Traveler in the Pirate World

Thick smoke billowed up on the sea skyline, the dark smoke dyed the sky black, thunder trembled in the smoke and clouds, and gray-black "snowflakes" fell from the sky.

The blue mushroom head was lying on the edge of the teacup, its two little eyes looking curiously at the distant sky, and from time to time it made a gurgling sound from its mouth.

A finger as white as jade gently stroked its round little head, making it unable to help but spit out a bubble from its mouth that was almost as big as its body.

White bubbles rose into the sky and were gently popped by a small fish fin, like a whale carrying the starry sky on its back making a joyful cry.

The light blue water elemental force that was imperceptible to normal vision flowed down from Lily's fingertips. The chubby little mushroom head absorbed this pure elemental force in big gulps. The tiny body grew larger at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then got stuck in the cup awkwardly.

The greedy little guy obviously didn't notice this. He supported the edge of the cup with his little hands, leaned his extremely elastic body backwards, and the soft brim of his hat on the back of his head made a dent on the edge of the cup. He opened his mouth wide, took hold of Lily's fingertips, and began to suck them with big gulps.

Lily stopped the irrigation of elemental power in annoyance and pulled back her fingers, causing the little guy to make a series of cooing noises.

Lily clasped the brim of the mushroom-headed boy's hat with her palm, and after a crisp sound of "pop", she pulled the little guy out of the water cup and gently placed it on the table.

Unfortunately, the little guy was not satisfied with this. He walked towards Lily with his short legs and stretched out his little hands, as if asking for a hug.

The next moment, a black shadow fell from the sky, and its wide fins suddenly pressed the little mushroom head into a big round pancake. A big bubble came out of the little thing's mouth and slowly rose into the air.

Lab released the fin that was pressing down on the little creature, and saw its body suddenly retract and jump into the air, wrapped in the bubbles it had exhaled.

After a pause, the bubble burst and the little thing fell to the ground. Its extremely elastic body bounced on the table several times, and then it lay flat on its back with a dizzy look.

He staggered to his feet, turned around several times unconsciously, figured out the direction, and cooed at the huge whale.

There were tears in the corners of Douding's eyes. He put one hand on his waist and the other hand pointed forward. He also stamped his feet. His head with a big hat on it shook from side to side. He looked very angry!

Lab didn't understand what the little thing was saying, he just thought the other party's appearance was very funny, and laughed unscrupulously.

When the little mushroom-head saw that he had been shouting and cursing loudly for a long time, but the hateful big whale was not only indifferent, but also seemed to be rolling in the sky with joy, he ran towards Lily crying, looking extremely aggrieved.

Lily didn't fall for it. She pressed down the brim of its hat with one finger to prevent it from coming close to her. "Stop it!"

This time the little mushroom-head finally behaved himself and sat there obediently. He burped belatedly and spit out another bubble.

The little mushroom head is called Bubble because it always blows bubbles. It is an elemental life created by Lily. It was originally an edible white mushroom in the kitchen.

Although some elements have begun to appear naturally in this world today, it will take a long process for elemental life to evolve naturally.

Vegapunk was able to do this by taking some shortcuts. After all, devil fruits themselves have incomplete consciousness and souls, and the mythical beasts are the best among them.

Today's natural world does not have much soil for elemental life to survive. In order to feed these little guys, they need to be fed with elemental forces of the same attributes.

Bubble's body slowly shrank, and the elemental forces that could not be completely absorbed by it dissipated into the air. Looking at the delicious food flying away, it could not help but coo several times.

Its voice is as soft as its body, not loud, so it is not annoying. Its mind is just like that of a baby who only knows how to eat and drink, so it is actually quite interesting.

While teasing the little guy, the island with billowing black smoke slowly appeared where the sea and the sky met.

Black smoke and white air waves entangled with each other, red lava flowed down from the top of the mountain, volcanic ash fell like snowflakes, and dark clouds covered the sky, so thick that it seemed like they would fall at any time.

The Guanhai boat slowly sailed under dark clouds. Bubble held Lily's fingers and stared at the sky blankly. There was a timid look in the dark eyes of the little kid, who looked a little scared.

Lily put it between her fingers and gently slid them across the little bean's round blue hat, motioning it to feel at ease. The light mist blocked the gradually rising temperature outside.

Lab doesn't like high temperature environment very much. Frost rises from his body, as if he is rolling in the clouds, and white cold air surrounds him.

Guanhai stopped several miles away from the island. The waves here were rough, and rocks wrapped in flames fell from the sky from time to time, like meteorites smashing into the sea, causing crisscrossing and surging waves.

Lily walked forward step by step on the waves, with Bubble sitting in her palm and Lab on her head. The doomsday-like natural disaster scene seemed normal to them.

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The Great Route: The Land of Chaos

The Land of Chaos is just as its name suggests, it is a chaotic place without order and law. It never refers to a specific place, but rather to an island that is not a member state and has been destroyed.

These areas are not protected by the World Government, and there are no sea emperors or powerful underworld forces to maintain basic order.

Except for those merchants engaged in low-end slave trading, no one would go to such a poor place. Even pirates would shake their heads when they saw them.

The dark slave ship was anchored at the port. Under the simple shed built at the port, a slave trader named Dido looked at the goods brought by local thugs and families who were struggling to make ends meet.

If the merchants didn't need to stop here for a while to replenish supplies, and if some good goods weren't occasionally sold here, Dido wouldn't have stopped here.

Most of the girls sent by the gangsters were kidnapped by them. These bastards don't know how to do business, and many of the girls are not worth buying at all.

The people living here are already poor, and most of the children are skinny. It is hard to say what they will look like after they recover. Most of them have scars on their bodies, so they are not worth much and cannot be taken on the boat.

As for the few girls who were thin but delicate, many of them were ruined by these bastards who couldn't control themselves. They could barely be sold for some value, but Dido felt uncomfortable because he lost too much money.

"Don't cry. Although you will be slaves in the future, it is better than your current condition. At least you will have enough food and warm clothes. There should be no problem." Of course, the premise is that you don't meet some perverted guys. The crew member who accompanied him didn't say the last sentence. He just comforted the little guys who were bought according to the usual practice, so that they would not make a fuss on the ship to prevent them from making a fuss about life and death. Not to mention the trouble, if they really died, it would be a waste of property.

"If you're lucky, you can be sold to the homes of wealthy merchants, nobles, or even the royal family. You don't have to entertain people with your beauty, but just be a servant to rich ladies and noble men, or princes and princesses.

That's a step up to heaven. There's no hard or tiring work. Although the food, clothing, shelter and transportation are not as good as those of the young masters and ladies, it's also something that ordinary people can't afford. Compared to what you have now, it's really a life like heaven."

Most businessmen like to say things that sound nice, so after hearing these words, many children who were ignorant of the world believed them to be true. They no longer hated or feared the slave traders. Some of them who were more thoughtful even began to observe the people around them, secretly thinking about outdoing others so that they could sell their slaves at a good price and sell them to a good family.

At this moment, outside the crowd at the harbor, a tall and burly middle-aged man dressed neatly in a black suit slowly walked down from a small boat. He looked at the neatly arranged crowd, as if he was thinking about something.