Chapter 70: Upside Down Mountain
The Great Passage is a magical passage that everyone yearns for, but this Passage is like the heart of a sandwich biscuit, wrapped in a windless belt where there is a huge sea king, and it is absolutely impossible to enter and exit the Great Passage from the windless route without some strength and technology.
If the Great Shipping Route is regarded as the equator of this world, then the Red Earth Continent can be regarded as a meridian that crosses the poles and is perpendicular to the Great Shipping Route.
There are two intersections between the two rings of the Great Voyage and the Red Earth Continent, one is the Holy Land Mary Joy, and the other is the place where Qiu He's ship is going, the Upside Down Mountain.
The holy land in this world is not the same as the holy place that everyone worshiped in Qiu He's previous life, not many people want to go to the holy land in this world, and not everyone can go there.
The Upside-Down Mountain was originally just a high mountain, and the passage in and out of the Great Shipping Route did not exist, but in order to communicate the four seas and enter and exit the Great Shipping Route, people dug five artificial canals at the intersection of this red earth continent and the Great Shipping Route.
The first four of them are X-shaped, each connected with the four seas, and the intersection of these four canals is the upside-down mountain, that is, the top of the red soil continent, although the altitude of the intersection is much higher than the entrance of the canal, but because of various factors, the sea current naturally rushed to the top of the mountain along the canal, and the scene of the huge sea water constantly "climbing the mountain" makes people want to complain, "Newton's coffin board can't be suppressed".
The sea flows from the bottom up, and this unusual situation is the origin of the name "Upside Down Mountain".
After the four currents converge at the top of the mountain, the sea water then flows parallel to the Great Passage through the free meeting point of the canal through the fifth canal, that is, if you cross the upside-down mountain from the four seas, you can enter the Great Route.
Qiu He always felt that the canal that led to the great shipping route was not built by people in the four seas to communicate the four seas and the great shipping route, but simply to drive the restless elements of the four seas to the great shipping route, so that they could fend for themselves in the strange and great shipping route.
Otherwise, why did only the channel that entered the great sea route be dug back then, but not the channel that came out?
If you think about it according to this line of thought, the Great Voyage can actually be seen as a magic tower, and the treasure left by One Piece back then is equivalent to placing a treasure chest at the top of the magic tower to attract everyone, and then attracting all those restless people into the magic tower full of dangers, and the four seas will be safe.
Then wait for these restless people to kill each other in the magic tower, or be killed by various traps, and the person in charge of the magic tower can kill the people who are about to get the treasure chest.
If you think about it this way, it's a big game of chess.
"Mr. Qiu He, the path is no problem!"
The ship's navigator, Mickey, shouted loudly in front of the rudder for Qiu He, who was standing on the mast.
At this time, Qiu He was holding a telescope to observe the red clay continent in the distance, as a temporary lookout.
"No problem, follow this direction, right towards the entrance to the canal."
Speaking of good eyes, there is definitely no one on this ship who can compare to Qiu He, and the lookout who was replaced by Qiu He is only an amateur.
Seriously, if the previous captain of this ship was still alive, Qiu He really wanted to ask him what he thought.
Just a little pirate with a bounty of 13 million, who gave him the courage to dare to lead a group of amateurs who did not even have a bounty over the upside-down mountain and enter the great voyage.
The good news is that the ship's navigator skills are quite good, at least if there is a sailing certificate in this world, he should be able to pass the exam.
As the ship approached the Red Earth Continent, the towering canal appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and the water rushing upwards against gravity did not give the pirates on board a spectacular and beautiful feeling, but only made them feel deep fear.
"What! Are we really going to enter the Great Voyage? ”
"No, no, no, if you get closer, you'll hit it directly."
"Don't go to the Great Voyage, or go back!"
……
Qiu He took out the gun and directly gave the first pirate with rhythm a shot, and the pirate didn't even scream, and fell directly to the ground.
The pirates on deck opened their mouths wide as if they were caught in the neck, but no sound came out, and the whole ship fell into an eerie silence.
"Hey, aren't you pirates? How can I not even have a little sense of adventure. ”
Looking at the pirates on the deck who were suppressed by this 'chicken', Qiu He cracked his mouth and showed a smile without a trace of a smile.
"Let me tell you this, do you want to be killed by me directly now, or try to enter the great voyage and fight for this glimmer of life."
Climbing the Upside Down Mountain to the Great Voyage is a life of death, and continuing to oppose it is a life of death, and of course the pirates know what to choose.
In fact, if everyone is against entering the great voyage, Qiu He really has no choice but to return, he can't kill all the people on the boat, and then drive the boat up the upside down mountain alone.
In doing so, there is a good chance that he will end up drifting into the Great Voyage with a plank in his arms.
However, these pirates are all selfish people, and they have not driven them to a corner, so how can they risk their lives to lead everyone to protest.
In fact, the canal is not as narrow as imagined, according to the ship under Qiu He, even if there are three or four more ships, they can sail in side by side.
This is normal, if it is really as narrow as in the anime, even Luffy's kind of ship can only barely enter, and the slightly larger pirates will not all have to get stuck at the entrance.
Since the ship had been adjusting its course from a long distance and had successfully boarded the correct course, the whole ship entered the canal without any danger.
"Hahaha, survived."
"Come in, come in, we're on the Great Voyage."
……
The pirates hugged each other on the deck, crying and cheering, and they finally survived.
"Mr. Qiu He, what you said before counts!"
Standing under the mast, Leo looked up at Qiu He and roared at the top of his voice.
In the canal, the speed and sound of the water are much higher than in the sea, and if you want to communicate, you can only rely on roaring.
Qiu He's hearing was not bad, and he could hear what Leo was saying clearly, but he didn't want to shout loudly, so he jumped off the mast and landed beside Leo.
"Don't worry, I'm talking, as long as I get to the Twin Heads, I'll get off the boat, and I won't make a move on you."
Qiu He said this very sincerely, he really had no intention of breaking the contract. The pirates on this ship are not worth much, and they are not worth it for him to break the lower limit.
"In other words, we are free, we are safe, and when we reach the great voyage, I will not be a pirate......"
"Don't mess with the flag, it's not clear yet, in case there happens to be a ship in another sea......"
Before Qiu He finished speaking, he saw a mast rising in the distance, and a miserable white pirate flag was hung on it.