Noah was still sitting there thinking about things. He didn't know if Enel had eaten the Thunder Fruit at this time. If he had, it would be troublesome. He was not worried about the opponent's strength, but the Thunder Fruit would be difficult to get. Even if Enel was killed, the Thunder Fruit would be randomly reborn on any kind of fruit.
According to the time, in 1516, Enelu will destroy the entire Bica and the islanders on it, and then come to Angel Island. So will he eat the fruit at that time? Oh, don't think about it, everything will be known when the time comes.
Two days later, a dark green figure broke through the sea of clouds and landed on Angel Island with boundless wind and waves. Noah, who came to greet him, always wanted to add a narration in his heart: Monkey D. Dragon is here!
Skip the unnecessary small talk.
"How's the situation at sea?"
"It's okay at the moment. We've sent everyone from Paradise Stage back home. We're sending people back home from the Four Seas now, so the pressure is much less. But the people from CP1 to CP9 have been chasing us like mad dogs. It's said that all the members of CP0 are stationed in the holy land of Marijoa. They won't be sent out again unless there's something extremely serious. They have to guard the Celestial Dragons."
"It seems like they are scared by our attack. What about the navy?"
"The attitude of the navy is very ambiguous. Apart from Akainu and his hawkish faction who have been clamoring for arrest, most other high-ranking navy officials have not taken any action except to express their opinions."
"Yeah, most of the navy do have some basic sense of justice. We need to find a way to attract more people to join us in the future."
"Regarding the South China Sea Federation plan, the initial country chosen for the South China Sea is the Kingdom of Solbe, which is located in the center of the South China Sea and has a complete island chain around it. Xiong was the king of this country before, but he left after joining us.
But he is very familiar with the place and can help us secretly support this country. It is still a suitable starting point. Those who were liberated before and are willing to join our cause have been taken to the nearby island chain for recuperation. Many of them are seriously ill and need a lot of supplies. "
Long was really efficient. He selected a location so quickly and started preliminary planning.
"Very good. I have a large amount of gold here to replenish it. You can come with us to see how to transport it. Let's go."
Chapter 61 After History
Bring the dragon to meet the chief of Shandia and give a brief introduction.
There were seven people in total, including Noah and the other two, who went to look for the lights of Shandora. Shandia sent three people, the chief, Waipa and Laqi, and there was only one Gan Ful from Sky Island. Although the most important people in the tribe had left, the chief believed that the people of Sky Island would not dare to do anything.
A few people set off with light luggage. In fact, the route is very easy to follow, just head towards the huge bean vine.
The plants on Gaya Island had undergone an unknown mutation after arriving on Sky Island, and they had all grown huge. Walking in the forest, even the sky above was often covered by the shade of the trees. It was easy to get lost in this environment, but everyone present could easily stand on the top of the tree to observe the direction, so they would not have to take a detour.
Robin was still very interested in the various architectural relics on the road. The earliest civilization of Gaya Island can be traced back to the golden city of Shandora 800 years ago. In order to protect the historical text, it was eventually destroyed in the war.
Shandia people are the descendants of Shandora, and they have made a will to protect Shandora, so Shandia people don't care about the gold of the whole city, they only care about the historical text and the lights of Shandora. However, the historical text may not be the most important, because at the end, the chief once said that the above things are not important at all.
As I was walking, I suddenly heard a hissing sound in the distance, like a mollusk sliding on the ground. I stopped to sense it. A big snake?
Breaking through the woods, the big snake rushed towards the crowd wanting to have a meal. With its mouth wide open, the snake discovered that this group of people did not hide at all and became even more excited. What a good prey!
"Sigh~~~"
With a clang sound, a huge long shadow passed through the sky, fell into the distance, and smashed branches to the ground.
"That... seems to be the descendant of God Cassi..."
"Ah, he probably isn't dead."
It was just a small episode. Except for Robin who felt sorry for the antique snake, no one else had any sympathy. The Shandia people were afraid of the god Kasi at first, then angry, and finally didn't care.
Noah doesn't like cold-blooded reptiles, they're not cute at all. Dragon, he's cold to the end.
As we continued walking, we soon saw a giant bean vine towering into the sky. Each of the giant plants in One Piece has its own unique charm. It feels like Oda added too many myths and fairy tales from various countries when setting up this world to integrate these wonders. This should be the bean vine in "Jack and the Beanstalk" that can lead to the kingdom of giants. The imagination of British fairy tales is still relatively simple.
