Chapter 179: Offering to Alabasta (3k)

Bai Cangshu had initially assumed that the "Officer Kori" of the little girl Cindy turning into a ghost was a coincidental event; on this vast sea, anything could happen, and the occasional appearance of a ghost was not entirely incomprehensible.

Bai Cangshu had even associated the other party with Enel's Rumble-Rumble Fruit, wondering if some special electromagnetic phenomenon had created the ghost.

But at this moment, within that white mist, countless ghosts walked amidst the gale; this group of ghosts crossed the sea, spread directly across the entire territory of Skuld Island, and finally converged within the mountain range that Enel had designated as a restricted area—the location of the 【Golden Town】.

This was clearly unrelated to any events or abilities in the original work; even Brook's 【Yomi-Yomi Fruit】 actually only allowed Brook's own soul to briefly leave his body, and 【Big Mom】 Charlotte Linlin's 【Soul-Soul Fruit】 was even more vastly different.

There existed some kind of power that had turned many people into ghosts.

That "Officer Kori" did not seem to see Bai Cangshu either, and drifted along with the white mist toward the back mountain; Bai Cangshu looked around again, and Vergo and that group of Navy seemed to have already taken advantage of the white mist to sneak into the interior of Skuld Island.

Bai Cangshu also quickly disappeared from the beach; his method of hiding his aura could not actually evade the perception of Haki, so only by being among the crowd could he hide his traces as much as possible, preventing Enel from noticing that there was one more person in the crowd.

Returning once again to the so-called 【God's Kingdom】, in the town center, on the plaza outside the Shendian, Bai Cangshu saw three pillars with three corpses tied to them; although the bodies were charred black, based on the missing parts of the bodies and the vaguely visible outlines, Bai Cangshu recognized that these were Lieao, Banabi, and that stooped Marine.

He guessed that these three had likely also sought help in their own way, on the very night he initiated his action.

Bai Cangshu stood in the crowd, noticing that on the other side of the Shendian plaza, the priest 【Satori】, sitting on a circular piece of Island Cloud, had his eyes closed, while that large dog 【Holy】 and another priest 【Nirvana】 stood to his left and right.

A large number of God's Guard members were lined up inside the Shendian.

It was clear that Enel's subordinates were also aware that the current situation was not relaxed; this island had already become a target coveted by many Pirate and Navy, and therefore, these people remained on alert at all times.

Furthermore, there was also the intention of using these corpses to lure out other Navy hiding on the island.

The corners of Bai Cangshu's mouth curled up; this despicable tactic of exploiting human weaknesses was indeed somewhat effective, and his gaze locked onto the crowd two hundred meters to his front left.

That little girl, who had tied her somewhat messy red hair into two braids, was looking at the few priests with fury, constantly looking up and around, seemingly plotting something devious.

Cindy was indeed very angry and very sad; she did not understand why everyone had to suddenly leave that sewer, and even less did she understand why, when people were already dead, those priests still had to treat their corpses like this.

They were good people, brave people, and should not have received such an ending.

As the little girl's eyes darted around, she suddenly thought of something and lifted her foot to walk toward the priests, but a large hand suddenly grabbed her by the neck from behind.

"Uh... it's you, big guy!"

Cindy flailed her limbs a few times and found she could not break free; only after turning her head and seeing it was an acquaintance did she stop struggling.

Bai Cangshu's Footwork was extremely fast, and soon the two returned to that dilapidated White District.

"What were you planning to do just now?"

Cindy lowered her head; the joy of reuniting with an acquaintance faded, but it also made her think again of the deaths of those few Marines.

Today Orgins had gone elsewhere to scout for information again; it was said that in the last two days, many warship wrecks had drifted to the beach, and Uncle Orgins said that perhaps the reinforcements called by Officer Kori had also been defeated by that guy.

"I wanted to trick them by saying that a lot of Navy had run onto the island, and then when they went to look for people, take Uncle Lieao and the others down, and then... find a place to bury them."

Bai Cangshu looked away, confirming in his heart once again that this was indeed an overly naive and foolish girl.

Even if she did not know that the priest Satori could read minds, she should have considered that relying solely on her own strength, it was impossible to move the corpses from that large plaza without anyone noticing.

Bai Cangshu did not dislike naive and kind people, but he believed even more that naivety and kindness without power served no purpose other than to make tragedies even more cruel.

He did not want to waste any more time on those few corpses, so he changed the subject and asked,

"In the last two years, has the island always had that kind of thick fog?"

Cindy blinked, somewhat unaccustomed to the speed at which Bai Cangshu changed topics, but she still frowned and recalled for a moment, then asked in return,

"What is thick fog?"

Bai Cangshu's pupils dilated slightly, but his expression remained calm.

"It's that kind of water vapor that makes everything you see turn white; haven't you seen it?"

"It should have happened once just a moment ago."

Cindy shook her head, denying it,

"No, Cindy has been on that plaza the whole time just now, and hasn't seen any thick fog; the weather has always been like this."

Bai Cangshu finally confirmed that that kind of white fog, and those ghosts, were not things from this world.

The reason he could see those things was because of his special Constitution, the 【Ten Thousand Calamity Yin Soul Yellow Springs Body】, and because of his special Milestone.

The changes occurring in this world were even more exaggerated than in the Jujutsu World; it was not just as simple as the deaths of powerful Plot Character like 【Hawkeye】 and 【Crocodile】, but rather that this world had undergone some different kinds of changes.

Things that did not belong to the Pirate World had begun to appear in this world, and these things had not ended with the departure of the Reincarnator, but instead had begun to become a part of this world.

After reaching this conclusion, Bai Cangshu looked again at the items in the treasure he had obtained; apart from that Devil Fruit, the other two props had become somewhat inexplicably meaningful.

