Chapter 1333: District 21 (Fourth Update)

The rubber boat docked, and Su Xiao stepped onto the grass on the shore. A slightly strange sensation came from under his feet.

Su Xiao lifted his foot, and several white silk threads stretched between his shoe sole and the ground. This stuff was similar to glue, but not very sticky.

Soap bubbles the size of a washbasin surged from the ground. The soap bubbles left the ground and gradually floated upward.

Seeing these colorful soap bubbles, Su Xiao immediately thought of that old hag, Vice Admiral Tsuru.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang seemed to have known about the soap bubbles of Sabaody Archipelago for a long time. It leaped up and drilled directly into a larger soap bubble.

These soap bubbles were naturally formed. The "Yarukiman Mangrove roots" beneath Sabaody Archipelago would secrete natural resin. After these resins absorbed a certain amount of air, they would form these bubbles.

These soap bubbles had a wide range of uses, from building houses to transportation, ship coating, and so on.

Over 60% of the ground area of the entire Sabaody Archipelago was covered by natural resin. Only commercial districts, residential districts, etc., would not seep resin; this was the result of later modifications.

Su Xiao didn't know which area he was in for the time being. Sabaody had a total of 79 areas, which were 79 small islands. These small islands were connected, hence the name Sabaody Archipelago.

Areas 1–29 were for human trafficking shops, human auctions, bars, pirate fencing industries, lawless zones, hospitals, etc.

Areas 30–39 were built with soap bubble parks, food streets, commercial districts, etc.

Areas 40–69 were for sightseeing, shipyard businesses, Navy stations, etc.

Areas 70–79 were for hotels, pleasure streets (flower streets), lover's lanes, etc.

In fact, Sabaody Archipelago could also be divided into four major areas. The first major area was a mix of fish and dragons; without a certain level of strength, it was best not to enter here.

The second major area was the commercial district, which was relatively safe and mostly had legitimate entertainment facilities.

The third major area was the residential district, which was the safest and housed over 90% of the civilians on Sabaody Archipelago.

The fourth major area was the gray industry area. Most women didn't dare to enter this area easily. There weren't many pedestrians on the streets during the day, but it was exceptionally lively at night.

Su Xiao's gaze swept around. Not far away, a mangrove tree about five meters thick was marked with the number 30. In other words, his location was the commercial district, a relatively safe area.

Su Xiao happened to be hungry, so he took Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and walked toward the island.

Being on Sabaody Archipelago, there was no need to worry about getting lost. Every giant mangrove tree was labeled with a number. Unless one was a certain level of directionally challenged, it was hard to get lost here.

Sabaody Archipelago was such an important area that Su Xiao had already checked the detailed information on Sabaody from the Navy during his last entry into the Pirate World.

If he remembered correctly, the Food Street was in the area where mangrove tree number 33 was located.

After passing through area 31, Su Xiao arrived at area 33. After walking across a stone bridge, the aroma of various foods drifted from afar. It didn't take a genius to know that the source of the aroma was the Food Street.

Five minutes later, in the Food Street.

"Customer, that's 2500 Berries."

"Someone is eating a free meal!"

"That customer, don't crowd..."

Noisy human voices entered his ears. The Food Street was unexpectedly lively. There were pirates with sallow complexions who had been drifting at sea for a long time, and there were also residents holding newspapers, waiting in line in front of roadside stalls.

The Food Street didn't have those high-end restaurants. What met the eye were two large rows of roadside stalls, and behind them were various dining shops. Roadside stalls were a means to attract customers. There were too many competitors on this street; if customers weren't allowed to witness the food with their own eyes, the competitiveness would clearly be insufficient.

Su Xiao gave Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang 500,000 Berries and walked into a seafood shop. Soon, various kinds of seafood were served in front of him.

It had to be said that the seafood in the Pirate World was very delicious. This world had neither pollution nor artificial farming.

After a full meal, Su Xiao leaned back in his chair, smoking a cigarette.

Now that he had arrived at Sabaody Archipelago, there were about 11 days left for the fourth ring of the promotion/main quest. According to the quest information, those two Celestial Dragons would appear at least ten days later.

According to Su Xiao's guess, those two Celestial Dragons would arrive at Sabaody Archipelago a few days early. Su Xiao certainly couldn't kill them separately; he had to kill both of them in a short time to minimize the risk.

Not only that, Su Xiao also needed some scapegoats to ensure he wouldn't be hunted by the World Government immediately after killing the Celestial Dragons.

Su Xiao had already selected his scapegoats: several pirate crews with considerable fame would arrive at Sabaody Archipelago one after another in the near future. They were all good scapegoats.

Just as Su Xiao was thinking, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who had eaten until it was having trouble walking, arrived at the shop.

"Woof, *hiccup*~"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang seemed to want to express something, but its ending hiccup made Su Xiao fail to understand its meaning for a moment.

"The situation in the district is very special?"

Su Xiao looked at Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang with a puzzled expression. Soon, he understood what Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was expressing.

When Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was tasting food from house to house earlier, it heard some intelligence from the mouths of the civilians who were dining: the district had become a complete mess.

If area 16 was a lawless zone and pirate territory, then the current district was a human forbidden zone. Let alone civilians, even pirates didn't dare to enter.

Originally, there were many bars operating in the district, but now the bar owners there had all run away. There wasn't even a ghost shadow on the streets during the day, let alone at night.

The district was a relatively large area within Sabaody Archipelago. The neighboring areas were the hospital district and the lawless zone. If something happened here, the Navy on the island wouldn't ignore it.

The news Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang heard was that even the Navy didn't dare to enter there now. Navy, pirates, civilians, reporters—no one dared to enter the district. The result of entering there was only one: being shot into a sieve by bullets instantly.

Su Xiao immediately thought of who had occupied the district: it was the Contractors. Only Contractors would dare to be so reckless, turning a certain area of Sabaody Archipelago into a battlefield.

But the Contractors hadn't even fought each other in Dressrosa, yet now they had traveled thousands of miles to Sabaody Archipelago to start a war? What was this for? And the speed at which these people traveled was too fast. Listening to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's description of the situation in the district, it seemed that the war had been going on for days. Could it be that these people didn't need to travel? Were they teleported directly to Sabaody Archipelago?

Su Xiao opened the public communication platform. After all the Tier 3 Contractors returned, the communication platform became much quieter.

And now, no Contractors were speaking on the communication platform. A total of 278 Tier 4 Contractors had entered the Pirate World. Even if there were casualties in the Dressrosa naval battle, at least 200 Tier 4 Contractors had survived.

Among these 200+ Contractors, not a single one was speaking on the communication platform. This was very abnormal.

Normandy (Solo): "Looking for a solo team, paying for the mandatory contract fee myself, pirate reputation distributed fairly."

Seeing this alternative team-seeking information, Su Xiao understood why the district was so terrifying. This was for pirate reputation.

The top five in pirate reputation could receive high rewards, but what if they didn't reach the top five? Would all efforts be in vain? Would pirate reputation be cleared directly? Su Xiao felt this was unlikely. When the Pirate World ended, the Contractors who hadn't rushed into the top five should also be able to receive corresponding rewards for their pirate reputation, just that the rewards would be far inferior to the top five. ===== CHAPTER 1334 =====