After entering, we saw a corridor. Noah still had a deep impression of this corridor. It was through this corridor that Calgara took Rolando. After passing through the darkness, they finally saw the miracle on the sea, the golden city of Shandora. 400 years later, the corridor was covered with vines and gravel, and the murals in the corridor were eroded by time, and no trace of the once glorious civilization could be seen.
When we walked out of the corridor, we saw a pile of broken walls, overturned buildings, tilted statues, and rubble scattered next to each building. This scene made the Shandia people who followed us unbelievable. The hometown legend that they had been thinking about for 400 years turned out to be like this.
"Don't be too disappointed. Imagine that 400 years ago, a huge ocean current washed part of Gaya Island to an altitude of 7000 meters. Under such a violent impact, what kind of buildings could remain intact? And don't you think the buildings exposed outside are too small?"
Robin looked around at this time. The architectural style of the sea, but the ground was full of island clouds, so...
"Most of the buildings are still buried under the ground of the island cloud!"
"Yes, we can see the whole building by digging through the island cloud. But we have a better option, right, Dragon?"
"Ah."
Long Shenshen covered the ground with his hands, released his observation Haki, and sensed the island cloud. Then a strong wind suddenly arose and began to sweep across the building complex. The powerful airflow continued to cut through the island cloud, but the buildings were not damaged under the precise micro-manipulation.
Half an hour later, the entire ruins of Chandora were revealed to the world. The traces of time could not conceal the splendor of civilization. Everyone saw the mysterious historical civilization of 800 years ago in this ancient city.
"Shandora~~."
The Shandians stood in the middle of the city, looking at everything that their ancestors had done. There was also a statue of the great warrior Kalgara on the site, an honor bestowed upon the greatest warriors.
There is indeed gold everywhere here. Although a lot of treasures were scattered in the sea when Arpaado rushed into the sky, there is still a lot of gold here. The gold on Enel's Ark Motto was also extracted from here, and then made by thunder metallurgy using the Thunder Fruit.
Everyone rested for a while in the ruins, while the Shandia trio continued to admire the legacy of their ancestors in the city. Noah was discussing with Long how to transport the gold down, after all, there was too much. After discussing for a long time, they still felt that it was not perfect enough. The Big Bear's Meat Ball Fruit could not transport large amounts of gold over long distances. The same was true for Noah's Door Door Fruit, which was limited in distance and the extra-dimensional space was not large enough.
It is not safe to send it to the sea and load it away by ship. If the news leaks out, it will not only affect the World Government. Such a large amount of gold will also be a carnival feast for pirates all over the world.
If they wanted to quietly send this batch of gold away, was it the only way to move it slowly? After failing to come to an agreement, the two decided to wait and see. If this batch of gold could not be secretly transported, it would be better not to have it.
If the world government is prepared, or a large amount of gold hits the market, the value of gold will plummet. Although gold is a natural currency, the credit of this world is not linked to gold. This world strangely did not choose the currency metal theory, which is amazing.
After a while, the Shandians came back and they could continue their journey. They finally reached the bottom of the giant bean vine. Looking up, they saw that the top of the bean vine had pierced through several island clouds, as if it really led to the giant kingdom in the fairy tale.
"Is the light of Shandora up here?"
"Yeah, let's go up and take a look together."
He gathered his observation Haki into a beam and radiated it upwards along the giant bean vines. He sensed it. Noah raised his hand to open the door, and a rectangular transparent door frame appeared in the air. Across from him was the ultimate dream of the Shandians - the lights of Shandora!
Everyone walked through the gate and looked at the huge golden bell. There was really an extreme sense of beauty. The huge golden bell base, two giant golden pillars and a large beam hung the golden bell. There were also steps on both sides. It was really a work of art.
Everyone came over to take a closer look. Robin saw the historical text embedded in the clock base at a glance, walked over and began to read it carefully.
Noah also walked over. It was another historical text. He reached out and touched the text stone tablet. The timeline stretched to the limit. The power of the times appeared again and rushed to Noah's soul. Before, Noah's soul could not bear all the power of the times, so a part of it would directly assist in the analysis skills. Now it is not needed. All this power is injected into the soul.
