Chapter 38

Noah was still sitting there thinking about things. He didn't know if Enel had eaten the Thunder Fruit at this time. If he had eaten it, he would be in trouble. It was not that he was worried about the opponent's strength, but that the Thunder Fruit would be difficult to deal with. Even if Enel is killed, the Thunder Fruit will randomly regenerate on any fruit.

According to the time inference, in 1516, Enero will destroy the entire Bika and the islanders on it, and then come to Angel Island. So will the fruit be eaten at that time? Hey, I don’t think about it anymore, everything will be known when the time comes.

Two days later, a dark green figure broke through the sea of ​​clouds and landed on Angel Island with boundless wind and waves. Noah, who came to greet him, always wanted to add a narration: Monkey D. Dragon Ginseng!

Skip the unnecessary pleasantries.

"How is the situation on the sea?"

"It's okay so far. All the people in the paradise stage have been sent home. Now we are sending people home all over the world. The pressure is much less. But people from CP1 to CP9 have been chasing us like crazy dogs. On the contrary, CP0 is said to be guarding the Holy Land Mary Jo. Ya, if there is no big deal, I won’t be sent out anymore. I have to guard the Tianlong people.”

"It seems that they are afraid of being beaten by us. What about the Navy?"

"The navy's attitude is very ambiguous. Except for Akainu and the hawks under his command who have been clamoring for arrest, most of the other senior navy officials have done nothing except expressing their stance."

"Hmm, most of the people in the navy do still have basic justice. We need to find ways to win over a group of people in the future."

"Regarding the South China Sea Federation plan, the initial country on the South China Sea side was the Kingdom of Sorbey, which is located in the center of the South China Sea and is surrounded by a complete island chain. Xiong was the king of this country before, but he later joined us. Got out of there.

But he is very familiar with it and can help us secretly support this country. It is still very suitable as an initial starting point. The previously liberated people who were willing to join our cause were all taken to the nearby island chain for training. Many people were in serious physical depletion and needed a lot of supplies. "

Long's efficiency is really high. He selected the location so quickly and started preliminary planning.

"Very good, I have a large amount of gold here that can be replenished. Come with us to see how to transport it. Let's go."

Chapter 61 After History

I took the dragon to meet with the chief of Sandia, and a brief introduction was enough.

This time, there were seven people including Noah and three people who went to look for the lights of Shantora. Sandia sent three people, the chief, Vaipa and Lucky, and there was only one Gan Ful on Kongdao. Although the most important people in the tribe are gone, the chief believes that the Sky Island people dare not do anything.

A few people set off with light equipment. In fact, the route was easy to follow, just heading towards the giant bean vine.

After the plants on Gaya Island came to Sky Island, they underwent unknown mutations and became huge. Walking in the forest, even the sky above your head is often covered by the shade of trees. It is easy to get lost in this environment, but everyone present can easily stand on the top of the tree to observe the direction without taking a detour.

Robin was still very interested in the various architectural ruins on the road. The original civilization of Gaya Island can be traced back to the golden city of Shantara 800 years ago. In order to protect the historical text, it was eventually destroyed in the flames of war.

The Sandians are the descendants of Shantora, and they have also made a will to protect Shantora. Therefore, the Sandians don't care about the gold in the entire city. They only care about the historical text and the lights of Shantora. However, it may not be the most important to the historical text, because in the end, the chief once said that the above things are not important at all.

As we were walking, suddenly there was a hissing sound in the distance, like a mollusk sliding on the ground. Stop and sense it, a big snake?

After breaking through the woods, the big snake rushed towards the people and wanted to get a meal for itself. The big snake with a big mouth became even more excited when he found that the group of people didn't hide at all. What a prey!

"Hiss~~~"

With a clang sound, a huge long shadow crossed the horizon, fell into the distance, and knocked down branches on the ground.

"That... seems to be a descendant of God Cassie..."

"Ah, he probably isn't dead."

A small episode passed. Except for Robin, who felt sorry for the antique snake, no one else had any sympathy. The Sandians were initially afraid of God Kasi, then angry, and finally indifferent.

Noah doesn't like cold-blooded reptiles, and he's not cute at all. Dragon, he is ruthless to the end.