The two-handed Claymore style, which was completely different from the famous swords common in this world, that kind of super-large sword that would only appear widely in Western fantasy worldviews, was named by the space as 【Unidentified Ominous Claymore】.

Although the Pirate World had the setting of "cursed blades," the "cursed blades" and "curses" of the Pirate World were more like things related to the "heart."

A cursed blade devours its master, but in a sense, it is also a cursed blade choosing its master.

The "ominousness" defined by this sword was more like another level, related to those mysterious negative energies.

Bai Cangshu looked outside the window at the sea, which had returned to clarity, and realized that he had made a mistake in this world.

After he arrived on this island of the 【God's Kingdom】, upon perceiving Enel's presence and learning of the Sky Island falling event, he had subconsciously placed the focus of the timeline changes of this world on 【Enel】.

Because 【Enel】 was powerful enough and had enough oppressive force.

In Bai Cangshu's view, even as the final boss of this mission, the scale was already sufficient.

Given the combat power Enel currently displayed, the other party's development of his fruit ability was astonishing; being able to easily defeat Doflamingo, who had mastered all three types of Haki, already placed him among the group of people closest to the top of the pyramid on the sea.

Apart from those few Sea Emperors who had mastered the 【Haoshoku Haki Entanglement】 technique, I am afraid only those three veteran Admirals in the Navy had a chance to suppress him.

He was already one of the few top experts on the sea.

But now it seemed that the matter of 【Enel】 falling into the Qinghai was itself full of doubts.

【Enel】's goal was the boundless earth; with the mindset of the real world, Bai Cangshu instinctively felt that for Enel, falling from the Sky Island could also be considered achieving his goal.

But the Pirate World was different; in the Pirate World, the vast majority of the entire world was covered by the ocean, and the world was completely composed of islands separated by the ocean, then divided by the Hongtu Dalu and the Grand Line.

This world... had no concept of a "continent."

In other words, if Enel were actually pursuing a boundless earth, his target should indeed have been the Moon.

"Cindy, can you help me find the newspapers from the last two years?"

"As a reward, I can, at a later time, take the corpses of those few people out of that place and bury them properly."

Bai Cangshu was actually quite reasonable toward targets that had absolutely no combat value.

【Countdown to the second batch of Reincarnators entering this world: 6 days, 17 hours, 44 minutes】

【Current Team Battle Point: -7】

Bai Cangshu had originally intended to find a way to keep the situation on the island under control before the second batch of Reincarnators arrived, and to farm Reputation with the Navy during this time.

Once the second batch of Reincarnators—who were judged by the Space to be stronger than his own batch—entered, they could be conveniently swept into the chaotic battlefield between Enel and the large numbers of Pirates and Navy.

Relying on Enel's current dominance, it would not be difficult for Bai Cangshu to use the power of the Navy to kill and cause the deaths of some Reincarnators amidst the chaos.

But now, Bai Cangshu felt that time was becoming tight.

A rare-quality treasure had produced a powerful item of red quality;

A world that had originally seemed not to have undergone particularly large changes had suddenly revealed a completely different power system.

Bai Cangshu immediately changed his line of thinking.

Cindy was overjoyed; she nodded, then trotted quickly to the kitchen to take out quite a bit of food, some of which was fruit, and some of which was instant meat.

These were all emergency rations she had stolen from the market.

"Big guy, you eat something first, I'll go look for it right now!"

The little girl only felt that she had saved a very good person.

After Cindy left, Bai Cangshu took out that arm and the Claymore again to examine them carefully.

The pitch-black Claymore would strongly absorb Haki and vitality just by being touched, which fit some of the settings for cursed blades and Black Blades in this world, and this design could not be entirely ruled out as not belonging to this world.

And as for this arm, the former owner was undoubtedly a guy with extremely formidable Conqueror's Haki; a user of Conqueror's Haki whose quality could reach 【Red (World's Rare Treasure)】...

Did the Pirate World have such a figure?

Although equipment quality was not entirely linked to a person's strength, this type of item that simultaneously possessed the characteristics of 【Material】 and 【Biological Colonization Armor】 was definitely directly related to the quality of the arm itself.

One of the Four Emperors, Hongfa?

It didn't feel like enough.

The former Luokesi?

Or could it be... the legendary Joy Boy?!

Cindy brought back various newspapers and magazines one after another; Bai Cangshu read them very quickly because Cindy had found them haphazardly from various places, and the dates were also very chaotic.

But Bai Cangshu suddenly saw a report describing the disappearance of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

"As 【Alabasta】 has completely turned into a barren land and those desert people have mysteriously vanished entirely, some scholars who wish to remain anonymous believe that this matter may be related to 【Sand Crocodile】 【Crocodile】."

"But as of now, 【Crocodile】 has been missing for more than half a month, and the Navy refuses to comment..."

According to the Space's verification, Crocodile was indeed dead, and the people of Alabasta had also disappeared?

Bai Cangshu caught some Inspiration; he had previously focused his attention on the deaths of Hawkeye and Perona, so he had assumed that some Reincarnator had hunted these two down in some way.

But looking at it now, perhaps the situation was completely different.

Perhaps some terrifying guy had done something in Alabasta...

There were not many abilities among the players of the Heavens that could slaughter a vast desert kingdom in a short period of time, especially since it was impossible for the Space to have arranged for guys whose power levels far exceeded the world to be brought in to farm points.

The abilities and items that would allow guys with similar strength levels to commit such an act were even more limited.

【Ritual】 【Sacrifice】 【Meme】 【Curse】

These concepts remained in Bai Cangshu's mind.

(End of this chapter)