During this time, Noah felt the throbbing of his soul, and suddenly had an idea. Could he go upstream while the power of the times was being injected into his soul, open a door, and see the starting point of the power of the times? Would he see the truth of 800 years ago?
In the extended timeline, Noah tried to mobilize the power of the fruit and concentrate it on his soul bit by bit.
Normally, if you don't eat soul-related fruits, you can't sense your own soul, but Noah's soul is a soul from another world, and together with the gift of the Tree of All-Knowing, it has become his plug-in, so it is very easy to locate. After locating it, go upstream and open the door.
A small silver door that does not exist in reality appeared. As mentioned before, the Door-Door Fruit can only open doors that exist in this world, so the soul just now existed and it was opened. This world has time-related fruits, so the door of the power of this era can also be opened. What is it?
"JOEY BOY~~~~~!"
A huge roar came from the door, shattering it directly. Noah was also impacted, groaned, and exited the timeline. What a terrible power! Will it be the enemy to be faced in the future?
Chapter 62 The Lights of Shantora
When everyone saw Noah just touched the historical text, they immediately groaned, took a step back with a pale face, and their eyes were full of shock.
There are enemies?! Everyone took a defensive stance at the same time.
The dragon was even more furious, and it directly stirred up a violent storm, and its domineering color also vented its anger along with its master.
"It's okay, everyone relax your guard, it's an accident."
He gave Robin and Long a reassuring look, and then gave a reason that it was an accident. Although everyone didn't believe it, since they didn't want to say it, they didn't want to explore it, and they all put away their defensive postures.
After seeing that Noah was really fine, Robin breathed a sigh of relief and continued to read the main text of history.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit tense, the chief thought for a moment and wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere. He happened to see Robin interpreting the historical text, so he planned to say some ancient words passed down in the tribe.
"Keep your true thoughts in your heart and keep your mouth shut..."
"Keep the truth in your heart and keep your mouth shut. We are the witnesses of history, following the bells of the old times."
"You...how do you know this passage? Could it be that...you...can understand these words?"
"Well, I come from the Tree of All-Knowing. I am a scholar from O'Hara, and I came here to follow the footsteps of the original text of history."
Um?Robin's words are inexplicably handsome, and the friends around him are very good at it. Will I be out of place? Noah doesn't understand.
But the main text of this history reminded him of A Tale of Two Cities. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, people had everything before them, people had nothing before them, people were going straight to Heaven, people were going straight to Hell
The French Revolution~ Should I write about it? Forget it, let me think about it later. It's too literary, not suitable for serialization at the moment, I will publish it in book form later, I believe that many educated people can still understand it, such as: Warring States, Crane, those educated naval high-ranking officials, right?
The chief here was trembling slightly. He didn't expect that finding the lights of Shandora that had been lost for 400 years would not only be enough, but could it also end the 800-year mission of the Shandiya people?
"The Ancient Weapon named after God, Poseidon, where is it..."
As everyone was eagerly waiting, Robin stopped translating because this was not the history she wanted. She was not interested in the whereabouts of the Sea King, and the people here were not very trustworthy, so she decided to tell Noah in private.
Everyone was a little disappointed that Robin no longer revealed the location of the Sea King, but they were not particularly eager. The Shandia people and Sky Island people on Sky Island were not that interested in the war weapons on Qinghai.
At this time, Robin looked at the right side of the clock base again. There was an extra paragraph written in ancient characters on it. She was a little concerned about this just now, but she was anxious to read the main text of history so she let it go for the time being. Now she can take a closer look.
"What!? I came here to bring this article to an end. - Gol D. Roger"
"Roger, the Qinghai pirate who came here 10 years ago? He also knows these words." Gan Fowle remembered something.
"Ahem" Now it's up to Noah to stretch his back.
"Because when all the historical texts are linked together, the blank period of one hundred years can be filled. Roger said this because he has collected all the historical texts and sent that history to its final destination, Raftel!"
"I see. As expected, you are a scholar from O'Hara." Long couldn't help but admire.
"No, I'm just a small librarian in O'Hara." Noah responded calmly.
At this time, the chief over there was already in tears.
"We don't have to fight anymore? That's great... Has the wish of our ancestors been fulfilled?"