As I continued walking, I soon saw huge bean vines towering into the sky. Each of the giant plants on One Piece has its own unique charm. I feel that Oda added too many myths and fairy tales from various countries when setting up this world to integrate these wonders. This should be "Jack and the Wind" The beanstalk in "The Beanstalk" can go to the kingdom of giants. The idea of ​​​​British fairy tales is relatively simple.

After walking in, I saw a corridor. This corridor is still very impressive to Noah. Calgara took Rolando through this corridor back then. After passing through the darkness, he finally saw the miracle on the sea, the golden city of Shantora. 400 years later, the corridor is covered with vines and gravel, and the murals in the corridor have been eroded by the years, and the traces of the once glorious civilization can no longer be seen.

When I walked out of the corridor, I saw ruins, overturned buildings, leaning figures, and rubble scattered next to one building after another. This sight made the Sandian people who came with them a little unbelievable, thinking deeply about the 400-year-old legend of their hometown, that it would be like this.

"Don't be too disappointed. Imagine that a huge current 400 years ago washed part of Gaya Island up to an altitude of 7,000 meters. Under such a violent impact, what kind of building complex could remain intact? And don't you think it's exposed? Are the buildings outside too small?”

Robin looked around at this time. He saw the architectural style of the sea, but the ground was covered with island clouds, so...

"Most of the buildings are still buried under Shima Cloud's ground!"

"Yes, we only need to dig up Shima Cloud to see the whole structure. But we have a better choice, right, Dragon."

"Um."

Long Shenzhen covered the ground with his hands, and felt the island clouds as he saw and heard. Then strong winds picked up and began to sweep through the complex. The astonishingly powerful airflow was constantly cutting through the island clouds, but the building was not harmed by precise micro-control.

Half an hour later, the entire Shandola ruins were revealed to the world. The traces of time could not conceal the glory of civilization. Everyone saw the mysterious historical civilization of 800 years ago in this ancient city.

"Shandora~~."

The Sandians stood in the middle of the city, looking at everything their ancestors had done. There is also a statue of the great warrior Calgara on the site, an honor reserved for the greatest warriors.

There is indeed gold everywhere here. Although a lot of treasures were scattered in the sea when Apayado rushed into the sky, there is still a lot of gold here. The gold on Enel's Ark Proverb was also extracted from here, and then made by thunder metallurgy using Thunder Fruit.

Everyone rested for a while in the ruins, and the Sandia trio continued to pay homage to their ancestors' heritage in the city. Noah was discussing with the dragon how to transport the gold, after all, there was too much. After discussing it for a long time, we still felt that it was not perfect. The Big Bear's flesh ball fruit was not yet capable of transporting large weight over long distances. The same is true for Noah's Gate Fruit. The distance is limited and the extra-dimensional space is not large enough.

It is not safe to send it to the sea and take it away on a ship. If a little bit of news leaks out, not only the world government, but also such a large sum of gold will be a carnival feast for pirates all over the world.

If we want to send away this batch of gold quietly, can we only move it slowly? There was no outcome after discussion, so the two decided to wait and see. If this batch of gold cannot be transported secretly, it is better not to use it.

If the world government takes precautions, or a large amount of gold impacts the market, the value of gold will plummet. Although gold is a natural currency, the credit of this world is not linked to gold. This world is weird and has no choice of monetary metal theory. It’s really amazing.

After a while, the Sandian people came back and could continue their journey. Finally, they reached the underground of the giant bean vine. Looking up, the tops of the bean vine pierced a few more island clouds, as if they were really leading to a fairy tale. It's like a kingdom of giants.

"Are the lights of Shantora up here?"

"Yeah, let's go up and have a look together."

Concentrate the Haki of the Visibility Color into a bunch, radiate upward along the giant bean vine, and feel it. Noah raised his hand to open the door, and a rectangular transparent door frame appeared in the air. Opposite is the Sandian people’s ultimate dream—the lights of Shantora!

Everyone stepped through the gate and looked at the huge golden clock, which really gave them a sense of ultimate beauty. The huge golden clock base, two giant golden pillars and large beams hang the golden bell. There are pedestrian steps on both sides, which is really a work of art.

Everyone leaned over to take a closer look. Robin saw the historical text embedded in the clock base at a glance. He walked over and began to study it carefully.

Noah also walked over. It was another historical text. He stretched out his hand and touched the text stone. The timeline is stretched to the limit, and the power of the era appears again, rushing towards Noah's soul. Before, Noah's soul could not carry all the power of the era, so some of them would directly assist in analyzing the skills. Now, this part is no longer needed. All the power is injected into the soul.

