Chapter 620 The Devil’s Tree

Seeing the rare serious expression on Lily's face, Jig asked,

"What's so special about this group of people? Are there people like Joey Boy among them?"

Lily shook her head and said,

"They're not psychos like Joey Boy. If you must say, they're more like a bunch of lunatics."

"How to say?"

"They are true force-seekers, with almost no emotion. They pursue endless power. Some of them are even stronger than the later Joy Boy."

"So they didn't choose to go to our planet because they looked down on it?"

"That's understandable. They've done experiments before, but the land on our planet is too scattered to allow the Demon Tree to produce a perfect fruit. Even if it finally did produce fruit, aside from a few that came out, most of them were defective and useless to them."

"Wait, the demon tree??"

Jiger raised his eyebrows. He always thought that the original devil fruit was artificially created, but after hearing what Lily said, it seemed that this thing was purely natural?

Lily nodded and explained,

"Yes, it's the tree that can produce devil fruits. Joyboy was the first subject chosen, but he only ate an ordinary rubber fruit. So when they saw the Joker-like ability, they were very disappointed. After all, waiting for the devil fruit tree to bear fruit wasted a lot of their time. Someone was furious and destroyed the devil fruit tree. Since then, devil fruits have been spread all over the world."

Hearing this new version of the Devil Fruit's origin, Zig was deeply shocked, because this version was completely different from his Blue Star memories. He asked,

"Then they didn't know about Joyboy's fruit awakening? Or did they also disdain the power of the awakened Nika Fruit?"

"No, they don't know that Devil Fruits can awaken. Because the Devil Tree was the result of their latest biotechnology, their first thought was that this biotechnology had major flaws and needed continuous improvement. If they saw the power that Devil Fruits continue to develop after combining with humans, perhaps they would choose our planet as their first base after leaving the moon."

"...Scientists, if you want to get accurate data from biological experiments, shouldn't you first observe for a period of time? Why would you destroy the experimental materials right away?"

"The moon was about to become a dead planet, and they didn't have much time left. How could they have spared time to observe that psychopath, Joyboy? They had already prepared to move if the experiment failed."

Jiger thought for a moment, then suddenly shook his head and laughed.

"If that's the case, I really have to thank that Angry Brother. If it weren't for him, I probably wouldn't be here now."

"That's not necessarily true. Even if they choose to stay, your ancestor Casillas is no less powerful than them. Actually, you don't know much about your ancestor Casillas, do you?"

"Well, I've only met him once. He's a nice family."

"That's because he was one of those people in the beginning, and his talent was among the best. But compared to them, he's not as cold-blooded. After coming down from the moon, he even developed a liking for the local indigenous life."

"Um, so the ancestor didn't choose to leave with that group of people, but chose to stay?"

"No! The main factor that attracted Casillas to stay was the Dark-Dark Fruit."

"...I've already confused you. Since the Devil Fruit was already considered defective at the time, the natives would have been fine, but why would our ancestor choose to eat a Devil Fruit?"

"Because he was one of the leaders involved in the development of the Demon Tree, he didn't believe his painstaking work would be a failure. He believed that the inability to produce a perfect fruit wasn't necessarily due to poor nutrition. Another possibility was that the nutrients were unexpectedly rich, so that a single fruit couldn't hold so much, which is why it split into so many."

After hearing this, Zig was shocked again. My goodness, his ancestor was actually a scientist. His scientific research ability might even be stronger than Vegapunk's. After all, his ancestor's research and development was truly from zero to one!

This also explains why Satan is the only one among the Five Elders who has scientific research capabilities. Satan once said that he was Casillas' apprentice, but he was a very useless one. After all, whether it was scientific research capabilities or his own strength, he, as an apprentice, was far behind his master until the end.

Jiger silently digested the huge amount of information he had just received from Lily for a while, then asked,

"Then why did our ancestors choose the Dark-Dark Fruit? What's so special about it?"

"It's very simple. According to Casillas's observation, the later Devil Fruits are produced, the more nutrients they absorb, and the stronger their power will be. The Dark-Dark Fruit is the last Devil Fruit produced on the Devil Fruit Tree."

"How can we confirm that the Dark-Dark Fruit is the last fruit to be produced?"

"Because at the same time the Dark-Dark Fruit was produced, the roots of the Demon Tree that were buried underground also broke through the ground. This was exactly what they had anticipated: the final step in the Demon Tree's maturation, its transformation from plant to animal."

"...Wait, why does this sound familiar to me?"

Lily thought that Jig was just saying it casually and continued,

"Perhaps there are some records of this in the texts of your Figalando family. Anyway, before the Devil Tree was destroyed, Casillas took action and left behind the Dark-Dark Fruit. After those people left, he immediately ate the Dark-Dark Fruit and became the first user of the Dark-Dark Fruit."

"Those people didn't doubt the motives of our ancestors?"

"Casillas told others that he kept the Dark-Dark Fruit because he wanted to preserve the results of his own experiment. After all, he was one of the leaders of the experiment, so those people didn't doubt it. As for whether Casillas left with them, they didn't care. They only cared about themselves."

After saying that, Lily suddenly sighed and said,

"It's just that Casillas overlooked the psychopath Joyboy. He ate the Rubber-Gum Fruit much earlier than Casillas. Although his mental state is not normal, his talent is also top-notch. In addition, the Devil Fruit was originally developed based on the physique of the Moon People. He quickly developed the true power of the Devil Fruit. While Casillas was researching the Dark-Dark Fruit, he occupied the Sky Seal left by the Moon People to control the planet and messed up the world."