Chapter 447: A speck of dust in the era

Without that huge storm, even if Luo Jie could defeat Golden Lion, he would inevitably experience more twists and turns,

and at that time his body might not have allowed him to become Pirate King

—Luo Jie learned that he had an incurable disease 28 years ago (i. e., 4 years before he was executed 26 years ago).

This time point corresponds to 3 years before he became Pirate King, which was also the year he fought the great battle with Golden Lion Shiki.

After learning of the illness, Luo Jie decided to take the crew on the final voyage of the Grand Line,

and invited the highly skilled doctor Crocus to serve as the ship doctor along the way to extend his life.

After three years of sailing, he finally completed his dream of domination on the Grand Line and became Pirate King.

It can be said that that huge storm changed the fate of the entire Pirate King world,

having quite a bit of the fatalistic flavor of the heavy rain in Shangfang Valley extinguishing the national fortune of Shu Han in *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*.

During Zhuge Liang's sixth Northern Expedition, in order to eliminate Sima Yi, the pillar of Cao Wei,

he set up a fire trap using the gourd-shaped terrain of Shangfang Valley.

He ordered Wei Yan to feign defeat to lure the enemy, and after Sima Yi entered the valley, the Shu army ignited the flammable materials in the valley to form a sea of fire.

But just when Sima Yi and his son were about to be buried in the sea of fire,

suddenly a strong wind blew, clouds gathered, and then heavy rain fell, extinguishing the raging fire.

Sima Yi broke out of the encirclement with the heavy rain. Seeing this scene, Zhuge Liang sighed that "man proposes, God disposes."

This rain not only changed the battle situation, but also became the turning point for Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition to fail,

and not long after, Zhuge Liang died of illness at Wuzhang Plains, and the generation of Wuhou Zhuge Wolong ended here.

Although explained from a scientific perspective, this rain was not purely God's will.

The terrain of Shangfang Valley is closed, the entrance is narrow, forming a natural effect;

the fire in the valley caused the air on the ground to heat up, expand, and rise, forming strong convection;

the rising hot air met the cold to form rain, and the condensation of water vapor produced a rainstorm.

But this plot, through the dramatic turning point of heavy rain from the sky,

vividly embodied the theme of "Heaven's Mandate" in *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*,

showing the literary expression that even the most meticulous plan is difficult to resist God's will.

Shiki himself was not eliminated after this massive naval battle.

Not long after Luo Jie became Pirate King, Shiki heard the news that Luo Jie had been arrested.

He couldn't believe it, so he went alone into the Marine Headquarters, Marineford, to confirm,

and was finally defeated by the joint efforts of Garp and Sengoku, and imprisoned in the sixth level of Impel Down, the Eternal Hell.

And he was worthy of being an owl who almost became Pirate King. He was ruthless to others and very ruthless to himself.

Later, he successfully escaped from prison by cutting off his own feet, which were bound by Seastone, and continued his revenge plan.

"Hum, master, an island has been discovered. Shall we land?"

Just as Zhang Jie was thinking, the submarine sailed according to the preset route and found an island.

"Hmm, let me see."

Zhang Jie took out the nautical chart he had swiped from the Big Mom Pirates.

The New World not only has chaotic weather, but also has many chaotic ocean currents and reefs submerged by seawater.

If there is no detailed sea chart, sailing at will is very easy to lead to ship destruction and death.

It can be said that sailing in the New World, the three harmonies of Heaven (weather), Earth (geography), and Man (pirates) are almost non-existent.

Except for the sea areas occupied by powerful pirate crews like the Four Emperor pirate crews,

it is completely a dark forest of hunters where everyone holds a gun.

The sea chart shows that there is such a desert island on this route.

Zhang Jie took out one of the essential items for the New World and the Grand Line—

a Log Pose and a Permanent Pose, and found that the direction they pointed was the same as his voyage.

