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The white clouds and the white sea merge into one, like a dreamy, non-substantial ocean.
It seemed as if the air was filled with the smell of clouds.
"The next step is to head to Angel Island. Fortunately, we have the location of Gaya Island, otherwise it would be difficult to find such a large white sea."
Dawn was walking on the white sea as if he was taking a stroll, feeling indescribably relaxed and casual.
Perhaps this "air road" will become a powerful weapon for Dwayne to travel across the ocean in the future. Just like Aokiji rides a bicycle across the ocean, Dwayne can also form a translucent "air road" above the sea surface and then drive a vehicle to travel across the ocean.
Of course, the purpose of walking now is not to show off, but to gradually adapt to the environment here. The higher the altitude, the thinner the oxygen.
For Dawn now, his strength has not yet reached the point where he can suppress most people even if he cannot exert his full strength.
Therefore, in this unknown sky, the best strategy is to move forward slowly until you are fully adapted to the environment and can exert your full strength.
Apart from anything else, at least when he was diving before, Dawn discovered several huge white sea predators in the distance.
Fortunately, no accidents happened along the way, and with the help of his Observation Haki, Dawn successfully found the location of the Sky Island.
If we put aside other functions and simply expand the perception range of Dawn's observation Haki, the range of Dawn's observation Haki is still quite large.
Of course, it can't be compared with Fujitora's ability to directly pull down a meteorite, or Enel's ability to directly monitor an island.
Others have range and accuracy, but Dawn simply expands his observation Haki and uses it as a radar.
"This is the island cloud, right? It's really magical."
Dawn looked towards the edge of the sky island. The main element that made up the sky island was clouds.
But unlike ordinary gaseous clouds that cannot be touched, the clouds that make up the islands are solid, soft, and resilient and can be touched by people.
Island clouds are qualitatively different from ordinary gaseous clouds that disperse when the wind blows them away. Island clouds are clouds with substance and can even accommodate the construction of a city.
"Is this the gate to heaven?" Stepping on the soft island clouds, Dawn walked towards the conspicuous and magnificent gate. Just like its name, it seemed like the gate to heaven.
But unfortunately, this is just a surprise caused by the environment and culture.
It is not really the gate to heaven, but just a shortcut to the White Sea - if you don't want to walk up another 3,000 meters.
Through the cloud road built by Sky Island and Sky Island’s special “Express Shrimp”, as long as you pay a fee, you can let the express shrimp take you quickly across a height of 3,000 meters, from the White Sea to the White Sea.
There——is the real Sky Island.
The current guard of the Gate of Heaven is not the gloomy dwarf woman from Luffy's adventure in his previous life, but a normal man on duty at Sky Island.
From the outside, he looks no different from the Blue Sea people below, but the small white wings behind him indicate that he is a Sky Islander.
"Oh, is it an outsider? I didn't expect to see an outsider. It's been many years since the last time I came here."
Hearing the words of the male administrator, Dawn's heart moved: "Huh? Are you talking about Roger?"
You should know that not everyone can go to Sky Island, and there is a word left by Roger on the stone tablet in the original book, proving that he has also been to Sky Island.
"Sir, where do you want to go? Foreigners need to pay a fee of 10 billion Ike when entering the country. If converted to Blue Ocean's currency unit "Berry", 1 Berry = 10000 Ike."
“If you don’t pay the entry fee, you will be considered an illegal immigrant and will be chased by the island’s magic soldiers, so it’s best not to do this, sir.
It seemed that this male administrator had not seen any outsiders coming to Sky Island for a long time. Although Dawn had not asked any questions yet, the other party was very responsible and explained clearly some things that needed attention.
Of course Dawn knew all this, but he didn't expect that before Enel ruled the island, the sky island's attitude towards outsiders was so "friendly".
At least she is much friendlier than the gloomy old woman behind her with her hair combed into two strange little balls and a wrinkled face.
That gloomy old woman is simply trying to trick people into committing suicide. Her professional ethics are totally incomparable to the man in front of her!
Chapter 88 Bika’s Discrimination
Amidst the white clouds, the administrator was explaining some common knowledge about Sky Island to Dawn.
But Dawn's mind was not here at the moment. What Dawn cared about was not the other party's friendly attitude, but the meaning revealed in the other party's previous words.
Previously, the administrator asked where to go instead of how to enter, which indicated that this seemed to be a place equivalent to a "station".
Does that prove that I don't need to look for Bi Ka myself anymore?
Thinking of this, Dawn decided to figure out this information first and not let the information from his previous life blind him. After all, this was more than ten years ago, and a lot of the information was not equivalent.
"Is Bailey enough? No need to change to Ik? But how do you use it on the Sky Island?" Dawn, who had made up his mind, took out the money and asked readily. Dawn was very curious about this question.
You know, if there is an exchange rate, it means that the people of Sky Island are in contact with the blue ocean below. Perhaps Enelu should take the blame for this, after all, this is not revealed in the anime.
"Yes, Bailey can be used between various sky islands. Some from other sky islands can be brought down to the Blue Sea to trade with you Blue Sea people." After taking the money, the administrator seemed very satisfied with Dawn's quick action of paying. After counting the money, he explained with a smile.
"So that's how it is." Dawn nodded. This answer was not beyond Dawn's expectations.
"I don't know what I should do if I want to go to Bica."
"It's easy. Just take the Shrimp Express. But you'll have to pay an extra fee."
The administrator smiled when he heard Dawn's question, and seemed happy to be able to make another fortune.
After paying the fare, Dawn sat in a large basin, and then huge clamps were fixed directly on both sides.
