Chapter 166: Rising Ocean Current
"Is there really an empty island?"
Nia's eyes sparkled.
Islands float in the sky. How on earth is this done?
Also, if there are islands in the sky, will there also be oceans? If there was an ocean, what would be the difference between the fish floating in the ocean and the fish here?
Thinking of the possible fish that she has never tasted before, Nia's mouth almost watered.
Although compared to Minina, she is not a gluttonous person, but she is only interested in 'fish'.
"Of course empty islands exist."
Gray took a sip of tea, then placed the teacup on the table, and the old god spoke in a calm voice.
Since eating the Tunton Fruit, he has been able to take a place in the big eating competition on the ship.
"Have you been there?"
"No."
"Then what you said is true."
Nia turned her head.
"I heard Dad say that!"
Bonnie raised her little hand, swallowed the food in her mouth, and then described her knowledge to everyone on the table.
"Islands floating in the sky, with people with wings and all kinds of strange shells on them."
"With wings?"
Pekin quickly noticed the elements.
"It's an angel!"
Xia Qi's eyes also shone with light.
"shell?"
Nia's eyes moved.
If there are shells, it means there is an ocean on the empty island!
"Are you going from the top of the Western Heaven?"
Big Bear looked at Rhodes and asked in a gentle voice.
"No no no."
Rhodes shook his hand.
Since you are going to Sky Island, of course you have to feel the ocean currents in the sky!
"Then use my ability?"
Big Bear continued to ask.
"With my ability, I can send the entire ship to the empty island together."
"It's not necessary."
Rhodes shook his head. He did not expect Big Bear to make such a proposal.
However, compared to Daxiong's plane ticket, he still wanted to experience riding the soaring current directly up.
"This is our target."
Nairu spread out a simple map on the table, and Rhodes pointed at a small island above.
"Gaya Island?"
Robin whispered the name of the island, and then talked about the information he knew.
"It is recorded in some historical documents that there is a golden city on that island, Shantora!"
"Shandora?"
Peijin and Xia Qi looked at each other, and Luo's eyes looked a little strange.
"Is it the city that the great liar Rolando mentioned?"
The story of Rolando, the great liar, is a household name in the North Sea. He was a figure about 400 years ago. He was the admiral and botanist of the expedition team of the Kingdom of Lubnir in the North Sea. He once led a fleet to the Grand Line and discovered gold. City - Shantora!
After he returned to the North Sea, he reported the news of the discovery of gold to the king, so the king asked him to return to Shantora to look for gold. However, when he arrived again with his fleet, there was no so-called golden city, and he was eventually killed. The king was sentenced to death and was given the title 'The King of Liars'.
As people from Beihai, Pekin and the others almost grew up listening to stories about ‘Rolando the Great Liar’.
However, Robin is a genuine archaeologist, so what she said should be correct.
Could it be said that there really is a so-called golden city?
"Golden City!"
Nia also thought of this, and her eyes shone even brighter.
Whether it's the fish in the sky or the golden city, it's all what she wants!
She went to book the empty island!
"Although there is no so-called golden city on Gaya Island in the nearly four hundred years of records, the golden city of Shantora has indeed been mentioned more than once in older documents."
Robin nodded, with a hint of inquiry in his eyes.
"I'm also curious about whether the legendary golden city really exists."
Rhodes said he was going to Sky Island, but he pointed in the direction of Gaya Island. In other words, Sky Island is near Gaya Island? Or is the so-called Sky Island just above Gaya Island?
If this is the case, can we think that the golden city Shantora really exists, but for some reason, it flew into the sky and became an island in the sky?
"Then let's seize the time and march towards the empty island!"
Minina waved her pink fist.
She also wants to experience some special islands. Each island on the Grand Route has a special ecological environment. Different ecological environments give birth to different ingredients.
After joining the Rhodes Pirates, Minina is no longer embarrassed because she is so good at eating. After all, Rhodes is even better at eating than she is.