Wayipa and Laqi stepped forward to support the chief who was already unsteady on his feet. As young people, they did not understand the hardships and difficulties of spending a lifetime to keep a promise, nor the sacrifices made by the Shandia people for 800 years.
After a long while, the chief took a deep breath and looked at the historical text. Now, the mission had been completed, so the historical text was no longer important to the Shandian people. What was more important now was to use the lights of Shandora to welcome back the souls of the ancestors and fulfill the oath of the great warrior Kalgara, which was 400 years late.
"Waipa, go ahead. You now represent the hope of the Shandian people. Go and light the lamps of Shandora and let the beautiful bells ring through the sky again."
"it is good"
Noah and his companions made way and watched the Shandians complete the sacred ceremony.
Wayipa walked towards the golden bell step by step and finally stopped.
“Let the sound resound through the sky and let the souls of our ancestors return!”
A full-force punch
Ding~~~~~~
"Great warrior Calgara, did you hear that? Rolando, did you hear that? That's the light of Shandora!"
When the compass birds in the Qinghai Lake heard the bell, they all flew up to the sky and danced. The grandson of the god Kasi also shed tears. This was a song he had never heard for 400 years, the song of the earth.
The Shandia people who were rebuilding their homes in Arpaado shed tears upon hearing the sound and looked in the direction where the bell came from. This was the light of Shandora in the story passed down from generation to generation.
The sound of the bell continued to echo between heaven and earth, and it took a long time for it to calm down.
The sound of the bell does have the effect of soothing the soul. Noah's soul, which had been shocked before, felt much better after being soothed by the bell. It seems to be a mysterious treasure.
When everyone calmed down, they had to think about how to bring the clock down. Just like in the original book, throw it down and pull it up. Or Noah opened a door under the clock base so that the clock base would fall directly at the root of the giant bean vine. When they were discussing it heatedly, the little transparent Laqi said something.
"Why not just leave it here... The lights of Shandora are safe here, and we can come and see them anytime."
"Well, that makes sense."
After the discussion, everyone returned to the ground and started the return journey. On the way back, Noah and Long thought about it all the way, but they couldn't figure out how to secretly transport so much gold back to the South China Sea.
"Forget it. I have another idea. I'll see when we get to Bica."
"Yeah, that's okay."
After returning to Angel Island and taking a short rest, Noah found Gan Fowler and prepared to go to Bika. After all, there were too many things that Long had to deal with in Qinghai, and just hearing about them made one's scalp tingle. It can only be said that some people are just suitable to be managers.
Gan Fowle didn't say anything. Although he was the god of Sky Island, it made no difference without him on ordinary days. So he gave some simple instructions and set off.
The group first went to Angel Beach to board the Traveler, and then sailed from the White Sea to the southeast of Sky Island. When they arrived, they found a very small cloud river there, which was the same twisted and unrecognizable cloud river from the Gate of Heaven to Sky Island.
"This is the passage between the sky islands, called HIGH WEST. This one leads to Bika. We can set off now."
The Traveler was moving at high speed on the Cloud River. With the technology of this ship, even if the river was narrow, it was no problem. Five hairpins could pass through it smoothly. Occasionally, there were creatures like express shrimp passing under the ship, trying to pick up the Traveler and move forward, but they were all driven away by Noah and his men. He did not trust these crustaceans on the sky island. This ship was basically full of fruit ability users. Although they would not fall into the sea, it was troublesome.
It took two full days to travel at the speed of the Voyager, which is indeed far enough. I don't know whether Enel flew here with his generals or rowed a small wooden boat, but it definitely wasn't the Ark. It is said that Bica is short of resources and there is no way he would have gold to build it.
In the evening, the Cloud River finally reached its end, forming a small white sea, with Bika in the center of the sea.
The appearance of Bica is very similar to that of Visalia, a small sky island. They are both small, but the scenery is much different. It is full of technological creations, and various futuristic houses are embedded in it. These technological shapes are completely different from Qinghai. So are the people on Bica really visitors from the moon?
There was not much breath of life on the entire island, and there was a strange atmosphere in a tower in the center, which brought some sense of crisis to Noah and the dragon.
It was impossible to let the Voyager dock in this situation. After telling Robin and Gan Fowl, Noah opened the air door and walked onto the Beacon with the dragon.