During this period, Noah was feeling the throbbing in his soul, and suddenly came up with an idea. Can he go upstream while the power of the times was pouring into his soul, open a door, and see the starting point of the power of the times? ? Will you see the truth 800 years ago?

In the extended timeline, Noah tried to mobilize the power of the fruit and focused it bit by bit on his soul.

Normally, one cannot sense one's own soul without eating soul-like fruits, but Noah's soul is a soul from another world, and together with the gift of the Tree of Omniscientness, it forms his plug-in, so it is very easy to locate. Once you've located it, go upstream and open the door.

A small silver door appeared that did not exist in reality. As mentioned before, the Door Fruit can only open doors that exist in this world, so it was opened just now since the soul existed. There are fruits of time in this world, so the door to the power of time can also be opened. what is it then?

"Joy Boy~~~~~!"

A huge roar came from inside the door, directly shattering the door. Noah was also affected, groaned, and exited the timeline. What a terrifying power! Will it be the enemy we will face in the future?

Chapter 62 The Lights of Shantora

When everyone saw that Noah just touched the historical text, they immediately groaned, took a step back with a pale face, and their eyes were filled with shock.

Are there enemies? ! Everyone made a defensive posture at the same time.

The dragon was so furious that it set off a violent wind, and the overlord color also vented his anger along with his master.

"It's okay, please relax your vigilance. It was an accident."

He gave Robin and Long a reassuring look. After that, an unexpected reason was given. Although everyone didn't believe it, since they didn't want to say it, they didn't want to explore it and they all dropped their defensive posture.

After Robin saw that Noah was really fine, he breathed a sigh of relief and continued reading the historical text.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit tense, the chief thought for a while and wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere. He happened to see Robin interpreting the historical text, so he planned to say some words passed down from ancient times in the clan.

"Keep your true meaning in your heart and shut your mouth..."

"Keep the true meaning in your heart and keep your mouth shut. We are the ones who witness history and follow the bells of the old era."

"You...how do you know this passage? Is it possible...you...can understand these words?"

"Well, I come from the Tree of Omniscient and am a scholar of O'Hara, following in the footsteps of the text of history."

Um? What Robin said is that he is inexplicably handsome. His friends around him are all very smart. Would I be out of place? Noah was confused.

But this historical text reminded him of "A Tale of Two Cities". It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the age of faith, it was the age of doubt. It's the season of light, it's the season of darkness; it's the spring of hope, it's the winter of despair; people have everything before them, people have nothing before them; people are going straight to heaven, people are going straight to hell

The French Revolution~ Do you want to write about it? Forget it and think about it again. It is too literary and is not suitable for serialization at the moment. When it is published directly in a book later, I believe that many educated people can still understand it, such as Warring States, Crane, and those educated navy executives, right?

The chief here was trembling slightly. He didn't expect that even if he found the light of Shandora that had been lost for 400 years, could it still end the 800-year mission of the Sandians?

"The [ancient weapon] named after God, the Poseidon, is located..."

While everyone was looking forward to it, Robin stopped translating because this was not the history she wanted. She is not interested in the location of the Poseidon, and the people here are not very trustworthy, so she should tell Noah privately.

Everyone was a little regretful that Robin would no longer reveal the location of the Poseidon, but they were not particularly eager. The Sandians and Sky Islanders on Sky Island are not that interested in the war weapons in Qinghai.

At this time, Robin looked to the right side of the clock base again. There was an extra paragraph written in ancient characters on it. She was a little concerned about this just now, but she was anxious to read the historical text and let it go. Now she can take a closer look.

"What!? I came here to lead this article to its end. - Gol D. Roger"

"Roger, that Qinghai pirate who came here 10 years ago? He can also read these words." Gan Fore remembered something.

"Ahem" Now it's up to Noah to stretch his waist.

"Because when all the historical texts are connected together, the blank hundred years can be filled. Roger said this, of course, because he has collected all the historical texts and sent that period of history to the final destination. "Dear, Raff Drew!"

"So that's it. As expected of a scholar from O'Hara." Long couldn't help but admire.

"No way, I'm just a little librarian in O'Hara." Noah responded calmly.

At this time, the chief over there was already in tears.

