Including Vegapunk, the group of people present had all been to the Capital of the Seven Waters.

It is, after all, the number one shipyard in the world.

So adventurers, careerists, revolutionaries, and scientists have every reason to make a trip.

They had visited the capital of the seven waters, and naturally they had seen all kinds of "boats".

People living on this sea are always inseparable from the "boat".

Normally, with the exception of individual decorations, the structure of most "boats" is relatively fixed.

Of course, there are occasional special "strange ships".

As if to highlight the personality, the ship is deliberately lengthened or widened;

Or in order to allow the sea beast to drive the ship, there is a corresponding space......

All in all, strange ships have the use of strange ships.

But all of the above is just a "modern" experience.

And the more you study "antiquity", the more you will find the abnormality in it, and you will not even be able to judge it with common sense!

For example, right now—

After some tossing, everyone finally came to the "core" of the Future Research Institute.

Located underground, at the end of the passage.

In this vast underground space, a huge energy supply is installed, which uses the "burning of the flame" to power the entire Punk Hazard.

After obtaining the blueprints of the ancient machine, Vegapunk chose to reconstruct it here, also for the sake of energy delivery.

The closer the distance, the less energy is consumed during transportation!

But when Vegapunk returned to the basement of the core, the situation here froze him in place.

Not just Vegapunk, but everyone else has a count, and it is difficult to understand the "thing" they see.

……

Lindsay raised an eyebrow and spat out a word: "Boat?" ”

Ships indeed.

A mesical, bizarre ship is located right in the heart of this core basement.

The entire body is composed of metal and steel.

And unlike the naval warships, the whole ship presents a rounded streamlined shape, which is definitely an unconventional design style!

The crowd tentatively approached slowly.

It is clear that this ancient ship was built "here", using the surrounding materials and local materials.

There are dismantled parts everywhere around, and they are probably technological inventions that have been stored here.

What kind of "people" dismantled these technological inventions and finally combined them into this strange ship!

Lindsay walked in front and asked Vegapunk next to him.

"The ancient machine is a ...... Boat? ”

“……”

Vegapunk did not respond.

Lindsay thought he was too stunned to hear herself, so she touched the back of her hand on the shoulder.

It doesn't matter.

Only a crisp sound of "jingle bells" was heard, and the head of "Vegapunk" fell directly off his neck and fell to the side.

Lindsay: "......"

Lindsay: "?! ”

He jerked his head back and saw the equally stunned Luo.

In other words, Luo didn't have the ability to activate the Surgical Fruit just now, so why did Vegapunk's head suddenly fall to the ground?

"Hey!"

Lindsay turned her head and leaned down and grabbed the head of "Vegapunk", only to notice something unusual.

It's a "cold" feel, like an iron ball!

“……”

Lindsey picked up the head and looked closely.

It's really the same face of Vegapunk, and it doesn't have that huge brain on its head.

It's just that unlike the Vegapunk deity, the "brain" part of that head seems to have undergone a violent explosion.

Wires and metal plates are exposed, and burn marks are clearly visible.

It was a "mechanical Vegapunk" head, and the brain had undergone a violent explosion!

“……”

"It's a mechanical replicant!"

Vegapunk's voice was heard, behind Lindsay.

He was always in the middle of the line and never got to the front of the group.

"That guy is my replicant, and the ancient machine has copied me!"

Vegapunk's words reminded everyone present.

In addition to "combat effectiveness", ancient machines were also able to replicate the thoughts and character of "ontology".

That being the case, it's not surprising that there are Vegapunk replicating bots.

"Since it's my replicant, let's name it A-0."

Vegapunk is a perfectionist and certainly doesn't give up his naming rights.

He then analyzed:

"My bloodline factor has also been collected by the ancient machine, and it is likely before you came here."

"In other words, my replica robot A-0 also has the ability of brain fruits!"

"But ......"

Vegapunk's gaze fell on the "machine head" in Lindsay's hand.

"But it is obvious that the 'organism' created by the ancient machine simply cannot withstand the load of the brain fruit."

"When I was using the fruit ability with all my might, A-0's brain finally exploded, and this is what it is now!"

“……”

Listening to Vegapunk's words, everyone turned their gazes again.

A-0's body trembled, and then he reached out his hands and began to grope around.

The mechanical head spoke at the right time, trembling and said:

"Head...... Where's my head......"

Everyone: "......"

Lindsey threw the mechanical head over and landed firmly on A-0's neck.

A-0 turned his head, then bowed, "Thank you...... Thank you ......"

Apparently due to a brain defect, A-0's voice was so distorted that it was Vegapunk who could not be heard at all.

It thanked the forest track, then picked up the parts on the ground and strode towards the ancient ship.

“……”

Everyone looked at this scene and was a little puzzled.

Judging from the previous performance of A-1 and A-2, the underlying command of this group of ancient replicating robots is to pull everyone to their deaths.

Therefore, it stands to reason that the underlying logic of A-0 should be the same.

But why, the A-0, which was originally from Vegapunk, ignored everyone and walked towards the ancient ship?

Was that ancient ship from the A-0?

“……”

Thinking about it, the A-0 has come to the side of the ancient ship and began to continue to build on it.

The crowd leaned over curiously.

Even though the A-0's body trembled, it still didn't stop building this ancient ship.

“……”

Vegapunk stepped forward and asked tentatively, "Hey, what are you doing?" ”

"Looking for ...... Looking for ......"

A-0's voice is hoarse and it is difficult to even speak a complete sentence.

Without a brain, he couldn't think anymore, and was simply carrying out the instructions in his program.

It paused, as if loading the following statement, and then said slowly:

"I'm ...... Vegapunk ...... It's ......"

"When I woke up, I was told to drag everyone to their death."

"We all ...... It's over, there's nothing left......"

"We lost!"

"But I'm thinking, thinking about whether the command that we all die together is correct."

"My brain hurts, and then it blew up!"

"But in the last moments before the explosion, I figured out the answer to the question."

A-0 paused, shuddered, and said:

"Never ......"

"Hope must never be given up!"

"Even if everything is going to be destroyed, I will build a great ship to save everyone and take them away!"

"I'm doing it, I'm doing it......"

A-0 pulls out the wrench and continues with its last will.

It says:

"I must not give up, I want to create hope!"

(End of chapter)