Chapter 93 Devil Fruit [VIP]
Exoskeletons, endless energy, genetic enhancers, and even space base stations...
When Quinn arrived at Future Island and learned about Vegapunk's recent research progress, he was really hurt.
Why? Why can Vegapunk conduct such a large amount of research? Why has their technology advanced so rapidly?
"This is all thanks to the funding Captain Yale gave us." Vegapunk shared with Quinn without holding a grudge.
"We've made a lot of money from our research on things like dressing rooms and automatic food processors, but the most important thing is this—"
After stopping at a place, Vegapunk entered the password, and the lift door on the side immediately opened, revealing the room inside.
There are several tables in the room, on which are placed many ancient mechanical artifacts. Some are well preserved, but many have been corroded and rusted by sea water.
Quinn was so surprised that her mouth was open.
He guessed what these things were.
But what surprised Quinn even more were the exquisite 'toys' placed on two separate tables.
The two things were about half the size of the table. One of them had been disassembled, and the various parts inside were numbered and neatly placed aside.
Quinn felt his voice tremble a little.
"These are..."
"Ancient weapons." Vegapunk also looked emotional.
"Captain Yale shrunk them down to make it easier for us to study them."
What he didn't say was that these two were replicas, and the originals were taken away by Yale for his collection.
Seeing Quinn's eyes wide with excitement, Vegapunk couldn't help but remind him, "Quinn, I advise you not to have any evil thoughts. This entire island group is under Captain Yale's surveillance. No matter what you do, he will know it clearly."
"...There's no need for you to meddle in other people's business!" Quinn looked away with difficulty.
As a scientist crazy enough to transform himself, how could he possibly resist the temptation of 'ancient weapons'?
Just from watching for a short while, he felt that he had learned something that could be used to improve himself.
Well, I'm still not happy about having to work with Vegapunk again, but it's because the new boss pays me so much!
"That's right." Quinn thought of something and pointed at the creatures that were obviously fished out of the sea and asked.
"That Ya... Ahem! Captain Yale, have you even taken over Fishman Island?"
The only ones who can fish these things out from the bottom of the sea are the mermen.
But Quinn had not heard that Fish-Man Island was among the missing islands.
"No, it was salvaged by people in diving suits who went into the sea." Vegapunk denied.
He felt that there was no need to discuss this matter in detail now, as Quinn would get to know each other sooner or later anyway.
Thinking of the treasure hunting captain who was extremely professional in finding treasures, Vegapunk also sighed in his heart.
This method of first judging talents and strengths and then allocating work reasonably is really good. It not only avoids wasting talents, but also improves work efficiency and allows everyone to shine in their favorite positions.
At this moment, Bucky, who was "shining" in his beloved job, finally took off his diving helmet and breathed in the air on the shore.
It was too painful to fish something out of the sea. He preferred to get the treasure into his own hands rather than just do it for the sake of formality and then hand it over to someone else.
It's so painful, I really want to escape and live the free life of a pirate...
Just when Bucky was thinking about escaping for the Nth time, someone suddenly called his name.
“Bucky—is that Bucky?”
Bucky jumped up and yelled without even seeing anyone.
"I'm not lazy, I didn't steal—Ace?!" He saw who was calling him, "You got caught too?"
Not far away, a young man wearing an orange cowboy hat and with his upper body bare was running towards him excitedly.
There were two other people behind him, a man and a woman, but Bucky didn't know either of them.
Bucky's heart sank.
Ace and all the members of the Whitebeard Pirates have been captured, so the Whitebeard Pirates are probably in great danger.
Is this world really going to be completely taken over by Yale?
How long will it take for him to end this endless salvaging life...
"Bucky, why are you here? Where are your companions?"
Ace asked curiously, looking at the black diving suit that Bucky was wearing.
Bucky sighed, not wanting to answer.
Some of his companions did still stay with him, but others were relocated elsewhere—for example, Mochi and the lion Liki went to the zoo on Rare Beast Island.
But since Ace asked, he briefly explained his current situation and asked how they were captured.
Ace explained how he and Sabo went to Wano Country to rescue Yamato.
Bucky's mouth twitched when he heard this, and his eyes kept looking at the three of them.
What a heavyweight combination - Whitebeard's son, the chief of staff of the Revolutionary Army and Kaido's daughter. It always feels like they have nothing in common.
but……
"Weren't you three assigned jobs when you received your ID cards?"
