none!
But these things in front of Bai Ye were clearly not a complete mech, or more accurately, they should be a damaged mech.
In fact, a damaged mech was even more shocking to Bai Ye than a complete one.
Super quality!
Mechs certainly had strengths and weaknesses, but...
All mechs were of super quality, without a doubt, because there was no such thing as a complete mech.
Even the gashapon machine couldn't dispense a complete mech!
So, a mech had been smashed to pieces?
As Bai Ye was thinking, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked down, and his eyebrows couldn't help but rise.
A giant dark shadow streaked across the seabed, revealing a massive silhouette.
Bai Ye leaped up immediately, took out the beast-taming ball, and said, "Dragon, come back!"
The beast-taming ball glowed, and the dragon returned to it.
And at that moment...
With a roar!
The sea surface split open, and a massive sea beast suddenly surged from the depths, opening its maw to swallow Bai Ye.
*Zi la!*
Bai Ye's figure flickered, turning into a bolt of lightning and moving hundreds of meters backward. He then waved his hand downwards, and the sea immediately churned, pushing up a giant wave that caught Bai Ye.
Before Bai Ye was a colossal sea beast, estimated to be between 130 and 150 meters long. It resembled a bipedal bull, covered in metallic, hardened armor. Its head had horn-like protrusions, and it possessed thick forelimbs and a massive tail.
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