"Don't we have to fight anymore? That's great...Has the ancestors' wish been fulfilled?"

Vaipa and Lucchi stepped forward to help the chief, who was already unsteady on his feet. As young people, they did not understand the hardships of spending their lives to keep their promises, as well as the efforts of the Sandiya people over the past 800 years.

After a while, the chief took a deep breath and looked at the historical text. Now that the mission has been completed, the historical text is no longer important to the Sandians. What is more important now is to use Shantora. The lights welcome back the souls of the ancestors and fulfill the oath made 400 years late by the great warrior Calgara.

"Waipa, go ahead. You now represent the hope of the Sandians. Go and light the lights of Shantora and let the wonderful bells ring through the sky again."

"good"

Noah and his party got out of the way and watched the Sandians complete this sacred ritual.

Vaipa walked towards the Golden Bell step by step, and finally stood still.

"Resound throughout the sky, let the souls of our ancestors return!"

A hard punch

Dang~~~~~~

"Great warrior Calgara, did you hear it! Rolando, did you hear it! This is the light of Shandorla!"

All the guide birds in Qinghai flew into the sky and danced when they heard the bells. The grandson of God Cassi also shed tears. This was a song that he had never heard for 400 years, the song of the earth.

The Sandia people who were rebuilding their homes in Apayado shed tears unconsciously when they heard this sound and looked towards the direction where the bell came from. This is the light of Shantora in the story passed down from generation to generation.

The sound of the bell continued to echo between heaven and earth, and it could not be calm for a long time.

The sound of this bell does have the effect of soothing the soul. Noah's soul, which was previously shocked, felt much better after being soothed by the sound of the bell. It seems to be a mysterious treasure.

After everyone calms down, they will consider how to take the clock down. Drop it like the original and pull it up again. It was Noah who opened a door under the clock base, allowing the clock base to fall directly on the roots of the giant bean vine. When the discussion was in full swing, the little transparent Lucky said something.

"Can't we just put it here... Shantora's light is safe here, and we can come and see it at any time."

"Well, that makes sense."

After the discussion, everyone returned to the ground and began the return journey. Noah and Long thought about it on the way back, but neither of them thought of how to secretly transport so much gold back to the South China Sea.

"Forget it, I have another idea. Let's go to Bika and look at it then."

"Yeah, that's fine too."

After returning to Angel Island, after taking a short rest, Noah found Gan Fore and prepared to go to Bika. After all, Long had too many things to deal with in Qinghai. Just listening to it makes people's scalp numb. It can only be said that some people are Suitable for being a manager.

Gan Fuer didn't say anything. Although he was the god of Sky Island, Sky Island usually didn't make any difference without him, so he simply explained and set off.

The group first went to Angel Beach to board the Voyager, and then sailed from the Baibai Sea to the southeast of Sky Island. After arriving, they found that there was a small cloud river there, which was the kind of twisted and unseemly river from Heaven's Gate to Sky Island. of cloud river.

"This is the passage used to connect the islands. It's called HIGH WEST. This passage leads to Bika. We can set off."

The Voyager was moving at high speed above the Cloud River. With the technology of this ship, even if the river was narrow, it would not be a problem. Five consecutive hairpins could pass through it smoothly. Occasionally, there are creatures such as express shrimp passing under the ship, trying to pick up the Voyager and move forward, but they are all driven away by Noah and the others. He does not trust these crustacean arthropods on the empty island. This ship is basically full of them. Although those with fruit abilities cannot fall into the sea, it is troublesome.

It took two days to travel at the speed of the Voyager. It was indeed far enough. I don’t know whether Enel will fly here with his generals or row a small wooden boat in the future, but it will definitely not be an ark. Proverbs, Bika is said to be short of resources, and there is no way gold will be made for him.

In the evening, the cloud river finally reached its end, forming a small white sea, with Bika in the center.

The appearance of Bika is very similar to that of Visalia, a small sky island. It's as small as ever, but the scenery above is far different. It's all a technological creation, with various futuristic-looking houses embedded in it. These technological styles are completely different from those in Qinghai, so are the people on Bika really visitors from the moon?

The entire island didn't feel much life, and there was a strange aura in the central tower, which brought some sense of crisis to Noah and the dragon.

In this case, it was impossible for the Voyager to dock. After telling Robin and Gan Fore, Noah opened the air and walked with the dragon to Bika.