After Gray became an esper, he became a real big eater who could eat no matter how much food he had.
Even little Bonnie can eat a lot of things.
And the others, although not as good as a few of them, are also very good at eating.
However, her dream of developing food that could fill her stomach with just a little bit had not changed. She still remembered the comment Rhode gave when she mentioned her dream.
However, in addition to this dream, she now has another dream.
She wants to collect delicacies from all over the world, and then condense the essence of various ingredients together to make a dish with rich flavors that contains the essence of the world, and taste it with her friends!
"Then, let's go straight towards Gaya Island!"
Nailu took out a permanent pointer pointing to Gaya Island, and Pekin and others rushed to the deck happily.
The stories they grew up listening to as children may not be correct, and they may have to uncover the truth next.
Just thinking about this made Peijin and the others extremely emotional.
With such a mood, even if Germa 66 or the hero Sora appeared in front of me, it would be nothing more than this.
···
The weather on the Grand Line was fickle, and Kosa had seen that.
After leaving Alabasta, within just a few days of sailing, he saw extreme situations such as storms, super whirlpools, and huge tsunamis that covered the sky and the sun.
As for things like scorching sun, heavy snowfall, hail falling from the sky, etc., it is a piece of cake.
However, after experiencing these successive climates, Kosha can clearly feel that his body has become stronger, and he can clearly feel the improvement in his strength when pulling the sail.
This is not only because of the recent exercise, but also because of the dishes Minina makes every day. Those dishes can allow him to absorb it faster, and subtly affect his body, allowing him to grow faster.
Kosha could feel all of this, but there was no complacency in his heart, and he only strengthened his determination to become stronger.
In just a few days, his strength has improved significantly. Those pirates who run around and fight on the sea all day probably have monster-like physiques.
Thinking of this, Kosha turned his head and glanced at Bowness who was exercising on the deck.
From the moment he got on the ship, he could be seen practicing hard every day. Except for eating and sleeping, almost all his time was spent practicing.
I also need to practice more!
Kosha, who had just finished wiping the deck, picked up the equipment next to him and started exercising with Bowness.
"Very energetic!"
Looking at the two people practicing on the deck, Rhodes nodded approvingly.
Daz Bowness, this guy is really reliable!
Live well, talk less, be diligent and obedient!
The most important thing is that he also rolled up others with him, exercising his strength all the time. Even Genos, who used to like sleeping the most, has recently begun to practice hard.
"You have to work hard too, Baccarat!"
Rhodes glanced at Baccarat who was sitting with Robin.
The two were enjoying afternoon tea while exchanging some things that Rhodes couldn't understand.
"If I continue to exercise, my figure will be out of shape, Captain Rhodes~~"
Baccarat's fingers trailed from her shoulders down the curves of her body.
"I don't want to be described as strong."
"There's no way you can become strong."
Rod gave an example.
"The female CP agent that you guys killed in Lavis didn't become strong."
"And Boya Hancock, who is known as the most beautiful woman in the world, hasn't become strong either."
"I thought I heard someone talking about the Pirate Queen?"
Gray's head suddenly poked out from the side.
"No, you heard wrong. Go do your research."
"oh."
Gray got back into his research room.
He has recently come up with some new ideas, which, if successful, may greatly increase his combat effectiveness.
"Okay, okay, I understand~"
Seeing Rhodes looking at her again, Bacara raised her hands in surrender.
Captain Rhodes clearly didn't care about other people's cultivation, and even asked Bonis to balance work and rest. Why was she always urging her to master domineering when it was her turn?
"Ah, lost again!"
On the other side of the deck, Brooke was playing cards with Pekin and the others, and Nia's head was covered with notes.
"Bacara!"
"No cheating!"
The others grabbed Nia.
"Something fell."
Nailu suddenly raised his head and looked up at the sky. Just after he raised his head, Rhodes also raised his head.
"Boat!!"
Bonnie pointed at something falling from the sky.
