Chapter 133
A sea area that no one has reached for a long time. It is located between the two routes of the Grand Line. Unless there is an eternal compass or someone gets lost in a shipwreck, no one will reach here.
But today, two ships appeared here, and the combination is very strange. One is a pirate ship and the other is a navy ship. One is flying the navy flag, and the other is flying the navy flag upside down.
"General, look at the direction of the needle. The island ahead is called Barbaro Island. Zhang Lie held an eternal needle and pointed to an island in the distance.
"Well, let's dock there and see what happens first."
Aokiji waved his hand, and the sliding frequency of more than a dozen ice oars increased, and the speed of the warship increased.
The people on the pirate ship were not to be outdone. Ajin also condensed an ice oar. Several people each took one and paddled hard, vowing not to be overtaken by the warship.
Speaking of which, Zhang Lie has not allowed others to board the warship until now. After all, Aokiji's presence here means that he is responsible for the undercover work, and it is better not to expose this matter.
Time passed in a flash, and the two ships arrived at Barbaro Island in no particular order. Zhang Lie turned to Aokiji and asked for the next move.
"You go on your own, I won't get off the boat, and I won't go with you to find Shiqi. Don't let your men come over, or I won't show mercy."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything." Zhang Lie gave a thumbs up, his words full of confidence.
After jumping off the boat and finding his crew, Zhang Lie's first sentence was straightforward, telling them clearly:
"Don't go near that warship, there's an admiral on it"
"What the hell?" Martin yelled,"Captain, you are trying to trick us. We have been following a navy admiral all the way. We might be killed at any time, right?"
Ajin retorted with contempt,"I'm talking about you, idiot. Don't forget the captain's identity. We are all in a group. It's safer to have a general following us."
Martin was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the others and found that they were only slightly surprised without any worried expressions.
However, Zhang Lie still warned,"Although that's what he said, after all, our identities are special, and the general doesn't want to be exposed, so don't get close, otherwise the other party won't hold back. Don't be frozen into an ice sculpture... What did I say just now?"
"Um... well, Captain, you didn't say anything, and we didn't hear anything." Ajin turned his head to look at the others, especially Martin, and said,"Did you hear anything?"
"No, I just got off the boat and didn't hear anything."
"What are you talking about? What have you heard?"
"Ah? Captain, you want to eat? I'm a little hungry too."
Zhang Lie left with a wooden face, not saying another word, for too much talk leads to mistakes.
Not long after he walked away, Zhang Lie saw a pit about one kilometer in diameter. It looked like a natural collapse, and there was a pungent smell in the air.
Kalifa introduced:"This was caused by the World Government's mining. The underground was hollowed out, there was no support, and a large area of the ground collapsed. This is just one of them."
"What kind of mine is this, and why does it smell like this?"Martin pinched his nose and looked disgusted.
"It is said to be the main ingredient of a painkiller, which is harmful to organisms. It caused a lot of trouble when mining."
"Painkillers?" Zhang Lie couldn't understand,"They dug up an island like this just for painkillers. Is this material harmful to living things?"
Kalifa didn't cover up for the World Government. She only said three words:"Addictive"
"I understand!" Zhang Lie understood it immediately. This thing is indeed extremely profitable and damnable.
At this time, a roar came from the distance. It was impossible to tell what kind of animal it was, but the deep tone undoubtedly showed that it was of a very huge size.
Sure enough, the creature soon appeared from the other end of the hill. It was a male deer with two long horns, but its size was several times larger than a normal deer.
Zhang Lie was relieved:"That's right, Shiqi's air base will not be far away. This should be the initial source of their research."
Martin walked to Bruno and patted him on the shoulder:"It's up to you. I heard that venison is very nutritious."
"What are you thinking about!"Zhang Lie was not going to tolerate this guy, so he took Bruno and went,"Let's go to the sky and see if we can find Shiqi's base."
After that, he took Bruno to the sky with the Moon Step.
Although they were sure that the base was nearby, they didn't know the exact height.
They could only guess how high it was from the fact that they couldn't see it at all.
Going to the sky with the Moon Step was different from going to the ground.
The speed and the consumption of physical strength were completely different.
Moreover, the higher you go, the thinner the air is, the slower the speed is, and the faster the physical strength is consumed.
When the two of them had been ascending for ten minutes and had flown about five thousand meters, Bruno couldn't hold on any longer. This rapid ascent in altitude caused him to suffer from hypoxia.
Zhang Lie was a little better, but his demand for oxygen was also greater. He was just physically stronger, but if he continued like this, he wouldn't be able to hold on. It won't be long.
But they couldn't let Bruno go down, after all, the Door-Door Fruit was really important. He was indispensable for sneak attacks, escapes, and taking Luffy's head. So they continued to ascend while pulling the oxygen-deficient Bruno, and soon they entered the high-altitude clouds.
Unlike the sea of clouds on Sky Island, the clouds here were just normal water vapor. They didn't have the inhibitory effect of the sea on fruit ability users, but they were equally uncomfortable.
The clouds looked very white and beautiful from the ground, but when they really entered it, it was pitch black, and all the sunlight was blocked, giving people a feeling of depression and terror.
That's not all, there was a lot of water vapor here, and relatively little oxygen. There was very little, and Zhang Lie soon felt suffocated.
Fortunately, the water vapor gave him better leverage. When he realized something was wrong, he immediately used all his strength to perform the Moon Step, and his speed increased suddenly.
But he didn't know how thick the clouds were. Zhang Lie felt that his breathing was getting more and more difficult. Every time he breathed in a lot of water vapor, he inhaled a lot of water vapor. He even felt like he was drowning in the sky, and he continued to climb up subconsciously.
Just when his consciousness was blurred, he suddenly saw a bright light, and at the same time, fresh air entered his lungs. He instinctively took a deep breath, and his consciousness gradually returned.
Only then did he have the mind to look around. It was a truly clear blue sky, without any foreign objects blocking his sight. Above him was only There is a sun, and the soul seems to have been baptized.
Below is a thick sea of clouds, rising and falling, and the clouds and mist brush past the soles of feet, as if in a fairyland, and he is the immortal who steps on the clouds, traveling across the sea in the morning and the sky in the evening. This beautiful scenery made Zhang Lie lose his mind for a moment, and he even forgot to maintain the Moon Step. He stumbled and fell, choked on a few mouthfuls of cloud dew, and quickly rose up.
This made Zhang Lie react and remember the purpose of flying up. He shook Bruno in his hand to wake him up, let him use the Moon Step by himself, and began to observe the surroundings.
Thanks to the unobstructed environment in the air, Zhang Lie soon found an abnormality, which was a black spot far away.
"Finally found!"