What appeared in front of Dawn at this moment was a cloud road made of island clouds as building materials. From a distance, the cloud road seemed to be winding and the end was not visible.
With the combination of Sky Island's unique cloud road and Sky Island's special "Express Shrimp", Dawn also enjoyed the thrill of a "different version of a roller coaster".
The express shrimp was very fast, speeding along the winding cloud road at the speed of a roller coaster. After a mad dash of three thousand meters, it soon reached an altitude of ten thousand meters.
This place is ten thousand meters higher than the White Sea, and the people of Sky Island live above this White Sea.
But after arriving at Baibai Sea, the Express Shrimp did not stop. Instead, it continued to accelerate along the cloud road and drove towards the distance.
Dawn lowered his head and could even see that this cloud road was completely floating in the air like a roller coaster track.
But even with the size and weight of the express shrimp, coupled with such a fast speed, it was still stable on this thin cloud road, and Dawn didn't even feel the slightest bump.
After a while, the express shrimp stopped, and its huge claws put down the vehicle Dwayne was riding, indicating that they had arrived in Bika. Dwayne smiled, said thank you, and looked towards the town ahead.
"Click, click." The express shrimp picked up the vehicle Dwayne was riding in and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"We're finally here. The next step is to find Enelu and... ahem... invite him to be our companion," Dawn scratched his cheek as he looked at the town in front of him.
Although Bica looks very big, Dawn doesn't care whether he can find Eneel successfully, because when Eneel lived here, he was an "alien" in Sky Island because of his wings.
Therefore, Eneel should be "well-known" in Bica. Although it is a negative reputation, it is impossible for people not to know this alien who lives with them.
Dawn also noticed that although there was no land nearby, there were some Sky Island-specific plants growing next to the town, and because of the special environment of the Sky Island, most of the plants were huge in size.
This is also a feature of the Sky Island. Because it is located ten thousand meters above the ground, the creatures and plants here are huge.
Even after Gaya Island was washed up by the rising ocean current, the plants inside adapted to the environment of the sky island and grew larger, the most obvious of which was the giant vine.
Having made up his mind, Dawn found a restaurant and decided to get some information and taste some Sky Island delicacies.
However, after arriving at a restaurant in the small town, Dawn suddenly realized that:
It seems that Bika is not as welcoming to the Blue Sea People as the previous "Angel Island". They exclude and discriminate against people without wings.
However, although Dawn is still a kid with a childish face, his height is just a little short among normal adults, and he doesn't look like a kid at all.
And because of his battles with pirates and his high position as a prince of a country, Dawn is no longer the ordinary doctor he used to be. His every move exudes the aura of a superior.
Especially after deciding on his own path, Dawn's domineering color awakened, and his own will and courage turned into his own unique temperament.
Even though he was just sitting there peacefully and looked so gentle, no one could ignore his arrogance.
In addition, since Dawn came to Alabasta to form an alliance, the clothes he wore were all royal style and looked very luxurious, so no one dared to cause trouble for him.
But even so, Dawn still heard those people's disgust and disdain for him.
It was only a tiny sound, but it came through loud enough for Dawn to hear.
"When will another wingless lowly person come to Bica?"
"He looks very respectable, but he is just a monster without wings."
"No wonder Bica was ruined by Enel, he is so vicious." Dawn shook his head, took out Bailey, ordered a few dishes and some special fruits at random, and ignored those people.
"You are from the Blue Sea, right? Sorry, the place here in Bika is almost isolated from the rest of the world. They discriminate against people without wings. There is a child without wings in Bika who lives a miserable life."
Surprisingly, the boss didn't show any disgust. He put the prepared food on the table and apologized to Dawn.
"Boss, don't you hate me?" Dawn felt that his way of getting information might fall through the boss.
And someone just used the word "again", which means that Enel seems to be really "famous" here.
"I am a resident of Angel Island. I came here just to do business, but I have saved enough money. I will go back after a while." The boss laughed generously.
"I see. Boss, you look like a worldly-wise person. Have you never told them how big the world is?"
"No one would believe it even if I told them." The boss shook his head and seemed not to want to talk about this topic.
Dawn was startled when he heard this, then shook his head and smiled.
The saddest thing is not ignorance, but when you have the opportunity to see the world clearly, you refuse to see it clearly.
And Bika is a group of people from Sky Island who live in such a sad way in their own self-perception.
Chapter 89 Planning
Tasting several species of white sea fish that are unique to this place, Dawn discovered that for some reason the fish here had neither fishy smell nor fish bones.
It is also more elastic than the fish from Qinghai, and the delicious taste makes Dawn very satisfied.
The boss next to him was using a knife to laboriously cut open a large-looking white sea urchin fruit.
"Let me do it. It looks like the shell of this thing is very hard." Dawn, who had finished eating long ago, looked at his boss's struggling expression and prepared to do it on his own.
Although the boss thought Dawn just didn't know how hard the fruit was, he didn't refuse. Instead, he smiled and said, "It's very hard, be careful not to hurt your hands. Give it to me if you can't give it a try."
Handing the fruit knife to Dawn, the boss explained to him the origin of the fruit.
This is the fruit of the tree that is a specialty of Sky Island - Congo.
Because of its living environment, Congo inherited the characteristics of the sky island and is very large in size.
It looks two or three times bigger than a watermelon, but surprisingly not that heavy.
However, its biggest feature is its steel-hard skin and the sweet flesh inside. Because the outside is so hard, it has the name Congo, which sounds very hard.
But even if he looks tough on the outside, it's only for ordinary people. For Dawn, it's a piece of cake.
Under the boss's surprised gaze, Dawn quickly cut the Congo and handed half to the boss, asking him to eat it together.