It was a tattered sailing ship, but the hull was very large, much larger than the Polar. It was falling from the sky at this time.
"Forget about hail and all that, why are there ships falling from the sky!"
Kosha looked at the broken hull falling from the sky.
Could it be that it was swept over by a tornado from other sea areas?
But if that's the case, seawater and other things should fall down together.
"Interesting. If we were hit, we would all be smashed into mud."
Robin raised his head and said in a calm voice.
"Don't talk about such terrible things in a serious manner."
Baccarat complained softly, but was not too worried.
"However, since a ship fell from the sky, does it mean that there are indeed oceans and islands in the sky above us?"
Robin tilted his head, looking increasingly curious.
"It's very dangerous."
Big Bear took off the gloves on his hands.
"ROOM!"
The light blue halo of light suddenly spread, Luo's fingers moved slightly, and the giant ship that was originally directly above their heads flew to the side under his control and landed on the sea far away from them.
"Since there is a ship falling from the sky, does it mean we are almost there?"
Luo stood up holding [Ghost Cry] and looked into the distance.
"Yes."
Neru nodded.
"The air has changed."
"etc!"
Nailu's expression suddenly changed, and he turned the rudder to the left.
"What's wrong?"
Kosha, who was exercising with Bowness, lost his balance and fell to the deck. Pekin and others who were playing cards over there also staggered around.
"Gulu gulu~~"
Suddenly there was a strange sound under the sea, and a surging current visible to the naked eye attracted the attention of everyone on the Polar Ship.
"This is···"
Neru looked at the rising current with a surprised expression.
The next moment, the surging sea current became larger and larger, as if a beast was about to emerge from the bottom of the sea. In front of everyone's astonished sight, a sea current suddenly rose into the sky from under the sea.
boom! !
The ship that fell from the sky before happened to be within the scope of the current. The moment the current rose into the sky, the damaged sailboat suddenly shattered. Half of the hull was instantly smashed by the impact of the current, and the remaining half of the hull followed. The sea current rose into the sky, but in mid-air due to the lack of the hull, it broke away from the air flow driven by the sea current, and crashed from the sky again.
Seeing this scene in front of him, Robin's eyes suddenly lit up.
The legendary golden city Shantora should have really existed, but it might have been destroyed by the sea currents.
Or maybe the soaring sea currents swept the entire golden city into the air?
However, if you want to push the entire island into the sky, how powerful the impact would be.
"that···"
Brooke spoke hesitantly.
"Maybe we just want to get to the sky island like this."
Upon hearing Brooke's words, Pekin and the others turned pale and turned to look at Rhodes.
"Guessed it right!"
Rhodes smiled at them.
"This is so exciting!"
“···”
"Empty Island."
Nailu looked up at the sky, and activated his cognizant color to the extreme, but he still couldn't sense anything.
Although he is born with the ability to see, hear, and hear color, his sight and hearing color is more subtle in perception. He can detect the emotions and other subtle things of characters within the range of seeing and hearing color, but he is not very good at the range of seeing and hearing color.
Landing on the island in the sky is also a challenging thing for him.
However, as a navigator, one has to pilot a pirate ship to complete impossible tasks.
Nailu lowered his head and looked at the record pointer. Not long after arriving in this sea area, the record pointer was seized by the sky island and pointed straight to the sky.
"We have to follow the current and fly up!"
Bonnie was fearless. She looked at the soaring sea currents in front of her and clapped her hands happily on the deck.
"Before you go, make preparations."
Rhodes stretched out his hand and pointed forward, and the shadow of a small island appeared in their sight.
"First, let's see if anyone on the island has studied the laws of this sky-high current, and then..."
Ron turned to look at Baccarat.
"If we want to land on Sky Island, I'm afraid we still need a little bit of luck."
Following Rhodes' gaze towards Bacara, everyone on the boat breathed a sigh of relief.
If it were a matter of luck, they would never lose!
