Chapter 678 - My Doomsday Territory

**Chapter 678: Pirate Gathering and the Clue of the Phantom Sea Crystal** The Deep Sea Megalodon ship is a hybrid of biological and mechanical systems. While it possesses the characteristic of life, it lacks significant intelligence, feeling to Tang Yu more like an evolving piece of equipment. Every warship with the trait of being alive can consume appropriate treasures to evolve. Just how high this evolution can go, Tang Yu isn’t certain. However, currently, the top speed of the Deep Sea Megalodon is 2.3 times that of its initial model. Its firepower is comparable to the original, but its stealth capabilities are exceptional; sea monsters sometimes mistake it for one of their kind. Tang Yu threw a box of high-purity water source crystals and a box of water-attribute wonders into the hold, immediately sensing a wave of affection from the ship's rudimentary consciousness. This made him feel like someone trying to lure a giant sea monster with candy—somehow it seemed oddly surreal. "Boss, I found a letter in the giant shark's cabin." Lorraine waved an envelope in her hand. Tang Yu glanced over, his gaze resting on her face as their eyes met. Lorraine gave an awkward smile, "Of course, there’s also a space vault; the tech team has cracked it. It had about twenty million source crystals' worth of supplies, which is nothing, heh." Nothing? Tang Yu shot her a look. Twenty million is more than Lorraine and the other followers' annual salaries; it’s the net profit of several Nightfall Bar franchises for a month, and it’s five days' worth of tax revenue for Green Shade City. Five days... That's quite a bit! If this money were used to protect Green Shade, can you imagine the impact it would have? Lorraine shrank back slightly, helpless since the man before her is the boss. When you’re rich, everything you say is right, hmph ╯^╰! Tang Yu took the envelope, feeling the rough texture beneath his fingers. The envelope had been opened and carefully resealed without a single crease, left prominently on the table where it could easily catch the eye, showing its importance. Tang Yu extracted the letter; it bore no words, only a symbol. —A crimson wave surging beneath a crown. The symbol emanated a faint mysterious power, not forged. In the Endless Sea, no one dared counterfeit such symbols; it signified the ruler of the sea, the invincible among pirates—the Sea Emperor. The Red Sea Emperor! Dragon Emperor! Dark Star Empress! The symbol on the letter represented the Red Sea Emperor. Naturally, a supreme sea power like the Red Emperor wouldn't personally write a letter to the Megalodon; this message might be from the Red Emperor’s subordinates or affiliated forces, at least from the inner circle. A semi-corporeal light figure emerged from the symbol on the letter. "When the third star falls, the free seafolk will gather at the Whirlpool Sea…” The emotionless light figure vanished, and the lingering mysterious power around the Red Emperor's symbol weakened significantly, likely to disappear after one more use. This was a mass message, checkable only thrice. What if you forgot the time and place? Tang Yu felt this so-called gathering was unreliable. But clearly, it wasn't… "The third star's fall should be about a month and a half away, and the Whirlpool Sea, the gathering... The free seafolk must refer to the pirates..." His pseudo-clone spent over two months on the ship, involving little of his mental faculties, mostly remaining in a dormant standby state, knowing less about the Endless Sea than Lorraine and others did. Yet, even Lorraine was clueless about what this sea gathering was—since they weren't legitimate pirates and hadn’t infiltrated the circles yet! "I need detailed intelligence today." Tang Yu left those words behind, as his spatial clone crushed a teleportation scroll, *biu*, returning swiftly to the fiefdom in the Daxia Kingdom—more convenient than traveling through space himself. Meanwhile, Lorraine contacted personnel stationed across the Endless Sea. Glancing at her wristwatch, she said, "Within five hours, get me the info on the pirate gathering, Three Emperors, and Whirlpool Sea events." The deep-hiding Deep Sea Megalodon remained submerged, while Lorraine, Shea, and some crew maneuvered the battered initial ship... "Let's head back to Nine Dragons Island." ... Two hours passed, and from distant Green Shade City, without stepping out, Tang Yu received intelligence about the pirate gathering. This was the privilege of being in command, especially with a place like Green Shade, equipped with well-developed methods to collect information from alternate worlds. [Three thousand years ago, the Sea Emperor's presence saw pirate culture thrive, and many young nobles from maritime