Chapter 1789: Birth

Among the ten items, the value of the Devil Fruit is hardest to determine, especially the Paramecia type; as for the 【Minehils Deep Sea Ore】, this material can be used to create the core of alchemical lifeforms, thereby producing water-element alchemical lifeforms.

Regarding alchemical lifeform studies, Su Xiao has not made progress in a long time; initially, he planned to use alchemical lifeforms as cannon fodder, but who would have thought he would create an honest ox named Am, so he did not treat it as cannon fodder, and Am actually grew up, becoming the main tank of the team, breaking free from the category of alchemical lifeforms and evolving into a biological entity.

As for the 【Sea Shell of Attachment】, a legendary item, its effect is quite interesting: smashing it summons a mermaid illusion, that is, a female mermaid, whose singing causes all creatures within a 300-meter radius to lose hostility, regardless of friend or foe.

This is a very interesting and powerful item; if used properly, it can even help one escape from desperate situations.

The detailed attributes of the 【Moon's Wind and Splendor】, an epic-grade gemstone, are still unknown and will only be visible after embedding, but this is the first epic-grade gemstone Su Xiao has obtained, and it will certainly not be weak; as for Su Xiao's most favored killing instinct, it is a very strong epic-grade equipment.

【Killing Instinct】

Origin: One Piece

Quality: Epic

Category: Belt (made of shark skin)

Durability: 93/93

Equipment Requirement: True Agility above 95 points, Willpower above 30 points.

Equipment Effect: Instinct Activation (special skill); upon wearing this equipment, a Willpower check will be made; if successful, the wearer gains 【Instinct Activation (Passive)】; if failed, the wearer enters the Killing Instinct State (active), lasting five hours; after the Killing Instinct State ends, the equipment can never be worn again.

Instinct Activation (Passive): Greatly increases the growth rate of the wearer's perception-based abilities, reducing the cost of upgrading perception-based abilities by 50%.

Note: Once this equipment is successfully worn, it cannot be transferred or sold, but it can be melted down and decomposed, and the obtained materials can be sold.

Rating: 700 points (epic equipment ratings range from 530 to 700)

Introduction: Kill them all!

Price: 390,000 Paradise Coins (cannot be sold after successful wear)

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The 【Killing Instinct】 is a very special piece of equipment; it does not boost combat power in the short term, but it helps the wearer accelerate the growth rate of perception-based abilities.

Su Xiao's perception ability is intuition; in close combat, intuition is a remarkably perfect ability, its only flaw not being in combat, but rather that intuition cannot be improved within the Reincarnation Paradise, only through Su Xiao's own effort; as long as he keeps intuition active, his intuition ability will slowly increase in level.

After mastering intuition, Su Xiao keeps this ability active most of the time, as it is a passive ability requiring no control from him, and once activated, he is basically not ambushed.

The effect of 【Killing Instinct】 solves the problem of slow growth speed of intuition ability; this equipment that assists the wearer's growth is the first such item Su Xiao has obtained, and while its exact effect is still unknown, judging from its epic-grade full-score quality, it should not be weak.

Su Xiao currently cannot attempt to equip the Killing Instinct; if his Willpower check fails, he will have to go on a killing spree aboard Whitebeard's ship.

Stepping out of the wooden compartment, Marco, who had been waiting outside, approached.

"These two stones……" Marco said with a troubled expression, after a moment's thought: "Kukulin, these two stones are indeed rare, but we have studied them for a long time and still haven't figured out what they can do; are you sure you want to choose them?"

Marco spoke up to remind him; although he appears lazy and half-asleep, he does not have the habit of taking advantage of others.

Judging by the conduct of Whitebeard and Marco, they do not seem like utterly wicked pirates, but in reality, pirates are pirates; the Whitebeard Pirates can at most be considered pirates with decent conduct, but they are still pirates.

It can be said that if one wishes to dominate a territory in the New World, the innocent lives burdened by the Whitebeard Pirates will certainly not be few; this is inevitable, otherwise the Whitebeard Pirates would have long sunk to the bottom of the sea; pursuing freedom requires payment, and the lives of the innocent, abandoning wives and children to come to the sea, are not enough to dominate the oceans by dreams alone.

Clearly, Whitebeard and Marco understand this, so they call themselves pirates; as for the story's protagonist Luffy, that counts as nothing as a pirate, a typical pirate's 'disgrace'; Luffy and his companions are more like a group of adventurers pursuing dreams.