Zhang Jie nodded, a smile appearing on his face:

"Hmm, finally didn't go in the wrong direction."

In the Grand Line, due to chaotic magnetic fields and geographical conditions, ordinary compasses and maps cannot be used,

and Permanent Poses and Log Poses are key tools for successfully reaching the next island.

The Log Pose needs to stay on each island for a period of time to "recharge,"

and can only point to the next destination after being filled with magnetic force, and can be used repeatedly and changed in direction.

The Permanent Pose is the "permanent preservation version" of the Log Pose.

It will always point to a specific island and will not be interfered with by other magnetic fields.

These two types of poses and the nautical chart were all swiped by Zhang Jie from the Big Mom Pirates.

The Big Mom Pirates have a big family and a big business, and Big Mom has the ambition to become Pirate King and dominate the world,

so they have collected almost all the poses and guides for the New World islands.

Zhang Jie, who swiped them very happily, could only say that Big Mom is really a good person.

Not only did she "sponsor" the raw materials for the boat under his feet, but she also "gave" him other little gadgets he needed

—after Zhang Jie broke through the siege of Big Mom and Katakuri and the others that day,

he didn't leave directly, but took advantage of his ability to fly and be fast,

found a prosperous island in Totto Land and took some supplies from the station of the Totto Land forces.

Zhang Jie: Compared to the loss caused by Big Mom's eating disorder and crazy destruction,

the reward I took is insignificant. I suppose Big Mom and the others won't have any other thoughts, right?

Big Mom, who arrived late, looked at the island that had almost been moved to the ground by Zhang Jie, and was truly furious, roaring:

"Ah ah ah, damn Zhang Jie kid, I want to cut you into a thousand pieces!"

"Hum, master, shall we land?"

Seeing Zhang Jie not speaking, the intelligent system continued to ask.

"Let's land."

Zhang Jie ordered indifferently.

Anyway, he is now a lone person who eats enough and the whole family is not hungry, so going to the island to visit won't delay time.

"Hum, understood, prepare to surface."

The intelligent system began to control the water control system in the submarine to slowly release the seawater in the watertight compartment, the submarine lost weight, and began to surface.

"Hum, the weather is suitable, switch back to boat mode."

Coming to the sea surface, the previous storm had disappeared, replaced by a clear sky.

The inconstancy of the weather in the New World is evident.

Click, click.

Surfacing from the sea, the upper part of the submarine's shell turned into countless nano-particles, gradually softening and flowing down,

turning into the deck and outer armor, and a small boat identical to the previous one cruised on the sea surface.

Hum.

The propeller rotated, and under the control of the intelligent system into which Zhang Jie had input the full set of route data,

it pushed the whole boat toward the dock of the desert island.

As for why there is a dock, which looks like a man-made object, on this clearly uninhabited desert island,

Zhang Jie can only say that pirates have always been hated and attacked for a reason.

There used to be a small town on the island, but unfortunately it was broken and plundered by pirates,

most of the villagers were slaughtered, and a small part were taken away as trophies.

Such an island turned into an uninhabited desert island like this.

Among pirates, there may be adventurers like the Red Hair Pirates and Straw Hat Pirates who only pursue the dream of sailing,

and there are also people like Whitebeard who are called pirates but protect one side with their own prestige and guard one side's peace,

but most of them are chaotic evil people who burn, kill, and plunder.

The "Great Pirate Era" opened by Pirate King Luo Jie at the cost of his own life released too many ambitious people.

Perhaps after eight hundred years, the destined savior, Sun God Nika Luffy, saves the world,

and brings peace to the world with the drums of liberation, these will become a light "pain of the era" in history textbooks.

But the people of the whole world paid a price like a mountain and a sea for this, and shed blood and tears enough to dye the sea red.

A speck of dust in the era, when pressed on an ordinary person, is a mountain!

A giant mountain enough to crush a seven-foot body into pieces! ===== CHAPTER 448 =====