Chapter 11: The Evils of the Fruit
The intense water vapor falls with the sea breeze, and the feeling of rainfall is created by the rising current.
Climbing the mountain by boat is incredible.
Xia Qi looked around excitedly, and the panic she had just lost was gone.
When she came to the East China Sea before, she was a slave and had no qualifications to go up to the deck to enjoy the scenery. What's more, the visiting group of Mirosius St. sailed directly into the East China Sea from the windless belt, and did not wait for the return of the current of the upside-down mountain.
At this moment, as the hull of the ship continued to climb, the clouds gradually filled with mist. I don't see it upside down, I don't see it upside down, I don't see it when I come to the mountain pass. As comfortable as soaring in the sky, Xia Qi couldn't help but open her hands and embrace the sea breeze.
Jair is also full of curiosity, memory is memory, and seeing is seeing. Even he had to sigh at the natural masterpiece of this world.
White light looms, and through the clouds that are beginning to thinn, you can already see the flat sea at the top of the upside-down mountain.
There are five currents in the Pinghai Sea, four in and one out. No matter which of the four seas you enter from the south, east, west, and west, you will eventually converge into the currents that flow into the great shipping route.
"Mr. Jer, we're at the top of the mountain."
Xia Qi excitedly held Jer's hand, showing a rare little daughter-like posture.
Jerle shook his head amusedly, turned and walked back to the cabin, fetching a bottle of red wine. The wine sparkles like a jewel in the glass.
"Miss Xia Qi, the great voyage is just around the corner. So, to celebrate your official joining my team, let's toast! ”
The wine glasses collided, and the Jerry cow chewed on a peony and drank it all in one gulp. The action that was originally lost to taste has taken on a strange heroism at this moment.
Xia Qi frowned slightly, and she was so angry that she choked on her face and coughed because she was in a hurry.
The sails are raised, and when they reach the top, the technique of navigation is not so strict. If it is not an accident, it can basically enter the great voyage smoothly, which is quite a bit of a sense that those who come will not refuse.
The current went down again, and the two of them, who were accustomed to the water flowing to the sky, were a little uncomfortable.
"Mr. Jere, look! Isn't that... A ship? ”
Jerle put the wine glass back in the cabin, and just returned to the deck, he heard Xia Qi's slightly eager inquiry.
"Huh?"
Jerje looked in the direction pointed by Xia Qi, and sure enough, he could vaguely see the appearance of a sailboat. It's just that the situation is not normal, it looks like a shipwreck.
"It's supposed to be a ship from another sea, and it seems to have been shipwrecked. However, this place is no better than the sea below, and nine times out of ten there is no life or death. ”
Xia Qi nodded, and Jerle was right. On this untold high mountain and sea current, without a boat, it basically has little to do with survival.
Even if they had the heart to save it, they were powerless.
"Bump!"
Just as the two of them were stunned, a slight touch came from the bottom of the boat.
"Mr. Jer, there's someone down there!"
"Calm down! Tree World: Dense Algae! ”
Jer held the dragon's teeth obliquely, and stretched out three fingers in his right hand to make a whirlpool. The algae grew instantly, and he was about to pick up the old man who was struggling to breathe against the plank, but he stopped in mid-air.
Blood seeped through the gauze, and Jer's brain dizzy, and the ability to produce fruit faded from the algae.
"Please help me bring it back to O..."
Before the old man could finish his words, he was swept into the sea and disappeared, leaving only a wrapped scroll-shaped object to be thrown onto Jer's ship.
Xia Qi held on to Jer's worriedly, and had no time to care about the old man's life or death.
"Mr. Jere!"
"Mr. Jere!"
Entrance to the Great Passage, Twin Heads.
Jell covered his forehead and climbed out of bed.
My head hurts, and my memory is a little disconnected. Previously, he was supposed to be trying to save an old man who had fallen into the water, and forcibly used the fruit ability despite his body that had not recovered.
And then... I fell into a coma.
So, where is this?
The interior of the house is decorated differently from that of the boat, and although it is simple, it looks very neat. It is not difficult to judge that the owner of the house should be an attentive person.
Well, and that flower in the corner, which blooms elegantly.
"Are you awake?"
“?!”
It turned out not to be a flower... It's a person.
The embarrassment on Jer's face flickered, and in the blink of an eye, it was well concealed.
"You are?"
"My name is Kulokas, and I'm the caretaker of the lighthouse at Twin Headlands. Oh, and Twin Cape is where you are now, at the exit of Upside Down Mountain. You're lucky, such a serious injury, but you still survived. ”
"You saved me?"
"It's not me, it's the little girl. I'm too lazy to care about you as an idiot like you. ”
Kulokas had a dark face, and his face was naked. Despite this, the movement of grinding the medicinal powder in his hand did not stop at all.
"Well, since you're awake, apply it to the wound yourself."
Jerle took the pitch-black powder, thanked him, and sprinkled it on his chest. After a while, the pain in my chest was replaced by a cool, refreshing sensation.
"No need to thank you, I don't have the habit of being thanked by a dying person for saving my life."
Seeing Jer's puzzled expression, Kulokas hesitated for a moment before continuing.
"I'm a doctor, and I've checked your body before. In fact, none of the gunshot wounds on the knife on your body are very serious. Seriously, the vitality is overdrawn. ”
"Listen to that little girl, you are a Devil Fruit powerhouse. I don't know exactly what kind of fruit you ate, but as far as your body is concerned, that fruit has a lot of drawbacks. ”
With every word Kurokas, Jer's face became serious. By the time Kurokas finished speaking, Jer's brows had been tightly pressed together.
How could he not know the disadvantages of the Raw Fruit, as the original research object of the artificial Devil Fruit when that country was not yet destroyed. The raw fruit of the semi-finished product is also called the fruit of suicide.
Human life is limited, and to separate the life force is to speed up the process of death. If it weren't for the immortal surgery that came later, perhaps this original man-made fruit would never have had a chance to appear on the stage.
The Fruit of Life, in the final analysis, is nothing more than the ability to simulate the Devil Fruit, through hundreds of years of research, to extract the life elements in the Devil Fruit, and finally form the fruit.
Unlike the man-made animal series of Devil Fruits made in later generations, the existence of raw fruits is itself a vehicle for research, not food.
There are disadvantages and advantages, as the only artificial devil fruit of the Superman series, the ability given by the fruit is the innate fruit awakening state.
That is, putting aside the problem of the vitality of the eater, as long as the raw fruit is consumed, the starting point is the awakening of the superhuman system.
Within the range of abilities, everything can grow, similar to the awakened state of the super-energy system of the natural system.
It was for this reason that Jerry made up his mind to take the Raw Fruit.
His original intention was simple, he benefited from immortal surgery and had eternal vitality. In this way, the disadvantages of fruitfulness are almost negligible to oneself.
Use the fruit ability of innate awakening to make up for the defect that Lao Gel will not be domineering, and achieve the goal of quickly gaining a foothold in this world.
However, reality caught him off guard.
Kulokas's words completely shattered his dream.
Overdrawn vitality, what the hell is going on?