kingdoms and empires aspired to become pirates…] [After the Sea Emperor's fall, without His restraint and fear, pirates faced relentless pursuits by imperial forces; many pirate leaders fell, with numerous adventure fleets flying pirate flags forced to seek livelihoods on land…] [Today, pirates revered the Three Emperors and Twelve Generals; below them were the renowned great pirates, while the average lower-tier pirates were often those who committed crimes or were fugitives across various nations, with adventure-oriented pirates becoming rare…] At sea, ships are more prized than individuals, even for step-through, unity realm experts. For those unity realm wanted by empires, hiding on an island—no matter its size akin to a continent—isn’t an option. They have to take to the sea. Yet without an advanced warship, even unity realm experts wouldn't dare linger long at sea. Little wonder that the Megalodon Pirate Group had numerous unity realm experts; as long as they possessed a flagship-class warship, they wouldn't worry about attracting unity realm experts—provided they could suppress mutinies, a common norm in pirate circles. He scanned down further. [Periodically, with no set intervals, pirate gatherings occur in the name of the Three Emperors, with their locations randomly chosen by the Three Emperors, typically in unique maritime regions like the Whirlpool Sea, whose many whirlpools and complex conditions favor escape in dire times… There was once a pirate gathering hosted on Nine Dragons Island.] [After the Sea Emperor's demise, no one strong enough to unite the pirates succeeded; thus, the Three Emperors' gatherings served to boost prestige and offer pirates a venue for information exchange and illicit trades.] [Only notable great pirates receive invitations to these gatherings, with no cap on attendees or obligatory attendance… Vast as Endless Sea is, some due to distance never receive such invites; generally, most great pirates attend, though rarely do more than one Emperor show up, with the Twelve Generals typically aligned with the attending Emperor.] [This particular gathering rumors to connect with the Phantom Sea's movements, hinting a certain era is nearing… but detailed information seems limited to the Twelve Generals and a few great pirates.] The gathered intelligence detailed significant events from past pirate gatherings. Initially, the Three Emperors aimed to consolidate pirate forces, but as none would bow to the others, the pirate gathering became tradition. Maritime empires have attempted to sabotage these gatherings, yet achieved little—at most, some lower-tier cannon fodder, a few unlucky, unprepared great pirates were captured…but the overall security remained high—plus, holding a teleportation scroll, barring instant annihilation, guarantees safety. Tang Yu had no qualms about teleportation interference from invincible experts. He tested it—the spatial clone's mastery over space law couldn't disrupt the teleportation scroll, let alone imprison him, as most transcendents of third rank couldn't even comprehend ordinary laws, much less higher-level ones like space—domains could only restrict the weak; when he wasn't even transcendent, facing domain-level experts rendered the surrounding space immovable—yet with a first-rank transcendence, he could at least activate a teleportation scroll during domain imprisonment. Beyond past gatherings, intelligence even included the Whirlpool Sea map, hypothesizing several dozen islands as potential gathering sites (with over ten thousand uninhabited isles in the Whirlpool Sea). A team already set out from the nearest fiefdom to investigate. "But what is the Phantom Sea's movement? Where is the Phantom Sea?" The words Phantom Sea were underlined, sparking his connection to the Phantom Sea Crystals, the few remaining in his warehouse, to his crystal reserves... The Phantom Sea appears nowhere on any map; Grand Duke Blueswater and others only know that occasionally, Phantom Sea Crystals trickle from major powers, without knowing their origin. A visit to the pirate gathering is a must. **Return to Top** **My Bookshelf** **Add This Book to Your Shelf** **Report Chapter Errors/Click Here to Report** **Important Notice:** The novel "My Doomsday Territory" and all its text, directories, comments, images, etc., are published or uploaded by users and maintained or sourced from search engine results. These are personal actions and are not associated with the stance of this site. To read more of the novel's latest chapters, please return to the Piaotian Literature Network homepage. The permanent address for the novel reading network is www.piaotia.com. Copyright © 2018-2019 Piaotian Literature - The Novel Reading Network Soaring Across the Sky. All rights reserved.