Blood-stained knives, strong liquor down the throat, burning enemy ships, enemies screaming in fire—this is what pirates are, evil-doers who plunder on the sea.

"This is not a stone, this is……"

Su Xiao had just opened his mouth when Marco quickly raised his hand to signal him not to speak; once, when Marco was idle and chatting with Su Xiao, he unintentionally brought up weapon manufacturing, and after that, Little Marco suffered as if he had taken a physics class.

"Anyway, as long as you're satisfied, it's fine."

Marco quickly changed the subject and led Su Xiao toward the outside of the cabin.

The banquet on the deck had already reached its climax, with pirates loudly singing pirate songs from Whitebeard's era.

"Wuu-huu-huu-huu-huu, wuu-huu-huu-huu-huu, I'll send you a cup……"

Su Xiao felt this somewhat brainwashing pirate song was very familiar, then realized it was the song often sung by Brook of the Straw Hat Pirates.

In the song, Su Xiao leapt from the Moby Dick into a round, rolling submarine; this was a gratuitous 'gift' from the Revolutionary Army.

After closing the hatch, Su Xiao signaled Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang to set off.

"Woof?"

Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang, dressed as a pilot, looked at Su Xiao, meaning: where to go?

"Go to Marine Headquarters; what's with your outfit, aren't you hot?"

"Woof~"

Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang stuck out his tongue, indicating he was not hot at all, and this outfit could improve his submarine piloting skills.

On the deck of the Moby Dick, Marco had just seen Su Xiao off when he heard a bang from below the hull, which made his face freeze.

"Then Mi'er, go check underwater what's going on."

A fish-man, upon hearing this, leapt into the sea; not long after, he climbed back onto the ship, his face somewhat strange.

"The Moby Dick is fine, but…… Kukulin and the others have gone toward the deep sea."

"Deep sea? Can the submarine go into the deep sea?"

Marco was very doubtful; Mi'er shrugged, indicating he didn't know either.

Inside the submarine, Su Xiao's brows were tightly furrowed.

"Bubu, are you sure the direction is correct.

"Woof (no problem)."

Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang was very confident.

"This ship…… seems to be leaking a little."

"Whine-woof?"

Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang was so startled he almost spoke human words; at 50 meters below sea level, a submarine advancing in a wave-like motion slowly moved forward.

……

Marineford, Marine Headquarters.

This is a building with a stone foundation at the bottom and layers stacked above, reaching a height of several tens of meters; in the pirate world, this is already considered a very tall building.

At this time, in the Marshal's office of the headquarters, Sengoku, sitting behind the desk, gently rubbed his forehead; the bloodshot in his eyes showed he had been lacking sleep recently.

"Have you already entered the Grand Line? As expected, Whitebeard will not give up his son."

Sengoku handed the paper beside him to the small goat on the desk; this is the natural document shredder.

In the office, Kuzan, wearing an eye mask, was sleeping soundly; seeing his good sleep, Sengoku merely sighed—this is his most favored candidate for the Marshal's position.

With a swish, the wooden paper door of the office was pulled open, and a woman with coiled hair and a prominently swollen belly walked into the office.

Kuzan, who had been leaning on the sofa, sat up, lifted his eye mask, and looked at the pregnant woman entering the room at the same time as Sengoku; both felt doubt in their hearts: who is this?

"My child is about to be born; I am afraid—can you help me?"

The pregnant woman pressed both hands against her swollen belly.

"Madam, you need to drink more hot water."

Kuzan stood up, cold air rising from his hands; he felt that this pregnant woman who entered the office was very abnormal, and moreover, a pregnant woman not belonging to the Navy's roster could actually enter the Marshal's office—this in itself is suspicious.

"My child... dislikes hot water."

With a crack, the pregnant woman broke one of her own fingers; flesh and blood were torn apart, she pressed that finger against her abdomen, a mouth full of layered sharp teeth opened, and she swallowed the finger whole; the pregnant woman's body began to gradually turn transparent.

At the same time, in the residential area behind the Navy headquarters, in a civilian house, Apsis sat upright on the sofa, and a strange fluctuation emanated from the biological computer in his hand.

"Confirmed 4 individuals, intensity 15753, remaining until birth: 26%."

Seeing this string of text, the corners of Apsis's mouth gradually curled up.

"Did he go to see Sengoku? Truly a restless little fellow; endure a bit longer, otherwise the mother body cannot withstand it."