Bucky asked unwillingly. He worked every day, but these three guys just wandered around with nothing to do.
Ace scratched his head in confusion, "Assigning work? No."
Sabo noticed the difference when they received their ID cards. The three of them really didn't have jobs.
However, at that time, Sabo only thought that the pirates of the Beasts Pirates were bullying civilians, and none of the three of them had done such a thing, so they were not assigned any work.
Then they left, and no one or metal ball came to stop them.
Now hearing Buggy ask this, Sabo suddenly realized - maybe it's not that they haven't done bad things, but that Yale deliberately let them go.
But why? If it is related to the forces behind them, then the Beasts Pirates behind Yamato have already disbanded.
While Sabo was still thinking, Ace had already started inviting Buggy to Goa City.
He wanted to go back and take a look. Although Dadan should be in the Sabaody Archipelago now, Makino was still in Windmill Village. And if he went back, maybe he could help Sabo recall the past.
Bucky hesitated, his eyes darting back and forth as he considered his options.
He is still in the status of a labor camp inmate and is not allowed to ask for leave, let alone absent from work.
If he ran away directly, he might be killed by the metal ball.
If he refused, Buggy was worried that he would miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. After all, it was not normal that Ace and the other two did not get the job.
After much deliberation, Bucky finally decided to give it a try.
He really didn't want to go into the sea to salvage treasure that didn't belong to him!
*
It’s so scary!
Looking up at the skeleton that turned its head on the ghost ship, Usopp burst into tears.
Ever since they saw the blue meteor that night, they had been lost at sea for several days. Finally, when they were almost out of ammunition and food, a gust of wind blew them to this foggy sea.
After that, they followed the sound of humming music and saw a dilapidated ship and a skeleton with a gloomy face holding a coffee cup on the ship.
"Hahaha, what good luck."
"I thought they would starve to death at sea."
"That's the movie the Captain wants to watch. Why is he watching a bunch of brats?"
"Don't they care about what they're watching, but you bragging on Starnet every day?"
In the Star Trek movie room, because everyone was interested in the movies that the captain liked to watch, and in order to better understand the planet below, Yale generously shared his collection - the Straw Hat Pirates' series of adventure movies.
Originally, Yale thought the movie was over.
After all, there are indeed no islands nearby that can be used as supply points around the Merry.
But the Straw Hat Pirates were lucky enough to find a place to resupply.
Of course it wasn't an island, but another, much larger ship—a terrifying three-masted barque hidden in the fog.
Not only that, they also encountered the equally interesting Skeleton Brook in the thick fog.
The moment they saw this moving skeleton, many people were excited.
Some appearance fans said: "This skin is really good, I want one like this too."
The combat power party said: "This skeleton is obviously a powerful guy."
Other research groups have begun various analyses.
"Being able to eat by pooping means that his energy intake is still a physiological energy source."
"But his digestive system is definitely gone. Does the food he eats have to be digested through his bones?"
"Damn it! I really want to catch him and study him thoroughly. I'll ask the captain for permission. This is a very interesting study!"
Unfortunately, their impromptu application was rejected by the captain on the grounds that it was insincere.
The crew members scratched their heads and frantically ran their CPUs to think about what the sincere reason could be.
And their good captain was standing next to a big tree at this moment, waiting for the good news from the researcher.
As time goes by, a bud appears on the branch of the tree, and then it quickly blooms and bears fruit. The fruit gradually grows until it forms a fruit with a spiral pattern.
Yale raised his eyebrows slightly, picked the fruit, and took a bite without hesitation.
The energy was absorbed by him like water. Although it felt that the purity was not enough, it was successful in the end.
"It's okay." After eating a devil fruit, he gave his own evaluation.
"Xuxing, it needs further improvement. I don't find it tasty."
Researcher Xu Xing nodded quickly and explained, "The main reason is that the energy concentrator needs to be more powerful. Very little energy can escape from the starship. It would be much better if it could be planted on a resource planet."
After this explanation, Yale immediately understood.
Simply put, this thing collects energy dissipated in the air and stores it in the form of fruits.
As for why each person gains different abilities after eating a devil fruit, we need to delve into the internal "coding" of the devil fruit.
The coding does not affect the taste, and Yale does not force the crew to be able to restore the planet's specialties 100%.
"Captain." The decaying communication was quickly connected.
As Yale looked over, a figure projected in the air said, "The Navy and the Revolutionary Army have decided to conduct a joint propaganda campaign."
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